Community wide outbreak of hepatitis A linked to children in day care centres and with increased transmission in young adult men in Florida 1988-9.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have examined the causal relationship between transport mode and body mass index (BMI). METHODS:We examined between-person differences and within-person changes in BMI by transport mode over four time points between 2007 and 2013. Data were from the How Areas in Brisbane Influence HealTh and AcT...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Turrell G,Hewitt BA,Rachele JN,Giles-Corti B,Busija L,Brown WJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Much of the UK government's 1999 report on teenage pregnancy was by necessity based on rather old or non-longitudinal research. AIM:To examine the associations between risk factors identified in the report and pregnancy at or before age 16 years among young women and partners of young men using the more rec...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Allen E,Bonell C,Strange V,Copas A,Stephenson J,Johnson AM,Oakley A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:There is little information on the potential benefit of immunising all patients with chronic lung disease in the community against influenza. The clinical effectiveness and economic benefit was established of the influenza vaccination programme in a general practice based cohort of adult patients with c...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hak E,van Essen GA,Buskens E,Stalman W,de Melker RA

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Several studies have reported an association between income inequality and increased mortality, but few have used net income data, controlled for individual income, or evaluated sensitivity to the choice of inequality measure. The study tested the hypotheses that people in regions of Britain with the gr...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Weich S,Lewis G,Jenkins SP

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:Identification of features of the neighbourhood physical environment that have a causal association with positive child development is important for promoting long-term developmental health. Previous research on these associations have been conducted at the neighbourhood level, and do not account for individ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bell MF,Turrell G,Beesley B,Boruff B,Trapp G,Zubrick SR,Christian HE

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether occupational social class and area deprivation are independently associated with the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) conditions after adjustment for smoking status. DESIGN:Stratified multistage random sample analysed using multilevel logistic regression. PARTICIPANTS:8804 a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Leyland AH

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of deprivation, crowding, maternal smoking, and breast feeding on morbidity from wheeze and diarrhoea in the first six months after birth. DESIGN:A geographically located population survey using maternal responses on self completion questionnaires. SETTING:The three health distri...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Baker D,Taylor H,Henderson J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Home Office has recently published estimates which, for the first time, provide a "robust national estimate" of the number of problematic drug users in England. The 2004/05 and 2005/06 estimates are the highest estimates ever produced for England and coincide with the highest ever government annual expen...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Frisher M,Forsyth A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are substantial socioeconomic inequalities in functional limitations in old age. Resilience may offer new insights into these inequalities by identifying constellations of factors that protect some individuals from developing functional limitations despite socioeconomic adversity. METHODS:Data from 19...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kok AAL,Stafford M,Cosco TD,Huisman M,Deeg D,Kuh D,Cooper R

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the association between physical neighbourhood stressors and smoking, and the contribution of these stressors to neighbourhood and individual socioeconomic inequalities in smoking. METHODS:Data were analysed of participants of the baseline measurement of the Dutch GLOBE study (1991), aged 20 years...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： van Lenthe FJ,Mackenbach JP

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prompted by my participation in the People's Climate March held in New York City on 21 September 2014, as part of the 'Harvard Divest' contingent, in this brief essay I reflect on the late 20th century development of--and debates over--the necessity of ecological thinking in epidemiology, and also the still limited en...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Krieger N

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social position is known to play a role in the quality of ageing, notably through the stimulation/dysregulation of key physiological systems in response to external stresses. Using data from one wave of Understanding Society including 9088 participants, we defined, as an extension of the allostatic load, a synthetic B...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Karimi M,Castagné R,Delpierre C,Albertus G,Berger E,Vineis P,Kumari M,Kelly-Irving M,Chadeau-Hyam M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although exposure to peer and family violence is a documented risk factor for adolescent dating violence, less is known about the relationship between violent crime exposure and dating violence victimisation. METHODS:Participants in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n = 4794) aged 13-17 ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Spriggs AL,Halpern CT,Martin SL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To develop a cross disciplinary literature search methodology for conducting systematic reviews of all types of research investigating aspects of the built environment and the health of the public. DESIGN:The method was developed following a comprehensive search of literature in the area of housing and...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Weaver N,Williams JL,Weightman AL,Kitcher HN,Temple JM,Jones P,Palmer S

更新日期：2002-01-01 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:Whether or not, and how, health inequalities change throughout older age is currently under debate. The goal of this study was to assess the net impact of education, occupational class, income and wealth on frailty trajectories among older adults in Continental Europe. METHODS:We modelled frailty index traj...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Stolz E,Mayerl H,Waxenegger A,Rásky É,Freidl W

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A highly sensitive and simple screening procedure is required for early detection of low birthweight and small for gestational age, especially in developing countries. METHODS:A meta-analysis was performed to evaluate use of symphysis-fundal height for prediction of low birthweight and small for gestational...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Goto E

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure the geographical variation in prevalence of cardiovascular disease, risk factors, and their control in a nationally representative sample of older British women. METHODS:Baseline survey using general practitioner record review, a self completed questionnaire, research nurse interview, and physica...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lawlor DA,Bedford C,Taylor M,Ebrahim S

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV incidence estimates are crucial in understanding and predicting the HIV/AIDS epidemic and identifying sub-populations and regions most at risk for the epidemic. However, incidence estimation is a challenge due to the nature of the disease and type of data available. This paper aims to present a simple an...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rajan SS,Sokal D

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality, incidence of most diseases, and prevalence of adverse health behaviours follow an inverse gradient with social class. Many proxies for socioeconomic status (SES) exist; however, each bears a different relation to health outcomes, probably following a different aetiological pathway. Additionally, d...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Butterfield MC,Williams AR,Beebe T,Finnie D,Liu H,Liesinger J,Sloan J,Wheeler PH,Yawn B,Juhn YJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:This study examined the prevalence of body dissatisfaction as a function of individual level and neighbourhood level indicators of affluence. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING:A subset of data from a larger random digit dialling telephone survey was used to obtain individual level data on body dissatisfaction, ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： McLaren L,Gauvin L

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：: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：:Infant mortality rates vary from area to area. Part of this variation is due to the socioeconomic characteristics of the area and part to other factors including the obstetric, paediatric, and community health services. Four social indicators associated with infant deaths are used to control for some of the variations...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bradshaw J,Edwards H,Lawton D,Staden F,Weale J,Weekes A

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Avoidable Mortality (AM) describes causes of death that should not occur in the presence of high-quality and timely medical treatment and from causes that can be influenced at least in part by public policy/behaviour. This study analyses black-white disparities in AM. METHODS:Mortality under age 65 was anal...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Macinko J,Elo IT

更新日期：2009-09-01 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