R W Rochat
Biographic Data
| ID | 5991706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R W Rochat |
| GIVEN NAMES | R W |
| FAMILY NAME | Rochat |
| SIGNATURE | ROCHAT R W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Maternal cigarette smoking and invasive meningococcal disease
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the association between maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and the risk of invasive meningococcal disease during early childhood. METHODS: Using a retrospective cohort study design, cases from an active surveillance project monitoring all invasive meningococcal disease in the metropolitan Atlanta area from 1989 to 1995 were merged with linked birth and death certificate data files. Children who had not die…
Differences in the risk of homicide and other fatal injuries between postpartum women and other women of childbearing age
OBJECTIVES: This study compared injury deaths between postpartum women and other women aged 15 to 44. METHODS: Risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed for injury fatality rates. RESULTS: Fifty percent (29/58) of postpartum injury deaths were homicides, compared with 26% (427/1648) of injury deaths among nonpregnant, nonpostpartum women. For females aged 15 to 19, the homicide rate was 2.6 times higher (95% CI = 1.17, 5.95) fo…
Quality assessment of fetal death records in Georgia
OBJECTIVES: Although more fetal deaths than neonatal deaths occur, routinely collected fetal death data are seldom used for perinatal epidemiologic research because of data quality concerns. We developed a strategy for identifying and correcting errors in birthweight and gestational age in fetal death records. METHODS: Using data from Georgia for 1989 and 1990, we detected singleton fetal death records having improbable or missing birthweight or …
Evaluation of an intervention to reduce playground hazards in Atlanta child-care centers
In 1988, we identified playground hazards at 58 child-care centers (CCCs) and intervened by showing the director the hazards and distributing safety information. In 1990, we evaluated the 58 intervention CCCs as well as 71 randomly selected control CCCs. Intervention centers had 9.4 hazards per playground; control centers had 8.0. We conclude that the intervention was ineffective
Mortality associated with sterilization
Sterilization is the contraceptive method most widely used worldwide, yet the case-fatality rate of deaths attributable to sterilization is not known. We used data collected from 1971–1979 from 28 countries by Family Health International to estimate case-fatality rates. We adjusted these rates for individuals lost to follow-up. Of 41,834 sterilizations, 23 resulted in deaths temporally associated with the procedure used. The adjusted attributable…
An assessment of the incidence of maternal mortality in the United States
Recent studies in several states have found that the incidence of maternal mortality is higher than traditional vital statistics reports indicate. Since no comprehensive national study has been done to evaluate the completeness of maternal mortality ascertainment through the national vital statistics reporting system, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) undertook such a study with the assistance of the National Center for Health Statistics and …
Family planning and abortion
In Tennessee between 1975 and 1978, birth rates among teenagers decreased while they increased among older age groups. This trend was unlike previous years and coincided temporally with the increased availability of legal abortion services in Tennessee and the special efforts to prevent unwanted pregnancies among teenagers. Increased use of family planning services was significantly associated with the drop in the fertility rate for Black teenage…
Trends in the incidence of breastfeeding for Hispanics of Mexican origin and Anglos on the US-Mexico border
In 1979 the Centers for Disease Control conducted a household probability survey of reproductive aged women living in 51 selected US countries on the US-Mexico border. Information on the incidence of breastfeeding for the period 1971-1979 was analyzed on 345 Anglo women and 689 Hispanic women of Mexican origin. Results indicated that the Anglos are following the national trend of increased breastfeeding, but Hispanics show no indication of an inc…
Lung cancer mortality and smoking habits
Lung cancer mortality was reported to be higher among Mexican-American women as compared with Anglo women from 1950 until 1970; however, smoking habits of Mexican-American women have not been adequately described. This study updates lung cancer mortality data in Texas, describes smoking patterns of 1,255 Mexican-American women from a household survey in the four states bordering Mexico, and compares these findings to a reference group of Anglo wo…
The risk of childbearing re-evaluated
To determine the completeness of reporting of maternal deaths after live born deliveries in Georgia for 1975 and 1976, we matched death certificates with corresponding birth certificates for women of reproductive age. For these two years, more intensive searching led to our finding a minimum of a 27 per cent higher number of maternal deaths than that found by routine death certificate surveillance. When the delivery-death interval was not restric…
The underregistration of neonatal deaths
We reviewed the neonatal outcome of 3,369 infants who weighed less than or equal to 1500 grams and who were born in Georgia during the years 1974--76. We matched 1,465 of these infants with a death certificate registered in the State's Vital Records. Upon review of the hospital records of the remaining infants, we identified 453 infants that died during the neonatal period without a death certificate being registered. Subsequently, we compared th…
The health impact of restricting public funds for abortion. October 10, 1977--June 10, 1978
The Center for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia implemented an eight-month prospective surveillance system in 24 hospitals distributed among states with and without public funding for abortion. Out of 3,157 visits for abortion-related complications, only 10 women gave a history of non-physician or self-induced abortion and none were Medicaid recipients. The small number of hospitals located in non-funded states and the smaller numbers of w…
An epidemiological analysis of abortion in Georgia
An epidemiological analysis of abortion in Georgia. R W Rochat, C W Tyler, Jr, and A K SchoenbucherCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.61.3.543 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Trends in the incidence of breastfeeding for Hispanics of Mexican origin and Anglos on the US-Mexico border
In 1979 the Centers for Disease Control conducted a household probability survey of reproductive aged women living in 51 selected US countries on the US-Mexico border. Information on the incidence of breastfeeding for the period 1971-1979 was analyzed on 345 Anglo women and 689 Hispanic women of Mexican origin. Results indicated that the Anglos are following the national trend of increased breastfeeding, but Hispanics show no indication of an inc…
The underregistration of neonatal deaths
We reviewed the neonatal outcome of 3,369 infants who weighed less than or equal to 1500 grams and who were born in Georgia during the years 1974--76. We matched 1,465 of these infants with a death certificate registered in the State's Vital Records. Upon review of the hospital records of the remaining infants, we identified 453 infants that died during the neonatal period without a death certificate being registered. Subsequently, we compared th…
Lung cancer mortality and smoking habits
Lung cancer mortality was reported to be higher among Mexican-American women as compared with Anglo women from 1950 until 1970; however, smoking habits of Mexican-American women have not been adequately described. This study updates lung cancer mortality data in Texas, describes smoking patterns of 1,255 Mexican-American women from a household survey in the four states bordering Mexico, and compares these findings to a reference group of Anglo wo…
An assessment of the incidence of maternal mortality in the United States
Recent studies in several states have found that the incidence of maternal mortality is higher than traditional vital statistics reports indicate. Since no comprehensive national study has been done to evaluate the completeness of maternal mortality ascertainment through the national vital statistics reporting system, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) undertook such a study with the assistance of the National Center for Health Statistics and …
The risk of childbearing re-evaluated
To determine the completeness of reporting of maternal deaths after live born deliveries in Georgia for 1975 and 1976, we matched death certificates with corresponding birth certificates for women of reproductive age. For these two years, more intensive searching led to our finding a minimum of a 27 per cent higher number of maternal deaths than that found by routine death certificate surveillance. When the delivery-death interval was not restric…
The health impact of restricting public funds for abortion. October 10, 1977--June 10, 1978
The Center for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia implemented an eight-month prospective surveillance system in 24 hospitals distributed among states with and without public funding for abortion. Out of 3,157 visits for abortion-related complications, only 10 women gave a history of non-physician or self-induced abortion and none were Medicaid recipients. The small number of hospitals located in non-funded states and the smaller numbers of w…
Differences in the risk of homicide and other fatal injuries between postpartum women and other women of childbearing age
OBJECTIVES: This study compared injury deaths between postpartum women and other women aged 15 to 44. METHODS: Risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed for injury fatality rates. RESULTS: Fifty percent (29/58) of postpartum injury deaths were homicides, compared with 26% (427/1648) of injury deaths among nonpregnant, nonpostpartum women. For females aged 15 to 19, the homicide rate was 2.6 times higher (95% CI = 1.17, 5.95) fo…
Quality assessment of fetal death records in Georgia
OBJECTIVES: Although more fetal deaths than neonatal deaths occur, routinely collected fetal death data are seldom used for perinatal epidemiologic research because of data quality concerns. We developed a strategy for identifying and correcting errors in birthweight and gestational age in fetal death records. METHODS: Using data from Georgia for 1989 and 1990, we detected singleton fetal death records having improbable or missing birthweight or …
Maternal cigarette smoking and invasive meningococcal disease
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the association between maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and the risk of invasive meningococcal disease during early childhood. METHODS: Using a retrospective cohort study design, cases from an active surveillance project monitoring all invasive meningococcal disease in the metropolitan Atlanta area from 1989 to 1995 were merged with linked birth and death certificate data files. Children who had not die…
An epidemiological analysis of abortion in Georgia
An epidemiological analysis of abortion in Georgia. R W Rochat, C W Tyler, Jr, and A K SchoenbucherCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.61.3.543 Published Online: August 29, 2011
An epidemiological analysis of abortion in Georgia
An epidemiological analysis of abortion in Georgia. R W Rochat, C W Tyler, Jr, and A K SchoenbucherCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.61.3.543 Published Online: August 29, 2011
The health impact of restricting public funds for abortion. October 10, 1977--June 10, 1978
The Center for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia implemented an eight-month prospective surveillance system in 24 hospitals distributed among states with and without public funding for abortion. Out of 3,157 visits for abortion-related complications, only 10 women gave a history of non-physician or self-induced abortion and none were Medicaid recipients. The small number of hospitals located in non-funded states and the smaller numbers of w…
The underregistration of neonatal deaths
We reviewed the neonatal outcome of 3,369 infants who weighed less than or equal to 1500 grams and who were born in Georgia during the years 1974--76. We matched 1,465 of these infants with a death certificate registered in the State's Vital Records. Upon review of the hospital records of the remaining infants, we identified 453 infants that died during the neonatal period without a death certificate being registered. Subsequently, we compared th…
The risk of childbearing re-evaluated
To determine the completeness of reporting of maternal deaths after live born deliveries in Georgia for 1975 and 1976, we matched death certificates with corresponding birth certificates for women of reproductive age. For these two years, more intensive searching led to our finding a minimum of a 27 per cent higher number of maternal deaths than that found by routine death certificate surveillance. When the delivery-death interval was not restric…
Family planning and abortion
In Tennessee between 1975 and 1978, birth rates among teenagers decreased while they increased among older age groups. This trend was unlike previous years and coincided temporally with the increased availability of legal abortion services in Tennessee and the special efforts to prevent unwanted pregnancies among teenagers. Increased use of family planning services was significantly associated with the drop in the fertility rate for Black teenage…
Trends in the incidence of breastfeeding for Hispanics of Mexican origin and Anglos on the US-Mexico border
In 1979 the Centers for Disease Control conducted a household probability survey of reproductive aged women living in 51 selected US countries on the US-Mexico border. Information on the incidence of breastfeeding for the period 1971-1979 was analyzed on 345 Anglo women and 689 Hispanic women of Mexican origin. Results indicated that the Anglos are following the national trend of increased breastfeeding, but Hispanics show no indication of an inc…
Lung cancer mortality and smoking habits
Lung cancer mortality was reported to be higher among Mexican-American women as compared with Anglo women from 1950 until 1970; however, smoking habits of Mexican-American women have not been adequately described. This study updates lung cancer mortality data in Texas, describes smoking patterns of 1,255 Mexican-American women from a household survey in the four states bordering Mexico, and compares these findings to a reference group of Anglo wo…
An assessment of the incidence of maternal mortality in the United States
Recent studies in several states have found that the incidence of maternal mortality is higher than traditional vital statistics reports indicate. Since no comprehensive national study has been done to evaluate the completeness of maternal mortality ascertainment through the national vital statistics reporting system, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) undertook such a study with the assistance of the National Center for Health Statistics and …
Mortality associated with sterilization
Sterilization is the contraceptive method most widely used worldwide, yet the case-fatality rate of deaths attributable to sterilization is not known. We used data collected from 1971–1979 from 28 countries by Family Health International to estimate case-fatality rates. We adjusted these rates for individuals lost to follow-up. Of 41,834 sterilizations, 23 resulted in deaths temporally associated with the procedure used. The adjusted attributable…
Evaluation of an intervention to reduce playground hazards in Atlanta child-care centers
In 1988, we identified playground hazards at 58 child-care centers (CCCs) and intervened by showing the director the hazards and distributing safety information. In 1990, we evaluated the 58 intervention CCCs as well as 71 randomly selected control CCCs. Intervention centers had 9.4 hazards per playground; control centers had 8.0. We conclude that the intervention was ineffective
Quality assessment of fetal death records in Georgia
OBJECTIVES: Although more fetal deaths than neonatal deaths occur, routinely collected fetal death data are seldom used for perinatal epidemiologic research because of data quality concerns. We developed a strategy for identifying and correcting errors in birthweight and gestational age in fetal death records. METHODS: Using data from Georgia for 1989 and 1990, we detected singleton fetal death records having improbable or missing birthweight or …
Differences in the risk of homicide and other fatal injuries between postpartum women and other women of childbearing age
OBJECTIVES: This study compared injury deaths between postpartum women and other women aged 15 to 44. METHODS: Risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed for injury fatality rates. RESULTS: Fifty percent (29/58) of postpartum injury deaths were homicides, compared with 26% (427/1648) of injury deaths among nonpregnant, nonpostpartum women. For females aged 15 to 19, the homicide rate was 2.6 times higher (95% CI = 1.17, 5.95) fo…
Maternal cigarette smoking and invasive meningococcal disease
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the association between maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and the risk of invasive meningococcal disease during early childhood. METHODS: Using a retrospective cohort study design, cases from an active surveillance project monitoring all invasive meningococcal disease in the metropolitan Atlanta area from 1989 to 1995 were merged with linked birth and death certificate data files. Children who had not die…
Medicine (13 works) · Environmental health (11 works) · Demography (10 works) · Pregnancy (8 works) · Population (6 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Pediatrics (5 works)