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Development And Testing Of A Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire For Use In Gujarat, India, James R. Hébert, Prakash C. Gupta, Ramesh B. Bhonsle, Pesi N. Sinor, Hemali Mehta, Fali S. Mehta

Faculty Publications

Objective: To develop and test a quantitative, interviewer-administered food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to ascertain nutrient intakes of individuals in northern India. Design: A 92-item FFQ was developed based on food use and market surveys of the study area. A validation study was conducted consisting of 24-h diet recalls (24HR) administered on 6 randomly selected days over 1 year. Two FFQs were administered, one each at the beginning and end of the 1-year period. FFQ and 24HR-derived nutrient scores were compared using correlation and regression analyses and by computing differences between nutrient intakes estimated by the two methods. Setting: Rural villages …

Prise En Charge De La Sécurité Dans Les Petites Entreprises Des Secteurs De L'Habillement Et De La Fabrication De Produits En Métal, Danièle Champoux, Jean-Pierre Brun

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Alaska Native Cancer Survival Report, A.P. Lanier, P. Holck, J. Kelly, B. Smith, T. Mcevoy

Native Health Database Full Text

This report presents Alaska Native cancer survival rates and stage of disease at diagnosis. Data on survival and stage at diagnosis are given for all cancers combined, and for select primary cancer sites (the organ in which the cancer first began). Survival rates are given for only those cancers for which there were enough patients to calculate reliable estimates. The focus is on five-year relative survival rates because these rates are most commonly used in the cancer literature and most appropriate for comparisons between populations.

Native Outreach: A Report To American Indian, Alaska Native And Native Hawaiian Communities, C.S. Glover, F.S. Hodge

Native Health Database Full Text

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is presenting a monograph written specifically for community leaders, health professionals and lay health workers serving Native American communities. Native Americans have higher mortality rates than the general U.S. population for several major cancer sites. This publication focuses on the need to reduce those rates through effective interventions at the grassroots level.

Emotional Dysregulation In Children With Aids-Diagnosed Mothers: A Comparative Study, Kathleen O'Brien-Sheber

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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International Law And Global Public Health, David P. Fidler

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Obstacles And Factors Facilitating Return To Work Of Workers With Musculoskeletal Disorders: Summary Of The Report On The Quebec Qualitative Study In The Electric And Electronic Sector Of Workready Phase I, Susan Stock, Suzanne Deguire, Raymond Baril, Marie-José Durand

Rapports de recherche scientifique

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Ce document est le résumé du rapport Travailleuses et travailleurs atteints de lésions musculo-squelettiques : les stratégies de prise en charge en milieu de travail dans le secteur électrique/électronique de l'Île de Montréal. « Workeady » phase 1 : volet qualitatif québécois (R-297).

This document is the summary of the report Travailleuses et travailleurs atteints de lésions musculo-squelettiques : les stratégies de prise en charge en milieu de travail dans le secteur électrique/électronique de l'Île de Montréal. « Workeady » phase 1 : volet qualitatif québécois (R-297).

Travailleuses Et Travailleurs Atteints De Lésions Musculo-Squelettiques : Les Stratégies De Prise En Charge En Milieu De Travail Dans Le Secteur Électrique/Électronique De L'Île De Montréal. « Workeady » Phase 1 : Volet Qualitatif Québécois, Susan Stock, Suzanne Deguire, Raymond Baril, Marie-José Durand

Rapports de recherche scientifique

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PROBLÉMATIQUE

Plusieurs études ont démontré que des entreprises sont aux prises avec de nombreux cas de travailleuses et de travailleurs atteints de lésions musculo-squelettiques (LMS), comme des maux de dos, de cou, des tendinites à l’épaule ou au poignet, des cas de syndrome du canal carpien, etc. Les entreprises cherchent donc, de plus en plus, des solutions pour mieux gérer leurs cas de LMS dont les coûts économiques et humains s'avèrent élevés. C'est pourquoi de multiples interventions de prise en charge des travailleurs atteints de LMS ont vu le jour. À …

La Santé Et La Sécurité Au Travail Dans Les Supermachés : La Relation Entre La Dose D'Exposition À Divers Facteurs De Risque Au Travail Et Les Problèmes De Risque Au Travail Et Les Problèmes : 5e Rapport, Lina Forcier, Sylvie Beaugrand, Claire Lapointe, Jacques Lemaire, Ilkka Kuorinka, Monique Lortie, Peter Buckle, Jean-Guy Richard

Rapports de recherche scientifique

S. 1 Objectifs

Ce volet avait comme objectif d'explorer s'il y avait des liens entre les problèmes musculo-squelettiques dans les supermarchés et le travail. Ce rapport présente donc les résultats spécifiques de ce volet, soit les résultats de l'analyse des liens entre la dose d'exposition à divers facteurs de risque au travail et les problèmes musculo-squelettiques des travailleurs.

S. 2 Méthodes et qualité des données

• La population d'employés pour ce volet de l'étude est constituée des employés de 4 supermarchés corporatifs qui ont répondu aux deux questionnaires suivants: le questionnaire sur les problèmes musculo-squelettiques (le Nordique) et le questionnaire sur …

The Guillain-Barre Syndrome And The 1992-1993 And 1993-1994 Influenza Vaccines, Tamar Lasky, Gina J. Terracciano, Laurence Magder, Carol Lee Koski, Michael Ballesteros, Denis Nash, Shelley Clarke, Penina Haber, Paul D. Stolley, Lawrence B. Schonberger, Robert T. Chen

Publications and Research

Background
The number of reports of influenza-vaccine-associated Guillain-Barré syndrome to the national Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System increased from 37 in 1992-1993 to 74 in 1993-1994, arousing concern about a possible increase in vaccine-associated risk.

Methods
Patients given a diagnosis of the Guillain-Barré syndrome in the 1992-1993 and 1993-1994 influenza-vaccination seasons were identified in the hospital-discharge data bases of four states. Vaccination histories were obtained by telephone interviews during 1995-1996 and were confirmed by the vaccine providers. Disease with an onset within six weeks after vaccination was defined as vaccine-associated. Vaccine coverage in the population was measured through a random-digit-dialing …

In The Affirmative, Vol.5, [No.11] (Mid-December 1998/Mid-January 1999), Mike Martin, The Aids Project

In the affirmative (1993-1999)

No abstract provided.

Tractor Driver Killed In Overturn While Mowing, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 44-year-old farm owner was killed when the tractor he was driving overturned. Using a rotary mower attached to a Ford 600 tractor, the farmer was mowing an area along the gravel road leading to his home in a very remote area of the county. On the east side was a fence and on the west a brush covered embankment. At the top of the seven-foot embankment was a sloping field that had been mowed earlier in the season. The tractor, having been purchased six weeks earlier, had undergone maintenance work but was not equipped with a Roll Over Protective …

Factory Worker Caught In Overhead Conveyor While Hanging Transformers, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Other

A 29-year-old male factory worker (the victim) died after his head became caught at the point where an overhead chain conveyor made contact with an idler, or pinwheel, that allowed the conveyor to make a 90-degree turn. The conveyor was over seven feet above the floor, but the victim, who was 6'7" tall, was standing on a platform that enabled him to reach the hooks on the conveyor to hang transformer canisters for delivery to a paint booth. No one saw the victim get caught at the nip point, but his supervisor heard him call out and immediately pushed the …

Tractor Operator Killed By Rotary Mower While Mowing Highway Right-Of-Way, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 23-year-old male (the victim) was killed when he fell from the tractor he was operating and was run over by the attached rotary mower. The victim had been mowing near an interstate highway on-ramp at about 1:15 pm, when his right front tractor wheel hit a concrete drainage culvert, apparently jolting him off, into the path of the mower. Although he was working with a crew, none of his co-workers witnessed the event. A passing commercial truck driver saw the victim fall, pulled over, and called emergency medical services (EMS) on his cellular phone. EMS personnel arrived within minutes …

Factory Worker Entangled In Conveyor Belt Rollers, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Other

An 18-year-old male chop saw operator (the victim) died when his right arm became caught in the roller mechanism underneath a conveyor belt. He was pulled into the roller mechanism and suffered compressional asphyxia and blunt force injuries. The victim had left his usual work station for a break. When he did not return on time, his supervisor began to search for him. He saw the victim's legs hanging from the conveyor belt and immediately ran to him and shut off the power to the conveyor belt, radioing a guard to call for emergency medical services (EMS). He and another …

Vol. 21 No. 4 (1998): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 21, No 4 Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal

The Potential Demographic Impact Of Hiv/Aids In The Pacific, Dennis A. Ahlburg, Heidi J. Larson, Tim Brown

Pacific Studies

The number of HIV infections and cases of AIDS reported in the Pacific Island nations is growing steadily. Since many, if not all, of the risk factors for HIV infection are present in the Pacific, without change in behaviors that place people at risk of infection the potential exists for an HIV/AIDS epidemic. This article shows that such an epidemic would considerably increase mortality and slow but not reverse population growth in many Pacific Island countries. As yet, well-designed, multisectoral responses to the threat of an epidemic are lacking. The longer such responses are delayed, the larger will be the …

Contributors: Vol 21 No. 4, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Contributors list of Vol. 21 (1998): Pacific Studies Full Issue 4

Impact Des Nouvelles Technologies Comme Moyen Stratégique De Prévention Des Accidents De Travail, Jean-Bernard Carrière, Yves Beauchamp, Jacqueline Dionne-Proulx

Rapports de recherche scientifique

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Étude Exploratoire De L'Exposition Aux Vibrations Globales Du Corps Dans Un Véhicule Ambulancier De Modèle Gmc Top Kick, Paul-Émile Boileau, Subhash Rakheja

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

La Sécurité Dans L'Utilisation De Machines Dangereuses : Les Presses Plieuses Dans Le Secteur De La Fabrication D'Équipement De Transport Et De Machines, Anh Dung Ngô, Yves Beauchamp, Phieu Le-Huy

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

The Nature, Scope, And Consequences Of Drug And Alcohol Use Of Students Enrolled At Three Southern Appalachian Community Colleges, Jewel D. Morgan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the nature, scope, and consequences of drug and alcohol use by students enrolled at three southern Appalachian community colleges: Mountain Empire Community College (MECC) in Virginia, Northeast State Technical Community College (NSTCC) in Tennessee, and Southwestern Community College (SCC) in North Carolina. An additional purpose was to use this information to formulate recommendations for new and improved preventive substance-abuse programs. The design for this study was descriptive research. The Core Alcohol and Drug Survey (CORE) was selected as the appropriate instrument for use in this study. The 23-item questionnaire was designed …

Retooling Tax Subsidies For Health Coverage: Old Ideas, New Politics, Karl Polzer

National Health Policy Forum

This paper describes the tax treatment of health coverage and health care spending and explores the potential impact of recent tax reform proposals. The paper summarizes the criticisms of the current system and analyzes various alternatives including capping the open-ended tax exclusion of health benefits provided by employers and unions, eliminating the exclusion, and establishing a tax credit.

Physician Organizations Assuming Risk: Market And Policy Implications, Sandra Foote, Lisa Sprague

National Health Policy Forum

This issue brief looks at capitation contracting between physician groups and health plans and ways in which financial risk and functional responsibilities may be apportioned. It traces the evolution of capitation contracting in California and the legislative and regulatory issues that have arisen.

Site Visit To Southern California — Plans And Providers: Risk, Accountability, And Staying Power, Lisa Sprague

National Health Policy Forum

This site visit was the second of two focused on managed care operations and market dynamics in California, a state notable for high HMO market penetration and intense competition. In southern California, large physician groups and independent practice associations were highly visible and influential. They had assumed significant financial risk and care management responsibility for patients in HMO plans. The result was a distinctly different model of managed care than existed in other regions of the country. The visit included meetings with leaders from physician organizations and managed care organizations in San Diego and Orange counties, as well as an …

Logger Fatally Injured By Falling Limb, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 60-year-old male logger (the victim) was killed when a falling limb struck him on the head. He had been involved in the logging industry all of his life and had been working for a small logging business for six days when the fatal incident occurred. At about 9 a.m. on the day of the incident, the owner of the company went with the victim to where he would be felling trees. The victim was not wearing any personal protective equipment (PPE). They talked for a few minutes then the owner left on the bulldozer. When he returned 20-25 minutes …

Évaluation Des Déterminants De L'Efficacité D'Une Formation En Matière De Sécurité Du Travail Dans Le Secteur Minier : Résumé, Michel Vézina, Michel Lavoie, Richard Gagnon, Renée Levaque Charron, Pierre Joubert, Jean-Pierre Brun, Renée Bourbonnais

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Étude Des Processus Accidentels Dans L'Industrie De La Construction : Le Rôle De La Qualification Professionnelle Chez Les Charpentiers-Menuisiers Et Les Électriciens : Résumé, Michel Vézina, Richard Gagnon, Serge André Girard, Jean-Pierre Brun, Michel Lavoie, Pierre Joubert, Renée Bourbonnais

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Évaluation Des Déterminants De L'Efficacité D'Une Formation En Matière De Sécurité Du Travail Dans Le Secteur Minier, Michel Vézina, Michel Lavoie, Richard Gagnon, Renée Levaque Charron, Pierre Joubert, Jean-Pierre Brun, Renée Bourbonnais

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.