DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WARFARE*

1953 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-85
Author(s):  
Richard S. Green
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Services ◽  
The United States ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Biological Warfare ◽  
New Methods

Biological warfare, “Public Health in Reverse,” calls for new methods of fighting disease, because when disease is willfully spread, it can take on new aspects. By understanding why an enemy may choose to use BW instead of some other weapon, we may be able to forecast its use and prepare to repel it. Various BW agents, means of distribution, and required properties are discussed. Although counteracting forces now exist in the health services of the United States, we must fashion and learn to use special defensive weapons. The author outlines four essential elements in a program of defense against BW.

scholarly journals Challenges in evaluating the use of viral sequence data to identify HIV transmission networks for public health

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (s1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rami Kantor ◽  
John P. Fulton ◽  
Jon Steingrimsson ◽  
Vladimir Novitsky ◽  
Mark Howison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Viral Sequence ◽  
Transmission Networks ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
The World

AbstractGreat efforts are devoted to end the HIV epidemic as it continues to have profound public health consequences in the United States and throughout the world, and new interventions and strategies are continuously needed. The use of HIV sequence data to infer transmission networks holds much promise to direct public heath interventions where they are most needed. As these new methods are being implemented, evaluating their benefits is essential. In this paper, we recognize challenges associated with such evaluation, and make the case that overcoming these challenges is key to the use of HIV sequence data in routine public health actions to disrupt HIV transmission networks.

An Innovative United States–Mexico Community Outreach Initiative for Hispanic and Latino People in the United States: A Collaborative Public Health Network

2021 ◽  
pp. 003335492097269
Author(s):  
Michael A. Flynn ◽  
Alfonso Rodriguez Lainz ◽  
Juanita Lara ◽  
Cecilia Rosales ◽  
Federico Feldstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
The United States ◽  
Native People ◽  
Hispanic People ◽  
Mexican Government

Collaborative partnerships are a useful approach to improve health conditions of disadvantaged populations. The Ventanillas de Salud (VDS) (“Health Windows”) and Mobile Health Units (MHUs) are a collaborative initiative of the Mexican government and US public health organizations that use mechanisms such as health fairs and mobile clinics to provide health information, screenings, preventive measures (eg, vaccines), and health services to Mexican people, other Hispanic people, and underserved populations (eg, American Indian/Alaska Native people, geographically isolated people, uninsured people) across the United States. From 2013 through 2019, the VDS served 10.5 million people (an average of 1.5 million people per year) at Mexican consulates in the United States, and MHUs served 115 461 people from 2016 through 2019. We describe 3 community outreach projects and their impact on improving the health of Hispanic people in the United States. The first project is an ongoing collaboration between VDS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address occupational health inequities among Hispanic people. The second project was a collaboration between VDS and CDC to provide Hispanic people with information about Zika virus infection and health education. The third project is a collaboration between MHUs and the University of Arizona to provide basic health services to Hispanic communities in Pima and Maricopa counties, Arizona. The VDS/MHU model uses a collaborative approach that should be further assessed to better understand its impact on both the US-born and non–US-born Hispanic population and the public at large in locations where it is implemented.

Disaster preparedness and response: Implications for public health nurses

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Andrea Jennings-Sanders, Dr.PH, RN
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
The United States ◽  
Local State ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Public Health Officials ◽  
Disaster Preparedness And Response

Disasters are becoming more of an integral aspect of life in the United States and in other countries. Public health nurses are in the forefront of providing health services to people affected by disasters. Thus, it is essential that all public health nurses have access to information that will assist them in disaster situations. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the Framework for Public Health Nurses: Interventions Model can be utilized for planning and responding to disasters. The interventions in the model are directly applicable to disaster situations and, in addition, raise questions on issues that need to be addressed by local, state, and federal public health officials.

scholarly journals The Consequences of Neoliberalism in the Current Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente Navarro
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Health Services ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
The North ◽  
Neoliberal Policies ◽  
The North Atlantic

This article analyzes how the neoliberal policies, such as the politics of austerity (with considerable cuts to social policy expenditures including medical care and public health services) and the privatization of health services, imposed by many governments on both sides of the North Atlantic, considerably weakened the capacity of the response to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy, Spain, and the United States.

Mental health services providers' distribution across counties in the United States.

1984 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 1424-1434 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Knesper ◽  
John R. Wheeler ◽  
David J. Pagnucco
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
The United States
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