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| Lawrence E BarkerSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Geographic distribution of diagnosed diabetes in the U.S.: a diabetes beltLawrence E Barker
CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 40:434-9. 2011..The American "stroke belt" has contributed to the study of stroke. However, U.S. geographic patterns of diabetes have not been as specifically characterized...
Assessing equivalence: an alternative to the use of difference tests for measuring disparities in vaccination coverageLawrence E Barker
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Epidemiol 156:1056-61. 2002....- An analysis of eight 95 per cent confidence intervals for a ratio of Poisson parameters when events are rareLawrence Barker
Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS K 28, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Stat Med 27:4030-7. 2008..In a sensitivity analysis, none of the intervals maintained coverage for negative binomial data, indicating that distributional assumptions should be checked before taking our recommendations... 
Disparities between white and African-American children in immunization coverageLawrence E Barker
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30033, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 98:130-5. 2006..We examined how this widening gap differs with geography and income...- Ranking states' immunization coverage: an example from the National Immunization SurveyLawrence E Barker
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Stat Med 24:605-13. 2005..We graphically compared states to a reference state. If NIS data are used to rank states, one should consider presenting confidence intervals for rank and the results of comparisons of one state with another graphically... - Age at diagnosis of diabetes in AppalachiaLawrence Barker
Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta Georgia, USA
Popul Health Metr 9:54. 2011..abstract:.. - Vision health disparities in the United States by race/ethnicity, education, and economic status: findings from two nationally representative surveysXinzhi Zhang
Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3727, USA
Am J Ophthalmol 154:S53-62.e1. 2012..To assess vision health disparities in the United States by race/ethnicity, education, and economic status... - Disparities in eye care utilization among the United States adults with visual impairment: findings from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system 2006-2009Chiu Fang Chou
Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3727, USA
Am J Ophthalmol 154:S45-52.e1. 2012..To estimate the prevalence of annual eye care among visually impaired United States residents aged 40 years or older, by state, race/ethnicity, education, and annual income... - Gender-specific mental and behavioral outcomes among physically abused high-risk seventh-grade youthsJoseph E Logan
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Public Health Rep 124:234-45. 2009..This study investigated gender differences in the relationship between early PA and various internalizing (e.g., thoughts of suicide or victimization) and externalizing (e.g., perpetration of violence) behaviors... - Socioeconomic factors and persistent racial disparities in childhood vaccinationKaren G Wooten
National Immunization Program, Immunization Service Division, Atlanta, GA 30330, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:434-45. 2007..To better understand the effects of socioeconomic factors on racial disparities in childhood vaccination... - Access to health care and control of ABCs of diabetesXuanping Zhang
Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Diabetes Care 35:1566-71. 2012..To examine the relationship between access to health care and diabetes control... - Timeliness of childhood immunizations: a state-specific analysisElizabeth T Luman
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Mail Stop E 62, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1367-74. 2005..We examined the timeliness of vaccine administration among children aged 24 to 35 months for each state of the United States and the District of Columbia... - Racial/ethnic disparities in preschool immunizations: United States, 1996-2001Susan Y Chu
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop E 5, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 94:973-7. 2004..We examined current racial/ethnic differences in immunization coverage rates among US preschool children... - Insurance status and vaccination coverage among US preschool childrenJeanne M Santoli
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Pediatrics 113:1959-64. 2004..The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between insurance status and vaccination coverage among US preschool children aged 19 to 35 months... - Vaccination coverage of American Indian/Alaska native children aged 19 to 35 months: findings from the National Immunization Survey, 1998-2000Tara W Strine
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Public Health 93:2046-9. 2003 - Unmet eye care needs among U.S. 5th-grade studentsXinzhi Zhang
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3727, USA
Am J Prev Med 43:55-8. 2012..There is substantial evidence of a disparity in access to eye care services among adults in the U.S.; however, little is known about health disparities for children's eye care... - Impact of thimerosal-related changes in hepatitis B vaccine birth-dose recommendations on childhood vaccination coverageElizabeth T Luman
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
JAMA 291:2351-8. 2004..The suspension was lifted in September 1999 when preservative-free hepatitis B vaccine became available... - Children who have received no vaccines: who are they and where do they live?Philip J Smith
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Immunization Program, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Pediatrics 114:187-95. 2004..Each year 2.1 million children 19 to 35 months of age are undervaccinated. Among these are children who have received no vaccinations. Unvaccinated children are at increased risk of acquiring and transmitting vaccine-preventable diseases... - Timeliness of childhood vaccinations in the United States: days undervaccinated and number of vaccines delayedElizabeth T Luman
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
JAMA 293:1204-11. 2005..Only 18% of children in the United States receive all vaccinations at the recommended times or acceptably early... - Differential effects of the DTaP and MMR vaccine shortages on timeliness of childhood vaccination coverageTammy A Santibanez
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Immunization Program, 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, Mail Stop E 62, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 96:691-6. 2006.... - Factors associated with hepatitis a vaccination among children 24 to 35 months of age: United States, 2003Joseph J Amon
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatrics 117:30-3. 2006.... - The effect of childhood physical and sexual abuse on adolescent weapon carryingRebecca T Leeb
Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Adolesc Health 40:551-8. 2007..Ample evidence associates child maltreatment with the perpetration of delinquent and violent behavior, but there is little research on the relationship between child maltreatment and weapon carrying... 
How do caregivers know when to take their child for immunizations?Kate M Shaw
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
BMC Pediatr 5:44. 2005....- A1C level and future risk of diabetes: a systematic reviewXuanping Zhang
Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and HealthPromotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Xuanping Zhang
Diabetes Care 33:1665-73. 2010..Our systematic review demonstrated that A1C values between 5.5 and 6.5% were associated with a substantially increased risk for developing diabetes... - Assessment of immunization registry databases as supplemental sources of data to improve ascertainment of vaccination coverage estimates in the national immunization surveyMeena Khare
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:838-42. 2006..To evaluate the use of immunization registry data to supplement missing or incomplete vaccination data reported by immunization providers (referred to as "providers" hereafter) in the National Immunization Survey... - Vaccination coverage of foreign-born children 19 to 35 months of age: findings from the National Immunization Survey, 1999-2000Tara W Strine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Immunization Program, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Pediatrics 110:e15. 2002..To compare coverage estimates of foreign-born children 19 to 35 months old with those of US-born children of the same age group... - Immunization coverage among Hispanic ancestry, 2003 National Immunization SurveyNatalie J Darling
Immunization Services Division, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:421-7. 2005.... - Predictors of age-appropriate receipt of DTaP dose 4Tara W Strine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:45-9. 2003..Dose 4 of DTaP is among the most frequently missed vaccines for children who are not adequately immunized... - Differences between adiposity indicators for predicting all-cause mortality in a representative sample of United States non-elderly adultsHenry S Kahn
Division of Diabetes Translation, U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
PLoS ONE 7:e50428. 2012..In a fasting subsample we considered the lipid accumulation product (LAP; [WC enlargement*triglycerides])... - Impact of geographic density of eye care professionals on eye care among adults with diabetesChiu Fang Chou
Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3727, USA
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 19:340-9. 2012..To examine the impact of the geographic density of eye care professionals (ECPs) on the receipt of annual dilated eye examinations among adults in the United States with diabetes... - Projection of the year 2050 burden of diabetes in the US adult population: dynamic modeling of incidence, mortality, and prediabetes prevalenceJames P Boyle
Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop K10, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta GA 30341 USA
Popul Health Metr 8:29. 2010..Accurate projections of diabetes burden are essential to policymakers planning for future health care needs and costs... - Parental mental and pain-related health and pediatric ambulatory care sensitive emergency department visits and hospitalizationsJoseph E Logan
Division of Violence Prevention, Etiology and Surveillance Branch, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS K60, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
Health Serv Res 43:656-74. 2008..To investigate the types of parental psychiatric and pain-related (PR) conditions that are associated with inadequate management of children's health and medical needs... - Cost-effectiveness of interventions to prevent and control diabetes mellitus: a systematic reviewRui Li
Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Diabetes Care 33:1872-94. 2010..To synthesize the cost-effectiveness (CE) of interventions to prevent and control diabetes, its complications, and comorbidities...