Background Low control and high demand in the places where people work has been shown to partially explain why those in lower socioeconomic positions experience poorer health than their counterparts ...

1 Effective Healthcare Australia, School of Population Health and Health Services Research, University of Sydney, Australia 2 Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada and ...

Background Low socioeconomic status (SES) is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) but whether its effects are comparable in women and men is unknown. Methods PubMed MEDLINE was ...

It is well known that social, cultural and economic factors cause substantial inequalities in health. Should we strive to achieve a more even share of good health, beyond improving the average health ...

Study objective: In social epidemiology, it is easy to compute and interpret measures of variation in multilevel linear regression, but technical difficulties exist in the case of logistic regression.

Background Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a fluctuating complex condition. More common in women than men, it tends to develop between mid-20s and mid-40s, including the ...

Correspondence to: Dr M Hernán Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; miguel_hernanpost.harvard.edu Zeus is a patient waiting for a ...

Correspondence to: Dr B Lindström The Nordic School of Public Health, Box 12133, Nya Varvet, Gothenborg 40242, Sweden; bengtnhv.se If you wish to reuse any or all of ...

Background Encouraging alternatives to the car such aswalking, cycling or public transport is a key cross-sector policy priority to promote population and planetary health. Individual travel choices ...

Dr Silcocks, Trent Institute for Health Services Research, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH (p.b.silcocks{at}nottingham.ac.uk) OBJECTIVE To investigate the sampling ...

International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, 1–19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK Writing a glossary on ...

Research Unit In Health, Behaviour and Change, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to: Dr R Mitchell Research Unit In Health, Behaviour and Change, ...