The impact of 20 mph traffic speed zones on inequalities in road casualties in London.

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper aims at assessing the effectiveness of the package of road safety measures implemented after road safety was included in the political agenda in the year 2004 on the number of road traffic-injured people in Spain. METHODS:An evaluation study was performed using an interrupted time-series design. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Novoa AM,Pérez K,Santamariña-Rubio E,Marí-Dell'Olmo M,Cozar R,Ferrando J,Peiró R,Tobías A,Zori P,Borrell C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To develop a self administered Chinese (mainland) version of the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) for use in health related quality of life measurements in China. DESIGN:A three stage protocol was followed including translation, tests of scaling construction and scoring assumptions, validation, and nor...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Li L,Wang HM,Shen Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:Research has demonstrated associations between smoking and reading skills, but other literacy skills such as speaking, listening and numeracy are less studied despite our dependence on the use of numbers and the oral exchange to deliver information on the risks of smoking. METHODS:The authors used multivari...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Martin LT,Haas A,Schonlau M,Derose KP,Rosenfeld L,Rudd R,Buka SL

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To describe the differences in health behaviours in disparate marital status groups and to estimate the extent to which these can explain differences in health associated with marital status. DESIGN:Baseline data of a prospective cohort study were used. Directly age standardised percentages of each mar...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Joung IM,Stronks K,van de Mheen H,Mackenbach JP

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ottawa Charter has exerted a great deal of influence on the public health debate and on health promotion practices over the last 25 years. The Charter shifted the main focus from individual risk behaviours to social determinants of health, and introduced innovative strategies such as participatory processes and em...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bacigalupe A,Esnaola S,Martín U,Zuazagoitia J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lifestyle factors in combination have been hypothesised to be associated with the prevention of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and mortality among individuals with T2D. The aim was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to quantify the association between lifestyle indices and incident T2D as well as mort...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Schlesinger S,Neuenschwander M,Ballon A,Nöthlings U,Barbaresko J

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to examine the possible influence of social class on the prevalence of cerebral palsy. DESIGN:The study was a retrospective population based survey of all cases of cerebral palsy. SETTING:The study involved all cases of cerebral palsy born to residents in the Eastern Health Bo...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Dowding VM,Barry C

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：:A study of the elderly living in the community and in institutional care in the Leeds Metropolitan District is outlined. Four populations of persons aged 65 and over were examined: those living in their own homes; in sheltered housing; in social services aged persons' hostels (Part III accommodation); and in hospitals...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： McDonnell H,Long AF,Harrison BJ,Oldman C

更新日期：1979-09-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:To investigate associations between measures of neighbourhood social and material environment and self rated health. DESIGN:New contextual measures added to cross sectional study of a sample of people from the Health Survey for England and the Scottish Health Survey to provide multilevel data. PARTICIPANTS...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cummins S,Stafford M,Macintyre S,Marmot M,Ellaway A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity implies costs not only for the individual but also for society. The authors explore the opinions of stakeholders on the potential of taxes or subsidies, as measures for tackling obesity in Europe. METHODS:Structured interviews were conducted using Multicriteria Mapping, a computer-based, decision-su...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： González-Zapata LI,Alvarez-Dardet C,Millstone E,Clemente-Gómez V,Holdsworth M,Ortiz-Moncada R,Lobstein T,Sarri K,De Marchi B,Horvath KZ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immigrants are at a higher risk of poor mental and physical health. Regular participation in physical activity (PA) and low levels of sedentary time are beneficial for both these aspects of health. The aim was to investigate levels and trends in domain-specific PA and sedentary behaviour in the US. immigrant...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kim H,Cao C,Grabovac I,López Sánchez GF,Rana B,Jacob L,Koyanagi A,Veronese N,Yang L,Smith L

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders are common diseases, but little is known about familial clustering in these diseases. This is, to our knowledge, the first systematic family study carried out on these diseases. METHODS:Familial risks for siblings who were hospitalised for nerve, nerve root and plexus ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hemminki K,Li X,Sundquist K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of unfairness on incident coronary events and health functioning. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. Unfairness, sociodemographics, established coronary risk factors (high serum cholesterol, hypertension, obesity, exercise, smoking and alcohol consumption) and other psychosocial work cha...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： De Vogli R,Ferrie JE,Chandola T,Kivimäki M,Marmot MG

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exponential model based on the infectious disease model of Kermack and McKendrick has been simplified to illustrate how the use of heroin spreads in epidemic fashion. A numerical simulation is arranged to show how the dynamics of spread are influenced by the original number of users, rates of conversion, and time o...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mackintosh DR,Stewart GT

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association of sexual problems with social, physical, and psychological problems. DESIGN:An anonymous postal questionnaire survey. SETTING:Four general practices in England. PARTICIPANTS:789 men and 979 women responding to a questionnaire sent to a stratified random sample of the a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Dunn KM,Croft PR,Hackett GI

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol policies around the world seek to delay the initiation of drinking. This is partly based on the influential idea that earlier initiation is likely to cause adult alcohol problems. This study synthesises robust evidence for this proposition. METHODS:Systematic review of prospective cohort studies in ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Maimaris W,McCambridge J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dangerous distortion of priorities seems to be currently apparent in the dominant approaches to major public health problems, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer and some infectious diseases. Relevant examples suggest an apparently inappropriate tendency to prioritise technocratic, partial so...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Carlos S,de Irala J,Hanley M,Martínez-González MÁ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross sectional data from a survey of 2512 men aged 45-49 years were used to examine the confounding effects of heart rate, employment, and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) on the relation between cereal fibre intake and blood pressure. Daily cereal fibre intake (g/day) was associated with systolic pressure (r = -0.053, ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lichtenstein MJ,Burr ML,Fehily AM,Yarnell JW

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Interest in the effects of neighbourhood or local area social characteristics on health has increased in recent years, but to date the existing evidence has not been systematically reviewed. Multilevel or contextual analyses of social factors and health represent a possible reconciliation between two divergent ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Pickett KE,Pearl M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about how diet-related and activity-related amenities relate to residential location behaviour. Understanding these relationships is essential for addressing residential self-selection bias. METHODS:Using 25 years (6 examinations) of data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Ad...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rummo PE,Guilkey DK,Shikany JM,Reis JP,Gordon-Larsen P

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Observational studies have linked work-family issues with cigarette consumption. This study examined the 6-month effects on cigarette consumption of a work-family supportive organisational intervention among nursing home workers. METHODS:Group randomised controlled trial where 30 nursing homes across New En...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hurtado DA,Okechukwu CA,Buxton OM,Hammer L,Hanson GC,Moen P,Klein LC,Berkman LF

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been claimed that unemployment affects the health and thus the mortality of the unemployed, their families, and other members of their communities. This paper examines the relation between mortality and the unemployment experiences of small areas which vary in the extent to which their unemployment levels have ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Charlton JR,Bauer R,Thakhore A,Silver R,Aristidou M

更新日期：1987-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the eventual extra loss of life incurred to cancer patients in Estonia compared with those in Sweden that was possibly attributable to differences in society. DESIGN:Population based survival of cancer patients in Estonia was compared with that of Estonian immigrants to Sweden and that of all can...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Nilsson B,Gustavson-Kadaka E,Hakulinen T,Aareleid T,Rahu M,Dyba T,Rotstein S

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00