Background With delayed childbearing increasingly prevalent in the Western Pacific, its life-course implications for early ...

Objective Tackling unhealthy diets is a public health priority. This study describes adherence to government dietary guidance ...

Study objective: To investigate the relation between housing, socioeconomic status, and self reported general and mental health. This study is an empirical investigation of social and economic ...

2 Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation, Institute of Medical and Social Care Research, Bangor University, Bangor, UK 3 North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, Bangor University, ...

Background Cultural engagement reportedly enhances older adults’ well-being. Physiological age (PA) reflects the deterioration of physical and physiological systems, and a greater PA increases the ...

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 ...

Background There is increasing pressure to tackle the wider social determinants of health through the implementation of appropriate interventions. However, turning these demands for better evidence ...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the risk to human health of the plant bracken (Pteridium sp). DESIGN: An evaluation of studies of human and animal populations exposed to bracken, together with a review of expert ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in 2020, Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) entered the public spotlight like never before. Amidst this increased visibility, the role is deeply contested. Much of the ...

Correspondence to Dr Roman Pabayo, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada; pabayo{at}ualberta.ca Background Compared to other Organisation for Economic ...

Background Owing to detrimental hazards and substantial healthcare burden and costs, hospitalisation of older people has become a major focus. Frailty has increasingly been recognised as an important ...

Centre for Women's Health, Gender and Society, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Kate E Mason, Centre for Women's ...