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State to check on residents' health (Door-to door!)
Seattle Times ^
| 7/20/06
| Warren King
Posted on 07/20/2006 3:33:33 PM PDT by AnnaZ
State to check on residents' health
By Warren King
Seattle Times medical reporter
Washington state health officials will soon start asking detailed questions about the health of some state residents and even give them brief physical exams.
The door-to-door survey of 1,100 randomly selected households across the state will try to learn more about our health, and especially about our risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, to better target preventive educational programs.
"We want to get a snapshot of [residents'] health ... and if we can't prevent the diseases, have early detection of them," said Dr. Juliet VanEenwyk, state epidemiologist for noninfectious diseases.
The Washington Adult Health Survey is sponsored by the state Department of Health and is designed to gather a cross section of state residents. The survey will begin late this month and will take about a year, VanEenwyk said.
[snip]
Participants will be given a $45 gift card for their help in the survey. Officials are not seeking volunteers; participants are being chosen to represent the diverse population of the state.
The survey is being financed by an $800,000 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kansas and Arkansas also were awarded survey grants.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: bigbrother; govwatch; healthcare; healthypeople; healthypeople2010; nannystate; privacy
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To: PeteB570
I wonder if there will be any "Do you keep any firearms in the house?" "Are they secured with gun locks?" "Are they loaded?"Oh, there WILL be. Doctors already ask that question on that survey they give you when you first go in for your first visit and periodically thereafter when you go for a physical. At least our docs do that.
To: Gabz
Ping, you won't like this
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posted on
07/20/2006 4:18:36 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(Higher visibility leads to greater zottability.)
To: AnnaZ
participants are being chosen to represent the diverse population of the state. You can be certain that the results have also been "chosen", in a way that will maximize white liberal guilt, as well as governmental financial handouts to those who purport to speak for minority communities.
-ccm
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posted on
07/20/2006 4:29:30 PM PDT
by
ccmay
(Too much Law; not enough Order)
To: uncitizen
At least our docs do that. I hope you tell them to mind their own g-dd-mn business.
-ccm
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posted on
07/20/2006 4:31:33 PM PDT
by
ccmay
(Too much Law; not enough Order)
To: AnnaZ
A nurse on each survey team will measure blood pressure, pulse, height, weight and waist size.
A blood sample will be taken to measure cholesterol and blood sugar.
A hair sample, to measure mercury levels, will be taken from women of childbearing age and participants 60 and older.
Participants will be given a $45 gift card for their help in the survey. Officials are not seeking volunteers; participants are being chosen to represent the diverse population of the state.
The survey is being financed by an $800,000 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kansas and Arkansas also were awarded survey grants.
Interesting...
To: uncitizen
One of my wife's sort-of friends came by the other day. While she was there she asked about the girls.
My wife said with a straight face "They're out at the range with their dad shooting." She said the lady did a slight double take and asked "With guns?" and the reply was "Of course."
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posted on
07/20/2006 4:40:52 PM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Weapons are not toys to play with, they are tools to be used.)
To: AnnaZ
Washington state health officials will soon start asking detailed questions about the health of some state residents
.........50 percent of whom will undoubtedly be either obese or smokers.
To: ccmay
I hope you tell them to mind their own g-dd-mn business.I just lie and say "no". And this is mostly on the kids forms. The kids will whisper to me "what should i say for this question?". I tell 'em "say NO".
To: AnnaZ
If your blood isn't already boiling, there's this from the heartland--
IL Launches Compulsory Mental Health Screening For Children And Pregnant Women The Illinois Leader ^ | July 19, 2004 |
CHICAGO -- This week, a series of public forums on a program requiring all pregnant women and children through age 18 years to be tested for mental health needs is being held this week in five different locations statewide.
[snip]
The mental health program will develop a mental health system for "all children ages 0-18 years," provide for screening to "ensure appropriate and culturally relevant assessment of young children's social and emotional development with the use of standardized tools."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1177398/posts
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posted on
07/20/2006 4:58:25 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Ken H
That is insane! (Oops... guess I failed the test!)
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:10:54 PM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I think so, Brain, but if we give peas a chance, won't the lima beans feel left out?)
To: af_vet_rr
It's intrusive, and ridiculous. This is what allowing government into healthcare wreaks.
Somebody bring back self-government. Please?
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:13:16 PM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I think so, Brain, but if we give peas a chance, won't the lima beans feel left out?)
To: Libertina; Paperdoll; Maynerd; Bobsvainbabblings; moneypenny; Kaylee Frye; Clintonfatigued; ...
Thanks to
JDoutrider for the ping. (Heard mention of it on KVI on the way home.)
Say WA? Evergreen State ping
FReepmail sionnsar if you want on or off this ping list.
Ping sionnsar if you see a Washington state related thread.
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:14:04 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d, N0t Y0urs | NYT:Jihadi Journal)
To: ElkGroveDan
I'm only surprised California didn't come up with it first.
;^)
(Bet they're scrambling now, though... LOL)
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:14:58 PM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I think so, Brain, but if we give peas a chance, won't the lima beans feel left out?)
To: NautiNurse
and home renovation projects without permits.
"Hmmm... this room is listed here as a den. Has someone been sleeping in it?"
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:16:50 PM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I think so, Brain, but if we give peas a chance, won't the lima beans feel left out?)
To: Purrcival
Quick! Hide the Ding-Dongs!
...and the beer, and the porterhouses, and the cigarettes, and the Hershey's, and the Fluff -- do NOT forget the jars of dastardly Fluff.
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:20:04 PM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I think so, Brain, but if we give peas a chance, won't the lima beans feel left out?)
To: kaylar; BenLurkin
I have that exact same doormat by my front door.
So do I.
Also, that used to be one of my vanity license plates.
One out-of-stater looked at it in a parking lot, scowled, and asked me just what THAT meant?
I blandly told him, "if you have to ask, it means YOU."
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:20:16 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
To: AnnaZ
That is insane! (Oops... guess I failed the test!) You'd have to be crazy not be for mental health screening!
Mental Health Screening for Kids- Part II (from 2004)
Last week I wrote about a presidential initiative called the "New Freedom Commission on Mental Health," which issued a report calling for the mandatory mental health screening of American schoolchildren.
[snip]
The Appropriations committee, which distributes your tax dollars to the various federal agencies, specifically allotted $20 million in the HHS/Education bill for state programs in support of the New Freedom commission report.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1221923/posts
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:25:55 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Ken H
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:31:50 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Ken H
"New Freedom", eh? How flawlessly Orwellian.
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:37:43 PM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I think so, Brain, but if we give peas a chance, won't the lima beans feel left out?)
To: AnnaZ
Is one of the study goals to learn the risk of the study-ees telling them to FO&D? If so, they're welcome to stop by the Thinking residence.
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:43:57 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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