BMC Public Health

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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.

“Border closure only increased precariousness”: a qualitative analysis of the effects of restrictive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic on Venezuelan’s health and human rights in South America

Authors: Teresita Rocha-Jimenez, Carla Olivari, Alejandra Martínez, Michael Knipper and Báltica Cabieses

Content type: Research 21 September 2023
Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the achievement emotions questionnaire for physical education in university students

Authors: Jianing Tian, Peifeng Liu, Qianqian Zhang, Shun Song, Shicheng An and Hongyan Yu

Content type: Research 21 September 2023
Assessing complex interventions: a systematic review of outcomes used in randomised controlled trials on STI partner notification in high-income countries

Authors: Victoire Sawras, Sylvie Deuffic-Burban, Marie Préau, Bruno Spire, Yazdan Yazdanpanah and Karen Champenois

Content type: Research 21 September 2023
A multilevel analysis of the triple burden of malnutrition in Indonesia: trends and determinants from repeated cross-sectional surveys

Authors: Helen Andriani, Erlin Friska, Miftahul Arsyi, Alphyyanto Eko Sutrisno, Alexander Waits and Nurul Dina Rahmawati

Content type: Research 21 September 2023
Association of adiposity with risk of obstructive sleep apnea: a population-based study

Authors: Hai Deng, Xueru Duan, Jun Huang, Murui Zheng, Miaochan Lao, Fan Weng, Qi-ying Su, Zhen-feng Zheng, Yunting Mei, Li Huang, Wen-han Yang, Xiaohui Xing, Xiaofeng Ma, Wenjing Zhao and Xudong Liu

Content type: Research 21 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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