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Urban-rural differences in overweight status and physical inactivity among US children aged 10-17 yearsJihong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Rural Health 24:407-15. 2008..Few studies have examined the prevalence of overweight status and physical inactivity among children and adolescents living in rural America...
Disparities in dental insurance coverage and dental care among US children: the National Survey of Children's HealthJihong Liu
Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Pediatrics 119:S12-21. 2007..We sought to understand disparities in dental insurance coverage and dental care among US children by race/ethnicity, urban/rural residence, and socioeconomic status...
Breastfeeding duration and perinatal cigarette smoking in a population-based cohortJihong Liu
Div of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Public Health 96:309-14. 2006..We examined the association between breastfeeding duration and maternal smoking before, during, and after pregnancy...- Acculturation, physical activity, and obesity among Hispanic adolescentsJihong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina USC, Columbia, SC, USA
Ethn Health 14:509-25. 2009..Little is known about how acculturation may influence participation in leisure-time physical activity and obesity among adolescents. The objective of this study was to examine these associations among Hispanic adolescents... - Balancing work and family: effect of employment characteristics on breastfeedingChinelo Ogbuanu
Georgia Department of Community Health, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
J Hum Lact 27:225-38; quiz 293-5. 2011..81; 95% CI, 0.65-0.99). To improve breastfeeding initiation and duration in the United States, part-time options may be an effective solution for working mothers... - Postpartum screening for diabetes among Medicaid-eligible South Carolina women with gestational diabetesNathan L Hale
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Womens Health Issues 22:e163-9. 2012..To examine the rate of timely postpartum screening for diabetes among Medicaid-eligible women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)... - Maternal obesity and breast-feeding practices among white and black womenJihong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold J Norman School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:175-82. 2010..Lower rates of breast-feeding among black women suggest that they should continue to be the focus of the programs and policies aimed at breast-feeding promotion in the United States... - The effect of maternity leave length and time of return to work on breastfeedingChinelo Ogbuanu
Maternal and Child Health Program, Division of Public Health, Georgia Department of Community Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics 127:e1414-27. 2011..We investigated the effect of maternity leave length and time of first return to work on breastfeeding... - Maternal immune markers in serum during gestation and in breast milk and the risk of asthma-like symptoms at ages 6 and 12 months: a longitudinal studyNelís Soto-Ramírez
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Norman J Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 8:11. 2012..abstract:.. - Effects of cardiorespiratory fitness on aging: glucose trajectory in a cohort of healthy menXuemei Sui
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Ann Epidemiol 22:617-22. 2012..We modeled the age-related trajectory of glucose and determined whether cardiorespiratory fitness altered the trajectory in a cohort of men from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study... - Co-varying patterns of physical activity and sedentary behaviors and their long-term maintenance among adolescentsJihong Liu
Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
J Phys Act Health 7:465-74. 2010..We examined the covarying patterns of physical activity and sedentary behaviors among adolescents and their long-term maintenance... - Physical activity during pregnancy in a prospective cohort of British women: results from the Avon longitudinal study of parents and childrenJihong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, HESC 208B, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Eur J Epidemiol 26:237-47. 2011..Our findings provide insights that are relevant to the design of future observational and intervention studies concerned with the effects of physical activity during pregnancy on health outcomes for mothers and offspring... - Reasons why women do not initiate breastfeeding: A southeastern state studyChinelo A Ogbuanu
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Womens Health Issues 19:268-78. 2009..Our objectives are to study women's self-reported reasons for not initiating breastfeeding and to determine whether these reasons vary by race/ethnicity, and other maternal and hospital support characteristics... - Neonatal outcomes for immigrant vs. native-born mothers in Taiwan: an epidemiological paradoxSudha Xirasagar
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Matern Child Health J 15:269-79. 2011..Findings can be used to initiate public education to reverse the widespread negative perceptions and attitudes towards immigrant spouses in Taiwan... - The metabolic syndrome: are rural residents at increased risk?Tushar Trivedi
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
J Rural Health 29:188-97. 2013.... - Maternal obesity, folate intake, and neural tube defects in offspringDaria M McMahon
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 97:115-22. 2013..We also studied relationships between perinatal folate intake from food and the NTD risk by maternal BMI... - Maternal obesity and gestational weight gain in rural versus urban dwelling women in South CarolinaAlexa Gallagher
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
J Rural Health 29:1-11. 2013..To our knowledge, no studies to date have examined differences in prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) patterns by rurality... - Physical activity and electronic media use in the SEARCH for diabetes in youth case-control studyFelipe Lobelo
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Pediatrics 125:e1364-71. 2010..The aim of this study was to characterize the physical activity (PA) and electronic media (EM) use habits of a population-based, ascertained sample of youths with diabetes mellitus (DM)... - Does physical activity during pregnancy reduce the risk of gestational diabetes among previously inactive women?Jihong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Birth 35:188-95. 2008..Our study examined whether physical activity during pregnancy reduced the risk of gestational diabetes among women who were physically inactive before pregnancy... - Obesity subtypes and risk of spontaneous versus medically indicated preterm births in singletons and twinsHamisu M Salihu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33613, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:13-20. 2008..Similar findings were observed in twins. These data suggest that obesity increases the risk for medically indicated but not spontaneous preterm birth in both singletons and twins... - Fatty acids in breast milk associated with asthma-like symptoms and atopy in infancy: a longitudinal studyNelís Soto-Ramírez
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
J Asthma 49:926-34. 2012..These data suggest that the effects of n-3 and n-6 PUFAs on allergic disorders should be further explored... - Emergency contraception in emergency departments in Oregon, 2003Kenneth D Rosenberg
Office of Family Health, Oregon Department of Human Services, 800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 850, Portland, OR 97212, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1453-7. 2005..We sought to learn about access to emergency contraception (EC) in Oregon emergency departments, both for women who are rape patients and for women who have had consensual unprotected sexual intercourse ("nonrape patients")... - Physical well-being and school enrollment: a comparison of adopted and biological children in one-child families in ChinaJihong Liu
Oregon Office of Family Health, 800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 370, Portland, OR 97232, USA
Soc Sci Med 59:609-23. 2004..These results suggest that adopted children were as healthy and well-fed as biological children, but adopted children aged 7-14 years were less likely to be enrolled in school than biological children... - Comparative analysis of characteristics of women with cervical cancer in high- versus low-incidence regionsJihong Liu
Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Gynecol Oncol 94:803-10. 2004..While significant differences in some risk factors were observed, the much lower participation in cervical screening in southern China is likely to be of greatest consequence... - Prevalence of primary infertility in China: in-depth analysis of infertility differentials in three minority province/autonomous regionsJihong Liu
Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
J Biosoc Sci 37:55-74. 2005.... - Immunizations in children with special health care needs in a medical home model of careRonald C Samuels
Division of General Pediatrics, Children s Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Matern Child Health J 12:357-62. 2008.... - The Pediatric Alliance for Coordinated Care: evaluation of a medical home modelJudith S Palfrey
Division of General Pediatrics, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 113:1507-16. 2004....