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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. Accessing health rights is an integral component of people’s aspirations for a better life. Existing discussions and evaluations regarding the accessibility of health rights for minority rural migrants are ins...

    Authors: Qingjun Zhao, Guosong Wu and Hanrui Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:761
  10. Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric conditions worldwide, and the incidence of anxiety disorders among adults in the U.S. have increased over the last decade. Anxiety disorders can have ...

    Authors: Ann W. Nguyen, Harry Owen Taylor, Robert Joseph Taylor, Alexis Z. Ambroise, Tyrone Hamler, Weidi Qin and Linda M. Chatters
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:760
  11. Climate change is a major public health issue worldwide. To achieve climate targets and reduce morbidity, a paradigm shift in individual behavior e.g., in mobility, is needed. Municipal interventions can motiv...

    Authors: Anna Christina Nowak, Susanne Lopez Lumbi and Timothy Mc Call
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:759
  12. The relationship between the triglyceride glucose (TyG) index and osteoarthritis (OA) remains unclear. The objective of this study was to examine potential associations between an elevated TyG index and an inc...

    Authors: Jie Huang, Rigbat Rozi, Jingbo Ma, Bensheng Fu, Zhengcao Lu, Jiang Liu and Yu Ding
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:758
  13. Disparities in avoidable mortality have never been evaluated in Italy at the national level. The present study aimed to assess the association between socioeconomic status and avoidable mortality.

    Authors: Alessio Petrelli, Martina Ventura, Anteo Di Napoli, Marilena Pappagallo, Silvia Simeoni and Luisa Frova
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:757
  14. Malaria is a widespread and prevalent disease that affects human population globally, particularly in tropical countries. Malaria is a major health issue in sub-Saharan Africa and it contributes to morbidity a...

    Authors: Opara Monica Onyinyechi, Suriani Ismail and Ahmad Iqmer Nashriq Mohd Nazan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:755
  15. Uganda currently hosts an estimated 1.5 million refugees. The refugees have challenges in accessing family planning (FP) services in the host country. The study aimed to investigate factors associated with FP ...

    Authors: Roselline Achola, Lynn Atuyambe, Elizabeth Nabiwemba, Makumbi Fredrick and Christopher Garimoi Orach
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:754
  16. Today, raw vegetarianism is considered one of the most important socio-cultural developments in contemporary societies. In this regard, the present study was conducted to describe the perceived experience of p...

    Authors: Behnam Khaledi-Paveh, Alireza Abdi, Sousan Heydarpour, Fatemeh Dehghan, Reza Haghparast and Hooman Ghasemi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:753
  17. Interactions between risk factors may influence disease severity. Knowing this relationship is important for preventive interventions and disease control. The purpose of this study was to determine the interac...

    Authors: Yahya Pasdar, Shahab Rezaeian, Ehsan Mohammadi, Fatemeh Khosravi shadmani, Narges Shahnazi, Farid Najafi, Mehdi Moradi Nazar and Mitra Darbandi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:752
  18. Ovarian cancer is the most lethal and endometrial cancer the most common gynaecological cancer in the UK, yet neither have a screening program in place to facilitate early disease detection. The aim is to eval...

    Authors: Jennifer F. Barcroft, Elad Yom-Tov, Vasilieos Lampos, Laura Burney Ellis, David Guzman, Víctor Ponce-López, Tom Bourne, Ingemar J. Cox and Srdjan Saso
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:608
  19. Racial/ethnic disparities in the HIV care continuum have been well documented in the US, with especially striking inequalities in viral suppression rates between White and Black persons with HIV (PWH). The Sou...

    Authors: Shannan N Rich, Yiyang Liu, Rebecca Fisk-Hoffman, Yi Zheng, Hui Hu, Emma E Spencer, Robert L Cook and Mattia Prosperi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:749
  20. Perceiving oneself as obese has been associated with weight loss attempts. However, such a perception may not sufficiently drive significant weight reduction in many individuals. Hence, relying solely on the t...

    Authors: Jong-Ho Park, Su-Jung Nam, Jeong-Eun Kim and Nam-Chul Kim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:748
  21. This study aimed to explore the role of psychological detachment from work in the relationship of boundary violations and flourishing, as well as gender differences among university teachers during mandatory t...

    Authors: Madalena Mascarenhas, Vânia Sofia Carvalho, Cleide Fátima Moretto and Maria José Chambel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:747
  22. The link between workplace bullying and poor mental health is well-known. However, little is known about the prospective and potentially reciprocal association between workplace bullying and mental health-rela...

    Authors: Rebecka Holmgren, Alessandra Grotta, Kristin Farrants and Linda L. Magnusson Hanson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:744
  23. The association between dietary selenium(Se) intake and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains controversial. The present study aimed to investigate this association using data from the National Health and Nu...

    Authors: Xiao-Man Ma, Ke-Xuan Li, Zi-Qiu Chen, Cai-Mei Wu, Wan-Zhe Liao and Xu-Guang Guo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:743
  24. Condom use at last intercourse is an effective indicator for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention. To identify at-risk individuals and improve prevention strategies, this study explored factors associ...

    Authors: Ying Huang, Yi Zhou, Yeting Hong, Wencan Dai, Kaihao Lin, Yawei Liu, Yao Yan, Shanzi Huang, Xiaofeng Li, Yi Yang and Hongbo Jiang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:742
  25. Although cervical cancer screening is one of the most effective strategies to reduce the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer, the percentage of cervical cancer screening in low- and middle-income counti...

    Authors: Zenebe Abebe Gebreegziabher, Birhan Ewunu Semagn, Yitagesu Kifelew, Wondwosen Abey Abebaw and Werkneh Melkie Tilahun
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:741
  26. Despite the growing interest in hospital rehabilitation services for communities, studies on existing community-based rehabilitation (CBR) services remain scarce owing to limitations in the development of comm...

    Authors: Zifen An, Ke Li, Xinyi Yang, Jie Ke, Yuying Xu, Xi Zhang, Xianmei Meng, Xianwu Luo and Liping Yu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:740
  27. The influence of food advertising on food preferences and consumption could also contribute to the socio-economic inequalities among Spanish children in terms of eating habits and childhood obesity. Although t...

    Authors: Miguel Ángel Royo-Bordonada, Cristina Cavero-Esponera, María Mar Romero-Fernández, Cristina González-Díaz and Elena Ordaz Castillo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:739
  28. Given the absence of international guidelines on the joint management and control of tuberculosis (TB) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Union Agains...

    Authors: Denise Michela Milice, Ivalda Macicame and José L.Peñalvo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:738
  29. Skin cancers resulting from excessive exposure to solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation are on the rise. This study aims to investigate the impact of facial-aging app intervention on promoting safe and healthy beha...

    Authors: Hassan Okati-Aliabad, Esmat-Sadat Hosseini, Mohammad Ali Morowati Sharifabad, Mahdi Mohammadi, Mohamad Ebrahimzadeh Ardakani and Amir Hossein Talebrouhi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:737
  30. Streptococcus pneumoniae infections, including Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases (IPDs), pose a substantial public health challenge, causing significant morbidity and mortality, especially among children and older ...

    Authors: Zeno Di Valerio, Giusy La Fauci, Francesca Scognamiglio, Aurelia Salussolia, Marco Montalti, Angelo Capodici, Maria Pia Fantini, Anna Odone, Claudio Costantino, Giorgia Soldà, Heidi J. Larson, Julie Leask, Jacopo Lenzi and Davide Gori
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:736
  31. In the last decade, interest in working life expectancy (WLE) and socioeconomic differences in WLE has grown considerably. However, a comprehensive overview of the socioeconomic differences in WLE is lacking. ...

    Authors: Svetlana Solovieva, Astrid de Wind, Karina Undem, Christian Dudel, Ingrid S. Mehlum, Swenne G. van den Heuvel, Suzan J. W. Robroek and Taina Leinonen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:735
  32. Home healthcare services are increasingly utilizing novel technologies to enhance quality and efficiency of caregiving, to reduce workloads and compensate for expected labor shortages in the future due to agei...

    Authors: Jan Olav Christensen and Håkon Johannessen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:734
  33. During the COVID-19 pandemic, after 3 months from the installation of the state of emergency on the territory of Romania, data were collected from 677 students and master’s students, to explore the problematic...

    Authors: Cornelia Rada, Cristina Faludi and Mihaela Lungu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:733
  34. This study examined the relationship between speech-in-noise recognition and incident/recurrent falls due to balance problems ten years later (RQ-1); 10-year change in speech-in-noise recognition and falls (RQ...

    Authors: Lotte A. Jansen, Marieke F. van Wier, Freek P. J. Vernimmen, Thadé Goderie, Raymond van de Berg, Ulrike Lemke, Birgit I. Lissenberg-Witte and Sophia E. Kramer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:732
  35. People’s perceived risk of being infected and having severe illness was conceived as a motivational source of adherence to behavioral measures during the COVID-19 crisis.

    Authors: Joachim Waterschoot, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Vincent Yzerbyt, Sofie Morbée, Olivier Klein, Olivier Luminet, Mathias Schmitz, Pascaline Van Oost, Eveline Van Raemdonck, Marie Brisbois and Omer Van den Bergh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:731
  36. Exercise and dietary nutrition are considered crucial in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) treatment protocols and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) rehabilitation...

    Authors: Xin-Min Qin, Robert Allan, Ji-Young Park, Sung-Hoon Kim and Chang-Hwa Joo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:730
  37. Dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation) is a condition that may have a profound effect on adolescent girls’ health status and well-being. It can impede their engagement in daily activities and hamper their regular...

    Authors: Rula Ghandour, Weeam Hammoudeh, Hein Stigum, Rita Giacaman, Heidi Fjeld and Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:726
  38. Morbidity and mortality rates from chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) are increasing globally. In Ghana, CNCDs account for 43% of all deaths. We examined the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and a...

    Authors: William Kwame Witts, Hubert Amu, Robert Kokou Dowou, Frank Oppong Kwafo and Luchuo Engelbert Bain
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:725
  39. Deep learning (DL), a specialized form of machine learning (ML), is valuable for forecasting survival in various diseases. Its clinical applicability in real-world patients with gastric cancer (GC) has yet to ...

    Authors: Mengjie Wu, Xiaofan Yang, Yuxi Liu, Feng Han, Xi Li, Jufeng Wang, Dandan Guo, Xiance Tang, Lu Lin and Changpeng Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:723
  40. Active commuting to school can be a meaningful contributor to overall physical activity in children. To inform better micro-level urban design near schools that can support active commuting to school, there is...

    Authors: Leigh Ann Ganzar, Katie Burford, Deborah Salvo, Chad Spoon, James F. Sallis and Deanna M. Hoelscher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:722
  41. In 2020, the Generating Excellent Nutrition in UK Schools (GENIUS) Network was established to develop an understanding of the school food system across the four UK nations. This study explores stakeholders’ vi...

    Authors: S. Spence, L. McSweeney, J. V. Woodside and D. Schliemann
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:719
  42. The burden of caring for children with complex medical problems such as major congenital anomalies falls principally on mothers, who in turn suffer a variety of potentially severe economic consequences. As wel...

    Authors: Kyung Mi Kim, Dóra Körmendiné Farkas, Venus Wong, Cathrine Fonnesbech Hjorth, Erzsébet Horváth-Puhó, Eli Cahan, Eyal Cohen, Nirav R. Shah, Henrik Toft Sørensen and Arnold Milstein
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:715

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