OBJECTIVE To determine the extent to which geographic variation in the incidence of major coronary heart disease (CHD) in Great Britain may be explained by established risk factors. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING 24 British towns with widely differing CHD mortality. SUBJECTS 7735 men followed up from screening in 1978-80 for 15 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Percentage of variance betw...

BACKGROUND A shortage of gynecologists exists in many countries. Even within an affluent country, gynecological clinics might not be evenly distributed. The purpose of the study was to investigate the disparity in gynecological care between adult women living in towns with and without gynecologists in Taiwan. METHODS Data sources were the cohort datasets of the National Health Insurance Resea...

OBJECTIVE A school-based nutrition information programme was initiated in 1992 in two towns in northern France (Fleurbaix and Laventie, FL) and was followed by a number of community-based interventions. We took the opportunity to measure the outcomes in terms of childhood obesity and overweight over the next 12 years. DESIGN Repeated, cross-sectional, school-based survey. For the school years...

Smaller towns in rural regions are important anchors for regional development, but they not usually considered particularly innovative and open to new ideas. This paper asks how the network of small medium-sized towns, Cittaslow, could establish slowing down as something local development. Against theoretical background sociological innovation research, an analytical framework social is elabora...