Health capability: conceptualization and operationalization.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed attitudes and opinions of members of newborn blood screening (NBS) advisory committees regarding the storage and secondary research use of residual specimens from NBS. METHODS:We conducted focus groups in 2008 and 2009 with NBS advisory committees (4 focus groups; n = 39 participants) in the Mou...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rothwell EW,Anderson RA,Burbank MJ,Goldenberg AJ,Lewis MH,Stark LA,Wong B,Botkin JR

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In data from the Texas Educational Agency and the Health Resources and Services Administration, we found fewer autism diagnoses in school districts with higher percentages of Hispanic children. Our results are consistent with previous reports of autism rates 2 to 3 times as high among non-Hispanic Whites as among Hisp...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Palmer RF,Walker T,Mandell D,Bayles B,Miller CS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate helmet use in California before and after the introduction of an unrestricted helmet use law on January 1, 1992, observations of motorcycles and their riders were made at 60 locations in seven California counties, twice before and four times after the law was introduced. Helmet use increased from about 50%...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kraus JF,Peek C,Williams A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We quantified the relationship between gonorrheal infection rates in California and a measure of poverty status and investigated how this relationship and the spatial dispersion of cases varied among the 4 dominant racial/ethnic groups in the state. METHODS:We geocoded gonorrhea cases reported in California...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Springer YP,Samuel MC,Bolan G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We systematically reviewed the literature on the impact of returning to work on health among working-aged adults. METHODS:We searched 6 electronic databases in 2005. We selected longitudinal studies that documented a transition from unemployment to employment and included a comparison group. Two reviewers i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rueda S,Chambers L,Wilson M,Mustard C,Rourke SB,Bayoumi A,Raboud J,Lavis J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessments of the consequences of deinstitutionalization tend to focus primarily on observable changes in psychiatric services. Equally critical, and less often noted, are changes in the target population of deinstitutionalization that have accrued as the result of new service initiatives and changing loci of care. Y...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bachrach LL

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We verified a random sample of 50 references in the May 1986 issue of each of three public health journals. Thirty-one per cent of the 150 references had citation errors, one out of 10 being a major error (reference not locatable). Thirty per cent of the references differed from authors' use of them with half being a ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Eichorn P,Yankauer A

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integration of public health practices with federal health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) largely derives from three major factors: the sovereign nature of AI/AN tribes, the sociocultural characteristics exhibited by the tribes, and that AI/ANs are distinct populations residing in defined ge...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rhoades ER,Rhoades DA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate trends in rates of personal belief exemptions (PBEs) to immunization requirements for private kindergartens in California that practice alternative educational methods. METHODS:We used California Department of Public Health data on kindergarten PBE rates from 2000 to 2014 to compare annual avera...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Brennan JM,Bednarczyk RA,Richards JL,Allen KE,Warraich GJ,Omer SB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We studied whether 5 regulatory agency advisories concerning the possible increased risk of suicidal behavior during antidepressant therapy had an effect on antidepressant prescription trends in Ontario. METHODS:We conducted a population-based, time-series analysis of new monthly antidepressant prescription...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kurdyak PA,Juurlink DN,Mamdani MM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey on brand preference and cigarette advertising recall in 1,195 school children was conducted in Sydney, Australia. Four of the 130 available brands accounted for the cigarettes smoked by 78.7 per cent of smokers. Smokers were nearly twice as likely to correctly identify edited cigarette advertisements and slog...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chapman S,Fitzgerald B

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For systematic reviews to have an impact on public health, they must report outcomes that are important for decision-making. Systematic reviews of public health interventions, however, have a range of potential end users, and identifying and prioritizing the most important and relevant outcomes represents a considerab...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wolfenden L,Movsisyan A,McCrabb S,Stratil JM,Yoong SL

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the cessation of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) among British women, by educational level, social class, and cardiovascular risk factors, at the time of publicity about 2 clinical trials of HRT that were halted after adverse findings. METHODS:A total of 1387 women aged 57 years reported their...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mishra G,Kok H,Ecob R,Cooper R,Hardy R,Kuh D

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Under an ecodevelopmental framework, we examined lifetime segmented assimilation trajectories (diverging assimilation pathways influenced by prior life conditions) and related them to quality-of-life indicators in a diverse sample of 258 men in the Phoenix, AZ, metropolitan area. METHODS:We used a growth mi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Castro FG,Marsiglia FF,Kulis S,Kellison JG

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence in 1988 of ciprofloxacin-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in New York City was studied in nine hospitals and eight nursing homes. Of the 43 hospitalized patients studied, 21 were admitted from home, while nine of the 12 nursing home patients were transferred from a hospital. T...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Budnick LD,Schaefler S

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review was undertaken of the records of 725 children who attended the neurodevelopmental clinic at the Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa. Most children presented at an early age (less than 2-6 years). The etiological factors were prenatal, 4 per cent; perinatal, 41 per cent; postnatal, 21 pe...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rubin IL,Davis M

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking histories, reported depth of inhalation, number of pipe and cigars (PC) smoked, serum thiocyanate (SCN) and expired air carbon monoxide (CO) levels were examined in PC male smokers enrolled in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT). Serum SCN levels for all PC smokers were higher than fo...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ockene JK,Pechacek TF,Vogt T,Svendsen K

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recognition of the importance of posttrial access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), the implementation process has not been studied. We examined whether the National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidance document was being implemented in NIH-funded ART trials conducted in developing countries between July 2005 an...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shah S,Elmer S,Grady C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Why are men more susceptible to heart disease than women? Traditional risk factors cannot explain the gender gap in coronary heart disease (CHD) or the rapid increase in CHD mortality among middle-aged men in many of the newly independent states of Eastern Europe. However, Eastern European men score higher on stress-r...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Weidner G,Cain VS

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer mortality in Texas 1969-80 was 25 per cent lower among Mexican American males compared to other Whites; among females, rates were only 4 per cent lower. Reduced mortality was primarily a result of lower rates for cancers of the most common sites: lung, colon, breast and prostate. However, for cancers of the sto...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Martin J,Suarez L

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding differential disease susceptibility requires new tools to quantify the cumulative effects of environmental stress. Evidence suggests that social, physical, and chemical stressors can influence disease through the accumulation of epigenetic modifications. Geographically stable epigenetic alterations could...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Olden K,Lin YS,Gruber D,Sonawane B

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined associations between premigration political violence exposure and past-year intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration among immigrant men attending community health centers in Boston. METHODS:A convenience sample of immigrant men (N = 379; aged 18-35 years), largely from the Caribbean and Cap...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gupta J,Acevedo-Garcia D,Hemenway D,Decker MR,Raj A,Silverman JG

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There has been relatively little research on the contributions of school context to developmental outcomes. This study examined relationships between students' sense of the school as a community and their involvement in problem behaviors. METHODS:Participants were an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Battistich V,Hom A

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined HIV diagnosis rates and disease progression among men who have sex with men (MSM) according to race/ethnicity and age. METHODS:Using data obtained from the national HIV/AIDS surveillance system, we examined trends in HIV diagnosis rates for 2001 through 2004 using Poisson regression. We used a s...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hall HI,Byers RH,Ling Q,Espinoza L

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decentralized health service delivery responsive to the needs of local populations implies allocating program funds to regions on the basis of predetermined criteria that can facilitate effective planning and budgeting. In 1974, the Manitoba Continuing Care Program attempted to develop a formula for regional allocatio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shapiro E

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health lists 6 areas of disparity in minority health services: infant mortality, cancer, cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and immunizations. This study compiles existing Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) health data to establish a baseline....

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ghosh C

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to examine trends in hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination among high-risk adults and assess the potential effect vaccinated adolescents have on these trends as they age. METHODS:We used data from the National Health Interview Survey 2000, 2002, and 2004 to examine trends in HBV vaccination among hi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Koya DL,Hill EG,Darden PM

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used data from the National Infant Mortality Surveillance (NIMS) project to compare birthweights and birthweight-specific mortality risks among Native American and White infants. Because race categories in NIMS were limited to White, Black, and all, we studied six states in which greater than 85 per cent of newborn...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Vanlandingham MJ,Buehler JW,Hogue CJ,Strauss LT

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined whether characteristics of local health departments (LHD) and their geographic region were associated with using Facebook and Twitter. We also examined the number of tweets per month for Twitter accounts as an indicator of social media use by LHDs. METHODS:In 2012, we searched for Facebook and T...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Harris JK,Mueller NL,Snider D

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the association between leisure time physical activity and cause-specific mortality among male Whitehall Study participants with chronic bronchitis. METHODS:Rate ratios were calculated for 4 mortality outcomes, according to level of activity and baseline bronchitis status, in a 25-year f...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Batty GD,Shipley MJ,Marmot MG,Smith GD

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00