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Archives of Public Health

Issue 1/2024

Content (241 Articles)

Informing social media analysis for public health: a cross-sectional survey of professionals

Becky K. White, Elisabeth Wilhelm, Atsuyoshi Ishizumi, Surangani Abeyesekera, Alhassan Pereira, Brian Yau, Aleksandra Kuzmanovic, Tim Nguyen, Sylvie Briand, Tina D. Purnat

Barriers and facilitators to the HPV vaccine: a multicenter qualitative study of French general practitioners

Arthur Tron, Vincent Schlegel, Juliette Pinot, Sébastien BRUEL, Marie Ecollan, Josselin Le Bel, Louise Rossignol, Aurélie Gauchet, Amandine Gagneux-Brunon, Judith Mueller, Anne-Sophie Banaszuk, Nathalie Thilly, Serge Gilberg, Henri Partouche

Beyond correlates: the social gradient in childhood overweight

Lina Hermeling, Jürgen M. Steinacker, Susanne Kobel

Assessment of ultra processed foods consumption in Senegal: validation of the Nova-UPF screener

  • Open Access
  • Research

Saliou Diombo Kébé, Adama Diouf, Papa Mamadou Dit Doudou Sylla, Kalidou Kane, Caroline dos Santos Costa, Fernanda Helena Marrocos Leite, Giovanna Calixto Andrade, Abdou Badiane, Jean-Claude Moubarac, Nicole Idohou-Dossou, Carlos Augusto Monteiro

Changes in emergency department visits and mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective analysis of 956 hospitals

Mahya Razimoghadam, Mehdi Yaseri, Mohammad Effatpanah, Rajabali Daroudi

Comparative analysis of COVID-19 and influenza prevalence among Egyptian pilgrims returning from Hajj and Umrah in 2022: epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and genomic sequencing

Amr Kandeel, Manal Fahim, Ola Deghedy, Hala BahaaEldin, Wael H. Roshdy, Mohamed Kamal Khalifa, Ahmed Kandeil, Rabeh El Shesheny, Amel Naguib, Mohamad AbdelFatah, Salma Afifi, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar

Consumer nutrition environment measurements for nutrient-dense food availability and food sustainability: a scoping review

Katherine Baker, Laura Burd, Roger Figueroa

Support interventions to promote health and wellbeing among women with health-related consequences following traumatic experiences linked to armed conflicts and forced migration: a scoping review

  • Open Access
  • Systematic Review

Linda Jolof, Patricia Rocca, Tommy Carlsson

Factors affecting nursing practice of patient physical restraint among nurses

  • Open Access
  • Research

Jihyun Kim, Yaki Yang

Transcultural adaptation and validation of a Korea version of Pedi-IKDC questionnaire

  • Open Access
  • Research

Woo Sub Kim, Seung Hyun Won, Seo Ho Moon, Min Joon Oh, Moon Seok Park, Ki Hyuk Sung

Norwegian “dugnad” as a rhetorical device in public health communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative study from immigrant’s perspectives

Raquel Herrero-Arias, Irina Vladimirovna Halbostad, Esperanza Diaz

How gender and low mental health literacy are related to unmet need for mental healthcare: a cross-sectional population-based study in Sweden

Sara Blom, Frida Lindh, Andreas Lundin, Bo Burström, Gunnel Hensing, Jesper Löve

Differences in quality of life and fitness level among men and women in the adulthood: a cross-sectional analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research

Celia Alvarez-Bueno, Alicia del Saz-Lara, Ivan Cavero-Redondo, Eva Rodriguez-Gutierrez, Marta Gonzalez-Molinero, Bruno Bizzozero-Peroni, Carlos Pascual-Morena, Maribel Luceron Lucas-Torres

Methods for meta-analysis and meta-regression of binomial data: concepts and tutorial with Stata command metapreg

Victoria Nyawira Nyaga, Marc Arbyn

Experiences of Spanish out-of-hospital emergency workers with high levels of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

Susana Navalpotro-Pascual, María Paz Matellán-Hernández, Elena Pastor-Benito, Raúl Soto-Cámara, Rosa M Cárdaba-García, Noemi García-Santa-Basilia, Henar Onrubia-Baticón, Vinita Mahtani-Chugani

First report card on physical activity for children and adolescents in Slovakia: a comprehensive analysis, international comparison, and identification of surveillance gaps

  • Open Access
  • Research

Peter Bakalár, Lenka Hnidková, Beáta Ružbarská, Pavel Ružbarský, Terézia Kovalik Slančová, Jaroslava Kopčáková, Michaela Kostičová, Aleš Gába

Chronic disease and multimorbidity in the Chinese older adults’ population and their impact on daily living ability: a cross-sectional study of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS)

  • Open Access
  • Research

Ye Chen, Huixia Ji, Yang Shen, Dandan Liu

Green tea consumption and incidence of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetic patients with overweight/obesity: a community-based cohort study

Bingyue Liu, Shujun Gu, Jin Zhang, Hui Zhou, Jian Su, Sudan Wang, Qian Sun, Zhengyuan Zhou, Jinyi Zhou, Chen Dong

Process evaluation of an integrated community-based intervention for promoting health equity in children in a new residential development area

Stephan Voss, Julia Bauer, Caroline Jung-Sievers, Graham Moore, Eva Rehfuess, Valerie Zu Rhein, Michaela Coenen

Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent mental health in the Nordic countries in the 2000s - A study using cross-sectional data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Maria Corell, Peter Friberg, Max Petzold, Petra Löfstedt

Prevalence of dyslipidemia and associated factors in sedentary occupational population from Shanghai: a cross-sectional study

Dongxing Gu, Dandan Wang, Qinzhong Zhu, Li Luo, Tiantian Zhang

Prevalence of undiagnosed metabolic syndrome using three different definitions and identifying associated risk factors among apparently healthy adults in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional survey in the year 2022

  • Open Access
  • Research

Syed Omair Adil, Kamarul Imran Musa, Fareed Uddin, Asima Khan, Irfanullah Khan, Areebah Shakeel, Kashif Shafique, Md Asiful Islam

“For and against” factors influencing participation in personalized breast cancer screening programs: a qualitative systematic review until March 2022

Celmira Laza, Ena Niño de Guzmán, Montserrat Gea, Merideidy Plazas, Margarita Posso, Montserrat Rué, Xavier Castells, Marta Román

Fostering collective leadership to improve integrated primary care: lessons learned from the PriCARE program

  • Open Access
  • Comment

Catherine Hudon, Mireille Lambert, Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Maud-Christine Chouinard, Shelley Doucet, Vivian R. Ramsden, Joanna Zed, Alison Luke, Mathieu Bisson, Dana Howse, Charlotte Schwarz, Donna Rubenstein, Jennifer Taylor

The rehabilitation workforce in Brazil

  • Open Access
  • Research

Taciana Rocha dos Santos Sixel, Debora Bernardo, Arthur de Almeida Medeiros, Aylene Bousquat, Paulo Henrique dos Santos Mota, Ana Carolina Basso Schmitt

Co-occurrence of habit-forming risk behaviors and their socio-demographic, health status and lifestyle determinants: a population-based cross-sectional study

Junko Kose, Pauline Duquenne, Serge Hercberg, Pilar Galan, Mathilde Touvier, Léopold K. Fezeu, Valentina A. Andreeva

Health and medical experience of migrant workers: qualitative meta-synthesis

  • Open Access
  • Research

Hyun-Jin Cho, Kyoungrim Kang, Kyo-Yeon Park

The evolving role of social media in enhancing quality of life: a global perspective across 10 countries

  • Open Access
  • Research

Roy Rillera Marzo, Hana W. Jun Chen, Absar Ahmad, Hui Zhu Thew, Ja Shen Choy, Chee Han Ng, Chen Loong Alyx Chew, Petra Heidler, Isabel King, Rajeev Shrestha, Farzana Rahman, Jehan Akhter Rana, Tornike Khoshtaria, Arian Matin, Nugzar Todua, Burcu Küçük Biçer, Erwin Faller, Randy A. Tudy, Aries Baldonado, Criselle Angeline Penamante, Rafidah Bahari, Delan Ameen Younus, Zjwan Mohammed Ismail, Masoud Lotfizadeh, Shehu Muhammad Hassan, Rahamatu Shamsiyyah Iliya, Asari E. Inyang, Theingi Maung Maung, Win Myint Oo, Ohnmar Myint, Anil Khadka, Swosti Acharya, Soe Soe Aye, Thein Win Naing, Myat Thida Win, Ye Wint Kyaw, Pramila Pudasaini Thapa, Josana Khanal, Sudip Bhattacharya, Khadijah Abid, Mochammad Fahlevi, Mohammed Aljuaid, Radwa Abdullah El-Abasir, Mohamed E. G. Elsayed

Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on self-reported levels of depression during the pandemic relative to pre-pandemic among Canadian adults

Rasha Elamoshy, Marwa Farag, Nigatu Geda, Cindy Feng

Patients’ perspectives on adherence to cardiovascular screening consultation and lifestyle changes

Julie Katrine Karstensen, Ann Bremander, Katrine Engholm Nielsen, Jette Primdahl, Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen

Validation and evaluation of school-based mental health literacy training program "The Guide Cymru" in Iranian adolescent students aged 13–15: study protocol

  • Open Access
  • Study Protocol

Batool Zeidabadi, Mahsa Khodayarian, Reza Sadeghi, Sara Jambarsang, Mina mohseni

Public attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccine mandates and vaccine certificates in Canada: a time series study

David T. Zhu, Steven Hawken, Mohamed Serhan, Frank Graves, Jeff Smith, Kumanan Wilson

An exploration of COVID-19 vaccination models for newcomer refugees and immigrants in Calgary, Canada

Fariba Aghajafari, Laurent Wall, Amanda M. Weightman, Alyssa Ness, Deidre Lake, Krishna Anupindi, Gayatri Moorthi, Bryan Kuk, Maria Santana, Annalee Coakley

Effectiveness of educational interventions for healthcare workers on vaccination dialogue with older adults: a systematic review

Manuela Dominique Wennekes, Tímea Almási, Renske Eilers, Fruzsina Mezei, Zsuzsanna Ida Petykó, Aura Timen, Zoltán Vokó

Operational strategies for achieving comprehensive cancer center community outreach and engagement objectives: impact and logic models

  • Open Access
  • Research

Folakemi T. Odedina, Manisha Salinas, Monica Albertie, Doug Murrell, Kristin Munoz

Exploring therapeutic communication in managing chronic non-communicable diseases: a mixed-method study in Ghana

  • Open Access
  • Research

Ethel Rhodaline Ameworwor, Hubert Amu, Robert Kokou Dowou, Gideon Kye-Duodu, Selasi Amu, Luchuo Engelbert Bain

Appropriate Prescribing for older adults with Multimorbidity (Pro-M): protocol for a feasibility study

  • Open Access
  • Study Protocol

Jia Ying Tang, Poh Hoon June Teng, Christine Yuanxin Chen, Keng Teng Tan, Wendy Ang, Sabrina Lau, Alexis Guat Cheng Ang, Kay Khine Kyaw, Xin Yong Tay, Wan Min Stephanie Lim, Wrenzie Del Valle Espeleta, Huimin Lin, Yew Yoong Ding, Penny Lun

Estimating COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in pregnant and lactating women: a cross-sectional study in Lebanon

Dana Zayoud, Chadia Haddad, Dalia Khachman, Roula Ajrouche, Nathalie Lahoud

Childhood obesity and risk of Alzheimer’s disease: a Mendelian randomization study

Wenxiang Qing, Yujie Qian

Integrating perspectives of transgender and gender-diverse youth, family members, and professionals to support their health and wellbeing – a mixed-method study protocol

  • Open Access
  • Study Protocol

Julie Servais, Bram Vanhoutte, Sara Aguirre-Sánchez-Beato, Isabelle Aujoulat, Cynthia Kraus, Guy T’Sjoen, Sandra Tricas-Sauras, Isabelle Godin

Primary care involvement in clinical research – prerequisites, motivators, and barriers: results from a study series

  • Open Access
  • Research

Julian Wangler, Michael Jansky

Long-term trends in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias deaths with high body mass index in China from 1990 to 2019, and projections up to 2042

Mengjun Tao, Hao-Yang Guo, Xincan Ji, Wei Wang, Hui Yuan, Hui Peng

The ENJOY Seniors Exercise Park IMP-ACT project: IMProving older people’s health through physical ACTivity: a hybrid II implementation design study protocol

  • Open Access
  • Study Protocol

Pazit Levinger, Marcia Fearn, Bronwyn Dreher, Adrian Bauman, Natasha K. Brusco, Andrew Gilbert, Sze-Ee Soh, Elissa Burton, Lisa James, Keith D. Hill

The association of urinary heavy metal exposure with frailty susceptibility and mortality in middle-aged and older adults: a population-based study

Zitian Zheng, Huanhuan Luo, Qingyun Xue

Process and outcome evaluation of a social norms approach intervention on alcohol use among Flemish university students: a quasi-experimental study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Hanna van Roozendaal, Katleen Derickx, Koen Ponnet, Benedicte Deforche, Annelies Thienpondt, Inge Glazemakers, Stijn Verhulst, Jozef De Dooy, Nico van der Lely, Guido Van Hal

Gender health care inequalities in health crisis: when uncertainty can lead to inequality

Isabel Aguilar-Palacio, Blanca Obón-Azuara, Sara Castel-Feced, Sara Malo, Julia Teresa, María José Rabanaque

Correction: Effectiveness of educational interventions for healthcare workers on vaccination dialogue with older adults: a systematic review

  • Open Access
  • Aura
  • Correction

Manuela Dominique Wennekes, Tímea Almási, Renske Eilers, Fruzsina Mezei, Zsuzsanna Ida Petykó, Aura Timen, Zoltán Vokó

Does the health information system in Jordan support equity to improve health outcomes? Assessment and recommendations

  • Open Access
  • Research

Ahmad H. Alnawafleh, Hoda Rashad

The epidemiology of the most frequent cancers in Poland in 2015–2021 and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer incidence

Piotr Choręza, Aleksander Jerzy Owczarek, Wacław Kruk, Jerzy Chudek

Patterns and trends of medicinal poisoning substances: a population-based cohort study of injuries in 0–11 year old children from 1998–2018

Edward G Tyrrell, Elizabeth Orton, Laila J Tata, Denise Kendrick

Trapped in vicious cycles: unraveling the health experiences and needs of adults living with socioeconomic insecurity

  • Open Access
  • Research

Sanne E. Verra, Maartje P. Poelman, Andrea L. Mudd, John de Wit, Carlijn B.M. Kamphuis

Health impacts of a cold wave and its economic loss assessment in China’s high-altitude city, Xining

Zhenxu Ning, Shuzhen He, Xinghao Liao, Chunguang Ma, Jing Wu

Childhood migration experience and adult health: evidence from China’s rural migrants

  • Open Access
  • Research

Xiaohong Li, Shiyan Qiao, Dongying Zhang

Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives

Rachael Tucker, Robert Vickers, Emma J. Adams, Clare Burgon, Juliette Lock, Sarah E. Goldberg, John Gladman, Tahir Masud, Elizabeth Orton, Stephen Timmons, Rowan H. Harwood

Menstrual and reproductive factors associated with risk of breast cancer among Indian women: a cross sectional study from National Family Health Survey, 2019-21

Ujjwal Das, Sabita Soren, Nishamani Kar

“We’re sinking”: a qualitative interview-based study on stakeholder perceptions of structural and process limitations to the Canadian healthcare system

  • Open Access
  • Research

Jeanna Parsons Leigh, Stephana Julia Moss, Sara J. Mizen, Cynthia Sriskandarajah, Emily A. FitzGerald, Amity E. Quinn, Fiona Clement, Brenlea Farkas, Alexandra Dodds, Melanie Columbus, Henry T. Stelfox

A study about the impact of indoor air pollution on cognitive function among middle-aged and older adult people in India

  • Open Access
  • Research

Subhadeep Saha, Priya Das, Tanu Das, Partha Das, Tamal Basu Roy

Protocol for the development of a consensus practice guideline To address clinical and regulatory barriers to buprenorphine dispensing in community pharmacy

Tyler J. Varisco, Hannah Fish, Joshua Bolin, David Dadiomov, Lucas G. Hill, Ekere J. Essien, Matthew A. Wanat, Diane Ginsburg, Jeanne Waggener, Sahar Yazdanfard, Juhyeon Song, Whanhui Chi, Douglas Thornton

The cost-efficacy of a healthy food box for managing hypertension within a native American population: a group randomized controlled trial

Austin Henderson, Robert Rosenman, Amber L. Fyfe-Johnson, Tori Taniguchi, Joy Standridge, Tyra Shackleford, Clemma J. Muller, Jason G Umans, Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan

Determinants of COVID-19 vaccination intention in Central and Eastern Europe: A cross-sectional study in Poland, Romania, and Slovenia

Ana Slavec, Magdalena Iwanowska, Katarzyna Bałandynowicz-Panfil, Șerban Olah, Mojca Šoštarič Zvonar, Janez Štebe, Małgorzata Łosiewicz

Demographic and economic inequality of antenatal care coverage in 4 African countries with a high maternal mortality rate

  • Open Access
  • Research

Winini Belay, Amanuel Belay, Tariku Mengesha, Mizan Habtemichael

Breastfeeding experience and anxiety in mothers with covid-19 in the postnatal period: a qualitative study

Handan Özcan, Tuana Güngör

Exploring different stroke populations’ information needs: a cross-sectional study in England

Allam Harfoush, Kausik Chatterjee, Elizabeth Deery, Hanady Hamdallah

The effect of web-based education on self-care behaviors in cardiovascular patients: application of the pender’s health promotion model

  • Open Access
  • Research

Homamodin Javadzade, Hakime Vahedparast, Azime Khodaminasab, Rahim Tahmasebi, Mahnoush Reisi, Jamile Kiani

Fidelity and acceptability of implementation strategies developed for adherence to a clinical pathway for screening, assessment and management of anxiety and depression in adults with cancer

Sharon He, Heather Shepherd, Phyllis Butow, Joanne Shaw, Marnie Harris, Mona Faris, Afaf Girgis, Philip Beale, Phyllis Butow, Josephine Clayton, Jessica Cuddy, Fiona Davies, Haryana Dhillon, Mona Faris, Liesbeth Geerligs, Afaf Girgis, Peter Grimison, Thomas Hack, Marnie Harris, Sharon He, Brian Kelly, Patrick Kelly, Laura Kirsten, Toni Lindsay, Melanie Lovell, Tim Luckett, Lindy Masya, Michael Murphy, Jill Newby, Don Piro, Melanie Price, Nicole Rankin, Joanne Shaw, Tim Shaw, Heather Shepherd, Rosalie Viney, Jackie Yim, Nicole Rankin

Breast cancer incidence, stage distribution, and treatment shifts during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide population-level study

Hanna M. Peacock, Lien van Walle, Geert Silversmit, Patrick Neven, Sileny N. Han, Nancy Van Damme

Knowledge and attitudes towards performing resuscitation among seniors - a population-based study

Tomasz Kłosiewicz, Sandra Śmigasiewicz, Hanna Cholerzyńska, Wiktoria Zasada, Adam Czabański, Mateusz Puślecki

Electronic prescription systems in Greece: a large-scale survey of healthcare professionals’ perceptions

Margarita Grammatikopoulou, Ioulietta Lazarou, George Giannios, Christina Asimina Kakalou, Martha Zachariadou, Maria Zande, Haralampos Karanikas, Eleftherios Thireos, Thanos G. Stavropoulos, Pantelis Natsiavas, Spiros Nikolopoulos, Ioannis Kompatsiaris

Perceived ageism and psychosocial outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic

André Hajek, Hans-Helmut König

Correlates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among the forcibly displaced: evidence from Libya

Meshack Achore

Cancer awareness and its related factors among junior high and high school teachers in Japan: a cross-sectional survey

  • Open Access
  • Research

Kumi Suzuki, Naoko Hayashi, Masako Yamanaka, Yoko Minamiguchi, Eiko Yamauchi, Akiko Fukawa, Yasuhiro Tsuda, Yasuhito Fujisaka, Tomoki Doi, Yuko Tomari

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and associated factors in the adult population of Belgium: a general population cohort study between March 2021 and April 2022

Johan Van der Heyden, Victoria Leclercq, Els Duysburgh, Laura Cornelissen, Isabelle Desombere, Inge Roukaerts, Lydia Gisle

Factors associated with timely initiation of antenatal care among reproductive age women in The Gambia: a multilevel fixed effects analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research

Silas Selorm Daniels-Donkor, Agani Afaya, Dennis Bomansang Daliri, Timothy Tienbia Laari, Solomon Mohammed Salia, Mabel Apaanye Avane, Richard Adongo Afaya, Vida Nyagre Yakong, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Robert Kaba Alhassan

‘Atawhai’: a primary care provider-led response to family violence in Aotearoa New Zealand

  • Open Access
  • Research

Claire Gear, Jane Koziol-McLain, Elizabeth Eppel, Anna Rolleston, Ngareta Timutimu, Hori Ahomiro, Eunice Kelly, Clare Healy, Claire Isham

Bridging the vitamin A and deworming coverage gap among underserved populations in India through government and civil society organization partnerships

  • Open Access
  • Research

Shilpa Bhatte, Jamie Frederick, Samantha Serrano, Clayton Ajello, Zaynah Chowdhury, Temjentsungla Jamir, Longri Kichu, Temsu Longchar, Ruchika Chugh Sachdeva, Neha Sareen, Amy Steets

Fuzzy cognitive mapping in participatory research and decision making: a practice review

  • Open Access
  • Methodology

Iván Sarmiento, Anne Cockcroft, Anna Dion, Loubna Belaid, Hilah Silver, Katherine Pizarro, Juan Pimentel, Elyse Tratt, Lashanda Skerritt, Mona Z. Ghadirian, Marie-Catherine Gagnon-Dufresne, Neil Andersson

Health and wellbeing status of the long-lived individuals of the Spanish LONGECYL cross-sectional study

Tomás Vega-Alonso, José Lozano-Alonso, Lorena Estévez-Iglesias, Ana Ordax-Díez, Enrique Arrieta-Antón, Ángel Díaz-Rodríguez, José-Luis Yañez-Ortega, Alejandro Santos-Lozano, Rocío Nuñez-Torres, María Perez-Caro, Gillermo Pita, Rosa Pinto-Labajo, María-Jesús Alonso Ramos, Rufino Álamo-Sanz, Andrés-C García-Montero, Anna Gonzalez-Neira

Injuries and /or trauma due to sexual gender-based violence among survivors in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review of research evidence

Desmond Kuupiel, Monsurat A. Lateef, Patience Adzordor, Gugu G. Mchunu, Julian D. Pillay

How much online pornography is too much? A comparison of two theoretically distinct assessment scales

Germano Vera Cruz, Elias Aboujaoude, Magdalena Liberacka-Dwojak, Monika Wiłkość-Dębczyńska, Lucien Rochat, Riaz Khan, Yasser Khazaal

Utilization of early supported discharge and outpatient rehabilitation services following inpatient stroke rehabilitation

Negar Razavilar, Dat T. Tran, Sean P. Dukelow, Jeff Round

The epidemiology of drug-related hospital admissions in paediatrics – a systematic review

Sonja Eberl, Pauline Heus, Irmgard Toni, Igor Bachmat, Antje Neubert

Navigating intersectoral collaboration in nutrition programming: implementors’ perspectives from Assam, India

Praveenkumar Aivalli, Brynne Gilmore, Prashanth Nuggehalli Srinivas, Aoife De Brún

Association of parent-child health parameters and lifestyle habits - the “epi-family health” longitudinal study protocol

  • Open Access
  • Study Protocol

Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro, William Rodrigues Tebar, Claudiele Carla Marques da Silva, Bruna Thamyres Ciccotti Saraiva, Amanda Barbosa Santos, Ewerton Pegorelli Antunes, Enrique Gervazoni Ferreira Leite, Isabella Cristina Leoci, Victor Spiandor Beretta, Gerson Ferrari, Jorge Mota, Luiz Carlos Marques Vanderlei, Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias

STROBE-GEMA: a STROBE extension for reporting of geographically explicit ecological momentary assessment studies

  • Open Access
  • Systematic Review

Célia Kingsbury, Marie Buzzi, Basile Chaix, Martina Kanning, Sadun Khezri, Behzad Kiani, Thomas R. Kirchner, Allison Maurel, Benoît Thierry, Yan Kestens

End-of-life care in German and Dutch nursing homes: a cross-sectional study on nursing home staff’s perspective in 2022

Ann-Kathrin Bauer, Alexander Maximilian Fassmer, Sytse U. Zuidema, Sarah I. M. Janus, Falk Hoffmann

Social distancing stress, anxiety/depression, COVID-19 diagnosis, gender identity, and immigration status

David Adzrago, Jolyna Chiangong, Cameron K. Ormiston, Oluwabunmi M. Dada, Antwan Jones, Faustine Williams

Families’ importance in nursing care–families’ opinions: a cross-sectional survey study in the homecare setting

  • Open Access
  • Research

Josien M. Woldring, Wolter Paans, Reinold Gans, Laura Dorland, Marie Louise Luttik

‘I take the drugs… to make the sickness to move out of me’: key populations’ and service provider perspectives about facilitators and barriers to ART adherence and retention in care in Nigeria

Osasuyi Dirisu, George I. E. Eluwa, Steve Callens, Eseoghene Adams, Akinola Akinwunmi, Scott Geibel, Isa Iyortim

Impact of maternal depression and anxiety on immunization status of children: a prospective cohort study

Shannon E. MacDonald, Manisha Dhungana, Victoria Stagg, Sheila McDonald, Deborah McNeil, James D. Kellner, Suzanne Tough, Vineet Saini

Gender-based violence and its health risks on women in Yaoundé, Cameroon

  • Open Access
  • Research

Georges Nguefack-Tsague, Adidja Amani, Valérie Djouna Dadjie, Donato Koyalta, Debora Nounkeu Carole, Fanny Nadia Dissak-Delon, Fabrice Zobel Lekeumo Cheuyem, Gilles Protais Lekelem Dongmo, Christelle Mbe Anastasie, Justine Laure Menguene Mviena, Odette Kibu, Marie Nicole Ngoufack, Magloire Biwole Sida, Catherine Juillard, Alain Chichom-Mefire

Framework for implementing collaborative TB-silicosis activities in India: insights from an expert panel

Mihir P. Rupani, Pankaj Nimavat, Yogesh Patel, Harsh D. Shah, Arkaprabha Sau

A mixed-methods study on impact of active case finding on pulmonary tuberculosis treatment outcomes in India

Akshat P. Shah, Jigna D. Dave, Mohit N. Makwana, Mihir P. Rupani, Immad A. Shah

“Thanks to my activists Friends”: a qualitative study of perspectives of young adults and professionals on the factors related to seeking support among victims of sexual violence in Spain

  • Open Access
  • Research

Eva Durán-Martín, Belén Sanz-Barbero, Aitana Muñoz-Haba, Sebastià March, Carmen Vives-Cases

Community health worker perspectives: examining current responsibilities and strategies for success

  • Open Access
  • Research

Monica Kowalczyk, Nicole Yao, LaToya Gregory, Jeannine Cheatham, Tarrah DeClemente, Kenneth Fox, Stacy Ignoffo, Anna Volerman

Onco@home: comparing the costs and reimbursement of cancer treatment at home with the standard of care

  • Open Access
  • Research

Sarah Misplon, Wim Marneffe, Jana Missiaen, Dries Myny, Inge Decock, Steve Lervant, Koen Vaneygen

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HPV vaccine uptake in a predominantly Hispanic Border Community: A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the "Tiempo de Vacunarte Program"

Phong Nguyen, Jessica Calderon-Mora, Vishwajeet Singh, Amir Hernandez, Sonya Roy, Jennifer Molokwu

Associations between Sarcopenia and trajectories of activities of daily living disability: a nationwide longitudinal study of middle-aged and older adults in China from 2011 to 2018

Lei Lan, ShiMiao Shao, Xiaowei Zheng

Rising socioeconomic disparities in childhood overweight and obesity in Belgium

Sabine Drieskens, Rana Charafeddine, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Robby De Pauw, Stefaan Demarest

Prevalence, trends, and specialized palliative care utilization in Taiwanese children and young adults with life-limiting conditions between 2008 and 2017: a nationwide population-based study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Shih-Chun Lin, Mei-Chih Huang

Association between tobacco smoke exposure and depression: the NHANES 2005–2018 and Mendelian randomization study

Yikun Guo, Jun Yan

Association between life’s essential 8 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease among US adults

Zheng Wang, Bohan Huang, Yixuan Ding, Feng Cao, Fei Li, Prof Fei Li

Determinants of mortality status and population attributable risk fractions of the North West Province, South African site of the international PURE study

Cristian Ricci, Iolanthe M. Kruger, Herculina S. Kruger, Yolandi Breet, Sarah J. Moss, Abie van Oort, Petra Bester, Marlien Pieters

The serum level of vitamin D and prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among children with asthma in Asia and Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Economic burden of psoriasis in Southern Iran in 2022

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Survival, mortality and epidemic risk status of COVID-19: a population-based Study in Golestan province, Iran

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Laryngeal cancer incidence trends in the United States over 2000–2020: a population-based analysis

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Medication nonadherence and associated factors in patients with tuberculosis in Wau, South Sudan: a cross- sectional study using the world health organization multidimensional adherence model

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Biopsychosocial factors of quality of life among middle-aged adults living alone in South Korea: a secondary data analysis using the 2017 Korea Community Health Survey

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Hyerang Kim, Eun Jung Bae, Yunkyung Choi, Heesook Son

Individual and community level factors of safe child feces disposal among youngest children in East Africa: a multilevel modeling analysis using recent national demography and health survey data

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Cultural factors influencing COVID-19-related perceptions and behavior, seen from immigrants’ own perspective – a qualitative study in Norway

Solveig Vederhus, Eirik Myhre, Esperanza Diaz, Liv Grimstvedt Kvalvik

Exploring methods for creating or adapting knowledge mobilization products for culturally and linguistically diverse audiences: a scoping review

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Sarah A. Elliott, Liza Bialy, Shannon D. Scott, Lisa Hartling

Barriers to HPV vaccine series completion among a predominantly hispanic border population: a mixed method evaluation

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Retraction Note: The prevalence of electronic cigarettes vaping globally: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Hadi Tehrani, Abdolhalim Rajabi, Mousa Ghelichi- Ghojogh, Mahbobeh Nejatian, Alireza Jafari

Oral health-related quality of life and loneliness: results based on a cross-sectional survey

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Ammar Abdullah, Hans-Helmut König, André Hajek

In-depth analysis of the medical supply for indigenous people in North-Eastern Colombia: a dominance of infectious diseases and only insufficient therapeutic options

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Hannah Bauer, Hagen Frickmann, Gustavo Concha, Lothar Kreienbrock, Maria Hartmann, Philipp Warnke, Ralf Matthias Hagen, Ernst Molitor, Achim Hoerauf, Simone Kann

Risk stratification of new-onset psychiatric disorders using clinically distinct traumatic brain injury phenotypes

Nelofar Kureshi, Abraham Nunes, Cindy Feng, David B. Clarke, Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on social and economic welfare in Uganda

David Musoke, Sarah Nalinya, Grace Biyinzika Lubega, Kevin Deane, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho, David McCoy

The impact of targeted local outreach clinics to improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake: controlled interrupted time series in South West England

Tim Jones, Huzaifa Adamali, Maria Theresa Redaniel, Frank de Vocht, Kate Tilling, Charlie Kenward, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Sam Creavin

Advocate-BREAST: advocates and patients’ advice to enhance breast cancer care delivery, patient experience and patient centered research by 2025

Ciara C. O’Sullivan, Nicole L. Larson, Robert A. Vierkant, Mary Lou Smith, Cynthia Chauhan, Fergus J. Couch, Janet E. Olson, Charles L. Loprinzi, Kathryn J. Ruddy

Adaptation and validation of the All Aspects of Health Literacy Scale (AAHLS) in healthcare settings of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Tolasa Yadate, Eshetu Girma, Yordanos Tadesse, Tariku Dejene, Finina Abebe

A case study on the implementation of quality and comprehensive indicators set in routine diabetes care

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Ana Cristina García-Ulloa, José Luis Cárdenas-Fragoso, Diana Hernández-Juárez, Nancy Haydée Serrano-Pérez, Paula Blancarte-Jaber, Carlos Aguilar-Salinas, Nancy R. Mejía-Domínguez, Alejandro Zentella-Dehesa, Sergio Hernández-Jiménez, María Teresa Alcántara-Garcés, Adriana Siboney Araujo González, Denise Liliana Arcila-Martínez, Rodrigo Arizmendi-Rodríguez, Humberto Del Valle-Ramírez, Arturo Flores García, Mariana Granados-Arcos, Héctor Manuel Infanzón-Talango, Arely Hernández Jasso, María Victoria Landa-Anell, Claudia Lechuga-Fonseca, Marco Antonio Melgarejo-Hernández, Angélica Palacios-Vargas, Liliana Pérez-Peralta, Maureen Alexis Acosta Mireles, David Rivera de la Parra, Alejandra Estefanía Montserrat Rodríguez-Ramírez, Francis Evelyn Rojas-Torres, Sandra Sainos-Muñoz, Nancy Haydee Serrano-Pérez, Héctor Rafael Velázquez-Jurado, Andrea Liliana Villegas-Narváez, Luz Elena Urbina-Arronte, Francisco J. Gómez-Pérez, David Kershenobich-Stalnikowitz

Prevalence of hypertension in pregnancy and its associated sociodemographic factors among mothers aged 15–49 years old in Malaysia

Kishwen Kanna Yoga Ratnam, Mohd Azmi Bin Suliman, Wan Kim Sui, Peter Seah Keng Tok, Muhammad Fadhli Bin Mohd Yusoff

Design and validation of an instrument to evaluate Person-Centered care in health services

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Rodolfo Lehmann-Mendoza, Gabriela Yanet Cortés-Moreno, Odet Sarabia-González, Rosa Paola Figuerola-Escoto, David Luna, Ilicia González-Mundo, Rubén Caselín-Ledezma, Roberto Arturo Vázquez-Dávila, Hilario Ascención Martínez-Arredondo

Nutrition literacy level of medical personnel in tertiary hospitals: evidence from a cross-sectional study

Guangju Mo, Erchang Zhu, Xuan Guo, Sijin Kong, Jingbo Ma

Trends in symptom prevalence and sequential onset of SARS-CoV-2 infection from 2020 to 2022 in East and Southeast Asia: a trajectory pattern exploration based on summary data

Tian Song, Jing Guo, Bin Liu, Lu Yang, Xiangwei Dai, Fuqiang Zhang, Zhaoyuan Gong, Mingzhi Hu, Qianzi Che, Nannan Shi

Mental health apps within the healthcare system: associations with stigma and mental health literacy

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Sophia Fürtjes, Mariam Al-Assad, Hanna Kische, Katja Beesdo-Baum

Non-communicable comorbidities in pulmonary tuberculosis and healthcare utilization: a cross-sectional study of 2021 Indonesian national health insurance data

Danik Iga Prasiska, Durga Datta Chapagain, Kennedy Mensah Osei, Vasuki Rajaguru, Sun Joo Kang, Tae Hyun Kim, Sang Gyu Lee, Whiejong Han

Investigating the impact of extreme weather events and related indicators on cardiometabolic multimorbidity

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Di Wu, Yu Shi, ChenChen Wang, Cheng Li, Yaoqin Lu, Chunfang Wang, Weidong Zhu, Tingting Sun, Junjie Han, Yanling Zheng, Liping Zhang

Implementing a Metabolism-informed approach for smoking cessation in an Alaska Tribal health system: study protocol for a single-arm implementation pilot trial

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Kelley J. Jansen, Brianna N. Tranby, Aliassa L. Shane, Todd Takeno, Kelly Chadwick, Pamela Sinicrope, Jennifer L. Shaw, Rachel F. Tyndale, Jeffrey R. Harris, Christi A. Patten, Jaedon P. Avey

Change of self-rated physical health predicts mortality in aging individuals: results of a population-based cohort study

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Anna Celine Reinwarth, Felix S. Wicke, Kamiar K. Rückert, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Oliver Tüscher, Philipp S. Wild, Thomas Münzel, Jochem König, Karl J. Lackner, Norbert Pfeiffer, Manfred E. Beutel

Metabolic health is more strongly associated with the severity and mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 than obesity

Hye Yeon Koo, Jae-Ryun Lee, Jin Yong Lee, Hyejin Lee

Epidemiological characteristics and outcomes of special-cause burns: analysis of 33,619 burn patients in a major regional burn center in China from 2004 to 2021

Ze Li, Meijun Jiang, Maomao Xi, Weiguo Xie

COVID-19 burden in Iran: disability-adjusted life years analysis from hospital data, 2020–2021

Soheila Damiri, Mahshad Goharimehr, Mohammad Mahdi Nasehi, Mohammad Effatpanah, Zahra Shahali, Hossein Ranjbaran, Rajabali Daroudi

Does vertical integration increase the costs for primary care inpatients? Evidence from a national pilot programme in China

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Huawei Tan, Xueyu Zhang, Xinyi Peng, Dandan Guo, Yingchun Chen

“The ones at the bottom of the food chain”: structural drivers of unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion amongst adolescent girls in Zambia

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Joseph Mumba Zulu, Tamaryn L. Crankshaw, Ramatou Ouedraogo, Kenneth Juma, Carolien J. Aantjes

Beliefs negatively mediate adolescents’ and adults’ knowledge about sickle cell disease prevention and relationship choices; a one-center exploratory study in Central Region, Ghana

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Godfred Kiteinkwa Laar, Justine Mwinbeku, Ebenezer Allotey Pappoe, Emmanuella Obike, Elizabeth Ankomah, Belinda Baidoo, Diana Baaba Morrison, Joseph Boachie, Patrick Adu

Mobile-linked point-of-care diagnostics in community-based healthcare: a scoping review of user experiences

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Siphesihle R. Nxele, Boitumelo Moetlhoa, Thobeka Dlangalala, Kuhlula Maluleke, Kabelo Kgarosi, Ashleigh B. Theberge, Tivani Mashamba-Thompson

Situational Judgement Tests among Palestinian community members and Red Crescent volunteers to inform humanitarian action: a cross-sectional study

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L. S. Moussaoui, M. Quimby, H. Avancini, A. Salawdi, F. Skaik, R. Bani Odeh, O. Desrichard, N. Claxton

A scoping review of modifiable and behavioural drivers of infectious gastroenteritis among children in high-income countries

Megbaru Alemu Abate, Alexandra Robbins-Hill, Sheleigh Lawler, Yibeltal Assefa, Simon Reid

Recognizing and preventing unacknowledged prescribing errors associated with polypharmacy

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Giovanna Gentile, Antonio Del Casale, Ottavia De Luca, Gerardo Salerno, Sara Spirito, Martina Regiani, Matteo Regiani, Saskia Preissner, Monica Rocco, Robert Preissner, Maurizio Simmaco, Marina Borro

Analyzing childhood (0-59 months) malnutrition determinants in five West African Countries of Gabon, Gambia, Liberia, Mauritania, and Nigeria using survey logistic regression-insights from DHS data

Reshav Beni, Shaun Ramroop, Faustin Habyarimana

Two-year epidemiology of post-COVID-19 conditions in Bangladesh: a cohort study of post-COVID-19 from 12,925 SARS-CoV-2 cases between July and December 2021–2023 in Bangladesh

Altaf Hossain Sarker, Md. Feroz Kabir, K. M. Amran Hossain, Sharmila Jahan, Md. Zahid Hossain, Tofajjal Hossain, Sohel Ahmed, Raju Ahmed, Md. Waliul Islam, Iqbal Kabir Jahid

Applying a “medical deserts” lens to cancer care services in the North-West region of Romania from 2009 to 2022 – a mixed-methods analysis

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Monica Georgiana Brînzac, Marius Ionuț Ungureanu, Cătălin Ovidiu Baba

The impact of an integrative healthcare system on longevity in a nonagenarian population in Northern Mexico: an observational study

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Melissa Hughes-García, Daniela Abigail Ojeda-Salazar, Andrea Rivera-Cavazos, Arnulfo Garza-Silva, Andrea Belinda Cepeda-Medina, Iván Francisco Fernández-Chau, Devany Paola Morales-Rodriguez, Miguel Ángel Sanz-Sánchez, Arnulfo González-Cantú, Maria Elena Romero-Ibarguengoitia

“They feel shame sometime, but that is why we need to talk to them…we need to tell them how important it is not to feel shame”: Hepatitis B related shame and improving hepatitis B care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the Top End of the Northern Territory, according to the Aboriginal health workforce

Richard P. Sullivan, Sarah Mariyalawuy Bukulatjpi, Paula Binks, Kelly Hosking, Patricia Nundhirribala, Emily Vintour-Cesar, Melita McKinnon, George Gurruwiwi, Anna Green, Joshua S. Davis, Jane Davies

Effect of long-term care insurance on medical expenditure and health status: National cohort study

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Shanshan Yin, Wen Chen, Changli Jia, Yifan Yao, Lan Yao

Automatic external defibrillator (AED) location – seconds that save lifes

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Wojciech Timler, Filip Jaskiewicz, Joanna Kempa, Dariusz Timler

Perceptions of lifestyle-related risk communication in patients with breast and colorectal cancer: a qualitative interview study in Sweden

Åsa Grauman, Erica Sundell, Jennifer Viberg Johansson, Nina Cavalli-Björkman, Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist, Mariann Hedström

Factors related to the return to work of head and neck cancer patients diagnosed between 2004–2011 in Belgium: a multivariate Fine-Gray regression model analysis

Maxim Van den Broecke, Sarah de Jong, Katrien Vanthomme, Régine Kiasuwa Mbengi, Christophe Vanroelen

Anaemia and associated factors among children aged 6–59 months during the post-ebola period in Sierra Leone: a national cross-sectional survey- 2019

Linet M. Mutisya, Quraish Sserwanja, Kassim Kamara, Micheal Mazzi, Emmanuel Olal

Implementation strategies for decentralized management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: insights from community health systems in Zambia

Joseph Mumba Zulu, Patricia Maritim, Hikabasa Halwiindi, Malizgani Paul Chavula, Margarate Munakampe, Tulani Francis L. Matenga, Chris Mweemba, Ntazana N. Sinyangwe, Batuli Habib, Mwiche Musukuma, Adam Silumbwe, Bo Wang, Patrick Kaonga, Mwimba Chewe, Ronald Fisa, Jeremiah Banda, Angel Mubanga, Henry Phiri

Analysis of factors affecting the length of hospitalization of patients with Clostridioides difficile infection: a cross-sectional study

Jarosław Drobnik, Piotr Pobrotyn, Štefánia Moricová, Katarzyna Madziarska, Mateusz Baran

Effectiveness of an online multimodal rehabilitation program in long COVID patients: a randomized clinical trial

Sandra León-Herrera, Bárbara Oliván-Blázquez, Raquel Sánchez-Recio, Fátima Méndez-López, Rosa Magallón-Botaya, Rafael Sánchez-Arizcuren

Multilevel factors associated with HIV-related stigma among women living with HIV in Guangdong Province, China: a social-ecological model-informed study

Yufan Xie, Shuang Gao, Qian Wang, Min Cai, Shuaixin Feng, Zhaoqian Huang, Ying Huang, Yeting Hong, Xiaoxia Tan, Jinbin Li, Li Yuan, Fenghua Liu, Hongbo Jiang

Depressive disorders in Chinese left-behind children and adolescents from Yunnan province: prevalence and association with self-harm behaviors

Hailiang Ran, Wei Chang, Chuanzhi Xu, Yusan Che, Die Fang, Lin Chen, Sifan Wang, Xuemeng Liang, Hao Sun, Junwei Peng, Qiongxian Li, Yuanyu Shi, Jin Lu, Yuanyuan Xiao

Association between sleep duration and sleep quality with pre-sarcopenia in the 20–59-year-old population: evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2005–2014

Xiuxun Dong, Lei He, Li Zhang, Yang Shen

Gender-related measurement invariance on the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) for global mental distress with older adults in Puerto Rico

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Denise Burnette, Kyeongmo Kim, Seon Kim

Spatial distribution of teenage pregnancy and its associated factors in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analysis of EDHS 2019

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Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu, Atalay Liknaw Birhanie, Moges Tadesse Abebe, Werkneh Melkie Tilahun, Worku Necho Asferie, Anteneh Kassa Yalew, Muluken Chanie Agimas, Tigabu Kidie Tesfie, Mekuriaw Nibret Aweke, Fantu Mamo Aragaw

Coping with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study on young Australians' anxiety and depression symptoms from 2020–2021

Ana Orozco, Alexander Thomas, Michelle Raggatt, Nick Scott, Sarah Eddy, Caitlin Douglass, Cassandra J. C. Wright, Tim Spelman, Megan S. C. Lim

Making alcohol and tobacco preventable deaths truly preventable! Addiction as a modifiable risk factor for alcohol and tobacco preventable mortality

Emmanuelle Baillet, Fuschia Serre, Marc Auriacombe

Building health systems resilience: understanding the social, economic, and cultural impacts of climate change from stakeholders' perspectives in Indonesia

Wahyu Sulistiadi, Riswandy Wasir, Wasir Thalib, Dumilah Ayuningtyas, Nisma Bawazier, Erik Buskens

Spatial equity and factors associated with intensive care unit bed allocation in China

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Global, regional, and national trends in the burden of breast cancer among individuals aged 70 years and older from 1990 to 2021: an analysis based on the global burden of disease study 2021

Shaochun Liu, Yuhan Tang, Jiajie Li, Wenhui Zhao

Prevalence and factors associated with short birth interval in the semi-rural community of Kaya, Burkina Faso: results of a community-based survey

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Abou Coulibaly, Adama Baguiya, Ivlabèhirè Bertrand Meda, Tiéba Millogo, Aristide Marie Arsène Koumbem, Franck Garanet, Seni Kouanda

Low handgrip strength is associated with falls after the age of 50: findings from the Brazilian longitudinal study of aging (ELSI-Brazil)

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André Pereira dos Santos, Jéssica Fernanda Correa Cordeiro, Pedro Pugliesi Abdalla, Lucimere Bohn, Emerson Sebastião, Leonardo Santos Lopes da Silva, Márcio Fernando Tasinafo-Júnior, Ana Cláudia Rossini Venturini, Alynne Christian Ribeiro Andaki, Edmar Lacerda Mendes, Pablo Jorge Marcos-Pardo, Jorge Mota, Dalmo Roberto Lopes Machado

Evolution of COVID-19 dynamics in Guangdong Province, China: an endemic-epidemic modeling study

Zitong Huang, Liling Lin, Xing Li, Zuhua Rong, Jianxiong Hu, Jianguo Zhao, Weilin Zeng, Zhihua Zhu, Yihong Li, Yun Huang, Li Zhang, Dexin Gong, Jiaqing Xu, Yan Li, Huibing Lai, Wangjian Zhang, Yuantao Hao, Jianpeng Xiao, Lifeng Lin

Development of a complex intervention to strengthen municipality-based breastfeeding support to reduced social inequity in breastfeeding

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Ingrid Nilsson, Marianne Busck-Rasmussen, Sarah Fredsted Villadsen

Equity and trends in the allocation of health human resources in China from 2012 to 2021

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A comprehensive scoping review of global educational strategies and outcomes in aedes-borne disease control

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Ali Heyrani, Farzaneh Pourjalil, Zahra Hosseini, Nahid Shahabi, Elaheh Asadipour

Strengthening crisis resilience in German primary care by using quality indicators: findings of a process evaluation in the RESILARE project

Regina Poß-Doering, Jan Koetsenruijter, Nicola Alexandra Litke, Aline Weis, Martina Köppen, Stephanie Kümmel, Joachim Szecsenyi, Michel Wensing

A protocol for identifying the needs related to drug use, health and social (re)integration of people living in prison within five European countries

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Els Plettinckx, Nadine Berndt, Rita Seixas, Stefaan De Smet, Jérôme Antoine, Helena Bruggeman, Nina Harth, Athanasia Papadopoulou, Ioulia Bafi, Anastasios Fotiou, Evelina Pridotkienė, Rima Kalinauskaitė, Brigita Rašimaitė, Myria Tsiakkirou, Margot Balcaen, Kim Fernandez, Lies Gremeaux, Nicky Dirkx, Karin De Ridder, Ioanna Yiasemi, Josefina Mavrou

Pilot study for the development of an automatically generated and wearable-based early warning system for the detection of deterioration of hospitalized patients of an acute care hospital

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J.J. Reichl, M. Leifke, S. Wehrli, D. Kunz, L. Geissmann, S. Broisch, M. Illien, D. Wellauer, N. von Dach, S. Diener, V. Manser, V. Herren, A. Angerer, S. Hirsch, B. Hölz, J. Eckstein

Decoding privacy concerns: the role of perceived risk and benefits in personal health data disclosure

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Havva Nur Atalay, Şebnem Yücel

Association between changes in depressive symptoms and risk of anemia: from the China Health and Retirement longitudinal study

Yucong Bi, Liping Zheng, Leping Zhang, Longyang Han, Yang Liu, Xiaowei Zheng, Chongke Zhong

Assessment of antibiotic consumption patterns in hospital and primary healthcare using WHO Access, Watch and Reserve classification (AWaRe) in Sichuan Western China: 2020

Haoxin Song, Xiao Liu, Kun Zou, Hailong Li, Haotian Fei, Liang Huang, Qin Yu, Lingli Zhang

Qualitative exploration of determinants of active mobility and social participation in Urban neighborhoods: individual perceptions over objective factors?

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Lukas Bollenbach, Martina Kanning, Christina Niermann

ARCHWAy: an innovative educational program advancing the public health workforce

Beth Ann Swan, Quyen Phan, Kevin Crawford, Sarah Febres-Cordero, Lalita Kaligotla, Roxana Chicas, Nicholas A. Giordano, Susan Brasher, Rebekah Chance-Revels, Anne Spaulding, Laika Steiger

The role of uric acid in the risk of hypertension developed from prehypertension: a five-year Chinese urban cohort study

Jun Zhu, Lingyu Shen, Shifen Jia, Wei Wang, Yaqing Xiong

Using the 12-item short-form health survey (SF-12) to evaluate self-rated health in an environmental justice community

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Leanne S. Fawkes, Taehyun Roh, Thomas J. McDonald, Jennifer A. Horney, Weihsueh A. Chiu, Garett T. Sansom

Aberrations in medically certified sick leave and primary healthcare consultations in Norway in 2023 compared to pre-COVID-19-pandemic trends

Richard Aubrey White, Chi Zhang, Beatriz Valcarcel Salamanca, Aslaug Angelsen, Dinastry Pramadita Zakiudin, Aristomo Andries, Saranda Kabashi, Lene Lehmann Moberg

Artificial intelligence in healthcare: a scoping review of perceived threats to patient rights and safety

Nkosi Nkosi Botha, Cynthia E. Segbedzi, Victor K. Dumahasi, Samuel Maneen, Ruby V. Kodom, Ivy S. Tsedze, Lucy A. Akoto, Fortune S. Atsu, Obed U. Lasim, Edward W. Ansah

Exploring the long-term disability outcomes in Trauma patients: study protocol

Natasha Shaukat, Asma Altaf Hussain Merchant, Fazila Sahibjan, Ayesha Abbasi, Zeerak Jarrar, Tanveer Ahmed, Huba Atiq, Uzma Rahim Khan, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Saima Mushtaq, Shahid Rasul, Adnan A. Hyder, Junaid Razzak, Adil Haider

Worldwide Wellness of Mothers and Babies (WWOMB): program overview and lessons learned from Ethiopia

Melissa L. Harris, Deborah Loxton, Tahir Ahmed Hassen, Desalegn M. Shifti, Tesfalidet Beyene, Tesfaye R. Feyissa, Habtamu M. Bizuayehu, Abdulbasit Musa, Teketo K. Tegegne, Tenaw Y. Tiruye, Addisu S. Beyene, Alemu S. Melka, Ayele Geleto, Gezahegn Tesfaye, Girmay T. Kiross, Kelemu T. Kibret, Maereg W. Meazaw, Catherine Chojenta

Divergent interpretations of child abuse in legal judgments: perspectives from clinicians and forensic experts

Ching-Min Tang, Chen-Fang Lou, Shao-Hsuan Hsia, Kuang-Tsung Liang, Wen Chang, Jainn-Jim Lin, Oi-Wa Chan, Kuang-Lin Lin, En-Pei Lee

Regional disparities and socio-demographic factors associated with eight or more antenatal care visits in Ghana

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Richard Gyan Aboagye, Augustus Osborne, Tarif Salihu, Florence Gyembuzie Wongnaah, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

The global research landscape and future trends in healthcare Total Quality Management

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Zhiyuan Hu, Richard Szewei Wang, Xiaoping Qin, Yu-Ni Huang, Lin Li, Herng-Chia Chiu, Yuanli Liu, Bing-Long Wang

Assessing community awareness and participation in health facility governing committees in two districts of Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

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Hussein Athuman Kapuya, Stephen Oswald Maluka, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Miguel San Sebastian

A measurement study of the environmental quality and medical expenditures of elderly individuals: causal inference based on machine learning

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Yu Zhang, Sheng Chen, Dewen Liu

Mortality from type 2 diabetes mellitus across municipalities in Mexico

Claudio Alberto Dávila Cervantes, Emerson Augusto Baptista

Community antibiotic consumption in the European Union/European economic area: late-pandemic rebound and seasonality analysis

Helene Vermeulen, Boudewijn Catry, Lucy Catteau, Niel Hens

Socio-demographic and clinical predictors of post-acute, mid-and long-term psychological sequelae of COVID-19: a two-year cross-sectional investigation on 1317 patients at the University Hospital of Verona

C. Perlini, M. Marcanti, M. Pattaro Zonta, M. A. Mazzi, A. Mason, M. Apollonio, D. Calì, M. Fasoli, C. Brocco, S. T. Nesto, G. Humphris, G. Maccarrone, E. Gentilotti, E. Tacconelli, L. Del Piccolo

Determinants of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among children and adolescents in the subacute stage of Kahramanmaras earthquake, Turkey

Neşe Yakşi, Mehtap Eroğlu

Top-funded companies offering digital health interventions for the prevention and treatment of depression: a systematic market analysis

Oscar Castro, Alicia Salamanca-Sanabria, Aishah Alattas, Gisbert Wilhelm Teepe, Konstantin Leidenberger, Elgar Fleisch, Lorainne Tudor Car, Falk Muller-Riemenschneider, Tobias Kowatsch

The relationship between leisure activity participation and cognitive function among older Chinese adults: the differences across gender and age

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Xi-Ru Guo, Tao-Zhu Cheng, Jing Guo

Environmental pollution, trade openness and the health of middle-aged and elderly people: an analysis of threshold effect based on data from 111 prefecture-level cities in China

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Jin-Dan Zhang, Xiao-Fen Cheng, Yan-Ting He, Lu-Shi Kong, Duo Chen, Yi-Li Zhang, Bei Li

The mediating role of healthy behaviors and self-perceived health in the relationship between eating behaviors and comorbidity in adults

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The level of electronic health literacy among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xin Jiang, Lushan Wang, Yingjie Leng, Ruonan Xie, Chengxiang Li, Zhuomiao Nie, Daiqing Liu, Guorong Wang

Chronotype and leisure-time physical activity among civil servants in Japan: a cross-sectional analysis of the Aichi workers’ cohort study

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Ryusei Okegawa, Yupeng He, Masaaki Matsunaga, May Thet Khine, Yuanying Li, Tsuyoshi Kitajima, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Atsuhiko Ota

Physical fitness and body build parameters of children and adolescents participating in the physical activity promotion programme “Athletics for all!”

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Joanna Baj-Korpak, Kamil Zaworski, Marek Wochna, Sebastian Chmara, Marian Jan Stelmach

Evaluation of the causal effect of maternal education on the utilisation of maternal health services in Bangladesh using an observational study - a comparison of different propensity score methods and covariate adjustment

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