BACKGROUND Exposure to secondhand smoke is an important preventable cause of illness and death. A Smoke-Free Paso del Norte Coalition in El Paso, Texas, led a drive to introduce an ordinance to protect nonsmoking persons from the health effects of secondhand smoke in public places. The ordinance was introduced in April 2001 and was passed on June 26, 2001. CONTEXT El Paso is the fifth largest...

The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a public health educational campaign to reduce backyard mosquito-larval habitats. Three communities each, within two New Jersey counties, were randomly selected to receive: (1) both education and mosquito control, (2) education only, and (3) no education or mosquito control. Four separate educational events included a 5-day elementary ...

The Back Page ................................... 8 Thomas Neff discusses recent progress of the highly enriched uranium deal between the US and Russia in the aftermath of the cold war. The Campaign for Physics, the science education fundraising initiative of the APS and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) launched in the fall of 1995, attained its $5 million funding goal. A vic...

OBJECTIVE To document efforts on the part of public officials in California to soften the media campaign's attack on the tobacco industry and to analyse strategies to counter those efforts on the part of tobacco control advocates. METHODS Data were gathered from interviews with programme participants, direct observation, written materials, and media stories. In addition, internal documents we...

BACKGROUND Like other countries in Asia, measles-rubella (MR) vaccine coverage in Bangladesh is suboptimal whereas 90-95 % coverage is needed for elimination of these diseases. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) of the Government of Bangladesh implemented MR campaign in January-February 2014 to increase MR vaccination coverage. Strategically, the MOHFW used both routine immunizat...

In the past several years, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has provided a clear blueprint for improving the health of older adults through two signifi cant reports—Retooling for an Aging America (2008) and Th e Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (2010). Together, these reports have implications for research in gerontological nursing, and with the implementation of the Patient P...

     Measles is a highly contagious disease. By the end of 2013, 84% of children had received at least a single dose of measles vaccine by their second birthday, and 148 countries had included a second dose as part of routine immunization. In 2002, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education developed a comprehensive strategy to eliminate Measles including mass immunization campaign fo...

PURPOSE This study was conducted to examine public level of knowledge and attitudes regarding antibiotic use and potential drug resistance. METHODS A cross-sectional face-to-face survey of 1,177 residents aged 18 or over was conducted in Korea. A quota sampling method was used. RESULTS Most respondents (70%) did not know that antibiotics are ineffective in treating coughs and colds. Two-thi...

hepatitis b (hb) is an infectious disease occurring worldwide which can be transferred by some professions, including hairdressers. health education is an essential component of public health campaign about this disease. the purpose of this study was to test the utility of the health belief model (hbm) in understanding and predicating the intention of hairdressers in prevention of hb in their c...

Background: Identifying the needs and priorities of accountable education is an important issue for providing needs based training and empowering students in responding to the real needs of the community. The present study was conducted to identify and prioritize accountable educational needs in Gonabad University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This is a qualitative research. The participants in...