cooperation of all health sectors and early diagnosis of the disease are the key factors for controlling tuberculosis. this study assesses the patterns of reported tuberculosis cases in iran.this was a cross sectional study. tuberculosis cases were defined according to world health organization and iran's national tb guidelines. final data were prepared for analysis using spss16 software.public...

aim: the comprehensive evaluation program of the health system in higher education is a strategic plan in line with the goals of health reform program. the planning levels are based on 12 general policies. as professors of medical universities have an important role in public health promotion, this study aimed to identify the outcomes of faculty development at medical universities in the northe...

Workforce development programs in public health should link improvements in workers' performance with improvements in their agencies' performance. The "ten essential services" of public health provide criteria for measuring both individual worker training (as in workforce competency standards) and agency performance (as in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Public Health ...

Information science and technology are critical to the modern practice of public health. Yet today's public health professionals generally have no formal training in public health informatics--the application of information science and technology to public health practice and research. Responding to this need, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently developed, tested,...

In 2011, the University of Michigan's Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Studies and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) assessed the workforce and program capacity in U.S. public health, environmental, and agricultural laboratories. During April-August 2011, APHL sent a web-based questionnaire to 105 public health, environmental, and agricultural laboratory direct...

OBJECTIVES We assessed the effect of public health leadership training on the capacity of public health leaders to perform competencies derived from the list of "Ten Essential Public Health Services" presented in 1994 by the steering committee of the Public Health Functions Project. METHODS Graduating scholars of the Northeast Public Health Leadership Institute were surveyed to determine diff...

In public health, a key challenge is moving from accurate monitoring to effective intervention. Selected findings for health determinants and outcomes were reported in the CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report—United States, 2011 (1); a second report was released in 2013 (2). This supplement is a companion to the two earlier health disparity reports. It highlights health interventions ...

this research is a analytical- descriptive study. the aim of this study is determination attitude of health centers authorities in tehran about roles and activities of community health nurse. the research instrument was a questionnaire with 33 questions that was made by the researcher. the data was collected through visit to research units in health centers. the result of research showed that t...

Background Better alignment between academia and public health practice and policies are critical to improve public health actions. Training of future researchers to address complex issues and to conduct transdisciplinary and collaborative research will help improve this alignment. In this paper, we describe the role of internship placements and mentorship for trainees' skills development in po...

background: aging and its social-biological process naturally impair the functions of different body organs and cause progressive disabilities in managing personal affairs and performing social roles. laughter therapy is an important strategy which has been recommended by experts for increasing health promotion in older adults. therefore, we aimed to investigate the effect of laughter therapy p...