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PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES
  • Published Date:
    1993 Nov-Dec
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 108(6):793-800
  • Language:
    English
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    1. Toward improving the oral health of Americans: an overview of oral health status, resources, and care delivery. Oral Health Coordinating Committee, Public Health Service.
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):657-672
      Description:
      Dental and oral diseases may well be the most prevalent and preventable conditions affecting Americans. More than 50 percent of U.S. children, 96 percent of employed U.S. adults, and 99.5 percent of Americans 65 years and older have experienced denta...
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.69 MB]
    2. Factors influencing first intercourse for teenage men.
      Personal Author:
      Ku, L; Sonenstein, F L; Pleck, J H;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):680-694
      Description:
      Analyses of a nationally representative survey of 1,880 15- to 19-year-old men were conducted to examine factors associated with (a) the age when first sexual intercourse occurred and (b) whether a condom or other contraceptive method was used at fir...
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.61 MB]
    3. The use of scenario analysis in local public health departments: alternative futures for strategic planning.
      Personal Author:
      Venable, J M; Ma, Q L; Ginter, P M; Duncan, W J;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):701-710
      Description:
      Scenario analysis is a strategic planning technique used to describe and evaluate an organization's external environment. A methodology for conducting scenario analysis using the Jefferson County Department of Health and the national, State, and coun...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.78 MB]
    4. Sexually transmitted diseases among young heterosexual urban adults.
      Personal Author:
      Melnick, S L; Burke, G L; Perkins, L L; McCreath, H; Gilbertson, D T; Sidney, S; Hulley, S B;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):673-679
      Description:
      A self-administered, confidential survey of respondents' history of selected sexually transmitted disease (STD) was conducted in 1987-88 among adults enrolled in a multicenter study of cardiovascular disease. Respondents (and response rates) included...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.15 MB]
    5. Saliva cotinine and recent smoking--evidence for a nonlinear relationship.
      Personal Author:
      Swan, G E; Habina, K; Means, B; Jobe, J B; Esposito, J L;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):779-783
      Description:
      Cotinine concentration in various body fluids is considered to be among the most useful markers of nicotine exposure currently available. Despite the prevailing consensus concerning cotinine's usefulness, cotinine's large intrasubject variability has...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1018.76 KB]
    6. Prevention strategies for infant walker-related injuries.
      Personal Author:
      Trinkoff, A; Parks, P L;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):784-788
      Description:
      The estimated number of walker-related injuries to infants increased during the 1980s, and standards for walker design safety remain voluntary with no monitoring to assess compliance. Although banning the walker has been proposed, this prevention str...
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      Filetype[PDF - 748.44 KB]
    7. NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS DATA LINE
      Published:
      Nov 1993
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):789-792
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      Filetype[PDF - 815.28 KB]
    8. Advertising health: the case for counter-ads.
      Personal Author:
      Dorfman, L; Wallack, L;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):716-726
      Description:
      Public service advertisements have been used by many in hopes of "selling" good health behaviors. But selling good behavior--even if it could be done more effectively--is not the best goal for using mass media to prevent health problems. Personal beh...
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.02 MB]
    9. Joseph W. Mountin, architect of modern public health.
      Personal Author:
      Roemer, M I
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):727-735
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.57 MB]
    10. Condom use among Hispanic men with secondary female sexual partners.
      Personal Author:
      Marin, B V; Gomez, C A; Tschann, J M;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):742-750
      Description:
      Greater understanding of psychosocial predictors of the use of condoms among Hispanics is needed in prevention efforts related to the human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted disease epidemics among Hispanics in the United States. A tele...
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.03 MB]
    11. Patients' desires and satisfaction in general medicine clinics.
      Personal Author:
      Joos, S K; Hickam, D H; Borders, L M;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):751-759
      Description:
      Most patients have explicit desires or requests when they visit their physicians. Identification of patients' requests and needs is the starting point of a patient-centered approach to care. The frequency with which physicians met their patients' des...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.65 MB]
    12. Investigation of a staphylococcal food poisoning outbreak in a centralized school lunch program.
      Personal Author:
      Richards, M S; Rittman, M; Gilbert, T T; Opal, S M; DeBuono, B A; Neill, R J; Gemski, P;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):765-771
      Description:
      The trend in many communities toward centralized school lunch preparation potentially increases the risk of foodborne illness. Foods often are prepared long before serving and may be distributed to satellite schools by persons with little formal trai...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.26 MB]
    13. The seroprevalence of cysticercosis, malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi among North Carolina migrant farmworkers.
      Personal Author:
      Ciesielski, S; Seed, J R; Estrada, J; Wrenn, E;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):736-741
      Description:
      A seroprevalence study of cysticercosis, Trypanosoma cruzi, and plasmodia species and screening for active malaria was conducted among a randomly selected group of 138 Hispanic and Haitian migrant farmworkers. A random sample of labor camps in easter...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.14 MB]
    14. Patterns and predictors of smoking cessation among users of a telephone hotline.
      Personal Author:
      Jaén, C R; Cummings, K M; Zielezny, M; O'Shea, R;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):772-778
      Description:
      Most former cigarette smokers in the United States have stopped without formal assistance. However, a large proportion of smokers desire and seek help other than by attending formal programs. It is important to recognize what factors are likely to in...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.29 MB]
    15. Income and racial patterns of dietary vitamin C intake among black and white girls.
      Personal Author:
      Simon, J A; Schreiber, G B; Crawford, P B; Frederick, M M; Sabry, Z I;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):760-764
      Description:
      The authors examined the influence of income and race on mean dietary vitamin C intake and the risk of dietary vitamin C intake at levels below the recommended dietary allowance (RDA). They performed a cross-sectional analysis of 2,032 black and whit...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.14 MB]
    16. Health status indicators for the year 2000: projections for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
      Personal Author:
      Carson, C A; Zucconi, S L;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):711-715
      Description:
      A consensus set of health status indicators was released in July 1991 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for use by public health officials at the Federal, State, and local levels in identifying and monitoring issues of public health i...
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      Filetype[PDF - 929.44 KB]
    17. Public Health Rep ; v. 108, no. 6 : Masthead
      Published:
      Nov-Dec 1993
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6)
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.94 MB]
    18. The impact of critical events of the 1980s on core functions for a selected group of local health departments.
      Personal Author:
      Miller, C. Arden; Moore, Karen S.; Richards, Thomas B.;
      Published:
      1993 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6):695-700
      Description:
      Directors of 14 public health departments were surveyed for their perceptions on the impact of 20 critical events of the 1980s on public health performance. The departments were selected in 1979 from among those that were highly regarded by public he...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.24 MB]
    19. Public Health Reports ; v. 108, no. 6, November-December 1993 : covr
      Published:
      Nov-Dec 1993
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108 (6)
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      Filetype[PDF - 702.05 KB]
    20. Public Health Rep ; v. 108, no. 6 : table of contents
      Published:
      Nov-Dec 1993
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(6)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 584.06 KB]
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