County data on the percentage of people without health insurance are seldom available, although state program planning requires such information. As part of an evaluation of Washington's Basic Health Plan (BHP), we conducted a telephone survey in nine Washington counties to estimate the percentage of people under the age of 65 who were uninsured. We used regression analysis to estimate the perc...

INTRODUCTION Many individuals with diabetes do not receive flu or pneumonia vaccinations or dilated eye exams, despite the documented efficacy of these practices. Understanding the individual factors associated with not receiving recommended vaccinations and exams is essential to developing effective targeted promotional programs. METHODS Data from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance...

Health education has become a primary factor in community healtlh work and in the practice of preventive medicine. Health education is defined as the stum of all experiences which favorably influence habits, attitudes, and knowledge relating to individtual, community, and racial health. School healtlh eduLcation is that part of health education that takes place in school or thlouigh efforts org...

background: undoubtedly proper nutrition has a great role in the prevention of many diseases, especially osteoporosis, and in increasing intellectual and physical efficiency. considering the importance of nutrition education for school age children, this study was performed to determine the effect of health education based on health belief model on the knowledge, attitude and practice of the se...

Safety initiatives in hospitals should focus on common health care interventions that when used appropriately can improve important health outcomes, and when used inappropriately or not at all, result in substantial harm. We suggest that errors of omission should be a safety priority. We focus on preventive health care interventions, and describe five steps that can improve patients' safety by ...

The impact of participation in Head Start is investigated using a national sample of children. Comparisons are drawn between siblings to control for selection. Head Start is associated with large and significant gains in test scores among both whites and African-Americans. However, among African-Americans, these gains are quickly lost. Head Start significantly reduces the probability that a whi...

Young women (aged 18-26 years) are a heterogeneous population transitioning from adolescence into adulthood who may present with unique issues and challenges, including a potential gap in health care after pediatric health care. Obstetrician-gynecologists should note that these patients may need assistance in transitioning from a pediatrician to a provider of adult health care (an internist, fa...

Technologies of information and communication are incrementally integrated with all facets of healthcare practice and education. Although Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have long been used in healthcare the introduction of open source tools has empowered their further expansion of use. Simultaneously the use of Web 2.0 tools has opened up new ways of enhancing both healthcare practice and edu...

T he community is the setting where the many determinants of childhood health, which include biologic, physical, economic, and social factors, exert much of their impact. 1 The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has defined Community Pediatrics as a perspective that enlarges the pediatrician's focus from one child to all in the community and includes advocacy, especially for those who face ba...

INTRODUCTION Multiple resident-related factors contribute to 'missed opportunities' in providing comprehensive preventive care for female patients, including comfort level, knowledge and experience--all of which are compounded by resident turnover rates. Of particular concern among Internal Medicine (IM) residents is their knowledge and comfort level in performing pelvic exams. AIM To evaluat...