Public Support for Drunk-Driving Countermeasures: Social Policy for Saving Lives

1995 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon K. Applegate ◽  
Francis T. Cullen ◽  
Shannon M. Barton ◽  
Pamela J. Richards ◽  
Lonn Lanza-Kaduce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Drunk Driving ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Community Survey ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Criminal Punishment ◽  
The Public

In recent years, calls have gone out for increased certainty and severity of criminal punishment as a means to reduce or control drunk driving. A number of scholars, however, have suggested that alternative policies, which address drunk driving as a public health issue rooted in social institutions, would be more effective in reducing the prevalence of and damage done by drinking drivers. The question remains as to what approaches the public will support. Based on a community survey, this study found that the public endorsed reducing drunk driving through legal deterrence and rehabilitation, but that citizens also were willing to support several socially based interventions.

The public health issue of ACEs in Canada

2020 ◽  
pp. 185-207
Author(s):  
Lil Tonmyr ◽  
Joanne Lacroix ◽  
Margret Herbert
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
The Public

‘We report the world as it is, not as we want it to be’: Journalists’ negotiation of professional practices and responsibilities when reporting on suicide

Journalism ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 1283-1299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Mead Yaqub ◽  
Randal A Beam ◽  
Sue Lockett John
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Truth Telling ◽  
Full Disclosure ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Attitudes Toward Suicide

Media coverage of suicide can play a pivotal role in raising public awareness of an important public health issue. But research suggests that reporting on suicide can potentially trigger suicidal behavior in vulnerable individuals. To encourage the responsible reporting of suicide as a public health issue, media recommendations have been developed. Based on interviews with 50 US journalists, this study explores journalists’ awareness of and attitudes toward suicide reporting risks and US media recommendations. Through the lens of suicide news reporting, this is a study examining how journalists view their professional roles and sense of social responsibility when reporting on issues, like suicide, with potential public health consequences. We find that while the journalists interviewed want to cover suicide responsibly, and as a public health issue, they often deviate from recommendations. In many cases, professional conventions and routines conflict with or hinder guideline compliance. Moreover, many journalists deliberately disregard suicide reporting guidelines because they clash with their professional values and perceived responsibility of serving the public via truth-telling and full disclosure of information.

Primary Aldosteronism: Where Are We Now? Where to from Here?

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (06) ◽  
pp. 459-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Watson Funder
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Primary Aldosteronism ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Current Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Steroid Profiles ◽  
Unilateral Disease ◽  
Bottle Neck ◽  
Current Guidelines

AbstractThe past nine years have seen major advances in establishing the etiology of unilateral primary aldosteronism, and very possibly that of bilateral hyperaldosteronism, in response to somatic mutations in aldosterone synthase expressing cells. Though there have been important advances in the management of primary aldosteronism, in small but convincing studies, they represent minor changes to current guidelines. What has been totally absent is consideration of the public health issue that primary aldosterone represents, and the public policy issues that would be involved in addressing the disorder. In his introduction to PiPA 6, Martin Reincke calculated that only one in a thousand patients in Germany with primary aldosteronism were treated appropriately, an astounding figure for any disease in the 21st century. Towards remedying this totally unacceptable public health issue, the author proposes a radical simplification and streamlining of screening for primary aldosteronism, and the management of most patients by general practitioners. The second bottle-neck in current management is that of mandatory adrenal venous sampling for all but 1–2% of patients, a costly procedure requiring rare expertise. Ideally, it should be reserved – on the basis of likelihood, enhanced imaging, or peripheral steroid profiles – for a small minority of patients with clear evidence for unilateral disease. Only when costs are minimized and roadblocks removed will primary aldosteronism be properly treated as the public health issue that it is.

The Relationships Between Personality Traits and Public Stigma Attached to Families Bereaved Due To Suicide

2021 ◽  
pp. 003022282110291
Author(s):  
Michael Weinberg ◽  
Michal Soffer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Public Stigma ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Big 5 ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Relationship

Suicide is a serious global public-health issue that is perceived as the most stigmatizing of sudden losses. Most studies on this topic have examined how bereaved families perceive public stigma, paying less attention to the actual stigma experienced by those not directly bereaved. Therefore, this study examined the association between personality traits and the public stigma attached to families that have lost a member to suicide. Three hundred and eighty ( N = 380) Israeli participants completed demographic, Big 5, and stigma questionnaires. The study findings demonstrate that neuroticism and openness to experience are associated with higher levels of public stigma, while conscientiousness is associated with lower levels of public stigma. In addition, Arab participants reported higher levels of public stigma than Jewish participants. These findings make an important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between personality traits and the public stigma attached to families that have lost a member to suicide.

scholarly journals Health research saves lives

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Premature Mortality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Research Investment

Abstract This presentation will argue that increased investment in health research is a significant public health imperative. It will use New Zealand as an illustrative case study and also draw upon international experiences. Over the last ten years New Zealand government investment allocated to health research has stood at between 0.6% and 0.8% of government health care costs. Health research advocacy organisation New Zealanders for Health Research (NZHR) argues that the level of investment should be increased to at least 2.4% in order to align with international norms, improve the population's health and well-being and save lives. New Zealand's annual amenable and non-amenable premature mortality currently stands at about 5000 and 7000 deaths respectively. Increased investment in health research holds the key to significantly impacting these figures and should be regarded as an important public health issue. NZHR is one of five similar health research advocacy organisations globally, the others being Research America, Research Canada, Research Sweden and Research Australia. All consistently demonstrate strong public support for their governments to be more actively committed to achieving increased investment in health research. New Zealand is scheduled to have a General Election in September 2020, so the results of NZHR's own polling, supported by that of our sibling organisations, are of particular relevance as NZHR seeks to make health research investment an election issue. The presentation will include comparative information from the five health research advocacy organisations globally, and will note that health researchers irrespective of where they are based are part of an international community where knowledge is shared to the benefit of all nations globally. The presentation therefore will challenge all countries, including New Zealand, to examine, and where necessary address, the adequacy of their own levels of health research investment. Key messages Health research saves lives. Health research investment is a public health issue.

scholarly journals Policing with a public health lens – Moving towards an understanding of crime as a public health issue

2021 ◽  
pp. 0032258X2110095
Author(s):  
Sandra M Bucerius ◽  
Temitope B Oriola ◽  
Daniel J Jones
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
The Public ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
New Recruits ◽  
The University

Policing organizations are currently experiencing more pressure than ever to address systemic racism and police brutality. Advocates and academics have suggested a range of changes, such as defunding the police, moving towards more body-worn cameras, ensuring higher educational levels of new recruits, implicit bias training, and so on. Our article draws attention and advocates for a different avenue: moving our understanding of crime towards a public health issue. By drawing on some data from the University of Alberta Prison Project, we argue that looking at justice clients with a public health lens would significantly change the way police are trained and respond to incidents. We believe this would have monumental consequences for both justice clients and policing organizations: justice clients will benefit from a police service that is trauma informed, compassionate, and understands their client base, while policing organizations will arguably increase their trust relationship with the public, therefore building legitimacy in the community.

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