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 diagnosis of epilepsy or documented seizures, 2 were being treated for neuralgia, and 25 (35.7 percent) had no reason given for antiepileptic use. The most common cause was cerebrovascular accident (38.9 percent), and no associated etiology was found in 29.2 percent. Phenytoin was the most commonly used agent. Thirty-two (45.7 percent) were taking two or more antiepileptic drugs. Thirteen patients had had no serum concentration monitoring in the last year. Thirty-seven patients (52.9 percent) had had at least one serum concentration outside of the therapeutic range.
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 i...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Although rehabilitation is considered an important component of long-term care, few studies have looked at the factors associated with the provision of rehabilitation in this setting. The authors examined one State's skilled nursing homes to gain inf...
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