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Southern Regional Health Consortium [PDF]

, 2005
Georgia Health Policy Center performed an assessment of Georgia's public health system to more clearly define public health's "core business" especially as it relates to the broader system of health and health care in the state; gain an accurate ...

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Socio-economic inequalities in the chronic diseases management among Chinese adults aged 45 years and above: a cross sectional study

Archives of Public Health, 2021
Backgrounds Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become a priority public health issue. The aim of this study was to examine whether socio-economic inequalities exist in chronic disease management among Chinese adults, and whether the relationship ...
Jing Guo, Jiasen Li, Kehui Huang, Ning Huang, Xing Lin Feng   +4 more
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Strengthening Public Health Nursing Part II: How Nurse Leaders in Policy-Making Positions Are Transforming Public Health [PDF]

, 2008
Describes the growing influence of nurse leaders in public health policy planning with the rise of nurse executives in state health departments.

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Use of evidence to support healthy public policy: a policy effectiveness-feasibility loop [PDF]

, 2012
Public policy plays a key role in improving population health and in the control of diseases, including non-communicable diseases. However, an evidence-based approach to formulating healthy public policy has been difficult to implement, partly on ...
Ahmad, B, Ben Romdhane, H, Bowman, S, Capewell, S, Critchley, J, Fouad, F, Husseini, A, Khatib, R, Maziak, W, Phillimore, P, Shoaibi, A, Unal, B, Unwin, N, Zaman, S   +13 more
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Changes in diet and physical activity following a community-wide pilot intervention to tackle childhood obesity in a deprived inner-London ward

BMC Public Health
Background Local authorities in England have an important role in shaping healthy local environments contributing to childhood obesity. This study examined changes in diet and physical activity in primary school children following a three-year, complex ...
Charan Bijlani, Charlotte Vrinten, Cornelia Junghans, Kiara Chang, Ellie Lewis, UmmeZeinab Mulla, Paraskevi Seferidi, Anthony A. Laverty, Eszter P. Vamos   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antibiotic prescribing among patients with severe infectious diseases in two private sector hospitals in Central India – a time series analysis over 10 years

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Antibiotic resistance is an emerging problem caused due to antibiotic use. In countries with high rates of infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance is a frequent cause of mortality.
Anna Damlin, Megha Sharma, Gaetano Marrone, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg   +3 more
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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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Alcohol misuse, public health, and public policy [PDF]

BMJ, 2005
A comprehensive and evidence based approach is needed A lcohol misuse continues to be associated with as many as 22 000 deaths each year in England, with cumulative economic, health, and social costs estimated at £20bn annually.1 While people in many other parts of Europe may have consumed a greater amount of alcohol in the past—although varying ...
Soumen, Sengupta, Lesley, Hoyle
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Global public health training in the UK: preparing for the future.

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Many major public health issues today are not confined by national boundaries. However, the global public health workforce appears unprepared to confront the challenges posed by globalization.
Hall, Jennifer A, Lee, Andrew CK, Mandeville, Kate L   +2 more
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Applying the model of diffusion of innovations to understand facilitators for the implementation of maternal and neonatal health programmes in rural Uganda

Globalization and Health, 2019
In Uganda, more than 336 out of every 100,000 women die annually during childbirth. Pregnant women, particularly in rural areas, often lack the financial resources and means to access health facilities in a timely manner for quality antenatal, delivery ...
Ligia Paina, Gertrude Namazzi, Moses Tetui, Chrispus Mayora, Rornald Muhumuza Kananura, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka, Peter Waiswa, Aloysius Mutebi, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source