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PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES
  • Published Date:
    1992 Sep-Oct
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 107(5):602-608
  • Language:
    English
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    1. Food irradiation--promising technology for public health.
      Personal Author:
      Mason, J O
      Published Date:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):489-490
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      Filetype[PDF - 302.00 KB]
    2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS DATA LINE
      Published Date:
      Sep 1992
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):599-601
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      Filetype[PDF - 451.72 KB]
    3. Bacterial infections and skin cleaning prior to injection among intravenous drug users.
      Personal Author:
      Vlahov, D; Sullivan, M; Astemborski, J; Nelson, K E;
      Published Date:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):595-598
      Description:
      In a survey of 1,057 active intravenous drug users in Baltimore, MD, who were recruited through extensive community outreach, 12 reported endocarditis and 113 reported subcutaneous abscesses in the 6 months before being interviewed. Of all the person...
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      Filetype[PDF - 555.92 KB]
    4. Measuring the quality of life of the elderly in health promotion intervention clinical trials.
      Personal Author:
      Kutner, N G; Ory, M G; Baker, D I; Schechtman, K B; Hornbrook, M C; Mulrow, C D;
      Published Date:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):530-539
      Description:
      The Multicenter Trials of Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques (FICSIT) is a series of clinical trials of biomedical, behavioral, and environmental interventions to reduce the risks of frailty and injury among the elde...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.82 MB]
    5. 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 Date:
      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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      Filetype[PDF - 1.32 MB]
    6. North Florida is part of the stroke belt.
      Personal Author:
      Siegel, P Z; Wolfe, L E; Wilcox, D; Deeb, L C;
      Published Date:
      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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      Filetype[PDF - 943.31 KB]
    7. Cigarette use among Arab Americans in the Detroit metropolitan area.
      Personal Author:
      Rice, V H; Kulwicki, A;
      Published Date:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):589-594
      Description:
      Use of cigarette tobacco by large proportions of the population of Middle Eastern countries has been reported; however, little is known about smoking behavior in one of America's fastest growing minorities, the Arab Americans. The purpose of this stu...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.15 MB]
    8. 15-month followup of women methadone patients taught skills to reduce heterosexual HIV transmission.
      Personal Author:
      el-Bassel, N; Schilling, R F;
      Published Date:
      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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      Filetype[PDF - 911.50 KB]
    9. Estimating the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome and associated symptoms in the community.
      Personal Author:
      Price, R K; North, C S; Wessely, S; Fraser, V J;
      Published Date:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):514-522
      Description:
      Chronic fatigue syndrome is a poorly understood disease characterized by debilitating fatigue and neuromuscular and neuropsychological symptoms. Despite numerous studies on the subject, the epidemiology of the syndrome in the community remains largel...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.68 MB]
    10. First year of AIDS services delivery under Title I of the Ryan White CARE Act.
      Personal Author:
      Bowen, G S; Marconi, K; Kohn, S; Bailey, D M; Goosby, E P; Shorter, S; Niemcryk, S;
      Published Date:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):491-499
      Description:
      This is a review of (a) the emergency assistance for ambulatory HIV medical and support services provided in the first year by eligible metropolitan areas (EMAs) funded under Title I of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.76 MB]
    11. Using after-shelter case management to improve outcomes for families with children.
      Personal Author:
      Helvie, C O; Alexy, B B;
      Published Date:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):585-588
      Description:
      Homelessness and living in shelters have complex and multiple adverse effects on children that lend urgency to assisting families with children to leave shelters and to achieve independent and stable living arrangements. Some shelters offer only shor...
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      Filetype[PDF - 700.65 KB]
    12. Factors influencing the effectiveness of mailed health surveys.
      Personal Author:
      Gilbert, G H; Longmate, J; Branch, L G;
      Published Date:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):576-584
      Description:
      The authors investigated sources of bias in health surveys by examining responses to their 1989 questionnaire mailed to 1,255 Massachusetts men who were eligible for dental care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. After a maximum of three...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.73 MB]
    13. Public Health Rep ; v. 107, no. 5 : Masthead
      Published Date:
      Sep-Oct 1992
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 744.58 KB]
    14. 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 Date:
      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...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 2.12 MB]
    15. Public Health Rep ; v. 107, no. 5 : table of contents
      Published Date:
      Sep-Oct 1992
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5)
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      Filetype[PDF - 505.32 KB]
    16. Family versus individually oriented intervention for weight loss in Mexican American women.
      Personal Author:
      Cousins, J H; Rubovits, D S; Dunn, J K; Reeves, R S; Ramirez, A G; Foreyt, J P;
      Published Date:
      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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      Filetype[PDF - 1.41 MB]
    17. Cultural barriers to health care for southeast Asian refugees.
      Personal Author:
      Uba, L
      Published Date:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):544-548
      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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      Filetype[PDF - 1.08 MB]
    18. Increasing participation by private physicians in the EPSDT Program in rural North Carolina.
      Personal Author:
      Selby, M L; Riportella-Muller, R; Sorenson, J R; Quade, D; Luchok, K J;
      Published Date:
      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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      Filetype[PDF - 1.43 MB]
    19. One state's response to the malpractice insurance crisis: North Carolina's Rural Obstetrical Care Incentive Program.
      Personal Author:
      Taylor, D H; Ricketts, T C; Berman, J L; Kolimaga, J T;
      Published Date:
      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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      Filetype[PDF - 1.35 MB]
    20. The hepatitis B immunization campaign for children in the Federated States of Micronesia.
      Personal Author:
      Manea, S J; Iohp, K;
      Published Date:
      1992 Sep-Oct
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(5):556-561
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.20 MB]
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