Early community contexts, race/ethnicity and young adult CVD risk factors: the protective role of education.

abstract：:Understanding the characteristics of Chinese American smokers with medical conditions and factors associated with their tobacco-use behaviors will guide effective cessation programs. In 2008, the authors described socio-demographic profiles of Chinese smokers with medical conditions treated during the period 2002-2006...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Wong CC,Tong EK,Tsoh JY,Chen MJ,Hom FB

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of Greenland is diminishing and environmental and social shifts implicate food availability and the health of reproductive age women. There is little knowledge of the grocery store food environment in Greenland. To address this gap and provide baseline information the present study measured food availab...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Watson ZA,Shanks CB,Miles MP,Rink E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of programs designed to promote physical activity in older Hispanic women includes few innovative theory-based interventions that address cultural relevant strategies. The purpose of this report is to describe the design and baseline data for Mujeres en Accion, a physical activity intervention to increase...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Keller C,Fleury J,Perez A,Belyea M,Castro FG

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This manuscript presents the evaluation of a 3 year community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach involving the testing of a psychosocial intervention to improve reproductive and mental health of married women in a disadvantaged community in Beirut, Lebanon. The community-based participatory approach involved...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kobeissi L,Nakkash R,Ghantous Z,Saad MA,Yassin N

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreasing health disparities must increase access to care, improve health education and ease navigating the health care system. Community Health Workers (CHW) take on these tasks in professional and culturally competent manners. The Healthy Families Brooklyn (HFB) Program serves residents in two public housing develo...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Brown N,Vaughn NA,Lin AJ,Browne R,White M,Smith P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased globally. This study examined the geographic variation in overweight and obesity trends among Icelandic adolescents in urban and rural areas. Data from two cross-sectional population-based samples of 14- and 15-year-old students attending the compulsory 9th and 10...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Thorisdóttir IE,Kristjansson AL,Sigfusdottir ID,Allegrante JP

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the availability of HPV prophylactic vaccines, uptake has been suboptimal in the US. In the state of Hawaii, HPV vaccine coverage has decreased among females and remains low among males aged 13-17. The reasons for low uptake are unknown and may indicate the existence of critical barriers to HPV vaccination. Th...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Tom A,Robinett H,Buenconsejo-Lum L,Soon R,Hamilton M,Francisco-Natanauan P,Cruz MR,Balajadia R,Hernandez BY

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of data obtained through a survey of 415 men in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Rochester, New York, indicates that the transfer of testicular self-examination (TSE) skills from the medical community to the public has been relatively ineffective. Only two of every 100 respondents reported monthly self-examination...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Sheley JP,Kinchen EW,Morgan DH,Gordon DF

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community health fair has been used informally as a way of offering health promotion, education, and screening services onsite to underserved and hard to reach populations such as the newcomers. To utilize an annual health fair for the assessment of the overall perception of health status of newcomers in relation to t...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Salman K,Turek JM,Donovan C

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization among female clients at three hair salons in Connecticut using an anonymous tablet based screening tool. While many may assume that women receive services at hair salons, victims of IPV are often isolated by their partners and unable to ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Beebe RF,DiVietro SC,Dunn M,Bentivegna K,Clough ME,Lapidus GD,Joseph DK

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:Pregnancy and the events surrounding it are generally viewed as feminine issues exclusively for women. In sub-Saharan Africa, believing that pregnancy and the events that follow are guided by nature, a lot of superstition is attributed in the event of complications, which result in poor maternal outcomes. Maternal mor...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Nwakwuo GC,Oshonwoh FE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exceptional precautionary measures have been adopted to stop the transmission and control of COVID-19 through the world and Pakistan is facing lockdown in this scenario. Public loyalty to precautionary measures is affected by their knowledge, attitude, risk factors and practices (KAP) towards COVID-19. The present stu...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Afzal MS,Khan A,Qureshi UUR,Saleem S,Saqib MAN,Shabbir RMK,Naveed M,Jabbar M,Zahoor S,Ahmed H

更新日期：2020-07-13 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：:According to hope theory, hope is defined as goal-directed thinking in which people perceive that they can find routes to desired goals and the motivation to use those routes. The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between hope and body mass index and hope and self-rated health among women completing a...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kelsey KS,DeVellis BM,Gizlice Z,Ries A,Barnes K,Campbell MK

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：: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：:There is a global rise in the prevalence of diabetes and this has led to a rise in the consequences of diabetes such as diabetic retinopathy (DR). The current study aims to determine the prevalence, awareness and determinants of DR among diabetics who attended a screening centre in Enugu, south-eastern Nigeria. A desc...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kizor-Akaraiwe NN,Ezegwui IR,Oguego N,Uche NJ,N Asimadu I,Shiweobi J

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food insecurity (FI) affects more than one in five American children and is increasingly addressed during pediatric primary care. Its relevance during subspecialty care, including in the treatment of chronic conditions like epilepsy, is largely unknown. This study sought to determine the FI prevalence among children w...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： O'Malley JA,Klett BM,Klein MD,Inman N,Beck AF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A general introduction of this article is as follows: Reliable and timely health information is an essential foundation of public health action and health systems strengthening, both nationally and internationally (Aqil et al. in Health Policy Plan 24(3): 217-228, 2009; Bradshaw et al. in initial burden of disease es...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Otieno CF,Kaseje D,Ochieng' BM,Githae MN

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Safe sleep practices reduce an infant's risk for sudden infant death syndrome and sleep-related death. While rates of infants placed on their back to sleep are high, other safe sleep practices are less widely implemented. Our objective was to evaluate the feasibility of using cosmetologists as health promoters for inf...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Ahlers-Schmidt CR,Redmond ML,Struemph G,Hunninghake J,Nimeskern J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of the novel H1N1 virus prompted the Houston Department of Health and Human services (HDHHS) to use the existing sentinel surveillance system to effectively monitor the situation of novel H1N1 virus in the Houston metropolitan area. The objective of this study was to evaluate the demographic characteristics...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Khuwaja S,Mgbere O,Awosika-Olumo A,Momin F,Ngo K

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2000, the government of Vietnam conducted the first assessment of its national peer education program for HIV prevention. Twenty (32%) of Vietnam's 61 provinces and urban areas had functioning peer education programs, and program coordinators of all 20 were interviewed regarding their programs. In addition, on-site...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Khoat DV,West GR,Valdiserri RO,Phan NT

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza can spread quickly among children and caregivers in child day care settings. Vaccination is the most effective method to prevent influenza. We determined 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) (pH1N1) and seasonal influenza vaccination rates during the 2009-2010 influenza season among child care center employees, ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： de Perio MA,Wiegand DM,Evans SM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latinas have the highest incidence of cervical cancer. Latino parents' perceptions of the human papillomavirus (HPV) and willingness to have their sons and daughters vaccinated in Utah is largely unknown. Latino parents/guardians of children ages 11-17 years were recruited from two community organizations (N = 52) to ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Warner EL,Lai D,Carbajal-Salisbury S,Garza L,Bodson J,Mooney K,Kepka D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women residing in Eastern Africa are disproportionately affected by cervical cancer. Previous studies have identified risky sexual behavior as a major risk factor for cervical cancer. However, population-based studies examining the relationship between sexual behavior and cervical cancer screening are currently lackin...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Haile ZT,Kingori C,Chavan B,Francescon J,Teweldeberhan AK

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence of the degree of fit between the special needs of the elderly and the service mix and payment level of ambulatory services offered under the Medicare program is presented in this second part of a two-part study of geriatric office care. Results from interviews with a focus group of 60 practicing clinicians, i...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Fahs MC,Muller C,Schechter M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthritis and other rheumatic conditions comprise the leading cause of disability in the United States. In 1990, an estimated 16.7% of Missourians had arthritis. By 2020, an estimated 20% of Missourians will have this condition. We examined Missouri's prevalence of self-reported physician-diagnosed arthritis, chronic ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Vradenburg JA,Simoes EJ,Jackson-Thompson J,Murayi T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of national programs in the past decade suggests that there is a developing consensus regarding the need for preventive services, but the proportion of them that physicians provide is decreasing. As teachers of preventive medicine, we should have a particular concern with the physician's performance in providin...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Rabin DL

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A SUNY-Upstate cohort was observed during the four-year matriculation (1974--1978) of the students for changes in their career choices. Medical school exposure seemed to increase students' interest in all major specialties, with the exception of family practice for which there was an overall 3% decrease. Internship an...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Oates RP,Feldman HA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00