Background Allostatic load (AL) is the physiological burden of stress, and it is suggested to be a mediator between ...
Correspondence to Mr Mashhood Ahmed Sheikh, Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway; senor_massao{at}hotmail.com Background Previous methods for assessing mediation ...
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 ...
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 ...
Background Preterm birth (PTB) and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) disproportionately affect women who are Black or Asian. Structural racism produces health inequalities. Identifying latent ...
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 ...