TY - JOUR
T1 - Cohort profile
T2 - Understanding socioeconomic inequalities in health and health behaviours: The GLOBE study
AU - Van Lenthe, Frank J.
AU - Kamphuis, Carlijn B M
AU - Beenackers, Mariëlle A.
AU - Jansen, Tessa
AU - Looman, Caspar W N
AU - Nusselder, Wilma J.
AU - Mackenbach, Johan P.
PY - 2014/5/27
Y1 - 2014/5/27
N2 - The main aim of the Gezondheid en Levens Omstandigheden Bevolking Eindhoven en omstreken (GLOBE) study (the letters of whose name represent the first letters of the Dutch acronym for Health and Living Conditions of the Population of Eindhoven and surroundings) is to quantitatively assess mechanisms and factors explaining socio-economic inequalities in health in the Netherlands. Baseline data for the study were collected by postal survey in 1991 among 18 973 respondents ranging in age from 15-75 years from the city of Eindhoven and its surrounding municipalities. Subsamples (total N = 5667) were interviewed and/or surveyed in 1991, 1997, 2004 (also including a new sample), and most recently in 2011. Information was asked on indicators of socio-economic position, a range of potential explanatory factors (material, behavioural, psychosocial, and environmental) and health outcomes. From 2004 onwards, special emphasis was given to the identification of physical, social, and cultural environmental factors in the explanation of socio-economic inequalities in health behaviours. Information from the baseline postal survey onwards can and has been linked to several registries of causes of death, hospital admissions, and cancer. Researchers are cordially invited to contact the project leader ([email protected]) to propose research based on the data.
AB - The main aim of the Gezondheid en Levens Omstandigheden Bevolking Eindhoven en omstreken (GLOBE) study (the letters of whose name represent the first letters of the Dutch acronym for Health and Living Conditions of the Population of Eindhoven and surroundings) is to quantitatively assess mechanisms and factors explaining socio-economic inequalities in health in the Netherlands. Baseline data for the study were collected by postal survey in 1991 among 18 973 respondents ranging in age from 15-75 years from the city of Eindhoven and its surrounding municipalities. Subsamples (total N = 5667) were interviewed and/or surveyed in 1991, 1997, 2004 (also including a new sample), and most recently in 2011. Information was asked on indicators of socio-economic position, a range of potential explanatory factors (material, behavioural, psychosocial, and environmental) and health outcomes. From 2004 onwards, special emphasis was given to the identification of physical, social, and cultural environmental factors in the explanation of socio-economic inequalities in health behaviours. Information from the baseline postal survey onwards can and has been linked to several registries of causes of death, hospital admissions, and cancer. Researchers are cordially invited to contact the project leader ([email protected]) to propose research based on the data.
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U2 - 10.1093/ije/dyt040
DO - 10.1093/ije/dyt040
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84902660177
SN - 0300-5771
VL - 43
SP - 721
EP - 730
JO - International Journal of Epidemiology
JF - International Journal of Epidemiology
IS - 3
ER -