title: Perspectives on the use of scientific knowledge for public health practice.
abstract: Achieving the goal of increasing quality and years of healthy life is fundamentally based on success in the practice of public health. As our life style changes with time and as public health issues become more global, the practice of public health is enhanced to meet new challenges. In addition to addressing infectious diseases, environmental concerns are gaining attention. New challenges require the modification of the methods of investigations, use of new technologies and application of real-time management of public health emergencies. In many situations, collaborations at the local, regional, national and global levels are needed. This manuscript provides a summary of the approaches to address certain crucial environmental health concerns towards the goal of increasing quality and years of healthy life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: William W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Au
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lybarger
authors.forename: Drue H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Falk
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008019:Life Style; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013672:Technology / Q000639:trends