The mortality experiences of blacks, Native Americans, and Hispanics are reviewed. Evidence recently made available shows the Hispanic experience to be only slightly less favorable than the Anglo (other white) experience, suggesting remarkable progress in recent years. Native Americans have also made remarkable progress in recent years, especially in reducing infant mortality. Blacks have shown less improvement than the other two groups. Reasons for these trends, for differences among the groups in mortality rates and life expectancy, and for patterns of mortality by cause are discussed.
Before expanding a health education program, the staff of the George Washington University Health Plan conducted a needs assessment of members. Patients in the HMO's adult care and parents in pediatric waiting areas answered survey questions, and a r...
As a result of the recent influx of Haitian refugees, referred to as the "boat people," the large county-owned hospital in Miami, Fla., reported that, of the 8,000 births for 1980, approximately 1 in 5 deliveries was of a Haitian woman. One hundred f...
Thelin, J W; Joseph, D J; Davis, W E; Baker, D E; Hosokawa, M C;
Published Date:
1983 May-Jun
Source:
Public Health Rep. 98(3):268-273
Description:
Farmers are exposed to noise that is potentially hazardous to hearing. We measured the hearing of 161 male farmers and 75 male nonfarmers at the 1979 Missouri Farmers Association Agri-Fair and compared it with the hearing of 129 office workers from c...
Certain U.S. racial and ethnic minority groups traditionally have been underrepresented in the health professions. There have been significantly smaller proportions of health professionals who are blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians than members ...
The usual profile of indoor microbial aerosols probably has little meaning to healthy people. However, hazardous microbial aerosols can penetrate buildings or be generated within them; in either case, they can have significant adverse effects on huma...
A group of public health scientists from the United States and The Netherlands met at a Bicentennial Round Table Conference December 1-2, 1982, to discuss the latest developments in immunization against infectious diseases, focusing on pertussis, pol...
The Food and Drug Administration is engaged in a broad-based program to make consumers more aware of the potential impact on health of sodium consumption well in excess of dietary needs; to encourage food manufacturers to lower the amounts of sodium ...
Pineda, M A; Bertrand, J T; Santiso, R; Guerra, S;
Published Date:
1983 May-Jun
Source:
Public Health Rep. 98(3):273-277
Description:
As community-based distribution (CBD) systems for the delivery of contraceptive methods are implemented in developing countries around the world, there is growing interest in making these programs more effective. Previous research on the CBD program ...
Great progress has been made in the United States in reducing infectious disease mortality. However, infectious diseases remain the greatest cause of morbidity in this country. Newer infectious diseases or agents have been recognized, but newer tools...
Cornoni-Huntley, Joan; Barbano, Helen E.; Brody, Jacob A.; Cohen, Bruce; Feldman, Jacob J.; Kleinman, Joel C.; Madans, Jennifer H.;
Published Date:
1983 May-Jun
Source:
Public Health Rep. 98(3):245-251
Description:
An epidemiologic follow-up of the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I), being conducted from 1982 to 1984, is expected to provide estimates of the risks of certain health conditions for a sample of the U.S. population and...
Stark, Alice D.; Janerich, Dwight T.; Jereb, Susan K.; Hoff, Margaret;
Published Date:
1983 May-Jun
Source:
Public Health Rep. 98(3):277-283
Description:
Linkage of New York State record systems was the key strategy in a restrospective cohort study with a 24-34 year followup interval. Parents of children with anencephaly or spina bifida and matched control parents were traced to determine the parents'...
To determine the prevalence amng current U.S. Army recruits of dental conditions requiring treatment, an assessment was done of the dental care needs of a 3 percent sample (N = 5,613) of incoming recruits at all seven U.S. Army reception stations tha...
Public health surveillance is the cornerstone of public health practice. The uses of surveillance include the identification of patterns of health among population subgroups. The assessment of race and ethnicity in public health surveillance is funda...
Recent reports in the literature on the health status of southwestern Hispanics, most of whom are Mexican Americans, are reviewed critically. The review is organized into the following sections: infant mortality, mortality at other ages, cardiovascul...
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.), Office on Smoking and Health.
Published Date:
1998
Description:
This Surgeon General's report on tobacco use summarizes current information on risk factors and patterns related to tobacco use among members of four major racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States: African Americans, American Indians an...
I. Public health GIS (and related) events: special NCHS/CDC GIS lectures – II. GIS news. A. General news and training opportunities -- GIS news. B. Department of Health and Human Services -- GIS news. C. Historically Black Colleges and Universities...
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.), Office on Smoking and Health.. United States, Public Health Service., Office of the Surgeon General.. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.).
Published Date:
October 9, 1998
Series:
MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports ; v. 47, no. RR-18
Description:
The United States of America is a rich blend of cultures. This diversity demands close attention from the agencies and individuals responsible for protecting the public's health. For too long in tobacco control, attention to diversity has been less c...