Battered and pregnant: a prevalence study.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study compared success in smoking cessation by sex, ethnic status, and birth cohort. METHODS:African and European American respondents to the 1996 Current Population Survey (tobacco supplement) and the 1987 National Health Interview Survey (cancer control and cancer epidemiology supplements) constitute...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McGrady GA,Pederson LL

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This study examined (1) the relationship between income inequality and mortality among all counties in the contiguous United States to ascertain whether the relationships found for states and metropolitan areas extend to smaller geographic units and (2) the influence of minority racial concentration on the i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McLaughlin DK,Stokes CS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined local health department (LHD) preparedness capacities in the context of participation in accreditation and other performance improvement efforts. MetHODS: We analyzed preparedness in 8 domains among LHDs responding to a preparedness capacity instrument from 2010 through 2012. Study groups include...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Davis MV,Bevc CA,Schenck AP

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Whether or not spermicides can reduce the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission remains an important question for the control of heterosexual HIV transmission. The authors provide estimates from a reanalysis of one of the few observational studies on the efficacy of condoms and spermicides,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wittkowski KM,Susser E,Dietz K

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:National rates of unintended births are a major public health concern. The availability of highly effective long-acting contraceptives has prompted some public officials to promote the coercive use of these methods to reduce such problems as intergenerational poverty and child abuse. Broad-brush public policies that r...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Moskowitz E,Jennings B

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed whether New York City's gun-related homicide rates in the 1990s were associated with a range of social determinants of homicide rates. METHODS:We used cross-sectional time-series data for 74 New York City police precincts from 1990 through 1999, and we estimated Bayesian hierarchical models with...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cerdá M,Messner SF,Tracy M,Vlahov D,Goldmann E,Tardiff KJ,Galea S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A 10-month direct mail campaign was implemented to increase use of emergency medical services via 911 calls and to reduce prehospital delay for individuals experiencing acute myocardial infarction symptoms. METHODS:This prospective, randomized, controlled trial involved three intervention groups (receiving ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Meischke H,Dulberg EM,Schaeffer SS,Henwood DK,Larsen MP,Eisenberg MS

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study estimated the risk of very-low-birthweight delivery among Black and White women with selected treatable antepartum medical conditions. A logistic regression model was applied to a retrospective, population-based data set identified by computerized, linked birth certificate and maternal hospital discharge re...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： DeBaun M,Rowley D,Province M,Stockbauer JW,Cole FS

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined relations between early alcohol use and subsequent alcohol and sexual risk behaviors among urban adolescents. METHODS:A total of 1034 African American and Hispanic youths completed surveys assessing alcohol and sexual behaviors at 7th and 10th grade. After we controlled for early sexual initiati...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Stueve A,O'Donnell LN

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative risk assessment provides formalized scientific input to regulatory agencies that set occupational and environmental standards for potentially toxic exposures. Current practice relies heavily on statistical extrapolation from high-dose animal studies. Human data obviate the need for interspecies extrapolat...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hertz-Picciotto I

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the associations of local public health system organization and local health department resources with county-level sexually transmitted disease (STD) incidence rates in large US health jurisdictions. METHODS:We linked annual county STD incidence data (2005-2008) to local health department direc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rodriguez HP,Chen J,Owusu-Edusei K,Suh A,Bekemeier B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latinos are the largest minority population in the United States. Although usually classified as a single ethnic group by researchers, Latinos are heterogeneous from cultural, socioeconomic, and genetic perspectives. From a cultural and social perspective, Latinos represent a wide variety of national origins and ethni...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： González Burchard E,Borrell LN,Choudhry S,Naqvi M,Tsai HJ,Rodriguez-Santana JR,Chapela R,Rogers SD,Mei R,Rodriguez-Cintron W,Arena JF,Kittles R,Perez-Stable EJ,Ziv E,Risch N

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES: To determine if the Teen Outreach Program (TOP), a youth development and service learning program, can reduce sexual risk-taking behaviors compared with a business as usual or benign counterfactual. METHODS: We synthesized results of 5 independent studies conducted in 5 geographically and ethnically divers...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Francis K,Philliber S,Walsh-Buhi ER,Philliber A,Seshadri R,Daley E

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We estimated the costs associated with reducing class sizes in kindergarten through grade 3 as well as the effects of small class sizes on selected outcomes such as quality-adjusted life-years and future earnings. METHODS:We used multiple data sets to predict changes in the outcomes assessed according to le...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Muennig P,Woolf SH

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the impact of the Adolescent Health Project on sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing in Omaha, NE, during phase 1 (media campaigns) and phase 2 (free STI testing). To assess the impact of each phase on STI testing, we examined monthly data from January 2013 to April 2017 via interrupted time series ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tibbits M,Maloney S,Ndashe TP,Grimm B,Johansson P,Siahpush M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Much research has documented that youthful substance use typically follows a sequence starting with use of alcohol or tobacco or both and potentially proceeding to marijuana and then hard drug use. This study explicitly examined the probabilities of progression through each stage and their covariates. METHO...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Golub A,Johnson BD

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical consequences of HCV infection are increasing because the population with the highest prevalence of the infection, persons born between 1945 and 1965, is aging. As a result, health care expenditures are expected to increase. Now that a cure for HCV infection is the norm, a public health approach is necessa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Laraque F,Varma JK

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program's progress toward meeting public health preparedness capability standards in state, local, and territorial health departments. METHODS:All 62 PHEP awardees completed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's self-administered PHEP Im...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Murthy BP,Molinari NM,LeBlanc TT,Vagi SJ,Avchen RN

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is recommended for tobacco cessation on the basis of pharmaceutical industry research showing its effectiveness when combined with counseling. The tobacco industry opposed NRT when it first appeared in the 1980s but by 2016 was marketing its own NRT products. We used internal tobacco...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Apollonio D,Glantz SA

更新日期：2017-10-01 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

authors： Roeper PJ,Voas RB

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous drug use has played a key role in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. Standardized surveillance of HIV infection among intravenous drug users (IVDUs) is needed to determine HIV prevalence rates, to monitor changes in prevalence over time, and to describe behaviors associated with HIV...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Allen DM,Onorato IM,Green TA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine the amount of time required for a primary care physician to provide recommended preventive services to an average patient panel. METHODS:We used published and estimated times per service to determine the physician time required to provide all services recommended by the US Preventive ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yarnall KS,Pollak KI,Østbye T,Krause KM,Michener JL

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cash can never compensate people for a half century of exile and the destruction of a lifestyle and culture. ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Guyer RL

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We compared estimates for children with and without special health care needs (SHCN) at 2 time periods for national health objectives related to the Healthy People 2010 leading health indicators (LHIs). METHODS:Data were from the 2003 and 2007 National Surveys of Children's Health. Seven survey items were r...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ghandour RM,Grason HA,Schempf AH,Strickland BB,Kogan MD,Jones JR,Nichols D

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to examine trends in hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination among high-risk adults and assess the potential effect vaccinated adolescents have on these trends as they age. METHODS:We used data from the National Health Interview Survey 2000, 2002, and 2004 to examine trends in HBV vaccination among hi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Koya DL,Hill EG,Darden PM

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in women residing in low-income neighborhoods of northern California. METHODS:A population-based sample of 1707 women, aged 18 to 29, were surveyed and screened for sexually transmitted infections and HCV. RESULTS:Women infected with HCV (2.5%) were m...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Page-Shafer KA,Cahoon-Young B,Klausner JD,Morrow S,Molitor F,Ruiz J,McFarland W,Young Women's Survey Team.

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:I examined how sexual minority status, as indicated by sex of sexual partners, is associated with self-rated health and how socioeconomic status suppresses and age and sex moderate this association. METHODS:I used multinomial logistic regression to analyze aggregated data from the 1991 to 2010 General Socia...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Thomeer MB

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined interconnections among runaway and homeless youths (RHYs) and how aggregated network structure position was associated with HIV risk in this population. METHODS:We collected individual and social network data from 136 RHYs. On the basis of these data, we generated a sociomatrix, accomplished net...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rice E,Barman-Adhikari A,Milburn NG,Monro W

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health agencies increasingly use electronic means to acquire, use, maintain, and store personal health information. Electronic data formats can improve performance of core public health functions, but potentially threaten privacy because they can be easily duplicated and transmitted to unauthorized people. Alth...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Myers J,Frieden TR,Bherwani KM,Henning KJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to provide estimates of disability prevalence for states and metropolitan areas in the United States. METHODS:We analyzed Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from 2001 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia and 103 metropolitan areas. We performed stratified analyses by demogra...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Okoro CA,Balluz LS,Campbell VA,Holt JB,Mokdad AH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00