In 2005, Public Act No. 161 (PA 161) was passed in Michigan, allowing dental hygienists to practice in approved public dental prevention programs to provide services for underserved populations while utilizing a collaborative agreement with a supervising dentist. The aims of this study were to assess how well dental and dental hygiene students and faculty members and practicing dental hygienist...

BACKGROUND Although the wearing of face masks in public has not been recommended for preventing influenza, these devices are often worn in many Asian countries during the influenza season. In Japan, it is thought that such behavior may be an indicator of other positive hygiene practices. The aim of this study, therefore, was to determine if wearing a face mask in public is associated with other...

Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK Biomedical Research Unit in Nutrition, Diet and Lifestyle, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Child Health Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Departmen...

AIMS To review the burden of allergic and infectious diseases and the evidence for a link to microbial exposure, the human microbiome and immune system, and to assess whether we could develop lifestyles which reconnect us with exposures which could reduce the risk of allergic disease while also protecting against infectious disease. METHODS Using methodology based on the Delphi technique, six...

Introduction? Of the various branches of Public Health that excite public attention, the subject of the Adulteration of Food-Stuffs is one of the most important, and no doubt possesses the greatest interest. The immense benefit which Hygiene and Public Health has brought on humanity, in preventing the spread and dissemination of various infectious diseases that decimate people by hundreds and t...

Throughout the United States, consumers rely on local health authorities to regulate and inspect restaurants in an attempt to assure that high-quality hygiene standards are maintained. Few people would argue that this is unimportant. If hygiene were left unregulated and unmonitored, it is likely that restaurant workers would shirk in their efforts to maintain good hygiene, and customers would g...

Mr Pfister is Assistant Scientist/Epidemiologist, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene; Dr Golubjatnikov is Emeritus Chief Immunologist, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene and Emeritus Assistant Clinical Professor of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr Arcari is Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences, University of WisconsinMadison; Doctor Davis is Chi...

INTRODUCTION Hand hygiene (HH) compliance with World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines is essential to prevent bacterial transmission and infections acquired from hospital settings. AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of training tool of World Health Organization's (WHOs) Hand Hygiene multi modal campaign at all public hospitals and at the University Clinical Center in Kos...

Although promotion of safe hygiene is the single most cost-effective means of preventing infectious disease, investment in hygiene is low both in the health and in the water and sanitation sectors. Evidence shows the benefit of improved hygiene, especially for improved handwashing and safe stool disposal. A growing understanding of what drives hygiene behaviour and creative partnerships are pro...