The case against mandatory newborn screening for HIV antibodies.

abstract：:Childhood obesity remains a significant public health concern. Children from lower income households have a greater risk of being obese. Low-income families generally have less access to healthy, affordable food choices and turn to federal food assistance programs. Few studies have examined the impact of food assistan...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Johnson P,Montgomery M,Ewell P

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas, most cancer research data come from high-profile academic centers, little is known about the outcomes of cancer care in rural communities. We summarize the experience of building a multi-institution partnership to develop a cancer outcomes research infrastructure in Southwest Georgia (SWGA), a primarily rural...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Goodman M,Almon L,Bayakly R,Butler S,Crosby C,DiIorio C,Ekwueme D,Fletcher D,Fowler J,Gillespie T,Glanz K,Hall I,Lee J,Liff J,Lipscomb J,Pollack LA,Richardson LC,Roberts P,Steenland K,Ward K

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is the leading cause of death for Korean Americans (KAs). Breast cancer (BC) is the most commonly occurring cancer among KA women, and its rate has been rapidly increasing. Low BC screening rates for KAs puts them at greater risk for late-stage breast cancer. We conducted a systematic review of the published li...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Oh KM,Taylor KL,Jacobsen KH

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:Timely public health interventions reduce heat-related illnesses (HRIs). HRI emergency department (ED) visit data provide near real-time morbidity information to local and state public health practitioners and may be useful in directing HRI prevention efforts. This study examined statewide HRI ED visits in North Carol...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Rhea S,Ising A,Fleischauer AT,Deyneka L,Vaughan-Batten H,Waller A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the few surveys of injuries occurring in schools, severity has been defined using a priori criteria based on the nature of injury and by the area injured. The validity of these methods of classifying injury severity has not been established. The association between two commonly used measures of injury severity (nat...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Evans GD,Sheps SB

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a four year demonstration project of preventive services for Medicare managed care enrollees suggest that health promotion programs can impact health behaviors and outcomes. The study provided selected preventive services to 1,800 Medicare enrollees in a managed care environment. Participants were rando...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Williams SJ,Elder JP,Seidman RL,Mayer JA

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent case investigation of secondary syphilis in a 27-year-old heterosexual Micronesian male and his 19-year-old chlamydia and syphilis co-infected female partner, conducted by the Hawaii State Department of Health, June to August 2007, identified a cluster of 13 case-patients with undiagnosed syphilis, chlamydia,...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Katz AR,Cadorna AM,Lee MV,Komeya A,Kiaha M,Ohye RG

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children (particularly low-income minorities and refugees) are at high risk for serious injury or death from motor vehicle crashes. Interpreter-assisted data collection included key informant interviews, focus groups and face-to-face surveys with the Somali community of Columbus, Ohio about child passenger safety. Mea...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： McKenzie LB,Fowler E,Roberts KJ,Kaercher RM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to compare urban and suburban preschool and school age activities. A prospective survey using a convenience sample was conducted at one urban and one suburban primary care pediatric office. Questionnaires were completed for 66 urban preschool children, 70 suburban preschool children, 57...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Damore DT

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the sexually transmitted infections (STIs), cervical cancer, and human papillomavirus virus (HPV) vaccine-related awareness and knowledge among married Bhutanese refugee and Nepali women living in eastern Nepal. Participants were recruited from a women's health camp in Jhapa District in eastern Nep...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Bhatta MP,Johnson DC,Lama M,Maharjan B,Lhaki P,Shrestha S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health disparities in access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) as well as the demands of long-term medication adherence have meant the full benefits of HIV treatment are often not realized. In particular, food insecurity has emerged as a robust predictor of ART non-adherence. However, research is limited in determining ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kalichman SC,Hernandez D,Cherry C,Kalichman MO,Washington C,Grebler T

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an outcome-based approach to quality assurance in primary care and present data from an initial study made to explore its usefulness. A questionnaire, which asked patients to report on the status of their problem in terms of the amount of symptoms, activity limitation, and anxiety it caused, was mailed to ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Mushlin AI,Appel FA,Barr DM

更新日期：1978-07-01 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：:Motives may be an important influence for substance use among youth. The goal of this research was to study the relation of social, self-enhancement, boredom relief and affect regulation motives to smoking and drinking in a sample of Eastern European high school students and to examine variation in the effects of thes...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Piko BF,Varga S,Wills TA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research assessed the clinical validity of a nutritional risk index (NRI). Subjects were 377 male veterans, aged 55+, attending general medicine and geriatric outpatient clinics. Data were collected by personal interviews, anthropometric measurements, laboratory assay of nutritional parameters, three-day food rec...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Prendergast JM,Coe RM,Chavez MN,Romeis JC,Miller DK,Wolinsky FD

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal variations in the incidence of the most common acute diseases in childhood during the inter-epidemic year 1978 were investigated using a sample of 7,068 walk-in patients attending. Aurora Hospital, Helsinki. At least seven out of the ten most common diseases were of infectious origin. Generally, boys and the ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Peltola H

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout the 1980's, HIV antiretroviral therapy was non-existent or insufficient, and patients admitted to hospitals were frequently terminal. In 1988 we evaluated the HIV related hospitalizations at the Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and found that only 1.3 % of the patients had an advanced directiv...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： de Caprariis PJ,Carballo-Diéguez A,Thompson S,Lyon C

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children's physical activity (PA) may be determined, in part, by environmental influences such as access to diverse and safe places to play. As part of the development of a community-based PA program, a PA asset assessment was conducted in two low-income urban neighborhoods that support elementary schools serving mino...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： DeBate RD,Koby EJ,Looney TE,Trainor JK,Zwald ML,Bryant CA,McDermott RJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if the timing of prenatal care is associated with low birth weight delivery after adjusting for sociodemographic and behavioral risk factors, we performed a retrospective cross-sectional study of singleton births to white (2,945,595) or African-American (552,068) women in the United States in 1996. When a...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Hueston WJ,Gilbert GE,Davis L,Sturgill V

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lifestyle-related chronic diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease are the greatest public health concerns. Evidence shows Japanese immigrants to a westernized environment have higher incidence of lifestyle-related diseases. However, little is known about lifestyle characteristics related to chronic diseases...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Hirooka N,Takedai T,D'Amico F

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescents frequenting indoor tanning facilities may have an increased risk of skin cancer. The high level of indoor tanning by this age group may be due, in part, to the large number of tanning facilities in US cities. This study examined how facilities are distributed throughout one large county. Based on ecologica...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Patel MR,Mayer JA,Slymen DJ,Weeks JR,Hurd AL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2000, the government of Vietnam conducted the first assessment of its national peer education program for HIV prevention. Twenty (32%) of Vietnam's 61 provinces and urban areas had functioning peer education programs, and program coordinators of all 20 were interviewed regarding their programs. In addition, on-site...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Khoat DV,West GR,Valdiserri RO,Phan NT

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-care has become a topic of widespread interest in recent years. However, few studies of the content and methods of self-care are available to inform health education program design. The present study identified common illnesses that were reported by 258 western university students and how those illnesses were typ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Green KE

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hispanic women have more than a 1.5-fold increased cervical cancer incidence and mortality compared to non-Hispanic white women in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control recommends the HPV vaccine for females at ages 11 and 12 years, though it is approved for females aged 9-26 to protect against the primar...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kepka D,Coronado GD,Rodriguez HP,Thompson B

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women with disabilities have lower screening rates for breast and cervical cancer with some evidence suggesting that people with disabilities experience higher cancer mortality and may receive a different course of treatment. This study examined whether women with and without disabilities using Montana Cancer Control ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Froehlich-Grobe K,Shropshire WC,Zimmerman H,Van Brunt J,Betts A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the cooperation between modern and traditional medicine (TM) is increasingly promoted in health care system of nationwide, there remains many barriers. In this study, we examined the barriers and possible ways of promoting cooperation between traditional healers and modern health system. Ethnographic method i...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Suwankhong D,Liamputtong P,Runbold B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research reports about the associations of leisure-time physical activity (LPA) and Body Mass Index (BMI) with activities of daily living (ADL)- or instrumental activities of daily living (IADL)-dependent disability in older adults are inconclusive. Data were obtained from the 2000 Missouri Older Adult Needs Assessmen...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Simoes EJ,Kobau R,Kapp J,Waterman B,Mokdad A,Anderson L

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes a statewide public health approach to strengthen diabetes care; evaluates diabetes-related processes of care for individuals enrolled in the Michigan Diabetes Outreach Network (MDON) program; and, examines MDON in the context of priorities for diabetes care and public health policy. Organizational...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Krein SL,Klamerus ML

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Belgium and The Netherlands have fairly similar smoking prevalence patterns, but distinct tobacco control policies. It is our aim to use lung cancer death rates, especially among the youngest age groups (30-39 years), as indicators of past smoking behavioral patterns to evaluate recent tobacco control efforts in both ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Van Hemelrijck MJ,Kabir Z,Connolly GN

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00