Are tobacco industry campaign contributions influencing state legislative behavior?

abstract：:The emergence in 1988 of ciprofloxacin-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in New York City was studied in nine hospitals and eight nursing homes. Of the 43 hospitalized patients studied, 21 were admitted from home, while nine of the 12 nursing home patients were transferred from a hospital. T...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Budnick LD,Schaefler S

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical consequences of HCV infection are increasing because the population with the highest prevalence of the infection, persons born between 1945 and 1965, is aging. As a result, health care expenditures are expected to increase. Now that a cure for HCV infection is the norm, a public health approach is necessa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Laraque F,Varma JK

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the association between the size and growth of Latino populations and hospitals' uncompensated care in California. METHODS:Our sample consisted of general acute care hospitals in California operating during 2000 and 2010 (n = 251). We merged California hospital data with US Census data for each ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chen J,O'Brien MJ,Mennis J,Alos VA,Grande DT,Roby DH,Ortega AN

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With access to reproductive health care eroding, examination of prescribing of contraception, including emergency contraception (EC), is important. We examined whether working in a family practice affiliated with a religious institution changes the likelihood of a provider prescribing EC. Our survey asked about EC pre...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rubin SE,Grumet S,Prine L

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two generations of epidemiological studies of the true prevalence of mental disorders have been conducted since the turn of the century. The first and smaller in number took place prior to World War II and was characterized by the use of records and key informants to define "cases." The second, utilizing the greatly e...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Dohrenwend BP,Dohrenwend BS

更新日期：1982-11-01 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：:Most exposure to low-level ionizing radiation, both diagnostic x-rays and nuclear radiation, occur in the range between 100 milirads and 10 rads--the "one rad range". In the past, the estimates of hazards in this range have been obtained by linear extrapolation from data on persons who were exposed to much higher dosa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bross ID,Ball M,Falen S

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304412.]. ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors：

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether a newborn home visiting program for primiparous adolescent mothers (aged 16-20 years at childbirth) reduced recurrence of child maltreatment in child protective services (CPS) reports. METHODS:We conducted a randomized controlled trial of Healthy Families Massachusetts, a statewide ho...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Easterbrooks MA,Kotake C,Fauth R

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides the first estimated prevalence of implanted orthopedic fixation devices (e.g., pins or wires) among children in the United States, based on the Medical Device Implant Supplement to the 1988 National Health Interview Survey. The overall prevalence was 27 per 10,000 children younger than 18 years; pr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Moore RM Jr,Bright RA,Jeng LL,Sharkness CM,Hamburger SE,Hamilton PM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the roles of Doctors of Podiatric Medicine (DPMs) and orthopedic surgeons in the provision of foot surgery by analyzing the 1982 computerized claims of over 1.1 million federal employees, retirees, and family members. We found that DPMs provided over 60 per cent of all elective insured foot surgery. Withou...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Weiner JP,Steinwachs DM,Frank RG,Schwartz KJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear weapons pose a particularly destructive threat. Prevention of the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons is urgently important to public health. "Horizontal" proliferation refers to nation-states or nonstate entities that do not have, but are acquiring, nuclear weapons or developing the capability and materi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sidel VW,Levy BS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated attitudes toward provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) in the suburbs of Harare, Zimbabwe, where late presentation after mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) is a major cause of adolescent mortality. METHODS:Adolescents (10-18 years) attending 2 primary clinics were offered...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ferrand RA,Trigg C,Bandason T,Ndhlovu CE,Mungofa S,Nathoo K,Gibb DM,Cowan FM,Corbett EL

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the light of a possible link between stress and cancer promotion or progression, and of previously reported distress in residents near the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant, we attempted to evaluate the impact of the March 1979 accident on community cancer rates. METHODS:Proximity of residence ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hatch MC,Wallenstein S,Beyea J,Nieves JW,Susser M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of live births, spontaneous fetal deaths, and induced abortions in residents of Upstate New York ages 12--17 shows that pregnancy rates increased during the period 1971 through 1974. This increase was attributable to pregnancies ending in induced abortion while live births remained relatively stable. White te...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hansen H,Stroh G,Whitaker K

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For systematic reviews to have an impact on public health, they must report outcomes that are important for decision-making. Systematic reviews of public health interventions, however, have a range of potential end users, and identifying and prioritizing the most important and relevant outcomes represents a considerab...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wolfenden L,Movsisyan A,McCrabb S,Stratil JM,Yoong SL

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine whether breast-feeding has a dose-related protective effect against illness and whether it confers special health benefits to poor infants. METHODS:The association between breast-feeding dose and illnesses in the first 6 months of life was analyzed with generalized...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Raisler J,Alexander C,O'Campo P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author reviews scientific and societal developments in artificial reproductive technologies during the past year in the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Australia. Successful births resulted from surrogate embryo transfer and from transfer of an embryo following in vivo fertilization. Recommendations on social poli...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Annas GJ

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A deeper understanding of how structure and environment shape the sexual and reproductive health vulnerabilities of youths across a range of outcomes has implications for the development of successful policies and programs. We have discussed some of the key structural and environmental factors that influence the sexua...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sommer M,Mmari K

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This report examines the impact of an economic embargo from 1991 to 1994 on health, well-being, and human rights in Haiti. METHODS:Data from surveillance systems for nutrition, reportable diseases, and hospital diagnoses were combined with survey data and interviews with affected women, governmental represe...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gibbons E,Garfield R

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined risk factors for injuries to nursing assistants from assaults by nursing home residents at both the individual and the organizational level. METHODS:We analyzed data from the 2004 National Nursing Assistant Survey that were linked to facility information from the 2004 National Nursing Home Surve...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tak S,Sweeney MH,Alterman T,Baron S,Calvert GM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of a brief educational and purchase program concerning home fires and smoke detectors by two pediatricians were compared to "routine" counseling without such a program using two groups each of 120 patients of well children. Inspection performed four to six weeks after the office visits showed that of 55 experi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Miller RE,Reisinger KS,Blatter MM,Wucher F

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Doctor of Public Health degree is designed to build leadership skills and an ability to contribute to the evidence base of practice. The competency-based, distance-format, doctoral-level program for midcareer professionals features an action learning appr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lenihan P,Welter C,Brandt-Rauf P,Neuberger B,Pinsker E,Petros M,Risley K

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the marketing strategies for local vapor stores in a large metropolitan area in Oklahoma. METHODS:Vapor store owners or managers (n = 33) participated in individual interviews regarding marketing practices in 2014. We asked owners about their marketing strategies and the groups they targeted. We...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cheney M,Gowin M,Wann TF

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The demands of equity and efficiency require a program of universal health insurance in the United States through which all workers will be provided by their employers with health insurance for themselves and their dependents, unemployment will no longer result in the loss of health insurance protection, and federal s...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bayer R,Callahan D,Caplan AL,Jennings B

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After being randomly assigned to receive policy effectiveness information expressed as attributable benefit, attributable risk, or relative risk, 318 graduate students were asked to indicate their preferences for the current voluntary seat belt use policy, a mandatory seat belt policy, or mandatory passive restraints....

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Runyan CW,Earp JA

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to prospectively assess the independent effect of hip fracture on mortalìty, hospitalization, and functional status. METHODS:Among 7527 members of the Longitudinal Study of Aging who were over age 70 at baseline, 368 persons with hip fracture occurring between 1984 and 1991 wer...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wolinsky FD,Fitzgerald JF,Stump TE

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental problem with classifying agriculturally related injury is that there is neither a rational nor a comprehensive scheme for grouping incidents into categories describing actual exposures encountered on farms and in agricultural work. Current surveillance systems are unable to differentiate between work tha...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Murphy DJ,Purschwitz M,Mahoney BS,Hoskin AF

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined longitudinal changes in smoking behavior among older adults in three community cohorts of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly. Smoking prevalence declined from 15% at baseline to 9% during 6 years of follow-up. Annual smoking cessation and relapse rates were 10% and less th...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Salive ME,Cornoni-Huntley J,LaCroix AZ,Ostfeld AM,Wallace RB,Hennekens CH

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymptomatic infection with either Entameba histolytica or Giardia lamblia was found in 61 per cent of the residents of a dormitory in an institution for the mentally retarded; two other dormitories had rates of 20 per cent and 22 per cent. Drug therapy was successfully undertaken in all three dormitories, and environ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Thacker SB,Simpson S,Gordon TJ,Wolfe M,Kimball AM

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00