Background Proportionate universalism aims to improve overall health while decreasing health inequity across the social ...

Background Although avoidable mortality in South Korea has fallen substantially, whether socioeconomic inequality gradients ...

Objective Tackling unhealthy diets is a public health priority. This study describes adherence to government dietary guidance ...

Background Research has shown that workers in non-standard (eg, temporary and part-time) employment experience poorer health outcomes than their permanent, full-time counterparts. However, previous ...

Background Lower-quality employment, characterised by excessive or part-time hours, irregular schedules and inadequate earnings, is a key social determinant of health among adults. Research examining ...

Background Natural disasters may have negative health effects on survivors. However, long-term observations on this are lacking. Therefore, this study investigated the association between the degree ...

Background Childhood adversities, such as exposure to parental mental illness, domestic violence and abuse, substance use, and family poverty, have been linked to involvement in violence in early ...

Background With global population ageing, frailty poses a growing public-health challenge. Many countries have promoted social participation to mitigate frailty among older adults, but the ...

Online marketing by the food and beverage industry has proliferated in recent years, but regulation to protect children has ...

Correspondence to Ms Neta Hagani, The University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; neta.hagani{at}sydney.edu.au Background There is evidence that the transition to ...

Background The UK soft drinks industry levy (SDIL) was announced in March 2016 and implemented in April 2018, encouraging manufacturers to reduce the sugar content of soft drinks. This is the first ...

3 Graduate School of Education. Dongguk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Background Hypertension, a major public health problem worldwide, has been linked to lifestyle factors and work conditions, ...