Influenza surveillance: experiences from establishing a sentinel surveillance system in Germany.

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：: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：:Health equity is increasingly present as an overarching goal in public health policy frameworks across the globe. Public health actions to support health equity are challenging because solutions to the root causes of health inequities often lie outside of the health sector, and a specific role for environmental public...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rideout K,Oickle D

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to examine (1) trends concerning financial assistance from the national government to local governments, (2) trends regarding death rates and life expectancies among prefectures, and (3) the effect of the national financial adjustment policy in equalising both the reve...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Takano T,Nakamura K

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Average paternal age in the UK is increasing. The public health implications of this trend have not been widely anticipated or debated. This commentary aims to contribute to such a debate. Accumulated chromosomal aberrations and mutations occurring during the maturation of male germ cells are thought to be responsible...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bray I,Gunnell D,Davey Smith G

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Many economic factors are associated with diet, yet the evidence is generally cross-sectional. Older people are considered especially vulnerable to poor diets from negative changes to varied economic factors. This review extends current knowledge on known correlates to decipher actual economic deter...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Conklin AI,Maguire ER,Monsivais P

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adverse childhood socioeconomic conditions (SECs) in early life are associated with poor outcomes across the life course. However, the complex interrelationships between childhood SECs and ACEs are unclear, as are the consequences for health outcomes beyond child...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Straatmann VS,Lai E,Law C,Whitehead M,Strandberg-Larsen K,Taylor-Robinson D

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined the associations between socioeconomic trajectories from birth to adulthood and gestational age and birth size in the next generation, using linked data from two population-based birth cohorts carried out in a Brazilian city. By comparing socioeconomic trajectories of mothers and fathers, we atte...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Gigante DP,Horta BL,Matijasevich A,Mola CL,Barros AJ,Santos IS,Barros FC,Victora CG

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Literacy, the ability to access, understand and utilise information and concepts from diverse sources in ways that promote good outcomes is key to successful ageing. Domain-specific health and financial literacy are particularly relevant to older adults as they face increasingly complex health and financial ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lamar M,Wilson RS,Yu L,James BD,Stewart CC,Bennett DA,Boyle PA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the implementation of policy interventions to address open drug consumption, public injecting continues to occur in many urban settings. This study sought to examine public injecting among a community-recruited cohort of injecting drug users (IDUs) in Vancouver. METHODS:The prevalence and correlates...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： DeBeck K,Small W,Wood E,Li K,Montaner J,Kerr T

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：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 assess the effectiveness of a telephone reminder in increasing responses to postal surveys and to calculate the differential costs per completed questionnaire. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Australian university and rehabilitation medicine practice. PARTICIPANTS:The trial was conduct...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Salim Silva M,Smith WT,Bammer G

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To examine whether psychosocial factors at work are related to self rated health in post-communist countries. DESIGN AND SETTINGS:Random samples of men and women in five communities in four countries were sent a postal questionnaire (Poland, Czech Republic and Lithuania) or were invited to an intervie...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Pikhart H,Bobak M,Siegrist J,Pajak A,Rywik S,Kyshegyi J,Gostautas A,Skodova Z,Marmot M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to test a large set of childhood leukaemia and lymphoma registrations for the presence of short radius spacial clusters. DESIGN:The study was a geographical cluster analysis. SETTING:England, Wales and Scotland. PATIENTS:All registrations for leukaemia and lymphoma between 1966 and 1983 i...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Knox EG,Gilman E

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urban green spaces have been linked to different health benefits, but longitudinal studies on the effect of green spaces on mental health are sparse and evidence often inconclusive. Our objective was to study the effect of changes in green spaces in the residential environment on changes in mental health usi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Noordzij JM,Beenackers MA,Oude Groeniger J,Van Lenthe FJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the findings of this study is that regional variations in the infant mortality rates of Sri Lanka are large, ranging from 26 per 1000 live births in Jaffna to 91 per 1000 in Nuwara Eliya, a tea estate district. These differences are more strongly associated with regional variations in environmental determinants...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Patel M

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To estimate the incidence of occupational asthma seen by respiratory and occupational physicians in the UK in 1989 and 1990. DESIGN:New cases of occupational asthma were taken from a national reporting scheme, the Surveillance of Work-related and Occupational Respiratory Disease Project (SWORD). Estima...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Meredith S

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence of a link between sexual violence and HIV is growing; however, studies among children are scarce. The authors sought to characterise child sexual abuse in Harare, Zimbabwe, and explore its links with HIV and orphanhood. METHODS:Records for new clients attending a child sexual abuse clinic from July...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Birdthistle IJ,Floyd S,Mwanasa S,Nyagadza A,Gwiza E,Glynn JR

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the study was to examine adult body height as an indicator of general health. DESIGN:The study was a survey of a randomly selected sample of the adult Swedish population obtained by the Swedish National Central Bureau of Statistics. PARTICIPANTS:The sample studied was identified in 1980...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Peck AM,Vågerö DH

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are complex mixtures of persistent contaminants that are widespread in the environment. Newborns are exposed across the placenta and through breast feeding. Experimental animal studies have indicated that PCBs are neurotoxic. The neurological effects of these compounds on chi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ribas-Fitó N,Sala M,Kogevinas M,Sunyer J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To examine the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and risk of frailty, and to assess whether behavioural and clinical factors (BCF) mediate this association. METHODS:Cohort of 1857 non-institutionalised individuals aged ≥ 60 years recruited in 2008-2010 and followed through 2012. Education, occu...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Soler-Vila H,García-Esquinas E,León-Muñoz LM,López-García E,Banegas JR,Rodríguez-Artalejo F

更新日期：2016-04-01 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: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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate age, period, and cohort effects on functional status. DESIGN:A prospective cohort study with measurements in 1981, 1990, and 1996. SETTING:Three municipalities in north east Finland. PARTICIPANTS:A regionally representative sample of 19 to 63 year old men and women was drawn from the c...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Malmberg JJ,Miilunpalo SI,Vuori IM,Pasanen ME,Oja P,Haapanen-Niemi NA

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A random sample of 617 primiparas was identified from birth notifications over a 12 month period and 534 of these were interviewed four weeks after confinement. Those breast feeding at the time of interview were contacted again at four months and those still breast feeding then were contacted at six and a half months....

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Wright HJ,Walker PC

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:While many epidemiological studies have shown that low outdoor temperatures are associated with increased rates of hospitalisation and mortality (especially for respiratory or cardiovascular disease), very few studies have looked at the association between indoor temperatures and health. Such studies are c...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Pierse N,Arnold R,Keall M,Howden-Chapman P,Crane J,Cunningham M,Heating Housing and Health Study Group.

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00