the current paper studies the relationship between organizational spirituality and organizational health in the department of culture and islamic guidance consisting of 168 employees. data were gathered using two questionnaires. the validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by the academic and organizational experts, and the reliability was tested using cronbach's alpha. the collected d...

The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) released the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Core Competency Model in 2009. Between 2007 and 2009, a national expert panel with members of the academic and practice communities guided by the ASPH Education Committee developed its 7 performance domains, including 54 competencies. We provide an overview and analysis of the challenges and issues a...

This document describes the design of the early warning system and presents the results of preliminary measurements. Contractual Date of Delivery 12 January 2005 Actual Date of Delivery 12 January 2005 Deliverable Security Class Public Editor Periklis Akritidis The EAR Consortium consists of: FORTH Coordinator Greece GA Tech Principal Contractor USA FORTHnet Principal Contractor Greece

The Israel network of Healthy Cities has been operating since 1990, and the first evaluation of its performance was carried out in 2004. The objectives were to evaluate the level of implementation of the 'Healthy Cities' principles and strategies in each network city and to assess the contribution of the network to its member cities. Coordinators of 18 active healthy cities participated in the ...

REPORT VERSION: first REPORT PREPARATION DATE: 2003.06.30 CLASSIFICATION: Public DELIVERABLE NO: D3.5 DUE DATE: Month 18 DELIVERY DATE: Month 18 PROJECT START DATE: 2002.01.01 PROJECT DURATION: 36 months RESPONSIBLE PARTNER: UCL PARTICIPATING PARTNERS: UCL, SICS PROJECT COORDINATOR: Swedish Institute of Computer Science AB PROJECT PARTNERS: EPFL Lausanne, INRIA Paris, KTH Stockholm, UCL Louvain...

health reforms that emphasize public health and improvements in primary care can be cost-effective measures to achieve health improvements, especially in developing countries that face severe resource constraints. in their paper “shanghai rising: health improvements as measured by avoidable mortality since 2000,” gusmano et al suggest that shanghai’s health policy-makers have been successful in...

Efficiency and effectiveness of care coordination depends on a match between the needs of the population and the skills, scope of practice, and intensity of services provided by the care coordinator. Existing literature that addresses the relevance of the advanced practice nurse (APN) role as a fit for coordination of care for children with special health care needs (SHCN) is limited. The objec...

Objective Electronic laboratory reporting has been promoted as a public health priority. The Office of the U.S. National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has endorsed two coding systems: Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) for laboratory test orders and Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) for test results. Materials and Methods We exam...

The International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) celebrates its 10th annual meeting with the arrival of the 2011 ISDS Annual Conference, ‘Building the Future of Public Health Surveillance’. This milestone in the Society’s history is punctuated not only by the achievements of the disease surveillance community but also by the promise of what lies ahead. The Annual Conference brings toge...