Background Previous studies have indicated that taller individuals are at greater risk of developing cancer. Death from cancer and other specific causes have also been linked to height, but the ...

Background Lower-quality employment, characterised by excessive or part-time hours, irregular schedules and inadequate earnings, is a key social determinant of health among adults. Research examining ...

Correspondence to Yimin Zhu, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China; zhuym{at}zju.edu.cn ...

Correspondence to Dr Kate A Levin, Public Health Directorate, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow G12 0HX, UK; katyannlevin{at}gmail.com Background Intermediate care (IC) acts as a bridging service ...

Correspondence to Dr Patrick Präg, Department of Sociology and Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3UQ, UK; patrick.prag{at}sociology.ox.ac.uk Background Intergenerational social ...

Background This paper describes the process of setting up community-based organisations (CBOs) of sex workers during the 5-year community mobilisation initiative of the Swagati project, an HIV ...

Background Smoking is widely known to be damaging to health. It greatly increases the risk of various cancers, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and remains the leading preventable cause of ...

2 Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, UK Background Public sector austerity measures in many high-income countries mean that public health budgets are reducing year on ...

Background One size rarely fits all in population health. Differing outcomes may compete for best allocations of time. Among children aged 11–12 years, we aimed to (1) describe optimal 24-hour time ...

Correspondence to Dr Yosuke Inoue, Carolina Population Center, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA; yosuke.yoshi.yosky{at}gmail.com Background Little attention has been paid ...

OBJECTIVES This study examined the contribution of employment status, welfare benefits, alcohol use, and other individual, and contextual factors to physical aggression during marital conflict.

Background Baby boxes provide goods to new parents and a space for infant sleeping. They were first introduced in Finland, and it has been argued that the policy helped reduce infant mortality. We ...