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Introduction

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A Systematic Approach to Health Improvement

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Determinants of Health

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Health Status

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Physical Activity

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Overweight and Obesity

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Tobacco Use

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Substance Abuse

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Responsible Sexual Behavior

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Mental Health

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Injury and Violence

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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Impaired Driving Fact Sheet. Atlanta, GA: HHS, CDC, 1999.

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Hoyert, D.L.; Kochanek, K.D.; and Murphy, S.L. Deaths: Final data for 1997. National Vital Statistics Reports 47(19), 1999.



Environmental Quality

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California Environmental Protection Agency. Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke. Final report. Sacramento, CA: the Agency, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, 1997.

CDC. Progress toward the elimination of tuberculosis—United States, 1998. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 48:732-736, 1999.

CDC. State-specific prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults, and children’s and adolescents’ exposure to environmental tobacco smoke—United States. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 46:1038-1043, 1997.

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EPA. Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer and Other Disorders. EPA Pub. No. EPA/600/6-90/006F. Washington, DC: EPA, 1992.

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Immunization

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CDC. Ten great public health achievements—United States, 1900–1999. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 48:241-248, 1999.

NCHS. Health, United States, 1999. With health and aging chartbook. Hyattsville, MD: HHS, 1999.

Feiken, D.R.; Schuchat, A.; Kolczak, M.; et al. Mortality from invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in the era of antibiotic resistance, 1995–1997. American Journal of Public Health, in press.

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Access to Health Care

CDC. Health insurance coverage and receipt of preventive health services—United States, 1993. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 44(11):219-225, 1995.

NCHS. Health, United States, 1999. With health and aging chartbook. Hyattsville, MD: HHS, 1999.

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