How complete and accurate are cancer registrations notified by the National Health Service Central Register for England and Wales?

abstract：:Applying research to guide evidence-based practice is an ongoing and significant challenge for public health. Developments in the emerging field of 'translation' have focused on different aspects of the problem, resulting in competing frameworks and terminology. In this paper the scope of 'translation' in public healt...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rychetnik L,Bauman A,Laws R,King L,Rissel C,Nutbeam D,Colagiuri S,Caterson I

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Birthweight and gestational age are the two most commonly used continuous variables in perinatal research. Dichotomous outcomes derived from these two variables include low birthweight, preterm birth and small for gestational age, each extensively used as perinatal and population health indicators within public health...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Urquia ML,Ray JG

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to analyse occupational mortality differences among women using follow up data from a large nationally representative sample. DESIGN:Occupational information was obtained from the 1971 census records of women in the Longitudinal Study carried out by the Office of Population Censuses and Sur...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Moser KA,Goldblatt PO

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing concern about the global burden of child mental health disorders has generated an increased interest in population-level efforts to improve child mental health. This in turn has led to a shift in emphasis away from treatment of established disorders and towards prevention and promotion. Prevention efforts are ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kvalsvig A,O'Connor M,Redmond G,Goldfeld S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To explore the role of history in public health and its relevance to current practice and professional development. DESIGN:An analysis of the issues surrounding the poor attention paid to the history of public health by its current practitioners. SETTING:The paper is written from the perspective of pr...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Scally G,Womack J

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To inform discussions on rates, burden and priority-setting in relation to police violence, we quantified the number and rate of years of life lost (YLLs) due to police violence by race/ethnicity and age in the USA, 2015-2016. METHODS:We used data on the number of deaths due to police violence from 'The Cou...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bui AL,Coates MM,Matthay EC

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco smoke pollution (TSP) has major negative effects on infant health. Our objectives were to determine the effectiveness of a brief primary care intervention directed at parents who smoke in reducing babies' TSP exposure, and to establish variables related to greater exposure. METHOD:A multicentre, ope...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ortega Cuelva G,Cabezas Peña C,Almeda Ortega J,Saez Zafra M,Ballvé Moreno JL,Pascual Esteban JA,Castellà Cuesta C,Martín-Cantera C,Saltó Cerezuela E,Casademont Pou RM,Díaz Alvarez E,Lozano Fernandez J,Morera Jordán C,Valverde T

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although exposure to peer and family violence is a documented risk factor for adolescent dating violence, less is known about the relationship between violent crime exposure and dating violence victimisation. METHODS:Participants in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n = 4794) aged 13-17 ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Spriggs AL,Halpern CT,Martin SL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the current temporal trends of suicide in Zhejiang, China, from 2006 to 2016 to determine possible health disparities in order to establish priorities for intervention. METHODS:We collected mortality surveillance data from 2006 to 2016 from the Zhejiang Chronic Disease Surveillance Informati...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Fei F,Liu H,I Leuba S,Li Y,Hu R,Yu M,Pan J,Zhong J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Analyses of causes of mortality in people with diabetes using data form death certificates mentioning diabetes provide unreliable estimates of mortality. Under-recording of diabetes as a cause on death certificates has been widely reported, ranging from 15-60%. Using a population based register on peopl...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Raymond NT,Langley JD,Goyder E,Botha JL,Burden AC,Hearnshaw JR

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In February and May 1986, weekly samples of whole pasteurised milk were collected from the 24 dairies supplying seven British towns. A random sample of 96 women aged 25-64 was drawn from general practitioners' lists in each town, and catch specimens of early morning urine were collected by post from 194 subjects in Fe...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Nelson M,Phillips DI,Morris JA,Wood TJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To test hypotheses about associations between area level exposures and the prevalence of the most common mental disorders (CMD) in Britain. A statistically significant urban-rural gradient was predicted, but not a socioeconomic gradient, in the prevalence of CMD after adjusting for characteristics of in...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Weich S,Twigg L,Holt G,Lewis G,Jones K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have emphasised the multidimensional nature of the social capital concept, but it is not known whether the health effects of social capital vary by dimension. The objective of this study was to examine the vertical component (ie, respectful and trusting relationships across power differentials...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Oksanen T,Kouvonen A,Vahtera J,Virtanen M,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to examine whether the high mortality in lower salaried men in Norway was related to an inflow into this group of unskilled workers with high mortality. DESIGN:Individual information on occupation was derived from the 1970 and the 1980 censuses and linked to mortality data for the peri...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Dahl E

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates declined in Europe between 2004 and 2010. We hypothesised that declines might be greater for countries with higher mortality in 2004 and disproportionally affect very preterm infants at highest risk. METHODS:Data about live births, stillbirths and neonatal deaths by g...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Zeitlin J,Mortensen L,Cuttini M,Lack N,Nijhuis J,Haidinger G,Blondel B,Hindori-Mohangoo AD,Euro-Peristat Scientific Committee.

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The fall in the prevalence of left handedness with age has been attributed to either premature mortality or a cohort effect of forced dextrality. Evidence for forced dextrality was sought to differentiate between these competing theories. DESIGN:6097 Edinburgh handedness inventories were used to calculate l...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ellis SJ,Ellis PJ,Marshall E,Windridge C,Jones S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether or not, and how, health inequalities change throughout older age is currently under debate. The goal of this study was to assess the net impact of education, occupational class, income and wealth on frailty trajectories among older adults in Continental Europe. METHODS:We modelled frailty index traj...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Stolz E,Mayerl H,Waxenegger A,Rásky É,Freidl W

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:The aim of this study is to present risk assessments for the combined effect of alcohol and tobacco in cancer of the larynx. The case control study included all newly diagnosed laryngeal cancer patients under the age of 75 in Denmark during the years 1980-2. Four age and sex matched controls were selected using the mu...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Olsen J,Sabreo S,Fasting U

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors assessed whether socioeconomic inequalities in asthma symptoms were already present in preschool children and to what extent prenatal, perinatal and postnatal risk factors for asthma symptoms mediate the effect of socioeconomic status (SES). METHODS:The study included 3136 Dutch children partici...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hafkamp-de Groen E,van Rossem L,de Jongste JC,Mohangoo AD,Moll HA,Jaddoe VW,Hofman A,Mackenbach JP,Raat H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence of a link between sexual violence and HIV is growing; however, studies among children are scarce. The authors sought to characterise child sexual abuse in Harare, Zimbabwe, and explore its links with HIV and orphanhood. METHODS:Records for new clients attending a child sexual abuse clinic from July...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Birdthistle IJ,Floyd S,Mwanasa S,Nyagadza A,Gwiza E,Glynn JR

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Several studies have reported an association between income inequality and increased mortality, but few have used net income data, controlled for individual income, or evaluated sensitivity to the choice of inequality measure. The study tested the hypotheses that people in regions of Britain with the gr...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Weich S,Lewis G,Jenkins SP

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare a self administered computerised assessment of neurotic psychiatric disorder (psychiatric morbidity) with an identical assessment administered by a human interviewer. In particular, to discover whether a computerised assessment overestimates or underestimates the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lewis G

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence of cancer among homeless men in Glasgow. DESIGN:Descriptive study of cancer incidence in a defined, though individually unidentifiable, population cohort. SETTING:Glasgow and the West of Scotland Region. PARTICIPANTS:Male residents of 10 hostels for the single homeless in G...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lamont DW,Toal FM,Crawford M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cross-cohort comparison is an established method for improving causal inference. This study compared 2 cohorts, 1 from a high-income country and another from a middle-income country, to (1) establish whether birth exposures may play a causal role in the development of childhood attention problems; and (2) id...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Murray E,Pearson R,Fernandes M,Santos IS,Barros FC,Victora CG,Stein A,Matijasevich A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the article by Starfield and colleagues, it was suggested that the concept of prevention has gone astray. This article aims to extend their ideas. METHODS:Our methods are to take the Starfield et al article and argue that it is possible and useful to see prevention in a wider context, going beyond preven...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ataguba JE,Mooney G

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to determine whether induced abortions could increase the risk of secondary infertility. DESIGN:This was a case-control study; cases were women with secondary infertility, individually matched to two controls who were currently pregnant. Each participant was interviewed by one of two medica...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Tzonou A,Hsieh CC,Trichopoulos D,Aravandinos D,Kalandidi A,Margaris D,Goldman M,Toupadaki N

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To explore the relationship between self reported environmental tobacco smoke exposure (or passive smoking), the serum cotinine concentration, and evidence of respiratory or coronary disease in men and women who have never smoked. DESIGN:Cross sectional random population survey identifying disease mark...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Tunstall-Pedoe H,Brown CA,Woodward M,Tavendale R

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To map out area effects on health research, this study had the following aims: (1) to inventory multilevel investigations of area effects on self rated health, cardiovascular diseases and risk factors, and mortality among adults; (2) to describe and critically discuss methodological approaches employed and results obs...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Riva M,Gauvin L,Barnett TA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00