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"Race-ethnicity": a dubious scientific concept.
  • Published Date:
    1990 Jan-Feb
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 105(1):102-103
  • Language:
    English
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    1. Broadening the perspective of pica: literature review.
      Personal Author:
      Lacey, E P
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):29-35
      Description:
      Pica is an eating disorder that is manifested by a craving for oral ingestion of a given substance that is unusual in kind and or quantity. It is a long-standing practice that has far reaching implications for prevention and treatment--implications f...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.23 MB]
    2. Public Health Rep ; v. 105, no. 1 : table of contents
      Published Date:
      Jan-Feb 1990
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 358.23 KB]
    3. Public Health Rep ; v. 105, no. 1 : Masthead
      Published Date:
      Jan-Feb 1990
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1)
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.90 MB]
    4. Report of a special panel on desired prenatal weight gains for underweight and normal weight women.
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):24-28
      Description:
      A major challenge facing the health care system is to improve the distribution of infant birth weights. Prenatal weight gain and prepregnancy weight status are two of the major factors that influence infant birth weight. These are independently and l...
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      Filetype[PDF - 976.47 KB]
    5. Awareness and use of hepatitis B vaccine among homosexual male clients of a Boston community health center.
      Personal Author:
      McCusker, J; Hill, E M; Mayer, K H;
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):59-64
      Description:
      Factors associated with awareness and acceptance of hepatitis B vaccine were identified among 150 homosexual male clients of a Boston community health center. Five percent of the subjects were unaware of hepatitis B and 25 percent had a history of he...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.17 MB]
    6. Operation Sunday School--educating caring hearts to be healthy hearts.
      Personal Author:
      Jackson, A L
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):85-88
      Description:
      This project seeks to improve traditional hypertension screening of the black population by developing a community oriented approach that can increase knowledge and involve a new target group--black children--in preventive techniques. To help achieve...
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      Filetype[PDF - 901.19 KB]
    7. Report on the International Conference on Emergency Health Care Development.
      Personal Author:
      Dines, G B
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):76-79
      Description:
      Emergency medical services (EMS) provide rescue, field stabilization, transportation to medical facilities, and definitive care for persons experiencing medical emergencies. In order to advance worldwide development and refinement of EMS systems, and...
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      Filetype[PDF - 935.06 KB]
    8. Estimating cancer mortality rates from SEER incidence and survival data.
      Personal Author:
      Chu, K C; Horm, J W; Smart, C R;
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):36-46
      Description:
      A method to estimate site-specific cancer mortality rates using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program incidence and survival data is proposed, calculated, and validated. This measure, the life table-derived mortality rate (LTM), ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 4.33 MB]
    9. Volunteer peer support therapy for abusive and neglectful families.
      Personal Author:
      Upsal, M S
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):80-84
      Description:
      This project is designed to provide tertiary prevention services to physically abusive and physically neglectful families. The prevention service described, Volunteer Peer Support Therapy, is expected to significantly improve parenting skills and par...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.04 MB]
    10. Career paths of geriatric nurse practitioners employed in nursing homes.
      Personal Author:
      Radosevich, D M; Kane, R L; Garrard, J; Skay, C L; McDermott, S; Kepferle, L; Buchanan, J; Arnold, S;
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):65-71
      Description:
      The career paths of geriatric nurse practitioners (GNPs) trained with support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation through the Mountain States Health Corporation (MSHC) were studied. Under this program, GNPs were recruited from sponsoring nursing homes ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.58 MB]
    11. A proposal for a foster grandmother intervention program to prevent child abuse.
      Personal Author:
      Neergaard, J A
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):89-93
      Description:
      The incidence of child abuse and neglect is epidemic. Many abused children have sustained lifelong injuries. Often they become perpetrators of abuse, continuing the cycle into future generations. Studies have indicated that mothers who are likely to ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.00 MB]
    12. PROGRAMS, PRACTICES, PEOPLE
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):106-111
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.14 MB]
    13. Ischemic heart disease and hypertension: effect of disease coding on epidemiologic assessment.
      Personal Author:
      Rothenberg, Richard B.; Aubert, Ronald E.;
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):47-52
      Description:
      During the changeover from the eighth to the ninth revision of the "International Classification of Diseases: Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death" (ICD), there were several major alteratio...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.62 MB]
    14. Prevalence of Giardia lamblia and risk factors for infection among children attending day-care facilities in Denver.
      Personal Author:
      Novotny, Thomas E.; Hopkins, Richard S.; Shillam, Pamela; Janoff, Edward N.;
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):72-75
      Description:
      A sample of children in the toddler age group was surveyed in Denver, CO, to determine the prevalence of Giardia lamblia and to identify risk factors for the intestinal disease. The sample consisted of 236 children attending day-care centers (DCC) an...
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      Filetype[PDF - 862.05 KB]
    15. State level expert review committees--are they protected?
      Personal Author:
      Wright, Ronald F.; Smith, Jack C.;
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):13-23
      Description:
      Recently, the functioning of State-level expert review committees, operating under the auspices of professional medical societies, has become problematic. In particular, an increased number of State maternal mortality review committees have become in...
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.15 MB]
    16. Efficacy of an intervention to promote use of hearing protection devices by firefighters.
      Personal Author:
      Ewigman, B G; Kivlahan, C H; Hosokawa, M C; Horman, D;
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):53-59
      Description:
      Numerous cases of hearing loss consistent with noise-induced damage were noted among firefighters in the city of Columbia, MO. A survey of firefighting vehicles in operation showed that the firefighters were exposed to excessive noise levels and put ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.16 MB]
    17. Updated forecasts of the costs of medical care for persons with AIDS, 1989-93.
      Personal Author:
      Hellinger, F J
      Published Date:
      1990 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(1):1-12
      Description:
      Data on the number of AIDS cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) from January 1984 to June 1989 are used to predict the number of AIDS cases that will be diagnosed during the years 1989 through 1993. Using quadratic and linear model...
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.23 MB]
    18. Public Health Reports ; v. 105 , no. 1 : cover
      Published Date:
      Jan-Feb 1990
      Source:
      Public Health Rep 105 (1)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 521.40 KB]
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