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- News You Can Use: FDA - Nonoxynol 9 OTC Contraceptive Products; Possibility of severe and sometimes incapacitating bone, joint, and/or muscle (musculoskeletal) pain in patients taking bisphosphonates; Safety and effectiveness of "bio-identical hormone replacement therapy," or "BHRT" products; Mutual Aid Website;
- Data: CORRECTION OF REPORT NUMBER for"Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2006";Health Preparedness State Rankings; PUBLIC HEALTH IN NEW YORK CITY; Health for all Ages updates;
- Top Killers. Cancer: NEW BIOMARKER FOR PREDICTING LIVER CANCER SPREAD
AND SURVIVAL; Follow-up imaging of bladder carcinoma; Hepatic malignancy;
Pretreatment staging of invasive bladder cancer; Pretreatment staging prostate cancer; Renal cell carcinoma staging;
Cardiovascular Disease. Screening for carotid artery stenosis: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement; Heart failure in adults; Suspected congenital heart disease in the adult; Task Force Recommends Against Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis in Adults without Symptoms;
Diabetes. Effectiveness, Safety of Oral Diabetes Medications; Diabetes Care: Tools and Resources on Clinical Guidelines, Comprehensive Visits, and Periodic Examinations; Diabetes Prevention and Management Toolkit;
High Blood Pressure. Task Force Reaffirms Recommendation for High Blood Pressure Screening for All Adults; SAMHSA updates; The 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH);
- Adolescent Health. SEXUAL EXPERIENCE AMONG YOUNG ADOLESCENTS;
- AIDS/HIV. Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents;
- Arthritis. Choosing Pain Medicine For Osteoarthritis (Consumer Guide);
- Consumer Health. Door-to-Doc Patient Safety Toolkit;
- Emergency Preparedness. Public Health Mutual Aid Agreements -- A Menu of Suggested Provisions;
- Family Health. Practice parameter for the assessment of the family; Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children and
adolescents with depressive disorders; Summary of recommendations for clinical preventive services;
- Healthcare Economics. Quick Reference Chart “Steps to Accessing CMS Enterprise Applications for Provider Organizations; The Home Health Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet;
- Healthcare Quality. Many Employers Not Seeking More Value for Their Health Care Dollars;
- Health Literacy. HRSA UNVEILS FREE ONLINE HEALTH LITERACY TRAINING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
- Health Services. PEDIATRIC AUTOPSIES USING FAMILY-CENTERED CRITERIA;
Scheduling Toolkit for Medical Professionals; Communicating Critical Test Results Toolkit; Implementing a Program of Patient Safety in Small Rural Hospitals; The Emergency Department Pharmacist as a Safety Resource;
Trainings, Drills, Exercises: Hospital and Primary Care Centers Tabletop Toolkit;
- Infectious Disease. Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and other Hospital-Acquired Infections; Tuberculosis (TB); Human Papillomavirus (HPV); NIAID EXPERTS SEE DENGUE AS POTENTIAL THREAT TO U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH;
- Influenza. Stay At Home Toolkit for Influenza;
- Maternal Child Health. DEVELOPMENTAL SURVEILLANCE AND SCREEENING
IN PRIMARY CARE; PRECONCEPTION AND PREGNANCY KNOWLEDGE PATH; THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PRIMARY CARE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN SUPPORTING NEWBORN SCREENING;
- Minority Health. The Pandemic Influenza Planning Workbook: A Planning Guide for American Indian/Alaska Native Communities;
- Nutrition. Trans Fat; Menu Labeling; Breastfeeding;
- Obesity. NEW RECOMMENDATIONS ON CHILD AND ADOLESCENT
OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY; STATE AND REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN CHILDHOOD AND
ADOLESCENT OBESITY;
- Public Health Continuing Ed. HRSA UNVEILS FREE ONLINE HEALTH LITERACY TRAINING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; The Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) in Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals Fact Sheet;
The Present On Admission (POA) Indicator Reporting by Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals Fact Sheet;
- Public Health Research. “Improving Population Health: The Uses of Systematic Reviews”; INFORMATION ON "PARTICIPATING IN CLINICAL TRIALS" NOW AVAILABLE ON NIHSENIORHEALTH.GOV;
- School Health. Wellness Policies; College Mental Health;
- Senior Health. Many Osteoporosis Medications Prevent Fractures, but None Is Proven Best; Partnering With Your Doctor: A Guide for Persons With Memory Problems and Their Caregivers;
- Women's Health. Women’s Health Insurance Coverage fact sheets; Antibiotic prophylaxis for gynecologic procedures; Pelvic organ prolapse;
Gynecologic herpes simplex virus infections; Human papillomavirus;
Intrauterine device; Management of abnormal cervical cytology and histology; Management of endometrial cancer; Pregestational diabetes mellitus; Ultrasonography in pregnancy; Urinary incontinence in women;
Cervical cytology screening; Cervical insufficiency; Chronic pelvic pain;
Diagnosis and treatment of gestational trophoblastic disease; Multiple gestation: complicated twin, triplet, and high-order multifetal pregnancy;
Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy; Prophylactic antibiotics in labor and delivery; Routine prenatal care; Osteoporosis and bone mineral density;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site. Fitness Resources on the Net
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- News You Can Use: Adverse Reactions Linked to Botox; New Safety Warnings for Chantix; My
Family Health Portrait; Family Health History Toolkit;
- Data: Health Characteristics of the Asian Adult Population: United States, 2004-2006; HIV
Infection in the United States Household Population Aged 18–49 Years: Results from 1999–2006;
Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control—Continued Disparities in Adults: United States,
2005–2006;
- Top Killers: Cancer. Staging and follow-up of ovarian cancer; Anal cancer;
Resectable rectal cancer.
Cardiovascular Disease. NEW GENETIC VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH LIPID LEVELS, RISK FOR
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; NEW PIECE TO THE PUZZLE OF HUMAN HEIGHT; Preventing Hospital-Acquired
Venous Thromboembolism; ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines for the management of patients with unstable
angina/non ST-Elevation myocardial infarction; ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines on perioperative
cardiovascular evaluation and
care for noncardiac surgery; Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management
of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with acute heart failure syndromes;
Diabetes. FOR SAFETY, NHLBI CHANGES INTENSIVE BLOOD SUGAR TREATMENT STRATEGY IN CLINICAL
TRIAL OF DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; Guideline for the care of the older adult with
diabetes;
High Cholesterol. NEW GENETIC VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH LIPID
LEVELS, RISK FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. Treatment of hyperlipidaemia: aims and selection;
Tobacco.“Supreme Court to consider shield for drug, cigarette firms”;
- Adolescent Health. HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND UTILIZATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS
AND YOUNG ADULTS;
- AIDS/HIV. “Fair play or morality play?”; HIV infection; HIV and Mental Health: The Hidden
Epidemic in People with HIV Infection; Mental Health Screening: A Quick Reference Guide for HIV
Primary Care Clinicians; Screening Tools for Completing Mental Health Assessments in HIV
Primary Care Settings;
- Consumer Health. Are You Getting Ready For Surgery?; Clear and Effective Patient
Education: A Guide for Improving Health Communications in the Hospital Setting;Hand Washing:
Tips For Washing Away Illness; Keeping You From Falling: Don't Let a Fall Be Your Last Trip;
Make Your Hospital Stay a Safe Stay!; Your Medicine, You Can Never Be Too Safe: Tips For Using
Medication Safely;
- Drug Abuse. Screening for illicit drug use: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
recommendation statement.
- Emergency Preparedness. “Disaster plan is set for release”; “Guide to evacuate region
reveals limitations”; Pandemic Influenza Guide; The Curricula for Simulated Obstetric Emergency
Response Drills & Safety (CORDS);
- Family Health. 1) Immunizations. 2) Immunization update; Preventive services for adults;
Preventive services for children and adolescents;
- Healthcare Economics. The Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet;
Consumer Financial Incentives Guide for Employers and Other Health Care Purchasers; nation's 10
most expensive medical conditions; “Guided Pathways to Medicare Resources for Medicare
Fee-for-Service Health Care Professionals.”; The NPI is here; Modifications to the Healthcare
Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code set;
- Healthcare Quality. Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality; Monitoring
and Evaluating Medicaid Fee-for-Service Care Management Programs: A User's Guide; 2007 CAHPS®
Health Plan Survey Chartbook; CAHPS In-Center Hemodialysis Survey and Reporting Kit; Clinician
& Group Survey and Reporting Kit 2007; Physicians Want to Learn from Medical Mistakes But Say
Current Error-Reporting Systems are Inadequate; “Consent forms that patients can understand”;
- Health Literacy. IDEAS FOR CREATING CLEAR, EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND ORAL HEALTH MATERIALS;
- Health Services. “Nurse admits plucking body parts from 244 corpses for resale”;
- Maternal Child Health. Management of thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy and postpartum:
an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline; INFLUENCES OF INDIVIDUAL- AND
NEIGHBORHOOD-LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS ON HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND ADEQUACY OF WEIGHT GAIN DURING
PREGNANCY; Healthy Habits for Life: Child Care Resource Kit; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AIR POLLUTION
AND POSTNEONATAL INFANT MORTALITY;
- Minority Health. TRENDS IN INFANT MORTALITY AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS
AND WHITES; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD DEPRIVATION AND PRETERM BIRTH BY RACE;
American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Resource Kit;
- Nutrition. “Popcorn eater sues Kroger claiming flavoring caused lung ailment”. Eating
disorders among children and adolescents;
- Obesity. ‘Costs of Obesity’ Report; Metabolic syndrome;
- Occupational Health. NIOSH Mine Safety Report;
- Public Health Continuing Ed. The ABCs of Providing the Initial Preventive Physical
Examination;
- School Health. SPECIAL LEGAL ISSUE ON LAWS AND POLICIES RELATED TO
SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMS; School Infectious Disease Plans; “A CDC review of school laws and
policies concerning child and adolescent health”; “States push for cyberbully controls”;
- Senior Health. Osteoarthritis of the knees; Practice guideline for the treatment of
patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias;
- Women's Health. The USPSTF recommends against screening for bacterial vaginosis in
pregnant women at low risk for preterm delivery; MATERNAL DEPRESSION AS A RISK FACTOR AFFECTING
CHILD WELL-BEING AND SCHOOL READINESS; SURGEON GENERAL RELEASES REPORT ON WOMEN'S MENTAL
HEALTH; EFFECTS OF CUEING ON HEALTH PROFESSIONALS' DISCUSSION OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE;
BodyWorks: A Toolkit for Healthy Girls and Strong Women;
- Worksite Wellness. “Wellness programs may face legal tests”;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site.
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- News You Can Use: Food Safety - Recall of Beef products; Spiriva and Foradil inhalation powder capsules;
- Data: Cesarean section in 2005; buying online prescription drugs; MEPS Tabular Data: 2005 State-Level Medical Expenditure Data; 2005 MEPSnet/Household Component Data; Statistical Brief #192: Estimates of Health Care Expenditures for the 10 Largest States, 2005; Statistical Brief #193: National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2005; Statistical Brief #194: Average Annual Health Care Use and Expenses for Shingles among the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2003-2005; Statistical Brief #195: Dental Expenditures in the 10 Largest States, 2005;
Statistical Brief #196: Prescription Drug Expenditures in the 10 Largest States for Persons under Age 65, 2005; Statistical Brief #197: Medical Expenditures of the Non-Elderly by Age and Insurance Status, 2004;
Statistical Brief #198: The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for Adults Age 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2005; Statistical Brief #199: The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for the Medicare Population Age 65 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2005; Statistical Brief #200: Comparing Population Characteristics of Persons Purchasing Prescribed Drugs from Mail Order Pharmacies with Persons Purchasing Prescribed Drugs from Other Outlets, 2005;
Research Findings #28: Demographics and Health Care Access and Utilization of Limited-English-Proficient and English-Proficient Hispanics; 2006 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) released;
- Top Killers. Cancer: Family History Cancer Risk Assessment: JamesLink.
Cardiovascular Disease: High Blood Cholesterol Newest Offering on NIHSeniorHealth Website; Chest pain that does not appear to be a heart attack; Heart Health Toolbox; Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Clinical Pathway; Ideal Discharge of Heart Failure Patients: A Hospitalist Checklist;
Tobacco: SMOKING'S EFFECTS ON GENES MAY PLAY A ROLE IN LUNG CANCER DEVELOPMENT AND SURVIVAL;
- Adolescent Health. THE ROLE OF PARENTAL CONSENT IN ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE RESEARCH; TEENS WITH TREATMENT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION MORE LIKELY TO GET BETTER WITH SWITCH TO COMBINATION THERAPY;
- Alcohol Abuse. BRAIN STRESS SYSTEM PRESENTS POSSIBLE TREATMENT TARGET FOR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE; QUANTITY AND FREQUENCY OF DRINKING INFLUENCE MORTALITY RISK; States weighing lower age to drink;
- Child Health. THE INFLUENCE OF MULTIPLE SOCIAL RISK FACTORS ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH; INCIDENCE OF UNINTENTIONAL STRANGULATION DEATHS FROM THE "CHOKING GAME; MANUAL PROVIDES GUIDANCE IN CHOOSING PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING INSTRUMENTS;
- Children with Special Health Care Needs. CHARTBOOK REPORTS NEW FINDINGS FROM NATIONAL SURVEY OF CHILDREN WITH
SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS;
- Consumer Health. Bill proposes ‘scarlet letter’ for DUIs; Donation Basics; Transplantation Basics;
- Disaster Preparedness. U.S. : states better prepared for disasters;
- Environmental Health.2008 Roadmap to State Highway Safety Laws; Climate change: the public health response;
- Flu. 1918 Influenza Information; Pandemic Influenza Toolkit; NIH SCIENTISTS FIND WHY FLU VIRUS SPREADS IN COLD WEATHER;
- Genomics. CHANGES IN ADULT STEM CELLS MAY UNDERLIE RARE GENETIC DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH ACCELERATED AGING; ZEBRAFISH PROVIDE USEFUL SCREENING TOOL FOR GENES, DRUGS THAT PROTECT AGAINST HEARING LOSS;
- Healthcare Economics. Consumer Financial Incentives: A Decision Guide For Purchasers;
- Healthcare Quality. Modest Health Care Quality Gains Outpaced by Spending; Many lawsuits against pharmacies settled in silence; Video on Communicating with Your Doctor; Video on Personal Health Records; State Health Policy Survey Report: 2007 Guide to State Adverse Event Reporting Systems; Preventing Wrong-Site Surgery Toolkit;
- Health Literacy. Health Literacy Fact Sheets;
- Health Services. Hospitals now must report serious staph cases to officials;
- Infectious Disease. The up side of the SARS outbreak;
- Injury Prevention. Epidemiology Triangle Worksheet;
- Maternal Child Health. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TOOL TO SCREEN FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL RISKS; RISK FACTORS FOR SIDS AND APPARENT LIFE-THREATENING EVENTS; THE EFFECTS OF LATE-PRETERM BIRTH AND MATERNAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS ON NEWBORN MORBIDITY RISK ;
- Mental Health. Federal, state mental health laws could collide; Mental Health Court Guidance Document;
- Nutrition. Consumer food labeling suits reinstated; Court ruling, contaminated milk raise questions about using sewage plant wastes as fertilizer; March is National Nutrition Month®;
- Oral Health. ORAL HEALTH IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN; FOUNDATIONS' ROLE IN IMPROVING ORAL HEALTH;
- Respiratory Diseases. Task Force Recommends Against Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry;
- Senior Health. Providing Comfort at the End of Life; IMPROVED COGNITIVE HEALTH AMONG OLDER AMERICANS;
- STDS. Improving Chlamydia Screening: Strategies from Top Performing Health Plans;
- Women's Health. NLM AND ORWH ANNOUNCE NEW NIH WEB SITE SOURCE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH INFORMATION; NIDDK PUBLISHES RESOURCES ABOUT BLADDER PROBLEMS; WHI FOLLOW UP STUDY CONFIRMS HEALTH RISKS OF LONG-TERM COMBINATION HORMONE THERAPY OUTWEIGH BENEFITS FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; NEWLY IDENTIFIED GENETIC VARIATIONS MAY AFFECT BREAST CANCER RISK; STUDY OF TARGETED THERAPIES FOR BREAST CANCER ESTABLISHES MODEL FOR GLOBAL CLINICAL TRIALS; ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BREASTFEEDING DURATION AND LOWER PREVALENCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AMONG WOMEN IN MIDLIFE; SCREENING FOR BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS IN PREGNANCY;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Site Index
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- News You Can Use. Warning About "Total Body" Liquid Supplements;
WARNINGS section of prescribing information for Exubera;
- Data. 1993-1996 NHIS Family Resources Supplement data files; Preliminary estimates for 15 selected health measures for 2007 NHIS; Updated Health Data for all Ages; NHIS Health Insurance;
- Top Killers. Cardiovascular Disease: AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AND CPR ARE EQUALLY HELPFUL FOR SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST IN THE HOME; AGGRESSIVELY LOWERING CHOLESTEROL AND BLOOD PRESSURE MAY REVERSE
ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN ADULTS WITH DIABETES;
Kidney Disease: KIDNEY DISEASE NEWEST OFFERING ON NIHSENIORHEALTH;
Tobacco: Big Tobacco’s Guinea Pigs: How an Unregulated Industry Experiments on America’s Kids and Consumers; Tobacco Law Information;
Car Smoking Report; Model Tobacco Policies; “Appeals court panel throws out class action over light cigarettes”;
- Adolescent Health. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HAVING SEX AT A YOUNG AGE WITH AN OLDER PARTNER AND SELECTED OUTCOMES IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD; NATIONAL DATA ON MEASURES OF ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH; EXPERIENCES OF BEING "20-SOMETHING" TODAY VS. IN EARLIER DECADES; HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 MIDCOURSE REVIEW EXAMINES PROGRESS IN CRITICAL AREAS OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH;
- AIDS/HIV. HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States; “Anti-human-trafficking law sparks debate in India”;
- Alcohol Abuse. ONLINE VIDEO PROGRAM TRAINS CLINICIANS TO HELP PATIENTS WHO DRINK TOO MUCH;
- Asthma. GENE LINKED TO INHERITED BLOOD BIOMARKER ASSOCIATED WITH ASTHMA;
- Child Health. PEDIATRICIANS ALERTED TO THE DEVELOPMENTAL NATURE OF UNDERAGE DRINKING; NEW BULLYING-PREVENTION TOOLKIT RELEASED; EFFORTS TO INTEGRATE MENTAL HEALTH AND ORAL HEALTH INTO CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE;
- Children with Special Health Care Needs. National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs Chartbook 2005-2006;
- Consumer Health. “States ‘recycle’ meds to battle costs”; "Consumer protection law defective, study finds”;
- Disaster Preparedness. “In a massive disaster, care will be scarce”;
Pandemic Planning Update: Update 5;
- Environmental Health. “Law will bring monitoring changes”; “EPA issues new rules on lead paint”;
- Eye Health. AMERICANS LACK CRITICAL FACTS ABOUT MAINTAINING EYE HEALTH
Disparities are Greatest among Hispanics;
- Healthcare Economics. Health insurance consumes 7.8% of total US employee compensation, second only to wages and salaries; Consumer directed health plans continue to attract healthier, wealthier members;
- Healthcare Quality. AHRQ annual quality and health disparity reports find mixed results; Upward Trend for Hospital Patient Safety Culture, Highlights Areas to Focus Improvement; Transforming Hospitals Into High Reliability Organizations;
- Health Services. “Telemedicine may violate Guam law”; “On the frontline of abuse”;
- Immunizations. “More families are shunning inoculations”;
- Infectious Disease. Measles outbreaks in the United States; "Superbug defies antibiotics”; “State to be sued by hepatitis B carriers, who top 1 million”;
- Injury Prevention. U.S. hospitals treated 308,200 people for attempted suicide, assault, rape, abuse, and other violence-related trauma in 2005 at a cost of $2.3 billion; “Cellphone law may not make roads safer”;
- Maternal Child Health. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FOOD SECURITY IN INFANCY AND ATTACHMENT AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN TODDLERHOOD;
- Mental Health. PAST CHILD ABUSE PLUS VARIATIONS IN GENE RESULT IN POTENT PTSD RISK FOR ADULTS; The effectiveness of antidepressants;
- Minority Health. WIDE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH COVERAGE AMONG ASIAN AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS, WITH UNINSURED RATES FOR SOME SUBGROUPS AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE UNITED STATES;
- Nutrition. “Humane Society Sues USDA over mad-cow safety rules”;
- Obesity. INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG OBESITY-PREVENTION
BEHAVIORS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
- Occupational Health. “Reprimanded miner sues over safety issue”;
- Oral Health. 31 percent of low-income children ages 2 to 5 have dental cavities that don't get treated by a dentist;
- Public Health Continuing Education. Public Health Emergency Law and Forensic Epidemiology CD-ROM; NUTRITION TRAINING FOR MCH PROFESSIONALS;
- School Health. “Cafeteria inspections falling short”; “A different kind of student exam”;
- TB. World TB Day is March 24;
- Women's Health. GRIEF SUBSEQUENT TO AN EARLY MISCARRIAGE; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATERNAL CAFFEINE INTAKE AND MISCARRIAGE RISK;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site.
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- News You Can Use: Aging baby boomers intensify looming health care workforce shortage; “Better safe than
sorry, Ottawa says of plastic ban”;
- Data. 1992-2006 Concatenated Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS)
- Top Killers. Diabetes: Built Environment Health Study.
Stroke. Hospitalizations for ischemic stroke fell 33 percent between 1997 and 2005.
Tobacco. “Prisons brace for fallout of smoking ban”; Tobacco Legal Update; Treating Tobacco Use and
Dependence;
- Adolescent Health. CHARACTERISTICS OF ADOLESCENTS WITH AND WITHOUT BEDROOM TVS; STATES' EFFORTS TO SAFEGUARD
ADOLESCENTS' CONFIDENTIALITY; Estimates of Older Teens Driving Under the Influence; Teen Driving Safety Survey;
- AIDS/HIV. "Black Americans and HIV/AIDS"; "Latinos and HIV/AIDS"; "Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States" --
highlights the challenges for women living with and at risk for HIV; “Records show state-mandated HIV testing of
prostitutes, clients is sporadic”;
- Child Health. CHILDREN AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA;
- Child Welfare. TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING AN ONGOING CHILD-MALTREATMENT-SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; Intimate Partner
Violence Surveillance; Sexual Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements;
- Children with Special Health Care Needs: INFANTS AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS; SHARING OF
INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEMS OF SERVICES;
- Disaster Preparedness. Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Guidance;
- Environmental Health. Smog Health Report; National Air Quality Report;
- Genomics. Senate passes genetic nondiscrimination act”;
- Healthcare Economics. People who buy their own health insurance; Something is not always better than nothing
in health insurance; Statehealthfacts.org updated;
- Healthcare Quality. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STATE-LEVEL HEALTH CARE REFORM TO ADDRESS HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY;
THE ABILITY OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS TREATING HIGH PROPORTIONS OF MINORITY PATIENTS TO DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY
CARE;
- Maternal Child Health. FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PREMATURE INFANT SURVIVAL, DISABILITY; PREGNANCY RATES FOR
1990-2004; CORRELATION BETWEEN CARDIORESPIRATORY EVENTS AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RISK FACTORS FOR SIDS; EFFECTS OF
CRASH CHARACTERISTICS AND MATERNAL RESTRAINT ON FETAL OUTCOMES AFTER MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; THE INCREASED USE OF
HEALTH CARE SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY DURING PREGNANCY;KEY FINDINGS ON BREASTFEEDING IN THE UNITED STATES;
MOTHERS' HIGH NORMAL BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS PLACE INFANTS AT RISK FOR BIRTH PROBLEMS;
- Mental Health. CONTINUING EDUCATION ACTIVITY FOCUSES ON CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC
COMPETENCE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION; MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO HELP PROGRAMS PLAN LOCAL
ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH;
- Nutrition. constitutionality of New York City ’s calorie-posting requirement for restaurants of a certain size
and type; Food Safety Report; 5 restaurants in Manhattan get citations over calories”;
- Public Health Continuing Education. 101 Tutorials;
- School Health. Schools combat smoking;
- Senior Health. NIHSENIORHEALTH OFFERS TIPS ON EATING WELL AS YOU GET OLDER; Medicare provides coverage of
bone mass measurements for beneficiaries at clinical risk for osteoporosis;
- Women's Health. MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHLAMYDIA SCREENING OF YOUNG WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES; AN
INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE OBSTETRICAL CARE;
- Worksite Wellness. "Smoke-Free Workplaces: The Impact of House Bill 4163 on the Restaurant and Bar Industry in
Michigan ,”; Industrial Farm, Public Health Report;
- CT Public Health. Health care becoming “employer of last resort”; Survey finds 76% of CT cardiologists cite a
great need for health care reform;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site. Public Health
Expertise Network of Mentors (PHENOM) Program
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- Data. Health, United States, 2007 updated tables;
Kaiser New Online Tool;
- Top Killers. Diabetes: ACCORD CLINICAL TRIAL PUBLISHES RESULTS; LONG-TERM PESTICIDE EXPOSURE MAY INCREASE RISK OF DIABETES; Task Force Updates Recommendation on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Screening; BENEFITS AND HARMS OF SCREENING FOR GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS. Stroke: Hospitalizations for ischemic stroke stats. Tobacco: SMOKERS FLOCK TOGETHER AND QUIT TOGETHER; Better Tools to Help Smokers Quit; CLUSTERS OF GENETIC VARIANTS LINKED TO DISTINCT TREATMENT RESPONSES FOR SMOKING CESSATION;
- Adolescent Health. PROGRAMS PROVEN TO AFFECT THE BEHAVIORS OR
SEXUAL HEALTH OUTCOMES OF YOUNG PEOPLE; STATES' EFFORTS TO SAFEGUARD ADOLESCENTS'
CONFIDENTIALITY; STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ADOLESCENT HEALTH CARE; 2007 NATIONAL YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY; CHANGING ROLE OF GENES AND ENVIRONMENT IN
PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE USE FROM EARLY ADOLESCENCE THROUGH MIDDLE ADULTHOOD;
- AIDS/HIV. “35-year sentence for HIV-positive spitter worries some”;
- Alternative Medicine. TIME TO TALK ABOUT CAM: Health Care Providers and Patients Need To Ask and Tell;
- Child Health. LOCAL ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH; ONLINE VERSION OF BRIGHT FUTURES GUIDELINES;
- Children with Special Health Care Needs. HEALTH DISPARITIES AND ACCESS TO CARE FOR CSHCN;
- College Health. “Penn State to require course on alcohol abuse”;
- Drug Abuse: SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY A BRAIN MECHANISM UNDERLYING PERSISTENT COCAINE CRAVING; Motor Carrier Safety Report;
- Ethics. “At one university, tobacco money is a secret”;
- Healthcare Economics. Lower-income children made almost twice as many visits to hospital emergency departments than higher-income children in 2005; “New Florida law allows low-cost health policies”;
- Healthcare Quality. About 12 percent of America’s 228 million adults have the skills to manage their own health care proficiently; “Hospitals face hand-washing crackdown”; Tutorial: Measuring Health Care Quality; Reducing Medical Errors Issue Module; Physicians' Failure To Address Cultural Needs of Patients Leads to Racial Health Care Disparities;
- Health Disparities. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STATE-LEVEL HEALTH CARE REFORM TO
ADDRESS HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY;
- Health Services. COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES TO STEMMING EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT USE FOR NON-URGENT CARE;
- Injury Prevention. STRATEGIES AND TOOLS CREATED TO AID COMMUNITIES IN PLANNING BICYCLE-SAFETY PROGRAMS; INJURIES OF INFANTS TREATED IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; Traffic Injury Report;
- Maternal Child Health. COUNTRY-LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERVENTIONS PROVEN TO REDUCE MORTALITY AMONG MOTHERS, NEWBORNS, OR CHILDREN;
- Mental Health. CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION;
- Minority Health. THE ABILITY OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS TREATING HIGH
PROPORTIONS OF MINORITY PATIENTS TO DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY CARE;
- Obesity. OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY KNOWLEDGE PATH; RECENT TRENDS IN HIGH BMI FOR U.S. CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
- Public Health Research. ENHANCEMENTS TO PEER REVIEW;
- Women's Health. NEW TOOLS ON EMOTIONAL HEALTH; IMPROVING CONTRACEPTIVE
USE AND PROVISION; THE PREVENTION OF PERTUSSIS, TETANUS, AND DIPHTHERIA AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN AND THEIR INFANTS; PARENTING PRACTICES AND PARENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF YOUNG ADOLESCENT URBAN GIRLS' ALCOHOL AND SEXUAL BEHAVIORS; NEIGHBORHOODS' INFLUENCE ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MATERNAL AGE AND BIRTHWEIGHT;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site. Wellness Index
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