John S Witte
John S Witte
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide an important avenue for undertaking an agnostic evaluation of the association between common genetic variants and risk of disease. Recent advances in our understanding of human genetic variatio...
Timothy W Van Wave,F Douglas Scutchfield,Peggy A Honoré
Timothy W Van Wave
Recognizing the public's health is the outcome of dynamic, adaptive, and complex systems of agencies; infrastructure, relationships, and interactions that dictate how to improve health outcomes; and reducing health risks in a population is ...
Martyn T Smith
Martyn T Smith
Benzene is a ubiquitous chemical in our environment that causes acute leukemia and probably other hematological cancers. Evidence for an association with childhood leukemia is growing. Exposure to benzene can lead to multiple alterations th...
The role of behavioral science theory in development and implementation of public health interventions [0.03%]
行为科学理论在公共卫生干预的制定和实施中的作用
Karen Glanz,Donald B Bishop
Karen Glanz
Increasing evidence suggests that public health and health-promotion interventions that are based on social and behavioral science theories are more effective than those lacking a theoretical base. This article provides an overview of the s...
Family history in public health practice: a genomic tool for disease prevention and health promotion [0.03%]
公共卫生实践中的家族史：疾病预防和健康促进的基因组工具
Rodolfo Valdez,Paula W Yoon,Nadeem Qureshi et al.
Rodolfo Valdez et al.
Family history is a risk factor for many chronic diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Professional guidelines usually include family history to assess health risk, initiate interventions, and motivate behavioral...
Teen fertility in transition: recent and historic trends in the United States [0.03%]
转型中的青少年生育率：美国近期及历史上的趋势变化
John S Santelli,Andrea J Melnikas
John S Santelli
After considerable declines in teen birth and pregnancy rates between 1991 and 2005, teen birth rates rose unexpectedly in 2006 and 2007. To understand these recent trends, we examined historical changes in fertility, trends in sexual behav...
Tim Byers
Tim Byers
The close of the twentieth century brought historic changes in cancer risk factors, early detection, and treatment. As a consequence, we have seen two decades of steadily declining risk of death from cancer in the United States. The reasons...
Helen I Woodward,Oliver T Mytton,Claire Lemer et al.
Helen I Woodward et al.
Medical errors and adverse events are now recognized as major threats to both individual and public health worldwide. This review provides a broad perspective on major effective, established, or promising strategies to reduce medical errors...
Approaches to uncertainty in exposure assessment in environmental epidemiology [0.03%]
环境流行病学中暴露评估的不确定性处理方法
Donna Spiegelman
Donna Spiegelman
Uncertainty in assessment of individual exposure levels leads to bias, often, but not always, toward the null in estimates of health effects, and to underestimation of the variability of the estimates, leading to anticonservative p-values. ...
Health in all policies-the Finnish initiative: background, principles, and current issues [0.03%]
健康融入所有政策——芬兰的举措：背景、原则及当前问题
Pekka Puska,Timo Ståhl
Pekka Puska
Many historical developments, such as the Alma Ata Declaration or the Ottawa Charter, have drawn attention to the need for intersectoral work and for considering the health aspects of different policy proposals. In the 1970s, Finland starte...