Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Provisional Data From the National Health Interview Survey: United States, January-June 1985

Thornberry, Owen T.; Wilson, Ronald W.; Golden, Patricia

doi:10.1037/e605242007-001

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“…36 The California Hypertension survey 37 confirms that more than half of all Californians with BP of 140/90 mm Hg or more are already aware of the condition and that more than 75% of those with DBP of 95 mm Hg or more are aware among all ethnic subgroups except JapaneseAmericans. These data support our belief that voluntary screening efforts are unlikely to "label" many subjects for the first time.…”

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Consequences of worksite hypertension screening. Changes in absenteeism.

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SUMMARY To confirm reports of increased absenteeism after worksite hypertension screening, we performed a three-stage blood pressure screening among 5888 self-selected heterogeneous workers at 11 electronics plants using standardized screening and labeling procedures. A total of 296 subjects with mean systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or greater or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or greater on all three occasions were considered to have sustained hypertension. From the untreated normotensive subjects matched for eight sociodemographic and occupational variables, we prospectively selected one to three controls for each sustained hypertensive subject. Uncorrected absenteeism rates for sustained hypertensive subjects increased 22% from baseline in the postscreening year. Correction by logarithmic transformation for skewed distributions and by rates for matched controls for temporal trends reduced these changes to statistical insignificance with high statistical power. Several subgroups exhibited trends to increased absenteeism. At 12-month follow-up, the blood pressure of the sustained hypertensive subjects showed mean decreases of 12.6/6.7 mm Hg (p<0.0001) after the majority had received pharmacological antihypertensive treatment. These results suggest that worksite hypertension screening and labeling produce insignificant absenteeism change overall among self-selected heterogeneous work force populations. (Hypertension 10: 425-436, 1987) KEY WORDS • absenteeism • hypertension screening • labeling H YPERTENSION is the most common principal diagnosis cited by U.S. physicians during office visits, accounting for nearly 24 million visits annually, or 5% of the total.1 Despite substantial improvement in the proportion of Americans newly diagnosed as hypertensive and brought to treatment, major problems remain. By recently revised criteria, about 46% of hypertensive Americans are still undiagnosed, especially younger adults with mild disease. In nearly 21% hypertension is diagnosed but untreated, and in 22% it is treated but still uncon-

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“…(3) The Center for Epidemiological Studies‐Depression Scale (CES‐D), a 20‐item questionnaire with values of 16 and above considered diagnostic of major depression 20 . (4) The Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (SMAST) and an estimate of weekly alcohol consumption 21 , 22 . Older drivers with DUI determinations were excluded from the original 1990 cohort from which the current participants were drawn.…”

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A Preliminary Assessment of the Medical and Functional Factors Associated with Vehicle Crashes by Older Adults

Sims

Owsley²,

Allman

et al. 1998

J American Geriatrics Society

118

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Functional assessments, such as a comprehensive test of visual processing, a falls history, and a review of current medications may be of greater relevance than specific medical conditions in the identification of older at-risk drivers. If prospective studies determine that falling and crashing share risk factors, a unified approach to the prevention of these mobility disorders could result. The finding of an independent association of black race with at-fault crashing is in need of further clarification because of the low representation of black drivers in this sample.

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“…Beginning in adolescence, dieting becomes a critical part of most women's lives in their efforts to achieve or maintain a slim body ideal (Dornbusch, Gross, Duncan, & Ritter, 1987;Silberstein et al, 1987;Thornberry, Wilson, & Golden, 1986). Importantly, dieting and restrained eating require active suppression of hunger cues.…”

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Objectification Theory: Toward Understanding Women's Lived Experiences and Mental Health Risks

Fredrickson

Roberts

1997

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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This article offers objectification theory as a framework for understanding the experiential consequences of being female in a culture that sexually objectifies the female body. Objectification theory posits that girls and women are typically acculturated to internalize an observer's perspective as a primary view of their physical selves. This perspective on self can lead to habitual body monitoring, which, in turn, can increase women's opportunities for shame and anxiety, reduce opportunities for peak motivational states, and diminish awareness of internal bodily states. Accumulations of such experiences may help account for an array of mental health risks that disproportionately affect women: unipolar depression, sexual dysfunction, and eating disorders. Objectification theory also illuminates why changes in these mental health risks appear to occur in step with life‐course changes in the female body.

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Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Provisional Data From the National Health Interview Survey: United States, January-June 1985

Cited by 11 publications

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Consequences of worksite hypertension screening. Changes in absenteeism.

Consequences of worksite hypertension screening. Changes in absenteeism.

A Preliminary Assessment of the Medical and Functional Factors Associated with Vehicle Crashes by Older Adults

Objectification Theory: Toward Understanding Women's Lived Experiences and Mental Health Risks

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