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Effectiveness of the AZD1222 vaccine against COVID-19 hospitalization in Europe: final results from the COVIDRIVE test-negative case-control study. AZD1222疫苗在欧洲预防COVID-19住院治疗的有效性:来自covid - rive检测阴性病例对照研究的最终结果
IF 3.7 3区 医学
European Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckae219
Leonie de Munter, Wilhelmine Meeraus, Akshat Dwivedi, Marianna Mitratza, Chloé Wyndham-Thomas, Lucy Carty, Mario Ouwens, Wendy Hartig-Merkel, Laura Drikite, Griet Rebry, Irma Casas, Ainara Mira-Iglesias, Giancarlo Icardi, Susana Otero-Romero, Sebastian Baumgartner, Charlotte Martin, Xavier Holemans, Gerrit Luit Ten Kate, Kaatje Bollaerts, Sylvia Taylor
{"title":"Effectiveness of the AZD1222 vaccine against COVID-19 hospitalization in Europe: final results from the COVIDRIVE test-negative case-control study.","authors":"Leonie de Munter, Wilhelmine Meeraus, Akshat Dwivedi, Marianna Mitratza, Chloé Wyndham-Thomas, Lucy Carty, Mario Ouwens, Wendy Hartig-Merkel, Laura Drikite, Griet Rebry, Irma Casas, Ainara Mira-Iglesias, Giancarlo Icardi, Susana Otero-Romero, Sebastian Baumgartner, Charlotte Martin, Xavier Holemans, Gerrit Luit Ten Kate, Kaatje Bollaerts, Sylvia Taylor","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae219","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae219","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Marketing authorization holders of vaccines typically need to report brand-specific vaccine effectiveness (VE) to the regulatory authorities as part of their regulatory obligations. COVIDRIVE (now id. DRIVE) is a European public-private partnership for respiratory pathogen surveillance and studies of brand-specific VE with long-term follow-up. We report the final VE results from a two-dose primary series AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) vaccine schedule in ≥18-year-old individuals not receiving boosters. Patients (N = 1,333) hospitalized with severe acute respiratory infection at 14 hospitals in Austria, Belgium, Italy, and Spain were included in the test-negative case-control study in 2021-2023. Absolute VE was calculated using generalized additive model (GAM), generalized estimating equation (GEE), and spline-based area under the curve (AUC, measuring VE up to 6 months after the last dose of AZD1222). Overall VE (against coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] hospitalization) of an AZD1222 primary series was estimated as 65% using GEE (95% confidence interval [CI]: 52.9-74.5), and 69% using GAM (95% CI: 50.1-80.9) over the 22-month study period (comparator group: unvaccinated patients). The AUC of the spline-based VE estimate was 74.1% (95% CI: 60.0-88.3). VE against hospitalization in study participants who received their second AZD1222 dose 2 months or less before hospitalization was 86% using GEE (95% CI: 77.8-91.4), 93% using GAM (95% CI: 67.2-98.6). During this study period, where mainly the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant was circulating, a two-dose primary series AZD1222 vaccination conferred protection against COVID-19 hospitalization up to at least 6 months after the last dose.</p>","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"373-378"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11967879/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143002436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Social inequalities in the effects of school-based well-being interventions: a systematic review. 以学校为基础的福利干预措施影响中的社会不平等:系统回顾。
IF 3.7 3区 医学
European Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf005
Eetu Haataja, Heidi Leppä, Mikko Huhtiniemi, Rozenn Nedelec, Tiina Soini, Timo Jaakkola, Mika Niemelä, Tuija Tammelin, Marko Kantomaa
{"title":"Social inequalities in the effects of school-based well-being interventions: a systematic review.","authors":"Eetu Haataja, Heidi Leppä, Mikko Huhtiniemi, Rozenn Nedelec, Tiina Soini, Timo Jaakkola, Mika Niemelä, Tuija Tammelin, Marko Kantomaa","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckaf005","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckaf005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rising public concern about comprehensive child and adolescent well-being has led to the development of school-based interventions with the potential for high-reaching and effective support. While some interventions have shown effectiveness, limited understanding exists regarding how social inequalities are considered and evidenced in such interventions. This study examines how social inequalities are considered in universal school-based interventions and their potential to affect inequalities through differential effects. A systematic review following the PRISMA protocol was conducted using the following databases: PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, Scopus, ProQuest and APA PsycArticles. Studies published between 2014 and 2023 were included. Screening and data extraction were conducted independently by two researchers. Of 10 028 initial articles, 44 were included in the final analysis. These studies primarily involved physical activity and mindfulness interventions in schools. Despite many studies including information regarding students' social backgrounds, such as socioeconomic position and immigrant background, the analysis of differential intervention effects among demographic groups was limited and mostly based on sex. Most differential effect analyses showed no significant differences based on social background, and no clear differences were found based on intervention type. While some universal school-based interventions show promise in reducing social inequalities in students' well-being, more empirical research is needed to explicitly target these questions. This review highlights the critical need for comprehensive intervention studies to consider and report relevant dimensions of social background and their interactions with intervention effects.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>PROSPERO; registration no. CRD42023423448.</p>","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"302-311"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11967906/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143467449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Prevalent findings on low-dose CT scan lung cancer screening: a French prospective pilot study. 低剂量 CT 扫描肺癌筛查的普遍发现:一项法国前瞻性试点研究。
IF 3.7 3区 医学
European Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckae183
Philippe A Grenier, Maxence Arutkin, Anne Laure Brun, Anne-Cécile Métivier, Edouard Sage, Franck Haziza, Félix Ackermann, François Mellot, Alexandre Vallée
{"title":"Prevalent findings on low-dose CT scan lung cancer screening: a French prospective pilot study.","authors":"Philippe A Grenier, Maxence Arutkin, Anne Laure Brun, Anne-Cécile Métivier, Edouard Sage, Franck Haziza, Félix Ackermann, François Mellot, Alexandre Vallée","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae183","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae183","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite significant therapeutic advances, lung cancer remains the biggest killer among cancers. In France, there is no national screening program against lung cancer. Thus, in this perspective, the Foch Hospital decided to implement a pilot and clinical low-dose CT screening program to evaluate the efficiency of such screening. The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalent findings of this low-dose CT screening program. Participants were recruited in the screening program through general practitioners (GPs), pharmacists, and specialists from June 2023 to June 2024. The inclusion criteria included male or female participants aged 50 to 80 years, current smokers or former smokers who had quit less than 15 years prior, with a smoking history of over 20 pack-years. Chest CT scans were conducted at Foch Hospital using a low-dose CT protocol based on volume mode with a multi-slice scanner (≥60 slices) without contrast injection. In total, 477 participants were recruited in the CT scan screening, 235 (49%) were males with a median age of 60 years [56-67] and 35 smoke pack-years [29-44] and 242 females (51%) with a median age of 60 years [55-60] and 30 smoke pack-years [25-40]. Eight participants showed positive nodules on CT scan, as a 1.7% rate. 66.7% of diagnosed cancers were in early stages (0-I). It is feasible to implement structured lung cancer screening using low-dose CT in a real-world setting among the general population. This approach successfully identifies most early-stage cancers that could be treated curatively.</p>","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"342-346"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11967878/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142681294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Why the European Journal of Public Health and EUPHA are opposing President Trump's attack on the language of diversity. 为什么欧洲公共卫生杂志和EUPHA反对特朗普总统对多样性语言的攻击。
IF 3.7 3区 医学
European Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf018
Peter Allebeck, Tit Albreht, Charlotte Marchandise, Martin McKee
{"title":"Why the European Journal of Public Health and EUPHA are opposing President Trump's attack on the language of diversity.","authors":"Peter Allebeck, Tit Albreht, Charlotte Marchandise, Martin McKee","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckaf018","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckaf018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"195-196"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11967897/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143476381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The validation of the Needs Examination, Evaluation, and Dissemination assessment framework within the European Union: a modified Delphi study. 欧盟内部需求审查、评价和传播评估框架的验证:一项修正的德尔菲研究。
IF 3.7 3区 医学
European Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf027
Rani Claerman, Laurence Kohn, Muriel Levy, Irina Cleemput, Claudia Schönborn, Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Robby De Pauw
{"title":"The validation of the Needs Examination, Evaluation, and Dissemination assessment framework within the European Union: a modified Delphi study.","authors":"Rani Claerman, Laurence Kohn, Muriel Levy, Irina Cleemput, Claudia Schönborn, Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Robby De Pauw","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckaf027","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckaf027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The NEED (Needs Examination, Evaluation, and Dissemination) assessment framework was designed to identify and measure unmet health-related needs of patients and society across various health conditions, aiding the development of needs-driven healthcare policy and innovation. The framework consists of 25 needs criteria and 46 associated indicators that assess whether these needs are met or not. This study aims to validate the framework at the European Union (EU) level using a modified Delphi approach. We selected national and European institutes for the Delphi process based on their roles in public health, health technology assessment (HTA), medicine authorization, pricing and reimbursement (P&R), and patient advocacy. Using a modified Delphi approach, experts provided feedback on the framework's structure (dimensions and domains), health-related needs criteria, and indicators. Two Delphi rounds were conducted via online questionnaires. A panel of 26 experts participated in both rounds of the study. The majority of the participants reported expertise in HTA (50%) and P&R (15%), followed by patient advocacy (15%) and public health (8%). Seventeen EU Member States were represented, with a higher representation of experts from Belgium (12%) and Germany (12%). The NEED framework based on expert consensus consists of 4 dimensions, 3 domains, 24 criteria, and 43 indicators. The modified Delphi technique proved effective for validating the NEED framework at the EU level. This marks a critical first step toward consensus on defining and identifying unmet health-related needs, paving the way for a more needs-driven healthcare policy and innovation landscape.</p>","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"228-234"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11967881/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143604388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sex-specific socioeconomic inequalities in trajectories of anthropometry, blood pressure, and blood-based biomarkers from birth to 18 years: a prospective cohort study. 从出生到18岁,人体测量、血压和基于血液的生物标志物轨迹中的性别特异性社会经济不平等:一项前瞻性队列研究。
IF 3.7 3区 医学
European Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf022
Kate N O'Neill, Minhal Ahmed, Linda M O'Keeffe
{"title":"Sex-specific socioeconomic inequalities in trajectories of anthropometry, blood pressure, and blood-based biomarkers from birth to 18 years: a prospective cohort study.","authors":"Kate N O'Neill, Minhal Ahmed, Linda M O'Keeffe","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckaf022","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckaf022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Evidence on when socioeconomic inequalities in conventional cardiometabolic risk factors emerge and how these change over time is sparse but important in identifying pathways to socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular disease (CVD). We examine socioeconomic inequalities in cardiometabolic risk factors trajectories across childhood and adolescence. Data were from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), born in 1991/1992. Socioeconomic position (SEP) was measured using maternal education from questionnaires at 32-weeks' gestation. Cardiometabolic risk factors measured from birth/mid-childhood to 18 years (y) included fat and lean mass (9-18 y), systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP, DBP), pulse rate and glucose (7-18 y), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c), non-HDL-c and triglycerides (birth-18y). Associations were examined using linear spline multilevel models. Among 6517-8952 participants with 11 948-42 607 repeated measures, socioeconomic inequalities in fat mass were evident at age 9 y and persisted throughout adolescence. By 18 y, fat mass was 12.32% [95% confidence interval (CI): 6.96, 17.68] lower among females and 7.94% (95% CI: 1.91, 13.97) lower among males with the highest SEP compared to the lowest. Socioeconomic inequalities in SBP and DBP were evident at 7 y, narrowed in early adolescence and re-emerged between 16 and 18 y, particularly among females. Socioeconomic inequalities in lipids emerged, among females only, between birth and 9 y in non-HDL-c, 7 and 18 y in HDL-c, and 9 and 18 y in triglycerides while inequalities in glucose emerged among males only between 15 and 18 y. Prevention targeting the early life course may be beneficial for reducing socioeconomic inequalities in CVD especially among females who have greater inequalities in cardiometabolic risk factors than males at the end of adolescence.</p>","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"249-255"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11967908/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143596449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Public knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding antibiotics use and resistance in Montenegro. 黑山关于抗生素使用和耐药性的公众知识、态度和做法。
IF 3.7 3区 医学
European Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckae213
Maja Raicevic, Snezana Labovic Barjaktarovic, Dejana Milic, Mirjana Nedovic Vukovic, Natasa Bajceta
{"title":"Public knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding antibiotics use and resistance in Montenegro.","authors":"Maja Raicevic, Snezana Labovic Barjaktarovic, Dejana Milic, Mirjana Nedovic Vukovic, Natasa Bajceta","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae213","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae213","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A drug consumption monitoring revealed that Montenegro is one of the major consumers of antimicrobial drugs in Europe. The aim of this study is to obtain the first data on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the general population in Montenegro regarding antibiotics use. This cross-sectional study was designed according to the methodology of Eurobarometer survey on antimicrobial resistance, created by the European Commission. The standardized questionnaire was conducted in Podgorica, in October-November 2022. A total of 532 participants completed the questionnaire. More than a half of responders (60.9%) have received antibiotics within the last 12 months and among them 33.4% was missing a medical prescription, nor the antibiotic was administered by a medical practitioner. The rest of the responders mostly had some antibiotics left over from a previous course (13.0%), had taken it from a pharmacy (11.4%), or elsewhere without a prescription. The most frequent reasons for antimicrobial therapy were \"cold\" (22.5%), \"sore throat\" (21.0%), \"cough\" (19.4%), and \"COVID-19\" (coronavirus disease 2019) (17.9%). Throat swab, blood test, urine test, or other test that could identify the cause of the illness preceded antimicrobial therapy in 46.3% participants. Only one-half of the participants were convinced that antibiotics are ineffective in viral infection treatment. This study is the first report on public knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding antibiotics use and resistance in Montenegro and it highlights the need for the knowledge improvement among general population, better regulations for antibiotics procurement and a campaign regarding appropriate antibiotics use among youth.</p>","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"290-294"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11967873/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143002522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Inequalities in health and resources between siblings of individuals with and without mental health disorder: an observational study using the French national health data system. 患有和不患有精神健康障碍的个体的兄弟姐妹之间的健康和资源不平等:使用法国国家卫生数据系统的观察性研究。
IF 3.7 3区 医学
European Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckae223
Thibaut Heyer, Philippe Tuppin
{"title":"Inequalities in health and resources between siblings of individuals with and without mental health disorder: an observational study using the French national health data system.","authors":"Thibaut Heyer, Philippe Tuppin","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae223","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae223","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of the present study was to describe the effect of an individual's mental health disorder on the resources of his or her adult siblings. A subject rarely analyzed on a large scale. The French National Health Data System (SNDS) collects data on individuals, including their characteristics and the types of healthcare used. A national observational sectional case-control study included individuals covered as of 1 January 2019 and receiving yearly at least one healthcare reimbursement in 2019 including their SNDS data collected from 2013 to 2018. The main variables of interest were a Complementary Universal Health Coverage (CUHC) granted to people who had limited resources. There is also a long-term disease (LTD) status qualifying also for 100% for a specific disease and an ecological index of social deprivation of the place of residence. Conditions were also collected using a specific tool including LTD and hospital diagnosis. Analyzed siblings included 280 709 cases with at least one member suffering from a mental health disorder and 561 418 randomly selected control individuals were addressed using a multilevel model. Siblings of people with mental health problems were more likely to benefit from CUHC or to live in the most deprived area. In addition, the study also highlighted the importance of parental background, which appears to be poorer than in the control population. Social inequalities are particularly marked among the siblings of a person suffering from mental health disorder. Further studies are needed to better understand and enlarge these observational results.</p>","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"359-365"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11967900/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143363845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A new era of inequality: profound changes to mortality in England, Scotland, and 10 major British cities. 不平等的新时代:英格兰、苏格兰和英国10个主要城市的死亡率发生了深刻变化。
IF 3.7 3区 医学
European Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf008
Maria Teresa de Haro Moro, Lauren Schofield, Rosalia Munoz-Arroyo, Gerry McCartney, David Walsh
{"title":"A new era of inequality: profound changes to mortality in England, Scotland, and 10 major British cities.","authors":"Maria Teresa de Haro Moro, Lauren Schofield, Rosalia Munoz-Arroyo, Gerry McCartney, David Walsh","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckaf008","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckaf008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Deeply concerning changes to UK health trends have been noted since the early 2010s, including a widening of mortality inequalities. Given the importance of urban areas to national health outcomes, we sought to address gaps in the evidence by examining trends in intra-city mortality inequalities across Britain, including assessing the impact of the peak COVID-19 pandemic period. Age-standardized mortality rates were calculated (for England, Scotland, and 10 major UK cities) by age (all ages, 0-64 years), sex, year (1981-2020), and country-specific and city-specific area-based quintiles of socio-economic deprivation. Trends in absolute and relative inequalities in mortality by country and city were analysed by means of the Slope Index of Inequality (SII) and the Relative Index of Inequality (RII), respectively. Profound changes to mortality trends and inequalities were observed across both nations and all cities in the decade up to 2020, including increases in death rates among the 20% most deprived populations of almost every city. For deaths at all ages, this was particularly evident in Leeds, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Dundee, and Glasgow. For 0-64 years, Scottish cities stood out. With few exceptions, both absolute and relative inequalities increased in the same time period. COVID-19 further increased death rates and inequalities. The analyses provide a hugely concerning picture of worsening mortality and widening inequalities across England and Scotland. When viewed in the context of the evidence for the impact of UK government austerity policies on population health, they represent a wake-up call for both current and future UK governments.</p>","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"235-241"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11967883/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143448608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Defining vulnerabilities and enabling community engagement in epidemics preparedness: the CAVE model from Austria. 确定脆弱性并促进社区参与流行病防备:奥地利的 CAVE 模式。
IF 3.7 3区 医学
European Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckae173
Paul Grohma, Silvia Wojczewski, Barbara Juen, Priya-Lena Riedel, Frederik Seufert, Vanessa Streifeneder, Steffen Reichel, Sandra Pichler, Vanessa Kulcar, Sandra Nestlinger, Monika Stickler, Cornelia Schober, Hermann Scheller, Ruth Kutalek
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