4 Department of Internal Medicine II—Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany Correspondence to Dr Jochen Klenk, Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, ...

Background Epidemiological studies on green space and health have relied almost exclusively on cross-sectional designs, restricting understanding on how this relationship could vary across the ...

The current recognition of the importance of perceived health status as a predictor of need for, and utilisation of, health services has led to attempts to produce indicators which assess subjective ...

Correspondence to Dr Hou-Feng Zheng, Diseases & Population (DaP) Geninfo Lab, Westlake University and Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; zhenghoufeng{at}westlake.edu.cn; ...

Background In the UK, millions of children face poverty and food insecurity, exacerbated by the cost-of-living crisis. Tower Hamlets, a diverse London borough, reflects the national crisis with 56% of ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To provide an international perspective on the impact of congenital anomalies on infant mortality from 1950 to 1994. DESIGN Population-based study based on data obtained from vital ...

Background Some effective public health interventions may increase inequalities by disproportionately benefiting less disadvantaged groups (‘intervention-generated inequalities’ or IGIs). There is a ...

1 Effective Healthcare Australia, School of Population Health and Health Services Research, University of Sydney, Australia 2 Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada and ...

Background Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to experience unintentional injuries and poor home environments. The aim of this study was to explore the home environment as a ...

Background Both loneliness and mental health represent important public health themes with stable or even worsening population figures. The association between loneliness and mental health is ...

Correspondence to Dr Michael Pluess, Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK ...

Study objective: (1) To provide a didactic and conceptual (rather than mathematical) link between multilevel regression analysis (MLRA) and social epidemiological concepts. (2) To develop an ...