American journal of preventive medicine
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Disability is a major health and economic issue in the Armed Forces associated with increased use of medical care, the loss of active duty time, and substantial compensation costs. ⋯ While current disability data systems are maintained for administrative and not research purposes, the information available may be valuable for injury surveillance and research and suggests that injury-related disability is a major health and economic burden for the Armed Forces.
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Although studies of clinical samples have identified links between childhood abuse, especially sexual abuse, and adult health-risk behaviors, the generalizability of these findings to the population and the relative importance of different types of abuse in men and women are not known. ⋯ Efforts to prevent or remediate adult health-risk behaviors should consider the possibility of a history of childhood abuse, as one third to one half of those reporting HIV-risk behaviors or heavy drinking in a general-population survey also reported childhood abuse.
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Based on a review of the current literature and recommendations, the American College of Preventive Medicine presents a public policy statement on needle-exchange programs.
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Comparative Study
Demographic predictors of cancer screening among Filipino and Korean immigrants in the United States.
Little is known about cancer-screening practices of various Asian subgroups, and even less is known about factors that may predict screening in these populations. ⋯ These two variables-percent of lifetime in the United States and ever having had a checkup when no symptoms were present-can alert a physician that cancer-screening tests may be overdue among Korean and Filipino immigrants in the United States. Future research should identify predictors of cancer screening among other Asian immigrant groups and U.S.-born Asian women to assist in targeting intervention efforts.