abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined whether social processes of neighborhoods, such as collective efficacy, during individual's adolescent years affect the likelihood of being involved in physical dating violence during young adulthood. METHODS:Using longitudinal data on 633 urban youths aged 13 to 19 years at baseline and data fr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Jain S,Buka SL,Subramanian SV,Molnar BE

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of improved indoor environmental quality (IEQ) on perceived health and productivity in occupants who moved from conventional to green (according to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ratings) office buildings. In 2 retrospective-prospective case studies we found that improved IEQ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Singh A,Syal M,Grady SC,Korkmaz S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the impact of school-based health centers-which provide essential health care for students by aiming to eliminate many access barriers-on health care access disparities and conducted a cost-benefit analysis. METHODS:We employed a longitudinal quasi-experimental repeated-measures design. Primary...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Guo JJ,Wade TJ,Pan W,Keller KN

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the effectiveness of the Sources of Strength suicide prevention program in enhancing protective factors among peer leaders trained to conduct schoolwide messaging and among the full population of high school students. METHODS:Eighteen high schools--6 metropolitan and 12 rural--were randomly assi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wyman PA,Brown CH,LoMurray M,Schmeelk-Cone K,Petrova M,Yu Q,Walsh E,Tu X,Wang W

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed whether local health departments (LHDs) were conducting obesity prevention programs and diabetes screening programs, and we examined associations between LHD characteristics and whether they conducted these programs. METHODS:We used the 2005 National Profile of Local Health Departments to conduc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Zhang X,Luo H,Gregg EW,Mukhtar Q,Rivera M,Barker L,Albright A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We analyzed how ease of geographic access to emergency departments (EDs), defined as driving time to the closest ED, changed between 2001 and 2005, and whether access deterioration was more likely to occur in vulnerable communities. METHODS:We classified communities on the basis of American Hospital Associa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shen YC,Hsia RY

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We use systems thinking to develop a strategic framework for analyzing the tobacco problem and we suggest solutions. Humans are vulnerable to nicotine addiction, and the most marketable form of nicotine delivery is the most harmful. A tobacco use management system has evolved out of governments' attempts to regulate t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Borland R,Young D,Coghill K,Zhang JY

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the impact of a safety training regulation, implemented by the US Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in 1999, on injury rates at stone, sand, and gravel mining operations. METHODS:We applied a time-series design and analyses with quarterly counts of nonfatal inju...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Monforton C,Windsor R

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We studied 5 members of the National Network Consortium on Tobacco Control in Priority Populations. These networks, which consist of governmental and nongovernmental organizations, targeted lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons; Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders; American Ind...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Luke DA,Harris JK,Shelton S,Allen P,Carothers BJ,Mueller NB

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social, political, and economic disruptions caused by natural and human-caused public health emergencies have catalyzed public health efforts to expand the scope of biosurveillance and increase the timeliness, quality, and comprehensiveness of disease detection, alerting, response, and prediction. Unfortunately, effor...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Khan AS,Fleischauer A,Casani J,Groseclose SL

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed whether New York City's gun-related homicide rates in the 1990s were associated with a range of social determinants of homicide rates. METHODS:We used cross-sectional time-series data for 74 New York City police precincts from 1990 through 1999, and we estimated Bayesian hierarchical models with...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cerdá M,Messner SF,Tracy M,Vlahov D,Goldmann E,Tardiff KJ,Galea S

更新日期：2010-06-01 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: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：:Whether the traditional definition of small for gestational age (SGA) is an appropriate marker of risk for populations that have relatively lower birthweight is unclear. We determined proportions of White and Asian Indian SGA infants and those admitted to the special care nursery. Compared with White infants, Asian In...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lee HC,Ramachandran P,Madan A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a community-based 12-week healthy lifestyle program in Moloka'i, HI, called Ke 'Ano Ola, which was developed to decrease chronic disease risk through health education emphasizing weight loss, exercise, and risk factor reduction. Program leaders' strong commitment and positive role modeling, along with soc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Gellert KS,Aubert RE,Mikami JS

更新日期：2010-05-01 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 evaluated the impact of a mailed, tailored intervention on skin cancer prevention and skin self-examination behaviors of adults at moderate and high risk for skin cancer. METHODS:Adults at moderate and high risk for skin cancer were recruited in primary health care settings in Honolulu, HI, and Long Isla...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Glanz K,Schoenfeld ER,Steffen A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Under an ecodevelopmental framework, we examined lifetime segmented assimilation trajectories (diverging assimilation pathways influenced by prior life conditions) and related them to quality-of-life indicators in a diverse sample of 258 men in the Phoenix, AZ, metropolitan area. METHODS:We used a growth mi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Castro FG,Marsiglia FF,Kulis S,Kellison JG

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-tier pyramid best describes the impact of different types of public health interventions and provides a framework to improve health. At the base of this pyramid, indicating interventions with the greatest potential impact, are efforts to address socioeconomic determinants of health. In ascending order are interven...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Frieden TR

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although researchers acknowledge that health disparities have multiple determinants, most recommendations for reducing inequities focus on a single approach. We suggest integrating 2 approaches for reducing disparities: improving access to primary care and updating and more vigorously enforcing consumer and environmen...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Freudenberg N,Olden K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our community-academic partnership employed community-based participatory research to develop and pilot a simple, peer-led intervention to promote weight loss, which can prevent diabetes and eliminate racial/ethnic disparities in incident diabetes among overweight adults with prediabetes. METHODS:We recruit...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Parikh P,Simon EP,Fei K,Looker H,Goytia C,Horowitz CR

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small, immigrant-owned businesses, such as auto repair shops and nail salons, often face barriers to environmental and occupational health compliance and may be a source of neighborhood pollution complaints. The Boston Public Health Commission established the Safe Shops Project to improve safety and environmental prac...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Roelofs C,Shoemaker P,Skogstrom T,Acevedo P,Kendrick J,Nguyen N

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:We sought to examine the extent to which children in the child welfare system receive mental health care consistent with national standards. METHODS:We used data from 4 waves (3 years of follow-up) of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, the nation's first longitudinal study of children i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Raghavan R,Inoue M,Ettner SL,Hamilton BH,Landsverk J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We used data from a nationally representative sample to examine the associations among 3 dimensions of sexual orientation (identity, attraction, and behavior), lifetime and past-year mood and anxiety disorders, and sex. METHODS:We analyzed data from wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bostwick WB,Boyd CJ,Hughes TL,McCabe SE

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual and reproductive health remains the contentious concept it was at the 1994 United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo, Egypt. In light of the recent 15-year review of ICPD, we suggest several areas where advocates, practitioners, and researchers can inform future...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Roseman MJ,Reichenbach L

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In data from the Texas Educational Agency and the Health Resources and Services Administration, we found fewer autism diagnoses in school districts with higher percentages of Hispanic children. Our results are consistent with previous reports of autism rates 2 to 3 times as high among non-Hispanic Whites as among Hisp...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Palmer RF,Walker T,Mandell D,Bayles B,Miller CS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with other developed countries, the United States has an inefficient and expensive health care system with poor outcomes and many citizens who are denied access. Inefficiency is increased by the lack of an integrated system that could promote an optimal mix of personal medical care and population health measu...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chernichovsky D,Leibowitz AA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated trends in disability among older Americans from 1988 through 2004 to test the hypothesis that more recent cohorts show increased burdens of disability. METHODS:We used data from 2 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (1988-1994 and 1999-2004) to assess time trends in basic activ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Seeman TE,Merkin SS,Crimmins EM,Karlamangla AS

更新日期：2010-01-01 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 examined rates of uninsurance among workers in the US health care workforce by health care industry subtype and workforce category. METHODS:We used 2004 to 2006 National Health Interview Survey data to assess health insurance coverage rates. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to est...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chou CF,Johnson PJ,Ward A,Blewett LA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We used participatory design methods to develop and test guidebooks about health care choices intended for 600 000 English-, Spanish-, and Chinese-speaking seniors and people with disabilities receiving Medicaid in California. METHODS:Design and testing processes were conducted with consumers and profession...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Neuhauser L,Rothschild B,Graham C,Ivey SL,Konishi S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed which types of mass media messages might reduce disparities in smoking prevalence among disadvantaged population subgroups. METHODS:We followed 1491 adult smokers over 24 months and related quitting status at follow-up to exposure to antismoking ads in the 2 years prior to the baseline assessmen...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Durkin SJ,Biener L,Wakefield MA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined how Hispanic parents' income and education, combined with their nativity status, influenced the body mass index (BMI) of their children, compared with non-Hispanic White children and their parents. METHODS:We used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 to...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Balistreri KS,Van Hook J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the frequency with which alcohol advertisements appeared on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) transit lines in Boston, MA, and we calculated adult and youths' exposure to the ads. METHODS:We measured the nature and extent of alcohol advertisements on 4 Boston transit lines on...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Nyborn JA,Wukitsch K,Nhean S,Siegel M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a community-based participatory research worksite intervention intended to improve farmworkers' behaviors at work and after work to reduce occupational and take-home pesticide exposures. The workers received warm water and soap for hand washing, gloves, coveralls, and education. Self-reported assessments ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Salvatore AL,Chevrier J,Bradman A,Camacho J,López J,Kavanagh-Baird G,Minkler M,Eskenazi B

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Training in environmental health in general, and pediatric environmental health in particular, is inadequate. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry began to develop pediatric environmental health specialty units (PEHSUs) after noting the dearth of practitioners who could evaluate and manage children wit...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Paulson JA,Karr CJ,Seltzer JM,Cherry DC,Sheffield PE,Cifuentes E,Buka I,Amler RW

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the behavioral characteristics and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence of Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) (n = 41) from a national probability sample of men (n = 1861). Most MSM were partnered with females (97%) and had a low rate of consistent condom use (7%). More MSM than heterosexual ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wei C,Guadamuz TE,Stall R,Wong FY

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entrenched poor health and health inequity are important public health problems. Conventionally, solutions to such problems originate from the health care sector, a conception reinforced by the dominant biomedical imagination of health. By contrast, attention to the social determinants of health has recently been give...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Baum FE,Bégin M,Houweling TA,Taylor S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pandemic Influenza: Special Considerations for Pregnant Women was a meeting convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2008 to obtain input from experts and key partners regarding clinical management of pregnant women and related public health actions to be taken during a pandemic. Meeting goals wer...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rasmussen SA,Jamieson DJ,Macfarlane K,Cragan JD,Williams J,Henderson Z,Pandemic Influenza and Pregnancy Working Group.

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00