Background Socioeconomic inequalities are increasingly recognised as an important public health issue, although their role in the leading causes of mortality in urban areas in Europe has not been ...

Background Health effects of ozone have been observed in numerous studies. However, analyses of more cause-specific morbidity or mortality outcomes have rarely been performed. A study was undertaken ...

3 NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities and Massey University SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, Auckland, New Zealand 4 NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities, and Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, ...

aDepartment of Health and Social Behavior, and the Harvard Center for Society and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, USA, bDivision of Public Health Practice, Harvard ...

Background ‘Adverse childhood experiences’ (ACEs) are associated with increased risk of negative outcomes in later life: ACEs have consequently become a policy priority in many countries. Despite ACEs ...

Few public policies in recent British history have inflicted as much harm and suffering on the population as austerity. That is the message of ‘Social Murder? The Effects of Austerity on Population ...

Correspondence to Dr Yihua Xu, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong ...

OBJECTIVE To analyse dilemmas and challenges in health promotion research, and to generate ideas for future development. METHOD The analysis is based on authors' experiences in working in the field of ...

This essay examines the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for health inequalities. It outlines historical and contemporary evidence of inequalities in pandemics—drawing on international research ...

It is well known that social, cultural and economic factors cause substantial inequalities in health. Should we strive to achieve a more even share of good health, beyond improving the average health ...

BACKGROUND Adult height has been inversely associated with coronary heart disease risk in several studies. The mechanism for this association is not well understood, however, and this was investigated ...