Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health - our story 9 June 2025 Meet Anna Pearce and Vittal Katikireddi, the joint Editors-in-chief for the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, and hear ...

Background: This article examines the multifaceted structures and complex operations of the World Health Organization and its regional offices; it also reassesses the form and the workings of the ...

Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre), Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Correspondence to: Ms A Harden ...

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 ...

Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Division of Substance Dependence, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA ...

Background There are substantial socioeconomic inequalities in both life expectancy and healthcare use in England. In this study, we describe how these two sets of inequalities interact by estimating ...

5 Institute of Health Equity, University College London, London, UK 6 School of Health Sciences, City University London, London, UK Background Provision of universal coverage is essential for ...

Background Research has shown that workers in non-standard (eg, temporary and part-time) employment experience poorer health ...

Background Unexplained deaths in infancy comprise ‘sudden infant death syndrome’ (SIDS) and deaths without ascertained cause. They are typically sleep-related, perhaps triggered by unsafe sleep ...

3 NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care in Greater Manchester, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 4 School of Social Sciences, ...

The paper by Xue et al investigated the effects of the 2014 UK policy reform that extended the ‘right to request’ flexible working to all employees on their mental health and life satisfaction.1 Using ...

Correspondence to: Dr M Joffe, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK; m.joffe{at}imperial.ac.uk Health impact assessments look at the ...