New York Medical College: an early center of excellence in American medical education.

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection of the genital tract is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and a subset of genital tract HPVs are etiologically associated with cervical cancer. The prevalence of HPV infection is highest among adolescents and young adults. This study was undertaken to exp...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Baer H,Allen S,Braun L

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of programs designed to promote physical activity in older Hispanic women includes few innovative theory-based interventions that address cultural relevant strategies. The purpose of this report is to describe the design and baseline data for Mujeres en Accion, a physical activity intervention to increase...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Keller C,Fleury J,Perez A,Belyea M,Castro FG

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of data obtained through a survey of 415 men in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Rochester, New York, indicates that the transfer of testicular self-examination (TSE) skills from the medical community to the public has been relatively ineffective. Only two of every 100 respondents reported monthly self-examination...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Sheley JP,Kinchen EW,Morgan DH,Gordon DF

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the fourth leading cause of death in Puerto Rico. Using multi-media resources and in-person education may be an effective approach to improve knowledge and awareness of AD. The Un Café por el Alzheimer program in Puerto Rico incorporates an education component at coffee shops and a social m...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Friedman DB,Gibson A,Torres W,Irizarry J,Rodriguez J,Tang W,Kannaley K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exceptional precautionary measures have been adopted to stop the transmission and control of COVID-19 through the world and Pakistan is facing lockdown in this scenario. Public loyalty to precautionary measures is affected by their knowledge, attitude, risk factors and practices (KAP) towards COVID-19. The present stu...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Afzal MS,Khan A,Qureshi UUR,Saleem S,Saqib MAN,Shabbir RMK,Naveed M,Jabbar M,Zahoor S,Ahmed H

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the injury effects of bike share programs and the helmet usage status in bike share programs. We conducted a systematic review of peer reviewed scientific literature. Searches were conducted in three databases (Pubmed, Scopus, and Web of Science) on March 1 2020 to identify all articles on the injury in...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Chen S,Cui H,Tang M,Wang Y,Zhang M,Bai Y,Song B,Shen Z,Gu D,Yin Z,Liu G

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was performed to describe the prevalence of ocular abnormalities among six and seven year old children of Hispanic and Caucasian ancestry in Los Angeles County. Data were obtained from vision screenings of lower to middle income Hispanic and Caucasian children completed by the UCLA Mobile Eye C...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Fischbach LA,Lee DA,Englehardt RF,Wheeler N

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To address the widening disparity between Whites and non-Whites for influenza vaccination rates, this study employed the Health Belief Model to examine these rates in five racial ethnic groups (White, Latino, African American, Filipino American, and Japanese American) to identify modifiable determinants of vaccination...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Chen JY,Fox SA,Cantrell CH,Stockdale SE,Kagawa-Singer M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Universal health coverage requires an adequate health workforce, including community health workers (CHWs) to reach rural communities. To improve healthcare access in rural areas, in 2010 the Government of Zambia implemented a national CHW strategy that introduced a new cadre of healthcare workers called community hea...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Shelley KD,Belete YW,Phiri SC,Musonda M,Kawesha EC,Muleya EM,Chibawe CP,van den Broek JW,Vosburg KB

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To know and understand the intention of young adults to use, during the Christmas and New Year's period, the community drive-home service after drinking alcohol, that is, to phone for oneself when they are the driver or when they are the passenger to suggest to a friend who is the driver to phone for the service. This...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Lavoie M,Godin G,Valois P

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreasing health disparities must increase access to care, improve health education and ease navigating the health care system. Community Health Workers (CHW) take on these tasks in professional and culturally competent manners. The Healthy Families Brooklyn (HFB) Program serves residents in two public housing develo...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Brown N,Vaughn NA,Lin AJ,Browne R,White M,Smith P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a large-scale survey of rural consumers (n = 3,056), respondents were asked whether they would allow a nurse practitioner to perform each of 12 functions. The results indicate general acceptance of a broadly defined role for the nurse practitioner. Only two functions were not acceptable to a majority of the respond...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kviz FJ,Misener TR,Vinson N

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Southeast Asian immigrants have lower levels of Pap testing than any other racial/ethnic group in the US, and are particularly unfamiliar with western culture and biomedical concepts of prevention. We completed an ethnographic study (N = 42) focusing on cervical cancer screening among Cambodian American women. We also...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Carey Jackson J,Taylor VM,Chitnarong K,Mahloch J,Fischer M,Sam R,Seng P

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this Community-based National Epidemiological Household Survey, conducted between 1990-1993, were to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Saudi Arabia and to examine its association with the socio-demographic characteristics of the adult population. A sample of Saudis 20 years and ove...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： al-Nuaim AA,Bamgboye EA,al-Rubeaan KA,al-Mazrou Y

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV prevalence and socio-demographic data were analyzed to assess the alignment of CDC-funded HIV testing activity in 2012 with its high-impact prevention approach. CDC-funded HIV-testing was conducted in counties with high HIV prevalence and in places potentially more affected by HIV as measured by urbanicity, percen...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Hayek S,Heitgerd JL,Williams WO,Krueger AL,Dietz PM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latinas have the highest incidence of cervical cancer. Latino parents' perceptions of the human papillomavirus (HPV) and willingness to have their sons and daughters vaccinated in Utah is largely unknown. Latino parents/guardians of children ages 11-17 years were recruited from two community organizations (N = 52) to ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Warner EL,Lai D,Carbajal-Salisbury S,Garza L,Bodson J,Mooney K,Kepka D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe the perceived health of the homeless, and to measure the effect of time homeless on perceived health status, after controlling for sociodemographic characteristics and health conditions. The design was cross-sectional; the population was a representative sample of homeless in ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： White MC,Tulsky JP,Dawson C,Zolopa AR,Moss AR

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma 1-2-3 is a newly-developed low-literacy multimedia education tool designed to promote asthma self-care concepts among African American adults. An expert panel (n = 10) informed content development for the tool. The video script and storyboard imagery were shown to 30 African Americans recruited from the America...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Sobel RM,Paasche-Orlow MK,Waite KR,Rittner SS,Wilson EA,Wolf MS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though smokeless tobacco (SLT) use has decreased in many communities, concern for American Indian (AI) SLT use remains, as this population continues to be disproportionally affected by SLT-related diseases. Tobacco has cultural significance to many AI tribes, therefore tobacco cessation messages portraying tobacco as ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Rollins K,Lewis C,Goeckner R,Pacheco J,Smith TE,Hale J,Daley SM,Choi WS,Daley CM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effects of socioeconomic status, knowledge and Health Belief Model variables on ever use of hormone therapy and other osteoporosis medications among older African-American women. One-hundred and two African-American women, 60 years old or older, randomly selected from Registers of Voters and a ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Unson CG,Fortinsky R,Prestwood K,Reisine S

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite established country's tobacco control law, cigarette smoking by the young people and the magnitude of nicotine dependence among the students is alarming in Bangladesh. This study was aimed to determine the prevalence of smoking and factors influencing it among the secondary school students. A two-stage cluster...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Rahman MM,Ahmad SA,Karim MJ,Chia HA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nurses play a critical role in delivering care to elderly people at primary health care level but there is no synthesis of research knowledge to guide community nursing practice in Japan. This review aims to identify nurse-led interventions that have been found to improve elder health at village level; the barriers an...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Nagaya Y,Dawson A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from Wave 1 of the National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences were used to examine the association between perceived control over future health and 13 health behavior indices. Analyses were conducted within three strata of health status, defined by a cross-tabulation of subjective and functiona...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Rakowski W

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the success in implementing a major program involving a partnership between public and private providers to deliver primary health care services to the poor. In 1985, the 69th Texas Legislature passed the Primary Health Care Services Act, authorizing the Texas Department of Health to contract for o...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Begley CE,Aday LA,McCandless R

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the mid-1980s, clinicians working in community and migrant health centers formed clinical networks to provide administrative and clinical training, regular interaction with peers, and opportunities for participation in policy formulation. The subject of this article is the most developed of the regional clinical...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Sardell A

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virtually all large employers engage in corporate philanthropy, but little is known about the extent to which it is directed toward improving community health. We conducted in-depth interviews with leaders of corporate philanthropy from 13 of the largest manufacturing companies in the US to understand how giving decis...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： McHugh M,Farley D,Maechling CR,Dunlop DD,French DD,Holl JL

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to identify family physicians' firearm safety counseling beliefs and behaviors. A survey was mailed to a random sample of 600 members of the American Academy of Family Physicians. A three wave mailing technique was used to maximize the response rate and yielded 271 usable surveys (55% res...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Everett SA,Price JH,Bedell AW,Telljohann SK

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Korean Americans experience many challenges to obtaining adequate health care coverage and access to needed services. Because a large proportion of Korean Americans attend churches on a regular basis, churches may be a promising venue where health programs can be delivered. In order to gain an in-depth understanding o...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Jo AM,Maxwell AE,Yang B,Bastani R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One in five maternal deaths are directly attributable to anaemia in the world. The World Health Organization recommends iron supplementation from the second trimester of pregnancy to 45 days after delivery. The aim of this study was to determine the compliance rate of iron-folate consumption and the factors associated...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Khanal V,Adhikari M,Karkee R

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) conventions are trade shows held across the globe to promote e-cigarette products and provide a venue for users to socialize. E-cigarette users that attend these events likely represent the most intensive e-cigarette user group. No study has characterized addiction and behavior chara...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Johnson JM,Muilenburg JL,Rathbun SL,Yu X,Naeher LP,Wang JS

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00