The debate about whether to call our specialty public health or global health seems rather like angels dancing on a pin head as we face the choppy waters of change. In response to Jeffrey Koplan’s attempt to define differences between global, international and public health the deans in the USA voiced their opinion that since many public health challenges were global, an understanding of the wi...

in the area of youth health, peers education is an approach to health promotion. assess the training needs of peers educators clarifies the components, values, and quality of training protocols. aim to that we conducted a participatory educational needs assessment of youth peer educators.involving youth and key informants in direct collaboration with research team, a qualitative approach was pl...

introduction: among the most important strategies for controlling cardiovascular diseases are preventive steps such as training and enhancing the awareness level, and preventive skills for protecting individuals. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of training based on health belief model on the awareness and attitude of nursing and midwifery students in preventing cardiovascula...

Is DIDN'T KNOW there was such a thing." We have heard this statement repeatedly from intern and practicing physician alike. The "thing" they refer to is the residency program in public health. While residencies in clinical specialties are well known and accepted, such is not the case in the field of public health. Perhaps this is because the specialty is only about 8 years old. By June 30, 1956...

background : mental health is of great importance in childhood and the foundation of personality of every individual is laid during this period. moreover, behavioral problems are common in children, and a lot of the individual, familial, and social disorders originate from the fact that these problems are not treated at the right time. more important is that the behavioral problems of children ...

his leading article aims to highlight the main training issues in community child health (CCH) and, in light of work done so far, discuss provision of appropriate numbers of well trained paediatricians to meet the needs of the nation's children. Community child health is a subspe-cialty of paediatric medicine that has undergone much change in structure and service provision in recent years, and...

Introduction Through the 1990s, wide disparities in health status were recorded in Venezuela, a mirror of poor social conditions, decreasing investment in the public health sector and a health workforce distribution unable to meet population health needs or to staff effective, accessible public health services. Venezuelans' health status deteriorated as a result. In 2003-2004, the Venezuelan go...

Public health management is a pillar of public health practice. Only through effective management can research, theory, and scientific innovation be translated into successful public health action. With this in mind, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed an innovative program called Improving Public Health Management for Action (IMPACT) which aims to address th...