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Show For more information Anderson, R N, Rosenberg, HM Age Standardization of Death Rates: Implementation of the Year 2000 Standard National Vital Statistics Reports; vol. 47 no. 3 Report of the Second Workshop on Age Adjustment Vital and Health Statistics, series 4, Number 30 Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics, 1998 Both articles are available from the CDC website at httpWwww.cdc.gov. Footnotes: 1) In 1940, less than 2% of the U.S. population was age 75 or greater, whereas in the year 2000, persons age 75 or greater are projected to comprise over 6% of the total population. BRFSS Report for the Local Health Departments: A First for Utah Jared Peterson, Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Health Education Utah's first Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) report for Local Health Departments (LHD) will be published in the fall of 1999. Social marketing and diffusions theories are being applied in the development and distribution processes. Through the use of these methods, health educators around the state will more fully understand and use the BRFSS report to plan and evaluate their programs. The BRFSS is an annual telephone survey designed to monitor the prevalence of health behaviors and preventive health practices associated with the leading causes of premature death, disability, and disease. Such behaviors and practices include tobacco use, physical activity, and cancer screenings. The application of social marketing theory is aimed at determining how the report is developed and presented in a way that facilitates comprehension and interpretation of the data presented. Diffusion theory will facilitate the use of the report so that more health educators are aware of the data presented in the report. The report will allow health educators the ability to compare their health district's standing with other health districts and the rest of the state. In addition, this report will empower health educators to effectively plan, implement, and evaluate the success of their health promotion interventions. Immunization Registry Sandra Schulthies As evidenced by outbreaks of pertussis and measles in the last decade, vaccine preventable diseases still occur in Utah. However, immunization registries make it easier to target areas of need and potentially decrease the likelihood of such outbreaks. The Utah Statewide Immunization Information System (USIIS) is a registry for immunization records of children in Utah. Incomplete records have been a problem for clinics and health care providers both because children tend to change health care providers during the course of their immunization series, and due to inaccurate reporting of immunization rates. The immunization registry will help increase the accuracy of Utah's immunization rates because it will consolidate records from many sources. USIIS will have the most complete immunization records for children immunized in Utah when fully operational. USIIS stores confidential demographic and immunization information privy only to authorized health professionals. It is anticipated that all county health department clinics will be connected to the registry in 1999. Private providers will begin to connect this year. 127 |