Correspondence to Professor Lawrie Elliott, School of Nursing Midwifery and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Campus, Edinburgh EH11 4BN, UK; l.elliott{at}napier.ac.uk This study ...

Objective: To provide the first valid and reliable estimate of the health status of Gypsies and Travellers in England by using standardised instruments to compare their health with that of a UK ...

Background In England between 2010 and 2013, just over one million recipients of the main out-of-work disability benefit had their eligibility reassessed using a new functional checklist—the Work ...

Background: This article examines the multifaceted structures and complex operations of the World Health Organization and its regional offices; it also reassesses the form and the workings of the ...

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 ...

3 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Center for Social, Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan, USA Correspondence to: Dr B Galobardes Department of Social ...

Correspondence to Yu-Tzu Wu, REACH: The Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health, Department of Psychology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Washington ...

Correspondence to: Dr B Lindström Nordic School of Public Health, Box 12133, S-40242 Gothenburg, Sweden; bengtnhv.se Study objective: The aim of this paper is to systematically review and analyse the ...

Study objective: The aim of this paper is to synthesise empirical findings on the salutogenic concept sense of coherence (SOC) and examine its capacity to explain health and its dimensions. Design: ...

Background Worrying changes in life expectancy trends have been observed recently in the UK, largely attributed to austerity policies introduced over the last decade. To incorporate changes to quality ...

Background Climate-related health impacts have been a global public health concern. Identifying vulnerable populations is critical in implementing adaptation strategies. This study aimed to examine ...

Introduction Accounting for missing data by imputing or weighting conditional on covariates relies on the variable with missingness being observed at least some of the time for all unique covariate ...