Abstract:
:Asymptomatic infection with either Entameba histolytica or Giardia lamblia was found in 61 per cent of the residents of a dormitory in an institution for the mentally retarded; two other dormitories had rates of 20 per cent and 22 per cent. Drug therapy was successfully undertaken in all three dormitories, and environmental improvements were introduced in the heavily infected dormitory. A one-year follow-up showed a reduction in parasitic disease in two dormitories but, in the most heavily infected dormitory, infection had returned to pretreatment levels.
journal_name
Am J Public Healthjournal_title
American journal of public healthauthors
Thacker SB,Simpson S,Gordon TJ,Wolfe M,Kimball AMdoi
10.2105/ajph.69.12.1279subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1979-12-01 00:00:00pages
1279-81issue
12eissn
0090-0036issn
1541-0048journal_volume
69pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVES:This report examines the impact of an economic embargo from 1991 to 1994 on health, well-being, and human rights in Haiti. METHODS:Data from surveillance systems for nutrition, reportable diseases, and hospital diagnoses were combined with survey data and interviews with affected women, governmental represe...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.89.10.1499
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The advent of RU 486 (mifepristone), a steroid analogue capable of inducing menses within 8 to 10 weeks of a missed menstrual period, has provoked a firestorm of concern and controversy. When used in conjunction with prostaglandin (RU 486/PG), it is at least 95% effective. Used in France principally to terminate confi...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.10.1399
更新日期:1992-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Public health clients in an Ontario community 65 years of age or older were randomly allocated to receive an intervention by a public health nurse during a home visit promoting either influenza immunization or safety measures. There was no statistically significant differences in influenza immunization rates between t...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.2105/ajph.83.12.1751
更新日期:1993-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Academic occupational health centers can support state-based occupational disease surveillance by playing a role in case identification and management, physician education, workplace investigation, and surveillance case criteria development. The existing centers can also serve as models for developing new clinics. As ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.79.suppl.58
更新日期:1989-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper compares cases of paralytic poliomyelitis reported to the systems operated by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for reporting of adverse events associated with vaccination. Of the 118 cases of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.86.5.734
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We examined the relationship between obstetrical intervention and preterm birth in the United States between 1991 and 2006. METHODS:We assessed changes in preterm birth, cesarean delivery, labor induction, and associated risks. Logistic regression modeled the odds of preterm obstetrical intervention after r...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.180570
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study sought to estimate rates of cervical cancer and Papanicolaou testing among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women in Manitoba, Canada. METHODS:Data were derived through linking of administrative databases. RESULTS:In comparison with non-Aboriginal women, Aboriginal women had 1.8 and 3.6 times the a...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.90.9.1466
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to provide an empirical description, based on a review of visit audiotapes, of primary care practice with chronic-disease patients. METHODS:We analyzed 439 interactions between adult patients with chronic disease and 49 physicians. We explored the content, frequency, intensity, and d...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.83.7.979
更新日期:1993-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Compared with other developed countries, the United States has an inefficient and expensive health care system with poor outcomes and many citizens who are denied access. Inefficiency is increased by the lack of an integrated system that could promote an optimal mix of personal medical care and population health measu...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.156588
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We examined prereform patterns in insurance coverage, access to care, and preventive services use by race/ethnicity in adults targeted by the coverage expansions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). METHODS:We used pre-ACA household data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to ident...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302892
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We investigated how persons from key populations at higher risk of HIV exposure interpreted the process and outcomes of the Step Study HIV-1 vaccine trial, which was terminated early, and implications for willingness to participate in and community support for HIV vaccine research. METHODS:We used qualitati...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300208
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To inform prevention policy, we estimated the economic benefits to health, production, and leisure in the 2008 Australian population of a realistic target reduction in per capita annual adult alcohol consumption. METHODS:We chose a target of 6.4 liters annually per capita on average. We modeled lifetime hea...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300453
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the efficacy of skills training designed to increase female condom use among women. METHODS:We conducted a randomized controlled trial of 409 women, recruited from family planning clinics in northern California, who were randomly assigned to the experimental 4-session female condom skills train...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2007.113050
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
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 t...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.74.4.344
更新日期:1984-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Interpreting associations between lead exposure and child behavior problems is difficult because studies have not controlled for sociodemographic confounders or have used shed teeth to mark exposure. This study explored associations between blood lead and preschool behavior. METHODS:Children from a smelter ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.88.3.481
更新日期:1998-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To estimate the risk of exposure to fentanyl among syringe exchange program (SEP) participants in New York City. METHODS:We recruited a convenience sample from 11 SEPs in New York City between March and June 2017. Consenting participants (n = 434) received a labeled syringe for their next injection. We test...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2018.304694
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The evolution of the emergency medical services system in the United States accelerated rapidly between 1960 and 1973 as a result of a number of medical, historical, and social forces. Current emergency medical services researchers, policy advocates, and administrators must acknowledge these forces and their limitatio...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.048793
更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Seven cases of subacute central and peripheral neurologic dysfunction developed in 18 workers employed in the manufacture of reinforced plastic bathtubs. Cases were characterized by weight loss, dizziness, paresthesias, muscle weakness, incontinence, memory loss, and loss of peripheral, color, and night vision. Neurop...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.75.5.513
更新日期:1985-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Vital statistics show that a rise in incidence of endometrial cancer began in the mid-1960s on the West Coast of the United States. This rise was continuous and reached a peak in 1975. Elsewhere, incidence rates for endometrial cancer rose during the 1970s. It now seems evident that much of the rise in all areas of th...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.70.3.264
更新日期:1980-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Objectives. To assess the association between exposure to the US criminal legal system and well-being.Methods. We used data from the 2018 Family History of Incarceration Survey, a nationally representative cross-sectional study of family incarceration experience (n = 2815), which includes measures of participants' own...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2019.305414
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We examined the impact of a maternal-child home visitation program on birth spacing for first-time Latina mothers, focusing on adolescents and women who identified as Mexican or Puerto Rican. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study. One thousand Latina women enrolled in the Pennsylvania Nurse-Family P...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301505
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We investigated the health profile of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults in North Carolina, the first state in the South to include a measure of sexual orientation identity in a probability-based statewide health survey. METHODS:Using data from 9876 respondents in the 2011 North Carolina Behavioral Ris...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301751
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::To determine whether sexual minorities have an earlier mortality than do heterosexuals, we investigated associations between sexual orientation assessed in the 2001 to 2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) and mortality in the 2011 NHANES-linked mortality file. Mortality follow-up time averag...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303052
更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study determined infection risk for HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) from needle reuse at a phlebotomy center that possibly exposed 3810 patients to infection. METHODS:We used a model for the risk of infection per blood draw, supplemented by subsequent testing results from 1699...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.91.4.636
更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:This analysis describes trends in the prevalence of genital chlamydial infection in economically disadvantaged young women entering a national job training program. METHODS:We examined chlamydia test data for May 1990 through June 1997 for women aged 16 to 24 years who enrolled in the program. The significa...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.91.8.1287
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We examined the associations between depressive symptoms and sexual identity and behavior among women with or at risk for HIV. METHODS:We analyzed longitudinal data from 1811 participants in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) from 1994 to 2013 in Brooklyn and the Bronx, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Wa...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302259
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
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
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We performed a case-control study to determine if participants with herpes zoster had fewer contacts with persons with varicella or zoster, and with young children, to explore the hypothesis that exposure to persons with varicella zoster virus (VZV) results in "immune boosting." METHODS:Participants were pa...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.160002
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:From 1985 to 1995, drivers younger than 21 years experienced a 50% drop in fatal crashes involving alcohol. This study addresses whether the decrease is explained by young drivers' drinking less or by their separating drinking from driving. METHODS:Nighttime roadside surveys were conducted in 3 communities ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.89.5.755
更新日期:1999-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Suicide is a public health problem disproportionately associated with some demographic characteristics (e.g., sexual orientation, veteran status). Analyses of the Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey data revealed that more lesbian, gay, and bisexual (i.e., sexual minority) veterans reported suicid...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300565
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00