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{"title":"Double disparities of the excess risks and costs of extreme temperatures on hospitalization between Medical Aid and non-Medical Aid populations in South Korea.","authors":"Ayoung Kim, Jinah Park, Cinoo Kang, Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Previous studies have reported simple differences in extreme temperature-related health risks by low socioeconomic status; however, few have examined in depth the double disparities in the socially marginalized people by age groups, sexes, disabilities, and causes of hospitalization. This study examined (i) the differences between heat- and cold-related risks on hospitalization between people who are eligible and non-eligible for the medical aid system in the national health insurance service system and (ii) differences between the heat- and cold-related risk and cost differences by specific subgroups in South Korea.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We collected population-based longitudinal cohort data from the National Health Insurance Service-National Health Insurance Database from 2010 to 2019. The data included all individuals who were eligible for the Korean Medical Aid (MA) system during the study period and we used their data on hospitalization through the emergency department (ED). As a control group, we collected age-sex-residential address-matched individuals who were not eligible for the MA system. We adopted a case-crossover design with a distributed lag nonlinear model to evaluate the excess risks and costs associated with cold and heat temperatures on hospital admissions via the emergency room department.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the study period, 509 480 hospital admissions via the ED were recorded among 1 466 176 beneficiaries who were eligible for MA. Among the MA beneficiaries, the estimated risk for ED admission that was attributable to heat was 1.19 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.14-1.24] and the risk that was attributable to cold temperature was 1.52 (95% CI: 1.43-1.61), which were both higher than those of the control groups that incorporated matched beneficiaries who were not eligible for MA. For both heat and cold, the difference between MA and non-MA was prominent in non-elderly populations, males, people with disabilities, and admissions with mental and cardiovascular diseases.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study revealed the hypothesis that the differences between heat- and cold-related risks in the socially marginalized population existed and suggested that the disparities might also be disproportionate by socioeconomic and demographic statuses.</p>","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143730124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cohort Profile: Upstate KIDS study.","authors":"Edwina H Yeung, Pauline Mendola, Rajeshwari Sundaram, Diane L Putnick, Akhgar Ghassabian, Tzu-Chun Lin, Thomas G O'Connor, Barbara Luke, Erin Bell","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf043","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143803163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Why exposure misidentification is a pervasive pitfall of Mendelian randomization studies with medication use as the exposure.","authors":"Benjamin Woolf, James Yarmolinsky, Dipender Gill","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf031","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ije/dyaf031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11955232/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Making science great again. Or not.","authors":"Alistair Woodward, Stephen Leeder","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143742816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cohort Profile Update: Finnish Health in Teens (Fin-HIT).","authors":"Catharina Sarkkola, Sohvi Lommi, Emilia Ankkuri, Dylan Pashley, Kris Elomaa, Nitin Agrawal, Elina Engberg, Satu Männistö, Jari Lahti, Heli Viljakainen","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf025","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ije/dyaf025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11938422/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143730122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Time trends and characteristics associated with abortion method used by young Australian women.","authors":"Kristina Edvardsson, Nicholas Egan, Angela Taft, Wendy V Norman, Melissa L Harris, Kirsten I Black, Deborah Bateson, Leesa Hooker, Mridula Shankar","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To explore time trends in abortion based on method used and characteristics associated with method type by uniquely linking social and behavioral data reported by a population-based cohort of young Australian women.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analysed self-reported data from 16 993 women in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health 1989-95 cohort, aged 18-24 years at recruitment in 2013, linked to abortion data from three population-based administrative data sources.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The incidence of medication abortion increased over time whereas surgical abortion decreased, with similar trends across the largest states. The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of having a medication compared with a surgical abortion increased over time [by each 1-year increase in time, 1.33 (95% confidence interval 1.20, 1.48)]. Women who lived in outer regional/remote/very remote areas [AOR 3.51 (2.15, 5.74)] and inner regional areas [1.80 (1.21, 2.69)] had increased odds of a medication abortion compared with women who were living in major cities. Medication abortions were more common than surgical abortions in outer regional/remote/very remote areas from 2017 whereas, in major cities, surgical abortion remained the most common abortion method throughout the study period.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Linkage of government-recorded health events with self-reports demonstrated a shift towards increasing use of medication abortion relative to surgical abortion, with greater increases in nonmetropolitan areas. The strong geographical disparities in abortion method suggest that, for those who are living in nonmetropolitan areas, there may be less opportunity to choose surgical abortion due to limited availability of services, with significant implications for women who present later in pregnancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143811321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Response to 'A cautionary note on the recently proposed ICE FALCON method'.","authors":"Shuai Li, Minh Bui, John L Hopper","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143718836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Text message reminders to improve the timeliness of birth dose vaccine administration among newborns in an urban informal settlement in Kenya.","authors":"Jonathan Izudi, Francis Kiroro, Cynthia Runyenje, Peter Otieno, Martin Kavao Mutua, Michelle Mbuthia, Hermann Pythagore Pierre Donfouet, Emily Treleaven, Gershim Asiki","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>We evaluated the effectiveness of text message reminders on the timely administration of birth dose vaccines among newborns in Viwandani urban informal settlement in Nairobi County, Kenya.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a pilot stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial, we sequentially randomized pregnant women to receive text message reminders or routine care. Three standardized text messages were sent notifying pregnant women to take their newborn for vaccination at birth during the intervention period. No text messages were sent during the control period but vaccinations were provided as standard practice in Kenya. The primary outcome was timely administration of birth dose vaccines-oral polio vaccine (OPV 0) and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) administered at birth or within 2 weeks of birth.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 491 newborns (355 intervention period versus 136 control period), timely administration of birth dose vaccines during the respective intervention and control periods were as follows: OPV 0 only (93.0% vs. 80.9%), BCG only (92.7% vs. 81.6%), and OPV 0 or BCG (92.1% vs. 77.9%). Timeliness of birth dose vaccine administration showed a borderline improvement in the intervention period than the control period: OPV 0 only (adjusted RR [aRR] 1.16, 95% CI: 1.00-1.35), BCG only (aRR 1.14, 95% CI: 0.98-1.33), and both OPV 0 and BCG (aRR 1.19, 95% CI: 1.00-1.43).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This trial showed that text message reminders can improve the timely administration of birth dose vaccines among newborns in an urban informal settlement and can be used as an additional tool for improving the timeliness of administering vaccines in such settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143676884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improving retrospective data on recent household deaths: a multi-arm randomized trial in Guinea-Bissau.","authors":"Orsola Torrisi, Ane B Fisker, Didier A A Fernandes, Stéphane Helleringer","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf009","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ije/dyaf009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In countries with limited civil registration and vital statistics systems, assessing the impact of health crises requires precise retrospective mortality data. We tested whether calendar methods improve survey or census data on dates of recent household deaths registered in a Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between April and June 2023, we randomized 578 households with HDSS-registered deaths in Guinea-Bissau to interviews by using (i) a standard questionnaire with close-ended questions about dates of deaths, or similar questionnaires supplemented with (ii) a physical calendar of local events printed on paper or (iii) a digital calendar implemented on tablets. We evaluated the accuracy of reported dates through record linkages to HDSS data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No deaths were reported in 11.8% of the 508 participating households. In other households (n = 448), informants reported 574 deaths since January 2020. Relative to the standard questionnaire, neither the physical calendar nor the digital calendar improved the proportion of deaths reported in the same month and year as recorded by using surveillance data. The physical and digital calendars reduced the share of missing data on dates of deaths (6.1% and 3.2%, respectively, versus 13.1% with the standard questionnaire). Reported dates of deaths obtained by using the digital calendar were more weakly correlated with surveillance data than those collected in other arms. Using the digital calendar also added 1.15 minutes to the data collection.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Digital calendars do not improve the reporting of dates of deaths in surveys or censuses. Further trials of the use of a physical calendar in retrospective interviews about recent household deaths are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11849960/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143491546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cohort Profile: The Nor-Work Cohort.","authors":"Rachel L Hasting, Suzanne L Merkus, Karina Undem, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Rune Hoff, Jon Michael Gran, Karl-Christian Nordby, Ingrid S Mehlum","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf019","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ije/dyaf019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11879514/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143556829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}