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Choose a page number: 1 Public Health and Safety RSS FeedsGrandparents a Safe Source of Childcare - For working parents, having grandparents as caregivers can cut the risk of childhood injury roughly in half, according to a new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Compared to organized daycare or care by the mother or other relatives, having a grandmother watch a child was associated with a decreased risk of injury for the child. The study is among the first to examine the relationship between grandparents? care and childhood injury rates....Feed Source: www.jhsph.edu "Guided Care" Receives Award for Program Innovation - Guided Care, a new model of comprehensive health care for people with multiple chronic conditions, has received the 2008 Archstone Foundation Award for Excellence in Program Innovation. The award is given annually by the Archstone Foundation and the Gerontological Health Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Guided Care was developed by members of the faculties of the Johns Hopkins University?s schools of Public Health, Medicine and Nursing.... U.S. Suicide Rate Increases - The rate of suicide in the United States is increased for the first time in a decade, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health?s Center for Injury Research and Policy. The increase in the overall suicide rate between 1999 and 2005 was due primarily to an increase in suicides among whites aged 40-64, with white middle-aged women experiencing the largest annual increase. Whereas the overall suicide rate rose 0.7 percent during this time period, the rate among middle-aged white men rose 2.7 percent annually and 3.9 percent among middle-aged women. By contrast, suicide in blacks decreased significantly over the study?s time period, and remained stable among Asian and Native Americans. The results are published online at the website of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and will be published in the December print edition of the journal.... Efavirenz-Based Initial Therapies Associated with Better Outcomes in HIV-Infected Adults - A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that HIV-infected patients taking the antiretroviral drug efavirenz were more likely to adhere to treatment and less likely to experience virologic failure and death compared to patients taking nevirapine. Nevirapine is the most frequently prescribed drug for patients undergoing highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, where the study was conducted. ... JHSPH Receives $7.6 Million Grant to Study Disaster Preparedness for Vulnerable Populations - Jonathan Links, PhD, professor and director of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health?s Center for Public Health Preparedness, has been awarded a five-year $7,663,066 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study disaster preparedness risks and needs for vulnerable populations. The grant was part of a commitment by the CDC to establish Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Centers (PERRCs) at seven universities. The PERRCs will conduct research that will evaluate the structure, capabilities and performance of public health systems for preparedness and emergency response activities. ... Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Expands Collaboration in National Children?s Health Study - The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been selected to expand its role as a study center in the National Children?s Study. At a briefing today, officials from the National Institutes of Health announced that the Bloomberg School would oversee recruitment of study volunteers from Montgomery County, Md., in collaboration with colleagues from the Johns Hopkins Montgomery County campus and from local health agencies. In addition, the Hopkins-based research team will continue to recruit study participants from neighborhoods in Baltimore County.... Researchers Identify Genes Associated with Increased Gout Risk - Researchers have identified mutations in three genes that are associated with high levels of uric acid in the blood, which is a risk factor for gout. The team developed a genetic risk score composed of the number of uric acid-increasing mutations that each person carries (0 to 6), which was associated with up to a 40-fold increased risk for developing gout when comparing persons at lowest and highest risk. The findings are published in the October 4 issue of The Lancet.... Community-Based Behavior Change Management Cuts Neonatal Mortality in Half - A community-based program that reinforces basic childbirth and newborn care practices can reduce a baby?s risk of death within the first month of life by as much as 54 percent, according to a study in rural India led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in collaboration with CSM Medical University in Lucknow, India.... News Media Overlook Food System and Climate Change Connection - A study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows the nation?s top newspapers have largely overlooked the food system as one of the more important contributors to global climate change. The two-year study, available online in advance of publication in Public Health Nutrition, analyzed coverage by 16 of the nation?s largest circulation newspapers. ... Kidney Failure Susceptibility Gene Identified - Scientists at Johns Hopkins schools of Public Health and Medicine have, for the first time, identified variants in the gene MYH9 that are associated with increased risk for non-diabetic end stage renal disease (ESRD,) which is the near-loss of kidney function leading to either dialysis of transplant. MYH9, located on the 22 chromosome, is the first gene identified for common forms of kidney disease.... Key Component of Debilitating Lung Disease Identified - For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a close correlation between the decline in a key component of the lung?s antioxidant defense system and the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in humans.... Johns Hopkins to Assist Practices in Medicare Medical Home Demonstration - The Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has received a $1.7 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation to help primary care practices improve the quality and outcomes of health care for older adults with chronic illnesses. ... Malaria Researchers Identify New Mosquito Virus - Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health?s Malaria Research Institute have identified a previously unknown virus that is infectious to Anopheles gambiae?the mosquito primarily responsible for transmitting malaria. According to the researchers, the discovered virus could one day be used to pass on new genetic information to An. gambiae mosquitoes as part of a strategy to control malaria, which kills over one million people worldwide each year.... De Beers African Health Scholars Named - De Beers African Health Scholars Named
... Older Patients More Satisfied with Care When Accompanied to Medical Visits - A study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that 38 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are accompanied to routine medical visits. These accompanied beneficiaries tended to be older, sicker and less educated but more satisfied with their health care provider compared to unaccompanied patients. The study is published in the July 14 edition of Archives of Internal Medicine.... Hand Washing Saves Newborn Lives - Washing hands with soap and water in preparation for delivery significantly reduced the risk of death for infants within the first month of life, according to a study in Nepal conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study found a 19 percent lower risk of death among newborns born at home in rural Nepal when the birth attendant washed their hands before delivery. The study also found a 44 percent reduction in risk of death if mothers washed their hands prior to handling their newborn infant. The findings are published in the July 2008 edition of the journal Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
... Newborn Vitamin A Reduces Infant Mortality - A single, oral dose of vitamin A, given to infants shortly after birth in the developing world can reduce their risk of death by 15 percent, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study is published in the July 2008 edition of the journal Pediatrics.
... Researchers Study Hidden Homicide Trend - Gun-related homicide among young men rose sharply in the United States in recent years even though the nation?s overall homicide rate remained flat, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Between 1999 and 2005, homicide involving firearms increased 31 percent among black men ages 25 to 44 and 12 percent among white men of the same age. The study is published in Online First edition of the Journal of Urban Health.... Blood Pressure Levels in Childhood Track into Adulthood - High blood pressure in childhood is associated with higher blood pressure or hypertension in adulthood, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. ... Racial Disparities Reduced in Injury Related Mortality - When it comes to injury-related deaths, the gap between black and white American youths is narrowing, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study found that between 1999 and 2005 injury-related deaths among blacks ages 15 to 24 decreased, while injury-related deaths among whites increased. The findings are published in the June, 2008, edition of Injury Prevention.... NEW JERSEY: Bergen County presents gold star awards for food protection excellence - (The Paramus Post) - WHAT: Award presentation for 2008 Gold Star Award recipients
WHEN: November 19, 2008, 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Community Service Building, 327 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Auditorium, Paramus 07652
BACKGROUND:
The Bergen County Department of Health Services will hold the 3rd annual presentation of Gold Star Awards for Excellence in Food Protection. The Gold Star Award program recognizes food establishments practicing exemplary food handling practices. When aw... CHINA to overhaul battered dairy industry - (Associated Press) - BEIJING -- China's dairy industry — at the center of the country's latest food safety scandal — will be overhauled to improve every step from cow breeding to milk sales, the government said.
The major shake-up will cover all aspects of the dairy supply chain, including production, purchase, processing and sales within the next year, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.
"The crisis has put China's dairy industry in peril and expose... MICHIGAN: Keeping germs away daily battle for schools - (Lansing State Journal) - When a health inspector found evidence of mice in a cafeteria storeroom at Everett High School, the kitchen staff pulled out all the stops to get rid of them.
They screened over places where mice might enter, moved equipment that might give the rodents a place to hide, hired an exterminator and cleaned, then cleaned again.
"Our building is so old, but we really do try," said Shelley Tanner, cafeteria manager at Everett, which opened in 1957.
F... Swine health impact on human foodborne risk - (AASV) - A study has been carried out to measure the relationship between lesions suggestive of subclinical pig illness at harvest to carcass contamination and human foodborne risk.
Over the course of eight visits between December 2005 and January 2006, 280 randomly selected carcasses were swabbed, during normal slaughter operations, at three points in the slaughter line: skin pre-scald; the bung or pelvic cavity following removal of the distal colon and... BARFBLOG: Silence of the lettuce - (barfblog) - If there’s one result from the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak this summer it’s this: public health types sure are reluctant to finger fresh produce in outbreaks of foodborne illness.
On Tuesday, a spokesman for the bureaucrats club know as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed they are looking to U.S. suppliers of E. coli-infected romaine lettuce that has been linked to 153 illnesses across southern Ontario, “but he had few other details.... AUSTRALIA: Salmonella closes playgrounds in Sydney - (The Daily Telegraph) - Sandpits in two playgrounds will be closed for at least a month after again being contaminated with salmonella in Sydney.
Hitchcock Park at Avalon and Winnererremy Bay at Mona Vale on the Northern Beaches have been fenced off for the second time this year, while a third South Avalon playground has not re-opened since May, The Daily Telegraph reports.
At least 25 cases of vomiting and diarrhoea were reported then and two more since.
The sand wa... UK: Sterilox launches next-generation food safety system - (from a press release) - MALVERN, Pa. & STAFFORD, United Kingdom -- Sterilox Food Safety, a division of PuriCore (LSE: PURI - News), today announced the launch of its next-generation Sterilox Food Safety System Model 2200 for supermarket and foodservice customers. Sterilox Systems use water, salt, and electricity to generate a food-safe sanitizing solution. This solution is used by leading US retail supermarket chains to protect against cross contamination of pathogens s... COLORADO: City considers salmonella claims - (Valley Courier) - ALAMOSA -- With more than 40 claims for damages ranging from $100 to $1 million, the City of Alamosa is still grappling with this spring’s salmonella outbreak linked to the city’s water supply.
Alamosa City Attorney Erich Schwiesow last night told the city council that none of the claims has yet turned into a lawsuit but claimants have up to two years after the incident to file a lawsuit, or about two years from March of 2008. The time frame for... WASHINGTON: AVMA launches 'chew on this' podcast series on food safety - (American Veterinary Medical Association) - Have you ever asked yourself, "What in the world is raw milk?" Or perhaps you've debated whether or not it's safe to give your puppy a leftover turkey drumstick - or safe for you to eat food from a cloned animal.
To address these and other hot topics surrounding food safety, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) today launched a new podcast series, "Chew on This," dedicated to examining issues related to food safety and protecting o... University of Minnesota leads collaboration on global food safety - Recent program involved senior officials from China; Bellagio is next - - (University of Minnesota) - International food safety expert Will Hueston, professor of veterinary medicine and public health at the University of Minnesota, is leading efforts to build an international network of food system leaders focused on food safety and sustainability. As part of this work, Hueston recently conducted a program with 19 senior officials from China, at sites in Europe and North America. In early December, he will lead a three-day work session at the Roc... WISCONSIN: Wis. distributor sentenced in butter contamination - (Chicago Tribune) - MADISON, Wis. -- A federal magistrate judge has fined a Wisconsin company $4,000 for shipping contaminated butter between states.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker also sentenced Woodville Warehousing and Distributing to a year of probation on Tuesday.
Prosecutors say a state inspector visited the Woodville company in May 2003. The inspector found contaminated butter and equipment that wasn't approved for dairy processing.
About 86,000 ... ILLINOIS: Local company cracks down on egg safety - (Medill Reports - Northwestern University) - A bad egg can ruin a holiday.
Consumers hoping to ring in the season with a cup of traditional eggnog or a spoonful of Christmas cookie dough often have had to balance fears that raw eggs could transform a night of celebration into hours of sickness from salmonella poisoning.
But a local company is helping to change all that. National Pasteurized Eggs, Inc., in south suburban Lansing, produces about a million pasteurized eggs each day, which ar... ONTARIO: Hamilton E. coli linked to provincial outbreak - (Global News) - HAMILTON -- A fifth public health department in Ontario reported Wednesday a case of E. coli linked to the provincewide outbreak that has led to 153 illnesses.
The Hamilton Public Health Service is investigating a confirmed case of the food-borne infection, but it has yet to determine a food establishment from which it might have originated.
Tests from the infected person were positively linked through molecular fingerprinting to cases from Bur... OKLAHOMA: Country Cottage prepares to reopen following E. coli outbreak - (NewsChannel 8) - Locust Grove -- The restaurant at the center of an E. coli outbreak that sickened more than 300 people and caused the death of one man is getting ready to reopen.
The state health department is giving the Country Cottage the green light to reopen. The Locust Grove restaurant voluntarily closed in August after a 26-year-old Pryor man died and 314 others, including dozens of children, became sick.
They had an employee meeting Tuesday night to tal... Popular culture - (Meatingplace.com) - To say the facts surrounding this past summer's Maple Leaf Foods' listeria-related recall are sobering is an understatement. The Toronto-based processor recalled more than 200 brands of ready-to-eat deli meats and sandwiches. The plant linked to the tainted products remained closed for weeks. The company estimated the incident's cost at more than $20 million (Canadian). And a month after the recall, 17 people had died from listeriosis traced back... Copyright © 2008, Go 2 Clickbank. All Rights Reserved. |
