A prospective study of syphilis and HIV infection among injection drug users receiving methadone in the Bronx, NY.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This analysis described Latino migrant farmworkers' work safety climate and its association with musculoskeletal discomfort, working while injured or ill, and depressive symptoms. METHODS:Data were from a cross-sectional survey of 300 farmworkers conducted in North Carolina in 2009. Generalized estimating e...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Arcury TA,O'Hara H,Grzywacz JG,Isom S,Chen H,Quandt SA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined individual, friend or family, and community or tribe correlates of suicidality in a representative on-reserve sample of First Nations adolescents. METHODS:Data came from the 2002-2003 Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey of Youth. Interviews were conducted with adolescents ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mota N,Elias B,Tefft B,Medved M,Munro G,Sareen J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amont 338 women treated in Massachusetts with isoniazid (isonicotinic acid hydrazide = INH) for pulmonary tuberculosis, no excess cancer deaths occurred (8 observed vs 8.3 expected) after 23 years (12.9 mean) of follow-up. There was an excess of cancer deaths (54 vs 35.7) among 1,090 patients who did not receive INH, ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Boice JD,Fraumeni JF Jr

更新日期：1980-09-01 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：:This study examined trends in tobacco use in a random sample of 2 of the 20 top-grossing US films each year from 1960 through 1990 (62 films). The overall rate of tobacco use did not change. Films continue to portray smokers as successful, attractive White males. Smoking groups became larger, smoking alone declined, h...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hazan AR,Lipton HL,Glantz SA

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Interpreting associations between lead exposure and child behavior problems is difficult because studies have not controlled for sociodemographic confounders or have used shed teeth to mark exposure. This study explored associations between blood lead and preschool behavior. METHODS:Children from a smelter ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wasserman GA,Staghezza-Jaramillo B,Shrout P,Popovac D,Graziano J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the effects of several survey features on response rates in a general population health survey. METHODS:In 2012 and 2013, 8000 households in British Columbia, Canada, were randomly allocated to 1 of 7 survey variants, each containing a different combination of survey features. Features compared inc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Guo Y,Kopec JA,Cibere J,Li LC,Goldsmith CH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the long-term effectiveness of Draw the Line/Respect the Line, a theoretically based curriculum designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors among middle school adolescents. METHODS:The randomized controlled trial involved 19 schools in northern California. A cohort of 2829 sixth graders wa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Coyle KK,Kirby DB,Marín BV,Gómez CA,Gregorich SE

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

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：:Understanding mental health issues faced by young homeless persons is instrumental to the development of successful targeted interventions. No systematic review of recent published literature on psychopathology in this group has been completed. We conducted a systematic review of published research examining the preva...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hodgson KJ,Shelton KH,van den Bree MB,Los FJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. We examined whether residence in neighborhoods with high levels of incarceration is associated with psychiatric morbidity among nonincarcerated community members. Methods. We linked zip code-linked information on neighborhood prison admissions rates to individual-level data on mental health from the Detroi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hatzenbuehler ML,Keyes K,Hamilton A,Uddin M,Galea S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking histories and beliefs about smoking were obtained on 120 ex- and current smokers. Ex-smokers view smoking as a serious health problem, did not report having a physician recommend they stop, and feel personally susceptible to its adverse effects. Moderate smokers (0-10/day) also view smoking as serious, but do ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Weinberger M,Greene JY,Mamlin JJ,Jerin MJ

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This microqualitative case study of a community-based peer education program led by sex workers at a South African mine examined the role of grassroots participation in sexual health promotion. METHODS:The study involved in-depth interviews with 30 members of the target community. The interviews were analyz...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Campbell C,Mzaidume Z

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury is a growing environmental threat that can cause serious health problems and birth defects. Household thermometers are high-risk sources of mercury because most people lack the knowledge to properly dispose of one when it is broken. The Boston Public Health Commission's Environmental Health Office, with local ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shoemaker PA,Ghaemghami J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cash can never compensate people for a half century of exile and the destruction of a lifestyle and culture. ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Guyer RL

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen children, ages 4 to 6 years, with known exposure to polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) in utero and/or through breast milk were administered developmental tests. These same children had exhibited low scores on a partial developmental assessment two years earlier. Current results were compared to normative test da...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Schwartz EM,Rae WA

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent recommendations for Americans aged 2 and older call for a reduction in the average saturated fat intake to less than 10% of calories. METHODS:Using 24-hour dietary recalls collected from mothers of 4- to 7-year-old urban Latino children, we identified foods and dietary behavior patterns that distingu...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Basch CE,Shea S,Zybert P

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic health records and electronic health information exchange are essential to improving quality of care, reducing medical errors and health disparities, and advancing the delivery of patient-centered medical care. In the US correctional setting, these goals are critical because of the high numbers of Americans...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Goldstein MM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined differences in substance abuse treatment outcomes between American Indians and their non-American Indian counterparts in California, during 2000 to 2002. METHODS:A total of 368 American Indians and a matched sample of 368 non-American Indians from 39 substance abuse treatment programs in 13 Cali...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Evans E,Spear SE,Huang YC,Hser YI

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the early stages of an influenza pandemic, a pandemic vaccine likely will not be available. Therefore, interventions to mitigate pandemic influenza transmission in communities will be an important component of the response to a pandemic. Public-housing residents, single-parent families, and low-income populatio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bouye K,Truman BI,Hutchins S,Richard R,Brown C,Guillory JA,Rashid J

更新日期：2009-10-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined factors associated with completing, initiating, or intending to pursue voluntary national accreditation among local health departments (LHDs). METHODS:We examined National Association of County and City Health Officials 2010 and 2013 profile data in a pooled cross-sectional design with bivariate...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yeager VA,Ferdinand AO,Beitsch LM,Menachemi N

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary arteries and aortas obtained at autopsy in six populations were examined microscopically. Two variants of atherosclerosis could be separately quantified by objective morphometry. These two variants, fibroplasia and atheronecrosis, were both found to increase with age and to correlate with each other from one ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tracy RE,Kissling GE,Oalmann MC

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interventions are needed to assist drug abusers in reducing risky drug and sexual behavior. METHODS:A randomized controlled trial compared three small-group AIDS educational interventions among 567 clients of a 21-day inpatient drug detoxification program: a two-session informational intervention, given eit...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McCusker J,Stoddard AM,Zapka JG,Morrison CS,Zorn M,Lewis BF

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of the study was to analyze overall and cause-specific mortality among injection drug users in Rome. METHODS:A cohort of 4200 injection drug users was enrolled in drug treatment centers from 1980 through 1988 and followed up until December 1992. RESULTS:The age-adjusted mortality rate from all ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Davoli M,Perucci CA,Rapiti E,Bargagli AM,D'Ippoliti D,Forastiere F,Abeni D

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the survival benefit bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for out-of-hospital emergencies in a paramedic served area of metropolitan Los Angeles. Clinical information for all events occurring between January 1 and December 31, 1978 was obtained from paramedic report forms and hospital medical ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Guzy PM,Pearce ML,Greenfield S

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Health Access Project is a unique public-private collaboration working to eliminate barriers to health care for the GLBT community, foster development of comprehensive, culturally appropriate health promotion policies and health care services for GLBT people and their...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Clark ME,Landers S,Linde R,Sperber J

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a matched case-control study of an occupational cohort in East Tennessee, data from the death certificates of 608 cases and controls were abstracted and analyzed in order to investigate possible risk factors associated with the certification on the death certificate of an ill-defined cause of death. There was a ver...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cragle DL,Fetcher A

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The incidence, type, severity, and costs of crash-related injuries requiring hospitalization or resulting in death were compared for helmeted and unhelmeted motorcyclists. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study of injured motorcyclists in Washington State in 1989. Motorcycle crash data were linked to...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rowland J,Rivara F,Salzberg P,Soderberg R,Maier R,Koepsell T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00