Background Allostatic load (AL) is the physiological burden of stress, and it is suggested to be a mediator between ...

Correspondence to Dr S Hajat, Public & Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK; shakoor.hajat{at}lshtm.ac.uk Although rapid ...

Progressing public policies that improve health equity requires understanding and addressing the creation, use and distribution of power. This glossary provides an overview of some of the most ...

Background: It is often suggested that neighbourhood access to food retailers affects the dietary patterns of local residents, but this hypothesis has not been adequately researched. We examine the ...

The 2008 global financial crisis, precipitated by high-risk, under-regulated financial practices, is often seen as a singular event. The crisis, its recessionary consequences, bank bailouts and the ...

3 MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at University College London, London, UK Life course epidemiology may be conceptualised as “the study of long term effects on later health or disease risk of ...

Background Uptake of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is generally high in high-income countries with school-based vaccination programmes; however, lower uptake in certain population subgroups ...

Objectives: To describe smoking trajectories from early adolescence into mid-life and to examine the effects of these trajectories on health and all-cause mortality. Methods: A nationally ...

4 Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Correspondence to Ms. Ann E M Liljas, UCL Department of Primary Care & Population Health, University College London, ...

Background Recognising deteriorating patients in acute hospitals, timely review and critical care admission are the focus of current NHS policy implementation (‘Martha’s Rule’). In alignment with the ...

Background News media have reported that the average height of British children is falling, but these reports have been contested. Child Measurement Programmes (CMPs) operate in schools in England, ...

Background Individual screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is typically performed through either direct clinical examination, such as a colonoscopy, or an approved non-invasive test that measures CRC ...