Background Handwashing with soap reduces infection transmission in schools, yet sustained hygiene service delivery is limited ...

Epidemiology has traditionally treated individuals as independent units, potentially overlooking relational dynamics that ...

Background Marginalisation has been proposed as a risk factor for the development of opioid use disorder (OUD), an important element of Canada’s ongoing opioid epidemic. In this study, we examined the ...

Background Historical redlining, carried out by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC), assigned US neighbourhoods grades A (‘best’) to D (‘hazardous’), institutionalising residential segregation ...

While econometrics and statistics drove modern quasi-experimental methods for causal inference in policy evaluation, public health frequently adopts such tools to evaluate health interventions when ...

Background Pre-COVID-19 pandemic evidence suggests that the UK’s introduction of Universal Credit (UC) was associated with a deterioration in mental health. Given pandemic-related changes to the ...

Background Religious and faith-based institutions play a critical role in the social infrastructure that supports population health. While prior research has focused largely on individual religious ...

Background Preterm birth is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Although SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy is proved to increase the risk of preterm birth, existing evidence ...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic raised global concerns that disruptions to healthcare services might delay cancer diagnosis and treatment in children, with potential consequences for survival. Yet, ...

Background Differential impacts of active travel interventions on disadvantaged population groups have been under-studied. A review of evidence from the UK was commissioned to inform the development ...

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Background Mortality from alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) in England rose after the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing reports lack data on prior healthcare use, which is key to understanding care ...