Establishing the Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Hair Salon Clients.

abstract：:Research indicates a high prevalence of oral disease among Albanians. There is a lack of evidence regarding oral health beliefs and practices among Albanian immigrants in the United States and abroad. This research seeks to better understand the oral health beliefs, attitudes, and practices among Albanian immigrants l...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Xhihani B,Rainchuso L,Smallidge D,Dominick C

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issue of adolescent pregnancy is one which physicians, social workers, ministers, politicians, parents and other concerned citizens now recognize as being of paramount importance. The New York City Board of Education, in accepting its responsibility for helping young people to live healthy and fulfilling lives, ha...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Schecter S

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a large-scale survey of rural consumers (n = 3,056), respondents were asked whether they would allow a nurse practitioner to perform each of 12 functions. The results indicate general acceptance of a broadly defined role for the nurse practitioner. Only two functions were not acceptable to a majority of the respond...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kviz FJ,Misener TR,Vinson N

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the success in implementing a major program involving a partnership between public and private providers to deliver primary health care services to the poor. In 1985, the 69th Texas Legislature passed the Primary Health Care Services Act, authorizing the Texas Department of Health to contract for o...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Begley CE,Aday LA,McCandless R

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper uses the results from a community food security assessment survey of 684 residents and three focus groups in Pueblo County, Colorado to examine the question: what community and individual factors contribute to or alleviate food insecurity, and are these factors consistent throughout a sub-county population....

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Jablonski BB,McFadden DT,Colpaart A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Providers and non-physician staff in primary care settings have reported barriers to full electronic health record (EHR) utilization. This study evaluates the effectiveness of EHR use for accurately documenting cervical cancer screening in a community healthcare setting, and proposes strategies to improve documentatio...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Khullar K,Peitzmeier S,Koffman R,Potter J

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge concerning HIV transmission and the attitudes towards AIDS among a rural semi-nomadic community in Somaliland. Cross-sectional survey. Questionnaire-based interviews were conducted via a household survey in Sharmake, a village in the Hargeisa district, Somaliland. 14...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Abdi IA,Ereg D,Ali M,Rahlenbeck SI

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the degree to which local health departments (LHDs) are preparing to replace retiring top executives. Questionnaires were sent to all 134 local health departments in Ohio. It is typical of many states in terms of the organization of LHDs. Ninety-two LHD top executives responded. The questionnaire a...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Schmalzried H,Fallon LF Jr

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) has been recognized as the crux of HIV surveillance, prevention and treatment programs. Since 2000, Ghana government has launched a number of HIV prevention and treatment programs intended to increase VCT services. Despite these efforts, uptake of testing is still low, though man...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Koku EF

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty percent of tuberculosis (TB) patients in New York City in 2007 were not tested for HIV, which may be attributable to differential testing behaviors between private and public TB providers. Adult TB cases in New York City from 2001 to 2007 (n = 5,172) were evaluated for an association between TB provider type (p...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Klein PW,Harris TG,Leone PA,Pettifor AE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2010, Waterloo Region Housing (Canada) enacted a smoke-free (SF) housing policy that made all new leases in their community-housing portfolio (2722 units) 100 % SF. Existing lease holders were 'grandfathered'-meaning tenants could still smoke in their homes. A survey to measure support for the policy and how the po...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kennedy RD,Ellens-Clark S,Nagge L,Douglas O,Madill C,Kaufman P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Description of the consumer food environment has proliferated in publication. However, there has been a lack of systematic reviews focusing on how the consumer food environment is associated with the following: (1) neighborhood characteristics; (2) food prices; (3) dietary patterns; and (4) weight status. We conducted...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Gustafson A,Hankins S,Jilcott S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the Canadian Aboriginal People's colonial legacy of multiple deprivations, the discord between an Aboriginal worldview and the dominant neo-liberal culture in Canada, and the recognized disadvantage vulnerability of single mothers, this quantitative study was aimed at increasing the understanding of exclusion, s...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Johner R,Maslany G

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:Analysis of data obtained through a survey of 415 men in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Rochester, New York, indicates that the transfer of testicular self-examination (TSE) skills from the medical community to the public has been relatively ineffective. Only two of every 100 respondents reported monthly self-examination...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Sheley JP,Kinchen EW,Morgan DH,Gordon DF

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children (particularly low-income minorities and refugees) are at high risk for serious injury or death from motor vehicle crashes. Interpreter-assisted data collection included key informant interviews, focus groups and face-to-face surveys with the Somali community of Columbus, Ohio about child passenger safety. Mea...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： McKenzie LB,Fowler E,Roberts KJ,Kaercher RM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health disparities have long affected American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. Transformations are needed in academia to help understand Indigenous 'ways of knowing.' Lifting the voices of AI/ANs in telling their stories could improve the education of students, faculty and the lay public. We collaborated...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Carney PA,Taylor C,Frutos R,Spector D,Brodt E

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the relationship between sun protection policies and practices at child care centers in Massachusetts. We hypothesized that centers with sun protection policies were more likely to have regular sun protection practices in place compared to centers without these policies. We conducted a telephone survey wit...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kenfield SA,Geller AC,Richter EM,Shuman S,O'Riordan D,Koh HK,Colditz GA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The practice of reviewing drug utilization provides a surveillance system for monitoring the efficiency of drug distribution and drug consumption; it also provides a data base for the interpretation of the frequency of adverse drug reactions and helps to identify gaps in the delivery of a crucial aspect of health serv...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Stolley PD

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated mortality and health services utilization in a prospective study of 630 older residents of a Southern California community. All participants were 65 years or older when initially evaluated in 1973-1975. In addition to being followed for vital status each year, participants were reinterviewed in 1984-1986 ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kaplan RM,Wingard DL,McPhillips JB,Williams-Jones D,Barrett-Connor E

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of the novel H1N1 virus prompted the Houston Department of Health and Human services (HDHHS) to use the existing sentinel surveillance system to effectively monitor the situation of novel H1N1 virus in the Houston metropolitan area. The objective of this study was to evaluate the demographic characteristics...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Khuwaja S,Mgbere O,Awosika-Olumo A,Momin F,Ngo K

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latinas have the highest incidence of cervical cancer. Latino parents' perceptions of the human papillomavirus (HPV) and willingness to have their sons and daughters vaccinated in Utah is largely unknown. Latino parents/guardians of children ages 11-17 years were recruited from two community organizations (N = 52) to ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Warner EL,Lai D,Carbajal-Salisbury S,Garza L,Bodson J,Mooney K,Kepka D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from Wave 1 of the National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences were used to examine the association between perceived control over future health and 13 health behavior indices. Analyses were conducted within three strata of health status, defined by a cross-tabulation of subjective and functiona...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Rakowski W

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-study of 83 articles published from 1981 to 2016 was conducted on Hispanics access to health care in the US. Few of these studies have included acculturation and even fewer the role of social capital as important factors that impact healthcare access for this population. Among those that do include these two fa...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Rodriguez-Alcalá ME,Qin H,Jeanetta S

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:Seasonal influenza continues to impose a substantial healthcare and economic burden in the United States each year. This study assessed influenza vaccination rates among the uninsured population, determined the need for free flu vaccines, and analyzed associations of vaccination status with access, beliefs, and sociod...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Chen G,Kazmi M,Chen D,Phillips J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic heart disease (IHD) remains one of the most important disorders associated with disability and mortality worldwide, and is one of the major causes of cardiovascular diseases in Mongolia. The objective of the current study was to determine the prevalence of IHD and its related factors in a general population i...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Enkh-Oyun T,Kotani K,Davaalkham D,Aoyama Y,Tsuboi S,Oguma T,Nakamura Y

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the few surveys of injuries occurring in schools, severity has been defined using a priori criteria based on the nature of injury and by the area injured. The validity of these methods of classifying injury severity has not been established. The association between two commonly used measures of injury severity (nat...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Evans GD,Sheps SB

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sub-optimal screening for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) among high risk groups delays diagnosis and treatment. We aimed to evaluate overall rates of HCV and HBV screening and patient knowledge of their testing result. Adults age ≥18 years undergoing elective outpatient endoscopy a...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Wong RJ,Campbell B,Liu B,Baden R,Bhuket T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free clinics across the country provide free or reduced fee healthcare to individuals who lack access to primary care and are socio-economically disadvantaged. This study examined perceived health status among diabetic and non-diabetic free clinic patients and family members of the patients. Diabetes self-efficacy amo...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kamimura A,Christensen N,Myers K,Nourian MM,Ashby J,Greenwood JL,Reel JJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00