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Methods for developing evidence-based recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Faruque Ahmed
Immunization Services Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Mailstop A 19, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Vaccine 29:9171-6. 2011..The new evidence framework will enhance the ACIP's decision-making process by making it more transparent, consistent and systematic...- Evaluation of a legislatively mandated influenza vaccination program for adults in Rhode Island, USAFaruque Ahmed
Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 16:E01-8. 2010..A state law was passed that mandates the Rhode Island Department of Health to include the purchase and distribution of influenza vaccine for adults in its immunization program... 
National trends and disparities in the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma, 1998-2003Faruque Ahmed
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS E 52, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 5:A74. 2008..Previous studies indicate that the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States is increasing. These reports, however, have contained limited information on population groups other than whites and blacks...
Epidemiology of postshigellosis persistent diarrhea in young childrenF Ahmed
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka
Pediatr Infect Dis J 20:525-30. 2001..Although Shigella accounts for the majority of dysenteric episodes, very little is known about the epidemiology of postshigellosis persistent diarrhea...- Excess risk of subsequent primary cancers among colorectal carcinoma survivors, 1975-2001Faruque Ahmed
Cancer Surveillance Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia
Cancer 107:1162-71. 2006..Studies of persons with colorectal cancer have reported increased risk of subsequent primary cancers. Results have not been consistent, however, and there is little information about such risk in specific races and ethnic populations... - Cost-benefit analysis of a new HEDIS performance measure for pneumococcal vaccinationFaruque Ahmed
Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS K73, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Med Decis Making 22:S58-66. 2002..This article assesses the economic implications of a new Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measure for pneumococcal vaccination... - Effect of the frequency of delivery of reminders and an influenza tool kit on increasing influenza vaccination rates among adults with high-risk conditionsFaruque Ahmed
Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341 3717, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:698-702. 2004.... - Lipopolysaccharide- and cholera toxin-specific subclass distribution of B-cell responses in choleraF Qadri
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 6:812-8. 1999..Vaccines against O1 and O139 cholera ideally should stimulate antibody subclasses that are likely to offer protection... - Initiation of food supplements and stopping of breast-feeding as determinants of weanling shigellosisF Ahmed
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh ICDDR, Dhaka
Bull World Health Organ 71:571-8. 1993..2; 95% CI = 3.1-33.3; P < 0.001). This complex temporal pattern of risk highlights the need for precise definitions of weaning to facilitate identification of children at high risk for invasive diarrhoeal syndromes... - Tracking clinical preventive service use: a comparison of the health plan employer data and information set with the behavioral risk factor surveillance systemS A Bloom
Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Med Care 38:187-94. 2000..There is a need for meaningful and accurate ways of tracking preventive service delivery among different sectors of the US population... - Concomitant supplemental vitamin A enhances the response to weekly supplemental iron and folic acid in anemic teenagers in urban BangladeshF Ahmed
Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Clin Nutr 74:108-15. 2001..CONCLUSION: There may be significant health benefits from a program that enhances the nutritional status of iron, folate, and vitamin A in poor urban young women before they become pregnant... - Safety and immunogenicity of an oral, inactivated enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli plus cholera toxin B subunit vaccine in Bangladeshi adults and childrenF Qadri
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Vaccine 18:2704-12. 2000..These results show that a single dose of the ETEC vaccine may elicit significant mucosal immune responses in both children and adults residing in an ETEC-endemic country such as Bangladesh... - The Prevention Index: using technology to improve quality assessmentThomas M Vogt
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research-Hawaii, 501 Alakawa Street, Suite 201, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA
Health Serv Res 39:511-30. 2004..Standardization of quality assessment capacities of EMRs will permit accurate cross-institutional comparisons... - Regional differences in colorectal cancer incidence, stage, and subsite among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999-2004David G Perdue
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Cancer 113:1179-90. 2008..Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer morbidity and mortality for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs), but misclassification of race causes underestimates of disease burden... - Primary liver cancer incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives, US, 1999-2004Melissa A Jim
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cancer 113:1244-55. 2008.... - Cervical cancer incidence in a prevaccine era in the United States, 1998-2002Mona Saraiya
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Obstet Gynecol 109:360-70. 2007..To report the incidence of cervical cancer by geography, race or ethnicity, and histology... - Foreword: promoting the use of registry-based national cancer surveillance data for colorectal cancer prevention and controlEddie Reed
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Cancer 107:1101-2. 2006 - Descriptive epidemiology of colorectal cancer in the United States, 1998-2001Jeannette Jackson-Thompson
Missouri Cancer Registry and Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri-Columbia, 65211-4380, USA
Cancer 107:1103-11. 2006 - Association between health insurance coverage of office visit and cancer screening among womenCarol Friedman
Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 303411, USA
Med Care 40:1060-7. 2002..Little is known regarding the nuances of insurance benefit design that may affect the receipt of clinical preventive services... - Does health insurance coverage of office visits influence colorectal cancer testing?Reuben K Varghese
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:744-7. 2005..To assess the effect of differing health insurance coverage of physician office visits on the use of colorectal cancer (CRC) tests among an employed and insured population... - Assessing the burden of disease among an employed population: implications for employer-sponsored prevention programsCarol Friedman
Epidemiology Program Office, Cancer Surveillance Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Occup Environ Med 46:3-9. 2004..Disease burden among employees could be reduced through targeted interventions aimed at the risk factors associated with the leading causes of DALYs... - Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2003, featuring cancer among U.S. Hispanic/Latino populationsHolly L Howe
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Springfield, Illinois 62704 6495, USA
Cancer 107:1711-42. 2006..S. cancer information, this year featuring the first comprehensive compilation of cancer information for U.S. Latinos... - Case completeness and data accuracy in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Program of Cancer RegistriesKathleen K Thoburn
New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
Cancer 109:1607-16. 2007..The current report includes a unique, national-level analysis of NPCR-TAA results linked with NPCR-APEI data and other covariates... - Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2004, featuring cancer in American Indians and Alaska NativesDavid K Espey
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cancer 110:2119-52. 2007..S. The 2007 report features a comprehensive compilation of cancer information for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN)... - Preferred provider organization claims showed high predictive value but missed substantial proportion of adults with high-risk conditionsFaruque Ahmed
Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA 30341 3717, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 58:624-8. 2005..We assessed the validity and utility of a claims-based ICD-9-CM algorithm for identifying preferred provider organization (PPO) enrollees ages 18-64 years at high risk for influenza complications...