Scandinavian journal of public health
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Scand J Public Health · Dec 2013
The low prevalence of smoking in the Northern Sweden MONICA study, 2009.
The purpose of this study was to describe tobacco use in the 2009 Northern Sweden cohort of the World Health Organization Multinational Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Diseases (MONICA) study. ⋯ This study confirms that use of snus was a significant factor in the low prevalence of smoking, especially among younger men and women in Northern Sweden. Furthermore, it documents that tobacco harm reduction is entirely compatible with a population-level decline in overall tobacco use.
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Scand J Public Health · Dec 2013
Comparative StudyFraming risk: communication messages in the Australian and Swedish print media surrounding the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.
Australia and Sweden have similar immunisation rates. However, during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic the uptake of immunisation was 60% in Sweden and 18% in Australia. During pandemics, perceptions of risk are largely formed by media communication which may influence the public's response. ⋯ This study affirms the association between the framing of health messages in the media and the public's perception of risk and related behaviour. Governments need to actively incorporate the media into pandemic communication planning.
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Scand J Public Health · Dec 2013
All-cause mortality and suicide within 8 days after emergency department discharge.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the association of death within 8-30 days after discharge home from the emergency department with a non-causative diagnosis in a prospective cohort study. ⋯ Death within 8 days after discharge home from the ED is a rare event. Death of patients that occur shortly after discharge who had received a non-causative diagnosis as the main diagnosis may indicate a misjudgement of the patients' condition at that time.