Neural tube defects in Jamaica following Hurricane Gilbert.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:California's Proposition 36 offers nonviolent drug offenders community-based treatment as an alternative to incarceration or probation without treatment. We examined how treatment capacity changed to accommodate Proposition 36 clients and whether displacement of other clients was an unintended consequence. ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hser YI,Teruya C,Brown AH,Huang D,Evans E,Anglin MD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the employment experience of 266 individuals one year after traumatic injury severe enough to require hospitalization. Of those working full-time prior to their injury, 56 per cent were employed full-time at one year; an additional 5 per cent were working part-time. Those sustaining a severe head ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： MacKenzie EJ,Shapiro S,Smith RT,Siegel JH,Moody M,Pitt A

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of 2 large field studies on the impact of the polio eradication initiative on health systems and 3 supplementary reports were presented at a December 1999 meeting convened by the World Health Organization. All of these studies concluded that positive synergies exist between polio eradication and health sys...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Loevinsohn B,Aylward B,Steinglass R,Ogden E,Goodman T,Melgaard B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess potential reductions in premature mortality that could have been achieved in 2008 to 2012 if the minimum wage had been $15 per hour in New York City. METHODS:Using the 2008 to 2012 American Community Survey, we performed simulations to assess how the proportion of low-income residents in each neig...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tsao TY,Konty KJ,Van Wye G,Barbot O,Hadler JL,Linos N,Bassett MT

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of feedback and financial incentives on physician compliance with cancer screening guidelines for women 50 years of age and older in a Medicaid health maintenance organization (HMO). METHODS:Half of 52 primary care sites received the intervention, which inc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hillman AL,Ripley K,Goldfarb N,Nuamah I,Weiner J,Lusk E

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHAct) declared that every worker is entitled to safe and healthful working conditions, and that employers are responsible for work being free from all recognized hazards. Thirty-eight years after these assurances, however, it is difficult to find anyone who believes th...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Silverstein M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historical work on cancer has suggested that a range of political, social, and medical concerns stimulated the emergence of cancer as a public health problem in the early 20th century.I argue that anxiety about cervical cancer mortality was instrumental in establishing cancer as a major focus of concern for the Britis...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Moscucci O

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of the Freedom of Information Act can be potentially harmful to the security of research in progress. There is no protection from disclosure of information in grant applications; collected research data can be obtained and disclosed prematurely; and data supporting published research may be acquired and re-analyz...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Stallones RA

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have summarized the evolution of the Nurses' Health Study (NHS), a prospective cohort study of 121 700 married registered nurses launched in 1976; NHS II, which began in 1989 and enrolled 116 430 nurses; and NHS3, which began in 2010 and has ongoing enrollment. Over 40 years, these studies have generated long-term,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bao Y,Bertoia ML,Lenart EB,Stampfer MJ,Willett WC,Speizer FE,Chavarro JE

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the effectiveness of dietary advice in primary prevention of chronic disease. METHODS:A meta-analysis was conducted of 17 randomized controlled trials of dietary behavior interventions of at least 3 months' duration. Results were analyzed as changes in reported dietary fat intakes and b...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Brunner E,White I,Thorogood M,Bristow A,Curle D,Marmot M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the relationship between breastfeeding, asthma and atopy, and child body mass index (BMI). METHODS:From a prospective birth cohort (n = 2860) in Perth, Western Australia, 2195 children were followed up to age 6 years. Asthma was defined as doctor-diagnosed asthma and wheeze in the last year,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Oddy WH,Sherriff JL,de Klerk NH,Kendall GE,Sly PD,Beilin LJ,Blake KB,Landau LI,Stanley FJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among all deaths to Connecticut residents (1990/91), 1260 were acceptable Spanish-surname matches (using father's surname for females), of which only 793 (62.9%) were identified as Hispanic origin on the death certificate. Certificates also identified 127 non-Spanish-surnamed Hispanics. With death rates for non-Hispan...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Polednak AP

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe changes in infant mortality rates, including birthweight-specific rates and rates by age at death and cause. METHODS:We analyzed US linked birth/infant-death data for 1989-1991 and 1998-2000 for American Indians/Alaska Native (AIAN) and White singleton infants at > or =20 weeks' gestation born t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tomashek KM,Qin C,Hsia J,Iyasu S,Barfield WD,Flowers LM

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children screened for lead poisoning in the Brownsville district of New York City in either summer or winter were followed with blood lead tests for approximately six months to one year from screening to measure longitudinal changes in blood lead level and to identify some determinants of the changes. Only minimal evi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McCusker J

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mission of public health--improving the health of populations--is difficult to advance in public discourse because a language to express the values animating that mission has not been adequately developed. Following on the work of Robert Bellah, Dan Beauchamp, and others, we argue that the first "language" of Amer...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wallack L,Lawrence R

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The relationships between television beer advertising and drinking knowledge, beliefs, and intentions were investigated in a survey of schoolchildren. The research was guided by a theoretical model specifying that awareness of advertising, and not mere exposure, is necessary for it to have an effect on belie...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Grube JW,Wallack L

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social, political, and economic disruptions caused by natural and human-caused public health emergencies have catalyzed public health efforts to expand the scope of biosurveillance and increase the timeliness, quality, and comprehensiveness of disease detection, alerting, response, and prediction. Unfortunately, effor...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Khan AS,Fleischauer A,Casani J,Groseclose SL

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health, like politics, is the art of the possible. To maximize effectiveness, public health officers in any jurisdiction should (1) get good data and ensure timely and effective dissemination; (2) prioritize and tackle more difficult initiatives first; (3) find, fight, and win winnable battles in areas where pr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Frieden TR

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically, quality assurance studies have received scant ethical attention. The advent of information systems capable of supporting research-grade continuous quality improvement projects demands that we clearly define how these projects differ from research and when they require external review. The ethical obligat...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bellin E,Dubler NN

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined absence rates among US Department of Energy workers who had beryllium sensitization (BeS) or were diagnosed with chronic beryllium disease (CBD) compared with those of other workers. METHODS:We used the lymphocyte proliferation test to determine beryllium sensitivity. In addition, we app...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Watkins JP,Ellis ED,Girardi DJ,Cragle DL,Richter BS

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the history of childhood lead poisoning started a century ago in the United States, the first French cases were identified in 1985. Instead of merely adopting knowledge accumulated for decades, the public health professionals and activists involved had to reestablish, against incredulity from medical authorit...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fassin D,Naudé AJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined changes in service use in a Housing First (HF) pilot program for adults who were homeless with medical illnesses and high prior acute-care use relative to a similar comparison group. METHODS:We used a 1-year pre-post comparison group design. The 29 participants and 31 comparison group members we...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Srebnik D,Connor T,Sylla L

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study, using data abstracted between 1983 and 1987 from a large perinatal registry, was conducted to explore the relationship between smoking and ectopic pregnancy. Women with ectopic pregnancy (n = 634) seen at University of Illinois Perinatal Network Hospitals were compared to women who were delivered...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Handler A,Davis F,Ferre C,Yeko T

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the feasibility of using high-value coupons to induce condom purchase and evaluated execution factors that can influence the effectiveness of this form of promotion. METHODS:Two levels of coupon discount value (10% off and 75% off) were used to promote condom purchase among young adults....

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Dahl DW,Gorn GJ,Weinberg CB

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper assesses the risks and benefits associated with hysterectomy by comparing the age-adjusted health care usage patterns of all women receiving hysterectomy in the Province of Manitoba in 1974 during the two years before and the two years after surgery with those of women undergoing cholecystectomy, and with t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Roos NP

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzed 30,194 incident cases and 4,301 death certificates for completeness of occupational reporting. Analysis of data accuracy was based upon a comparison of more than 2,000 death certificates with incident abstracts and 352 death certificates with interview data. Death certificates had a higher proporti...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Swanson GM,Schwartz AG,Burrows RW

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban form, the law, and health are undoubtedly linked. However, nonlegal factors such as 20th-century reliance on the automobile as well as associated governmental actions and private investment choices have greatly influenced urban form, especially urban sprawl. The American system of federalism, with its traditiona...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Buzbee WW

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "rediscovery" of poverty, as echoed in concepts of social inequality, has contributed to the goal of eliminating racial/ethnic and social class disparities in the United States. This commentary focuses on what we know about the pressing health care needs and issues relevant to Latino children and families and how ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Zambrana RE,Logie LA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 33 screening sessions in Denver gay steambaths, 48 of 419 (11.5 per cent) men were found to have asymptomatic gonorrhea and six (1.4 per cent) had early latent syphilis. Questionnaires were administered to 160 men who reported a mean of 7.9 different male sex contacts per month. Female sex contacts were also re...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Judson FN,Miller KG,Schaffnit TR

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the effects of market income inequality (income inequality before taxes and transfers) and income redistribution via taxes and transfers on inequality in longevity. METHODS:We used life tables to compute Gini coefficients of longevity inequality for all individuals and for individuals who surviv...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Neumayer E,Plümper T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00