Trajectories of childhood adversity and mortality in early adulthood: a population-based cohort study [thelancet.com] RAFAEL MARAVILLA (ACES CONNECTION STAFF) 8/21/206:00 AM https://www.acesconnection.com/blog/503334697768047289 Excerpt: Methods For this population-based cohort study, we used unselected annually updated data from Danish nationwide registers covering more than 1 million children born between 1980 and 1998. We distinguished between three different dimensions of childhood...

This correspondence appeared in THE LANCET on Sept 26th. The this is the concluding paragraph. " The Lancet deserves credit for drawing attention to the crucial need for the application of principles of the Black Lives Matter movement to the area of medical publications and for emphasising the need for representativeness of published research, commissioned authors, and profiled individuals to include minorities. Readers will be eager to see how The Lancet translates its anti-racism pledge...

The following quote appeared in an editorial in The Lancet on June 13, 2020: "What can medical journals do? Our task is to educate ourselves and others about racism. We must support Black and minority ethnic health workers. And we must use evidence and our values to speak out for Black and minority ethnic communities. The Lancet is a journal with a deep colonial history: the journal has published work that supported the health of settler colonialists and that prioritised their health over...

The Lancet EDITORIAL| VOLUME 396, ISSUE 10263 , P1607, NOVEMBER 21, 2020 Excerpts The prospect of preventing illness and death, and avoiding the harm and misery of extended restrictions, is a cause for optimism. But although it is right to be hopeful and encouraged, we are far from ending COVID-19 as a public health issue. Pfizer and Moderna together project that there will be enough vaccine for 35 million individuals in 2020, and perhaps up to 1 billion in 2021. As a result, many millions...

Immune evasion, a virological game changer is as important as the arrival of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Dealing with immune evasion will require a re-evaluation of public health strategies, and the creation of a new, evidence-based social contracts.

Much evidence has been published supporting Pender's call for social determinants to be considered as key in understanding and treating mental illness. The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development stated that research consistently shows a strong association between social disadvantage and poor mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic has further focused attention on the importance of social determinants in causing both mental and physical illness.

Exposure to childhood adversity is a global public health concern. Meta-analyses have shown that exposure to adverse childhood experiences are directly and intergenerationally associated with poor mental and physical health outcomes and result in considerable economic costs to society. However, the potential role of adverse childhood exposures in associations between social inequalities and poor long-term health outcomes is largely uncharted.