Cigarette, alcohol, and coffee consumption and spontaneous abortion.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine whether adequacy of prenatal care utilization improved after the implementation of a Medicaid managed care program in Rhode Island. METHODS:Rhode Island birth certificate data (1993-1995; n = 37021) were used to analyze pre- and post-program implementation changes ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Griffin JF,Hogan JW,Buechner JS,Leddy TM

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Belmont Report principles focus on the well-being of the research subject, yet community-engaged investigators often eschew the role of subject for that of participant. We conducted semistructured interviews with 29 community and academic investigators working on 10 community-engaged studies. Interviews elicited persp...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bromley E,Mikesell L,Jones F,Khodyakov D

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort study was done to determine the direct impact of hip fracture on mortality in older people. Survival was compared between 211 hip fracture patients from a defined area and 201 non-hip fracture control subjects randomly selected from the same area. The mortality rate 1 year after hip fracture was 21.7%; 1-year...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Katelaris AG,Cumming RG

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined information on tar and nicotine yields on the packages of 160 cigarette brands, 58 percent of the 275 brands for which tar and nicotine yields were listed in a recent Federal Trade Commission report. The tar yield was indicated on 14 percent, the nicotine yield was indicated on 11 percent. As tar yield inc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Davis RM,Healy P,Hawk SA

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：:Background. Transgender women (transwomen) in the United States have been shown to have high HIV risk with Black and Hispanic transwomen being particularly vulnerable. Growing research on transgender men (transmen) also shows increased HIV risk and burden, although not as much is known for this transgender population....

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Becasen JS,Denard CL,Mullins MM,Higa DH,Sipe TA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United States excels at treating the most complex medical conditions, but our low-ranking health statistics (relative to other countries) do not match our high-end health care spending. One way to understand this paradox is to examine the history of federal children's health programs. In the 1800s, children's heal...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Brosco JP

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the persistence and comorbidity of women's physical and mental health conditions after pregnancy and the association of these conditions with child outcomes. METHODS:A national cohort of women who recently gave birth were surveyed in 1988 and again in 1991. We examined longitudinal data ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kahn RS,Zuckerman B,Bauchner H,Homer CJ,Wise PH

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To measure test-retest reliability, 38 Veterans Administration clinic patients completed a modification of the Sarason Life Experience Survey (LES) twice within several weeks. Summary scores were found to be more reliable than scores on individual questions. Patients attending the Mental Hygiene Clinic responded less ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bailey GA,Koepsell TD,Belcher DW

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We systematically reviewed the literature on the impact of returning to work on health among working-aged adults. METHODS:We searched 6 electronic databases in 2005. We selected longitudinal studies that documented a transition from unemployment to employment and included a comparison group. Two reviewers i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rueda S,Chambers L,Wilson M,Mustard C,Rourke SB,Bayoumi A,Raboud J,Lavis J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a cross-sectional survey of high-socioeconomic status (SES) African American men and their health to examine the relationship between John Henryism (the strong behavioral predisposition to directly confront barriers to upward social mobility) and self-reported physical health status. We found a positive a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bonham VL,Sellers SL,Neighbors HW

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a large scale program to improve health care for high-risk adolescents. Seven clinics, funded to provide comprehensive primary care to adolescents, were compared to three non-funded clinics. The majority of the 2,788 adolescent patients sampled in these clinics ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Earls F,Robins LN,Stiffman AR,Powell J

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In December 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored the first NIH Summit showcasing its investment and contribution to health disparities research and unveiling a framework for moving this important field forward. The Summit, titled "The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities," drew on extensive exp...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Dankwa-Mullan I,Rhee KB,Williams K,Sanchez I,Sy FS,Stinson N Jr,Ruffin J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined local public health agencies' involvement in community illicit drug policy advocacy and provision related to youths to determine the extent to which public health agencies were involved in local drug policy activities and could potentially provide an infrastructure for policy alternatives. METHO...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McBride DC,Terry-McElrath YM,VanderWaal CJ,Chriqui JF,Myllyluoma J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed predictors of the onset of natural menopause in African American women. METHODS:We used mailed questionnaires to collect data at baseline in 1995 and during follow-up from Black Women's Health Study participants. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to assess potential predictors...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Palmer JR,Rosenberg L,Wise LA,Horton NJ,Adams-Campbell LL

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to compare temperature and two windchill indices with respect to the strength of their association with daily variation in mortality in the Netherlands during 1979 to 1987. The two windchill indices were those developed by Siple and Passel and by Steadman. METHODS:Daily numbers...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kunst AE,Groenhof F,Mackenbach JP

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The science of eliminating health disparities is complex and dependent on demographic data. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) encourages the adoption of electronic health records and requires basic demographic data collection; however, current data generated are insufficie...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Douglas MD,Dawes DE,Holden KB,Mack D

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the feasibility of collecting race/ethnicity data from patients using their own preferred racial/ethnic terms. METHODS:The 424 patients described their race/ethnicity using their own categories, and we compared their descriptions with their responses to the questions (1) "Do you consider yoursel...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Baker DW,Cameron KA,Feinglass J,Thompson JA,Georgas P,Foster S,Pierce D,Hasnain-Wynia R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined whether Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation changes associations between food insecurity, dietary quality, and weight among US adults. METHODS:We analyzed adult dietary intake data (n = 8333) from the 2003 to 2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Bivar...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Nguyen BT,Shuval K,Bertmann F,Yaroch AL

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) continue to be overlooked as a resource to address health care workforce shortages and growing needs for a diverse health workforce, despite our commitment as a nation to health equity and eliminating health disparities. Health workforce graduation rates help illum...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Noonan A,Lindong I,Jaitley VN

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study explored whether ethnic differences in the impact of advanced maternal age on the risk of Down syndrome might reflect differences in use of prenatal diagnostic technologies. METHODS:Maternal age-specific odds of Down syndrome and amniocentesis use were compared among African Americans, Mexican Am...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Khoshnood B,Pryde P,Wall S,Singh J,Mittendorf R,Lee KS

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the efficacy of skills training designed to increase female condom use among women. METHODS:We conducted a randomized controlled trial of 409 women, recruited from family planning clinics in northern California, who were randomly assigned to the experimental 4-session female condom skills train...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Choi KH,Hoff C,Gregorich SE,Grinstead O,Gomez C,Hussey W

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the prevalence of antituberculosis drug resistance among children with tuberculosis (TB) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. METHODS:Drug susceptibility testing for isoniazid and rifampin was prospectively done on all children with culture-confirmed TB at Tygerberg Children's Hospital,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Schaaf HS,Marais BJ,Hesseling AC,Brittle W,Donald PR

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the 1981 Child Health Supplement to the National Health Interview Survey were used to examine relationships between family and child characteristics and regular use of seatbelts or child restraints. Only for a third of children less than seven years old was regular seatbelt use reported. They were more likel...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Haaga J

更新日期：1986-12-01 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 federal standard for fuel tank integrity in cars was applied to 1977 and subsequent models. National data indicate that fatalities per 10,000 occupants in rear-end crashes of small cars, where fire was the most harmful event, were reduced by approximately 57% if the fuel tank was located behind the rear axle and 77%...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Robertson LS

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Roe v Wade decision made safe abortion available but did not change the reality that more than 1 million women face an unwanted pregnancy every year. Forty years after Roe v Wade, the procedure is not accessible to many US women. The politics of abortion have led to a plethora of laws that create enormous barrier...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yanow S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:How do health care professionals assess the care of hospital patients near the end of life? Are physicians and nurses aware of and in agreement with national recommendations regarding patients' rights to forgo life-sustaining medical treatments and to receive adequate pain control? METHODS:We surveyed 687 p...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Solomon MZ,O'Donnell L,Jennings B,Guilfoy V,Wolf SM,Nolan K,Jackson R,Koch-Weser D,Donnelley S

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the role of body mass index (BMI) and other factors in driver deaths within 30 days after motor vehicle crashes. METHODS:We collected data for 22 107 drivers aged 16 years and older who were involved in motor vehicle crashes from the Crashworthiness Data System of the National Automotive Samplin...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Zhu S,Layde PM,Guse CE,Laud PW,Pintar F,Nirula R,Hargarten S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00