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PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES
  • Published Date:

    1993 May-Jun

  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 108(3):410-416
  • Language:
    English
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      Liller, K D; Kent, E B; Arcari, C; McDermott, R J;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):346-353
      Description:
      The authors obtained data from 700 households in Hillsborough County, FL, in a telephone random survey to determine risk factors for incidents of drowning and near-drowning among children in the county. The survey was conducted from August through De...
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      Personal Author:
      Michalek, A M; Mahoney, M C; Buck, G; Snyder, R;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):403-407
      Description:
      Mortality patterns prevalent among American Indian youth have not been well documented. This investigation reports on mortality patterns among the Seneca Nation of Indians from January 1, 1955, through December 31, 1989. The study cohort consisted of...
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      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1993
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      Public Health Rep. 108(3)
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      Salive, M E; Satterfield, S; Ostfeld, A M; Wallace, R B; Havlik, R J;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):314-322
      Description:
      The role of functional and cognitive limitations in the risk of pneumonia-related mortality in older adults was examined. As part of a cohort study in 3 communities (East Boston, MA; New Haven, CT; and Iowa and Washington Counties, IA), 6,234 women a...
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      Personal Author:
      Evans, C A
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):265-272
      Description:
      The Los Angeles civil unrest in April 1992 stunned the nation. The days of violence resulted in 53 deaths, 2,325 reported injuries, more than 600 buildings completely destroyed by fire, and approximately $735 million in total damages. The purpose of ...
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      Hoekstra, B
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):402
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      Lacey, L P; Manfredi, C; Balch, G; Warnecke, R B; Allen, K; Edwards, C;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):387-394
      Description:
      To accomplish significant reductions in smoking by the year 2000, special populations with relatively low rates of smoking cessation must be reached and helped to quit smoking. These populations are most often groups in which traditional approaches t...
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      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1993
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108 (3)
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      Kristal, A R; White, E; Davis, J R; Corycell, G; Raghunathan, T; Kinne, S; Lin, T K;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):372-379
      Description:
      Public health researchers frequently rely on random-digit dialing (RDD) telephone surveys in monitoring trends in health behavior and evaluating health promotion interventions. RDD response rates have declined during the past decade, and cost-effecti...
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      Personal Author:
      Alcalay, R; Ghee, A; Scrimshaw, S;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):354-362
      Description:
      Communication theories and research data were used to design cross-cultural health education messages. A University of California Los Angeles-Universidad Autonoma in Tijuana, Mexico, research team used the methods of ethnographic and survey research ...
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      Personal Author:
      Flaskerud, J H; Uman, G;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):298-304
      Description:
      In 1988 and again in 1990, the National Center for Health Statistics conducted a survey of the AIDS related knowledge and beliefs of Hispanic and non-Hispanic adults in the United States. A survey of Los Angeles Hispanic women was conducted in 1990, ...
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      Norman, S A; Weinberg, G B; Krampe, B R; Finnegan, E T;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):395-401
      Description:
      The use of local data on cancer incidence and mortality and on risk-related behaviors to help communities set priorities and guide program planning is an important facet of the National Cancer Institute's Program, "Data-Based Intervention Research fo...
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      Personal Author:
      Havas, S; Rixey, S; Sherwin, R; Zimmerman, S I; Anderson, S;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):332-339
      Description:
      Lifestyle risk factors play a major role in the etiology of premature mortality, morbidity, and disability in the United States. Numerous professional groups as well as the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service have recommended that increased ...
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      May-Jun 1993
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      Public Health Rep. 108(3)
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      Personal Author:
      Lenker, S L; Lubeck, D P; Vosler, A;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):285-293
      Description:
      The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic has placed enormous strains on health care and social services delivery. The authors studied the response to the epidemic by a local health jurisdiction in an area of moderate incidence. The area record...
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      Personal Author:
      Cohen, B B; Friedman, D J; Mahan, C M; Lederman, R; Munoz, D;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):363-371
      Description:
      National data reveal that low birth weight and infant mortality rates among Hispanics are, in general, between the rates for whites and those for blacks. The question remains, do differences in low birth weight reflect distributions of known risk fac...
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      Personal Author:
      Rowland, Michael L.; Forthofer, Ronald N.;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):380-386
      Description:
      There is a potential for nonresponse bias in most population studies using health examinations. This is true of the Mexican American portion of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES), conducted by the National Center for Health...
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      Personal Author:
      Birkhead, G S; Galvin, V G; Meehan, P J; O'Carroll, P W; Mercy, J A;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):323-331
      Description:
      The authors conducted one of the first active, population-based public health surveillance systems for detecting suicide attempts in the United States. Surveillance was conducted in all four hospital emergency departments serving a county suburban to...
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      Personal Author:
      Smith, Sandra S.
      Published Date:
      May 1993
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      Public Health Rep. 108(3):408-409
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      Personal Author:
      Webber, M P; Hauser, W A;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):279-284
      Description:
      The ecologic relationship between the incidence of reactive serologic tests for syphilis among 2,229 newborns and diagnoses that included cocaine dependence among 17,219 hospitalized women ages 15-44 in New York City was investigated. Citywide, race-...
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