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Knowledge, Practice, And Barriers Toward Cervical Cancer Screening In Elmina, Southern Ghana, Nancy Innocentia Ebu, Sylvia C. Mupepi, Mate Peter Siakwa, Carolyn M. Sampselle
Knowledge, Practice, And Barriers Toward Cervical Cancer Screening In Elmina, Southern Ghana, Nancy Innocentia Ebu, Sylvia C. Mupepi, Mate Peter Siakwa, Carolyn M. Sampselle
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Aims: The aims of this study were: 1) to assess the level of knowledge of women about Pap smear tests, 2) to determine the practices of women regarding Pap smear tests, and 3) to determine the barriers to Pap smear tests in Elmina, Ghana.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 392 randomly selected sexually active females aged 10–74 years using structured interview questions. The Institutional Review Board of the University of Cape Coast gave ethical approval for the study and informed consent was obtained from participants. Data were analyzed with SPSS software (v19.0) using frequencies, chi-square test, and exploratory …
Health Service Use And Expenditure Patterns Of Dual Eligibles In Michigan, Cristian Meghea, William Corser, Qi Zhu
Health Service Use And Expenditure Patterns Of Dual Eligibles In Michigan, Cristian Meghea, William Corser, Qi Zhu
Michigan Journal of Public Health
Objective: The objective is to provide a statewide population-based comparison of Michigan beneficiaries dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid (duals) to Medicare-only beneficiaries, including the public health expenditures by service type, and to focus on the LTC service use patterns of elderly duals receiving care in various settings. Data Sources: Data sources were linked 2005 and 2006 individual Medicaid and Medicare claims from all Michigan duals. Methods: CMS provided Medicare claims and beneficiary data. Michigan Department of Community Health provided Medicaid claims data. Design: We compared characteristics and health expenditures across various categories of beneficiaries and LTC care settings. Principal …
Restructuring The Michigan Child Care Fund: Reducing Costs And Improving Outcomes, David Wingard, Kieran J. Fogarty, Mary Lagerwey, Joshua Scott
Restructuring The Michigan Child Care Fund: Reducing Costs And Improving Outcomes, David Wingard, Kieran J. Fogarty, Mary Lagerwey, Joshua Scott
Michigan Journal of Public Health
Michigan’s policy to distribute the Child Care Fund (CCF) to counties at a flat rate of 50% as stated in the Michigan Comprehensive Laws 400.117a provides no structured incentive to the counties to use evidence based practices that are cost-effective for locally based delinquent youth intervention programs. This policy analysis answers the following questions: (1) would retaining delinquent youth in the community produce a cost benefit and/or better outcomes than confinement and (2) is public safety at risk if delinquent youth are retained in the community? Utilizing a policy analysis framework our evidence found that community based services provide better …
Public Health Heart And Soul: Jean Ellet Chabut, Bsn, Mph (1942-2014), Julie Gleason-Comstock, Steven C. Gold, Greg Cline
Public Health Heart And Soul: Jean Ellet Chabut, Bsn, Mph (1942-2014), Julie Gleason-Comstock, Steven C. Gold, Greg Cline
Michigan Journal of Public Health
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Posters From The 2014 Michigan Epidemiology Conference, Talat Danish
Posters From The 2014 Michigan Epidemiology Conference, Talat Danish
Michigan Journal of Public Health
Poster session presenters from the annual Michigan Epidemiology Conference were invited to submit their posters for publication in the Michigan Journal of Public Health. Submissions were accepted from two authors on subjects much in health news and very relevant to public health. One poster looks at NHANES data for use of energy drinks with interesting recommendations for future research, and the other poster attempts to predict health care costs associated with hospital acquired Methicillin Resistant Staph. Aureus and Clostridium Difficile infections.
Posters included:
The MDCH SHARP MRSA?CDI Prevention Initiative: A Cost Analysis
Noreen Mollon, MS, Bryan Buckley, MPH, Gail Denkins, …