Jan M H Risser

Summary

Affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Gender differences in social support and depression among injection drug users in Houston, Texas
    Jan Risser
    Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 36:18-24. 2010
  2. ncbi Self-assessment of circumcision status by adolescents
    Jan M H Risser
    Department of Epidemiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 159:1095-7. 2004
  3. ncbi Relationship between heterosexual anal sex, injection drug use and HIV infection among black men and women
    J M H Risser
    Divisions of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
    Int J STD AIDS 20:310-4. 2009
  4. ncbi Epidemiology of infections in women
    Jan M H Risser
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Infect Dis Clin North Am 22:581-99, v. 2008
  5. ncbi Psychological correlates of trading sex for money among African American crack cocaine smokers
    Jan M H Risser
    Division of Epidemiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 32:645-53. 2006
  6. ncbi Fatalism, optimism, spirituality, depressive symptoms, and stroke outcome: a population-based analysis
    Lewis B Morgenstern
    University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Center, Room 3194, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 5855, USA
    Stroke 42:3518-23. 2011
  7. ncbi Prevalence and incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in incarcerated adolescents
    Polly F Cromwell
    Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas-Houston Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas 77225-0708, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 29:391-6. 2002
  8. ncbi Sexual compulsivity and high-risk sex among Latino men: the role of internalized homonegativity and gay organizations
    Derek J Smolenski
    The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
    AIDS Care 21:42-9. 2009
  9. ncbi Ethnic differences in stroke recurrence
    Lynda D Lisabeth
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 109 South Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    Ann Neurol 60:469-75. 2006
  10. ncbi The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents
    William L Risser
    Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 77030, USA
    Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 16:160-7. 2005

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi Gender differences in social support and depression among injection drug users in Houston, Texas
    Jan Risser
    Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 36:18-24. 2010
    ..Injection drug is the second most frequent HIV/AIDS exposure in the United States. Social support and depression may mediate risky behaviors among drug injectors...
  2. ncbi Self-assessment of circumcision status by adolescents
    Jan M H Risser
    Department of Epidemiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 159:1095-7. 2004
    ..5%, and the specificity was 94.8%; 27% did not know their status. In this population, self-report of circumcision status did not result in accurate information mainly because many adolescents were unsure of their status...
  3. ncbi Relationship between heterosexual anal sex, injection drug use and HIV infection among black men and women
    J M H Risser
    Divisions of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
    Int J STD AIDS 20:310-4. 2009
    ..Prevention strategies directed at curbing the HIV epidemic among black heterosexuals require that we correctly identify the risks so that appropriate interventions can be developed...
  4. ncbi Epidemiology of infections in women
    Jan M H Risser
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Infect Dis Clin North Am 22:581-99, v. 2008
    ....
  5. ncbi Psychological correlates of trading sex for money among African American crack cocaine smokers
    Jan M H Risser
    Division of Epidemiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 32:645-53. 2006
    ..These differences suggest that interventions should address self-esteem, risk-taking practices, depression and anxiety as well as other psychosocial factors...
  6. ncbi Fatalism, optimism, spirituality, depressive symptoms, and stroke outcome: a population-based analysis
    Lewis B Morgenstern
    University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Center, Room 3194, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 5855, USA
    Stroke 42:3518-23. 2011
    ..We sought to describe the association of spirituality, optimism, fatalism, and depressive symptoms with initial stroke severity, stroke recurrence, and poststroke mortality...
  7. ncbi Prevalence and incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in incarcerated adolescents
    Polly F Cromwell
    Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas-Houston Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas 77225-0708, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 29:391-6. 2002
    ..9%. CONCLUSION: The high prevalence and incidence of PID underscore the need for effective programs to eradicate chlamydial and gonorrheal infections in high-risk youths...
  8. ncbi Sexual compulsivity and high-risk sex among Latino men: the role of internalized homonegativity and gay organizations
    Derek J Smolenski
    The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
    AIDS Care 21:42-9. 2009
    ..Further work is needed to validate a path from IH and high-risk sex that incorporates drug or alcohol use...
  9. ncbi Ethnic differences in stroke recurrence
    Lynda D Lisabeth
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 109 South Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    Ann Neurol 60:469-75. 2006
    ..To determine whether stroke recurrence and the effect of recurrence on mortality differ by ethnicity...
  10. ncbi The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents
    William L Risser
    Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 77030, USA
    Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 16:160-7. 2005
    ..The least common of the diseases discussed below is syphilis, but a recent sharp increase in incidence has occurred in men who have sex with men...
  11. ncbi Designing multi-ethnic stroke studies: the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) project
    Melinda A Smith
    Stroke Program, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0322, USA
    Ethn Dis 14:520-6. 2004
    ..We conclude that multi-ethnic stroke comparison studies are feasible. Utilizing epidemiologic principles to design, recruit and analyze data are critical. Process evaluation to examine for sources of bias is important to study conduct...
  12. ncbi Excess stroke in Mexican Americans compared with non-Hispanic Whites: the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi Project
    Lewis B Morgenstern
    Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0316, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 160:376-83. 2004
    ..As the Mexican-American population grows and ages, measures to target this population for stroke prevention are critical...
  13. ncbi Stroke risk after transient ischemic attack in a population-based setting
    Lynda D Lisabeth
    Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich 48109-0316, USA
    Stroke 35:1842-6. 2004
    ..Approximately half of the 90-day stroke risk after TIA occurred within 2 days...
  14. ncbi Access to care, acculturation, and risk factors for stroke in Mexican Americans: the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) project
    Melinda A Smith
    Stroke Program, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, USA
    Stroke 34:2671-5. 2003
    ..Stroke disparities between these populations may be explained only partially by differences in the prevalence of currently identified biological and social factors...
  15. ncbi Stroke burden in Mexican Americans: the impact of mortality following stroke
    Lynda D Lisabeth
    Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0316, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 16:33-40. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Better survival after stroke in MAs is surprising considering their similar stroke subtype and severity compared with NHWs. Social or psychological factors, which may explain this difference, should be explored...