Posted on 07/20/2006 3:33:33 PM PDT by AnnaZ
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.
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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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Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
Keep movin', movin', movin',
Though they're disapprovin',
Keep them doggies movin' Rawhide!
Don't try to understand 'em,
Just rope and throw and grab 'em,
Soon we'll be living high and wide.
Boy my heart's calculatin'
My true love will be waitin', be waiting at the end of my ride.
Move 'em on, head 'em up,
Head 'em up, move 'em out,
Move 'em on, head 'em out Rawhide!
Set 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, let 'em out,
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in Rawhide.
That door mat is two words from providing the complete message. I'll leave it to your imagination, but the first word would start with a "t" and the second and "f".
>>>>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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Healthy People 2010
>>>IL Launches Compulsory Mental Health Screening For Children And Pregnant Women
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The UN Plan for Your Mental Health (UNESCO)
ROFL I guess I shouldn't have posted the above..
*monkapotamus shudders... disturbing.. :)
If you're looking for one, I'd suggest e-Bay.
I don't understand what his problem. Hell, I'm bald, some people are fat, some are skinny. We all have some cross to bear.
Even Columbo!
Thanks Applegate. I'm gonna put it out when we have a bunch of friends over. Or on Saturdays when the Jahovahs Winesses show up.
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Really?! That's just odd. I believe when I saw it, FReeper Alouette had posted it.
The only way it would be upsetting is if you knew, or were, the person depicted. I mean, it's still nightmare-inducing disturbing... but bannable?
$45 gift card, why I wonder such an odd amount?
No. Lots of people hardly go to the doctor at all. There's not much information on me in there.
The sign next to the large pink thing has been Photoshopped.
I would send this one out on your homeschool newsletter
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