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A NIOSH alert bulletin on the prevention of injury of workers by robots is presented. The alert was prompted by the death of a 34 year old male operator of an automated die/cast system who went into cardiorespiratory arrest after ...
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A NIOSH alert bulletin on the prevention of injury of workers by robots is presented. The alert was prompted by the death of a 34 year old male operator of an automated die/cast system who went into cardiorespiratory arrest after being pinned between the active back end of an industrial robot and a steel safety pole, on July 21, 1984. The worker entered the working range of the operating robot by climbing over, through, or around a safety rail that surrounded the work envelope of the robot. He apparently thought the area behind the back end of the robot was a safe area. NIOSH recommendations to minimize the risk of such incidents occurring are presented. They include incorporating gates with electrical interlocks into physical barriers surrounding robots, providing adequate clearance distances around all moving components of robots, providing thorough worker training specific to the particular robot in question, and requiring supervisors to assure that no one enters the operational area of a robot unless the robot is inactivated or put on hold.
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Projects funded under the $15.9 million Health Education-Risk Reduction (HERR) grant program, administered by the Bureau of Health Education, are described. These State and territorial projects are capacity-building grants to esta...
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Projects funded under the $15.9 million Health Education-Risk Reduction (HERR) grant program, administered by the Bureau of Health Education, are described. These State and territorial projects are capacity-building grants to establish a focus within each program to update and maintain an inventory of existing health education-risk reduction programs and services, establish and foster working relationships among agencies, determine risk factor prevalence data, survey and establish systems for acquiring chronic disease morbidity and mortality data, and help communities develop organized approaches to risk reduction. Fifty-four State and territorial projects, 21 local intervention projects initiated in 1979, and 144 newly initiated local intervention projects were funded. Each program description includes the name of the applicant, a description of the target group, program objectives, methodology, and evaluation plans. Also included are (1) a map showing the geographic areas covered by the programs; (2) a chart showing the target group, target risks, setting, methodology, and funding level for each program; and (3) the reprinted Federal Register pages detailing rules and regulations that govern the HERR program.
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Prevention strategies against drug abuse have relied primarily on individuals, schools, families, and other community institutions, through information, education, alternatives, and early intervention approaches. The health care d...
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Prevention strategies against drug abuse have relied primarily on individuals, schools, families, and other community institutions, through information, education, alternatives, and early intervention approaches. The health care delivery system has had limited involvement in a comprehensive drug abuse prevention/health promotion strategy. The major purpose of this monograph is to examine different ways in which health care institutions, organizations, and practitioners can become more involved in health promotion and drug abuse prevention. This monograph presents the diverse views of professionals in various aspects of health promotion and drug abuse prevention. While each author has a unique vantage point, all of the contributors were invited to write articles for this monograph because of their interest and expertise in health promotion. The monograph is intended to serve primarily as a vehicle for presenting ideas, concepts, and linkages rather than as an applied manual.
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On an airplane, the safeguards adopted may be divided into three classes, those intended to prevent a fire from getting started, those intended to put it out if it does get under way, and, finally, those designed to limit the dama...
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On an airplane, the safeguards adopted may be divided into three classes, those intended to prevent a fire from getting started, those intended to put it out if it does get under way, and, finally, those designed to limit the damage which a fire can do.
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The study analyzed data collected in the Health Insurance Experiment (HIE). The data are based on a representative sample that is demographically similar to the general population of six urban and rural sites from the four census ...
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The study analyzed data collected in the Health Insurance Experiment (HIE). The data are based on a representative sample that is demographically similar to the general population of six urban and rural sites from the four census regions of the United States. The HIE included a randomly assigned preventive health measure: A total of 60 percent of HIE participants were randomly selected to receive a general physical examination upon entry to the study. All participants were randomly assigned to one of several insurance plans with varying levels of coinsurance. A small beneficial, but statistically insignificant, effect of a randomly assigned physical examination upon the use of health services and upon the individual's health status after 3 years was found. When the effects of preventive care sought by individuals during the course of this study was examined, the same pattern of statistically insignificant, small, beneficial effects upon health status was found.
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The National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences (NSPHPC) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as a part of the effort to meet the data needs of the prevention initiative of the U.S. D...
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The National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences (NSPHPC) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as a part of the effort to meet the data needs of the prevention initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The survey is a national probability sample selected using random-digit dialing techniques and was conducted in two waves of interviews among a panel of non-institutionalized civilian persons aged adult 20-64 years in the coterminous United States. Wave I was conducted in the Spring of 1979 and comprises data for 3025 respondents. Wave II was conducted 1 year later and comprises data for 2436 of the Wave I respondents.
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The National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences (NSPHPC) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as a part of the effort to meet the data needs of the prevention initiative of the U.S. D...
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The National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences (NSPHPC) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as a part of the effort to meet the data needs of the prevention initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The survey is a national probability sample selected using random-digit dialing techniques and was conducted in two waves of interviews among a panel of non-institutionalized civilian persons aged adult 20-64 years in the coterminous United States. Wave I was conducted in the Spring of 1979 and comprises data for 3025 respondents. Wave II was conducted 1 year later and comprises data for 2436 of the Wave I respondents.
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The National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences (NSPHPC) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as a part of the effort to meet the data needs of the prevention initiative of the U.S. D...
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The National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences (NSPHPC) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as a part of the effort to meet the data needs of the prevention initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The survey is a national probability sample selected using random-digit dialing techniques and was conducted in two waves of interviews among a panel of noninstitutionalized civilian persons aged adult 20-64 years in the conterminous United States. Wave I was conducted in the Spring of 1979 and comprises data for 3025 respondents. Included among the wide battery of questions were those on diet and exercise; sleeping; smoking; drinking of alcoholic beverages; weight status; dental hygiene; use of seat belts; changes in preventive health behavior due to illness; perceived health status and energy level; use of preventive health services; use of medical and hospital care; behavior with respect to high blood pressure; work status; conditions of work with respect to hazards, stress, physical demands and sick leave; participation in social groups and religious services; enjoyment of free time; number and closeness of friends and relatives; general psychological well-being; recent stressful life events; and socio-demographic information, such as age, sex, marital status, educational level, race, and family income. The NSPHPC replicates, in part, a 1965 study conducted among a sample of the adult residents of Alameda County, California, by the Human Population Laboratory of the California State Department of Health. The results of the analyses of data from the NSPHPC will be published in the NCHS Report Series No. 15.
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The National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences (NSPHPC) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as a part of the effort to meet the data needs of the prevention initiative of the U.S. D...
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The National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences (NSPHPC) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as a part of the effort to meet the data needs of the prevention initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The survey is a national probability sample selected using random-digit dialing techniques and was conducted in two waves of interviews among a panel of noninstitutionalized civilian persons aged adult 20-64 years in the conterminous United States. Wave I was conducted in the Spring of 1979 and comprises data for 3025 respondents. Included among the wide battery of questions were those on diet and exercise; sleeping; smoking; drinking of alcoholic beverages; weight status; dental hygiene; use of seat belts; changes in preventive health behavior due to illness; perceived health status and energy level; use of preventive health services; use of medical and hospital care; behavior with respect to high blood pressure; work status; conditions of work with respect to hazards, stress, physical demands and sick leave; participation in social groups and religious services; enjoyment of free time; number and closeness of friends and relatives; general psychological well-being; recent stressful life events; and socio-demographic information, such as age, sex, marital status, educational level, race, and family income. The NSPHPC replicates, in part, a 1965 study conducted among a sample of the adult residents of Alameda County, California, by the Human Population Laboratory of the California State Department of Health. The results of the analyses of data from the NSPHPC will be published in the NCHS Report Series No. 15.
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