Socio-economic status and self-rated health in East Asia: a comparison of China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies indicate that self-esteem is lower among adolescents of low socio-economic status and is associated with a number of intrapersonal, interpersonal and socio-cultural factors. Evidence on the mechanisms by which these factors contribute to the connection between socio-economic status and devel...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Veselska Z,Madarasova Geckova A,Gajdosova B,Orosova O,van Dijk JP,Reijneveld SA

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scientific evidence shows that climate change is very likely the product of human behaviour and lifestyle. The effects of climate change on human health are diverse in nature and range from direct effects due to extreme weather events such as heat waves, floods and storms, to indirect effects such as those c...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： DeBono R,Vincenti K,Calleja N

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To improve our understanding of the problematic labour market position of people with a chronic disease, this paper describes the participation rates of several subgroups of the chronically ill in the Netherlands, as well as the aspects by which the working chronically ill differ from those who are fully wor...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Baanders AN,Rijken PM,Peters L

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescent smoking is a significant public health concern in the UK and across Europe. This study examines smoking behaviours, methods of accessing cigarettes and use of non-commercial (fake, foreign and single) cigarettes across a sample of schoolchildren. Relationships with alcohol consumption, deprivation...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Hughes SK,Hughes K,Atkinson AM,Bellis MA,Smallthwaite L

更新日期：2011-02-01 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:Although many previous epidemiological studies have reported the incidence of diseases, mortality rate and economic losses after natural disasters, none of these studies has been comprehensive enough. Our aim was to establish a synthetic evaluation model (SEM) that can be used to analyze flood hazards. METH...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Tan H,Ping W,Yang T,Li S,Liu A,Zhou J,Groves J,Sun Z

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spread of the written word, facilitated by the introduction of the printing press, was an information revolution with profound implications for European society. Now, a second information revolution is underway, a digital transformation that is shaping the way Europeans live and interact with each other and the wo...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： McKee M,van Schalkwyk MCI,Stuckler D

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Net costs of smoking in a lifetime perspective and, hence, the economic interests in antismoking policies have been questioned. It has been proposed that the health-related costs of smoking are balanced by smaller expenditure due to shorter life expectancy. METHOD:A dynamic (life cycle) method taking differ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Rasmussen SR,Prescott E,Sørensen TI,Søgaard J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fruit and vegetable consumption is linked to many positive health outcomes, nevertheless many adolescents do not consume fruit and vegetables on a daily basis. METHODS:Data of 488,951 adolescents, aged 11-, 13- and 15- years, from 33 mainly European and North American countries/regions participating in the ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Vereecken C,Pedersen TP,Ojala K,Krølner R,Dzielska A,Ahluwalia N,Giacchi M,Kelly C

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco control policies have succeeded in reducing tobacco use, but the negative correlation between smoking prevalence and socioeconomic status (SES) has increased. This study focused on the relationships between time preferences, SES, and smoking behaviour, attitudes and risk awareness. METHODS:A cross-s...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Peretti-Watel P,L'Haridon O,Seror V

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge on predictors of disability pension is very limited. The aim was to assess the importance of sick-leave diagnosis and socio-demographic variables as risk factors for disability pension among individuals on long-term sickness absence and to compare these factors by gender and over time. METHODS:A p...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Karlsson NE,Carstensen JM,Gjesdal S,Alexanderson KA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The numbers of migrants living in Europe are growing rapidly, and has become essential to assess their access to primary health care (PHC). Avoidable Hospitalization (AH) rates can reflect differences across migrant and ethnic minority groups in the performance of PHC. We aimed to conduct a systematic review...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Dalla Zuanna T,Spadea T,Milana M,Petrelli A,Cacciani L,Simonato L,Canova C

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing recognition of the importance of obesity as a cause of death but it is uncommon for obesity to be certified on death certificates. We considered it useful to study what doctors actually do in respect of certification of obesity and to study trends, if any, in certification practice. METH...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Duncan M,Griffith M,Rutter H,Goldacre MJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is a growing interest in the epidemiology of sedentary behaviours, it is unknown whether sedentary behaviour questionnaires are broad markers of sedentary time. The aims of this study were to determine the: (i) reliability of the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA)...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Rey-López JP,Ruiz JR,Ortega FB,Verloigne M,Vicente-Rodriguez G,Gracia-Marco L,Gottrand F,Molnar D,Widhalm K,Zaccaria M,Cuenca-García M,Sjöström M,De Bourdeaudhuij I,Moreno LA,HELENA Study Group.

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objectives were to estimate the size of homeless family population in Paris region, to describe their living conditions and health and to analyse the impact of homelessness on children's growth and development, which was never investigated in France. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a r...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Vandentorren S,Le Méner E,Oppenchaim N,Arnaud A,Jangal C,Caum C,Vuillermoz C,Martin-Fernandez J,Lioret S,Roze M,Le Strat Y,Guyavarch E

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing number of children live in single-parent families, which seems to be associated with negative effects on a child's health. Little is known about the health of children in cohabiting two-parent families that are also increasingly common, and more susceptible to family break-up than married two-paren...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Remes H,Martikainen P,Valkonen T

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Through its effects on the immune system, smoking may facilitate influenza virus infection, its severity and its most frequent complications. The objective was to investigate the smoking history as a risk factor for influenza hospitalization and influenza vaccine effectiveness in elderly smokers/ex-smokers a...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Godoy P,Castilla J,Soldevila N,Mayoral JM,Toledo D,Martín V,Astray J,Egurrola M,Morales-Suarez-Varela M,Domínguez A,CIBERESP Cases and Controls in Pandemic Influenza Working Group, Spain*.

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Austrian health-care system is characterized by free provider choice and uncontrolled access to all levels of care. Using primary data, the ECOHCARE study shows that hospitalization rates for the secondary and tertiary care levels in Austria are both 4.4 times higher than those reported from the USA using a simila...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Pichlhöfer O,Maier M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As exposure to tobacco smoke pollution (TSP) has been identified as a cause of premature death and disease in non-smokers, and studies have demonstrated that smoking in cars produces high levels of TSP, this study will investigate smokers' rules for smoking in their cars, and predictors of car smoking rules,...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Hitchman SC,Guignard R,Nagelhout GE,Mons U,Beck F,van den Putte B,Crone M,de Vries H,Hyland A,Fong GT

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To reduce homelessness, it is important to gain a better understanding of the differences between homeless people who remain in institutions and those who gain and can sustain independent housing. This longitudinal study explores differences in housing transitions and differences in changes in health and sel...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： van der Laan J,Boersma SN,Al Shamma S,Akkermans R,van Straaten B,Rodenburg G,van de Mheen D,Wolf JRLM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary infection with Toxoplasma gondii in pregnancy can result in miscarriage, hydrocephalus, cerebral calcification and chorioretinitis in the newborn. The objective of our study was to evaluate seroprevalence of and analyse risk factors for toxoplasmosis in antenatal women from 2006 to 2008 in an ethnica...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Flatt A,Shetty N

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the Netherlands, managed competition between health plans has been introduced. For Dutch health plans this implies that they need to collect data about their own performance and that of the care providers they contract. To that end, Consumer Assessment of Health Plan Surveys (CAHPS) instruments have recen...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Delnoij DM,ten Asbroek G,Arah OA,de Koning JS,Stam P,Poll A,Vriens B,Schmidt P,Klazinga NS

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In April 2000, the Council of the Baltic Sea States established the Task Force on Communicable Disease Control in the Baltic Sea region (the Task Force). A successor structure, the Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Wellbeing, was established in autumn 2003. This article, a follow-up ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Rowe L,Rechel B

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the correlates of meeting recommended levels of participation in physical activity (PA) and how this understanding informs public health policies on behaviour change. OBJECTIVE:To analyse who meets the recommended level of participation in PA in males and females separately by applying...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Anokye NK,Pokhrel S,Buxton M,Fox-Rushby J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) was introduced in 1986, Slovenia remains one of the countries with the highest reported incidence rates. For exposed occupationally or during education/training, vaccination is reimbursed by employer or within mandatory health insurance, while others...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Grgic-Vitek M,Klavs I

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As school dropout is an important public health problem that needs to be addressed, we set out to examine whether and how, beyond the well-known effects of sex, gender beliefs and self-reported masculinity and femininity are related to school dropout. METHODS:The study used a case-control design, consisting...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Theunissen MJ,de Man I,Verdonk P,Bosma H,Feron F

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To reduce the effect of antimicrobial resistance and to preserve antibiotic effectiveness, clinical guidelines and health policy documents call for the rational use of antibiotics, which aims to reduce unnecessary or minimally effective antibiotic use. Methods:Through ethical analysis, we show that rational...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Littmann J,Rid A,Buyx A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal way to display constituent levels (e.g. tar) on tobacco packaging has not received adequate attention but has important policy implications. Adult smokers and non-smokers (n = 836) were surveyed in France using Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing to assess perceptions of constituent levels displayed nu...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Gallopel-Morvan K,Moodie C,Hammond D,Eker F,Beguinot E,Martinet Y

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since stress is hypothesized to be involved in the aetiology of obesity, the present study examined the current perception of stress in European adolescents and the association between adolescent perceived stress and their adiposity. METHODS:Observational data from 1121 adolescents aged 12.5-17.5 years from...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： De Vriendt T,Clays E,Maes L,De Bourdeaudhuij I,Vicente-Rodriguez G,Moreno LA,Nagy E,Molnár D,Ortega FB,Dietrich S,Manios Y,De Henauw S,HELENA Study Group.

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluates the changes in Spain between 2006 and 2012, of school-based policies encouraging healthy eating and the undertaking of physical activity (PA). METHODS:A longitudinal study was undertaken comprising 277 representative schools from all the regions of Spain. The questionnaires were complet...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Gallego P,Galán I,José Medrano M,Ramos P,Rivera F,Moreno C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00