HIV and sexually transmitted infection risk behaviors and beliefs among Black West Indian immigrants and US-born Blacks.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This article reports findings from a peer-delivered intervention designed to increase use of breast and cervical cancer screening. METHODS:Twenty-six worksites were randomly assigned to the intervention or comparison group. The 16-month intervention consisted of group discussions, outreach, and educational ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Allen JD,Stoddard AM,Mays J,Sorensen G

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:Workplace barriers contribute to low rates of breastfeeding. Research shows that supportive state laws correlate with higher rates, yet by 2009, only 23 states had adopted any laws to encourage breastfeeding in the workplace. Federal law provided virtually no protection to working mothers until the 2010 enactment of t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Murtagh L,Moulton AD

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To detect decreases in anogenital warts (AGW) among sex and age groups likely to be affected by human papillomavirus vaccination. METHODS:We estimated annual AGW prevalence during 2006 to 2014 using health care claims among US private health insurance enrollees aged 15 to 39 years. We derived AGW diagnoses ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Flagg EW,Torrone EA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine whether US physicians' practice patterns in treating tobacco use at ambulatory visits improved over the past decade with the appearance of national clinical practice guidelines, new smoking cessation medications, and public reporting of physician performance in counseling smokers. MET...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Thorndike AN,Regan S,Rigotti NA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Understanding more about the psychological state of persons notified of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is critical for designing notification and counseling programs that will have the most positive effect. METHODS:The subjects were blood donors who had been notified of HIV infection by the Ne...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cleary PD,Van Devanter N,Rogers TF,Singer E,Shipton-Levy R,Steilen M,Stuart A,Avorn J,Pindyck J

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：:Current theoretical approaches to bioethics and public health ethics propose varied justifications as the basis for health care and public health, yet none captures a fundamental reality: people seek good health and the ability to pursue it. Existing models do not effectively address these twin goals. The approach I e...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ruger JP

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to develop a methodology for estimating potential solid organ donors and measuring donation performance in a geographic region based on readily available data on the hospitals in that region. METHODS:Medical records were reviewed in a stratified random sample of 89 hospitals from 3 regions...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Christiansen CL,Gortmaker SL,Williams JM,Beasley CL,Brigham LE,Capossela C,Matthiesen ME,Gunderson S

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We tested the efficacy of a combined pharmacologic and behavioral smoking cessation intervention among women in a state prison in the southern United States. METHODS:The study design was a randomized controlled trial with a 6-month waitlist control group. The intervention was a 10-week group intervention co...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cropsey K,Eldridge G,Weaver M,Villalobos G,Stitzer M,Best A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to measure the difference in employment rates between HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative persons and to establish whether this difference varied according to the HIV-infected persons' socioeconomic position as defined by education level. METHODS:We used data from the VESPA (VIH: Enquête Sur les...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Dray-Spira R,Gueguen A,Ravaud JF,Lert F

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to elucidate changes in attitudes, experiences, readiness, and confidence levels of medical residents to perform screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) and factors that moderate these changes. METHODS:A cohort of 121 medical residents received an educa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Marshall VJ,McLaurin-Jones TL,Kalu N,Kwagyan J,Scott DM,Cain G,Greene W,Adenuga B,Taylor RE

更新日期：2012-08-01 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:We sought to establish the prevalence of physical activity among smokers, whether or not physically active smokers were more likely to attempt cessation, and who these physically active smokers were. METHODS:We used logistic regression to contrast physically active and inactive smokers in a secondary data a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Deruiter WK,Faulkner G,Cairney J,Veldhuizen S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Responses to a survey of 637 Iowa children under age six years from Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) households was conducted through telephone interviews with parents and compared to a second sample of children in 760 randomly sampled households. Utilization of health services for children in the AFDC s...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Levey LA,MacDowell NM,Levey S

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the more controversial American public health issues is fluoridation of municipal water supplies. Opponents occasionally succeed in halting fluoridation through local referenda, but the courts usually uphold fluoridation laws. In 1982, however, an Illinois trial judge ruled that a state law authorizing fluori...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Christoffel T

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We studied 5 members of the National Network Consortium on Tobacco Control in Priority Populations. These networks, which consist of governmental and nongovernmental organizations, targeted lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons; Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders; American Ind...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Luke DA,Harris JK,Shelton S,Allen P,Carothers BJ,Mueller NB

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the first four years of operation of the Extended MPH Degree Program of the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine and the features that might explain its initial success. The format of the curriculum is radically different from the traditional two-year program of...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wainwright RB,Peterson ML,Farrier JM

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of the Freedom of Information Act can be potentially harmful to the security of research in progress. There is no protection from disclosure of information in grant applications; collected research data can be obtained and disclosed prematurely; and data supporting published research may be acquired and re-analyz...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Stallones RA

更新日期：1982-04-01 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：:Electronic health records and electronic health information exchange are essential to improving quality of care, reducing medical errors and health disparities, and advancing the delivery of patient-centered medical care. In the US correctional setting, these goals are critical because of the high numbers of Americans...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Goldstein MM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to clarify the possible associations between blood lead level and serum cholesterol and lipoprotein levels in subjects occupationally exposed to lead. METHODS:Levels of blood lead, serum total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kristal-Boneh E,Coller D,Froom P,Harari G,Ribak J

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors related to preschool child receipt of vitamin A during the first year of a semi-annual vitamin A capsule delivery program were investigated in 229 villages in Aceh, Indonesia. Coverage was higher in villages which were more rural and less economically developed. Highest performance was achieved by village dist...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tarwotjo I,West KP Jr,Mele L,Nur S,Nendrawati H,Kraushaar D,Tilden RL

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, an increasing number of women have been entering the labor force. It is known that in men, employment is related to heart disease risk, but there are few studies examining this association among women. METHODS:The relation between employment status and heart disease risk factors including l...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kritz-Silverstein D,Wingard DL,Barrett-Connor E

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the all-cause mortality experience, following a fracture of the hip, of 712,027 persons covered by the Medicare program from 1984 through 1987. White women experienced the lowest mortality rate (17.2 per 1000 person-months), followed by Black women (22.9 per 1000 person-months), Black men (33.5 pe...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jacobsen SJ,Goldberg J,Miles TP,Brody JA,Stiers W,Rimm AA

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in genomics and neuroscience have ushered in unprecedented opportunities to increase our understanding of the biological underpinnings of mental disorders, yet there has been limited progress in translating knowledge on genetic risk factors to reduce the burden of these conditions in the population. We descri...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Merikangas KR,Merikangas AK

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unprotected sexual intercourse remains a primary mode of HIV transmission in the United States. We found that receipt of services to reduce HIV transmission-risk behaviors was low among 3787 HIV-infected individuals and that men who have sex with men were especially unlikely to receive these services even though they ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Steward WT,Charlebois ED,Johnson MO,Remien RH,Goldstein RB,Wong FL,Morin SF

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:We have summarized the evolution of the Nurses' Health Study (NHS), a prospective cohort study of 121 700 married registered nurses launched in 1976; NHS II, which began in 1989 and enrolled 116 430 nurses; and NHS3, which began in 2010 and has ongoing enrollment. Over 40 years, these studies have generated long-term,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bao Y,Bertoia ML,Lenart EB,Stampfer MJ,Willett WC,Speizer FE,Chavarro JE

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00