an essential issue from the very outset of the field of public administration was to find proper limits of bureaucrats authorities in a democratic state .contemporary research on the issue lead to emergent of two set of theories. the first is theories of political control of bureaucracy and the second is theories of bureaucratic politics. the research is against theoretical efforts and is consi...

Health is determined by the conditions in which we live our everyday lives. Those conditions include the social, cultural, economic, educational, and occupational as well as the physical and mental environment, which influence health behaviour and lifestyle and so the health status. Disparities in those determinants between social groups lead to inequalities in health. Those issues are contents...

1. Introduction 2. The production of health: some empirical evidence 3. Social health inequality in Italy: dimension and peculiarities 3.1 Is health spending a measure of inequality across regions? 3.2 Health inequalities in Italy: some preliminary evidence 3.3 Health inequalities analysed from an unusual point of view: mountains versus the plain 4. Cancer and social inequalities: evidence from...

Long-term objectives associated with cancer survivors have been suggested by Healthy People 2020, including increasing the proportion of survivors living beyond 5 years after diagnosis and improving survivors' mental and physical health-related quality of life. Prior to reaching these objectives, several intermediate steps must be taken to improve the physical, social, emotional, and financial ...

I. The Public Health Response to Syphilis II. Why the Public Health Response to HIV/AIDS Should be Patterned After the Public Health Response to Syphilis III. Legal Implications of the Proposed Public Health Response—The Competing Interests of Personal Autonomy and State Action A. Individual Privacy Rights B. Government Action to Protect Public Health 1. Federal Government Action 2. State Gover...

background and objectives: low fruit/vegetable (fv) diet seems to be a global public health problem. the trans-theoretical stages of change model have long been considered a useful interventional approach in lifestyle modification programs. the aim of this study was to find the most important intermediating factors of fv consumption in mashhad, iran. materials and methods: in this cross-section...