Breast-feeding practices in a low-income population in New York City: A study of selected health department child health stations

1986 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-91
Author(s):  
Debra Biegelson ◽  
Catherine Cowell ◽  
Doris Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Low Income ◽  
York City ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Low Income Population

scholarly journals Comparison of planned menus and centre characteristics with foods and beverages served in New York City child-care centres

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (15) ◽  
pp. 2752-2759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Breck ◽  
L Beth Dixon ◽  
Laura Kettel Khan
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
York City ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Care Centre ◽  
Child Care Centre ◽  
Food And Beverage

AbstractObjectiveThe present study evaluated the extent to which child-care centre menus prepared in advance correspond with food and beverage items served to children. The authors identified centre and staff characteristics that were associated with matches between menus and what was served.DesignMenus were collected from ninety-five centres in New York City (NYC). Direct observation of foods and beverages served to children were conducted during 524 meal and snack times at these centres between April and June 2010, as part of a larger study designed to determine compliance of child-care centres with city health department regulations for nutrition.SettingChild-care centres were located in low-income neighbourhoods in NYC.ResultsOverall, 87 % of the foods and beverages listed on the menus or allowed as substitutions were served. Menu items matched with foods and beverages served for all major food groups by >60 %. Sweets and water had lower match percentages (40 and 32 %, respectively), but water was served 68 % of the time when it was not listed on the menu. The staff person making the food and purchasing decisions predicted the match between the planned or substituted items on the menus and the foods and beverages served.ConclusionsIn the present study, child-care centre menus included most foods and beverages served to children. Menus planned in advance have potential to be used to inform parents about which child-care centre to send their child or what foods and beverages their enrolled children will be offered throughout the day.

scholarly journals Implementing Smoke-Free Housing Policies Among Multiunit Housing Owners in New York City Between 2012 and 2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 1179173X1985935
Author(s):  
Indira Debchoudhury ◽  
Shannon M Farley
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Low Income ◽  
York City ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Housing Policies ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Market Rate ◽  
Smoke Free Policy ◽  
Multiunit Housing

Smoke-free regulations are the norm in workplaces and public outdoor areas across New York City (NYC), and smoke-free apartment building regulations are less widespread. In 2017, more than one-third (37.6%) of NYC multiunit housing (MUH) residents reported breathing secondhand smoke (SHS) from neighboring units. In 2015, the NYC Health Department conducted a cross-sectional phone survey among a random sample of NYC low-income and market-rate MUH property owners/managers as a follow-up to a 2012 study. The study compared owners’ experiences and attitudes regarding smoke-free policies. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used. Overall, the proportion of owners who have a policy prohibiting smoking in individual units (33% vs 37%) increased between 2012 and 2015. In both waves, owners without low-income units (wave 1: 36%, wave 2: 40%) were more likely to have smoke-free housing policies than those with low-income units (wave 1: 26%, wave 2: 30%). The models adjusted for factors such as current smoking, size and nature of housing units, and several beliefs. Owners in 2015 were more likely to have a smoke-free policy (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 1.25, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.003, 1.564) and, among those without a current smoke-free policy, to have future interest in smoke-free unit policies (AOR: 1.68, 95% CI: 1.17, 2.39) than in 2012. An increasing proportion of NYC MUH owners are reducing tenant exposure to SHS and providing them with a healthier environment. We expect to see further expansion of smoke-free housing in NYC as positive norms grow.

scholarly journals Impact of a New York City Health Department Initiative to Expand HIV Partner Services outside Std Clinics

2012 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna Thorpe ◽  
Chi-Chi N. Udeagu ◽  
Dipal Shah ◽  
Colin W. Shepard ◽  
Angelica Bocour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Health Department

scholarly journals Couple-Based HIV Prevention for Low-Income Drug Users From New York City: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Dual Risks

2011 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabila El-Bassel ◽  
Louisa Gilbert ◽  
Elwin Wu ◽  
Susan S Witte ◽  
Mingway Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Low Income ◽  
York City ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled

scholarly journals The Cost-Effectiveness of Bike Share Expansion to Low-Income Communities in New York City

2018 ◽  
Vol 95 (6) ◽  
pp. 888-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenya Yu ◽  
Chen Chen ◽  
Boshen Jiao ◽  
Zafar Zafari ◽  
Peter Muennig
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Low Income ◽  
York City ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Bike Share

A STUDY OF PICA IN RELATION TO LEAD POISONING

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 756-760
Author(s):  
Morris Greenberg ◽  
Harold Jacobziner ◽  
Mary C. McLaughlin ◽  
Harold T. Fuerst ◽  
Ottavio Pellitteri
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Lead Poisoning ◽  
York City ◽  
Case Finding ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Symptoms And Signs ◽  
Finding Method

During 1956 and 1957 all children under the care of the child health stations of the Department of Health in New York City, who manifested pica, were examined for symptoms and signs of lead poisoning. A blood specimen was taken and tested for lead content; if the concentration of lead was 0.06 mg/100 ml or higher, the child was referred to a doctor for diagnosis and treatment. Among 194 children with pica, there were 28 cases and 20 probable cases of lead poisoning. The follow-up of children with pica is a good case-finding method for lead poisoning.

Mapping Public Housing: The Case of New York City

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvin Wyly ◽  
James DeFilippis
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
York City ◽  
Spatial Association ◽  
Housing Subsidy ◽  
Housing Program ◽  
Popular Discourse ◽  
Policy Debates

In American popular discourse and policy debates, “public housing” conjures images of “the projects”—dysfunctional neighborhood imprints of a discredited welfare state. Yet this image, so important in justifying deconcentration, is a dangerous caricature of the diverse places where low–income public housing residents live, and it ignores a much larger public housing program—the $100 billion–plus annual mortgage interest tax concessions to (mostly) wealthy homeowners. in this article, we measure three spatial aspects of assisted housing, poverty, and wealth in New York City. First, local indicators of spatial association document a contingent link between assistance and poverty: vouchers are not consistently associated with poverty deconcentration. Second, spatial regressions confirm this result after controlling for racial segregation and spatial autocorrelation. Third, factor analyses and cluster classifications reveal a rich, complex neighborhood topography of poverty, wealth, and housing subsidy that defies the simplistic stereotypes of policy and popular discourse.

Estimating the incidence of first unprovoked seizure and newly diagnosed epilepsy in the low-income urban community of Northern Manhattan, New York City

Epilepsia ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 1431-1439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma K.T. Benn ◽  
W. Allen Hauser ◽  
Tina Shih ◽  
Linda Leary ◽  
Emilia Bagiella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Low Income ◽  
York City ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
Unprovoked Seizure

Reduction of mouse allergen in low income New York city apartments

2002 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. S359-S359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan C Correa ◽  
Ginger L Chew ◽  
Patrick L Kinney
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Low Income ◽  
York City
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