introduction: integration of public health and medical education has been thought to have an important role in medical students’ training. shiraz university of medical sciences has developed an md/mph dual degree educational program for the talented volunteer students. the aim of this study was to assess the students’ viewpoints about various aspects of shiraz md/mph program. methods: this cros...

it is estimated that 8-22% of children and adolescents experience anxiety during their childhood. different forms of anxiety, such as social anxiety, separation anxiety, etc. may affect the normal life of children and influence their mental health through their life. some anxious children will grow out of their problems, but others will keep having trouble with anxiety unless they get professio...

nowadays people are seeking health information to raise their awareness. they use many ways to get this information. this study examines the health information channels used by users of public libraries. the population of the present survey  consisted of 461 users of public libraries throughout the country, randomly selected in a two-stage cluster sampling method. the questionnaire data were an...

general population surveys often report that only a small proportion of individuals with common mental disorders seek mental health treatment, suggesting a high level of unmet need for mental health care in the community. in recent years, however, the number of adults in industrialized countries who are treated with antidepressant medications has dramatically increased. this paper reviews the p...

rlabonté et al entitle their paper in this issue of the international journal of health policy and management “the trans-pacific partnership: is it everything we feared for health?” tantalisingly, they do not directly answer the question they pose, and in this commentary, we suggest that it is the wrong question; we should not ‘fear’ the trans-pacific partnership (tpp) at all, rather we should ...

There is scientific consensus that the global climate is changing, with rising surface temperatures, melting ice and snow, rising sea levels, and increasing climate variability. These changes are expected to have substantial impacts on human health. There are known, effective public health responses for many of these impacts, but the scope, timeline, and complexity of climate change are unprece...

BACKGROUND Surgical care has made limited inroads on the public health and global health agendas despite increasing data showing the enormous need. The objective of this study was to survey interested members of a global surgery community to identify patterns of thought regarding barriers to political priority. MATERIALS AND METHODS All active members of the nongovernmental organization Surge...

Public health surveillance is the cornerstone of public health practice. The uses of surveillance include the identification of patterns of health among population subgroups. The assessment of race and ethnicity in public health surveillance is fundamental to the reduction of preventable excesses in poor health among racial and ethnic populations. We review the use of race and ethnic variables ...

Experimenting with outbreak scenarios and strategies through simulations can aid public health responses.

background vertically oriented global health initiatives (ghis) addressing the hiv/aids epidemic, including the president’s emergency plan for aids relief (pepfar), have successfully contributed to reducing hiv/aids related morbidity and mortality. however, there is still debate about whether these disease-specific programs have improved or harmed health systems overall, especially with respect...