Amelia Britton
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 104491 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Amelia Britton |
| NOMBRES | Amelia |
| APELLIDO | Britton |
| FIRMA | BRITTON A |
| AFILIACIONES | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6412-5430 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1997 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Do older adults drink alcohol whilst taking alcohol-interactive medication? Prevalence and ten-year mortality risk
Background: Older people commonly take prescribed medications, some of which are contra-indicated with alcohol. Few population-based studies have assessed the relationship between taking these medicines, different levels of alcohol use, and potential harm. Aims: To investigate the prevalence of taking alcohol-interactive (AI) medication and alcohol consumption among older adults and to compare the ten-year mortality risk among different categorie…
Alcohol Consumption and Adiposity
The evidence on the association between alcohol consumption and adiposity is inconsistent and fragmented. We investigated the longitudinal association between alcohol consumption pattern and four different adiposity markers with repeated measures of adiposity and obesity incidence. We categorized current drinkers based on the sex-specific quartiles of their weekly alcohol consumption and the UK alcohol drinking guidelines. We used multivariable a…
Trajectories of alcohol consumption up to 30 years before and after the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases
BACKGROUND: To examine the longitudinal trajectories of alcohol consumption prior to and following the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). METHODS: We conducted a case-control study of 2501 incident cases of angina, myocardial infarction or stroke and 10 001 matched controls without the condition. Repeated measures of alcohol were centred on the date of diagnosis, spanning up to 30 years before and after CVD onset. Mean trajectories of we…
Integrating Healthcare Services for Indigenous Australian Students at Boarding Schools
With resourcing, schools could play a greater role in facilitating access to healthcare
Through the eyes of students
More than 4000 Indigenous Australian students enrol and take up a placement at boarding school each year. While reasons for attending boarding school vary, the impetus for many remote and very remote-dwelling students is restricted secondary educational opportunities in their home communities. A large multi-site study is being undertaken across Queensland to understand the conditions required for these students to be resilient while studying away…
Strengthening the Capacity of Education Staff to Support the Wellbeing of Indigenous Students in Boarding Schools
In meeting the social and emotional learning (SEL) needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, the capacities of school staff are critical. There is very limited evidence for relevant capacity development initiatives. This evaluation reports a multicomponent SEL training intervention delivered to staff of an Australian education service that operates independently of any particular school to assist with the transitions of students fr…
Hazardous Drinking Prevalence and Correlates in Older New Zealanders
Objectives: The study compared the proportion of older adults identified as drinking hazardously based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) with the older adult-specific Comorbidity Alcohol Risk Evaluation Tool (CARET) and investigated whether sociodemographics, comorbidities, health, medication use, and alcohol-related risk behaviors explained discrepancies between the screens in classification of hazardousness.…
What influences 11-year-olds to drink? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study
Examining drinking at this point in the lifecourse has potentially important public health implications as around one in seven 11 year olds have drank, although the vast majority are yet to explore alcohol. Findings support interventions working at multiple levels that incorporate family and peer factors to help shape choices around risky behaviours including drinking
The relationship between labour market categories and alcohol use trajectories in midlife
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Studies on the role of labour market position and change in alcohol use during midlife are scarce and their results are inconclusive mainly due to their failure to define comprehensive and distinct labour market groups and the short periods of time studied. In this study we used different activity categories for men and women to examine alcohol use trajectories in midlife covering a period of 17 years. METHODS: Using data fro…
Binge drinking in midlife and the risk of developing depression during 24 years of follow-up
Objective To examine the relationship between binge drinking at baseline and the onset of new depression during 24 years of follow-up after adjustment for age, socio-economic status, education and marital status. Design and setting Data from phases 1 (1985–1988) to 9 (2007–2009) of the Whitehall II prospective cohort were used. Participants 5985 (male=4161, female=1824) British civil servants aged 35–55 years who were free from depression at base…
Who benefits most from the cardioprotective properties of alcohol consumption—health freaks or couch potatoes
BACKGROUND: The cardioprotective properties of moderate alcohol consumption, compared with abstinence or heavy drinking, are widely reported, but whether the benefits are experienced equally by all moderate drinkers is less well known. AIMS: To examine the association between average alcohol intake per week and the incidence of fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction during 17 years of follow-up for 9655 men and women without prevalent disease …
Trends in mortality attributable to current alcohol consumption in east and west Germany
Mortality in England and Wales attributable to current alcohol consumption
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the number of deaths attributable to current alcohol consumption levels in England and Wales by age and sex. DESIGN: Epidemiological approach using published relative risks and population data. SETTING: England and Wales. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Numbers of deaths by age and sex and years of life lost for alcohol related conditions. RESULTS: Because of the cardioprotective properties of alcohol, it is estimated that the…
The relation between alcohol and cardiovascular disease in Eastern Europe
METHODS A systematic review of literature on the relation between cardiovascular disease and heavy drinking and irregular (binge) drinking
Conducting a Literature Review on the Effectiveness of Health Care Interventions
The dramatic increase in the volume of research based information means that effective policy makers must be able to conduct and interpret literature reviews. This article sets out the steps that should be followed in doing so. They are: explicitly defining the question; locating relevant literature; assessing the quality of studies and deciding whether they should be included; synthesizing and re-analyzing the results; and presenting them in a c…
Why do women doctors in the UK take hormone replacement therapy
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To ascertain the determinants and experiences of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use by menopausal women doctors. DESIGN: Postal questionnaire. SETTING: UK. PATIENTS: A randomized stratified sample of women doctors who obtained full registration between 1952 and 1976, taken from the current Principal List of the UK Medical Register. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Current and previous use of HRT; reasons for and against HRT use; menopa…
The relation between alcohol and cardiovascular disease in Eastern Europe
METHODS A systematic review of literature on the relation between cardiovascular disease and heavy drinking and irregular (binge) drinking
Why do women doctors in the UK take hormone replacement therapy
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To ascertain the determinants and experiences of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use by menopausal women doctors. DESIGN: Postal questionnaire. SETTING: UK. PATIENTS: A randomized stratified sample of women doctors who obtained full registration between 1952 and 1976, taken from the current Principal List of the UK Medical Register. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Current and previous use of HRT; reasons for and against HRT use; menopa…
Integrating Healthcare Services for Indigenous Australian Students at Boarding Schools
With resourcing, schools could play a greater role in facilitating access to healthcare
Mortality in England and Wales attributable to current alcohol consumption
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the number of deaths attributable to current alcohol consumption levels in England and Wales by age and sex. DESIGN: Epidemiological approach using published relative risks and population data. SETTING: England and Wales. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Numbers of deaths by age and sex and years of life lost for alcohol related conditions. RESULTS: Because of the cardioprotective properties of alcohol, it is estimated that the…
Strengthening the Capacity of Education Staff to Support the Wellbeing of Indigenous Students in Boarding Schools
In meeting the social and emotional learning (SEL) needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, the capacities of school staff are critical. There is very limited evidence for relevant capacity development initiatives. This evaluation reports a multicomponent SEL training intervention delivered to staff of an Australian education service that operates independently of any particular school to assist with the transitions of students fr…
Hazardous Drinking Prevalence and Correlates in Older New Zealanders
Objectives: The study compared the proportion of older adults identified as drinking hazardously based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) with the older adult-specific Comorbidity Alcohol Risk Evaluation Tool (CARET) and investigated whether sociodemographics, comorbidities, health, medication use, and alcohol-related risk behaviors explained discrepancies between the screens in classification of hazardousness.…
Trends in mortality attributable to current alcohol consumption in east and west Germany
Conducting a Literature Review on the Effectiveness of Health Care Interventions
The dramatic increase in the volume of research based information means that effective policy makers must be able to conduct and interpret literature reviews. This article sets out the steps that should be followed in doing so. They are: explicitly defining the question; locating relevant literature; assessing the quality of studies and deciding whether they should be included; synthesizing and re-analyzing the results; and presenting them in a c…
Why do women doctors in the UK take hormone replacement therapy
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To ascertain the determinants and experiences of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use by menopausal women doctors. DESIGN: Postal questionnaire. SETTING: UK. PATIENTS: A randomized stratified sample of women doctors who obtained full registration between 1952 and 1976, taken from the current Principal List of the UK Medical Register. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Current and previous use of HRT; reasons for and against HRT use; menopa…
The relation between alcohol and cardiovascular disease in Eastern Europe
METHODS A systematic review of literature on the relation between cardiovascular disease and heavy drinking and irregular (binge) drinking
Mortality in England and Wales attributable to current alcohol consumption
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the number of deaths attributable to current alcohol consumption levels in England and Wales by age and sex. DESIGN: Epidemiological approach using published relative risks and population data. SETTING: England and Wales. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Numbers of deaths by age and sex and years of life lost for alcohol related conditions. RESULTS: Because of the cardioprotective properties of alcohol, it is estimated that the…
Trends in mortality attributable to current alcohol consumption in east and west Germany
Who benefits most from the cardioprotective properties of alcohol consumption—health freaks or couch potatoes
BACKGROUND: The cardioprotective properties of moderate alcohol consumption, compared with abstinence or heavy drinking, are widely reported, but whether the benefits are experienced equally by all moderate drinkers is less well known. AIMS: To examine the association between average alcohol intake per week and the incidence of fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction during 17 years of follow-up for 9655 men and women without prevalent disease …
Binge drinking in midlife and the risk of developing depression during 24 years of follow-up
Objective To examine the relationship between binge drinking at baseline and the onset of new depression during 24 years of follow-up after adjustment for age, socio-economic status, education and marital status. Design and setting Data from phases 1 (1985–1988) to 9 (2007–2009) of the Whitehall II prospective cohort were used. Participants 5985 (male=4161, female=1824) British civil servants aged 35–55 years who were free from depression at base…
The relationship between labour market categories and alcohol use trajectories in midlife
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Studies on the role of labour market position and change in alcohol use during midlife are scarce and their results are inconclusive mainly due to their failure to define comprehensive and distinct labour market groups and the short periods of time studied. In this study we used different activity categories for men and women to examine alcohol use trajectories in midlife covering a period of 17 years. METHODS: Using data fro…
What influences 11-year-olds to drink? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study
Examining drinking at this point in the lifecourse has potentially important public health implications as around one in seven 11 year olds have drank, although the vast majority are yet to explore alcohol. Findings support interventions working at multiple levels that incorporate family and peer factors to help shape choices around risky behaviours including drinking
Hazardous Drinking Prevalence and Correlates in Older New Zealanders
Objectives: The study compared the proportion of older adults identified as drinking hazardously based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) with the older adult-specific Comorbidity Alcohol Risk Evaluation Tool (CARET) and investigated whether sociodemographics, comorbidities, health, medication use, and alcohol-related risk behaviors explained discrepancies between the screens in classification of hazardousness.…
Through the eyes of students
More than 4000 Indigenous Australian students enrol and take up a placement at boarding school each year. While reasons for attending boarding school vary, the impetus for many remote and very remote-dwelling students is restricted secondary educational opportunities in their home communities. A large multi-site study is being undertaken across Queensland to understand the conditions required for these students to be resilient while studying away…
Strengthening the Capacity of Education Staff to Support the Wellbeing of Indigenous Students in Boarding Schools
In meeting the social and emotional learning (SEL) needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, the capacities of school staff are critical. There is very limited evidence for relevant capacity development initiatives. This evaluation reports a multicomponent SEL training intervention delivered to staff of an Australian education service that operates independently of any particular school to assist with the transitions of students fr…
Integrating Healthcare Services for Indigenous Australian Students at Boarding Schools
With resourcing, schools could play a greater role in facilitating access to healthcare
Alcohol Consumption and Adiposity
The evidence on the association between alcohol consumption and adiposity is inconsistent and fragmented. We investigated the longitudinal association between alcohol consumption pattern and four different adiposity markers with repeated measures of adiposity and obesity incidence. We categorized current drinkers based on the sex-specific quartiles of their weekly alcohol consumption and the UK alcohol drinking guidelines. We used multivariable a…
Trajectories of alcohol consumption up to 30 years before and after the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases
BACKGROUND: To examine the longitudinal trajectories of alcohol consumption prior to and following the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). METHODS: We conducted a case-control study of 2501 incident cases of angina, myocardial infarction or stroke and 10 001 matched controls without the condition. Repeated measures of alcohol were centred on the date of diagnosis, spanning up to 30 years before and after CVD onset. Mean trajectories of we…
Do older adults drink alcohol whilst taking alcohol-interactive medication? Prevalence and ten-year mortality risk
Background: Older people commonly take prescribed medications, some of which are contra-indicated with alcohol. Few population-based studies have assessed the relationship between taking these medicines, different levels of alcohol use, and potential harm. Aims: To investigate the prevalence of taking alcohol-interactive (AI) medication and alcohol consumption among older adults and to compare the ten-year mortality risk among different categorie…
Medicine (16 obras) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (10 obras) · Alcohol (9 obras) · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (9 obras) · Environmental health (9 obras) · Internal Medicine (9 obras) · Alcohol consumption (8 obras) · Demography (8 obras) · Psychology (6 obras) · Population (5 obras)