Childhood mental ability and adult alcohol intake and alcohol problems: the 1970 British cohort study.

abstract：:Among all deaths to Connecticut residents (1990/91), 1260 were acceptable Spanish-surname matches (using father's surname for females), of which only 793 (62.9%) were identified as Hispanic origin on the death certificate. Certificates also identified 127 non-Spanish-surnamed Hispanics. With death rates for non-Hispan...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Polednak AP

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to describe differences in childhood pesticide exposures between counties on the Texas-Mexico border and nonborder counties. METHOD:The authors reviewed all pesticide exposures among children younger than 6 years reported to the South Texas Poison Center during 1997 through 200...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Belson M,Kieszak S,Watson W,Blindauer KM,Phan K,Backer L,Rubin C

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to learn how employees reacted to changes in the corporate narrative of Philip Morris Companies (PMC) in the late 1990s and early 2000s. METHODS:We analyzed archival internal tobacco industry documents about PMC's creation of a new corporate story. RESULTS:In response to litigation and public opp...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McDaniel PA,Malone RE

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:This study provides the first estimated prevalence of implanted orthopedic fixation devices (e.g., pins or wires) among children in the United States, based on the Medical Device Implant Supplement to the 1988 National Health Interview Survey. The overall prevalence was 27 per 10,000 children younger than 18 years; pr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Moore RM Jr,Bright RA,Jeng LL,Sharkness CM,Hamburger SE,Hamilton PM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Data from the Western Collaborative Group Study were used to determine the extent to which the inverse association between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality can be explained by risk factors for major causes of mortality. METHODS:The relation of education and income to subsequent mortality was studied...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bucher HC,Ragland DR

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the efficacy of radiographic screening for tuberculosis in correctional facilities. METHODS:Inmates at an admission facility in New York, NY, were screened for tuberculosis by registry cross-match, symptom interviews, tuberculin testing, and chest radiography. RESULTS:Thirty-two cases ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Layton MC,Henning KJ,Alexander TA,Gooding AL,Reid C,Heyman BM,Leung J,Gilmore DM,Frieden TR

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Between April and September of 2009 we evaluated the accuracy of the OraQuick HCV rapid antibody test and assessed its feasibility for use by community-based organizations (CBOs) serving populations at high risk for HCV in New York City. METHODS:We compared the results of screening by OraQuick (oral swab) a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Drobnik A,Judd C,Banach D,Egger J,Konty K,Rude E

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the lifetime prevalence of official investigations for child maltreatment among children in the United States. METHODS:We used the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System Child Files (2003-2014) and Census data to develop synthetic cohort life tables to estimate the cumulative prevalence of...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kim H,Wildeman C,Jonson-Reid M,Drake B

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comments on a paper of physicians' attitudes toward abortion are presented. The reasons for approval of abortion which show about 80% citing medical or psychiatric and only 60% citing social reasons or a woman's right to do with her body what she wants support the belief in the sexist attitudes of physicians. Disbel...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Solomon K

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large portion of current epidemiologic research is based on methodologic individualism: the notion that the distribution of health and disease in populations can be explained exclusively in terms of the characteristics of individuals. The present paper discusses the need to include group- or macro-level variables in...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Diez-Roux AV

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research suggests that greater ethnic density correlates with worse health among African Americans but better health among Hispanic Americans. These conflicting patterns may arise from Hispanic American samples being older than African American samples. We found that among 2367 Mexican American and 2790 African Americ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Alvarez KJ,Levy BR

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the impact of a mailed, tailored intervention on skin cancer prevention and skin self-examination behaviors of adults at moderate and high risk for skin cancer. METHODS:Adults at moderate and high risk for skin cancer were recruited in primary health care settings in Honolulu, HI, and Long Isla...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Glanz K,Schoenfeld ER,Steffen A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

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：:Programs and contraceptive use continuation rates were obtained for a rural Georgia family planning clinic. Program continuation is a measurement of maintenance of clinic attendance, while use continuation is related to actual use of effective contraceptives regardless of clinic activity status. Program continuation r...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Romm FJ,Armstrong PS,Prior AP

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the need for physician services among a group of institutionalized mentally retarded individuals in anticipation of their transfer to community residential facilities and subsequent management of their care by community-based physicians. The clients' personal physicians in the institution identifie...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Minihan PM

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed changes in the prevalence of hearing impairment in persons aged 50 years and older over the past 30 years and identified risk factors. METHODS:Age-adjusted hearing impairment prevalence rates at four time intervals were calculated from the Alameda County Study (n = 5108). Logistic regres...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wallhagen MI,Strawbridge WJ,Cohen RD,Kaplan GA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AIDS Interfaith Council of Houston, sponsored by the Foundation for Interfaith Research and Ministry, recruits, trains, and coordinates volunteers for home-based care for adults and children with AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). The program provides compassionate, non-judgmental care for the sick and res...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shelp EE,DuBose ER,Sunderland RH

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program's progress toward meeting public health preparedness capability standards in state, local, and territorial health departments. METHODS:All 62 PHEP awardees completed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's self-administered PHEP Im...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Murthy BP,Molinari NM,LeBlanc TT,Vagi SJ,Avchen RN

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of morbidity was made in 11 kibbutzim (cooperative agricultural settlements), with a total population of 3,040, that had switched from nonwastewater to wastewater sprinkler irrigation or vice versa. Generally, partially treated stabilization pond effluent of poor microbial quality was used for irrigation. ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fattal B,Wax Y,Davies M,Shuval HI

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four years have passed since the institution of the cease-fire in Yugoslavia, and questions remain as to how Kosovar women are faring in the country's postwar reconstruction. Reports, albeit fragmented, suggest that violence against women began to increase in 1998 and 1999. This trend continued through 2001, even whil...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Desai S,Perry MJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community health workers (CHWs) have gained increased visibility in the United States. We discuss how to strengthen the roles of CHWs to enable them to become collaborative leaders in dramatically changing health care from "sickness care" systems to systems that provide comprehensive care for individuals and families ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Balcazar H,Rosenthal EL,Brownstein JN,Rush CH,Matos S,Hernandez L

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate birth reduction potentially in response to Zika virus-associated microcephaly among the 36 largest Brazilian cities. METHODS:We analyzed the number of live births per month on the basis of information on approximately 8.2 million births from all of Brazil's state capitals and cities that had mor...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Diaz-Quijano FA,Pelissari DM,Chiavegatto Filho ADP

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The influx of Southeast Asians into the United States allows for the study of this special population and contributes to a broader understanding of reproductive health. METHODS:We used information on birth certificates to identify 1937 Hmong children born 1985 through 1988 in California, and we compared bir...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Helsel D,Petitti DB,Kunstadter P

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the relationship between intimate partner violence victimization among women in the general population and emergency department use. We sought to discern whether race/ethnicity moderates this relationship and to explore these relationships in race/ethnic-specific models. METHODS:We used data on ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lipsky S,Caetano R

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:A review of live births, spontaneous fetal deaths, and induced abortions in residents of Upstate New York ages 12--17 shows that pregnancy rates increased during the period 1971 through 1974. This increase was attributable to pregnancies ending in induced abortion while live births remained relatively stable. White te...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hansen H,Stroh G,Whitaker K

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined racial and ethnic disparities in the total potential burden of asthma in low-income, racially/ethnically heterogeneous Chicago schools. METHODS:We used the Brief Pediatric Asthma Screen Plus (BPAS+) and the Spanish BPAS+, validated, caregiver-completed respiratory questionnaires, to identify ast...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Quinn K,Shalowitz MU,Berry CA,Mijanovich T,Wolf RL

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Landmark reports from reputable sources have concluded that the United States wastes hundreds of billions of dollars every year on medical care that does not improve health outcomes. While there is widespread agreement over how wasteful medical care spending is defined, there is no consensus on its magnitude or catego...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Speer M,McCullough JM,Fielding JE,Faustino E,Teutsch SM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00