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NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS DATA LINE
  • Published Date:
    Mar 1993
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 108(2):253-254
  • Language:
    English
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    1. Public Health Rep ; v. 108, no. 2 : Masthead
      Published:
      Mar-Apr 1993
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2)
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    2. Health communication takes on new dimensions at CDC.
      Personal Author:
      Roper, William L.
      Published:
      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...
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      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:
      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...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.04 MB]
    4. A cost-benefit analysis of a California county's back injury prevention program.
      Personal Author:
      Shi, L
      Published:
      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...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.51 MB]
    5. Breast self-examination for visually impaired women.
      Personal Author:
      Albright, P; Toy, K W;
      Published:
      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...
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      Filetype[PDF - 804.91 KB]
    6. Development of the New York State Nutrition Surveillance Program.
      Personal Author:
      Dodds, J M; Melnik, T A;
      Published:
      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...
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.40 MB]
    7. 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:
      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...
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      Filetype[PDF - 983.63 KB]
    8. Public Health Rep
      Published:
      Mar-Apr 1993
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      Filetype[PDF - 730.24 KB]
    9. Teen Peer Outreach-Street Work Project: HIV prevention education for runaway and homeless youth.
      Personal Author:
      Podschun, G D
      Published:
      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 ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.06 MB]
    10. Health promotion and disease prevention--10 years of student inventiveness.
      Personal Author:
      Droke, D F
      Published:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):145-146
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 375.92 KB]
    11. Cervical cancer prevention project for inner city black and Latina women.
      Personal Author:
      Rudolph, A; Kahan, V; Bordeu, M;
      Published:
      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...
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      Filetype[PDF - 947.88 KB]
    12. Public Health Rep ; v. 108, no. 2 : table of contents
      Published:
      Mar-Apr 1993
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2)
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      Filetype[PDF - 642.84 KB]
    13. PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES
      Published:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):255-264.1
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.41 MB]
    14. Study of road-rail crashes in Claremore, OK, and allocation of resources for preventive measures.
      Personal Author:
      Meeks, K D; Robertson, L S;
      Published:
      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...
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      Filetype[PDF - 589.86 KB]
    15. 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:
      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...
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      Filetype[PDF - 648.59 KB]
    16. Cirrhosis hospitalization and mortality trends, 1970-87.
      Personal Author:
      Noble, J A; Caces, M F; Steffens, R A; Stinson, F S;
      Published:
      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...
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    17. The Public Health Service's response to Hurricane Andrew.
      Personal Author:
      Ginzburg, H M; Jevec, R J; Reutershan, T;
      Published:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):241-244
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 751.70 KB]
    18. Smoking behavior of adolescents exposed to cigarette advertising.
      Personal Author:
      Botvin, G J; Goldberg, C J; Botvin, E M; Dusenbury, L;
      Published:
      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...
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    19. Assessing the public's health: community diagnosis in North Carolina.
      Personal Author:
      Surles, K B; Blue, K P;
      Published:
      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...
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    20. The psychological consequences of the Chernobyl accident--findings from the International Atomic Energy Agency Study.
      Personal Author:
      Ginzburg, H M
      Published:
      1993 Mar-Apr
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(2):184-192
      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 ps...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.75 MB]
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