Background Many studies have demonstrated that pregnant women living in rural areas are more likely to experience domestic violence (DV). Systematic reviews on the prevalence and risk factors of DV ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES There are few data describing disability and health status for ethnic groups. The disablement process involves social influences, which may include minority status. Cross sectional ...

Background Evidence of a link between sexual violence and HIV is growing; however, studies among children are scarce. The authors sought to characterise child sexual abuse in Harare, Zimbabwe, and ...

1 Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA 2 Departments of Design and Environmental Analysis and of Human Development, Bronfenbrenner Center for ...

2 Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada 3 Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Correspondence to ...

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1 Institute of Sport Science and Innovations, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania 2 Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania Correspondence to Dr Tomas Venckunas, Institute of Sport ...

2 Department of Epidemiology, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA 3 Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, ...

Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Correspondence to Dr Penny Gordon-Larsen, University of ...

Dr C Borrell, Municipal Institute of Public Health, Pl Lesseps 1, 08023 Barcelona, Spain OBJECTIVE This study describes social class inequalities in health related behaviours (tobacco and alcohol ...