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.

Remote learning and mental health during the societal lockdown: a study of primary school students and parents in times of COVID-19

Authors: Frank Tian-Fang Ye, Xiaozi Gao, Kuen-Fung Sin and Lan Yang

Content type: Research 7 June 2023
Pneumococcal vaccination coverage and adherence to recommended dosing schedules in adults: a repeated cross-sectional study of the INTEGO morbidity registry

Authors: Arne Janssens, Bert Vaes, Chloé Abels, Jonas Crèvecoeur, Pavlos Mamouris, Barbara Merckx, Pieter Libin, Gijs Van Pottelbergh and Thomas Neyens

Content type: Research 7 June 2023
Sociodemographic inequalities in mortality from drowning in the Baltic countries and Finland in 2000–2015: a register-based study

Authors: Andrew Stickley, Aleksei Baburin, Domantas Jasilionis, Juris Krumins, Pekka Martikainen, Naoki Kondo, Jae Il Shin, Yosuke Inoue and Mall Leinsalu

Content type: Research 7 June 2023
Identifying labour market pathways after a 30-day-long sickness absence –a three-year sequence analysis study in Finland

Authors: Riku Perhoniemi, Jenni Blomgren and Mikko Laaksonen

Content type: Research 7 June 2023
Inequalities in the receipt of healthcare practitioner counseling for adults after COVID-19 in southern Brazil

Authors: Juliana Quadros Santos Rocha, Rinelly Pazinato Dutra, Yohana Pereira Vieira, Suele Manjourany Silva Duro and Mirelle de Oliveira Saes

Content type: Research 7 June 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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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.

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