Towards sustainable public engagement (outreach)

Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network: Public Outreach and Engagement

Stroke is becoming a leading cause of disability and death, and a major public health concern in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network (SIREN) seeks to comprehensively characterize the genomic, sociocultural, economic, and behavioral risk factors for stroke and to build effective teams for research to address and decrease the burden of stroke and othe...

Public Education and Outreach

Building Community Systems for Young Children is a series of reports designed to support the implementation of Proposition 10: The California Children and Families Act. Each installment is written by a team of experts and provides comprehensive and authoritative information on critical issues concerning young children and families in California. Building Community Systems for Young Children has...

Public outreach: a scientific imperative.

Editor’s Note: In 2003, the Society for Neuroscience initiated the Science Educator Award to recognize an outstanding neuroscientist who has made significant contributions to the education of the public. For a description of the award, see http://www. sfn.org/sea. Previous awardees are Eric Chudler (2003), Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom (2004), Colin Blakemore (2005), and Roberta Diaz Brinton (2006). ...

Towards sustainable public health surveillance for enteric fever.

Enteric fever that results from infection by the typhoidal Salmonellas (Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A, B and C) is a life-threatening preventable illness. Surveillance of enteric fever is important to understand current burden of disease, to track changes in human health burden from increasing antimicrobial resistance and to assess the impact of efforts to reduce disease burden. S...

Challenging Times for Public Health Towards Attaining Sustainable Development Goals