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abstract：:This paper discusses the results from the field test of a multimedia health education intervention, designed to provide breast cancer education for low income Latinas. The purpose of the field test was to ascertain whether the intervention produced significant changes in breast cancer knowledge and attitude, and scree...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Valdez A,Banerjee K,Ackerson L,Fernandez M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sugary drink consumption is associated with many adverse health outcomes, including weight gain, diabetes, and other chronic conditions. These beverages are widely marketed and ubiquitously available. This analysis explores sugary drink consumption across all age groups among New York City (NYC) residents using repres...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Elfassy T,Adjoian T,Lent M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess perceptions of risk and related factors concerning COVID-19 epidemic among residents in Chongqing city, China. METHODS:With convenience sampling, a web questionnaire survey was conducted among 476 residents living in Chongqing on February 13rd to 14th in 2020, when citizens just started to get back...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： He S,Chen S,Kong L,Liu W

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Women residing in Eastern Africa are disproportionately affected by cervical cancer. Previous studies have identified risky sexual behavior as a major risk factor for cervical cancer. However, population-based studies examining the relationship between sexual behavior and cervical cancer screening are currently lackin...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Haile ZT,Kingori C,Chavan B,Francescon J,Teweldeberhan AK

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreasing health disparities must increase access to care, improve health education and ease navigating the health care system. Community Health Workers (CHW) take on these tasks in professional and culturally competent manners. The Healthy Families Brooklyn (HFB) Program serves residents in two public housing develo...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Brown N,Vaughn NA,Lin AJ,Browne R,White M,Smith P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital closure, a devastating event in the life of small communities, can have long-lasting medical, economic, and psychological consequences. This study focuses on a 1991 closure that occurred in the rural North Dakota town of Beach that left local residents 40 and 61 miles away from the nearest hospitals. Two hund...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Muus KJ,Ludtke RL,Gibbens B

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Safe sleep practices reduce an infant's risk for sudden infant death syndrome and sleep-related death. While rates of infants placed on their back to sleep are high, other safe sleep practices are less widely implemented. Our objective was to evaluate the feasibility of using cosmetologists as health promoters for inf...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Ahlers-Schmidt CR,Redmond ML,Struemph G,Hunninghake J,Nimeskern J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was performed to describe the prevalence of ocular abnormalities among six and seven year old children of Hispanic and Caucasian ancestry in Los Angeles County. Data were obtained from vision screenings of lower to middle income Hispanic and Caucasian children completed by the UCLA Mobile Eye C...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Fischbach LA,Lee DA,Englehardt RF,Wheeler N

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization among female clients at three hair salons in Connecticut using an anonymous tablet based screening tool. While many may assume that women receive services at hair salons, victims of IPV are often isolated by their partners and unable to ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Beebe RF,DiVietro SC,Dunn M,Bentivegna K,Clough ME,Lapidus GD,Joseph DK

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to develop an in-depth understanding of the barriers and enablers of effective dual care (care obtained from the Veterans Health Administration [VHA] and the private health system) for rural veterans. Telephone interviews of a random sample of 1,006 veterans residing in rural Nebraska wer...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Nayar P,Apenteng B,Yu F,Woodbridge P,Fetrick A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine self-care behaviors of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus living in the Metropolitan Area of Thessaloniki in Northern Greece. The Summary of Diabetes Self-Care behaviors measurement was administered to 215 patients, out of which 177 were eligible to participate (87 males). Pa...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Chourdakis M,Kontogiannis V,Malachas K,Pliakas T,Kritis A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of childhood obesity is a national priority. Parents influence young children's healthy lifestyles, so it is paradoxical that obesity interventions focus primarily on children. Evidence and theory suggest that including parents in interventions offers promise for effective childhood obesity prevention. This...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Jurkowski JM,Green Mills LL,Lawson HA,Bovenzi MC,Quartimon R,Davison KK

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:Congenital toxoplasmosis (CT) is a zoonosis resulting from the fetal transmission of the obligate intracellular parasite, T. gondii, transplacentally in pregnant women usually in the first trimester of pregnancy. This research consisted in the review of indexed articles made in the Ecuador in the period between the ye...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Velásquez Serra GC,Piloso Urgiles LI,Guerrero Cabredo BP,Chico Caballero MJ,Zambrano Zambrano SL,Yaguar Gutierrez EM,Barrera Reyes CG

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to hope theory, hope is defined as goal-directed thinking in which people perceive that they can find routes to desired goals and the motivation to use those routes. The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between hope and body mass index and hope and self-rated health among women completing a...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kelsey KS,DeVellis BM,Gizlice Z,Ries A,Barnes K,Campbell MK

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) disclose their serostatus to their sexual partners and take steps to protect their partners from HIV. Prior research indicates that some PLWHA portray themselves to their sexual partners as HIV-negative or otherwise misrepresent their HIV status. The aim of this study was to do...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Benotsch EG,Rodríguez VM,Hood K,Lance SP,Green M,Martin AM,Thrun M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 20 years, suicide rates in the United States have risen consistently. The upward trend has been particularly pronounced for adolescents and males. The availability of a complete data set on all suicides that occurred between 1925 and 1979 in Sacramento County, California, allowed us to compare trends i...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Bourque LB,Cosand BJ,Kraus JF

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health disparities in access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) as well as the demands of long-term medication adherence have meant the full benefits of HIV treatment are often not realized. In particular, food insecurity has emerged as a robust predictor of ART non-adherence. However, research is limited in determining ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kalichman SC,Hernandez D,Cherry C,Kalichman MO,Washington C,Grebler T

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection of the genital tract is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and a subset of genital tract HPVs are etiologically associated with cervical cancer. The prevalence of HPV infection is highest among adolescents and young adults. This study was undertaken to exp...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Baer H,Allen S,Braun L

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cervical cancer rates in the United States have declined sharply in recent decades, certain groups of women remain at elevated risk, including middle-aged and older women in central Appalachia. Cross-sectional baseline data from a community-based randomized controlled trial were examined to identify barriers ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Studts CR,Tarasenko YN,Schoenberg NE

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the effects of a community-based lay home visiting initiative for pregnant adolescents, the Norfolk Resource Mothers Program, with the effects of a more traditional clinic-based program. The Resource Mothers Program (RMP) supports disadvantaged teens through the use of para-professional home visito...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Julnes G,Konefal M,Pindur W,Kim P

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of a community-based heart disease risk factor screening program was evaluated after three years. The study population was predominantly white, older, and upper-middle class. Rescreening of the 211 study subjects showed improvements in both health-related behaviors and in risk factor distributions to a degr...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Austin MA,Barrett-Connor E,Criqui MH

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regular physical activity produces various health benefits; however, relatively few adults in the United States (US) get enough physical activity. Little is known about physical activity behaviors, and barriers and facilitators to physical activity among Cambodian-Americans. Cambodian Americans were recruited from com...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Coronado GD,Sos C,Talbot J,Do HH,Taylor VM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV counselling and testing was provided to 4267 individuals between September 1987 and June 1992 at a multi-site program, including community clinics, drug treatment programs, and a men's prison in central Massachusetts. Half of those tested reported the risk behaviors targeted by the programs: injection drug use (38...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： McCusker J,Willis G,McDonald M,Sereti SM,Lewis BF,Sullivan JL

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：:Although successful utilization of medical and preventive care by members of the non-US born communities is an important public health concern, our knowledge regarding health practices of different ethnic subgroups is limited. In the present study, participants of the health fairs organized during South Asian cultural...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Mehrotra N,Gaur S,Petrova A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Access to screening mammography may be limited by the availability of facilities and machines, and nationwide mammography capacity has been declining. We assessed nationwide capacity at state and county levels from 2003 to 2009, the most recent year for which complete data were available. Using mammography facility ce...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Peipins LA,Miller J,Richards TB,Bobo JK,Liu T,White MC,Joseph D,Tangka F,Ekwueme DU

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared to white adults, blacks are less likely to be aware of their cardiovascular risk factors and are less likely to respond appropriately to signs and symptoms of a myocardial infarction or stroke. This fact highlights the need for better dissemination of health information about cardiovascular disease among comm...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Boutin-Foster C,George KS,Samuel T,Fraser-White M,Brown H

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the living situation of elderly people in rural China whose children have left to work in other areas [the 'left behind' elderly (LBE)] and explores policy implications associated with their care. Based on survey data and interviews conducted in three villages in Jiangxi Province, China, we compare...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Lin K,Yin P,Loubere N

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to be at higher risk for negative health outcomes including HIV, STIs, depression, substance use, suicidality, and anxiety. Associative relationships between homonegativity (internal and external) and these outcomes are used to explain the observed disproportionate impact. The ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Parker RD,Lõhmus L,Mangine C,Rüütel K

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00