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Study objective: To investigate the role of different types of social relations in adolescent health inequalities. Design: Cross sectional study. Measures included family social class, indices of ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the attitudes of Hong Kong Chinese towards the strengths and weaknesses of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine. DESIGN Qualitative study of subjects' opinions ...

BACKGROUND Half a century of research has provided consensual evidence of major personal requisites of adult health in nutrition, physical activity and psychosocial relations. Their minimal money ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To understand reasons for compliance and non-compliance with a home based exercise regimen by patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. DESIGN A qualitative study, nested within a ...

Background We compared short- and long-term management and outcomes between Bedouin Arabs and Jewish patients in the Negev region (Israel) to assess disparities in myocardial infarction care and ...

Background The prevalence of hidden populations using illicit substances may lead to underestimation of the health and social impacts. This study aimed to precisely estimate the prevalence and ...

Background Parental characteristics play a fundamental role on children’s achievements. Studies have shown that parents’ education, income, health, amongst others, have an undeniable short- and ...

Background The ageing workforce in China poses a challenge to the healthcare and social systems. This study investigated the association between employment categories and self-rated health (SRH) among ...

Background The dietary choices we make affect our personal health and have consequences for the environment, both of which have serious implications for the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. There ...

Recently published guidance on process evaluations by the Medical Research Council's (MRC's) Population Health Sciences Research Network (PHSRN) marks a significant advance in the evaluation of ...

Background Maternal smoking during pregnancy is linked to small for gestational age (SGA) birth (< 10th percentile). We examined inter-pregnancy changes in maternal smoking and the odds of SGA in the ...