Seage, G R; Mayer, K H; Lenderking, W R; Wold, C; Gross, M; Goldstein, R; Cai, B; Heeren, T; Hingson, R; Holmberg, S;
Published Date:
1997 Mar-Apr
Source:
Public Health Rep. 112(2):158-167
Description:
To estimate the prevalence of and identify risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections and unprotected anal intercourse among young homosexual and bisexual men.|The authors performed a cross-sec...
To identify case characteristics and trends in the incidence of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) in Maryland during the national resurgence of the disease.|The authors conducted a retrospective review of the 248 cases of TB in children ages 19 and younger...
To explore geographic patterns of violence between intimate partners in a metropolitan area with one of the highest injury mortality rates in the nation-Duval County, Florida, which includes the city of Jacksonville.|Using police reports of all serio...
With changes in Medicaid, more low-income women are receiving prenatal care in private practice settings. The authors sought to determine whether private settings can provide the enhanced prenatal support services for low-income women that have been ...
Following an outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) among health care workers at a public hospital, the study was undertaken to (a) locate all exposed patients and administer tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) to them, (b) provide clinical treatment or prophylaxis ...
The Minnesota Department of Health surveyed registered mammography facilities to assess their accreditation status prior to full implementation of the Federal Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA), which mandated accreditation of all mammography f...