Effects of the health service and environmental factors on infant mortality: the case of Sri Lanka.

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：:Much of the recent controversy surrounding the relation between fetal death and pregnancy order has centred around the appropriateness of different types of analyses. In the present paper the interpretation of various methods are discussed with reference to "real" and "hypothetical" data. The pattern of results obtain...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Roman E

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Injuries are an increasing child health concern and have become a leading cause of child mortality in the 1-4 years age group in many developing countries, including Bangladesh. METHODS:Household observations during 9 months of a community-based pilot of two supervision tools-a door barrier and a playpen-de...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Callaghan JA,Hyder AA,Khan R,Blum LS,Arifeen S,Baqui AH

更新日期：2010-07-01 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:Several models have been proposed to explain the association between ethnicity and health. It was investigated whether the association between Roma ethnicity and health is fully mediated by socioeconomic status in Hungary. METHODS:Comparative health interview surveys were performed in 2003-04 on representat...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Vokó Z,Csépe P,Németh R,Kósa K,Kósa Z,Széles G,Adány R

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess evidence for residential mobility in childhood having an adverse association with health outcomes through the life course. METHODS:A systematic search of medical and social sciences literature was undertaken to identify research defining residential mobility as an independent variable and in which ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Jelleyman T,Spencer N

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:A population based programme to educate women in breast self-examination (BSE) was organised as part of the UK Trial of Early Detection of Breast Cancer. Women who responded to an invitation to a meeting were educated in groups and were not routinely screened. Open access clinics offered x ray and clinical examination...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Flaherty C,Philip J,Harris WG,Joslin CA

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although trouble sleeping is a common problem among women at mid-life, patterns in trouble sleeping relating to social and health-related risk factors are unclear. This analysis describes the dynamics of trouble sleeping among women at mid-life. METHODS:The National Survey of Health and Development is a nat...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Tom SE,Kuh D,Guralnik JM,Mishra GD

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the characteristics of elderly populations associated with variations in their use of community health and personal social services and to test the hypotheses that the variations are related to: (a) the age structure of an elderly population; (b) the population's socioeconomic composition...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Warnes AM,Armstrong GK,Peters D

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper aims to assess whether 7-year-olds' physical activity is associated with family and area-level measures of the physical and socioeconomic environments. METHODS:We analysed the association of environments with physical activity in 6497 singleton children from the UK Millennium Cohort Study with re...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Pouliou T,Sera F,Griffiths L,Joshi H,Geraci M,Cortina-Borja M,Law C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to quantify the difference in precision of risk estimates in epidemiology between the situations where misclassification of exposure is corrected for by external validation and where it is corrected for by internal repeat measurement. Precision was measured in terms of the expected width of ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Duffy SW,Maximovitch DM,Day NE

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:A statistical test that allows for adjustment of confounding can be helpful for the study of seasonal patterns. The aim of this article is to supply a detailed description of such a method. An example of its application is given. DESIGN:A statistical test is presented that retains the information on th...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Stolwijk AM,Straatman H,Zielhuis GA

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between neighbourhood income inequality and depression, both overall and among those with different levels of income, in the post-disaster context. DESIGN:A representative cross sectional random digit dial telephone survey was conducted. SETTING:New York City (NYC) six month...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ahern J,Galea S

更新日期：2006-09-01 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

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:Social features of neighbourhood environments may influence smoking by creating a stressful environment or by buffering stress through social cohesion. However, the association of the overall neighbourhood social environment (NSE) with smoking, and the association of specific neighbourhood social factors wit...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mayne SL,Auchincloss AH,Moore KA,Michael YL,Tabb LP,Echeverria SE,Diez Roux AV

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of six income types (household post-government income, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development-weighted household post-government income, individual net income, corrected monthly household income and household net income from wages) on subjective health were compared in order to exa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Geyer S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study contributes robust evidence on the association between mental health and local crime rates by showing how changing exposure to small area-level crime relates to self-reported and administrative data on mental health. METHODS:The study sample comprised 112 251 adults aged 16-60 years, drawn from t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Baranyi G,Cherrie M,Curtis SE,Dibben C,Pearce J

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To raise compliance in a general practice based colorectal cancer screening programme by the use of a simple health educational leaflet. DESIGN:A randomised controlled trial of the leaflet's effect on completion of faecal occult blood tests. The leaflet explained the high frequency of colorectal cancer, the ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hart AR,Barone TL,Gay SP,Inglis A,Griffin L,Tallon CA,Mayberry JF

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the completion rate, internal reliability, and external validity of a home affluence scale based on adolescents' reports of material circumstances in the home as a measure of family socioeconomic status. DESIGN:Cross sectional survey. SETTING:Data were collected from a school based study in...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Wardle J,Robb K,Johnson F

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The extent to which patients undergoing elective surgery for orthopaedic disorders were incapacitated for work while they were on the waiting list and whether they were able to return to work after surgery were studied. DESIGN:This was a prospective cohort study of patients admitted to hospital for ele...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rossvoll I,Benum P,Bredland TR,Solstad K,Arntzen E,Jørgensen S

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is concern that increasing demand for student mental health services reflects deteriorating student well-being. We designed a pragmatic, parallel, single-blinded randomised controlled trial hypothesising that providing mindfulness courses to university students would promote their resilience to stress ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Galante J,Stochl J,Dufour G,Vainre M,Wagner AP,Jones PB

更新日期：2021-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Injuries have been recognised as important public health concerns, particularly among adolescents and young adults. Few studies have examined injuries using a multilevel perspective that addresses individual socioeconomic status (SES) and health behaviours and local socioeconomic conditions in early adolesce...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Schmidt S,Sparks PJ

更新日期：2018-06-01 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