Measuring response to a cancer information telephone facility: Can-Dial.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed trends in HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users in New York City from 1990 to 1997. METHODS:Injection drug users were recruited continuously from a large drug detoxification treatment program (N = 2588) and a research storefront located in a high-drug-use area (N = 2701). Informe...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Des Jarlais C,Perlis T,Friedman SR,Chapman T,Kwok J,Rockwell R,Paone D,Milliken J,Monterroso E

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To assess the validity of the immigrant health paradox among Arab Americans in California.Methods. We used data from the 2003 to 2017 California Health Interview Survey (n = 1425). We used survey-weighted χ2 and logistic regression analyses to compare Arabs by immigrant generation on socioeconomic indicato...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Abuelezam NN,El-Sayed AM,Galea S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to clarify the possible associations between blood lead level and serum cholesterol and lipoprotein levels in subjects occupationally exposed to lead. METHODS:Levels of blood lead, serum total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kristal-Boneh E,Coller D,Froom P,Harari G,Ribak J

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used data from telephone interviews and mailed questionnaires to examine 12 aspects of family life among 93 families with infants considered at high risk for sudden infant death syndrome and on home apnea monitors and a matched comparison group with infants not requiring monitoring. Using logistic regression to con...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ahmann E,Wulff L,Meny RG

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined differences in quality of care among nursing homes in locales of varying degrees of rurality. METHODS:We classified locales into 4 classes according to rurality. We analyzed a 10% sample of nursing home admissions in the United States in 2000 (n=198613) to estimate survival models for 9 quality ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Phillips CD,Holan S,Sherman M,Williams ML,Hawes C

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As successes mount in reducing commercial tobacco use, an alarming disparity has taken shape in Minnesota. Recent studies revealed that overall smoking rates have dropped to 14%, whereas American Indians' rates remain higher than 50%. With support from ClearWay Minnesota, the organization created from the state's toba...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Boudreau G,Hernandez C,Hoffer D,Preuss KS,Tibbetts-Barto L,Villaluz NT,Scott S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the short-term effects of a low-intensity work-site heart disease risk reduction program using a matched pair design with work site as the unit of analysis. METHODS:Twenty-six heterogeneous work sites with between 125 and 750 employees were matched on key organizati...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Glasgow RE,Terborg JR,Hollis JF,Severson HH,Boles SM

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated changes in community-based agencies following the implementation of the Medicare prospective payment system for hospitals utilizing DRGs (diagnosis-related groups). Data were collected in 1986 and 1987 from 771 community service providers. There were five major findings: 1) hospital discharge planners,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wood JB,Estes CL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A deeper understanding of how structure and environment shape the sexual and reproductive health vulnerabilities of youths across a range of outcomes has implications for the development of successful policies and programs. We have discussed some of the key structural and environmental factors that influence the sexua...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sommer M,Mmari K

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with other developed countries, the United States has an inefficient and expensive health care system with poor outcomes and many citizens who are denied access. Inefficiency is increased by the lack of an integrated system that could promote an optimal mix of personal medical care and population health measu...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chernichovsky D,Leibowitz AA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its inception in rural, pre-apartheid South Africa, community-oriented primary care (COPC) has intrigued and informed public health and primary care leaders worldwide. COPC has influenced such programs as the US community health center movement, the general practice movement in the United Kingdom, and recent ref...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mullan F,Epstein L

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Enhancing Care Initiative of Puerto Rico assessed services available to people living with HIV/AIDS in the western region of Puerto Rico. Participants were 212 people living with HIV/AIDS and 116 employees from 6 agencies providing HIV/AIDS services in the region. Two main findings were that depression symptoms we...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Asencio Toro G,Burns P,Pimentel D,Sánchez Peraza LR,Rivera Lugo C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Describing, evaluating, and conducting research on the questions raised by comparative effectiveness research and characterizing care delivery organizations of all kinds, from independent individual provider units to large integrated health systems, has become imperative. Recognizing this challenge, the Delivery Syste...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Piña IL,Cohen PD,Larson DB,Marion LN,Sills MR,Solberg LI,Zerzan J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the structure and functions of state health departments throughout the United States and compared our findings with those from a previous national assessment conducted in 1990. METHODS:In 2001, we sent a survey to the state health officers of all 50 states. The survey asked about the structure a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Beitsch LM,Brooks RG,Grigg M,Menachemi N

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We compared prevalence rates and correlates of substance use among high school students in South Africa and the United States. METHODS:We used weighted data from 2 nationally representative surveys of high school students. We conducted bivariate and multivariate analyses and examined between-country differe...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Reddy P,Resnicow K,Omardien R,Kambaran N

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the utility of statewide laboratory Cryptosporidium surveillance, we screened stools from all 5,256 patients evaluated at local health departments for parasitic disease from January 1985 through June 1988. Fifty-seven patients (1.1 percent) were found to have Cryptosporidium. Seasonal peaks in positivity w...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Skeels MR,Sokolow R,Hubbard CV,Andrus JK,Baisch J

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated links between police brutality and poor health outcomes among Blacks and identified five intersecting pathways: (1) fatal injuries that increase population-specific mortality rates; (2) adverse physiological responses that increase morbidity; (3) racist public reactions that cause stress; (4) arrests, ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Alang S,McAlpine D,McCreedy E,Hardeman R

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scientific literature from January 1970 to June 1979 was reviewed for articles reporting outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated by paramedic programs. Only articles appearing in refereed professional journals and reporting 25 or more attempted resuscitations were included. A total of 21 articles from...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Eisenberg MS,Bergner L,Hearne T

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using data from the American Medical Association's Physician Masterfiles (1963-80) and the GINI index of resource concentration as a global measure of changes in the pattern of locational choice, the expectation of a more uniform distribution of physicians is shown to have been met for all major categories of physicia...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McConnel CE,Tobias LA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have shown considerable variation in body fatness among children and adolescents defined as obese by a percentile rank for skinfold thickness. METHODS:We examined the relationship between percent body fat and risk for elevated blood pressure, serum total cholesterol, and serum lipoprotein rat...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Williams DP,Going SB,Lohman TG,Harsha DW,Srinivasan SR,Webber LS,Berenson GS

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the level of HIV-related risk behavior among the general US adult population, we analyzed data from the first sexual behavior questions available for states to use with the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. METHODS:The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System is a state-specific, popul...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Holtzman D,Bland SD,Lansky A,Mack KA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to examine prospectively the association between reported use of vitamin supplements and risk of cataract and cataract extraction. METHODS:The study population consisted of 17,744 participants in the Physicians' Health Study, a randomized trial of aspirin therapy and beta-carot...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Seddon JM,Christen WG,Manson JE,LaMotte FS,Glynn RJ,Buring JE,Hennekens CH

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to describe the characteristics and sleep circumstances of infants who die suddenly and unexpectedly and to examine similarities and differences in risk factors among infants whose deaths are classified as resulting from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), suffocation, or undetermined causes. MET...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Schnitzer PG,Covington TM,Dykstra HK

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We estimated the prevalence and determinants of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure among nonsmoking adolescents in 9 West African countries. METHODS:We conducted a pooled analysis with nationally representative 2006 to 2009 Global Youth Tobacco Survey data. We used descriptive statistics to determine the preva...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mamudu HM,Veeranki SP,John RM,Kioko DM,Ogwell Ouma AE

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined neighborhood-level foreclosure rates and their association with onset of depressive symptoms in older adults. METHODS:We linked data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (2005-2006 and 2010-2011 waves), a longitudinal, nationally representative survey, to data on zip code-lev...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cagney KA,Browning CR,Iveniuk J,English N

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an ethnographic approach, the authors explored the awareness among women in southern Africa of the HIV epidemic and the methods they might use to protect themselves from the virus. The research, conducted from 1992 through 1999, focused specifically on heterosexual transmission in 5 sites that were selected to r...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Susser I,Stein Z

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:Objectives. We explored gender role strain (GRS) arising from conflict between homosexuality and cultural conceptions of masculinity among young Black men who have sex with men (MSM). Methods. We conducted a categorical analysis (a qualitative, 3-stage, iterative analysis) of data from studies conducted in 2001 to 200...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fields EL,Bogart LM,Smith KC,Malebranche DJ,Ellen J,Schuster MA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the relative risk of alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents and fatalities after New Mexico lifted its ban on Sunday packaged alcohol sales. We extracted all alcohol-related crashes from New Mexico police reports for 3652 days between July 1, 1990, and June 30, 2000, and found a 29% increase in alcohol-...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McMillan GP,Lapham S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We estimated annual mortality, years of potential life lost, and associated economic costs attributable to regular cigar smoking among US adults aged 35 years or older. METHODS:We estimated cigar-attributable mortality for the United States in 2010 using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Smok...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Nonnemaker J,Rostron B,Hall P,MacMonegle A,Apelberg B

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00