Helminthiasis among North Koreans: a chronic public health challenge.

Chronic Diseases, Health Status and Health Service Utilization among Koreans

This study described the self-reported chronic diseases and health status and examined the factors that are associated with effective health service utilization. Descriptive and logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the factors significantly associated with self-rated health, in-patient and out-patient utilization. Self-rated health status was ranked lower among rural resident...

Handbook of Helminthiasis for Public Health

In 1849, John Snow pioneered the application of mapping to public health by producing a map depicting locations of cholera cases around the Broad Street pump in London (1). Thus, any book describing recent advances in mapping infectious disease is potentially of interest to practicing public health officials. The topics covered in the 11 chapters in this book range from the very technical, such...

The public health challenge of obesity in North Carolina.

besity is one of the most important public health issues of our time. Just as infectious diseases threatened the health and well being of communities in the early 20th century, chronic diseases are now the greatest threat of the 21st. The risk factors for obesity, physical inactivity and poor nutrition have begun to approach the public health impact of tobacco use. The resulting rise in chronic...

PUBLIC HEALTH Health Technology: Challenge to Public Health

Health technology includes drugs, procedures, techniques, and equipment used by health professionals to provide health care, and the organizational and supporting systems within which the care is delivered. Such new technology may comprehend new drugs, new medical devices and appliances, new medical activities and surgical procedures, health promotion and disease prevention activities, and orga...

hookah use among youth and young adults: a public health challenge