Chronic stressors and maternal depression: implications for prevention.

abstract：:Data System. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, is a cross-sectional survey on the health and nutritional status of US adults and children. Data Collection/Processing. A complex, multistage probability design is used to select a sample...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Paulose-Ram R,Burt V,Broitman L,Ahluwalia N

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We estimated HCV incidence among individuals who repeatedly underwent anti-HCV testing. METHODS:We studied HCV-negative individuals who had at least 2 tests between April 1992 and September 2012 in British Columbia, Canada. We calculated incidence as the number of new infections per 100 person-years at risk...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kuo M,Janjua NZ,Burchell AN,Buxton JA,Krajden M,Gilbert M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to describe differences in childhood pesticide exposures between counties on the Texas-Mexico border and nonborder counties. METHOD:The authors reviewed all pesticide exposures among children younger than 6 years reported to the South Texas Poison Center during 1997 through 200...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Belson M,Kieszak S,Watson W,Blindauer KM,Phan K,Backer L,Rubin C

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven cases of subacute central and peripheral neurologic dysfunction developed in 18 workers employed in the manufacture of reinforced plastic bathtubs. Cases were characterized by weight loss, dizziness, paresthesias, muscle weakness, incontinence, memory loss, and loss of peripheral, color, and night vision. Neurop...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Horan JM,Kurt TL,Landrigan PJ,Melius JM,Singal M

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) (1982 through 1984) and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) II (1976 through 1980) were used to examine reported physician-diagnosed asthma among 6-month-old through 11-year-old children. The highest prevalence of active ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Carter-Pokras OD,Gergen PJ

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To inform prevention policy, we estimated the economic benefits to health, production, and leisure in the 2008 Australian population of a realistic target reduction in per capita annual adult alcohol consumption. METHODS:We chose a target of 6.4 liters annually per capita on average. We modeled lifetime hea...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Magnus A,Cadilhac D,Sheppard L,Cumming T,Pearce D,Carter R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Workplace violence is becoming increasingly recognized as a serious problem in health care settings. All 628 workers' compensation assaults claimed by minority Los Angeles County health care workers from 1986 through 1990 were abstracted. Population-at-risk data from county personnel computer tapes provided denominato...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sullivan C,Yuan C

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the early stages of an influenza pandemic, a pandemic vaccine likely will not be available. Therefore, interventions to mitigate pandemic influenza transmission in communities will be an important component of the response to a pandemic. Public-housing residents, single-parent families, and low-income populatio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bouye K,Truman BI,Hutchins S,Richard R,Brown C,Guillory JA,Rashid J

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From April 2004 through December 2004, we reviewed the express legal authorities of the 10 most populous US states to restrict the movement of persons to control communicable diseases. All 10 of the states possessed express legal authority to quarantine and isolate individuals, but the laws varied substantially. In th...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shaw FE,McKie KL,Liveoak CA,Goodman RA,State Public Health Counsel Review Team.

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the pathways to smoking cessation between late adolescence and young adulthood. METHODS:We obtained data from a sample of urban African American and Puerto Rican young adults (N=242), mean age 19 years, who reported tobacco use and determined cessation rates between late adolescence and young ad...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Marcus SE,Pahl K,Ning Y,Brook JS

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Federal government policy in the United States lacks uniformity, as is indicated by the fact that the Dept. of Defense permits the performance of abortion for medical and mental health reasons, the Office of Economic Opportunity states that no project funds may be used for any surgical procedure intended to result in...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Contis G,Hern WM

更新日期：1971-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In data from the Texas Educational Agency and the Health Resources and Services Administration, we found fewer autism diagnoses in school districts with higher percentages of Hispanic children. Our results are consistent with previous reports of autism rates 2 to 3 times as high among non-Hispanic Whites as among Hisp...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Palmer RF,Walker T,Mandell D,Bayles B,Miller CS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We explored whether excesses in influenza severity can be detected by combining respiratory syndromic hospital and mortality data with data on influenza-like illness (ILI) cases obtained from general practitioners. METHODS:To identify excesses in the severity of influenza infections in the population of the...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： van den Wijngaard CC,van Asten L,Meijer A,van Pelt W,Nagelkerke NJ,Donker GA,van der Sande MA,Koopmans MP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We provide an updated meta-analysis on the effectiveness of Project D.A.R.E. in preventing alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use among school-aged youths. METHODS:We used meta-analytic techniques to create an overall effect size for D.A.R.E. outcome evaluations reported in scientific journals. RESULTS:The...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： West SL,O'Neal KK

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:I examined genetic influences on smoking among adolescents and differences in the heritability of smoking across states in the United States. METHODS:With data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (participants aged 12-21 years), I used a multilevel twin- and sibling-pair (N = 2060 pair...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Boardman JD

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the association between neighborhood convenience stores and diet outcomes for 20 years of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study. METHODS:We used dietary data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study years 1985-1986, 1992-1993, and 2005-2006 (n = 3299; ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rummo PE,Meyer KA,Boone-Heinonen J,Jacobs DR Jr,Kiefe CI,Lewis CE,Steffen LM,Gordon-Larsen P

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We conducted a meta-analysis summarizing the effects of interventions designed to increase physical activity among healthy adults. METHODS:Our comprehensive searches located 358 reports eligible for inclusion. We used random-effects analyses to synthesize data, and we used meta-analytic analogues of regress...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Conn VS,Hafdahl AR,Mehr DR

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The incidence, type, severity, and costs of crash-related injuries requiring hospitalization or resulting in death were compared for helmeted and unhelmeted motorcyclists. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study of injured motorcyclists in Washington State in 1989. Motorcycle crash data were linked to...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rowland J,Rivara F,Salzberg P,Soderberg R,Maier R,Koepsell T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated a law enforcement initiative to screen respondents to domestic violence restraining orders for firearm ownership or possession and recover their firearms. METHODS:The initiative was implemented in San Mateo and Butte counties in California from 2007 through 2010. We used descriptive methods to ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wintemute GJ,Frattaroli S,Claire BE,Vittes KA,Webster DW

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Delphi Technique was used to elicit a number of essential competencies expected of the "entry-level" public health nutritionist from members of Graduate Faculties of Programs in Public Health Nutrition. Questionnaires composed of "competency statements" were constructed from these responses and sent to practitione...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sims LS

更新日期：1979-11-01 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:This analysis was conducted to determine whether atopic disorders were related to social class in a pediatric population of a former socialist country. METHODS:A cross-sectional study of 2471 schoolchildren was carried out in 1992 and 1993 in 3 towns in the former East Germany. Parents completed a standardi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Heinrich J,Popescu MA,Wjst M,Goldstein IF,Wichmann HE

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Workplace barriers contribute to low rates of breastfeeding. Research shows that supportive state laws correlate with higher rates, yet by 2009, only 23 states had adopted any laws to encourage breastfeeding in the workplace. Federal law provided virtually no protection to working mothers until the 2010 enactment of t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Murtagh L,Moulton AD

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The median incidence rate of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) among prisoners is 7 times higher than for the general population. Yet high-risk sexual activity and drug use in US correctional facilities remain unexamined. This study explores inmate perceptions of high-risk behavior in New York state ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mahon N

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study compared characteristics of older (> or = 50 years) and younger (< 50 years) women with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) attributed to heterosexual contact. METHODS:We interviewed women with heterosexually acquired AIDS reported to 12 state and local health departments. Of 556 women inte...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Schable B,Chu SY,Diaz T

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study describes the costs and outcomes of community-based tuberculin screening programs conducted between 1987 and 1991 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. METHODS:Follow-up information was abstracted from hospital records of all reactors detected in tuberculin screening of students in grades 6 and 10, of fir...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Adhikari N,Menzies R

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secular changes in height and weight measurements were examined in five- to 14-year-olds from 1973 to 1984. The age-sex specific 85th percentile was used to classify persons as overweight (based on ponderal index; kg/m3). Secular increases in weight (2.5 kg), and ponderosity (0.5-0.7 kg/m3) were found. Gains in ponder...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shear CL,Freedman DS,Burke GL,Harsha DW,Webber LS,Berenson GS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From July 1987 to June 1988, 1030 pregnant women with hepatitis B were reported to a New York City surveillance program. Among 832 infants under follow-up, the coverage rates for combined hepatitis B immune globulin and vaccine doses 1, 2, and 3 were 84%, 77%, and 59%, respectively. Infants covered by Medicaid and uni...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Henning KJ,Pollack DM,Friedman SM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the prevalence and incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in 3,837 inmates of a state prison system. Ninety-two (2.4 percent) were HIV-seropositive. The highest proportion of HIV-seropositive inmates was found among Blacks (5.4 percent), females, and those 30 years of age or older. HIV-...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Horsburgh CR Jr,Jarvis JQ,McArther T,Ignacio T,Stock P

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of the results of breast self-examination (BSE) is inconclusive. Studies which address the question of proper method of BSE find that most women do not know how to carry out the procedure correctly. Socio-demographic characteristics most consistently related to BSE practice are age and education. New resear...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Holtzman D,Celentano DD

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00