abstract：:Use of the term "old age' in notifying deaths of residents in Oxfordshire nursing homes between 1984 and 1994 was matched with recorded age. 2264 records covering 44 registered nursing homes were looked at. The oldest person referred to as dying from old age was 106, the youngest 69 years. The most general starting po...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Robertson MC

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In response to concern about the respite care provision for parents of children with special needs in Fife a survey was undertaken jointly by the Fife Regional Council social work department and education department and Fife Health Board. METHODS:A postal questionnaire survey was carried out of families of ...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Campbell H

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing interest in the origins of adult disease in early life. The elucidation of such explanations of current morbidity and mortality must depend upon the follow-up of previously established cohorts. This paper describes the design of and background to such a follow-up of one of the richest data sourc...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Gunnell DJ,Frankel S,Nanchahal K,Braddon FE,Smith GD

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the utilization and efficiency of the primary health care (PHC) centres in the delivery of care to epileptic patients. DESIGN:Sixty health centres were randomly selected to represent various socioeconomic classes and urban/ rural population in Riyadh. The study was conducted during August 1993. A ...

journal_title：Public health

authors： al-Shammari SA,Khoja TA,Rajeh SA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To audit telephone calls concerning general issues in communicable disease control and environmental health to a department of public health medicine. SETTING:A department of public health medicine in a district with a population of 190,000 during 1993. METHOD:A retrospective audit of forms designed to record...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Chappel D,Fernandes V

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were: (i) to assess access to British GPs among Japanese mothers in Barnet: (ii) to describe what Japanese mothers expect from a consultation with a GP and; (iii) to understand what the barriers are for Japanese mothers in communicating with GPs. Semi-structured interviews were conducted w...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Arai Y,Farrow S

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the routine management of patients with chronic stable angina by GPs in Northern Ireland and the factors which they perceived affected the success of medical therapy. DESIGN:A questionnaire survey of all general practitioners in Northern Ireland (n = 962). SETTING:A survey conducted collaborativ...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Kee F,Gaffney B,Canavan C,Little J,McConnell W,Telford AM,Watson JD

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Health Service reforms revitalized the national emphasis on the public's health and health needs assessment. In Scotland, in contrast with England, there was no central investment in the development of methods and programmes for needs assessment in the context of the new NHS. To achieve a concerted effort...

journal_title：Public health

authors： McEwen J,Russell EM,Stewart S

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perceived and normative dental needs were assessed for people of pre-retirement (55-64 years) and retirement age (65-74 years) in Camberwell, London, using a postal questionnaire and dental examination. Of the pre-retirement group, 77% were dentate compared with 65% in the older cohort. The younger age-group were more...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Taylor CM,Fiske J,Cooper D,Gelbier S

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although day surgery (DS) has been performed for many years, it has only relatively recently become a popular and acceptable method of treating many common surgical conditions. With considerable pressure to maximise resource usage DS has been seized upon as a way of stretching scarce resources further. A review of the...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Grainger C,Griffiths R

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the correlation of milder pre-school neuro-developmental functional delay and school learning abilities from a clinical and educational perspective. A positive high correlation was found. Developmental function was therefore judged to be highly relevant to learning skills. A screening and assessm...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Nessim AA

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of malaria, schistosomiasis and onchocerciasis was determined in 1,106 residents of five villages in the Moyamba District, Southern Sierra Leone, to determine whether inland valley swamp (IVS) development was associated with changes in the prevalence of malaria, schistosomiasis and onchocerciasis in the...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Gbakima AA

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe the demographic, social and medical morbidity and usage of health services of the population of single homeless individuals in Sheffield, a census was carried out over a 12-hour period at sites which homeless people frequent, as identified by those who work with the homeless. These sites included Salvation...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Shanks NJ,George SL,Westlake L,al-Kalai D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the apparently poor access of one district's residents to plastic surgery services. DESIGN:Retrospective study of age-standardised operation rates for the year 1991-92. Operation rates were taken as a proxy measure for access. SETTING:Sunderland District Health Authority, and Durham District ...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Denyer SK,Gibson G

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to describe hospital bed usage by people with HIV disease in a provincial setting, a retrospective analysis of admissions to hospital wards in Oxford was undertaken for people admitted to hospital with all HIV-related illnesses or complications of HIV-related treatment. A total of 83 people were identified as...

journal_title：Public health

authors： O'Brien SJ,Burch J,Mayon-White RT

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compulsory detention of an individual in hospital, because they have a notifiable disease, is controversial. Difficulties experienced by the authors in applying Sections 37 and 38 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 led them to conduct a postal survey of the experience of Consultants in Communicable Dis...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Kaur B,Bingham P

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire-based investigation was performed to elucidate factors with possible influence on smoking status in 557 14-17-year-old boarding school pupils. A representative sample of boarding school pupils in Denmark participated. Before entering boarding school an increased risk of being a smoker was present if a ...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Jensen EJ,Overgaard E

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) into the United Kingdom childhood immunisation schedule has resulted in a substantial reduction in the incidence of all three diseases. None the less, there have recently been outbreaks of measles in parts of the country which have a record of high MMR uptak...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Carter H,Gorman D

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family Health Service Authorities (FHSAs), since 1st April 1991, have been both 'managed', by the Regional Health Authority, and 'managing', their contractor services. Both situations are relatively new to them, their Region and the contractors. We examine the opportunities and potential problems of this major strateg...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Paris JA,Wakeman AP,Griffiths RK

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An audit of production methods used for the Directors of Public Health (DsPH) Annual Report of the health of their local population. DESIGN:Postal questionnaire survey. SETTING AND SUBJECTS:23 Departments of Public Health in the West Midlands Region. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Costs and problems relating to dif...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Sidhu KS

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a selective procedure for use at school entry based on information from pre-school surveillance, parental questionnaires and class reviews. The pilot study in use over two years shows that the number of new conditions found at age 5 are relatively few in number and the extra time available can be ...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Broomfield DM,Tew J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was conducted on 138 residents in Old Age Hostels and 217 subjects living at home. Twenty-five percent of women and 12% of men reported one or more non-syncopal falls in the previous year. Neuromuscular impairment, which included knee pain, a positive Romberg sign, an abnormal gait and use of walking aids, wa...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Lau EM,Woo J,Lam D

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public attitudes towards organ donation during life and at death were examined in a randomised survey of 850 individuals, both male and female, in a representative Saudi Arabian community in Riyadh. Demographic categories accounted were age, sex, marital status, cultural and ethnic background, educational level and oc...

journal_title：Public health

authors： al-Faqih SR

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental health was reported in the UK Acheson Report to have 'become something of a backwater for public health doctors'. In this review, the background educational issues are explored, present postgraduate training opportunities are identified, and intersectoral approaches in Europe that support the WHO Health ...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Philipp R

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of the use of contraception in a multi-racial family planning clinic in relation to age, parity and ethnicity (Asian or non-Asian) was carried out in the London Borough of Newham. Whether follow-up appointments were given and kept and the taking of cervical smears were noted. Asian patients favoured the sh...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Sutton MA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake rate for primary immunisation against diphtheria in 1987 in the east part of Riverside District Health Authority was 61% for children aged two. A retrospective survey was undertaken of the immunisation records of all children aged two recorded on the Child Health System as not fully immunised: 46% had been ...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Scott EA

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire was designed to assess teenagers' knowledge, habits and beliefs in a variety of health education topics. 1,418 (74%) fourth year secondary school pupils participated. The results on smoking, alcohol, drugs, diet and exercise are presented, together with teenagers' own suggestions for improvements in th...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Challener J

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attendance at child health clinics in three contrasting urban areas is described. Sociodemographic analysis of clinic attenders in the inner city area showed that families in poor socio-economic circumstance attended child health clinics more frequently than their more fortunate contemporaries during the first six mon...

journal_title：Public health

authors： While A

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many papers and pilot studies have considered whether school entry auditory screening should include testing with tympanometry. Some of these papers expressed concern that this type of screening would lead to an excessive number of failures and an overloading of ENT facilities. School children in the Worcester distric...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Bonny IC

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data were collected on abortion referral rates, single young maternity rates and uptake of contraceptive services in order to identify specific areas of unmet need in the Nottingham Health District. Comparisons were made between boroughs and in the City of Nottingham between electoral wards. There was a direct relatio...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Wilson S

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The parents of all 977 resident children born in 1981 and 1982 recorded as not having received measles vaccine were contacted by letter. They were strongly advised to seek immunisation for their children and asked to complete and return a reply-paid questionnaire. Details of their children's immunisation status, reaso...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Brambleby P,Hanrahan J

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper compares the demographic characteristics of abortion seekers with the characteristics of the base population from which they were drawn. Medical charts of nearly 4000 low income abortion patients were used to compare with a base population represented by the Houston Metropolitan Area Project which studied ...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Dworkin RJ,Poindexter AN 3rd,Schnell V,Montgomery D

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was taken of the rubella-immunity status of women attending Liverpool, England's largest family planning clinic, in order to determine the need to intensify the program of vaccination against rubella in pregnancy. All women who attended the clinic in January 1980 were asked whether they had either had rubell...

journal_title：Public health

authors： Gandy RJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00