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Health Information System Policy 2023

, 2023
The development of this first Health Information System (HIS) Policy is a result of various studies that have been undertaken to assess the functioning of Health Information and Management Information Systems in Kenya. These assessments identified a weak
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation
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Policy Surveillance: A Vital Public Health Practice Comes of Age [PDF]

, 2016
Governments use statutes, regulations, and policies, often in innovative ways, to promote health and safety. Organizations outside government, from private schools to major corporations, create rules on matters as diverse as tobacco use and paid sick ...
Ibrahim|, Burris|, Burris, Scott, Holiday, Tara Ramanathan, Ibrahim, Jennifer, Hitchcock, Laura, Penn, Matthew   +6 more
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Health Impact Assessment contributing to Healthy Public Policy

, 2009
Published by Public Health, April 2009 IPH recently coordinated and was guest editor for a minisymposium on Health Impact Assessment for the journal, Public Health.
Institute of Public Health in Ireland
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New directions in European public health research:report of a workshop [PDF]

, 2007
Public health draws from a range of academic disciplines, social, medical and statistical, and answers questions relevant to improving the health of populations.
Álvarez-Dardet, Carlos, Groot, W., Groot, Wim, Alvarez-Dardet, C., Groenewegen, P, Clarke, A, McCarthy, M, Groenewegen, Peter, McCarthy, M., Delnoij, D., Alvarez-Dardet, C, McCarthy, Mark, Groenewegen, Peter P., Groot, W, Sogoric, S, Sogoric, Selma, Delnoij, D, Sogoric, S., Delnoij, Diana, Groenewegen, P., Clarke, Aileen, Clarke, A.   +21 more
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IPH response to 'Your Health is Your Wealth' - Public Health Policy Framework 2012-2020

, 2011
The Department of Health (Republic of Ireland) is developing a public health policy, which aims to improve the health of the population and reduce health inequalities by addressing the causes of preventable illnesses.  The aim is to develop a policy
Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH)
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Public health policy and infertility

Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 2003
In assisted reproductive technology, three main areas are relevant from a health policy perspective: first, the technical excellence of the services rendered; second, a licensing and monitoring system to control all practitioners and the premises in which they work; and third, legislation to avoid abuse, prevent possible damage to the mother and the ...
G, Benagiano, M, Farris
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Fostering Local Health Department and Health System Collaboration Through Case Conferences for At-Risk and Vulnerable Populations

, 2018
In case conferences, health care providers work together to identify and address patients’ complex social and medical needs. Public health nurses from the local health department joined case conference teams at federally qualified health center primary ...
Virginia Caine, Caine, Virginia, Lisa E. Harris, Joshua R. Vest, Watson, Dennis P., Dennis P. Watson, Vest, Joshua R., Harris, Lisa E., Nir Menachemi, Paul Halverson, Menachemi, Nir, Halverson, Paul   +11 more
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Urban-rural disparity in disability and its influencing factors among the elderly in Tai′an city

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2023
ObjectiveTo examine current situation and influencing factors of disability among urban and rural elderly residents in Tai'an municipality, and to provide evidence for promoting healthy aging in the population.
Lei LI, Fangfang HU, Haifeng YANG, Menghua LI, Wenlong TANG, Chenhui CHEN, Lingzhong XU, Yinlong LI   +7 more
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THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY [PDF]

Annual Review of Public Health, 2006
▪ Abstract  Politics, for better or worse, plays a critical role in health affairs. The purpose of this article is to articulate a role for political analysis of public health issues, ranging from injury and disease prevention to health care reform. It begins by examining how health problems make it onto the policy agenda.
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A cross sectional study of unmet need for health services amongst urban refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand in comparison with Thai population, 2019

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Although the Thai government has introduced policies to promote the health of migrants, it is still the case that urban refugees and asylum seekers (URAS) seem to be neglected.
Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Pigunkaew Sinam, Mathudara Phaiyarom, Nareerut Pudpong, Sataporn Julchoo, Watinee Kunpeuk, Panithee Thammawijaya   +6 more
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