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Public concern about chemicals in the environment: regional differences based on threat potential.
  • Published Date:
    1990 Mar-Apr
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 105(2):186-195
  • Language:
    English
Filetype[PDF-1.46 MB]


Details:
  • Alternative Title:
    Public Health Rep
  • Personal Author:
    Howe, H L
  • Description:
    While the hazards of chronic environmental pollution remain unclear, people are making decisions about their exposure to pollution and its possible effects on their health. To compare people's concerns about environmental problems, a systematic, stratified sample was surveyed. The sample was made up of residents, ages 25 through 74 years, of three areas of New York State. The three areas were western New York, with a high density of toxic dump sites; Long Island, with a major shallow ground water aquifer; and the remainder of the State, excluding New York City, as a comparison area. The sampling list was obtained from records of licensed drivers of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. A 66 percent response rate was obtained to the mailed survey. As expected, most concerns were greater for western New York and Long Island, the two areas with highest threat potential for exposure or contamination, than for the comparison area. The single exception was that no regional differences were noted for concerns about environmental pollution and contamination. All concerns were associated with perceived distance between one's residence and a source of potential exposure. Regardless of region, women were more concerned than men about exposures, pollution, and related health effects. No sex differences, however, were noted for economic concerns.

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  • Pubmed ID:
    2108466
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMCnull
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Collection(s):
    Public Health Reports
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    1. Public Health Rep ; v. 102, no. 2 : table of contents
      Published Date:
      Mar-Apr 1990
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 420.42 KB]
    2. Distance between homes and exercise facilities related to frequency of exercise among San Diego residents.
      Personal Author:
      Sallis, J F; Hovell, M F; Hofstetter, C R; Elder, J P; Hackley, M; Caspersen, C J; Powell, K E;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):179-185
      Description:
      Although personal determinants of exercise behavior have been studied extensively, few investigators have examined the influence of the physical environment on exercise habits. A random sample of 2,053 residents of San Diego, CA, were surveyed regard...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.27 MB]
    3. Massachusetts' post-traumatic stress disorder program: a public health treatment model for Vietnam veterans.
      Personal Author:
      Forman, S I; Havas, S;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):172-179
      Description:
      Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be a serious aftermath of catastrophic events such as war. The incidence of PTSD appears to be high among Vietnam veterans. PTSD can be extremely disruptive to a person's physical and mental well-being, famil...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.56 MB]
    4. Public Health Rep ; v. 102, no. 2 : Masthead
      Published Date:
      Mar-Apr 1990
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 930.57 KB]
    5. Methodologic approaches to surveillance of HIV infection among blood donors.
      Personal Author:
      Petersen, L R; Dodd, R; Dondero, T J;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):153-157
      Description:
      Blood donors make up the largest group in the United States that is tested for human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV) antibody. The blood donor population is ideal for detecting and quantifying uncommon or unrecognized modes of HIV transmission i...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1008.43 KB]
    6. Continuing unsafe sex: assessing the need for AIDS prevention counseling.
      Personal Author:
      Roffman, R A; Gillmore, M R; Gilchrist, L D; Mathias, S A; Krueger, L;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):202-208
      Description:
      To assess the need for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) prevention counseling for gay and bisexual men who were continuing to engage in unsafe sex, a nonprobability telephone survey--the data may not be generalizable to the population--was c...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.26 MB]
    7. Methods of surveillance for HIV infection in primary care outpatients in the United States.
      Personal Author:
      Petersen, L R; Calonge, N B; Chamberland, M E; Engel, R H; Herring, N C;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):158-162
      Description:
      Primary care outpatients provide a good sentinel population for monitoring levels and trends of HIV infection in the United States. Because a broad cross section of the population seeks primary medical care, excess blood from specimens routinely coll...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 900.47 KB]
    8. HIV seroprevalence surveys of childbearing women — objectives, methods, and uses of the data
      Personal Author:
      Pappaioanou, Marguerite; George, J. Richard; Hannon, W. Harry; Gwinn, Marta; Dondero, Timothy J.; Grady, George F.; Hoff, Rodney; Willoughby, Anne D.; Wright, Audrey; Novello, Antonia C.; Curran, James W.;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):147-152
      Description:
      A seroprevalence survey of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among childbearing women is being conducted in 43 States and Territories as one of the family of HIV seroprevalence surveys. This blinded survey, in which serologic test results are not li...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.15 MB]
    9. HIV seroprevalence surveys in sexually transmitted disease clinics.
      Personal Author:
      Onorato, I M; McCray, E; Pappaioanou, M; Johnson, R; Aral, S; Hardy, A M; Dondero, T J;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):119-124
      Description:
      The Centers for Disease Control, in cooperation with State and local health departments, is conducting human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV), seroprevalence surveys, using standard protocols, in sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in sele...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.19 MB]
    10. PROGRAMS, PRACTICES, PEOPLE
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):211-215
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1019.61 KB]
    11. Methods of surveillance for HIV infection at U.S. sentinel hospitals.
      Personal Author:
      St Louis, M E; Olivo, N; Critchley, S; Rauch, K J; White, C R; Munn, V P; Dondero, T J;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):140-146
      Description:
      The U.S. sentinel hospital surveillance system for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection includes approximately 40 short-stay hospitals located in 31 metropolitan areas in the United States and Puerto Rico. Several hospitals began testing in l...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.47 MB]
    12. HIV seroprevalence surveys in drug treatment centers.
      Personal Author:
      Jones, T S; Allen, D M; Onorato, I M; Petersen, L R; Dondero, T J; Pappaioanou, M;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):125-130
      Description:
      Sharing of equipment used to inject illicit drugs intravenously is a risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Systematic surveillance of HIV infection among intravenous drug users (IV...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.18 MB]
    13. CDC's Model Performance Evaluation Program: assessment of the quality of laboratory performance for HIV-1 antibody testing.
      Personal Author:
      Schalla, William O.; Hearn, Thomas L.; Taylor, Roger N.; Eavenson, Eloise; Valdiserri, Ronald O.; Essien, Joyce D. K.;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):167-171
      Description:
      In 1986, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) implemented the Model Performance Evaluation Program (MPEP) to evaluate the performance of laboratories that test for antibody directed against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The impetus fo...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.38 MB]
    14. The family of HIV seroprevalence surveys: objectives, methods, and uses of sentinel surveillance for HIV in the United States.
      Personal Author:
      Pappaioanou, Marguerite; Dondero, Timothy J.; Petersen, Lyle R.; Onorato, Ida M.; Sanchez, Carolyn D.; Curran, James W.;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):113-119
      Description:
      During 1987-89, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in collaboration with State and local health departments, other Federal agencies, blood collection agencies, and medical research institutions, implemented a national sentinel surveillance system...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.49 MB]
    15. Determining HIV seroprevalence among women in women's health clinics.
      Personal Author:
      Allen, D M; Lee, N C; Schulz, S L; Pappaioanou, M; Dondero, T J; Onorato, I M;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):130-134
      Description:
      Human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV), seroprevalence studies are needed to determine the level and trends of HIV infection among women attending family planning, abortion, and prenatal care clinics in the United States. A review of published an...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1011.14 KB]
    16. Using seroprevalence data in managing public health programs.
      Personal Author:
      Onorato, I M; Jones, T S; Forrester, W R;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):163-166
      Description:
      An objective of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) family of HIV seroprevalence surveys, conducted by State and local health departments, is the collection of seroprevalence data that may be useful in managing public health programs. In prevention...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 917.76 KB]
    17. Public Health Reports ; v. 105 , no. 2 : cover
      Published Date:
      Mar-Apr 1990
      Source:
      Public Health Rep 105 (2)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 614.98 KB]
    18. Smokeless tobacco use among Native American school children.
      Personal Author:
      Bruerd, B
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):196-201
      Description:
      Seven published and two unpublished surveys of Native American school children's use of smokeless tobacco (ST) are reviewed. The surveys represent school children in the States of South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, and ...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.05 MB]
    19. Estimating HIV levels and trends among patients of tuberculosis clinics.
      Personal Author:
      McCray, Eugene; Onorato, Ida M.; Miller, Bess I.; Dondero, Timothy J.; Bloch, Aalan B.;
      Published Date:
      1990 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(2):135-140
      Description:
      Symptomatic tuberculosis (TB) can occur as an opportunistic disease in immunosuppressed persons who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and who have been previously infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Increases in TB cases have...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.09 MB]
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