Prevalence and correlates of PTSD among high school students after the earthquake disaster in the City of Bam, Iran.
INTRODUCTION Earthquake and its consequences present a major public health problem. Like other natural disasters, often without warning, they strike quickly, and are uncontrollable, affecting large population and leaving injury, death, and destruction subsequently. After earth quick, with the loss of loved ones and livelihood, survivors are...

Mexican Department of Public Health to Launch Screening for Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Cause of Cervical Cancer.
QIAGEN's Digene HPV Test Selected for World's First National HPV Screening Program MEXICO CITY, Mexico, November 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a campaign to significantly reduce the most common cancer affecting Mexican women, the Mexican Public Health Agency (Secretaria de Salud or SSA) has announced it is launching...

Mapping technologies a growing health tool: geographic information systems put public health on the map.
CARL Kinkade travels the globe responding to public health emergencies, though his formidable response skills aren't the typical fodder for nightly newscasts and glossy magazine covers. Kinkade won't be administering vaccines, patching wounds or delivering food--he'll be behind the scenes, creating the data analyses responders use to...

Ohio public health students promoting fresh food, nutrition; local farmers' market attracts thousands.
PUBLIC health students in Columbus, Ohio, helped bring fresh fruits and vegetables to their community this past summer, thanks in part to funding from Ohio State University's College of Public Health. A $15,000 grant from Women & Philanthropy, a charitable organization at the Ohio State University Foundation,...

Awareness of public health has ways to go.
The story "Raising awareness of public health among Americans" in the September issue of The Nation's Health was excellent. As a laborer in the public health trenches for 30-plus years, I have been continuously bemused at how most public goods--public safety, public transportation, public education, public radio,...

American Lung Association of Arizona, Phoenix Fire and Maricopa County Public Health Urge Residents to Get Vaccinated Against the Flu.
Fire Chief Bob Khan and County Health Director, Dr. Bob England Encourage all Families to Get Immunized During Free Influenza Immunization Clinic at Madison Number One Middle School PHOENIX, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of today's announcement that Arizona has its first lab-confirmed case of...

MANHUNT Leads Fight Against Spread of Sexually Transmitted Infections with Launch of MANHUNT Cares; Hires Senior Public Health Strategist from CDC.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Ken Herron, Chief Marketing Executive at Online Buddies Inc., the parent company of MANHUNT, announced today that David S. Novak of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will join the team at Online Buddies, Inc. as the site's first Senior Public...

Video: Novartis Vaccines and PTA Battle Flu: Public Health Vaccination Initiative Urges Families 'Let's Fight Flu Together!'.
- Partnership aims to provide convenient access to vaccination - helping keep kids and teachers in school and parents at work - "Let's Fight Flu Together!" initiative supports CDC's new vaccination recommendations which include children six months to 18 years old(1) - Campaign goal is...

Ramsell Public Health Rx and HealthTrans to Offer Free Drug Discount Program.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-8 August 2008-Ramsell Public Health Rx and HealthTrans to Offer Free Drug Discount Program(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Ramsell Public Health Rx, a pharmacy benefits manager and information management company, and its partner, HealthTrans, a pharmacy benefit administrator, will offer a nationwide drug discount...

Colorado welcomes historic public health reform: new legislation brings comprehensive services to entire state.
Public health in Colorado took a huge leap toward the future in May with the passage of landmark legislation that will restructure and revitalize the state's public health infrastructure. The Colorado Public Health Reauthorization Act, signed into law June 3 by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, assures that...