Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health articles from September 2001

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health archives from September 2001

Globalisation and health: action now!(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... There is a growing concern about the effects of globalisation on health. Different positions for and against globalisation are arising in the public health community world wide as they are in the different political persuasions in our...

A glance at child health.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... More than 10 million children under 5 years of age die every year from five common illnesses: diarrhoea, respiratory diseases, malnutrition, measles and malaria. Losing track (A) Malnourished children are at greater risk of morbidity...

History in the public health tool kit.
September 1, 2001... The public health tool kit has expanded in recent years. For much of the period since the second world war, epidemiology has been its technical tool par excellence. But recently the role of epidemiology has been questioned, and its shortcomings...

Vision of a rapid, flexible, cost effective, survey-based public health surveillance system.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... In 1999 a pilot project was conducted in the Durham health region (population of 500 000) in Canada, to test the concept and a prototype of a rapid risk factor surveillance system. This project was initiated because some health regions (there...

Health, equity, justice and globalisation: some lessons from the People's Health Assembly.
September 1, 2001... Can you imagine a world in which the spread of globalisation meant the world becoming a more just and equitable place? This seems like an impossible dream. All the indications are that the current forms of globalisation are making the world a...

Towards a more sustainable globalisation: the role of the public health community.
September 1, 2001... In her article Fran Baum is correct in pointing out that the political complexities of our globalised world must be taken into account by public health professionals. [1] Global health futures are directly or indirectly associated with the...

A dialogue of the deaf? The health impacts of globalisation.
September 1, 2001... Opinion about the true impacts on human health of globalisation remains sharply divided. On the one hand, a wide range of health professionals, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), scholars and activists fear globalisation is worsening the...

Liberalisation, health and the World Trade Organisation.
September 1, 2001... The contemporary globalisation project of which Baum writes rests on the promise that economic growth benefits all. [1] Originally enforced through Structural Adjustment Programs' trinity of privatisation, reduced public spending and increased...

Glossary: healthy public policy [*].(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The concept of "healthy public policy" has had distant roots--perhaps one of the earliest acknowledgments was by an aristocrat in pre-revolutionary France, speaking of the poor people of Paris, "It is in our interest to feed them, but it would...

Psychosocial work characteristics and self rated health in four post-communist countries.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Abstract Study objectives--To examine whether psychosocial factors at work are related to self rated health in post-communist countries. Design and settings--Random samples of men and women in five communities in four countries were...

Determinants of levels and changes of physical functioning in chronically ill persons: results from the GLOBE Study.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--Declines in physical functioning are a common result of chronic illness, but relatively little is known about factors not directly related to severity of disease that influence the occurrence of disability among...

Gender inequalities in health among workers: the relation with family demands.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Abstract Objectives--To analyse whether there are gender inequalities in health among male and female workers who are married or cohabiting and to assess whether there are gender differences in the relation between family demands and...

Consumption of alcoholic beverages and subjective health in Spain.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--To examine the relation between alcohol and main alcoholic beverage consumption and subjective health in Spain. Design--Logistic regression analysis using a cross sectional survey based on self reported data...

The relation between questions indicating transient ischaemic attack and stroke in 20 years of follow up in men and women in the Renfrew/Paisley Study.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) is often a precursor to stroke, so identification of people experiencing TIA could assist in stroke prevention by indicating those at high risk of stroke who would benefit most...

Ethnicity, self reported psychiatric illness, and intake of psychotropic drugs in five ethnic groups in Sweden.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--This study hypothesises that the presumed increased risk of self reported longstanding psychiatric illness and intake of psychotropic drugs among Iranian, Chilean, Turkish, and Kurdish adults, when these groups...

Sex specific difference in the relation between birth weight and arterial compliance in young adults: The Young Hearts Project.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Low birth weight and small size at birth have been related to raised blood pressure in both childhood and adult life [1] and a previous report has demonstrated lower arterial compliance in middle aged adults who were small at birth. [2] It has...

History of health, a valuable tool in public health.
September 1, 2001... Abstract The aim of this article is to highlight the importance of the history of public health for public health research and practice itself. After summarily reviewing the current great vitality of the history of collective health...

Measurement of self reported active exposure to cigarette smoke.
September 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--The number of cigarettes smoked per day is an imprecise indicator of exposure to cigarette smoke, and biochemical assessment of exposure is not always feasible. The aim of this study was to develop more accurate...

What determines drop out in prospective studies of coronary heart disease risk factors between youth and young adulthood: the Young Hearts Study.(why subjects drop out of long term risk studies)
September 1, 2001... The growing recognition of the importance of early life factors in the development of coronary heart disease (CHD) may increase prospective research in this period of life. From a methodological point of view, drop out of subjects, particularly...

Setting up a specific surveillance system of community health during mass gatherings.(World Cup 2000 test case)
September 1, 2001... During mass gatherings such as those that occur during international fairs or sporting events, there are no recognised standards for providing health surveillance of the general community (in contrast with the participant community). Data must...

Attitudes of parents towards measles and immunisation after a measles outbreak in an anthroposophical community.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The introduction of mass immunisation against measles in the United Kingdom has seen the virtual disappearance of this disease. In some European countries with lower levels of vaccine coverage, however, deaths from measles are still common and...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
September 1, 2001... EDITOR,--Tim Albert's editorial [1] raises some important questions about communicating through journals. I share his concerns about the purpose and process of writing and publishing scientific articles. Distorting the tortuous IMRAD structure,...

Handbook of religion and health.(Review)
September 1, 2001... Handbook of religion and health. Harold G Koenig, Michael E McCullough, David B Larsen. New York: Oxford Press, 2001. During the past few years there has been a resurgence in concern with the role of religion and spirituality and health....