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Improving the health of minorities.
  • Published Date:
    1989 Nov-Dec
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 104(6):523-525
  • Language:
    English
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    1. Mexican American and white American school dropouts' drug use, health status, and involvement in violence.
      Personal Author:
      Chavez, E L; Edwards, R; Oetting, E R;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):594-604
      Description:
      A group of Mexican American and white American school dropouts were compared with a control group and a group of academically at-risk students in three locations in the Southwest. The sample group consisted of school dropouts and comparison subjects ...
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    2. A psychosocial approach to smoking prevention for urban black youth.
      Personal Author:
      Botvin, G J; Batson, H W; Witts-Vitale, S; Bess, V; Baker, E; Dusenbury, L;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):573-582
      Description:
      Despite the high rates of smoking-related cancers among black Americans, little is known about the type of smoking prevention program that might be effective with black youth. The current study pilot-tested a promising smoking prevention approach to ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.77 MB]
    3. Reaching Hispanics with messages to prevent alcohol and other drug abuse.
      Personal Author:
      Johnson, E M; Delgado, J L;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):588-594
      Description:
      Hispanics are often labeled a "hard-to-reach" population in the context of health communications, yet there are indicators that corporate interests increasingly are reporting successes in designing advertising and promotional campaigns targeting Hisp...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.36 MB]
    4. Meeting minority health needs through special MCH projects.
      Personal Author:
      Hutchins, V; Walch, C;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):621-626
      Description:
      The maternal and child health programs of the Public Health Service have always been directed to minority populations; however, the recent surges of immigrants from Asian and Central American countries have caused the agency to appraise its efforts t...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.30 MB]
    5. Research on alcohol metabolism among Asians and its implications for understanding causes of alcoholism.
      Personal Author:
      Suddendorf, R F
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):615-620
      Description:
      Research into the causes of alcoholism is a relatively recent scientific endeavor. One area of study which could lead to better understanding of the disease is the possibility of a genetic predisposition to alcoholism. Recent work has demonstrated th...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.05 MB]
    6. Sexually transmitted diseases and native Americans: trends in reported gonorrhea and syphilis morbidity, 1984-88.
      Personal Author:
      Toomey, K E; Oberschelp, A G; Greenspan, J R;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):566-572
      Description:
      Native Americans experienced higher reported gonorrhea and syphilis morbidity than did non-Native Americans from 1984 through 1988 in 13 States with large Native American populations. Gonorrhea rates among American Indians and Alaska Natives were app...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.60 MB]
    7. Black-on-black homicide: Kansas City's response.
      Personal Author:
      Mitchell, M A; Daniels, S;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):605-608
      Description:
      In many metropolitan areas, homicide continues to be the scourge of black Americans despite increasing awareness of the overrepresentation of blacks among victims and perpetrators. The risk of being a homicide victim among black males is so high that...
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      Filetype[PDF - 716.18 KB]
    8. Long-term secular trends in initiation of cigarette smoking among Hispanics in the United States.
      Personal Author:
      Escobedo, L G; Remington, P L; Anda, R F;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):583-587
      Description:
      Preventing the initiation of cigarette smoking plays a vital role in reducing rates of cigarette smoking. The authors investigated trends in cigarette smoking initiation among Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, compared with ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.13 MB]
    9. Public Health Rep
      Published:
      Nov-Dec 1989
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    10. Preventing baby bottle tooth decay in American Indian and Alaska native communities: a model for planning.
      Personal Author:
      Bruerd, B; Kinney, M B; Bothwell, E;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):631-640
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.67 MB]
    11. Tuberculosis: an increasing problem among minorities in the United States.
      Personal Author:
      Snider, D E; Salinas, L; Kelly, G D;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):646-653
      Description:
      Although the number of tuberculosis cases reported annually in the United States has decreased markedly during the past three and a half decades, the decrease among whites has been considerably greater than among nonwhites. As a result of this wideni...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.98 MB]
    12. Participation rates, weight loss, and blood pressure changes among obese women in a nutrition-exercise program.
      Personal Author:
      Lasco, R A; Curry, R H; Dickson, V J; Powers, J; Menes, S; Merritt, R K;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):640-646
      Description:
      Since 1985, a black urban community in Atlanta has planned, implemented, and evaluated a cardiovascular risk reduction project. The Community Health Assessment and Promotion Project (CHAPP) was developed to reduce the high incidence of cardiovascular...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.46 MB]
    13. Tuberculosis among American Indians of the contiguous United States.
      Personal Author:
      Rieder, H L
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):653-657
      Description:
      Paleopathologic findings provide strong evidence for the existence of tuberculosis in Andean populations of pre-Columbian America. Indirect evidence is available also to suggest its possible endemicity among some American Indian tribes who lived with...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.02 MB]
    14. Cancer in Alaskan Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts, 1969-83: implications for etiology and control.
      Personal Author:
      Lanier, A P; Bulkow, L R; Ireland, B;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):658-664
      Description:
      The authors collected and analyzed cancer incidence data for Alaska Natives (Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts) for the 15-year period 1969-83 by ethnic and linguistic groups. Compared with U.S. whites, observed-to-expected ratios are high in more than on...
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    15. Tribal differences in diabetes: prevalence among American Indians in New Mexico.
      Personal Author:
      Carter, J; Horowitz, R; Wilson, R; Sava, S; Sinnock, P; Gohdes, D;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):665-669
      Description:
      The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among American Indians in New Mexico with varied genetic and cultural backgrounds is reported. Utilizing community-based registries, the prevalence in persons ages 35 years and older ranged from 9.8 percent among ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 895.58 KB]
    16. Development of a community cancer education program: the Forsyth County, NC cervical cancer prevention project.
      Personal Author:
      Michielutte, R; Dignan, M B; Wells, H B; Young, L D; Jackson, D S; Sharp, P C;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):542-551
      Description:
      The authors outline the development and implementation of a public health education program for cervical cancer screening among black women in Forsyth County, NC. The educational program includes distributing electronic and printed information media ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.64 MB]
    17. PHS grants for minority group HIV infection education and prevention efforts.
      Personal Author:
      Bowles, J; Robinson, W A;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):552-559
      Description:
      The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was established in December 1985 in response to recommendations developed by the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health. Originally, OMH's mission emphasized six health problems identified by the Task ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.71 MB]
    18. Detroit's avoidable mortality project: breast cancer control for inner-city women.
      Personal Author:
      Burack, R C; Gimotty, P A; Stengle, W; Eckert, D; Warbasse, L; Moncrease, A;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):527-535
      Description:
      Mammography remains substantially under-used in low-income minority populations despite its well-established efficacy as a means of breast cancer control. The Metropolitan Detroit Avoidable Mortality Project is a 2-year controlled clinical trial of c...
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.00 MB]
    19. An urban community-based cancer prevention screening and health education intervention in Chicago.
      Personal Author:
      Lacey, L P; Phillips, C W; Ansell, D; Whitman, S; Ebie, N; Chen, E;
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):536-541
      Description:
      Most types of cancer are disproportionately present in black populations. Among all ethnic and racial groups, black people have the highest incidence of all types of cancer combined, experiencing the highest mortality and the worst survival rate. A m...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.20 MB]
    20. Sign ordinance aimed at alcohol use by young adults in two Florida countries.
      Personal Author:
      Cleary, D
      Published:
      1989 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 104(6):525-526
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      Filetype[PDF - 324.19 KB]
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