Autism Spectrum Disorder Among US Children (2002-2010): Socioeconomic, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This project investigated whether augmented prenatal care for high-risk African American women would improve pregnancy outcomes and patients' knowledge of risks, satisfaction with care, and behavior. METHODS:The women enrolled were African American, were eligible for Medicaid, had scored 10 or higher on a r...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Klerman LV,Ramey SL,Goldenberg RL,Marbury S,Hou J,Cliver SP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We quantified the relationship between gonorrheal infection rates in California and a measure of poverty status and investigated how this relationship and the spatial dispersion of cases varied among the 4 dominant racial/ethnic groups in the state. METHODS:We geocoded gonorrhea cases reported in California...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Springer YP,Samuel MC,Bolan G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To determine what role the 88 000 Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers for permanent supportive housing among US veterans distributed between 2008 and 2017 played in the significant fall in veterans' homelessness over the same time period.Methods. Using a pa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Evans WN,Kroeger S,Palmer C,Pohl E

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a case-control study of lung cancer deaths in the Teamsters Union to compare the risk of different occupations within the teamsters, after controlling for smoking and other confounders. Occupations with no presumed exposure to diesel fumes were used as the nonexposed group. The study population consisted ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Steenland NK,Silverman DT,Hornung RW

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We conducted a midpoint review of The California Endowment's Healthy Eating, Active Communities (HEAC) program, which works in 6 low-income California communities to prevent childhood obesity by changing children's environments. The HEAC program conducts interventions in 5 key childhood environments: schools...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Samuels SE,Craypo L,Boyle M,Crawford PB,Yancey A,Flores G

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to assess changes in health insurance and food assistance enrollment following passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. METHODS:Extant data sources were used to calculate changes in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), M...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Pati S,Romero D,Chavkin W

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A federal standard for fuel tank integrity in cars was applied to 1977 and subsequent models. National data indicate that fatalities per 10,000 occupants in rear-end crashes of small cars, where fire was the most harmful event, were reduced by approximately 57% if the fuel tank was located behind the rear axle and 77%...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Robertson LS

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the impact of CVS Health's discontinuation of tobacco sales on cigarette purchasing. METHODS:We used households' purchasing data to assess rates at which households stopped cigarette purchasing for at least 6 months during September 2014 to August 2015 among 3 baseline groups: CVS-exclusive cigare...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Polinski JM,Howell B,Gagnon MA,Kymes SM,Brennan TA,Shrank WH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a high prevalence of oral disease in the Alaska Native population, much of which goes untreated, creating a large discrepancy between the level of their oral health and that of the general population. The causes of this discrepancy are multiple--a major cause being the lack of access to care, especially in re...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sekiguchi E,Guay AH,Brown LJ,Spangler TJ Jr

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed seroprevalence rates of HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among individuals with severe mental illness. METHODS:Participants (n = 931) were patients undergoing inpatient or outpatient treatment in Connecticut, Maryland, New Hampshire, or North Carolina. RESULTS:T...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rosenberg SD,Goodman LA,Osher FC,Swartz MS,Essock SM,Butterfield MI,Constantine NT,Wolford GL,Salyers MP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies antibody titers ranged from 0-9.3 IU/mL in 117 human volunteers one year after intradermal vaccination with one or two doses of human diploid cell rabies vaccine (HDCV). At that time, each volunteer received one 0.1-mL booster dose of HDCV intradermally. All 117 volunteers showed good anamnestic responses, with...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Burridge MJ,Sumner JW,Baer GM

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We reviewed data for the Minority HIV/AIDS Research Initiative (MARI), which was established in 2003 to support underrepresented minority scientists performing HIV prevention research in highly affected communities. METHODS:MARI was established at the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control as a program ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sutton MY,Lanier YA,Willis LA,Castellanos T,Dominguez K,Fitzpatrick L,Miller KS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As one element of Baltimore's effort to combat its high rate of teenage pregnancy, the Baltimore City Health Department added the implantable contraceptive Norplant to the array of services offered at one of its school-based health centers in early 1993. The initial findings with the adolescents who received this cont...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Beilenson PL,Miola ES,Farmer M

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether state-sponsored antitobacco advertisements are associated with reduced adult smoking, and interactions between smoking-related advertising types. METHODS:We measured mean exposure to smoking-related advertisements with television ratings for the top-75 US media markets from 1999 to 2...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Emery S,Kim Y,Choi YK,Szczypka G,Wakefield M,Chaloupka FJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisexuals (N = 424) and lesbians (N = 1,921) were surveyed regarding their sources of gynecologic care, utilization patterns, openness with physicians, and assessment of quality of care. About 40 per cent of each group believed that physician knowledge about their sexual preference would hinder the quality of medical ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Smith EM,Johnson SR,Guenther SM

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We verified a random sample of 50 references in the May 1986 issue of each of three public health journals. Thirty-one per cent of the 150 references had citation errors, one out of 10 being a major error (reference not locatable). Thirty per cent of the references differed from authors' use of them with half being a ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Eichorn P,Yankauer A

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Overall and cause-specific mortality among persons with diabetes in North Dakota was estimated and compared with estimates from previous population-based studies. METHODS:Data were derived from North Dakota death certificate data, which included unique information on decedents' diabetes status and Behaviora...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tierney EF,Geiss LS,Engelgau MM,Thompson TJ,Schaubert D,Shireley LA,Vukelic PJ,McDonough SL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to keep abreast of the changing needs of a more affluent society and to ensure better value for money, the British are reforming their National Health Service. They are promoting competition and entrepreneurship, and directing funding to follow a patient rather than flowing directly to institutions. Briti...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Vall-Spinosa A

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of physical activity to the development of definite coronary heart disease was examined separately in middle-aged (45-64 years) and elderly men (65-69 years) participating in the Honolulu Heart Program. After 12 years of follow-up, results indicate that increased levels of physical activity reported a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Donahue RP,Abbott RD,Reed DM,Yano K

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The reported prevalence of occupational allergy to natural rubber latex is 8% to 17%, and that of latex-induced occupational asthma is 2.5% to 6%. Conversion of medical facilities to "latex-safe" can reduce employee sensitization, impairment, and disability. The purpose of this study was to determine the cos...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Phillips VL,Goodrich MA,Sullivan TJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to meet the need for increasing public knowledge about cancer, a system providing free information by telephone has been developed. The system is comprised of 36 pre-recorded taped lectures containing information about various aspects of cancer. Interested individuals call a toll-free number, indicate a ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wilkinson GS,Mirand EA,Graham S

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the risk of hip fracture in Mexican Americans, the ethnicity of 80 women aged 50 years and over admitted with hip fractures to a Texas hospital was compared with that of age-matched women hospitalized for other reasons. The risk of fracture for Mexican Americans was only 35 per cent that of Whites (95% CI = ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bauer RL,Diehl AK,Barton SA,Brender J,Deyo RA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effects of a novel oral health promotion program (Oral Health 4 Life; OH4L) delivered through state-funded tobacco quitlines. METHODS:Using a semipragmatic design to balance experimental control and generalizability, we randomized US quitline callers (n = 718) to standard care or standard care...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McClure JB,Bush T,Anderson ML,Blasi P,Thompson E,Nelson J,Catz SL

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the efficacy of skills training designed to increase female condom use among women. METHODS:We conducted a randomized controlled trial of 409 women, recruited from family planning clinics in northern California, who were randomly assigned to the experimental 4-session female condom skills train...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Choi KH,Hoff C,Gregorich SE,Grinstead O,Gomez C,Hussey W

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To inform a prevention strategy, this study determined the prevalence of and attitudes toward smoking among Chinese secondary school students. METHODS:Self-completion questionnaires were administered to 13- to 18-year-olds attending school in Zhejiang Province, eastern China. RESULTS:Of the 6674 respondent...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hesketh T,Ding QJ,Tomkins A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:State government, university, and local health department (LHD) partners collaborated to build the geographic information system (GIS) capacity of 5 LHDs in North Carolina. Project elements included procuring hardware and software, conducting individualized and group training, developing data layers, guiding the proje...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Miranda ML,Silva JM,Overstreet Galeano MA,Brown JP,Campbell DS,Coley E,Cowan CS,Harvell D,Lassiter J,Parks JL,Sandelé W

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study was done in a health maintenance organization colorectal cancer screening program to determine whether 166 persons found to have abnormal fecal occult blood test results typically underwent complete diagnostic evaluation (i.e., either colonoscopy or barium enema x-ray plus flexible sigmoidoscopy...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Myers RE,Balshem AM,Wolf TA,Ross EA,Millner L

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：:This psychiatric epidemiology study following the Mount St. Helens volcanic disaster revealed a significant morbidity for psychiatric disorders. The increased prevalence showed a dose response pattern in three population groups. The findings are reported as relative and attributable risk for the two exposed population...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shore JH,Tatum EL,Vollmer WM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the North Karelia Youth Program five to 10 classroom sessions over two years taught skills to resist pressures to start smoking to 13 to 15 year old students. Compared to students from comparison schools, the treatment groups reported less smoking immediately after the intervention and in a four-year follow-up surv...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Vartiainen E,Fallonen U,McAlister AL,Puska P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00