Abstract:
:This paper examines artificial reproduction (AR) within a broad comparative perspective and with specific reference to Czechoslovak law, medicine, and demography. It proceeds form an analysis of the social context that gives rise to technologies of AR to a review of the two principal technologies, artificial insemination (AI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF). A final section briefly discusses some of the implications of AR for new judicial conceptions of motherhood and fatherhood.
journal_name
Am J Public Healthjournal_title
American journal of public healthauthors
Heitlinger Adoi
10.2105/ajph.79.1.57subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-01-01 00:00:00pages
57-61issue
1eissn
0090-0036issn
1541-0048journal_volume
79pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:OBJECTIVES:To describe changes in suspected heroin overdose emergency department (ED) visits. Methods. We analyzed quarterly and yearly changes in heroin overdoses during 2017-2018 by using data from 23 states and jurisdictions (including the District of Columbia) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2019.305053
更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::More than 100 years ago, public health began as an organized discipline, its purpose being to improve the health of populations rather than of individuals. Given its population-based focus, however, public health perennially faces dilemmas concerning the appropriate extent of its reach and whether its activities infri...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.91.11.1776
更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to elucidate changes in attitudes, experiences, readiness, and confidence levels of medical residents to perform screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) and factors that moderate these changes. METHODS:A cohort of 121 medical residents received an educa...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300802
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::We interviewed 290 pregnant women randomly selected from public and private prenatal clinics, 80 per cent of whom were at least five months pregnant (ages 18-43, 42 per cent Latino, 22 per cent Black). Twenty-four women reported physical battering during this pregnancy (44 reported physical battering before the curren...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.77.10.1337
更新日期:1987-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Historically, the importance of public health has often been recognized during or as a result of major tragedy. The attacks that occurred in the United States in 2001 are no exception. These events have raised awareness of our vulnerability and the need for emergency preparedness, the need for a flexible and sustainab...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.93.8.1226
更新日期:2003-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Concern about suicide in US military and veteran populations has prompted efforts to identify more effective prevention measures. Recent expert panel reports have recommended public communications as one component of a comprehensive effort. Messaging about military and veteran suicide originates from many sources and...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300905
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Automated analysis of electronic health record (EHR) data is a complementary tool for public health surveillance. Analyzing and presenting these data, however, demands new methods of data communication optimized to the detail, flexibility, and timeliness of EHR data.RiskScape is an open-source, interactive, Web-based,...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2020.305963
更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Public health is usually enacted through public policies, necessitating that the public engage in debates that, ideally, are grounded in solid scientific findings. Mistrust in science, however, has compromised the possibility of deriving sound policy from such debates, partially owing to justified concerns regarding u...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302241
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The demands of equity and efficiency require a program of universal health insurance in the United States through which all workers will be provided by their employers with health insurance for themselves and their dependents, unemployment will no longer result in the loss of health insurance protection, and federal s...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.78.5.583
更新日期:1988-05-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.87.10.1607
更新日期:1997-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Information regarding all patient and staff exposures to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) was prospectively accumulated from 1/1/86 to 12/31/86 at North Carolina Memorial Hospital. During this period of time 37 sources of exposure to VZV were reported: 10 outside and 27 within the hospital. Index cases for nosocomial expo...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.78.1.19
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In 2009 we surveyed 400 tribal members of a midwestern American Indian reservation to assess the prevalence of OxyContin use. Thirty percent of tribal participants reported nonmedical use of OxyContin ever, 18.9% in the past year, and 13.4% in the past month. Participants aged 18 to 25 years were most likely to have u...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301372
更新日期:2013-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.75.5.513
更新日期:1985-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A two-year study of the microbiological quality of drinking water in 27 randomly selected North Carolina migrant labor camps yielded total and fecal coliform prevalences of 44 percent and 26 percent, respectively in 1988 and similar but higher prevalences in 1989. Preoccupancy testing by county sanitarians had found v...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.6.762
更新日期:1991-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.78.1.75
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We sought to measure the difference in employment rates between HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative persons and to establish whether this difference varied according to the HIV-infected persons' socioeconomic position as defined by education level. METHODS:We used data from the VESPA (VIH: Enquête Sur les...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2005.081083
更新日期:2007-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2005.071696
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Advances in genomics and neuroscience have ushered in unprecedented opportunities to increase our understanding of the biological underpinnings of mental disorders, yet there has been limited progress in translating knowledge on genetic risk factors to reduce the burden of these conditions in the population. We descri...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2019.304948
更新日期:2019-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300453
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We sought to examine trends in hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination among high-risk adults and assess the potential effect vaccinated adolescents have on these trends as they age. METHODS:We used data from the National Health Interview Survey 2000, 2002, and 2004 to examine trends in HBV vaccination among hi...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2007.116046
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We examined gender differences in sociodemographic, military service, and mental health characteristics among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans. We evaluated associations between these sociodemographic and service characteristics and depression and posttraumatic stre...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.166165
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We assessed the distribution of immunization records among 3 health care delivery sectors and the impact of a regional immunization registry on "up to date" rates. METHODS:Immunization registry records in 2 regions were categorized as having originated in private practices, community health centers, or publ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.94.6.967
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the role of poverty in racial/ethnic disparities in HIV prevalence across levels of urbanization. METHODS:Using national HIV surveillance data from the year 2009, we constructed negative binomial models, stratified by urbanization, with an outcome of race-specific, county-level HIV prevalence r...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.301997
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We conducted in-depth interviews in May to July 2012 to evaluate the effect of Alabama's 2011 omnibus immigration law on Latina immigrants and their US- and foreign-born children's access to and use of health services. The predominant effect of the law on access was a reduction in service availability. Affordability a...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301560
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We identified factors associated with inpatient hospitalizations among a population-based cohort of homeless adults in Toronto, Ontario. METHODS:We recruited participants from shelters and meal programs. We then linked them to administrative databases to capture hospital admissions during the study (2005-20...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301646
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Infectious diseases are responsible for approximately 25% of global mortality, especially in children aged younger than 5 years. Much of the burden of infectious diseases could be alleviated if appropriate mechanisms could be put in place to ensure access for all children to basic vaccines, regardless of geographical ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2105/ajph.94.11.1931
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We examined associations of different levels of same-ethnicity neighborhood concordance with health care access and utilization among all Asian American, Chinese, Filipino, and Vietnamese adults (aged 18-64 years) using the 2005, 2007, and 2009 California Health Interview Survey and the 2010 US Census. Although associ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302275
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We tested the efficacy of a combined pharmacologic and behavioral smoking cessation intervention among women in a state prison in the southern United States. METHODS:The study design was a randomized controlled trial with a 6-month waitlist control group. The intervention was a 10-week group intervention co...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2007.128207
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study sought to estimate the population-based prevalence of environmental hazards in the homes of older persons and to determine whether the prevalence of these hazards differs by housing type or by level of disability in terms of activities of daily living (ADLs). METHODS:An environmental assessment w...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.89.4.553
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program's progress toward meeting public health preparedness capability standards in state, local, and territorial health departments. METHODS:All 62 PHEP awardees completed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's self-administered PHEP Im...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.304038
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00