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1 University Press Scholarship Online You are looking at 1-10 of 36 items for: keywords : health effects Passive smoking and health Jonathan M. Samet in Tobacco: Science, policy and public health Published in print: 2010 Published Online: September 2010 ISBN: eisbn: acprof:oso/ This chapter provides an overview and introduction to the now vast data on the adverse health consequences of passive smoking, covering the risks to passive smokers, including the fetus, infants and children, and adults. In about three decades, progression has been made from the first studies on passive smoking and health to definitive evidence that passive smoking causes disease. The evidence derives from not only epidemiological studies, but studies with biomarkers documenting that tobacco smoke inhaled by non-smokers delivers doses of toxic components and metabolites to target organs. There are also animal studies and extensive data on patterns of exposure. The strength of the evidence and its public health implications have been a strong force for motivating tobacco control policy. Does Volunteering Foster Physical Health and Longevity? Doug Oman in Altruism and Health: Perspectives from Empirical Research Published in print: 2007 Published Online: September 2007 ISBN: eisbn: acprof:oso/ This chapter offers a scientific perspective and reviews available evidence on how volunteering affects health and longevity. It focuses on formal volunteer work performed through a school, hospital, library, or environmental, political, or other organization. Formal volunteer work stands in contrast to more casual or unorganized helping activities, often termed informal helping, such as giving directions to a stranger or serving as a caregiver for a family member or a neighbour. The Page 1 of 6

2 chapter's primary focus is on physical health outcomes, although it also cites evidence linking volunteering with improved mental health and subjective well-being. First, it describes the mechanisms by which volunteering might affect physical health, as well as moderating factors that might strengthen or weaken these influences. Next, it reviews empirical evidence suggesting that volunteering may indeed provide physical and mental health benefits. It concludes by discussing some practical implications and needs for further research. Recession, unemployment, and health Clare Bambra in Work, Worklessness, and the Political Economy of Health Published in print: 2011 Published Online: January 2012 ISBN: eisbn: acprof:oso/ This chapter examines the relationships between economic recessions, unemployment, and health. The chapter is divided into four main sections. The first section examines the effects of economic recessions on health. The second section summarizes the literature on the relationship between unemployment and health. The effects of recessions on health inequalities, as well as the importance of unemployment to health inequalities are then examined. Variation by welfare state in the health effects of recessions, as well as in the relationship between unemployment and health are then examined. Non-monetary effects and monetary benefits Jan Abel Olsen in Principles in Health Economics and Policy Published in print: 2009 Published Online: May 2010 ISBN: eisbn: acprof:oso/ This chapter deals with how to measure and value different degrees of health improvements in health terms and in monetary terms. Beyond the valuation of improved health per se, the chapter discusses how to value the production gains following people's return to work as a possible consequence of the improved health. Exercises and suggested readings are included at the end of the chapter. Page 2 of 6

3 Understanding the health effects of child labour David L. Parker, Anaclaudia G. Fassa,, and Thomas J. Scanlon in Child Labour: A Public Health Perspective Published in print: 2010 Published Online: September 2010 ISBN: eisbn: acprof:oso/ Child work is a continuum, and there is no clear demarcation of when work moves from a positive experience to a harmful one. In spite of the risks posed by many forms of work, for large numbers of children, the alternative to work may be hunger or other adverse outcomes. This chapter describes the health effects of children's work and the impact of this work on the communities in which they live. The chapter is divided into three parts. First, it examines the difficulties in determining the impact of child labour on health. Second, it describes approaches which can help in understanding the impact of child labour. Third, it presents examples of the impact of child labour on the health of children, families, and communities and how these impacts might be more effectively measured. Health hazards in the physical work environment Clare Bambra in Work, Worklessness, and the Political Economy of Health Published in print: 2011 Published Online: January 2012 ISBN: eisbn: acprof:oso/ This chapter examines the health effects of three traditional dimensions of the physical work environment: chemical hazards including exposure to toxic substances used in industrial processes (asbestos, silica, coal dust, and lead); environmental factors such as noise, vibration, and workplace injuries; as well as ergonomic hazards such as repetitive movements, heavy lifting, and including shift work. It argues that despite changes in the nature of the economy in advanced market democracies, these physical hazards are still an important public health issue for many working age people. It suggests that differences in occupational exposures may well be of significance in terms of explaining socioeconomic inequalities in health. It also examines how exposure to physical work environment hazards varies by country and how legislation can reduce the levels to which workers are exposed. Page 3 of 6

4 Health inequalities and HIA John Kemm, Jayne Parry, and Stephen Palmer in Health Impact Assessment Published in print: 2004 Published Online: ISBN: eisbn: acprof:oso/ This chapter reviews the current state of affairs on this intersection between the older health inequalities tradition and the evolving health impact assessment (HIA) field. It then summarizes the available evidence on health inequalities. It outlines the next possible approaches for assessing the impact of policies on health inequalities, and a few HIA examples are discussed in which health inequalities have been explicitly considered. Finally, a research agenda is laid out to develop the tools that will in the future help us to assess reliably and validly the impact of policies on health inequalities. Health Impact Assessment John Kemm, Jayne Parry, and Stephen Palmer (eds) Published in print: 2004 Published Online: ISBN: eisbn: Item type: book acprof:oso/ Health effects are often overlooked when planning development projects ranging from new runways at major airport sites to developing water supply systems to improve sanitation. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is the assessment of the health effects, positive or negative, of a project, programme, or policy. It is therefore concerned with the health of populations and attempts to predict the future consequences for health of decisions which have not yet been implemented. HIA is a new and growing field with numerous schools of thought and areas of controversy. This book provides an overview of the concepts, theory, techniques, and applications of HIA to aid all those preparing projects or carrying out assessments. It draws on examples and thinking from many different disciplines and many parts of the world. It identifies the areas of agreement and the questions remaining unanswered. It maps a confused field and signposts possible directions for future progress. HIA is intended to help decision makers in all areas foresee the consequences of their decisions, to ensure the consequences are considered and reduce the risk of population health being damaged through some indirect and unintended consequence of a decision. Page 4 of 6

5 The Examination of Neighborhood Effects on Health: Conceptual and Methodological Issues Related to the Presence of Multiple Levels of Organization Ana V. Diez Roux in Neighborhoods and Health Published in print: 2003 Published Online: ISBN: eisbn: Page 5 of 6 acprof:oso/ The investigation of neighborhood effects on health raises a series of conceptual and methodological issues related to the presence of observations at a lower level (e.g., individuals) nested within observations at a higher level (e.g., neighborhoods). Many of these issues are generalizable to a broad set of common situations in epidemiology involving nested data structures. The presence of multiple levels of organization (or nested sources of variability) requires the development of theories about how factors defined at different levels are related to health outcomes, and identifying the most appropriate research design for the question being investigated based on the level about which inferences are to be made and the level (or levels) at which the constructs relevant to the outcome are defined and measured. This chapter reviews the use of group-level variables in epidemiology; summarizes the characteristics of ecological studies, studies of individuals, and multilevel studies; and discusses some of the conceptual and methodological challenges that multilevel analysis faces, using the example of the investigation of neighborhood effects on health. Multilevel Methods for Public Health Research S. V. Subramanian, Kelvyn Jones, and Craig Duncan in Neighborhoods and Health Published in print: 2003 Published Online: ISBN: eisbn: acprof:oso/ This chapter begins by outlining the conceptual motivation behind multilevel analyses and by identifying a core set of research questions that this approach addresses. It then introduces the idea of multilevel structures and discusses simple and complex multilevel models. It emphasizes that the key strength of multilevel models lies in modeling heterogeneity at different levels and shows how multilevel models can be extended to additional contextual levels (e.g., neighborhoods nested within regions). The estimation procedures underlying such

6 models are discussed, showing how a multilevel framework can provide a general, unified approach to data analysis and how this can be achieved by extensions to the basic hierarchical structure of individuals nested within contexts. The chapter concludes with a discussion of issues that researchers should be aware of when applying multilevel methods. Page 6 of 6

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