Examined organizational and professional correlates of the integration of the ecological approach in Canadian public health organizations' youth tobacco control programs. Surveys of 110 tobacco control programs in 90 organizations indicated that organizational environment and staff preparation played a critical role in adoption of the ecological…

Literature review and interviews with nine public health and nursing education informants in Britain indicated that, although National Health Service policy highlights public health, clinical placements in this area are limited and curriculum content needs to be applicable to public health. Needs assessments show skills gaps in practicing nurses…

Results from a survey of 83 U.S. institutions indicate that the internship is an important component in most undergraduate and graduate community health education/promotion professional preparation programs. Data are also presented on intern supervision and policies relating to salaries for interns. (IAH)

The organization of health law courses around three subdivisions (access to care, quality of care, and financing and cost containment) and four substantive themes (physicians' autonomy, the rise of health care and financing institutions, health care as commodity or social entitlement, and the movement for self-determination) is discussed. (MSE)

Summarizes the Natural Resources Defense Council's report that cancer risks from pesticides are higher than Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) criteria for children. Describes some responses of the EPA on the report. (YP)

Answers day care directors' questions concerning children's injuries; liquid versus bar soap; and the length of time perishable foods remain safe when not refrigerated. (BB)

The recent shift in pharmacy practice from product to information orientation, patients' desires to know more about medications, computerized access to records, and increased third-party payments may result in serious ethical dilemmas for pharmacists. Pharmacy schools must provide background in the responsibilities of health care professionals to…

Argues that the tobacco industry deliberately uses advertising to influence young people to experiment with tobacco. Advertisements in sports, entertainment and sex-oriented magazines, outdoor advertising, and promotions in youth-oriented movies are all intended to influence young people. Lists actions individuals can take to reduce the influence…

This article identifies several advantages to utilizing a systems approach to achieve the nation's health objectives, particularly in school health education. Corresponding shortcomings of the epidemiological approach, which forms the basis of federal public health objectives for 1990, are discussed. (IAH)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether and, if so, why engineering faculty include occupational and public health and safety in their undergraduate engineering courses. Data were collected from 157 undergraduate engineering faculty from 65 colleges of engineering in the United States. (LZ)

Tests the knowledge gap hypothesis by examining the influence of Magic Johnson's announcement that he was HIV positive on people's knowledge of HIV/AIDS. Finds that all individuals moved from fairly low knowledge levels equally to higher levels, but the knowledge gap narrowed as a proportion of the difference between high and low education groups.…

Discusses concerns related to the use of recombinant bovine growth hormone in the United States and other countries. Analyses the issue from the perspectives of animal rights, human health, world hunger, concerns of small and organic farmers, costs to the taxpayer, and environmental questions. A sidebar discusses Canadian review of the hormone.…

Describes the relationship between the nursing profession and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Describes Will Keith Kellogg's interest in public health, especially as it related to children and the development of the W. K. Kellogg Child Welfare Organization, as it was originally known. (JOW)

Discusses the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) and how effective it is in the schools. The article describes a 1991 evaluation of AHERA which found that it had been generally successful (with notable exceptions). It also considers the school reinspection process which will be completed by July 1992. (SM)

Maintains that federal policy on adolescent Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome health care and research is nonexistent or piecemeal. Despite the work of the Centers for Disease Control, efforts at preventive education are uncoordinated, resulting from the decentralized nature of the public health and education systems, and are hampered by social…