Issue 6 - Mental Health as a Public Health Issue


Guest Editorial: Addressing Mental Health Promotion in Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Geraldine S. Perry, DrPH, RD,

The Emerging Investigations and Analytic Methods Branch, Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Letitia R. Presley-Cantrell, PhD,

The Emerging Investigations and Analytic Methods Branch, Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Satvinder Dhingra, MPH

Northrop Grumman Contractor with the Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Public Health Surveillance Program Office, Division of Behavioral Surveillance, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.




Guest Editorial: Transforming the Nation’s Health: Next Steps in Mental Health Promotion

A. Kathryn Power, MEd

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA.




Translation of the World Mental Health Survey Data to Policies: An Exploratory Study of Stakeholders’ Perceptions of How Epidemiologic Data Can Be Utilized for Policy in the Field of Mental Health

Lauren Weinberg, MPH

Ecole des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, Paris and Rennes, France.

Harvey Whiteford, MD, MPH

School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Australia.

José Caldas de Almeida, MD, PhD

Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NOVA, Lisbon, Portugal.

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD

University of California, Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Sacramento, CA, United States.

Daphna Levinson, PhD

Ministry of Health, Mental Health Services Division, Jerusalem, Israel.

Siobhan O’Neill, PhD

Psychology Research Institute, University of Ulster, United Kingdom.

Viviane Kovess-Masfety, MD, PhD

Ecole des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, Paris and Rennes, France.



Global Mental Health Resources and Services: A WHO Survey of 184 Countries

Jodi Morris, PhD,

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Antonio Lora, MD,

Mental Health Department/Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, Lecco General Hospital/Ospedale di Lecco, Lecco, Italy.

Ryan McBain, MSc,

Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, USA.

Shekhar Saxena, MD

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.



Evaluating Changes in the Prevalence of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)

Catherine E. Rice, PhD

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA.

Michael Rosanoff, MPH

Autism Speaks, USA.

Geraldine Dawson, PhD

Autism Speaks, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

Maureen S. Durkin, PhD, DrPH

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Lisa A. Croen, PhD

Kaiser Permanente® Autism Research Program, USA.

Alison Singer, MBA

Autism Science Foundation, USA.

Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, MD

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA.



Suicide and Suicidal Behavior

Yari Gvion, PhD,

Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.

Alan Apter, MD

Feinberg Child Study Center, Schneider\'s Children\'s Medical Center of Israel. Petach Tikvah and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.



Community Mental Health Services in Latin America for People with Severe Mental Disorders

Alberto Minoletti, MD

School of Public Health, Medical Faculty, University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

Sandro Galea, MD, DrPh

Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Ezra Susser, MD, DrPh

Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.



Substance Use Disorders and Adolescent Psychopathology

Carla L. Storr, ScD, MPH
Department of Family and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.

Lauren R. Pacek
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.

Silvia S. Martins, MD, PhD
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, 10032, USA.



Supported Decision-Making for Persons with Mental Illness: A Review

Soumitra Pathare, MD

Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, Indian Law Society, Pune, India.
Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, India.

Laura S. Shields, MsC

Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, Indian Law Society, Pune, India.
Athena Institute, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.



A Public Health Perspective on the Stigmatization of Mental Illnesses

Heather Stuart, PhD

Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Julio Arboleda-Flórez, MD, FRCPC, PhD

Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.



Anxiety and Depression: Linkages with Viral Diseases

Steven S. Coughlin, PhD

Post-deployment Health Epidemiology Program, Office of Public Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA.
Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.



The Social Determinants of Schizophrenia: An African Journey in Social Epidemiology

Jonathan K. Burns, MBChB, MSc, FCPsych, PhD

Department of Psychiatry, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.



The Status of Mental Health Promotion

Helen Herrman, MD

Orygen Youth Health Research Centre and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia.

Eva Jané-Llopis, PhD

World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland.

 



Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: A Review of the Literature on Decision-Making since the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD)
Shirli Werner, PhD
Lecturer, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.


Mild Cognitive Impairment and Caregiver Burden: A Critical Review and Research Agenda

Perla Werner, PhD

Center for the Research and Study of Aging, University of Haifa, Israel.



Issue 5 - Ethics in Public Health


Preface
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci is Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Dr. Fauci was appointed Director of NIAID in 1984.


Challenges of Ethical Clearance in International Health Policy and Social Sciences Research: Experiences and Recommendations from a Multi-Country Research Programme

Nancy Edwards, RN, PhD, FCAHS

School of Nursing and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada.

Sarah Viehbeck, PhD

University of Ottawa, Canada.

Riitta-Maija Hämäläinen, MSc, MPH, PhD

National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland.

Diana Rus, BA, MA, PhD (c)

Center for Health Policy and Public Health, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Thomas Skovgaard, PhD

Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.

Ien van de Goor, PhD

Tillburg University, Netherlands.

Adriana Valente, MSc, MSSc

The National Research Council, Institute of Research on Population and Social Policies, Italy.

Ahmed Syed, BDS, MSc

NHS Herefordshire, UK.

Arja R Aro, PhD, DSc

Unit for Health Promotion Research, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.



Preface: ASPHER’s Values, Vision, Mission and Aims: A Working Paper

Theodore H. Tulchinsky, MD, MPH

Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew Universtiy-Hadassah, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, Israel.

Christopher A. Birt, MA, MSc, MB, Bchir, FREP, FFPH, DRCOG

Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool. Liverpool, UK.

Ramune Kalediene, MD, MPH, PhD

Faculty of Public Health, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas, Lithuania.

André Meijer, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherland




Guest Editorial: Public Health Ethics Theory: Review and Path to Convergence
Lisa M. Lee
serves as Chief Science Officer in the Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and an M.S. from the Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College in Albany, New York.


Guest Editorial: The Contribution of Ethics to Public Health

Carl H. Coleman,

Seton Hall Law School, Newark, NJ, USA.

Marie-Charlotte Bouësseau,

Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Andreas Reis

Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.




The Ethics in Substitution Treatment and Harm Reduction. An Analytical Review
Carmen Aceijas, PhD
Salford University, School of Health Sciences, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK.


Guest Editorial: The Future of Public Health Ethics

Mark A. Rothstein, JD

Editor, American Journal of Public Health.




How to Think about Health Promotion Ethics

Stacy M. Carter, BAppSci, MPH(Hons), PhD

NHMRC Career Development Fellow, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia.

Alan Cribb, BA, PhD

Professor of Bioethics and Education, Centre for Public Policy Research, King’s College, London, UK.

John P. Allegrante, BS, MS, PhD
Professor of Health Education and Deputy Provost, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA.
Adjunct Professor of Sociomedical Sciences in Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA.



Ethical Issues Concerning Vaccination Requirements

Alvin Nelson El Amin, MD, MPH,
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Michelle T. Parra, PhD,
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Robert Kim-Farley, MD, MPH,
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, MPH
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.



The Ethics of Publication in Public Health

Selena Gray, BSc, MBCHB, MD, FFPH, FRCP

Professor, University of West of England, Bristol, UK.
Deputy Postgraduate Dean, Severn Deanery, Bristol, UK.



Ethics and Scientific Integrity in Public Health, Epidemiological and Clinical Research

Steven S. Coughlin, PhD, MPH,

2440 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC, USA.

Amyre Barker, MPH,

Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD, USA.

Angus Dawson, PhD

Medicine, Ethics, Society and History, School of Health and Population Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.



Ethical Failures and History Lessons: The U.S. Public Health Service Research Studies in Tuskegee and Guatemala

Susan M. Reverby, PhD

Women’s and Gender Studies Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA.



Teaching Ethics in Schools of Public Health in the European Region: Findings from a Screening Survey

Carmen Aceijas, PhD,

Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, Belgium.
School of Health Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK.

Caroline Brall, MSc,

Department of International Health, School CAPHRI, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.

Peter Schröder-Bäck, PhD,

Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, Belgium.

Robert Otok, MPH,

Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, Belgium.

Els Maeckelberghe, PhD,

Institute for Medical Education, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.

Louise Stjernberg, PhD,

Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, Belgium.
School of Health Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden.

Daniel Strech, MD, PhD,

School of Health Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden.

Theodore H. Tulchinsky, MD, MPH
Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, Belgium.
Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, Israel.



Ethics of Resource Allocation and Rationing Medical Care in a Time of Fiscal Restraint ‑ US and Europe

Steven Teutsch, MD, MPH,

Chief Science Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Bernd Rechel, MA, PhD

Researcher, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine



Water Fluoridation in Israel: Ethical and Legal Aspects

Shlomo P. Zusman, DMD, MSc(DPH), MPA

Director of Dental Health, Ministry of Health of Israel.



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