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Vaping epidemic a major threat to public health

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12th November 2019: The CDC has identified a form of Vitamin E as a very strong culprit in lung injuries related to vaping THC. Samples taken from the lungs of 29 patients, including 2 who died, "provided evidence of vitamin E acetate at the primary site of injury in the lungs."

Nearly 1,300 possible cases of lung illness associated with e-cigarettes have been reported across the US. Although a cause has not been identified and a clear connection between the reported deaths has not been made, all cases have used e-cigarettes, with some also containing cannabinoid products.

The FDA is taking action to stop what is being called a vaping epidemic.

Want to learn more about vaping? Visit our dedicated page to view research published in BMC Public Health.

Featured article & blog: How organisations promoting vaccination respond to misinformation on social media: a qualitative investigation

New Content Item Vaccine-promoting organizations must deploy a range of strategies to respond to vaccine misinformation on social media, including fostering trust and communicating simply.

The authors discuss their findings here.

Featured collection: Ebola research highlights

New Content Item On 17 July 2019, the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization. Please click here to find relevant research published in BMC Public Health and other journals.

Call for Papers: Developments in Global Tobacco and Alcohol Policy

BMC Public Health is pleased to announce an upcoming cross-journal series to focus on tobacco and alcohol policy. Read the full 'Call for Papers' description for more information.

BMC Public Health is delighted to announce the launch of a new thematic series. Read the full 'Call for Papers' description for more information.

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Call for Papers for two new sections!

- Social determinants of health

- Mental health

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Featured article: Child maltreatment and delinquent behaviors across development

Children who experience physical or sexual abuse are more likely to engage in criminal behavior during their adolescent, teen, and young adult years.

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Featured article: The effect of smoke-free legislation on the mortality rate of acute myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis

Smoke-free legislation could significantly reduce acute myocardial infarction mortality rate by 8%, with this reduction more significant in studies with more comprehensive laws, without prior smoke-free bans, with a smaller sample size, at the regional level, and with a location in Europe.

Featured article: How many cigarettes are there in a bottle of wine?

The well-established link between cancer and tobacco may provide a way to help explain possible links between alcohol and cancer, and raise public awareness of alcohol-associated cancer risks.

Theresa Hydes discusses their novel research in the following blog.

Visit Our Open Access Public Health Research Page

New Content Item Visit our page dedicated to highlights from over 60 Public Health and related Open Access Journals.

Physical activity around the clock: objectively measured activity patterns in young children of the GECKO Drenthe cohort

Authors: Rikstje Wiersma, Congchao Lu, Esther Hartman and Eva Corpeleijn

Content type: Research article

5 December 2019
Psychological changes and associated factors among patients with tuberculosis who received directly observed treatment short-course in metropolitan areas of Japan: quantitative and qualitative perspectives

Authors: Kae Nagahiro Shiratani

Content type: Research article

5 December 2019
Impact of problematic mobile phone use and insufficient physical activity on depression symptoms: a college-based follow-up study

Authors: Haibo Xie, Shuman Tao, Yukun Zhang, Fangbiao Tao and Xiaoyan Wu

Content type: Research article

5 December 2019
Data quality of drug-resistant tuberculosis and antiretroviral therapy electronic registers in South Africa

Authors: Lise Jamieson, Denise Evans, Rebecca Berhanu, Nazir Ismail, Samantha Aucock, Kristina Wallengren and Lawrence Long

Content type: Research article

5 December 2019
The coin model of privilege and critical allyship: implications for health

Authors: Stephanie A. Nixon

Content type: Debate

5 December 2019

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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
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
Health literacy and public health: A systematic review and integration of definitions and models

Authors: Kristine Sørensen, Stephan Van den Broucke, James Fullam, Gerardine Doyle, Jürgen Pelikan, Zofia Slonska and Helmut Brand

Content type: Research article

25 January 2012
Mobile phone use and stress, sleep disturbances, and symptoms of depression among young adults - a prospective cohort study

Authors: Sara Thomée, Annika Härenstam and Mats Hagberg

Content type: Research article

31 January 2011
Malnutrition among children under the age of five in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): does geographic location matter?

Authors: Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Tumwaka P Madungu, Jacques BO Emina, Kikhela PD Nzita and Francesco P Cappuccio

Content type: Research article

25 April 2011

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Aims and scope

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.

Sections

Editor

Natalie Pafitis, BioMed Central

Section Editors

Marc Adams, Arizona State University, USA
Noriko Cable, University College London, UK
Summer Hawkins, Boston College, USA
Jianguang Ji, Lund University, Sweden
Ariadne Kapetanaki , University of York, UK
Frances Kay-Lambkin, University of Newcastle, Australia
Zohra Lassi, University of Adelaide, Australia
Youcheng Liu, Wayne State University, USA
Tim Mackey, University of California San Diego, USA
Carol Maher, University of South Australia, Australia
Isabelle Niedhammer, INSERM, France
Mahfuzar Rahman, ICDDRB, Bangladesh
David Rehkopf, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Giovanni Rezza, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Italy
Richard Rosenkranz, Kansas State University, USA
David Stieb, Population Studies Division, Health Canada, Canada
Janice L Thompson, University of Birmingham, UK
Michelle Turner, University of Ottawa, Canada; CREAL, Spain
Dianne Stanton Ward , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Shankar Viswanathan, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

Assistant Editors

Megan Barling, BioMed Central
Maxine Dillon, BioMed Central
Kevin Zhu, BioMed Central

Shankar Viswanathan, Section Editor

Dr. Shankar Viswanathan is an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health. He received his doctoral degree in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His methods research focuses on multivariate survival analysis, longitudinal data, and missing data analysis. His applied area focusses on Global Health, Injury Epidemiology, and Chronic Disease Epidemiology. He joined the Editorial Board of BMC Public Health in 2018.

Summer Hawkins, Section Editor

Associate Professor Summer Sherburne Hawkins, PhD, MS, joined the Boston College School of Social Work (BCSSW) faculty in 2012. She is a social epidemiologist with an interest in addressing policy-relevant research questions in maternal and child health. Her research examines the impact of policies on health disparities in parents and children, particularly using methodology that integrates epidemiology and economics. She joined the Editorial Board of BMC Public Health in 2018.

Zohra Lassi, Section Editor

Dr. Lassi, Section Editor of the Global health section, is a Perinatal Epidemiologist working as a NHMRC Public Health and Health Services Fellow at the University of Adelaide. Her research work has primarily focused on maternal, child and adolescent health and nutrition issues particularly in marginalized and low resource settings. She joined the Editorial Board of BMC Public Health in April of 2019.

Jianguang Ji, Section Editor

Associate Professor Jianguang Ji, Section Editor of the Chronic disease epidemiology section, is a Senior Research Fellow in Medical Epidemiology at Lund University. His research has a strong focus on the influence of genetic and environmental factors on chronic diseases, with a main focus on cancer incidence and mortality.

Noriko Cable, Section Editor

Dr. Noriko Cable, Section Editor of the Mental health section, is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London. She works on social relationships, alcohol use and mental health from childhood to late adulthood as well as cross-national examinations of mental health.