many of the societal level factors that affect health – the ‘social determinants of health (sdh)’ – exist outside the health sector, across diverse portfolios of government, and other major institutions including non-governmental organisations (ngos) and the private sector. this has created growing interest in how to create and implement public policies which will drive better and fairer health...

introduction: the carry of heavy backpacks by school children may be associated with several potential health consequences. the aim of this study was to determine the percentage of body weight represented by school backpacks and other related factors. materials and methods: the cross-sectional study has been done in eight primary schools in yazd city in which a total of 783 students’ boys (217 ...

there are two dominant approaches to describe and understand the anatomy of complete health and well-being systems internationally. yet, neither approach has been able to either predict or explain occasional but dramatic crises in health and well-being systems around the world and in developed emerging market or developing country contexts. as the impacts of such events can be measured not simp...

background despite high immunization rates, hundreds of thousands of poor and underserved children continue to lack their necessary immunizations and are at risk of acquiring a vaccine-preventable disease. local health departments (lhds) and public health clinicians figure prominently in efforts to address this problem.   methods this exploratory research compared ten (10) north carolina lhds w...

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purpose: to determine the general population’s knowledge and awareness about cataract, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy (dr) in tehran, the most populated and capital city of iran, in order to assess the need for health education programs. methods: this cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted during 2010 and a structured questionnaire was filled by 5 trained interviewers via tele...

For over a year, the market for initial public offerings (IPO) for promising private companies has been slow. In 2007, there were just 234 IPOs, down from a decade high of 486 in 1999. As a result, private companies and their investors (including venture capital and private equity backed companies) have been left without a crucial exit strategy. More importantly, these private companies that mi...

The University of North Carolina Management Academy for Public Health is a unique training program that combines a business education with a public health focus, to enhance the performance of individual public health managers and improve organizational strength throughout governmental public health. This article considers the implications of decisions made in creating this program, which, after...

Objective The objective of this project is to provide a technical mechanism for information to be easily and securely shared between public health ESSENCE users and non-public health partners; specifically, emergency management, law enforcement, and the first responder community. This capability allows public health officials to analyze incoming data and create interpreted information to be sha...