[Healthier decisions. Nudges.].

This paper intends to raise the potential interest that the principles and experiences of the so-called behavioral economy have in the field of public health and, more specifically, in behavioral changes, thus substituting harmful behaviors to health for salutogenic behaviors while respecting the final freedom of choice of the person. In this article, we review the foundations of behavioral economics, emphasizing the work of Tversky and Kahneman and their approach to prospective theory and the role of brain activity levels 1 (automatic) and 2 (reflective) in decision making process. On the basis of these approaches, Thaler and Sustein identify a series of biases that will be used as tools to facilitate behavioral changes through a set of actions "that modify people's behavior in a predictable way without prohibiting any option or significantly changing their economic incentives" based on the so-called libertarian paternalism.

[Moroccan population perception of the Catalonian health system. Beliefs on health and disease].

Objective: To describe the perception that the Moroccan population have of the Catalonian Health System.

Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive epidemiological study.

Setting: Social Institutions and the general Moroccan population in the city of Reus, Spain.

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This article presents the technique of content analysis, its concept, definition, methodology, advantages and limitations. Content analysis is a highly useful tool based on the analysis and interpretation of documented sources. The aim is to identify the codes used by the agents of discourse, the manifest content, the context in which the content arises and the message is developed to discover and reveal the underlying contents.

[Patients, physicians and nurses: three different points of view on the same issue. Attitudes to and perceptions of patient rights].

Objectives: To analyze patients', physicians' and nurses' attitudes to and perceptions of patient rights in the public hospitals of the Reus health district in Catalonia (Spain).

Methods: We performed a qualitative analysis, through focus groups composed of health professionals (physicians and nurses) and discharged patients, followed by three surveys aimed at physicians, nurses, and patients. A descriptive analysis was performed of the results and of the differences among the three collectives.

[Quality in public health].

Based on the concepts of quality and public health and of public health organizations as service organizations, the advisability of establishing a reference model for quality in public health, incorporating objective criteria, indicators and standards, is discussed. The 2 main models of quality management in the field of service organizations, ISO 9001-2000 and EFQM, are reviewed and their advantages and disadvantages with respect to their application in public health services are contrasted. Based on the Institute of Medicine's definition of the functions of public health, we followed the approach of the Delphi study of the World Health Organization and the Assessment Protocol for Excellence in Public Health (APEX PH) model.