In this Issue 

In this issue
Carlos Alvarez-Dardet and John Ashton
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 281. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Aphorism of the Month 

“There is more than one way to skin a cat”
JRA
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 283. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Speakers Corner 

Welfare regime types and global health: an emerging challenge
Haejoo Chung and Carles Muntaner
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 282-283. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.057778 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Public Health Past and Present 

Debates about cervical screening: an historical overview
L Bryder
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 284-287. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.059246 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Evidence-based Policy and Practice

Neighbourhood environment as a predictor of television watching among girls
K E MacLeod, G C Gee, P Crawford, and M C Wang
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 288-292. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.061424 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Home ownership and mortality: a register-based follow-up study of 300 000 Finns
M Laaksonen, P Martikainen, E Nihtilä, O Rahkonen, and E Lahelma
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 293-297. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.061309 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Tackling inequalities in health: evaluating the New Deal for Communities initiative
M Stafford, J Nazroo, J M Popay, and M Whitehead
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 298-304. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058628 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Correlates of hepatitis C virus seropositivity in prison inmates: a meta-analysis
M F Vescio, B Longo, S Babudieri, G Starnini, S Carbonara, G Rezza, and R Monarca
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 305-313. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.051599 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Using national health weeks to deliver deworming to children: lessons from Mexico
A Flisser, J L Valdespino, L García-García, C Guzman, M T Aguirre, M L Manon, G González-González, and T W Gyorkos
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 314-317. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.066423 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Meaningful differences in maternal smoking behaviour during pregnancy: implications for infant behavioural vulnerability
K E Pickett, C Wood, J Adamson, L DeSouza, and L S Wakschlag
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 318-324. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058768 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Social inequality in fetal growth: a comparative study of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the period 1981–2000
L H Mortensen, F Diderichsen, A Arntzen, M Gissler, S Cnattingius, O Schnor, G Davey-Smith, and A-M Nybo Andersen
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 325-331. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.061473 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Job loss from poor health, smoking and obesity: a national prospective survey in France
F Jusot, M Khlat, T Rochereau, and C Serme
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 332-337. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.060772 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

When does work stress hurt? Testing the interaction with socioeconomic position in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study
N Wege, N Dragano, R Erbel, K-H Jockel, S Moebus, A Stang, and J Siegrist
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 338-341. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.062315 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Physical activity in older women: associations with area deprivation and with socioeconomic position over the life course: observations in the British Women’s Heart and Health Study
M Hillsdon, D A Lawlor, S Ebrahim, and J N Morris
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 344-350. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058610 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Research Reports

Childhood socioeconomic circumstances and adult height and leg length in central and eastern Europe
E Webb, D Kuh, A Peasey, A Pajak, S Malyutina, R Kubinova, R Topor-Madry, D Denisova, N Capkova, M Marmot, and M Bobak
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 351-357. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.056457 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Perineal use of talc and risk of ovarian cancer
H Langseth, S E Hankinson, J Siemiatycki, and E Weiderpass
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 358-360. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.047894 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Cost effectiveness of the Expert Patients Programme (EPP) for patients with chronic conditions
G Richardson, A Kennedy, D Reeves, P Bower, V Lee, E Middleton, C Gardner, C Gately, and A Rogers
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 361-367. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.057430 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Electronic Pages

Use of surface water in drinking water production associated with municipal Legionnaires’ disease incidence
J W Den Boer, R A Coutinho, E P F Yzerman, and M A B van der Sande
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e1. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.061598 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Recreational values of the natural environment in relation to neighbourhood satisfaction, physical activity, obesity and wellbeing
J Björk, M Albin, P Grahn, H Jacobsson, J Ardö, J Wadbro, P-O Östergren, and E Skärbäck
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e2. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.062414 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Apolipoprotein E polymorphism, life stress and self-reported health among older adults
F Zhang, M Lewis, G Yang, J Iriondo-Perez, Y Zeng, and J Liu
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e3. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.063917 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

The changing regional pattern of ischaemic heart disease mortality in southern Europe: still healthy but uneven progress
L Hirte, E Nolte, E Mossialos, and M McKee
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e4. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.067637 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Chernobyl exposure as stressor during pregnancy and hormone levels in adolescent offspring
A C Huizink, M Bartels, R J Rose, L Pulkkinen, C J P Eriksson, and J Kaprio
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e5. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.060350 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Theory and Methods

Measuring the health effects of gender
S P Phillips
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 368-371. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.062158 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Job strain and ischaemic disease: does the inclusion of older employees in the cohort dilute the association? The WOLF Stockholm Study
M Kivimäki, T Theorell, H Westerlund, J Vahtera, and L Alfredsson
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 372-374. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.063578 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Postscript

Placing Health: Neighbourhood Renewal, Health Improvement and Complexity
Ritesh Mistry
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 375. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.067439 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

New malignancies among cancer survivors: SEER cancer registries, 1973–2000
Rajah Supramaniam
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 375-376. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.063560 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Constructive conversations about health: policy and values
Sanjoy Bhattacharya
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 376. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.059527 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Correction
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 376. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

The new issue of Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health is now available online. If you want to access the full text of the journal you’ll need your Athens password from the NHS (at the moment you’ll need one from Cheshire and Merseyside but from April this resource will be available nationally. If you don’t have an Athens password and are eligible you can get one here). Full contents of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2008 62(3) March

In this issue
Carlos Alvarez-Dardet, Joint Edit and John R Ashton, Joint Edit
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 185. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

“Public health needs to be chameleon”
L Levin
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 186. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Help! Where is the European public health community?
Ilona Kickbusch
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 186. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.057869 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

World population, world health and security: 20th century trends
A Bashford
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 187-190. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.055608 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Loss and representativeness in a biomedical survey at age 45 years: 1958 British birth cohort
K Atherton, E Fuller, P Shepherd, D P Strachan, and C Power
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 216-223. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058966 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Education and race-ethnicity differences in the lifetime risk of alcohol dependence
S E Gilman, J Breslau, K J Conron, K C Koenen, S V Subramanian, and A M Zaslavsky
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 224-230. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.059022 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Impact of cumulative area-based adverse socioeconomic environment on body mass index and overweight
E Regidor, J L Gutiérrez-Fisac, E Ronda, M E Calle, D Martínez, and V Domínguez
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 231-238. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.059360 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Changes in leisure time and occupational physical activity over 8 years: the Cornellè Health Interview Survey Follow-Up Study
C I Cornelio, M García, A Schiaffino, J M Borrès, F J Nieto, E Fernández, and for the CHIS.FU Study Group
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 239-244. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.051953 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Job insecurity, chances on the labour market and decline in self-rated health in a representative sample of the Danish workforce
R Rugulies, B Aust, H Burr, and U Bültmann
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 245-250. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.059113 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Changes in traditional risk factors no longer explain time trends in cardiovascular mortality and its socioeconomic differences
K Harald, S Koskinen, P Jousilahti, J Torppa, E Vartiainen, and V Salomaa
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 251-257. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.060707 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Trends in socioeconomic mortality inequalities in a southern European urban setting at the turn of the 21st century
C Borrell, E Azlor, M Rodríguez-Sanz, R Puigpinós, G Cano-Serral, M I Pasarín, J M Martínez, J Benach, and C Muntaner
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 258-266. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.057166 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Cardiac arrhythmia emergency room visits and environmental air pollution in São Paulo, Brazil
U P Santos, M Terra-Filho, C A Lin, L A A Pereira, T C B Vieira, P H N Saldiva, and A L F Braga
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 267-272. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058123 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Socioeconomic variations in women’s diets: what is the role of perceptions of the local food environment?
V Inglis, K Ball, and D Crawford
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 191-197. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.059253 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

The contextual effects of neighbourhood access to supermarkets and convenience stores on individual fruit and vegetable consumption
J Pearce, R Hiscock, T Blakely, and K Witten
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 198-201. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.059196 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Personal, neighbourhood and urban factors associated with obesity in the United States
C E Joshu, T K Boehmer, R C Brownson, and R Ewing
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 202-208. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058321 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Factors affecting in-hospital heat-related mortality: a multi-city case-crossover analysis
M Stafoggia, F Forastiere, D Agostini, N Caranci, F de’Donato, M Demaria, P Michelozzi, R Miglio, M Rognoni, A Russo, and C A Perucci
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 209-215. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.060715 [Abstract] [Full text] [web only table] [PDF]

Methodological insights: fuzzy sets in medicine
P Vineis
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 273-278. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.063644 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Social inequalities in health: new evidence and policy implications
Daniel D Reidpath
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 279. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.059584 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Reflection in action: developing reflective practice in health and social services
Ioannis DK Dimoliatis
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 279. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.064683 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Critical appraisal of epidemiological studies and clinical trials
Miguel Angel Martinez-Gonzalez
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 279-280. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.068643 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Correction
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 280. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.056960corr1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Correction
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 280. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.056341corr1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

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The Health of the Nation report from CACI and TNS

The HealthACORN classification groups the GB population into 4 groups, 25 types and 60 sub-types. By analysing diet, health and exercise characteristics as well as demographic attributes, HealthACORN provides an in-depth understanding of different communities in every part of the country. The classification names and descriptions have been chosen to be simple and non-judgemental. The Health ACORN Methodology is described in this ducument.

HealthACORN looks at the mix of people within a neighbourhood and identifies four broad kinds of area:

• Group 1 - Existing Problems: High levels of serious illness and poor diet and consumption patterns
• Group 2 - Future Problems: High levels of severely unhealthy lifestyles likely to lead to serious illness
• Group 3 - Possible Future Concerns: Generally good health but with some potentially unhealthy lifestyle traits
• Group 4 - Healthy: Good health with few lifestyle issues

The following documents rank Local Authorities using HealthACORN.

Local Authority Rank - Existing Problems

Local Authority Rank - Future Problems

Local Authority Rank - Possible Future Concerns

Local Authority Rank - Healthy

Health ACORN Types by Local Authority

Excess cancer mortality and incidence by PCT in the North West, 2001-2005   a report from the  North West Cancer Itelligence Service states that over a thousand more people die from cancer every year in the North West – who wouldn’t have died if the region had the same rates death rates as the rest of the country. The great majority of these deaths are caused by lung cancer highlighting the links between cancer, smoking and deprivation.

There are 1334 excess deaths annually in the North West than would be expected if the cancer death rates were the same as the rest of the country. 60% of these are due to lung cancer with the rest being down to deaths from many different types of cancer. Cancer deaths in the North West are 8.5% higher for men and 6.7% higher for women than in England and Wales.

The comparison focuses on excess mortality for the most common cancers between 2001 and 2005. Excess mortality is the additional number of cancer deaths above what would be expected using England and Wales rates.

The new issue of Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health is now available online. If you want to access the full text of the journal you’ll need your Athens password from the NHS (at the moment you’ll need one from Cheshire and Merseyside but from April this resource will be available nationally. If you don’t have an Athens password and are eligible you can get one here). Full contents of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2008 62(1) January

In this issue

In this issue
Carlos Alvarez-Dardet and John Ashton
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 1.

[Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Speakers’ corner

Social justice in the land of Cockaigne
Johan P Mackenbach
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 2. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.057877

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Continuing professional education

The welfare state: a glossary for public health
T A Eikemo and C Bambra
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 3-6. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.066787

[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Public health past and present

Information is not good enough: the transformation of health education in France in the late 1970s
Luc Berlivet
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 7-10. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.053421

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Research reports

Previous abortion and the risk of low birth weight and preterm births
J S Brown, Jr, T Adera, and S W Masho
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 16-22. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.050369

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Impaired childhood development and suicidal behaviour in a cohort of Danish men born in 1953
M Osler, A-M Nybo Andersen, and M Nordentoft
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 23-28. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.053330

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Life course influence of residential area on cause-specific mortality
Ø Næss, B Claussen, G Davey Smith, and A H Leyland
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 29-34. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.048090

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The sense of coherence and risk of injuries: role of alcohol consumption and occupation
E Poppius, H Virkkunen, M Hakama, and L Tenkanen
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 35-41. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.057232

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The relationship between work stress and mental disorders in men and women: findings from a population-based study
J L Wang, A Lesage, N Schmitz, and A Drapeau
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 42-47. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.050591

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The associations between height components (leg and trunk length) and adult levels of liver enzymes
A Fraser, S Ebrahim, G Davey Smith, and D A Lawlor
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 48-53. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.053181

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Neighbourhood social interactions and risk of acute myocardial infarction
B Chaix, M Lindström, J Merlo, and M Rosvall
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 62-68. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.056960

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Could ultraviolet B irradiance and vitamin D be associated with lower incidence rates of lung cancer?
S B Mohr, C F Garland, E D Gorham, W B Grant, and F C Garland
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 69-74. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.052571

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Are social inequalities in mortality in Britain narrowing? Time trends from 1978 to 2005 in a population-based study of older men
S E Ramsay, R W Morris, L T Lennon, S G Wannamethee, and P H Whincup
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 75-80. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.053207

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The effects of question order and response-choice on self-rated health status in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
A Bowling and J Windsor
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 81-85. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058214

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Evidence-based public health policy and practice

The effect of smoke-free policies on electronic gaming machine expenditure in Victoria, Australia
A Lal and M Siahpush
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 11-15. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.051557

[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]Hygieia

Hygieia
Glenys Hughes
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 88

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PostScript

Social epidemiology—strategies for public health activism
Frank J van Lenthe
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 86. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.064832

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What works in tackling health inequalities? Pathways, policies and practice through the lifecourse
Carla Ancona
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 86. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.059634

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Ethnicity, race and health in multicultural societies. Foundations for better epidemiology, public health and health care
Pascale Allotey
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 87. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.064733

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Evidence-based medicine in its place
Cora Cole
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 87. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.063735

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The sexual health of young UK adults worsened in 2006 despite a concerted public health effort to turn it around, figures show. In 2006, a total of 376,508 new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were diagnosed - up 2.2% on 2005, the Health Protection Agency found in Testing Times - HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United Kingdom: 2007 Young people aged 16-24 made up the bulk of cases of some of the most common STIs, including chlamydia. The report also warns of a continuing HIV and STI epidemic in gay men.

The north and south of Britain stand divided when it comes to anything from property prices to obesity. Now the British Heart Foundation (via their Heartstats page) is warning the same applies to heart disease and deprivation is to blame.

Steven Allender, Viv Peto, Peter Scarborough, Anna Boxer and Mike Rayner (2007) Coronary heart disease statistics. BHF: London

It identifies:

• mortality and morbidity deal with demographic trends in CHD and related diseases of the circulatory system.

• the main modifiable risk factors for the disease: smoking, an unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity, a high alcohol consumption, poor psychosocial wellbeing, raised blood pressure, raised blood cholesterol, obesity and diabetes.

• the economic costs of CHD.

The new issue of the journal of Epidemiology in Community has received coverage in the mass media today for its review of binge drinking in pregnancy. If you want to access the full text of the journal you’ll need your Athens password from the NHS (at the moment you’ll need one from Cheshire and Merseyside but from April this resource will be available nationally. If you don’t have an Athens password and are eligible you can get one here). Full contents of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2007 61(12) December are detailed below.

In this issue

In this issue
Carlos Alvarez-Dardet and John Ashton
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1017. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

The JECH Gallery

Sniffing glue is still a public health problem in adolescence
John R Ashton
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1037. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.048892 [Extract][Full text] [PDF] 

Aphorism of the month

“What shall we do about London?”
JRA
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1019. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] 

Speakers’ corner

Are program evaluators judges and/or knowledge brokers?
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1020. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.065573 [Extract][Full text] [web only appendix] [PDF]

Continuing professional education

The psychosocial and health effects of workplace reorganisation. 2. A systematic review of task restructuring interventions
Clare Bambra, Matt Egan, Sian Thomas, Mark Petticrew, and Margaret Whitehead
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1028-1037. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.054999 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] 

Editorials

HPV vaccine: positive insights from universal adolescent HepB vaccination
J Claire Cameron, Lesley A Wallace, Syed Ahmed, Rina Duff, Martin Donaghy, and David J Goldberg
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1018-1019. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.059832 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] 

Public health past and present

Analysis of social epidemiology research on infectious diseases: historical patterns and future opportunities
Justin M Cohen, Mark L Wilson, and Allison E Aiello
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1021-1027. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.057216 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] 

Research reports

Systematic review of the fetal effects of prenatal binge-drinking
Jane Henderson, Ulrik Kesmodel, and Ron Gray
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1069-1073. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.054213 [Abstract] [Full text] [web only table] [PDF] 

Children at risk: measuring racial/ethnic disparities in potential exposure to air pollution at school and home
Jayajit Chakraborty and Paul A Zandbergen
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1074-1079. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.054130 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] 

Children’s use of dental services in the five Nordic countries
Jorma I Virtanen, Leeni T Berntsson, Eero Lahelma, Lennart Köhler, and Heikki Murtomaa
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1080-1085. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.052910 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] 

Functional health literacy and health-promoting behaviour in a national sample of British adults
Christian von Wagner, Katherine Knight, Andrew Steptoe, and Jane Wardle
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1086-1090. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.053967 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] 

Use of statins and beta-blockers after acute myocardial infarction according to income and education
Jeppe N Rasmussen, Gunnar H Gislason, Søren Rasmussen, Steen Z Abildstrom, Tina K Schramm, Lars Køber, Finn Diderichsen, Merete Osler, Christian Torp-Pedersen, and Mette Madsen
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1091-1097. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.055525 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] 

Theory and methods

Going beyond The three worlds of welfare capitalism: regime theory and public health research
C Bambra
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1098-1102. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.064295 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] 

Evidence-based public health policy and practice

Income redistribution is not enough: income inequality, social welfare programs, and achieving equity in health
Barbara Starfield and Anne-Emanuelle Birn
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1038-1041. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.054627 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] 

The association of neighbourhood psychosocial stressors and self-rated health in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Charles Agyemang, Carolien van Hooijdonk, Wanda Wendel-Vos, Ellen Lindeman, Karien Stronks, and Mariël Droomers
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1042-1049. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.052548 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

The area-level association between hospital-treated deliberate self-harm, deprivation and social fragmentation in Ireland
Paul Corcoran, Ella Arensman, and Ivan J Perry
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1050-1055. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.055855 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

The relative impact of 13 chronic conditions across three different outcomes
Anthony V Perruccio, J Denise Power, and Elizabeth M Badley
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1056-1061. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.047308 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] 

End-of-life decision-making in Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland: does place of death make a difference?
Joachim Cohen, Johan Bilsen, Susanne Fischer, Rurik Löfmark, Michael Norup, Agnes van der Heide, Guido Miccinesi, Luc Deliens, and on behalf of the EURELD Consortium
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1062-1068. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.056341 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] 

PostScript

Health promotion and health services. Management for change
Paolo Contu
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1103. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.063768 [Extract][Full text] [PDF] 

The economics of cancer care
Massimo Costantini and Monica Beccaro
J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1103. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.062448 [Extract][Full text] [PDF] 

Hygieia

J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 1104. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] 

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A tool for improving reporting of research using Observational Studies.
Annals of Internal Medicine and Public Library of Science Medicine have published two papers on STROBE, a tool for improving the reporting of observational studies.

Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE): explanation and elaboration
JP Vandenbroucke, E von ELM, DG Altman, PC Gotzsche, CD Mulrow, SJ Pocock, C Poole, JJ Schlesselman, M Egger
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007, 147(8), pp163-194

The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: Guidelines for Reporting Observational Studies.
Erik von Elm, MD; Douglas G. Altman, DSc; Matthias Egger, MD; Stuart J. Pocock, PhD; Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD; Jan P. Vandenbroucke, MD
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007, 147(8), pp573-577

The Health profile of England 2007 provides a collation of national and regional data to provide a baseline against which people can compare data from their own Local Health Profile (LHP). The 2007 report updates tables showing regional comparisons and national trends for indicators presented in LHP, as well as a wide ranging snapshot of public health and well-being in England and a section on international comparisons.

• A general improvement in health outcome
  The report shows recent improvements in a number of critical areas, e.g.:
  • declining mortality rates in targeted killers (cancers, all circulatory diseases and suicides)
  • increasing life expectancy, now at its highest ever level
  • reducing infant mortality, now at its lowest ever level

Challenges remain to achieve and sustain progress, e.g.:
• rising rates of diabetes

• Similarly for the determinants of health,
  • Improvements in some important areas, e.g.:
  • the number of people who smoke
  • quality of housing stock
  • Areas of concern, e.g.:
  • increasing levels of obesity in adults and children
  • high levels of teenage pregnancy
• Health inequalities are often present
  • The report illustrates various geographical inequalities across the UK
• International comparisons give a wider context presenting national progress in comparison to countries of the European Union (EU), or to the 15 countries that were members of the EU prior to 2004 (EU-15), e.g.:
  • Premature mortality rates from the two biggest killers, circulatory diseases and cancer, are reducing faster in England than the average for the EU
  • Death rates from motor vehicle traffic accidents in the United Kingdom are amongst the lowest in EU
  • The prevalence of obesity in England is the highest in the EU
  • Death rates for chronic liver disease and cirrhosis have risen markedly, particularly since the mid-1990s, and for females, latest data show England has risen above the EU-15 average
  • The percentage of all live births to mothers under age 20 in the United Kingdom remains the highest when compared to other EU-15 countries.

You can see the mass media’s take on this report on 23rd October 2007.

Out of the North West Public Health Observatory are the Local Alcohol Profiles for England. With a simple map based interface the profiles offer geographical indicators relating to alcohol use. It links also to Alcohol Indications the eighth in a series of national reports produced for the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) by the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) it contains 36 different indicators of alcohol-related harm, health and behaviour across all nine English regions; with analysis of sub-regional inequalities where possible.

Media coverage from the 16th October can be viewed here (local news here).