City directories as sources for survey work in low- and middle-income black communities.
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Commercial directories and governmental lists of dwelling units in low income urban Black communities in four eastern cities were evaluated for completeness. With rare exceptions, less than 90 percent of dwelling units were included in any one list and no list adequately identified multiple dwelling unit structures. Since household income is likely to be lower among households in such structures, all lists tend to miss the very poor, i.e., those who may be at highest health risk. (+info)
Association between multi-dose drug dispensing and quality of drug treatment--a register-based study.
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PHS grants for minority group HIV infection education and prevention efforts.
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The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was established in December 1985 in response to recommendations developed by the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health. Originally, OMH's mission emphasized six health problems identified by the Task Force as priority areas: cancer, cardiovascular disease and stroke; chemical dependency; diabetes; homicide, suicide, and unintentional injuries; and infant mortality and low birth weight. OMH added HIV infection to the six health priority areas after epidemiologic data showed that the representation of blacks and Hispanics was disproportionately high among persons reported with AIDS. Strategies to eliminate or reduce high-risk behaviors associated with HIV infection need to mobilize racial and ethnic minority communities and rebuild social networks in order to foster sustained behavioral changes. OMH created the Minority HIV Education/Prevention Grant Program to demonstrate the effectiveness of strategies to expand the activities of minority community-based and national organizations involved in HIV education and prevention, as well as to encourage innovative approaches to address appropriately the diversities within and among minority populations. In 1988, grants totaling $1.4 million were awarded to four national and 23 community-based minority organizations. Project workers conduct information, education, and prevention interventions directed to specific groups within racial and ethnic minority communities. Interventions include education and prevention training, information activities, developing educational materials, and providing technical assistance. Project innovations include conducting HIV education and prevention training for families at home, presenting a play produced and performed by local teenagers, and developing a workshop and a manual to help minority service organizations to recruit and train volunteer staff members. Working with minority community-based and national organizations is an essential component of effective strategies for preventing HIV infection among racial and ethnic minorities. OMH's Minority HIV Education/Prevention Grant Program encourages minority groups to participate as partners in Federal, State, and local HIV prevention efforts. (+info)
Biennial survey of physician clinical nutrition training programs.
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A survey was conducted of 50 medical centers providing postgraduate clinical training in nutrition. Each program director completed a questionnaire that requested information on major program affiliations and interests, available positions, number of trainees, sources and level of funding, and general aspects of the curriculum. The results are assembled into a geographic listing of the 50 centers, and the tabulated data provides a current profile of postgraduate clinical training in nutrition. (+info)
List of organizations approved for courses qualifying for category I credits in CMA certification program.
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The following organizations, societies and institutions have been approved for Category I (formerly Group A) credit towards the California Medical Association's certificate in continuing medical education program. The credit hours are based on the number of hours of the course. Only those courses which are directly related to medical education and applied to patient care are acceptable. Courses put on by approved institutions, in subject matter not directly related to patient care and medical education, are not eligible for Category I credit in the program. This listing is not all-inclusive, as new programs are continuously being accredited, but it is up to date of as August 1, 1972. Physicians should refer to this listing when completing their annual reporting form. (+info)
Keeping up with biomedical meetings.
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Scientific meetings in the field of biomedicine have increased greatly within the last twenty years. There are a number of information or directory sources which provide data about societies or agencies that sponsor meetings or conferences: bibliographic compilations that are generally retrospective in nature, and reference sources which list future national and international meetings. Nevertheless, bibliographic control of this vast amount of resulting literature is difficult. Examination of 120 currently existing bibliographic control instruments revealed that 28 gave some consideration to conferences and meetings. Four of these instruments covered a total of 1,821 biomedical conferences, demonstrating that there are existing bibliographic control instruments which are attempting to keep pace with the volume of material produced as a result of these meetings. (+info)
Development and evaluation of a community cancer resource directory.
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The Frederick Cancer-Related Resource Directory was developed in response to the community's need to be informed about available services for cancer patients. A 1-year followup and evaluation was conducted to determine what changes or corrections were needed in the text of the directory and if the objectives of the project had been met. The evaluation survey of the listed resources revealed that a large number of changes in the directory were required. Seventy-eight percent of the respondents replied that at least one change was required in their entry. The followup also revealed that 16 percent of the listed resources knew of at least one referral that they received as a result of the directory listing. The survey of directory recipients indicated that 27 percent of the private practice physicians and 61 percent of the other health-related service providers who have a directory have used it or read through it. Approximately 64 percent of the users have provided clients or patients with information from the directory. Almost half of all respondents replied that, as a result of the directory listing, they had developed closer working relationships with at least one other cancer-related service organization, although the percentage was considerably higher for health-related service providers (51.2 percent) than for private physicians (27.3 percent). More than half of the respondents (58 percent) believed that a simpler directory should be made available to patients instead of or in addition to the providers' directory. Members of the project's multi agency committee became much more aware of the wide variety of cancer patients' needs and available resources. The most beneficial aspect of the project for them was the opportunity to work with persons from other agencies and to develop closer, long-term relationships. (+info)