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Estimating detailed distributions from grouped sociodemographic data: ‘get me...

AbstractIn much demographic analysis, it is important to know how occurrence-exposure rates or transition probabilities vary continuously by age or by time. Often we have coarse or fluctuating data so...

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Small-area analyses of bone cancer diagnosed in Great Britain provide clues...

AbstractBackgroundThe aetiology of bone cancers is poorly understood. This study examined geographical patterning in incidence of primary bone cancers diagnosed in 0–49 year olds in Great Britain...

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A theory-based online health behavior intervention for new university...

AbstractBackgroundToo few young people engage in behaviors that reduce the risk of morbidity and premature mortality, such as eating healthily, being physically active, drinking sensibly and not...

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The Implications of Ageing and Migration for the Future Population, Health,...

AbstractNorthern England faces important demographic challenges over the next 25 years: population ageing, a more ethnically diverse society, moderate demographic growth but with large differences...

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Subnational migration in the United Kingdom: producing a consistent time...

AbstractThere is no single framework in place in the United Kingdom for collating and harmonizing the data on migration taking place between the subnational administrative units that constitute the...

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Preventing and lessening exacerbations of asthma in school-age children...

AbstractBackgroundWithin the UK, during September, there is a pronounced increase in the number of unscheduled medical contacts by school-aged children (4–16 years) with asthma. It is thought that that...

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Applying Relational Models to the Graduation of Disability Schedules

AbstractAge-specific rates of particular disability types are important for planning purposes and are a valuable input to estimates and projections of populations with different disabilities. However,...

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Internal Migration in the United Kingdom: Analysis of an Estimated...

AbstractThis paper examines how internal migration between local authority districts within the United Kingdom has evolved during the first decade of the twenty-first century. Based on estimates...

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A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university...

AbstractBackgroundToo few young people engage in behaviours that reduce the risk of morbidity and premature mortality, such as eating healthily, being physically active, drinking sensibly and not...

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The cost-effectiveness of a theory-based online health behaviour intervention...

AbstractBackgroundToo many young people engage in unhealthy behaviours such as eating unhealthily, being physically inactive, binge drinking and smoking. This study aimed to estimate the short-term and...

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A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university...

AbstractBackgroundThis paper reports the results of a repeat trial assessing the effectiveness of an online theory-based intervention to promote healthy lifestyle behaviours in new university students....

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Relationships Between Population Change, Deprivation Change and Health Change...

AbstractChanges in population structures and characteristics over time at small area level has been found in a range of countries to show distinctive patterns with net migration loss from the more...

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Beyond the census: a spatial analysis of health and deprivation in England

AbstractWhilst the UK is planned to have a census in 2021, it may well be the last and there is official acknowledgement that the country’s statistical system should be enhanced by greater use of...

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Quantifying Service Accessibility/Transport Disadvantage for Older People in...

AbstractThe proportion of Australia’s population aged 65 years and over is increasing. In a highly mobile society that relies on car transportation for obtaining essential goods and services,...

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Efficacy of brief behavioral counselling by allied health professionals to...

AbstractBackgroundPhysical activity is recommended for people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and can improve walking capacity and quality of life; and reduce pain, requirement for surgery and...

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Population Projections by Ethnicity: Challenges and Solutions for the United...

AbstractThis chapter describes the context, model, estimates and assumptions for projections of ethnic group populations in England at local authority scale, and in Wales, Scotland and Northern...

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Bevölkerungsprojektionen ethnischer Gruppen in Großbritannien und Nordirland

ZusammenfassungViele Industrieländer haben in den letzten Jahrzehnten erhebliche Zuströme ausländischer Einwanderer erlebt. Viele dieser Einwanderer haben sich niedergelassen, haben Familienmitglieder...

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Randomized Controlled Trial of a Volitional Help Sheet to Encourage Weight...

AbstractIn the Middle East, the prevalence of overweight/obesity is 80%; however, no studies have yet tested the efficacy of interventions to promote weight loss. The aim of the present study was to...

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Differences in the risk of cardiovascular disease for movers and stayers in...

AbstractObjectivesTo explore if risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) for participants who moved before their first CVD event is higher than for stayers, and examine whether the relationship is...

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Measurement of quality of life and attitudes towards illness in children and...

AbstractPurposeChronic kidney disease (CKD) can place restrictions upon biopsychosocial development in children; consequently, assessment of self-reported quality of life (QoL) is important in patient...

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