BMC Public Health

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A qualitative study of experiences among young adults who increased their cannabis use during the COVID-19 pandemic

The impact of eating alone on food intake and everyday eating routines: A cross-sectional study of community-living 70- to 75-year-olds in Sweden

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Prevalence and factors contributing to mental health challenges among school-going adolescents: a case of a climate-vulnerable Manafwa Watershed in Uganda

Authors: Charles Batte, Pamela Okwir Apio, Andrew Weil Semulimi, Shivan Nuwasiima, Ronald Mutebi Kasoma, Martin Menya Mwesigwa, Nelson Twinamasiko, Trishul Siddharthan, John Mukisa, David Mukunya, Joan Abaatyo and Joyce Sserunjogi Nalugya

Content type: Research 9 October 2024
Lifetime healthcare expenditures across socioeconomic groups

Authors: Malene Kallestrup-Lamb and Alexander O. K. Marin

Content type: Research 9 October 2024
Female transactional sex workers’ experiences and health-seeking behaviour in low-middle income countries: a scoping review

Authors: Joseph Kwame Wulifan

Content type: Systematic Review 9 October 2024
General practitioners may improve cervical screening equality in France

Authors: Vladimir Druel, Cyrille Delpierre, Lisa Ouanhnon, Marie-Eve Rougé Bugat and Pascale Grosclaude

Content type: Research 9 October 2024
The relationship between childhood trauma and mental health status among Chinese vocational high school adolescents: the mediating effect of poor self-control and internet addiction

Authors: Yuhan Su, Zhuohui Chen, Ziwei Teng, Mengdong Liu, Yuanguang Yang, Jindong Chen, Xiaoman Liu and Jing Huang

Content type: Research 9 October 2024

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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
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
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
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
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

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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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