Issue 21, May 24, 2010

Vol. 2, Issue: 21, 5/24/10

Welcome to Knowledge to Action Science Clips, CDC's new weekly digest!

The report consists of three components:

• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Public Health Ethics and Substance Use and Abuse - Methamphetamine Use)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) may be better than fluoride varnish and no treatment in arresting and preventing cavitated carious lesions
        Beltran-Aguilar ED.
        J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2010 Jun;10(2):122-4.
        
     2. The predicted effects of chronic obesity in middle age on medicare costs and mortality
        Cai L, Lubitz J, Flegal KM, Pamuk ER.
        Med Care. 2010 Jun;48(6):510-7.
        
     3. Trends in prevalence of obesity and overweight among children enrolled in the New York State WIC program, 2002-2007
        Sekhobo JP, Edmunds LS, Reynolds DK, Dalenius K, Sharma A.
        Public Health Rep. 2010 Mar-Apr;125(2):218-24.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     4. Moving toward chlamydia control in the United States
        Hogben M, Habel MA.
        J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 May 18.
        
     5. The public's response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
        Steelfisher GK, Blendon RJ, Bekheit MM, Lubell K.
        N Engl J Med. 2010 May 19.
        
     6. Diaphragm for STI and HIV prevention: is it a safe method for women at high risk?
        Njoroge B, Gallo MF, Sharma A, Bukusi EA, Nguti R, Bell AJ, Jamieson DJ, Williams D, Eschenbach DA.
        Sex Transm Dis. 2010 May 13.
        

   • Community Health Services

     7. Tuberculosis control: lessons for outbreak preparedness in correctional facilities
        Parvez FM, Lobato MN, Greifinger RB.
        J Correct Health Care. 2010 May 12.
        
     8. Improving the lives of vulnerable children: implications of Horizons research among orphans and other children affected by AIDS
        Schenk KD, Michaelis A, Sapiano TN, Brown L, Weiss E.
        Public Health Rep. 2010 Mar-Apr;125(2):325-36.
        

   • Environmental Health

     9. Presence of Coxiella burnetii DNA in the environment of the United States (2006-2008)
        Kersh GJ, Wolfe TM, Fitzpatrick KA, Candee AJ, Oliver LD, Patterson NE, Self JS, Priestley RA, Loftis AD, Massung RF.
        Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 May 14.
        
     10. The good, the bad, and the volatile: can we have both healthy pools and healthy people?
         LaKind JS, Richardson SD, Blount BC.
         Environ Sci Technol. 2010 May 1;44(9):3205-10.
         
     11. Keep on swimming!
         Otto 3rd C, Hlavsa M.
         J Environ Health. 2010 May;72(9):25-7.
         
     12. Elevated cadmium exposure may be associated with periodontal bone loss
         Dye BA, Dillon CF.
         J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2010 Jun;10(2):109-11.
         
     13. Perceived and objective neighborhood environment attributes and health related quality of life among the elderly in Bogota, Colombia
         Parra DC, Gomez LF, Sarmiento OL, Buchner D, Brownson R, Schimd T, Gomez V, Lobelo F.
         Soc Sci Med. 2010 Apr;70(7):1070-6.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     14. Differential performance of SF-36 items in healthy adults with and without functional limitations
         Horner-Johnson W, Krahn GL, Suzuki R, Peterson JJ, Roid G, Hall T.
         Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2010 Apr;91(4):570-5.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     15. Dealing with the evidence dilemma in genomics and personalized medicine
         Khoury MJ.
         Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2010 Jun;87(6):635-8.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     16. Men who have sex with men in the United States: demographic and behavioral characteristics and prevalence of HIV and HSV-2 infection: results from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2006
         Xu F, Sternberg MR, Markowitz LE.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2010 May 13.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     17. Audience reactions and receptivity to HIV prevention message concepts for people living with HIV
         Uhrig JD, Bann CM, Wasserman J, Guenther-Grey C, Eroglu D.
         AIDS Educ Prev. 2010 Apr;22(2):110-25.
         
     18. The Influence of the VERB campaign on children's physical activity in 2002 to 2006
         Huhman ME, Potter LD, Nolin MJ, Piesse A, Judkins DR, Banspach SW, Wong FL.
         Am J Public Health. 2010 Apr;100(4):638-45.
         
     19. The elephant never forgets; piloting a chlamydia and gonorrhea retesting reminder postcard in an STD clinic setting
         Paneth-Pollak R, Klingler EJ, Blank S, Schillinger JA.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2010 May 13.
         

   • Informatics

     20. A Public Health Grid (PHGrid): architecture and value proposition for 21st century public health
         Savel T, Hall K, Lee B, McMullin V, Miles M, Stinn J, White P, Washington D, Boyd T, Lenert L.
         Int J Med Inform. 2010 May 14.
         
     21. Methodological innovations in data gathering: newborn screening linkage with live births records, Michigan, 1/2007-3/2008
         Korzeniewski SJ, Grigorescu V, Copeland G, Gu G, Thoburn KK, Rogers JD, Young WI.
         Matern Child Health J. 2010 May;14(3):360-4.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     22. Declining hip fracture rates in the United States
         Stevens JA, Rudd RA.
         Age Ageing. 2010 May 19.
         
     23. Managing traumatic brain injury secondary to explosions
         Burgess P, Sullivent EE, Sasser SM, Wald MM, Ossmann E, Kapil V.
         J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2010 ;3(2):164-172.
         
     24. Hip fracture risk in older US adults by treatment eligibility status based on new National Osteoporosis Foundation guidance
         Looker AC, Dawson-Hughes B, Tosteson AN, Johansson H, Kanis JA, Melton 3rd LJ.
         Osteoporos Int. 2010 May 18.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     25. A recursive version of Grubbs' test for detecting multiple outliers in environmental and chemical data
         Jain RB.
         Clin Biochem. 2010 May 13.
         
     26. Utility of high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of mycolic acids and partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing for routine identification of Mycobacterium spp. in a national reference laboratory
         Toney NC, Toney SR, Butler WR.
         Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Jun;67(2):143-52.
         
     27. Low-frequency HIV-1 drug resistance mutations can be clinically significant but must be interpreted with caution
         Johnson JA, Geretti AM.
         J Antimicrob Chemother. 2010 May 13.
         
     28. Parechovirus typing in clinical specimens by nested or semi-nested PCR coupled with sequencing
         Nix WA, Maher K, Pallansch MA, Oberste MS.
         J Clin Virol. 2010 May 14.
         
     29. Significant impact of sequence variations in the nucleoprotein on CD8 T cell-mediated cross-protection against influenza A virus infections
         Zhong W, Liu F, Dong L, Lu X, Hancock K, Reinherz EL, Katz JM, Sambhara S.
         PLoS One. 2010 ;5(5):e10583.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     30. Characterization of the correlation between ages at entry into breast and pubic hair development
         Christensen KY, Maisonet M, Rubin C, Flanders WD, Drews-Botsch C, Dominguez C, McGeehin MA, Marcus M.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2010 May;20(5):405-8.
         
     31. Perinatal risk for common mental disorders and suicidal ideation among women in Paraguay
         Ishida K, Stupp P, Serbanescu F, Tullo E.
         Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2010 May 14.
         
     32. Investigation of sex differences in hip structure in peripubertal children
         Sayers A, Marcus M, Rubin C, McGeehin MA, Tobias JH.
         J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 May 19.
         
     33. Trends in incidence rates of congenital hypothyroidism related to select demographic factors: data from the United States, California, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas
         Hinton CF, Harris KB, Borgfeld L, Drummond-Borg M, Eaton R, Lorey F, Therrell BL, Wallace J, Pass KA.
         Pediatrics. 2010 May;125 Suppl 2:S37-47.
         
     34. Prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism--current trends and future directions: workshop summary
         Olney RS, Grosse SD, Vogt RF.
         Pediatrics. 2010 May;125 Suppl 2:S31-6.
         
     35. Future research directions to identify causes of the increasing incidence rate of congenital hypothyroidism in the United States
         Shapira SK, Lloyd-Puryear MA, Boyle C.
         Pediatrics. 2010 May;125 Suppl 2:S64-8.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     36. Fruit and vegetable intakes are associated with lower risk of breast fibroadenomas in Chinese women
         Nelson ZC, Ray RM, Wu C, Stalsberg H, Porter P, Lampe JW, Shannon J, Horner N, Li W, Wang W, Hu Y, Gao D, Thomas DB.
         J Nutr. 2010 May 19.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     37. Development of a retrospective job exposure matrix for PCB-exposed workers in capacitor manufacturing
         Hopf NB, Waters MA, Ruder AM, Prince MM.
         J Occup Health. 2010 May 14.
         

   • Public Health Law

     38. Translating evidence into policy: lessons learned from the case of lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers
         Mercer SL, Sleet DA, Elder RW, Cole KH, Shults RA, Nichols JL.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2010 Jun;20(6):412-20.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     39. Toward a more collaborative federal response to chronic kidney disease
         Narva AS, Briggs M, Jordan R, Pavkov ME, Burrows NR, Williams DE.
         Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2010 May;17(3):282-8.
         

   • Public Health, General

     40. Editorial: A definition that includes first and second generation immigrants returning to their countries of origin to visit friends and relatives still makes sense to me
         Arguin PM.
         J Travel Med. 2010 May-June;17(3):147-149.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     41. Classroom academic and social context: relationships among emergent literacy, behavioural functioning and teacher curriculum goals in kindergarten
         Massetti GM, Bracken SS.
         Early Child Dev Care. 2010 Apr;180(3):359-375.
         

2. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Public Health Ethics

     42. Repeal of the Pennsylvania motorcycle helmet law: reflections on the ethical and political dynamics of public health reform
         Cherry RA.
         BMC Public Health. 2010 ;10:202.
         
     43. Need for a wider view of autonomy in epidemiological research
         Hansson MG.
         BMJ. 2010 ;340:c2335.
         
     44. Applying an ethical decision-making tool to a nurse management dilemma
         Toren O, Wagner N.
         Nurs Ethics. 2010 May;17(3):393-402.
         
     45. The need for a transparent, ethical, and successful relationship between academic scientists and the pharmaceutical industry: a view of the Group for the Respect of Ethics and Excellence in Science (GREES)
         Bruyere O, Kanis JA, Ibar-Abadie ME, Alsayed N, Brandi ML, Burlet N, Cahall DL, et al.
         Osteoporos Int. 2010 May;21(5):713-22.
         
     46. Relative responsibilities: is there an obligation to discuss genomics research participation with family members?
         Boddington P.
         Public Health Genomics. 2010 May 4.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse - Methamphetamine Use

     47. Longitudinal modeling of methamphetamine use and sexual risk behaviors in gay and bisexual men
         Halkitis PN, Mukherjee PP, Palamar JJ.
         AIDS Behav. 2009 Aug;13(4):783-91.
         
     48. Short communication: Methamphetamine treatment increases in vitro and in vivo HIV replication
         Toussi SS, Joseph A, Zheng JH, Dutta M, Santambrogio L, Goldstein H.
         AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009 Nov;25(11):1117-21.
         
     49. Negative mood and sexual behavior among non-monogamous men who have sex with men in the context of methamphetamine and HIV
         Bousman CA, Cherner M, Ake C, Letendre S, Atkinson JH, Patterson TL, Grant I, et al.
         J Affect Disord. 2009 Dec;119(1-3):84-91.
         
     50. National case-control study of homicide offending and methamphetamine use
         Stretesky PB.
         J Interpers Violence. 2009 Jun;24(6):911-24.
         
     51. Male methamphetamine-user inmates in prison treatment: during-treatment outcomes
         Joe GW, Rowan-Szal GA, Greener JM, Simpson DD, Vance J.
         J Subst Abuse Treat. 2010 Mar;38(2):141-52.
         
     52. Methamphetamine acts on subpopulations of neurons regulating sexual behavior in male rats
         Frohmader KS, Wiskerke J, Wise RA, Lehman MN, Coolen LM.
         Neuroscience. 2010 Mar 31;166(3):771-84.
         
     53. Family conflict and depression in HIV-negative heterosexuals: the role of methamphetamine use
         Semple SJ, Strathdee SA, Zians J, Patterson TL.
         Psychol Addict Behav. 2009 Jun;23(2):341-7.
         
     54. Methamphetamine facilitates female sexual behavior and enhances neuronal activation in the medial amygdala and ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus
         Holder MK, Hadjimarkou MM, Zup SL, Blutstein T, Benham RS, McCarthy MM, Mong JA.
         Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2010 Feb;35(2):197-208.
         

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     55. Announcements: Recreational water illness prevention week - May 24-30, 2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 May 21;59(19):593.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     56. A family history of type 2 diabetes increases risk factors associated with overfeeding
         Samocha-Bonet D, Campbell LV, Viardot A, Freund J, Tam CS, Greenfield JR, Heilbronn LK.
         Diabetologia. 2010 May 12.
         

   • Food Safety

     57. Red and processed meat consumption and risk of incident coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes mellitus. A systematic review and meta-analysis
         Micha R, Wallace SK, Mozaffarian D.
         Circulation. 2010 May 17.
         
     58. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and urinary metabolites of organophosphate pesticides
         Bouchard MF, Bellinger DC, Wright RO, Weisskopf MG.
         Pediatrics. 2010 May 17.
         

   • Health Disparities

     59. Maternal warmth buffers the effects of low early-life socioeconomic status on pro-inflammatory signaling in adulthood
         Chen E, Miller GE, Kobor MS, Cole SW.
         Mol Psychiatry. 2010 May 18.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     60. Reduction in acute gastroenteritis hospitalizations among US children after introduction of rotavirus vaccine: analysis of hospital discharge data from 18 US states
         Curns AT, Steiner CA, Barrett M, Hunter K, Wilson E, Parashar UD.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 1;201(11):1617-24.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     61. Unintentional firearm deaths: a comparison of other-inflicted and self-inflicted shootings
         Hemenway D, Barber C, Miller M.
         Accid Anal Prev. 2010 Jul;42(4):1184-8.
         
     62. Rates of major depressive disorder and clinical outcomes following traumatic brain injury
         Bombardier CH, Fann JR, Temkin NR, Esselman PC, Barber J, Dikmen SS.
         JAMA. 2010 May 19;303(19):1938-45.
         
     63. Cerebrovascular hemodynamics, gait, and falls in an elderly population: MOBILIZE Boston Study
         Sorond FA, Galica A, Serrador JM, Kiely DK, Iloputaife I, Cupples LA, Lipsitz LA.
         Neurology. 2010 May 18;74(20):1627-33.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     64. Adverse obstetric and perinatal outcomes in subfertile women conceiving without assisted reproductive technologies
         Jaques AM, Amor DJ, Baker HW, Healy DL, Ukoumunne OC, Breheny S, Garrett C, Halliday JL.
         Fertil Steril. 2010 Apr 6.
         
     65. Molecular evidence of perinatal transmission of bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and b. henselae to a child
         Breitschwerdt EB, Maggi RG, Farmer P, Mascarelli PE.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Apr 14.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     66. Adverse respiratory outcomes associated with occupational exposures at a soy processing plant
         Cummings KJ, Gaughan DM, Kullman GJ, Beezhold DH, Green BJ, Blachere FM, Bledsoe T, Kreiss K, Cox-Ganser J.
         Eur Respir J. 2010 Apr 22.
         

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