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            <description><![CDATA[World health statistics 2007 presents the most recent health statistics for WHOs 193 Member States. This third edition includes a section with 10 highlights of global health statistics for the past year as well as an expanded set of 50 health statistics.World Health Statistics 2007 has been collated from publications and databases produced by WHOs technical programmes and regional offices. The core set of indicators was selected on the basis of their relevance to global health, the availability and quality of the data, and the accuracy and comparability of estimates. The statistics for the indicators are derived from an interactive process of data collection, compilation, quality assessment and estimation occurring among WHOs technical programmes and its Member States. During this process, WHO strives to maximize the accessibility, accuracy, comparability and transparency of health statistics.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[..Integrated services are designed to respond more effectively to the needs of service users and carers than services planned and delivered by individual agencies. Having a good understanding of the needs of clients and the impact that different interventions will have is an important part of the planning and delivery of integrated services.  Public health as a discipline and public health professionals offer some valuable resources for managers and professionals involved in the development and delivery of integrated services.This briefing paper is intended for use by managers and professionals who are either involved in the direct management and delivery of integrated services in England, or the commissioning of these services. It is a comprehensive resource, and of relevance both to those who have a detailed knowledge of public health and to readers who are relatively new to the field. The paper provides an overview of the scope of public health practice, outlines some of the tools and techniques that might be used in designing and evaluating integrated services and explains how they might be used as a lever for change and service improvement. The paper includes some case studies showing how public health techniques can be applied and links to further resources and material for those interested in developing a more detailed understanding of public health practice..]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Substantial attention has been paid to these health inequalities. Gradients in health by education are now being systematically monitored in many countries (the United States includes them as part of its Healthy People 2010 goals), and countries such as the United Kingdom have target goals of reducing health disparities specifically by education or factors correlated with education.2 In this paper, we review what is known and not known about the relationship between education and health, in particular about the possible causal relationships between education and health and the mechanisms behind them. .]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[This article presents a systematic framework of 12 essentials, or basic elements, of science-based policy. The 12 essentials are grouped into three categories, or areas, as follows: 1) knowledge generation, which includes credible design, accurate data, sound analysis, and comprehensive synthesis; 2) knowledge exchange, which includes relevant content, appropriate translation, timely dissemination, and modulated release; and 3) knowledge uptake, which includes accessible information, readable message, motivated user, and rewarding outcome.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[.Health requires an active process whereby individuals, communities and societies create and maintain wellbeing and the conditions in which it can be attained. It is a co-production of many actors at every level of society.Global health refers to those health issues which transcend national boundaries and governments and calls for actions to influence the global forces that determine the health of people. It requires new forms of governance at national and international level which seek to include a wide range of actors.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Model public health laws (public health laws or private policies publicly recommended by at least 1 organization for adoption by government bodies or by specified private entities) are promoted as exemplary. We assessed the information sponsors of model public health laws provide on the methods used in developing their models and on their models adoption and effectiveness. . The Center for Law and the Publics Health publishes detailed information on its Web site about adoption of its model public health laws. In view of the powerful contribution that law can make to improved public health, we further recommend the formulation of standards for model public health laws that reflect and build on such precedents and that incorporate, to the extent practically possible, current knowledge about the effectiveness of law-based public health interventions. The scope of our study precluded exploration of certain aspects of model laws that merit study. Perhaps the most important, and analytically the most challenging, is their effectiveness once adopted. Also important is whether the provisions of model laws actually establish powers supportive of the models goals; legal analysis could illuminate whether deficiencies in the language of model laws may detract from the desired powers and effects. A related point is whether the provisions of model laws comport with prevailing court rulings, views on constitutional principles, and doctrine regarding the role of government. Analyses in these areas would generate information valuable to the many public health policymakers, practitioners, and attorneys who are actively assessing law as a public health tool..]]></description>
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