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  1. Over recent years there have been several major terror attacks in cities across Europe. These attacks result in deaths, physical injuries, and pose long-term threats to mental health and wellbeing of large pop...

    Authors: Sandra Jumbe, Adrienne Milner, Megan Clinch, Jonathan Kennedy, Richard J. Pinder, Carolyn A. Sharpe and Kevin Fenton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1427
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  2. Self testing for HIV is a targeted intervention with the potential to increase the access, uptake and frequency of HIV testing and more effectively reach the undiagnosed, especially in priority populations. Th...

    Authors: Richard A. Galli, Jason M. Lo Hog Tian, Michelle Sumner-Williams, Kristin McBain, Emal Stanizai, Wangari Tharao, Muna Aden, Heather Jamieson, Mark Da Silva, Anne-Fanny Vassal, Lorie Guilbault, Laurie Ireland, Kim Witges, Alexandra King, Kehinde Ametepee, Nathan J. Lachowsky…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1421
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  3. Observational evidence suggests that cigarette pack size – the number of cigarettes in a single pack – is associated with consumption but experimental evidence of a causal relationship is lacking. The tobacco ...

    Authors: Ilse Lee, Anna K. M. Blackwell, Michelle Scollo, Katie De-loyde, Richard W. Morris, Mark A. Pilling, Gareth J. Hollands, Melanie Wakefield, Marcus R. Munafò and Theresa M. Marteau
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1420
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  4. Only one-quarter of smokers in Pakistan attempt to quit smoking, and less than 3% are successful. In the absence of any literature from the country, this study aimed to explore factors motivating and strategie...

    Authors: Russell Seth Martins, Muhammad Umer Junaid, Muhammad Sharjeel Khan, Namrah Aziz, Zoha Zahid Fazal, Mariam Umoodi, Fatima Shah and Javaid Ahmed Khan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1419
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  5. In the continuation of the first wave of the Covid-19 outbreak in Denmark, unprecedented restrictions with great impact on the citizen’s everyday life were implemented. The objectives of this study were to inv...

    Authors: Marie Weinreich Petersen, Thomas Meinertz Dantoft, Jens Søndergaard Jensen, Heidi Frølund Pedersen, Lisbeth Frostholm, Michael Eriksen Benros, Tina Birgitte Wisbech Carstensen, Eva Ørnbøl and Per Fink
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1418
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  7. Office work generally consists of high amounts of sedentary behaviour (SB) which has been associated with negative health consequences. We developed the “WorktivIty” mobile app to help office workers reduce th...

    Authors: Aoife Stephenson, Matias Garcia-Constantino, Marie H. Murphy, Suzanne M. McDonough, Chris D. Nugent and Jacqueline L. Mair
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1416
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  8. Approximately 545,000 women and girls in the USA have undergone Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C) or have mothers from a country where FGM/C is practiced. Women and girls living with FGM/C in the USA ...

    Authors: Christina X. Marea, Nicole Warren, Nancy Glass, Crista Johnson-Agbakwu and Nancy Perrin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1415
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  9. Sampling a small number of participants from an entire country is not straightforward. In this case, researchers reluctantly sample from a single setting or few settings, which limits the generalizability of f...

    Authors: Mahboubeh Parsaeian, Mahdi Mahdavi, Mojdeh Saadati, Parinaz Mehdipour, Ali Sheidaei, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Farshad Farzadfar and Saeid Shahraz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1414
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  10. People living with HIV/AIDS not only require effective treatment for the alleviation of physical discomfort but also require social support to help them address difficulties in life and relieve their psycholog...

    Authors: Yi Li, Xiao-Wen Zhang, Bin Liao, Jun Liang, Wen-Jie He, Jun Liu, Yao Yang, Yun-Hai Zhang, Tao Ma and Jing-Ying Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1413
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  11. Antimicrobial resistance is a global health emergency. Persons colonized with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are at risk for developing subsequent multidrug-resistant infections, as colonization represe...

    Authors: Aditya Sharma, Ulzii-Orishikh Luvsansharav, Prabasaj Paul, Joseph D. Lutgring, Douglas R. Call, Sylvia Omulo, Kayla Laserson, Rafael Araos, Jose M. Munita, Jennifer Verani, Fahmida Chowdhury, Syeda Mah-E Muneer, Andres Espinosa-Bode, Brooke Ramay, Celia Cordon-Rosales, C. P. Girish Kumar…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1412
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  12. Although theory-driven evaluations should have empirical components, few evaluations of public health interventions quantitatively test the causal model made explicit in the theory of change (ToC). In the cont...

    Authors: Sarah Bick, Helen Buxton, Rachel P. Chase, Ian Ross, Zaida Adriano, Drew Capone, Jackie Knee, Joe Brown, Rassul Nalá, Oliver Cumming and Robert Dreibelbis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1411
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  13. Food insecurity and other social determinants of health are increasingly being measured at routine health care visits. Understanding the needs and behaviors of individuals or families who screen positive for f...

    Authors: Ashley R. Banks, Bethany A. Bell, David Ngendahimana, Milen Embaye, Darcy A. Freedman and Deena J. Chisolm
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1410
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  14. The prevalence of multimorbidity varies widely due to the lack of consensus in defining multimorbidity. This study aimed to measure the prevalence of multimorbidity in a primary care setting using two definiti...

    Authors: Eng Sing Lee, Poay Sian Sabrina Lee, Ying Xie, Bridget L. Ryan, Martin Fortin and Moira Stewart
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1409
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  15. In China, long working hours and insomnia are relatively common among internet company employees. Considering that both can affect mental health, we examined their independent and interaction effects on these ...

    Authors: Xiaoman Liu, Chao Wang, Jin Wang, Yuqing Ji and Shuang Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1408
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  16. Given the potential of intersectionality to identify the causes of inequalities, there is a growing tendency toward applying it in the field of health. Nevertheless, the extent of the application of intersecti...

    Authors: Elham Ghasemi, Reza Majdzadeh, Fatemeh Rajabi, AbouAli Vedadhir, Reza Negarandeh, Ensiyeh Jamshidi, Amirhossein Takian and Zahra Faraji
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1407
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  17. National surveys in Sweden demonstrate that the majority of young people do not engage in health promoting behaviours at levels recommended by the Public Health Agency of Sweden. The objective of this study is...

    Authors: Marcus Bendtsen, Anna Seiterö, Preben Bendtsen, Hanna Henriksson, Pontus Henriksson, Kristin Thomas, Marie Löf and Ulrika Müssener
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1406
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  18. For the Syilx Okanagan Nation in Canada, salmon has vital nutritional, cultural, and spiritual significance. Yet, the Okanagan Sockeye salmon population came to near extinction, resulting in a drastic decline ...

    Authors: Rosanne Blanchet, Malek Batal, Louise Johnson-Down, Suzanne Johnson and Noreen Willows
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1405
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  19. BPaL, a 6 month oral regimen composed of bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid for treating extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a potential alternative for at least 20 months of individualized...

    Authors: S. E. J. van de Berg, P. T. Pelzer, A. J. van der Land, E. Abdrakhmanova, A. Muhammad Ozi, M. Arias, S. Cook-Scalise, G. Dravniece, A. Gebhard, S. Juneja, R. Handayani, D. Kappel, M. Kimerling, I. Koppelaar, S. Malhotra, B. Myrzaliev…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1404
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  21. The home environment is the most important location in young children’s lives, yet few studies have examined the relationship between the outdoor home environment and child physical activity levels, and even f...

    Authors: Jessica Oakley, Rachel L. Peters, Melissa Wake, Anneke C. Grobler, Jessica A. Kerr, Kate Lycett, Raisa Cassim, Melissa Russell, Cong Sun, Mimi L. K. Tang, Jennifer J. Koplin and Suzanne Mavoa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1402
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  22. Responses from the H1N1 swine flu pandemic and the recent COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic provide an opportunity for insight into the role of health authorities’ ways of communicating health risk information to ...

    Authors: Siv Hilde Berg, Jane K. O’Hara, Marie Therese Shortt, Henriette Thune, Kolbjørn Kallesten Brønnick, Daniel Adrian Lungu, Jo Røislien and Siri Wiig
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1401
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  23. There is inconsistent evidence on the associations of education and work status with alcohol use during pregnancy. Our aim was to examine the associations of education and work status with alcohol use and alco...

    Authors: Keiko Murakami, Taku Obara, Mami Ishikuro, Fumihiko Ueno, Aoi Noda and Shinichi Kuriyama
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1400
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  24. Epidemiological surveillance data indicate that a majority of HIV-infected in the United States (U.S.) military are African-Americans and men who have sex with men. There is limited research about barriers to ...

    Authors: Joseph M. Yabes Jr, Phillip W. Schnarrs, Leroy B. Foster Jr, Paul T. Scott, Jason F. Okulicz and Shilpa Hakre
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1399
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  25. Prostate cancer is often labelled a couple’s disease wherein the partner plays an important role in the man’s illness management and related health promotion activities. The aim of this study was to explore pa...

    Authors: Julie Midtgaard, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Mette Rørth, Malene Kronborg, Eik D. Bjerre and John L. Oliffe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1398
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  26. In developing countries, malnutrition in children and developmental delays are two major challenges for public health. To achieve the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals from the broader perspective of...

    Authors: Javeria Saleem, Rubeena Zakar, Gul Mehar Javaid Bukhari, Aneela Fatima and Florian Fischer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1397
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  28. Low socioeconomic position (SEP) is associated with a high incidence of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). However, reports on the association between SEP and DFU outcomes are limited. Therefore, in this study, we i...

    Authors: Jeong Hyun Ha, Heejin Jin and Ji-Ung Park
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1395
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  29. Transgender women in the United States (U.S.) experience a disproportionate burden of HIV infection and challenges to engagement in HIV prevention and care. This excess burden is driven by structural and econo...

    Authors: Tonia Poteat, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Nastacia Pereira, Brittanni N. Wright, Shelby A. Smout, Ashlee N. Sawyer, Lauretta Cathers, Rick S. Zimmerman, Sheila R. Grigsby and Eric G. Benotsch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1394
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  30. Despite effective biomedical tools, HIV remains the largest cause of morbidity/mortality in South Africa – especially among adolescents and young people. We used community-based participatory research (CBPR), ...

    Authors: Maryam Shahmanesh, Nonhlanhla Okesola, Natsayi Chimbindi, Thembelihle Zuma, Sakhile Mdluli, Nondumiso Mthiyane, Oluwafemi Adeagbo, Jaco Dreyer, Carina Herbst, Nuala McGrath, Guy Harling, Lorraine Sherr and Janet Seeley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1393
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  32. To prevent or recover from a disease, the prescriptions for medications must be correct, and the patient must comply with the medication’s instructions. Therefore, this study verified the theory of planned beh...

    Authors: Kyung Hyun Suh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1391
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  33. In the light of urbanization and aging, a crucially relevant policy question is how to shape neighborhoods to foster healthy aging. An important debate is whether older adults should group in neighborhoods, or...

    Authors: Eline Verspoor, Mariëlle A. Beenackers, Joost Oude Groeniger and Frank J. van Lenthe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1390
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  34. In China, Guangdong and Yunnan are the two most dengue-affected provinces. This study aimed to compare the epidemiological characteristics of dengue fever in Guangdong and Yunnan during 2004–2018.

    Authors: Yujuan Yue, Qiyong Liu, Xiaobo Liu, Haixia Wu and Mingfang Xu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1389
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  35. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes life-threatening chronic infections. Implementation of novel, economical or widely available screening tools can help detect unidentified cases and facilitate their linkage to ca...

    Authors: Aidan M. Nikiforuk, Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, David M. Patrick and Agatha N. Jassem
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1388
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  36. Children’s consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with obesity, diabetes, and dental decay. California’s Healthy Beverages in Child Care Act (AB 2084) requires all licensed child care centers a...

    Authors: Kimberly Hazard, Danielle Lee, Lorrene Ritchie, Roberta Rose, L. Karina Díaz Rios, Kaela Plank and Abbey Alkon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1387
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  37. Sexual Health and Relationships Education (SHRE) provides individuals with knowledge and skills to manage risky behaviors and take informed decisions to protect themselves against STIs, and unintended pregnanc...

    Authors: Narges Sheikhansari, Charles Abraham, Sarah Denford and Mehrdad Eftekhar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1386
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  38. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to massive restrictions in public and private lives, including a shut-down of face-to-face teaching at universities in Germany. We aimed to examine the impact of these changes on ...

    Authors: Edgar Voltmer, Susen Köslich-Strumann, Anna Walther, Mahmoud Kasem, Katrin Obst and Thomas Kötter
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1385
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  39. Time spent in daily activities (sleep, sedentary behaviour and physical activity) has important consequences for health and wellbeing. The amount of time spent varies from day to day, yet little is known about...

    Authors: Ty Ferguson, Rachel Curtis, Francois Fraysse, Rajini Lagiseti, Celine Northcott, Rosa Virgara, Amanda Watson and Carol A. Maher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1384
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  42. Adolescence is a sensitive period of life in which everyone faces physical and psychological changes. No longitudinal studies considering changes in body image perception and body composition in Italian adoles...

    Authors: Stefania Toselli, Alessia Grigoletto, Luciana Zaccagni, Natascia Rinaldo, Georgian Badicu, Wilhelm Robert Grosz and Francesco Campa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1381
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  43. Multimorbidity is a significant contributor to inequalities in healthcare and has become a major unaddressed challenge for the health system in China. The aim of this study is to assess the socio-demographic d...

    Authors: Yang Zhao, Siqi Zhao, Lin Zhang, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu and Haipeng Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1380
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  44. Unmet need for postpartum contraception is high. Integration of family planning with routine child immunization services may help to satisfy unmet need. However, evidence about the determinants and effects of ...

    Authors: Kate L. Sheahan, Ilene S. Speizer, Jennifer Orgill-Meyer, Siân Curtis, Morris Weinberger, John Paul and Antonia V. Bennett
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1379
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  45. Despite considerable institutional experimentation at national and international levels in response to calls for global health security reform, there is little research on organisational models that address ou...

    Authors: Philomena Raftery, Mazeda Hossain and Jennifer Palmer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1378
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  46. The negative effect of unfavorable working conditions and long-term work stress on health has been demonstrated in previous research. To address these challenges, systematic approaches such as psychosocial ris...

    Authors: Valeria Pavlista, Peter Angerer and Mathias Diebig
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1376
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  47. This article aims to understand the prevalence of hyperlipidemia and its related factors in Shanxi Province. On the basis of multivariate Logistic regression analysis to find out the influencing factors closel...

    Authors: Xuchun Wang, Jinhua Pan, Zeping Ren, Mengmeng Zhai, Zhuang Zhang, Hao Ren, Weimei Song, Yuling He, Chenglian Li, Xiaojuan Yang, Meichen Li, Dichen Quan, Limin Chen and Lixia Qiu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1375
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  48. Public health measures, such as social isolation, are vital to control the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but such measures may increase the risk of depression. Thus, this study examines th...

    Authors: Bolin Cao, Dongya Wang, Yifan Wang, Brian J. Hall, Nan Wu, Meimei Wu, Qishan Ma, Joseph D. Tucker and Xing Lv
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1374
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  49. The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged initially in China in December 2019 causing the COVID-19 disease, which quickly spread worldwide. Iran was one of the first countries ou...

    Authors: Shahab MohammadEbrahimi, Alireza Mohammadi, Robert Bergquist, Fatemeh Dolatkhah, Mahsa Olia, Ayoub Tavakolian, Elahe Pishgar and Behzad Kiani
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1373
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  50. Natural disasters are increasingly affecting a larger segment of the world’s population. These highly disruptive events have the potential to produce negative changes in social dynamics and the environment whi...

    Authors: Ilan Cerna-Turoff, Hanna-Tina Fischer, Hani Mansourian and Susannah Mayhew
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1249
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