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Suman Rathbun - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the Surgeon General s call to action to prevent deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
Circulation, 2009Co-Authors: Suman RathbunAbstract:On September 15, 2008, the US Surgeon General, Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH, issued the first Call to Action to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism.1 What is a “call to action” and why should we heed the recommendations of the highest ranking physician in the nation? A call to action is a science-based document to stimulate action nationwide to solve a major public health problem. Over the years, the Surgeon General has issued several calls to action. The first and most important document was the Report on Smoking and Health issued in 1964.2 This warning about the health risks of cigarettes was issued by the Surgeon General at a time when smoking was common and fashionable. It caught the attention of the General public and set the groundwork for the subsequent 40 years of research and awareness that resulted in the lowest smoking rates in history. Now, 44 years later, the alarm has been sounded on another equally disabling and deadly disease, deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism, collectively known as venous thromboembolism (VTE). DVT refers to blood clots forming most commonly in the deep veins of the legs that can break off and travel to the heart, ultimately lodging in the arteries of the lungs, a condition known as pulmonary embolism, causing death and disability. Healthcare providers have recognized for many years that VTE may occur in their …
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cardiology patient pages the Surgeon General s call to action to prevent deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
Circulation, 2009Co-Authors: Suman RathbunAbstract:On September 15, 2008, the US Surgeon General, Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH, issued the first Call to Action to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism.1 What is a “call to action” and why should we heed the recommendations of the highest ranking physician in the nation? A call to action is a science-based document to stimulate action nationwide to solve a major public health problem. Over the years, the Surgeon General has issued several calls to action. The first and most important document was the Report on Smoking and Health issued in 1964.2 This warning about the health risks of cigarettes was issued by the Surgeon General at a time when smoking was common and fashionable. It caught the attention of the General public and set the groundwork for the subsequent 40 years of research and awareness that resulted in the lowest smoking rates in history. Now, 44 years later, the alarm has been sounded on another equally disabling and deadly disease, deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism, collectively known as venous thromboembolism (VTE). DVT refers to blood clots forming most commonly in the deep veins of the legs that can break off and travel to the heart, ultimately lodging in the arteries of the lungs, a condition known as pulmonary embolism, causing death and disability. Healthcare providers have recognized for many years that VTE may occur in their …
D V Kleinman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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progress in children s oral health since the Surgeon General s report on oral health
Academic Pediatrics, 2009Co-Authors: Wendy E Mouradian, Rebecca L Slayton, William R Maas, D V Kleinman, Harold C Slavkin, Dominick Depaola, Caswell A Evans, Joan WilentzAbstract:I n 2008 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) convened a National Summit on Children’s Oral Health (see Acknowledgments and http://www.aap. org/oralhealth/summit.cfm) to assess progress made in meeting the recommendations of Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General and the National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health, relative to children’s oral health. As background information for the Summit, white papers were commissioned from nationally prominent oral health educators, researchers, and policy makers. This special issue on children’s oral health contains the updated papers from this effort with special commentaries by former US Surgeon General David Satcher, and Rebecca L. Slayton (guest editor of this issue) and Harold Slavkin, formerly director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). This issue also contains results of the AAP’s 2008 Periodic Survey of Fellows practices in oral heath.
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the future of the dental profession perspectives from oral health in america a report of the Surgeon General
The Journal of the American College of Dentists, 2002Co-Authors: D V KleinmanAbstract:The intent of this first-ever Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health is to alert Americans to the full meaning of oral health and its importance to General health and well-being" (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2000). Thus began the introductory message from the Secretary for Health and Human Services to Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General, released in May 2000. The centerpiece of the charge was to "define, describe, and evaluate the interaction between oral health and General health and well-being through the life span in the context of changes in society" (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2000). To address this charge, the report was science-based, prevention and health promotion-oriented, and focused on all life stages. Although the report stressed oral health, not the dental profession, the report's messages and themes are relevant to current and future dental practice, education, research, and to dentistry's role in the healthcare system.
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the Surgeon General s report on america s oral health opportunities for the dental profession
Journal of the American Dental Association, 2000Co-Authors: Caswell A Evans, D V KleinmanAbstract:ABSTRACT Background and Overview The release this year of “Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General”—the first such report on this topic in U.S. history—gives national visibility to the scope and breadth of oral health and disease in America. The report emphasizes oral health's inextricable link to General health and well-being. Although the country has seen major improvements in oral health, some population groups have yet to benefit from these improvements. To address health disparities and improve quality of life for all Americans, the Surgeon General's report calls for the development of a National Oral Health Plan. Conclusions “Oral Health in America” identifies opportunities for the dental profession on behalf of the nation's overall health. The profession is uniquely positioned to ensure that all components of the National Oral Health Plan are addressed: changing perceptions to ensure that oral health is seen as integral to General health; removing barriers to care; enhancing health infrastructure; accelerating the transfer of science into practice; and continuing to participate in private/public partnerships. Clinical Implications The report's findings highlight the importance of assessing patients' known risks of experiencing oral diseases and of educating patients about health-promoting behaviors. The integral role of oral health in General health, as described in the report, makes it imperative for health professionals to ensure appropriate referrals to practitioners in all areas of health care.
Anthony J Alberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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addressing findings from the 2014 Surgeon General s report physician preference for supporting tobacco cessation in cancer patients
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2014Co-Authors: Alix W Pommerenke, Anthony J Alberg, Ellen R Gritz, K M Cummings, Thomas H Brandon, Ivana T Croghan, Carolyn M Dresler, Roy S Herbst, Scott J Leischow, James Roger MarshallAbstract:e17508 Background: The 2014 Surgeon General’s Report concluded that smoking causes adverse outcomes and increased mortality in cancer patients. However, there are limited data on how to improve acc...
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the 2014 Surgeon General s report commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 report of the advisory committee to the us Surgeon General and updating the evidence on the health consequences of cigarette smoking
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2014Co-Authors: Anthony J Alberg, Donald R Shopland, Michael K CummingsAbstract:The question of whether cigarette smoking was associated with lung cancer was central to the expansion of epidemiology into the study of chronic diseases in the 1950s. The culmination of this era was the 1964 report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General, a landmark document that included an objective synthesis of the evidence of the health consequences of smoking according to causal criteria. The report concluded that cigarette smoking was a cause of lung cancer in men and sufficient in scope that “remedial action” was warranted at the societal level. The 2014 Surgeon General's report commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1964 report. The evidence on the health consequences of smoking has been updated many times in Surgeon General's reports since 1964. These have summarized our increasingly greater understanding of the broad spectrum of the deleterious health effects of exposure to tobacco smoke across most major organ systems. In turn, this evidence has been translated into tobacco control strategies implemented to protect the public's health. The Surgeon General report process is an enduring example of evidence-based public health in practice. Substantial progress has been made, but cigarette smoking remains one of the most pressing global health issues of our time.
Michael K Cummings - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the 2014 Surgeon General s report commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 report of the advisory committee to the us Surgeon General and updating the evidence on the health consequences of cigarette smoking
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2014Co-Authors: Anthony J Alberg, Donald R Shopland, Michael K CummingsAbstract:The question of whether cigarette smoking was associated with lung cancer was central to the expansion of epidemiology into the study of chronic diseases in the 1950s. The culmination of this era was the 1964 report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General, a landmark document that included an objective synthesis of the evidence of the health consequences of smoking according to causal criteria. The report concluded that cigarette smoking was a cause of lung cancer in men and sufficient in scope that “remedial action” was warranted at the societal level. The 2014 Surgeon General's report commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1964 report. The evidence on the health consequences of smoking has been updated many times in Surgeon General's reports since 1964. These have summarized our increasingly greater understanding of the broad spectrum of the deleterious health effects of exposure to tobacco smoke across most major organ systems. In turn, this evidence has been translated into tobacco control strategies implemented to protect the public's health. The Surgeon General report process is an enduring example of evidence-based public health in practice. Substantial progress has been made, but cigarette smoking remains one of the most pressing global health issues of our time.
David Satcher - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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revisiting oral health in america a report of the Surgeon General
American Journal of Public Health, 2017Co-Authors: David Satcher, Joyce H NottinghamAbstract:The author discusses the "Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General," released in 2000 as the first ever "Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health" to inform Americans about the importance of oral health and the impact of oral health on overall health.
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the Surgeon General s call to action to promote sexual health and responsible sexual behavior
American journal of health education, 2001Co-Authors: David SatcherAbstract:Abstract I am introducing the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Sexual Health and Responsible Sexual Behavior because we, as a nation, must address the significant public health challenges regarding the sexual health of our citizens. In recognition of these challenges, promoting responsible sexual behavior is included among the Surgeon General—s public health priorities and is also one of the Healthy People 2010 Ten Leading Health Indicators for the Nation. Although it is important to acknowledge the many positive aspects of sexuality, we also need to understand that there are undesirable consequences as well—alarmingly high levels of sexually transmitted disease and HIV/AIDS infection, unintended pregnancy, abortion, sexual dysfunction, and sexual violence. These challenges can be met, but first we must find common ground and reach consensus on some important problems and their possible solutions. It is necessary to appreciate what sexual health is, that it is connected with both physical and m...
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mental health a report of the Surgeon General
2001Co-Authors: David SatcherAbstract:The past century has witnessed extraordinary progress in our improvement of the public health through medical sciencea nd ambitious, often innovative, approachest o health care services.P revious Surgeons General reports have saluted our gains while continuing to set ever higher benchmarks for the public health. Through much of this era of great challenge and greater achievement, however, concerns regarding mental illness and mental health too often were relegated to the rear of our national consciousness. Tragic and devastating disorders such as schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, the mental and behavioral disorders suffered by children, and a range of other mental disorders affect nearly one in five Americans in any year, yet continue too frequently to be spoken of in whispers and shame. Fortunately, leaders in the mental health field-fiercely dedicated advocates, scientists, government officials, and consumers-have been insistent that mental health flow in the mainstream of health. I agree and issue this report in that spirit. This report makes evident that the neuroscience of mental health-a term that encompasses studies extending from molecular events to psychological, behavioral, and societal phenomena-has emerged as one of the most exciting arenas of scientific activity and human inquiry. We recognize that the brain is the integrator of thought, emotion, behavior, and health. Indeed, one of the foremost contributions of contemporary mental health research is the extent to which it has mended the destructive split between “mental’ and “physical” health.
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mental health culture race and ethnicity a supplement to mental health a report of the Surgeon General
2001Co-Authors: David SatcherAbstract:Mental health is fundamental to health, according to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, the first Surgeon General’s report ever to focus exclusively on mental health. That report of two years ago urged Americans to view mental health as paramount to personal well-being, family relationships, and successful contributions to society. It documented the disabling nature of mental illnesses, showcased the strong science base behind effective treatments, and recommended that people seek help for mental health problems or disorders. The first mental health report also acknowledged that all Americans do not share equally in the hope for recovery from mental illnesses. This is especially true of members of racial and ethnic minority groups. That awareness galvanized me to ask for a supplemental report on the nature and extent of disparities in mental health care for racial and ethnic minorities and on promising directions for the elimination of these disparities. This Supplement documents that the science base on racial and ethnic minority mental health is inadequate; the best available research, however, indicates that these groups have less access to and avail-ability of care, and tend to receive poorer quality mental health services. These disparities leave minority communities with a greater disability burden from unmet mental health needs. A hallmark of this Supplement is its emphasis on the role that cultural factors play in mental health. The cultures from which people hail affect all aspects of mental health and illness, including the types of stresses they confront, whether they seek help, what types of help they seek, what symptoms and concerns they bring to clinical attention, and what types of coping styles and social supports they possess. Likewise, the cultures of clinicians and service systems influence the nature of mental health services.
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global health at the crossroads Surgeon General s report on the 50th world health assembly
JAMA, 1999Co-Authors: David SatcherAbstract:Health has become increasingly global with the health of the worlds population being more interdependent and important to American medicine and public health than ever before. The movement of 2 million people each day across national borders and the growth of international trade are inevitably associated with transfers of health risks including infectious disease contaminated foodstuffs terrorism and toxic substances. Due to rapid international travel emerging and drug-resistant infectious diseases in one country can easily threaten the health and economies of all countries. By working with the World Health Organization (WHO) American medicine can better protect the USs General population its military personnel and our international travelers from the threats posed by emerging infectious diseases and the potential for biological and chemical terrorism. The functions and achievements of WHO are described. The time has come to strengthen the US-WHO partnership. One major step in that direction would be for the US government to fully honor its financial obligation to WHO under the UN Charter.
