Trail user demographics, physical activity behaviors, and perceptions of a newly constructed greenway trail.

abstract：:To determine if the timing of prenatal care is associated with low birth weight delivery after adjusting for sociodemographic and behavioral risk factors, we performed a retrospective cross-sectional study of singleton births to white (2,945,595) or African-American (552,068) women in the United States in 1996. When a...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Hueston WJ,Gilbert GE,Davis L,Sturgill V

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improved pneumococcal vaccine (PPV) immunization for seniors is a national goal of the Medicare program. This study examined whether adding a simple telephone follow-up to an existing mailed physician performance feedback under the Medicare program would increase the impact on billed pneumococcal immunizations. Medica...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Quinley JC,Shih A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. Disparities in access to care contribute to advanced CRC stage at diagnosis, and these disparities are most pronounced among underserved populations and ethnic minorities. We aim to evaluate race/ethnicity-specific disparities in CR...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Chan C,Lopez A,Castaneda G,Bhuket T,Liu B,Yee S,Irwin D,Wong RJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a large-scale survey of rural consumers (n = 3,056), respondents were asked whether they would allow a nurse practitioner to perform each of 12 functions. The results indicate general acceptance of a broadly defined role for the nurse practitioner. Only two functions were not acceptable to a majority of the respond...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kviz FJ,Misener TR,Vinson N

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) conventions are trade shows held across the globe to promote e-cigarette products and provide a venue for users to socialize. E-cigarette users that attend these events likely represent the most intensive e-cigarette user group. No study has characterized addiction and behavior chara...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Johnson JM,Muilenburg JL,Rathbun SL,Yu X,Naeher LP,Wang JS

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the levels of knowledge, attitudes and beliefs and AIDS among secondary school students in the Asir Region of Southwestern Saudi Arabia, and to assess the impact of a one-session AIDS education lecture given in some schools in the region during World AIDS Day, December 1992. An Arab...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Abolfotouh MA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Firearm violence remains a significant problem in the US (with 2787 adolescents killed in 2015). However, the research on school firearm violence prevention practices and policies is scant. Parents are major stakeholders in relation to firearm violence by youths and school safety in general. The purpose of this study ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Payton E,Khubchandani J,Thompson A,Price JH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the first year of an ongoing village health care and economic development project in the Krong Buk district of Dak Lak province in Vietnam's Central Highlands. The project serves 21 villages with a total population of just over 15,000. Most belong to ethnic minority groups. Physicians from the pro...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Barrett B,Ladinsky J,Volk N

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the marginal success rates of formal smoking cessation clinics and the small number of smokers who have participated in such clinics, it must be concluded that their impact on the public health problem of smoking has been negligible. This paper speculates about changes that would improve their performance and su...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Stachnik TJ,Stoffelmayr BE

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children (particularly low-income minorities and refugees) are at high risk for serious injury or death from motor vehicle crashes. Interpreter-assisted data collection included key informant interviews, focus groups and face-to-face surveys with the Somali community of Columbus, Ohio about child passenger safety. Mea...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： McKenzie LB,Fowler E,Roberts KJ,Kaercher RM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated mortality and health services utilization in a prospective study of 630 older residents of a Southern California community. All participants were 65 years or older when initially evaluated in 1973-1975. In addition to being followed for vital status each year, participants were reinterviewed in 1984-1986 ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kaplan RM,Wingard DL,McPhillips JB,Williams-Jones D,Barrett-Connor E

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to improve Health Risk Appraisals and to induce individuals to change their lifestyles, comprehensive evaluations and counseling sessions were carried out for 476 participants of an experimental preventive care program (1984). Nurse practitioners interviewed participants in their homes and collected infor...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Acquista VW,Wachtel TJ,Gomes CI,Salzillo M,Stockman M

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) has been recognized as the crux of HIV surveillance, prevention and treatment programs. Since 2000, Ghana government has launched a number of HIV prevention and treatment programs intended to increase VCT services. Despite these efforts, uptake of testing is still low, though man...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Koku EF

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An environmental and economic evaluation of the smoke-free law in Massachusetts provides a broad appreciation of how a state-wide smoking ban affects the health of patrons and workers as well as the industries that are commonly concerned about the effects of smoking bans on business. The aim of this study is to evalua...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Alpert HR,Carpenter CM,Travers MJ,Connolly GN

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine levels of food security among American Indians (AI) living in the Midwest and possible correlations between food security levels and various health outcomes, diet, and demographic variables. This study used a cross-sectional design to determine health behaviors among AI. Part...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Berryhill K,Hale J,Chase B,Clark L,He J,Daley CM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health Service Package is the package of services that the government is providing or is aspiring to provide to its citizens in an equitable manner. The Ethiopia Family Health Service Package is part of the health extension program consisting of antenatal care, delivery service, postnatal care, immunization, and famil...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kide F,Baraki N,Oljira L,Gebreyesus A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regular physical activity produces various health benefits; however, relatively few adults in the United States (US) get enough physical activity. Little is known about physical activity behaviors, and barriers and facilitators to physical activity among Cambodian-Americans. Cambodian Americans were recruited from com...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Coronado GD,Sos C,Talbot J,Do HH,Taylor VM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variability of heat stress illness (HSI) by urbanicity and climate region has rarely been considered in previous HSI studies. We investigated temporal and geographic trends in HSI emergency department (ED) visits in CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking) states for 2005-2010. We obtained county-le...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Fechter-Leggett ED,Vaidyanathan A,Choudhary E

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an excess burden of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the Appalachian region of the United States, which could be reduced by increased uptake of CRC screening tests. Thus, we examined correlates of screening among Appalachian residents at average-risk for CRC. Using a population-based sample, we conducted interviews...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Paskett ED,Llanos AA,Young GS,Pennell ML,Lee CJ,Katz ML

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Care-delays can further exacerbate racial and ethnic health disparities in novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related complications. The purpose of our study was to describe and evaluate a Patient Engagement Messaging campaign (PEM campaign) promoting health care seeking behaviors among community and rural clin...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Mayfield CA,Sparling A,Hardeman G,de Hernandez BU,Pasupuleti N,Carr J,Coltman K,Neuwirth Z

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the Canadian Aboriginal People's colonial legacy of multiple deprivations, the discord between an Aboriginal worldview and the dominant neo-liberal culture in Canada, and the recognized disadvantage vulnerability of single mothers, this quantitative study was aimed at increasing the understanding of exclusion, s...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Johner R,Maslany G

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women of reproductive age are at higher risk for depression than men; and depressive behaviors and endocrine imbalances could lead to adverse birth outcomes. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether maternal depression during pregnancy affected adverse birth outcomes, specifically preterm birth and small f...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Smith KF,Huber LR,Issel LM,Warren-Findlow J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:United States colorectal cancer mortality rates have declined; however, disparities by socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity persist. The objective of this study was to describe the temporal association between colorectal cancer mortality and socioeconomic status by sex and race/ethnicity. Cancer mortality rates in ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Enewold L,Horner MJ,Shriver CD,Zhu K

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza and related pneumonia continue to cause significant amounts of morbidity and mortality despite the availability of effective vaccines. Two comparable counties in Massachusetts served as project areas of a national trial to see if reimbursement for immunizing Medicare-B eligible recipients against influenza w...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Etkind P,Simon M,Shannon S,Bottum C,Goldstein R,Werner B,Cheney S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine geographic and race/ethnic disparities in access to end of life care among elderly patients with lung cancer. The study sample consisted of 91,039 Medicare beneficiaries with lung cancer who died in 2008. The key outcome measures included the number of emergency room visits, ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Nayar P,Qiu F,Watanabe-Galloway S,Boilesen E,Wang H,Lander L,Islam M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even after the introduction of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), uninsured visits remain high, especially in states that opted out of Medicaid expansion. Since the ACA does not provide universal coverage, free clinics serve as safety nets for the un- or under-insured, and will likely continue servi...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kamimura A,Tabler J,Chernenko A,Aguilera G,Nourian MM,Prudencio L,Ashby J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital closure, a devastating event in the life of small communities, can have long-lasting medical, economic, and psychological consequences. This study focuses on a 1991 closure that occurred in the rural North Dakota town of Beach that left local residents 40 and 61 miles away from the nearest hospitals. Two hund...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Muus KJ,Ludtke RL,Gibbens B

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine Hepatitis A (HAV) and Hepatitis B (HBV) screening, and the risk of HBV reactivation during Hepatitis C (HCV) therapy with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). A retrospective chart review was performed of patients treated with second generation DAA therapy from January 2014 to Se...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Davison J,O'Shea A,Waterbury N,Villalvazo Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the self-reported quality of life of racial/ethnic minorities and Caucasians living in a rural, northern New York county, where 94% of the population is Caucasian. Participants completed a 79-item survey online and in-person assessing health status, health-related quality of li...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Bonnar KK,McCarthy M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The care of 169 patients with sore throats was evaluated retrospectively to determine if the quality of medical care received in a teaching hospital's emergency room is associated with the degree of control managing physicians have over the medical care process. Diagnostic evaluation (temperature, throat and cervical ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Fletcher SW,Hamann C

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00