There is abundant evidence that children in low income households do less well than their
peers on a range of developmental outcomes. However, there is continuing uncertainty …

During the past two decades, the public health community's attention has been drawn
increasingly to the social determinants of health (SDH)—the factors apart from medical care …

People exposed to more unfavourable social circumstances are more vulnerable to poor
mental health over their life course, in ways that are often determined by structural factors …

In 2005 a large earthquake struck northern Pakistan. Exposure to the earthquake was
plausibly exogenous to household and individual characteristics, and households received …

Medical devices and eHealth solutions have the potential to save lives. However, too many
worldwide suffer because they don't have access to appropriate health care technology. The …

Early research on the mental health of civilians displaced by armed conflict focused primarily
on the direct effects of exposure to war-related violence and loss. Largely overlooked in this …

Abstract Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs, started in the late 1990s in Latin
America, have become the antipoverty program of choice in many developing countries in …

Decades ago, discussion of an impending global pandemic of obesity was thought of as
heresy. But in the 1970s, diets began to shift towards increased reliance upon processed …

Summary Mental health problems affect 10–20% of children and adolescents worldwide.
Despite their relevance as a leading cause of health-related disability in this age group and …

The prevalence of overweight and obesity is rapidly increasing among Latin American
children, posing challenges for current healthcare systems and increasing the risk for a wide …