Road safety in the political agenda: the impact on road traffic injuries.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report on the development of computer assisted methods for linking medical records and record abstracts. DESIGN:The methods include file blocking, to put records in an order which makes searching efficient; matching, which is the process of comparing records to determine whether they do or do not relate ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Gill L,Goldacre M,Simmons H,Bettley G,Griffith M

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Several studies have examined the effects of sample selection on the exposure-outcome association estimates in cohort studies, but the reasons why this selection may induce bias have not been fully explored. AIMS:To investigate how sample selection of the web-based NINFEA birth cohort may change the confoun...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Pizzi C,De Stavola BL,Pearce N,Lazzarato F,Ghiotti P,Merletti F,Richiardi L

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of mild-to-moderate maternal iodine deficiency on the neuropsychological development of their offspring is uncertain. We aimed to assess the association between iodine status during pregnancy and the cognitive and motor development of children at 4-5 years. METHODS:We conducted a prospective coho...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Murcia M,Espada M,Julvez J,Llop S,Lopez-Espinosa MJ,Vioque J,Basterrechea M,Riaño I,González L,Alvarez-Pedrerol M,Tardón A,Ibarluzea J,Rebagliato M

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:To measure the geographical variation in prevalence of cardiovascular disease, risk factors, and their control in a nationally representative sample of older British women. METHODS:Baseline survey using general practitioner record review, a self completed questionnaire, research nurse interview, and physica...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lawlor DA,Bedford C,Taylor M,Ebrahim S

更新日期：2003-02-01 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: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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess the incidence of seroconversion and seroreversion in IgG antibodies to Helicobacter pylori within a 11 year observation period using these events as markers for acquisition and loss of the infection, respectively. DESIGN:Population based prospective cohort study. SETTING:Northern part of Co...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rosenstock S,Jørgensen T,Andersen L,Bonnevie O

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether people with more positive attitudes to ageing are biologically younger as defined by leucocyte telomere length, accelerated DNA methylation GrimAge (AgeAccelGrim) and brain-predicted age difference, and whether these biomarkers explain relationships between attitudes to ageing and morta...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： McLachlan KJJ,Cole JH,Harris SE,Marioni RE,Deary IJ,Gale CR

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perinatal mortality rates of mothers who delivered at St. Thomas's Hospital from 1969 to 1976 have been examined. The rate in the West Indian population was significant higher than in the United Kingdom white population. The increased West Indian mortality was confined to infants with a birth weight of more than 2...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Robinson MJ,Palmer SR,Avery A,James CE,Beynon JL,Taylor RW

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Differences in health, lifestyles, and use of health care between groups of varying ethnic origin can have important implications for preventive and curative health care. This paper studies whether socioeconomic factors explain ethnic differences in these outcomes. DESIGN:Data on health status, lifestyles, a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Reijneveld SA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Rose Angina Questionnaire (RAQ) was constructed in the 1960s for assessing the population burden of angina. Studies have found that screening positivity by RAQ conferred an elevated risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). It is, however, not clear to what extent Rose angina represents early CHD in relative...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Graff-Iversen S,Wilsgaard T,Mathiesen EB,Njølstad I,Løchen ML

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of consanguinity on children's health. DESIGN:The study is a prospective survey from birth to five years of a cohort of babies born in a multiracial community. This report details the initial findings on consanguinity. SETTING:Participating familie...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bundey S,Alam H,Kaur A,Mir S,Lancashire RJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most direct way in which climate change is expected to affect public health relates to changes in mortality rates associated with exposure to ambient temperature. Many countries worldwide experience annual heat-related and cold-related deaths associated with current weather patterns. Future changes in cl...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hajat S,Vardoulakis S,Heaviside C,Eggen B

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relative importance of perceived health and health related lifestyle in adolescence in the production of educational differences. DESIGN:A longitudinal study: survey data from 1981 and 1985 linked with Educational Registry data from 1993. SETTING:The whole of Finland. PARTICIPANTS:A represent...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Koivusilta L,Rimpelä A,Rimpelä M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the causes of poor mental health in early childhood and adolescence is important as this can be a significant determinant of mental well-being in later years. One potential and relatively unexplored factor is residential mobility in formative years. Previous studies have been relatively small a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Tseliou F,Maguire A,Donnelly M,O'Reilly D

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Innovative strategies beyond the health system are required to reduce the prevalence of smoking. Early child development interventions are examples of interventions that can help set children on positive social and educational trajectories, which in turn may also reduce the prevalence of smoking. The aim of ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： D'Onise K,Lynch JW,McDermott RA

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：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 OBJECTIVES:To estimate the cost per woman participating in a mammographic screening programme, and to describe methods for measuring costs. DESIGN:Expenditure, resource usage, and throughput were monitored over a 12 month period. Unit costs for each phase of the screening process were estimated and linked with t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hurley SF,Livingston PM,Thane N,Quang L

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In Italy the law on industrial risk has emphasised the necessity of building a local information process to answer people's questions on safety and provide greater community participation in risk management. The aim of this research is to analyse the local population's ideas and expectations of a participator...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mereu A,Sardu C,Minerba L,Sotgiu A,Contu P

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Two competing hypotheses, cumulative advantage/disadvantage and age-as-leveller, have been proposed to explain the contradictory findings on socioeconomic differences in health over the lifespan. To test these hypotheses, this investigation examined the influence of educational attainment and material condit...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hu Y,Pikhart H,Pająk A,Kubínová R,Malyutina S,Besala A,Peasey A,Marmot M,Bobak M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Examine the association between county occupational structure, services availability, prevalence of risk factors, and coronary mortality rates by sex, for 1980-96, in New York state. DESIGN:New York's 62 counties were classified into three occupational structure categories; counties with the lowest per...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Armstrong DL,Strogatz D,Wang R

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) is a new programme designed to reduce disease burden to the individual and economic burden to the society of common mental health problems (CMHP). This is the first study to look at the impact of IAPT on health service utilisation and sickness absence using ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： de Lusignan S,Chan T,Parry G,Dent-Brown K,Kendrick T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 30 years ago, the older of us published a paper with the proposal that all scientific papers should start with a statement along the lines of: "These are the opinions on which I base my facts". Why pretend? To take a topical example, if you are on the nature side of the nature/nurture debates, is it likely t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Marmot M,Friel S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have examined the causal relationship between transport mode and body mass index (BMI). METHODS:We examined between-person differences and within-person changes in BMI by transport mode over four time points between 2007 and 2013. Data were from the How Areas in Brisbane Influence HealTh and AcT...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Turrell G,Hewitt BA,Rachele JN,Giles-Corti B,Busija L,Brown WJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00