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  1. A novel strategy to combat malaria was tested using a methodology adapted to a complex setting in the Amazon region and a hard-to-reach, mobile community. The intervention strategy tested was the distribution,...

    Authors: Muriel Suzanne Galindo, Yann Lambert, Louise Mutricy, Laure Garancher, Jane Bordalo Miller, José Hermenegildo Gomes, Alice Sanna, Cassio Peterka, Hedley Cairo, Helene Hiwat, Antoine Adenis, Mathieu Nacher, Martha Cecilia Suárez-Mutis, Stephen Vreden and Maylis Douine
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:770
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  2. Previous research suggested an association between maternal exposure to ambient air pollutants and the risk of congenital heart disease (CHD). However, the effect of individual prenatal exposure to indoor air ...

    Authors: Jing Sun, Jian Wang, Jing Yang, Xin Shi, Shujing Li, Jinping Cheng, Sun Chen, Kun Sun and Yurong Wu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:767
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. Many children in low- and middle-income countries fail to reach their cognitive potential, with experiences before age 3 critical in shaping long-term development. Zanzibar’s Jamii ni Afya program is the first...

    Authors: Allyson L. Russell, Elizabeth Hentschel, Isabel Fulcher, Matteo Santangelo Ravà, Gulam Abdulkarim, Omar Abdalla, Samira Said, Halima Khamis, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier and Kim Wilson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:762
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  5. Micromobility sharing platforms have involved skyrocketing numbers of users in multiple countries since 2010. However, few studies have examined the overall impact of the growing micromobility market on road i...

    Authors: Yudi Zhao, Jinhong Cao, Yudiyang Ma, Sumaira Mubarik, Jianjun Bai, Donghui Yang, Kai Wang and Chuanhua Yu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:760
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2022 22:852

  6. Due to population aging, it is essential to examine to what extent rises in life expectancy (LE) consist of healthy or unhealthy years. Most health expectancy studies have been based on single health measures ...

    Authors: Bettina Meinow, Peng Li, Domantas Jasilionis, Anna Oksuzyan, Louise Sundberg, Susanne Kelfve and Jonas W. Wastesson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:759
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  7. The study examined the prevalence of self-reported menstrual irregularities during adolescence and explored the association of depressive symptoms with self-reported menstrual irregularities in adolescents in ...

    Authors: Priya Maurya, Trupti Meher and T. Muhammad
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:758
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  8. Concerns have grown that post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 may affect significant numbers of survivors. However, the analyses used to guide policy-making for Australia’s national and state re-opening plans have ...

    Authors: Mary Rose Angeles, Sithara Wanni Arachchige Dona, Huong Dieu Nguyen, Long Khanh-Dao Le and Martin Hensher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:757
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  9. In Australia, and throughout the world, it is evident that the mental health and wellbeing of young males aged 15–24, is not a priority. In Australia suicide is the leading cause of death in people aged 15–24 ...

    Authors: Murray Drummond, Ben Wadham, Ivanka Prichard, Sam Elliott, Claire Drummond and Sarah Crossman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:756
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  10. There are over seven million older adult immigrants in the United States, and that number is expected to increase. Older adult immigrants in the United States have unique factors that influence their health.

    Authors: Maren M. Hawkins, Daniel D. Holliday, Lance S. Weinhardt, Paul Florsheim, Emmanuel Ngui and Tala AbuZahra
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:755
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  11. We evaluated the validity and reliability of the Neilands sexual stigma scale administered to 871 gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) at two research locations in Kenya.

    Authors: Christine J. Korhonen, Brian P. Flaherty, Elizabeth Wahome, Pascal Macharia, Helgar Musyoki, Parinita Battacharjee, Joshua Kimani, Monika Doshi, John Mathenge, Robert R. Lorway, Eduard J. Sanders and Susan M. Graham
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:754
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  13. As smart device overdependence among preschoolers could adversely affect their overall development, it is essential to understand the related factors of such overdependence. Mothers have a large influence on p...

    Authors: Gumhee Lee and Sungjae Kim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:752
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  14. An overlooked problem in food and nutrition system analysis is assuring adequate diversity for a healthy diet. Little is known about nutrient diversity in food and nutrition systems and how it transmits to die...

    Authors: Mahdieh Sheikhi, Nasrin Omidvar, Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei and Hassan Eini-Zinab
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:751
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  15. Testing is a foundational component of any COVID-19 management strategy; however, emerging evidence suggests that barriers and hesitancy to COVID-19 testing may affect uptake or participation and often these a...

    Authors: Mark Embrett, S. Meaghan Sim, Hilary A. T. Caldwell, Leah Boulos, Ziwa Yu, Gina Agarwal, Rhiannon Cooper, Allyson J. Gallant AJ, Iwona A. Bielska, Jawad Chishtie, Kathryn Stone, Janet Curran and Andrea Tricco
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:750
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  16. Evidence continues to demonstrate that certain marginalised populations are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. While many studies document the impacts of COVID-19 on social inequalities in health, none h...

    Authors: Marie-Catherine Gagnon-Dufresne, Lara Gautier, Camille Beaujoin, Ashley Savard Lamothe, Rachel Mikanagu, Patrick Cloos, Valéry Ridde and Kate Zinszer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:749
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  17. Reliable mortality data are essential for the development of public health policies. In Brazil, although there is a well-consolidated universal system for mortality data, the quality of information on causes o...

    Authors: Carmen Diva Saldiva de André, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, Lucia Pereira Barroso, Paulo Afonso de André, Lisie Tocci Justo, Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira, Mauro T. Taniguchi, Cátia Martinez Minto, Pedro Losco Takecian, Leonardo Tadashi Kamaura, João Eduardo Ferreira, Riley H. Hazard, Deirdre Mclaughlin, Ian Riley, Alan D. Lopez, Ana Maria de Oliveira Ramos…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:748
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  18. There is a need to evaluate how the choice of time interval contributes to the lack of consistency of SDoH variables that appear as important to COVID-19 disease burden within an analysis for both case counts ...

    Authors: Charisse Madlock-Brown, Ken Wilkens, Nicole Weiskopf, Nina Cesare, Sharmodeep Bhattacharyya, Naomi O. Riches, Juan Espinoza, David Dorr, Kerry Goetz, Jimmy Phuong, Anupam Sule, Hadi Kharrazi, Feifan Liu, Cindy Lemon and William G. Adams
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:747
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2022 22:1250

  19. Health at older ages is a key public health challenge especially among the developing countries. Older adults are at greater risk of vulnerability due to their physical and functional health risks. With rapidl...

    Authors: Mohd. Rashid Khan, Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Saddaf Naaz Akhtar, Suryakant Yadav and Ratna Patel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:746
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  20. While problem gambling does not directly cause intimate partner violence (IPV), it exacerbates that violence significantly. Women experiencing both gambling harm and IPV often find themselves in challenging si...

    Authors: Cathy O’Mullan, Nerilee Hing, Elaine Nuske, Helen Breen and Lydia Mainey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:745
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  21. Extant research reveals that currently and formerly incarcerated individuals exhibit higher rates of disability. Moreover, recent research highlights that women exposed to incarceration during pregnancy —eithe...

    Authors: Alexander Testa, Chantal Fahmy, Dylan B. Jackson, Kyle T. Ganson and Jason M. Nagata
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:744
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  22. Understanding factors associated with women's healthcare decision-making during and after pregnancy is important. While there is considerable evidence related to general determinants of women’s decision-making...

    Authors: Neha Batura, Stavros Poupakis, Sushmita Das, Ujwala Bapat, Glyn Alcock, Jolene Skordis, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Shanti Pantvaidya and David Osrin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:743
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  23. Daily testing using a rapid Lateral Flow Device (LFD) has been suggested as an alternative to self-isolation. A randomised trial comparing daily contact testing (DCT) in schools with self-isolation found that ...

    Authors: Sarah Denford, Lauren Towler, Behiye Ali, Georgia Treneman-Evans, Rachael Bloomer, Tim EA Peto, Bernadette C. Young and Lucy Yardley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:742
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  24. Diabetes is burdensome to African Americans, who are twice as likely to be diagnosed, more likely to develop complications and are at a greater risk for death and disability than non-Hispanic whites. Medicatio...

    Authors: Olayinka O. Shiyanbola, Deepika Rao, Sierra Kuehl, Daniel Bolt, Earlise Ward and Carolyn Brown
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:741
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  25. Limited evidence is available about the combination of multiple smoking cessation modalities in low- and middle-income countries. The study aimed to assess the feasibility of a smoking cessation intervention t...

    Authors: Wan-Chun Huang, Guy B. Marks, Ngoc Yen Pham, Thu Anh Nguyen, Thuy Anh Nguyen, Van Giap Vu, Viet Nhung Nguyen, Stephen Jan, Joel Negin, Quy Chau Ngo and Greg J. Fox
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:739
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  26. In recent years, there has been an increase in the incidence of health problems among college students in China, the lack of adequate physical exercise is the major reason. This study aimed to investigate meth...

    Authors: Bo Li, Shanshan Han, Shuqiao Meng, Jaewoo Lee, Jie Cheng and Yang Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:738
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  27. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries relied, until recently, solely on import duties for tobacco products. The agreement for the introduction of an excise and value added tax (VAT) in 2016 and 2017, re...

    Authors: Sofia Delipalla, Konstantina Koronaiou, Jawad A. Al-Lawati, Mohamed Sayed, Ali Alwadey, Ejlal F. AlAlawi, Kholoud Almutawaa, Amal H. J. Hussain, Wedad Al-Maidoor and Yahya M. Al-Farsi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:737
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  28. Currently, there is limited knowledge about socioeconomic, neighbourhood, and local ecological factors that contribute to the growing Lyme disease incidence in the province of Ontario, Canada. In this study, w...

    Authors: Andreea M. Slatculescu, Claudia Duguay, Nicholas H. Ogden, Beate Sander, Marc Desjardins, D. William Cameron and Manisha A. Kulkarni
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:736
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  29. Expanding access to the opioid antagonist naloxone to reduce overdose mortality is a public health priority in the United States. Naloxone standing orders (NSOs) have been established in many states to increas...

    Authors: Susannah Slocum, Jenny E. Ozga, Rebecca Joyce, Alexander Y. Walley and Robin A. Pollini
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:735
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  30. Since hypertension (HTN) is responsible for more than half of all deaths from cardiovascular disease, it is vital to understand the nutritional factors that reduce its risk. Little information, however, is kno...

    Authors: Yahya Pasdar, Behrooz Hamzeh, Shima Moradi, Ehsan Mohammadi, Sahar Cheshmeh, Mitra Darbandi, Roya Safari Faramani and Farid Najafi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:734
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  31. One of the effective ways to control hypertension is long-term self-management, which is difficult to maintain. Therefore, understanding how people engage in the process of self-management behaviour change is ...

    Authors: Jiao Lu, Linhui Liu, Jiaming Zheng and Zhongliang Zhou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:733
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  32. Most diagnosed oral cancer cases in Saudi Arabia are in the Jazan region. A common type of smokeless tobacco "Shammah" is prevalent in this region. This study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of the pos...

    Authors: Ibtisam Moafa, Rik Crutzen, Bart van den Borne, Mohammed Jafer, Maan Shabi, Ahmed Al-khaldi, Ahmed Abu-Zawah, Hameed Al-jabri and Ismaeel Hedad
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:732
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  33. Public health nurses are performing various roles during the COVID-19 pandemic: counseling, surveillance, specimen collection, epidemiological investigation, education, and vaccination. This study investigated...

    Authors: Eunjoo Hong, Aeri Jung and Kyungmi Woo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:731
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  34. Authors: A. Farmer, K. Bobrow, N. Leon, N. Williams, E. Phiri, H. Namadingo, S. Cooper, J. Prince, A. Crampin, D. Besada, E. Daviaud, L-M Yu, J. N’goma, D. Springer, B. Pauly, L. Tarassenko…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:710
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2021 21:1907

  36. HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care services might be hampered by inaccurate risk assessment. This study aimed to investigate the extent of and factors associated with the discordance between perceiv...

    Authors: Yusi Liu, Guochen Fu, Yifan Chen, Lei Wu, Mingliang Pan, Yuli Yang, Zhuo Chen, Yu Cao, Yong Li, Hao Wang, Bixiang Wang, Chengcheng Lv, Ruyi Du, Yanting Xiong, Wei Liu, Nuo Xu…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:729
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  37. Leaving no one behind has been an important marker of the Sustainable Development Goals. Closing the gap in malnutrition between children of different backgrounds aligns well with the tenet of this internation...

    Authors: Bashaw Wogderes, Gebretsadik Shibre and Betregiorgis Zegeye
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:728
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  38. Although evidence suggests that obesity track well from childhood to adolescence, most of the research has been done in Western and high-income countries. Moreover, most of the studies have tracked body-mass i...

    Authors: Martin Zvonar, Lovro Štefan, Mario Kasović and Pavel Piler
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:727
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  39. Cigarette smoking poses a major threat to public health. While cessation support provided by healthcare professionals is effective, its use remains low. Chatbots have the potential to serve as a useful additio...

    Authors: Linwei He, Erkan Basar, Reinout W. Wiers, Marjolijn L. Antheunis and Emiel Krahmer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:726
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  41. While mass COVID-19 vaccination programs are underway in high-income countries, limited availability of doses has resulted in few vaccines administered in low and middle income countries (LMICs). The COVID-19 ...

    Authors: Fidisoa Rasambainarivo, Tanjona Ramiadantsoa, Antso Raherinandrasana, Santatra Randrianarisoa, Benjamin L. Rice, Michelle V. Evans, Benjamin Roche, Fidiniaina Mamy Randriatsarafara, Amy Wesolowski and Jessica C. Metcalf
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:724
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  42. The alcohol consumption pattern, alcoholic liver disease (ALD) prevalence and related risk factors among alcohol drinkers in Beijing haven’t been fully elucidated. Hence, a cross-sectional study was conducted ...

    Authors: Huai Wang, Pei Gao, Weixin Chen, Qianli Yuan, Min Lv, Shuang Bai and Jiang Wu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:723
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  43. Domestic violence (DV) is a major global public health problem which is associated with significant adverse consequences. Although Sri Lankan women who experience DV receive treatment from healthcare professio...

    Authors: Tharuka Silva, Thilini Agampodi, Maggie Evans, Duleeka Knipe, Abey Rathnayake and Thilini Rajapakse
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:721
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  44. From 2014–2019, Latin America and the Caribbean had the fastest growth of moderate-to-severe food insecurity than any other region, rising from 22.9% to 31.7%. While the prevalence of food insecurity is higher...

    Authors: M. Patrizia Santos, Jessica D. Brewer, Miguel A. Lopez, Valerie A. Paz-Soldan and M. Pia Chaparro
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:717
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. The COVID-19 epidemic has differentially impacted communities across England, with regional variation in rates of confirmed cases, hospitalisations and deaths. Measurement of this burden changed substantially ...

    Authors: Emily S. Nightingale, Sam Abbott, Timothy W. Russell, Rachel Lowe, Graham F. Medley and Oliver J. Brady
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:716
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2022 22:1140

  46. Based on an increased prevalence of diabetes, asthma and hypertension among women in reproductive age, understanding the risk factors of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is crucial to inform policy and program...

    Authors: Vivek K. Mishra, Shobhit Srivastava, T. Muhammad and P. V. Murthy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:713
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  48. Community engagement is crucial for the design and implementation of community-based early childhood development (ECD) programmes. This paper aims to share key components and learnings of a community engagemen...

    Authors: Margaret Kabue, Amina Abubakar, Derrick Ssewanyana, Vibian Angwenyi, Joyce Marangu, Eunice Njoroge, Eunice Ombech, Mercy Moraa Mokaya, Emmanuel Kepha Obulemire, Catherine Mugo, Tina Malti, Greg Moran, Marie-Claude Martin, Kerrie Proulx, Kofi Marfo, Linlin Zhang…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:711
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