The failure to provide adequate prenatal care for low-income pregnant women in the U.S. and the effects of this failure on infant mortality are well k...
Intravenous drug users are currently the second largest group to have developed the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the U.S. and Europe. Clearly...
A national telephone survey of eye care practitioners shows that the average fee for routine eye examinations was less among optometrists than ophthal...
In late 1987, a total of 852 Rhode Island women ages 40 and older were interviewed by telephone (78 percent response rate) to measure their use of bre...
Nutrition services and education, provided as components of normal prenatal care, have a key role in preventing preterm delivery and low birth weight ...
Few researchers have investigated the resting pulse rate of children and young adults as a risk factor or indicator for subsequent cardiovascular morb...
Hypertension and its sequelae complicate pregnancy and can result in poor perinatal outcomes. Overall, U.S. blacks are more likely to be hypertensive ...
Alcohol-Related Disease Impact (ARDI) Software has been developed for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to allow States to calculate mortality, ye...
A controlled population-based study of a childhood injury prevention program in four suburban Massachusetts communities was able to demonstrate a 15.3...
There are approximately 600 Community and Migrant Health Centers (C/MHCs) providing preventive and primary health care services principally to medical...
An evaluation was made of the use of telephone survey methods to collect illicit drug use data. Using data from a national survey that collects data b...
A total of 289 abused women who sought assistance in several battered women's agencies were interviewed. Of these abused women, 70 percent reported a ...
This review discusses nutrition and related health problems among homeless Americans, summarizes recent information, and identifies needs for services...
From a public health perspective, there is a need to recognize that Hispanics, and in particular Mexican Americans, are a very heterogeneous group. Th...
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