scholarly journals Part I of Membership of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine. Trends over time and factors associated with success in recent years

1997 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-365
Author(s):  
A. F. Travers
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Medicine ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Trends Over Time ◽  
Over Time

scholarly journals Unknown Unknowns: We Need to Know How Many People Experience Imprisonment in Canada

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 226-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona G. Kouyoumdjian ◽  
Kathryn E. McIsaac
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Know How ◽  
Potential Value ◽  
Trends Over Time ◽  
Systematic Collection ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Improve Health

Background: Understanding the size of a population is necessary to define the burden of disease, evaluate opportunities to improve health, inform service planning and assess demographic trends over time. Methods: In this article, we described available data on the number of admissions and number of people admitted to custody in Canada. We identified gaps in data, and described the potential value of these data for public health and health care purposes. Conclusion: We recommend the systematic collection and dissemination of relevant data on this population in Canada.

scholarly journals Comparison of Three Critical Syndrome Classifications: Louisiana vs. BioSense

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna Iberg Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Influenza Like Illness ◽  
Emergency Department Data ◽  
Aberration Detection ◽  
Trends Over Time ◽  
Upper Respiratory ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Over Time

BioSense and Louisiana influenza-like-illness, gastrointestinal, and upper respiratory syndrome classifications were applied to Louisiana emergency department data to examine if varying syndrome definitions yield similar results when applied to the same data. Results were highly correlated for each syndrome pair however syndrome percentage means were significantly different. Most C2 alerts occurred on corresponding weeks, providing confidence in the use of C2 on current syndrome definitions for aberration detection. As public health jurisdictions work towards developing common syndrome classifications for comparability across jurisdictions, this analysis provides evidence that current differences in syndrome definitions may not hinder comparability of trends over time.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Flavored Cigar Products As They Relate To Questions of Public Health

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Joyce
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Us Government ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
Trends Over Time ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Cigar Smoking ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Background: Flavors in tobacco products is a subject of public health debate and increasing regulatory attention. There is interest in gaining an in-depth understanding of flavored cigar smoking prevalence and behaviors to address the use of flavors in cigars and questions of public health.Methods: Seven publicly available data resources that assess flavored cigar use were analyzed. Two focus on youth tobacco use (NYTS, MTF), four focus on adult tobacco use (HINTS-FDA, NATS, TPRPS, TUS-CPS), and one on both groups (PATH). Available data (2011-2019) were analyzed to assess usage trends over time. In addition, longitudinal analysis of PATH adult data examined whether flavored cigar use was associated with future use of cigarettes or increased use of cigars.Results: Youth past 30-day estimates of cigar use ranged from 2%-10% for both flavored and non-flavored cigars, slightly higher in high school vs. middle school age subpopulations. These estimates have been stable or declined across all survey years within the respective surveys. Consistent trends were observed regarding frequency of use; most youth using cigars do so 1-2 days per month. Similar findings were observed for adult cigar users, with five surveys indicating less than 10% currently use cigars. Flavored cigar use is at less than 5% across all data sources. These overarching use estimates were essentially flat over time. Frequency of youth cigar use remained consistent over time, with most youth reporting cigar use on 1-2 days per month. In addition, multivariable modeling of PATH adult data did not identify an association between flavored cigar use and future use of cigarettes or increased use of cigars.Conclusions: No evidence was found of increased use or different usage patterns, among either youth or adults, of flavored cigars vs. non-flavored cigars. While these trends should continue to be monitored, there is no indication of existing or emerging public health concerns related to flavored cigars within the seven large, nationally representative, US government-funded epidemiologic databases examined.

17. Boundaries or overlap: An examination of the community-oriented clinical practice of community medicine specialists and family/general practitioners

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
M. L. Russell ◽  
L. McIntyre
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Community Medicine ◽  
Work Setting ◽  
Public Health Medicine ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Main Work

We compared the work settings and “community-oriented clinical practice” of Community Medicine (CM) specialists and family physicians/general practitioners (FP). We conducted secondary data analysis of the 2004 National Physician Survey (NPS) to examine main work setting and clinical activity reported by 154 CM (40% of eligible CM in Canada) and 11,041 FP (36% of eligible FP in Canada). Text data from the specialist questionnaire related to “most common conditions that you treat” were extracted from the Master database for CM specialists, and subjected to thematic analysis and coded. CM specialists were more likely than FP to engage in “community medicine/public health” (59.7% vs 15.3%); while the opposite was found for primary care (13% vs. 78.2%). CM specialists were less likely to indicate a main work setting of private office/clinic/community health centre/community hospital than were FP (13.6% vs. 75.6%). Forty-five percent of CM provided a response to “most common conditions treated” with the remainder either leaving the item blank or indicating that they did not treat individual patients. The most frequently named conditions in rank order were: psychiatric disorders; public health program/activity; respiratory problems; hypertension; and metabolic disorders (diabetes). There is some overlap in the professional activities and work settings of CM specialists and FP. The “most commonly treated conditions” suggest that some CM specialists may be practicing primary care as part of the Royal College career path of “community-oriented clinical practice.” However the “most commonly treated conditions” do not specifically indicate an orientation of that practice towards “an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention” as also specified by the Royal College for that CM career path. This raises questions about the appropriateness of the current training requirements and career paths as delineated for CM specialists by the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada. Bhopal R. Public health medicine and primary health care: convergent, divergent, or parallel paths? J Epidemiol Community Health 1995; 49:113-6. Pettersen BJ, Johnsen R. More physicians in public health: less public health work? Scan J Public Health 2005; 33:91-8. Stanwell-Smith R. Public health medicine in transition. J Royal Society of Medicine 2001; 94(7):319-21.

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