VOLUME 2(2) • 2015
THE EFFECT OF TELEVISION FOOD ADVERTISING ON CHILDREN’S PREFERENCES, DEMANDS, AND INTAKE OF HIGH-FAT AND LOW-NUTRIENT PRODUCTS
ABSTRACT. The mainstay of the paper is formed by an analysis of the link between childhood obesity and television advertisements for junk food, the mechanisms by which media may be partly responsible for or reduce the obesity wave, and the success of curtailing food advertising to children. These fi..
IS IT METAPHYSICALLY POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD EXIST WITHOUT A BRAIN? SWINBURNE ON FREE WILL AND THE BRAIN
ABSTRACT. Swinburne holds that the whole history of the world can be told with our familiar system of categories: substances, properties, and times. Talk about places is reducible to talk about substances and their relation to other substances. Swinburne understands by a substance a particular concr..
GRANTING HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. BEST PRACTICES FROM SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
ABSTRACT. The relationship among the presence of illegal immigrants on national soil and the risk of increase of infectious diseases for the native-born populations has been accurately analyzed in recent years, stimulating the debate about the opportunity of granting health care services to illegal ..
THE FUNCTION OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY
ABSTRACT. The objective of this paper is to emphasize the consequences of social structure on the expansion of health conducts, suitable employment of digital technology in health care practice, and social media as the set of digital means and instruments utilized for public health communication. My..
SUSTAINABILITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND QUALITY OF CARE
ABSTRACT. Research on the importance of sustainability for the health professions, the relevant function of health backing in aiming at community sustainability issues, sustainable resolutions to health imbalances, and obstacles and facilitators to integrating sustainability into community-based hea..
SUSTAINABLE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS: AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY
ABSTRACT. In many countries, the operation of the healthcare system is an important political issue and any changes to healthcare provision are often fiercely resisted by many stakeholders and can prove difficult to implement. Such changes to the organization and/or financing of healthcare may be ne..
FOOD MARKETING AS A RELEVANT DETERMINANT OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY: THE LINK BETWEEN EXPOSURE TO TV FOOD ADVERTISING AND CHILDREN’S BODY WEIGHT
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this study is to examine issues put forward by the public health community concerning child-targeted market¬ing practices, the scale of television’s impacts on the obesity wave, and the adverse consequences of unsuitable food marketing on children’s awareness, positions, foo..
THE COMPLEXITY OF AMERICAN MENTAL HEALTH POLICY: IMPLICATIONS FOR SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT
ABSTRACT. This article explores the complexity of American mental health policy, noting that it results in a wide range of challenging and contentious policy questions that go beyond health policy and involve social welfare policy, disability policy, criminal justice policy, and more. The complexity..
REVISITING THERAPEUTIC GOVERNANCE: THE POLITICS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL PROGRAMS IN HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS
ABSTRACT. Over the last several decades, humanitarian programs have increasingly sought to preserve not only physical life and health, but also to address psychological needs and to promote the social well-being of conflict-affected populations. This growing prioritization of psychological issues in..
HEALTH REPORTING IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA
ABSTRACT. This paper discusses the major trends in scholarship about journalistic practices in health and medical frameworks, the objectives of diverse participants in the production of health journalism, the function of the media in supplying health data, and the reporting, exactness of information..
MORAL LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of the procedures that constitute the backbone of the health care organization, separate leadership in health services, and elements that influence whether and how leadership involvements generate enhancements in health care tea..
COMPETITION AND CHANGES IN THE HOSPITAL MARKETS IN THE U.S.
ABSTRACT. The mainstay of the paper is formed by an analysis of modifications in the structure of hospital markets in the U.S., the fundamental structure, functions, and segmentation of health care suppliers, the effect of hospital concentration on hospital prices, and competition in health care mar..