WASHINGTON PUBLIC HEALTH Volume 15 * Fall 1997  University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine Patricia W. Wahl, Ph.D., Acting Dean Washington State Department of Health Bruce Miyahara, M.H.A.,Secretary Editor Thomas A. Bell, M.D., M.PH. Managing Editor Sandra L. Marvinney, B.A. Editorial Board University of Washington Lee Ann Campbell, Ph.D. Pathobiology Lucio G. Costa, Ph.D. Environmental Health Scott Emerson, Ph.D. Biostatistics David E. Grembowski, Ph.D. Health Services Hjordis Foy, Ph.D. Epidemiology Ann Marie Kimball, M.D., M.PH Health Services Vicky Taylor, M.D., M.PH. Alumni Board Representative, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Department of Health Mimi L. Fields, M.D., M.PH. Deputy Secretary, State Health Officer Michael Glass, M.S. Public Health Laboratory Marcia J. Goldoft, M. D., M. P H. Communicable Disease Epidemiology Karen L. Larson, Ph.D. Office of Toxic Substances

Message from the Editor: This issue of Washington Public Health opens with a special section highlighting the international collaborations of faculty at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Such collaborations date to the School's precursor, the Department of Preventive Medicine, and Dr. Thomas Grayston's chlamydial studies in Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s. Subsequently, the School's international work expanded exponentially as faculty in all the departments engaged in research and teaching activities in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and the former Soviet Union. The ten articles in this issue convey the diverse scope of these global links and affirm the importance of an international component to the University mission, as UW President Richard McCormick notes in his message introducing this section. The topics covered in this special section are relevant beyond academia. The international aspects of public health reach even to the rural areas of our state. Our food supply is global, and humans serve as vectors for diseases mundane or exotic, from measles to HIV/AIDS. We ignore the global situation at our peril. Public health practitioners also will find topics of interest in the eclectic array of articles that comprise the latter half of this issue. A farewell message from Dean Gil Omenn, who recently departed for the University of Michigan, is found in the front pages. His keen interest in and strong support of Washington Public Health have contributed greatly to the continuing development of the magazine. We will miss his energy, wisdom, and vision. If you have any comments about Washington Public Health or suggestions for future articles, we would like to hear from you. You may contact us by mail or fax or through the Internet, as follows: tombell@u.washington.edu or sandymar@u.washington.edu.   Thomas A. Bell, M.D., M.PH. Chair, Editorial Board Health Officer, Cowlitz County and Lewis County Health Departments Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, University of Washington Sandra L. Marvinney Managing Editor

Washington Public Health is published annually by the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine and the Washington State Department of Health to inform the public health community about current issues in the field and activities at the SPHCM, Copyright 1997 by the University of Washington SPHCM, Photocopies of articles are permitted for classroom and educational purposes. Permission to reprint any material from Washington Public Health in other publications must be obtained from the School. For more information contact:

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