Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Article	Citations
Impact of informal caregiving on depressive symptoms among a national cohort of men	84
State-level association between income inequality and mortality in the USA, 1989–2019: ecological study	52
Early-life death of a sibling and primary care utilisation during middle age: a population-wide cohort study	49
Health literacy by occupation in Korea	44
Prenatal and postnatal correlates of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in midlife: evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study	40
Nucleus of fairness: epigenetic ageing, social determinants of health and the imperative for proactive preventive measures	40
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of cardiometabolic risk factors among workers: results from the Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health study	39
Testing and refining middle-range theory in evaluations of public-health interventions: evidence from recent systematic reviews and trials	35
Commentary on: ‘ Mortality by income in the elderly population in Italy: new evidence from an innovative micro-data integration ’	34
Downstream healthcare use following breast cancer screening: a register-based cohort study	33
Associations between cohort study participation and self-reported health and well-being: the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study	31
Household cooking fuel and cognitive function trajectories among middle-aged and older adults: evidence from a longitudinal study	31
Estimating the risk reduction in disability incidence by adhering to recommendation-based physical activity in older adults: a cohort study	29
Age, period and cohort-related trends in prescription opioid use in the USA, 1999–2018	28
Does race have confounders?	27
From early to fewer first births: ADHD and family formation among young adults	26
Early parental death and its association with children’s mental and economic well-being in adulthood: a nationwide population-based register study	24
Sex differences in adverse events following seasonal influenza vaccines: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	24
Racial and ethnic trends in mental health service utilisation and perceived unmet need in the USA	23
Poverty trajectories and child and mother well-being outcomes in Ireland: findings from an Irish prospective cohort	23
Economic connectedness and fetal and infant death: a population-based cross-sectional study of California	23
Bearing the burden of austerity: how do changing mortality rates in the UK compare between men and women?	22
Impact of offspring and their educational level on readmission and death among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a nationwide cohort study using multistate survival models	22
Factors related to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among middle-income and low-income adults in the USA	20
High long-term mortality in ischaemic heart disease accentuated among ethnic minorities in Eastern Europe: findings from a prospective all-comers percutaneous coronary intervention registry in Romania	20

Population health, health equity and health system impacts of light vehicle electrification: a modelling study in Aotearoa/New Zealand	19
Municipal social expenditures and maternal health disparities: a study of linked birth and hospitalisation records	19
Socioeconomic position at the age of 30 and the later risk of a mental disorder: a nationwide population-based register study	19
Eligibility criteria for the UK Winter Fuel Payment: are we targeting the right people?	18
Employment status and self-rated health among Chinese middle-aged and older workers: results from a nationwide longitudinal study	18
Twenty-first century alienation and health: a research agenda	18
From policy to practice: assessing the impact of electronic gambling machine regulations on harmful gambling behaviour	17
Children’s views of obesity, body size and weight: systematic review of UK qualitative evidence	17
Gender identity and sexual orientation: a glossary	17
Mediating role of psychological distress and alcohol use in socioeconomic disparities in deaths of despair: a causal mediation analysis using record linkage data	17
Estimated glucose disposal rate and risk of arterial stiffness and long-term all-cause mortality: a 10-year prospective study	17
Social capital-based mental health interventions for refugees: Ukraine and beyond	17
Inequalities in mental health service utilisation by children and young people: a population survey using linked electronic health records from Northwest London, UK	17
Population-weighted trends in absolute and relative inequalities in avoidable mortality by area deprivation in South Korea, 2012–2024	16
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 during the first three waves in Scotland: a national record linkage study	16
Longitudinal associations between residential density and body mass index: the mediating role of walking for transport and the moderating effect of neighbourhood disadvantage	15
Health-related quality of life associated with sensory impairment in Chinese middle-aged and older adults: a cohort study	15
Key considerations in understanding retirement’s health impact	15
When the farm whispers, the world must listen	15
Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of children and young people: perspectives on evidence synthesis	15
Do adult children increase the chances of receiving the recommended hospital treatment among older adults with heart disease?	14
Psychotherapy use among migrants: a register-based longitudinal study	14
Accounting for time-varying exposures and covariates in the relationship between obesity and diabetes: analysis using parametric g-formula	14
Effect of a multicomponent school-based intervention with parental involvement on socioeconomic inequalities in smoking initiation: equity impact analysis of the TOPAS study	14
Causal mediation approaches for understanding pathways to inequalities and policy entry points: examples from early years health and development	14
Commonly cited approaches to reducing health inequalities: a call for more clarity around their definition and underlying assumptions	13
Impact of India’s nationwide supplementary nutrition programme for pregnant women on birth weight of their newborns: a quasi-experimental evaluation	13
Survival among patients with cancer after a coalmine fire: analysis of registry data in regional Victoria, Australia	12
Assessing the relationship between community resilience and health outcomes: an observational local-authority level study in England	12
Assessment of census-tract level socioeconomic position as a modifier of the relationship between short-term PM2.5 exposure and cardiovascular emergency department visits in Missouri	12
Association between housing damage, present bias and delayed-onset post-traumatic stress symptoms among older adults 9 years after a natural disaster	12
Sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belgium: a nationwide record linkage study	12
Increases in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in Nordic countries: growing controversies between the changing welfare state and public health?	12
Socioeconomic position, alcohol use and alcohol-attributable emergency department visits	12
Examining causal relationships between educational attainment and type 2 diabetes using genetic analysis: findings from the EPIC-InterAct study through Mendelian randomisation	12
Lack of knowledge on where people die and potential to do better	12
Interactions between long-term ambient particle exposures and lifestyle on the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes: insight from a large community-based survey	12
Excess mortality among essential workers in England and Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic: an updated analysis	12
Socioeconomic inequalities in allostatic load in a large Norwegian cohort study: the NCDNOR project	12
Associations of area-level socioeconomic status and individual factors with mortality in China: a nationwide prospective cohort study	11
Associations between neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and body mass index: longitudinal evidence from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (2006–2021)	11
Impact of social participation on frailty among older adults: a multinational cohort study from the USA, England, China and Mexico	11
Geographical variability in cancer incidence explained by the socioeconomic environment: an example of lung cancer in northwestern France	11
The potential of intervening on childhood adversity to reduce socioeconomic inequities in body mass index and inflammation among Australian and UK children: A causal mediation analysis	11
Precarious employment and the workplace transmission of COVID-19: evidence from workers’ compensation claims in Ontario, Canada	11
Health characteristics and health behaviours in male former contact sports participants: comparison with general population controls in a Finnish cohort study	10
Does stress from incarceration of family and friends contribute to signs of early vascular ageing in African American women?	10
Estimated effect of age of marriage on utilisation of India’s Integrated Child Development Service programme	10
Public support, political silence: alcohol policy and the 2026 Scottish election	10
Genetic contributions to the educational inequalities in coronary heart disease incidence: a population-based study of 32 000 middle-aged men and women	9

Self-reported sleep duration and recurrent falls in people aged 50 and above: evidence from two prospective cohorts	9
Diabetes and suicide: a nationwide longitudinal cohort study among the Japanese working-age population	9
Approaches to handling missing ethnicity data in primary care data research in England and Wales: a systematic review of methods	9
Ambulatory blood pressure studies are needed to assess associations between blood pressure and work stressors	9
Triglyceride-glucose index and risks of suicide mortality in young adults: a nationwide population-based study	9
Co-designed and co-delivered place-based community interventions to reduce inequity in early initiation of antenatal care: findings from the cluster randomised controlled community REACH trial	9
Does lifestyle explain the relationship between socioeconomic position and multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases? A mediation analysis applied to the European Prospective Investigation	9
Complex associations between cognitive function and early stroke	9
Variability in perceived burden and health trajectories among older caregivers: a population-based study in Sweden	9
Comparison of natural and non-natural deaths in medieval (1452–1485) and contemporary Milan	9
Investigating the impact of a 20 miles per hour speed limit intervention on road traffic collisions, casualties, speed and volume in Belfast, UK: 3 year follow-up outcomes of a natural experiment	9
Effects of a school-based water and hygiene intervention on the health and attendance of preschool pupils in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial	8
Education-related inequalities in disability during the last years of life: a full population register-based study	8
2008 economic crisis impact on perinatal and infant mortality in Southern European countries	8
Scalable regionalised quality improvement model for ACS management in resource-limited primary healthcare facilities	8
Financial strain, schooling modality and mental health of US adults living with children during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Response to: 'Small numbers, big impact: making a utilitarian case for the contribution of inclusion health to population health in England' by Zhang et al	8
Has COVID-19 increased inequality in mortality by income in the Netherlands?	8
Association of parental age with developmental vulnerability in early childhood: a population-based cohort study	8
Does persistent precarious employment affect health outcomes among working age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Association between spatial social polarisation and high blood pressure in older adults	8
Association between long working hours and physical inactivity in middle-aged and older adults: a Korean longitudinal study (2006–2020)	8
Longitudinal relationships between early-life homelessness and school-aged asthma and wheezing	8
Income and economic productivity loss associated with comorbidity: longitudinal analysis of linked individual-level data for a whole country	8
Short-term effect of colorectal cancer on income: analysis of an Italian cohort	8
Impacts of SNAP benefit increases on US child food insufficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Chronic health conditions and trajectories of depressive symptoms in late adulthood: role of age-friendly community	8
Chronic postsurgical pain increases postoperative depression risk	8
Impact of Peru’s women’s emergency centres on the reporting of physical, psychological and sexual intimate partner violence	8
Impact of family childhood adversity on risk of violence and involvement with police in adolescence: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study	8
Association between sex work occupational stigma and inconsistent condom use: findings from a community-based cohort of women sex workers in Vancouver, Canada (2014–2022)	8
Invited commentary on “Interactions between long-term ambient particle exposures and lifestyle on the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes: insight from a large community-based survey”	8
Stimulant treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and risk of first and repeat juvenile criminal offending: a population-based cohort study	8
Analysis of the potential association between physical activity and skin autofluorescence: a systematic review	7
Neighbourhood risk factors of recurrent tuberculosis in Cape Town: a cohort study using geocoded notification data	7
Causal inference and effect estimation using observational data	7
Income inequality and ‘hospitalisations of despair’ in Canada: a study on longitudinal, population-based data	7
Childhood adversity and COVID-19 outcomes in the UK Biobank	7
Social inequalities in child development: the role of differential exposure and susceptibility to stressful family conditions	7
Effect of Universal Credit on young children’s mental health: quasi-experimental evidence from Understanding Society	7
Characteristics of enrolment in an intensive home-visiting programme among eligible first-time adolescent mothers in England: a linked administrative data cohort study	7
Preterm birth in a conflict-affected setting: prevalence and determinants in the West Bank, Palestine	7
Flourishing and the scope of medicine and public health	7
Industrial legacies: a population survey study of mental health disparities across generations in post-coal Wales	7
Evaluating the impact on physical inactivity of Together an Active Future, a partnership approach to physical activity promotion. A difference-in-differences study	7
oriGen cohort: a Mexican population-based epidemiological and genomic research platform	7
What is the algorithm feeding us? A public health terminology guide to support action on digital food marketing	7
Immortal time bias in the association between retirement age and mortality	7
Impact of early childhood infection on child development and school performance: a population-based study	7
Perceived discrimination at work: examining social, health and work-related factors as determinants among breast cancer survivors – evidence from the prospective CANTO cohort	7
Inequalities in children’s mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study	7
Race disparities in dental care use from adolescence to middle adulthood in the USA	6
Gender-specific aspects of socialisation and risk of cardiovascular disease among community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study using machine learning algorithms and a conventional metho	6
‘Large-N’ Paradox: geographic bias in clinical evidence	6
Intergenerational relationship between parental famine exposure and offspring’s obesity risks	6
Loneliness and social isolation in transitions to adverse health conditions and mortality: an analysis of data from the UK Biobank study	6
Short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and readmissions for heart failure among 3660 post-discharge patients with hypertension in older Chinese adults	6
Global inequity of COVID-19 diagnostics: challenges and opportunities	6
Multimorbidity pattern and risk of dementia in later life: an 11-year follow-up study using a large community cohort and linked electronic health records	6
Studying adolescent social isolation in school-based social networks: implications for health research	6
Causal links between socioeconomic status, leisure sedentary behaviours and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a multivariable two-sample Mendelian randomisation study	6
Associations between adolescent psychiatric disorders and adulthood payment problems: a Norwegian register study of complete birth cohorts of 1995–1997	6
From market shocks to metabolic shocks: how acute workplace stress affects cardiometabolic biomarkers in employees	6
Response to: 'Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of children and young people: perspectives on evidence synthesis' by Hossain et al	6
Population frailty trends by education and income levels over a period of 30 years: findings from Swedish registry data	6
Maternal cigarette smoking before or during pregnancy increases the risk of severe neonatal morbidity after delivery: a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study	6
Welcome to this month’s issue	6
Injured worker outcomes after compensation system overhaul: an interrupted time series study	6
Risk of severe mood and anxiety disorders in the adult children of parents with alcohol use disorder: a nationwide cohort study	6
Does (re-)entering the labour market at advanced ages protect against cognitive decline? A matching difference-in-differences approach	6
Exploring the role of blood pressure in the black-white disparity in cardiovascular disease mortality: a causal mediation analysis	6
Syndemic processes between non-communicable diseases and HIV within the Kingdom of Eswatini	6
Educational inequalities in site-specific cancer mortality: a Japanese census-linked study	6
Exploring socioeconomic and demographic inequalities in adherence to government dietary guidance among adult National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) participants (2008–2018)	5
Examining the hospital costs of children born into relative deprivation in England	5
Physical illness and changes in spousal mental health: a register-based study on Finnish couples aged 30–70	5
Heterogeneity in associations between food insecurity and diabetes outcomes	5
Reflecting on the year passed and the year ahead	5
Maternal psychiatric and somatic illness, and the risk of unintentional injuries in children: variation by type of maternal illness, type of injury and child age	5
Associations of schooling type, qualification type and subsequent health in mid-adulthood: evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study	5

Trends in psychological distress in Great Britain, 1991–2019: evidence from three representative surveys	5
Evolving sex differences in suicide mortality by age in Spain, 2000–2023: a nationwide trend analysis	5
Cumulative poverty across early adulthood and midlife cognition: findings from the national longitudinal survey of youth	5
Incorporating an equity perspective in systematic reviews of interventions: potential methodological approaches	5
Correction: How to create healthier places: a multi-disciplinary qualitative study exploring the complex system of urban development decision-making	5
Prescribing by level of deprivation in Wales: an investigation of selected medicine groups	5
Modeling chronic disease risk across equity factors using a population-based prediction model: the Chronic Disease Population Risk Tool (CDPoRT)	5
Social security cuts and life expectancy: a longitudinal analysis of local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales	5
Long echo of sociopolitical upheaval: life events and health in East Germany	5
Maternal health-related quality of life at 1 year after a preterm birth: role of socioeconomic status at birth	5
Are housing circumstances associated with faster epigenetic ageing?	5
Universal Credit receipt among working-age patients who are accessing specialist mental health services: results from a novel data linkage study	5
Guide to recent advances in difference-in-differences methodology for population health studies	5
Contribution of causes of death to changing inequalities in life expectancy by income in Finland, 1997–2020	5
Marxism on Musk: reflections on Baum et al’s ‘Twenty-First Century Alienation and Health’	5
Determinants of depressive symptoms increase in older persons during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Czech cohort study using repeated assessments	5
Stair-related falls in the USA: traumatic brain injury and the role of alcohol intoxication	5
Association of national smoke-free policies with per-capita cigarette consumption and acute myocardial infarction mortality in Europe	5
Impact evaluation of the TAMANI project to improve maternal and child health in Tanzania	5
Interpreting educational inequalities in site-specific cancer mortality: statistical significance versus public health relevance	5
School performance and educational achievement in children exposed to maternal cancer in utero	5
Changing relationship between income inequality and mortality	4
Association between social activity frequency and overall survival in older people: results from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS)	4
Correction: Geographical variability in cancer incidence explained by the socioeconomic environment: an example of lung cancer in northwestern France	4
Workday-rescheduling effects on ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a registry study analysis	4
Socioeconomic gradients in 24-hour movement patterns across weekends and weekdays in a working-age sample: evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study	4
Would the now shelved congestion tax narrow or widen the health equity gap if brought back to NYC?	4
Two sides of housing affordability stress: objective and subjective burdens and depression and suicidal ideation among urban young adults	4
Higher pensions, better health? A longitudinal analysis of pension generosity and health in East and West Germany	4
Syndemic approach to chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and educational level: a longitudinal cohort study in northwest Italy	4
Inequalities in adolescent mental health and allocation of students to selective classes in comprehensive schools in Finland: a longitudinal study	4
Changing prevalence of psychosocial occupational stressors and their impact on employee mental health across birth cohorts	4
Investigating the association between income inequality in youth and deaths of despair in Canada: a population-based cohort study from 2006 to 2019	4
Association between socioeconomic disadvantage and severe maternal morbidity and mortality in high-income countries: a systematic review	4
Invited commentary on ‘Population health, health equity and health system impacts of light vehicle electrification: a modelling study in Aotearoa/New Zealand’	4
Association between a pro-inflammatory dietary pattern during pregnancy and type 1 diabetes risk in offspring: prospective cohort study	4
Health inequalities in post-COVID-19 outcomes among adults aged 50+ in Europe: has COVID-19 exposed divide between postcommunist countries and Western Europe?	4
Impact of built environment change on all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a novel longitudinal method and study	4
Protecting children’s health through universal and sustainable school meals: European and US urban policy experiences	4
Trajectories in physical functioning by occupational class among retiring women: the significance of type of retirement and social and health-related factors	4
Prior incarceration and food insecurity trajectories through older adulthood: findings from the Health and Retirement Study	4
Frailty index is an independent predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in Eastern Europe: a multicentre cohort study	4
Impact of the Finnish Maternity Grant on infant mortality rates in the 20th century: a natural experimental study	4
Socioeconomic position over the life course and impaired lung function of older adults in Central and Eastern Europe: the HAPIEE study	4
Association between sleep quality and seat belt use: a nationwide Korean study	4
Self-report of chronic diseases in old-aged individuals: extent of agreement with general practitioner medical records in the German AugUR study	4
Estimation of effects of extreme temperature on the risk of hospitalisation in Taiwan	4
Estimated changes in free sugar consumption one year after the UK soft drinks industry levy came into force: controlled interrupted time series analysis of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2011	4
Poor child oral health and school absences: a population-wide data linkage study	4
Accounting for missing data in public health research using a synthesis of statistical and mathematical models	4
Chronic disease prevalence and preventive care among Ontario social housing residents compared with the general population: a population-based cohort study	4
Income inequality and adherence to 24-hour movement guideline recommendations among adolescents: a multilevel growth curve analysis using longitudinal data from three waves of the Cannabis, Obesity, M	4
Parental education and occupation in relation to childhood type 1 diabetes: nationwide cohort study	3
Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies over 18 months following infection: UK Biobank COVID-19 Serology Study	3
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 UK Household Longitudinal Study	3
Exploring the associations of daily movement behaviours and mid-life cognition: a compositional analysis of the 1970 British Cohort Study	3
Cyber harassment of physicians as an emerging global health threat: embedding social work in routine care	3
Latent profiles of biological dysregulation and risk of mortality: time-to-event analysis using the Midlife in the US longitudinal study	3
Direct and indirect effects of socioeconomic status on sepsis risk and mortality: a mediation analysis of the HUNT Study	3
Long COVID and financial outcomes: evidence from four longitudinal population surveys	3
Māori work-related fatal injury in Aotearoa-New Zealand, 2005–2014: a decade of continued inequities for Indigenous Māori	3
Public health unit funding per capita and seasonal influenza vaccination among youth and adults in Ontario, Canada in 2013/2014 and 2018/2019	3
Differential use of antidiabetic medication related to income, cohabitation and area of residence: a Swedish nationwide cohort study	3
Height, social position and coronary heart disease incidence: the contribution of genetic and environmental factors	3
Regional inequalities in excess mortality and its community determinants during the early COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea	3
Impacts of a medical-legal partnership on clinical capacity to address social determinants of health	3
Coevolution of education and income inequalities in mortality: is the double burden of basic education and low income becoming more lethal in Finland and Sweden over time?	3
Effect of same-sex marriage legalisation on the health of ethnic minority lesbian, gay and bisexual people: a quasi-experimental study	3
Relative deprivation and human flourishing: how do upward income comparisons affect health, happiness and life satisfaction?	3
Global and regional prevalence, aetiology and socioeconomic distribution of onychomycosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2013–2023)	3
Early adulthood socioeconomic trajectories contribute to inequalities in adult diet quality, independent of childhood and adulthood socioeconomic position	3
Screen exposure, mental health and emotional well-being in the adolescent population: is it time for governments to take action?	3
Longitudinal bidirectional link between socioeconomic position and health: a national panel survey analysis	3
Overall and race-specific associations between state-level minimum wage policy and food insecurity in the United States	3
Intersectional inequalities in self-rated health in Germany across sex/gender, migration, education and income: a cross-sectional study	3
Why research on the social determinants of health matters now more than ever	3
Socioeconomic inequalities in the quality of care for long-term conditions in England: retrospective, observational study of electronic primary care records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalin	3
Body mass index trajectories and all-cause mortality in older Chinese adults: Hong Kong’s Elderly Health Service Cohort	3
Socioeconomic inequalities in C-section deliveries in low- and middle-income countries: measurement and determinants	3
SARS-CoV-2 vaccine uptake and risks of severe COVID-19 disease among people prescribed opioid agonist therapy in Scotland	3
Employment quality and mortality in Canada	3
Are there any sociodemographic factors associated with non-uptake of HPV vaccination of girls in high-income countries with school-based vaccination programmes? A systematic review	3
Association between matched chronotype and poor mental health among shift workers: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	3
Multistate survival modelling of multimorbidity and transitions across health needs states and death in an ageing population	3
Predictive value of metabolic profiling in cardiovascular risk scores: analysis of 75 000 adults in UK Biobank	3
Book Review: Social Murder? The Effects of Austerity on Population Health in the UK	3
Intersectional inequalities in paediatric infectious diseases: a national cohort study in Sweden	3
Intersectional inequalities in advanced stage diagnosis of colorectal cancer in England: a cross-sectional study of National Cancer Registry data from 2013 to 2019	3
Impact of mental disorders during education on work participation: a register-based longitudinal study on young adults with 10 years follow-up	3
Associations between type of childhood adversities and labour market participation and employment conditions in young adults	3
‘British children are not shrinking’, but child height is increasing for the wrong reasons: trends and inequalities in child measurement programme data for England, Scotland and Wales	3
Correction: Measuring older people’s socioeconomic position: a scoping review of studies of self-rated health, health service and social care use	3
Diverging mental health trends in the postpandemic era: results from the HUNT Study, Norway	3
Frailty or sarcopenia: which is a better indicator of mortality risk in older adults?	3
Does the ‘right to request’ flexible work policy influence men’s and women’s uptake of flexible working and well-being: findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study	3