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- Good to Know: Hurricanes
- Data: 1982-1986 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS); EARLY RELEASE OF SELECTED ESTIMATES BASED ON DATA FROM THE 2005 NHIS; June 2006 Early Release of health insurance estimates from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS);
Internet release of the 2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data files;
- Top Killers. Cancer: Colorectal cancer surveillance; Prostate Cancer (PDQ[r]). Cardiovascular Disease: Your Guide to a Healthy Heart, Your Guide to Living Well with
Heart Disease; ACC/AHA guideline update on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery. Diabetes: Race May Be Risk Factor For Insulin Resistance, Water And People With Diabetes - Three Reasons To Stay Hydrated, Children Of People With Diabetes Have Early Artery Disease, Blood Sugar Control Impacts Stroke Risk, Gene Variant May Predict Diabetes, Infections in Youth Linked to Diabetes, People with Diabetes Can "Pick Up the Pace" to Improve Health. Tobacco:Evidence on the effectiveness of community- and population-based efforts to prevent tobacco use and encourage smoking cessation, and on the impact of smokeless tobacco marketing; “Court: Smokers’ lawsuit over light cigarettes cannot carry class-action status” , “Surgeon General warns of secondhand smoke”
- Adolescent Health: BOYFRIENDS, GIRLFRIENDS, AND ADOLESCENTS' RISK OF
SEXUAL INVOLVEMENT; PRIORITY HEALTH-RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS; EVALUATED ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY-PREVENTION PROGRAMS;
- AIDS/HIV: “Liability for HIV infection”; “D.C. wants HIV testing for all residents 14 to 84”;
- Alcohol Abuse: EARLY DRINKING LINKED TO HIGHER LIFETIME ALCOHOLISM RISK;
- Child Health: “Cervical cancer vaccination for pre-teens”; Active healthy living: prevention of childhood obesity through increased physical activity; Ophthalmologic examinations in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; A Parent's Guide to Hearing Loss;
A Parent's Guide to the "All Ears" Study; Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program: Frequently Asked Questions; Six Common Misconceptions about Vaccination and How to Respond to Them; Questions You May Want to Ask Your Child's Audiologist; Questions You May Want to Ask Your Child's Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Doctor; Questions You May Want to Ask Your Child's Speech-Language Pathologist; CHILDREN'S EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; NEW RESOURCES DESIGNED TO HELP SYSTEM OF CARE COMMUNITIES
- Consumer Health: Recommendations for the use of laboratory tests to support poisoned patients who present to the emergency department;
- Disaster Preparedness: Disaster Recovery Planning Tool; "Clean Hands Save Lives: Emergency Situations"; A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home; Mold Prevention Strategies and Possible Health Effects in the Aftermath of Hurricanes and Major Floods; Key Facts About Hurricane and Flood Recovery;
- Drug Abuse: IMPACT OF METHAMPHETAMINE USE ON FAMILY
WELL-BEING AND SYSTEMIC REFORMS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM;
- Healthcare Economics: Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drugs pricing file; PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES;
- Healthcare Quality: “Nonprofit, FDA seek to change doctors’ prescription habits”;
- Health Policy: “Is mom a criminal for not allowing surgery on her son?”;
- Healthy People 2010: Healthy Vision 2010 website, The Healthy Vision Community-Based Programs Database;
- Infectious Disease: Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; Questions and Answers About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; Embargo of Birds from Specified Countries; Prevention and Control of Influenza Pandemic Influenza News; “Unlicensed tattoo artists blamed for spread of superbug”;
- Injury Prevention: Fireworks Injuries; High-Pressure Water Injection Injury Management;
Pressure Water Washer Safety; “Bystanders can sue police over chases”; “Lawmakers divided on revisiting helmet law”;
- Maternal Child Health: “Rabbis, state sign health rules”;
- Mental Health: ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
- Obesity: Obesity -- The New Frontier of Public Health Law;
- School Health: “’Not it!’ More schools ban games at recess”; Dental toolkit;
- Senior Health: NIHSeniorHealth Adds Information on Heart Attack; Osteoarthritis numbers expected to soar; Medicare to launch campaign on illness prevention; Medicare warns of scammers; "The Greening of Aging,"; CMS – Chronic diseases;
- Women's Health: Women's Health - Take Control;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Logic Models and 1-page Annual Reports
http://www.bettycjung.net/Phenomreports.htm , Evaluation Resources Page http://www.bettycjung.net/Evaluation.htm
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- News You Can Use: BEWARE OF "VISHING"; Mental Health Services Locator; Extreme Heat; Air Travel and Cruise Ships; 14 Top US Hospitals; MedWatch - Bismacine, also known as Chromacine; MedWatch - Triptans and SSRIs and SNRIs;
- Data: MEPS HC-084: 2005 P9R3/P10R1 Population Characteristics; Research Findings No. 25: Trends in the Pharmaceutical Treatment of Hypertension, 1997 to 2003; Statistical Brief #127: Changes in Co-pays for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Plans, 1999-2003; Statistical Brief #128: Changes in Out-of-Pocket Maximum Limits for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Plans, 1999-2003; Statistical Brief #129: The Uninsured in America, First Half of 2005: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65; Statistical Brief #130: The Uninsured in America, 1996-2005: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65; Statistical Brief #131: Health Insurance Status of Children in
America, First Half 1996-2005: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 18; Statistical Brief #132: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Large Employers in the Private Sector, by Industry Classification, 2004;
Statistical Brief #133: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Small Employers in the Private Sector, by Industry Classification, 2004; Statistical Brief #134: Employer-Sponsored Single, Employee-Plus-One, and Family Health Insurance Coverage: Selection and Cost, 2004; Statistical Brief #135: State Differences in the Cost of Job-Related Health Insurance, 2004; Medicaid Managed Care; Medicare Drug Benefit Low-Income Subsidy Applications; State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs;
Deaths; Employer-Based Health Premiums; Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs); Unemployment Rate; "Data companies challenge N.H. law";
- Top Killers. Cancer: A Guide to Cancer Clinical Studies; Management of hepatocellular carcinoma; MOST AMERICANS DO NOT KNOW WHEN OR HOW OFTEN TO GET CANCER SCREENING TESTS; Colorectal Cancer (PDQ[R]): Prevention (Health Professional Version);
Colorectal cancer screening; Screening for skin cancer: a clinical practice guideline; Single-agent interleukin-2 in the treatment of metastatic melanoma: a clinical practice guideline.
Cardiovascular Disease: Stable coronary artery disease (CAD) stats; Prevention of deep vein thrombosis; Coronary heart disease (CHD): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment; Prevention of venous thrombosis; Guidance on the use of drugs for early thrombolysis in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction; Congestive heart failure: hospital admission rate; Reformed Couch Potatoes Cut Heart Risk;
Diabetes: New Airline Travel Security Information from ADA; Diabetes mellitus: hospital admission rate for long-term complications; Diabetes mellitus: hospital admission rate for short-term complications; Allowing Case Managers to Adjust Medications Doubles the Benefit of Diabetes Care; GENE VARIANT INCREASES RISK OF TYPE 2 DIABETES But Healthy Lifestyle Changes Reduce Genetic Risk; Sulfonylurea May Improve Glycemic Control In Some Infants With Diabetes; Annual Flu Shot Benefits Adults with Diabetes; Erectile Problems May Signal Future Heart Disease; Type 2 Diabetes Increases the Risk of Glaucoma in Women; Diabetes May Increase Alzheimer's Risk; Diet Can Cut Cancer, Diabetes Risk; PTA National Resolution Regarding School Diabetes Care; Exercise Plus Med Improves Diabetes Control; Drug Combo Works Well for Diabetes and High Lipids; Vegan Diet Reverses Diabetes Symptoms, Study Finds; Weight Lifting May Curb Diabetes Risk in Heavy Teens; Guidance on the use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion for diabetes;
Hypertension: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension; Hypertension: hospital admission rate. Tobacco: NCI ANNOUNCES NEW SMOKE-FREE MEETING POLICY TO ADDRESS MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD;
- Adolescent Health: UNIQUE HEALTH ISSUES AND HEALTH CARE COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUNG ADULTS; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE AND ADOLESCENT OVERWEIGHT AND ACTIVITY LEVELS; SUBSTANCE-ABUSE PROGRAMS THAT TREAT ADOLESCENTS;
- AIDS/HIV: Public Health Service Task Force recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States; Personality disorders in patients with HIV/AIDS. Mental health care for people with HIV infection; HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM REACHING HISPANIC YOUTHS REDUCES RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS;
- Alternative Medicine: "Law read to forbid use of ear staples by acupuncturists";
- Child Health: ADOLESCENT BIRTH RATE FALLS TO RECORD LOW, KIDS' EXPOSURE TO SECONDHAND SMOKE DROPS; GUIDE PRESENTS BUDGET-BUILDING STEPS, TIPS, TOOLS, AND EXAMPLES FROM STATES AND COMMUNITIES;
- Child Welfare: Child Maltreatment 2004: Summary of Key Findings; Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect: Signs and Symptoms; How Does the Child Welfare System Work?; Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect; Child Abuse and Neglect General Information Packet;
- Consumer Health: Preventing Errors with Tablet Splitting; "Deaths spur debate about drugs made in pharmacies";
- Continuing Ed Opps: Preventive Services Web-Based Training Courses; Infectious diseases; Mammography; Pap test and pelvic exam; Colorectal cancer screening; and Bone mass measurements; Initial preventive physical examinations;
Diabetes screenings; Cardiovascular disease screenings; Diabetes self management training; Medical nutrition therapy and other diabetes supplies; Prostate, and glaucoma screenings;
- Cultural Competence: Teaching Cultural Competence in Health Care: A Review of Current Concepts, Policies and Practices;
Promoting Cultural and Linguistic Competency: Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Primary Health Care Services;
Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Services and Supports In Early Intervention and Early Childhood Settings;
Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Services and Supports to Children with Disabilities & Special Health Needs and their Families; Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Services and Supports to Individuals and Families Affected by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Other Infant Death (SIDS/ID);
- Disaster Preparedness: Pandemic Primer; "For those rebuilding in New Orleans, how high?";
- Environmental Health: "Architect fined over deadly outbreak of disease"; CHEMICAL IN MANY AIR FRESHENERS MAY REDUCE LUNG FUNCTION;
- Fitness: NHLBI OFFERS COMPLETE GUIDE TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR A HEALTHY HEART;
- Healthcare Economics: Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2007 Payment Rates; Proposed CY 2007 Update to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Covered Procedures List; Proposed Changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2008 Payment Rates; Medicare Administrative Contractors; and Reporting Hospital Quality Data for FY 2008 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Annual Payment Update Program -- HCAHPS(r) Survey, SCIP, and Mortality;
Malpractice Damage Awards on Health Care Expenditures;
- Healthcare Quality: Five Steps to Safer Health Care; 2007 Ambulatory Care/Office-Based Surgery National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Assisted Living National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Behavioral Health Care National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Disease-Specific Care National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Hospital/Critical Access Hospital National Patient Safety Goals;
The Think Cultural Health Web site;FDA and ISMP Work to Stop Use of Ambiguous Medical Abbreviations; Harmful Medication Errors in Children; Institute of Medicine Releases a Report on Preventing Medication Errors; IOM report finds drug errors harm 1.5 million in US each year; It's About Time. Achieving benchmarks and best practices in wait time management; A Guide to Planning and Implementing Cultural Competence Organizational Self-Assessment; A Planner's Guide: Infusing Principles, Content and Themes Related to Cultural and Linguistic Competence into Meetings and Conferences;
- Health Services: "Electronic Medical Record Use by Office-based Physicians: United States, 2005."; Adapting Your Practice: General Recommendations for the Care of Homeless Patients; "Fla. Supreme Ct. to decide whether cruise lines can be held liable for malpractice at sea"; Study finds communities with high ED use have fewer uninsured, Hispanic and noncitizens;
- HIPAA: HIPAA Decision Tool;
- Infectious Disease: Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Community-acquired pneumonia in adults; Immunizations; Avian Influenza; seasonal Influenza; Questions & Answers: Flu Shot, flu vaccine; Prevention and Control of Influenza;
- Maternal Child Health: STATE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN UNDER AGE 3;
- Men's Health: Men's Health Awareness Tool Kit;
- Mental Health: Major depression in adults in primary care; Facility-assessment: Checklists for Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Checklists for Delirium;
- Minority Health: Think Cultural Health: Bridging the Health Care Gap through Cultural
Competency Continuing Education Programs; HEALTH OF FOREIGN-BORN NEW YORKERS; NHLBI SCIENTISTS FIND BLOOD TEST PREDICTS COMMON AND SEVERE COMPLICATION OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE, AND IDENTIFIES PATIENTS AT HIGHEST RISK OF DEATH;
- Nutrition: Food allergy: a practice parameter; Lipid management in adults; Food Company Websites Feature Advergames, Viral Marketing, TV Ads, and Incentives for Product Purchases; Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements and Prevention of Chronic Disease;
- Obesity: Obesity Surgery Complication Rates Higher Over Time;
- Public Health Practice: Manager's Kit and User's Guide:
- School Health: "More schools test for drugs";
- Senior Health: August is National Immunization Awareness Month!; KEEP IT COOL WITH HOT WEATHER ADVICE FOR OLDER PEOPLE;
NIHSENIORHEALTH ADDS INFORMATION ON HEART ATTACK; Savings needed for health care in retirement; *Greater Proportion of Older Men, Women Working, According to Updated Federal Report*; GENETIC CLUES TO A COMMON FORM OF AGE-RELATED DEMENTIA; SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA GENE;
- Substance Abuse: Detoxification and substance abuse treatment: an overview of the psychosocial and biomedical issues during detoxification, co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions, physical detoxification services for withdrawal from specific substances, settings, levels of care, and patient placement;
- Women's Health: RANDOMIZED TRIAL ASSESSES APPROACHES TO SCREENING FOR INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS;
Guidance on the use of vinorelbine for the treatment of advanced breast cancer; Guidance on the use of paclitaxel in the treatment of ovarian cancer; Management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: 2006 position statement of The North American Menopause Society; MedWatch - Pregnant women and SSRIs; FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS' POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVING WOMEN'S MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING;
- Workplace Health: "Bosses can reject job-seekers just because they smoke";
- CT Public Health: OHCA report finds ER rates up 7% from 2001;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Connecticut Public Health Resources
http://www.bettycjung.net/Ct.htm
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- News You Can Use: Ibuprofen and aspirin; Dexedrine; Ephedrine;
Pocket PC version of the Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator; Clinical Guidelines for Physicians Treating Adults Exposed to the World
Trade Center Disaster; Half of Americans report problems paying medical and health insurance bills;
- Data: 2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report; Health Data for All Ages Web site; IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT REGIONAL ECONOMIES IN
CHILDREN'S VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY;
- Top Killers. Cancer: REPORT TO THE NATION FINDS CANCER DEATH RATES CONTINUE TO DROP; LOWER CANCER RATES OBSERVED IN U.S. LATINO POPULATIONS; American
Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Patient Guide: Preventing Nausea and Vomiting Caused by Cancer Treatment'
Antiemetics in Oncology: Update 2006 American Society of Clinical
Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Slide Set; “Skin cancer is up; Tanning industry a target”. Cardiovascular Disease: American College of
Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Pocket Guideline: Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease; Coronary artery disease: angina without
procedure hospital admission rate; ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease;
Congestive heart failure; Shortness of breath--suspected cardiac origin; Suspected bacterial endocarditis; Disease management in heart failure: HFSA 2006
comprehensive heart failure practice guideline;
Electrophysiologic testing and use of devices in heart failure:
HFSA 2006 comprehensive heart failure practice guideline; Evaluation and management of patients with acute decompensated heart failure;
Evaluation of patients for ventricular dysfunction and heart failure;
Management of asymptomatic patients with reduced left ventricular
ejection fraction; Management of heart failure in special populations: HFSA 2006 comprehensive heart failure practice guideline; Managing patients with
hypertension and heart failure; Myocarditis: current treatment; Nonpharmacological management and health care maintenance of patients with chronic heart
failure; Prevention of ventricular remodeling, cardiac dysfunction, and heart failure; Surgical approaches to the treatment of heart failure; Guidance on the
use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes. Diabetes: Diabetes mellitus: hospital admission rate for uncontrolled
diabetes; Diabetes mellitus: lower-extremity amputation rate;
Exercise Cuts Diabetes Risk in People with Big Waists; African Americans Have Poorer Diabetes Control Than Whites; Experts at International Congress on
Obesity Warn of Deadly Global Pandemic;
Traveling with Diabetes Supplies; Pre-pregnancy Care Cuts Risks For Diabetics; Ethnic Diets and Diabetes; Diabetes In Pregnancy Not A Health Motivator; Kids
With Diabetes Often Have Heart Disease Risk Factors; Self-monitoring Doesn't Appear to Help People With Type 2 Diabetes; 'Night-Eating Syndrome' Risky For
People Living With Diabetes ; Chromium May Help Control Diabetes; Poor Diabetes Control Tied To Cognitive Difficulty; Cardiovascular Risk Models Inaccurate
for People with Type 1 Diabetes; Safe Needle Disposal; DIABETES IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. High Cholesterol: What is High Blood Cholesterol? High Blood
Cholesterol, What you Need to Know; Live Healthier/Live Longer. Tobacco: “Tobacco and alcohol ads are hard to escape”; “Cigarettes pack more nicotine”.
- Adolescent Health: U.S. ADOLESCENTS' USE OF CONTRACEPTION; ADOLESCENT PERCEPTION OF SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; NATIONAL DATA ON THE HEALTH STATUS OF YOUNG
ADULTS; 1990S DECLINE IN FERTILITY AMONG BLACK ADOLESCENTS; Radio alcohol ads played for youths;
- AIDS/HIV: 2006 United Kingdom national guideline on the sexual health of people with HIV: sexually transmitted infections;
- Consumer Health: Take a Loved One for a Checkup Day: 2006 Checkup Day Toolkit; Immunizations Toolkit; “FDA weighs oversight of body parts trade”;
Preventing Infections in the Hospital - What You Can Do: A Consumer Fact Sheet; Medication management guideline;
- Cultural Competence: Getting Started...and Moving On: Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Culturally and Linguistically Competency for Comprehensive
Community Mental Health Services for Children and Families. Implications for Systems of Care; Getting Started: Planning, Implementing and Evaluating
Culturally and Linguistically Competent Service Delivery Systems for Children with Special Health Needs and their Families. Implications for Policy
Makers and Administrators;
- Ethics: Using inmates in drug trials;
- Genomics: NIH RESEARCHERS COMPLETE UNPRECEDENTED GENETIC STUDY THAT MAY HELP IDENTIFY PEOPLE MOST AT RISK FOR ALCOHOLISM;
- Healthcare Access: PARENTAL ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS;
- Healthcare Economics: Tool Kit for the Uninsured and Underinsured; “California looks to copy Canada’s health system”; Federal funding cuts – Medicare
cuts to physicians, Medicaid cuts to hospitals and nursing homes -- despite spending slowdown; Think You Don’t Need an NPI? Think Again;
- Healthcare Quality: 2007 Health Care Network National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Home Care National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Laboratory Services
National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Long Term Care National Patient Safety Goals; Facts about the 2007 National Patient Safety Goals; Majority of Physicians
Would Disclose Medical Errors to Patients, but Struggle with What to Say;
- Health Services: Integrated Care Program Design, Rate Setting, and Risk Adjustment: A Checklist for States; Integrated Care Program: Performance
Measures Recommendations;
- HIPAA: Aol's Release of Search Records; More Physicians Using Electronic Medical Records;
- Infectious Disease: PandemicFlu.gov en Español; WHO Case Definitions for Human Infections with Influenza A(H5N1) Virus; DOI, USDA, State Partners Test
More Than 13,000 Wild Migratory Birds in Alaska; “The peril in pedicures: Dirty foot spas”; “Skin scourge”; Pandemicflu.gov; Prevention and control of
tuberculosis in correctional and detention facilities: recommendations from CDC; Prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis among infants and children.
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Human Plague — Four States, 2006;
- Maternal Child Health: NEW WEB FEATURE PROVIDES EASIER ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ON SIDS AND INFANT DEATH; Clinical genetic evaluation of the
child with mental retardation or developmental delays; Update of newborn screening and therapy for congenital hypothyroidism;
- Men's Health: OBESITY IN MEN LINKED TO INFERTILITY;
- Mental Health: Practice guideline for the psychiatric evaluation of adults; Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with eating disorders;
Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with substance use disorders;
- Minority Health: Two reports on racial and ethnic disparities – preventable hospitalizations and insurance coverage;
- Nutrition: Choose Foods With 0 Grams Trans Fat;
- Obesity: OVERWEIGHT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD INCREASES CHANCES FOR OBESITY AT AGE 12;
- Public Health Continuing Ed Opps: NHANES Tutorial;
- Senior Health: 'Gradient of Disability' Linked to Household Income of Older Adults; NIHSENIORHEALTH ADDS INFORMATION ON PAGET'S DISEASE OF BONE;
- Women's Health: The management of severe pre-eclampsia/eclampsia; American Cancer Society: Breast Cancer; Mammograms and Other Breast Imaging
Procedures; Chemotherapy Complications Greater Than Previously Estimated;
- Workplace Health: BIPOLAR DISORDER EXACTS TWICE DEPRESSION'S TOLL IN WORKPLACE;
- CT Public Health: Consumer Reports finds nursing home care not improved 20 years after passage of federal consumer protections; 394,000 CT residents
lack health insurance in 2005; need for medical interpreters among CT Medicaid consumers; Aetna allows CT members access to price and quality data for
physician services;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Movies about Public Health Issues
http://www.bettycjung.net/Pch201assignments.htm
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- News You Can Use: FDA News re: Coumadin; SAMHSA Cites ADHD Medication Misuse; Turn Clocks Back October 29;
- Data: "Staffing, Capacity, and Ambulance Diversion in Emergency Departments: United States, 2003-04; CHARTBOOK PROVIDES DATA ON OVERWEIGHT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
- Top Killers. Cardiovascular Disease: Tests for Heart Failure; US could save $1 billion each year by cutting copays for cholesterol-lowering drugs; Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis;AHA/ACC guidelines for secondary prevention for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2006 update.
Diabetes. Statement of the American Diabetes Association on the New York City Health Department's Proposal to Phase Out Artificial Trans Fat in All Restaurants; Big Waist, Heavy Weight Both Raise Diabetes Risk; Islet Cell Transplant Initially Helps Control Type 1 Diabetes;
Diabetes is Now Diagnosed in 1 in 523 Young People' Weight Loss is the Best Way to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes; Blood Pressure Drug Could Cause 8,000 Diabetes Cases a Year in Britain; Taking Preventive Medications Curbs Diabetes Risk; High Blood Pressure, Diabetes Cut Heart's Reserve; Eye Disease Often Progresses in Blacks with Diabetes; Sleep Loss May Hinder Diabetes Control; Type 2 Diabetes That Develops Early More Likely To Worsen; Type 2 Diabetes Could Cripple Health Budgets, Says Expert;
Stopping Basal Insulin Cuts Hypoglycemia During Exercise in Children with Diabetes; Many People with Diabetes Risk Health by Not Taking Meds; Women with type 2 Diabetes May Have Increased Risk of Breast Cancer;
Women with Type 2 Diabetes have Increased Risk of Macrovascular Disease Compared to Men;
High Blood Pressure. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION ADDED TO NIHSENIORHEALTH. Tobacco. NIDA ANNOUNCES SMOKE-FREE MEETING POLICY;
NEW CAMPAIGN, FEATURING SMOKERS' PERSONAL STORIES, ENCOURAGES TOBACCO
USERS TO "BE A QUITTER"; Reduction in the incidence of AMI associated with a citywide smoking ordinance; “Smoking no longer très chic in France ”; “Tobacco and alcohol ads are hard to escape”.
- Alcohol Abuse. “Crashes may rise when alcohol sales ban is lifted”;
“Federal agency warns that alcohol test isn’t 100% reliable”;
- Adolescent Health. ANALYSIS INVESTIGATES EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL RADIO ADVERTISING AMONG UNDERAGE YOUTH;
- AIDS/HIV. “ U.S. urges HIV tests for adults and teenagers”;Revised recommendations for HIV testing of adults, adolescents, and
pregnant women in health-care settings; “Federal policy calling for more HIV testing poses a unique challenge in New York”;
- Child Health: FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS HAVE MORE INFLUENCE ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT THAN DOES EXPERIENCE IN CHILD CARE; Teen Health Kit for Parents; Children's Environmental Health Tips Calendar; Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (HealthySEAT); OPPORTUNITIES FOR STATES TO PREVENT INJURY AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
- Consumer Health: “Another reason the city never sleeps: more bedbugs”;
- Environmental Health: “New EPA rules on soot and dust set”;
- Food Outbreaks: Nationwide E. Coli O157:H7 Outbreak: Questions & Answers;
- Healthcare Economics: Individual insurance is too expensive or not available at all for 89% of Americans who consider buying it;
- Health Literacy: FINDINGS FROM ASSESSMENT OF ADULT HEALTH LITERACY;
- Healthcare Quality: Medical Interns Finds Majority Exceed Work Hour Limits; A Second Study Finds a Link Between Needle Stickinjuries and Long Shifts; Medicare Pays Hospitals $300 Million a Year for Treating Adverse Events, but Payments Cover Less than One-Third of Additional Costs;
Public’s Views of Medical Errors and Quality of Care; A SCORECARD FOR U.S. HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE;
- Health Policy: Study finds an empirical link between political ideology and health outcomes;
- HIPAA: Significant Privacy Breaches from Outsourcing Federal Health Services;
- Infectious Disease: “Nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements”; “New rules target petting zoos”; Infectious Diseases Society of America practice guidelines for clinical assessment, treatment and prevention of Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis; Influenza: Prevention and Control;
- Maternal Child Health: NEW FOLIC ACID BROCHURE;
- Men's Health: Locally advanced (high-risk) prostate cancer; Node-positive prostate cancer; Testosterone therapy in adult men with androgen deficiency syndromes: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline;
- Mental Health: Depression, It's Treatable; Start Talking Before They Start Drinking: A Family Guide; Depression: management of depression in primary and secondary care; “Sexual abuses by health-care professionals spur new rules”;
- Minority Health: New Test Measures Spanish-Speaking Patients' Understanding of Basic Medical Terminology; HISPANICS FACE GREATER BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE IN "NEW GROWTH COMMUNITIES";
- Nutrition: HOW FEMALE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS INTERPRET
WEIGHT-LOSS ADS; “ New York City plans limits on restaurants’ use of trans fats”; “The war over salt”;
- Public Health Practice: ESTABLISHING A VOLUNTARY NATIONAL
ACCREDITATION PROGRAM FOR STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS;
- School Health: Student Absenteeism; “Teacher’s suicide attempt prompts morality debate”; Walk to School in October: Getting Started;
EFFECT OF MATERNAL DEPRESSION AND VIOLENCE EXPOSURE ON CHILD SCHOOL FUNCTIONING;
- Senior Health: Fall management guideline;
- Special Needs: Communicating With and About People with Disabilities; Focus on Ability: Interviewing Applicants with Disabilities; Opening Doors to All Candidates: Tips for Ensuring Access for Applicants with Disabilities;
- Women's Health: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool; Get a Mammogram: Do It for Yourself, Do It for Your Family; Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis;
- Workplace Health: WORKPLACE-BASED PROGRAM FOR PARENTS TO PROMOTE
ADOLESCENT SEXUAL HEALTH;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site. What's New Page
http://www.bettycjung.net/Whatsnew.htm
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- News You Can Use: FDA - Counterfeit One Touch Basic/Profile and One Touch Ultra Blood Glucose Test Strips, acetaminophen
recall; Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS);
- Data: CHILD HEALTH USA 2005; Health Data for All Ages updates;
Injury mortality: US/State, 2001-2003 (Source: NVSS);
Monitoring the Future (MTF) updates; Statehealthfacts.org Updates;
- Top Killers. Cardiovascular Disease: Heart Profilers,Lipids, Guidelines
on the management of stable angina pectoris,Heart failure in adults.
Diabetes: November is American Diabetes Month, FTC and FDA Act Against Internet Vendors
of Fraudulent Diabetes Cures and Treatments,NIDDK DEBUTS NEWLY DESIGNED WEBSITE,
Type 1 diabetes in adults, Managing Hyperglycemia In Type 2 Diabetes,
Obesity Pill May Treat Diabetes, U.S. FDA OKs New Drug for Diabetes,
Diabetes May Up Risk Of Death After Heart Bypass, Whole Grains Cut Diabetes Risk For Black Women,
Women with Diabetes Who Breast-feed Lower Child's Obesity Risk, Stem cells may make insulin cells,
Erectile Dysfunction Seen as Diabetes Marker in Younger Men, Coffee Reduces Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes,
Smoking Harms Kidney Function In Type 2 People With Diabetes, Any Exercise Can Improve Diabetes Control,
Statin Therapy Aids Heart Patients With Diabetes, Optimizing The Management of Diabetic Neuropathy.
- Adolescent Health: THE PUBLIC COSTS OF ADOLESCENT CHILDBEARING; GENDER, AGE, AND BEHAVIOR DIFFERENCES IN EARLY
ADOLESCENT WORRY;
- AIDS/HIV: HIV Testing Laws Compendium; Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected
adults and adolescents;
- Alcohol Abuse: “Wine bottles to get health danger labels”; “Alcohol, a car and a fatality. Is it murder?”
- Bioethics: Thousands got parts stolen from cadavers;
- Consumer Health: Adults' access to preventive/ambulatory health services; Children and adolescents' access to primary care practitioners; Check Your Medicines: Tips for Taking Medicines Safely; Election-Year Disconnect on Health;
- Disaster Preparedness: Public Health Emergency Legal Response Website; Isolation and Quarantine Toolkit;
- Environmental Health: “Senate hearing examines oversight of greens”; “Court rebuffs a suit linking mold to illness”;
“E.U. sets stage for showdown on chemicals”;
- Epidemiology: Spatial confidentiality and GIS: Re-engineering mortality locations;
- Family Health: A Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free;
- Fitness: Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool;
- Healthcare Economics: CMS.gov news; Problems Americans Are Having Because of Health Care Costs;
- Health Literacy: Comparing different media on the same story supporting excellence in health & medical news reporting;
health care plan descriptions written at first year of college reading level on average;
- Health Policy: The Role of Law Enforcement in Public Health Emergencies: Special Considerations for an All-Hazards Approach;
- Homelessness: FirstStep;
- Infectious Disease: New immunizations for adults; Use of antibiotics in adults; Flu season is here!
- Maternal Child Health: THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH; WELL-CHILD CARE CHANGE IDEAS;
LIBRARY CREATES PORTAL TO MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH HISTORY MATERIALS; INFORMATION ABOUT NON-MATERNAL CHILD CARE
AND ITS LINKS TO CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT; PROGRESS TOWARD ACHIEVING MATERNAL AND INFANT
HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 OBJECTIVES; CONTRIBUTION OF PRETERM BIRTH TO INFANT MORTALITY RATES;Postpartum care;
Timeliness of prenatal care; CMHI Medical Home Improvement Kit;
- Minority Health: IMPACT OF SCHOOL-BASED DATING-VIOLENCE-PREVENTION
PROGRAM AMONG LATINO ADOLESCENTS;
- Nutrition: RISKS AND BENEFITS OF FISH INTAKE; MyPyramid Food Guidance System Education Framework;
5 A Day for better health; “Denmark leads the way in banning killer fat”;
- Pain Management: Pain management guideline;
- Public Health Practice: PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES; NIDA SPEEDS TRANSFER OF
RESEARCH FINDINGS INTO CLINICAL TOOLS;
- School Health: “Teaching kids to fight back against classroom invaders”; “Kids’ snack food modeled after state law”;
ADOLESCENT HEALTH CURRICULUM LAUNCHED TO ENHANCE PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING; BodyWise Handbook: Eating Disorders Information for Middle School
Personnel;
- Senior Health: Alcohol, Medication and Older Adults: For Those Who Care About or Care
for an Older Adult; At Any Age, It Does Matter: Substance Abuse and Older Adults (for
Professionals); It Won't Happen to Me: Alcohol Abuse and Violence Against Women (for
Those Who Are Concerned About the Issue); Out of the Shadows: Uncovering Substance Use
and Elder Abuse; Management of urinary incontinence in older adults;
Physical activity in older adults: percentage of Medicare members 65
years of age and older;
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Cervical cancer screening for women who attend STD clinics or have a
history of STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines
2006; Clinical prevention guidance. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment
guidelines 2006; Congenital syphilis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines
2006; Diseases characterized by genital ulcers. Sexually transmitted
diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Diseases characterized by urethritis and cervicitis. Sexually
transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Diseases characterized by vaginal discharge. Sexually transmitted
diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Ectoparasitic infections. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment
guidelines 2006; Epididymitis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006;
Hepatitis C. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006;
HIV infection: detection, counseling, and referral. Sexually
transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; HPV infection and genital warts. Sexually transmitted diseases
treatment guidelines 2006; Management of patients who have a history of penicillin allergy.
Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Pelvic inflammatory disease. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment
guidelines 2006; Proctitis, proctocolitis, and enteritis. Sexually transmitted diseases
treatment guidelines 2006; Public Health Service Task Force recommendations for use of
antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and
interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States;
Sexual assault and STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment
guidelines 2006; Special populations. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines
2006; Vaccine preventable STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment
guidelines 2006; Chlamydia Testing and Treatment;
- Substance Abuse: Too Smart to Start Implementation Guide; Environmental Strategies for Prevention. A Guide To Helping the
Prevention Professional Work Effectively in the Community; Silence Hurts: Alcohol Abuse and Violence Against Women (for
Professionals); The ABCs of Bullying. Addressing, Blocking, and Curbing School
Aggression;
- Women's Health: Hospital admissions for breast cancer fell by a third between 1997 and 2004;
Uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women; GirlsHealth.gov;
- Workplace Health: Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace: Special
Issues; Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace: Training &
Educational Materials;
- CT Public Health: Medical discount cards in CT – an update; needs and costs to provide medical translation services in Medicaid;
Aetna and CT Dept. of Insurance sued over very limited coverage health plans; One CT HMO ranks among best in US News annual report;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/Whatsnew.htm
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- News You Can Use: Holidays the Healthy Way; Graduated Driver Licensing Tool Kit;
REMEMBER 3:1:1 THIS HOLIDAY TRAVEL SEASON; Information Regarding Polonium-210 Involved in Recent Events in the United Kingdom;
- Data: 2006 EDITION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA BOOK; NEW CHARTBOOK HIGHLIGHTS FINDINGS ON THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS RESIDING IN RURAL AREAS;
The Internet release of the older NHIS data; Health, United States, 2006 with
Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans with Special Feature on PAIN; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA); Statehealthfacts.org - Medicare, Medicaid, Health Status, HIV/AIDS, Providers and Service Use, and Demographics and the Economy; Statehealthfacts.org updates;
- Top Killers. Cancer: Improving outcomes in children and young people with cancer;
Survey of Families Affected by Cancer Shows People With and Without Health Insurance Often Suffer Serious Financial Hardships. Cardiovascular Disease: Risk of Death or Heart Attack with Drug-Eluting Stents Appears to be Lower with Longer Use of Anti-Clotting Treatment;
Management of Dyslipidemia Algorithms;Facts about Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.);
Facts about Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.) for African Americans; Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.) Community Action Tool Kit; Clinical stress testing in the pediatric age group; Primary prevention of ischemic stroke: a guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council. Diabetes: The real deal on chocolate; Adult diabetes clinical practice guidelines; Job Burnout May Raise Type 2 Diabetes Risk; Anemia Often Develops In People With Type 2 Diabetes; Antioxidant Eases Diabetic Nerve Pain; Benefits Of Diabetes Drug Don't Depend On Weight; People With Diabetes Often Rate Their Health As Fair Or Poor; Cardiometabolic Risk: The New Paradigm in Diabetes Management. Tobacco: NIDA RESEARCHERS COMPLETE UNPRECEDENTED SCAN OF HUMAN GENOME THAT MAY HELP UNLOCK THE GENETIC CONTRIBUTION TO TOBACCO ADDICTION;
- Adolescent Health: Helping America's Youth: Care, Connect, Commit!; Helping America's Youth: Community Assessment; Helping America's Youth: Community Partnerships;Helping America's Youth: Program Tool;
- AIDS/HIV: WORLD AIDS DAY; New Data on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States;
Updated fact sheet on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States; Updated fact sheet on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic;
- Alcohol Abuse: Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA);
- Consumer Health: Adult Preventive Care Timeline; A consensus document on bowel preparation before colonoscopy; Quality indicators for colonoscopy; Quality indicators for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Quality indicators for endoscopic ultrasonography; Quality indicators for esophagogastroduodenoscopy; The role of endoscopy in patients with chronic pancreatitis;
- Disaster Preparedness: Report says most states still aren't prepared for major emergencies; AHRQ Information on Mass Casualty Care;
- Genomics: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH LAUNCHES "HEALTH INFORMATION RX PROGRAM" ON NEWBORN SCREENING AND RELATED GENETIC DISORDERS;
- Healthcare Economics: National Survey: Americans' Views on Health Care and Options for Reform; Pay-for-Performance Incentives Adopted by Half of U.S. HMOs, but Use Depends on Health Plan Type, Physician Payment Arrangements; The Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet;
- Health Services: Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2006: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force;
New Report on Residential Care and Assisted Living; PRIMARY CARE IN SEVEN COUNTRIES;
- HIPAA: "Health hazard: computers spilling your history";
- Infectious Disease: Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O157 Infection; E. coli Resources for Clinicians; (1) Immunizations. (2) Immunizations update;
- Influenza: 1918 flu epidemic teaching valuable lessons;
- Maternal Child Health: NEW CHARTBOOK HIGHLIGHTS FINDINGS ON THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS RESIDING IN RURAL AREAS; 2007 Folic Acid Campaign Materials Released; Bone Up on Bone Loss! Exercise to Build Healthy Bones!; Building Strong Bones: Calcium Information for Health Care Providers; For Strong Bones...For Lifelong Health...Milk Matters; Lactose Intolerance: Information for Health Care Providers; Milk Matters; Safe Sleep For Your Baby: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (African American Outreach); Safe Sleep for Your Baby: Ten Ways to Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (General Outreach); POPULATION-LEVEL CHANGES IN FOLATE INTAKE;
- Men's Health: Fewer Risk Factors in Midlife Linked to Healthier, Longer Lives for Men; (1) The management of erectile dysfunction: an update. (2) 2006 addendum;
- Minority Health: YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULTS AT HIGH RISK FOR HIV, STDS EVEN IN ABSENCE OF HIGH-RISK BEHAVIORS;
ACCULTURATION AND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AMONG LATINO YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES;
- Nutrition: Tastes so good but it's so bad;"New York bans most trans fats in restaurants";"From iguanas to armadillos, state cracks down on mystery meats"; NEW TOOL TO USE THE NUTRITION FACTS LABEL; "Make Your Calories Count"; MyPyramid Tracker; MyPyramid USDA's New Food Guidance System;
- Obesity: Hospital stays of obese patients;
- Public Health Practice: RESOURCE CENTER LAUNCHED TO PROMOTE INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION; THE PUBLIC ROLES OF U.S. PHYSICIANS; The Health Manager's Toolkit;
- Senior Health: NEW, EASY-TO-READ BOOKLET OFFERS COLD-WEATHER TIPS FOR OLDER ADULTS; STRUCTURED EXERCISE PROGRAM MAY ENHANCE SENIORS' PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING;
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases: The ethics and politics of compulsory HPV vaccination;
- Women's Health: New Women & Diabetes Web site; 2006 EDITION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA BOOK; Screening Tests and Immunizations Guidelines for Women; From High 2 Low: Food, Family & Cholesterol Tool Kit; Radiotherapy for breast cancer in countries with limited resources: program implementation and evidence-based recommendations;
- Workplace Health: Ankle & foot (acute & chronic); Burns; Carpal tunnel syndrome (acute & chronic); Elbow (acute & chronic); Eye; Forearm, wrist, & hand (acute & chronic); Head; Hernia; Hip & pelvis (acute & chronic); Knee & leg (acute & chronic); Low back - lumbar & thoracic (acute & chronic); Neck and upper back (acute & chronic); Pain (chronic); Shoulder (acute & chronic); Stress related conditions and other mental disorders; Ankle and foot complaints; Elbow complaints; Eye;
Forearm, wrist and hand complaints; Knee complaints; Low back complaints; Neck and upper back complaints; Shoulder complaints; Stress-related conditions; The Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science into Coverage;
BENEFITS TO EMPLOYERS OUTWEIGH ENHANCED DEPRESSION-CARE COSTS; Depression;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Wishing all a blessed Christmas and wonderful New Year
http://www.bettycjung.net/Greetings.htm
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