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Maryland (Latest Articles)
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Correlates of cervicovaginal human papillomavirus detection in perimenopausal women.
30 Aug 2009 
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this research was to determine correlates of prevalent cervicovaginal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in perimenopausal women. METHODS: A total of 178 women, ages 40-60, were recruited from four clinics in the metropolitan ...
rec_pub_19702476-correlates-cervicovaginal-human-papillomavirus-detection.htm
30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: One-quarter of adolescent mothers bear another child within 2 years, compounding their risk of poorer medical, educational, economic, and parenting outcomes. Most efforts to prevent rapid subsequent birth to teenagers have been unsuccessful ...
rec_pub_19752472-motivational-intervention-reduce-rapid-subsequent-births-adolescent.htm
30 Aug 2009 We investigated 4 hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection outbreaks at hemodialysis units to identify practices associated with transmission. Apparent failures to follow recommended infection control precautions resulted in patient-to-patient HCV ...
rec_pub_19642900-hepatitis-c-virus-transmission-hemodialysis-units-importance.htm
The provision and reporting of community benefits by hospitals: lessons from Maryland.
30 Aug 2009 (1) Most Maryland hospitals experienced a difficult learning curve in 2004 when they were required to begin filing annual reports on community benefit expenditures, but hospital leaders now generally see the reporting requirements to have been ...
rec_pub_19757537-the-provision-reporting-community-benefits-hospitals-lessons-maryland.htm
30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Disease management programs (DMPs) are developed to address the high morbi-mortality and costs of congestive heart failure (CHF). Most studies have focused on intensive programs in academic centers. Washington County Hospital (WCH) in ...
rec_pub_19699871-heart-failure-disease-management-program-experience-4-545-heart.htm
30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Provider recommendation of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is an important predictor of screening in African Americans. Little is known about influences of screening in African Americans without provider recommendations. OBJECTIVES: ...
rec_pub_19752671-biological-psychological-behavioral-social-variables-influencing.htm
Maternal weathering and risk of preterm delivery.
18 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES: We compared the association between advancing maternal age and risk of preterm delivery across 4 groups (Black smokers, Black nonsmokers, White smokers, White nonsmokers) and within the context of neighborhood deprivation levels. ...
rec_pub_19696383-maternal-weathering-risk-preterm-delivery.htm
Can a health clinic-based intervention increase safety in abused women? Results from a pilot study.
30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been related to a number of adverse physical and mental health consequences. Research has identified relatively high IPV victimization rates among women seeking care in primary healthcare and emergency ...
rec_pub_19627223-can-health-clinic-based-intervention-increase-safety-abused-women.htm
Parametric models for studying time to antiretroviral resistance associated with illicit drug use.
30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: Biomedical researchers tend to choose semiparametric methods to model time-to-event data because they do not require any assumptions about the shape of the underlying hazard. An example is provided where parametric models are a desirable ...
rec_pub_19743761-parametric-models-studying-time-antiretroviral-resistance-associated.htm
30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: Administrative databases of hospital admissions are increasingly being used, mostly without validation, for epidemiological and clinical outcomes studies. Although it has been difficult to assess the true accuracy of administrative ...
rec_pub_19625902-inaccuracy-administrative-database-comparative-analysis-two-databases.htm
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