Health Needs Assessment of Five Pennsylvania Plain Populations

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Offers the results of a health needs assessment for 5 Anabaptist Pennsylvania Plain communities compared with the general state population. Discusses prevalence of genetic diseases and mental health conditions, screenings and vaccinations, and general health outcomes. Provides data on demographics, nutrition, environmental health, and health conditions taken from household surveys conducted in 2014 and 2015 which were designed to represent Plain community views of modern medicine.

Kirk Miller, Berwood Yost, Christina Abbott, et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(13), 2378

07/2019

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Access · Anabaptists · Culture and cultural competency · Environmental health · Health conditions · Health disparities · Health screening · Mental health · Sexual and reproductive health · Statistics and data · Vaccination · Pennsylvania