Using sentinel surveillance system to monitor seasonal and novel H1N1 influenza infection in Houston, Texas: outcome analysis of 2008-2009 flu season.

abstract：:Despite availability of a safe, effective vaccination, uptake and completion rates of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination remain low in the United States. This is particularly true in the southeast, which also sees some of the highest rates of HPV-associated (HPVa) cancers. We aimed to identify areas in Alabama in ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Vickers M,Green CL,Lee HY,Pierce JY,Daniel CL

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis represents the major public health concern worldwide. The purpose of this study was to assess osteoporosis beliefs and actual performance of osteoporosis preventive behaviors in non-academic community Chinese population and to explore whether the differences exist in community females and males. A cross s...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Zhang YP,Xia RY,Zhang B,Zhang F,Zhao XS,Zhang LL,Li H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the relationship between sun protection policies and practices at child care centers in Massachusetts. We hypothesized that centers with sun protection policies were more likely to have regular sun protection practices in place compared to centers without these policies. We conducted a telephone survey wit...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kenfield SA,Geller AC,Richter EM,Shuman S,O'Riordan D,Koh HK,Colditz GA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Spring Valley community of Washington, District of Columbia, was built on the site of a World War I chemical weapons lab where testing activities had distributed arsenic to surface soil and waste disposal had resulted in localized subsurface contamination. In previous work, findings were suggestive of potential si...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Fox MA

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:A curriculum in community and family medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, planned to include a primary care preceptorship as an integral unit, is described. The curriculum has been planned to allow for repeated and increasing exposure of medical students during their undergraduate years to a var...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Burke WM,Lukes JJ,Mansell E

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether hard-of-hearing older adults were more likely to report difficulties and delays in accessing care and decreased satisfaction with healthcare access than those without hearing loss. The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (2003-2006 wave, N = 6,524) surveyed respondents regarding hearing, difficulties/...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Pandhi N,Schumacher JR,Barnett S,Smith MA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Southeast Asian immigrants have lower levels of Pap testing than any other racial/ethnic group in the US, and are particularly unfamiliar with western culture and biomedical concepts of prevention. We completed an ethnographic study (N = 42) focusing on cervical cancer screening among Cambodian American women. We also...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Carey Jackson J,Taylor VM,Chitnarong K,Mahloch J,Fischer M,Sam R,Seng P

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rwanda still faces major hurdles in its effort to achieve universal access to health care for all. Even though there is an improvement in overall population health status and community-based funding of insurance coverage, a large percentage of women still deliver their babies at home assisted by unskilled birth attend...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Hong R,Ayad M,Ngabo F

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asian Indians are the largest Asian subgroup in the state of Michigan; however, data on the prevalence and correlates of cardiovascular disease for this group is limited. The sample consisted of 273 Asian Indians (AI) recruited through health fairs for surveys and blood tests throughout the state of Michigan. The prev...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Wu TY,Wang J,Chung S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Uganda malaria causes more morbidity and mortality than any other disease and children below 5 years contribute the biggest percentage of malaria related mortality. Insecticide treated nets (ITNs) are currently one of the most cost effective option for reducing malaria-related morbidity and mortality, however the f...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Nankinga Z,Muliira JK,Kalyango J,Nankabirwa J,Kiwuwa S,Njama-Meya D,Karamagi C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 15-year prospective study of cardiovascular disease among a cohort of Japanese men in Hawaii provided an opportunity to examine the temporal trends of coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence and mortality rates and to compare them with Hawaii State CHD mortality rates. The State mortality records showed a decline i...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Reed D,McGee D,Yano K

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Black women die of breast cancer at a much higher rate than white women. Recent studies have suggested that this racial disparity might be even greater in Chicago than the country as a whole. When data describing this racial disparity are presented they are sometimes attributed in part to racial differences in tumor b...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Whitman S,Ansell D,Orsi J,Francois T

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elimination of categorical grants and their replacement by block grants provides public health departments the opportunity to integrate their services and provide general primary care to the underserved. While some may consider this an opportunity long overdue such a change may generate considerable conflict with ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Kirkman-Liff BL,Kaluzny AD

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is aimed at investigating the factors determining the timing of first prenatal care (PNC) visit and the number of PNC visits among a national representative sample of Nepali women. Data was drawn from the 2006 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey on women age 15-49 years old who had delivery within three yea...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Neupane S,Doku DT

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children's physical activity (PA) may be determined, in part, by environmental influences such as access to diverse and safe places to play. As part of the development of a community-based PA program, a PA asset assessment was conducted in two low-income urban neighborhoods that support elementary schools serving mino...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： DeBate RD,Koby EJ,Looney TE,Trainor JK,Zwald ML,Bryant CA,McDermott RJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

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：:Virtually all large employers engage in corporate philanthropy, but little is known about the extent to which it is directed toward improving community health. We conducted in-depth interviews with leaders of corporate philanthropy from 13 of the largest manufacturing companies in the US to understand how giving decis...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： McHugh M,Farley D,Maechling CR,Dunlop DD,French DD,Holl JL

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poor persons continue to smoke at high rates and suffer grave health effects. We have been working with our community partners since 2008 to help poor people in the surrounding neighborhoods stop smoking through a multi-phase CBPR intervention known as CEASE. Our study used qualitative methods to identify factors that...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： O'Keefe AM,Bustad K,Apata J,Sheikhattari P,Abrams NR,Mahmud A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to be at higher risk for negative health outcomes including HIV, STIs, depression, substance use, suicidality, and anxiety. Associative relationships between homonegativity (internal and external) and these outcomes are used to explain the observed disproportionate impact. The ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Parker RD,Lõhmus L,Mangine C,Rüütel K

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It appears that the specialty of preventive medicine is declining as a viable specialty, with inadequate numbers of practitioners and with a declining number of physicians entering residency training programs. However, additional data are needed to make rough estimates of the level of need in the future. Even without ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Scutchfield FD

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：:Seasonal variations in the incidence of the most common acute diseases in childhood during the inter-epidemic year 1978 were investigated using a sample of 7,068 walk-in patients attending. Aurora Hospital, Helsinki. At least seven out of the ten most common diseases were of infectious origin. Generally, boys and the ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Peltola H

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the cooperation between modern and traditional medicine (TM) is increasingly promoted in health care system of nationwide, there remains many barriers. In this study, we examined the barriers and possible ways of promoting cooperation between traditional healers and modern health system. Ethnographic method i...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Suwankhong D,Liamputtong P,Runbold B

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:Despite the growing body of health information available online, patients with limited health literacy may lack either internet access or skills necessary to utilize this information. Nonetheless, patients at all health literacy levels may prefer other primary sources to obtain health information. We conducted a cross...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Gutierrez N,Kindratt TB,Pagels P,Foster B,Gimpel NE

更新日期：2014-02-01 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

abstract：:During the past 20 years, suicide rates in the United States have risen consistently. The upward trend has been particularly pronounced for adolescents and males. The availability of a complete data set on all suicides that occurred between 1925 and 1979 in Sacramento County, California, allowed us to compare trends i...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Bourque LB,Cosand BJ,Kraus JF

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Belgium and The Netherlands have fairly similar smoking prevalence patterns, but distinct tobacco control policies. It is our aim to use lung cancer death rates, especially among the youngest age groups (30-39 years), as indicators of past smoking behavioral patterns to evaluate recent tobacco control efforts in both ...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Van Hemelrijck MJ,Kabir Z,Connolly GN

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Korean Americans experience many challenges to obtaining adequate health care coverage and access to needed services. Because a large proportion of Korean Americans attend churches on a regular basis, churches may be a promising venue where health programs can be delivered. In order to gain an in-depth understanding o...

journal_title：Journal of community health

authors： Jo AM,Maxwell AE,Yang B,Bastani R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00