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Mental health effects of Universal Credit during COVID-19: a difference-in-differences analysis of UKHLS data

Background Pre-COVID-19 pandemic evidence suggests that the UK’s introduction of Universal Credit (UC) was associated with a ...
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Controlled interrupted time series, segmented regression and difference-in-difference: a guide bridging econometric terminology for public health researchers

While econometrics and statistics drove modern quasi-experimental methods for causal inference in policy evaluation, public ...
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UK and Ireland Public Health Science conference 2027: call for abstracts

We are delighted to invite you to the 2027 UK and Ireland Public Health Science (PHS) Conference. This will be held on ...
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Household crowding index: a correlate of socioeconomic status and inter-pregnancy spacing in an urban setting

1 Department of Paediatrics, Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon 2 Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon 3 Department of Family ...
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A population perspective to evidence based medicine: “evidence for population health”

1 Evidence for Population Health Unit, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, The University of Manchester 2 Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of ...
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Effect of Universal Credit on young children’s mental health: quasi-experimental evidence from Understanding Society

Background Child mental health has become an increasingly important issue in the UK, especially in the context of significant welfare reforms. Universal Credit (UC) has introduced substantial changes ...
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Validity of Antonovsky’s sense of coherence scale: a systematic review

Correspondence to: Dr B Lindström Nordic School of Public Health, Box 12133, S-40242 Gothenburg, Sweden; bengtnhv.se Study objective: The aim of this paper is to systematically review and analyse the ...
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Obesity and its association with sociodemographic factors, health behaviours and health status among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adults in New South Wales, Australia

Background High body mass index (BMI) is the second leading contributor to Australia’s burden of disease and is particularly prevalent among Aboriginal peoples. This paper aims to provide insight into ...
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The effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation programmes: an impact evaluation of a quasi-randomised trial

3 Brown School of Social Work and Institute of Public Health, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Correspondence to Dr Jean-Francois Trani, Brown School and Institute of Public ...
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The concept of prevention: a good idea gone astray?

Over time, the definition of prevention has expanded so that its meaning in the context of health services is now unclear. As risk factors are increasingly considered to be the equivalent of “diseases ...
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Does urbanicity modify the relationship between a polygenic risk score for depression and mental health symptoms? Cross-sectional evidence from the observational HUNT Study in ...

1 HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Levanger, Norway 2 Faculty of Nursing and ...
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Life-course socioeconomic position and change in quality of life among older adults: evidence for the role of a critical period, accumulation of exposure and social mobility

1 CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health, (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain 2 Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain ...