Recovery from the pandemic: evidence‐based public policy to safeguard health

Obesity: From Public Health to Public Policy

Marlene Schwartz, PhD, is a senior research scientist in Psychology and the School of Public Health as well as Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University. Dr. Schwartz received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Yale, where she studied under renowned obesity expert Kelly Brownell. Prior to her current academic appointments, she served as the Co-Director of the Yal...

Public Health Policy and Experience of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic in Pune, India

Background Prior experience and the persisting threat of influenza pandemic indicate the need for global and local preparedness and public health response capacity. The pandemic of 2009 highlighted the importance of such planning and the value of prior efforts at all levels. Our review of the public health response to this pandemic in Pune, India, considers the challenges of integrating global ...

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...

Public Health Policy and Experience of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic in Pune, India

BACKGROUND Prior experience and the persisting threat of influenza pandemic indicate the need for global and local preparedness and public health response capacity. The pandemic of 2009 highlighted the importance of such planning and the value of prior efforts at all levels. Our review of the public health response to this pandemic in Pune, India, considers the challenges of integrating global ...

The Health Policy and Management (HPAM) Gap- From Diagnosis to Prescription: A Response to Recent Commentaries