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BMC Public Health

Ausgabe 1/2024

Inhalt (1188 Artikel)

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Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary treatment with youth-initiated mentoring for youths with mental health needs from multi-problem families: a quasi-experimental study

Natasha Koper, Yukiko Boin, Hanneke E. Creemers, Levi van Dam, Geert Jan J. M. Stams, Susan Branje

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Mpox vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ammar Mektebi, Mohamed Elsaid, Tularam Yadav, Fatima Abdallh, Mohamad Assker, Abdelmonem Siddiq, Reem Sayad, Motaz Saifi, Ramadan Abdelmoez Farahat

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Global COVID-19 vaccine acceptance level and its determinants: an umbrella review

Biruk Beletew Abate, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Berihun Mulu Yayeh

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Prevalence and risk factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among physical therapists in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Thao Thi Thach Le, Wattana Jalayondeja, Keerin Mekhora, Petcharatana Bhuuanantanondh, Chutima Jalayondeja

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A qualitative synthesis of practice-based learning from case studies on COVID community champion programmes in England, UK

Jane South, James Woodall, Jude Stansfield, Tom Mapplethorpe, Andrew Passey, Anne-Marie Bagnall

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Factors predicting the intention of drug abuse avoidance among adolescents in Pinlaung Township, Myanmar: predictive correlational design

Nang Nwe Nwe Latt, Wimolnun Putdivarnichapong, Supapak Phetrasuwan, Nopporn Vongsirimas

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Development and validation of a food frequency questionnaire in adult Saudi subjects in Jeddah city

Sarah M. Ajabnoor, Hanan Jambi, Suhad Bahijri

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Modifiable lifestyle, mental health status and diabetic retinopathy in U.S. adults aged 18–64 years with diabetes: a population-based cross-sectional study from NHANES 1999–2018

Bo Li, Chuandi Zhou, Chufeng Gu, Xiaoyun Cheng, Yujie Wang, Chenxin Li, Mingming Ma, Ying Fan, Xun Xu, Haibing Chen, Zhi Zheng

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Associations between child marriage and food insecurity in Zimbabwe: a participatory mixed methods study

Katherine Gambir, Abel Blessing Matsika, Anna Panagiotou, Eleanor Snowden, Clare Lofthouse, Janna Metzler

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Physical and psychosocial challenges of people with gender dysphoria: a content analysis study

Zahra Ghiasi, Fatemeh Khazaei, Mohsen Khosravi, Nasrin Rezaee

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Relationship between work-family conflict and anxiety/depression among Chinese correctional officers: a moderated mediation model of burnout and resilience

Ying Huang, Huijuan Guo, Siyuan Wang, Shaoling Zhong, Yuqiong He, Hui Chen, Jiansong Zhou, Xiaoping Wang

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Assessing the relationship between nutrition literacy and eating behaviors among nursing students: a cross-sectional study

Pouya Mostafazadeh, Mohammad Javad Jafari, Mohammad Reza Mojebi, Reza Nemati-Vakilabad, Alireza Mirzaei

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WaSH insecurity and anxiety among people who inject drugs in the Tijuana-San Diego border region

Lourdes Johanna Avelar Portillo, Alhelí Calderón-Villarreal, Daniela Abramovitz, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Susan Cassels, Carlos F. Vera, Sheryl Munoz, Arturo Tornez, Gudelia Rangel, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Georgia L. Kayser

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The impact of isolation on comorbidity of PTSD symptoms and depression: evidence from PTRP-5-6 in China

Wenjie Yan, Zhilei Shang, Lili Wu, Hongli Lv, Yanpu Jia, Jingye Zhan, Jing Wang, Hui Ouyang, Weizhi Liu, Wenfang Chen

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Solidarity and reciprocity during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal qualitative interview study from Germany

Franziska B. Schönweitz, Bettina M. Zimmermann, Nora Hangel, Amelia Fiske, Stuart McLennan, Anna Sierawska, Alena Buyx

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What influences the public’s willingness to report health insurance fraud in familiar or unfamiliar healthcare settings? a cross-sectional study of the young and middle-aged people in China

Jinpeng Xu, Ting Zhang, Hongyu Zhang, Fangmin Deng, Qi Shi, Jian Liu, Fangting Chen, Jingran He, Qunhong Wu, Zheng Kang, Guomei Tian

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Effects of altitude on thyroid disorders according to Chinese three-rung, ladder-like topography: national cross-sectional study

Boshen Gong, Youmin Wang, Jin-an Zhang, Qiao Zhang, Jiajun Zhao, Jiashu Li, Xichang Wang, Yutong Han, Ziwei Yu, Chenyu Zhang, Bingcong Peng, Yumin Xing, Qiuxian Li, Ping Wang, Yongze Li, Weiping Teng, Zhongyan Shan

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Bullying experiences before and after the transition from lower to upper secondary school: associations with subsequent mental health in a Swedish cohort

Sara Brolin Låftman, Karina Grigorian, Andreas Lundin, Viveca Östberg, Jonas Raninen

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Association between obesity and fracture risk in Chinese women above 50 years of age: a prospective cohort study

Hui Li, Qunying Xu, Yunli Ye, Bei Chang, Rui Wang, Guangwen Li

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Prevalence and associated factors of overweight and obesity among medical students from the Western Balkans (South-East Europe Region)

Miloš Ilić, Huiwen Pang, Tomislav Vlaški, Maja Grujičić, Budimka Novaković

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Good practice in reaching and treating refugees in addiction care in Germany – a Delphi study

Panagiotis Stylianopoulos, Laura Hertner, Andreas Heinz, Ulrike Kluge, Ingo Schäfer, Simone Penka

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Effectiveness of a socioecological model-guided, smart device-based, self-management-oriented lifestyle intervention in community residents: protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Shujuan Yang, Bin Yu, Kai Liao, Xu Qiao, Yunzhe Fan, Ming Li, Yuekong Hu, Jiayan Chen, Tingting Ye, Changwei Cai, Chunlan Ma, Tong Pang, Zixing Huang, Peng Jia, Jan D. Reinhardt, Qingyu Dou

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Reflections on the process, challenges, and lessons learned conducting remote qualitative research on Violence against women during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in South Africa

Pinky Mahlangu, Mercilene Tanyaradzwa Machisa, Rachel Jewkes, Andrew Gibbs, Nwabisa Shai, Yandisa Sikweyiya

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Continuity of primary care for type 2 diabetes and hypertension and its association with health outcomes and disease control: insights from Central Vietnam

Le Ho Thi Quynh-Anh, Peter Pype, Johan Wens, Nguyen Vu Quoc Huy, Anselme Derese, Wim Peersman, Nhon Bui, Huyen Nguyen Thi Thanh, Tam Nguyen Minh

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Prevalence of intentions to receive monkeypox vaccine. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Darwin A. León-Figueroa, Joshuan J. Barboza, Mario J. Valladares-Garrido, Ranjit Sah, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales

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Association of physical activity with socio-economic status and chronic disease in older adults in China: cross-sectional findings from the survey of CLASS 2020 after the outbreak of COVID-19

Yi Li, Mingyuan Cui, Yiqun Pang, Bing Zhan, Xiaotian Li, Qiurui Wang, Fang Chen, Zhixiong Zhou, Qingzhu Yang

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Correction: Going upstream – an umbrella review of the macroeconomic determinants of health and health inequalities

Yannish Naik, Peter Baker, Sharif A. Ismail, Taavi Tillmann, Kristin Bash, Darryl Quantz, Frances Hillier-Brown, Wikum Jayatunga, Gill Kelly, Michelle Black, Anya Gopfert, Peter Roderick, Ben Barr, Clare Bambra

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A chemical accident cause text mining method based on improved accident triangle

Zheng Li, Min Yao, Zhenmin Luo, Xinping Wang, Tongshuang Liu, Qianrui Huang, Chang Su

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Outcomes of the combined lifestyle intervention CooL during COVID-19: a descriptive case series study

Ester Janssen, Nicole Philippens, Stef Kremers, Rik Crutzen

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Links across disabilities: unveiling associations between functional domains

J. Dalal, S. Mitra, A. James, M. Rivas Velarde

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Association between alternative healthy eating index (AHEI) with metabolic health status in adolescents with overweight and obesity

Donya Poursalehi, Ghazaleh Bahrami, Saeideh Mirzaei, Ali Asadi, Masoumeh Akhlaghi, Parvane Saneei

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Increasing the uptake of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria in pregnancy using Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) through seasonal malaria chemoprevention channel delivery: protocol of a multicenter cluster randomized implementation trial in Mali and Burkina Faso

Kadiatou Koita, Joel D. Bognini, Efundem Agboraw, Mahamadou Dembélé, Seydou Yabré, Biébo Bihoun, Oumou Coulibaly, Hamidou Niangaly, Jean-Batiste N’Takpé, Maia Lesosky, Dario Scaramuzzi, Eve Worrall, Jenny Hill, Valérie Briand, Halidou Tinto, Kassoum Kayentao

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A mobile healthy lifestyle intervention to promote mental health in adolescence: a mixed-methods evaluation

Carmen Peuters, Laura Maenhout, Greet Cardon, Annick De Paepe, Ann DeSmet, Emelien Lauwerier, Kenji Leta, Geert Crombez

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Correction: longitudinal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development of mental disorders in preadolescents and adolescents

Naomi Matsumoto, Tomoka Kadowaki, Satoe Takanaga, Yoshie Shigeyasu, Ayumi Okada, Takashi Yorifuji

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Multimorbidity, healthy lifestyle, and the risk of cognitive impairment in Chinese older adults: a longitudinal cohort study

Xiaolong Xing, Xueli Yang, Jinqian Chen, Jin Wang, Bowei Zhang, Yanrong Zhao, Shuo Wang

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Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on hepatitis B and forecasting the epidemiological trend in mainland China: a causal analysis

Chao-Qun He, Bai-Hong Sun, Wang-Tao Yu, Shu-Yi An, Bao-Jun Qiao, Wei Wu

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Burnout among public health workers in Canada: a cross-sectional study

Japteg Singh, David E-O Poon, Elizabeth Alvarez, Laura Anderson, Chris P. Verschoor, Arielle Sutton, Zayya Zendo, Thomas Piggott, Emma Apatu, Donna Churipuy, Ian Culbert, Jessica P. Hopkins

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Association between dietary inflammatory index and Stroke in the US population: evidence from NHANES 1999–2018

Yukang Mao, Jiayi Weng, Qiyang Xie, Lida Wu, Yanling Xuan, Jun Zhang, Jun Han

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Collateral effects of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders on violence against women in the United States, January 2019 to December 2020

Patricia C. Lewis, Yuk Fai Cheong, Nadine J. Kaslow, Kathryn M. Yount

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“What if I get sick, where shall I go?”: a qualitative investigation of healthcare engagement among young gay and bisexual men in Nairobi, Kenya

Samuel Waweru Mwaniki, Peter Mwenda Kaberia, Peter Mwangi Mugo, Thesla Palanee-Phillips

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Association between dietary diversity, sedentary time outside of work and depressive symptoms among knowledge workers: a multi-center cross-sectional study

Lijun Li, Pingting Yang, Yinglong Duan, Jianfei Xie, Min Liu, Yi Zhou, Xiaofei Luo, Chun Zhang, Ying Li, Jiangang Wang, Zhiheng Chen, Xiaohong Zhang, Andy S. K. Cheng

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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of diabetes in patients with and without sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy from two secondary eye care centres in India

Shahina Pardhan, Rajiv Raman, Anupama Biswas, Durgasri Jaisankar, Sanjiv Ahluwalia, Raju Sapkota

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Centering PrEP: Utilizing ADAPT-ITT to inform group PrEP care for sex workers in Chicago

Randi Beth Singer, Janelli Barrow, Amy K. Johnson, Jessica Zemlak, Natasha Crooks, Sarah Abboud, Douglas Bruce, Noel Green, Jahari Stamps, Jennifer Neely, Susan G. Sherman, Crystal L. Patil, Alicia K. Matthews

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Bilibili, TikTok, and YouTube as sources of information on gastric cancer: assessment and analysis of the content and quality

Menghui Wang, Nan Yao, Jianming Wang, Wenjuan Chen, Yaobin Ouyang, Chuan Xie

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Eliminating mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus: practice and progress in Baoan, a national pilot district of China

Ya-Li Luo, Shuang Gao, Quan-Fu Zhang, Xian Liu, Ding-Yan Lv, Jia-Hong Chen, Wei Wang

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A response playbook for early detection and population surveillance of new SARS-CoV-2 variants in a regional public health laboratory

Hannah J. Barbian, Alyse Kittner, Richard Teran, Sofiya Bobrovska, Xueting Qiu, Kayla English, Stefan J. Green, Isaac Ghinai, Massimo Pacilli, Mary K. Hayden

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Gap in knowledge of health benefits and risks of combined oral contraceptives among Lebanese women

Maroun J. Ibrahim, Lynn E. Khalife, Yara D. Ghanem, Ghady S. Baz, Michele M. Cherfane

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Are physical activity and sleep associated with emotional self-regulation in toddlers? a cross-sectional study

Abhigale F. L. D’Cruz, Katherine L. Downing, Emma Sciberras, Kylie D. Hesketh

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Effect of neighborhood and individual-level socioeconomic factors on breast cancer screening adherence in a multi-ethnic study

Gillian Kasper, Mahsa Momen, Kristen A. Sorice, Kiara N. Mayhand, Elizabeth A. Handorf, Evelyn T. Gonzalez, Amie Devlin, Kirsten Brownstein, Nestor Esnaola, Susan G. Fisher, Shannon M. Lynch

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Preventing post-discharge suicides in psychiatric patients: insights from patients, lay healthcare supporters, and mental health professionals—a qualitative analysis

Tiantian Fu, Huiming Liu, Chang Chen, Bin Zhang, Guanjie Chen, Yuanhan Bai, Jinghua Li, Fengsu Hou

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Effectiveness of health management team program to enhance prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus in Ningxia, China

Chenglei Zhang, Yongxiang Huang, Liying Ji, Qian Zhu, Lixin Wang, Jingjiao Wang

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The links between parental smoking and childhood obesity: data of the longitudinal study of Australian children

Preety Srivastava, Trong-Anh Trinh, Karen T. Hallam, Leila Karimi, Bruce Hollingsworth

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Effectiveness of gamified digital interventions in mental health prevention and health promotion among adults: a scoping review

Leona Aschentrup, Pia Anna Steimer, Kevin Dadaczynski, Timothy Mc Call, Florian Fischer, Kamil J. Wrona

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Polish pregnant women’s knowledge on early childhood caries prevention and oral hygiene in children

Katarzyna Domosławska-Żylińska, Magdalena Łopatek, Magdalena Krysińska-Pisarek, Paulina Wiśniewska

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Trends in the incidence and survival of cancer in individuals aged 55 years and older in the United States, 1975–2019

Junpeng Cui, Rongmei Ding, Haifeng Liu, Mingxiu Ma, Ruixue Zuo, Xun Liu

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Socioeconomic inequalities in health-related functioning among people with type 2 Diabetes: longitudinal analyses in the Maastricht Study

Rachelle Meisters, Jeroen Albers, Bengisu Sezer, Bastiaan E. de Galan, Simone J. P. M. Eussen, Coen D. A. Stehouwer, Miranda T. Schram, Marleen M. J. van Greevenbroek, Anke Wesselius, Annemarie Koster, Hans Bosma

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Correction: Do restaurants comply with reduced salt requests from consumers ordering on meal delivery apps?

Chao Song, Wenyue Li, Ying Cui, Beisi Li, Zhongdan Chen, Paige Snider, Ying Long, Ailing Liu, Gauden Galea

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Association between cooking patterns and the prevalence of hyperlipidemia in Eastern China

Bin Cui, Wen Kai Yuan, Linda Dong-Ling Wang, Fu Rong Wang, Jing Peng, Jian Ying Ma, Xiang Chen, Mei Yin Xu, Jun Ke, Yi Tian

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Brief interventions for smoking and alcohol associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: a population survey in England

Loren Kock, Lion Shahab, Claire Garnett, Melissa Oldham, Harry Tattan-Birch, Colin Angus, Leonie Brose, Jamie Brown

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The effectiveness of mental health interventions involving non-specialists and digital technology in low-and middle-income countries – a systematic review

Kalpani Wijekoon Wijekoon Mudiyanselage, Karina Karolina De Santis, Frederike Jörg, Maham Saleem, Roy Stewart, Hajo Zeeb, Heide Busse

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A comparison between antibiotic utilisation in public and private community healthcare in Malaysia

Audrey Huili Lim, Norazida Ab Rahman, Siti Nur Su’aidah Nasarudin, Tineshwaran Velvanathan, Mary Chok Chiew Fong, Abdul Haniff Mohamad Yahaya, Sheamini Sivasampu

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Prevalence of mental disorders among middle-aged population of primary healthcare centers in Northeastern Iran

Mehdi Talebi, Ali Taghipour, Amene Raouf-Rahmati, Ehsan Musa Farokhani, Saeed Ghaffariyan-Jam, Azadeh Samarghandi, Maryam Nemati, Ahmad Nemati

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What are people’s attitudes toward medical insurance fraud whistleblowers? a study from China

Fangting Chen, Fangmin Deng, Jingran He, Jinpeng Xu, Jian Liu, Qi Shi, Hongyu Zhang, Ting Zhang, Qunhong Wu, Lijun Gao, Guomei Tian, Zheng Kang

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“Shared experience makes this all possible”: documenting the guiding principles of peer-led services for people released from prison

Heather Palis, Pam Young, Mo Korchinski, Shawn Wood, Jessica Xavier, Nelson Luk, Simrat Mahil, Sofia Bartlett, Helen Brown, Amy Salmon, Tonia Nicholls, Amanda Slaunwhite

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Insufficient compensatory pancreatic β-cells function might be closely associated with hyperuricemia in U.S. adults: evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Tianran Shen, Qiutong Zheng, Liling Zhong, Xia Zeng, Xiaojing Yuan, Fengxin Mo, Shiheng Zhu, Wenhan Yang, Qingsong Chen

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Users’ experience with health-related content on YouTube: an exploratory study

Fatma Mohamed, Abdulhadi Shoufan

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The middle-aged and older Chinese adults’ health using actigraphy in Taiwan (MOCHA-T): protocol for a multidimensional dataset of health and lifestyle

Ching-Ju Chiu, Szu-Yu Hou, Chih-Liang Wang, Hsiao-Han Tang, Po-Ching Kuo, Sheng-Fu Liang, Pei-Fen Kuo

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Indian fathers are involved in nurturing healthy behaviours in adolescents: A qualitative inquiry

Neha Rathi, Sangeeta Kansal, Anthony Worsley

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The impact of internet health information seeking on COVID-19 vaccination behavior in China

Yunyun Zhang, Lidong Zhang, Hongyu Guan, Rong Hao, Wenting Liu

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Information needs of ethnically diverse, vaccine-hesitant parents during decision-making about the HPV vaccine for their adolescent child: a qualitative study

Harriet Fisher, Sarah Denford, Suzanne Audrey, Adam Finn, Huda Hajinur, Matthew Hickman, Sandra Mounier-jack, Asha Mohamed, Marion Roderick, Leanne Tucker, Julie Yates, Tracey Chantler

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The effect of exercise training and motivational counselling on physical activity behaviour and psychosocial factors in pregnant women: secondary analyses of the FitMum randomised controlled trial investigating prenatal physical activity

Signe de Place Knudsen, Caroline Borup Roland, Saud Abdulaziz Alomairah, Anne Dsane Jessen, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Jane M. Bendix, Tine D. Clausen, Ellen Løkkegaard, Bente Stallknecht, Stig Molsted

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Adherence to option B + antiretroviral therapy and associated factors in pregnant and breastfeeding women in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lucresse Corine Fassinou, Diane Songwa Nkeunang , Thérèse Delvaux, Nicolas Nagot, Fati Kirakoya-Samadoulougou

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Exploring the associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adolescent cancer risk behaviours in the ALSPAC cohort

Paul Okediji, David Troy, Jon Heron, Ruth R. Kipping, Richard M. Martin, Caroline Wright

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The role of dairy consumption in the relationship between wealth and early life physical growth in India: evidence from multiple national surveys

Franciosalgeo George, L Naga Rajeev, Sulagna Bandyopadhyay, Jeswin Baby, Srishti Sinha, Harshpal Singh Sachdev, Anura V Kurpad, Tinku Thomas

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A systematic review of factors associated with student use of campus food pantries: implications for addressing barriers and facilitating use

Oisemujaime Victoria Idehai, Pindar Mbaya, Tammy Chung, Trishnee Bhurosy

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Burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its risk factors in North Africa and the Middle East, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease study 2019

Nazli Namazi, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Shahnaz Esmaeili, Maryam Peimani, Yeganeh Sharifnejad Tehrani, Fatemeh Bandarian, Parnian Shobeiri, Ensieh Nasli-Esfahani, Mohammad-Reza Malekpour, Negar Rezaei, Nazila Rezaei, Babak Arjmand, Bagher Larijani, Farshad Farzadfar

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Trends in suicide mortality among prostate cancer survivors in the United States, 1975–2019

Hao Wan, Xiangpeng Zhan, Situ Xiong, Tao Chen, Xiaoqiang Liu, Xinxi Deng, Songhui Xu, Bin Fu

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on quality of tuberculosis care in private facilities in Bandung, Indonesia: a repeated cross-sectional standardized patients study

Angelina Sassi, Bony Wiem Lestari, Kuuni Ulfah Naila El Muna, Charity Oga-Omenka, Nur Afifah, Rodiah Widarna, Lavanya Huria, Nathaly Aguilera Vasquez, Andrea Benedetti, Panji Fortuna Hadisoemarto, Benjamin Daniels, Jishnu Das, Madhukar Pai, Bachti Alisjahbana

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Barriers and enabling structural forces affecting access to antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria

Kingsley Oturu, Oonagh O’Brien, Philomena I. Ozo-Eson

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Demographic and socio-economic factors affecting bed net ownership, usage, and malaria transmission among adult patients seeking healthcare in two Ghanaian urban cities

Ellis Kobina Paintsil, Enoch Boadi, Anthony Dwamena, Bless Hayford Addo, Agyei Kumi, Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Linda Aurelia Ofori

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The use of technology to address loneliness and social isolation among older adults: the role of social care providers

Elisabeth Grey, Fran Baber, Estelle Corbett, David Ellis, Fiona Gillison, Julie Barnett

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The association between interest of nutritional supplements and COVID-19 pandemic - evidence from Google Trends

Li-Yin Lin, Atina Husnayain, Yi-Tui Chen, Chao-Yang Kuo

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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: assessing the prevalence, predictors, and effectiveness of a community pharmacy based counseling intervention

Joshua Kiptoo, John Isiiko, Tadele Mekuriya Yadesa, Tumugumye Rhodah, Paul E. Alele, Edgar Mugema Mulogo

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Ideal cardiovascular health metrics have better identification of arthritis

Yuxiang Wang, Mengzi Sun, Nan Yao, Shifang Qu, Ruirui Guo, Xuhan Wang, Jing Li, Zechun Xie, Yan Liu, Zibo Wu, Fengdan Wang, Bo Li

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Association between home and community-based services utilization and self-rated health among Chinese older adults with chronic diseases: evidence from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

Tingke Xu, Zishuo Huang, Bingzhen Li, Haojie Jin, Jiayun Zhang, Huiting Yang, Yucheng Huang, Xiangyang Zhang, Chun Chen

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Outcomes of a homestead food production program on nutritional knowledge, dietary diversity, food security and empowerment of rural women in Tehran province, Iran

Neda Ezzeddin, Naser Kalantari, Morteza Abdollahi, Parisa Amiri, Bahareh Amini, Farid Zayeri

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A Germany-wide survey of caregiving professionals on climate change and mental health of children and adolescents - factors influencing their relevance rating of extreme weather event associated mental health impairments

Annika Hieronimi, Fiona O’Reilly, Michael Schneider, Inga Wermuth, Gerd Schulte-Körne, Lena Lagally, Stephan Bose-O’Reilly, Erik Danay

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Severity of adipose tissue dysfunction is associated with progression of pre-diabetes to type 2 diabetes: the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

Mohammad Jalali, Zahra Bahadoran, Parvin Mirmiran, Fereidoun Azizi, Farhad Hosseinpanah

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Novel subgroups of obesity and their association with outcomes: a data-driven cluster analysis

Saki Takeshita, Yuichi Nishioka, Yuko Tamaki, Fumika Kamitani, Takako Mohri, Hiroki Nakajima, Yukako Kurematsu, Sadanori Okada, Tomoya Myojin, Tatsuya Noda, Tomoaki Imamura, Yutaka Takahashi

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Effect of low-frequency noise exposure on cognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Peng Liang, Jiangjing Li, Zenglei Li, Jing Wei, Jing Li, Shenghao Zhang, Shenglong Xu, Zhaohui Liu, Jin Wang

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The cost of doubt: assessing the association between attributional ambiguity and mental health

Adolfo G. Cuevas, David R. Williams, Danielle M. Krobath, Adiammi Lyngdoh, Fatoumata Kaba-Diakité, Jennifer D. Allen

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Improving movement behavior in office workers: effects of two multi-level cluster-RCT interventions on mental health

Lisa-Marie Larisch, Victoria Blom, Maria Hagströmer, Maria Ekblom, Örjan Ekblom, Jonna Nilsson, Lena V. Kallings

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Boosts for walking: how humorous messages increase brisk walking among cognitively fatigued individuals

Michelle Symons, Heidi Vandebosch, Karolien Poels

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Cultural adaptation to Bolivian Quechua and psychometric analysis of the Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9

Juan Carlos Bazo-Alvarez, Adriana Rocío Ortiz Aparicio, Rodrigo Robles-Mariños, Félix Julca-Guerrero, Heber Gómez, Oscar Bazo-Alvarez, Julio Cjuno

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Effectiveness of theory-based educational interventions of promoting oral health among elementary school students

Samane Shirahmadi, Saeed Bashirian, Ali Reza Soltanian, Akram Karimi-shahanjarini, Farshid Vahdatinia

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Health challenges and facilitators of arbaeen pilgrimage: a scoping review

Khadijeh Moulaei, Saiyad Bastaminejad, AliAkbar Haghdoost

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Habitual salt preference worsens blood pressure in hospitalized hypertensive patients with omicron infection under epidemic-related stress

Chenyi Wang, Wanhong Tan, Xiaoxiao Liu, Miao He, Shi Zeng, Maojie Sun, Lijuan Yan, Min Li, Kun Zhan, Kaifa Wang, Qiang Li

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Utilisation of and factors associated with non-COVID-19 healthcare services in public facilities amongst cross-border migrants in Thailand, 2019–2022

Saruttaya Wongsuwanphon, Krittinan Boonrumpai, Chinnakrit Sangvisut, Yanisa Hattasarn, Suphanat Wongsanuphat, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat

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The impact of racism on subsequent healthcare use and experiences for adult New Zealanders: a prospective cohort study

Ricci Harris, Donna Cormack, Andrew Waa, Richard Edwards, James Stanley

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A systems framework for implementing healthy food retail in grocery settings

Christina Zorbas, Miranda R. Blake, Andrew D. Brown, Anna Peeters, Steve Allender, Julie Brimblecombe, Adrian J. Cameron, Jill Whelan, Megan Ferguson, Laura Alston, Tara Boelsen-Robinson

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School feeding in Ethiopia: a scoping review

Samson Mideksa, Tsegaye Getachew, Firmaye Bogale, Ermias Woldie, Desalegn Ararso, Aregash Samuel, Meron Girma, Masresha Tessema, Mamuye Hadis

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Prevalence of functional dependence and chronic diseases in the community-dwelling Brazilian older adults: an analysis by dependence severity and multimorbidity pattern

Wanderley Matos Reis Júnior, Luciano Nery Ferreira, Cynthia Goulart Molina-Bastos, José Patrício Bispo Júnior, Helca Franciolli Teixeira Reis, Bárbara Niegia Garcia Goulart

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Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency

Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Thomas Benfield, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Robert Mash, Peush Sahni, Wadeia Mohammad Sharief, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski

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Immunisation coverage and factors associated with incomplete immunisation in children under two during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone

Myrte Wassenaar, Augustin E. Fombah, Haily Chen, Kwabena Owusu-Kyei, Julian Williams, Joe-Henry C. Sunders, Mireia Llach, Llorenç Quinto, Tom Sesay, Mohamed Samai, Clara Menéndez, Raquel González

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Finding the missing many: improving Tuberculosis care in Kajiado county through active case finding and community approaches

Gianfranco Morino, Caleb Mike Mulongo, Paolo Cattaneo, Maria Vittoria De Vita, Gabriele Paone, Simone Scarlata, Federico Gobbi, Salome Kinyita, Hillary Odhiambo

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Mental health self-care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study in Australia

Daniel Griffiths, Vinsensia Maharani Kanya Dhira Pradipta, Alex Collie

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Co-design of a personalised digital intervention to improve vegetable intake in adults living in Australian rural communities

Katherine Mary Livingstone, Jonathan C Rawstorn, Laura Alston, Stephanie R Partridge, Amber Bastian, Kate Dullaghan, Sarah A McNaughton, Gilly A Hendrie, Lauren C Blekkenhorst, Ralph Maddison, Yuxin Zhang, Scott Barnett, John C Mathers, Stephanie L Godrich

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Nutrition supplementation plus standard of care versus standard of care alone or standard of care plus unconditional cash transfer in the prevention of chronic malnutrition in Southern Angola: study protocol for the MuCCUA study, a cluster randomized controlled trial

E Custodio, Z Herrador, E Trigo, M Romay-Barja, F Ramirez, I Aguado, E Iraizoz, A Silva-Gerardo, ML Faria, R Martin-Cañavate, T Marques, A Vargas, A Gómez, I Molina

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Exposure to di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) increases the risk of cancer

Luchen Yang, Xiaoyang Liu, Zhufeng Peng, Zhenghuan Liu, Pan Song, Jing Zhou, Kai Ma, Yunfei Yu, Qiang Dong

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Association between sexual violence and multiple high-risk fertility behaviours among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa

Richard Gyan Aboagye, Irene Esi Donkoh, Joshua Okyere, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Sanni Yaya

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Changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior during the first COVID-19 pandemic- restrictions in Germany: a nationwide survey

Florian Herbolsheimer, Annette Peters, Sarah Wagner, Stefan N. Willich, Lilian Krist, Tobias Pischon, Katharina Nimptsch, Sylvia Gastell, Mirko Brandes, Berit Brandes, Tamara Schikowski, Börge Schmidt, Karin B. Michels, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Volker Harth, Nadia Obi, Stefanie Castell, Jana K. Heise, Wolfgang Lieb, Katrin Franzpötter, André Karch, Henning Teismann, Henry Völzke, Claudia Meinke-Franze, Michael Leitzmann, Michael J. Stein, Hermann Brenner, Bernd Holleczek, Andrea Weber, Barbara Bohn, Alexander Kluttig, Karen Steindorf

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Migrant men and HIV care engagement in Johannesburg, South Africa

Maria Francesca Nardell, Caroline Govathson, Sithabile Mngadi-Ncube, Nkosinathi Ngcobo, Daniel Letswalo, Mark Lurie, Jacqui Miot, Lawrence Long, Ingrid Theresa Katz, Sophie Pascoe

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The cost of saying no: general practitioners’ gatekeeping role in sickness absence certification

Eivor Hovde Hoff, Kristian B Kraft, Cathrine F Moe, Magne Nylenna, Kristian A Østby, Arnstein Mykletun

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The association between fear of progression and medical coping strategies among people living with HIV: a cross-sectional study

Bing Li, Xiaoli Lin, Suling Chen, Zhe Qian, Houji Wu, Guichan Liao, Hongjie Chen, Zixin Kang, Jie Peng, Guangyu Liang

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Investigation of infant deaths associated with critical congenital heart diseases; 2018–2021, Türkiye

Nilgün Çaylan, Sıddika Songül Yalçin, Başak Tezel, Oben Üner, Şirin Aydin, Fatih Kara

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Development of a survey tool to assess the environmental determinants of health-enabling food retail practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of remote Australia

Emma van Burgel, Molly Fairweather, Amanda Hill, Meaghan Christian, Megan Ferguson, Amanda Lee, Sarah Funston, Bronwyn Fredericks, Emma McMahon, Christina Pollard, Julie Brimblecombe

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Engaging men in women’s empowerment: impact of a complex gender transformative intervention on household socio-economic and health outcomes in the eastern democratic republic of the Congo using a longitudinal survey

Wyvine Ansima Bapolisi, Jean Makelele, Giovanfrancesco Ferrari, Lenneke Kono-Tange, Ghislain Bisimwa, Christian Schindler, Sonja Merten

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Association between metabolic syndrome and myocardial infarction among patients with excess body weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zahra Sedaghat, Soheila Khodakarim, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Siamak Sabour

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Vaccine decision making in New Zealand: a discrete choice experiment

Amy Hai Yan Chan, Marvin Tao, Samantha Marsh, Helen Petousis-Harris

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Preference for primary care in Chinese homebound patients

Jinxin Zhang, Xiaojie Sun, Aaron Yao

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Towards an intelligent malaria outbreak warning model based intelligent malaria outbreak warning in the northern part of Benin, West Africa

Gouvidé Jean Gbaguidi, Nikita Topanou, Walter Leal Filho, Guillaume K. Ketoh

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An integrated FoodNet in North East India: fostering one health approach to fortify public health

Madhuchhanda Das, Venencia Albert, Samaresh Das, Karma Gurmey Dolma, Tapan Majumdar, Pranjal Jyoti Baruah, Suranjana Chaliha Hazarika, Basumoti Apum, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy

Open Access Research

Trajectories of mental health outcomes following COVID-19 infection: a prospective longitudinal study

Farzaneh Badinlou, Fatemeh Rahimian, Maria Hedman-Lagerlöf, Tobias Lundgren, Tamar Abzhandadze, Markus Jansson-Fröjmark

Open Access Research

Landscaping tuberculosis multimorbidity: findings from a cross-sectional study in India

A. Chauhan, M. Parmar, J. D. Rajesham, S. Shukla, K. C. Sahoo, S. Chauhan, S. Chitiboyina, A. Sinha, G. Srigana, M. Gorla, Sanghamitra Pati

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Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms among matriculated university students in Singapore during Covid-19 pandemic: findings from a repeated cross-sectional analysis

Pearlie Mei En Yeo, Vicky Mengqi Qin, Chin-Siang Ang, Michael Chia, Ringo Moon-Ho Ho, Andy Hau Yan Ho, Josip Car

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Economic and social determinants of health care utilization during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic among adults in Ghana: a population-based cross-sectional study

Martin Amogre Ayanore, Martin Adjuik, Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga, Paul Amuna, Oliver Ezechi, Brandon Brown, Benjamin Uzochukwu, Nourhan M. Aly, Mir Faeq Ali Quadri, Bamidele Olubukola Popoola, Anthonia Omotola Ishabiyi, Passent Ellakany, Muhammad Abrar Yousaf, Jorma I. Virtanen, Folake Barakat Lawal, Eshrat Ara, Abeedha Tu-Allah Khan, Balgis Gaffar, Maha El Tantawi, Annie L. Nguyen, Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan

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How do urban green spaces influence heat-related mortality in elderly? A realist synthesis

Tom Cornu, Bruno Marchal, Dimitri Renmans

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Living in poverty and accelerated biological aging: evidence from population-representative sample of U.S. adults

Andrea Dalecka, Anna Bartoskova Polcrova, Hynek Pikhart, Martin Bobak, Albert J. Ksinan

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Posttraumatic growth of medical staff during COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review

Qian Li, Yirong Zhu, Xuefeng Qi, Haifei Lu, Nafei Han, Yan Xiang, Jingjing Guo, Lizhu Wang

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Impact of COVID-19 on mental health of health care workers in Spain: a mix-methods study

J. Ripoll, X. Chela-Alvarez, E. Briones-Vozmediano, M. A. Fiol de-Roque, R. Zamanillo-Campos, I. Ricci-Cabello, J. Llobera, C. Calafat-Villalonga, M. J. Serrano-Ripoll

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Integrating China in the International Consortium for Personalised Medicine: a position paper on innovation and digitalization in Personalized Medicine

Flavia Beccia, Marzia Di Marcantonio, Francesco Andrea Causio, Lena Schleicher, Lili Wang, Chiara Cadeddu, Walter Ricciardi, Stefania Boccia

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Spatiotemporal pattern of leprosy in southwest China from 2010 to 2020: an ecological study

Mengyan Zhang, Longchong Qiao, Peiwen Sun, Haiqin Jiang, Ying Shi, Wenyue Zhang, Youming Mei, Meiwen Yu, Hongsheng Wang

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Correction: Intimate partner violence and its associations among HIV-infected MSM with new drug abuse in Jinan, China

Yong Yu, Huiling Cai, Xi Chen, Fuqun Xiao, Keke Qin, Jiahong Li

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Association between geriatric nutritional risk index and depression prevalence in the elderly population in NHANES

Zijiao Li, Li Zhang, Qiankun Yang, Xiang Zhou, Meng Yang, Yu Zhang, Youzan Li

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Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in cause-specific premature mortality in Belgium, 1998–2019

Martina Otavova, Bruno Masquelier, Christel Faes, Laura van den Borre, Bram Vandeninden, Eva de Clercq, Brecht Devleesschauwer

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Socioeconomic disparities in Papanicolaou test utilization in Western Iran

Bahare Safari-Faramani, Roya Safari-Faramani, Farid Najafi, Davoud Khorasani Zavareh, Ali Kazemi Karyani, Mitra Darbandi

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The role of vaccine status homophily in the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey with modelling

Elisha B. Are, Kiffer G. Card, Caroline Colijn

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Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Gudjonsson compliance scale: scale validation and associations with mental health

Yaming Hang, Gisli H. Gudjonsson, Yingying Yao, Yi Feng, Zhihong Qiao

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Prevalence of prediabetes and risk of CVD mortality in individuals with prediabetes alone or plus hypertension in Northeast China: insight from a population based cohort study

Ling Yue, Yuanmeng Tian, Mingxi Ma, Li Jing, Qun Sun, Lei Shi, Jixu Sun, Weizhong Wang, Guangxiao Li, Liying Xing, Shuang Liu

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The effect of social support, diabetes management self-efficacy, and diabetes distress on resilience among patients with type 2 diabetes: a moderated mediation analysis

Ali Mohammad Parviniannasab, Zohreh Faramarzian, Seyyed Ali Hosseini, Saeed Hamidizadeh, Mostafa Bijani

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Maternal macronutrient and energy intake during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohammad Khammarnia, Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam, Fatemeh Govahi kakhki, Cain Craig Truman Clark, Fatemeh Bagher Barahouei

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Household factors and prevalence of squalor: meta-analysis and meta-regression

Mike Norton, Stephen Kellett, Vyv Huddy, Melanie Simmonds-Buckley

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Self-rated health and its determinants in patients with hypertension in Isfahan in 2019

Asieh Mansouri, Alireza Khosravi Farsani, Noushin Mohammadifard, Fatemeh Nouri, Mahnaz Jozan, Ghazaal Alavi Tabatabaei, Rezvan Salehidoost, Hamed Rafiee

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“So that’s why I found PrEP to be safest way to protect yourself”: exploring IPV experiences and impact on HIV prevention among pregnant and postpartum women in Cape Town, South Africa

Amanda P. Miller, Sarah Schoetz Dean, Lara Court, Rufaro Mvududu, Nyiko Mashele, Nafisa J. Wara, Landon Myer, Steven Shoptaw, Dvora L. Joseph Davey

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Social anxiety and loneliness among older adults: a moderated mediation model

Shuting Sun, Yawen Wang, Lilu Wang, Jinjin Lu, Huihui Li, Jiahui Zhu, Suzhen Qian, Lianlian Zhu, Hongbo Xu

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Challenges and opportunities for improving access to adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health services and information in the coastal counties of Kenya: a qualitative study

Evaline Chepchirchir Langat, Abdu Mohiddin, Flaura Kidere, Anisa Omar, Job Akuno, Violet Naanyu, Marleen Temmerman

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Real world outcomes of distributing Lucira Check-It® COVID self-tests in Ontario, Canada: the GetaKit COVID study

Lauren Orser, Janet E. Squires, Alexandra Musten, Nikki Ho, Jennifer Lindsay, Nitika Pant Pai, Patrick O’Byrne

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The varied restorative values of campus landscapes to students’ well-being: evidence from a Chinese University

Xuanyi Nie, Yifei Wang, Chan Zhang, Yu Zhao, Niall Kirkwood

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Impact of indoor Air Pollution on the Linear growth of children in Jimma, Ethiopia

Elias Mulat, Dessalegn Tamiru, Kalkidan Hassen Abate

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Epidemiology of asylum seekers and refugees at the Mexico-US border: a cross-sectional analysis from the migrant settlement camp in Matamoros, Mexico

Christopher W. Reynolds, Allison W. Cheung, Sarah Draugelis, Samuel Bishop, Amir M. Mohareb, Ernesto Miguel Merino Almaguer, Yadira Benitez López, Lestter Enjamio Guerra, Raymond Rosenbloom, Joanna Hua, Callie VanWinkle, Pratik Vadlamudi, Vikas Kotagal, Florian Schmitzberger

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A tryst of ‘blood pressure control- sex- comorbidities’: the odyssey of basic public health services in Yunnan in quest for truth

Linhong Pang, Lakshme Kottu, Zihong Guo, Min Ma, Huadan Wang, Yajing Zhao, Mingjing Tang, Yi Shi, Wei Liu, Xia Wu, Junjie Song, Manli Sun, Daphne Merkus, Md Misbahul Ferdous, Liping He, Lin Duo

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Bedtime procrastination related to loneliness among Chinese university students during post-pandemic period: a moderated chain mediation model

Cheng Xu, Nongying Lin, Zhiyu Shen, Zhaoyang Xie, Duo Xu, Jingdong Fu, Wenhua Yan

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Associations between problem technology use, life stress, and self-esteem among high school students

Blal Idrees, Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga, Hayley A. Hamilton, Jean-Philippe Chaput

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Effects of meteorological factors on influenza transmissibility by virus type/subtype

Ze-Lin Yan, Wen-Hui Liu, Yu-Xiang Long, Bo-Wen Ming, Zhou Yang, Peng-Zhe Qin, Chun-Quan Ou, Li Li

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Associations of habitual sedentary time with executive functioning and short-term memory in 7th and 8th grade adolescents

Veerle Van Oeckel, Louise Poppe, Benedicte Deforche, Ruben Brondeel, Marijke Miatton, Maïté Verloigne

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SARS-CoV-2 reinfection with Omicron variant in Shaanxi Province, China: December 2022 to February 2023

Mengyan Zhang, Lei Cao, Luqian Zhang, Xinxin Li, Sa Chen, Yi Zhang

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Impact of community-based employment on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing, aspirations, and resilience

Elizabeth Doery, Lata Satyen, Yin Paradies, Graham Gee, John W. Toumbourou

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Intersectional analysis of social disparities in type 2 diabetes risk among adults in Germany: results from a nationwide population-based survey

Francesca Färber, Enrique Alonso-Perez, Christin Heidemann, Yong Du, Gertraud Stadler, Paul Gellert, Julie Lorraine O’Sullivan

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Risk of fall in patients with chronic kidney disease: results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study (CHARLS)

Pinli Lin, Biyu Wan, Jintao Zhong, Mengya Wang, Fang Tang, Lingzhen Wang, Junjun Guo, Yuling Ye, Xusheng Liu, Lu Peng, Lili Deng

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How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review

Rikke Siersbaek, Paul Kavanagh, John Ford, Sara Burke, Sarah Parker

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Housing insecurity among black women surviving intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: an intersectional qualitative approach

Tiara C. Willie, Sabriya L. Linton, Shannon Whittaker, Karlye A. Phillips, Deja Knight, Mya C. Gray, Gretta Gardner, Nicole M. Overstreet

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Pathways between foodways and wellbeing for First Nations Australians

Kate Anderson, Elaina Elder-Robinson, Megan Ferguson, Bronwyn Fredericks, Simone Sherriff, Michelle Dickson, Kirsten Howard, Gail Garvey

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A forecasting tool for a hospital to plan inbound transfers of COVID-19 patients from other regions

Mehmet A. Begen, Felipe F. Rodrigues, Tim Rice, Gregory S. Zaric

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Perceptions and beliefs of community gatekeepers about genomic risk information in African cleft research

Abimbola M. Oladayo, Oluwakemi Odukoya, Veronica Sule, Ikenna Molobe, Tamara Busch, Babatunde Akodu, Wasiu L. Adeyemo, Lord J. J. Gowans, Mekonen Eshete, Azeez Alade, Waheed Awotoye, Adebowale A. Adeyemo, Peter A. Mossey, Anya E. R. Prince, Jeffrey C. Murray, Azeez Butali

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Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Scale of Effects of Social Media on Eating Behaviour and research of its influencing factors

Kaiyan Xu, Chunguang Liang, Ying Zhao, Fan Zhang, Chunyan Zhang, Yanhong Zhang, Yefan Zhang, Zhaoquan Jiang

Open Access Research

Chronic diseases spectrum and multimorbidity in elderly inpatients based on a 12-year epidemiological survey in China

Shan Gao, Shasha Sun, Ting Sun, Tingting Lu, Yan Ma, Hebin Che, Miao Liu, Wanguo Xue, Kunlun He, Yabin Wang, Feng Cao

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Implementing a pilot study of COVID-19 self-testing in high-risk populations and remote locations: results and lessons learnt

Elena Marbán-Castro, Vladimer Getia, Maia Alkhazashvili, Maia Japaridze, Ia Jikia, Berra Erkosar, Paula Del Rey-Puech, Guillermo Z. Martínez-Pérez, Paata Imnadze, Amiran Gamkrelidze, Olga Denisiuk, Elena Ivanova Reipold, Sonjelle Shilton

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Assessment of the association between health problems and cooking fuel type, and barriers towards clean cooking among rural household people in Bangladesh

Sayed Mohammad Rasel, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Md. Fahad Shahariar Nayon, Md Shakil Mahmud Suzon, Sanzida Amin, Sadia Sultana Mim, Md. Shakhaoat Hossain

Open Access Research

The prediction of influenza-like illness using national influenza surveillance data and Baidu query data

Su wei, Sun Lin, Zhao wenjing, Song Shaoxia, Yang Yuejie, He Yujie, Zhang Shu, Li Zhong, Liu Ti

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Improving cancer incidence evaluation through local government area matching: a study of the Edo-Benin cancer registry in Nigeria

Gregrey A. Oko-oboh, Anssi Auvinen, Darlington E. Obaseki, Janne Pitkäniemi

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Urinary phenols and parabens exposure in relation to urinary incontinence in the US population

Jinjiang Jiang, Bo Chen, Bo Tang, Jinze Li, Chensong Zhang, Daqing Tan, Ting Zhang, Qiang Wei

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Physical activity and odds of coronary heart disease among Lebanese women

Fatima Ghaddar, Rouba K Zeidan, Pascale Salameh, Françoise Maupas-Schwalm

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Effects of game-based physical education program on enjoyment in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Weilong Mo, Jamalsafri Bin Saibon, Yaming LI, Jiequan Li, Yanwu He

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Analysis of the hikikomori phenomenon – an international infodemiology study of Twitter data in Portuguese

Francisca Correia Lopes, Mariana Pinto da Costa, Cesar I Fernandez-Lazaro, Francisco J Lara-Abelenda, Victor Pereira-Sanchez, Alan R Teo, Miguel Angel Alvarez-Mon

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Survival analysis of the duration of rumors during the COVID-19 pandemic

Xiaoyan Liu, Lele Zhang, Lixiang Sun, Ran Liu

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The sexual and reproductive healthcare challenges when dealing with female migrants and refugees in low and middle-income countries (a qualitative evidence synthesis)

Tadele Dana Darebo, Mark Spigt, Berhanetsehay Teklewold, Abebe Sorsa Badacho, Niklas Mayer, Meba Teklewold

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“The targets…are driving the agenda and that probably needs to change”: stakeholder perspectives on HIV partner notification in sub-Saharan Africa

Maureen McGowan, Kate Bärnighausen, Astrid Berner-Rodoreda, Shannon A. McMahon, Caroline Mtaita, Joy Mauti, Florian Neuhann

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Cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolic risk in Chinese population: evidence from a prospective cohort study

Yuanjiao Liu, Jinghan Zhu, Jiazhou Yu, Xuhui Zhang

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Systematic review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ experiences and supportive care needs associated with cancer

John Gilroy, Mandy Henningham, Drew Meehan, Farhana Nila, Joanna McGlone, Amanda McAtamney, Kate Whittaker, Bena Brown, Megan Varlow, Tanya Buchanan

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Correction: 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

Open Access Research

Barriers to cervical cancer screening in Africa: a systematic review

Fennie Mantula, Yoesrie Toefy, Vikash Sewram

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Changes in tuberculosis burden and its associated risk factors in Guizhou Province of China during 2006–2020: an observational study

Yun Wang, Huijuan Chen, Xiaoqi Zeng, Long Liao, Xiaolong Lu, Aihua Zhang

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National and regional prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in India: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

Neha Mantri, Akhil Dhanesh Goel, Mamta Patel, Pritish Baskaran, Gitashree Dutta, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Vikas Yadav, Madhukar Mittal, Shashank Shekhar, Pankaj Bhardwaj

Open Access Research

Fatigue in taxi drivers and its relationship with traffic accident history and experiences: a cross-sectional study in the north of Iran

Enayatollah Homaie Rad, Marjan Hosseinnia, Nima Mousavi, Arian Shekari, Leila Kouchakinejad-Eramsadati, Naema Khodadadi-Hassankiadeh

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Risks and protection: a qualitative study on the factors for internet addiction among elderly residents in Southwest China communities

Dan Wang, Xinyi Liu, Kun Chen, Chunyan Gu, Hongyan Zhao, Yong Zhang, Yu Luo

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High prevalence of fatty liver and its association with metabolic syndrome among rural adults with chronic hepatitis C: Implications for primary healthcare

Ta-Jen Wang, Mei-Yen Chen, Yu-Chih Lin, Wen-Nan Chiu, Tung-Jung Huang, Hsu-Huei Weng

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Prenatal phthalate exposure and neurodevelopmental differences in twins at 2 years of age

Han Xiao, Liqin Hu, Tingting Tang, Jufang Zhong, Qiao Xu, Xiaonan Cai, Feiyan Xiang, Pan Yang, Hong Mei, Aifen Zhou

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Cluster pattern analysis of environmental stressors and quantifying their impact on all-cause mortality in Belgium

Bram Vandeninden, Eva M. De Clercq, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Martina Otavova, Catherine Bouland, Christel Faes

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Mixed-methods research of motivational processes in workers’ adoption of healthy behavior

Kayoko Ishii, Hiroko Sumita, Hitomi Nagamine, Kumiko Morita

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Spatiotemporal heterogeneity and long-term impact of meteorological, environmental, and socio-economic factors on scrub typhus in China from 2006 to 2018

Jiaojiao Qian, Yifan Wu, Changqiang Zhu, Qiong Chen, Hongliang Chu, Licheng Liu, Chongcai Wang, Yizhe Luo, Na Yue, Wenhao Li, Xiaohong Yang, Jing Yi, Fuqiang Ye, Ji He, Yong Qi, Fei Lu, Chunhui Wang, Weilong Tan

Open Access Research

Factors associated with quality of life among elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the role of family caregivers

Haijing Zan, Zhixing Meng, Jing Li, Xinjian Zhang, Tao Liu

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The role of social support in antiretroviral therapy uptake and retention among pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV in the Greater Accra region of Ghana

Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Jerry John Nutor, Jaffer Okiring, Isaac Yeboah, Pascal Agbadi, Monica Getahun, Wisdom Agbadi, Rachel G.A. Thompson

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Occupational noise and hypertension in Southern Chinese workers: a large occupational population-based study

Shanyu Zhou, Shijie Hu, Kexin Ding, Xianzhong Wen, Xudong Li, Yongshun Huang, Jiabin Chen, Dafang Chen

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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D mediates the association between heavy metal exposure and cardiovascular disease

Yan Lu, Licheng Lu, Gang Zhang, Weiguo Zhang, Yazhuo Cheng, Mingyue Tong

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Public acceptance of COVID-19 control measures and associated factors during Omicron-dominant period in China: a cross-sectional survey

Jiayi Zhong, Qianhong Zhong, Husheng Xiong, Dawei Wu, Caiyun Zheng, Shuang Liu, Qinyi Zhong, Yan Chen, Dingmei Zhang

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Relations between the levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity, BMI, dietary habits, cognitive functions and attention problems in 8 to 9 years old pupils: network analysis (PACH Study)

Jelena Raudeniece, Edmunds Vanags, Ilze Justamente, Dana Skara, Per Morten Fredriksen, Iain Brownlee, Dace Reihmane

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The mediating role of coping styles in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and mental health problems: a cross-sectional study among nurses

Nurul Huda, Malissa Kay Shaw, Hsiu Ju Chang, Erwin, Suci Tuty Putri, Satriya Pranata

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Mood profile in men and women of all ages is improved by leisure-time physical activity rather than work-related physical activity

Albertas Skurvydas, Natalja Istomina, Ruta Dadeliene, Daiva Majauskiene, Emilija Strazdaite, Ausra Lisinskiene, Dovile Valanciene, Aiste Barbora Uspuriene, Asta Sarkauskiene

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Results of the Cologne Corona Surveillance (CoCoS) project– a cross-sectional study: survey data on risk factors of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and moderate-to-severe course in primarily immunized adults

Max Oberste, Teodora Asenova, Angela Ernst, Kija Shah-Hosseini, Nadja Schnörch, Michael Buess, Kerstin Daniela Rosenberger, Annelene Kossow, Felix Dewald, Florian Neuhann, Martin Hellmich

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Impact of household income on the risk of overweight and obesity over time among preschool-aged children: a population-based cohort study

Yi-Chang Chou, Feng-Shiang Cheng, Shih-Han Weng, Yung-Feng Yen, Hsiao-Yun Hu

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Perceptions of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among men living with HIV in the context of reproductive goals in South Africa: a qualitative study

Xolani Ntinga, Oluwaseyi O. Isehunwa, Lindani I. Msimango, Patricia M. Smith, Lynn T. Matthews, Alastair Van Heerden

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Effectiveness of computer-based stress inoculation training (SIT) counseling approach on anxiety, depression, and stress of students with premenstrual syndrome

Fatemeh Zolfaghary, Hajar Adib-Rad, Fatemeh Nasiri‑Amiri, Mahbobeh Faramarzi, Hajar Pasha, Hemmat gholinia-ahangar

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Immune Dysregulation in SARS-CoV-2 patients coinfected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) or HIV in China

Lei Li, Jianxiang Zhang, Ranran Sun, Hong Liu, Genyang Cheng, Feifei Fan, Chong Wang, Ang Li, Hongxia Liang, Zujiang Yu, Guiqiang Wang, Zhigang Ren

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Burden of colorectal cancer and its risk factors in the North Africa and Middle East (NAME) region, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis of the global burden of disease study

Fahimeh Haghighatdoost, Kamran Mehrabani-Zeinabad, Parisa Hajihashemi, Noushin Mohammadifard, Peyman Adibi

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Associations between patterns of blood heavy metal exposure and health outcomes: insights from NHANES 2011–2016

Xiangyu Wang, Xinhao Han, Shufang Guo, Yujie Ma, Yafeng Zhang

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Trajectories network analysis of chronic diseases among middle-aged and older adults: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

Jiade Chen, Fan Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Ziqiang Lin, Kaisheng Deng, Qingqin Hou, Lixia Li, Yanhui Gao

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Understanding complex causes of suicidal behaviour among graduates in Bangladesh

Jarin Tasnim Tasfi, Shafi Md Mostofa

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The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on population health in the UK: rapid evidence review

Jade Meadows, Miranda Montano, Abdelrahman J. K. Alfar, Ömer Yetkin Başkan, Caroline De Brún, Jennifer Hill, Rachael McClatchey, Nevila Kallfa, Gwen Sascha Fernandes

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Prevalence, risk factors and psychological consequences of workplace violence among health workers in the Greater Accra region, Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Philip Apraku Tawiah, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong, Paul Okyere, Geoffrey Adu-Fosu, Mary Eyram Ashinyo

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Selective under-representation of Pacific peoples in population estimates for health indicator measurements in Aotearoa New Zealand misinforms policy making

Gerard J.B Sonder, Corina Grey, Debbie Ryan, Jacqueline Cumming, Andrew Sporle, Philip C. Hill

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Health system utilization and perceived quality among adults in Lao PDR: evidence from a nationally representative phone survey

Amit Aryal, Emma Clarke-Deelder, Souksanh Phommalangsy, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Günther Fink

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The impact of workplace violence on job burnout among Chinese correctional officers: the chain mediating effects of stress and insomnia

Jizhi Wang, Ying Huang, Siyuan Wang, Zheng Zhang, Yuqiong He, Xiaoping Wang, Huijuan Guo

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COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination experiences and perceptions and their predictors among community members during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ebonyi state, Nigeria: an analytical cross-sectional study

Ugwu I. Omale, Victor U. Uduma, Azuka S. Adeke, Cordis O. Ikegwuonu, Glory E. Nkwo, Ugochi IA. Nwali, Olaedo O. Nnachi, Okechukwu O. Ukpabi, Ifeyinwa M. Okeke, Richard L. Ewah, Osarhiemen Iyare, Onyinyechukwu U. Oka, Chidinma I. Amuzie

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Infantile allergic diseases: a cohort study prenatal fish intake and mercury exposure context

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