Results from implementation of aid effectiveness principles in the health sector in Mali.

abstract：:The history of class conflict in occupational health in the United States is illustrated by the current Pittston Company attack on coal miners' health benefits, the silicosis and asbestosis controversies, the corporate restrictions on state workers' compensation laws, and the unremitting management opposition to the f...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Kerr LE

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migration of formal and informal health-care workers is a global phenomenon - and, as this article demonstrates, one that is produced by government policies and practices. Nurses and lesser-trained caregivers migrate from many lower-income countries to richer ones (including from the Philippines to the United States, ...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Kaelin L

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Universal access to medical services will not address all important health needs. Impending health care reform, guided by public health strategies, could achieve many previously unattainable health goals. However, such a public health role seems unlikely. Public health reaches beyond the current popular notion of prev...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Freeman P,Robbins A

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poor nutrition is a global pandemic with social, economic, and environmental causes and consequences. Of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), only SDG2 explicitly mentions nutrition. Turning the aspirations of the SDGs into reality will require recognition that good nutrition ensured through sustainable agricu...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Baye K

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "hardening hypothesis" suggests that as smoking prevalence decreases, lighter smokers will quit first, leaving more "hardcore" smokers in the population. At a population level, however, the weight of evidence suggests that no hardening is occurring. By understanding the lessons from Geoffrey Rose's model of popula...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Chaiton MO,Cohen JE,Frank J

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regionalized perinatal care is intended to guarantee pregnant women and neonates access to appropriate care regardless of ability to pay. Its effectiveness depends on the willingness of hospitals to transfer high-risk patients according to established protocols and affiliations. This study examines maternal transfers ...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Handler A,Rosenberg D,Driscoll M,Cohen M,Swift E,Garcia P,Cohn J

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The available evidence indicates that the "decriminalization" of marijuana possession had little or no impact on rates of use. Although rates of marijuana use increased in those U.S. states which reduced maximum penalties for possession to a fine, the prevalence of use increased at similar or higher rates in those sta...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Single EW

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study is in progress to document changes in selected public health departments over the past decade and to use those observations for proposing an assessment protocol that may be helpful in measuring progress toward achieving one of the Health Objectives for the Nation for the Year 2000. Objective no. 8.14 reads: "I...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Miller CA,Moore KS,Richards TB,Kotelchuck M,Kaluzny AD

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This presentation proposes that cause-specific mortality analyses are greatly enhanced by first examining the cause-specific pattern of the entire mortality structure instead of restricting initial assessments to a limited number of leading causes of death. Six broad cause groups are defined toward this end. The advan...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Plaut RR,Silvi JJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This commentary addresses the 25th anniversary of the Canadian Public Health Association's international program 'Strengthening of Public Health Associations' and its importance for the World Federation of Public Health Associations. Furthermore, it points out future challenges for public health associations throughou...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Hogstedt C,Pettersson B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research examined the relative importance of two components of job stress--decision latitude and workload demand--on employee absenteeism. The analysis was based on confidential self-reported data from employees at two worksites, which were collected in three independent cross-sections beginning in 1995. The nega...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Zavala SK,French MT,Zarkin GA,Omachonu VK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin whitening is a big and booming industry in many developing countries. Its popularity owes mainly to post-colonial, internalized racism. This study examines whether government intervention is necessary and more efficient than market-driven approaches in addressing the health risks and harms associated with skin wh...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Mendoza RL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an economic framework, including demand- and supply-side factors, for approaching the analysis and planning of health system reform in South Africa, in order to avoid piecemeal debates. We argue that there is an urgent need to re-engineer the way health facilities are internally organized to achieve better...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Ruff B,Mzimba M,Hendrie S,Broomberg J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ebola epidemic exemplifies the importance of social determinants of health: poverty and illiteracy, among others. ...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Palomo AM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tobacco industry faces challenges in the affluent world, but preys upon poor and populous countries, taking advantage of underdeveloped tobacco policies. One of the ways to address tobacco control globally is to create a tobacco litigation partnership between developed and developing countries. A global litigation...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Al-hamdani M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assisting tobacco farmers to transition to non-tobacco alternatives is a key element of comprehensive tobacco control's end-game strategy and specifically required by the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC). We examine the historical relationship between tobacco manufacturer...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Jones AS,Austin WD,Beach RH,Altman DG

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the perception of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Guinea, we administered, from November 2014 to February 2015, a questionnaire to a convenience sample of 200 lay people in Conakry and a group of 8 physicians. We found widespread misconceptions among lay people, including that praying to God can protect a...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Kpanake L,Gossou K,Sorum PC,Mullet E

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examines the effect of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) handbook--a home-based health record--on women's knowledge and behavior in the Jericho and Ramallah Governorates of Palestine. METHODS:This study uses a repeated, cross-sectional data set in which pre- and post-intervention situations are ...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Hagiwara A,Ueyama M,Ramlawi A,Sawada Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although China embraced the concept of essential medicines in 1979 and issued its first National Essential Medicines List in 1982, until recently China has lacked a comprehensive national essential drug policy. In its most recent health-care reform (2009-2012), the Chinese government explicitly proposed the establishm...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Guan X,Liang H,Xue Y,Shi L

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elected national representatives make decisions to fund health programmes, but may lack skills to interpret evidence on health-related topics. In 2011, we surveyed the 61 members of Botswana's Parliament about their use of epidemiological evidence, then provided two half-days of training about using evidence. We inclu...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Cockcroft A,Masisi M,Thabane L,Andersson N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe how Israel effected new tuberculosis programs and policies beginning in the early 1990s. We explain how the epidemiology of the disease, particular events, and a small number of people influenced the creation of new policy. We believe that this story may be useful to other program managers and policymakers...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Weiler-Ravell D,Leventhal A,Berlowitz Y,Rishpon S,Chemtob D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a widespread pediatric disease in Asia. Most cases are relatively mild and caused by Coxsackie viruses, but in epidemics caused by Enterovirus 71, severe complications can occur. In response to the deaths of dozens of children in a 1997 outbreak (Podin in BMC Public Health 6:180,1...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Siegel K,Cook AR,La H

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination is the best available way to prevent influenza infections and related complications. Little information is available on vaccination policy in the world's most populous country, China. In China, influenza vaccine is not included in the national immunization programme. Citizens seek the vaccine on their own....

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Zhang Y,Muscatello DJ,Wang Q,Yang P,Wu J,MacIntyre CR

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of housing and income assistance among vulnerable youth has not been well described in the literature, yet it is a crucial issue for public health. This study examines the prevalence and correlates of loss of income assistance as well as eviction among street-involved youth. We collected data from a prospective c...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Zivanovic R,Omura J,Wood E,Nguyen P,Kerr T,DeBeck K

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patent Medicine Vendors (PMVs) can play a critical role in increasing access to emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) in developing countries, but few studies have examined their knowledge and dispensing practices. Using cluster sampling, the authors selected and interviewed 97 PMVs (60.8 per cent female) in Oyo and Og...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Fayemi MM,Oduola OL,Ogbuji QC,Osinowo KA,Oyewo AE,Osiberu OM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses a series of nationally representative samples from China. We studied more than 4,000 households to explore factors associated with both the prevalence and the frequency of cigarette smoking over 13 years between 1991 and 2004. By introducing variables at both the individual and the community level, we ...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Pan Z,Hu D

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of air quality management and control, traffic-related air pollution has declined in Quito, Ecuador. We evaluated the effect of a city-wide 5-year air pollution control program on the occurrence of acute respiratory illness (ARI). We compared two studies conducted at the same location in Quito: in 2000, 2 year...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Estrella B,Sempértegui F,Franco OH,Cepeda M,Naumova EN

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Melkirch Model is an important effort to establish a common framework for sustainable programs to improve health. We briefly discuss the choice to focus health and the assumption that individual and population wellbeing are always compatible. Despite the inevitable difficulties in such an ambitious endeavor, the M...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Ozonoff D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our research estimated the economic costs of possible cases of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) among redeployed coal workers from the Fuxin Mining Industry Group. The study cohort included 19,116 coal workers between 1965 and 2012. We estimated direct and indirect economic costs due to possible current and future C...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Han B,Liu H,Zhai G,Wang Q,Liang J,Zhang M,Cui K,Shen F,Yi H,Chen J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although for over 20 years the Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs) have provided a model for building epidemiology capacity in Ministries of Health worldwide, the model does not address laboratory training and its integration with epidemiology. To overcome this, Kenya added a laboratory management component i...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Kariuki Njenga M,Traicoff D,Tetteh C,Likimani S,Oundo J,Breiman R,Nyamongo J,Burke H,Nsubuga P,White ME

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00