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  1. Peer-led lifestyle interventions have gained recognition as effective approaches for managing and preventing chronic diseases. However, there remains a critical knowledge gap regarding the impact and effective...

    Authors: Geok Pei Lim, Jamuna Rani Appalasamy, Badariah Ahmad, Kia Fatt Quek and Amutha Ramadas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:812
  2. Rates of non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, and mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression, are high and rising in the urbanising world. Gardening coul...

    Authors: Boglarka Z. Gulyas, Samantha J. Caton and Jill L. Edmondson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:810
  3. Gambling causes important harms in societies. According to the public health approach, the most effective policies to reduce harms target full populations. Availability restrictions and mandatory precommitment...

    Authors: Virve Marionneau, Jani Selin, Antti Impinen and Tomi Roukka
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:809
  4. Increasing health literacy (HL) in children could be an opportunity for a more health literate future generation. The aim of this scoping review is to provide an overview of how HL is conceptualized and descri...

    Authors: Wieke Van Boxtel, Katarina Jerković-Ćosić, Linda J. Schoonmade and Mai J. M. Chinapaw
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:808
  5. The objective of this study was to detect the urinary levels of chlorpyrifos, paraquat, and cyproconazole in residents living in Fuyang City and to analyze the correlation between these urinary pesticides leve...

    Authors: Peiqi Ma, Hongliang Gao, Ning Shen, Lei Zhang, Yang Zhang, Kai Zheng, Boqun Xu, Jian Qin, Jian He, Tao Xu, Yan Li, Jing Wu, Yushan Yuan and Bin Xue
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:807

    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2024 24:900

  6. Disasters such as earthquakes, conflict, or landslides result in traumatic injuries creating surges in rehabilitation and assistive technology needs, exacerbating pre-existing unmet needs. Disasters frequently...

    Authors: Justine Gosling, Roxanne Maritz, Ariane Laplante-Lévesque and Carla Sabariego
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:806
  7. COVID-19 has created tensions across different sectors of the society, but the impact has been unequal. Vulnerable people have been most affected, especially those with insecure employment and who have experie...

    Authors: Yoonjoo Choi, Eun-Joo Park, Soon-Young Lee, Hee-Yeon Kim and Weon-Young Lee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:805
  8. Although tooth loss appears to be related to functional limitations, the mechanisms that underpin this relationship are unknown. We sought to address this knowledge gap by examining a multiple mediation hypoth...

    Authors: Weibo Ma, Pengchen Liang, Bei Wu, Ying Yu, Qiusi Shi and Renyao Zhong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:803
  9. Occupational stress is becoming a common phenomenon around the world. Being in a high occupational stress state for a long time may destroy the metabolic balance of the body, thereby increasing the risk of met...

    Authors: Min Zhang, Bin Liu, Weiyi Ke, Yashi Cai, Lingyu Zhang, Weixu Huang, Xuehua Yan and Huifeng Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:802
  10. Local authorities in England have an important role in shaping healthy local environments contributing to childhood obesity. This study examined changes in diet and physical activity in primary school children...

    Authors: Charan Bijlani, Charlotte Vrinten, Cornelia Junghans, Kiara Chang, Ellie Lewis, UmmeZeinab Mulla, Paraskevi Seferidi, Anthony A. Laverty and Eszter P. Vamos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:800
  11. In the present study, we investigated the relationship between personality and motivation for physical activity while introducing perceived parental support and social physical anxiety in adolescent girls (N = 31...

    Authors: Zahra Fathirezaie, Georgian Badicu, Fatma Hilal Yagin, Mohamadtaghi Aghdasi, Seyed Hojjat Zamani Sani, Kosar Abbaspour, Özgür Mülazımoğlu Ballı, Sara Entezar and Luca Paolo Ardigò
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:799
  12. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on individual health and fitness routines globally. Resistance training, in particular, has become increasingly popular among men and women looking to maintai...

    Authors: Rastegar Hoseini and Zahra Hoseini
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:798
  13. The link between low grip strength, diminished physical performance, and adverse health outcomes in older adults has been well-established. However, the impact of older adults who cannot complete these tests o...

    Authors: Yu Cheng Huang, Ying Dong, Chen Ming Tang, Ying Shi and Jian Pang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:797
  14. Migration-related changes in dietary patterns and other structural and individual factors affect weight-related health practices of individuals migrating from low-and-middle-income to high-income countries. Th...

    Authors: Jennifer Teke, Obasanjo A. Bolarinwa, Lawrence A. Nnyanzi, Emma L. Giles, Louisa Ells, Scott Elliott, Sylvesters R. Okeke and Deborah O. Okeke-Obayemi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:796
  15. This study aimed to investigate the impact of self-consciousness on depression of college students, and mainly focus on confirming the mediator role of life meaningful and self-efficacy, as well as the moderat...

    Authors: Ye Yuan, Daili Wu, Zhongnong Chen, Daile Chen, Qiang Zhou, Jaesik Jeong and Yanling Tu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:794
  16. This study examined perceptions of coercion, pressures and procedural injustice and how such perceptions influenced psychological well-being in those who experienced a UK COVID-19 lockdown, with a view to prep...

    Authors: V. Ranieri, C. Gordon, S. K. Kamboj and S. J. Edwards
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:793
  17. Many work-related stresses are experienced by oncologists. Ukraine is currently undergoing numerous crises, including the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and military conflicts, which represent stressful situations. The a...

    Authors: I Böckelmann, I Zavgorodnii, O Litovchenko, V Kapustnyk, M Krasnoselskyi and Beatrice Thielmann
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:792
  18. Transgender women are disproportionately affected by both HIV and gender-based violence (GBV), defined as physical, sexual, or emotional violence perpetrated against an individual based on their gender identit...

    Authors: Maria Amelia de Sousa Mascena Veras, Neia Prata Menezes, Adrienne Rain Mocello, Anna M. Leddy, Gustavo Santa Roza Saggese, Katia Cristina Bassichetto, Hailey J Gilmore, Paula Galdino Cardin de Carvalho, Luca Fasciolo Maschião, Torsten B. Neilands, Jae Sevelius and Sheri A. Lippman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:791
  19. Significant consequences of COVID-19 within academic/professional life are, at the psychological level, related to worry, tension, stress; coping strategies and lifestyle changes. This study describes the proc...

    Authors: María Yolanda González-Alonso, Andrea Liliana Ortiz-González, María Camino Escolar-Llamazares, Diego Serrano-Gómez, Isabel Serrano-Pintado and María Ángeles Martínez-Martín
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:790
  20. Around one in ten people who contract Covid-19 report ongoing symptoms or ‘Long Covid’. Without any known interventions to cure the condition, forms of self-management are routinely prescribed by healthcare pr...

    Authors: Fiona J. Leggat, Celayne Heaton-Shrestha, Jessica Fish, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena, Anne Domeney, Carol Rowe, Ian Patel, Judith Parsons, John Blair and Fiona Jones
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:789
  21. Light and moderate alcohol use has been reported to be associated with both impaired and enhanced cognition. The purpose of this study was to explore whether there was a linear relationship between visual memo...

    Authors: Atiqul Haq Mazumder, Jennifer H. Barnett, Anu-Helmi Halt, Marjo Taivalantti, Martta Kerkelä, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin and Juha Veijola
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:788
  22. Although previous studies have found that parenting style significantly predicts emotional and behavioral problems (EBPs) among Chinese adolescents, the mechanism between different parenting styles and EBPs re...

    Authors: Jiana Wang, Xinyuan Huang, Zhe Li, Kun Chen, Zhiyu Jin, Jing He, Bingsong Han, Lin Feng, Nana Meng, Cong Yang and Zhuang Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:787
  23. The Diabetic Retinopathy Extended Screening Study (DRESS) aims to develop and validate a new DR/diabetic macular edema (DME) risk stratification model in patients with Type 2 diabetes (DM) to identify low-risk...

    Authors: Amudha Aravindhan, Eva K. Fenwick, Aurora Wing Dan Chan, Ryan Eyn Kidd Man, Ngiap Chuan Tan, Wei Teen Wong, Wern Fern Soo, Shin Wei Lim, Sabrina Yi-Mei Wee, Charumathi Sabanayagam, Eric Finkelstein, Gavin Tan, Haslina Hamzah, Bibhas Chakraborty, Sanchalika Acharyya, Tai E. Shyong…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:786
  24. The right to food security has been recognised internationally, and nationally in Australia by Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations. This study aims to explore food (in)security and solutions f...

    Authors: Emma Chappell, Ellie Chan, Caroline Deen, Julie Brimblecombe, Yvonne Cadet-James, Marita Hefler, Emma Stubbs and Megan Ferguson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:785
  25. Promoting the uptake of vaccination for infectious diseases such as COVID-19 remains a global challenge, necessitating collaborative efforts between public health units (PHUs) and communities. Applied behaviou...

    Authors: Guillaume Fontaine, Maureen Smith, Tori Langmuir, Karim Mekki, Hanan Ghazal, Elizabeth Estey Noad, Judy Buchan, Vinita Dubey, Andrea M. Patey, Nicola McCleary, Emily Gibson, Mackenzie Wilson, Amjad Alghamyan, Kateryna Zmytrovych, Kimberly Thompson, Jacob Crawshaw…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:784
  26. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), especially hypertension and diabetes mellitus are on the increase in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Informal settlement dwellers exhibit a high prevalence of behavioural risk factor...

    Authors: Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Innocent Nuwagira, Desta Betula Ali, Fanny F. Koroma, Rugiatu Z. Kamara, Sulaiman Lakoh, Santigie Sesay, James B. W. Russell, Sally Theobald and Mary Lyons
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:783
  27. Previous studies have shown subjects suffering from diabetes or persistent hyperglycemia were more likely to develop tuberculosis (TB). However, the global burden of TB attributed to high fasting plasma glucos...

    Authors: Qin Bian, Yanjun Zhang, Chen Xue, Wenjing Lu, Wei Li, Fanqi Pan and Yi Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:782
  28. Cyclists are vulnerable traffic users and studying the cycling behavior of professional and elite cyclists, their previous history of traffic accidents combined with the current knowledge on high-risk behavior...

    Authors: Enayatollah Homaie Rad, Fatemeh Kavandi, Leila Kouchakinejad-Eramsadati, Kamran Asadi and Naema Khodadadi-Hassankiadeh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:780
  29. Little is known about the long-term impact of hearing and vision impairment on social isolation. This study quantifies the association between hearing, vision, and concurrent hearing and vision impairment (dua...

    Authors: Alison R. Huang, Thomas K. M. Cudjoe, George W. Rebok, Bonnielin K. Swenor and Jennifer A. Deal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:779
  30. Weight management services have not always benefitted everyone equally. People who live in more deprived areas, racially minoritised communities, those with complex additional needs (e.g., a physical or mental...

    Authors: Rebecca Langford, Rowan Brockman, Jonathan Banks, Russell Jago, Fiona Gillison, Karen Coulman, Theresa Moore and James Nobles
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:778
  31. The elderly, especially those with physical disabilities, often encounter barriers that prevent them from accessing outdoor activities. Their perceptions of the convenience of accessing outdoor activities may ...

    Authors: Qi Xu, Youyi Lin, Yiqi He, Xianhong Zhou, Jinhai Liu, Dewang Shen, Fan Wu, Xin Lin, Yun Zhang, Taibiao Li and Tiebin Yan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:776
  32. The relationship between parental age at pregnancy and offspring development in low- and middle-income countries remains unclear. We aimed to examine the associations of parental age at pregnancy with adolesce...

    Authors: Wanting Wan, Yingze Zhu, Jiaxin Tian, Yue Cheng, Lingxia Zeng and Zhonghai Zhu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:775
  33. Lithuania, a Baltic country in the European Union, can be characterized by high alcohol consumption and attributable burden. The aim of this contribution is to estimate the mortality burden due to alcohol use ...

    Authors: Jürgen Rehm, Pol Rovira, Huan Jiang, Shannon Lange, Kevin D. Shield, Alexander Tran and Mindaugas Štelemėkas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:774
  34. The Norwegian home care services experience a high level of sick leave, a large proportion of which is due to common mental disorders. A substantial number of such cases can be attributed to psychosocial facto...

    Authors: Rigmor Harang Knutsen, Morten Birkeland Nielsen, Lars-Kristian Lunde, Øivind Skare and Håkon A. Johannessen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:773
  35. Epilepsy contributes to a significant disease burden in children and adolescents worldwide. The incidence of childhood epilepsy is threefold higher in low and middle income countries compared in high-income co...

    Authors: Gebeyaw Biset, Nigusie Abebaw, Natnael Atnafu Gebeyehu, Natan Estifanos, Endalk Birrie and Kirubel Dagnaw Tegegne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:771
  36. The World Health Organization defines rotavirus as among the most severe causes of viral gastroenteritis affecting children under 5 year old. Italy and other European countries do not release disaggregated dat...

    Authors: Giusy La Fauci, Giorgia Soldà, Zeno Di Valerio, Aurelia Salussolia, Marco Montalti, Francesca Scognamiglio, Angelo Capodici, Maria Pia Fantini, Heidi J. Larson, Julie Leask, Davide Gori and Jacopo Lenzi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:770
  37. Immigrants are exposed to numerous risk factors that may contribute to the development of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Recent political and environmental crises in North Africa and the Middle East have led to...

    Authors: Maria-Nefeli Tsetseri, David J. Keene, Alan J. Silman and Stephanie G. Dakin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:769
  38. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the prevalence of morbidity i.e., one morbidity and multimorbidity (≥ 2 morbid conditions) among adults in Kuwait and to examine the sociodemographic and lifestyle facto...

    Authors: Fajer Saoud, Maryam AlHenaidi, Hajer AlOtaibi, Asayel AlEnezi, Mariam Mohammed, Fatemah AlOtaibi, Danah AlShammari, Sebakah AlKharqawi, Hadil AlMayas, Hatoun AlMathkour and Saeed Akhtar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:768
  39. The study uncovers micro and macro socioeconomic disparities in terms of health behavior, disease perception, and reception of information. Furthermore, findings shed light on the possible role of health insur...

    Authors: Josue Antonio G. Estrada
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:767
  40. The knowledge of ovulatory cycle (KOC) is the basis for natural family planning methods. The absence of knowledge is a notable issue since the ovulatory cycle plays a crucial role in reproductive health and em...

    Authors: Sameer Kumar Jena, Mriganka Dolui, Sucharita Ghoshal and Sanjit Sarkar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:766
  41. Occupational hazards occur in all walks of life. China’s horticulture industry is undergoing rapid development. However, the mental health of garden workers has not received much attention. This study investig...

    Authors: Yujin Xie, Yang Jiao, Lei Shi, Di Liu, Ying Liu, Zhen Tang, Weijun Gong, Hong Yu and Yuanshuo Ma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:765
  42. Health economic modelling indicates that referral to a behavioural weight management programme is cost saving and generates QALY gains compared with a brief intervention. The aim of this study was to conduct a...

    Authors: Sarah Bates, Penny Breeze, Chloe Thomas, Christopher Jackson, Oliver Church and Alan Brennan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:764
  43. Existing studies have shown a correlation between leisure activities and depressive symptoms in older adults, but the direction of the longitudinal relationship is inconsistent. This study used an autoregressi...

    Authors: Juanjuan Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:763
  44. Dental caries are a common non-communicable disease among children. As a public health measure at the prefectural level, school-based fluoride mouth-rinse (S-FMR) program, medical/dental expense subsidy polici...

    Authors: Takafumi Yamamoto, Sakura Kiuchi, Miho Ishimaru, Hideki Fukuda and Tetsuji Yokoyama
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:762

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