Geography should not be destiny: focusing HIV/AIDS implementation research and programs on microepidemics in US neighborhoods.

abstract：:To measure test-retest reliability, 38 Veterans Administration clinic patients completed a modification of the Sarason Life Experience Survey (LES) twice within several weeks. Summary scores were found to be more reliable than scores on individual questions. Patients attending the Mental Hygiene Clinic responded less ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bailey GA,Koepsell TD,Belcher DW

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A coalition of mine operators has used a variety of tactics to obstruct scientific inquiry and impede public health action designed to protect underground miners from diesel particulate matter. These workers are exposed to the highest level of diesel particulate matter compared with any other occupational group. This ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Monforton C

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one infants born to women employed at two capacitor manufacturing facilities with a history of high exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) had a mean birthweight of 153 grams less than that of 337 infants born to women who had worked in low-exposure areas (90 per cent confidence interval, -286 to -20 g); m...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Taylor PR,Lawrence CE,Hwang HL,Paulson AS

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the effectiveness of an intervention targeting home food and activity environments to reduce energy intake and increase physical activity among overweight and obese patients from 3 community health centers in rural Georgia. METHODS:We conducted a randomized controlled trial (n = 349) from 2011 t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kegler MC,Haardörfer R,Alcantara IC,Gazmararian JA,Veluswamy JK,Hodge TL,Addison AR,Hotz JA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a matched case-control study of an occupational cohort in East Tennessee, data from the death certificates of 608 cases and controls were abstracted and analyzed in order to investigate possible risk factors associated with the certification on the death certificate of an ill-defined cause of death. There was a ver...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cragle DL,Fetcher A

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We determined whether a representative national probability sample of US community-dwelling older adults who reported less social support also reported poorer general health status, which is a robust predictor of prospective mortality among elders. METHODS:We analyzed 2 subsamples generated via random sampl...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： White AM,Philogene GS,Fine L,Sinha S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidia that were infective for infant mice were subjected to various moist heat treatments and subsequently tested in infant mice for infectivity. Warming from 9 degrees C to 55 degrees C over a period of 15 to 20 minutes neutralized infectivity in calf feces, cecal contents, and ileal scrapings. Inocula held ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Anderson BC

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Disablement Process model explicates the transition from health conditions to disability and specifically emphasizes the role of intervening factors that speed up or slow down the pathway between pathology and disability. We used hierarchical Poisson regression analyses with data on older adults from central North...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Clarke P,George LK

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:This study examined whether interventions aimed at aggressive/disruptive classroom behavior and poor academic achievement would reduce the incidence of initiation of smoking. METHODS:An epidemiologically based, universal randomized preventive trial involved 2311 children in 2 classroom-based preventive inte...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kellam SG,Anthony JC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We explored the relationship between social isolation and mortality in a nationally representative US sample and compared the predictive power of social isolation with that of traditional clinical risk factors. METHODS:We used data on 16,849 adults from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Su...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Pantell M,Rehkopf D,Jutte D,Syme SL,Balmes J,Adler N

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined HIV diagnosis rates and disease progression among men who have sex with men (MSM) according to race/ethnicity and age. METHODS:Using data obtained from the national HIV/AIDS surveillance system, we examined trends in HIV diagnosis rates for 2001 through 2004 using Poisson regression. We used a s...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hall HI,Byers RH,Ling Q,Espinoza L

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From July 1987 to June 1988, 1030 pregnant women with hepatitis B were reported to a New York City surveillance program. Among 832 infants under follow-up, the coverage rates for combined hepatitis B immune globulin and vaccine doses 1, 2, and 3 were 84%, 77%, and 59%, respectively. Infants covered by Medicaid and uni...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Henning KJ,Pollack DM,Friedman SM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To comprehensively assess asthma disparities and identify correlates in youths at the intersections of sex, sexual identity, and race/ethnicity in the United States.Methods. We obtained a diverse sample of youths (n = 307 073) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Survey...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Curry CW,Felt D,Beach LB,Ruprecht MM,Wang X,Phillips GL 2nd

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated basic measures used to assess collaboration between colocated providers and to gauge the extent to which health centers practice integrated care. METHODS:We used the Assessment of Behavioral Health Services survey and the 2010 Uniform Data System to explore the elements of integrated care fo...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jones EB,Ku L

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To assess the health impact of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands.Methods. We collected data from interviews conducted 6 and 9 months after the hurricanes, a review of 597 randomly selected emergency department (ED) encounters, and administrative records from 10 716 ED visit...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chowdhury MAB,Fiore AJ,Cohen SA,Wheatley C,Wheatley B,Balakrishnan MP,Chami M,Scieszka L,Drabin M,Roberts KA,Toben AC,Tyndall JA,Grattan LM,Morris JG Jr

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nutrition surveillance system in public health clinics is providing data for patient care and program planning. Through this system, Arizona's Mexican-American population has been shown to differ from other ethnic groups seen in clinic. Anemia and low height-for-age are significant problems in the Mexican-American p...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yanochik-Owen A,White M

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women of lower socioeconomic status and women of color in the United States have higher rates of abortion than women of higher socioeconomic status and White women. Opponents of abortion use these statistics to argue that abortion providers are exploiting women of color and low socioeconomic status, and thus, regulati...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Dehlendorf C,Harris LH,Weitz TA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the prevalence of abortion among population groups and changes in rates between 2008 and 2014. METHODS:We used secondary data from the Abortion Patient Survey, the American Community Survey, and the National Survey of Family Growth to estimate abortion rates. We used information from the Abortion ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jones RK,Jerman J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to determine whether syringe exchange programs (SEPs) currently receive or anticipate pursuing federal funding and barriers to funding applications following the recent removal of the long-standing ban on using federal funds for SEPs. METHODS:We conducted a telephone-administered cross-sectional su...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Green TC,Martin EG,Bowman SE,Mann MR,Beletsky L

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Responses to a survey of 637 Iowa children under age six years from Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) households was conducted through telephone interviews with parents and compared to a second sample of children in 760 randomly sampled households. Utilization of health services for children in the AFDC s...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Levey LA,MacDowell NM,Levey S

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Monthly Health Review was developed to monitor symptoms, illnesses and injuries among Air Traffic Controllers. Return rate of the mailed check-list exceeded 90 per cent. Diagnoses were generated from symptom clusters by computer algorithms. Telephone interview by physicians, laboratory analyses for serum pepsinogen ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jenkins CD,Kreger BE,Rose RM,Hurst M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated a law enforcement initiative to screen respondents to domestic violence restraining orders for firearm ownership or possession and recover their firearms. METHODS:The initiative was implemented in San Mateo and Butte counties in California from 2007 through 2010. We used descriptive methods to ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wintemute GJ,Frattaroli S,Claire BE,Vittes KA,Webster DW

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We measured symptom and influenza prevalence, and the effectiveness of symptom and temperature screening for identifying influenza, in arriving international airline travelers. METHODS:This cross-sectional study collected data from travelers to Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand, in winter 2008...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Priest PC,Jennings LC,Duncan AR,Brunton CR,Baker MG

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence and patterns of polysubstance use among US reproductive-aged women who use opioids for nonmedical purposes. METHODS:We used the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (2005-2014) data on female respondents aged 18 to 44 years reporting nonmedical opioid use in the past 30 days (u...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jarlenski M,Barry CL,Gollust S,Graves AJ,Kennedy-Hendricks A,Kozhimannil K

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical records of 236 Newark, New Jersey children hospitalized and chelated for lead poisoning in 1977 through 1980 were reviewed to determine whether or not any discernible progress had been made in eradicating the disease since 1972. Results show that the number of treated asymptomatic children, ages 1-6, began to ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Schneider DJ,Lavenhar MA

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the first reported cases of individuals with mental retardation who have subsequently become infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The implications of this finding for agencies which provide services to persons with mental retardation are described. Where conflicts arise, the authors propose tha...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kastner TA,Hickman ML,Bellehumeur D

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare methods for estimating low HIV incidence among persons who inject drugs. METHODS:We examined 4 methods in New York City, 2005 to 2014: (1) HIV seroconversions among repeat participants, (2) increase of HIV prevalence by additional years of injection among new injectors, (3) the New York State and...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Des Jarlais DC,Arasteh K,McKnight C,Feelemyer J,Campbell AN,Tross S,Smith L,Cooper HL,Hagan H,Perlman D

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We present an applied example of social network diagramming from 2010 to 2012 that was used to guide follow-up in a large HCV cluster in rural Wisconsin. METHODS:In addition to collecting standard individual-level attributes, we also obtained partner-level information. Both sets of data were input into a ne...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Grande KM,Stanley M,Redo C,Wergin A,Guilfoyle S,Gasiorowicz M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) among recent (0-9 years) and nonrecent (>/= 10 years) immigrant women in Canada to determine whether differences in IPV were associated with length of stay in Canada. METHODS:We analyzed data from the 1999 General Social Survey, a national cross-s...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hyman I,Forte T,Du Mont J,Romans S,Cohen MM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00