New York State Department of State

About: New York State Department of State is a government organization based out in Albany, New York, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Cancer. The organization has 446 authors who have published 314 publications receiving 11308 citations.

Monitoring for clusters of disease: application to leukemia incidence in upstate new york

Abstract: The authors propose a procedure for the detection of significant clusters of chronic diseases, with particular reference to cancer. The procedure allows for variations in population density and avoids the problem of "post hoc" formation of hypotheses or self-defined populations. This accounts for several of the principal problems of cluster evaluations. The techniques are practical but "computer-intensive." The procedure, termed the "cluster evaluation permutation procedure," is applied to leukemia incidence data for an Upstate New York region obtained from the New York State Cancer Registry and census files. Comparisons are made with two other recently proposed clustering methods, namely the U-statistic method of Whittemore et al. (Biometrika 1987;74:631-7) and the "geographical analysis machine" of Openshaw et al. (Lancet 1988;1:272-3). Routine examination of disease occurrence with the cluster evaluation permutation procedure would allow state health officials to prioritize case investigations and to respond in a timely and efficient manner to inquiries of reported clusters.

Context Matters: Schools and the "Research to Practice Gap" in Children's Mental Health

Abstract: Reviews have identified mental health interventions that are relevant to schools; unfortunately, this research pays insufficient attention to the school context. Several aspects of school context l...

Public Attitudes Toward Mental Illness: A Review of the Literature

Abstract: Iri conjunction with the rise of social psychiatry as an increasingly accepted ideologic and strategic base, there has developed widespread interest in public attitudes toward mental illness. Knowledge of such attitudes is not only germane to those concerned with the origins and maintenance of disturbed behavior, but critically important to workers involved in primary prevention programs, early intervention, and community treatment of psychiatric patients. Both administrators and clinicians benefit from acquaintance with public attitudes toward the presence of psychiatric facilities and patients in their neighborhoods. Psychiatric rehabilitation is facilitated when mental health professionals recognize the social realities that their patients encounter in their daily living. In short, it is becoming generally recognized that mental patients, and those who deal with them, exist in the larger framework of society and that it is imperative, in both planning and carrying out treatment programs, to be aware of the attitudes toward mental illness and treatment that prevail in this larger framework. Despite longstanding awareness of the discrepancies between what people say and what they do, the link between attitude and behavior has been deemed sufficiently meaningful to warrant extensive research regarding public attitudes toward mental illness. Since the late 1940's, when the first studies were designed, there has emerged a substantial body of research concerning the delineation of attitudes held by the public, characteristics of disturbed behavior that influence such attitudes, characteristics of respondents that are themselves associated with variations in attitude, and the relationship between attitudes and behavior.

Diversity, nomenclature, and taxonomy of protists.

Abstract: the origin of echolocation and flight in bats. Nature 403:188– 192. van Rheede, T., T. Bastiaans, D. N. Boone, S. B. Hedges, W. W. de Jong, and O. Madsen. 2006. The platypus in its place: nuclear genes and indels confirm the sister group relation of monotremes and therians. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23:587–597. Waddell, P. J., H. Kishino, and R. Ota. 2001. A phylogenetic foundation for comparative mammalian genomics. Genome Informatics 12:141– 154. Waddell, P. J., N. Okada, and M. Hasegawa. 1999. Towards resolving the interordinal relationships of placental mammals. Syst. Biol. 48:1–5. Waddell, P. J., and S. Shelley. 2003. Evaluating placental inter-ordinal phylogenies with novel sequences including RAG1, γ -fibrinogen, ND6, and mt-tRNA, plus MCMC-driven nucleotide, amino acid, and codon models. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 28:197–224.

Characteristics of Nursing Homes that Affect Resident Outcomes

Abstract: Although there has been increased interest in using outcomes as measures of quality, few studies have shown a link between structure or process and outcomes. In this analysis, based on approximately 2,500 residents in 80 nursing homes in Rhode Island, multivariate models estimate which aspects of care are associated with resident outcomes after controlling for resident characteristics. Outcomes, measured over a 6-month period included death, functional decline, and functional improvement. Results suggest that higher staff levels and lower RN turnover were related to functional improvement. Facilities with high catheter use, low rates of skin care, and low participation in organized activities were associated with negative outcomes. Facilities with few private-pay residents were also associated with negative outcomes. Receipt of a serious federal citation was associated with improved outcomes. For-profit facilities appeared to be more efficient in use of resources.