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  1. Policy protections for transgender adults in the United States are consistently associated with positive health outcomes. However, studies over-represent non-Latinx White transgender people and obscure variati...

    Authors: Wesley M. King, Kristi E. Gamarel, Nancy L. Fleischer, Asa E. Radix, Tonia C. Poteat, Linda M. Chatters, Don Operario, Sari L. Reisner and Andrea L. Wirtz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:911
  2. HIV/AIDS is one of the top global public health threats that causes significant cases, deaths, and socioeconomic impact. Even though both HIV testing and counseling are identified as essential HIV intervention...

    Authors: Temam Beshir Raru, Bedasa Taye Merga, Alemayehu Deressa, Abdi Birhanu, Galana Mamo Ayana, Belay Negash, Mulugeta Gamachu, Addisu Alemu, Fila Ahmed Hassen, Ahmed Mohammed, Dawit Firdisa and Lemma Demissie Regassa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:910
  3. People experiencing homelessness (PEH) in the United States face substantial challenges related to menstruation, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Limited access to period products, heightened stigma, and ...

    Authors: Andrea L. DeMaria, Rebecca Martinez, Emily Otten, Emma Schnolis, Sofia Hrubiak, Jaclyn Frank, Risa Cromer, Yumary Ruiz and Natalia M. Rodriguez
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:909
  4. As the internet develops and 5G technology becomes increasingly prominent, the internet has become a major source of health-related information. Increasingly, people use the internet to find health-related inf...

    Authors: Bing-Yue Zhao, Long Huang, Xiao Cheng, Ting-Ting Chen, Si-Jia Li, Xiao-Juan Wang, Shui-Xiu Huang, Rong-Fang Hu and Hong Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:908
  5. Job boredom has been generally associated with poorer self-rated health but the evidence is mainly cross-sectional and there is a lack of a holistic mental health approach. We examined the temporal relationshi...

    Authors: Jie Li, Janne Kaltiainen and Jari J. Hakanen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:907
  6. Electronic health records (EHRs) are digital records of individual health information. However, their adoption and utilization remain low. This study explores the factors influencing the implementation of EHRs...

    Authors: Yizhou Xu, Zongmin Pei, Xing He, Lu Guo, Li Zeng, Xiaoxuan Huang and Jian Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:905
  7. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 compromises 17 universal and indivisible goals for sustainable development, however the interactions between the SDGs in Somalia is not known which is v...

    Authors: Rage Adem, Hassan W. Nor, Mohamed M. Fuje, Abdinur H. Mohamed, Tobias Alfvén, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Ahmed Y. Guled, Mohamed M. Biday, Nina Viberg and Daniel Helldén
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:904
  8. Food insecurity is an important social determinant of health that was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Both food insecurity and COVID-19 infection disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minority grou...

    Authors: Katie Nelson, Alexandra M. Jackson, Cassandra J. Nguyen, Carolyn Noonan, Clemma Muller, Richard F. MacLehose, Spero M. Manson, Denise A. Dillard and Dedra Buchwald
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:903
  9. Count time series (e.g., daily deaths) are a very common type of data in environmental health research. The series is generally autocorrelated, while the widely used generalized linear model is based on the as...

    Authors: Xiao-Han Xu, Zi-Shu Zhan, Chen Shi, Ting Xiao and Chun-Quan Ou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:901
  10. Globally, economically developed countries face similar ageing demographics and the challenge of a ‘care gap’, yet they vary due to different care and formal support systems, and different cultural and societa...

    Authors: Mikołaj Zarzycki, Noa Vilchinsky, Eva Bei, Giulia Ferraris, Diane Seddon and Val Morrison
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:898
  11. Life expectancy is a significant result indicator of public health and sustainable development. Therefore, one of the final objectives of all economic and social policies is to increase the life expectancy. In...

    Authors: Yilmaz Bayar, Ahmet Ozen, Mahmut Unsal Sasmaz and Marina Danilina
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:897
  12. Nutritional status and physical activity are important factors for adolescent health. These factors may vary by the place of residence. This study aims to assess the nutritional status and physical activity le...

    Authors: Erol Vrevic, Pavle Malovic, Dragan Bacovic, Danilo Bojanic and Aldijana Nokic
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:896
  13. With low COVID-19 vaccination coverage, non-pharmaceutical interventions were critical to mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan. We explored changes in social contact patterns, risk perception, attitudes, ...

    Authors: Salma A.E. Ahmed, Rahaf AbuKoura, Abd Elhameed Ahmed, Omama Abdalla, Omnia Kamal Hassan, Ahmed Tom, Ahmed Eldirdiri, Drieg Ismaeil, Israa Zainalabdeen, Nazik Nurelhuda, Aljaile Ahmed, Afrah Abdan, Maysoon Dahab and Nada Abdelmagid
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:895
  14. Obesity is a global public health concern. The goal of this study was to see if eating habits could mediate the relationship between psychological distress and weight maintenance in a population with a history...

    Authors: Wanyang Li, Dan Wang, Hongyu Chen, Yan Liu, Shuyao Dong, Mingyao Sun and Wei Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:894
  15. Individuals with a migrant background often underutilize physical rehabilitation services (PRS) compared to the host population. This disparity is attributed to various barriers, including limited access to in...

    Authors: Elaheh Amini, Manal Etemadi, Saeed Shahabi, Cornelia Anne Barth, Farzaneh Honarmandi, Marzieh Karami Rad and Kamran Bagheri Lankarani
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:893
  16. Mobile phones can be an ideal platform to engage adolescents to maintain, improve, and promote self-care. Therefore, the current study aims to design and evaluate the usability of a mobile application for self...

    Authors: Razieh Rezaee, Mohtasham Ghaffari, Reza Rabiei, Amir Kavousi and Sakineh Rakhshanderou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:892
  17. Bladder, kidney and prostate cancers make significant contributors to cancer burdens. Exploring their cross-country inequalities may inform equitable strategies to meet the 17 sustainable development goals bef...

    Authors: Qiao Huang, Jun Yang, Guo-Xiong Liu, Hao Zi, Shi-Di Tang, Hai-Chang Jia, Wei Li, Xiao-Feng Xu and Xian-Tao Zeng
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:891
  18. The early years is a critical stage to establish optimal nutrition and movement behaviours. Community playgroups are a relaxed environment for parents with a focus on social connection and supporting parents i...

    Authors: Georgia Middleton, Brittany J. Johnson, Dimity Dutch, Stewart G. Trost, Rebecca Byrne, Hayley E. Christian, Anna Henry, Caroline O. Terranova, Kate E. Williams, Li Kheng Chai, Denise S. K. Brookes, Kate Simon and Rebecca K. Golley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:890
  19. Chicago’s deeply-rooted racial and socioeconomic residential segregation is a pattern mirrored in other major cities, making it a prototype for studying the uptake of public health interventions across the US....

    Authors: Grace Keegan, Mengqi Zhu, Maria Paz, Hyojung Kang, Ajanta Patel and Arshiya A. Baig
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:889
  20. With the ongoing evolution of the healthcare system and shifts in cultural paradigms, there is a pressing need to delve into the medical decision-making behaviors of general Chinese public and understand their...

    Authors: Yuwen Lyu, Qian Xu and Junrong Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:887
  21. Gestational weight gain (GWG) is a routinely monitored aspect of pregnancy health, yet critical gaps remain about optimal GWG in pregnant people from socially marginalized groups, or with pre-pregnancy body ma...

    Authors: Janne Boone-Heinonen, Kristin Lyon-Scott, Rachel Springer, Teresa Schmidt, Kimberly K. Vesco, Anna Booman, Dang Dinh, Stephen P. Fortmann, Byron A. Foster, Jenny Hauschildt, Shuling Liu, Jean O’Malley, Amy Palma, Jonathan M. Snowden, Kalera Stratton and Sarah Tran
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:886
  22. We conducted a systematic review aimed to evaluate the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions within non-healthcare workplaces and community-level workplace closures and lockdowns on COVID-19 morbidity an...

    Authors: Faruque Ahmed, Livvy Shafer, Pallavi Malla, Roderick Hopkins, Sarah Moreland, Nicole Zviedrite and Amra Uzicanin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:884
  23. Students of color disproportionately experience racial discrimination and food insecurity, which both lead to poor academic and health outcomes. This study explores the extent to which the location of racial d...

    Authors: Ryan Gamba, Negin Toosi, Lana Wood, Correia Alexandra, Nomar Medina, Maria Pritchard, Venerable Jhamon, Mikayla Lee and Joshua Kier Adrian Santillan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:883
  24. Health literacy (HL) among higher education students is low, making them vulnerable about their health. To reverse this trend, higher education institutions promote HL interventions with various topics and met...

    Authors: Jorge Rosário, Beatriz Raposo, Eunice Santos, Sónia Dias and Ana Rita Pedro
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:882
  25. Skepticism about COVID-19’s existence or severity has spread as fast as the disease itself, and in some populations has been shown to undermine protective public health behaviors that can mitigate infection. F...

    Authors: Stephanie J. Nawyn, Ezgi Karaoğlu, Natalie Qaji and Natalynn Qaji
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:881
  26. Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. While countries in the Arab world continue to lack public health data and be severely understudied in health research, previous researc...

    Authors: Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni, Omar Al Ta’ani, Ghaith Shamaileh, Yazan Nagi, Mohammad Tanashat, Farah Al-Bitar, Dustin T. Duncan and Nour Makarem
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:879
  27. Adolescent mental health problems are on the rise globally, including in Sweden. One indicator of this trend is increased psychosomatic symptoms (PSS) over time. Lifestyle factors such as physical activity (PA...

    Authors: Benti Geleta Buli, Susanna Lehtinen-Jacks, Peter Larm, Kent W. Nilsson, Charlotta Hellström-Olsson and Fabrizia Giannotta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:878
  28. Obesity is a classified risk factor for several of the world’s leading causes of death. In this study, we combined information contained in body mass index (BMI), total percentage body fat (TPBF) and relative ...

    Authors: Christian Obirikorang, Evans Asamoah Adu, Enoch Odame Anto, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah, Angela Nana Bosowah Fynn, George Osei-Somuah, Patience Nyarkoa Ansong, Alexander Owusu Boakye, Ivy Ofori-Boadu, Yaa Obirikorang, Austin Gideon Adobasom-Anane, Eric NY Nyarko and Lois Balmer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:877
  29. The social media landscape is now ubiquitous in people’s everyday lives. It is a space where culture, politics, economics and sociological and public health discourses occur. There is mounting evidence that e-...

    Authors: Jonine Jancey, Gemma Crawford, Elizabeth Bowman, Katharina Wolf, Tama Leaver, Stella Bialous and Kahlia McCausland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:876
  30. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to fear, rumours, and stigma, particularly against those infected with the virus. In Malaysia, the manufacturing industry is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 clusters, making i...

    Authors: Izyan Hazwani Baharuddin, Nurhuda Ismail, Nyi Nyi Naing, Khalid Ibrahim, Siti Munira Yasin and Megan S. Patterson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:874
  31. Hazardous drinking and drug consumption are associated with an increased risk of HIV due to the complex interplay of factors influencing decision-making capability, stigma and social marginalization. In this s...

    Authors: Cynthia Semá Baltazar, Rachid Muleia, Auria Ribeiro Banze and Makini Boothe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:872
  32. In recent years, the phenomenon of academic involution atmosphere among college students has gradually attracted the focus of education and social circles. Thus, this study targets college students as the rese...

    Authors: Aichun Liu, Yanjin Shi, Yibo Zhao and Jianchao Ni
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:870
  33. Given the growing evidence on the health benefits associated with physical literacy (PL), it is necessary to develop sound measures to assess the levels of PL in children. The Physical Literacy in Children Que...

    Authors: Yucui Diao, Li Wang, Sitong Chen, Lisa M. Barnett, Emiliano Mazzoli, Inimfon A. Essiet, Xiaofen Wang, Lei Wang, Yaping Zhao, Xuanxi Li and Jing Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:869
  34. A population-based follow-up study assessing the risk of developing hypertension and diabetes associated with alcohol use disorder (AUD) is crucial. We investigated this relationship by using insurance claims ...

    Authors: Pei-Ying Tseng, Fung-Chang Sung, Chih-Hsin Muo, Yu-Ching Lan, Yih-Ing Hser, Sarina Hui-Lin Chien and Jong-Yi Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:868
  35. Following China’s official designation as malaria-free country by WHO, the imported malaria has emerged as a significant determinant impacting the malaria reestablishment within China. The objective of this st...

    Authors: Shuo Yang, Ruo-yang Li, Shu-ning Yan, Han-yin Yang, Zi-you Cao, Li Zhang, Jing-bo Xue, Zhi-gui Xia, Shang Xia and Bin Zheng
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:865
  36. Cost-related medication nonadherence (CRN) is associated with poor prognosis among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a population that requires long-term treatment for secondary preve...

    Authors: Xin Wen, Hongbin Qiu, Bo Yu, Jinfeng Bi, Xia Gu, Yiying Zhang and Shanjie Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:864
  37. Protecting public health from infectious diseases often relies on the cooperation of citizens, especially when self-care interventions are the only viable tools for disease mitigation. Accordingly, social aspe...

    Authors: Geonsik Yu, Michael Garee, Mario Ventresca and Yuehwern Yih
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:863
  38. Rates of physician burnout increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and are expected to continue to rise. Mid-career physicians, female physicians, and military physicians have all been identified as potentially...

    Authors: Jessica Korona-Bailey, Miranda Lynn Janvrin, Lisa Shaw and Tracey Perez Koehlmoos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:862
  39. Mental health is a growing concern worldwide. It is not well understood whether international labour migrants from Nepal who return to Nepal are at higher risk of developing mental health problems. The purpose...

    Authors: Pratik Adhikary, Hridaya Raj Devkota, Arthur L. Reingold and Dirgha J. Ghimire
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:861
  40. Benzodiazepines are a class of medications that are being frequently prescribed in Canada but carry significant risk of harm. There has been increasing clinical interest on the potential “sparing effects” of m...

    Authors: Cerina Dubois, Heidi Fernandes, Mu Lin, Karen J. B. Martins, Jason R. B. Dyck, Scott W. Klarenbach, Lawrence Richer, Ed Jess, John G. Hanlon, Elaine Hyshka and Dean T. Eurich
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:859

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