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The Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant: the Massachusetts experience.
  • Published Date:
    1987 May-Jun
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 102(3):284-289
  • Language:
    English
Filetype[PDF-1.33 MB]


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    Public Health Rep
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  • Description:
    The Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant funds a variety of disparate programs in health promotion and disease prevention. Many of these programs were funded by categorical grants to the States prior to the creation of this block grant in 1981. This block grant allows States to set priorities among the different programs by shifting their funding allocations. In addition, there is considerable opportunity to use these funds creatively in shaping the content of their programs. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health's experience with this block grant is reviewed, showing the grant's critical importance in the department's statewide disease prevention efforts. In order to maximize public health impact, the department has shifted its funding allocations based on explicit criteria. These criteria represent a model that may have widespread applicability for other State health departments.

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  • Pubmed ID:
    3108944
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMCnull
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
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    Public Health Reports
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    1. A survey of pediatricians' attitudes and practices about maternal employment.
      Personal Author:
      Finkelstein, J W; Coreil, J;
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):302-307
      Description:
      A survey of 281 members (31 percent) of the Texas Pediatric Society was performed in 1981 to assess members' knowledge of, attitudes toward, and practices regarding mothers who work outside the home. Only 15 percent correctly answered two of three kn...
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    2. Ethnic differences in growth and nutritional status: a study of poor schoolchildren in southern New Jersey.
      Personal Author:
      Scholl, T O; Karp, R J; Theophano, J; Decker, E;
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):278-283
      Description:
      The growth and nutritional status of 2,056 schoolchildren from a poor community in southern New Jersey were assessed. Age-adjusted differences in growth among black, white, and Hispanic children were examined. Black youths were 2.5 centimeters (cm) t...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.76 MB]
    3. Users of reproductive health clinic services in a school pregnancy prevention program.
      Personal Author:
      Hirsch, M B; Zabin, L S; Streett, R F; Hardy, J B;
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):307-316
      Description:
      Although the potential of school-based programs in the prevention of adolescent pregnancy is well recognized, few have been evaluated. This paper describes the use of a reproductive health care clinic associated with a school pregnancy prevention pro...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.79 MB]
    4. A television format for national health promotion: Finland's "Keys to Health".
      Personal Author:
      Puska, P; McAlister, A; Niemensivu, H; Piha, T; Wiio, J; Koskela, K;
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):263-269
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.80 MB]
    5. Use of antiepileptic drugs in the elderly population.
      Personal Author:
      Oles, K S; Gal, P; Penry, J K; Tapscott, W K;
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):335-337
      Description:
      Medical records for 572 patients in two extended care facilities were reviewed to study seizure disorders and antiepileptic drug use. Seventy patients (12.2 percent) were receiving antiepileptic drugs. Of this group, 43 patients (61.4 percent) had a ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 482.73 KB]
    6. Recency of Pap smear screening: a multivariate model.
      Personal Author:
      Howe, H L; Bzduch, H;
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):295-301
      Description:
      Most descriptive reports of women who have not received recent Pap smear screening have been limited to bivariate descriptions. The purpose of this study was to develop a multivariate model to predict the recency of Pap smear screening. A systematic ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.17 MB]
    7. The association of smoking with clinical indicators of altered sex steroids--a study of 50,145 women.
      Personal Author:
      Hartz, A J; Kelber, S; Borkowf, H; Wild, R; Gillis, B L; Rimm, A A;
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):254-259
      Description:
      This study was designed to test the association of smoking with four clinically apparent conditions that may be related to altered sex steroids: natural and induced menopause, infertility, oligomenorrhea, and hirsutism. Data were obtained from the pe...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.54 MB]
    8. Multiple cause-of-death analysis of hypertension-related mortality in New York State.
      Personal Author:
      Tu, E J
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):329-335
      Description:
      Multiple cause-of-death data--that is, records of all medical conditions listed on death certificates--are used to study hypertension mortality in New York State during 1968-82. Mortality rates based on underlying causes for ischemic heart disease (I...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.57 MB]
    9. Importance of WHO and the World Health Assembly to U.S. Public Health and Medicine: a Food and Drug Administration perspective.
      Personal Author:
      Nightingale, S L; Petricciani, J C; Young, F E;
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):260-263
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 680.25 KB]
    10. The Massachusetts program for reducing the risk of formaldehyde exposure.
      Personal Author:
      Walker, B; Fox, P; Li, V; Parker, G;
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):290-294
      Description:
      Urea formaldehyde foam insulation in homes has caused increasing concerns about the adverse health effects associated with residential exposure to formaldehyde emissions. These health effects cover a broad spectrum of symptoms, including neurophysiol...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1012.68 KB]
    11. NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS: DATA LINE
      Published Date:
      May 1987
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):338-339
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 424.56 KB]
    12. Public Health Rep ; v. 102, no. 3 : table of contents
      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1987
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 394.71 KB]
    13. Public Health Rep ; v. 102, no. 3 : Masthead
      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1987
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.48 MB]
    14. Adult immunization should be routine, too.
      Personal Author:
      Windom, R E
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):245-247
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 470.35 KB]
    15. Survey of public knowledge about digestive health and diseases: implications for health education.
      Personal Author:
      Kreps, G L; Ruben, B D; Baker, M W; Rosenthal, S R;
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):270-277
      Description:
      Increasing emphasis in recent years has been placed on health promotion, prevention, and the self-management of health care. These strategies presume the public has sufficient levels of relevant health information, as well as necessary attitudes and ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.41 MB]
    16. Effects of community characteristics on young physicians' decisions regarding rural practice.
      Personal Author:
      Langwell, K M; Drabek, J; Nelson, S L; Lenk, E;
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):317-328
      Description:
      The supply of physicians has increased rapidly during the past decade. To examine the impact of this expanding supply on the geographic distribution of physicians in rural areas, we examined the location patterns of 1974-78 medical school graduates p...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.83 MB]
    17. Knowledge and attitudes of AIDS health care providers before and after education programs.
      Personal Author:
      Wertz, D C; Sorenson, J R; Liebling, L; Kessler, L; Heeren, T C;
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):248-254
      Description:
      Analysis of the responses of 1,247 health care providers to questionnaires immediately before and after educational programs on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) revealed significant (P less than .05) improvements in accuracy of knowledge abo...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.28 MB]
    18. Public Health Reports ; v. 102 , no. 3 : cover
      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1987
      Source:
      Public Health Rep 102 (3)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 664.78 KB]
    19. Injury prevention for Indians: was the assessment too early?
      Personal Author:
      Maetz, H M
      Published Date:
      1987 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(3):247
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 135.38 KB]
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