Public Health professions about their future: ’action, across borders, and front for citizens’

2011 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-200
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Future Action

An Introduction to Parks, Recreation, and Public Health: Collaborative Frameworks for Promoting Physical Activity

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (s1) ◽  
pp. S1-S13 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Librett ◽  
Karla Henderson ◽  
Geoffrey Godbey ◽  
James R. Morrow
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Learning Curve ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Health Decisions ◽  
Parks And Recreation ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Missed Opportunity

The purpose of parks and recreation as well as public health is to seek the highest possible quality of life for individuals and communities. Unfortunately, little discourse has occurred between the parks and recreation and public health professions. This missed opportunity has resulted in an incomplete understanding of the spectrum of issues shared by the fields, a slow transdisciplinary learning curve, and a dearth of knowledge-based linkages between science and practice. The goal of the 2006 Cooper Institute Conference on Parks, Recreation, and Public Health: Collaborative Frameworks for Promoting Physical Activity was to highlight opportunities and advance cooperation between parks, recreation, and public health researchers and practitioners that result in collaborations that influence public health decisions at the macro (agency) and micro (individual) levels. This article introduces the discussion on scientific and practice issues in parks, recreation, and public health. By establishing a baseline of frameworks for strengthening collaboration we hope to improve the health and quality of life through parks and recreation-based physical activity.

The South Dakota Model: Health Care Professions Student Disaster Preparedness and Deployment Training

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 735-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt P. Owens ◽  
Cheri Buffington ◽  
Michael P. Frost ◽  
Randall J. Waldner
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
South Dakota ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
The South ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Disaster Training

ABSTRACTObjectiveThe Association of American Medical Colleges recommended an increase in medical education for public health emergencies, bioterrorism, and weapons of mass destruction in 2003. The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine (USD SSOM) implemented a 1-day training event to provide disaster preparedness training and deployment organization for health professions students called Disaster Training Day (DTD).MethodsHospital staff and emergency medical services personnel provided the lecture portion of DTD using Core Disaster Life Support (CDLS; National Disaster Life Support Foundation) as the framework. Pre-test and post-test analyses were presented to the students. Small group activities covered leadership, anaphylaxis, mass fatality, points of dispensing deployment training, psychological first aid, triage, and personal protective equipment. Students were given the option to sign up for statewide deployment through the South Dakota Statewide Emergency Registry of Volunteers (SERV SD). DTD data and student satisfaction surveys from 2009 to 2016 were reviewed.ResultsSince 2004, DTD has provided disaster preparedness training to 2246 students across 13 health professions. Significant improvement was shown on CDLS post-test performance with a t-score of −14.24 and a resulting P value of <0.00001. Students showed high levels of satisfaction on a 5-level Likert scale with overall training, small group sessions, and perceived self-competency relating to disaster response. SERV SD registration increased in 2015, and 77.5% of the participants registered in 2016.ConclusionDTD at the USD SSOM provides for an effective 1-day disaster training course for health professions students. Resources from around the state were coordinated to provide training, liability coverage, and deployment organization for hundreds of students representing multiple health professions. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:735–740)

scholarly journals Interprofessional Education: Reaching Health Professionals With an Interactive Professional Virtual/Online Event on Advocacy and Policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen D. Liller ◽  
Zachary Pruitt ◽  
Somer Goad Burke
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Online Curriculum ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Interprofessional Teams ◽  
Synchronous Online

Competencies in health policy and advocacy should be developed by all health professionals to effectively advance their professions but also effectively collaborate in interprofessional teams to improve public health. However, the COVID-19 epidemic presents a challenge to reaching students of health professions through face-to-face offerings. To meet this need, the University of South Florida College of Public Health developed asynchronous and synchronous online health policy and advocacy modules delivered to an interprofessional group of students pursuing health careers. After learning policy and advocacy material individually through a self-paced online curriculum, faculty gathered the students for a synchronous online event where they formed collaborative groups. In interprofessional teams, students prepared and presented advocacy briefs that were critiqued by the faculty. Post-event evaluation results showed that most students strongly agreed that the interprofessional event was very effective, and they all would recommend the program to other students. Universities and colleges educating students of health professions can take advantage of the technologies employed to keep students safe in the COVID-19 pandemic and still reach students effectively with interprofessional health policy and advocacy content.

scholarly journals Barriers and Facilitators to Nut Consumption: A Narrative Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (23) ◽  
pp. 9127
Author(s):  
Elizabeth P. Neale ◽  
Georgie Tran ◽  
Rachel C. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Barriers And Facilitators ◽  
Weight Perceptions ◽  
Consumption Data ◽  
Common Barriers ◽  
Nut Intake

Habitual nut intake is associated with a range of health benefits; however, population consumption data suggests that most individuals do not meet current recommendations for nut intake. The literature has highlighted a range of barriers and facilitators to nut consumption, which should be considered when designing strategies to promote nut intake. Common barriers include confusion regarding the effects of nut consumption on body weight, perceptions that nuts are high in fat, or too expensive, and challenges due to dentition issues or nut allergies. Conversely, demographic characteristics such as higher education and income level, and a healthier lifestyle overall, are associated with higher nut intakes. Health professionals appear to play an important role in promoting nut intake; however, research suggests that knowledge of the benefits of nut consumption could be improved in many health professions. Future strategies to increase nut intake to meet public health recommendations must clarify misconceptions of the specific benefits of nut consumption, specifically targeting sectors of the population known to have lower nut consumption, and educate health professionals to promote nut intake. In addition, given the relatively small body of evidence exploring barriers and facilitators to nut consumption, further research exploring these factors is justified.

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