Telephone reminders are a cost effective way to improve responses in postal health surveys.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1998, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was widespread, but the diffusion of these life-saving treatments was not uniform. As half of all AIDS patients in the USA have Medicaid coverage, this study of a multistate Medicaid claims dataset was undertaken to assess disparities in the rates of HAAR...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： King WD,Minor P,Ramirez Kitchen C,Oré LE,Shoptaw S,Victorianne GD,Rust G

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Ambient air pollution may affect the health related quality of life (HRQOL) of people, as assessed by the vitality (VT) and mental health (MH) domains of the SF-36 health survey (SF-36). METHODS:In a nationwide survey, 4500 people aged 20 years and older were selected from the entire population of Japan by ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Yamazaki S,Nitta H,Fukuhara S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the representativeness of survey participants by systematically comparing volunteers in a national health and sexuality survey with the Australian population in terms of self reported health status (including the SF-36) and a wide range of demographic characteristics. DESIGN:A cross sectional...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Purdie DM,Dunne MP,Boyle FM,Cook MD,Najman JM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Integrating research and action represents a goal and key principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR), but there has been little effort to synthesise the literature to evaluate whether such integration is occurring. OBJECTIVES:(1) To examine the extent to which CBPR integrates action to ef...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cook WK

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to test a large set of childhood leukaemia and lymphoma registrations for the presence of short radius spacial clusters. DESIGN:The study was a geographical cluster analysis. SETTING:England, Wales and Scotland. PATIENTS:All registrations for leukaemia and lymphoma between 1966 and 1983 i...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Knox EG,Gilman E

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic screening of death certificates referable to residents of two health districts covered by a psychiatric case register allows the study of excess mortality in unselected psychiatric patients from a defined area of known population. Deaths among the case register patients exceeded those expected by 80%; the r...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hassall C,Prior P,Cross KW

更新日期：1988-09-01 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：:The use of mortality data in the form of standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) to measure the need for health care resources in the Resource Allocation Working Party (RAWP) formula in England has been criticised for underestimating the wider effects of adverse socioeconomic conditions on need, particularly in inner cit...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mays N,Chinn S

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the geographical variation in self perceived morbidity in the south west of England, and assess the associations with rurality and social deprivation. DESIGN:A geographically based cross sectional study using 1991 census data on premature Limiting Long Term Illness (LLTI). The urban-rural an...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Barnett S,Roderick P,Martin D,Diamond I

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous studies have implicated air pollution in increased mortality and morbidity, especially in the elderly population and children. More recently, associations with mortality in infants and with some reproductive outcomes have also been reported. The aim of this study is to explore the association betwee...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Gouveia N,Bremner SA,Novaes HM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maternal exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with higher risk of preterm birth and reduced fetal growth, but heterogeneity among prior studies suggests that additional studies are needed in diverse populations and settings. We examined the associations between maternal ambient air pollution...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kingsley SL,Eliot MN,Glazer K,Awad YA,Schwartz JD,Savitz DA,Kelsey KT,Marsit CJ,Wellenius GA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of active pulmonary tuberculosis in a homeless population in London and to assess whether those with suspected disease could be integrated into the existing health care system for further follow up and treatment. DESIGN:Voluntary screening programme based on a questionnaire s...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kumar D,Citron KM,Leese J,Watson JM

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social inequality in ischaemic heart disease has been related to socioeconomic position in childhood, early adulthood and late adulthood. However, the impact of relative level of accumulated income periods across adult life course and the potential gender and age differences have not been investigated. The a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kriegbaum M,Hougaard CØ,Andersen I,Brønnum-Hansen H,Lund R

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:This study examined the change in ethnic differences in mortality in Estonia 1989-2000. DESIGN:Two unlinked cross sectional census based analyses were compared. Total and cause specific mortality was analysed for ethnic Estonians and Russians. The absolute differences in mortality were evaluated throug...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Leinsalu M,Vågerö D,Kunst AE

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data from primary care records could potentially provide more comprehensive population-level information on smoking prevalence at lower cost and in a more timely fashion than commissioned national surveys. Therefore, we compared smoking prevalence calculated from a database of primary care electronic medical...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Szatkowski L,Lewis S,McNeill A,Huang Y,Coleman T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the prevalence of prenatal smoking among minority women exceeds the projected 2010 national objective, data on the determinants of prenatal smoking among minorities remain sparse. METHODS:We examined associations between self-reported experiences of racial discrimination on prenatal smoking among u...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Nguyen KH,Subramanian SV,Sorensen G,Tsang K,Wright RJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective questionnaire and interview study of 10 year survivors of uncomplicated myocardial infarction examined smoking, diet, exercise, weight, medication, and treatment since discharge from hospital in 1973-4 and made comparisons with controls (using the same questionnaire) and with normal populations (as rep...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： West RR,Evans DA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect on fruit and vegetable consumption, self reported, and psychological health of a "natural experiment"-the introduction of large scale food retailing in a deprived Scottish community. DESIGN:Prospective quasi-experimental design comparing baseline and follow up data in an "intervention" ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cummins S,Petticrew M,Higgins C,Findlay A,Sparks L

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are complex mixtures of persistent contaminants that are widespread in the environment. Newborns are exposed across the placenta and through breast feeding. Experimental animal studies have indicated that PCBs are neurotoxic. The neurological effects of these compounds on chi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ribas-Fitó N,Sala M,Kogevinas M,Sunyer J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Examine trends in home smoking restrictions among employed women not living alone and assess the associations of such restrictions with smoking behaviour. DESIGN:Multivariate logistic regression analysis of major demographic variables and household composition characteristics. STUDY PARTICIPANTS:128 0...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Shopland DR,Anderson CM,Burns DM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Smokefree Class Competition, the largest school-based smoking prevention programme in Europe, aims to create a class climate that denormalises smoking. An analysis was carried out to assess whether it increases bullying or perception of isolation. METHODS:A cluster randomised controlled trial was conduc...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hanewinkel R,Isensee B,Maruska K,Sargent JD,Morgenstern M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To examine whether psychosocial factors at work are related to self rated health in post-communist countries. DESIGN AND SETTINGS:Random samples of men and women in five communities in four countries were sent a postal questionnaire (Poland, Czech Republic and Lithuania) or were invited to an intervie...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Pikhart H,Bobak M,Siegrist J,Pajak A,Rywik S,Kyshegyi J,Gostautas A,Skodova Z,Marmot M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among different ethnic groups and the influence of deprivation on the prevalence of diabetes among Māori and New Zealand Europeans was investigated. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional survey on all patients registered with 10 practices in the Rotorua General Practice Gro...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Joshy G,Porter T,Le Lievre C,Lane J,Williams M,Lawrenson R

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study of cancers of the upper alimentary tract was conducted in a hospital to assess the role of several risk factors, including alcohol consumption, which is reported here. Male patients from one community with cancers of the oral cavity (n = 278), pharynx (n = 225), and oesophagus (n = 236) formed the...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Notani PN

更新日期：1988-06-01 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:All residents of England aged 60 years and older became entitled to free travel on local buses on 1 April 2006. This study examines the impact of this policy on public transport use, a mode of active transport and levels of obesity. METHODS:Logistic regression analyses using three waves of data (2004, 2006 ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Webb E,Netuveli G,Millett C

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess the extent to which poorer self assessed health in men in whom an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is detected at screening is a consequence or a predictor of screening outcome. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Community based screening. PARTICIPANTS:23 654 men who attended for AAA screeni...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Marteau TM,Kim LG,Upton J,Thompson SG,Scott AP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To estimate the relative health effects of the income and health insurance provisions of the Los Angeles City living wage ordinance. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:About 10 000 employees of city contractors are subject to the Los Angeles City living wage ordinance, which establishes an annually adjusted mini...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cole BL,Shimkhada R,Morgenstern H,Kominski G,Fielding JE,Wu S

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of selenium status in 391 apparently healthy subjects resident in the south of England statistical examination of the data showed a significant effect with regard to age, smoking, alcohol, and oral contraceptives. The most important of these factors seems to be a combination of alcohol and smoking habits in...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lloyd B,Lloyd RS,Clayton BE

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00