Retrofitting houses with insulation: a cost-benefit analysis of a randomised community trial.

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examines the contribution of lifetime smoking habit to the socioeconomic gradient in all-cause and smoking-related mortality and in cardiovascular incidence in two countries. METHODS:10,600 men aged 50-59 years were examined in 1991-4 in centres in Northern Ireland and France and followed annuall...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Yarnell JW,Patterson CC,Arveiler D,Amouyel P,Ferrières J,Woodside JV,Haas B,Montaye M,Ruidavets JB,Kee F,Evans A,Bingham A,Ducimetière P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a participatory approach to health and development interventions, defining and measuring community mobilisation is important, but it is challenging to do this effectively, especially at scale. METHODS:A cross-sectional, participatory monitoring tool was administered in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 across a re...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Narayanan P,Moulasha K,Wheeler T,Baer J,Bharadwaj S,Ramanathan TV,Thomas T

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In epidemiological studies the diagnosis of a past history of myocardial infarction is made from the answer to a single question: "Have you ever had a severe pain across the front of your chest lasting for half an hour or more?" Two additional questions, which form an optional part of the London School of Hygiene and ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Yarnell JW,Sweetnam PM,Baker IA,Bainton D

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The adverse health and environmental effects of poor housing quality are well established. A central requirement for evidence-based policies and programmes to improve housing standards is a valid, reliable and practical way of measuring housing quality that is supported by policy agencies, the housing sector...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Keall M,Baker MG,Howden-Chapman P,Cunningham M,Ormandy D

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a randomised controlled trial intensive individual anti-smoking advice given in parallel with hospital antenatal care did not influence the outcome of pregnancy. The belief that retardation of fetal growth caused by maternal smoking occurs in late pregnancy is not well based, and the advice may not have been given ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Donovan JW

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:It has been frequently noted that overweight and obesity have a stronger relationship to hypertension and diabetes mellitus than to the risk of stroke. The reason for this observation has not been clear. This study aimed to examine the lifelong relation between body fat and stroke to shed light on why t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Shinton R,Sagar G,Beevers G

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Existing research points towards physical and mental health gains from housing improvements, but findings are inconsistent and often not statistically significant. The detailed characteristics and variability of housing improvement works are problematic and studies are often small, not experimental, with sho...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Curl A,Kearns A,Mason P,Egan M,Tannahill C,Ellaway A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early family-level and social-level stressors are both assumed to be the components of two main path models explaining the association between exposure to interparental violence in childhood and its long-term consequences on mental health explored through life-course epidemiological studies. AIMS:To investi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Roustit C,Renahy E,Guernec G,Lesieur S,Parizot I,Chauvin P

更新日期：2009-07-01 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:The temporal pattern of effects of summertime ozone (O(3)) in total, cardiovascular and respiratory mortality were investigated in 21 European cities participating in the APHEA-2 (Air Pollution and Health: a European Approach) project, which is fundamental in determining the importance of the effect in terms...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Samoli E,Zanobetti A,Schwartz J,Atkinson R,LeTertre A,Schindler C,Pérez L,Cadum E,Pekkanen J,Paldy A,Touloumi G,Katsouyanni K

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High intelligence early in life has consistently been associated with decreased mortality, but the mechanisms are still not fully understood. In this cohort study, we examined the association between intelligence in early adulthood and later mortality from natural and unnatural causes taking birth weight, pa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Meincke RH,Mortensen EL,Avlund K,Rosthøj S,Sørensen HJ,Osler M

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:Fertility and contraceptive practice were examined by interview with parents of 100 Down's syndrome patients. Before the birth of the affected child, fertility was low by comparison with that in married women in the general population, and to this the socioeconomic class bias in the sample is thought to be contributor...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Boon AR

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare the costs and effects of routine mammography screening by a single mediolateral-oblique view and two views (mediolateral-oblique plus craniocaudal) of each breast. DESIGN:A cost effectiveness analysis of a prospective non-randomised trial comparing one and two view mammography screening was ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bryan S,Brown J,Warren R

更新日期：1995-02-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:An association between socioeconomic status (SES) and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been found for younger and middle-aged individuals, but studies of this relationship in elderly populations are rare. METHODS:In a population-based cohort in southern Germany (KORA S4/F4: 1223 subjects...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kowall B,Rathmann W,Strassburger K,Meisinger C,Holle R,Mielck A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and twenty-five people aged 65 and over in the Birmingham area who fell at home were followed up for one year after the fall had been reported by the general practitioner. They were compared with 125 control subjects matched for age and sex and drawn from the same doctors' lists. Two months after the fall,...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Wild D,Nayak US,Isaacs B

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Before and during peak influenza periods there is increased morbidity from other respiratory tract disorders. Sentinel networks of primary care physicians can be very effective in the early detection of influenza epidemics and the German network, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Influenza (AGI), began its work in thi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Szecsenyi J,Uphoff H,Ley S,Brede HD

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Modifications in working conditions can accommodate changing needs of chronically ill persons. The self-employed may have more possibilities than employees to modify their working conditions. We investigate how working conditions change following diagnosis of chronic disease for employed and self-employed ol...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Fleischmann M,Carr E,Xue B,Zaninotto P,Stansfeld SA,Stafford M,Head J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic differences in health are a major challenge for public health. However, realistic estimates to what extent they are modifiable are scarce. This problem can be met through the systematic application of the population attributable fraction (PAF) to socioeconomic health inequalities. METHODS:The ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hoffmann R,Eikemo TA,Kulhánová I,Dahl E,Deboosere P,Dzúrová D,van Oyen H,Rychtaríková J,Strand BH,Mackenbach JP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dimensions of the individual socioeconomic position-education, social class, social status and income-are associated with mortality. Inequalities in death also related to the social position of the household. It is, however, less clear how the socioeconomic position of one marital/cohabiting partner influenc...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Torssander J,Erikson R

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to assess the interrelationship between alcohol intake, cigarette smoking, body weight, and blood lipid concentrations. DESIGN:This was the cross sectional (screening) phase of a prospective study. The main outcome measure was the blood lipids (serum total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Wannamethee G,Shaper AG

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several hypotheses predict that faltering fetal growth is an antecedent for common non-communicable diseases. This is the first systematic review of an emerging literature linking antenatal fetal measurements to postnatal outcomes. METHODS:Electronic databases (OVID, EMBASE and Google Scholar) and cohort st...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Alkandari F,Ellahi A,Aucott L,Devereux G,Turner S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors affecting the attendance at primary health care clinics in Lagos were studied at Oguntolu Clinic and Randle Road Health Centre among 120 Nigerian children. The level of immunisation was a measure of the frequency (regularity) of attendance at the clinics. Certain socioeconomic, psychological, and demographic f...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Akesode FA

更新日期：1982-12-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare health walks, a community based lay-led walking scheme versus advice only on physical activity and cardiovascular health status in middle aged adults. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial with one year follow up. Physical activity was measured by questionnaire. Other measures included attitude...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lamb SE,Bartlett HP,Ashley A,Bird W

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between intrauterine growth and intelligence. DESIGN:Population based birth cohort study of sibling pairs born within a maximum of three years of each other. SETTING:Mater-University women and children's hospital, Brisbane, Australia. PARTICIPANTS:235 (470 children) sibling pairs...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lawlor DA,Bor W,O'Callaghan MJ,Williams GM,Najman JM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Literacy, the ability to access, understand and utilise information and concepts from diverse sources in ways that promote good outcomes is key to successful ageing. Domain-specific health and financial literacy are particularly relevant to older adults as they face increasingly complex health and financial ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lamar M,Wilson RS,Yu L,James BD,Stewart CC,Bennett DA,Boyle PA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Northern Ireland has the highest standardised mortality ratios for colon cancer in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland has some of the highest mortality rates for cancer in the world. The aim of the study therefore was to investigate trends in colorectal cancer in the north and south of Irela...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kee F,Patterson C,Collins B

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00