Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)

Spousal epidemiology: a conceptual framework for interdependent health in couples

Epidemiology has traditionally treated individuals as independent units, potentially overlooking relational dynamics that ...
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)

Commentary on ‘Comparison of natural and non-natural deaths in medieval (1452–1485) and contemporary Milan’ by Vaglienti et al

Data and documentary records from past societies offer valuable and unique insights for understanding and navigating the challenges of the modern world. Public health crises such as climate change, ...
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Associations between historical redlining, neighbourhood deprivation and chronic health in a cohort of people with a history of injection drug use

Background Historical redlining, carried out by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC), assigned US neighbourhoods grades A (‘best’) to D (‘hazardous’), institutionalising residential segregation ...
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UK and Ireland Public Health Science conference 2027: call for abstracts

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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 health frequently adopts such tools to evaluate health interventions when ...
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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 deterioration in mental health. Given pandemic-related changes to the ...
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Beyond the counterfactual? Evaluating community-led organisations and the challenge of evidence for complex public health interventions

Manoukian and colleagues provide new longitudinal evidence that engagement with community-led organisations (CLOs) is associated with better mental well-being and there are dose–response relationships ...
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OP95 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on childhood cancer in Sweden: temporal patterns in incidence and survival

Background The COVID-19 pandemic raised global concerns that disruptions to healthcare services might delay cancer diagnosis and treatment in children, with potential consequences for survival. Yet, ...
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From market shocks to biological responses: advancing the measurement of workplace stress

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Temporal trends in alcohol-related liver disease mortality and prior inpatient care in England before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic (2004–2024): a population-based ...

Background Mortality from alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) in England rose after the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing reports lack data on prior healthcare use, which is key to understanding care ...
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Effects of personal and work-related stressful life events on mental health among middle-aged and older Australians: longitudinal evidence from 16 waves of cohort data

Background Stressful life events are recognised determinants of mental health, yet their effects in later life remain unclear. Reflecting increasing longevity, our study examined links between ...
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Workday-rescheduling effects on ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a registry study analysis

3 State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, China, Beijing, ...