The National Expert Panel on Community Health Promotion provided recommendations that are relevant not only to federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) but also to state and local health agencies (1). State and local health agencies have a strong foundation in convening nontraditional partners, coordinating public and private efforts, and serving as a model ...

Introduction For radiological incidents, collecting surveillance data can identify radiation-related public health significant incidents quickly and enable public health officials to describe the characteristics of the affected population and the magnitude of the health impact which in turn can inform public health decision-making. A survey administered by the Council of State and Territorial E...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends sexually transmitted disease (STD) screening among HIV-infected persons in order to reduce HIV transmission. We evaluated the results of routine screening for syphilis and for urogenital, pharyngeal, and rectal gonorrhea (GC) and chlamydia (CT) among asymptomatic HIV-infected patients at an HIV primary care clinic in San Francisco, California. We...

A variety of different terms, metrics, and cut-off values have been used to describe and assess overweight and obesity in children. Body mass index (BMI) calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared can be used to express weight adjusted for height. In order to account for variability by sex and age, BMI in children is compared to sex- and age-specific reference values....

One of the more recent growing public health concerns is the impact of the changing environment on health.1 As a part of this concern, the Division of Health Examination Statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics has measured the degree of ex­ posure of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized popu­ tion to certain toxic substances, including lead. This as accomplished by determining...

introduction: regarding the cross contamina-tion, prevention from infection is of high prior ity. the aim of this research was assessment of knowledge and attitude of dental students toward infection control in endodontics depart ment of faculty of dentistry, babol uni versity of medi cal sciences. materials and methods: the study was accom plished among 8th, 10th and 12th grade dental students...

David W Purcell, JD, PhD; H Irene Hall, PhD; Kyle L Bernstein, PhD, ScM; Thomas L Gift, PhD; Eugene McCray, MD; Jonathan Mermin, MPH, MD 1Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States 2Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Preven...