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A survey was conducted among 121 health care managers and health workers in community health care institutions with questionnaire and interview.Data on health care conditions in the community and health needs of elderly people were collected and analyzed using principle component analysis method.The priority order of 17 community health care projects for elderly people was ranked with this analysis method and the development strategy of community health service was suggested.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the risk factors for congenital external malformation.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A 1:2 matched case-control study was conducted with 52 cases of congenital external malformation during perinantal period collected from surveillance in Baoan District of Shenzhen City from January to June in 2000.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Simple and multiple conditional logistic regression analysis showed that the major risk factors for congenital external malformations during perinatal period were preterm labor (beta(k) = 1.4171, s(theta, beta(kappa)) = 0.4601, OR = 4.115), adverse mental stimulus (beta(kappa) = 2.1870, s(theta beta(kappa)) = 0.7873, OR = 8.909), taking medicine (beta(k) = 1.9178, s(theta beta(kappa)) = 0.8072, OR = 6.808) and exposure to hazardous chemicals during early pregnancy (beta(k) = 0.9602, s(theta beta(kappa)) = 0.4262, OR = 2.612).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Congenital external malformation during perinatal period was caused by multiple risk factors and results of the study showed that environmental and mental factors were in obvious connection with its occurrence.</p>