Background The COVID-19 pandemic has created a period of global economic uncertainty. Financial strain, personal debt, recent job loss and housing insecurity are important risk factors for the mental ...

Background This study contributes robust evidence on the association between mental health and local crime rates by showing how changing exposure to small area-level crime relates to self-reported and ...

Background Multimorbidity prevalence is projected to increase in many countries. Current policy focuses on better managing the health and social care needs of older adults living with multimorbidity.

Background The COVID-19 pandemic reversed a decade of progress in reducing child food insufficiency in the United States.

Background Is being famous a risk factor for premature death? Previous studies indicate that famous musicians have a higher mortality risk compared with the general population. However, these studies ...

Background The Swedish Targeted Health Dialogue (THD) is a widely implemented, individual-focused intervention involving ...

Background Theatre interventions such as psychodrama are increasingly being used to help individuals with mental health ...

Introduction: Fractures are a considerable public health burden in the United Kingdom but information on their epidemiology is limited. Objective: This study aims to estimate the true annual incidence ...

1 Epidemiology and Prevention Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan 2 Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Gifu University ...

Background The beneficial effect of physical activity (PA) on mental health in adults is well established, but less is known about this relationship in children. We examine associations between ...

Correspondence to Dr Emily Long, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G3 7HR, UK; emily.long{at}glasgow.ac.uk This essay examines key aspects of social ...