Epidemiological study on gender bias and low-value practices in primary care: a study protocol.

Introduction: Evidence shows that gender has a substantial impact on health behaviours, access to and use of health systems and health system responses. This study aims to assess gender bias in patients subjected to low-value practices in the primary care setting and to develop recommendations for reducing adverse events that women experience for this reason.

Methods And Analysis: A Delphi study will be performed to reach a consensus on the 'Do Not Do' recommendations with a possible gender bias.

[Patient safety in nursing homes. The experience of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia].

The pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of residential centers and the fragility of the population that lives there. In the Region of Murcia, care for this population group became a priority and a regional plan was drawn up to attend the needs of residents from the ethical framework of procedural justice. The immediacy imposed by the health crisis has meant that all this intervention is not without risks.

Family and Community Medicine and its role in preventing health overuse (preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative).

In Medicine, it is critical "to offer 100% of what is needed and avoid 100% of what is not needed." Unfortunately, this primary issue is challenging, and generally, more than required is offered, and everything that is unnecessary is not avoided. This is a nonsystematic review with a teaching objective that reviews the general issue in primary care and suggests ways to avoid overuse and shortcomings concerning preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative interventions.

Implementation of the Residency Program in Family and Community Medicine of the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Health Department, Brazil.

The reform of Primary Healthcare in the city of Rio de Janeiro created various needs for improvement of the network, one of which was professional training/qualification of doctors to practice at this level of care. To respond to this the Municipal Health Department took the initiative of structuring the Residency Program in Family and Community Medicine. This paper aims to describe the experience of implementation of this program in the context of the reform of primary healthcare.