Introduction Dengue Hemorrhagic fever is the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in Indonesia and the most rapidly spreading over the past 40 years. It is a major cause of morbidity and mortality especially among children. Beside of that, larval habitats are increasing rapidly in Padang city as urban areas. It refers to poor populations lacking basic health services. Effective bottom-up...

Of all the naturally occurring groundwater contaminants, arsenic is by far the most toxic. Any large-scale treatment strategy to remove arsenic from groundwater must take into consideration safe containment of the arsenic removed with no adverse ecological impact. Currently, 175 well-head communitybased arsenic removal units are in operation in remote villages of the Indian subcontinent. Approx...

This review examines key articles in evaluation of community-based rehabilitation carried out in developing countries and proposes family quality of life as an outcome measure of community-based rehabilitation. The concept of community-based rehabilitation is reviewed, quality of life and family quality of life measurement scale is presented. It presents a practical approach to future evaluatio...

The disintegration of joint family system has made the family units smaller and the rate of marriage breakdown has increased. In the same period, with the technological advance in medicine, the survival of children with disabilities has risen. It has been estimated that about 10 per cent of children experience developmental disorders requiring access to the health care system and extensive care...

November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month. Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizures and affects an estimated 2.3 million adults and 450,000 children in the United States (1,2). Eighty-seven percent of parents of children with epilepsy have reported needing care coordination, and of these, 45% had unmet needs (3). Community-based care coordination can improve outcomes...

Anemia is a common occurrence in patients with cancer, and especially in those who undergo chemotherapy. Traditionally, significantly decreased hemoglobin levels have been considered to be </= 8 g/dl and have been associated with physiologic manifestations. More recent data have shown that milder anemia (hemoglobin levels 10-12 g/dl) has functional consequences as well. This article reviews sev...

Making meaningful contact with marginalized populations is a challenge that public health practitioners continually face. Vulnerable populations that are targeted in health promotion initiatives are frequent users of community-based organizations, making these agencies an important point of contact. The relationships communitybased organizations have with vulnerable populations are under-utiliz...

1 BACKGROUND The National Forest Programme (NFP) was put in place in Tanzania in 2001 as an instrument to implement forest policy for a period of ten years (2001-10). Its ultimate objective is: "to reduce poverty and increase economic growth by managing forests sustainably without compromising environmental and cultural values.” The primary strategies that are currently implemented for realisin...

Whether and when genomics will lead to public health benefit via reductions in chronic disease burden has provided fodder for debate (1,2). A point of agreement among both proponents and skeptics is that directing genomics research to achieve this end will require integration of knowledge across multiple disciplines and levels of analysis (i.e., biological, behavioral, social, and environmental...

Background and Purpose: The relative frequency of computed tomographic evidence of old cerebral infarctions without prior history of stroke, and their effect on shortand long-term outcome of patients with first-ever ischemic stroke, are currently unknown. Silent infarctions may relate to specific risk factors and may influence the rate of survival free of handicap. Methods: We studied the preva...