Do children with neurological disabilities use more inpatient resources: an observational study
Advances in healthcare have improved the survival of children with neurological disabilities (ND). Studies in the US have shown that children with ND use a substantial proportion of resources in children ’s hos... (Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology)
Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology - April 27, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jin-Xi Yuan, Marian McGowan, Irene Hadjikoumi and Buddhi Pant Source Type: research
Comparison of response patterns in different survey designs: a longitudinal panel with mixed-mode and online-only design
Increasing availability of the Internet allows using only online data collection for more epidemiological studies. We compare response patterns in a population-based health survey using two survey designs: mix... (Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology)
Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology - March 21, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Nicole R übsamen, Manas K. Akmatov, Stefanie Castell, André Karch and Rafael T. Mikolajczyk Source Type: research
Estimating the prevalence of dementia using multiple linked administrative health records and capture –recapture methodology
Obtaining population-level estimates of the incidence and prevalence of dementia is challenging due to under-diagnosis and under-reporting. We investigated the feasibility of using multiple linked datasets and... (Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology)
Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology - February 27, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Michael Waller, Gita D. Mishra and Annette J. Dobson Source Type: research
Participatory epidemiology: the contribution of participatory research to epidemiology
Epidemiology has contributed in many ways to identifying various risk factors for disease and to promoting population health. However, there is a continuing debate about the ability of epidemiology not only to... (Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology)
Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology - February 10, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Mario Bach, Susanne Jordan, Susanne Hartung, Claudia Santos-H övener and Michael T. Wright Source Type: research
Exploring diurnal variation using piecewise linear splines: an example using blood pressure
There are many examples of physiological processes that follow a circadian cycle and researchers are interested in alternative methods to illustrate and quantify this diurnal variation. Circadian blood pressur... (Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology)
Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology - February 2, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jamie M. Madden, Xia Li, Patricia M. Kearney, Kate Tilling and Anthony P. Fitzgerald Source Type: research
Parameters associated with design effect of child anthropometry indicators in small-scale field surveys
Cluster surveys provide rapid but representative estimates of key nutrition indicators in humanitarian crises. For these surveys, an accurate estimate of the design effect is critical to calculate a sample siz... (Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology)
Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology - December 7, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Erin N. Hulland, Curtis J. Blanton, Eva Z. Leidman and Oleg O. Bilukha Source Type: research
Nutrition surveillance using a small open cohort: experience from Burkina Faso
Nutritional surveillance remains generally weak and early warning systems are needed in areas with high burden of acute under-nutrition. In order to enhance insight into nutritional surveillance, a community-b... (Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology)
Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology - November 15, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Mathias Altmann, Christophe Fermanian, Boshen Jiao, Chiara Altare, Martin Loada and Mark Myatt Source Type: research
Comparison of dementia recorded in routinely collected hospital admission data in England with dementia recorded in primary care
Electronic linkage of UK cohorts to routinely collected National Health Service (NHS) records provides virtually complete follow-up for cause-specific hospital admissions and deaths. The reliability of dementi... (Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology)
Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology - October 28, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Anna Brown, Oksana Kirichek, Angela Balkwill, Gillian Reeves, Valerie Beral, Cathie Sudlow, John Gallacher and Jane Green Source Type: research
Effects of recall time on cause-of-death findings using verbal autopsy: empirical evidence from rural South Africa
Verbal autopsy (VA) is a widely used technique for assigning causes to non-medically certified deaths using information gathered from a close caregiver. Both operational and cultural factors may cause delays i... (Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology)
Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology - October 18, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Max Petzold, Mark Collinson, Stephen Tollman, Kathleen Kahn and Peter Byass Source Type: research
Assessing delivery practices of mothers over time and over space in Uganda, 2003 –2012
It is well known that safe delivery in a health facility reduces the risks of maternal and infant mortality resulting from perinatal complications. What is less understood are the factors associated with safe ... (Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology)
Source: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology - June 14, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Daniel A. Sprague, Caroline Jeffery, Nadine Crossland, Thomas House, Gareth O. Roberts, William Vargas, Joseph Ouma, Stephen K. Lwanga and Joseph J. Valadez Source Type: research
