Background Little is known about the association between direct pollen exposure and cognitive performance. The aim of our ...

Introduction Prior studies have observed associations between poverty measured at single or across diffuse periods of the life course and cognitive function measured in later life. Few studies examine ...

This essay examines the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for health inequalities. It outlines historical and contemporary evidence of inequalities in pandemics—drawing on international research ...

Study objectives: To investigate the strength of the relation between the amount of green space in people’s living environment and their perceived general health. This relation is analysed for ...

Background Child health and developmental inequities exist in all countries. Comprehensive and robust concepts of disadvantage are fundamental to growing an evidence base that can reveal the extent of ...

Background Physical activity (PA) is important for maintaining health, but there are fundamental unanswered questions on how best it should be measured. Methods We measured PA in the Netherlands ...

Background Some effective public health interventions may increase inequalities by disproportionately benefiting less disadvantaged groups (‘intervention-generated inequalities’ or IGIs). There is a ...

Correspondence to Dr Paola Zaninotto, Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK; p.zaninotto{at}ucl.ac.uk Background Maintaining cognitive ...

Background Dental caries remains a significant public health issue across the UK and in Bradford. While early-years settings provide a unique opportunity to promote oral health, the implementation of ...

Background Children and young people’s mental health services in the UK are not meeting demand. The UK government has pledged £300 million to introduce Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in half of ...

Western Australian Centre of Rural Health, University of Western Australia, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia Correspondence to Dr Mithilesh Dronavalli, Western Australian Centre of Rural Health ...

Background: Peer reviewers are usually unpaid and their efforts not formally acknowledged. Some journals have difficulty finding appropriate reviewers able to complete timely reviews, resulting in ...