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Rachel Maddow To Obama – Ignore Medicare For All and the Public option ‘at your very grave peril’
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Get Vaccinated For Influenza; It’s Not Too Late – Alabama Department of Public Health
While the influenza season has not ended, most Alabamians still have not received the 2009 H1N1 vaccine. The Alabama Department of Public Health urges everyone to get the H1N1 influenza vaccine now that the entire population is eligible and in advance of a possible future wave of influenza activity. “Influenza is unpredictable, and we want to the public to be protected,” said Dr…
Interviewer effects in public health surveys
Interviewer effects can have a substantial impact on survey data and may be particularly operant in public health surveys, where respondents are likely to be queried about racial attitudes, sensitive behaviors and other topics prone to socially desirable responding. This paper defines interviewer effects, argues for the importance of measuring and controlling for interviewer effects in health surveys, provides advice about how to interpret research on interviewer effects and summarizes research to date on race, ethnicity and gender effects. Interviewer effects appear to be most likely to occur when survey items query attitudes about sociodemographic characteristics or respondents’ engagement in sensitive behaviors such as substance use. However, there is surprisingly little evidence to indicate whether sociodemographic interviewer–respondent matching improves survey response rates or data validity, and the use of a matched design introduces possible measurement bias across studies. Additional research is needed to elucidate many issues, including the influence of interviewers’ sociodemographic characteristics on health-related topics, the role of within-group interviewer variability on survey data and the simultaneous impact of multiple interviewer characteristics. The findings of such research would provide much-needed guidance to public health professionals on whether or not to match interviewers and respondents on key sociodemographic characteristics.
Internists Remind Public To Get H1N1 Flu Shot
Joseph W. Stubbs, MD, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and a practicing internist, knows all too well that the number of people who get vaccinated against the flu typically drops after November. But flu viruses can circulate into February – even into the spring and summer…
Public Option, Affordability Issues Central To Health Bill Negotiations
Dow Jones Newswires/The Wall Street Journal reports that House Democrats who favor a government-run public insurance plan on Tuesday signaled “they are willing to agree to a final health overhaul bill without a government-run health insurance option if other parts of the bill would fulfill the same goals…
Prolonged Period Of Cold Weather Ahead Prompts Warnings To Take Winter Precautions – Alabama Department Of Public Health
Alabama residents should take precautions as the state faces an expected prolonged period of cold weather. According to the National Weather Service, temperatures at several locations across Central Alabama may set new records for prolonged cold…
Polls Show Stable Attitudes On Public Option, Abortion
A Bloomberg poll conducted Dec. 3-7 found, on health care, “about half of poll respondents saying they disapprove of the plans in Congress to overhaul the system. Sixty-two percent of Americans say they are mostly pessimistic they would benefit from [a health-care bill Congress may pass.] The youngest Americans are more optimistic, with 47 percent of those under 35 saying they would benefit…
Reid Says ‘Broad Agreement’ On Public Option, Senators Await Details
Coverage of the Senate’s “broad agreement” to create a national health insurance plan continues, with Democratic leaders remaining mum on details while insisting the compromise leaves a “public” option in the bill. (See KHN’s Tuesday night breaking news round-up)…
CDC Kicks Off National Travelers’ Health Public Awareness Campaign
Every holiday season, millions of Americans travel through the nation’s airports, seaports, and train stations to spend time with loved ones. Special holiday get-togethers – and traveling itself – bring people close together but also provide an ideal way for illness to spread. To help travelers avoid the flu this holiday season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today launched its largest ever public awareness campaign about staying healthy while traveling.
Liberals Push Reid To Stand By Public Option In Health Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trying to hold together members of his caucus to vote for a government-run public option for health insurance that would allow states to opt-out of the plan – a plan that is getting an icy reception, even among Democrats, Bloomberg reports.
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