scholarly journals What Matters in Recruiting Public Health Employees: Considerations for Filling Workforce Gaps

2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (12) ◽  
pp. e33-e36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie A. Yeager ◽  
Janna M. Wisniewski ◽  
Kathleen Amos ◽  
Ron Bialek
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
What Matters

What Matters in Population Health and How We Count It Among People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 347-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan M. Havercamp ◽  
Gloria L. Krahn
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Population Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
What Matters

Abstract This issue, On Counting What Matters: Finding Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Population Health Data, presents an overview of health surveillance research for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the United States. Although public health now conducts surveillance of people with disabilities broadly defined and compares their health status with that of individuals without disabilities, there are many challenges in conducting health surveillance of people with IDD. Difficulties include how to define cases, how to find cases, and how to obtain accurate information (Krahn, Fox, Campbell, Ramon, & Jesien, 2010). This issue will present critical conceptual and methodological issues, including recent prevalence and population health analyses, along with proposals that can lead to more equitable health and improved health surveillance for people with IDD.

Understanding What Matters Most

2021 ◽  
pp. 173-188
Author(s):  
Sandro Galea
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Vaccine Development ◽  
Do So ◽  
What Matters

This chapter explores how science can shape the understanding of what matters most for health. Throughout the pandemic, it is science that helped in understanding the link between health and the foundational forces discussed in the previous chapters, so that when it came time to make important choices, such as who first gets the vaccine, we were able to do so guided by a sense of what matters most. Ultimately, promoting a science for better health is core to creating a healthier world, post-COVID-19. The spectacular success of vaccine development during the pandemic will raise the understandable temptation of redoubling focus on doctors and medicines, orienting even more of the scientific energies towards treatments. We should take care that this does not distract focus from robust exploration of the socioeconomic forces that shape public health.

scholarly journals Panel: Care4Care: what is it about the migrant care workforce and how to improve inclusion?

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
G Jacob ◽  
N Azzopardi Muscat ◽  
S L Greer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Health Personnel ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Code Of Practice ◽  
International Recruitment ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
What Matters

Abstract A round table comprising three panelists will discuss the topic from different perspectives. Gabrielle Jacob, WHO: The WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. How far have we come, where are we now and what’s next?Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, EUPHA President: The role of public health in raising awareness on the contribution of migrant workers to health systemsScott L Greer, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies: Governance4Care of the migrant care workforce: what matters?

scholarly journals Pandemic Religion in Brazil—Temptation and Responsibility

Religions ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Rudolf von Sinner ◽  
Jefferson Zeferino
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Space ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Public Theology ◽  
Theological Hermeneutics ◽  
Look Back ◽  
Alternative Responses ◽  
Responsible Ethics ◽  
What Matters

Religious incidence in Brazilian public space is a widespread fact that has been gaining new visibility in pandemic times. Responsibility in liminal situations represents specific theological hermeneutics, as well as what matters for the respective religious agents. Thus, based on a bibliographical review connected to an analysis of websites, this article aims to reflect on the current Brazilian context, the challenges to doing theology in Brazil today and points to some possible responses. “Pandemic religion”, as we call it, is the synthesis of theologies and religious practices that legitimise irresponsible approaches to life, vulnerabilising the other instead of assuming care-based ethics. Firstly, we briefly describe current theological trends, followed by an analysis of the Brazilian scenario by way of three representative scenes of public religious incidence that reflect a lack of responsibility in view of the pandemic challenges caused by COVID-19. Subsequently, we look back into history for alternative responses to public health crises that required theological positioning. In a Brazilian perspective of a public theology, we finally reflect on a responsible ethics that may help respond to the current challenges, particularly for pandemic religion.

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