[Patient participation through active listening. About the remodeling of an extractions service].

Background And Objective: From listening to patients there arises the possibility of improving both the care and the health infrastructure that users frequent. Our purpose of study was to explore the perception of users about the means and the care received involved in a hospital service through active listening, and to evaluate the satisfaction perceived after the opening of the renovated area.

Methods: A mixed methodology evaluative investigation was carried out within the context of the Extraction Service of the Costa del Sol Hospital, using qualitative methodology to assess the perception of users, and quantitative methodology through a satisfaction survey to identify the change after remodeling of the area.

Creation Of The «Soludable» Sun Protection Accreditation Program For Schools.

Introduction: Sun exposure during childhood is the main risk factor for skin cancer in later life. School-based sun protection policies and practices have proven to be the most effective and cost-effective strategies for preventing skin cancer.

Objective: To develop a sun protection accreditation program known as «Soludable» (a play on the Spanish words sol [sun] and saludable [healthy]) to objectively identify schools that actively promote sun protection behaviors among students.

Characteristics, consequences and prevention of falls in institutionalised older adults in the province of Malaga (Spain): a prospective, cohort, multicentre study.

Objectives: Falls are an important adverse event among institutionalised persons. It is in this clinical setting where falls occur more frequently than in any other, despite the measures commonly taken to prevent them. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of a typical institutionalised elderly patient who suffers a fall and to describe the physical harms resulting from this event.

Responsiveness of the Spanish Version of the "Skin Cancer Index".

Skin Cancer Index (SCI) is a specific questionnaire measuring health related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with cervicofacial non-melanoma skin cancer (CFNMSC). The original scale has recently been adapted and validated into Spanish. Evaluate the responsiveness of the Spanish version of SCI.

Skin cancer prevention campaign aimed at beachgoers on the Costa del Sol (southern Spain).

Background: Sunbathing on the beach is one of the main risks for skin cancer.

Objective: In the summer of 2010, a skin cancer prevention campaign aimed at beachgoers was undertaken on the western Costa del Sol (southern Spain).

Methods: The campaign took place on beaches during July and August.