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  1. Limited information is available on how mobile health (mHealth) application (app) technology on mother and child health (MCH) is developed. This research aimed (a) to explore the process of developing mobile a...

    Authors: Fedri Ruluwedrata Rinawan, Ari Indra Susanti, Indah Amelia, Mulya Nurmansyah Ardisasmita, Widarti, Rima Kusumah Dewi, Dani Ferdian, Wanda Gusdya Purnama and Ayi Purbasari
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1024
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  2. The introduction of effective antiretroviral treatment in the late 1990s led to the perception that HIV was a chronic but manageable condition. Nevertheless, stigma remains one of the major hurdles for people ...

    Authors: Barbara Hedge, Karrish Devan, Jose Catalan, Anna Cheshire and Damien Ridge
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1022
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  3. Health risk behaviour among South African youth is a significant public health concern. Despite a societal mind shift to educating the public on the prevention of health risk behaviour, behavioural change is n...

    Authors: Kurt John Daniels and Hamilton Pharaoh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1021
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  4. Cases of the Corona Virus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) in Kenya have continued to increase rapidly, since the first case in the country was confirmed in March 2020. In the wake of the pandemic, the health and so...

    Authors: Evalin Karijo, Sylvia Wamugi, Samuel Lemanyishoe, Jenny Njuki, Faith Boit, Vania Kibui, Sarah Karanja and Timothy Abuya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1020
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  6. Large-scale variation in ecological parameters across Madagascar is hypothesized to drive varying spatial patterns of malaria infection. However, to date, few studies of parasite prevalence with resolution at ...

    Authors: Benjamin L. Rice, Christopher D. Golden, Hervet J. Randriamady, Anjaharinony Andry Ny Aina Rakotomalala, Miadana Arisoa Vonona, Evelin Jean Gasta Anjaranirina, James Hazen, Marcia C. Castro, C. Jessica E. Metcalf and Daniel L. Hartl
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1018
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  7. The success of any COVID-19 vaccine program ultimately depends on high vaccine uptake. This study determined overall intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and identified factors that predict intentions to be...

    Authors: Gina S. Ogilvie, Shanlea Gordon, Laurie W. Smith, Arianne Albert, C. Sarai Racey, Amy Booth, Anna Gottschlich, David Goldfarb, Melanie C. M. Murray, Liisa A. M. Galea, Angela Kaida, Lori A. Brotto and Manish Sadarangani
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1017
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  8. We sought to explore the perceptions of the socio-cultural contexts and health concerns of consuming sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) among Indian adults working or studying at a post-secondary institution in K...

    Authors: Natalie Riediger, Anika Dhalla, Maureen Cooper, Andrea Bombak and Hemalatha Sreeramaiah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1016
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  9. In December 2019, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was recognized in Wuhan, China. It was characterised by rapid spread causing a pandemic. Multiple public health interventions have been implemented worldwide t...

    Authors: Imen Ayouni, Jihen Maatoug, Wafa Dhouib, Nawel Zammit, Sihem Ben Fredj, Rim Ghammam and Hassen Ghannem
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1015
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  10. There is limited evidence for successful weight gain prevention interventions targeting young adults. Developing effective interventions necessitates a theoretical model that can identify barriers and enablers...

    Authors: Taylor Jade Willmott, Bo Pang and Sharyn Rundle-Thiele
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1014
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  11. The implementation of core capacities as stated in the International Health Regulations (IHR) is far from complete, and, as the COVID-19 pandemic shows, the spreading of infectious diseases through points of e...

    Authors: Doret de Rooij, Evelien Belfroid, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Varvara A. Mouchtouri, Jörg Raab and Aura Timen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1013
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  14. The Total Worker Health® (TWH) approach is a best practice method to protect and promote worker safety, health, and well-being. Central to this approach is leadership support and health and safety climates tha...

    Authors: Natalie V. Schwatka, Miranda Dally, Erin Shore, Lynn Dexter, Liliana Tenney, Carol E. Brown and Lee S. Newman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1010
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  15. This feasibility pilot of the Parenting for Lifelong Health for Young Children program in Thailand aimed to: 1) explore the feasibility of study evaluation approaches; 2) assess the feasibility of delivering a...

    Authors: Amalee McCoy, Jamie M. Lachman, Catherine L. Ward, Sombat Tapanya, Tassawan Poomchaichote, Jane Kelly, Mavuto Mukaka, Phaik Yeong Cheah and Frances Gardner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1009
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  16. Encounters with rats in urban areas increase risk of human exposure to rat-associated zoonotic pathogens and act as a stressor associated with psychological distress. The frequency and nature of human-rat enco...

    Authors: Maureen H. Murray, Kaylee A. Byers, Jacqueline Buckley, Seth B. Magle, Dorothy Maffei, Preeya Waite and Danielle German
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1008
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  17. Identifying county-level characteristics associated with high coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) burden can help allow for data-driven, equitable allocation of public health intervention resources and reduce burdens ...

    Authors: Daniel Li, Sheila M. Gaynor, Corbin Quick, Jarvis T. Chen, Briana J. K. Stephenson, Brent A. Coull and Xihong Lin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1007
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  19. In parallel with the increased prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity, the proportion of eating out in China has increased dramatically in recent years. The purpose of the study was to explore the asso...

    Authors: Yanning Ma, Weiyan Gong, Caicui Ding, Chao Song, Fan Yuan, Jing Fan, Ganyu Feng, Zheng Chen and Ailing Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1005
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  20. An estimated between 257 and 292 million people live with chronic HBV globally. While much is known about the causes, and epidemiology of HBV, little is understood about the quality of life and impact of HBV o...

    Authors: Catherine Freeland, Sean Farrell, Priyanka Kumar, Maureen Kamischke, Michaela Jackson, Sierra Bodor, Timothy M. Block, Rosemary Frasso and Chari Cohen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1004
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  21. Exercise referral schemes (ERS) aim to tackle non-communicable disease (NCD) by increasing physical activity levels through prescribed exercise. However, there is a sparsity of knowledge upon what exercises ar...

    Authors: Colin B. Shore, Gill Hubbard, Trish Gorely, Angus M. Hunter and Stuart D. Galloway
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1003
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  22. Men in Sub-Saharan Africa are less engaged than women in accessing HIV testing and treatment and, consequently, experience higher HIV-related mortality. Reaching men with HIV testing services is challenging, t...

    Authors: Patience A. Muwanguzi, Robert C. Bollinger, Stuart C. Ray, LaRon E. Nelson, Noah Kiwanuka, José A. Bauermeister and Nelson K. Sewankambo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1002
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  23. Sedentary lifestyles plague today’s society in terms of physical, psychosocial and cognitive health. Students are particularly at risk because they spend most of their daily time sitting and inactive. The curr...

    Authors: Sidney Grosprêtre, Gael Ennequin, Sophie Peseux and Laurie Isacco
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1001
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  24. Well-timed initiation of HIV therapy enhances life expectancy, decreases mortality and morbidity, and inhibits the transmission of HIV and complications related to it. The purpose of the present survey is to i...

    Authors: Hassan Ali, Rubeena Zakar, Khunsa Junaid, Amjad Khan and Florian Fischer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1000
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  25. The socioeconomic conditions of different environments manifest in varying experiences of illnesses. Even as migrants do transit across these different environments for various reasons, including settlement, t...

    Authors: Chukwuedozie K. Ajaero, Nicole De Wet-Billings, Chiemezie Atama, Prince Agwu and Eberechukwu J. Eze
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:999
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  26. COVID-19 was first detected in Lebanon on February 21, 2020; it reached its peak in January 2021, with a total number of 418,448 confirmed cases and 5380 deaths (until March 15, 2021). Gaining insight into fac...

    Authors: Carina Kasrine Al Halabi, Sahar Obeid, Hala Sacre, Marwan Akel, Rabih Hallit, Pascale Salameh and Souheil Hallit
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:998
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  27. From a secondary prevention perspective, it is useful to know who is at greatest risk of progressing from substance initiation to riskier patterns of future use. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determi...

    Authors: Seán R. Millar, Deirdre Mongan, Bobby P. Smyth, Ivan J. Perry and Brian Galvin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:997
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  29. As Scotland strives to become a country where children flourish in their early years, it is faced with the challenge of socio-economic health inequalities, which are at risk of widening amidst austerity polici...

    Authors: Alice Harpur, Jon Minton, Julie Ramsay, Gerry McCartney, Lynda Fenton, Harry Campbell and Rachael Wood
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:995
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  30. The mental health of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) undocumented young adults has been understudied, despite an increasingly restrictive immigration climate that would ostensibly raise mental health risks. T...

    Authors: Annie Ro, Michelle Kao Nakphong, Hye Young Choi, Alex Nguyen and May Sudhinaraset
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:994
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  31. COVID-19 lockdowns have reduced opportunities for physical activity (PA) and encouraged more sedentary lifestyles. A concomitant of sedentariness is compromised mental health. We investigated the effects of CO...

    Authors: Costas I. Karageorghis, Jonathan M. Bird, Jasmin C. Hutchinson, Mark Hamer, Yvonne N. Delevoye-Turrell, Ségolène M. R. Guérin, Elizabeth M. Mullin, Kathleen T. Mellano, Renée L. Parsons-Smith, Victoria R. Terry and Peter C. Terry
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:988
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  32. Cardiovascular disease accounts for about one-third of all premature deaths (ie, age < 70) in Cuba. Yet, the relevance of major risk factors, including systolic blood pressure (SBP), diabetes, and body-mass in...

    Authors: Nurys B Armas Rojas, Ben Lacey, Monica Soni, Shaquille Charles, Jennifer Carter, Patricia Varona-Pérez, Julie Ann Burrett, Marcy Calderón Martínez, Elba Lorenzo-Vázquez, Sonia Bess Constantén, Hannah Taylor, Paul Sherliker, José Manuel Morales Rigau, Stephanie Ross, M. Sofia Massa, Osvaldo Jesús Hernández López…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:963
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  33. In sub-Saharan Africa, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) other than HIV are major public health problems. This study, therefore, sought to assess the prevalence and factors associated with self-reported S...

    Authors: Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Louis Kobina Dadzie, Justice Kanor Tetteh and Bright Opoku Ahinkorah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:993
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  34. Country-wide urbanization in Uganda has continued amidst institutional challenges. Previous interventions in the water and sanitation sector have not addressed the underlying issues of a poorly managed urbaniz...

    Authors: Japheth Nkiriyehe Kwiringira, Robert Kabumbuli, Henry Zakumumpa, James Mugisha, Mathias Akugizibwe, Paulino Ariho and Joseph Rujumba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:992
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  35. Osteoporosis is a gradually recognized health problem with risks related to disease history and living habits. This study aims to establish the optimal prediction model by comparing the performance of four pre...

    Authors: Yuqi Wang, Liangxu Wang, Yanli Sun, Miao Wu, Yingjie Ma, Lingping Yang, Chun Meng, Li Zhong, Mohammad Arman Hossain and Bin Peng
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:991
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Aggressive non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) may reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The extent to which these interventions are successful in stopping the spread have not been characterized in countries ...

    Authors: Fatima Khadadah, Abdullah A. Al-Shammari, Ahmad Alhashemi, Dari Alhuwail, Bader Al-Saif, Saud N. Alzaid, Barrak Alahmad and Isaac I. Bogoch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:990
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  37. Physical Activity (PA) promotes health and wellbeing and walking is one of the easiest and commonest way to incorporate activity into everyday life. This study examined the association between the objectively ...

    Authors: Shreenika De Silva Weliange, Dulitha Fernando, Shanthi Withanage and Jagath Gunatilake
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:989
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  38. Globally, it is becoming more common for pregnant women to deliver by caesarean section (CS). In 2020, 31% of births in England were CS, surpassing the recommended prevalence of CS. Concerns have been raised r...

    Authors: Eleanor Ralphs, Lucy Pembrey, Jane West and Gillian Santorelli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:987
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  39. There are few studies regarding Internet use behaviors of Chinese rural adolescents based on behavioral theory. The aim of this study is to examine the applicability and effectiveness of the health action proc...

    Authors: Chengmeng Tang, Hein Raat, Mingxia Yan, Qiang Zhang, Kehan Li, Min Jiang, Wanjie Tang, Jiayi Chen, Ying Zhao and Qiaolan Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:986
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  40. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with several adverse health outcomes. However, few studies in sub-Saharan Africa have examined its deleterious consequences on mental health. Therefore...

    Authors: Godfred O. Boateng, David Teye Doku, Nancy Innocentia Ebu Enyan, Samuel Asiedu Owusu, Irene Korkoi Aboh, Ruby Victoria Kodom, Benard Ekumah, Reginald Quansah, Sheila A. Boamah, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Epaphrodite Nsabimana, Stefan Jansen and Frederick Ato Armah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:985
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  41. Existing estimates of the impact of the COVID-19 burden on mental wellbeing come from countries with high mortality rates. This study therefore aimed to investigate the impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown (M...

    Authors: Lars H. Andersen, Peter Fallesen and Tim A. Bruckner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:984
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  42. Greater understanding about the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity in preschool children within public health care is needed. This study assessed the impact of The First Steps module in routine...

    Authors: T. Westergren, L. Fegran, A. Jørstad Antonsen, H. Timenes Mikkelsen, C. B. Hennig and U. M. Stamnes Köpp
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:983
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  43. It has been determined that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic needs social distancing and proper measures to prevent its spreading. This study aimed to determine COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, an...

    Authors: Leila Shahbaznejad, Mohammad Reza Navaeifar, Faeze Sadat Movahedi, Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh, Seyed Alireza Fahimzad, Zahra Serati Shirazi and Mohammad Sadegh Rezai
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:982
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Effective risk communication is one of the critical strategies in the response to COVID-19. This study examined risk perceptions and attitudinal responses to COVID-19 among the educated section of the society ...

    Authors: Zewdie Birhanu, Argaw Ambelu, Diriba Fufa, Mohammed Mecha, Ahmed Zeynudin, Jemal Abafita, Ashenafi Belay, Feleke Doyore, Lemessa Oljira, Endale Bacha, Jilcha Feyisa, Zinabu Hadis, Ketema Ayele, Yohannes Addisu, Birhanu Gutu, Demu Tesfaye…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:981
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  45. Substance use is a risk factor for intimate partner abuse (IPA) perpetration. Delivering perpetrator interventions concurrently with substance use treatment shows promise.

    Authors: Gail Gilchrist, Laura Potts, Polly Radcliffe, Gemma Halliwell, Sandi Dheensa, Juliet Henderson, Amy Johnson, Beverly Love, Elizabeth Gilchrist, Gene Feder, Steve Parrott, Jinshuo Li, Mary McMurran, Sara Kirkpatrick, Danielle Stephens-Lewis, Caroline Easton…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:980
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  46. Assessing subjective social status (SSS) may be easily accommodated in the context of a Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS). To our knowledge, no prior studies have examined the association of SS...

    Authors: Edite Vila Nova Rosário, Milton Severo, Diogo Francisco, Miguel Brito and Diogo Costa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:979
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  48. Hispanic immigrants continue to experience higher rates of overweight and obesity compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts. Acculturation may contribute to unhealthy weight gain among immigrant populations ...

    Authors: Diane I. Lopez, Lauren Chacon, Denise Vasquez and Louis D. Brown
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:976
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  49. There are a range of interventions designed to promote healthier food choices in full-service restaurants. However, it is unclear how these interventions affect dietary choices in people of lower and higher so...

    Authors: Lucile Marty, Sasha M. Reed, Andrew J. Jones and Eric Robinson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:975
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  50. Suicide is among the top 10 leading causes of premature morality in the United States and its rates continue to increase. Thus, its prevention has become a salient public health responsibility. Risk factors of...

    Authors: Sierra Cheng, Rebecca Plouffe, Stephanie M. Nanos, Mavra Qamar, David N. Fisman and Jean-Paul R. Soucy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:974
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