Workers' Health Hazards—Today and Tomorrow. Detection and Control of Silicosis and Other Occupational Diseases. What New York State has done and the Job Ahead

1940 ◽  
Vol 115 (9) ◽  
pp. 803
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
New York State ◽  
Health Hazards ◽  
York State ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Pediatric Influenza-Associated Deaths in New York State: Death Certificate Coding and Comparison to Laboratory-Confirmed Deaths

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Hoefer ◽  
Bryan Cherry ◽  
Marilyn Kacica ◽  
Kristi McClamroch ◽  
Kimberly Kilby
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Death Certificate ◽  
Influenza Infection ◽  
New York State ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Death Certificates ◽  
York State ◽  
Capture Recapture ◽  
State Death ◽  
And Control

Introduction. Surveillance for laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated deaths in children is used to monitor the severity of influenza at the population level and to inform influenza prevention and control policies. The goal of this study was to better estimate pediatric influenza mortality in New York state (NYS). Methods. Death certificate data were requested for all passively reported deaths and any pneumonia and influenza (P&I) coded pediatric deaths occurring between October 2004 and April 2010, excluding New York City (NYC) residents. A matching algorithm and capture-recapture analysis were used to estimate the total number of influenza-associated deaths among NYS children. Results. Thirty-four laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported and 67 death certificates had a P&I coded death; 16 deaths matched. No laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated death had a pneumonia code and no pneumonia coded deaths had laboratory evidence of influenza infection in their medical record. The capture-recapture analysis estimated between 38 and 126 influenza-associated pediatric deaths occurred in NYS during the study period. Conclusion. Passive surveillance for influenza-associated deaths continues to be the gold standard methodology for characterizing influenza mortality in children. Review of death certificates can complement but not replace passive reporting, by providing better estimates and detecting any missed laboratory-confirmed deaths.

Germination, Growth, Development, and Control of Galinsoga

Weed Science ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Ivany ◽  
R. D. Sweet
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
Main Axis ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
York State ◽  
Total Percentage ◽  
Growth Development ◽  
Alternating Temperature ◽  
And Control ◽  
Galinsoga Ciliata

Hairy galinsoga [Galinsoga ciliata (Raf.) Blake] and smallflower galinsoga [G. parviflora Cav.] are widespread weeds in New York State. Freshly harvested achenes (seed) are not dormant and germinate in the field from early May until frost. Rate of germination but not final total percentage was stimulated by alternating temperature, with the fastest rate being at 30 C day and 20 C night and with a 16-hr photoperiod and 11,000 lux of light. Some seed in each seed-lot required light for germination. Both species were day-neutral with respect to flowering. Smallflower galinsoga produced its first flower after node seven and hairy galinsoga after node six on the main axis 6 to 8 weeks after germination. Decreasing light intensity 83% decreased fresh weight.

scholarly journals Medical Capacity Shortages Facilitated the Rapid Dissemination of COVID-19 in Wuhan, New York State, and Italy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuehao Xu ◽  
Cheng Zhang ◽  
Lixian Qian
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
The United States ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
York State ◽  
Travel Restrictions ◽  
Rapid Dissemination ◽  
City State ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

AbstractDuring the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, every public health system faced the potential challenge of medical capacity shortages. Infections without timely diagnosis or treatment may facilitate the stealth transmission and spread of the virus. Using infection and medical capacity information reported in Wuhan in China, New York State in the United States, and Italy, we developed a dynamic susceptible–exposed–infected–recovered (SEIR) model to estimate the impact of medical capacity shortages during the COVID-19 outbreak at the city, state, and country levels. After accounting for the effects of travel restrictions and control measures, we find that the number of infections in Wuhan could have been 39% lower than the actual number if the medical capacity were doubled in this city. Similarly, we find the less shortages in medical capacity in both New York state and Italy, the faster decline in the daily infection numbers and the fewer deaths. This study provides a method for estimating potential shortages and explains how they may dynamically facilitate disease spreading during future pandemics such as COVID-19.

scholarly journals Medical Capacity Shortages Facilitated the Rapid Dissemination of COVID-19 in Wuhan, New York State, and Italy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuehao Xu ◽  
Cheng Zhang ◽  
Lixian Qian
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
York State ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Rapid Dissemination ◽  
City State ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, every public health system faced the potential challenge of medical capacity shortages. Infections without timely diagnosis or treatment may facilitate the stealth transmission and spread of the virus. Important as the influence of capacity shortages on the epidemic, it is still unclear how they could intensify the spread of the epidemic qualitatively under different circumstances. Our study aims to throw light on this influence.Methods: Using infection and medical capacity information reported in Wuhan in China, New York State in the United States, and Italy, we developed a dynamic susceptible–exposed–infected–recovered (SEIR) model to estimate the impact of medical capacity shortages during the COVID-19 outbreak at the city, state, and country levels.Results: The proposed model can fit data well (R-square > 0.9). Through sensitivity analysis, we found that doubled capacity would lead to a 39% lower peak infected number in Wuhan. Italy and New York State have similar results.Conclusions: The less shortages in medical capacity, the faster decline in the daily infection numbers and the fewer deaths, and more shortage would lead to steepen infection curve. This study provides a method for estimating potential shortages and explains how they may dynamically facilitate disease spreading during future pandemics such as COVID-19. Based on this, policy makers may figure out some way to explore more medical capacity and control the epidemic better.

Community Involvement in Prevention and Control of Drug Abuse

1972 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
Marlene R. Slawson ◽  
Kenneth Kopacz
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
New York State ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
York State ◽  
Youth Activities ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Control

This article emphasizes the need for community involvement in controlling drug abuse. It illustrates the type of New York State legislation that gave rise to the creation of Narcotic Guidance Councils. It furthermore states the goals of NGC's and the means through five committees to accomplish these goals. These committees include publicity, youth activities, counseling, school education programs, and adult education. In some greater depth, this article traces the development of the Cheektowaga Narcotics Guidance Council and a survey of more than three hundred and fifty NGC's operating in New York State to obtain information concerning specific programs in different locales. Key approaches of this new program involve 1) knowing the problem; 2) finding out what your town is already doing; 3) knowing what you are talking about; 4) keeping the media involved; 5) educating youth and adults; 6) involving young people; 7) setting objectives; and 8) evaluating the program.

Chlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenz of urans in human adipose tissue from exposed and control New York state patients

Chemosphere ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 14 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 933-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold Schecter ◽  
John J. Ryan ◽  
Raymonde Lizotte ◽  
Wing-F. Sun ◽  
Lawrence Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
New York State ◽  
Human Adipose Tissue ◽  
York State ◽  
And Control

The Use of Machines in Parole Case Control

1963 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-184
Author(s):  
John M. Stanton
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
Case Control ◽  
York State ◽  
Parole Officers ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Law ◽  
And Control

One of the responsibilities of the professional caseworkers who supervise parolees is to account each month for the status of those under their supervision. Both the law and good parole casework practice require that such an accounting be made. At one time, parolees' names, identification numbers, and other data had to be written by hand by the parole officers in the New York State Division of Parole. Today, the officers have been relieved of this clerical chore; listing and control of cases are now being done efficiently and economically by key-punch and accounting machines. The same key-punched cards used to pre pare the monthly reports are also used to machine-print organ izational reports for administrative and budgetary purposes. The use of machines in parole case control has resulted in accurate and timely reports and has freed the parole officers for their main professional task of assisting in the rehabilitation of parolees.

scholarly journals Real-time virtual infection prevention and control assessments in skilled nursing homes, New York, March 2020—A pilot project

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Belinda E. Ostrowsky ◽  
Lauren M. Weil ◽  
R. Henry Olaisen ◽  
Rachel L. Stricof ◽  
Eleanor H. Adams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
New York State ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Skilled Nursing ◽  
York State ◽  
And Control

Abstract Objective: To describe a pilot project infection prevention and control (IPC) assessment conducted in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in New York State (NYS) during a pivotal 2-week period when the region became the nation’s epicenter for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Design: A telephone and video assessment of IPC measures in SNFs at high risk or experiencing COVID-19 activity. Participants: SNFs in 14 New York counties, including New York City. Intervention: A 3-component remote IPC assessment: (1) screening tool; (2) telephone IPC checklist; and (3) COVID-19 video IPC assessment (ie, “COVIDeo”). Results: In total, 92 SNFs completed the IPC screening tool and checklist: 52 (57%) were conducted as part COVID-19 investigations, and 40 (43%) were proactive prevention-based assessments. Among the 40 proactive assessments, 14 (35%) identified suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases. COVIDeo was performed in 26 (28%) of 92 assessments and provided observations that other tools would have missed: personal protective equipment (PPE) that was not easily accessible, redundant, or improperly donned, doffed, or stored and specific challenges implementing IPC in specialty populations. The IPC assessments took ∼1 hour each and reached an estimated 4 times as many SNFs as on-site visits in a similar time frame. Conclusions: Remote IPC assessments by telephone and video were timely and feasible methods of assessing the extent to which IPC interventions had been implemented in a vulnerable setting and to disseminate real-time recommendations. Remote assessments are now being implemented across New York State and in various healthcare facility types. Similar methods have been adapted nationally by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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