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  1. Demographic and infection-related characteristics have been identified as risk factors for long COVID, but research on the influence of health behaviours (e.g., exercise, smoking) immediately preceding the ind...

    Authors: Elise Paul and Daisy Fancourt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1716
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  2. The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills Intervention (or CBTSI) aims to build mental health literacy and knowledge, allowing youth to build resilience and improve mental health broadly. In Ontario, Canada, you...

    Authors: Paula Klim-Conforti, Anthony J. Levitt, Amy H. Cheung, Raisa Loureiro, Mark Fefergrad, Ayal Schaffer, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Mark Sinyor and Juveria Zaheer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1709
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  3. By July 2021, Canada had received enough COVID-19 vaccines to fully vaccinate every eligible Canadian. However, despite the availability of vaccines, some eligible individuals remain unvaccinated. Differences ...

    Authors: Mireille Guay, Aubrey Maquiling, Ruoke Chen, Valérie Lavergne, Donalyne-Joy Baysac, Audrey Racine, Eve Dubé, Shannon E. MacDonald and Nicolas L. Gilbert
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1708
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  4. Obesity and hypertension are global health concerns. Both are linked with increased risks of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Several early studies reported the prevalence of obesity and hypertension in...

    Authors: Nurshad Ali, Nayan Chandra Mohanto, Shaikh Mirja Nurunnabi, Tangigul Haque and Farjana Islam
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1707
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  5. Countries with best practice tobacco control measures have experienced significant reductions in smoking prevalence, but socioeconomic inequalities remain. Spending on tobacco products, particularly by low-inc...

    Authors: Anita Lal, Mohammadreza Mohebi, Sarah L. White, Michelle Scollo and Nikki McCaffrey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1706
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  6. Enacted or anticipated stigma among people living with HIV (PLHIV) can negatively impact healthcare engagement. We identified factors associated with having avoided HIV health services for fear of stigma among...

    Authors: Rosemary M. Delabre, Amal Ben Moussa, Virginie Villes, Mohammed Elkhammas, Lahoucine Ouarsas, Daniela Castro Rojas Castro and Mehdi Karkouri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1705
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  7. General health check-ups are an important element of healthcare, as they are designed to detect diseases, thereby reducing morbidity and mortality. Recent studies have found that financial literacy promotes pr...

    Authors: Sumeet Lal, Trinh Xuan Thi Nguyen, Abdul-Salam Sulemana, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan and Yoshihiko Kadoya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1704
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  8. Global life satisfaction has been consistently linked to physical health. A deeper and culturally nuanced understanding of which domains of satisfaction may be responsible for this association has implications...

    Authors: Kaiwen Bi, Shuquan Chen, Paul S. F. Yip and Pei Sun
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1703
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  9. Sarcopenia is associated with age-related loss of muscle mass and function and is becoming prevalent in the older Chinese population. This systematic review aims to obtain a reliable estimation of the prevalen...

    Authors: Xiaoyu Ren, Xianliang Zhang, Qiang He, Litao Du, Ke Chen, Si Chen and Yang Pan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1702
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  10. Health space (HS) is a statistical way of visualizing individual’s health status in multi-dimensional space. In this study, we propose a novel HS in two-dimensional space based on scores of metabolic stress a...

    Authors: Cheolgyun Park, Youjin Kim, Chanhee Lee, Ji Yeon Kim, Oran Kwon and Taesung Park
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1701
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  11. South Africa has a dual healthcare system comprising of private and public sectors covering 16% and 84% of the population, respectively. Medical schemes are the primary source of health insurance in the privat...

    Authors: Francis M’bouaffou, Eric Buch, Steve Olorunju and Evelyn Thsehla
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1700
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  12. Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable mortality and morbidity worldwide, with the European Region having the highest prevalence of tobacco smoking among adults compared to other WHO regions. The ...

    Authors: Polina Putrik, Martina Otavova, Christel Faes and Brecht Devleesschauwer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1699
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  13. This study aimed to explore the experiences of the residents of Samho-dong with the health environment in the local community, and their in-depth opinions on health promotion using a photovoice methodology. Al...

    Authors: Jeehee Pyo, Haneul Lee, Yangwha Kang, Jaewook Oh and Minsu Ock
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1698
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  14. Adherent pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake can prevent HIV infections. Despite the high HIV incidence, Chinese key populations have low PrEP uptake and adherence. New interventions are needed to increase ...

    Authors: Yongjie Sha, Chunyan Li, Yuan Xiong, Aniruddha Hazra, Jonathan Lio, Ivy Jiang, Haojie Huang, Jared Kerman, Jannelle Molina, Linghua Li, Ke Liang, Dandan Gong, Quanmin Li, Songjie Wu, Renslow Sherer, Joseph D. Tucker…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1697
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  15. HPV-related anal cancer occurs in excess rates among people living with HIV (PLWH) and has been increasing in incidence. The HPV vaccine is an effective and safe approach to prevent and reduce the risk of HPV-...

    Authors: Jessica Wells, James L. Klosky, Yuan Liu and Theresa Wicklin Gillespie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1696
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  16. Fermented foods are staples of the human diet and fermentation process has been used by humans for thousands of years. The preparation of fermented foods was performed in the past without knowledge of the role...

    Authors: Maja Šikić-Pogačar, Dušanka Mičetić Turk and Sabina Fijan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1695
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  17. Polio is disease caused by poliovirus which can in turn cause irreversible paralytic disease, presenting as Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP). A sensitive AFP surveillance system, in which all reported AFP cases a...

    Authors: Bob Omoda Amodan, Annet Kisakye, Patricia Thiwe Okumu, Sherry Rita Ahirirwe, Daniel Kadobera, Alfred Driwale and Alex Riolexus Ario
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1694
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  18. This study aimed to estimate annual health care and lost productivity costs associated with excess weight among the adult population in Belgium, using national health data.

    Authors: Vanessa Gorasso, Isabelle Moyersoen, Johan Van der Heyden, Karin De Ridder, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Stijn Vansteelandt, Delphine De Smedt and Brecht Devleesschauwer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1693
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  19. The COVID-19 crisis poses considerable threats to public health, and exploring the key configuration conditions of the public behavior response is very important for emergency risk management.

    Authors: Junwang Gu, Chunmei Wu, Xuanhui Wu, Rong He, Jing Tao, Wenhui Ye, Ping Wu, Ming Hao and Wei Qiu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1692
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  20. The literature on Inequality of opportunity (IOp) in health distinguishes between circumstances that lie outside of own control vs. efforts that – to varying extents – are within one’s control. From the perspecti...

    Authors: Espen Berthung, Nils Gutacker, Birgit Abelsen and Jan Abel Olsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1691
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  21. Hygiene behaviors in public toilets are important to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases, especially during the pandemic. All through the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, governments in many ...

    Authors: Jiayao Xu, Xin Xu, Kai Sing Sun, Dan Wu, Tai Pong Lam and Xudong Zhou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1690
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  22. Low adoption of effective health technologies increases illness morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the case of malaria, effective tools such as malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and artemisinin-combinat...

    Authors: Judith N. Mangeni, Lucy Abel, Steve M. Taylor, Andrew Obala, Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara and Indrani Saran
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1689
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  23. The World Health Organization (WHO) considers that the heterogeneity of concepts and definitions of migrants is an obstacle to obtaining evidence to inform public health policies. There is no recent data on th...

    Authors: Jérémy Khouani, Léo Blatrix, Aurélie Tinland, Maeva Jego, Gaëtan Gentile, Guillaume Fond, Anderson Loundou, Marilou Fromentin and Pascal Auquier
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1688
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  24. This paper examines demographic differences in flourishing, defined as “complete well-being” and consisting of six domains: emotional health, physical health, purpose, character strengths, social connectedness...

    Authors: Matthew T. Lee, Eileen McNeely, Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Karen A. Ryan, Kay D. Mooney, Richard G. Cowden and Tyler J. VanderWeele
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1687
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  25. Although sleep problem is a growing public health issue with the advancement of technology, especially among adolescents and young adults, it received little attention. The study aimed to examine the associati...

    Authors: Chanda Maurya, T. Muhammad, Priya Maurya and Preeti Dhillon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1686
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  26. There are concerns about the representation of vulnerable and underrepresented racial-ethnic minorities in biomedical and public health research, particularly when the research requires the collection of biosp...

    Authors: Airín Denise Martínez and Lillian Ruelas-Thompson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1685
    Content type: Research in practice Published on:

  27. People living with HIV (PLHIV) are experiencing increased life expectancy mostly due to the success of anti-retroviral therapy. Consequently, they face the threat of chronic diseases attributed to ageing inclu...

    Authors: Joshua Okyere, Castro Ayebeng, Bernard Afriyie Owusu and Kwamena Sekyi Dickson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1684
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  29. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a concerning problem in many parts of the world, especially in rural and poor areas. Due to health service inequality and public stigma towards the disease, it is difficult to conduct ...

    Authors: Meijiao Wang, Gordon Liu, Xiaotong Chen, Sai Ma and Chen Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1682
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  30. COVID-19 related stigma has been identified as a critical issue since the beginning of the pandemic. We developed a valid and reliable questionnaire to measure COVID-19 related enacted stigma, inflicted by the...

    Authors: Masoomeh Faghankhani, Hossein Nourinia, Ali Ahmad Rafiei-Rad, Aliyeh Mahdavi Adeli, Mohammad Reza Javadi Yeganeh, Hamid Sharifi, Hamidreza Namazi, Shaghayegh Khosravifar, Alaleh Bahramian, Mahdi Fathimakvand, Elnaz Golalipour, Fatemeh Sadat Mirfazeli, Hamid Reza Baradaran, Graham Thornicroft and Amir Hossein Jalali Nadoushan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1681
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  31. Xinjiang is an economically underdeveloped area in China, but the obesity rate of children and adolescents is increasing year by year. Physical fitness and body mass index (BMI) are very important factors for ...

    Authors: Guangwei Chen, Jianjun Chen, Jingzhi Liu, Yanyan Hu and Yang Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1680
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  32. Health promotion behaviors are key determinant of health and well-being, and also play an important role in promoting successful aging. This study investigated levels of engagement in health promotion behavior...

    Authors: Xia Xie, Jiao Du, Jie He, Youchi Liu and Zihao Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1679
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  33. Occupational exposures may result in Canadian military Veterans having poorer health and higher use of health services after transitioning to civilian life compared to the general population. However, few stud...

    Authors: Alyson L. Mahar, Kate St. Cyr, Jennifer E. Enns, Alice B. Aiken, Marlo Whitehead, Heidi Cramm and Paul Kurdyak
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1678
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  34. Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is a major cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) were introduced in the US in 2000 (PCV7) and 2010 (PCV13). This study estimated...

    Authors: Tianyan Hu, Yan Song, Nicolae Done, Qing Liu, Eric M. Sarpong, Esteban Lemus-Wirtz, James Signorovitch, Salini Mohanty and Thomas Weiss
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1677
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  35. The current COVID-19 pandemic affects the entire world population and has serious health, economic and social consequences. Assessing the prevalence of COVID-19 through population-based serological surveys is ...

    Authors: Nicole S. Struck, Eva Lorenz, Christina Deschermeier, Daniel Eibach, Jenny Kettenbeil, Wibke Loag, Steven A. Brieger, Anna M. Ginsbach, Christian Obirikorang, Oumou Maiga-Ascofare, Yaw Adu Sarkodie, Eric Ebenezer Amprofi Boham, Evans Asamoah Adu, Gracelyn Asare, Amos Amoako-Adusei, Alfred Yawson…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1676
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  36. With overpopulation contributing to the depletion of planetary resources, the high rates of unintended pregnancies in India are a cause for concern. Despite the free supply of contraception options within Indi...

    Authors: Medhavi Weerasinghe, Shubhangi Agawane, Neelima Karandikar, Jane Fisher and Jayagowri Sastry
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1675
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  37. Authors: Lucia González Fernández, Emmanuel Firima, Elena Robinson, Fabiola Ursprung, Jacqueline Huber, Alain Amstutz, Ravi Gupta, Felix Gerber, Joalane Mokhohlane, Thabo Lejone, Irene Ayakaka, Hongyi Xu and Niklaus Daniel Labhardt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1640
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  38. Prior studies demonstrate associations between risk factors for obesity and related chronic diseases (e.g., cardiovascular disease) and features of the built environment. This is particularly true for rural po...

    Authors: Rebecca A. Seguin-Fowler, Karla L. Hanson, Deyaun Villarreal, Chad D. Rethorst, Priscilla Ayine, Sara C. Folta, Jay E. Maddock, Megan S. Patterson, Grace A. Marshall, Leah C. Volpe, Galen D. Eldridge, Meghan Kershaw, Vi Luong, Hua Wang and Don Kenkel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1674
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  39. Open defecation due to a lack of access to sanitation facilities remains a public health issue in the United States. People experiencing homelessness face barriers to accessing sanitation facilities, and are o...

    Authors: Heather K. Amato, Douglas Martin, Christopher M. Hoover and Jay P. Graham
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1673
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  40. The adoption of a healthy lifestyle plays a crucial role for the health and well-being of health care professionals. Previous e- and mHealth interventions relied on deliberative psychological processes (e.g., ...

    Authors: Anna Vogelsang, Clara Hinrichs, Lena Fleig and Ines Pfeffer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1672
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  41. Assessment of health beliefs and risk perception is a critical means to prevent coronary heart disease, but there are few such studies on assessment in the Chinese population. Given the demonstrated value and ...

    Authors: Yan Liu, Wei Yu, Mei Zhou, Fang Li, Farong Liao, Zhengyu Dong, Hairong Wang, Jiaqing Chen and Lingling Gao
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1671
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  42. There exists a great diversity of schedules concerning the way shift work is organized and implemented with ample agreement regarding recommendable features of a shift system. In order to adapt the shift sched...

    Authors: Marcial Velasco-Garrido, Robert Herold, Elisabeth Rohwer, Stefanie Mache, Claudia Terschürenm, Alexandra M. Preisser and Volker Harth
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1670
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  43. Nutritional problems in children cause major morbidity and mortality in the world. This study aimed to assess the nutritional status of under six years old children in Kalar city, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

    Authors: Hawal Lateef Fateh, Mostafa Nachvak, Hadi Abdollahzad, Shahab Rezaeian, Mina Darand and Amir Bagheri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1668
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  44. A high COVID-19 vaccine uptake is essential to achieve herd immunity to combat the current strain of COVID-19 and potential future variants. This review aimed to identify factors associated with public intenti...

    Authors: Emily Terry, Sapphire Cartledge, Sarah Damery and Sheila Greenfield
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1667
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  45. Intimate partner aggression (IPA) is a prevalent public health concern that is associated with multiple negative consequences. Rates of IPA in the U.S. have increased since the onset of the Coronavirus Disease...

    Authors: Julia F. Hammett, Miklós B. Halmos, Dominic J. Parrott and Cynthia A. Stappenbeck
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1666
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  46. Eye conditions in children can have negative consequences on visual functioning and quality of life. There is a lack of data on the magnitude of children with eye conditions who need services for effective pla...

    Authors: Priya Morjaria, Jessica Massie and Andrew Bastawrous
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1665
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  47. National projections of life expectancy are made periodically by statistical offices or actuarial societies in Europe and are widely used, amongst others for reforms of pension systems. However, these projecti...

    Authors: Wilma J. Nusselder, Anja M. B. De Waegenaere, Bertrand Melenberg, Pintao Lyu and Jose R. Rubio Valverde
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1664
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  48. The role of social ties, other-regarding preferences, and cultural traits in boosting community resilience and minimizing citizens’ vulnerability to crises such as COVID-19 is increasingly being recognized. Ho...

    Authors: Sun Youn Lee, Shusaku Sasaki, Hirofumi Kurokawa and Fumio Ohtake
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1663
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  49. Large-scale population-based studies regarding the role of education in periodontitis are lacking. Thus, the aim of the current study was to analyze the potential association between education and periodontiti...

    Authors: Carolin Walther, Kristin Spinler, Katrin Borof, Christopher Kofahl, Guido Heydecke, Udo Seedorf, Thomas Beikler, Claudia Terschüren, Andre Hajek and Ghazal Aarabi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1662
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