Measuring the Public's Health

Thacker, Stephen B.; Stroup, Donna F.; Carande-Kulis, Vilma G; Marks, James S.; Roy, Kakoli; Gerberding, Julie L.

doi:10.1177/003335490612100107

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“…Awareness of these issues must stimulate action to eliminate known inequalities before they worsen and are further exacerbated by the aging of the population and inflationary health care costs. 101,103,104,[147][148][149][150] The inequalities in cancer risk, incidence, and prognosis between Latino and non-Latino populations can be reduced by eliminating exposure to infectious agents that cause cancer; with acculturation in the U.S., preventing Latinos from adopting traditionally avoided high risk cancer behaviors; 71,72,74,[151][152][153][154] increasing use of effective clinical prevention services; and assuring that every person diagnosed with cancer has affordable and timely access to state-of-the-art, quality cancer care. [102][103][104]148 We need the continued support and leadership of all the organizations collaborating on this report and the interest of researchers and cancer control specialists throughout the country to focus on continued methodologic and classification improvements in surveillance approaches and to study the issues and determine effective intervention methods for diverse populations.…”

Section: Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2003, featuring cancer among U.S. Hispanic/Latino populations

Howe

Ries

et al. 2006

Cancer

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BACKGROUNDThe American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Cancer Institute, and North American Association of Central Cancer Registries collaborate annually to provide U.S. cancer information, this year featuring the first comprehensive compilation of cancer information for U.S. Latinos.METHODSCancer incidence was obtained from 90% of the Hispanic/Latino and 82% of the U.S. populations. Cancer deaths were obtained for the entire U.S. population. Cancer screening, risk factor, incidence, and mortality data were compiled for Latino and non‐Latino adults and children (incidence only). Long‐term (1975–2003) and fixed‐interval (1995–2003) trends and comparative analyses by disease stage, urbanicity, and area poverty were evaluated.RESULTSThe long‐term trend in overall cancer death rates, declining since the early 1990s, continued through 2003 for all races and both sexes combined. However, female lung cancer incidence rates increased from 1975 to 2003, decelerating since 1991 and breast cancer incidence rates stabilized from 2001 to 2003. Latinos had lower incidence rates in 1999–2003 for most cancers, but higher rates for stomach, liver, cervix, and myeloma (females) than did non‐Latino white populations. Latino children have higher incidence of leukemia, retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma, and germ‐cell tumors than do non‐Latino white children. For several common cancers, Latinos were less likely than non‐Latinos to be diagnosed at localized stages.CONCLUSIONSThe lower cancer rates observed in Latino immigrants could be sustained by maintenance of healthy behaviors. Some infection‐related cancers in Latinos could be controlled by evidence‐based interventions. Affordable, culturally sensitive, linguistically appropriate, and timely access to cancer information, prevention, screening, and treatment are important in Latino outreach and community networks. Cancer 2006. Published 2006 by the American Cancer Society.

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Section: Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2003, featuring cancer among U.S. Hispanic/Latino populations

Howe

Ries

et al. 2006

Cancer

374

280

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“…However, health status cannot be directly measured and is often contextual, measuring state, rather than trait, symptoms. A combination of these factors makes the accurate assessment of health status difficult (Thacker et al, 2006). Fredrickson (2004) broaden-and-build theory proposed that an increase in positive-related emotions, as a result of gratitude, may explain its effectiveness as a mental health treatment.…”

Section: Health Statusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Health Status and Self-Esteem Predict Gratitude in Adult Females?

Stapleton¹,

Isles²,

Chatwin³

et al. 2015

Current Research in Psychology

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Gratitude is often considered a sub-sector of positive psychology. The aim of this study was to examine whether health status and self-esteem could predict gratitude scores in a sample of women. A non-clinical female sample (N = 200) completed self-reported measures online. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to examine whether health status and self-esteem could significantly predict gratitude scores. Findings revealed that health status did not significantly predict gratitude scores in the sample of women in the current study. However, self-esteem was found to statistically predict gratitude scores, suggesting that women with low self-esteem levels were more likely to have lower gratitude scores, which is supported by previous research. The implications of this finding may benefit treatment programs, to increase self-esteem levels in individuals to achieve higher gratitude levels, resulting in various benefits for overall health and well-being.

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“…Traditional mortality rates have been used to evaluate the RTI burden in Mexico, which fail to highlight the premature deaths [7]. In 2015, the country adopted the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal on health (SDG3) and its aim is a 40% reduction of premature deaths by the year 2030.…”

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Expected years of life lost through road traffic injuries in Mexico

Murillo-Zamora

Mendoza-Cano

Trujillo-Hernández

et al. 2017

Global Health Action

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Background: Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are a leading cause of premature mortality, mainly in low- and middle-income countries Objective: To estimate the 2014 burden of RTIs in Mexico calculating years of life lost (YLL) and age-standardized YLL rates (ASYLL), and to evaluate sex, age, and region-related differences in premature mortality. Methods: Mortality data were obtained from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography and 14,637 deaths of individuals 15 years of age and older were analyzed. The YLL and ASYLL were computed. Results: The overall burden of RTIs was 332,922 YLL and 82.4% of the deaths occurred in males. Males from 25 to 34 years of age and females from 15 to 24 years of age showed the highest age-adjusted YLL rates (933 and 158 YLL per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively). The national ASYLL rate was 416 per 100,000 inhabitants and the highest state-stratified mortality rates were observed in Tabasco (851), Sinaloa (709), Durango (656), Zacatecas (642), and Baja California Sur (570). Conclusions: RTIs contributed to the premature mortality rate in the study population. Our findings may be useful from a health policy perspective for designing and prioritizing interventions focused on the prevention of premature loss of life.

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Measuring the Public's Health

Cited by 106 publications

References 26 publications

Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2003, featuring cancer among U.S. Hispanic/Latino populations

Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2003, featuring cancer among U.S. Hispanic/Latino populations

Can Health Status and Self-Esteem Predict Gratitude in Adult Females?

Expected years of life lost through road traffic injuries in Mexico

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