background : china has become an aging society, and the mental health problem of the elderly is increasingly becom-ing prominent. this paper aimed to analyze the effect of air pollution and rural-urban difference on mental health of the elderly in china. methods : using the data from the china health and retirement longitudinal survey (charls, 2013), after control-ling the social demography var...

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...

1School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; 2Jiangxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanchang, China; 3Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 4Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technolog...

Background With the rapid development of social economy in China, various public health emergencies frequently occur. Such emergencies cause a serious threat to human health and public safety, especially in rural China. Owing to flaws in emergency management mechanism and policy, the government is not capable to effectively deal with public health emergencies. Therefore, this study aimed to dis...

information about chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (copd)-related health resources allocation in china is very limited. the aim of the study was to explore the distribution of copd-related health resources allocation among different levels public hospitals (phs) in hunan province of central south china.we randomly collected data from 57 public hospitals (phs) at 3 different levels in huna...

Introduction: The medical literature has identified a variety of health risks associated with travel. Risks depend on the susceptibility of the traveler, the specifics of the destination, the mode of transport, and on chance events. Ill-prepared travelers who underestimate travel risks may encounter a variety of health problems. In order to eventually increase the capability of...

1Dept. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; 2Jiangxi Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanchang, China; 3Future Position X, Gavle, Sweden; 4School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College of Hazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China; 5Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska I...