Population attributable and preventable fractions: cancer risk factor surveillance, and cancer policy projection

KD Shield, DM Parkin, DC Whiteman, J Rehm… - Current epidemiology …, 2016 - Springer
The proportions of new cancer cases and deaths that are caused by exposure to risk factors
and that could be prevented are key statistics for public health policy and planning. This …

Estimating the population health impact of recently introduced modified risk tobacco products: a comparison of different approaches

PN Lee, D Abrams, A Bachand, G Baker… - Nicotine and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Various approaches have been used to estimate the population health impact of
introducing a Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP). Aims and Methods We aimed to …

Projecting the COPD population and costs in England and Scotland: 2011 to 2030

S McLean, M Hoogendoorn, RT Hoogenveen… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
We aimed to estimate the prevalence, healthcare costs and number of deaths among people
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in England and Scotland 2011–2030 …

Proportional multistate lifetable modelling of preventive interventions: concepts, code and worked examples

T Blakely, R Moss, J Collins, A Mizdrak… - International journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Burden of Disease studies—such as the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study—quantify
health loss in disability-adjusted life-years. However, these studies stop short of quantifying …

DYNAMO-HIA–a dynamic modeling tool for generic health impact assessments

SK Lhachimi, WJ Nusselder, HA Smit, P van Baal… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Currently, no standard tool is publicly available that allows researchers or
policy-makers to quantify the impact of policies using epidemiological evidence within the …

Modeling the potential effects of new tobacco products and policies: a dynamic population model for multiple product use and harm

ED Vugrin, BL Rostron, SJ Verzi, NS Brodsky… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Recent declines in US cigarette smoking prevalence have coincided with
increases in use of other tobacco products. Multiple product tobacco models can help …

Potential health gains and health losses in eleven EU countries attainable through feasible prevalences of the life-style related risk factors alcohol, BMI, and smoking …

SK Lhachimi, WJ Nusselder, HA Smit, P Baili… - BMC public health, 2016 - Springer
Background Influencing the life-style risk-factors alcohol, body mass index (BMI), and
smoking is an European Union (EU) wide objective of public health policy. The population …

Simulating future public health benefits of tobacco control interventions: a systematic review of models

A Singh, N Wilson, T Blakely - Tobacco Control, 2021 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Background To prioritise tobacco control interventions, simulating their health impacts is
valuable. We undertook a systematic review of tobacco intervention simulation models to …

What are the potential preventive population-health effects of a tax on processed meat? A quantitative health impact assessment for Germany

JK Schönbach, S Thiele, SK Lhachimi - Preventive Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The International Agency for Research on Cancer considers processed meat to be
carcinogenic. Further, processed meat is associated with diabetes, ischemic heart disease …

Modelling obesity outcomes: reducing obesity risk in adulthood may have greater impact than reducing obesity prevalence in childhood

SK Lhachimi, WJ Nusselder, TJ Lobstein… - obesity …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A common policy response to the rise in obesity prevalence is to undertake interventions in
childhood, but it is an open question whether this is more effective than reducing the risk of …