A sample was drawn from the population registry among persons aged 18-18 years and living in Region Scania in 30th June 2004. The sample was stratified after geographic areas where each municipality stated a selection group, except Helsingborg which was divided into five city parts, Kristianstad divided in six municipality parts, Lund in ten municipality parts and Malmo in ten city parts. Selections of about the same size were made in each subarea. In total 27,963 persons answered the questionnaire, corresponding to 59 percent of the total sample (n= 47,621). The department of Social medicin, University Hospital MAS, Region Scania was operative responsible for the investigation. Statistics Sweden (SCB) has been contracted to perform mailing, collecting of the questionnaires and summaries. The study was approved by the regional research ethics committee and SCB:s etichal board. Purpose: The aim of the FHS 2008 was to get a current picture of the health, health care contacts and living conditions among the inbabitants of Scania which are also important for the future of public health in Scania, and also to make a follow-up study of the previous surveys FHS 2000 and FHS 2004 in Scania.
Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
DRINKING HABITS, PATTERNS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND BEHAVIOUR ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL INTAKE
INHALING AND EXHALING THE SMOKE OF BURNING TOBACCO
CONCERNED WITH THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASE AND DISABILITY, AND THE PROMOTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE POPULATION
RECORD OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S ILLNESSES, MEDICAL TREATMENTS, ETC.
CONTAMINATION OF THE AIR BY TOBACCO SMOKE
Studies designed to examine associations, commonly, hypothesized causal relations. They are usually concerned with identifying or measuring the effects of risk factors or exposures. The common types of analytic study are CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; and CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES.
Studies in which subsets of a defined population are identified. These groups may or may not be exposed to factors hypothesized to influence the probability of the occurrence of a particular disease or other outcome. Cohorts are defined populations which, as a whole, are followed in an attempt to determine distinguishing subgroup characteristics.
The total of dental diagnostic, preventive, and restorative services provided to meet the needs of a patient (from Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982).
Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy.
Social and economic factors that characterize the individual or group within the social structure.
An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.
A status with BODY WEIGHT that is above certain standards. In the scale of BODY MASS INDEX, overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25.0-29.9 kg/m2. Overweight may or may not be due to increases in body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE), hence overweight does not equal "over fat".
Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal.
Measurement of the various processes involved in the act of respiration: inspiration, expiration, oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange, lung volume and compliance, etc.
Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions.
The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.
The utilization of drugs as reported in individual hospital studies, FDA studies, marketing, or consumption, etc. This includes drug stockpiling, and patient drug profiles.
INVOLVEMENT IN SOCIAL OR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND MANAGERIAL FACTORS AFFECTING A WORKER'S JOB ENVIRONMENT
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