University students' knowledge and awareness of HPV.

abstract：:There is minimal evidence from epidemiological studies on how e-cigarette use is related to health indices in adolescence. We hypothesized that e-cigarette use would be associated with asthma, controlling for demographics and cigarette smoking. The hypothesis was tested with cross-sectional data from a statewide sampl...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Schweitzer RJ,Wills TA,Tam E,Pagano I,Choi K

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within a quarter century the convergence of geographical and prospective epidemiology, clinical research, and laboratory investigation has provided strongly attested theories of coronary heart disease (CHD) etiology. Evidence that application of these theories will reduce CHD incidence is incomplete but adequate to ju...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Lewis B

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cigarette-smoking questionnaire to examine behavior, attitudes, and beliefs related to cigarette use was administered to children, ages 8-17, in a biracial community. Children who experimented with cigarettes but did not adopt the habit (experimental nonadopters) and children who continued to smoke (adopters) were i...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Croft JB,Hunter SM,Webber LS,Watson RB,Berenson GS

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Community Care Connections (CCC) program aims to align social and healthcare services to improve health outcomes in older adults with complex medical and social needs. This study assessed changes in healthcare utilization before and after CCC program participation. Between June 2016 and March 2019, 1214 adults wit...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Fisher EM,Akiya K,Wells A,Li Y,Peck C,Pagán JA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Data on hospitalization of immigrants to the United States are sparse, but small area analysis may improve the utility of existing data. METHODS:Applying logistic regression analysis to 2000 census and hospitalization data for New York City, we examined the odds of hospital admission by major diagnostic c...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Muennig P,Jia H,Khan K,Pallin DJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women age 50 years and older are in need of multiple preventive health care services. Despite recent improvements in rates of delivery of preventive care services, especially within managed care organizations, substantial numbers of women are still being underscreened. Efforts to improve delivery of preventi...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Harpole LH,McBride C,Strigo TS,Lobach D

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cold air stimulates upper airway cold receptors causing a reflex depressive effect on respiratory activity. Menthol, in low concentrations can also stimulate these same cold receptors causing a depressive effect on respiratory activity. Menthol cigarettes when smoked, deliver enough menthol to stimulate cold...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Garten S,Falkner RV

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1981-1982 the Division of Cancer Control (Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles) implemented a Know Your Body program in the Los Angeles and Santa Monica Unified School Districts. The results from this evaluation are based on analyses of over 1,400 elementary school children (ag...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Marcus AC,Wheeler RC,Cullen JW,Crane LA

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most convincing evidence for a preventive role for any modality is obviously demonstration of incidence reduction produced by that modality. However, cancer prevention trials with cancer incidence as an endpoint have logistic problems rendering them essentially impossible to conduct for most malignancies. Hence a ...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Garewal H,Meyskens F Jr,Friedman S,Alberts D,Ramsey L

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The associations among cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption with recent screening mammograms were evaluated among women ages 50 years and older. METHODS:The sample included 946 white and African-American women ages 50 years and older from the 1995 Maryland Behavioral Risk Factor Survey. Bivariate and l...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Fredman L,Sexton M,Cui Y,Althuis M,Wehren L,Hornbeck P,Kanarek N

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, a global health treaty ratified by over 175 countries, calls on countries to ensure that tobacco packages carry health warning labels (HWLs) describing the harmful effects of tobacco use. We assessed the extent of compliance with 14 countries' HWL requirements. Unique cigar...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Cohen JE,Brown J,Washington C,Welding K,Ferguson J,Smith KC

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical guidelines for using the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test as a population-based screening tool vary considerably. This study qualitatively explored primary care physicians' PSA screening practices and their understanding of the PSA screening controversy. METHODS:Fourteen telephone focus groups ...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Purvis Cooper C,Merritt TL,Ross LE,John LV,Jorgensen CM

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:School playgrounds during break times provide potential opportunities for children to be active during the school day. However, there is limited research on how active children really are during these breaks. METHODS:The CAST (Children's Activity Scanning Tool) instrument was developed, validated, and used ...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Zask A,van Beurden E,Barnett L,Brooks LO,Dietrich UC

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New research has identified specific intestinal colonizing microbes that can have significant influence on health and disease. Evidence is reviewed supporting an association between Fusobacterium nucleatum and colon cancer and for a protective role of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in inflammatory bowel disease, of Esch...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Underwood MA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：METHODS:In the context of an epidemiological investigation of AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices, 2,006 employees of the Tennessee Mental Health and Mental Retardation residential facilities were surveyed to test the hypothesis that blacks have been differentially sensitized to their disproportionate leve...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Ernst FA,Francis RA,Nevels H,Collipp D,Lewis A

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of eight adverse lifestyle risk factors which are linked to increased morbidity and mortality was determined. Smoking, excess alcohol use, obesity, lack of exercise, lack of seatbelt use, use of hazardous transportation vehicles, and inadequate rest were studied. A random sample of 147 patients from a p...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Chao J,Zyzanski SJ

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies investigating predictors of influenza vaccine acceptance have focused on high-risk patients or health care workers. Few studies have examined flu shot acceptance among healthy adults in workplace settings, even though influenza vaccine is recommended for this group as well. METHODS:Two stud...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Chapman GB,Coups EJ

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Local parks are an important community resource that may influence levels of physical activity among youth. However, few population-based studies have investigated park-based physical activity among youth. PURPOSE:This study examines sociodemographic, family, and neighborhood characteristics associated with...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Babey SH,Tan D,Wolstein J,Diamant AL

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to explore the contextual effect of homeopathic consultation by investigating the effect of homeopathic care compared to self-treatment with self prescribed homeopathic medicine in the prevention of childhood upper respiratory tract infections (URTI). METHODS:Randomised parallel gr...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Steinsbekk A,Lewith G,Fønnebø V,Bentzen N

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assessed the effectiveness of the Luoghi di Prevenzione-Prevention Grounds school-based smoking prevention programme. METHODS:We undertook a cluster randomized controlled trial of 989 students aged 14-15 years in 13 secondary schools located in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The intervention consisted of the "Smok...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Gorini G,Carreras G,Bosi S,Tamelli M,Monti C,Storani S,Martini A,Allara E,Angelini P,Faggiano F

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, 11 heavy elements at concentrations that are easily detectable have been identified in smokeless tobacco products. These concentrations were found to increase in cheek epithelium samples of the user after exposure to smokeless tobacco. This feasibility study suggests that the lev...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Robertson JB,Bray JT

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Youth who experience alcohol-related problems are at increased risk for developing alcohol dependence. Identifying factors associated with adolescent alcohol-related problems is essential, but most studies have focused on risk factors or a limited number of protective factors, with little attention to sex differences....

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Clements-Nolle K,Oman RF,Lu M,Lensch T,Moser L

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to assess the interaction of smoking and body mass index (BMI) on diabetes risk. METHODS:We analyzed data from a community-based prospective cohort of 41,836 women from Iowa who completed a baseline survey in 1986 and five subsequent surveys through 2004. The final analysis included 36,839 particip...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Cullen MW,Ebbert JO,Vierkant RA,Wang AH,Cerhan JR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure community-level changes in the methods youth use to obtain cigarettes over time and to relate these methods to the progression of smoking. METHODS:We analyzed 2000-2003 data from the Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort study, where youth (beginning at age 12), who were living in Minnesota at ba...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Widome R,Forster JL,Hannan PJ,Perry CL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the disease consequences of cigarette smoking are well documented, smoking may also be associated with increased risk of injury. Our purpose is to provide an overview of this potential association. METHODS:We conducted a literature review. RESULTS:Cigarettes are the leading cause of death from fir...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Sacks JJ,Nelson DE

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Commuters leaving a station often choose the stair as a quicker exit than the escalator. This paper models the effects of speed leaving the station and stair width on choice of the stairs or escalator. METHODS:Aggregated data from previous studies (n=82,347) revealed a plateau at about 45% stair use as the ...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Eves FF,Lewis AL,Griffin C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study investigates the cross-sectional relationship between tobacco smoking and body fatness. METHODS:This cross-sectional study consisted of 469,543 men and women who participated in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study between 1992 and 2000 providing ant...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Travier N,Agudo A,May AM,Gonzalez C,Luan J,Besson H,Wareham NJ,Slimani N,Rinaldi S,Clavel-Chapelon F,Boutron-Ruault MC,Palli D,Agnoli C,Mattiello A,Tumino R,Vineis P,Rodriguez L,Sanchez MJ,Dorronsoro M,Barricarte A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this paper is to estimate the impact of county-level public transit usage on obesity prevalence in the United States and assess the potential for public transit usage as an intervention for obesity. This study adopts an instrumental regression approach to implicitly control for potential selection bia...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： She Z,King DM,Jacobson SH

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess Pap smear utilization and compliance with screening recommendations, a study was conducted in a large midwestern HMO where cost is not a barrier to care. The purpose of the study was to examine rates of screening by age, identify the proportion of abnormal cytologic findings, and determine screenin...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Rolnick S,LaFerla JJ,Wehrle D,Trygstad E,Okagaki T

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this multinational and cross-sectional study was to investigate whether nighttime sleep duration was associated with physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (SED) the following day, whether daytime PA/SED were associated with sleep duration the subsequent night, and whether the associations were modif...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Lin Y,Tremblay MS,Katzmarzyk PT,Fogelholm M,Hu G,Lambert EV,Maher C,Maia J,Olds T,Sarmiento OL,Standage M,Tudor-Locke C,Chaput JP,ISCOLE Research Group.

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00