Effectiveness of participatory training on improving occupational health in small and medium enterprises in China.

Background: Participatory training on occupational health is widely used in the world. Evaluations of local experiences are necessary to its successful performance.

Objectives: The project evaluated the effectiveness of participatory training on occupational health improvement in small and medium enterprises of China, and explored local practice experiences.

Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and Chinese schoolchildren's respiratory health: a prospective cohort study.

Background: Although China is the most coveted cigarette market worldwide, few studies have examined the longitudinal effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) on health.

Purpose: To examine the relationship between exposure to ETS and respiratory health in Chinese schoolchildren.

Methods: The study subjects included 1718 children, who were never-smokers, aged 10.

Physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and obesity among Chinese children.

Objective: To investigate the relationships of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and physical activity (PA) with the risk of overweight/obesity in Chinese schoolchildren.

Methods: A total of 1795 children aged 8-13 years at baseline were followed-up for 18 months from 2006 to 2008 in Guangzhou, China. Children were categorized as "normal weight", "overweight", and "obese" using Chinese obesity cut-off points.

Effects of ambient air pollution on lung function growth in Chinese schoolchildren.

Objective: To evaluate the adverse effect of exposure to air pollution on lung function growth in school-aged children.

Methods: A cohort of 1983 children from three districts in Guangzhou, China was followed-up for 6 months. The children performed pulmonary function tests twice, and their parents reported the child's respiratory symptoms by self-administered questionnaires in both surveys.

Socioeconomic distribution of health and health care utilization in a new town in Hong Kong, China.

Objectives: To assess the association of socioeconomic indicators with various chronic and acute illnesses and the utilization of public health care in a new town in Hong Kong, China.

Methods: Illness experience and socioeconomic and demographic data of 7570 residents from 2022 randomly selected households were collected through telephone interviews. The relationships between socioeconomic indicators and illnesses/choice of health care were explored using stepwise logistic regressions after adjusting for sex and age.

A case-control study of eye injuries in the workplace in Hong Kong.

Objective: Eye injury in the workplace is common worldwide. This study proposed to explore both risk and preventive factors re eye injuries in Hong Kong.

Design: Case-control study.

Can schoolchildren provide valid answers about their respiratory health experiences in questionnaires? Implications for epidemiological studies.

To evaluate the relative validity of information on children's respiratory experience given by different informants, we examined and compared the relationship between low ventilatory function (defined as more than 1 standard deviation below the corresponding mean) and schoolchildren's respiratory symptoms or illnesses reported separately by the children and their parents, using a standard respiratory questionnaire. A total of 1,963 children aged 8-12 years from 12 primary schools in three districts of Hong Kong provided parent-completed and self-completed questionnaires, as well as acceptable spirometric measurements. Prevalence of low forced expiratory volume ratio (FEV1/FVC) and low forced expiratory flow rate between 25-75% of FVC (FEF25-75) were higher among those with either parent or child-reported symptoms/illnesses.

Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in patients attending hospital clinics in China.

Objectives: To determine awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in patients attending hospital clinics in China.

Design: A cross-sectional survey.

Patients And Setting: Patients over the age of 35 years, who were attending outpatient clinics in 18 hospitals of eight major cities of Northern and Southern China, were interviewed face-to-face between June and July 1999.

A cross-sectional study of health-related behaviors in rural eastern China.

Objective: This study examined the status of health-related behaviors among rural residents and the factors influencing the practice of such behaviors.

Methods: One thousand and ninety subjects aged 15 years or over in a rural community, Anhui Province, China were surveyed. A questionnaire was used to collect information on the health knowledge, attitude and behavior of the subjects.