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November 11, 2008 | Program Result
The National Association of County and City Health Officials and the Center for Law, Ethics, and Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health hosted a one-day Workshop on Ethics in Public Health Practice and Preparedness.
April 10, 2012 | Program Result
Oral Health America, a Chicago-based organization that advocates improved dental care, launched a public education campaign to reduce the use of spit tobacco (both chewing tobacco and snuff).
November 1, 2000 | Program Result
Investigators from Columbia University School of Nursing defined the knowledge and skills most needed by four groups of public health professionals to respond to changes in the US health system.
July 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This paper seeks to summarize current research into smoking cessation programs as well as to develop a strategic research agenda to focus future research on nurses' involvement in such programs. The authors reviewed information from researchers, cli ...
July 31, 2009 | Program Result
In 2003, a team from UCLA School of Nursing launched Tobacco-Free Nurses, the first national effort created to help nurses quit smoking, provide resources to nurses who want to help their patients quit and promote tobacco control on the agenda of nursing organizations.
May 1, 2005 | Program Result
From 2003 to June 2004, staff at the Public Health Foundation, Washington, created a nationwide Web-based clearinghouse where public health professionals can find continuing education opportunities.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
The National Medical Association engaged African-American clinicians in training others to follow a clinical practice guideline on smoking cessation and in disseminating and implementing the guideline, Smoking Cessation, Clinical Practice Guideline, No. 18.
May 1, 2002 | Program Result
The American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Ill., developed and oversaw the Firearm Injury Prevention Training Project to provide pediatricians with the skills and the resources necessary to reduce firearm injuries and deaths among children.
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention developed strategies for dissemination of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research's Clinical Practice Guideline on Smoking Cessation to health care providers.
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
Columbia University School of Nursing hosted meetings to assist public health nurses in making career choices and developing appropriate skills, and identify the potential of distance-based learning technology to make this information available nationwide.