The effectiveness of child restraint systems for children aged 3 years or younger during motor vehicle collisions: 1996 to 2005.

abstract：:We studied sexual orientation disparities in health outcomes among US adolescents by pooling multiple Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data sets from 2005 and 2007 for 14 jurisdictions. Here we describe the methodology for pooling and analyzing these data sets. Sexual orientation-related items assessed sexual orienta...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mustanski B,Van Wagenen A,Birkett M,Eyster S,Corliss HL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Manitoba, Canada, a representative cohort of elderly individuals ages 65 to 84 (n = 3,573) were interviewed in 1971 and the survivors of this cohort were reinterviewed in 1983. This analysis assesses the determinants of successful aging--whether or not an individual will live to an advanced age, continue to functio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Roos NP,Havens B

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of international health has typically been assessed from the standpoint of central institutions (international health organizations, foundations, and development agencies) or of one-way diffusion and influence from developed to developing countries. To deepen understanding of how the international health...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Birn AE

更新日期：2005-09-01 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:We compared cervical cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis, and survival in Medicaid-insured and non-Medicaid-insured populations. METHODS:We stratified the sample by age and used ordered logistic regression to predict stage at diagnosis and used Cox proportional hazards regression to predict survival. RESU...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bradley CJ,Given CW,Roberts C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:It is widely believed that risk factors identified in previous epidemiologic studies accurately predict adolescent drug use. Comparative studies are needed to determine how risk factors vary in prevalence, distribution, sensitivity, and pattern across the major US ethnic/racial groups. METHODS:Baseline ques...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Vega WA,Zimmerman RS,Warheit GJ,Apospori E,Gil AG

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to provide an empirical description, based on a review of visit audiotapes, of primary care practice with chronic-disease patients. METHODS:We analyzed 439 interactions between adult patients with chronic disease and 49 physicians. We explored the content, frequency, intensity, and d...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Russell NK,Roter DL

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explore how a 1987 New York State court decision-Boreali v. Axelrod-affected public health rule-making nationally and, with considerable impact, locally in New York City (NYC).We discuss the history of the origin of the NYC Board of Health (BOH), and establish that legislatures can be challenging venues in which to...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Perl SB,Merrill TG,Lopez W,Bassett MT

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the early stages of an influenza pandemic, a pandemic vaccine likely will not be available. Therefore, interventions to mitigate pandemic influenza transmission in communities will be an important component of the response to a pandemic. Public-housing residents, single-parent families, and low-income populatio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bouye K,Truman BI,Hutchins S,Richard R,Brown C,Guillory JA,Rashid J

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We systematically identified and evaluated the quality and comprehensiveness of online information related to weight loss that users were likely to access. METHODS:We evaluated the content quality, accessibility of the information, and author credentials for Web sites in 2012 that were identified from weigh...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Modave F,Shokar NK,Peñaranda E,Nguyen N

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine whether breast-feeding has a dose-related protective effect against illness and whether it confers special health benefits to poor infants. METHODS:The association between breast-feeding dose and illnesses in the first 6 months of life was analyzed with generalized...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Raisler J,Alexander C,O'Campo P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse demonstrable health effects linked to the individual's smoking were shown to 2,689 American workers to motivate cessation during routine examinations to detect asbestosis. This intervention was evaluated six to 25 months later by a mailed questionnaire and by telephone to non-responders. Results were compared ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kilburn KH,Warshaw RH

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the readiness to vaccinate critical infrastructure personnel (CIP) involved in managing public works, emergency services, transportation, or any other system or asset that would have an immediate debilitating impact on the community if not maintained. METHODS:We analyzed self-reported planning to ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

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

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This prospective study examined the effect of tobacco marketing on progression to established smoking. METHODS:Massachusetts adolescents (n = 529) who at baseline had smoked no more than 1 cigarette were reinterviewed by telephone in 1997. Analyses examined the effect of receptivity to tobacco marketing at ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Biener L,Siegel M

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304412.]. ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors：

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effectiveness of the COMmunity of Practice And Safety Support (COMPASS) Total Worker Health intervention for home care workers. METHODS:We randomized 16 clusters of workers (n = 149) to intervention or usual-practice control conditions. The 12-month intervention was scripted and peer-led, a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Olson R,Thompson SV,Elliot DL,Hess JA,Rhoten KL,Parker KN,Wright RR,Wipfli B,Bettencourt KM,Buckmaster A,Marino M

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the firearms used in 235 suicides in Sacramento County, California, during 1983-85. Handguns were used in 69 per cent of firearm suicides--65 per cent for males, 88 per cent for females--and in all such deaths among women ages 35 and older. We tested the hypothesis that the choice of firearms by persons c...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wintemute GJ,Teret SP,Kraus JF,Wright MW

更新日期：1988-07-01 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：:Subsidized rural clinics and providers have long depended on the rural hospital for the care of some of their patients; the hospital has also been a source of revenue for these providers and programs. We studied a representative national sample of 116 subsidized rural clinics, focusing on the impact on rural clinic co...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McLaughlin CP,Ricketts TC,Freund DA,Sheps CG

更新日期：1985-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to determine the accuracy of geocoding for public health databases. METHODS:A test file of 70 addresses, 50 of which involved errors, was generated, and the file was geocoded to the census tract and block group levels by 4 commercial geocoding firms. Also, the "real world" accuracy of the ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Krieger N,Waterman P,Lemieux K,Zierler S,Hogan JW

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed which types of mass media messages might reduce disparities in smoking prevalence among disadvantaged population subgroups. METHODS:We followed 1491 adult smokers over 24 months and related quitting status at follow-up to exposure to antismoking ads in the 2 years prior to the baseline assessmen...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Durkin SJ,Biener L,Wakefield MA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effect of chiropractic use on overall health care utilization patterns, the volume and pattern of ambulatory physician visits by elderly persons having contact with chiropractors are compared with those having contact with physicians only. This analysis is based on data representative of the Canadian Pro...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shapiro E

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the relationship between enrollment in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and delivery of small-for-gestational-age infants. METHODS:WIC records were linked with birth certificates for 1992 full-term births; 41,234 WIC records and 18,34 non-W...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ahluwalia IB,Hogan VK,Grummer-Strawn L,Colville WR,Peterson A

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the associations between prepregnancy weight and the risk of pregnancy complications and adverse outcomes among nulliparous women. METHODS:We conducted a population-based cohort study with 96,801 Washington State birth certificates from 1992 to 1996. Women were categorized by body mass i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Baeten JM,Bukusi EA,Lambe M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case control study was conducted in North Carolina to explore the relation between individual exposure to sunlight and the risk of cataracts. One hundred thirteen cases and 161 controls aged 40-69 at diagnosis were studied. Sunlight exposure was inferred from interview data on residency and time spent in the sun, co...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Collman GW,Shore DL,Shy CM,Checkoway H,Luria AS

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We explored an innovative strategy for targeted testing and disease management among immigrant communities at risk for tuberculosis. METHODS:Taxi drivers were recruited at an airport holding lot to undergo tuberculin skin testing (Mantoux). After receiving their test results in a location convenient for the...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gany FM,Trinh-Shevrin C,Changrani J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study determined the effect of provider (nurse or teacher) and training method (workshop or self-preparation) on outcomes of a social influences smoking prevention program. METHODS:One hundred elementary schools were stratified by school risk score (high risk = high smoking rate among senior students) ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cameron R,Brown KS,Best JA,Pelkman CL,Madill CL,Manske SR,Payne ME

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00