scholarly journals PIH15 - PREVALENCE OF DIAGNOSED UTERINE FIBROIDS AND ENDOMETRIOSIS IN THE US: DATA FROM A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE POPULATION-BASED SURVEY

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. S216
Author(s):  
W.P. Cacheris ◽  
E.G. Hunsche
Keyword(s):  
Uterine Fibroids ◽  
Population Based ◽  
The Us ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Population Based Survey

IS SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE ACTION CONDITIONAL ON PERCEPTIONS OF RECIPROCITY? EVIDENCE FROM SURVEY EXPERIMENTS IN CANADA, THE US, NORWAY, AND SWEDEN

COSMOS ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 43-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
ENDRE TVINNEREIM ◽  
ERICK LACHAPELLE ◽  
CHRISTOPHER BORICK
Keyword(s):  
Population Based ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Multilateral Cooperation ◽  
Climate Policies ◽  
The Us ◽  
Survey Experiments ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Citizen Support ◽  
International Climate ◽  
Population Based Survey

The challenges of collective action are presented by leaders in many industrialized countries as a major obstacle to effective action on climate change. Notably, the argument goes, a fair international solution must appropriately constrain large greenhouse gas emitters like China. This paper asks whether citizen support for multilateral climate policies also depends on whether other countries are seen to reciprocate. We analyze results from population-based survey experiments in the US, Canada, Norway, and Sweden, asking subjects whether they think their country should commit internationally to emission reductions. Randomly assigned sub-samples were presented with statements suggesting that China may or may not choose to cooperate, or alternatively making no mention of China. We find that reciprocity is important to respondents in the smaller Scandinavian countries but not in North America. These findings suggest that country size is more important than national traditions of multilateral cooperation in predicting support for unilateral climate action.

scholarly journals ‘Hybrid Survey’ approach to non-communicable disease surveillance in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. e006971
Author(s):  
Haley L Cash ◽  
Stacy De Jesus ◽  
A. Mark Durand ◽  
Si Thu Win Tin ◽  
Dana Shelton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Local Health ◽  
The Us ◽  
Non Communicable Disease ◽  
Population Based Survey

In 2010 the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) declared a regional state of health emergency due to the epidemic of non-communicable disease (NCD) and an NCD monitoring and surveillance framework was developed that includes adult NCD risk factor and disease prevalence indicators to be collected every 5 years using a population-based survey. On evaluation of existing data from adult population-based NCD surveys, it was found that there was a lack of valid, available and consistently collected data. Therefore, a new model was developed to combine various indicators and survey tools from different partner agencies into one survey. After the report was endorsed by local health leadership, a dissemination workshop was conducted. In 2015 (baseline for Hybrid Survey implementation), three out of nine jurisdictions (33.3%) had completed a population-based survey in the past 5 years. Four (44.4%) had no adult prevalence data at all, two (22.2%) had data sets from their surveys and four (44.4%) had at least two surveys ever collected that could be used for comparison. As of 2020, all nine jurisdictions have, or are in the process of completing an adult population-based survey. Eight (88.9%) have data sets from their surveys, and five (55.6%) have at least two surveys collected that can be used for comparison. This Hybrid Survey model has helped to improve adult NCD surveillance in the USAPI by more efficiently using limited resources. This model could be considered in other small island nations, or rural areas where adult NCD surveillance is challenging.

scholarly journals Prevalence and Incidence of Osteoarthritis: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 4282
Author(s):  
Rola Hamood ◽  
Matanya Tirosh ◽  
Noga Fallach ◽  
Gabriel Chodick ◽  
Elon Eisenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
P Value ◽  
Modifiable Risk Factors ◽  
The Us ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Care Database

While trends data of osteoarthritis (OA) are accumulating, primarily from Western Europe and the US, a gap persists in the knowledge of OA epidemiology in Middle Eastern populations. This study aimed to explore the prevalence, incidence, correlations, and temporal trends of OA in Israel during 2013–2018, using a nationally representative primary care database. On 31 December 2018, a total of 180,126 OA patients were identified, representing a point prevalence of 115.3 per 1000 persons (95% CI, 114.8–115.8 per 1000 persons). Geographically, OA prevalence was not uniformly distributed, with the Southern and Northern peripheral districts having a higher prevalence than the rest of the Israeli regions. OA incidence increased over time from 7.36 per 1000 persons (95% CI 6.21–7.50 per 1000 persons) in 2013 to 8.23 per 1000 persons (95% CI 8.09–8.38 per 1000 persons) in 2017 (p-value for trend = 0.02). The incidence was lowest in patients under 60 years (in both sexes) and peaked at 60–70 years. In older ages, the incidence leveled off in men and declined in women. The growing risk of OA warrants a greater attention to timely preventive and therapeutic interventions. Further population-based studies in the Middle East are needed to identify modifiable risk factors for timely preventive and therapeutic interventions.

scholarly journals Willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 in the US: Representative longitudinal evidence from April–October 2020

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Daly ◽  
Eric Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
The Us ◽  
Nationally Representative

Introduction: Vaccines against COVID-19 have been developed in unprecedented time. However, the effectiveness of any vaccine is dictated by the proportion of the population willing to be vaccinated. In this observational population-based study we examined intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19 throughout the pandemic. Methods: In November, 2020 we analyzed longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of 7,547 US adults enrolled in the Understanding America Study (UAS) using multinomial logistic regresion. Participants reporting being willing, undecided and unwilling to get vaccinated against coronavirus across 13 assessments conducted from April-October, 2020. Public attitudes to vaccination against the coronavirus were also assessed on a four-point Likert scale. Results: Willingness to vaccinate declined from 71% in April to 53.6% in October. This was explained by an increase in the percentage of participants undecided about vaccinating (from 10.5% to 14.4%) and the portion of the sample unwilling to vaccinate (from 18.5% to 32%). The population subgroups most likely to be undecided/unwilling to vaccinate were those without a degree (undecided: RRR=2.47, 95% CI: 2.04-3.00; unwilling: RRR=1.92, 95% CI:1.67-2.20), Black participants (undecided: RRR=2.18, 95% CI: 1.73-2.74; unwilling: RRR=1.98, 95% CI:1.63-2.42), and females (undecided: RRR=1.41, 95% CI:1.20-1.65; unwilling: RRR=1.29, 95% CI:1.14-1.46). Participants who were older or were on higher incomes were least likely to be undecided or unwilling to vaccinate. Concerns about potential side effects of a vaccine were common.Conclusions: Intentions to be vaccinated against coronavirus have declined rapidly during the pandemic and close to half of Americans are undecided or unwilling to be vaccinated.

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