Showing papers in "Public Health in 1986"

TL;DR: A survey of 325 out-patients in the hospitals of Kuwait concerning the Moslem practice of fasting during the hours of daylight in the month of Ramadan and the consequences on the drug regimen of patients finds more than 60% of patients were found to change the way in which they took their medicines.

TL;DR: There was no association between the number of foot conditions present and the probability of having received treatment prior to the survey, and of those referred for further chiropodial treatment, 93% attended.

TL;DR: The results obtained prove the efficacy of the multi-media action and call for a more detailed study as regards the school where neither a direct intervention nor audiovisual aids have been used.

TL;DR: Clinicians have a responsibility to ensure that information provided in booklets developed in South Wales is accurate and concern has been expressed that such booklets could cause undue anxiety and lead to more frequent consultations.

TL;DR: A survey of 218 patients who walked into and were directed to the cubicle side of Southampton General Hospital's Accident and Emergency Department indicated that 76% presented with minor injuries or ailments.

TL;DR: This approach was applied to data recorded by the Glasgow Register of Congenital Malformations for the period 1972–77, the first six years of its operation and indicated a high degree of item validity but a variable degree of case validity.

TL;DR: It is proposed that the number of falls occurring in a residential establishment is a useful measure of its performance and should be monitored continuously.

TL;DR: It is recommended that more detailed assessment of the conditions of people rehoused on medical grounds takes place with emphasis on rehabilitation accompanied by modifications and adaptations in the applicant's present accommodation.

TL;DR: There was a significant improvement in the test group with respect to the numbers trying to stop smoking and in the mean daily number of cigarettes smoked but not in the number of mothers actually ceasing to smoke.

TL;DR: Since menopausal or postmenopausal women whether in LSC or in HSC were leaner than the age-matched premenopausal ones and 'yet had higher cholesterol levels, the difference in cholesterol level could be attributed to menopause.

TL;DR: The results reveal the uncertainty of the claimed ‘healthiness’ of low tar and nicotine cigarettes.

TL;DR: Social class differences in childhood mortality up to the age of 16 years are studied in aNorthern Finland birth cohort of 12,000 children born in 1966, and mortality is found to be significantly higher among the children of farmers than among the rest in all age groups.

TL;DR: It is concluded that mothers' reasons for poor clinic attendance are not irrational but are based on attitudes which make their behaviour comprehensible, and which need to be taken into account by the health services.

TL;DR: The results show that the use of surma is still widespread, both among the women and their children and families, and the most effective means of communicating the dangers of these materials appears to be via television programmes.

TL;DR: Arguments for the retention of asylums, in the literal sense, for the deluded and hallucinated, do not imply satisfaction with antiquated, under-funded, decaying buildings, nor opposition to a proper trial and evaluation of adequately funded alternatives.

TL;DR: A computer-managed scheme for cervical screening using the Family Practitioner Committee (FPC) register as a database to identify women for screening and can be used for calling previously unscreened women as well as for recall.

TL;DR: The review has concentrated mainly on the UK but has drawn on overseas experience where this is relevant and there is no significant legal precedent to guide either current or future judgements.

TL;DR: Suicide mortality remained unchanged among the elderly population between 1960 and 1979 and Peaks were not found to coincide with economic recessions, while suicide mortality among the population aged 15–64 years increased.

TL;DR: Analysis of inpatient figures showed that the highest number of accidents leading to admission for more than 24 hours were recreational accidents amongst older children, the highest rate was for the very young involved in home accidents, whilst the most severe injuries resulted from road traffic accidents.

TL;DR: Five years after the initial vaccination campaign, most children are routinely vaccinated against measles and no measles outbreaks have been observed in the town, and the participation rate and operational problems associated with mass measles immunisation are anticipated.

TL;DR: Estimates of the use of officebased physician services for individuals with transient ischemic attack, Parkinson's disease or epilepsy were made and it was estimated that each of the study diseases, except for tests, treatments etc., cost the US society $21 million for office visits.

TL;DR: Information is reported on the demographic changes that have occurred in England and Wales in this century, with particular emphasis on aspects related to the elderly, and what is known about the major diseases killing the elderly and trends in these diseases is reported.

TL;DR: School-based transmission of hepatitis A in 5–14 year olds may be more important than the literature suggests, and may partly explain the high incidence in this age group.

TL;DR: Screening of 710 adults in Benin City for HBsAg using the sensitive ELISA method gave a carrier rate of 10·4%, which confirms earlier reports of a highHBsAg carrier rate in Nigeria.

TL;DR: The study introduced an accurate denominators based on named class lists and an accurate numerator based on school vaccinations and general practitioner vaccinations as well as the number of children previously immunised, all of which had a marked enhancing effect on the percentage of children protected by the end of an academic year.

TL;DR: It is concluded that tracking of individuals with elevated TC is improved by multiple sampling because of the decrease in positive predictive value caused by intra-individual variation.

TL;DR: Children who were not immunised had 3·4 times the risk of contracting the disease as did those who were compared to the controls, and children who were immunised for pertussis were 1·2 times more likely to subsequently receive measles vaccine.

TL;DR: The setting up of a computerised index of tuberculosis notifications for one Health Authority is described and suggestions made to improve this process of information gathering are given.