Surveillance of severe pediatric undernutrition (SSPUN) project Massachusetts PDF
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Digitized by the Internet Archive 2014 in https://archive.org/details/surveillanceofseOOmass SURVEILLANCE OF SEVERE PEDIATRIC UNDERNUTRITION (SSPUN) PROJECT MASSACHUSETTS Commonwealth of Massachusetts MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH William F. Weld, Governor Secretary of Health and Human Services David H. Mulligan, Commissioner Deborah Klein Walker, Ed.D., Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Family and Community Health Ruth Palombo, M.S., R.D., Director, Office ofNutrition Marlene Anderka, M.S., Director, Office of Statistics and Evaluation Final Report, 1994 SSPUN PROJECT STAFF Principal Investigators Karen Peterson, D.Sc, R.D. Catherine Boisvert Walsh, M.P.H., R.D. Project Manager Diana Seder, M.P.H. Acting Project Manager Jean Wiecha, PhD., M.S. Case Coordinators Urban Catchment Area Katherine Clark, B.S. Kathleen English, B.A. Maria Napoleone, M.S., R.D. Rural Catchment Area Holly Higinbotham, M.A. Denise Jester, B.S. Computer Programmer John P. Russo, M.S. Mary Farrell, B.S. Research Analysts Patrice A. Fisher, M.P.H. Elizabeth Anderson, M.S. Consultant Patricia Page, M.P.H., R.D. Acknowledgements We are indebted to all the individuals at the participating health care agencies and community-based programs in Roxbury, North Dorchester and South and Central Berkshire County whose time and effort made this project possible. The Growth and Nutrition We Directors deserve special mention for their help in developing this project. also extend our thanks to: SSPUN staff at the Centers for Disease Control; Deborah Klein Walker, Assistant Commissioner; Ruth Palombo, Director, Office of Nutrition; Marlene Anderka, Director, Office of Statistics and Evaluation, for their continued support. Finally, we thank Cynthia Bayerl, Maria Bettencourt, Virginia Casey, and Jan Kallio for their thoughtful comments and review of this report; and Patricia Powell, Gary Ralph, Debra Keaney, and Michael Eisenstein for preparing the text and tables. For more information about SSPUN, contact: Ruth Palombo, Office of Nutrition Massachusetts Department of Public Health MA 150 Tremont Street, Boston, 02111 (617) 727-9283 5 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND I. 1 SURVEILLANCE METHODS H. 6 RESULTS DI. 15 A. Case Report Results: Number, Age, Sex, and Race of Confirmed Cases • 1 B. Prevalence Estimates 16 C. Case Interview Results 17 D. Process Evaluation 21 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IV. 27 A. Issues Affecting Interpretation of Findings 27 B. Recommendations 30 REFERENCES 34 V. TABLES 38 APPENDICES VI.
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