Public Health Calls for Changes in Police Practices

Programmes and calls for public health research in European countries.

INTRODUCTION Public health research, at population and organizational level, needs to be identified independently within 'health' research from biomedicine and life sciences. In PHIRE (Public Health Innovation and Research in Europe), we investigated the extent and character of public health research calls and programmes in European countries. METHODS Country respondents, identified through n...

Characterizing perceived police violence: implications for public health.

Despite growing recognition of violence's health consequences and the World Health Organization's recent classification of police officers' excessive use of force as a form of violence, public health investigators have produced scant research characterizing police-perpetrated abuse. Using qualitative data from a study of a police drug crackdown in 2000 in 1 New York City police precinct, we exp...

Public Health Programs and Practices

gress on Alcohol and Heaith shows declines in per capita alcohol consumption and liver cirrnosis deaths, as well as increased abstention and decreased heavy drinking across a broad range of age, sex, and demographic groups in the United States. The report, prepared by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), details recent scientific progress in understanding, preventing,...

Dental Public Health Activities & Practices

Lack of access to dental care is a common problem for people with Medicaid, whether they are covered by traditional fee-for-service programs or by managed care. For people with developmental disabilities who are covered by Medicaid, access to dental care is even more restricted. This situation was recognized at a 1999 state dental summit in Pennsylvania and led to a recommendation that a specia...

Professional Practices Promoting Health of Healthcare Workers: Comparison of Public and Private Hospitals in Pakistan