INTRODUCTION Although county-level obesity estimates are necessary for planning and evaluating community-based interventions, the quality of these data has never been examined. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the reliability of the county-level obesity prevalence estimates from Wisconsin's 72 counties and to highlight the variation of obesity among Wisconsin counties. METHODS Obesity prevalence data...

The description of the Swedish system still needs to be improved. On page 10 it should be said that the Swedish health system has three administrative levels: The national level which has responsibility for law, regulations, monitoring, evaluation and some national state obligations like national disease control and drug registration and drug control; The county council level which has responsi...

Giraffaphaenops yangi n. sp. is described from a limestone cave named Shizikou Dadong, Tianlin County, northwestern Guangxi, China. It is the second species of this genus, which is the most morphologically modified in the tribe Trechini in terms of troglobiomorphy. So far, Giraffaphaenops ranges in a small karstic area in northwestern Guangxi. Of the two known species, G. clarkei Deuve, 2002 wa...

A model is considered in which optimal search intensity is a result of a trade off between short run losses due to higher search costs (more interviews, commuting...) and long-run gains due to a higher chance of finding a job. We show that this optimal search intensity is higher in areas characterized by larger cost of living and/or higher labor market tightness. We then test this model using c...

It is now well-known that the design of the ballot in Palm Beach County could have led to numerous mistakes in voting. Moreover, it is easy to show that the Buchanan vote in Palm Beach County is a substantial outlier considering the Bush and Gore votes in that county. Buchanan obtained about .8% of the vote, but his expected vote was probably no more than .2% to .3%. Indeed, statewide, Buchanan...

Over and again in our work on service integration, we have come up against a sobering conclusion—that pursuing the integration of human service programs is very hard and is fraught with challenges. Those who have managed to put together exemplar one-stop job centers or other integrated service models in places such as Kenosha County, Wisconsin, El Paso County, Colorado, Montgomery County, Ohio,...

spatial pattern of trees can possibly indicate stand history, population dynamics, and species competition. this research was investigated in the chahartagh forest reserve, ardal region, chaharmehal and bakhtiari province, central zagros forest, and southwest iranian state. in this study 53 hectare of the study area was selected and perfect inventory.  information includes the position and kind...

background: mental disorders may lead to several complications in adolescents’ people whose compensation is very difficult and sometime impossible. they are prone to emotional problems. therefore, knowing prevalence of diseases and valid statistical technique is necessary to plan for prevention and control of diseases. methods: in this cross-sectional study; direct, synthetic, and post-stratifi...

PURPOSE Describe the relative frequency and joint effect of missing and misreported fetal death certificate (FDC) data and identify variations by key characteristics. METHODS Stillbirths were prospectively identified during 2006-2008 for a multisite population-based case-control study. For this study, eligible mothers of stillbirths were not incarcerated residents of DeKalb County, Georgia, o...

Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, public water sources must be monitored for contaminants; and the results are made public. However, this Act does not cover private wells, leaving a significant portion of the population unprotected. In one rural Georgia county, Washington, an estimated 3,997 wells are currently in use. Local health officials believe that well contamination is a problem for the...