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The National Cholesterol Education Program.
  • Published Date:
    1986 Jan-Feb
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 101(1):2-3
  • Language:
    English
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    1. Hypertension-related mortality in California.
      Personal Author:
      Stavig, G R; Igra, A; Leonard, A R; McCullough, J; Oreglia, A;
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):39-49
      Description:
      Death rates in California for hypertension-related diseases during 1969-71 and 1979-81 are compared. During both periods, age-standardized rates for a composite hypertension-related mortality category are highest for blacks, followed by whites, and l...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.76 MB]
    2. The status of the 1990 objectives for physical fitness and exercise.
      Personal Author:
      Powell, K E; Spain, K G; Christenson, G M; Mollenkamp, M P;
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):15-21
      Description:
      During the past 5 years, considerable progress has been made in clarifying the relationship between physical activity and health and in collecting previously unavailable information about the activity levels of children and adults. Several of the obj...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 2.51 MB]
    3. Public Health Rep ; v. 98, no. 6 : table of contents
      Published Date:
      Jan-Feb 1986
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.78 MB]
    4. Of oaks and acorns--student ideas on prevention.
      Personal Author:
      Hatch, T D
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):3-5
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 544.75 KB]
    5. The Surgeon General's Workshop on Violence and Public Health: review of the recommendations.
      Personal Author:
      Cron, T
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):8-14
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.28 MB]
    6. The need for professional doctors of public health.
      Personal Author:
      Roemer, M I
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):21-29
      Description:
      Planning, organizing, and operating today's complex health care systems or heading Federal, State, and city public health agencies in the United States and other countries require professionals broadly prepared in the meaning, philosophy, and strateg...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.67 MB]
    7. Incorporating outcome standards into perinatal regulations.
      Personal Author:
      Turnock, B J; Masterson, J W;
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):59-67
      Description:
      State and local governments license and monitor hospitals to ensure that a minimum acceptable level of care is present as one means of improving the outcomes and health status of patients served. Standards developed to achieve these purposes, however...
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      Filetype[PDF - 2.77 MB]
    8. The attitudes of consumers toward direct advertising of prescription drugs.
      Personal Author:
      Morris, L A; Brinberg, D; Klimberg, R; Rivera, C; Millstein, L G;
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):82-89
      Description:
      Attitudes about prescription drug advertising directed to consumers were assessed in 1,509 persons who had viewed prototypical advertisements for fictitious prescription drug products. Although many subjects were generally favorable toward the concep...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.43 MB]
    9. Public Health Rep ; v. 101, no. 1 : Masthead
      Published Date:
      Jan-Feb 1986
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 898.53 KB]
    10. Testicular self-examination: a public awareness program.
      Personal Author:
      Carlin, P J
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):98-102
      Description:
      Testicular cancer is responsible for one out of seven deaths among late adolescent and young adult males. It is the number one cancer killer of men in the second and third decade of life. However, the population at risk, men between the ages 15 and 3...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.31 MB]
    11. Less "good news" and more accurate news is needed for cancer prevention.
      Personal Author:
      Lutschg, J H
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):5
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 184.01 KB]
    12. A proposal for detecting and managing gestational diabetes by coordinating existing services.
      Personal Author:
      Macupa, L
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):94-97
      Description:
      A significant improvement in the quality of births by low-income women can be achieved by implementing a low-cost screening procedure and by coordinating private and public sector services that these women may already be receiving. This proposal outl...
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      Filetype[PDF - 909.15 KB]
    13. The Leesburg amendment to the social contract: public health and violence.
      Personal Author:
      Koop, C E
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):1
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 159.20 KB]
    14. Statement on the development of guidelines for the prevention of AIDS transmission in the workplace.
      Personal Author:
      Mason, J O
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):6-8
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 606.82 KB]
    15. Converting a teaching hospital medical clinic to a group practice: patients vote with their feet.
      Personal Author:
      Roberts, J A; Gibson, G;
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):76-82
      Description:
      Traditional general medical clinics (GMCs) have been criticized as providing less than optimal primary care while losing money for the sponsoring teaching hospital. In addition, the GMC has become less attractive as a site for training house staff. I...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.55 MB]
    16. Massachusetts' approach to the prevention of heart disease, cancer, and stroke.
      Personal Author:
      Havas, S; Walker, B;
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):29-39
      Description:
      Heart disease, cancer, and cerebrovascular disease together cause more than two out of three deaths in the United States annually. These three diseases are largely a result of widespread risk factors such as smoking, unhealthy diet, high blood pressu...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 2.33 MB]
    17. Lung cancer rates are alarming and are NCI's greatest challenge.
      Personal Author:
      DeVita, V T
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):5
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 184.01 KB]
    18. A time series study of the effectiveness and costs of EPSDT outreach in Maine.
      Personal Author:
      Jones, E; Nickerson, J M;
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):68-76
      Description:
      Maine's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program provides outreach and case management services through written agreements with 13 community-based agencies. These agencies are reimbursed on a cost-related basis for conta...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.73 MB]
    19. Public Health Reports ; v. 101 , no. 1 : cover
      Published Date:
      Jan-Feb 1986
      Source:
      Public Health Rep 101 (1)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 737.28 KB]
    20. A study of dog bites on the Navajo reservation.
      Personal Author:
      Daniels, T J
      Published Date:
      1986 Jan-Feb
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 101(1):50-59
      Description:
      Reservation-wide dog-bite statistics indicate a bite rate on the Navajo Reservation that is comparable to that of a large city. Detailed analysis of 772 bite reports was made to determine the characteristics of biters and their victims. This included...
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.89 MB]
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