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The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: Information, relationships, and influence
Marks JS , Mokdad AH , Town M . Am J Prev Med 2020 59 (6) 773-775 It has been 35 years since this issue from the archive article, The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveys: State-Specific Prevalence Estimates of Behavioral Risk Factors, and its companion papers on the then Behavioral Risk Factor Surveys were published in the November 1985 American Journal of Preventive Medicine.1–3 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had only recently formed the Center for Health Promotion and Education. Several years later, CDC would combine that center with some other programs (e.g., Diabetes) to form the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. |
Reprint of: Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults: The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)Study
Felitti VJ , Anda RF , Nordenberg D , Williamson DF , Spitz AM , Edwards V , Koss MP , Marks JS . Am J Prev Med 2019 56 (6) 774-786 Background: The relationship of health risk behavior and disease in adulthood to the breadth of exposure to childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction during childhood has not previously been described. Methods: A questionnaire about adverse childhood experiences was mailed to 13,494 adults who had completed a standardized medical evaluation at a large HMO; 9,508 (70.5%)responded. Seven categories of adverse childhood experiences were studied: psychological, physical, or sexual abuse; violence against mother; or living with household members who were substance abusers, mentally ill or suicidal, or ever imprisoned. The number of categories of these adverse childhood experiences was then compared to measures of adult risk behavior, health status, and disease. Logistic regression was used to adjust for effects of demographic factors on the association between the cumulative number of categories of childhood exposures (range: 0–7)and risk factors for the leading causes of death in adult life. Results: More than half of respondents reported at least one, and one-fourth reported ≥2 categories of childhood exposures. We found a graded relationship between the number of categories of childhood exposure and each of the adult health risk behaviors and diseases that were studied (P <.001). Persons who had experienced four or more categories of childhood exposure, compared to those who had experienced none, had 4- to 12-fold increased health risks for alcoholism, drug abuse, depression, and suicide attempt; a 2- to 4-fold increase in smoking, poor self-rated health, ≥50 sexual intercourse partners, and sexually transmitted disease; and a 1.4- to 1.6-fold increase in physical inactivity and severe obesity. The number of categories of adverse childhood exposures showed a graded relationship to the presence of adult diseases including ischemic heart disease, cancer, chronic lung disease, skeletal fractures, and liver disease. The seven categories of adverse childhood experiences were strongly interrelated and persons with multiple categories of childhood exposure were likely to have multiple health risk factors later in life. Conclusions: We found a strong graded relationship between the breadth of exposure to abuse or household dysfunction during childhood and multiple risk factors for several of the leading causes of death in adults. © 2019 American Journal of Preventive Medicine |
Reducing health inequities in the U.S.: recommendations from the NHLBI's health inequities Think Tank meeting
Sampson UK , Kaplan RM , Cooper RS , Diez Roux AV , Marks JS , Engelgau MM , Peprah E , Mishoe H , Boulware LE , Felix KL , Califf RM , Flack JM , Cooper LA , Gracia JN , Henderson JA , Davidson KW , Krishnan JA , Lewis TT , Sanchez E , Luban NL , Vaccarino V , Wong WF , Wright JT Jr , Meyers D , Ogedegbe OG , Presley-Cantrell L , Chambers DA , Belis D , Bennett GC , Boyington JE , Creazzo TL , de Jesus JM , Krishnamurti C , Lowden MR , Punturieri A , Shero ST , Young NS , Zou S , Mensah GA . J Am Coll Cardiol 2016 68 (5) 517-24 The National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened a Think Tank meeting to obtain insight and recommendations regarding the objectives and design of the next generation of research aimed at reducing health inequities in the United States. The panel recommended several specific actions, including: 1) embrace broad and inclusive research themes; 2) develop research platforms that optimize the ability to conduct informative and innovative research, and promote systems science approaches; 3) develop networks of collaborators and stakeholders, and launch transformative studies that can serve as benchmarks; 4) optimize the use of new data sources, platforms, and natural experiments; and 5) develop unique transdisciplinary training programs to build research capacity. Confronting health inequities will require engaging multiple disciplines and sectors (including communities), using systems science, and intervening through combinations of individual, family, provider, health system, and community-targeted approaches. Details of the panel's remarks and recommendations are provided in this report. |
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