Madelon Lubin Finkel
Biographic Data
| ID | 704773 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Madelon Lubin Finkel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Madelon Lubin |
| FAMILY NAME | Finkel |
| SIGNATURE | FINKEL M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7476-1430 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Improved Water and Waste Management Practices Reduce Diarrhea Risk in Children under Age Five in Rural Tanzania
Diarrhea remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among children in developing countries. Water, sanitation, and hygiene practices (WASH) have demonstrated improved diarrhea-related outcomes but may have limited implementation in certain communities. This study analyzes the adoption and effect of WASH-based practices on diarrhea in children under age five in the rural Busiya chiefdom in northwestern Tanzania. In a cross-sectional an…
Mobile technology and cancer screening
BACKGROUND: Rates of cervical and oral cancer in India are unacceptably high. Survival from these cancers is poor, largely due to late presentation and a lack of early diagnosis and screening programmes. Mobile Health ('mHealth') shows promise as a means of supporting screening activity, particularly in rural and remote communities where the required information infrastructure is lacking. METHODS: We developed a mHealth prototype and ran training…
Environmental and health impacts of ‘fracking’
Wells have blowouts, spills are common, and methane is leaked and vented into the atmosphere at all stages of the extraction process. By far, one of the most critical issues is the management (storage, treatment and disposal) of water produced in the gas or oil extraction process. The flowback water contains thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals, the vast majority of which are not identified. Moreover, an undetermined number of the chemical com…
The Rush to Drill for Natural Gas
AffiliationsMadelon L. Finkel is with the Department of Healthcare Policy & Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY. Adam Law is with the Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY, and the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
The Shale Gas Boom and the Need for Rational Policy
High-volume, slick water hydraulic fracturing of shale relies on pumping millions of gallons of surface water laced with toxic chemicals and sand under high pressure to create fractures to release the flow of gas. The process, however, has the potential to cause serious and irreparable damage to the environment and the potential for harm to human and animal health. At issue is how society should form appropriate policy in the absence of well-desi…
The Rush to Drill for Natural Gas
Efforts to identify alternative sources of energy have focused on extracting natural gas from vast shale deposits. The Marcellus Shale, located in western New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, is estimated to contain enough natural gas to supply the United States for the next 45 years. New drilling technology—horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing of shale (fracking)—has made gas extraction much more economically feasible. However, …
Response to Dr. James LoGerfo??s Letter to the Editor
The Effect of a Second Opinion Program on Hysterectomy Performance
Large regional variations in hysterectomy rates cannot be explained by gynecologic need alone, giving rise to concerns about unnecessary surgery. This study's population consists of women insured through a major insurance carrier in 1987 who were required to obtain a second opinion for an elective hysterectomy. Of the 1,698 women referred for a second opinion for a proposed hysterectomy, 135 (8.0%) were not confirmed for the surgery and a random …
Sex Education in high school
Public policy and adolescent sexual behavior in the United States
In the past decade, significant policy and legal changes have occurred that affect sexually active minors, pregnant adolescents, and adolescents who have become parents. This paper examines U.S. governmental policies and laws relating to (1) the development and dissemination of sex‐related health services and information for male and female adolescents and (2) the formal teaching of sex education in the public schools. It is maintained that despi…
Podiatric Surgery
A second-opinion podiatry program, designed to contain costs and enhance the quality of care, was established in the greater New York City area by the Building Service Employees' Health Fund. All nonemergency foot surgery recommended by a podiatrist that cost over $100 was included in this program. Of the 363 individuals who had a second opinion, 82 per cent were confirmed for surgery; however, the confirmation rate among those seeing a podiatris…
The Efficacy of Second-Opinion Consultation Programs
This study evaluates a mandatory second-opinion consultation program administered on behalf of a large Taft-Hartley welfare fund providing medical care coverage for 120,000 beneficiaries and covered dependents. During a two-year intake period (1977-1978), 2,284 individuals received second-opinion consultations for an elective surgical procedure recommended by a first-contact physician or surgeon. Of this group, 366 received a nonconfirmation of t…
Second consultant opinion for elective orthopedic surgery
We abstracted records of 369 patients whose recommendations for elective orthopedic surgery were not confirmed by a second opinion consultant. Six months or more after the initial recommendation for surgery, 82 per cent had not had the operation performed, irrespective of the diagnosis and the characteristics of the physician recommending surgery. Reasons for consultant non-confirmation included: use of a cast, brace, or corrective footwear prefe…
Surgical Utilization in the U.S.A
Data complied by The National Center for Health Statistics show that surgical utilization has increased dramatically, particularly during 1971-1977 (+34 per cent). Increases were greater among females than males, primarily because of an increase in gynecologic surgery. The 15-year-and-younger cohort was the only age group that did not show an increase, while surgical patients per 1,000 increased consistently with advancing age. Many factors proba…
Second Opinion Elective Surgery Programs
Given the increasing rate of surgery and the escalating costs of hospitalization, it seems appropriate to review the necessity of recommended elective surgery before the surgery is performed. The second opinion elective surgery program is designed to screen patients before they undergo surgery. Findings are based on all not confirmed for surgery cases and an equal number of confirmed for surgery cases who were evaluated one year after their secon…
Sexual and Contraceptive Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior of Male Adolescents
A 1974 profile of male adolescent sexuality and contraceptive knowledge is based on a survey of 421 students aged 12 to 19 from three urban high schools in a northeastern American city. 30% of the respondents were black 38% Hispanic and 32% white; mean age was 16.3. Male friends proved to be the most frequent sournce of sexual and contraceptive knowledge; less than 11% of the boys within each ethnic group had acquired information from a family me…
The Rush to Drill for Natural Gas
Efforts to identify alternative sources of energy have focused on extracting natural gas from vast shale deposits. The Marcellus Shale, located in western New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, is estimated to contain enough natural gas to supply the United States for the next 45 years. New drilling technology—horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing of shale (fracking)—has made gas extraction much more economically feasible. However, …
The Shale Gas Boom and the Need for Rational Policy
High-volume, slick water hydraulic fracturing of shale relies on pumping millions of gallons of surface water laced with toxic chemicals and sand under high pressure to create fractures to release the flow of gas. The process, however, has the potential to cause serious and irreparable damage to the environment and the potential for harm to human and animal health. At issue is how society should form appropriate policy in the absence of well-desi…
Second consultant opinion for elective orthopedic surgery
We abstracted records of 369 patients whose recommendations for elective orthopedic surgery were not confirmed by a second opinion consultant. Six months or more after the initial recommendation for surgery, 82 per cent had not had the operation performed, irrespective of the diagnosis and the characteristics of the physician recommending surgery. Reasons for consultant non-confirmation included: use of a cast, brace, or corrective footwear prefe…
Environmental and health impacts of ‘fracking’
Wells have blowouts, spills are common, and methane is leaked and vented into the atmosphere at all stages of the extraction process. By far, one of the most critical issues is the management (storage, treatment and disposal) of water produced in the gas or oil extraction process. The flowback water contains thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals, the vast majority of which are not identified. Moreover, an undetermined number of the chemical com…
The Rush to Drill for Natural Gas
AffiliationsMadelon L. Finkel is with the Department of Healthcare Policy & Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY. Adam Law is with the Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY, and the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Sexual and Contraceptive Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior of Male Adolescents
A 1974 profile of male adolescent sexuality and contraceptive knowledge is based on a survey of 421 students aged 12 to 19 from three urban high schools in a northeastern American city. 30% of the respondents were black 38% Hispanic and 32% white; mean age was 16.3. Male friends proved to be the most frequent sournce of sexual and contraceptive knowledge; less than 11% of the boys within each ethnic group had acquired information from a family me…
Second Opinion Elective Surgery Programs
Given the increasing rate of surgery and the escalating costs of hospitalization, it seems appropriate to review the necessity of recommended elective surgery before the surgery is performed. The second opinion elective surgery program is designed to screen patients before they undergo surgery. Findings are based on all not confirmed for surgery cases and an equal number of confirmed for surgery cases who were evaluated one year after their secon…
Surgical Utilization in the U.S.A
Data complied by The National Center for Health Statistics show that surgical utilization has increased dramatically, particularly during 1971-1977 (+34 per cent). Increases were greater among females than males, primarily because of an increase in gynecologic surgery. The 15-year-and-younger cohort was the only age group that did not show an increase, while surgical patients per 1,000 increased consistently with advancing age. Many factors proba…
Second consultant opinion for elective orthopedic surgery
We abstracted records of 369 patients whose recommendations for elective orthopedic surgery were not confirmed by a second opinion consultant. Six months or more after the initial recommendation for surgery, 82 per cent had not had the operation performed, irrespective of the diagnosis and the characteristics of the physician recommending surgery. Reasons for consultant non-confirmation included: use of a cast, brace, or corrective footwear prefe…
Podiatric Surgery
A second-opinion podiatry program, designed to contain costs and enhance the quality of care, was established in the greater New York City area by the Building Service Employees' Health Fund. All nonemergency foot surgery recommended by a podiatrist that cost over $100 was included in this program. Of the 363 individuals who had a second opinion, 82 per cent were confirmed for surgery; however, the confirmation rate among those seeing a podiatris…
The Efficacy of Second-Opinion Consultation Programs
This study evaluates a mandatory second-opinion consultation program administered on behalf of a large Taft-Hartley welfare fund providing medical care coverage for 120,000 beneficiaries and covered dependents. During a two-year intake period (1977-1978), 2,284 individuals received second-opinion consultations for an elective surgical procedure recommended by a first-contact physician or surgeon. Of this group, 366 received a nonconfirmation of t…
Public policy and adolescent sexual behavior in the United States
In the past decade, significant policy and legal changes have occurred that affect sexually active minors, pregnant adolescents, and adolescents who have become parents. This paper examines U.S. governmental policies and laws relating to (1) the development and dissemination of sex‐related health services and information for male and female adolescents and (2) the formal teaching of sex education in the public schools. It is maintained that despi…
Sex Education in high school
The Effect of a Second Opinion Program on Hysterectomy Performance
Large regional variations in hysterectomy rates cannot be explained by gynecologic need alone, giving rise to concerns about unnecessary surgery. This study's population consists of women insured through a major insurance carrier in 1987 who were required to obtain a second opinion for an elective hysterectomy. Of the 1,698 women referred for a second opinion for a proposed hysterectomy, 135 (8.0%) were not confirmed for the surgery and a random …
Response to Dr. James LoGerfo??s Letter to the Editor
The Rush to Drill for Natural Gas
Efforts to identify alternative sources of energy have focused on extracting natural gas from vast shale deposits. The Marcellus Shale, located in western New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, is estimated to contain enough natural gas to supply the United States for the next 45 years. New drilling technology—horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing of shale (fracking)—has made gas extraction much more economically feasible. However, …
The Shale Gas Boom and the Need for Rational Policy
High-volume, slick water hydraulic fracturing of shale relies on pumping millions of gallons of surface water laced with toxic chemicals and sand under high pressure to create fractures to release the flow of gas. The process, however, has the potential to cause serious and irreparable damage to the environment and the potential for harm to human and animal health. At issue is how society should form appropriate policy in the absence of well-desi…
Environmental and health impacts of ‘fracking’
Wells have blowouts, spills are common, and methane is leaked and vented into the atmosphere at all stages of the extraction process. By far, one of the most critical issues is the management (storage, treatment and disposal) of water produced in the gas or oil extraction process. The flowback water contains thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals, the vast majority of which are not identified. Moreover, an undetermined number of the chemical com…
The Rush to Drill for Natural Gas
AffiliationsMadelon L. Finkel is with the Department of Healthcare Policy & Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY. Adam Law is with the Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY, and the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Mobile technology and cancer screening
BACKGROUND: Rates of cervical and oral cancer in India are unacceptably high. Survival from these cancers is poor, largely due to late presentation and a lack of early diagnosis and screening programmes. Mobile Health ('mHealth') shows promise as a means of supporting screening activity, particularly in rural and remote communities where the required information infrastructure is lacking. METHODS: We developed a mHealth prototype and ran training…
Improved Water and Waste Management Practices Reduce Diarrhea Risk in Children under Age Five in Rural Tanzania
Diarrhea remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among children in developing countries. Water, sanitation, and hygiene practices (WASH) have demonstrated improved diarrhea-related outcomes but may have limited implementation in certain communities. This study analyzes the adoption and effect of WASH-based practices on diarrhea in children under age five in the rural Busiya chiefdom in northwestern Tanzania. In a cross-sectional an…
Medicine (12 works) · Political science (8 works) · Family medicine (6 works) · Population (5 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Surgery (4 works) · Surgery (4 works)