background childhood malnutrition as a major public health problem among children in developing countries can affect physical and intellectual growth and is also considered as a main cause of child morbidity and mortality. the objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of under-nutrition and identify determinants of malnutrition among children under 6 years of age in fars province, ...

J eanne Lambrew, PhD, is an associate professor at George Washington University's Department of Health Policy and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. Her years of policy work at the White House and experience testifying on health reform issues on Capitol Hill give her a unique platform from which to discuss current efforts and the extended outlook for health care reform in the ...

F i l t h fly control on poultry facilities in California is not limited to the house fly but also includes the little house fly. In fact, the little house fly, Fannia canicularis (L.), is of greater economic importance to poultry producers than the house fly, Musca domestica L., mainly because it occurs during the cool and wet season, when standard manure-drying practices are not always reliab...

Medicine selection and storage was examined in 130 families. Over 50 per cent were found to be less than adequate. Health education advice helped half the inadequate group to change to adequate. Age and social class were not related to hoarding of prescribed drugs, to initial standards of storage or selection, nor to the likelihood of a response to advice. Those who hoarded medicines but stored...