BMC Public Health

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School-based interventions can reduce and prevent psychotic experiences in adolescence.

Energy drink consumption is associated with several negative health indicators in adolescents.

The experiences following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico offer important lessons regarding the potential impacts of catastrophic disasters on NCD treatment and management, and are useful for improving community and health system resilience and preparedness for future disasters.

Education as an effective strategy to promote nutritional knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in street children

Authors: Zahra Arabbadvi, Zohreh Khoshnood, Golnaz Foroughameri and Mahboobeh Mazallahi

Content type: Research 27 May 2023
COVID-19 epidemic modelling for policy decision support in Victoria, Australia 2020–2021

Authors: Nick Scott, Romesh G Abeysuriya, Dominic Delport, Rachel Sacks-Davis, Jonathan Nolan, Daniel West, Brett Sutton, Euan M Wallace and Margaret Hellard

Content type: Research 27 May 2023
Effect of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation on sugars intake and dental caries: an umbrella review of a global perspective

Authors: Maryam Hajishafiee, Kostas Kapellas, Stefan Listl, Madhuri Pattamatta, Athanasios Gkekas and Paula Moynihan

Content type: Research 27 May 2023
Determinants of province-based health service utilization according to Andersen’ s Behavioral Model: a population-based spatial panel modeling study

Authors: Yu Xin and Xiaohui Ren

Content type: Research 27 May 2023
Forecasting call and chat volumes at online helplines for mental health

Authors: Tim Rens de Boer, Saskia Mérelle, Sandjai Bhulai, Renske Gilissen and Rob van der Mei

Content type: Research 27 May 2023

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Porn video shows, local brew, and transactional sex: HIV risk among youth in Kisumu, Kenya

Authors: Carolyne Njue, Helene ACM Voeten and Pieter Remes

Content type: Research article 8 August 2011
Local government responses for COVID-19 management in the Philippines

Authors: Dylan Antonio S. Talabis, Ariel L. Babierra, Christian Alvin H. Buhat, Destiny S. Lutero, Kemuel M. Quindala III and Jomar F. Rabajante

Content type: Research 21 September 2021
School grade and sex differences in domain-specific sedentary behaviors among Japanese elementary school children: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Kaori Ishii, Ai Shibata, Minoru Adachi, Yoshiyuki Mano and Koichiro Oka

Content type: Research article 13 April 2017
Oral and anal sex practices among high school youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Authors: Amsale Cherie and Yemane Berhane

Content type: Research article 4 January 2012
The weight of nations: an estimation of adult human biomass

Authors: Sarah Catherine Walpole, David Prieto-Merino, Phil Edwards, John Cleland, Gretchen Stevens and Ian Roberts

Content type: Research article 18 June 2012

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BMC Public Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special focus on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community.

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