Hepatitis C virus infection in young, low-income women: the role of sexually transmitted infection as a potential cofactor for HCV infection.

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：:Understanding mental health issues faced by young homeless persons is instrumental to the development of successful targeted interventions. No systematic review of recent published literature on psychopathology in this group has been completed. We conducted a systematic review of published research examining the preva...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hodgson KJ,Shelton KH,van den Bree MB,Los FJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined initiation patterns among different birth cohorts of people who used prescription opioids and heroin because of historical differences in drug use availability. We examined data from a community-based study of persons who inject drugs (n = 483) in California and a general population survey from the Nationa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Novak SP,Bluthenthal R,Wenger L,Chu D,Kral AH

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologists have expressed concern about constraints upon the conduct of epidemiological research imposed by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), attorneys, and both institutional and individual health services providers. The epidemiologists assert that these constraints, not necessarily required by law or sound po...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hershey N

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salt intake of 978 subjects when compared to 1954 data demonstrated a trend toward the decreased use of table salt. When hypertensives in treatment were excluded, persons reporting low salt use had higher mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures than those reporting high salt use. These findings were the reverse of...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Phillips K,Holm K,Wu AC

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We identified barriers to care seeking for pneumonia and diarrhea among rural Guatemalan children. METHODS:A population-based survey was conducted twice from 2008 to 2009 among 1605 households with children younger than 5 years. A 14-day calendar recorded episodes of carer-reported pneumonia (n = 364) and d...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bruce N,Pope D,Arana B,Shiels C,Romero C,Klein R,Stanistreet D

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Falls and fall-induced injuries in older people are a major public health problem in modern societies with aging populations. Injury is the fifth leading cause of death in older adults, and most of these fatal injuries are related to falls. We have assessed the nationwide trends in fall-induced deaths of older people ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kannus P,Parkkari J,Niemi S,Palvanen M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health often deals with inconvenient truths. These are best communicated and acted on when public health agencies are independent of the organizations or individuals for whom the truths are inconvenient. The importance of public health independence is exemplified by the lack of involvement of the Pennsylvania D...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Goldstein BD

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of the Freedom of Information Act can be potentially harmful to the security of research in progress. There is no protection from disclosure of information in grant applications; collected research data can be obtained and disclosed prematurely; and data supporting published research may be acquired and re-analyz...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Stallones RA

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed background characteristics, health status, and prevalence rates of mental health disorders in 2 studies of homeless mothers conducted in Worcester, Mass, one in 1993 and the other in 2003. METHODS:We compared the women taking part in the 2 studies, which involved similar methodologies, on the ke...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Weinreb LF,Buckner JC,Williams V,Nicholson J

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a case-control study of lung cancer deaths in the Teamsters Union to compare the risk of different occupations within the teamsters, after controlling for smoking and other confounders. Occupations with no presumed exposure to diesel fumes were used as the nonexposed group. The study population consisted ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Steenland NK,Silverman DT,Hornung RW

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and effect of domestic violence and childhood sexual abuse in women with HIV or at risk for HIV infection. METHODS:Participants with HIV or at risk for HIV infection enrolled in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. Childhood sexual abuse; all physical,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cohen M,Deamant C,Barkan S,Richardson J,Young M,Holman S,Anastos K,Cohen J,Melnick S

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Bank began operations on June 25, 1946. Although it was established to finance European reconstruction after World War II, the bank today is a considerable force in the health, nutrition, and population (HNP) sector in developing countries. Indeed, it has evolved from having virtually no presence in global h...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ruger JP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe salient epidemiological characteristics of Zika virus outbreaks across the world and to examine the clinical presentations, complications, and atypical manifestations related to their occurrence in recent history. METHODS:We conducted a systematic review of the literature by searching through ME...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Paixão ES,Barreto F,Teixeira Mda G,Costa Mda C,Rodrigues LC

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of these analyses was to test the hypothesis that depressive symptomatology affects the risk of onset of physical disability in high-functioning elderly adults. METHODS:The data come from the MacArthur Study of Successful Aging, a community-based cohort of high-functioning adults aged 70 through...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bruce ML,Seeman TE,Merrill SS,Blazer DG

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the association between aerobic fitness and serum cholesterol and the effects of controlling for gender, body composition, abdominal fat, and dietary saturated fat in 262 children. The 1-mile run was used to estimate fitness. Skinfolds were used in assessing body fat. Fit children had lower total c...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hager RL,Tucker LA,Seljaas GT

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated douching and reduced fertility. METHODS:The monthly probability of conception for douchers and nondouchers was compared in a sample of 840 married, parous women in King County, Washington. Data on the number of months required to conceive were analyzed. RESULTS:In comparison with no...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Baird DD,Weinberg CR,Voigt LF,Daling JR

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current theoretical approaches to bioethics and public health ethics propose varied justifications as the basis for health care and public health, yet none captures a fundamental reality: people seek good health and the ability to pursue it. Existing models do not effectively address these twin goals. The approach I e...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ruger JP

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the effect of patients' socioeconomic status on use of coronary angiography, bypass grafting, and angioplasty across health insurance categories. METHODS:Multiple logistic regression was used to compute the odds of receiving each procedure among 206 233 ischemic heart disease patients r...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Carlisle DM,Leake BD

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health lists 6 areas of disparity in minority health services: infant mortality, cancer, cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and immunizations. This study compiles existing Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) health data to establish a baseline....

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ghosh C

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of the emergency medical services system in the United States accelerated rapidly between 1960 and 1973 as a result of a number of medical, historical, and social forces. Current emergency medical services researchers, policy advocates, and administrators must acknowledge these forces and their limitatio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shah MN

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:The relationships of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol with body composition, leisure-time physical activity, cigarette smoking, and education were examined in a community-based sample of 480 Black and 1337 White women. Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated inverse associations of HDL with body mass ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Heath GW,Macera CA,Croft JB,Mace ML,Gillette T,Wheeler FC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We compared pneumonia and influenza death rates among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people with rates among Whites and examined geographic differences in pneumonia and influenza death rates for AI/AN persons. METHODS:We adjusted National Vital Statistics Surveillance mortality data for racial miscla...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Groom AV,Hennessy TW,Singleton RJ,Butler JC,Holve S,Cheek JE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The reported prevalence of occupational allergy to natural rubber latex is 8% to 17%, and that of latex-induced occupational asthma is 2.5% to 6%. Conversion of medical facilities to "latex-safe" can reduce employee sensitization, impairment, and disability. The purpose of this study was to determine the cos...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Phillips VL,Goodrich MA,Sullivan TJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to partition the change in US life expectancy into those major causes of death and age groups that contributed most to the decline in life expectancy for Black males and females and to the increase in life expectancy for White males and females in the period from 1984 through ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kochanek KD,Maurer JD,Rosenberg HM

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：:Data derived through log recordings of 89 nurse practitioners (NPs) in adult/family practice on 7,086 prescriptions issued during 890 clinical days were analyzed to describe prescribing practices of NPs who held prescriptive authority from the licensing regulatory boards of five western states. Results showed drug uti...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Batey MV,Holland JM

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To compare the flood impacts experienced by Harris County, Texas, hospitals with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood hazard areas and Hurricane Harvey's inundation boundary.Methods. One year following Hurricane Harvey, we created a novel data set of Hurricane Harvey's flood impacts in Harris C...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hines E,Reid CE

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00