Abstracts released on the occasion of the 10th SASUOG Congress: Durban, 18-20 April 2008.
Message from the Organising Committee The Durban Organising Committee welcomes you to the 10th SASUOG Congress to be held at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Convention Complex (IALCC) on 18-20 April 2008. This prestigious venue is ideally situated in the heart of Durban, with its magnificent views of...

Australia's Rural and Remote Health: a social justice perspective.
Australia's Rural and Remote Health: A social justice perspective Janie Smith Tertiary Press $42.50 ISBN 0 86458 312 5 Author Janie Smith is currently Associate Professor and consultant to the faculty of medicine, health, and molecular science at James Cook University,...

The impact of Medicare coverage policies on health care utilization.
Medicare finances health care for nearly 40 million elderly and disabled Americans. The Medicare statute authorizes reimbursement only for items or services that are "reasonable and necessary." Medicare administrators have struggled to interpret and apply the "reasonable and necessary" standard (Foote 2002). Over the years, Medicare has developed a...

Development of an evidence-based data skills curriculum for public health professionals.
ABSTRACT Background: This article examines the development and implementation of "Prove It! Let the Data Tell the Story", a day-and-a-half replicable training curriculum designed to enhance the data and information skills of public health professionals. Purpose: Prove It! emphasizes the importance of reliable and valid health data...

Two Views: Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates.
Two Views: Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates. By David Wootton (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. xvi plus 320 pp. $25.00). 1. An ancient theme in the history of medicine is the story of the enlightened physician overcoming ignorant and stubborn colleagues. In the...

Chelsea School of Chiropody: the final part of the history of the Chelsea School of Chiropody.
Chelsea School and the Polytechnic of Central London On 1st April 1990, the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) was abolished and the assets and property were distributed to the individual London boroughs and places of Higher Education. The advanced work of Paddington College including podiatry was transferred...

APHA president, Executive Board candidates named: Governing Council to vote at APHA's 136th Annual Meeting.
APHA has announced the 2008 candidates for its top elected membership positions, as selected by the Association's Nominating Committee. Two APHA members are vying for the position of Association president-elect, while six candidates are up for slots on the Executive Board. In the presidential race, Betsy Foxman,...

Deaf professionals and designated interpreters; a new paradigm.
9781563683688 Deaf professionals and designated interpreters; a new paradigm. Ed. by Peter C. Hauser et al. Gallaudet University Pr. 2008 229 pages $55.00 Hardcover HV2402 Hauser (research and teacher education, National...

New APHA book advances field of youth violence prevention.
Across the nation, violent crimes have declined significantly since 1990, but homicide remains the second leading cause of death among youths ages 10 to 24. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, adolescents and young adults are disproportionately victimized by firearm-related homicide. But while protocols for identifying cases...

Impressive results in Africa: after years of pessimistic forecasts about the health situation in Africa, great strides have been made across the board. Mercy Eze evaluates some of the achievements that confounded the surrounding pessimism.
The 30th World Health Assembly in 1977 selected the year 2000 as a benchmark for its "health for all" programme. It was hoped that by 2000, all the peoples of the world would have attained a certain level of health that would permit them to lead a socially and...