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Direct linkAlcabes, Philip – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Public health, once the gem of American social programs, has turned to dross. During the 20th century, the public-health sector wiped smallpox and polio off the U.S. map; virtually eliminated rickets, rubella, and goiter; stopped epidemic typhoid and yellow fever; and brought tuberculosis--once the leading cause of death in U.S. cities--under…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Transportation, Public Health, Housing
Torre, Dario M.; Wang, Nae-Yuh; Meoni, Lucy A.; Young, J. Hunter; Klag, Michael J.; Ford, Daniel E. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
Physicians frequently are early adopters of healthy behaviors based on their knowledge and economic resources. The mortality patterns of physicians in the United States, particularly suicide, have not been rigorously described for over a decade. Previous studies have shown lower all-cause mortality among physicians yet reported conflicting results…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Physicians, Suicide, Matched Groups
Peer reviewedGreiling, Andrea K.; Boss, Leslie P.; Wheeler, Lani S. – Journal of School Health, 2005
Although asthma deaths in children are rare, most asthma deaths should be preventable. No information has been identified in the professional literature addressing the occurrence of asthma deaths in schools. This investigation identified asthma deaths that occurred in US schools between 1990 and 2003 and the circumstances surrounding those deaths.…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Diseases, Death, Child Health
Diaz-Perez, Maria de Jesus; Farley, Tillman; Cabanis, Clara Martin – Journal of Rural Health, 2004
Migration to the United States from Mexico is increasing every year. Mexican immigrants tend to be poor, uninsured, monolingual Spanish speakers without adequate access to appropriate medical care. As a further barrier, many are also undocumented. This article describes a program developed to improve access to health care among Mexican immigrants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Health Care, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Outreach Programs
Honda, Hideo; Shimizu, Yasuo; Rutter, Michael – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: A causal relationship between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and occurrence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has been claimed, based on an increase in ASD in the USA and the UK after introduction of the MMR vaccine. However, the possibility that this increase is coincidental has not been eliminated. The unique…
Descriptors: Incidence, Autism, Immunization Programs, Foreign Countries
Download full textAcademy for Educational Development, 2007
This is a report on the Symposium that accompanied the 15-16 May, 2007 meeting of the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Education. The IATT Symposium provided an opportunity to address in some detail two selected problems that are critical to stemming the advance of HIV infection--areas that have had some attention, but remain insufficiently…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Educational Development, Conflict
Brents, Barbara G.; Hausbeck, Kathryn – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
This article examines violence in legalized brothels in Nevada. Debates over prostitution policies in the United States have long focused on questions of safety and risk. These discourses inevitably invoke the coupling of violence and prostitution, though systematic examinations of the relationship between the two are sparse. This article explores…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Safety, Violence, Sexuality
Braddock, David; Rizzolo, Mary C.; Thompson, Micah; Bell, Rodney – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2004
Cognitive disability entails a substantial limitation in one's capacity to think, including conceptualizing, planning, and sequencing thoughts and actions, remembering, interpreting subtle social cues, and understanding numbers and symbols. Cognitive disabilities include intellectual disabilities and can also stem from brain injury, Alzheimer's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Technological Advancement, Alzheimers Disease, Mental Retardation
Patterson, Thomas L.; Semple, Shirley J.; Fraga, Miguel; Bucardo, Jesus; Davila-Fraga, Wendy; Strathdee, Steffanie A. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2005
Female sex workers (FSW) are at high risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, and putting their clients and other partners at risk for infection. There is considerable evidence that Social Cognitive Theory (SCT)?based interventions are effective in reducing high-risk sexual behavior among at-risk populations in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Risk, Behavior Change
Baker, Dana Lee – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
Autism has gained the attention of policy makers and public administrators in recent years. The surge in prevalence, in tandem with a growing social preference for community inclusion of individuals with disabilities, strains a variety of policy infrastructures. Autism and related disorders, which were first described in 1943, were originally…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Public Policy, Policy Analysis
Cook, Traci; Blachman, Dara; Dye, Jane; Macartney, Suzanne; Lukacs, Susan; Howie, LaJeana; Kena, Grace; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Truman, Jennifer; Cotto, Jessica; Jekielek, Susan; Mueggenborg, Mary; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Denton, Stephanie; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Knighton, Cindi; Han, Beth; O'Connell, Kellie; Guenther, Patricia; Hiza, Hazel; Kuczynski, Kevin; Koegel, Kristin; Radel, Laura – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2011
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011" is a compendium of indicators depicting both the promises and the challenges confronting our Nation's young people. The report, the 15th in an ongoing series, presents 41 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from the most…
Descriptors: Adoption, Social Indicators, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Alan Guttmacher Inst., New York, NY. – 1994
Although sexual activity is common among teenagers, it is not as widespread, and does not begin as early, as most adults believe. This report provides detailed data and analysis of sex among adolescents. Adolescent sexual activity is grouped in ten categories: (1) Rites of passage; (2) The context of adolescents' lives; (3) Sex among teenagers;…
Descriptors: Abortions, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents
Public Health Service (DHHS), Rockville, MD. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. – 1982
This document summarizes some of the major developments now underway in health promotion and disease prevention and reviews the federal contribution to achievement of prevention objectives. The first chapter focuses on opportunities in health promotion which offer the key to many potential improvements in the national health status profile and…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Federal Government, Federal Programs, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedAnderson, John E.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1992
Analyzes data from the 1989 National Health Interview Survey for 40,979 adults to see how successful human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing and counseling efforts have been in testing the U.S. population, particularly those at high risk. Twenty percent reported having been tested, with the percentage higher among high-risk groups. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adults, At Risk Persons, Counseling
Guzman-Armstrong, Sandra – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
Although dental caries in the pediatric and adolescent population has consistently declined in the United States, it is still the most common childhood disease. Dental problems are the number one reason for missing school next to the common cold. Dental caries are an infectious, communicable disease resulting in destruction of tooth structure by…
Descriptors: Prevention, School Nurses, Communicable Diseases, Child Health
