RESEARCH PHYSICIAN Nationwide Travel
Research corporation seeks an on-call physician for an ongoing national health/nutrition study. Individual will be part of a large medical team.
Must be licensed in at least one state and available to travel to and work for 5-6 weeks at a time in various counties across the United States. Fluency in reading, writing, and speaking English is required. Competitive salary is augmented by paid liability insurance, meal/ travel allowance, holidays, bonuses, and individual housing/car.
To learn more about this position and apply, go to
www.westat.com/ careers, select “Search Field Data Collection Jobs,” and enter the keyword “Physician.”
health. Program presenters polled at- tendees about each program’s subject matter
“In addition, the coalition should con- sider visiting with key elected officials and their staff to present the group as a credible source of good public health in- formation. The coalition should consider other ways to communicate messages regarding the value of public health for Texas,” Dr. Sanchez says, suggesting methods like email blasts, text messages, and blog articles.
He says he’s hopeful that by under- standing legislators’ attitudes regarding obesity prevention, nutrition, and physi- cal activity policies and initiatives, TMA and TPHC can make a difference in the battle against the obesity epidemic “At the end of the day, we want to achieve our collective objective of effec- tively improving the health of all Texans,” said Dr. Sanchez, American Heart Asso- ciation deputy chief medical officer. Sen. Charles Schwertner, MD (R-
Georgetown), witnesses the impact of obesity in his practice every day. “Obesity has a cost to our health care system and ultimately the taxpayers,” said Dr. Schwertner, a member of the Senate Committee on Health and Hu- man Services. “Obesity is an epidemic with no easy solutions. Data that show legislators’ thoughts on obesity, nutri- tion and physical activity, however, can be shared with members and legislative committees to provide a starting point for identifying potential solutions.”
highlights differences in mortality and disease risk for multiple conditions re- lated to behaviors, access to health care, and social determinants of health — the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, age, and work. The report features 10 topics, includ- ing access to healthier foods, activity limitations due to chronic diseases, asth- ma attacks, fatal and nonfatal work-re- lated injuries and illnesses, health-relat- ed quality of life, periodontitis in adults, residential proximity to major highways, tuberculosis, and unemployment. The report’s key findings include:
• The overall birth rate for teens aged 15 to 19 fell dramatically — by 18 percent — from 2007 to 2010.
• Working in a high-risk occupation in which workers are more likely than average to be injured or become ill is more likely among those who are Hispanic, are low wage earners, were born outside the United States, have no education beyond high school, or are male.
• Binge drinking is more common among those aged 18 to 34, male, non-Hispanic whites, and those with higher household incomes.
• While the number of new tuberculosis cases in the United States decreased 58 percent from 1992 to 2010, the disease continues to disproportionate- ly affect racial and ethnic minorities, including foreign-born individuals.
The full CDC health disparities re- port and information on the individual chapters are available at
http://1.usa .gov/1cP5zIa.
CDC report documents health disparities
Income, education level, sex, race, eth- nicity, employment status, and sexual orientation are related to health and health outcomes for many Americans, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) titled CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report — United States, 2013. This is the second CDC report that
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Lack of PE in schools concerns parents
Inadequate levels of physical education (PE) concern many parents, according to a poll of 1,368 parents of public school children in kindergarten through grade 12. National Public Radio, the Robert
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