As an epidemiologist and physician, I’ve long been concerned about how health interventions for marginalized communities are evaluated. A new study explores that concern and offers some solutions for ...

Introduction Many neonatal deaths are avoidable using existing low-cost evidence-based interventions. This study evaluated ...

Correspondence to Dr. Zeljko Pedisic, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University, Melbourne 3001, Australia; Zeljko.Pedisic{at}vu.edu.au Background No systematic reviews of ...

Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterised by impairments in social ...

Background Foodborne diseases are an important cause of global morbidity and mortality, particularly among children who often ...

When evaluating the cost-effectiveness of 4 different interventions to prevent or reduce childhood obesity, researchers found that the benefit of these interventions surpassed the current clinical ...

Researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 116 studies to evaluate the effectiveness of physical activity promotion interventions for healthy adults and the components of effective ...

2 Drug Policy Research Group, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA 3 Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford ...

Researchers at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health, in collaboration with the WHO, UNICEF, and others, have estimated the effectiveness of various water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related ...

Governments, nonprofits, and companies all try to influence people’s behavior. They do that in lots of ways. There are many education programs that aim to affect behavior. For example, the US ...

Background: Several World Health Organisation reports over recent years have highlighted the high incidence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, coronary heart disease and cancer. Contributory ...