J F Kraus
Biographic Data
| ID | 3425529 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J F Kraus |
| GIVEN NAMES | J F |
| FAMILY NAME | Kraus |
| SIGNATURE | KRAUS J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7532-9404 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Fire and Snow
C]lassics are the books that come down to us bearing the traces of readings previous to ours, and bringing in their wake the traces they themselves have left on culture or cultures they passed through (or, more simply, on language and customs).-Italo Calvino, "Why Read the Classics?"Faced with information overload, we have no alternative but pattern-recognition
Determining injury at work on the California death certificate
OBJECTIVES: This study examined decisions of California Country Coroner's offices in determining injury at work and identified factors influencing this decision. METHODS: Surveys were sent to California County Coroner's offices (response rate = 93%). The survey included 23 vignettes that required the respondent to determine whether the fatality involved an injury at work. The Rasch method was used to determine internal consistency in endorsing vi…
Compliance with the 1992 California motorcycle helmet use law
To evaluate helmet use in California before and after the introduction of an unrestricted helmet use law on January 1, 1992, observations of motorcycles and their riders were made at 60 locations in seven California counties, twice before and four times after the law was introduced. Helmet use increased from about 50% in 1991 to more than 99% throughout 1992. Compliance was achieved despite variations in helmet use by motorcycle design and road t…
Sudden unexplained infant deaths in central Africa
Sudden unexplained infant deaths in central Africa. M Bulterys, A Chao, B Mukafaranswa, J F Kraus, and A SaahCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.82.3.467 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Motorcycle licensure, ownership, and injury crash involvement
The interrelationships among motorcycle licensure, ownership, and injury crash involvement were investigated in a sample of 2,723 motorcycle drivers severely or fatally injured in California in 1985-86. Owners of motorcycles in such crashes ("driver-owners") were less likely to have valid licenses than a random sample of motorcycle owners who had not been in crashes (42 vs. 57 percent). Thirty-three percent of the crash-involved drivers had valid…
Death resulting from motor vehicle immersions: The nature of the injuries, personal and environmental contributing factors, and potential interventions
We present an epidemiologic characterization of deaths from motor vehicle immersions, based on 77 deaths in 63 motor vehicle immersions in Sacramento County, CA, during 1974-85. All persons were autopsied; all but one of the deaths were due to drowning. Average annual mortality rates per million person years were 12 for males, four for females, 30 for Hispanics, six for White non-Hispanics, Blacks and Asians. Seventy-one percent of drivers and 60…
Young children who drown in hot tubs, spas, and whirlpools in California: A 26-year survey
A survey of drownings in hot tubs, spas, and whirlpools in California 1960-85 suggests a person- and site-specific profile. The identified 74 deaths occurred mostly in White children, under two years of age, in Southern California, during the late afternoons, from May through August. From 1967 to 1985, the drowning rate increased tenfold. The deaths were associated with access to the water, lack of supervision, neuromotor handicaps, and entrapmen…
Fatal and severe injury: Scooter and moped crashes in California, 1985
Fatal and severe injury crashes for scooters and mopeds in California for 1985 were compared with those for motorcycles during the same year. Scooters had more than twice the injury crash rate of mopeds but one-half the rate of motorcycles. Age of injured drivers and crash patterns for scooters, mopeds, and motorcycles varied significantly
Blood alcohol tests, prevalence of involvement, and outcomes following brain injury
We collected data on all residents of San Diego County, California who were hospitalized for or died from a brain injury in 1981. The objectives were to assess the frequency of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) testing and the associations of BAC prevalence with the external cause of the brain injury and case outcome. We found that high BAC levels were most frequent among brain-injured subjects between the ages of 25 and 44 and among those subjec…
Hunting firearm injuries
Hunting firearm injuries. J F KrausCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.5.654-b Published Online: October 07, 2011
The choice of weapons in firearm suicides
We report on the firearms used in 235 suicides in Sacramento County, California, during 1983-85. Handguns were used in 69 per cent of firearm suicides--65 per cent for males, 88 per cent for females--and in all such deaths among women ages 35 and older. We tested the hypothesis that the choice of firearms by persons committing suicide at home would passively reflect the reported prevalence of firearms by type in households in the region. Handguns…
Incidence, severity, and outcomes of brain injuries involving bicycles
We performed a population-based study of bicycle-related brain injuries in San Diego, California, residents during 1981. Incidence rates among males were three times higher than for females and were highest at ages 10-14 years for males. Only one-third of bicycle-related brain injuries involved collision with a motor vehicle, and this proportion was independent of age or gender. Brain injuries from motor-vehicle collisions were more severe than t…
Drowning in childhood and adolescence: A population-based study
We present the results of a residence-based study of drownings among Sacramento County, California children and adolescents ages 0-19 years for the years 1974-84. Children ages 1-3 had the highest drowning rates. The majority of drownings in this group, and one-third of all drownings in the study, occurred in residential swimming pools. Males ages 15-19 had a high drowning rate as well; at least 38 per cent of drownings in that age group were alc…
Homicide while at work: Persons, industries, and occupations at high risk
The purpose of this study is to identify and describe, epidemiologically, work-related homicides in California from 1979 through 1981. Using the California State Computer Mortality File, an algorithm was developed and a search of the death certificates was made using three factors: "injury at work," injury at a work location, and pertinent external-cause-of-death codes. Only 30 per cent of the 466 homicide deaths identified were also found in the…
The relationship of family income to the incidence, external causes, and outcomes of serious brain injury, San Diego County, California
Among residents of San Diego County, California the incidence and external causes of serious brain injury were related to the median family income of the census tract of residency. Low income tracts had high incidence rates--a finding not changed by adjustment for age and race/ethnicity. For those injured, the type of emergency transport, time from injury to treatment, and outcome of treatment were not related to the median income of the census t…
Mortality surveillance in collaborative trials
The Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up Program (HDFP) carried out two pilot surveillances covering the enumerated population to test procedures to be used in assessing the ability of the program to influence life expectancy in the total population. A rigorously sequenced pilot survey of 2,611 households was conducted and carefully monitored through two mailings, telephone contacts, home visits, and communication with "contact" persons. The resp…
An investigation of the effectiveness of a new helmet to control touch football head injuries
An investigation of the effectiveness of a new helmet to control touch football head injuries. J F Kraus, B D Anderson, and C E MuellerCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.60.5.903 Published Online: August 29, 2011
An epidemiologic investigation of predictor variables associated with intramural touch football injuries
An epidemiologic investigation of predictor variables associated with intramural touch football injuries. J F Kraus, and W H GullenCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.59.12.2144 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Homicide while at work: Persons, industries, and occupations at high risk
The purpose of this study is to identify and describe, epidemiologically, work-related homicides in California from 1979 through 1981. Using the California State Computer Mortality File, an algorithm was developed and a search of the death certificates was made using three factors: "injury at work," injury at a work location, and pertinent external-cause-of-death codes. Only 30 per cent of the 466 homicide deaths identified were also found in the…
Incidence, severity, and outcomes of brain injuries involving bicycles
We performed a population-based study of bicycle-related brain injuries in San Diego, California, residents during 1981. Incidence rates among males were three times higher than for females and were highest at ages 10-14 years for males. Only one-third of bicycle-related brain injuries involved collision with a motor vehicle, and this proportion was independent of age or gender. Brain injuries from motor-vehicle collisions were more severe than t…
The choice of weapons in firearm suicides
We report on the firearms used in 235 suicides in Sacramento County, California, during 1983-85. Handguns were used in 69 per cent of firearm suicides--65 per cent for males, 88 per cent for females--and in all such deaths among women ages 35 and older. We tested the hypothesis that the choice of firearms by persons committing suicide at home would passively reflect the reported prevalence of firearms by type in households in the region. Handguns…
Drowning in childhood and adolescence: A population-based study
We present the results of a residence-based study of drownings among Sacramento County, California children and adolescents ages 0-19 years for the years 1974-84. Children ages 1-3 had the highest drowning rates. The majority of drownings in this group, and one-third of all drownings in the study, occurred in residential swimming pools. Males ages 15-19 had a high drowning rate as well; at least 38 per cent of drownings in that age group were alc…
The relationship of family income to the incidence, external causes, and outcomes of serious brain injury, San Diego County, California
Among residents of San Diego County, California the incidence and external causes of serious brain injury were related to the median family income of the census tract of residency. Low income tracts had high incidence rates--a finding not changed by adjustment for age and race/ethnicity. For those injured, the type of emergency transport, time from injury to treatment, and outcome of treatment were not related to the median income of the census t…
Compliance with the 1992 California motorcycle helmet use law
To evaluate helmet use in California before and after the introduction of an unrestricted helmet use law on January 1, 1992, observations of motorcycles and their riders were made at 60 locations in seven California counties, twice before and four times after the law was introduced. Helmet use increased from about 50% in 1991 to more than 99% throughout 1992. Compliance was achieved despite variations in helmet use by motorcycle design and road t…
Motorcycle licensure, ownership, and injury crash involvement
The interrelationships among motorcycle licensure, ownership, and injury crash involvement were investigated in a sample of 2,723 motorcycle drivers severely or fatally injured in California in 1985-86. Owners of motorcycles in such crashes ("driver-owners") were less likely to have valid licenses than a random sample of motorcycle owners who had not been in crashes (42 vs. 57 percent). Thirty-three percent of the crash-involved drivers had valid…
Young children who drown in hot tubs, spas, and whirlpools in California: A 26-year survey
A survey of drownings in hot tubs, spas, and whirlpools in California 1960-85 suggests a person- and site-specific profile. The identified 74 deaths occurred mostly in White children, under two years of age, in Southern California, during the late afternoons, from May through August. From 1967 to 1985, the drowning rate increased tenfold. The deaths were associated with access to the water, lack of supervision, neuromotor handicaps, and entrapmen…
An epidemiologic investigation of predictor variables associated with intramural touch football injuries
An epidemiologic investigation of predictor variables associated with intramural touch football injuries. J F Kraus, and W H GullenCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.59.12.2144 Published Online: August 29, 2011
An investigation of the effectiveness of a new helmet to control touch football head injuries
An investigation of the effectiveness of a new helmet to control touch football head injuries. J F Kraus, B D Anderson, and C E MuellerCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.60.5.903 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Mortality surveillance in collaborative trials
The Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up Program (HDFP) carried out two pilot surveillances covering the enumerated population to test procedures to be used in assessing the ability of the program to influence life expectancy in the total population. A rigorously sequenced pilot survey of 2,611 households was conducted and carefully monitored through two mailings, telephone contacts, home visits, and communication with "contact" persons. The resp…
The relationship of family income to the incidence, external causes, and outcomes of serious brain injury, San Diego County, California
Among residents of San Diego County, California the incidence and external causes of serious brain injury were related to the median family income of the census tract of residency. Low income tracts had high incidence rates--a finding not changed by adjustment for age and race/ethnicity. For those injured, the type of emergency transport, time from injury to treatment, and outcome of treatment were not related to the median income of the census t…
Incidence, severity, and outcomes of brain injuries involving bicycles
We performed a population-based study of bicycle-related brain injuries in San Diego, California, residents during 1981. Incidence rates among males were three times higher than for females and were highest at ages 10-14 years for males. Only one-third of bicycle-related brain injuries involved collision with a motor vehicle, and this proportion was independent of age or gender. Brain injuries from motor-vehicle collisions were more severe than t…
Drowning in childhood and adolescence: A population-based study
We present the results of a residence-based study of drownings among Sacramento County, California children and adolescents ages 0-19 years for the years 1974-84. Children ages 1-3 had the highest drowning rates. The majority of drownings in this group, and one-third of all drownings in the study, occurred in residential swimming pools. Males ages 15-19 had a high drowning rate as well; at least 38 per cent of drownings in that age group were alc…
Homicide while at work: Persons, industries, and occupations at high risk
The purpose of this study is to identify and describe, epidemiologically, work-related homicides in California from 1979 through 1981. Using the California State Computer Mortality File, an algorithm was developed and a search of the death certificates was made using three factors: "injury at work," injury at a work location, and pertinent external-cause-of-death codes. Only 30 per cent of the 466 homicide deaths identified were also found in the…
The choice of weapons in firearm suicides
We report on the firearms used in 235 suicides in Sacramento County, California, during 1983-85. Handguns were used in 69 per cent of firearm suicides--65 per cent for males, 88 per cent for females--and in all such deaths among women ages 35 and older. We tested the hypothesis that the choice of firearms by persons committing suicide at home would passively reflect the reported prevalence of firearms by type in households in the region. Handguns…
Blood alcohol tests, prevalence of involvement, and outcomes following brain injury
We collected data on all residents of San Diego County, California who were hospitalized for or died from a brain injury in 1981. The objectives were to assess the frequency of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) testing and the associations of BAC prevalence with the external cause of the brain injury and case outcome. We found that high BAC levels were most frequent among brain-injured subjects between the ages of 25 and 44 and among those subjec…
Hunting firearm injuries
Hunting firearm injuries. J F KrausCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.5.654-b Published Online: October 07, 2011
Death resulting from motor vehicle immersions: The nature of the injuries, personal and environmental contributing factors, and potential interventions
We present an epidemiologic characterization of deaths from motor vehicle immersions, based on 77 deaths in 63 motor vehicle immersions in Sacramento County, CA, during 1974-85. All persons were autopsied; all but one of the deaths were due to drowning. Average annual mortality rates per million person years were 12 for males, four for females, 30 for Hispanics, six for White non-Hispanics, Blacks and Asians. Seventy-one percent of drivers and 60…
Young children who drown in hot tubs, spas, and whirlpools in California: A 26-year survey
A survey of drownings in hot tubs, spas, and whirlpools in California 1960-85 suggests a person- and site-specific profile. The identified 74 deaths occurred mostly in White children, under two years of age, in Southern California, during the late afternoons, from May through August. From 1967 to 1985, the drowning rate increased tenfold. The deaths were associated with access to the water, lack of supervision, neuromotor handicaps, and entrapmen…
Fatal and severe injury: Scooter and moped crashes in California, 1985
Fatal and severe injury crashes for scooters and mopeds in California for 1985 were compared with those for motorcycles during the same year. Scooters had more than twice the injury crash rate of mopeds but one-half the rate of motorcycles. Age of injured drivers and crash patterns for scooters, mopeds, and motorcycles varied significantly
Motorcycle licensure, ownership, and injury crash involvement
The interrelationships among motorcycle licensure, ownership, and injury crash involvement were investigated in a sample of 2,723 motorcycle drivers severely or fatally injured in California in 1985-86. Owners of motorcycles in such crashes ("driver-owners") were less likely to have valid licenses than a random sample of motorcycle owners who had not been in crashes (42 vs. 57 percent). Thirty-three percent of the crash-involved drivers had valid…
Sudden unexplained infant deaths in central Africa
Sudden unexplained infant deaths in central Africa. M Bulterys, A Chao, B Mukafaranswa, J F Kraus, and A SaahCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.82.3.467 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Compliance with the 1992 California motorcycle helmet use law
To evaluate helmet use in California before and after the introduction of an unrestricted helmet use law on January 1, 1992, observations of motorcycles and their riders were made at 60 locations in seven California counties, twice before and four times after the law was introduced. Helmet use increased from about 50% in 1991 to more than 99% throughout 1992. Compliance was achieved despite variations in helmet use by motorcycle design and road t…
Determining injury at work on the California death certificate
OBJECTIVES: This study examined decisions of California Country Coroner's offices in determining injury at work and identified factors influencing this decision. METHODS: Surveys were sent to California County Coroner's offices (response rate = 93%). The survey included 23 vignettes that required the respondent to determine whether the fatality involved an injury at work. The Rasch method was used to determine internal consistency in endorsing vi…
Fire and Snow
C]lassics are the books that come down to us bearing the traces of readings previous to ours, and bringing in their wake the traces they themselves have left on culture or cultures they passed through (or, more simply, on language and customs).-Italo Calvino, "Why Read the Classics?"Faced with information overload, we have no alternative but pattern-recognition
Medicine (16 works) · Environmental health (14 works) · Poison control (13 works) · Injury prevention (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Occupational safety and health (11 works) · Suicide prevention (11 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (10 works) · Traffic and Road Safety (8 works) · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (5 works)