Background This study examined the independent effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and social support on ...

An epidemic often begins as a whisper—in barnyards, wetlands or milking parlours—long before its roar reaches emergency briefings and policy halls. As seen with H5N1 in early 2025, dismissing these ...

Exponential growth is difficult for people to grasp. But that is what has happened to sales of Albert Camus’s The Plague, first published in 1947. According to Jacqueline Rose, it is ‘an upsurge ...

Background The disconnect between populations reporting poorer health outcomes, such as a higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden seen in UK ethnic minority (EM) groups, and those represented in ...

Background There are concerns that COVID-19 mitigation measures, including the ‘lockdown’, may have unintended health consequences. We examined trends in mental health and health behaviours in the UK ...

Aim Evidence for a link between physical activity and mental health in young people is hampered by methodological shortcomings. Using repeat assessments of device-measured physical activity, we ...

Background Education attainment can improve life expectancy and guide healthy behaviours throughout an entire lifetime. A nationwide longitudinal study of the association of education status with the ...

This essay examines key aspects of social relationships that were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses explicitly on relational mechanisms of health and brings together theory and emerging ...

Community mobilisation interventions have been used to promote health in many low-income and middle-income settings. They frequently involve collective action to address shared determinants of ...

Background Unintentional home injuries are a leading cause of preventable death in young children. Safety education and equipment provision improve home safety practices, but their impact on injuries ...