An Italian Validation of the 5-Item Attitudes to Mental Illness Questionnaire (AMIQ): A Useful Tool for Rapid Assessment of Stigma, Acceptance, and Tolerance.

Stigma negatively impacts individuals, families, and communities, affecting relationships, education, and employment and leading to an additional burden on mental health. Assessing public attitudes towards people with mental health conditions is crucial, especially in terms of public health. Therefore, the Attitudes to Mental Illness Questionnaire (AMIQ) was validated and adapted to the Italian cultural context.

[Evaluation and containment of cardiovascular risk in a large number of "healthy" subjects].

Cardiovascular diseases are the primary cause of death and represent a public health problem both in terms of mortality and morbidity. Since many risk factors for cardiovascular disease can be corrected with active interventions, we proposed a structured model operating in ways similar to cancer screening: active recall of healthy subjects, offers to intervene in selected subjects. In the experimental model adopted by the Local Health Unit n.

[Results and development in cancer screening programs].

In order to contribute to the definition of good model for cancer screening programs, the paper reports an overview of Veneto Local Health Units' results according to required "gold standard" defined by the authors. The analysis was based on a standard attesting that the program is running stabely and a standard for the organisation requiring that general management is performed by a unique central unit, supplied with a unique software and a working group equipped with specific know-how. Ten of the 21 Locale Health Unit of Veneto Region chose to assign to Prevention Department (Public Health Department) all the three screening programs included in the National Prevention Plan.

[Overcoming mandatory vaccination policy: first steps].

Steps toward overcoming mandatory vaccination policy follow two main tracks: scientific and administrative. Scientific course checks starting conditions of the project in Veneto Region and monitors the effects of policy. Thanks to sensibilization regional programs and partecipation to national campaigns of vaccination, Veneto Region has achieved high coverage for all actively promoted vaccinations.

[The role of the public health personnel in the Prevention Department (in the Hygiene Services and Public Health Care and Hygiene of Food and Nutrition): proposal for the future of public health care].

A global and local discussion on Public Health relevance is taking place, including the future role and organization of its services. Noteworthy becomes the role played by Public Health Specialists. This work presents the results of a workshop, carried out following the Guilbert methodology, whose aim was to define Public Health Doctors functions and their related activities.