Population Health Metrics: the next phase
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Source: Population Health Metrics - February 5, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jonathan M. Samet, Christopher J. L. Murray and Alan D. Lopez Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Reweighting national survey data for small area behaviour estimates: modelling alcohol consumption in Local Authorities in England
There are likely to be differences in alcohol consumption levels and patterns across local areas within a country, yet survey data is often collected at the national or sub-national/regional level and is not r... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - January 2, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Robert Pryce, Colin Angus, John Holmes, Duncan Gillespie, Penny Buykx, Petra Meier, Matt Hickman, Frank de Vocht and Alan Brennan Tags: Research Source Type: research
Preventing type 2 diabetes mellitus in Qatar by reducing obesity, smoking, and physical inactivity: mathematical modeling analyses
The aim of this study was to estimate the impact of reducing the prevalence of obesity, smoking, and physical inactivity, and introducing physical activity as an explicit intervention, on the burden of type 2 ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - December 30, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Susanne F. Awad, Martin O ’Flaherty, Katie G. El-Nahas, Abdulla O. Al-Hamaq, Julia A. Critchley and Laith J. Abu-Raddad Tags: Research Source Type: research
Accounting for biases in survey-based estimates of population attributable fractions
This paper discusses best practices for estimating fractions of mortality attributable to health exposures in survey data that are biased by observed confounders and unobserved endogenous selection. Extant res... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - December 12, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Ryan Masters and Eric Reither Tags: Research Source Type: research
Social capital is associated with lower mosquito vector indices: secondary analysis from a cluster randomised controlled trial of community mobilisation for dengue prevention in Mexico
Control of the Aedes aegypti mosquito is central to reducing the risk of dengue, zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever. Randomised controlled trials, including the Camino Verde trial in Mexico and Nicaragua, demons... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - December 10, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: V íctor Alvarado-Castro, Sergio Paredes-Solís, Elizabeth Nava-Aguilera, Arcadio Morales-Pérez, Miguel Flores-Moreno, José Legorreta-Soberanis, Esmeralda Jaimes-Néstor, Anne Cockcroft and Neil Andersson Tags: Research Source Type: research
A comparative analysis of disability measures in Cameroonian surveys
This study aims to evaluate for t... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - December 5, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Arlette Simo Fotso, G éraldine Duthé and Clifford Odimegwu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Prevalence, determinants and association of unawareness of diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia with poor disease control in a multi-ethnic Asian population without cardiovascular disease
To explore the prevalence and determinants of unawareness of diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia and its association with poor disease control in a multi-ethnic Asian population without cardiovascu... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - December 5, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Ryan E. K. Man, Alvin Hong Wei Gan, Eva K. Fenwick, Alfred Tau Liang Gan, Preeti Gupta, Charumathi Sabanayagam, Nicholas Tan, Kah Hie Wong, Tien Yin Wong, Ching-Yu Cheng and Ecosse L. Lamoureux Tags: Research Source Type: research
The relationship between the different low birth weight strata of newborns with infant mortality and the influence of the main health determinants in the extreme south of Brazil
This study evaluated the relationship of birth weight with Infant mortality (IM) through the ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - November 27, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: C ássia Simeão Vilanova, Vânia Naomi Hirakata, Viviane Costa de Souza Buriol, Marina Nunes, Marcelo Zubaran Goldani and Clécio Homrich da Silva Tags: Research Source Type: research
Migrant health in Italy: a better health status difficult to maintain —country of origin and assimilation effects studied from the Italian risk factor surveillance data
Many studies on migrant health have focused on aspects of morbidity and mortality, but very few approach the relevant issues of migrants ’ health considering behavioral risk factors. Previous studies have often... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - November 1, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Stefano Campostrini, Giuliano Carrozzi, Santino Severoni, Maria Masocco and Stefania Salmaso Tags: Research Source Type: research
Adjusting selection bias in German health insurance records for regional prevalence estimation
Regional prevalence estimation requires epidemiologic data with substantial local detail. National health surveys may lack in sufficient local observations due to limited resources. Therefore, corresponding pr... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 27, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Ralf Thomas M ünnich, Jan Pablo Burgard and Joscha Krause Tags: Research Source Type: research
Evidence on the magnitude of the economic, health and population effects of palm cooking oil consumption: an integrated modelling approach with Thailand as a case study
Palm oil ’s high yields, consequent low cost and highly versatile properties as a cooking oil and food ingredient have resulted in its thorough infiltration of the food sector in some countries. Longitudinal st... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 16, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Marcus R. Keogh-Brown, Henning Tarp Jensen, Sanjay Basu, Wichai Aekplakorn, Soledad Cuevas, Alan D. Dangour, Shabbir H. Gheewala, Rosemary Green, Edward JM Joy, Nipa Rojroongwasinkul, Nalitra Thaiprasert, Bhavani Shankar and Richard D. Smith Tags: Research Source Type: research
Evaluation of data availability on population health indicators at the regional level across the European Union
The ability to measure regional health inequalities across Europe and to build adequate population health indices depends significantly on the availability of reliable and comparable data at the regional level... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 7, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Claudia Costa, Ângela Freitas, Iwa Stefanik, Thomas Krafft, Eva Pilot, Joana Morrison and Paula Santana Tags: Research Source Type: research
Can cost-effectiveness results be combined into a coherent league table? Case study from one high-income country
Doubts exist around the value of compiling league tables for cost-effectiveness results for health interventions, primarily due to methods differences. We aimed to determine if a reasonably coherent league tab... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 5, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Nick Wilson, Anna Davies, Naomi Brewer, Nhung Nghiem, Linda Cobiac and Tony Blakely Tags: Research Source Type: research
Regional variation of premature mortality in Ontario, Canada: a spatial analysis
Premature mortality is a meaningful indicator of both population health and health system performance, which varies by geography in Ontario. We used the Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) sub-regions to c... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 31, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Emmalin Buajitti, Tristan Watson, Todd Norwood, Kathy Kornas, Catherine Bornbaum, David Henry and Laura C. Rosella Tags: Research Source Type: research
Estimating cause-specific mortality in Madagascar: an evaluation of death notification data from the capital city
Trends in cause-specific mortality in most African countries are currently estimated from epidemiological models because the coverage of the civil registration system is low and national statistics on causes o... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 29, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Bruno Masquelier, Gilles Pison, Julio Rakotonirina and Anjarasoa Rasoanomenjanahary Tags: Research Source Type: research
