Public Health

Population health, policy and the data behind prevention.

QUALITY-EDI Tool Aims to Measure Inclusion in Healthcare Research

BMJ researchers developed QUALITY-EDI, an eight-domain tool to assess how equality, diversity and inclusion are built into healthcare research.

BMJ introduces REASSurE, a consensus framework to judge surrogate endpoints using mandatory and recommended statistical and non-statistical criteria.

Obagi Medical hand sanitizer label lists 66% ethanol, topical antiseptic use, flammability warnings, storage limits, and package sizes.

Chinese short-video users linked perceived AI content saturation to fatigue, lower satisfaction, and weaker continued viewing intention in…

A nationally representative Bangladesh survey found obesity affected women more than men, with socioeconomic factors shaping risk differently…

An audit of five major AI chatbots found nearly half of health answers problematic, with weak references, confident…

A scoping review examines electronic sitters as a lower-burden option for hospital fall prevention when traditional one-to-one sitters…

Brazilian aging data link primary care effectiveness, multimorbidity, and hospital use across public and private health systems in…

A 20-year analysis links mobility, mining, and Indigenous-area overlap to repeated malaria reintroduction across municipalities nearing elimination.

Medicare hospital cost reports from 2011 to 2022 show rising administrative costs, with rural hospitals devoting a larger…