Promoting ethical research with American Indian and Alaska Native people living in urban areas.

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：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine whether an elevated burden of chronic kidney disease is found among disadvantaged groups living in the United States, Australia, and Thailand. METHODS:We used data on participants 35 years or older for whom a valid serum creatinine measurement was available from studies in the United ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： White SL,McGeechan K,Jones M,Cass A,Chadban SJ,Polkinghorne KR,Perkovic V,Roderick PJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to prospectively assess the independent effect of hip fracture on mortalìty, hospitalization, and functional status. METHODS:Among 7527 members of the Longitudinal Study of Aging who were over age 70 at baseline, 368 persons with hip fracture occurring between 1984 and 1991 wer...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wolinsky FD,Fitzgerald JF,Stump TE

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We determined racial/ethnic differences in social support and exposure to violence and transphobia, and explored correlates of depression among male-to-female transgender women with a history of sex work (THSW). METHODS:A total of 573 THSW who worked or resided in San Francisco or Oakland, California, were ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Nemoto T,Bödeker B,Iwamoto M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified factors associated with death at home for 28,828 hospice and non-hospice cancer patients in 13 counties of western Washington State. Hospice participation was found to be the variable most strongly associated with death at home. Admission to hospice appears to override the tendency for certain subgroups ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Moinpour CM,Polissar L

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban form, the law, and health are undoubtedly linked. However, nonlegal factors such as 20th-century reliance on the automobile as well as associated governmental actions and private investment choices have greatly influenced urban form, especially urban sprawl. The American system of federalism, with its traditiona...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Buzbee WW

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to identify behaviors associated with change in body mass index or with weight gain at the waist. METHODS:A cohort of 79236 White, non-Hispanic, healthy adults was questioned in 1982 and 1992 about diet and 10 physical activities. Estimates were made of the mean effects of stab...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kahn HS,Tatham LM,Rodriguez C,Calle EE,Thun MJ,Heath CW Jr

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This population-based case-control study of North Carolina workplaces evaluated the hypothesis that employers' policies allowing firearms in the workplace may increase workers' risk of homicide. Workplaces where guns were permitted were about 5 times as likely to experience a homicide as those where all weapons were p...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Loomis D,Marshall SW,Ta ML

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From February through December 2012, we examined responses to health behavior questions integrated into the electronic medical record of primary care centers in the Bronx, New York in the context of New York City Community Health Survey data. We saw a higher proportion of unhealthy behaviors among patients than among ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chambers EC,Wong BC,Riley RW,Hollingsworth N,Blank AE,Myers C,Bedell J,Selwyn PA

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the lifetime prevalence of official investigations for child maltreatment among children in the United States. METHODS:We used the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System Child Files (2003-2014) and Census data to develop synthetic cohort life tables to estimate the cumulative prevalence of...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kim H,Wildeman C,Jonson-Reid M,Drake B

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To quantify the association between personal and family history of criminal justice system (CJS) involvement (PHJI and FHJI, respectively), health outcomes, and health-related behaviors.Methods. We examined 2017 New York City Community Health Survey data (n = 10 005) with multivariable logistic regression....

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Baquero M,Zweig K,Angell SY,Meropol SB

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended discontinuing the use of adamantanes (amantadine and rimantadine) to treat influenza because of high levels of resistance to this class of antivirals. We examined changes in prescribing practices resulting from this recommendation and found that presc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hersh AL,Maselli JH,Cabana MD

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were to (1) describe AIDS-related knowledge, perceptions, and risky behaviors of impoverished African-American and high- and low-acculturated Latina women; (2) delineate relationships involving high-risk behaviors; and (3) determine whether risky behaviors differ by race and levels of ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Nyamathi A,Bennett C,Leake B,Lewis C,Flaskerud J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I describe variations in the structure and in the practice of rural public health and how rural communities meet the challenges of current public health practice, including primary methods of service delivery and partnership development. I present examples of promising models for the creation of rural public health ca...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Berkowitz B

更新日期：2004-10-01 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

authors： Gill TM,Williams CS,Robison JT,Tinetti ME

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of cervix and breast cancer screening in a public hospital emergency room. METHODS:Age-eligible women with nonurgent conditions and without recent screening were offered screening by a nurse. A decision analysis compared the costs and outcomes of emergency room scr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mandelblatt J,Freeman H,Winczewski D,Cagney K,Williams S,Trowers R,Tang J,Gold K,Lin TH,Kerner J

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We studied whether 5 regulatory agency advisories concerning the possible increased risk of suicidal behavior during antidepressant therapy had an effect on antidepressant prescription trends in Ontario. METHODS:We conducted a population-based, time-series analysis of new monthly antidepressant prescription...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kurdyak PA,Juurlink DN,Mamdani MM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the relationship between intimate partner violence victimization among women in the general population and emergency department use. We sought to discern whether race/ethnicity moderates this relationship and to explore these relationships in race/ethnic-specific models. METHODS:We used data on ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lipsky S,Caetano R

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We characterized smokers who are likely to use electronic or "e-"cigarettes to quit smoking. METHODS:We obtained cross-sectional data in 2010-2012 from 1567 adult daily smokers in Hawaii using a paper-and-pencil survey. Analyses were conducted using logistic regression. RESULTS:Of the participants, 13% rep...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Pokhrel P,Fagan P,Little MA,Kawamoto CT,Herzog TA

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Mercury is a growing environmental threat that can cause serious health problems and birth defects. Household thermometers are high-risk sources of mercury because most people lack the knowledge to properly dispose of one when it is broken. The Boston Public Health Commission's Environmental Health Office, with local ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shoemaker PA,Ghaemghami J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral health needs are urgent in rural states. Creative, broad-based, and collaborative solutions can alleviate these needs. "Health commons" sites are enhanced, community-based, primary care safety net practices that include medical, behavioral, social, public, and oral health services. Successful intervention require...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Beetstra S,Derksen D,Ro M,Powell W,Fry DE,Kaufman A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To quantify sociodemographic disparities in prediagnosis preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use in persons recently diagnosed with HIV in New York City and assigned for partner services.Methods. We used partner services data from November 2015 to September 2017 from persons diagnosed with HIV in the past 12 mo...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Misra K,Huang JS,Udeagu CN

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was undertaken to determine the relative efficacy of home visitation with and without husband participation on the use of modern contraception in Ethiopia. METHODS:A randomized field trial of a family planning education intervention using home visitation with and without husband participation was...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Terefe A,Larson CP

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The areal approach utilized in mortality analysis for cities in the past is argued to be fruitful for suburban mortality analysis as well. Through factor analysis of four Census Tract indicators, weighted scores were computed and socioeconomic groups were constructed for each central city and each suburban area for th...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yeracaris CA,Kim JH

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The soviet Union has experienced an increase in the incidence of coronary heart disease over the last 15 years sufficient to result in an overall deterioration in the health of adults. The distribution of coronary risk factors, and the secular trends in diet and cigarette consumption, provide a potential explanation f...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cooper R,Schatzkin A

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined trends and differentials in US childhood mortality from 1950 through 1993 according to sex, race/ethnicity, education, family income, and cause of death. METHODS:Log-linear, multiple regression, and Cox proportional hazards regression models were applied to the data from the National Vit...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Singh GK,Yu SM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumption and prices of tobacco products in Canada and the United States are compared over the period 1981 to 1989. In Canada, consumption has fallen from a higher level and at a faster rate than in the United States (3.52 kg/adult to 2.48 kg/adult vs 3.21 kg/adult to 2.48 kg/adult). With respect to cost, the real t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kaiserman MJ,Rogers B

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00