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Journal of Community Health

Issue 1/2012

Content (35 Articles)

Original Paper

“High Five to Healthy Living”: A Health Intervention Program for Youth at an Inner City Community Center

Ayanna D. Baker, Jasen Gilley, Jessica James, Maureen Kimani

Original Paper

Seasonal Influenza Vaccination among Homebound Elderly Receiving Home-Based Primary Care in New York City

David B. Banach, Katherine Ornstein, Stephanie H. Factor, Theresa A. Soriano

Original Paper

The Association Between Self-Efficacy and Hypertension Self-Care Activities Among African American Adults

Jan Warren-Findlow, Rachel B. Seymour, Larissa R. Brunner Huber

Original Paper

HIV Among Military Personnel in the Niger Delta of Nigeria

O. Azuonwu, O. Erhabor, O. Obire

Original Paper

Distrust in the Healthcare System and Organ Donation Intentions Among African Americans

Emily Russell, Dana H. Z. Robinson, Nancy J. Thompson, Jennie P. Perryman, Kimberly R. Jacob Arriola

Open Access Original Paper

Reliability of Community Health Worker Collected Data for Planning and Policy in a Peri-Urban Area of Kisumu, Kenya

C. F. Otieno, D. Kaseje, B. M. Ochieng’, M. N. Githae

Original Paper

Tap or Bottled Water: Drinking Preferences Among Urban Minority Children and Adolescents

Lina Huerta-Saenz, Matilde Irigoyen, Jorge Benavides, Maria Mendoza

Original Paper

Reported Benefits of Participation in a Research Study

Anabella G. Castillo, Lina Jandorf, Linda D. Thélémaque, Sheba King, Katherine Duhamel

Original Paper

Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among American Indians

Carla J. Berg, Christine Makosky Daley, Niaman Nazir, J. B. Kinlacheeny, Amber Ashley, Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, K. Allen Greiner, Won S. Choi

Original Paper

Assessing Readiness for Establishing a Farmers’ Market at a Community Health Center

Darcy A. Freedman, Y. Omar Whiteside, Heather M. Brandt, Vicki Young, Daniela B. Friedman, James R. Hébert

Original Paper

Legislators’ Beliefs on Tobacco Control Policies in Nevada

Nancy L. York, Chris A. Pritsos, Antonio P. Gutierrez

Original Paper

Availability of Tobacco and Alcohol Products in Los Angeles Community Pharmacies

Robin L. Corelli, Briseis Aschebrook-Kilfoy, Gilwan Kim, Peter J. Ambrose, Karen Suchanek Hudmon

Original Paper

Use of Health Services Among Vineyard and Winery Workers in the North Willamette Valley, Oregon

Daniel F. Lopez-Cevallos, Leda I. Garside, Leticia Vazquez, Kristty Polanco

Original Paper

The Impact of Birth Spacing on Subsequent Feto-Infant Outcomes among Community Enrollees of a Federal Healthy Start Project

Hamisu M. Salihu, Euna M. August, Alfred K. Mbah, Raymond J. de Cuba II, Amina P. Alio, Vanessa Rowland-Mishkit, Estrellita Lo Berry

Erratum

Erratum To: The Impact of Birth Spacing on Subsequent Feto-Infant Outcomes among Community Enrollees of a Federal Healthy Start Project

Hamisu M. Salihu, Euna M. August, Alfred K. Mbah, Raymond J. de Cuba II, Amina P. Alio, Vanessa Rowland-Mishkit, Estrellita Lo Berry

Original Paper

Knowledge of Hepatitis B Risk Factors and Prevention Practices among Individuals Chronically Infected with Hepatitis B in San Francisco, California

Amy Nishimura, Patricia Shiono, David Stier, Sue Shallow, Melissa Sanchez, Sandra Huang

Original Paper

Feasibility of Referral of Patients with Elevated Blood Pressure from the Emergency Department

Kell Julliard, Craig Orvieto, Allison Win, Sam Sadler, Basel Al-Haddad, Bonnie Simmons, Laura Gabbe, Julie M. Pearson, Tom-Meka Archinard

Original Paper

Safety Practices in Relation to Home Ownership Among Urban Mexican Immigrant Families

Carolyn DiGuiseppi, Cynthia W. Goss, Lihong Dao, Amanda Allshouse, Robert A. Bardwell, Edward Hendrikson, Shelly L. Miller, Jill Litt

Original Paper

Preparedness for Cardiac Emergencies Among Cambodians with Limited English Proficiency

Hendrika Meischke, Victoria Taylor, Rebecca Calhoun, Qi Liu, Channdara Sos, Shin-Ping Tu, Mei-Po Yip, Devora Eisenberg

Original Paper

Prevalence of Hepatitis B Infection Among Young and Unsuspecting Hmong Blood Donors in the Central California Valley

Muhammad Y. Sheikh, Pradeep R. Atla, Rahim Raoufi, Humaira Sadiq, Patrick C. Sadler

Original Paper

Working for Mom and Dad: Are Teens More Likely to Get Injured Working in Family-Owned Businesses?

Kristina M. Zierold, Savi Appana, Henry A. Anderson

Original Paper

Parents’ Perceptions of Water Safety and Quality

Lori Merkel, Cara Bicking, Deepa Sekhar

Original Paper

Who is Counseled to Lose Weight? Survey Results and Anthropometric Data from 3,149 Lower Socioeconomic Women

Carmen Radecki Breitkopf, Jason S. Egginton, James M. Naessens, Victor M. Montori, Aminah Jatoi

Original Paper

Pregnancy, Alcohol Intake, and Intimate Partner Violence among Men and Women Attending Drinking Establishments in a Cape Town, South Africa Township

Lisa A. Eaton, Seth C. Kalichman, Kathleen J. Sikkema, Donald Skinner, Melissa H. Watt, Desiree Pieterse, Eileen V. Pitpitan

Original Paper

Lifestyles and Practices that Enhance Malaria and Typhoid Fever in Njoro District, Kenya

Geoffrey Kariuki Kinuthia, Michael Muita Gicheru, Peter Kamau Ngure, Ephantus Wanjohi Kabiru

Original Paper

The Landscape of Overweight and Obesity in Icelandic Adolescents: Geographic Variation in Body-Mass Index Between 2000 and 2009

I. E. Þórisdóttir, A. L. Kristjansson, I. D. Sigfusdottir, J. P. Allegrante

Original Paper

State Disparities in Time Trends of Adolescent Body Mass Index Percentile and Weight-Related Behaviors in the United States

Daniel R. Taber, June Stevens, Charles Poole, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Kelly R. Evenson, Dianne S. Ward

Review

Exploring Mediators of Food Insecurity and Obesity: A Review of Recent Literature

Brandi Franklin, Ashley Jones, Dejuan Love, Stephane Puckett, Justin Macklin, Shelley White-Means