PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES

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8341790

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Birth outcomes of Korean women in Hawaii.

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Mor, J M; Alexander, G R; Kieffer, E C; Baruffi, G;

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

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Public Health Rep. 108(4):500-505

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Since the end of the Korean War, immigration of Koreans to the United States has increased rapidly. In 1990, 11.6 percent of all Asians in the United States were of Korean ethnicity, and it is projected that Koreans will outnumber all other Asian gro...

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Lung cancer rates in the Hispanic population of Connecticut, 1980-88.

Personal Author:

Polednak, A P

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

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Public Health Rep. 108(4):471-476

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To identify lung cancer patients of Hispanic ethnicity, surnames in the Connecticut Tumor Registry were matched with the 1980 Spanish surname list of the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Also death certificates for women with lung cancer in the registry we...

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Local health departments implement a theory-based model to increase breast and cervical cancer screening.

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Suarez, L; Nichols, D C; Pulley, L; Brady, C A; McAlister, A;

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

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Public Health Rep. 108(4):477-482

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Su Vida, Su Salud/Your Life, Your Health is a community program to increase participation in breast and cervical cancer screening. This program illustrates the diffusion of an innovative outreach strategy from a research environment to two local heal...

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Public Health Rep ; v. 108, no. 4 : Masthead

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Jul-Aug 1993

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Public Health Rep. 108(4)

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Public Health Reports ; v. 108, no. 4, July-August, 1993 : cover

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Jul-Aug 1993

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Public Health Rep. 108 (4)

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Traumatic occupational fatalities in South Carolina, 1989-90.

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Stone, P W

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

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Public Health Rep. 108(4):483-488

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Death certificates for South Carolina for 1989 and 1990 were examined to identify deaths resulting from injury incurred in the workplace. There were 277 deaths in that category in the 2-year period, an average yearly rate for traumatic occupational f...

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Do anti-smoking media campaigns help smokers quit?

Personal Author:

Popham, W J; Potter, L D; Bal, D G; Johnson, M D; Duerr, J M; Quinn, V;

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

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Public Health Rep. 108(4):510-513

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As part of an evaluation of the 1990-91 anti-tobacco media campaign carried out by the California Department of Health Services, a study was conducted among 417 regular smokers who had quit during the period of the media campaign. In brief telephone ...

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Prevalence of aortic aneurysms in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, 1979-84.

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Lilienfeld, D E; Baxter, J; Sprafka, J M;

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

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Public Health Rep. 108(4):506-510

Description:

The discharge summaries for Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area residents hospitalized during 1979-84 were reviewed for diagnoses of aortic aneurysms. Annual age-specific and age-adjusted sex-specific hospital discharge diagnosis rates were calcul...

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Disease prevention through immunization: the beginning of health care reform.

Personal Author:

Robinson, C A; Bart, K J;

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(4):417-418

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Public Health Rep ; v. 108, no. 4 : table of contents

Published Date:

Jul-Aug 1993

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Public Health Rep. 108(4)

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Variability and consistency of rates of primary and repeat cesarean sections among hospitals in two states.

Personal Author:

Rock, S M

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

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Public Health Rep. 108(4):514-516

Description:

Hospitals in New York and Illinois have wide variations in their primary and repeat cesarean section rates. A number of factors account for these differences. To investigate whether hospitals with higher or lower rates tend to continue these patterns...

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NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS DATA LINE

Published Date:

Jul 1993

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Public Health Rep. 108(4):517-518

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An epidemiologic investigation of a rubella outbreak among the Amish of northeastern Ohio.

Personal Author:

Jackson, Benita M.; Payton, Tony; Horst, George; Halpin, Thomas J.; Mortensen, B. Kim;

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(4):436-439

Description:

From April 1990 to April 1991, 278 cases of rubella were reported to the Ohio Department of Health. Of these, 276 (99 percent) were among the Amish of northeastern Ohio. The outbreak involved eight counties in an area that contains large settlements ...

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The president's child immunization initiative--a summary of the problem and the response.

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Robinson, Chester A.; Sepe, Stephen J.; Lin, Kimi F. Y.;

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

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Public Health Rep. 108(4):419-425

Description:

After only 24 days in office, President Bill Clinton announced a comprehensive childhood immunization initiative designed to assure that all children in the United States lead healthier lives by receiving age-appropriate immunizations against prevent...

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Evaluation of telephoned computer-generated reminders to improve immunization coverage at inner-city clinics.

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Stehr-Green, Paul A.; Dini, Eugene F.; Lindegren, Mary Lou; Patriarca, Peter A.;

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

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Public Health Rep. 108(4):426-430

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The authors evaluated the effectiveness of computer-generated telephoned reminders used to raise the rates of on-time immunization among preschool-age children in two public clinics in Atlanta, GA. The overall effect of the intervention on immunizati...

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Deaths among the homeless in Fulton County, GA, 1988-90.

Personal Author:

Hanzlick, Randy; Parrish, R. Gibson;

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

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Public Health Rep. 108(4):488-491

Description:

The circumstances surrounding the deaths of 128 homeless persons investigated by the Fulton County, GA, Medical Examiner's Office during the period 1988-90 and the demographic characteristics of the deceased were studied and analyzed. Emphasis was pl...

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Self-reported frequency of serum cholesterol testing, awareness of test results, and laboratory cholesterol values in two South Carolina communities.

Personal Author:

Heath, Gregory W.; Vartiainen, Erkki; Wheeler, Francis C.;

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

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Public Health Rep. 108(4):465-470

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Self-reported frequency of cholesterol testing and awareness of test results were collected from 5,246 adults 18 years and older in two semirural communities in South Carolina. Serum cholesterol was also measured for about 60 percent of this group. M...

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Utilization of on-site primary care services by HIV-seropositive and seronegative drug users in a methadone maintenance program.

Personal Author:

Selwyn, P A; Budner, N S; Wasserman, W C; Arno, P S;

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(4):492-500

Description:

The feasibility of on-site primary care services and their use by human immunodeficiency virus HIV-seropositive and seronegative injecting drug users within an outpatient methadone maintenance program are examined. A 16-month prospective study was co...

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Where and how adolescents obtain alcoholic beverages.

Personal Author:

Wagenaar, A C; Finnegan, J R; Wolfson, M; Anstine, P S; Williams, C L; Perry, C L;

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

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Public Health Rep. 108(4):459-464

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Patterns of acquisition of alcoholic beverages by underage youth were studied, using focus group methods with a sample of midwestern youth. Results showed that the alcohol initially used by those in their early teens is obtained from parents' stocks ...

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Risk factors for septicemia-associated mortality in older adults.

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Salive, M E; Wallace, R B; Ostfeld, A M; Satterfield, S; Havlik, R J;

Published Date:

1993 Jul-Aug

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(4):447-453

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Septicemia is the 10th leading cause of death among older adults in the United States; its mortality rate has steadily increased over the past decades. Little is known about factors which predispose to septicemia mortality in the elderly. The authors...

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