Migraine and non-migrainous headaches. A community survey in Jerusalem.

abstract：:Eight hundred and ninety-nine men were studied, aged 16-65 inclusive, who underwent an elective inguinal herniorrhaphy during 1970 and 1971 in eight hospitals in Wessex, and under nine consultant surgeons. There was a significant variation in postoperative inpatient stay and total sickness absence between hospitals an...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Griffiths M,Oblin ME,Acheson ED

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effects of neighbourhood level socioeconomic status (SES) and convenience store concentration on individual level smoking, after consideration of individual level characteristics. DESIGN:Individual sociodemographic characteristics and smoking were obtained from five cross sectional surveys (19...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Chuang YC,Cubbin C,Ahn D,Winkleby MA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer is one of the most common gynaecological neoplasms, especially in industrialised countries. The aetiology of the disease is not well understood, except that inherited mutations in the breast cancer genes BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 account for up to 10% of all cases, and child-bearing, oral contraceptive use and ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Langseth H,Hankinson SE,Siemiatycki J,Weiderpass E

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:A self-rating measure of stigma and several supplementary questions were devised in order to assess perceived stigma in a community survey of the quality of life in 420 rectal cancer patients, of whom 265 had a permanent colostomy. Half the patients felt stigmatised, higher proportions being observed among younger pat...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： MacDonald LD,Anderson HR

更新日期：1984-12-01 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:Adolescent drinking in Western countries has been associated with older age and high socioeconomic status, but the association with family structure was inconsistent. METHODS:In a 2012-2013 school-based survey in Hong Kong, 23,096 students (mean age 14.7 years, SD 1.8 years) completed an anonymous questionn...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Huang R,Ho SY,Wang MP,Lo WS,Lam TH

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:Public health advocacy is the strategic use of news media to advance a public policy initiative, often in the face of opposition. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Chapman S

更新日期：2004-05-01 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 OBJECTIVE:To explore the role of history in public health and its relevance to current practice and professional development. DESIGN:An analysis of the issues surrounding the poor attention paid to the history of public health by its current practitioners. SETTING:The paper is written from the perspective of pr...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Scally G,Womack J

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco smoke pollution (TSP) has major negative effects on infant health. Our objectives were to determine the effectiveness of a brief primary care intervention directed at parents who smoke in reducing babies' TSP exposure, and to establish variables related to greater exposure. METHOD:A multicentre, ope...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ortega Cuelva G,Cabezas Peña C,Almeda Ortega J,Saez Zafra M,Ballvé Moreno JL,Pascual Esteban JA,Castellà Cuesta C,Martín-Cantera C,Saltó Cerezuela E,Casademont Pou RM,Díaz Alvarez E,Lozano Fernandez J,Morera Jordán C,Valverde T

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare the costs and effects of routine mammography screening by a single mediolateral-oblique view and two views (mediolateral-oblique plus craniocaudal) of each breast. DESIGN:A cost effectiveness analysis of a prospective non-randomised trial comparing one and two view mammography screening was ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bryan S,Brown J,Warren R

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A reduction in sex ratio at live birth has been proposed as a sentinel health indicator that can be used to monitor the health of populations. OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that a lower sex ratio is associated with adverse national population health using the prevalences of HIV and tuberculosis as measur...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Shifotoka A,Fogarty AW

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inconsistent results have been found on the association between air pollution and stroke mortality. Additionally, evidence on people who are potentially sensitive to air pollution-associated stroke mortality is limited. METHODS:Daily stroke mortality of adults aged over 65 between 2003 and 2008 in Shanghai,...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Qian Y,Zhu M,Cai B,Yang Q,Kan H,Song G,Jin W,Han M,Wang C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse time trends in overweight and obesity from 1991 to 2000 in samples of German children and to test the hypothesis of a trend difference between the samples from East and West Germany during this time period. DESIGN:Repeated cross-sectional studies using data of 35,434 five to seven-year-old childre...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Apfelbacher CJ,Cairns J,Bruckner T,Möhrenschlager M,Behrendt H,Ring J,Krämer U

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this paper is to give an overview and comparison of different easily applicable statistical techniques to analyse recurrent event data. SETTING:These techniques include naive techniques and longitudinal techniques such as Cox regression for recurrent events, generalised estimating equati...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Twisk JW,Smidt N,de Vente W

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lower blood folate levels have been associated with depression in cross-sectional surveys, but no studies have examined the relationship prospectively to determine whether the relationship is causal. A follow-up study was designed to examine whether lower blood folate levels predict incident depressive sympt...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kendrick T,Dunn N,Robinson S,Oestmann A,Godfrey K,Cooper C,Inskip H,Southampton Women's Survey Study Group.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to identify any social class differences in health and care in the year before death emerging from a wider study of life before death. DESIGN AND SETTING:Data were collected at interviews, mainly of close relatives, with those who knew most about the people's lives in the year before they d...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cartwright A

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer screening in the USA is suboptimal, particularly for individuals living in vulnerable communities. This study aimed to understand how rurality and racial segregation are independently and interactively associated with cancer screening and cancer fatalism. METHODS:We used data from a nationally repres...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Moss JL,Ehrenkranz R,Perez LG,Hair BY,Julian AK

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the use of deprivation indices in relation to health. DESIGN:This paper reviews selected publications which illustrate the diversity of use of deprivation indices in the past decade. Most of this work is based in the major routine databases which exist in this country: the census, population...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Carstairs V

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:A commonly used estimate of a screening test's sensitivity, based on the prevalence at screening and the incidence of interval cancers, is shown to be logically unsound and quantitatively poor. An alternative simple estimate is proposed, based only on incidence rates. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Day NE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate and evaluate published data on cost effectiveness of cholesterol lowering interventions, and how this information could be interpreted in a rational approach of cholesterol management in general practice. DESIGN:A systematic review of the literature. SETTING:No restriction on setting. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： van der Weijden T,Knottnerus JA,Ament AJ,Stoffers HE,Grol RP

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The adverse health and environmental effects of poor housing quality are well established. A central requirement for evidence-based policies and programmes to improve housing standards is a valid, reliable and practical way of measuring housing quality that is supported by policy agencies, the housing sector...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Keall M,Baker MG,Howden-Chapman P,Cunningham M,Ormandy D

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Health inequalities can be observed in early life as unfavourable birth outcomes. Evidence indicates that neighbourhood socioeconomic circumstances influence health. However, studies looking into temporal trends in inequalities in birth outcomes including neighbourhood socioeconomic conditions are scarce. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bertens LCM,Burgos Ochoa L,Van Ourti T,Steegers EAP,Been JV

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An association between socioeconomic status (SES) and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been found for younger and middle-aged individuals, but studies of this relationship in elderly populations are rare. METHODS:In a population-based cohort in southern Germany (KORA S4/F4: 1223 subjects...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kowall B,Rathmann W,Strassburger K,Meisinger C,Holle R,Mielck A

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To compare in-hospital mortality for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) between metropolitan and non-metropolitan hospitals after adjustment for patients' severity; to examine the role of the use of effective cardiac medications in the possible mortality difference between these types of hospital. DESI...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Vu HD,Heller RF,Lim LL,D'Este C,O'Connell RL

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00