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Municipal social expenditures and maternal health disparities: a study of linked birth and hospitalisation records
Conclusion Municipal-level spending on social services is associated with narrowing socioeconomic disparities in SMM. Narrowing racial/ethnic disparities in maternal health will likely require intervening beyond the provision of services to addressing historical and ongoing structural factors. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Muchomba, F. M., Teitler, J. O., Reichman, N. E. Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Childrens right to the city and their independent mobility: why it matters for public health
Automobile-centric community design, or ‘motornormativity’, severely restricts opportunities for children to engage in active transportation (AT) and outdoor free play (OFP). As these activities are critical to children’s health and well-being, their decline has become a major public health concern. Meanwhile, independent mobility (IM) has emerged as a critical determinant of child development and well-being. Defined as ‘the freedom for children to move about their neighbourhood without adult supervision’, children’s IM is in direct conflict with motornormativity. And yet, very few studi...
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Frohlich, K. L., Collins, P. A. Tags: Open access Research agenda Source Type: research

Research misconduct as a challenge for academic institutions and scientific journals
Research misconduct refers to a set of unethical practices in research and publication and is the main reason for retraction of articles published in the academic literature. Research misconduct has negative consequences and has generated public scepticism about research, which has led to increasing distrust in science. In this context, a joint effort by the scientific community, academic institutions, scientific journals and research funders is needed to identify and prevent research misconduct. In this paper, we will evaluate what has already been done and what is needed to do to better address research misconduct. The f...
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Candal-Pedreira, C., Ross, J. S., Marusic, A., Ruano-Ravina, A. Tags: Essay Source Type: research

Prepayment meters strongly associated with multiple types of deprivation and emergency respiratory hospital admissions: an observational, cross-sectional study
Conclusions We found empirical evidence that PPM users are concentrated among the population who already experience multiple disadvantages. Furthermore, PPM concentrated areas are associated with higher emergency hospital admissions for respiratory diseases. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Ding, X., Akimova, E. T., Zhao, B., Dederichs, K., Mills, M. C. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research

Childhood contact with social services and risk of suicide or sudden death in young adulthood: identifying hidden risk in a population-wide cohort study
Conclusion Childhood contact with social services is a risk marker for death by suicide and sudden death in young adulthood. Risk is not confined to adults with a history of out-of-home care but extends to the much larger population that had contact with social services but never entered care. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: McKenna, S., O'Reilly, D., Maguire, A. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research

Are housing circumstances associated with faster epigenetic ageing?
Conclusion Our results suggest that challenging housing circumstances negatively affect health through faster biological ageing. However, biological ageing is reversible, highlighting the significant potential for housing policy changes to improve health. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Clair, A., Baker, E., Kumari, M. Tags: Open access, Editor's choice, Press releases Original research Source Type: research

Income inequality and 'hospitalisations of despair in Canada: a study on longitudinal, population-based data
Conclusion Overall, the results showed evidence of associations between income inequality and hospitalisations of despair, drug overdose-related hospitalisations and all-cause hospitalisations. These findings are applicable to upstream policy discussion regarding reducing income inequality and identify potential points of intervention for prevention of drug overdose, alcohol-related liver disease and suicide attempts/self-harm. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Benny, C., Siddiqi, A., Pabayo, R. Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Maternal health-related quality of life at 1 year after a preterm birth: role of socioeconomic status at birth
Conclusion Our study underlines the importance of social disadvantage during pregnancy as risk factors for poor physical HRQoL at 1 year after a preterm birth. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Benhammou, V., Marchand-Martin, L., Pierrat, V., Charkaluk, M.-L., Romito, P., Kaminski, M., Ancel, P.-Y., Saurel-Cubizolles, M.-J. Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Trends in social inequality in mortality in Denmark 1995-2019: the contribution of smoking- and alcohol-related deaths
Conclusion Smoking and harmful alcohol consumption continue to be important risk factors and causes of social inequality in mortality, with around half of the increase in Denmark 1995–2019 being attributable to smoking- and alcohol-related deaths. Future healthcare planning and policy development should aim at reducing social inequality in modifiable health risk behaviours and their negative consequences. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jensen, H. A. R., Moller, S. R., Christensen, A. I., Davidsen, M., Juel, K., Petersen, C. B. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research

Income mortality paradox by immigrants duration of residence in Sweden: a population register-based study
Conclusions Income inequalities in mortality among immigrants differ by duration of residence in Sweden, suggesting that health inequalities develop in the receiving context. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Miething, A., Juarez, S. P. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research

Social determinants of ethnic disparities in SARS-CoV-2 infection: UK Biobank SARS-CoV-2 Serology Study
Conclusions This study identifies social factors that are likely to account for much of the ethnic disparities in SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first wave in the UK, and highlights the particular relevance of occupation and residential region in the pathway between ethnicity and SARS-CoV-2 infection. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Omiyale, W., Holliday, J., Doherty, N., Callen, H., Wood, N., Horn, E., Burnett, F., Young, A., Lewington, S., Fry, D., Besevic, J., Conroy, M., Sheard, S., Feng, Q., Welsh, S., Effingham, M., Young, A., Collins, R., Lacey, B., Allen, N. Tags: Open access, COVID-19 Original research Source Type: research

Increases in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in Nordic countries: growing controversies between the changing welfare state and public health?
More than 40 years after the Black Report, evidence about the dynamics and determinants of socioeconomic inequalities in mortality is quite inconclusive. Although some recent studies reported signs of positive changes, such as reductions in absolute inequalities in a few countries,1 international-specific and country-specific findings remain very sensitive to data specifics and measuring approaches. Surprisingly, even some Nordic countries having long histories of registers cannot provide complete data covering entire populations. For example, the official Danish and Swedish register-based data on mortality differences by ...
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jasilionis, D. Tags: Editorials Source Type: research

Small numbers, big impact: making a utilitarian case for the contribution of inclusion health to population health in England
Inclusion health groups make up a small proportion of the general population, so despite the extreme social exclusion and poor health outcomes that these groups experience, they are often overlooked in public health investment and policy development. In this paper, we demonstrate that a utilitarian argument can be made for investment in better support for inclusion health groups despite their small size. That is, by preventing social exclusion, there is the potential for large aggregate health benefits to the whole population. We illustrate this by reframing existing published mortality estimates into population attributab...
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - November 9, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Zhang, C. X., Lewer, D., Aldridge, R. W., Hayward, A. C., Cornaglia, C., Trussell, P., Lillford-Wildman, C., Castle, J., Gommon, J., Campos-Matos, I. Tags: Essay Source Type: research

Impact of neighbourhood-level social determinants of health on healthcare utilisation and perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with NAFLD cirrhosis: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada
Conclusions As the incidence rate of pregnancies among women with NAFLD cirrhosis continues to rise, understanding how this population uses healthcare services will help coordinate care for these patients. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - November 9, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Holdsworth, M. B., Djerboua, M., Flemming, J. A. Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Predictive value of metabolic profiling in cardiovascular risk scores: analysis of 75 000 adults in UK Biobank
Conclusion This large-scale study applied both conventional and machine learning approaches to assess the potential benefit of metabolic profiling to well-established CVD risk scores. However, there was no evidence that metabolic profiling improved CVD risk prediction in this population. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - November 9, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jin, D., Trichia, E., Islam, N., Lewington, S., Lacey, B. Tags: Editor's choice Original research Source Type: research