William M Pick
Biographic Data
| ID | 1736534 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William M Pick |
| GIVEN NAMES | William M |
| FAMILY NAME | Pick |
| SIGNATURE | PICK W M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Speciality of Public Health Medicine in South Africa
The speciality, Public Health Medicine (PHM), was developed in response to political and health realities in pre-apartheid South Africa (SA), following the lead of the discipline in Britain, SA’s previous coloniser. This article describes a 47-year journey from its origins as Community Health through to current practice, based on reviews of archival material, databases of institutional stakeholders involved in trainee education and our own experi…
Motivations of South African physicians specialising in public health
BACKGROUND: South African physicians can specialise in public health through a four-year 'registrar' programme. Despite national health policies that seemingly value public health (PH) approaches, the Public Health Medicine (PHM) speciality is largely invisible in the health services. Nevertheless, many physicians enrol for specialist training. OBJECTIVES: This study investigated physicians' motivations for specialising in PHM, their intended car…
Reflections on Public Health in South Africa, 1993–2002
News of the completion of the new Wits School of Public Health (WSPH) building reminded me of the dream that so many of us had when the School was founded just over a decade ago. At the time I wrote: ‘The year 2001 will be remembered as the year in which the Wits School of Public Health was established. This event marks a defining moment in the development of Public Health at Wits. The establishment of the school has over a short period of a few …
Roots, Shoots, but Too Little Fruit
Community-oriented primary care (COPC) originated in South Africa during the 1940s and 1950s, where it served to inform local church-based and nongovernmental organization–based initiatives during the apartheid years. During the 1990s, COPC played an inspirational role in the process of national health policy formulation. Yet COPC’s contribution to current health practice remains more symbolic than substantive. Despite a policy framework that fav…
The reproductive and occupational health of women street vendors in Johannesburg, South Africa
Household-related variables and reported illness in street vendors and their children in a South African city
Women's health status and use of health services in a rapidly growing peri-urban area of South Africa
Urbanisation, household composition and the reproductive health of women in a South African city
Urbanisation, household composition and the reproductive health of women in a South African city
Roots, Shoots, but Too Little Fruit
Community-oriented primary care (COPC) originated in South Africa during the 1940s and 1950s, where it served to inform local church-based and nongovernmental organization–based initiatives during the apartheid years. During the 1990s, COPC played an inspirational role in the process of national health policy formulation. Yet COPC’s contribution to current health practice remains more symbolic than substantive. Despite a policy framework that fav…
The reproductive and occupational health of women street vendors in Johannesburg, South Africa
Women's health status and use of health services in a rapidly growing peri-urban area of South Africa
Household-related variables and reported illness in street vendors and their children in a South African city
Urbanisation, household composition and the reproductive health of women in a South African city
Women's health status and use of health services in a rapidly growing peri-urban area of South Africa
Household-related variables and reported illness in street vendors and their children in a South African city
Roots, Shoots, but Too Little Fruit
Community-oriented primary care (COPC) originated in South Africa during the 1940s and 1950s, where it served to inform local church-based and nongovernmental organization–based initiatives during the apartheid years. During the 1990s, COPC played an inspirational role in the process of national health policy formulation. Yet COPC’s contribution to current health practice remains more symbolic than substantive. Despite a policy framework that fav…
The reproductive and occupational health of women street vendors in Johannesburg, South Africa
Reflections on Public Health in South Africa, 1993–2002
News of the completion of the new Wits School of Public Health (WSPH) building reminded me of the dream that so many of us had when the School was founded just over a decade ago. At the time I wrote: ‘The year 2001 will be remembered as the year in which the Wits School of Public Health was established. This event marks a defining moment in the development of Public Health at Wits. The establishment of the school has over a short period of a few …
Motivations of South African physicians specialising in public health
BACKGROUND: South African physicians can specialise in public health through a four-year 'registrar' programme. Despite national health policies that seemingly value public health (PH) approaches, the Public Health Medicine (PHM) speciality is largely invisible in the health services. Nevertheless, many physicians enrol for specialist training. OBJECTIVES: This study investigated physicians' motivations for specialising in PHM, their intended car…
The Speciality of Public Health Medicine in South Africa
The speciality, Public Health Medicine (PHM), was developed in response to political and health realities in pre-apartheid South Africa (SA), following the lead of the discipline in Britain, SA’s previous coloniser. This article describes a 47-year journey from its origins as Community Health through to current practice, based on reviews of archival material, databases of institutional stakeholders involved in trainee education and our own experi…
Medicine (7 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Politics (3 works)