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Aims 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 Epidemiology and Community Health ...
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3 days ago · Impact Factor: 4.9Citescore: 11.1All metrics >>. JECH is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal. 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.
Stigma: a social, cultural and moral process | Journal of …
Specifically, the model of stigma proposed by Link and Phelan 3 4 includes a component of structural discrimination, or the institutionalised disadvantages placed on stigmatised groups. This opens the door for us to begin to elucidate the ways that power—social, economic, and political—shapes the distribution of stigma within a social milieu.
COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and …
This essay examines key aspects of social relationships that were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses explicitly on relational mechanisms of health and brings together theory and emerging evidence on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to make recommendations for future public health policy and recovery. We first provide an overview of …
Six steps in quality intervention development (6SQuID)
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 …
A glossary for health inequalities | Journal of Epidemiology ...
Sep 1, 2002 · In this glossary, the authors address eight key questions pertinent to health inequalities: (1) What is the distinction between health inequality and health inequity?; (2) Should we assess health inequalities themselves, or social group inequalities in health?; (3) Do health inequalities mainly reflect the effects of poverty, or are they generated by the socioeconomic gradient?; (4) Are health ...
Causation in epidemiology - Journal of Epidemiology
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 proposed characteristics ...
Jun 3, 2009 · Organisational-level work reorganisation: participatory committees, control over hours of work. Task structure work reorganisation: task variety, team working, autonomous groups. Changing from an 8-h, 5-day week to a compressed working week of a 12 h/10 h, 4-day week. Changes to the organization of shift work schedules.
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Bias - Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
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 important biases are those ...