Integrating Knowledge for Public Health Action

Integrating pediatrics and public health.

The demographics of children in the United States and the determinants of child health outcomes are evolving rapidly. This evolution will require those responsible for children's health and well-being to acquire new skills and access new resources in the future to ensure the relevance of the field of pediatrics to the health of children. The objective of this article is to define a new paradigm...

Public Health Action

of the two diseases, treatment of persons with dual disease and prevention of TB in persons with DM.5 For each of these challenges, the knowledge gaps are highlighted along with the research questions that need to be answered if care and control of the dual burden of disease are to be achieved. The second review article looks at existing and new technologies for screening and diagnosing type 2 ...

Travel Medicine in Qatar: Strategic Action for Better Public Health Outcome

Public Health Action Model for Cancer Survivorship

Long-term objectives associated with cancer survivors have been suggested by Healthy People 2020, including increasing the proportion of survivors living beyond 5 years after diagnosis and improving survivors' mental and physical health-related quality of life. Prior to reaching these objectives, several intermediate steps must be taken to improve the physical, social, emotional, and financial ...

National action for European public health research.

INTRODUCTION Research and innovation are the basis for improving health and health services. The European Union (EU) supports research through multi-annual programmes. Public Health Innovation and Research in Europe (PHIRE) investigated how European countries cooperate for action in public health research. METHODS In PHIRE, following stakeholder workshops and consultations, a national report ...