The World Health Organization, Public Health Ethics, and Surveillance: Essential Architecture for Social Well-Being.

Am J Public Health

Amy L. Fairchild is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, and is co-director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Bioethics, Columbia University, New York, NY. Angus Dawson is director of Sydney Health Ethics, School of Public Health, and with the Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Ronald Bayer is co-director of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, and co-director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Bioethics, Columbia University. Michael J. Selgelid is director of the Monash Bioethics Center, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and is current chair of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Bioethics, Geneva, Switzerland.

Published: October 2017

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607693PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304019DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

health organization
4
organization public
4
public health
4
health ethics
4
ethics surveillance
4
surveillance essential
4
essential architecture
4
architecture social
4
social well-being
4
health
2

Similar Publications

Background: The PalliPed project is a nationwide, observational, cross-sectional study designed with the aim of providing a constantly updated national database for the census and monitoring of specialized pediatric palliative care (PPC) activities in Italy. This paper presents the results of the first monitoring phase of the PalliPed project, which was developed through the PalliPed 2022-2023 study, to update current knowledge on the provision of specialized PPC services in Italy.

Methods: Italian specialized PPC centers/facilities were invited to participate and asked to complete a self-reporting, ad-hoc, online survey regarding their clinical activity in 2022-2023, in the revision of the data initially collected in the first PalliPed study of 2021.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: In 2024, the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare enforced a policy to increase the number of medical school students by 2,000 over the next 5 years, despite opposition from doctors. This study aims to predict the trend of excess or shortage of medical personnel in Korea due to the policy of increasing the number of medical school students by 2035.

Methods: Data from multiple sources, including the Ministry of Health and Welfare, National Health Insurance Corporation, and the Korean Medical Association, were used to estimate supply and demand.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: First responders exist in several countries and have been a prehospital emergency medical resource in Norwegian municipalities since 2010. However, the Norwegian system has not yet been studied. The aim of this study was to describe the first responder system in Central Norway and how it is used as a supplement to emergency medical services (EMS).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: To analyze the sociostructural determinants associated with mental health problems during the lockdown period among populations residing in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Spain who lived with minors or dependents, approached from a gender perspective.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in six participating countries via an adapted, self-managed online survey. People living with minors and/or dependents were selected.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Estimates and trends in death and disability from atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter due to high sodium intake, China, 1990 to 2019.

BMC Cardiovasc Disord

January 2025

Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences,Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Engineering Research Center of Mobile Health Management System & Ministry of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310015, China.

Objective: The effect of sodium intake on atrial fibrillation (AF)/atrial flutter (AFL), with respect to sex and age, has yet to be elucidated. This study aims to compare long-term trends in AF/AFL death and disability due to high sodium intake in China from 1990 to 2019.

Methods: We utilized data from the Global Burden of Disease study to assess the mortality and disability burden of AF/AFL attributable to high sodium intake (> 5 g/d) in China from 1990 to 2019.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!