Objectives High levels of excess mortality (ie that not explained by deprivation) have been
observed for Scotland compared with England & Wales, and especially for Glasgow in …

Welcome to Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice (Seventh Edition). This
textbook provides an in-depth introduction to the growing field of health psychology. It is …

This article explores the potential of complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory to inform
behaviour change research. A CAS describes a collection of heterogeneous agents …

Background Adverse health impacts have been found under extreme temperatures in many
parts of the world. The majority of such research to date for the UK has been conducted on …

In this article we attempt to make sense of recent policy directions and controversies relating
to the 'social enterprise'and 'health'interface. In doing so, we outline the unrecognised …

Background Increasing mortality among men from drugs, alcohol and suicides is a growing
public health concern in many countries. Collectively known as “deaths of despair”, they are …

This paper focuses on the role of actors that operate outside formal health systems, but
nevertheless have a vital, if often under-recognised, role in supporting public health. The …

Material deprivation contributes to inequalities in health; areas of high deprivation have
higher rates of ill-health. How deprivation is measured has a great impact on its explanatory …

Background Migrant and ethnic minority groups are often assumed to have poor health
relative to the majority population. Few countries have the capacity to study a key indicator …

Over the past two centuries human life expectancy has increased by nearly 50 years.
Genetic factors account for about one-third of the variation in life expectancy so that most of …