The Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program is a Federal initiative funded by the Public Health Service. The goal of the program is to improve the...
It has been 40 years since the first community in the U.S. added a regulated amount of fluoride to its public water supply to prevent tooth decay. Des...
The contribution of smoking to sex differences in mortality is estimated on the basis of data from 12 studies of the mortality of nonsmoking men and w...
Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood are increasingly common today and pose many problems for both the individual persons involved and society as a who...
Following a private party in RÃo Piedras, PR, 23 (56 percent) of those who attended developed an illness characterized by pharyngitis, myalgia, fatig...
The medical literature contains little information on the occurrence of excess morbidity among pregnant women during recent influenza epidemics. Rates...
Preventive dental behavior was examined using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 1971-75 conducted by the National Cent...
Possible associations between environmental hazards and the occurrence of childhood leukemia were investigated in Woburn, MA, for the period 1969-79. ...
A preliminary investigation of a method of providing health screening in day care centers was conducted. Ninety-four children, birth to 6 years, atten...
The design of a large-scale research project (The Health and Religion Project) in which church volunteers deliver behavior change programming on major...
In 1979, continuing care from a personal physician was identified as a priority at the Indian Health Service site in Zuni, NM, a rural hospital and am...
BACKGROUND:Maternity care practices have been linked with higher chances of meeting breastfeeding intentions, but this relationship has not been exami...
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