Public Health

JJoav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc Professor of Pediatrics at the Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel, Kentucky Childrens Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States and Professor of Public Health at the Center for Healthy Development, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States, the former Medical Director of the Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem and the Founder and Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel

Introduction; Public Health: We Need to Take Responsibility; Reducing Alcohol-Impaired Driving Deaths in America: Thoughts on Policy Recommendations; A Review of the Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire as a Subjective Diagnostic Instrument in Orthodontics; A Review of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases among Office Workers; A Review on Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Detection of Musculoskeletal Disorders; A Review on Trends in the Treatment of Vulvodynia and Other Chronic Female Disorders; Primary Health Care for an Indigenous Community in Colombia; Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment: Primary Health Care Versus Hospital Ambulatory Treatment; Patient Experience Between Public Hospital and Private Hospital in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia; Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Hypertension Among Adults in South Africa; Sterilization Preference and Prior Knowledge of Vasectomy: A Study on Married Individuals in Bali, Indonesia; Dental Anxiety: Older versus Younger People Study in Nigeria; A Comprehensive Screening Protocol to Identify Incidence of Lower Back Pain in Military Office Workers; Characteristics of Hospitalized Adults with Opioid Use Disorder in the United States; Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Chronic Lumbar Facet Arthropathy; Low Level Laser Therapy and Myofascial Pain; Using Smartphone Application to Increase Knowledge and Breast Self-Examination Practices Among Female Students; Acknowledgements; About the Editors; About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel; Index.