The microbiologic quality of drinking water in North Carolina migrant labor camps.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed whether associations between education and 2 health behaviors--smoking and leisure-time physical inactivity (LTPI)--depended on nativity and age at immigration among Hispanic and Asian young adults. METHODS:Data came from the 2000-2008 National Health Interview Survey. The sample included 13 345...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Stoddard P,Adler NE

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the prevalence of abortion among population groups and changes in rates between 2008 and 2014. METHODS:We used secondary data from the Abortion Patient Survey, the American Community Survey, and the National Survey of Family Growth to estimate abortion rates. We used information from the Abortion ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jones RK,Jerman J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We determined whether and to what extent a woman's exposure to stressful life events prior to conception (PSLEs) was associated with preterm birth and whether maternal age modified this relationship. METHODS:We examined 9350 mothers and infants participating in the first wave of the Early Childhood Longitud...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Witt WP,Cheng ER,Wisk LE,Litzelman K,Chatterjee D,Mandell K,Wakeel F

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the cesarean rates in different child policy periods and assess the medical necessity of cesareans during the 2-child policy period. METHODS:We collected hospital-level aggregate data on 93 745 deliveries and individual-level data on 27 977 deliveries from 6 hospitals in the Hubei and Gansu prov...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Liao Z,Zhou Y,Li H,Wang C,Chen D,Liu J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large portion of current epidemiologic research is based on methodologic individualism: the notion that the distribution of health and disease in populations can be explained exclusively in terms of the characteristics of individuals. The present paper discusses the need to include group- or macro-level variables in...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Diez-Roux AV

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined recent public-sector trends in childhood vaccine costs and estimated future costs. METHODS:We used public-sector price data to calculate vaccine purchase cost per child for children aged 0 to 6 years from 1975 to 2001. We fit a linear regression model to historical data and then used it to proje...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Davis MM,Zimmerman JL,Wheeler JR,Freed GL

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the home-facility and level of care changes, discharges, and deaths over a five-year period for 1,653 clients newly admitted in 1978 to a long-term care program in British Columbia, Canada. Five years after admission, of clients initially admitted to care at home (N = 1241), 34.3 per cent were still...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Stark AJ,Gutman GM

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 13-year period, 59 per cent of 28,561 smokers decreased the tar and nicotine (T/N) level in the cigarettes they smoked without changing the number of cigarettes smoked to any important extent. On the other hand, more than 54 per cent of the "less than one pack a day" smokers as compared to only 25 per cent of t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Garfinkel L

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We compared pneumonia and influenza death rates among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people with rates among Whites and examined geographic differences in pneumonia and influenza death rates for AI/AN persons. METHODS:We adjusted National Vital Statistics Surveillance mortality data for racial miscla...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Groom AV,Hennessy TW,Singleton RJ,Butler JC,Holve S,Cheek JE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effects of a novel oral health promotion program (Oral Health 4 Life; OH4L) delivered through state-funded tobacco quitlines. METHODS:Using a semipragmatic design to balance experimental control and generalizability, we randomized US quitline callers (n = 718) to standard care or standard care...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McClure JB,Bush T,Anderson ML,Blasi P,Thompson E,Nelson J,Catz SL

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomized controlled trials were conducted at two residential drug abuse treatment facilities to compare programs that differed in planned duration. One trial compared a 6-month and a 12-month therapeutic community program (n = 184), and the second compared a 3-month and a 6-month relapse prevention program (n = 444)...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McCusker J,Vickers-Lahti M,Stoddard A,Hindin R,Bigelow C,Zorn M,Garfield F,Frost R,Love C,Lewis B

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the potential for public health strategies to decrease the substantial burden of injuries, injury prevention infrastructure in state health departments is underdeveloped. We sought to describe the legal support for injury prevention activities at state health departments. We searched the Lexis database for st...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Stier DD,Thombley ML,Kohn MA,Jesada RA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although "population health" is one of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Triple Aim goals, its relationship to accountable care organizations (ACOs) remains ill-defined and lacks clarity as to how the clinical delivery system intersects with the public health system. Although defining population health as "pa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hacker K,Walker DK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The environmental justice movement has stimulated community-driven research about the living and working conditions of people of color and low-income communities. We describe an epidemiological study designed to link research with community education and organizing for social justice. In eastern North Carolina, high-d...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wing S,Horton RA,Muhammad N,Grant GR,Tajik M,Thu K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The World Health Organization's Regional Office for Europe has undertaken a large study to evaluate housing and health in 7 European cities. METHODS:Survey tools were used to obtain information about housing and living conditions, health perception, and health status from a representative sample of the popu...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bonnefoy XR,Braubach M,Moissonnier B,Monolbaev K,Röbbel N

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate how met need for accessibility and availability of primary care among nonelderly individuals in Georgia will be affected by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) over the next 10 years. METHODS:We used a stock-and-flow model to predict the number of available visits from 2013 to 2...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gentili M,Harati P,Serban N

更新日期：2016-08-01 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:We explored insurers' perceptions regarding barriers to reimbursement for oral rapid HIV testing and other preventive screenings during dental care. METHODS:We conducted semistructured interviews between April and October 2010 with a targeted sample of 13 dental insurance company executives and consultants,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Feinstein-Winitzer RT,Pollack HA,Parish CL,Pereyra MR,Abel SN,Metsch LR

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a high prevalence of oral disease in the Alaska Native population, much of which goes untreated, creating a large discrepancy between the level of their oral health and that of the general population. The causes of this discrepancy are multiple--a major cause being the lack of access to care, especially in re...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sekiguchi E,Guay AH,Brown LJ,Spangler TJ Jr

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined associations between residential exposure to BIXI (BIcycle-taXI)-a public bicycle share program implemented in Montreal, Quebec, in 2009, which increases accessibility to cycling by making available 5050 bicycles at 405 bicycle docking stations-and likelihood of cycling (BIXI and non-BIXI) in Mon...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fuller D,Gauvin L,Kestens Y,Daniel M,Fournier M,Morency P,Drouin L

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The head coaches and players of 103 secondary school football teams in Minnesota were asked to respond to mail questionnaires. Information about injury incidence and concomitant health care provision was elicited. Responses from 3,063 players (81 per cent) yielded a total injury rate of 78 injuries/100 players; 19/100...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gerberich SG,Priest JD,Boen JR,Straub CP,Maxwell RE

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined whether Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation changes associations between food insecurity, dietary quality, and weight among US adults. METHODS:We analyzed adult dietary intake data (n = 8333) from the 2003 to 2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Bivar...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Nguyen BT,Shuval K,Bertmann F,Yaroch AL

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to estimate the population-based prevalence of environmental hazards in the homes of older persons and to determine whether the prevalence of these hazards differs by housing type or by level of disability in terms of activities of daily living (ADLs). METHODS:An environmental assessment w...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gill TM,Williams CS,Robison JT,Tinetti ME

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the 18-month incidence of tooth loss in a random sample of 451 dentate noninstitutionalized Iowans aged 65 and older residing in two rural counties. They had a mean of 19.0 teeth at baseline and lost an average of 0.4 teeth during the subsequent 18 months. Twenty-one per cent of the population ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hunt RJ,Hand JS,Kohout FJ,Beck JD

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked diversity in policies and practices for discontinuation of the PKU diet in the U.S. was found in a nationwide survey. Seventy-two of the 78 identified clinical centers treating PKU provided data. No clinicians are currently considering diet discontinuation at ages earlier than their present policy or practice. ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Schuett VE,Gurda RF,Brown ES

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to provide estimates of disability prevalence for states and metropolitan areas in the United States. METHODS:We analyzed Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from 2001 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia and 103 metropolitan areas. We performed stratified analyses by demogra...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Okoro CA,Balluz LS,Campbell VA,Holt JB,Mokdad AH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We measured symptom and influenza prevalence, and the effectiveness of symptom and temperature screening for identifying influenza, in arriving international airline travelers. METHODS:This cross-sectional study collected data from travelers to Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand, in winter 2008...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Priest PC,Jennings LC,Duncan AR,Brunton CR,Baker MG

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study identified adults' demographic and smoking behavior characteristics that are related to being asked to provide tobacco to a minor. METHODS:Telephone interviews were conducted with 6352 California adults. Predictors included age, sex, household income, and smoking status. RESULTS:Only 10.1% of Ca...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ribisl KM,Norman GJ,Howard-Pitney B,Howard KA

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We described 27-year secular trends in added-sugar intake and body mass index (BMI) among Americans aged 25 to 74 years. METHODS:The Minnesota Heart Survey (1980-1982 to 2007-2009) is a surveillance study of cardiovascular risk factors among residents of the Minneapolis-St Paul area. We used generalized lin...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wang H,Steffen LM,Zhou X,Harnack L,Luepker RV

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Death certificate of children less than 8 years of age who were killed between 1979 and 1986 were linked to their Ohio birth certificates and compared with those of Ohio children born in 1983 (controls). Having an unmarried mother increased risk of homicide almost fivefold (odds ratio 4.87). Having a teenage mother, a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Winpisinger KA,Hopkins RS,Indian RW,Hostetler JR

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00