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  1. Widespread use of antibiotics disrupts the balance in the microbial world and promotes development and spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Educational initiatives are important as part of strategies to mi...

    Authors: Ambar Célleri-Gomezcoello, Caroline Avila, Silvina Alessio, Celina M. Hanson, Andrea Ochoa, Miriann Mora, Liliana Arciniegas, Bronwen Holloway, Maria Pränting and Daniela Encalada
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:844
  2. Studies have shown how environmental factors influence older people's health and functional limitations, which are crucial for achieving healthy aging. However, such a healthy aging model has been criticized f...

    Authors: Mengyuan Chen, Gideon Bolt and Pieter Hooimeijer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:843
  3. Cervical cancer is the most common malignant tumor among women. It is the main cause of death among women in sub-Saharan African countries. Particularly, the incidence and mortality rates are highest in East A...

    Authors: Muluken Chanie Agimas, Dagnew Getnet Adugna, Nebiyu Mekonnen Derseh, Amare Kassaw, Yohannes Tesfahun Kassie, Hailemichael Kindie Abate and Chilot Kassa Mekonnen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:842
  4. Hemodialysis patients require a reasonable dietary intake to manage their disease progression effectively. However, there is limited research on these patients’ overall dietary knowledge, attitude, and practic...

    Authors: Zhiqian Chen, Na Xu, Xinxin Chen, Xiaoyu Zhang, Shuqing Yin, Guanghui Xiao, Li Luo, Qun Liu and Chunyan Su
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:836
  5. The prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) has remained high (24.9%) in the South Asian region with a significant impact on newborn survival. This region bears nearly 40% of global burden of LBW. While antenatal...

    Authors: Vishnu Khanal, Sangita Bista and Shiva Raj Mishra
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:835
  6. Social anxiety disorder (SAD) most commonly develops in adolescence—a period of life that includes a transition to upper secondary school. The aim of this study is to investigate the extent to which social anx...

    Authors: Ingunn Jystad, Tommy Haugan, Ottar Bjerkeset, Erik R. Sund, Tore Aune, Hans M. Nordahl and Jonas R. Vaag
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:833
  7. Understanding the burden associated with occupational asbestos exposure on a global and regional scale is necessary to implement coordinated prevention and control strategies. By the GBD Study 2019, we conduct...

    Authors: Xinlu Miao, Teng Yao, Chenxian Dong, Zuhai Chen, Wanting Wei, Zhengyang Shi, Tongtong Xu, Jianjiang Shao, Qiang Niu, Dongsheng Rui, Yunhua Hu and Yizhong Yan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:832
  8. The Guangxi government initiated two rounds of the Guangxi AIDS Conquering Project (GACP) in 2010 (Phase I) and 2015 (Phase II) to control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ...

    Authors: Ping Cen, Guo Xu, Jianxun Wu, Jiao Qin, Jinfeng He, Xiaofang Deng, Xi Yang, Peng Lu, Mengni Nong, Junjun Jiang, Li Ye, Hongyang Tang, Bingyu Liang and Hao Liang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:831
  9. Over half of the youth population in the United States, aged 6 months to 17 years, have not received the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. Given parents’ central role in vaccinating their children, ...

    Authors: Hyunmin Yu, José A. Bauermeister, Ufuoma Oyiborhoro, Subhash Aryal, Terri H. Lipman, Andy S. L. Tan, Karen Glanz, Antonia M. Villarruel and Stephen Bonett
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:830
  10. The China Undergraduate Cohort (CUC) is an ambispective cohort study with its major purpose to better understand the effects of lifetime environmental exposures on health outcomes. We recruited 5322 college st...

    Authors: Peng Lu, Jiaming Miao, Liu Yang, Siqi Dou, Lei Yang, Chongjian Wang, Hao Xiang, Gongbo Chen, Tingting Ye, Lailai Yan, Shanshan Li and Yuming Guo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:828
  11. Over- and undernutrition coexist in many African countries and pose a threat to metabolic health. This study assessed the associations between relationship satisfaction and Body Mass Index (BMI), waist circumf...

    Authors: Adi Lukas Kurniawan, Julius Schretzmann, Rathi Paramastri, Alyssa Cho, Ali Sié, Melanie S. Fischer, Till Bärnighausen and Beate Ditzen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:827
  12. Regular participation in physical activity (PA) benefits children’s health and well-being and protects against the development of unhealthy body weight. A key factor in children’s PA participation is their mot...

    Authors: Jongho Moon, Collin A. Webster, David F. Stodden, Ali Brian, Kelly Lynn Mulvey, Michael Beets, Cate A. Egan, Lori Irene Flick McIntosh, Christopher B. Merica and Laura Russ
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:826
  13. In the light of personnel shortage, the health care sector is facing the challenge to combine increasing employees‘ as well as patients’ needs. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between ...

    Authors: Franziska U. Jung, Alexander Pabst, Margrit Löbner, Melanie Luppa and Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:825
  14. Programs involving animals in therapeutic programs are becoming increasingly prevalent. These programs can vary greatly in their approach, scope, and objectives, and they can significantly impact the developme...

    Authors: Karolina Eszter Kovács, Éva Zita Balogh, Buda Lovas, Péter Boris and Beáta Erika Nagy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:824
  15. Prior research has consistently shown that the involvement of families plays a vital role in reducing risk behaviors, such as engaging in condomless sex, and promoting HIV prevention behaviors among young Blac...

    Authors: Donte T. Boyd, S. Raquel Ramos, Allysha C. Maragh-Bass, Typhanye V. Dyer, Edem Yaw Zigah and Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:822
  16. Despite increasing studies on mental health among immigrants, there are limited studies using nationally representative samples to examine immigrants’ mental health and its potential biopsychosocial contributi...

    Authors: David Adzrago, Kiran Thapa, Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, Saanie Sulley and Faustine Williams
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:819
  17. Despite numerous studies that have explored the association between individual antioxidants or specific combinations and the risk of hearing loss, there is lack of information regarding the relationship betwee...

    Authors: Batoul Ghosn, Leila Azadbakht, Mohammad Reza Monazzam Esmaeilpour and Ahmad Esmaillzadeh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:818
  18. The caregiver burden frequently experienced by family members tending to advanced cancer patients significantly impacts their psychological well-being and quality of life (QoL). Although family resilience migh...

    Authors: Panpan Cui, Ming Yang, Hengyu Hu, Chunyan Cheng, Xinyi Chen, Jiaoxia Shi, Shifeng Li, Changying Chen and Hongmei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:817
  19. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death in Indonesia, accounting for 38% of the total mortality in 2019. Moreover, healthcare spending on CVDs has been at the top of the spending under th...

    Authors: Royasia Viki Ramadani, Mikael Svensson, Sven Hassler, Budi Hidayat and Nawi Ng
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:816
  20. Malaria is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries including Ethiopia. Mass distribution of insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spray for high malaria risk gro...

    Authors: Fekade Demeke Bayou, Natnael Kebede, Yawkal Tsega, Shambel Nigussie, Temesgen Dessalegn Legassu, Amare Muche, Ayana Alebachew Muluneh and Fanos Yeshanew Ayele
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:815
  21. Asset-based approaches (ABAs) tackle health inequalities by empowering people in more disadvantaged communities, or targeted populations, to better utilise pre-existing local community-based resources. Using e...

    Authors: Alice Wreford, Linda Birt, Jennifer A. Whitty, Sarah Hanson, Susan Conquer and Adam P. Wagner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:814
  22. Intersecting socioeconomic and demographic reasons for physical activity (PA) inequalities are not well understood for young people at risk of experiencing marginalisation and living with disadvantage. This st...

    Authors: Caroline Dodd-Reynolds, Naomi Griffin, Phillippa Kyle, Steph Scott, Hannah Fairbrother, Eleanor Holding, Mary Crowder, Nicholas Woodrow and Carolyn Summerbell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:813
  23. Peer-led lifestyle interventions have gained recognition as effective approaches for managing and preventing chronic diseases. However, there remains a critical knowledge gap regarding the impact and effective...

    Authors: Geok Pei Lim, Jamuna Rani Appalasamy, Badariah Ahmad, Kia Fatt Quek and Amutha Ramadas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:812
  24. Globally, at least 3 million TB patients are missed every year. In Zambia, the TB treatment coverage increased from 66% in 2020 to 92% in 2022. Involvement of all levels of health care service delivery is crit...

    Authors: Robert Hambwalula, Mary Kagujje, Innocent Mwaba, Dennis Musonda, David Singini, Lilungwe Mutti, Nsala Sanjase, Paul C. Kaumba, Luunga M. Ziko, Kevin M. Zimba, Pauline Kasese-Chanda and Monde Muyoyeta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:811
  25. Rates of non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, and mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression, are high and rising in the urbanising world. Gardening coul...

    Authors: Boglarka Z. Gulyas, Samantha J. Caton and Jill L. Edmondson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:810
  26. Gambling causes important harms in societies. According to the public health approach, the most effective policies to reduce harms target full populations. Availability restrictions and mandatory precommitment...

    Authors: Virve Marionneau, Jani Selin, Antti Impinen and Tomi Roukka
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:809
  27. Increasing health literacy (HL) in children could be an opportunity for a more health literate future generation. The aim of this scoping review is to provide an overview of how HL is conceptualized and descri...

    Authors: Wieke Van Boxtel, Katarina Jerković-Ćosić, Linda J. Schoonmade and Mai J. M. Chinapaw
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:808
  28. The objective of this study was to detect the urinary levels of chlorpyrifos, paraquat, and cyproconazole in residents living in Fuyang City and to analyze the correlation between these urinary pesticides leve...

    Authors: Peiqi Ma, Hongliang Gao, Ning Shen, Lei Zhang, Yang Zhang, Kai Zheng, Boqun Xu, Jian Qin, Jian He, Tao Xu, Yan Li, Jing Wu, Yushan Yuan and Bin Xue
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:807
  29. Disasters such as earthquakes, conflict, or landslides result in traumatic injuries creating surges in rehabilitation and assistive technology needs, exacerbating pre-existing unmet needs. Disasters frequently...

    Authors: Justine Gosling, Roxanne Maritz, Ariane Laplante-Lévesque and Carla Sabariego
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:806
  30. COVID-19 has created tensions across different sectors of the society, but the impact has been unequal. Vulnerable people have been most affected, especially those with insecure employment and who have experie...

    Authors: Yoonjoo Choi, Eun-Joo Park, Soon-Young Lee, Hee-Yeon Kim and Weon-Young Lee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:805
  31. Although tooth loss appears to be related to functional limitations, the mechanisms that underpin this relationship are unknown. We sought to address this knowledge gap by examining a multiple mediation hypoth...

    Authors: Weibo Ma, Pengchen Liang, Bei Wu, Ying Yu, Qiusi Shi and Renyao Zhong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:803
  32. Occupational stress is becoming a common phenomenon around the world. Being in a high occupational stress state for a long time may destroy the metabolic balance of the body, thereby increasing the risk of met...

    Authors: Min Zhang, Bin Liu, Weiyi Ke, Yashi Cai, Lingyu Zhang, Weixu Huang, Xuehua Yan and Huifeng Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:802
  33. Local authorities in England have an important role in shaping healthy local environments contributing to childhood obesity. This study examined changes in diet and physical activity in primary school children...

    Authors: Charan Bijlani, Charlotte Vrinten, Cornelia Junghans, Kiara Chang, Ellie Lewis, UmmeZeinab Mulla, Paraskevi Seferidi, Anthony A. Laverty and Eszter P. Vamos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:800
  34. Significant consequences of COVID-19 within academic/professional life are, at the psychological level, related to worry, tension, stress; coping strategies and lifestyle changes. This study describes the proc...

    Authors: María Yolanda González-Alonso, Andrea Liliana Ortiz-González, María Camino Escolar-Llamazares, Diego Serrano-Gómez, Isabel Serrano-Pintado and María Ángeles Martínez-Martín
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:790
  35. Promoting the uptake of vaccination for infectious diseases such as COVID-19 remains a global challenge, necessitating collaborative efforts between public health units (PHUs) and communities. Applied behaviou...

    Authors: Guillaume Fontaine, Maureen Smith, Tori Langmuir, Karim Mekki, Hanan Ghazal, Elizabeth Estey Noad, Judy Buchan, Vinita Dubey, Andrea M. Patey, Nicola McCleary, Emily Gibson, Mackenzie Wilson, Amjad Alghamyan, Kateryna Zmytrovych, Kimberly Thompson, Jacob Crawshaw…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:784
  36. Previous studies have shown subjects suffering from diabetes or persistent hyperglycemia were more likely to develop tuberculosis (TB). However, the global burden of TB attributed to high fasting plasma glucos...

    Authors: Qin Bian, Yanjun Zhang, Chen Xue, Wenjing Lu, Wei Li, Fanqi Pan and Yi Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:782

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