abstract：:To decrease adolescent morbidity and mortality and improve the quality of life, a violence-prevention consultation is offered to hospitalized victims of nondomestic violence. The context is a violence-prevention team approach to patient assessment, treatment, and follow-up. Psychoeducational counseling emphasizes the ...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： De Vos E,Stone DA,Goetz MA,Dahlberg LL

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Richmond Youth Against Violence Project teaches middle school students in the Richmond Public Schools knowledge, attitudes, and skills for reducing their involvement in violence. These students are primarily African Americans, many of whom come from low-income, single-parent households in neighborhoods with high r...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Farrell AD,Meyer AL,Dahlberg LL

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Priorities for improving the health of our nation include rebuilding the public health infrastructure through increasing assessment, policy development, and assurance capacities in our communities. Capacity building necessitates formalizing and strengthening public health practice linkages to achieve Year 2000 objecti...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Wei F,Wright K,Heaton T,Kincaid W

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Counseling strategies usually assume that an individual is ready to change; however this assumption is probably not true for many obese individuals seeking medical care. Since individuals progress through a series of stages of change, some may not yet be ready to change. The transtheoretical model of behavior change p...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Clark MM,Pera V,Goldstein MG,Thebarge RW,Guise BJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerotic heart disease is the principal cause of death in the United States and other industrial societies. Three major risk factors for developing coronary artery disease (hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and smoking) are frequently seen in family practice patients. It is therefore important for family phys...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Cable TA,Delaney MJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-cost generic cigarettes grew dramatically in market share between 1990 and 1993, raising concerns that some smokers might view generics as an alternative to quitting. We report sociodemographic predictors of generic brand choice among a cross-sectional sample of California smokers and investigate changes in brand ...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Cavin SW,Pierce JP

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor analysis, combined with an evaluation of item difficulty and discrimination, can provide useful insights in questionnaire development. In 1993, as part of a study to develop a questionnaire to assess performance of the core functions of public health at a community level, 370 local health departments (LHDs) in ...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Richards TB,Rogers JJ,Christenson GM,Miller CA,Gatewood DD,Taylor MS

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have consistently shown that, compared to national standards, Native Americans across all age groups are disproportionately overweight or obese. Although most available data on rates of obesity in this group come from studies conducted on reservations, the proportion of Native Americans residing on re...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Gruber E,Anderson MM,Ponton L,DiClemente R

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that health promotive diets associated with higher levels of habitual physical activity confound the relationship between regular physical activity and health has not been well explored in epidemiologic studies. We evaluated self-reported physical activity, Willett Food Frequency dietary data, sociodemo...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Eaton CB,McPhillips JB,Gans KM,Garber CE,Assaf AR,Lasater TM,Carleton RA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine the beliefs of family physicians about the role of diet and cancer, as well as to determine how often family physicians assess dietary risks in patient encounters and recommend preventive dietary practices to reduce cancer risk. This study consisted of a survey of a national rand...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Soltesz KS,Price JH,Johnson LW,Telljohann SK

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Greater Cleveland Healthy Family/Healthy Start (HF/HS) Project Consortium was established to combine various resources in the Cleveland community in an effort to reduce the infant mortality rate by 50% over five years. As part of HF/HS, an Infant Mortality Review Program (IMRP) was instituted. This program has two...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Garber RM,Carroll-Pankhurst C,Woods-Erwin K,Mortimer EA Jr

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The California Department of Health Services conducted a $28,600,000 tobacco education media campaign in 1990 and 1991. An independent evaluation of the media campaign featured four waves of data-gathering, one prior to the campaign's beginning and three at intervals thereafter. In all, 29,264 students in grades 4-12 ...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Popham WJ,Potter LD,Hetrick MA,Muthén LK,Duerr JM,Johnson MD

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To enhance compliance to physician referral as well as dietary and other lifestyle recommendations given at blood cholesterol (BC) screening programs, we randomized Pawtucket Heart Health Program SCORE (screening, counseling, referral event) participants with elevated BC levels into one of four groups: usual care grou...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Gans KM,Lapane KL,Lasater TM,Carleton RA

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels and trends in blood pressure (BP), as well as prevalence and treatment of hypertension, were studied in The Netherlands between 1987 and 1991. BP was measured continuously using a standardized method in 36,273 men and women 20-59 years of age. The data were weighted for the age distribution of the general Dutch...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： van Leer EM,Seidell JC,Kromhout D

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses the effectiveness of paid counter-advertising in combating tobacco use and promotion, the impact of the Fairness Doctrine, which mandated anticigarette television advertisements in the late 1960s, and reasons why the media today are reluctant to run antismoking advertisements. Although counter-a...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Blum A

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical systems and associative communities are two distinctive social tools. To promote health, tools of community are more significant than system tools. Medical systems were created to serve many needs efficiently and to produce standardized procedures and outcome. Clients are a necessary component of a medical sys...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： McKnight JL

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliable data on the impact of physical training on light infantry units in terms of injuries and time loss are sparse. This study evaluated a light infantry unit (n = 181) prospectively and followed it throughout one year of infantry training and operations. Fifty-five percent of the soldiers (n = 101) experienced on...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Reynolds KL,Heckel HA,Witt CE,Martin JW,Pollard JA,Knapik JJ,Jones BH

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation examined the dimensionality of personal health practices among 1,171 men and 1,854 women included in a national probability sample of adults 20 to 64 years of age living in the coterminous United States. Data on a wide range of personal health behaviors were collected in the 1979 National Survey of ...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Ungemack JA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to evaluate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk-factor assessment and counseling behavior in 86 medical house staff and to ascertain the effect of question format (closed versus open) on reported physician behaviors. We designed a cross-sectional survey using a self-report questionnaire; we recei...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Wheat ME,Hyman RB,Devons C,Solomon S

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the predictors of change in physical activity in a population-derived sample of residents of two New England communities. In 1986-1987 and again in 1990-1991, we assessed the self-reported physical activity of 1,081 survey respondents using a single question concerning the frequency of exercise-induced swe...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Eaton CB,Reynes J,Assaf AR,Feldman H,Lasater T,Carleton RA

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire was sent in 1988 to all sites conducting mammographic studies registered with the radiologic licensing division of the West Virginia State Department of Health Laboratory Services to determine the number of women served and the costs of the procedures. The number of sites, 61, appears excessive in view...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Pearson RJ

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computer-generated reminders for patients and physicians can increase provision of preventive services. On July 1, 1989, the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina extended a computerized prevention reminder system to all physicians and adult patients in the department's clinical pra...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Garr DR,Ornstein SM,Jenkins RG,Zemp LD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For three consecutive years, beginning in 1986, we evaluated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors of medical students as part of the teaching program in a Preventive Cardiology Academic Award. Entering students in three consecutive classes were screened on the first day of orientation to medical school. The first...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Kashani IA,Kaplan RM,Criqui MH,Nader PR,Rupp J,Sallis JF,Dimsdale J,Langer R,Bracker M,Ries AL

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I screened 312 women, 18-45 years of age, presenting for routine gynecologic examination or prenatal care in a multiphysician primary care practice for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. I evaluated age, pregnancy, payment status, and presence of clinical cervicitis or gonorrhea as possible predictors of...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Nelson ME

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies describing sexually transmitted disease (STD) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention practices of primary care physicians have relied on physician or patient reports. This study describes physician STD/HIV prevention practices as observed by unannounced simulated patient evaluators (SPEs). SPEs visi...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Russell NK,Boekeloo BO,Rafi IZ,Rabin DL

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study of 3,318 outpatient visits evaluated the influence of the physician-assessed level of patient motivation on the level of physician involvement in follow-up care. Data collected included patient demographics, health risk factors, physician-assessed level of patient motivation, and the disposition for follow-...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： McArtor RE,Iverson DC,Benken DE,Gilchrist VJ,Dennis LK,Broome RA

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid expansion of worksite health promotion programs and the proliferation of service providers have resulted in increased concern about the quality of such programs. And while employers may view health promotion programs as a service to be purchased, in general, quality standards, price, and outcomes are less we...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Kizer KW,Folkers LF,Felten PG,Neimeyer D

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modifying identified risk factors for cardiovascular disease should change an individual's risk. Educational interventions might change behavior to modify some risk factors. To evaluate this possibility, we evaluated the health and fitness status of freshman medical students at the University of Utah (n = 89) in 1983 ...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Greenlee P,Castle CH,Woolley FR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worksite cholesterol screening programs are becoming increasingly prevalent. Variability in cholesterol measurements frequently renders the interpretation of single or repeated cholesterol determinations problematic, complicating employee counseling within screening programs. In the setting of a corporate cholesterol ...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Stave GM,Winslow BS,Conner GW

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We designed a randomized clinical trial to examine effectiveness of a follow-up educational mailing to improve referral completion following a workplace cholesterol screening program. Of 836 employees who participated in a cholesterol screening program at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland, 313 (37%) had a total c...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Fitzgerald ST,Gibbens S,Agnew J

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent national recommendations to use total cholesterol (TC) measures to screen patients for hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, it is unclear how predictive this approach is for older adults, who tend to have higher high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) values and therefore higher TC...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Kligman EW,Watkins AJ

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United States Cycling Federation (USCF) decision in 1986 to mandate helmet use in all sponsored races marked a major initiative in cycling safety. Confirming earlier reports about the effectiveness of helmets in preventing injuries, this study also examines the attitudes of 554 USCF members toward the policy and a...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Runyan CW,Earp JA,Reese RP

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the instruments used to measure current practices among primary care physicians in a broad range of prevention activities are limited, we developed a study to test a tool that would evaluate current prevention knowledge and applications, including items regarding activities to prevent AIDS and other sexually t...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Moser R Jr,McCance KL,Smith KR

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One in nine American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some time in their lives. Although mammography is a proven technology for diagnosing early, curable breast cancer, most women do not obtain regular mammograms. The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of women who received more tha...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Rimer BK,Trock B,Engstrom PF,Lerman C,King E

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disparity in health status between black and white Americans exists chiefly because of an excess of preventable disease in blacks. This situation calls for an increase in preventive services for blacks, services which might best be implemented or directed by black specialists in preventive medicine. However, there...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Blumenthal DS,Taylor B

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a meta-analytic study to measure the risk of uterine cervical cancer in former and current smokers. A literature search from 1966 to 1988 identified 139 MEDLINE citations. Of these, five studies reported appropriate and complete data for meta-analysis. A recent study conducted by the authors was also incl...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Licciardone JC,Brownson RC,Chang JC,Wilkins JR 3rd

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-consciousness has been an important trait in personality research. It seems logical to investigate whether health consciousness, involving a similar self-focusing, might operate in a parallel manner. To this end, I developed the Health Consciousness Scale (HCS), primarily by modifying items of the Self-Consciousn...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Gould SJ

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk of clinical relapse among cigarette smokers and nonsmokers was examined in a cohort of 74 adult Crohn's disease (CD) patients who were identified and followed at monthly intervals for six months. We measured clinical activity by a weighted symptom index used previously. Relapse at any point during the study was d...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Duffy LC,Zielezny MA,Marshall JR,Weiser MM,Byers TE,Phillips JF,Ogra PL,Graham S

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple microcomputer system has been developed using off-the-shelf components. The system permits local access, in an acceptable time frame, to several years of New Jersey multiple cause of death data (approximately 70,000 records per calendar year). This report describes the system, including hardware, software, da...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Crane GL,Fife D

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of a class-wide lecture coupled with small group discussions was compared to the outcome of clinical instruction provided by patient instructors (PIs) who were specially trained to teach behavioral counseling skills for health promotion and lifestyle risk-factor modification. PIs are nonprofessionals...

journal_title：American journal of preventive medicine

authors： Levenkron JC,Greenland P,Bowley N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00