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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 ...
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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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OP41 The representativeness of the UK Biobank cohort on a range of sociodemographic, physical, lifestyle and health-related characteristics

Background UK Biobank (UKB) is a population-based cohort study of half a million participants aged 40–69 recruited between 2006 and 2010 in England, Wales and Scotland. In order to investigate the ...
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Antonovsky’s sense of coherence scale and its relation with quality of life: a systematic review

Dr M Eriksson, Health Promotion Research Program, Folkhälsan Research Centre, Paasikivigatan 4, FIN-00250 Helsinki, Finland; monica.eriksson{at}folkhalsan.fi The aim of this paper is to synthesise ...
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Combined lifestyle factors, all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

1 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health ...
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The burden of food related ill health in the UK

British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, UK Correspondence to: MrP Scarborough British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research ...
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A heuristic approach to the formulas for population attributable fraction

BACKGROUND As the definitional formula for population attributable fraction is not usually directly usable in applications, separate estimation formulas are required. However, most epidemiology ...
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Framework and key considerations for designing and conducting critical mixed-methods research (cMMR)

Mixed-methods research leverages the strengths of qualitative and quantitative methodologies and methods to generate a comprehensive understanding of phenomena. There is ample guidance about ...
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Helmet use among cyclists and motorcyclists involved in media-reported road traffic crashes after implementation of the national ‘One Helmet, One Belt’ campaign in China

Background China implemented the ‘One Helmet, One Belt’ road safety campaign in April 2020 to improve helmet use among cyclists and motorcyclists. We evaluated its long-term effect. Methods We ...
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How a universal health system reduces inequalities: lessons from England

5 Institute of Health Equity, University College London, London, UK 6 School of Health Sciences, City University London, London, UK Background Provision of universal coverage is essential for ...
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Cyber harassment of physicians as an emerging global health threat: embedding social work in routine care

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 ...