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  1. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  2. 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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  3. COVID-19 has had a devastating impact and efforts are being made to speed up vaccinations. The growing problem of vaccine hesitancy may affect the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine. We examined the individual, commun...

    Authors: K. Viswanath, Mesfin Bekalu, Dhriti Dhawan, Ramya Pinnamaneni, Jenna Lang and Rachel McLoud

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:818

    Content type: Research article

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  4. SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) is potentially severe for individuals with compromised immune systems, including people living with HIV. Along with the direct health threats of COVID-19, there are disruptions ...

    Authors: Seth C. Kalichman, Bruno Shkembi, Moira O. Kalichman and Lisa A. Eaton

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:817

    Content type: Research article

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  6. Studies have demonstrated that noise is associated with various health problems, such as obesity and hypertension. Although the evidence of the associations of noise with obesity and hypertension is inconsiste...

    Authors: Sha Li, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, Janet Yuen Ha Wong, Bradley McPherson, Esther Yuet Ying Lau, Lixi Huang and I. P. Mary Sau Man

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:815

    Content type: Research article

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  7. Outcomes related to maternal smoked tobacco (cigarette) use have been substantially examined over the past 50 years with resultant public health education targeted towards the reduction of use during pregnancy...

    Authors: Angela Ratsch, Fiona Bogossian and Kathryn Steadman

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:814

    Content type: Research

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  8. The prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among prisoners remains high in many countries, especially in Africa, despite a global decrease in HIV incidence. Programs to reach incarcerated populations...

    Authors: Austrida Gondwe, Alemayehu Amberbir, Emmanuel Singogo, Joshua Berman, Victor Singano, Joe Theu, Steven Gaven, Victor Mwapasa, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Magren Paul, Lawrence Chiwaula and Joep J. van Oosterhout

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:813

    Content type: Research

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  9. People from Minority Ethnic backgrounds living in the UK are at greater risk of not only contracting COVID-19, but also experiencing serious consequences of the virus. These emerging health inequalities mirror...

    Authors: Shaima M. Hassan, Adele Ring, Naheed Tahir and Mark Gabbay

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:812

    Content type: Research

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  10. Healthcare professionals including physicians were subjected to an increased workload during the COVID-19 crisis, leaving them exposed to significant physical and psychological distress. Therefore, our present...

    Authors: Hamzeh Mohammad Alrawashdeh, Ala’a B. Al-Tammemi, Mohammad Kh. Alzawahreh, Ashraf Al-Tamimi, Mohamed Elkholy, Fawaz Al Sarireh, Mohammad Abusamak, Nafisa M. K. Elehamer, Ahmad Malkawi, Wedad Al-Dolat, Luai Abu-Ismail, Ali Al-Far and Imene Ghoul

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:811

    Content type: Research

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  12. As the outbreak of COVID-19, traditional face-to-face psychological intervention are difficult to achieve, so hotline becomes available and recommended strategies. The callers’ characteristic could help us to ...

    Authors: Na Du, Yingjie Ouyang, Zongling He, Juan Huang, Die Zhou, Yin Yuan, Yunge Li, Manxi He, Yong Chen, Hongming Wang, Yuchuan Yue, Maoxiang Xiong and Keliang Pan

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:809

    Content type: Research

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  13. With the challenges that dengue fever (DF) presents to healthcare systems and societies, public health officials must determine where best to allocate scarce resources and restricted budgets. Constrained optim...

    Authors: Gerhart Knerer, Christine S. M. Currie and Sally C. Brailsford

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:807

    Content type: Research article

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  14. Early adolescence is an important period to lay the foundation for positive sexual health development that can overcome sexual and reproductive health (SRH) challenges faced by very young adolescents (VYAs) as...

    Authors: Wanangwa Chimwaza Manda, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Mphatso Kamndaya, Sanyukta Mathur and Yandisa Sikweyiya

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:806

    Content type: Research article

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  15. The serial interval is the period of time between the onset of symptoms in an infector and an infectee and is an important parameter which can impact on the estimation of the reproduction number. Whilst severa...

    Authors: Conor G. McAloon, Patrick Wall, John Griffin, Miriam Casey, Ann Barber, Mary Codd, Eamonn Gormley, Francis Butler, Locksley L. McV Messam, Cathal Walsh, Conor Teljeur, Breda Smyth, Philip Nolan, Martin J. Green, Luke O’Grady, Kieran Culhane…

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:805

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  17. Repeated use of chemical irritants for crowd-control by local and federal law enforcement during sustained racial justice protests in the U.S. has raised concerns about potential adverse health effects. The ob...

    Authors: Britta N. Torgrimson-Ojerio, Karen S. Mularski, Madeline R. Peyton, Erin M. Keast, Asha Hassan and Ilya Ivlev

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:803

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  18. The prevalence of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in southwest China is still increasing. This study aimed to investigate the trend in HIV incidence and its associated risk factors among MSM in Cheng...

    Authors: Xinyi You, Stuart Gilmour, Wangnan Cao, Joseph Tak-fai Lau, Chun Hao, Jing Gu, Phuong Mai Le, Liping Peng, Dannuo Wei, Yang Deng, Xiaodong Wang, Huachun Zou, Jibin Li, Yuantao Hao and Jinghua Li

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:802

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  19. Men’s Sheds (“Sheds”) offer a unique opportunity to reach a captive audience of “hard-to-reach” men. However, attempts to engage Sheds in structured health promotion programmes must respect the ethos of Sheds ...

    Authors: Aisling McGrath, Niamh Murphy and Noel Richardson

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:801

    Content type: Study protocol

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  20. Few studies have assessed the mental health of principals, or studied associations with both organizational and social work environment factors and occupational balance. The purpose of the present study was th...

    Authors: Carita Håkansson, Ulf Leo, Anna Oudin, Inger Arvidsson, Kerstin Nilsson, Kai Österberg and Roger Persson

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:800

    Content type: Research

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  21. Subsequent epidemic waves have already emerged in many countries and in the absence of highly effective preventive and curative options, the role of patient characteristics on the development of outcomes needs...

    Authors: Dimitra-Kleio Kipourou, Clémence Leyrat, Nourah Alsheridah, Sulaiman Almazeedi, Sarah Al-Youha, Mohammad H. Jamal, Mohannad Al-Haddad, Salman Al-Sabah, Bernard Rachet and Aurélien Belot

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:799

    Content type: Research article

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  22. Previous epidemiological studies have demonstrated the prevalence and relationship of various factors associated with sarcopenia in older adults; however, few have examined the status of sarcopenia in middle-a...

    Authors: Daiki Watanabe, Tsukasa Yoshida, Takashi Nakagata, Naomi Sawada, Yosuke Yamada, Kayo Kurotani, Kenji Tanaka, Megumi Okabayashi, Hidekazu Shimada, Hidemi Takimoto, Nobuo Nishi, Keiichi Abe and Motohiko Miyachi

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:798

    Content type: Research

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  23. Italy has been the first European country to be affected by the COVID-19 epidemic which started out at the end of February. In this report, we focus our attention on the Veneto Region, in the North-East of Ita...

    Authors: Elisa Gallo, Ilaria Prosepe, Giulia Lorenzoni, Aslihan Şentürk Acar, Corrado Lanera, Paola Berchialla, Danila Azzolina and Dario Gregori

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:797

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  24. We investigated college students’ attitude and compliance towards a prevention strategy involving use of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

    Authors: Dong Shen, Dan Liu, Miaochun Cai, Peiliang Chen, Zhenghe Wang, Yujie Zhang, Zhihao Li, Xiru Zhang, Xianbo Wu, Xingfen Yang and Chen Mao

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:796

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  25. Using data compiled by the SALURBAL project (Urban Health in Latin America; ‘Salud Urbana en América Latina’) we quantified variability in low birth weight (LBW) across cities in Latin America, and evaluated t...

    Authors: Santiago Rodríguez López, Natalia Tumas, Ana Ortigoza, Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche and Ana V. Diez-Roux

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:795

    Content type: Research

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  27. Early reports of COVID-19 cases and deaths may not accurately convey community-level concern about the pandemic during early stages, particularly in the United States where testing capacity was initially limit...

    Authors: Raphael E. Cuomo, Vidya Purushothaman, Jiawei Li, Mingxiang Cai and Tim K. Mackey

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:793

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  28. The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to examine whether the level of cognitive function at the baseline expressed as a cognitive function composite score and score of specific domains predict the r...

    Authors: Dalia Luksiene, Laura Sapranaviciute-Zabazlajeva, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Ricardas Radisauskas and Martin Bobak

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:792

    Content type: Research

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  29. Sleep problems in preschool children can stunt their health and growth. However, the factors that cause sleep problems in children are not well understood. The aim of this study was to determine the relationsh...

    Authors: Sae Ono, Hiroto Ogi, Masato Ogawa, Daisuke Nakamura, Teruhiko Nakamura and Kazuhiro P. Izawa

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:791

    Content type: Research

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  30. The Framingham hypertension risk score is a well-known and simple model for predicting hypertension in adults. In the current study, we aimed to assess the predictive ability of this model in a Middle Eastern ...

    Authors: Fatemeh Koohi, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Leila Cheraghi, Alireza Abdshah, Fereidoun Azizi and Davood Khalili

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:790

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  31. Since 2014, over 1.6 million people have been forcibly displaced by the conflict in eastern Ukraine. In 2014, 8% of reproductive-aged women in Ukraine had ever experienced sexual violence, compared to 5% in 20...

    Authors: Ariadna Capasso, Halyna Skipalska, Sally Guttmacher, Natalie G. Tikhonovsky, Peter Navario and Theresa P. Castillo

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:789

    Content type: Research

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  32. Despite remarkable progress in the reduction of malaria incidence, this disease remains a public health threat to a significant portion of the world’s population. Surveillance, combined with early detection al...

    Authors: Dawn M. Nekorchuk, Teklehaimanot Gebrehiwot, Mastewal Lake, Worku Awoke, Abere Mihretie and Michael C. Wimberly

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:788

    Content type: Research

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  33. Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a well-known cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. This study aimed at investigating the survival rate in patients with ICU-acquired infections (ICU...

    Authors: MEDSKorosh Etemad, Yousef Khani, Seyed-Saeed Hashemi-Nazari, Neda Izadi, Babak Eshrati and Yadollah Mehrabi

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:787

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  34. The proportion of elderly is on the rise both in Europe and in Hungary. The challenge is to increase the number of years spent in good health as well as to improve quality of life of those 60 years and above. ...

    Authors: Kinga Lampek, László Csóka, Réka Hegedüs, Miklós Zrínyi and Mária Törőcsik

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21(Suppl 1):1863

    Content type: Research

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 21 Supplement 1

  35. Osteoporosis is one of the most common chronic musculoskeletal diseases. Osteoporosis-related knowledge is an important contributor in to prevent osteoporosis. There is no validated reliable questionnaire to m...

    Authors: Peter Tardi, Brigitta Szilagyi, Alexandra Makai, Monika Gyuro, Pongrac Acs, Melinda Jaromi, Balint Molics and Marta Hock

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21(Suppl 1):1515

    Content type: Research

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 21 Supplement 1

  36. The so-called sports consumption models are looking for the factors that influence the sports spending of households. This paper aims to examine the Hungarian, Polish and German households’ sports expenditures...

    Authors: Dávid Paár, Antal Kovács, Miklós Stocker, Márk Hoffbauer, Attila Fazekas, József Betlehem, Barbara Bergier and Pongrác Ács

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21(Suppl 1):1481

    Content type: Research

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 21 Supplement 1

  37. National, regional and global trends in prevalence of infertility indicate its public health importance, however it effects various life dimensions of individuals and couples as well. Lifestyle habits may coun...

    Authors: Viktória Prémusz, Alexandra Makai, Beatrix Perjés, Orsolya Máté, Márta Hock, Pongrác Ács, Miklós Koppán, József Bódis, Ákos Várnagy and Kinga Lampek

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21(Suppl 1):1480

    Content type: Research

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 21 Supplement 1

  38. Chronic non-specific low back pain syndrome (cnsLBP) is a severe health problem in developed countries, which has an important effect on patients’ quality of life and is highly determined by socio-demographic ...

    Authors: Melinda Járomi, Brigitta Szilágyi, Anita Velényi, Eleonóra Leidecker, Bence László Raposa, Márta Hock, Petra Baumann, Pongrác Ács and Alexandra Makai

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21(Suppl 1):1479

    Content type: Research

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 21 Supplement 1

  39. The COVID-19 pandemic and the widespread adoption of virus control measures have inevitably disrupted efforts to address lifestyle risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCD). This study aimed to explore ...

    Authors: Ourania Kolokotroni, Maria C. Mosquera, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Alexandros Heraclides, Christiana Demetriou and Elena Philippou

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:786

    Content type: Research

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  40. Work resumption is a big challenge in the rehabilitation process for individuals with whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). To better meet the needs of individuals with WAD in their return to work process, more...

    Authors: A. Peolsson, A. Hermansen, G. Peterson and E. Nilsing Strid

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:785

    Content type: Research article

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  41. Public health organizations have been alerted to the high levels of sedentary behaviour (SB) among adolescents as well as to the health and social consequences of excess sedentary time. However, SB changes of ...

    Authors: J. López-Fernández, A. López-Valenciano, X. Mayo, G. Liguori, M. A. Lamb, R. J. Copeland and A. Jiménez

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:784

    Content type: Research

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  42. Alcohol use is a major public health challenge in France, where at the age of 17 half the young people report an episode of severe alcohol intoxication in the month preceding the survey. Numerous prevention pr...

    Authors: morgane guillou-landreat, Elkhan Tahmazov, Schreck Benoit, Marie Grall-bronnec, Patricia Conrod, Audrey Livet, Emmanuel Nowak and Jean -Yves Le Reste

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:783

    Content type: Study protocol

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  43. Crack-cocaine dependence is a serious public health issue, related to several psychiatric and psychosocial problems. Crack-cocaine users are usually embedded in a context of great social vulnerability, often a...

    Authors: Luciane Ogata Perrenoud, Koki Fernando Oikawa, Anna Virginia Williams, Ronaldo Laranjeira, Benedikt Fischer, John Strang and Marcelo Ribeiro

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:781

    Content type: Research article

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  44. Across Ohio, parental substance abuse has contributed to a marked increase in the number of children in foster care. Children exposed to parental substance use have a higher likelihood of physical abuse and ne...

    Authors: Bridget Freisthler, Kathryn Maguire-Jack, Susan Yoon, Elinam Dellor and Jennifer Price Wolf

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:780

    Content type: Study protocol

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  45. People from ethnically diverse backgrounds living with HIV are susceptible to adverse health and wellbeing outcomes, particularly as a consequence of HIV-related stigma and discrimination (HSD), though relativ...

    Authors: Anna Ziersch, Moira Walsh, Melanie Baak, Georgia Rowley, Enaam Oudih and Lillian Mwanri

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:779

    Content type: Research article

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  46. Irrational use of antibiotics is proving to be a major concern to the health systems globally. This results in antibiotics resistance and increases health care costs. In Iran, despite many years of research, a...

    Authors: Zahra Sharif, Farzad Peiravian, Jamshid Salamzadeh, Nastaran Keshavarz Mohammadi and Ammar Jalalimanesh

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:778

    Content type: Research article

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  49. Cervical cancer is a major public health problem. In the world, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women and it is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality in females. It is the second...

    Authors: Alem Getaneh, Birhanemeskel Tegene and Teshome Belachew

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:775

    Content type: Research

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  50. Physical inactivity is a global phenomenon in European welfare countries. Proper monitoring is essential to measure the physical activity level of the population.

    Authors: Pongrác Ács, Réka Veress, Paulo Rocha, Tamás Dóczi, Bence László Raposa, Petra Baumann, Sergej Ostojic, Viktória Pérmusz and Alexandra Makai

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21(Suppl 1):381

    Content type: Research

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 21 Supplement 1

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