Rurality and nursing home quality: results from a national sample of nursing home admissions.

abstract：:A random sample of employees was surveyed 20 months after a non-smoking policy was implemented at the New England Telephone Company in 1986. Overall, 21 percent of respondents who were smoking at the time they heard about the policy had quit smoking; 42 percent of quitters said they stopped smoking because of the poli...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sorsensen G,Rigotti N,Rosen A,Pinney J,Prible R

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A program was designed and evaluated to determine the feasibility of implementing an incentive campaign to promote safety restraint use, primarily among children up to age 13. During a five-month period, community residents were eligible to win monthly prizes and a grand prize by buckling up all automobile occupants w...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Foss RD

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed the exposure of adolescent girls to cigar images in women's magazines from 1992 to 1998. METHODS:Data were obtained from the 5 women's magazines with the highest readership of adolescent girls. RESULTS:We found a significant upward trend in cigar images portrayed in women's magazines an...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Feit MN

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined individual, friend or family, and community or tribe correlates of suicidality in a representative on-reserve sample of First Nations adolescents. METHODS:Data came from the 2002-2003 Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey of Youth. Interviews were conducted with adolescents ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mota N,Elias B,Tefft B,Medved M,Munro G,Sareen J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the risk of hip fracture in Mexican Americans, the ethnicity of 80 women aged 50 years and over admitted with hip fractures to a Texas hospital was compared with that of age-matched women hospitalized for other reasons. The risk of fracture for Mexican Americans was only 35 per cent that of Whites (95% CI = ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bauer RL,Diehl AK,Barton SA,Brender J,Deyo RA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES: To investigate the impact of Be the Exception, a newly developed program to delay onset of sexual behaviors, in a White, rural population. METHODS: A cluster randomized controlled trial in northwestern Indiana (14 schools, 1776 students, 2011-2015) compared an intervention (5 group sessions and multimedia ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Piotrowski ZH,Hedeker D

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed trends in prescribing and overdose deaths related to propoxyphene (e.g., Darvon) before and after a 1978-80 informational campaign carried out by the US Food and Drug Administration and the drug's manufacturer through mailed warnings, face-to-face education of prescribers, press releases, and labeling chan...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Soumerai SB,Avorn J,Gortmaker S,Hawley S

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified the prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among homeless veterans and assessed the TBI-4, a screening tool created to identify TBI history. Between May 2010 and October 2011, 800 US veterans from two hospitals, one eastern (n = 122) and one western (n = 678) completed some or all measures. Findings ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Russell LM,Devore MD,Barnes SM,Forster JE,Hostetter TA,Montgomery AE,Casey R,Kane V,Brenner LA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study described factors related to colorectal cancer stage at diagnosis. METHODS:Logistic regression analyses were used on data from the New York State Tumor Registry and US Census area-level social class indicators. RESULTS:After the effects of other predictors were controlled for, the odds of late-s...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mandelblatt J,Andrews H,Kao R,Wallace R,Kerner J

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated the psychological effects of paid employment and nonemployment, cross-sectionally and longitudinally, in 541 middle-aged women. METHODS:Women were seen for an extensive baseline evaluation and were reevaluated in an identical manner 3 years later. They were divided into four "synthet...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bromberger JT,Matthews KA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrient intakes were investigated for Blacks and Whites using data from the NHANES II survey (1976-80). Intake of energy, total fat, saturated fat, dietary cholesterol, P/S ratio, and per cent of calories derived from total and saturated fat are examined by sex and age, both in absolute terms and per unit of body wei...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Block G,Rosenberger WF,Patterson BH

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the effectiveness of a community coalition to prevent severe injuries to children in Central Harlem, New York, NY. It was hypothesized that injury incidence rates would decline during the intervention (1989 through 1991) relative to preintervention years (1983 through 1988); that the dec...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Davidson LL,Durkin MS,Kuhn L,O'Connor P,Barlow B,Heagarty MC

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate how met need for accessibility and availability of primary care among nonelderly individuals in Georgia will be affected by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) over the next 10 years. METHODS:We used a stock-and-flow model to predict the number of available visits from 2013 to 2...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gentili M,Harati P,Serban N

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide is a public health problem disproportionately associated with some demographic characteristics (e.g., sexual orientation, veteran status). Analyses of the Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey data revealed that more lesbian, gay, and bisexual (i.e., sexual minority) veterans reported suicid...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Blosnich JR,Bossarte RM,Silenzio VM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated how persons from key populations at higher risk of HIV exposure interpreted the process and outcomes of the Step Study HIV-1 vaccine trial, which was terminated early, and implications for willingness to participate in and community support for HIV vaccine research. METHODS:We used qualitati...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Newman PA,Logie C,James L,Charles T,Maxwell J,Salam K,Woodford M

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:Coronary arteries and aortas obtained at autopsy in six populations were examined microscopically. Two variants of atherosclerosis could be separately quantified by objective morphometry. These two variants, fibroplasia and atheronecrosis, were both found to increase with age and to correlate with each other from one ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tracy RE,Kissling GE,Oalmann MC

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral health needs are urgent in rural states. Creative, broad-based, and collaborative solutions can alleviate these needs. "Health commons" sites are enhanced, community-based, primary care safety net practices that include medical, behavioral, social, public, and oral health services. Successful intervention require...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Beetstra S,Derksen D,Ro M,Powell W,Fry DE,Kaufman A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent of consumer demand for patient-oriented pharmacy services. Data, collected via a self-administered questionnaire distributed to 300 households, were analyzed using Kruskal's program for additive conjoint analysis. The results indicate substantial consumer demand ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Carroll NV,Gagnon JP

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a seroepidemiologic study to evaluate the transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) from students to staff in a day school for mentally retarded students. Of 505 students tested, 37 (7.3 per cent) had HBsAg; 74 per cent of HBsAg-positive sera tested were HBeAg-positive. Of 162 staff members tested, 21 (13...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Remis RS,Rossignol MA,Kane MA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to prospectively assess the independent effect of hip fracture on mortalìty, hospitalization, and functional status. METHODS:Among 7527 members of the Longitudinal Study of Aging who were over age 70 at baseline, 368 persons with hip fracture occurring between 1984 and 1991 wer...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wolinsky FD,Fitzgerald JF,Stump TE

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and health physicists frequently serve as expert consultants to lawyers, courts, and administrators. One of the most common errors committed by experts is to equate, without qualification, the attributable fraction estimated from epidemiologic data to the probability of causation req...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Greenland S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In northern Uganda, physical and structural violence (political repression, economic inequality, and gender-based discrimination) increase vulnerability to HIV infection. In settings of war, traditional HIV prevention that solely promotes risk avoidance and risk reduction and assumes the existence of personal choice i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Westerhaus MJ,Finnegan AC,Zabulon Y,Mukherjee JS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Washington County, Maryland, ownership of cats and/or dogs was compared among 48 residents who committed suicide in the years 1975-83 and 96 living controls matched to the suicides by race, sex, and date of birth. Another comparison used as controls persons of same race, sex, and age who died of causes other than s...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Helsing KJ,Monk M

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We determined factors associated with hearing aid acquisition in older adults. METHODS:We conducted a population-based, prospective study that used information from 3 examinations performed on study participants as part of the Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study (1993-2005). We included participants (n = 718...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fischer ME,Cruickshanks KJ,Wiley TL,Klein BE,Klein R,Tweed TS

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the associations of oral health literacy (OHL) with oral health status (OHS) and dental neglect (DN), and we explored whether self-efficacy mediated or modified these associations. METHODS:We used interview data collected from 1280 female clients of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lee JY,Divaris K,Baker AD,Rozier RG,Vann WF Jr

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidental exposure to the blood of hepatitis B patients produced less fear than does accidental exposure today to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), even though both have an approximately equal overall risk of death (approximately 1%). Subjects responding to hypothetical insect-exposure and disease-exposure scen...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Schneiderman LJ,Kaplan RM

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined trends in health insurance coverage for health care workers and their children between 1988 and 1998. METHODS:We analyzed data from the annual March supplements of the Current Population Survey (CPS), a Census Bureau survey that collects information about health insurance from a national...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Case BG,Himmelstein DU,Woolhandler S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the relationship of functional health literacy to self-reported health and use of health services. METHODS:Patients presenting to two large, urban public hospitals in Atlanta, Ga, and Torrance, Calif, were administered a health literacy test about their overall health and use of health c...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Baker DW,Parker RM,Williams MV,Clark WS,Nurss J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2009 we surveyed 400 tribal members of a midwestern American Indian reservation to assess the prevalence of OxyContin use. Thirty percent of tribal participants reported nonmedical use of OxyContin ever, 18.9% in the past year, and 13.4% in the past month. Participants aged 18 to 25 years were most likely to have u...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Momper SL,Delva J,Tauiliili D,Mueller-Williams AC,Goral P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00