Harlan R Juster
Biographic Data
| ID | 6074422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harlan R Juster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harlan R |
| FAMILY NAME | Juster |
| SIGNATURE | JUSTER H R |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York State Department of Health |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Potential Impact of the New York State Smokers’ Quitline on Population-Level Smoking Rates in New York
Receiving smoking cessation services from telephone quitlines significantly increases quit success compared with no intervention or other quitting methods. To affect population-level smoking, quitlines must provide a sufficient proportion of smokers with effective interventions. Nationally, quitlines reach around 1% of adult smokers annually. From 2011 through 2016, the average annual reach of the New York State Smokers' Quitline (NYSSQL) was 2.9…
Smoke-free parks and beaches
These results are consistent with previous studies and provide population-level evidence that suggest the law has reduced smoking in parks and on beaches
The Haverstraw Experience
In April 2012, the village of Haverstraw, New York, passed the first tobacco retail display ban in the United States. Community groups funded by the New York State Department of Health Tobacco Control Program mobilized community members to support an initiative to protect youths in their area from tobacco marketing via methods consistent with a community transformation framework. The law was soon rescinded after 7 tobacco companies and the New Yo…
Self-Reported Exposure to Policy and Environmental Influences on Smoking Cessation and Relapse
Although most smokers want to quit, the long-term success rate of quit attempts remains low; research is needed to understand the policy and environmental influences that can increase the success of cessation efforts. This paper uses regression methods to investigate self-reported exposure to policy and environmental influences on quit attempts, maintenance of a quit attempt for at least 6 months, and relapse in a longitudinal population-based sa…
Declines in Hospital Admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction in New York State After Implementation of a Comprehensive Smoking Ban
Objectives. Reductions in exposure to environmental tobacco smoke have been shown to attenuate the risk of cardiovascular disease. We examined whether the 2003 implementation of a comprehensive smoking ban in New York State was associated with reduced hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction and stroke, beyond the effect of moderate, local and statewide smoking restrictions, and independent of secular trends. Methods. We analyzed trend…
Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale
Background. The present study provides data on the reliability, validity and treatment sensitivity of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), one of the most commonly used clinician-administered scales for the assessment of social phobia. Method. Three hundred and eighty-two patients from several studies of the treatment of social phobia were evaluated. An independent assessor administered the LSAS to each patient prior to the initiation of tr…
Computing Reproduced Correlations in Structural Equation Models
The formidable computational techniques for structural equation models require matrix based operations and computer solutions. A method of testing the goodness of fit of such structures involves the discrepancies between original correlations among variables and the correlations estimated by use of the solved path coefficients. A BASIC computer program is presented which provides a solution to the matrix algebraic algorithm provided by Heise (196…
Declines in Hospital Admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction in New York State After Implementation of a Comprehensive Smoking Ban
Objectives. Reductions in exposure to environmental tobacco smoke have been shown to attenuate the risk of cardiovascular disease. We examined whether the 2003 implementation of a comprehensive smoking ban in New York State was associated with reduced hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction and stroke, beyond the effect of moderate, local and statewide smoking restrictions, and independent of secular trends. Methods. We analyzed trend…
Computing Reproduced Correlations in Structural Equation Models
The formidable computational techniques for structural equation models require matrix based operations and computer solutions. A method of testing the goodness of fit of such structures involves the discrepancies between original correlations among variables and the correlations estimated by use of the solved path coefficients. A BASIC computer program is presented which provides a solution to the matrix algebraic algorithm provided by Heise (196…
Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale
Background. The present study provides data on the reliability, validity and treatment sensitivity of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), one of the most commonly used clinician-administered scales for the assessment of social phobia. Method. Three hundred and eighty-two patients from several studies of the treatment of social phobia were evaluated. An independent assessor administered the LSAS to each patient prior to the initiation of tr…
Declines in Hospital Admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction in New York State After Implementation of a Comprehensive Smoking Ban
Objectives. Reductions in exposure to environmental tobacco smoke have been shown to attenuate the risk of cardiovascular disease. We examined whether the 2003 implementation of a comprehensive smoking ban in New York State was associated with reduced hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction and stroke, beyond the effect of moderate, local and statewide smoking restrictions, and independent of secular trends. Methods. We analyzed trend…
Self-Reported Exposure to Policy and Environmental Influences on Smoking Cessation and Relapse
Although most smokers want to quit, the long-term success rate of quit attempts remains low; research is needed to understand the policy and environmental influences that can increase the success of cessation efforts. This paper uses regression methods to investigate self-reported exposure to policy and environmental influences on quit attempts, maintenance of a quit attempt for at least 6 months, and relapse in a longitudinal population-based sa…
Smoke-free parks and beaches
These results are consistent with previous studies and provide population-level evidence that suggest the law has reduced smoking in parks and on beaches
The Haverstraw Experience
In April 2012, the village of Haverstraw, New York, passed the first tobacco retail display ban in the United States. Community groups funded by the New York State Department of Health Tobacco Control Program mobilized community members to support an initiative to protect youths in their area from tobacco marketing via methods consistent with a community transformation framework. The law was soon rescinded after 7 tobacco companies and the New Yo…
The Potential Impact of the New York State Smokers’ Quitline on Population-Level Smoking Rates in New York
Receiving smoking cessation services from telephone quitlines significantly increases quit success compared with no intervention or other quitting methods. To affect population-level smoking, quitlines must provide a sufficient proportion of smokers with effective interventions. Nationally, quitlines reach around 1% of adult smokers annually. From 2011 through 2016, the average annual reach of the New York State Smokers' Quitline (NYSSQL) was 2.9…
Environmental health (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Air Quality and Health Impacts (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works)