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Reinventing the Public Health Service--a look in a 50-year-old mirror.
  • Published Date:
    1994 Jul-Aug
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 109(4):466-467
  • Language:
    English
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    1. A state program for postpartum HIV counseling and testing.
      Personal Author:
      Holman, S; Sorin, M D; Crossette, J; LaChance-McCullough, M L;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):521-529
      Description:
      The New York State Department of Health began its Obstetrical HIV Counseling/Testing/Care Initiative in 1989. The objective of the initiative was to expand the availability of and access to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection counseling and ...
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    2. Building a community-based consortium for AIDS patient services.
      Personal Author:
      Myers, A M; Pfeiffle, P; Hinsdale, K;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):555-562
      Description:
      The authors describe a 3-year effort by a public health care system in a large metropolitan area to obtain Federal funds for treating patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). During that process, program planners moved incrementally f...
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    3. Evaluation of Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound's Senior Influenza Immunization Program.
      Personal Author:
      Pearson, D C; Thompson, R S;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):571-578
      Description:
      The goal of this study was to identify areas in which an influenza immunization campaign for seniors, sponsored by a health maintenance organization (HMO), could be improved. This study was conducted at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound (GHC), ...
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    4. Risk behavior for HIV transmission among gay men surveyed in Seattle bars.
      Personal Author:
      Steiner, S; Lemke, A L; Roffman, R A;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):563-566
      Description:
      Men attending four Seattle gay bars were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire including measures of sexual behavior, perceptions of peer norms in the area of sexual safety, personal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk estimate, and...
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    5. A new mandate for public health.
      Personal Author:
      Snyder, Lynne Page
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):469-471
      Series:
      PHS Chronicles
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    6. PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):586-591
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.16 MB]
    7. Public Health Reports ; v. 109, no. 4, July-August, 1994 : cover
      Published Date:
      Jul-Aug 1994
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109 (4)
      Description:
      Reinventing Public Health-50th Anniversary of the Public Health Service Act of 1944
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    8. Medical community involvement in a breast cancer screening promotional project.
      Personal Author:
      Taylor, V M; Taplin, S H; Urban, N; Mahloch, J; Majer, K A;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):491-499
      Description:
      The analysis, mobilization, and involvement of medical communities in two counties targeted for intervention by the Washington State Community Breast Cancer Screening Project is described. Principles of community organization were applied to the heal...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.69 MB]
    9. Public Health Rep ; v. 109, no. 4 : Masthead
      Published Date:
      Jul-Aug 1994
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4)
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    10. Sexual risk behavior of incarcerated, drug-using women, 1992.
      Personal Author:
      Schilling, R; el-Bassel, N; Ivanoff, A; Gilbert, L; Su, K H; Safyer, S M;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):539-547
      Description:
      In this study, sexual risk behavior of 104 incarcerated female drug users is examined. Findings demonstrate that incarcerated women who use drugs are at high risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection because of their behavior prior to arr...
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    11. Public Health Service Act, 1944.
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):468
      Description:
      cdc:70417,cdc:64072Reprint of July 14, 1944 article, Public Health Rep. 59(28):916-917.
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    12. Public Health Rep ; v. 109, no. 4 : table of contents
      Published Date:
      Jul-Aug 1994
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4)
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      Filetype[PDF - 614.94 KB]
    13. The urban church and cancer control: a source of social influence in minority communities.
      Personal Author:
      Davis, D T; Bustamante, A; Brown, C P; Wolde-Tsadik, G; Savage, E W; Cheng, X; Howland, L;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):500-506
      Description:
      A study was conducted to examine the efficacy of a church-based model of social influence in improving access to and participation of underserved minority women in a cervical cancer control program. The model expanded on strategies used in previous h...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.42 MB]
    14. The impact of providing incentives for attendance at AIDS prevention sessions.
      Personal Author:
      Deren, S; Stephens, R; Davis, W R; Feucht, T E; Tortu, S;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):548-554
      Description:
      The research literature on AIDS prevention efforts contains many reports on the impact of intervention sessions. Little information is available, however, on the success of various strategies to recruit clients to attend these sessions. An assessment...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.30 MB]
    15. Factors influencing the return rate in a direct mail campaign to inform minority women about prevention of cervical cancer.
      Personal Author:
      Dignan, M B; Michielutte, R; Jones-Lighty, D D; Bahnson, J;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):507-511
      Description:
      The Forsyth County Cervical Cancer Prevention Project was a 5-year community-based health education program funded by the National Cancer Institute. The program was developed to reduce cervical cancer mortality among black women in Forsyth County, an...
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    16. Change in the number of informal helpers of frail older persons.
      Personal Author:
      Miller, Baila; Furner, Sylvia E.;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):583-586
      Description:
      Little is known of the extent to which helper networks of frail older persons change over time and what factors are associated with change. Few national estimates of the scope of change exist to aid policy planners. This study provides national estim...
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    17. Implementing and assessing organizational practices in local health departments.
      Personal Author:
      Turnock, Bernard J.; Handler, Arden; Dyal, William W.; Christenson, Gregory; Vaughn, Edward H.; Rowitz, Louis; Munson, Judith W.; Balderson, Thomas, R.; Richards, Thomas B.;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):478-484
      Description:
      One of the most difficult forms of public health practice to characterize involves governmental public health agencies, especially at the local level. A lack of consensus within the public health community as to the purpose and content of organizatio...
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    18. Money for guns: evaluation of the Seattle Gun Buy-Back Program.
      Personal Author:
      Callahan, Callahan M.; Rivara, Frederock P.; Koepsell, Thomas D.;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):472-477
      Description:
      Community involvement in local firearms policy is advocated to be an important component of efforts to curtail violence. This report describes the first evaluation of one such effort, a gun buy-back program conducted in Seattle, WA, during the fall o...
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    19. Evaluation of the Consensus Health Status Indicator for assessing adolescent pregnancies and births.
      Personal Author:
      McKenna, Paul J.; Wiesner, Paul J.;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):579-582
      Description:
      The authors used vital statistics and population data for DeKalb County, GA, in an evaluation of the accuracy of the Consensus Health Status Indicator for assessing adolescent pregnancies and births. The indicator used was the number of births to fem...
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    20. Is the high ischemic heart disease mortality rate in New York State just an urban effect?
      Personal Author:
      McNutt, Louise-Anne; Strogatz, David S.; Coles, F. Bruce; Fehrs, Laura J.;
      Published Date:
      1994 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 109(4):567-570
      Description:
      To determine whether New York State's high ischemic heart disease mortality rate was due primarily to an urban effect, rates for regions in the State were compared with each other and with national data. New York State mortality rates for the period ...
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