Peer status in school and adult disease risk: a 30-year follow-up study of disease-specific morbidity in a Stockholm cohort.

abstract：:Social position is known to play a role in the quality of ageing, notably through the stimulation/dysregulation of key physiological systems in response to external stresses. Using data from one wave of Understanding Society including 9088 participants, we defined, as an extension of the allostatic load, a synthetic B...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Karimi M,Castagné R,Delpierre C,Albertus G,Berger E,Vineis P,Kumari M,Kelly-Irving M,Chadeau-Hyam M

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a smoke free programme implemented at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in 1996. This programme included a prohibition to smoke in university buildings everywhere except in limited areas, and a smoking cessation counselling service. METHODS:Surve...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Etter JF,Ronchi A,Perneger T

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：:The following essay outlines the intervention and presents a framework that will serve as a guide in the evaluation of the different effects of the Superblocks. Superblocks consist of amalgamations of blocks throughout the city, with the goal of improving the habitability of public spaces, advancing sustainable mobili...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mehdipanah R,Novoa AM,León-Gómez BB,López MJ,Palència L,Vasquez H,Díez È,Borrell C,Pérez K

更新日期：2019-07-01 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: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：OBJECTIVE:To examine material and behavioural factors as explanations for occupational class differences in health, while taking into account the interrelations between these two groups of factors. METHODS:Data from cross sectional surveys among middle aged women and men employed by the City of Helsinki (n = 6062, res...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Laaksonen M,Roos E,Rahkonen O,Martikainen P,Lahelma E

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uterine fibroids (UFs) are the most common form of sex steroid hormone-dependent benign tumours that grow in the walls of the uterus. Several observational studies have examined the association between obesity and the risk of UFs, but findings are inconsistent. The objective of this systematic review and met...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Qin H,Lin Z,Vásquez E,Luan X,Guo F,Xu L

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this paper is to give an overview and comparison of different easily applicable statistical techniques to analyse recurrent event data. SETTING:These techniques include naive techniques and longitudinal techniques such as Cox regression for recurrent events, generalised estimating equati...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Twisk JW,Smidt N,de Vente W

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To analyse in the general population the prevalence and predictors of symptomatology consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder (S-PTSD) 18 months after an industrial explosion. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS AND OUTCOME MEASURES:A random sample of 1191 city inhabitants, including an oversa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rivière S,Schwoebel V,Lapierre-Duval K,Guinard A,Gardette V,Lang T,Scientific and Operational Committees.

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:One of the findings of this study is that regional variations in the infant mortality rates of Sri Lanka are large, ranging from 26 per 1000 live births in Jaffna to 91 per 1000 in Nuwara Eliya, a tea estate district. These differences are more strongly associated with regional variations in environmental determinants...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Patel M

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a house-to-house study of 994 urban Zulus the prevalence of hypertension according to WHO criteria was 25% (23% men, 27% women). In a rural Zulu study of 987 the prevalence age corrected to the urban distribution was 9.4% (8.7% men, 10% women). Thus there was a pronounced difference between the prevalence of hypert...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Seedat YK,Seedat MA,Hackland DB

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to explore the relationships between five socioeconomic variables and three main cardiovascular diseases (ischaemic heart disease, hypertensive disease, and cerebrovascular disease) in Hong Kong. DESIGN:This cross sectional study used data from the 1986 by-census and registered death data f...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Wong SL,Donnan SP

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to examine the concurrence in the variation of monthly numbers of deaths in summer and winter from the four main underlying causes - respiratory, circulatory, neoplastic, and all others - in four countries. In particular, the hypothesis that most non-respiratory concurrent deaths are mis...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Crombie DL,Fleming DM,Cross KW,Lancashire RJ

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inverse associations between perceived control and cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been reported in studies from Western Europe and the USA. To assess this relationship across different populations, we investigated the association between perceived control and all-cause and CVD mortality in three populatio...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kozela M,Pająk A,Micek A,Besala A,Kubinova R,Malyutina S,Tamosiunas A,Pikhart H,Peasey A,Nikitin Y,Marmot M,Bobak M

更新日期：2017-08-01 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:It is commonly believed that nature has positive impacts on children's health, including physical, mental and social dimensions. This review focuses on how accessibility to, exposure to and engagement with nature affects the mental health of children and teenagers. METHODS:Ten academic databases were used t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Tillmann S,Tobin D,Avison W,Gilliland J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol misuse, especially binge drinking in young people, and alcoholic liver disease are major public health concerns. However, alcohol misuse in older people is underestimated and often goes undetected. OBJECTIVE:To document alcohol consumption and clinical presentation of alcohol misuse in hospital inpa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mehta MM,Moriarty KJ,Proctor D,Bird M,Darling W

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although being employed during midlife is positively associated with cognitive function in later life, little is known with respect to cumulative trajectories or durations of time spent in different kinds of work. METHODS:We investigated the relationships between employment trajectory from ages 31 years to ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kobayashi LC,Feldman JM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:The debate on health selection which describes the influence of health on subsequent social mobility is highly contested. The authors set out to examine the effect of health selection by looking at the effect of previous health status on changes in socio-economic position (SEP) over two time periods. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ki M,Sacker A,Kelly Y,Nazroo J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disparities in health among blacks and Hispanics compared to whites individuals exist for a number of health measures; however, the health profile of individuals who are both black and Hispanic is not well known. We sought to determine whether race and ethnicity have synchronous or independent effects on hea...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： LaVeist-Ramos TA,Galarraga J,Thorpe RJ Jr,Bell CN,Austin CJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Research on inequalities in health has shown a strong association between the lack of standard of living (defined as material deprivation) and self-rated health (SRH). In this study, we sought to further examine this association in a trend analysis of relative and absolute inequalities in SRH as defined by m...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Pförtner TK,Elgar FJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People living in highly walkable neighbourhoods tend to be more physically active and less likely to be obese. Whether walkable urban design reduces the future risk of diabetes is less clear. METHODS:We used inverse probability of treatment weighting to compare 10-year diabetes incidence between residents l...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Booth GL,Creatore MI,Luo J,Fazli GS,Johns A,Rosella LC,Glazier RH,Moineddin R,Gozdyra P,Austin PC

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To study municipal variations in children's injury risk and to assess the impact of safety promotion measures in general municipal, preschool, school, and leisure activity settings, on injury outcome. DESIGN:A cohort study based on individual data on children's consumption of hospital care as a result ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Sellström E,Guldbrandsson K,Bremberg S,Hjern A,Arnoldsson G

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Underserved women (rural, minority or poor) are disproportionally diagnosed with late-stage cervical cancer, indicative of inadequate access to, and use of, preventative healthcare. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has proposed that nurse practitioners (NP) can address provider shortages among underserved pop...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Smith-Gagen J,White LL,Santos A,Hasty SM,Tung WC,Lu M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

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