Aspects of alienation and symptom load among adolescents.

abstract：Background:Low academic achievement has been associated with smoking but factors behind this association are poorly known. Such factors could include schoolwork disengagement and schoolwork difficulties. To assess the extent to which they contribute to the explanation of how health inequalities emerge, we study in a lo...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Minkkinen JL,Kinnunen JM,Karvonen S,Hotulainen RH,Lindfors PL,Rimpelä AH

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since 2006, banning smoking in cars with children has become a rapidly growing tobacco control policy. However, to date, there have been few studies examining support and correlates of support for car smoking bans, and none of the existing studies have been international in nature. We conducted such a study ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Hitchman SC,Fong GT,Zanna MP,Hyland A,Bansal-Travers M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Programmes to educate media professionals about suicide are increasingly established, but information about which suicide cases are most likely to be reported in the mass media is sparse. METHODS:We applied binomial tests to compare frequencies of social characteristics of all domestic suicides in the 13 la...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Niederkrotenthaler T,Till B,Herberth A,Voracek M,Kapusta ND,Etzersdorfer E,Strauss M,Sonneck G

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescent alcohol use varies across Europe. Differences in use might be due to variations in social drinking norms. These norms become apparent, e.g. in different proportions of alcohol drinking types per country. This study's purpose is to cluster European countries according to prevalence rates of alcohol...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Bräker AB,Soellner R

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient delay was investigated in a cohort of TB patients identified from May 1996 until April 1997 in 13 Autonomous Regions in Spain. The study covered almost 67% of the total Spanish population. METHODS:Data were collected from clinical records. Using unconditional logistic regression with two different c...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Díez M,Bleda MJ,Alcaide J,Caloto T,Castells C,Cardenal JI,Domínguez A,Gayoso P,Gutiérrez G,Huerta C,López MJ,Moreno T,Muñoz F,Navarro C,Picó M,Pozo F,Quirós JR,Robles F,Sánchez JM,Vanaclocha H,Vega T,Multicentre

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims at estimating the contribution of alcohol to socioeconomic mortality differentials in Sweden. METHODS:Data were obtained from a Census-linked Deaths Registry. Participants in the 1980 and 1990 censuses were included with a follow-up of mortality 1990-1995. Socioeconomic status was assigned f...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Hemström O

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kenya recently transitioned from a paper to an electronic system for recording and reporting of tuberculosis (TB) data. METHODS:During September-October 2013, the data quality of the new system was evaluated through an audit of data in paper source documents and in the national electronic system, and an ana...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Sharma A,Ndisha M,Ngari F,Kipruto H,Cain KP,Sitienei J,Bloss E

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol use has decreased among Swedish adolescents in the past few decades. We examined peer and parent factors (i.e. time spent with peers, time spent with parents and parental monitoring) that could contribute to explaining this trend by investigating their main effects and interaction effects with invest...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Kim Y,Evans BE,Hagquist C

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper addresses the extent to which equity of treatment according to need, as defined by self-reported health status, is received by members of ethnic minorities in Swedish health services. METHODS:The study was based on a multivariate analysis of cross-sectional data from the Swedish Survey of Living ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Hjern A,Haglund B,Persson G,Rosén M

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little information on potential differences in smoking behaviour of parents between Finland and Russia and on the effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure on allergic and respiratory diseases among Finnish and Russian children. The aim of the study was to compare the smoking behaviour o...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Hugg TT,Jaakkola MS,Ruotsalainen RO,Pushkarev VJ,Jaakkola JJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Roma people, the largest minority in Europe live in segregated communites in several countries. The size of the Roma population is based on estimations deriving from various sources, whereas only narrative accounts of their living conditions have been available. METHODS:A comprehensive environmental survey ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Kósa K,Daragó L,Adány R

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether the occurrence of violence changed among Finnish adolescents between 1999 and 2009. The study was based on the nationwide Adolescent Health and Lifestyle Survey from samples of 12- to 18-year-olds. The number of respondents was 8136 in 1999 and 5516 in 2009. The proportion of adolescents reporting ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Lindfors PL,Kivivuori JK,Mattila VM,Rimpelä AH

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Teenage pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of premature death. However, it is not known whether the outcome of pregnancy, i.e. induced abortion or childbirth, affects this risk. Methods:A Finnish population-based register study involving a cohort of 13 691 nulliparous teenagers who conceived in ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Jalanko E,Leppälahti S,Heikinheimo O,Gissler M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Do political parties matter to health? Do they affect population health either directly or through welfare states' social policies and the eligibility, affordability and quality of health systems? And if they do, how? These are crucial questions if we are to understand health politics or shape public health ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Falkenbach M,Bekker M,Greer SL

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Turkey initiated the 'Health Transformation Programme' (HTP) in 2003 to align its health care system with the European Union and OECD countries. This study investigates the impact of these reforms on the efficiency of public hospitals. Our study would contribute to the existing literature with a comprehensiv...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Sulku SN

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to examine the impact of women's characteristics (demographics, risk behaviour, and beliefs) on the uptake of cervical cancer screening, taking practice characteristics (demographic and organizational) into account. METHODS:Routinely collected data of screening status were sampled from elect...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Tacken MA,Braspenning JC,Hermens RP,Spreeuwenberg PM,van den Hoogen HJ,de Bakker DH,Groenewegen PP,Grol RP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bullying among children and adolescents is a public health concern; victimization is associated with psychological and physical health problems. The purpose of this study is to examine temporal trends in bullying victimization among school-aged children in Europe and North America. METHODS:Data were obtaine...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Chester KL,Callaghan M,Cosma A,Donnelly P,Craig W,Walsh S,Molcho M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies indicate that hearing loss have negative emotional implications also on spouses of the hearing impaired persons. We sought to assess the relationship between hearing impairment and spousal mental health in the general population. METHODS:Pure tone audiometry and questionnaires were administ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Ask H,Krog NH,Tambs K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A country's health expenditure significantly improves its population health status. This study aims to examine the determinants of health expenditure in dictatorships. METHODS:We designed a mixed methods research approach. First, we used panel data from 1995 to 2014 covering 99 countries (n = 1488). Fixed e...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Yan HT,Lin YC

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Health technology assessment and ethical issues have to be dealt with in deciding on national carrier screening for cystic fibrosis (CF)-the most frequent severe autosomal recessive disease in Caucasian populations and several stakeholders need to be involved. A citizens' jury is one way to ask citizens to d...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Mosconi P,Colombo C,Roberto A,Candiani G,Greco MT,Satolli R,Castellani C

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence makes use of registers to collect data for technologies that require more evidence to inform future decision-making. This is particularly so for the Interventional Procedures Programme, which since 2003 has produced guidance for procedures that are typical...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Mandeville KL,Patrick H,McKenna T,Harris K

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The types and quantity of non-response in surveys influence the extent to which the results may be generalized. This study analysed trends in non-response in the Danish Health Interview Surveys from 1987 to 1994 and used the National Patient Registry to assess whether non-response biased the estimated popula...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Kjøller M,Thoning H

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to analyse the changes in the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and in mean body mass index (BMI) among school children, and to analyse the predictive value of overweight and obesity at school entry to overweight and obesity in adolescence in an Arctic child population. METHODS:Re...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Niclasen BV,Petzold MG,Schnohr C

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patterns of risk behaviour during teenage years may vary by socio-economic status (SES). We aimed to examine possible associations between individual and multiple risk behaviours and three measures of SES in mid-adolescence. METHODS:The sample (n = 6406) comprised participants from the Avon Longitudinal Stu...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Kipping RR,Smith M,Heron J,Hickman M,Campbell R

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study is to analyse gender inequalities in the combination of job and family life and their effect on health status and use of health care services. METHODS:The data come from the Navarra Survey of Working Conditions (Spain, 1997) carried out on a sample of 2185 workers. The analysis w...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Artazcoz L,Artieda L,Borrell C,Cortès I,Benach J,García V

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior research examining the association between retirement and alcohol consumption is inconsistent with respect to salience, direction and magnitude. Reasonable conceptual arguments for both positive (e.g. coping, introduction of leisure time) and negative (e.g. severance of work-related social relationship...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Wang X,Steier JB,Gallo WT

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quality indicators for Chinese patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have been developed. However, little is known about the compliance with quality indicators and the association between process indicators and in-hospital mortality in China. METHODS:Data from 1862 CHF admissions between 1 January 2009 ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Fu R,Xiang J,Bao H,Wang Z,Wang Y,Chen Y,Zhang H,Liu D,Liu M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although in the last decade several studies have addressed the protective role of black and green tea on several diseases, including cancer, there are only few and controversial studies on the effect of tea on benign and malignant thyroid diseases. METHODS:An age and gender group matched case-control study ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Riza E,Linos A,Petralias A,de Martinis L,Duntas L,Linos D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:European populations are ageing rapidly yet, although, it is widely recognized that some individuals age more successfully than others, an agreed concept of successful ageing remains elusive. We sought to develop a model of successful ageing in a British population, which combines the subjective and objectiv...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Doyle YG,Mc Kee M,Sherriff M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective was to compare levels of physical activity (PA) in a large sample of Spanish people with diabetes with and without cataracts. To our knowledge, this is the first study comparing PA levels in people with diabetes with and without cataracts in a large representative sample. METHODS:Cross-section...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： López-Sánchez GF,Sánchez-Castillo S,López-Bueno R,Pardhan S,Zauder R,Skalska M,Jastrzębska J,Jastrzębski Z,Smith L

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00