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  1. Safe Spaces are a feature of combination HIV prevention interventions for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in South Africa. We investigated whether AGYW at risk for adverse sexual and reproductive healt...

    Authors: Catherine Mathews, Zoe Duby, Brittany Bunce, Nathanael van Blydenstein, Kate Bergh, Anthony Ambrose, Fiona Mpungu and Kim Jonas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1026
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  2. In Nigeria, many young girls are engaged in commercial sex work as a means of livelihood and support of dependent relatives. Although studies have documented some of the violence related issues among commercia...

    Authors: Olutoyin Opeyemi Ikuteyijo, Akanni Ibukun Akinyemi and Sonja Merten
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1021
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  3. In light of the recent policy reform in China, the present study aims to investigate the potential impact of family SES on the quality of the parent–child relationship (PCR) through the serial mediating role o...

    Authors: Chunhai Gao, Endale Tadesse and Sabika Khalid
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1018
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  4. Childhood is a critical period for brain development. However, it remains unknown whether the behaviors in a typical 24-h day are related to children’s executive function (EF). This study aimed to investigate ...

    Authors: Xia Zeng, Li Cai, Wenhan Yang, Weiqing Tan, Wendy Huang and Yajun Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1017
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  5. Electronic gambling machines (EGMs) are amongst the most harmful forms of gambling. The high availability of EGMs is also linked to increased consumption. To reduce the burden of EGMs on public health, policie...

    Authors: Virve Marionneau, Gabriele Mandolesi, Sara Rolando and Janne Nikkinen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1016
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  6. The present study aims to investigate the association between educational qualification and early labor market exit among men and to examine the contribution of labor market marginalization measured across the...

    Authors: Emelie Thern, Daniel Falkstedt, Melody Almroth, Katarina Kjellberg, Jonas Landberg, Theo Bodin, Bo Melin and Tomas Hemmingsson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1015
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  7. Economic abuse is a unique form of intimate partner violence (IPV) and includes behaviors that control a survivor’s ability to acquire, use, and maintain resources. These tactics can result in someone becoming...

    Authors: Laura Johnson, Yafan Chen, Amanda Stylianou and Alexandra Arnold
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1014
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  8. We studied collaborative governance at the start of an integrated community approach aiming to improve population health, quality of care, controlling health care costs and improving professional work satisfac...

    Authors: Sanneke J. M. Grootjans, M. M. N. Stijnen, M. E. A. L. Kroese, D. Ruwaard and M. W. J. Jansen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1013
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  9. Childhood obesity is a pertinent public health problem in the UK. Consumption of free sugars has been associated with the development of obesity. In 2018, the Change 4Life (C4L) 100 cal snack campaign was laun...

    Authors: Rhiannon E. Day, Gemma Bridge, Kate Austin, Hannah Ensaff and Meaghan S. Christian
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1012
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  10. Several lifestyle behaviours, including physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, nutrition habits, and social activity have been associated with psychological well-being (PWB). However, their effect on...

    Authors: Laura Sapranaviciute-Zabazlajeva, Lolita Sileikiene, Dalia Luksiene, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Ricardas Radisauskas, Irena Milvidaite and Martin Bobak
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1011
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  11. Distribution of long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) is the most widely used intervention for the prevention of malaria but recall and social desirability biases may lead to challenges in accurately m...

    Authors: Sarah M. Alexander, Alfred Agaba, Jeffrey I. Campbell, Nuriat Nambogo, Carol S. Camlin, Mallory Johnson, Grant Dorsey, Kristian R. Olson, David R. Bangsberg, Ryan W. Carroll, Data Santorino and Paul J. Krezanoski
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1010
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  13. Micro-level statistics on child undernutrition are highly prioritized by stakeholders for measuring and monitoring progress on the sustainable development goals. In this regard district-representative data wer...

    Authors: Sumonkanti Das, Bernard Baffour and Alice Richardson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1008
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  18. High incidence of cases and deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported in prisons worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of different COVID-19 vaccination strategies in ep...

    Authors: Ciara V. McCarthy, Oscar O’Mara, Edwin van Leeuwen, Mark Jit and Frank Sandmann
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1003
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  19. Research on associations between social integration and wellbeing holds promise to inform policy and practice targets for health promotion. Yet, studies of social connection too frequently rely on overly simpl...

    Authors: Melissa Walls, Dane Hautala, Ashley Cole, Lucas Kosobuski, Nicole Weiss, Kyle Hill and Stephanie Ozhaawashkodewe’iganiikwe Williams
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1002
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  20. Climate change caused by environmental pollution is the most important one of many environmental health hazards currently faced by human beings. In particular, the extreme temperature is an important risk fact...

    Authors: Hongju Guo, Peipei Du, Han Zhang, Zihui Zhou, Minyao Zhao, Jie Wang, Xuemei Shi, Jiayi Lin, Yulu Lan, Xiang Xiao, Caiyun Zheng, Xiaofeng Ma, Chengyao Liu, Junjie Zou, Shu Yang, Jiawei Luo…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1001
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  21. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed children’s eating and physical activity behaviours. These changes have been positive for some households and negative for others, revealing health inequalities that have ramif...

    Authors: P. Nowicka, A. Ek, I. E. Jurca-Simina, C. Bouzas, E. Argelich, K. Nordin, S. García, M. Y. Vasquez Barquero, U. Hoffer, H. Reijs Richards, J. A. Tur, A. Chirita-Emandi and K. Eli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1000
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  22. Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is a public health problem worldwide. It is estimated that 90% of the patients diagnosed with TB live in vulnerable environments...

    Authors: Alessandro Rolim Scholze, Josilene Dália Alves, Thaís Zamboni Berra, Felipe Lima dos Santos, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Giselle Lima de Freitas, Maria José Quina Galdino, Flávia Meneguetti Pieri, Marcos Augusto Moraes Arcoverde, Sandra Cristina Pillon, Aline Aparecida Monroe, Inês Fronteira, Dulce Gomes and Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:999
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  23. Meteorological factors and air pollutants have been reported to be associated with hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) epidemics before the introduction of vaccine. However, there is limited evidence for stud...

    Authors: Hongxia Peng, Zhenhua Chen, Lin Cai, Juan Liao, Ke Zheng, Shuo Li, Xueling Ren, Xiaoxia Duan, Xueqin Tang, Xiao Wang, Lu Long and Chunxia Yang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:998
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  24. Short-term medical mission (STMM) providers supplement healthcare delivery and education in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Despite numerous providers working in this space, the views of volunteers wh...

    Authors: Milanka Novak, Katharine Drummond and Arunaz Kumar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:997
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  25. The rapid development of digital health has reduced the time and cost of medical treatment, bringing efficient and economical benefits. However, older adults all over the world are deficient in digital health ...

    Authors: Siqi Liu, Hongyan Zhao, Jingjing Fu, Dehui Kong, Zhu Zhong, Yan Hong, Jing Tan and Yu Luo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:996
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  26. Public isolated due to the early quarantine regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) increasingly used more social media platforms. Contradictory claims regarding the effect of social media use on mental ...

    Authors: Youngrong Lee, Ye Jin Jeon, Sunghyuk Kang, Jae Il Shin, Young-Chul Jung and Sun Jae Jung
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:995
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  27. There is limited and inconsistent literature examining the relationship between food worry and mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined the association between food worry and ...

    Authors: Brenna B. Han, Eva Purkey, Colleen M. Davison, Autumn Watson, Dionne Nolan, Dan Mitchell, Sheldon Traviss, Jennifer Kehoe and Imaan Bayoumi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:994
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  28. India suffers from a high burden of diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases due to unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene practices among human population. With age the immune system becomes com...

    Authors: Pradeep Kumar, Shobhit Srivastava, Adrita Banerjee and Snigdha Banerjee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:993
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  29. Early diagnosis and prompt antibiotic treatment are crucial to reducing morbidity and mortality of early-onset sepsis (EOS) in neonates. However, this strategy remains challenging due to non-specific clinical ...

    Authors: Khansa Salsabila, Nadira Mohammad Ali Toha, Lily Rundjan, Porjai Pattanittum, Prapassara Sirikarn, Rinawati Rohsiswatmo, Setya Wandita, Mohammad Hakimi, Pagakrong Lumbiganon, Sally Green and Tari Turner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:992
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  30. The COVID-19 pandemic had a colossal impact on human society globally. There were similarities and differences in the public health and social measures taken by countries, and comparative analysis facilitates ...

    Authors: Noriko Kitamura, Kaja Abbas and Dilip Nathwani
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:991
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  31. Previous studies have cited insulin-related disorders, including hyperinsulinemia, as one of the main causes of obesity risk and metabolic disorders. We aimed to investigate the association of the Empirical Di...

    Authors: Farshad Teymoori, Ebrahim Mokhtari, Mitra Kazemi Jahromi, Hossein Farhadnejad, Parvin Mirmiran, Mohammadreza Vafa and Fereidoun Azizi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:990
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  32. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the leading cause of health concerns among Ethiopian migrant workers. Understanding risk perception and health-protective behavior are significant challenges in the prevention an...

    Authors: Resom Berhe, Mark Spigt, Francine Schneider, Lucy Paintain, Cherinet Adera, Adane Nigusie, Zemichael Gizaw, Yihenew Alemu Tesfaye, Dia-Eldin A. Elnaiem and Mekuriaw Alemayehu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:989
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  33. Racism constitutes a barrier towards achieving equitable healthcare as documented in research showing unequal processes of delivering, accessing, and receiving healthcare across countries and healthcare indica...

    Authors: Sarah Hamed, Hannah Bradby, Beth Maina Ahlberg and Suruchi Thapar-Björkert
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:988
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  35. Childhood adversity is associated with the onset of harmful adult substance use and related health problems, but most research on adversity has been conducted in general population samples. This study describe...

    Authors: David W. Sosnowski, Kenneth A. Feder, Jacquie Astemborski, Becky L. Genberg, Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Rashelle J. Musci, Ramin Mojtabai, Lisa McCall, Eileen Hollander, Lynnet Loving, Brion S. Maher, Gregory D. Kirk, Shruti H. Mehta and Jing Sun
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:986
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  36. Peer-led interventions for adolescents are effective at accelerating behavioral change. The Sources of Strength suicide preventive program trains student peer change agents (peer leaders) in secondary schools ...

    Authors: Trevor A. Pickering, Peter A. Wyman and Thomas W. Valente
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:985
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  37. Staff currently working in long-term care experience several difficulties. Shortage of staff and poor working conditions are amongst the most prominent, which pose a threat to staff’s sustainable employability...

    Authors: Ceciel H. Heijkants, Madelon L. M. van Hooff, Sabine A. E. Geurts and Cécile R. L. Boot
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:984
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  38. Impact evaluation of most water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions in health are user-centered. However, recent research discussed WASH herd protection – community WASH coverage could protect neighbo...

    Authors: Berta Grau-Pujol, Jorge Cano, Helena Marti-Soler, Aina Casellas, Emanuele Giorgi, Ariel Nhacolo, Francisco Saute, Ricard Giné, Llorenç Quintó, Charfudin Sacoor and Jose Muñoz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:983
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  40. Extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws are a tool for firearm violence prevention (in effect in 19 states), often enacted in the wake of a public mass shooting when media coverage of gun violence tends to s...

    Authors: Amanda J. Aubel, Rocco Pallin, Christopher E. Knoepke, Garen J. Wintemute and Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:981
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  41. Adolescence is a period of transition and vulnerabilities, in which mental illnesses can develop more easily. The objective of this work is to analyze the association of dietary patterns, breakfast consumption...

    Authors: Lucia Helena Almeida Gratão, Milene Cristine Pessoa, Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva, Luana Lara Rocha, Monique Louise Cassimiro Inácio, Tatiana Resende Prado Rangel de Oliveira, Cristiane de Freitas Cunha and Larissa Loures Mendes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:980
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  42. In India, there is currently a lack of data on socioeconomic inequalities in HIV testing on a national scale; thus, understanding socioeconomic inequalities in response to expanded HIV testing is critical for ...

    Authors: Santosh Kumar Sharma and Deepanjali Vishwakarma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:979
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  43. Obesity leads to poor health outcomes and may adversely affect work productivity. This study, aimed to investigate the obesity- attributable costs of absenteeism among working adults in Portugal.

    Authors: Kelli Destri, Joana Alves, Maria João Gregório, Sara Simões Dias, Ana Rita Henriques, Nuno Mendonça, Helena Canhão and Ana Maria Rodrigues
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:978
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    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2022 22:1210

  44. People incarcerated in US prisons have been disproportionately harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. That prisons are such efficient superspreading environments can be attributed to several known factors: small, co...

    Authors: Catherine Duarte, Drew B. Cameron, Ada T. Kwan, Stefano M. Bertozzi, Brie A. Williams and Sandra I. McCoy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:977
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  45. Loss to follow-up (LTFU) from tuberculosis (TB) treatment and care is a major public health problem as patients can be infectious and also may develop a multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB). The study aimed to ass...

    Authors: Desta Watumo, Melkamu Merid Mengesha, Tesfaye Gobena, Mathewos Alemu Gebremichael and Degu Jerene
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:976
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  46. Quantitative epidemiological tools are routinely used to assess adolescent diet and physical activity (PA) constructs (behaviour, knowledge, and awareness) as risk factors for non-communicable diseases. This s...

    Authors: Trish Muzenda, Monika Kamkuemah, Jane Battersby and Tolu Oni
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:975
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  48. HIV incidence among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) remains high, with their male partners a prominent factor in sustaining these elevated rates. Partnership characteristics remain important metrics fo...

    Authors: Gavin George, Sean Beckett, Tarylee Reddy, Kaymarlin Govender, Cherie Cawood, David Khanyile and Ayesha B. M. Kharsany
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:973
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  50. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (hereafter respectfully referred to as Indigenous Australians) represent about 3% of the total Australian population. Major health disparities exist between Indige...

    Authors: Ge Xu, Danai Modi, Kylie E. Hunter, Lisa M. Askie, Lisa M. Jamieson, Alex Brown and Anna Lene Seidler
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:971
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