Public health depends on long-term planning, and when that planning is interrupted, some programs never recover.
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Millions of Americans rely on this network of federally funded health clinics for their primary care.
Peer support can help parents build secure relationships and grow in confidence bringing up their children.
Health lists support informed decision-making to enhance the delivery of services at various levels.
Chronic pain in children is common. Effective solutions exist − and training community providers is one way to get treatment to kids who need it.
Prevention is better than cure. To cut healthcare costs, African countries must re-strategise.
Nearly two-thirds of suburbs in one major part of Sydney have no food stores at all. And in those that do, unhealthy food outlets outnumber healthy ones by more than six to one.
New research shows the region’s arts organisations were a critical source of support for vulnerable people during lockdown
Locals from Asunción Mita, Guatemala recently voted against the development of mining activities in their municipality, in a referendum contested by a Canadian mining company that owns a gold mine.
Making room for the input of children and adolescents in responses to the next pandemic would help maintain their health, education, well-being and more.
Community healthcare workers say the price they paid to care for vulnerable patients during the pandemic has been largely ignored. It’s time to recognise their work at the front line.
Vaccines and medical treatments can only go so far in an unequal society. Facing the ongoing history of racial discrimination and bias in the US would help end the pandemic.
Public and community health experts highlight four ways that communities can collaborate to encourage physical activity and fun.
The Gambia’s success in eliminating trachoma means that resources previously allocated to combating the disease can now be reallocated to other public health conditions
NSW is developing a comprehensive new planning policy with the goal of creating healthy places. A new study finds those people who work as placemakers want these goals embedded in laws and budgets.
Families in Ghana are struggling to manage the long-term care of ageing relatives.
One important metric by which we can measure the success of our public health system: Ensuring everyone has access to immunization in their community.
Involving senior health science students in the everyday practice helped address the workload in facilities, improved quality of patient care, and increased patient and staff satisfaction.
Planners understand the key elements of urban communities that will improve residents’ health and well-being. They also need to be able to convince others to create such communities.
A new study has found that employing lay health workers at clinics can improve the way patients receive treatment.
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Research assistant, Western Sydney University, UNSW
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Professor of Planning and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor of Planning and Director of Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Manager at MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Postgraduate student, University of Benin
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Executive Officer- Advocacy and Rights Centre
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Research Scientist, Joint Geisinger-JHSPH Environmental Health Institute
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Professor, Centre for Urban Research, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Director of the Centre for Health Policy , University of the Witwatersrand
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PhD Candidate, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, School of Health & Social Development, Deakin University
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Professor Emeritusin the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand