Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
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Overwhelming evidence indicates the strong adverse health impact of several personal behaviors, including smoking, immoderate use of alcohol, too little physical exercise, and excessive caloric consumption. These behaviors have arisen on a mass scale in the industrialized nations during the 20th century, thus generating the epidemics of our time. ⋯ To advance health, particularly in inner cities of America, a systematic approach to dealing with these major forces on health-related behavior is necessary. Such an approach is briefly outlined.
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Developmental screening scores among preschool-aged children: the roles of poverty and child health.
To investigate, using a nationally representative sample of preschool-aged children, the relationship among poverty history, child health, and risk of an abnormal developmental screening score. ⋯ Poverty is the largest single predictor of an abnormal developmental screening score. The implications of inadequate medical care among poor children for the interpretation of individual screening scores and for amelioration of problems are also discussed.