1 Forum for Collaborative HIV Research and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 2 WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring, Uppsala, Sweden, 3 School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, 4 Quality Assurance and Safety: Medicines, Department of Essential Medicines an...

The Human Resources in Health (HRH) academic field is recognized as a critical area, which is part of the reorientation process in the health sector. The elaboration of the Unified Health System (SUS) represents challenges to the academic field process, especially regarding new careers such as speech-language pathology. This is related with the lack of awareness regarding collective health and ...

BACKGROUND Although physical inactivity is a concern for all adolescents, physical activity levels are especially low among minority adolescents and minimal among girls from low-income families. After-school programs can reduce high-risk behaviors and strengthen schools, families, and communities. CONTEXT We conducted an operational research project that provided free access to a program of r...

BACKGROUND The care of injured workers with chronic pain remains an important public health issue given its increasing prevalence. The consequences often include loss of self-esteem and stress in family relationships. AIMS To report our interdisciplinary approach to the care of chronic pain disorder (CPD) and describe the predictors associated with a successful return to work (RTW). METHODS...

one of the most important issues in today&rsquos; urban world is increasing use of cars and its noise pollution, which is now one of the most important affecting pollutants on health and quality of lives of residents in urban areas. noise pollution effects on various aspects of human and the community health as well as the high cost of treatment, thus more studies in this field is needed. hence...

background many countries conduct health impact assessment (hia) of their projects and policies to predict their positive and negative health impacts. in recent years many guides have been developed to inform hia practice, largely reflecting local developments in hia. these guides have often been designed for specific contexts and specific need, making the choice between guides difficult. the o...

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Background: Norway is internationally known today for its political and socio-economic prioritization of equity. The 2012 Public Health Act (PHA) aimed to further equity in the domain of health by addressing the social gradient in health. The PHA’s main policy measures were (1) delegation to the municipal level of responsibility for identifying and targeting underserved groups and (2) the impos...

Registered nurse Kathleen Hunthausen, coordinator of Saint Alphonsus's School Health Program, brings health education to youths in five Catholic schools in Idaho. A s proof it has done its homework, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, I D , is receiving good grades for a partnership with five local Catholic schools designed to meet students' health and spiritual needs. The School ...