Biomaterial Database

Counseling practices of primary-care physicians--North Carolina, 1991. 1992

Because 80% of the U.S. population visits a physician each year (1), physicians are an important source for health education. In particular, physicians have unique opportunities to influence and modify health-risk behaviors of their patients. During 1991, the North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources (DEHNR), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and CDC conducted a survey of nonmilitary primary-care physicians practicing in North Carolina regarding counseling and referral practices. This report summarizes results of this survey, including estimates of the proportion of primary-care physicians who counsel and/or refer for treatment patients who smoke, abuse drugs or alcohol, or have diet- or nutrition-related problems.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009657	North Carolina	State bounded on the north by Virginia, on the east and Southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Georgia and South Carolina, and on the west by Tennessee.
D010818	Practice Patterns, Physicians'	Patterns of practice related to diagnosis and treatment as especially influenced by cost of the service requested and provided.	Clinical Practice Patterns,Physician's Practice Patterns,Clinical Practice Pattern,Pattern, Clinical Practice,Patterns, Clinical Practice,Practice Pattern, Clinical,Practice Patterns, Clinical,Practice Patterns, Physician's,Prescribing Patterns, Physician,Physician Practice Patterns,Physician Prescribing Pattern,Physician Prescribing Patterns,Physician's Practice Pattern,Physicians' Practice Pattern,Physicians' Practice Patterns,Practice Pattern, Physician's,Practice Pattern, Physicians',Practice Patterns, Physician,Prescribing Pattern, Physician
D010821	Physicians, Family	Those physicians who have completed the education requirements specified by the American Academy of Family Physicians.	Family Physician,Family Physicians,Physician, Family
D003376	Counseling	The giving of advice and assistance to individuals with educational or personal problems.
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly