Chung, C S; Steinhoff, P G; Mi, M P; Smith, R G; Burch, T A;
Published Date:
1979 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 94(5):454-458
Description:
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...
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...
Sullivan-Bolyai, J Z; Lumish, R M; Smith, E W; Howell, J T; Bregman, D J; Lund, M; Page, R C; Page, R C;
Published Date:
1979 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 94(5):466-470
Description:
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 adolesc...
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...
Cover-"Child and Family Health" is the theme of the opening section In this issue of Public Health Reports. The six papers in this section deal wtth the mental and physical health needs of children and adolescents and the special concerns of women wh...
FitzGerald, Elizabeth A.; Frasso, Rosemary; Dean, Lorraine T.; Johnson, Terry E.; Solomon, Sara; Bugos, Eva; Mallya, Giridhar; Cannuscio, Carolyn C.;
Published Date:
Jun 13 2013
Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 10.
Description:
IntroductionOverweight, obesity, and tobacco use are major preventable causes of disability, disease, and death. In 2010, 25% of Philadelphia adults smoked, and 66% were overweight or obese. To address these health threats, the Philadelphia Departmen...
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics (U.S.). National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.).
Published Date:
May 2006
Description:
The Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics consists of the U.S. Census Bureau, the DHHS Administration on Aging, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medaid Services, the National Center for Health Stati...
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). National Health Interview Survey (U.S.).
Published Date:
May 2006
Series:
Vital and health statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey ; no. 228
DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2006-1556
Description:
"This report is one in a set of reports summarizing data from the 2004 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), a multipurpose health survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NC...
By 1982, community responses to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic were evident in some cities in the United States. Community responses were planned, developed, and coordinated largely by service-oriented, community-based organiz...
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