An Ounce of Prevention. What Are the Returns Second Edition, Revised October 1999

By Koplan, Jeffrey P.

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Title:	An Ounce of Prevention. What Are the Returns Second Edition, Revised October 1999
Author:	Koplan, Jeffrey P.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Medical research, Medical reports
Collections:	Medical Library Collection
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Publisher:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citation APA MLA Chicago P. Kopla, B. J. (n.d.). An Ounce of Prevention. What Are the Returns Second Edition, Revised October 1999. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
INTRODUCTION: As the nation moves toward the twenty-first century, the fundamental challenge facing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the same as it was in its early days over 50 years ago — improving the quality of people’s lives by preventing disease, injury, and disability through collaboration with public and private partners throughout the world. CDC seeks to improve health, but to do so in economically responsible ways. When human and financial resources are limited, public health efforts must focus on prevention strategies that yield the most benefit for the investment. Fortunately, many current prevention strategies already offer excellent opportunities to promote good health at a reasonable cost.

Table of Contents
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Bicycle-Related Head Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Breast Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Cervical Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Childhood Lead Poisoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Childhood Vaccine-Preventable Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chlamydia-Related Infertility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Colorectal Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Coronary Heart Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Dental Caries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Diabetic Retinopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 HIV/AIDS Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Influenza Among Elderly Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Low Birthweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Neural Tube Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Perinatal Hepatitis B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Pneumococcal Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Sickle Cell Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Smoking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Summary Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover