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Health Policy Newsletter March 2007 Vol. 20, No. 1

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Health Policy Newsletter December 2006 Vol. 19, No. 4

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Health Policy Newsletter September 2006 Vol. 19, No. 3

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Health Policy Newsletter June 2006 Vol. 19, No. 2

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Health Policy Newsletter March 2006 Vol. 19, No. 1

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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5th Annual Interclerkship Day: Improving Patient Safety

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Medmining And Electronic Health Record Data

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Building A Comprehensive Health Database For Use In City-Wide Health Management Systems

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Pa Budget And Health Care Reform

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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A Culture Of Comfort: Palliative Care At Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Barbara Reville Ms, Aprn, Bs

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Health Education: An Essential Part Of Public Health And Health Care, Rob Simmons Drph,Mph,Ches

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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The Missing Peace Of The Puzzle, Precil Varghese Pharmd

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Spirituality And Patient Care, Elaine J. Yuen Phd

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Safety By Design, David B. Nash Md, Mba

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Role Of Place Of Residence On Drinking And Driving Among Students In A Hispanic Serving University

Florida Public Health Review

This study describes the role of place of residence on drinking and driving among students in a large Hispanic- serving institution. The National College Health Assessment survey was administered during the fall of 2004. 1130 randomly selected students completed this anonymous questionnaire. Hispanic students were less likely to drive after drinking compared to non-Hispanic white students, but Hispanic students were more likely to live with parents (55%) compared with non-Hispanic white students (22%). After adjusting for the place of residence, there were no significant differences in drinking and driving between Hispanics and non-Hispanic white students. Therefore, in part, lower levels …

“We’Re Talking About Sex”: Young Adults And Sexual Health In Northern Ireland, Caroline Erin Morris

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

No abstract provided.

Risk Of Childhood Cancers Associated With Residence In Agriculturally Intense Areas In The United States, Susan E. Carozza, Bo Li, Kai Elgethun, Ryan Whitworth

Public and Population Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: The potential for widespread exposure to agricultural pesticides through drift during application raises concerns about possible health effects to exposed children living in areas of high agricultural activity.

Objectives: We evaluated whether residence in a county with greater agricultural activity was associated with risk of developing cancer in children < 15 years of age.

Methods: Incidence data for U.S. children 0–14 years of age diagnosed with cancer between 1995 and 2001 were provided by member registries of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. We determined percent cropland for each county using agricultural census data, and used the overall study distribution to classify …

Sex Education In Amsterdam: What They Do And Why They Choose To Do It., Coral E. Hackler

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Sex education in the Netherlands has been regarded by many as exemplary. Around the world the phrase “Double Dutch” is known as the term of using both the condom and the pill. The actual effectiveness of sexuality education in the Netherlands has rarely been studied. The teachers themselves must decide what they believe will be the most effective methods of sexuality education. This begs one to question why a teacher chooses the methods they have chosen and what makes them believe that these methods are effective. Because there is no research on how sexuality education is directly influencing students, teachers …

¨En Este País No Se Habla Con La Verdad¨: Investigando La Falta De Educación Sexual En El Ecuador¨, Laney Rupp

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

No abstract provided.

The Complexity Of Re-Evaluating Antiretroviral Therapy Eligibility Guidelines For Hiv/Aids Patients In Uganda, Jennifer Klein

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

When I first learned that the eligibility criteria for Antiretroviral Drugs (ARVs) in Uganda is to have a CD4 cell count of 200 or below, I was shocked. Actually, I think my exact response was, “So patients must have full-blown AIDS, severely weakened immune systems, and may be on their deathbeds before they can receive the drugs?” I knew little of the subject, other than that in the United States HIV-positive patients who are on drugs may avoid many of the opportunistic infections and complications that come from delaying treatment until the CD4 count is low. My initial confusion over …

Como Mujer…Yo Decido: El Derecho De Salud Sexual Y Reproductiva En Mujeres Aymara De Putre, Chile, Alice Manos

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The human right to sexual and reproductive health, as defined at the International United Nations Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994), continues to be a pending issue in Chile. The sexual and reproductive health of indigenous women emerges as a crucial issue within this field due to Chile’s history of cultural ignorance and a dictatorial healthcare system. Studies of women’s sexual and reproductive healthcare within indigenous communities in Chile have focused on the Cosmo vision and traditional medicine of the Aymara due to their distinct concepts of reproduction, gender roles, and family planning. Studies conducted by Maria Soledad Pérez …

Give Life Without Losing Life: The Casa Materna Of Matagalpa And The Struggle To Prevent Maternal Death, Lily Emiko Friedman

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Maternal mortality has a face. It is the health indicator with the greatest disparity between the developed and developing worlds, disproportionately affecting poor women with low levels of education, high levels of fertility, and inadequate access to health services. It is the health inequality that most clearly shows how poor health outcomes continue to be directly linked to poverty and socioeconomic disadvantage, while the right to safe pregnancy and motherhood comes with economic privilege. As it occupies such a critical position in community health, maternal mortality has been widely studied and the target of countless health interventions aimed at its …

Systems Biology: The Solution To Understanding Alcohol-Induced Disorders?, National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism

United States Public Health Resources

With the decoding of the human genome, researchers gained access to extensive information about the molecules in the body, how they function in the healthy organism, and how they may contribute to certain diseases. However, despite this wealth of information, many questions remain about the ways in which these molecules interact to control more complex phenomena, including the development of many common disorders. Systems biology offers scientists a promising tool with which to deal with such complexities and may revolutionize the prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment of alcohol use disorders and other multifaceted disorders. These new approaches provide researchers with new …

Cervical Screening And General Physical Examination Behaviors Of Women Exposed In Utero To Diethylstilbestrol, Elizabeth A. Camp, Ann L. Coker, Rebecca Troisi, Stanley J. Robboy, Kenneth L. Noeller, Karen J. Goodman, Linda T. Titus-Ernstoff, Elizabeth E. Hatch, Arthur L. Herbst, Raymond H. Kaufman, Ervin Adam

CRVAW Faculty Journal Articles

Objective. To estimate whether women exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES) report receiving more cervical and general physical examinations compared to unexposed women.

Materials and Methods. 1994 Diethylstilbestrol Adenosis cohort data are used to assess the degree of recommended compliance of cervical screenings found in 3,140 DES-exposed and 826 unexposed women. Participants were enrolled at 4 sites: Houston, Boston, Rochester, and Los Angeles. Logistic regression modeling was used to analyze mailed questionnaire data, which included reported frequency over the preceding 5 years (1990-1994) of Papanicolaou smears and general physical examinations.

Results. Diethylstilbestrol-exposed women exceeded the recommended frequency of Papanicolaou smear …

A Program To Change The Approach To Care Of Children With Asthma In The Primary Care Setting Did Not Reduce Rates Of Hospital Admissions: Lessons Learned From A Descriptive Study, Sheniz Moonie, Robert C. Strunk, Mario Castro

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

Asthma is a critical global health issue. It affects people of all ages in countries throughout the world. The prevalence of asthma is increasing in most countries among young children who also represent the greatest proportion of health care utilization. Outpatient asthma-treatment programs managed by chest physicians or allergists have reduced hospitalizations, yet programs in pediatric offices have not successfully impacted hospitalizations. The Community Asthma Program (CAP) was designed to support pediatrician use of clinical guidelines in their everyday office practice. The goal was to reduce asthma hospitalizations by 15 percent from selected pediatric practices. A study was done in …

Health Compromising Behaviors By Gender Among Florida Adolescents

Florida Public Health Review

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Preventing Cardiovascular Disease In Kentucky: Epidemiology, Trends, And Strategies For The Future, Sarah Sartini Rugg, Alison L. Bailey, Steven R. Browning

Internal Medicine Faculty Publications

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States despite dramatic improvements in the treatment of heart disease in recent years. Kentucky leads the nation in the prevalence of several individual risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the prevalence of multiple risk factors, and in cardiovascular mortality. While trends in the prevalence of some of these cardiac risk factors have shown improvement, others have remained unchanged or have worsened. The increased prevalence of obesity and diabetes, especially among young persons, is one of the most worrisome trends. The prevalence of smoking in Kentucky remains high, and has …

Faisabilité De L’Étude Sur Les Gaz De Fermentation Et Sur La Ventilation En Silo À Échelle Réduite, Ali Bahloul, Brigitte Roberge, Rodrigue Gravel

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Les silos utilisés en milieu agricole sont réputés être des espaces clos selon le Règlement sur la santé et la sécurité du travail (RSST). Ils ont été le site d’accidents graves et souvent mortels. Afin de tenir compte des dangers et des risques dans des silos à fourrage à tour conventionnelle, l’utilisation de silos à échelle réduite a été envisagée pour la réalisation d’une étude sur les silos. Dans la présente étude préliminaire, un silo à l’échelle réduite a été conçu en laboratoire afin d’estimer la faisabilité de les utiliser et de les modifier, s’il y a lieu. Le …