PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES

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NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS DATA LINE

Published Date:

Sep 1993

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Public Health Rep. 108(5):650-651

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Health promotion and disease prevention strategies.

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Aguirre-Molina, M; Ramirez, A; Ramirez, M;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

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Public Health Rep. 108(5):559-564

Description:

The rapid growth and relative youth of the Latino population of the United States, soon to become the largest ethnic-racial group in the country, presents numerous opportunities and a special challenge to those concerned with the health and well-bein...

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Assessment of E-coding practices and costs in Massachusetts hospitals.

Personal Author:

Ozonoff, V V; Tan-Torres, S; Barber, C W;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

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Public Health Rep. 108(5):633-636

Description:

Hospital discharge data are a potentially useful information resource for documenting the epidemiology of nonfatal injuries. However, hospitals often do not include E-codes that identify external causes of injury in discharge abstracts. One barrier h...

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A diabetes control program in a public health care setting.

Personal Author:

Baker, S B; Vallbona, C; Pavlik, V; Fasser, C E; Armbruster, M; McCray, R; Baker, R L;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5):595-605

Description:

The Houston Diabetes Control Program is part of an effort by the State of Texas and approximately 30 other programs throughout the United States to ensure that persons with diabetes-related complications receive ongoing state-of-the-art preventive ca...

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Characteristics and causes of penetrating eye injuries reported to the National Eye Trauma System Registry, 1985-91.

Personal Author:

Parver, L M; Dannenberg, A L; Blacklow, B; Fowler, C J; Brechner, R J; Tielsch, J M;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5):625-632

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Ocular trauma is one of the most important preventable causes of visual impairment. The National Eye Trauma System was developed to provide optimal clinical care for severe ocular injuries, to foster research on eye injury, and to increase awareness ...

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Public Health Reports ; v. 108, no. 5, September-October 1993 : cover

Published Date:

Sep-Oct 1993

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108 (5)

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Special section: Surgeon General's National Workshop: Implementation Stategies for Improving Hispanic-Latino Health.

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Public Health Rep ; v. 108, no. 5 : table of contents

Published Date:

Sep-Oct 1993

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5)

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One voice, one vision--uniting to improve Hispanic-Latino health.

Personal Author:

Novello, A C; Soto-Torres, L E;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

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Public Health Rep. 108(5):529-533

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Public health department tracking of high-risk drug users.

Personal Author:

Whelan, V; McBride, D; Colby, R;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5):643-645

Description:

The Multnomah County (OR) Health Department received a National Institute on Drug Abuse grant to develop effective interventions and education to reduce the spread among injecting drug users of the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. One y...

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Integrating behavior and intention regarding mammography by respondents in the 1990 National Health Interview Survey of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Personal Author:

Rakowski, W; Rimer, B K; Bryant, S A;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5):605-624

Description:

Achieving and maintaining high rates of screening mammography are major public health priorities. This report examines data from the 1990 National Health Interview Survey of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention on the utilization of mammography am...

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Risk status for dropping out of developmental followup for very low birth weight infants.

Personal Author:

Catlett, A T; Thompson, R J; Johndrow, D A; Boshkoff, M R;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5):589-594

Description:

Not keeping scheduled visits for medical care is a major health care issue. Little research has addressed how the interaction of demographic and biomedical parameters with psychosocial processes has an impact on appointment keeping. Typical factors a...

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Self-reported illness among travelers to the Russian Far East.

Personal Author:

Beller, M; Schloss, M;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5):645-649

Description:

This study evaluated the risk of travelers to the Russian Far East developing acute gastrointestinal or respiratory symptoms. Passengers and crew on 10 commercial airline flights from the Russian Far East to the United States were asked to complete a...

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Public Health Rep ; v. 108, no. 5 : Masthead

Published Date:

Sep-Oct 1993

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5)

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[PDF - 1.44 MB]
Changes in sexual behavior by young urban heterosexual adults in response to the AIDS epidemic.

Personal Author:

Melnick, S L; Jeffery, R W; Burke, G L; Gilbertson, D T; Perkins, L L; Sidney, S; McCreath, H E; Wagenknecht, L E; Hulley, S B;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5):582-588

Description:

Young adults residing in four States were enrolled in the period 1985-88 in a multicenter study of cardiovascular disease risk factors. In 1989, 2,729 members of the group were given a self-administered questionnaire that included questions on change...

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Knowledge, intent to use, and use of smokeless tobacco among sixth grade schoolchildren in six selected U.S. sites.

Personal Author:

Backinger, C L; Bruerd, B; Kinney, M B; Szpunar, S M;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5):637-642

Description:

Questionnaires on smokeless tobacco use were completed by 781 sixth grade students in 15 schools at six locations in the United States. The students were both American Indian-Alaska Native and non-American Indian-Alaska Native. The Indian and Alaska ...

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Mortality attributed to misuse of psychoactive drugs, 1979-88.

Personal Author:

Wysowski, D K; Schober, S E; Wise, R P; Kopstein, A;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5):565-570

Description:

To assess mortality attributed to misuse of psychoactive drugs in the United States from 1979 through 1988, the authors obtained from death certificates the annual number of, and age-, sex-, and race-specific data for, deaths in which psychoactive dr...

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Improving data collection strategies.

Personal Author:

Delgado, J L; Estrada, L;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

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Public Health Rep. 108(5):540-545

Description:

The authors examined 21 major health data systems of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and concluded that data on Hispanics are not included in several Departmental national health data collection systems, and that even when col...

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Improving access to health care in Latino communities.

Personal Author:

Valdez, R B; Giachello, A; Rodriguez-Trias, H; Gomez, P; de la Rocha, C;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5):534-539

Description:

Public debate about health care reform often focuses on the need for health insurance coverage, but in Latino communities many other barriers also inhibit access to medical care. In addition, basic public health services often go underfunded or ignor...

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The development of a relevant and comprehensive research agenda to improve Hispanic health.

Personal Author:

Marin, G; Amaro, H; Eisenberg, C; Opava-Stitzer, S;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5):546-550

Description:

The development of an appropriate research agenda for Hispanics requires progress in three areas: (a) developing an appropriate research infrastructure, (b) increasing the availability of appropriate research instrumentation, and (c) identifying and ...

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Increasing the representation of Hispanics in the health professions.

Personal Author:

Treviño, F M; Sumaya, C; Miranda, M; Martinez, L; Saldaña, J M;

Published Date:

1993 Sep-Oct

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(5):551-558

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[PDF - 1.53 MB]

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