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Background Immune-mediated processes leading to childhood type 1 diabetes may begin in fetal life. We hypothesised that a ...
JECH is a leading international journal devoted to publication of original research and reviews covering applied, methodological and theoretical issues with emphasis on studies using multidisciplinary ...
Results In the unadjusted model, CEP spend was associated with SAMHI, such that a 25% decrease in spending was associated with a small increase in SAMHI of 0.03 (95% CI: 0, 0.06; p=0.03), indicating ...
Background This umbrella review aimed to synthesise global socioeconomic inequalities in the uptake of routine vaccinations and identify any mechanisms that may contribute to the association. Existing ...
Background Negative associations between neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and health are well documented. However, ...
Background Social prescribing (SP) enables healthcare professionals to link patients with non-medical interventions available in the community to address underlying socioeconomic and behavioural ...
Background Uterine fibroids (UFs) are the most common form of sex steroid hormone-dependent benign tumours that grow in the walls of the uterus. Several observational studies have examined the ...
Background This study examined the independent effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and social support on all-cause mortality among US young adults and assessed whether social support ...
A general measure of population health is useful for comparing the health status of a population over time, or between populations at a single point in time. It permits comparisons of health systems ...
An epidemic often begins as a whisper—in barnyards, wetlands or milking parlours—long before its roar reaches emergency briefings and policy halls. As seen with H5N1 in early 2025, dismissing these ...
Meta-analysis is a method to obtain a weighted average of results from various studies. In addition to pooling effect sizes, meta-analysis can also be used to estimate disease frequencies, such as ...
This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war.1 Health professionals and their associations ...