Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health - our story 9 June 2025 Meet Anna Pearce and Vittal Katikireddi, the joint Editors-in-chief for the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, and hear ...
Background Allostatic load (AL) is the physiological burden of stress, and it is suggested to be a mediator between ...
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 ...
This article describes how the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach to grading the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations considers the ...
Background There is limited evidence that nutritional labelling on food/drinks is changing eating behaviours. Physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) food labelling aims to provide the public with ...
Correspondence to Erin Hetherington, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; elhether{at}ucalgary.ca Background Low ...
Background Rising food bank use in the past decade in the UK raises questions about whether food insecurity has increased. Using the 2016 Food and You survey, we describe the magnitude and severity of ...
Correspondence to Professor Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, University of Glasgow MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow G3 7HR, UK; vittal.katikireddi{at}glasgow.ac.uk Minority ethnic ...
Background Socioeconomic status (SES) is strongly linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs), but it is unclear whether these associations are causal and involve any mediators. Methods We carried out ...
Background Parental death has well-established adverse effects on the mental health of children and adolescents, but evidence on adults is scarce. Also, the role of siblings has not been assessed ...
Background People who do not smoke can be involuntarily exposed to tobacco smoke through direct exposure, known as secondhand smoke (SHS), and indirect exposure to residual tobacco-derived pollutants ...
Background Interpersonal violence is a major public health concern with alcohol use a known risk factor. Despite alcohol taxation being an effective policy to reduce consumption; Hong Kong, contrary ...