Browsing by Subject "Family Characteristics"
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Alcohol dependence and use of treatment services among women in the community.
(The American journal of psychiatry, 2004-10)OBJECTIVE:This study examined the extent and characteristics of alcohol dependence and the perceived need for and use of alcohol treatment services among women compared with men in a nonclinical sample of adults 18-64 years ... -
Burning a hole in the budget: tobacco spending and its crowd-out of other goods.
(Appl Health Econ Health Policy, 2004)Smoking is an expensive habit. Smoking households spend, on average, more than $US1000 annually on cigarettes. When a family member quits, in addition to the former smoker's improved long-term health, families benefit because ... -
Correlates of poor health among orphans and abandoned children in less wealthy countries: the importance of caregiver health.
(PLoS One, 2012)BACKGROUND: More than 153 million children worldwide have been orphaned by the loss of one or both parents, and millions more have been abandoned. We investigated relationships between the health of orphaned and abandoned ... -
Influenza vaccination of household contacts of newborns: a hospital-based strategy to increase vaccination rates.
(Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2010-10)We implemented a hospital-based influenza vaccination program for household contacts of newborns. Among mothers not vaccinated prenatally, 44.7% were vaccinated through the program, as were 25.7% of fathers. A hospital-based ... -
Magic moment? Maternal marriage for children born out of wedlock.
(Demography, 2014-08)To test the existence of the "magic moment" for parental marriage immediately post-birth and to inform policies that preferentially encourage biological over step parent marriage, this study estimates the incidence and stability ... -
Social dynamics of short term variability in key measures of household and community wellbeing in Bangladesh.
(Scientific data, 2019-07-17)High-frequency social data collection may facilitate improved recall, more inclusive reporting, and improved capture of intra-period variability. Although there are examples of small studies collecting particular variables ... -
Sociocultural and socioeconomic influences on type 2 diabetes risk in overweight/obese African-American and Latino-American children and adolescents.
(J Obes, 2013)PURPOSE: It is unclear whether sociocultural and socioeconomic factors are directly linked to type 2 diabetes risk in overweight/obese ethnic minority children and adolescents. This study examines the relationships between ... -
Spatial distribution of bednet coverage under routine distribution through the public health sector in a rural district in Kenya.
(PLoS One, 2011)Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are one of the most important and cost-effective tools for malaria control. Maximizing individual and community benefit from ITNs requires high population-based coverage. Several mechanisms ... -
Spousal concordance in health behavior change.
(Health Serv Res, 2008-02)OBJECTIVE: This study examines the degree to which a married individual's health habits and use of preventive medical care are influenced by his or her spouse's behaviors. STUDY DESIGN: Using longitudinal data on individuals ... -
Substance use, dependence, and service utilization among the US uninsured nonelderly population.
(American journal of public health, 2003-12)OBJECTIVES:We examined the prevalence and correlates of substance use, dependence, and service utilization among uninsured persons aged 12 to 64 years. METHODS:We drew study data from the 1998 National Household Survey on ... -
The relationship between employment and substance use among students aged 12 to 17.
(The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2003-01)PURPOSE:To examine the association between employment status and substance use among students aged 12 to 17 years. METHODS:Secondary analysis of data from the 1995 and 1996 National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse was conducted. ... -
Use of substance abuse treatment services by persons with mental health and substance use problems.
(Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 2003-03)OBJECTIVES: This study provided population estimates of mental syndromes and substance use problems and examined whether the co-occurrence of mental health and substance use problems was associated with the use of substance ...
