Prospective psychosocial, interpersonal, and behavioral predictors of handgun carrying among adolescents.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We modeled triple trajectories of tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use from adolescence to adulthood as predictors of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). METHODS:We assessed urban African American and Puerto Rican participants (n = 816) in the Harlem Longitudinal De...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Brook JS,Lee JY,Rubenstone E,Brook DW,Finch SJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed whether asthma is associated with urban children's use of special education services. METHODS:We conducted a cross-sectional study in 24 randomly selected New York City public elementary schools using a parent-report questionnaire focusing on sociodemographic characteristics, special education e...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Stingone JA,Claudio L

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We characterized smokers who are likely to use electronic or "e-"cigarettes to quit smoking. METHODS:We obtained cross-sectional data in 2010-2012 from 1567 adult daily smokers in Hawaii using a paper-and-pencil survey. Analyses were conducted using logistic regression. RESULTS:Of the participants, 13% rep...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Pokhrel P,Fagan P,Little MA,Kawamoto CT,Herzog TA

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to examine sexual violence victimization in childhood and sexual risk indicators in young adulthood in a primarily Latina and Black cohort of "mostly heterosexual" and heterosexual women in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN). METHODS:In 2000, a comprehensive survey t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Austin SB,Roberts AL,Corliss HL,Molnar BE

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined associations between premigration political violence exposure and past-year intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration among immigrant men attending community health centers in Boston. METHODS:A convenience sample of immigrant men (N = 379; aged 18-35 years), largely from the Caribbean and Cap...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gupta J,Acevedo-Garcia D,Hemenway D,Decker MR,Raj A,Silverman JG

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low income families were interviewed to determine factors related to the number of family food servings per week. A multiple regression model indicated that participation in WIC (supplemental food program for women, infants and children), household size, and number of different income sources were associated with more...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Taren DL,Clark W,Chernesky M,Quirk E

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the effect of North American public bicycle share programs (PBSPs), which typically do not offer helmets with rentals, on the occurrence of bicycle-related head injuries. METHODS:We analyzed trauma center data for bicycle-related injuries from 5 cities with PBSPs and 5 comparison cities. We use...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Graves JM,Pless B,Moore L,Nathens AB,Hunte G,Rivara FP

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to describe approaches to surveillance of fatal child maltreatment and to identify options for improving case ascertainment. METHODS:Three states--California, Michigan, and Rhode Island--used multiple data sources for surveillance. Potential cases were identified, operational definitions were appl...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Schnitzer PG,Covington TM,Wirtz SJ,Verhoek-Oftedahl W,Palusci VJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We performed a case-control study to determine if participants with herpes zoster had fewer contacts with persons with varicella or zoster, and with young children, to explore the hypothesis that exposure to persons with varicella zoster virus (VZV) results in "immune boosting." METHODS:Participants were pa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Donahue JG,Kieke BA,Gargiullo PM,Jumaan AO,Berger NR,McCauley JS,Belongia EA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classification of disease burdens is an important topic that receives little attention or debate. One common classification scheme, the broad cause grouping, is based on etiology and health transition theory and is mainly concerned with distinguishing communicable from noncommunicable diseases. This may be of limi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Setel PW,Saker L,Unwin NC,Hemed Y,Whiting DR,Kitange H

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine how risk factors for disease vary among Asian subgroups. METHODS:Using data from a case-control study conducted at Northern California Kaiser Medical Centers (from 1996 to 2001), we compared prevalence of selected risk factors among Asian subgroups and evaluated the associations of th...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gomez SL,Kelsey JL,Glaser SL,Lee MM,Sidney S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For both clinical and economic reasons, the increasing number of persons living with chronic conditions represents a public health issue of growing importance. Emphasizing patient responsibility, and acting in concert with the provider community, self-management represents a promising strategy for treating chronic con...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Grady PA,Gough LL

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to examine the extent to which children in the child welfare system receive mental health care consistent with national standards. METHODS:We used data from 4 waves (3 years of follow-up) of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, the nation's first longitudinal study of children i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Raghavan R,Inoue M,Ettner SL,Hamilton BH,Landsverk J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the potential relation of mental ability test scores at age 10 years with alcohol problems and alcohol intake at age 30 years. METHODS:We used data from a prospective observational study involving 8170 members of a birth cohort from Great Britain born in 1970. Data included mental ability scores...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Batty GD,Deary IJ,Schoon I,Emslie C,Hunt K,Gale CR

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the impact of adoption of a national health program on homeless care in the United States, care for this group in Britain's National Health Service (NHS) was evaluated. Although hospital and medication charges are eliminated, primary care for the homeless lacks central government directive, suffers from over...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Reuler JB

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curriculum development in masters of public health programs that effectively meets the complex challenges of the 21st century is an important part of public health education and requires purposeful thinking. Current approaches to training the public health work-force do not adequately prepare professionals to be cultu...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chávez V,Turalba RA,Malik S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We reviewed data for the Minority HIV/AIDS Research Initiative (MARI), which was established in 2003 to support underrepresented minority scientists performing HIV prevention research in highly affected communities. METHODS:MARI was established at the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control as a program ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sutton MY,Lanier YA,Willis LA,Castellanos T,Dominguez K,Fitzpatrick L,Miller KS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined whether social processes of neighborhoods, such as collective efficacy, during individual's adolescent years affect the likelihood of being involved in physical dating violence during young adulthood. METHODS:Using longitudinal data on 633 urban youths aged 13 to 19 years at baseline and data fr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jain S,Buka SL,Subramanian SV,Molnar BE

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The completion of essential components of patient encounters by lay paramedics in a feminist clinic was compared to that of nurse practitioners in a student health gynecology clinic using explicit criteria for the gynecological annual examination and the examination for vulvo-vaginitis. According to evidence charted i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Elhai LS

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act became a contentious document in more than 30 states in 2001 and 2002. Controversy has focused on recommendations by the authors of the Model Act that seemed to accord higher priority to collective action in emergencies than to protecting privacy and property. This situation...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Colmers JM,Fox DM

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We determined rates of prenatal HIV testing and investigated barriers to testing. METHODS:We surveyed 1362 representative parturient women from 7 hospitals in 4 locations of the United States. RESULTS:Overall, 89.9% of women reported being offered HIV testing and 69.6% reported being tested. Proportions of...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Royce RA,Walter EB,Fernandez MI,Wilson TE,Ickovics JR,Simonds RJ,Perinatal Guidelines Evaluation Project.

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the risks of brain cancer in relation to employment history in a case-control study of 312 cases and 1,248 cancer controls. Subjects were identified through the Missouri Cancer Registry for the period 1984 through 1988. Job classification was based on data routinely abstracted from hospital records. Eleva...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Brownson RC,Reif JS,Chang JC,Davis JR

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data derived through log recordings of 89 nurse practitioners (NPs) in adult/family practice on 7,086 prescriptions issued during 890 clinical days were analyzed to describe prescribing practices of NPs who held prescriptive authority from the licensing regulatory boards of five western states. Results showed drug uti...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Batey MV,Holland JM

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated the relationship between psychosocial and behavioral factors and the frequency of emergency department visits for childhood asthma. METHODS:Data obtained from a survey of parents of 445 children who were being treated for asthma in the emergency room of a large urban hospital were ex...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wasilewski Y,Clark NM,Evans D,Levison MJ,Levin B,Mellins RB

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A program was designed and evaluated to determine the feasibility of implementing an incentive campaign to promote safety restraint use, primarily among children up to age 13. During a five-month period, community residents were eligible to win monthly prizes and a grand prize by buckling up all automobile occupants w...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Foss RD

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence and patterns of polysubstance use among US reproductive-aged women who use opioids for nonmedical purposes. METHODS:We used the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (2005-2014) data on female respondents aged 18 to 44 years reporting nonmedical opioid use in the past 30 days (u...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jarlenski M,Barry CL,Gollust S,Graves AJ,Kennedy-Hendricks A,Kozhimannil K

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We conducted case studies of 10 agencies that participated in early quality improvement efforts. METHODS:The agencies participated in a project conducted by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (2007-2008). Case study participants included health directors and quality improvement tea...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Davis MV,Mahanna E,Joly B,Zelek M,Riley W,Verma P,Fisher JS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To assess the health impact of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands.Methods. We collected data from interviews conducted 6 and 9 months after the hurricanes, a review of 597 randomly selected emergency department (ED) encounters, and administrative records from 10 716 ED visit...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chowdhury MAB,Fiore AJ,Cohen SA,Wheatley C,Wheatley B,Balakrishnan MP,Chami M,Scieszka L,Drabin M,Roberts KA,Toben AC,Tyndall JA,Grattan LM,Morris JG Jr

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We interviewed 290 pregnant women randomly selected from public and private prenatal clinics, 80 per cent of whom were at least five months pregnant (ages 18-43, 42 per cent Latino, 22 per cent Black). Twenty-four women reported physical battering during this pregnancy (44 reported physical battering before the curren...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Helton AS,McFarlane J,Anderson ET

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To examine relationships among actionable drivers and facilitators of stigma and nurses' intentions to provide the standard of maternal care recommended by the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) for incarcerated women.Methods. We conducted a Web-based survey of perinatal...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Goshin LS,Sissoko DRG,Stringer KL,Sufrin C,Byrnes L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00