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Beware of medical quick fixes.
  • Published Date:
    1995 Nov-Dec
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 110(6):667
  • Language:
    English
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    1. Ethnic disparity in the performance of prenatal nutrition risk assessment among Medicaid-eligible women.
      Personal Author:
      Fuentes-Afflick, E; Korenbrot, C C; Greene, J;
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):764-773
      Description:
      In this study, the authors compare perinatal health outcomes and nutrition risk assessments in Latina, African American, and white women receiving Medicaid enhanced perinatal services. The objective is to analyze how proper assessment of obesity and ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.99 MB]
    2. NCHS Data Line
      Published:
      Nov 1995
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):790-792
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      Filetype[PDF - 626.99 KB]
    3. Consistency in self-reports of HIV testing: longitudinal findings from the National AIDS Behavioral Surveys.
      Personal Author:
      Phillips, K A; Catania, J A;
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):749-753
      Description:
      This paper assesses consistency in self-reports of human immunodeficiency virus testing using two waves of longitudinal data from a large, national probability survey, the National AIDS Behavioral Survey. Of those reporting at Wave I that they had be...
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      Filetype[PDF - 664.34 KB]
    4. Strategic questions for consumer-based health communications.
      Personal Author:
      Sutton, S M; Balch, G I; Lefebvre, R C;
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):725-733
      Description:
      Using the consumer-oriented approach of social and commercial marketers, this article presents a process for crafting messages designed to improve people's health behaviors. The process, termed consumer-based health communications (CHC), transforms s...
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.21 MB]
    5. Preventing deaths in Alaska's fishing industry.
      Personal Author:
      Conway, G A; Lincoln, J M;
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):700
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      Filetype[PDF - 195.18 KB]
    6. A warning on gestational age at delivery.
      Personal Author:
      Kirby, R S
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):649-650
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      Filetype[PDF - 444.76 KB]
    7. False positive tuberculosis skin test results.
      Personal Author:
      Grabau, J C; DiFerdinando, G T; Novick, L F;
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):703-706
      Description:
      The re-emergence of tuberculosis as a significant public health threat has led to greatly renewed activity in tuberculin skin testing to identify infected persons. However, even use of the preferred skin test technique (intradermal injection of purif...
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      Filetype[PDF - 855.39 KB]
    8. Patterns of decline among inpatient procedures.
      Personal Author:
      Duffy, S Q; Farley, D E;
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):674-681
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 3.23 MB]
    9. Public Health Reports ; v. 110, no. 6 : 1995 index
      Published:
      Nov-Dec 1995
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6)
      Description:
      Includes masthead for v. 110, no. 6.
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      Filetype[PDF - 3.02 MB]
    10. Satisfaction of physician assistants and other nonphysician providers in a managed care setting.
      Personal Author:
      Freeborn, D K; Hooker, R S;
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):714-719
      Description:
      Health maintenance organizations have employed physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other nonphysician providers for decades, yet there is little information on how satisfied these providers are with this form of practice. This paper examin...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.10 MB]
    11. Birth defects surveillance and the future of public health.
      Personal Author:
      Hanson, J W
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):698-699
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 451.34 KB]
    12. Surveillance for fetal alcohol syndrome in Colorado.
      Personal Author:
      Miller, L A; Shaikh, T; Stanton, C; Montgomery, A; Rickard, R; Keefer, S; Hoffman, R;
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):690-697
      Description:
      The authors performed surveillance for fetal alcohol syndrome with an existing birth defects registry. Fetal alcohol syndrome cases were identified from multiple sources using passive surveillance and from two selected medical sites using enhanced su...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.26 MB]
    13. Is there any connection between a second pneumonia shot and hospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries?
      Personal Author:
      Snow, R; Babish, J D; McBean, A M;
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):720-725
      Description:
      To learn whether the risk of revaccination in adults should limit its use, the authors investigated whether adverse events requiring hospitalization occurred in a group of Medicare enrollees revaccinated with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine. A pr...
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      Filetype[PDF - 883.87 KB]
    14. The next shift: managed care.
      Personal Author:
      Caper, P
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):682-683
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 329.49 KB]
    15. Evaluation of an Alaskan marine safety training program.
      Personal Author:
      Perkins, R
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):701-702
      Description:
      The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association provides commercial fishermen with an intensive 18-24-hour course addressing emergency preparedness, emergency response, and survival training. This study is a retrospective evaluation of the effectivene...
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      Filetype[PDF - 314.33 KB]
    16. Lessons from the Georgia floods.
      Personal Author:
      Clinton, J J; Hagebak, B R; Sirmons, J G; Brennan, J A;
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):684-688
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 3.25 MB]
    17. Youth beliefs and knowledge about the risks of drinking while pregnant.
      Personal Author:
      MacKinnon, D P; Williams-Avery, R M; Pentz, M A;
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):754-763
      Description:
      Because no published studies of young persons' knowledge and awareness of fetal alcohol syndrome are available, the awareness and beliefs about drinking while pregnant in several large samples of young persons ages 13-20 are examined. Approximately 8...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.56 MB]
    18. Levels and Predictors of HIV Risk Behavior Among Women in Low-Income Public Housing Developments
      Personal Author:
      Sikkema, Kathleen J.; Koob, Jeffrey J.; Cargill, Victoria C.; Kelly, Jeffrey A.; Desiderato, Laurie L.; Roffman, Roger A.; Norman, Ann D.; Shabazz, Michelle; Copeland, Crystal; Winett, Richard A.; Steiner, Susan; Lemke, Audie L.;
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):707-713
      Description:
      The prevalence of increases in human immunodeficiency virus infection and illness rates among urban disadvantaged women underscore the urgent need for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome prevention interventions for high-risk women. Few studies, howev...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.58 MB]
    19. W(h)ither public health?
      Personal Author:
      Sommer, A
      Published:
      1995 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 110(6):657-661
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.03 MB]