The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH) is a peer-reviewed public health journal that covers all aspects of epidemiology and public health.

Background Small Island Developing States (SIDS) often lack food and nutrition security and sovereignty due to historically poor infrastructure to support local food systems, reduced domestic food ...

Correspondence to Andrew J Baxter, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G2 3AX, UK; a.baxter.1{at}research.gla.ac.uk Background Homelessness is associated ...

Background Child health and developmental inequities exist in all countries. Comprehensive and robust concepts of disadvantage are fundamental to growing an evidence base that can reveal the extent of ...

Correspondence to Dr Jo Leonardi-Bee, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK; ...

A physician in China died by suicide after months of sustained online harassment. According to public reports, the incident followed an emergency, life-saving procedure performed with the family’s ...

Background Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) have a markedly higher overall mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD), as well as many other causes of death like cancer. Since diabetes is a ...

Background Children and young adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be at increased risk of ...

Background With global population ageing, frailty poses a growing public-health challenge. Many countries have promoted ...

OBJECTIVE To establish the relation between socioeconomic status and the age-sex specific prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The hypothesis was that prevalence of type 2 diabetes would ...

1 Department of Medical Sociology, University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany Correspondence to Dr Nico Dragano, Department of Medical Sociology, University Clinic Duesseldorf, University of ...