Weight of the evidence or wait for the evidence? Protecting underground miners from diesel particulate matter.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We combined social-network analysis and molecular epidemiology to investigate Staphylococcus aureus among drug users. METHODS:From 2003 through 2005, we recruited adult drug users in Brooklyn, New York. Of 501 individuals recruited, 485 participated. Participants were screened for HIV infection and S. aureu...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gwizdala RA,Miller M,Bhat M,Vavagiakis P,Henry C,Neaigus A,Shi Q,Lowy FD

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1984, the tobacco workers' union and the Tobacco Institute, which represents US tobacco companies, formed a labor management committee (LMC). The institute relied on LMC unions to resist smoke-free worksite rules. In a review of the internal tobacco industry documents now publicly available, we found that the LMC s...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Balbach ED,Barbeau EM,Manteufel V,Pan J

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:Recent theoretical studies suggest that the earth's ozone layer which filters ultraviolet radiation may be depleted by a fleet of supersonic transports or by continued use of chlorofluoromethanes. It is now generally accepted that short wavelength ultraviolet radiation leads to the development of skin cancer. In this ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fears TR,Scotto J,Schneiderman MA

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence and causes of functional paralysis in the United States. METHODS:We used the 2013 US Paralysis Prevalence & Health Disparities Survey to estimate the prevalence of paralysis, its causes, associated sociodemographic characteristics, and health effects among this population. RESULT...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Armour BS,Courtney-Long EA,Fox MH,Fredine H,Cahill A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the associations between depressive symptoms and sexual identity and behavior among women with or at risk for HIV. METHODS:We analyzed longitudinal data from 1811 participants in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) from 1994 to 2013 in Brooklyn and the Bronx, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Wa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Pyra M,Weber KM,Wilson TE,Cohen J,Murchison L,Goparaju L,Golub ET,Cohen MH

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the relationship between enrollment in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and delivery of small-for-gestational-age infants. METHODS:WIC records were linked with birth certificates for 1992 full-term births; 41,234 WIC records and 18,34 non-W...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ahluwalia IB,Hogan VK,Grummer-Strawn L,Colville WR,Peterson A

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to estimate the effects of recreational physical activity and back exercises on low back pain, related disability, and psychological distress among patients randomized to chiropractic or medical care in a managed care setting. METHODS:Low back pain patients (n=681) were randomized and followed for...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hurwitz EL,Morgenstern H,Chiao C

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roots of the epidemic of alcohol-related problems among many Native North Americans are sought in cultural responses to European arrival, the role of alcohol in frontier society, and colonial and postcolonial policies. Evidence from the historical record is considered within the framework of current social science. In...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Frank JW,Moore RS,Ames GM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Municipal swimming pools and wading pools were examined for the presence of human enteric viruses using a portable virus concentrator at the site to concentrate viruses from 100-gallon to 500-gallon samples. Ten of 14 samples contained viruses; three of these were positive for virus in the presence of residual free ch...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Keswick BH,Gerba CP,Goyal SM

更新日期：1981-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:In the light of a possible link between stress and cancer promotion or progression, and of previously reported distress in residents near the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant, we attempted to evaluate the impact of the March 1979 accident on community cancer rates. METHODS:Proximity of residence ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hatch MC,Wallenstein S,Beyea J,Nieves JW,Susser M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed seroprevalence rates of HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among individuals with severe mental illness. METHODS:Participants (n = 931) were patients undergoing inpatient or outpatient treatment in Connecticut, Maryland, New Hampshire, or North Carolina. RESULTS:T...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rosenberg SD,Goodman LA,Osher FC,Swartz MS,Essock SM,Butterfield MI,Constantine NT,Wolford GL,Salyers MP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to identify correlates of reported lifetime diagnoses of TB among injection drug users in the border city of Tijuana, Mexico. METHODS:Injection drug users in Tijuana were recruited into a prospective cohort study during 2006 and 2007. We used weighted multivariate logistic regression to identify c...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Deiss R,Garfein RS,Lozada R,Burgos JL,Brouwer KC,Moser KS,Zuniga ML,Rodwell TC,Ojeda VD,Strathdee SA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the frequency with which alcohol advertisements appeared on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) transit lines in Boston, MA, and we calculated adult and youths' exposure to the ads. METHODS:We measured the nature and extent of alcohol advertisements on 4 Boston transit lines on...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Nyborn JA,Wukitsch K,Nhean S,Siegel M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assessed the quality of hospital care for women who underwent a hysterectomy to compare Medicaid-covered women with privately insured women and minority women with White women. METHODS:We evaluated medical decisions, inpatient care, quality of inpatient care, and outcomes. RESULTS:Quality of hospital car...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hakim RB,Benedict MB,Merrick NJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homeless children in New York City had an extremely high asthma prevalence-40%-in a cross-sectional study at 3 shelters (n=740) during 1998 to 1999. We used the same protocol to summarize subsequent data through December 2002. Asthma prevalence was 33% (n=1636); only 15% of the children previously diagnosed were takin...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Grant R,Bowen S,McLean DE,Berman D,Redlener K,Redlener I

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We estimated the costs associated with reducing class sizes in kindergarten through grade 3 as well as the effects of small class sizes on selected outcomes such as quality-adjusted life-years and future earnings. METHODS:We used multiple data sets to predict changes in the outcomes assessed according to le...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Muennig P,Woolf SH

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury is a growing environmental threat that can cause serious health problems and birth defects. Household thermometers are high-risk sources of mercury because most people lack the knowledge to properly dispose of one when it is broken. The Boston Public Health Commission's Environmental Health Office, with local ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shoemaker PA,Ghaemghami J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated sociodemographic disparities in alcohol environments and their relationship with adolescent drinking. METHODS:We geocoded and mapped alcohol license data with ArcMap to construct circular buffers centered at 14 595 households with children that participated in the California Health Interview...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Truong KD,Sturm R

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A joint urban planning and public health perspective is articulated here for use, in health impact assessment. Absent a blueprint for a coherent and supportive structure on which to test our thinking, we are bound to fall flat. Such a perspective is made necessary by the sheer number of people living in cities through...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Northridge ME,Sclar E

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the impact of a maternal-child home visitation program on birth spacing for first-time Latina mothers, focusing on adolescents and women who identified as Mexican or Puerto Rican. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study. One thousand Latina women enrolled in the Pennsylvania Nurse-Family P...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yun K,Chesnokova A,Matone M,Luan X,Localio AR,Rubin DM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After being randomly assigned to receive policy effectiveness information expressed as attributable benefit, attributable risk, or relative risk, 318 graduate students were asked to indicate their preferences for the current voluntary seat belt use policy, a mandatory seat belt policy, or mandatory passive restraints....

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Runyan CW,Earp JA

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the potential relation of mental ability test scores at age 10 years with alcohol problems and alcohol intake at age 30 years. METHODS:We used data from a prospective observational study involving 8170 members of a birth cohort from Great Britain born in 1970. Data included mental ability scores...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Batty GD,Deary IJ,Schoon I,Emslie C,Hunt K,Gale CR

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Suffering from waning demand, poor quality, and reform efforts enabling veterans to "vote with their feet" and leave, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) health care system transformed itself through a series of substantive changes. We examined the evolution of primary care changes underlying VA's transf...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yano EM,Simon BF,Lanto AB,Rubenstein LV

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents data from an experimental project which distributed oral contraceptives, foam, and condoms to households in three rural areas of Haiti between January 1978 and March 1980. The contraceptive distribution had little apparent impact on traditional, prolonged breastfeeding patterns, and the percentage ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bordes A,Allman J,Verly A

更新日期：1982-08-01 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:To assess the relationship between health care system and economic factors and early childhood caries (ECC) data availability and prevalence. METHODS:We estimated ECC data for 193 United Nations countries from studies published between 2007 and 2017. We obtained other variables from the World Health Organiz...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： El Tantawi M,Folayan MO,Mehaina M,Vukovic A,Castillo JL,Gaffar BO,Arheiam A,Al-Batayneh OB,Kemoli AM,Schroth RJ,Lee GHM

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:We estimated the effects of high incarceration rates on rates of sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancies. METHODS:We calculated correlations between rates of incarceration in state prisons and county jails and rates of sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancies for each of the 1...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Thomas JC,Torrone E

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00