Evolution and public health

Evolution and public health

Evolution and its elements of natural selection, population migration, genetic drift, and founder effects have shaped the world in which we practice public health. Human cultures and technologies have modified life on this planet and have coevolved with myriad other species, including microorganisms; plant and animal sources of food; invertebrate vectors of disease; and intermediate hosts among...

Medical Advance, Public Health and Social Evolution

ground of his life (over 250 names of his contemporaries appear in the text), Gibbs also provides a valuable document of the eighteenth century scene and, at the same time, produces an excellent companion volume to R. E. Schofields' The Lunar Society ofBirmingham (1963). That science never for long took first place in Priestley's life is correctly stressed. Full justice is done, for instance, t...

Connecting evolution, medicine, and public health.

Genetics and public health--evolution, or revolution?

During the 19th and early 20th century, public health and genetics shared common ground through similar approaches to health promotion in the population. By the mid-20th century there was a division between public health and genetics, with eugenicists estranged and clinical genetics focused on single gene disorders, usually only relevant to small numbers of people. Now through a common interest...

The effect of Health System Evolution Plan on the performance indices in public hospitals in Iran

Background and Objectives: The Health System Evolution Plan was developed to improve quality and accessibility of health care services and reduce the costs to protect people from catastrophic out of pocket payments. The aim of current study is investigatation of Health System Evolution Plan effects on performance indices of governmental hospitals affiliated to Iran University o...