A preliminary study of excess mortality using a psychiatric case register.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:There is widespread consensus on the need for better indicators of the effectiveness of healthcare. We carried out an analysis of the validity of amenable mortality as an indicator of the effectiveness of healthcare, focusing on the potential use in routine surveillance systems of between-coun...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mackenbach JP,Hoffmann R,Khoshaba B,Plug I,Rey G,Westerling R,Pärna K,Jougla E,Alfonso J,Looman C,McKee M

更新日期：2013-02-01 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:Recent studies have emphasised the multidimensional nature of the social capital concept, but it is not known whether the health effects of social capital vary by dimension. The objective of this study was to examine the vertical component (ie, respectful and trusting relationships across power differentials...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Oksanen T,Kouvonen A,Vahtera J,Virtanen M,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, there are over 24 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have fled their homes due to violence and insecurity but who remain within their own country. There have been up to 2 million IDPs in northern Uganda alone. The objective of this study was to investigate factors associated with menta...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Roberts B,Felix Ocaka K,Browne J,Oyok T,Sondorp E

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To describe the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in patients with sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and to determine the role of sexual transmission of HBV infection in Singapore. DESIGN:A cross sectional study of all consecutive men p...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Heng BH,Goh KT,Chan R,Chew SK,Doraisingham S,Quek GH

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the extent of intrapartum intervention received by primigravidas. DESIGN:Cross sectional survey of NHS hospitals in the UK. SETTING:One hundred and one randomly selected hospital maternity units. PARTICIPANTS:Forty consecutive primigravid women, judged to be at low risk at the start of l...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Williams FL,Florey CV,Ogston SA,Patel NB,Howie PW,Tindall VR

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although physical activity is associated with health-related quality of life (HRQL), the nature of the dose-response relationship remains unclear. OBJECTIVES:To examine the concurrent and prospective dose-response relationships between total physical activity (TPA) and (only) walking with HRQL in two age co...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Heesch KC,van Uffelen JG,van Gellecum YR,Brown WJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the extent to which the justice of decision-making procedures and interpersonal relationships is associated with smoking. SETTING:10 municipalities and 21 hospitals in Finland. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS:Cross-sectional data derived from the Finnish Public Sector Study were analysed with logistic re...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kouvonen A,Vahtera J,Elovainio M,Cox SJ,Cox T,Linna A,Virtanen M,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate methods for calculating life expectancy in small areas, for example, English electoral wards. DESIGN:The Monte Carlo method was used to simulate the distribution of life expectancy (and its standard error) estimates for 10 alternative life table models. The models were combinations of Chian...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Eayres D,Williams ES

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare group classification of cardiovascular risk by two compound laboratory indices with classification according to the serum total cholesterol concentration alone. DESIGN:Healthy employees were defined as low and high cardiovascular risk subjects according to their total cholesterol concentration or ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Berg JE,Høstmark AT

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire relating to smoking habits, respirator symptoms, and health attitudes was administered to 10 498 secondary schoolchildren in 1975. The results reported in this paper indicate that children who smoke regularly have a higher prevalence of upper respiratory tract infections and a higher incidence of the r...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rawbone RG,Keeling CA,Jenkins A,Guz A

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of cancer through emergency presentation is associated with poorer prognosis. While reductions in emergency presentations have been described, whether known sociodemographic inequalities are changing is uncertain. METHODS:We analysed 'Routes to Diagnosis' data on patients aged ≥25 years diagnosed ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Herbert A,Abel GA,Winters S,McPhail S,Elliss-Brookes L,Lyratzopoulos G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality risk is lower in married than in unmarried men and women. However, little is known about the association between mortality and relationship status in South Africa where marriage rates are low, migration is common, many couples are not co-resident and HIV prevalence is high. METHOD:Using demographi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Channon M,Hosegood V,McGrath N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence from longitudinal studies on the influence of neighbourhood socioeconomic factors in older age on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is limited. We aimed to investigate the prospective association of neighbourhood-level deprivation in later life with CVD mortality, and assess the underlying role...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ramsay SE,Morris RW,Whincup PH,Subramanian SV,Papacosta AO,Lennon LT,Wannamethee SG

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is important to understand the local burden of non-communicable diseases including within-country heterogeneity. The aim of this study was to characterise hypertension and type-2 diabetes profiles across different Peruvian geographical settings emphasising the assessment of modifiable risk factors. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bernabé-Ortiz A,Carrillo-Larco RM,Gilman RH,Checkley W,Smeeth L,Miranda JJ,CRONICAS Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to explore the impact of mid-life income and old-age pensions on the risk of mortality in later life. Furthermore, the study explored whether income inequalities in old-age mortality can be explained by differences in early childhood development, social class during childhood, educa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Fors S,Modin B,Koupil I,Vågerö D

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Understanding causes of variation in birth weight has been limited by lack of sufficient sets of data that include paternal birth weight. The objective was to estimate risks of low birth weight dependent on parental birth weights and to estimate father-mother-offspring correlations for birth weight to e...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Magnus P,Gjessing HK,Skrondal A,Skjaerven R

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Earlier investigations have shown mortality effects of community socio-economic resources. However, the sex differences have not been clear, and the estimates may well have been biased because of inadequate control for community factors affecting both the socio-economic resources and mortality. The objective...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kravdal O

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Sociodemographic differentials in cancer survival have occasionally been studied by using a relative survival approach, where all cause mortality among persons with a cancer diagnosis is compared with that among similar persons without such a diagnosis ("normal" mortality). One should ideally take into...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kravdal Ø

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the representativeness of survey participants by systematically comparing volunteers in a national health and sexuality survey with the Australian population in terms of self reported health status (including the SF-36) and a wide range of demographic characteristics. DESIGN:A cross sectional...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Purdie DM,Dunne MP,Boyle FM,Cook MD,Najman JM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efforts to end preventable newborn deaths will fail if the poor are not reached with effective interventions. To understand what works to reach vulnerable groups, we describe and explain the uptake of a highly effective community-based newborn health intervention across social strata in Asia and Africa. MET...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Houweling TA,Morrison J,Alcock G,Azad K,Das S,Hossen M,Kuddus A,Lewycka S,Looman CW,Magar BB,Manandhar DS,Akter M,Dube AL,Rath S,Saville N,Sen A,Tripathy P,Costello A,EquiNaM group.

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most existing studies on maternal employment and childhood overweight/obesity are from the USA. They are predominantly cross-sectional and show a consistent linear association between the two. Less is known about the joint impact of fathers' and mothers' work hours on childhood overweight and obesity. OBJEC...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Li J,Kaiser T,Pollmann-Schult M,Strazdins L

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A world divided by health inequalities poses ethical challenges for global health. International and national responses to health disparities must be rooted in ethical values about health and its distribution; this is because ethical claims have the power to motivate, delineate principles, duties and respons...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ruger JP

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:It is increasingly recognised that different dimensions of social inequality may be linked to health by different pathways. Furthermore, factors operating at the individual level such as employment conditions may affect health in a different way from household level factors. The paper examines the assoc...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Chandola T,Bartley M,Wiggins R,Schofield P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to report on the extent to which death certificates which specify that death occurred in hospital can be matched and linked with routine hospital inpatient information systems. DESIGN:The study involved linkage of hospital records which specified that death occurred in hospital to correspon...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Henderson J,Goldacre MJ,Griffith M,Simmons H

更新日期：1992-06-01 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:This study investigates social inequalities in self-rated health dynamics for working-aged adults in four nations, representing distinct welfare regime types. The aims are to describe average national trajectories of self-rated health over a 7-year period, identify social determinants of cross-sectional and ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Sacker A,Worts D,McDonough P

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00