Psychological consequences of infestation of the dwelling unit.

abstract：:We prospectively identified 102 mechanically restrained hospital patients and determined their hospital course. The cohort was elderly, cognitively impaired with multiple chronic diseases. The in-hospital mortality was 21 percent. Nosocomial infection developed in 12 percent and new pressure sores in 22 percent. Prolo...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lofgren RP,MacPherson DS,Granieri R,Myllenbeck S,Sprafka JM

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We carried out analyses of smoking in relation to poverty and child care responsibility among women aged 18-54 years residing in the United States. METHODS:With data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we assessed the interaction effects of poverty and living with young children on maternal...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jun HJ,Subramanian SV,Gortmaker S,Kawachi I

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. We examined whether residence in neighborhoods with high levels of incarceration is associated with psychiatric morbidity among nonincarcerated community members. Methods. We linked zip code-linked information on neighborhood prison admissions rates to individual-level data on mental health from the Detroi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hatzenbuehler ML,Keyes K,Hamilton A,Uddin M,Galea S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To assess the health impact of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands.Methods. We collected data from interviews conducted 6 and 9 months after the hurricanes, a review of 597 randomly selected emergency department (ED) encounters, and administrative records from 10 716 ED visit...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chowdhury MAB,Fiore AJ,Cohen SA,Wheatley C,Wheatley B,Balakrishnan MP,Chami M,Scieszka L,Drabin M,Roberts KA,Toben AC,Tyndall JA,Grattan LM,Morris JG Jr

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several Latin American countries are implementing a suite of so-called "postneoliberal" social and political economic policies to counter neoliberal models that emerged in the 1980s. This article considers the influence of postneoliberalism on public health discourses, policies, institutions, and practices in Bolivia,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hartmann C

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To improve our understanding of climate variability and diarrheal disease at the community level and inform predictions for future climate change scenarios, we examined whether the El Niño climate pattern is associated with increased rates of diarrhea among Peruvian children. METHODS:We analyzed daily surve...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bennett A,Epstein LD,Gilman RH,Cama V,Bern C,Cabrera L,Lescano AG,Patz J,Carcamo C,Sterling CR,Checkley W

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the prevalence of smokeless tobacco use by 901 high school students in two Arkansas communities, and identified factors associated with initiation and maintenance. Results showed that 36.7 per cent of males and 2.2 per cent of females currently used smokeless tobacco. Modal responses indicated that if smok...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Marty PJ,McDermott RJ,Williams T

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual assault in the workplace and the related factors have not been well studied. Workers' compensation claims data were used to describe work-related sexual assaults in Washington State between 1980 and 1989. Sixty-three cases of work-related rape were identified during this study period. The occupations of the rap...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Alexander BH,Franklin GM,Wolf ME

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report on indicators of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, we analyzed data collected through the national HIV surveillance system. METHODS:We analyzed data from adults and adolescents aged 13 years or older diagnosed with HIV in 13 US jurisdictions that have laboratory reporting of CD4+ T-lymphocyte (CD4) ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mahle Gray K,Tang T,Shouse L,Li J,Mermin J,Hall HI

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The status of mammography screening experience and factors related to utilization were examined in six towns serviced by physician staffs at five hospitals. Data were collected via random digit dial telephone interview of a probability sample of 1184 women, aged 45-75 years. The results showed that 55% of the women re...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Zapka JG,Stoddard AM,Costanza ME,Greene HL

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the light of a possible link between stress and cancer promotion or progression, and of previously reported distress in residents near the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant, we attempted to evaluate the impact of the March 1979 accident on community cancer rates. METHODS:Proximity of residence ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hatch MC,Wallenstein S,Beyea J,Nieves JW,Susser M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relay, a peer-delivered response to nonfatal opioid overdoses, provides overdose prevention education, naloxone, support, and linkage to care to opioid overdose survivors for 90 days after an overdose event. From June 2017 to December 2018, Relay operated in seven New York City emergency departments and enrolled 649 o...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Welch AE,Jeffers A,Allen B,Paone D,Kunins HV

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salt intake of 978 subjects when compared to 1954 data demonstrated a trend toward the decreased use of table salt. When hypertensives in treatment were excluded, persons reporting low salt use had higher mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures than those reporting high salt use. These findings were the reverse of...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Phillips K,Holm K,Wu AC

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed whether geographic information available at the time of asthma admission predicts time to reutilization (readmission or emergency department revisit). METHODS:For a prospective cohort of children hospitalized with asthma in 2008 and 2009 in Cincinnati, Ohio, we constructed a geographic social ri...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Beck AF,Simmons JM,Huang B,Kahn RS

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automated analysis of electronic health record (EHR) data is a complementary tool for public health surveillance. Analyzing and presenting these data, however, demands new methods of data communication optimized to the detail, flexibility, and timeliness of EHR data.RiskScape is an open-source, interactive, Web-based,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cocoros NM,Kirby C,Zambarano B,Ochoa A,Eberhardt K,Rocchio Sb C,Ursprung WS,Nielsen VM,Durham NN,Menchaca JT,Josephson M,Erani D,Hafer E,Weiss M,Herrick B,Callahan M,Isaac T,Klompas M

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed data from a survey of occupational factors and pregnancy outcome to examine the effects of cigarette, alcohol, and coffee consumption on pregnancy outcome. Clear and statistically significant associations were found between cigarette and alcohol consumption and spontaneous abortion. There was a weaker but ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Armstrong BG,McDonald AD,Sloan M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined associations between unfair treatment, attributions of unfair treatment to racial discrimination, and cumulative disease damage among African American women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:We used multivariable regression models to examine SLE damage among 578 African American w...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chae DH,Drenkard CM,Lewis TT,Lim SS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined local public health agencies' involvement in community illicit drug policy advocacy and provision related to youths to determine the extent to which public health agencies were involved in local drug policy activities and could potentially provide an infrastructure for policy alternatives. METHO...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McBride DC,Terry-McElrath YM,VanderWaal CJ,Chriqui JF,Myllyluoma J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 10,524 homeless veterans assessed in a 43-site VA program, 50 percent served during the Vietnam War era, compared to only 29 percent of all veterans in the general population. This reflects the greater risk of homelessness among men aged 30-44 rather than the impact of Vietnam Era service. The proportion of homeles...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rosenheck R,Gallup P,Leda CA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the prevalence and correlates of survival sex among runaway and homeless youths. METHODS:A nationally representative sample of shelter youths and a multicity sample of street youths were interviewed. RESULTS:Approximately 28% of street youths and 10% of shelter youths reported having par...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Greene JM,Ennett ST,Ringwalt CL

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the cessation of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) among British women, by educational level, social class, and cardiovascular risk factors, at the time of publicity about 2 clinical trials of HRT that were halted after adverse findings. METHODS:A total of 1387 women aged 57 years reported their...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mishra G,Kok H,Ecob R,Cooper R,Hardy R,Kuh D

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We analyzed the impact of Connecticut legislation incentivizing voluntary school district-level elimination of unhealthy competitive foods on National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participation. METHODS:We analyzed data on free, reduced, and paid participation in the NSLP from 904 schools within 154 Connecti...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Long MW,Luedicke J,Dorsey M,Fiore SS,Henderson KE

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study reports on Canadian mammography rates between 1990, when mass screening programs were launched, and 1994/95. METHODS:Mammography rates from 2 national surveys were compared according to the presence of a provincial screening program. RESULTS:Mammography rates among women aged 50 to 69 years (the...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： De Grasse CE,O'Connor AM,Boulet J,Edwards N,Bryant H,Breithaupt K

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a community-based 12-week healthy lifestyle program in Moloka'i, HI, called Ke 'Ano Ola, which was developed to decrease chronic disease risk through health education emphasizing weight loss, exercise, and risk factor reduction. Program leaders' strong commitment and positive role modeling, along with soc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gellert KS,Aubert RE,Mikami JS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the structure and functions of state health departments throughout the United States and compared our findings with those from a previous national assessment conducted in 1990. METHODS:In 2001, we sent a survey to the state health officers of all 50 states. The survey asked about the structure a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Beitsch LM,Brooks RG,Grigg M,Menachemi N

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

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

authors： Conn VS,Hafdahl AR,Mehr DR

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

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

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

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether a newborn home visiting program for primiparous adolescent mothers (aged 16-20 years at childbirth) reduced recurrence of child maltreatment in child protective services (CPS) reports. METHODS:We conducted a randomized controlled trial of Healthy Families Massachusetts, a statewide ho...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Easterbrooks MA,Kotake C,Fauth R

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The goal of this project was to develop an interactive CD-ROM for nutrition screening and counseling, designed to produce dietary behavior change in fat and fruit and vegetable intake. METHODS:The design was based on principles of relevance to the learner, readiness for change, feedback, individualization, ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Block G,Miller M,Harnack L,Kayman S,Mandel S,Cristofar S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied sexual orientation disparities in health outcomes among US adolescents by pooling multiple Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data sets from 2005 and 2007 for 14 jurisdictions. Here we describe the methodology for pooling and analyzing these data sets. Sexual orientation-related items assessed sexual orienta...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mustanski B,Van Wagenen A,Birkett M,Eyster S,Corliss HL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00