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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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 U…

The paper by Xue et al investigated the effects of the 2014 UK policy reform that extended the ‘right to request’ flexible ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
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A framework for the evidence base to support Health Impact Assessment

Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College School of Medicine, London Correspondence: Dr M Joffe, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College School of Medicine, ...
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Impact of heat on mortality in 15 European cities: attributable deaths under different weather scenarios

Background High ambient summer temperatures have been shown to influence daily mortality in cities across Europe. Quantification of the population mortality burden attributable to heat is crucial to ...
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Basic concepts in population health and health care

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The teacher's teacher: a personal tribute to Alvan R Feinstein

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Examining intervention mechanisms of action using mediation analysis within a randomised trial of a whole-school health intervention

Background Interventions to modify school environments are effective in promoting young people’s health across outcomes, but mechanisms are poorly understood. We assessed mediation in a trial of the ...