Tuesday, April 29, 2008

[EQ] Pandemic Influenza Planning in the United States from a Health Disparities Perspective

Pandemic Influenza Planning in the United States from a Health Disparities Perspective

Philip Blumenshine,*1 Arthur Reingold,† Susan Egerter,‡ Robin Mockenhaupt,§ Paula Braveman,‡
and James Marks§

*Weill/Cornell Medical College, Ithaca, New York, USA; †University of California, Berkeley, California, USA; ‡University of California,
San Francisco, California, USA;  and §Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Emerging  Infection Diseases -  Volume 14, Number 5 –May 2008

Available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/5/709.htm

 "…..We explored how different socioeconomic and racial/ethnic groups in the United States might fare in an influenza pandemic on the basis of social factors that shape exposure, vulnerability to influenza virus, and timeliness and adequacy of treatment.

We discuss policies that might differentially affect social groups' risk for illness or death. Our purpose is not to establish the precise magnitude of disparities likely to occur; rather, it is to call attention to avoidable disparities that can be expected in the absence of systematic attention to differential social risks in pandemic preparedness plans. Policy makers at the federal, state, and local levels should consider potential sources of socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities during a pandemic and formulate specific plans to minimize these disparities…."

 

Public Response to Community Mitigation Measures for Pandemic Influenza

Robert J. Blendon,* Lisa M. Koonin,† John M. Benson,* Martin S. Cetron,† William E. Pollard,† Elizabeth W. Mitchell,
† Kathleen J. Weldon,* and Melissa J. Herrmann‡

*Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; †Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and
‡International Communications Research, Media, Pennsylvania, USA
Emerging  Infection Diseases -  Volume 14, Number 5 –May 2008

Available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/5/778.htm

"……We report the results of a national survey conducted to help public health officials understand the public's response to community mitigation interventions for a severe outbreak of pandemic influenza. Survey results suggest that if community mitigation measures are instituted, most respondents would comply with recommendations but would be challenged to do so if their income or job were severely compromised.

 

The results also indicate that community mitigation measures could cause problems for persons with lower incomes and for racial and ethnic minorities. Twenty-four percent of respondents said that they would not have anyone available to take care of them if they became sick with pandemic influenza. Given these results, planning and public engagement will be needed to encourage the public to be prepared…"

 

 

 

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[EQ] Improving the Health of Canadians: Mental Health, Delinquency and Criminal Activity

Improving the Health of Canadians: Mental Health, Delinquency and Criminal Activity

The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), April 29, 2008

Website: http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=PG_1250_E&cw_topic=1250&cw_rel=AR_1730_E

PDF French version [87p.] at: CPHI_2008_MH and Crime Report_Final_f.pdf

               PDF English version [87p.] at: CPHI_2008_MH and Crime Report_Final_e.pdf

“….The pathways linking mental health, delinquency and criminal activity are interrelated. Mental health can be influenced by various individual, social, cultural, physical and socio-economic determinants. These factors can, in isolation or combination, be related to delinquency and criminal activity. Among youth, for example, research shows that various factors related to mental health within the individual, family, school/peer and community setting are linked to youth's risk of engaging in aggressive behaviour and delinquency.

Research also shows that youth involved with the criminal justice system are at high risk for compromised mental health, mental illness, suicide and addictions. A similar pattern is seen among incarcerated adults. Further, in some cases, mental health issues can precede criminal activity; in others, they may develop or worsen with continued criminal involvement and for some, with incarceration.

The report provides an overview of the latest research, analyses and policy initiatives related to mental health, delinquency and criminal activity. It also presents data on the characteristics of and issues facing individuals with a mental illness who were or are involved with the criminal justice system.

Purpose of Report: Examines the links between mental health, delinquency, criminal activity and their various determinants

Section One: Looks at what mental health–related factors at the individual, family, school/peer and community levels are risk factors for or protective factors against delinquency among youth

Section Two: Looks at people with a mental illness who were or are involved with the criminal justice system (that is, in a mental health bed with a criminal history or in a correctional facility with a mental illness)

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·         Section Two 335 KB

·         Conclusions 373 KB

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[EQ] Deadline essay competition 2008 extended until 15 May 2008 - Climate change and health - The Global Forum for Health Research - The Lancet

 

Date: 29 Apr 2008 
From: announcements@globalforumhealth.org

Deadline essay competition 2008 extended until 15 May 2008, midnight GMT.

The Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet announce their third joint essay competition for the under-30s on the theme 'Climate change and health: research challenges for vulnerable populations'.

For submission criteria and instructions, please visit:

http://www.globalforumhealth.org/shlinks/yvhr2008.php

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Young voices in research for health

The Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet

 

Theme: Climate change and health: research challenges for vulnerable populations


The deadline for receipt of entries is 30 April 2008

 

Website: http://www.globalforumhealth.org/Site/005__Get%20involved/009__Essay%20Competition/003__Home.php

 

Rules and guidelines

· Authors must have been born on or after 1 January 1978.

· Each author may submit one essay only.

· Essays may be submitted in English or French and should be 1500 words maximum.

· Essays must be based on the author’s own ideas and not be derived from another source.

· Essays must not have been previously published.

· Entries are individual (i.e., the work of a single author).

· They should include original, even provocative ideas and not be technical or academic texts: tables, charts and
   figures are probably not necessary; references should be limited.

· Authors are free to be idealistic, passionate, to take established practices to task, albeit in a constructive fashion.

· Within the context of research for health, the theme allows authors to include any aspect that interests them particularly
  for example, extreme weather, natural disasters, fuels and energy, transport, water management, vectors, food production,
  demographics, urban planning, security.

 

Deadlines

· The deadline for receipt of entries is 30 April 2008.

· A shortlist will be announced by the end of June.
  Shortlisted authors will be asked to provide a high quality photograph and to confirm original authorship and date of birth.

· The winners will be notified by the beginning of August 2008. The judges’ decision will be final.

 

Prizes

· A selection of shortlisted essays will be published in an anthology as well as on the Global Forum and Lancet websites.

· Winners will be invited to take part (with all expenses paid) in the Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health,
   which will take place in Bamako, Mali, from 17 to 19 November 2008.


Staff members of the Global Forum or of the Lancet or their immediate families are ineligible to enter the competition, as are authors of shortlisted essays published in 2006 and 2007.

 

For any questions, please contact susan.jupp@globalforumhealth.org or f.mclellan@elsevier.com

Susan Jupp Head, External Relations - Global Forum for Health Research
1-5 route des Morillons, PO Box 2100
1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
www.globalforumhealth.org T + 41 22 791 3450 F + 41 22 791 4394

 

 

 

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