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Public Health - Education
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Definition of 'Public Health'Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level. Common names: Public Health; Health, Public; Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health; Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
30 Aug 2009 
PURPOSE: To understand the perceptions and attitudes of Canadian medical students toward their undergraduate medical public health curriculum and to identify student suggestions and priorities for curriculum change. METHOD: Five focus groups of 11 ... Read more...
Dissemination research: the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
30 Jul 2009 Despite significant accomplishments in basic, clinical, and population health research, a wide gap persists between research discoveries (ie, what we know) and actual practice (ie, what we do). The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute ... Read more...
The role of schools of public health: learning from history, looking to the future.
30 Jun 2009 There is a broad consensus on the need for high-quality public health education and research to tackle the world's many public health challenges. Public health education and research are delivered by a variety of institutions operating very ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Public Health - Education'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Canadian medical students' perceptions of public health education in the undergraduate medical curriculum. 30 Aug 2009
- Careers in cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention.
9 Aug 2009 - The Health and Society Scholars Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 30 Jul 2009
- Dissemination research: the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. 30 Jul 2009
- [Secure the competence in social medicine!] 30 Jul 2009
- The Gates Foundation: looking at the bigger picture. 16 Jul 2009
- The role of schools of public health: learning from history, looking to the future. 30 Jun 2009
- A public health Immunization Resource Web site for chiropractors: discussion of current issues and future challenges for evidence-based initiatives for the chiropractic profession. 29 Jun 2009
- Improving preventive health services training in chiropractic colleges part II: enhancing outcomes through improved training and accountability processes. 29 Jun 2009
- 'Just a lovely luxury?' What can public health attachments add to postgraduate general practice training? 29 Jun 2009
- Evaluation of the Certificate in Community Preparedness and Disaster Management Program at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. 29 Jun 2009
- Implementation of different initiatives to develop a culture of professionalism in the medical school. 30 May 2009
- Surveillance of childhood vaccine-preventable diseases at health facilities in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 29 Apr 2009
- Improving nutrition in Mexico: the use of research for decision making. 29 Apr 2009
- An estimation of Canada's public health physician workforce. 29 Apr 2009
- OpenEpi: a web-based epidemiologic and statistical calculator for public health. 29 Apr 2009
- Public health certification. 27 Apr 2009
- [Training the ideal doctor] 6 Apr 2009
- Reflections on societal change, adjustments, and responses. 30 Mar 2009
- Promoting the health of marginalized populations in Ecuador through international collaboration and educational innovations.
30 Mar 2009
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Technical information about 'Public Health'
Definition: Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.
Descriptor UI: D011634
Alternative terms: Public Health; Health, Public; Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health; Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health;
Related Mesh Headings: Preventive Medicine; Social Medicine; Zoonoses;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: H02.403.776.670; N01.400.550; N06.850;
Online Note: pre-explosion = PUBLIC HEALTH (PX)
Technical Notes: SPEC; SPEC qualif; a venerable hist & modern concept of the health & health problems of "the public": do not confuse with NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS