A growing number of professional associations have developed positions, policy statements, or reports on their role in supporting food systems that advance environmental and human health. These tools guide membership in their professional practice, influence policy changes within the association, and provide justification for policy initiatives at the local, state and federal levels. American D...

This commentary discusses the historical development, organization and activities of the Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA), a professional civil society organization that operates on the principles of protection of public interest and professional standards in health in areas of health development in Ethiopia. The important roles played by the EPHA in health training, research and poli...

The previous issue of The Behavior Analyst contained an article by Critchfield (2011), entitled ‘‘Interesting Times: Practice, Science, and Professional Associations in Behavior Analysis,’’ about a rift between the field’s scientists and practitioners. Critchfield observed that the science and practice of behavior analysis are subject to different contingencies of survival. He argued from histo...

South Africa not infrequently hosts high-level cardiology meetings outside the auspices of South African professional medical societies and associations. Well-known cardiologists, particularly from the USA and Europe are invited to make presentations, which bring the best and most-recent advances in the field to this country. This is of course of great value to the selected group of delegates w...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prescribing patterns of family medicine residents for patients aged more than 60 years with 2 or more chronic diseases and seen at least twice in a 12 month timeframe. METHODS This is a descriptive analysis which was based on chart reviews. The setting was the University of Illinois-Rockford Family Practice Residency. Patients aged 60 years with 2 or more chronic di...

Abstract Aim : To undertake a review of general practitioner (GP) mental health training focusing on three teaching formats; lecture-based, skills-based, and multifaceted strategies. Methods : The databases of Medline, Educational Resources Information Centre, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Database of Abstacts of Reviews of Effectiveness were searched from the years 1980 to 2...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate to what extent primary care professionals are able to change their systems for delivering care to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and what professional and organizational factors are associated with the degree of process implementation. DESIGN Quasi-experimental design with 1 year follow-up after intervention...

BACKGROUND There are many professional associations representing chiropractors and chiropractic in the United Kingdom (UK). Each has its unique selling points (USPs) and chiropractors can choose to join as many as they like; however, cost of membership has to be weighed against perceived benefits. The predictors of UK chiropractic association membership and motivational factors to join these as...

International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and European Federation of Medical Informatics are scientific associations which represents Health/Medical informatics as scientific and profesional disciplines. Those associations have long tradition in spreading knowledge, experiences and strategies in organization, practical applications and education within Health, Medical and Biomedical ...