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 ...

Background The mean birth weight of offspring of Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani women tends to be among the lowest of any ethnic groups regardless of country of residence. However, it is unclear ...

Background Mental health challenges faced by young people are increasing. Women and girls experience higher levels of internalised mental illness, such as depression and anxiety. This may be because ...

Background High ambient summer temperatures have been shown to influence daily mortality in cities across Europe. Quantification of the population mortality burden attributable to heat is crucial to ...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted employment in the UK, particularly among older workers aged over 50 years. The economic inactivity rate within this age group has increased ...

Background During preconception counselling, pregnant women who smoke are advised to quit smoking. While the adverse effects ...

Background Many studies have detected a negative relationship between income inequality and general measures of health. However, data limitations have prevented a full understanding of whose health is ...

1 Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children’s Hospital, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Australia 2 Clinical Epidemiology and ...

Background Neighbourhood deprivation has been associated with poor health. The evidence for social causation, however, remains scarce because selective residential mobility may also create ...

1 Population Health Intervention Research Centre, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2 Division of Population Health, Alberta Health Services, Alberta, ...

Correspondence to Dr Phil J Edwards, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK; phil.edwards{at}LSHTM.ac.uk Background Plans to phase out fossil fuel-powered internal ...

Background The association between famine exposure in early life and risk of arthritis (combination of osteoarthritis and inflammatory arthritis) in adulthood is unclear. The aim of this study is to ...