Background Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality persist across welfare systems. Income, a key determinant of material resources and long-term security, is rarely measured at the individual level in ...
Malnutrition remains one of the most pressing global health crises, exacerbating paediatric mortality in low- and middle-income countries. It has long-term implications, from immediate health concerns ...
Background Most minority populations in Europe generally exhibit lower childhood vaccine uptake compared with the general population. Improving uptake in these populations requires contextually ...
Introduction Violent encounters with police represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the USA, especially among Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC). This study ...
Background In the last decade, the Neighbourhoods Law in Catalonia (Spain) funded municipalities that presented urban renewal projects within disadvantaged neighbourhoods focusing on physical, social ...
1 Division of Health Policy Research and Development, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan, ROC 2 School of Public Health, ...
Background Cultural participation has been used both in governmental health policies and as medical therapy, based on the assumption that cultural activities will improve health. Previous population ...
Background In 1967, Frederick Lord posed a conundrum that has confused scientists for over half a century. Since termed Lord’s ‘paradox’, the puzzle concerns the setting of analyses of change in an ...
Background Epidemiological data have suggested that tobacco and alcohol consumption were associated with the risk of frailty and falling, but it is yet unclear whether these associations are of a ...
1 Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention, Mental health Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Background Bullying involvement (victim or perpetrator role) in childhood is linked to later ...
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 ...
Background Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality originate from different causes of death. Alcohol-related and smoking-related deaths are major drivers of mortality inequalities across Europe. In ...