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 ...

3 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Center for Social, Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan, USA Correspondence to: Dr B Galobardes Department of Social ...

OBJECTIVE To analyse dilemmas and challenges in health promotion research, and to generate ideas for future development. METHOD The analysis is based on authors' experiences in working in the field of ...

Correspondence to Miss Yashvee Dunneram, Nutritional Epidemiology Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; fsyd{at}leeds.ac.uk Background Age at natural ...

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 ...

1 School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 2 School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Correspondence to Dr Sai Yin Ho, School of Public Health, ...

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA 2 Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To understand reasons for compliance and non-compliance with a home based exercise regimen by patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. DESIGN A qualitative study, nested within a ...

Background Social engagement and social isolation are key determinants of mental health in older age, yet there is limited evidence on how public policies may contribute to reducing isolation, ...

1 York Health Economics Consortium Ltd, University of York, UK 2 Health Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford, UK Correspondence to: Dr P Scuffham, York Health Economics Consortium Ltd, ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the incremental costs and cost effectiveness of implementing a home based muscle strengthening and balance retraining programme that reduced falls and injuries in older women.