Clinical validation of a nutritional risk index.

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：: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：:Cambodian immigrants are over 25 times more likely to have evidence of chronic hepatitis B infection than the general US population. Carriers of HBV are over 100 times more likely to develop liver cancer than non-carriers. Liver cancer incidence is the second leading cancer for Cambodian men and the sixth for Cambodia...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Burke NJ,Do HH,Talbot J,Sos C,Svy D,Taylor VM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In terms of less access to private sources of care (as distinguished from hospital-public clinics) and longer travel time to usual source of care, poverty areas are at a disadvantage. Within the ten areas studied, the poor have less access than the nonpoor, with access differences even greater between the races than b...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Okada LM,Sparer G

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although numerous studies have established that breast cancer mortality can be significantly reduced through early detection, only a small percentage of women obtain screening mammograms at intervals recommended by the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, and other major medical organizations. This ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： McKinney MM,Marconi KM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza can spread quickly among children and caregivers in child day care settings. Vaccination is the most effective method to prevent influenza. We determined 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) (pH1N1) and seasonal influenza vaccination rates during the 2009-2010 influenza season among child care center employees, ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： de Perio MA,Wiegand DM,Evans SM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A curriculum in community and family medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, planned to include a primary care preceptorship as an integral unit, is described. The curriculum has been planned to allow for repeated and increasing exposure of medical students during their undergraduate years to a var...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Burke WM,Lukes JJ,Mansell E

更新日期：1978-04-01 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：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. Disparities in access to care contribute to advanced CRC stage at diagnosis, and these disparities are most pronounced among underserved populations and ethnic minorities. We aim to evaluate race/ethnicity-specific disparities in CR...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Chan C,Lopez A,Castaneda G,Bhuket T,Liu B,Yee S,Irwin D,Wong RJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a global rise in the prevalence of diabetes and this has led to a rise in the consequences of diabetes such as diabetic retinopathy (DR). The current study aims to determine the prevalence, awareness and determinants of DR among diabetics who attended a screening centre in Enugu, south-eastern Nigeria. A desc...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kizor-Akaraiwe NN,Ezegwui IR,Oguego N,Uche NJ,N Asimadu I,Shiweobi J

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though smokeless tobacco (SLT) use has decreased in many communities, concern for American Indian (AI) SLT use remains, as this population continues to be disproportionally affected by SLT-related diseases. Tobacco has cultural significance to many AI tribes, therefore tobacco cessation messages portraying tobacco as ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Rollins K,Lewis C,Goeckner R,Pacheco J,Smith TE,Hale J,Daley SM,Choi WS,Daley CM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it was presumed that moderate exercise is a healthy practice but long term high intensity exercise is not, studies observed a life expectancy benefit for both high-intensity endurance and fast power sports athlets, but the data for contact sports are conflicting. Therefore, the author aimed to investigate the...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Keller K

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the injury effects of bike share programs and the helmet usage status in bike share programs. We conducted a systematic review of peer reviewed scientific literature. Searches were conducted in three databases (Pubmed, Scopus, and Web of Science) on March 1 2020 to identify all articles on the injury in...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Chen S,Cui H,Tang M,Wang Y,Zhang M,Bai Y,Song B,Shen Z,Gu D,Yin Z,Liu G

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the characteristics of Chinese American smokers with medical conditions and factors associated with their tobacco-use behaviors will guide effective cessation programs. In 2008, the authors described socio-demographic profiles of Chinese smokers with medical conditions treated during the period 2002-2006...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Wong CC,Tong EK,Tsoh JY,Chen MJ,Hom FB

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A specific type of casual relationship known as "Friends with Benefits" (FWB) is becoming increasingly popular among youth. However, current research has often examined the dating practices of urban college students, resulting in a limited understanding of rural youth. Potential risk factors associated with FWB includ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Letcher A,Carmona J

更新日期：2015-06-01 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 purpose of this study was to examine how healthy weight status among youth was related to (i) three proximity-based park variables: number of parks within 1 km of home, total area of parkland within 1 km, and distance to the closest park from home, and (ii) the availability of 13 specific park facilities within 1 ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Potwarka LR,Kaczynski AT,Flack AL

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma 1-2-3 is a newly-developed low-literacy multimedia education tool designed to promote asthma self-care concepts among African American adults. An expert panel (n = 10) informed content development for the tool. The video script and storyboard imagery were shown to 30 African Americans recruited from the America...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Sobel RM,Paasche-Orlow MK,Waite KR,Rittner SS,Wilson EA,Wolf MS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 58 million nonsmokers in the U.S. encounter secondhand smoke that leads to tobacco-related diseases and deaths every year, making voluntary household smoking bans an important public health goal. American Indians/Alaska Natives are rarely included in research related to household smoking bans. Further, most ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Comiford A,Garroutte E,Barbosa-Leiker C,Chen S,McDonell M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents estimates of the prevalence of perceived needs and unmet needs among people with HIV disease in the United States for six areas of community services: mental health, drug treatment, home care, housing, transportation, and entitlements. The prevalence of service needs and unmet needs within racial, ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Piette JD,Fleishman JA,Stein MD,Mor V,Mayer K

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：:Evidence of the degree of fit between the special needs of the elderly and the service mix and payment level of ambulatory services offered under the Medicare program is presented in this second part of a two-part study of geriatric office care. Results from interviews with a focus group of 60 practicing clinicians, i...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Fahs MC,Muller C,Schechter M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A general introduction of this article is as follows: Reliable and timely health information is an essential foundation of public health action and health systems strengthening, both nationally and internationally (Aqil et al. in Health Policy Plan 24(3): 217-228, 2009; Bradshaw et al. in initial burden of disease es...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Otieno CF,Kaseje D,Ochieng' BM,Githae MN

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asian Indians are the largest Asian subgroup in the state of Michigan; however, data on the prevalence and correlates of cardiovascular disease for this group is limited. The sample consisted of 273 Asian Indians (AI) recruited through health fairs for surveys and blood tests throughout the state of Michigan. The prev...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Wu TY,Wang J,Chung S

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:Epidemiologic studies of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in the United States have found a particularly high incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives compared with whites. This report shows that there is a remarkable difference in the incidence of SIDS between Northern Indians and Southwestern Indians. ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Bulterys M

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine Hepatitis A (HAV) and Hepatitis B (HBV) screening, and the risk of HBV reactivation during Hepatitis C (HCV) therapy with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). A retrospective chart review was performed of patients treated with second generation DAA therapy from January 2014 to Se...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Davison J,O'Shea A,Waterbury N,Villalvazo Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virtually all large employers engage in corporate philanthropy, but little is known about the extent to which it is directed toward improving community health. We conducted in-depth interviews with leaders of corporate philanthropy from 13 of the largest manufacturing companies in the US to understand how giving decis...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： McHugh M,Farley D,Maechling CR,Dunlop DD,French DD,Holl JL

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a baseline evaluation of four demonstration family support programs located in communities identified as having a disproportionate number of families at risk for malfunctioning. In this baseline evaluation, a one year cohort of 422 family support participants were assessed along key dimensions of p...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Reis J,Barbera-Stein L,Herz E,Orme J,Bennett S

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strategies to enforce underage drinking laws are aimed at reducing youth access to alcohol from commercial and social sources and deterring its possession and use. However, little is known about the processes through which enforcement strategies may affect underage drinking. The purpose of the current study is to pres...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Lipperman-Kreda S,Grube JW,Paschall MJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00