Can schools of global public health dismantle colonial legacies?

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...

"It's not cricket": colonial legacies and contemporary inequalities.

Cricket has been historically significant in defining notions of English national identity and continues to feature in debates over the inclusion/exclusion of immigrants in British society. British-African-Caribbean players are well represented in the English game but participation appears mediated by ethnic group membership. This contemporary pattern can only be understood when contextualized ...

Professionalization and public health: historical legacies, continuing dilemmas.

Professionalization in public health reflects wider institutional and political forces. Depending on the historical context in different countries, public health has developed as a medical specialty or as an independent field, entirely within the state or in mixed public-private institutions, closely or weakly tied to social movements, and in varying relations to fields such as engineering, nur...

Ethics and schools of public health.

Formula grants to schools of public health.

As the dean of one school of public health and as the Past President and current Chairman of the Legislative Committee o f the Association of Schools of Public Health, I feel that I can speak from some experience about the federal assistance which regional schools of public health in this country require to continue the education of health personnel for the public. My Association includes all 1...