In response to concerns of the directors of Rural Health Initiative projects in Mississippi, a study was conducted to examine factors related to use of rural health clinics. This report focuses on attitudes and behaviors of primary care physicians in...
Because Foster Grandparent Programs have been widely implemented in acute care settings but not systematically evaluated, a study was done of the effects that the visiting of parent surrogates had on young children in acute care settings. Three group...
Zyzanski, S J; Rouse, B A; Stanton, B A; Jenkins, C D;
Published Date:
1982 Nov-Dec
Source:
Public Health Rep. 97(6):558-565
Description:
The relations of socioeconomic and psychological factors to resumption of employment following coronary artery bypass surgery were studied using a questionnaire returned by a sample of 426 men and 70 women. The sample was drawn from the membership of...
Descriptive and econometric analysis of the major nonquality determinants of nursing home costs for Florida shows that mean costs, size, and occupancy rate increased between 1971 and 1976, that per diem costs and occupancy rate were inversely related...
Community control of hepatitis A (HA) requires improvement of sanitation and timely use of immune globulin (IG) for selected contacts of ill persons. A marked increase in reported HA cases in New Mexico in late 1978 and early 1979 prompted aggressive...
Shankar, B S; Russell, R P; Southard, J W; Schurman, E W;
Published Date:
1982 Nov-Dec
Source:
Public Health Rep. 97(6):521-527
Description:
In a sample of 19,210 adult inpatients discharged from Maryland community hospitals in 1978, 1 in 4 had either an elevated diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 100 mmm Hg (3,338) or a diagnosis of hypertension (1,233). Among the patients...
The multiplier effect of the Health Education-Risk Reduction (HE-RR) Grants Program funded by the Public Health Service is examined to identify outcomes for the period 1978-81. Responses to a questionnaire from the directors of health education of 28...
In a pilot study to explore the feasibility of surveillance of cases of infectious mononucleosis, data were collected on 8,258 positive specimens. These specimens had been submitted to six State laboratories--Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, South Carolin...
Beck, Angela J.; Boulton, Matthew L.; Coronado, Fátima;
Published Date:
October 16 2014
Source:
Am J Prev Med. 47(5 Suppl 3):S306-S313
Description:
BackgroundRegular assessment of the size and composition of the U.S. public health workforce has been a challenge for decades. Previous enumeration efforts estimated 450,000 public health workers in governmental and voluntary agencies in 2000, and 32...
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