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Factors associated with rates of participation in WIC by eligible pregnant women.
  • Published Date:
    1992 Jan-Feb
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 107(1):60-65
  • Language:
    English
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    1. Healthy children ready to learn: an essential collaboration between health and education.
      Personal Author:
      Novello, A C; Degraw, C; Kleinman, D V;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):3-15
      Description:
      The "Healthy Children Ready to Learn" initiative starts with the underlying concept that health is a critical partner to optimum education. All children have a right to be healthy. At a minimum, this right assumes promoting optimum use of available a...
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    2. Panic disorder--a national problem, a federal response.
      Personal Author:
      Leshner, A I
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):1-2
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    3. Geriatric education centers address medication issues affecting older adults.
      Personal Author:
      Kahl, A; Blandford, D H; Krueger, K; Zwick, D I;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):37-47
      Description:
      Serious problems have been identified in the prescribing of medications for elderly patients and use of prescription and nonprescription drugs by older persons. Overuse, underuse, and inappropriate use of drugs by the elderly have been widely documen...
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    4. Developing cancer control capacity in state and local public health agencies.
      Personal Author:
      Meissner, H I; Bergner, L; Marconi, K M;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):15-23
      Description:
      In 1986, the National Cancer Institute began a major grant program to enhance the technical capabilities of public health departments in cancer prevention and control. This effort, commonly referred to as "capacity building" for cancer control, provi...
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    5. Some current factors influencing the prescribing and use of psychiatric drugs.
      Personal Author:
      Poulsen, R L
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):47-53
      Description:
      A reprise of selected known factors about the influences affecting the prescribing and use of drugs, and some new developments in the drug marketplace, are the basis for this summary and observations about future expectations regarding psychotherapeu...
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    6. The role of data-driven planning and coalition development in preventing cardiovascular disease.
      Personal Author:
      Brownson, R C; Smith, C A; Jorge, N E; Deprima, L T; Dean, C G; Cates, R W;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):32-37
      Description:
      Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Effective programs for the prevention and control of CVD need to include data-based planning and evaluation at the State and local levels. The authors ...
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    7. A comparison of low birth weight among Medicaid patients of public health departments and other providers of prenatal care in North Carolina and Kentucky.
      Personal Author:
      Buescher, P A; Ward, N I;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):54-59
      Description:
      Matching of Medicaid and health department patients' files to birth certificates was used as a means of evaluating the effect of prenatal care given by public health departments on the birth weights of babies of women in Medicaid. Three years of live...
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    8. Smoking during pregnancy among northwest Native Americans.
      Personal Author:
      Davis, R L; Helgerson, S D; Waller, P;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):66-69
      Description:
      There is little available information on the smoking habits of Native Americans. The authors used data from the Washington State birth certificate to determine the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy among Native American mothers in Washington Sta...
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    9. Simulating smokers' acceptance of modifications in a cessation program.
      Personal Author:
      Spoth, R
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):81-92
      Description:
      Recent research has underscored the importance of assessing barriers to smokers' acceptance of cessation programs. This paper illustrates the use of computer simulations to gauge smokers' response to program modifications which may produce barriers t...
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    10. Serum cholesterol concentrations among Navajo Indians.
      Personal Author:
      Sugarman, J R; Gilbert, T J; Percy, C A; Peter, D G;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):92-99
      Description:
      Navajo Indians have been reported by earlier investigators to have low concentrations of serum lipids and a low prevalence of hyperlipidemia, as well as low rates of ischemic heart disease. However, no data on serum lipid concentrations among Navajos...
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    11. HIV-infected men's practices in notifying past sexual partners of infection risk.
      Personal Author:
      Marks, G; Richardson, J L; Ruiz, M S; Maldonado, N;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):100-105
      Description:
      The researchers studied the self-reported practices of men infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Los Angeles concerning notifying past sexual partners of their risk of infection. The sample of 111 men consisted of 87 Hispanics, 14 w...
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    12. The multilingual videotape project: community involvement in a unique health education program.
      Personal Author:
      Clabots, R B; Dolphin, D;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):75-80
      Description:
      The large number of Southeast Asian, Hispanic, and Portuguese immigrants in Rhode Island face formidable language and cultural barriers in gaining access to the health care that they need. As the funding for refugee-specific programs diminishes, the ...
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    13. Use of restraint devices to prevent collision injuries and deaths among welfare-supported children.
      Personal Author:
      Sharp, G B; Carter, M A;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):116-118
      Description:
      Evidence that death and injury rates for young children involved in automobile collisions could be reduced if children were restrained prompted the State of Tennessee to pass the nation's first child passenger law, a law that became effective in Janu...
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    14. Cross cultural communication to help physician assistants provide unbiased health care.
      Personal Author:
      Stumpf, S H; Bass, K;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):113-115
      Description:
      Teaching cross cultural communication typically involves instruction in differences between groups. As part of this course in cross cultural communication, six specific underserved population groups are introduced to students as a cultural experience...
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      Personal Author:
      Evans, C A; Margolis, L A;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):110-112
      Description:
      The Public Health Programs and Services (PHP&S) Branch of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services began a strategic planning effort in January 1986 to meet new disease trends, curb rising health care costs, consolidate limited resources,...
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    16. NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS DATA LINE
      Published:
      Jan 1992
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):119-120
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      Published:
      Jan-Feb 1992
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1)
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    18. Public Health Rep ; v. 107, no. 1 : table of contents
      Published:
      Jan-Feb 1992
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1)
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      Personal Author:
      Robertson, S E; Markowitz, L E; Berry, D A; Dini, E F; Orenstein, W A;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):24-31
      Description:
      Between February 8 and April 4, 1986, an outbreak of measles occurred in the State of Arkansas. A total of 489 suspected measles cases were reported from 53 counties; 86 schools statewide reported suspected measles cases. There were 284 cases confirm...
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      Personal Author:
      Schnitzer, P G; Bender, T R;
      Published:
      1992 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(1):70-74
      Description:
      Data on occupational injury fatalities in Alaska for the period 1980-85 were complied from workers' compensation claims and death certificates. These data yielded 422 unique cases for the 6-year period, for an average annual fatality rate of 36.3 per...
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