Alfredo Morabia
Biographic Data
| ID | 202111 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfredo Morabia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfredo |
| FAMILY NAME | Morabia |
| SIGNATURE | MORABIA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Alfredo Morabia is the editor-in-chief of AJPH. |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1902-0285 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 111 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 126 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 111 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Ensuring Quality in Scientific Publication Through Inclusivity and Transparency
The State of the Public Health Union 2025
AJPH and the Threat of Political Interference in Scientific Publishing
Celebrating 115 Years of AJPH
Years of Advancing Public Health
Ten Years at the Helm
Hank Aaron, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and the Public’s Health
highlights the vital importance of quali
Notes From the Field
These articles are designed to share successful and impactful field experiences, typically at the local level.The format ensures that key information is presented clearly, making it possible for others to replicate these experiences in different contexts.Unlike research articles, NFTF pieces focus on describing processes in a reproducible way, rather than delving into methods, analysis, and findings.This emphasis on practical, actionable insights…
The US Presidential Election of 2024 Is a Public Health Emergency
Public Health Workforce
A Repository of Public Health Best Practices From the Heart of the Pandemic
Public Health Surveillance, Monitoring, or Data? Time to Decide
Piloting Public Health No. 2
A Revolution Betrayed
Bringing Workers Safety, Health, and Well-Being Front and Center in Public Health
Republicans Die More From Covid-19
Building Broad Public Health Coalitions in the Post- Roe World
Absurdities About Covid-19 and Public Health
Publishing in the American Journal of Public Health
Public Health Common Ground
Notes From the Field
México desde el 2007 se encuentra en una ofensiva permanente contra la delincuencia y el crimen organizado, justificada por el gobierno a partir de la importancia de los impactos que ha sufrido el país en términos económicos y sociales. Estas acciones han originado que la tendencia de los homicidios en México se haya incrementado a una tasa preocupante, que afecta tanto a la población como a los migrantes indocumentados. A pesar de que el Gobiern…
Piloting Public Health
Experimental Forum 2
How Violence Contributed to Medicine in the 19th Century
In Defense of Public Health
From disease surveillance to the surveillance of risk factors
From disease surveillance to the surveillance of risk factors. A MorabiaCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.86.5.625 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Health care and illegality
Definition and prevalence of sedentarism in an urban population
OBJECTIVES: The present study sought to formulate a precise definition of sedentarism and to identify activities performed by active people that could serve as effective preventive goals. METHODS: A population-based sample of 919 residents of Geneva, Switzerland, aged 35 to 74 years, completed a 24-hour recall. Sedentary people were defined as those expending less than 10% of their daily energy in the performance of moderate- and high-intensity a…
Comparison of smoking habits of blacks and whites in a case-control study
Information from Blacks and Whites interviewed in a case-control study of tobacco-related diseases was analyzed to identify explanatory factors for racial differences in smoking habits. Blacks were three times more likely to be light vs heavy smokers. This association did not differ according to such variables as cigarette preference, degree of inhalation, or quitting. The association of race and light smoking was present in both current and ex-s…
Trends in Risk Factors for Lifestyle-Related Diseases by Socioeconomic Position in Geneva, Switzerland, 1993–2000
Objectives. We report on trends in risk factors for lifestyle-related diseases among socioeconomic position (SEP) groups. Methods. We continuously surveyed the adult population of Geneva, Switzerland, for 8 years (1993–2000) with independent, cross-sectional surveys of representative samples (4207 men and 3987 women aged 35–74 years). Age-adjusted linear regression slopes estimated annual risk factor trends. Interaction terms were tested for tren…
Prevalence and social correlates of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Harlem
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the prevalence, social correlates, and clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in a predominantly Black, poor, urban community. METHODS: Associations of risk factor prevalences with sociodemographic variables were examined in a population-based sample of 695 men and women aged 18 to 65 years living in Central Harlem. RESULTS: One third of the men and women were hypertensive, 48% of the men and 41% of the …
Public Health Surveillance, Monitoring, or Data? Time to Decide
The Fascist Threat
The US Public Health Service House-to-House Canvass Survey of the Morbidity and Mortality of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Between November 20, 1918, and March 12, 1919, the US Public Health Service carried out a vast population-based survey to assess the incidence rate and mortality of the influenza pandemic among 146 203 persons in 18 localities across the United States. The survey attempted to retrospectively assess all self-reported or diagnosed cases of influenza since August 1, 1918. It indicated that the cumulative incidence of symptomatic influenza over 6 mon…
Does Walking 15 Minutes per Day Keep the Obesity Epidemic Away? Simulation of the Efficacy of a Populationwide Campaign
Small physical activity increases may prevent weight gain in most populations. Geneva residents completed validated quantitative physical activity frequency questionnaires from 1997 to 2001. Fifteen minutes per day of moderate or brisk walking, or 30 minutes per day of slow walking, could increase physical activity at the population level; however, if the specific goal is to approach expending 420 kJ/d (100 kcal/d) through walking, the duration s…
Epidemiology and bacteriology in 1900
Contraception and induced abortion in Armenia
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the number of induced abortions per woman and the reasons for selecting induced abortion among parous Armenian women. METHODS: A consecutive series of 200 women attending an abortion clinic in Yerevan, Armenia, were queried by a physician about their reproductive histories. RESULTS: Women younger than 20 years of age reported a median of 1 and women older than 40 years reported a median of 8 …
Notes From the Field
México desde el 2007 se encuentra en una ofensiva permanente contra la delincuencia y el crimen organizado, justificada por el gobierno a partir de la importancia de los impactos que ha sufrido el país en términos económicos y sociales. Estas acciones han originado que la tendencia de los homicidios en México se haya incrementado a una tasa preocupante, que afecta tanto a la población como a los migrantes indocumentados. A pesar de que el Gobiern…
Preparing and Rebuilding After Natural Disasters
An introduction is presented in which the authors discuss various reports within the journal on topics including natural disaster-related preparations and rebuilding efforts, public health in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and climate change
History of the modern epidemiological concept of confounding
The epidemiological concept of confounding has had a convoluted history. It was first expressed as an issue of group non-comparability, later as an uncontrolled fallacy, then as a controllable fallacy named confounding, and, more recently, as an issue of group non-comparability in the distribution of potential outcome types. This latest development synthesised the apparent disconnect between phases of the history of confounding. Group non-compara…
Potential Health Impact of Switching From Car to Public Transportation When Commuting to Work
We assessed humidity-corrected particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) exposure and physical activity (using global positioning system monitors and diaries) among 18 people who commuted by car to Queens College, New York, New York, for 5 days, and then switched to commuting for the next 5 days via public transportation. The PM 2.5 differed little between car and public transportation commutes (1.41 μg/M 3 ·min; P = .226). Commuting by public transportation …
Ages at Initiation of Cigarette Smoking and Quit Attempts Among Women
Objectives. This study sought to determine whether the age at initiation of regular cigarette smoking and the likelihood of quitting smoking through age 35 differ among women from younger versus older generations. Methods. Annual population-based, random surveys (total of 3676 female residents of Geneva, Switzerland, aged 35–74 years) were conducted from 1992 to 1998. Results. Women younger than 55 years were more likely to be past or current smo…
Ensuring Quality in Scientific Publication Through Inclusivity and Transparency
Reproductive Rights and Fascist Threat
Why Is AJPH Publishing More Than Other Major Journals About Race and Racism
Spirit of 1848
AJPH Dossier on the Erasure of the Sexual Orientation Question From the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants
The Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and Public Health
Unfortunately for public health, two months after this crucial moment in September 2015 in which the tragic death of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi brought the world's attention on the crisis, confusion still predominates about what is at stake and what needs to be done for the many thousands of refugees from the Middle East
The Obesity Epidemic as Harbinger of a Metabolic Disorder Epidemic
Increases in obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes may be under way in Europe. We have reported the only data available from the 1990s for continuous monitoring of chronic disease risk factors in random samples of a general European population. In random surveys (1993–2003) of 6164 men and 6107 women in Geneva, overweight and obesity combined increased in both men and women; hypercholesterolemia prevalence also rose; diabetes treatment incr…
A History of Epidemiologic Methods and Concepts
Medical care and social support for the elderly in Switzerland
Comparison of smoking habits of blacks and whites in a case-control study
Information from Blacks and Whites interviewed in a case-control study of tobacco-related diseases was analyzed to identify explanatory factors for racial differences in smoking habits. Blacks were three times more likely to be light vs heavy smokers. This association did not differ according to such variables as cigarette preference, degree of inhalation, or quitting. The association of race and light smoking was present in both current and ex-s…
Étude biométrique du fonctionnement reproductif dans la population générale. Méthode et premiers résultats
Brunetti (Pierre-Marie). Morabia (Alfredo), Campana (Aldo), Marcus-Steiff (Joachim). - Étude biométrique du fonctionnement reproductif dans la population générale. Méthode et premiers résultats des enquêtes effectuées à Chambéry-Grenoble et Martigny Une enquête médicale approfondie a été effectuée sur 300 femmes de la population générale âgées de 29 ans révolus dans le but d'effectuer une description statistique de l'activité sexuelle et reproduc…
Passive smoking, active smoking, and education
OBJECTIVES: This study was undertaken to determine the relationship of education and tobacco smoke to lifetime weight history in women. METHODS: Information on passive smoking, active smoking, and weight history was collected from 928 women aged 29 to 74 years selected from the general population of Geneva, Switzerland. Multivariate analysis of variance was performed for weight, weight at age 20, and weight changes since age 20. RESULTS: Educatio…
From disease surveillance to the surveillance of risk factors
From disease surveillance to the surveillance of risk factors. A MorabiaCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.86.5.625 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Epidemiology and bacteriology in 1900
Contraception and induced abortion in Armenia
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the number of induced abortions per woman and the reasons for selecting induced abortion among parous Armenian women. METHODS: A consecutive series of 200 women attending an abortion clinic in Yerevan, Armenia, were queried by a physician about their reproductive histories. RESULTS: Women younger than 20 years of age reported a median of 1 and women older than 40 years reported a median of 8 …
Prevalence and social correlates of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Harlem
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the prevalence, social correlates, and clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in a predominantly Black, poor, urban community. METHODS: Associations of risk factor prevalences with sociodemographic variables were examined in a population-based sample of 695 men and women aged 18 to 65 years living in Central Harlem. RESULTS: One third of the men and women were hypertensive, 48% of the men and 41% of the …
Morabia Responds
Morabia Responds Alfredo Morabia A R Cohen-BearakCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.89.3.417-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Definition and prevalence of sedentarism in an urban population
OBJECTIVES: The present study sought to formulate a precise definition of sedentarism and to identify activities performed by active people that could serve as effective preventive goals. METHODS: A population-based sample of 919 residents of Geneva, Switzerland, aged 35 to 74 years, completed a 24-hour recall. Sedentary people were defined as those expending less than 10% of their daily energy in the performance of moderate- and high-intensity a…
The association between switching hand preference and the declining prevalence of left-handedness with age
OBJECTIVES: This study determined the prevalence of left-handedness and of switching hand preference among innately left-handed subjects. METHODS: Subjects of Swiss nationality (n = 1692), participating in a population-based survey in Geneva, Switzerland, completed a questionnaire on innate hand preference and current hand preference for writing. RESULTS: From 35 to 44 years of age to 65 to 74 years of age, the prevalence of innate left-handednes…
Diet and socioeconomic position
OBJECTIVES: To describe the association of diet and socioeconomic position and to assess whether two different indicators, education and occupation, independently contribute in determining diet. METHODS: A community-based random sample of men and women residents of Geneva canton, aged 35 to 74, participated in a survey of cardiovascular risk factors conducted annually since 1993. Lifetime occupational and educational history and a semi-quantitati…
Obesity prevention
Ages at Initiation of Cigarette Smoking and Quit Attempts Among Women
Objectives. This study sought to determine whether the age at initiation of regular cigarette smoking and the likelihood of quitting smoking through age 35 differ among women from younger versus older generations. Methods. Annual population-based, random surveys (total of 3676 female residents of Geneva, Switzerland, aged 35–74 years) were conducted from 1992 to 1998. Results. Women younger than 55 years were more likely to be past or current smo…
Trends in Risk Factors for Lifestyle-Related Diseases by Socioeconomic Position in Geneva, Switzerland, 1993–2000
Objectives. We report on trends in risk factors for lifestyle-related diseases among socioeconomic position (SEP) groups. Methods. We continuously surveyed the adult population of Geneva, Switzerland, for 8 years (1993–2000) with independent, cross-sectional surveys of representative samples (4207 men and 3987 women aged 35–74 years). Age-adjusted linear regression slopes estimated annual risk factor trends. Interaction terms were tested for tren…
Does Walking 15 Minutes per Day Keep the Obesity Epidemic Away? Simulation of the Efficacy of a Populationwide Campaign
Small physical activity increases may prevent weight gain in most populations. Geneva residents completed validated quantitative physical activity frequency questionnaires from 1997 to 2001. Fifteen minutes per day of moderate or brisk walking, or 30 minutes per day of slow walking, could increase physical activity at the population level; however, if the specific goal is to approach expending 420 kJ/d (100 kcal/d) through walking, the duration s…
The pioneering use of a questionnaire to investigate a food borne disease outbreak in early 20th century Britain
This paper describes the investigation by a British local government board inspector in 1902, H Timbrell Bulstrode, into the cause of an outbreak of enteric fever after a mayoral banquet given at Winchester. This investigation helped to confirm the role of oysters as an agent of transmission of typhoid fever. The data are also reanalysed using a modern approach, which confirmed the role of oysters (odds ratio = 11.2, 95% CI 2.5 to 50.1). This epi…
The Obesity Epidemic as Harbinger of a Metabolic Disorder Epidemic
Increases in obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes may be under way in Europe. We have reported the only data available from the 1990s for continuous monitoring of chronic disease risk factors in random samples of a general European population. In random surveys (1993–2003) of 6164 men and 6107 women in Geneva, overweight and obesity combined increased in both men and women; hypercholesterolemia prevalence also rose; diabetes treatment incr…
Health care and illegality
A History of Epidemiologic Methods and Concepts
Gender differentials in the evolution of cigarette smoking habits in a general European adult population from 1993–2003
This continuous (1993-2003) risk factor surveillance system, unique in Europe, shows stable prevalence of smoking in both genders. However, sharp contrasts in age-specific prevalence of never and former smoking and of ages at smoking initiation indicate that smoking continues a long-term decline in men but has still not reached its peak in women
Achieving Energy Balance at the Population Level Through Increases in Physical Activity
Objectives. We estimated the amount of physical activity required for individuals to expend an additional 418.4 kJ (100 kcal) per day with the goal of achieving energy balance at the population level. Methods. Data on total daily energy expenditures were derived from a random sample of adults residing in Geneva, Switzerland, who completed a self-administered physical activity frequency questionnaire. These data were used to simulate the effects o…
Worldwide Variability in Physical Inactivity
The Relation of Childhood Mortality to Mobility in Contemporary Foragers
Undocumented Migrants in Switzerland
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