Lancet Public Health

Papers
(The median citation count of Lancet Public Health is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health2694
Accuracy for key parameters in modelling study574
Reducing COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons through public health-centred policies392
Hearing health and dementia – Authors' reply336
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e326–38281
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e408–15219
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e585–99218
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e684–99197
Life expectancy and risk of death in 6791 communities in England from 2002 to 2019: high-resolution spatiotemporal analysis of civil registration data195
Helicobacter pylori infection and risk of gastric cancer – Authors' reply190
Placing a housing lens on neighbourhood disadvantage, socioeconomic position and mortality186
Evaluation of a national smoke-free prisons policy using medication dispensing: an interrupted time-series analysis183
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications183
Demographic, socioeconomic, and social barriers to use of mobility assistive products: a multistate analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing178
Measles virus transmission patterns and public health responses during Operation Allies Welcome: a descriptive epidemiological study176
Impact of the “when the fun stops, stop” gambling message on online gambling behaviour: a randomised, online experimental study168
Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in China: a nationwide cohort study based on the ChinaHEART project150
Disparities in stage at diagnosis for five common cancers in China: a multicentre, hospital-based, observational study148
Effect of a physical activity and behaviour maintenance programme on functional mobility decline in older adults: the REACT (Retirement in Action) randomised controlled trial144
The arts in public health policy: progress and opportunities139
Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption134
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2025; 10: e189–202132
Inequalities in cancer: a major public health concern131
Synthesising evidence of the effects of COVID-19 regulatory changes on methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: implications for policy126
Healthy lifestyles are key to improving life expectancy in China115
Non-communicable disease mortality in young people with a history of contact with the youth justice system in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective, population-based cohort study113
Educational and social inequalities and cause-specific mortality in Mexico City: a prospective study110
Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (the JACK trial): a cluster-randomised trial107
Pregnancy, overweight, and obesity: time to invest in preventive strategies107
Improving access to sexual and reproductive health care106
100–100–100: a new, ambitious treatment target to end the HIV and hepatitis C epidemics105
Updating estimated trends in dementia incidence: evidence of increases in England102
New insights on risks associated with early adulthood BMI call for more evidence and earlier action101
Considerations for maintaining functional mobility in older populations97
Cannabis use and public health: time for a comprehensive harm-to-others framework94
COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world93
Beyond statistics: health inequities in rural and remote communities of Australia90
Life expectancy and mortality among males and females with HIV in British Columbia in 1996–2020: a population-based cohort study89
Homeless shelter contacts and suicide risk: a critical window for intervention86
Housing interventions for women experiencing intimate partner violence: a systematic review84
Life course epidemiology and public health83
Managing COVID-19 importation risks in a heterogeneous world82
Disability inclusivity: time to step up82
Is multimorbidity a useful concept for public health?82
Compounded inequality: racial disparity and Down syndrome81
The path to Universal Health Coverage81
Premature mortality and socioeconomic inequalities in Mexico80
Effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on neonatal mortality and infant mortality across 106 middle-income countries: a synthetic control study76
Healthy workplaces for a healthy living74
Outsourcing health-care services to the private sector and treatable mortality rates in England, 2013–20: an observational study of NHS privatisation72
Cancer incidence and mortality in Australia from 2020 to 2044 and an exploratory analysis of the potential effect of treatment delays during the COVID-19 pandemic: a statistical modelling study72
Adolescent substance use patterns and subsequent risk of mental and behavioural disorders, substance use, and suicidal behaviour: a cohort study72
The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis72
The 2022 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing70
Association between influenza vaccination and risk of stroke in Alberta, Canada: a population-based study68
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e718–2067
Effects of workplace interventions on sedentary behaviour and physical activity: an umbrella review with meta-analyses and narrative synthesis67
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e942–6567
A last taboo in public health67
A missed opportunity to tackle health inequity in the USA?66
The health impact of Scotland's Baby Box Scheme: a natural experiment evaluation using national linked health data64
The connection between homelessness and dementia64
Prevalence of stroke in China: overestimated?63
Do age-standardised dementia incidence rates really increase in England and Wales?63
Health care universalism in Italy: a debunked myth62
Cancer risk and legalisation of access to cannabis in the USA: overview of the evidence62
Incorporating social environment data in infectious disease research62
Risk factors underlying racial and ethnic disparities in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes, 2011–19: a multiple mediation analysis of national surveillance data62
Immunisation status of UK-bound refugees between January, 2018, and October, 2019: a retrospective, population-based cross-sectional study61
The SARS-CoV-2 test scale-up in the USA: an analysis of the number of tests produced and used over time and their modelled impact on the COVID-19 pandemic61
Implementation efforts to support transition to HPV-based cervical cancer screening59
The burden of cirrhosis mortality by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000–19: a systematic analysis of health disparities58
Local government funding and life expectancy in England: a longitudinal ecological study57
Social health—the neglected third pillar55
Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions55
Carceral epidemiology: mass incarceration and structural racism during the COVID-19 pandemic54
Can slogans prevent gambling harm?54
Cash transfers: addressing barriers for people living with disabilities53
Quantifying the effect of delaying the second COVID-19 vaccine dose in England: a mathematical modelling study53
Accelerated partner therapy should be part of the suite of contact tracing options52
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e492–9352
One less dose of HPV vaccine to prevent cancer51
Health benefits of leisure-time physical activity by socioeconomic status, lifestyle risk, and mental health: a multicohort study50
Addressing equity gaps in fall-related injuries50
Health and inequity in Australia50
Linking police and health data for research50
Tracking progress on health and climate change in Europe49
Educational and income inequalities across diseases in Denmark: a register-based cohort study49
Extending a lifeline to people with HIV and opioid use disorder during the war in Ukraine49
Adverse childhood experiences among children of parents who are refugees affected by trauma in Denmark: a register-based cohort study49
Mandatory salt targets: a key policy tool for global salt reduction efforts49
An effective pandemic treaty requires accountability49
Tackling the crisis of the Italian National Health Fund48
Association between childhood adversity and use of the health, social, and justice systems in Denmark (DANLIFE): a nationwide cohort study48
Achieving malaria elimination in China48
Cost-effectiveness of a physical activity and behaviour maintenance programme on functional mobility decline in older adults: an economic evaluation of the REACT (Retirement in Action) trial48
Medical conditions and the risk of subsequent major depressive disorder: a nationwide, register-based, retrospective cohort study46
Integrating prevention and treatment: rethinking China's health financing45
Effectiveness of nationwide programmatic testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in migrants in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study45
Denormalising alcohol industry activities in schools45
COVID-19 vaccine coverage and factors associated with vaccine uptake among 23 247 adults with a recent history of homelessness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study45
Mass incarceration as a driver of the tuberculosis epidemic in Latin America and projected effects of policy alternatives: a mathematical modelling study44
Projecting prevalence of frailty and dementia and the economic cost of care in Japan from 2016 to 2043: a microsimulation modelling study44
The HPV self-collection paradox: boosting cervical cancer screening, struggling with follow-up care43
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e432–4243
Exposure to work-related sexual violence and health43
The association between unpaid labour and mental health in working-age adults in Australia from 2002 to 2020: a longitudinal population-based cohort study42
Anyone can drown. No one should.42
Safer opioid supply and health outcomes41
Proactive surveillance for avian influenza H5N1 and other priority pathogens at mass gathering events41
Changes in incarceration and tuberculosis notifications from prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the Americas: a time-series analysis of national surveillance data41
China's public health system: time for improvement40
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes40
Investing in adolescent health and wellbeing39
Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and overall morbidities: a Danish nationwide cohort study from 1996 to 201838
The association of a disability-targeted cash transfer programme with disability status and health-care access: a quasi-experimental study using a nationwide cohort of 4·3 million Chinese adults livin38
The effect of social deprivation on the dynamic of SARS-CoV-2 infection in France: a population-based analysis38
Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority38
Linking police and health data for research – Authors' reply37
Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis37
The role of simulation modelling in public health policy evaluation37
Effect of extending PrEP initiation to primary care settings: a nationwide cohort study in France36
Economic costs of neurological and mental health care: implications for research and policy action36
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e329–3836
Influenza vaccination and stroke risk: additional factors should be considered35
Screen no matter the risk?35
Public health interventions against childhood obesity in China35
Associations of long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure with a wide spectrum of diseases: a prospective cohort study of 0·5 million Chinese adults34
Estimated health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of implementing WHO's sodium benchmarks for packaged foods in India: a modelling study34
Digital mental health: a potential opportunity to improve health equity in China34
Hepatitis A targeted vaccination in England: a system challenge34
Cities at the heart of the climate action and public health agenda34
Universal health coverage in China part 2: addressing challenges and recommendations33
Harnessing the opportunity to achieve health equity in China33
The ecosystem of health decision making: from fragmentation to synergy33
Thank you to The Lancet Public Health's reviewers in 202432
COVID-19 surveillance in England: lessons for the next pandemic32
Family-wide effects of adverse childhood experiences32
Determinants of childhood obesity in China31
Estimating the effects of preventive and weight-management interventions on the prevalence of childhood obesity in England: a modelling study31
The adverse public health effects of non-medical cannabis legalisation in Canada and the USA31
Public health approaches to gambling: a global review of legislative trends31
Effect of alcohol health warning labels on knowledge related to the ill effects of alcohol on cancer risk and their public perceptions in 14 European countries: an online survey experiment30
Universal health coverage in the context of migration and displacement: a cosmopolitan perspective30
Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 202130
Outbreaks of COVID-19 variants in US prisons: a mathematical modelling analysis of vaccination and reopening policies30
Emotional demands at work and risk of long-term sickness absence in 1·5 million employees in Denmark: a prospective cohort study on effect modifiers29
Mental health and lower adolescent HPV vaccine coverage29
The Sheffield model's influence in informing alcohol control policy28
Comparing the effects of prescribed safer opioid supply and methadone in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study28
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e598–60728
Effects of urban to regional emissions on the air pollution health burden in Europe28
Australia's public health achievements and population health gains28
Do we need a European Health Union?28
Preventing suicide: a call to action27
Public health interventions to address digital determinants of children's health and wellbeing27
Strengthening public health for a Healthy China27
Accelerated partner therapy contact tracing for people with chlamydia (LUSTRUM): a crossover cluster-randomised controlled trial27
Promoting health beyond prison walls27
Adverse childhood experiences and homelessness: advances and aspirations26
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications – Authors’ reply26
Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in migrants in Europe in the era of universal health coverage26
Abortion care in Alberta, Canada, from 2012 to 2023: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis of use and geographical access25
Sex differences in the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based immunoreactivity surveys25
Changes in life expectancy and disease burden in Norway, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 201925
Potential population-level effectiveness of one-dose HPV vaccination in low-income and middle-income countries: a mathematical modelling analysis25
The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe25
Forecasting the prevalence of dementia24
Living a long life is a multi-step process24
Clinical impact, costs, and cost-effectiveness of hospital-based strategies for addressing the US opioid epidemic: a modelling study24
Cancer screening in China: a steep road from evidence to implementation24
Community wealth building could address substance use disorders24
The mental health needs of displaced people exposed to armed conflict23
For-profit health care might be damaging population health23
Estimated effects of opioid agonist treatment in prison on all-cause mortality and overdose mortality in people released from prison in Norway: a prospective analysis of data from the Norwegian Prison22
Integrating health responses to family adversity and intimate partner violence is crucial22
Deaths involving COVID-19 by self-reported disability status during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study22
Three decades of population health changes in Japan, 1990–2021: a subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 202122
Child poverty and children entering care in England, 2015–20: a longitudinal ecological study at the local area level22
Health conditions among women in prisons: a systematic review22
Health outcomes and psychosocial determinants in young carers: a systematic review22
Socioeconomic position and the COVID-19 care cascade from testing to mortality in Switzerland: a population-based analysis21
Burden of hepatitis B and C in Europe calls for political impetus to accelerate elimination efforts21
Social determinants of health and premature death among adults in the USA from 1999 to 2018: a national cohort study21
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e537–4821
Prevalence of dementia among people experiencing homelessness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based comparative analysis21
Alcohol intake and cause-specific mortality: conventional and genetic evidence in a prospective cohort study of 512 000 adults in China21
Reducing the incidence and mortality from myocardial infarction21
Access to abortion in Canada21
68th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Annual Scientific meeting20
Climate disasters and mental health: directions for research, practice, and policy20
Tackling the growing burden of nitrous oxide-induced public health harms19
Health impact and economic evaluation of the Expanded Program on Immunization in China from 1974 to 2024: a modelling study19
New-generation pneumococcal vaccines for children19
The effect of devolution on health: a generalised synthetic control analysis of Greater Manchester, England19
Clustering of adverse health and educational outcomes in adolescence following early childhood disadvantage: population-based retrospective UK cohort study19
Acceptability and perceptions of personalised risk-based cancer screening among health-care professionals and the general public: a systematic review and meta-analysis19
Socioeconomic inequalities in life expectancy in Australia, 2013–22: an ecological study of trends and contributions of causes of death18
E-cigarettes in people with substance use disorder18
Early adulthood BMI and cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study from the China Kadoorie Biobank18
Cancer screening participation and outcomes among people with an intellectual disability in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional population-based study18
Cost-effectiveness of population-based screening for diabetes and hypertension in India: an economic modelling study18
Policies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study18
COVID-19 and social inequalities: a complex and dynamic interaction18
Homelessness, psychiatric disorders, and risks of suicide and self-harm: a population-based cohort study18
Time trends in the epidemiology of food allergy in England: an observational analysis of Clinical Practice Research Datalink data17
Hearing health and dementia17
Medicaid expansion and variability in mortality in the USA: a national, observational cohort study17
Innovative methods needed to understand links between gambling and self-harm17
State of health and inequalities among Italian regions from 2000 to 2021: a systematic analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 202117
Nowcasting and forecasting the care needs of the older population in China: analysis of data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)17
Ending tuberculosis in China: health system challenges17
Addressing health inequalities in gender diverse people16
Hearing health and dementia16
Our environment, our health16
Alcohol rehabilitation and cancer risk: a nationwide hospital cohort study in France16
Acute COVID-19 severity and mental health morbidity trajectories in patient populations of six nations: an observational study16
Forthcoming challenges for COVID-19 data collection16
Initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health service use and unmet need in Britain: findings from a quasi-representative survey (Natsal-COVID)15
State care in childhood and adult mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies15
COVID-19 pandemic: what's next for public health?15
Will dementia hamper healthy ageing?15
Risks of using taxation as a public health measure to reduce gambling-related harms15
Identification of factors associated with opioid-related and hepatitis C virus-related hospitalisations at the ZIP code area level in the USA: an ecological and modelling study15
The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling14
The 2024 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: launching a new low-carbon, healthy journey14
The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future14
Behind elevated hospitalisation rates: addressing racism in the medical system14
Reviving action on child health—now!14
The role of occupational physical activity on longevity14
Dementia incidence trend in England and Wales, 2002–19, and projection for dementia burden to 2040: analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing14
Incidence, process of care, and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in China: a prospective study of the BASIC-OHCA registry14
Using administrative data to assess early-life policies14
Estimating antimicrobial resistance burden in Europe—what are the next steps?14
Trends in alcohol-specific deaths in England, 2001–22: an observational study14
Challenges in screening and general health checks in China14
COVID-19 pandemic and worldwide organ transplantation: a population-based study14
Closing the mortality gap for people with disabilities14
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e834–3514
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e859–6714
Gender, education, and cohort differences in healthy working life expectancy at age 50 years in Australia: a longitudinal analysis13
Nitazenes represent a growing threat to public health in Europe13
The burden and trend of diseases and their risk factors in Australia, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 201913
Hepatitis C elimination: why prisoners' health must be revalued13
Effectiveness of contact tracing in the control of infectious diseases: a systematic review13
Contemporary heart failure and comorbidity risk management13
Impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol purchases in Scotland and Wales: controlled interrupted time series analyses13
Sex workers health: time to act13
Work and worker health in the post-pandemic world: a public health perspective13
The global burden of perinatal common mental health disorders and substance use among migrant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis12
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