Paul Simon

Summary

Affiliation: Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Proximity of fast food restaurants to schools: do neighborhood income and type of school matter?
    Paul A Simon
    Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, 3530 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA, 90010, USA
    Prev Med 47:284-8. 2008
  2. ncbi Physical activity promotion: a local and state health department perspective
    Paul Simon
    Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA
    Prev Med 49:297-8. 2009
  3. ncbi Knowledge, attitudes and potential response to menu labelling in an urban public health clinic population
    Jennifer Piron
    Surveillance, Epidemiology and Evaluation SEE, Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Public Health Nutr 13:550-5. 2010
  4. ncbi Health-related quality of life among adults with serious psychological distress and chronic medical conditions
    Margaret Shih
    Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
    Qual Life Res 17:521-8. 2008
  5. ncbi HIV risk factors reported by two samples of male bathhouse attendees in Los Angeles, California, 2001-2002
    Trista A Bingham
    Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, HIV Epidemiology Program, Los Angeles, California 90005, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 35:631-6. 2008
  6. ncbi Menu labeling as a potential strategy for combating the obesity epidemic: a health impact assessment
    Tony Kuo
    Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA
    Am J Public Health 99:1680-6. 2009
  7. ncbi Physical inactivity and overweight among Los Angeles County adults
    Antronette K Yancey
    Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Am J Prev Med 27:146-52. 2004
  8. ncbi Ethnic and sex variations in overweight self-perception: relationship to sedentariness
    Antronette K Yancey
    Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095 6900, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:980-8. 2006
  9. ncbi HIV risk behaviors among African American men in Los Angeles County who self-identify as heterosexual
    Amy Rock Wohl
    HIV Epidemiology Program, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, California 90005, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 31:354-60. 2002
  10. ncbi School-based physical fitness testing identifies large disparities in childhood overweight in Los Angeles
    Nolan E Lee
    Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    J Am Diet Assoc 106:118-21. 2006

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi Proximity of fast food restaurants to schools: do neighborhood income and type of school matter?
    Paul A Simon
    Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, 3530 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA, 90010, USA
    Prev Med 47:284-8. 2008
    ..To investigate the proximity of fast food restaurants to public schools and examine proximity by neighborhood income and school level (elementary, middle, or high school)...
  2. ncbi Physical activity promotion: a local and state health department perspective
    Paul Simon
    Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA
    Prev Med 49:297-8. 2009
    ....
  3. ncbi Knowledge, attitudes and potential response to menu labelling in an urban public health clinic population
    Jennifer Piron
    Surveillance, Epidemiology and Evaluation SEE, Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Public Health Nutr 13:550-5. 2010
    ..g. obesity, diabetes and CVD)...
  4. ncbi Health-related quality of life among adults with serious psychological distress and chronic medical conditions
    Margaret Shih
    Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
    Qual Life Res 17:521-8. 2008
    ..Determine the prevalence of serious psychological distress (SPD) among adults with and without chronic medical conditions and examine the association between SPD and health-related quality of life (HRQOL)...
  5. ncbi HIV risk factors reported by two samples of male bathhouse attendees in Los Angeles, California, 2001-2002
    Trista A Bingham
    Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, HIV Epidemiology Program, Los Angeles, California 90005, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 35:631-6. 2008
    ..We aimed to describe the use of voluntary HIV counseling and testing services, risk behaviors, and risk factors for unprotected anal sex (UAS) among men who have sex with men (MSM) who attended a bathhouse in Los Angeles during 2001-2002...
  6. ncbi Menu labeling as a potential strategy for combating the obesity epidemic: a health impact assessment
    Tony Kuo
    Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA
    Am J Public Health 99:1680-6. 2009
    ..We conducted a health impact assessment to quantify the potential impact of a state menu-labeling law on population weight gain in Los Angeles County, California...
  7. ncbi Physical inactivity and overweight among Los Angeles County adults
    Antronette K Yancey
    Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Am J Prev Med 27:146-52. 2004
    ..The present study examines sociodemographic, health status, health behavioral, and health-related self-perception correlates of physical inactivity in a large, multiethnic urban population...
  8. ncbi Ethnic and sex variations in overweight self-perception: relationship to sedentariness
    Antronette K Yancey
    Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095 6900, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:980-8. 2006
    ..In this study, we examined ethnic and sex differences in overweight self-perception and their association with sedentariness in this sample...
  9. ncbi HIV risk behaviors among African American men in Los Angeles County who self-identify as heterosexual
    Amy Rock Wohl
    HIV Epidemiology Program, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, California 90005, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 31:354-60. 2002
    ..4, 6.3) use were associated with HIV. Innovative HIV prevention strategies are needed that move beyond the traditional gay versus straight model to effectively access hard-to-reach African American men who self-identify as heterosexual...
  10. ncbi School-based physical fitness testing identifies large disparities in childhood overweight in Los Angeles
    Nolan E Lee
    Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    J Am Diet Assoc 106:118-21. 2006
    ....
  11. ncbi Asians and Pacific Islanders and the growing childhood obesity epidemic
    Sanaa Shabbir
    Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
    Ethn Dis 20:129-35. 2010
    ..To investigate differences in childhood overweight and obesity prevalence among Asian/Pacific Islander (API) subgroups...
  12. ncbi Prevalence of childhood asthma and associated morbidity in Los Angeles County: impacts of race/ethnicity and income
    Paul A Simon
    Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, California 90012, USA
    J Asthma 40:535-43. 2003
    ....
  13. ncbi Sexual behavior and condom practices among Los Angeles women
    Dawn M Upchurch
    University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Womens Health Issues 13:8-15. 2003
    ..The sociodemographic correlates of the number of recent sexual partners and condom use are investigated in a population-based sample of 1,178 unmarried women living in Los Angeles County...
  14. ncbi The role of person-to-person transmission in an epidemiologic study of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
    Amy Rock Wohl
    HIV Epidemiology Program, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA 90005, USA
    AIDS 16:1821-5. 2002
    ..Recent exposure to persons with pneumonia (PCP) among HIV-infected persons with and without PCP was assessed to evaluate the person-to-person transmission hypothesis...