Factors predicting completion of a home visitation program by high-risk pregnant women: the North Carolina Maternal Outreach Worker Program.

abstract：:The nutritional status of three and four year old children, as measured by height and head circumference, is related to cognitive performance in four rural Guatemalan villages. The relationships persist when social factors are taken into account. Families in two of the villages participate in a voluntary, high protein...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Freeman HE,Klein RE,Kagan J,Yarbrough C

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study explored whether ethnic differences in the impact of advanced maternal age on the risk of Down syndrome might reflect differences in use of prenatal diagnostic technologies. METHODS:Maternal age-specific odds of Down syndrome and amniocentesis use were compared among African Americans, Mexican Am...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Khoshnood B,Pryde P,Wall S,Singh J,Mittendorf R,Lee KS

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the association between telomere length and prenatal tobacco exposure (PTE) in 104 children aged 4 to 14 years. Salivary telomere length (STL) was determined from salivary DNA using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Of the children, 18% had maternal reported PTE. Mean STL was significantly lower amon...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Theall KP,McKasson S,Mabile E,Dunaway LF,Drury SS

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the relationship between breastfeeding, asthma and atopy, and child body mass index (BMI). METHODS:From a prospective birth cohort (n = 2860) in Perth, Western Australia, 2195 children were followed up to age 6 years. Asthma was defined as doctor-diagnosed asthma and wheeze in the last year,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Oddy WH,Sherriff JL,de Klerk NH,Kendall GE,Sly PD,Beilin LJ,Blake KB,Landau LI,Stanley FJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the percentage of unintentional firearm-related injuries associated with hunting and to identify risk factors, we conducted a retrospective, descriptive survey of all hunting firearm injuries identified by two North Carolina surveillance systems. Almost one-third of unintentional shooting deaths are hunti...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cole TB,Patetta MJ

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated a nurse-managed smoking cessation program for smokers hospitalized for a variety of conditions. METHODS:Hospitalized patients who smoked prior to hospitalization and who were motivated to quit (n = 660) were randomized to intervention or usual-care groups and followed for the next year....

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Taylor CB,Miller NH,Herman S,Smith PM,Sobel D,Fisher L,DeBusk RF

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence in 1988 of ciprofloxacin-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in New York City was studied in nine hospitals and eight nursing homes. Of the 43 hospitalized patients studied, 21 were admitted from home, while nine of the 12 nursing home patients were transferred from a hospital. T...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Budnick LD,Schaefler S

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health experts recommend that health insurance include coverage for smoking cessation treatment as an evidence-based strategy to reduce smoking. As employers, states can implement this policy for more than 5 million individuals nationwide. This study identified the extent to which states require smoking cessati...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Burns ME,Bosworth TW,Fiore MC

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined migration-related changes in smoking behavior in the transnational Mexican-origin population. METHODS:We combined epidemiological surveys from Mexico (Mexican National Comorbidity Survey) and the United States (Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys). We compared 4 groups with increasing...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tong E,Saito N,Tancredi DJ,Borges G,Kravitz RL,Hinton L,Aguilar-Gaxiola S,Medina-Mora ME,Breslau J

更新日期：2012-11-01 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

authors： Batty GD,Shipley MJ,Marmot MG,Smith GD

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine whether severe psychological distress (SPD) and serious mental illnesses (SMIs) are associated with a specific set of chronic medical conditions (CMCs) and the association between SPD-SMIs and increasing levels of medical multimorbidity and complexity (i.e., from 1 to 3 or more CMCs). ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Swartz JA,Jantz I

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Knowledge of infection is essential for human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) treatment initiation and epidemic control. This study evaluates infection knowledge among infected injection drug users and acceptance of confidential testing among injection drug users, particularly those infected with HIV-1...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Reardon J,Warren N,Keilch R,Jenssen D,Wise F,Brunner W

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effects of a novel oral health promotion program (Oral Health 4 Life; OH4L) delivered through state-funded tobacco quitlines. METHODS:Using a semipragmatic design to balance experimental control and generalizability, we randomized US quitline callers (n = 718) to standard care or standard care...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： McClure JB,Bush T,Anderson ML,Blasi P,Thompson E,Nelson J,Catz SL

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies have indicated that cigarette smokers have more occupational accidents and injuries and use more sick time and health benefits than nonsmokers, thereby producing sizeable costs for employers. However, they usually have not controlled for other possible sources of these costs. We analyzed occupational...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ryan J,Zwerling C,Orav EJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To document the collective effort of diaper banks in the United States and to estimate the percentage of low-income children whose diaper need is met through these efforts.Methods. For each state, we compared the number of children younger than 4 years in families living at or below 200% of the federal pov...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Massengale KEC,Comer LH,Austin AE,Goldblum JS

更新日期：2020-01-01 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

authors： Dankwa-Mullan I,Rhee KB,Williams K,Sanchez I,Sy FS,Stinson N Jr,Ruffin J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With attention to the field of public health ethics growing, significant time has been devoted to identifying a sound ethical justification for paternalistic interventions that override individual autonomy to prevent people from adopting unhealthy behaviors. Efforts focused on specifying the conditions that warrant pa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Buchanan DR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this article the author describes public health advocacy and proposes a conceptual framework for understanding how it works. METHODS:The proposed framework incorporates the image of an assembly line. The public health advocacy assembly line produces changes in societal resource allocation that are necess...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Christoffel KK

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cross-sectional surveys were conducted in 1985 and 1986 to measure the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors in Blacks and Whites. A home interview was followed by a survey center visit. Participation rates were 78 per cent and 90 per cent for the home interview and 65 per cent and 68 per cent fo...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sprafka JM,Folsom AR,Burke GL,Edlavitch SA

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure levels were investigated in a population of diabetic persons who were diagnosed at 30 years of age or older and who received their primary medical care in an 11-county area in Southern Wisconsin. Prevalence of hypertension in these 5,104 persons was compared with prevalence figures from the Health and N...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Klein BE,Klein R,Moss SE

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To determine if and how state and local public health departments present information about climate change on their Web sites, their most public-facing platform.Methods. We collected data from every functioning state (n = 50), county (n = 2090), and city (n = 585) public health department Web site in the U...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Albright K,Shah P,Santodomingo M,Scandlyn J

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the relationship between atrial fibrillation and (1) stroke and (2) all-cause mortality. METHODS:All eligible Medicare patients older than 65 years of age hospitalized in 1985 were followed up for 4 years. Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards models were used for assessment of risk ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yuan Z,Bowlin S,Einstadter D,Cebul RD,Conners AR Jr,Rimm AA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Affirmative action programs of all types are under attack legally and politically. Although medical schools have not been specifically targeted, their affirmative action programs, like others in higher education, are potentially in danger. This article examines the current legal status of affirmative action in medical...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： DeVille K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the widespread use of ecologic analysis in epidemiologic research and health planning, little attention has been given by health scientists and practitioners to the methodological aspects of this approach. This paper reviews the major types of ecologic study designs, the analytic methods appropriate for each, ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Morgenstern H

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We estimated the extent to which time spent watching television is associated with obesity and super-obesity among 6,138 employed adult males. After adjustment for age, smoking status, length of work week, measured physical fitness, and reported weekly hours of exercise, people who viewed TV more than three hours/day ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tucker LA,Friedman GM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed awareness of and preferences for rapid HIV testing among young, urban men of color who have sex with men and are engaged in high-risk behaviors for HIV. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was conducted in New York City among 177 young men who have sex with men (MSM). RESULTS:Among the 85% of the ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cohall A,Dini S,Nye A,Dye B,Neu N,Hyden C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper offers suggestions to adi the selection of appropriate instruments and data gathering methods for studies that require measures of personal health status applicable in general populations. Before selecting measures, the reason for studying health status must be identified. Next, definitional issues arise wh...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Ware JE Jr,Brook RH,Davies AR,Lohr KN

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether state-sponsored antitobacco advertisements are associated with reduced adult smoking, and interactions between smoking-related advertising types. METHODS:We measured mean exposure to smoking-related advertisements with television ratings for the top-75 US media markets from 1999 to 2...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Emery S,Kim Y,Choi YK,Szczypka G,Wakefield M,Chaloupka FJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper assesses the risks and benefits associated with hysterectomy by comparing the age-adjusted health care usage patterns of all women receiving hysterectomy in the Province of Manitoba in 1974 during the two years before and the two years after surgery with those of women undergoing cholecystectomy, and with t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Roos NP

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00