It is time to integrate abortion into primary care.

abstract：:We examined refusal rates for sensitive demographic questions to determine whether questions on sexual orientation are too sensitive for routine use on public health surveys. We compared the percentage of active refusals in New Mexico for a sexual orientation question and 6 other sensitive demographic questions. In 20...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： VanKim NA,Padilla JL,Lee JG,Goldstein AO

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2009 we surveyed 400 tribal members of a midwestern American Indian reservation to assess the prevalence of OxyContin use. Thirty percent of tribal participants reported nonmedical use of OxyContin ever, 18.9% in the past year, and 13.4% in the past month. Participants aged 18 to 25 years were most likely to have u...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Momper SL,Delva J,Tauiliili D,Mueller-Williams AC,Goral P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the widespread use of ecologic analysis in epidemiologic research and health planning, little attention has been given by health scientists and practitioners to the methodological aspects of this approach. This paper reviews the major types of ecologic study designs, the analytic methods appropriate for each, ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Morgenstern H

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The humanitarian crisis revealed as a result of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico demonstrates a long history of US colonial neglect and human rights violations. This reality has made it especially difficult for the people of Puerto Rico to achieve their right to the highest attainable standard of health.The impacts are ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Joseph SR,Voyles C,Williams KD,Smith E,Chilton M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We describe common surgical and medical hospital admission rates for Maryland residents, exploring systematic effects of race and income. METHODS:The data comprise Maryland hospital discharges and population estimates for 1985 to 1987. Patient income is the race-specific median family income of residence zi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gittelsohn AM,Halpern J,Sanchez RL

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We analyzed the impact of Connecticut legislation incentivizing voluntary school district-level elimination of unhealthy competitive foods on National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participation. METHODS:We analyzed data on free, reduced, and paid participation in the NSLP from 904 schools within 154 Connecti...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Long MW,Luedicke J,Dorsey M,Fiore SS,Henderson KE

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and health physicists frequently serve as expert consultants to lawyers, courts, and administrators. One of the most common errors committed by experts is to equate, without qualification, the attributable fraction estimated from epidemiologic data to the probability of causation req...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Greenland S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nondaily intermittent smokers (ITS) are common, but their cessation behavior remains elusive. We examined cessation of native-ITS (n = 2040), converted-ITS (n = 1808), and daily smokers (DS; n = 25 344). All ITS were more likely than were DS to make a quit attempt (native-ITS adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.60, 95% conf...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tindle HA,Shiffman S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic reviews are generating valuable scientific knowledge about the impact of public health laws, but this knowledge is not readily accessible to policy makers. We identified 65 systematic reviews of studies on the effectiveness of 52 public health laws: 27 of those laws were found effective, 23 had insufficient...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Moulton AD,Mercer SL,Popovic T,Briss PA,Goodman RA,Thombley ML,Hahn RA,Fox DM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hookah use is gaining popularity nationwide. We determined the correlates and trends for hookah use from the California Tobacco Survey. Between 2005 and 2008 hookah use increased more than 40%, and in 2008, 24.5% of young men reported ever using a hookah. Hookah use was more common among the young (18-24 years), the e...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Smith JR,Edland SD,Novotny TE,Hofstetter CR,White MM,Lindsay SP,Al-Delaimy WK

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined a project designed to improve the health and wellness of employees of Brabantia, a Dutch manufacturer of household goods, by means of lifestyle changes and changes in working conditions. METHODS:The workers at one Brabantia site constituted the experimental group, and the workers from tw...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Maes S,Verhoeven C,Kittel F,Scholten H

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We estimated the effects of high incarceration rates on rates of sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancies. METHODS:We calculated correlations between rates of incarceration in state prisons and county jails and rates of sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancies for each of the 1...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Thomas JC,Torrone E

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To avoid exploitation of host communities, many commentators argue that subjects must receive the best methods available worldwide. Others worry that this requirement may block important research intended to improve health care, especially in developing countries. To resolve this dilemma, we propose a framework for th...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wendler D,Emanuel EJ,Lie RK

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of body fatness and leanness is examined in an ongoing prospective nutrition and growth study. Individual skinfold thicknesses, relative weights, weight gains, activity levels, and caloric intakes were examined at seven ages between 6 months and 9 years. Changes in body fatness in this group of childre...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shapiro LR,Crawford PB,Clark MJ,Pearson DL,Raz J,Huenemann RL

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of social sciences, there has been a renewed interest in studying prejudice and discrimination as stressors and assessing their impact on various health outcomes. This raises a need for theoretically based and psychometrically sound measures of prejudice. As researchers approach this task, there are sever...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Meyer IH

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We addressed the positive and negative factors that influence the health and wellness of urban Aboriginal youths in Canada and ways of restoring, promoting, and maintaining the health and wellness of this population. Fifty-three in-service professionals, care providers, and stakeholders participated in this study in w...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yi KJ,Landais E,Kolahdooz F,Sharma S

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 10,524 homeless veterans assessed in a 43-site VA program, 50 percent served during the Vietnam War era, compared to only 29 percent of all veterans in the general population. This reflects the greater risk of homelessness among men aged 30-44 rather than the impact of Vietnam Era service. The proportion of homeles...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rosenheck R,Gallup P,Leda CA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the impact of changes in dimensions of the psychosocial work environment on risk of depression in a longitudinal cohort of Canadian workers who were free of depression when work conditions were initially reported. METHODS:Using a sample (n = 3735) from the Canadian National Population Health Sur...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Smith PM,Bielecky A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We used data from a nationally representative sample to examine the associations among 3 dimensions of sexual orientation (identity, attraction, and behavior), lifetime and past-year mood and anxiety disorders, and sex. METHODS:We analyzed data from wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bostwick WB,Boyd CJ,Hughes TL,McCabe SE

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:We use systems thinking to develop a strategic framework for analyzing the tobacco problem and we suggest solutions. Humans are vulnerable to nicotine addiction, and the most marketable form of nicotine delivery is the most harmful. A tobacco use management system has evolved out of governments' attempts to regulate t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Borland R,Young D,Coghill K,Zhang JY

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We assessed the quality of hospital care for women who underwent a hysterectomy to compare Medicaid-covered women with privately insured women and minority women with White women. METHODS:We evaluated medical decisions, inpatient care, quality of inpatient care, and outcomes. RESULTS:Quality of hospital car...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hakim RB,Benedict MB,Merrick NJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal mortality remains one of the most daunting public health problems in resource-poor settings, and reductions in maternal mortality have been identified as a prominent component of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The World Health Organization estimates that 515000 women die each year from pregn...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mavalankar DV,Rosenfield A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed the economic burden of child abuse-related hospitalizations. METHODS:We compared inpatient stays coded with a diagnosis of child abuse or neglect with stays of other hospitalized children using the 1999 National Inpatient Sample of the Healthcare Costs and Utilization Project. RESULTS:C...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rovi S,Chen PH,Johnson MS

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：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：:This paper describes the employment experience of 266 individuals one year after traumatic injury severe enough to require hospitalization. Of those working full-time prior to their injury, 56 per cent were employed full-time at one year; an additional 5 per cent were working part-time. Those sustaining a severe head ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： MacKenzie EJ,Shapiro S,Smith RT,Siegel JH,Moody M,Pitt A

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated environmental lead pollution and its impact on children's blood lead levels (BLLs) in a rural area of China. METHODS:In 2007, we studied 379 children younger than 15 years living in 7 villages near lead mines and processing plants, along with a control group of 61 children from another villa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lin S,Wang X,Yu IT,Tang W,Miao J,Li J,Wu S,Lin X

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the first four years of operation of the Extended MPH Degree Program of the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine and the features that might explain its initial success. The format of the curriculum is radically different from the traditional two-year program of...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wainwright RB,Peterson ML,Farrier JM

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00