Introduction: Emergency departments (EDs) provide an opportunity to initiate preventive
services for millions of Americans who have no other source for these services. Objectives …

In 1998 the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's (SAEM's) Board of Directors asked
the SAEM Public Health and Education Task Force to develop recommendations for …

STUDY OBJECTIVE:: We describe the availability of preventive health services in US
emergency departments (EDs), as well as ED directors' preferred service and perceptions of …

Since being codified by Congress in 1984, the US Preventive Services Task Force
(USPSTF) has been fulfilling its charge to conduct rigorous reviews of research evidence to …

This article is the outcome of a consensus building workshop entitled,“Overcoming Barriers
to Implementation and Dissemination” convened at the 2009 Academic Emergency …

Recent terrorist attacks and natural disasters have led to an increased awareness of the
importance of emergency planning. However, the extent to which emergency planners can …

Emergency physicians desire to provide their patients with care that is of the highest quality
and is cost effective. Any tool that promotes these aims is good and should be used. Clinical …

Background: Health promotion and disease prevention have been increasingly recognized
as activities that may be within the scope of emergency medicine. The purpose of this …

This paper focuses on the implications of an inadequate public health/preventive health care
system for emergency medicine (EM), the role that EM providers can play in remedying …

Abstract Since 1986, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been advocating for the
health sector to move increasingly in a health promotion direction, beyond its responsibility …