Public health informatics: An invitation to the field

The philosophical foundations of public health: an invitation to debate.

Health informatics education: an opportunity for public health in Canada.

Health information infrastructure is being developed across Canada, and health informatics education should be a component of the emerging infrastructure. However, educational opportunities do not appear to be developing in pace with infrastructure. This study characterizes the required education, and describes specific issues facing the development of health informatics education. Twenty-six k...

An invitation to the European Association of Dental Public Health 21st birthday!

The 21st Congress of the European Association of Dental Public Health will be held in Budapest, Hungary, on the 29th September to the 1st October 2016. As you would expect, I recommend you submit your abstracts early as the closing date is 30th April 2016 (http://eadph. org/abstract_submission/abstract_submission.html). Early registration would also assist the conference organisers. The number ...

Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics.

Objectives: To summarize current research in the field of Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics. Methods: The complete 2016 literature concerning public health and epidemiology informatics has been searched in PubMed and Web of Science, and the returned references were reviewed by the two section editors to select 14 candidate best papers. These papers were then peer-reviewed by external r...

Public Health Informatics and the H1N1 Pandemic

On June 11th 2009, Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), announced that the Influenza alert level was being raised from a Phase 5 to Phase 6 indicating the start of the 2009 Pandemic. The pandemic resulted from a previously uncirculated strain of H1N1 Influenza which spread rapidly in the spring of 2009. The second wave of the pandemic began as schools reop...