US National Health Data on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: a research agenda for the 1990s.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the joint impact of states' Medicaid expansion and participation in Medicaid enrollment outreach at the take-up of other means-tested public programs (Women, Infants, and Children [WIC], Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP]). METHODS:Data were used from the American Community Survey, ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lanese BG,Fischbein R,Furda C

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the association between telomere length and prenatal tobacco exposure (PTE) in 104 children aged 4 to 14 years. Salivary telomere length (STL) was determined from salivary DNA using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Of the children, 18% had maternal reported PTE. Mean STL was significantly lower amon...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Theall KP,McKasson S,Mabile E,Dunaway LF,Drury SS

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare methods for estimating low HIV incidence among persons who inject drugs. METHODS:We examined 4 methods in New York City, 2005 to 2014: (1) HIV seroconversions among repeat participants, (2) increase of HIV prevalence by additional years of injection among new injectors, (3) the New York State and...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Des Jarlais DC,Arasteh K,McKnight C,Feelemyer J,Campbell AN,Tross S,Smith L,Cooper HL,Hagan H,Perlman D

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：OBJECTIVES:We analyzed cervical cancer incidence and mortality data in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women compared with women of other races. METHODS:We improved identification of AI/AN race, cervical cancer incidence, and mortality data using Indian Health Service (IHS) patient records; our analyses focu...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Watson M,Benard V,Thomas C,Brayboy A,Paisano R,Becker T

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Holding that workers exposed to toxic substances in the workplace have a right to know about the extent to which they may have been put at risk, Bayer describes the history of the political controversy over whether the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ought to provide individual notificatio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bayer R

更新日期：1986-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:We analyzed the impact of Connecticut legislation incentivizing voluntary school district-level elimination of unhealthy competitive foods on National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participation. METHODS:We analyzed data on free, reduced, and paid participation in the NSLP from 904 schools within 154 Connecti...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Long MW,Luedicke J,Dorsey M,Fiore SS,Henderson KE

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We systematically identified and evaluated the quality and comprehensiveness of online information related to weight loss that users were likely to access. METHODS:We evaluated the content quality, accessibility of the information, and author credentials for Web sites in 2012 that were identified from weigh...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Modave F,Shokar NK,Peñaranda E,Nguyen N

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In a large heterogeneous sample of adults with mental illnesses, we examined the 6-month prevalence and nature of community violence perpetration and victimization, as well as associations between these outcomes. METHODS:Baseline data were pooled from 5 studies of adults with mental illnesses from across th...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Desmarais SL,Van Dorn RA,Johnson KL,Grimm KJ,Douglas KS,Swartz MS

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water is essential in providing nutrients, but contaminated water contributes to poor population health. Water quality and availability can change in unstructured situations, such as war. To develop a practical strategy to address poor water quality resulting from intermittent wars in Iraq, I reviewed information from...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Zolnikov TR

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This psychiatric epidemiology study following the Mount St. Helens volcanic disaster revealed a significant morbidity for psychiatric disorders. The increased prevalence showed a dose response pattern in three population groups. The findings are reported as relative and attributable risk for the two exposed population...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shore JH,Tatum EL,Vollmer WM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed evidence of the relationship between job strain and ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) in 29 studies (1985-2012). We conducted a quantitative meta-analysis on 22 cross-sectional studies of a single exposure to job strain. We systematically reviewed 1 case-control study, 3 studies of cumulative exposure to job...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Landsbergis PA,Dobson M,Koutsouras G,Schnall P

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:Assessments of the consequences of deinstitutionalization tend to focus primarily on observable changes in psychiatric services. Equally critical, and less often noted, are changes in the target population of deinstitutionalization that have accrued as the result of new service initiatives and changing loci of care. Y...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bachrach LL

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine whether supplemental private insurance coverage among Medicare recipients alters patterns of health care or outcomes associated with acute myocardial infarction. METHODS:Medicare patients hospitalized after a myocardial infarction were identified from New York City hospitalization rec...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fang J,Alderman MH

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify payments that involved opioid products from the pharmaceutical industry to physicians. METHODS:We used the Open Payments program database from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to identify payments involving an opioid to physicians between August 2013 and December 2015. We used medi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hadland SE,Krieger MS,Marshall BDL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire survey of the 127 US medical schools was undertaken to assess the present status of occupational health teaching as a follow-up to two prior similar studies. The present study revealed that 78 (68%) of the 115 responding schools specifically taught occupational health during the 1991/92 academic year, ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Burstein JM,Levy BS

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the effectiveness of a 2-year multicomponent, school-based intervention designed to reduce tobacco use rates among adolescents in an urban area of India. METHODS:Students from 32 schools in Delhi and Chennai, India, were recruited and randomly assigned to an intervention or control group. Baseli...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Perry CL,Stigler MH,Arora M,Reddy KS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational lead poisoning and environmental contamination were evaluated at a lead scrap smelter. Thirty of 37 employees (81 per cent) has blood lead levels of greater than or equal to 80 mug/100 ml, indicating unacceptable absorption, and 35 had free erythrocyte protoporphyrin (FEP) levels greater than 60mug/100ml ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Levine RJ,Moore RM,McLaren GD,Barthel WF,Landrigan PJ

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Just before and 4 months after initiation of a condom giveaway program, a questionnaire regarding sexual behavior and condom acquisition was administered to 103 men attending an outpatient drug abuse treatment clinic. Jars filled with a variety of condoms were placed in every clinic room. Condom taking varied as a fun...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Calsyn DA,Meinecke C,Saxon AJ,Stanton V

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We describe common surgical and medical hospital admission rates for Maryland residents, exploring systematic effects of race and income. METHODS:The data comprise Maryland hospital discharges and population estimates for 1985 to 1987. Patient income is the race-specific median family income of residence zi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gittelsohn AM,Halpern J,Sanchez RL

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-year study of the microbiological quality of drinking water in 27 randomly selected North Carolina migrant labor camps yielded total and fecal coliform prevalences of 44 percent and 26 percent, respectively in 1988 and similar but higher prevalences in 1989. Preoccupancy testing by county sanitarians had found v...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ciesielski S,Handzel T,Sobsey M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the longitudinal effects of a Housing First program for homeless, mentally ill individuals' on those individuals' consumer choice, housing stability, substance use, treatment utilization, and psychiatric symptoms. METHODS:Two hundred twenty-five participants were randomly assigned to receive hou...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tsemberis S,Gulcur L,Nakae M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed state and local public health workforce characteristics by occupational category from 2010 to 2013. We also examined health department characteristics to determine whether workforce size and composition varied across these domains. METHODS:We analyzed Association of State and Territorial Health ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Beck AJ,Boulton ML

更新日期：2015-04-01 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:This study determined infection risk for HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) from needle reuse at a phlebotomy center that possibly exposed 3810 patients to infection. METHODS:We used a model for the risk of infection per blood draw, supplemented by subsequent testing results from 1699...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Porco TC,Aragón TJ,Fernyak SE,Cody SH,Vugia DJ,Katz MH,Bangsberg DR

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 10,524 homeless veterans assessed in a 43-site VA program, 50 percent served during the Vietnam War era, compared to only 29 percent of all veterans in the general population. This reflects the greater risk of homelessness among men aged 30-44 rather than the impact of Vietnam Era service. The proportion of homeles...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rosenheck R,Gallup P,Leda CA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed attitudes and opinions of members of newborn blood screening (NBS) advisory committees regarding the storage and secondary research use of residual specimens from NBS. METHODS:We conducted focus groups in 2008 and 2009 with NBS advisory committees (4 focus groups; n = 39 participants) in the Mou...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rothwell EW,Anderson RA,Burbank MJ,Goldenberg AJ,Lewis MH,Stark LA,Wong B,Botkin JR

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in injection drug users. METHODS:A 6-year prospective study of 790 injection drug users receiving methadone maintenance treatment in the Bronx, NY, was conducted. RESULTS:Sixteen perce...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gourevitch MN,Hartel D,Schoenbaum EE,Selwyn PA,Davenny K,Friedland GH,Klein RS

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00