milk and milk products containing antibiotics especially penicillin may present a health hazard to individuals who are super sensitized to penicillin. a total of 620 samples of raw milk which were delivered to tehran pasteurization plant were examined. 294 samples were antibiotic-negative and 326 samples showed to contain antibiotic. considering the results obtained, certain recommendations wer...

Federal funding supports the growth and development of public health infrastructure and preparedness. The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services used federal funds to increase local public health infrastructure that included the hiring of health educators or risk communicators (HERCs). The HERCs are a diverse group of health and communications professionals trained in emergency com...

OBJECTIVE To document the ability of public health laboratories to respond to radiological emergencies. METHODS The Association of Public Health Laboratories developed, distributed, and analyzed two separate surveys of public health laboratories representing the 50 US states and major nonstate jurisdictions. The 2009 All-Hazards Laboratory Preparedness Survey examined overall laboratory capab...

Background: A systematic literature review in field of occupational health and safety job risks hazards public sector under the view process that applies principles techniques to create, communicate, deliver value order influence target audience behaviors benefit society as well intended employers, also managers. The aim study is change activities workplace will support overall services Greece ...

This study analyzed occupational health hazards for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses and nursing technicians, comparing differences in the number and types of hazards which occur at the beginning and end of their careers. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with 26 nurses and 96 nursing technicians from a public hospital in the Federal District, Brazil. A Likert-type work-relate...

T he Centers for Disease Con­ trol and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (Tracking Program) began with the idea that health and environmental problems are not always separate issues with unrelated solutions. When the Tracking Program was funded in 2002, no systems existed at the state or national level to track m...

Exposure to airborne biological hazards in an ever expanding urban transport infrastructure and highly diverse mobile population is of growing concern, in terms of both public health and biosecurity. The existing policies and practices on design, construction and operation of these infrastructures may have severe implications for airborne disease transmission, particularly, in the event of a pa...

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...

BACKGROUND Mass media are a leading source of health information for general public. We wished to examine the relationship between the intensity of media coverage for selected health topics and their actual risk to public health. METHODS Mass media reports in the United States on emerging and chronic health hazards (severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), bioterrorism, West Nile Fever, AIDS...