Background Although voting is recognised as a social determinant of health, the association between electoral participation ...

3 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Center for Social, Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan, USA Correspondence to: Dr B Galobardes Department of Social ...

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health - our story 9 June 2025 Meet Anna Pearce and Vittal Katikireddi, the joint Editors-in-chief for the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, and hear ...

Environmental pollutants and nutrients may be present in the same foodstuffs or dietary patterns; share internal mechanisms of transport, metabolism and cellular uptake; or target the same molecular ...

Background Neighbourhood parks are places designed to support physical activity, but are often underutilised. Park renovations are major improvements to the quality of these spaces and usually attract ...

The Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Correspondence to Dr C R Titaley, School of Public Health, Room 129A, Edward Ford Building (A27), University ...

PURPOSE Interest in the effects of neighbourhood or local area social characteristics on health has increased in recent years, but to date the existing evidence has not been systematically reviewed.

The aim of this glossary is to define some key terms used in the field of developmental and life course epidemiology. A human baby receiving an inadequate supply of nutrients or oxygen may protect its ...

The reduction of health inequalities has been a priority of researchers, decision-makers and practitioners for many years.

Background Many public health interventions cannot be evaluated using randomised controlled trials so they rely on the assessment of observational data. Techniques for evaluating public health ...

Background There are concerns that COVID-19 mitigation measures, including the ‘lockdown’, may have unintended health consequences. We examined trends in mental health and health behaviours in the UK ...

Objectives To explore similarities and differences in policy content and the political context of the three main English government reports on health inequalities: the Black Report (1980), the Acheson ...