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Ausgabe 1/2022

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Open Access Research article

Household solid waste management practices and perceptions among residents in the East Coast of Malaysia

Widad Fadhullah, Nor Iffah Najwa Imran, Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail, Mohd Hafiidz Jaafar, Hasmah Abdullah

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A survey and cause analysis of community resilience in a Chinese city from the perspective of nursing

N. Jiang, L. H. Ma, J. X. Cheng, X. L. Jiang

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Poor sleep quality is negatively associated with low cognitive performance in general population independent of self-reported sleep disordered breathing

Zhongrong Wang, Mulalibieke Heizhati, Lin Wang, Mei Li, Zhikang Yang, Mengyue Lin, Reyila Abudereyimu, Jing Hong, Wenbo Yang, Ling Yao, Shasha Liu, Junli Hu, Nanfang Li

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Mongolia health situation: based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Odgerel Chimed-Ochir, Vanya Delgermaa, Ken Takahashi, Oyuntsetseg Purev, Amarzaya Sarankhuu, Yoshihisa Fujino, Narantuya Bayarmagnai, Otgontuya Dugee, Ryenchindorj Erkhembayar, Battur Lkhagvaa, Chimedsuren Ochir, Tumenjavkhlan Sosorburam, Mohsen Naghavi

Open Access Research

Peer-led theoretically Desinged HIV/AIDS prevention intervention among students: a case of health belief model

Hoda Joorbonyan, Mohtasham Ghaffari, Sakineh Rakhshanderou

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Parental perceptions of the food environment and their influence on food decisions among low-income families: a rapid review of qualitative evidence

Divya Ravikumar, Eleni Spyreli, Jayne Woodside, Michelle McKinley, Colette Kelly

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Predictive determinants of overall survival among re-infected COVID-19 patients using the elastic-net regularized Cox proportional hazards model: a machine-learning algorithm

Vahid Ebrahimi, Mehrdad Sharifi, Razieh Sadat Mousavi-Roknabadi, Robab Sadegh, Mohammad Hossein Khademian, Mohsen Moghadami, Afsaneh Dehbozorgi

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Medicines and vaccines supply chains challenges in Nigeria: a scoping review

Victory O. Olutuase, Chinwe J. Iwu-Jaja, Cynthia P. Akuoko, Emmanuel O. Adewuyi, Vishnu Khanal

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Association between social capital and sleep duration among rural older adults in China

Le Yang, Hongman Wang, Jingmin Cheng

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Background predictors of time to death in infancy: evidence from a survival analysis of the 2018 Nigeria DHS data

Michael Kunnuji, Idongesit Eshiet, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Temitope Omogbemi, Sanni Yaya

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Investigating the disjoint between education and health policy for infant feeding among teenage mothers in South Africa: a case for intersectoral work

Jo Hunter-Adams, Anna Strebel, Joanne Corrigall, Virginia Zweigenthal

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Exploring barriers and facilitators to PrEP use among transgender women in two urban areas: implications for messaging and communication

Sarah Bauerle Bass, Patrick J. Kelly, Jesse Brajuha, Luis Gutierrez-Mock, Kimberly Koester, Paul D’Avanzo, Jae Sevelius

Open Access Research

Association of perceived work pace and physical work demands with occupational accidents: a cross-sectional study of ageing male construction workers in Denmark

Pernille Weber Hansen, Vivi Schlünssen, Kirsten Fonager, Jakob Hjort Bønløkke, Claus D. Hansen, Henrik Bøggild

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Characterizing the transmission patterns of seasonal influenza in Italy: lessons from the last decade

Filippo Trentini, Elena Pariani, Antonino Bella, Giulio Diurno, Lucia Crottogini, Caterina Rizzo, Stefano Merler, Marco Ajelli

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The cost of community outreach HIV interventions: a case study in Thailand

Kyaw Min Soe, Katharina Hauck, Sukhum Jiamton, Sukhontha Kongsin

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Effectiveness of optimized food-based recommendation promotion to improve nutritional status and lipid profiles among Minangkabau women with dyslipidemia: A cluster-randomized trial

Gusnedi Gusnedi, Umi Fahmida, Fiastuti Witjaksono, Fariz Nurwidya, Muchtaruddin Mansyur, Ratna Djuwita, Cesilia Meti Dwiriani, Murdani Abdullah

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The Gutenberg health study: a five-year prospective analysis of psychosocial working conditions using COPSOQ (Copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire) and ERI (effort-reward imbalance)

Matthias Nuebling, Janice Hegewald, Karla Romero Starke, Hans-Joachim Lincke, Sylvia Jankowiak, Falk Liebers, Ute Latza, Stephan Letzel, Merle Riechmann-Wolf, Emilio Gianicolo, Manfred Beutel, Norbert Pfeiffer, Klaus Lackner, Thomas Münzel, Philipp S. Wild, Andreas Seidler

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Is concern for gynaecological alarm symptoms associated with healthcare-seeking? A Danish population-based cross-sectional study

Anja Schmidt Vejlgaard, Sanne Rasmussen, Peter Fentz Haastrup, Dorte Ejg Jarbøl, Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam

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Sex education and self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: an explorative analysis

Grace Crowley, Piumee Bandara, Lalith Senarathna, Ayodhya Malalagama, Sonali Gunasekera, Thilini Rajapakse, Duleeka Knipe

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Predicting human papillomavirus vaccine uptake in men who have sex with men the influence of vaccine price and receiving an HPV diagnosis

Po-Yi Yao, Chung-Ying Lin, Nai-Ying Ko, Huachun Zou, Chia-Wen Lee, Carol Strong

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Prevalence and incidence rates of laboratory-confirmed hepatitis B infection in South Africa, 2015 to 2019

Shelina Moonsamy, Melinda Suchard, Pavitra Pillay, Nishi Prabdial-Sing

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Construction and validation of a prognostic nomogram for predicting the survival of HIV/AIDS adults who received antiretroviral therapy: a cohort between 2003 and 2019 in Nanjing

Fangfang Jiang, Yuanyuan Xu, Li Liu, Kai Wang, Lu Wang, Gengfeng Fu, Liping Wang, Zhongjie Li, Junjie Xu, Hui Xing, Ning Wang, Zhengping Zhu, Zhihang Peng

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Late-onset or chronic overweight/obesity predicts low self-esteem in early adolescence: a longitudinal cohort study

Wei Jie Gong, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, Man Ping Wang, Tai Hing Lam, Thomas Wai Hung Chung, Sai Yin Ho

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Acceptability of a real-time notification of stress and access to self-help therapies among law enforcement officers

Katelyn K. Jetelina, Rebecca Molsberry, Lauren Malthaner, Alaina Beauchamp, M. Brad Cannell, Trina Hall, Ed Fowler, Lonzo Anderson

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Operationalizing the distribution of oral HIV self-testing kits to men who have sex with men (MSM) in a highly homophobic environment: the Nigerian experience

Adekemi Sekoni, Waimar Tun, Osasuyi Dirisu, Temitope Ladi-Akinyemi, Elizabeth Shoyemi, Sylvia Adebajo, Folasade Ogunsola, Lung Vu

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Association of neighborhood greenness with severity of hand, foot, and mouth disease

Zhicheng Du, Boyi Yang, Bin Jalaludin, Luke Knibbs, Shicheng Yu, Guanghui Dong, Yuantao Hao

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Military service experiences and reasons for service separation among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in a large military cohort

Felicia R. Carey, Isabel G. Jacobson, Keren Lehavot, Cynthia A. LeardMann, Claire A. Kolaja, Valerie A. Stander, Rudolph P. Rull

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The feasibility and acceptability of a classroom-based physical activity program for children attending specialist schools: a mixed-methods pilot study

Chloe Emonson, Nicole Papadopoulos, Nicole Rinehart, Ana Mantilla, Ian Fuelscher, Lynne M. Boddy, Caterina Pesce, Jane McGillivray

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Relation of corona-specific health literacy to use of and trust in information sources during the COVID-19 pandemic

Saskia Maria De Gani, Fabian Marc Pascal Berger, Elena Guggiari, Rebecca Jaks

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Factors associated with habitual sleep duration in US adults with hypertension: a cross-sectional study of the 2015–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Everlyne G. Ogugu, Sheryl L. Catz, Janice F. Bell, Christiana Drake, Julie T. Bidwell, James E. Gangwisch

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Social determinants of malnutrition in Chilean children aged up to five

Sandra Alvear-Vega, Héctor Vargas-Garrido

Open Access COVID-19 Research

The broad spectrum of COVID-like patients initially negative at RT-PCR testing: a cohort study

Valeria Caramello, Alessandra Macciotta, Fabrizio Bar, Alessandro Mussa, Anna Maria De Leo, Alessandro Vincenzo De Salve, Fabio Nota, Carlotta Sacerdote, Fulvio Ricceri, Adriana Boccuzzi

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The relationship between telework from home and employee health: a systematic review

Lars-Kristian Lunde, Lise Fløvik, Jan Olav Christensen, Håkon A. Johannessen, Live Bakke Finne, Ingrid Løken Jørgensen, Benedicte Mohr, Jolien Vleeshouwers

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Cross-sectional survey of underreported violence experienced by adolescents: a study from Indonesia

Yoni Syukriani, A. Noviandhari, N. Arisanti, E. P. Setiawati, V. K. Rusmil, M. Dhamayanti, N. Sekarwana

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A survey of depression and anxiety disorders in urban and rural Suriname

Raj Jadnanansing, Edwin de Beurs, Kajal Etwaroo, Matthijs Blankers, Rudi Dwarkasing, Jaap Peen, Vincent Lumsden, Robbert Bipat, Jack Dekker

Open Access COVID-19 Research

The impact of COVID-19 on physical activity behaviour in Italian primary school children: a comparison before and during pandemic considering gender differences

Laura Dallolio, Sofia Marini, Alice Masini, Stefania Toselli, Rita Stagni, Maria Cristina Bisi, Davide Gori, Alessia Tessari, Alessandra Sansavini, Marcello Lanari, Laura Bragonzoni, Andrea Ceciliani

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Cypriots on Melanoma Prevention: Is there a Public Health Concern?

Demetra Kyprianou, Iris Charalambidou, Oluwaseun Famojuro, Hongmei Wang, Dejun Su, Paraskevi A. Farazi

Open Access COVID-19 Research article

Premature mortality attributable to COVID-19: potential years of life lost in 17 countries around the world, January–August 2020

Maider Pagola Ugarte, Souzana Achilleos, Annalisa Quattrocchi, John Gabel, Ourania Kolokotroni, Constantina Constantinou, Nicoletta Nicolaou, Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Llanes, Qian Huang, Olesia Verstiuk, Nataliia Pidmurniak, Jennifer Wenjing Tao, Bo Burström, Petra Klepac, Ivan Erzen, Mario Chong, Manuel Barron, Terje P. Hagen, Zhanna Kalmatayeva, Kairat Davletov, Inbar Zucker, Zalman Kaufman, Maia Kereselidze, Levan Kandelaki, Nolwenn Le Meur, Lucy Goldsmith, Julia A. Critchley, Maria Angelica Pinilla, Gloria Isabel Jaramillo, Domingos Teixeira, Lara Ferrero Goméz, Jackeline Lobato, Carolina Araújo, Joseph Cuthbertson, Catherine M. Bennett, Antonis Polemitis, Andreas Charalambous, Christiana A. Demetriou

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Growth patterns of infants with in- utero HIV and ARV exposure in Cape Town, South Africa and Lusaka, Zambia

Dorothy C. Nyemba, Emma Kalk, Michael J. Vinikoor, Hlengiwe P. Madlala, Mwangelwa Mubiana-Mbewe, Maureen Mzumara, Carolyn Bolton Moore, Amy L. Slogrove, Andrew Boulle, Mary-Ann Davies, Landon Myer, Kathleen Powis

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Obesity indicators as mediators of association between daytime napping and type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

Jing Yi Xiao, Wei Sen Zhang, Chao Qiang Jiang, Ya Li Jin, Feng Zhu, Kar Keung Cheng, Tai Hing Lam, Lin Xu

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Implementation evaluation of a collective impact initiative to promote adolescent health in Oklahoma County, USA

Whitney R. Garney, Sonya Panjwani, Kelly Wilson, Kristen E. Garcia, Sharayah Fore, Shelby C. Lautner, Laura Lang, Brittney Criswell, Ronneal Mathews

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Assessment of the Cost of the Mediterranean Diet in a Low-Income Region: Adherence and Relationship with Available Incomes

Alessia Rubini, Cristina Vilaplana-Prieto, Marta Flor-Alemany, Lorena Yeguas-Rosa, Miriam Hernández-González, Francisco Javier Félix-García, Francisco Javier Félix-Redondo, Daniel Fernández-Bergés

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Parental care status and sexual risk behavior in five nationally-representative surveys of sub-Saharan African nations

Sarah Elizabeth Neville, Indrani Saran, Thomas M. Crea

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Costs of breast cancer treatment incurred by women in Vietnam

Tran Thu Ngan, Nguyen Bao Ngoc, Hoang Van Minh, Michael Donnelly, Ciaran O’Neill

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Adolescent school injuries and classroom sex compositions in German secondary schools

Andreas Filser, Sven Stadtmüller, Robert Lipp, Richard Preetz

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Field epidemiology training programs contribute to COVID-19 preparedness and response globally

Audrey E. Hu, Robert Fontaine, Reina Turcios-Ruiz, Aisha A. Abedi, Seymour Williams, Angela Hilmers, Eni Njoh, Elizabeth Bell, Carl Reddy, Kashef Ijaz, Henry C. Baggett

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Time trends in type 2 diabetes mellitus incidence across the BRICS from 1990 to 2019: an age-period-cohort analysis

Panglin Sun, Haoyu Wen, Xiaoxue Liu, Yudiyang Ma, Jie Jang, Chuanhua Yu

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Quantile regression analysis of the association between parental rearing and interpersonal sensitivity in Chinese adolescents

Yafeng Zhang, Wei Tian, Yuqi Xin, Quan Zhou, Guangcan Yan, Jianqiu Zhou, Bin Wang, Yuchun Tao, Lihua Fan, Limin Wang

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Occupational health care personnel tackling alcohol overuse – an observational study of work processes and patient characteristics

Jarmo O. Kuronen, Klas Winell, Jelena Hartsenko, Kimmo P. Räsänen

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Health and wellbeing needs and priorities in mining host communities in South Africa: a mixed-methods approach for identifying key SDG3 targets

Brian Rice, Delia Boccia, Daniel J. Carter, Renay Weiner, Lebohang Letsela, Mariken de Wit, Rebecca Pursell, Michael Jana, Ana Maria Buller, Mitzy Gafos

Open Access Correction

Correction to: A whole system approach to increasing children’s physical activity in a multi-ethnic UK city: a process evaluation protocol

Jennifer Hall, Daniel D. Bingham, Amanda Seims, Sufyan Abid Dogra, Jan Burkhardt, James Nobles, Jim McKenna, Maria Bryant, Sally E. Barber, Andy Daly-Smith

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Relationship between childhood sexual abuse and attitudes toward premarital sexual permissiveness among middle school students in Luzhou, China

Zhang Rong, Zhang Wen, Liao Maoxu, Liu Ya, Fan Song, Wei Hui, Tan Xiaozhen, Ye Yunli

Open Access Research

Dietary patterns and risk of bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mostafa Dianatinasab, Elaheh Forozani, Ali Akbari, Nazanin Azmi, Dariush Bastam, Mohammad Fararouei, Anke Wesselius, Maurice P. Zeegres

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Development and validation of a multi-lingual online questionnaire for surveying the COVID-19 prevention and control measures used in global workplaces

Carolyn Ingram, Yanbing Chen, Conor Buggy, Vicky Downey, Mary Archibald, Natalia Rachwal, Mark Roe, Anne Drummond, Carla Perrotta

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A picture of health: determining the core population served by an urban NHS hospital trust and understanding the key health needs

Thomas Beaney, Jonathan M. Clarke, Emily Grundy, Sophie Coronini-Cronberg

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Psychosocial and mental health challenges faced by emerging adults living with HIV and support systems aiding their positive coping: a qualitative study from the Kenyan coast

Moses K. Nyongesa, Carophine Nasambu, Rachael Mapenzi, Hans M. Koot, Pim Cuijpers, Charles R. J. C. Newton, Amina Abubakar

Open Access Publisher Correction

Publisher Correction To: Disclosure of same-sex practices and experiences of healthcare stigma among cisgender men who have sex with men in five sub-Saharan African countries

John Mark Wiginton, Sarah M. Murray, Ohemaa Poku, Jura Augustinavicius, Kevon-Mark Phillip Jackman, Jeremy Kane, Serge C. Billong, Daouda Diouf, Ibrahima Ba, Tampose Mothopeng, Iliassou Mfochive Njindam, Gnilane Turpin, Ubald Tamoufe, Bhekie Sithole, Maria Zlotorzynska, Travis H. Sanchez, Stefan D. Baral

Open Access Research article

Spatial inequalities in skilled birth attendance in India: a spatial-regional model approach

Prem Shankar Mishra, Debashree Sinha, Pradeep Kumar, Shobhit Srivastava

Open Access COVID-19 Research

What could we do differently next time? Australian parents’ experiences of the short-term and long-term impacts of home schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic

Alyssa R. Morse, Michelle Banfield, Philip J. Batterham, Amelia Gulliver, Sonia McCallum, Nicolas Cherbuin, Louise M. Farrer, Alison L. Calear

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Association between county-level risk groups and COVID-19 outcomes in the United States: a socioecological study

Sadiya S. Khan, Amy E. Krefman, Megan E. McCabe, Lucia C. Petito, Xiaoyun Yang, Kiarri N. Kershaw, Lindsay R. Pool, Norrina B. Allen

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Quantitative comparison of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification test and antigen testing algorithms: a decision analysis simulation model

Phillip P. Salvatore, Melisa M. Shah, Laura Ford, Augustina Delaney, Christopher H. Hsu, Jacqueline E. Tate, Hannah L. Kirking

Open Access Research

Barriers to initiating and maintaining participation in parkrun

L. J. Reece, K. Owen, M. Graney, C. Jackson, M. Shields, G. Turner, C. Wellington

Open Access Research

Validation of the family health scale among heterosexual couples: a dyadic analysis

AliceAnn Crandall, Melissa Barlow

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Daily uplifts during the COVID-19 pandemic: what is considered helpful in everyday life?

Rakel Eklund, Kristina Bondjers, Ida Hensler, Maria Bragesjö, Kerstin Bergh Johannesson, Filip K Arnberg, Josefin Sveen

Open Access Research

What’s important to you? Socioeconomic inequalities in the perceived importance of health compared to other life domains

Sanne E. Verra, Maartje P. Poelman, Andrea L. Mudd, Emely de Vet, Sofie van Rongen, John de Wit, Carlijn B.M. Kamphuis

Open Access Research

Developing indicators of age-friendly neighbourhood environments for urban and rural communities across 20 low-, middle-, and high-income countries

Emily J. Rugel, Clara K. Chow, Daniel J. Corsi, Perry Hystad, Sumathy Rangarajan, Salim Yusuf, Scott A. Lear

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Unintended socio-economic and health consequences of COVID-19 among slum dwellers in Kampala, Uganda

Rebecca Nuwematsiko, Maxencia Nabiryo, John Bosco Bomboka, Sarah Nalinya, David Musoke, Daniel Okello, Rhoda K. Wanyenze

Open Access Research

Analysis of death causes of residents in poverty-stricken Areas in 2020: take Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in China as an example

Rujun Liao, Lin Hu, Qiang Liao, Tianyu Zhu, Haiqun Yang, Tao Zhang

Open Access Research

Physical inactivity in early pregnancy and the determinants in an urban city setting of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sharifah Fazlinda Syed Nor, Idayu Badilla Idris, Zaleha Md Isa

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Factors associated with food safety compliance among street food vendors in Can Tho city, Vietnam: implications for intervention activity design and implementation

Ba Huynh-Van, Vy Vuong-Thao, Tuyen Huynh-Thi-Thanh, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Tung Huynh-Van, Loan Tran-To, Nguyen Nguyen-Thi-Thao, Cuc Huynh-Bach, Hung Nguyen-Viet

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Adverse childhood experiences and other risk factors associated with adolescent and young adult vaping over time: a longitudinal study

Janique Fortier, Tamara Taillieu, Samantha Salmon, Ashley Stewart-Tufescu, Isabel Garcés Davila, Harriet L. MacMillan, Jitender Sareen, Lil Tonmyr, Marni Brownell, Nathan C. Nickel, Tracie O. Afifi

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Vaccination, politics and COVID-19 impacts

Don Albrecht

Open Access Research article

An embedded multiple case study: using CFIR to map clinical food security screening constructs for the development of primary care practice guidelines

Sabira Taher, Naoko Muramatsu, Angela Odoms-Young, Nadine Peacock, C. Fagen Michael, K. Suh Courtney

Open Access COVID-19 Research

COVID-19 infections in day care centres in Germany: social and organisational determinants of infections in children and staff in the second and third wave of the pandemic

Franz Neuberger, Mariana Grgic, Svenja Diefenbacher, Florian Spensberger, Ann-Sophie Lehfeld, Udo Buchholz, Walter Haas, Bernhard Kalicki, Susanne Kuger

Open Access Research

Contrariwise obesity through organic food consumption in Malaysia: a signaling theory perspective

Zulhamri Abdullah, K. Y. S. Putri, Syed Hassan Raza, S. Bekti Istiyanto

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Stress-induced hyperphagia: empirical characterization of stress-overeaters

Birgit Kaiser, Kathrin Gemesi, Sophie Laura Holzmann, Monika Wintergerst, Martin Lurz, Hans Hauner, Georg Groh, Markus Böhm, Helmut Krcmar, Christina Holzapfel, Kurt Gedrich

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Prevalence of risk behaviors and correlates of SARS-CoV-2 positivity among in-school contacts of confirmed cases in a Georgia school district in the pre-vaccine era, December 2020–January 2021

Marisa Hast, Megan Swanson, Colleen Scott, Emeka Oraka, Catherine Espinosa, Eleanor Burnett, Esther A. Kukielka, Marion E. Rice, Lemlem Mehari, Jazmyn McCloud, Danielle Miller, Rachel Franklin, Jacqueline E. Tate, Hannah L. Kirking, Elana Morris

Open Access Research

Prevalence and factors associated with utilisation of postnatal care in Sierra Leone: a 2019 national survey

Quraish Sserwanja, Lilian Nuwabaine, Kassim Kamara, Milton W. Musaba

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Side-by-side comparison of parent vs. technician-collected respiratory swabs in low-income, multilingual, urban communities in the United States

Sandra S. Chaves, Ju-Hyeong Park, Mila M. Prill, Brett Whitaker, Reena Park, Ginger L. Chew

Open Access COVID-19 Research article

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK: a longitudinal household cross-sectional study

Kausik Chaudhuri, Anindita Chakrabarti, Joht Singh Chandan, Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay

Open Access Study protocol

Study design and rationale for a cluster randomized trial of a safe child feces management intervention in rural Odisha, India

Gloria D. Sclar, Valerie Bauza, Hans-Joachim Mosler, Alokananda Bisoyi, Howard H. Chang, Thomas F. Clasen

Open Access Research

Epidemiology and direct healthcare costs of Influenza-associated hospitalizations – nationwide inpatient data (Germany 2010-2019)

David Goettler, Patricia Niekler, Johannes G. Liese, Andrea Streng

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Links between obesity, weight stigma and learning in adolescence: a qualitative study

Rebecca Langford, Alisha Davies, Laura Howe, Christie Cabral

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Vaccination against tuberculosis, polio and hepatitis B at birth in Podor health district, Northern Senegal: cross-sectional study of vaccination coverage and its associated factors

Oumar Bassoum, Ndeye Mareme Sougou, Mouhamadou Faly Ba, Malick Anne, Mamoudou Bocoum, Alioune Dieye, Cheikh Sokhna, Anta Tal-Dia

Open Access Research

Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against diphtheria antitoxin among migrant workers in Singapore, 2016–2019

Li Wei Ang, Qi Gao, Lin Cui, Aysha Farwin, Matthias Paul Han Sim Toh, Irving Charles Boudville, Mark I-Cheng Chen, Angela Chow, Raymond Tzer-Pin Lin, Vernon Jian Ming Lee, Yee Sin Leo

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Cervical cancer mortality among young women in Latin America and the Caribbean: trend analysis from 1997 to 2030

J. Smith Torres-Roman, Luz Ronceros-Cardenas, Bryan Valcarcel, Janina Bazalar-Palacios, Jorge Ybaseta-Medina, Greta Carioli, Carlo La Vecchia, Christian S. Alvarez

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Influencing factors of residents’ environmental health literacy in Shaanxi province, China: a cross-sectional study

Yan Zhao, Yun Sheng, Jieting Zhou, Hao Wang, Mumba Mulutula Chilufya, Xuan Liu, Alaa Osman Mohamed, Jing Han, Chengjuan Qu

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Protocol of the Inner Mongolian Healthy Aging Study (IMAGINS): a longitudinal cohort study

Yunfeng Xi, Qiuyue Tian, Buqi Na, Ke Han, Mingrui Duan, Xingguang Zhang, Wenrui Wang, Youxin Wang

Open Access Research

Recent UK retirees’ views about the work-related factors which influenced their decision to retire: a qualitative study within the Health and Employment After Fifty (HEAF) cohort

Martin J. Stevens, Mary Barker, Elaine Dennison, E. Clare Harris, Cathy Linaker, Susie Weller, Karen Walker-Bone

Open Access Research

Association between a single mother family and childhood undervaccination, and mediating effect of household income: a nationwide, prospective birth cohort from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS)

Hiroyuki Kuroda, Atsushi Goto, Chihiro Kawakami, Kouji Yamamoto, Shuichi Ito, Michihiro Kamijima, Shin Yamazaki, Yukihiro Ohya, Reiko Kishi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Koichi Hashimoto, Zentaro Yamagata, Hidekuni Inadera, Takeo Nakayama, Hiroyasu Iso, Masayuki Shima, Youichi Kurozawa, Narufumi Suganuma, Koichi Kusuhara, Takahiko Katoh

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Healthy dietary patterns and metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease in less-developed ethnic minority regions: a large cross-sectional study

Xiaofen Xie, Bing Guo, Xiong Xiao, Jianzhong Yin, Ziyun Wang, Xiaoman Jiang, Jingzhong Li, Lu Long, Junmin Zhou, Ning Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Ting Chen, Baima Kangzhuo, Xing Zhao

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Psychosocial impacts of home-schooling on parents and caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Alison L. Calear, Sonia McCallum, Alyssa R. Morse, Michelle Banfield, Amelia Gulliver, Nicolas Cherbuin, Louise M. Farrer, Kristen Murray, Rachael M. Rodney Harris, Philip J. Batterham

Open Access Research

Vaccination against influenza among Lebanese health care workers in the era of coronavirus disease 2019

Dalal Youssef, Atika Berry, Janet Youssef, Linda Abou-Abbas

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Examining COVID-19 vaccine uptake and attitudes among 2SLGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness

Alex Abramovich, Nelson Pang, Sharumathy Kunasekaran, Amanda Moss, Tara Kiran, Andrew D. Pinto

Open Access Research

Effect of care environment on educational attainment among orphaned and separated children and adolescents in Western Kenya

Dorothy Apedaile, Allison DeLong, Edwin Sang, David Ayuku, Lukoye Atwoli, Omar Galárraga, Paula Braitstein

Open Access Research

Alcohol-attributable burden of cancer in Argentina

I A T van de Luitgaarden, A E Bardach, N Espinola, I C Schrieks, D E Grobbee, J W J Beulens

Open Access Research

Subjective cognitive decline symptoms and its association with socio-demographic characteristics and common chronic diseases in the southern Chinese older adults

Li-Hua Lin, Shi-Bin Wang, Wen-Qi Xu, Qing Hu, Ping Zhang, Yun-Fei Ke, Jia-Hao Huang, Kai-Rong Ding, Xue-Li Li, Cai-Lan Hou, Fu-Jun Jia

Open Access Research

Socioeconomic factors associated with suicidal behaviors in South Korea: systematic review on the current state of evidence

Nicolas Raschke, Amir Mohsenpour, Leona Aschentrup, Florian Fischer, Kamil J. Wrona

Open Access Research

Global school-based student health survey: country profiles and survey results in the eastern Mediterranean region countries

Elham Abdalmaleki, Zhaleh Abdi, Sahand Riazi Isfahani, Sara Safarpoor, Bahar Haghdoost, Saharnaz Sazgarnejad, Elham Ahmadnezhad

Open Access COVID-19 Research article

COVID-19 myth-busting: an experimental study

Aimée Challenger, Petroc Sumner, Lewis Bott

Open Access Research

Progress toward the UNAIDS 90–90-90 targets among female sex workers and sexually exploited female adolescents in Juba and Nimule, South Sudan

Avi J. Hakim, Alex Bolo, Kelsey C. Coy, Victoria Achut, Joel Katoro, Golda Caesar, Richard Lako, Acaga Ismail Taban, Katrina Sleeman, Jennifer Wesson, Alfred G. Okiria

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The economic impact of the switch from single- to multi-dose PCV13 vial in Benin

Patrick G. Ilboudo, Téné-Alima Essoh, Roch A. Houngnihin, Daleb Abdoulaye Alfa, Naomi Dick, Landry Kaucley, Alexis Satoulou-Maleyo

Open Access Research

Women’s empowerment through homestead food production in rural Bangladesh

Sarah Dupuis, Monique Hennink, Amanda S. Wendt, Jillian L. Waid, Md Abul Kalam, Sabine Gabrysch, Sheela S. Sinharoy

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Surveillance for foodborne disease outbreaks in Zhejiang Province, China, 2015–2020

Lili Chen, Liang Sun, Ronghua Zhang, Ningbo Liao, Xiaojuan Qi, Jiang Chen

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Schistosomiasis, soil transmitted helminthiasis, and malaria co-infections among women of reproductive age in rural communities of Kwale County, coastal Kenya

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Research on grandchild care and depression of chinese older adults based on CHARLS2018: the mediating role of intergenerational support from children

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To isolate or not to isolate: the impact of changing behavior on COVID-19 transmission

Folashade B. Agusto, Igor V. Erovenko, Alexander Fulk, Qays Abu-Saymeh, Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Joan Ponce, Suzanne Sindi, Omayra Ortega, Jarron M. Saint Onge, A. Townsend Peterson

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A school-based program to prevent depressive symptoms and strengthen well-being among pre-vocational students (Happy Lessons): protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial and implementation study

Marieke Rombouts, Elisa L. Duinhof, Marloes Kleinjan, Jannis T. Kraiss, Laura Shields-Zeeman, Karin Monshouwer

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Effective management of district-level malaria control and elimination: implementing quality and participative process improvements

Bruce Agins, Peter Case, Daniel Chandramohan, Ingrid Chen, Rudo Chikodzore, Precious Chitapi, Amanda Chung, Roly Gosling, Jonathan Gosling, Matsiliso Gumbi, Daniel Ikeda, Munashe Madinga, Peliwe Mnguni, Joseph Murungu, Cara Smith Gueye, Jim Tulloch, Greyling Viljoen, Bruce Agins, Peter Case, Daniel Chandramohan, Ingrid Chen, Rudo Chikodzore, Precious Chitapi, Amanda Chung, Roly Gosling, Jonathan Gosling, Matsiliso Gumbi, Daniel Ikeda, Munashe Madinga, Peliwe Mnguni, Joseph Murungu, Cara Smith Gueye, Jim Tulloch, Greyling Viljoen

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Estimating life expectancy adjusted by self-rated health status in the United States: national health interview survey linked to the mortality

Hyunsoon Cho, Zhuoqiao Wang, K. Robin Yabroff, Benmei Liu, Timothy McNeel, Eric J. Feuer, Angela B. Mariotto

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Exploring the association between school-based peer networks and smoking according to socioeconomic status and tobacco control context: a systematic review

H. J. Littlecott, G. F. Moore, M. McCann, G. J. Melendez-Torres, L. Mercken, H. Reed, M. Mann, F. Dobbie, J. Hawkins

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Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in migrants and ethnic minorities compared with the general population in the European WHO region during the first year of the pandemic: a systematic review

Anissa Jaljaa, Susanna Caminada, Maria Elena Tosti, Franca D’Angelo, Aurora Angelozzi, Claudia Isonne, Giulia Marchetti, Elena Mazzalai, Dara Giannini, Federica Turatto, Chiara De Marchi, Angela Gatta, Silvia Declich, Scilla Pizzarelli, Salvatore Geraci, Giovanni Baglio, Maurizio Marceca

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Prevalence and the associated factors of hepatitis B and hepatitis C viral infections among HIV-positive individuals in same-day antiretroviral therapy initiation program in Bangkok, Thailand

Supanat Thitipatarakorn, Tanat Chinbunchorn, Jitsupa Peelay, Pich Seekaew, Sorawit Amatavete, Monsiri Sangsai, Tippawan Pankam, Anchalee Avihingsanon, Matthew Avery, Praphan Phanuphak, Reshmie Ramautarsing, Nittaya Phanuphak

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The source and fate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in wastewater and possible routes of transmission

Hlengiwe N. Mtetwa, Isaac D. Amoah, Sheena Kumari, Faizal Bux, Poovendhree Reddy

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“Police shootings, now that seems to be the main issue” – Black pregnant women’s anticipation of police brutality towards their children

Renee Mehra, Amy Alspaugh, Linda S. Franck, Monica R. McLemore, Trace S. Kershaw, Jeannette R. Ickovics, Danya E. Keene, Alyasah A. Sewell

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Impact of Dutch COVID-19 restrictive policy measures on physical activity behavior and identification of correlates of physical activity changes: a cohort study

Merle C. A. Schoofs, Esmée A. Bakker, Femke de Vries, Yvonne A. W. Hartman, Marcia Spoelder, Dick H. J. Thijssen, Thijs M. H. Eijsvogels, Laurien M. Buffart, Maria T. E. Hopman

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Evaluating ‘Power 4 a Healthy Pregnancy’ (P4HP) – protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial and process evaluation to empower pregnant women towards improved diet quality

Renske M. van Lonkhuijzen, Susanne Cremers, Jeanne H. M. de Vries, Edith J. M. Feskens, Annemarie Wagemakers

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Correction to: Assessment of the cost of the Mediterranean diet in a low-income region: adherence and relationship with available incomes

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The effect of school summer holidays on inequalities in children and young people’s mental health and cognitive ability in the UK using data from the millennium cohort study

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Facilitating health promoting ideas and actions: participatory research in an underserved Swedish residential area

Maria Magnusson, Lisa M. Vaughn, Katharina Wretlind, Heléne Bertéus Forslund, Christina Berg

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Replacing vaccine paper package inserts: a multi-country questionnaire study on the acceptability of an electronic replacement in different target groups

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Elham Akbarpour, Yousef Paridar, Zahra Mohammadi, Ali Mard, Leila Danehchin, Farhad Abolnezhadian, Shima Azadpour, Zahra Rahimi, Mohammad Zamani, Bahman Cheraghian, Hossein Poustchi, Ali-Akbar Shayesteh

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Non-linear associations between healthy Nordic foods and all-cause mortality in the NOWAC study: a prospective study

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Desheng Zhao, Jian Cheng, Ping Bao, Yanwu Zhang, Fengjuan Liang, Hao Wang, Xu Wang, Shiyuan Fang, Hong Su

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Predicting medical usage rate at mass gathering events in Belgium: development and validation of a nonlinear multivariable regression model

Hans Scheers, Hans Van Remoortel, Karen Lauwers, Johan Gillebeert, Stijn Stroobants, Pascal Vranckx, Emmy De Buck, Philippe Vandekerckhove

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Mohamed Abouzid, Dina M. El-Sherif, Yahya Al Naggar, Mohammed M. Alshehri, Shaima Alothman, Hesham R. El-Seedi, Rayhana Trabelsi, Osama Mohamed Ibrahim, Esraa Hamouda Temraz, Ahmad Buimsaedah, Ibrahim Adel Aziz, Muhammad Alwan, Nuha Hadi Jasim Al Hasan, Heba Nasser Ragab, Abdullah Muhammed Koraiem, Mareb H. Ahmed, Heba Hamouda Temraz, Alyaa Khaled Madeeh, Mohanned Osama Alshareif, Fatimah Saad Elkhafeefi, Imed-Eddine Badis, Asmaa E. Abdelslam, Almajdoub Ali Mohammed Ali, Nour El Imene Kotni, Thuraya Amer

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Don Husereau, Michael Drummond, Federico Augustovski, Esther de Bekker-Grob, Andrew H. Briggs, Chris Carswell, Lisa Caulley, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Dan Greenberg, Elizabeth Loder, Josephine Mauskopf, C. Daniel Mullins, Stavros Petrou, Raoh-Fang Pwu, Sophie Staniszewska

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Age, gender, peers, life skills and quality of life influence risk of cell phone addiction among college teachers in Karnataka, India : a state level epidemiological analysis

BS Pradeep, Anusha B Shenoy, S Shahane, RN Srividya, Mutharaju Arelingaiah, Rochana D’Souza, Lavanya Garady, MK Jyoti, Suma Rache, Anand Dixit, Gananath Shetty Yekkar, Prathap Lingaiah, Shalini Rajneesh, G Gururaj

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Association between comorbidity and health-related quality of life in a hypertensive population: a hospital-based study in Bangladesh

Adnan Mannan, Kazi Mahmuda Akter, Farhana Akter, Naim Uddin Hasan A Chy, Nazmul Alam, Susmita Dey Pinky, Abul Faisal Md. Nuruddin Chowdhury, Parijat Biswas, Afrin Sultana Chowdhury, Mohammed Akram Hossain, Md. Mashud Rana

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The social media response to twice-weekly mass asymptomatic testing in England

Amelia Dennis, Charlotte Robin, Holly Carter

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Publisher Correction To: Barriers and facilitators to pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among male sex workers in Mexico: an application of the RE-AIM framework

Hemant Kadiamada-Ibarra, Nicola L. Hawley, Sandra G. Sosa-Rubí, Marta Wilson-Barthes, Roxana Rodríguez Franco, Omar Galárraga

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Impulsivity assessed ten years earlier and sociodemographic factors predict adherence to COVID-19 related behavioral restrictions in old individuals with hypertension

Patrizia Steca, Roberta Adorni, Andrea Greco, Francesco Zanatta, Francesco Fattirolli, Cristina Franzelli, Cristina Giannattasio, Marco D’Addario

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Interaction between physical activity and outdoor time on allostatic load in Chinese college students

Dan Zhang, Tingting Li, Yang Xie, Shuman Tao, Yajuan Yang, Liwei Zou, Yang Qu, Shuang Zhai, Fangbiao Tao, Xiaoyan Wu

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Pregnancy loss and Income in the Republic of Korea using National Health Insurance Service Data, 2008–2014

Ga-Young Lim, Na Young Jung, Kyo Yeon Jun, Ji Yeon Kang, Mi Kyung Kim, Hye-Eun Lee, Myoung-Hee Kim, Jaechul Song, Inah Kim, Yu-Mi Kim

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The role of counselling in tuberculosis diagnostic evaluation and contact tracing: scoping review and stakeholder consultation of knowledge and research gaps

Isabel Foster, Amanda Sullivan, Goodman Makanda, Ingrid Schoeman, Phumeza Tisile, Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen, Grant Theron, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana

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Chee Wen Eng, Shiang Cheng Lim, Carrie Ngongo, Zhi Hao Sham, Ishu Kataria, Arunah Chandran, Feisul Idzwan Mustapha

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Rationale and study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a culturally relevant, stress management enhanced behavioral weight loss intervention on weight loss outcomes of black women

Acadia W. Buro, Monica Baskin, Darci Miller, Tayler Ward, Delia Smith West, L. Robert Gore, Clement K. Gwede, Elissa Epel, Tiffany L. Carson

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The Infant Health Study - Promoting mental health and healthy weight through sensitive parenting to infants with cognitive, emotional, and regulatory vulnerabilities: protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial and a process evaluation within municipality settings

Anne Mette Skovgaard, Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg, Maiken Pontoppidan, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Katrine Rich Madsen, Ida Voss, Stine Kjær Wehner, Trine Pagh Pedersen, Lotte Finseth, Rodney S. Taylor, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup, Janni Ammitzbøll

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Disparities in HPV vaccine knowledge and adolescent HPV vaccine uptake by parental nativity among diverse multiethnic parents in New Jersey

Bianca Anuforo, Jennifer K. McGee-Avila, Lindsey Toler, Baichen Xu, Racquel E. Kohler, Sharon Manne, Jennifer Tsui

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Burden of malaria, impact of interventions and climate variability in Western Ethiopia: an area with large irrigation based farming

Werissaw Haileselassie, Daniel M. Parker, Behailu Taye, Randy E. David, Endalew Zemene, Ming-Chieh Lee, Daibin Zhong, Guofa Zhou, Tesfahun Alemu, Getnet Tadele, James W. Kazura, Cristian Koepfli, Wakgari Deressa, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Guiyun Yan

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Hypertension and its related factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus – a multi-hospital study in Bangladesh

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James C. Kiologwe, Ukio Kusirye, Axel Hoffman, Albino Kalolo

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Sergey Alekseevich Maksimov, Yulia A. Balanova, Svetlana A. Shalnova, Galina A. Muromtseva, Anna V. Kapustina, Oksana M. Drapkina

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Marie Grønkjær, Cathrine Lawaetz Wimmelmann, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Trine Flensborg-Madsen

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Adam Silumbwe, Miguel San Sabastian, Charles Michelo, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Klara Johansson

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Kun Han, Qixuan Wang, Lu Yang, Sijia Xu, Chen Li, James Lin, Hao Wu, Zhiwu Huang

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The association between physical activity and mental health during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

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When husband migrate: effects of international migration of husbands on fetal outcomes, body mass index and gestational weight of female spouses that stay behind

Renuka Jayatissa, Kolitha Wickramage, Buddhini Herath Denuwara, Himali Herath, Ranbanda Jayawardana, Amila Gayan Perera, Nawamali De Alwis

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Sociodemographic and socioeconomic correlates of learning disability in preterm children in the United States

Menkeoma Laura Okoli, Chukwuemeka E. Ogbu, Chioma O. Enyi, Ibuchim C. Okoli, Ronee E. Wilson, Russell S. Kirby

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The essential conditions needed to implement the Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program: a focused ethnography

Frances Sobierajski, Lucie Lévesque, Jonathan McGavock, Tamara Beardy, Genevieve Montemurro, Frances Sobierajski, Lucie Lévesque, Jonathan McGavock, Tamara Beardy, Kate Storey, Kate Storey

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Mental health consequences of military sexual trauma: results from a national survey in the French military

Caroline Moreau, Sandrine Duron, Dina Bedretdinova, Aline Bohet, Henri Panjo, Nathalie Bajos, Jean Baptiste Meynard

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Effects of tick surveillance education on knowledge, attitudes, and practices of local health department employees

Lee Ann Lyons, Nohra Mateus-Pinilla, Rebecca L. Smith

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García-García David, Herranz-Hernandez Rafael, Rojas-Benedicto Ayelén, León-Gómez Inmaculada, Larrauri Amparo, Peñuelas Marina, Guerrero-Vadillo María, Ramis Rebeca, Gómez-Barroso Diana

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Gerson Ferrari, Claudia Alberico, Clemens Drenowatz, Irina Kovalskys, Georgina Gómez, Attilio Rigotti, Lilia Yadira Cortés, Martha Yépez García, Maria Reyna Liria-Domínguez, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Miguel Peralta, Adilson Marques, Priscila Marconcin, Carlos Cristi-Montero, Ana Carolina B. Leme, Ioná Zalcman Zimberg, Claudio Farías-Valenzuela, Mauro Fisberg, Scott Rollo

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The economic and health burden of stroke among younger adults in Australia from a societal perspective

Elise Tan, Lan Gao, Janice M. Collier, Fiona Ellery, Helen M. Dewey, Julie Bernhardt, Marj Moodie

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Physical (in)activity, and its predictors, among Brazilian adolescents: a multilevel analysis

Thayse Natacha Gomes, Mabliny Thuany, Fernanda Karina dos Santos, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle

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A systematic review of the effects of intimate partner violence on HIV-positive pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa

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Milk and meat consumption patterns and the potential risk of zoonotic disease transmission among urban and peri-urban dairy farmers in Ethiopia

Tilaye Teklewold Deneke, Adam Bekele, Henrietta L. Moore, Tadele Mamo, Gizat Almaw, Getnet Abie Mekonnen, Adane Mihret, Rea Tschopp, Likawent Yeheyis, Catherine Hodge, James L. N. Wood, Stefan Berg, Abraham Aseffa, Adane Mihret, Bamlak Tessema, Bizuneh Belachew, Eshcolewyene Fekadu, Fantanesh Melese, Gizachew Gemechu, Hawult Taye, Rea Tschopp, Shewit Haile, Sosina Ayalew, Tsegaye Hailu, Rea Tschopp, Adam Bekele, Chilot Yirga, Mulualem Ambaw, Tadele Mamo, Tesfaye Solomon, Tilaye Teklewold, Solomon Gebre, Getachew Gari, Mesfin Sahle, Abde Aliy, Abebe Olani, Asegedech Sirak, Gizat Almaw, Getnet Mekonnen, Mekdes Tamiru, Sintayehu Guta, James Wood, Andrew Conlan, Alan Clarke, Henrietta L. Moore, Catherine Hodge, Constance Smith, R. Glyn Hewinson, Stefan Berg, Martin Vordermeier, Javier Nunez-Garcia, Gobena Ameni, Berecha Bayissa, Aboma Zewude, Adane Worku, Lemma Terfassa, Mahlet Chanyalew, Temesgen Mohammed, Miserach Zeleke

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A new approach for reducing pollutants level: a longitudinal cohort study of physical exercises in young people

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Adaption and reliability of the Nutrition Environment Measures for stores (NEMS-S) instrument for use in urban areas of Chile

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Associations among political voting preference, high-risk health status, and preventative behaviors for COVID-19

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Correlates of Covid-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Residents of Ohio: A Cross-sectional Study

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Tick bites in different professions and regions: pooled cross-sectional study in the focus area Bavaria, Germany

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Correction to: The economic and health burden of stroke among younger adults in Australia from a societal perspective

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Brian Houle, Chodziwadziwa W Kabudula, Andrea M Tilstra, Sanyu A Mojola, Enid Schatz, Samuel J Clark, Nicole Angotti, F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Jane Menken

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Correction to: An outbreak of HIV infection among people who inject drugs in northeastern Massachusetts: findings and lessons learned from a medical record review

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A nutrition and lifestyle-focused shared medical appointment in a resource-challenged community setting: a mixed-methods study

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Psychometric properties of Haj-Yahia’s questionnaire of violence against women in a sample of married women in Tehran, Iran

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The inequalities and determinants of Households’ Distress Financing on Out-off-Pocket Health expenditure in Malaysia

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Rethinking walkability and developing a conceptual definition of active living environments to guide research and practice

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Isisekelo Sempilo study protocol for the effectiveness of HIV prevention embedded in sexual health with or without peer navigator support (Thetha Nami) to reduce prevalence of transmissible HIV amongst adolescents and young adults in rural KwaZulu-Natal: a 2 × 2 factorial randomised controlled trial

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Alcohol and cannabis use during the COVID-19 pandemic among transgender, gender-diverse, and cisgender adults in Canada

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Association between weight loss, change in physical activity, and change in quality of life following a corporately sponsored, online weight loss program

Christoph Höchsmann, James L. Dorling, Corby K. Martin, Conrad P. Earnest, Timothy S. Church

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Exploring the mechanisms behind HIV drug resistance in sub-Saharan Africa: conceptual mapping of a complex adaptive system based on multi-disciplinary expert insights

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Gunnar Stoddard, Allison Black, Patrick Ayscue, Dan Lu, Jack Kamm, Karan Bhatt, Lienna Chan, Amy L Kistler, Joshua Batson, Angela Detweiler, Michelle Tan, Norma Neff, Joseph L DeRisi, Jeremy Corrigan

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Junko Watanabe, Mariko Watanabe, Kazue Yamaoka, Misa Adachi, Asuka Suzuki, Toshiro Tango, Visiting Professor

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Open Access Correction

Correction to: Adaption and reliability of the Nutrition Environment Measures for stores (NEMS-S) instrument for use in urban areas of Chile

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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibody among urban Iranian population: findings from the second large population-based cross-sectional study

Mohammad Zamani, Hossein Poustchi, Zahra Mohammadi, Sahar Dalvand, Maryam Sharafkhah, Seyed Abbas Motevalian, Saeid Eslami, Amir Emami, Mohammad Hossein Somi, Jamshid Yazdani-Charati, Nader Saki, Manoochehr Karami, Farid Najafi, Iraj Mohebbi, Nasrollah Veisi, Ahmad Hormati, Farhad Pourfarzi, Reza Ghadimi, Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam, Hamid Sharifi, Gholamreza Roshandel, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Farahnaz Joukar, Amaneh Shayanrad, Sareh Eghtesad, Ahmadreza Niavarani, Alireza Delavari, Soudeh Kaveh, Akbar Feizesani, Melineh Markarian, Fatemeh Shafighian, Alireza Sadjadi, Maryam Darvishian, Reza Malekzadeh

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Time trends in social contacts before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: the CONNECT study

Mélanie Drolet, Aurélie Godbout, Myrto Mondor, Guillaume Béraud, Léa Drolet-Roy, Philippe Lemieux-Mellouki, Alexandre Bureau, Éric Demers, Marie-Claude Boily, Chantal Sauvageau, Gaston De Serres, Niel Hens, Philippe Beutels, Benoit Dervaux, Marc Brisson

Open Access Research

Empathy and burnout in medical staff: mediating role of job satisfaction and job commitment

Zongpu Yue, Yang Qin, Ying Li, Jian Wang, Stephen Nicholas, Elizabeth Maitland, Cai Liu

Open Access Research

SARS-CoV-2 cases reported from long-term residential facilities (care homes) in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study

Tracy Arendse, Beverley Cowper, Cheryl Cohen, Maureen Masha, Stefano Tempia, Civil Legodu, Sandhya Singh, Tebogo Ratau, Leon Geffen, Ansie Heymans, Dane Coetzer, Lucille Blumberg, Waasila Jassat

Open Access Research

Community engagement on-site rapid test for chlamydia and gonorrhea among men who have sex with men: a pioneering study in Guangzhou, China

Xiao-Xin Lin, Si-Yan Meng, Wu-Jian Ke, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Liu-Yuan Wang, Yu-Ying Liao, Han Liu, Pei-Zhen Zhao, Chun-Mei Liang, Hui-Ru Chen, Hai-Ying Long, Bin Yang, Li-Gang Yang

Open Access Research

Living standard and access to tetanus toxoid immunization among women in Bangladesh

Ummay Nayeema Islam, Kanchan Kumar Sen, Wasimul Bari

Open Access Research

Differences in the relationship between social capital and hypertension in emerging vs. established economies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Vincent Renta, Rebekah J. Walker, Sneha Nagavally, Aprill Z. Dawson, Jennifer A. Campbell, Leonard E. Egede

Open Access Research

Small + Safe + Well: lessons learned from a Total Worker Health® randomized intervention to promote organizational change in small business

Natalie V. Schwatka, Miranda Dally, Erin Shore, Liliana Tenney, Carol E. Brown, Joshua G. Scott, Lynn Dexter, Lee S. Newman

Open Access Research

EORTC QLQ-C30 general population normative data for Italy by sex, age and health condition: an analysis of 1,036 individuals

Micha J. Pilz, Eva-Maria Gamper, Fabio Efficace, Juan I. Arraras, Sandra Nolte, Gregor Liegl, Matthias Rose, Johannes M. Giesinger

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions and vaccination on COVID-19 outbreaks in Nunavut, Canada: a Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) study

Thomas N. Vilches, Elaheh Abdollahi, Lauren E. Cipriano, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Yoav Keynan, Holden Sheffield, Joanne M. Langley, Seyed M. Moghadas

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Factors associated with a change in smoking habit during the first COVID-19 lockdown: an Italian cross-sectional study among ever-smokers

Elena Munarini, Chiara Stival, Roberto Boffi, Fabio Lugoboni, Chiara Veronese, Biagio Tinghino, Gianna Maria Agnelli, Alessandra Lugo, Silvano Gallus, Rosaria Giordano

Open Access Research

Influenza vaccination coverage of professionals working in nursing homes in France and related determinants, 2018–2019 season: a cross-sectional survey

Sophie Vaux, Laure Fonteneau, Anne-Gaëlle Venier, Arnaud Gautier, Sophan Soing Altrach, Pierre Parneix, Daniel Lévy-Bruhl

Open Access Research

A cross-sectional study on the perceived barriers to physical activity and their associations with domain-specific physical activity and sedentary behaviour

Yen Sin Koh, P. V. Asharani, Fiona Devi, Kumarasan Roystonn, Peizhi Wang, Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar, Edimansyah Abdin, Chee Fang Sum, Eng Sing Lee, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Siow Ann Chong, Mythily Subramaniam

Open Access Research

Predictors of incident diabetes in two populations: framingham heart study and hispanic community health study / study of latinos

Robert C. Kaplan, Rebecca J. Song, Juan Lin, Vanessa Xanthakis, Simin Hua, Ariel Chernofsky, Kelly R. Evenson, Maura E. Walker, Carmen Cuthbertson, Joanne M. Murabito, Christina Cordero, Martha Daviglus, Krista M. Perreira, Marc Gellman, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Xiaonan Xue, Nicole L. Spartano, Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani

Open Access Research

Social, economic, political, and geographical context that counts: meta-review of implementation determinants for policies promoting healthy diet and physical activity

Karolina Lobczowska, Anna Banik, Sarah Forberger, Krzysztof Kaczmarek, Thomas Kubiak, Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska, Piotr Romaniuk, Marie Scheidmeir, Daniel A. Scheller, Juergen M. Steinacker, Janine Wendt, Marleen P. M. Bekker, Hajo Zeeb, Aleksandra Luszczynska

Open Access Research

Implementation of WHO guidelines on management of advanced HIV disease and its impact among TB co-infected patients in Tanzania: a retrospective follow-up study

Frank E. Hassan, Mbazi Senkoro, Nicholaus P. Mnyambwa, Amani Wilfred, Síle F. Molloy, Harrieth Manisha, Sokoine Kivuyo, Sayoki G. Mfinanga

Open Access Research

Perceived return-to-work pressure following cardiovascular disease is associated with age, sex, and diagnosis: a nationwide combined survey- and register-based cohort study

Sidsel Marie Bernt Jørgensen, Nina Føns Johnsen, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Stig Brøndum, Thomas Maribo, Gunnar Gislason, Maria Kristiansen

Open Access Research

Development, validation, and implementation of a Short Breast Health Perception Questionnaire

Sadaf Alipour, Hadi Rashidi, Khadije Maajani, Marzieh Orouji, Yas Eskandari

Open Access Research

Occupational stress and associated factors among general practitioners in China: a national cross-sectional study

Jing Feng, Heng Jiang, Xin Shen, Zihui Lei, Liqing Li, Yi Zhu, Mingye Zhang, Tingting Yang, Xin Meng, Hongkun Di, Wenqi Xia, Zuxun Lu, Yong Gan

Open Access Research

Substance use workforce training needs during intersecting epidemics: an analysis of events offered by a regional training center from 2017 to 2020

Kelli Scott, Mika D. H. Salas, Denise Bayles, Raymond Sanchez, Rosemarie A. Martin, Sara J. Becker

Open Access Research

Murradambirra Dhangaang (make food secure): Aboriginal community and stakeholder perspectives on food insecurity in urban and regional Australia

Simone Sherriff, Deanna Kalucy, Allison Tong, Nawazish Naqvi, Janice Nixon, Sandra Eades, Tangerene Ingram, Kym Slater, Michelle Dickson, Amanda Lee, Sumithra Muthayya

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Socioeconomic and immigration status and COVID-19 testing in Toronto, Ontario: retrospective cross-sectional study

Braden O’Neill, Sumeet Kalia, Susan Hum, Peter Gill, Michelle Greiver, Abirami Kirubarajan, David Eisen, Jacob Ferguson, Sheila Dunn

Open Access Research

Exploring drivers of food choice among PLHIV and their families in a peri-urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Morgan Boncyk, Aloisia Shemdoe, Ramya Ambikapathi, Dominic Mosha, Savannah L. Froese, Cristiana K. Verissimo, Mary Mwanyika-Sando, Japhet Killewo, Germana H. Leyna, Nilupa S. Gunaratna, Crystal L. Patil

Open Access Research

Regional estimates of noncommunicable diseases associated risk factors among adults in India: results from National Noncommunicable Disease Monitoring Survey

Thilagavathi Ramamoorthy, Sravya Leburu, Vaitheeswaran Kulothungan, Prashant Mathur

Open Access Research

Age within schoolyear and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in Scotland and Wales

Michael Fleming, Amrita Bandyopadhyay, James S. McLay, David Clark, Albert King, Daniel F. Mackay, Ronan A. Lyons, Kapil Sayal, Sinead Brophy, Jill P. Pell

Open Access Research

Unmet health needs and barriers to health care among people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco’s Mission District: a qualitative study

Anna L. Thorndike, Hailey E. Yetman, Anne N. Thorndike, Mason Jeffrys, Michael Rowe

Open Access COVID-19 Research

An investigation of the Sustainability of Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) amidst Covid-19 and its impact on household income levels: lessons from Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa

George N. Chidimbah Munthali, Xuelian Wu, Mastano Nambiro Woleson Dzimbiri, Amon Zolo, John K.B Mushani, Lazarus Obed Livingstone Banda

Open Access COVID-19 Research in practice

Leveraging human resources for outbreak analysis: lessons from an international collaboration to support the sub-Saharan African COVID-19 response

Sara Botero-Mesa, Flavio Codeço Coelho, Kenechukwu Nwosu, Bertil Wicht, Akarsh Venkatasubramanian, Olena Wagner, Camille Valera, Benedict Nguimbis, Daniel Câmara, Izabel Reis, Lucas Bianchi, Morteza Mahdiani, Papy Ansobi Onsimbie, Papa Amadou Niang Diallo, Léa Jacques, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Moussa Bougma, Leckson Mukavhi, Adit Kaneria, Ram Peruvemba, Ajay Gupta, Isotta Triulzi, Ananthu James, Verena Carrara, Wingston Ngambi, Zahra Habibi, Michael Tedros Adhanom, Sabina Rodriguez Velásquez, Paolo Sestito, Timokleia Kousil, Loza Biru, Daniela Vivacqua, Jyoti Dalal, Anatole Mian, Maroussia Roelens, Erol Orel, Cristina Barroso Hofer, Fatihiyya Wangara, Franck Mboussou, Tamayi Mlanda, Arish Bukhari, Theresa Min-Hyung Lee, Roland Ngom, Beat Stoll, Cleophas Chimbetete, Jessica Abbate, Benido Impouma, Olivia Keiser

Open Access Study protocol

A smoking cessation induction intervention via virtual reality headset during a dental cleaning: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

B. Borrelli, R. Endrighi, M. M. Jurasic, H. Hernandez, E. Jones, J. Ospina, H. J. Cabral, L.M. Quintiliani, S. Werntz

Open Access Research

Household food insecurity and unimproved toilet facilities associate with child morbidity: evidence from a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh

Mohammad Ashraful Islam, Mahfuzur Rahman, Md. Fakhar Uddin, Md. Tariqujjaman, Gobinda Karmakar, Mohammad Ashikur Rahman, Matthew Kelly, Darren Gray, Tahmeed Ahmed, Haribondhu Sarma

Open Access Research

Range of invasive meningococcal disease sequelae and health economic application – a systematic and clinical review

Jing Shen, Najida Begum, Yara Ruiz-Garcia, Federico Martinon-Torres, Rafik Bekkat-Berkani, Kinga Meszaros

Open Access Research

Condom failure and pre-exposure prophylaxis use experience among female sex workers in Ethiopia: a qualitative study

Minilik Demissie Amogne, Eduard J. Sanders, Wudinesh Belete Belihu, Jesper Sundewall, Anette Agardh

Open Access Research

The effect of two multi-component behavior change interventions on cognitive functions

Emil Bojsen-Møller, Rui Wang, Jonna Nilsson, Emerald G. Heiland, Carl-Johan Boraxbekk, Lena V. Kallings, Maria Ekblom

Open Access COVID-19 Research

COVID-19 needs no passport: the interrelationship of the COVID-19 pandemic along the U.S.-Mexico border

John N. Filosa, Adrian Botello-Mares, David Goodman-Meza

Open Access Research

An analysis of English national policy approaches to health inequalities: ‘transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’ and its consultation process

Naomi Griffin, Jonathan Wistow, Hannah Fairbrother, Eleanor Holding, Mihirini Sirisena, Katie Powell, Carolyn Summerbell

Open Access Research

Implementing community-based Dried Blood Spot (DBS) testing for HIV and hepatitis C: a qualitative analysis of key facilitators and ongoing challenges

James Young, Aidan Ablona, Benjamin J. Klassen, Rob Higgins, John Kim, Stephanie Lavoie, Rod Knight, Nathan J. Lachowsky

Open Access Research

Qualitative comparative analysis of the implementation fidelity of a workplace sedentary reduction intervention

Krista S. Leonard, Sarah L. Mullane, Caitlin A. Golden, Sarah A. Rydell, Nathan R. Mitchell, Alexis Koskan, Paul A. Estabrooks, Mark A. Pereira, Matthew P. Buman

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Prevalence, characteristics, and psychological outcomes of workplace cyberbullying during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a cross-sectional online survey

Tomohiko Ikeda, Daisuke Hori, Hiroaki Sasaki, Yu Komase, Shotaro Doki, Tsukasa Takahashi, Yuichi Oi, Yu Ikeda, Yo Arai, Kei Muroi, Mami Ishitsuka, Asako Matsuura, Wyi Go, Ichiyo Matsuzaki, Shinichiro Sasahara

Open Access Original research

eHealth usage among Chinese college students: qualitative findings

Hua-xuan LIU, Bik-chu CHOW, Chun HU, Holger HASSEL, Wendy Yajun HUANG

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Ecologic study of influenza vaccination uptake and COVID-19 death rate in New York City

Ashley Moreland, Christina Gillezeau, Adriana Eugene, Naomi Alpert, Emanuela Taioli

Open Access Research

A combined behavioural economics- and simulation-based medical education to promote effectiveness among medical residents in coping with workplace violence in Northern China: a quasi-experimental study

Chao Liu, Weijing Liu, Mingli Jiao, Ye Li, Gangyu Zhang, Lifeng Wei, Shuang Zhou, Yuanheng Li, Zhuowa Sha, Yanhua Hao, Qunhong Wu

Open Access Research

Towards health equity: core components of an extended home visiting intervention in disadvantaged areas of Sweden

Madelene Barboza, Anneli Marttila, Bo Burström, Asli Kulane

Open Access Correction

Correction: Increasing harms for bingo players: digitisation, commercialisation and regulatory inadequacy: a multi-site case study

Kathleen Maltzahn, Mary Whiteside, Helen Lee, John Cox, Sarah MacLean

Open Access Research

Smoking cessation interventions in South Asian Region: a systematic scoping review

Sajid Iqbal, Rubina Barolia, Pammla Petrucka, Laila Ladak, Rameesha Rehmani, Abdul Kabir

Open Access Research

Analysis of the effect of meteorological factors on hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Taizhou City, China, 2008–2020

Rong Zhang, Ning Zhang, Wanwan Sun, Haijiang Lin, Ying Liu, Tao Zhang, Mingyong Tao, Jimin Sun, Feng Ling, Zhen Wang

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Influence factors analysis of COVID-19 Prevention behavior of chinese Citizens: a path analysis based on the hypothetical model

Yun-shan Li, Rui Wang, Yu-qian Deng, Xiao-rong Jia, Shan-peng Li, Li-ping Zhao, Xin-ying Sun, Fei Qi, Yi-bo Wu

Open Access Research

Evaluation of a menstrual hygiene intervention in urban and rural schools in Bangladesh: a pilot study

Mahbub-Ul Alam, Farhana Sultana, Erin C. Hunter, Peter J. Winch, Leanne Unicomb, Supta Sarker, Mehjabin Tishan Mahfuz, Abdullah Al-Masud, Mahbubur Rahman, Stephen P. Luby

Open Access Research

Burden, patterns, and impact of multimorbidity in North India: findings from a rural population-based study

Priti Gupta, Shivani A. Patel, Hanspria Sharma, Prashant Jarhyan, Rakshit Sharma, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Nikhil Tandon, Sailesh Mohan

Open Access Correction

Correction: Risk factors of dengue fever in an urban area in Vietnam: a case-control study

Thang Nguyen-Tien, Duy Cuong Do, Xuan Luat Le, Thi Hai Dinh, Mats Lindeborg, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Åke Lundkvist, Delia Grace, Johanna Lindahl

Open Access COVID-19 Research

COVID-19 lockdown – who cares? The first lockdown from the perspective of relatives of people with severe mental illness

Erlend Mork, Sofie R. Aminoff, Elizabeth Ann Barrett, Carmen Simonsen, Wenche ten Velden Hegelstad, Trine Vik Lagerberg, Ingrid Melle, Kristin Lie Romm

Open Access Research

PrEP use and unmet PrEP-need among men who have sex with men in London prior to the implementation of a national PrEP programme, a cross-sectional study from June to August 2019

Dana Ogaz, Louise Logan, Tyrone J. Curtis, Lorraine McDonagh, Luis Guerra, Daniel Bradshaw, Poorvi Patel, Chiara Macri, Gary Murphy, O. Noel Gill, Anne M. Johnson, Anthony Nardone, Fiona Burns

Open Access Research

Perceived stress, family impact, and changes in physical and social daily life activities of children with chronic somatic conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Anne Krijger, Karolijn Dulfer, Hedy van Oers, Lorynn Teela, Brita de Jong-van Kempen, Anne van Els, Lotte Haverman, Koen Joosten

Open Access Research

Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in the general population in Germany – a triangulation of data from two population-based health surveys and a laboratory sentinel system

Martyna Gassowski, Christina Poethko-Müller, Martin Schlaud, Andrea Sailer, Kerstin Dehmel, Viviane Bremer, Sandra Dudareva, Klaus Jansen, Michael Baier, Eberhard Straube, Armin Baillot, Patricia Bartsch, Thomas Brüning, Josef Cremer, Helga Dallügge-Tamm, Arndt Gröning, Stephan Eicke, Dagmar Emrich, Gundula Fritsche, Rosi Gjavotchanoff, Peter Gohl, Matthias Götzrath, Axel Meye, Ingrid Ehrhard, Beate Köpke, Birgit Henrich, Caroline Kastilan, Susanne Lehmann, Anneliese Märzacker, Bernhard Miller, Gerrit Mohrmann, Christian Pache, Roland Pfüller, Carsten Tiemann, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, Thomas Müller, Christian Aepinus

Open Access Research

Sexual satisfaction and sexual behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the International Sexual Health And REproductive (I-SHARE) health survey in Luxembourg

Vinicius Jobim Fischer, Raquel Gómez Bravo, Alice Einloft Brunnet, Kristien Michielsen, Joseph D. Tucker, Linda Campbell, Claus Vögele

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia: a population-level analysis of all-cause and noncommunicable disease deaths in 2020

Inese Gobiņa, Andris Avotiņš, Una Kojalo, Ieva Strēle, Santa Pildava, Anita Villeruša, Ģirts Briģis

Open Access Research

Individual-, family- and school-based interventions to prevent multiple risk behaviours relating to alcohol, tobacco and drug use in young people aged 8-25 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Laura Tinner, Jennifer C Palmer, E. Caitlin Lloyd, Deborah M Caldwell, Georgie J MacArthur, Kaiseree Dias, Rebecca Langford, James Redmore, Linda Wittkop, Sarah Holmes Watkins, Matthew Hickman, Rona Campbell

Open Access Research

The relative effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on wave one Covid-19 mortality: natural experiment in 130 countries

Jonathan Stokes, Alex James Turner, Laura Anselmi, Marcello Morciano, Thomas Hone

Open Access Research

The burden of pneumoconiosis in China: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Jie Li, Peng Yin, Haidong Wang, Lijun Wang, Jinling You, Jiangmei Liu, Yunning Liu, Wei Wang, Xiao Zhang, Piye Niu, Maigeng Zhou

Open Access Research

Financial inclusion and households’ choice of solid waste disposal in Ghana

Mustapha Immurana, Kwame Godsway Kisseih, Mbanba Ziblilla Yakubu, Hadrat Mohammed Yusif

Open Access Research

Type of occupation and early antenatal care visit among women in sub-Saharan Africa

Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Francis Sambah, Linus Baatiema, Joseph Kojo Oduro, Eugene Budu, Francis Appiah, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

Open Access Research

Migration, personal physical safety and economic survival: drivers of risky sexual behaviour among rural–urban migrant street youth in Kampala, Uganda

Mulekya Francis Bwambale, Deborah Birungi, Cheryl A. Moyer, Paul Bukuluki, Bart van den Borne

Open Access Research article

The association between major dietary patterns and severe mental disorders symptoms among a large sample of adults living in central Iran: Baseline data of YaHS-TAMYZ cohort study

Shamim Shams-Rad, Reza Bidaki, Azadeh Nadjarzadeh, Amin Salehi-Abargouei, Barbora de Courten, Masoud Mirzaei

Open Access Research article

“I have never talked to anyone to free my mind” – challenges surrounding status disclosure to adolescents contribute to their disengagement from HIV care: a qualitative study in western Kenya

Judith J. Toromo, Edith Apondi, Winstone M. Nyandiko, Mark Omollo, Salim Bakari, Josephine Aluoch, Rami Kantor, J. Dennis Fortenberry, Kara Wools-Kaloustian, Batya Elul, Rachel C. Vreeman, Leslie A. Enane

Open Access Study protocol

A study protocol to evaluate the impact of a personal and domestic hygiene intervention on lead exposure in a community next to a mine dump

Charlotte Mokoatle, Angela Mathee, Renee Street, Vusumuzi Nkosi

Open Access COVID-19 Database

A database of US state policies to mitigate COVID-19 and its economic consequences

Alexandra Skinner, Kelsey Flannery, Kristen Nocka, Jacob Bor, Lorraine T. Dean, Jonathan Jay, Sarah Ketchen Lipson, Megan B. Cole, Emily A. Benfer, Rachel Scheckman, Will Raderman, David K. Jones, Julia Raifman

Open Access Research

Participation in a food assistance program and excessive weight gain: an evaluation of the Brazilian Worker’s Food Program in male and female manufacturing workers

Raiane Medeiros Costa, Ingrid Wilza Leal Bezerra, Karina Gomes Torres, Gabriela Santana Pereira, Anissa Melo de Souza, Antonio Gouveia Oliveira

Open Access Research

Community-based care models for arterial hypertension management in non-pregnant adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a literature scoping review and framework for designing chronic services

Lucia González Fernández, Emmanuel Firima, Elena Robinson, Fabiola Ursprung, Jacqueline Huber, Alain Amstutz, Ravi Gupta, Felix Gerber, Joalane Mokhohlane, Thabo Lejone, Irene Ayakaka, Hongyi Xu, Niklaus Daniel Labhardt

Open Access Research

Analysis of influence of physical health factors on subjective wellbeing of middle-aged and elderly women in China

Dong Wang, Hongxia Gao, Xin Xu, Dan Han, Kuan Yi, Guilin Hou

Open Access Research

Impact of video-led educational intervention on uptake of influenza vaccine among the elderly in western China: a community-based randomized controlled trial

Minghuan Jiang, Xuelin Yao, Pengchao Li, Yu Fang, Liuxin Feng, Khezar Hayat, Xinke Shi, Yilin Gong, Jin Peng, Naveel Atif

Open Access Research

Causes of deaths in neonates and children aged 1–59 months in Nigeria: verbal autopsy findings of 2019 Verbal and Social Autopsy study

Adeyinka Odejimi, John Quinley, George Ikechi Eluwa, Michael Kunnuji, Robinson Daniel Wammanda, William Weiss, Femi James, Mustapha Bello, Adenike Ogunlewe, Rebekah King, Ana Claudia Franca-Koh

Open Access Research

Characterization of the prevalence of excess weight in Brazil

Marcia Domênica Cunico Barancelli, Marcio Gazolla, Sergio Schneider

Open Access Research

A gender-specific assessment of tobacco use risk factors: evidence from the latest Pakistan demographic and health survey

Faiqa Zubair, Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain, Ting Zhao, Hasnat Ahmad, Rasheda Khanam

Open Access Research

Mediators of socioeconomic inequalities in preterm birth: a systematic review

Philip McHale, Gillian Maudsley, Andy Pennington, Daniela K. Schlüter, Ben Barr, Shantini Paranjothy, David Taylor-Robinson

Open Access Research

Instruments to measure e-cigarette related constructs: a systematic review

Eunhee Park, Misol Kwon, Thomas Chacko, Yanjun Zhou, Chiahui Chen, Maciej L. Goniewicz, Chin-Shang Li, Yu-Ping Chang

Open Access Research

Associations between sleep duration, sleep quality, and weight status in Chinese children and adolescents

Huan Chen, Li-Juan Wang, Fei Xin, Guo Liang, Yuan Chen

Open Access Research

Less meat in the shopping basket. The effect on meat purchases of higher prices, an information nudge and the combination: a randomised controlled trial

R. E. Vellinga, M. Eykelenboom, M. R. Olthof, I. H. M. Steenhuis, R. de Jonge, E. H. M. Temme

Open Access Research

Passive exposure to e-cigarette emissions is associated with worsened mental health

Kayla Rae Farrell, Michael Weitzman, Emma Karey, Teresa K. Y. Lai, Terry Gordon, Shu Xu

Open Access Research

Classifying and characterizing the development of self-reported overall quality of life among the Chinese elderly: a twelve-year longitudinal study

Xitong Huang, Minqiang Zhang, Junyan Fang, Qing Zeng, Jinqing Wang, Jia Li

Open Access COVID-19 Correction

Correction: The local burden of disease during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in England: estimation using different data sources from changing surveillance practices

Emily S. Nightingale, Sam Abbott, Timothy W. Russell, Eleanor M. Rees, Rosalind M. Eggo, Matthew Quaife, Fiona Yueqian Sun, Carl A. B. Pearson, Kiesha Prem, James D. Munday, Sophie R. Meakin, Kevin van Zandvoort, W. John Edmunds, Alicia Rosello, Sebastian Funk, Kathleen O’Reilly, Billy J. Quilty, Simon R. Procter, Amy Gimma, Adam J. Kucharski, Arminder K. Deol, Jon C. Emery, Nikos I. Bosse, Hamish P. Gibbs, David Simons, Stéphane Hué, Christopher I. Jarvis, Petra Klepac, Yang Liu, Anna M. Foss, Charlie Diamond, C. Julian Villabona-Arenas, Akira Endo, Rein M. G. J. Houben, Stefan Flasche, Samuel Clifford, Gwenan M. Knight, Joel Hellewell, Nicholas G. Davies, Katherine E. Atkins, Damien C. Tully, Megan Auzenbergs, Mark Jit, Rachel Lowe, Graham F. Medley, Oliver J. Brady

Open Access Research

Predictors of migration in an HIV hyper-endemic rural South African community: evidence from a population-based cohort (2005–2017)

Armstrong Dzomba, Hae-Young Kim, Andrew Tomita, Alain Vandormael, Kaymarlin Govender, Frank Tanser

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Knowledge deficit and fear of COVID-19 among higher education students during the first wave of the pandemic and implications for public health: a multi-country cross-sectional survey

Neamin M. Berhe, Sarah Van de Velde, Fatemeh Rabiee-Khan, Claudia van der Heijde, Peter Vonk, Veerle Buffel, Edwin Wouters, Guido Van Hal

Open Access Research

The long-term effect of job mobility on workers’ mental health: a propensity score analysis

Laura Maniscalco, Martijn Schouteden, Jan Boon, Sofie Vandenbroeck, Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum, Lode Godderis, Domenica Matranga

Open Access Research

Strengthening supervisor support for employees with common mental health problems: developing a workplace intervention using intervention mapping

Suzanne G. M. van Hees, Bouwine E. Carlier, Roland W. B. Blonk, Shirley Oomens

Open Access Research

Help seeking and mental health outcomes among South Asian young adult survivors of sexual violence in the New York State Region

Sahnah Lim, Shahmir H. Ali, Sadia Mohaimin, Ritu Dhar, Moitrayee Dhar, Farzana Rahman, Liza Roychowdhury, Tanzeela Islam, Nadia Islam

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of Iranian people about food safety and hygiene during covid-19 pandemic

Ali Salehi, Fatemeh Salmani, Ensiyeh Norozi, Parisa Sadighara, Tayebeh Zeinali

Open Access Research

The impact of social determinants of health on early childhood development: a qualitative context analysis in Iran

Omolbanin Atashbahar, Ali Akbari Sari, Amirhossein Takian, Alireza Olyaeemanesh, Efat Mohamadi, Sayyed Hamed Barakati

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Changes in health-related lifestyles and food insecurity and its association with quality of life during the COVID-19 lockdown in Malaysia

Aryati Ahmad, Mohd Razif Shahril, Nadiah Wan-Arfah, Wan Azdie Mohd Abu Bakar, Carmen Piernas, Pei Lin Lua

Open Access Research

National influenza surveillance systems in five European countries: a qualitative comparative framework based on WHO guidance

Thierry Rigoine de Fougerolles, Oliver Damm, Filippo Ansaldi, Maria Chironna, Pascal Crépey, Simon de Lusignan, Ian Gray, José Maria Guillen, George Kassianos, Anne Mosnier, Raul Ortiz de Lejarazu, Elena Pariani, Joan Puig-Barbera, Jörg Schelling, Francesca Trippi, Philippe Vanhems, Klaus Wahle, John Watkins, Anvar Rasuli, Olivier Vitoux, Hélène Bricout

Open Access Research article

Mortality rate of people exposed to Mustard Gas during Iran-Iraq war in Sardasht, Iran: a 32 years retrospective cohort study

Mohammad Hasan Rabiee, Mostafa Ghanei, Hossein Amini, Aliasghar Akhlaghi

Open Access COVID-19 Study protocol

Study protocol: cohort event monitoring for safety signal detection after vaccination with COVID-19 vaccines in Iran

Roqayeh Aliyari, Sepideh Mahdavi, Mostafa Enayatrad, Sajad Sahab-Negah, Sairan Nili, Mohammad Fereidooni, Parvin Mangolian shahrbabaki, Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam, Abtin Heidarzadeh, Fariba Shahraki-Sanavi, Mohammadreza Amini Moridani, Mansooreh Fateh, Hamidreza Khajeha, Zahra Emamian, Elahe Behmanesh, Hamid Sharifi, Mohammad Hassan Emamian

Open Access Research

Analysis of the completeness of self-harm and suicide records in Pernambuco, Brazil, 2014–2016

Jéssica Ramalho da Fonsêca, Conceição Maria de Oliveira, Cláudia Cristina Lima de Castro, Heitor Victor Veiga da Costa, Pauliana Valéria Machado Galvão, Albanita Gomes da Costa Ceballos, Cristine Vieira do Bonfim

Open Access Research

Sexual risk and STI testing behaviour among Dutch female and male self-employed sex workers; a cross-sectional study using an Internet based survey

C. J. G. Kampman, C. M. M. Peters, F. D. H. Koedijk, T. S. Berkenbosch, J. L. A. Hautvast, C. J. P. A. Hoebe

Open Access Research

Exploring the environmental determinants of food choice among Haudenosaunee female youth

Rebecca Hanemaayer, Hannah Tait Neufeld, Kim Anderson, Jess Haines, Kelly Gordon, Kitty R. Lynn Lickers, Adrianne Xavier, Laura Peach, Mwalu Peeters

Open Access Research

Implementation practice models for development in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review of peer-reviewed literature

William Douglas Evans, Raquel Gerard, Lorry Symington, Hina Shaikh, Sohail Agha

Open Access Research

teen Mental Health First Aid: 12-month outcomes from a cluster crossover randomized controlled trial evaluation of a universal program to help adolescents better support peers with a mental health problem

Laura M. Hart, Amy J. Morgan, Alyssia Rossetto, Claire M. Kelly, Karen Gregg, Maxine Gross, Catherine Johnson, Anthony F. Jorm

Open Access Research

Sleep and physical activity – the dynamics of bi-directional influences over a fortnight

Anu-Katriina Pesonen, Michal Kahn, Liisa Kuula, Topi Korhonen, Leena Leinonen, Kaisu Martinmäki, Michael Gradisar, Jari Lipsanen

Open Access Research

Burden and pattern of acute diarrhea in Thai children under 5 years of age: a 5-year descriptive analysis based on Thailand National Health Coverage (NHC) data

Busara Charoenwat, Kunanya Suwannaying, Watuhatai Paibool, Napat Laoaroon, Sumitr Sutra, Kaewjai Thepsuthammarat

Open Access Research

Association of health literacy and nutritional literacy with sun exposure in adults using structural equation modelling

Nasim SaeidiFard, Ali Asghar Haeri-Mehrizi, Zahra Akbarzadeh, Nasim Janbozorgi, Ali Montazeri, Mehdi Yaseri, Sakineh Shab-Bidar

Open Access Research

Spirometry as a motivator for smoking cessation among patients attending the smoking cessation clinic of Monastir

Manel Ben Fredj, Behaeddin Garrach, Cyrine Bennasrallah, Asma Migaou, Hela Abroug, Wafa Dhouib, Imen Zemni, Meriem Kacem, Ines Bouanene, Asma Belguith Sriha

Open Access Research

A community edutainment intervention for gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health, and maternal and child health in rural Senegal: a process evaluation

Agnes Le Port, Moustapha Seye, Jessica Heckert, Amber Peterman, Annick Nganya Tchamwa, Malick Dione, Abdou Salam Fall, Melissa Hidrobo

Open Access Research

Impact of the ‘Healthy Youngsters, Healthy Dads’ program on physical activity and other health behaviours: a randomised controlled trial involving fathers and their preschool-aged children

Philip J. Morgan, Jacqueline A. Grounds, Lee M. Ashton, Clare E. Collins, Alyce T. Barnes, Emma R. Pollock, Stevie-Lee Kennedy, Anna T. Rayward, Kristen L. Saunders, Ryan J. Drew, Myles D. Young

Open Access Research

Respiratory viruses dynamics and interactions: ten years of surveillance in central Europe

Gibran Horemheb-Rubio, Ralf Eggeling, Norbert Schmeiβer, Nico Pfeifer, Thomas Lengauer, Barbara C. Gärtner, Christiane Prifert, Matthias Kochanek, Christoph Scheid, Ortwin Adams, Rolf Kaiser, Rolf Kaiser, Barbara C. Gärtner, Benedikt Weissbrich, Ortwin Adams, Annemarie Berger, Katrin Palupsky, Daniela Huzly, Carsten Tiemann, Wegene Borena, Andreas Lindauer, Uwe Gerd Liebert, Hans-Joachim Siemens, Jörg Hofmann, Anna-Maria Eis-Hübinger, Hajo Grundmann, Astrid Kehlen, Albrecht Oehme, Paul Schnitzler, Joachim Kühn, Albert Heim, Andreas Sauerbrei, Barbara Schmidt, Robert Beck, Dieter Hoffmann, Detlef Michel, Hans Nitschko, Christian Aepinus, Jens Dreier, Elisabeth Puchhammer-Stoeckl, Theresa Popow Kaup, Monika Redlberger, Harald Kessler, Martin Obermeier, Kerstin Weise, Patricia Bartsch, Annette Devide, Bert Niesters, Michael Kleines, Andi Krumbholz, Thomas Meyer, Peter Gohl, Christian G. Schüttler, Meri Gorgievski, Andres Anton Pagarolas, Wolfgang Gulich, Thomas Ziegler, Babett Wintsche, Marcena Griego, Walter Bossart

Open Access Research

Association between dietary behaviors and depression in adolescent girls

Abbas Ali Sangouni, Sara Beigrezaei, Shahab Akbarian, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Emad Yuzbashian, Amin Salehi-Abargouei, Gordon A. Ferns, Sayyed Saeid Khayyatzadeh

Open Access Research

Prevalence, correlates, and trajectory of screen viewing among Chinese children in Changsha: a birth cohort study

Chao Li, Gang Cheng, Simin He, Xiaowei Xie, Gang Tian, Ni Jiang, Xianying Min, Yan Shi, Rui Li, Tong Zhou, Yan Yan

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Problem drinkers and high risk-taking behaviors under the stay-at-home policy of the COVID-19 emergency declaration

Mami Wakabayashi, Midori Takada, Aya Kinjo, Yoshifumi Sugiyama, Hiroyasu Iso, Takahiro Tabuchi

Open Access Research in practice

The unreachable doorbells of South Texas: community engagement in colonias on the US-Mexico border for mosquito control

Jose G. Juarez, Ester Carbajal, Katherine L. Dickinson, Selene Garcia-Luna, Nga Vuong, John-Paul Mutebi, Ryan R. Hemme, Ismael Badillo-Vargas, Gabriel L. Hamer

Open Access COVID-19 Study protocol

Assessing COVID-19 testing strategies in K-12 schools in underserved populations: study protocol for a cluster-randomized trial

Samantha Hayes, Sara Malone, Brittany Bonty, Nancy Mueller, Summer M. Reyes, Sydney A. Reyes, Christina Evans, Myisha Wilcher-Roberts, Tremayne Watterson, Sewuese Akuse, Jamee Shelley, Grace Yuan, Ian Lackey, Jasmine Prater, Brock Montgomery, Cynthia Williams, Sheretta T. Butler-Barnes, Kelly Harris, Charlene Caburnay, Nikole Lobb Dougherty, Jingxia Liu, Albert Lai, Julie Neidich, Stephanie Fritz, Jason G. Newland

Open Access Research

What public health interventions do people in Canada prefer to fund? A discrete choice experiment

Kiffer G. Card, Marina Adshade, Robert S. Hogg, Jody Jollimore, Nathan J. Lachowsky

Open Access Research

Modelling the prevalence of hepatitis B towards eliminating it as a major public health threat in China

Wenjun Liu, Tianyi Zhuang, Ruyi Xia, Zhuoru Zou, Lei Zhang, Mingwang Shen, Guihua Zhuang

Open Access Research

The use of digital stories as a health promotion intervention: a scoping review

Abby M. Lohr, Jhenitza P. Raygoza Tapia, Elizabeth Salerno Valdez, Leslie C. Hassett, Aline C. Gubrium, Alice Fiddian-Green, Linda Larkey, Irene G. Sia, Mark L. Wieland

Open Access Research

The burden of premature mortality among older adults: a population-based study in Malaysia

Yee Mang Chan, Shubash Shander Ganapathy, LeeAnn Tan, Nazirah Alias, Nur Hamizah Nasaruddin, Wan-Fei Khaw

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Accelerate the process of getting vaccinated: factors associated with consideration of and accessibility to COVID-19 vaccination in metropolises of China

Yinliang Tan, Zhilan Xie, Ying Qian, Jie Gu, Yundan Bai, Xiaoqing Gu, Zheng Ye, Jianmin Feng, Jiaoling Huang

Open Access Research

Mental health effects of the Gangwon wildfires

Ji Sun Hong, So Yeon Hyun, Jung Hyun Lee, Minyoung Sim

Open Access Research

Measuring sustainable employability: psychometric properties of the capability set for work questionnaire

Sait Gürbüz, Margot C. W. Joosen, Dorien T. A. M. Kooij, Arnold B. Bakker, Jac J. L. van der Klink, Evelien P. M. Brouwers

Open Access Research

Use of reproductive health services among women using long- or short-acting contraceptive methods – a register-based cohort study from Finland

Tuire Helene Saloranta, Frida Katrin Gyllenberg, Anna But, Mika Gissler, Oskari Heikinheimo, Merja Kristiina Laine

Open Access Research

Navigating the local foodscape: qualitative investigation of food retail and dietary preferences in Kisumu and Homa Bay Counties, western Kenya

Rosemary M. Musuva, Louise Foley, Pamela Wadende, Oliver Francis, Charles Lwanga, Eleanor Turner-Moss, Vincent Were, Charles Obonyo

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Mental health of Covid-19 risk groups during the first Covid-19 lockdown in Germany: a cross-sectional study

Daniel Deimel, Thorsten Köhler, Janina Dyba, Niels Graf, Christine Firk

Open Access Research

A qualitative study of parental associations and beliefs regarding the HPV vaccination for Dutch boys

Judith R. Venderbos, Renske Eilers, Hein de Vries, Kim van Zoonen

Open Access Research

Capability to make well-founded decisions: an interview study of people with experience of sickness absence who have common mental disorders

Christina Andersson, Annika Jakobsson, Gunilla Priebe, Mikael Elf, Robin Fornazar, Gunnel Hensing

Open Access Research

Relationship of cash transfers with risk of overweight and obesity in children and adults: a systematic review

Richard D. Semba, James Manley, Lori Rosman, Nihaal Rahman, Martin W. Bloem

Open Access Research

Neighborhood social cohesion and serious psychological distress among Asian, Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and White adults in the United States: a cross-sectional study

Lauren R. Gullett, Dana M. Alhasan, Symielle A. Gaston, W. Braxton Jackson II, Ichiro Kawachi, Chandra L. Jackson

Open Access Research

‘There is nowhere to take the child’: a qualitative study of community members’ views on managing early childhood substance use in Mbale, Uganda

V. Skylstad, I. M. S. Engebretsen, S. J. Nalugya, C. Opesen, G. Ndeezi, E. S. Okello, K. M. Moland, J. K. Tumwine, A. M. S. Skar

Open Access Research

Perceptions, knowledge, and communication preferences about indoor mold and its health implications among persons affected by Hurricane Harvey: a focus group analysis

Pooja Gandhi, LaQuita Malone, Samantha Williams, Callie Hall, Kirstin Short, Kaitlin Benedict, Mitsuru Toda

Open Access Research

Job crafting and employees’ general health: the role of work–nonwork facilitation and perceived boundary control

Yanwei Shi, Dan Li, Nan Zhang, Ping Jiang, Deng Yuling, Julan Xie, Jun Yang

Open Access Research

The power of local research to inform adverse childhood experiences in substance use prevention in adolescents and adults

Shiyou Wu, Sarah Lindstrom Johnson, Wendy Wolfersteig, Marisol Juarez Diaz, Maria Aguilar-Amaya

Open Access Study protocol

Using a multi-module web-app to prevent substance use among students at a Hispanic Serving Institution: development and evaluation design

Bethany K. W. Rainisch, Linn Dahlman, Jorge Vigil, Myriam Forster

Open Access Research

Poor implementation of tobacco control measures and lack of education influences the intention to quit tobacco: a structural equation modelling approach

Mir Faeq Ali Quadri, Tenny John, Damanpreet Kaur, Maryam Nayeem, Mohammed Khaleel Ahmed, Ahmed M. Kamel, Santosh Kumar Tadakamadla, Vito Carlo Alberto Caponio, Lorenzo Lo Muzio

Open Access COVID-19 Research

COVID-19 and mental health in Australia – a scoping review

Yixuan Zhao, Liana S. Leach, Erin Walsh, Philip J. Batterham, Alison L. Calear, Christine Phillips, Anna Olsen, Tinh Doan, Christine LaBond, Cathy Banwell

Open Access COVID-19 Research

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the preventive behaviors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic among children and adolescents

Feifei Li, Wei Liang, Ryan E. Rhodes, Yanping Duan, Xiang Wang, Borui Shang, Yide Yang, Jiao Jiao, Min Yang, Rashmi Supriya, Julien S. Baker, Longyan Yi

Open Access Research

Self-rated health and quality of life among Syrian refugees in Ireland – data from a cross-sectional study

Claire Collins, Ivana Pericin, James Larkin, Esperanza Diaz

Open Access Research

Viral load monitoring for people living with HIV in the era of test and treat: progress made and challenges ahead – a systematic review

Minh D. Pham, Huy V. Nguyen, David Anderson, Suzanne Crowe, Stanley Luchters

Open Access Research

Spatial analysis of vaccine coverage on the first year of life in the northeast of Brazil

Nairmara Soares Pimentel Cunha, Sylvia Costa Lima Fahrat, Ricardo Alves de Olinda, Alfésio Luís Ferreira Braga, Carolina Luisa Alves Barbieri, Ysabely de Aguiar Pontes Pamplona, Lourdes Conceição Martins

Open Access Research

Health care seeking in modern urban LMIC settings: evidence from Lusaka, Zambia

Emma Clarke-Deelder, Doris Osei Afriyie, Mweene Nseluke, Felix Masiye, Günther Fink

Open Access Research

Interactive effects of maternal exposure to chemical fertilizer and socio-economic status on the risk of low birth weight

Shiqi Lin, Jiajia Li, Jilei Wu, Fan Yang, Lijun Pei, Xuejun Shang

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Lifestyle behaviors in Swedish university students before and during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cohort study

Kristina Larsson, Clara Onell, Klara Edlund, Henrik Källberg, Lena W. Holm, Tobias Sundberg, Eva Skillgate

Open Access Publisher Correction

Correction: Obesity- attributable costs of absenteeism among working adults in Portugal

Kelli Destri, Joana Alves, Maria João Gregório, Sara Simões Dias, Ana Rita Henriques, Nuno Mendonça, Helena Canhão, Ana Maria Rodrigues

Open Access Research

Effect of age and sex on the associations between potential modifiable risk factors and both type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glycaemia among West African adults

Ayuba Issaka, Adrian J. Cameron, Yin Paradies, William K. Bosu, Yèssito Corine N. Houehanou, Jean B. Kiwallo, Chea S. Wesseh, Dismand S. Houinato, Diarra J. P. Nazoum, Christopher Stevenson

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Effect of socioeconomic factors during the early COVID-19 pandemic: a spatial analysis

Ian W. Tang, Verónica M. Vieira, Eric Shearer

Open Access Research

Municipal resources to promote adult physical activity - a multilevel follow-up study

Virpi Kuvaja-Köllner, Eila Kankaanpää, Johanna Laine, Katja Borodulin, Tomi Mäki-Opas, Hannu Valtonen

Open Access Research

Long-term PM2.5 exposure and sepsis mortality in a US medicare cohort

Trenton J. Honda, Fatemeh Kazemiparkouhi, Trenton D. Henry, Helen H. Suh

Open Access Study protocol

Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a family strengthening program to prevent unhealthy weight gain among 5 to 11-year-old children from at-risk families: the Strong Families Trial

Cristy Brooks, Catherine Helson, Madalyn McCormack, Louise A Baur, Timothy Gill, Julie Green, Baki Billah, Paula Cronin, Anoop Johar, Jennifer Plaskett, Michelle Nolan, Monika Latanik, Andre M N Renzaho

Open Access Research

Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of diabetes among Iranian population: results of four national cross-sectional STEPwise approach to surveillance surveys

Rahmkhoda Khodakarami, Zhaleh Abdi, Elham Ahmadnezhad, Ali Sheidaei, Mohsen Asadi-Lari

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Characterization of test positivity among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in three electronic health records databases, February–November 2020

Patrick Saunders-Hastings, Cindy Ke Zhou, Shayan Hobbi, Hui-Lee Wong, Patricia Lloyd, Eva Boyd, Nader Alawar, Tainya C. Clarke, Jeff Beers, Timothy Burrell, Azadeh Shoaibi

Open Access COVID-19 Research

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: a midwifery survey into attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine

Funlayo Odejinmi, Rebecca Mallick, Christina Neophytou, Kade Mondeh, Megan Hall, Claire Scrivener, Katie Tibble, Mary Turay-Olusile, Nandita Deo, Doreen Oforiwaa, Rita Osayimwen

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Perceptions of COVID-19 self-testing and recommendations for implementation and scale-up among Black/African Americans: implications for the COVID-19 STEP project

Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, Hassim Diallo, Danielle Graham, Guy-Lucien Whembolua, Marie Janeeca Bourgeau, Tiarney D. Ritchwood, LaRon E. Nelson, Thembekile Shato, Allison Mathews, Rhoda Moise, Maranda C. Ward, Jocelyn Raude, Aima A. Ahonkhai, Diane J. Young, Donaldson F. Conserve

Open Access Research

Development and preliminary validity of an Indonesian mobile application for a balanced and sustainable diet for obesity management

Rina Agustina, Eka Febriyanti, Melyarna Putri, Meriza Martineta, Novi S. Hardiany, Dyah E. Mustikawati, Hanifa Hanifa, Anuraj H. Shankar

Open Access Research

Adolescents’ self-efficacy and digital health literacy: a cross-sectional mixed methods study

Melody Taba, Tiffany B. Allen, Patrina H.Y. Caldwell, S. Rachel Skinner, Melissa Kang, Kirsten McCaffery, Karen M. Scott

Open Access Research

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-authorized retailers received a low score using the Business Impact Assessment for Obesity and population-level nutrition (BIA-Obesity) tool

Bailey Houghtaling, Tessa Englund, Susan Chen, Nila Pradhananga, Vivica I. Kraak, Elena Serrano, Samantha M. Harden, George C. Davis, Sarah Misyak

Open Access Research

Clusters of preterm live births and respiratory distress syndrome-associated neonatal deaths: spatial distribution and cooccurrence patterns

Ana Sílvia Scavacini Marinonio, Daniela Testoni Costa-Nobre, Milton Harumi Miyoshi, Rita de Cassia Xavier Balda, Kelsy Catherina Nema Areco, Tulio Konstantyner, Mandira Daripa Kawakami, Adriana Sanudo, Paulo Bandiera-Paiva, Rosa Maria Vieira de Freitas, Lilian Cristina Correia Morais, Mônica La Porte Teixeira, Bernadette Cunha Waldvogel, Maria Fernanda Branco de Almeida, Ruth Guinsburg, Carlos Roberto Veiga Kiffer

Open Access Research

School environment and obesity in adolescents from a Brazilian metropolis: cross-sectional study

Maíra Macário de Assis, Lucia Helena Almeida Gratão, Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva, Nayhanne Gomes Cordeiro, Ariene Silva do Carmo, Cristiane de Freitas Cunha, Tatiana Resende Prado Rangel de Oliveira, Luana Lara Rocha, Larissa Loures Mendes

Open Access Research

Congenital Zika syndrome and living conditions in the largest city of northeastern Brazil

Marcos Paulo Almeida Souza, Márcio Santos da Natividade, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Darci Neves dos Santos

Open Access Research

The impact of mandatory waiting periods on abortion-related outcomes: a synthesis of legal and health evidence

Fiona de Londras, Amanda Cleeve, Maria I. Rodriguez, Alana Farrell, Magdalena Furgalska, Antonella Lavelanet

Open Access Research

Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between the built environment and walking: effect modification by socioeconomic status

Chelsea D. Christie, Christine M. Friedenreich, Jennifer E. Vena, Liam Turley, Gavin R. McCormack

Open Access Research

Systematic review on chronic non-communicable disease in disaster settings

Christine Ngaruiya, Robyn Bernstein, Rebecca Leff, Lydia Wallace, Pooja Agrawal, Anand Selvam, Denise Hersey, Alison Hayward

Open Access COVID-19 Study protocol

Using the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) framework to optimize an intervention to increase COVID-19 testing for Black and Latino/Hispanic frontline essential workers: A study protocol

Marya Gwadz, Charles M. Cleland, Maria Lizardo, Robert L. Hawkins, Greg Bangser, Lalitha Parameswaran, Victoria Stanhope, Jennifer A. Robinson, Shristi Karim, Tierra Hollaway, Paola G. Ramirez, Prema L. Filippone, Amanda S. Ritchie, Angela Banfield, Elizabeth Silverman

Open Access Research

The future costs of cancer attributable to excess body weight in Brazil, 2030-2040

Leandro F. M. Rezende, Thainá Alves Malhão, Rafael da Silva Barbosa, Arthur Orlando Correa Schilithz, Ronaldo Corrêa Ferreira da Silva, Luciana Grucci Maya Moreira, Paula Aballo Nunes Machado, Bruna Pitasi Arguelhes, Maria Eduarda Leão Diogenes Melo

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Manitoba grocery sector: a qualitative analysis of media, organizational communications, and key informant interviews

Natalie D. Riediger, Joyce J. Slater, Kelsey Mann, Bhanu Pilli, Hannah Derksen, Chantal Perchotte, Avery L. Penner

Open Access Research

Sustainability capacity of a vegetable gardening intervention for cancer survivors

Mallory G. Cases, Cindy K. Blair, Peter S. Hendricks, Kerry Smith, Scott Snyder, Wendy Demark-Wahnefried

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccination among people living with HIV in a high HIV prevalence community

Sabina Govere-Hwenje, Jana Jarolimova, Joyce Yan, Anele Khumalo, Gugulami Zondi, Marcia Ngcobo, Nafisa J. Wara, Dani Zionts, Laura M. Bogart, Robert A. Parker, Ingrid V. Bassett

Open Access Research

“You can’t just eat 16 teaspoons of sugar so why would you drink 16 teaspoons’ worth of sugar?”: a qualitative study of young adults’ reactions to sugary drink warning labels

C Miller, K Wright, J Dono, S Pettigrew, M Wakefield, J Coveney, G Wittert, D Roder, S Durkin, J Martin, K Ettridge

Open Access COVID-19 Research

A scoping review of strategies to support public health recovery in the transition to a “new normal” in the age of COVID-19

Emily Belita, Sarah E. Neil-Sztramko, Alanna Miller, Laura N. Anderson, Emma Apatu, Olivier Bellefleur, Lydia Kapiriri, Kristin Read, Diana Sherifali, Jean-Éric Tarride, Maureen Dobbins

Open Access Research

Exploring the facilitators and barriers to high-risk behaviors among school transportation drivers: a qualitative study

Shadi Fathizadeh, Mahmood Karimy, Mahmoud Tavousi, Fereshteh Zamani-Alavijeh

Open Access Research

Community gardens and their effects on diet, health, psychosocial and community outcomes: a systematic review

Clare Hume, Jessica A. Grieger, Anna Kalamkarian, Katina D’Onise, Lisa G. Smithers

Open Access Research

Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in iran: the case for Investment

Mahmood Yousefi, Ilker Dastan, Farbod Alinezhad, Mansour Ranjbar, Christoph Hamelmann, Afshin Ostovar, Alireza Moghisi, Sima Mohammadi, Awad Mataria, Asmus Hammerich, Slim Slama, Nasim Pourghazian, Alireza Mahdavi Hezaveh, Behzad Valizadeh, Parisa Torabi, Mehdi Najmi, Mohammad Moradi, Alieh Hodjatzadeh, Fatemeh Keshvari-Shad

Open Access Research

Effects of food nutrition labels on the health awareness of school-age children

Ching-Yi Wang, Chung-Jia Hsu, Dengchuan Cai

Open Access COVID-19 Correction

Correction: Clinical, social, and policy factors in COVID-19 cases and deaths: methodological considerations for feature selection and modeling in county-level analyses

Charisse Madlock-Brown, Ken Wilkens, Nicole Weiskopf, Nina Cesare, Sharmodeep Bhattacharyya, Naomi O. Riches, Juan Espinoza, David Dorr, Kerry Goetz, Jimmy Phuong, Anupam Sule, Hadi Kharrazi, Feifan Liu, Cindy Lemon, William G. Adams

Open Access Research

Social determinants of vulnerability in the population of reproductive age: a systematic review

Lindsey van der Meer, Lisa S. Barsties, Leonie A. Daalderop, Adja J. M. Waelput, Eric A. P. Steegers, Loes C. M. Bertens

Open Access Research

Spatial clustering of heroin-related overdose incidents: a case study in Cincinnati, Ohio

Jung Im Choi, Jinha Lee, Arthur B. Yeh, Qizhen Lan, Hyojung Kang

Open Access Research article

Perception of worry of harm from air pollution: results from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)

Samantha Ammons, Hayley Aja, Armen A. Ghazarian, Gabriel Y. Lai, Gary L. Ellison

Open Access Research

Innovative perception analysis of HIV prevention messaging for black women in college: a proof of concept study

Rasheeta Chandler, Henry Ross, Dominique Guillaume

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Speaking COVID-19: supporting COVID-19 communication and engagement efforts with people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities

Holly Seale, Ben Harris-Roxas, Anita Heywood, Ikram Abdi, Abela Mahimbo, Ashfaq Chauhan, Lisa Woodland

Open Access Research

Optimising mothers’ health behaviour after hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a qualitative study of a postnatal intervention

Chris Rossiter, Amanda Henry, Lynne Roberts, Mark A. Brown, Megan Gow, Clare Arnott, Justine Salisbury, Annette Ruhotas, Angela Hehir, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson

Open Access Research

The implementation of a smoking cessation and alcohol abstinence intervention for people experiencing homelessness

Rebekah Pratt, Serena Xiong, Azul Kmiecik, Cathy Strobel-Ayres, Anne Joseph, Susan A. Everson Rose, Xianghua Luo, Ned Cooney, Janet Thomas, Shelia Specker, Kola Okuyemi

Open Access Research

SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence among homeless people and shelter workers in Denmark: a nationwide cross-sectional study

Alexandra R Röthlin Eriksen, Kamille Fogh, Rasmus B. Hasselbalch, Henning Bundgaard, Susanne D. Nielsen, Charlotte S. Jørgensen, Bibi F. S. S. Scharff, Christian Erikstrup, Susanne G. Sækmose, Dorte K. Holm, Bitten Aagaard, Jonas H. Kristensen, Cecilie A. Bødker, Jakob B. Norsk, Pernille B. Nielsen, Lars Østergaard, Svend Ellermann-Eriksen, Berit Andersen, Henrik Nielsen, Isik S. Johansen, Lothar Wiese, Lone Simonsen, Thea K.Fischer, Fredrik Folke, Freddy Lippert, Sisse R. Ostrowski, Steen Ethelberg, Anders Koch, Anne-Marie Vangsted, Tyra Krause, Anders Fomsgaard, Claus Nielsen, Henrik Ullum, Robert Skov, Kasper Iversen

Open Access Research

Rapid systematic review to identify key barriers to access, linkage, and use of local authority administrative data for population health research, practice, and policy in the United Kingdom

Sowmiya Moorthie, Shabina Hayat, Yi Zhang, Katherine Parkin, Veronica Philips, Amber Bale, Robbie Duschinsky, Tamsin Ford, Anna Moore

Open Access COVID-19 Research

The willingness of parents to vaccinate their children younger than 12 years against COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Malaysia

Diana-Leh-Ching Ng, Gin-Gin Gan, Chee-Shee Chai, Nur Adila Bt Anuar, Woweham Sindeh, Wei-Jing Chua, Asri B. Said, Seng-Beng Tan

Open Access Research

Associations between children’s physical literacy and well-being: is physical activity a mediator?

Paulina S. Melby, Glen Nielsen, Jan Christian Brønd, Mark S. Tremblay, Peter Bentsen, Peter Elsborg

Open Access Research

Adherence to viral load testing guidelines, barriers, and associated factors among persons living with HIV on ART in Southwestern Uganda: a mixed-methods study

Polly Lubega, Sylivia Juliet Nalugya, Angella Namyalo Kimuli, Majoreen Twinokusiima, Mercy Khasalamwa, Richard Kyomugisa, Jane Kabami, Asiphas Owaraganise

Open Access Study protocol

Effectiveness of a healthcare-based mobile intervention on sedentary patterns, physical activity, mental well-being and clinical and productivity outcomes in office employees with type 2 diabetes: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Francesc Alòs, Mª. Àngels Colomer, Carlos Martin-Cantera, Montserrat Solís-Muñoz, Judit Bort-Roig, I. Saigi, E. Chirveches-Pérez, Mercè Solà-Gonfaus, Josep Maria Molina-Aragonés, Anna Puig-Ribera

Open Access COVID-19 Correction

Correction: Changes in health-related lifestyles and food insecurity and its association with quality of life during the COVID-19 lockdown in Malaysia

Aryati Ahmad, Mohd Razif Shahril, Nadiah Wan-Arfah, Wan Azdie Mohd Abu Bakar, Carmen Piernas, Pei Lin Lua

Open Access Research

“Your status cannot hinder you”: the importance of resilience among adolescents engaged in HIV care in Kenya

Casey Adams, Millicent Kiruki, Robinson Karuga, Lilian Otiso, Susan M. Graham, Kristin M. Beima-Sofie

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Financing COVID-19 vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from a nation-wide willingness to pay (WTP) survey in Ghana

Robert Kaba Alhassan, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Mustapha Immurana, Aaron Asibi Abuosi

Open Access COVID-19 Research

National geographical pattern of COVID-19 hospitalization, case fatalities, and associated factors in patients covered by Iran Health Insurance Organization

Soheila Damiri, Ali Shojaee, Mohsen Dehghani, Zahra Shahali, Sadrollah Abbasi, Rajabali Daroudi

Open Access COVID-19 Research

A comparison of rural Australian First Nations and Non-First Nations survey responses to COVID-19 risks and impacts: implications for health communications

Julaine Allan, Jodie Kleinschafer, Teesta Saksena, Azizur Rahman, Jayne Lawrence, Mark Lock

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A risk measurement tool for targeted HIV prevention measures amongst young pregnant and lactating women in South Africa

Trisha Ramraj, Nada Abdelatif, Witness Chirinda, Fareed Abdullah, Gurpreet Kindra, Ameena Goga

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Association between spicy foods consumption and cardiovascular disease risk factors: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

Yu Zhang, Zi Long Lu, Wei Sen Zhang, Ya Li Jin, Tong Zhu, Lin Xu

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Clustering and mapping the first COVID-19 outbreak in France

Regis Darques, Julie Trottier, Raphael Gaudin, Nassim Ait-Mouheb

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Epidemiology of geographic disparities in heart failure among US older adults: a Medicare-based analysis

Bin Yu, Igor Akushevich, Arseniy P. Yashkin, Anatoliy I. Yashin, H. Kim Lyerly, Julia Kravchenko

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Prevalence and factors associated with self-reported HIV testing among adolescent girls and young women in Rwanda: evidence from 2019/20 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey

Alfred Musekiwa, Patricia Silinda, Assanatou Bamogo, Halima S. Twabi, Mohanad Mohammed, Jesca Mercy Batidzirai, Zvifadzo Matsena Zingoni, Geoffrey Chiyuzga Singini, Maureen Moyo, Nobuhle Nokubonga Mchunu, Theodora Ijeoma Ekwomadu, Portia Nevhungoni, Innocent Maposa

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Hydrochlorothiazide use, sun exposure, and risk of keratinocyte cancer

Jeffrey J. VanWormer, Eseoghene B. Abokede, Richard L. Berg

Open Access COVID-19 Research

The effectiveness of hand hygiene interventions for preventing community transmission or acquisition of novel coronavirus or influenza infections: a systematic review

Lucyna Gozdzielewska, Claire Kilpatrick, Jacqui Reilly, Sally Stewart, John Butcher, Andrew Kalule, Oliver Cumming, Julie Watson, Lesley Price

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Impacts of COVID-19 on trans and non-binary people in Canada: a qualitative analysis of responses to a national survey

Hannah Kia, Leo Rutherford, Randy Jackson, Alisa Grigorovich, Carol Lopez Ricote, Ayden I. Scheim, Greta R. Bauer

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Health impacts of PM2.5 originating from residential wood combustion in four nordic cities

Hans Orru, Henrik Olstrup, Jaakko Kukkonen, Susana López-Aparicio, David Segersson, Camilla Geels, Tanel Tamm, Kari Riikonen, Androniki Maragkidou, Torben Sigsgaard, Jørgen Brandt, Henrik Grythe, Bertil Forsberg

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The role of pornography in the sex life of young adults-a cross-sectional cohort study on female and male German medical students

Matthias Jahnen, Leopold Zeng, Martina Kron, Valentin H. Meissner, Alexander Korte, Stefan Schiele, Helga Schulwitz, Andreas Dinkel, Jürgen E. Gschwend, Kathleen Herkommer

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Appropriate and acceptable health assessments for people experiencing homelessness

Susan Jayne Gordon, Nicky Baker, Margie Steffens

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The coexistence of obesogenic behaviors among Brazilian adolescents and their associated factors

Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva, Fernanda Penido Matozinhos, Lúcia Helena Almeida Gratão, Luana Lara Rocha, Monique Louise Cassimiro Inácio, Cristiane de Freitas Oliveira, Tatiana Resende Prado Rangel de Oliveira, Larissa Loures Mendes

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Time-trends for eczema prevalences among children and adults from 1985 to 2015 in China: a systematic review

Wei Liu, Jiao Cai, Chanjuan Sun, Zhijun Zou, Jialing Zhang, Chen Huang

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Acceptance of healthy lifestyle nudges in the general population of Singapore

Yeow Wee Brian Tan, Edward Ryan Tan, Koh Yen Sin, P. V. AshaRani, Edimansyah Abdin, Kumarasan Roystonn, Peizhi Wang, Fiona Devi, Janhavi Vaingankar, Rob M van Dam, Chee Fang Sum, Eng Sing Lee, Wai Leng Chow, Siow Ann Chong, Mythily Subramaniam

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A qualitative study on multisector activities to prevent childhood obesity in the municipality of Seinäjoki, Finland

Leena Koivusilta, Soili Alanne, Marjo Kamila, Timo Ståhl

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Evidence-Based Intervention (EBI) Mapping: a systematic approach to understanding the components and logic of EBIs

Timothy J. Walker, Maya Foster, Jacob Szeszulski, Derek W. Craig, Patricia Dolan Mullen, Maria E. Fernández

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Garbage codes in the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 1996–2019

Christian Lycke Ellingsen, G. Cecilie Alfsen, Marta Ebbing, Anne Gro Pedersen, Gerhard Sulo, Stein Emil Vollset, Geir Sverre Braut

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Work-related injuries among 5 – 17 years-old working children in Egypt: findings from a national child labor survey

Ahmed Mahmoud Fouad, Shaimaa A. A. M. Amer, Yasser Omar Abdellatif, Sally Fawzy Elotla

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QALY losses for chronic diseases and its social distribution in the general population: results from the Belgian Health Interview Survey

Lisa Van Wilder, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Els Clays, Johan Van der Heyden, Rana Charafeddine, Aline Scohy, Delphine De Smedt

Open Access COVID-19 Study protocol

Protocol of the Luebeck longitudinal investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection (ELISA) study – a prospective population-based cohort study

Alexander Balck, Bandik Föh, Max Borsche, Johann Rahmöller, Eva-Juliane Vollstedt, Frederike Waldeck, Nadja Käding, Christoph Twesten, Alexander Mischnik, Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach, Marc Ehlers, Christian Sina, Stefan Taube, Hauke Busch, Jan Rupp, Alexander Katalinic, Christine Klein

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Stepped care to optimize pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) effectiveness in pregnant and postpartum women (SCOPE-PP) in South Africa: a randomized control trial

Dvora Leah Joseph Davey, Kathryn Dovel, Susan Cleary, Nehaa Khadka, Nyiko Mashele, Miriam Silliman, Rufaro Mvududu, Dorothy C. Nyemba, Thomas J. Coates, Landon Myer

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Comparison of national surveillance systems for Lyme disease in humans in Europe and North America: a policy review

Laurence Blanchard, Julie Jones-Diette, Theo Lorenc, Katy Sutcliffe, Amanda Sowden, James Thomas

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Professional help-seeking behaviour for mental health problems among veterinarians in Norway: a nationwide, cross-sectional study (The NORVET study)

Helene Seljenes Dalum, Reidar Tyssen, Torbjørn Moum, Magne Thoresen, Erlend Hem

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Past, present, and future trends of overweight and obesity in Belgium using Bayesian age-period-cohort models

Robby De Pauw, Manu Claessens, Vanessa Gorasso, Sabine Drieskens, Christel Faes, Brecht Devleesschauwer

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Predicting accidental drug overdose as the cause of fatality in near real-time using the Suspected Potential Overdose Tracker (SPOT): public health implications

Karli R. Hochstatter, Sonal Rastogi, Kathryn Klein, Cameron Tait-Ozer, Nabila El-Bassel, Jason Graham

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Optimizing the World Health Organization algorithm for HIV vertical transmission risk assessment by adding maternal self-reported antiretroviral therapy adherence

Sheila Fernández-Luis, Maria Grazia Lain, Miquel Serna-Pascual, Sara Domínguez-Rodríguez, Louise Kuhn, Afaaf Liberty, Shaun Barnabas, Elisa Lopez-Varela, Kennedy Otwombe, Siva Danaviah, Eleni Nastouli, Paolo Palma, Nicola Cotugno, Moira Spyer, Viviana Giannuzzi, Carlo Giaquinto, Avy Violari, Mark F. Cotton, Tacilta Nhampossa, Nigel Klein, Nastassja Ramsagar, Anita Janse van Rensburg, Osee Behuhuma, Paula Vaz, Almoustapha Issiaka Maiga, Andrea Oletto, Denise Naniche, Paolo Rossi, Pablo Rojo, Alfredo Tagarro, Paolo Rossi, Carlo Giaquinto, Silvia Faggion, Daniel Gomez Pena, Inger Lindfors Rossi, William James, Alessandra Nardone, Paolo Palma, Paola Zangari, Carla Paganin, Eleni Nastouli, Moira J Spyer, Anne-Genevieve Marcelin, Vincent Calvez, Pablo Rojo, Alfredo Tagarro, Sara Dominguez, Maria Angeles Munoz, Caroline Foster, Savita Pahwa, Anita De Rossi, Mark Cotton, Nigel Klein, Deborah Persaud, Rob J. De Boer, Juliane Schroeter, Adriana Ceci, Viviana Giannuzzi, Kathrine Luzuriaga, Nicolas Chomont, Nicola Cotugno, Louise Kuhn, Andrew Yates, Avy Violari, Kennedy Otwombe, Paula Vaz, Maria Grazia Lain, Elisa López-Varela, Tacilta Nhamposssa, Denise Naniche, Ofer Levy, Philip Goulder, Mathias Lichterfeld, Holly Peay, Pr Mariam Sylla, Almoustapha Maiga

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Sustainable palm weevil farming as nutrition supplementation at maternity waiting homes in Liberia

Christopher W. Reynolds, Madison Horton, Jacob Paarechuga Anankware, Joseph Perosky, HaEun Lee, Aloysius Nyanplu, Barsee Zogbaye, Alphonso Kofa, Jody R. Lori

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Health-promoting factors among students in higher education within health care and social work: a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data in a multicentre longitudinal study

Inger Ahlstrand, Ingrid Larsson, Margaretha Larsson, Aimée Ekman, Lena Hedén, Katja Laakso, Ulrika Lindmark, Håkan Nunstedt, Lena Oxelmark, Sandra Pennbrant, Annelie J. Sundler, Jenny Hallgren

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Disability adjusted life years associated with COVID-19 in Denmark in the first year of the pandemic

Sara M. Pires, Hernan G. Redondo, Laura Espenhain, Lea S. Jakobsen, Rebecca Legarth, Marianna Meaidi, Anders Koch, Siri Tribler, Tomas Martin-Bertelsen, Steen Ethelberg

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Supporting and enabling health research in a local authority (SERLA): an exploratory study

Ciara E. McGee, Megan Barlow-Pay, Ivaylo Vassilev, Janis Baird, Lee-Ann Fenge, Debbie Chase, Julie Parkes

Open Access Research

“It comes altogether as one:” perceptions of analytical treatment interruptions and partner protections among racial, ethnic, sex and gender diverse HIV serodifferent couples in the United States

Danielle M. Campbell, Karine Dubé, Portia D. Cowlings, Patricia Dionicio, Rowena M. Tam, Harsh Agarwal, Jamila K. Stockman, Judith D. Auerbach, John A. Sauceda, Amy A. Conroy, Mallory O. Johnson

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Racial inequalities in multimorbidity: baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Fernanda Esthefane Garrides Oliveira, Rosane Harter Griep, Dora Chor, Luana Giatti, Luciana A. C. Machado, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Alexandre da Costa Pereira, Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca, Leonardo Soares Bastos

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Factors associated with anaemia among preschool- age children in underprivileged neighbourhoods in Antananarivo, Madagascar

Mirella Malala Randrianarisoa, Maheninasy Rakotondrainipiana, Ravaka Randriamparany, Prisca Vega Andriantsalama, Anjasoa Randrianarijaona, Azimdine Habib, Annick Robinson, Lisette Raharimalala, Francis Allen Hunald, Aurélie Etienne, Jean-Marc Collard, Frédérique Randrianirina, Robert Barouki, Clement Pontoizeau, Alison Nestoret, Nathalie Kapel, Philippe Sansonetti, Pascale Vonaesch, Rindra Vatosoa Randremanana

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Health-related quality of life, health literacy and COVID-19-related worries of 16- to 17-year-old adolescents and parents one year into the pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Hilde Timenes Mikkelsen, Siv Skarstein, Sølvi Helseth, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Kristin Haraldstad, Gudrun Rohde

Open Access Research

Human papillomavirus vaccine beliefs and practice characteristics in rural and urban adolescent care providers

Cody L. Goessl, Ben Christianson, Kayla E. Hanson, Elizabeth J. Polter, Scott C. Olson, Thomas G. Boyce, Denise Dunn, Charnetta L. Williams, Edward A. Belongia, Huong Q. McLean, Jeffrey J. VanWormer

Open Access Research

Changing trends of obesity and lipid profiles among Bangkok school children after comprehensive management of the bright and healthy Thai kid project

Chutima Sirikulchayanonta, Vorachai Sirikulchayanonta, Kanjana Suriyaprom, Rachanee Namjuntra

Open Access Correction

Correction: Development and psychometric assessment an instrument for investigating Women’s attitude toward home safety

Rasoul Ahmadpour-geshlagi, Golam Reza Akbarinia, Neda Gillani, Fatemeh Karimkhani, Seyed Shamseddin Alizadeh, Jalil Nazari

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Adaptation of diabetes prevention program for Chinese Americans – a qualitative study

Ming-Chin Yeh, Wincy Lau, Siqian Chen, Ada Wong, Ho-Jui Tung, Grace X. Ma, Judith Wylie-Rosett

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Evaluation of a pharmacy supported e-cigarette smoking cessation intervention in Northwest England

Alan D. Price, Margaret Coffey, Lawrence Houston, Penny A. Cook

Open Access COVID-19 Research

“COVID knocked me straight into the dirt”: perspectives from people experiencing homelessness on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Natalia M. Rodriguez, Rebecca G. Martinez, Rebecca Ziolkowski, Cealia Tolliver, Hope Young, Yumary Ruiz

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Sleep and physical activity: results from a long-term actigraphy study in adolescents

Chiara E. G. Castiglione-Fontanellaz, Tammy T. Timmers, Stefan Lerch, Christoph Hamann, Michael Kaess, Leila Tarokh

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Catch me if you can! How French adolescents seize social occasions and opportunities to be active

Thibaut Derigny, Christophe Schnitzler, Teun Remmers, Dave Van Kann, Joseph Gandrieau, Ndongo Seye, Georges Baquet, François Potdevin

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Methods for conducting trends analysis: roadmap for comparing outcomes from three national HIV Population-based household surveys in Kenya (2007, 2012, and 2018)

Thomas Achia, Ismael Flores Cervantes, Paul Stupp, Paul Musingila, Jacques Muthusi, Anthony Waruru, Mary Schmitz, Megan Bronson, Gregory Chang, John Bore, Leonard Kingwara, Samuel Mwalili, James Muttunga, Joshua Gitonga, Kevin M. De Cock, Peter Young

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Differences in salient beliefs associated with voluntary exercise training among South Korean firefighters before and after COVID-19

Junhye Kwon, Joohee Choi, Juhyuk Kwon, Chung Gun Lee, Dong-il Seo, Wook Song, Jung-jun Park, Han-joon Lee, Hyun Joo Kang, Yeon Soon Ahn

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Hearing loss, sick leave, and disability pension: findings from the HUNT follow-up study

Astrid Ytrehus Jørgensen, Lisa Aarhus, Bo Engdahl, Bernt Bratsberg, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum

Open Access Research

Changing the culture: a qualitative study exploring research capacity in local government

Catherine Homer, James Woodall, Charlotte Freeman, Jane South, Jo Cooke, Judith Holliday, Anna Hartley, Shane Mullen

Open Access Research

The effect of a theory-based educational program on southern Iranian prisoners’ HIV preventive behaviors: a quasi-experimental research

Zahra Hosseini, Pirdad Najafi, Shokrollah Mohseni, Teamur Aghamolaei, Sara Dadipoor

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Effects of exposure to glyphosate on oxidative stress, inflammation, and lung function in maize farmers, Northern Thailand

Sutthinee Sidthilaw, Ratana Sapbamrer, Chaicharn Pothirat, Klintean Wunnapuk, Supakit Khacha-ananda

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Reliability and validity evaluation of the appropriate antibiotic use self-efficacy scale for Chinese adults

Liying Wang, Chunguang Liang, Haitao Yu, Hui Zhang, Xiangru Yan

Open Access Research

Household access to basic drinking water, sanitation and hygiene facilities: secondary analysis of data from the demographic and health survey V, 2017–2018

Nicolas Gaffan, Alphonse Kpozèhouen, Cyriaque Dégbey, Yolaine Glèlè Ahanhanzo, Romain Glèlè Kakaï, Roger Salamon

Open Access Research

Global trends in total fertility rate and its relation to national wealth, life expectancy and female education

Haoyue Cheng, Wenliang Luo, Shuting Si, Xing Xin, Zhicheng Peng, Haibo Zhou, Hui Liu, Yunxian Yu

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Application of an innovative grid-based surveillance strategy to ensure elimination and prevent reintroduction of malaria in high-risk border communities in China

Shen-ning Lu, Wei Ding, Jia-zhi Wang, Shou-qin Yin, Sheng-guo Li, Xing-wu Zhou, Qiu-li Xu, Xiao-dong Sun, Chris Cotter, Michelle S Hsiang, Allison Tatarsky, Roly Gosling, Shan Lv, Duo-quan Wang

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Learning about COVID-19: sources of information, public trust, and contact tracing during the pandemic

Philip S. Amara, Jodyn E. Platt, Minakshi Raj, Paige Nong

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Mathematical modelling of vaccination rollout and NPIs lifting on COVID-19 transmission with VOC: a case study in Toronto, Canada

Elena Aruffo, Pei Yuan, Yi Tan, Evgenia Gatov, Iain Moyles, Jacques Bélair, James Watmough, Sarah Collier, Julien Arino, Huaiping Zhu

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Incidence and mortality trends of nasopharynx cancer from 1990 to 2019 in China: an age-period-cohort analysis

Ruhai Bai, Jianzhong Sun, Yan Xu, Zhonghe Sun, Xiaoyan Zhao

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Physical activity and healthcare utilization in France: evidence from the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) 2014

Dănuț-Vasile Jemna, Mihaela David, Marc-Hubert Depret, Lydie Ancelot

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Investigating feasibility of 2021 WHO protocol for cervical cancer screening in underscreened populations: PREvention and SCReening Innovation Project Toward Elimination of Cervical Cancer (PRESCRIP-TEC)

Marat Sultanov, Janine de Zeeuw, Jaap Koot, Jurjen van der Schans, Jogchum J. Beltman, Marlieke de Fouw, Marek Majdan, Martin Rusnak, Naheed Nazrul, Aminur Rahman, Carolyn Nakisige, Arathi P. Rao, Keerthana Prasad, Shyamala Guruvare, Regien Biesma, Marco Versluis, Geertruida H. de Bock, Jelle Stekelenburg

Open Access Research

What differentiates youths who use e-cigarettes from those who smoke traditional tobacco products?

Hugo Torregrossa, Bertrand Dautzenberg, Pierre Birkui, Nicole Rieu, Marie-Dominique Dautzenberg, Maria Melchior, Murielle Mary-Krause

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The impact of coalition characteristics on outcomes in community-based initiatives targeting the social determinants of health: a systematic review

Phoebe Nagorcka-Smith, Kristy A. Bolton, Jennifer Dam, Melanie Nichols, Laura Alston, Michael Johnstone, Steven Allender

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Study protocol for a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial testing virtual tobacco treatment in oncology practices [Smokefree Support Study 2.0]

Brett M. Goshe, Autumn W. Rasmussen, Lynne I. Wagner, JoRean D. Sicks, Ilana F. Gareen, Ruth C. Carlos, Benjamin A. Herman, Angela Wangari Walter, Susan Regan, Douglas E. Levy, Irene Mahon, Alona Muzikansky, Jordan M. Neil, Michelle Lui, Deepika Dilip, Laura Malloy, Irina Gonzalez, Lucy Finkelstein-Fox, Caitlin McCann, Elissa Perez, Jamie S. Ostroff, Elyse R. Park

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Achieving health equity in US suicides: a narrative review and commentary

Seth W. Perry, Jacob C. Rainey, Stephen Allison, Tarun Bastiampillai, Ma-Li Wong, Julio Licinio, Steven S. Sharfstein, Holly C. Wilcox

Open Access COVID-19 Software

covidscreen: a web app and R Package for assessing asymptomatic COVID-19 testing strategies

Jesse Smith, Yilun Sun, Diego R. Hijano, James M. Hoffman, Hana Hakim, Richard J. Webby, Randall T Hayden, Aditya H. Gaur, Gregory T. Armstrong, Motomi Mori, Li Tang

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What are the economic dimensions of occupational health and how should they be measured? A qualitative study

Nathanael Lutz, Lena Dalle Grave, Dirk Richter, Tom Deliens, Nick Verhaeghe, Jan Taeymans, Peter Clarys

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A qualitative study on the perspectives of Turkish mothers and grandmothers in the Netherlands regarding the influence of grandmothers on health related practices in the first 1000 days of a child’s life

Gülcan Bektas, Femke Boelsma, Meryem Gündüz, Eva N. Klaassen, Jacob C. Seidell, Carline L. Wesdorp, S. Coosje Dijkstra

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The association between micronutrient powder delivery patterns and caregiver feeding behaviors in rural China

Rong Liu, Ruixue Ye, Qingzhi Wang, Lucy Pappas, Sarah-Eve Dill, Scott Rozelle, Huan Zhou

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“I feel like it is asking if he is a stalker … but I also feel like it is asking if he cares”: exploring young South African women and men’s perceptions of the Sexual Relationship Power Scale

Kalysha Closson, Campion Zharima, Michelle Kuchena, Janan J. Dietrich, Anne Gadermann, Gina Ogilvie, Mags Beksinska, Angela Kaida

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The trends of maternal mortality ratios and cause pattern in 34 Chinese provinces, 1990–2017

Chang-li Li, Meng Jiang, Ke-cheng Huang, Jian Li, Li-gang Xu

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Achieving proportional representation in a reproductive health survey through social media: process and recommendations

Ona L. McCarthy, Melissa J. Palmer, Anasztazia Gubijev, Kaye Wellings, Sue Mann, Lydia Leon, Faye Callaghan, Sophie Patterson, Rebecca S. French

Open Access COVID-19 Research

A qualitative process analysis of daily contact testing as an alternative to self-isolation following close contact with a confirmed carrier of SARS-CoV-2

Sarah Denford, Alex F. Martin, Lauren Towler, Fiona Mowbray, Rosie Essery, Rachael Bloomer, Derren Ready, Nicola Love, Richard Amlôt, Isabel Oliver, G James Rubin, Lucy Yardley

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Publisher Correction: Less meat in the shopping basket: the effect on meat purchases of higher prices, an information nudge and the combination: a randomised controlled trial

R. E. Vellinga, M. Eykelenboom, M. R. Olthof, I. H. M. Steenhuis, R. de Jonge, E. H. M. Temme

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Children’s rates of COVID-19 vaccination as reported by parents, vaccine hesitancy, and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among children: a multi-country study from the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Moawiah Khatatbeh, Samir Albalas, Haitham Khatatbeh, Waleed Momani, Omar Melhem, Omar Al Omari, Zeinab Tarhini, Ashraf A’aqoulah, Mohammed Al-Jubouri, Abdulqadir J. Nashwan, Ghaleb Adwan, Zaid Altaany, Ayat Nashwan, Khaled Al-Waqfi, Lujain Abuirsheid, Raghad Ayasreh, Mohammed Al Mutairi, Ala’a B. Al-Tammemi

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Estimating the effects of policies on infertility prevalence worldwide

Xiaochen Zhang, Quanquan Guan, Qiurun Yu, Wenwen Xiao, Ziyu Chen, Chao Dong, Siting Deng, Yin Zhuang, Yankai Xia

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Results of the Cologne Corona surveillance (CoCoS) study – a prospective population-based cohort study: incidence data and potential underestimation of new SARS-CoV-2 adult infections by health authorities

Max Oberste, Lynn-Marie Pusch, Rebecca Roth, Kija Shah-Hosseini, Jana Schmitz, Eva Heger, Felix Dewald, Claudia Müller, Luise Stach von Goltzheim, Clara Lehmann, Michael Buess, Anna Wolff, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Gerhard Wiesmüller, Florian Klein, Kerstin Daniela Rosenberger, Florian Neuhann, Martin Hellmich

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Health literacy and recovery following a non-catastrophic road traffic injury

Bamini Gopinath, Jagnoor Jagnoor, Annette Kifley, Ilaria Pozzato, Ashley Craig, Ian D. Cameron

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Prevalence, awareness and control of type 2 diabetes mellitus and risk factors in Chinese elderly population

Yaqiong Yan, Tingting Wu, Miao Zhang, Changfeng Li, Qing Liu, Fang Li

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A controlled evaluation of the effect of social prescribing programs on loneliness for adults in Queensland, Australia (protocol)

G. A. Dingle, L. S. Sharman, S. Hayes, D. Chua, J. R. Baker, C. Haslam, J. Jetten, S. A. Haslam, T. Cruwys, N. McNamara

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LiverScreen project: study protocol for screening for liver fibrosis in the general population in European countries

Isabel Graupera, Maja Thiele, Ann T. Ma, Miquel Serra-Burriel, Judit Pich, Núria Fabrellas, Llorenç Caballeria, Robert J. de Knegt, Ivica Grgurevic, Mathias Reichert, Dominique Roulot, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Juan M. Pericas, Paolo Angeli, Emmanuel A. Tsochatzis, Indra Neil Guha, Montserrat Garcia-Retortillo, Rosa M. Morillas, Rosario Hernández, Jordi Hoyo, Matilde Fuentes, Anita Madir, Adrià Juanola, Anna Soria, Marta Juan, Marta Carol, Alba Diaz, Sönke Detlefsen, Pere Toran, Guillem Pera, Céline Fournier, Anne Llorca, Phillip N. Newsome, Michael Manns, Harry J. de Koning, Feliu Serra-Burriel, Fernando Cucchietti, Anita Arslanow, Marko Korenjak, Laurens van Kleef, Josep Lluis Falcó, Patrick S. Kamath, Tom H. Karlsen, Laurent Castera, Frank Lammert, Aleksander Krag, Pere Ginès, Marifé Alvarez, Peter Andersen, Paolo Angeli, Alba Ardèvol, Anita Arslanow, Luca Beggiato, Zahia Ben Abdesselam, Lucy Bennett, Bajiha Boutouria, Alessandra Brocca, M. Teresa Broquetas, Llorenc Caballeria, Valeria Calvino, Judith Camacho, Aura Capdevila, Marta Carol, Laurent Castera, Marta Cervera, Fernando Cucchietti, Anna de Fuentes, Rob de Knegt, Sonke Detlefsen, Alba Diaz, José Diéguez Bande, Vanessa Esnault, Núria Fabrellas, Josep lluis Falco, Rosa Fernández, Celine Fournier, Matilde Fuentes, Peter Galle, Edgar García, Montserrat García-Retortillo, Esther Garrido, Pere Ginès, Rosa Gordillo Medina, Jordi Gratacós-Gines, Isabel Graupera, Ivica Grgurevic, Indra Neil Guha, Eva Guix, Rebecca Harris, Elena Hernández Boluda, Rosario Hernández-Ibañez, Jordi Hoyo, Arfan Ikram, Simone Incicco, Mads Israelsen, Marta Juan, Adria Juanola, Ralf Kaiser, Patrick S. Kamath, Tom H. Karlsen, Maria Kjærgaard, Harry J. de Koning, Marko Korenjak, Aleksander Krag, Johanne Kragh Hansen, Marcin Krawczyk, Irina Lambert, Frank Lammert, Philippe Laboulaye, Simon Langkjær Sørensen, Cristina Laserna-Jiménez, Sonia Lazaro Pi, Elsa Ledain, Vincent Levy, Vanessa Londoño, Guirec Loyer, Anne Llorca, Ann T. Ma, Anita Madir, Michael Manns, Denise Marshall, M. Lluïsa Martí, Sara Martínez, Ricard Martínez Sala, Roser Masa Font, Jane Møller Jensen, Rosa M. Morillas, Laura Muñoz, Ruth Nadal, Laura Napoleone, J. M. Navarrete, Phillip N. Newsome, Vibeke Nielsen, Martina Pérez, Juan Manuel Pericas Pulido, Salvatore Piano, Judit Pich, Judit Presas Escobet, Elisa Pose, Katrine Prier Lindvig, Matthias Reichert, Carlota Riba, Dominique Roulot, Ana Belén Rubio, Maria Sánchez-Morata, Jörn Schattenberg, Feliu Serra-Burriel, Miquel Serra-Burriel, Louise Skovborg Just, Milan Sonneveld, Anna Soria, Christiane Stern, Patricia Such, Maja Thiele, Pere Toran, Antoni Torrejón, Marta Tonon, Emmanuel A. Tsochatzis, Laurens van Kleef, Paulien van Wijngaarden, Vanessa Velázquez, Ana Viu, Susanne Nicole Weber, Tracey Wildsmith

Open Access Study protocol

Effectiveness of the national German quitline for smoking cessation: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Simone Delle, Ludwig Kraus, Simona Maspero, Oliver Pogarell, Eva Hoch, Kirsten Lochbühler

Open Access Research

A qualitative examination of naloxone access in three states: Connecticut, Kentucky, and Wisconsin

Antoinette L. Spector, Carol L. Galletly, Erika A. Christenson, H. Danielle Green Montaque, Julia Dickson-Gomez

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Evaluating the impact of a novel behavioural science informed animation upon breast cancer screening uptake: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Amish Acharya, Hutan Ashrafian, Deborah Cunningham, Josephine Ruwende, Ara Darzi, Gaby Judah

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Supporting community overdose response planning in Ontario, Canada: Findings from a situational assessment

Triti Khorasheh, Caroline Bennett AbuAyyash, Maryam Mallakin, Kate Sellen, Kim Corace, Bernadette Pauly, Daniel Buchman, Michael Hamilton, Nick Boyce, Karen Ng, Carol Strike, Sheena Taha, Heather Manson, Pamela Leece

Open Access Research

A qualitative assessment of gender roles in child nutrition in Central Malawi

Elizabeth Mkandawire, Clement Bisai, Elizabeth Dyke, Anne Dressel, Hazel Kantayeni, Billy Molosoni, Peninnah M. Kako, Kaboni W. Gondwe, Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu

Open Access COVID-19 Research

COVID-19 information and self-protective behaviors among rural communities in tropical forests

Yoshito Takasaki, Oliver T. Coomes, Christian Abizaid

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Public health emergency and psychological distress among healthcare workers: a scoping review

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SARS-CoV-2 Catalonia contact tracing program: evaluation of key performance indicators

Mercè Herrero, Pilar Ciruela, Meritxell Mallafré-Larrosa, Sergi Mendoza, Glòria Patsi-Bosch, Èrica Martínez-Solanas, Jacobo Mendioroz, Mireia Jané, Gloria Carmona Parcerisa, Ana Isabel Martinez Mateo, Sandra Pequeño Saco, Agata Raquel Leon Garcia, Elisabet Domenech, Carles Pericas Escalé, Irene Barrabeig Fabregat, Ariadna Rovira Faixa, Mònica Carol Torrades, Victor Guadalupe Fernandez, Nuria Bes Montalat, M. Nuria Follia Alsina, Joaquim Ferras Prats, Sofía Minguell Verges, Gloria Ferrús Serra, Pere Godoy Garcia, Miquel Alseda Graells, Ignacio Parron Bernabe, Anna Cirera Viladot, Cristina Rius Gibert, Patricia García de Olalla Rizo, Glòria Pérez Albarracín, Maria-Rosa Sala Farre, Laura Clotet Romero, Mercè Herrero Garcia, Pilar Ciruela Navas, Meritxell Mallafré-Larrosa, Sergi Mendoza Funes, Glòria Patsi-Bosch, Èrica Martínez-Solanas, Jacobo Mendioroz Peña, Mireia Jané Checa

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Barriers and facilitators to utilisation of public sexual healthcare services for male sex workers who have sex with men (MSW-MSM) in The Netherlands: a qualitative study

Charlotte Merel Marije Peters, Nicole Helena Theodora Maria Dukers-Muijrers, Ymke Joline Evers, Christian Jean Pierre Antoine Hoebe

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COVID- 19 and human right to food: lived experiences of the urban poor in Kenya with the impacts of government’s response measures, a participatory qualitative study

Elizabeth Wambui Kimani-Murage, David Osogo, Carolyn Kemunto Nyamasege, Emmy Kageha Igonya, David Otieno Ngira, John Harrington

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Physical activity behavior during Covid 19 pandemic among Iranian dwellers in Southern Iran based on planned behavior theory: a SEM analysis

Ali Khani Jeihooni, Fatemeh Jafari, Ramin Shiraly, Tayebeh Rakhshani, Abdolrahim Asadollahi, Hamed Karami

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Socioeconomic inequalities in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension: evidence from the PERSIAN cohort study

Mahin Amini, Mahdi Moradinazar, Fatemeh Rajati, Moslem Soofi, Sadaf G. Sepanlou, Hossein Poustchi, Sareh Eghtesad, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Javad Harooni, Javad Aghazadeh-Attari, Majid Fallahi, Mohammad Reza Fattahi, Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam, Farhad Moradpour, Azim Nejatizadeh, Mehdi Shahmoradi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Alireza Ostadrahimi, Ali Ahmadi, Arsalan Khaledifar, Mohammad Hossien Saghi, Nader Saki, Iraj Mohebbi, Reza Homayounfar, Mojtaba Farjam, Ali Esmaeili Nadimi, Mahmood Kahnooji, Farhad Pourfarzi, Bijan Zamani, Abbas Rezaianzadeh, Masoumeh Ghoddusi Johari, Masoud Mirzaei, Ali Dehghani, Seyed Fazel Zinat Motlagh, Zahra Rahimi, Reza Malekzadeh, Farid Najafi

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Does COVID-19 lockdowns have impacted on global dengue burden? A special focus to India

Hemlata Sharma, Ashal Ilyas, Abhiroop Chowdhury, Nitesh Kumar Poddar, Anis Ahmad Chaudhary, Sireen Abdul Rahim Shilbayeh, Alnada Abdalla Ibrahim, Shahanavaj Khan

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Perception of strong social norms during the COVID-19 pandemic is linked to positive psychological outcomes

Shuang Liu, Jiajia Zhu, Yutong Liu, Danica Wilbanks, Joshua Conrad Jackson, Yan Mu

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Cervical spine injuries occurring at the beach: epidemiology, mechanism of injury and risk factors

Ogilvie Thom, Kym Roberts, Peter A. Leggat, Sue Devine, Amy E. Peden, Richard C. Franklin

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An impact of economic slowdown on health. New evidence from 21 European countries

Paweł Prędkiewicz, Agnieszka Bem, Rafał Siedlecki, Milena Kowalska, Marlena Robakowska

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Urban-rural disparities in the healthy ageing trajectory in China: a population-based study

Haomiao Li, Yixin Zeng, Li Gan, Yusupujiang Tuersun, Jiao Yang, Jing Liu, Jiangyun Chen

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Conceptualising public mental health: development of a conceptual framework for public mental health

Jennifer Dykxhoorn, Laura Fischer, Becca Bayliss, Carol Brayne, Liam Crosby, Bobbie Galvin, Emma Geijer-Simpson, Oliver Jones, Eileen Kaner, Louise Lafortune, Michael McGrath, Paula Moehring, David Osborn, Mylene Petermann, Olivia Remes, Ami Vadgama, Kate Walters

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School-level factors associated with the sustainment of weekly physical activity scheduled in Australian elementary schools: an observational study

Adam Shoesmith, Alix Hall, Luke Wolfenden, Rachel C. Shelton, Serene Yoong, Melanie Crane, Cassandra Lane, Nicole McCarthy, Christophe Lecathelinais, Nicole Nathan

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Opt-in HIV testing in construction workplaces: an exploration of its suitability, using the socioecological framework

Sarah Somerset, Wendy Jones, Catrin Evans, Cecilia Cirelli, Douglas Mbang, Holly Blake

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Associations between child and adolescent marriage and reproductive outcomes in Brazil, Ecuador, the United States and Canada

Marcelo Luis Urquia, Rosangela Batista, Carlos Grandi, Viviane Cunha Cardoso, Fadya Orozco, Andrée-Anne Fafard St. Germain

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The superposition effects of air pollution on government health expenditure in China— spatial evidence from GeoDetector

Qi Xia, Xiyu Zhang, Yanmin Hu, Wanxin Tian, Wenqing Miao, Bing Wu, Yongqiang Lai, Jia Meng, Zhixin Fan, Chenxi Zhang, Ling Xin, Jingying Miao, Qunhong Wu, Mingli Jiao, Linghan Shan, Nianshi Wang, Baoguo Shi, Ye Li

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The Malay version of the attitudes and beliefs about cardiovascular disease (ABCD-M) risk questionnaire: a translation, reliability and validation study

Zarudin Mat Said, Tengku Alina Tengku Ismail, Anees Abdul Hamid, Ramesh Sahathevan, Zariah Abdul Aziz, Kamarul Imran Musa

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Associations of individual factors and early childhood education and care (ECEC) centres characteristics with preschoolers’ BMI in Germany

Raphael M. Herr, Freia De Bock, Katharina Diehl, Eva Wiedemann, Elena Sterdt, Miriam Blume, Stephanie Hoffmann, Max Herke, Marvin Reuter, Iryna Iashchenko, Sven Schneider

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Viral blood-borne infections testing and linkage to care cascade among persons who experience homelessness in the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ria Saha, Amanda P. Miller, Andrea Parriott, Hacsi Horvath, James G. Kahn, Mohsen Malekinejad

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Factors associated with loss to follow up among HIV-exposed children: a historical cohort study from 2000 to 2017, in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Karen da Silva Calvo, Daniela Riva Knauth, Bruna Hentges, Andrea Fachel Leal, Mariana Alberto da Silva, Danielle Lodi Silva, Samantha Correa Vasques, Letícia Hamester, Daila Alena Raenck da Silva, Fernanda Vaz Dorneles, Fernando Santana Fraga, Paulo Ricardo Bobek, Luciana Barcellos Teixeira

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Food industry perspectives on potential policies targeting unhealthy food and beverage price promotions in Australian supermarkets

Lily Grigsby-Duffy, Adrian J Cameron, Kathryn Backholer, Gary Sacks

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Implementation of a model of awareness-raising for taxi motorcyclists in Benin in relation to helmet use: a quasi-experimental study

Bella Hounkpe Dos Santos, Alphonse Kpozehouen, Yolaine Glele Ahanhanzo, Donatien Daddah, Emmanuel Lagarde, Yves Coppieters

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Environmentally related gender health risks: findings from citizen science cross-sectional study

Regina Grazuleviciene, Sandra Andrusaityte, Aurimas Rapalavicius, Audrius Dėdelė

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Pacific Islands Cohort on Cardiometabolic Health Study: rationale and design

Rachael T. Leon Guerrero, Margaret P. Hattori-Uchima, Grazyna Badowski, Tanisha F. Aflague, Kathryn Wood, Kristi Hammond, Remedios Perez

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Religion, politics and COVID-19 risk perception among urban residents in Malawi

Emmanuel Chilanga, Mastano Dzimbiri, Patrick Mwanjawala, Amanda Keller, Ruth Agather Mbeya

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A scoping review of outdoor food marketing: exposure, power and impacts on eating behaviour and health

Amy Finlay, Eric Robinson, Andrew Jones, Michelle Maden, Caroline Cerny, Magdalena Muc, Rebecca Evans, Harriet Makin, Emma Boyland

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Factors contributing to the sharing of COVID-19 health information amongst refugee communities in a regional area of Australia: a qualitative study

Sunita Joann Rebecca Healey, Nafiseh Ghafournia, Peter D. Massey, Karinne Andrich, Joy Harrison, Kathryn Taylor, Katarzyna Bolsewicz

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Health behaviour change among UK adults during the pandemic: findings from the COVID-19 cancer attitudes and behaviours study

Philip Anyanwu, Yvonne Moriarty, Grace McCutchan, Detelina Grozeva, Mark Goddard, Victoria Whitelock, Rebecca Cannings-John, Harriet Quinn-Scoggins, Jacqueline Hughes, Ardiana Gjini, Julie Hepburn, Kirstie Osborne, Michael Robling, Julia Townson, Jo Waller, Katriina L. Whitaker, Jamie Brown, Kate Brain, Graham Moore

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Differences in comprehending and acting on pandemic health risk information: a qualitative study using mental models

Siv Hilde Berg, Marie Therese Shortt, Henriette Thune, Jo Røislien, Jane K. O’Hara, Daniel Adrian Lungu, Siri Wiig

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A 34-year overview of night work by occupation and industry in France based on census data and a sex-specific job-exposure matrix

Marie-Tülin Houot, Nastassia Tvardik, Emilie Cordina-Duverger, Pascal Guénel, Corinne Pilorget

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Comparing standard versus enhanced implementation of an evidence-based HIV prevention program among Bahamian sixth grade students: findings from nationwide implementation trials

Bo Wang, Lynette Deveaux, Carly Herbert, Xiaoming Li, Lesley Cottrell, Richard Adderley, Maxwell Poitier, Arvis Mortimer, Glenda Rolle, Sharon Marshall, Nikkiah Forbes, Bonita Stanton

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Geographical disparities in obesity prevalence: small-area analysis of the Chilean National Health Surveys

Alejandro Sepúlveda-Peñaloza, Francisco Cumsille, Marcela Garrido, Patricia Matus, Germán Vera-Concha, Cinthya Urquidi

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Behavioral activation / inhibition systems and lifestyle as predictors of mental disorders in adolescent athletes during Covid19 pandemic

Morteza Homayounnia Firoozjah, Alireza Homayouni, Shahnaz Shahrbanian, Shaghayegh Shahriari, Diana Janinejad

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Changes in the clustering of health-related behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: examining predictors using latent transition analysis

Camila Salazar-Fernández, Claire Mawditt, Daniela Palet, Paola A. Haeger, Francisca Román Mella

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ARIMA and ARIMA-ERNN models for prediction of pertussis incidence in mainland China from 2004 to 2021

Meng Wang, Jinhua Pan, Xinghui Li, Mengying Li, Zhixi Liu, Qi Zhao, Linyun Luo, Haiping Chen, Sirui Chen, Feng Jiang, Liping Zhang, Weibing Wang, Ying Wang

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Household-level sanitation in Ethiopia and its influencing factors: a systematic review

Josef Novotný, Biruk Getachew Mamo

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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and birth outcomes in California: a quasi-experimental study

Jacqueline M. Torres, Emanuel Alcala, Amber Shaver, Daniel F. Collin, Linda S. Franck, Anu Manchikanti Gomez, Deborah Karasek, Nichole Nidey, Michael Hotard, Rita Hamad, Tania Pacheco-Werner

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Modifiable predictors of health literacy in working-age adults - a rapid review and meta-analysis

Hunny Singh, Jonathan Kolschen, Florence Samkange-Zeeb, Tilman Brand, Hajo Zeeb, Benjamin Schüz

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Loss of ancestral food practices and perception of its effect on children’s health among Inga indigenous grandmothers, Nariño, Colombia

Claudia Amaya-Castellanos, Edna M. Gamboa-Delgado, Etelvina Santacruz-Chasoy, Blanca E. Pelcastre-Villafuerte

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Experience with open schools and preschools in periods of high community transmission of COVID-19 in Norway during the academic year of 2020/2021

Sara Stebbings, Torill Alise Rotevatn, Vilde Bergstad Larsen, Pål Surén, Petter Elstrøm, Margrethe Greve-Isdahl, Tone Bjordal Johansen, Elisabeth Astrup

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The global burden and associated factors of ovarian cancer in 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Shiwen Zhang, Chen Cheng, Zejian Lin, Linzi Xiao, Xin Su, Lu Zheng, Yingjun Mu, Minqi Liao, Ruiqing Ouyang, Wanlin Li, Junrong Ma, Jun Cai, Lu Liu, Donghong Wang, Fangfang Zeng, Jun Liu

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Weight loss outcomes achieved by adults accessing an online programme offered as part of Public Health England’s ‘Better Health’ campaign

Josef Toon, Martina Geneva, Paul Sharpe, Jacquie Lavin, Sarah Bennett, Amanda Avery

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The effectiveness of the Healthworks Staying Steady community-based falls prevention exercise programme to improve physical function in older adults: a 6-year service evaluation

Emily James, Paul Oman, Michael Ali, Paul Court, Stuart Goodall, Simon J. Nichols, Alasdair F. O’Doherty

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Food and beverage advertising expenditures in Canada in 2016 and 2019 across media

Monique Potvin Kent, Elise Pauzé, Mariangela Bagnato, Julia Soares Guimarães, Adena Pinto, Lauren Remedios, Meghan Pritchard, Mary R. L’Abbé, Christine Mulligan, Laura Vergeer, Madyson Weippert

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Parents’ perceptions of their children’s physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic

Emma Ostermeier, Patricia Tucker, Danielle Tobin, Andrew Clark, Jason Gilliland

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Psychosocial factors associated with malaria care-seeking in rural Ethiopia

Bolanle Olapeju, Habtamu Tamene, Minyahil Ayele, Simon Heliso, Tsega Berhanu, Guda Alemayehu, Nandita Kapadia-Kundu

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Attendance in physical education classes, sedentary behavior, and different forms of physical activity among schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study

Gilmar Mercês de Jesus, Raphael Henrique de Oliveira Araujo, Lizziane Andrade Dias, Anna Karolina Cerqueira Barros, Lara Daniele Matos dos Santos Araujo, Maria Alice Altenburg de Assis

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Evaluating the sustainability of non-communicable diseases programs in Malaysia

Selvanaayagam Shanmuganathan, Feisul Idzwan Mustapha, Andrew Wilson

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Understanding Australian adolescent girls’ use of digital technologies for healthy lifestyle purposes: a mixed-methods study

Kate Parker, Laura Gould, Meenal Nand, Jonathan C. Rawstorn, Ana Maria Contardo Ayala, Ralph Maddison, Kim Toffoletti

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Spatiotemporal impacts of human activities and socio-demographics during the COVID-19 outbreak in the US

Lu Ling, Xinwu Qian, Shuocheng Guo, Satish V. Ukkusuri

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Experiences of women awaiting cervical CANCER screening results from selected hospitals in Accra, Ghana

Evans Appiah Osei, Stella Appiah, Ezekiel Oti-Boadi, Dorothy Hammond, Dorothy Baffour Awuah, Awube Menlah, Isabella Garti, Michael Baidoo

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Spatial–temporal-demographic and virological changes of hand, foot and mouth disease incidence after vaccination in a vulnerable region of China

Li Huang, Ting Wang, Xuxiang Liu, Yuansheng Fu, Sichen Zhang, Qinshu Chu, Tingyue Nie, Houmian Tu, Jian Cheng, Yinguang Fan

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“The pandemic made us stop and think about who we are and what we want:” Using intersectionality to understand migrant and refugee women’s experiences of gender-based violence during COVID-19

Alli Gillespie, Ilana Seff, Camilla Caron, Maria Margherita Maglietti, Dorcas Erskine, Catherine Poulton, Lindsay Stark

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Mixed-methods process evaluation of a residence-based SARS-CoV-2 testing participation pilot on a UK university campus during the COVID-19 pandemic

H. Blake, S. Carlisle, L. Fothergill, J. Hassard, A. Favier, J. Corner, J. K. Ball, C. Denning

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Exploring the opportunities and challenges of female health leaders in three regional states of Ethiopia: a phenomenological study

Sualiha Abdulkader Muktar, Binyam Fekadu Desta, Heran Demissie Damte, Wubishet Kebede Heyi, Elias Mamo Gurmamo, Melkamu Getu Abebe, Mestawot Getachew Mesele, Mesele Damte Argaw

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Does category of strength predict return-to-work after occupational injury?

Chia-Lin Yang, Yan-Ru Yin, Chuan-Man Chu, Pei-Ling Tang

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Associations between health literacy and information-evaluation and decision-making skills in Japanese adults

Kazuhiro Nakayama, Yuki Yonekura, Hitomi Danya, Kanako Hagiwara

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Obesity and health service utilization in Brazil: data from the National Health Survey

Karina Abibi Rimes-Dias, Janaina Calu Costa, Daniela Silva Canella

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The TROLLEY Study: assessing travel, health, and equity impacts of a new light rail transit investment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Katie Crist, Tarik Benmarhnia, Lawrence D. Frank, Dana Song, Elizabeth Zunshine, James F. Sallis

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Effect of change in individual and household level characteristics on anemia prevalence among adolescent boys and girls in India

Shobhit Srivastava, Pradeep Kumar, Ronak Paul, Paramita Debnath

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Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression within the UNiversity community: the cross-sectional UN-SAD study

E. Scarpis, M. Del Pin, E. Ruscio, A. Tullio, S. Brusaferro, L. Brunelli

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Consensus-building around the conceptualisation and implementation of sustainable healthy diets: a foundation for policymakers

Anna Bach-Faig, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Natalia Panadero, Sergi Fàbregues, Holly Rippin, Afton Halloran, Ujué Fresán, Mary Pattison, João Breda

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Measuring the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Diné and White Mountain Apache school personnel, families, and students: protocol for a prospective longitudinal cohort study

Joshuaa D. Allison-Burbank, Allison Ingalls, Paul Rebman, Rachel Chambers, Renae Begay, Ryan Grass, Alicia Tsosie, Shannon Archuleta, Allison Barlow, Francene Larzelere, Laura Hammitt, Lauren Tingey, Emily Haroz

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Homicide rates are spatially associated with built environment and socio-economic factors: a study in the neighbourhoods of Toronto, Canada

Alireza Mohammadi, Robert Bergquist, Ghasem Fathi, Elahe Pishgar, Silas Nogueira de Melo, Ayyoob Sharifi, Behzad Kiani

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The secular trend of enterovirus A71 after the implementation of preventive measures in Taiwan

Ya-Li Hu, Chiu-Mei Chen, En-Tzu Wang, Hung-Wei Kuo, Wei-Liang Shih, Chi-Tai Fang, Ding-Ping Liu, Luan-Yin Chang

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The role of life skills in developing an authentic leadership attitude in public health students: a multicenter cross-sectional study in Poland

Mariusz Jaworski, Mariusz Panczyk, Ilona Cieślak, Agata Baranowska, Katarzyna Brukało, Jolanta Grzebieluch, Magdalena Kwaśniewska, Monika Urbaniak, Marzena Zarzeczna-Baran, Aleksandra Zyska, Joanna Gotlib

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The pillars of health: influence of multiple lifestyle behaviors on body mass index and depressive symptoms in adult twins

Glen E. Duncan, Ally R. Avery, Siny Tsang, Nathaniel F. Watson, Bethany D. Williams, Eric Turkheimer

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Leave events among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a systematic review

J Coombes, K Hunter, K Bennett-Brook, B Porykali, C Ryder, M Banks, N Egana, T Mackean, S Sazali, E Bourke, C Kairuz

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Contextual factors influencing the urban mobility infrastructure interventions and policies for older adults in low- and middle-income countries: a realist review

Divya Sussana Patil, Ajay Bailey, Uday Narayan Yadav, Sobin George, Marco Helbich, Dick Ettema, Lena Ashok

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A comparative study of the work-family conflicts prevalence, their sociodemographic, family, and work attributes, and their relation to the self-reported health status in Japanese and Egyptian civil workers

Omnyh Kamal Abd El Latief, Ehab Salah Eshak, Eman Mohamed Mahfouz, Hiroyasu Iso, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Eman Mohamed Sameh, Eman Ramadan Ghazawy, Sachiko Baba, Shimaa Anwer Emam, Ayman Soliman El-khateeb, Ebtesam Esmail Hassan

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Association between sexual violence and unintended pregnancy among married women in Zambia

Mwewa E. Kasonde, Bwalya Bupe Bwalya, Elizabeth T. Nyirenda, Chabila Christopher Mapoma, Milika Sikaluzwe, Kafiswe Chimpinde, Gloria I. Songolo

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Prevalence and risk factors analysis for low back pain among occupational groups in key industries of China

Ning Jia, Meibian Zhang, Huadong Zhang, Ruijie Ling, Yimin Liu, Gang Li, Yan Yin, Hua Shao, Hengdong Zhang, Bing Qiu, Dongxia Li, Dayu Wang, Qiang Zeng, Rugang Wang, Jianchao Chen, Danying Zhang, Liangying Mei, Xinglin Fang, Yongquan Liu, Jixiang Liu, Chengyun Zhang, Tianlai Li, Qing Xu, Ying Qu, Xueyan Zhang, Xin Sun, Zhongxu Wang

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The effect of health financing reforms on incidence and management of childhood infections in Ghana: a matching difference in differences impact evaluation

Emmanuel Nene Odjidja, Ruth Ansah-Akrofi, Arnaud Iradukunda, Charles Kwanin, Manika Saha

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Life in lockdown: a longitudinal study investigating the impact of the UK COVID-19 lockdown measures on lifestyle behaviours and mental health

Emma Solomon-Moore, Jeffrey Lambert, Elisabeth Grey, Fiona Gillison, Nick Townsend, Betty Busam, Kyriakos Velemis, Christopher Millen, Fran Baber, Tania Griffin

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Examining the rural-urban divide in predisposing, enabling, and need factors of unsafe abortion in India using Andersen’s behavioral model

Margubur Rahaman, Puja Das, Pradip Chouhan, Kailash Chandra Das, Avijit Roy, Nanigopal Kapasia

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Factors associated with long term work incapacity following a non-catastrophic road traffic injury: analysis of a two-year prospective cohort study

Christopher Papic, Annette Kifley, Ashley Craig, Genevieve Grant, Alex Collie, Ilaria Pozzato, Belinda Gabbe, Sarah Derrett, Trudy Rebbeck, Jagnoor Jagnoor, Ian D. Cameron

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Aging and self-reported health in 114 Latin American cities: gender and socio-economic inequalities

Marianela Castillo-Riquelme, Goro Yamada, Ana V. Diez Roux, Tania Alfaro, Sandra Flores-Alvarado, Tonatiuh Barrientos, Camila Teixeira Vaz, Andrés Trotta, Olga L. Sarmiento, Mariana Lazo

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Incidence of PTSD in the French population a month after the COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdown: evidence from a national longitudinal survey

Caroline Alleaume, Patrick Peretti-Watel, François Beck, Damien Leger, Guillaume Vaiva, Pierre Verger, Patrick Peretti-Watel, Valérie Seror, Sébastien Cortaredona, Odile Launay, Jocelyn Raude, Pierre Verger, Caroline Alleaume, Lisa Fressard, Guillaume Vaiva, François Beck, Stéphane Legleye, Damien Léger, Olivier L’Haridon, Jeremy K. Ward

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Educational intervention program based on health belief model and neck pain prevention behaviors in school teachers in Tehran

Zohreh Moradi, Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian, Seyedeh Somayeh Kazemi

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Estimating the lagged effect of price discounting: a time-series study on sugar sweetened beverage purchasing in a supermarket

Hiroshi Mamiya, Alexandra M. Schmidt, Erica E. M. Moodie, David L. Buckeridge

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Factors associated with reduced risk of musculoskeletal disorders among office workers: a cross-sectional study 2017 to 2020

Bukhari Putsa, Wattana Jalayondeja, Keerin Mekhora, Petcharatana Bhuanantanondh, Chutima Jalayondeja

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Association between maternal fermented food consumption and child sleep duration at the age of 3 years: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Mariko Inoue, Narumi Sugimori, Kei Hamazaki, Kenta Matsumura, Akiko Tsuchida, Hidekuni Inadera, Michihiro Kamijima, Shin Yamazaki, Yukihiro Ohya, Reiko Kishi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Koichi Hashimoto, Chisato Mori, Shuichi Ito, Zentaro Yamagata, Takeo Nakayama, Hiroyasu Iso, Masayuki Shima, Hiroshige Nakamura, Narufumi Suganuma, Koichi Kusuhara, Takahiko Katoh

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The effects of oral health and social support on health-related quality of life of migrant older with children in Weifang, China

Jieru Wang, Jinfeng Zhao, Tingting Tian, Xiaoxu Jiang, Hexian Li, Mingli Pang, Fanlei Kong

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Enhanced passive safety surveillance of a quadrivalent inactivated split virion influenza vaccine in Finland during the influenza season 2020/21

Olga Syrkina, Ajinkya Inamdar, Sophie Wague, Céline Monfredo, Markku Nissilä, Anne-Laure Chabanon, Laurence Serradell

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The economic burden of treating uncomplicated hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic literature review

E. Gnugesser, C. Chwila, S. Brenner, A. Deckert, P. Dambach, J. I. Steinert, T. Bärnighausen, O. Horstick, K. Antia, V. R. Louis

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Influence of occupational exposure on hyperuricemia in steelworkers: a nested case–control study

Yuanyu Chen, Yongzhong Yang, Ziwei Zheng, Hui Wang, Xuelin Wang, Zhikang Si, Rui Meng, Guoli Wang, Jianhui Wu

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Validation of a COVID-19 mental health and wellness survey questionnaire

Maha El Tantawi, Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Annie Lu Nguyen, Nourhan M. Aly, Oliver Ezechi, Benjamin S. C. Uzochukwu, Oluwatoyin Adedoyin Alaba, Brandon Brown

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Factors influencing uptake of diabetes health screening: a mixed methods study in Asian population

P. V. AshaRani, Fiona Devi, Peizhi Wang, Edimansyah Abdin, Yunjue Zhang, Kumarasan Roystonn, Anitha Jeyagurunathan, Mythily Subramaniam

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From motorised to active travel: using GPS data to explore potential physical activity gains among adolescents

Venurs Loh, Shannon Sahlqvist, Jenny Veitch, Lukar Thornton, Jo Salmon, Ester Cerin, Jasper Schipperijn, Anna Timperio

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The association between dietary inflammatory index, dietary antioxidant index, and mental health in adolescent girls: an analytical study

Parvin Dehghan, Marzieh Nejati, Farhad Vahid, Amir Almasi-Hashiani, Sevda Saleh-Ghadimi, Reza Parsi, Hamed Jafari-Vayghan, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert

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Indicators of recent COVID-19 infection status: findings from a large occupational cohort of staff and postgraduate research students from a UK university

Katrina A. S. Davis, Ewan Carr, Daniel Leightley, Valentina Vitiello, Gabriella Bergin-Cartwright, Grace Lavelle, Alice Wickersham, Michael H. Malim, Carolin Oetzmann, Catherine Polling, Sharon A. M. Stevelink, Reza Razavi, Matthew Hotopf

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Prevalence of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in Australian primary care patients: only part of the story?

Nneka Orji, Julie A. Campbell, Karen Wills, Martin Hensher, Andrew J. Palmer, Melissa Rogerson, Ryan Kelly, Barbara de Graaff

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Correlation between national surveillance and search engine query data on respiratory syncytial virus infections in Japan

Kazuhiro Uda, Hideharu Hagiya, Takashi Yorifuji, Toshihiro Koyama, Mitsuru Tsuge, Masato Yashiro, Hirokazu Tsukahara

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Which countries need COVID-19 vaccines the most? Development of a prioritisation tool

Vageesh Jain, Rifat Atun, Paul Hansen, Paula Lorgelly

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Correlates and determinants of transport-related physical activity among adults: an interdisciplinary systematic review

Jack T. Evans, Hoang Phan, Marie-Jeanne Buscot, Seana Gall, Verity Cleland

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A review of smartphone applications designed to improve occupational health, safety, and well-being at workplaces

Iben Louise Karlsen, Peter Aske Svendsen, Johan Simonsen Abildgaard

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Examining pathways between family or peer factors and smoking cessation in a nationally representative US sample of adults with mental health conditions who smoke: a structural equation analysis

Catherine S. Nagawa, Bo Wang, Maryann Davis, Lori Pbert, Sarah L. Cutrona, Stephenie C. Lemon, Rajani S. Sadasivam

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Ahmad Firdhaus Arham, Latifah Amin, Muhammad Adzran Che Mustapa, Zurina Mahadi, Mashitoh Yaacob, Ahmad Fadhly Arham, Nor Sabrena Norizan

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Amanda K. Crandall, Nayana Madhudi, Bernadette Osborne, Autum Carter, Aliaya K. Williams, Jennifer L. Temple

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Nuala McGrath, Nathi Ngcobo, Zhixin Feng, Phillip Joseph, Pumla Dladla, Thulani Ngubane, Victoria Hosegood, Katherine Morton, Heidi Van Rooyen, Alastair Van Heerden

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Merel Stevens, Hein Raat, Maite Ferrando, Beatriz Vallina, Rebeca Lucas, Lucie Middlemiss, Josep Rédon, Elena Rocher, Amy van Grieken

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Chao Wang, Shijiao Yan, Heng Jiang, Yingying Guo, Yong Gan, Chuanzhu Lv, Zuxun Lu

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Aurora Vélez-Morón, Rafael T. Andújar-Barroso, Regina Allande-Cussó, Juan Jesús García-Iglesias, Gregoria Aquino-Cárdenas, Juan Gómez-Salgado

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Tiara C. Willie, Deja Knight, Stefan D. Baral, Philip A. Chan, Trace Kershaw, Kenneth H. Mayer, Jamila K. Stockman, Adaora A. Adimora, Mauda Monger, Leandro A. Mena, Karlye A. Philllips, Amy Nunn

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Open Access COVID-19 Correction

Correction: Assessing COVID-19 testing strategies in K-12 schools in underserved populations: study protocol for a cluster-randomized trial

Samantha Hayes, Sara Malone, Brittany Bonty, Nancy Mueller, Summer M. Reyes, Sydney A. Reyes, Christina Evans, Myisha Wilcher-Roberts, Tremayne Watterson, Sewuese Akuse, Jamee Shelley, Grace Yuan, Ian Lackey, Jasmine Prater, Brock Montgomery, Cynthia Williams, Sheretta T. Butler-Barnes, Kelly Harris, Charlene Caburnay, Nikole Lobb Dougherty, Jingxia Liu, Albert Lai, Julie Neidich, Stephanie Fritz, Jason G. Newland

Open Access Research

Neighborhood-level socioeconomic factors moderate the association between physical activity and relative age effect: a cross-sectional survey study with Japanese adolescents

Takaaki Mori, Takumi Aoki, Kan Oishi, Tetsuo Harada, Chiaki Tanaka, Shigeho Tanaka, Hideki Tanaka, Kazuhiko Fukuda, Yasuko Kamikawa, Nobuhiro Tsuji, Keisuke Komura, Shohei Kokudo, Noriteru Morita, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Masashi Watanabe, Ryoji Kasanami, Taketaka Hara, Ryo Miyazaki, Takafumi Abe, Koji Yamatsu, Daisuke Kume, Hedenori Asai, Naofumi Yamamoto, Taishi Tsuji, Tomoki Nakaya, Kojiro Ishii

Open Access Research

A systematic literature review of the global seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus: possible implications for treatment, screening, and vaccine development

Karen Fowler, Jacek Mucha, Monika Neumann, Witold Lewandowski, Magdalena Kaczanowska, Maciej Grys, Elvira Schmidt, Andrew Natenshon, Carla Talarico, Philip O. Buck, John Diaz-Decaro

Open Access Research

Evidence from the Hamburg City Health Study – association between education and periodontitis

Carolin Walther, Kristin Spinler, Katrin Borof, Christopher Kofahl, Guido Heydecke, Udo Seedorf, Thomas Beikler, Claudia Terschüren, Andre Hajek, Ghazal Aarabi

Open Access Research

Future trends of life expectancy by education in the Netherlands

Wilma J. Nusselder, Anja M. B. De Waegenaere, Bertrand Melenberg, Pintao Lyu, Jose R. Rubio Valverde

Open Access Research

A School Eye Health Rapid Assessment (SEHRA) planning tool: Module to survey the magnitude and nature of local needs

Priya Morjaria, Jessica Massie, Andrew Bastawrous, Haroon Awan, Rishi Raj Borah, Anne Buglass, Nathan Congdon, Amanda Davis, Sarity Dodson, Hannah Faal, Clare Gilbert, May Ho, Drew Keys, Hans Limburg, Islay MacTaggart, Ian McCormick, Kovin Naidoo, Naomi Nsubunga, Heiko Philippin, Mansur Rabiu, Jacqui Ramke, Serge Resnikoff, Yuddha Sapkota, B. R. Shamana, Elizabeth Smith, Jude Stern, Beatrice Varga, Sumrana Yasmin

Open Access COVID-19 Research

COVID Stress, socioeconomic deprivation, and intimate partner aggression during the COVID-19 pandemic

Julia F. Hammett, Miklós B. Halmos, Dominic J. Parrott, Cynthia A. Stappenbeck

Open Access Research

Nutritional status of under six years old children in Kalar city, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Hawal Lateef Fateh, Mostafa Nachvak, Hadi Abdollahzad, Shahab Rezaeian, Mina Darand, Amir Bagheri

Open Access Research

Intersectoral collaboration in the management of non-communicable disease’s risk factors in Iran: stakeholders and social network analysis

Ahad Bakhtiari, Amirhossein Takian, Reza Majdzadeh, Afshin Ostovar, Mehdi Afkar, Narges Rostamigooran

Open Access Research

Evolution of work ability, quality of life and self-rated health in a police department after remodelling shift schedule

Marcial Velasco-Garrido, Robert Herold, Elisabeth Rohwer, Stefanie Mache, Claudia Terschürenm, Alexandra M. Preisser, Volker Harth

Open Access Research

Translation and validation of the Chinese ABCD risk questionnaire to evaluate adults’ awareness and knowledge of the risks of cardiovascular diseases

Yan Liu, Wei Yu, Mei Zhou, Fang Li, Farong Liao, Zhengyu Dong, Hairong Wang, Jiaqing Chen, Lingling Gao

Open Access Study protocol

Evaluation of a civic engagement approach to catalyze built environment change and promote healthy eating and physical activity among rural residents: a cluster (community) randomized controlled trial

Rebecca A. Seguin-Fowler, Karla L. Hanson, Deyaun Villarreal, Chad D. Rethorst, Priscilla Ayine, Sara C. Folta, Jay E. Maddock, Megan S. Patterson, Grace A. Marshall, Leah C. Volpe, Galen D. Eldridge, Meghan Kershaw, Vi Luong, Hua Wang, Don Kenkel

Open Access Research

High seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Burkina-Faso, Ghana and Madagascar in 2021: a population-based study

Nicole S. Struck, Eva Lorenz, Christina Deschermeier, Daniel Eibach, Jenny Kettenbeil, Wibke Loag, Steven A. Brieger, Anna M. Ginsbach, Christian Obirikorang, Oumou Maiga-Ascofare, Yaw Adu Sarkodie, Eric Ebenezer Amprofi Boham, Evans Asamoah Adu, Gracelyn Asare, Amos Amoako-Adusei, Alfred Yawson, Alexander Owusu Boakye, James Deke, Nana Safi Almoustapha, Louis Adu-Amoah, Ibrahim Kwaku Duah, Thierry A. Ouedraogo, Valentin Boudo, Ben Rushton, Christa Ehmen, Daniela Fusco, Leonard Gunga, Dominik Benke, Yannick Höppner, Zaraniaina Tahiry Rasolojaona, Tahinamandranto Rasamoelina, Rivo A. Rakotoarivelo, Raphael Rakotozandrindrainy, Boubacar Coulibaly, Ali Sié, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah, John H. Amuasi, Aurélia Souares, Jürgen May

Open Access Research

Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in children with commercial insurance or Medicaid coverage in the United States before and after the introduction of 7- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines during 1998–2018

Tianyan Hu, Yan Song, Nicolae Done, Qing Liu, Eric M. Sarpong, Esteban Lemus-Wirtz, James Signorovitch, Salini Mohanty, Thomas Weiss

Open Access Research

Canadian Veteran chronic disease prevalence and health services use in the five years following release: a matched retrospective cohort study using routinely collected data

Alyson L. Mahar, Kate St. Cyr, Jennifer E. Enns, Alice B. Aiken, Marlo Whitehead, Heidi Cramm, Paul Kurdyak

Open Access COVID-19 Research

COVID-19 related stigma among the general population in Iran

Masoomeh Faghankhani, Hossein Nourinia, Ali Ahmad Rafiei-Rad, Aliyeh Mahdavi Adeli, Mohammad Reza Javadi Yeganeh, Hamid Sharifi, Hamidreza Namazi, Shaghayegh Khosravifar, Alaleh Bahramian, Mahdi Fathimakvand, Elnaz Golalipour, Fatemeh Sadat Mirfazeli, Hamid Reza Baradaran, Graham Thornicroft, Amir Hossein Jalali Nadoushan

Open Access Research

Pre-injury health status of truck drivers with a workers’ compensation claim

Angela Batson, Janneke Berecki-Gisolf, Sharon Newnam, Voula Stathakis

Open Access Research

Prevalence and factors associated with hypertension among older people living with HIV in South Africa

Joshua Okyere, Castro Ayebeng, Bernard Afriyie Owusu, Kwamena Sekyi Dickson

Open Access Research

Demographic Predictors of Complete Well-Being

Matthew T. Lee, Eileen McNeely, Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Karen A. Ryan, Kay D. Mooney, Richard G. Cowden, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Open Access Research

Health status of recently arrived asylum seekers in their host country: results of a cross-sectional observational study

Jérémy Khouani, Léo Blatrix, Aurélie Tinland, Maeva Jego, Gaëtan Gentile, Guillaume Fond, Anderson Loundou, Marilou Fromentin, Pascal Auquier

Open Access Research

Experience and confidence in health technologies: evidence from malaria testing and treatment in Western Kenya

Judith N. Mangeni, Lucy Abel, Steve M. Taylor, Andrew Obala, Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara, Indrani Saran

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Configurations for positive public behaviors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis

Junwang Gu, Chunmei Wu, Xuanhui Wu, Rong He, Jing Tao, Wenhui Ye, Ping Wu, Ming Hao, Wei Qiu

Open Access Research

Health care costs and lost productivity costs related to excess weight in Belgium

Vanessa Gorasso, Isabelle Moyersoen, Johan Van der Heyden, Karin De Ridder, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Stijn Vansteelandt, Delphine De Smedt, Brecht Devleesschauwer

Open Access Research

Trends of key surveillance performance indicators of acute flaccid paralysis: a descriptive analysis, Uganda, 2015–2020

Bob Omoda Amodan, Annet Kisakye, Patricia Thiwe Okumu, Sherry Rita Ahirirwe, Daniel Kadobera, Alfred Driwale, Alex Riolexus Ario

Open Access Research

Knowledge of fermentation and health benefits among general population in North-eastern Slovenia

Maja Šikić-Pogačar, Dušanka Mičetić Turk, Sabina Fijan

Open Access Study protocol

An overview of implementing an evidence based program to increase HPV vaccination in HIV community clinics

Jessica Wells, James L. Klosky, Yuan Liu, Theresa Wicklin Gillespie

Open Access Study protocol

Co-creation using crowdsourcing to promote PrEP adherence in China: study protocol for a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial

Yongjie Sha, Chunyan Li, Yuan Xiong, Aniruddha Hazra, Jonathan Lio, Ivy Jiang, Haojie Huang, Jared Kerman, Jannelle Molina, Linghua Li, Ke Liang, Dandan Gong, Quanmin Li, Songjie Wu, Renslow Sherer, Joseph D. Tucker, Weiming Tang

Open Access Research

A participatory practice study for the improvement of sub-regional health vulnerabilities: a qualitative study

Jeehee Pyo, Haneul Lee, Yangwha Kang, Jaewook Oh, Minsu Ock

Open Access Research

Perceived knowledge of scheme members and their satisfaction with their medical schemes: a cross-sectional study in South Africa

Francis M’bouaffou, Eric Buch, Steve Olorunju, Evelyn Thsehla

Open Access Research

Statistical modeling of health space based on metabolic stress and oxidative stress scores

Cheolgyun Park, Youjin Kim, Chanhee Lee, Ji Yeon Kim, Oran Kwon, Taesung Park

Open Access Research

Prevalence of sarcopenia in Chinese community-dwelling elderly: a systematic review

Xiaoyu Ren, Xianliang Zhang, Qiang He, Litao Du, Ke Chen, Si Chen, Yang Pan

Open Access Research

Does financial literacy influence preventive health check-up behavior in Japan? a cross-sectional study

Sumeet Lal, Trinh Xuan Thi Nguyen, Abdul-Salam Sulemana, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya

Open Access Research

Fear of stigma from health professionals and family/neighbours and healthcare avoidance among PLHIV in Morocco: results from the Stigma Index survey Morocco

Rosemary M. Delabre, Amal Ben Moussa, Virginie Villes, Mohammed Elkhammas, Lahoucine Ouarsas, Daniela Castro Rojas Castro, Mehdi Karkouri

Open Access Research

Household expenditure of smokers and ex-smokers across socioeconomic groups: results from a large nationwide Australian longitudinal survey

Anita Lal, Mohammadreza Mohebi, Sarah L. White, Michelle Scollo, Nikki McCaffrey

Open Access Research

Prevalence and risk factors of general and abdominal obesity and hypertension in rural and urban residents in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Nurshad Ali, Nayan Chandra Mohanto, Shaikh Mirja Nurunnabi, Tangigul Haque, Farjana Islam

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Measuring inequalities in COVID-19 vaccination uptake and intent: results from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2021

Mireille Guay, Aubrey Maquiling, Ruoke Chen, Valérie Lavergne, Donalyne-Joy Baysac, Audrey Racine, Eve Dubé, Shannon E. MacDonald, Nicolas L. Gilbert

Open Access Research

Youth voices and experiences regarding a school-based cognitive behavioral therapy skills intervention: lessons for future engagement and adaptation

Paula Klim-Conforti, Anthony J. Levitt, Amy H. Cheung, Raisa Loureiro, Mark Fefergrad, Ayal Schaffer, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Mark Sinyor, Juveria Zaheer

Open Access Research

Effects of extreme precipitation on hospital visit risk and disease burden of depression in Suzhou, China

Gang Jiang, Yanhu Ji, Changhao Chen, Xiaosong Wang, Tiantian Ye, Yuhuan Ling, Heng Wang

Open Access Research

Investigation of the role of sleep and physical activity for chronic disease prevalence and incidence in older Irish adults

Belinda Hernández, Siobhán Scarlett, Frank Moriarty, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Rose Anne Kenny, Richard Reilly

Open Access Research

Risk perceptions of drinking bottled vs. tap water in a low-income community on the US-Mexico Border

Kerton R. Victory, Amanda M. Wilson, Nolan L. Cabrera, Daniela Larson, Kelly A. Reynolds, Joyce Latura, Paloma I. Beamer

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Correction: Socioeconomic gradient in physical activity: findings from the PERSIAN cohort study

Ali Kazemi Karyani, Behzad Karmi Matin, Shahin Soltani, Satar Rezaei, Moslem Soofi, Yahya Salimi, Mehdi Moradinazar, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Yahya Pasdar, Behrooz Hamzeh, Loghman Barzegar, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Reza Malekzadeh, Hossein Poustchi, Zahra Mohammadi, Elnaz Faramarzi, Ali Reza Safarpour, Farhad Pourfarzi, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Azim Nejatizadeh, Mojtaba Farjam, Davoud Vahabzadeh, Ali Ahmadi, Fereshteh Ghorat, Jafar Ahmadi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Mohammad Reza Mirjalili, Saeid Eslami, Najmeh Maharlouei, Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei, Sara Sarvandian, Farid Najafi

Open Access Research

Sexually transmitted infections related care-seeking behavior and associated factors among reproductive age women in East Africa: a multilevel analysis of demographic and health surveys

Ever Siyoum Shewarega, Elsa Awoke Fentie, Desale Bihonegn Asmamaw, Wubshet Debebe Negash, Samrawit Mihret Fetene, Rediet Eristu Teklu, Fantu Mamo Aragaw, Tewodros Getaneh Alemu, Habitu Birhan Eshetu, Daniel Gashaneh Belay

Open Access Research

Updating Framingham CVD risk score using waist circumference and estimated cardiopulmonary function: a cohort study based on a southern Xinjiang population

Xue-Ying Sun, Ru-Lin Ma, Jia He, Yu-Song Ding, Dong-Sheng Rui, Yu Li, Yi-Zhong Yan, Mao Yi-Dan, Liao Sheng-Yu, He Xin, Shu-Xia Guo, Heng Guo

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Living with tuberculosis: a qualitative study of patients’ experiences with disease and treatment

Juliet Addo, Dave Pearce, Marilyn Metcalf, Courtney Lundquist, Gillian Thomas, David Barros-Aguirre, Gavin C. K. W. Koh, Mike Strange

Open Access Research

Feeding, caregiving practices, and developmental delay among children under five in lowland Nepal: a community-based cross-sectional survey

Sophiya Dulal, Audrey Prost, Surendra Karki, Dafna Merom, Bhim Prasad Shrestha, Bishnu Bhandari, Dharma S. Manandhar, David Osrin, Anthony Costello, Naomi M. Saville

Open Access Research

Use of biomass fuels predicts indoor particulate matter and carbon monoxide concentrations; evidence from an informal urban settlement in Fort Portal city, Uganda

Winnifred K. Kansiime, Richard K. Mugambe, Edwinah Atusingwize, Solomon T. Wafula, Vincent Nsereko, Tonny Ssekamatte, Aisha Nalugya, Eric Stephen Coker, John C. Ssempebwa, John Bosco Isunju

Open Access Research

The role of Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILCs) in improving community-level household wealth, financial preparedness for birth, and utilization of reproductive health services in rural Zambia: a secondary analysis

Ha Eun Lee, Philip T. Veliz, Elisa M. Maffioli, Michelle L. Munro-Kramer, Isaac Sakala, Nchimunya M. Chiboola, Thandiwe Ngoma, Jeanette L. Kaiser, Peter C. Rockers, Nancy A. Scott, Jody R. Lori

Open Access Research

Information System as part of epidemic management in Burkina Faso: from plan to reality (Field Findings)

Cheick Omar Diallo, Karin Linda Schiøler, Helle Samuelsen, Koine Maxime Drabo

Open Access Study protocol

Service delivery reform for maternal and newborn health in Kakamega County, Kenya: study protocol for a prospective impact evaluation and implementation science study

Kevin Croke, Anna Gage, Isabel Fulcher, Kennedy Opondo, Jacinta Nzinga, Benjamin Tsofa, Sebastien Haneuse, Margaret Kruk

Open Access Research

Zero knowledge and high interest in the use of long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among adolescent men who have sex with men and transgender women in two capital cities in Brazil

Leo Pedrana, Laio Magno, Eliana Miura Zucchi, Luís Augusto Vasconcelos da Silva, Dulce Ferraz, Alexandre Grangeiro, Marcelo Castellanos, Sandra Assis Brasil, Inês Dourado

Open Access Research

Socioeconomic inequalities in teenage pregnancy in Nigeria: evidence from Demographic Health Survey

Chijioke Ifeanyi Okoli, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Eswaran Velayutham, Rasheda Khanam

Open Access Research

Comparison of obesity-related indicators for identifying metabolic syndrome among normal-weight adults in rural Xinjiang, China

Le-yao Jian, Shu-xia Guo, Ru-lin Ma, Jia He, Dong-sheng Rui, Yu-song Ding, Yu Li, Xue-ying Sun, Yi-dan Mao, Xin He, Sheng-yu Liao, Heng Guo

Open Access Research

Assessment of physical activity and its facilitators and barriers among Syrian refugees living in Amman City, Jordan: a cross-sectional study

Yasue Yoshino, Miho Sato, Ibraheem Abu-Siam, Nadine Khost, Sumihisa Honda, Ahmad T. Qarawi, Osama Gamal Hassan, Nguyen Tien Huy, Yasuhiko Kamiya

Open Access Research

Effects of physical exercise on blood pressure during pregnancy

Zhu Zhu, Hang Xie, Shiping Liu, Ruizhe Yang, Juan Yu, Yiping Yan, Xu Wang, Zhihua Zhang, Wu Yan

Open Access Research

A collaborative approach to develop an intervention to strengthen health visitors’ role in prevention of excess weight gain in children

Devashish Ray, Falko Sniehotta, Elaine McColl, Louisa Ells, Gill O’Neill, Karen McCabe

Open Access Research

Smoking-related psychosocial beliefs and justifications among smokers in India: Findings from Tobacco Control Policy (TCP) India Surveys

Anupreet K. Sidhu, Mangesh S. Pednekar, Geoffrey T. Fong, Prakash C. Gupta, Anne C. K. Quah, Jennifer Unger, Steve Sussman, Neeraj Sood, Heather Wipfli, Thomas Valente

Open Access Research

Development of a behavior change intervention to improve physical activity adherence in individuals with metabolic syndrome using the behavior change wheel

Dandan Chen, Hui Zhang, Nianqi Cui, Feng Song, Leiwen Tang, Jing Shao, Jingjie Wu, Pingping Guo, Na Liu, Xiyi Wang, Zhihong Ye

Open Access Research

“Focus more on what’s right instead of what’s wrong:” research priorities identified by a sample of transgender and gender diverse community health center patients

Merrily LeBlanc, Asa Radix, Lauren Sava, Alexander B. Harris, Andrew Asquith, Dana J. Pardee, Sari L. Reisner

Open Access Research

Evaluation of cardiovascular diseases risk calculators for CVDs prevention and management: scoping review

Mohammed Abd ElFattah Mohammed Darwesh Badawy, Lin Naing, Sofian Johar, Sokking Ong, Hanif Abdul Rahman, Dayangku Siti Nur Ashikin Pengiran Tengah, Chean Lin Chong, Nik Ani Afiqah Tuah

Open Access Research

Validity and reliability of knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding exercise and exergames experiences questionnaire among high school students

Rwayda Abdulkader Mohamed, Nur Arzuar Abdul Rahim, Siti Mardhiana Mohamad, Hazwani Ahmad Yusof

Open Access Research

Fixed-term contract positions, unemployment and mental ill health: a Danish cohort study

Harald Hannerz, Hermann Burr, Helle Soll-Johanning, Martin Lindhardt Nielsen, Anne Helene Garde, Mari-Ann Flyvholm

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Transition to endemic: acceptance of additional COVID-19 vaccine doses among Canadian adults in a national cross-sectional survey

Laura Reifferscheid, Janet Sau Wun Lee, Noni E. MacDonald, Manish Sadarangani, Ali Assi, Samuel Lemaire-Paquette, Shannon E. MacDonald

Open Access Research

The effect of the participatory heat education and awareness tools (HEAT) intervention on agricultural worker physiological heat strain: results from a parallel, comparison, group randomized study

Erica Chavez Santos, June T. Spector, Jared Egbert, Jennifer Krenz, Paul D. Sampson, Pablo Palmández, Elizabeth Torres, Maria Blancas, Jose Carmona, Jihoon Jung, John C. Flunker

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Guiding organisational decision-making about COVID-19 asymptomatic testing in workplaces: mixed-method study to inform an ethical framework

Jan W. van der Scheer, Akbar Ansari, Meredith McLaughlin, Caitríona Cox, Kathleen Liddell, Jenni Burt, Jenny George, Rebecca Kenny, Ruth Cousens, Brandi Leach, James McGowan, Katherine Morley, Janet Willars, Mary Dixon-Woods

Open Access Research

Chasing a dream against all odds

Eva Vivian, Betty Chewning, Constance Flanagan

Open Access Research

Inequalities in children’s exposure to alcohol outlets in Scotland: a GPS study

Fiona M. Caryl, Jamie Pearce, Rich Mitchell, Niamh K. Shortt

Open Access Research

Evaluation of measurement properties of the German Work Role Functioning Questionnaire

Martina Michaelis, Monika A. Rieger, Stephanie Burgess, Viktoria Töws, Femke I. Abma, Ute Bültmann, Benjamin C. Amick, Eva Rothermund

Open Access Research

Interaction of sleep duration and depression on cardiovascular disease: a retrospective cohort study

Bowen Jin, Hang Zhang, Fuchun Song, Guangjun Wu, Hui Yang

Open Access Research

Newspaper framing of food and beverage corporations’ sponsorship of sport: a content analysis

L. E. Carters-White, C. Patterson, A. Nimegeer, S. Hilton, S. Chambers

Open Access Research

Bayesian spatial modelling of malaria burden in two contrasted eco-epidemiological facies in Benin (West Africa): call for localized interventions

Barikissou Georgia Damien, Akoeugnigan Idelphonse Sode, Daniel Bocossa, Emmanuel Elanga-Ndille, Badirou Aguemon, Vincent Corbel, Marie-Claire Henry, Romain Lucas Glèlè Kakaï, Franck Remoué

Open Access Research

Non-uptake of HIV testing among trans men and trans women: cross-sectional study of client records from 2017 to 2019 in a community-based transgender health center in Metro Manila, Philippines

Zypher Jude G. Regencia, Aisia V. Castelo, Patrick C. Eustaquio, Yanyan S. Araña, John Oliver L. Corciega, John Danvic T. Rosadiño, Ronivin G. Pagtakhan, Emmanuel S. Baja

Open Access Research

Associations between sexual identity, living with disability, bully victimisation, and HIV status and intimate partner violence among residents in Nigeria

Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Ibidunni Olapeju Oloniniyi, Ikenna Nwakamma, Erva-Jean Stevens-Murphy, Gabriel Undelikwo, Joanne Lusher

Open Access COVID-19 Research

COVID-Inconfidentes: how did COVID-19 and work from home influence the prevalence of leisure-time physical inactivity? An analysis of before and during the pandemic

Samara Silva Moura, Luiz Antônio Alves Menezes-Júnior, Ana Maria Sampaio Rocha, Luciano Garcia Lourenção, Júlia Cristina Cardoso Carraro, George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho, Adriana Lúcia Meireles

Open Access Research

The effect of educational intervention based on theory of planned behavior on mothers’ skills in sexual care of children

Ali Khani Jeihooni, Arman Moradi, Asiyeh Yari, Amin Kiyani, Pooyan Afzali Hasirini

Open Access Research

Market survey of disposable e-cigarette nicotine content and e-liquid volume

Scott Appleton, Helen Cyrus-Miller, Ryan Seltzer, Karin Gilligan, Willie McKinney

Open Access Research

Three-year weight change and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality among Iranian adults: over a decade of follow-up in the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

Niloofar Deravi, Seyyed Saeed Moazzeni, Mitra Hasheminia, Reyhane Hizomi Arani, Fereidoun Azizi, Farzad Hadaegh

Open Access Study protocol

InterMob: a 24-month randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of an intervention including behavioural change techniques and free transport versus an intervention including air pollution awareness-raising on car use reduction among regular car users living in Grenoble, France

Claudia Teran-Escobar, Sarah Duché, Hélène Bouscasse, Sandrine Isoard-Gatheur, Patrick Juen, Lilas Lacoste, Sarah Lyon-Caen, Sandrine Mathy, Estelle Ployon, Anna Risch, Philippe Sarrazin, Rémy Slama, Kamila Tabaka, Carole Treibich, Sonia Chardonnel, Aïna Chalabaev

Open Access Research

Body image and health-related behaviors among fitspirit participants

Manon Bordeleau, Jo-Anne Gilbert, Natalie Alméras, Johana Monthuy-Blanc, Joël Gagnon, Marie-Ève Mathieu, Vicky Drapeau

Open Access COVID-19 Research

A cross-country comparison of Covid-19 containment measures and their effects on the epidemic curves

Fidelia Cascini, Giovanna Failla, Cecilia Gobbi, Elena Pallini, Jin Hui, Wang Luxi, Leonardo Villani, Wilm Quentin, Stefania Boccia, Walter Ricciardi

Open Access Research

Associations between ambient air pollution, obesity, and serum vitamin D status in the general population of Korean adults

Byungmi Kim, Juyeon Hwang, Hyejin Lee, Gyeong Min Chae, Seyoung Kim, Hyo-Seon Kim, Bohyun Park, Hyun-Jin Kim

Open Access Research

Pregnancy loss and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis in Chinese women: findings from the China Kadoorie biobank

Jia Yi Hee, Sha Huang, Khai Pang Leong, Li Chun, Yuxun Oswald Zhang, Ruofan Gongye, Kun Tang

Open Access Research

Associations of childhood trauma with long-term diseases and alcohol and nicotine use disorders in Czech and Slovak representative samples

Natalia Kascakova, Martina Petrikova, Jana Furstova, Jozef Hasto, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Peter Tavel

Open Access Research

Predictors of unsuppressed viral load among adults on follow up of antiretroviral therapy at selected public and private health facilities of Adama town: unmached case-control study

Fraol Jaleta, Bayissa Bekele, Soriya Kedir, Jemal Hassan, Asnakech Getahun, Tadesse Ligidi, Getinet Garoma, Kiflu Itefa, Tadesse Gerenfes, Abera Botore, Berhanu Kenate, Gutu Dagafa, Daba Muleta

Open Access Research

Importance of ventilation and occupancy to Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission rates in congregate settings

A. K. Deol, N. Shaikh, K. Middelkoop, M. Mohlamonyane, R. G. White, N. McCreesh

Open Access Research

Personal and sexual boundaries: the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities

Gøril Brevik Svae, Line Blixt, Erik Søndenaa

Open Access Research

Survey on determinants of intention to reduce nasopharyngeal cancer risk: an application of the theory of planned behavior

Su-Hie Ting, Rayenda Khresna Brahmana, Collin Jerome, Yuwana Podin

Open Access Research

Which drinkers have changed their alcohol consumption due to energy content concerns? An Australian survey

Jacqueline Bowden, Nathan J. Harrison, Joanna Caruso, Robin Room, Simone Pettigrew, Ian Olver, Caroline Miller

Open Access Research

The burden of mental health-related mortality in the Baltic States in 2007-2018

Daumantas Stumbrys, Domantas Jasilionis, Dainius Pūras

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Life under stay-at-home orders: a panel study of change in social interaction and emotional wellbeing among older Americans during COVID-19 pandemic

Jielu Lin, Melissa Zajdel, Krystyna R. Keller, Fiona O. Gilpin Macfoy, Philip Shaw, Brenda Curtis, Lyle Ungar, Laura Koehly

Open Access Research

Factors that influence mental health of university and college students in the UK: a systematic review

Fiona Campbell, Lindsay Blank, Anna Cantrell, Susan Baxter, Christopher Blackmore, Jan Dixon, Elizabeth Goyder

Open Access Research

Determining factors associated with cholera disease in Ethiopia using Bayesian hierarchical modeling

Tsigereda Tilahun Letta, Denekew Bitew Belay, Endale Alemayehu Ali

Open Access Research

E-cigarette addiction and harm perception: Does initiation flavor choice matter?

Man Hung, Andrew Spencer, Eric S. Hon, Frank W. Licari, Val Joseph Cheever, Ryan Moffat, Clarissa Goh, Ben Raymond, Martin S. Lipsky

Open Access COVID-19 Research

On the role of financial support programs in mitigating the SARS-CoV-2 spread in Brazil

Vinicius V. L. Albani, Roseane A. S. Albani, Nara Bobko, Eduardo Massad, Jorge P. Zubelli

Open Access Research

Acute exposure to air pollutants increase the risk of acute glaucoma

Liping Li, Yixiang Zhu, Binze Han, Renjie Chen, Xiaofei Man, Xinghuai Sun, Haidong Kan, Yuan Lei

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Transportation barriers to care among frequent health care users during the COVID pandemic

Abigail L. Cochran, Noreen C. McDonald, Lauren Prunkl, Emma Vinella-Brusher, Jueyu Wang, Lindsay Oluyede, Mary Wolfe

Open Access Research

Use of the behaviour change wheel to improve everyday person-centred conversations on physical activity across healthcare

Hamish Reid, Ralph Smith, Wilby Williamson, James Baldock, Jessica Caterson, Stefan Kluzek, Natasha Jones, Robert Copeland

Open Access Research

A profile of children’s physical activity data from the 2012 and 2015 health survey for England

Jamie Sims, Karen Milton, Charlie Foster, Peter Scarborough

Open Access Correction

Correction: An analysis of age-standardized suicide rates in Muslim-majority countries in 2000-2019

Bob Lew, David Lester, Kairi Kõlves, Paul S. F. Yip, Ying-Yeh Chen, Won Sun Chen, M. Tasdik Hasan, Harold G. Koenig, Zhi Zhong Wang, Muhamad Nur Fariduddin, Emek Yuce Zeyrek-Rios, Caryn Mei Hsien Chan, Feisul Mustapha, Mimi Fitriana, Housseini Dolo, Burak M. Gönültaş, Mahboubeh Dadfar, Mojtaba Davoudi, Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek, Lai Fong Chan, Ching Sin Siau, Norhayati Ibrahim

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Association between sleep quality and urolithiasis among general population in Western China: a cross-sectional study

Sheng Wang, Xianghong Zhou, Shi Qiu, Boyu Cai, Yifan Li, Chichen Zhang, Kunjie Wang, Lu Yang, Lei Chen

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Correction: Improving on estimates of the potential relative harm to health from using modern ENDS (vaping) compared to tobacco smoking

Nick Wilson, Jennifer A. Summers, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Janet Hoek, Richard Edwards, Tony Blakely

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Expert consultation using the on-line Delphi method for the revision of syndromic groups compiled from emergency data (SOS Médecins and OSCOUR®) in France

Marie-Michèle Thiam, Leslie Simac, Erica Fougère, Cécile Forgeot, Laure Meurice, Jérôme Naud, Yann Le Strat, Céline Caserio-Schönemann

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Social stressors and social resources at work and their association with self-reported health complaints among ready-made garment workers in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Annegret Dreher, Rita Yusuf, Hasan Ashraf, Syed A. K. Shifat Ahmed, Christian Strümpell, Adrian Loerbroks

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Is emotional eating associated with behavioral traits and Mediterranean diet in children? A cross-sectional study

Alessandra Buja, Mariagiovanna Manfredi, Chiara Zampieri, Anil Minnicelli, Roberta Bolda, Filippo Brocadello, Maura Gatti, Tatjana Baldovin, Vincenzo Baldo

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Advertising of foods and beverages in social media aimed at children: high exposure and low control

Lorena Meléndez-Illanes, Cristina González-Díaz, Carlos Álvarez-Dardet

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Development and evaluation of a social marketing campaign to address methamphetamine use in Los Angeles County

Deborah Neffa-Creech, Aaron Plant, Jorge A. Montoya, Rangell Oruga, Elizabeth A. Kilgore, Renee Fraser, Lello Tesema

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Health insurance ownership among female workers in Indonesia: does socioeconomic status matter?

Agung Dwi Laksono, Wahyu Pudji Nugraheni, Nikmatur Rohmah, Ratna Dwi Wulandari

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The impact of two state-level approaches to restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products

Tyra Satchell, Megan C. Diaz, Daniel Stephens, Adrian Bertrand, Barbara A. Schillo, Laurie P. Whitsel

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Population health trends analysis and burden of disease profile observed in Sierra Leone from 1990 to 2017

Jolleen Zembe, Flavia Senkubuge, Tanita Botha, Tom Achoki

Open Access COVID-19 Research

The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on physical activity amongst older adults: evidence from longitudinal data in the UK

Jack Elliott, Luke Munford, Saima Ahmed, Alison Littlewood, Chris Todd

Open Access COVID-19 Research

COVID-19 vaccines effectiveness against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 during Delta variant surge: a preliminary assessment from a case-control study in St. Petersburg, Russia

Anton Barchuk, Anna Bulina, Mikhail Cherkashin, Natalia Berezina, Tatyana Rakova, Darya Kuplevatskaya, Oksana Stanevich, Dmitriy Skougarevskiy, Artemiy Okhotin

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The prevalence and social-structural correlates of housing status among women living with HIV in Vancouver, Canada

Yinong Zhao, Kate Shannon, Jane A. Buxton, Lianping Ti, Theresa A. Genovy, Melissa Braschel, Kathleen Deering

Open Access Study protocol

A healthy lifestyle text message intervention for adolescents: protocol for the Health4Me randomized controlled trial

Rebecca Raeside, Karen Spielman, Sarah Maguire, Seema Mihrshahi, Katharine Steinbeck, Melissa Kang, Liliana Laranjo, Karice Hyun, Julie Redfern, Stephanie R. Partridge, Maree L. Hackett, Gemma Figtree, Robyn Gallagher, Kyra A. Sim, Tim Usherwood, Charlotte Hepse, John Skinner, Katrina E. Champion, Lauren A. Gardner, Kathryn Williams, Danielle Castles

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Quarantine preparedness – the missing factor in COVID-19 behaviour change? Qualitative insights from Australia

Angela Davis, Stephanie Munari, Joseph Doyle, Brett Sutton, Allen Cheng, Margaret Hellard, Lisa Gibbs

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An assessment of the proportion of LGB+ persons in the Belgian population, their identification as sexual minority, mental health and experienced minority stress

Lotte De Schrijver, Elizaveta Fomenko, Barbara Krahé, Alexis Dewaele, Jonathan Harb, Erick Janssen, Joz Motmans, Kristien Roelens, Tom Vander Beken, Ines Keygnaert

Open Access COVID-19 Research

“I don’t know whose mouth has been on this”: youth nicotine and cannabis vaping practices in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Sabrina Islam, Kirsten Thompson, Melissa Abadi, Kristina Wharton, Sharon Lipperman-Kreda

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Regional variation in long-term care spending in Japan

Xueying Jin, Masao Iwagami, Nobuo Sakata, Takahiro Mori, Kazuaki Uda, Nanako Tamiya

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Implementation of a malaria prevention education intervention in Southern Ethiopia: a qualitative evaluation

Zerihun Zerdo, Sibyl Anthierens, Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden, Fekadu Massebo, Gelila Biresaw, Misgun Shewangizaw, Gesila Endashaw, Abayneh Tunje, Matewos Masne, Hilde Bastiaens

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Impact of child disability on parental employment and labour income: a quasi-experimental study of parents of children with disabilities in Norway

Michael Yisfashewa Wondemu, Pål Joranger, Åsmund Hermansen, Idunn Brekke

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Effects of intergenerational contact on social capital in community-dwelling adults aged 25–84 years: a non-randomized community-based intervention

Yuta Nemoto, Kumiko Nonaka, Masataka Kuraoka, Sachiko Murayama, Motoki Tanaka, Hiroko Matsunaga, Yoh Murayama, Hiroshi Murayama, Erika Kobayashi, Yoji Inaba, Shuichiro Watanabe, Kazushi Maruo, Yoshinori Fujiwara

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Impacts of life-events on sitting, TV viewing and computer use among women from disadvantaged neighbourhoods

Minakshi Nayak, Karen Wills, Megan Teychenne, Verity Cleland

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Public health genomics capacity assessment: readiness for large-scale pathogen genomic surveillance in Canada’s public health laboratories

C. Nadon, M. Croxen, N. Knox, J. Tanner, A. Zetner, C. Yoshida, G. Van Domselaar

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Co-design of an oral health intervention (HABIT) delivered by health visitors for parents of children aged 9–12 months

Jenny Owen, Kara A. Gray-Burrows, Ieva Eskytė, Faye Wray, Amrit Bhatti, Timothy Zoltie, Annalea Staples, Erin Giles, Edwina Lintin, Robert West, Sue Pavitt, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Zoe Marshman, Peter F. Day

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Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake among healthcare workers in tertiary care hospitals, Bangladesh: Study protocol for influenza vaccine supply and awareness intervention

Md Zakiul Hassan, Tahmina Shirin, Mahbubur Rahman, A. S. M. Alamgir, Nusrat Jahan, Md Abdullah Al Jubayer Biswas, Sazzad Hossain Khan, Md Ahmed Khairul Basher, Md Ariful Islam, Kamal Hussain, Md Nazrul Islam, Md Arif Rabbany, Md Azizul Haque, Shishir Ranjan Chakraborty, Syeda Rukhshana Parvin, Mahmudur Rahman, Fahmida Chowdhury

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Drivers of respiratory health care demand in Acre state, Brazilian Amazon: a cross-sectional study

Thiago Morello, Aldo Santos Lima, Rubicleis Gomes da Silva

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Young people’s health and well-being during the school-to-work transition: a prospective cohort study comparing post-secondary pathways

Marvin Reuter, Max Herke, Matthias Richter, Katharina Diehl, Stephanie Hoffmann, Claudia R. Pischke, Nico Dragano

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Profile of judicialization in access to antineoplastic drugs and their costs: a cross-sectional, descriptive study based on a set of all lawsuits filed between 2016 and 2018 in a state in the Northeast Region of Brazil

Fábio Henrique Cavalcanti de Oliveira, José Eudes de Lorena Sobrinho, Antônio da Cruz Gouveia Mendes, Haynne Magalhães Santos Gutman, Geraldo Jorge Filho, Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos

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Risk factors for upper limb fractures due to unintentional injuries among adolescents: a case control study from Sri Lanka

Hemali Jayasekera, Samitha Siritunga, Upul Senarath, Paramjit Gill

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Double-counting of populations in evidence synthesis in public health: a call for awareness and future methodological development

Humaira Hussein, Clareece R. Nevill, Anna Meffen, Keith R. Abrams, Sylwia Bujkiewicz, Alex J. Sutton, Laura J. Gray

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All-cause and cause-specific mortality rates for Kisumu County: a comparison with Kenya, low-and middle-income countries

Wanjiru Waruiru, Violet Oramisi, Alex Sila, Dickens Onyango, Anthony Waruru, Mary N. Mwangome, Peter W. Young, Sheru Muuo, Lilly M. Nyagah, John Ollongo, Catherine Ngugi, George W. Rutherford

Open Access Correction

Correction: A comparison of interpreters’ wellbeing and work-related characteristics in the care of refugees across different work settings

Angelika Geiling, Maria Böttche, Christine Knaevelsrud, Nadine Stammel

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A temporal analysis on patient and health service delays in pulmonary tuberculosis in Portugal: inter and intra‑regional differences and in(equalities) between gender and age

Bhaswar Chakma, Dulce Gomes, Patrícia A. Filipe, Patrícia Soares, Bruno de Sousa, Carla Nunes

Open Access Research

Descriptive study of foodborne disease using disease monitoring data in Zhejiang Province, China, 2016–2020

Xiaojuan Qi, Xialidan Alifu, Jiang Chen, Wenliang Luo, Jikai Wang, Yunxian Yu, Ronghua Zhang

Open Access Research

Socio-behavioral correlates of pre-exposure prophylaxis use and correct adherence in men who have sex with men in West Africa

August Eubanks, Bakary Coulibaly, Bintou Dembélé Keita, Camille Anoma, Ter Tiero Elias Dah, Ephrem Mensah, Sékou Kaba, Kpassou Julien Lokrou, Faïçal Rodrigue Ouedraogo, Alèda M. Fidèle Badjassim, Gwenaëlle Maradan, Michel Bourrelly, Marion Mora, Lucas Riegel, Daniela Rojas Castro, Issifou Yaya, Bruno Spire, Christian Laurent, Luis Sagaon-Teyssier, Sayouba Ouedraogo, Bruno Granouillac, Laetitia Serrano, Martine Peeters, Cyril Berenger, Marion Fiorentino, Paméla Palvadeau, Bea Vuylsteke, Irith De Baetselier, Thijs Reyniers, Tania Crucitti, Fodié Diallo, Alou Coulibaly, Kader Maïga, Drissa Camara, Mahamadou Diarra, Aly Ouologuem, Abdoul Aziz Keita, Fodé Traoré, Oumar Cissé, Bréhima Abdrahamane Ouary, Ibrahima Kanta, Malan Jean-Baptiste Kouame, Rachelle Kotchi, Niamkey Thomas Aka, Noufo Hamed Coulibaly, Jean Armel Ekessi Koffi, Frédéric Dibi N’guessan, Stéphane-Alain Babo Yoro, Adama Cissé, Issa Traoré, Camille Rajaonarivelo, Joseph Ouedraogo, Juste Rodrigue Touré, Christian Coulibaly, Mamadou Ouedraogo, Elisabeth Thio, Ousseni Ilboudo, Abdoulazziz Traoré, Honoré Comsiambo, Richard Mawuényégan Kouamivi Agboyibor, Anani Attisso, Anouwarsadat Kokouba, Aléda Mawuli Badjassim, Kouakou Kokouvi Selom Agbomadji, Messan Attiogbe, Kossi Jeff Yaka, Agbégnigan Lorette Ekon, Julien Bimba, Claver Anoumou Yaotsè Dagnra

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Atypical working hours are associated with tobacco, cannabis and alcohol use: longitudinal analyses from the CONSTANCES cohort

Nadine Hamieh, Guillaume Airagnes, Alexis Descatha, Marcel Goldberg, Frédéric Limosin, Yves Roquelaure, Cédric Lemogne, Marie Zins, Joane Matta

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Financial risk protection against noncommunicable diseases: trends and patterns in Bangladesh

Taslima Rahman, Dominic Gasbarro, Khurshid Alam

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Tracing coalition changes in knowledge in and engagement with childhood obesity prevention to improve intervention implementation

Travis R. Moore, Mark C. Pachucki, Erin Hennessy, Christina D. Economos

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Development and psychometric properties of a tool to assess Media Health Literacy (MeHLit)

Mahsa Nazarnia, Fatemeh Zarei, Nasrin Rozbahani

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The clusters of health-risk behaviours and mental wellbeing and their sociodemographic correlates: a study of 15,366 ASEAN university students

Apichai Wattanapisit, Hanif Abdul Rahman, Josip Car, Khadizah Haji Abdul-Mumin, Ma. Henrietta Teresa O. de la Cruz, Michael Chia, Michael Rosenberg, Moon-ho Ringo Ho, Surasak Chaiyasong, Trias Mahmudiono, Yuvadee Rodjarkpai, Ivo D. Dinov, Mohammad Ottom, Areekul Amornsriwatanakul

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The spatio-temporal dynamics of infant mortality in Ecuador from 2010 to 2019

Karina Lalangui, Karina Rivadeneira Maya, Christian Sánchez-Carrillo, Gersain Sosa Cortéz, Emmanuelle Quentin

Open Access Research article

HIV awareness, pre-exposure prophylaxis perceptions and experiences among people who exchange sex: qualitative and community based participatory study

Yasaswi Kislovskiy, Sarah Erpenbeck, Jamie Martina, Courtney Judkins, Elizabeth Miller, Judy C. Chang

Open Access COVID-19 Research

A cross-sectional national investigation of COVID-19 outbreaks in nurseries during rapid spread of the Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant of SARS-CoV-2 in England

Felicity Aiano, Kelsey McOwat, Chinelo Obi, Annabel A. Powell, Jessica Flood, Shivraj Bhardwaj, Kelly Stoker, Donna Haskins, Brian Wong, Marta Bertran, Maria Zavala, Johanna Bosowski, Samuel E. I. Jones, Zahin Amin-Chowdhury, Laura Coughlan, Mary Sinnathamby, Asad Zaidi, Rachel Merrick, Hongxin Zhao, Sharif Ismail, Mary E. Ramsay, Shamez N. Ladhani, Vanessa Saliba

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How a generally well-accepted measles vaccine mandate may lead to inequities and decreased vaccine uptake: a preregistered survey study in Germany

Julia Neufeind, Nora Schmid-Küpke, Eva Rehfuess, Cornelia Betsch, Ole Wichmann

Open Access COVID-19 Correction

Correction: A content analysis of Canadian influencer crisis messages on Instagram and the public’s response during COVID-19

Melissa MacKay, Caitlin Ford, Taylor Colangeli, Daniel Gillis, Jennifer E. McWhirter, Andrew Papadopoulos

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Nutrition-related diseases and cardiovascular mortality in American society: national health and nutrition examination study, 1999–2006

Weihua Chen, Shanshan Shi, Jiabin Tu, Lihua Liao, Ying Liao, Kaihong Chen, Liling Chen, Rongchong Huang

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Weight misperception and substance use: Brazilian Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA)

Simoni Urbano da Silva, Vivian Siqueira Santos Gonçalves, Laura Augusta Barufaldi, Kenia Mara Baiocchi de Carvalho

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Knowledge and awareness about and use of iodised salt among students in Germany and Greece

Katharina Heimberg, Annett Martin, Anke Ehlers, Anke Weißenborn, Karen Ildico Hirsch-Ernst, Cornelia Weikert, Britta Nagl, Antonios Katsioulis, Lamprini Kontopoulou, Georgios Marakis

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, and COVID-19 hesitancy in a large public university in Mexico city during the early vaccination rollout

Norma Mongua-Rodríguez, Mauricio Rodríguez-Álvarez, Daniela De-la-Rosa-Zamboni, María Eugenia Jiménez-Corona, Martha Lucía Castañeda-Cediel, Guadalupe Miranda-Novales, Gustavo Cruz-Pacheco, Elizabeth Ferreira-Guerrero, Leticia Ferreyra-Reyes, Guadalupe Delgado-Sánchez, Maribel Martínez-Hernández, Arturo Cruz-Salgado, Rogelio Pérez-Padilla, Samuel Ponce-de-León, Lourdes García-García

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Community health worker intervention improves early childhood vaccination rates: results from a propensity-score matching evaluation

Patrick Wightman, Kelly McCue, Samantha Sabo, Rebecca Annorbah, Dulce Jiménez, Vern Pilling, Matthew Butler, Martín F. Celaya, Sara Rumann

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Designing physical activity interventions for women aged 50+: a qualitative study of participant perspectives

Geraldine Wallbank, Abby Haynes, Anne Tiedemann, Catherine Sherrington, Anne C. Grunseit

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Status of Iranian schools’ psycho-social environment: cultural adaptation and validation of the Persian version of the W.H.O profile to create Child-Friendly Schools

Amin Ahrari, Fatemeh Salmani, Tayebeh Zeinali, Kimia Izadi, Azam Yousefi, Fatemeh Rahimi, Ensiyeh Norozi

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Violence against women from partners and other household members during COVID-19 in Burkina Faso and Kenya

Michele R. Decker, Shannon N. Wood, Haley L. Thomas, Mary Thiongo, Georges Guiella, Bazie Fiacre, Yentéma Onadja, Peter Gichangi

Open Access Research

Association between obese phenotypes and risk of carotid artery plaque among chinese male railway drivers

Jia Pan, Zihang Wang, Chaohui Dong, Bo Yang, Lei Tang, Peng Jia, Shujuan Yang, Honglian Zeng

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Living with parents, lifestyle pattern and common mental disorders in adolescents: a school-based study in Brazil

Lucia Helena Almeida Gratão, Milene Cristine Pessoa, Luana Lara Rocha, Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva, Eloar dos Santos Freitas, Tatiana Resende Prado Rangel de Oliveira, Cristiane de Freitas Cunha, Larissa Loures Mendes

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Patterns of alcohol and alcohol-flavoured non-alcoholic beverage advertisements over Japanese free-to-air television networks

Mio Kato, Hirono Ishikawa, Takahiro Kiuchi, Miki Akiyama, Yoko Kawamura, Tsuyoshi Okuhara, Naoko Ono, Rina Miyawaki

Open Access Research

Determinants of food preparation and hygiene practices among caregivers of children under two in Western Kenya: a formative research study

Emily A. Ogutu, Anna Ellis, Katie C. Rodriguez, Bethany A. Caruso, Emilie E. McClintic, Sandra Gómez Ventura, Kimberly R. J. Arriola, Alysse J. Kowalski, Molly Linabarger, Breanna K. Wodnik, Amy Webb-Girard, Richard Muga, Matthew C. Freeman

Open Access Research

Evaluating the potential implications of canadian front-of-pack labelling regulations in generic and branded food composition databases

Christine Mulligan, Jennifer J. Lee, Laura Vergeer, Mavra Ahmed, Mary R. L’Abbé

Open Access Research

Determinants of access to hemodialysis services in a metropolitan region of Brazil

Ana Cristina de Oliveira Soares, Monica Cattafesta, Mirian Patrícia Castro Pereira Paixão, Edson Theodoro dos Santos Neto, Luciane Bresciani Salaroli

Open Access Research

The prevalence and characteristics of metabolic syndrome according to different definitions in China: a nationwide cross-sectional study, 2012–2015

Yilin Huang, Linfeng Zhang, Zengwu Wang, Xin Wang, Zuo Chen, Lan Shao, Ye Tian, Congying Zheng, Lu Chen, Haoqi Zhou, Xue Cao, Yixin Tian, Runlin Gao, Liqun Hu, Hongqi Li, Qi Zhang, Guang Yan, Fangfang Zhu, Xianghua Fang, Chunxiu Wang, Shaochen Guan, Xiaoguang Wu, Hongjun Liu, Chengbei Hou, Han Lei, Wei Huang, Nan Zhang, Ge Li, Lihong Mu, Xiaojun Tang, Ying Han, Huajun Wang, Dongjie Lin, Liangdi Xie, Daixi Lin, Jing Yu, Xiaowei Zhang, Wei Liang, Heng Yu, Qiongying Wang, Lan Yang, Yingqing Feng, Yuqing Huang, Peixi Wang, Jiaji Wang, Harry HX Wang, Songtao Tang, Tangwei Liu, Rongjie Huang, Zhiyuan Jiang, Haichan Qin, Guoqin Liu, Zhijun Liu, Wenbo Rao, Zhen Chen, Yalin Chu, Fang Wu, Haitao Li, Jianlin Ma, Tao Chen, Ming Wu, Jixin Sun, Yajing Cao, Yuhuan Liu, Zhikun Zhang, Yanmei Liu, Dejin Dong, Guangrong Li, Hong Guo, Lihang Dong, Haiyu Zhang, Fengyu Sun, Xingbo Gu, Kaijuan Wang, Chunhua Song, Peng Wang, Hua Ye, Wei Nie, Shuying Liang, Congxin Huang, Fang Chen, Yan Zhang, Heng Zhou, Jing Xie, Jianfang Liu, Hong Yuan, Chengxian Guo, Yuelong Huang, Biyun Chen, Xingsheng Zhao, Wenshuai He, Xia Wen, Yanan Lu, Xiangqing Kong, Ming Gui, Wenhua Xu, Yan Lu, Jun Huang, Min Pan, Jinyi Zhou, Ming Wu, Xiaoshu Cheng, Huihui Bao, Xiao Huang, Kui Hong, Juxiang Li, Ping Li, Bin Liu, Junduo Wu, Longbo Li, Yunpeng Yu, Yihang Liu, Chao Qi, Jun Na, Li Liu, Yanxia Li, Guowei Pan, Degang Dong, Peng Qu, Jinbao Ma, Juan Hu, Fu Zhao, Jianning Yue, Minru Zhou, Zhihua Xu, Xiaoping Li, Qiongyue Sha, Fuchang Ma, Qiuhong Chen, Huiping Bian, Jianjun Mu, Tongshuai Guo, Keyu Ren, Chao Chu, Zhendong Liu, Hua Zhang, Yutao Diao, Shangwen Sun, Yingxin Zhao, Junbo Ge, Jingmin Zhou, Xuejuan Jin, Jun Zhou, Bao Li, Lijun Zhu, Yuean Zhang, Gang Wang, Zhihan Hao, Li Cai, Zhou Liu, Zhengping Yong, Shaoping Wan, Zhenshan Jiao, Yuqiang Fan, Hui Gao, Wei Wang, Qingkui Li, Xiaomei Zhou, Yundai Chen, Bin Feng, Qinglei Zhu, Sansan Zhou, Nanfang Li, Ling Zhou, Delian Zhang, Jing Hong, Tao Guo, Min Zhang, Yize Xiao, Xuefeng Guang, Xinhua Tang, Jing Yan, Xiaoling Xu, Li Yang, Aimin Jiang, Wei Yu

Open Access Research

Municipal community centers as healthy settings: evaluation of a real-world health promotion intervention in Jerusalem

Deborah Barasche-Berdah, Sima Wetzler, Iva Greenshtein, Keren L. Greenberg, Elisheva Leiter, Milka Donchin, Donna R. Zwas

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Proportion and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy by stage in less-developed rural areas of Hunan province of China: A multi-site cross-sectional study

Yao Chen, Yuanyuan Jiang, Xiaoxi Yao, Yimeng Li, Ruisi Liu, Wencong Lv, Qinyi Zhong, Bin Yan, Yongan Meng, Jing Luo, Mengbo Wu, Jia Guo

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The contagious leader: a panel study on occupational stress transfer in a large Danish municipality

Lærke Bonnesen, Signe Pihl-Thingvad, Vera Winter

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Perceived influence of alcohol consumption, substance use, and mental health on PrEP adherence and condom use among PrEP-prescribed gay, bisexual, and other men-who-have-sex-with-men: a qualitative investigation

Paul A. Shuper, Thepikaa Varatharajan, David J. Kinitz, Dionne Gesink, Narges Joharchi, Isaac I. Bogoch, Mona Loutfy, Jürgen Rehm

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Psychosocial factors related to sleep in adolescents and their willingness to participate in the development of a healthy sleep intervention: a focus group study

Ann Vandendriessche, Maïté Verloigne, Laura Boets, Jolien Joriskes, Ann DeSmet, Karlien Dhondt, Benedicte Deforche

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Socio-economic disparities in female genital circumcision: finding from a case-control study in Mahabad, Iran

Shahla Shafaati Laleh, Ghodratollah Roshanaei, Farzaneh Soltani, Fatemeh Ghamari Mehran

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The impact of entering poverty on the unmet medical needs of Korean adults: a 5-year cohort study

Yun Hwa Jung, Sung Hoon Jeong, Eun-Cheol Park, Sung-In Jang

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Psychometric properties of the Last-7-Day Sedentary Time Questionnaire (SIT-Q-7d): Testing the validity and reliability among general population

Fatemeh Bakhtari Aghdam, Sepideh Aziz-Zadeh, Saeed Musavi, Mahdieh Abbasalizad-Farhangi

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Spicy food consumption is associated with abdominal obesity among Chinese Han population aged 30–79 years in the Sichuan Basin: a population-based cross-sectional study

Xianxian Yang, Wenge Tang, Deqiang Mao, Xiang Liu, Wen Qian, Yingxue Dai, Liling Chen, Xianbin Ding

Open Access COVID-19 Research

The U.S. COVID-19 County Policy Database: a novel resource to support pandemic-related research

Rita Hamad, Kristin A. Lyman, Feng Lin, Madelaine F. Modrow, Pelin Ozluk, Kristen M. J. Azar, Amie Goodin, Carmen R. Isasi, Heather E. Kitzman, Sara J. Knight, Gregory M. Marcus, Cheryl N. McMahill-Walraven, Paul Meissner, Vinit Nair, Emily C. O’Brien, Jeffrey E. Olgin, Noah D. Peyser, Gosia Sylwestrzak, Natasha Williams, Mark J. Pletcher, Thomas Carton

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Occupational characteristics associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK Biobank during August–November 2020: a cohort study

Elizabeth L. Yanik, Bradley A. Evanoff, Ann Marie Dale, Yinjiao Ma, Karen E. Walker-Bone

Open Access Research

Unhealthy alcohol use and intimate partner violence among men and women living with HIV in Uganda

Amanda P. Miller, Robin Fatch, Sara Lodi, Kara Marson, Nneka Emenyonu, Allen Kekibiina, Brian Beesiga, Gabriel Chamie, Winnie R. Muyindike, Judith A. Hahn

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Lifting lockdown: Renewed access to arts and cultural activities

Joanne Worsley, Josie Billington, Ekaterina Balabanova, Melissa Chapple

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Prevalence of sexual harassment among young Spaniards before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown period in Spain

Laura Vall-Llosera Casanovas, Laura Serra, Carme Saurina Canals, Belén Sanz-Barbero, Carmen Vives-Cases, Maria José López, Laura Otero-García, Gloria Pérez, Gemma Renart-Vicens

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“Everything the hujur tells is very educative but if I cannot apply those in my own life then there is no meaning”: a mixed-methods process evaluation of a smoke-free homes intervention in Bangladesh

Cath Jackson, Zunayed Al Azdi, Ian Kellar, Noreen Dadirai Mdege, Caroline Fairhurst, Tarana Ferdous, Catherine Hewitt, Rumana Huque, Anna-Marie Marshall, Sean Semple, Aziz Sheikh, Kamran Siddiqi, Steve Parrott, Abdullah Sonnet, Shilpi Swami, Han-I. Wang, Qi Wu

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Examining relationships between perceived neighborhood social cohesion and ideal cardiovascular health and whether psychosocial stressors modify observed relationships among JHS, MESA, and MASALA participants

Akilah J. Dulin, Jee Won Park, Matthew M. Scarpaci, Laura A. Dionne, Mario Sims, Belinda L. Needham, Joseph L. Fava, Charles B. Eaton, Alka M. Kanaya, Namratha R. Kandula, Eric B. Loucks, Chanelle J. Howe

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Stuck between medals and participation: an institutional theory perspective on why sport federations struggle to reach Sport-for-All goals

Thomas De Bock, Jeroen Scheerder, Marc Theeboom, Bram Constandt, Mathieu Marlier, Tom De Clerck, Annick Willem

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Pandemic-related socioeconomic disruptions and adverse health outcomes: a cross-sectional study of female caregivers

Erika M. Brown, Lia C.H. Fernald, Rita Hamad, Mekhala Hoskote, Kaitlyn E. Jackson, Wendi Gosliner

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Alcohol consumption patterns and the risk of sarcopenia: a population-based cross-sectional study among chinese women and men from Henan province

Junya Zhai, Baihui Ma, Jin Qin, Quanjun Lyu, Pipasha Khatun, Rui Liang, Minghua Cong, Lijun Guo, Yongxia Kong

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Does eating behaviour among adolescents and young adults seeking obesity treatment differ depending on sex, body composition, and parental country of birth?

Stephanie E Bonn, Anne Christenson, Helén Eke, Linnea Sjöblom, Anna Dahlgren, Ylva Trolle Lagerros

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The global, regional, and national early-onset colorectal cancer burden and trends from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Hongfeng Pan, Zeyi Zhao, Yu Deng, Zhifang Zheng, Ying Huang, Shenghui Huang, Pan Chi

Open Access Correction

Correction: Prevalence of burnout and associated factors among general practitioners in Hubei, China: a cross-sectional study

Yong Gan, Heng Jiang, Liqing Li, Yudi Yang, Chao Wang, Jianxin Liu, Tingting Yang, Sampson Opoku, Sai Hu, Hongbin Xu, Chulani Herath, Yuanyuan Chang, Pengqian Fang, Zuxun Lu

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Malaria outbreak facilitated by increased mosquito breeding sites near houses and cessation of indoor residual spraying, Kole district, Uganda, January-June 2019

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The association between self-reported mobile phone usage with blood pressure and heart rate: evidence from a cross-sectional study

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School water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) intervention to improve malnutrition, dehydration, health literacy, and handwashing: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Metro Manila, Philippines

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Open Access COVID-19 Research

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Open Access Study protocol

Adaptation and study protocol of the evidence-based Make Better Choices (MBC2) multiple diet and activity change intervention for a rural Appalachian population

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Retraction Note: Fluoride exposure and intelligence in school-age children: evidence from different windows of exposure susceptibility

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Consumer perceptions of legal cannabis products in Canada, 2019–2021: a repeat cross-sectional study

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Type 2 diabetes and depressive symptoms in the adult population in Mexico: a syndemic approach based on National Health and Nutrition Survey

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Changes in agricultural context and mental health of farmers in different regions of Thailand during the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

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’As safe as houses; the risk of childhood lead exposure from housing in England and implications for public health’

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Is self-reported depression, HIV status, COVID-19 health risk profile and SARS-CoV-2 exposure associated with difficulty in adhering to COVID-19 prevention measures among residents in West Africa?

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The relationship between myopia and near work, time outdoors and socioeconomic status in children and adolescents

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Evaluating the effect of drunk driving on fatal injuries among vulnerable road users in Taiwan: a population-based study

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Open Access COVID-19 Research

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Open Access COVID-19 Correction

Correction: To isolate or not to isolate: the impact of changing behavior on COVID-19 transmission

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The smoke-free home study: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial of a smoke-free home intervention in permanent supportive housing

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Qiuyu Cao, Ruizhi Zheng, Ruixin He, Tiange Wang, Min Xu, Jieli Lu, Meng Dai, Di Zhang, Yuhong Chen, Zhiyun Zhao, Shuangyuan Wang, Hong Lin, Weiqing Wang, Guang Ning, Yufang Bi, Yu Xu, Mian Li

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Attitudes of European students towards family decision-making and the harmonisation of consent systems in deceased organ donation: a cross-national survey

Alberto Molina-Pérez, Gabriele Werner-Felmayer, Kristof Van Assche, Anja M. B. Jensen, Janet Delgado, Magdalena Flatscher-Thöni, Ivar R. Hannikainen, David Rodriguez-Arias, Silke Schicktanz, Sabine Wöhlke

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Gender operationalisation and stress measurement in research with adolescent males: a scoping review

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Concurrent use of opioids and stimulants and risk of fatal overdose: A cohort study

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Effectiveness of WeChat-group-based parental health education in preventing unintentional injuries among children aged 0–3: randomized controlled trial in Shanghai

Yuheng Feng, Xueqi Ma, Qi Zhang, Ruo Jiang, Jun Lu, Kaiyue Chen, Huiping Wang, Qinghua Xia, Jicui Zheng, Jingwei Xia, Xiaohong Li

Open Access COVID-19 Research

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Marharyta Sobczak, Rafał Pawliczak

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Diseases among Orang Asli community in Malaysia: a systematic review

Muhammad Hilmi Mahmud, Ummi Mirza Baharudin, Zaleha Md Isa

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Drivers of socioeconomic inequalities of child hunger during COVID-19 in South Africa: evidence from NIDS-CRAM Waves 1–5

Olufunke A. Alaba, Charles Hongoro, Aquina Thulare, Akim Tafadzwa Lukwa

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An update on explaining the rural-urban gap in under-five mortality in India

Chandan Kumar, Piyasa, Nandita Saikia

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Unlocking the potential for engaging men to improve reproductive, maternal, and neonatal health in Karnali Province, Nepal

Khem Narayan Pokhrel, Dipendra Singh Thakuri, Nana Apenem Dagadu, Roma Balami, Matrika Sharma, Rajan Bhandari

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Potential effects of adverse childhood experiences on school engagement in youth: a dominance analysis

Nathaniel J. Webb, Thaddeus L. Miller, Erica L. Stockbridge

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The public health exposome and pregnancy-related mortality in the United States: a high-dimensional computational analysis

E. W. Harville, S.K. Grady, MA Langston, P. J. Juarez, D. Vilda, M. E. Wallace

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Systematic realist synthesis of health-related and lifestyle interventions designed to decrease overweight, obesity and unemployment in adults

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Quantifying differences in packaged food and drink purchases among households with diet-related cardiometabolic multi-morbidity: a cross-sectional analysis

Iben M. Ricket, Jeremiah R. Brown, Todd A. MacKenzie, Yu Ma, Dhruv Grewal, Kusum L. Ailawadi, Jennifer A. Emond

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Exploring physical literacy in children aged 8 to 12 years old: a cross-cultural comparison between China and Greece

Ming Hui Li, Vasiliki Kaioglou, Rui Si Ma, Siu Ming Choi, Fotini Venetsanou, Raymond Kim Wai Sum

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Geographic inequalities in health intervention coverage – mapping the composite coverage index in Peru using geospatial modelling

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Emotional and behavioral attitudes of Tunisian youth towards childhood leukemia: health education and primary prevention in perspective

Foued Maaoui, Imen Moumni, France Arboix-Calas, Ines Safra, Samia Menif

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Delta and Omicron: protective measures and SARS-CoV-2 infections in day care centres in Germany in the 4th and 5th wave of the pandemic 2021/2022

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A qualitative exploration of English black adults’ views of strength and balance activities in mid-life

Nick Cavill, Gill Cowburn, Russell Jago, Charlie Foster

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The cultural adaptation of the go wish card game for use in Flanders, Belgium: a public health tool to identify and discuss end-of-life preferences

Charlèss Dupont, Tinne Smets, Fanny Monnet, Malin Eneslätt, Carol Tishelman, Lieve Van den Block

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Eight-year experience of maternal death surveillance in Morocco: qualitative study of stakeholders’ views at a subnational level

Saloua Abouchadi, Isabelle Godin, Wei-Hong Zhang, Vincent De Brouwere

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Barriers associated with the public use of sports facilities in China: a qualitative study

Wei Gao, Weisheng Feng, Qianli Xu, Shihui Lu, Keqiang Cao

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Exploring theory-based behavioral interventions promoting COVID-19 prevention and healthcare-seeking for migrant worker men in Singapore: a qualitative study

Zoe Jane-Lara Hildon, Chitra Panchapakesan, Md Tahmid Hasan, Nazrana Khaled, Alyssa Yenyi Chan, Shilpi Tripathi, Melvyn Chung Pheng Wong, May O. Lwin, Mark Chen I-Cheng, Kaosar Afsana

Open Access COVID-19 Research

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Sooyoung Kim, Ariadna Capasso, Shahmir H. Ali, Tyler Headley, Ralph J. DiClemente, Yesim Tozan

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Associations between sociodemographic factors and receiving "ask and advise" services from healthcare providers in India: analysis of the national GATS-2 dataset

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Open Access COVID-19 Research

National COVID-19 lockdown and trends in help-seeking for violence against children in Zimbabwe: an interrupted time-series analysis

Ilan Cerna-Turoff, Robert Nyakuwa, Ellen Turner, Charles Muchemwa Nherera, Tendai Nhenga-Chakarisa, Karen Devries

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Impact of HPV vaccination on HPV infection and cervical related disease burden in real-world settings (HPV-RWS): protocol of a prospective cohort

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The impact of influenza on the ability to work, volunteer and provide care: results from an online survey of Canadian adults 50 years and older

Nancy M. Waite, Jennifer A. Pereira, Sherilyn K. D. Houle, Vladimir Gilca, Melissa K. Andrew

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HIV prevalence among transgender women in Northeast Brazil – Findings from two Respondent Driven Sampling studies

Beo Oliveira Leite, Laio Magno, Fabiane Soares, Sarah MacCarthy, Sandra Brignol, Francisco Inácio Bastos, Inês Dourado

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Priya Saravanakumar, Arun Balachandran, T. Muhammad, Drishti Drishti, Shobhit Srivastava

Open Access COVID-19 Research

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Anna-Leena Lohiniva, Annika Pensola, Suvi Hyökki, Jonas Sivelä, Tuukka Tammi

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Aditya Singh, Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Shivani Singh, Rakesh Chandra, Sourav Chowdhury, Anshika Singh

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Effectiveness of a multiple health-behaviour-change intervention in increasing adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in adults (EIRA study): a randomized controlled hybrid trial

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The actual and anticipated effects of restrictions on flavoured electronic nicotine delivery systems: a scoping review

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Open Access COVID-19 Research

Temporal changes in health-related lifestyle during the COVID-19 epidemic in Finland – a series of cross-sectional surveys

Tuija Jääskeläinen, Tommi Härkänen, Peppi Haario, Elina Isosaari, Annamari Lundqvist

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MomsTalkShots, tailored educational app, improves vaccine attitudes: a randomized controlled trial

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Open Access COVID-19 Research

Factors associated with insomnia and suicidal thoughts among outpatients, healthcare workers, and the general population in Taiwan during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

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Respiratory health among adolescents living in the Highveld Air Pollution Priority Area in South Africa

Danielle A. Millar, Thandi Kapwata, Zamantimande Kunene, Mirriam Mogotsi, Bianca Wernecke, Rebecca M. Garland, Angela Mathee, Linda Theron, Diane T. Levine, Michael Ungar, Chiara Batini, Catherine John, Caradee Y. Wright

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Social capital and willingness to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials: an Italian case-control study

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Open Access Research

Spatiotemporal dynamics and potential ecological drivers of acute respiratory infectious diseases: an example of scarlet fever in Sichuan Province

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Lifestyle behaviors and mental health during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic among college students: a web-based study

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Perceived attitudes of family and peers toward same-sex marriage as a distal sexual minority stressor for gay and bisexual men in Taiwan

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Open Access COVID-19 Research

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A nationwide cross-sectional review of in-hospital hepatitis B virus testing and disease burden estimation in Ghana, 2016 - 2021

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Open Access COVID-19 Research

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Rural urban differences in self-rated health among older adults: examining the role of marital status and living arrangements

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Dementia is (not) a natural part of ageing: a cross-sectional study on dementia knowledge and misconceptions in Swiss and Italian young adults, adults, and older adults

Deborah Pacifico, Maddalena Fiordelli, Marta Fadda, Sabatini Serena, Giovanni Piumatti, Fabio Carlevaro, Francesca Magno, Giovanni Franscella, Emiliano Albanese

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Natalia I. Heredia, Michael Machiorlatti, Belinda M. Reininger, Candace Robledo

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Sarah Quinones, Tia Palermo, Maja Gavrilovic, Vincenzo Vinci, Frank Otchere, Essa Chanie Mussa, Gustavo Angeles, Elsa Valli, Jennifer Waidler, Getinet Tadele, Sewareg Adamu, Teketel Abebe, Yenenesh Tadesse, Feredu Nega, Mesay Kebede, Fekadu Muluye, Alene Matsentu, Daniel Aklilu, Ana Gabriela Guerrero Serdan, Lisa-Marie Ouedraogo, Getachew Berhanu Kebede

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Implementing tuberculosis patient cost surveys in resource-constrained settings: lessons from Tanzania

Andrew Martin Kilale, Charles Makasi, Melkisedeck Majaha, Chacha Dionis Manga, Sylvia Haule, Pudensiana Hilary, Omari Kimbute, Stephen Kitua, Bhavin Jani, Nyagosya Range, Bernard Ngowi, Emmanuel Nkiligi, Emmanuel Matechi, Wilbard Muhandiki, Vishnu Mahamba, Beatrice Mutayoba, Julia Ershova

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Factors associated with body size perception among adolescent goal-oriented sports participants and non-participants: a cross-sectional Finnish study

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A general framework for selecting work participation outcomes in intervention studies among persons with health problems: a concept paper

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Validation studies of verbal autopsy methods: a systematic review

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Nutritional and health status of adult Syrian refugees in the early years of asylum in Germany: a cross-sectional pilot study

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Television-viewing time and bodily pain in Australian adults with and without type 2 diabetes: 12-year prospective relationships

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The relationship between HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, sexually transmitted infections, and antimicrobial resistance: a qualitative interview study of men who have sex with men

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‘A priori’ external contextual factors and relationships with process indicators: a mixed methods study of the pre-implementation phase of ‘Communities in Charge of Alcohol’

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Associations between e-health literacy and chronic disease self-management in older Chinese patients with chronic non-communicable diseases: a mediation analysis

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The impact of conditional cash transfers for HIV prevention on peer relationships: perspectives from female recipients and non-recipients in HPTN 068

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Work after mental-health-related absence: a qualitative study of perceived change after a combination of metacognitive therapy and work-focused interventions

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Stressors related to the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, and the Ukraine crisis, and their impact on stress symptoms in Germany: analysis of cross-sectional survey data

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HIV care experiences and health priorities during the first wave of COVID-19: clients’ perspectives – a qualitative study in Lusaka, Zambia

Njekwa Mukamba, Anjali Sharma, Chanda Mwamba, Herbert Nyirenda, Marksman Foloko, Kasapo Lumbo, Katerina Christopoulos, Sandra Simbeza, Kombatende Sikombe, Charles B. Holmes, Elvin H. Geng, Izukanji Sikazwe, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Laura K. Beres

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Multidisciplinary peer-led sexual and reproductive health education programme in France, a prospective controlled-study

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Is equity considered in systematic reviews of interventions for mitigating social isolation and loneliness in older adults?

Mohamad Tarek Madani, Leen Madani, Elizabeth Tanjong Ghogomu, Simone Dahrouge, Paul C. Hébert, Clara Juando-Prats, Kate Mulligan, Vivian Welch

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Symptoms of depression and anxiety, and unmet healthcare needs in adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Jayati Khattar, Lauren E. Griffith, Aaron Jones, Vanessa De Rubeis, Margaret de Groh, Ying Jiang, Nicole E. Basta, Susan Kirkland, Christina Wolfson, Parminder Raina, Laura N. Anderson, Andrew Costa, Cynthia Balion, Yukiko Asada, Benoȋt Cossette, Melanie Levasseur, Scott Hofer, Theone Paterson, David Hogan, Jacqueline McMillan, Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Verena Menec, Philip St. John, Gerald Mugford, Zhiwei Gao, Vanessa Taler, Patrick Davidson, Andrew Wister, Theodore Cosco

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Improving community coverage of Japanese encephalitis vaccination: lessons learned from a mass campaign in Battambang Province, Cambodia

Michael C. Thigpen, Svay Sarath, Sann Chan Soeung, Ork Vichit, Paul Kitsutani, Hardeep Sandhu, Christopher Gregory, Marc Fischer, Chheng Morn, Susan L. Hills

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Resilience mediates parenting style associated school bullying victimization in Chinese children and adolescents

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School-based peer education interventions to improve health: a global systematic review of effectiveness

Steven Dodd, Emily Widnall, Abigail Emma Russell, Esther Louise Curtin, Ruth Simmonds, Mark Limmer, Judi Kidger

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Prevalence, predictors and consequences of gambling on Children in Ghana

Sylvester Kyei-Gyamfi, Daniel Coffie, Michael Ofori Abiaw, Patience Hayford, Joseph Otchere Martey, Frank Kyei-Arthur

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Adherence to micronutrient powder for home fortification of foods among infants and toddlers in rural China: a structural equation modeling approach

Chang Sun, Ruixue Ye, Muizz Akhtar, Sarah-Eve Dill, Ping Yuan, Huan Zhou, Scott Rozelle

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Changes in structure and function of social networks of independently living middle-aged and older adults in diverse sociodemographic subgroups during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study

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Impact of solid fuel usage on respiratory symptoms among reproductive aged women: a cross-sectional study in Sri Lanka

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Jasmine A Mack, Erica A Voss, Rada Rusu, Meg Celine Hernandez, Sonia Hernandez-Diaz, Diego F Wyszynski, Shirley Sylvester, Rachael L DiSantostefano

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Prevalence, risk factors and quality of life impact of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among school teachers in Cairo, Egypt

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The determinants of immunization coverage among children aged between 12 and 35 months: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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Publisher Correction: Double-counting of populations in evidence synthesis in public health: a call for awareness and future methodological development

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Preventative practices and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on caregivers of children with pediatric pulmonary hypertension

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Establishment of dynamic nomogram and risk score models for T2DM: a retrospective cohort study in Beijing

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Association of meaning in life with preventive healthcare use among Chinese adults: are there age and gender differences?

Dexing Zhang, Zijun Xu, Zuyao Yang, Weiju Zhou, Peter Man-hin Cheung, Eric Kam-pui Lee, Baoliang Zhong, Dong Xu, Xue Li, Yaojie Xie, Gao Yang, Shuiyuan Xiao, Samuel Yeung-shan Wong

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Factors influencing physical inactivity status among chinese pregnant women: a cross-sectional study

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Joshua A. Rusow, Marco A. Hidalgo, Sam Calvetti, Meg Quint, Su Wu, Bethany C. Bray, Michele D. Kipke

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Epidémiology of malaria from 2019 to 2021 in the southeastern city of Franceville, Gabon

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Mixed methods assessment of personal heat exposure, sleep, physical activity, and heat adaptation strategies among urban residents in the Boston area, MA

Chad W. Milando, Flannery Black-Ingersoll, Leila Heidari, Ibrahim López-Hernández, Julie de Lange, Abgel Negassa, Alina M. McIntyre, M. Pilar Botana Martinez, Roseann Bongiovanni, Jonathan I. Levy, Patrick L. Kinney, Madeleine K. Scammell, M. Patricia Fabian

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How climate, landscape, and economic changes increase the exposure of Echinococcus Spp.

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Socioeconomic differences in COVID-19 infection, hospitalisation and mortality in urban areas in a region in the South of Europe

Nicolás F Fernández-Martínez, Rafael Ruiz-Montero, Diana Gómez-Barroso, Alejandro Rodríguez-Torronteras, Nicola Lorusso, Inmaculada Salcedo-Leal, Luis Sordo

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Impact of national COVID-19 restrictions on incidence of notifiable communicable diseases in England: an interrupted time series analysis

Katrina Nash, Jo Lai, Karanbir Sandhu, Joht Singh Chandan, Saran Shantikumar, Fatai Ogunlayi, Paul C. Coleman

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Investigating informed choice in screening programmes: a mixed methods analysis

Natalie Tyldesley-Marshall, Amy Grove, Iman Ghosh, Laura Kudrna, Abimbola Ayorinde, Megha Singh, Edward Mehaan, Aileen Clarke, Sian Taylor-Phillips, Lena Al-Khudairy

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Explanatory models of hypertension in Guatemala: recognizing the perspectives of patients, family members, health care providers and administrators, and national-level health system stakeholders

Juan Carlos Figueroa, Alejandra Paniagua-Avila, Ingrid Sub Cuc, Sayra Cardona, Manuel Ramirez-Zea, Vilma Irazola, Meredith P. Fort

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Risk factors and prevalence of human African trypanosomiasis in individuals living in remote areas of the republic of Congo

Viny Andzi Elenga, Abel Lissom, Darrel Ornelle Assiana Elion, Jeannhey Christevy Vouvoungui, Jean Claude Djontu, Reauchelvy Kamal Boumpoutou, Gabriel Ahombo, Francine Ntoumi

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Stakeholder insights into implementing a systems-based suicide prevention program in regional and rural Tasmanian communities

Laura Grattidge, Terry Purton, Stuart Auckland, David Lees, Jonathan Mond

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Towards more personalized digital health interventions: a clustering method of action and coping plans to promote physical activity

Helene Schroé, Stéphanie Carlier, Delfien Van Dyck, Femke De Backere, Geert Crombez

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The wellbeing paradox in Hungarian local sustainable agriculture: a health psychology approach

Ilona Liliána Birtalan, Imre Fertő, Ágnes Neulinger, József Rácz, Attila Oláh

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Household level of air pollution and its impact on the occurrence of Acute Respiratory Illness among children under five: secondary analysis of Demographic and Health Survey in West Africa

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Socio-demographic determinants of knowledge, attitude and practices towards food safety among Lebanese population during the economic crisis: a cross-sectional study

Rana El Haidari, Fatima Fahes, Fatima Makke, Fatima Nouredine, Kassem Baydoun, Samir Mansour, Abbas Hoballah

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Prevalence of asthma and its symptoms in Sri Lankan adults

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Achieving the UNAIDS 90–90-90 targets: a comparative analysis of four large community randomised trials delivering universal testing and treatment to reduce HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa

K. Sabapathy, L. Balzer, J. Larmarange, L. Block, S. Floyd, C. Iwuji, K. Wirth, H. Ayles, S. Fidler, M. Kamya, M. Petersen, D. Havlir, F. Dabis, J. Moore, R. Hayes

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Predictive capacity of COVID-19-related risk beliefs on weight management behaviors on a commercial weight loss program and speed of COVID-19 vaccination uptake: prospective cohort study

Annabell Suh Ho, E. Siobhan Mitchell, Jihye Lee, Andrew Steptoe, Heather Behr, Christine N. May, Andreas Michaelides

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Study on the influence of meteorological factors on influenza in different regions and predictions based on an LSTM algorithm

Hansong Zhu, Si Chen, Wen Lu, Kaizhi Chen, Yulin Feng, Zhonghang Xie, Zhifang Zhang, Lingfang Li, Jianming Ou, Guangmin Chen

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Violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: a multi-country analysis

C. K. Lutter, S. Hernández-Cordero, L. Grummer-Strawn, V. Lara-Mejía, A. L. Lozada-Tequeanes

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What did the pandemic teach us about effective health communication? Unpacking the COVID-19 infodemic

Eric J. Cooks, Melissa J. Vilaro, Brenda W. Dyal, Shu Wang, Gillian Mertens, Aantaki Raisa, Bumsoo Kim, Gemme Campbell-Salome, Diana J. Wilkie, Folake Odedina, Versie Johnson-Mallard, Yingwei Yao, Janice L. Krieger

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Association of lifestyle and sociodemographic factors on multimorbidity: a cross-sectional study in Portugal

Rosália Páscoa, Andreia Teixeira, Hugo Monteiro, Filipe Prazeres, Carlos Martins

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Exploration of inter-jurisdictional TB programming and mobility in a Canadian First Nation community

Apeksha Heendeniya Vidanaral, Richard Long, Courtney Heffernan, Sylvia Abonyi, Sherry Clarke, Paul Hackett

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Emotional response patterns, mental health, and structural vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: a latent class analysis

Chris Richardson, Trevor Goodyear, Allie Slemon, Anne Gadermann, Kimberly C. Thomson, Zachary Daly, Corey McAuliffe, Javiera Pumarino, Emily K. Jenkins

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Construction of a new complete growth reference for urban Chinese children

Wei Wu, JingNan Chen, MinJia Mo, Shuting Si, Ke Huang, RuiMin Chen, Mireguli Maimaiti, ShaoKe Chen, Chunxiu Gong, Min Zhu, ChunLin Wang, Zhe Su, Yan Liang, Hui Yao, HaiYan Wei, RongXiu Zheng, HongWei Du, Yu Yang, FeiHong Luo, Pin Li, LanWei Cui, GuanPing Dong, YunXian Yu, Junfen Fu

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Investigating the relationships between concentrated disadvantage, place connectivity, and COVID-19 fatality in the United States over time

Fengrui Jing, Zhenlong Li, Shan Qiao, Jiajia Zhang, Bankole Olatosi, Xiaoming Li

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The barriers of home environments for obesity prevention in Indonesian adolescents

Fransisca Handy Agung, Rini Sekartini, Nani Cahyani Sudarsono, Aryono Hendarto, Meita Dhamayanti, Retno Asti Werdhani, Susan M. Sawyer

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Inequality in prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Iran: the analysis of national households’ data

Mahdi Mahdavi, Mahboubeh Parsaeian, Farshad Farzadfar, Efat Mohamadi, Alireza Olyaeemanesh, Amirhossein Takian

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The role of trauma and positive youth development in polysubstance use among rural middle school students: a latent class analysis

Andrew P. Zervos, Devon J. Hensel, Rebecca James, Abby Hunt, Mary A. Ott

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From trial to practice: incidence and severity of COVID-19 vaccine side effects in a medically at-risk and vaccine-hesitant community

Melinda C. Joyce, Natalie J. Mountjoy, Julia A. Johnson, John T. Newman, David L. Bandy, Nasri A. Atalla, Aniruddha Singh, Doug McElroy

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Impact of social and cultural factors on incidence, transmission and control of Coronavirus disease in Iran: a qualitative study

Saeed Falla-Aliabadi, Ahad Heydari, Farin Fatemi, Nooshin Yoshany, Mohammad Hasan Lotfi, Alireza Sarsangi, Fahad Hanna

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Conceptualisations of mental illness and stigma in Congolese, Arabic-speaking and Mandarin-speaking communities: a qualitative study

Shameran Slewa-Younan, Klimentina Krstanoska-Blazeska, Ilse Blignault, Bingqin Li, Nicola J Reavley, Andre M. N. Renzaho

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Determinants of early marriage among married women in nine high fertility sub-Saharan African countries: a multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health surveys

Tadele Biresaw Belachew, Wubshet Debebe Negash, Getachew Teshale Kefale, Tesfahun Zemene Tafere, Desale Bihonegn Asmamaw

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Chronic diseases and productivity loss among middle-aged and elderly in India

Shamrin Akhtar, Sanjay K. Mohanty, Rajeev Ranjan Singh, Soumendu Sen

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Prevalence and determinants of contraceptive method use among Bangladeshi women of reproductive age: a multilevel multinomial analysis

Satyajit Kundu, Subarna Kundu, Md. Ashfikur Rahman, Humayun Kabir, Md. Hasan Al Banna, Saurav Basu, Hasan Mahmud Reza, Ahmed Hossain

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The use of condoms and other birth control methods among sexually active school-going adolescents in nine sub-Saharan African countries

Peter Bai James, Augustus Osborne, Lawrence Sao Babawo, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Emmanuel Kamanda Margao

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Negative experiences, social exclusion and unwanted attention on social media: exploring the association with adolescent alcohol use

Priya Ranganath, Gunnhild Johnsen Hjetland, Turi Reiten Finserås, Geir Scott Brunborg, Morten Hesse, Jens Christoffer Skogen

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Association of anticipated HIV testing stigma and provider mistrust on preference for HIV self-testing among cisgender men who have sex with men in the Philippines

Olivia T. Sison, Emmanuel S. Baja, Amiel Nazer C. Bermudez, Ma. Irene N. Quilantang, Godofreda V. Dalmacion, Ernest Genesis Guevara, Rhoda Myra Garces-Bacsal, Charlotte Hemingway, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Don Operario, Katie B. Biello

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Correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children attending before and after school care: a systematic review

Andrew J. Woods, Yasmine C. Probst, Jennifer Norman, Karen Wardle, Sarah T. Ryan, Linda Patel, Ruth K. Crowe, Anthony D. Okely

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Overcome the Fear (Vencer el Miedo): using entertainment education to impact adolescent sexual and reproductive health and parent-child communication in Mexico

Jorge A. Montoya, Aaron Plant, Deborah Neffa-Creech, Cecilia Orvañanos, Kriss Barker

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Interventions in the first 1000 days to prevent childhood obesity: a systematic review and quantitative content analysis

Celia Pérez-Muñoz, Jesús Carretero-Bravo, Esther Ortega-Martín, Begoña Ramos-Fiol, Bernardo Ferriz-Mas, Mercedes Díaz-Rodríguez

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Clinical and economic burden of physician-diagnosed influenza in adults during the 2017/2018 epidemic season in Spain

Ángel Gil-de-Miguel, Federico Martinón-Torres, Javier Díez-Domingo, Raúl Ortiz de Lejarazu Leonardo, Tomàs Pumarola, Mafalda Carmo, Georgina Drago, Juan Luis López-Belmonte, Hélène Bricout, Caroline de Courville, Esther Redondo Margüello

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Implementing SMS reminders for routine immunization in Northern Nigeria: a qualitative evaluation using the RE-AIM framework

Chisom Obi-Jeff, Cristina Garcia, Funmi Adewumi, Tobi Bamiduro, Winnie David, Alain Labrique, Chizoba Wonodi

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Perceived controllability of a SARS-CoV-2 infection: an investigation of intersectional differences

Till Neugebauer, Diana Wahidie, Fabian Erdsiek, Yüce Yilmaz-Aslan, Patrick Brzoska

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Population mental health matters child health disparity: a national level analysis

Yao Yao, Yujie Cui, Yanfeng Zhang, Heng Li, Wu Zeng

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The Mediterranean, DASH, and MIND diets and the incident of hypertension over a median follow-up of 7.4 years in the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

Elham Razmpoosh, Nazanin Moslehi, Shima Abdollahi, Sepideh Soltani, Parvin Mirmiran, Fereidoun Azizi

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Predictors of physical violence against children in Rwanda: findings from a National Cross-Sectional Survey

Alypio Nyandwi, Namatovu Fredinah, Vincent Rusanganwa, Cyprien Munyanshongore, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye, Prata Ndola, Jean Damascene Nshimiyimana, Marie-Gloriose Ingabire, Nyirabahinde Anastasie, Natasha Salant, Kamukunzi Mecthilde, Hakomeza Emmanuel, Assumpta Mukabutera

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Centering Indigenous knowledge in suicide prevention: a critical scoping review

Erynne Sjoblom, Winta Ghidei, Marya Leslie, Ashton James, Reagan Bartel, Sandra Campbell, Stephanie Montesanti

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Intervention strategies to promote healthy and sustainable food choices among parents with lower and higher socioeconomic status

Marjolijn Vos, Benedicte Deforche, Anneleen Van Kerckhove, Nathalie Michels, Maggie Geuens, Wendy Van Lippevelde

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Johannes Boch, Lakshmi Venkitachalam, Adela Santana, Olivia Jones, Theresa Reiker, Sarah Des Rosiers, Jason T. Shellaby, Jasmina Saric, Peter Steinmann, Jose M. E. Ferrer, Louise Morgan, Asha Barshilia, Edmir Peralta Rollemberg Albuquerque, Alvaro Avezum, Joseph Barboza, Yara C. Baxter, Luiz Bortolotto, Enkhtuya Byambasuren, Márcia Cerqueira, Naranjargal Dashdorj, Karina Mauro Dib, Babacar Guèye, Karim Seck, Mariana Silveira, Suely Miya Shiraishi Rollemberg, Renato W. de Oliveira, Tumurbaatar Luvsansambuu, Ann Aerts

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“In times of stress, it is good to be with them”: experience of dog owners from a rural district of Sri Lanka

Devarajan Rathish, Jayanthe Rajapakse, Kosala Weerakoon

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Nutritional status, health risk behaviors, and eating habits are correlated with physical activity and exercise of brazilian older hypertensive adults: a cross-sectional study

Leonardo Santos Lopes da Silva, Daniel de Freitas Batalhão, Anderson dos Santos Carvalho, Lucimere Bohn, Nilo César Ramos, Pedro Pugliesi Abdalla

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Driving under the influence of cannabis: perceptions from Canadian youth

Jennifer R. Donnan, Dalainey H. Drakes, Emily C. Rowe, Maisam Najafizada, Lisa D. Bishop

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Feasibility of conducting HIV prevention trials among key populations in Nairobi, Kenya

Elizabeth Mueni Mutisya, Vincent Muturi-Kioi, Andrew Abaasa, Delvin Nyasani, Rhoda W. Kabuti, Laura Lunani, Timothy Kotikot, Moses Mundia, Gaudensia Mutua, Geoffrey Ombati, Hannah Nduta, Matt A. Price, Joshua Kimani, Aggrey Omu Anzala

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“When people see me, they know me; they trust what I say”: characterizing the role of trusted sources for smoke risk communication in the Okanogan River Airshed Emphasis Area

Leah M Wood, Savannah M D’Evelyn, Nicole A Errett, Ann Bostrom, Cody Desautel, Ernesto Alvarado, Kris Ray, June T Spector

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Sugar-sweetened beverage purchases in urban Peru before the implementation of taxation and warning label policies: a baseline study

Caitlin M. Lowery, Lorena Saavedra-Garcia, Francisco Diez-Canseco, María Kathia Cárdenas, J. Jaime Miranda, Lindsey Smith Taillie

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Modelling population responses to workplace minimum dietary standards introduced as workers return after social lockdowns

Benjamin J. J. McCormick, Andrea Scalco, Tony Craig, Stephen Whybrow, Graham. W. Horgan, Jennie I. Macdiarmid

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Association of duration of undernutrition with occurrence of tuberculosis

Jiho Park, Ji Hyun Yoon, Hyun Kyun Ki, Yeonghee Eun, Kyungdo Han, Hyungjin Kim

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Overcoming barriers and enhancing facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination in the Hispanic community

Ramey Moore, Martha O. Rojo, Rachel S. Purvis, Luis Paganelli Marin, Judith Yáñez, Sharon Reece, Cheryl Wells, Brittany Vaughn, Pearl A. McElfish

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Identifying long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 and their association with social determinants of health in a cohort of over one million COVID-19 survivors

Sumit Mukherjee, Meghana Kshirsagar, Nicholas Becker, Yixi Xu, William B. Weeks, Shwetak Patel, Juan Lavista Ferres, Michael L. Jackson

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Publisher Correction: COVID-19 in Europe: from outbreak to vaccination

Paula Vicente, Abdul Suleman

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Inequalities in mortality associated with housing conditions in Belgium between 1991 and 2020

Martina Otavova, Christel Faes, Catherine Bouland, Eva De Clercq, Bram Vandeninden, Thierry Eggerickx, Jean-Paul Sanderson, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Bruno Masquelier

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Effects of different levels of non-pharmaceutical interventions on hand, foot and mouth disease in Guangzhou, China

Keyi Wu, Xiaowei Ma, Huamin Liu, Jiazhen Zheng, Rui Zhou, Zelin Yuan, Zhiwei Huang, Qi Zhong, Yining Huang, Zhoubin Zhang, Xianbo Wu

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Development of a behavioural support intervention for e-bike use in Australia

Jenna McVicar, Rebecca Nourse, Michelle A. Keske, Ralph Maddison

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Long-term self-reported health and disability after COVID-19 in public employees

Linda Ashman Kröönström, Johanna Krause, Simon B. Larsson, Robert Sigström, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen

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“The potential of social media in health promotion beyond creating awareness: an integrative review”

Atousa Ghahramani, Maximilian de Courten, Maria Prokofieva

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Cigarette smoking during pregnancy and adverse perinatal outcomes: a cross-sectional study over 10 years

Baptiste Tarasi, Jacques Cornuz, Carole Clair, David Baud

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Adverse childhood experiences and deviant behaviors among Chinese rural emerging adults: the role of social support

Yiqing Wang, Shuang Ma, Ling Jiang, Qinian Chen, Jing Guo, Huan He, Pengyang Li, Tianjiao Gao, Xiaohua Wang

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Risk factors of adolescent exposure to violence in Burkina Faso

Ronald Musizvingoza, Nyasha Tirivayi, Frank Otchere, Francesca Viola

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Social capital and wellbeing among Australian adults’ during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

Heidi Green, Ritin Fernandez, Lorna Moxham, Catherine MacPhail

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Unhealthy food and beverage marketing to children on digital platforms in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Kelly Garton, Sarah Gerritsen, Fiona Sing, Karen Lin, Sally Mackay

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Behavioral responses for facemask use messages to prevent COVID-19 among residents of Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia: an application of extended parallel process model

Tenagnework Eseyneh, Habtamu Wondiye, Zinabu Fentaw, Netsanet Eseyneh, Eyob Ketema Bogale, Hordofa Gutema

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Validation of the Indonesian resilience evaluation scale in an undergraduate student population

Indira Primasari, Chris M. Hoeboer, Anne Bakker, Miranda Olff

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Our Voice in a rural community: empowering Colombian adolescents to advocate for school community well-being through citizen science

Felipe Montes, Ana María Guerra, Diana Higuera-Mendieta, Eduardo De La Vega-Taboada, Abby C. King, Ann Banchoff, Augusto César Rodríguez Maturana, Olga L. Sarmiento

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Prevalence and risk factors for transactional sex among Swedish-born and foreign-born MSM in Sweden

Sara Causevic, Mariano Salazar, Anna Mia Ekström, Torsten Berglund, Kristina Ingemarsdotter Persson, Mikael Jonsson, Jonas Jonsson, Susanne Strömdahl

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Messaging preferences among Florida caregivers participating in focus groups who had not yet accepted the HPV vaccine for their 11- to 12-year-old child

Stephanie A. S. Staras, Carma L. Bylund, Michaela D. Mullis, Lindsay A. Thompson, Jaclyn M. Hall, Marta D. Hansen, Carla L. Fisher

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COVID-19 and its prevention in internally displaced person (IDP) camps in Somalia: impact on livelihood, food security and mental health

Farah I. Mumin, Fred D. Wesonga, Jibril I. M. Handuleh, Ross G. White, Siobhan M. Mor

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Physical impairments among adults in Denmark: a register-based study

Helene Nikolajsen, Camilla Marie Larsen, Anders Holsgaard-Larsen, Birgit Juul-Kristensen, Lise Hestbaek

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Girl child marriage and the social context of displacement: a qualitative comparative exploration of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Jewel Gausman, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Areej Othman, Maysoon Al Atoom, Abeer Shaheen, Iqbal Hamad, Maysoon Dabobe, Hassan Rushekh Mahmood, Rifah Ibnat, Ana Langer

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Worries, beliefs and factors influencing perinatal COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional survey of preconception, pregnant and lactating individuals

Serine Ramlawi, Katherine A. Muldoon, Sandra I. Dunn, Malia S. Q. Murphy, Alysha L. J. Dingwall-Harvey, Ruth Rennicks White, Romina Fakhraei, Shi Wu Wen, Mark C. Walker, Deshayne B. Fell, Tali Bogler, Darine El-Chaâr

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Socioeconomic differences in the reduction of face-to-face contacts in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

Julia Waldhauer, Florian Beese, Benjamin Wachtler, Sebastian Haller, Carmen Koschollek, Timo-Kolja Pförtner, Jens Hoebel

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Association between friendship quality and subjective wellbeing among adolescents: a systematic review

Abdullah Alsarrani, Ruth F. Hunter, Laura Dunne, Leandro Garcia

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Associations of environmental factors with total cholesterol level of middle-aged and elderly people in China

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The effectiveness of a “EspaiJove.net”- a school-based intervention programme in increasing mental health knowledge, help seeking and reducing stigma attitudes in the adolescent population: a cluster randomised controlled trial

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Mental health of working parents during the COVID-19 pandemic: can resilience buffer the impact of psychosocial work stress on depressive symptoms?

Stephanie Brym, Judith T. Mack, Victoria Weise, Marie Kopp, Susann Steudte-Schmiedgen, Susan Garthus-Niegel

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Collaborating with transgender youth to educate healthcare trainees and professionals: randomized controlled trial of a didactic enhanced by brief videos

Andrés Martin, Jillian Celentano, Christy Olezeski, Justin Halloran, Brent Penque, Jemel Aguilar, Doron Amsalem

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Development of the Chinese preschooler dietary index: a tool to assess overall diet quality

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Comparing enhancements to well-child visits in the prevention of obesity: ENCIRCLE cluster-randomized controlled trial

Lisa Bailey-Davis, Amy M. Moore, Melissa N. Poulsen, David A. Dzewaltowski, Stacey Cummings, Laina R. DeCriscio, Jennifer Franceschelli Hosterman, Daniel Huston, H. Lester Kirchner, Shawnee Lutcher, Carolyn McCabe, Gregory J. Welk, Jennifer S. Savage

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Towards a health promoting university: descriptive findings on health, wellbeing and academic performance amongst university students in Australia

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Jules Vrinten, Kathleen Van Royen, Sara Pabian, Charlotte De Backer, Christophe Matthys

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Morten Valberg, Jon Michael Gran, Corina S. Rueegg, Marissa LeBlanc

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Annemarie Wright, Alysha De Livera, Keun Hee Lee, Carl Higgs, Matthew Nicholson, Lisa Gibbs, Anthony Jorm

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Epidemiology of dental caries in permanent dentition: evidence from a population-based survey in Egypt

Mona Ahmed Abdel Fattah, Muhammad Helmi Barghouth, Mariem Osama Wassel, Omar Hassan Deraz, Ahmed Essam Khalil, Hazem Magdy Sarsik, Ahmed Mohamed Ali Mohsen, Amr Shaaban Qenawy, Reham Khaled Abou El Fadl

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Association between air quality satisfaction, family relationships, and depression symptoms among middle-aged and elderly chinese people: the mediation role of perceived health status

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Associations of excessive screen time and early screen exposure with health-related quality of life and behavioral problems among children attending preschools

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Irene N. Fierloos, Dafna A. Windhorst, Yuan Fang, Harrie Jonkman, Matty R. Crone, Clemens M. H. Hosman, Siok Swan Tan, Hein Raat

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La vida en la frontera: protocol for a prospective study exploring stress and health resiliencies among Mexican-origin individuals living in a US-Mexico border community

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