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  • Race-Differentiated Outcomes in Multiple Special Healthcare Taxing Districts
    Background: Communities with locally generated special healthcare taxes have demonstrated a generally favorable association with selected population health status outcomes.Purpose: This research attempted to determine if that positive association with health outcomes is race differentiated.Methods: Florida counties with multiple special...

  • A Good Night's Sleep for a Healthier Population
    Sleep curtailment has become an endemic condition of modern societies, with population statistics revealing that sleep duration has decreased by more than 1 hour over the past few decades. Factors responsible for this situation include, but are not limited to,...

  • Preventing Deaths in the Canadian Military
    Background: Combat fatalities are reported by the media as a frequent cause of military deaths, yet they may not reflect the most common and preventable ways that soldiers die.Purpose: The purpose of this study was to quantify the leading causes...

  • Overweight, Obesity, Youth, and Health-Risk Behaviors
    Background: The prevalence and severity of obesity have increased among children and adolescents. Although the medical and psychosocial consequences of youth obesity have been well documented, comparatively less information exists on the association of overweight/obesity with health-risk behaviors, which are...

  • Physical Violence Against U.S. Women Around the Time of Pregnancy, 2004–2007
    Background: Previous research shows that the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) around the time of pregnancy varies from 4% to 9%, but no studies have distinguished between abuse rates by former versus current partners.Purpose: This study aims to estimate...

  • Neighborhood, Route, and School Environments and Children's Active Commuting
    Background: Walking and cycling to school represent an opportunity for children to achieve regular physical activity. These behaviors may be influenced by characteristics of the environment around homes and schools, yet few studies have quantified the potential associations between these...

  • Patient Costs As a Barrier to Intensive Health Behavior Counseling
    Background: Although intensive health behavior counseling has been demonstrated to help patients lose weight and quit smoking, many payers offer limited coverage for such counseling.Purpose: This mixed-methods case study examined how coverage affected utilization of an electronic linkage system (eLinkS)...

  • Exercise, Body Composition, and Functional Ability: A Randomized Controlled Trial
    Context: In women, age and the menopausal transition contribute to an increase of body fat and a reduction of lean body mass associated with functional decline, affecting independent living.Background: Sarcopenia and adiposity in the elderly has been associated with increased...

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  • Sun-Protection Behaviors Among African Americans
    Background: Data suggest that the prevalence of sun-protection behaviors is low (44%) among African Americans; the samples in such studies, however, tended to be small or nonrepresentative.Purpose: This article aims to examine the prevalence and correlates of sun-protection behaviors among...

  • Poly-Victimization in a National Sample of Children and Youth
    Background: Most studies of children's exposure to violence focus on separate, relatively narrow categories of victimization (such as sexual abuse, physical maltreatment, or bullying), paying less attention to exposure to multiple forms of victimization.Purpose: This study documents children's lifetime exposure...

  • Ultraviolet B Irradiance and Incidence Rates of Bladder Cancer in 174 Countries
    Background: Although nearly half of bladder cancer cases are due to smoking, the cause of nearly half is unexplained.Purpose: This study aims to determine whether an inverse association exists between ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiance and incidence rates of bladder cancer...

  • Economic Impacts of the Pueblo Smokefree Air Act
    Background: On July 1, 2003, the city of Pueblo CO enacted a smokefree ordinance (Pueblo Smoke-Free Air Act [PSFAA]) that prohibited smoking in public places and workplaces, including taverns and restaurants. Opponents to this ordinance argued that it would have...

  • Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening: Specific Effects of Depression and Obesity
    Background: Obesity and depression may each be associated with lower rates of cervical and breast cancer screening. Studies have examined obesity or depression alone, but not together, despite the established link between them.Purpose: This article aims to disentangle the effects...

  • YouTube As a Source of Information on the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic
    Background: The ongoing H1N1 influenza pandemic has created a significant amount of health concern. Adequate dissemination of correct information about H1N1 influenza could help in decreasing the disease spread and associated anxiety in the population.Purpose: This study aims to examine...