Nature Aging - Caregiving for and by older adults remains a vital yet overlooked contributor to the wellbeing economy and healthy aging. In this Comment, we argue that valuing caregiving is an...

“Child maltreatment is a leading cause of health inequality” according to a leading WHO report. This statement is often assumed, yet, the size of the …

Most scholarship on the subject focuses on conditions during childhood. But government support during adulthood plays the biggest role.

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New data published today by the Office for National Statistics shows that there has been no change in health improvement since 2011, as the percentage of people who reported being in "very good" or "g...

This Viewpoint discusses the critical importance of prioritizing social determinants of health in reducing health disparities and advancing health equity.

Obtaining accurate estimates of the causal effects of socioeconomic position (SEP) on health is important for public health interventions. To do this, researchers must identify and adjust for all pote...

Building on the evidence from the first paper in this Series highlighting the fundamental importance of healthy and nurturing environments for children's growth and development in the next 1000 days (...

New legislation could see maximum fines of up to $1.5m and imprisonment for up to seven years applied to those caught illegally supplying vaping products.

The persistence of stark health inequalities in today’s world is painfully clear to see, not least in the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and falling life expectancy in many parts of the world....

The Public Understanding of Sociology Award is given annually to an ASA member or group of members who have made exemplary contributions to advance the public

In the early nineteenth century, the French alienist J.E.D. Esquirol argued that psychiatric institutions held transformative power. Those experiencing symptoms