Closing the Schools
September 29, 2009 | Journal Article
Ninety-one years later, the evidence shows that there are positive and negative ways to do it.
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Campaign Raises Public Awareness of Global Infectious Diseases
October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Through a national baseline survey, the Global Health Council established a 1999 level of awareness among the American public of the risks posed to U.S. health by global infectious diseases and conducted a follow-up campaign to educate the public.
Socioeconomic Gradients in Immune Response to Latent Infection
September 14, 2007 | Journal Article
In this article, research explored the relationship between socioeconomic factors and the levels of antibodies associated with maintaining the latency of immune system infections such as cytomegalovirus (CMV) and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). ...
Campaign Educates Policy-Makers and Health Professionals on Public Health Threats
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine worked to educate and promote communications among medical and public health professionals and policy-makers about bioterrorism, emerging infections and emergency preparedness.
Building Advocacy for Policy Change to Improve the Nation's Health
March 14, 2013 | Program Result Report
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) worked with a coalition of public health, business, and other partners to build consensus for a modernized public health system and to inform the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service Celebrates 50 Years in 2001
January 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Epidemic Intelligence Service is a two-year, postgraduate program that trains physicians and other health professionals in skills necessary to investigate infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics.
Improving the Safety of Patient Care by Looking at the Airline Industry
December 1, 2011 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine applied a step-by-step approach used to dramatically reduce aviation fatalities to improve the use of two devices that account for a disproportionate share of medical errors in hospitals.
Preventing Bloodstream Infections
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Over the past decade, advances in the quality of care have been slow. One area of success, however, has been in combating central line–associated bloodstream infections.
Learning Accountability for Patient Outcomes
July 14, 2010 | Commentary
In this commentary, Dr. Pronovost calls for greater accountability for patient safety within the U.S. health care system. He emphasizes the role of teamwork in reducing CLABSI and other preventable infections.
Mastering MRSA: Pilot Project Lowers Rates 73 Percent
November 10, 2009 | Program Result Report
Investigators with the Plexus Institute developed a pilot program at six hospitals to control and reduce the rate of infections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), one of the most virulent hospital-acquired infections in the United States.