Investigating the effect of social changes on age-specific gun-related homicide rates in New York City during the 1990s.

abstract：:Four cohorts of urban women who delivered a child before reaching age 18 were followed for periods ranging from 6 to 12 years to determine use of abortion and sterilization. The two more recent cohorts had been served by comprehensive service programs. About 40 per cent of each of teh groups used abortion or steriliza...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jekel JF,Tyler NC,Klerman LV

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The study examined the unique and combined contributions of race/ethnicity, income, and family structure to adolescent cigarette smoking, alcohol use, involvement with violence, suicidal thoughts or attempts, and sexual intercourse. METHODS:Analyses were based on the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescen...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Blum RW,Beuhring T,Shew ML,Bearinger LH,Sieving RE,Resnick MD

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The predictive value of perceptions of smoking-related risks and benefits with regard to adolescent smoking initiation has not been adequately established. We used prospective, longitudinal data to directly test whether smoking-related perceptions predict smoking initiation among adolescents. METHODS:We adm...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Song AV,Morrell HE,Cornell JL,Ramos ME,Biehl M,Kropp RY,Halpern-Felsher BL

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the association between neighborhood convenience stores and diet outcomes for 20 years of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study. METHODS:We used dietary data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study years 1985-1986, 1992-1993, and 2005-2006 (n = 3299; ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rummo PE,Meyer KA,Boone-Heinonen J,Jacobs DR Jr,Kiefe CI,Lewis CE,Steffen LM,Gordon-Larsen P

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to ascertain the types of ethical challenges public health practitioners face in practice and to identify approaches used to resolve such challenges. METHODS:We conducted 45 semistructured interviews with public health practitioners across a range of occupations (e.g., health officers, medical dir...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Baum NM,Gollust SE,Goold SD,Jacobson PD

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United States excels at treating the most complex medical conditions, but our low-ranking health statistics (relative to other countries) do not match our high-end health care spending. One way to understand this paradox is to examine the history of federal children's health programs. In the 1800s, children's heal...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Brosco JP

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven cases of subacute central and peripheral neurologic dysfunction developed in 18 workers employed in the manufacture of reinforced plastic bathtubs. Cases were characterized by weight loss, dizziness, paresthesias, muscle weakness, incontinence, memory loss, and loss of peripheral, color, and night vision. Neurop...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Horan JM,Kurt TL,Landrigan PJ,Melius JM,Singal M

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This analysis describes trends in the prevalence of genital chlamydial infection in economically disadvantaged young women entering a national job training program. METHODS:We examined chlamydia test data for May 1990 through June 1997 for women aged 16 to 24 years who enrolled in the program. The significa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mertz KJ,Ransom RL,St Louis ME,Groseclose SL,Hadgu A,Levine WC,Hayman C

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prenatal care is commonly understood to have a beneficial impact on birthweight. This study describes socioeconomic differences in utilization of prenatal medical care and birthweight in a population with universal health insurance. METHODS:Measures of prenatal care utilization, incidence of pregnancy compl...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mustard CA,Roos NP

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of rubella in a male obstetrics-gynecology house staff member exposed 170 staff members and 11 prenatal patients to the clinical disease. Of 163 staff members tested within one week of exposure, 132 (80 per cent) were not susceptibles. Repeat titres three weeks later on 28 susceptibles remained negative. Of the...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McLaughlin MC,Gold LH

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We surveyed young men on their experiences of police encounters and subsequent mental health. METHODS:Between September 2012 and March 2013, we conducted a population-based telephone survey of 1261 young men aged 18 to 26 years in New York City. Respondents reported how many times they were approached by Ne...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Geller A,Fagan J,Tyler T,Link BG

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. There is debate whether policies that reduce firearm suicides or homicides are offset by increases in non-firearm-related deaths.Objectives. To assess the extent to which changes in firearm homicides and suicides following implementation of various gun laws affect nonfirearm homicides and suicides.Search M...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Smart R,Schell TL,Cefalu M,Morral AR

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 33 screening sessions in Denver gay steambaths, 48 of 419 (11.5 per cent) men were found to have asymptomatic gonorrhea and six (1.4 per cent) had early latent syphilis. Questionnaires were administered to 160 men who reported a mean of 7.9 different male sex contacts per month. Female sex contacts were also re...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Judson FN,Miller KG,Schaffnit TR

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Knowledge of infection is essential for human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) treatment initiation and epidemic control. This study evaluates infection knowledge among infected injection drug users and acceptance of confidential testing among injection drug users, particularly those infected with HIV-1...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Reardon J,Warren N,Keilch R,Jenssen D,Wise F,Brunner W

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2004, the US Preventive Services Task Force called for an end to scoliosis screening in US public schools. However, screening endures, although most nations have ended their screening programs. Why? Explanations range from America's unique fee-for-service health care system and its encouragement of high-cost medica...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Linker B

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the effects of several survey features on response rates in a general population health survey. METHODS:In 2012 and 2013, 8000 households in British Columbia, Canada, were randomly allocated to 1 of 7 survey variants, each containing a different combination of survey features. Features compared inc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Guo Y,Kopec JA,Cibere J,Li LC,Goldsmith CH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to determine whether nutrient-rich whole grains reduce mortality risk. METHODS:The study included 38,740 Iowa women, aged 55 to 69 years. A food frequency questionnaire was used to obtain data on grain intake. RESULTS:Median whole grain intake quintiles ranged from a median of 0.2 to more...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jacobs DR Jr,Meyer KA,Kushi LH,Folsom AR

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the effectiveness of a 2-year multicomponent, school-based intervention designed to reduce tobacco use rates among adolescents in an urban area of India. METHODS:Students from 32 schools in Delhi and Chennai, India, were recruited and randomly assigned to an intervention or control group. Baseli...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Perry CL,Stigler MH,Arora M,Reddy KS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine maternal folic acid supplementation and plasma folate concentrations in the Boston Birth Cohort, a predominantly urban, low-income, minority population in Boston, Massachusetts. METHODS:This report includes 7612 mothers with singleton live births (3829 Black, 2023 Hispanic, 865 White, and 895 oth...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cheng TL,Mistry KB,Wang G,Zuckerman B,Wang X

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an ethnographic approach, the authors explored the awareness among women in southern Africa of the HIV epidemic and the methods they might use to protect themselves from the virus. The research, conducted from 1992 through 1999, focused specifically on heterosexual transmission in 5 sites that were selected to r...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Susser I,Stein Z

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A deeper understanding of how structure and environment shape the sexual and reproductive health vulnerabilities of youths across a range of outcomes has implications for the development of successful policies and programs. We have discussed some of the key structural and environmental factors that influence the sexua...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sommer M,Mmari K

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A coalition of mine operators has used a variety of tactics to obstruct scientific inquiry and impede public health action designed to protect underground miners from diesel particulate matter. These workers are exposed to the highest level of diesel particulate matter compared with any other occupational group. This ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Monforton C

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Using Jackson Heart Study data, we examined whether perceived discrimination was associated with prevalent hypertension in African Americans. METHODS:Everyday discrimination, lifetime discrimination, burden of discrimination, and stress from discrimination were examined among 4939 participants aged 35 to 84...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sims M,Diez-Roux AV,Dudley A,Gebreab S,Wyatt SB,Bruce MA,James SA,Robinson JC,Williams DR,Taylor HA

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to estimate rates of cervical cancer and Papanicolaou testing among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women in Manitoba, Canada. METHODS:Data were derived through linking of administrative databases. RESULTS:In comparison with non-Aboriginal women, Aboriginal women had 1.8 and 3.6 times the a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Young TK,Kliewer E,Blanchard J,Mayer T

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To explore whether and how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affects the relationship between employment and health insurance coverage, health care utilization, and health outcomes among recently incarcerated men aged 18 to 64 years in the United States.Methods. With data from the National Survey on Drug Use a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gutierrez CM,Pettit B

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammograms from a statewide screening program were subjected to a blind review by a panel of expert mammographers. Ninety-five percent (173/182) of original normal mammograms and 53% (164/311) of original abnormal mammograms were reread as normal. In comparison with the expert panel community radiologists were more li...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Feldman J,Smith RA,Giusti R,DeBuono B,Fulton JP,Scott HD

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a systematic review of literature on violence and related health concerns among asylum seekers in high-income host countries. We extracted data from 23 peer-reviewed studies. Prevalence of torture, variably defined, was above 30% across all studies. Torture history in clinic populations correlated with h...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kalt A,Hossain M,Kiss L,Zimmerman C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We determined rates of prenatal HIV testing and investigated barriers to testing. METHODS:We surveyed 1362 representative parturient women from 7 hospitals in 4 locations of the United States. RESULTS:Overall, 89.9% of women reported being offered HIV testing and 69.6% reported being tested. Proportions of...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Royce RA,Walter EB,Fernandez MI,Wilson TE,Ickovics JR,Simonds RJ,Perinatal Guidelines Evaluation Project.

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper uses monthly time-series data from 1968 through 1988 to test whether the observed increase in the incidence of low birthweight in New York City represents a reversal of the downward trend that existed prior to 1984. We find that the trend has shifted for both Whites and Blacks. We estimate that between July...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Joyce T

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00