Rates and correlates of seeking mental health services among Cambodian refugees.

abstract：:Six primary care practices which utilize both physician and non-physician practitioner types were studied to measure differences between practitioner types in the care of patients. By chart review 1,369 patient-practitioner encounters were examined. Physicians identified less symptoms and signs in their patients and p...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Simborg DW,Starfield BH,Horn SD

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health often deals with inconvenient truths. These are best communicated and acted on when public health agencies are independent of the organizations or individuals for whom the truths are inconvenient. The importance of public health independence is exemplified by the lack of involvement of the Pennsylvania D...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Goldstein BD

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a comparison of prescribing habits for patients hospitalized in medical wards of university hospitals in America and Scotland. American patients received almost twice as many drugs both during and prior to hospitalization than did comparable Scots. The differences between the countries were consist...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lawson DH,Jick H

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our community health center attempted to meet public health goals for encouraging exercise in adult patients vulnerable to obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and other chronic diseases by partnering with a local YMCA. METHODS:During routine office visits, providers referred individual patients to the YMCA at ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Silva M,Cashman S,Kunte P,Candib LM

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To determine if and how state and local public health departments present information about climate change on their Web sites, their most public-facing platform.Methods. We collected data from every functioning state (n = 50), county (n = 2090), and city (n = 585) public health department Web site in the U...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Albright K,Shah P,Santodomingo M,Scandlyn J

更新日期：2020-08-01 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 describe patterns of initiation, persistence, and cessation in drug use in individuals from their late 20s to their mid-30s, within a broad perspective that spans 19 years from adolescence to adulthood. METHODS:A fourth wave of personal interviews was conducted at ages 34-35 with a coho...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chen K,Kandel DB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine maternal folic acid supplementation and plasma folate concentrations in the Boston Birth Cohort, a predominantly urban, low-income, minority population in Boston, Massachusetts. METHODS:This report includes 7612 mothers with singleton live births (3829 Black, 2023 Hispanic, 865 White, and 895 oth...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cheng TL,Mistry KB,Wang G,Zuckerman B,Wang X

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review was undertaken of the records of 725 children who attended the neurodevelopmental clinic at the Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa. Most children presented at an early age (less than 2-6 years). The etiological factors were prenatal, 4 per cent; perinatal, 41 per cent; postnatal, 21 pe...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rubin IL,Davis M

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual assault in the workplace and the related factors have not been well studied. Workers' compensation claims data were used to describe work-related sexual assaults in Washington State between 1980 and 1989. Sixty-three cases of work-related rape were identified during this study period. The occupations of the rap...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Alexander BH,Franklin GM,Wolf ME

更新日期：1994-04-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effects of a novel oral health promotion program (Oral Health 4 Life; OH4L) delivered through state-funded tobacco quitlines. METHODS:Using a semipragmatic design to balance experimental control and generalizability, we randomized US quitline callers (n = 718) to standard care or standard care...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McClure JB,Bush T,Anderson ML,Blasi P,Thompson E,Nelson J,Catz SL

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with their heterosexual peers, sexual minority women (SMW; e.g., queer, bisexual, lesbian, pansexual) have an elevated risk for unintended pregnancy.A team of social science and clinical researchers qualitatively documented the multilevel pathways leading to this disparity, particularly the contexts of contra...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Higgins JA,Carpenter E,Everett BG,Greene MZ,Haider S,Hendrick CE

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The female condom is the only other barrier contraception method besides the male condom, and it is the only "woman-initiated" device for prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Although studies demonstrate high acceptability and effectiveness for this device, overall use in the United States remains low. The f...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Witte SS,Stefano K,Hawkins C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzed 30,194 incident cases and 4,301 death certificates for completeness of occupational reporting. Analysis of data accuracy was based upon a comparison of more than 2,000 death certificates with incident abstracts and 352 death certificates with interview data. Death certificates had a higher proporti...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Swanson GM,Schwartz AG,Burrows RW

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether state-sponsored antitobacco advertisements are associated with reduced adult smoking, and interactions between smoking-related advertising types. METHODS:We measured mean exposure to smoking-related advertisements with television ratings for the top-75 US media markets from 1999 to 2...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Emery S,Kim Y,Choi YK,Szczypka G,Wakefield M,Chaloupka FJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The head coaches and players of 103 secondary school football teams in Minnesota were asked to respond to mail questionnaires. Information about injury incidence and concomitant health care provision was elicited. Responses from 3,063 players (81 per cent) yielded a total injury rate of 78 injuries/100 players; 19/100...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gerberich SG,Priest JD,Boen JR,Straub CP,Maxwell RE

更新日期：1983-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of a package of roadway modifications in New York City funded under the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program. METHODS:We used a Markov model to estimate long-term impacts of SRTS on injury reduction and the associated savings in medical costs, lifelong disability, and deat...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Muennig PA,Epstein M,Li G,DiMaggio C

更新日期：2014-07-01 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:The purpose of this study was to identify behaviors associated with change in body mass index or with weight gain at the waist. METHODS:A cohort of 79236 White, non-Hispanic, healthy adults was questioned in 1982 and 1992 about diet and 10 physical activities. Estimates were made of the mean effects of stab...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kahn HS,Tatham LM,Rodriguez C,Calle EE,Thun MJ,Heath CW Jr

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The median incidence rate of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) among prisoners is 7 times higher than for the general population. Yet high-risk sexual activity and drug use in US correctional facilities remain unexamined. This study explores inmate perceptions of high-risk behavior in New York state ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mahon N

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate racial/ethnic and language differences in the effectiveness of the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) study among children aged 2 to 4 years enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). METHODS:We performed a mult...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Nelson CC,Colchamiro R,Perkins M,Taveras EM,Leung-Strle P,Kwass J,Woo Baidal JA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This microqualitative case study of a community-based peer education program led by sex workers at a South African mine examined the role of grassroots participation in sexual health promotion. METHODS:The study involved in-depth interviews with 30 members of the target community. The interviews were analyz...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Campbell C,Mzaidume Z

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To assess the association between exposure to the US criminal legal system and well-being.Methods. We used data from the 2018 Family History of Incarceration Survey, a nationally representative cross-sectional study of family incarceration experience (n = 2815), which includes measures of participants' own...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sundaresh R,Yi Y,Roy B,Riley C,Wildeman C,Wang EA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to test the efficacy of an intervention that was designed to promote social inclusion and commitment to education, in reducing among students health risk behaviors and improving emotional well-being. METHODS:The design was a cluster-randomized trial in 25 secondary schools in Victoria, Australia. ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Patton GC,Bond L,Carlin JB,Thomas L,Butler H,Glover S,Catalano R,Bowes G

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We administered the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale to 547 San Francisco Latinos as part of a random digit dialing telephone survey to evaluate smoking behavior. Both men and women current smokers had the highest mean CES-D levels (9.7 and 14.3, respectively). Logistic regression analysis a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Pérez-Stable EJ,Marín G,Marín BV,Katz MH

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interview data from a three-wave panel study of the impact of the residential environment upon the psychological well-being of 337 minority women were used to examine the effects of household infestation upon self-reported depression, phobic anxiety, somatization, hostility, and anomia. The findings of cross-sectional...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Zahner GE,Kasl SV,White M,Will JC

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Response levels obtained from two methods of patient contact to obtain subject consent for participation in epidemiologic studies were compared. When a signed, return card was required prior to further contact, 70 to 83 per cent of patients consented to participate, compared with consistently higher levels (89 to 93 p...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mueller BA,McTiernan A,Daling JR

更新日期：1986-11-01 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