scholarly journals Essential Components of a Public Health Tuberculosis Prevention, Control, and Elimination Program: Recommendations of the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis and the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Barbara Cole ◽  
Diana M. Nilsen ◽  
Lorna Will ◽  
Sue C. Etkind ◽  
Marcos Burgos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Tuberculosis Prevention ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
National Tuberculosis

The World Health Organization and Public Health Research and Practice in Tuberculosis in India

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debabar Banerji
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
General Health ◽  
Operational Research ◽  
World Health ◽  
Expert Committee ◽  
The People ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
National Tuberculosis

Two major research studies carried out in India fundamentally affected tuberculosis treatment practices worldwide. One study demonstrated that home treatment of the disease is as efficacious as sanatorium treatment. The other showed that BCG vaccination is of little protective value from a public health viewpoint. India had brought together an interdisciplinary team at the National Tuberculosis Institute (NTI) with a mandate to formulate a nationally applicable, socially acceptable, and epidemiologically sound National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP). Work at the NTI laid the foundation for developing an operational research approach to dealing with tuberculosis as a public health problem. The starting point for this was not operational research as enunciated by experts in this field; rather, the NTI achieved operational research by starting from the people. This approach was enthusiastically welcomed by the World Health Organization's Expert Committee on Tuberculosis of 1964. The NTP was designed to “sink or sail with the general health services of the country.” The program was dealt a major blow when, starting in 1967, a virtual hysteria was worked up to mobilize most of the health services for imposing birth control on the people. Another blow to the general health services occurred when the WHO joined the rich countries in instituting a number of vertical programs called “Global Initiatives.” An ill-conceived, ill-designed, and ill-managed Global Programme for Tuberculosis was one outcome. The WHO has shown rank public health incompetence in taking a very casual approach to operational research and has been downright quixotic in its thinking on controlling tuberculosis worldwide.

Trauma System Development and Future Directions

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith B. Braslow ◽  
Joan A. Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Emergency Medical Services ◽  
Trauma Care ◽  
System Development ◽  
Trauma System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Care Systems

AbstractTraumatic injury, both unintentional and intentional, is a serious public health problem. Trauma care systems play a significant role in reducing mortality, morbidity, and disability due to injuries. However, barriers to the provision of prompt and appropriate emergency medical services still exist in many areas of the United States. Title XII of the Public Health Service Act provides for programs in support of trauma care planning and system development by states and localities. This legislation includes provisions for: 1) grants to state agencies to modify the trauma care component of the state Emergency Medical Services (EMS) plan; 2) grants to improve the quality and availability of trauma care in rural areas; 3) development of a Model Trauma Care System Plan for states to use as a guide in trauma system development; and 4) the establishment of a National Advisory Council on Trauma Care Systems.

Conference of Women's Advisory Council. Conference of the Women's Advisory Council to the U. S. Public Health Service on the Subject of Industrial Hygiene

1922 ◽  
Vol 37 (42) ◽  
pp. 2601
Author(s):  
Alice Hamilton ◽  
Joseph S. Lawrence ◽  
E. C. Jackson ◽  
Mrs. M. Grace Burnham ◽  
Francis D. Patterson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Industrial Hygiene ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
The Subject

PUBLIC HEALTH: Enhanced: A National Tuberculosis Archive

Science ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 311 (5765) ◽  
pp. 1245-1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Gessler
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
National Tuberculosis

Developing School Health Services In Massachusetts: A Public Health Model

2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 204-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne H. Sheetz
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
School Health ◽  
School Health Services ◽  
School Health Service ◽  
Public Health Model ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Health Model

In 1993 the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) began defining essential components of school health service programs, consistent with the public health model. The MDPH designed and funded the Enhanced School Health Service Programs to develop 4 core components of local school health services: (a) strengthening the administrative infrastructure; (b) promoting health education, including tobacco control activities; (c) linking school health services with health care providers; and (d) implementing management information systems. Funds were appropriated in 1992 from the tobacco excise tax. With additional funding appropriated in 1999 and 2000 from the Tobacco Settlement Fund, these school nurse–managed programs have increased in number. The goal is to develop a statewide system of high-quality school health service programs responsive to the specific needs of students in each community. To be effective, these programs must be recognized as essential components of the primary health care delivery system serving children.

scholarly journals The importance of a One Health approach to public health and food security in Australia – a perspective from the Chief Medical Officer

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Baggoley
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Medical Officer ◽  
Chief Medical Officer ◽  
Health Protection ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
Public Health Emergencies ◽  
Health Related

I have had the privilege of being Australia?s Chief Medical Officer for the past 18 months, which has given me a unique perspective on a range of health-related matters. My role is to provide advice to the Minister and the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) including input to the development and administration of major health reforms for all Australians and ensuring the development of evidence-based public health policy. I am responsible for the DoHA?s Office of Health Protection and I chair the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee which advises and makes recommendation to the Australian Health Ministers? Advisory Council on national approaches to public health emergencies, communicable disease threats and environmental threats to public health.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Tuberculosis Prevention Program in the Discovery of Tuberculosis Cases in Nosara Public Health Center Palu City

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (E) ◽  
pp. 1200-1206
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rizki Ashari ◽  
Irma Apriani ◽  
Firmansyah Firmansyah ◽  
Fitrianty Sutady Lanyumba
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Public Health Center ◽  
The Public ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Tuberculosis Prevention

BACKGROUNDS: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. The case in Indonesia rank third with the highest number of TB case in the world. There were 511,873 cases of tuberculosis of all types in 2018. Based on data from the Palu Health Office, the TB cases in Palu in 2018 were still high numbered 557 cases. In 2019, Nosarara Public Health Center had the lowest case finding among the 13 health centers in Palu with 17 TB case findings. The absence of a laboratory in Nosarara Public Health Center for examining sputum samples affected the output in program implementation. AIM: The aim of this study is to evaluate the Control of Tuberculosis in the Discovery of Tuberculosis Cases in Nosarara Public Health Center Palu. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research used qualitative method with a case study approach. The research informants were 6 people selected through purposive sampling technique. RESULTS: The results summarizes the following : the input aspect in terms of human resources in quantity and quality is inadequate because TB program holders have multiple tasks so that they are not maximal in carrying out their duties and have never attended training, sufficient funds, inadequate facilities and infrastructure, and methods according to guidelines. CONCLUSION: The process of planning, organizing, implementing and supervising has not been maximal, meanwile the output of TB case detection (22%) has not yet reached the predetermined target (80%).It is expected that the Public Health Center will add more health personnel, complete facilities and infrastructure in order to maximize program implementation to achieve predetermined targets.

scholarly journals Undergraduate public health degree courses in India: selected overview

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 4224
Author(s):  
Vibha Joshi ◽  
Nitin Kumar Joshi ◽  
Komal Bajaj ◽  
Praveen Suthar ◽  
Gregory Fant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
The Public ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Undergraduate Public Health

Background: Building the public health workforce in India along with strengthening the public health systems across the Nation are essential components necessary to achieve the sustainable development goals for India. In the Indian context, there is limited information available for undergraduate public health education. The central aim of this brief study is to elucidate the undergraduate public health education landscape at selected institutions in India.Methods: A mixed methods approach was used in this brief study. First, cross-sectional, scoping review was used. Then, to describe student perceptions and attitude towards undergraduate public health curriculum, primary data were collected by using a questionnaire. A self-administered questionnaire was developed after extensive literature search. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize questionnaire results. Chi-square tests were used to help identify factors that may influence student perceptions and attitudes.Results: Through scoping rapid review and internet search, eight institutions were identified that are offering undergraduate public health courses in India. Most institutes in India have 3 years duration for the undergraduate public health degree courses. Most of students (89%) believed that the undergraduate public health course increased their knowledge in the field of public health. We found an association between student perceptions about community benefits from trained undergraduate public health workforce.Conclusions: The undergraduate public health education initiatives should be promoted and envisioned as a new strategy for public health capacity-building in public health in India.

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