Welcome to CDC stacks |
Stacks Logo
Advanced Search
Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.
 
 
Help
Clear All Simple Search
Advanced Search
The psychological consequences of the Chernobyl accident--findings from the International Atomic Energy Agency Study.
  • Published Date:
    1993 Mar-Apr
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 108(2):184-192
  • Language:
    English
Filetype[PDF-1.75 MB]


Details:
  • Alternative Title:
    Public Health Rep
  • Personal Author:
    Ginzburg, H M
  • Description:
    In October 1989, more than 3 years after the nuclear power plant accident at Chernobyl, in the Ukraine, the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics requested that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) evaluate the medical and psychological health of residents living in areas identified as being contaminated with radioactive fallout. The IAEA designed and conducted a collaborative study to examine whether there were any measurable effects of exposure to the low levels of ionizing radiation resulting from the accident. The study, using structured interviews and IAEA laboratory equipment, collected data on more than 1,350 residents of 13 villages. IAEA clinical staff members concluded that they could not identify any health disorders in either the contaminated or nearby (uncontaminated) control villages that could be attributed directly to radiation exposure. The clinical staff, however, did note that the levels of anxiety and stress of the villagers appeared to be disproportionate to the biological significance of the levels of IAEA-measured radio-active contamination. Almost half the adults in all the villages were unsure if they had a radiation-related illness. More than 70 percent of persons in the contaminated villages wanted to move away, and approximately 83 percent believed that the government should relocate them. The IAEA effort indicates that the villagers need to be educated about their actual risks, and they need to understand what types of illnesses are, and are not, associated with exposure to radioactive contamination. Unfortunately, the villagers' needs may exceed the available resources of their local and central governments.

  • Subject:
  • Pubmed ID:
    8464974
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMCnull
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
    Ukraine
  • Collection(s):
    Public Health Reports
  • Main Document Checksum:
  • Supporting Files:
    No Additional Files
    1. Public Health Rep ; v. 108, no. 2 : Masthead
      Published Date:
      Mar-Apr 1993
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 923.23 KB]
    2. Health communication takes on new dimensions at CDC.
      Personal Author:
      Roper, William L.
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):179-183
      Description:
      Actions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to integrate health communication into overall prevention programs as a means of influencing individual behavior to reduce risks to health are described. These actions include a set of 5...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.05 MB]
    3. Model prenatal program of Rush Medical College at St. Basil's Free Peoples Clinic, Chicago.
      Personal Author:
      Bardack, M A; Thompson, S H;
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):161-165
      Description:
      The lack of adequate prenatal and gynecological care for indigent women has reached crisis proportions. The situation is aggravated by the diminishing supply of primary care physicians who are willing to practice obstetrics in community settings. Add...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.04 MB]
    4. A cost-benefit analysis of a California county's back injury prevention program.
      Personal Author:
      Shi, L
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):204-211
      Description:
      Back-related injuries have become a major health problem in the workplace, affecting as many as 35 percent of the work force and accounting for about 25 percent of all compensation claims. This study evaluates a back injury prevention program among e...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.51 MB]
    5. NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS DATA LINE
      Published Date:
      Mar 1993
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):253-254
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 413.34 KB]
    6. Breast self-examination for visually impaired women.
      Personal Author:
      Albright, P; Toy, K W;
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):147-150
      Description:
      Regularly practiced breast self-examination (BSE) has been demonstrated to be an effective method in the early detection of breast abnormalities. Women are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of BSE as a means of self-health care and are se...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 804.91 KB]
    7. Development of the New York State Nutrition Surveillance Program.
      Personal Author:
      Dodds, J M; Melnik, T A;
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):230-240
      Description:
      New York State established a Nutrition Surveillance Program (NSP) in 1984. Precedents for the program included the Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System of the Public Health Service's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and periodic food and...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 2.40 MB]
    8. Bicycle helmet use by adults: the impact of companionship.
      Personal Author:
      Dannenberg, A L; Coté, T R; Kresnow, M J; Sacks, J J; Lipsitz, C M; Schmidt, E R;
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):212-217
      Description:
      Most of the nearly 1,000 fatal bicycle-related injuries annually could be prevented if riders used safety helmets. Helmet use by adult bicyclists has received relatively little attention because educational campaigns to promote helmet use generally f...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 983.63 KB]
    9. Public Health Rep
      Published Date:
      Mar-Apr 1993
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 730.24 KB]
    10. Teen Peer Outreach-Street Work Project: HIV prevention education for runaway and homeless youth.
      Personal Author:
      Podschun, G D
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):150-155
      Description:
      Each year, there are approximately 2 million homeless and runaway youths in the United States. On any given night, there are 1,000 homeless youngsters living on the streets of San Diego, CA. Homeless young people are commonly involved in one or more ...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.06 MB]
    11. Health promotion and disease prevention--10 years of student inventiveness.
      Personal Author:
      Droke, D F
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):145-146
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 375.92 KB]
    12. Cervical cancer prevention project for inner city black and Latina women.
      Personal Author:
      Rudolph, A; Kahan, V; Bordeu, M;
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):156-160
      Description:
      Early detection, appropriate intervention, and adequate followup treatment make cervical cancer one of the most preventable of all diseases. The authors propose a project designed to increase knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer and its prevent...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 947.88 KB]
    13. Public Health Rep ; v. 108, no. 2 : table of contents
      Published Date:
      Mar-Apr 1993
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 642.84 KB]
    14. PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):255-264.1
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 2.41 MB]
    15. Study of road-rail crashes in Claremore, OK, and allocation of resources for preventive measures.
      Personal Author:
      Meeks, K D; Robertson, L S;
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):248-251
      Description:
      Road-rail crossings where a train and motor vehicle crashed were compared with the next crossing in the direction from which the train traveled at the same time of day and day of week of the crash. The odds of a crash were much lower at crossings wit...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 589.86 KB]
    16. Elderly persons' attitudes towards footwear--a factor in preventing falls.
      Personal Author:
      Dunne, R G; Bergman, A B; Rogers, L W; Inglin, B; Rivara, F P;
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):245-248
      Description:
      Injuries from falls are the main cause of trauma morbidity that leads to mortality among the elderly. One prevention strategy is to wear sturdy shoes. This study was undertaken to determine the attitudes towards and use of sturdy shoes among older ad...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 648.59 KB]
    17. Cirrhosis hospitalization and mortality trends, 1970-87.
      Personal Author:
      Noble, J A; Caces, M F; Steffens, R A; Stinson, F S;
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):192-197
      Description:
      The decline in cirrhosis mortality in recent years in light of increases in cirrhosis morbidity, as reflected in hospital discharge data, is examined. Although there does not appear to be a single explanation for the decline in mortality, it is sugge...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 999.48 KB]
    18. The Public Health Service's response to Hurricane Andrew.
      Personal Author:
      Ginzburg, H M; Jevec, R J; Reutershan, T;
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):241-244
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 751.70 KB]
    19. Smoking behavior of adolescents exposed to cigarette advertising.
      Personal Author:
      Botvin, G J; Goldberg, C J; Botvin, E M; Dusenbury, L;
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):217-224
      Description:
      The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between the exposure of adolescents in the seventh and eighth grades to cigarette advertising and their being smokers. A survey questionnaire given to 602 adolescents assessed their exposure to...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.44 MB]
    20. Assessing the public's health: community diagnosis in North Carolina.
      Personal Author:
      Surles, K B; Blue, K P;
      Published Date:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):198-203
      Description:
      The community diagnosis process in North Carolina has evolved over a period of years. It began in 1974 and gained great impetus during and after 1983. It serves to address the "true" health problems of the State's citizenry through the identification...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.23 MB]
You May Also Like:
  1. Consequences of the nuclear power plant accident at Chernobyl.
    Personal Author:
    Ginzburg, H M; Reis, E;
    Published Date:
    1991 Jan-Feb
    Source:
    Public Health Rep. 106(1):32-40
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.25 MB]
  2. After Chernobyl--how U.S. physicians respond to radioactive fallout.
    Personal Author:
    Winder, A E; Stanitis, M A; Stoddard, A M;
    Published Date:
    1988 Mar-Apr
    Source:
    Public Health Rep. 103(2):128-135
    Description:
    On April 26, 1986, a reactor unit at the Soviet Union's Chernobyl Power Station exploded, and substantial amounts of radioactive material were released. Fallout from this incident was deposited in the United States and elsewhere. Radioactive fallout ...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1.37 MB]
  3. Radiation exposure from iodine-131
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry., Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine.
    Published Date:
    November 2002
    Series:
    Case studies in environmental medicine
    Description:
    Case study -- Pretest -- Exposure pathways -- Who's at risk -- Biologic fate -- Physiologic effects -- Clinical evaluation -- Treatment and management -- Standards and regulations -- References and suggested reading -- Answers to pretest and challeng...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 546.67 KB]
  4. MANAGING INTERNAL RADIATION CONTAMINATION FOLLOWING AN EMERGENCY: IDENTIFICATION OF GAPS AND PRIORITIES
    Personal Author:
    Li, Chunsheng; Ansari, Armin; Etherington, George; Jourdain, Jean-Rene; Kukhta, Boris; Kurihara, Osamu; Lopez, Maria Antonia; Ménétrier, Florence; dos Reis, Arlene Alves; Solomon, Stephen; Zhang, Jiangfeng; Carr, Zhanat;
    Published Date:
    Aug 12 2016
    Source:
    Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 171(1):78-84.
    Description:
    Following a radiological or nuclear emergency, first responders and the public may become internally contaminated with radioactive materials, as demonstrated during the Goiânia, Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents. Timely monitoring of the affected po...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 70.33 KB]
  5. Emergency Department Management of Patients Internally Contaminated with Radioactive Material
    Personal Author:
    Kazzi, Ziad; Buzzell, Jennifer; Bertelli, Luiz; Christensen, Doran;
    Published Date:
    Nov 15 2014
    Source:
    Emerg Med Clin North Am. 33(1):179-196.
    Description:
    After a radiation emergency that involves the dispersal of radioactive material, patients can become externally and internally contaminated with 1 or more radionuclides. Internal contamination can lead to the delivery of harmful ionizing radiation do...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 434.17 KB]