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Editorial, Greg Cline
Editorial, Greg Cline
Keep Your Rear In The Clear: Colorectal Cancer Prevention Education Through Collaboration, Andrea Layman, Megan Holt, Julie Williams
Keep Your Rear In The Clear: Colorectal Cancer Prevention Education Through Collaboration, Andrea Layman, Megan Holt, Julie Williams
Michigan Journal of Public Health
No abstract provided.
An Effective Alcohol Prevention Program In Kent County, Michigan, Donald Tex Bryant
An Effective Alcohol Prevention Program In Kent County, Michigan, Donald Tex Bryant
Michigan Journal of Public Health
Over a two year period the “Making Sobriety Attractive” program directed by Alert Labs has significantly decreased the use of alcohol and marijuana at a high school in Kent County, Michigan. The program uses an environmental approach by placing posters with messages that correct students’ misperceptions of alcohol and drug use at their school with the correct data about the actual use of these substances. The figures for the actual use are drawn from an annual survey of the students. As students begin to accept the messages about the actual use of illegal substances, their own use declines as they …
H1n1 And Michigan, Violanda Grigorescu
H1n1 And Michigan, Violanda Grigorescu
Michigan Journal of Public Health
No abstract provided.
Public Health Perspectives On The 2009 Novel H1n1 Influenza Pandemic And Population Health, Julie Gleason-Comstock, Walter Davis, Melinda Dixon, Allen Heimann
Public Health Perspectives On The 2009 Novel H1n1 Influenza Pandemic And Population Health, Julie Gleason-Comstock, Walter Davis, Melinda Dixon, Allen Heimann
Michigan Journal of Public Health
No abstract provided.
The Beginning Of Public Health In Michigan Michigan State Board Of Health Reports, 1873-1900, G. Elaine Beane, Robert E. Mosher
The Beginning Of Public Health In Michigan Michigan State Board Of Health Reports, 1873-1900, G. Elaine Beane, Robert E. Mosher
Michigan Journal of Public Health
No abstract provided.
Evidence-Based Nursing Practice In Local Public Health, Naomi E. Ervin, Sue Ellen Bell, Joan T. Bickes
Evidence-Based Nursing Practice In Local Public Health, Naomi E. Ervin, Sue Ellen Bell, Joan T. Bickes
Michigan Journal of Public Health
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the extent to which public health nursing in Michigan local health departments (LHDs) has based services and programs on research and other evidence. Method: The study was conducted using a descriptive survey design. The sample was composed of the 45 chief administrators of public health nursing services in each of the 45 Michigan LHDs. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Narrative answers to open-ended items were examined to determine patterns. Findings: Thirty-six (80%) of the chief nursing administrators of the LHDs responded to the survey. Of these nursing administrators, 28 (77.8%) …
Using Card Matching Games To Reinforce Health Concepts At A Public Health Event, George W. Dombi
Using Card Matching Games To Reinforce Health Concepts At A Public Health Event, George W. Dombi
Michigan Journal of Public Health
Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer for males and females combined, after lung cancer. A diet rich in fruits and vegetables may play a role in colorectal cancer prevention. During March 13-18, 2009, the Colorectal Cancer Awareness Network (CRAN) of Southeastern Michigan, in partnership with Get Your Guts in Gear presented CoCo the Colossal Colon®, a 40-foot long, human colon model at the Detroit Science Center. Healthyfood card matching games were played to reinforced the message of fruit and vegetable consumption for good colon health. The goal of this report is to show how to make and use …
Michigan’S Families Deserve Access To Timely, Affordable And The Most Up-To-Date Health Care, Fred Upton
Michigan’S Families Deserve Access To Timely, Affordable And The Most Up-To-Date Health Care, Fred Upton
Michigan Journal of Public Health
No abstract provided.
Changes In Immunization Practices, Knowledge And Beliefs Of Michigan Obstetrician-Gynecologists Since 2000, Meaghan A. Leddy, Bernard Gonik, Stanley A. Gall, Britta A. Anderson, Jay Schulkin
Changes In Immunization Practices, Knowledge And Beliefs Of Michigan Obstetrician-Gynecologists Since 2000, Meaghan A. Leddy, Bernard Gonik, Stanley A. Gall, Britta A. Anderson, Jay Schulkin
Michigan Journal of Public Health
No abstract provided.
Using Motivational Interviewing In Public Health Practice To Prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Lisa J. Ficker, Cheryl Lauber, Sandra L. King, Jewell Akins, Dranoel Knox, William Ridella
Using Motivational Interviewing In Public Health Practice To Prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Lisa J. Ficker, Cheryl Lauber, Sandra L. King, Jewell Akins, Dranoel Knox, William Ridella
Michigan Journal of Public Health
Background: Surveys of women in prenatal care at busy clinics in Detroit, Michigan have reported 12.5% continue to drink during pregnancy (Flynn et al, 2003) and women in substance abuse treatment programs in Wayne County, MI have an incidence rate for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) of 4 in 1,000 births, double the national prevalence rate of FAS. The goal of the current study was to intervene with women at high risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy using techniques of Brief Motivational Interviewing (BMI) in a verbal and written format. Methods: One third (33%) of 1,784 women screened at Detroit Department of …