John Frank
Biographic Data
| ID | 3926488 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Frank |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Frank |
| SIGNATURE | FRANK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lauren E. Griffith, Harry S. Shannon, and Stephen D. Walter are with the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Richard P. Wells is with the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. Donald C. Cole and Pierre Côté are with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. John Frank is with the School of Clinical Science and Community Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Sheilah... |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9289-9989 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Comparison of mortality hazard ratios associated with health behaviours in Canada and the United States
Even when methodological and population differences are minimal, the association of health behaviours and mortality can vary across populations. It is therefore important to be cautious of between-study variation when aggregating relative effect estimates from differing populations, and when using external effect estimates for population health research and policy development
An initial randomized controlled trial of behavioral activation for treatment of concurrent crystal methamphetamine dependence and sexual risk for HIV acquisition among men who have sex with men
Men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to be the largest risk group for HIV infections in the U.S., where crystal methamphetamine abuse heightens risk for HIV infection through greater engagement in condomless anal sex (CAS). Existing treatments lack attention to replacement activities or the role of depressed mood. Behavioral activation (BA) is an evidence-based approach for depression that involves identifying and participating in pleasurable…
Economic policy and the double burden of malnutrition
Objective To examine changes in minimum wage associated with changes in women’s weight status. Design Longitudinal study of legislated minimum wage levels (per month, purchasing power parity-adjusted, 2011 constant US dollar values) linked to anthropometric and sociodemographic data from multiple Demographic and Health Surveys (2000–2014). Separate multilevel models estimated associations of a $10 increase in monthly minimum wage with the rate of…
Relationship between trying an electronic cigarette and subsequent cigarette experimentation in Scottish adolescents
Young never smokers are more likely to experiment with cigarettes if they have tried an e-cigarette. Causality cannot be inferred, but continued close monitoring of e-cigarette use in young people is warranted
Inclusive Growth and Development Issues in Eastern and Southern Africa
Dictated by overall (economic, social, political, technological, etc) realities that unfold at different times, the growth and development dictums have been reshaped and reframed continually, in an effort to accommodate and respond to emerging issues. Within the overarching theme of sustainable development, human development and inclusive growth and development are, for example, among the recent focuses of the global and national development agen…
How has child growth around adiposity rebound altered in Scotland since 1990 and what are the risk factors for weight gain using the Growing Up in Scotland birth cohort 1
This study has shown that there is a substantial shift in the general population distribution of BMI since 1990. We identified maternal weight status as the strongest obesogenic factor and this is an indication that more innovative obesity preventive strategies should also consider intergenerational approaches
Relationship between e-cigarette point of sale recall and e-cigarette use in secondary school children
This study has found a cross-sectional association between self-reported recall of e-cigarette POS displays and use of, and intention to use, e-cigarettes. The magnitude of this association is comparable to that between tobacco point of sale recall and intention to use traditional cigarettes in the same sample. Further longitudinal data is required to confirm a causal relationship between e-cigarette point of sale exposure and their use and futur…
Do minimum wages improve early life health? Evidence from developing countries
Seven key investments for health equity across the lifecourse
While widespread lip service is given in the UK to the social determinants of health (SDoH), there are few published comparisons of how the UK's devolved jurisdictions 'stack up', in terms of implementing SDoH-based policies and programmes, to improve health equity over the life-course. Based on recent SDoH publications, seven key societal-level investments are suggested, across the life-course, for increasing health equity by socioeconomic posit…
Determining the impact of smoking point of sale legislation among youth (Display) study
This study examines the impact of the implementation of both a partial and comprehensive ban on point of sale (POS) tobacco advertising on attitudes to smoking, brand awareness, perceived ease of access to tobacco products and youth smoking prevalence. The results will be of considerable interest to policy makers both from the UK and other jurisdictions where they are considering the development and implementation of similar legislation
A cross-sectional pilot study of the Scottish early development instrument
The SEDI offers a feasible means of providing communities with a holistic overview of school readiness for targeting early years' interventions
Human papilloma virus vaccination programs reduce health inequity in most scenarios
The global and within-country epidemiology of cervical cancer exemplifies health inequity. Public health programs may reduce absolute risk but increase inequity; inequity may be further compounded by screening programs. In this context, we aimed to explore what the impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine might have on health equity allowing for uncertainty surrounding the long-term effect of HPV vaccination programs. A simple static multi-wa…
Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Mechanical Workplace Risk Factors and Low Back Pain
Objectives. We used individual participant data from multiple studies to conduct a comprehensive meta-analysis of mechanical exposures in the workplace and low back pain. Methods. We conducted a systematic literature search and contacted an author of each study to request their individual participant data. Because outcome definitions and exposure measures were not uniform across studies, we conducted 2 substudies: (1) to identify sets of outcome …
Public Health Interventions to Reduce Inequalities
Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents
Understanding the relationships between climate and carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems \nis critical to predict future levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide because of the potential \naccelerating effects of positive climate–carbon cycle feedbacks. However, directly observed \nrelationships between climate and terrestrial CO2 exchange with the atmosphere across biomes \nand continents are lacking. Here we present data describing the relatio…
Was Thomas McKeown right for the wrong reasons
Thomas McKeown was right in his primary claim that changing environments, rather than improved medical care, were responsible for much of the long wave of historical mortality decline in the UK since 1700. He was, however, apparently unaware that the beginning of the decline in infant and early-childhood mortality lagged behind that for adults by a few decades, and therefore that its causes might have been fundamentally different. In fact, curren…
D’Écosse, quelques réflexions sur la difficulté d’améliorer équitablement la santé
Thoughts from Scotland on the Challenge of Equitable Health Improvement
Do Changes in Job Control Predict Differences in Health Status? Results From a Longitudinal National Survey of Canadians
The results of this study suggest that both level of job control and changes in job control have direct and indirect effects on health status over time. Future research should focus on developing precise measures of work exposures, and examine differences between changes in job control due to only changes in perceptions and changes due to work redesign
The Monitoring and Surveillance of the Psychosocial Work Environment in Canada
Vision for a Global Registry of Anticipated Public Health Studies
In public health, the generation, management, and transfer of knowledge all need major improvement. Problems in generating knowledge include an imbalance in research funding, publication bias, unnecessary studies, adherence to fashion, and undue interest in novel and immediate issues. Impaired generation of knowledge, combined with a dated and inadequate process for managing knowledge and an inefficient system for transferring knowledge, mean a d…
Développer la capacité d’application des connaissances en santé publique
Coordinating Canada’s Research Response to Global Health Challenges
Strengthen Canada’s Public Health System Now
Think Tank on the Future of Public Health in Canada”
Modelling psychosocial effects of exposure to solid waste facilities
Psychosocial impacts in populations exposed to solid waste facilities
Modelling the incidence of childhood diarrhea
The Monitoring and Surveillance of the Psychosocial Work Environment in Canada
Public Health in Canada
Making health data maps
The risk approach in diarrheal disease intervention in Grenada
Coordinating Canada’s Research Response to Global Health Challenges
Think Tank on the Future of Public Health in Canada”
Seven key investments for health equity across the lifecourse
While widespread lip service is given in the UK to the social determinants of health (SDoH), there are few published comparisons of how the UK's devolved jurisdictions 'stack up', in terms of implementing SDoH-based policies and programmes, to improve health equity over the life-course. Based on recent SDoH publications, seven key societal-level investments are suggested, across the life-course, for increasing health equity by socioeconomic posit…
Thoughts from Scotland on the Challenge of Equitable Health Improvement
Strengthen Canada’s Public Health System Now
Predictors of Low Back Pain Onset in a Prospective British Study
Objectives. This study examined predictors of low back pain onset in a British birth cohort. Methods. Univariate and multivariate analyses focused on individuals who experienced onset of low back pain at 32 to 33 years of age (n= 571) and individuals who were pain free (n = 5210). Participants were members of the 1958 British birth cohort. Results. Incident pain was elevated among those with psychological distress at 23 years of age (adjusted odd…
Do minimum wages improve early life health? Evidence from developing countries
Public Health Interventions to Reduce Inequalities
D’Écosse, quelques réflexions sur la difficulté d’améliorer équitablement la santé
Vision for a Global Registry of Anticipated Public Health Studies
In public health, the generation, management, and transfer of knowledge all need major improvement. Problems in generating knowledge include an imbalance in research funding, publication bias, unnecessary studies, adherence to fashion, and undue interest in novel and immediate issues. Impaired generation of knowledge, combined with a dated and inadequate process for managing knowledge and an inefficient system for transferring knowledge, mean a d…
Member Ship Committee Recommendations
Association Affairs
Modelling the incidence of childhood diarrhea
The risk approach in diarrheal disease intervention in Grenada
Psychosocial impacts in populations exposed to solid waste facilities
Modelling psychosocial effects of exposure to solid waste facilities
Predictors of Low Back Pain Onset in a Prospective British Study
Objectives. This study examined predictors of low back pain onset in a British birth cohort. Methods. Univariate and multivariate analyses focused on individuals who experienced onset of low back pain at 32 to 33 years of age (n= 571) and individuals who were pain free (n = 5210). Participants were members of the 1958 British birth cohort. Results. Incident pain was elevated among those with psychological distress at 23 years of age (adjusted odd…
Making health data maps
Public Health in Canada
Strengthen Canada’s Public Health System Now
Think Tank on the Future of Public Health in Canada”
Coordinating Canada’s Research Response to Global Health Challenges
Vision for a Global Registry of Anticipated Public Health Studies
In public health, the generation, management, and transfer of knowledge all need major improvement. Problems in generating knowledge include an imbalance in research funding, publication bias, unnecessary studies, adherence to fashion, and undue interest in novel and immediate issues. Impaired generation of knowledge, combined with a dated and inadequate process for managing knowledge and an inefficient system for transferring knowledge, mean a d…
Développer la capacité d’application des connaissances en santé publique
Do Changes in Job Control Predict Differences in Health Status? Results From a Longitudinal National Survey of Canadians
The results of this study suggest that both level of job control and changes in job control have direct and indirect effects on health status over time. Future research should focus on developing precise measures of work exposures, and examine differences between changes in job control due to only changes in perceptions and changes due to work redesign
The Monitoring and Surveillance of the Psychosocial Work Environment in Canada
D’Écosse, quelques réflexions sur la difficulté d’améliorer équitablement la santé
Thoughts from Scotland on the Challenge of Equitable Health Improvement
Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents
Understanding the relationships between climate and carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems \nis critical to predict future levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide because of the potential \naccelerating effects of positive climate–carbon cycle feedbacks. However, directly observed \nrelationships between climate and terrestrial CO2 exchange with the atmosphere across biomes \nand continents are lacking. Here we present data describing the relatio…
Was Thomas McKeown right for the wrong reasons
Thomas McKeown was right in his primary claim that changing environments, rather than improved medical care, were responsible for much of the long wave of historical mortality decline in the UK since 1700. He was, however, apparently unaware that the beginning of the decline in infant and early-childhood mortality lagged behind that for adults by a few decades, and therefore that its causes might have been fundamentally different. In fact, curren…
Human papilloma virus vaccination programs reduce health inequity in most scenarios
The global and within-country epidemiology of cervical cancer exemplifies health inequity. Public health programs may reduce absolute risk but increase inequity; inequity may be further compounded by screening programs. In this context, we aimed to explore what the impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine might have on health equity allowing for uncertainty surrounding the long-term effect of HPV vaccination programs. A simple static multi-wa…
Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Mechanical Workplace Risk Factors and Low Back Pain
Objectives. We used individual participant data from multiple studies to conduct a comprehensive meta-analysis of mechanical exposures in the workplace and low back pain. Methods. We conducted a systematic literature search and contacted an author of each study to request their individual participant data. Because outcome definitions and exposure measures were not uniform across studies, we conducted 2 substudies: (1) to identify sets of outcome …
Public Health Interventions to Reduce Inequalities
A cross-sectional pilot study of the Scottish early development instrument
The SEDI offers a feasible means of providing communities with a holistic overview of school readiness for targeting early years' interventions
Determining the impact of smoking point of sale legislation among youth (Display) study
This study examines the impact of the implementation of both a partial and comprehensive ban on point of sale (POS) tobacco advertising on attitudes to smoking, brand awareness, perceived ease of access to tobacco products and youth smoking prevalence. The results will be of considerable interest to policy makers both from the UK and other jurisdictions where they are considering the development and implementation of similar legislation
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