Community Health Improvement and the Community Psychology Competencies

Dental Students' Competencies in Community Dentistry Course

Introduction: Graduated dentistry students ought to be competent in different fields of community dentistry such as health education, needs assessment, planning and policy making. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of community dentistry course on dental students' competencies in different fields of community dentistry through self-monitoring method in Isfahan School of dentistry. ...

Exploring health literacy competencies in community pharmacy.

BACKGROUND Health literacy is the ability to obtain, interpret and use health information. Low rates of health literacy in Australia have been suggested, but no validated measure exists. OBJECTIVE To explore health literacy competencies in a sample of community pharmacy consumers. DESIGN Structured interviews were undertaken by a team of researchers during August, 2009. The instrument was d...

Could hospital community benefit enhance community health improvement?

A unique model of the community health worker: the MGH Chelsea Community Health Improvement team.

With current trends in legislation around the delivery of patient care, the role of a community health worker (CHW) is gaining growing and much deserved attention. However, a system needs to be built for any CHW program to be successful and sustainable. This article describes a unique approach to community health work at the Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea HealthCare Center where a well-...

Environmental Metrics for Community Health Improvement

Environmental factors greatly affect human health. Accordingly, environmental metrics are a key part of the community health information base. We review environmental metrics relevant to community health, including measurements of contaminants in environmental media, such as air, water, and food; measurements of contaminants in people (biomonitoring); measurements of features of the built envir...