Implementation of evidence-based preventive services delivery processes in primary care: an Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network (OKPRN) studyJames W Mold
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 21:334-44. 2008
..However, there is little information about how to help practices implement these processes...
- Improving mammography screening using best practices and practice enhancement assistants: an Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network (OKPRN) study
Cheryl B Aspy
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 21:326-33. 2008
In 2004 only 68% of women in Oklahoma over the age of 40 reported having a mammogram in the past 2 years, compared with 75% nationally...
Naturally occurring Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in coyotes from OklahomaA A Kocan
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA aak4453
Emerg Infect Dis 6:477-80. 2000
..canis, and E. ewingii DNA in blood samples of free-ranging coyotes from central and northcentral Oklahoma. Of the 21 coyotes examined, 15 (71%) were positive for E. chaffeensis DNA; none was positive for E. canis or E...
Racial misclassification of American Indians in Oklahoma State surveillance data for sexually transmitted diseasesDouglas A Thoroughman
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Epidemiol 155:1137-41. 2002
..This study examined potential racial misclassification of American Indians in STD surveillance data in Oklahoma. Oklahoma State STD surveillance data for 1995 were matched with the Oklahoma State Indian Health Service Patient ..
- Productivity and economic burden associated with diabetes
V Valdmanis
Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, USA
Am J Public Health 91:129-30. 2001
..METHODS: We used the 1990 to 1995 Behavioral Risk Factor Survey in Oklahoma to compare persons with diabetes with age-, sex-, and race/ethnicity-matched respondents without diabetes...
- DNA-repair potential of Halomonas spp. from the Salt Plains Microbial Observatory of Oklahoma
C Wilson
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Microb Ecol 48:541-9. 2004
..GSP), an unvegetated, barren salt flat that is part of the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge near Cherokee, Oklahoma, is the site of the Salt Plains Microbial Observatory...
- Epidemiology of homicide-suicide events: Oklahoma, 1994-2001
R Dawn Comstock
Oklahoma State Department of Health, Injury Prevention Service, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 26:229-35. 2005
In Oklahoma, all nonnatural deaths must be reported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (ME), whose trained investigators report cause of death using a centralized, statewide, standardized reporting system...
- Evaluation of death certificate-based surveillance for traumatic brain injury--Oklahoma 2002
Sara Russell Rodriguez
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Public Health Rep 121:282-9. 2006
..This study evaluated the accuracy of this estimate in Oklahoma and examined the case characteristics of those persons who experienced a TBI-related death but whose death ..
- Isolation and characterization of a bacteriophage with an unusually large genome from the Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, USA
Paul F Seaman
Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, UK
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 60:1-13. 2007
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- Non-cultivated plants of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve of northeastern Oklahoma frequently contain virus-like sequences in particulate fractions
Vijay Muthukumar
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Virus Res 141:169-73. 2009
..non-cultivated plants was assessed from plant samples collected in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve of northeastern Oklahoma, USA...
- Outbreak caused by cad-negative Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O111, Oklahoma
Veronica E Calderon
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555 1070, USA
Foodborne Pathog Dis 7:107-9. 2010
An outbreak of severe diarrheal illness was recently reported in northeastern Oklahoma, and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O111 was identified as the etiological agent...
- Lessons learned from the Oklahoma thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome registry
James N George
College of Public Health, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73126 0901, USA
J Clin Apher 23:129-37. 2008
The Oklahoma TTP-HUS Registry provides a complete community perspective of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)...
- The Oklahoma Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Registry: the Swiss connection
James N George
Colleges of Public Health, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Eur J Haematol 80:277-86. 2008
..With effective treatment it is more frequently diagnosed, the clinical presentations are more diverse, and long-term sequelae are becoming recognized...
- The Healthy Adults Project in rural Oklahoma
June E Eichner
OU Prevention Research Center, OUHSC, Suite 532, Roger Bldg, 800 NE 15th St, OKC, OK 73104, USA
J Okla State Med Assoc 102:12-5. 2009
Screening to identify individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease is sorely needed in rural areas of Oklahoma.
- Allelic variants of ovine prion protein gene (PRNP) in Oklahoma sheep
U DeSilva
Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Cytogenet Genome Res 102:89-94. 2003
..01%. In addition, we report the identification of five new polymorphisms at codons 143 (H/R), 167 (R/S), 180 (H/Y), 195 (T/S) and 196 (T/S). We also report the identification of a novel allele (S/R) at codon 138...
- From risky behaviors to chronic outcomes: current status and Healthy People 2010 goals for American Indians in Oklahoma
Zoran Bursac
Chronic Disease Service, Oklahoma State Dept. of Health, USA
J Okla State Med Assoc 96:569-73. 2003
OBJECTIVES: The objective was to estimate the rates of behavior-related risk factors among American Indians in Oklahoma, and compare those to the Oklahoma general population rates and Healthy People 2010 goals where available...
- The Oklahoma Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (TTP-HUS) Registry: a community perspective of patients with clinically diagnosed TTP-HUS
James N George
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, 73190, USA
Semin Hematol 41:60-7. 2004
The Oklahoma Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (TTP-HUS) Registry enrolls all consecutive patients for whom plasma exchange treatment is requested for clinically diagnosed TTP-HUS within a defined geographic ..
- Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery in Oklahoma: processes and outcomes of care
Siddhartha Venkatappa
University of Central Oklahoma, USA
J Okla State Med Assoc 96:63-9. 2003
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a commonly performed operation on Oklahoma Medicare beneficiaries...
- Genetic and environmental contributions to cardiovascular disease risk in American Indians: the strong heart family study
Kari E North
Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX, USA
Am J Epidemiol 157:303-14. 2003
..34)). These results suggest that heredity explains a substantial proportion of the variability of CVD risk factors and that these heritabilities are large enough to warrant a search for major risk factor genes...
- Psychiatric disorders in rescue workers after the Oklahoma City bombing
Carol S North
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:857-9. 2002
Psychiatric disorders were studied in a volunteer group of 181 firefighters who served as rescue/recovery workers after the Oklahoma City bombing.
- The impact of the Oklahoma City bombing on children in the community
B Pfefferbaum
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190 3048, USA
Mil Med 166:49-50. 2001
..study examined the influence of exposure on post-traumatic stress symptomatology in children following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Over 2,000 children were surveyed 7 weeks after the bombing...
- Fasting insulin and obesity-related phenotypes are linked to chromosome 2p: the Strong Heart Family Study
Vincent P Diego
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, Department of Genetics, PO Box 760549, San Antonio, TX 78245 0549, USA
Diabetes 55:1874-8. 2006
..the genetic and environmental determinants of cardiovascular disease in American-Indian populations from Arizona, Oklahoma, and North and South Dakota...
- State public policy: the impacts of Oklahoma's physician incentive programs
Michael Lapolla
Center for Health Policy and Research, Oklahoma State University, 2345 Southwest Blvd, Tulsa, OK 74107, USA
J Okla State Med Assoc 97:190-4. 2004
..enactment of Medicare and Medicaid created a sudden and significant increase in demand for physician services in Oklahoma. As a response, the Oklahoma Legislature established the Physician Manpower Training Commission in 1975...
- Social and cultural barriers to diabetes prevention in Oklahoma American Indian women
Christopher Taylor
Department of Nutritional Services, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 1:A06. 2004
..In-home qualitative interviews were conducted with 79 American Indian women from 3 tribal clinics in northeast Oklahoma to identify a cultural definition of health and diabetes...
- Rapid needs assessment of Hurricane Katrina evacuees-Oklahoma, September 2005
Sara Russell Rodriguez
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Prehosp Disaster Med 21:390-5. 2006
On 04 September 2005, 1,589 Hurricane Katrina evacuees from the New Orleans area arrived in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State Department of Health conducted a rapid needs assessment of the evacuees housed at a National Guard training facility ..
- Reduced amygdala activation in young adults at high risk of alcoholism: studies from the Oklahoma family health patterns project
David C Glahn
Neuroimaging Core, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, USA
Biol Psychiatry 61:1306-9. 2007
..Risk of alcoholism is higher in those with a positive family history (FH+) and in those showing behavioral disinhibition, possibly reflecting altered limbic system function...
- Potential health impacts of heavy-metal exposure at the Tar Creek Superfund site, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
John S Neuberger
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
Environ Geochem Health 31:47-59. 2009
..of exposure to heavy metals and health problems was evaluated at the Tar Creek Superfund site, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA. Observed versus expected mortality was calculated for selected conditions in the County and exposed cities...
- A screening-level assessment of lead, cadmium, and zinc in fish and crayfish from Northeastern Oklahoma, USA
Christopher J Schmitt
U S Geological Survey USGS, Columbia Environmental Research Center, 4200 New Haven Rd, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
Environ Geochem Health 28:445-71. 2006
..punctulatus; and white crappie, Pomoxis annularis) were collected in 2001--2002 from the Oklahoma waters of the Spring River (SR) and Neosho River (NR), which drain the TSMD...
- Did fertility go up after the Oklahoma City bombing? An analysis of births in metropolitan counties in Oklahoma, 1990-1999
Joseph Lee Rodgers
Department of Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Norman 73019, USA
Demography 42:675-92. 2005
..g., Hurricane Hugo in 1989) can affect fertility. In our research, we addressed the question of whether the Oklahoma City bombing in April 1995, a man-made disaster, influenced fertility patterns in Oklahoma...
- Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from farm environments and retail products in Oklahoma
Shin Hee Kim
Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Environmental Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
J Food Prot 68:2022-9. 2005
..enteric bacteria were isolated from turkey, cattle, and chicken farms and retail meat products in Oklahoma. Among the isolated species, multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae was prevalently isolated from most of the ..
- Grading the severity of cervical neoplasia based on combined histopathology, cytopathology, and HPV genotype distribution among 1,700 women referred to colposcopy in Oklahoma
Nicolas Wentzensen
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20854 7234, USA
Int J Cancer 124:964-9. 2009
..We are now using these sharpened diagnostic categories to search for novel biomarkers predicting the risk of progression and invasion...
- Tobacco use among American Indians in Oklahoma: an epidemiologic view
June E Eichner
University of Oklahoma Prevention Research Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA
Public Health Rep 120:192-9. 2005
..This study is a comparison of tobacco use findings in the 1990s among American Indians in Oklahoma, a state with a large and diverse American Indian population (39 tribes).
- Intrafamilial correlates of overweight and obesity in African-American and Native-American grandparents, parents, and children in rural Oklahoma
Diana C Polley
Langston University, 1412 Woodbury Circle, Edmond, Oklahoma 73034, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:262-5. 2005
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- Cost effectiveness analysis of a smoke alarm giveaway program in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
A C Haddix
Department of International Health, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Inj Prev 7:276-81. 2001
..To estimate the cost effectiveness of the Lifesavers Residential Fire and Injury Prevention Program (LRFIPP), a smoke alarm giveaway program...
- A serologic survey of Oklahoma cats for antibodies to feline immunodeficiency virus, coronavirus, and Toxoplasma gondii and for antigen to feline leukemia virus
S J Rodgers
Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078
J Vet Diagn Invest 2:180-3. 1990
A serologic survey was done on 618 cat sera submitted to the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory between July 1, 1987 and June 30, 1988. The samples were collected from clinically normal and sick cats...
- Rising tide of cardiovascular disease in American Indians. The Strong Heart Study
B V Howard
Medlantic Research Institute and Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
Circulation 99:2389-95. 1999
..The Strong Heart Study was initiated to investigate CVD and its risk factors in American Indians in 13 communities in Arizona, Oklahoma, and South/North Dakota.
- Psychiatric disorders among survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing
C S North
School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
JAMA 282:755-62. 1999
..Disasters expose unselected populations to traumatic events and can be used to study the mental health effects. The Oklahoma City, Okla, bombing is particularly significant for the study of mental health sequelae of trauma because its ..
- Lessons from the first two years of Project Heartland, Oklahoma's mental health response to the 1995 bombing
J A Call
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health, Oklahoma City 73104, USA
Psychiatr Serv 50:953-5. 1999
On April 19, 1995, a terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City killed 168 people and injured 853 others...
- Population effects of the bombing of Oklahoma City
D W Smith
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 73190, USA
J Okla State Med Assoc 92:193-8. 1999
The explosion at the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, affected many members of the community as well as direct victims. Our goal was to measure the exposure and effects among the general population.
- Serosurvey of selected viral and bacterial diseases in wild swine from Oklahoma
J T Saliki
Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078, USA
J Wildl Dis 34:834-8. 1998
Blood samples collected from 120 wild swine (Sus scrofa) in thirteen Oklahoma (USA) counties during 1996 were tested for antibodies against six viral and two bacterial diseases...
- Posttraumatic stress two years after the Oklahoma City bombing in youths geographically distant from the explosion
B Pfefferbaum
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P O Box 26901, Williams Pavilion, Room 3470, Oklahoma City, OK 73190 3048, USA
Psychiatry 63:358-70. 2000
..Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomatology in 69 sixth-grade youths who resided within 100 miles of Oklahoma City at the time of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building...
- Correlation of spring spore concentrations and meteorological conditions in Tulsa, Oklahoma
C Troutt
Faculty of Biological Science, The University of Tulsa, OK 74104, USA
Int J Biometeorol 45:64-74. 2001
..This project attempted to correlate fungal spore concentrations with meteorological data from Tulsa, Oklahoma during May 1998 and May 1999. Air samples were collected and analyzed by the 12-traverse method...
- Health problems and use of services at two urban American Indian clinics
T L Taylor
Department of Health Administration, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 73190
Public Health Rep 103:88-95. 1988
..A survey of medical records was conducted at urban Indian health clinics, one located in Oklahoma City, OK, and the other in Wichita, KS. Health records of 500 patients from each clinic were reviewed...
- It might work in Oklahoma but will it work in Oakhampton? Context and implementation in the effectiveness literature on domestic smoke detectors
L Arai
Institute for Health Research, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK
Inj Prev 11:148-51. 2005
..To explore data on factors affecting implementation processes in papers contributing to a Cochrane systematic review (SR) of smoke alarm interventions, supplemented by further papers not included in the review...
- Comparison of post-disaster psychiatric disorders after terrorist bombings in Nairobi and Oklahoma City
Carol S North
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8134, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Br J Psychiatry 186:487-93. 2005
..African disaster-affected populations are poorly represented in disaster mental health literature...
- Halotolerant aerobic heterotrophic bacteria from the Great Salt Plains of Oklahoma
T M Caton
Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260, USA
Microb Ecol 48:449-62. 2004
The Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge (SPNWR) near Cherokee, Oklahoma, contains a barren salt flat where Permian brine rises to the surface and evaporates under dry conditions to leave a crust of white salt...
- Zinc and lead poisoning in wild birds in the tri-state mining district (Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri)
W N Beyer
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, United States Geological Survey, BARC East, 10300 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 48:108-17. 2005
The Tri-State Mining District (Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri) is contaminated with Pb, Cd, and Zn from mining, milling and smelting...
- Association of obesity and smoking with chronic diseases among Oklahoma adults
Carrie G Tutor
Oklahoma State Department of Health, Chronic Disease Service, 1000 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117, USA
J Okla State Med Assoc 97:443-7. 2004
..Obesity has nearly doubled in Oklahoma and in the US since 1990 while Oklahoma adult smoking rates have remained above 25%...
- Management of laboratory test results in family practice. An OKPRN study. Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network
J W Mold
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73104, USA
J Fam Pract 49:709-15. 2000
..Ineffective management of laboratory test results can result in suboptimal care and malpractice liability. However, there is little information available on how to do this important task properly in primary care settings...
- Injuries to rescue workers following the Oklahoma City bombing
A M Dellinger
Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Ind Med 31:727-32. 1997
..objective of this study was to identify and describe physical injuries to rescue workers in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing...
- A molecular and serologic survey of Ehrlichia canis, E. chaffeensis, and E. ewingii in dogs and ticks from Oklahoma
G L Murphy
Department of Anatomy, Pathology, and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078, USA
Vet Parasitol 79:325-39. 1998
..and Ehrlichia ewingii in blood samples of 65 dogs that harbored ticks from northcentral and northeastern Oklahoma. Dog blood samples were also examined for antibodies against E. canis and E...
- Dietary sources of nutrients among rural Native American and white children
Berrit C Stroehla
CODA, Inc, Durham, NC, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:1908-16. 2005
..sample of 329 rural Native American and non-Hispanic white children aged 1 through 6 years living in northeastern Oklahoma. STATISTICAL ANALYSES: The percentage that each of 85 food items contributed to the population intake of 10 ..
- Childhood obesity onset in an urban American Indian health clinic
Nicole G Stern
Campus Health Service, 1224 E Lowell Street, Bldg 95, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
J Okla State Med Assoc 100:462-5. 2007
..To determine the relationship between gender and the age of onset of overweight and obesity for American Indian children between the ages of 2 and 12 years old...
- Chronic arthritis in children and adolescents in two Indian health service user populations
Joyce Mauldin
Dept, of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, BSEB 235A, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104 USA
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 5:30. 2004
..The impact of these diseases on American Indian children has not been investigated...
- Rheumatic disease in Native American children: opportunities and challenge
James N Jarvis
Pediatric Rheumatology Research, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Basic Sciences Education Building 235A, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
Curr Rheumatol Rep 5:471-6. 2003
..The authors' work in Oklahoma and with tribes on the northern Great Plains demonstrates high rates of childhood-onset rheumatic disease in this ..
- Overweight and obesity in an ethnically diverse rural school district: the Healthy Kids Project
June E Eichner
University of Oklahoma Prevention Research Center, College of Public Health, Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:501-4. 2008
..The Healthy Kids Project is part of an effort to describe the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a racially mixed rural area where Native American, Hispanic, African American, and white children reside...
- Body mass index and blood pressure screening in a rural public school system: the Healthy Kids Project
William E Moore
University of Oklahoma Prevention Research Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 3:A114. 2006
..through 12, were invited to be screened for height, weight, and blood pressure to assess the health status of this multiracial, multiethnic (American Indian, white, African American, and Hispanic) population in southwestern Oklahoma.
- A cultural approach to conducting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C virus education among native American adolescents
John Lowe
Christine E Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL, USA
J Sch Nurs 24:229-38. 2008
..from a convenience sample of 41 students at a public high school within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. Statistical analysis revealed immediate differences between pretests and posttests related to knowledge, ..
- Correlation between lipoprotein(a) and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Cherokee Indians: the Cherokee Diabetes Study
Wenyu Wang
College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK 73190 5005, USA
Ann Epidemiol 15:390-7. 2005
..To study the age and gender effects on the distribution of lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] and its relationship with other cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes risk factors in the participants of the Cherokee Diabetes Study (CDS) (1995-2000)...
- Linkage study of fibrinogen levels: the Strong Heart Family Study
Lyle G Best
Missouri Breaks Industries Research Inc, Timber Lake, SD, USA
BMC Med Genet 9:77. 2008
..The Strong Heart Study has demonstrated an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease in the American Indian population, and therefore represents an important source for genetic-epidemiological investigations...
- Understanding childhood lead poisoning preventive behaviors: the roles of self-efficacy, subjective norms, and perceived benefits
Angela D Bland
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Prev Med 41:70-8. 2005
..of American Indian and White children aged 1 to 6 living in or near the Tar Creek Superfund site in northeastern Oklahoma. Caregivers' perceived health benefits, self-efficacy, and subjective norms were assessed for four lead poisoning ..
- Prediction of coronary heart disease in a population with high prevalence of diabetes and albuminuria: the Strong Heart Study
Elisa T Lee
Center for American Indian Health Research, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, PO Box 26901, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA
Circulation 113:2897-905. 2006
..high rates of diabetes and albuminuria, derived from data collected in the Strong Heart Study, a longitudinal study of cardiovascular disease in 13 American Indian tribes and communities in Arizona, North and South Dakota, and Oklahoma.
- Acanthosis Nigricans, insulin resistance (HOMA) and dyslipidemia among Native American children
Kenneth Copeland
Department of Pediatrics, 940 NE 13th Street, CHO 2426B, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
J Okla State Med Assoc 99:19-24. 2006
..In this study, we evaluated whether insulin resistance (as reflected by HOMA) was associated with acanthosis nigricans, Native American heritage, BMI, fasting insulin, and plasma lipids in Native American children and adolescents...
- Genetic influences on aortic root size in American Indians: the Strong Heart Study
Jonathan N Bella
Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 22:1008-11. 2002
..were identified as significant covariates in the analyses, h2 analyses were performed separately in Arizona, Oklahoma, and North/South Dakota centers, which confirmed that a significant proportion of the phenotypic variance of ..
- Association of acanthosis nigricans with hyperinsulinemia compared with other selected risk factors for type 2 diabetes in Cherokee Indians: the Cherokee Diabetes Study
Martha L Stoddart
Center for American Indian Health Research, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Public Health, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA
Diabetes Care 25:1009-14. 2002
..To report prevalence rates of acanthosis nigricans (AN) and hyperinsulinemia and the association of AN with hyperinsulinemia compared with other known or suspected risk factors for type 2 diabetes in young American Indians...
- Principal component analysis of the T wave and prediction of cardiovascular mortality in American Indians: the Strong Heart Study
Peter M Okin
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Circulation 105:714-9. 2002
..However, principal component analysis (PCA) of the T-wave vector loop may more accurately represent repolarization abnormalities than QTd...
- Cherokee self-reliance
John Lowe
School of Nursing/College of Health and Urban Affairs, Florida International University, Miami, USA
J Transcult Nurs 13:287-95. 2002
..Cutting across all three categories are the two themes of being true to onself and being connected...
- Impact of core and secondary foods on nutritional composition of diets in Native-American women
Christopher A Taylor
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:413-9. 2005
To identify the core and secondary foods among Native-American women in Oklahoma and to determine their impact on nutrient and Food Guide Pyramid serving intakes.
- A diabetes prevention assessment tool for American Indians
Christopher A Taylor
Medical Dietetics Division, The Ohio State University, 453 West 10th Ave, 306A Atwell Hall, Columbus, OH 43210 1234, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 2:A06. 2005
..Few data are available about the perceptions of diabetes among American Indians, and no culturally appropriate tools are available for assessment of perceptions related to health and diabetes...
- Roles of American Indian grandparents in times of cultural crisis
Rockey Robbins
Counseling Psychology Department at the University of Oklahoma in Normal, OK 73019, USA
J Cult Divers 12:62-8. 2005
..Methods of enculturation took the form of stories, modeling, direct teaching and playful interaction...
- Smoking restrictions in the home and car among rural Native American and white families with young children
Michelle C Kegler
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Prev Med 35:334-42. 2002
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- Anti-smoking socialization beliefs among rural Native American and White parents of young children
Michelle C Kegler
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Health Educ Res 20:175-84. 2005
..socialization beliefs of White and Native American parents in a low-income, rural population in northeastern Oklahoma. Data are from a population-based, cross-sectional children's environmental health study in which in-home ..
- Results from a lay health advisor intervention to prevent lead poisoning among rural Native American children
Michelle Crozier Kegler
Masters in Public Health Program, MSC09 5060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1730-5. 2004
..CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide limited support for the effectiveness of lay health advisor interventions as a primary lead poisoning prevention strategy for Native American communities...
- Combined echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and electrocardiographic ST depression improve prediction of mortality in American Indians: the Strong Heart Study
Peter M Okin
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
Hypertension 43:769-74. 2004
..These findings support the value of combining Echo-LVH and ECG-STD to improve risk stratification. These findings require verification in other populations...
- Incidence of diabetes in American Indians of three geographic areas: the Strong Heart Study
Elisa T Lee
Center for American Indian Health Research, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA
Diabetes Care 25:49-54. 2002
..To estimate incidence rates of diabetes and associated risk factors among participants of the Strong Heart Study...
- Preventing fatalities in building bombings: what can we learn from the Oklahoma City bombing?
Mary T Glenshaw
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Disaster Med Public Health Prep 1:27-31; discussion 31-3. 2007
..This study assesses factors associated with fatality risk among individuals exposed to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
- Heritability of carotid artery structure and function: the Strong Heart Family Study
Kari E North
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 22:1698-703. 2002
..23), and the augmentation index (h2<0.18). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the additive effects of genes explain a moderate proportion of the variability of carotid artery structure and function...
- Dietary intakes of nutrients thought to modify cardiovascular risk from three groups of American Indians: The Strong Heart Dietary Study, Phase II
Jamie Stang
Leadership Education and Training Program in Maternal and Child Health Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:1895-903. 2005
..Dietary factors play a role in the development of CVD and associated comorbid conditions, yet surprisingly few data exist to describe the dietary intakes and nutritional adequacy of American Indian adults at risk for CVD...
- Prevalence and correlates of rheumatic heart disease in American Indians (the Strong Heart Study)
Wendy L Schaffer
Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Am J Cardiol 91:1379-82. 2003
- Asthma in American Indian adults: the Strong Heart Study
Anne E Dixon
University of Vermont College of Medicine, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Chest 131:1323-30. 2007
..Characterization of the impact of asthma among American Indian adults is necessary in order to design appropriate clinical and preventive measures...
- Reference values for echocardiographic measurements in urban and rural populations of differing ethnicity: the Strong Heart Study
A Ilercil
Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University, USA
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 14:601-11. 2001
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- American Indian diets and nutritional research: implications of the Strong Heart Dietary Study, Phase II, for cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Dennis Wiedman
J Am Diet Assoc 105:1874-80. 2005
- A population-based assessment of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in middle-aged and older adults: the Strong Heart Study
R B Devereux
Department of Medicine, Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Am Heart J 141:439-46. 2001
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- Oral hormone replacement therapy: factors that influence the estradiol concentrations achieved in a multiracial study population
Judith S Gavaler
University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, PA 15261, USA
J Clin Pharmacol 42:137-44. 2002
..This report demonstrates not only that women treated with HRTdo not all achieve therapeutic levels of estradiol but also that factors can be identified that modulate the E2 concentration achieved in response to HRT administration...
- New collaborations with native Americans in the conduct of community research
Patricia D Mail
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Health Educ Behav 33:148-53. 2006
- Woodruff v. Covington--physicians associated with federally funded health-care programs may not be immune to claims brought under Federal Tort Claims Act
Jung Lee
Boston University Law School, USA
J Law Med Ethics 33:622-4. 2005
- A story like no other: Oklahoma medicine before 1906
Chris Sutton
J Okla State Med Assoc 99:201-8. 2006
- Socioeconomic disparities in intimate partner violence against Native American women: a cross-sectional study
Lorraine Halinka Malcoe
Masters in Public Health Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 0001, USA
BMC Med 2:20. 2004
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- Teen Intervention Project--Cherokee (TIP-C)
John Lowe
Florida Atlantic University, Christine E Lynn College of Nursing, Davie, USA
Pediatr Nurs 32:495-500. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: The Teen Intervention Project--Cherokee is an effective and culturally appropriate school-based intervention for Cherokee adolescent substance abusers...
- Exposure and peritraumatic response as predictors of posttraumatic stress in children following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
Betty Pfefferbaum
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA
J Urban Health 79:354-63. 2002
..response in posttraumatic stress reactions in over 2,000 middle school children 7 weeks after the 1995 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, bombing...
- Assessing lay health advisor activity in an intervention to prevent lead poisoning in Native American children
Michelle Crozier Kegler
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, USA
Health Promot Pract 4:189-96. 2003
..A total of 39 LHAs were recruited and trained to become LHAs from eight tribes in northeastern Oklahoma. LHAs completed activity tracking forms over a 2-year intervention period to document contacts made with ..
- Being influenced: a Cherokee way of mentoring
John Lowe
Florida Atlantic University, 2912 College Avenue, LA Building 226, Davie, Florida 33314, USA
J Cult Divers 12:37-49. 2005
..Two sample groups of 12 to 14 Cherokee adults were interviewed and observed. The results reveal that mentor-type relationships influenced the participants in the development of Cherokee self-reliance...
- The infant caring process among Cherokee mothers
Lee Anne Nichols
University of Tulsa, School of Nursing, Oklahoma, USA
J Holist Nurs 22:226-53. 2004
..Trustworthiness and credibility of the generated theory were evaluated through multiple measures...
- Comparison of Alzheimer's disease in Native Americans and Whites
Myron F Weiner
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390 9070, USA
Int Psychogeriatr 15:367-75. 2003
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- Prevalence of current cigarette smoking among American Indians in Oklahoma: a comparison
Zoran Bursac
Oklahoma State Department of Health, Chronic Disease Service, 1000 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117, USA
J Okla State Med Assoc 95:155-8. 2002
..Little is known, however, about tobacco use among Native Americans in Oklahoma. The objective of this paper is to report the prevalence of current cigarette smoking among the Native American ..
- Most commonly consumed foods and food perceptions in Native American women
Christopher A Taylor
Medical Dietetics Division, The Ohio State University, 453 W 10th Avenue, 306A Atwell Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Am J Health Behav 30:613-25. 2006
..To identify commonly consumed foods and the relationship of health perception on food intakes...
- Transmission network analysis to complement routine tuberculosis contact investigations
McKenzie Andre
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 97:470-7. 2007
..We examined the feasibility and value of network analysis to complement routine tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation procedures during an outbreak...
- Early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment examination completion rates for Oklahoma Medicaid managed care: 1995-1998
J S Millar
Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, 5801 N. Broadway, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, OK 73118-7472, USA
J Okla State Med Assoc 94:151-4. 2001
..The Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality confronted that challenge when examining ..
- All-terrain vehicle crash factors and associated injuries in patients presenting to a regional trauma center
Mark A Brandenburg
Oklahoma Institute for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa, OK 74135, USA
J Trauma 63:994-9. 2007
..Understanding the mechanisms of ATV crashes, especially rollovers, can provide important insight to consumers, legislators, and manufacturers on ATV safety and protection of the users...
- A large, travel-associated outbreak of legionellosis among hotel guests: utility of the urine antigen assay in confirming Pontiac fever
Laurence J Burnsed
Communicable Disease Div, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma City, OK 73117 1299, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:222-8. 2007
During March 2004, a large outbreak of legionnaires disease and Pontiac fever occurred among hotel guests in Oklahoma. An investigation was conducted to identify the source and evaluate the utility of the Legionella urine antigen assay ..
- The Sequoyah corporation fuels release and the Church Rock spill: unpublicized nuclear releases in American Indian communities
Doug Brugge
Department of Public Health and Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass, USA
Am J Public Health 97:1595-600. 2007
..We examined 2 large unintended acute releases of uranium--at Kerr McGee's Sequoyah Fuels Corporation in Oklahoma and United Nuclear Corporation's Church Rock uranium mill in New Mexico, which were incidents with comparable ..
