We plan to design, implement, and test a health risk assessment computer program to generate estimates of the probability of hospitalization, disability, and other undesirable health consequences as a function of medical history, laboratory findings, and health habits. the program, used in… More

The goal of this research is to design a computer game appropriate for use in health education classes at the secondary school level or for use in inexpensive home computers. the game will incorporate mortality risks and risks attributable to lifestyle risk factors through 10 successive frames, each… More

Beginning over a decade ago, university park pathology associates, p.c. developed a basic comprehensive computer-based record system for ambulatory care. the system capitalizes on the touch-interactive graphic capabilities of the plato computer-aided instruction system of the university of illinois.… More

The goal of the phase i feasibility study is to document thestatistical parameters for an interactive computer program to assess a person's annual risk for exposure to the aids virus (human immunodeficiency virus) based on a sexual history; the program will also simulate the results of behavior… More

Though the performance characteristics of test sequences for hiv infection are among the best to be found in clinical laboratory practice, large scale screening combined with low prevalence results in significant personal and social costs in terms of employability and insurability, and hence carry… More

This project will develop two inter-related health education/risk communication systems. they are to inform medicare beneficiaries of the relationship between health habits/health status and health outcomes (mortality and daysof hospitalization), and the potential for risk reduction. this project… More

Optimal design of procedures and protocols for screening blood and blood products for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is dependent on consideration of seroprevalence in thedonor population (acknowledging that there are significant regional differences), on the prevalence of and overlap withother… More