by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Sep 2, 2020 | policy
My favorite quote so far from today’s Public Health Schweiz’s conference (#SPHC2020): Facts alone cannot win political debates. Facts do not conquer hearts. As Fritz Sager (#UNIBE) explained, too often scientists think the public will be swayed by facts....
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Jul 29, 2020 | CDC, disease control, funding, health care, policy, public health
29 July 2020 This posting is a brief excerpt of my third article on public health priorities, on funding for the US CDC. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) is the largest player in the disease control world. The US CDC’s total annual...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Jun 25, 2020 | CDC, disease control, health care, policy, public health, WHO
25 June 2020 This posting is an excerpt from my second article in the Public Health Priorities series, Funding for Disease Control. Disease management is suddenly a household topic due to COVID-19. But what are the normal priorities of the World Health Organization...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | May 19, 2020 | health care, policy, public health
19 May 2020 This blog is an excerpt from my new article, Public Health Priorities: the importance of public health. You can also see my presentation for European Public Health Week 2020 on this subject. COVID-19 has focused attention on global public health...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Jan 26, 2020 | ADLs, elder care, interRAI, policy, social services
26 January 2020 ADLs are the daily self-care activities we do every day without thinking — getting out of bed, showering, getting dressed, going to the bathroom, feeding ourselves (#Selbstpflege in German). For someone with decreased mental or physical capacity,...
