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The purpose of this Web page is to provide a record of the contents of all Public Health E-News Bulletins that have been sent out during January - June 2002. All issues are available via subscription, free of charge. I definitely don't want to be considered spamming and loathe those who do. In striving to keep you informed, I keep myself informed!

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17January 12, 2002 Attention AOL Users;
Internet - ASTHO-NACCHO Health Disparities Compendium; New on CT HealthPolicy Project Web site
Data - HHS Proposes new centralized Medicare database; MEPSnet and other AHRQ data products; Medicare Chartbook; Women's Health Data Book; Linking uniform crime reporting data to other datasets; error found in uninsured Census data;
Adolescent Health - Improvements in children and adolescent health; Presentation on study of adolescent sexual and reproductive behavior available online; CDC publishes report on assessing child and adolescent outcomes after traumatic brain injury; 2001 Monitoring the Future Survey released;
Bioterrorism - DHHS regarding additional options for preventive treatment for those exposed to inhalational anthrax;
Cardiovascular Disease - ADA new recommendations for diabetes; DASH Diet; Problems from overweight;
Community Health - Community involvement in Healthy Start; Community Voices Program;
Consumer Health - Insure.Com;
Epidemiology - MMWR news; EpiData 2.1;
Family Health - 10-year investigation of child development and family well-being;
Healthcare Economics - Medicare/Medicaid News; Managed care plans leaving Medicaid; Toolkit to improve birth outcomes;
Healthcare Quality - HIPAA update; Report on consumers' experiences with health plans and medical care; State measurement strategies fact sheets;
Health Education - ASTHO initiatives;
Health Policy - Kaiser surveys;
Health Services - Step-by-step guide to delivering clinical preventive services; Nursing shortage news;
Healthy People 2010 - Healthy Workforce 2010; Healthy People 2010 - Reproductive Health;
Maternal Child Health - Special health care needs knowledge paths;
Mental Health - Autism fact sheets;
Minority Health - Congressional Black Caucus Web site; Does race have biological meaning?
Occupational health - NIOSH's health services survey; Narrowing the Disabilities Act; NIOSH's Spanish language Web section;
School Health - CDC unintentional injuries, violence and suicide recommendations; vaccine shortage; sex education reports;
Women's Health - Disparities and gender gaps in women's health; Women's oral health resource guide; national report card on the status of women's health; health disparities and older women;
CT public health - CT Women's Health
What's New - Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Temperament Web pages.
18February 15, 2002 Hot: http://www.bettycjung.net/index.htm; http://www.bettycjung.net/Whatsnew.htm; http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth.htm
Seasonal - IRS; FDIC
Internet: Eli Lilly & privacy breach; consumer confidential; virus alert;
Data - Title V Information system; perinatal data resource; EPSDT data; National ID Card; Foreign0born Americans; Kids Count goes global; Women's health data book; Inpatient sample database; MEPSnet/HC; MEPs, free CD-rom; Welfare rules database; state profiles of health insurance, access and use;
Advances in Science - head injury and learning;
Technology news - Air traveler database and ID card; Smart cards;
Top 10 Causes of Death - Cancer - mortality rates; sun lamps; Hodgkin's Disease treatment, genetic colon cancer test, prostate cancer gene; Diabetes - diet, sugar control; Heart disease - hormone effect, trunk fat, baby weight gain, aspirin; Undiagnosed kidney disease;
Adolescent health - Teensites.com, generationrx.com, 2001 monitoring the future survey, self-control theory;
Child health - baby and exercise, cockroach allergen, kids and health insurance, out-of-home child care guidelines, environmental health, lead poisoning, resources, pediatric growth charts, parental tips re: drugs, overweight children, problematic eating behaviors, Quality Counts 2002;
Consumer health - drug interactions, knee problems;
Environmental health - schools and toxic chemical sites, lead contaminated raisins;
Epidemiology - MMWR news; immunization registry, West Nile Virus;
Family health - Celebrating families, Adventures in Parenting;
Gay health - guide on gay rights;
Health Behavior - happy and know it;
Healthcare economics - rising health care costs; Insure.com; HCPC codes; Medicaid publications; health insurance;
Healthcare quality - new NGC guidelines, AHRQ quality indicators, medical errors info, health decision aids, HIPAA - policies and procedures, privacy rule loophole;
Health education - allergy shots;
Health policy - AHRQ & NIH partnership
Health services - Guideline.Gov, AMA free access to CPT codes, physicians and E-mail; community health centers, nursing shortage - a context;
Healthy People 2010 - health disparities, Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project, Healthy Communities, continuing ed, german measles;
International health - AIDS news;
Minority health - Chinese-Americans & nicotine, health disparities, physical activitey and American Indian children;
Nutrition - physician counseling, caffeine calculator, Surgeon General's report on obesity, Milk Matters;
Oral health - Report card;
School health - Toxic sites; sexual initiation and sex-related risks, school health guidelines to prevent unintentional injuries and violence;
Women's health - blood test for ovarian cancer, matters of the heart, hormone replacement, pick your path, mammography news, domestic violence, saliva-based ovulation test;
CT Public health - Managed Care Ombudsman;
What's New - http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth.htm
19March 15, 2002 Good to know: National Poison Control Center Number
Internet: Firstgov.gov,Child Policy Project WS, Promising Practices Network, Asthmaandschools.Org,NLM's Surgeon General's Reports, HCUP listserv;
Data: 2002 Federal Poverty Guidelines, EPSDT data state by state, Teen Birthrate data, CDC Injury Fact Book, State Injury Profiles, NHTSA's Resource Guide on Bicycle Safety, Tracking unexpected infant deaths, Title V Info, Kids Count, Child Trends, State Health Facts Online,
Advances in Science - Cloning
Technology News - Good web sites
Top 10 Causes of Death - Latest News for Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Liver Disease
Adolescent Health: New teen links
Behavioral Health: Surgeon General's Report - health of persons with mental retardation
Child Health: NICHD's new parenting booklet, virus and tumors, child product recall, child care safety standards,
Consumer Health: Trends in drug advertising, how many tests?
Environmental Health: NYC pollutants post-9/11,
Epidemiology: MMWR news,
Health Behavior: Home and office environments and personality,
Healthcare Economics: CMS, PC Pricer software, triple jeopardy, access for uninsured adults, state SCHIP,
Healthcare Quality: Health Privacy Project, Medicare - communicating with physicians, NGC tutorial,
Health Education: Kick Butts Day
Health Services: Fewer medical tests, aging nursing workforce
International Health: AIDS in Russia, AIDS drugs in South Africa, UK - separate injections for MMR, Suspect pap smears,
Maternal Child Health: Variations in newborn screening,
Mental Health: Surgeon General's Report on Mental Retardation,
Minority Health: Health-related quality of life - Puerto Rico; superstition and health,
Nutrition: March is National Nutrition Month, Aim for fitness,
Occupational Health: Workforce news
Oral Health: 2001 Report Card,
School Health: Vaccine shortages update, National inhalanet and poisons awareness week, rashes and schoolchildren, CDC factsheet on oral sex,
Senior Health: Spiritual belief and health, health care restrictions, seeking advice for Alzheimer's, mental disorders and depression news, speech and gesturing,
Women's Health: Breast cancer screening controversy, hormones and breast cancer, childhood lead and osteoporosis, osteoporosis drug for heart health, genetics of miscarriages, effects of being overweight before pregnancy, women with diabetes, evaluating systems of care for domestic violence,
CT public health: Cigarette tax, Healthy Start, adults and uninsurance,
What's New: Medical Search Engines
20April 15, 2002
Good to know: National Poison Control Number
Input RE: Medical Privacy Rule
Internet: Non-English gateway sites; FDA info; MCH data skills; EPN changes name
Data: Diabetes,Child Trends, Kids Count, Special populations data, school health policies; Medically Underserved Areas;AHRQ new pages; State facts online
Top 10 Causes of Death: News re: colon cancer, diabeteis, eye problems, heart disease
Adolescent Health: Discussing health issues with providers, teen pregnancy and childbearing, college drinking,
Child Health: Psychological maltreatment, preventive services, chronic diseases and disabilities, child care safety standards
Community Health: Community interventions,
Environmental Health: Pollen
Epidemiology - News from MMWR; AHRQ Web site - Smallpox, anthrax, other bioterrorism infections, birth defects prevention
Health Behavior: Biological evident
Health Economics: Access for uninsured adults
Healthcare Quality: Medicines, HCUPnet expansion, Changes to HIPAA, Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture, NGC guidelines - depression, prostate cancer
Health Education: Monthly health observances, call for action
Health Policy: Use of health policy info, health disparities research, early child development services, HEDIS database project, State consumer guides
Health Services: Patient preference of provider, Nursing home study, Experiences with health care services
Infectious Disease: Anthrax, TB
International Health: Scurvy
Mental Health: Rudeness Study, Mental Health Guide, suicide
Minority Health: HIV and Latinos, Minorities and healthcare quality, ethnic dispariteis in health
Nutrition: Kava supplements
Women's Helath: Testing for ovarian cancer, HRT and ovarian cancer, Communicating breast cancer reisk, Tamoxifen and breast caner, Fibrocystic breasts, Women and depression
What's New: Federal Government Statistics Sites
21May 15, 2002
    Public Health E-News #21 - May 15, 2002
  • Good to know: From the FDA - POSSIBLE INFECTIONS FROM POWDERED FORMULA, LABEL REVISIONS APPROVED FOR ARTHRITIS DRUG VIOXX, NICOTINE LOLLIPOPS, LIP BALM CALLED ILLEGAL; MAY POSE HEALTH RISKS, Toxic Wrinkle Treatment, Diluted Drugs May Impact Thousands.
  • Internet - U.S. Government Telephone and E-Mail Directories, Survey: Patients Want Online Communication. NAEPP's World Asthma Day 2002 Web Site
  • Data: Trends in Well-Being of America's Children and Youth 2001, Child Trends Annual Report, NPP Database, NATIONAL INJURY CENTER RELEASES STATE INJURY INDICATORS REPORT, ASTHMA SURVEILLANCE DATA FOR 1980-1999 RELEASED
  • Top Ten Causes of Death - ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO - LEGAL BUT HAZARDOUS, Changing Adolescent Smoking Prevalence, Alcohol Use by Women of Child-Bearing Age, A Call to Action: Changing the Culture of Drinking at U.S. Colleges. Cancer - Skin Cancer, MedlinePlus, NCI sources, St. John's Wort Weakens Cancer Drug. Diabetes - Report Card On Diabetes Care In The United States, TWO WEBSITES DEVOTED TO DIABETES DEBUT, FDA Diabetes Information site.
  • Adolescent Health - Partners in Progress, Alcohol and Youth College Drinking, MedlinePlus resources, Kids And Nicotine Addiction, Alcohol Consumption
  • AIDS - WHO Issues Essential Medicines List, MedlinePlus resources
  • Asthma - REPORT CONCLUDES THAT ASTHMA IS ON THE INCREASE
  • Child Health - HHS Backs Continued Testing of Drugs Used to Treat Children, Bright Futures Mental Health Guide and Tool Kit, April is National Child-Abuse Prevention Month, National Infants Immunization Week
  • Community Health - Senate Health Safety Net Bill, QUALITATIVE PROCESS EVALUATION OF URBAN COMMUNITY WORK, Hearts N' Parks Community Mobilization Guide
  • Consumer Health - About Your Medicines, Choosing a Doctor or Health Care Service, spring cleaning and dangerous products. CELL PHONE INFORMATION FOR CONSUMERS.
  • Environmental Health - Air Pollution - Cleaning Up the World Trade Center-Safely
  • Epidemiology - TB, Lupus, Putterfish, yellow fever, Foodnet, disparities in infant mortality
  • Healthcare Economics - Sicker And Poorer: The Consequences of Being Uninsured, CMS changes, How Private Health Insurance Works: A Primer, Medicaid and filling prescriptions
  • Healthcare Quality - Talking Quality Web Site Launched, Evidence Report on Strength of Evidence Available, Evidence Report on Chronic Asthma Available, AHRQ's Prevention Quality Indicators, Compare Nursing Homes, COMMUNITY CHANGE AND POPULATION-LEVEL HEALTH OUTCOMES, Medical Errors, Informing Consumers About Health Care Quality, HIPAA NEWS, NO PROVEMENT IN ACCESS TO CARE BETWEEN '97 AND '01, DESPITE STRONG ECONOMY
  • Health Education - May is National Arthritis Month, Better Hearing and Speech Month
  • Health Policy - the political process
  • Health Services - Patients more satisfied with care from nurse practitioners than from doctors, National Survey of Physicians, New National Survey Details Americans' Experiences With Health Care Services
  • Infectious Disease - Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines 2002, May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and Mental Health Month, Frequently Asked Questions: Infection Control, ORGANIZATIONAL COMPETENCE IN PROVISION OF STD SERVICE, Web Site Will Help Primary Care Physicians Diagnose Smallpox, Anthrax, and Other Bioterrorism-Related Infections
  • Healthy People 2010 - May is Asian Pacific American Heritage month
  • International Health - Beating AIDS, TB And Malaria, WHO Issues Essential Medicines List
  • Maternal Child Health - Prevalence of Selected Maternal Behaviors and Experiences,Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), PREVALENCE OF ALCOHOL USE DURING PREGNANCY DECLINING, BUT STILL HIGH
  • Mental Health - Mental Health Month, Bright Futures Offers Mental Health Guide and Tool Kit, COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM EVALUATION RELEASED
  • Minority Health - INFANT MORTALITY FIVE TIMES HIGHER FOR BLACKS IN LARGE U.S. CITES, FINDS CDC, From Medline Plus - Resources in Spanish, African American Health, Asian American Health, Hispanic American Health, AIDS, IOM REPORT ON NATIONAL HEALTH DISPARITIES REPORT, OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH HOLDING SUMMIT TO ELIMINATE HEALTH DISPARITIES
  • Nutrition - Food Cancer Scare, Carbs And Cancer, Report: Potato Chips, French Fries May Contain Cancer-Causing Substance
  • Occupational Health- Occupational Exposures
  • School Health - Improving Public Schools Toolkit, Bullies in School
  • Women's Health - National Women's Health Week, May 12--18, 2002, MedlinePlus resources - Hormone Replacement Therapy, New Pap Test Guidelines, Levels Of Sex Hormones May Be Associated With Breast Cancer Risk, Tamoxifen And Estrogen Have Similar Effects On The Brain, REGARDLESS OF RACE, LOW-INCOME WOMEN MORE LIKELY TO HAVE LATE-STAGE BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND SHORTENED SURVIVAL
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22June 15, 2002
  • Good to know: FDA News Digest - SCHERING-PLOUGH, Serono Inc., FDA PREGNANCY REGISTRY. LASIK news.
  • Quote, Modern Healthcare request for info
  • Internet - "W32/Klez.gen@MM" virus,Using the Internet for Health Care Decision-Making; SPANISH-VERSION FDA FACT SHEETS NOW ONLINE
  • Data - RWJF NEW RESOURCES FROM STATE COVERAGE INITIATIVES; HRSA RELEASES WOMEN'S HEALTH USA 2002 DATABOOK; 2002 KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK RELEASED
  • Top Ten Causes of Death - Diabetes Medlineplus links
  • Adolescent Health - ROLE OF TV IN INFLUENCING ADOLESCENT SEXUAL DECISION-MAKING; SEX DIFFERENCES IN PRIMARY CARE CLINICIANS' MENTAL HEALTH CARE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; STUDY ASSESSES EFFECTS OF TERRORISM ON ADOLESCENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF DYING; Teen stats
  • AIDS - Guidelines from MMWR regarding Antiretroviral Agents and Opportunitistic Infections
  • Asthma -Update on National Asthma Guidelines Released
  • Child Health - Toxic Chemicals Seen Contributing To Increased Childhood Illness; IMPROVING FOSTER CARE; he Cost of Raising a Child; Numbers of Foster Parents Declining; CHILD CARE WORK FORCE STATISTICS
  • Epidemiology - The Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies - Anthrax; Medline Plus links for Biological and Chemical Weapons; MMWR reports
  • Grants - AHRQ's Grants On-Line Database (GOLD)
  • Healthcare Economics - Health care strongly related to income levels; Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care Marketplace 2002
  • Healthcare Quality - New practice guideline; Health Privacy Project; HIPAA news; COMMONWEALTH FUND RELEASES HEALTH CARE QUALITY CHARTBOOK; New National Survey Data Detail Quality of Health Care for Children
  • Health Education - Editorial: Media Undermine Anti-Smoking Efforts; Study: Some Anti-Smoke Ads Don't Work
  • Health Services - Health Facilities - National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2000 Outpatient Department Summary; Direct Link Between Hospital Nurse Staffing and Patient Safety; NEW SOLUTIONS NEEDED TO SOLVE NURSING SHORTAGE
  • Healthy People 2010 - Healthy Campus 2010
  • Infectious Disease - MEDLINEplus Links for Hepatitis A and B
  • Injury Prevention - NHTSA's BUCKLE UP AMERICA WEEK; Motorcycle accident survival and helmet use
  • Maternal Child Health - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Surveillance
  • Mental Health - USPSTF Issues Recommendation on Screening Adults for Depression
  • Men's Health - National Men's Health Week; HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG MEN OF COLOR
  • Minority Health - RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH CARE USE AMONG U.S. CHILDREN WITH FREQUENT EAR INFECTIONS; RACE AS A MODERATOR OF PARENT AND FAMILY OUTCOMES
  • Nutrition - Fat Substitutes; Broccoli Good For You; Carcinogen Found In Organically Grown Wheat Used As Chicken Feed; Compound Identified In Grapes May Fight Cancer And Diabetes; Calorie-Packed Pizza
  • Public Health Practice - DHHS's Best Practices Web page
  • Public Health Research - Public Comment on EPC Report on Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence
  • School Health - Updated Guidelines for Diagnosis, Management of Asthma; Effects of the World Trade Center Attack on NYC Public School Students
  • Senior Health- The Current Status Of Elder Abuse In The United States
  • Women's Health - Medline Plus Links to Breast Cancer; Use Tamoxifen Cancer Therapy; Menstruation and Premenstrual Syndrome; FDA SITE ON PREGNANCY REGISTRY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FAILS TO MEET MANY WOMEN'S NEEDS
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