Multilevel analyses of neighbourhood socioeconomic context and health outcomes: a critical review.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the context of fiscal austerity in many European welfare states, policy innovation often takes the form of 'social investment', a contested set of policies aimed at strengthening labour markets. Social investment policies include employment subsidies, skills training and job-finding services, early childh...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Morris KA,Beckfield J,Bambra C

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To test the validity of proxy measures of household wealth and income that can be readily implemented in health surveys in rural Africa. DESIGN:Data are drawn from four different integrated household surveys. The assumptions underlying the choice of wealth proxy are described, and correlations with the...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Morris SS,Carletto C,Hoddinott J,Christiaensen LJ

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although long working hours have been shown to be associated with the onset of cardiometabolic diseases, the clinical risk factor profile associated with long working hours remains unclear. We compared the clinical risk profile between people who worked long hours and those who reported being never exposed t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Virtanen M,Magnusson Hansson L,Goldberg M,Zins M,Stenholm S,Vahtera J,Westerlund H,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of malignant melanoma in developed countries has been rising rapidly in recent years. Its causes and the reasons for this trend are uncertain. Changes in histopathological criteria for classifying pigmented skin lesions could explain the rising incidence rates. With support from the International Agency ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Philipp R,Hastings A,Briggs J,Sizer J

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic diseases are now a major health problem in developing countries as well as in the developed world. Although chronic diseases cannot be communicated from person to person, their risk factors (for example, smoking, inactivity, dietary habits) are readily transferred around the world. With increasing hu...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Choi BC,McQueen DV,Puska P,Douglas KA,Ackland M,Campostrini S,Barceló A,Stachenko S,Mokdad AH,Granero R,Corber SJ,Valleron AJ,Skinner HA,Potemkina R,Lindner MC,Zakus D,de Salazar LM,Pak AW,Ansari Z,Zevallos JC,Gon

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dangerous distortion of priorities seems to be currently apparent in the dominant approaches to major public health problems, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer and some infectious diseases. Relevant examples suggest an apparently inappropriate tendency to prioritise technocratic, partial so...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Carlos S,de Irala J,Hanley M,Martínez-González MÁ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of human reproduction was conducted in Tamilnadu State, South India, from 1969 to 1975. This paper reports twinning rates and relates these to maternal age, parity, and consanguinity. Birth weights and other dimensions at birth and infant mortality are also studied. The overall twinning rate was 1 ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rao PS,Inbaraj SG,Muthurathnam S

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol policies around the world seek to delay the initiation of drinking. This is partly based on the influential idea that earlier initiation is likely to cause adult alcohol problems. This study synthesises robust evidence for this proposition. METHODS:Systematic review of prospective cohort studies in ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Maimaris W,McCambridge J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess evidence for residential mobility in childhood having an adverse association with health outcomes through the life course. METHODS:A systematic search of medical and social sciences literature was undertaken to identify research defining residential mobility as an independent variable and in which ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Jelleyman T,Spencer N

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to increased risk of hypertension, a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. How the risk is altered by intergenerational social mobility is not well known. The aim of this study is to investigate parental SES, adult SES and the intergenerational social mo...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Högberg L,Cnattingius S,Lundholm C,Sparén P,Iliadou AN

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of area of residence on functional health as represented by medical outcomes study SF-36 physical and mental component summary scores. DESIGN:Multilevel analysis of cross sectional data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition in Norfolk, UK (EPIC-...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Wainwright NW,Surtees PG

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent review of the literature identified several common methodological weaknesses in studies of the effects of occupational exposures on male and female reproductive processes. This paper suggests a strategy which addresses these problems, by the use of a standard method. The potential benefits include increased m...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Joffe M

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the epidemiology of suicide by jumping from the Clifton Suspension Bridge and its impact on local patterns of suicide. DESIGN:Case-control study of falls from the bridge (1974-93) matched by age and sex with those using other methods of suicide. Routine OPCS mortality statistics for Bristol and D...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Nowers M,Gunnell D

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence on the role of cannabis as a gateway drug is inconsistent. We characterise patterns of cannabis use among UK teenagers aged 13-18 years, and assess their influence on problematic substance use at age 21 years. METHODS:We used longitudinal latent class analysis to derive trajectories of cannabis use...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Taylor M,Collin SM,Munafò MR,MacLeod J,Hickman M,Heron J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the main trends in the history of publicly organised school meals in Norway, while casting comparative glances at Britain. First, it argues that the status of school meals today is strongly influenced by three intertwined strains of past tradition: poor relief, universal welfare and the ideal of ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Andresen A,Elvbakken KT

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the early 1960s notification rates for tuberculosis in England and Wales for the whole population have been influenced by high rates in certain ethnic groups. Using data based on country of birth from the British (Thoracic and) Tuberculosis Association surveys of 1965 and 1971, and based on ethnic origin from th...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Springett VH,Darbyshire JH,Nunn AJ,Sutherland I

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the short term effect of air pollution on cardiovascular admissions in 14 Spanish cities METHODS:The period under study was from 1995 to 1999. Daily emergency admissions for all cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and heart diseases (HD) were obtained from hospital records, and the corresponding daily ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ballester F,Rodríguez P,Iñíguez C,Saez M,Daponte A,Galán I,Taracido M,Arribas F,Bellido J,Cirarda FB,Cañada A,Guillén JJ,Guillén-Grima F,López E,Pérez-Hoyos S,Lertxundi A,Toro S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies show contradictory findings on the relationship between health and intergenerational living arrangements (ILAs), which may be due to variation in who selects themselves into and out of ILA. Addressing the selectivity into ILA and the health of the older generation, we assess whether there is...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Permyakova NV,Billingsley S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the situation of the influenza in Portugal through the estimates of the incidence rates and the identification of the viral strains implicated on it during the period 1990-1996. DESIGN:The integrated clinical and laboratory surveillance system for influenza in Portugal is based on the Portuguese...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Falcão IM,de Andrade HR,Santos AS,Paixão MT,Falcão JM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the validity of a self administered physical activity questionnaire to be used as part of a screening device for postmenopausal osteopaenia (with additional questions on medical history and calcium intake). DESIGN:A questionnaire was posted to 86 perimenopausal women to enquire about weekl...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Suleiman S,Nelson M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frailty is a way to appreciate the variable vulnerability to declining health status of people as they age. No consensus for measuring frailty has been established. This study aimed to adapt a Frailty Index (FI) to the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) and evaluate its applicability in both younger...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kanters DM,Griffith LE,Hogan DB,Richardson J,Patterson C,Raina P

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Policies to increase Australian Indigenous children's participation in preschool aim to reduce developmental inequities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children. This study aims to understand the benefits of preschool participation by quantifying the association between preschool participation in the y...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Falster K,Hanly M,Edwards B,Banks E,Lynch JW,Eades S,Nickel N,Goldfeld S,Biddle N

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While various measures of common mental disorders (CMD) have been found to be associated with mortality, a comparison of how different measures predict mortality may improve our understanding of the association. This paper compares how the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the 30-item General ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hannah MK,Batty GD,Benzeval M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In India, excess female under-5 mortality is well documented. Under-5 mortality is also known to be patterned by socioeconomic factors. This study examines sex differentials and sex-specific wealth gradients in neonatal, postneonatal and child mortality in India. METHODS:Repeated cross-sectional study of na...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Karlsson O,Kim R,Joe W,Subramanian SV

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality risk is lower in married than in unmarried men and women. However, little is known about the association between mortality and relationship status in South Africa where marriage rates are low, migration is common, many couples are not co-resident and HIV prevalence is high. METHOD:Using demographi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Channon M,Hosegood V,McGrath N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nurses working in selected departments of general hospitals in Finland were collected from a central register on health personnel in Finland. Using the Hospital Discharge Register and the Register of Congenital Malformations, case nurses were selected who had had a spontaneous abortion (N = 217) or a malformed child (...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hemminki K,Kyyrönen P,Lindbohm ML

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess comprehensively the validity of the data in the Finnish Medical Birth Registry (MBR) by the combined use of several controls and internal analysis of the data. DESIGN:The MBR data were individually linked to a medical record sample (n = 775) and to all perinatal death certificates in 1987. The data...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Teperi J

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin D has been suggested to have a role in infection defence and on the immune system. We therefore investigated the effect of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D₃ (25(OH)D₃) on the risk of incident hospitalised pneumonia in an ageing general population in eastern Finland. METHODS:The study population included 72...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Aregbesola A,Voutilainen S,Nurmi T,Virtanen JK,Ronkainen K,Tuomainen TP

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is concern about the health of populations living close to nuclear waste reprocessing plants. A comparative study was conducted on reproductive life events in the general population living near the nuclear waste reprocessing plant in Beaumont-Hague, France and a reference area in Brittany. DESIGN, SETT...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Slama R,Boutou O,Ducot B,Spira A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As the worldwide population has aged, the number of surgical procedures performed on older patients has increased. It is not known whether this increase has been proportional to growth in the elderly population. The aim of this study was to assess the population-adjusted incidence of acute and elective gener...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Deng C,Mitchell S,Paine SJ,Kerse N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00