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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

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Epidemiology - descriptive, incidence, prevalence and/or trends

Your search returns 13 documents

• 1.   Assessing the burden of injury in six European countries

  The purpose of the study was to assess injury-related mortality, disability and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in six European countries

  

  Abstract:

  Objective To assess injury-related mortality, disability and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in six European countries. Methods Epidemiological data (hospital discharge registers, emergency department registers, mortality databases) were obtained for Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom (England and Wales). For each country, the burden of injury more...

  International Classification:

  Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - injury

  Categories:

  injury-related mortality; injury-related disability; injury-related disability-adjusted life years

  Geography:

  International

  Child: Care, Health & Development, Vol: 33 Page: 503-504 2007
  Richard Reading

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• 2.   Body Mass Index and Overweight in Adolescents in 13 European Countries, Israel, and the United States

  The aim of this study was to compare the body mass index and the prevalence of BMI at or above the 85th centile and 95th centile in adolescents in 13 European countries, Israel and the US

  

  Abstract:

  Objective: To compare the body mass index (BMI) (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) and the prevalence of BMI at or above the 85th centile and 95th centile (overweight) in adolescents. Design: Cross-sectional, nationally representative school-based surveys in 1997-1998 by means of identical data collection methods. Setting: Austria, Czech more...

  International Classification:

  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease - Obesity and other hyperalimentation - obesity

  Categories:

  body mass index

  Geography:

  International

  Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Vol: 158 Page: 27-33
  Inge Lissau; Marry D. Overpeck; W. June Ruan; Pernille Due; Bjøni E. Holestein; Many L. Hediger

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• 3.   Bullying victimization among 13 to 15 year old school children: Results from two comparative studies in 66 countries and regions

  The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of bullying victimization among 13 to 15 year old school children: Results from two comparative studies in 66 countries and regions

  

  Abstract:

  Aim: to examine the prevalence of bullying victimization in 66 countries and territories from five continents based on data from two large international surveys: the 2001/2 Health Behavior in School-aged Children survey (HBSC) and the Global School-based Students Health Survey (GSHS). The surveys provide nationally representative, cross-sectional information on 13-15-year-old school more...

  International Classification:

  Bullying

  Categories:

  bullying victimization

  Geography:

  International

  International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, Vol: 20 Page: 209-221 2008
  Pernille Due; Bjorn Evald Holstein

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• 4.   Is childhood-onset type I diabetes a wealth-related disease? An ecological analysis of European incidence rates

  The aim of this study was to examine the epidemiology of childhood-onset Type I diabetes mellitus in Europe-the EURODIAB collaborative group established prospective, geographically-defined registers of children diagnosed under 15 years of age

  

  Abstract:

  AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: To describe the epidemiology of childhood-onset Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in Europe, the EURODIAB collaborative group established prospective, geographically-defined registers of children diagnosed under 15 years of age. A total of 16,362 cases were registered by 44 centres during the period 1989-1994. The registers cover a population of approximately more...

  International Classification:

  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases - Diabetes mellitus - type 1 diabetes mellitus

  Categories:

  type 1 diabetes mellitus

  Geography:

  International

  Diabetologia, Vol: 44 Suppl 3 Page: B9-16 October 2001
  C. C. Patterson; G. Dahlquist; G. Soltesz; A. Green

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• 5.   Large international differences in (adeno)tonsillectomy rates

  The aim of this study was to examine recent paediatric and adolescent (adeno)tonsillectomy (T +/- Ads) rates in several countries of the European Union, the US, Canada and Australia.

  

  Abstract:

  This article compares recent paediatric and adolescent (adeno)tonsillectomy (T +/- Ads) rates in several countries of the European Union, the US, Canada and Australia. Trends in paediatric and adolescent surgical rates in the Netherlands and UK from 1974 to 1998 are studied as well. In 1998, the paediatric T +/- Ads rate varied from 19 per 10000 children in Canada to 118 per 10000 in more...

  International Classification:

  Procedure - (adeno)tonsillectomy

  Categories:

  (adeno)tonsillectomy

  Geography:

  International

  Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci, Vol: 29 Page: 161-4 April 2004
  E. H. Van Den Akker; A. W. Hoes; M. J. Burton; A. G. Schilder

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• 6.   Prevalence and awareness of excess weight in 13 and 14 year olds in Northern Ireland using recent international guidelines

  This international study recorded measurement of height and weight to examine the current prevalence of these measures of anthropometry in children in developed countries

  

  Abstract:

  Concern has been expressed in recent years over the rising trends in overweight and obesity, particularly in children in developed countries. No recent data were available for Northern Ireland, therefore measurements of height and weight were included in a study in Northern Ireland originally designed as part of an international study to estimate the prevalence of symptoms of asthma and more...

  International Classification:

  Growth and development

  Categories:

  height; weight

  Geography:

  International

  Acta Paediatr, Vol: 90 Page: 1435-9 December 2001
  J. W. Yarnell; E. E. McCrum; C. C. Patterson; P. Skidmore; M. D. Shields; J. McMahon; A. E. Evans

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• 7.   Prevalence of diarrhoea in the community in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the United States

  This aim of this study was to examine determine prevalence of Diarrhoea in the community

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Studies in several countries have estimated the prevalence of diarrhoea in the community. However, the use of different study designs and varying case definitions has made international comparisons difficult. METHODS: Similar cross-sectional telephone surveys were conducted in Australia, Canada, Ireland (including Northern Ireland), and the United States over 12 month more...

  International Classification:

  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Diarrhoea

  Categories:

  diarrhoea

  Geography:

  International

  Int J Epidemiol, Vol: 34 Page: 454-60 April 2005
  E. Scallan; S. E. Majowicz; G. Hall; A. Banerjee; C. L. Bowman; L. Daly; T. Jones; M. D. Kirk; M. Fitzgerald; F. J. Angulo

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• 8.   Psychosocial wellbeing and psychiatric care in the European Communities: analysis of macro indicators

  The aim of this study was to review macro indicators capable of providing a synthetic description of mental health status and the availability of psychiatric care in European countries

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: This paper reports the findings of an analytical comparison of several macro indicators collected routinely from institutional sources in Europe. METHODS: We carried out a review of macro indicators capable of providing a synthetic description of mental health status and the availability of psychiatric care in European countries. These were collected routinely from sources more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - mental health status

  Categories:

  mental health status; psychiatric care

  Geography:

  International

  Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, Vol: 39 Page: 883-92 November 2004
  M. G. Carta; V. Kovess; M. C. Hardoy; T. Brugha; T. Fryers; V. Lehtinen; M. Xavier

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• 9.   SCPE work, standardization and definition--an overview of the activities of SCPE: a collaboration of European CP registers

  The aim of this study was to examine the epidemiology of cerebral palsy in Europe and the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe (SCPE) network

  

  Abstract:

  The main aim of the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe (SCPE) network was to develop a central database of cerebral palsy (CP) cases across Europe. Monitoring trends in prevalence rates of CP should contribute to collaborative studies on risk factors or quality of life for children living with CP. A multi-centre collaboration of CP registries used a clear definition of CP to more...

  International Classification:

  Diseases of the nervous system - Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes - cerebral palsy

  Categories:

  cerebral palsy

  Geography:

  International

  Chin J Contemp Pediatr, Vol: 8 Page: 261-5 August 2006
  V. McManus; P. Guillem; G. Surman; C. Cans

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• 10.   Suicide mortality in the European Union

  The aim of this study was to examine recent trends in the epidemiology of suicide and self-inflicted injury mortality in the European Union

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: There are an estimated one million completed suicides per year worldwide. As a response to increasing concern about suicide within Europe, the EUROSAVE (European Review of Suicide and Violence Epidemiology) study was undertaken to examine recent trends in the epidemiology of suicide and self-inflicted injury mortality in the European Union (EU). METHODS: Suicide and more...

  International Classification:

  Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - injury

  Categories:

  suicide; self-inflicted injury mortality

  Geography:

  International

  Eur J Public Health, Vol: 13 Page: 108-14 June 2003
  P. Chishti; D. H. Stone; P. Corcoran; E. Williamson; E. Petridou

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• 11.   The epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among 11-, 13- and 15-year old youth in 11 countries: findings from the 1998 WHO-HBSC cross national survey

  The aim of this study was to examine the epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among 11-, 13- and 15-year old youth in 11 countries: findings from the 1998 WHO-HBSC cross national survey

  

  Abstract:

  The primary objective was to present a cross-country comparison of injury rates, contexts and consequences. The research design was the analysis of data from the 1998 cross-national Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey and 52955 schoolchildren from 11 countries, aged 11, 13 and 15 years, completed a self-administrated questionnaire. A total of 41.3% of all children were more...

  International Classification:

  Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - injury

  Categories:

  non-fatal injuries

  Geography:

  International

  Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot, Vol: 13 Page: 205-11 December 2006
  M. Molcho; Y. Harel; W. Pickett; P. C. Scheidt; J. Mazur; M. D. Overpeck

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• 12.   Toward the effective surveillance of hypospadias

  The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of hypospadias from 1980 to 1999 in 20 regions of Europe with EUROCAT (European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies)

  

  Abstract:

  Concern about apparent increases in the prevalence of hypospadias--a congenital male reproductive-tract abnormality--in the 1960s to 1980s and the possible connection to increasing exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals have underlined the importance of effective surveillance of hypospadias prevalence in the population. We report here the prevalence of hypospadias from 1980 to 1999 more...

  International Classification:

  Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - hypospadias

  Categories:

  hypospadias

  Geography:

  International

  Environ Health Perspect, Vol: 112 Page: 398-402 March 2004
  H. Dolk; M. Vrijheid; J. E. Scott; M. C. Addor; B. Botting; C. de Vigan; H. de Walle; E. Garne; M. Loane; A. Pierini; S. Garcia-Minaur; N. Physick; R. Tenconi; A. Wiesel; E. Calzolari; D. Stone

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• 13.   Trends in adolescent suicide mortality in the WHO European Region

  The aim of this study was to examine trends in adolescent suicide mortality in the WHO European Region

  

  Abstract:

  Trends in adolescent suicide rates (15-19 years) from 1979 to 1996 were compared with suicide trends in individuals of 20 years and over in 30 countries and with trends in rates of deaths due to undetermined causes in adolescents in 17 countries of the WHO European Region. In 21 of the 30 studied countries, male adolescent suicide rates increased during the study period (highest more...

  International Classification:

  External causes of morbidity and mortality - Intentional self-harm - suicide

  Categories:

  suicide

  Geography:

  International

  European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol: 13 Page: 321-331 2004
  Ellenor Mittendorfer Rutz; Danuta Wasserman

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