Assessing housing quality and its impact on health, safety and sustainability.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the cost effectiveness of a community based exercise programme as a population wide public health intervention for older adults. DESIGN:Pragmatic, cluster randomised community intervention trial. SETTING:12 general practices in Sheffield; four randomly selected as intervention populations, and eig...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Munro JF,Nicholl JP,Brazier JE,Davey R,Cochrane T

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Organisational justice has been proposed as a new way to examine the impact of psychosocial work environment on employee health. This article studied the justice of interpersonal treatment by supervisors (the relational component of organisational justice) as a predictor of health. DESIGN:Prospective cohort ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kivimäki M,Ferrie JE,Head J,Shipley MJ,Vahtera J,Marmot MG

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The death of a young child is so devastating that it can increase the risk of mortality in the grieving parent. Little is known about the impact of an adult child's death on the health of parents. METHODS:The authors conducted a follow-up study between 1980 and 2002 based on a linked-registers database that...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rostila M,Saarela J,Kawachi I

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Light to moderate alcohol intake lowers the risk of cardiovascular mortality, but whether this protective effect can be attributed to a specific type of beverage remains unclear. Moreover, little is known about the effects of long-term alcohol intake on life expectancy. METHODS:The impact of long-term alcoh...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Streppel MT,Ocké MC,Boshuizen HC,Kok FJ,Kromhout D

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the protective effect of storing firearms locked or unloaded, or both, on the risk of suicide by firearms among people with relatively low intention to die. DESIGN AND SETTING:Cross sectional survey. The 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey of 22 957 deaths in the United States, representing...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Shenassa ED,Rogers ML,Spalding KL,Roberts MB

更新日期：2004-10-01 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:The aims were (1) to assess whether termination of pregnancy after prenatal screening by ultrasound affected the prevalence of congenital anomalies at birth, and (2) to examine the trend of this pattern over time. DESIGN:This study deals with congenital anomalies, possibly detectable prenatally or at b...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Julian-Reynier C,Philip N,Scheiner C,Aurran Y,Chabal F,Maron A,Gombert A,Aymé S

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Promoting walking and cycling as a part of everyday activity is seen as a strategy for tackling obesity and chronic disease. Policy needs to be based on evidence about people's views of walking and cycling as well as effects of interventions. METHODS:Studies of the views of children, young people and parent...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lorenc T,Brunton G,Oliver S,Oliver K,Oakley A

更新日期：2008-10-01 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: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：: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 evidence on mortality patterns by education in Spain comes from regional areas. This study aimed to estimate these patterns in the whole Spanish population. METHODS:All citizens aged 25 years and over and residing in Spain in 2001 were followed during 7 years to determine their vital status, resulting i...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Reques L,Giráldez-García C,Miqueleiz E,Belza MJ,Regidor E

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal variation in carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning during 1969-78 was examined using the monthly hospital admissions and environmental weather data from Seoul, Korea. The results showed that there were nine times as many cases of CO poisoning in December as in August. CO poisoning cases were significantly correlated...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kim YS

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to assess the risk of back symptoms in people admitted to hospital because of traffic accidents and falls. DESIGN:The study was a cross sectional survey with information collected by postal questionnaire. Main outcome measures were associations between hospital admission for a traffic accid...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Walsh K,Cruddas M,Coggon D

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality from congenital malformations by mother's country of birth was examined in England and Wales between the years 1976 and 1980, based on stillbirths and infant deaths. There were 18 870 stillbirths and infant deaths attributed to congenital malformations in this period, of which 2 375 (13%) were to mothers bor...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Balarajan R,McDowall M

更新日期：1985-06-01 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:Identification of features of the neighbourhood physical environment that have a causal association with positive child development is important for promoting long-term developmental health. Previous research on these associations have been conducted at the neighbourhood level, and do not account for individ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bell MF,Turrell G,Beesley B,Boruff B,Trapp G,Zubrick SR,Christian HE

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the short term health effects of improving housing. DESIGN:Randomised to waiting list. SETTING:119 council owned houses in south Devon, UK. PARTICIPANTS:About 480 residents of these houses. INTERVENTION:Upgrading houses (including central heating, ventilation, rewiring, insulation, and re-roofin...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Barton A,Basham M,Foy C,Buckingham K,Somerville M,Torbay Healthy Housing Group.

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:A recent study by Knox concludes that cases and "clusters" of two or more cases of childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma occur closer to many kinds of industrial installation than to supposedly comparable control locations. It is argued that these findings could be largely or entirely artefactual, the apparen...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bithell JF,Draper GJ

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate if job insecurity and poor labour market chances predict a decline in self-rated health in the Danish workforce. DESIGN:Job insecurity, labour market chances, self-rated health and numerous covariates were measured in 1809 women and 1918 men who responded to a questionnaire in 1995 and again i...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rugulies R,Aust B,Burr H,Bültmann U

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to assess the differences in suicide data obtained from different database sources. DESIGN:Death certificate based data on suicidal deaths were compared with the information obtained from the non-natural death investigation files at the Public Prosecutor's Office. SETTING:The study was con...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： van de Voorde H,Hooft P,Mulkers U

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While various measures of common mental disorders (CMD) have been found to be associated with mortality, a comparison of how different measures predict mortality may improve our understanding of the association. This paper compares how the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the 30-item General ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hannah MK,Batty GD,Benzeval M

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:Road traffic casualties show some of the widest socioeconomic differentials of any cause of morbidity or mortality, and as yet there is little evidence on what works to reduce them. This study quantified the current and potential future impact of the introduction of 20 mph zones on socioeconomic inequalities...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Steinbach R,Grundy C,Edwards P,Wilkinson P,Green J

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the context of fiscal austerity in many European welfare states, policy innovation often takes the form of 'social investment', a contested set of policies aimed at strengthening labour markets. Social investment policies include employment subsidies, skills training and job-finding services, early childh...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Morris KA,Beckfield J,Bambra C

更新日期：2019-03-01 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