abstract：:No formal system exists to review trade restrictions imposed during international public health emergencies rapidly. Failure to put one in place creates disincentives for surveillance and reporting, thereby undermining protection efforts. The 2003 SARS outbreak exposed weaknesses in global governance that caused uncoo...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Mackey TK,Liang BA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health workers in Tanzania struggle to provide adequate health care for populations with high maternal, neonatal, and child mortality and high prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases. There are longstanding shortages of staff and resources. Universities are training more health professionals and revis...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Leshabari S,Lubbock LA,Kaijage H,Kalala W,Koehler G,Massawe S,Muganyizi P,Macfarlane SB,O'Sullivan PS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tanzania requires more health professionals equipped to tackle its serious health challenges. When it became an independent university in 2007, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) decided to transform its educational offerings to ensure its students practice competently and contribute to improvi...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Ngassapa OD,Kaaya EE,Fyfe MV,Lyamuya EF,Kakoko DC,Kayombo EJ,Kisenge RR,Loeser H,Mwakigonja AR,Outwater AH,Martin-Holland J,Mwambete KD,Kida I,Macfarlane SB

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：: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：: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：:We describe the impact of an antiretroviral therapy program on human resource utilization and service delivery in a rural hospital in Monze, Zambia, using qualitative data. We assess project impact on staff capacity utilization, service delivery, and community perception of care. Increased workload resulted in fatigue...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Adedimeji A,Malokota O,Manafa O

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increases in pediatric overweight and obesity throughout the European Union (EU) generate concern because of the many associated co-morbidities, psychosocial effects, and economic costs. A variety of policy approaches have been implemented, but counteracting weight gain has proven challenging. Do differences in public...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Suggs LS,McIntyre C

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:Childhood obesity and chronic disease rates continue to climb, but policy and programme responses are mainly limited to education and awareness activities. These encourage individuals to make responsible lifestyle choices. Regulation and environmental change have a minor role, as they involve more intrusive roles for ...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Purcell M

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:In this descriptive study, 100 female undocumented immigrants aged > or =18 years were interviewed about their health condition. The objective was to gain insight into the health situation and specific health problems of undocumented women. Sixty-five per cent of these undocumented women rated their health as 'poor' (...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Schoevers MA,van den Muijsenbergh ME,Lagro-Janssen AL

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of hepatitis and drug use on nutritional problems in HIV infection have rarely been examined despite the importance of drug use in the global HIV pandemic. We examined the effects of HIV, hepatitis C, and drug use on serum micronutrients in 300 US Hispanic adults. Chronic hepatitis C infection was associat...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Forrester JE,Wang XD,Knox TA,Borek CG,Tang AM,Johnson EJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The What's Working project described the initial impact of the United States' federally mandated Local Wellness Policy in rural, low-income elementary schools located in Colorado. Before and after the Local Wellness Policy mandate went into effect, a survey about school features related to nutrition and physical activ...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Belansky ES,Cutforth N,Delong E,Ross C,Scarbro S,Gilbert L,Beatty B,Marshall JA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the realm of active living in urban neighborhoods in the United States, only a few studies have addressed the factors that promote or inhibit active living among residents in public housing. This paper examines the environmental and interpersonal factors associated with active living and health in public housin...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Roman CG,Knight CR,Chalfin A,Popkin SJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：: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：: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

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：:Over half of the people affected by leprosy worldwide are in India, many of whom are severely disabled when they present for care. Changes in policy and the integration of the leprosy programme with general health services has given rise to new challenges for the control of blinding eye disease in leprosy patients. Th...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Prasad NM,Prasad SR

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two recent developments have redirected the course of Public Health in Europe - the Public Health Mandate of the European Commission and the conceptualization of a New Public Health. For the transition, countries in South Eastern Europe, particularly Serbia, provide support to essential public health reforms in four a...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Bjegovic V,Vukovic D,Terzic Z,Milicevic MS,Laaser UT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research has shown that speed cameras reduce motor vehicle speeds and crashes. Cameras have been used extensively in jurisdictions such as Victoria, Australia, and Great Britain, and much less often in the United States and Canada. They have been controversial wherever used. We describe the development of camera progr...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Delaney A,Ward H,Cameron M,Williams AF

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavored alcoholic beverages (FABs) were first introduced into the alcohol market in the early I980s in the form of wine coolers. FABs are sweet, relatively low alcohol content beverages that are designed for "entry-level" drinkers. The alcohol industry has introduced new products and production methods to expand the ...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Mosher JF,Johnsson D

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a stay in South Africa in 2002-2003, we learned that public sector nurses dealt with serious community and workplace impacts from the HIV/AIDS epidemic; and were reluctant to report occupational exposures to HIV or take a short-course of antiretroviral post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection. In May ...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Zelnick J,O'Donnell M

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：: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：:Since the first meeting of the American Public Health Association in 1873, epidemiology and epidemiologists have been central to the activities of the organization. At that meeting, the most prominent American physician of the time, Austin Flint, presented a classic paper entitled "Relations of Water to the Propagatio...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Winkelstein W Jr

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Available industry guidelines and federal standards have failed to fully protect workers from chemical toxicity: none exist for most chemicals, many are biased toward what can easily be achieved, and many were developed long after health consequences became evident. Limitations of occupational air contaminant standard...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Lanska DJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarizes an analysis of Danish policy on community noise during the last three decades seen in a public health perspective. Estimates made during this period of population exposures to noise from transport are presented, followed by data on population reactions to community noise. The analysis of the main...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Steensberg J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the author's experiences and perceptions of the neoliberal triad of anti-health reforms--government budget cutting, deregulation, and privatization--which have been promulgated worldwide by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The causes of this phenomenon are analyzed, and specific ...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Terris M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formal driver education/training programs exist in almost all jurisdictions around the world. They are generally accepted as an efficient and effective means for learning to drive, and, more importantly, for learning to drive safely, although empirical evidence for safety benefits is lacking. Recently, there has been ...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Mayhew DR,Simpson HM,Williams AF,Ferguson SA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines targeted alcohol advertising in three ethnic communities: African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans in the U.S. We focus on the appropriation of cultural systems and the reinvention of them as commodities to consumers. We outline the specific strategies used in each ethnic community. For Afr...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Alaniz ML,Wilkes C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a fatal neurological disease of cattle first recognized in the United Kingdom (UK) in 1986. Until recently, the UK government considered the chance of a human becoming infected with the BSE agent to be extremely remote. As a result of new developments, alarm...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Lanska DJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This position paper proposes the development of an intermediate level practitioner to increase access to primary oral health care and to maximize cost benefit factors. The proposal is built upon research which has demonstrated the feasibility of preparing baccalaureate hygienists to serve as the counterpart to the phy...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Nielsen-Thompson N,Brine P

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco is not and does not have to be a high priority for all segments of organized labor, but public health advocates should continue to promote the issue and find segments which are open to collaborative efforts to protect workers' health. Even in those unions representing workers for whom smoking and ETS pose a lo...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors：

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boating is a popular form of recreation in the United States. Unfortunately, many people drown due to boating-related accidents each year. Since many such drowning deaths are preventable through the use of personal flotation devices (PFDs), an observational study was conducted to quantify and evaluate the number and d...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Treser CD,Trusty MN,Yang PP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schools of public health have a proud history of educating personnel for leadership roles in the field of practice. Such personnel have played key roles in developing public health. Over the years, however, the missions of the schools of public health have become blurred. To a significant degree, a focus on health car...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Gordon LJ,McFarlane DR

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Objective 8.14 of the U.S. Healthy People 2000 objectives calls for 90% of the population to be served by a local health department (LHD) which is effectively carrying out the core functions of public health (assessment, policy development, assurance). This study seeks to describe the structural and service ...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Handler AS,Turnock BJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined differences in U.S. local health department (LHD) expenditures between 1989 and 1993 and examined the factors that were associated with those changes. Adjusted to constant 1993 dollars, nearly half (48%) of the studied LHDs experienced budget decreases and 52% experienced budget increases. The me...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Gerzoff RB,Gordon RL,Richards TB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agriculture was one of the earliest industries in which occupational hazards were recognized, but it has been largely excluded from the mainstream of modern preventive medicine and occupational health efforts. This resulted from the heavy industry focus of occupational medicine, from the agrarian myth which stated tha...

journal_title：Journal of public health policy

authors： Schenker MB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00