Overseas observers. Public health developments abroad. Havana revisited

New developments in public health case law.

Recent Developments in Public Health Nursing in the Americas

This study presents an assessment of the participation and training of nurses in public health areas in the Americas. Information was gathered through a literature review and interviews with key informants from Mexico, Colombia, and Paraguay. Results demonstrate that there is significant variation in definitions of public health nursing across the region and current systematized data about the ...

Public health in the European overseas countries and territories: new perspectives for Europe.

Twenty-five European overseas countries and territories (OCTs) are associated with the European Union (EU) through four Member States of the European Union (EU): Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Citizens of OCTs are European citizens, unless they decide to renounce their respective European Member State citizenship. The OCTs are neither part of the EU nor considered as t...

Health Abroad: A Medical Handbook of Travel

familiar with the various emergencies which may arise when medical aid is not forthcoming, and to treat them to the best advantage. Well does the editor preface the contents of the volume with the remark that "Too often foreign travel, instead of restoring health, is the means of sowing the seeds of disease in those previously strong and healthy, when a couple of days' rest or a few simple prec...

Global Health Engagement: At Home and Abroad.

Nurses and nurse educators need to be prepared to accelerate progress toward the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals to improve local and global health in the face of continued poverty, hunger, and disease. This four-part Teaching Tips series will focus on developing nurse educators to prepare nurses for global engagement on the following topics: introduction to global health, systems...