On the wrong side of the tracts? Evaluating the accuracy of geocoding in public health research.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of cervix and breast cancer screening in a public hospital emergency room. METHODS:Age-eligible women with nonurgent conditions and without recent screening were offered screening by a nurse. A decision analysis compared the costs and outcomes of emergency room scr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mandelblatt J,Freeman H,Winczewski D,Cagney K,Williams S,Trowers R,Tang J,Gold K,Lin TH,Kerner J

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined HIV-infected parents' conversations about HIV prevention with their uninfected children, including what facilitated or hindered communication. METHODS:Parents with HIV/AIDS (n = 90) who had children aged 10 to 18 years were recruited for a mixed method study from 2009 to 2010. Interviews assesse...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Edwards LL,Reis JS,Weber KM

更新日期：2013-08-01 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

authors： Bartlett AV,Englender SJ,Jarvis BA,Ludwig L,Carlson JF,Topping JP

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effect of chiropractic use on overall health care utilization patterns, the volume and pattern of ambulatory physician visits by elderly persons having contact with chiropractors are compared with those having contact with physicians only. This analysis is based on data representative of the Canadian Pro...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shapiro E

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the current status as well as the risks and benefits of a recently developed DNA test of risk for Alzheimer's disease: the apolipoprotein E genotype. While apolipoprotein E genotypes may indicate a degree of susceptibility, the gene is neither necessary nor sufficient to cause the disease; thus, many questio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mayeux R,Schupf N

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined agreement of administrative data with self-reported race/ethnicity and identified correlates of agreement. METHODS:We used Veterans Affairs administrative data and VA 1999 Large Health survey race/ethnicity data. RESULTS:Relatively low rates of agreement (approximately 60%) between data sources...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kressin NR,Chang BH,Hendricks A,Kazis LE

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Firearm violence remains an important problem, and a large body of evidence shows that guns used in crime follow generally predictable paths from manufacturer to criminal end user. Policy initiatives based on that evidence have been shown to be effective. A recently published study conducted by a leading policy organi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wintemute GJ,Braga AA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the joint associations of marital status and duration of cohabitation on self-reported intimate partner violence, substance use, and postpartum depression among childbearing women. METHODS:We analyzed data from the 2006-2007 Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey, a cross-sectional nationwide sam...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Urquia ML,O'Campo PJ,Ray JG

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the impact of geographic residency status and census tract (CT)-level socioeconomic status (SES) on colorectal cancer (CRC) outcomes. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with CRC in Georgia for the years 2000 through 2007. Study outcomes were late-stage disease at...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hines R,Markossian T,Johnson A,Dong F,Bayakly R

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated the relationship between psychosocial and behavioral factors and the frequency of emergency department visits for childhood asthma. METHODS:Data obtained from a survey of parents of 445 children who were being treated for asthma in the emergency room of a large urban hospital were ex...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wasilewski Y,Clark NM,Evans D,Levison MJ,Levin B,Mellins RB

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to identify individual and contextual predictors of adolescent smoking initiation and progression to daily smoking by race/ethnicity. METHODS:We used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to estimate the effects of individual (adolescent, family, peer) and contextual (scho...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kandel DB,Kiros GE,Schaffran C,Hu MC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the effectiveness of dietary advice in primary prevention of chronic disease. METHODS:A meta-analysis was conducted of 17 randomized controlled trials of dietary behavior interventions of at least 3 months' duration. Results were analyzed as changes in reported dietary fat intakes and b...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Brunner E,White I,Thorogood M,Bristow A,Curle D,Marmot M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We verified a random sample of 50 references in the May 1986 issue of each of three public health journals. Thirty-one per cent of the 150 references had citation errors, one out of 10 being a major error (reference not locatable). Thirty per cent of the references differed from authors' use of them with half being a ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Eichorn P,Yankauer A

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A 10-month direct mail campaign was implemented to increase use of emergency medical services via 911 calls and to reduce prehospital delay for individuals experiencing acute myocardial infarction symptoms. METHODS:This prospective, randomized, controlled trial involved three intervention groups (receiving ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Meischke H,Dulberg EM,Schaeffer SS,Henwood DK,Larsen MP,Eisenberg MS

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2001, Maryland's court of appeals was asked to decide whether researchers at Johns Hopkins University had engaged in unethical research on children. During the 1990s, Johns Hopkins's Kennedy Krieger Institute had studied 108 African American children, aged 6 months to 6 years, to find an inexpensive and "practical"...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rosner D,Markowitz G

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined whether characteristics of local health departments (LHD) and their geographic region were associated with using Facebook and Twitter. We also examined the number of tweets per month for Twitter accounts as an indicator of social media use by LHDs. METHODS:In 2012, we searched for Facebook and T...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Harris JK,Mueller NL,Snider D

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined relations between early alcohol use and subsequent alcohol and sexual risk behaviors among urban adolescents. METHODS:A total of 1034 African American and Hispanic youths completed surveys assessing alcohol and sexual behaviors at 7th and 10th grade. After we controlled for early sexual initiati...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Stueve A,O'Donnell LN

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a seroepidemiologic study to evaluate the transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) from students to staff in a day school for mentally retarded students. Of 505 students tested, 37 (7.3 per cent) had HBsAg; 74 per cent of HBsAg-positive sera tested were HBeAg-positive. Of 162 staff members tested, 21 (13...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Remis RS,Rossignol MA,Kane MA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:I studied the extent to which maternal deaths are underreported on death certificates. METHODS:We collected data on maternal deaths from death certificates, linkage of death certificates with birth and fetal death records, and review of medical examiner records. RESULTS:Thirty-eight percent of maternal dea...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Horon IL

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the relationship between intimate partner violence victimization among women in the general population and emergency department use. We sought to discern whether race/ethnicity moderates this relationship and to explore these relationships in race/ethnic-specific models. METHODS:We used data on ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lipsky S,Caetano R

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We performed a case-control study to determine if participants with herpes zoster had fewer contacts with persons with varicella or zoster, and with young children, to explore the hypothesis that exposure to persons with varicella zoster virus (VZV) results in "immune boosting." METHODS:Participants were pa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Donahue JG,Kieke BA,Gargiullo PM,Jumaan AO,Berger NR,McCauley JS,Belongia EA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From July 1987 to June 1988, 1030 pregnant women with hepatitis B were reported to a New York City surveillance program. Among 832 infants under follow-up, the coverage rates for combined hepatitis B immune globulin and vaccine doses 1, 2, and 3 were 84%, 77%, and 59%, respectively. Infants covered by Medicaid and uni...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Henning KJ,Pollack DM,Friedman SM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic reviews are generating valuable scientific knowledge about the impact of public health laws, but this knowledge is not readily accessible to policy makers. We identified 65 systematic reviews of studies on the effectiveness of 52 public health laws: 27 of those laws were found effective, 23 had insufficient...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Moulton AD,Mercer SL,Popovic T,Briss PA,Goodman RA,Thombley ML,Hahn RA,Fox DM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increased incidence of obvious live-birth neural tube defects (i.e., spina bifida cystica and encephalocele) occurred in Jamaica 11 to 18 months after Hurricane Gilbert. The conceptions of the affected babies coincided with a rise in megaloblastic change in sickle cell patients, suggesting a wide-spread drop in die...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Duff EM,Cooper ES

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:Of the 47 states that participated in a 1983 survey of State Health Departments, 30 were found to have public health standards in place or started. Most states' standards emphasize the range of services to be provided, but substantial variations were found in how standards are formulated, adopted, and used by state an...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Schaefer M,Abrantes A

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legislation in 1967 allowed abortions in North Carolina for reasons of mental or physical danger to the mother or child or in cases of rape. In 1971 the statute was changed to require 2 rather than 3 physicians in agreement, to reduce residency requirements from 4 months to 30 days, and mandatory reporting of all abo...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Howell EM

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Health Access Project is a unique public-private collaboration working to eliminate barriers to health care for the GLBT community, foster development of comprehensive, culturally appropriate health promotion policies and health care services for GLBT people and their...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Clark ME,Landers S,Linde R,Sperber J

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We reviewed literature on comparative social policy and life course research and compared associations between health and socioeconomic circumstances during an 11-year period in the United States and the United Kingdom. METHODS:We obtained data from the US Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the British Hous...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sacker A,Wiggins RD,Bartley M,McDonough P

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All locatable subjects (n = 94) for whom tuberculosis prevalence had been determined in an earlier study were tested with purified protein derivative (PPD) and control antigens, sputum sampling, and chest x-rays. Of the 46 who had been tuberculin negative (confirmed with control antigens) 3 years earlier, 2 had develo...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ciesielski S,Esposito D,Protiva J,Piehl M

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00