Socioeconomic status and body mass index among Hispanic children of immigrants and children of natives.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated sociodemographic disparities in alcohol environments and their relationship with adolescent drinking. METHODS:We geocoded and mapped alcohol license data with ArcMap to construct circular buffers centered at 14 595 households with children that participated in the California Health Interview...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Truong KD,Sturm R

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Delphi Technique was used to elicit a number of essential competencies expected of the "entry-level" public health nutritionist from members of Graduate Faculties of Programs in Public Health Nutrition. Questionnaires composed of "competency statements" were constructed from these responses and sent to practitione...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sims LS

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to determine whether syringe exchange programs (SEPs) currently receive or anticipate pursuing federal funding and barriers to funding applications following the recent removal of the long-standing ban on using federal funds for SEPs. METHODS:We conducted a telephone-administered cross-sectional su...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Green TC,Martin EG,Bowman SE,Mann MR,Beletsky L

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design of a community's built environment influences the physical and mental health of its residents. Because few studies have investigated this relationship, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted a workshop in May 2002 to help develop a scientific research agenda on these issues. Workshop particip...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Dannenberg AL,Jackson RJ,Frumkin H,Schieber RA,Pratt M,Kochtitzky C,Tilson HH

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between December 2009 and January 2010, we conducted a nationally representative telephone survey of US adults (n = 1001; completion rate = 52.9%) to explore perceptions of risks associated with peak petroleum. We asked respondents to assess the likelihood that oil prices would triple over the next 5 years and then to...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Nisbet MC,Maibach E,Leiserowitz A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A representative sample of women living in metropolitan Los Angeles were asked what they heard and what they believed about mammography and whether they would obtain a mammogram if their doctor advised it. Forty percent of these women said they had not heard of mammography even after the procedure was described. Few o...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Berkanovic E,Reeder SJ

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess time trends in mortality rates in European countries for the period 2011 to 2015 by level of austerity measures imposed by governments in response to the economic and financial crisis. METHODS:We analyzed standardized mortality rates (SMRs) for 2011 through 2015 in 15 European countries based on E...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rajmil L,Fernández de Sanmamed MJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We compared cycling injury risks of 14 route types and other route infrastructure features. METHODS:We recruited 690 city residents injured while cycling in Toronto or Vancouver, Canada. A case-crossover design compared route infrastructure at each injury site to that of a randomly selected control site fro...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Teschke K,Harris MA,Reynolds CC,Winters M,Babul S,Chipman M,Cusimano MD,Brubacher JR,Hunte G,Friedman SM,Monro M,Shen H,Vernich L,Cripton PA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined associations between immigration and acculturation attributes and oral disease among immigrants. METHODS:We conducted a large cross-sectional study of 1318 immigrants in New York City. We performed comprehensive interviews and oral examinations of the participants and used linear regression mode...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cruz GD,Chen Y,Salazar CR,Le Geros RZ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To avoid exploitation of host communities, many commentators argue that subjects must receive the best methods available worldwide. Others worry that this requirement may block important research intended to improve health care, especially in developing countries. To resolve this dilemma, we propose a framework for th...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wendler D,Emanuel EJ,Lie RK

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：: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：:Because of the importance of grassroots social movements, or "change from below," in the history of US reform, the relationship between social movements and demands for universal health care is a critical one. National health reform campaigns in the 20th century were initiated and run by elites more concerned with def...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hoffman B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, I document strategies used by alcohol producers to influence national and global science and policy. Their strategies include producing scholarly publications with incomplete, distorted views of the science underlying alcohol policies; pressuring national and international governmental institutions; ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jernigan DH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We compared prevalence rates and correlates of substance use among high school students in South Africa and the United States. METHODS:We used weighted data from 2 nationally representative surveys of high school students. We conducted bivariate and multivariate analyses and examined between-country differe...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Reddy P,Resnicow K,Omardien R,Kambaran N

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine how disparities in adult disability by educational attainment vary across US states. METHODS:We used the nationally representative data of more than 6 million adults aged 45 to 89 years in the 2010-2014 American Community Survey. We defined disability as difficulty with activities of daily living...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Montez JK,Zajacova A,Hayward MD

更新日期：2017-07-01 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:This study examined characteristics of gay and bisexual men who attend circuit parties, frequency of and motivations for attending parties, drug use and sexual behavior during circuit party weekends, and use of risk reduction materials available at parties. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was conducted amo...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mansergh G,Colfax GN,Marks G,Rader M,Guzman R,Buchbinder S

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We compared admission rates, outcomes, and performance of the CURB-65 mortality prediction score of homeless patients and nonhomeless patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). METHODS:We compared homeless (n = 172) and nonhomeless (n = 1897) patients presenting to a Salt Lake City, Utah, emergency d...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jones B,Gundlapalli AV,Jones JP,Brown SM,Dean NC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This analysis was conducted to determine whether atopic disorders were related to social class in a pediatric population of a former socialist country. METHODS:A cross-sectional study of 2471 schoolchildren was carried out in 1992 and 1993 in 3 towns in the former East Germany. Parents completed a standardi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Heinrich J,Popescu MA,Wjst M,Goldstein IF,Wichmann HE

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess how US Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) awardees plan to respond to an influenza pandemic with vaccination. METHODS:The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed the Pandemic Influenza Readiness Assessment, an online survey sent to PHEP directors, to analyze, in part, the rea...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fitzgerald TJ,Moulia DL,Graitcer SB,Vagi SJ,Dopson SA

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

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：:Occupational health problems have needlessly been produced at many worksites as a consequence of their not having been anticipated during design and construction. Pre-review may be an effective and efficient mechanism for preventive intervention in occupational health and safety. Legal and administrative precedents ar...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Richter ED,Kretzmer D

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of the results of breast self-examination (BSE) is inconclusive. Studies which address the question of proper method of BSE find that most women do not know how to carry out the procedure correctly. Socio-demographic characteristics most consistently related to BSE practice are age and education. New resear...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Holtzman D,Celentano DD

更新日期：1983-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:We used data from the Dental Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study to examine whether individual- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic characteristics were associated with periodontal disease. METHODS:We assessed severe periodontitis with a combination of clinical attachment loss and pocket depth measur...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Borrell LN,Beck JD,Heiss G

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We use systems thinking to develop a strategic framework for analyzing the tobacco problem and we suggest solutions. Humans are vulnerable to nicotine addiction, and the most marketable form of nicotine delivery is the most harmful. A tobacco use management system has evolved out of governments' attempts to regulate t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Borland R,Young D,Coghill K,Zhang JY

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between corneal arcus (arcus senilis) and mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is examined in a prospective study of White men (n = 3,930) and women non-hormone users (n = 2,139), ages 30-69, followed for an average of 8.4 years as part of the Lipid Research Cli...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chambless LE,Fuchs FD,Linn S,Kritchevsky SB,Larosa JC,Segal P,Rifkind BM

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We determined whether a representative national probability sample of US community-dwelling older adults who reported less social support also reported poorer general health status, which is a robust predictor of prospective mortality among elders. METHODS:We analyzed 2 subsamples generated via random sampl...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： White AM,Philogene GS,Fine L,Sinha S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to keep abreast of the changing needs of a more affluent society and to ensure better value for money, the British are reforming their National Health Service. They are promoting competition and entrepreneurship, and directing funding to follow a patient rather than flowing directly to institutions. Briti...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Vall-Spinosa A

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00