Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)

How are proportionate universalist services affected by resource constraint in practice? Exploring implementation challenges using a synthesis of four health visiti…

Background Proportionate universalism aims to improve overall health while decreasing health inequity across the social ...
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Population-weighted trends in absolute and relative inequalities in avoidable mortality by area deprivation in South Korea, 2012–2024

Background Although avoidable mortality in South Korea has fallen substantially, whether socioeconomic inequality gradients ...
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Exploring socioeconomic and demographic inequalities in adherence to government dietary guidance among adult National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) participan…

Objective Tackling unhealthy diets is a public health priority. This study describes adherence to government dietary guidance ...
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Guide to recent advances in difference-in-differences methodology for population health studies

Background Difference-in-differences is a method commonly used in population health research. It is based on assumptions that are well-known and well-understood in the classic textbook example of two ...
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Reply to: ‘Does race have confounders?’ by Loux and Wankum

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Sensitive life-stage periods and genetic susceptibility in the association between air pollution and ischaemic stroke risk: a Bayesian life-course analysis

2 The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China 3 Guangdong Clinical Research Academy of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China Background Air pollution ...
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Association between migration and cardiovascular health in Mexicans: a binational analysis using the Hispanic Community Health Study (HCHS/SOL) and Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS) (24 February, ...
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Absence of colours and desaturated visual environments: an overlooked environmental exposure affecting public mental health

Since mental health outcomes are shaped by a complex interplay of social, economic and environmental factors, considerable attention has been devoted to determinants such as income insecurity, social ...
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Public support, political silence: alcohol policy and the 2026 Scottish election

Alcohol is a major, neglected driver of preventable harm in the UK and internationally, and these harms fall disproportionately on disadvantaged communities.1 2 Yet, political action remains limited ...
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Household cooking fuel and cognitive function trajectories among middle-aged and older adults: evidence from a longitudinal study

Objectives Cognitive decline among middle-aged and older adults is an increasing public health concern, and household cooking fuel use has been suggested as a potential environmental risk factor. This ...
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Response to: ‘Methodological considerations in the analysis of time-to-event outcomes with MAIHDA’ by Bashir and Al-Kassab-Córdova

We thank Bashir and Al-kassab-Córdova for their thoughtful letter1 on our recent extension of multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) to time-to-event ...
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A novel population data-driven approach to quantifying feasibility of recruitment during the study planning stage: lessons learnt from an e-cigarette pilot study

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