scholarly journals The opioid crisis in the USA: a public health emergency

The Lancet ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 390 (10107) ◽  
pp. 2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
The Lancet
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Opioid Crisis ◽  
The Usa

scholarly journals Democratizing innovation through grass-roots entrepreneurship: lessons from efforts to address the opioid epidemic in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. e002079
Author(s):  
Shriya Srinivasan ◽  
Khalil B. Ramadi ◽  
Andrea Ippolito ◽  
Rifat Atun
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
The United States ◽  
Opioid Epidemic ◽  
Socioeconomic Indicators ◽  
Opioid Crisis ◽  
Health Initiatives ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Healthcare Innovation ◽  
Depressed Regions

The nationwide opioid epidemic has substantially impacted economically-depressed regions in the USA. Eastern Appalachia has some of the lowest socioeconomic indicators in the USA and has suffered the highest rate of opioid-related fatality in 2016. Despite devoting considerable federal and state resources towards public health initiatives, the region continued to experience one of the highest death rates and sought alternative approaches to address the opioid crisis. Here, we describe a community-based co-creation initiative that convened diverse sectors and utilised design thinking principles to generate sustainable public health ventures towards addressing the opioid crisis. Participants of diverse backgrounds came together to attack key challenges and developed and implemented solutions, including a mobile application for naloxone delivery and exercise programs for high schools to promote healthy habits. Grassroots innovation efforts catalysed by the event strengthened community engagement and facilitated a sense of agency among participants. Through specific examples of initiatives that were launched, we provide evidence to encourage and highlight the value of healthcare innovation efforts in low-resource settings.

scholarly journals Suicide in the USA: a public health emergency

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. e304 ◽  
Author(s):  
The Lancet Public Health
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
The Usa

scholarly journals The global scientific research response to the public health emergency of Zika virus infection

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliane Fonseca de Oliveira ◽  
Julia Moreira Pescarini ◽  
Moreno de Souza Rodrigues ◽  
Bethania de Araujo Almeida ◽  
Claudio Maierovitch Pessanha Henriques ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
International Collaboration ◽  
Science Studies ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Clinical Aspects ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
The Usa

AbstractBackgroundScience studies have been a field of research for different knowledge areas and they have been successfully used to analyse the construction of scientific knowledge, practice and dissemination. In this study, we aimed to verify how the Zika epidemic has moulded scientific production worldwide analysing international collaboration and the knowledge landscape through time, research topics and country involvement.MethodologyWe searched the Web of Science (WoS) for studies published up to 31st December 2018 on Zika using the search terms “zika”, “zkv” or “zikv”. We analysed the scientific production regarding which countries have published the most, on which topics, as well as country level collaboration. We performed a scientometric analysis of research on Zika focusing on knowledge mapping and the scientific research path over time and space.FindingsWe found two well defined research areas divided into three subtopics accounting for six clusters. With regard to country analysis, the USA followed by Brazil were the leading countries in publications on Zika. China entered as a new player focusing on specific research areas. When we took into consideration the epidemics and reported cases, Brazil and France were the leading research countries on related topics. As for international collaboration, the USA followed by England and France stand out as the main hubs. The research areas most published included public health related topics from 2015 until the very beginning of 2016, followed by an increase in topics related to the clinical aspects of the disease in 2016 and the beginnings of laboratorial research in 2017/2018.ConclusionsMapping the response to Zika, a public health emergency, demonstrated a clear pattern of the participation of countries in the scientific advances. The pattern of knowledge production found in this study represented the different perspectives and interests of countries based firstly on their level of exposure to the epidemic and secondly on their financial positions with regard to science.

Attitudes Toward The Use Of Quarantine In A Public Health Emergency--Survey

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Blendon ◽  
Catherine M. DesRoches ◽  
Martin S. Cetron ◽  
John M. Benson ◽  
Theodore Meinhardt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Emergency

Building Capacity of the Public Health Education Workforce Through Partnerships

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Mark Tomita
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
State University ◽  
Cd Rom ◽  
The Public ◽  
Prevention Services ◽  
The Usa

The Global Health Disparities CD-ROM Project reaffirmed the value of professional associations partnering with academic institutions to build capacity of the USA public health education workforce to meet the challenges of primary prevention services. The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) partnered with the California State University, Chico to produce a CD-ROM that would advocate for global populations that are affected by health disparities while providing primary resources for public health educators to use in programming and professional development. The CD-ROM development process is discussed

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