Sara J Singer,Timothy J Vogus
Sara J Singer
Hospital errors are a seemingly intractable problem and continuing threat to public health. Errors resist intervention because too often the interventions deployed fail to address the fundamental source of errors: weak organizational safety...
Energy and human health [0.03%]
能源与人类健康
Kirk R Smith,Howard Frumkin,Kalpana Balakrishnan et al.
Kirk R Smith et al.
Energy use is central to human society and provides many health benefits. But each source of energy entails some health risks. This article reviews the health impacts of each major source of energy, focusing on those with major implications...
Leslie Stayner,Laura S Welch,Richard Lemen
Leslie Stayner
Asbestos-related diseases are still a major public health problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 107,000 people worldwide die each year from mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis. We review what is known about a...
HIV prevention among women in low- and middle-income countries: intervening upon contexts of heightened HIV risk [0.03%]
发展中国家妇女的艾滋病预防：对高危环境的有效干预措施
Steffanie A Strathdee,Wendee M Wechsberg,Deanna L Kerrigan et al.
Steffanie A Strathdee et al.
Women's vulnerability to HIV infection is influenced by contextual factors in the risk environment that operate at multiple levels (i.e., physical, social, economic, policy). We present three case studies that illustrate combination approac...
Commentary on the symposium: biological embedding, life course development, and the emergence of a new science [0.03%]
关于学术研讨会的评论：生物嵌入性、生命历程发展以及新科学的出现
Clyde Hertzman
Clyde Hertzman
A new science of human development is emerging, which has the capacity to transform the way we understand the origins of health and disease; to increase the public health significance of early child development; and to call into question ho...
The impact of labor policies on the health of young children in the context of economic globalization [0.03%]
经济全球化背景下劳动政策对幼儿健康的影响研究
Jody Heymann,Alison Earle,Kristen McNeill
Jody Heymann
Globalization has transformed the workplace at the same time that increasing numbers of children live in families in which all adults work for pay outside the home. Extensive research evidence demonstrates the importance of parental involve...
Searching for a balance of responsibilities: OECD countries' changing elderly assistance policies [0.03%]
寻找责任的平衡点：经合组织国家长期照护政策的变化趋势
Katherine Swartz
Katherine Swartz
The rapid aging of OECD country populations and the now five-year-long financial crisis in Europe are causing many OECD countries to reconfigure their assistance programs for the elderly, particularly their long-term care (LTC) policies. De...
Andrew Steptoe,Mika Kivimäki
Andrew Steptoe
Considerable progress has been made during the past decade in research on cardiovascular effects of stress. Early-life stressors, such as childhood abuse and early socioeconomic adversity, are linked to increased cardiovascular morbidity in...
Strategies and resources to address colorectal cancer screening rates and disparities in the United States and globally [0.03%]
美国和全球范围内提高结直肠癌筛查率和解决卫生不公平问题的策略和资源
Michael B Potter
Michael B Potter
Colorectal cancer is a significant cause of mortality in the United States and globally. In the United States, increased access to screening and effective treatment has contributed to a reduction in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality...
Scaling up chronic disease prevention interventions in lower- and middle-income countries [0.03%]
在中低收入国家扩大慢性病预防干预措施的实施规模
Thomas A Gaziano,Neha Pagidipati
Thomas A Gaziano
Chronic diseases are increasingly becoming a health burden in lower- and middle-income countries, putting pressure on public health efforts to scale up interventions. This article reviews current efforts in interventions on a population and...