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Hersh, Bradley S.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1991
Reports a retrospective cohort study among students living in campus dormitories to examine potential risk factors for measles vaccine failure. As in secondary schools, measles outbreaks can occur among highly vaccinated college populations. Requiring two doses of measles vaccine for college entrants should help reduce measles outbreaks in college…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control
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Braverman, Marc T., Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1989
Perspectives are provided to help evaluators of health promotion programs. Eight papers present critical issues in such evaluations, including: (1) conceptual themes of program theory and context; (2) topics related to measurement, data analysis, and research design; and (3) reports of evaluation studies. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Data Analysis, Disease Control, Evaluation Methods
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Panem, Sandra – Issues in Science and Technology, 1988
Claims that the United States' inadequate response to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) crisis was more related to structural problems in the country's health system than with politics and social mores. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Federal Government