Background: The infant mortality rate (IMR) has been criticised as a measure of population health because it is narrowly based and likely to focus the attention of health policy on a small part of the ...

Correspondence to Dr Carri Westgarth, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Cheshire, CH647TE, UK; ...

Background There is growing acknowledgement that the effectiveness of many health interventions is influenced by complex interplays of intervention characteristics as well as implementation and ...

2 School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Correspondence to Cassandra R O'Lenick, Emory University, Second Floor, Claudia Nance Rollins ...

This essay argues that work, and the socioeconomic class polarities it creates, plays a fundamental role in determining inequalities in the distribution of morbidity and mortality. This is by means of ...

Background It is well established that psychological distress (depression and anxiety) is related to an increased risk of mortality. The personality trait of neuroticism, reflecting a relatively ...

Correspondence to Dr Esther García-Esquinas, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Calle del Arzobispo Morcillo 4, Madrid 28029, Spain; ...

Objective: To provide the first valid and reliable estimate of the health status of Gypsies and Travellers in England by using standardised instruments to compare their health with that of a UK ...

Background Mortality rates across the UK stopped improving in the early 2010s, largely attributable to UK Government’s ‘austerity’ policies. Such policies are thought to disproportionately affect ...

Background In England and Wales, a significant number of homes—about 3–6%—face severe issues with dampness and mould, affecting approximately 2 million people. These problems aren’t just cosmetic; ...

Background We investigated whether ghost gun recovery rates are significantly associated with firearm mortality rates in the following year across California’s 58 counties from 2014 to 2023. Methods ...

Background Corporations use a range of strategies to dispute their role in causing public health harms and to limit the scope of effective public health interventions. This is well documented in ...