Utilizing data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 1971 -1975, comparisons were made of general well-being scores and utilization of professional services between employed and non-employed women. Employed women tend to have a higher sense of well-being and utilize fewer professional services to cope with personal and mental health problems than their non-employed counterparts. This tendency is more pronounced among non-married and less-educated women, with an indication of a counter-tendency among college-educated non-White women. (Am J Public Health 1983; 73:908-911.) IntroductionIn recent years, considerable attention has been given to women's changing work role and health status;1-5 nevertheless, evidence for the impact of employment on women's health is uneven. In general, the employed seem to enjoy better mental health than the nonemployed,5-7 yet the workplace and home may pose conflicting demands and expectations." Many previous studies have been restricted to small samples of select persons in certain areas and offer limited generalizability to heterogenous populations and varying circumstances. The purpose of this study, based on a national probability sample, is to determine the net effect of women's employment on their sense of well-being and utilization of professional services.

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This study assessed the validity of the Spanish surname infant mortality rate as an index of urban Mexican American health status. Neonatal, postneonatal, and risk-factor-specific mortality rates were computed from linked birth and infant death records of the 1974-75 Harris County, Texas, cohort of 68,584 for Spanish surname White, non-Spanish surname White, and Black single live births. Infants of Mexican-born immigrants were distinguished from those of other Spanish surname parents by parental nativity information on birth records. Infants of Mexican immigrants IntroductionAlthough the Texas Spanish surname population, largely Mexican American, has a disproportionate share of infant mortality risk factors (low socioeconomic and educational status, high fertility and large family size, absent or inadequate prenatal care,'-and high incidence of diabetes mellitus and infectious diseases5), the actual infant mortality rate

A two-stage sample survey was used to estimate the size of Texas' professional public health workforce and to describe its composition in terms of employment settings, job characteristics, and individual characteristics. The estimated 17,700 public health professionals employed in 1995 represented approximately three percent of the state's total health workforce. About 55 percent of all these professionals worked in agencies that provide population-based public health services. An estimated seven percent had formal public health education. These findings raise issues concerning the numerical adequacy of the state's supply of public health professionals, the adequacy of their educational preparation, and the human resources capacity of the state's official public health agencies.

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