Professional competencies in health promotion and public health: what is common and what is specific? Review of the European debate and perspectives for professional development

According to the Nairobi Call to Action, the growth of practitioners' skills can be favoured by setting accreditation standards and by reorienting professional competencies of current and future health workers. This will make it possible to develop a critical mass of competent practitioners, foster training, and increase visibility of the professional field. Through a review of the literature, the authors offer an overview of competency-based strategies for professional development in health promotion. The main research questions discussed were as follows: Is there a shared definition of public health?; Is there a shared definition of health promotion?; Who are the main stakeholders for pub…

Air pollution and childhood leukaemia: a nationwide case-control study in Italy

Objectives Leukaemia is the most common cancer in children, but its aetiology is still poorly understood. We tested the hypothesis that traffic-related air pollution is associated with paediatric leukaemia because of chronic exposure to several potential carcinogens. Methods The Italian SETIL study (Study on the aetiology of lymphohematopoietic malignancies in children) was conducted in 14 Italian regions. All incident cases of leukaemia in children aged ≤10 years from these regions (period 1998–2001) were eligible for enrolment. Two controls per case, matched on birth date, gender and region of residence were randomly selected from the local population registries. Exposure assessment at bi…

NEUROBLASTOMA INOPERABILE (NB). Esperienza deel Gruppo Cooperativo Italiano Neuroblastoma (GCNB)

Gli Autori riportano la casistica del Gruppo Coperativo Italiano Neuroblastoma ed evidenziano le forme non operabili

Indagine multicentrica sull’igiene orale di studenti universitari