Theodore H Tulchinsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 2436996 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Theodore H Tulchinsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Theodore H |
| FAMILY NAME | Tulchinsky |
| SIGNATURE | TULCHINSKY T H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ashkelon Academic College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Israel and Gaza
From 1967 until the mid-1990s, civilian health care in the Gaza Strip was administered by the Israel Defense Forces’ Civil Administration, under the direction of the Israeli Ministry of Health. During this period, the Palestinian population of Gaza, along with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, partnered with Israeli health experts in a series of initiatives that achieved dramatic gains in immunization coverage, mother–child care, and di…
Challenges and obstacles implementing evidence-based food fortification policy in a high-income country
The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes food fortification as one of the most cost-effective and beneficial public health measures available. Mass fortification policies and regulations can reduce health disparities, including in high-income countries, by improving micronutrient intake among food-insecure or high-risk populations without changing their diet or behavior. While international health organizations have traditionally prioritize…
Emerging lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic about the decisive competencies needed for the public health workforce
The global COVID-19 crisis exposed the critical need for a highly qualified public health workforce. This qualitative research aimed to examine public health workforce competencies needed to face COVID-19 challenges and identify the gaps between training programs and the competency demands of real-world disasters and pandemics. Through a sample of thirty-one participant qualitative interviews, we examined the perspectives of diverse stakeholders …
The Future Public Health Workforce in a Changing World
Health services quality and sustainability rely mainly on a qualified workforce. Adequately trained public health personnel protect and promote health, avert health disparities, and allow rapid response to health emergencies. Evaluations of the healthcare workforce typically focus on physicians and nurses in curative medical venues. Few have evaluated public health workforce capacity building or sought to identify gaps between the academic traini…
Government Leadership Needed for Food Fortification in Sub Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan African countries suffer from massive and increasing vitamin and mineral deficiency conditions among their citizens, more than in other regions of the world, and they are failing to meet the Millennium Development Goals targets, especially those related to maternal and child health.1 In a recent Journal article, Yach et al.2 place great emphasis on the role of the food industry in combating undernutrition in developing countries, incl…
Addressing the epidemiologic transition in the former Soviet Union
OBJECTIVES. This paper reviews Russia's health crisis, financing, and organization and public health reform needs. METHODS. The structure, policy, supply of services, and health status indicators of Russia's health system are examined. RESULTS. Longevity is declining; mortality rates from cardiovascular diseases and trauma are high and rising; maternal and infant mortality are high. Vaccine-preventable diseases have reappeared in epidemic form. N…
Mandating vitamin K prophylaxis for newborns in New York State
New York State's infant deaths and hospitalizations attributed to hemorrhagic disease of the newborn and other neonatal hemorrhagic conditions were reviewed. In 65% of 34 deaths reviewed, vitamin K was not documented as given or was given only after the onset of hemorrhage. Vitamin K was not included in standing orders in any of 22 hospitals contacted. As a result of this review, vitamin K prophylaxis was made a mandatory newborn care procedure i…
A ten-year experience in control of poliomyelitis through a combination of live and killed vaccines in two developing areas
We describe a successful program of poliomyelitis control using a combination of killed and live polio vaccines over a 10-year period in two developing areas, the West Bank and Gaza, adjacent to a relatively developed country, Israel. During the 1970s, immunization using live trivalent oral polio vaccine (OPV) in these areas covered more than 90 percent of the infant population. Nevertheless, the incidence of paralytic polio continued to be high,…
First and Foremost in Community Health Centres
Addressing the epidemiologic transition in the former Soviet Union
OBJECTIVES. This paper reviews Russia's health crisis, financing, and organization and public health reform needs. METHODS. The structure, policy, supply of services, and health status indicators of Russia's health system are examined. RESULTS. Longevity is declining; mortality rates from cardiovascular diseases and trauma are high and rising; maternal and infant mortality are high. Vaccine-preventable diseases have reappeared in epidemic form. N…
A ten-year experience in control of poliomyelitis through a combination of live and killed vaccines in two developing areas
We describe a successful program of poliomyelitis control using a combination of killed and live polio vaccines over a 10-year period in two developing areas, the West Bank and Gaza, adjacent to a relatively developed country, Israel. During the 1970s, immunization using live trivalent oral polio vaccine (OPV) in these areas covered more than 90 percent of the infant population. Nevertheless, the incidence of paralytic polio continued to be high,…
First and Foremost in Community Health Centres
A ten-year experience in control of poliomyelitis through a combination of live and killed vaccines in two developing areas
We describe a successful program of poliomyelitis control using a combination of killed and live polio vaccines over a 10-year period in two developing areas, the West Bank and Gaza, adjacent to a relatively developed country, Israel. During the 1970s, immunization using live trivalent oral polio vaccine (OPV) in these areas covered more than 90 percent of the infant population. Nevertheless, the incidence of paralytic polio continued to be high,…
Mandating vitamin K prophylaxis for newborns in New York State
New York State's infant deaths and hospitalizations attributed to hemorrhagic disease of the newborn and other neonatal hemorrhagic conditions were reviewed. In 65% of 34 deaths reviewed, vitamin K was not documented as given or was given only after the onset of hemorrhage. Vitamin K was not included in standing orders in any of 22 hospitals contacted. As a result of this review, vitamin K prophylaxis was made a mandatory newborn care procedure i…
Addressing the epidemiologic transition in the former Soviet Union
OBJECTIVES. This paper reviews Russia's health crisis, financing, and organization and public health reform needs. METHODS. The structure, policy, supply of services, and health status indicators of Russia's health system are examined. RESULTS. Longevity is declining; mortality rates from cardiovascular diseases and trauma are high and rising; maternal and infant mortality are high. Vaccine-preventable diseases have reappeared in epidemic form. N…
Government Leadership Needed for Food Fortification in Sub Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan African countries suffer from massive and increasing vitamin and mineral deficiency conditions among their citizens, more than in other regions of the world, and they are failing to meet the Millennium Development Goals targets, especially those related to maternal and child health.1 In a recent Journal article, Yach et al.2 place great emphasis on the role of the food industry in combating undernutrition in developing countries, incl…
The Future Public Health Workforce in a Changing World
Health services quality and sustainability rely mainly on a qualified workforce. Adequately trained public health personnel protect and promote health, avert health disparities, and allow rapid response to health emergencies. Evaluations of the healthcare workforce typically focus on physicians and nurses in curative medical venues. Few have evaluated public health workforce capacity building or sought to identify gaps between the academic traini…
Emerging lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic about the decisive competencies needed for the public health workforce
The global COVID-19 crisis exposed the critical need for a highly qualified public health workforce. This qualitative research aimed to examine public health workforce competencies needed to face COVID-19 challenges and identify the gaps between training programs and the competency demands of real-world disasters and pandemics. Through a sample of thirty-one participant qualitative interviews, we examined the perspectives of diverse stakeholders …
Challenges and obstacles implementing evidence-based food fortification policy in a high-income country
The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes food fortification as one of the most cost-effective and beneficial public health measures available. Mass fortification policies and regulations can reduce health disparities, including in high-income countries, by improving micronutrient intake among food-insecure or high-risk populations without changing their diet or behavior. While international health organizations have traditionally prioritize…
Israel and Gaza
From 1967 until the mid-1990s, civilian health care in the Gaza Strip was administered by the Israel Defense Forces’ Civil Administration, under the direction of the Israeli Ministry of Health. During this period, the Palestinian population of Gaza, along with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, partnered with Israeli health experts in a series of initiatives that achieved dramatic gains in immunization coverage, mother–child care, and di…
Medicine (9 works) · Public health (7 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Public Health Policies and Education (3 works)