Background Prehospital delays remain critical barriers to timely acute coronary syndrome (ACS) care, particularly for ...

Background Suicide is a leading cause of death among young adults in South Korea. We investigated the association between ...

Background Housing is a critical social determinant of health for migrant and refugee populations in high-income countries; however, the causal pathways linking housing affordability to health ...

In their thoughtful review on causal mediation methods, Pearce et al 1 highlighted the challenges posed by exposure-induced mediator–outcome confounders for identifying natural direct and indirect ...

Background Multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) is a leading quantitative approach for intersectionality-informed health research, but most applications ...

Background There are concerns that COVID-19 mitigation measures, including the ‘lockdown’, may have unintended health consequences. We examined trends in mental health and health behaviours in the UK ...

3 MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at University College London, London, UK Life course epidemiology may be conceptualised as “the study of long term effects on later health or disease risk of ...

Correspondence to Charlotte Hannah Gaughan, Methodology, Office for National Statistics, Newport NP10 8XG, UK; charlotte.gaughan{at}ons.gov.uk Background COVID-19 mortality risk is associated with ...

Background Encouraging healthy lifestyles in children is a challenge. This project aimed to improve lifestyles of younger peers by engaging adolescent creators (ACs) to design and implement peer-led ...

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 ...

Background Lower socioeconomic positions (SEP) and poor academic achievement increase children’s risk for mental health problems. The Finnish education system is officially non-selective and unified, ...

OBJECTIVE: To develop a short instrument, called DISCERN, which will enable patients and information providers to judge the quality of written information about treatment choices. DISCERN will also ...