OBJECTIVES Consumer use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the United States continues to expand. Although conventional medicine has responded actively, the response from public health has been far less pronounced. To examine the potential for integrating CAM into public health contexts, an exploratory survey was conducted. DESIGN A 19-item, self-administered survey instrument...

Public health enjoyed a number of successes over the twentieth century. However, public health agencies have arguably been ill equipped to sustain these successes and address the complex threats we face today, including morbidity and mortality associated with persistent chronic diseases and emerging infectious diseases, in the context of flat funding and new and changing health care legislation...

Comprehensiveness relates both to the scope of services offered and to a holistic clinical approach. The aim of this study was to identify the perception of Brazilian dentists regarding key concepts of comprehensiveness and its importance in primary health care oral health services performed in the public sector. Focus groups were conducted to explore three main concepts, 'patient welcoming', '...

background: the emergence and spread of ebola outbreak is a growing problem worldwide, which represents a significant threat to public health. evidence has shown that the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice of people in the society play major roles in controlling the spread of ebola virus disease. this study was designed to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of students at school...

OBJECTIVES The Nigerian health sector battles with control of infectious diseases and emerging non-communicable diseases. Number of healthcare personnel involved in public health programs need to be boosted to contain the health challenges of the country. Therefore, it is important to assess whether community pharmacists in Nigeria could be engaged in the promotion and delivery of various publi...

introduction: purchasing scientific journals take a large amount of university library budget. so choosing journals with a scientific validity that response to universities needs is so important. this article aims to have a survey on usage rate of isfahan university of medical sciences users on public, environmental and occupational health journals to confirm core journals via bradford scatteri...

The Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center (IPHPC) is collaborating with other public health training programs in the development of a consensus approach for credentialing public health workers. Competency-based credentialing at as many as four levels is envisioned: (1) a basic introductory level for all public health workers who lack formal education and training in public health; (2) a ge...

BACKGROUND Experts have historically recommended better integration of public health content into medical education. Whether this adoption is associated with physician practice location has not been studied. PURPOSE To examine the association between medical student perception of their public health and community medicine instruction and practice location in a Health Professional Shortage Are...