Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)

Participatory Systems Mapping Design Framework: development of a deliberative tool to support methodological advancements in population health research

Participatory systems mapping methods are increasingly used to explore complex population health challenges by involving ...
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Education level, working life expectancy and expected working years lost: a study using Swedish registry data

Background The aim of this study is to investigate educational differences in labour market participation expressed by ...
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Associations of food security and food assistance with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among postmenopausal women from the women’s health initiative

Background Prior research indicates that food insecurity is negatively associated with cardiometabolic health and plays a ...
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Link between tooth loss and health expectancy: findings from a prospective Singaporean population-based cohort study of older adults

Background We evaluated the impact of the number of teeth on health expectancy, measured as years of life without limitations in activities of daily living (ADLs) and physical function, among adults ...
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Secular trends in primary care utilisation for mental health problems: a Norwegian register-based population-wide study

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 ...
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between long working hours and hypertension risk

3 Graduate School of Education. Dongguk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Background Hypertension, a major public health problem worldwide, has been linked to lifestyle factors and work conditions, ...
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Effects of a free school breakfast programme on children's attendance, academic achievement and short-term hunger: results from a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial

1 Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 2 Teaching Learning and Development, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland, Auckland, ...
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Payback time? Influence of having children on mortality in old age

Background It is known that parents have lower mortality than childless individuals. Support from adult children to ageing parents may be of importance for parental health and longevity. The aim of ...
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Socioeconomic position and the risk of brain tumour: a Swedish national population-based cohort study

Background The aim was to investigate associations between different measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) and incidence of brain tumours (glioma, meningioma and acoustic neuroma) in a nationwide ...
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Neighbourhood influences on health

Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Correspondence to: Professor I Kawachi Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington ...
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OP12 Social inequalities in ultra-processed food intakes in the United Kingdom: A time trend analysis (2008–2018)

Background The association between higher consumption of industrially ultra-processed foods (UPF) and adverse health outcomes, including obesity, is increasingly evident. Furthermore, health outcomes ...
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SMART lunch box intervention to improve the food and nutrient content of children's packed lunches: UK wide cluster randomised controlled trial

1 Nutritional Epidemiology Group, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 2 Biostatistics Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Leeds, Leeds, ...