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Passive smoking and lung cancer in nonsmoking women.
American journal of public health - Tập 82 Số 11 - Trang 1525-1530 - 1992
Ross C. Brownson, Matthew R. Bonner, E T Hock, Timothy S. Loy
OBJECTIVES. The causes of lung cancer among nonsmokers are not clearly understood. To further evaluate the relation between passive smoke exposure and lung cancer in nonsmoking women, we conducted a population-based, case-control study. METHODS. Case patients (n = 618), identified through the Missouri Cancer Registry for the period 1986 through 1991, included 432 lifetime nonsmokers and 186 ex-smo... hiện toàn bộ
Race and sex differences in hip fracture incidence.
American journal of public health - Tập 74 Số 12 - Trang 1374-1380 - 1984
Mary E. Farmer, Lon R. White, Jacob A. Brody, Karla Bailey
Incidence rates for hip fracture in the United States were estimated using non-federal hospital discharges from the National Hospital Discharge Survey for the years 1974-1979. Age-specific incidence curves for women and for men showed similar patterns of increase in risk with age, with risks approximately doubling every five years after age 50. Age-specific rates by five-year age groups were compa... hiện toàn bộ
Unemployment and Mental Health: Understanding the Interactions Among Gender, Family Roles, and Social Class
American journal of public health - Tập 94 Số 1 - Trang 82-88 - 2004
Lucı́a Artazcoz, Joan Benach, Carme Borrell, Imma Cortès
Objectives. We examined gender differences in the effects of unemployment on mental health and assessed whether such effects are associated with interactions among gender, family roles, and social class. Methods. Our analysis included 3881 employed and 638 unemployed workers, aged 25 to 64 years, interviewed in the 1994 Catalonian Health Survey. Results. Unemployment had more of an effect on the m... hiện toàn bộ
Building and Maintaining Trust in a Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership
American journal of public health - Tập 98 Số 8 - Trang 1398-1406 - 2008
Suzanne Christopher, Vanessa Watts, Alma Knows His Gun McCormick, Sara Young
Although intervention research is vital to eliminating health disparities, many groups with health disparities have had negative research experiences, leading to an understandable distrust of researchers and the research process. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches seek to reverse this pattern by building trust between community members and researchers. We highlight strategies... hiện toàn bộ
Circumcision and sexually transmitted diseases.
American journal of public health - Tập 84 Số 2 - Trang 197-201 - 1994
Linda S. Cook, Laura A. Koutsky, K K Holmes
OBJECTIVES. New evidence linking lack of circumcision with sexually transmitted human immunodeficiency virus revives concerns about circumcision and other sexually transmitted diseases. This study was undertaken to assess the relationship between circumcision and syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydial infection, genital herpes, nongonococcal urethritis, and exophytic genital warts. METHODS. A cross-secti... hiện toàn bộ
Race/Ethnicity, Life-Course Socioeconomic Position, and Body Weight Trajectories Over 34 years: The Alameda County Study
American journal of public health - Tập 95 Số 9 - Trang 1595-1601 - 2005
Peter Baltrus, John Lynch, Susan A. Everson‐Rose, Trivellore E. Raghunathan, George Lewith
Objectives. We investigated whether race differences in weight gain over 34 years were because of socioeconomic position (SEP) and psychosocial and behavioral factors (physical activity, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, depression, marital status, number of children). We used a life-course approach to SEP with 4 measures of SEP (childhood SEP, education, occupation, income) and a cumulative... hiện toàn bộ
Life-Course Socioeconomic Position and Obesity in African American Women: The Pitt County Study
American journal of public health - Tập 96 Số 3 - Trang 554-560 - 2006
Sherman A. James, Angela Fowler‐Brown, Trevillore E. Raghunathan, John Van Hoewyk
Objectives. We studied obesity in African American women in relationship to their socioeconomic position (SEP) in childhood and adulthood. Methods. On the basis of parents’ occupation, we classified 679 women in the Pitt County (North Carolina) Study into low and high childhood SEP. Women’s education, occupation, employment status, and home ownership were used to classify them into low and high ad... hiện toàn bộ
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes in Brazil
American journal of public health - Tập 102 Số 1 - Trang 178-183 - 2012
Rafael Moreira Claro, Renata Bertazzi Levy, Barry M. Popkin, Carlos Augusto Monteiro
Objectives. We investigated whether taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) would improve the diets of households in Brazil. Methods. We used household food consumption data that the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics collected in 2002–2003 from a nationally representative sample of 48 470 Brazilian households. The consumption of SSBs is expressed as the total SSB calories consumed an... hiện toàn bộ
Reducing Sugary Drink Consumption: New York City’s Approach
American journal of public health - Tập 105 Số 4 - Trang e61-e64 - 2015
Susan M. Kansagra, Maura Kennelly, Cathy Nonas, Christine J. Curtis, Gretchen Van Wye, Andrew Goodman, Thomas A. Farley
Studies have linked the consumption of sugary drinks to weight gain, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. Since 2006, New York City has taken several actions to reduce consumption. Nutrition standards limited sugary drinks served by city agencies. Mass media campaigns educated New Yorkers on the added sugars in sugary drinks and their health impact. Policy proposals included an excise tax, a restriction ... hiện toàn bộ
Income dynamics and adult mortality in the United States, 1972 through 1989.
American journal of public health - Tập 87 Số 9 - Trang 1476-1483 - 1997
Peggy McDonough, Gregory Duncan, D.R. Williams, J. S. House
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to examine relationships between income and mortality, focusing on the predictive utility of single-year and multiyear measures of income, the shape of the income gradient in mortality, trends in this gradient over time, the impact of income change on mortality, and the joint effects of income and age, race, and sex on mortality risk. METHODS: Data were taken ... hiện toàn bộ
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