Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health articles from July 2002

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health archives from July 2002

"Not invented here". (Aphorism of the Month).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... When you come up with all those wonderful ideas for a changing world you will first be told "it won't work". When you ask why and say it has worked in Amsterdam, New York, and Gateshead they will tell you "yes, but it won't work here". If you...

Social cohesion and meeting places. (The JECH Gallery).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... There is increasing interest in academic and policy circles in the role that social cohesion (often assessed by participation in local groups and associations) may play in determining health. In our study of two socially contrasting localities...

An "inverse satisfaction law"? Why don't older patients criticise health services? (Speaker's Corner).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Health services across the developed world attract high satisfaction ratings from patients, regardless of levels of service effectiveness and equity of access. People aged 65 and over express higher levels of satisfaction with health services...

Equity in Health: meeting of the International Society for Equity in Health, Havana, Cuba, June 2000. (Editorial).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... This issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health contains seven contributions that were originally presented as submitted papers to the first meeting of the International Society for Equity in Health, held in Havana, Cuba, in June...

The concern for equity in health: this issue of the journal contains papers presented to the first meeting of the International Society for Equity in Health, Havana, Cuba, June 2000. (Havana Paper).
July 1, 2002... As this is the inaugural conference of the International Society for Equity in Health. I thought it would be an appropriate occasion to reflect on some foundational questions in my keynote address. Why are we concerned with equity in health,...

The meaning and goals of equity in health. (Havana Paper).
July 1, 2002... The meaning and implications of "equity in health" are discussed. A conceptual framework is proposed to delineate the roles of empirical and normative research in determining when inequalities in health are equitable Mooney, in his review...

Development and validation of an instrument to measure perceived neighbourhood quality in Taiwan. (Theory and Methods).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Study objectives: Social epidemiologists have hypothesised that neighbourhood quality may exert an important contextual influence on mental and physical health. However, validated instruments do not exist for measuring neighbourhood quality in...

Economic transition should come with a health warning: the case of Vietnam. (Havana Paper).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Study objectives: To assess the affordability of health care to poor rural households in Vietnam under conditions of transition from a planned to a market economy and, in light of other transitional experience, inform policy on increasing...

Effect of de-industrialisation on working conditions and self reported health in a sample of manufacturing workers. (Havana Paper).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Study objective: To explore the impact of de-industrialisation over a 20 year period on working conditions and health among sawmill workers, in the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada. Design and Setting: This investigation is based...

Equity in prevention and health care. (Public Health Policy and Practice).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Study objective: There is an increasing body of evidence about socioeconomic inequality in preventive use, mostly for cancer screening. But as far as needs of prevention are unequally distributed, even equal use may not be fair. Moreover,...

Qutreach and improved access to specialist services for indigenous people in remote Australia: the requirements for sustainability. (Havana Paper).
July 1, 2002... Study objective: To examine the role of specialist outreach in supporting primary health care and overcoming the barriers to health care faced by the indigenous population in remote areas of Australia, and to examine issues affecting its...

Smoke and mirrors: how Massachusetts diverted millions in tobacco tax revenues. (Public Health Policy and Practice).
July 1, 2002... Objective: This study examines the politics of appropriating Question 1 tobacco tax revenues in the first budget year after Massachusetts voters passed the ballot initiative in 1992. The initiative increased the tobacco tax on cigarettes by 25...

Genetics and social class. (Havana Paper).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Objective: To assess claims that genes are a major determinant of social class. Design: Using genetic epidemiological principles, five claims on the role of genes in determining social class are examined: (1) traits that run in families...

Mortality and bioclimatic discomfort in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Short Report).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Many researches have highlighted the influence of Climate on mortality, showing a high increase in mortality in summer time during "heatwaves", periods with very high temperature and humidity levels. This relation seems to be stronger than...

Trends in infant mortality inequalities in the Americas: 1955-1995. (Havana Paper).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... J Epidemial Community Health 2002;56:538-541 Study objectives: To describe overall and income related trends in infant mortality inequalities in the Region of the Americas From 1955 to 1995. Design: Infant mortality rates (IMRs) were...

Alcohol consumption and the incidence of type II diabetes. (Research Report).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Background: This study examines the relation between alcohol and type II diabetes and the possible mediating effects of HDL-cholesterol and serum insulin. Methods: Prospective study of 5221 men aged 40-59 years with no history of coronary...

Activity of African-American female teenagers in black organisations is associated with STD/HIV protective behaviours: a prospective analysis. (Short Report).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... The African-American adolescent female population is disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the HIV epidemic in the United States. (1 2) Like other adolescents, African-Americans also have a high rate of teenage...

Appendicectomy, tonsillectomy, and inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control record linkage study. (Research Report).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Study objective: To determine whether appendicectomy and tonsillectomy are associated with ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD); and, if so, whether the associations are related to age at operation. Design: Nested case-control...

Gender differences in clinical status at time of coronary revascularisation in Spain. (Havana Paper).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Objective: To study gender differences in clinical status at the time of coronary revascularisation. Design: Retrospective study of clinical records. Two stage stratified cluster sampling was used to select a nationally representative...

Comparison and harmonisation of denominator data for primary health care research in countries of the European Community. (Book Reviews).
July 1, 2002... Edited by M Schaud, (Pp 129; price not stated). Amsterdam: IOS Press, 1999. ISBN 0-9673355-2-3. Several countries in the European Community have developed sentinel networks for the surveillance of morbidity, particularly communicable...

Multilevel Modelling of Health Statistics. (Book Reviews).
July 1, 2002... Edited by A H Leyland, H Goldstein. New York: Wiley, 2001. This is a collaborative work that reunites many of the best authors in the area of multilevel analysis. The book fulfils the need of explaining multilevel modelling to researchers...