Marijuana Decriminalization, Medical Marijuana Laws, and Fatal Traffic Crashes in US Cities, 2010-2017.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the cesarean rates in different child policy periods and assess the medical necessity of cesareans during the 2-child policy period. METHODS:We collected hospital-level aggregate data on 93 745 deliveries and individual-level data on 27 977 deliveries from 6 hospitals in the Hubei and Gansu prov...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Liao Z,Zhou Y,Li H,Wang C,Chen D,Liu J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the relationship among father's occupational group, daily smoking, and smoking determinants in a cohort of New Zealand adolescents. METHODS:The longitudinal Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study provided information on adolescents' self-reported smoking behavior and potential predic...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Droomers M,Schrijvers CT,Casswell S,Mackenbach JP

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We postulated the existence of a statin-iron nexus by which statins improve cardiovascular disease outcomes at least partially by countering proinflammatory effects of excess iron stores. METHODS:Using data from a clinical trial of iron (ferritin) reduction in advanced peripheral arterial disease, the Iron ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Zacharski LR,DePalma RG,Shamayeva G,Chow BK

更新日期：2013-04-01 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:We used a community-based research approach to test a culturally based breast cancer screening program among low-income Hmong women in central and southern California. METHODS:We designed a culturally informed educational program with measures at baseline and 1-year follow-up in 2 intervention cities and 1 ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kagawa-Singer M,Tanjasiri SP,Valdez A,Yu H,Foo MA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Washington State hospitals were queried about the fate of 507 infants born in 1978-79 for whom no linked death certificate existed. Only ten previously unregistered deaths were discovered, raising mortality for this group by 2.5 per cent. In addition, 13 previously unmatched death records were linked to birth records,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Frost F,Jennings T,Starzyk P

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intensification of polio eradication efforts worldwide raises concerns about costs and benefits for poor countries. A major argument for global funding is the high benefit-cost ratio of eradication; however, financial benefits are greatest for rich countries. By contrast, the greatest costs are borne by poor countries...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Taylor CE,Cutts F,Taylor ME

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the use of hearing health care services (hearing testing and hearing aids) by adults aged 21 to 84 years. METHODS:Hearing was tested and medical and hearing health histories were obtained as part of the Beaver Dam Offspring Study between 2005 and 2008 (n = 3285, mean age = 49 years). RESULTS:O...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Nash SD,Cruickshanks KJ,Huang GH,Klein BE,Klein R,Nieto FJ,Tweed TS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the prevalence of antituberculosis drug resistance among children with tuberculosis (TB) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. METHODS:Drug susceptibility testing for isoniazid and rifampin was prospectively done on all children with culture-confirmed TB at Tygerberg Children's Hospital,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Schaaf HS,Marais BJ,Hesseling AC,Brittle W,Donald PR

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accepted wisdom about the US overdose crisis singles out prescribing as the causative vector. Although drug supply is a key factor, we posit that the crisis is fundamentally fueled by economic and social upheaval, its etiology closely linked to the role of opioids as a refuge from physical and psychological trauma...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Dasgupta N,Beletsky L,Ciccarone D

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomly selected sample of physicians in three large cities was asked to read one of four vignettes describing a patient. They then completed a set of objective attitude measures eliciting their reactions to the patient described in the vignette. The vignettes were identical except that the patient's illness was id...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kelly JA,St Lawrence JS,Smith S Jr,Hood HV,Cook DJ

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1985, a measles outbreak involved 14 students and non-student contacts in Michigan. Eight transmissions occurred at university medical facilities; five of these were likely airborne transmissions. Medical students and a medical resident were involved in the outbreak's propagation. Health care providers need to be i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sienko DG,Friedman C,McGee HB,Allen MJ,Simonsen WF,Wentworth BB,Shope TC,Orenstein WA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In spite of over 30 years of periodic nationwide surveys, we have thus far only the most rudimentary estimates of the determinants of the health of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. This paper explores ways to improve the capability of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to collect national...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yu ES,Liu WT

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine whether supplemental private insurance coverage among Medicare recipients alters patterns of health care or outcomes associated with acute myocardial infarction. METHODS:Medicare patients hospitalized after a myocardial infarction were identified from New York City hospitalization rec...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fang J,Alderman MH

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper models the prevailing political attack on government as a heuristic, a judgmental strategy that simplifies complex phenomena by applying simple tests to a limited set of relevant data. The heuristic of market individualism offers three tools for analyzing the problems of governing: the supremacy of the free...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Burris S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We determined rates of prenatal HIV testing and investigated barriers to testing. METHODS:We surveyed 1362 representative parturient women from 7 hospitals in 4 locations of the United States. RESULTS:Overall, 89.9% of women reported being offered HIV testing and 69.6% reported being tested. Proportions of...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Royce RA,Walter EB,Fernandez MI,Wilson TE,Ickovics JR,Simonds RJ,Perinatal Guidelines Evaluation Project.

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed evidence of the relationship between job strain and ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) in 29 studies (1985-2012). We conducted a quantitative meta-analysis on 22 cross-sectional studies of a single exposure to job strain. We systematically reviewed 1 case-control study, 3 studies of cumulative exposure to job...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Landsbergis PA,Dobson M,Koutsouras G,Schnall P

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent of consumer demand for patient-oriented pharmacy services. Data, collected via a self-administered questionnaire distributed to 300 households, were analyzed using Kruskal's program for additive conjoint analysis. The results indicate substantial consumer demand ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Carroll NV,Gagnon JP

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We compared prevalence rates and correlates of substance use among high school students in South Africa and the United States. METHODS:We used weighted data from 2 nationally representative surveys of high school students. We conducted bivariate and multivariate analyses and examined between-country differe...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Reddy P,Resnicow K,Omardien R,Kambaran N

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This article reports findings from a peer-delivered intervention designed to increase use of breast and cervical cancer screening. METHODS:Twenty-six worksites were randomly assigned to the intervention or comparison group. The 16-month intervention consisted of group discussions, outreach, and educational ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Allen JD,Stoddard AM,Mays J,Sorensen G

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although researchers acknowledge that health disparities have multiple determinants, most recommendations for reducing inequities focus on a single approach. We suggest integrating 2 approaches for reducing disparities: improving access to primary care and updating and more vigorously enforcing consumer and environmen...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Freudenberg N,Olden K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The State-Wide Rural Well-Water Survey was conducted between April 1988 and June 1989. About 18% of Iowa's private, rural drinking-water wells contain nitrate above the recommended health advisory level (levels of NO3-N greater than 10 mg/L); 37% of the wells have levels greater than 3 mg/L, typically considered indic...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kross BC,Hallberg GR,Bruner DR,Cherryholmes K,Johnson JK

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred seventy-two (63%) of 590 enrollees in nine smoking cessation workshops held over a five-year period responded to a follow-up survey. Outcome data were collected retrospectively for six-month intervals from workshop to follow-up. Forty nine per cent of all enrollees graduated, and 56% of the respondents q...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Evans D,Lane DS

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed the prevalence and correlates of tobacco use among high school students in Buenos Aires, Argentina. METHODS:Anonymous, self-administered questionnaires were given to 3909 8th and 11th graders in a stratified random sample of 49 public and private schools. The instrument included items fr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Morello P,Duggan A,Adger H Jr,Anthony JC,Joffe A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To determine if and how state and local public health departments present information about climate change on their Web sites, their most public-facing platform.Methods. We collected data from every functioning state (n = 50), county (n = 2090), and city (n = 585) public health department Web site in the U...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Albright K,Shah P,Santodomingo M,Scandlyn J

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：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 Enhancing Care Initiative of Puerto Rico assessed services available to people living with HIV/AIDS in the western region of Puerto Rico. Participants were 212 people living with HIV/AIDS and 116 employees from 6 agencies providing HIV/AIDS services in the region. Two main findings were that depression symptoms we...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Asencio Toro G,Burns P,Pimentel D,Sánchez Peraza LR,Rivera Lugo C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the efficacy of a simple, visual cue to increase hand washing with soap and water. Automated towel dispensers in 8 public bathrooms were set to present a towel either with or without activation by users. We set the 2 modes to operate alternately for 10 weeks. Wireless sensors were used to record entry into b...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ford EW,Boyer BT,Menachemi N,Huerta TR

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the rates and correlates of seeking mental health services among a probability sample of Cambodian refugees who needed such services. METHODS:Interviewers conducted face-to-face interviews with a representative sample drawn from the largest US community of Cambodian refugees. The analytic sample...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Marshall GN,Berthold SM,Schell TL,Elliott MN,Chun CA,Hambarsoomians K

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00