OBJECTIVE To identify a pathway forward for practicing pharmacists in supporting public health initiatives by applying the five core competencies of public health. SUMMARY The pharmacist is well positioned to improve population health. Until now, increased impact of pharmacists has been based on the expansion of patient services rather than guided by a population approach to health. To increase...

Background Modern hygiene administration in Japan and Korea began to be organized in the end of 19th Century by accepting Western public health system. Then, how did the elite in these two East Asian countries recognize and understand Western public health movement in the 19th Century? Answering this question could provide historical knowledge about the background of starting modern hygiene adm...

This paper discusses domestic violence as a public health concern and administration issue. People affected by violence, such physical, mental, sexual, financial abuse, experience higher rates of trauma leading to PTSD. study explored healthcare interaction with victims violence. Effective communication, proper training, screening should be used implemented in settings support regardless where ...

background: hypertension is a significant public health concern of world‑wide distribution and is also the most common cardiovascular disease risk factor. adequate control of blood pressure is a critical element in the prevention of hypertension induced‑organ damage and life‑threatening complications. prevention of hypertension is possible and early detection and effective treatment can signifi...

Ludmilla da Silva Viana Jacobson1 Carla Lourenço Tavares de Andrade2 Cleber Nascimento do Carmo1 Dennys de Souza Mourão1 Sandra de Souza Hacon1 1 Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Department of Endemic Diseases, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2 Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Department of Health Administration and Plannin...

Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA, Iowa City Veterans Administration Health Care System, Iowa City, IA, USA and Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa ...

Vivian Colón-López, PhD; Ana P. Ortiz, PhD; Lizbeth M. Del Toro-Mejías, BS; Hermes García, MD Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health; Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico; Centro Latino Americano de Enfermedades...