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Universal health coverage in Iran: Health-related intersectoral actions

The majority of modifiable health outcomes are attributable to factors that are outside the direct reach of the health systems and can only be reached through intersectoral actions. In recent years, Iran implemented a series of reforms in the health sector called Health Transformation Plan (HTP). Th...

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Autores principales: Riazi-Isfahani, Sahand, Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar, Mafimoradi, Shiva, Majdzadeh, Reza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6387818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30815427
http://dx.doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.32.132
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author Riazi-Isfahani, Sahand
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Majdzadeh, Reza
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description The majority of modifiable health outcomes are attributable to factors that are outside the direct reach of the health systems and can only be reached through intersectoral actions. In recent years, Iran implemented a series of reforms in the health sector called Health Transformation Plan (HTP). This paper aimed to review health-related intersectoral actions in Iran that have focused on interventions conducted after HTP implementation and to compare the interventions against the recommendations by World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Findings showed that intersectoral governance interventions are the strongest points and have the most compatibility with the recommendations, while intersectoral environmental interventions are the weakest points. Also, many of the interventions have not yet been completely implemented. Moreover, continuity and sustainability of the policies and programs are still a concern.
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spelling pubmed-63878182019-02-27 Universal health coverage in Iran: Health-related intersectoral actions Riazi-Isfahani, Sahand Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar Mafimoradi, Shiva Majdzadeh, Reza Med J Islam Repub Iran Debate Article The majority of modifiable health outcomes are attributable to factors that are outside the direct reach of the health systems and can only be reached through intersectoral actions. In recent years, Iran implemented a series of reforms in the health sector called Health Transformation Plan (HTP). This paper aimed to review health-related intersectoral actions in Iran that have focused on interventions conducted after HTP implementation and to compare the interventions against the recommendations by World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Findings showed that intersectoral governance interventions are the strongest points and have the most compatibility with the recommendations, while intersectoral environmental interventions are the weakest points. Also, many of the interventions have not yet been completely implemented. Moreover, continuity and sustainability of the policies and programs are still a concern. Iran University of Medical Sciences 2018-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6387818/ /pubmed/30815427 http://dx.doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.32.132 Text en © 2018 Iran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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