The Usefulness of Patients Receiving Their Own Letter After an Outpatient Attendance
Heart DiseasesLung DiseasesAs part of the NHS plan it has been proposed to extend some consultants' usual practices and to send all patients copies of the letters sent to their general practitioners (GPs) following outpatient consultations. The current Secretary of State for Health has further extended this proposal and suggested that patients should have a specific letter to themselves after a hospital consultation. The aim of this study is to send patients both a copy of the letter sent to their GPs and a specific letter to themselves and to assess the usefulness and comprehensibility of each.
Sleep Disordered Breathing, APOE, and Lipid Metabolism
Sleep Apnea SyndromesLung DiseasesTo examine the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and lipid metabolism.
Honolulu Heart Program
Cardiovascular DiseasesCoronary Disease16 moreTo investigate coronary heart disease and stroke among American men of Japanese ancestry who were living on the island of Oahu in 1965. Morbidity and mortality surveillance of the original cohort is continuing.
Genetics of Airway Responsiveness and Lung Function
AsthmaLung Diseases2 moreTo perform a genome-wide search for genes affecting two phenotypes related to asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a Chinese population.
Specialized Center of Research in Occupational and Immunologic Lung Disease
Lung DiseasesObstructive4 moreThe overall objective of the Center was to develop a scientific data base for the control and prevention of acute and chronic lung injury caused by the inhalation of a variety of agents in the workplace and in the environment. There were two epidemiologic studies. Respiratory Effects of Exposures to Irritant Gases: To collect longitudinal lung function and symptom data in chemical manufacturing workers who were exposed to chemical irritants such as ammonia, chlorine, phosgene, isocyanates, sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxide, formaldehyde, organic acids, hydrochloric acid fluorides, other aldehydes, and acid anhydrides. Workers in the Cotton Textile Industry: To detect and quantitate the risk for the development of chronic obstructive airways disease which occurred in workers exposed to cotton dust in textile manufacturing.
Effect of Maternal Smoking On Neonatal Lung Function
Lung DiseasesObstructive1 moreTo determine factors, including maternal cigarette smoking and acute respiratory illness, influencing infant lung function at birth and up to five years of age.
Childhood Asthma Program in NYC Health Department Clinics
AsthmaLung DiseasesTo demonstrate that the New York City Department of Health Child Health Clinics could improve the health status of Black and Hispanic children with asthma by providing them with a comprehensive system of continuity of care that included pharmacologic treatment, family health education and community outreach. Recent studies have shown that lack of continuing primary care for asthma is associated with increased levels of morbidity in low-income minority children. Although effective preventive therapy is available, many African-American and Latino children receive episodic treatment for asthma that does not follow current guidelines for care. To see if access, continuity, and quality of care could be improved in pediatric clinics serving low-income children in New York City, we trained staff in New York City Bureau of Child Health clinics to provide continuing, preventive care for asthma.
Community Intervention for Minority Children With Asthma
AsthmaLung DiseasesTo test the effectiveness of school-based asthma education interventions, community-based asthma health workers' programs and the combination of these on asthmatic children. Also, to examine the separate and combined impact of asthma interventions designed to address problems associated with effective asthma self-management amd difficulties in establishing and maintaining continuity of medical care.
Epidemiology of Sleep Disordered Breathing - SCOR in Cardiopulmonary Disorders of Sleep
Lung DiseasesSleep Apnea SyndromesTo address the public health importance of sleep disordered breathing and ultimately reduce morbidity through information gained from longitudinal, population-based, epidemiologic studies.
Smoking Onset in a Biethnic Population
Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases1 moreTo conduct a prospective study of the determinants of smoking onset in adolescents attending Memphis City Schools and to determine the unique predictors of smoking onset in Black versus white adolescent females.