Statewide family planning programs have been developed primarily in the Southeast and in a few other States of the nation. They are managed by State public health agencies with a few exceptions. This paper presents issues which are of importance to p...

Large and increasing proportions of women work late into pregnancy and resume work soon after delivery. If work in those periods injures their health or that of their infants, this trend would be of public health concern. Data on ever-married primapa...

Analysis by the methods of genetic demography can offer plausible explanations for the unusual distribution of cancer in an area of high incidence. The important demographic characteristics include inbreeding, founder effect, and racial admixture. In...

This study examined the completeness and accuracy of reporting induced abortions to the official agency by following up documented cases of abortions performed in hospitals in Hawaii for the years 1970--74. The following two sets of records were init...

During the period August 9--13, 1976, 21 of 89 residents of a nursing home in southeastern Florida had sudden onset of fever--temperature greater than 38.1 degrees C (100.6 degrees F) with no accompanying symptoms. Five residents, whose temperatures ...

Special section: Chld and familty health. : Cover-"Child and Family Health" is the theme of the opening section in this issue of Pubiic Heaith Reports. The six papers in this section deal with the mental and physical health needs of children and adol...