Lifetime Asthma Prevalence and Correlates Among US Youths by Sexual Identity and Race/Ethnicity, 2009-2017.

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：OBJECTIVES:We estimated the effectiveness of child restraints in preventing death during motor vehicle collisions among children 3 years or younger. METHODS:We conducted a matched cohort study using Fatality Analysis Reporting System data from 1996 to 2005. We estimated death risk ratios using conditional Poisson regr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rice TM,Anderson CL

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidental exposure to the blood of hepatitis B patients produced less fear than does accidental exposure today to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), even though both have an approximately equal overall risk of death (approximately 1%). Subjects responding to hypothetical insect-exposure and disease-exposure scen...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Schneiderman LJ,Kaplan RM

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We interviewed 1038 HIV-positive inpatients in public hospitals in Miami, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia, to examine patient factors associated with use of HIV care, use of antiretroviral therapy, and unprotected sexual intercourse. Multivariate analyses and multiple logistic regression models showed that use of crack ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Metsch LR,Bell C,Pereyra M,Cardenas G,Sullivan T,Rodriguez A,Gooden L,Khoury N,Kuper T,Brewer T,del Rio C

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health is usually enacted through public policies, necessitating that the public engage in debates that, ideally, are grounded in solid scientific findings. Mistrust in science, however, has compromised the possibility of deriving sound policy from such debates, partially owing to justified concerns regarding u...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Camargo K Jr,Grant R

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Oregon, adult foster care (AFC) homes, which are private residences where a live-in manager cares for one to five disabled residents, have been covered by Medicaid since 1981 and seem to offer a mainstream alternative to nursing homes. They house almost 6000 older people, two thirds of which pay privately...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kane RA,Kane RL,Illston LH,Nyman JA,Finch MD

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conceptually, the only element that all Latin American countries share is not language, race, or culture, but political: the presence of United States foreign policy as pronounced in the Monroe Doctrine in 1823. The political relation between the US and Latin America has colored US domestic policy toward its populatio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hayes-Bautista DE,Chapa J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This report describes trends in the rates of lower-extremity amputation and revascularization procedures and vascular disease risk factors. METHODS:We analyzed trends in National Hospital Discharge Survey data for 1979 through 1996 and in National Health Interview Study data for 1983 through 1994. RESULTS:...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Feinglass J,Brown JL,LoSasso A,Sohn MW,Manheim LM,Shah SJ,Pearce WH

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We used participatory design methods to develop and test guidebooks about health care choices intended for 600 000 English-, Spanish-, and Chinese-speaking seniors and people with disabilities receiving Medicaid in California. METHODS:Design and testing processes were conducted with consumers and profession...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Neuhauser L,Rothschild B,Graham C,Ivey SL,Konishi S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study determined the prevalence and factors associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among men who have sex with men. METHODS:At the baseline visit of an HIV study among men who have sex with men, we asked about HBV vaccination status and tested for HBV markers. RESULTS:Of 625 subjects, 48% h...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Remis RS,Dufour A,Alary M,Vincelette J,Otis J,Mâsse B,Turmel B,LeClerc R,Parent R,Lavoie R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the longitudinal effects of a Housing First program for homeless, mentally ill individuals' on those individuals' consumer choice, housing stability, substance use, treatment utilization, and psychiatric symptoms. METHODS:Two hundred twenty-five participants were randomly assigned to receive hou...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tsemberis S,Gulcur L,Nakae M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine whether US physicians' practice patterns in treating tobacco use at ambulatory visits improved over the past decade with the appearance of national clinical practice guidelines, new smoking cessation medications, and public reporting of physician performance in counseling smokers. MET...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Thorndike AN,Regan S,Rigotti NA

更新日期：2007-10-01 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

authors： Banwell SS,Paxman JM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) have increased fivefold in the past decade. To address this expanding and complex issue, state public health agencies have addressed the opioid crisis affecting newborns in diverse ways, leading to a variety of methods to quantify the burden of NAS.In an effort to understand...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chiang KV,Okoroh EM,Kasehagen LJ,Garcia-Saavedra LF,Ko JY

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated changing patterns of tobacco use following a period of forced tobacco abstinence in a US military cohort to determine rates of harm elimination (e.g., tobacco cessation), harm reduction (e.g., from smoking to smokeless tobacco use), and harm escalation (e.g., from smoking to dual use or from smo...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Klesges RC,Sherrill-Mittleman D,Ebbert JO,Talcott GW,Debon M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically, the importance of public health has often been recognized during or as a result of major tragedy. The attacks that occurred in the United States in 2001 are no exception. These events have raised awareness of our vulnerability and the need for emergency preparedness, the need for a flexible and sustainab...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Marmagas SW,King LR,Chuk MG

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We estimated the effect of the ACA expansion of dependents' coverage on health care expenditures and utilization for young adults by race/ethnicity. METHODS:We used difference-in-difference models to estimate the impact of the ACA expansion on health care expenditures, out-of-pocket payments (OOP) as a shar...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chen J,Bustamante AV,Tom SE

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because there has been a recent trend toward delay of childbearing in the United States, women in the birth cohort of 1945-49 will have an estimated 5 per cent greater incidence of breast cancer, and those in the cohort of 1950-54 an estimated 9 per cent greater incidence compared with the cohort of 1935-39, which had...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： White E

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the effectiveness of a low-intensity dietary intervention in primary care practice in lowering dietary fat intake and raising dietary fiber intake. METHODS:A randomized controlled trial of 28 physician practices in six primary care clinics enrolled, by telephone, adult patients who had ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Beresford SA,Curry SJ,Kristal AR,Lazovich D,Feng Z,Wagner EH

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health officials often wish to sponsor nutrition and other health promotion programs but are hampered by lack of funding. One source of funding is suggested by the fact that 18 states and 1 major city levy special taxes on soft drinks, candy, chewing gum, or snack foods. The tax rates may be too small to affect sales,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jacobson MF,Brownell KD

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed the contribution of age and other risk factors to racial disparities in rates of moderately low birthweight (MLBW; 1500-2499 g) and very low birthweight (VLBW; <1500 g). METHODS:Logistic regression models were developed to determine the effects on MLBW and VLBW of maternal age, race, and...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rauh VA,Andrews HF,Garfinkel RS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to examine relationships between sociodemographic indicators of risk and depression symptoms within the Black and White populations. METHODS:In a national probability sample, differences in sex, age, marital status, religion, social class, employment status, urbanicity, and region were evaluated a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jones-Webb RJ,Snowden LR

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the behavioral characteristics and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence of Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) (n = 41) from a national probability sample of men (n = 1861). Most MSM were partnered with females (97%) and had a low rate of consistent condom use (7%). More MSM than heterosexual ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wei C,Guadamuz TE,Stall R,Wong FY

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal mortality remains one of the most daunting public health problems in resource-poor settings, and reductions in maternal mortality have been identified as a prominent component of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The World Health Organization estimates that 515000 women die each year from pregn...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mavalankar DV,Rosenfield A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess time trends in mortality rates in European countries for the period 2011 to 2015 by level of austerity measures imposed by governments in response to the economic and financial crisis. METHODS:We analyzed standardized mortality rates (SMRs) for 2011 through 2015 in 15 European countries based on E...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rajmil L,Fernández de Sanmamed MJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to assess the association between child care arrangements and repeated ear infections in young children. METHODS:Data on 5818 children younger than 6 years of age were taken from the 1988 National Health Interview Survey of Child Health. RESULTS:Seventeen percent of the childr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hardy AM,Fowler MG

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public awareness of the risks of drinking during pregnancy was assessed in a Northwestern metropolitan county. Ninety per cent of respondents stated spontaneously that drinking might be harmful, and one-fourth of this group felt pregnant women should customarily abstain from alcohol. The balance of those who considere...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Little RE,Grathwohl HL,Streissguth AP,McIntyre C

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the effectiveness of the Sources of Strength suicide prevention program in enhancing protective factors among peer leaders trained to conduct schoolwide messaging and among the full population of high school students. METHODS:Eighteen high schools--6 metropolitan and 12 rural--were randomly assi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wyman PA,Brown CH,LoMurray M,Schmeelk-Cone K,Petrova M,Yu Q,Walsh E,Tu X,Wang W

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We used data from the National Health Interview Survey to compare health care access among individuals involved in same-sex versus opposite-sex relationships. METHODS:We conducted descriptive and logistic regression analyses from pooled data on 614 individuals in same-sex relationships and 93418 individuals...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Heck JE,Sell RL,Gorin SS

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We estimated the effects of high incarceration rates on rates of sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancies. METHODS:We calculated correlations between rates of incarceration in state prisons and county jails and rates of sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancies for each of the 1...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Thomas JC,Torrone E

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00