Journal of epidemiology and community health
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Aug 2008
Meta AnalysisExposure to indoor mould and children's respiratory health in the PATY study.
Living in a damp or mouldy home reportedly damages children's respiratory health, yet mould appears not to be a prominent risk factor in the public's perception. Analyses of data on over 58,000 children from the Pollution and the Young (PATY) study are presented. In this collaboration, researchers from 12 cross-sectional studies pooled their data to assess the effects of air quality on a spectrum of children's respiratory disorders. ⋯ Indoor mould exposure was consistently associated with adverse respiratory health outcomes in children living in these diverse countries.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Jun 2008
Preventive detention: the ethical ground where politics and health meet. Focus on asylum seekers in Australia.
Australia has a history of migration, especially during the wars in Europe, but many have forgotten the difficulties underlying asylum and wars endured by their forefathers. Preventive, indefinite detention of asylum seekers, most of whom are found to be genuine refugees, impinges on their human rights. ⋯ To be fully addressed, the health implications of detention cannot be considered in isolation, but must be considered frankly and openly by health professionals in the broader historical and political context within which they occur. If we do not do this, we risk turning a blind eye to, or even condoning, human rights abuses.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · May 2008
The effect of employment on psychological health in mid-adulthood: findings from the 1970 British Cohort Study.
A negative link between unemployment and psychological health is well documented, yet little is known about the protective effect of continuous employment on psychological health. ⋯ The findings show that, for men, staying in continuous employment despite experiencing poor psychological health may contribute to better psychological health.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Feb 2008
The association between school attendance, HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young people in rural South Africa.
To investigate whether the prevalence of HIV infection among young people, and sexual behaviours associated with increased HIV risk, are differentially distributed between students and those not attending school or college. ⋯ Attending school was associated with lower-risk sexual behaviours and, among young men, lower HIV prevalence. Secondary school attendance may influence the structure of sexual networks and reduce HIV risk. Maximising school attendance may reduce HIV transmission among young people.