Human Trafficking: It’s Not Just a Crime

Human trafficking, although commonly conceived of as a crime, is also a matter for the fields of health and public health. Trafficked individuals suffering physical, sexual, and/or psychological abuse can experience acute and chronic health sequelae, bringing them to the attention of health and/or mental health professionals. Communicable infections affect many trafficked individuals and can be transmitted to those not trafficked. The factors that contribute to people being trafficked, like poverty, educational disparities, and systematic oppression based upon identities, are multifaceted and interlinked with other trauma experiences. Incorporation of public health principles into anti-trafficking efforts facilitates a comprehensive and holistic prevention/intervention anti-trafficking strategy. This commentary illustrates how both the health care and public health sectors can contribute to improving the health and well-being of trafficked people, the general public, and to anti-trafficking efforts

Strengthening Public Health Nursing Part I: Policies and Programs that Recognize Nursing's Role in Assuring the Public's Health

Highlights nurses' multifaceted contributions to public health and emergency response, profiles model public health programs led by their efforts, examines workforce issues nursing faces, and looks at promising federal and state policies to address them

Making up for lost time: Forging new connections between health and community development

New trends in the today’s public health world are making an important case for bringing public health and community development efforts together. These include the changing nature of 21st century preventable disease, the increasing link between health disparities and place, and the early positive evidence from early adopters of combined health and development strategies. Read about specific examples of efforts from King County, Washington that are capitalizing on these changes and simultaneously advancing both health and community development.Community development ; Health

Public Reporting and Transparency

Provides a short history of efforts to report information on health system performance; identifies policy issues to consider when advancing such efforts; and offers lessons from the experience of public reporting efforts to date

MANAGERIAL DIMENSION OF FOOD CRISIS

Care for public health is of primary importance for any governmental policy, since human health is the most valuable for social development. The national health policy concentrates efforts toward strengthening public health and re-launching of economic activities. The paper analysis the public health indicators in Romania related to food safety. It ends up by identifying several challenges to be addressed at governmental levelquality management, food safety, food security, sustainable agriculture.

What Directions for Public Health Under the Affordable Care Act?

Outlines opportunities for public health efforts under the 2010 healthcare reform law, such as building prevention into insurance expansion and boosting innovation in population health, as well as challenges, such as budget constraints

Collateral Consequences and Reentry in Alaska: An Update

This article describes recent efforts at the national level to ameliorate the public costs of unnecessary collateral consequences, summarizes the array of statutory and regulatory impediments faced by released offenders in Alaska, and highlights legislative efforts in Alaska to improve community safety and public health by facilitating prisoner reintegration and reducing rates of recidivism.Introduction / Collateral Consequences in the U.S.: 2013–2014 / Collateral Consequences in Alaska: 2013–2014 / The Reform Movement / Conclusion / SIDEBARS / Alaska Resources on Reentry / The Second Chance Act in Alask

The West Central Public Health Partnership: A Case Study in Public Health Collaboration

This case study examines the efforts of the West Central Public Health Partnership. This partnership brought together public and environmental health officials from six counties along Colorado's Western Slope to create the means to provide comprehensive regional public and environmental health services in the rural communities they serve. This study identifies the organizational elements that contributed to the group's successes and highlights recommendations for other rural counties and funders considering similar endeavors