Health care spending and utilization by race/ethnicity under the Affordable Care Act's dependent coverage expansion.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined circumstances surrounding swimming pool drownings among US residents aged 5 to 24 years to understand why Black males and other racial/ethnic groups have high drowning rates. METHODS:We obtained data about drowning deaths in the United States (1995-1998) from death certificates, medical examiner ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Saluja G,Brenner RA,Trumble AC,Smith GS,Schroeder T,Cox C

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curriculum development in masters of public health programs that effectively meets the complex challenges of the 21st century is an important part of public health education and requires purposeful thinking. Current approaches to training the public health work-force do not adequately prepare professionals to be cultu...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chávez V,Turalba RA,Malik S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Describing, evaluating, and conducting research on the questions raised by comparative effectiveness research and characterizing care delivery organizations of all kinds, from independent individual provider units to large integrated health systems, has become imperative. Recognizing this challenge, the Delivery Syste...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Piña IL,Cohen PD,Larson DB,Marion LN,Sills MR,Solberg LI,Zerzan J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homeless children in New York City had an extremely high asthma prevalence-40%-in a cross-sectional study at 3 shelters (n=740) during 1998 to 1999. We used the same protocol to summarize subsequent data through December 2002. Asthma prevalence was 33% (n=1636); only 15% of the children previously diagnosed were takin...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Grant R,Bowen S,McLean DE,Berman D,Redlener K,Redlener I

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A deeper understanding of how structure and environment shape the sexual and reproductive health vulnerabilities of youths across a range of outcomes has implications for the development of successful policies and programs. We have discussed some of the key structural and environmental factors that influence the sexua...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sommer M,Mmari K

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entrenched poor health and health inequity are important public health problems. Conventionally, solutions to such problems originate from the health care sector, a conception reinforced by the dominant biomedical imagination of health. By contrast, attention to the social determinants of health has recently been give...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Baum FE,Bégin M,Houweling TA,Taylor S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research evidence indicates that 2 forms of racial discrimination-perceived interpersonal discrimination and racial/ethnic residential segregation (a form of institutional discrimination)-may influence children's health and disparities. Although research on these 2 forms of discrimination and health has primarily focu...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Acevedo-Garcia D,Rosenfeld LE,Hardy E,McArdle N,Osypuk TL

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explore how a 1987 New York State court decision-Boreali v. Axelrod-affected public health rule-making nationally and, with considerable impact, locally in New York City (NYC).We discuss the history of the origin of the NYC Board of Health (BOH), and establish that legislatures can be challenging venues in which to...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Perl SB,Merrill TG,Lopez W,Bassett MT

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2004, Murray et al. reviewed methodological developments in the design and analysis of group-randomized trials (GRTs). We have updated that review with developments in analysis of the past 13 years, with a companion article to focus on developments in design. We discuss developments in the topics of the earlier rev...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Turner EL,Prague M,Gallis JA,Li F,Murray DM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The National AIDS Behavioral Survey (1990-1992) of heterosexual adults (18-49 years) measured human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk factors, condom use, and HIV antibody testing, with a focus on major "high-risk" cities. METHODS:A longitudinal survey was conducted. RESULTS:There was little reduction in t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Catania JA,Binson D,Dolcini MM,Stall R,Choi KH,Pollack LM,Hudes ES,Canchola J,Phillips K,Moskowitz JT

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing knowledge is an important goal of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention strategies, although increased knowledge may not be associated with increased preventive behaviors. This study examines the association of (1) objective and subjective acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) knowledge, and (2)...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Phillips KA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author reviews scientific and societal developments in artificial reproductive technologies during the past year in the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Australia. Successful births resulted from surrogate embryo transfer and from transfer of an embryo following in vivo fertilization. Recommendations on social poli...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Annas GJ

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined prereform patterns in insurance coverage, access to care, and preventive services use by race/ethnicity in adults targeted by the coverage expansions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). METHODS:We used pre-ACA household data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to ident...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Abdus S,Mistry KB,Selden TM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Holding that workers exposed to toxic substances in the workplace have a right to know about the extent to which they may have been put at risk, Bayer describes the history of the political controversy over whether the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ought to provide individual notificatio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bayer R

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the relative importance of various independent variables for predicting five separate measures of physician utilization in a rural community. The independent variables include socioeconomic, demographic, attitudinal, and health status factors. The results are comparable to those of national studies...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Luft HS,Hershey JC,Morrell J

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We estimated the extent to which time spent watching television is associated with obesity and super-obesity among 6,138 employed adult males. After adjustment for age, smoking status, length of work week, measured physical fitness, and reported weekly hours of exercise, people who viewed TV more than three hours/day ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tucker LA,Friedman GM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We surveyed young men on their experiences of police encounters and subsequent mental health. METHODS:Between September 2012 and March 2013, we conducted a population-based telephone survey of 1261 young men aged 18 to 26 years in New York City. Respondents reported how many times they were approached by Ne...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Geller A,Fagan J,Tyler T,Link BG

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This population-based study examined the effect of all major congenital anomalies on the mortality of White and Black infants by infant sex, birthweight, gestational age, and lethality of the anomaly. The study also determined the total contribution of anomalies to infant mortality. METHODS:California Birth...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Malcoe LH,Shaw GM,Lammer EJ,Herman AA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most health research with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people has focused on tribal communities on reservation lands. Few studies have been conducted with AI/AN people living in urban settings despite their documented health disparities compared with other urban populations. There are unique consideration...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yuan NP,Bartgis J,Demers D

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The goal of this project was to develop an interactive CD-ROM for nutrition screening and counseling, designed to produce dietary behavior change in fat and fruit and vegetable intake. METHODS:The design was based on principles of relevance to the learner, readiness for change, feedback, individualization, ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Block G,Miller M,Harnack L,Kayman S,Mandel S,Cristofar S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated the effect of moderate prenatal alcohol exposure on psychomotor development of preschool-age children in a longitudinal study. METHODS:Pregnant women were interviewed about their alcohol consumption at their first visit to the maternity hospital in Roubaix, France. Alcohol consumptio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Larroque B,Kaminski M,Dehaene P,Subtil D,Delfosse MJ,Querleu D

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AIDS Interfaith Council of Houston, sponsored by the Foundation for Interfaith Research and Ministry, recruits, trains, and coordinates volunteers for home-based care for adults and children with AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). The program provides compassionate, non-judgmental care for the sick and res...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shelp EE,DuBose ER,Sunderland RH

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to estimate rates of cervical cancer and Papanicolaou testing among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women in Manitoba, Canada. METHODS:Data were derived through linking of administrative databases. RESULTS:In comparison with non-Aboriginal women, Aboriginal women had 1.8 and 3.6 times the a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Young TK,Kliewer E,Blanchard J,Mayer T

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomized controlled trials were conducted at two residential drug abuse treatment facilities to compare programs that differed in planned duration. One trial compared a 6-month and a 12-month therapeutic community program (n = 184), and the second compared a 3-month and a 6-month relapse prevention program (n = 444)...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McCusker J,Vickers-Lahti M,Stoddard A,Hindin R,Bigelow C,Zorn M,Garfield F,Frost R,Love C,Lewis B

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We estimated the effectiveness of child restraints in preventing death during motor vehicle collisions among children 3 years or younger. METHODS:We conducted a matched cohort study using Fatality Analysis Reporting System data from 1996 to 2005. We estimated death risk ratios using conditional Poisson regr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rice TM,Anderson CL

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimates from the National Study of the Incidence and Severity of Child Abuse and Neglect suggest that hospitals recognized over 77,000 cases of child abuse between May 3, 1979, and April 30, 1980. Compared to other agencies in the sample, hospitals identified children who were younger, Black, lived in urban areas, a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hampton RL,Newberger EH

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The US Public Health Service began the medical examination of immigrants at US ports in 1891. By 1924, national origin had become a means to justify broad-based exclusion of immigrants after Congress passed legislation restricting immigration from southern and eastern European countries. This legislation was passed ba...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fairchild AL,Tynan EA

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To determine the impact of city-level cannabis decriminalization and medical marijuana laws (MMLs) on fatal traffic crashes in US cities.Methods. Using a census of fatal traffic crashes from the 2010 to 2017 Fatality Analysis Reporting System, we examined MMLs and cannabis decriminalization on fatal crashe...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cook AC,Leung G,Smith RA

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An epidemic of morbidity and mortality has swept across the United States related to the use of prescription opioids for chronic noncancer pain. More than 100,000 people have died from unintentional overdose, making this one of the worst manmade epidemics in history. Much of health care delivery in the United States i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Franklin G,Sabel J,Jones CM,Mai J,Baumgartner C,Banta-Green CJ,Neven D,Tauben DJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The environmental justice movement has stimulated community-driven research about the living and working conditions of people of color and low-income communities. We describe an epidemiological study designed to link research with community education and organizing for social justice. In eastern North Carolina, high-d...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wing S,Horton RA,Muhammad N,Grant GR,Tajik M,Thu K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00