Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)2d
Five-year changes in loneliness and mental health among adults 41–85 years: the Doetinchem Cohort Study
Background Both loneliness and mental health represent important public health themes with stable or even worsening ...
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)7d
Māori work-related fatal injury in Aotearoa-New Zealand, 2005–2014: a decade of continued inequities for Indigenous Māori
Objectives Using Coronial data, this observational study describes and compares the characteristics of work-related fatal injury (WRFI) in Indigenous Māori and non-Māori workers to identify ...
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Criteria for evaluating evidence on public health interventions
1 Effective Healthcare Australia, School of Population Health and Health Services Research, University of Sydney, Australia 2 Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada and ...
jech.bmj7d
Body mass index trajectories and all-cause mortality in older Chinese adults: Hong Kong’s Elderly Health Service Cohort
Background Weight loss at older ages appears to be associated with higher mortality in Western and some East Asian countries, despite differences in the prevalence of obesity; whether it is relevant ...
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Trends in acute coronary syndrome hospitalisation, incidence and mortality rates in young adults: an Australian linked data study
Background Australian and international studies have reported an attenuation in previous declines in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) events in young adults. This study examines temporal trends in ...
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Early-life death of a sibling and primary care utilisation during middle age: a population-wide cohort study
Background The death of a family member has been linked to higher mortality for those grieving. However, much less is known about different types of health problems of the surviving sibling during ...
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Infant mortality and congenital anomalies from 1950 to 1994: an international perspective
STUDY OBJECTIVE To provide an international perspective on the impact of congenital anomalies on infant mortality from 1950 to 1994. DESIGN Population-based study based on data obtained from vital ...
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Association between spatial social polarisation and high blood pressure in older adults
Background Using data from the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) and the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, we investigate the association between socioeconomic ...
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Does the home environment influence inequalities in unintentional injury in early childhood? Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Background Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to experience unintentional injuries and poor home environments. The aim of this study was to explore the home environment as a ...
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Childhood conscientiousness predicts the social gradient of smoking in adulthood: a life course analysis
Correspondence to Dr Michael Pluess, Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK ...
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The real ecological fallacy: epidemiology and global climate change
Prompted by my participation in the People's Climate March held in New York City on 21 September 2014, as part of the ‘Harvard Divest’ contingent, in this brief essay I reflect on the late 20th ...