Epidemiological analysis of fatal and non-fatal firearm injuries occurring in gun establishments in the United States, 2015-2022.

Background: Firearm-related injury represents a significant public health problem in the USA. Firearm purchasing has risen nationwide and there has been increased efforts to deploy injury prevention initiatives within gun establishments. However, firearm-related risks and harms that may occur inside these high-exposure settings are not well characterized.

Assessing the Prevalence Rates of Internalizing Symptomatology Among Multiracial Adolescents in the United States: A Systematic Review.

This systematic review aimed to investigate the prevalence of internalizing symptomatology among Multiracial adolescents in the United States and to report on the methods utilized to measure Multiracial race and internalizing symptoms. A comprehensive search was conducted in Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, APA PsycInfo, and Web of Science Core Collection. The search was confined to peer-reviewed studies reporting the prevalence of any internalizing symptom among Multiracial adolescents between 10 and 24 years in the United States.

Dating violence among urban, minority, middle school youth and associated sexual risk behaviors and substance use.

Background: Whereas dating violence among high school students has been linked with sexual risk-taking and substance use, this association has been understudied among early adolescents. We estimated the prevalence of physical and nonphysical dating violence in a sample of middle school students and examined associations between dating violence, sexual, and substance use behaviors.

Methods: Logistic regression models for clustered data from 7th grade students attending 10 Texas urban middle schools were used to examine cross-sectional associations between dating violence victimization and risk behaviors.

Contraception or abortion? Inaccurate descriptions of emergency contraception in newspaper articles, 1992-2002.

Background: Media portrayals of emergency contraception (EC) may influence public health policy and the public's acceptance of this reproductive health option.

Objectives: We investigated the accuracy of newspaper coverage of EC, 1992-2002.

Methods: We conducted a content analysis of a sample of 1077 articles in 113 newspapers discussing both EC and abortion and determined the frequency of confusion between the two.

Assessment of outcomes at alternative medicine cancer clinics: a feasibility study.

Objective: This pilot study tested the feasibility of performing outcomes and more advanced research regarding cancer patients at two complementary and alternative (CAM) clinics. The primary objectives were to determine the feasibility of (1) obtaining and collecting data from medical records, (2) determining 5-year survival, and (3) comparing 5-year survival to that of conventional treatment. In addition, in this paper we present the barriers and recommend strategies to facilitate high-quality research.

Comparison of reported symptoms of acute myocardial infarction in Mexican Americans versus non-Hispanic whites (the Corpus Christi Heart Project).

This study examines whether there are differences between Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites in reported symptoms of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The symptoms experienced by patients identified in a community-based surveillance program were examined to determine whether between-group differences existed by ethnicity, gender, and diabetic status. Data were available regarding the symptoms of 589 patients, between the ages of 25 and 74 years, who were hospitalized and diagnosed as either having definite or possible AMI in special care units at 1 of 7 hospitals in Corpus Christi, Texas.

A case-control evaluation of treatment efficacy: the example of magnesium sulfate prophylaxis against eclampsia in patients with preeclampsia.

Randomized trials are the optimal approach for evaluations of treatment efficacy but may not always be feasible. We study the adequacy of the case-control design in evaluating efficacy in a situation where the investigated therapy, namely the administration of magnesium sulfate for the prevention of eclampsia in patients with preeclampsia, has a suspected strong protective effect. A total of 66 cases of eclampsia were ascertained from among deliveries occurring between 1977 and 1992 at two hospitals in Houston, Texas.

Decision latitude, psychologic demand, job strain, and coronary heart disease in the Western Electric Study.

The hypothesis that low decision latitude and high psychologic demand are associated with an increased risk of the incidence of and mortality from coronary heart disease was investigated in a 25-year follow-up study of 1,683 men aged 38-56 years who participated in the Chicago Western Electric Study (1957-1983). Scores for decision latitude and psychologic demand, which had been linked to the 1960 US Census occupation codes, were assigned to men in the Western Electric cohort based on job title at the initial examination (1957-1958). After adjustment for major coronary risk factors, the relative risk for 25-year coronary death was 0.