Public Health Policies and Education

BACKGROUND: Medical education requires detailed investigation because it is a period during which the attitudes and behaviors of physicians develop. The purpose of this study was to calculate the yearly smoking prevalence and incidence rates of medical faculty students and to identify the risk factors for adopting smo…

• YEŞİM ŞENOL

BACKGROUND: Medical education requires detailed investigation because it is a period during which the attitudes and behaviors of physicians develop. The purpose of this study was to calculate the yearly smoking prevalence and incidence rates of medical faculty students and to identify the risk factors for adopting smo…

• MEHTAP TÜRKAY

BACKGROUND: Medical education requires detailed investigation because it is a period during which the attitudes and behaviors of physicians develop. The purpose of this study was to calculate the yearly smoking prevalence and incidence rates of medical faculty students and to identify the risk factors for adopting smo…

• MEHMET RIFKI AKTEKİN

BACKGROUND: Medical education requires detailed investigation because it is a period during which the attitudes and behaviors of physicians develop. The purpose of this study was to calculate the yearly smoking prevalence and incidence rates of medical faculty students and to identify the risk factors for adopting smo…

• LEVENT DÖNMEZ

In Brief This brief report describes the social network analysis, which is a novel approach to legal research on emergency public health systems. Answers and insights from network analysis can complement traditional legal analysis in useful ways for policy makers and emergency planners.

BACKGROUND: Primary care providers are uniquely positioned to initiate smoking cessation. We aimed to evaluate knowledge levels about the health effects of smoking and attitudes toward smoking and tobacco control activities among primary care providers. METHODS: In the cross-sectional and primary care-based study, sel…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to define the research capacity and training needs for professionals working on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the public health arena in Turkey. METHODS: This study was part of a comparative cross-national research capacity-building project taking place across Turkey and the…

• BÜLENT KILIÇ

BACKGROUND: Ege University Medical Faculty (EUMF) introduced a community-oriented curriculum in 2001. AIMS: To evaluate the new public health education program in EUMF curriculum. METHOD: The study adopted triangulated methods. Quantitatively, a comparison of the students who were exposed to a community-oriented curri…

• MELTEM ÇİÇEKLİOĞLU

BACKGROUND: Ege University Medical Faculty (EUMF) introduced a community-oriented curriculum in 2001. AIMS: To evaluate the new public health education program in EUMF curriculum. METHOD: The study adopted triangulated methods. Quantitatively, a comparison of the students who were exposed to a community-oriented curri…

• IŞIL ERGİN

BACKGROUND: Ege University Medical Faculty (EUMF) introduced a community-oriented curriculum in 2001. AIMS: To evaluate the new public health education program in EUMF curriculum. METHOD: The study adopted triangulated methods. Quantitatively, a comparison of the students who were exposed to a community-oriented curri…

• HÜR HASSOY

Unsustainable globalisation of economic activities, lifestyles and social structures has contributed to environmental degradation, posing major threats to human health at the local and global levels. All these problems including climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss represent challenges that are unlikely to…

• ÖZDEN GÖKDEMİR

INTRODUCTION: Turkey's primary health care (PHC) system was established in the beginning of the 1960s and provides preventive and curative basic medical services to the population. This article describes the experience of the Turkish health system, as it tries to adapt to the European health system. It describes the c…

• EVRİM DİDEM GÜNEŞ ERÇETİN