Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health articles from November 2001

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health archives from November 2001

Public health at different levels.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... In this issue we begin an occasional series on public health at different levels. For a long time it has been the convention to consider health and health care from the perspective of the District Health System derived from local...

Contrasts in service provision.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... In our longitudinal study of two socially contrasting neighbourhoods in Glasgow [1] we have collected a range of information on aspects of the local social and physical environment as well as surveying a sample of residents about their health...

A mayor for London.
November 1, 2001... In May last year Londoners elected a mayor by direct vote for the first time. The mayor and the London Assembly, together forming the Greater London Authority (GLA), have an electorate of seven million people and command resources of almost 6...

Implementing public health at the national level.
November 1, 2001... Major public health problems require major solutions. To be successful, solutions need to be delivered at a number of levels. The English white paper Saving lives: our healthier nation [1] stated "We want to see healthier people in a healthier...

Making the most of Pap tests.
November 1, 2001... The paper by Taylor and colleagues' in this issue of the journal indicates that in NSW, (a state of Australia with a population of approximately 2.4 million adult women [2]), cervical cancer screening prevented the development of around 3400...

Glossary: unemployment, job insecurity, and health.
November 1, 2001... Unemployment, job insecurity, and health: key concepts Writing a glossary on unemployment and health for an international epidemiological journal poses a number of rather daunting challenges. However, these are the sorts of challenges we...

Effects of screening on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in New South Wales implied by influences of period of diagnosis and birth cohort.
November 1, 2001... Abstract: Study objectives--Cervical cancer incidence and mortality in NSW during 1972-1996 is examined under counterfactual assumptions to estimate the number of new cervical cancer cases averted and deaths avoided, with projections to...

Risk of injury and the consumption of different types of beverage: Is there an association?(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... The health benefits of moderate consumption and the damaging consequences of excessive consumption of alcohol are well documented. [1] Injury is an important alcohol related health problem but while the role of alcohol in particular types of...

Diastolic blood pressure and area of residence: multilevel versus ecological analysis of social inequity.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Abstract Study objectives--To study geographical differences in diastolic blood pressure and the influence of the social environment (census percentage of people with low educational achievement) on individual diastolic blood pressure...

Misconceptions about efficacy of mammography screening: a public health dilemma.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Abstract Objective--This study assessed accuracy of women's opinions about reduction in mortality from breast cancer attributable to mammography screening. Design--Cross sectional survey. Setting--General population of Geneva,...

Self reported non-insulin dependent diabetes, family history, and risk of prevalent colorectal cancer: population based, cross sectional study.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Several studies have shown positive associations between non-insulin dependent diabetes (NIDDM) and incidence of colorectal cancer. [1-3] This relation, as well as the marked similarity of dietary and lifestyle risk factors for the two...

Risk behaviours and self rated health in Russia 1998.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Abstract Objectives--As self rated health and mortality represent different dimensions of public health and as risk behaviours have been closely related to mortality, we wanted to examine whether (poor) self rated health on the one hand...

Predictors of incidence and prevalence of green tobacco sickness among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina, USA.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--The characteristics of some populations make epidemiological measurement extremely difficult. The objective of this study is to identify risk factors that explain variation among incidence densities and...

Mortality among male and female smokers in Sweden: a 33 year follow up.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective-It is still unclear if men and women are equally susceptible to the hazards of tobacco smoking. The objective of this study was to examine smoking related mortality among men and women. Design-In 1963 a...

Wellbeing of professionals at entry into the labour market: a follow up survey of medicine and architecture students.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--Knowledge about changes in wellbeing during the passage from professional studies to working life is scarce and controversial. This study examined these changes among university graduates with good and poor...

Self rated health: Is it as good a predictor of subsequent mortality among adults in lower as well as in higher social classes?(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective-To analyse the predictive power of self rated health for mortality in different socioeconomic groups. Design, setting, participants-Analysis of mortality rates and risk ratios of death during follow up among...

Folic acid: Is self reported use of supplements accurate?(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Low folate levels before conception and in early pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of neural tube defects (NTDs). [1] Preconception folic acid supplements provide protection against NTDs. [2] Self administered questionnaires are a...

Unexplained illness and deaths among injecting drug users in England: a case control study using Regional Drug Misuse Databases.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... In April to June 2000 an outbreak of unexplained illness in injecting drug users (IDUs) in parts of the UK led to hospitalisation and usually death among those affected. [1] For investigation purposes a new syndrome-based case definition was...

Does sending a home safety questionnaire increase recruitment to an injury prevention trial? A randomised controlled trial.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Few publications have examined maximising recruitment to randomised controlled trials in primary care. Mass mailings have been used as a recruitment strategy, [1-3] but have had low response rates. Short messages in mass mailings have acheived...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2001... Explanations for differences in health outcomes between neighbourhoods of varying socioeconomic level EDITOR,--With much interest, I read the review of Pickett and Pearl regarding the effect of neighbourhood socioeconomic level on health...