BMC Public Health

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Editors' picks

Digital parenting interventions can prevent violence against adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.

Gestational parent diet may modify the effect of ambient pollutants on birth outcomes.

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

Effects of immediate and distant health consequences: different types of health warning messages on sweets affect the purchase probability

Authors: Clara Mehlhose and Antje Risius

Content type: Research 30 September 2023
Gap between the concerns of healthcare professionals and parents’ perceptions regarding dietary habits for 18-month- and 3-year-old children in Japan

Authors: Midori Ishikawa, Yumiko Morinaga, Mayu Haraikawa, Yuka Akiyama, Kemal Sasaki, Saki Horie, Nobuo Yoshiike, Yoshihisa Yamazaki and Tetsuji Yokoyama

Content type: Research 30 September 2023
AUDIT-C as a possible source of referral during the COVID-19 pandemic for participants presenting patterns of high-risk alcohol consumption in a South African township

Authors: Lynne Goldschmidt, Buyisile Mncina, Malose Langa, Steven Rebello, Thokozile Budaza, Josephine Tshabalala, Yohannes Kinfu and Tom Achoki

Content type: Research 30 September 2023
An enigma of hypothyroidism and hyponatremia coexistence: a nationwide population-based retrospective study

Authors: Chun-Hao Chu, Wu-Chien Chien, Chiung-Chen Liu, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Ying-Chuan Chen, Feng-Chih Kuo, Hung-Hsiang Fang, Cheng-Yi Cheng, Yi-Xuan Ding, Chiung-Hsi Tien and Chien-Ming Lin

Content type: Research 29 September 2023
Work-related outcomes in individuals with and without lower limb osteoarthritis: an online survey

Authors: Yousef S. Alyousef, Venerina Johnston and Michelle D. Smith

Content type: Research 29 September 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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