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Health Screening

Journal Article
Interventions That Increase Use of Adult Immunization and Cancer Screening Services: A Meta-Analysis
On the relative effectiveness of the diverse approaches used to promote preventive care activities, such as cancer screening and adult immunization.
Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article
Cost-effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Screening: Comparison of Screening Policies
The basis for the diversity in the screening policies among high-income countries does not relate to the screening policies' cost-effectiveness ratios
Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article
Comparing the Alcohol-Related Problems Survey (ARPS) to Traditional Alcohol Screening Measures in Elderly Outpatients
Commonly used screening measures do not address alcohol's effects among persons with declining health and increased medication use.
Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article
Use of Preventive Services in a Population of Very Low-Income Women
Very low-income women continue to have unmet needs for Pap smears and mammograms, even though a large proportion have seen a physician within the year
Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article
Impact of Prostate Cancer Screening on Health-Related Quality of Life in At-Risk Families
Screening with normal PSA results is accompanied by a minimally to moderate deterioration of HRQOL in some subjects.
Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article
Role of Black Churches in Health Promotion Programs: Lessons from the Los Angeles Mammography Promotion in Churches Program
Assesses pastor-level factors that affect the successful recruitment and implementation of community-based health promotion programs in Black churches
Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article
A Screening System for Michigan's Home- and Community-Based Long Term Care Programs
To develop a screening system for Michigan's MI Choice publicly funded home- and community-based services programs.
Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article
Screening for Cervical Cancer in HIV-infected Women Receiving Care in the United States
Providing gynecologic care at the same site as primary HIV care would likely improve delivery of needed gynecologic care for women.
Jan 1, 2001
Journal Article
Brief Screening of Psychiatric Disorders Among a National Sample of HIV-positive Adults: Concordance Between the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) and the CIDI Short Form (CIDI-SF)
The CIDI-SF provided useful information about general mental health but was less accurate for providing disorder-specific diagnoses than anticipated.
Jan 1, 2001
Journal Article
Impact of Systematic False-Negative Test Results on the Performance of Faecal Occult Blood Screening
The impact of systematic false-negative test results on mortality reduction and on programme sensitivity of annual faecal occult blood testing
Jan 1, 2001
Journal Article
Important Influences on Effectiveness and Costs to Be Considered in the Evaluation of Cancer Screening
Trials of cancer screening are designed to give an answer to the question of whether screening is effective in reducing cancer mortality.
Jan 1, 2001
Journal Article
Pathologic Features of Prostate Cancer Found at Population-Based Screening with a Four-Year Interval
Most large prostate cancers with high serum PSA levels were effectively detected in a prevalence screen.
Jan 1, 2001
Journal Article
Targeted Mailed Materials and the Medicare Beneficiary: Increasing Mammogram Screening Among the Elderly
Older women have the highest breast cancer rates but are underscreened relative to their risk.
Jan 1, 2001
Journal Article
Hepatitis B Among Homeless and Other Impoverished US Military Veterans in Residential Care in Los Angeles
Strategies for intervention include broader screening, immunization, and treatment interventions with this high-risk group.
Dec 31, 2000
Report
Comparison of the ROST and the CAGE Alcohol Screening Instruments in Young Adults
Comparison of the ROST and the CAGE Alcohol Screening Instruments in Young Adults
Dec 31, 2000
Journal Article
Strengthening the US Health Care Safety Net
Issue of access to health care and the goals of universal health insurance.
Jan 1, 2000
Journal Article
Screening for Chlamydia in Adolescents and Young Women
There is room for improvement in rates of chlamydia screening in sexually active females aged 15 to 25 years.
Jan 1, 2000
Journal Article
Maintaining Mammography Adherence Through Telephone Counseling in a Church-Based Trial
This study assessed the effectiveness of telephone counseling in a church-based mammography promotion intervention trial.
Jan 1, 2000
Report
Dealing With Diversity: Recruiting Churches and Women for a Randomized Trial of Mammography Promotion
In this study, the authors recruit African American, Latino, and white churches and women members (age 50 to 80) for a randomized church-based trial of mammography promotion in Los Angeles County.
Jan 1, 2000
Journal Article
Annual Postal Screening for Geriatric Problems: What Happens After Two Years?
Repeat annual screening could be targeted to outpatients with borderline scores, and less frequent screening for those with low risk scores.
Jan 1, 2000

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Health Screening

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Patient Evaluation

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