Objective This review assessed whether health literacy differences exist between rural and
urban populations and whether rurality is a determinant. Methods Eight online databases …

Massive slums have become major features of cities in many low-income and middle-
income countries. Here, in the first in a Series of two papers, we discuss why slums are …

Background Childhood malnutrition is a critical public health concern in Pakistan. We aimed
to explore factors associated with malnutrition in Pakistani children (< 5 years of age) using …

The health of adolescents is strongly affected by social factors at personal, family,
community, and national levels. Nations present young people with structures of opportunity …

One in seven of the world's population live in poverty in urban areas, and the vast majority of
these live in the Global South–mostly in overcrowded informal settlements with inadequate …

Much has been written about the measurement of socio-economic position (SEP) in high-
income countries (HIC). Less has been written for an epidemiology, health systems and …

Poverty and food insecurity continue to feature prominently in the global agenda, with
particularly close attention being paid to the determinants of food insecurity. However, the …

Background Many low-and middle-income countries are undergoing a nutrition transition
associated with rapid social and economic transitions. We explore the coexistence of over …

Background This empirical study investigated the extent of malnutrition and factors
associated with malnutrition amid children aged 0-59 months in Bangladesh using …

Background: Future population growth will take place predominantly in cities of the
develo** world. The impact of urbanization on health is discussed controversially. We …