scholarly journals Reducing the Public Health Burden From Elevated Blood Pressure Levels in the United States by Lowering Intake of Dietary Sodium

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Havas ◽  
Edward J. Roccella ◽  
Claude Lenfant
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
The United States ◽  
Elevated Blood Pressure ◽  
Dietary Sodium ◽  
Elevated Blood ◽  
Public Health Burden ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Burden

Who, When, and Where?

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-34
Author(s):  
Pamela K. Keel
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Health Burden ◽  
The Public ◽  
Purging Disorder ◽  
Cultural Ideals ◽  
Health Burden ◽  
Insight Into

Answering “who, when, and where?” establishes the public health burden associated with purging disorder and gives us insight into why someone develops the illness. Right now, over 2 million girls and women in the United States have purging disorder, and they are joined by another half-million boys and men. Cases of hysterical vomiting from the late 1800s resemble purging disorder in some respects, but vomiting in purging disorder is intentional and directed toward influencing weight or shape, supporting the influence of modern idealization of thinness. Finally, we see the emergence of purging to control weight and purging disorder following the introduction of Western cultural ideals into non-Western contexts. Non-Western cultures further shape the clinical presentation of purging disorder with misuse of traditional herbal emetics to produce purging.

The public health burden of emergency general surgery in the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Gale ◽  
Shahid Shafi ◽  
Viktor Y. Dombrovskiy ◽  
Dena Arumugam ◽  
Jessica S. Crystal
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
General Surgery ◽  
The United States ◽  
Emergency General Surgery ◽  
Public Health Burden ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Burden

scholarly journals Public Health Burden of Sudden Cardiac Death in the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric C. Stecker ◽  
Kyndaron Reinier ◽  
Eloi Marijon ◽  
Kumar Narayanan ◽  
Carmen Teodorescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Sudden Cardiac Death ◽  
Cardiac Death ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Health Burden ◽  
Health Burden

Elevated blood pressure and decreased cognitive function among school-age children and adolescents in the United States

2003 ◽  
Vol 143 (6) ◽  
pp. 720-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc B Lande ◽  
Jeffrey M Kaczorowski ◽  
Peggy Auinger ◽  
George J Schwartz ◽  
Michael Weitzman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
The United States ◽  
Elevated Blood Pressure ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Elevated Blood

scholarly journals Incidence and public health burden of sunburn among beachgoers in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 106047
Author(s):  
Stephanie DeFlorio-Barker ◽  
Dawn Holman ◽  
Robert Landolfi ◽  
Benjamin F. Arnold ◽  
John M. Colford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Health Burden ◽  
Health Burden

Quantifying the Risk of Human Toxoplasma gondii Infection Due to Consumption of Domestically Produced Lamb in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 79 (7) ◽  
pp. 1181-1187 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIAO GUO ◽  
ABHINAV MISHRA ◽  
ROBERT L. BUCHANAN ◽  
JITENDER P. DUBEY ◽  
DOLORES E. HILL ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Toxoplasma Gondii ◽  
The United States ◽  
Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment ◽  
Microbial Risk Assessment ◽  
Microbial Risk ◽  
Public Health Burden ◽  
Health Burden

ABSTRACT Toxoplasma gondii is a prevalent protozoan parasite worldwide. Human toxoplasmosis is responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality in the United States, and meat products have been identified as an important source of T. gondii infections in humans. The goal of this study was to develop a farm-to-table quantitative microbial risk assessment model to predict the public health burden in the United States associated with consumption of U.S. domestically produced lamb. T. gondii prevalence in market lambs was pooled from the 2011 National Animal Health Monitoring System survey, and the concentration of the infectious life stage (bradyzoites) was calculated in the developed model. A log-linear regression and an exponential dose-response model were used to model the reduction of T. gondii during home cooking and to predict the probability of infection, respectively. The mean probability of infection per serving of lamb was estimated to be 1.5 cases per 100,000 servings, corresponding to ~6,300 new infections per year in the U.S. population. Based on the sensitivity analysis, we identified cooking as the most effective method to influence human health risk. This study provided a quantitative microbial risk assessment framework for T. gondii infection through consumption of lamb and quantified the infection risk and public health burden associated with lamb consumption.

scholarly journals National Public Health Burden Estimates of Endocarditis and Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections Related to Injection Drug Use: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 222 (Supplement_5) ◽  
pp. S429-S436
Author(s):  
Isaac See ◽  
Runa H Gokhale ◽  
Andrew Geller ◽  
Maribeth Lovegrove ◽  
Asher Schranz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Injection Drug Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Soft Tissue Infections ◽  
Public Health Burden ◽  
Health Burden

Abstract Background Despite concerns about the burden of the bacterial and fungal infection syndromes related to injection drug use (IDU), robust estimates of the public health burden of these conditions are lacking. The current article reviews and compares data sources and national burden estimates for infective endocarditis (IE) and skin and soft-tissue infections related to IDU in the United States. Methods A literature review was conducted for estimates of skin and soft-tissue infection and endocarditis disease burden with related IDU or substance use disorder terms since 2011. A range of the burden is presented, based on different methods of obtaining national projections from available data sources or published data. Results Estimates using available data suggest the number of hospital admissions for IE related to IDU ranged from 2900 admissions in 2013 to more than 20 000 in 2017. The only source of data available to estimate the annual number of hospitalizations and emergency department visits for skin and soft-tissue infections related to IDU yielded a crude estimate of 98 000 such visits. Including people who are not hospitalized, a crude calculation suggests that 155 000–540 000 skin infections related to IDU occur annually. Discussion These estimates carry significant limitations. However, regardless of the source or method, the burden of disease appears substantial, with estimates of thousands of episodes of IE among persons with IDU and at least 100 000 persons who inject drugs (PWID) with skin and soft-tissue infections annually in the United States. Given the importance of these types of infections, more robust and reliable estimates are needed to better quantitate the occurrence and understand the impact of interventions.

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