The importance of listening to and engaging publics in the design and implementation of immunization policies and programmes has been well established (Waisbord 2004; Cooper et al. 2008; Obregon 2009; Larson et al. 2010; Larson et al. 2011). There are a number of examples of the costs (financial and social) of not involving publics early, the most acute being the boycott of polio vaccination in...

BACKGROUND Despite the burgeoning number of well-validated interventions that have been shown in randomized trials to produce superior outcomes compared to usual services, it is estimated that only 10% of public systems deliver evidence-based mental health services. In California, for example, more than 15,000 children are placed in group homes or residential centers with some evidence of iatro...

Primary prevention concepts have been widely applied to health problems of American Indian people. When applied to mental health issues, and the problem of suicide in particular, primary prevention intervention methods may not be effective. As an alternative, secondary and tertiary interventions directed at the prevention of suicide are examined, including evidence for their effectiveness, and ...

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...

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Development communities in rich and poor countries have long been concerned about the minimal attention many political leaders in developing countries give to serious public health problems. Developing country officials often have different priorities than international actors, and efforts to make their priorities converge are complicated by the fact that there is little systematic research on ...

Only 17 per cent of French households received digital television in 2002. Hence, for public authorities, digital terrestrial television (DTTV) is mainly a means to stimulate the development of digital television. However, cable and satellite operators (TF1, M6 and Canal Plus), which have been designated as leaders of the DTTV process, are reluctant, as they view DTTV as a competitor to their e...