Use of a modified cluster sampling method to perform rapid needs assessment after Hurricane Andrew.

Study Objective: To rapidly obtain population-based estimates of needs in the early aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in South Florida.

Methods: We used a modified cluster-sampling method (the Expanded Programme on Immunization [EPI] method) for three surveys. We selected a systematic sample of 30 quarter-mile square clusters for each survey and, beginning from a random start, interviewed members of seven consecutive occupied households in each cluster.

Occupational illness in Oklahoma.

This study estimates the extent of work-related chronic disease fatalities in Oklahoma. Occupational cancer, pneumoconiosis, and chronic respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, and neurological diseases are addressed specifically. Also, the costs of chronic occupational illness are estimated.