The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH) is a peer-reviewed public health journal that covers all aspects of epidemiology and public health.

Background Depression and anxiety are prevalent among women with uterine fibroids (UF). The rate of mental health diagnoses in women with UF has not been studied. Methods Women aged 18–50 years with ...

Background People have come to rely on restaurants and takeaway foods, and less on cooking at home. We examined the association between home cooking and dementia incidence, ascertained through ...

Background Our aim was to analyse the prospective association between psychological distress during early adulthood and physical activity trajectories between early and middle adulthood. Methods We ...

3 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Correspondence to Jennie Connor, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913 ...

Background Older adults typically have higher sedentary behaviour (SB) and lower physical activity (PA) than younger adults.

Background Evidence regarding the effectiveness of 20 miles per hour (mph) speed limit interventions is limited, and rarely have long-term outcomes been assessed. We investigate the effect of a 20 mph ...

Background The UK Government’s ‘welfare reform’ programme included reductions to social security payments, phased in over the financial years 2011/2012–2015/2016. Previous studies of social security ...

Background Individual screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is typically performed through either direct clinical examination ...

1 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health ...

2 Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, USA 3 Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA 4 ...