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The history of motorcycle helmet legislation in the United States reflects the extent to which concerns about individual liberties have shaped the public health debate. Despite overwhelming epidemiological evidence that motorcycle helmet laws reduce fatalities and serious injuries, only 20 states currently require all riders to wear helmets. During the past 3 decades, federal government efforts to push states toward enactment of universal helmet laws have faltered, and motorcyclists' advocacy groups have been successful at repealing state helmet laws. This history raises questions about the possibilities for articulating an ethics of public health that would call upon government to protect citizens from their own choices that result in needless morbidity and suffering.

Intro -- Preface -- A Little Statistics -- Contents -- 1 The Post-World War II America and the High Point of Union Participation -- 2 What Unions Do for Workers -- 3 Social and Economic Measures Nationally and by RTW Status -- 4 Social and Economic Differences: RTW and Non-RTW States -- 5 Measures of Death -- 6 Early Mortality from Ischemic Heart Disease (Coronary Heart Disease) -- 7 Premature Unspecified Stroke Mortality -- 8 Obesity and Diabetes -- 9 American Child Mortality, Low-Weight Births -- 10 Taking Risks -- 11 Resilience -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Methods -- 11.3 The Analysis -- 11.3.1 Ives Resilience Measure -- 11.3.2 Details of the Variables and Their Relationships -- 11.3.3 Policy Implications -- 12 RTW Laws and Public Health -- References -- Data Sources -- Economic -- Demographic -- Education/Social -- Health and Safety Data Sets and Their Sources -- Index.

The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa could become one of the worst infectious-disease-driven humanitarian crises of recent times. With more than 3000 deaths since the first case was confirmed in March 2014, the international community has recognized Ebola as a public health emergency of international concern and a clear threat to global health security. The complexity of dealing with this Ebola outbreak has highlighted the need for traditional actors, such as WHO and the CDC, to embrace the wider health and humanitarian community. The epidemic reinforces the need for nations to investment in health infrastructure and disease surveillance to keep pace with other developments in Africa. If Ebola arrives in high-income and middleincome nations, it should be contained quickly. The crisis shows the importance of sufficient levels of multilateral funding for WHO. The world needs a strong WHO, with the financing and political influence to fulfil its historic mission.

"This perceptive book highlights the need for cooperation between major organisations - whether intergovernmental, commercial or nongovernmental - to ensure developing countries have access to affordable medicines and vaccines, in spite of their different mandates and interests. Yves Beigbeder reviews specific areas of international public health issues and programmes from the vantage point of one particular intergovernmental organisation - the World Health Organisation. He includes studies on the value and risks of public-private partnerships, the access of poor populations to essential drugs and the fight against malaria and tuberculosis and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Further chapters focus on polio eradication, onchocerciasis control, alliances for vaccines and immunization, the promotion of breastfeeding, and the struggle against the tobacco industry."--Provided by publisher.

The world's population is ageing. Improvements in health care in the past century have contributed to people living longer and healthier lives. However this has also resulted in an increase in the number of people with noncommunicable diseases including dementia. Although dementia mainly affects older people it is not a normal part of ageing. Dementia is a syndrome usually of a chronic or progressive nature caused by a variety of brain illnesses that affect memory thinking behaviour and ability to perform everyday activities. Dementia is devastating not only for the people who have it but also

In response to a recent surge in vaccine exemptions for school-aged children, advocacy for transparency regarding school vaccination rates has gained momentum in the sphere of public policy and legislation. We explore the public health context for transparency-focused school vaccination reporting laws and recent legislative successes and failures. We then provide an ethical analysis of policy that mandates publicly accessible, granular reporting of school vaccination rates. The ethical justification for this type of policy is robust. Although there is no evidence demonstrating its effects on public health, transparent school vaccination reporting has the potential to enhance individual and public decision-making, especially concerning the protection of children with compromised immune systems. This policy also offers the benefit of preserving the autonomy of parents who choose not to vaccinate their children. Policymakers in all states should support passage of this type of legislation along with other effective vaccination policies, including evidence-based vaccine education for parents who seek exemptions and reimbursement for clinicians who provide vaccine-related counseling.

There is a long tradition of global collaboration in biomedicine and public health. Examples range from medical outposts in rural communities run by foreign missionaries (Good 1991) to the early infectious disease programs of the Rockefeller Foundation (Fosdick 1989) and from medical services and training programs for indigenous populations set up by colonial authorities (Marks 1997) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) established by a collective of sovereign governments (Cueto 2007).

ALTHOUGH CONGRESS HAS MANDATED THAT ONE FEDERAL AGENCY OR ANOTHER CONFRONT ALMOST EVERY MAJOR HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL RISK, RISKS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVISED APPEAR INCOHERENT & INCONSISTENT. THE AUTHOR LOOKS AT THE MORASS OF FEDERAL RISK LEGISLATION & FINDS AN OVERALL STRUCTURE WHICH HELPS TO CATEGORIZE RISK STATUTES, DISCERN TRENDS IN COMPOSITION & PREDICT FUTURE LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS.