Tracking of overweight from mid-adolescence into adulthood: consistent patterns across socio-economic groups.

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:The purpose of this study was to examine the association between weight status and exposure to bullying among 11-, 13- and 15-year-old Danish school children. Furthermore, the purpose was to investigate the potentially mediating effect of body image. METHODS:Data from the Danish contribution to the internat...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Brixval CS,Rayce SL,Rasmussen M,Holstein BE,Due P

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, ISS) considers health inequalities (HI) an important area of activity. As the scientific and technical body of the Ministry of Health and the National Health Service, ISS may play a key role to reduce HI. In order to enable ISS in addres...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Bucciardini R,Ferrelli RM,Giammarioli AM,Bortolin E,Fanales Belasio E,Mattioli B,Donfrancesco C,Sabbatucci M,Pasetto R,Colucci A,Mancinelli R,Palmieri L,De Castro P,Sampaolo L,Gaudi S,Falzano L,Morelli S,Grassi T,Butt

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse deprivation and AIDS among three AIDS transmission groups (men who have sex with men--MSM, heterosexuals, and intravenous drug users--IDUs) in Barcelona, Spain, during the period 1990-95. METHODS:This is an ecological study, the unit of analysis being the neighbourhoods. Included were AIDS cases r...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Brugal MT,Borrell C,Díaz-Quijano E,Pasarín MI,García-Olalla P,Villalbí JR

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1998 a joint initiative of the Hungarian School of Public Health and the National Public Health Service created a network of sentinel stations based in primary care facilities in four Hungarian counties. The aim was to establish a system that will provide valid data on morbidity of selected diseases in Hu...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Széles G,Vokó Z,Jenei T,Kardos L,Pocsai Z,Bajtay A,Papp E,Pásti G,Kósa Z,Molnár I,Lun K,Adány R

更新日期：2005-02-01 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:Out-of-pocket payments for health services constitute a major financial burden for patients in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Individuals who are unable to pay use different coping strategies (e.g. borrowing money or foregoing service utilization), which can have negative consequences on their...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Tambor M,Pavlova M,Rechel B,Golinowska S,Sowada C,Groot W

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study has been carried out in order to explore the effect of the growing appearance of IPV in television news items on deaths by this cause. METHODS:Ecological study based on 340 deaths by intimate partner violence (IPV) and 3733 television news items covering this topic on Spanish television channels ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Vives-Cases C,Torrubiano-Domínguez J,Alvarez-Dardet C

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaccination rates of children in Germany are unsatisfying and regional endemic outbreaks have been reported. Few studies have analysed physicians' attitude towards vaccination. We investigated whether there is an association between physicians' attitude and vaccination coverage on the regional level for Germ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Weigel M,Weitmann K,Rautmann C,Schmidt J,Bruns R,Hoffmann W

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Joint British Societies have developed a tool that utilizes information on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors to estimate an individual's 'heart age'. We studied if using heart age as an add-on to conventional risk communication could enhance the motivation for adapting to a healthier lifestyle result...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Svendsen K,Jacobs DR,Mørch-Reiersen LT,Garstad KW,Henriksen HB,Telle-Hansen VH,Retterstøl K

更新日期：2020-12-11 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:Exhaustion is a concept of interest for both occupational health research and stress-disease theory research. The aim of the present study was to explore associations between chronic stressors, in terms of psychosocial working conditions, and exhaustion in a Swedish middle-aged population sample. METHODS:A ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Lindeberg SI,Rosvall M,Choi B,Canivet C,Isacsson SO,Karasek R,Ostergren PO

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The way in which patients experience encounters with healthcare professionals seems to affect care outcome, but very little is known about reactions evoked by experiences of negative encounters. AIMS:To examine how patients perceive healthcare encounters, with a special focus on negative encounters and feel...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Wessel M,Helgesson G,Olsson D,Juth N,Alexanderson K,Lynöe N

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose was to examine the association between aspects of alienation and symptom load among adolescents. Furthermore an integrated purpose was to construct and validate an index of alienation. METHODS:Cross-sectional data from 5205 school children aged 11-15 years from a random sample of schools in Denm...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Rayce SL,Holstein BE,Kreiner S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The European Public Health Association (EUPHA) proposed and led PHIRE (Public Health Innovation and Research in Europe), with co-financing by the European Commission, to assess public health innovation and research at national level in Europe. PHIRE was also designed to promote organizational development and...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Zeegers Paget D,Barnhoorn F,McCarthy M,Alexanderson K,Conceição C,Devillé W,Grimaud O,Katreniakova Z,Narkauskaité L,Saliba A,Sammut M,Voss M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The more diseases one suffers from, the higher the number of health care services attended. This study aims to examine the role this association plays in socio-economic differences in multiple health care utilization. METHODS:The study population derived from the Netherlands Health Interview Surveys (1990-1...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Droomers M,Westert GP

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few cross-national studies have compared the relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and health among East Asian countries. This study elucidates the relationship between SES and self-rated health (SRH) in four societies of East Asia: China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. METHODS:We used the data f...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Hanibuchi T,Nakaya T,Murata C

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data of the national hepatitis C virus (HCV) notification system and the Swiss hepatitis C cohort study have been analysed for birth year distribution. Persons born between 1955 and 1974 are disproportionally affected by HCV, accounting for 61% of all reported infections. Over the course of the reporting period from 1...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Bruggmann P,Richard JL,Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most knowledge on chronic fatigue (CF) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is based on clinical studies, not representative of the general population. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of fatigue in an adult general population and to identify associations with lifestyle factors. METHODS:Total 22,500 ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： van't Leven M,Zielhuis GA,van der Meer JW,Verbeek AL,Bleijenberg G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Recent evidence indicates to the alarming increase of depression, especially in Southern European countries. According to the literature, depressive symptoms are strongly associated with socioeconomic factors, while the prevalence of depression significantly differs by gender. Several scholars point out that...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Stathopoulou T,Avrami L,Mouriki A,Cavounidis J,Kostaki A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondhand smoke levels were assessed among a convenience sample of 15 public venues in Amman, Jordan, during Ramadan. PM2.5 measurements were taken inside each venue pre- and post-'iftar', when daily smoking abstinence can be broken at sundown. Cigarette smoking was observed in all venues post-iftar, and the median P...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Ramahi I,Seidenberg AB,Kennedy RD,Rees VW

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The game of tobacco use began in Europe in 1560 when the first tobacco seeds were sent from Lisbon to the king of France, by Jean Nicot. From kings' and nobles' exclusive use, it gradually and progressively became popular among the public, as a new player. Eighty-eight years ago (1929), Fritz Linkint, an extraordinary...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Saboga-Nunes L,Levin-Zamir D,Rabius V

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of health outcomes were affected by previous financial crises, e.g. suicides, homicides and transport accident mortality. Aim of this study was to analyse the effects of the current financial crisis on selected health outcomes at population level in Europe. METHODS:A mixed approach of ecologic and ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Baumbach A,Gulis G

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of the use of androgenic anabolic steroids has been poorly studied in Europe. This study was undertaken to examine the prevalence of the misuse--the non-medical use--of androgenic anabolic steroids among adolescents in a county of Sweden. METHODS:The total population of 16 and 17 year old mal...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Nilsson S,Baigi A,Marklund B,Fridlund B

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:Many clinicians, medical practitioners and decision makers have no formal training in epidemiology but need to understand and sometimes evaluate results in epidemiologic studies. This paper attempts to give guidance to non-epidemiologists on how to read and evaluate the quality of epidemiologic studies and their resul...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Blettner M,Heuer C,Razum O

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis from published cohort studies to examine the association of adult height and all-cause mortality and to further explore the dose-response association. METHODS:PubMed, The Cochrane Library, The Ovid, CNKI, CQVIP and Wanfang databases were searched for articl...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Li Q,Liu Y,Sun X,Li H,Cheng C,Liu L,Liu F,Zhou Q,Guo C,Tian G,Qie R,Han M,Huang S,Li L,Wang B,Zhao Y,Ren Y,Zhang M,Hu D,Wu J,Lu J

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have examined the effects of educational level, intellectual performance, mental function, body mass index and height as well as their interrelationship on the risk of disability pension (DP), taking other life course factors into account. METHODS:We linked several national registers, comprising...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Gravseth HM,Bjerkedal T,Irgens LM,Aalen OO,Selmer R,Kristensen P

更新日期：2008-12-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, aimed to determine the frequency of participation in colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings, the factors affecting participation and the association between CRC screening behaviors and health literacy (HL). METHODS:This community-based cross-sectional study was carried out with 408 people residin...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Pancar N,Mercan Y

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00