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PREVENTION BRIEFS
  • Published Date:
    1985 May-Jun
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 100(3):283-288
  • Language:
    English
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    1. Improving mental health practices in primary care: findings from recent research.
      Personal Author:
      Burns, B J; Burke, J D;
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):294-300
      Description:
      This paper reviews restraints on the provision of mental health services in primary health care under the broad categories of physician profile, patient behavior, the nature of psychiatric illness as presented in primary care, and service system char...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.67 MB]
    2. Nursing home residency after head injury.
      Personal Author:
      Fife, D; Hollinshead, W; Faich, G;
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):336-340
      Description:
      A survey of 93 nursing homes in and near Rhode Island in May 1982 identified all head-injured patients who were State residents. Nineteen were identified, of whom ten were injured in motor vehicle crashes. The median age was 35 years. The median time...
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      Filetype[PDF - 807.29 KB]
    3. Use of vitamin-mineral supplements by AFDC children.
      Personal Author:
      Sharpe, T R; Smith, M C;
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):321-324
      Description:
      Slightly more than 11 percent of the 1,616 children in Northern Mississippi households receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children regularly used vitamins, according to the 540 personal interviews conducted in this study. Of the vitamins used, ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 952.17 KB]
    4. Farm workers electrocuted when irrigation pipes contact powerlines.
      Personal Author:
      Helgerson, S D; Milham, S;
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):325-328
      Description:
      For accidental electrocutions in Washington State from 1950 to 1979, the standardized proportionate mortality ratio for farmers compared with the general population was found to be 226 in a recent report. This excess mortality rate in Washington Stat...
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      Filetype[PDF - 867.28 KB]
    5. Public awareness survey: the Maryland Poison Center and Mr. Yuk, 1981 and 1975.
      Personal Author:
      Oderda, G M; Klein-Schwartz, W;
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):278-282
      Description:
      A telephone survey of residents of metropolitan Baltimore was conducted in 1981 to assess awareness of the Maryland Poison Center and a program based on the Mr. Yuk poisoning warning symbol. The results of 280 telephone interviews are compared with a...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.24 MB]
    6. Fighting malaria in Texas, 1949–51
      Personal Author:
      Mires, Maynard H.
      Published Date:
      May 1985
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):254
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 198.43 KB]
    7. The limits of prevention.
      Personal Author:
      McGinnis, J M
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):255-260
      Description:
      Recent years have been marked by unprecedented accomplishments in preventing disease and reducing mortality. More gains can be expected, but there are limits. The forces shaping the nature and potential of prevention programs can be characterized as ...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.53 MB]
    8. PHS task force seeks volunteers to cope with famine in Africa
      Personal Author:
      Mason, James O.
      Published Date:
      May 1985
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):254
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 198.43 KB]
    9. Perinatal needs of immigrant Hmong women: surveys of women and health care providers.
      Personal Author:
      Faller, H S
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):340-343
      Description:
      The Hill People of Laos in Southeast Asia, who are called the Hmong, are from a primitive culture which has had a written language for only 31 years. By 1980, about 3,000 of them were living in Colorado, one of 9 States to which they had migrated. In...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1018.86 KB]
    10. The British-Norwegian migrant study: 5-year mortality differentials due to cigarette smoking.
      Personal Author:
      Rogot, E; Feinleib, M; Lambert, P M; Zeiner-Henriksen, T;
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):301-307
      Description:
      Cigarette smoking and 5-year survivorship of 20,017 British and 10,016 Norwegian migrants to the United States were compared with 17,696 British and 26,155 Norwegian nonmigrants. The highest mortality ratios for 5-year age-adjusted death rates observ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.82 MB]
    11. Unreported dog bites in children.
      Personal Author:
      Beck, A M; Jones, B A;
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):315-321
      Description:
      In 1981, more than 3,200 Pennsylvania children, ages 4 to 18 years, were surveyed about their dog bite histories and attitudes toward animals. Dog bites were much more common than previously reported: 45 percent of children had been bitten during the...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.19 MB]
    12. Cancer Prevention Awareness Program: targeting black Americans.
      Personal Author:
      DeVita, V T
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):253-254
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 379.47 KB]
    13. Needs-based health promotion program serves as HMO marketing tool.
      Personal Author:
      Donaldson, M S; Nicklason, J A; Ott, J E;
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):270-277
      Description:
      A needs assessment survey was originally conducted at the George Washington University Health Plan in 1981 and repeated in 1983 for evaluation and redirection. The survey resulted in a program which attempted to address the perceived needs of its mem...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.79 MB]
    14. The public health response to 2,3,7,8-TCDD environmental contamination in Missouri.
      Personal Author:
      Stehr, P A; Forney, D; Stein, G; Donnell, H D; Falk, H; Hotchkiss, R; Spratlin, W A; Sampson, E; Smith, S J;
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):289-293
      Description:
      In 1971, waste oil containing 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) was sprayed for dust control on a number of residential, recreational, and work areas in Missouri. In several of them, the level and extent of environmental contamination were n...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.15 MB]
    15. Cancer counseling by telephone help-line: the UCLA Psychosocial Cancer Counseling Line.
      Personal Author:
      Rainey, L C
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):308-315
      Description:
      This paper describes the Psychosocial Cancer Counseling Line (PCCL) of the University of California at Los Angeles, a National Cancer Institute-supported communications project in which the feasibility of providing psychological support to cancer pat...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.90 MB]
    16. Campylobacter jejuni infection in Colorado: unexplained excess of cases in males.
      Personal Author:
      Hopkins, R S; Olmsted, R N;
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):333-336
      Description:
      Between January 1, 1981, and December 31, 1982, the Colorado Department of Health received reports of 1,185 culture-confirmed cases of Campylobacter jejuni infection. Incidence rates were highest among infants less than 1 year old and among persons a...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.40 MB]
    17. Public Health Rep ; v. 100, no. 3 : table of contents
      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1985
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 697.25 KB]
    18. Public Health Rep ; v. 100, no. 3 : Masthead
      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1985
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 4.00 MB]
    19. Public Health Reports ; v. 100 , no. 3 : cover
      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1985
      Source:
      Public Health Rep 100 (3)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 549.05 KB]
    20. Progress toward the 1990 objectives for sexually transmitted diseases: good news and bad.
      Personal Author:
      Parra, W C; Cates, W;
      Published Date:
      1985 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 100(3):261-269
      Description:
      The problem of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States has been growing, in both scope and complexity, at an alarming rate. As evidence of the emergence of these diseases as a primary national concern, the Surgeon General has design...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 2.58 MB]
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