News Releases 2011

News Releases 2011

HPV Vaccine Does Not Appear to Encourage Risky Sexual Behavior December 13, 2011

  • Human Papillomavirus Vaccine and Sexual Behavior Among Adolescent and Young Women
    January 2012 (Vol. 42 | No. 1 | Pages 44-52)

    Nicole C. Liddon, Jami S. Leichliter, Lauri E. Markowitz

Biopsy Referral after PSA Screening Stays Consistent Over Time: No Movement toward More Aggressive Follow-up, Study in American Journal of Preventive Medicine Finds December 13, 2011

  • Biopsy Follow-Up of Prostate-Specific Antigen Tests
    January 2012 (Vol. 42 | No. 1 | Pages 37-43)

    Steven B. Zeliadt, Diana S.M. Buist, Robert J. Reid, David C. Grossman, Jian Ma, Ruth Etzioni

Law Barring Doctors from Talking to Patients about Gun Ownership Undermines Efforts to Address Key Public Health Issue, Experts Say November 10, 2011

  • Attempts to Silence Firearm Injury Prevention
    January 2012 (Vol. 42 | No. 1 | Pages 99-102)

    Eric W. Fleegler, Michael C. Monuteaux, Scott R. Bauer, Lois Kaye Lee

Blood Disorders Are a Public Health Issue November 16, 2011

  • A Public Health Framework for Rare Blood Disorders
    December 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 6 | Pages S319-S323)

    Scott D. Grosse, Andra H. James, Michele A. Lloyd-Puryear, Hani K. Atrash

Clean Indoor Air Laws Encourage Bans on Smoking at Home But 50% of Children in Households with Smokers Still Exposed November 8, 2011

  • Home Smoking Bans Among U.S. Households with Children and Smokers: Opportunities for Intervention
    December 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 6 | Pages 559-565)

    Alice L. Mills, Martha M. White, John P. Pierce, Karen Messer

  • Smokefree Community Policies Promote Home Smoking Bans: Unknown Mechanisms and Opportunities for Preventive Medicine
    December 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 6 | Pages 650-652)

    Melbourne F. Hovell, Christina N. Lessov-Schlaggar, Ding Ding

Daily Exercise, Minimized Computer Time for Optimal Sleep in Teens November 8, 2011

Attacks on Federal Air Pollution Regulations Dangerous to Americans' Health: Environmental Health Experts November 1, 2011

  • Attack on Protections Against Air Pollution
    December 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 6 | Pages 645-647)

    Joshua Lipsman, Arthur L. Frank

CDC reports excessive alcohol consumption cost the U.S. $224 billion in 2006: Most of the costs were due to binge drinking October 17, 2011

  • CME article Economic Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption in the U.S., 2006
    November 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 5 | Pages 516-524)

    Ellen E. Bouchery, Henrick J. Harwood, Jeffrey J. Sacks, Carol J. Simon, Robert D. Brewer

Men with Disabilities Four Times More Likely to Be Sexually Abused Than Men without Disabilities October 11, 2011

  • Sexual Violence Victimization Against Men with Disabilities
    November 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 5 | Pages 494-497)

    Monika Mitra, Vera E. Mouradian, Marci Diamond

Second-Hand Smoke in China Puts Children at Risk October 11, 2011

  • CME article Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Chinese Schoolchildren's Respiratory Health: A Prospective Cohort Study
    November 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 5 | Pages 487-493)

    Qi-Qiang He, Tze-Wai Wong, Lin Du, Zhuo-Qin Jiang, Tak-sun Ignatius Yu, Hong Qiu, Yang Gao, Andromeda H.S. Wong, Wei-Jia Liu, Jia-Gang Wu

Sidewalks, Crime Affect Women's Physical Activity Throughout U.S. October 11, 2011

  • Perceived Built Environment and Physical Activity in U.S. Women by Sprawl and Region
    November 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 5 | Pages 473-479)

    Philip J. Troped, Kosuke Tamura, Heather A. Whitcomb, Francine Laden

Medical Education Needs More of a Public Health and Prevention Focus September 28, 2011

Patients and Populations: Public Health in Medical Education
Guest Editors: Rika Maeshiro, Denise Koo and C. William Keck
October 2011 (Volume 41, Issue 4, Supplement 3, pages S145-S318)

Black, Hispanic, Poor Young Women Less Likely to Complete HPV Vaccinations August 30, 2011

  • Racial/Ethnic and Poverty Disparities in Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Completion
    October 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 4 | Pages 428-433)

    Linda M. Niccolai, Niti R. Mehta, James L. Hadler

Dieting Beats Exercise for Diabetes Prevention, Combination Is Best August 30, 2011

  • cme article Dietary Weight Loss and Exercise Effects on Insulin Resistance in Postmenopausal Women
    October 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 4 | Pages 366-375)

    Caitlin Mason, Karen E. Foster-Schubert, Ikuyo Imayama, Angela Kong, Liren Xiao, Carolyn Bain, Kristin L. Campbell, Ching-Yun Wang, Catherine R. Duggan, Cornelia M. Ulrich, Catherine M. Alfano, George L. Blackburn, Anne McTiernan

A Lifetime of Physical Activity Yields Measurable Benefits As We Age August 24, 2011

Menthol Cigarettes May Make it Tougher to Quit Smoking for Certain Populations August 15, 2011

  • Smoking-Cessation Prevalence Among U.S. Smokers of Menthol Versus Non-Menthol Cigarettes
    October 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 4 | Pages 357-365)

    Cristine D. Delnevo, Daniel A. Gundersen, Mary Hrywna, Sandra E. Echeverria, Michael B. Steinberg

Task Force finds commercial liability an effective strategy to reduce alcohol-related problems August 9, 2011

  • Recommendations on Dram Shop Liability and Overservice Law Enforcement Initiatives to Prevent Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Related Harms
    September 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 3 | Pages 344-346)

    Task Force on Community Preventive Services

  • Effects of Dram Shop Liability and Enhanced Overservice Law Enforcement Initiatives on Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Related Harms: A Commentary on a New Mexico Perspective
    September 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 3 | Pages 347-349)

    Rachel O'Connor

  • Dram Shop Liability and Overservice Law Enforcement Initiatives: A Commentary
    September 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 3 | Pages 350-352)

    James F. Mosher

  • Effects of Dram Shop Liability and Enhanced Overservice Law Enforcement Initiatives on Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Related Harms: Two Community Guide Systematic Reviews
    September 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 3 | Pages 334-343)

    Veda Rammohan, Robert A. Hahn, Randy Elder, Robert Brewer, Jonathan Fielding, Timothy S. Naimi, Traci L. Toomey, Sajal K. Chattopadhyay, Carlos Zometa, Task Force on Community Preventive Services

  • Enlisting Bars and Restaurants in the Prevention of Intoxication and Subsequent Harms: Why It Matters
    September 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 3 | Pages 353-354)

    Robert F. Saltz

High School Students Today Less Likely to Be Heavy Smokers August 2, 2011

Heart Attack Survivors from Poorer Neighborhoods Get Less Exercise August 2, 2011

  • Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Leisure-Time Physical Activity After Myocardial Infarction: A Longitudinal Study
    September 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 3 | Pages 266-273)

    Yariv Gerber, Vicki Myers, Uri Goldbourt, Yael Benyamini, Yaacov Drory, Israel Study Group on First Acute Myocardial Infarction

Unhealthy Food Brands Pervasively Marketed to Children during Prime-Time TV despite Industry Pledges August 2, 2011

  • Child and Adolescent Exposure to Food and Beverage Brand Appearances During Prime-Time Television Programming
    September 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 3 | Pages 291-296)

    Sarah E. Speers, Jennifer L. Harris, Marlene B. Schwartz

Too Much Sitting May Be Bad for Your Health: Experts Explore the Science of Sedentary Behavior in Themed Issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine July 2011

  • CME article Employment and Physical Activity in the U.S.
    August 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 2 | Pages 136-145)

    Dane R. Van Domelen, Annemarie Koster, Paolo Caserotti, Robert J. Brychta, Kong Y. Chen, James J. McClain, Richard P. Troiano, David Berrigan, Tamara B. Harris

  • U.S. School Travel, 2009: An Assessment of Trends
    August 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 2 | Pages 146-151)

    Noreen C. McDonald, Austin L. Brown, Lauren M. Marchetti, Margo S. Pedroso

  • Health Risks, Correlates, and Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Young People
    August 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 2 | Pages 197-206)

    Jo Salmon, Mark S. Tremblay, Simon J. Marshall, Clare Hume

  • The Descriptive Epidemiology of Sitting: A 20-Country Comparison Using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)
    August 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 2 | Pages 228-235)

    Adrian Bauman, Barbara E. Ainsworth, James F. Sallis, Maria Hagströmer, Cora L. Craig, Fiona C. Bull, Michael Pratt, Kamalesh Venugopal, Josephine Chau, Michael Sjöström, IPS Group

  • Sedentary Behaviors and Subsequent Health Outcomes in Adults: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies, 1996–2011
    August 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 2 | Pages 207-215)

    Alicia A. Thorp, Neville Owen, Maike Neuhaus, David W. Dunstan

  • Measurement of Adults' Sedentary Time in Population-Based Studies
    August 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 2 | Pages 216-227)

    Genevieve N. Healy, Bronwyn K. Clark, Elisabeth A.H. Winkler, Paul A. Gardiner, Wendy J. Brown, Charles E. Matthews

  • Adults' Sedentary Behavior: Determinants and Interventions
    August 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 2 | Pages 189-196)

    Neville Owen, Takemi Sugiyama, Elizabeth E. Eakin, Paul A. Gardiner, Mark S. Tremblay, James F. Sallis

Large Study Reaffirms H1N1, Seasonal Flu Vaccine Safety July 2011

  • CME article H1N1 and Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Safety in the Vaccine Safety Datalink Project
    August 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 2 | Pages 121-128)

    Grace M. Lee, Sharon K. Greene, Eric S. Weintraub, James Baggs, Martin Kulldorff, Bruce H. Fireman, Roger Baxter, Steven J. Jacobsen, Stephanie Irving, Matthew F. Daley, Ruihua Yin, Allison Naleway, James D. Nordin, Lingling Li, Natalie McCarthy, Claudia Vellozzi, Frank DeStefano, Tracy A. Lieu, Vaccine Safety Datalink Project

Losing Weight, Keeping It Off Might Require Distinct Skill Sets July 2011

  • Practices Associated with Weight Loss Versus Weight-Loss Maintenance: Results of a National Survey
    August 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 2 | Pages 159-166)

    Christopher N. Sciamanna, Michaela Kiernan, Barbara J. Rolls, Jarol Boan, Heather Stuckey, Donna Kephart, Carla K. Miller, Gordon Jensen, Terry J. Hartmann, Eric Loken, Kevin O. Hwang, Ronald J. Williams, Melissa A. Clark, Jane R. Schubart, Arthur M. Nezu, Erik Lehman, Cheryl Dellasega

Construction Industry Has Highest Number of Traumatic Brain Injuries in US Workplace: American Journal of Preventive Medicine Publishes First National Study of Occupational Fatalities June 2011

  • The Epidemiology of Fatal Occupational Traumatic Brain Injury in the U.S.
    July 2011 (Vol. 41 | No. 1 | Pages 61-67)

    Hope M. Tiesman, Srinivas Konda, Jennifer L. Bell

Weight-Loss Counseling Most Prevalent Between Male Physicians and Obese Men May 2011

Most Recent Mammography Recommendations Confuse Public April 2011

  • CME article The Public's Response to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's 2009 Recommendations on Mammography Screening
    May 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 5 | Pages 497-504)

    Linda B. Squiers, Debra J. Holden, Suzanne E. Dolina, Annice E. Kim, Carla M. Bann, Jeanette M. Renaud

  • Media Coverage of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations: A Commentary
    May 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 5 | Pages 579-580)

    Diana B. Petitti, Ned Calonge

Rising Rates of Tubal Pregnancies Cause Concern April 2011

  • Population-Based Ectopic Pregnancy Trends, 1993–2007
    May 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 5 | Pages 556-560)

    Britton Trabert, Victoria L. Holt, Onchee Yu, Stephen K. Van Den Eeden, Delia Scholes

Exercising to Government Standards Could Lower Your Death Risk April 2011

Teens Prefer Liquor to Beer, Hardly Touch Wine March 2011

  • Alcoholic Beverage Preferences and Associated Drinking Patterns and Risk Behaviors Among High School Youth
    April 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 4 | Pages 419-426)

    Michael B. Siegel, Timothy S. Naimi, Jennifer L. Cremeens, David E. Nelson

Diabetes Belt Identified in Southern United States March 2011

  • Geographic Distribution of Diagnosed Diabetes in the U.S. A Diabetes Belt
    April 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 4 | Pages 434-439)

    Lawrence E. Barker, Karen A. Kirtland, Edward W. Gregg, Linda S. Geiss, Theodore J. Thompson

Ignition Interlocks Reduce Alcohol-Impaired Driving February 2011

  • Effectiveness of Ignition Interlocks for Preventing Alcohol-Impaired Driving and Alcohol-Related Crashes: A Community Guide Systematic Review
    March 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 3 | Pages 362-376)

    Randy W. Elder, Robert Voas, Doug Beirness, Ruth A. Shults, David A. Sleet, James L. Nichols, Richard Compton, Task Force on Community Preventive Services

  • Recommendations on the Effectiveness of Ignition Interlocks for Preventing Alcohol-Impaired Driving and Alcohol-Related Crashes
    March 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 3 | Page 377)

    Task Force on Community Preventive Services

  • Alcohol Interlock Systems in Sweden: 10 Years of Systematic Work
    March 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 3 | Pages 378-379)

    Patrick Magnusson, Lisa Jakobsson, Sven Hultman

Interest in E-cigarettes Is High, but Safety and Effectiveness Unknown February 2011

  • CME article Tracking the Rise in Popularity of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (Electronic Cigarettes) Using Search Query Surveillance
    April 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 4 | Pages 448-453)

    John W. Ayers, Kurt M. Ribisl, John S. Brownstein

Teen's Best Friend: Young Dog Owners More Physically Active February 2011

  • Dog Ownership and Adolescent Physical Activity
    March 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 3 | Pages 334-337)

    John R. Sirard, Carrie D. Patnode, Mary O. Hearst, Melissa N. Laska

iPhone Quit-Smoking Apps Don't Make the Grade February 2011

  • CME article iPhone Apps for Smoking Cessation: A Content Analysis
    March 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 3 | Pages 279-285)

    Lorien C. Abroms, Nalini Padmanabhan, Lalida Thaweethai, Todd Phillips

Impact of FDA Regulations Restricting Outdoor Cigarette Advertising Near Schools Examined: Easing Rules Could Cripple Law February 2011

  • CME article Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: Banning Outdoor Tobacco Advertising Near Schools and Playgrounds
    March 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 3 | Pages 295-302)

    Douglas A. Luke, Kurt M. Ribisl, Carson Smith, Amy A. Sorg

10-Year Roadmap for Reaching Public Health Education Goals: Healthy People 2020 Education for Health Initiative Featured in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine January 2011

  • A 2020 Vision for Educating the Next Generation of Public Health Leaders
    February 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 2 | Pages 199-202)

    Howard K. Koh, Juleigh M. Nowinski, Julie J. Piotrowski

  • Healthy People 2020 and Education for Health: What Are the Objectives?
    February 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 2 | Pages 203-206)

    Richard K. Riegelman, David R. Garr

  • Evidence-Based Health Promotion Programs for Schools and Communities
    February 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 2 | Pages 207-219)

    Dianna D. Inman, Karen M. van Bakergem, Angela C. LaRosa, David R. Garr

  • Community Colleges and Public Health: Making the Connections
    February 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 2 | Pages 220-225)

    Brenda A. Kirkwood, Richard K. Riegelman

  • Undergraduate Public Health at 4-Year Institutions: It's Here to Stay
    February 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 2 | Pages 226-231)

    Richard K. Riegelman, Susan Albertine

  • Using the Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework to Encourage Curricular Change
    February 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 2 | Pages 232-244)

    Rika Maeshiro, Clyde H. Evans, Joan M. Stanley, Susan M. Meyer, Vladimir W. Spolsky, Stephen C. Shannon, Mary Beth Bigley, Janet D. Allan, William G. Lang, Kenneth L. Johnson

  • Model Approaches for Advancing Interprofessional Prevention Education
    February 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 2 | Pages 245-260)

    Clyde H. Evans, Suzanne B. Cashman, Donna A. Page, David R. Garr

  • The Roles of Healthcare Professionals in Implementing Clinical Prevention and Population Health
    February 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 2 | Pages 261-267)

    Tatiana Zenzano, Janet D. Allan, Mary Beth Bigley, Reamer L. Bushardt, David R. Garr, Ken Johnson, William Lang, Rika Maeshiro, Susan M. Meyer, Stephen C. Shannon, Vladimir W. Spolsky, Joan M. Stanley

Most Seniors Don't Get Shingles Vaccination, CDC Finds January 2011

  • Herpes Zoster Vaccination Among Adults Aged 60 Years and Older, in the U.S., 2008
    February 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 2 | Pages e1-e6)

    Peng-jun Lu, Gary L. Euler, Rafael Harpaz

Are You Medically Prepared for a Natural Disaster? January 2011

  • Disaster Preparedness Among Medically Vulnerable Populations
    February 2011 (Vol. 40 | No. 2 | Pages 139-143)

    Jeffrey W. Bethel, Amber N. Foreman, Sloane C. Burke

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