Predictors of successful aging: a twelve-year study of Manitoba elderly.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the costs, risks, and benefits of possible future major policy decisions on vaccination, surveillance, response plans, and containment following global eradication of wild polioviruses. METHODS:We developed a decision analytic model to estimate the incremental cost-effectiveness ratios and net b...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Thompson KM,Tebbens RJ,Pallansch MA,Kew OM,Sutter RW,Aylward RB,Watkins M,Gary HE Jr,Alexander J,Jafari H,Cochi SL

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined interconnections among runaway and homeless youths (RHYs) and how aggregated network structure position was associated with HIV risk in this population. METHODS:We collected individual and social network data from 136 RHYs. On the basis of these data, we generated a sociomatrix, accomplished net...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rice E,Barman-Adhikari A,Milburn NG,Monro W

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine whether an elevated burden of chronic kidney disease is found among disadvantaged groups living in the United States, Australia, and Thailand. METHODS:We used data on participants 35 years or older for whom a valid serum creatinine measurement was available from studies in the United ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： White SL,McGeechan K,Jones M,Cass A,Chadban SJ,Polkinghorne KR,Perkovic V,Roderick PJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：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：:The United States' international ranking for infant mortality slipped from 19th in the 1980s to 27th in 1997. This slippage may be related to the segregation of priorities that occurred early in the 1990s, when national concern was diverted from infant mortality to minority health. To rekindle concern about infant mor...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hogue CJ,Vasquez C

更新日期：2002-04-01 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:The relationships between television beer advertising and drinking knowledge, beliefs, and intentions were investigated in a survey of schoolchildren. The research was guided by a theoretical model specifying that awareness of advertising, and not mere exposure, is necessary for it to have an effect on belie...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Grube JW,Wallack L

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined associations of different levels of same-ethnicity neighborhood concordance with health care access and utilization among all Asian American, Chinese, Filipino, and Vietnamese adults (aged 18-64 years) using the 2005, 2007, and 2009 California Health Interview Survey and the 2010 US Census. Although associ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chang E,Chan KS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a cross-sectional survey of high-socioeconomic status (SES) African American men and their health to examine the relationship between John Henryism (the strong behavioral predisposition to directly confront barriers to upward social mobility) and self-reported physical health status. We found a positive a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bonham VL,Sellers SL,Neighbors HW

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the association between walking for exercise and the ratio of total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol in 3,621 adults. After controlling for age, gender, income, body fat, alcohol use, exercise other than walking, and cigarette smoking, adults in the high, moderate, and low duration walking categories were compa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tucker LA,Friedman GM

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the joint associations of marital status and duration of cohabitation on self-reported intimate partner violence, substance use, and postpartum depression among childbearing women. METHODS:We analyzed data from the 2006-2007 Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey, a cross-sectional nationwide sam...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Urquia ML,O'Campo PJ,Ray JG

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the relation of household crowding to food insecurity among Inuit families with school-aged children in Arctic Quebec. METHODS:We analyzed data collected between October 2005 and February 2010 from 292 primary caregiver-child dyads from 14 Inuit communities. We collected information about househ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ruiz-Castell M,Muckle G,Dewailly É,Jacobson JL,Jacobson SW,Ayotte P,Riva M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We estimated the effect of the ACA expansion of dependents' coverage on health care expenditures and utilization for young adults by race/ethnicity. METHODS:We used difference-in-difference models to estimate the impact of the ACA expansion on health care expenditures, out-of-pocket payments (OOP) as a shar...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chen J,Bustamante AV,Tom SE

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Message tailoring, based on individual needs and circumstances, is commonly used to enhance face-to-face patient counseling. Only recently has individual tailoring become feasible for printed messages. This study sought to determine whether printed tailored recommendations addressing women's specific screeni...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Skinner CS,Strecher VJ,Hospers H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past quarter century has seen an explosion of concern about widening health inequities in the United States and worldwide. These inequities are central to the research mission in 2 arenas of public health: social epidemiology and community-engaged interventions. Yet only modest success has been achieved in elimina...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wallerstein NB,Yen IH,Syme SL

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the risk of exposure to fentanyl among syringe exchange program (SEP) participants in New York City. METHODS:We recruited a convenience sample from 11 SEPs in New York City between March and June 2017. Consenting participants (n = 434) received a labeled syringe for their next injection. We test...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Blachman-Forshay J,Nolan ML,McAteer JM,Paone D

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A parasitic surveillance of farm workers of Puerto Rican background and their children revealed a high prevalence rate (35.5%) of parasites in this population. This high prevalence rate, however, was expected in view of the fact that other researchers have found a high degree of parasitosis in Puerto Rican populations...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ortiz JS

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the impact of a safety training regulation, implemented by the US Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in 1999, on injury rates at stone, sand, and gravel mining operations. METHODS:We applied a time-series design and analyses with quarterly counts of nonfatal inju...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Monforton C,Windsor R

更新日期：2010-07-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVES: To test the efficacy of Reducing the Risk (RTR) and Love Notes (LN) on reducing risky sexual behavior among youths yet to experience or cause a pregnancy. METHODS: The four dependent variables were ever had sex, condom use, birth control use, and number of sexual partners at 3- and 6-month follow-up in a 3...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Barbee AP,Cunningham MR,van Zyl MA,Antle BF,Langley CN

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined which local health department (LHD)-level factors contributed to successful implementation of policy, systems, and environmental change strategies in Minnesota. METHODS:We used a retrospective mixed-methods design to evaluate the relationship between the Statewide Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gyllstrom E,Gearin K,Frauendienst R,Myhre J,Larson M,Riley W

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nutritional status of three and four year old children, as measured by height and head circumference, is related to cognitive performance in four rural Guatemalan villages. The relationships persist when social factors are taken into account. Families in two of the villages participate in a voluntary, high protein...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Freeman HE,Klein RE,Kagan J,Yarbrough C

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2009 we surveyed 400 tribal members of a midwestern American Indian reservation to assess the prevalence of OxyContin use. Thirty percent of tribal participants reported nonmedical use of OxyContin ever, 18.9% in the past year, and 13.4% in the past month. Participants aged 18 to 25 years were most likely to have u...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Momper SL,Delva J,Tauiliili D,Mueller-Williams AC,Goral P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied variation in the year of onset of ischemic heart disease mortality decline among regions (n = 39) in the Netherlands. Using loglinear regression methods, a quadratic regression model was fitted to the observed numbers of male deaths in each region in the period 1950-84, controlling for changes in age-struct...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mackenbach JP,Looman CW,Kunst AE

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the organization and performance of outpatient substance abuse treatment (OSAT) centers. We examine several performance measures of OSAT units, including clients treated, services provided, revenue sources, financial performance, and access to care, in relation to ownership of the cente...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wheeler JR,Fadel H,D'Aunno TA

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study explored whether ethnic differences in the impact of advanced maternal age on the risk of Down syndrome might reflect differences in use of prenatal diagnostic technologies. METHODS:Maternal age-specific odds of Down syndrome and amniocentesis use were compared among African Americans, Mexican Am...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Khoshnood B,Pryde P,Wall S,Singh J,Mittendorf R,Lee KS

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food fortification is an effective public health tool for addressing micronutrient deficiencies. The mandatory fortification of enriched cereal grains (e.g., wheat flour) with folic acid, which began in the United States in 1998, is an example of a successful intervention that significantly reduced the rate of neural ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fleischman AR,Oinuma M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An interview study of persons diagnosed with multiple myeloma between 1977 and 1981 and suitable control subjects was conducted to test the hypothesis that exposure to hair dyes increases the risk of multiple myeloma. Among women, there was little evidence that prior regular use of hair dyes (odds ratio [OR] = 1.0; 95...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Herrinton LJ,Weiss NS,Koepsell TD,Daling JR,Taylor JW,Lyon JL,Swanson GM,Greenberg RS

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00