A group of 224 participants in a health promotion program for older adults had complete baseline data, including demographic information, self-perceiv...
A representative sample of 406 U.S. Navy commands, including all medical treatment facilities, was surveyed in 1990 about their activities and program...
As part of its effort to assure a safe food supply, the Food and Drug Administration maintains a passive surveillance system for the reporting and fol...
Asthma affects an estimated 10 percent of the U.S. population and is the most common chronic disease among children. To determine one component of the...
Knowledge and attitudes related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the use of the universal precautions recommended by the Centers for Disease ...
Death and disability associated with breast and cervical cancer and hypertension can be reduced by early detection and treatment. The authors examined...
Title II of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 1990 provides formula-based grants to States to help them improve the ...
As part of efforts to develop training and career development experiences to enhance leadership skills among public health officials, the Public Healt...
Growing awareness of the potential modes of transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has encouraged interest in the epidemiology of infe...
Pretest and posttest counseling have become standard components of prevention-oriented human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody testing programs. H...
As rural communities struggle to sustain health services locally, innovative alternatives to traditional programs are being developed. A significant a...
The California Birth Defects Monitoring Program maintains a population-based registry of children born with congenital malformations. Trained data col...
Although the risk of serious head injury for horse riders is higher than for most other sports, few equestrians regularly wear protective headgear. Th...
Background:Successful comprehensive population-based approaches to chronic disease prevention leverage mass media to amplify messages and support a cu...
The relatively high cost of delivering many public health interventions limits their potential for broad public impact by reducing their likelihood of...
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