More than 30 years ago, the older of us published a paper with the proposal that all scientific papers should start with a statement along the lines of: “These are the opinions on which I base my ...

Objective: To provide the first valid and reliable estimate of the health status of Gypsies and Travellers in England by using standardised instruments to compare their health with that of a UK ...

Background Statistical models (known as epigenetic clocks) that use an individual’s DNA methylation to predict their age have recently been developed, with 96% correlation found between predicted and ...

Background Policy initiatives such as WHO Age Friendly Cities recognise the importance of the urban environment for improving health of older people, who have both low physical activity (PA) levels ...

Background There is an urgent need for mental health promotion strategies in non-clinical contexts. Mindfulness-based programmes (MBPs) are being widely implemented, but evidence is weak with ...

Background The detrimental impact of social isolation has been reported for several individual outcomes, but less evidence has explored the association between isolation and multi-dimensional measures ...

Background There are concerns that social mitigation measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to declines in child mental health and widened mental health inequalities, because affluent ...

1 Population Health Research Institute and MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, St George's, University of London, London, UK 4 National Institute for Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical ...

Background Investment in schools is a potentially important determinant of both educational attainment and health. However, little is known about the consequences of the significant changes to school ...

Correspondence to: Ann Bowling Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK; a.bowlingucl.ac.uk Their ...

6 Kuopio Welfare Research Centre (KWRC), The University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland 7 Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland 8 University of Eastern ...