Recommendations for design and analysis of health examination surveys under selective non-participation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amid increasing concerns about rising obesity rates and unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, physical activity (PA) is seen as a prophylactic to many chronic conditions affecting men. Men respond best to community-based PA programmes, using gender-specific promotional and delivery strategies. 'Men on the Move' (M...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Kelly L,Harrison M,Richardson N,Carroll P,Robertson S,Keohane A,Donohoe A

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening is intended to advance diagnosis thereby shifting the stage distribution towards more locally confined stages. Consequently we aimed to estimate trends in stage-specific breast cancer in relation to the introduction of population-based screening. METHODS:From the Cancer Registry of Norway we retri...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Lousdal ML,Kristiansen IS,Møller B,Støvring H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this paper is to explore the connection between self-reported health and religiosity among Israeli Jews, using several self-reported health measures. METHODS:Data were collected by two health surveys covering 1999 individuals in 1993 and 2505 individuals in 2000, representing the population...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Shmueli A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are large socioeconomic disparities in food behaviours. The objective of the present study is to longitudinally explore socioeconomic disparities in adolescents' fruit and vegetable (FV) intake and to assess mediators of the disparity. METHODS:A longitudinal study containing 896 adolescents from 20 ra...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Bere E,van Lenthe F,Klepp KI,Brug J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the pattern and determinants of working during pregnancy in rural China. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2009 in three provinces (Anhui, Chongqing and Shaanxi) in rural China among 3966 mothers who had recently given birth. Multilevel logistic regression was used to examine t...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Neupane S,Nwaru BI,Wu Z,Hemminki E

更新日期：2014-02-01 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: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:In many countries, the rates of breastfeeding fall far short of those recommended. National plans to promote breastfeeding are badly needed. We describe the results of a breastfeeding promotion programme planned by objectives and financial penalties in a small region of Italy. METHODS:This observational stu...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Cattaneo A,Borgnolo G,Simon G

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parent child relationships and parenting processes are emerging as potential life course determinants of health. Parenting is socially patterned and could be one of the factors responsible for the negative effects of social inequalities on health, both in childhood and adulthood. This study tests the hypothe...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Belsky J,Bell B,Bradley RH,Stallard N,Stewart-Brown SL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) is a preventable cause of disease and disability that can effectively be tackled by tobacco legislation. The aim of the study was to analyse the trends of SHS exposure and its sociodemographic patterning during 1996-2016 in the context of tobacco policy changes in Estonia....

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Reile R,Pärna K

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many migrants from rural China seek work in urban areas and leave their children in their home villages to be raised by relatives. These children are often referred to as 'left-behind children'. Parental migration tends to have a profound impact on a child's growth. This study sought to assess the prevalence...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Mo X,Xu L,Luo H,Wang X,Zhang F,Gai Tobe R

更新日期：2016-02-01 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: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:Sleep duration and morningness/eveningness (circadian preference) have separately been associated with cardiovascular risk factors (i.e. tobacco use, physical inactivity). Interactive effects are plausible, resulting from combinations of sleep homeostatic and circadian influences. These have not been examine...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Patterson F,Malone SK,Grandner MA,Lozano A,Perkett M,Hanlon A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nutrition labels are a potentially valuable tool to assist consumers in making healthy food choices. Front-of-pack labels are a relatively new format and are now widely used across many European countries, but it is unclear which of the many formats in use are best understood by consumers. It is also unclear...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Draper AK,Adamson AJ,Clegg S,Malam S,Rigg M,Duncan S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The objectives of this investigation are to assess the prevalence of hospital readmissions for surgical site infections (SSIs) in patients aged ≥18 in Italy and to describe the clinical characteristics of these patients and evaluate the possible association with readmission for SSIs. Methods:A retrospective...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Napolitano F,Tomassoni D,Cascone D,Di Giuseppe G,Collaborative Working Group.

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This article highlights the epidemiology of road traffic injury (RTI) in Lithuania between 1998 and 2007. The purpose of this study is to explore the incidence of RTI, age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR), gender-specific rates and the RTI profile of different user groups. In doing so, this analysis attem...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Lunevicius R,Herbert HK,Hyder AA

更新日期：2010-12-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:Adherence to recommended guidelines in the care for diabetes has been demonstrated to significantly prevent the excess risk of hospitalization and mortality for cardiovascular diseases. Aim of this study was to evaluate whether adherence to a standardized process quality-of-care-indicator in diabetes, is abl...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Seghieri C,Policardo L,Francesconi P,Seghieri G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advertising, promotion and sponsorship of electronic cigarettes (ECAPS) have increased in recent years. Since May 2016, the Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU (TPD2) prohibits ECAPS in various advertising channels, including media that have cross-border effects. The objective of this study was to investig...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Kahnert S,Driezen P,Balmford J,Kyriakos CN,Demjén T,Fernández E,Katsaounou PA,Trofor AC,Przewoźniak K,Zatoński WA,Fong GT,Vardavas CI,Mons U,EUREST-PLUS Consortium.

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:This prospective study analyses change in self-rated health of chronically ill people in relation to green space in their living environment at baseline. Data on 1112 people in the Netherlands with one or more medically diagnosed chronic disease(s) were used. The percentage of green space was calculated for postal cod...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Wolfe MK,Groenewegen PP,Rijken M,de Vries S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Socially differentiated tracking of health and health behaviours may contribute to health inequalities in adulthood. The modifying effect of socio-economic position on the tracking of overweight from mid-adolescence (age 15 years) into adulthood (age 27 years) was assessed in a randomly sampled Danish cohort (n = 561)...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Rasmussen M,Holstein BE,Due P

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interactive health literacy (HL) skills enable individuals to participate more fully in healthcare activities and play a role in improving their outcomes. We examine the associations between HL and cystic fibrosis (CF) outcomes and compare HL in a sample from both the Irish CF and general populations. METHO...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Jackson AD,Kirwan L,Gibney S,Jeleniewska P,Fletcher G,Doyle G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few decision aids (DAs) have been developed to support an informed choice to citizens with lower educational attainment about colorectal cancer screening. The aim of this study was to identify information needs and preferences for formats and content in a DA for this group of citizens. METHODS:Four focus gr...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Kirkegaard P,Mortensen GL,Mortensen SL,Larsen MB,Gabel P,Andersen B

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Homelessness is associated with increased mortality, morbidity and social difficulties and periods of homelessness are sometimes prolonged or repeated. However, there are no long-term follow-up studies focusing upon housing status among homeless people. The aim of this study was to examine morbidity and hous...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Stenius-Ayoade A,Haaramo P,Kautiainen H,Sunikka S,Gissler M,Wahlbeck K,Eriksson JG

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Most surveys are plagued by significant numbers of non-respondents. In psychiatric epidemiology, differences in levels of psychopathology are often assumed between respondents and non-respondents. However, studies on attrition are rare, especially in child and adolescent populations. The present study sought...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Fröjd SA,Kaltiala-Heino R,Marttunen MJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about what influences health visitors' breastfeeding support. The objective was to describe health visitors' breastfeeding experiences, beliefs, knowledge and self-efficacy in breastfeeding guidance and determine the impact of a training course on these factors, and how they were reflected in...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Kronborg H,Vaeth M,Olsen J,Harder I

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00