Optimal indicators of socioeconomic status for health research.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the correlates of clinical gallbladder disease among US adults and whether serum ascorbic acid levels are associated with a decreased prevalence of gallbladder disease. METHODS:Cross-sectional analyses of data from the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were conducte...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Simon JA,Hudes ES

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of feedback and financial incentives on physician compliance with cancer screening guidelines for women 50 years of age and older in a Medicaid health maintenance organization (HMO). METHODS:Half of 52 primary care sites received the intervention, which inc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hillman AL,Ripley K,Goldfarb N,Nuamah I,Weiner J,Lusk E

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A random sample of employees was surveyed 20 months after a non-smoking policy was implemented at the New England Telephone Company in 1986. Overall, 21 percent of respondents who were smoking at the time they heard about the policy had quit smoking; 42 percent of quitters said they stopped smoking because of the poli...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sorsensen G,Rigotti N,Rosen A,Pinney J,Prible R

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study determined the prevalence and factors associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among men who have sex with men. METHODS:At the baseline visit of an HIV study among men who have sex with men, we asked about HBV vaccination status and tested for HBV markers. RESULTS:Of 625 subjects, 48% h...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Remis RS,Dufour A,Alary M,Vincelette J,Otis J,Mâsse B,Turmel B,LeClerc R,Parent R,Lavoie R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied variation in the year of onset of ischemic heart disease mortality decline among regions (n = 39) in the Netherlands. Using loglinear regression methods, a quadratic regression model was fitted to the observed numbers of male deaths in each region in the period 1950-84, controlling for changes in age-struct...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mackenbach JP,Looman CW,Kunst AE

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：:We studied sexual orientation disparities in health outcomes among US adolescents by pooling multiple Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data sets from 2005 and 2007 for 14 jurisdictions. Here we describe the methodology for pooling and analyzing these data sets. Sexual orientation-related items assessed sexual orienta...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mustanski B,Van Wagenen A,Birkett M,Eyster S,Corliss HL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We quantified the relationship between gonorrheal infection rates in California and a measure of poverty status and investigated how this relationship and the spatial dispersion of cases varied among the 4 dominant racial/ethnic groups in the state. METHODS:We geocoded gonorrhea cases reported in California...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Springer YP,Samuel MC,Bolan G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Academic occupational health centers can support state-based occupational disease surveillance by playing a role in case identification and management, physician education, workplace investigation, and surveillance case criteria development. The existing centers can also serve as models for developing new clinics. As ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Welch L

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This field study tested the feasibility and benefits of a program to promote 6 targeted parental behaviors to prevent obesity in children served by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). METHODS:Two WIC sites participated in a nonrandomized, controlled 1-year pros...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McGarvey E,Keller A,Forrester M,Williams E,Seward D,Suttle DE

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse demonstrable health effects linked to the individual's smoking were shown to 2,689 American workers to motivate cessation during routine examinations to detect asbestosis. This intervention was evaluated six to 25 months later by a mailed questionnaire and by telephone to non-responders. Results were compared ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kilburn KH,Warshaw RH

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interview data from a three-wave panel study of the impact of the residential environment upon the psychological well-being of 337 minority women were used to examine the effects of household infestation upon self-reported depression, phobic anxiety, somatization, hostility, and anomia. The findings of cross-sectional...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Zahner GE,Kasl SV,White M,Will JC

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We identified barriers and facilitators to the state-level implementation of primary stroke center (PSC) policies, which encourage the certification or designation of specialized stroke treatment facilities and may address concerns such as transportation bypass, telemedicine, and treatment protocols. METHOD...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： O'Toole LJ Jr,Slade CP,Brewer GA,Gase LN

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Minnesota Heart Health Program is a 13-year research and demonstration project to reduce morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease in whole communities. METHODS:Three pairs of communities were matched on size and type; each pair had one education site and one comparison site. After baseline su...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Luepker RV,Murray DM,Jacobs DR Jr,Mittelmark MB,Bracht N,Carlaw R,Crow R,Elmer P,Finnegan J,Folsom AR

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated the psychological effects of paid employment and nonemployment, cross-sectionally and longitudinally, in 541 middle-aged women. METHODS:Women were seen for an extensive baseline evaluation and were reevaluated in an identical manner 3 years later. They were divided into four "synthet...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bromberger JT,Matthews KA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the importance of grassroots social movements, or "change from below," in the history of US reform, the relationship between social movements and demands for universal health care is a critical one. National health reform campaigns in the 20th century were initiated and run by elites more concerned with def...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hoffman B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certificates of 1,454 deaths occurring over 11 months were retrieved from the Civil Register in Valencia, Spain. Relevant medical information was systematically gathered from hospital records, questionnaires, and Coroner reports. We compared the underlying cause of death (UCD) from the original death certificate, and ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Benavides FG,Bolumar F,Peris R

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prospectively gathered data were used to reexamine and to strengthen previously described observations about education and the risk of alcohol abuse and dependence. The hypothesis was that individuals who dropped out of high school and those who entered college but failed to get a college degree might be at ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Crum RM,Helzer JE,Anthony JC

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed Florida pediatric gonococcal (GC) infection surveillance data collected between 1984 and 1988. The incidence rate was 11 per 100,000 per year for the age group 1 month through 9 years. Incidence rates were higher for females, other-than-Whites, and residents of rural counties than for males, Whites, and re...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Desenclos JC,Garrity D,Wroten J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper uses monthly time-series data from 1968 through 1988 to test whether the observed increase in the incidence of low birthweight in New York City represents a reversal of the downward trend that existed prior to 1984. We find that the trend has shifted for both Whites and Blacks. We estimate that between July...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Joyce T

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to analyze the smoking changes that have occurred among pregnant Black teenagers in Missouri. The study also examines changes in Black teenage pregnancy outcomes in relation to smoking behavior changes. METHODS:This analysis used computerized data files from the 1978 to 1990 Mis...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Land GH,Stockbauer JW

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study characterized changes in sexual and reproductive behaviors from 1985 through 1995 among American females aged 15 to 19 years and related these changes to family factors. METHODS:Nationally representative sample survey data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth were analyzed with Weibull ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hogan DP,Sun R,Cornwell GT

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The authors examined Americans' opinions about financial and treatment competence of people with mental health problems, potential for harm to self or others, and the use of legal means to force treatment. METHODS:The 1996 General Social Survey provided interview data with a nationally representative sample...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Pescosolido BA,Monahan J,Link BG,Stueve A,Kikuzawa S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine how risk factors for disease vary among Asian subgroups. METHODS:Using data from a case-control study conducted at Northern California Kaiser Medical Centers (from 1996 to 2001), we compared prevalence of selected risk factors among Asian subgroups and evaluated the associations of th...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gomez SL,Kelsey JL,Glaser SL,Lee MM,Sidney S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examining previously underused corporate documents, we revisit the story of the Asbestos Information Association/North America, an industry trade group that sought in the early 1970s to counteract the growing public attention to, and government regulation of, asbestos as a serious threat to workers and consumers. From...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Markowitz G,Rosner D

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclone Hudah struck the northeastern coast of Madagascar in the spring of 2000. Over a 5-month period, 11 700 relief kits consisting of bottles of water disinfectant and foldable jerry cans were distributed to the affected population. Five months after the cyclone, a survey was conducted in 12 villages to determine t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mong Y,Kaiser R,Ibrahim D,Rasoatiana,Razafimbololona L,Quick RE

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the relationships between wealth and income and selected racial and ethnic differences in health. METHODS:Cross-sectional data on a national sample of 9744 men and women aged 51 through 61 from the 1992 Health and Retirement Survey were analyzed to examine the association between socioec...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kington RS,Smith JP

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This article describes a unifying conceptual framework for the public health system as a way to facilitate the measurement of public health system performance. METHODS:A conceptual framework for the public health system was developed on the basis of the work of Donabedian and a conceptual model previously d...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Handler A,Issel M,Turnock B

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the effects of a major federal immunization continuing education course, delivered in both traditional classroom and satellite broadcast versions, on public health professionals' knowledge, agreement, self-efficacy, and adherence in practice to recommendations. METHODS:The study used a ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Umble KE,Cervero RM,Yang B,Atkinson WL

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined associations among 3 dimensions of sexual orientation (identity, behavior, and attraction) and key health-related indicators commonly studied among sexual minority populations: depressive symptoms, perceived stress, smoking, binge drinking, and victimization. METHODS:We analyzed data from the Na...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lindley LL,Walsemann KM,Carter JW Jr

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00