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Measuring the quality of life of the elderly in health promotion intervention clinical trials.
  • Published Date:
    1992 Sep-Oct
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 107(5):530-539
  • Language:
    English
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    1. Sexual practices and AIDS knowledge among women partners of HIV-infected hemophiliacs.
      Personal Author:
      Mayes, S D; Elsesser, V; Schaefer, J H; Handford, H A; Michael-Good, L;
      Published:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):504-514
      Description:
      About 12 percent of the women sex partners of hemophilic men who are seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have themselves become seropositive. Questionnaires were completed in January 1988 by 15 women who were in long-term, monogam...
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      Cousins, J H; Rubovits, D S; Dunn, J K; Reeves, R S; Ramirez, A G; Foreyt, J P;
      Published:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):549-555
      Description:
      Mexican Americans are more likely to be obese than non-Hispanic whites, yet little research has been conducted on the treatment of obesity in Mexican Americans. The purpose of this study was to compare a family-based intervention with a traditional p...
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    3. One state's response to the malpractice insurance crisis: North Carolina's Rural Obstetrical Care Incentive Program.
      Personal Author:
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      Published:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):523-529
      Description:
      In the period 1985-89, there was a severe drop in obstetrical services in rural areas of North Carolina, partly because of rising malpractice insurance rates. The State government responded with the Rural Obstetrical Care Incentive (ROCI) Program tha...
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      Published:
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      Source:
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    5. Cultural barriers to health care for southeast Asian refugees.
      Personal Author:
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      Published:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
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      Description:
      Many Southeast Asians now living in the United States experience severe health problems, attributable to physical trauma and inadequate health care in Asia, and low socioeconomic status in this country. Evidence indicates that despite their health pr...
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    6. 15-month followup of women methadone patients taught skills to reduce heterosexual HIV transmission.
      Personal Author:
      el-Bassel, N; Schilling, R F;
      Published:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):500-504
      Description:
      Heterosexual contact with intravenous drug users accounts for a growing proportion of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) among women. In an earlier study designed to reduce sexual risk behavior, the authors randomly assigned 91 methad...
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    7. North Florida is part of the stroke belt.
      Personal Author:
      Siegel, P Z; Wolfe, L E; Wilcox, D; Deeb, L C;
      Published:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):540-543
      Description:
      Florida is the only State in the southeastern United States that is not part of the "stroke belt." The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, defines the stroke belt as those States with an age-adjusted stro...
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    8. PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES
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      Source:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):561-568
      Description:
      This study evaluated a method to increase physicians' participation in Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT), a preventive health care program for Medicaid eligible children. Use of EPSDT can improve children's health status a...
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    11. Comparison of Native American births in upstate New York with other race births, 1980-86.
      Personal Author:
      Buck, G M; Mahoney, M C; Michalek, A M; Powell, E J; Shelton, J A;
      Published:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):569-575
      Description:
      The purpose of this study was to describe the neonatal characteristics of Native American (Indian) infants and the antenatal characteristics of their mothers as compared with white, black, and other race infants. The study population comprised 979,44...
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      Personal Author:
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      Published:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Source:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Source:
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