Elder maltreatment in Europe and the United States: a transnational analysis of prevalence rates and regional factors

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 249-269
Author(s):  
Charles R. Henderson ◽  
Paul Caccamise ◽  
Joaquim J. F. Soares ◽  
Mindaugas Stankunas ◽  
Jutta Lindert
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Regional Factors ◽  
Elder Maltreatment

Vitamin B12 deficiency is the dominant nutritional cause of hyperhomocysteinemia in a folic acid-fortified population

2005 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Green ◽  
Joshua W. Miller
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Folic Acid ◽  
Vitamin B12 Deficiency ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Vitamin B ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Total Vitamin ◽  
Folic Acid Fortification ◽  
B12 Deficiency

AbstractPrevalence rates for folate deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia have been markedly reduced following the introduction of folic acid fortification in the United States. We report the prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia in a population of community-dwelling elderly Latinos in the post-folic acid fortification era. We measured homocysteine, total vitamin B

The Battle for Syria

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Phillips
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Middle East ◽  
The United States ◽  
External Factors ◽  
International Dimension ◽  
Regional Order ◽  
Regional Factors

This book provides an analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and other nations have played in shaping Syria's ongoing civil war. Most accounts of Syria's brutal, long-lasting civil war focus on a domestic contest that began in 2011 and only later drew foreign nations into the escalating violence. The book argues instead that the international dimension was never secondary but that Syria's war was, from the very start, profoundly influenced by regional factors, particularly the vacuum created by a perceived decline of U.S. power in the Middle East. This precipitated a new regional order in which six external protagonists — the United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar — have violently competed for influence, with Syria a key battleground. Drawing on a plethora of original interviews, the book constructs a new narrative of Syria's war. Without absolving the brutal Bashar al-Assad regime, the book untangles the key external factors which explain the acceleration and endurance of the conflict, including the West's strategy against ISIS. It concludes with some insights on Syria and the region's future.

Sociodemographic Factors and Prevalence Rates of Mental Illness in Germany and the United States

1997 ◽  
Vol 185 (4) ◽  
pp. 276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manfred M. Fichter ◽  
William Narrow ◽  
Margaret Roper ◽  
Juergen Rehm ◽  
Martin Elton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Prevalence Rates

Obesity prevalence rates in a non-patient representative sample of the United States population

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-338
Author(s):  
J. Jhaveri ◽  
S. Ghannam ◽  
S. Chan ◽  
S. Friedman ◽  
D. Silver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Obesity Prevalence ◽  
United States Population ◽  
Patient Representative

scholarly journals GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES IN COUNTY-LEVEL PREVALENCE OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S782-S782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mackenzie E Fowler ◽  
Christina DiBlasio ◽  
Michael Crowe ◽  
Richard E Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Empirical Bayes ◽  
Local Population ◽  
The United States ◽  
County Level ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Geographic Disparities

Abstract Small-area geographic disparities in health care delivery have been observed across multiple disorders, but remain poorly studied for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias. While national and state estimates of the prevalence and incidence of AD are available, estimates across finer geographic regions offer an opportunity to tailor programs to the needs of the local population. We estimated prevalence of AD at the county level across the continental United States. We used prevalence rates of AD by age category and race among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). These prevalence rates were projected onto bridged-race county-level population data for 2017 from the National Center for Health Statistics, with empirical Bayes spatial smoothing to reduce variability in rates due to small population sizes. Estimated prevalence of AD varied more than threefold across counties, from a low of 51.8 per 1,000 persons in Loving County, Texas to a high of 169.6 per 1,000 persons in Kalawao County, Hawaii. Higher prevalence of AD was seen in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States. However, we observed specific counties with low prevalence of AD within regions with high prevalence of AD, and vice versa. These small-area geographic variations may provide vital information about social and environmental influences on dementia care, yet little data have been available to date. Understanding geographic disparities in prevalence will be critical for addressing practice variation in the prevention and diagnosis of dementia.

scholarly journals Epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis: A Critical Overview

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.D. Sadovnick ◽  
G.C. Ebers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Genetic Factor ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Heterogeneous Distribution ◽  
Genetic And Environmental Factors ◽  
Racial Factors ◽  
Critical Overview

ABSTRACT:The decisive conclusions to be drawn from the available epidemiological data, mostly geography and prevalence, of MS are: (1) a north-south (as well as west-east in the United States) gradient exists independent of genetic/racial factors; (2) major differences in prevalence occur in the absence of latitude differences; (3) individuals from the same ethnic derivation have either similar prevalence rates or very different prevalence rates in widely separated geographical areas and (4) specific resistant isolates are shown to exist regardless of latitude. Existing information leads to the almost inescapable conclusion that the epidemiology of MS cannot be explained by any single known environmental or genetic factor(s) in isolation. A combination of a heterogeneous distribution of both genetic and environmental factors appears to be required to explain the available data on MS.

scholarly journals Mycoplasma genitalium Prevalence, Coinfection, and Macrolide Antibiotic Resistance Frequency in a Multicenter Clinical Study Cohort in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 2278-2283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damon Getman ◽  
Alice Jiang ◽  
Meghan O'Donnell ◽  
Seth Cohen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Clinical Study ◽  
Macrolide Antibiotic ◽  
Mycoplasma Genitalium ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Multicenter Clinical Study

The prevalence rates ofMycoplasma genitaliuminfections and coinfections with other sexually transmitted organisms and the frequency of a macrolide antibiotic resistance phenotype were determined in urogenital specimens collected from female and male subjects enrolled in a multicenter clinical study in the United States. Specimens from 946 subjects seeking care from seven geographically diverse clinical sites were tested forM. genitaliumand forChlamydia trachomatis,Neisseria gonorrhoeae, andTrichomonas vaginalis. Sequencing was used to assess macrolide antibiotic resistance amongM. genitalium-positive subjects.M. genitaliumprevalence rates were 16.1% for females and 17.2% for males. Significant risk factors forM. genitaliuminfections were black race, younger age, non-Hispanic ethnicity, and female symptomatic status. FemaleM. genitaliuminfections were significantly more prevalent thanC. trachomatisandN. gonorrhoeaeinfections, while theM. genitaliuminfection rate in males was significantly higher than theN. gonorrhoeaeandT. vaginalisinfection rates. The macrolide-resistant phenotype was found in 50.8% of females and 42% of males. These results show a high prevalence ofM. genitaliumsingle infections, a lower prevalence of coinfections with other sexually transmitted organisms, and high rates of macrolide antibiotic resistance in a diverse sample of subjects seeking care across a wide geographic area of the United States.

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