The Community-Oriented Public Health Practice (COPHP) program, a 2-year in-residence MPH degree program in the University of Washington School of Public Health, has partnered with Public Health-Seattle & King County (PHSKC) since 2002 to create a mutually beneficial set of programs to improve teaching and address community-based public health problems in a practice setting. The COPHP program us...

BACKGROUND Workforce and leadership development is imperative for the advancement of public health along the U.S./Mexico border. The Leaders across borders (LaB) program aims to train the public health and health-care workforce of the border region. The LaB is a 6-month intensive leadership development program, which offers training in various areas of public health. Program curriculum topics i...

Evaluation encompasses the set of tools that are used to measure the effectiveness of public health programs by determining what works. Traditional evaluations in public health have focused on assessing the impact of specific program activities on defined outcomes. Evaluation is also a conceptual approach to the use of data—as part of a quality improvement process—in public health management. P...

as an international legal instrument, the international health regulations (ihr) is internationally binding in 196 countries, especially in all the member states of the world health organization (who). the ihr aims to prevent, protect against, control, and respond to the international spread of disease and aims to cut out unnecessary interruptions to traffic and trade. to meet ihr requirements,...

Effective partnerships between local and state public health agencies and schools of public health have tremendous potential to improve the health of communities nationwide. This article highlights successful collaboration between local public health agencies (LPHA), state health departments, and Academic Centers for Public Health Preparedness (ACPHP) in schools of public health developed throu...

BACKGROUND The IOM recommends public health training for all physicians. Data characterizing such training of internal medicine (IM) residents are lacking. PURPOSE To describe the current state of public health education at IM residency programs, characterize programs offering public health education, and quantify interest in expanding training opportunities. METHODS IM residency program di...

Stress is a physiological reaction to the ever-increasing demands of life. After each stressful event, the body should be returned to a normal relaxed state. However, continuous stress of modern life sometimes put the subjects at risk of developing a range of diseases; from psychosomatic to anxiety disorders. Stress management program gives a range of tools to reduce the impact of stress and pr...

BACKGROUND Canada's North is a diverse, sparsely populated land, where inequalities and public health issues are evident, particularly for Aboriginal people. The Northern public health workforce is a unique mix of professional and paraprofessional workers. Few have formal public health education. From 2009 to 2012, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) collaborated with a Northern Advisory ...