L J Gunning-Schepers
Biographic Data
| ID | 3578547 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L J Gunning-Schepers |
| GIVEN NAMES | L J |
| FAMILY NAME | Gunning-Schepers |
| SIGNATURE | GUNNING-SCHEPERS L J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Persistent impaired emotional functioning in survivors of a myocardial infarction
Results from a family and DNA based active identification programme for familial hypercholesterolaemia
Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common inborn error of lipoprotein metabolism, which strongly predisposes for coronary artery disease and premature cardiac death. 1 In 1994, a family based active identification programme for FH was implemented in the Netherlands. It is based on DNA diagnosis of the LDL-receptor gene mutation, which enables us to search selectively for patients in a high risk population. The programme initial…
Decline of the relative risk of death associated with low employment grade at older age: The impact of age related differences in smoking, blood pressure and plasma cholesterol
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To explore whether the observed age related decline in the relative risk of death associated with low employment grade can be explained by the profiles of smoking, blood pressure and plasma cholesterol changing differently with age between the employment grades. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study with 25 years of mortality follow up. SETTING: Whitehall study. PARTICIPANTS: There were 16,984 men aged 40 to 69 years at baseline with …
Rationalising chances of success in intersectoral health policy making
OBJECTIVE: It is generally accepted that a wide range of factors determine the health of a population, many of which are beyond the remit of the Ministry of Health. The aim of intersectoral health policy is to influence these factors. Success depends on a multi-stage process. This paper aims to provide support for the first stage of this process in the form of a quick scan for appraising the feasibility of intersectoral health policy. DESIGN: The…
Models: Instruments for evidence based policy
Socioeconomic differentials in mortality among men within Great Britain: Time trends and contributory causes
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the size of mortality differentials in men by social class in Scotland as compared with England and Wales, and to analyse the time trends in these differentials. SUBJECTS: Men from England and Wales and Scotland around each census from 1951 to 1981. METHODS: Poisson regression analysis was used to calculate relative indices of inequality for disease specific and all cause mortality as a measure of mortality differential…
Variation between studies in reported relative risks associated with hypertension: Time trends and other explanatory variables
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the variation in reported relative risks of coronary heart disease and stroke associated with hypertension and determined reasons for the interstudy variation. METHODS: Studies published since 1970 were examined that reported the absolute number of events and person-years for men by age and hypertensive status. The data were pooled in Poisson regression models with the coronary heart disease or stroke rate as the d…
That which we call social medicine
How should interventions to reduce inequalities in health be evaluated
OBJECTIVE: The effectiveness of interventions which have been proposed or are currently in progress to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health is largely unknown. This paper aims to develop guidelines for evaluating these interventions. APPROACH: Starting from a set of general guidelines which was recently proposed by a group of experts reporting to the national Programme Committee on Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health in The Netherlands, a…
Modelling the effects of increased physical activity on coronary heart disease in England and Wales
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the use of computer models as tools for policy makers in evaluating physical activity interventions aimed at reducing deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD). DESIGN: The cell-based computer model Prevent, adapted to simulate risk factor interventions for an English and Welsh population, was used to simulate the effect of two strategies for increasing physical activity levels in respect of CHD mortality over 25 years. T…
Variation in reported prevalences of hypertension in The Netherlands: The impact of methodological variables
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To estimate the prevalence of hypertension in The Netherlands and to quantify the influence of methodological variables on the reported prevalences. DESIGN--A pooled analysis was performed based on reported age specific prevalences of hypertension. A logistic model was used to estimate the probability of hypertension. MAIN RESULTS--The age standardised prevalence of hypertension varies more than fivefold between studies carried o…
Age, socioeconomic status, and mortality at the aggregate level
STUDY OBJECTIVE--Indicators of socioeconomic status are associated with age. This study aimed to analyse the influence of the age distribution on the ranking of small areas by socioeconomic status and on the association between their socioeconomic status and standardised mortality. DESIGN--The ranking of small areas by socioeconomic status indicators (educational level, income, and unemployment) was compared with crude values and after correction…
Home care as an alternative to hospitalization: A case study in Belgium
Socioeconomic differentials in mortality among men within Great Britain: Time trends and contributory causes
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the size of mortality differentials in men by social class in Scotland as compared with England and Wales, and to analyse the time trends in these differentials. SUBJECTS: Men from England and Wales and Scotland around each census from 1951 to 1981. METHODS: Poisson regression analysis was used to calculate relative indices of inequality for disease specific and all cause mortality as a measure of mortality differential…
How should interventions to reduce inequalities in health be evaluated
OBJECTIVE: The effectiveness of interventions which have been proposed or are currently in progress to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health is largely unknown. This paper aims to develop guidelines for evaluating these interventions. APPROACH: Starting from a set of general guidelines which was recently proposed by a group of experts reporting to the national Programme Committee on Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health in The Netherlands, a…
Age, socioeconomic status, and mortality at the aggregate level
STUDY OBJECTIVE--Indicators of socioeconomic status are associated with age. This study aimed to analyse the influence of the age distribution on the ranking of small areas by socioeconomic status and on the association between their socioeconomic status and standardised mortality. DESIGN--The ranking of small areas by socioeconomic status indicators (educational level, income, and unemployment) was compared with crude values and after correction…
Rationalising chances of success in intersectoral health policy making
OBJECTIVE: It is generally accepted that a wide range of factors determine the health of a population, many of which are beyond the remit of the Ministry of Health. The aim of intersectoral health policy is to influence these factors. Success depends on a multi-stage process. This paper aims to provide support for the first stage of this process in the form of a quick scan for appraising the feasibility of intersectoral health policy. DESIGN: The…
Decline of the relative risk of death associated with low employment grade at older age: The impact of age related differences in smoking, blood pressure and plasma cholesterol
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To explore whether the observed age related decline in the relative risk of death associated with low employment grade can be explained by the profiles of smoking, blood pressure and plasma cholesterol changing differently with age between the employment grades. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study with 25 years of mortality follow up. SETTING: Whitehall study. PARTICIPANTS: There were 16,984 men aged 40 to 69 years at baseline with …
Models: Instruments for evidence based policy
Modelling the effects of increased physical activity on coronary heart disease in England and Wales
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the use of computer models as tools for policy makers in evaluating physical activity interventions aimed at reducing deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD). DESIGN: The cell-based computer model Prevent, adapted to simulate risk factor interventions for an English and Welsh population, was used to simulate the effect of two strategies for increasing physical activity levels in respect of CHD mortality over 25 years. T…
Variation in reported prevalences of hypertension in The Netherlands: The impact of methodological variables
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To estimate the prevalence of hypertension in The Netherlands and to quantify the influence of methodological variables on the reported prevalences. DESIGN--A pooled analysis was performed based on reported age specific prevalences of hypertension. A logistic model was used to estimate the probability of hypertension. MAIN RESULTS--The age standardised prevalence of hypertension varies more than fivefold between studies carried o…
Home care as an alternative to hospitalization: A case study in Belgium
Age, socioeconomic status, and mortality at the aggregate level
STUDY OBJECTIVE--Indicators of socioeconomic status are associated with age. This study aimed to analyse the influence of the age distribution on the ranking of small areas by socioeconomic status and on the association between their socioeconomic status and standardised mortality. DESIGN--The ranking of small areas by socioeconomic status indicators (educational level, income, and unemployment) was compared with crude values and after correction…
Variation in reported prevalences of hypertension in The Netherlands: The impact of methodological variables
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To estimate the prevalence of hypertension in The Netherlands and to quantify the influence of methodological variables on the reported prevalences. DESIGN--A pooled analysis was performed based on reported age specific prevalences of hypertension. A logistic model was used to estimate the probability of hypertension. MAIN RESULTS--The age standardised prevalence of hypertension varies more than fivefold between studies carried o…
That which we call social medicine
How should interventions to reduce inequalities in health be evaluated
OBJECTIVE: The effectiveness of interventions which have been proposed or are currently in progress to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health is largely unknown. This paper aims to develop guidelines for evaluating these interventions. APPROACH: Starting from a set of general guidelines which was recently proposed by a group of experts reporting to the national Programme Committee on Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health in The Netherlands, a…
Modelling the effects of increased physical activity on coronary heart disease in England and Wales
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the use of computer models as tools for policy makers in evaluating physical activity interventions aimed at reducing deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD). DESIGN: The cell-based computer model Prevent, adapted to simulate risk factor interventions for an English and Welsh population, was used to simulate the effect of two strategies for increasing physical activity levels in respect of CHD mortality over 25 years. T…
Socioeconomic differentials in mortality among men within Great Britain: Time trends and contributory causes
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the size of mortality differentials in men by social class in Scotland as compared with England and Wales, and to analyse the time trends in these differentials. SUBJECTS: Men from England and Wales and Scotland around each census from 1951 to 1981. METHODS: Poisson regression analysis was used to calculate relative indices of inequality for disease specific and all cause mortality as a measure of mortality differential…
Variation between studies in reported relative risks associated with hypertension: Time trends and other explanatory variables
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the variation in reported relative risks of coronary heart disease and stroke associated with hypertension and determined reasons for the interstudy variation. METHODS: Studies published since 1970 were examined that reported the absolute number of events and person-years for men by age and hypertensive status. The data were pooled in Poisson regression models with the coronary heart disease or stroke rate as the d…
Models: Instruments for evidence based policy
Persistent impaired emotional functioning in survivors of a myocardial infarction
Results from a family and DNA based active identification programme for familial hypercholesterolaemia
Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common inborn error of lipoprotein metabolism, which strongly predisposes for coronary artery disease and premature cardiac death. 1 In 1994, a family based active identification programme for FH was implemented in the Netherlands. It is based on DNA diagnosis of the LDL-receptor gene mutation, which enables us to search selectively for patients in a high risk population. The programme initial…
Decline of the relative risk of death associated with low employment grade at older age: The impact of age related differences in smoking, blood pressure and plasma cholesterol
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To explore whether the observed age related decline in the relative risk of death associated with low employment grade can be explained by the profiles of smoking, blood pressure and plasma cholesterol changing differently with age between the employment grades. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study with 25 years of mortality follow up. SETTING: Whitehall study. PARTICIPANTS: There were 16,984 men aged 40 to 69 years at baseline with …
Rationalising chances of success in intersectoral health policy making
OBJECTIVE: It is generally accepted that a wide range of factors determine the health of a population, many of which are beyond the remit of the Ministry of Health. The aim of intersectoral health policy is to influence these factors. Success depends on a multi-stage process. This paper aims to provide support for the first stage of this process in the form of a quick scan for appraising the feasibility of intersectoral health policy. DESIGN: The…
Medicine (13 works) · Population (8 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Internal Medicine (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Blood pressure (3 works)