Background Evidence on socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of common long-term conditions and their variation across the life course is necessary for equitable service design and resource ...

Background Global warming is expected to increase the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The effects of climate variability on sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) have not been studied in ...

Recently published guidance on process evaluations by the Medical Research Council's (MRC's) Population Health Sciences Research Network (PHSRN) marks a significant advance in the evaluation of ...

Objectives This paper aims to examine ethnic differences in financial barriers to access to prescription medication in New Zealand. Methods Data from SoFIE-Health (wave 3), which is an add-on to the ...

Introduction In the WCRF/AICR 2 nd expert report, it was concluded that foods containing dietary fibre probably decreases colorectal cancer risk. As part of the WCRF Continuous Update Project, we ...

Background Acute bronchitis (AB) is one of the principal causes of childhood morbidity. Increasing number of studies has shown that air pollution is an important environmental contributor of ...

Background The most direct way in which climate change is expected to affect public health relates to changes in mortality rates associated with exposure to ambient temperature. Many countries ...

Background Social welfare policies such as the minimum wage can affect population health, though the impact may differ by the level of unemployment experienced by society at a given time. Methods We ...

The value of this interesting study is somewhat reduced by the overtly political comments in many chapters. Had the politics been confined to an introductory preface, readers could have concentrated ...

The health needs of young people have been receiving increased attention in recent years. In the UK this has arisen partly because of government initiatives, such as Health of the Nation, Health of ...

Background: Little is known about the long-term consequences of sickness presence (ie, going to work despite ill-health), although one study suggests an association with coronary heart disease. This ...

Introduction Delayed access to antenatal care (‘late booking’) has been linked to increased mortality and morbidity for mother and baby. The Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths in the UK (2007) ...