scholarly journals Does a Recession have an Impact on Alcohol Consumption?

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Dziadkiewicz ◽  
Alexia Pisani ◽  
Rebecca Wong
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
World Health ◽  
Social Programs ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Consumption Data ◽  
The World ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Negative Relationships ◽  
Negative Growth

The hypothesis of this paper is alcohol consumption will decrease when a country experiences a recession. We have used data covering the yearly consumption (in litres per capita) of alcohol from the World Health Organization (2015), combined with yearly & quarterly GDP data from the OECD website (2015) to firstly identify years where there have been more than 2 periods of negative growth (recession), and to compare these data sets to see if any relationship exists.We have used correlation analysis between the financial data and the consumption data, as well as scatter graphs to see if there is a high correlation (0.7) or a trend, for 3 countries that have experienced a recession over the last 15 years (US, Finland & Greece). What we found is that some types of alcohol did appear to show both positive and negative relationships to GDP or recession but this relationship differed between countries. There are other factors that must be considered including cultural relationship to alcohol in different locations, as well as any government or social programs.

scholarly journals Post Covid-19 urbanization requires new standards and per capita in planning, design, and building

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdol Aziz Shahraki
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Protection ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Public Health Protection ◽  
Urban Places

Abstract This paper studies investment reductions in urban health protection programs in the recent decades under the umbrella of plutocratic ideas. It studies the densely populated slums with little urban spaces, narrow sidewalks, traffic jams, and degraded environmental components. This paper addresses the question of how shall we reopen post-covid-19 cities sustainably and lively? Our method to find a solution is an innovative mathematical model that suggests revision in the current regulations and standards, sizes, and per capita of urban spaces with the help of maximizing necessary investments. This paper analyzes crowded neighborhoods, urban transport sites, and polluted environments where people cannot respect world health organization protocols concerning individual and public health protection. This research aims to maximize investment in public health protection for supplying suitable urban places’ sizes. Outcomes of this research will be helpful to reopen cities in the post-covid-19 everywhere in the world.

scholarly journals Cheese, Microbiome and Obesity: A Love Triangle

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Meyer ◽  
Elin Roos ◽  
Jacques Schrenzel ◽  
Frédéric Ris ◽  
Justin Davies
Keyword(s):  
European Countries ◽  
World Health ◽  
Dairy Food ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Dairy Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
Prevalence Of Obesity ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Love Triangle

Abstract IntroductionRecent evidence has shown the importance of the microbiome in the development and maintenance of obesity. Probiotics were proposed for modulating the microbiome in order to achieve weight loss.MethodsData related to consumption of dairy food in European countries were obtained from the Global Dairy Consumption Report of the European Association of Dairy Trade Eucolait. Age-adjusted prevalence of obesity in European countries was extracted from the World Health Organization Global Health Repository. Linear regression was performed.ResultsConsumption of cheese in kilogram per capita was inversely correlated to the age-adjusted prevalence of obesity in 26 European countries (R2: 0.298, p=0.004).ConclusionConsumption of cheese appears to protect against weight gain. This finding deserves further confirmation by longitudinal studies or randomized controlled trials.

scholarly journals Environment, Lifestyle and Health Status: a European Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Seke ◽  
Ljiljana Marković-Denić ◽  
Velimir Štavljanin ◽  
Zoran Radojičić ◽  
Nataša Petrović
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
World Health ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
European Perspective ◽  
Joint Influence ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Impact

Although population health cannot be measured in exact measurable form, a large number of concepts have been developed, and measurements have been framed through the presence of many different indicators. The impact of the environment on human health is well known. However, attention should be paid that no significant number of papers focused on the co-occurrence of environmental and lifestyle determinants on health status. This paper aims to emphasize the joint influence of environmental and lifestyle determinants on the European population's health status. The study was based on the World Health Organization statistical data, and 50 European countries were included. Three data sets were observed: Health status, Environmental, and Lifestyle indicators. Taking into account a large number of data, multivariate analyzes were applied. Results indicate that co-occurrence of environmental and lifestyle determinants have a significant impact on the health status in Europe.

scholarly journals The World Spatiotemporal Analytics and Mapping Project (WSTAMP): Further Progress in Discovering, Exploring, and Mapping Spatiotemporal Patterns Across the World’s Largest Open Source Data Sets

2017 ◽  
Vol IV-4/W2 ◽  
pp. 199-205
Author(s):  
J. Piburn ◽  
R. Stewart ◽  
A. Myers ◽  
A. Sorokine ◽  
E. Axley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Workshop ◽  
World Health ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Behavioral Stability ◽  
Open Source Data ◽  
The World ◽  
User Data ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Textual Content

Spatiotemporal (ST) analytics applied to major data sources such as the World Bank and World Health Organization has shown tremendous value in shedding light on the evolution of cultural, health, economic, and geopolitical landscapes on a global level. WSTAMP engages this opportunity by situating analysts, data, and analytics together within a visually rich and computationally rigorous online analysis environment. Since introducing WSTAMP at the First International Workshop on Spatiotemporal Computing, several transformative advances have occurred. Collaboration with human computer interaction experts led to a complete interface redesign that deeply immerses the analyst within a ST context, significantly increases visual and textual content, provides navigational crosswalks for attribute discovery, substantially reduce mouse and keyboard actions, and supports user data uploads. Secondly, the database has been expanded to include over 16,000 attributes, 50 years of time, and 200+ nation states and redesigned to support non-annual, non-national, city, and interaction data. Finally, two new analytics are implemented for analyzing large portfolios of multi-attribute data and measuring the behavioral stability of regions along different dimensions. These advances required substantial new approaches in design, algorithmic innovations, and increased computational efficiency. We report on these advances and inform how others may freely access the tool.

scholarly journals Predictors of COVID-19 epidemics in countries of the World Health Organization African Region

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feifei Zhang ◽  
Humphrey Karamagi ◽  
Ngoy Nsenga ◽  
Miriam Nanyunja ◽  
Miriam Karinja ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
World Health ◽  
African Region ◽  
Preparedness Planning ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Second Wave

AbstractCountries of the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region have experienced a wide range of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemics. This study aimed to identify predictors of the timing of the first COVID-19 case and the per capita mortality in WHO African Region countries during the first and second pandemic waves and to test for associations with the preparedness of health systems and government pandemic responses. Using a region-wide, country-based observational study, we found that the first case was detected earlier in countries with more urban populations, higher international connectivity and greater COVID-19 test capacity but later in island nations. Predictors of a high first wave per capita mortality rate included a more urban population, higher pre-pandemic international connectivity and a higher prevalence of HIV. Countries rated as better prepared and having more resilient health systems were worst affected by the disease, the imposition of restrictions or both, making any benefit of more stringent countermeasures difficult to detect. Predictors for the second wave were similar to the first. Second wave per capita mortality could be predicted from that of the first wave. The COVID-19 pandemic highlights unanticipated vulnerabilities to infectious disease in Africa that should be taken into account in future pandemic preparedness planning.

The World Health Organization's Global Alcohol Database: Opportunities for Research and Support for Policy

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 589-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Gliksman ◽  
Margaret Rylett
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
World Health ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Alcohol Production ◽  
Alcohol Control ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Related Harm ◽  
Related Mortality

Since its inception in 1997, the Global Alcohol Database (GAD) has undergone several iterations and brings together information on a number of topics across countries: alcohol and health situations; consequences of alcohol consumption; trends in alcohol use and related mortality; alcohol production; trade; health effects; and national alcohol control measures and policies. Efforts have been made to make this database compatible with the World Health Organization (WHO) International Guide for Monitoring Alcohol Consumption and Related Harm. A set of indicators was chosen that assesses the most important aspects of the alcohol situation in WHO Member States as they relate to public health. The indicators are grouped into seven broad categories: alcohol production and availability; levels of consumption; patterns of consumption; harms and consequences; economic aspects; alcohol control policies; and prevention, treatment and drinking guidelines. Contents of the GAD are available on the WHO's Global Information on Alcohol and Health Web site.

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