Lancet Public Health

Article	Citations
Hearing health and dementia – Authors' reply	496
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications	348
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e585–99	317
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e326–38	309
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e684–99	271
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2025; 10: e189–202	254
How lifestyle, social determinants of health, and sex shape life expectancy in China	251
Demographic, socioeconomic, and social barriers to use of mobility assistive products: a multistate analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing	248
Inequalities in cancer: a major public health concern	233
The interaction between income and mental health conditions for subsequent physical health conditions: a nationwide Danish cohort study from 2000 to 2021	231
Climate change and health: closing the gaps	224
The arts in public health policy: progress and opportunities	214
Global, regional, and national trends in the morbidity gap and contributing diseases, injuries, and risk factors, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023	188
Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in China: a nationwide cohort study based on the ChinaHEART project	183
Measles virus transmission patterns and public health responses during Operation Allies Welcome: a descriptive epidemiological study	183
Synthesising evidence of the effects of COVID-19 regulatory changes on methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: implications for policy	178
The effect of healthy lifestyles and social determinants on independent life expectancy and sex differences in China: evidence from a 13-year cohort study	175
Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption	172
Healthy lifestyles are key to improving life expectancy in China	162
Investigating associations between long-term poverty exposure and premature mortality: evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 prospective cohort	147
New insights on risks associated with early adulthood BMI call for more evidence and earlier action	144
Updating estimated trends in dementia incidence: evidence of increases in England	143
Modelling the case for alcohol pricing policy in the USA	140
COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world	139
Homeless shelter contacts and suicide risk: a critical window for intervention	138

Pregnancy, overweight, and obesity: time to invest in preventive strategies	133
The natural history of DSM-5 alcohol-use disorder from late adolescence to middle adulthood in Australia: a prospective cohort study	127
Cannabis use and public health: time for a comprehensive harm-to-others framework	126
Beyond statistics: health inequities in rural and remote communities of Australia	118
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	117
Educational and social inequalities and cause-specific mortality in Mexico City: a prospective study	113
Life expectancy and mortality among males and females with HIV in British Columbia in 1996–2020: a population-based cohort study	110
Life course epidemiology and public health	107
Disability inclusivity: time to step up	106
The 2022 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing	105
Is multimorbidity a useful concept for public health?	103
A public health perspective on assisted dying and its different modalities	100
Healthy workplaces for a healthy living	96
Social protection for tuberculosis—how can we make it universal?	94
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2026; 11: e156–63	94
Compounded inequality: racial disparity and Down syndrome	92
The path to Universal Health Coverage	91
Adolescent substance use patterns and subsequent risk of mental and behavioural disorders, substance use, and suicidal behaviour: a cohort study	90
Association between influenza vaccination and risk of stroke in Alberta, Canada: a population-based study	90
Effects of workplace interventions on sedentary behaviour and physical activity: an umbrella review with meta-analyses and narrative synthesis	88
The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis	85
Premature mortality and socioeconomic inequalities in Mexico	82
The connection between homelessness and dementia	81
A missed opportunity to tackle health inequity in the USA?	80
A last taboo in public health	79
Incorporating social environment data in infectious disease research	79
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e718–20	78
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e942–65	77
Life-years lost in people experiencing homelessness and other high-risk groups in Denmark: a population-based, register-based, cohort study	76
Towards faster, better, and cheaper cervical cancer screening	76
Effect of the online Rethink My Drink alcohol intervention on alcohol use and cognition in older adults in Australia: a randomised controlled trial	74
The burden of cirrhosis mortality by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000–19: a systematic analysis of health disparities	73
Tackling health inequalities in Indigenous Peoples	73
The health impact of Scotland's Baby Box Scheme: a natural experiment evaluation using national linked health data	72
Health care universalism in Italy: a debunked myth	71
Bacterial sexually transmitted infections in incarcerated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis	70
Cancer risk and legalisation of access to cannabis in the USA: overview of the evidence	70
Implementation efforts to support transition to HPV-based 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
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	67
Being AWaRe: benchmarking antibiotic use	66
Paralysis in public health and policy: when evidence becomes an alibi	65
Social health—the neglected third pillar	64
Do age-standardised dementia incidence rates really increase in England and Wales?	64
Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions	62
Association of long-term physical activity levels with dementia risk and cognitive function in US adults: a prospective cohort study	61
Cash transfers: addressing barriers for people living with disabilities	60
One less dose of HPV vaccine to prevent cancer	59
Essential standards for perinatal care of women and children living in prison	58
Denormalising alcohol industry activities in schools	57

Adverse childhood experiences among children of parents who are refugees affected by trauma in Denmark: a register-based cohort study	56
Integrating prevention and treatment: rethinking China's health financing	55
Accelerated partner therapy should be part of the suite of contact tracing options	53
Association between childhood adversity and use of the health, social, and justice systems in Denmark (DANLIFE): a nationwide cohort study	53
Health and inequity in Australia	53
Linking police and health data for research	53
Quantifying the effect of delaying the second COVID-19 vaccine dose in England: a mathematical modelling study	52
Addressing equity gaps in fall-related injuries	51
Mandatory salt targets: a key policy tool for global salt reduction efforts	50
Medical conditions and the risk of subsequent major depressive disorder: a nationwide, register-based, retrospective cohort study	49
Effects of added-sugar warning labels on restaurant menus in the USA: an online randomised controlled trial	49
An effective pandemic treaty requires accountability	49
Educational and income inequalities across diseases in Denmark: a register-based cohort study	49
Health benefits of leisure-time physical activity by socioeconomic status, lifestyle risk, and mental health: a multicohort study	48
Safer opioid supply and health outcomes	48
Tackling the crisis of the Italian National Health Fund	48
Mass incarceration as a driver of the tuberculosis epidemic in Latin America and projected effects of policy alternatives: a mathematical modelling study	48
Proactive surveillance for avian influenza H5N1 and other priority pathogens at mass gathering events	48
Anyone can drown. No one should.	47
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e432–42	46
Exposure to work-related sexual violence and health	46
Cervical cancer screening beyond traditional barriers	45
Reflections on daily steps and health outcomes	45
Investing in adolescent health and wellbeing	44
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes	44
Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and overall morbidities: a Danish nationwide cohort study from 1996 to 2018	43
The association between unpaid labour and mental health in working-age adults in Australia from 2002 to 2020: a longitudinal population-based cohort study	43
National roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system: a longitudinal observational study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink data	41
Cirrhosis incidence across socioeconomic and demographic groups in Sweden: a register-based cohort study	41
The HPV self-collection paradox: boosting cervical cancer screening, struggling with follow-up care	41
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	40
Public health responses following identification of poliovirus in wastewater	40
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	39
Mapping dementia risk factors and their interactions in Denmark: a nationwide cohort study	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
Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority	38
Hepatitis A targeted vaccination in England: a system challenge	38
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e329–38	38
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	38
Linking police and health data for research – Authors' reply	37
Influenza vaccination and stroke risk: additional factors should be considered	37
Economic costs of neurological and mental health care: implications for research and policy action	37
Screen no matter the risk?	36
Associations of long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure with a wide spectrum of diseases: a prospective cohort study of 0·5 million Chinese adults	36
The potential of online alcohol interventions for older adults	36
Estimated health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of implementing WHO's sodium benchmarks for packaged foods in India: a modelling study	36
Unsecured debt in early adulthood and premature mortality in adults in the USA: a longitudinal analysis of prospective national cohort data	36
Effect of extending PrEP initiation to primary care settings: a nationwide cohort study in France	36
The role of simulation modelling in public health policy evaluation	35
Digital mental health: a potential opportunity to improve health equity in China	35
Addressing public health and health system challenges in Greece: reform priorities in a changing landscape	35
Cities at the heart of the climate action and public health agenda	35
Universal health coverage in China part 2: addressing challenges and recommendations	35
Public health interventions against childhood obesity in China	35
COVID-19 surveillance in England: lessons for the next pandemic	34
Mental health and lower adolescent HPV vaccine coverage	33
Thank you to The Lancet Public Health's reviewers in 2024	33
Reflections on daily steps and health outcomes – Authors' reply	32
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	32
Family-wide effects of adverse childhood experiences	32
Comparing the effects of prescribed safer opioid supply and methadone in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study	31
Cocaine use in Europe: the need for cross-sectoral collaboration between security, justice, health, and social systems	31
The adverse public health effects of non-medical cannabis legalisation in Canada and the USA	31
Estimating the effects of preventive and weight-management interventions on the prevalence of childhood obesity in England: a modelling study	31
Determinants of childhood obesity in China	31
Universal health coverage in the context of migration and displacement: a cosmopolitan perspective	30
Estimating optimal levels of WHO Access, Watch, Reserve (AWaRe) antibiotic use in 186 countries, territories, and areas on the basis of clinical infection and resistance burden	30
Public health approaches to gambling: a global review of legislative trends	30
Housing at the intersection of health and climate change	29
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	29
Australia's public health achievements and population health gains	28
The Sheffield model's influence in informing alcohol control policy	28
Do we need a European Health Union?	28
Effects of urban to regional emissions on the air pollution health burden in Europe	28
Accelerated partner therapy contact tracing for people with chlamydia (LUSTRUM): a crossover cluster-randomised controlled trial	27
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications – Authors’ reply	27
Evaluating US county health-care system performance and key associated factors (2014–19): a Triple Aim framework analysis	27
Adverse childhood experiences in children and youth experiencing homelessness: a systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Abortion care in Alberta, Canada, from 2012 to 2023: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis of use and geographical access	26

Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in migrants in Europe in the era of universal health coverage	25
Cancer screening in China: a steep road from evidence to implementation	25
Potential population-level effectiveness of one-dose HPV vaccination in low-income and middle-income countries: a mathematical modelling analysis	25
Public health interventions to address digital determinants of children's health and wellbeing	25
Community wealth building could address substance use disorders	24
Sex differences in the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based immunoreactivity surveys	24
Health outcomes and psychosocial determinants in young carers: a systematic review	24
The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe	24
Preventing suicide: a call to action	24
Mortality risk from first shelter contact: rethinking exposure	24
National, regional, and global statistics on alcohol consumption and associated burden of disease 2000–20: a modelling study and comparative risk assessment	24
Variation in reporting of heatstroke mortality: evidence from a multi-country study	24
Men's mental health: we need systems, not symbols	24
Alcohol intake and cause-specific mortality: conventional and genetic evidence in a prospective cohort study of 512 000 adults in China	23
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	23
Social determinants of health and premature death among adults in the USA from 1999 to 2018: a national cohort study	23
Integrating health responses to family adversity and intimate partner violence is crucial	23
Health conditions among women in prisons: a systematic review	23
Three decades of population health changes in Japan, 1990–2021: a subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021	23