Michael Joffe
Biographic Data
| ID | 3930067 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Joffe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Joffe |
| SIGNATURE | JOFFE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michael Joffe is with Imperial College, London, England. At the time of writing, Jennifer Mindell was also with Imperial College, London. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
An adaptive significance of morning sickness? Trivers–Willard and Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Improving health through policies that promote active travel
Complex Causal Process Diagrams for Analyzing the Health Impacts of Policy Interventions
Causal diagrams are rigorous tools for controlling confounding. They also can be used to describe complex causal systems, which is done routinely in communicable disease epidemiology. The use of change diagrams has advantages over static diagrams, because change diagrams are more tractable, relate better to interventions, and have clearer interpretations. Causal diagrams are a useful basis for modeling. They make assumptions explicit, provide a f…
A tentative step towards healthy public policy
More consistent attention to implementing healthy public policy, and amassing the evidence for it, are urgently required
The potential contribution of increased vegetable and fruit consumption to health gain in the European Union
Background: The risk of many important diseases can be reduced by consuming a diet rich in vegetables and fruit. For this reason the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a daily intake of more than 400 g person −1 . The pattern of both the supply and intake of vegetables and fruit and the potential health gain achieved by increasing intake in the European Union (EU) and three accession countries are presented in this paper. Methods: Pattern…
Future of European Community (EC) activities in the area of public health
This paper, prepared by the European Public Health Alliance, explores the future of EC activities in the health area, and how Article 129, the new public health chapter in the Maastricht Treaty, may best be interpreted and put into effect, once the Treaty has been ratified. The reference in Article 129 to ‘major health scourges, including drug dependence’ implies the need to set priorities. These should go be the principal killing diseases, and i…
Social inequalities in low birth weight
Comparison of ante-natal hospital records with retrospective interviewing
In a case-control study of low birthweight deliveries, comparison of hospital records with interviews conducted soon after delivery fails to confirm the widely-held view that concurrently recorded medical notes are superior to retrospective interviewing. The overall agreement was very good, with slight under-reporting of past abortions by mothers, and marked relative under-recording in the hospital records of vaginal bleeding and especially vagin…
A tentative step towards healthy public policy
More consistent attention to implementing healthy public policy, and amassing the evidence for it, are urgently required
Social inequalities in low birth weight
Complex Causal Process Diagrams for Analyzing the Health Impacts of Policy Interventions
Causal diagrams are rigorous tools for controlling confounding. They also can be used to describe complex causal systems, which is done routinely in communicable disease epidemiology. The use of change diagrams has advantages over static diagrams, because change diagrams are more tractable, relate better to interventions, and have clearer interpretations. Causal diagrams are a useful basis for modeling. They make assumptions explicit, provide a f…
Comparison of ante-natal hospital records with retrospective interviewing
In a case-control study of low birthweight deliveries, comparison of hospital records with interviews conducted soon after delivery fails to confirm the widely-held view that concurrently recorded medical notes are superior to retrospective interviewing. The overall agreement was very good, with slight under-reporting of past abortions by mothers, and marked relative under-recording in the hospital records of vaginal bleeding and especially vagin…
Social inequalities in low birth weight
Future of European Community (EC) activities in the area of public health
This paper, prepared by the European Public Health Alliance, explores the future of EC activities in the health area, and how Article 129, the new public health chapter in the Maastricht Treaty, may best be interpreted and put into effect, once the Treaty has been ratified. The reference in Article 129 to ‘major health scourges, including drug dependence’ implies the need to set priorities. These should go be the principal killing diseases, and i…
The potential contribution of increased vegetable and fruit consumption to health gain in the European Union
Background: The risk of many important diseases can be reduced by consuming a diet rich in vegetables and fruit. For this reason the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a daily intake of more than 400 g person −1 . The pattern of both the supply and intake of vegetables and fruit and the potential health gain achieved by increasing intake in the European Union (EU) and three accession countries are presented in this paper. Methods: Pattern…
A tentative step towards healthy public policy
More consistent attention to implementing healthy public policy, and amassing the evidence for it, are urgently required
Complex Causal Process Diagrams for Analyzing the Health Impacts of Policy Interventions
Causal diagrams are rigorous tools for controlling confounding. They also can be used to describe complex causal systems, which is done routinely in communicable disease epidemiology. The use of change diagrams has advantages over static diagrams, because change diagrams are more tractable, relate better to interventions, and have clearer interpretations. Causal diagrams are a useful basis for modeling. They make assumptions explicit, provide a f…
Improving health through policies that promote active travel
An adaptive significance of morning sickness? Trivers–Willard and Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Medicine (8 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Public health (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Pregnancy (3 works) · Birth weight (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)