Emergency medical services in small communities: volunteer ambulance corps.

abstract：:Even after the introduction of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), uninsured visits remain high, especially in states that opted out of Medicaid expansion. Since the ACA does not provide universal coverage, free clinics serve as safety nets for the un- or under-insured, and will likely continue servi...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kamimura A,Tabler J,Chernenko A,Aguilera G,Nourian MM,Prudencio L,Ashby J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2003, Seattle implemented an all-ages bicycle helmet law; King County outside of Seattle had implemented a similar law since 1994. For the period 2000-2010, the effect of the helmet legislation on helmet use, helmet-preventable injuries, and bicycle-related fatalities was examined, comparing Seattle to the rest of ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kett P,Rivara F,Gomez A,Kirk AP,Yantsides C

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poor persons continue to smoke at high rates and suffer grave health effects. We have been working with our community partners since 2008 to help poor people in the surrounding neighborhoods stop smoking through a multi-phase CBPR intervention known as CEASE. Our study used qualitative methods to identify factors that...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： O'Keefe AM,Bustad K,Apata J,Sheikhattari P,Abrams NR,Mahmud A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated access to and satisfaction with dental services for people living with HIV/AIDS receiving services from a dental case manager (DCM). People living with HIV/AIDS who had received dental services at two Community Dental Centers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts were eligible to participate in a mailed, anonymous r...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Lemay CA,Kretsedemas M,Graves JR

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：: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：:To examine common reasons for utilization of health care services at a free homeless youth clinic. This is a retrospective chart review for visits over a 1 year period. Data on age, gender, and up to 3 chief complaints per visit were collected from the electronic medical record. Of the 744 clinical encounters, the mea...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Evans YN,Handschin SM,Giesel AE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine whether workplace climate-quality of staff relationships (QSR) and manageable clinic workload (MCW) are related to better patient care experiences and diabetes care in community health centers (CHCs) catering to Latino and Chinese patients. Patient experience surveys of adult patients with type 2 diabetes a...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Vargas Bustamante A,Martinez A,Chen X,Rodriguez HP

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Firearm violence remains a significant problem in the US (with 2787 adolescents killed in 2015). However, the research on school firearm violence prevention practices and policies is scant. Parents are major stakeholders in relation to firearm violence by youths and school safety in general. The purpose of this study ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Payton E,Khubchandani J,Thompson A,Price JH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A community-university partnership used community-based participatory research (CBPR) to design, implement, and evaluate a multi-cultural public health campaign to eliminate flammable products and reduce use of products high in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in hardwood floor finishing in Massachusetts. Leading par...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Azaroff LS,Nguyen HM,Do T,Gore R,Goldstein-Gelb M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1984-85, 1855 elderly residents of an urban community responded to a comprehensive baseline interview that included questions regarding an extensive set of sleep characteristics and problems. During the subsequent 3 1/2 years of follow-up, 16.7% of the respondents died and 3.5% were placed in nursing homes. The pre...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Pollak CP,Perlick D,Linsner JP,Wenston J,Hsieh F

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the need for parents to support their children's healthy behaviors, knowledge of factors preventing parents from doing so is still rudimentary. This study primarily aimed to explore perceived parental barriers to and strategies for supporting physical activity and healthy eating among Head Start children. A se...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Ling J,B Robbins L,Hines-Martin V

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge, attitudes and barriers to use of postpartum care service among rural communities in Uganda. Study was a part of a larger reproductive health evaluation project, and was cross-sectional in nature utilizing qualitative research methods using the narrative inquiry. ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Nabukera SK,Witte K,Muchunguzi C,Bajunirwe F,Batwala VK,Mulogo EM,Farr C,Barry S,Salihu HM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IMPACT Program seeks to improve access to prostate cancer care for low-income, uninsured men. The objective of the current study was to compare the cost-effectiveness of four policy alternatives in treating this population. We analyzed the cost-effectiveness of four policy alternatives for providing care to low-in...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Bergman J,Logan S,Fink A,Ganz DA,Peterson MA,Litwin MS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sub-optimal screening for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) among high risk groups delays diagnosis and treatment. We aimed to evaluate overall rates of HCV and HBV screening and patient knowledge of their testing result. Adults age ≥18 years undergoing elective outpatient endoscopy a...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Wong RJ,Campbell B,Liu B,Baden R,Bhuket T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:South Asians are the third largest Asian group in the US and among the fastest growing racial groups in New Jersey. Tobacco consumption among South Asians is characterized by several smoked and smokeless tobacco products indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. However, there is a paucity of research on tobacco use beha...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Hrywna M,Jane Lewis M,Mukherjea A,Banerjee SC,Steinberg MB,Delnevo CD

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was carried out in a rural area of Asir region in Southwest of Saudi Arabia where information on the types of domestic water supply and sociodemography in relation to intestinal protozoal infections were obtained from 1417 inhabitants (81.4% of the total) of nine villages. Stool samples were collected from the...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Omar MS,Mahfouz AA,Abdel Moneim M

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated social disparities in breast cancer (BC) mortality, leveraging data from the California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium. The associations of race/ethnicity, education, and neighborhood SES (nSES) with all-cause and BC-specific mortality were assessed among 9372 women with BC (diagnosed 1993-2007 ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Shariff-Marco S,Yang J,John EM,Kurian AW,Cheng I,Leung R,Koo J,Monroe KR,Henderson BE,Bernstein L,Lu Y,Kwan ML,Sposto R,Vigen CL,Wu AH,Keegan TH,Gomez SL

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women of reproductive age are at higher risk for depression than men; and depressive behaviors and endocrine imbalances could lead to adverse birth outcomes. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether maternal depression during pregnancy affected adverse birth outcomes, specifically preterm birth and small f...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Smith KF,Huber LR,Issel LM,Warren-Findlow J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of national programs in the past decade suggests that there is a developing consensus regarding the need for preventive services, but the proportion of them that physicians provide is decreasing. As teachers of preventive medicine, we should have a particular concern with the physician's performance in providin...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Rabin DL

更新日期：1981-07-01 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：:This paper uses the results from a community food security assessment survey of 684 residents and three focus groups in Pueblo County, Colorado to examine the question: what community and individual factors contribute to or alleviate food insecurity, and are these factors consistent throughout a sub-county population....

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Jablonski BB,McFadden DT,Colpaart A

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：: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：:Smokefree policies (SFPs) have diffused throughout the US and worldwide. However, the development of SFPs in the difficult policy environment of tobacco-producing states and economies worldwide has not been well-explored. In 2007, Tennessee, the third largest tobacco producer in the US, enacted the Non-Smoker Protecti...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Mamudu HM,Dadkar S,Veeranki SP,He Y,Barnes R,Glantz SA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review aims to determine the prevalence of smoking among Saudi students and to study and to identify, synthesize and summarize the predictors that initiate smoking among students in different ages in Saudi Arabia. Different databases were searched (Web of Science, Google Scholar, Pub Med and Science Direct) with ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Almutairi KM

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:Arthritis and other rheumatic conditions comprise the leading cause of disability in the United States. In 1990, an estimated 16.7% of Missourians had arthritis. By 2020, an estimated 20% of Missourians will have this condition. We examined Missouri's prevalence of self-reported physician-diagnosed arthritis, chronic ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Vradenburg JA,Simoes EJ,Jackson-Thompson J,Murayi T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis B is the leading cause of liver cancer and the largest health disparity between Asian/Pacific Islanders (APIs) and the general US population. The Hep B Free model was launched to eliminate hepatitis B infection by increasing hepatitis B awareness, testing, vaccination, and treatment among APIs by bui...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Bailey MB,Shiau R,Zola J,Fernyak SE,Fang T,So SK,Chang ET

更新日期：2011-08-01 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