Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults: The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study.
- V. Felitti, R. Anda, J. Marks
- Medicine, PsychologyAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine
- 2019
Prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and obesity-related health risk factors, 2001.
Overweight and obesity were significantly associated with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, arthritis, and poor health status, and increases in obesity and diabetes continue in both sexes, all ages, all races, all educational levels, and all smoking levels.
The continuing epidemics of obesity and diabetes in the United States.
The prevalence of obesity and diabetes continues to increase among US adults, and interventions are needed to improve physical activity and diet in communities nationwide.
The spread of the obesity epidemic in the United States, 1991-1998.
Obesity continues to increase rapidly in the United States, and strategies and programs for weight maintenance as well as weight reduction must become a higher public health priority.
Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000.
- A. Mokdad, J. Marks, D. Stroup, J. Gerberding
- MedicineJAMA
- 10 March 2004
These analyses show that smoking remains the leading cause of mortality in the United States, however, poor diet and physical inactivity may soon overtake tobacco as the lead cause of death.
Binge drinking among US adults.
Binge drinking is common among most strata of US adults, including among those aged 26 years or older, and per capita binge-drinking episodes have increased, particularly since 1995.
Prevalence of violence against pregnant women.
- J. Gazmararian, S. Lazorick, A. Spitz, T. Ballard, L. Saltzman, J. Marks
- MedicineJAMA
- 26 June 1996
Violence may be a more common problem for pregnant women than some conditions for which they are routinely screened and evaluated and future research that more accurately measures physical violence during pregnancy would contribute to more effective design and implementation of prevention and intervention strategies.
The association between adverse childhood experiences and adolescent pregnancy, long-term psychosocial consequences, and fetal death.
- S. Hillis, R. Anda, S. Dube, V. Felitti, P. Marchbanks, J. Marks
- Medicine, PsychologyPediatrics
- 1 February 2004
The relationship between ACEs and adolescent pregnancy is strong and graded and the negative psychosocial sequelae and fetal deaths commonly attributed to adolescent pregnancy seem to result from underlying ACEs rather than adolescent pregnancy per se.
Field evaluation of vaccine efficacy.
- W. Orenstein, R. Bernier, B. Sirotkin
- MedicineBulletin of the World Health Organization
- 1985
The epidemiological techniques available for measuring vaccine efficacy are described and a practical approach to their use is recommended, including screening, outbreak investigations, secondary attack rates in families or clusters, vaccine coverage assessment, and case-control studies.
Causes of declining life expectancy in Russia.
- F. Notzon, Y. M. Komarov, S. P. Ermakov, C. Sempos, J. Marks, E. Sempos
- MedicineJAMA
- 11 March 1998
The striking rise in Russian mortality is beyond the peacetime experience of industrialized countries, with a 5-year decline in life expectancy in 4 years' time, clearly demonstrating that major declines in health and life expectancy can take place rapidly.
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