Deborah Holtzman
Biographic Data
| ID | 845037 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deborah Holtzman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deborah |
| FAMILY NAME | Holtzman |
| SIGNATURE | HOLTZMAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | AJPH Department Editor |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2761-8631 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
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The Changing Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the United States During the Years 2010 to 2018
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, leading to serious health problems among those who are chronically infected. Since 1992, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been collecting data on the incidence of HCV infection in the United States. In 2018, more than 50 000 individuals were estimated to have acute HCV infection. The most recently reported data on the pr…
Increases in Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection Related to a Growing Opioid Epidemic and Associated Injection Drug Use, United States, 2004 to 2014
Objectives. To compare US trends in rates of injection drug use (IDU), specifically opioid injection, with national trends in the incidence of acute HCV infection to assess whether these events correlated over time. Methods. We calculated the annual incidence rate and demographic and risk characteristics of reported cases of acute HCV infection using surveillance data from 2004 to 2014 and the annual percentage of admissions to substance use diso…
Public Health Social Work
An introduction is presented in which the author discusses various reports within the journal on topics including the relationship between public health and social work in America, health content in social work education programs, and U.S. social work and health policies
Award Winners for 2017 AJPH Paper and Reviewer of the Year
Award Winners for the 2016 AJPH Paper and Reviewer of the Year
Perspectives From the Social Sciences
Syringe Service Programs for Persons Who Inject Drugs in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas — United States, 2013
Reducing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection rates in persons who inject drugs (PWID) has been one of the major successes in HIV prevention in the United States. Estimated HIV incidence among PWID declined by approximately 80% during 1990-2006 (1). More recent data indicate that further reductions in HIV incidence are occurring in multiple areas (2). Research results for the effectiveness of risk reduction programs in preventing hepatiti…
Paper and Reviewer of the Year Award Winners
Mentoring for Publication in the American Journal of Public Health
Confronting the Emerging Epidemic of HCV Infection Among Young Injection Drug Users
Hepatitis C virus infection is a significant public health problem in the United States and an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Recent reports document HCV infection increases among young injection drug users in several US regions, associated with America’s prescription opioid abuse epidemic. Incident HCV infection increases among young injectors who have recently transitioned from oral opioid abuse present an important public health c…
Paper and Reviewer of the Year Award Winners
Paper and Reviewer of the Year Award Winners Affiliation Mary E. Northridge PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief, AJPH, and Deborah Holtzman PhD, MSW, Department Editor, AJPHCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302255 Published Online: October 08, 2014
Previous Exposure to HCV Among Persons Born During 1945–1965
Objectives. We examined HCV exposure prevalence and predictors among persons in the United States born during 1945–1965. Methods. With data from the 1999–2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we calculated the proportion of persons born during 1945–1965 who tested positive for HCV antibody (anti-HCV) and analyzed the prevalence by sociodemographic and behavioral risk factors. Results. Anti-HCV prevalence in the 1945–1965 birth co…
Public Health in Action
editorial; human; public health service; smoking; United States; prevention and control; smoking, Humans; Public Health Practice; Smoking; United States, Humans; Public Health Practice; Smoking; United States
Paper and Reviewer of the Year Award Winners
AffiliationsMary E. Northridge, PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief, AJPH, and Deborah Holtzman, PhD, MSW, Department Editor, AJPH
Paper and Reviewer of the Year Award Winners
AffiliationsMary E. Northridge is Editor-in-Chief for the AJPH. Deborah Holtzman is an AJPH Department Editor
Aging in the United States
Aging and Health in America
In this article the authors discuss the experiences that they encountered while attempting to care for their older parents with serious medical conditions. A discussion of the challenges that many U.S. consumers face when attempting to care for aging parents, and of the role that public health services can play in helping to alleviate or manage the challenges, is presented
Viral Hepatitis
The author discusses viral hepatitis in the context of the theme of the issue of promotion, prevention, and protection in public health. People infected with viral hepatitis may be asymptomatic for years until serious complications such as liver cirrhosis and other liver diseases develop. Thus, the author calls for medical screening to allow for treatment and delay in the progression of the disease
Viral Hepatitis Prevention—New Challenges, New Directions
In recognition of Hepatitis Awareness Month, this issue of the Journal highlights examples of current research on viral hepatitis. As described in the accompanying editorial, significant changes have occurred in the epidemiology of viral hepatitis, causing leaders in public health, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to reassess and establish priorities in line with these changes. Although there are 5 recognized hepati…
Fiction of Fidelity
This issue of the Journal highlights a group of articles published in Framing Health Matters that contributes to our understanding of sexual life from a sociocultural perspective. Using a qualitative approach each examines the sociocultural and economic context of a particular country and reveals how the context contributes to HIV transmission. Based on the findings the authors further suggest potential intervention strategies. Although 3 of the …
Framing Health Matters
Does Teacher Preparation Matter? Evidence about Teacher Certification, Teach for America, and Teacher Effectiveness.
Recent debates about the utility of teacher education have raised questions about whether certified teachers are, in general, more effective than those who have not met the testing and training requirements for certification, and whether some candidates with strong liberal arts backgrounds might be at least as effective as teacher education graduates. This study examines these questions with a large student-level data set from Houston, Texas that…
Disparities in Chronic Disease Risk Factors and Health Status Between American Indian/Alaska Native and White Elders
We compared prevalence estimates of chronic disease risk factors and health status between American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) and White elders. We used 2001 and 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to estimate the prevalence of smoking, physical inactivity, obesity, diagnosed diabetes, and general health status. For all health behavior and status measures, American Indians/Alaska Natives reported greater risk than did Whites. Ri…
Learning From Doing
Increases in Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection Related to a Growing Opioid Epidemic and Associated Injection Drug Use, United States, 2004 to 2014
Objectives. To compare US trends in rates of injection drug use (IDU), specifically opioid injection, with national trends in the incidence of acute HCV infection to assess whether these events correlated over time. Methods. We calculated the annual incidence rate and demographic and risk characteristics of reported cases of acute HCV infection using surveillance data from 2004 to 2014 and the annual percentage of admissions to substance use diso…
Disparities in Chronic Disease Risk Factors and Health Status Between American Indian/Alaska Native and White Elders
We compared prevalence estimates of chronic disease risk factors and health status between American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) and White elders. We used 2001 and 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to estimate the prevalence of smoking, physical inactivity, obesity, diagnosed diabetes, and general health status. For all health behavior and status measures, American Indians/Alaska Natives reported greater risk than did Whites. Ri…
Substance use and HIV-related sexual behaviors among US high school students
OBJECTIVES. This study was undertaken to examine whether use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine, and other illicit drugs is related to the likelihood of sexual behaviors that increase risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among youth. METHODS. The 1990 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey was used to collect self-reported information about a broad range of health risk behaviors from a representative sample of 11,631 high sc…
Comparative Dependence and Economic Development
The studies of trade, then, can be summarized in the following way: (1) The intensity of trade has no systematic effect on the rate of economic growth. (2) The concentration of a country's exports in just a few commodities have the effect of reducing economic growth. (3) But the concentration of a country's exports in terms of their destination to a few other countries has no effect on the rate of economic growth. (4) The greater the export of ra…
Aging in the United States
Breast self-examination competency
Of 308 Baltimore, Maryland women surveyed by telephone, 76.3 per cent reported having performed breast self-examination (BSE) during the last year, with only 35 per cent reporting monthly BSE. Four BSE ability scores showed that most women had little knowledge of the proper BSE technique. Utilization factors, socioeconomic status, and knowledge/attitude about cancer were not related to BSE competency. Higher BSE competency scores were related to …
HIV-Related Behaviors and Perceptions Among Adults in 25 States
Objectives. To assess the level of HIV-related risk behavior among the general US adult population, we analyzed data from the first sexual behavior questions available for states to use with the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Methods. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System is a state-specific, population-based, random telephone survey. In 1997, 25 states collected sexual behavior data. Annual prevalence estimates for selected…
Confronting the Emerging Epidemic of HCV Infection Among Young Injection Drug Users
Hepatitis C virus infection is a significant public health problem in the United States and an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Recent reports document HCV infection increases among young injection drug users in several US regions, associated with America’s prescription opioid abuse epidemic. Incident HCV infection increases among young injectors who have recently transitioned from oral opioid abuse present an important public health c…
HIV instruction, HIV knowledge, and drug injection among high school students in the United States
BACKGROUND. The prevalence of HIV-related behaviors and determinants of these behaviors among adolescents in the United States have not been well studied. METHODS. To determine the prevalence of HIV-related drug behaviors and to assess the effects of HIV-related school-based instruction and HIV knowledge on these behaviors, data were analyzed from a 39-item, self-administered questionnaire completed by a probability sample of all students in grad…
Paper and Reviewer of the Year Award Winners
Paper and Reviewer of the Year Award Winners Affiliation Mary E. Northridge PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief, AJPH, and Deborah Holtzman PhD, MSW, Department Editor, AJPHCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302255 Published Online: October 08, 2014
Previous Exposure to HCV Among Persons Born During 1945–1965
Objectives. We examined HCV exposure prevalence and predictors among persons in the United States born during 1945–1965. Methods. With data from the 1999–2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we calculated the proportion of persons born during 1945–1965 who tested positive for HCV antibody (anti-HCV) and analyzed the prevalence by sociodemographic and behavioral risk factors. Results. Anti-HCV prevalence in the 1945–1965 birth co…
Framing Health Matters
Changes in HIV-related information sources, instruction, knowledge, and behaviors among US high school students, 1989 and 1990
OBJECTIVES. Few data have been available among adolescents to determine behavioral changes that may prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This analysis examines changes in the prevalence of self-reported HIV-related information sources, instruction, knowledge, and behaviors among high school students in the United States. METHODS. Two independent, multistage national probability samples of students in grades 9 through 12 were surv…
Comparative Dependence and Economic Development
The studies of trade, then, can be summarized in the following way: (1) The intensity of trade has no systematic effect on the rate of economic growth. (2) The concentration of a country's exports in just a few commodities have the effect of reducing economic growth. (3) But the concentration of a country's exports in terms of their destination to a few other countries has no effect on the rate of economic growth. (4) The greater the export of ra…
Breast self-examination competency
Of 308 Baltimore, Maryland women surveyed by telephone, 76.3 per cent reported having performed breast self-examination (BSE) during the last year, with only 35 per cent reporting monthly BSE. Four BSE ability scores showed that most women had little knowledge of the proper BSE technique. Utilization factors, socioeconomic status, and knowledge/attitude about cancer were not related to BSE competency. Higher BSE competency scores were related to …
HIV instruction, HIV knowledge, and drug injection among high school students in the United States
BACKGROUND. The prevalence of HIV-related behaviors and determinants of these behaviors among adolescents in the United States have not been well studied. METHODS. To determine the prevalence of HIV-related drug behaviors and to assess the effects of HIV-related school-based instruction and HIV knowledge on these behaviors, data were analyzed from a 39-item, self-administered questionnaire completed by a probability sample of all students in grad…
Changes in HIV-related information sources, instruction, knowledge, and behaviors among US high school students, 1989 and 1990
OBJECTIVES. Few data have been available among adolescents to determine behavioral changes that may prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This analysis examines changes in the prevalence of self-reported HIV-related information sources, instruction, knowledge, and behaviors among high school students in the United States. METHODS. Two independent, multistage national probability samples of students in grades 9 through 12 were surv…
Substance use and HIV-related sexual behaviors among US high school students
OBJECTIVES. This study was undertaken to examine whether use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine, and other illicit drugs is related to the likelihood of sexual behaviors that increase risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among youth. METHODS. The 1990 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey was used to collect self-reported information about a broad range of health risk behaviors from a representative sample of 11,631 high sc…
HIV Testing Behavior and Associated Characteristics Among U.S. Adults, 1993 and 1994
HIV-Related Behaviors and Perceptions Among Adults in 25 States
Objectives. To assess the level of HIV-related risk behavior among the general US adult population, we analyzed data from the first sexual behavior questions available for states to use with the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Methods. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System is a state-specific, population-based, random telephone survey. In 1997, 25 states collected sexual behavior data. Annual prevalence estimates for selected…
Does Teacher Preparation Matter? Evidence about Teacher Certification, Teach for America, and Teacher Effectiveness.
Recent debates about the utility of teacher education have raised questions about whether certified teachers are, in general, more effective than those who have not met the testing and training requirements for certification, and whether some candidates with strong liberal arts backgrounds might be at least as effective as teacher education graduates. This study examines these questions with a large student-level data set from Houston, Texas that…
Disparities in Chronic Disease Risk Factors and Health Status Between American Indian/Alaska Native and White Elders
We compared prevalence estimates of chronic disease risk factors and health status between American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) and White elders. We used 2001 and 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to estimate the prevalence of smoking, physical inactivity, obesity, diagnosed diabetes, and general health status. For all health behavior and status measures, American Indians/Alaska Natives reported greater risk than did Whites. Ri…
Learning From Doing
Framing Health Matters
Fiction of Fidelity
This issue of the Journal highlights a group of articles published in Framing Health Matters that contributes to our understanding of sexual life from a sociocultural perspective. Using a qualitative approach each examines the sociocultural and economic context of a particular country and reveals how the context contributes to HIV transmission. Based on the findings the authors further suggest potential intervention strategies. Although 3 of the …
Viral Hepatitis Prevention—New Challenges, New Directions
In recognition of Hepatitis Awareness Month, this issue of the Journal highlights examples of current research on viral hepatitis. As described in the accompanying editorial, significant changes have occurred in the epidemiology of viral hepatitis, causing leaders in public health, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to reassess and establish priorities in line with these changes. Although there are 5 recognized hepati…
Viral Hepatitis
The author discusses viral hepatitis in the context of the theme of the issue of promotion, prevention, and protection in public health. People infected with viral hepatitis may be asymptomatic for years until serious complications such as liver cirrhosis and other liver diseases develop. Thus, the author calls for medical screening to allow for treatment and delay in the progression of the disease
Aging in the United States
Aging and Health in America
In this article the authors discuss the experiences that they encountered while attempting to care for their older parents with serious medical conditions. A discussion of the challenges that many U.S. consumers face when attempting to care for aging parents, and of the role that public health services can play in helping to alleviate or manage the challenges, is presented
Paper and Reviewer of the Year Award Winners
AffiliationsMary E. Northridge, PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief, AJPH, and Deborah Holtzman, PhD, MSW, Department Editor, AJPH
Paper and Reviewer of the Year Award Winners
AffiliationsMary E. Northridge is Editor-in-Chief for the AJPH. Deborah Holtzman is an AJPH Department Editor
Confronting the Emerging Epidemic of HCV Infection Among Young Injection Drug Users
Hepatitis C virus infection is a significant public health problem in the United States and an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Recent reports document HCV infection increases among young injection drug users in several US regions, associated with America’s prescription opioid abuse epidemic. Incident HCV infection increases among young injectors who have recently transitioned from oral opioid abuse present an important public health c…
Paper and Reviewer of the Year Award Winners
Paper and Reviewer of the Year Award Winners Affiliation Mary E. Northridge PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief, AJPH, and Deborah Holtzman PhD, MSW, Department Editor, AJPHCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302255 Published Online: October 08, 2014
Previous Exposure to HCV Among Persons Born During 1945–1965
Objectives. We examined HCV exposure prevalence and predictors among persons in the United States born during 1945–1965. Methods. With data from the 1999–2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we calculated the proportion of persons born during 1945–1965 who tested positive for HCV antibody (anti-HCV) and analyzed the prevalence by sociodemographic and behavioral risk factors. Results. Anti-HCV prevalence in the 1945–1965 birth co…
Public Health in Action
editorial; human; public health service; smoking; United States; prevention and control; smoking, Humans; Public Health Practice; Smoking; United States, Humans; Public Health Practice; Smoking; United States
Syringe Service Programs for Persons Who Inject Drugs in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas — United States, 2013
Reducing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection rates in persons who inject drugs (PWID) has been one of the major successes in HIV prevention in the United States. Estimated HIV incidence among PWID declined by approximately 80% during 1990-2006 (1). More recent data indicate that further reductions in HIV incidence are occurring in multiple areas (2). Research results for the effectiveness of risk reduction programs in preventing hepatiti…
Paper and Reviewer of the Year Award Winners
Mentoring for Publication in the American Journal of Public Health
Medicine (24 works) · Environmental health (14 works) · Family medicine (12 works) · Demography (8 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (8 works) · Public health (8 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (6 works)