Cost analysis of the built environment: the case of bike and pedestrian trials in Lincoln, Neb.

abstract：:A case-control study, using data abstracted between 1983 and 1987 from a large perinatal registry, was conducted to explore the relationship between smoking and ectopic pregnancy. Women with ectopic pregnancy (n = 634) seen at University of Illinois Perinatal Network Hospitals were compared to women who were delivered...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Handler A,Davis F,Ferre C,Yeko T

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：OBJECTIVES: To test the efficacy of Reducing the Risk (RTR) and Love Notes (LN) on reducing risky sexual behavior among youths yet to experience or cause a pregnancy. METHODS: The four dependent variables were ever had sex, condom use, birth control use, and number of sexual partners at 3- and 6-month follow-up in a 3...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Barbee AP,Cunningham MR,van Zyl MA,Antle BF,Langley CN

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated whether low concentrations of ambient air pollutants are associated with hospital admissions for ischemic cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases. METHODS:Associations between daily concentrations of sulfur dioxide, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and particulates and daily hospi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Pönkä A,Virtanen M

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the relationship between atrial fibrillation and (1) stroke and (2) all-cause mortality. METHODS:All eligible Medicare patients older than 65 years of age hospitalized in 1985 were followed up for 4 years. Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards models were used for assessment of risk ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yuan Z,Bowlin S,Einstadter D,Cebul RD,Conners AR Jr,Rimm AA

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：:Increasing numbers of tuberculosis control programs compile information about the number, location, bacteriologic status, and chemotherapy status of tuberculosis patients within their jurisdiction. Reports from these programs show that during the 1970s the prevalence of patients requiring supervision decreased three t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Powell KE,Brown ED,Seggerson JJ,Farer LS

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined associations between unfair treatment, attributions of unfair treatment to racial discrimination, and cumulative disease damage among African American women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:We used multivariable regression models to examine SLE damage among 578 African American w...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chae DH,Drenkard CM,Lewis TT,Lim SS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many assertions have been made about the competence of juries in dealing with expert evidence. I review the types of expert evidence that jurors hear and the impact of adversary legal procedure on the form and manner in which evidence is presented. Empirical research indicates that jurors understand the adversary proc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Vidmar N

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The World Health Organization's Regional Office for Europe has undertaken a large study to evaluate housing and health in 7 European cities. METHODS:Survey tools were used to obtain information about housing and living conditions, health perception, and health status from a representative sample of the popu...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bonnefoy XR,Braubach M,Moissonnier B,Monolbaev K,Röbbel N

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated a law enforcement initiative to screen respondents to domestic violence restraining orders for firearm ownership or possession and recover their firearms. METHODS:The initiative was implemented in San Mateo and Butte counties in California from 2007 through 2010. We used descriptive methods to ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wintemute GJ,Frattaroli S,Claire BE,Vittes KA,Webster DW

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of recovery from alcohol problems with and without treatment, including whether such recoveries involved abstinence or moderate drinking. METHODS:Data from two surveys of randomly selected adults in the general population were analyzed. Random-digit ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sobell LC,Cunningham JA,Sobell MB

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the effects of several survey features on response rates in a general population health survey. METHODS:In 2012 and 2013, 8000 households in British Columbia, Canada, were randomly allocated to 1 of 7 survey variants, each containing a different combination of survey features. Features compared inc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Guo Y,Kopec JA,Cibere J,Li LC,Goldsmith CH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:After conducting a media campaign focusing on the importance of oral and pharyngeal cancer (OPC) examinations, we assessed mechanisms of behavior change among individuals receiving an OPC examination for the first time. METHODS:We used data from 2 waves of telephone surveys of individuals residing in 36 rur...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Logan HL,Guo Y,Emanuel AS,Shepperd JA,Dodd VJ,Marks JG,Muller KE,Riley JL 3rd

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the effect of birth cohort on incidence rates of hip fracture among women and men in the Framingham Study. METHODS:Age-specific incidence rates of first hip fracture were presented according to tertile of year of birth for 5209 participants of the Framingham Study, a population-based coh...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Samelson EJ,Zhang Y,Kiel DP,Hannan MT,Felson DT

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The average number of visits to a physician made by a sample of 351 residents of homes insulated with urea formaldehyde foam insulation in Montreal in the one year period before exposure was 5.25, and in the year following 5.62, an increase of 7 per cent (odds ratio 1.07, 95% CI = 1.00, 1.15). The increase in visits i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： L'Abbé KA,Hoey JR,Hanley J,Wacholder S,Nantel A

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the probability of an obese person attaining normal body weight. METHODS:We drew a sample of individuals aged 20 years and older from the United Kingdom's Clinical Practice Research Datalink from 2004 to 2014. We analyzed data for 76,704 obese men and 99,791 obese women. We excluded participants...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fildes A,Charlton J,Rudisill C,Littlejohns P,Prevost AT,Gulliford MC

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing costs of institutional care for the aged have occasioned a variety of government cost containment measures. People with senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type (SDAT) will be the principal group to suffer from cutbacks. SDAT patients are usually eligible for Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs), rather than ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Brody EM,Lawton MP,Liebowitz B

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We tested the efficacy of a combined pharmacologic and behavioral smoking cessation intervention among women in a state prison in the southern United States. METHODS:The study design was a randomized controlled trial with a 6-month waitlist control group. The intervention was a 10-week group intervention co...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cropsey K,Eldridge G,Weaver M,Villalobos G,Stitzer M,Best A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To quantify the association between personal and family history of criminal justice system (CJS) involvement (PHJI and FHJI, respectively), health outcomes, and health-related behaviors.Methods. We examined 2017 New York City Community Health Survey data (n = 10 005) with multivariable logistic regression....

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Baquero M,Zweig K,Angell SY,Meropol SB

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study identified behavioral and psychosocial/interpersonal factors in young adolescence that are associated with handgun carrying in later adolescence. METHODS:A sample of 2200 high school students was surveyed at 9th grade and again at 12th grade. RESULTS:Multivariate logistic regression analyses ind...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Simon TR,Richardson JL,Dent CW,Chou CP,Flay BR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This paper explores the relationship of state hospital and general hospital psychiatric caseloads in a statewide system of care. METHODS:Probabilistic population estimation was applied to general hospital and state hospital data sets. RESULTS:General hospitals provide inpatient psychiatric services to more...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Banks SM,Pandiani JA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence indicates that women in prison are particularly vulnerable to many negative health outcomes, including cervical cancer. The Papanicolaou (Pap) test is an effective tool to screen for this disease. To determine what is and is not working with the Pap test and follow-up treatment, we performed qualitati...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Magee CG,Hult JR,Turalba R,McMillan S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed whether local health departments (LHDs) were conducting obesity prevention programs and diabetes screening programs, and we examined associations between LHD characteristics and whether they conducted these programs. METHODS:We used the 2005 National Profile of Local Health Departments to conduc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Zhang X,Luo H,Gregg EW,Mukhtar Q,Rivera M,Barker L,Albright A

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:In May 1983, an estimated 865 cases of epidemic gastrointestinal disease occurred in Greenville, Florida. Surveillance of pharmacy sales of antidiarrheal medicines suggested that the outbreak was confined to Greenville and its immediate vicinity. Surveys demonstrated that the gastrointestinal illness attack rates insi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sacks JJ,Lieb S,Baldy LM,Berta S,Patton CM,White MC,Bigler WJ,Witte JJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The importance of injury as a public health problem is not well recognized in many developing countries. Data have recently become available on injury mortality in China. METHOD:We compared Chinese injury data based on a 100 million population segment for 1986 with data for the United States. RESULTS:The a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Li GH,Baker SP

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined associations between residential exposure to BIXI (BIcycle-taXI)-a public bicycle share program implemented in Montreal, Quebec, in 2009, which increases accessibility to cycling by making available 5050 bicycles at 405 bicycle docking stations-and likelihood of cycling (BIXI and non-BIXI) in Mon...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fuller D,Gauvin L,Kestens Y,Daniel M,Fournier M,Morency P,Drouin L

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We used data from the Dental Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study to examine whether individual- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic characteristics were associated with periodontal disease. METHODS:We assessed severe periodontitis with a combination of clinical attachment loss and pocket depth measur...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Borrell LN,Beck JD,Heiss G

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To quantify changes in US health care spending required to reach parity with high-resource nations by 2030 or 2040 and identify historical precedents for these changes.Methods. We analyzed multiple sources of historical and projected spending from 1970 through 2040. Parity was defined as the Organisation f...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McCullough JM,Speer M,Magnan S,Fielding JE,Kindig D,Teutsch SM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00