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Robert F. Anda
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 136
Citations - 51796
Robert F. Anda is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Child abuse. The author has an hindex of 76, co-authored 136 publications receiving 45836 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert F. Anda include University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Inside the Adverse Childhood Experience Score: Strengths, Limitations, and Misapplications.
TL;DR: The authors are concerned that ACE scores are being misappropriated as a screening or diagnostic tool to infer individual client risk and misapplied in treatment algorithms that inappropriately assign population-based risk for health outcomes from epidemiologic studies to individuals.
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Abused Boys, Battered Mothers, and Male Involvement in Teen Pregnancy
Robert F. Anda,Vincent J. Felitti,Daniel P. Chapman,Janet B. Croft,David F. Williamson,John S. Santelli,Patricia M. Dietz,James S. Marks +7 more
TL;DR: Boyhood exposure to physical or sexual abuse or to a battered mother is associated with an increased risk of involvement in a teen pregnancy-during both adolescence and adulthood.
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The Health and Social Consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Across the Lifespan: An Introduction to Prevention and Intervention in the Community
TL;DR: This introduction to the themed issue overviews the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study and discusses prevention and intervention with ACE and their consequences in communities.
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From genes to public health : The applications of genetic technology in disease prevention
Robert F. Anda,Atl Chen,JD Erickson,W Hannon,J Mei,C Moore,P Mueller,Godfrey P. Oakley,Richard S. Olney,CY Ou,John A. Reidy,KK Steinberg,Nedra Whitehead,C Ballew,Marvin E. Adams,Janet B. Croft,Wayne H. Giles,G Janes,Juliette S. Kendrick,NC Lee,Mark S. Eberhardt,Geraldine M. McQuillan,Diane K. Wagener,J McNicholl,F Rickles,P Schulte,V Brown,Muin J. Khoury +27 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the implications of genetic technology in disease prevention and the public health community should participate in policy development related to the timing and use of genetic testing for disease prevention.
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Serum Folate and Risk for Ischemic Stroke First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study
TL;DR: Findings suggest that a folate concentration < or = 9.2 nmol/L may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke, especially in blacks, given the small number of stroke events.