background: in this regard, in iran a plan was developed and accordingly 52 indicators to measure equity inhealth were developed and announced by the ministry of health in collaboration with other sectors.this study aims to obtain a deeper understanding of the development of health equity indicators andidentify their implementation challenges and proposed solutions from the perspective of polic...

The World Health Organization asserts that oral health is a basic human right, yet this is a right enjoyed by few. Oral disease is a major problem in high-income countries, where the cost of treating oral diseases often exceeds that for major non-communicable diseases. In low-to-middle income countries, oral diseases are a severe and growing public health problem. Furthermore, major inequalitie...

background and objectives: high performance research activity in the health domain is crucial to overcoming ever-growing health-related problems. despite availability of data sources, only a limited number of researchers use these data to derive health-related information. thus, the present study aimed at exploring the barriers to research promotion as perceived by the university health researc...

it is difficult to disagree with the general argument that successful health reform requires a significant degree of policy capacity or that all players in the policy game need to move beyond self-interested advocacy. however, an overly broad definition of policy capacity is a problem. more important perhaps, health reform inevitably requires not just policy capacity but political leadership an...

Introduction: It is important that oral hygiene be carried out on a regular basis to enable prevention of dental disease. There are lot of changes in lifestyle and food consumption patterns during the muslim fasting of 30 days during month of Ramadan. This study focuses to find the oral hygiene practices and perceptions of fasting individuals. Methods: A questi...

Taking a leadership role, the Illinois Department of Public Health's Division of Oral Health has helped to successfully integrate oral health professionals into the emergency medical response system in Illinois by raising awareness, building needed partnerships, identifying and garnering resources, and facilitating training, policy development, surveillance, and evaluation. Applying the same pr...

oral health as an essential indicator of public health significantly affects public health. adequate knowledge, attitude and practice can effectively prevent many oral diseases. therefore, this study examines students’ knowledge, attitude and practice toward oral health. the study used a descriptive – analytical method and immediate sample available for gathering data. this study included the v...

background: in this regard, in iran a plan was developed and accordingly 52 indicators to measure equity inhealth were developed and announced by the ministry of health in collaboration with other sectors.this study aims to obtain a deeper understanding of the development of health equity indicators andidentify their implementation challenges and proposed solutions from the perspective of polic...

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...