Infant mortality among the Canadian-born offspring of immigrants and non-immigrants in Canada: a population-based study
Adult immigrants in Canada have a survival advantage over their Canadian-born counterparts. It is unknown whether migrants are able to transmit their survival advantage to their Canadian-born children. (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 30, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Zoua M. Vang Source Type: research
A feasibility study on using smartphones to conduct short-version verbal autopsies in rural China
Currently there are two main sources of mortality data with cause of death assignments in China. Both sources –the Ministry of Health-Vital Registration system and the Chinese Disease Surveillance Point system–... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 20, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jing Zhang, Rohina Joshi, Jixin Sun, Samantha R. Rosenthal, Miao Tong, Cong Li, Rasika Rampatige, Meghan Mooney, Alan Lopez and Lijing L. Yan Source Type: research
Accuracy of self-reported height, weight, and waist circumference in a general adult Chinese population
Self-reported height, weight, and waist circumference (WC) are widely used to estimate the prevalence of obesity, which has been increasing rapidly in China, but there is limited evidence for the accuracy of s... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 11, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Shurong Lu, Jian Su, Quanyong Xiang, Jinyi Zhou and Ming Wu Source Type: research
Disparities in length of life across developed countries: measuring and decomposing changes over time within and between country groups
Over the past half century the global tendency for improvements in longevity has been uneven across countries. This has resulted in widening of inter-country disparities in life expectancy. Moreover, the patte... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 11, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Sergey Timonin, Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Domantas Jasilionis, Pavel Grigoriev, Dmitry A. Jdanov and David A. Leon Source Type: research
Current tobacco use and its associated factors among adults in a country with comprehensive ban on tobacco: findings from the nationally representative STEPS survey, Bhutan, 2014
Despite a comprehensive ban on cultivation, manufacture, distribution, and sale of tobacco products since 2004, two nationwide surveys conducted in 2012 and 2013 reported high tobacco use in Bhutan. National H... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 8, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Mongal Singh Gurung, Dorji Pelzom, Tandin Dorji, Wangchuk Drukpa, Chador Wangdi, Palanivel Chinnakali and Sonu Goel Source Type: research
Socioeconomic status and self-rated health of Japanese people, based on age, cohort, and period
Differences in health resulting from differences in socioeconomic status (SES) have been identified around the world. Age, period, and cohort (A-P-C) differences in health are vital factors which are associate... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 2, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Hidehiro Sugisawa, Ken Harada, Yoko Sugihara, Shizuko Yanagisawa and Masaya Shinmei Source Type: research
Rapid assessment of disability in the Philippines: understanding prevalence, well-being, and access to the community for people with disabilities to inform the W-DARE project
International recognition that people with disabilities were excluded from the Millennium Development Goals has led to better inclusion of people with disabilities in the recently agreed Global Goals for Susta... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 2, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Manjula Marella, Alexandra Devine, Graeme Ferdinand Armecin, Jerome Zayas, Ma Jesusa Marco and Cathy Vaughan Source Type: research
Comparative approaches for assessing access to alcohol outlets: exploring the utility of a gravity potential approach
A growing body of research recommends controlling alcohol availability to reduce harm. Various common approaches, however, provide dramatically different pictures of the physical availability of alcohol. This ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 2, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Tony H. Grubesic, Ran Wei, Alan T. Murray and William Alex Pridemore Source Type: research
Expansion or compression of long-term care in Germany between 2001 and 2009? A small-area decomposition study based on administrative health data
Studies state profound cross-country differences in healthy life years and its time trends, suggesting either the health scenario of expansion or compression of morbidity. A much-discussed question in public h... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 13, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Daniel Kreft and Gabriele Doblhammer Source Type: research
Future healthy life expectancy among older adults in the US: a forecast based on cohort smoking and obesity history
In the past three decades, the elderly population in the United States experienced increase in life expectancy (LE) and disability-free life expectancy (LEND), but decrease in life expectancy with disability (LED (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 12, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Bochen Cao Source Type: research
Summarizing health-related quality of life (HRQOL): development and testing of a one-factor model
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a multi-dimensional concept commonly used to examine the impact of health status on quality of life. HRQOL is often measured by four core questions that asked about ge... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 11, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Shaoman Yin, Rashid Njai, Lawrence Barker, Paul Z. Siegel and Youlian Liao Source Type: research
Estimating average alcohol consumption in the population using multiple sources: the case of Spain
National estimates on per capita alcohol consumption are provided regularly by various sources and may have validity problems, so corrections are needed for monitoring and assessment purposes. Our objectives w... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - June 2, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Luis Sordo, Gregorio Barrio, María J. Bravo, Joan R. Villalbí, Albert Espelt, Montserrat Neira and Enrique Regidor Source Type: research
Changes in life expectancy 1950 –2010: contributions from age- and disease-specific mortality in selected countries
Changes of life expectancy over time serve as an interesting public health indicator for medical, social and economic developments within populations. The aim of this study was to quantify changes of life expe... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - May 23, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jochen Klenk, Ulrich Keil, Andrea Jaensch, Marcus C. Christiansen and Gabriele Nagel Source Type: research
Changes in life expectancy 1950–2010: contributions from age- and disease-specific mortality in selected countries
Changes of life expectancy over time serve as an interesting public health indicator for medical, social and economic developments within populations. The aim of this study was to quantify changes of life expe... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - May 23, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jochen Klenk, Ulrich Keil, Andrea Jaensch, Marcus C. Christiansen and Gabriele Nagel Source Type: research
Development of a metric for tracking and comparing population health based on the minimal generic set of domains of functioning and health
The following minimal set of valid health domains for tracking the health of both clinical and general populations has recently been proposed: 1) energy and drive functions, 2) emotional functions, 3) sensatio... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - May 12, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Cornelia Oberhauser, Somnath Chatterji, Carla Sabariego and Alarcos Cieza Source Type: research
