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  1. During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing and hand hygiene have been the primary means of reducing transmission in the absence of effective treatments or vaccines, but understanding of ...

    Authors: Christine Barrett and Kei Long Cheung
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:426
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  2. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in a strong negative impact on economic and social life worldwide. It has also negatively influenced people’s general health and quality of life. The ...

    Authors: Paulo José Puccinelli, Taline Santos da Costa, Aldo Seffrin, Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira, Rodrigo Luiz Vancini, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Beat Knechtle, Thomas Rosemann, Lee Hill and Marilia Santos Andrade
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:425
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2021 21:613

  3. Oral diseases negatively impact general health, affecting physical, psychological, social and emotional wellbeing, and ability to give back to community. The relationship between poor oral health, and general ...

    Authors: Xiangqun Ju, Joanne Hedges, Gail Garvey, Megan Smith, Karen Canfell and Lisa Jamieson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:424
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  4. The prevalence of hypertension is high and rising in China, but most people with hypertension do not have their blood pressure under control. This study investigated hypertension awareness, treatment, and cont...

    Authors: Junxiang Wei, Yang Mi, Yan Li, Bo Xin and Youfa Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:423
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  5. As internet use becomes more widespread, the screen time (ST) of elementary school students increases yearly. It is known that longer durations of ST can affect obesity, physical activity, dry eye disease, and...

    Authors: Yui Mineshita, Hyeon-Ki Kim, Hanako Chijiki, Takuya Nanba, Takae Shinto, Shota Furuhashi, Satoshi Oneda, Mai Kuwahara, Anzu Suwama and Shigenobu Shibata
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:422
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  6. In Mali, nomadic populations are spread over one third of the territory. Their lifestyle, characterized by constant mobility, excludes them from, or at best places them at the edge of, health delivery services...

    Authors: Moussa Sangare, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Siaka Yamoussa Coulibaly, Housseini Dolo, Abdoul Fatao Diabate, Kueshivi Midodji Atsou, Abdoul Ag Souleymane, Youssouf Ag Rissa, Dada Wallet Moussa, Fadimata Wallet Abdallah, Massitan Dembele, Mahamadou Traore, Tieman Diarra, William R. Brieger, Sekou Fantamady Traore, Seydou Doumbia…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:421
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  7. Although epilepsy is one of the most prevalent neurological problems, it is highly surrounded by stigma and prejudice, which results in negative attitude towards the illness. Due to numerous misconceptions and...

    Authors: Alemayehu Molla, Birhanie Mekuriaw, Endashaw Habtamu and Moges Mareg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:420
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  8. Although periods of HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) discontinuation have deleterious health effects, ART is not always sustained. Yet, little is known about factors that contribute to such ART non-persistence...

    Authors: Marya Gwadz, Charles M. Cleland, Robert Freeman, Leo Wilton, Linda M. Collins, Robert L. Hawkins, Amanda S. Ritchie, Noelle R. Leonard, Danielle F. Jonas, Alexis Korman, Sabrina Cluesman, Ning He and Dawa Sherpa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:419
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  9. Functional disability and multimorbidity are common among older people. However, little is known about the relationship between functional disability and different multimorbidity combinations. We aimed to iden...

    Authors: Zijing Wang, Wenjia Peng, Mengying Li, Xinghui Li, Tingting Yang, Cancan Li, Huosheng Yan, Xianjie Jia, Zhi Hu and Ying Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:418
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  10. For interventions to reach those they are intended for, an understanding of the factors that influence their participation, as well as the facilitators and barriers of participation are needed. This study expl...

    Authors: Tracy McClinton Appollis, Zoe Duby, Kim Jonas, Janan Dietrich, Kealeboga Maruping, Fareed Abdullah, Nevilene Slingers and Catherine Mathews
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:417
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  12. Although sex differences in cardiovascular diseases are recognised, including differences in incidence, clinical presentation, response to treatments, and outcomes, most of the practice guidelines are not sex-...

    Authors: Giulia Cesaroni, Gian Francesco Mureddu, Nera Agabiti, Flavia Mayer, Massimo Stafoggia, Francesco Forastiere, Roberto Latini, Serge Masson, Marina Davoli and Alessandro Boccanelli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:415
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  13. India is currently facing a rising epidemic of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Identification of modifiable risk factors is of paramount importance to curb this menace. Fishermen are one of the most vulnerab...

    Authors: Akhila Doddamani, A. B. Kirthinath Ballala, Sharath P. Madhyastha, Asha Kamath and Muralidhar M. Kulkarni
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:414
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  14. Alcohol and other drug use disorders contribute substantially to the global burden of illness. The majority of people with substance use disorders do not receive any treatment for their problems, and developin...

    Authors: Sidsel Helena Karsberg, Mads Uffe Pedersen, Morten Hesse, Birgitte Thylstrup and Michael Mulbjerg Pedersen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:413
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  15. Syndemic theory highlights the potential for health problems to interact synergistically, compounding impact. Young adults not in education, employment or training (NEET) are more likely to experience disadvan...

    Authors: Clare Tanton, Lorraine McDonagh, Melissa Cabecinha, Soazig Clifton, Rebecca Geary, Greta Rait, John Saunders, Jackie Cassell, Chris Bonell, Kirstin R. Mitchell and Catherine H. Mercer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:412
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  16. To reduce the transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in its first wave, European governments have implemented successive measures to encourage social distancing. However, it remain...

    Authors: Richard A. J. Post, Marta Regis, Zhuozhao Zhan and Edwin R. van den Heuvel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:411
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  18. Simulation exercises can functionally validate World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) core capacities. In 2018, the Vietnam Ministry of Health (MOH) conducted a full-scale ...

    Authors: Alexey Clara, Anh T. P. Dao, Quy Tran, Phu D. Tran, Tan Q. Dang, Huong T. Nguyen, Quang D. Tran, Peter Rzeszotarski, Karen Talbert, Tasha Stehling-Ariza, Frances Veasey, Lynne Clemens, Anthony W. Mounts, Hannah Lofgren, S. Arunmozhi Balajee and Trang T. Do
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:409
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  19. Water pipe smoking (WPS) is re-gaining widespread use and popularity among various groups of people, especially adolescents. Despite different adverse health effects of WPS, many of the WPS interventions have ...

    Authors: Javad Babaie, Ayat Ahmadi, Gholamreza Abdollahi and Leila Doshmangir
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:344
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  20. Residential environment features such as availability of supermarkets may shape dietary behaviour and thus overweight and obesity. This relationship may not be consistent between cities. This Australian nation...

    Authors: Suzanne J. Carroll, Gavin Turrell, Michael J. Dale and Mark Daniel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:407
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  21. Antibiotic resistance is a global threat to human health, and inappropriate use of antibiotics in humans and animals is widely considered to be a key driver of antibiotic resistant infections. Antibiotic use i...

    Authors: Joseph Paul Hicks, Sophia M. Latham, Rumana Huque, Mahua Das, Jane Newell, S. M. Abdullah, Zunayed Al Azdi, Ishrat Jahan, Christian Rassi, Prudence Hamade, Muhammad Shafique, Mohammad Saiful Islam and Rebecca King
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:406
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  23. Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a major global health issue disproportionately affecting Asian Americans and other immigrant populations in the United States. Despite the high risk of morbid complications from CH...

    Authors: Sarah Hyun, Okhyun Ko, Soonsik Kim and William R. Ventura
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:404
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  24. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an important public health problem worldwide. In addition to the impairment in functionality, the large number of complications which lead to hospitalizations results in high treatmen...

    Authors: Rêncio Bento Florêncio, Luiza Gabriela de Araújo Fonseca, Vivian Fernanda Dantas da Silva, Íllia Nadinne Dantas Florentino Lima and Lucien Peroni Gualdi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:403
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  25. In the United states obesity and socioeconomic status (SES), or one’s standing in society based on income, education, and/or occupation, are strongly associated. The mechanisms for this relationship may includ...

    Authors: Amanda K. Crandall, Amanda M. Ziegler, Tegan Mansouri, Jalen Matteson, Emily Isenhart, Autum Carter, Katherine N. Balantekin and Jennifer L. Temple
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:402
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  26. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the global leading causes of concern due to the rising prevalence and consequence of mortality and disability with a heavy economic burden. The objective of the curren...

    Authors: Maedeh Amini, Farid Zayeri and Masoud Salehi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:401
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  27. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are a common pathway to adult depression. This pathway is particularly important during the perinatal period when women are at an elevated risk for depression. However, thi...

    Authors: Katherine LeMasters, Lisa M. Bates, Esther O. Chung, John A. Gallis, Ashley Hagaman, Elissa Scherer, Siham Sikander, Brooke S. Staley, Lauren C. Zalla, Paul N. Zivich and Joanna Maselko
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:400
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Accurately defining obesity using anthropometric measures that best capture obesity-related risk is important for identifying high risk groups for intervention. The purpose of this study is to compare the asso...

    Authors: Saria Hassan, Carol Oladele, Deron Galusha, Oswald Peter Adams, Rohan G. Maharaj, Cruz M. Nazario, Maxine Nunez and Marcella Nunez-Smith
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:399
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  29. HIV testing among adolescents is significantly lower than among adults and many adolescents living with HIV do not know their status. Adolescent perceptions of HIV testing are poorly understood and may negativ...

    Authors: Leila Katirayi, Job Akuno, Bright Kulukulu and Rose Masaba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:398
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  30. Understanding the relationship between occupation and alcohol use offers opportunities to provide health promotion programmes based on evidence of need. We aimed to determine associations between occupation an...

    Authors: Andrew Thompson and Munir Pirmohamed
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:190
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  31. Very little is known about the biologic predictors of the occupational burnout in firefighters. The aim of this study was to characterize testosterone profile of active firefighters and quantify its associatio...

    Authors: Denis Vinnikov, Zhanna Romanova, Gulnara Kapanova, Aizhan Raushanova, Sundetgali Kalmakhanov and Alexander Zhigalin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:397
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  32. Control of preventive chemotherapy-targeted neglected tropical diseases (PC-NTDs) relies on strengthened health systems. Efficient health information systems provide an impetus to achieving the sustainable dev...

    Authors: Arthur K. S. Ng’etich, Kuku Voyi and Clifford M. Mutero
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:396
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  33. Sexual norms, real or perceived, shape young people’s sexual behaviour and may constitute one of the greatest challenges in HIV/STIs prevention among this population. This study used sexual script theory to ex...

    Authors: Sylvester R. Okeke
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:395
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  34. Hepatitis B is a serious potentially fatal hepatocellular disease caused by the hepatitis B virus. In the fishing communities of Lake Victoria Uganda, the hepatitis B virus infection burden is largely unknown....

    Authors: Paul Kato Kitandwe, Enoch Muyanja, Teddy Nakaweesa, Annet Nanvubya, Ali Ssetaala, Juliet Mpendo, Brenda Okech, Bernard S. Bagaya, Noah Kiwanuka and Matt A. Price
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:394
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  35. Face masks have been employed in the COVID-19 pandemic plans as a public and personal health control measure against the spread of SARS-CoV-2. In Poland, obligatory wearing of masks in public spaces was introd...

    Authors: Maria Ganczak, Oskar Pasek, Łukasz Duda – Duma, Dawid Świstara and Marcin Korzeń
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:393
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  36. Being gifted with a very high IQ (> 98 percentile) can provide an advantage in the occupational context but can also come with its` own specific challenges. Where some studies found higher than average levels ...

    Authors: Patricia A.J. van Casteren, Jan Meerman, Evelien P.M. Brouwers, Arno van Dam and Jac J.L. van der Klink
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:392
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  37. Malnutrition in mothers as well as in children is a significant public health challenge in most of the developing countries. The triple burden of malnutrition is a relatively new issue on the horizon of health...

    Authors: Pradeep Kumar, Shekhar Chauhan, Ratna Patel, Shobhit Srivastava and Dhananjay W. Bansod
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:391
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  38. More than 100 million people were forcibly displaced over the last decade, including millions of refugees displaced across international borders. Although refugee health and well-being has gained increasing at...

    Authors: Hannah Tappis, Marwa Ramadan, Josep Vargas, Vincent Kahi, Heiko Hering, Catrin Schulte-Hillen and Paul Spiegel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:390
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  39. Late antiretroviral treatment initiation for HIV disease worsens health outcomes and contributes to ongoing transmission. We investigated whether socioeconomic inequalities exist in access to treatment in a se...

    Authors: Amanda Rodrigues, Claudio J. Struchiner, Lara E. Coelho, Valdilea G. Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn and Paula M. Luz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:389
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2021 21:640

  40. The long-term impact of sexual transmission on the hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in China remains unclear. This study aims to estimate the independent influence of sexual transmission on HBV infection.

    Authors: Miaolei Li, Jian Zu, Mingwang Shen, Guihua Zhuang, Siyuan Chen, Fuzhen Wang, Hui Zheng and Guomin Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:388
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  41. Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) is one of the major endemic diseases in China, which severely impacts the physical health and life quality of people. A better understanding of the spatial distribution of the health ...

    Authors: Jing Wang, Xiaoya Wang, Hairong Li, Linsheng Yang, Yingchun Li and Chang Kong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:387
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Early childhood educators (ECEs) play a critical role in promoting physical activity (PA) among preschoolers in childcare; thus, PA-related training for ECEs is essential. The Supporting PA in the Childcare En...

    Authors: Brianne A. Bruijns, Andrew M. Johnson, Jennifer D. Irwin, Shauna M. Burke, Molly Driediger, Leigh M. Vanderloo and Patricia Tucker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:386
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  43. Immigrants are disproportionally impacted by HIV infection in Europe and in Spain. Immigrants are also identified as a vulnerable population during economic crises. Various socioeconomic barriers hinder HIV-po...

    Authors: Megi Gogishvili, Karen R. Flórez, Sergio A. Costa and Terry T.-K. Huang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:385
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  44. Seventy percent of premature deaths in adults are due to behaviors initiated during adolescence. Therefore, it is essential to promote individual and social behaviors that educate adolescents in the ability to...

    Authors: Clarisse Magalhães, Maria Fátima Ribeiro, Maria Raquel Esteves, Luísa Aires, Sara Lima, Gustavo Silva, Assunção Nogueira, Teresa Herdeiro and Susana Pedras
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:384
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  46. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Sophie H. Klasen, Ludovic G. P. M. van Amelsvoort, Inge Houkes, Nicole W. H. Jansen and IJmert Kant
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:382
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2021 21:289

  47. Paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen, is one of the most common antipyretic and analgesic over-the-counter (OTC) medicines administered to children due to its efficacy, safety, and availability in many pha...

    Authors: Aiman Daifallah, Ruba Jabr, Faraj Al-Tawil, Moutaz Elkourdi, Ziad Salman, Amer Koni, Ahmad Samara, Samah W. Al-Jabi and Sa’ed H. Zyoud
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:380
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  49. Advances in biomedical technologies permit transgender individuals not only to achieve gender transition but also to experience parenthood. Little is known about this topic in Greece, which, although a traditi...

    Authors: P. Voultsos, C.-E. Zymvragou, M.-V. Karakasi and P. Pavlidis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:378
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  50. It is necessary to recognize the influence of socioeconomic factors on oral cancer indicators in Latin American countries. This study aimed to analyze the influence of socioeconomic indicators and economical i...

    Authors: Aldelany Ramalho Freire, Deborah Ellen Wanderley Gomes Freire, Elza Cristina Farias de Araújo, Fernanda Campos de Almeida Carrer, Gilberto Alfredo PuccaJúnior, Simone Alves de Sousa, Edson Hilan Gomes de Lucena and Yuri Wanderley Cavalcanti
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:377
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