Journal of epidemiology and community health
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Aug 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialAssociation of quality of life in old age in Britain with socioeconomic position: baseline data from a randomised controlled trial.
To identify socioeconomic differentials in quality of life among older people and their explanatory factors. ⋯ Older people retain the legacy of past socioeconomic position and are subject to current socioeconomic influences.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Aug 2004
Can cardiovascular risk factors and lifestyle explain the educational inequalities in mortality from ischaemic heart disease and from other heart diseases? 26 year follow up of 50,000 Norwegian men and women.
Investigate the degree to which smoking, physical activity, marital status, BMI, blood pressure, and cholesterol explain the association between educational level and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality and other forms of cardiovascular mortality, with main focus on IHD mortality. ⋯ Unfavourable cardiovascular risk factors and high IHD mortality are more prevalent among less educated than their highly educated peers. After simultaneous adjustment for all recorded risk factors, the excess IHD mortality in the low educational groups was reduced by 91% for men and 67% for women.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Aug 2004
Did Finland's Tobacco Control Act of 1976 have an impact on ever smoking? An examination based on male and female cohort trends.
To examine patterns of ever smoking among Finnish adults by gender and birth cohort from 1978 to 2001, with special emphasis on the possible effects of the 1976 Tobacco Control Act (TCA). ⋯ The smoking behaviour trends across successive birth cohorts suggest the impact of tobacco policy in decreasing smoking initiation in youth. These findings thus support the acceptability and effectiveness of antismoking and smoke free policy measures in society.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Jun 2004
Evidence based practice in population health: a regional survey to inform workforce development and organisational change.
To assess current capacity to implement evidence based practice (EBP) in population health. ⋯ The findings provide a quantitative baseline for capacity building through workplace programmes. Managerial commitment has been increased and performance development is now underway.