Abstract:
:The advent of RU 486 (mifepristone), a steroid analogue capable of inducing menses within 8 to 10 weeks of a missed menstrual period, has provoked a firestorm of concern and controversy. When used in conjunction with prostaglandin (RU 486/PG), it is at least 95% effective. Used in France principally to terminate confirmed pregnancies very early in the process of gestation, RU 486 raises many interesting legal questions. This article focuses on whether and how RU 486/PG can be accommodated within the framework of the world's current abortion laws. Four avenues are explored and conclusions drawn. First, it is clear that RU 486/PG can be used readily, if approved, within the regimens established by liberal abortion laws, as has been the experience in France, the United Kingdom, and even China. Second, although unlikely, the introduction of this new technology may inspire a reexamination of restrictive abortion statutes themselves. Third, some of the presently restrictive laws may be interpreted to permit RU 486/PG use as a legal procedure, for a very narrow range of reasons. Finally, in some settings the early use of RU 486/PG (before pregnancy can be confirmed) may fall outside the reach of abortion legislation and hence be acceptable from a legal point of view.
journal_name
Am J Public Healthjournal_title
American journal of public healthauthors
Banwell SS,Paxman JMdoi
10.2105/ajph.82.10.1399subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-10-01 00:00:00pages
1399-406issue
10eissn
0090-0036issn
1541-0048journal_volume
82pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Curriculum development in masters of public health programs that effectively meets the complex challenges of the 21st century is an important part of public health education and requires purposeful thinking. Current approaches to training the public health work-force do not adequately prepare professionals to be cultu...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2005.062950
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To update previous examinations of racial/ethnic disparities in the use of lethal force by US police. METHODS:I examined online national vital statistics data for deaths assigned an underlying cause of "legal intervention" (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, external-cause-of-injury co...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303575
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::In Russia, rates of alcohol consumption and homicide are among the highest in the world, and already-high levels increased dramatically after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Rates of both, however, vary greatly among Russia's 89 regions. We took advantage of newly available vital statistics and socioeconomic data to ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.92.12.1921
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors review the available empirical evidence from population-based studies of the association between perceptions of racial/ethnic discrimination and health. This research indicates that discrimination is associated with multiple indicators of poorer physical and, especially, mental health status. However, the ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2105/ajph.93.2.200
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program's progress toward meeting public health preparedness capability standards in state, local, and territorial health departments. METHODS:All 62 PHEP awardees completed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's self-administered PHEP Im...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.304038
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We examined racial and ethnic disparities in the total potential burden of asthma in low-income, racially/ethnically heterogeneous Chicago schools. METHODS:We used the Brief Pediatric Asthma Screen Plus (BPAS+) and the Spanish BPAS+, validated, caregiver-completed respiratory questionnaires, to identify ast...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2005.071514
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The design of a community's built environment influences the physical and mental health of its residents. Because few studies have investigated this relationship, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted a workshop in May 2002 to help develop a scientific research agenda on these issues. Workshop particip...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 共识发展会议,杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2105/ajph.93.9.1500
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302481
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study examined whether interventions aimed at aggressive/disruptive classroom behavior and poor academic achievement would reduce the incidence of initiation of smoking. METHODS:An epidemiologically based, universal randomized preventive trial involved 2311 children in 2 classroom-based preventive inte...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.2105/ajph.88.10.1490
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report the effects of age error on use of weight-for-age and height-for-age for assessing and screening malnutrition, and for identifying factors of malnutrition in 679 children aged 22-59 months in Companiganj, in rural Bangladesh. Overreporting and random error in age and correlation of age error with each of the...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.77.3.280
更新日期:1987-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine the number of induced abortions per woman and the reasons for selecting induced abortion among parous Armenian women. METHODS:A consecutive series of 200 women attending an abortion clinic in Yerevan, Armenia, were queried by a physician about their reproductive hi...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.88.5.803
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.93.4.635
更新日期:2003-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303222
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::There have been changes within the judicial system that may be attributable to opinions on the admissibility of expert testimony that began with the Supreme Court's 1993 decision in Daubert v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. After surveying Daubert and subsequent related Supreme Court opinions, I examine a number of ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.044701
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Today, our understanding of and approach to the exogenous causes of cancer are dominated by epidemiological practices that came into widespread use after World War II. This paper examines the forces, considerations, and controversies that shaped postwar risk factor epidemiology in the United States. It is argued that,...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 传,历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.87.11.1824
更新日期:1997-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.1.85
更新日期:1992-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2010.191619
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::A survey on brand preference and cigarette advertising recall in 1,195 school children was conducted in Sydney, Australia. Four of the 130 available brands accounted for the cigarettes smoked by 78.7 per cent of smokers. Smokers were nearly twice as likely to correctly identify edited cigarette advertisements and slog...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.72.5.491
更新日期:1982-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Electronic health records and electronic health information exchange are essential to improving quality of care, reducing medical errors and health disparities, and advancing the delivery of patient-centered medical care. In the US correctional setting, these goals are critical because of the high numbers of Americans...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301845
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The prevalence of antibody to LAV/HTLV-III among homosexual men attending a community clinic and a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Seattle, Washington in early 1985 was 42 per cent and 32 per cent, respectively. Seropositivity was apparently not related to age or number of sexual partners. The high prevalence o...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.76.5.564
更新日期:1986-05-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2007.128207
更新日期:2008-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.84.3.359
更新日期:1994-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study examined the prevalence and correlates of unprotected anal intercourse among 758 young African American men who have sex with men. A quarter of the sample reported unprotected anal intercourse in the past 3 months; nonsupportive peer norms and not carrying condoms predicted risky sexual behavior. Effective ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.94.7.1122
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study examined the association between exposure to chlorophenates and the risk of soft tissue sarcoma; non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Hodgkin's disease; and cancers of the lung, nose, and nasopharynx. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was conducted of 26487 workers employed for at least 1 year between 1950...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.87.1.71
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Factors related to preschool child receipt of vitamin A during the first year of a semi-annual vitamin A capsule delivery program were investigated in 229 villages in Aceh, Indonesia. Coverage was higher in villages which were more rural and less economically developed. Highest performance was achieved by village dist...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.79.7.847
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study examined the association between leisure time physical activity and cause-specific mortality among male Whitehall Study participants with chronic bronchitis. METHODS:Rate ratios were calculated for 4 mortality outcomes, according to level of activity and baseline bronchitis status, in a 25-year f...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.93.5.817
更新日期:2003-05-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.5.605
更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The accepted wisdom about the US overdose crisis singles out prescribing as the causative vector. Although drug supply is a key factor, we posit that the crisis is fundamentally fueled by economic and social upheaval, its etiology closely linked to the role of opioids as a refuge from physical and psychological trauma...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.304187
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Strategies for control of Giardia lamblia in day care differ in numbers of children treated and in costs to parents and day care operators. The effectiveness of these strategies has not been systematically evaluated. METHODS:We conducted a prospective randomized controlled trial comparing three strategies f...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.8.1001
更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Objectives. To evaluate how lowering the blood lead level (BLL) intervention threshold affects childhood lead testing policy.Methods. We geocoded 4.19 million Illinois lead testing records (2001-2016) and linked to 2.37 million birth records (2001-2014), data on housing age, industrial emissions, and roads. We used mu...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2020.305566
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00