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  1. Adolescents are considered at high risk of developing iron deficiency. Studies in children indicate that the prevalence of iron deficiency increased with malaria transmission, suggesting malaria seasonally may...

    Authors: Stephen A. Roberts, Loretta Brabin, Halidou Tinto, Sabine Gies, Salou Diallo and Bernard Brabin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1764
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  2. Self-rated health (SRH) - one of the most common health indicators used to verify health conditions - can be influenced by several types of socioeconomic conditions, thereby reflecting health inequalities. Thi...

    Authors: Thaís Lopes de Oliveira, Raquel Vasconcellos Carvalhaes de Oliveira, Rosane Harter Griep, Arlinda B. Moreno, Maria da Conceição Chagas de Almeida, Ylva Brännström Almquist and Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1761
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  3. Death by drowning is a leading cause of accidental death in the United Kingdom (UK) and worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that effective documentation of drowning is required to describe dr...

    Authors: Samuel P. Hills, Matthew Hobbs, Michael J. Tipton and Martin J. Barwood
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1760
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  4. While vaccine development is itself a challenge; ensuring optimal vaccine uptake at population level can present an even more significant challenge. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the Pakistani populati...

    Authors: Muhammad Junaid Tahir, Muhammad Saqlain, Waleed Tariq, Summaiya Waheed, Steven H. S. Tan, Sarim Irhas Nasir, Irfan Ullah and Ali Ahmed
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1759
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  5. Breastfeeding for optimum duration is one of the most effective ways to reduce infant morbidity and mortality and confirms expected growth and development of children. The aim of this study was to determine th...

    Authors: Ummay Ayesha, A. S. M. A. Mamun, Md. Abu Sayem and Md. Golam Hossain
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1758
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  6. Early childhood is a critical window for preventing obesity and chronic disease. Yet, 1 in 4 Australian children aged 5 years and under are affected by overweight or obesity; and significant proportions of chi...

    Authors: Stewart G. Trost, Rebecca Byrne, Kate E. Williams, Brittany J. Johnson, Anna Bird, Kate Simon, Li Kheng Chai, Caroline O. Terranova, Hayley E. Christian and Rebecca K. Golley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1757
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  7. Common mental disorders are highly prevalent in the working population, affecting about 1 in 5 persons in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. About 30% of those affected have ...

    Authors: E. Björk Brämberg, B. Arapovic-Johansson, U. Bültmann, P. Svedberg and G. Bergström
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1756
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  8. Depression is a psychological dysfunction that impairs health and quality of life. However, whether environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETSE) is associated with depression is poorly understood. This study wa...

    Authors: Akinkunmi Paul Okekunle, Jeffery Osahon Asowata, Jung Eun Lee and Onoja Matthew Akpa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1755
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  9. Various factors motivate people to undertake treatment for obesity. Among others they include health benefits, willingness to please others, and dissatisfaction with one’s appearance. The present study aimed t...

    Authors: Wojciech Gruszka, Aleksander J. Owczarek, Mateusz Glinianowicz, Monika Bąk-Sosnowska, Jerzy Chudek and Magdalena Olszanecka-Glinianowicz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1754
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  10. Providing care for patients with dementia can negatively influence the physical health and health behaviours of family caregivers. A better understanding of the factors associated with health check-up and canc...

    Authors: Bomgyeol Kim, Yejin Lee, Jin-Won Noh and Tae Hyun Kim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1753
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  11. In 2018, meningococcal ACWY-TT vaccine (MenACWY-TT) was offered to adolescents in the Netherlands within the National Immunization Programme at 14 years of age. A questionnaire study assessed the tolerability ...

    Authors: J. M. Kemmeren, L. van Balveren, A. Kant and H. de Melker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1752
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  12. Eating disorder symptoms (EDs) have been discussed as a prominent problem among late adolescent girls with serious health risks and long-term consequences. However, there is a lack of population-based evidence...

    Authors: Caroline Cohrdes, Claudia Santos-Hövener, Katja Kajikhina and Heike Hölling
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1751
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  13. The Western Pacific Region (WPR) is exposed each year to seasonal influenza and is often the source of new influenza virus variants and novel pathogen emergence. National influenza surveillance systems play a ...

    Authors: Clotilde El Guerche-Séblain, Thierry Rigoine De Fougerolles, Kim Sampson, Lance Jennings, Paul Van Buynder, Yuelong Shu, Zamberi Sekawi, Leo Yee-Sin, Tony Walls, Olivier Vitoux, J. Kevin Yin, Ada Wong, Francois Schellevis and Philippe Vanhems
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1750
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  14. Motivational messaging is a frequently used digital intervention to promote positive health behavior changes, including smoking cessation. Typically, motivational messaging systems have not actively sought fee...

    Authors: Jinying Chen, Thomas K. Houston, Jamie M. Faro, Catherine S. Nagawa, Elizabeth A. Orvek, Amanda C. Blok, Jeroan J. Allison, Sharina D. Person, Bridget M. Smith and Rajani S. Sadasivam
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1749
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  15. Lymphatic filariasis (LF), Buruli ulcer (BU) and leprosy are neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) of the skin co-endemic in some communities in Nigeria. Not enough is known about the effectiveness of integrated ...

    Authors: Chinwe C. Eze, Ngozi Ekeke, Chukwuka Alphonsus, Linda Lehman, Joseph N. Chukwu, Charles C. Nwafor, Eileen Stillwaggon, Anthony O. Meka, Larry Sawers, Joy Ikebudu, Moses C. Anyim and Kingsley N. Ukwaja
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1748
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  16. Optimized symptom-based COVID-19 case definitions that guide public health surveillance and individual patient management in the community may assist pandemic control.

    Authors: Hannah E. Reses, Mark Fajans, Scott H. Lee, Charles M. Heilig, Victoria T. Chu, Natalie J. Thornburg, Kim Christensen, Sanjib Bhattacharyya, Alicia Fry, Aron J. Hall, Jacqueline E. Tate, Hannah L. Kirking and Scott A. Nabity
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1747
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  17. The tendency of women to smoke has increased in recent years and the prevalence of smoking among women is increasing. The purpose of this study was to design and evaluation the psychometric properties of the s...

    Authors: Alireza Jafari, Nooshin Peyman, Mahdi Gholian-Aval, Mehrsadat Mahdizadeh and Hadi Tehrani
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1746
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  18. Public health strategies in the context of respiratory droplet-transmissible diseases (such as influenza or COVID-19) include intensified hand hygiene promotion, but a review on the effectiveness of different ...

    Authors: Koen Veys, Kim Dockx, Hans Van Remoortel, Philippe Vandekerckhove and Emmy De Buck
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1745
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  19. Prostate cancer (Pca) is the second most common cause of cancer among Lebanese men. Screening is an effective method to reduce prostate cancer mortality. This study assessed the knowledge, awareness, and scree...

    Authors: Johnny Boustany, Maher Abdessater, Halim Akl, Anthony Kanbar, Joey El Khoury, Serge Assaf, Charbel Dabal, Charbel El Hachem, Antoine Kassis, Rodrigue Saad, Rami Halabi and Raghid El Khoury
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1744
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  21. Substance use among young people is a significant public health concern, particularly in Scotland. Primary prevention activities are essential in delaying young people’s substance use and reducing the harms as...

    Authors: Hannah Carver, Peter McCulloch and Tessa Parkes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1742
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  22. Use of electronic data collection, management and analysis tools to support outbreak response is limited, especially in low income countries. This can hamper timely decision-making during outbreak response. Id...

    Authors: Patrick Keating, Jillian Murray, Karl Schenkel, Laura Merson and Anna Seale
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1741
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  23. Globally, immunization prevents 2–3 million deaths annually from vaccine-preventable diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, influenza, and measles. In developing countries, several immunization progr...

    Authors: Ebrima Touray, Amadou Barrow, Bakary Kinteh, Mansour Badjie, Musa Nget, Jainaba Touray, Sambou L. S. Kinteh, Solomon P. S. Jatta and Lamin Ceesay
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1740
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  24. A variety of strategies have been used to reach men with HIV self-testing services, including social network-based HIV self-test kits distribution. However, few studies have assessed men’s comfort to distribut...

    Authors: Joseph K. B. Matovu, Gaspar Mbita, Akeen Hamilton, Frank Mhando, Wynton M. Sims, Noah Thompson, Albert N. Komba, Jackson Lija, Jiajia Zhang, Thomas van den Akker, Dustin T. Duncan, Augustine T. Choko and Donaldson F. Conserve
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1739
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  25. Focus groups and workshops can be used to gain insights into the persistence of and potential solutions for environmental health priorities in underserved areas. The objective of this study was to characterize...

    Authors: Suwei Wang, Molly B. Richardson, Mary B. Evans, Ethel Johnson, Sheryl Threadgill-Matthews, Sheila Tyson, Katherine L. White and Julia M. Gohlke
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1738
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  26. Community testing for HIV can reach previously untested populations but is rarely offered in workplaces. Targeting the construction sector could reach workers from high risk populations.

    Authors: Wendy Jones, Sarah Somerset, Catrin Evans, Katharine Whittingham, Matthew Middleton and Holly Blake
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1737
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  27. Connectedness to family and peers is a key determinant of adolescent mental health. Existing research examining associations between social media use and social connectedness has been largely quantitative and ...

    Authors: Lizzy Winstone, Becky Mars, Claire M. A. Haworth and Judi Kidger
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1736
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  28. Flood disaster preparedness among the community seldom received attention. Necessary intervention must be taken to prevent the problem. Health Education Based Intervention (HEBI) was developed following the He...

    Authors: M. N. Mohd Tariq, Hayati Kadir Shahar, Mohd Rafee Baharudin, Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail, Rosliza Abdul Manaf, Md Said Salmiah, Jamilah Ahmad and Sri Ganesh Muthiah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1735
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  29. In the UK, annual influenza vaccination is currently recommended for adults aged 16–64 years who are in a clinical at-risk group. Despite recommendations, rates of vaccine uptake in the UK have historically be...

    Authors: Simon Oakley, Julien Bouchet, Paul Costello and James Parker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1734
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  30. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health problem with harmful consequences. In Australia, there is no national standard screening tool and screening practice is variable across states. The obje...

    Authors: K. Hegarty, J. Spangaro, M. Kyei-Onanjiri, J. Valpied, J. Walsh, J. Chapman and J. Koziol-McLain
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1733
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  31. Physical fights have been a common health problem among adolescents, and approximately a million adolescents’ lives are lost due to violence-related incidents worldwide. There is a lack of information on the b...

    Authors: Agumasie Semahegn, Yadeta Dessie, Nega Assefa, Chelsey R. Canavan, Yemane Berhane and Wafaie W. Fawzi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1732
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  32. Community-acquired pneumonia is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in adults. Approximately one-third of pneumonia cases can be attributed to the pneumococcus. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs)...

    Authors: Claire von Mollendorf, Mukhchuluun Ulziibayar, Bradford D. Gessner, Lien Anh Ha Do, Cattram D. Nguyen, Rohini Beavon, Bujinlkham Suuri, Dashtseren Luvsantseren, Dorj Narangerel, Adam Jenney, Eileen M. Dunne, Catherine Satzke, Badarchiin Darmaa, Tuya Mungun and E. Kim Mulholland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1731
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  33. Childhood unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death and disability for children. Despite the risk factors that lead to the occurrence of injuries have been identified, the relationship between cumu...

    Authors: Hui Zhang, Fengxin Bai, Hongling Song, Jun Yang, Xinlong Wang, Qingfang Ye and Yuqiu Zhou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1730
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  34. People with disadvantages are a high-risk group of unemployment or underemployment. Disadvantages include disability, under-education, or being a member of a minority, etc. Effective labor market programs coul...

    Authors: Noémi Meisznerné Kuklek, Máté Cséplő, Eszter Pozsonyi and Henriette Pusztafalvi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1729
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  36. Domestic violence (social, legal, and health violence) is the most common type of violence against women. Due to factors such as the current quarantine, this type of violence has increased during the COVID-19 ...

    Authors: Arezoo Yari, Hosein Zahednezhad, Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh and Amanj Kurdi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1727
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  37. Social support is an important health determinant and may affect dietary behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine the relations between perceived social support and the Chinese Diet Balance Index-16...

    Authors: Qiang Zhang, Yuan Ruan, Wenmin Hu, Juanjuan Li, Jiang Zhao, Min Peng, Rong Wan, Xiangdong Min, Shaomei He and Zhitao Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1726
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  38. Providing at-risk communities with uninterrupted access to early diagnosis and treatment is a key component in reducing malaria transmission and achieving elimination. As programmes approach malaria eliminatio...

    Authors: Jade D. Rae, Jordi Landier, Julie A. Simpson, Stéphane Proux, Angela Devine, Richard J. Maude, Aung Myint Thu, Jacher Wiladphaingern, Ladda Kajeechiwa, May Myo Thwin, Saw Win Tun and François H. Nosten
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1725
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  39. Albania is facing decreasing childhood immunisation coverage and delay in timeliness of vaccination despite a growing economy and universal health insurance. Our aim is to estimate childhood immunisation timel...

    Authors: Daniela Mayerová and Kaja Abbas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1724
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  40. There is increasing recognition of the complexity underlying WASH conditions in developing countries. This article explores the complexity by assessing the vulnerability of a specific area to poor WASH conditi...

    Authors: D. Daniel, Dennis Djohan, Ilias Machairas, Saket Pande, Arifin Arifin, Trimo Pamudji Al Djono and Luuk Rietveld
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1723
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  41. Road-Traffic-Injuries (RTIs) are predicted to rise up to the fifth leading cause of worldwide death by 2030 and Iran has the third highest RTIs mortality among higher-middle income countries. Although the high...

    Authors: Mehran Shams, Farnam Mohebi, Kimiya Gohari, Masoud Masinaei, Bahram Mohajer, Nazila Rezaei, Ali Sheidaei, Sara Khademioureh, Moein Yoosefi, Milad Hasan, Bahman Damerchilu, Ayyoob Jafari and Farshad Farzadfar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1722
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  42. It is important to gain insight into the burden of COVID-19 at city district level to develop targeted prevention strategies. We examined COVID-19 related hospitalisations by city district and migration backgr...

    Authors: Liza Coyer, Elke Wynberg, Marcel Buster, Camiel Wijffels, Maria Prins, Anja Schreijer, Yvonne T. H. P. van Duijnhoven, Alje P. van Dam, Mariken van der Lubben and Tjalling Leenstra
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1721
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  43. Appropriate increases in tobacco taxes and prices are an essential component of comprehensive tobacco control strategies. This study investigates factors related to the use, sale, and distribution of cigarette...

    Authors: Younes Panahi Golestan, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Kenneth D. Ward, Mehdi Fazlzadeh, Raed Bahelah, Mohammad Reza Masjedi, Abdurrahman Charkazi, Nasir Dehghan and Shirin Shahbazi Sighaldeh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1720
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  44. Despite having the highest prevalence of sickle cell disease (SCD) in the world, no country in Sub-Saharan Africa has a universal screening program for the disease. We sought to capture the diagnosis patterns ...

    Authors: Alexandra M. Sims, Kwaku Osei Bonsu, Rebekah Urbonya, Fatimah Farooq, Fitz Tavernier, Marianna Yamamoto, Sheri VanOmen, Brittne Halford, Polina Gorodinsky, Rachel Issaka, Tulana Kpadenou, Rhonda Douglas, Samuel Wilson, Clementine Fu, Danielle Canter, Duña Martin…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1719
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  45. Heroin use continues to drive HIV transmission in Vietnam, but methamphetamine and alcohol use are growing rapidly and, as in other countries, polysubstance use is widespread. The objective of this study was t...

    Authors: Andrew Edsall, Kim A. Hoffman, Dinh Thanh Thuy, Pham Phuong Mai, Nguyen Thu Hang, Tong Thi Khuyen, Nguyen Thu Trang, Lynn E. Kunkel, Le Minh Giang and P. Todd Korthuis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1718
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  46. Given the interplay between race and comorbidities on COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, it is vital that testing be performed in areas of greatest need, where more severe cases are expected. The goal of this a...

    Authors: Wil Lieberman-Cribbin, Naomi Alpert, Raja Flores and Emanuela Taioli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1717
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  47. Authors: A. K. Lofters, M. A. O’Brien, R. Sutradhar, A. D. Pinto, N. N. Baxter, P. Donnelly, R. Elliott, R. H. Glazier, J. Huizinga, R. Kyle, D. Manca, M. A. Pietrusiak, L. Rabeneck, B. Riordan, P. Selby, K. Sivayoganathan…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1714
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  48. Wasting and stunting, physical growth manifestations of child undernutrition, have historically been considered separately with distinct interventions at the program, policy, and financing levels despite simil...

    Authors: Kristin Kohlmann, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Souna Garba, Ousmane Guindo, Rebecca F. Grais and Sheila Isanaka
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1713
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  49. Responses of subnational government units are crucial in the containment of the spread of pathogens in a country. To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine national government through its...

    Authors: Dylan Antonio S. Talabis, Ariel L. Babierra, Christian Alvin H. Buhat, Destiny S. Lutero, Kemuel M. Quindala III and Jomar F. Rabajante
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1711
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  50. Eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa is hindered by limited understanding of HIV-testing and HIV-care engagement among pregnant and breastfeeding women.

    Authors: David Etoori, Brian Rice, Georges Reniers, Francesc Xavier Gomez-Olive, Jenny Renju, Chodziwadziwa Whiteson Kabudula and Alison Wringe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1710
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