Evaluation of tuberculosis control programs: some national trends.

Abstract:

:Increasing numbers of tuberculosis control programs compile information about the number, location, bacteriologic status, and chemotherapy status of tuberculosis patients within their jurisdiction. Reports from these programs show that during the 1970s the prevalence of patients requiring supervision decreased three times faster than the incidence of tuberculosis; this decline occurred because low relapse rates among patients who had received adequate therapy allowed the recommended duration of follow-up after completion of therapy to diminish from lifetime to none. The prevalence of patients hospitalized for tuberculosis decreased four times faster than the incidence of tuberculosis because the duration of hospitalization decreased from many months to a few weeks and because a small proportion of patients were hospitalized. Future declines in these two program aspects are expected to be much smaller and should parallel the decline in morbidity more closely. Other measures of program performance have shown a less favorable trend and suggest an impeded flow of information to the health department from other persons or agencies involved in the care of tuberculosis.

journal_name

Am J Public Health

authors

Powell KE,Brown ED,Seggerson JJ,Farer LS

doi

10.2105/ajph.74.4.344

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1984-04-01 00:00:00

pages

344-8

issue

4

eissn

0090-0036

issn

1541-0048

journal_volume

74

pub_type

杂志文章
  • The science of eliminating health disparities: summary and analysis of the NIH summit recommendations.

    abstract::In December 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored the first NIH Summit showcasing its investment and contribution to health disparities research and unveiling a framework for moving this important field forward. The Summit, titled "The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities," drew on extensive exp...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2010.191619

    authors: Dankwa-Mullan I,Rhee KB,Williams K,Sanchez I,Sy FS,Stinson N Jr,Ruffin J

    更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00

  • Twitter-Based Detection of Illegal Online Sale of Prescription Opioid.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:To deploy a methodology accurately identifying tweets marketing the illegal online sale of controlled substances. METHODS:We first collected tweets from the Twitter public application program interface stream filtered for prescription opioid keywords. We then used unsupervised machine learning (specifically...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.303994

    authors: Mackey TK,Kalyanam J,Katsuki T,Lanckriet G

    更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00

  • Uruguay on the world stage: how child health became an international priority.

    abstract::The evolution of international health has typically been assessed from the standpoint of central institutions (international health organizations, foundations, and development agencies) or of one-way diffusion and influence from developed to developing countries. To deepen understanding of how the international health...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.038778

    authors: Birn AE

    更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00

  • Recency of immigration, substance use, and sexual behavior among Massachusetts adolescents.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study examined the relationships between recency of immigration, substance use, and sexual behavior. METHODS:Surveys were conducted with 2635 Massachusetts 8th and 10th graders that allowed comparisons of health behaviors and risk and protective factors among students living in the United States "alway...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.91.5.794

    authors: Blake SM,Ledsky R,Goodenow C,O'Donnell L

    更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00

  • Association of returning to work with better health in working-aged adults: a systematic review.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We systematically reviewed the literature on the impact of returning to work on health among working-aged adults. METHODS:We searched 6 electronic databases in 2005. We selected longitudinal studies that documented a transition from unemployment to employment and included a comparison group. Two reviewers i...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300401

    authors: Rueda S,Chambers L,Wilson M,Mustard C,Rourke SB,Bayoumi A,Raboud J,Lavis J

    更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00

  • An assessment of occupation and industry data from death certificates and hospital medical records for population-based cancer surveillance.

    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

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.74.5.464

    authors: Swanson GM,Schwartz AG,Burrows RW

    更新日期:1984-05-01 00:00:00

  • Immunization and the American way: 4 childhood vaccines.

    abstract::Childhood immunization constitutes one of the great success stories of American public health in the 20th century. This essay provides a historical examination of this topic through 4 particularly important examples: diphtheria, pertussis, polio, and measles. Each case study illustrates how new vaccines have posed uni...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.90.2.199

    authors: Baker JP

    更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00

  • An attempt to eradicate silicotuberculosis in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.

    abstract::In 1974 and 1975, a selective tuberculosis screening program was conducted in a small mining community in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. Former miners, 50 years of age and over, who had abnormal chest radiographs consistent with silicosis or inactive tuberculosis and positive tuberculin skin tests, were offered isoniazid pr...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.72.12.1404

    authors: Snider DE Jr,Dewberry G,Gretz H

    更新日期:1982-12-01 00:00:00

  • Prevention through pre-review in occupational health and safety.

    abstract::Occupational health problems have needlessly been produced at many worksites as a consequence of their not having been anticipated during design and construction. Pre-review may be an effective and efficient mechanism for preventive intervention in occupational health and safety. Legal and administrative precedents ar...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.70.2.157

    authors: Richter ED,Kretzmer D

    更新日期:1980-02-01 00:00:00

  • The effects of the Freedom of Information Act on research.

    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

    pub_type: 社论

    doi:10.2105/ajph.72.4.335

    authors: Stallones RA

    更新日期:1982-04-01 00:00:00

  • Distributional change in physician manpower, United States, 1963-80.

    abstract::Using data from the American Medical Association's Physician Masterfiles (1963-80) and the GINI index of resource concentration as a global measure of changes in the pattern of locational choice, the expectation of a more uniform distribution of physicians is shown to have been met for all major categories of physicia...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.76.6.638

    authors: McConnel CE,Tobias LA

    更新日期:1986-06-01 00:00:00

  • Prevalence of psychiatric disorders across Latino subgroups in the United States.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We examined the prevalence of depressive, anxiety, and substance use disorders among Latinos residing in the United States. METHODS:We used data from the National Latino and Asian American Study, which included a nationally representative sample of Latinos. We calculated weighted prevalence rates of lifetim...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2006.087205

    authors: Alegría M,Mulvaney-Day N,Torres M,Polo A,Cao Z,Canino G

    更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00

  • Global alcohol producers, science, and policy: the case of the International Center for Alcohol Policies.

    abstract::In this article, I document strategies used by alcohol producers to influence national and global science and policy. Their strategies include producing scholarly publications with incomplete, distorted views of the science underlying alcohol policies; pressuring national and international governmental institutions; ...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300269

    authors: Jernigan DH

    更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00

  • Determinants and Consequences of Obesity.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:To review the contribution of the Nurses' Health Studies (NHS and NHS II) in addressing hypotheses regarding risk factors for and consequences of obesity. METHODS:Narrative review of the publications of the NHS and NHS II between 1976 and 2016. RESULTS:Long-term NHS research has shown that weight gain and ...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303326

    authors: Hruby A,Manson JE,Qi L,Malik VS,Rimm EB,Sun Q,Willett WC,Hu FB

    更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00

  • California adults with elevated blood lead levels, 1987 through 1990.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:Follow-up of California blood lead registry reports, 95% of which are of occupationally exposed adults, can guide interventions at specific high-risk work sites and measure the impact of targeted, industry-specific interventions. METHODS:A protocol was implemented to follow up the most severe case reports (...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.83.3.402

    authors: Maizlish N,Rudolph L

    更新日期:1993-03-01 00:00:00

  • Evaluation of the effects of the North Carolina Improved Pregnancy Outcome Project: implications for state-level decision-making.

    abstract::This study was designed to assess the effects of the North Carolina Improved Pregnancy Outcome (IPO) Project on use of prenatal care and incidence of low birthweight among its primarily Black registrants . Weighted least squares and stratified analysis procedures were used to scrutinize vital statistics data for subpo...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.74.6.549

    authors: Peoples MD,Grimson RC,Daughtry GL

    更新日期:1984-06-01 00:00:00

  • Dissemination of Information About Climate Change by State and Local Public Health Departments: United States, 2019-2020.

    abstract::Objectives. To determine if and how state and local public health departments present information about climate change on their Web sites, their most public-facing platform.Methods. We collected data from every functioning state (n = 50), county (n = 2090), and city (n = 585) public health department Web site in the U...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2020.305723

    authors: Albright K,Shah P,Santodomingo M,Scandlyn J

    更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00

  • Race/ethnicity and the 2000 census: recommendations for African American and other black populations in the United States.

    abstract::This commentary considers the implications of the assessment of racial/ethnic status for monitoring the health of African Americans and other Black populations in the United States. It argues that because racial disparities in health and other social indicators persist undiminished, the continued assessment of race is...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.2105/ajph.90.11.1728

    authors: Williams DR,Jackson JS

    更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00

  • Sociodemographic factors and the variation in syphilis rates among US counties, 1984 through 1993: an ecological analysis.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:Syphilis in the United States is focally distributed, with high incidence rates in the South and in metropolitan areas nationwide. In this study an ecological analysis, using the county as the unit of analysis, was performed to generate hypotheses about community-level determinants of syphilis rates. METHOD...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.87.12.1937

    authors: Kilmarx PH,Zaidi AA,Thomas JC,Nakashima AK,St Louis ME,Flock ML,Peterman TA

    更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00

  • Perspectives on the past and future of psychiatric epidemiology. The 1981 Rema Lapouse Lecture.

    abstract::Two generations of epidemiological studies of the true prevalence of mental disorders have been conducted since the turn of the century. The first and smaller in number took place prior to World War II and was characterized by the use of records and key informants to define "cases." The second, utilizing the greatly e...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.72.11.1271

    authors: Dohrenwend BP,Dohrenwend BS

    更新日期:1982-11-01 00:00:00

  • Psychosocial factors associated with mouth and throat cancer examinations in rural Florida.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We examined the knowledge and prevalence of mouth and throat cancer examinations in a sample drawn from rural populations in north Florida. METHODS:Telephone interviews were conducted across rural census tracts throughout north Florida in 2009 and 2010, in a survey that had been adapted for cultural appropr...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300504

    authors: Riley JL 3rd,Dodd VJ,Muller KE,Guo Y,Logan HL

    更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00

  • The changing role of the World Bank in global health.

    abstract::The World Bank began operations on June 25, 1946. Although it was established to finance European reconstruction after World War II, the bank today is a considerable force in the health, nutrition, and population (HNP) sector in developing countries. Indeed, it has evolved from having virtually no presence in global h...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.042002

    authors: Ruger JP

    更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00

  • The politics of emergency health powers and the isolation of public health.

    abstract::The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act became a contentious document in more than 30 states in 2001 and 2002. Controversy has focused on recommendations by the authors of the Model Act that seemed to accord higher priority to collective action in emergencies than to protecting privacy and property. This situation...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.93.3.397

    authors: Colmers JM,Fox DM

    更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00

  • Interventions to increase physical activity among healthy adults: meta-analysis of outcomes.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We conducted a meta-analysis summarizing the effects of interventions designed to increase physical activity among healthy adults. METHODS:Our comprehensive searches located 358 reports eligible for inclusion. We used random-effects analyses to synthesize data, and we used meta-analytic analogues of regress...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2010.194381

    authors: Conn VS,Hafdahl AR,Mehr DR

    更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00

  • Inappropriate comparisons of incidence and prevalence in epidemiologic research.

    abstract::Several epidemiologists have published papers in major medical journals in which they compare incidence rates and prevalence and use these comparisons to support conclusions regarding questions of major public health importance. Although these papers have been criticized in published correspondence, we believe that co...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.2105/ajph.79.9.1301

    authors: Flanders WD,O'Brien TR

    更新日期:1989-09-01 00:00:00

  • Mental health promotion as a new goal in public mental health care: a randomized controlled trial of an intervention enhancing psychological flexibility.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We assessed whether an intervention based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and mindfulness was successful in promoting positive mental health by enhancing psychological flexibility. METHODS:Participants were 93 adults with mild to moderate psychological distress. They were randomly assigned to the...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2010.196196

    authors: Fledderus M,Bohlmeijer ET,Smit F,Westerhof GJ

    更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00

  • Health care attitudes and experiences during gynecologic care among lesbians and bisexuals.

    abstract::Bisexuals (N = 424) and lesbians (N = 1,921) were surveyed regarding their sources of gynecologic care, utilization patterns, openness with physicians, and assessment of quality of care. About 40 per cent of each group believed that physician knowledge about their sexual preference would hinder the quality of medical ...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.75.9.1085

    authors: Smith EM,Johnson SR,Guenther SM

    更新日期:1985-09-01 00:00:00

  • Increasing hookah use in California.

    abstract::Hookah use is gaining popularity nationwide. We determined the correlates and trends for hookah use from the California Tobacco Survey. Between 2005 and 2008 hookah use increased more than 40%, and in 2008, 24.5% of young men reported ever using a hookah. Hookah use was more common among the young (18-24 years), the e...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300196

    authors: Smith JR,Edland SD,Novotny TE,Hofstetter CR,White MM,Lindsay SP,Al-Delaimy WK

    更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00

  • Quality of death certificates in Valencia, Spain.

    abstract::Certificates of 1,454 deaths occurring over 11 months were retrieved from the Civil Register in Valencia, Spain. Relevant medical information was systematically gathered from hospital records, questionnaires, and Coroner reports. We compared the underlying cause of death (UCD) from the original death certificate, and ...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.79.10.1352

    authors: Benavides FG,Bolumar F,Peris R

    更新日期:1989-10-01 00:00:00

  • Adoption and implementation of policies to support preventive dentistry initiatives for physicians: a national survey of Medicaid programs.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We determined the number of state Medicaid programs adopting initiatives to support preventive dental services provision by nondental health care professionals, their perceived attributes, and implementation barriers. METHODS:We used Qualtrics to conduct a cross-sectional survey in 2008 of Medicaid dental p...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.301138

    authors: Sams LD,Rozier RG,Wilder RS,Quinonez RB

    更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00