Causation in epidemiology - Journal of Epidemiology
网页Causation 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 …
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网页3 天之前 · JECH is a leading international journal devoted to publication of original research and reviews covering applied, methodological and theoretical issues with emphasis on studies using multidisciplinary or integrative approaches. JECH accepts submissions of a wide range of article types, including research reports, reviews and Theory & Methods ...
Six steps in quality intervention development (6SQuID)
网页Introduction. Improving the effectiveness of public health interventions depends as much on improving their design as their evaluation.1 Yet, compared to the vast literature on intervention evaluation,2–5 there is little to guide researchers or practitioners on developing interventions in logical, evidence-based ways to maximise effectiveness. Poor …
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网页When publishing in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, authors choose between three licence types – exclusive licence granted to BMJ, CC-BY-NC and CC-BY (Creative Commons open access licences require payment of an article processing charge).As an author you may wish to post your article in an institutional or subject repository, or on a …
Bias - Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
网页The concept of bias is the lack of internal validity or incorrect assessment of the association between an exposure and an effect in the target population in which the statistic estimated has an expectation that does not equal the true value. Biases can be classified by the research stage in which they occur or by the direction of change in a estimate. The most …
Defining equity in health - Journal of Epidemiology & Community …
网页2003年4月1日 · 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 …
Rethinking the terms non-communicable disease and chronic …
网页Diseases are frequently referred to as communicable or non-communicable. Communicable diseases comprise infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and measles, while non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are mostly chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, and diabetes. Epidemics of communicable diseases follow …
When and how do ‘effective’ interventions need to be adapted …
网页Rational models of evidence-informed policy have historically centred on an assumption that it is possible to identify ‘effective’ interventions, before recommending wider implementation. However, for population health interventions (which we define as inclusive of public health and health services), transferability to new contexts is often uncertain.1 Some …
Life course epidemiology - Journal of Epidemiology & Community …
网页ACCUMULATION OF RISK. One of the earliest descriptions of accumulation of risk was Riley’s concept of insult accumulation, 40 the notion that life course exposures or insults gradually accumulate through episodes of illness and injury, adverse environmental conditions, and health damaging behaviours. One of the purposes of life course …