Fatality rates from residential fires are high among American Indians. Contact burns and scalds are also among the leading types of thermal injuries. Information about the prevalence of risk factors for burn injuries is required to design interventions aimed at reducing residential fire and burn injuries. The authors conducted a survey in July and August 1992 of 68 households located in a small American Indian community in Washington State to ascertain the prevalence of selected risk factors for residential fire and burn injuries. Nearly all households (96 percent) in the study had a smoke detector, and 95 percent of those tested were functioning. However, a high prevalence of other household characteristics associated with excess risk of residential fire and burn injuries was identified: 59 percent of households had at least one member who smoked, 25 percent had a member who smoked in bed, 38 percent had a member who drank alcohol and smoked at the same time, 46 percent used wood stoves as a heat source, and 15 percent of households were mobile homes. Thirteen percent of households had at least one fire during the previous 3 years, and the incidence of burns due to all causes and requiring medical treatment was 1.5 per 100 persons per year. Hot water temperature was measured to determine the potential risk for scald burns, and 48 percent of households had a maximum hot water temperature of 130 degrees or more Fahrenheit. Such surveys can guide intervention strategies to reduce residential fire and burn injuries in American Indian communities.
Starling national statistics indicate that New Haven, CT, is the seventh poorest city of its size, in terms of per capita income, in the United States. In 1989, it was reported to have the highest rate of infant mortality--18.5 infant deaths per 1,00...
Fowkes, V K; Gamel, N N; Wilson, S R; Garcia, R D;
Published Date:
1994 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(5):673-682
Description:
A study of physician assistant, nurse practitioner, and certified nurse midwifery programs was undertaken to identify and assess the effectiveness of recruitment, educational, and deployment strategies that programs use to prepare practitioners for m...
Hennessy, Catherine Hagan; Moriarty, David G.; Zack, Matthew M.; Scherr, Paul A.; Brackbill, Rovert;
Published Date:
1994 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(5):665-672
Description:
In public health research and practice, quality of life is increasingly acknowledged as a valid and appropriate indicator of service need and intervention outcomes. Health-related quality of life measures, including objective and subjective assessmen...
This paper discusses the findings of a study conducted in south central Los Angeles in August 1992 among women in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children. The goals of the study were to determine the current demographic...
Robinson, Chester A.; Evans, Willard B.; Mahanes, Joan Atchison; Sepe, Stephen J.;
Published Date:
1994 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(5):594-600
Description:
President Clinton submitted the Comprehensive Childhood Immunization Initiative Act to Congress in April 1993. The objective of the legislation is to protect all children in the United States by their second birthday against nine vaccine-preventable ...
Main, Deborah S.; Iverson, Donald C.; McGloin, Joe;
Published Date:
1994 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(5):699-702
Description:
In a survey of 2,548 adolescents, 11.5 percent reported ever having had the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody test. Those who had been tested were significantly more likely to be male, black, and to reside in metropolitan areas than those w...
Kogan, M D; Alexander, G R; Kotelchuck, M; Nagey, D A; Jack, B W;
Published Date:
1994 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(5):637-646
Description:
The Public Health Service's Expert Panel on the Content of Prenatal Care Report in 1989 provided detailed guidelines for the components of each prenatal visit. However, the extent to which women were receiving the recommended care when the guidelines...
Ganikos, M L; McNeil, C; Braslow, J B; Arkin, E B; Klaus, D; Oberley, E E; White, M F;
Published Date:
1994 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(5):626-631
Description:
The chasm between the supply and demand of donated organs and tissues continues to grow despite widespread public awareness of transplantation and numerous efforts to educate the public about organ donation. It is fast becoming a significant public h...
Langer, Lilly M.; Zimmerman, Rick S.; Cabral, Rebecca J.;
Published Date:
1994 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(5):683-687
Description:
The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether individual self-reports of perceived ability to use a condom correctly correlated with the actual ability to do so. Participants in the study were 3,059 clients of a sexually transmitted diseas...
Turnock, Bernard J.; Handler, Arden; Hall, William; Potsic, Steven; Nalluri, Ravi; Vaughn, Edward H.;
Published Date:
1994 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(5):653-658
Description:
Objective 8.14 of the Year 2000 National Health Objectives calls for 90 percent of the population to be served by a local health department effectively carrying out the three core functions of public health--assessment, policy development, and assura...
Miller, C. Ardem; Moore, Karen S.; Richards, Thomas B.; McKaig, Catharine;
Published Date:
1994 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(5):659-664
Description:
Current studies are attempting to develop a national surveillance system to measure the extent that populations are served by local departments carrying out the core functions of public health. Early phases of the study featured observations on 14 he...
Includes announcement: "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Issues Plan to Address Emerging Infectious Diseases" [National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.) . Addressing emerging infectious disease threats : a prevention strategy for t...
A critical review of available reports on the epidemiology of fetal alcohol syndrome among American Indians, Alaskan Natives, and Aboriginal peoples of Canada was completed. A search of Medline, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ...
The Midwest flood disaster of 1993 ravaged communities across a 9-State area. Homes were destroyed, roads closed, and services disrupted. Economic costs, including loss of revenue from farming and loss of jobs, are estimated at more than $1 billion. ...
Two of the best ways to improve the quality of childhood nutrition are (a) more collaboration at the national, State, and local levels and (b) adoption of innovative and multimedia learning methods, according to the leaders of nutrition education. Th...
Main, Deborah S.; Iverson, Donald C.; McGloin, Joe;
Published Date:
1994 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(5):699-702
Description:
In a survey of 2,548 adolescents, 11.5 percent reported ever having had the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody test. Those who had been tested were significantly more likely to be male, black, and to reside in metropolitan areas than those w...
Each year in the United States, thousands of people die or are severely injued by fires and burns In 1992 alone, fires and burns claimed the lives of 4,800 people. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Preve...
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.)
Published Date:
1996
Series:
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
Description:
This compendium contains all of the MMWR articles concerning home and leisure injuries published from 1985 through 1995; a summary public health message precedes each article. The articles cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from hunting injuries...
Bernard, Stephanie J.; Paulozzi, Leonard J.; Wallace, L. J. David;
Corporate Authors:
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.), Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention.. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.).
Published Date:
May 18, 2007
Series:
MMWR. CDC surveillance summaries : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. CDC surveillance summaries ; v. 56, no. SS-5
Description:
"PROBLEM/CONDITION: In the United States, unintentional injury, homicide, and suicide are the first, second, and fourth leading causes of death among persons aged 1-19 years, respectively; the highest rates have occurred among minority populations. T...
Davis, Harvey F.; Schletty, Arthur V.; Ing, Roy T.; Wiesner, Paul J.;
Published Date:
1984 Jan-Feb
Source:
Public Health Rep. 99(1):10-23
Description:
Unintentional injuries are the principal cause of preventable early death. Beyond terms of human suffering and death, injuries place enormous burdens on this country's economic and health care resources. Demographic, sociological, environmental, and ...