The after action report/improvement plan (AAR/IP) can be useful for both accountability and quality improvement, but these objectives require different foci and methodological approaches.
This article examines the different ways in which faith-based organizations (FBO) frame discussions about HIV.
Universal vaccines that provide short-term protection are likely to result in small frequent epidemics, whereas universal vaccines that provide long-term protection are likely to result in severe infrequent epidemics.
Information campaigns made more adults concerned about a pandemic, but didn't reassure them sufficiently about H1N1 vaccine safety and effectiveness that they got the vaccine.
Assesses the extent to which the systems in place for prevention and control of routine annual influenza could provide the information and experience needed to manage a pandemic
Coordination and communication among community partners-including health departments, emergency management agencies, and hospitals-are essential for effective pandemic influenza planning and response. As the nation's largest integrated health care system, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) could be a key component of community planning.
Coordination and communication among community partners-including health departments, emergency management agencies, and hospitals-are essential for effective pandemic influenza planning and response. As the nation's largest integrated health care system, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) could be a key component of community planning.
In the United States, preparation for a potential influenza pandemic is receiving heightened media coverage and scrutiny.
To evaluate the influence of immunization rates on the likelihood of influenza-like illness (ILI) clusters in nursing facilities.
Because smallpox may be used as a biological weapon, this article reviews smallpox outbreaks in post-World War II Europe and North America to understand transmission patterns.
Relative to the magnitude of the epidemic, government funds available for HIV prevention are scarce.
HIV/AIDS is a global epidemic that is increasingly affecting women on every continent.
Public health officials have been quick to adopt this new tool for identifying emerging problems, but research is needed to assess its effectiveness.
The HIV epidemic has resulted in a renewed interest by social scientists in stigmatization and in a corresponding need to reconceptualize stigma.
This chapter focuses on the economics of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States: the cost and financing of care, and on the implications of these factors for the organization of care. After a summary of current conditions, it reviews key economic developments during three distinct phases of the epidemic.
This paper investigates trends in disability in the U.S. population, particularly among people under age fifty.
The epidemic of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) presents to the health care system myriad challenges, which have changed over time.
Monitoring the Crack Epidemic Through Urine Testing: Establishment of Routine Detection Methods
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