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- BECOME AN ONLINE PUBLIC HEALTH MENTOR
- Data: Social Security Info; Statistical Briefs;HCUPnet software tool; MEPS
data;
- Internet Resources: NIH LAUNCHES EXPANDED HEALTH INFORMATION WEB SITE;
TECHNOLOGY FOR LONG TERM CARE WEB SITE; NIH website updated – Genetic Basics;
Updated AHRQ Child Health Toolbox;
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Cardiovascular Disease - PARENTAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION INCREASES RISK IN OFFSPRING; Management of newly detected atrial fibrillation and evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention for women; Update on Cholesterol Guidelines: More-Intensive Treatment Options for Higher Risk Patients. Hypertension - Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation,
and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. Tobacco - "Is smokeless safer?" "UN Study sees `deadly nexus' in tobacco use and poverty"; SURGEON GENERAL RELEASES REPORT AND COMPANION RESOURCES ON THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING
- Adolescent Health - Reducing Youth Violence; AAP ISSUES CLINICAL REPORT ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND ADOLESCENTS; THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES TO ADOLESCENTS; A SOCIAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY AMONG CHILDREN; ADOLESCENT-VIOLENCE-RELATED BEHAVIORS ACROSS FIVE
COUNTRIES; new fact sheet on children, youth and psychotropic
drugs
- AIDS/HIV - ANALYSIS SHOWS INFANTS OF MOTHERS INFECTED WITH HIV FACE NEARLY
CONSTANT RISK FOR HIV INFECTION FOR DURATION OF BREASTFEEDING. PREVIOUSLY, RESEARCHERS THOUGHT RISK DIMINISHED AS INFANTS GREW OLDER; "The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic," "The Global Impact of HIV/AIDS on Youth" MULTIVITAMINS DURING PREGNANCY AND AFTER BIRTH DELAY PROGRESSION OF HIV IN WOMEN; AIDSinfo
- Bioterrorism - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE (EPR) WEBSITE; BT Guidebook
- Consumer Health - UNDERUSING MEDICATIONS BECAUSE OF COST MAY LEAD TO ADVERSE HEALTH
OUTCOMES
- Continuing Ed - PLAGUE TRAINING MODULE
- Family Health - WEB SITE PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR PARENTS TO HELP THEIR DAUGHTERS
DEVELOP BONE-HEALTHY HABITS; FATHER INVOLVEMENT IN HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START; Families and adoption: the pediatrician's role in supporting communication
- Healthcare Economics - "Women's Health Insurance Coverage," "NEW ENROLLEE RIGHTS, NEW PROVIDER RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE (MA) PROGRAM"; Dialysis Facility Compare
- Healthcare Quality - Physicians rarely ask if patients can afford prescriptions; Health Care Team Members Often Disagree on What Constitutes a Medical Error; Benchmarks for the Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs), Version 2.1, TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS AGAINST ROUTINE SCREENING OF ADULTS FOR BLADDER CANCER AND OF ADOLESCENTS FOR SCOLIOSIS
- Health Policy - Developing Data-Driven Capabilities to Support Policymaking.
Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net.
- Health Services - Evaluation of Hospital Disaster Drills: A Module-Based Approach
- Infectious Disease - SMALLPOX: Smallpox Response Plan and Guidelines (Version 3.0);
2004 WNV Activity in the United States; Emerging Infectious Disease Journal Article: Estimating Time and Size of Bioterror Attack; THE CONTINUAL CHALLENGE OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Maternal Child Health - NEW YORK CITY RESIDENTS SHOWS THAT NEWBORNS ARE MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO DNA DAMAGE FROM POLLUTION THAN THEIR MOTHERS; Quality of Health Care for Children and Adolescents: A Chartbook; Evaluate a Rash Illness Suspicious for Smallpox;
Guidelines for infection control in dental health-care settings-2003; Interim guidelines for the evaluation of infants born to mothers infected with West Nile virus during pregnancy; Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Public Health Service Task Force recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in
the United States
- Mental Health - Suicide and Attempted Suicide; Methods of Suicide Among Persons Aged 10--19 Years --- United States, 1992--2001; Suicide Attempts and Physical Fighting Among High School Students --- United States, 2001; School-Associated Suicides --- United States, 1994--1999; Suicide Among Hispanics --- United States, 1997--2001; Suicide and Attempted Suicide --- China, 1990--2002; Guidelines; Screening for Depression. What's New from the USPSTF; Screening for Obesity in Adults. What's New from the USPSTF
- Minority Health - RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT STATES' ROLE IN ELIMINATING
DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE; AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH: A NEW NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE WEBSITE; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FROM IMMIGRANT FAMILIES JUST AS LIKELY TO
SUCCEED IN COLLEGE AS AMERICAN-BORN PEERS; MILLIONS OF HISPANICS AT INCREASED RISK FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES
- Nutrition - Routine Vitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cancer and Cardiovascular
Disease; STUDY REVEALS INCONSISTENCIES IN ASSESSING MOTHERS' BELIEFS OR BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDHOOD OBESITY;
- Public Health Law - New: Roadmap of State Quarantine Laws.
- Public Health Research - AMA, Medical Journals Call for Disclosure
on Drug Trials
- School Health - Self-Medication for Asthma
- Senior Health - Pharmacological Treatment of Dementia Available; PEOPLE WITH EARLY AD CAN STILL LEARN
- Women's Health - Breast and cervical cancer detection - screening mammography statistics; ESTROGEN-ALONE HORMONE THERAPY COULD INCREASE RISK OF DEMENTIA IN
OLDER WOMEN
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - http://www.bettycjung.net/Sitemap.htm
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- 2004 - 2005 PUBLIC HEALTH MENTOR DIRECTORY coming 8/25/2004
- Good to know: GET YOUR WRONGS RIGHTED
- Data: MEPS Statistical Briefs; Child Trends DataBank - After-School Activities; ABLES
Web version of Worker Health chartbook, 2004
- Internet Resources: College Finder (US Dept of Education); State Department for Students (US Dept of State); MedLine Plus (National Library of Medicine);National Criminal Justice Reference Service (US Dept of Justice); Featured Sites: Last Minute Vacations; AHRQ announces the redesign of the AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs) Web site; SHOW ME THE MONEY; DON'T BE FOOLED BY FUEL-SAVING GADGETS; GET ON-THE-SPOT ANSWERS FROM UNCLE SAM; HHS ANNOUNCES 10-YEAR PLAN FOR HEALTH IT
- Top Ten Causes of Death: Cancer - Colorectal Cancer Screening; Websites on CAM dangerous for cancer patients. Cardiovascular Disease - new guidelines; "Disparities in Cardiac Care; new guidelines. Diabetes - new guidelines. Hypertension: new guidelines.
Liver Disease - Screening for Hepatitis C in Adults. Stroke - new guidelines. Tobacco -
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence--Clinician's Packet. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence-A Systems Approach. You Can Quit Smoking. Information Kit for Consumers.“Camel’s ‘Kauai Kolada’ cigarettes stir outrage”
- Adolescent Health: PREVALENCE OF AND RISK FACTORS FOR DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG YOUNG ADOLESCENTS; SEX DIFFERENCES IN ADOLESCENT EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL ADVERTISING IN MAGAZINES
- Alcohol Abuse: US Dept of Labor stats
- Bioterrorism: Estimating Time and Size of Bioterror Attack; Identifying and Measuring Chemical Agents in Humans;
New AHRQ Bioterrorism Preparedness Tool; CDC Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation; 9-11 Commission Releases Report;
Regionalization of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response
- Children's Health: NEW KNOWLEDGE PATH ON MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; INSURANCE COVERAGE, BURDEN, AND ADEQUACY FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS; Pocket Guide to Good Health Care for Children
- Chronic Disease: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Diagnosis and treatment of adult degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the knee
- Community Health: effectiveness of strategies for preventing violence; Preventing skin cancer; healthy social environments.
- Consumer Health: Prescription drug cost burdens; consumers’ perceptions of costs for health services inaccurate; HEALTH CANADA WARNS CANADIANS NOT TO USE SESA HAIR SUPPLEMENT
- Continuing Ed: SMALLPOX - Vaccine Storage and Handling Web Course
- Environmental Health: ABLES; Lead Poisoning Associated with Ayurvedic Medications; Childhood Lead Poisoning from Commercially Manufactured French Ceramic Dinnerware
- Epidemiology: MMWR news
- Grants: COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH
- Healthcare Economics: “Revised policy treats obesity under Medicare”; Medicare Preventive Services; Uninsured up as employment shifts from manufacturing to service sector and fewer workers can afford employer benefits; One in seven American families struggle to pay medical bills; Near-elderly uninsured at significantly higher risk of death; US Supreme Court rules out state court negligence claims against HMOs; Reputations of HMOs and drug companies fall further; Study finds 5% of health spending is fraudulent
- Healthcare Quality: New AHRQ Patient Safety E-Newsletter; Joint Commission Program Specific 2005 National Patient Safety Goals; Joint Commission's Newly Enhanced Quality Check® Helps Americans Choose Health Care Services; Joint Commission Announces Standardized Performance Measure Set for Primary Stroke Centers;National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA's) Report Card for Managed Behavioral Healthcare Organizations; EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS ON PRIMARY CARE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS’ BEHAVIORS
- Health Education: Surveillance for Certain Health Behaviors Among Selected Local Areas --- United States, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002
- Health Policy: NEW DATABASE FOCUSES ON GENETIC POLICY AND LAWS; “Insurance plan requires weight loss”
- Health Services: "Gingrich calls for ‘virtual public health service"; EFFECTS OF INSURANCE COVERAGE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER CAPACITY ON ACCESS TO CARE; HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SELF-EFFICACY AND ADOLESCENT PREVENTIVE SERVICES
- Infectious Disease: new guidelines
- Maternal Child Health: DoD/VA clinical practice guideline for management of uncomplicated pregnancy; New Study on Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Mental Health: Practice guideline for the assessment and treatment of patients with suicidal behaviors; LARGEST EVER COMORBIDITY STUDY REPORTS PREVALENCE AND CO-OCCURRENCE OF ALCOHOL, DRUG, MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS; LANDMARK SURVEY REPORTS ON THE PREVALENCE OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS IN THE UNITED STATES
- Minority Health: Strategies for Improving Minority Healthcare Quality; MILLIONS OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES AT INCREASED RISK FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES
- Nutrition: Nutrition Screening Initiative guidelines
- Obesity: “Panel weighs higher premiums for fat workers”; “Obesity fuels their fervor”; “Louisiana passes bill to study childhood obesity in schools”; RISK FACTORS FOR CHILDHOOD OVERWEIGHT
- Physical Activity: Some Programs To Increase Exercise Have Lasting Benefits
- Public Health Law: “New environmental cops: state attorneys general”
- Public Health Practice: The future of the public’s health: Vision, values, and strategies”
- School Health: Second FDA Study Seems to Confirm Suicide Risk from Some Antidepressants; Keeping Kids Drug Free; Diagnosis and management of acute otitis media; Protective eyewear for young athletes; Recommendations for influenza immunization of children; CDC Says Fear Keeps More Kids From School
- Senior Health: "Flu patch may save elderly; "Definition Of Retirement Changes For Americans,"; "End-of-life treatment decisions might not be consistent with patients' advance directives"
- STDs: Screening for syphilis infection: recommendation statement
- Women's Health: Breast Cancer Chemoprevention; Screening for Cervical Cancer; Infertility. A guide to evaluation, treatment and counseling; Obesity in women. A guide to assessment and management; Diagnosis of breast disease; Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of failure to progress in obstetrical labor; Breast cancer screening; Diagnosis and treatment of cervical carcinomas; Management of preterm labor. other new guidelines; National Sexual Violence Resource Center: Resources; Screening for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women.
- Workplace Health: Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace
- Connecticut Public Health: Connecticut Ensures Safe Staffing for Hospitals: SAGA scheduled to convert to managed care system; OHCA survey finds that 61% of CT small employers offer health benefits
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Biostatistics and Statistics Resources -
http://www.bettycjung.net/Statsites.htm
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- 2004 - 2005 PUBLIC HEALTH MENTOR DIRECTORY now online; SCSU MPH Program
- Good to know: STOCK TIPS SCAM ALERT; Red Flags on Education - Testing: One Measure Among Many?; HURRICANES; DISASTERS; Key Facts about Flood Issues
- Data: NEW REPORT MAPS WOMEN'S HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES; State Health Facts Online Adds Prescription Drug Data; MEPs datasets; Statistical briefs; A Statistical Portrait of Well-Being in Early Adulthood!; NEW WEB SITE FEATURES INTEGRATE DETAILED PERINATAL HEALTH DATA; REDESIGNED WEB SITE ENHANCES PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
- Internet Resources: New National Guideline ClearinghouseTM CD-ROM Tutorial; SSA Website news
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News. Cancer: Poor Quality Websites on CAM dangerous for cancer patients; SCIENTISTS ESTABLISH DATABASE OF GENES ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER DRUG RESISTANCE. Cardiovascular Disease: Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team data; Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement data; New CHF guidelines; Update of NCEP Cholesterol guidelines. Diabetes: new guidelines; National Diabetes Quality Improvement Alliance data; Factors Affecting Adherence to a Diabetic Medical Regimen in Adolescents with Type 1 Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus; Effect of AC2993. Hypertension: INCREASING NUMBER OF ADULTS WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. Lung Disease: COPD guidelines. Tobacco: One million Chinese deaths make it wrong; Updated guideline synthesis Tobacco Use Cessation and Prevention
- Adolescent Health: "Science Says" research brief; Sex on Television Influences Teen Behavior; Discovery Health: Teen Sex; adolescent health research; COMBINATION TREATMENT MOST EFFECTIVE IN ADOLESCENTS WITH DEPRESSION; ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE AND YOUTH ASSETS
- AIDS: Women Get Fewer HIV Drugs Even When They Are Privately Insured
- Bioterrorism: September is National Preparedness Month; ANTHRAX info; Facts about the LRN; Disaster Planning Drills and Readiness Assessment. Bioterrorism and Health System Preparedness; Optimizing Surge Capacity: Hospital Assessment and Planning; Optimizing Surge Capacity: Regional Efforts in Bioterrorism Readiness; Addressing the Smallpox Threat: Issues, Strategies, and Tools; Training of Hospital Staff To Respond to a Mass Casualty Incident.
- Children's Health: new American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines; AHRQ REDESIGNS WEB-BASED TOOL FOR MEASURING QUALITY IN CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMS; Bullying Has Serious Effects on Girls; Child Headaches and Treatments; Dealing with Temper Tantrums; Sexual Activity in Teens Linked to Substance Abuse; Many Pediatricians Not Diagnosing Obesity in Children;
Addressing Speech Problems Early; Brain Function and Ability Improves with Proper Teaching for Children with Reading Disabilities; Intelligence Linked to Instrument Playing in Young Children; Manhattan Institute (MI) claims that the national graduation rate is incorrect and dropping; Studies Show Families Not Spending Enough Time Together as a Family
- Consumer Health: “Safety gap grows wider between SUVs and cars”; HealthinSite resources for Hearing Impairments and hearing loss; Protest your hearing; Should I Enter a Clinical Trial? A Patient Reference Guide for Adults with Serious or Life-Threatening Illness
- Disaster Preparedness: HURRICANE RECOVERY; Water Quality; Handwashing; For Health Care Providers: Guidelines for the Management of Acute Diarrhea; Worker Safety in a Power Outage; EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR BUSINESS
- Environmental Health: “Some bottled water isn’t better, states fear”
- Epidemiology: MMWR weekly news and special reports
- Healthcare Economics: Estimating the Size of the Uninsured and Other Vulnerable Populations in a Local Area. Tools for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net; Five medical conditions account for 31% of growth in health spending; Nine million fewer Americans had employer-sponsored health insurance in 2003 than in 2001; Health costs now surpass all other employee benefits; RENDS REPORT ON HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
More information about the Covering Kids & Families Back-to-School; Special Edition Medlearn Matters article on the subject of "Incident To" services
- Healthcare Quality: First Volume of Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Review Series, "Closing the Quality Gap," Is Available; ntegrated State Data Systems; Mapping Tools for Monitoring the Safety Net; Presenting Information to Decisionmakers: A Guide For Policy Analysts; Using Administrative Data To Monitor Access, Identify Disparities, and Assess Performance of the Safety Net; Data for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net;
Evaluating Domestic Violence Programs; National Healthcare Disparities Report; National Healthcare Quality Report; Concerns About Inappropriate Medication Prescribing for Elderly Patients; New Standards For HCSS Certification Program; Smoking Cessation Practices In Hospitals; New "Status of Standards Field Reviews" Webpage
- Health Education: Preventive counseling and education
- Health Policy: CDC Reorganization; Consumer Health Advocacy Toolbox -- Voter Registration Toolkit
- Health Services: Flu Gallery; Nursing shortage driven by shortage of nursing school faculty; US emergency room visits up sharply while total number of ERs down; Changing health systems rough on nurses’ personal health
- Infectious Disease: WEST NILE VIRUS (WNV); What You Need to Know about Mosquito Repellent; Maps of West Nile Virus Activity; WNV Fact Sheet; LASSA FEVER; RABIES; EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
- Maternal Child Health: Some Pregnant Women Are Prescribed Drugs Which May Be Considered Unsafe During Pregnancy; MCH LIBRARY RELEASES NEW RESOURCES ON BULLYING AND MATERNAL MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY; PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING HEALTHY PEOPLE LOW BIRTHWEIGHT AND INFANT MORTALITY GOALS; 13 Percent of Children Have Special Health Care Needs
- Men's Health: NIH STUDY TO COMPARE PROSTATE SURGERY AND DRUGS
- Mental Health: Major depression in adults for mental health care data; Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia.
- Minority Health: Cardiovascular Risk in the Filipino Community: Formative Research from Daly City and San Francisco, California; REACH 2010 Surveillance for Health Status in Minority Communities --- United States, 2001 -- 2002; ACCESS TO AND USE OF PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES BY HISPANIC WOMEN
- Nutrition: END OF SUMMER FOOD SAFETY TIPS; September is National Cholesterol Education Month
- Obesity: NIH RELEASES RESEARCH STRATEGY TO FIGHT OBESITY EPIDEMIC
- Physical Activity: Fit for Fall: New Online Program Promotes Physical Activity in English or Spanish Know someone who wants to get fit for fall?
- Public Health Continuing Ed Opps: CDC TRAINING MODULE New Web-Based Training Course from DPDE/NIP: Smallpox
- Public Health Law: “TB patient may be jailed for refusing treatment”; “Supreme Court sharpens liability of alcohol servers”
- Public Health Practice: Local Data Collection Strategies for Safety Net Assessment;
Assessing Safety Net Provider Financial Health: A Simple Measurement Tool; Assessing the Financial Health of Hospitals.
- School Health: "Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed. A Guide for School Personnel."; School health research; Hepatitis B Vaccination Urged: Parents are being urged to add hepatitis B vaccination to their "back to school" lists by the federal Department of Health and Human Services; SAT Scores Steady Overall, Up for Hispanics; "With Diploma in Hand: Hispanic High School Seniors Talk about their Future"; Get statistics on the achievement gap in our Education Fact File
- Senior Health: Assessment processes for older people; Prevention of hip fracture amongst people aged 65 years and over; The assessment and management of cardiovascular risk; The diagnosis and management of soft tissue knee injuries: internal derangements;
Fall prevention for older adults; Hydration management; Progressive resistance training;
STUDY SHOWS PLACING RELATIVE WITH DEMENTIA INTO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY DOES LITTLE TO EASE THE EMOTIONAL BURDEN OF CAREGIVERS; Acute change of condition in the long-term care setting; COPD management in the long-term care setting; Depression; Falls and fall risk;
Osteoporosis; Pain management in the long-term care setting.
- STDs: Depo Provera May Increase Risk of STDs; DEPO PROVERA APPEARS TO INCREASE RISK FOR CHLAMYDIAL AND GONOCOCCAL INFECTIONS
- Women's Health: Management of osteoporosis. A national clinical guideline; SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE PROBABILITY OF DEATH FROM BREAST CANCER AND OTHER CAUSES FOLLOWING DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNE THERAPY FOR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER POSSIBLE; ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS AND HIGH-RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE
- Workplace Health: Next year employers will reduce health benefit cost increases 24% by shifting more costs to consumers, cutting benefits and limiting choices; Skyrocketing health benefit costs preventing job growth
- Connecticut Public Health: Policymaker Issue Brief #12 -- 365,754 Connecticut residents uninsured in 2003; CDC report card finds CT women are comparatively healthy
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/ is now 5 years old...
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- Good to know: SCSU's MPH Program; November - Vote!
- Data: Methodology of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System; Report Maps Women's Health in the United States;
REVISED SET OF CHRONIC DISEASE INDICATORS RELEASED; early school success and child well-being; Early Child Development in
Social Context: A Chartbook; MEPS Publications - 3 Statistical Briefs
- Internet Resources: 2005 WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE
- Top Ten Causes of Death. Cancer: new guidelines. Cardiovascular Disease: KIDNEY AND HEART DISEASE LINK; Evaluation of
primary care patients with chronic stable angina: guidelines from the American College of Physicians; Calculate Your Body
Mass Index (BMI); Screening for Coronary Heart Disease: Recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; more
guidelines. Diabetes: new guidelines. High Cholesterol: new medical management guidelines; National Cholesterol Education
Program - Check Your Cholesterol and Heart Disease I.Q.; Live Healthier, Live Longer. Cholesterol-Lowering Medications and
You; Questions and Answers About the New Food Label: Saturated Fat, Trans Fat, and Cholesterol; Lipid screening in adults.
Hypertension: stats, medical management of adults with essential hypertension. Liver Disease: Chronic hepatitis B, Diagnosis,
management, and treatment of hepatitis C; Management of adult patients with ascites due to cirrhosis. Tobacco: Counseling
Plus Pharmacotherapy Improves Smoking Cessation Success; “Secret memo sought by U.S. in tobacco suit”. Preventive care and
screening, tobacco control.
- Adolescent Health: YOUTH DRINKING TRENDS STABILIZE, CONSUMPTION REMAINS HIGH; ADOLESCENTS' ATTITUDES ABOUT COPING AND
HELP-SEEKING STRATEGIES IN RESPONSE TO SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIORS; NEW EDITION OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION
KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED; New Resources Available from the National Campaign; REPORT HIGHLIGHTS STATE HEALTH AND EDUCATION
INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES TO ADVANCE ADOLESCENT HEALTH; Preventing HIV, STD, and Teen Pregnancy in Schools; MEASURES OF SEXUAL
ORIENTATION IN ADOLESCENT HEALTH SURVEYS
- AIDS: SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW APPROACHES TO MANIPULATING AIDS VIRUS
- Alcohol Consumption: Task Force Recommends That Primary Care Clinicians Screen and Counsel Adults to Prevent Misuse of
Alcohol; Preventive care and screening: percentage of patients who were queried about and screened for problem drinking
- Arthritis: Osteoarthritis of the knee stats
- Bioterrorism: September 11: Health Effects in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack; New Guide Helps
Communities Prepare for Vaccine and Drug Dispensing in the Event of Bioterrorism or Other Public Health Emergency; Chemical
Agents: Facts about Personal Cleaning and Disposal of Contaminated Clothing, Facts about Evacuation, Facts about Sheltering
in Place; Fact sheets, along with translations in Spanish, German, Tagalog, Chinese, and French are now available for the
following chemical agents: Cyanide, Nitrogen Mustards, Sulfur Mustard, Ricin, Sarin; VX.
- Consumer Health: Teen’s death prompts movement for state road-rage law; “Government requires safer switches on power
windows”
- Drug Abuse: Diagnosis and management of substance use disorders.
- Environmental Health: “Lead levels in water misrepresented across U.S.; Cleaning Up Our Land, Water and Air
- Epidemiology: MMWR news
- Healthcare Economics: 2004 Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey; "The Economic Downturn and Changes in Health
Insurance Coverage, 2000-2003"; Economic Incentives for Preventive Care; CCI Edit files for Hospital Outpatient PPS, CMS "
Clinical Laboratory Information Resource for Medicare" Web page
- Healthcare Quality: Joint Commission’s ORYX® Core Measures and CMS’ 7th Scope of Work Quality of Care Measures will now
be called Hospital Quality Measures; Health Care Working Conditions on Patient Safety; AHRQ Quality Indicators for Hospital-
Level Public Reporting or Payment
- Health Services: BEST PRACTICES FOR ADDRESSING OVERCROWDING IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; Nursing facility chronic
care; Clinical practice guidelines for the maintenance of patient physical safety in the intensive care unit: use of
restraining therapies; Guidelines for the inter- and intrahospital transport of critically ill patients; Guidelines on
critical care services and personnel: recommendations based on a system of categorization of three levels of care; Surviving
sepsis campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock; Care of Children and Adolescents in U.S.
Hospitals; Interactive Preventive Services Selector; Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator; Clinical policy: critical issues in
the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with seizures; Clinical practice
guidelines for quality palliative care
- HIPAA: Feds Get First HIPAA Privacy Conviction; HHS' HIT Efforts & Barriers to Adoption; Court Upholds Seizure of
Limbaugh's Medical Records, Disappoints ACLU; First-Year Experiences Under HIPAA Privacy;House Passes Prescription Drug
Monitoring Biill
- Infectious Disease: INFLUENZA UPDATES; Public Health Legal Preparedness Materials; Interim Influenza Vaccination
Recommendations, 2004-05 Influenza Season; West Nile Virus; Questions and Answers/2004-05 flu season: Vaccine supply; Fact
Sheet: What Everyone Should Know About Flu and the Flu Vaccine; Diagnosis and management of foodborne illnesses: a primer for
physicians and other health care professionals
- Maternal Child Health: Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis Evaluation of Benefits and Risks and Recommendations for
State Newborn; CHILDREN FOLLOW SAME STEPS TO LEARN VOCABULARY, REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE SPOKEN;PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS
OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
- Men's Health: AUA guideline on the pharmacologic management of premature ejaculation.
- Mental Health: “Quebec workplace bully law may become standard”; Depression
- Minority Health: Racial / Ethnic Health Disparities; MILLIONS OF ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS AT INCREASED RISK
FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES; "BODY & SOUL: A CELEBRATION OF HEALTHY EATING & LIVING"
- Nutrition: COMPENDIUM OF DIETARY RESEARCH QUESTIONS PUBLISHED; “Laws will prevent sale of food labeled as ‘low-carb’” <
/LI>
- Obesity: “Overweight in Arkansas? State will let kids know”; NATIONAL ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS OVERWEIGHT IN CHILDREN AND
ADOLESCENTS RELEASED
- Occupational Health: “2 porn producers get safety citations”; “Companies get tough with smokers, obese to trim costs” <
/LI>
- Public Health Continuing Ed Opps: Medlearn Matters "Information and Education Resources for Medicare Providers,
Suppliers, and Physicians"
- Public Health Research: new searchable Inventory of Qualitative Research in Nutrition and Physical Activity
- School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): FDA Panel Urges Strong Warnings on Anti-Depressants for Children: list of
school health guidelines and program information by state; TOOL DESIGNED TO HELP SCHOOLS ESTABLISH BEST PRACTICES IN
NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PARTICIPATION IN HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION
- Senior Health: Many Chronically Ill Patients Don't Tell Their Doctors That They Limit Use of Prescription Drugs Because
of Cost; Pharmacological Treatment of Dementia; Management of osteoporosis; Medical management of adults with osteoarthritis.
- STDs: City sues sex worker to get HIV treatment
- Women's Health: Domestic violence; National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program; Preventive care and
screeningl; “New federal rules gather data about battered women”
- Connecticut Public Health: CT HMO complaints down, Updated CT HMO report card out; CT workers’ health premiums rose four
times faster than wages in last four years, Reports on health care and the presidential elections; CT pays 12.2% more than
some states for drugs in Medicaid program
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/Seniorhealth.htm
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- Good to know: http://www.performancexpress.org/0411/ HPT@work - Betty C. Jung's Web site; phishing attack; NEW CHECK LAW IS COMING; "MY MONEY" TOOL KIT; DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
- Data: AHRQ Data Products; MEPS Publications; Two New Indicators from the Child Trends DataBank
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Cancer: new guidelines. Cardiovascular Disease: ACE Inhibitors Not Needed for Many Heart Disease Patients; new guidelines. Diabetes: Very Little of the Variation in Quality of Diabetes Care Is Explained by Practice Factors. High Cholesterol:
new guidelines. Hypertension: new guidelines. Liver Disease: new guidelines. Tobacco: U.S. court crimps big tobacco suit”; SMOKERS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS INCLUDING NICOTINE DEPENDENCE CONSUME MOST U.S. CIGARETTES
- Adolescent Health: Youth Violence and Health-Risking Social Behaviors; -LONGITUDINAL PREDICTORS OF PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL DATING VIOLENCE IN ADOLESCENCE; Physically Abused Teens Have More Behavior Problems and are More Likely to Report Externalized Behavior than Internalized Behavior
- AIDS: Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents.
- Alcohol Abuse: “Drinking deaths draw attention to old campus problem”
- Bioterrorism: New AHRQ Bioterrorism Issue Brief Available; Prescriptions for Antibiotics to Prevent Anthrax Were Uncommon Following the 2001 Anthrax Attacks; Computer Staffing Model for Bioterrorism Response
- Child Health: Therapeutic foster care for the prevention of violence; SCARE TACTICS FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION ARE HARMFUL; The Value of Improving Nutrition and Physical Activity in Our Schools; ANTIDEPRESSANTS AGAIN MAKING HEADLINES; A Whole Family Approach to Meds; CHARTBOOK DETAILS SELF-REPORTED PREVALENCE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS;
HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 COMPANION DOCUMENT FOCUSES ON CRITICAL HEALTH OBJECTIVES FOR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS; Children Who Learn a Second Language Learn faster and Have More Dense Brain Matter
- Consumer Health: Washington’s primary seatbelt law; preventive health care guidelines; Talking About Medicare – A consumer guide
- Drug Abuse: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INHALANT ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE AMONG U.S. ADOLESCENTS;
Diagnosis and management of substance use disorders
- Environmental Health: National pesticide practice skills guidelines for medical & nursing practice; Radiation Information Report: New Report Assesses Agencies' Capacity to Respond to Public Information Needs on Radiation
- Epidemiology: MMWR news; Syndromic Surveillance
- Flu: CMS flu shots, CDC guidelines
- Grants: social justice
- Healthcare Economics: 2003 Kaiser Health Insurance survey; CMS announced a 2.3 percent increase in Medicare payment rates to home health agencies for calendar year 2005
- Healthcare Quality: Specification Manual for National Hospital Quality Measures; Joint Commission, CMS To Make Common Performance Measures Identical; Joint Commission Issues Alert on Patient Awareness Under Anesthesia; NPSGs' Rationales, Interpretive Guidelines Available; AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), Version 2.1, Revision 2; New Survey Helps Hospitals Measure and Improve Patient Safety Culture; Two studies highlight importance of doctors’ interpersonal skills in effective care delivery
- Health Education: Fit for Fall: New Online Program (in English and Spanish) Promotes Physical Activity
- Health Services: Nursing Conditions, Patient Satisfaction Linked; Hospital guidelines; Organ Donation in the 21st Century
- Healthy People 2010: Public Health Partners Website; Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project; Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
- HIPAA: FDA Approves Chip Implant for Health Records; CA Lawmakers Want Victims of Security Breach Notified Directly
- Infectious Disease: Three Easy Steps To Prevent Infections
- Maternal Child Health: PROGRESS IN MEETING HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 GOALS FOR SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY; New Indicator on Breastfeeding!; Genetic cancer risk assessment and counseling;
Fetal Exposure to Common Solvents May Affect Brain Development; Smoking During Pregnancy Down; Report Card on Quality Improvement for Children's Health Care
- Men's Health: Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Mental Health: Major depressive disorder (MDD) stats
- Nutrition: Portion Control Induces Greater Weight Loss Than Other Behaviors; Diagnosis and management of foodborne illnesses: a primer for physicians nd other health care professionals
- Obesity: “Feds: Obesity raising airline fuel costs”; YOUNG ADULTS WHO MAINTAIN THEIR WEIGHT, EVEN IF OVERWEIGHT, HAVE LOWER RISK FACTOR LEVELS FOR HEART DISEASE IN EARLY MIDDLE AGE; Obesity-related costs responsible for 27% of rise in per-capita health costs from 1987 to 2001; bariatric surgery
- Physical Activity: Physical activity in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases
- Public Health Continuing Ed Opps: MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM LAUNCHES WEB SITE; TRAIN: Online Training Resource for Public Health Professionals; PEDIATRICIANS NEED MORE TRAINING ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- Public Health Law: Halko (1966)
- Public Health Practice: Online Library of Infrastructure Resources Now Available
- School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): new guidelines; Youth Suicide Prevention Law;
COMPILATION OF SCHOOL HEALTH GUIDELINES
- Senior Health: Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card Program & Transitional Assistance (TA) Program; "Talking About Medicare," SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT ENCOURAGES PROMOTION OF BONE HEALTH THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN
- STDS: Chlamydial urethritis and cervicitis; RATES OF CHLAMYDIA SCREENING AMONG SEXUALLY ACTIVE FEMALES
- Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health:LARGE PORTION OF LATE-STAGE BREAST CANCERS ASSOCIATED WITH ABSENCE OF SCREENING; Diagnosis and management of basic infertility; uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women; Breast cancer treatment; CHANGES IN U.S. FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; Cervical cancer screening; Management of initial abnormal Pap smear;
Cervical cancer screening; Breast Cancer Resource Guide for Minority Women; Breast Cancer (PDQ(r): Treatment; Cancer Facts. Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers; American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Detailed Guide; Breast Cancer: Know the Facts About Your Risk; Breast Cancer Treatment Guidelines for Patients; Domestic violence; What You Need To Know About Mammograms and Breast Cancer; Diagnosis and management of basic infertility; Uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women; New Evidence Report on Breast Cancer Care in Women; RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST IMPOVERISHED WOMEN
- Workplace Health: “Risks of cigarette smoking could include losing your job”
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Que Pasa Page; Blog Index; 2004 What Was New;
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- Good to know: Dialing for Help: State Telephone Hotlines
- Data: Indicators of Child, Family, and Community Connections; TOOL
FOR ACCESSING WOMEN'S HEALTH STATISTICS; Teen Birth Rate, Mental Health
and Federally Qualified Health Center Data Updates; High School Sports &
gender gap in high school sports participation; Dating; Religion; NHANES
is 1999-2000 and 2001-2002 Food Security data (FSQ); Health, United
States, 2004 with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans with
Special Feature on Drugs; 1994-2001 ABLES data; Women's Health USA 2004;
Data Warehouse on Trends in Health and Aging;2001 US Cancer Statistics
- Internet: National Youth Development Information Center Library;
National Health Info Network; Family Strengthening Policy Center; AHRQ
Redesigned Nursing Web Page
- Top Ten Causes of Death. Cancer: Esophageal cancer; Pancreatic
cancer; Screening for lung cancer. Cardiovascular Disease: Change in
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor (ACEI) for Left Ventricular
Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD) Measures (HF-3, AMI-3): Incorporation of
Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs); Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
repair; Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) stats; Acute stroke; Carotid
endarterectomy (CEA); Congestive heart failure (CHF);
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG); Percutaneous transluminal coronary
angioplasty (PTCA); Pediatric heart surgery; New Evidence Report on
Congestive Heart Failure; Protein is an Independent Risk Marker for
Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease; Heart failure stats; The role of
vitamin E supplements in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and
cancer. Diabetes: Low Testosterone Linked to Diabetes; Heart Disease
Drops Among People with Diabetes; Lack of Public Awareness About Type 2
Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Dyslipidemia; New Medicare Benefits for
People with Diabetes; DHEA Helps Fight Abdominal Fat; What Triggers DKA
in Type 2 Diabetes? As Obesity Increases in People with Diabetes, So
Does Risk of Cardiovascular Disease. Hypertension facts. Tobacco: AHRQ
CONSUMER TOOL PUTS QUIT PLAN IN A SMOKER'S HANDS; 28th annual Great
American Smokeout; CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION DURING CHILDHOOD AND
PERSISTENCE OF SMOKING THROUGH ADOLESCENCE
- Adolescent Health: NEW EDITION OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NUTRITION
KNOWLEDGE PATH; ABUSE IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE AS PREDICTOR OF
FUTURE VICTIMIZATION; Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking
Social Behaviors in Adolescents; Youth Violence and Health-Risking
Social Behaviors
- AIDS: Treating Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Exposed and
Infected Children
- Alcohol Abuse: Party Planning Tips for Alcohol-Safe Holidays
- Bioterrorism: City and FBI reach agreement on bioterror
investigations; New AHRQ Bioterrorism Issue Brief
- Child Health: STATES' ROLE IN ENSURING HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EARLY
EDUCATION AND CHILD CARE SETTINGS; Helping Kids Cope with Adult Cancer:
Max's Magical Delivery: Fit for Kids DVD; Early Childhood Measures
Profiles; How Many Children Were Adopted in 2000 and 2001? Foster Care
Adoption in the United States; Child Health Care Quality Toolbox:
Measuring Performance in Child Health; Prenatal screening and diagnosis
for pediatricians
- Consumer Health: Public Education Campaign to Help Consumers Save
on Medicines Best Buy Drugs kicks off by comparing price, effectiveness
in three drug categories; UK Report: Making Healthier Choices Easier;
Preventive services for adults; Preventive services for children and
adolescents; FDA - use of passive radio frequency identification (RFID)
tags for prescription medicine; Health Care Workers Added to Adult
Immunization Recommendations; Auto recall efforts under scrutiny; 40
Percent in U.S. Use Prescription Drugs
- Drug Abuse: Clinical guidelines for the use of buprenorphine in the
treatment of opioid addiction; Substance abuse treatment and family
therapy; SAMHSA's Faith-Based and Community Initiative
- Environmental Health: Collateral damage in the war on rats
- Epidemiology: Abortion Surveillance United States, 2001; MMWR
News
- Family Health: Government Tells Families to Discuss/Document Health
History on Thanksgiving; CHILDREN'S TELEVISION, VIDEO, AND COMPUTER GAME
USE
- Flu: Flu Vaccine Shortage Legal Materials; Influenza Prevention
Toolkit; AVIAN INFLUENZA Recent Outbreaks in Asia; Avian Flu Fact Sheet
- Healthcare Economics: Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs Under New Medicare
Law; Americans are raiding savings and retirement accounts to cover
growing health costs; CMS TAPS NCQA TO MEASURE MEDICARE HEALTH PLANS;
NCQA COMMENTS ON PROPOSED MEDICARE RULES; CMS GRANTS NCQA DEEMING
AUTHORITY FOR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPOS
- Healthcare Quality: Hospital Staff Nurses Finds High Rate of Errors
and Near Errors; Preventive services for adults, children and
adolescents; NCQA'S STATE OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY REPORT: BIG GAINS, BUT
NOT FOR EVERYONE; CIGNA TO REPORT PPO HEDIS DATA IN 2006; THE NATION'S
BEST PLANS; Nearly Half of All Consumers Are Concerned About Safety of
Health Care; (AHRQ) Prevention Quality Indicators Version 2.1, Revision
4;AHRQ Quality Indicators Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) Version 2.1,
Revision 2 Update; New Survey Helps Hospitals Measure and Improve
Patient Safety Culture; New Language Standard; Hospital Survey on
Patient Safety Culture; PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF HIGH-QUALITY
PEDIATRIC PREVENTIVE CARE
- Health Education: Epilepsy Toolkit; Healthy Behaviors: Addressing
Chronic Disease at Its Roots
- Health Policy: End of Life Report; Reorganizing State Health
Agencies to Meet Changing Needs
- Health Services: FIMR AND OTHER MORTALITY REVIEWS AS TOOLS FOR
ASSESSING MCH SYSTEMS IN COMMUNITIES
- HIPAA: Patient Sues Healthcare System Over Ad Containing PHI; ASC
X12 Web Site Gives Access to Experts' Interpretations on HIPAA
Implementation Guides; HIMSS Creates Industry Standard for Ensuring
Medical Device Security; CMS Releases First in Series of Guidance Papers
on HIPAA Security
- Infectious Disease: SARS Fact Sheet
- Minority Health: Health Coverage for Immigrants; Promising
Strategies to Strengthen Tribal Families; U.S.-BORN MEXICAN AMERICANS
AND NON-HISPANIC WHITES AT INCREASED RISK FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
- Nutrition: Anti-trans fat bill; FDA to launch new rules for food
companies; Can Eating Fruits and Vegetables Help People to Manage Their
Weight? In Battle of Bulge, Soda Companies Defend Against Warning
- Obesity: Nearly Three-Fourths of Americans View Obesity as a
Disease; Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Obesity; Expert panel
on weight loss surgery
- Physical Activity: Physical Activity in Middle Age Cuts Risk of
Early Death
- Public Health Continuing Ed Opps: Childhood Obesity: Combating the
Epidemic CME; Back to Basics: Your A1c; Understanding the QT Interval;
Tools and Techniques of Improved Medication Use
- Public Health Law: Panel wants child death reviews, uniform
reporting from coroners Altman v. City of High Point (2003)
- Public Health Research: GOOGLE INDEXES SCHOLARLY LITERATURE
- School Health: PUBLIC HEALTH LEGAL PREPAREDNESS MATERIALS ON ASTHMA
MEDICATION IN SCHOOLS; NIAAA Updates Alcohol Prevention Website for
Middle Schoolers; Is dodgeball too dangerous for kids? NY lawsuit kicks
playground game into courtroom; Schools will reward kids who eat right;
Healthier Rewards for School Children: A new resource, "Constructive
Classroom Rewards: Promoting Good Habits While Protecting Children's
Health; A Better Education for Children in Care - Practice Guides
- Senior Health: Taking Care of Yourself with Arthritis
- Women's Health: Women far more likely to miss workdays to care for
a sick family member; Women and Domestic Violence: Programs and Tools
That Improve Care for Victims; NEW RESOURCES ON MEDICAID AND WOMEN
RELEASED - What's at Stake? Routine prenatal care; Women and Heart
Disease: More Risk, Less Prevention; Violence Against Women: Identifying
Risk Factors
- Connecticut Public Health: 2004 ranking finds CT as the eighth most
healthy state in US; Survey finds nursing home, home health care and
assisted living significantly more expensive in CT
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Season's Greeting
http://www.bettycjung.net/Greetings.htm
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