1National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London E1 8AA, UK; 2Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 3TH, UK; 3Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; 4Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; ...

Queen Mary University of London, UK (where the research took place) Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, University College London, London, UK Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK Division of Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK Faculty of Population Health Sciences, University College Lon...

1Center for Animal and Human Health in Appalachia, College of Veterinary Medicine, DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, and School of Mathematics and Sciences, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN, USA 2Department of Health and Exercise Science, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA 3Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson...

BACKGROUND Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) college students may have an increased number of health inequities compared to their heterosexual counterparts. However, to date, no research has provided a comprehensive examination of health-related factors by sexual orientation identity and sex among a national sample of college students. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine physical, sex...

Health is determined not only by medical care but also by determinants outside the medical sector. Public health approach is to deal with all these determinants of health which requires multi sectoral collaboration and inter-disciplinary coordination. Although there have been major improvements in public health since 1950s, India is passing through demographic and environmental transition which...

1Postgraduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College & Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 2Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College & Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 3Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College & Research Institute, Bangalore, K...

PROBLEM The lack of skilled service providers in rural areas of India has emerged as the most important constraint in achieving universal health care. India has about 1.4 million medical practitioners, 74% of whom live in urban areas where they serve only 28% of the population, while the rural population remains largely underserved. APPROACH The National Rural Health Mission, launched by the ...

The college health physician cares for college students who present with a wide variety of medical disorders. This article reviews the management of four common medical problems: infectious mononucleosis, asthma, migraine headaches, and urinary tract infections. College students can become ill, and it is important that they have health care services designed to deal with their health care issues.