The concept of entrepreneurship in public health is beyond the idea of understanding how to successfully operate business. Business skills in public health may seemed relatively new in public health industry. At the same time, I believed public health leaders should be required to learn new skills to deal with technological advances and keep pace […]
Have you ever let a piece of fruit grow moldy in your refrigerator, simply because you forgot it was there? Have you ever thrown away a can of soup because it was past the “best by” date stamped on the label? Did you ever wonder what happens to all of the produce in the supermarket […]
I think it is important to look at the availability of drinkable water. There can be available water, but the question is whether the water is safe from external or internal contaminants. Over the past several decades, human health protection for chemical contaminants in drinking water has been accomplished by the development of chemical-specific standards […]
A sound description of the environmental health problem of water scarcity is the extreme necessity of those populations in developing countries who lack portable water. In a nutshell, it is a way of sympathizing to those individuals with few to lack of drinkable or usable water to drink. Some communities may use any water to […]
In the United States, more than 80 percent of drivers and passengers wear seatbelts while driving, but in China, only between 20 and 30 percent of drivers and passengers wear their car seatbelts. Guangzhou had 9,930 traffic accidents in the 2006 (George Institute, 2007). China accounts for around 15% of the world’s total number […]
Mental health problem is one of the key factors leading to an increase in suicide. Both the WHO and the UN have recommended that member states should develop national suicide– prevention programs, where possible linked to other public health policies, and that they should establish national committees to coordinate the prevention strategies (Jenkins, 2002). Suicide […]
The diffusion of innovation theory, one of the firstborn social science theories, can be applied to the passage of universal helmet legislation in the U.S. States. This is due in part to the many injury accidents and incidents that occurred. This trend began to elevate in high numbers during the 1970s and 1980s. There […]
Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) Theory, developed by E.M. Rogers in 1962, is one of the oldest social science theories. It originated in communication to explain how, over time, an idea or product gains momentum and diffuses (or spreads) through a specific population or social system. The end result of this diffusion is that people, as […]
It is understood that the rate of vaccinated patients on hemodialysis is considerably lesser than the Healthy People 2020 (HP 2020) target (Glanz, Rimer & Vismanath, 2008). This study by Adams, Hall & Fulghum (2014) was aimed at utilizing the perceptions for action constructs of the Health Belief Model (HBM). The study aimed at measuring […]
It is important to note that the Health Belief Model (HBM) was initiated in the early 1950s by social researchers to comprehend the lack of people’s adoption disease prevention, or screening tests for early detection of disease (Boston University School of Public Health, n.d.). Early breast cancer detection through screening mammography is the most effective […]
