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 ...

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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 ...

Introduction Homelessness is a structural determinant of health associated with elevated morbidity and healthcare utilisation. Evidence remains limited on how homelessness relates to alcohol-related ...

Manoukian and colleagues provide new longitudinal evidence that engagement with community-led organisations (CLOs) is associated with better mental well-being and there are dose–response relationships ...

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 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 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 ...