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Black, Lindsey I.; Ng, Amanda E.; Zablotsky, Benjamin – National Center for Health Statistics, 2021
Increasing the proportion of persons, including children, who are vaccinated annually against seasonal influenza is a Healthy People 2030 Leading Health Indicator. Vaccination is effective in preventing influenza. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends an annual influenza vaccination for children aged 6 months and over. This…
Descriptors: Diseases, Immunization Programs, Prevention, Infants
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Tak, SangWoo; Groenewold, Matthew; Alterman, Toni; Park, Robert M.; Calvert, Geoffrey M. – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: Work-related injuries and illnesses in the educational services sector have not been well studied. This analysis examined whether teachers and other school workers are at higher risk of head/chest cold compared to all other workers in the United States. Methods: Seven years (1998-2004) of National Health Interview Survey data on…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Anatomy, Class Size, School Personnel
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Cuffe, Steven P.; Moore, Charity G.; McKeown, Robert – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2009
Objective: Describe the general health, comorbidities and health service use among U.S. children with ADHD. Method: The 2001 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) contained the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; used to determine probable ADHD), data on medical problems, overall health, and health care utilization. Results: Asthma…
Descriptors: Health Services, Emotional Problems, Family Income, Health Insurance
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Newacheck, Paul W.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1984
Analyzes possible explanations (changes in survey designs, awareness of parents and physicians and among the institutionalized population) for the near doubling, since 1960, of the proportion of childhood limitations of activity due to chronic illness as reported by the National Health Interview Survey. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Activities, Children, Disabilities, Diseases
LaPlante, Mitchell P.; Carlson, Dawn – 1996
This report presents, in text and 13 tables, data obtained from 128,412 paricipants in the 1992 National Health Interview Survey concerning the prevalence of disability, as measured by limitation in activity caused by chronic health disorders, injuries, and impairments. Prevalence estimates are presented in tables for various population subgroups,…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities