Publications
Publications by Topic
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
Anda R, Butchart A, Edwards V, Brown D. Building a framework for global surveillance of the public health implications of adverse childhood experiences. Am J Prev Med 2010;39:93-98.
Brown DW, Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Edwards VJ, Malarcher AM, Croft JB, Giles WH. Adverse childhood experiences and risk of lung cancer. BMC Public Health 2010 Jan 19;10:20.
Dube SR, Cook ML, Edwards VJ. Prevalence and associated health-related outcomes of adverse childhood experiences: findings from the 2002 Texas BRFSS. Preventing Chronic Disease 2010;7(3). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/may/09_0158.htm.
Hillis SD, Anda RF, Dube SR, Felitti VJ, Marchbanks PA, Macaluso M, Marks JS. The resilient effect of family strengths in childhood on adolescent pregnancy and it long-term psychosocial consequences. The Permanente Journal 2010;14(3):18-27.
Hebert LE, McCann JJ, Scherr PA, Evans DA. Upper and lower extremity motor performance and functional impairment in Alzheimer's disease. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 2010;25(5):425-431.
Li J, Zhao G, Pollack LA, Smith JL, Joseph DA. Use of the prostate-specific antigen test among men aged 75 years or older in the United States: findings from the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Preventing Chronic Disease 2010;7(4): www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jul/09_0167.htm
Luo H, Liao Y, Elliott A, Zhang X. Associations of special care units and outcomes of residents with dementia: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey. The Gerontologist 2010;50(4):509-518.
McGuire LC, Bouldin EL, Andresen EM, Anderson LA. Examining modifiable health behaviors, body weight, and use of preventive health services among caregivers and non-caregivers aged 65 years and older in Hawaii, Kansas, and Washington using 2007 BRFSS. Journal of Nutrition, Health, and Aging 2010;14(5):373-9.
Elder RW, Lawrence B, Ferguson A, Naimi TS, Brewer RD, Chattopadhyay SK, Toomey TL, Hingson RW, Fielding JE, and the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. The effectiveness of tax policy interventions for reducing excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2):217–229.
Naimi TS, Nelson DE, Brewer RD. The intensity of binge alcohol consumption among U.S. Adults. Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2):201–207.
Nelson DE, Naimi TS, Brewer RD, Roeber J. US state alcohol sales compared to survey data, 1993-2006. Addiction 2010;105:1589-1596.
Tsai J, Floyd RL, Green PP, Denny CH, Coles CD, Sokol RJ. Concurrent alcohol use or heavier use of alcohol and cigarette smoking among women of childbearing age with accessible health care. Prev Sci 2010;11:197-206.
Tsai J, Ford ES, Li C, Pearson WS, Zhao G. Binge drinking and suboptimal self-rated health among adult drinkers. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2010;34(8):1465-71.Allen KD, Chen JC, Callahan LF, Golightly YM, Helmick CG, Renner JB, Jordan JM. Associations of occupational tasks with knee and hip osteoarthritis: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. J of Rheumatology 2010;37:842-850.
Bolen J, Schieb L, Hootman JM, Helmick CG, Theis K, Murphy LB, et al. Differences in the prevalence and impact of arthritis among racial/ethnic groups in the United States, National Health Interview Survey, 2002, 2003, and 2006. Prev Chronic Dis 2010;7(3).
Bolen J, Helmick CG, Sacks JJ, Langmaid G, Gizlice Z, Potter C. Should people with joint symptoms but no doctor diagnosis of arthritis be included in arthritis surveillance efforts? Arthritis Care & Research 2011;63(1):150-154.
Callahan LF, Shreffler J, Siaton BC, Helmick CG, Schoster B, Schwartz TA, Chen J-C, Renner JB, Jordan JM. Limited educational attainment and radiographic and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional analysis using data from the Johnston County (North Carolina) Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Research and Therapy 2010;12:R46.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Announcements: National Arthritis Month — May 2010. MMWR 2010;59(17):525.
Golightly YM, Allen KD, Helmick CG, Schwartz TA, Renner JB, Jordan JM. Hazard of incident and progressive knee and hip radiographic osteoarthritis and chronic joint symptoms in individuals with and without limb length inequality. J Rheumatology 2010; 37(10):2133-2140.
Hootman JM. Commentary: Osteoarthritis in elderly persons: risks of exercise and exercise as therapy. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine 2010;20(3):223.
Kelley GA, Kelley KS, Hootman JM, Jones DL. Effects of community-deliverable exercise on pain and physical function in adults with arthritis and other rheumatic diseases: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Arthritis Care & Research 2011;63(1):79-93.
Kelley GA, Kelley KS, Hootman JM, Jones DL. Exercise and global well-being in community-dwelling adults with fibromyalgia: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. BMC Public Health 2010;10:198.
Lubar D, White PH, Callahan LF, Chang RW, Helmick CG, Lappin DR, Melnick A, Moskowitz RW, Odom E, Sacks J, Toal SB, Waterman MB. A national public health agenda for osteoarthritis 2010. Seminars Arthritis Rheum 2010;39(5):323-6.
Murphy L, Helmick CG, Schwartz TA, Renner JB, Tudor G, Koch G, Dragomir AD, Kalsbeek WD, Luta G, Jordan JM. One in four people may develop symptomatic hip osteoarthritis in his or her lifetime. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2010;18(11):1372-1379.
Murphy L, Cisternas MG, Helmick CG, Yelin E. Estimating medical costs attributable to osteoarthritis in the US population: Comment on the article by Kotlarz et al. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2010;62(8):2566-2567.
Nelson AE, Golightly YM, Kraus VB, Stabler T, Renner JB, Helmick CG, Jordan JM. Serum transforming growth factor-beta 1 is not a robust biomarker of incident and progressive radiographic osteoarthritis at the hip and knee: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2010 Jun;18(6):825-9.
Nelson AE, Braga L, Renner JB, Atashili J, Woodard J, Hochberg MC, Helmick CG, Jordan JM. Characterization of individual radiographic features of hip osteoarthritis in African American and White women and men: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2010;62(2):190-7.
Sayre EC, Jordan JM, Cibere J, Murphy L, Schwartz TA, Helmick CG, Renner JB, Rahman MM, Aghajanian J, Kang W, Badley EM, Kopec JA. Quantifying the association of radiographic osteoarthritis in knee or hip joints with other knees or hips: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. J Rheumatology 2010 Apr 15.
Sacks JJ, Luo YH, Helmick CG. Prevalence of specific types of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the ambulatory health care system in the United States, 2001–2005. Arthritis Care & Research 2010;62(4):460–464.
Sayre EC, Jordan JM, Cibere J, Murphy L, Schwartz TA, Helmick CG, Renner JB, Rahman MM, Aghajanian J, Kang W, Badley EM, Kopec JA. Quantifying the association of radiographic osteoarthritis in knee or hip joints with other knees or hips: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. J Rheumatol. 2010 Jun;37(6):1260-5.
Theis KA, Murphy L, Hootman JM, Helmick CG, Sacks JJ. Arthritis restricts volunteer participation: prevalence and correlates of volunteer status among adults with arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 Jul;62(7):907-16.
Gupta RS, Zhang X, Springston EE, Sharp LK, Curtis LM, Shalowitz M, Shannon JJ, Weiss KB. The association between community crime and childhood asthma prevalence. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2010;104(14):299-306.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Brown DW, Croft JB, Greenlund KJ, Giles WH. Trends in hospitalization with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—United States, 1990–2005. COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2010;7:59-62.
Mannino DM, Croft JB, Brown DW. Chapter 6: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In Schraufnagel DE (Ed): Breathing in America: Diseases, Progress, Hope. Chicago IL: American Thoracic Society 2010:27-56.
Cowie CC, Rust KF, Byrd-Holt DD, Gregg EW, Ford ES, Geiss LS, Bainbridge KE, Fradkin JE. Prevalence of diabetes and high risk for diabetes using hemoglobin A1c criteria in the U.S. population in 1988-2006. Diabetes Care 2010;33(3):562-8.
Ford ES, Li C, Zhao G. The prevalence and correlates of metabolic syndrome based on a harmonious definition among adults in the United States. J Diabetes 2010;2(3):180-193.
Ford ES, Li C, Pearson WS, Gregg EW. Distribution of 7-year risk of diabetes mellitus among United States adults. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2010; 89(2):e19-e21.
Ford ES, Zhao G, Li C, Pearson WS. Serum concentrations of vitamin D and parathyroid hormone and prevalent metabolic syndrome among United States adults. J Diabetes 2010;1:296-303.
Li C, Ford ES, Li B, Giles WH, Liu S. Association of sex hormone-binding globulin and testosterone with the metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in men: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Diabetes Care 2010;33(7):1619-1624.
Li C, Ford ES, Zhao G, Kahn HS, Mokdad AH. Waist-to-thigh ratio and diabetes among US adults: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice 2010;89(1):79082.
Li C, Ford ES, Zhao G, Balluz LS, Berry JT, Mokdad AH. Undertreatment of mental health problems in adults with diagnosed diabetes and serious psychological distress: the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance system, 2007. Diabetes Care 2010;33(5):1061-4.
Li Y, Liao Y, Fan A, Zhang X, Balluz L. Asian American/Pacific Islanders paradox in diabetic retinopathy: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2006-2008. Ethn Dis 2010;20(2):111-117.
Nothlings U, Ford ES, Kroger J, Boeing H. Healthy living and all-cause mortality among adults with diabetes: findings from the Eurpoean Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam Study. J Diabetes 2010;2:112-117.
Porterfield DS, Hinnant L, Stevens DM., Moy E, and the DPPI-IFA Case Study Group (Rivera M). Diabetes Primary Prevention Initiative Interventions Focus Area: A Case Study and Recommendations. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2010; 39(3):235-242.
Rivera M, Tucker P. Addressing health literacy challenges faced by African Americans with diabetes. In Jack, L. Jr. (Ed.) Diabetes in Black Americans: Public Health and Clinical Solutions to a National Crisis. Munster IN: Hilton. 2010 (June).
Tsai J, Ford ES, Li C, Zhao G, Balluz LS. Physical activity and optimal self-rated health of adults with and without diabetes. BMC Public Health 2010;10:365.
Zhao G, Ford ES, Li C. Associations of serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone with surrogate markers of insulin resistance among U.S. adults without physician-diagnosed diabetes: NHANES, 2003-2006. Diabetes Care 2010;33(2):344-347.
Zohrabian A. Clinical and economic considerations of antiobesity treatment: review of Orlistat. ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research 2010;2:63-74.
Zhao G, Ford ES, Li C, Mokdad AH. The prevalence and correlates of taking folic acid and vitamin supplements among adults aged >/=45 years with CVD. Public Health Nutr 2010; Mar 3:1-8.
Zhao G, Ford ES, Li C, Balluz LS. No associations between serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone and depression among U.S. adults. Br J Nutr 2010; Jul 20:1-7.
Ferguson PL, Smith GM, Wannamaker BB, Thurman DJ, Pickelsimer EE, Selassie AW. A population-based study of risk of epilepsy after hospitalization for traumatic brain injury. Epilepsia 2010;51(5):891-8.
Abramson O, Durant M, Mow W, Finley A, Kodali P, Wong A, Tavares V, McCroskey E, Liu L, Lewis JD, Allison JE, Flowers N, Hutfless S, Velayos FS, Perry GS, Cannon R, Rich E, Herrinton LJ. Incidence, prevalence and time trends of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in Northern California, 1996-2006. J Pediatrics 2010;157(2):233-239.
Health Related Quality of Life
Brown DW, Pleasants R, Ohar JA, Kraft M, Donohue JF, Mannino DM, Liao W, Herrick H. Health-related quality of life among adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in North Carolina. N Am J Med Sci 2010; 2:60-65.
Jia H, Zack MM, Moriarty DG, Fryback DG. Predicting the EuroQol EQ-5D index from the CDC's Healthy Days measures in a national U.S. sample. Med Decis Making 2010 Apr 7.
Li C, Ford ES. Healthy lifestyle habits and health related quality of life in diabetes. In Preedy VR and Watson RR, (Eds): Handbook of Disease Burden and Quality of Life Measures. NY:Springer. 2010.
Soares J, Simões EJ, Ramos LR, Pratt M, Ross C. Brownson. Cross-sectional associations of health-related quality of life measures with selected factors: a population based sample in Recife, Brazil. J Phys Act Health 2010 Jul;7 Suppl 2:S229-41.
Ahluwalia IB, Robinson D, Vallely L, Giesejer K, Kabakama A. Sustainability of community-capacity to promote safe motherhood in northwestern Tanzania--what remains? Global Health Promotion 2010; 17(1): pp. 39–49.
Cory S, Ussery-Hall A, Griffin-Blake S, Easton A, Vigeant J, Balluz L, Garvin, Greenlund K. Prevalence of selected risk behaviors and chronic diseases and conditions - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 39 Communities, United States, 2006-2007. MMWR Surveillance Summary 2010;59(SS-8): 1-37.
Simoes EJ, Sumaya CV. Protecting and enhancing health: community engagement, collaborations, and incentives for prevention. J Prim Prev 2010 Apr;31(1-2):21-9.
Ahluwalia IB, Tessaro I, Greenlund KJ, Ford ES. Predictors of uncontrolled hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes among low-income women in West Virginia. J Women’s Health 2010;19(3):417-424.
Capewell S, Ford ES, Croft JB, Critchley JA, Greenlund KJ, Labarthe DR. Cardiovascular risk factor trends in the US population and options for reducing future coronary heart disease mortality. Bulletin World Health Org 2010;88:120–130.
Casper ML, Nwaise I, Croft JB, Hong Y, Fang J, Greer S. Geographic disparities in heart failure hospitalization rates among Medicare beneficiaries. J American College of Cardiology 2010;55:294-299.
Churilla JR, Ford ES. Comparing physical activity patterns of hypertensive and non-hypertensive U.S. adults. Am J Hypertension 2010;23(9):987-993.
Fan AZ, Mallawaarachchi DSV, Gilbertz D, Mokdad AH. Lifestyle behaviors and clinical preventive health practices among hypertensive Americans aged 45 years or older in 2007. Preventive Medicine 2010;50(3):138-42.
Ford ES, Li C, Pearson WS, Zhao G, Mokdad AH. Trends in hypercholesterolemia, treatment and control among United States adults. Int J Cardiol 2010;140(2):226-35.
Ford ES, Zhao G, Li C. Prediabetes and the risk for cardiovascular disease: a review of the evidence. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010;55(13):1310-1317.
Greenlund KJ, Kiefe CI, Giles WH, Liu K. Associations of job strain and occupation with subclinical atherosclerosis: the CARDIA Study. Annals of Epidemiol 2010;20(5):323-31.
Homer J, Milstein B, Wile K, Trogdon J, Huang P, Labarthe DR, Orenstein D. Simulating and evaluating local interventions to improve cardiovascular health. Preventing Chronic Disease 2010;7(1). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jan/08_0231.htm.
Li C, Ford ES, McBride PE, Kwiterovich PO, McCrindle BW, Gidding SS. Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is associated with the metabolic syndrome among U.S. youth aged 12-19 years: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004. J Pediatrics 2011;158(2):201-207.
Lloyd-Jones DM, Hong Y, Labarthe DR, Mozaffarian D, Appel L, Van Horn L, Greenlund K, Daniels S, Nichol G, for the for the American Heart Association Strategic Planning Task Force and Statistics Committee. Defining and setting national goals for cardiovascular health promotion and disease reduction: the American Heart Association’s strategic impact goals through 2020 and beyond. Circulation. 2010;121(4):586-613.
Lloyd-Jones D, Adams R, Brown TM, Carnethon M, Dai S; De Simone G, Ferguson TB, Ford E, Furie K, Gillespie C; Go A, Greenlund K, Haase N; Hailpern S, Ho M, Howard V, Kissela B, Kittner S, Lackland D, Lisabeth L, Marelli A, McDermott M, Meigs J, Mozaffarian D, Mussolino M, Nichol G, Roger V, Rosamond W, Sacco R, Sorlie P, Stafford R, Thom T; Wasserthiel-Smoller S, Wong N, Wylie-Rosett J. Heart disease and stroke statistics--2010 update. A report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Circulation. 2010: 121:e1-e170.
Ogunniyi MO, Croft JB, Greenlund KJ, Giles WH, Mensah GA. Racial/ethnic differences in microalbuminuria among adults with prehypertension and hypertension: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999-2006. Am J Hypertension 2010;23:859-864.
Young F, Capewell S, Ford ES, Critchley JA. Coronary mortality declines in the U.S. between 1980 and 2000 quantifying the contributions from primary and secondary prevention. Am J Prev Med 2010 Sep;39(3):228-34.
Zhao G, Ford ES, Li C, Kris-Etherton PM, Etherton TD, Balluz LS. Independent associations of serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone with blood pressure among U.S. adults. J Hypertension 2010 Sep;28(9):1821-8.
Strine TW, Beck LF, Bolen J, Okoro C, Dhingra S, Balluz L. Geographic and sociodemographic variation in self-reported seat belt use in the United States. Accid Anal Prev 2010 Jul;42(4):1066-71.
Dhingra SS, Strine TW, Pearson WS, Zack MM, Balluz L. Determining the prevalence and correlates of health professional services psychiatric treatment with Andersen’s behavioral model of health services use. Psychiatric Services 2010 May;61(5):524-8.
Druss BJ, Mays RA, Edwards VJ, Chapman DP. Primary care: a critical link between public health and mental health. Preventing Chronic Disease 2010;7(1). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jan/09_0131.htm.
Freeman E, Colpe L, Strine T, Dhingra S, McGuire L, Elam-Evans L, Perry G. Public health surveillance for mental health. Preventing Chronic Disease 2010;7(1). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jan/09_0126.htm.
Freeman E, Presley-Cantrell L, Edwards VJ, White-Cooper S, Thompson KS, Sturgis S, Croft JB. Garnering partnerships to bridge gaps among mental health, health care, and public health. Preventing Chronic Disease 2010;7(1). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jan/09_0127.htm.
Giles WH, Collins JL. A shared worldview: mental health and public health at the crossroads. Preventing Chronic Disease 2010;7(1). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jan/09_0181.htm.
Kobau R, Sniezek J, Zack MM, Lucas RE. Well-being assessment: an examination of the validity of well-being scales for public health and population estimates of well-being among U.S. adults. Health and Well-being 2010; June 28,2010.
Kobau R, Zack M, Langmaid G, Thompson W, Lubar D, Manderscheid R, Delvecchio P, Marshall C, Palpant RG, Bigham J, Bornemann TH. Attitudes towards Mental Illness—35 States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2007. MMWR 2010;59(20):619-625.
Kobau R, Dilorio CA, Chapman DP, Delvecchio P, SAMHSA/CDC Mental Illness Stigma Panel Members. Attitudes about mental illness and its treatment: development and validation of a generic scale for public health surveillance of mental illness associated stigma. Community Mental Health J 2010 Apr;46(2):164-76.
Manderscheid R, Ryff CD, Freeman E, McKnight-Eily L, Dhingra S, Strine TW. Moving toward a synthesis: evolving definitions of mental illness and wellness. Preventing Chronic Disease 2010;7(1). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jan/09_0124.htm.
Okoro CA, Strine TW, Balluz LS, Crews JE, Mokdad AH. Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms among United States adults with disabilities using assistive technology. Prev Med 2010;50(4):204-9.
Primm AB, Vasquez MJT, Mays RA, Sammons-Posey D, McKnight-Eily LR, Presley-
Cantrell LR, McGuire LC, Chapman DP, Perry GS. The role of public health in addressing racial and ethnic disparities in mental health and mental illness. Preventing Chronic Dis 2010;7(1). www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jan/09_0125.htm.
Hootman JM. Physical activity and musculoskeletal disorders in obesity. In Bouchard C, Katzmarzyk P (Eds): Physical Activity and Obesity. 2nd Ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers. 2010.
Zhang X, Luo H, Gregg EW, Mukhtar Q, Rivera M, Albright A. Obesity prevention and diabetes screening at local health departments. American Journal of Public Health 2010;100:1434-41.
Ford ES, Li C, Zhao G, Pearson WS, Tsai J, Churilla JR. Sedentary behavior, physical activity, and concentrations of insulin among U.S. adults. Metabolism 2010;59(9):1268-75.
Ford ES, Schulze MB, Pischon T, Bergmann MM, Boeing H. Television watching and incident diabetes, findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam. J Diabetes 2010;2:23-27.
Hallal PC, Reis RS, Parra DC, Hoehner CM, Brownson RC, Simões EJ. Association between perceived environmental attributes and physical activity among adults in Recife, Brazil. J. Physical Activity and Health 2010;7(S2):S213-S222.
Hallal P, Simões EJ, Brownson RC, Pratt M, Ramos L, Reichert FF, Azevedo MR. Validity and reliability of the telephone-administered International Physical Activity Questionnaire in Brazil. J Physical Activity and Health 2010;7(3):402-409.
Knuth AG, Malta DC, Cruz DKA, Castro AM, Fagundes J, Sardinha LM, Gosch CS, Simões EJ, Hallal PC. Description of the countrywide physical activity network coordinated by the Brazilian Ministry of Health: 2005-2008. J Physical Activity and Health 2010;7 Suppl 2:S253-8.
Parra DC, McKenzie TL, Ribeiro IC, Ferreira Hino AA, Dreisinger M, Coniglio K, Munk M, Brownson RC, Pratt M, Hoehner CM, Simoes EJ. Assessing physical activity in public parks in Brazil using systematic observation. Am J Public Health. 2010;100(8):1420-6.
Pratt M, Brownson RC, Ramos LR, Malta DC, Hallal PC, Reis RS, Parra DC, Simões EJ. Project GUIA: A model for understanding and promoting physical activity in Brazil and Latin America. J Phys Act Health 2010;7 Suppl 2:S131-4.
Ribeiro IC, Torres A, Parra DC, Reis R, Hoehner C, Schmid TL, Pratt M, Ramos LR, Simões EJ, Brownson RC. Using logic models as iterative tools for planning and evaluating physical activity promotion programs in Curitiba, Brazil. J Phys Act Health 2010;7 Suppl 2:S155-62.
Ribeiro IC, Parra DC, Hoehner CM, Soares J, Torres A, Pratt M, Legetic B, Malta DC, Matsudo V, Ramos LR, Simoes EJ, Brownson RC. School-based physical education programs: evidence-based physical activity interventions for youth in Latin America. Glob Health Promot 2010;17(2):5-15.
Garrett MD, Baldridge D, Muus K, Baker-Demaray T, Benson WF, McGuire LC. Native migration: in search of the missing cohorts. American Indian and Alaska Native migration and the loss of caregivers in Native communities. Pimatisiwin 2010 8(1):1-18.
Giles WH. The US Perspective: Lessons learned from the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. J Royal Society of Medicine 2010;103:273-276.
Giles, WH. Preventing non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: a commentary. Global Health Promotion 2010; Suppl. 2:3-5.
Guo Q, Unger J, Azen S, Li C, Spruit-Metz D, Palmer P, Chou CP, Lee L, Johnson CA. Cognitive attributions for smoking among adolescents in China. Addictive Behaviors 2010;35(2):95-101.
Hu, SS, Pallonen U, Meshack A. The impact of immigration status on tobacco use among Chinese-American adults in Texas. J Immigrant and Minority Health 2010;12(2):206-214.
Hu SS, Link MW, Mokdad AH. Reaching linguistically isolated people: findings from a telephone survey using real-time interpreters. Field Methods 2010 22: 39-56.
Liao Y, Tsoh J, Chen R, Foo MA, Garvin CC, Grigg-Saito D, Liang S, McPhee S, Nguyen TT, Tran JH, Giles WH. Decreases in smoking prevalence in Asian communities served by the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) project. Am J Public Health 2010;100(5):853-60.
Liao Y, Tucker P, Siegel P, Liburd L, Giles W. Decreasing disparity in cholesterol screening in minority communities-findings from Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010. J Epidemiol Community Health 2010 Apr;64(4):292-9.
Pearson WS, Zhao G, Ford ES. An Analysis of Language as a Barrier to Receiving Influenza Vaccinations among an Elderly Hispanic Population in the United States. Advances in Preventive Medicine 2011, Article ID 298787.
Pearson WS, Garvin WS, Ford ES, Balluz LS. Analysis of five-year trends in self-reported language preference and issues of item non-response among Hispanic persons in a large cross-sectional health survey: implications for the measurement of an ethnic minority population. Popul Health Metr 2010 Apr 22;8:7.
Soto Mas F, Allensworth D, Jones CP. Health promotion programs designed to eliminate health disparities. IN: Fertman CI, Allensworth DD (eds.). Health Promotion Programs: From Theory to Practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers; 2010:29-56.
Wen XJ, Balluz L. Racial disparities in access to health care and preventive services between Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders and Non-Hispanic Whites. Ethn Dis 2010;20(3):290-5.
Eaton DK, McKnight-Eily LR, Lowry R, Perry GS, Presley-Cantrell LR, Croft JB. Prevalence of insufficient, borderline, and optimal hours of sleep among high school students—United States, 2007. J Adolescent Health 2010;46:399-401.
Li C, Ford ES, Zhao G, Croft JB, Balluz LS, Mokdad AH. Prevalence of self-reported clinically diagnosed sleep apnea according to obesity status in men and women: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2006. Prev Med 2010;51:18-23.
Prasad B, Croft JB, Liu Y. Sleep-disordered breathing. IN: Schraufnagel DE (ed). Breathing in America: Diseases, Progress, Hope. American Thoracic Society. Chicago IL. 2010:237-247.
Franzini L, Taylor W, Elliott M, Cuccaro P, Tortolero SR, Gilliland J, Grunbaum J, Schuster M. Neighborhood characteristics favorable to outdoor physical activity: disparities by socioeconomic and racial/ethnic composition. Health and Place 2010;16(2):267-74.
Jack NH, Jack L Jr, Scribner R, Jones CP. Dimensions of social inequity on African American neighborhoods: The influence of segregation, disinvestment, and food insecurity. In Jack, L. Jr. (Ed.) Diabetes in Black Americans: Public Health and Clinical Solutions to a National Crisis. Munster IN: Hilton. 2010.
Brown DW, Anda RF. Risk factors for disease risk factors and attributable risk calculations: are there mathematical limits? (Letter-to-Editor). Open Epidemiol J. 2010;3: 1-2.
Chowdhury FM, Balluz L, Bartoli W, Garvin W, Town M, Akcin H, Chowdhury P, Greenlund KJ, Giles W. Surveillance of some health conditions and health behaviors among states and selected local areas—a report from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), United States, 2007. MMWR Surveillance Summaries 2010;59 (5:SS-1).
Brown DW. Smoking prevalence among U.S. veterans. J Gen Intern Med 2010;25(2):147–149.
Fan AZ, Yesupriya A, House M, Chang M, Fang J, Ned R, Hayes D, Dowling NF, Mokdad AH. Gene polymorphisms in association with serum homocysteine, uric acid and inflammation markers in adult women. BMC Medical Genetics 2010;11(1):6.
Ford ES, Li C, Zhao G, Pearson WS, Tsai J, Greenlund KJ. Trends in low-risk lifestyle factors among adults in the United States: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 1996-2007. Prev Med 2010;51(5):403-407.
Grabbe KL, Bunnell R. Reframing HIV Prevention: a critical time to scale-up couple-centered approaches. JAMA 2010;304(3):346-347.
Hootman J. Chapter 5: Research designs for descriptive studies. In Verhagen E, Van Mechelen W (Eds): Sports Injury Research. New York: Oxford U Press. Jan 2010.
Kilmer G, Bynum L, Balamurugan A. Access and utilization of eye care in rural Arkansas. Journal of Rural Health 2010;26(1):30-5.
Milstein B, Homer J, Hirsch G. Analyzing National Health Reform Strategies With a Dynamic Simulation Model. Am J Public Health 2010;100(5):811-9.
Price CS, Thompson WW, Goodson B, Weintraub E, Croen LA, Hinrichsen VL, Marcy M, Robertson A, Eriksen E, Lewis E, Bernal P, Shay D, Davis RL, DeStefano F. Prenatal and infant exposure to thimerosal from from vaccines and immunoglobulins and risk of autism. Pediatrics 2010;126(4).
Tsai J, Ford ES, Li C, Zhao G, Pearson WS, Balluz LS. Multiple healthy behaviors and optimal self-rated health: Findings from the 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey. Prev Med 2010;51(3-4):268-274.
Zohrabian A, Philipson TJ. External costs of risky health behaviors associated with leading actual causes of death in the U.S.: a review of the evidence and implications for future research. Int J Environ Research Public Health 2010;7.
Rao JK, Anderson LA, Sukumar B, Beauchesne DA, Stein T, Frankel RM. Incorporating the patient’s voice in the four habits model of communication: proposed expanded model based on expert input and concensus. BMC Health Services Research 2010;Apr 19;10:97.
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