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WEBAims and scope. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health is a truly international journal that encompasses all aspects of epidemiology and public health. It publishes original research, opinions and materials concerned with the study and improvement of communities worldwide. For information about Journal of …
Causation in epidemiology - Journal of Epidemiology
WEBCausation is an essential concept in epidemiology, yet there is no single, clearly articulated definition for the discipline. From a systematic review of the literature, five categories can be delineated: production, necessary and sufficient, sufficient-component, counterfactual, and probabilistic. Strengths and weaknesses of these categories are examined in terms of proposed characteristics ...
Bias - Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
WEBSometimes, the term bias is also used to refer to the mechanism that produces lack of internal validity. 1. Biases can be classified by the direction of the change they produce in a parameter (for example, the odds ratio (OR)). Toward the null bias or negative bias yields estimates closer to the null value (for example, lower and closer OR to 1 ...
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Online First | Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Original research. Redlining in New York City: impacts on particulate matter exposure during pregnancy and birth outcomes. Teresa Herrera, Eunsil Seok, Whitney Cowell, Eric Brown, Sheryl Magzamen, Ako Adams Ako, Rosalind J Wright, Leonardo Trasande, Robin Ortiz, Annemarie Stroustrup, Akhgar …
Life course epidemiology - Journal of Epidemiology & Community …
WEBPower, pestulance, weather, and war. John R Ashton Carlos Alvarez-Dardet. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2003; 57 757-757 Published Online First: 22 Oct 2003. doi: 10.1136/jech.57.10.757. Correction.
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Defining equity in health - Journal of Epidemiology & Community …
WEBApr 1, 2003 · Study objective: To propose a definition of health equity to guide operationalisation and measurement, and to discuss the practical importance of clarity in defining this concept. Design: Conceptual discussion. Setting, Patients/Participants, and Main results: not applicable. Conclusions: For the purposes of measurement and operationalisation, equity in health is the absence of systematic ...
Psychosocial factors and public health | Journal of Epidemiology ...
WEBMacleod and Davey Smith state that the aim of their paper is to critically examine the role of psychosocial factors in health. 1 Unfortunately, what could have been an interesting discussion is compromised by the authors implicit assumption that there is a single pathway linking social position to health. The authors seem to equate parsimonious causal analysis with a narrow, reductionistic ...