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Mental health status and gender as risk factors for onset of physical illness over 10 years

1 Centre for Research on Inner City Health at The Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2 Institute for Clinical Evaluative ...
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Association between long working hours and physical inactivity in middle-aged and older adults: a Korean longitudinal study (2006–2020)

Correspondence to Professor Jong-Uk Won, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of); juwon{at}yuhs.ac Background We ...
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Socioeconomic differences in second-hand smoke exposure among children in Scotland after introduction of the smoke-free legislation

1 Child & Adolescent Health Research Unit (CAHRU), University of Edinburgh, St Leonard's Land, Edinburgh, UK 2 NHS Health Scotland, Edinburgh; Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and ...
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Finding the missing link: when community-based outreach in public space is key to engage migrants in health prevention programmes in Paris, France

Background One of the classic challenges for prevention programmes is reaching the populations they serve. In France, a substantial number of African migrants living with HIV acquired their infection ...
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Assessing the measurement properties of a Frailty Index across the age spectrum in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Correspondence to Dr Lauren E Griffith, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, MIP 309A, McMaster University, 175 Longwood Rd. S., Hamilton, ON L8P 0A1, Canada; ...
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‘Dark logic’: theorising the harmful consequences of public health interventions

Correspondence to Professor Chris Bonell, Department of Childhood, Families and Health, Institute of Education, University of London, 18 Woburn Square, London WC1H 0NR, UK; c.bonell{at}ioe.ac.uk ...
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OP59 Ultra-processed food consumption in South Asia: quantification of regional variation in intakes and the assessment of their sociodemographic correlates. Findings from the ...

4 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka 5 Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka 6 Centre ...
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Levels and predictors of exercise referral scheme uptake and adherence: a systematic review

1 Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK 2 School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK 3 Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health ...
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COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health

Correspondence to Dr Emily Long, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G3 7HR, UK; emily.long{at}glasgow.ac.uk This essay examines key aspects of social ...
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Differential correlates of physical activity in urban and rural adults of various socioeconomic backgrounds in the United States

Department of Community Health and Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, USA Correspondence to: Dr R C Brownson, Department of Community Health and ...
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Suicide methods in Europe: a gender-specific analysis of countries participating in the “European Alliance Against Depression”

Trimbos-Instituut/Utrecht and VU Medical Centre, Institute of Extramural Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Objective: To identify the most frequent gender-specific suicide methods in Europe. Design ...
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Global malnutrition crisis: assessing the fallout of US Agency for International Development (USAID) withdrawal and pathways forward

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 ...