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  1. To adapt and assess reliability of the Chilean version of Nutritional Environment Measurement for Stores (NEMS-S-CHILE) to measure the food environment of stores in urban areas.

    Authors: Gislaine Granfeldt, Montserrat Victoriano, Juan Antonio Carrasco, Katia Sáez, Maria del Mar Bibiloni and Josep A. Tur
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:224
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2022 22:473

  2. The present study aimed to evaluate the elimination of three common pollutants (dimethoate, benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) and bisphenol A (BPA) by different physical exercises and to assess the possible factors which c...

    Authors: Yujuan Xu, Hongliang Gao, Zhixiang Du, He Liu, Qi Cheng, Furong Zhang, Juan Ye, Aiqing Wang, Yanjun Dou, Bei Ma, Ningwei Zhao, Feng Zhu, Xianlin Xu, Ning Shen, Jing Wu and Bin Xue
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:223
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  3. In the Ethiopian dairy farming system, prevalence of zoonotic diseases such as bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is high in the cattle population. This, combined with some risky milk and meat consumption habits, such ...

    Authors: Tilaye Teklewold Deneke, Adam Bekele, Henrietta L. Moore, Tadele Mamo, Gizat Almaw, Getnet Abie Mekonnen, Adane Mihret, Rea Tschopp, Likawent Yeheyis, Catherine Hodge, James L. N. Wood and Stefan Berg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:222
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  4. Following the 2015 earthquake, a measles-rubella (MR) supplementary immunization activity (SIA), in four phases, was implemented in Nepal in 2015–2016. A post-campaign coverage survey (PCCS) was then conducted...

    Authors: M. Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Dale A. Rhoda, Mona Lacoul, Mary L. Prier, Jhalak Sharma Gautam, Tara Nath Pokhrel, Sameer Mani Dixit, Rajesh Man Rajbhandari and Anindya Sekhar Bose
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:221
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  5. Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects more than one in three women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It is associated with both pregnancy and HIV, adversely affecting women in this region. This is the first syste...

    Authors: Ashley Magero Yonga, Ligia Kiss and Kristine Husøy Onarheim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:220
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  6. Physical activity is a multifactorial trait, determined by both individual and environmental characteristics, it seems relevant to understand the determinants related to youth guidelines accomplishment. The pr...

    Authors: Thayse Natacha Gomes, Mabliny Thuany, Fernanda Karina dos Santos, Thomas Rosemann and Beat Knechtle
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:219
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  7. To estimate the short term (5 years) and long term (30 years) economic burden of stroke among younger adults (18–64 years), and to calculate the loss of health-related quality of life in these individuals, in ...

    Authors: Elise Tan, Lan Gao, Janice M. Collier, Fiona Ellery, Helen M. Dewey, Julie Bernhardt and Marj Moodie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:218
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2022 22:383

  8. 24-hour movement behaviors, including moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), sedentary time (ST), and sleep duration, have important implications for health across the lifespan. However, no studies exi...

    Authors: Gerson Ferrari, Claudia Alberico, Clemens Drenowatz, Irina Kovalskys, Georgina Gómez, Attilio Rigotti, Lilia Yadira Cortés, Martha Yépez García, Maria Reyna Liria-Domínguez, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Miguel Peralta, Adilson Marques, Priscila Marconcin, Carlos Cristi-Montero, Ana Carolina B. Leme, Ioná Zalcman Zimberg…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:217
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  9. A unique policy of perimeter closures of Basic Health Zones (small administrative health units) was implemented in the Autonomous Community of Madrid from September 21st 2020 to May 23rd 2021 to face the COVID...

    Authors: García-García David, Herranz-Hernandez Rafael, Rojas-Benedicto Ayelén, León-Gómez Inmaculada, Larrauri Amparo, Peñuelas Marina, Guerrero-Vadillo María, Ramis Rebeca and Gómez-Barroso Diana
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:216
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  10. The number of cases of tick-borne diseases in humans is increasing rapidly within Illinois. The responsibility for increased surveillance of tick-borne disease cases and tick vectors is being placed on local h...

    Authors: Lee Ann Lyons, Nohra Mateus-Pinilla and Rebecca L. Smith
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:215
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  11. Military sexual trauma (MST) is a major public health concern, given its prevalence and mental health sequelae. This phenomenon is particularly prevalent among women in the US military, although more cases inv...

    Authors: Caroline Moreau, Sandrine Duron, Dina Bedretdinova, Aline Bohet, Henri Panjo, Nathalie Bajos and Jean Baptiste Meynard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:214
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  12. The Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program (IYMP) is a 20-week communal, relationship-based afterschool healthy living program for Indigenous youth in Canada. IYMP embraces the Anishnaabe/Nehiyawak concepts of Mi...

    Authors: Frances Sobierajski, Lucie Lévesque, Jonathan McGavock, Tamara Beardy, Genevieve Montemurro and Kate Storey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:213
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  13. In 2019, 1 in every 10 infants born in the United States was preterm. Prematurity has life-threatening consequences and causes a range of developmental disabilities, of which learning disability is a prevalent...

    Authors: Menkeoma Laura Okoli, Chukwuemeka E. Ogbu, Chioma O. Enyi, Ibuchim C. Okoli, Ronee E. Wilson and Russell S. Kirby
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:212
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  14. International labour migration continues to be an integral component in Sri Lanka’s economic development. Previous research indicates an adverse perinatal outcome in association with low maternal pre-pregnancy...

    Authors: Renuka Jayatissa, Kolitha Wickramage, Buddhini Herath Denuwara, Himali Herath, Ranbanda Jayawardana, Amila Gayan Perera and Nawamali De Alwis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:211
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  15. Promoting health equity and reducing heath inequities is a foundational aim and ethical imperative in public health. There has been limited attention to and research on the ethical issues inherent in promoting...

    Authors: Lenora Marcellus, Bernie Pauly, Wanda Martin, Tina Revai, Kathy Easton and Marjorie MacDonald
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:210
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  16. The Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic affected countries worldwide and has changed peoples’ lives. A reduction in physical activity and increased mental health problems were observed, mainly in the fi...

    Authors: Priscila Marconcin, André O. Werneck, Miguel Peralta, Andreas Ihle, Élvio R. Gouveia, Gerson Ferrari, Hugo Sarmento and Adilson Marques
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:209
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  17. The surge in the COVID-19 related hospitalization has been straining the US health system. COVID-19 patients with underlying chronic conditions have a disproportionately higher risk of hospitalization and inte...

    Authors: Biplab K. Datta, Benjamin E. Ansa and Varghese George
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:208
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  18. With a high prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), the noise survey tools for identifying individuals with high risk of NIHL are still limited. This study was aimed to translate and develop a Chinese...

    Authors: Kun Han, Qixuan Wang, Lu Yang, Sijia Xu, Chen Li, James Lin, Hao Wu and Zhiwu Huang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:207
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  19. On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. From that date until the UK left the EU in January 2021, there were frequent warnings from industry and government sources of potential di...

    Authors: Paul C. Coleman, Fatima Dhaif and Oyinlola Oyebode
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:206
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  20. The burden of disease attributable to tobacco smoking and harmful alcohol consumption poses a major threat to sustainable development in most low- and middle-income countries. However, evidence on tobacco use ...

    Authors: Adam Silumbwe, Miguel San Sabastian, Charles Michelo, Joseph Mumba Zulu and Klara Johansson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:205
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  21. Alcohol consumption potentially influences psychological well-being in beneficial and harmful ways, but prospective studies on the association show mixed results. Our main purpose was to examine prospective as...

    Authors: Marie Grønkjær, Cathrine Lawaetz Wimmelmann, Erik Lykke Mortensen and Trine Flensborg-Madsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:204
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  22. Although studies on the uptake of Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) services in Ethiopia have been conducted they have failed to show the disparity in service uptake among rural and urban settin...

    Authors: Aklilu Habte, Samuel Dessu, Biruk Bogale and Lire Lemma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:203
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  23. The objective of our study was to investigate the associations of characteristics inherent in large Russian Federation (RF) regions with prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension at the indi...

    Authors: Sergey Alekseevich Maksimov, Yulia A. Balanova, Svetlana A. Shalnova, Galina A. Muromtseva, Anna V. Kapustina and Oksana M. Drapkina
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:202
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  24. Lack of nutrition, inadequate housing, low education and limited access to quality care can negatively affect children’s health over their lifetime. Implemented in 2003, the Bolsa Familia (“Family Stipend”) Pr...

    Authors: Andreza Daniela Pontes Lucas, Monaliza de Oliveira Ferreira, Tarcisio Daniel Pontes Lucas and Paola Salari
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:201
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  27. Hypertension and type 2 diabetes are associated with each other, and their coexistence is linked to diabetes-related complications such as stroke, coronary artery disease, kidney disease, retinopathy and diabe...

    Authors: Hiba Alsaadon, Afsana Afroz, Afsana Karim, Samira Humaira Habib, Mohammed J. Alramadan, Baki Billah and Aishwarya Narendra Shetty
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:198
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  28. The burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) greatly varies between and within countries. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and vulnerable communities of high-income countries (HIC) share disproportiona...

    Authors: Hamid Yimam Hassen, Mark Bowyer, Linda Gibson, Steven Abrams and Hilde Bastiaens
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:197
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  29. Land use change has increasingly been expanding throughout the world in the past decades. It can have profound effects on the spatial and temporal distribution of vector borne diseases like malaria through eco...

    Authors: Werissaw Haileselassie, Daniel M. Parker, Behailu Taye, Randy E. David, Endalew Zemene, Ming-Chieh Lee, Daibin Zhong, Guofa Zhou, Tesfahun Alemu, Getnet Tadele, James W. Kazura, Cristian Koepfli, Wakgari Deressa, Delenasaw Yewhalaw and Guiyun Yan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:196
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  30. Suboptimal human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates persist among adolescents in the United States (U.S.). New Jersey (NJ), among the top, most racially/ethnically diverse states in the U.S., had among the...

    Authors: Bianca Anuforo, Jennifer K. McGee-Avila, Lindsey Toler, Baichen Xu, Racquel E. Kohler, Sharon Manne and Jennifer Tsui
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:195
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  31. Child mental health problems are a major public health concern associated with poor mental and physical health later in development. The study evaluates a new community-based intervention to promote sensitive ...

    Authors: Anne Mette Skovgaard, Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg, Maiken Pontoppidan, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Katrine Rich Madsen, Ida Voss, Stine Kjær Wehner, Trine Pagh Pedersen, Lotte Finseth, Rodney S. Taylor, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup and Janni Ammitzbøll
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:194
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2022 22:365

  32. Obesity is a persistent public health concern and a risk factor for many chronic diseases including at least 13 different cancers. Adult Black females have the highest prevalence of obesity (57%) compared to o...

    Authors: Acadia W. Buro, Monica Baskin, Darci Miller, Tayler Ward, Delia Smith West, L. Robert Gore, Clement K. Gwede, Elissa Epel and Tiffany L. Carson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:193
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  33. Malaysia has the highest rate of overweight and obesity among Asian countries. Obesity is increasing particularly among low-income populations. This study aimed to assess dietary practices among low-income adu...

    Authors: Chee Wen Eng, Shiang Cheng Lim, Carrie Ngongo, Zhi Hao Sham, Ishu Kataria, Arunah Chandran and Feisul Idzwan Mustapha
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:192
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  34. Through improved service provision and accessibility, 20-min neighbourhoods (20MNs) aim to enable people to meet most of their daily (non-work) needs within 20 min from home. Associations between 20MNs and foo...

    Authors: Laura H. Oostenbach, Karen E. Lamb and Lukar E. Thornton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:191
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  35. Tuberculosis (TB) care cascade analyses show large gaps at early stages, including care-seeking and diagnostic evaluation, where promising interventions to decrease attrition are urgently needed. Person-center...

    Authors: Isabel Foster, Amanda Sullivan, Goodman Makanda, Ingrid Schoeman, Phumeza Tisile, Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen, Grant Theron and Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:190
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  36. Since December 2019, when it was first reported in Wuhan, province of Hubei, China, the new virus SARS-CoV-2 has spread rapidly around the world and has become a global pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

    Authors: Mojgan Masoudi, Raziyeh Maasoumi and Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:189
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  37. Although unintentional pregnancy loss is common, national representative statistics are lacking in high-income East Asian countries undergoing rapid demographic changes. It is necessary to confirm the income i...

    Authors: Ga-Young Lim, Na Young Jung, Kyo Yeon Jun, Ji Yeon Kang, Mi Kyung Kim, Hye-Eun Lee, Myoung-Hee Kim, Jaechul Song, Inah Kim and Yu-Mi Kim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:188
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  38. Physical activity (PA) deficiency, outdoor time reduction during college have been associated with higher cumulative physiological burden as measured by allostatic load (AL). Therefore, the present research so...

    Authors: Dan Zhang, Tingting Li, Yang Xie, Shuman Tao, Yajuan Yang, Liwei Zou, Yang Qu, Shuang Zhai, Fangbiao Tao and Xiaoyan Wu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:187
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  39. Despite decades of research and established treatment strategies, hypertension remains a prevalent and intractable problem at the population level. Yoga, a lifestyle-based practice, has demonstrated antihypert...

    Authors: Nadia M. Penrod and Jason H. Moore
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:186
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  40. The COVID-19 pandemic has had clear and dramatic repercussions on health, the economy, and psychosocial well-being. Behavioral measures, such as wearing facemasks and maintaining distance from others, have pro...

    Authors: Patrizia Steca, Roberta Adorni, Andrea Greco, Francesco Zanatta, Francesco Fattirolli, Cristina Franzelli, Cristina Giannattasio and Marco D’Addario
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:185
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  42. Vaccination is considered as a powerful and cost-effective weapon against many communicable diseases. An increase in full vaccination among the most vulnerable populations in Bangladesh was observed in the la...

    Authors: Shobhit Srivastava, T. Muhammad, Rashmi Rashmi and Pradeep Kumar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:183
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  44. Health economic evaluations are comparative analyses of alternative courses of action in terms of their costs and consequences. The Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CH...

    Authors: Don Husereau, Michael Drummond, Federico Augustovski, Esther de Bekker-Grob, Andrew H. Briggs, Chris Carswell, Lisa Caulley, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Dan Greenberg, Elizabeth Loder, Josephine Mauskopf, C. Daniel Mullins, Stavros Petrou, Raoh-Fang Pwu and Sophie Staniszewska
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:179
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  45. Hypertension is a known risk factor for several chronic conditions including diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. However, little is known about its impact on Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the con...

    Authors: Adnan Mannan, Kazi Mahmuda Akter, Farhana Akter, Naim Uddin Hasan A Chy, Nazmul Alam, Susmita Dey Pinky, Abul Faisal Md. Nuruddin Chowdhury, Parijat Biswas, Afrin Sultana Chowdhury, Mohammed Akram Hossain and Md. Mashud Rana
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:181
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  46. Cell phones are an integral part of modern day life and have become companions for individuals irrespective of age, gender and socio-economic status. In this study, we assessed the factors affecting risk of ce...

    Authors: BS Pradeep, Anusha B Shenoy, S Shahane, RN Srividya, Mutharaju Arelingaiah, Rochana D’Souza, Lavanya Garady, MK Jyoti, Suma Rache, Anand Dixit, Gananath Shetty Yekkar, Prathap Lingaiah, Shalini Rajneesh and G Gururaj
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:180
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  47. Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a massive global socio-economic tragedy that has impacted the ecosystem. This paper aims to contextualize urban and rural environmental situations during the COVID-1...

    Authors: Mohamed Abouzid, Dina M. El-Sherif, Yahya Al Naggar, Mohammed M. Alshehri, Shaima Alothman, Hesham R. El-Seedi, Rayhana Trabelsi, Osama Mohamed Ibrahim, Esraa Hamouda Temraz, Ahmad Buimsaedah, Ibrahim Adel Aziz, Muhammad Alwan, Nuha Hadi Jasim Al Hasan, Heba Nasser Ragab, Abdullah Muhammed Koraiem, Mareb H. Ahmed…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:177
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  49. Obesity is rapidly globally increasing. Meanwhile, there is an increase in negative perception of the body image and, consequently, an increase in weight control management. Body perception plays an important ...

    Authors: Lingling Song, Yong Zhang, Ting Chen, Patimaihan Maitusong and Xuemei Lian
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:175
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