Rebecca A Meriwether
Biographic Data
| ID | 6080604 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca A Meriwether |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca A |
| FAMILY NAME | Meriwether |
| SIGNATURE | MERIWETHER R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Thomas A. Farley, Erin T. Baker, Liza T. Watkins, Carolyn C. Johnson, and Larry S. Webber are with the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, La. At the time of the study, Rebecca Meriwether was with the School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Safe Play Spaces To Promote Physical Activity in Inner-City Children
Objectives. We evaluated the effect of providing a safe play space on the physical activity level of inner-city schoolchildren. Methods. In 1 of 2 matched neighborhoods, we opened a schoolyard and provided attendants to ensure children’s safety. Over the next 2 years we directly observed the number of children and their physical activity levels in the school-yard, as well as in the surrounding intervention and comparison neighborhoods. We also su…
Control of a non-foodborne outbreak of salmonellosis
We report an outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium in the infant room of a day care center. Time between onset dates, clustering of cases in the room, lack of a common food exposure, lack of illness among other children and staff, and lack of community-wide infection suggested person-to-person or continuing-common-source transmission. Successful preventive measures included instruction of personnel in proper handwashing and diaper-changing procedure…
Safe Play Spaces To Promote Physical Activity in Inner-City Children
Objectives. We evaluated the effect of providing a safe play space on the physical activity level of inner-city schoolchildren. Methods. In 1 of 2 matched neighborhoods, we opened a schoolyard and provided attendants to ensure children’s safety. Over the next 2 years we directly observed the number of children and their physical activity levels in the school-yard, as well as in the surrounding intervention and comparison neighborhoods. We also su…
Control of a non-foodborne outbreak of salmonellosis
We report an outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium in the infant room of a day care center. Time between onset dates, clustering of cases in the room, lack of a common food exposure, lack of illness among other children and staff, and lack of community-wide infection suggested person-to-person or continuing-common-source transmission. Successful preventive measures included instruction of personnel in proper handwashing and diaper-changing procedure…
Control of a non-foodborne outbreak of salmonellosis
We report an outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium in the infant room of a day care center. Time between onset dates, clustering of cases in the room, lack of a common food exposure, lack of illness among other children and staff, and lack of community-wide infection suggested person-to-person or continuing-common-source transmission. Successful preventive measures included instruction of personnel in proper handwashing and diaper-changing procedure…
Safe Play Spaces To Promote Physical Activity in Inner-City Children
Objectives. We evaluated the effect of providing a safe play space on the physical activity level of inner-city schoolchildren. Methods. In 1 of 2 matched neighborhoods, we opened a schoolyard and provided attendants to ensure children’s safety. Over the next 2 years we directly observed the number of children and their physical activity levels in the school-yard, as well as in the surrounding intervention and comparison neighborhoods. We also su…
Environmental health (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Biology (1 works) · Contaminated food (1 works) · Day care (1 works) · Day care center (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Food Safety and Hygiene (1 works) · Geography (1 works)