Background Quantifying the potential health benefits of improvements in the nutritional quality of the average diet of a population would provide evidence for resource allocation between ...

Background 10% of postmenopausal breast cancer cases are attributed to a high body mass index (BMI). BMI underestimates body ...

In order to assess the need for community health services in different neighbourhoods within Greater Glasgow, it was decided to present a wide variety of health information for each community as a set ...

Background ‘Adverse childhood experiences’ (ACEs) are associated with increased risk of negative outcomes in later life: ACEs have consequently become a policy priority in many countries. Despite ACEs ...

1 University of Sheffield, School of Health & Related Research, Sheffield, England 2 University of Sheffield, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Sheffield, England 3 University of Alberta, Centre for ...

The recent paper by Dunn et al showed that the positive relationship between US state-level income inequality and mortality ...

Background In conflict-affected settings, women and girls are vulnerable to gender-based violence (GBV). GBV is associated with poor long-term mental health such as anxiety, depression and ...

Correspondence to Dr Emily Long, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G3 7HR, UK; emily.long{at}glasgow.ac.uk This essay examines key aspects of social ...

Correspondence to Deborah Shipton, Glasgow Centre for Population Health, House 6, 94 Elmbank Street, Glasgow, Larnarkshire G2 4DL, UK, Deborah.shipton{at}glasgow.gov.uk Background Glasgow, the largest ...