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2007

Addiss DG, Brady MA. Morbidity management in the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: a review of the scientific literature. Filaria J 2007;6(2):1–19. abstract  html  pdf (557K)

Alriksson-Schmidt AI, Wallander J, Biasini F. Quality of Life and Resilience in Adolescents with a Mobility Disability. J Pediatr Psychol 2007;32:370–379.  abstract*

Barger SD, Burke SM, Limbert MJ. Do Induced Moods Really Influence Health Perceptions? Health Psychol 2007;26(1):85–95.  abstract

Bish CL, Michels Blanck H, Maynard L, Serdula MK, Thompson NJ, Kettel Khan L. Health-Related Quality of Life and Weight Loss Practices Among Overweight and Obese US Adults, 2003 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. MedGenMed 2007;9(2):35. Posted 05/14/2007. abstract  html

Bize R, Johnson JA, Plotnikoff RC. Physical activity level and health-related quality of life in the general adult population: A systematic review. Prev Med 2007;45(6):401–415.  abstract

Booske BC, Kempf AM, Athens JK, Kindig DA, Remington PL. Health of Wisconsin Report Card. University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, 2007. html*

Bowler RM, Roels HA, Nakagawa S, Drezgic M, Diamond E, Park R, Koller W, Bowler RP, Mergler D, Bouchard M, Smith D, Gwiazda R, Doty RL. Dose-effect relationships between manganese exposure and neurological, neuropsychological and pulmonary function in confined space bridge welders. Occup Environ Med 2007 Mar;64(3):167–177. abstract

Byams VR. Women with bleeding disorders. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2007;16(9):1249–1251. abstract

Cella D, Yount S, Rothrock N, Gershon R, Cook K, Reeve B, Ader D, Fries JF, Bruce B, Rose M; PROMIS Cooperative Group. The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS): progress of an NIH Roadmap cooperative group during its first two years. Med Care 2007;45(5 Suppl 1):S3-S11. abstract See also Valderas JM, Alonso J. Comment in: Med Care 2007;45(10):1008; author reply 1008.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Health Services Advisory Group. Medicare Health Outcomes Survey: 2004-2006 Cohort 7 Performance Measurement Report. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2007 (Aug):1–42.  pdf* (1.628Mb)

Chaney EH, Chaney JD, Wang MQ, Eddy JM. Lifestyle behaviors and mental health of American adults. Psychol Rep 2007;100(1):294–302.  abstract

Cheung CK, Wyman JF, Halcon LL. Use of complementary and alternative therapies in community-dwelling older adults. J Altern Complement Med 2007 Nov;13(9):997–1006.  abstract

Cook C, Pietrobon R, Hegedus E. Osteoarthritis and the impact on quality of life health indicators. Rheumatol Int 2007;27(4):315–321. abstract 

Fernández LE, Morales A. Language and Use of Cancer Screening Services among Border and Non-Border Hispanic Texas Women. Ethn Health 2007;12(3):245–263.  abstract

Ford JD, Adams ML, Dailey WF. Psychological and health problems in a geographically proximate population time-sampled continuously for three months after the September 11th, 2001 terrorist incidents. Anxiety, Stress, Coping 2007;20(2):129–146.  abstract

Freelove-Charton J, Bowles HR, Hooker S. Health-related quality of life by level of physical activity in arthritic older adults with and without activity limitations. J Phys Act Health 2007;4(4):481–494. abstract

Fryback DG, Dunham NC, Palta M, Hanmer J, Buechner J, Cherepanov D, Herrington SA, Hays RD, Kaplan RM, Ganiats TG, Feeny D, Kind P. U.S. norms for six generic health-related quality-of-life indexes from the national health measurement study. Med Care 2007 ;45(12):1162–1170.  abstract

Glasgow RE. eHealth evaluation and dissemination research. Am J Prev Med 2007;32(5 Suppl):S119–26. abstract

Glover S, Elder K, Xirasagar S, Baek J-D, Piper C, and Campbell D. Disparities in mental health utilization among persons with chronic diseases. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice 2007;1(3):45–65.  pdf * (691K)

Hanmer J, Hays R, Fryback DG. Mode of administration is important in U.S. national estimates of health-related quality of life. Med Care 2007;45(12):1171–1179.  abstract

Health Services Advisory Group. Medicare Health Outcomes Survey: Cohort 9 Baseline Data User’s Guide. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2007 (Oct):1–42. pdf* (333KB)

Hope M, Ellis BH, Chinburapa V. Predictors of negative physical symptoms for Medicare managed care beneficiaries (abstract of presentation at 2007 American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007;55(s1):S45. See http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01211.x

Jaglaln S, Cockerill R, Lemieux-Charles L, Chambers LW, Brazil K, Cohen C. Perceptions of the process of care among caregivers and care recipients in Dementia Care Networks. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias 2007;22(2):103–111.  abstract

Jain S, Mills PJ, von Känel R, Hong S, Dimsdale JE. Effects of perceived stress and uplifts on inflammation and coagulability. Psychophysiology 2007;44(1):154–160.  abstract

Kekkonen RA, Vasankari TJ, Vuorimaa T, Haahtela T, Julkunen I, Korpela R. The effect of probiotics on respiratory infections and gastrointestinal symptoms during training in marathon runners . International Journal of Sport Nutrition, and Exercise Metabolism 2007;17(4):352–263.  abstract

Kidder DP, Wolitski RJ, Campsmith ML, Nakamura GV. Health status, health care use, medication use, and medication adherence among homeless and housed people living with HIV/AIDS. Am J Public Health 2007;97(12):2238–2245. abstract

Kim D, Kawachi I. U.S. State-level social capital and health-related quality of life: multilevel evidence of main, mediating, and modifying effects. Ann Epidemiol 2007;17(4):258–69. Epub 2007 Feb 26. abstract

Kim C, Sinco B, Kieffer EA. Racial and ethnic variation in access to health care, provision of health care services, and ratings of health among women with histories of gestational diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care 2007;30(6):1459Ý1465.  abstract

Kimerling R, Alvarez J, Pavao J, Kaminski A, Baumrind N. Epidemiology and consequences of women's revictimization. Womens Health Issues 2007;17(2):101–106.  abstract

Kobau R, Zahran H, Grant D, Thurman DJ, Price PH, Zack MM. Prevalence of active epilepsy and health-related quality of life among adults with self-reported epilepsy in California: California Health Interview Survey, 2003. Epilepsia 2007; (doi:10.1111/j.1528–1167.2007.01161.x) (June 12, 2007).  abstract

Kruger J, Bowles HR, Jones DA, Ainsworth BE, Kohl HW. Health-related quality of life, BMI and physical activity among US adults (>=18 years): National Physical Activity and Weight Loss Survey, 2002. Int J Obesity 2007;31(2):321–327. See  abstract http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v31/n2/
full/0803386a.html#abs. See html http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v31/n2/full/0803386a.html

Kwan YK, Ip WC. Suicidality and migration among adolescents in Hong Kong. Death Studies 2007;31(1):45–66.  abstract

Larson RJ, Larson RJ, Welch HG. Risk for increased utilization and adverse health outcomes among men served by the Veterans Health Administration. Mil Med 2007;172(7):690–696.  abstract

Lavallee LF, Hatch PM, Michalos AC, McKinley T. Development of the Contentment with Life Assessment Scale (CLAS): using daily life experiences to verify levels of self-reported life satisfaction. Social Indicators Research 2007;83(2):201–244. See  http://www.springerlink.com/content/
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Lemelin J, Hogg WE, Dahrouge S, Deri Armstrong C, Zhang W, Dusseault JA, Parsons-Nicota J, Saginur R, Viner G. Patient, informal caregiver and care provider acceptance of a hospital in the home program in Ontario, Canada. BMC Health Serv Res 2007;7:130. abstract pdf (315K)

Li C, Ford ES, Mokdad AH, Jiles R, Giles WH. Clustering of multiple healthy lifestyle habits and health-related quality of life. Diabetes Care 2007;30(7):1770-1776.  abstract

Mark TL, Shern DL, Bagalman JE, Cao Z. Ranking America's mental health: an analysis of depression across the states. Mental Health America 2007 (December 11):1–46.  html*  pdf *(278KB)

Martin LG, Schoeni RF, Freedman VA, Andreski P. Feeling better? Trends in general health status. J Gerontology--Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 2007;62:S11–S21.  abstract

McCracken M, Jiles R, Blanck HM. Health behaviors of the young adult U.S. population: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2003. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2007. abstract  html

McGuire LC, Strine TW, Okoro CA, Ahluwalia IB, Ford ES. Modifiable characteristics of a healthy lifestyle in U.S. older adults with or without frequent mental distress: 2003 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007;15(9):754–761.  abstract

Moriarty, D. Use of health-related quality-of-life surveillance data in public health decision-making — the case of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 1991–2006. 2007 International Society for Quality of Life Research meeting abstracts. The QLR Journal 2007:A-86, Abstract #1404. 

Neugaard B, Andresen EM, DeFries EL, Talley RC, Crews JE. Characteristics and health of caregivers and care recipients — North Carolina, 2005. MMWR 2007;56(21):529–532. abstract  html  pdf (406K)

Olatunji BO, Cisler JM, Tolin DF. Quality of life in the anxiety disorders: a meta-analytic review. Clin Psychol Rev 2007;27(5):572–581. abstract

Okoro C, Strine T, McGuire L, Balluz L, Mokdad A. Employment status and frequent mental distress among adults with disabilities. Occup Med (Lond) 2007;57(3):217–220. Epub 2007 Jan 16. abstract 

Parker MG, Thorslund M. Health trends in the elderly population: getting better and getting worse. Gerontologist 2007;47(2):150–158.  abstract

Rashad I. Cycling: an increasingly untouched source of physical and mental health—working paper 12929. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers February 2007.  abstract*  pdf *(175K)

Ravesloot CH, Seekins T, Cahill T, Lindgren S, Nary DE, White G. Health promotion for people with disabilities: development and evaluation of the Living Well with a Disability program. Health Educ Res 2007;22(4):522–531.  abstract

Reeve BB, Burke LB, Chiang YP, Clauser SB, Colpe LJ, Elias JW, Fleishman J, Hohmann AA, Johnson-Taylor WL, Lawrence W, Moy CS, Quatrano LA, Riley WT, Smothers BA, Werner EM. Enhancing measurement in health outcomes research supported by Agencies within the US Department of Health and Human Services. Qual Life Res 2007;16 Suppl 1:175–186. Epub 2007 May 26.  abstract

Rohrer JE, Arif A, Denison A, Young R, Adamson S. Overall self-rated health as an outcome indicator in primary care. J Eval Clin Pract 2007 Dec;13(6):882-888.  abstract

Rohrer J, Rohland B, Denison A, Pierce JR, Rasmussen NH. Family history of mental illness and frequent mental distress in community clinic patients. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2007;13(3):435–439.  abstract

Sahmoun AE, Markland MJ, Helgerson SD. Mental health status and diabetes among Whites and Native Americans: is race an effect modifier? Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2007;18(3):599–608.  abstract

Schwartz C, Andresen E, Nosek M, Krahn G. Response shift theory: important implications for measuring quality of life in people with disability. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007 Apr;88(4):529–536.  abstract

Skarupski KA, Mendes de Leon CF, Bienias JL, Scherr PA, Zack MM, Moriarty DG, Evans DA. Black-white differences in health-related quality of life among older adults. Qual Life Res 2007;16(2):287–296. Published online October 16, 2006. abstract

Stewart ST, Woodward RM, Rosen AB, Cutler DM. A proposed method for monitoring U.S. population health: linking symptoms, impairments, and health ratings. NBER Working Papers 2007;11358:1-56.   pdf (270K)

Strine TW, Chapman DP, Balluz L, Mokdad AH. Health-related quality of life and health behaviors by social and emotional support: Their relevance to psychiatry and medicine. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2007; Oct 25 [E-pub ahead of print].  abstract

Strine TW, Chapman DP, Balluz LS, Moriarty DG, Mokdad AH. The associations between life satisfaction and health-related quality of life, chronic illness, and health behaviors among U.S. community-dwelling adults. J Comm H [Aug; DOI 10.1007/s10900-007–9066-4]. SpringerLink Date Thursday, August 23, 2007.  abstract

Sugiyama T, Thompson CW. Older people's health, outdoor activity and supportiveness of neighborhood environments. Landscape and Urban Planning 2007;83(2–3):168–175.

Sullivan G, Craske MG, Sherbourne C, Edlund MJ, Rose RD, Golinelli D, Chavira DA, Bystritsky A, Stein MB, Roy-Byrne PP. Design of the Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM) study: innovations in collaborative care for anxiety disorders. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2007;29(5):379-387. abstract

Tann SS, Yabiku ST, Okamoto SK, Yanow J. Triadd: the risk for alcohol abuse, depression, and diabetes multimorbidity in the American Indian and Alaska native population. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: Journal of the National Center 2007;14(1):1–23  pdf *(410KB)

Wang J, Saalfrank MF, Hong SH, Liu C, Gourley DR. Patterns of reporting health-related quality of life across racial and ethnic groups. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2007;7(2):177–186.  See http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ftd/erp/2007/00000007/
00000002/art00011

Weissmann G. "Chronic Lyme" and other medically unexplained syndromes [editorial]. FASEB J 2007;21(2):299–301. 

Zahran HS, Zack MM, Vernon-Smiley ME, Hertz MF. Health-related quality of life and behaviors risky to health among adults aged 18–24 years in secondary or higher education—United States, 2003–2005. J Adolesc Health 2007;41(4):389–397.  abstract

Zeinomar N, Caracciolo B, Andresen E, Brumback B, Defries E. Natural disaster and disability: case study of the Florida 2004 hurricane season based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (presentation abstract), American College of Epidemiology Annual Meeting. Annals of Epidemiology 2007;17(9):752–753.

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2006

Agwunobi JO. The Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review (Executive Summary-Goal 1: Increase quality and years of healthy life). U.S. Public Health Service, DHHS, Washington, D.C., 2006.  html  pdf (585K)

Alwan M, Mack DC, Dalal S, Kell S, Turner B, Felder RA. Impact of passive in-home health status monitoring technology in home health: outcome pilot (Proceedings). Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare, 2006-1st Transdisciplinary Conference April 2–4, 2006:79–82. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/DDHH.2006.1624802.  pdf (737K)

An LC, Zhu SH, Nelson DB, Arikian NJ, Nugent S, Partin MR, Joseph AM. Benefits of telephone care over primary care for smoking cessation — a randomized trial. Arch Intern Med 2006;166:536–542.  abstract  html*

Becker H. Measuring health among people with disabilities. Fam Community Health 2006;29(1 suppl):70S–77S.  abstract

Bish CL, Michels Blanck H, Maynard LM, Serdula MK, Thompson NJ, Kettel Khan L. Health-related quality of life and weight loss among overweight and obese U.S. adults, 2001 to 2002. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2006;14(11):2042–53.  abstract  html*  pdf* (646K)

Booske BC, Kindig DA, Remington PL, Kempf AM, Peppard PE. How should we measure health-related quality of life in Wisconsin? University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Brief Report 2006;1(1):1–5.  pdf* (266K)

Borders TF, Rohrer JE, Cardarelli KM. Gender-specific disparities in obesity. J Community Health 2006;31(1):57–68. abstract

Brown DW, Brown DR, Heath GW, Moriarty DG, Balluz L, Giles WH. Relationships between engaging in recommended levels of physical activity and health-related quality of life among hypertensive adults. Journal of Physical Activity & Health 2006;3(2):137–147.   See http://www.humankinetics.com/
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Burton WN, Chen CY, Schultz AB, Conti DJ, Pransky G, Edington DW. Worker productivity loss associated with arthritis. Dis Manag 2006;9(3):131–43.  abstract

Choe JS, Kwon SO, Paik HY. Nutritional status and related factors of the elderly in longevity areas: III. Relation among self-rated health, health-related behaviors, and nutrient intake in rural elderly (Korean). Korean J Nutr 2006;39(3):286-298. abstract*

Cockerill R, Jaglal S, Charles LL, Chambers L, Brazil K, Cohen C. A new instrument to assess caregivers' and care recipients' experiences with networks of dementia care. Dementia 2006;5(1):51–66.  See http://aja.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/2/103.

Fan ZJ, Bonauto DK, Foley MP, Silverstein BA. Underreporting of Work-Related Injury or Illness to Workers' Compensation: Individual and Industry Factors. J Occup Environ Med 2006;48(9):914–922.  abstract

Ford JD, Adams ML, Dailey WF. Factors associated with receiving help and risk factors for disaster-related distress among Connecticut adults 5-15 months after the September 11th terrorist incidents. Soc Psych & Psych Epi 2006;41(4):261–270.  abstract

Frank E, Carrera JS, Elon L, Hertzberg VS. Basic demographics, health practices, and health status of U.S. medical students. Am J Prev Med 2006;31(6):499–505.  abstract

Gabbidon SL, SA Peterson SA. Living while black—A state-level analysis of the influence of select social stressors on the quality of life among black Americans. J Black Studies 2006;37(1)83–102.  See http://jbs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/37/1/83.  See http://jbs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/
abstract/37/1/83 pdf (125K)

Glasgow RE. RE-AIMing research for application: ways to improve evidence for family medicine.* J Am Board Fam Med 2006;19:11–19.  abstract  html*  pdf *(92K)

Goins RT, John R, Hennessy CH, Denny CH, Buchwald D. Determinants of health-related quality of life among older American Indians and Alaska Natives. J Applied Geront 2006;25(1 suppl):73S–88S.  See http://jag.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/25/1_suppl/73S.  html*  See http://jag.sagepub.com/
cgi/reprint/25/1_suppl/73S.pdf pdf (89K)

Golden L, Wiens-Tuers B. To your happiness? Extra hours of labor supply and worker well-being. Journal of Socio-Economics 2006;35(2):382-397.  See http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=988245

Griffin-Blake CS, Tucker PJ, Liburd L.. Mind over matter: Exploring job stress among female blue-collar workers. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2006;15(10):1105–10.  abstract

Hawk C, Hyland JK, Rupert R, Colonvega M, Hall S. Assessment of balance and risk for falls in a sample of community-dwelling adults aged 65 and older. Chiropr Osteopat 2006;14:3.  abstract  See http://www.chiroandosteo.com/content/14/1/3.

Heo M, Pietrobelli A, Fontaine KR, Sirey JA, Faith MS. Depressive mood and obesity in U.S. adults: comparison and moderation by sex, age, and race. Int J Obes 2006;30(3):513–519.  abstract

Ho G, Qian H, Kim MY, Melnik TA, Tucker KL, Jimenez-Velazquez IZ, Kaplan RC, Lee-Rey ET, Stein DT, Rivera W, Rohan TE. Health disparities between island and mainland Puerto Ricans. Pan Am J Publ H 2006;19(5):331–339.  abstract

Ipsen C. Health, secondary conditions, and employment outcomes for adults with disabilities. Journal of Disability Policy Studies 2006;17(2):77–87. See http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/
proedcw/jdps/2006/00000017/00000002/art00002

Ipsen C, Ravesloot C, Seekins T, Seninger S. A financial cost–benefit analysis of a health promotion program for individuals with mobility impairments. Journal of Disability Policy Studies 2006;16(4):220-228.  See http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/proedcw/jdps/2006/00000017/00000002/art00002

Jiang Y, Hesser JE. Associations between health-related quality of life and demographics and health risks. Results from Rhode Island's 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Survey. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2006;4(14):1–10.  abstract  html  pdf (303K)

Kaestner R, Tarlov E. Changes in the welfare caseload and the health of low-educated mothers. J Policy Anal Manage 2006;25(3):623–643.  abstract

Kempf AM, Peppard PE, Booske BC, Kindig DA, Remington PL. Using measures of disparities as indicators of the health of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Brief Report 2006;1(5):1–10.  pdf* (382K)

Kieffer EC, Sinco BR, Rafferty A, Spencer MS, Palmisano G, Watt EE, Heisler M. Chronic disease-related behaviors and health among African Americans and Hispanics in the REACH Detroit 2010 communities, Michigan, and the United States. Health Promot Pract 2006;7(3 Suppl):256S–264S.  abstract

Kimerling R, Baumrind N, “Access to Mental Health Services Among California Women” in Weinbaum, Z, and Thorfinnson, T (eds.) Women's Health: Findings from the California Women's Health Survey, 1997–2003. California Department of Health Services, Office of Women’s Health. Sacramento, California, May 2006. Chapter 14. pdf (1.7MB)

Klementiev A. Chapter 5-An alternative measure of years of healthy life--[from: Estes RJ (ed.), Advancing Quality of Life in a Turbulent World]. Social Indicators Research Series, Springer Netherlands 2006;29:67–84.

Kobau R, Gilliam F, Thurman DJ. Prevalence of self-reported epilepsy or seizure disorder and Its associations with self-reported depression and anxiety: Results from the 2004 healthstyles survey. Epilepsia 2006;47(11):1915–1921.  abstract

Krause JS, Broderick LE, Saladin LK, Broyles J. Racial disparities in health outcomes after spinal cord injury: mediating effects of education and income. J Spinal Cord Med 2006;29(1):17–25.  abstract

Lackner JM, Gudlkeski GD, Zack MM, Katz LA, Powell C, Krasner S, Holmes E, Dorscheimer K. Measuring health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: can less be more? Psychosom Med 2006;68:312–320.  abstract

LaVela SL, Weaver FM, Goldstein B, Chen K, Miskevics S, Rajan S, Gater DR. Diabetes mellitus in individuals with spinal cord injury or disorder. J Spinal Cord Med 2006;29(4):387–395.  abstract

Lavela SL, Weaver FM, Smith B, Chen K. Disease prevalence and use of preventive services: comparison of female veterans in general and those with spinal cord injuries and disorders. J Womens Health 2006;15(3):301–311.  abstract

Link M, Osborn L, Induni M, Battaglia M, Frankel M. Behavior coding assessment of the quality of real-time telephone survey interpreters. In: Proceedings of the 2006 Joint Statistical Meetings/American Statistical Association Conference [CD-ROM]; 2006 Aug 6–10; Seattle, Washington. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association 2006.  pdf* (74K)

Locker D, Gibson B. The concept of positive health: a review and commentary on its application in oral health research. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2006;34(3):161–173.  abstract

Mielenz T, Jackson E, Currey S, Robert DeVellis R, F Callahan LF. Psychometric properties of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health-Related Quality of Life (CDC HRQOL) items in adults with arthritis. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2006 Sep 24;4:66. Published online 2006 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1477–7525–4–66. abstract  html  pdf (244K)

Miller W, Robinson LA, Lawrence RS (Eds); Committee to evaluate measures of health benefits for environmental, health, and safety regulation board on health care services. Valuing health for regulatory cost-effectiveness analysis. Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2006:1-364.  abstract*  html*  pdf* (222KB)

Mody, RR, Smith, MJ. Smoking status and health-related quality of life: findings from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data. Am J Health Promot 2006;20(4):251–258.  abstract

Mucci LA, Wood PA, Cohen B, Clements KM, Brawarsky P, Brooks DR. Validity of self-reported health plan information in a population-based health survey. J Publ Health Management & Pract 2006;12(6):570-577.  abstract

Mukamal KJ, Ding EL, Djoussé L. Alcohol consumption, physical activity, and chronic disease risk factors: a population-based cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health 2006, 6:118 doi:10.1186/1471–2458–6–118. Published: 03 May 2006.  abstract  html  pdf (260K)

Nelson KM. The burden of obesity among a national probability sample of veterans. J Gen Intern Med. 2006;21(9):915–9.  abstract

Pierce JR, Denison AV, Arif AA, Rohrer JE. Living near a trail is associated with increased odds of walking among patients using community clinics. J Community Health 2006;31(4):289–302.  abstract

Sasaski Y, Henmi , Ito K, Kanazawa M, Goto Y, Kataoka H, Kohzuki M. Relationship of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and Population-Based Surveillance (Healthy Japan 21) for Japanese mothers (presentation abstract) in 2006 International Society for Quality of Life Research meeting abstracts. Qual Life Res (2006) Electronic Suppl, A-140, Abstract #1306.  pdf* (1640K)

Shaikh IA, Shaikh MA, Rasheed BO. Job satisfaction among male physicians--perspective from northern Iraq. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2006;16(5):329–32.  abstract

Shao SJ, Su SC, Kanarek N. County-level basics of living affects overall mortality rate in the United States—2000. Applied Research in Quality of Life 2006;1:97–106.  See http://www.springerlink.com/
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Sloane PD, Callahan L, Kahwati L; Mitchell CM. Development of a practice-based patient cohort for primary care research. Fam Med 2006;38(1):50–58.  abstract

Thacker SB, Stroup DF, Carande-Kulis V, Marks JS, Roy K, Gerberding JL. Measuring the public’s health. Public Health Rep 2006;121(1):14–22.  abstract

Thommasen HV, Zhang W. Impact of chronic disease on quality of life in the Bella Coola Valley. Rural Remote Health 2006;6(2):528.  abstract  html*

Thommasen HV, Zhang W. Health-related quality of life and type 2 diabetes: A study of people living in the Bella Coola Valley. BC Medical Journal 2006;48(6):272–278.  html*

Toet J, Raat H, van Ameijden EJC. Validation of the Dutch version of the CDC core healthy days measures in a community sample. Qual Life Res 2006;15(1):179–184.  abstract

West AN, Weeks WB. Mental distress among younger veterans before, during, and after the invasion of Iraq. Psychiatr Serv 2006;57(2):244–248.  abstract  html*

West A, Weeks WB. Physical and mental health and access to care among nonmetropolitan Veterans Health Administration patients younger than 65 years. J Rural Health 2006;22(1):9–16.  abstract

Wormser GP, Dattwyler RJ, Shapiro ED, Halperin JJ, Steere AC, Klempner MS, Krause PJ, Bakken JS, Strle F, Stanek G, Bockenstedt L, Fish D, Dumler JS, Nadelman RB. The clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 2006;43:1089–1134.  abstract  [See also links to subsequent letters to the editor and the authors' reply at Clin Infect Dis 2007 Apr 15;44(8):1133-1139.]

Ziege A. Wisconsin--Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Survey to examine how Wisconsin adults view their health. Website report of: Population Health Information Section, Bureau of Health Information and Policy, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services 2006:1–15.  pdf (324K)

Zullig KJ, Ward RM, Horn T. The association between perceived spirituality, religiosity, and life satisfaction: The mediating role of self-rated health. Social Indicators Research 2006;79(2)255–274.  abstract

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2005

Abell JE, Hootman JM, Zack MM, Moriarty D, Helmick CG. Physical activity and health related quality of life among people with arthritis. J Epidemiol Community Health 2005;59(5):380–385.  abstract 

Bertozzi N, Vitali P, Binkin N, Perra A, DArgenio P. "Quality of life" of the elderly population: a survey to evaluate elderly people's self -perceived health in 11 Italian regions (Argento Study, 2002)[Italian; English Abstract]. Ig Sanita Pubbl 2005;61(6):545–59.  abstract

Bitler MP, Gelbach JB, Hoynes HW. Welfare reform and health. Journal of Human Resources 2005;40(2):309–334.  abstract

Bombard JM, Powell KE, Martin LM, Helmick CG, Wilson WH. Validity and reliability of self-reported arthritis—Georgia senior centers, 2000–2001. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(3):251–258.  abstract

Chang CF, Nocetti D, Rubin RM. Healthy life expectancy for selected race and gender subgroups: The case of Tennessee. South Med J 2005;98(10):977–984.  abstract

Chew LD, Nelson KM, Young BA, Bradley KA. Association between alcohol consumption and diabetes preventive practices. Fam Med 2005;37(8):589–94.  abstract

Davies AM. The meaning of health distorted and trivialized (letter). Lancet 2005;365:571–572. 

Davis K, Candrilli S, Kan H, Lucero M, Covington M. Estimating the effect of symptoms of diabetic peripheral neuropathy and diabetic retinopathy on quality of life using data from the 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (International Society of Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research Tenth Annual International Meeting—presentation abstract). Value in Health 2005 (May/June);8(3):365.

Donovan D, Mattson ME, Cisler RA, Longabaugh R, Zweben A. Quality of life as an outcome measure in alcoholism treatment research. J Stud Alcohol 2005; (Jul-Suppl)15:119–39.  abstract

Feinglass J, Lee C, Durazo-Arvizu R, Chang R. Health status, arthritis risk factors, and medical care use among respondents with joint symptoms or physician diagnosed arthritis: findings from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. J Rheumatol 2005;32:130–136.  abstract

Ferguson PL, Selassie AW, Wannamaker BB, Dong B, Kobau R, Thurman DJ. Prevalence of epilepsy and health-related quality of life and disability among adults with epilepsy—South Carolina, 2003 and 2004. MMWR 2005;54(42):1080–1082.  abstract  html  pdf (259K)

Golden L, Wiens-Tuers B. Mandatory overtime work in the United States: Who, where, and what? Labor Studies Journal 2005;30(1):1–26.  See http://lsj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/30/1/.

Greenlund KJ, Denny CH, Mokdad AH, Watkins N, Croft JB, Mensah GA. Using behavioral risk factor surveillance data for heart disease and stroke prevention programs. Am J Prev Med 2005;29(5):81–87.  abstract

Harvard University. Feeling bad in America. Harvard Mental Health Newsletter 2005; Jun;21(12):6-7. [Also published online at AOL Body Health Encyclopedia. See http://body.aol.com/conditions/in-brief-feeling-bad-in-america*]

Heller DA, Gold CH, Ahern FH, Pringle KE, Brown TV, Glessner MR. Changes in elderly women's health-related quality of life following discontinuation of hormone replacement therapy. BMC Womens Health 2005;16:5–7.  abstract  html  pdf (399K)

Hesser JE, Jiang Y. Quality of Life indicators in relation to physical activity for Rhode Island adults, 2002. Medicine and Health-Rhode Island 2005;88(6):196–197.  abstract

Keyes CL, Michalec B, Kobau R, Zahran H, Zack MM, Simoes EJ. Social support and health-related quality of life among older adults—Missouri, 2000. MMWR 2005;54(17):433–437.  abstract  html  pdf (276K)

Kimerling R, Baumrind N. Access to specialty mental health services among women in California. Psychiatr Serv 2005;56(6):729–734.  abstract

Lesesne CA, Christine Kennedy C. Starting early: Promoting the mental health of women and girls throughout the life span. J Women's H 2005;14(9):754–763.  abstract

Lin SX, Larson E. Does provision of health counseling differ by patient race? Fam Med 2005;37(9):650–654.  abstract

Linden W, Yi D, Barroetavena MC, MacKenzie R, Doll R. Development and validation of a psychosocial screening instrument for cancer. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2005;3:54.  abstract  html  pdf (245K)

Lubetkin EI, Jia H, Franks P, Gold MR. Relationship among sociodemographic factors, clinical conditions, and health-related quality of life: examining the EQ-5D in the U.S. general population. Qual Life Res 2005;14(10):2187–2196. abstract

Luskin AT. What the asthma end points we know and love do and do not tell us. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005;115(4 Suppl):S539–S545.  abstract

McCann JJ, Hebert LE, Li Y, Wolinsky FD, Gilley DW, Aggarwal NT, Miller JM, Evans DA. The effect of adult day care services on time to nursing home placement in older adults with Alzheimer's disease. Gerontologist 2005;45(6):754–763.  abstract

Michalos AC, Thommasen HV, Read R, Anderson N, Zumbo BD. Determinants of health and the quality of life in the Bella Coola Valley. Soc Indicators Res 2005;72(1):1–50. See http://www.springerlink.com/content/v45k7462mx73h528/

Moriarty DG, Kobau R, Zack MM, Zahran HS. Tracking healthy days—a window on the health of older adults. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2005;2(3)A16:8.  abstract  html  pdf (277K)

Moriarty DG, Zahran ZS. Frequent mental distress (FMD) among U.S. adults—1993–2003 (abstract). Presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting (Toronto) June 27–30, 2005. Am J Epidemiol 2005;161(Suppl):S1–S152:25. 

Nichol KL, D'Heilly S, Ehlinger E. Colds and influenza-like illnesses in university students: Impact on health, academic and work performance, and health care use. Clin Infect Dis 2005;40 (1 May):1263–1270.  abstract

Phillips LJ, Hammock RL, Blanton JM. Predictors of self-rated health status among Texas residents. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2005 Oct.  abstract  html  pdf (321K)

Ravesloot C, Seekins T, White G. Living Well With a Disability Health Promotion Intervention: Improved Health Status for Consumers and Lower Costs for Health Care Policymakers. Rehab Psychol 2005;50(3):239–245.  abstract

Rohrer JE, Borders TF, Blanton J. Rural residence is not a risk factor for frequent mental distress: a behavioral risk factor surveillance survey. BMC Public Health 2005;5(1):46.  abstract  html  pdf (225K)

Rohrer, JE, Pierce JR, Blackburn C. Lifestyle and mental health. Prev Med 2005;40(4):438–443.  abstract

Rohrer JE, Rohland BM, Denison A, Way A. Frequency of alcohol use and obesity in community medicine patients. BMC Fam Pract 2005, 6(1):17.  abstract  html  pdf (252K)

Sehili S, Elbasha EH, Moriarty DG, Zack MM. Inequalities in self-reported physical health in the United States, 1993–1999. Health Econ 2005;14(4):377–389. abstract

Servoss TJ, Donnelly JP. Developing more comprehensive models for predicting physical and mental unhealthy days (Abstract)—presentation at the annual meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, October 19–22, 2005, San Francisco, California (abstract). Qual Life Res 2005;14(9):2056. 

Shisana O, Peltzer K, Zungu-Dirwayi N, Louw J. The health of our educators: a focus on HIV/AIDS in South African public schools [Report ISBN: 0–7969–2101–6]. Human Sciences Research Council Press, South Africa;2005:1–200.  html *

Smith DW, McFall SL. The relationship of diet and exercise for weight control and the quality of life gap associated with diabetes. J Psychosomatic Res 2005;59(6):385–392.  abstract

Strine TW, Chapman DP. Associations of frequent sleep insufficiency with health-related quality of life and health behaviors. Sleep Med 2005;6(1):23–27.  abstract 

Strine TW, Chapman DP, Kobau R, Balluz L. Associations of self-reported anxiety symptoms with health-related quality of life and health behaviors. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2005;40(6):432–438.  Erratum: Associations of self-reported anxiety symptoms with health-related quality of life and health behaviors. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2005;40:680.  abstract 

Strine TW, Hootman JM, Chapman DP, Okoro CA, Balluz L. Health-related quality of life, health risk behaviors, and disability among adults with pain-related activity difficulty. Am J Public Health 2005;95(11):2042–2048.  abstract  html  pdf (126K)

Strine TW, Okoro CA, Chapman DP, Balluz LS, Ford ES, Ajani UA, Mokdad AH. Health-related quality of life and health risk behaviors among smokers. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2):182–187.  abstract  

Szwarwald CL, Bastos FI, Esteves MAP. State of animus among Brazilians: influence of socioeconomic context?. Cad Saúde Pública 2005;21(suppl1)S33–S42.  abstract  html* 

Thommasen HV, Berkowitz J, Thommasen AT, Michalos AC. Understanding relationships between diabetes mellitus and health-related quality of life in a rural community*. Rural Remote Health 2005;5(3):441 (online).  abstract  html*

Wheaton AG, Blanck HM, Gizlice Z, Reyes M. Medicinal herb use in a population-based survey of adults: prevalence and frequency of use, reasons for use, and use among their children. Ann Epidemiol 2005;15(9):678–85.  abstract 

Wisdom JP, Berlin M, Lapidus JA. Relating health policy to women's health outcomes. Soc Sci Med 2005;61(8):1776–1784.  abstract 

Wubben DP, Porterfield D. Health-related quality of life among North Carolina adults with diabetes mellitus. N C Med J 2005;66(3):179–85.  abstract 

Zahran HS, Kobau R, Moriarty DG, Zack MM, Holt J, Donehoo R. Health-related quality of life surveillance—United States, 1993–2002. MMWR Surveillance Summary 2005;54(SS–4):1–35.  abstract  html  pdf (483K)

Zullig KJ. Using CDC's health-related quality of life scale on a college campus. Am J Health Behav 2005;29(6):569–578.  abstract 

Zullig KJ, Huebner ES, Gilman R, et al. Validation of the brief multidimensional students' life satisfaction scale among college students. Am J Health Behav 2005;29(3):206–214.  abstract 

Zullig KJ, Valois RF, Drane JW. Adolescent distinctions between quality of life and self-rated health in quality of life research. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2005;3(64):1–9.  abstract  html  pdf (280K)

Zullig KJ, Valois RF, Huebner ES, Drane JW. Adolescent health-related quality of life and perceived satisfaction with life. Qual Life Res 2005;14(6) :1573–1584.  abstract 

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Adams ML, Ford JD, Dailey WF. Predictors of help seeking among Connecticut adults after september 11, 2001. Am J Public Health 2004;94:1596–1602.  abstract  html  pdf (153K)

Alhuwalia IB, Mack KA. Mokdad A. Mental and physical distress and high-risk behaviors among reproductive-age women. Obstet Gynecol 2004;104:477–483. abstract  html  pdf (153K)

Barrett K, Greene R, Mariani M. A case of neglect–why health care is getting worse, even though medicine is getting better. Governing 2004 Jul (Special Issue).  See http://governing.com/
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Bitler M, Gelbach J, Hoynes H. Welfare Reform and Health—Working Paper 10549. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers June 2004.  abstract*  pdf* (312K)

Brown DW, Balluz LS, Giles WH, Beckles GL, Moriarty DG, Ford ES, Mokdad AH. Diabetes mellitus and health-related quality of life among older adults. Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2004;65(2):105–115.  abstract

Brown DW, Brown DR, Heath GW, Balluz L, Giles WH, Ford ES, Mokdad, AH. Associations between physical activity dose and health-related quality of life. Medi Sci Sports Exerc 2004;36(5):890–896.  abstract

Bushnik T, Englander J, Duong T. Medical and social issues related to posttraumatic seizures in persons with traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil 2004;19(4):296–304.  abstract

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; Association of State and Territorial Chronic Disease Program Directors. Indicators for chronic disease surveillance. MMWR Recomm Rep 2004;53(RR–11):1–6.  abstract  html  pdf (600K)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-Related Quality of Life, Part II — State and Local Applications [Internet]. Chronic Disease Notes and Reports 2004;16:1-48.  pdf (1200KB)

Clark MS, Bond MJ, Prior KN, Cotton AC. Measuring disability with parsimony: evidence for the utility of a single item. Disabil Rehabil 2004;26(5):272–279.  abstract

Dehejia RH, Lleras-Muney A. Booms, busts, and babies' health. Q J Econ 2004;119(3):1091–1130.  abstract*  pdf* (134K)

Dominick KL, Ahern FM, Gold CH, Heller DA. Health-related quality of life among older adults with arthritis. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2004;2:5.  abstract  html  pdf (290K)

Dominick KL, Ahern FM, Gold CH, Heller DA. Health-related quality of life and health service use among older adults with osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum 2004;51(3):326-331.  abstract

Doyle R. Getting sicker: State budget constraints threaten public health. Scientific Amer 2004;291(5):30. 

Ford ES, Mannino DM.; Redd SC; Moriarty DG, Mokdad, AH. Determinants of quality of life among people with asthma: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. J Asthma 2004;41(3):327–336.  abstract

Frank E, Galuska DA, Elon LK, Wright EH. Personal and clinical exercise-related attitudes and behaviors of freshmen US medical students. Res Q Exercise & Sport 2004;75(2):112–121.  abstract

Greiner KA, Li C, Kawachi I, Hunt DC, Ahluwalia JS. The relationships of social participation and community ratings to health and health behaviors in areas with high and low population density. Soc Sci Med 2004;59(11):2303–2312.  abstract

Homer J, Milstein B. Optimal decision making in a dynamic model of community health. Proceedings of the 37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; Hawaii, 2004.  abstract*  pdf*(240K)

Jia H, Muennig P, Borawski E. Comparison of small-area analysis techniques for estimating county-level outcomes. Am J Prev Med 2004;26(5):453–460.  abstract

Jia H, Muennig P, Lubetkin EI, Gold MR. Predicting geographic variations in behavioral risk factors; an analysis of physical and mental healthy days. J Epidemiol Community Health 2004;58(2):150–155.  abstract  See http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/58/2/150.*

Jones N, Jones SL, Miller NA. The Medicare Health Outcomes Survey program: Overview, context, and near-term prospects. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2004, 2:33 doi:10.1186/1477-7525-2-33.  abstract  html  pdf (284KB)

Keller HH. Nutrition and health-related quality of life in frail older adults. J Nutr Health Aging 2004;8(4):245–252.  abstract

Keller HH, Ostbye T, Goy R. Nutritional risk predicts quality of life in elderly community-living Canadians. J Geront—Biol and Med Sci 2004;59(1):68–74.  abstract

Kobau R, Safran MA, Zack MM, Moriarty DG, Chapman D. Sad, blue, or depressed days, health behaviors and health-related quality of life, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1995–2000 Health Qual Life Outcomes 2004;2(40):1–8.  abstract  html  pdf (279K)

Krause JS, Broderick L. Outcomes after spinal cord injury: comparisons as a function of gender and race and ethnicity. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004;85(3):355–362.  abstract

McCann JJ, Hebert LE, Bienias JL, Morris MC, Evans DA. Predictors of beginning and ending caregiving during a 3-year period in a biracial community population of older adults. Am J Public Health, 2004;94(10):1800–1818.  abstract  html  pdf (101K)

Michalos AC. Social indicators research and health-related quality of life research. Social Indicators Research 2004;65(1):27–72.  abstract

OKoro CA, Mokdad AH, Brewer RD, Naimi TS, Moriarty DG, Giles WH. Binge drinking and health-related quality of life: do popular perceptions match reality? Am J Prev Med 2004;26(3):230–232.  abstract

Phillips M. Health Assessments: The key to unlocking funds? Parks & Recreation 2004;39(7):16.

Reiber GE, Koepsell TD, Maynard C, Haas LB, Boyko EJ. Diabetes in nonveterans, veterans, and veterans receiving Department of Veterans Affairs health care. Diabetes Care 2004;27(Suppl 2):B3–9.  abstract  html*

Roberts RK, Swanson NG, Murphy LR. Discrimination and occupational mental health. J Ment Health 2004;13(2):129–142.  See http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/
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Rohrer JE. Medical care usage and self-rated mental health. BMC Public Health 2004;4:3 doi:10.1186/1471–2458–4–3.  abstract  html  pdf (222K)

Smith DW. The population perspective on quality of life among Americans with diabetes. Qual Life Res 2004;13(8):1391–1400.  abstract

Strine TW, Balluz LI, Chapman DP, Moriarty DG, Owens MG, Mokdad AH. Risk behaviors and health care coverage among adults by frequent mental distress status, 2001. Am J Prev Med 2004;26(3):213–216. abstract

Strine TW, Beckles GA, Okoro CA, Lina Balluz L, Ali Mokdad A. Prevalence of CVD risk factors among adults with diabetes by mental distress status. Am J Health Behav 2004;28(5):464–470.  abstract

Strine TW, Chapman DP, Kobau R, Balluz LI, Mokdad AH. Depression, anxiety, and physical impairments and quality of life in the U.S. non-institutionalized population. Psychiatr Serv 2004;55:1408–1413.  abstract  html*  pdf* (190K)

Strine TW, Ford ES, Balluz L,Chapman DP, Mokdad AH. Risk behaviors and health-related quality of life among adults with asthma—the role of mental health status. Chest 2004;126(6):1849–1854.  abstract  html*  pdf* (112K)

Strine TW, Greenlund KJ, Brown DW, Mokdad A, Balluz L. Characteristics of people aged 45 years or older with heart disease by frequent mental distress status, 2001. Prev Med 2004;39(1):191–196.  abstract

Strine TW, Hootman JM, Okoro CA, Balluz LI, Moriarty DG, Owens MG, Mokdad AH. Frequent mental distress status among adults 45+ years of age with arthritis, 2001. Arthritis Care Res 2004;51(4):533–537.  abstract 

Valois RF, Zullig KJ, Huebner ES, Drane JW. Life satisfaction and suicide among high school adolescents. Soc Indicators Res 2004;66:81–105.  abstract

Vuong OM, Mardon R, Mierzejewski R, Moriarty DG. Measuring healthy days in older adults: Results from the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (presentation abstract). American Public Health Association 132nd Annual Meeting, Washington DC (November 6-10, 2004). See http://apha.confex.com/apha/132am/techprogram/paper_81144.htm.

Young FW. Socioeconomic Status and Health: The Problem of Explanation and a Sociological Solution. Social Theory & Health 2004;2(2):123–141. See http://www.palgrave-journals.com/sth/journal/v2/n2/abs/8700026a.html.

Zack MM, Moriarty DG, Stroup DF, Ford ES, Mokdad AH. Worsening trends in adult health-related quality of life and self-rated health—United States, 1993–2001. Public Health Reports 2004;119(5):493–505.  abstract  html  pdf (219K)

Zahran HS, Kobau R, Moriarty DG, Zack MM, Giles WH, Lando J. Self-reported frequent mental distress among adults—United States, 1993–2001. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, MMWR 2004;53(41):963–966.  abstract  html  pdf (249K)

Zullig KJ, Valois RF, Huebner ES, Drane JW. Evaluating the performance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention core health-related quality of life scale with adolescents. Public Health Rep 2004;119(6):577–584.  abstract  html  pdf (106K)

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Ahluwalia IB, Holtzman D, Mack KA, Mokdad A. Health-related quality of life among women of reproductive age: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1998–2001. J Womens Health 2003;12(1):5–10.  abstract

Andresen EM, Catlin TK, Wyrwich KW, Jackson-Thompson J. Retest reliability of surveillance questions on health related quality of life. J Epidemiol Community Health 2003;57(5):339–343.  abstract  See http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/57/5/339.*

Andresen EM, Recktenwald A, Gillespie K. Population estimates of utilities: the Health and Activity Limitation Index (HALEX) (Abstract)—presentation at the10th annual meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, Nov 12–15, 2003 in Prague, Czech Republic. Qual Life Res 2003;12(7):737.

Bensley L, Van Eenwyk J, Wynkoop-Simmons K. Childhood family violence history and women's risk for intimate partner violence and poor health. Am J Prev Med  2003;25(1):38–44.  abstract

Berra K. The effect of lifestyle interventions on wuality of life and patient satisfaction with health and health care. J Cardiovasc Nurs 2003;18(4):319-325.  abstract

Boehmer TK, Booth VL, Flanders WD, Barrett DH. Health-related quality of life of U.S. military personnel; a population-based study. Military Medicine 2003;168(11):941–947.  abstract

Brown DW, Balluz LS, Ford ES, Giles WH, Strine TW, Moriarty DG, Croft JB, Mokdad AH. Associations between short- and long-term unemployment and frequent mental distress among a national sample of men and women. J Occup Environ Med 2003 45(11):1159–1166.  abstract

Brown DW, Balluz LS, Heath GW, Moriarty DH, Ford ES, Giles WH, Mokdad AH. Associations between recommended levels of physical activity and health-related quality of life—Findings from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Prev Med 2003;37:520–528.  abstract

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HRQOL measures can help track health as population ages. Health-Related Quality of Life, Part I [Internet]. Chronic Disease Notes and Reports 2003;16:1-36.  pdf  (407K)

Currey SS, Rao JK, Winfield JB, Callahan LF. Performance of a generic health-related quality of life measure in a clinic population with rheumatic disease. Arthritis Care and Research 2003;49(5):658–664.  abstract

Diamant AL, Wold C. Sexual orientation and variation in physical and mental health status among women. J Women’s Health 2003;12(1):41–49.  abstract

Dominick KL, Ahern FM, Gold CH, Heller DA. Gender differences in nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory use among older adults with osteoarthritis. Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2003;37(11):1566–1571.  abstract  html  pdf (290K)

Dominick KL, Ahern FM, Gold CH, Heller DA. Health-related quality of life among older adults with activity-limiting health conditions. Journal of Mental Health and Aging 2003;9(1):43–53. 

Dunlop DD, Song J, Lyons JS, Manheim LM, Chang RW. Racial/ethnic differences in rates of depression among preretirement adults. Am J Public Health 2003;93(11):1945–1952.  abstract

Ford ES, Mannino DM, Homa DM, Gwynn C, Redd SC, Moriarty DG, Mokdad AH. Self-reported asthma and health-related quality of life: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Chest 2003;123(1):119–127.  abstract  html*

Goins RT, Spencer SM, Krummel DA. Effect of obesity on health-related quality of life among Appalachian elderly. Southern Medical Journal 2003;96(6):553–557.  abstract

Greenberg M. Was 1992–2000 the best of times for American urban neighborhoods? Geog Rev 2003;(93)1:81–96.  abstract*

Harwell TS, Moore KR, Spencer MR. Physical violence, intimate partner violence, and emotional abuse among adult American Indian men and women in Montana. Prev Med 2003;37(4):297–303.  abstract

Hassan MK, Joshi AV, Madhavan SS, Amonkar MM. Obesity and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional analysis of the US population. Intl J Obesity 2003;27(10)1227–1232.  abstract

Helliwell J. How's life? Combining individual and national variables to explain subjective well-being. Economic Modeling 2003;20(2):331-360. Accessible as NBER Working Paper No. 9065 (July 2002).  abstract*  pdf* (186K)

Heo M, Allison DB, Faith MS, Zhu SK, Fontaine KR. Obesity and quality of life: mediating effects of pain and comorbidities. Obesity Research 2003;11(2):209–216.  abstract  html*  pdf* (150K)

Houlihan BV, Drainoni ML, Warner G, Nesathurai S, Wierbicky J, Williams S. The impact of Internet access for people with spinal cord injuries: a descriptive analysis of a pilot study. Disabil Rehabil 2003;25(8):422–431.  abstract

Love AS. Mental and physical health of older African-American men living in Harlem. [DrPH dissertation], Columbia University, 2003:1-204. abstract*

Lubetkin EI, Jia H, and Gold MR. Depression, anxiety, and associated health status in low-income Chinese patients. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(4):354–360.  abstract

Mili F, Helmick CH, Zack MM, Moriarty DG. Health-related quality of life among adults reporting arthritis: Analysis of data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 1996–1999. J Rheumatol 2003;30:160–166.  abstract

Moriarty DG, Zack MM, Kobau R. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s healthy days measures—population tracking of perceived physical and mental health over time. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2003;1(37)1–8.  abstract  html  pdf (295K)

Ravesloot, C., Seekins, T., Ipsen, C., Seninger, S., Murphy-Southwick, C., Brennan, L., et al. A cost-effectiveness analysis of a community-based health promotion intervention for adults with mobility impairments (Final report). Missoula: University of Montana, Rural Institute on Disabilities 2003. 

Segui-Gomez M, MacKenzie EJ. Measuring the public health impact of injuries. Epidemiol Rev 2003;25:3–19. abstract  html  pdf (345K)

Sue S, Chu JY. The mental health of ethnic minority groups: Challenges posed by the supplement to the Surgeon General's report on mental health. Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry 2003;27(4):447–465.  abstract

Zahran HS, Moriarty DG, Zack MM, Kobau R. Health-related quality of life among low-income adults aged 45-64 years—Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1995-2001. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, MMWR 2003;52(46):1120–1124.  abstract  html  pdf (382K)

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Alfredsson J. Healthy Days in Gävleborg—Use of CDC’s Healthy Days measure in the Swedish county of Gävleborg Dagar med full hälsa i Gävleborgs län – ett försök att mäta hälsorelaterad livskvalitet i befolkningen med hjälp av CDC: s frågebatteri Healthy Days [Swedish]. Rapport från Samhällsmedicin Gävleborg. Landstinget Gävleborg. 2002;3. pdf* (116 KB)

Buescher PA, Ziya Gizlice Z. Healthy Life Expectancy in North Carolina, 1996–2000. SCHS Studies; North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, NC 2002; No.129: 17.  pdf (65K)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-Related Quality of Life—Puerto Rico, 1996–2000. MMWR 2002;51(08):166–168.  abstract  html  pdf (200K)

Cloutier S, Martin SL, and Poole C. Sexual assault among North Carolina women: prevalence and health risk factors. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2002;56:265–271.  abstract  See http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/56/4/265.

Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine. Care without Coverage: Too little, too late. National Academy Press, Washington, DC 2002:1-212.  html*  pdf* (550KB)

Culica D, Rohrer J, Ward M, Hilsenrath P, Pomrehn P. Medical checkups: who does not get them? Am J Public Health 2002;92(1):88–91.  abstract  html  pdf (101K)

Dominick KL, Ahern FM, Gold CH, Heller DA. Relationship of health-related quality of life to health care utilization and mortality among older adults. Aging Clin Exp Res 2002;14(6):499–508.  abstract

Gizlice Z. Health Conditions and Behaviors Among North Carolina and United States Military Veterans Compared to Non-Veterans. North Carolina Special Report Series SCHS 2002(133):1–7.  pdf* (40K)

Greenlund KJ, Giles WH, Keenan NL, Croft JB, Mensah GA, Huston SL. Physician advice, patient actions, and health-related quality of life in secondary prevention of stroke through diet and exercise—The physician’s role in helping patients to increase physical activity and improve eating habits. Stroke 2002;33: 565–571.  abstract  html*  pdf* (71K)

Hunt DC, Yonke CT. Use of a behavioral risk survey by employers to identify leading health problems among employees and their dependents. J Public Health Manag Pract 2002;8(4):26–32.  abstract

Koepsell T, Reiber G, Simmons KW. Behavioral risk factors and use of preventive services among veterans in Washington State. Prev Med 2002;35(6):557–562.  abstract

Lu N, Samuels ME, Huang KC. Dietary behavior in relation to socioeconomic characteristics and self-perceived health status. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2002;13(2):241–257.  abstract

Mcnutt LA, Carlson BE, Persaud M, Postmus J. Cumulative abuse experiences, physical health and health behaviors. Ann Epidemiol 2002 Feb;12(2):123–130.  abstract

Michalos AC, Zumbo BD. Healthy days, health satisfaction with the overall quality of life. Social Indicators Research 2002;59(3):321–338.

Moriarty D, Zack M. Seasonal patterns in health-related quality of life among adults-Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1993–2000 (presentation abstract). Quality of Life Research, Abstracts Issue, 9th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, Orlando, Florida, 2002;11(7):635. 

Morrell M. Stigma and epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior 2002;3(Suppl2):S21–S25.  abstract

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Foundation for Accountability. A portrait of the chronically ill in America, 2001. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton NJ 2002.  html*  pdf* (4570KB)

Vest JR, Catlin TK, Chen JJ, Brownson RC. Multistate analysis of factors associated with intimate partner violence. Am J Prev Med 2002;22:3:156–164.  abstract

Vradenburg JA, Simoes EJ, Jackson-Thompson J, Murayi T. The prevalence of arthritis and activity limitation and their predictors in Missouri. J Comm Hlth 2002;27(2):91–107.  abstract

Yassin AS, Beckles GL, Messonnier ML. Disability and its economic impact among adults with diabetes. J Occup Environ Med, 2002;44(2):136–142.  abstract

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2001

Amarantos E, Martinez A, Dwyer J. Nutrition and quality of life in older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2001;56A(Spec Iss 2):54–64.  abstract

Andresen EM, Vahle VJ, Lollar D. Proxy reliability: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures for people with disability. Quality of Life Research 2001;10:609–619.  abstract

Brzenchek J, Ahern K, Dominick D, Heller C, Gold C, & Conway S. Self-reported health-related quality of life and health service utilization of Alzheimer's patients. Gerontologist 2001;41(S1):366–366.  abstract

Calsyn RJ, Winter JP. Predicting four types of service needs in older adults. Evaluation and Program Planning 2001;24(2):157–166.  abstract 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-related quality of life among persons with epilepsy—Texas 1998. MMWR 2001;50:24–26.  abstract  html  pdf (550K)

Conway S, Gold, Dominick K, Ahern F, & Heller D. Mental health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures as predictors of cardiac hospitalization (presentation abstract). 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, Washington (Mar 2001).  abstract

Davis S. Requirements for population data. Section 3 of the Abt project: Analyses for Improved Information in Managed Care: The Data Framework for the 21^st Century. MHSIP 2001.  html* 

Dugan E, Roberts CP, Cohen SJ, Preisser JS, Davis CC, Bland DR, Albertson E. Why older community-dwelling adults do not discuss urinary incontinence with their primary care physicians. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001;49(4):462-465.  abstract

Ford ES, Moriarty DG, Zack MM, Mokdad AH, Chapman DP. Self-reported body mass index and health-related quality of life: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Obesity Research 2001;9(1):21–31.  abstract  html*  pdf* (83K)

Ford J. Substance use and self-reported mental health: The moderating effect of acquaintance use behavior among adults. J Drug Issues 2001;31(2):565–590. 

Hagerty MR, Cummins RA, Ferriss AL, Land K, Michalos AC, Peterson M, Sharpe A, Sirgy J, Vogel J. Quality of life indexes for national policy: review and agenda for research. Social Indicators Research 2001;55(1):1–96.  See http://www.springerlink.com/content/n7471210211g1020/.+

Kumar V, Acanfora MA, Hennessy CH, Kalache A. The health status of rural elders. J Rural Health 2001;17(4):328–331.  abstract

Nelson DE. Holtzman D. Bolen J. Stanwyck CA. Mack KA. Reliability and validity of measures from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Sozial- und Praventiv Medizin 2001;1:(46 Suppl) S3–42.  abstract

Ôunpuu S, Chambers LW, Patterson C, Chan D, Yusuf S. Validity of the United States Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System's health-related quality of life survey tool in a group of older Canadians. Chronic Diseases in Canada 2001;22(3–4):93–101.  abstract  html*

Park H, Sprince N, Jensen C, Whitten PS, Zwerling C. Health risk factors among Iowa farmers. J Rural Health, 2001;18(2):286–293.  abstract

Simon P, Lightstone A, Zeng Z, Wold C, Fielding J, Davis B, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-related quality of life—Los Angeles County, California, 1999. MMWR 2001;(26):556–559.  abstract  html  pdf (127K)

Valdmanis V, Smith DW, Page MR. Productivity and economic burden associated with diabetes. AJPH  2001;91(1)129–130.  abstract  pdf (71K)

Weinbaum Z, Stratton TL, Chavez G, Motylewski-Link C, Barrera N, Courtney JG. Female victims of intimate partner physical domestic violence (IPP-DV), California 1998. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4):313-9.  abstract

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2000

Albert SM. Change in BRFSS health status/HRQOL measures predicts volume of medical use: Results from the Harlem Men's Health Cohort (presentation abstract). 17th Annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Conference, Memphis, TN (Mar 2000).

Andresen EM, Brownson RC. Disability and health status: ethnic differences among women in the United States. J Epidemiol Community Health 2000;54(3):200–206. abstract  See http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/54/3/200

Andresen EM, Fitch CA, McLendon PM, Meyers AR. Reliability and validity of disability questions for US Census 2000. American Journal of Public Health 2000;90(8):1297–1299.  abstract  pdf (65K)

Andresen EM, Meyers AR. Health-related quality of life outcomes measures. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2000;81(12 Suppl 2):S30–45.  abstract

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Community indicators of health-related quality of life—United States, 1993–1997. MMWR 2000;49(13):281–285.  abstract  html pdf (283K).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-related quality of life among adults with arthritis— Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 11 States, 1996–1998. MMWR 2000;49(17):366–69.  abstract  html  pdf (196K)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Measuring healthy days: Population assessment of health-related quality of life. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 2000.  pdf (795K)

Coker AL, McKeown RE, Sanderson M, Davis KE et al. Severe dating violence and quality of life among South Carolina high school students. Am J Prev Med 2000;19(4):220–227.  abstract

Gold M. Summary measures of population health and beyond: a look at U.S. federal activities in measuring the health of populations. WHO Conference. Statistical Commission and Economic Commission for Europe 2000. Working paper No. 11. Ottawa Canada, 23–25.  pdf* (41K)

Harwell TS, Spence MR. Population surveillance for physical violence among adult men and women, Montana. Am J Prev Med 2000;19(4):321–324.  abstract

Hathaway JE, Mucci LA, Silverman JG et al. Health status and health care use of Massachusetts women reporting partner abuse. Am J Prev Med 2000;19(4):302–307.  abstract

Krause JS, Coker JL, Charlifue S, Whiteneck GG. Health outcomes among American Indians with spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2000;81(7):924–1.  abstract

Nichols GA, Brown JB. Following depression in primary care — Do family practice physicians ask about depression at different rates than internal medicine physicians? Arch Fam Med 2000;9(5):478-482.  abstract  html*  pdf* (170K)

Ôunpuu S, Kreuger P, Vermeulen M, Chambers L. Using the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System's health related quality of life survey tool in a Canadian city. Canadian Journal of Public Health 2000;91(1):67–72.  abstract

Pearlman DN & Waalen J. Violence against women: Charting the impact on health policy, health care delivery, and the law. Am J Prev Med 2000;19(4):212–213.  abstract

Phillips B, Young T, Finn L, Asher K, Hening WA, Purvis C. Epidemiology of restless legs symptoms in adults. Arch Intern Med 2000;160(14):2137–2141.  abstract  html*  pdf* (167K)

Ruhm CJ. Are recessions good for your health? Q J Econ 2000;115(2):617–650.  abstract*  pdf* (1857K)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010. 2nd ed. With understanding and improving health and objectives for improving health. 2 vols. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2000.  html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010, Goal #1 Section HRQOL—A systematic approach to health improvement. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office 2000.  html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Oral health in America: a report of the Surgeon General. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office 2000.  html

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1999

Ahern F. Quality of life, medications, and health among the elderly (TS–213 Final report–Part I). Department of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University; July 30, 1999.

Andresen EM, Fouts BS, Romeis JC, Brownson CA. Performance of health-related quality of life instruments in a spinal cord injured population. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1999;80:877–884.  abstract

Andresen EM, Prince-Caldwell A, Akinci F, Brownson CA, Hagglund K, Jackson-Thompson J, Crocker R. The Missouri disability and health project. Am J Prev Med 1999;16(35)63–71.  abstract

Borawski EA, Jia H, Wu GW and Case Western Reserve University. The use of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to estimate the prevalence of state and substate disability. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 1999.

Broyles RW, McAuley WJ, Baird-Holmes D. The medically vulnerable: their health risks, health status, and use of physician care. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 1999;10(2):186–200.  abstract

Campbell VA, Crews JE, Moriarty DG, Zack MM, Blackman DK. Surveillance for sensory impairment, activity limitation, and health-related quality of life for older adults. MMWR Surveillance Summary 1999;48 (SS–8):131–156.  abstract  html  pdf (1142K)

Dominick K, Gold C, Ahern F, & Heller D. Cardiac drug use & health-related quality of life among older men and women. The Gerontologist 1999;39(1):244.  abstract

Frank E, Dingle AD. Self-Reported Depression and Suicide Attempts Among U.S. Women Physicians. Am J Psychiatry 1999;156(12):1887–1894. abstract html* pdf* (68KB)

Frank E, McMurray JE, Linzer M, Elon L. Career satisfaction of US women physicians--results from the Women Physicians' Health Study. Arch Intern Med 1999;159:1417-1426.  abstract  html*  pdf* (219K)

Jia H. Small area estimates of severe work disability prevalence based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Doctoral thesis; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University; E. Borawski, Thesis Advisor; May 1999, 201pp.

John R, Hennessy CH, Denny CH. Preventing chronic illness and disability among Native American elders. Serving Minority Elders in the 21st Century; Wykle M (Ed). Springer, 1999.  abstract*

Kawachi I, Kennedy BP, Gupta V, Prothrow-Stith D. Women's status and the health of women and men: a view from the States. Soc Sci Med 1999;48(1):21–32.  abstract

Kreutzer R, Neutra RR, Lashuay N. Prevalence of people reporting sensitivities to chemicals in a population-based survey. Am J Epidemiol 1999;150(1):1–12.  abstract  pdf* (3329K)

Moriarty D, Zack M. Validation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthy Days measures (abstract). Quality of Life Research, Abstracts Issue, 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, Barcelona, Spain, 1999;8(7):617.

Rohrer JE, Culica DV. Identifying high-users of medical care in a farming-dependent county. Health Care Manage Rev 1999;24(4):28–34.  abstract

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1998

Armstrong DL, Castorina J. Community occupational structure, basic services, and coronary mortality in Washington State, 1980–1994. Annals of Epidemiology 1998;8(6):370–377.  abstract

Aubert R, Herman W, Waters J, Moore W, Sutton D, Peterson B, Bailey C, Koplan J. Nurse case management to improve glycemic control in diabetic patients in a health maintenance organization: A randomized, controlled trial. Annals of Internal Medicine 1998;129(8):605–612.  abstract

Borawski E, Wu G, Jia H, Substance abuse and mental health services administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Self-reported frequent mental distress among adults—United States, 1993–1996. MMWR, 1998;47:325–331.  abstract  html  pdf (310K)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Behavioral Risk Factors among U.S. Air Force active-duty personnel, 1995. MMWR 1998;47(28):593–596.  abstract  html  pdf (326K)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-related quality of life and activity limitation—eight states, 1995. MMWR 1998;47(7):134–140.  abstract  html  pdf (236K)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State differences in reported healthy days among adults—United States, 1993–1996. MMWR 1998;47(12):239–244.  abstract  html  pdf (335K)

Dugan E, Cohen SJ, Robinson D, Anderson R, Preisser J, Suggs P, Pearce K, Poehling U, McGann P. The quality of life of older adults with urinary incontinence: determining generic and condition-specific predictors. Quality of Life Research 1998;7(4):337–344.  abstract

Gilliland FD, Mahler R, Davis SM. Health-related quality of life for rural American Indians in New Mexico. Ethnicity & Health 1998;3(13):223–229.  abstract

Holtzman D, Rubinson R, Bland SD, McQueen DV. HIV testing behavior and associated characteristics among U.S. adults, 1993 and 1994. AIDS and Behavior 1998;2(4):269–281.  See http://www.springerlink.com/content/r2u22t42g46451x7/.

Mack KA. Women, chronic disease, and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Journal of Women's Health, 1998;7(8):949–954 (Oct).  abstract

Molinari C, Ahern M, Michael Hendryx M. The relationship of community quality to the health of women and men. Soc Sci & Med 1998;47(8):1113-1120.  abstract

Moum TA. Mode of administration and response style effects in self-reported health and health behavior: An experimental broad-population study. Paper presented at the National Conference on Sociology, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Norway; June 18–20, 1998. University of Oslo 1998:1–14.

Newschaffer CJ. Validation of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) HRQOL measures in a statewide sample. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 1998.  abstract

Schechter S, Beatty P, Willis, GB. Asking survey respondents about health status: judgment and response issues in Cognition, aging, and self-reports. Psychology Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1998; Chapter 13:265–283.

Wilson BF, Benais S, Whitaker K, Beatty P, Hendershot G. Improving the feasibility of including deaf respondents in telephone surveys. National Center for Health Statistics, Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association 1998: 883–887.  pdf* (461K)

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1997

Arday DR, Arday SL, Bolen J, Rhodes L, Chin J, Minor P. Behavioral risk factor surveillance of aged Medicare beneficiaries, 1995. Health Care Financing Review 1997;18(4)105–123.  abstract

Borawski E, Bowlin, S, Wu G, Jia H, Chen H. The use of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in estimating disability at the state and substate levels (abstract). Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Indianapolis 1997:350.

Cogswell ME. Nelson D. Koplan JP. Surveying managed care members on chronic disease. Health Affairs 1997;16(6):219–227.  abstract  pdf* (149K)

Durch JS, Bailey LA, Stoto MA (Eds); Committee on Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health, Institute of Medicine. Improving health in the community: a role for performance monitoring. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 1997:1–496. html* pdf* (249K)

Hall E, Johnson EJ. Suicide and suicidal thoughts by Oregonians (Report). Oregon Center for Health Statistics Nov 1997:1–56. pdf* (875KB)

Shi L, Lu N. Personal characteristics and self-assessed health. Med Care 1997;35(10):1069–1078.  abstract 

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1996

Beatty P, Schechter S, Whitaker K. Evaluating subjective health questions: cognitive and methodological investigations 1996 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Section on Survey Research Methods.

Gift H. Quality of life–an outcome of oral health care? Public Health Dentistry 1996;56(2):67–68.

Hayward JT. Estimating indirect costs of illness using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (Prevention effectivenes project report submitted to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adult and Community Health). CDC, Atlanta 1996:1–15.

Moriarty, D. CDC Studies Community Quality of Life. NACCHO News 1996 May-June 12(3):10,13.

Perry M, Tasheff L, Marmet P, Miller C, Potsic S, Pezzino G,  CDC. Factors associated with self-perceived excellent and very good health among blacks—Kansas, 1995. MMWR 1996;(45/42),906–911.  abstract  html  pdf (416K)

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1995

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-related quality of life measures—United States, 1993. MMWR 1995;44:195–200.  abstract  html  pdf (577K)

Diwan S, Moriarty DG. A conceptual framework for identifying unmet health care needs of community dwelling elderly. J. Applied Geront. 1995;14(1)47–63.  See http://jag.sagepub.com/cgi/
content/abstract/14/1/47.

Lankenau, BH, Hennessy CH Moriarty DG, Schmid TL. Health-related quality of life: a new approach to measuring the health status of a population. Ninth World Productivity Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 1995.

Unger JB. Sedentary lifestyle as a risk factor for self-reported poor physical and mental health. Am J Health Promot 1995;10(1):15–17.  abstract

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1994

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Quality of life as a new public health measure—Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1993. MMWR 1994;43:375–380.  abstract  html  pdf (404K)

Diwan S. Unmet health needs and the quality of life of the elderly: development of a survey for states and communities (technical report). Atlanta: GA. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1994.

Hennessy CH, Moriarty DG, Zack MM, Scherr PA, Brackbill R. Measuring health-related quality of life for public health surveillance. Public Health Rep 1994;109(5):665–672.  abstract  html  pdf (1400K)

Siegel PZ. Self-reported health status: Public health surveillance and small-area analysis, In: Schechter S (ed.), Proceedings of the 1993 NCHS Conference on the Cognitive Aspects of Self-Reported Health Status. Cognitive Methods Staff Working Paper Series (No. 10). Hyattsville, Maryland: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics, 1994:11–27.  

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1993

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Consultation on functional status surveillance for states and communities: report of a meeting held on June 4–5, 1992, Decatur, Georgia. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1993).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Workshop on quality of life/health status surveillance for states and communities: report of a meeting held on December 2–4, 1991, Stone Mountain, Georgia. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1993).