The impact of economic sanctions on health and human rights in Haiti, 1991-1994.

abstract：:The design of a community's built environment influences the physical and mental health of its residents. Because few studies have investigated this relationship, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted a workshop in May 2002 to help develop a scientific research agenda on these issues. Workshop particip...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Dannenberg AL,Jackson RJ,Frumkin H,Schieber RA,Pratt M,Kochtitzky C,Tilson HH

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:In a matched case-control study of an occupational cohort in East Tennessee, data from the death certificates of 608 cases and controls were abstracted and analyzed in order to investigate possible risk factors associated with the certification on the death certificate of an ill-defined cause of death. There was a ver...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cragle DL,Fetcher A

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the effect of New York's HIV Reporting and Partner Notification law on HIV testing levels and on the HIV testing decisions of high-risk individuals. METHODS:In-person interviews were administered to 761 high-risk individuals to assess their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding HIV testi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tesoriero JM,Battles HB,Heavner K,Leung SY,Nemeth C,Pulver W,Birkhead GS

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the effectiveness of peer ethnography to gain insider views on substance use and sex among a diverse range of high-risk substance-using Black and Latino young men who have sex with men. METHODS:We recruited 9 peer ethnographers aged 21 to 24 years from youth programs for the lesbian, gay, bisexu...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mutchler MG,McKay T,McDavitt B,Gordon KK

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:An outbreak of giardiasis occurred following a family party for 25 persons. Nine who had eaten fruit salad became ill, compared with one who had not eaten the salad (Relative Risk = 7.4, 95% CI = 1.4, 169.3). The fruit salad preparer had a diapered child and a pet rabbit at home who were both positive for Giardia lamb...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Porter JD,Gaffney C,Heymann D,Parkin W

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare methods for estimating low HIV incidence among persons who inject drugs. METHODS:We examined 4 methods in New York City, 2005 to 2014: (1) HIV seroconversions among repeat participants, (2) increase of HIV prevalence by additional years of injection among new injectors, (3) the New York State and...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Des Jarlais DC,Arasteh K,McKnight C,Feelemyer J,Campbell AN,Tross S,Smith L,Cooper HL,Hagan H,Perlman D

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were to (1) describe AIDS-related knowledge, perceptions, and risky behaviors of impoverished African-American and high- and low-acculturated Latina women; (2) delineate relationships involving high-risk behaviors; and (3) determine whether risky behaviors differ by race and levels of ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Nyamathi A,Bennett C,Leake B,Lewis C,Flaskerud J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mail survey of 1,650 elderly consumers evaluated prescription drug leaflets for antihypertensives, tranquilizers, and arthritis medicines. Of those who said they received the leaflet, 95 per cent read it, 76 per cent kept it, and 56 per cent discussed it with another person. Respondents taking antihypertensive medic...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Morris LA,Olins NJ

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ever-present challenge for the oral health profession is to reduce the extent of oral disease among racial and ethnic minority populations. Adding to this complex dilemma is the linkage between oral health and systemic health. We describe enhanced cultural competency, in the context of individual cultural beliefs, ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Behar-Horenstein LS,Warren RC,Dodd VJ,Catalanotto FA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To update previous examinations of racial/ethnic disparities in the use of lethal force by US police. METHODS:I examined online national vital statistics data for deaths assigned an underlying cause of "legal intervention" (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, external-cause-of-injury co...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Buehler JW

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate trends in rates of personal belief exemptions (PBEs) to immunization requirements for private kindergartens in California that practice alternative educational methods. METHODS:We used California Department of Public Health data on kindergarten PBE rates from 2000 to 2014 to compare annual avera...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Brennan JM,Bednarczyk RA,Richards JL,Allen KE,Warraich GJ,Omer SB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving oral health is a leading population health goal; however, curricula preparing health professionals have a dearth of oral health content and clinical experiences. We detail an educational and clinical innovation transitioning the traditional head, ears, eyes, nose, and throat (HEENT) examination to the additi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Haber J,Hartnett E,Allen K,Hallas D,Dorsen C,Lange-Kessler J,Lloyd M,Thomas E,Wholihan D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the public health impact of direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising remains a subject of great controversy, such promotion is typically understood as a recent phenomenon permitted only by changes in federal regulation of print and broadcast advertising over the past two decades. But today's omnipr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Greene JA,Herzberg D

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the impact of a maternal-child home visitation program on birth spacing for first-time Latina mothers, focusing on adolescents and women who identified as Mexican or Puerto Rican. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study. One thousand Latina women enrolled in the Pennsylvania Nurse-Family P...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yun K,Chesnokova A,Matone M,Luan X,Localio AR,Rubin DM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of social sciences, there has been a renewed interest in studying prejudice and discrimination as stressors and assessing their impact on various health outcomes. This raises a need for theoretically based and psychometrically sound measures of prejudice. As researchers approach this task, there are sever...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Meyer IH

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Suffering from waning demand, poor quality, and reform efforts enabling veterans to "vote with their feet" and leave, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) health care system transformed itself through a series of substantive changes. We examined the evolution of primary care changes underlying VA's transf...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yano EM,Simon BF,Lanto AB,Rubenstein LV

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. To quantify the association between personal and family history of criminal justice system (CJS) involvement (PHJI and FHJI, respectively), health outcomes, and health-related behaviors.Methods. We examined 2017 New York City Community Health Survey data (n = 10 005) with multivariable logistic regression....

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Baquero M,Zweig K,Angell SY,Meropol SB

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The association between the timing of discussions about condoms between mother and adolescent and adolescents' condom use during their first and subsequent sexual encounters was examined. METHODS:Sexually active adolescents reported whether and when they discussed condoms with their mother and answered ques...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Miller KS,Levin ML,Whitaker DJ,Xu X

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United States excels at treating the most complex medical conditions, but our low-ranking health statistics (relative to other countries) do not match our high-end health care spending. One way to understand this paradox is to examine the history of federal children's health programs. In the 1800s, children's heal...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Brosco JP

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:A cohort study was done to determine the direct impact of hip fracture on mortality in older people. Survival was compared between 211 hip fracture patients from a defined area and 201 non-hip fracture control subjects randomly selected from the same area. The mortality rate 1 year after hip fracture was 21.7%; 1-year...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Katelaris AG,Cumming RG

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined longitudinal changes in smoking behavior among older adults in three community cohorts of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly. Smoking prevalence declined from 15% at baseline to 9% during 6 years of follow-up. Annual smoking cessation and relapse rates were 10% and less th...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Salive ME,Cornoni-Huntley J,LaCroix AZ,Ostfeld AM,Wallace RB,Hennekens CH

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of international health has typically been assessed from the standpoint of central institutions (international health organizations, foundations, and development agencies) or of one-way diffusion and influence from developed to developing countries. To deepen understanding of how the international health...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Birn AE

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To inform prevention policy, we estimated the economic benefits to health, production, and leisure in the 2008 Australian population of a realistic target reduction in per capita annual adult alcohol consumption. METHODS:We chose a target of 6.4 liters annually per capita on average. We modeled lifetime hea...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Magnus A,Cadilhac D,Sheppard L,Cumming T,Pearce D,Carter R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Research on child labor and its effect on health has been limited. We sought to determine the impact of child labor on children's health by correlating existing health indicators with the prevalence of child labor in selected developing countries. METHODS:We analyzed the relationship between child labor (de...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Roggero P,Mangiaterra V,Bustreo F,Rosati F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine whether women's sociodemographic characteristics are independently associated with cesarean delivery. METHODS:A retrospective review was conducted of hospital discharge data for singleton first births in California in 1991. RESULTS:After insurance and personal, co...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Braveman P,Egerter S,Edmonston F,Verdon M

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the marketing strategies for local vapor stores in a large metropolitan area in Oklahoma. METHODS:Vapor store owners or managers (n = 33) participated in individual interviews regarding marketing practices in 2014. We asked owners about their marketing strategies and the groups they targeted. We...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cheney M,Gowin M,Wann TF

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal mortality remains one of the most daunting public health problems in resource-poor settings, and reductions in maternal mortality have been identified as a prominent component of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The World Health Organization estimates that 515000 women die each year from pregn...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mavalankar DV,Rosenfield A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00