Search Results - "Upchurch, D M"

Violence and injury in marital arguments: risk patterns and gender differences by Sorenson, S B, Upchurch, D M, Shen, H

“…Community-based research on violence against women typically focuses on marital arguments rather than on resulting injuries. This study investigated patterns…”
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Neighborhood Context and the Risk of Childbearing among Metropolitan-Area Black Adolescents by Sucoff, Clea A., Upchurch, Dawn M.

“…We examine whether neighborhood racial composition or poverty is the more important predictor of premarital adolescent childbearing among metropolitan-area…”
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Condom use to prevent incident STDs: the validity of self-reported condom use by Zenilman, J M, Weisman, C S, Rompalo, A M, Ellish, N, Upchurch, D M, Hook, 3rd, E W, Celentano, D

“…Studies of sexual behavior and of interventions designed to reduce human immunodeficiency virus risk usually depend on self-report. Validation of self-reported…”
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Gender Differences in Child Health: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys by Hill, Kenneth, Upchurch, Dawn M.

“…Data from the Demographic and Health Surveys indicate that girls in many developing countries have higher mortality in childhood relative to boys than would be…”
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Behavioral Contributions to Acquisition of Gonorrhea in Patients Attending an Inner City Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic by Upchurch, Dawn M., Brady, William E., Reichart, Cindy A., Hook, Edward W.

“…To begin to define the behaviors that influence gonorrhea acquisition, a case-series of patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic was surveyed…”
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Interpartner reliability of reporting of recent sexual behaviors by Upchurch, D M, Weisman, C S, Shepherd, M, Brookmeyer, R, Fox, R, Celentano, D D, Colletta, L, Hook, 3rd, E W

“…Epidemiologic studies exploring risks for sexually transmitted diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus infection, typically rely on self-report of…”
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Nonmarital Childbearing: Influences of Education, Marriage, and Fertility by Upchurch, Dawn M., Lillard, Lee A., Constantijn W.A. Panis

“…We examined the determinants of nonmarital fertility, focusing on the effects of other life-course events: education, marriage, marital dissolution, and…”
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Neighborhood and Family Contexts of Adolescent Sexual Activity by Upchurch, Dawn M., Aneshensel, Carol S., Sucoff, Clea A., Levy-Storms, Lené

“…Using a community-based sample of 870 adolescents in Los Angeles, we examine the influences of neighborhood and family contexts on the transition to first sex…”
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Inconsistencies in reporting the occurrence and timing of first intercourse among adolescents by Upchurch, Dawn M., Lillard, Lee A., Aneshensel, Carol S., Li, Nicole Fang

“…Two types of reporting inconsistency for sexual initiation were analyzed-event occurrence and its timing-using data from two waves of the National Longitudinal…”
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Comparative behavioral epidemiology of gonococcal and chlamydial infections among patients attending a Baltimore, Maryland, sexually transmitted disease clinic by Hook, 3rd, E W, Reichart, C A, Upchurch, D M, Ray, P, Celentano, D, Quinn, T C

“…Between April 1988 and May 1989, 400 males and 400 females attending a Baltimore, Maryland, sexually transmitted disease clinic were enrolled in a study…”
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Determinants of Emergence of Antibiotic-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Hook, Edward W., Brady, William E., Reicbart, Cindy A., Upchurch, Dawn M., Sherman, Linda A., Wasserheit, Judith N.

“…Studies were carried out to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors for antibiotic-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections. Monthly surveillance of…”
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Contraceptive needs and practices among women attending an inner-city STD clinic by Upchurch, D M, Farmer, M Y, Glasser, D, Hook, E W, 3rd

“…To assess the potential need, interest, and benefits of provision of contraceptive services in sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics, we surveyed 516…”
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Prevalence and patterns of condom use among patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic by Upchurch, D M, Ray, P, Reichart, C, Celentano, D D, Quinn, T, Hook, 3rd, E W

“…The purpose of this study is to evaluate prevalence and patterns of condom use among patients attending a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic, who are at…”
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Forming a family, leaving school early, and earning a GED: a racial and cohort comparison by Astone, N.M, Upchurch, D.M

“…In this paper we evaluate whether family formation—getting married or bearing a child—has interfered with women's secondary school attainment in the United…”
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Adolescent childbearing and high school completion in the 1980s: have things changed? by Upchurch, D.M, McCarthy, J

“…More adolescent mothers are now graduating from high school than ever before. Since the 1950s, the high school completion rate of women who became mothers at…”
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Health Insurance Coverage, Health Care-Seeking Behaviors, and Genital Chlamydial Infection Prevalence in Sexually Active Young Adults by GEISLER, WILLIAM M., CHYU, LAURA, KUSUNOKI, YASAMIN, UPCHURCH, DAWN M, HOOK, EDWARD W.

“…Background: Genital chlamydial infection remains prevalent in young adults. Differential access to health care and thus the opportunity for testing, treatment,…”
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Gender and Ethnic Differences in the Timing of First Sexual Intercourse by Upchurch, Dawn M., Levy-Storms, Lene, Sucoff, Clea A., Aneshensel, Carol S.

“…Context: Whether the effect of gender on the risk of first intercourse is influenced by adolescents' ethnicity has received limited attention in research on…”
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Evaluation and management of acute high-grade immunotherapy-related neurotoxicity by Sandoval, Marcelo, Wechsler, Adriana H., Alhajji, Zahra, Viets-Upchurch, Jayne, Brock, Patricia, Lipe, Demis N., Al-breiki, Aisha, Yeung, Sai-Ching J.

“…Immune checkpoint inhibitor monoclonal antibodies allow the host's immune system to attack tumors, which has revolutionized cancer care over the last decade…”
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Progressive shortfall in open aneurysm experience for vascular surgery trainees with the impact of fenestrated and branched endovascular technology by Dua, Anahita, MD, MS, MBA, Koprowski, Steven, BS, Upchurch, Gilbert, MD, Lee, Cheong J., MD, Desai, Sapan S., MD, PhD, MBA

“…Abstract Background In 2014, we published a series of articles in the Journal of Vascular Surgery that detailed the decrease in volume of open aneurysm repair…”
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Use of complementary and alternative medicine among American women by Upchurch, Dawn M., Chyu, Laura

“…Although women are increasingly using complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies, a national profile characterizing women who use CAM has yet to be…”
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