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Issue 1/2020

Content (135 Articles)

Open Access Research

How do world and European standard populations impact burden of disease studies? A case study of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Scotland

Grant M. A. Wyper, Ian Grant, Eilidh Fletcher, Gerry McCartney, Colin Fischbacher, Diane L. Stockton

Open Access Commentary

Prioritising the development of severity distributions in burden of disease studies for countries in the European region

Grant M. A. Wyper, Ian Grant, Eilidh Fletcher, Neil Chalmers, Gerry McCartney, Diane L. Stockton

Open Access Research

Educational needs assessment among 10–14-year-old girls about puberty adolescent health of Ardebil

Arash Ziapour, Manoj Sharma, Nazila NeJhaddadgar, Afrouz Mardi, Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian

Research

Health-risk behavior differences between boarding and non-resident students: Brazilian adolescent National School Health Survey

Matias Noll, Priscilla Rayanne e Silva Noll, Carlos Leandro Tiggemann, Daniela Costa Custodio, Erika Aparecida Silveira

Research

The health-related determinants of eating pattern of high school athletes in Goiás, Brazil

Matias Noll, Ana Paula Santos Rodrigues, Erika Aparecida Silveira

Open Access Research

Mental wellbeing among Hispanic female domestic cleaners

Jennifer Ish, David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras, Kristina W. Whitworth

Obesity Methodology

Evaluating sustainability in the Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration project: the model and process

Rebecca E. Lee, Dennis Kao, Nathan H. Parker, Allen M. Hallett, Camila Y. Kochi, Maria J. Modelska, Hanadi S. Rifai, Daniel P. O’Connor

Open Access Care Research

Self-care behaviors related to air pollution protection questionnaire: a psychometric analysis

Mehdi Mirzaei-Alavijeh, Farzad Jalilian, Elena-Niculina Dragoi, Razieh Pirouzeh, Laleh Solaimanizadeh, Shima Khashij

Field-testing of a rapid survey method to assess the prevalence and causes of hearing loss in Gao’an, Jiangxi province, China

Tess Bright, Xin Shan, Jinling Xu, Jianguo Liang, Baixiang Xiao, Robbert Ensink, Islay Mactaggart, Sarah Polack, Jennifer L. Y. Yip

Open Access Malnutrition Correction

Correction to: Mothers screening for malnutrition by mid-upper arm circumference is non-inferior to community health workers: results from a large-scale pragmatic trial in rural Niger

Franck G. B. Alé, Kevin P. Q. Phelan, Hassan Issa, Isabelle Defourny, Guillaume Le Duc, Geza Harczi, Kader Issaley, Sani Sayadi, Nassirou Ousmane, Issoufou Yahaya, Mark Myatt, André Briend, Thierry Allafort-Duverger, Susan Shepherd, Nikki Blackwell

Open Access Research

Impact of a multidisciplinary intervention on physical fitness, physical activity habits and the association between aerobic fitness and components of metabolic syndrome in adults diagnosed with metabolic syndrome

Angelo Tremblay, Marie-Pier Bélanger, Rupinder Dhaliwal, Paula Brauer, Dawna Royall, David M. Mutch, Caroline Rhéaume

Open Access Systematic review

Prevalence of adolescent deliveries and its complications in Cameroon: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tsi Njim, Bayee Swiri Tanyitiku, Carlson Sama Babila

Open Access Research

Spatial distribution and associated factors of health insurance coverage in Ethiopia: further analysis of Ethiopia demographic and health survey, 2016

Sewnet Adem Kebede, Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew, Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Chilot Desta Agegnehu, Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale, Adugnaw Zeleke Alem, Yigizie Yeshaw

Open Access Artificial Intelligence Study protocol

The CARESSES study protocol: testing and evaluating culturally competent socially assistive robots among older adults residing in long term care homes through a controlled experimental trial

Chris Papadopoulos, Tetiana Hill, Linda Battistuzzi, Nina Castro, Abiha Nigath, Gurch Randhawa, Len Merton, Sanjeev Kanoria, Hiroko Kamide, Nak-Young Chong, David Hewson, Rosemary Davidson, Antonio Sgorbissa

Open Access Research

Determinants of prebiotic vegetable consumption: the extended theory of planned behaviour

V. J. V. Broers, S. Van den Broucke, O. Luminet

Open Access Research

Geographical variations of early age sexual initiation among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: evidence from EDHS 2016

Araya Mesfin Nigatu, Abraham Yeneneh Birhanu, Berhanu Fikadie Endehabtu

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Prioritising the development of severity distributions in burden of disease studies for countries in the European region

Grant M. A. Wyper, Ian Grant, Eilidh Fletcher, Neil Chalmers, Gerry McCartney, Diane L. Stockton

Open Access Nutrition Research

Consumers’ food choices, understanding and perceptions in response to different front-of-pack nutrition labelling systems in Belgium: results from an online experimental study

Stefanie Vandevijvere, Marie Vermote, Manon Egnell, Pilar Galan, Zenobia Talati, Simone Pettigrew, Serge Hercberg, Chantal Julia

Open Access Gestational Diabetes Research

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the pregnant women: an observational study in Shanghai, China

Huijuan Li, Jing Ma, Runzhi Huang, Yuhua Wen, Guanghui Liu, Miao Xuan, Ling Yang, Jun Yang, Lige Song

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Wealth stratified inequalities in service utilisation of breast cancer screening across the geographical regions: a pooled decomposition analysis

Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Khorshed Alam, Syed Afroz Keramat, Andre M. N. Renzaho, Md. Golam Hossain, Rezwanul Haque, Gail M. Ormsby, Jeff Dunn, Jeff Gow

Open Access Research

Implementing electronic decision-support tools to strengthen healthcare network data-driven decision-making

Diego Rios-Zertuche, Alvaro Gonzalez-Marmol, Francisco Millán-Velasco, Karla Schwarzbauer, Ignez Tristao

Open Access Public Health Research

Bulgarian consumers’ objective understanding of front-of-package nutrition labels: a comparative, randomized study

Valentina A. Andreeva, Manon Egnell, Teodora Handjieva-Darlenska, Zenobia Talati, Mathilde Touvier, Pilar Galan, Serge Hercberg, Simone Pettigrew, Chantal Julia

Open Access Sectio Ceasarea Research

Epidemiology of neonatal infections in hospitals of Nepal: evidence from a large- scale study

Shyam Sundar Budhathoki, Avinash K. Sunny, Pragya Gautam Paudel, Jeevan Thapa, Lila Bahadur Basnet, Sandeepa Karki, Rejina Gurung, Prajwal Paudel, Ashish KC

Open Access Pre-Eclampsia Research

Adherence to drug therapy for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey

Haihong Chen, Yuqing Tang, Chenxi Liu, Junjie Liu, Kang Wang, Xinping Zhang

Open Access Obesity Research

Social determinants of overweight and obesity in the mother-child binomial: evidences from Mexico

Armando Arredondo, Christian Torres, Emanuel Orozco, Oscar Resendiz

Open Access Care Research

Motivational climate of group exercise sessions in nursing homes

Alexia Charles, Fanny Buckinx, Alexandre Mouton, Jean-Yves Reginster, Olivier Bruyère

Open Access Research

Still careless: findings from a cross-sectional study of young pedestrians’ risky road crossing behaviors

Mina Hashemiparast, Manoj Sharma, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Zahra Hosseini

Open Access Research

Trends in response rates and respondent characteristics in five National Maternity Surveys in England during 1995–2018

Siân Harrison, Fiona Alderdice, Jane Henderson, Maggie Redshaw, Maria A. Quigley

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Population vulnerability to COVID-19 in Europe: a burden of disease analysis

Grant M. A. Wyper, Ricardo Assunção, Sarah Cuschieri, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Eilidh Fletcher, Juanita A. Haagsma, Henk B. M. Hilderink, Jane Idavain, Tina Lesnik, Elena Von der Lippe, Marek Majdan, Milena S. Milicevic, Elena Pallari, José L. Peñalvo, Sara M. Pires, Dietrich Plaß, João V. Santos, Diane L. Stockton, Sofie Theresa Thomsen, Ian Grant

Open Access Insomnia Research

Sex differences in the association between self-reported sleep duration, insomnia symptoms and cardiometabolic risk factors: cross-sectional findings from Brazilian longitudinal study of adult health

Aline Silva-Costa, Lucia Rotenberg, Aline A. Nobre, Dora Chor, Estela M. Aquino, Enirtes C. Melo, Sandhi M. Barreto, Maria Inês Schmidt, Rosane H. Griep

Open Access Obesity Correction

Correction to: Social determinants of overweight and obesity in the mother-child binomial: evidences from Mexico

Armando Arredondo, Christian Torres, Emanuel Orozco, Oscar Resendiz

Open Access Methodology

The Belgian health examination survey: objectives, design and methods

Diem Nguyen, Pauline Hautekiet, Finaba Berete, Elise Braekman, Rana Charafeddine, Stefaan Demarest, Sabine Drieskens, Lydia Gisle, Lize Hermans, Jean Tafforeau, Johan Van der Heyden

Open Access COVID-19 Commentary

How to deal with COVID-19 epidemic-related lockdown physical inactivity and sedentary increase in youth? Adaptation of Anses’ benchmarks

Irène Margaritis, Sabine Houdart, Youssef El Ouadrhiri, Xavier Bigard, Anne Vuillemin, Pascale Duché

Open Access Research

Applying time series modeling to assess the dynamics and forecast monthly reports of abuse, neglect and/or exploitation involving a vulnerable adult

Nelís Soto-Ramírez, Janet Odeku, Courtney Foxe, Cynthia Flynn, Diana Tester

Open Access Public Health Methodology

Innovative use of data sources: a cross-sectional study of data linkage and artificial intelligence practices across European countries

Romana Haneef, Marie Delnord, Michel Vernay, Emmanuelle Bauchet, Rita Gaidelyte, Herman Van Oyen, Zeynep Or, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Luigi Palmieri, Peter Achterberg, Mariken Tijhuis, Metka Zaletel, Stefan Mathis-Edenhofer, Ondřej Májek, Håkon Haaheim, Hanna Tolonen, Anne Gallay

Open Access Research

Community-based social determinants of three measures of mortality in Rhode Island cities and towns

Steven A. Cohen, Julia R. Broccoli, Mary L. Greaney

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Population vulnerability to COVID-19 in Europe: a burden of disease analysis

Grant M. A. Wyper, Ricardo Assunção, Sarah Cuschieri, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Eilidh Fletcher, Juanita A. Haagsma, Henk B. M. Hilderink, Jane Idavain, Tina Lesnik, Elena Von der Lippe, Marek Majdan, Milena S. Milicevic, Elena Pallari, José L. Peñalvo, Sara M. Pires, Dietrich Plaß, João V. Santos, Diane L. Stockton, Sofie Theresa Thomsen, Ian Grant

Open Access Intoxication Research

Economic evaluation of the direct cost resulting from childhood poisoning in Morocco: micro-costing analysis

Fatima Zohra Benabdellah, Abdelmajid Soulaymani, Abdelrhani Mokhtari, Rachida Soulaymani-Bencheikh, Abderrazzak Khadmaoui, Hinde Hami

Open Access Commentary

The call for a strategic framework to improve cancer literacy in Europe

Kristine Sørensen, Lydia E. Makaroff, Laurie Myers, Paul Robinson, Geoffrey J. Henning, Cathryn E. Gunther, Alexander E. Roediger

Open Access Hypospadia Research

Major birth defects in the Brazilian side of the triple border: a population-based cross-sectional study

Suzana de Souza, Fernando Kenji Nampo, Cezar Rangel Pestana

Open Access Nutrition Research

An interpersonal nutrition campaign and maternal knowledge and childhood feeding practices: a case study from mothers in rural Indonesia

Cecily Starkweather, Ayla Guarino, Natalie Bennion, Malynne Cottam, Josie McGhie, Kirk A. Dearden, Otte Santika, Hafizah Jusril, Cougar Hall, Benjamin T. Crookston, Mary Linehan, Scott Torres, Cudjoe Bennett, Joshua H. West

Open Access Premature Birth Research

Incidence, risk factors and consequences of preterm birth – findings from a multi-centric observational study for 14 months in Nepal

Abhishek Gurung, Johan Wrammert, Avinash K. Sunny, Rejina Gurung, Netra Rana, Yuba Nidhi Basaula, Prajwal Paudel, Amrit Pokhrel, Ashish KC

Obesity Research

Body fat percentage assessment by skinfold equation, bioimpedance and densitometry in older adults

Erika Aparecida Silveira, Larissa Silva Barbosa, Ana Paula Santos Rodrigues, Matias Noll, Cesar De Oliveira

Nutrition Methodology

A critical review of diet-related surveys in England, 1970-2018

Monique Campbell, Dianna Smith, Janis Baird, Christina Vogel, Emeritus Graham Moon

Open Access Stroke Research

Revisiting sequential attributable fractions

John Ferguson, Maurice O’Connell, Martin O’Donnell

Open Access Leg Pain Research

Measuring disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to low back pain in Malta

Sarah Cuschieri, Grant M. A. Wyper, Neville Calleja, Vanessa Gorasso, Brecht Devleesschauwer

Open Access Obesity Research

What are the factors associated with sarcopenia-related variables in adult women with severe obesity?

Erika Aparecida Silveira, Jacqueline Danesio de Souza, Annelisa Silva e Alves de Carvalho Santos, Andrea Batista de Souza Canheta, Valéria Pagotto, Matias Noll

Open Access Systematic review

Theory-based E-health literacy interventions in older adults: a systematic review

Sara Pourrazavi, Kamiar Kouzekanani, Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, Abdolreza Shaghaghi, Mina Hashemiparast, Zahra Fathifar, Hamid Allahverdipour

Research

Physical exercise among radiologists in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

Mohammed Al Gadeeb, Ali Hassan, Omran Al Dandan, Malak Al Shammari, Mawaheb Kalalah, Najwa Zabeeri, Abdulaziz Farea, Danya Gari, Hind S. Alsaif

Open Access Caries Research

Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in dental caries in Iran: cross-sectional results from the PERSIAN cohort study

Farid Najafi, Satar Rezaei, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Moslem Soofi, Yahya Salimi, Ali Kazemi Karyani, Shahin Soltani, Sina Ahmadi, Enayatollah Homaie Rad, Behzad Karami Matin, Yahya Pasdar, Behrooz Hamzeh, Mehdi Moradi Nazar, Ali Mohammadi, Hossein Poustchi, Nazgol Motamed-Gorji, Alireza Moslem, Ali Asghar Khaleghi, Mohammad Reza Fatthi, Javad Aghazadeh-Attari, Ali Ahmadi, Farhad Pourfarzi, Mohammad Hossein Somi, Mehrnoush Sohrab, Alireza Ansari-Moghadam, Farhad Edjtehadi, Ali Esmaeili, Farahnaz Joukar, Mohammad Hasan Lotfi, Teamur Aghamolaei, Saied Eslami, Seyed Hamid Reza Tabatabaee, Nader Saki, Ali Akbar Haghdost

Open Access Hepatitis B Research

Hepatitis B virus infections among health professional students in Mwanza city,Tanzania in 2016

Mariam M. Mirambo, Emmanuel Mkumbo, Hadija Selega, Betrand Msemwa, Martha F. Mushi, Vitus Silago, Jeremiah Seni, Stephen E. Mshana, Christa Kasang

Open Access Public Health Research

Learning from previous work and finding synergies in the domains of public and environmental health: EU-funded projects BRIDGE Health and HBM4EU

Madlen David, Gerda Schwedler, Lena Reiber, Hanna Tolonen, Anna-Maria Andersson, Marta Esteban López, Anke Joas, Miriam Schöpel, Alexandra Polcher, Marike Kolossa-Gehring

Open Access Care Research

Hand hygiene compliance in Dutch general practice offices

Nataliya Hilt, Mariëtte Lokate, Alfons OldeLoohuis, Marlies E. J. L. Hulscher, Alex W. Friedrich, Andreas Voss

Open Access Care Research

Effect of unintended pregnancy on skilled antenatal care uptake in Bangladesh: analysis of national survey data

Md Nuruzzaman Khan, Melissa L. Harris, Christopher Oldmeadow, Deborah Loxton

Open Access Research

Safe driving behaviors among taxi drivers: a predictive cross-sectional study based on the health belief model

Sakineh Dadipoor, Vahid Ranaei, Mohtasham Ghaffari, Sakineh Rakhshanderou, Ali Safari-Moradabadi

Open Access Obesity Research

Obesity, food insecurity, and depression among females

Manik Ahuja, Thiveya Sathiyaseelan, Rajvi J. Wani, Praveen Fernandopulle

Open Access Breast Cancer Systematic review

Women’s knowledge, attitude, and practice of breast self- examination in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

Roseline H. Udoh, Mohammed Tahiru, Monica Ansu-Mensah, Vitalis Bawontuo, Frederick Inkum Danquah, Desmond Kuupiel

Open Access Methodology

Dutch DALYs, current and future burden of disease in the Netherlands

Henk B. M. Hilderink, Marjanne H. D. Plasmans, M. J. J. C. (René) Poos, Petra E. D. Eysink, Ronald Gijsen

Open Access Public Health Research

Current situation and distribution equality of public health resource in China

Honghui Yao, Chaohong Zhan, Xinping Sha

Open Access Commentary

History and development of national burden of disease assessment in Australia

Lynelle Moon, Michelle Gourley, John Goss, Miriam Lum On, Paula Laws, Anna Reynolds, Richard Juckes

Open Access Research

Long-term impact of Global Health educational experiences in Rome: an attempt of measurement

Giulia Civitelli, Gianfranco Tarsitani, Alessandro Rinaldi, Maurizio Marceca

Open Access Research

The burden of legionnaires’ disease in Belgium, 2013 to 2017

Christina Fastl, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Dieter van Cauteren, Adrien Lajot, Mathias Leroy, Valeska Laisnez, Carole Schirvel, Romain Mahieu, Denis Pierard, Charlotte Michel, Stéphanie Jacquinet

Open Access Research

Lost in space - an exploration of help-seeking among young people with mental health problems: a constructivist grounded theory study

Katrin Häggström Westberg, Jens M. Nygren, Maria Nyholm, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Petra Svedberg

Open Access Vulgar Psoriasis Research

Incentives for Danish healthcare management based on a pilot outcome-based, patient-centric management model in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: the non-interventional IMPROVE study

Simon Francis Thomsen, Lone Skov, Lars Erik Kristensen, Morten Størling Hedegaard, Jakob Kjellberg, Tanja Schjødt Jørgensen, Søren Brenøe, Rikke Dodge

Open Access Hypertension Research

Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among pastoralists in Monduli District, Arusha region in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Ahmed Gharib Khamis, Mbazi Senkoro, Akwilina Wendelin Mwanri, Katharina Kreppel, Sayoki Godfrey Mfinanga, Bassirou Bonfoh, Gideon Kwesigabo

Open Access Fertility Research

Inequality in fertility rate among adolescents: evidence from Timor-Leste demographic and health surveys 2009–2016

Sanni Yaya, Betregiorgis Zegeye, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Kelechi Elizabeth Oladimeji, Gebretsadik Shibre

Open Access Research

Eating quickly is associated with a low aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio in middle-aged adults: a large-scale cross-sectional survey in Japan

Eri Ozaki, Hirotaka Ochiai, Takako Shirasawa, Takahiko Yoshimoto, Satsue Nagahama, Jun Muramatsu, Takahiko Chono, Takayoshi Ito, Haruhiro Inoue, Akatsuki Kokaze

Open Access Contraception Research

Predictors of unmet need for family planning in Ethiopia 2019: a systematic review and meta analysis

Temesgen Getaneh, Ayenew Negesse, Getenet Dessie, Melaku Desta, Tebabere Moltot

Open Access Influenza Vaccination Research

Influenza coverage rates in subjects with chronic heart diseases: results obtained in four consecutive immunisation seasons in the Local Health Unit of Ferrara (North Italy)”

Armando Stefanati, Silvia Lupi, Gianluca Campo, Silvia Cocchio, Patrizia Furlan, Vincenzo Baldo, Giovanni Gabutti

Open Access Biomarkers Research

Environmental exposures and health behavior in association with mental health: a study design

Pauline Hautekiet, Tim S. Nawrot, Stefaan Demarest, Johan Van der Heyden, Ilse Van Overmeire, Eva M. De Clercq, Nelly D. Saenen

Open Access Research

Associations between adolescents’ physical activity behavior and their perceptions of parental, peer and teacher support

Beata Pluta, Agata Korcz, Jana Krzysztoszek, Michał Bronikowski, Małgorzata Bronikowska

Open Access Generalized Anxiety Disorder Research

The association of mental disorders with perceived social support, and the role of marital status: results from a national cross-sectional survey

Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar, Edimansyah Abdin, Siow Ann Chong, Saleha Shafie, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Yun Jue Zhang, Sherilyn Chang, Boon Yiang Chua, Shazana Shahwan, Anitha Jeyagurunathan, Kian Woon Kwok, Mythily Subramaniam

Open Access Obesity Research

Prevalence, incidence, and trends of childhood overweight/obesity in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review

Frederick Inkum Danquah, Monica Ansu-Mensah, Vitalis Bawontuo, Matilda Yeboah, Desmond Kuupiel

Open Access Sarcopenia Research

Daily lifestyle behaviors and risks of sarcopenia among older adults

Pei-Lin Tzeng, Chien-Yu Lin, Ting-Fu Lai, Wan-Chi Huang, Evonne Pien, Ming-Chun Hsueh, Kun-Pei Lin, Jong-Hwan Park, Yung Liao

Open Access Care Systematic review

Impact of antenatal care on neonatal mortality among neonates in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tadesse Tolossa, Ginenus Fekadu, Belayneh Mengist, Diriba Mulisa, Getahun Fetensa, Daniel Bekele

Open Access Research

Time trends, geographical, socio-economic, and gender disparities in neonatal mortality in Burundi: evidence from the demographic and health surveys, 2010–2016

Sanni Yaya, Betregiorgis Zegeye, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Gebretsadik Shibre

Open Access Influenza Research

All-cause mortality supports the COVID-19 mortality in Belgium and comparison with major fatal events of the last century

Natalia Bustos Sierra, Nathalie Bossuyt, Toon Braeye, Mathias Leroy, Isabelle Moyersoen, Ilse Peeters, Aline Scohy, Johan Van der Heyden, Herman Van Oyen, Françoise Renard

Open Access Osteoarthrosis Research

Social determinants and other aspects associated with rheumatic diseases in the Brazilian population: a cross-sectional study based on the National Health Survey (PNS2013)

Clécio Gabriel Souza, Marcelo Cardoso Souza, Hugo Jario Silva, Sanderson José Costa Assis, Diego Sousa Dantas

Open Access Research

The gender gap and healthcare: associations between gender roles and factors affecting healthcare access in Central Malawi, June–August 2017

Amee D. Azad, Anthony G. Charles, Qian Ding, Amber W. Trickey, Sherry M. Wren

Comparing health insurance data and health interview survey data for ascertaining chronic disease prevalence in Belgium

Finaba Berete, Stefaan Demarest, Rana Charafeddine, Olivier Bruyère, Johan Van der Heyden

Open Access COVID-19 Methodology

Rapid establishment of a national surveillance of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Belgium

Nina Van Goethem, Aline Vilain, Chloé Wyndham-Thomas, Jessika Deblonde, Nathalie Bossuyt, Tinne Lernout, Javiera Rebolledo Gonzalez, Sophie Quoilin, Vincent Melis, Dominique Van Beckhoven

Open Access Child Maltreatment Research

Development and randomized controlled trial evaluation of E-learning trainings for professionals

Elisa König, Anna Maier, Jörg Michael Fegert, Ulrike Hoffmann

Open Access Fertility Systematic review

Fertility desire and associated factors among people living with HIV in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Getu Mosisa, Reta Tsegaye, Bizuneh Wakuma, Diriba Mulisa, Werku Etefa, Muktar Abadiga, Ginenus Fekadu, Adugna Oluma, Ebisa Turi

Open Access Sectio Ceasarea Research

Determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding in Papua New Guinea: a population-based study using the 2016-2018 demographic and health survey data

Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Louis Kobina Dadzie, Justice Kanor Tetteh, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Tarif Salihu, Sanni Yaya

Open Access Research

Stakeholder views on the potential impact of a sugar-sweetened beverages tax on the budgets, dietary intake, and health of lower and higher socioeconomic groups in the Netherlands

Sanne K. Djojosoeparto, Michelle Eykelenboom, Maartje P. Poelman, Maartje M. van Stralen, Carry M. Renders, Margreet R. Olthof, Ingrid H. M. Steenhuis, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis

Open Access Nosocomial Infection Research

Knowledge towards standard precautions among healthcare providers of hospitals in Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2017: a cross sectional study

Ayele Semachew Kasa, Worku Animaw Temesgen, Yinager Workineh, Tadesse Dagget Tesfaye, Sitotaw Kerie, Eden Amsalu, Solomon Emishaw Awoke

Open Access Research

Age at the onset of tobacco smoking in South Africa: a discrete-time survival analysis of the prognostic factors

Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Rachana Desai, Ronel Sewpaul, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Derrick Sekgala, Priscilla Reddy

Open Access Substance Abuse Research

Health-risk behaviors among Iranian university students, 2019: a web-based survey

Farhad Shekari, Peyman Habibi, Haidar Nadrian, Asghar Mohammadpoorasl

Open Access Research

Parent-young communication on sexual and reproductive health issues and its association with sex and perceptions of young people in Ethiopia, 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Melaku Yalew, Bezawit Adane, Bereket Kefale, Yitayish Damtie, Mastewal Arefaynie, Shambel Wedajo, Abebayehu Bitew, Yitbarek Wasihun

Open Access Research

Association of information, education, and communication with enrolment in health insurance: a case of Nepal

Devaraj Acharya, Bhimsen Devkota, Kamal Gautam, Radha Bhattarai

Open Access Diabetes Correction

Correction to: Comparing health insurance data and health interview survey data for ascertaining chronic disease prevalence in Belgium

Finaba Berete, Stefaan Demarest, Rana Charafeddine, Olivier Bruyère, Johan Van der Heyden

Open Access Research

Reflections on key methodological decisions in national burden of disease assessments

Elena von der Lippe, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Michelle Gourley, Juanita Haagsma, Henk Hilderink, Michael Porst, Annelene Wengler, Grant Wyper, Ian Grant