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Cardiopulmonary responses of Wistar Kyoto (WKY), spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and stroke prone SHR (SHRSP) to particulate matter (PM) exposure
Investigating the health status of the Yakut: An analysis of residence and sex differences in blood pressure
 
"Usitembee nao": Women's sexual health communication networks in rural Tanzania
HIV/AIDS: Determinant and deterrent of foreign direct investment
 
Recovering health care in post-Katrina New Orleans
The effect of school environment on the association between sweetened beverage consumption, physical activity levels, and body mass index
 
Evaluating photolysis and sorption of antibiotics in both laboratory and environmental settings
Contemplating change in the face of risk: A series of articles about approaches people use when considering behavior change to reduce cancer risk
 
Tiny babies: The immense costs and quandaries of preterm birth and low birth weight
The global burden of anthropogenic ozone and particulate matter air pollution on premature human mortality
 
The feasibility of a home based exercise intervention for Latina breast cancer survivors
Adolescent health and educational attainment: Understanding patterns by race and gender
 
LoveLife, MYMsta, and Mizz B: Evaluating a mobile phone-based social network to prevent HIV among youth in South Africa
Exploring the relationship between body mass index and skinfold thickness in children and adolescents
 
The "Red Apple" Healthy Food Environments in Hospitals Project: A Qualitative Analysis of the Implementation Process
The impact of oral health literacy on periodontal health status
 
"I Can See She Does Not Want to be Pregnant": Using Images to Inform Low-Literacy Audiences About Safe Abortion in Zambia
Premature mortalities attributable to ozone and fine particulate exposure: The effect of grid size on health burden estimates in the United States
 
The effects of an integrated exercise and recreation therapy intervention on breast cancer survivors
The effect of sleep quality and sleep quantity on concussion assessment
 
Access to Endodontic Care in North Carolina Public Health and Medicaid Settings
Disease mapping of syphilis in Forsyth County, North Carolina with enhanced geoprivacy and spatial resolution
 
Detection of Enterovirus in Marine Recreational Waters of Southern California using Quantitative and Nested PCR techniques
Environmental injustice, public health and solid waste facilities in North Carolina
 
Do coping motives moderate daily mood-drinking covariation: Disentangling a paradox
Illness self-management among adults living with ANCA small vessel vasculitis
 
The effect of obesity on labor market outcomes
Values and diet among colorectal cancer survivors and non-affected individuals in North Carolina
 
Neighborhood and family effects on trajectories of physical and social aggression during adolescence: Three studies using multilevel growth curve modeling
Income and child nutritional status in China in the 1990s: Three essays
 
Chlamydial infection among young adults: Selective screening and partner age difference. An investigation of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
A test for detecting space-time clustering and a comparison with some existing methods
 
Statutory rape: Mandatory reporting in the Title X clinics of North Carolina
Promoting healthy weight in child care: Pilot testing, training methodology, and instrument evaluation
 
Discrimination, distrust, and racial/ethnic disparities in antiretroviral therapy adherence by HIV+ patients
Capitalizing on the Teachable Moment: Improving self-help smoking cessation interventions
 
Dietary diversity as a measure of nutritional adequacy throughout childhood
Impact of medication stressors on emotional health of informal caregivers of demented patients
 
Is childhood overweight a special health care need?
Economic evaluation of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The effects of early initiation of inhaled corticosteroids on exacerbation risks, utilization and costs
 
Thai adolescents' sexual behaviors and school-based sex education: Perspectives of stakeholders in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand
Examining the association between self-reported condom use and sexually transmitted infections
 
The influence of adolescent friendships on STI/HIV risk behaviors in emerging adulthood
Breastfeeding practices among North Carolina WIC clients from 1996 through 2002: Patterns, correlates, and the effects of in-home postpartum support
 
HIV and STI among women in Uganda, Zimbabwe and Thailand: Associations with male circumcision and changes in condom use
The effect of family adaptive resources on asthma care utilization in urban African-American children
 
Access to health care for disadvantaged individuals: A qualitative inquiry
An evaluation of recruitment and retention strategies among Asian American women in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
 
Mexican-American adolescents and metabolic syndrome: Deciphering the role of acculturation
Implementation of 100% tobacco-free school policies in North Carolina school districts: From policy to practice
 
Preventing aggressive behavior by promoting social information-processing skills: A theory-based evaluation of the Making Choices program
New and improved methods for F+ coliphage culture, detection, and typing to monitor water and shellfish for fecal contamination
 
Essays on applications of information economics
Social isolation and sexual risk behavior among recently arrived male Hispanic migrants in Durham, North Carolina
 
Friendship formation and smoking initiation among teens
Are cholera and typhoid vaccines a good investment for a slum in Kolkata, India?
 
The parent-adolescent relationship, adolescents' disclosure to parents, and adolescent substance use
Determinants of preference/intention to use condoms among unmarried youths in Vietnam
 
The identification and validation of neural tube defects in the General Practice Research Database
Risk assessment of a pedestrian-oriented environment
 
Fertility rate, use of cesarean delivery, and the role of information gap: Evidence from Taiwan
An evaluation of the North Carolina Tobacco.Reality.Unfiltered. media campaign
 
The impact of health insurance on medical care, lifestyle behaviors and health of non-elderly diabetics
Health care service utilization and Medicaid costs among children with and without orofacial clefts in North Carolina, 1995--2002
 
Strategy for determining vaccination user fees and locations: A case study in rural China
Sociocultural perspectives of physical activity patterns in American adolescents: (1) Association patterns of health risk behaviors; (2) Effects of peer influence
 
Evaluating the efficacy of Internet based motivational interviewing group treatment for weight loss
State interventions and hospital response in community health promotion: A comparative study of California, Texas and Florida
 
Operating characteristics of group testing algorithms for case identification in the presence of test error
Malodor from industrial hog operations, stress, negative mood, and secretory immune function in nearby residents
 
Occurrence and potential health effects of antibiotic resistant and pathogenic enteric bacteria on swine animal agriculture and row crop farms in farmers and their neighbors
Association between tardive dyskinesia and dopamine receptor genes among patients with chronic schizophrenia
 
Organizational crises in local North Carolina public health agencies: A crisis typology and assessment of organizational preparedness
Longitudinal relationships between physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and obesity in children and adolescents
 
Use of R2 statistics for assessing goodness-of-fit and model selection in the Linear Mixed Model for longitudinal data
The effect of maternal health input behaviors on the incidence of pediatric asthma diagnosis and management
 
Discrepancies in perceived friendship intimacy as a predictor of adolescent alcohol use
Understanding the process of disclosure to HIV-infected children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
 
Literacy in arthritis
The impact of observed parental emotion socialization on adolescent self-medication
 
Effects of acculturation on Somali women's birth outcomes: Implications for healthcare policy
Maternal health exposures and pregnancy outcome: Examining symptoms of nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy, maternal caffeine consumption, and spontaneous abortion utilizing regression and propensity score methodologies
 
The Surgeon General and the bully pulpit
Understanding patients' adherence to antiretroviral therapy: A mixed-methods study in Arusha, Tanzania
 
Understanding the decline in prevalence of hypertension in US adults between 1976--80 and 1999--02
Health policy networks - Bridging interests and augmenting influence in the changing global health policy environment
 
Influence of provider advice and maternal attitudes on weight change and physical activity during pregnancy and postpartum
The determinants of firefighter physical fitness: An inductive inquiry into firefighter culture and coronary risk salience
 
Health benefits of traffic-related particulate matter control policies: The case of Bangkok, Thailand
Predictive modeling of health care expenditures for Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease
 
Factors that influence disclosure and program participation among pregnant HIV-positive women: A mixed methods study in Lilongwe, Malawi
Referrals for dental care in a medical office-based preventive dental program
 
Influence of parental socialization on adolescent alcohol misuse
An African-American and Latino male lay health advisor (LHA) program: How confidant-LHA relationship interdependence and LHA preventive health behaviors impact confidant preventive health behaviors
 
Survival and transmission of coronaviruses in the healthcare environment
Under the same roof: Understanding the gender disparity in obesity prevalence in U.S. Black young adults
 
The relationship between inhalant use and adolescent gateway drug use sequencing: A latent transition analysis
Information processes of health communication and fruit and vegetable consumption: A multi-sample structural equation modeling approach by intervention and colon cancer status groups
 
HIV testing and linkage to care in North Carolina: Early diagnosis, late diagnosis, and delayed presentation to care
Genome sequencing and phylogenetic analyses as a basis for molecular subtyping of male-specific (FRNA) coliphages
 
Screening for syphilis and HIV in North Carolina jails
Determining body mass index cutoffs to identify increased risk of hypertension for Asian ethnicities
 
Strengthening the prevention support system in CDC's Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) program
Effects of informal care on caregivers' labor market outcomes and health in South Korea
 
Analysis techniques for diffusion tensor imaging data
Underuse and overuse of colonoscopy among survivors of colorectal cancer
 
The association between socioeconomic position over the life-course and incident heart failure and its case fatality
Enabling legislation for physician assistants in Puerto Rico: A sociocultural policy analysis
 
Contact with beach sand and risk of illness
The pulmonary health effects of diesel exhaust and diesel exhaust particles: Evidence from cellular in vitro and human exposure studies
 
Mammography maintenance: A longitudinal, population-based study of insured women
Cost as a feature of medication management communication in medical visits
 
The postpartum visit: An overlooked opportunity for prevention
Medication abortion provision in Bihar and Jharkhand, India: Health facility level and provider level influences
 
Three essays on intra-household resource allocation, the cost of illness measure, and immunization policy
The association of overweight with allergy and asthma in children: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999--2006
 
Parental death and HIV infection among adolescents and young adults in South Africa
Estimating the effects of overweight duration, sodium intake and genetic variants on hypertension risk among Filipino women in Cebu, Philippines
 
The Orphan Drug Act of 1983: A case study of issue framing and the failure to effect policy change from 1990--1994
Implementing person centered care in nursing homes
 
Breast cancer risk, risk perception and lifestyle behaviors among women with a family history of the disease: A mixed-method approach
Concentrated disadvantage and intimate partner violence
 
How changes at the local health department level are associated with improvements in health outcomes at the state level
Exploring perceptions of risk for coronary heart disease in African American women with type 2 diabetes
 
Understanding changes in diet, physical activity and weight among adults in China
Essays in maternal health and human rights: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
 
Use of biomedical obstetric care in south-central Tanzania: Production and effects of embodied inequality
Do active communities support activity, or support active people? Residential self-selection in the estimation of built environment influences on physical activity
 
Is it who you are or where you live? A mixed-method exploration of associations between people and place in the context of HIV in rural Malawi
Physician careers in rural areas: Transitions and trajectories
 
Women with co-occurring disorders and histories of abuse: Moderators of treatment effect on services use and costs
Addressing health disparities: Is there a role for private payers in reducing the incidence of type 2 diabetes among U.S. Hispanics?
 
Transnational issues in women's health and well-being
The ecology of birth defects: Socio-economic and environmental determinants of gastroschisis in North Carolina
 
Cervical precancerous lesions in HIV-positive women in Cameroon: Prevalence, predictors and potential impact of screening
Measuring and increasing the effectiveness of the quality improvement implementation change practices of front-line maternity physician and nurse leaders
 
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and ACT-like services: Associations with primary care, general medical services, and rural areas
The design, implementation and evaluation of a statewide cultural competency training for North Carolina Disease Intervention Specialists
 
Spouse abuse by Army soldiers: Sex differences and the organizational response
North Carolina public health agency accreditation and performance: The climb from good to extraordinary
 
Characterization of dengue virus interactions with host cells
An experimental test of the effectiveness of customized narrative and non-narrative health blogs
 
The effects of institutional racism, perceived discrimination and maternal stress on preterm birth
Perceived racism and substance use among Latino immigrant men
 
Examining correlates of serostatus disclosure and sexual transmission risk behaviors among people living with HIV in North Carolina
A process evaluation of the North Carolina beauty and health project
 
Attitudes, practices, and beliefs about human papillomavirus vaccine among young adult African-American women: Implications for effective implementation
Geographic and social influences on HIV risk behavior among urban young men in Tanzania
 
Pounds off digitally (POD): An examination of the use of podcasting to promote weight loss
Understanding the effect of conflicting information on medication adherence for vasculitis patients
 
Toward a recombinant adeno-associated virus origin of replication
Incorporation of private demand and herd protection into vaccine policy models: An example for cholera vaccination in Matlab, Bangladesh
 
Psychosocial characteristics of patients in a family-centered HIV care and treatment program in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Central line-associated blood-stream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonias: Changing infection rate across duration of hospitalization and with different definitions of time at risk
 
Orphans, poverty and human capital in sub-Saharan Africa
Informational privacy protections: Do state laws offer public health leaders the flexibility they need?
 
Relationships between serum and meconium biomarkers of prenatal tobacco smoke exposure and their association with infant and early childhood growth
Gender inequality and traditional social norms as predictors of risky sex among men in the north Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand: Quantitative and qualitative analyses
 
PRESENCE: Predicting sensory and control effects of home console video games
The associations between physical activity and antepartum and postpartum depression
 
Biological monitoring of occupational exposure to monomeric 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate
Intersections of gender equity, intimate partner violence and relationship dynamics among Brazilian youth
 
Novel statistical methods for the study design and analysis of genome-wide association studies
The influence of diet-induced obesity on the generation, function and maintenance of influenza-specific memory CD8+ T cells
 
Weight-related disparities in colorectal cancer prevention behaviors
Home environment and child diet
 
An evaluation of mandatory communicable disease reporting in North Carolina
The middle school experience and substance use in early adolescence
 
Use of early biological detection data by decision makers to minimize the consequences of no-notice infectious disease outbreaks
Preterm birth risk in New York City's ethnic and immigrant enclaves
 
Substance use and sexual risk behavior among orphaned and non-orphaned youth in South Africa
Challenges to the treatment of malaria
 
Association between cancer and the detection and management of comorbid health conditions among elderly men with prostate cancer in the United States
Association of obstructive airway disease and lung function with incident heart failure, and optimal prediction of heart failure in community settings: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study
 
Prescription drug plan enrollment and patient outcomes in Medicare Part D beneficiaries with diabetes
Food environment as a determinant of weight and diet change in low-income North Carolina women
 
Patient access to care in health reform: Opinions of primary care physicians on St. Maarten, NA, identifying barriers and developing solutions
Malaria and anemia in HIV-infected pregnant women in Malawi: Associations with cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, submicroscopic malaria, iron supplementation and iron deficiency
 
The impact of social policy and social networks on the employment status of persons with disabilities
HIV service utilization among female sex workers in St. Petersburg, Russia: individual and contextual influences on access to testing and treatment services
 
Sexual risk behaviors of men who have sex with men in Viet Nam
A closer look: Health services structure and organization, health disparities, and receipt of high quality breast cancer treatment
 
Effect of early preventive dental care on dental treatment, expenditures, and oral health among medicaid enrolled children
Evaluation of an intervention to decrease delays in external health care delivery to prisoners in a correctional facility in Lebanon
 
Conceptualizing and testing a new measure of fertility intentions: A mixed methods exploration of factors that affect the achievement of childbearing plans
Three essays on HIV/AIDS related issues in Southern Africa
 
Exploring the relationship between childhood neglect and violence in a sample of high-risk early adolescents: Findings from a longitudinal study
The effects of maternal prepregnancy body mass index and psychological factors on infant feeding behaviors
 
Making the Business Case for Breastfeeding: An Experimental Test of Self-Interested and Other-Regarding Gain- and Loss-Framed Health Appeals
The effect of race on rehabilitation utilization among stroke patients in North Carolina
 
A discrete-event simulation model of the U.S. juvenile justice and mental health systems
Current trends in early hearing diagnosis and intervention in North Carolina
 
The Role of Self-Efficacy to Explain the Effect of Counseling Time on Changes in Risky Sexual Behavior among People Living with HIV: A Mediation Analysis
The effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy on survival and CD4 cell percentage in HIV-infected children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
 
Life Course Patterns and Risky Health Behaviors in Incarcerated Women
Severe Hypoglycemia, Risk of Recurrent Events and Weight Gain on Insulin Therapy in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
 
HPV vaccine: Opportunities for mother-daughter communication about sex
The impact of political governance on biomedical research performance: A study of 50 countries
 
Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women and their Infants: Associations with Parasitemia, Common Illnesses and Birth Outcomes
Complementary and alternative medicine use by solid organ transplant recipients in the United States
 
Independent Component Analysis on Spectral Domain
Rural African American adolescents and factors affecting condom use: A path analysis study
 
The effect of geriatric care on health care use
The health impact of caring for grandchildren on grandparent caregivers: A longitudinal study in Taiwan
 
National study of teen driver licensing systems and graduated driver licensing program core components
Fostering A Permanent Home: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the ZERO TO THREE Court Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers Initiative
 
Geographic Variation in Knee Replacement Surgery: Provider or Population Driven?
Potential Mechanisms of Peer Influence on Adolescent Girls' Disordered Eating Behavior: An Experimental Design
 
Parenting of children under two: Severe physical punishment and psychological aggression
Preparedness and disaster response training for veterinary students: A model for academic change through partnership, collaboration, and innovation
 
The Dynamics of Living Arrangements Among the Elderly
Physicians' perceptions of the Hong Kong Cervical Screening Programme: Implications for improving cervical health
 
Cardiovascular disease prevention in women prisoners: The Stay Fit and Healthy intervention
Gender Integration Case Study: A Policy Implementation Analysis of USAID Health Sector Programming
 
Social support and weight loss among adolescent females
Breastfeeding friendly healthcare: A mixed methods evaluation of the implementation and outcomes of maternity practices to support breastfeeding
 
Contraceptive practice in Indonesia: Did the Village Midwife Program make a difference?
Health technology assessment evidence criteria: What types of evidence should be presented for products used to screen for disease in the United States?
 
To help or not to help: The effects of affective expectancies on reactions to prosocial persuasive messages
"16 and Pregnant": Examining the role of transportation and persuasive intent in the effects of an entertainment-education narrative
 
Outcomes of China Free Antiretroviral Treatment Program, 2003--2010
Family planning experiences and perceptions of access: Latina immigrants in a new settlement state
 
How are implementation and adaptation of evidence-based interventions applied in community practice settings? Lessons from the Modelo de Intervencion Psicomedica
The impact of segregation and education on levels of maternal risk and their joint contribution to the risk of preterm birth in North Carolina
 
Trajectories of adolescent dating abuse perpetration and victimization: The impact of pubertal timing and the role of peer context
Unwanted fertility experience, HIV status and post-partum contraceptive use in a PMTCT population in Durban, South Africa
 
Scaling-up community based neonatal resuscitation in Indonesia 2004 -2010: A retrospective case study
Improving the quality of quality improvement in health care: Case studies of provider office practices in the use of assisted office systems analysis within a quality improvement project
 
The association of racial residential segregation on physical activity and diet among older African American church members in the urban South: A mixed methods study
Relationships between community violence and sensitization and exposure to cockroach allergen among asthmatic innercity children
 
Breast density, race, and intrinsic subtypes of breast cancer
Mandated treatment, 12-step support groups, and criminal recidivism policy implications and perspective
 
Influenza vaccine effectiveness among patients on hemodialysis: Methods to control the healthy-user bias
Effect of the Mchinji Social Cash Transfer Pilot Scheme on Children's Schooling, Work and Health Outcomes: A Multilevel Study using Experimental Data
 
Positive prevention with youth living with HIV/AIDS in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Incarcerated women: Exploring the interrelatedness of intimate partner violence, drug use, and HIV risk behaviors
 
The participation of pregnant women in clinical research: Implications for practice within the U.S. pharmaceutical industry
An equity analysis of performance-based financing in Rwanda
 
Barriers to HIV care in rural Uganda
A multilevel study of schools' influences on adolescent substance use
 
Family planning in urban Kenya: An examination of the factors affecting contraceptive use
Environmental, occupational, and medical exposures associated with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in patients admitted to an eastern North Carolina hospital
 
Succession planning and management practice in Washington State local public health agencies: The current situation and recommendations for better practice
Developing a measure of hope for exploring HIV-related risks among young South African women in a high prevalence setting
 
Prevention of healthcare-associated infections in U.S. hospital settings
Accelerating sanitation: A mixed methods assessment of the health ministry's role in developing countries
 
The effects of early life disabilities on human capital accumulation in young adulthood