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The perpetual need of randomized clinical trials: challenges and uncertainties in emulating the REDUCE-AMI trial Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Maarten J.G. Leening, Eric Boersma
Trial emulations in observational data analyses can complement findings from randomized clinical trials, inform future trial designs, or generate evidence when randomized studies are not feasible due to resource constraints and ethical or practical limitations. Importantly, trial emulation designs facilitate causal inference in observational data analyses by enhancing counterfactual thinking and comparisons
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Learning about treatment effects in a new target population under transportability assumptions for relative effect measures Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Issa J. Dahabreh, Sarah E. Robertson, Jon A. Steingrimsson
Investigators often believe that relative effect measures conditional on covariates, such as risk ratios and mean ratios, are “transportable” across populations. Here, we examine the identification of causal effects in a target population using an assumption that conditional relative effect measures are transportable from a trial to the target population. We show that transportability for relative
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Convivial Populations: Ivan Illich and Public Health in the 21st Century Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Aldis H. Petriceks
Ivan Illich (1926–2002) was a historian, social critic, and professor at multiple universities. He came to intellectual fame through his criticisms of modern institutions, including health care, and his concern with social structures that he believed to impede human flourishing. However, Illich has not been thoroughly explored as a source of insight for public health professionals. Although he populates
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Differences in metabolomic profiles between Black and White women in the U.S.: Analyses from two prospective cohorts Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Emma E. McGee, Oana A. Zeleznik, Raji Balasubramanian, Jie Hu, Bernard A. Rosner, Jean Wactawski-Wende, Clary B. Clish, Julian Avila-Pacheco, Walter C. Willett, Kathryn M. Rexrode, Rulla M. Tamimi, A. Heather Eliassen
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The Chinese keratoconus (CKC) cohort study Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Kaili Yang, Xiaotian Liu, Liyan Xu, Yuwei Gu, Qi Fan, Shanshan Yin, Yifan Wang, Yi Yuan, Anqi Chang, Yonghao Zang, Chenchen Yin, Chenjiu Pang, Chongjian Wang, Shengwei Ren
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Prospective benchmarking of an observational analysis in the SWEDEHEART registry against the REDUCE-AMI randomized trial Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Anthony A. Matthews, Issa J. Dahebreh, Conor J. MacDonald, Bertil Lindahl, Robin Hofmann, David Erlinge, Troels Yndigegn, Anita Berglund, Tomas Jernberg, Miguel A. Hernán
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Reweighting UK Biobank corrects for pervasive selection bias due to volunteering Int. J. Epidemiol. (IF 7.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Sjoerd van Alten, Benjamin W Domingue, Jessica Faul, Titus Galama, Andries T Marees
Background Biobanks typically rely on volunteer-based sampling. This results in large samples (power) at the cost of representativeness (bias). The problem of volunteer bias is debated. Here, we (i) show that volunteering biases associations in UK Biobank (UKB) and (ii) estimate inverse probability (IP) weights that correct for volunteer bias in UKB. Methods Drawing on UK Census data, we constructed
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Federal Impacts on Buprenorphine Prescribing in Washington State, 2012 to 2022 Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Fan Xiong, Jillian Jetson, Cheolwoo Park, Chris Delcher
Objectives. To evaluate changes in monthly buprenorphine dispensation associated with federal prescribing policies in Washington State from 2012 to 2022. Methods. We conducted an interrupted time series analysis comparing monthly buprenorphine prescriptions dispensed per 1000 population after the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid
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A multidisciplinary and structured investigation of three suspected clusters of transverse upper limb reduction defects in France Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Julie Boudet-Berquier, Christophe Demattei, Laurence Guldner, Anne Gallay, Sylvie Manouvrier, Jérémie Botton, Claire Philippat, Fleur Delva, Juliette Bloch, Caroline Semaille, Sylvie Odent, Isabelle Perthus, Hanitra Randrianaivo, Sylvie Babajko, Tiphaine Barjat, Claire Beneteau, Naima Brennetot, Ester Garne, Georges Haddad, Mounia Hocine, Isabelle Lacroix, Klervi Leuraud, Michel Mench, Joan Morris
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Black Americans’ Drug Mortality Increases and Local Employment Opportunities, 2010‒2021 Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Sehun Oh, Manuel Cano
Objectives. To test the associations between local employment opportunities for the Black workforce and drug mortality among Black Americans, while examining the potential moderating effects of fentanyl seizure rates. Methods. We derived data from the National Center for Health Statistics’ restricted-access Multiple Cause of Death file, linked with county-level job counts, drug supply, and other characteristics
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Dietary intake of copper and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project Int. J. Epidemiol. (IF 7.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Michele Sassano, Giulia Collatuzzo, Monireh Sadat Seyyedsalehi, Claudio Pelucchi, Rossella Bonzi, Domenico Palli, Monica Ferraroni, Nuno Lunet, Samantha Morais, Lizbeth López-Carrillo, Reza Malekzadeh, Mohammadreza Pakseresht, Malaquias López-Cervantes, Mary H Ward, Maria Constanza Camargo, Maria Paula Curado, Jesùs Vioque, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Stefania Boccia, Eva Negri, Carlo La Vecchia, Paolo Boffetta
Background Evidence on the potential association between dietary copper intake and gastric cancer (GC) is lacking. Thus, we aimed to evaluate this association within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project—an international consortium of epidemiological studies on GC. Methods Data from five case–control studies within the StoP Project were included (2448 cases, 4350 controls). We estimated adjusted
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Continued decline in the incidence of myocardial infarction beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide study of the Swedish population aged 60 and older during 2015–2022 Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Anna C. Meyer, Marcus Ebeling, Enrique Acosta, Karin Modig
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The underestimated preventive effects of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening: re-analysis and meta-analysis of randomized trials Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Hermann Brenner, Thomas Heisser, Rafael Cardoso, Michael Hoffmeister
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Listening Sessions to Shape the Innovative NIH ComPASS Common Fund Program to Advance Health Equity Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Alison G. M. Brown, Danyelle Winchester, Shalanda A. Bynum, Sara M. Amolegbe, Yvonne O. Ferguson, Minnjuan Flournoy Floyd, Collene Lawhorn, Jimmy T. Le, Jacqueline Lloyd, April Y. Oh, Nadra Tyus, Damiya E. Whitaker, Cheryl Anne Boyce
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recognized the need for a research program to address the underlying structural factors that impact health. To inform the development of the NIH Common Fund Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Program, NIH obtained input through community listening sessions. Through its design, ComPASS recognizes the essential role of community organizations
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Design, cohort profile and comparison of the KTD-Innov study: a prospective multidimensional biomarker validation study in kidney allograft rejection Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Valentin Goutaudier, Marta Sablik, Maud Racapé, Olivia Rousseau, Benoit Audry, Nassim Kamar, Marc Raynaud, Olivier Aubert, Béatrice Charreau, Emmanuelle Papuchon, Richard Danger, Laurence Letertre, Lionel Couzi, Emmanuel Morelon, Moglie Le Quintrec, Jean-Luc Taupin, Eric Vicaut, Christophe Legendre, Hoa Le Mai, Vishnu Potluri, Thi-Van-Ha Nguyen, Marie-Eliane Azoury, Alice Pinheiro, Georges Nouadje
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Facilitating the development of urgently required combination vaccines Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 William P Hausdorff PhD, Prof Shabir A Madhi PhD, Gagandeep Kang PhD, Lassané Kaboré PhD, Marta Tufet Bayona PhD, Birgitte K Giersing PhD
The essence of a vaccine lies in its ability to elicit a set of immune responses specifically directed at a particular pathogen. Accordingly, vaccines were historically designed, developed, registered, recommended, procured, and administered as monopathogen formulations. Nonetheless, the control and elimination of an astonishing number of diseases was realised only after several once-separate vaccines
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Building a New Generation of Public Health Leaders Forged in a Public Health Crisis Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Susan C. Helm-Murtagh, Paul C. Erwin
The COVID-19 pandemic presented wide-ranging leadership challenges to public health leaders and public health organizations. In its wake, as the necessity of reconstructing public health and modernizing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is considered, we reviewed reports from the Commonwealth Fund and the CDC and other leadership-focused literature to identify common themes for a
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Trajectories of Mental Distress Among US Women by Sexual Orientation and Racialized Group During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Ariel L. Beccia, Dougie Zubizarreta, S. Bryn Austin, Julia R. Raifman, Jorge E. Chavarro, Brittany M. Charlton
Objectives. To describe longitudinal trends in the prevalence of mental distress across the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020‒April 2021) among US women at the intersection of sexual orientation and racialized group. Methods. Participants included 49 805 cisgender women and female-identified people from the COVID-19 Sub-Study, a cohort of US adults embedded within the Nurses’ Health Studies
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Cooking with liquefied petroleum gas or biomass and fetal growth outcomes: a multi-country randomised controlled trial Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 William Checkley MD, Lisa M Thompson PhD, Shakir Hossen MBBS, Laura Nicolaou PhD, Kendra N Williams PhD, Stella M Hartinger PhD, Marilu Chiang MD, Kalpana Balakrishnan PhD, Sarada S Garg DNB, Gurusamy Thangavel MSc, Vigneswari Aravindalochanan PhD, Ghislaine Rosa PhD, Alexie Mukeshimana Adv Dip, Florien Ndagijimana MPH, John P McCracken ScD, Anaité Diaz-Artiga MPH, Sheela S Sinharoy PhD, Lance Waller
Household air pollution might lead to fetal growth restriction during pregnancy. We aimed to investigate whether a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) intervention to reduce personal exposures to household air pollution during pregnancy would alter fetal growth. The Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial was an open-label randomised controlled trial conducted in ten resource-limited settings
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Measles in jails and prisons Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Lawrence A Haber, Alysse G Wurcel, Justin Berk
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A population-based cohort of drug exposures and adverse pregnancy outcomes in China (DEEP): rationale, design, and baseline characteristics Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Jing Tan, Yiquan Xiong, Chunrong Liu, Peng Zhao, Pei Gao, Guowei Li, Jin Guo, Mingxi Li, Wanqiang Wei, Guanhua Yao, Yongyao Qian, Lishan Ye, Huanyang Qi, Hui Liu, Moliang Chen, Kang Zou, Lehana Thabane, Xin Sun
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Congenital anomalies during Covid-19: artifact of surveillance or a real TORCH? Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Nathalie Auger, Laura Arbour, Antoine Lewin, Émilie Brousseau, Jessica Healy-Profitós, Thuy Mai Luu
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The AccelerAge framework: a new statistical approach to predict biological age based on time-to-event data Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Marije Sluiskes, Jelle Goeman, Marian Beekman, Eline Slagboom, Erik van den Akker, Hein Putter, Mar Rodríguez-Girondo
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Causes of Death in the Presence of Law Enforcement in Johnson County, Iowa, 2011–2020 Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Anne M. L. Rempel, Jane E. Persons, Kate Bengtson, Marcus B. Nashelsky
Objectives. To examine sudden and unexpected or trauma-related deaths that occurred in the presence of law enforcement in Johnson County, Iowa, between 2011 and 2020. Methods. We identified deaths in the presence of law enforcement using definitions from the National Association of Medical Examiners. We obtained data, including demographics, cause and manner of death, toxicology results, and circumstances
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Building the Infrastructure to Integrate Social Care in a Safety Net Health System Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Christopher M. Callahan, Amy Carter, Hannah S. Carty, Daniel O. Clark, Tedd Grain, Seth L. Grant, Kimberly McElroy-Jones, Deanna Reinoso, Lisa E. Harris
A recent National Academies report recommended that health systems invest in new infrastructure to integrate social and medical care. Although many health systems routinely screen patients for social concerns, few health systems achieve the recommended model of integration. In this critical case study in an urban safety net health system, we describe the human capital, operational redesign, and financial
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Tuberculosis screening in adults with HIV: beyond symptoms Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Bianca Sossen, Gary Maartens
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Thinking beyond diagnostic accuracy to evaluate tuberculosis screening tests Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Emily L-H MacLean, H Manisha Yapa
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Point-of-care C-reactive protein and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for tuberculosis screening and diagnosis in unselected antiretroviral therapy initiators: a prospective, cross-sectional, diagnostic accuracy study Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Byron W P Reeve PhD, Gcobisa Ndlangalavu PhD, Hridesh Mishra PhD, Zaida Palmer MSc, Happy Tshivhula PhD, Loren Rockman BSc (Hons), Selisha Naidoo MSc, Desiree L Mbu MSc, Charissa C Naidoo PhD, Brigitta Derendinger PhD, Prof Gerhard Walzl MD PhD, Stephanus T Malherbe MD PhD, Prof Paul D van Helden PhD, Fred C Semitala MD, Christina Yoon MD, Rishi K Gupta MRCP PhD, Prof Mahdad Noursadeghi FRCP PhD, Prof
Tuberculosis, a major cause of death in people living with HIV, remains challenging to diagnose. Diagnostic accuracy data are scarce for promising triage and confirmatory tests such as C-reactive protein (CRP), sputum and urine Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra), and urine Determine TB LAM Ag (a lateral flow lipoarabinomannan [LF-LAM] test), without symptom selection. We evaluated novel triage and confirmatory
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Blood RNA biomarkers for tuberculosis screening in people living with HIV before antiretroviral therapy initiation: a diagnostic accuracy study Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Tiffeney Mann MSc, Rishi K Gupta PhD, Byron W P Reeve PhD, Gcobisa Ndlangalavu PhD, Aneesh Chandran PhD, Amirtha P Krishna BSc, Claire J Calderwood MRCP, Happy Tshivhula PhD, Zaida Palmer MSc, Selisha Naidoo MSc, Desiree L Mbu MSc, Grant Theron PhD, Prof Mahdad Noursadeghi PhD
Undiagnosed tuberculosis remains a major threat for people living with HIV. Multiple blood transcriptomic biomarkers have shown promise for tuberculosis diagnosis. We sought to evaluate their diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility for systematic pre-antiretroviral therapy (ART) tuberculosis screening. We enrolled consecutive adults (age ≥18 years) referred to start ART at a community health centre
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Metabolic profiling of smoking, associations with type 2 diabetes and interaction with genetic susceptibility Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-31 Yuxia Wei, Sara Hägg, Jonathan K. L. Mak, Tiinamaija Tuomi, Yiqiang Zhan, Sofia Carlsson
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A prospective study of smoking-related white blood cell DNA methylation markers and risk of bladder cancer Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Roel Vermeulen, Barbara Bodinier, Sonia Dagnino, Rin Wada, Xuting Wang, Debra Silverman, Demetrius Albanes, Neal Freedman, Mohammad Rahman, Douglas Bell, Marc Chadeau-Hyam, Nathaniel Rothman
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Qualitative Evaluation of RADx-UP Projects Addressing COVID-19 Testing Disparities Among Underserved Populations Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Shelly A. Maras, Abisola Osinuga, Iñigo Verduzco Gallo, Arturo Rodriguez, Erin Corriveau, Kelley Milligan, Allyson Kelley, Tara Carr, Gaurav Dave
In this article, we present findings from a May 2022 to March 2023 qualitative evaluation of Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics–Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) projects addressing COVID-19 testing disparities among underserved populations. Interviews with academic and community partners from 13 RADx-UP projects revealed that despite the pandemic, projects were able to build trust and relationships
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Experiences and Lessons Learned From the RADx-UP Consortium Community Engagement Projects Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Brandy Farrar, Ann Middleton, Lee Thompson, Ann-Marie Akiwumi, Inigo Verduzco Gallo, Perfecto Munoz, Miriam A. Nuno, Mariela Alaniz
In this study, we used emerging community engagement frameworks to describe the structure and outcomes of a large-scale, community-engaged, research-to-practice initiative, RADx-UP. Qualitative methods were used to analyze survey and meeting data from 2022 for RADx-UP projects. Most projects had diverse partners, achieved moderate levels of community engagement, and experienced positive outcomes. Challenges
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Engaging School Communities During COVID-19: The Role of School Nurses Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Rosanne Hoffman, Shelley Kay, Rumour Piepenbrink, Jennifer Goldman, Jennifer Schuster, Lauren Grimes, Dana Keener Mast
We explored the role of school nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic by conducting interviews and focus groups with them in 2022 and 2023 in an urban public school district. Findings indicated that school nurses played an essential public health role in engaging the school community, overseeing COVID-19 testing, and enforcing risk mitigation strategies during the pandemic. Our results contribute to understanding
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Excess Mortality Calculations to Assess the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Concepts and Methodological Issues Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Jan P. Vandenbroucke, Neil Pearce
We discuss some intriguing methodological aspects of excess mortality analyses, which have been widely used to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. We describe the main ways of presenting excess mortality: as a mortality rate (incidence rate) or as a percentage increase (relative risk or rate ratio). We discuss what should be regarded as the null value of excess mortality (i.e., when countries
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Prevalence of functional disorders across Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Caroline Rometsch, Giovanni Mansueto, Frederic Maas Genannt Bermpohl, Alexandra Martin, Fiammetta Cosci
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Strategic planning for the second era of the HIV epidemic Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Linda-Gail Bekker, Robin Wood
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Is multimorbidity a useful concept for public health? Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Martin C Gulliford, Judith M Green
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Inequalities in physical and mental health among people in prison Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Chantal Edge, Andrew Hayward
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The connection between homelessness and dementia Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 William J Panenka, Allen E Thornton, Jacob L Stubbs
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Socioeconomic inequalities in accumulation of multimorbidity in England from 2019 to 2049: a microsimulation projection study Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Anna Head PhD, Max Birkett, Kate Fleming PhD, Chris Kypridemos PhD, Prof Martin O’Flaherty PhD
There are socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of multimorbidity and its accumulation across the life course. Estimates of multimorbidity prevalence in English primary care increased by more than two-thirds from 2004 to 2019. We developed a microsimulation model to quantify current and projected multimorbidity inequalities in the English adult population. We used primary care data for adults
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Mental and physical health morbidity among people in prisons: an umbrella review Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Louis Favril PhD, Prof Josiah D Rich MD, Jake Hard FRCGP, Prof Seena Fazel MD
People who experience incarceration are characterised by poor health profiles. Clarification of the disease burden in the prison population can inform service and policy development. We aimed to synthesise and assess the evidence regarding the epidemiology of mental and physical health conditions among people in prisons worldwide. In this umbrella review, five bibliographic databases (Web of Science
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Prevalence of dementia among people experiencing homelessness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based comparative analysis Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Prof Richard G Booth PhD, Monidipa Dasgupta FRCP(C), Prof Cheryl Forchuk PhD, Salimah Z Shariff PhD
Cognitive decline in people experiencing homelessness is an increasingly recognised issue. We compared the prevalence of dementia among people experiencing homelessness to housed individuals in the general population and those living in low-income neighbourhoods. We conducted a population-based, cross-sectional, comparative analysis using linked health-care administrative data from Ontario, Canada
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Future HIV epidemic trajectories in South Africa and projected long-term consequences of reductions in general population HIV testing: a mathematical modelling study Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Stefan P Rautenbach MSc, Lilith K Whittles PhD, Gesine Meyer-Rath PhD, Lise Jamieson PhD, Thato Chidarikire PhD, Leigh F Johnson PhD, Jeffrey W Imai-Eaton PhD
After successful intensive interventions to rapidly increase HIV awareness, coverage of antiretroviral therapy (ART), and viral suppression, HIV programmes in eastern and southern Africa are considering scaling back of some interventions, such as widespread general population HIV testing. We aimed to model whether scaling back of general population HIV testing in South Africa could result in a resurgence
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Life course epidemiology and public health Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Cornelia Wagner MSc, Cristian Carmeli PhD, Josephine Jackisch PhD, Prof Mika Kivimäki PhD, Bernadette W A van der Linden PhD, Stéphane Cullati PhD, Prof Arnaud Chiolero MD PhD
Life course epidemiology aims to study the effect of exposures on health outcomes across the life course from a social, behavioural, and biological perspective. In this Review, we describe how life course epidemiology changes the way the causes of chronic diseases are understood, with the example of hypertension, breast cancer, and dementia, and how it guides prevention strategies. Life course epidemiology
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Educational inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Japan: national census-linked mortality data for 2010–15 Int. J. Epidemiol. (IF 7.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Hirokazu Tanaka, Kota Katanoda, Kayo Togawa, Yasuki Kobayashi
Background Due to the lack of a national mortality inequality monitoring framework, the overall picture in Japan remains unclear. Here, we investigated educational inequalities in mortality and their cause-specific contribution in Japan. Method Data were obtained by linking the 2010 Japanese population census and death records between 1 October 2010 and 30 September 2015. We included 7 984 451 Japanese
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Achieving universal social protection for people with tuberculosis Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Ahmad Fuady PhD, Thea Hutanamon BPsy, Olivia Herlinda MScIH, Nurul Luntungan MPH, Tom Wingfield PhD
As we mark World TB Day 2024, we take this opportunity to reflect on the 2023 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting (HLM) on the fight against tuberculosis—a milestone in the commitment towards a more coordinated, comprehensive approach to end tuberculosis globally. The UN HLM declaration on the fight against tuberculosis includes a specific pledge that all people with tuberculosis should receive
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State Medicaid Initiatives Targeting Substance Use Disorder in Criminal Legal Settings, 2021 Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Cashell D. Lewis, Christina Andrews, Amanda J. Abraham, Melissa Westlake, Faye S. Taxman, Colleen M. Grogan
Objectives. To document state Medicaid pre- and postrelease initiatives for individuals in the criminal legal system with substance use disorder (SUD). Methods. An Internet-based survey was sent in 2021 to Medicaid directors in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia to determine whether they were pursuing initiatives for persons with SUD across 3 criminal legal settings: jails, prisons, and
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A Global Tuberculosis Dictionary: unified terms and definitions for the field of tuberculosis Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Alberto L Garcia-Basteiro, Joanna Ehrlich, Maryline Bonnet, Marianne Calnan, Stephen M Graham, Sabine Hermans, Adriana Jarrett, Rhoda Lewa, Anna Mandalakas, Leonardo Martinez, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Catherine W M Ong, Larissa Otero, Molebogeng Xheedha Rangaka, Mario C B Raviglione, Barbara Seaworth, Willy Ssengooba, Grant Theron, Anete Trajman, Marcel A Behr
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Short-term exposure to air pollution and hospital admission after COVID-19 in Catalonia: the COVAIR-CAT study Int. J. Epidemiol. (IF 7.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Anna Alari, Otavio Ranzani, Sergio Olmos, Carles Milà, Alex Rico, Joan Ballester, Xavier Basagaña, Payam Dadvand, Talita Duarte-Salles, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Rosa Maria Vivanco-Hidalgo, Cathryn Tonne
Background A growing body of evidence has reported positive associations between long-term exposure to air pollution and poor COVID-19 outcomes. Inconsistent findings have been reported for short-term air pollution, mostly from ecological study designs. Using individual-level data, we studied the association between short-term variation in air pollutants [nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulate matter
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Bubble continuous positive airway pressure for children with pneumonia and hypoxaemia in Ethiopia Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Eric D McCollum, Tisungane Mvalo
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Effectiveness of bubble continuous positive airway pressure for treatment of children aged 1–59 months with severe pneumonia and hypoxaemia in Ethiopia: a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Meseret Gebre MD, Kassa Haile MPH, Prof Trevor Duke FRACP, Md Tanveer Faruk MPH, Mehnaz Kamal MPH, Md Farhad Kabir MSc, Md Fakhar Uddin MSS, Muluye Shimelis BSc, Tigist Beyene MSc, Bethelhem Solomon MD, Meles Solomon MSc, Abebe Genetu Bayih PhD, Alemseged Abdissa PhD, Taye Tolera Balcha PhD, Rahel Argaw MD, Asrat Demtse MD, Abate Yeshidinber Weldetsadik MD, Abayneh Girma MD, Bitseat W Haile MD, Abu
The safety and efficacy of bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP) for treatment of childhood severe pneumonia outside tertiary care hospitals is uncertain. We did a cluster-randomised effectiveness trial of locally made bCPAP compared with WHO-recommended low-flow oxygen therapy in children with severe pneumonia and hypoxaemia in general hospitals in Ethiopia. This open, cluster-randomised
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Alcohol consumption and the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality—a linear and nonlinear Mendelian randomization study Int. J. Epidemiol. (IF 7.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Nigussie Assefa Kassaw, Ang Zhou, Anwar Mulugeta, Sang Hong Lee, Stephen Burgess, Elina Hyppönen
Background Many observational studies support light-to-moderate alcohol intake as potentially protective against premature death. We used a genetic approach to evaluate the linear and nonlinear relationships between alcohol consumption and mortality from different underlying causes. Methods We used data from 278 093 white-British UK Biobank participants, aged 37–73 years at recruitment and with data
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Life-course social participation and physical activity in midlife: longitudinal associations in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Stergiani Tsoli, Daisy Fancourt, Alice Sullivan, Mark Hamer, George B. Ploubidis, Ichiro Kawachi
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Diabetes and the risk of bladder cancer subtypes in men and women: results from the Netherlands Cohort Study Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Piet A. van den Brandt
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The health and care workforce in the Pandemic Agreement: championing equity and protecting collective capacity for future pandemics Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Veena Sriram, Leah Shipton, Julia Smith, Katrina Plamondon
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Global brain health—the time to act is now Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Andrea S Winkler, Saksham Gupta, Vikram Patel, Arnold Bhebhe, Agnès Fleury, Camilla G Aukrust, Tarun Dua, Tamara M Welte, Sarbani Chakraborty, Kee B Park
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Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Wendy G Lichtenthal PhD, Kailey E Roberts PhD, Leigh A Donovan PhD, Prof Lauren J Breen PhD, Prof Samar M Aoun PhD, Stephen R Connor PhD, William E Rosa PhD
Morbidity and mortality associated with bereavement is an important public health issue, yet economic and resource investments to effectively implement and sustain integrated bereavement services are sorely lacking at national and global levels. Although bereavement support is a component of palliative care provision, continuity of care for bereaved individuals is often not standard practice in palliative
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No health without brain health Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 The Lancet Global Health
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Aminoglycosides, deafness, and non-tuberculous mycobacteria Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Francis Drobniewski, Marcia Ashmi, Changchunzi He, Jamie Cheong, Anand Shah