Issue 31, August 5, 2014

Each Tuesday, to enhance awareness of emerging scientific knowledge, selected science clips will be posted here for the public health community. The focus is applied public health research and prevention science that has the capacity to improve health now.

1. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   Subject matter experts decide what topic to feature, and articles are selected from the last 3 to 6 months of published literature. Key topic coincides monthly with other CDC products (e.g. Vital Signs).
   • Nutritional Sciences
     1. *Determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among children and adolescents: a review of the literature. Part I: quantitative studies
        Rasmussen M, Krolner R, Klepp KI, Lytle L, Brug J, Bere E, Due P.
        Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2006 ;3:22.
        
     2. *School health guidelines to promote healthy eating and physical activity
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
        MMWR Recomm Rep. 2011 ;60(RR-5):1-76.
        
     3. Preventing childhood obesity in early care and education: selected standards from "Caring for our children: national health and safety performance standards; guidelines for early care and education programs, 3rd edition
        American Academy of Pediatrics , American Public Health Association , National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education .
        . 2012 .
        
     4. Spectrum of opportunities for obesity prevention in the early care and education setting (ECE). CDC technical assistance briefing document
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
        . n.d. .
        
     5. State indicator report on fruits and vegetables, 2013
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
        . 2013 .
        
     6. Accelerating progress in obesity prevention: solving the weight of the nation
        Institute of Medicine .
        . 2012 .
        
     7. Early childhood obesity prevention policies
        Institute of Medicine .
        . 2011 .
        
     8. Fruit and vegetable consumption by school lunch participants: implications for the success of new nutrition standards
        Newman C.
        . 2013 .
        
     9. Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2010
        US Department of Agriculture , US Department of Health and Human Services .
        . 2010 .
        
     10. American Academy of Pediatrics: the use and misuse of fruit juice in pediatrics
         Committee on Nutrition .
         Pediatrics. 2001 May;107(5):1210-3.
         
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   Articles published in the past 6-8 weeks authored by CDC or ATSDR staff.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     11. The Look AHEAD Trial: bone loss at four-year follow-up in type 2 diabetes
         Lipkin EW, Schwartz AV, Anderson AM, Davis C, Johnson KC, Gregg EW, Bray GA, Berkowitz R, Peters AL, Hodges A, Lewis C, Kahn SE.
         Diabetes Care. 2014 Jul 21.
         
     12. Cancer prevention and worksite health promotion: time to join forces
         Allweiss P, Brown DR, Chosewood LC, Dorn JM, Dube S, Elder R, Holman DM, Hudson HL, Kimsey CD, Lang JE, Lankford TJ, Li C, Muirhead L, Neri A, Plescia M, Rodriguez J, Schill AL, Shoemaker M, Sorensen G, Townsend J, White MC.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 Jul 24;11:E128.
         
   • Communicable Diseases
     13. Global update on the susceptibility of human influenza viruses to neuraminidase inhibitors, 2012-2013
         Meijer A, Rebelo-de-Andrade H, Correia V, Besselaar T, Dayal RD, Fry A, Gregory V, Gubareva L, Kageyama T, Lackenby A, Lo J, Odagiri T, Pereyaslov D, Siqueira MM, Takashita E, Tashiro M, Wang D, Wong S, Zhang W, Daniels RS, Hurt AC.
         Antiviral Res. 2014 Jul 17.
         
     14. Extensive drug resistance acquired during treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
         Cegielski JP, Dalton T, Yagui M, Wattanaamornkiet W, Volchenkov GV, Via LE, Van Der Walt M, Tupasi T, Smith SE, Odendaal R, Leimane V, Kvasnovsky C, Kuznetsova T, Kurbatova E, Kummik T, Kuksa L, Kliiman K, Kiryanova EV, Kim H, Kim CK, Kazennyy BY, Jou R, Huang WL, Ershova J, Erokhin VV, Diem L, Contreras C, Cho SN, Chernousova LN, Chen MP, Caoili JC, Bayona J, Akksilp S.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 23.
         
     15. The molecular epidemiology of TB in settings with high HIV prevalence: implications for control
         Borgdorff MW, Cain KP, De Cock KM.
         J Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 22.
         
     16. Challenges to global pandemic mortality estimation
         Widdowson MA, Iuliano AD, Dawood FS.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Aug;14(8):670-2.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     17. Biological control of mosquitoes in scrap tires in Brownsville, Texas, USA and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
         Uejio CK, Hayden MH, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Lopez JL, Barrera R, Amador M, Thompson G, Waterman SH.
         J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2014 Jun;30(2):130-135.
         
     18. Characterization of the bacterial communities of life stages of free living lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum)
         Williams-Newkirk AJ, Rowe LA, Mixson-Hayden TR, Dasch GA.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(7):e102130.
         
   • Environmental Health
     19. Postnatal exposure to methyl mercury and neuropsychological development in 7-year-old urban inner-city children exposed to lead in the United States
         Wang Y, Chen A, Dietrich KN, Radcliffe J, Caldwell KL, Rogan WJ.
         Child Neuropsychol. 2014 Sep;20(5):527-38.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     20. Assessment of administrative claims data for public health reporting of Salmonella in Tennessee
         Marder E, Garman K, Jones TF, Dunn J, Jones S.
         J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Jul 22.
         
     21. Quantifying a nonnotifiable disease in the United States: the National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry model
         Horton DK, Mehta P, Antao VC.
         JAMA. 2014 Jul 24.
         
     22. WHO Global Rotavirus Surveillance Network: a strategic review of the first 5 years, 2008-2012
         Agocs MM, Serhan F, Yen C, Mwenda JM, de Oliveira LH, Teleb N, Wasley A, Wijesinghe PR, Fox K, Tate JE, Gentsch JR, Parashar UD, Kang G.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jul 25;63(29):634-7.
         
     23. Prevalence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - United States, 2010-2011
         Mehta P, Antao V, Kaye W, Sanchez M, Williamson D, Bryan L, Muravov O, Horton K.
         MMWR Surveill Summ. 2014 Jul 25;63 Suppl 7:1-14.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     24. Perspectives on federal funding for state health care-associated infection programs: achievements, barriers, and implications for sustainability
         Ellingson K, McCormick K, Woodard T, Garcia-Williams A, Mendel P, Kahn K, McDonald C, Jernigan J, Sinkowitz-Cochran R.
         Med Care Res Rev. 2014 May 7;71(4):402-415.
         
     25. Progress toward prevention of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection - sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2011
         Apata IW, Averhoff F, Pitman J, Bjork A, Yu J, Amin NA, Dhingra N, Kolwaite A, Marfin A.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jul 25;63(29):613-9.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     26. The cost-effectiveness of HPV vaccine catch-up programs for women
         Chesson H, Markowitz L.
         J Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 23.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     27. Rotavirus vaccines in routine use
         Tate JE, Parashar UD.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 21.
         
     28. Hepatitis B antibody levels seven to nine years following booster vaccination in Alaska Native persons
         Keck JW, Bulkow LR, Raczniak GA, Negus SE, Zanis CL, Bruce MG, Spradling PR, Teshale EH, McMahon BJ.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2014 Jul 23.
         
     29. National, regional, state, and selected local area vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 13-17 years - United States, 2013
         Elam-Evans LD, Yankey D, Jeyarajah J, Singleton JA, Curtis RC, MacNeil J, Hariri S.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jul 25;63(29):625-33.
         
     30. Human papillomavirus vaccination coverage among adolescents, 2007-2013, and postlicensure vaccine safety monitoring, 2006-2014 - United States
         Stokley S, Jeyarajah J, Yankey D, Cano M, Gee J, Roark J, Curtis RC, Markowitz L.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jul 25;63(29):620-4.
         
     31. Measles and rubella vaccination coverage in Haiti, 2012: progress towards verifying and challenges to maintaining measles and rubella elimination
         Tohme RA, Francois J, Wannemuehler K, Magloire R, Carolina Danovaro-Holliday M, Flannery B, Cavallaro KF, Fitter DL, Purcell N, Dismer A, Tappero JW, Vertefeuille JF, Hyde TB.
         Trop Med Int Health. 2014 Jul 16.
         
     32. Issues and considerations in the use of serologic biomarkers for classifying vaccination history in household surveys
         MacNeil A, Lee CW, Dietz V.
         Vaccine. 2014 Jul 18.
         
     33. Safety and immunogenicity of a primary series of Sabin-IPV with and without aluminum hydroxide in infants
         Verdijk P, Rots NY, van Oijen MG, Weldon WC, Oberste MS, Okayasu H, Sutter RW, Bakker WA.
         Vaccine. 2014 Jul 17.
         
   • Informatics
     34. PGMS: a case study of collecting PDA-based geo-tagged malaria-related survey data
         Zhou Y, Lobo NF, Wolkon A, Gimnig JE, Malishee A, Stevenson J, Sulistyawati , Collins FH, Madey G.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Jul 21.
         
     35. Directing the public to evidence-based online content
         Cooper CP, Gelb CA, Vaughn AN, Smuland J, Hughes AG, Hawkins NA.
         J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Jul 22.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     36. The effect of Early Head Start on child welfare system involvement: a first look at longitudinal child maltreatment outcomes
         Green BL, Ayoub C, Bartlett JD, Von Ende A, Furrer C, Chazan-Cohen R, Vallotton C, Klevens J.
         Child Youth Serv Rev. 2014 Jul;42:127-135.
         
     37. A cross-sectional survey on gender-based violence and mental health among female urban refugees and asylum seekers in Kampala, Uganda
         Morof DF, Sami S, Mangeni M, Blanton C, Cardozo BL, Tomczyk B.
         Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014 Jul 6.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     38. In vivo evaluation of the pulmonary toxicity of cellulose nanocrystals: a renewable and sustainable nanomaterial of the future
         Yanamala N, Farcas MT, Hatfield MK, Kisin ER, Kagan VE, Geraci CL, Shvedova AA.
         ACS Sustain Chem Eng. 2014 ;2(7):1691-1698.
         
     39. Volatile organic compound conversion by ozone, hydroxyl radicals, and nitrate radicals in residential indoor air: magnitudes and impacts of oxidant sources
         Waring MS, Wells JR.
         Atmos Environ. (0).
         
     40. Molecular determinants of influenza virus pathogenesis in mice
         Kamal RP, Katz JM, York IA.
         Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2014 Jul 20.
         
     41. vanG element insertions within a conserved chromosomal site conferring vancomycin resistance to Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus anginosus
         Srinivasan V, Metcalf BJ, Knipe KM, Ouattara M, McGee L, Shewmaker PL, Glennen A, Nichols M, Harris C, Brimmage M, Ostrowsky B, Park CJ, Schrag SJ, Frace MA, Sammons SA, Beall B.
         MBio. 2014 Jul;5(4).
         
     42. Supplement 2008-2010 (no. 48) to the White-Kauffmann-Le Minor scheme
         Issenhuth-Jeanjean S, Roggentin P, Mikoleit M, Guibourdenche M, de Pinna E, Nair S, Fields PI, Weill FX.
         Res Microbiol. 2014 Jul 15.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     43. Prevention of orofacial clefts caused by smoking: implications of the Surgeon General's report
         Honein MA, Devine O, Grosse SD, Reefhuis J.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2014 Jul 8.
         
     44. Utility of the diagnostic interview schedule for children for assessing Tourette syndrome in children
         Lewin AB, Mink JW, Bitsko RH, Holbrook JR, Parker-Athill EC, Hanks C, Storch EA, Augustine EF, Adams HR, Vierhile AE, Thatcher AR, Murphy TK.
         J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2014 Jun;24(5):275-84.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     45. The relationship between health-related knowledge and sugar-sweetened beverage intake among US adults
         Park S, Onufrak S, Sherry B, Blanck HM.
         J Acad Nutr Diet. 2014 Jul;114(7):1059-66.
         
     46. Nutritional status of women and child refugees from Syria - Jordan, April-May 2014
         Bilukha OO, Jayasekaran D, Burton A, Faender G, King'ori J, Amiri M, Jessen D, Leidman E.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jul 25;63(29):638-9.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     47. Tetrachloroethylene exposure and bladder cancer risk: a meta-analysis of dry-cleaning-worker studies
         Vlaanderen J, Straif K, Ruder A, Blair A, Hansen J, Lynge E, Charbotel B, Loomis D, Kauppinen T, Kyyronen P, Pukkala E, Weiderpass E, Guha N.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Jul;122(7):661-6.
         
     48. Flavoring exposure in food manufacturing
         Curwin BD, Deddens JA, McKernan LT.
         J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2014 Jul 23.
         
     49. Association of a dietary inflammatory index with inflammatory indices and metabolic syndrome among police officers
         Wirth MD, Burch J, Shivappa N, Violanti JM, Burchfiel CM, Fekedulegn D, Andrew ME, Hartley TA, Miller DB, Mnatsakanova A, Charles LE, Steck SE, Hurley TG, Vena JE, Hebert JR.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2014 Jul 18.
         
     50. Evidence of health risks associated with prolonged standing at work and intervention effectiveness
         Waters TR, Dick RB.
         Rehabil Nurs. 2014 Jul 7.
         
     51. The economics of risk
         Hearl F, Pana Cryan R, McLaughlin C.
         Synergist. 2014 ;25(5):35-38.
         
     52. The banding marches on: NIOSH proposes a new process for occupational exposure banding
         McKernan LT, Seaton M.
         Synergist. 2014 ;25(5):44-46.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
     53. Small mine size is associated with lung function abnormality and pneumoconiosis among underground coal miners in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia
         Blackley DJ, Halldin CN, Wang ML, Laney AS.
         Occup Environ Med. 2014 Jul 22.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     54. Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter and multidrug resistance 1 genes: parasite risk factors that affect treatment outcomes for P. falciparum malaria after artemether-lumefantrine and artesunate-amodiaquine
         Venkatesan M, Gadalla NB, Stepniewska K, Dahal P, Nsanzabana C, Moriera C, Price RN, Martensson A, Rosenthal PJ, Dorsey G, Sutherland CJ, Guerin P, Davis TM, Menard D, Adam I, Ademowo G, Arze C, Baliraine FN, Berens-Riha N, Bjorkman A, Borrmann S, Checchi F, Dhorda MD, Djimde AA, El-Sayed BB, Eshetu T, Eyase F, Falade C, Faucher JF, Froberg G, Grivoyannis A, Hamour S, Houze S, Johnson J, Kamugisha E, Kariuki S, Kiechel JR, Kironde F, LeBras PE, Malmberg M, Mwai L, Ngasala B, Nosten F, Nsobya SL, Oguike AN, Otienoburu SD, Ogutu B, Ouedraogo JB, Piola P, Rombo L, Schramm B, Some AF, Thwing J, Ursing J, Wong RP, Zeynudin A, Zongo I, Plowe CV, Sibley CH.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Jul 21.
         
     55. Burden of diarrhea, hospitalization and mortality due to cryptosporidial infections in Indian children
         Sarkar R, Tate JE, Ajjampur SS, Kattula D, John J, Ward HD, Kang G.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Jul;8(7):e3042.
         
   • Public Health Law
     56. Federal environmental and occupational toxicology regulations and reporting requirements: a practical approach to what the medical toxicologist needs to know, part 2
         Schwartz MD, Dell'Aglio DM, Nickle R, Hornsby-Myers J.
         J Med Toxicol. 2014 Jul 23.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     57. Engaging academia to advance the science and practice of environmental public health tracking
         Strosnider H, Zhou Y, Balluz L, Qualters J.
         Environ Res. 2014 Jul 16.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     58. Assisted hatching: trends and pregnancy outcomes, United States, 2000-2010
         Kissin DM, Kawwass JF, Monsour M, Boulet SL, Session DR, Jamieson DJ.
         Fertil Steril. 2014 Jul 17.
         
     59. Improving the quality of family planning services: the role of new federal recommendations
         Gavin L, Moskosky S.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 Jul 21.
         
     60. GnRH agonist and GnRH antagonist protocols: comparison of outcomes among good-prognosis patients using national surveillance data v
         Grow D, Kawwass JF, Kulkarni AD, Durant T, Jamieson DJ, Macaluso M.
         Reprod Biomed Online. 2014 Jun 12.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     61. Symptoms of tobacco dependence among middle and high school tobacco users: results from the 2012 National Youth Tobacco Survey
         Apelberg BJ, Corey CG, Hoffman AC, Schroeder MJ, Husten CG, Caraballo RS, Backinger CL.
         Am J Prev Med. 2014 Aug;47(2 Suppl 1):S4-s14.
         
     62. Cigar smoking among U.S. students: reported use after adding brands to survey items
         Corey CG, Dube SR, Ambrose BK, King BA, Apelberg BJ, Husten CG.
         Am J Prev Med. 2014 Aug;47(2 Suppl 1):S28-35.
         
     63. Gender differences in smoking among U.S. working adults
         Syamlal G, Mazurek JM, Dube SR.
         Am J Prev Med. 2014 Jul 18.
         
     64. Exposure to tobacco coupons among U.S. middle and high school students
         Tessman GK, Caraballo RS, Corey CG, Xu X, Chang CM.
         Am J Prev Med. 2014 Aug;47(2 Suppl 1):S61-8.
         
     65. Youth tobacco cessation: quitting intentions and past-year quit attempts
         Tworek C, Schauer GL, Wu CC, Malarcher AM, Jackson KJ, Hoffman AC.
         Am J Prev Med. 2014 Aug;47(2 Suppl 1):S15-27.
         
     66. Awareness and use of non-conventional tobacco products among U.S. students, 2012
         Wang B, King BA, Corey CG, Arrazola RA, Johnson SE.
         Am J Prev Med. 2014 Aug;47(2 Suppl 1):S36-52.
         
     67. Usual source of cigarettes and alcohol among US high school students
         Everett Jones S, Caraballo RS.
         J Sch Health. 2014 Aug;84(8):493-501.
         
   
   

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