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TB Control is Indeed an Exercise in Vigilance

Personal Author:

Sbarbaro, John A.

Published Date:

Jan 1996

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):32-33

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Organized Labor's Concerns

Personal Author:

Sweeny, John

Published Date:

Jan 1996

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):25

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Parental schooling & children's health.

Personal Author:

Zill, N

Published Date:

1996 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):34-43

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Using hospital discharge data for disease surveillance.

Personal Author:

Huff, L; Bogdan, G; Burke, K; Hayes, E; Perry, W; Graham, L; Lentzner, H;

Published Date:

1996 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):78-81

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The authors examine the effectiveness of using hospital discharge data in assessing trends and geographic variations in the occurrence of selected chronic diseases. The Chronic Disease Surveillance System, in place from 1987 to 1991, used hospital di...

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Local health departments in Washington State use APEX to assess capacity.

Personal Author:

Pratt, M; McDonald, S; Libbey, P; Oberle, M; Liang, A;

Published Date:

1996 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):87-91

Description:

THE ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL for EXCELLENCE in PUBLIC HEALTH process was carried out in the state of Washington to assess local health department capacity and to identify their self-perceived strengths and weaknesses. Staff from 24 of the 32 local health ...

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Resident smoking in long-term care facilities--policies and ethics.

Personal Author:

Kochersberger, G; Clipp, E C;

Published Date:

1996 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):66-70

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To characterize smoking behavior, facility policies related smoking, and administrators' views of smoking-related problems in Veterans Affairs nursing home care units nationwide.|An anonymous mail survey of long-term care facilities was administered ...

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Preventing baby bottle tooth decay: eight-year results.

Personal Author:

Bruerd, B; Jones, C;

Published Date:

1996 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):63-65

Description:

Baby bottle tooth decay (BBTD) is a preventable dental disease that affects more than 50% of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children. A community-oriented program to prevent BBTD was implemented in 12 AI/AN communities in 1986. In 1989, the ov...

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Public Health Reports ; v. 111, no. 1 : masthead

Published Date:

Jan-Feb 1996

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Public Health Rep. 111(1)

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Use of mouthguards and headgear in organized sports by school-aged children.

Personal Author:

Nowjack-Raymer, R E; Gift, H C;

Published Date:

1996 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):82-86

Description:

Sports-related orofacial trauma is a serious problem that can be prevented by wearing protective mouthguards and headgear. While this equipment is available, few studies have been done of wearing practices. This study assesses the wearing practices u...

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Public Health Reports ; v. 111, no. 1 : cover

Published Date:

Jan-Feb 1996

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Public Health Rep. 111(1)

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Health care reform: workers beware.

Personal Author:

Kennedy, E M

Published Date:

1996 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):11

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Working on reform. How workers' compensation medical care is affected by health care reform.

Personal Author:

Himmelstein, J; Rest, K;

Published Date:

1996 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):12-25

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Public Health Reports ; v. 111, no. 1 : table of contents

Published Date:

Jan-Feb 1996

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Public Health Rep. 111(1)

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Using a voucher system to extend health services to migrant farmworkers.

Personal Author:

Slesinger, D P; Ofstead, C;

Published Date:

1996 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):57-62

Description:

FAMILY HEALTH/LA CLINICA de los Campesinos, Inc., is a federally funded migrant health clinic in the heart of Wisconsin's farmland that has offered outpatient health care since 1973 and an accompanying "voucher" program since 1988. The charges for ou...

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Will elderly seasonal nomads need health services?

Personal Author:

Anderson, C; Murphy, J F;

Published Date:

1996 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):55-56

Description:

The health care needs of 44 elderly, seasonal migrants to a remote desert town in Arizona were examined in this study. Findings suggest that the convenience sample differed from the general population in that they reported good to excellent health, l...

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For Whom Do We Test? What Do We Say?

Personal Author:

Leviton, Laura C.

Published Date:

Jan 1996

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):54

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PHS Chronicles. The Public Health Service on Angel Island.

Personal Author:

Lucaccini, L F

Published Date:

1996 Jan-Feb

Source:

Public Health Rep. 111(1):92-94

Series:

PHS Chronicles

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NCHS Data Line

Conference Authors:

National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)

Published Date:

Jan 1996

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Public Health Rep. 111(1):95-96

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The need for epidemic intelligence.

Personal Author:

Bloch, A B; Onorato, I M; Ihle, W W; Hadler, J L; Hayden, C H; Snider, D E;

Published Date:

1996 Jan-Feb

Source:

Public Health Rep. 111(1):26-33

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