Public health reports
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Public health reports · Jan 2006
Biography Historical Article Classical ArticleThe need for professional doctors of public health. 1986.
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Public health reports · Jan 2006
Acculturation and diabetes among Hispanics: evidence from the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Hispanic individuals in the United States have a greater prevalence of diabetes mellitus than non-Hispanic white individuals; however, it is unclear whether Hispanics' risk of diabetes differs based on their level of acculturation. The purpose of our research was to examine acculturation among Hispanic Americans with respect to prevalence and control of diabetes. ⋯ Acculturation as measured through language is associated with diabetes and complications among Hispanics even after controlling for a variety of demographic characteristics including health insurance and education. The findings suggest that even within a "single" minority ethnic group, there are differences in disease prevalence and complications and access to health care.
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Allocation of public health resources should be based, where feasible, on objective assessments of health status, burden of disease, injury, and disability, their preventability, and related costs. In this article, we first analyze traditional measures of the public's health that address the burden of disease and disability and associated costs. ⋯ Third, we propose general characteristics of useful measures of the public's health. We contend that expanding the repertoire of measures of the public's health is a critical step in targeting attention and resources to improve health, stemming mounting health care costs, and slowing declining quality of life that threatens the nation's future.
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Public health reports · Jan 2006
Biography Historical Article Classical ArticleThe prevalence and trend of drug addiction in the United States and factors influencing it. 1924.