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Predicting needs for special education resources for mental retardation from birth defects records.
  • Published Date:
    1992 May-Jun
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 107(3):290-296
  • Language:
    English
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    1. A seasonal association between SIDS deaths and kindergarten absences.
      Personal Author:
      Guntheroth, W G; Lohmann, R; Spiers, P S;
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):319-323
      Description:
      Data from linked birth and death certificates from the State of Oregon were used to determine the monthly distribution of deaths from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) for the years 1976 through 1984. The monthly number of SIDS deaths increased in ...
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    2. Financial and time costs to parents of severely disabled children.
      Personal Author:
      Leonard, B; Brust, J D; Sapienza, J J;
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):302-312
      Description:
      This paper considers the financial burden of parents caring for severely disabled children. A model to predict parents' out-of-pocket expenses and caregiving time demands is described. Discriminant analysis correctly classified high and low group mem...
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    3. Cancer prevention counseling on telephone helplines.
      Personal Author:
      Anderson, D M; Duffy, K; Hallett, C D; Marcus, A C;
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):278-283
      Description:
      Since 1983, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has collected data by means of its Cancer Information Service (CIS), a toll-free telephone helpline for health care professionals and members of the public who have questions about cancer treatment, dia...
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    4. Estimating the probability of spontaneous abortion in the presence of induced abortion and vice versa.
      Personal Author:
      Hammerslough, C R
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):269-277
      Description:
      An integrated approach to estimate the total number of pregnancies that begin in a population during one calendar year and the probability of spontaneous abortion is described. This includes an indirect estimate of the number of pregnancies that resu...
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    5. PROGRAMS, PRACTICES, PEOPLE
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):361-367
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.36 MB]
    6. Applying total quality management concepts to public health organizations.
      Personal Author:
      Kaluzny, A D; McLaughlin, C P; Simpson, K;
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):257-264
      Description:
      Total quality management (TQM) is a participative, systematic approach to planning and implementing a continuous organizational improvement process. Its approach is focused on satisfying customers' expectations, identifying problems, building commitm...
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    7. Addressing the measles epidemic.
      Personal Author:
      Mason, J O
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):241-242
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      Filetype[PDF - 265.06 KB]
    8. Public Health Rep ; v. 107, no. 3 : table of contents
      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1992
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3)
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      Filetype[PDF - 720.60 KB]
    9. Predicting and reinforcing children's intentions to wear protective helmets while bicycling.
      Personal Author:
      Otis, J; Lesage, D; Godin, G; Brown, B; Farley, C; Lambert, J;
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):283-289
      Description:
      The researchers undertook to identify the factors that are most likely to influence children's intentions to use bicycle helmets. To determine the most important intention influencing factors, a random sample of 797 students in grades 4 through 6 com...
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    10. Blue Thursday? Homicide and suicide among urban 15-24-year-old black male Americans.
      Personal Author:
      Greenberg, M; Schneider, D;
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):264-268
      Description:
      A comparative analysis was made of day of the week variations in homicide and suicide deaths among 15-24-year-old white males, black males, white females, and black females in the 22 counties with the most black persons in the United States. Thirty-s...
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    11. Detecting colorectal cancer with a large scale fecal occult blood testing program.
      Personal Author:
      Gregorio, D I; Lolachi, P; Hansen, H;
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):331-335
      Description:
      The researchers analyzed outcome data for 439 persons who had positive fecal occult blood tests in a 1984 statewide program for Connecticut residents. Among those with positive test results, colorectal cancer was diagnosed in 33 persons, 7.5 percent ...
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    12. Urban Indians' smoking patterns and interest in quitting.
      Personal Author:
      Lando, H A; Johnson, K M; Graham-Tomasi, R P; McGovern, P G; Solberg, L;
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):340-344
      Description:
      Little is known about smoking patterns of urban American Indians and their interest in quitting. Most published research has focused upon American Indians who live on rural reservations. In this study, personal interviews were conducted with a conven...
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    13. Improving health care communication for persons with mental retardation.
      Personal Author:
      Harper, D C; Wadsworth, J S;
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):297-302
      Description:
      There has been little effort directed at training health care professionals in behaviors and attitudes that are effective in communicating with persons with mental retardation. Such training would be beneficial not only to assist those with congenita...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.15 MB]
    14. Impact of a local ordinance banning tobacco sales to minors.
      Personal Author:
      Hinds, M W
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):355-358
      Description:
      Most addictions to tobacco begin when a person is younger than age 18. Although the sale of tobacco to minors is illegal in most jurisdictions, there is often little enforcement of these laws, and minors can usually purchase tobacco easily. The impac...
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      Filetype[PDF - 548.18 KB]
    15. NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS DATA LINE
      Published Date:
      May 1992
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):359-360
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    16. The Public Health Service action plan to improve access to immunization services. The Interagency Committee to Improve Access to Immunization Services.
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):243-251
      Description:
      The Public Health Service's Interagency Committee to Improve Access to Immunization Services (ICI) has responsibility for improving the immunization protection of the nation's children and other vulnerable populations. ICI's Action Plan to Improve Ac...
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    17. A national agenda for helping homeless mentally ill people.
      Personal Author:
      Leshner, A I
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):352-355
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      Filetype[PDF - 675.39 KB]
    18. Awareness and use of blood cholesterol tests in 40-74-year-olds by educational level.
      Personal Author:
      Polednak, A P
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):345-351
      Description:
      Questions on awareness, use, and results of blood cholesterol tests were included in telephone surveys on cancer conducted in 1988 on random samples of persons 40-74 years of age in Long Island, NY (N = 440), and in Connecticut (N = 453). Educational...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.24 MB]
    19. Public Health Rep ; v. 107, no. 3 : Masthead
      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1992
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3)
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.46 MB]
    20. The nutritional status and dietary adequacy of single homeless women and their children in shelters.
      Personal Author:
      Drake, M A
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):312-319
      Description:
      Data were collected on the nutrient intake and nutritional status of 96 single mothers and their 192 dependent children who had been displaced from their homes. The objective of the study was to provide information on the dietary adequacy of a newly ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.32 MB]
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