Lancet Public Health

Article	Citations
Hearing health and dementia – Authors' reply	474
Accuracy for key parameters in modelling study	316
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications	298
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e585–99	286
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e326–38	260
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e684–99	254
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2025; 10: e189–202	243
The interaction between income and mental health conditions for subsequent physical health conditions: a nationwide Danish cohort study from 2000 to 2021	232
Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in China: a nationwide cohort study based on the ChinaHEART project	220
How lifestyle, social determinants of health, and sex shape life expectancy in China	219
The effect of healthy lifestyles and social determinants on independent life expectancy and sex differences in China: evidence from a 13-year cohort study	197
The arts in public health policy: progress and opportunities	183
Climate change and health: closing the gaps	180
Inequalities in cancer: a major public health concern	174
Demographic, socioeconomic, and social barriers to use of mobility assistive products: a multistate analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing	160
Synthesising evidence of the effects of COVID-19 regulatory changes on methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: implications for policy	160
Measles virus transmission patterns and public health responses during Operation Allies Welcome: a descriptive epidemiological study	155
Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption	154
Healthy lifestyles are key to improving life expectancy in China	150
Investigating associations between long-term poverty exposure and premature mortality: evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 prospective cohort	144
New insights on risks associated with early adulthood BMI call for more evidence and earlier action	132
Updating estimated trends in dementia incidence: evidence of increases in England	127
Non-communicable disease mortality in young people with a history of contact with the youth justice system in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective, population-based cohort study	127
Modelling the case for alcohol pricing policy in the USA	126
COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world	122

Educational and social inequalities and cause-specific mortality in Mexico City: a prospective study	117
Homeless shelter contacts and suicide risk: a critical window for intervention	114
Pregnancy, overweight, and obesity: time to invest in preventive strategies	110
The natural history of DSM-5 alcohol-use disorder from late adolescence to middle adulthood in Australia: a prospective cohort study	107
Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (the JACK trial): a cluster-randomised trial	105
Cannabis use and public health: time for a comprehensive harm-to-others framework	104
Beyond statistics: health inequities in rural and remote communities of Australia	104
Life expectancy and mortality among males and females with HIV in British Columbia in 1996–2020: a population-based cohort study	103
Life course epidemiology and public health	103
Disability inclusivity: time to step up	102
The path to Universal Health Coverage	100
Effects of workplace interventions on sedentary behaviour and physical activity: an umbrella review with meta-analyses and narrative synthesis	99
Adolescent substance use patterns and subsequent risk of mental and behavioural disorders, substance use, and suicidal behaviour: a cohort study	94
Cancer incidence and mortality in Australia from 2020 to 2044 and an exploratory analysis of the potential effect of treatment delays during the COVID-19 pandemic: a statistical modelling study	89
Effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on neonatal mortality and infant mortality across 106 middle-income countries: a synthetic control study	88
Healthy workplaces for a healthy living	87
Compounded inequality: racial disparity and Down syndrome	86
Premature mortality and socioeconomic inequalities in Mexico	86
Association between influenza vaccination and risk of stroke in Alberta, Canada: a population-based study	83
Is multimorbidity a useful concept for public health?	82
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2026; 11: e156–63	81
Social protection for tuberculosis—how can we make it universal?	80
A public health perspective on assisted dying and its different modalities	78
Outsourcing health-care services to the private sector and treatable mortality rates in England, 2013–20: an observational study of NHS privatisation	78
The 2022 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing	78
The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis	77
The connection between homelessness and dementia	74
A missed opportunity to tackle health inequity in the USA?	73
Incorporating social environment data in infectious disease research	72
Immunisation status of UK-bound refugees between January, 2018, and October, 2019: a retrospective, population-based cross-sectional study	71
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e718–20	70
A last taboo in public health	70
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e942–65	70
Do age-standardised dementia incidence rates really increase in England and Wales?	70
Social health—the neglected third pillar	69
Towards faster, better, and cheaper cervical cancer screening	68
Risk factors underlying racial and ethnic disparities in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes, 2011–19: a multiple mediation analysis of national surveillance data	68
Health care universalism in Italy: a debunked myth	67
The health impact of Scotland's Baby Box Scheme: a natural experiment evaluation using national linked health data	67
Cancer risk and legalisation of access to cannabis in the USA: overview of the evidence	66
Bacterial sexually transmitted infections in incarcerated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis	65
Paralysis in public health and policy: when evidence becomes an alibi	64
Implementation efforts to support transition to HPV-based cervical cancer screening	63
The SARS-CoV-2 test scale-up in the USA: an analysis of the number of tests produced and used over time and their modelled impact on the COVID-19 pandemic	62
Tackling health inequalities in Indigenous Peoples	61
Effect of the online Rethink My Drink alcohol intervention on alcohol use and cognition in older adults in Australia: a randomised controlled trial	60
The burden of cirrhosis mortality by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000–19: a systematic analysis of health disparities	59
Life-years lost in people experiencing homelessness and other high-risk groups in Denmark: a population-based, register-based, cohort study	58
Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions	57
Cash transfers: addressing barriers for people living with disabilities	54

One less dose of HPV vaccine to prevent cancer	53
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e492–93	53
Mandatory salt targets: a key policy tool for global salt reduction efforts	53
Integrating prevention and treatment: rethinking China's health financing	51
Health and inequity in Australia	50
Accelerated partner therapy should be part of the suite of contact tracing options	50
Linking police and health data for research	48
Association between childhood adversity and use of the health, social, and justice systems in Denmark (DANLIFE): a nationwide cohort study	48
An effective pandemic treaty requires accountability	48
Adverse childhood experiences among children of parents who are refugees affected by trauma in Denmark: a register-based cohort study	47
Quantifying the effect of delaying the second COVID-19 vaccine dose in England: a mathematical modelling study	46
Addressing equity gaps in fall-related injuries	46
Medical conditions and the risk of subsequent major depressive disorder: a nationwide, register-based, retrospective cohort study	46
Health benefits of leisure-time physical activity by socioeconomic status, lifestyle risk, and mental health: a multicohort study	45
Essential standards for perinatal care of women and children living in prison	45
Denormalising alcohol industry activities in schools	44
Mass incarceration as a driver of the tuberculosis epidemic in Latin America and projected effects of policy alternatives: a mathematical modelling study	44
Effects of added-sugar warning labels on restaurant menus in the USA: an online randomised controlled trial	44
Educational and income inequalities across diseases in Denmark: a register-based cohort study	44
Safer opioid supply and health outcomes	43
Tackling the crisis of the Italian National Health Fund	43
Anyone can drown. No one should.	43
The HPV self-collection paradox: boosting cervical cancer screening, struggling with follow-up care	42
Exposure to work-related sexual violence and health	42
Cervical cancer screening beyond traditional barriers	41
Reflections on daily steps and health outcomes	41
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes	41
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e432–42	41
Public health responses following identification of poliovirus in wastewater	40
Proactive surveillance for avian influenza H5N1 and other priority pathogens at mass gathering events	40
Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and overall morbidities: a Danish nationwide cohort study from 1996 to 2018	39
National roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system: a longitudinal observational study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink data	39
Investing in adolescent health and wellbeing	39
The association of a disability-targeted cash transfer programme with disability status and health-care access: a quasi-experimental study using a nationwide cohort of 4·3 million Chinese adults livin	39
Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis	39
Changes in incarceration and tuberculosis notifications from prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the Americas: a time-series analysis of national surveillance data	39
The association between unpaid labour and mental health in working-age adults in Australia from 2002 to 2020: a longitudinal population-based cohort study	37
Effect of extending PrEP initiation to primary care settings: a nationwide cohort study in France	36
The effects of the Rx Kids unconditional cash prescription programme during pregnancy and infancy on birth outcomes in the USA: a population-based, quasi-experimental study	36
The association of child removal by child protective services and mortality among First Nations and non-First Nations mothers in Canada: a retrospective cohort study	36
Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority	36
Unsecured debt in early adulthood and premature mortality in adults in the USA: a longitudinal analysis of prospective national cohort data	36
Cirrhosis incidence across socioeconomic and demographic groups in Sweden: a register-based cohort study	36
Hepatitis A targeted vaccination in England: a system challenge	35
Universal health coverage in China part 2: addressing challenges and recommendations	35
Addressing public health and health system challenges in Greece: reform priorities in a changing landscape	35
Linking police and health data for research – Authors' reply	34
Influenza vaccination and stroke risk: additional factors should be considered	34
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e329–38	33
Public health interventions against childhood obesity in China	33
Estimated health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of implementing WHO's sodium benchmarks for packaged foods in India: a modelling study	33
Digital mental health: a potential opportunity to improve health equity in China	33
The role of simulation modelling in public health policy evaluation	33
Cities at the heart of the climate action and public health agenda	32
Screen no matter the risk?	32
Associations of long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure with a wide spectrum of diseases: a prospective cohort study of 0·5 million Chinese adults	31
Thank you to The Lancet Public Health's reviewers in 2024	31
Cocaine use in Europe: the need for cross-sectoral collaboration between security, justice, health, and social systems	31
Mental health and lower adolescent HPV vaccine coverage	31
COVID-19 surveillance in England: lessons for the next pandemic	31
Family-wide effects of adverse childhood experiences	31
Economic costs of neurological and mental health care: implications for research and policy action	31
The potential of online alcohol interventions for older adults	31
Effect of alcohol health warning labels on knowledge related to the ill effects of alcohol on cancer risk and their public perceptions in 14 European countries: an online survey experiment	31
Comparing the effects of prescribed safer opioid supply and methadone in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study	31
Reflections on daily steps and health outcomes – Authors' reply	31
The adverse public health effects of non-medical cannabis legalisation in Canada and the USA	30
Estimating the effects of preventive and weight-management interventions on the prevalence of childhood obesity in England: a modelling study	30
Universal health coverage in the context of migration and displacement: a cosmopolitan perspective	30
Housing at the intersection of health and climate change	28
Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021	28
Public health approaches to gambling: a global review of legislative trends	28
Determinants of childhood obesity in China	28
Do we need a European Health Union?	27
The Sheffield model's influence in informing alcohol control policy	27
Effects of urban to regional emissions on the air pollution health burden in Europe	27
Australia's public health achievements and population health gains	26
Variation in reporting of heatstroke mortality: evidence from a multi-country study	26
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e598–607	26
Cancer screening in China: a steep road from evidence to implementation	25

Abortion care in Alberta, Canada, from 2012 to 2023: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis of use and geographical access	25
Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in migrants in Europe in the era of universal health coverage	25
Changes in life expectancy and disease burden in Norway, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	25
Promoting health beyond prison walls	25
Evaluating US county health-care system performance and key associated factors (2014–19): a Triple Aim framework analysis	25
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications – Authors’ reply	24
National, regional, and global statistics on alcohol consumption and associated burden of disease 2000–20: a modelling study and comparative risk assessment	24
Preventing suicide: a call to action	24
Accelerated partner therapy contact tracing for people with chlamydia (LUSTRUM): a crossover cluster-randomised controlled trial	24
Potential population-level effectiveness of one-dose HPV vaccination in low-income and middle-income countries: a mathematical modelling analysis	23
Public health interventions to address digital determinants of children's health and wellbeing	23
The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe	23
Community wealth building could address substance use disorders	22
Mortality risk from first shelter contact: rethinking exposure	22
For-profit health care might be damaging population health	22
Sex differences in the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based immunoreactivity surveys	22
Integrating health responses to family adversity and intimate partner violence is crucial	22
Estimated effects of opioid agonist treatment in prison on all-cause mortality and overdose mortality in people released from prison in Norway: a prospective analysis of data from the Norwegian Prison	22
Adverse childhood experiences in children and youth experiencing homelessness: a systematic review and meta-analysis	22
Men's mental health: we need systems, not symbols	22
Changes in use and utilisation patterns of drugs with reported shortages between 2010 and 2024 in Europe and North America: a network cohort study	21
Health outcomes and psychosocial determinants in young carers: a systematic review	21
Child poverty and children entering care in England, 2015–20: a longitudinal ecological study at the local area level	21
Three decades of population health changes in Japan, 1990–2021: a subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021	21
Health conditions among women in prisons: a systematic review	21
Climate disasters and mental health: directions for research, practice, and policy	20
Social determinants of health and premature death among adults in the USA from 1999 to 2018: a national cohort study	20
E-cigarettes in people with substance use disorder	20
Acceptability and perceptions of personalised risk-based cancer screening among health-care professionals and the general public: a systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e537–48	20
Alcohol intake and cause-specific mortality: conventional and genetic evidence in a prospective cohort study of 512 000 adults in China	20
Access to abortion in Canada	20
Health impact and economic evaluation of the Expanded Program on Immunization in China from 1974 to 2024: a modelling study	20
Leveraging health taxation for public health gains in China	19
Prevalence of dementia among people experiencing homelessness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based comparative analysis	19
Homelessness, psychiatric disorders, and risks of suicide and self-harm: a population-based cohort study	19
Alcohol's health burden: secondhand harms matter	19
Burden of hepatitis B and C in Europe calls for political impetus to accelerate elimination efforts	19
Clustering of adverse health and educational outcomes in adolescence following early childhood disadvantage: population-based retrospective UK cohort study	19
68th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Annual Scientific meeting	19
Targeting alcohol use in high-risk population groups: a US microsimulation study of beverage-specific pricing policies	19
New-generation pneumococcal vaccines for children	19
Policies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study	18
The effect of devolution on health: a generalised synthetic control analysis of Greater Manchester, England	18
Nolo drinks: a useful comparator for alcohol pricing policy	18
State of health and inequalities among Italian regions from 2000 to 2021: a systematic analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021	18
Baseline imbalance and convergent endpoints in the OurFutures Vaping trial – Authors' reply	18
Time trends in the epidemiology of food allergy in England: an observational analysis of Clinical Practice Research Datalink data	17
Early adulthood BMI and cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study from the China Kadoorie Biobank	17
Risks of using taxation as a public health measure to reduce gambling-related harms	17
Nowcasting and forecasting the care needs of the older population in China: analysis of data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)	17
Cancer screening participation and outcomes among people with an intellectual disability in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional population-based study	17
School meal programmes: improving health and equity in the European Union	17
Our environment, our health	17
Tackling the growing burden of nitrous oxide-induced public health harms	17
Socioeconomic inequalities in life expectancy in Australia, 2013–22: an ecological study of trends and contributions of causes of death	17
Thank you to The Lancet Public Health's reviewers in 2025	17
Innovative methods needed to understand links between gambling and self-harm	16
Hearing health and dementia	16
Dementia incidence trend in England and Wales, 2002–19, and projection for dementia burden to 2040: analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing	16
Obesity: on the edge of breakthrough?	16
Hearing health and dementia	16
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2026; published online Feb 6. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00324-X	16
Challenges in screening and general health checks in China	16
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2025; 10: e160–64	16
Addressing health inequalities in gender diverse people	16
Identification of factors associated with opioid-related and hepatitis C virus-related hospitalisations at the ZIP code area level in the USA: an ecological and modelling study	16
The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future	15
The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling	15
State care in childhood and adult mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies	15
The 2024 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: launching a new low-carbon, healthy journey	15
Alcohol rehabilitation and cancer risk: a nationwide hospital cohort study in France	15
Reviving action on child health—now!	14
Estimating antimicrobial resistance burden in Europe—what are the next steps?	14
Sex workers health: time to act	14
Reflections on daily steps and health outcomes	14
Closing the mortality gap for people with disabilities	14
Nitazenes represent a growing threat to public health in Europe	14
Incidence, process of care, and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in China: a prospective study of the BASIC-OHCA registry	14
Using administrative data to assess early-life policies	14
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2017; 2: e522–28	14
Behind elevated hospitalisation rates: addressing racism in the medical system	14
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e834–35	13
Contemporary heart failure and comorbidity risk management	13
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e859–67	13
Trends in alcohol-specific deaths in England, 2001–22: an observational study	13
The burden and trend of diseases and their risk factors in Australia, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	13
Social media ban: a band-aid on digital wounds?	12
Gender, education, and cohort differences in healthy working life expectancy at age 50 years in Australia: a longitudinal analysis	12
Diagnostic yield of a proactive strategy for early detection of cardiovascular disease versus usual care in adults with type 2 diabetes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care in the	12
The impact of income on mental health	12
Towards opioid access without excess	12
Risk factors for workplace sexual harassment and violence among a national cohort of women in Iceland: a cross-sectional study	12
Social prescribing in the USA: emerging learning and opportunities	12
Parenting programmes for family wellbeing: attention must turn to access	12