^k s regards cattle, preven^%tive medicine programs will present general guidelines for specific herd health are called "herd health proprograms but should not be grams." Preventive medicine interpreted as the "only way" can include vaccinations, conto implement preventive trol of parasites, reproductive measures. programs, nutritional programs, and mastitis control. Vaccines General guidelines...

Objectives. The goal of this study was to develop a simulation model to examine the effects of tobacco control mass media interventions on smoking rates and smoking-attributable deaths. Methods. The model projects the number of smokers and smoking-related deaths. Based on empirical and theoretical research, the effects of media interventions, varying in magnitude and duration, directed at all s...

Background. This study explores underresearched sociocultural predictors of children’s physical activity Levels of physical activity among children are highly and fitness, with particular attention paid to the influvariable, and few consistent correlates have been idenence of ethnicity independent from potential contified. The lack of identification of predictors of childfounders such as social...

The proposal that Late Paleolithic (50,000–10,000 BP) ancestral experience might serve as a model for prevention research and even, if justified by experiment, as a paradigm for health promotion recommendations is sometimes discounted, before critical assessment, because of reservations based on unjustified preconceptions. Most often such biases involve comparative life expectancy, potential ge...

Objectives. The objectives were to present a costeffectiveness analysis of a smoking cessation program delivered by physicians and compare results to other smoking cessation interventions. Methods. Retrospective effectiveness figures from a previous evaluation of the smoking cessation program were supplemented with estimates based on researched assumptions. Net abstinence rates were determined ...

Background. Interventions designed to prevent tobacco and alcohol use targeting high-risk adolescents are limited. In addition, few studies have attempted to improve parent–child communication skills as a way of improving and maintaining healthy youth decision-making. Methods. A total of 660 Hispanic migrant families participated in a randomized pre–post control group study that was utilized to...

Background. Fires cause 1% of the global burden of disease. Fire (includes explosion) disasters have immense health, social, and environmental costs. We will provide initial estimates of overall U.S. and global fire tolls from smoking. Methods. We tabulated and summarized smoking-related fire and disaster tolls from published documents. We compared those tolls to U.S. fire, burn, and fire death...