Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)

Survival among patients with cancer after a coalmine fire: analysis of registry data in regional Victoria, Australia

Background In 2014, a bushfire ignited the Hazelwood coalmine in regional Victoria, Australia, shrouding nearby communities ...
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Fish consumption and risk of depression: a meta-analysis

Correspondence to Professor Dongfeng Zhang, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, The Medical College of Qingdao University, 38 Dengzhou Road, Qingdao, Shandong 266021, People's Republic ...
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Invited commentary on: Does the ‘right to request’ flexible work policy influence men’s and women’s uptake of flexible working and well-being: findings from the UK ...

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 ...
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Indicators of socioeconomic position (part 1)

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 ...
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The Great Recession, unemployment and suicide

Correspondence to Professor Thor Norström, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm S-106 91, Sweden; totto{at}sofi.su.se Background How have suicide rates responded to ...
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Ethnicity-specific factors influencing childhood immunisation decisions among Black and Asian Minority Ethnic groups in the UK: a systematic review of qualitative research

Background Uptake of some childhood immunisations in the UK is lower among those from some Black and Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. This systematic review of qualitative research sought to ...
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Negro, Black, Black African, African Caribbean, African American or what? Labelling African origin populations in the health arena in the 21st century

2 Public Health Sciences, Division of Community Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to: Dr C Agyemang Department of ...
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The Port Pirie cohort study: maternal blood lead and pregnancy outcome.

During a three-year period, 831 pregnant women in and around Port Pirie, South Australia--a lead smelter community with longstanding lead pollution--were enrolled in a cohort study to examine ...
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Life expectancy as a summary of mortality in a population: statistical considerations and suitability for use by health authorities

Dr Silcocks, Trent Institute for Health Services Research, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH (p.b.silcocks{at}nottingham.ac.uk) OBJECTIVE To investigate the sampling ...
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Multilevel modelling of built environment characteristics related to neighbourhood walking activity in older adults

Objective: To examine the relation between built environment factors (representing several dimensions of urban form of neighbourhoods) and walking activity at both the neighbourhood level and the ...
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Social problems, primary care and pathways to help and support: addressing health inequalities at the individual level. Part II: lay perspectives

Objectives: This study aimed to describe social problems presented to general practitioners (GPs) in UK inner cities and GPs’ responses; describe patients help-seeking pathways; and consider how these ...
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Ethnic variation in unexplained deaths in infancy, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), England and Wales 2006–2012: national birth cohort study using routine data

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 ...