Screening for colorectal neoplasia: physicians' adherence to complete diagnostic evaluation.

abstract：:Since its inception in rural, pre-apartheid South Africa, community-oriented primary care (COPC) has intrigued and informed public health and primary care leaders worldwide. COPC has influenced such programs as the US community health center movement, the general practice movement in the United Kingdom, and recent ref...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mullan F,Epstein L

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To document the collective effort of diaper banks in the United States and to estimate the percentage of low-income children whose diaper need is met through these efforts.Methods. For each state, we compared the number of children younger than 4 years in families living at or below 200% of the federal pov...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Massengale KEC,Comer LH,Austin AE,Goldblum JS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined how National Cancer Institute-funded Community Network Programs (CNPs) operationalized principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR). METHODS:We reviewed the literature and extant CBPR measurement tools. On the basis of that review, we developed a 27-item questionnaire for CNPs to ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Braun KL,Nguyen TT,Tanjasiri SP,Campbell J,Heiney SP,Brandt HM,Smith SA,Blumenthal DS,Hargreaves M,Coe K,Ma GX,Kenerson D,Patel K,Tsark J,Hébert JR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We analyzed smoking survey data across communities in Chicago, Ill, to explore community-level variations in smoking behavior. METHODS:We conducted a health survey of 6 racially and ethnically diverse Chicago communities during 2002-2003. The survey included questions about current smoking, smoking history,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Dell JL,Whitman S,Shah AM,Silva A,Ansell D

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hospital-based survey on shift work, sleep, and accidents was carried out among 635 Massachusetts nurses. In comparison to nurses who worked only day/evening shifts, rotators had more sleep/wake cycle disruption and nodded off more at work. Rotators had twice the odds of nodding off while driving to or from work and...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gold DR,Rogacz S,Bock N,Tosteson TD,Baum TM,Speizer FE,Czeisler CA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comments on a paper of physicians' attitudes toward abortion are presented. The reasons for approval of abortion which show about 80% citing medical or psychiatric and only 60% citing social reasons or a woman's right to do with her body what she wants support the belief in the sexist attitudes of physicians. Disbel...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Solomon K

更新日期：1976-09-01 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:We documented the prevalence and relative timing of oral-genital, vaginal, and anal intercourse during adolescence and examined whether these timetables varied by sociodemographic factors. METHODS:We used data from almost 14 ,000 Wave IV respondents to the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Halpern CT,Haydon AA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe changes in suspected heroin overdose emergency department (ED) visits. Methods. We analyzed quarterly and yearly changes in heroin overdoses during 2017-2018 by using data from 23 states and jurisdictions (including the District of Columbia) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Vivolo-Kantor AM,Hoots B,David F,Gladden RM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the first four years of operation of the Extended MPH Degree Program of the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine and the features that might explain its initial success. The format of the curriculum is radically different from the traditional two-year program of...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wainwright RB,Peterson ML,Farrier JM

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the impact of the 2007-2009 economic crisis on tuberculosis (TB) trends among California residents. METHODS:We analyzed available data from 4 different population-representative data sets. We used time charts, trend lines, and change-point detection tests during 2000 to 2016 to describe TB tren...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Medel-Herrero A,Martínez-López B

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the period July through October, 1986, 78 laboratory-confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis were identified in New Mexico. To determine possible risk factors for development of this disease, we conducted a case-control study; 24 case-patients and 46 neighborhood controls were interviewed. Seventeen (71 per cent) of t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gallaher MM,Herndon JL,Nims LJ,Sterling CR,Grabowski DJ,Hull HF

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accepted wisdom about the US overdose crisis singles out prescribing as the causative vector. Although drug supply is a key factor, we posit that the crisis is fundamentally fueled by economic and social upheaval, its etiology closely linked to the role of opioids as a refuge from physical and psychological trauma...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Dasgupta N,Beletsky L,Ciccarone D

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The authors examined Americans' opinions about financial and treatment competence of people with mental health problems, potential for harm to self or others, and the use of legal means to force treatment. METHODS:The 1996 General Social Survey provided interview data with a nationally representative sample...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Pescosolido BA,Monahan J,Link BG,Stueve A,Kikuzawa S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight matched men's and women's intercollegiate varsity teams were studied prospectively for one academic year to determine the incidence of athletic injury and resulting disability. Sports in which both men and women participated in a comparable manner were chosen: basketball, fencing, gymnastics, swimming, tennis, i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lanese RR,Strauss RH,Leizman DJ,Rotondi AM

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the effects of a major federal immunization continuing education course, delivered in both traditional classroom and satellite broadcast versions, on public health professionals' knowledge, agreement, self-efficacy, and adherence in practice to recommendations. METHODS:The study used a ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Umble KE,Cervero RM,Yang B,Atkinson WL

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nation-wide survey of Parent-Inclusive Pediatric Units identified innovations and restrictions in policies and practices. Questionnaires mailed to Directors of Nursing Service at 84 general hospitals which encourage parental "living-in" indicated that parents are provided with a place to sleep but infrequently are o...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hardgrove CB,Kermoian R

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Russia, rates of alcohol consumption and homicide are among the highest in the world, and already-high levels increased dramatically after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Rates of both, however, vary greatly among Russia's 89 regions. We took advantage of newly available vital statistics and socioeconomic data to ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Pridemore WA

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We carried out analyses of smoking in relation to poverty and child care responsibility among women aged 18-54 years residing in the United States. METHODS:With data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we assessed the interaction effects of poverty and living with young children on maternal...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jun HJ,Subramanian SV,Gortmaker S,Kawachi I

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate homicide rates of transgender US residents and relative risks (RRs) of homicide with respect to cisgender comparators intersected with age, gender, and race/ethnicity. METHODS:I estimated homicide rates for transgender residents and transfeminine, Black, Latin@, and young (aged 15-34 years) subp...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Dinno A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cultural divide between US military and civilian institutions amplifies the consequences of military discharge status on public health and criminal justice systems in a manner that is invisible to a larger society. Prompt removal of problematic wounded warriors through retributive justice is more expedient than le...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Seamone ER,McGuire J,Sreenivasan S,Clark S,Smee D,Dow D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AIDS Interfaith Council of Houston, sponsored by the Foundation for Interfaith Research and Ministry, recruits, trains, and coordinates volunteers for home-based care for adults and children with AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). The program provides compassionate, non-judgmental care for the sick and res...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shelp EE,DuBose ER,Sunderland RH

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The predictive value of perceptions of smoking-related risks and benefits with regard to adolescent smoking initiation has not been adequately established. We used prospective, longitudinal data to directly test whether smoking-related perceptions predict smoking initiation among adolescents. METHODS:We adm...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Song AV,Morrell HE,Cornell JL,Ramos ME,Biehl M,Kropp RY,Halpern-Felsher BL

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the importance of grassroots social movements, or "change from below," in the history of US reform, the relationship between social movements and demands for universal health care is a critical one. National health reform campaigns in the 20th century were initiated and run by elites more concerned with def...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hoffman B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selected mental health and social characteristics of 51 homeless persons drawn as a probability sample from missions are compared to those of 1,338 men aged 18-64 years living in households from the NIMH Epidemiologic Catchment Area survey conducted in Eastern Baltimore. Differences between the two groups were small w...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fischer PJ,Shapiro S,Breakey WR,Anthony JC,Kramer M

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A representative sample of women living in metropolitan Los Angeles were asked what they heard and what they believed about mammography and whether they would obtain a mammogram if their doctor advised it. Forty percent of these women said they had not heard of mammography even after the procedure was described. Few o...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Berkanovic E,Reeder SJ

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In data from the Texas Educational Agency and the Health Resources and Services Administration, we found fewer autism diagnoses in school districts with higher percentages of Hispanic children. Our results are consistent with previous reports of autism rates 2 to 3 times as high among non-Hispanic Whites as among Hisp...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Palmer RF,Walker T,Mandell D,Bayles B,Miller CS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) have increased fivefold in the past decade. To address this expanding and complex issue, state public health agencies have addressed the opioid crisis affecting newborns in diverse ways, leading to a variety of methods to quantify the burden of NAS.In an effort to understand...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chiang KV,Okoroh EM,Kasehagen LJ,Garcia-Saavedra LF,Ko JY

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding differential disease susceptibility requires new tools to quantify the cumulative effects of environmental stress. Evidence suggests that social, physical, and chemical stressors can influence disease through the accumulation of epigenetic modifications. Geographically stable epigenetic alterations could...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Olden K,Lin YS,Gruber D,Sonawane B

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decentralized health service delivery responsive to the needs of local populations implies allocating program funds to regions on the basis of predetermined criteria that can facilitate effective planning and budgeting. In 1974, the Manitoba Continuing Care Program attempted to develop a formula for regional allocatio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shapiro E

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00