The integrated first year experience in the master of public health program.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to partition the change in US life expectancy into those major causes of death and age groups that contributed most to the decline in life expectancy for Black males and females and to the increase in life expectancy for White males and females in the period from 1984 through ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kochanek KD,Maurer JD,Rosenberg HM

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study described factors related to colorectal cancer stage at diagnosis. METHODS:Logistic regression analyses were used on data from the New York State Tumor Registry and US Census area-level social class indicators. RESULTS:After the effects of other predictors were controlled for, the odds of late-s...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mandelblatt J,Andrews H,Kao R,Wallace R,Kerner J

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood immunization constitutes one of the great success stories of American public health in the 20th century. This essay provides a historical examination of this topic through 4 particularly important examples: diphtheria, pertussis, polio, and measles. Each case study illustrates how new vaccines have posed uni...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Baker JP

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We developed a process through which community outreach workers, whose role is not typically that of a trained researcher, could actively participate in collection of qualitative evaluation data. METHODS:Outreach workers for a community-based intervention project received training in qualitative research me...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Peacock N,Issel LM,Townsell SJ,Chapple-McGruder T,Handler A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Municipal swimming pools and wading pools were examined for the presence of human enteric viruses using a portable virus concentrator at the site to concentrate viruses from 100-gallon to 500-gallon samples. Ten of 14 samples contained viruses; three of these were positive for virus in the presence of residual free ch...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Keswick BH,Gerba CP,Goyal SM

更新日期：1981-09-01 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：:As successes mount in reducing commercial tobacco use, an alarming disparity has taken shape in Minnesota. Recent studies revealed that overall smoking rates have dropped to 14%, whereas American Indians' rates remain higher than 50%. With support from ClearWay Minnesota, the organization created from the state's toba...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Boudreau G,Hernandez C,Hoffer D,Preuss KS,Tibbetts-Barto L,Villaluz NT,Scott S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing costs of institutional care for the aged have occasioned a variety of government cost containment measures. People with senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type (SDAT) will be the principal group to suffer from cutbacks. SDAT patients are usually eligible for Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs), rather than ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Brody EM,Lawton MP,Liebowitz B

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine the role of neighborhood poverty and racial composition on race disparities in diabetes prevalence. METHODS:We used data from the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and 2000 US Census to estimate the impact of individual race and poverty and neighborhood racial...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gaskin DJ,Thorpe RJ Jr,McGinty EE,Bower K,Rohde C,Young JH,LaVeist TA,Dubay L

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used data from the National Infant Mortality Surveillance (NIMS) project to compare birthweights and birthweight-specific mortality risks among Native American and White infants. Because race categories in NIMS were limited to White, Black, and all, we studied six states in which greater than 85 per cent of newborn...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Vanlandingham MJ,Buehler JW,Hogue CJ,Strauss LT

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated the psychological effects of paid employment and nonemployment, cross-sectionally and longitudinally, in 541 middle-aged women. METHODS:Women were seen for an extensive baseline evaluation and were reevaluated in an identical manner 3 years later. They were divided into four "synthet...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bromberger JT,Matthews KA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of care coordination on asthma outcomes among children in underserved urban communities. METHODS:We enrolled children, most of whom had very poorly or not well-controlled asthma, in medical-social care coordination programs in Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pe...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Janevic MR,Stoll S,Wilkin M,Song PX,Baptist A,Lara M,Ramos-Valencia G,Bryant-Stephens T,Persky V,Uyeda K,Lesch JK,Wang W,Malveaux FJ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine how part-year and full-year gaps in health insurance coverage affected working-aged persons with chronic health care needs. METHODS:We conducted multivariate analyses of the 2002-2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to compare access, utilization, and out-of-pocket spending burden am...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gulley SP,Rasch EK,Chan L

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effect of chiropractic use on overall health care utilization patterns, the volume and pattern of ambulatory physician visits by elderly persons having contact with chiropractors are compared with those having contact with physicians only. This analysis is based on data representative of the Canadian Pro...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shapiro E

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to estimate the impact on birthweight of maternal participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). METHODS:WIC estimates were based on sibling models incorporating data on children born between 1990 and 1996 to women taking part in the Nat...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kowaleski-Jones L,Duncan GJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the impact of CVS Health's discontinuation of tobacco sales on cigarette purchasing. METHODS:We used households' purchasing data to assess rates at which households stopped cigarette purchasing for at least 6 months during September 2014 to August 2015 among 3 baseline groups: CVS-exclusive cigare...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Polinski JM,Howell B,Gagnon MA,Kymes SM,Brennan TA,Shrank WH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure cost-effectiveness of an intervention to increase retrofitting of rollover protective structures (ROPS) on tractors. METHODS:Tractor overturns are the leading cause of farm fatalities. ROPS prevent these deaths. This study updates a 2011 cost-effectiveness assessment of a New York State intervent...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Myers M,Kelsey T,Tinc P,Sorensen J,Jenkins P

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the current status as well as the risks and benefits of a recently developed DNA test of risk for Alzheimer's disease: the apolipoprotein E genotype. While apolipoprotein E genotypes may indicate a degree of susceptibility, the gene is neither necessary nor sufficient to cause the disease; thus, many questio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mayeux R,Schupf N

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To quantify changes in US health care spending required to reach parity with high-resource nations by 2030 or 2040 and identify historical precedents for these changes.Methods. We analyzed multiple sources of historical and projected spending from 1970 through 2040. Parity was defined as the Organisation f...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McCullough JM,Speer M,Magnan S,Fielding JE,Kindig D,Teutsch SM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nation-wide survey of Parent-Inclusive Pediatric Units identified innovations and restrictions in policies and practices. Questionnaires mailed to Directors of Nursing Service at 84 general hospitals which encourage parental "living-in" indicated that parents are provided with a place to sleep but infrequently are o...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hardgrove CB,Kermoian R

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated ethnic disparities in obtaining medical care among the 4 major ethnic groups (Blacks, Whites, Coloreds [i.e., those of mixed race], and Asians) in post-apartheid South Africa. METHODS:Data for the study came from the 2002 Afrobarometer: Round II Survey of South Africa. Bivariate and multivar...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kon ZR,Lackan N

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate helmet use in California before and after the introduction of an unrestricted helmet use law on January 1, 1992, observations of motorcycles and their riders were made at 60 locations in seven California counties, twice before and four times after the law was introduced. Helmet use increased from about 50%...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kraus JF,Peek C,Williams A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304412.]. ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors：

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disability is often considered a health outcome disproportionately experienced by minority groups. It is also possible to view people with disabilities as a minority group that itself experiences health disparities. Calls to reduce these disparities necessitate the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McDonald KE,Raymaker DM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed seroprevalence rates of HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among individuals with severe mental illness. METHODS:Participants (n = 931) were patients undergoing inpatient or outpatient treatment in Connecticut, Maryland, New Hampshire, or North Carolina. RESULTS:T...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rosenberg SD,Goodman LA,Osher FC,Swartz MS,Essock SM,Butterfield MI,Constantine NT,Wolford GL,Salyers MP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 1983, an estimated 865 cases of epidemic gastrointestinal disease occurred in Greenville, Florida. Surveillance of pharmacy sales of antidiarrheal medicines suggested that the outbreak was confined to Greenville and its immediate vicinity. Surveys demonstrated that the gastrointestinal illness attack rates insi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sacks JJ,Lieb S,Baldy LM,Berta S,Patton CM,White MC,Bigler WJ,Witte JJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the impact of a mailed, tailored intervention on skin cancer prevention and skin self-examination behaviors of adults at moderate and high risk for skin cancer. METHODS:Adults at moderate and high risk for skin cancer were recruited in primary health care settings in Honolulu, HI, and Long Isla...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Glanz K,Schoenfeld ER,Steffen A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the firearms used in 235 suicides in Sacramento County, California, during 1983-85. Handguns were used in 69 per cent of firearm suicides--65 per cent for males, 88 per cent for females--and in all such deaths among women ages 35 and older. We tested the hypothesis that the choice of firearms by persons c...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wintemute GJ,Teret SP,Kraus JF,Wright MW

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether the traditional definition of small for gestational age (SGA) is an appropriate marker of risk for populations that have relatively lower birthweight is unclear. We determined proportions of White and Asian Indian SGA infants and those admitted to the special care nursery. Compared with White infants, Asian In...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lee HC,Ramachandran P,Madan A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The predictive value of perceptions of smoking-related risks and benefits with regard to adolescent smoking initiation has not been adequately established. We used prospective, longitudinal data to directly test whether smoking-related perceptions predict smoking initiation among adolescents. METHODS:We adm...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Song AV,Morrell HE,Cornell JL,Ramos ME,Biehl M,Kropp RY,Halpern-Felsher BL

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00