A repository for documents, reports, and publications from the Utah Department of Health.
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1995-1998 Utah Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Local Health District Report | Utah Office of Public Health Assessment; Utah Bureau of Health Education; Utah Bureau of Chronic Disease | Overall, the Utah population is relatively young and healthy. Its death rate is much lower than that for the U.S. (all cause deaths), and it has especially low rates of death for lung cancer and heart disease. These low rates are at least partially attributable to Utah's healthy lifestyles, such as ... |
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1996 Health Status Survey - Lifestyle Factors in Utah | Utah Department of Health Bureau of Surveillance and Analysis | It is clear from research that choices people make about health behaviors can substantially increase or decrease their risk of life threatening conditions including heart disease, cancer, and injuries. Public health efforts to prevent chronic disease encourage people to eat a diet high in fruits and... |
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1996 Health Status Survey : Lifestyle Factors in Utah / | Utah. Office of Public Health Data; Utah. Bureau of Surveillance and Analysis | It is clear from research that choices people make about health behaviors can substantially increase or decrease their risk of life threatening conditions including heart disease, cancer, and injuries. Public health efforts to prevent chronic disease encourage people to eat a diet high in fruits and... |
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2000 Utah Child Health Survey - Children with Special Health Care Needs | Utah Office of Public Health Assessment Center for Health Data | This report is intended to provide an overview of the information collected in the 2000 Utah Child Health Survey. The survey was designed to address the important health issues among Utah children, including health insurance coverage, special health care needs, and patterns of health care delivery a... |
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2000 Utah Child Health Survey : Children with Special Health Care Needs / | Utah. Office of Public Health Assessment; Utah. Center for Health Data | This report is intended to provide an overview of the information collected in the 2000 Utah Child Health Survey. The survey was designed to address the important health issues among Utah children, including health insurance coverage, special health care needs, and patterns of health care delivery a... |
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Health Status in Utah by Race and Ethnicity / | Utah. Office of Public Health Data; Utah. Bureau of Surveillance and Analysis | An understanding of the health status of a population is necessary to plan, implement, describe, and evaluate public health programs that control and prevent adverse health events. A 1988 Institute of Medicine committee,1 in a report entitled, The Future of Public Health recommended that... "...ever... |
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Indicator profile of blood cholesterol screening / | Utah. Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program; Utah. Bureau of Health Promotion; Utah. Division of Community and Family Health Services; Utah. Dept. of Health | Presents data on percentage of persons who reported having their cholesterol checked within the past five years, Utah & U.S., 1989-1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003. |
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Public Health Outcome Measures Report [captured 06-30-2006] / | Utah. Dept. of Health | The Utah Department of Health, Public Health Outcome Measures Report is intended to provide easy access to information about Utah's priority public health objectives. The Utah Department of Health regularly examines outcome measures to: Track and evaluate progress toward goals Guide policy decisio... |
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Utah Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System : Local Health District Report, 1995-1998 | Utah. Division of Community and Family Health Services; Utah. Bureau of Health Education; Utah. Bureau of Chronic Disease; Utah. Center for Health Data; Utah. Office of Public Health Assessment | Overall, the Utah population is relatively young and healthy. Its death rate is much lower than that for the U.S. (all cause deaths), and it has especially low rates of death for lung cancer and heart disease. These low rates are at least partially attributable to Utah's healthy lifestyles, such as ... |
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Utah Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Trend Report, 1989-1999 | Utah has participated in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) since it began in 1984 and when only 14 other states participated. This report examines trends for selected BRFSS measures over 11 years from 1989 to 1999. The Utah statewide rates are compared to the rates for states bo... | |
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Utah health status update: behavioral risk factors by local health district / | The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is an ongoing survey that tracks the prevalence of risk factors for the major causes of death and disability in the U.S. The BRFSS provides ongoing, timely information about important determinants of health and illness, such as smoking, excessiv... | |
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Utah health status update: behavioral risk factors in Utah 1989-1999: part 1 / | Lifestyles and behaviors powerfully influence our health status. One third of deaths have been attributed to just three behaviors: smoking, physical inactivity, and poor diet. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a collaborative project of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre... | |
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Utah health status update: behavioral risk factors in Utah 1989-1999: part 2 / | The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a collaborative project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. states and territories. The objective of the BRFSS is to collect uniform, state-specific data on preventive health practices and risk behaviors that are ... | |
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Utah health status update: children with special health care needs / | Providing good, coordinated care for children who have special health care needs challenges families, providers, and the health care system. The Utah 2000 Child Health Survey measured the prevalence and health status of children with special health care needs and assessed how well their needs were b... | |
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Utah health status update: health status by race and ethnicity / | Despite much progress in improving the health of Americans, disparities remain in the health of people of different races and ethnicities. The nation has committed to eliminate those disparities by the year 2010. This Health Status Update presents selected results from a recent report by the Utah De... | |
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Utah health status update: lifestyle and behavioral risk factors / | Lifestyle and behavioral risk factors, such as tobacco use, diet and exercise habits, and misuse of alcohol are responsible for premature deaths, disability and substantial health care expenditures. A recent 1996 Utah Health Status Survey report presented data on four lifestyle factors: exercise, co... | |
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Utah health status update: lifestyle and chronic diseases in Utah / | Chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, are leading causes of death, disability, and health care costs in Utah and the United States. Chronic diseases are often considered a normal part of aging, but the risks of several chronic diseases can be reduced substantially by lifes... | |
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Utah health status update: local health district survey data: two new reports / | Two recent reports by the Utah Department of Health show that progress towards meeting health objectives differs amongst Utah s 12 local health districts. Utah is divided into 12 single- or multicounty health districts. Each district has a local health department that is responsible for public healt... | |
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Utah health status update: prevalence of diabetes risk factors among Utah adults / | Diabetes is a serious, potentially fatal, chronic metabolic disorder that develops when the body is unable to use glucose effectively. Diabetes is a systemic disease and can lead to blindness, renal failure, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and nerve damage. The vast majority of people with diabetes ... | |
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Utah health status update: Utah children with special health care needs / | The National 2001 Children With Special Health Care Needs survey provides detailed information on the parent-reported prevalence of children who have special health care needs (CSHCN). The survey was sponsored by the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau and administered by the Centers for Diseas... | |
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Utah health status update: Utah health status by race and ethnicity / | It is a national goal of the U.S. Public Health Service to eliminate health disparities, including those by race, ethnicity, sex, income, education, sexual orientation, disability, and geographic location.1 This Health Status Update summarizes the fi ndings of the recent Health Status by Race and Et... |
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