The recently updated UK Medical Research Council’s guidance on the use of natural experiments to evaluate population health ...

Proportionate universalism (PU) has been proposed as a framework for policy implementation that has the potential to reduce health inequalities while improving population health.1 Lamont et al provide ...

Public health scholarship is shaped by an evidence hierarchy that places systematic reviews of experimental and ...

Data and documentary records from past societies offer valuable and unique insights for understanding and navigating the challenges of the modern world. Public health crises such as climate change, ...

Background Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) remain a global public health concern, with suboptimal vaccine uptake in the UK.

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 ...

3 State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, China, Beijing, ...

We read with great interest the recent study by Beck et al titled ‘Secular trends in primary care utilisation for mental health problems: a Norwegian register-based population-wide study’.1 The ...

1 University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China Background Stress affects cardiometabolic health, but evidence linking objective, occupation-specific stressors to individual-level ...

Background Cultural engagement reportedly enhances older adults’ well-being. Physiological age (PA) reflects the deterioration of physical and physiological systems, and a greater PA increases the ...

In this essay, we give an overview of the relationships between the design and structure of health systems, health service provision and utilisation, and inequalities in population health. This shows ...