Formulating a comprehensive public health strategy for the prevention and control of stomach cancer

All countries are faced with the problem of the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCD): implement prevention strategies eff ectively, keep up the momentum with long term benefi ts at the individual and the population level, at the same time tackling hea lth inequalities. Th e aff ordability of therapy and care including innovative therapies is going to be one of the key public health priorities in the years to come. Germany has taken in the prevention and control of NCDs. Germany’s health system has a long history of guaranteeing access to high-quality treatment through universal health care coverage. Th r ough their membership people are entitled to prevention and care services maintaining and restoring their health as well as long term follow-up. Like in many other countries general life expectancy has been increasing steadily in Germany. Currently, the average life expectancy is 83 and 79 years in women and men, respectively. Th e other side of the coin is that population aging is strongly associated with a growing burden of disease from NCDs. Already over 70 percent of all deaths in Germany are caused by four disease entities: cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes. Th ese diseases all share four common risk factors: smoking, alcohol abuse, lack of physical activity and overweight. At the same time, more and more people become long term survivors of disease due to improved therapy and care. Th e German Government and public health decision makers are aware of the need for action and have responded by initiating and implementing a wide spectrum of activities. One instrument by strengthening primary prevention is the Prevention Health Care Act. Its overarching aim is to prevent NCDs before they can manifest themselves by strengthening primary prevention and health promotion in diff erent sett ings. One of the main emphasis of the Prevention Health Care Act is the occupational health promotion at the workplace.

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An Overview of the Ethics of Injury in Public Health

The Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190245191.013.51 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 597-603

Author(s):

Adnan A. Hyder

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Injury Prevention ◽

Prevention And Control ◽

Public Health Ethics ◽

Ethical Challenges ◽

Middle Income ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Health Ethics ◽

Prompt Attention ◽

And Control

This chapter briefly introduces ethics issues in injury prevention and control in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), using a series of examples that prompt attention to the ethical principles of autonomy and justice. The chapter also introduces the section of The Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics dedicated to an examination of injury and public health ethics, with attention given to the complex ethical challenges arising in injury prevention and control in LMICs. The section’s two chapters discuss public health ethics issues arising in the prevention and control of unintentional injuries and intentional injuries, respectively. Those chapters define a set of ethics issues within international injury work and provide an initial analysis of the nature of those ethics issues, their specificity, and potential pathways for addressing them.

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Employing medical anthropology approach as an additional public health strategy in promoting COVID‐19 vaccine acceptance in Bhutan

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management ◽

10.1002/hpm.3191 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ian Christopher N. Rocha

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Medical Anthropology ◽

Public Health Strategy ◽

Vaccine Acceptance ◽

Health Strategy

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COVID-19 Risk Assessment: Contributing to Maintaining Urban Public Health Security and Achieving Sustainable Urban Development

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13084208 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 4208

Author(s):

Jun Zhang ◽

Xiaodie Yuan

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Population Density ◽

Prevention And Control ◽

Floating Population ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Risk Level ◽

Health Security ◽

Main Factors ◽

And Control ◽

Epidemic Risk

As the most infectious disease in 2020, COVID-19 is an enormous shock to urban public health security and to urban sustainable development. Although the epidemic in China has been brought into control at present, the prevention and control of it is still the top priority of maintaining public health security. Therefore, the accurate assessment of epidemic risk is of great importance to the prevention and control even to overcoming of COVID-19. Using the fused data obtained from fusing multi-source big data such as POI (Point of Interest) data and Tencent-Yichuxing data, this study assesses and analyzes the epidemic risk and main factors that affect the distribution of COVID-19 on the basis of combining with logistic regression model and geodetector model. What’s more, the following main conclusions are obtained: the high-risk areas of the epidemic are mainly concentrated in the areas with relatively dense permanent population and floating population, which means that the permanent population and floating population are the main factors affecting the risk level of the epidemic. In other words, the reasonable control of population density is greatly conducive to reducing the risk level of the epidemic. Therefore, the control of regional population density remains the key to epidemic prevention and control, and home isolation is also the best means of prevention and control. The precise assessment and analysis of the epidemic conducts by this study is of great significance to maintain urban public health security and achieve the sustainable urban development.

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Adoption of local public health plan for better health and quality of life in Belgrade

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.1246 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽

Author(s):

G Tamburkovski ◽

G Belamarić ◽

D Matijević ◽

S Mladenović Janković

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Local Government ◽

Health Plan ◽

Health Planning ◽

City Council ◽

Public Health Strategy ◽

Public Health Planning ◽

Health Strategy ◽

Public Health Plan ◽

The City

Abstract Issue Development of public health plan for the City of Belgrade, facilitate multisectoral participation and encourage local government to incorporate public health planning into integrated planning framework, including funding. Description of the Problem According to Public Health Low, adopted in Serbia in 2016 and Public health strategy (2018), Council for Health, as a professional body of the City government, was obliged to prepare draft of the Plan. Members of the City Council are representatives from different sectors: health care, public health, private sector, child care, education and civil society. Based on data and information from relevant institutions and organizations, situation analysis and health profile of the City have been prepared during 2018. Results Public health plan for the City of Belgrade has been drafted for a time period from 2020 to 2026, aligned and within time frame of the National public health strategy. Plan included: mission, vision, objectives, activities, responsible institutions, funding sources and indicators for monitoring. Focus was on health promotion and empowerment of citizens to adopt healthy lifestyle as well on investment in environmental sustainability, poverty and inequalities reduction and minimizing risks to human health and well-being. On December 2019, Belgrade City Assembly adopted this document, with full responsibility for implementation and budgeting specific programs and projects from 2020. Lessons Multisectoral working group, with clear defined scope of work, supported by regulations, encouraged and managed by experts in the field, highly motivated to be creator of changes is prerequisite for successful and productive public health planning process. Key messages Public health planning enabled communication and cooperation among experts and decision makers and represented a whole-of-local government approach to public health. Document is used as a resource and model for the other cities and municipalities.

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Will Routine Annual Influenza Prevention and Control Systems Serve the United States Well in a Pandemic?

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness ◽

10.1097/dmp.0b013e3181ad1833 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 3 (S2) ◽

pp. S160-S165 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Jeanne S. Ringel ◽

Melinda Moore ◽

John Zambrano ◽

Nicole Lurie

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

United States ◽

Prevention And Control ◽

The United States ◽

Qualitative Assessment ◽

Full Potential ◽

Pandemic Preparedness ◽

The Public ◽

Influenza Prevention ◽

And Control

ABSTRACTObjective: To assess the extent to which the systems in place for prevention and control of routine annual influenza could provide the information and experience needed to manage a pandemic.Methods: The authors conducted a qualitative assessment based on key informant interviews and the review of relevant documents.Results: Although there are a number of systems in place that would likely serve the United States well in a pandemic, much of the information and experience needed to manage a pandemic optimally is not available.Conclusions: Systems in place for routine annual influenza prevention and control are necessary but not sufficient for managing a pandemic, nor are they used to their full potential for pandemic preparedness. Pandemic preparedness can be strengthened by building more explicitly upon routine influenza activities and the public health system’s response to the unique challenges that arise each influenza season (eg, vaccine supply issues, higher than normal rates of influenza-related deaths). (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2009;3(Suppl 2):S160–S165)

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