Hygiene und Öffentliche Gesundheit – Zur Bedeutung in Medizin und Gesellschaft

Exner, Martin; Wiesmüller, G. A.

doi:10.1055/s-0035-1554680

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“…Während sich Public Health akademisch häufig außerhalb der medizinischen Fakultäten und oft ohne engen Kontakt mit Umwelt-, Arbeits-, Sozialmedizin oder ÖGD etabliert hat, berührt die aktuelle Public Health-Diskussion vor dem Hintergrund von Global Health verstärkt auch medizinische Forschungs-und Handlungsfelder [6][7][8]. Gleichzeitig ist auch eine neue Orientierungsphase innerhalb von Sozialmedizin und Öffentlichem Gesundheitsdienst zu beobachten [9][10][11][12][13][14]. Die vorliegende Übersicht will dazu weitere ordnende Gesichtspunkte beitragen.…”

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Entwicklungslinien der Sozialmedizin und Öffentlichen Gesundheit in Deutschland

2016

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Social medicine in Germany has multiple lines of tradition, which are marked by the presence of 2 German states and their re-unification and by the (re-)establishment of multidisciplinary public health by the end of the twentieth century. At the same time, a differentiation within the applied fields of social medicine into several thematic topics can be observed. These can be grouped in a first step into the domains of clinical social medicine, of social medicine for social insurance purposes and of a population-oriented social medicine. For social medicine as a scientific discipline within the broad context of medicine, the requirement of a context-adequate development, which encompasses the special methods of multidisciplinary public health, poses big challenges. For successfully meeting these challenges and going beyond population-oriented public health and for bridging the gap between the individual and the social medical institutions of the health system, it is indispensable for social medicine to be independent of other disciplines within the array of medical specialties. The present study argues for strengthening social medicine within the medical faculties. Chairs for social medicine and public health are not only in the interest of the applied fields of social medicine, but represent also an indispensable scientific discipline which can relate and contribute to all specialties of medicine.

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Entwicklungslinien der Sozialmedizin und Öffentlichen Gesundheit in Deutschland

2016

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“…2,27,37 Although water-related diseases are rarely deadly in developed countries, there are several authors who report that DW consumption has numerous health risks attributed to pathogenic bacteria, protozoa and virus. [38][39][40][41][42][43] Several outbreaks with public health risks occurred due to malfunctioning DW treatment plants and distribution networks, which failed to maintain an adequate level of disinfectant to prevent the growth of pathogens and/or harboured the pathogens. In this millennium, some reported waterborne outbreaks have been due to Escherichia coli O157:H7, Campylobacter spp., Helicobacter pylori, P. aeruginosa, Salmonella paratyphi, Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia and viruses (e.g., norovirus, calcivirus, enterovirus) in Canada, France, Italy, England, Finland, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Norway, Belarus, New Zealand, Poland and the United States.…”

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Biofilms in drinking water: problems and solutions

Simões

2013

RSC Adv.

154

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The main goal of water companies is to deliver to each consumer microbiologically safe drinking water (DW), adequate in quantity and delivery pressure and acceptable in terms of taste, odour and appearance. Drinking water distribution systems (DWDS) are known to harbour biofilms, even in the continuous presence of a disinfectant. These biofilms are a source of planktonic bacteria, which will remain present when the water is delivered through a consumer's tap. The presence of biofilms in DWDS constitutes one of the currently recognized hazards affecting the microbiological quality of the product and may lead to a number of unwanted effects on the organoleptic quality of the distributed water. Importantly, biofilms constitute a persistent reservoir of pathogenic microorganisms, which are responsible for several waterborne diseases. Antimicrobial products, particularly chlorine, have been the main weapons used to disinfect DW. Although this strategy is widespread, there are not yet standardized disinfection strategies with reliable efficacy in the control of biofilms. This review covers the advances in the knowledge of public health problems caused by the presence of biofilms in DWDS and the current strategies for DW disinfection and associated biofilms. Manuel Simões studied Biological Engineering and received a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Minho. Following post-doctoral work at the same university, he joined CITAB at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro as a research fellow. Since 2008, he has been an Assistant Professor and member of the LEPAE in the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto. His main research interests focus on the mechanisms of biofilm formation and their control with antimicrobial agents.

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Hygiene und Öffentliche Gesundheit – Zur Bedeutung in Medizin und Gesellschaft

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Entwicklungslinien der Sozialmedizin und Öffentlichen Gesundheit in Deutschland

Entwicklungslinien der Sozialmedizin und Öffentlichen Gesundheit in Deutschland

Biofilms in drinking water: problems and solutions

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