SPH Community Health Sciences Papers
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Outcome of Crisis Intervention for Borderline Personality Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Model for Modification of the Mechanism of Disorder in Complex Post Traumatic Syndromes
(BioMed Central, 2010-4-27)BACKGROUND. This study investigates the outcome of crisis intervention for chronic post traumatic disorders with a model based on the theory that such crises manifest trauma in the present. The sufferer's behavior is in ... -
Association between Neighborhood Safety and Overweight Status among Urban Adolescents
(BioMed Central, 2009-8-11)BACKGROUND. Neighborhood safety may be an important social environmental determinant of overweight. We examined the relationship between perceived neighborhood safety and overweight status, and assessed the validity of ... -
Adaptation of a Smoking Cessation and Prevention Website for Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youth
(Springer-Verlag, 2010-1-16)Tobacco use among American Indian youth is a disproportionately significant problem. We adapted and modified an existing web-based and youth-focused tobacco control program to make it appropriate for young urban American ... -
Reproductive Health Surveillance in the US-Mexico Border Region: Beyond the Border (and Into the Future)
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Preconception Care Between Pregnancies: The Content of Internatal Care
(Springer US, 2006-7-1)For more than two decades, prenatal care has been a cornerstone of our nation's strategy for improving pregnancy outcomes. In recent years, however, a growing recognition of the limits of prenatal care and the importance ... -
Causal Beliefs about Obesity and Associated Health Behaviors: Results from a Population-Based Survey
(BioMed Central, 2010-3-3)BACKGROUND. Several genetic variants are associated with obesity risk. Promoting the notion of genes as a cause for obesity may increase genetically deterministic beliefs and decrease motivation to engage in healthy lifestyle ... -
The GirlStars Program: Challenges to Recruitment and Retention in a Physical Activity and Health Education Program for Adolescent Girls Living in Public Housing
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010-2-15)BACKGROUND. Although physical inactivity is a concern for all adolescents, physical activity levels are especially low among minority adolescents and minimal among girls from low-income families. After-school programs can ... -
Episodic Homelessness and Health Care Utilization in a Prospective Cohort of HIV-Infected Persons with Alcohol Problems
(BioMed Central, 2006-2-27)BACKGROUND: Because individuals with HIV/AIDS often have complex medical and social needs, the impact of housing status on medical service utilization is difficult to isolate from the impact of conditions that may worsen ... -
Syphilis and Hepatitis B Co-Infection among HIV-Infected, Sex-Trafficked Women and Girls, Nepal
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011-12-29)Sex trafficking may play a major role in spread of HIV across South Asia. We investigated co-infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among 246 sex-trafficked women and girls from Nepal. Those who were ... -
Alcohol and HIV Disease Progression: Weighing the Evidence
(Current Science Inc., 2010-9-3)Heavy alcohol use is commonplace among HIV-infected individuals; however, the extent that alcohol use adversely impacts HIV disease progression has not been fully elucidated. Fairly strong evidence suggests that heavy ...
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