Denial of abortion because of provider gestational age limits in the United States.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated whether the decline of the racial disparity in preterm birth during the last decade was commensurate with a decline in the contribution of preterm birth to the infant mortality gap. METHODS:We used linked files of 1990 and 2000 data on US infant births and deaths to partition the gap between Bl...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Schempf AH,Branum AM,Lukacs SL,Schoendorf KC

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Data from the Tecumseh Community Health Study were used to estimate excess morbidity owing to influenza, and results were compared with estimates made previously using different methodology for an Institute of Medicine report. METHODS:Study participants from Tecumseh, Michigan, were classified as infected o...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sullivan KM,Monto AS,Longini IM Jr

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An editorial in a previous issue of this journal falsely claims that the US government's efforts to reduce road fatalities are not based on science. It says that, as a result, the United States has fallen behind other countries in road death prevention. A large body of research and evaluation informed federal and stat...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Robertson LS

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence and causes of functional paralysis in the United States. METHODS:We used the 2013 US Paralysis Prevalence & Health Disparities Survey to estimate the prevalence of paralysis, its causes, associated sociodemographic characteristics, and health effects among this population. RESULT...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Armour BS,Courtney-Long EA,Fox MH,Fredine H,Cahill A

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To assess the prevalence and factors associated with physical and nonphysical violence in a sample of general practitioners (GPs). METHODS:We used a cross-sectional design to collect data from December 2014 to March 2015 with a structured self-administered questionnaire from 1015 GPs in Hubei Province, Cent...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gan Y,Li L,Jiang H,Lu K,Yan S,Cao S,Fu W,Hu S,Qiao Y,Yang T,Wang C,Chen Y,Yang Y,Li H,Fang P,Yin X,Lu Z

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the potential relation of mental ability test scores at age 10 years with alcohol problems and alcohol intake at age 30 years. METHODS:We used data from a prospective observational study involving 8170 members of a birth cohort from Great Britain born in 1970. Data included mental ability scores...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Batty GD,Deary IJ,Schoon I,Emslie C,Hunt K,Gale CR

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We analyzed outcomes from a study that examined social-contextual factors in cancer prevention interventions for working class, multiethnic populations. METHODS:Ten community health centers were randomized to intervention or to control. Patients who resided in low-income, multiethnic neighborhoods were elig...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Emmons KM,Stoddard AM,Fletcher R,Gutheil C,Suarez EG,Lobb R,Weeks J,Bigby JA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated attitudes toward provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) in the suburbs of Harare, Zimbabwe, where late presentation after mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) is a major cause of adolescent mortality. METHODS:Adolescents (10-18 years) attending 2 primary clinics were offered...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ferrand RA,Trigg C,Bandason T,Ndhlovu CE,Mungofa S,Nathoo K,Gibb DM,Cowan FM,Corbett EL

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed awareness of and preferences for rapid HIV testing among young, urban men of color who have sex with men and are engaged in high-risk behaviors for HIV. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was conducted in New York City among 177 young men who have sex with men (MSM). RESULTS:Among the 85% of the ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cohall A,Dini S,Nye A,Dye B,Neu N,Hyden C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined how immunization-related beliefs, attitudes, and perceived control mediate up-to-date immunization among various sociodemographic groups. METHODS:Statewide estimates of immunization rates among children up to the age of 2 years were obtained via a multistage cluster sample. In-person int...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Prislin R,Dyer JA,Blakely CH,Johnson CD

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study characterized exposure-monitoring activities and findings under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) 1984 ethylene oxide (EtO) standard. METHODS:In-depth mail and telephone surveys were followed by on-site interviews at all EtO-using hospitals in Massachusetts (n = 92, 96%...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： LaMontagne AD,Kelsey KT

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:In spite of over 30 years of periodic nationwide surveys, we have thus far only the most rudimentary estimates of the determinants of the health of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. This paper explores ways to improve the capability of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to collect national...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yu ES,Liu WT

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Social cohesion is recognized as a fundamental condition for healthy populations, but social cohesion itself arises from political unity. The history of the Berlin Wall provides a unique opportunity to examine the effects of partition on social cohesion and, by inference, on health. METHODS:This ethnographi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Héon-Klin V,Sieber E,Huebner J,Fullilove MT

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has foregrounded disability as a human rights and equity issue, elevating it to a priority global research area. Academics from Western universities are likely to play an increasing role in disability health research in developing countrie...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Durham J,Brolan CE,Mukandi B

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

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 examined US health educators' likelihood of adopting genomic competencies--specific skills and knowledge in public health genomics--into health promotion and the factors influencing such likelihood. METHODS:We developed and tested a model to assess likelihood to adopt genomic competencies. Data from 1607...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chen LS,Kwok OM,Goodson P

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the effect of public health leadership training on the capacity of public health leaders to perform competencies derived from the list of "Ten Essential Public Health Services" presented in 1994 by the steering committee of the Public Health Functions Project. METHODS:Graduating scholars of the ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Saleh SS,Williams D,Balougan M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine the extent to which early life conditions and adverse life events impact chewing ability in middle and later adulthood. METHODS:Secondary analyses were conducted based on data from waves 2 and 3 of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), collected in the years ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Listl S,Watt RG,Tsakos G

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess time trends in mortality rates in European countries for the period 2011 to 2015 by level of austerity measures imposed by governments in response to the economic and financial crisis. METHODS:We analyzed standardized mortality rates (SMRs) for 2011 through 2015 in 15 European countries based on E...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rajmil L,Fernández de Sanmamed MJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary intakes of nutrients implicated in cardiovascular disease were studied in 143 Black females, age 9 years. Dietary recall interviews were conducted and data compared with recommendations of several authoritative groups. A majority of subjects reported intakes: exceeding recommendations for total fat, saturated ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Steele MF,Gallagher ML

更新日期：1985-11-01 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：:In an attempt to meet the need for increasing public knowledge about cancer, a system providing free information by telephone has been developed. The system is comprised of 36 pre-recorded taped lectures containing information about various aspects of cancer. Interested individuals call a toll-free number, indicate a ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wilkinson GS,Mirand EA,Graham S

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined whether there are systematic differences between the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the Current Population Survey (CPS) for state cigarette smoking prevalence estimates. METHODS:BRFSS telephone survey estimates were compared with estimates from the US Census CPS t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Arday DR,Tomar SL,Nelson DE,Merritt RK,Schooley MW,Mowery P

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To assess the validity of the immigrant health paradox among Arab Americans in California.Methods. We used data from the 2003 to 2017 California Health Interview Survey (n = 1425). We used survey-weighted χ2 and logistic regression analyses to compare Arabs by immigrant generation on socioeconomic indicato...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Abuelezam NN,El-Sayed AM,Galea S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed background characteristics, health status, and prevalence rates of mental health disorders in 2 studies of homeless mothers conducted in Worcester, Mass, one in 1993 and the other in 2003. METHODS:We compared the women taking part in the 2 studies, which involved similar methodologies, on the ke...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Weinreb LF,Buckner JC,Williams V,Nicholson J

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologists have expressed concern about constraints upon the conduct of epidemiological research imposed by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), attorneys, and both institutional and individual health services providers. The epidemiologists assert that these constraints, not necessarily required by law or sound po...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hershey N

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A representative sample of women living in metropolitan Los Angeles were asked what they heard and what they believed about mammography and whether they would obtain a mammogram if their doctor advised it. Forty percent of these women said they had not heard of mammography even after the procedure was described. Few o...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Berkanovic E,Reeder SJ

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to ascertain how economic reform has affected nutritional well-being of the elderly in the Russian Federation. METHODS:A sample of more than 2932 Russians 60 years of age and older was selected from a nationally representative survey of Russian households. A 24-hour dietary rec...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Popkin BM,Zohoori N,Baturin A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00