Issue 46, November 19, 2012

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Vol. 4, Issue: 46, 11/19/12

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Before launching into this week’s featured articles. Science Clips pauses to offer thanks to our staff and contributing subject matter experts. We begin with a topic that echoes more recent natural disasters; E Choudharyexternal icon et al report on needs assessment made using the CASPER methodology following the 2009 tsunami in American Samoa. Public response to the 2009 influenza A H1N1 pandemic, a potential infectious disease disaster, is described by GK SteelFisherexternal icon and colleagues using poll results from five countries. Preparations for holiday travel should not ignore disease prevention considerations; RC Laroqueexternal icon and collaborators find evidence of many missed opportunities for vaccination among travelers visiting friends and relatives abroad. Foreign-born persons may also have higher risks for tuberculosis; analysis of surveillance data from domestic and global systems, led by AB Taylorexternal icon, finds that the U.S. national surveillance system may be the best source of data on TB drug resistance among foreign-born individuals.

Healthcare settings can be a focus for prevention but can also harbor public health risk factors. An analysis from the National Healthcare Safety network authored by SN Hocevarexternal icon et al finds that neonates who weighed 750 g or less had the highest incidence of device-associated infections (DAI), and that overall DAI infection rates did not differ by type of hospital. Further on in the lifespan, use of prescription opiates more often than prescribed, or obtained through non-prescription sources, were found to be risk factors for opioid-related death by WA Lanierexternal icon and co-authors. Preventive and treatment interventions delivered in healthcare settings can have individual and societal benefits; data from five states compiled by SE Powellexternal icon and colleagues may show early impact of human papillomavirus vaccination in decreasing vaccine-type precancerous cervical lesions. Costs of HIV treatment on a per-patient basis decline as sites become more experienced and treat more patients, according to NA Menziesexternal icon and collaborators, who looked at data from more than 50 clinic sites in six countries.

The ability to take action to improve health can occur in the home, as well as where healthcare is delivered. Information from the PRAMS system published in CDC’s own Preventing Chronic Disease journal by an FA Gibbsexternal icon-led group shows that the prevalence of smoke-free home rules approaches 95%, with generally increasing trends. From the National Center for Health Statistics Data Briefpdf icon, we have an analysis of calories consumed from alcoholic beverages, which may be an underappreciated contributor to excess caloric intake.

John Iskander

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