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- 1996 Health Status Survey : Health Care Access and Utilization /
- Assuring access to health care has been defined by the Institute of Medicine as one of the key functions of government in public health1. In addition to the ability to access medical care for an acute medical problem, having a primary health care...
- Primary health care; Public health; Insurance, Health; Health services accessibility; Health surveys; Medical care -- Needs assessment;
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- 1996 Health Status Survey : Lifestyle Factors in Utah /
- It is clear from research that choices people make about health behaviors can substantially increase or decrease their risk of life threatening conditions including heart disease, cancer, and injuries. Public health efforts to prevent chronic...
- Diet; Epidemiology; Exercise; Food habits; Fruit; Health behavior; Health status indicators; Lifestyles; Nutrition; Nutrition policy; Outcome assessment (Medical care); Obesity; Public health; Statistics; Substance abuse; Tobacco habit; Vegetables;
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- 1996 Health Status Survey : Limitations of Activities in Utah /
- Overall in 1996, 7.2% of all Utahns were estimated to have some type of limitation of their daily activities. In 1991 the Health Status Survey estimate was 4.9%. The questions asked in the two survey years were virtually identical. Although...
- Chronic diseases; Health surveys; Quality of life; People with disabilities; Older people; Public health;
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- 1996 Health Status Survey : Socio-economic Status and Health in Utah /
- Socio-economic status (SES) has been recognized as an important determinant of health since the early part of this century. The 1994 conference on .Measuring Social Inequalities in Health. recommended that health data, including government surveys,...
- Public health; Social classes; Statistics; Health surveys; Poverty;
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- 1996 Health Status Survey: Chronic Medical Conditions in Utah /
- Of the ten leading causes of death in the United States in 1990, more than half were chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancers, cerebrovascular disease (also known as stroke), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, and...
- Diabetes; Chronic diseases; Lungs -- Diseases; Arthritis; Asthma; Alzheimer's disease; Public health; Health surveys; Cerebrovascular disease; Statistics; Hypertension;
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- Health Status in Utah by Race and Ethnicity /
- An understanding of the health status of a population is necessary to plan, implement, describe, and evaluate public health programs that control and prevent adverse health events. A 1988 Institute of Medicine committee,1 in a report entitled, The...
- Population; Medical policy; Health status indicators; Health surveys; Outcome assessment (Medical care); Ethnic groups; Diseases; Epidemiology; Medicine; Statistics; Public health;
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- Overview of the 1996 Health Status Survey /
- The Health Status Survey Overview Report provides information on 39 health measures from the 1996 Health Status Survey, plus a variety of Utah demographic characteristics from the survey and elsewhere. The 39 health measures represent most of the...
- Preventive health services; Chronic diseases; Health services accessibility; Vital statistics; Health behavior; Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive; Health surveys; Health status indicators;
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- Utah's Healthy People 2000 : Health Status Indicators /
- Assessing the health status of the population is a fundamental responsibility of public health. Such an assessment is an important guide for public health policy development and for evaluating existing public health programs. The 18 Health Status...
- Health behavior; Public health; Health status indicators; Health planning;
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