A system for rapidly and accurately collecting patients' race and ethnicity.

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：OBJECTIVES:We investigated ethnic disparities in obtaining medical care among the 4 major ethnic groups (Blacks, Whites, Coloreds [i.e., those of mixed race], and Asians) in post-apartheid South Africa. METHODS:Data for the study came from the 2002 Afrobarometer: Round II Survey of South Africa. Bivariate and multivar...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kon ZR,Lackan N

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine the amount of time required for a primary care physician to provide recommended preventive services to an average patient panel. METHODS:We used published and estimated times per service to determine the physician time required to provide all services recommended by the US Preventive ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yarnall KS,Pollak KI,Østbye T,Krause KM,Michener JL

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the feasibility of combining an online chain recruitment method (respondent-driven detection) and participatory surveillance panels to collect previously undetected information on infectious diseases via social networks of participants. METHODS:In 2014, volunteers from 2 large panels in the ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Stein ML,van Steenbergen JE,Buskens V,van der Heijden PG,Koppeschaar CE,Bengtsson L,Thorson A,Kretzschmar ME

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the impact of a change in New York tax law on the numbers of untaxed cigarettes bootlegged from Native American reservations and resold in the South Bronx. METHODS:Discarded cigarette packs were systematically collected in 30 randomized South Bronx census tracks before and after the amended tax ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kurti M,von Lampe K,Johnson J

更新日期：2015-04-01 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: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：:Cyclone Hudah struck the northeastern coast of Madagascar in the spring of 2000. Over a 5-month period, 11 700 relief kits consisting of bottles of water disinfectant and foldable jerry cans were distributed to the affected population. Five months after the cyclone, a survey was conducted in 12 villages to determine t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mong Y,Kaiser R,Ibrahim D,Rasoatiana,Razafimbololona L,Quick RE

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the relationship of sociodemographic factors and use of substances other than cocaine to cocaine use from 1987 to 1992 in a cohort of Black and White men and women 20 to 32 years of age. METHODS:Data were collected as part of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study. Se...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Braun BL,Murray D,Hannan P,Sidney S,Le C

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to define, among sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic attendees, (1) patterns of sex partner selection, (2) relative risks for gonococcal or chlamydial infection associated with each mixing pattern, and (3) selected links and potential and actual bridge populations. METHODS:Mixing mat...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Aral SO,Hughes JP,Stoner B,Whittington W,Handsfield HH,Anderson RM,Holmes KK

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We compared estimates for children with and without special health care needs (SHCN) at 2 time periods for national health objectives related to the Healthy People 2010 leading health indicators (LHIs). METHODS:Data were from the 2003 and 2007 National Surveys of Children's Health. Seven survey items were r...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ghandour RM,Grason HA,Schempf AH,Strickland BB,Kogan MD,Jones JR,Nichols D

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study developed national estimates of the burden of selected infectious diseases among correctional inmates and releases during 1997. METHODS:Data from surveys, surveillance, and other reports were synthesized to develop these estimates. RESULTS:During 1997, 20% to 26% of all people living with HIV in...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hammett TM,Harmon MP,Rhodes W

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The limiting effects of exemptions to the coverage of child restraint laws were estimated by determining the extent to which the laws would have applied to child motor vehicle occupants, ages 0-5 years, killed before the laws were passed (1976-80). The 50 state laws would have exempted about 39 per cent of child motor...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Teret SP,Jones AS,Williams AF,Wells JK

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure cost-effectiveness of an intervention to increase retrofitting of rollover protective structures (ROPS) on tractors. METHODS:Tractor overturns are the leading cause of farm fatalities. ROPS prevent these deaths. This study updates a 2011 cost-effectiveness assessment of a New York State intervent...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Myers M,Kelsey T,Tinc P,Sorensen J,Jenkins P

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To evaluate how lowering the blood lead level (BLL) intervention threshold affects childhood lead testing policy.Methods. We geocoded 4.19 million Illinois lead testing records (2001-2016) and linked to 2.37 million birth records (2001-2014), data on housing age, industrial emissions, and roads. We used mu...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Abbasi A,Pals B,Gazze L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Interpreting associations between lead exposure and child behavior problems is difficult because studies have not controlled for sociodemographic confounders or have used shed teeth to mark exposure. This study explored associations between blood lead and preschool behavior. METHODS:Children from a smelter ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wasserman GA,Staghezza-Jaramillo B,Shrout P,Popovac D,Graziano J

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：:We used data from the National Infant Mortality Surveillance (NIMS) project to compare birthweights and birthweight-specific mortality risks among Native American and White infants. Because race categories in NIMS were limited to White, Black, and all, we studied six states in which greater than 85 per cent of newborn...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Vanlandingham MJ,Buehler JW,Hogue CJ,Strauss LT

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To improve our understanding of climate variability and diarrheal disease at the community level and inform predictions for future climate change scenarios, we examined whether the El Niño climate pattern is associated with increased rates of diarrhea among Peruvian children. METHODS:We analyzed daily surve...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bennett A,Epstein LD,Gilman RH,Cama V,Bern C,Cabrera L,Lescano AG,Patz J,Carcamo C,Sterling CR,Checkley W

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five years after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the mental health of women who had been pregnant and living within 10 miles of Three Mile Island at the time of the accident was similar to that of women from the same area who became pregnant after the accident. Ratings of the development of the two groups of c...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Houts PS,Tokuhata GK,Bratz J,Bartholomew MJ,Sheffer KW

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the public health literature, it is generally assumed that the perception of "targeting" as positive or negative by the targeted audience depends on the product or message being promoted. Smoking prevalence rates are high among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, but little is known about ho...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Smith EA,Thomson K,Offen N,Malone RE

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This research used food frequency data to investigate dietary patterns associated with fat intake. METHODS:Data from the 1987 National Health Interview Survey of 20,143 adults were used to determine correlations between fat (adjusted for kilocalories) and both nutrient and food group intakes. Median food an...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Subar AF,Ziegler RG,Patterson BH,Ursin G,Graubard B

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the relationship between 4 low-risk behaviors-never smoked, healthy diet, adequate physical activity, and moderate alcohol consumption-and mortality in a representative sample of people in the United States. METHODS:We used data from 16958 participants aged 17 years and older in the National Hea...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ford ES,Zhao G,Tsai J,Li C

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The goal of this project was to develop an interactive CD-ROM for nutrition screening and counseling, designed to produce dietary behavior change in fat and fruit and vegetable intake. METHODS:The design was based on principles of relevance to the learner, readiness for change, feedback, individualization, ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Block G,Miller M,Harnack L,Kayman S,Mandel S,Cristofar S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study was done in a health maintenance organization colorectal cancer screening program to determine whether 166 persons found to have abnormal fecal occult blood test results typically underwent complete diagnostic evaluation (i.e., either colonoscopy or barium enema x-ray plus flexible sigmoidoscopy...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Myers RE,Balshem AM,Wolf TA,Ross EA,Millner L

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1978, 345 persons were killed in the United States in jumps and falls from non-crashing motor vehicles: 64 per cent fell; 15 per cent jumped; and it was not known whether the other 21 per cent jumped or fell. Two hundred and one people had been traveling on the exterior of vehicles, especially truck beds, and almos...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Williams AF,Goins SE

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Minnesota Heart Health Program is a 13-year research and demonstration project to reduce morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease in whole communities. METHODS:Three pairs of communities were matched on size and type; each pair had one education site and one comparison site. After baseline su...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Luepker RV,Murray DM,Jacobs DR Jr,Mittelmark MB,Bracht N,Carlaw R,Crow R,Elmer P,Finnegan J,Folsom AR

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the relationship between burden of providing care to non-ill children and grandchildren and incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) among women. METHODS:A prospective cohort study was conducted as part of the Nurses' Health Study among 54,412 women aged 46 to 71 years who were registered nurse...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lee S,Colditz G,Berkman L,Kawachi I

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the association between indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) and the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States during the period 2002 to 2010, when overall ASD prevalence among children more than doubled, and to determine whether SES disparities account for ongoing rac...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Durkin MS,Maenner MJ,Baio J,Christensen D,Daniels J,Fitzgerald R,Imm P,Lee LC,Schieve LA,Van Naarden Braun K,Wingate MS,Yeargin-Allsopp M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The reported prevalence of occupational allergy to natural rubber latex is 8% to 17%, and that of latex-induced occupational asthma is 2.5% to 6%. Conversion of medical facilities to "latex-safe" can reduce employee sensitization, impairment, and disability. The purpose of this study was to determine the cos...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Phillips VL,Goodrich MA,Sullivan TJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00