Traditional Christian values and women's reproductive rights in modern Russia--is a consensus ever possible?

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined associations between unfair treatment, attributions of unfair treatment to racial discrimination, and cumulative disease damage among African American women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:We used multivariable regression models to examine SLE damage among 578 African American w...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chae DH,Drenkard CM,Lewis TT,Lim SS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We estimated annual mortality, years of potential life lost, and associated economic costs attributable to regular cigar smoking among US adults aged 35 years or older. METHODS:We estimated cigar-attributable mortality for the United States in 2010 using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Smok...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Nonnemaker J,Rostron B,Hall P,MacMonegle A,Apelberg B

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the effect of worldwide oil price fluctuations on household fuel use and child respiratory health in Guatemala. METHODS:We regressed measures of household fuel use and child respiratory health on the average worldwide oil price and a rich set of covariates. We leveraged variation in oil prices o...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Venkataramani AS,Fried BJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the association between aerobic fitness and serum cholesterol and the effects of controlling for gender, body composition, abdominal fat, and dietary saturated fat in 262 children. The 1-mile run was used to estimate fitness. Skinfolds were used in assessing body fat. Fit children had lower total c...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hager RL,Tucker LA,Seljaas GT

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:In the North Karelia Youth Program five to 10 classroom sessions over two years taught skills to resist pressures to start smoking to 13 to 15 year old students. Compared to students from comparison schools, the treatment groups reported less smoking immediately after the intervention and in a four-year follow-up surv...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Vartiainen E,Fallonen U,McAlister AL,Puska P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:US national elections, which draw sizable numbers of older voters, take place during flu-shot season and represent an untapped opportunity for large-scale delivery of vaccinations. In 2012, Vote & Vax deployed a total of 1585 clinics in 48 states; Washington, DC; Guam; Puerto Rico; and the US Virgin Islands. Approxima...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shenson D,Moore RT,Benson W,Anderson LA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking among young women is associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. Gender specific influences on smoking, quitting and attempting to quit are hypothesized to occur and may have implications for cessation programs. METHODS:Telephone surveys were conducted in a large (n = 6,711) cohort of you...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Pirie PL,Murray DM,Luepker RV

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the impact of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) 2010 parental insurance coverage extension to young adults aged 19 to 25 years on health insurance coverage and access to care, including racial/ethnic disparities. METHODS:We pooled data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for the p...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： VanGarde A,Yoon J,Luck J,Mendez-Luck CA

更新日期：2018-04-01 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:The purpose of this study was to determine whether women's sociodemographic characteristics are independently associated with cesarean delivery. METHODS:A retrospective review was conducted of hospital discharge data for singleton first births in California in 1991. RESULTS:After insurance and personal, co...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Braveman P,Egerter S,Edmonston F,Verdon M

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present results from life history interviews with 60 young adults from southern Uganda. Using a novel qualitative case-control design, we compared newly HIV-positive cases with HIV-negative controls matched on age, gender, marital status, and place of residence. Relationship context was the most salient theme diffe...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Higgins JA,Mathur S,Eckel E,Kelley L,Nakyanjo N,Sekamwa R,Namatovu J,Ddaaki W,Nakubulwa R,Namakula S,Nalugoda F,Santelli JS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family physicians in the State of Washington were surveyed about their knowledge and views about chiropractors; 79 per cent (476) responded. Sixty-six per cent indicated discomfort with what they believed chiropractors do while acknowledging their effectiveness for some patients; 25 per cent viewed chiropractors as an...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cherkin D,MacCornack FA,Berg AO

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effectiveness of the COMmunity of Practice And Safety Support (COMPASS) Total Worker Health intervention for home care workers. METHODS:We randomized 16 clusters of workers (n = 149) to intervention or usual-practice control conditions. The 12-month intervention was scripted and peer-led, a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Olson R,Thompson SV,Elliot DL,Hess JA,Rhoten KL,Parker KN,Wright RR,Wipfli B,Bettencourt KM,Buckmaster A,Marino M

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated a low-cost strategy for schools to improve the convenience and appeal of drinking water. METHODS:We conducted a group-randomized, controlled trial in 10 Boston, Massachusetts, schools in April through June 2013 to test a cafeteria-based intervention. Signage promoting water and disposable cups ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kenney EL,Gortmaker SL,Carter JE,Howe MC,Reiner JF,Cradock AL

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:The Texas Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) sought to engage the WIC staff and community in the implementation of relevant and effective client-centered nutrition education. The program was implemented in a 4-stage framework. The collaborative process of developing client-ce...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Isbell MG,Seth JG,Atwood RD,Ray TC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After being randomly assigned to receive policy effectiveness information expressed as attributable benefit, attributable risk, or relative risk, 318 graduate students were asked to indicate their preferences for the current voluntary seat belt use policy, a mandatory seat belt policy, or mandatory passive restraints....

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Runyan CW,Earp JA

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a serosurvey of 133 embalmers in an urban area where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is prevalent. Although we found histories of needlesticks to be common, and the seropositivity rate of hepatitis B virus (HBV) (13%) was approximately twice that of a blood donor comparison group, HIV antibod...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Turner SB,Kunches LM,Gordon KF,Travers PH,Mueller NE

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to define, among sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic attendees, (1) patterns of sex partner selection, (2) relative risks for gonococcal or chlamydial infection associated with each mixing pattern, and (3) selected links and potential and actual bridge populations. METHODS:Mixing mat...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Aral SO,Hughes JP,Stoner B,Whittington W,Handsfield HH,Anderson RM,Holmes KK

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite the importance of community health workers (CHWs) in strategies to reduce health disparities and the call to enhance their roles in research, little information exists on how to prepare CHWs involved in community-academic initiatives (CAIs). Therefore, the New York University Prevention Research Cent...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ruiz Y,Matos S,Kapadia S,Islam N,Cusack A,Kwong S,Trinh-Shevrin C

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the efficacy of skills training designed to increase female condom use among women. METHODS:We conducted a randomized controlled trial of 409 women, recruited from family planning clinics in northern California, who were randomly assigned to the experimental 4-session female condom skills train...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Choi KH,Hoff C,Gregorich SE,Grinstead O,Gomez C,Hussey W

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed whether asthma is associated with urban children's use of special education services. METHODS:We conducted a cross-sectional study in 24 randomly selected New York City public elementary schools using a parent-report questionnaire focusing on sociodemographic characteristics, special education e...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Stingone JA,Claudio L

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study estimated the magnitude of health improvements resulting from a proposed living wage ordinance in San Francisco. METHODS:Published observational models of the relationship of income to health were applied to predict improvements in health outcomes associated with proposed wage increases in San Fr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bhatia R,Katz M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prospectively gathered data were used to reexamine and to strengthen previously described observations about education and the risk of alcohol abuse and dependence. The hypothesis was that individuals who dropped out of high school and those who entered college but failed to get a college degree might be at ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Crum RM,Helzer JE,Anthony JC

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether nonstandard work schedules by mothers were associated with adolescent overweight. METHODS:We conducted multiple regression analyses using a sample of mother-child pairs (n=2353) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine the association between the number of years moth...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Miller DP,Han WJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a systematic review of literature on violence and related health concerns among asylum seekers in high-income host countries. We extracted data from 23 peer-reviewed studies. Prevalence of torture, variably defined, was above 30% across all studies. Torture history in clinic populations correlated with h...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kalt A,Hossain M,Kiss L,Zimmerman C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the marketing strategies for local vapor stores in a large metropolitan area in Oklahoma. METHODS:Vapor store owners or managers (n = 33) participated in individual interviews regarding marketing practices in 2014. We asked owners about their marketing strategies and the groups they targeted. We...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cheney M,Gowin M,Wann TF

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From mid-June through early August 1980, an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness in Red Lodge, Montana affected approximately 780 persons, as estimated from attack rates of 33 per cent and 15 per cent in urban and rural residents, respectively. Giardia lamblia was identified in stool specimens from 51 per cent of 47 p...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Weniger BG,Blaser MJ,Gedrose J,Lippy EC,Juranek DD

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandates that there be no out-of-pocket cost for Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive methods. Among 987 privately insured reproductive aged Pennsylvania women, fewer than 5% were aware that their insurance covered tubal sterilization, and only 11% were awa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chuang CH,Mitchell JL,Velott DL,Legro RS,Lehman EB,Confer L,Weisman CS

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00