Building bridges between schools of public health and public health practice.

Building bridges between research, policy and practice in public health.

The article examines core elements of the national and international discussion on the required integration between research, policy and practice in public health, and provides input for this integration. Some conceptual barriers and other barriers at different spheres that interfere with the desired integration are discussed. Evidence has shown that research, policy and practice in health are ...

Mental health in schools and public health.

©2006 Association of Schools of Public Health Health policy and practice call for health and mental health parity and for a greater focus on universal interventions to promote, prevent, and intervene as early after problem onset as is feasible. Those in the public health field are uniquely positioned to help promote the mental health of young people and to reshape how the nation thinks about an...

Ethics and schools of public health.

The Survey of the Environmental Health Status and Safety of Public and Non- Public Elementary Schools in Mashhad, Iran

Background: Providing health facilities and attention to the physical and mental health of students are very important and it can affect the amount of their learning. The purpose of this study was the investigation of the environmental health status and safety of public and non-public elementary schools of Mashhad-Iran. Method: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 100 public and non...

Building bridges among public health stakeholders in Asia and Europe: the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Network for Public Health

The recently occurred pandemic H1N1 has given lessons on the significance of a multisectorial approach in developing mechanism for responses and preparedness against the spread of communicable diseases. This approach can expand beyond the administrative jurisdiction of a country when there is transboundary movement of diseases when measures taken require crossborder coordination. In this notion...