Background Both loneliness and mental health represent important public health themes with stable or even worsening ...

Correspondence to Professor Lawrie Elliott, School of Nursing Midwifery and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Campus, Edinburgh EH11 4BN, UK; l.elliott{at}napier.ac.uk This study ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To identify which of seven indicators of socioeconomic status used singly or combined with one other would be most useful in studies of health inequalities in the older population.

Background There is increasing pressure to tackle the wider social determinants of health through the implementation of appropriate interventions. However, turning these demands for better evidence ...

Correspondence to Dr Paola Zaninotto, Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK; p.zaninotto{at}ucl.ac.uk Background Maintaining cognitive ...

Environmental Studies Programme, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Background: Housing is an important environmental influence on ...

Correspondence to Dr Melissa M Crane, Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA; Melissa_M_Crane{at}rush.edu Objectives Individuals working in blue-collar ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate the suicide risk of doctors in England and Wales, according to gender, seniority and specialty. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. Suicide rates calculated by gender, ...

1 Institute of Sport Science and Innovations, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania 2 Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania Correspondence to Dr Tomas Venckunas, Institute of Sport ...

Background Food insecurity poses a substantial threat to mental health. However, there is limited understanding of how food-insecure adults experience mental health challenges and access necessary ...

1 Nutritional Epidemiology Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 2 Division of Biostatistics, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Leeds, ...