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| Native Americans: The Facts |
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| Introduction Native Americans are a diverse group of peoples from varied cultural backgrounds. More than 500 tribal groups are recognized by the Federal government. The population of Native Americans in 1986 was estimated at 1.6 million or 0.7% of t |
| Worksite Health Promotion: The Facts |
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| Introduction The last ten years has brought major changes in employer attitudes toward workplace health promotion programs. Interest in self-help and self-care programs has increased as growth in health care costs have encroached substantially into |
| Hispanic Americans: The Facts |
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| Introduction With more than 7% of the population, Hispanic Americans are the second largest minority in the United States. The Hispanic population is comprised of persons from diverse origins including Mexican (60.6% of total Hispanic population), P |
| Black Americans: The Facts |
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| Introduction Blacks constitute 12% of the population of the United States and are the single largest minority group in the country. The health status of Blacks has been studied and compared regularly to that of the white population. The Black popula |
| Asian Americans: The Facts |
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| Introduction Asian Americans are the third largest and fastest growing minority group in the United States. In 1985, Asian Americans totaled an estimated 5.1 million and accounted for 2.1% of the U.S. population. From 1980-1985 the Asian American po |
| Older Adults: The Facts |
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| Introduction Achievements in medicine over the last few decades have increased the life expectancies of millions of Americans who earlier this century would have lost their lives to heart attacks, strokes, cancer and other diseases. The average leng |
| Accident Prevention and Injury Control: The Facts |
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| Introduction Injuries are the leading cause of death for persons under 44 years of age in the U.S. Injuries kill more Americans aged 1-34 than all diseases combined, and result in the loss of more working years of life than all forms of cancer and h |
| Occupational Health: The Facts |
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| Introduction The approximately 110 million workers in this country are exposed to a wide variety of occupational hazards that can pose significant risks to their health. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed the |
| Household Budget |
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| Nowadays, women are taking leading roles in the workforce. In many households they are breadwinners and collectively generate substantial wealth. Being mother is even tougher. Not only are they one of the breadwinners and parent, they are also respo |
| Oh, It |
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| I recently received a letter from the Social Security Administration. This outlined how much I had paid into the program. Also, the amount of my monthly payment from the fund that I would get when I retire was also stated. This amount would depend u |
| The Leading Cause of Death in the United States |
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| According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the number one ranking cause of death in 2003 for all age groups between 1 and 44 years of age was unintentional injuries. The overwhelming majority of these were due to motor vehicle accid |
| Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Work |
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| Emphasizing the positive seems to have been replaced by a steady diet of negative news. Some may claim that the negative news sells just as negative ads. Others defend that it is the publics right to know the facts regardless whether it is good or b |
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