Sidney L Kark
Biographic Data
| ID | 2930295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sidney L Kark |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sidney L |
| FAMILY NAME | Kark |
| SIGNATURE | KARK S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hadassah Medical Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Pholela Health Centre
FOLLOWING the Report of the National Health Services Commission in 1944, the government decided to establish Health Centres in various parts of South Africa. . . . Medical Officers and other staff appointed to the various newly created Health Centres were first sent to Pholela to gain experience in Health Centre practice and to study the methods evolved there
Community diagnosis of physical growth of infants based on monitoring in a routine preventive service
The physical growth pattern of infants aged from one month to two years was studied in a lower middle class community in Jerusalem. Weight and length were measured at one month and at three, six, 12, and 24 months. In each age and sex group there were at least 200 children. At one month and 24 months the percentage of children below the 10th percentile for weight and also for length was higher than expected, although severely impaired linear grow…
Cornell Medical Index as a health measure in epidemiological studies. A test of the validity of a health questionnaire
The Cornell Medical Index (CMI) is a well-known health questionnaire, of established value as an aid to clinical diagnosis and as a screening procedure (Brodman, Erdmann, and Wolff, 1956). A recent review of the use of the CMI as an epidemiological tool cites numerous studies which support its value for this purpose, particularly as an indicator of emotional ill-health (Abramson, in press). The questionnaire has been shown to have a fair validity…
Epidemiological Analysis of the Hemoglobin Picture in Parturient Women of Jerusalem
Epidemiological Analysis of the Hemoglobin Picture in Parturient Women of Jerusalem Sidney L. KarkM.D., Eric PeritzM.A.M.P.H., Ailon ShilohPh.D., and Cecil SlomeM.B.Ch.B.D.P.H. CopyRightThe authors are members of the Department of Social Medicine and Public Health of the Hebrew University—Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem. Professor Kark is WHO professor and head of the department; Mr. Peritz is biostatistician; Dr. Shiloh is cultural anthropolo…
A Practice of Social Medicine
Community diagnosis of physical growth of infants based on monitoring in a routine preventive service
The physical growth pattern of infants aged from one month to two years was studied in a lower middle class community in Jerusalem. Weight and length were measured at one month and at three, six, 12, and 24 months. In each age and sex group there were at least 200 children. At one month and 24 months the percentage of children below the 10th percentile for weight and also for length was higher than expected, although severely impaired linear grow…
The Pholela Health Centre
FOLLOWING the Report of the National Health Services Commission in 1944, the government decided to establish Health Centres in various parts of South Africa. . . . Medical Officers and other staff appointed to the various newly created Health Centres were first sent to Pholela to gain experience in Health Centre practice and to study the methods evolved there
Epidemiological Analysis of the Hemoglobin Picture in Parturient Women of Jerusalem
Epidemiological Analysis of the Hemoglobin Picture in Parturient Women of Jerusalem Sidney L. KarkM.D., Eric PeritzM.A.M.P.H., Ailon ShilohPh.D., and Cecil SlomeM.B.Ch.B.D.P.H. CopyRightThe authors are members of the Department of Social Medicine and Public Health of the Hebrew University—Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem. Professor Kark is WHO professor and head of the department; Mr. Peritz is biostatistician; Dr. Shiloh is cultural anthropolo…
A Practice of Social Medicine
Cornell Medical Index as a health measure in epidemiological studies. A test of the validity of a health questionnaire
The Cornell Medical Index (CMI) is a well-known health questionnaire, of established value as an aid to clinical diagnosis and as a screening procedure (Brodman, Erdmann, and Wolff, 1956). A recent review of the use of the CMI as an epidemiological tool cites numerous studies which support its value for this purpose, particularly as an indicator of emotional ill-health (Abramson, in press). The questionnaire has been shown to have a fair validity…
Community diagnosis of physical growth of infants based on monitoring in a routine preventive service
The physical growth pattern of infants aged from one month to two years was studied in a lower middle class community in Jerusalem. Weight and length were measured at one month and at three, six, 12, and 24 months. In each age and sex group there were at least 200 children. At one month and 24 months the percentage of children below the 10th percentile for weight and also for length was higher than expected, although severely impaired linear grow…
The Pholela Health Centre
FOLLOWING the Report of the National Health Services Commission in 1944, the government decided to establish Health Centres in various parts of South Africa. . . . Medical Officers and other staff appointed to the various newly created Health Centres were first sent to Pholela to gain experience in Health Centre practice and to study the methods evolved there
Medicine (4 works) · Epidemiology (2 works) · Epidemiology (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Anthropometry (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Birth, Development, and Health (1 work)