Tool Kits and Maps for Public Health Administrators

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-119
Author(s):  
Bernard J. Turnock
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Administrators

THE SOCIAL COSTS OF OBESITY: A NON-REACTIVE FIELD STUDY

1980 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter L. Benson ◽  
Drew Severs ◽  
John Tatgenhorst ◽  
Nancy Loddengaard
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cover Letter ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reactive Field ◽  
Health Administrators ◽  
Field Setting

The major purposes of this study were to investigate whether devaluation of obese persons, a phenomenon demonstrated exclusively in laboratory settings using reactive measures, generalizes to a nonreactive field setting. Seventy public health administrators were asked, via the mail, to help a college junior assess her chances of getting into graduate school and finding employment in this field. Subjects received a cover letter, a standard résumé∼, and a questionnaire. A picture of the student was affixed to some of the résumés. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of three picture conditions: obese, normal, or no picture. Forty-six percent of the questionnaires were returned. Significantly fewer forms were returned in the obese condition than in the normal and no picture conditions. On both the graduate school and employment questionnaire items, forecasts were considerably more pessimistic than in the other two picture conditions. Implications of these findings are discussed.

Influenza Vaccination in Massachusetts Jails: A Mixed-Methods Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 003335492110416
Author(s):  
Sarah Khorasani ◽  
Julia Zubiago ◽  
Jac Carreiro ◽  
Rubeen Guardado ◽  
Alysse G. Wurcel
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Influenza Vaccine ◽  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Summary Statistics ◽  
Vaccination Rates ◽  
Delivery Practices ◽  
County Jails ◽  
Influenza Vaccinations ◽  
Health Administrators

Objectives Influenza infects millions of people each year and contributes to tens of thousands of deaths annually despite the availability of vaccines. People most at risk of influenza complications are disproportionately represented in people incarcerated in US prisons and jails. The objectives of this study were to survey health administrators in Massachusetts county jails about institutional influenza vaccine policies and practices and estimate influenza vaccination rates in Massachusetts jails from 2013 to 2020. Methods In April 2020, we administered surveys to the health services administrators in Massachusetts’ 14 county jails to gather information about influenza vaccination policies and delivery practices. To calculate influenza vaccination rates for each facility, we obtained data on influenza vaccine orders from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for each county in Massachusetts for influenza seasons 2013-2020. We calculated summary statistics for each reporting facility and each year, conducted a Kruskal–Wallis analysis to compare vaccination rates between years, and used a linear regression model to identify predictors of vaccination rates. Results Influenza vaccination rates in Massachusetts jails ranged from 1.9% to 11.8%. We found no significant differences in vaccination rates between years. Influenza vaccine ordering and delivery practices varied by jail, and respondents had high levels of confidence in influenza policies and vaccine delivery practices. Conclusions Influenza vaccination rates in Massachusetts jails are low, and delivery practices in jails vary. Lack of influenza vaccinations in jails is a gap in health care that needs to be prioritized, especially considering the current COVID-19 pandemic. Further investigations for effective and equitable vaccination in this population should involve people who are incarcerated and people who make influenza vaccine policies in jails.

scholarly journals Seminars for Public Health Administrators: Education Note

1961 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 261
Author(s):  
Richard W. Bunch
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Administrators

Social Science and Organized Health Services

1959 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-77
Author(s):  
Milton Roemer
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Formally Trained ◽  
Health Administrators ◽  
Health Field ◽  
Applied Social Sciences

The entry of social science into the health field is exciting news—at least to those who for a long time have been preaching that medicine and public health are really applied social sciences, because their goal is to apply scientific techniques to the welfare of people. Henry Sigerist, Michael Davis, C-E. A. Winslow, René Sand, Andrija Stampar, Jacques Parisot, James Mackintosh have been saying this in the languages of their respective countries since at least 1920; Alfred Grotjohn, Arthur Newsholme, Max Pettenkofer, Richard Cabot, and others before them. But these men were physicians or health administrators and not formally trained social scientists. Moreover, the sad truth is that most of their medical colleagues paid little attention to them.

A Challenge to Practitioners

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 859-862
Author(s):  
HERBERT S. HARNED
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Health Administrators

The recent series of communications relating to the practice of pediatrics has stated the problems more clearly than the solutions to these problems. In an Editorial (Pediatrics, 23:1038, 1959), a statement was made which summarized the problem of "discontent with the discrepancy between the emphasis in pediatric training and the nature of experiences encountered in practice" and suggested that "one type of training is not apt to be equally suitable for all the broad groups of pediatricians (academicians and consultants, general practitioners, and public health administrators)." Thus, a large part of the burden of solving the problem of the practitioner was placed on the shoulders of the pediatric educators.

scholarly journals Decontamination Interventions for the Reuse of Surgical Mask Personal Protective Equipment: A Protocol for an Updated Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J Zorko ◽  
Karen Choong ◽  
James Dayre McNally ◽  
Katie O'Hearn ◽  
Lindsey Sikora ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
High Demand ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Surgical Masks ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Health Administrators

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed surgical and medical facemask PPE in high demand. Their use spans a variety of healthcare settings and many hospitals have implemented universal masking policies. Furthermore, the emergence of COVID-19 variants with greater transmissibility and infectivity has led some countries to recommend or mandate widespread public use of 3-layer medical masks in lieu of homemade masks or face coverings. Since the publication of our original systematic review, COVID-19-related literature has evolved from >2000 citations in mid-March 2020 to >80,000 citations by the beginning of December 2020. Coupled with the protracted course of the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to threaten facemask PPE supply and demand, an updated systematic review on decontamination interventions for surgical masks is needed to reflect critical new evidence in order to best inform clinicians, infection control experts, and public health administrators on how best to advise safe decontamination and reuse practices. The objective of this systematic review is to update a previously conducted systematic review and identify and synthesize new data from published studies evaluating interventions used to decontaminate or treat surgical mask PPE for the purposes of reuse.

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