Background Multiple complex needs (MCN) is one of a number of terms used to describe people facing co-occurring issues of homelessness, substance misuse, offending, and mental ill-health. When ...

Background There is considerable evidence demonstrating socioeconomic inequalities in mortality, some of which focuses on intraurban inequalities. However, all the studies assume that the spatial ...

Background Socioeconomic inequalities are increasingly recognised as an important public health issue, although their role in the leading causes of mortality in urban areas in Europe has not been ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Children's proxy reports on indicators of their parents' socioeconomic status (SES) have either been used uncritically or dismissed as invalid. This paper examines the validity of ...

Correspondence to Dr Yihua Xu, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong ...

Background Previous studies have reported associations between lower lifetime socioeconomic position (SEP) and higher body mass index in adulthood, but few have examined associations with direct ...

Correspondence to Dr Jan J Barendregt, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston 4006, Australia; j.barendregt{at}sph.uq.edu.au Background The potential impact ...

Background Health effects of ozone have been observed in numerous studies. However, analyses of more cause-specific morbidity or mortality outcomes have rarely been performed. A study was undertaken ...

a Department of Health and Social Behavior, and the Harvard Center for Society and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, USA, b Division of Public Health Practice, ...

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 ...

1 Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Department of Community Health, Salus Center, St Louis, USA 2 Saint Louis University College of Public Service, Department of Research Methodology, St ...

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 ...