Association Between Risky Sexual Behavior and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women in Kenya: A Population-Based Study.

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：:HIV prevalence and socio-demographic data were analyzed to assess the alignment of CDC-funded HIV testing activity in 2012 with its high-impact prevention approach. CDC-funded HIV-testing was conducted in counties with high HIV prevalence and in places potentially more affected by HIV as measured by urbanicity, percen...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Hayek S,Heitgerd JL,Williams WO,Krueger AL,Dietz PM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1972 the Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program launched a three-community field study. A multimedia campaign was conducted for two years in two California communities (Watsonville and Gilroy), in one of which (Watsonville) it was supplemented by an intensive-instruction program with high-risk subjects. A third ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Maccoby N,Farquhar JW,Wood PD,Alexander J

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated social disparities in breast cancer (BC) mortality, leveraging data from the California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium. The associations of race/ethnicity, education, and neighborhood SES (nSES) with all-cause and BC-specific mortality were assessed among 9372 women with BC (diagnosed 1993-2007 ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Shariff-Marco S,Yang J,John EM,Kurian AW,Cheng I,Leung R,Koo J,Monroe KR,Henderson BE,Bernstein L,Lu Y,Kwan ML,Sposto R,Vigen CL,Wu AH,Keegan TH,Gomez SL

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing number cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the general population in Indonesia raises questions concerning the public's knowledge and attitudes regarding this pandemic. To determine the correlation between the general public's knowledge and attitudes regarding the COVID-19 outbreak 1 m...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Sari DK,Amelia R,Dharmajaya R,Sari LM,Fitri NK

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the high health and mental health care needs, resettled refugees often face cultural and linguistic challenges that hinder the access to appropriate and timely interventions and services. Additionally, such concepts as preventive health or mental health treatment are foreign to this population, which creates a...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Im H,Rosenberg R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthritis and other rheumatic conditions comprise the leading cause of disability in the United States. In 1990, an estimated 16.7% of Missourians had arthritis. By 2020, an estimated 20% of Missourians will have this condition. We examined Missouri's prevalence of self-reported physician-diagnosed arthritis, chronic ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Vradenburg JA,Simoes EJ,Jackson-Thompson J,Murayi T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent developments in the courts have indicated an increased vulnerability of the tobacco industry to civil lawsuits brought because of tobacco-related illness. Much of the recent public discussion has dealt with how to attack the public health problem of childhood smoking, and the judicial system may also be of help...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Nusbaum NJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is an infectious disease that is specific to the liver, causing both acute and chronic hepatitis. This study determined the trend of HBV infection among blood donors in the Kpandai District Hospital from January 2014 to December 2018. Retrospective analysis of donor profiles for a per...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Bawah AT,Kinanyok S,Abaka-Yawson A,Mwintumah B,Ngambire LT,Darko R,Hamid AM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated access to and satisfaction with dental services for people living with HIV/AIDS receiving services from a dental case manager (DCM). People living with HIV/AIDS who had received dental services at two Community Dental Centers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts were eligible to participate in a mailed, anonymous r...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Lemay CA,Kretsedemas M,Graves JR

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease (CHD) has become a challenge in Spain due to the high prevalence of immigrants coming from endemic areas. One of the main difficulties for its control and elimination is its underdiagnosis. The identification and integral treatment of CHD are key to increasing rates of diagnosis, overcoming psycho-socia...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Gómez I Prat J,Peremiquel-Trillas P,Claveria Guiu I,Choque E,Oliveira Souto I,Serre Delcor N,Sulleiro E,Espasa M,Pastoret C,de Los Santos JJ,Ouaarab H,Albajar Viñas P,Ascaso Terren C

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：: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：:Southeast Asian immigrants have lower levels of Pap testing than any other racial/ethnic group in the US, and are particularly unfamiliar with western culture and biomedical concepts of prevention. We completed an ethnographic study (N = 42) focusing on cervical cancer screening among Cambodian American women. We also...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Carey Jackson J,Taylor VM,Chitnarong K,Mahloch J,Fischer M,Sam R,Seng P

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumer participation and influence were studied in one Health Systems Agency in the southeastern United States over a 20-month period (July 1976--February 1978). Consumer board members were found to be significantly less influential in agency decision making than were provider board members. This difference in influ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Steckler A,Dawson L,Dellinger N,Williams A

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Older adults are at risk of problems of medication use including underuse, overuse, and misuse. The purposes of this study were to investigate the prevalence of the use of conventional and complementary and alternative medications (CAM) in older adults and to explore which factors related to their medication use. For ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Li IC,Kuo HT,Sin MK,Liu CT

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1990, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention issued a policy statement, "Safe Transportation of Newborns Discharged from the Hospital," recommending that hospitals adopt comprehensive policies, procedures and education programs for the discharge of newborns in child safet...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Wolf D,Tomek DJ,Stacy RD,Corbin DE,Greer DL

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess factors that influence mammography use among volunteer community health workers (CHWs). Data trends indicate lower mammography rates among minority and low-income women. Although CHW interventions have been shown to promote mammography use among this population, training strateg...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kratzke C,Garzon L,Lombard J,Karlowicz K

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:Universal health coverage requires an adequate health workforce, including community health workers (CHWs) to reach rural communities. To improve healthcare access in rural areas, in 2010 the Government of Zambia implemented a national CHW strategy that introduced a new cadre of healthcare workers called community hea...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Shelley KD,Belete YW,Phiri SC,Musonda M,Kawesha EC,Muleya EM,Chibawe CP,van den Broek JW,Vosburg KB

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge, attitudes and barriers to use of postpartum care service among rural communities in Uganda. Study was a part of a larger reproductive health evaluation project, and was cross-sectional in nature utilizing qualitative research methods using the narrative inquiry. ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Nabukera SK,Witte K,Muchunguzi C,Bajunirwe F,Batwala VK,Mulogo EM,Farr C,Barry S,Salihu HM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine how often mobile food cart vendors in New York City (NYC) changed gloves after exchanging money, which is required by the current NYC health code as one of various measures to prevent foodborne illness. A total of 100 carts (10 carts in 10 zones) throughout Manhattan were observe...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Basch CH,Guerra LA,MacDonald Z,Marte M,Basch CE

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on the effectiveness of strategies for the recruitment of American Indians (AIs) into research is needed. This study describes and compares methods for identifying and recruiting AI tobacco users into a pilot study. Community-based strategies were used to recruit smokers (n = 35), e-cigarette users (n = 28), and ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Carroll DM,Brame LS,Stephens LD,Wagener TL,Campbell JE,Beebe LA

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：:The aim of the study is to assess the quality of life among male prisoners using the French version of the Nottingham Health Profile, then to investigate the influence of incarceration on emotional reaction. Before the obligatory medical examination at reception into prison, self-administration by prisoners of the Fre...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Blanc A,Lauwers V,Telmon N,Rougé D

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women with disabilities have lower screening rates for breast and cervical cancer with some evidence suggesting that people with disabilities experience higher cancer mortality and may receive a different course of treatment. This study examined whether women with and without disabilities using Montana Cancer Control ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Froehlich-Grobe K,Shropshire WC,Zimmerman H,Van Brunt J,Betts A

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:African Americans in Atlanta, Georgia disproportionately reside in communities with limited access to healthy foods. Collaborations with local corner stores to provide healthy food options have been identified as an evidence-based intervention that could be used to increase food access. This paper describes the commun...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Rollins L,Carey T,Proeller A,Anne Adams M,Hooker M,Lyn R,Taylor O,Holden K,Henry Akintobi T

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While first-wave Vietnamese immigrants adapted well to life in the United States, subsequent immigrants have had greater adjustment difficulties, including more evidence of psychological distress. This study aimed to analyze psychosocial adaptation differences among three generations of recent Vietnamese immigrants, a...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Shapiro J,Douglas K,de la Rocha O,Radecki S,Vu C,Dinh T

更新日期：1999-04-01 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