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  1. The social identity model of risk taking proposes that people take more risks with ingroup members because they trust them more. While this can be beneficial in some circumstances, in the context of the COVID-...

    Authors: Tegan Cruwys, Mark Stevens, Jessica L. Donaldson, Diana Cárdenas, Michael J. Platow, Katherine J. Reynolds and Polly Fong

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:869

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  2. Group therapy assists individuals in learning many behavioral techniques for smoking cessation and providing each other with mutual support. Group behavior therapy is not routinely provided as a modality of to...

    Authors: Shatha A. Alduraywish, Meaad F. Alnofaie, Balqes F. Alrajhi, Fatima A. Balsharaf, Sarah S. Alblaihed, Alaa A. Alsowigh, Wafa S. Alotaibi and Fahad M. Aldakheel

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:868

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  3. Nigeria is one of the ten countries globally that account for 62% of under- and unvaccinated children worldwide. Despite several governmental and non-governmental agencies’ interventions, Nigeria has yet to ac...

    Authors: Abisola Olaniyan, Chinwoke Isiguzo and Mary Hawk

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:867

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  4. The relationship between socioeconomic position (SEP) and adolescent physical activity is uncertain, as most evidence is limited to specific settings and a restricted number of SEP indicators. This study aimed...

    Authors: L. Falese, B. Federico, A. E. Kunst, J. Perelman, M. Richter, A. Rimpelä and V. Lorant

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:866

    Content type: Research

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  5. Low birth weight and prematurity remain leading causes of infant mortality and morbidity globally. Although extensive literature has highlighted the importance of socioenvironmental characteristics for birth o...

    Authors: Angélica Carreira dos Santos, Alexandra Brentani and Günther Fink

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:865

    Content type: Research article

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  6. Influenza may be associated with increased stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) risk. We hypothesized that risk of stroke and MI after influenza-like illness (ILI) would be higher in patients in New York Stat...

    Authors: Erin R. Kulick, Trevor Alvord, Michelle Canning, Mitchell S. V. Elkind, Bernard P. Chang and Amelia K. Boehme

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:864

    Content type: Research article

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  7. Recreational and sexual drug use among men who have sex with men may result in increased risk of poor health. The aim of this study was to better understand drug use and harm reduction techniques among Swedish...

    Authors: Nicklas Dennermalm, Julia Scarlett, Sarah Thomsen, Kristina Ingemarsdotter Persson and Helle Mølsted Alvesson

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:863

    Content type: Research article

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  9. The home environment is an important facilitator of young child movement behaviors, including physical activity (PA), sleep, and screen-time. Household chaos, characterized by crowding, noise, and disorder in ...

    Authors: Chelsea L. Kracht, Peter T. Katzmarzyk and Amanda E. Staiano

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:860

    Content type: Research article

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  10. The Ministry of Health Zambia recommends tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) with 6 months daily isoniazid for all people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after ruling out active tuberculosis...

    Authors: Michael Melgar, Ray W. Shiraishi, Clifford Tende, Sydney Mwanza, Joyce Mulenga, Shepherd Khondowe, David Mwakazanga, Kelvin Kapungu, Mathias Tembo, Amos Nota, Patrick Lungu, Brittany Moore and Laura J. Podewils

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:859

    Content type: Research

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  12. Positive health beliefs and attitudes towards dementia and dementia risk reduction may encourage adopting a healthy behaviour. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the knowledge, health beliefs and attitudes tow...

    Authors: J. Vrijsen, T. F. Matulessij, T. Joxhorst, S. E. de Rooij and N. Smidt

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:857

    Content type: Research

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  13. Vector control is an essential component in prevention and control of malaria in malaria endemic areas. Insecticide treated nets is one of the standard tools recommended for malaria vector control. The objecti...

    Authors: Mary Nyangi, Elizabeth Kigondu, Beatrice Irungu, Margaret Nganga, Anthony Gachanja, Martin Murigi, Ruth Nyangacha, Erastus Muniu, Luna Kamau and Jeremiah Gathirwa

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:856

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  14. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Jane Oliver, Elise Thielemans, Alissa McMinn, Ciara Baker, Philip N. Britton, Julia E. Clark, Helen S. Marshall, Christopher C. Blyth, Joshua Francis, Jim Buttery, Andrew C. Steer and Nigel W. Crawford

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:855

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    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2019 19:1750

  15. Since the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was introduced in Norway in 2009, the vaccine uptake has increased. Whether this increase is similar regardless of the girls’ country background is unknown. We exam...

    Authors: Randi Dalene Bjerke, Ida Laake, Berit Feiring, Geir Aamodt and Lill Trogstad

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:854

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  16. The distribution of health care resources during a pandemic is challenging. The aim of the study was to describe the use of health care in a representative sample of the Swiss population during the SARS-CoV-2 ...

    Authors: Stéphanie Giezendanner, Roland Fischer, Laura Diaz Hernandez and Andreas Zeller

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:853

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  17. Cardiovascular fitness has been associated with both executive function and academic achievement in multiple cohort studies including children and adolescents. However, research is scarce among children from l...

    Authors: Markus Gerber, Christin Lang, Johanna Beckmann, Rosa du Randt, Stefanie Gall, Harald Seelig, Kurt Z. Long, Sebastian Ludyga, Ivan Müller, Madeleine Nienaber, Siphesihle Nqweniso, Uwe Pühse, Peter Steinmann, Jürg Utzinger and Cheryl Walter

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:852

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  19. Knowledge of health care utilization is important in low-and middle-income countries where inequalities in the burden of diseases and access to primary health care exist. Limited evidence exists on health seek...

    Authors: Elvis O. A. Wambiya, Peter O. Otieno, Martin Kavao Mutua, Hermann Pythagore Pierre Donfouet and Shukri F. Mohamed

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:850

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  20. In the UK, around 5% of 11–16-year olds experience conduct problems of clinical importance. However, there are limited data on prevalence of conduct problems by ethnic group, and how putative social risk facto...

    Authors: Rachel Blakey, Craig Morgan, Charlotte Gayer-Anderson, Sam Davis, Stephanie Beards, Seeromanie Harding, Vanessa Pinfold, Kamaldeep Bhui, Gemma Knowles and Essi Viding

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:849

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  21. Although the workers in many occupations are at the greatest risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 due to assembling and contacting people, the owners of these occupations do not follow COVID-19 health instr...

    Authors: Neda SoleimanvandiAzar, Seyed Fahim Irandoost, Sina Ahmadi, Tareq Xosravi, Hadi Ranjbar, Morteza Mansourian and Javad Yoosefi Lebni

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:848

    Content type: Research article

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  22. Little is known about the long-term outcomes of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) during childhood. As such, this study aims to explore the association between childhood SAM and blood pressure (BP) in adulthood ...

    Authors: Pacifique Mwene-Batu, Daniel Lemogoum, Laurène de le Hoye, Ghislain Bisimwa, Michel P. Hermans, Jimmy Minani, Gaylord Amani, Guy-Quesney Mateso, Justin Cirhuza Cikomola, Michelle Dramaix and Philippe Donnen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:847

    Content type: Research

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  23. One public health problem that cannot be ignored is the mental health of left-behind elderly individuals in rural areas. However, the burden of care and parenting stress among left-behind elderly individuals h...

    Authors: Mengjuan Zhao, Ziqiang Zhu, Chenchen Kong and Chunshan Zhao

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:846

    Content type: Research article

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  24. Attendance at healthcare facilities provides an opportunity for smoking cessation interventions. However, the smoking behaviours of patients seeking healthcare in Vietnam are not well-understood. We aimed to e...

    Authors: Wan-Chun Huang, Ngoc Yen Pham, Thu Anh Nguyen, Van Giap Vu, Quy Chau Ngo, Viet Nhung Nguyen, Becky Freeman, Stephen Jan, Joel Negin, Guy B. Marks and Gregory J. Fox

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:845

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  25. Rising prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D), also among younger adults, constitutes a growing public health challenge. According to the person-centred Chronic Care Model, proactive care and self-management supp...

    Authors: Nina Simonsen, Anne M. Koponen and Sakari Suominen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:844

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  26. The opioid overdose epidemic in Canada and the United States has become a public health crisis - with exponential increases in opioid-related morbidity and mortality. Recently, there has been an increasing bod...

    Authors: Cerina Lee, Mu Lin, Karen J. B. Martins, Jason R. B. Dyck, Scott Klarenbach, Lawrence Richer, Ed Jess, John G. Hanlon, Elaine Hyshka and Dean T. Eurich

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:843

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  27. Domestic violence takes a range of interconnected forms, of which economic abuse is common, but less studied than others. We examine the prevalence of economic abuse, its determinants, and its association with...

    Authors: Suman Kanougiya, Nayreen Daruwalla, Lu Gram, Apoorwa Deepak Gupta, Muthusamy Sivakami and David Osrin

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:842

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  28. India has made substantial progress in improving child health in recent years. However, the country continues to account for a large number of vaccine preventable child deaths. We estimated wealth-related full...

    Authors: Brian Wahl, Madhu Gupta, Daniel J. Erchick, Bryan N. Patenaude, Taylor A. Holroyd, Molly Sauer, Madeleine Blunt, Mathuram Santosham and Rupali Jayant Limaye

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:841

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  29. Mesoamerica is severely affected by an epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of non-traditional origin (CKDnt), an epidemic with a marked variation within countries. We sought to describe the spatial distribution...

    Authors: Erik Hansson, Ali Mansourian, Mahdi Farnaghi, Max Petzold and Kristina Jakobsson

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:840

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  30. Young Thai women are growing up amidst conflicting influences of globalization and traditional Thai culture. They experience confusion about which aspects of their sexuality they can express and must hide. Thi...

    Authors: Worawalan Waratworawan, Pimpawun Boonmongkon, Nattharat Samoh, Petcharat Promnart and Thomas E. Guadamuz

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:839

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  31. Promoting long-term exercise adherence should be a key focus for health and fitness professionals working to reduce obesity and cardiometabolic health disparities, and all-cause mortality in inactive African-A...

    Authors: Lyndsey M. Hornbuckle, Cristina S. Barroso, Amy Rauer, Chloe S. Jones and Kerri M. Winters-Stone

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:838

    Content type: Research article

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  32. The impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on wellbeing and health has so far been studied using mostly cross-sectional designs. To place recent findings into context, we compared symptoms and f...

    Authors: Jens Lehmann, Bernhard Holzner, Johannes M. Giesinger, Andrew Bottomley, Shaad Ansari, Ludwig von Butler and Georg Kemmler

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:837

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  33. This study aims to determine the changes in physical activity and actigraphy-measured rest-activity circadian rhythm among Hong Kong community aged population before and during the outbreak of COVID-19.

    Authors: Priscilla Ming Yi LEE, Bixia Huang, Gengze Liao, Chi Kuen Chan, Lai-bun Tai, Chun Yuk Jason Tsang, Chi Chiu Leung, Mei-Po Kwan and Lap Ah. Tse

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:836

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  35. There is an expected increase in heatwaves globally. As such, it is imperative to have sufficient levels of heatwave-protective knowledge and behaviour in areas regularly affected by heatwaves. Our study asses...

    Authors: Joris Adriaan Frank van Loenhout, Kirsten Vanderplanken, Tamari Kashibadze, Nia Giuashvili, Amiran Gamkrelidze, Maya Siman-Tov, Bruria Adini and Debarati Guha-Sapir

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:834

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  36. The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has seriously affected the lives of millions of people across the world. It has also heavily burdened healthcare professionals and the virus poses serious risks fo...

    Authors: Sadia Malik, Irfan Ullah, Muhammad Irfan, Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu, Chung-Ying Lin, Amir H. Pakpour, Mark D. Griffiths, Ibad Ur Rehman and Rafia Minhas

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:833

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  37. The word ‘pandemic’ conjures dystopian images of bodies stacked in the streets and societies on the brink of collapse. Despite this frightening picture, denialism and noncompliance with public health measures ...

    Authors: Madison Stoddard, Debra Van Egeren, Kaitlyn E. Johnson, Smriti Rao, Josh Furgeson, Douglas E. White, Ryan P. Nolan, Natasha Hochberg and Arijit Chakravarty

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:832

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  38. Despite the implementation of a set of social and health policies, Brazil has experienced a slowdown in the decline of infant mortality, regional disparities and persistent high death levels, raising questions...

    Authors: Alexandre Bugelli, Roxane Borgès Da Silva, Ladislau Dowbor and Claude Sicotte

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:831

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  40. With the increasing spread of COVID-19, healthcare workers, especially front-line medical staff, have become more vulnerable to emotional exhaustion.

    Authors: Huan Wang, Xinyao Zhou, Xiuli Jia, Caiping Song, Xu Luo, Hua Zhang, Hao Wu and Junying Ye

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:829

    Content type: Research

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  41. Because refugees face significant adversities before, during, and after resettlement, resilience is of central importance to this population. However, strengths-based research on post-migration refugee experie...

    Authors: Lena Walther, Julia Amann, Uwe Flick, Thi Minh Tam Ta, Malek Bajbouj and Eric Hahn

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:828

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  42. Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic, and over 80 million cases and over 1.8 million deaths were reported in 2020. This highly contagious virus is spread primarily via respiratory dr...

    Authors: Chon Fu Lio, Hou Hon Cheong, Chin Ion Lei, Iek Long Lo, Lan Yao, Chong Lam and Iek Hou Leong

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:827

    Content type: Research article

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  43. Mass drug administration (MDA) has received growing interest to accelerate the elimination of multi-drug resistant malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Targeted MDA, sometimes referred to as focal MDA, is ...

    Authors: Shwe Sin Kyaw, Gilles Delmas, Tom L. Drake, Olivier Celhay, Wirichada Pan-ngum, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Yoel Lubell, Ricardo J. Aguas, Richard James Maude, Lisa J. White and Francois Nosten

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:826

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  44. Prior to Wuhan lock-down in 2020, chunyun, the largest population mobility on this planet, had begun. We quantified impact of Wuhan lock-down on COVID-19 spread during chunyun across the nation.

    Authors: Yi Hu, Lingcai Kong, Tong Yao, Xinda Chen and Wei Du

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:825

    Content type: Research article

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  45. Childhood obesity is a major global health concern. Weight-management camps involving delivery of a program of physical activity, health education, and healthy eating are an effective treatment, although post-...

    Authors: Ivo Vlaev, Michael J. Taylor, David Taylor, Paul Gately, Laura H. Gunn, Aliza Abeles, Abdelhamid Kerkadi, Jackie Lothian, Sahar Karim Jreige, Aziza Alsaadi, Mohamed G. Al-Kuwari, Suhaila Ghuloum, Hanan Al-Kuwari, Ara Darzi and Mohamed Ahmedna

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:824

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  46. Parent-child separation is a considerable adversity for left-behind children (LBC), but there is little evidence on the association between detailed characteristics of parent-child separation and social-emotio...

    Authors: Huifeng Shi, Yuanyuan Wang, Mengshi Li, Chang Tan, Chunxia Zhao, Xiaona Huang, Yan Dou, Xiaoqian Duan, Yufeng Du, Tianchen Wu, Xiaoli Wang and Jingxu Zhang

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:823

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  47. Biannual distribution of azithromycin to children 1–59 months old reduced mortality by 14% in a cluster-randomized trial. The World Health Organization has proposed targeting this intervention to the subgroup ...

    Authors: Kieran S. O’Brien, Ahmed M. Arzika, Abdou Amza, Ramatou Maliki, Sani Ousmane, Boubacar Kadri, Beido Nassirou, Alio Karamba Mankara, Abdoul Naser Harouna, Emily Colby, Elodie Lebas, Zijun Liu, Victoria Le, William Nguyen, Jeremy D. Keenan, Catherine E. Oldenburg…

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:822

    Content type: Study protocol

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  48. In recent years, policymakers have increasingly used behaviourally informed policies, including ‘nudges’. They have been implemented to produce desirable social outcomes such as healthier eating and physical a...

    Authors: Mathias Krisam, Mona Maier, Rebecca Janßen and Johannes Krisam

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:821

    Content type: Research article

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  49. The national health promotion program in the twenty-first century Japan (HJ21) correlates life purpose with disease prevention, facilitating the adoption of healthy lifestyles. However, the influence of cluste...

    Authors: Nobutaka Hirooka, Takeru Kusano, Shunsuke Kinoshita, Ryutaro Aoyagi and Nakamoto Hidetomo

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:820

    Content type: Research

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  50. A nationwide ban on family/replacement donation (FRD) went into effect on April 1, 2018 in China. To date, no reports relevant to the trend of plateletpheresis donations before and after a nationwide ban on FR...

    Authors: Jinyan Chen, Guoli Zhou, Xuemei Fu, Shijie Li, Ying Li, Jianxun Kang, Huiyou Chen, Liqiao Zhou and Yongshui Fu

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:819

    Content type: Research

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