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Neighborhood Context And Ethnicity Differences In Body Mass Index: A Multilevel Analysis Using The Nhanes Iii (1988-1994), D. Phuong Do, Tamara Dubowitz, Chloe E. Bird, Nicole Lurie, José J. Escarce, Brian K. Finch

Faculty Publications

A growing body of literature has documented a link between neighborhood context and health outcomes. However, little is known about the relationship between neighborhood context and body mass index (BMI) or whether the association between neighborhood context and BMI differs by ethnicity. This paper investigates several neighborhood characteristics as potential explanatory factors for the variation of BMI across the United States; further, this paper explores to what extent segregation and the concentration of disadvantage across neighborhoods help explain ethnic disparities in BMI. Using data geo-coded at the census tract-level and linked with individual-level data from the Third National Health and …

Disparities In Mental Health Utilization Among Persons With Chronic Diseases, Saundra H. Glover, Keith T. Elder, Sudha Xirasagar, Jong-Deuk Baek, Crystal N. Piper, Dayna Campbell

Faculty Publications

This study used Aday and Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use to examine to role of chronic disease and the joint impact of race and chronic disease type on mental health utilization. Using data from Community Tracking Survey Household Survey, we tested the assumption that chronic disease, chronic disease type, and race are related to lower rates of mental health visits when adjusted for predisposing, enabling, and need factors. After adjusting for population characteristics, we found that race significantly moderated the impact of chronic disease type on mental health utilization, showing that African Americans with cardiovascular disease were half …

The Health Implications Of Violence Against Women: Untangling The Complexities Of Actual And Chronic Effects: Part Two, Carol E. Jordan

Office for Policy Studies on Violence Against Women Publications

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Incidence, Patterns And Severity Of Reported Unintentional Injuries In Pakistan For Persons Five Years And Older: Results Of The National Health Survey Of Pakistan 1990–94, Zafar Fatmi, Wilbur C. Hadden, Junaid A. Razzak, Huma Qureshi, Adnan A. Hyder, Gregory Pappas

Community Health Sciences

Background

National level estimates of injuries are not readily available for developing countries. This study estimated the annual incidence, patterns and severity of unintentional injuries among persons over five years of age in Pakistan.

Methods

National Health Survey of Pakistan (NHSP 1990–94) is a nationally representative survey of the household. Through a two-stage stratified design, 18, 315 persons over 5 years of age were interviewed to estimate the overall annual incidence, patterns and severity of unintentional injuries for males and females in urban and rural areas over the preceding one year. Weighted estimates were computed adjusting for complex survey design …

Benefits College Update

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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New Publications And Presentations From The Department Of Health Policy

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Transforming Healthcare: Themes From The 5th Annual National Md/Mba Conference, Jeff Clough '08, Eric Moskowitz '09

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Thomas Jefferson And Widener Universities Announce Joint Degree Program In Law And Public Health

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Rx For Pennsylvania July 17, 2007

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Potential Impact Of Advance Directive Law Act 169 On Decisions And Care For Patients At End Of Life: Reflections Of Ethics Consultants, Etienne Phipps, Phd, Richard Allman, Md

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Patient Safety: The Impact Of Facilty Design

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Domestic Violence In Same-Sex Couples, Robert J. Winn, Md, Katie Kupfer Lockwood '08, Ralph Riviello, Md

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Colorectal Cancer Screening In Pennsylvania, Ronald E. Myers, Phd, Mona Sarfaty, Md

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Update On Screening For Colorectal Cancer, Mona Sarfaty, Md

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Welcome The 2007-2008 Delaware Valley Schweitzer Fellows

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Letters To The Editor

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Welcome To Our Newest Senior Scholars!

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Activating Patient Involvement, Kevin Bowman, Md, David B. Nash, Md, Mba

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Filosofi Dan Konsep Dasar Kesehatan Kerja Serta Perkembangannya Dalam Praktik, L. Meily Kurniawidjaja

Kesmas

Kesehatan kerja merupakan masalah setiap individu karena bekerja dibutuhkan semua orang sebagai sumber pendapatan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidup. Sejak lama diketahui bahwa bekerja dapat menyebabkan gangguan kesehatan atau penyakit. Sebaliknya, kesehatan dapat mengganggu pekerjaan. Artikel ini bertujuan memberikan pemahaman tentang konsep, praktik dan manfaat kesehatan kerja bagi para pekerja dan pemberi kerja. Kesehatan kerja seharusnya tidak hanya terfokus pada diagnosis dan pengobatan klinis, tetapi juga mengerjakan rekognisi hazard, penilaian risiko dan intervensi untuk menghilangkan atau meminimalkan risiko. Lingkupnya diperluas untuk mencegah penyakit dengan cara: (1) penempatan pekerja pada pekerjaan/ jabatan yang sesuai (fit) dengan status kesehatan dan kapasitas kerjanya. (2) …

Hubungan Status Reproduksi, Status Kesehatan, Akses Pelayanan Kesehatan Dengan Komplikasi Obstetri Di Banda Sakti, Lhokseumawe Tahun 2005, Lasmita Nurul Huda

Kesmas

Di Indonesia, angka kematian ibu (AKI) masih tinggi jika dibanding dengan negara-negara ASEAN. Penyebab utama kematian ibu adalah komplikasi obstetri yang merupakan penyulit atau penyakit yang timbul pada waktu kehamilan, persalinan dan pasca persalinan. Di Indonesia, komplikasi obstetri (20% dari seluruh ibu hamil) masih sangat tinggi, sementara yang mampu ditangani hanya sekitar 10%. Berbagai faktor yang mempengaruhi komplikasi obstetri adalah status reproduksi, perilaku pencarian pelayanan kesehatan dan status kesehatan. Penelitian yang berujuan mengetahui faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan komplikasi obstetri ini menggunakan desain studi cross-sectional dengan sumber data primer. Sampel adalah 220 ibu yang melahirkan bayi hidup atau mati pada tahun …

Quality Of Care Measures For Migraine: A Comprehensive Review, Joshua J. Gagne, Brian Leas, Jennifer H. Lofland, Neil Goldfarb, Frederick Freitag, Stephen Silberstein

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

Migraine headache is a highly prevalent, chronic, episodic disorder that is associated with high direct and indirect costs. Migraine headache impacts not only patients, but also their employers due to substantial decreases in workplace productivity. Despite the prevalence and clinical and economic burdens of migraine, no national efforts to develop and implement standardized measures of quality of care have been made. The objective of this study was to collect and report on existing quality of care measures for migraine that could be suitable for quality measurement at the health-plan level. Published literature, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National …

Methodological Issues In The Study Of The Effects Of Hemoglobin Variability, Marshall Joffe, Wei Yang, Steve Brunelli, Harold Feldman

UPenn Biostatistics Working Papers

We consider estimating the effect of hemoglobin variability on mortality in hemodialysis patients. Causal effects can be defined as comparisons of outcomes under different hypothetical interventions. Defining measures of the effect of hemoglobin variability and clinical outcomes is complicated by the fact that hypothetical interventions on variability used to define its effect inevitably involve manipulation of related variables. We propose a model-based definition of the effect of the hemoglobin variability as a parameter for variability in a causal model for the effect of an overall intervention on hemoglobin levels over time. We consider this problem using history-adjusted marginal structural models, …

Session 1 - Rationalizing The Home Front: The Cold War, The Nevada Test Site, And Radiation Exposure, Leisl A. Carr

International Symposium on Technology and Society

Beginning in 1953, radiation exposure and its effects became a hotly contested issue between the government, members of communities surrounding the Nevada Test Site (NTS), and researchers within the national scientific community. The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), concerned about maintaining a continental testing facility and aware that atomic testing would impact communities surrounding the NTS, sent representatives to areas potentially affected by fallout to instruct and reassure the affected public. How government officials perceived neighboring communities and how these communities perceived these representatives of the government often determined public responses to the atomic testing program. The story of radiation monitors …

Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices In Rural Haitian Women, Susan B. Roman

UCHC Graduate School Masters Theses 2003 - 2010

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An Evaluation Of Personal Protective Equipment Used With Local Public Health Employees, Aimee E. Eberly

UCHC Graduate School Masters Theses 2003 - 2010

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Is Chronic Wasting Disease (Cwd) In Deer And Elk Affecting Public Health?, Steven C. Nattrass

UCHC Graduate School Masters Theses 2003 - 2010

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Language Use And Sexual Communication Among Xhosa Speakers In Cape Town, South Africa, Demetria Cain

UCHC Graduate School Masters Theses 2003 - 2010

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Maine State Employee Survey On Disability, Commission On Disability And Employment, Department Of Financial And Administrative Services Bureau Of Human Resources, Muskie School Of Public Service University Of Southern Maine

Disability & Aging

The Executive Order regarding Maine State Government as a Model Employer of people with disabilities was signed on February 24, 2006. The order included several action steps, including a survey of State employees to ascertain the prevalence of workers with disabilities in State employment.

Maine’s Bureau of Human Resources and the Commission on Disability and Employment were named to oversee this survey. The University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service administered the survey and analyzed results. Each of these three organizations are members of an Executive Order Working Group designed to overall all action steps under the Executive …

Global Stability Results Of An Sis Age-Structured Epidemic Model With Vertical Transmission, M. El-Doma

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

An SIS age-structured epidemic model for a vertically as well as horizontally transmitted disease is investigated when the fertility, mortality and cure rates depend on age and the force of infection of proportionate mixing assumption type. We determine the steady states and prove the global stability for the endemic equilibriums.

Download Full Pdf Issue Of Thomas Jefferson University Mph Public Health Link Newsletter, Vol. 3, Iss. 5, June 2007

Public Health Link

This issue highlights the newly created joint public health and law programs between Thomas Jefferson University and Widener University as well as an article written by Dr. James Plumb on poverty reduction and health.