scholarly journals PARTNERSHIP OF THE NORTHWEST PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER IN THE INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS IN THE FIELD OF ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (7) ◽  
pp. 601-606
Author(s):  
Alexey A. Dudarev ◽  
S. A. Gorbanev ◽  
K. B. Fridman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
The Body ◽  
Research Center ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Toxic Substances ◽  
International Projects

The article presents the main results of scientific investigations of the Northwest Public Health Research Center, obtained in 2000-2016 during the implementation of the international projects in the field of environmental health in the Arctic, local food-and-water security and diseases associated with food and water transmission routes, ecotoxicology of persistent toxic substances (PTS), evaluation of exposure of various Arctic populations (including the indigenous people) to PTS, assessment of PTS effects on the body and health risks for the population.

scholarly journals FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES IN THE NORTH-WEST PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER OF ROSPOTREBNADZOR (ON THE 95-TH ANNIVERSARY OF INSTITUTION)

2019 ◽  
pp. 4-10
Author(s):  
S.A. Gorbanev
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
History Of

We presented results in major scientific areas being developed in the North-West Public Health Research center throughout the 95-year history of its existence. Leningrad Institute for the Study of Occupational Diseases, which was established in 1924, have developed scientific bases for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of occupational diseases; created national school of industrial toxicology, developed procedure for hygienic regulation of harmful occupational and environmental factors in human environment. The stages of activity in the field of occupational pathology, occupational hygiene, industrial toxicology are reviewed. Currently, the research is underway to assess occupational and environmental risks to public health from exposure to harmful factors, and to improve measures to minimize them. Priorities for further development of scientific research are identified.

scholarly journals Talking About Public Health With African American Men: Perceptions of Environmental Health and Infertility

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 155798832090137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan McCray ◽  
Lance Thompson ◽  
Francesca Branch ◽  
Nicholas Porter ◽  
James Peterson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
African American ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Reproductive Capacity ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Code Of Silence

While the past two decades have seen rapid advances in research demonstrating links between environmental health and reproductive capacity, African American men have largely been overlooked as study participants. To give voice to the perceptions of urban African American men, the present qualitative study conducted focus groups of men recruited from street- and internet-based advertisements in Washington, DC. Participants were asked for their perspectives on their environment, reproductive health and fertility, and factors that would influence their participation in public health research. Participants expressed concern about ubiquitous environmental exposures characteristic of their living environments, which they attributed in part to gentrification and urban development. Infertility was seen as a threat to masculinity and a taboo subject in the African American community and several participants shared personal stories describing a general code of silence about the subject. Each group offered multiple suggestions for recruiting African American men into research studies; facilitators for study participation included cultural relevance, incentives, transparent communication, internet- and community-based recruitment, and use of African Americans and/or recruiters of color as part of the research team. When asked whether participants would participate in a hypothetical study on fertility that involved providing a sperm sample, there was a mixed reaction, with some expressing concern about how such a sample would be used and others describing a few facilitators for participation in such a study. These are unique perspectives that are largely missing from current-day evidence on the inclusion of African American men in environmental health and reproductive health research.

scholarly journals THE SUBSTANTIATION OF THE VOLUME OF INVESTIGATIONS OF PHYSICAL FACTORS AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE IN TERMS OF HYGIENIC REGULATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (7) ◽  
pp. 651-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena B. Kuznetsova ◽  
I. D. Bulavina
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Physical Factor ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
State Budget ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Capital Construction

The necessity of carrying out field observation of physical factor parameters (noise, infrasound, vibration) in the process of engineering-and-environmental exploration on the areas allotted for capital construction is regulated by current sanitary-hygienic documents and standards related to the construction. Capital construction objects cover industrial and nonproduction buildings and facilities, as well as linear objects: highways, railways, underground lines, pipelines. Requirements for a scope and a list of measured indices of the effect of physical factors with taking into account the purpose of projected buildings and facilities are not established in the available documents. While realizing expert activities by the inspection body at the North-West Public Health Research Center, studies of parameters of physical factor in certain fields were executed on construction allotted areas to be redundant and often useless (that is, inapplicable for further use). As regards the problem under consideration, requirements according to current sanitary-hygienic and construction regulations were analyzed. A short record of sheet review of explorations made by North-West Public Health Research Center and those undergone expert examination by the inspection body at the North-West Public Health Research Center within the period of 2014-2016 is given. A list and a scope of indices of physical factors (noise, infrasound, vibration) which should be measured in field conditions during environmental investigations of the areas allotted for construction with taking into account function and specific character of the projected object. The reported study resulted in grounding the necessity to develop “Guidelines on assessment and measurement of physical fields on the areas of engineering-and-environmental surveys” which can enhance the effectiveness of accomplished studies, to optimize the scope and to eliminate excessive requirements in designing and expert examination, and in the long run will help in saving funds invested into construction, including state budget ones.

An Overview of Ethics and Environmental Health

2019 ◽  
pp. 697-703
Author(s):  
David B. Resnik
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Biomedical Ethics ◽  
Public Health Ethics ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Toxic Substances ◽  
Health Ethics ◽  
Wide Range

This chapter provides an overview of the ethics of environmental health, and it introduces five chapters in the related section of The Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics. A wide range of ethical issues arises in managing the relationship between human health and the environment, including regulation of toxic substances, air and water pollution, waste management, agriculture, the built environment, occupational health, energy production and use, environmental justice, population control, and climate change. The values at stake in environmental health ethics include those usually mentioned in ethical debates in biomedicine and public health, such as autonomy, social utility, and justice, as well as values that address environmental concerns, such as animal welfare, stewardship of biological resources, and sustainability. Environmental health ethics, therefore, stands at the crossroads of several disciplines, including public health ethics, environmental ethics, biomedical ethics, and business ethics.

scholarly journals Utilizing asynchronous email interviews for health research: overview of benefits and drawbacks

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Amri ◽  
Christina Angelakis ◽  
Dilani Logan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Data Accuracy ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Face To Face

Abstract Objective Through collating observations from various studies and complementing these findings with one author’s study, a detailed overview of the benefits and drawbacks of asynchronous email interviewing is provided. Through this overview, it is evident there is great potential for asynchronous email interviews in the broad field of health, particularly for studies drawing on expertise from participants in academia or professional settings, those across varied geographical settings (i.e. potential for global public health research), and/or in circumstances when face-to-face interactions are not possible (e.g. COVID-19). Results Benefits of asynchronous email interviewing and additional considerations for researchers are discussed around: (i) access transcending geographic location and during restricted face-to-face communications; (ii) feasibility and cost; (iii) sampling and inclusion of diverse participants; (iv) facilitating snowball sampling and increased transparency; (v) data collection with working professionals; (vi) anonymity; (vii) verification of participants; (viii) data quality and enhanced data accuracy; and (ix) overcoming language barriers. Similarly, potential drawbacks of asynchronous email interviews are also discussed with suggested remedies, which centre around: (i) time; (ii) participant verification and confidentiality; (iii) technology and sampling concerns; (iv) data quality and availability; and (v) need for enhanced clarity and precision.

scholarly journals Reporting the methods used in public health research and practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 89-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna F. Stroup ◽  
C. Kay Smith ◽  
Benedict I. Truman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Research And Practice
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