Journal of epidemiology and community health
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Aug 2008
Do consequences of a given pattern of drinking vary by socioeconomic status? A mortality and hospitalisation follow-up for alcohol-related causes of the Finnish Drinking Habits Surveys.
Socioeconomic differences in alcohol-related mortality and hospitalisations, as based on register data, are larger than socioeconomic differences in various types of harmful drinking, as based on survey data. ⋯ Consequences of similar drinking patterns are more severe for those with lower socioeconomic status. Future studies are needed to explain how higher socioeconomic groups manage to escape the consequences of drinking that others have to face.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Jun 2008
Preventive detention: the ethical ground where politics and health meet. Focus on asylum seekers in Australia.
Australia has a history of migration, especially during the wars in Europe, but many have forgotten the difficulties underlying asylum and wars endured by their forefathers. Preventive, indefinite detention of asylum seekers, most of whom are found to be genuine refugees, impinges on their human rights. ⋯ To be fully addressed, the health implications of detention cannot be considered in isolation, but must be considered frankly and openly by health professionals in the broader historical and political context within which they occur. If we do not do this, we risk turning a blind eye to, or even condoning, human rights abuses.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · May 2008
The effect of employment on psychological health in mid-adulthood: findings from the 1970 British Cohort Study.
A negative link between unemployment and psychological health is well documented, yet little is known about the protective effect of continuous employment on psychological health. ⋯ The findings show that, for men, staying in continuous employment despite experiencing poor psychological health may contribute to better psychological health.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Feb 2008
The association between school attendance, HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young people in rural South Africa.
To investigate whether the prevalence of HIV infection among young people, and sexual behaviours associated with increased HIV risk, are differentially distributed between students and those not attending school or college. ⋯ Attending school was associated with lower-risk sexual behaviours and, among young men, lower HIV prevalence. Secondary school attendance may influence the structure of sexual networks and reduce HIV risk. Maximising school attendance may reduce HIV transmission among young people.