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  1. Around 184,000 deaths per year could be attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) consumption worldwide. Epidemiological and decision models are important tools to estimate disease burden. The purpose o...

    Authors: Andrea Alcaraz, Andrés Pichon-Riviere, Alfredo Palacios, Ariel Bardach, Dario Javier Balan, Lucas Perelli, Federico Augustovski and Agustín Ciapponi

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1460

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  2. Lung disease caused by exposure to chemical substances such as polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) used in humidifier disinfectants (HDs) has been identified in Korea. Several researchers reported that exposure...

    Authors: Hyeonsu Ryu, Yoon-Hyeong Choi, Eunchae Kim, Jinhyeon Park, Seula Lee, Jeonggyo Yoon, Eun-Kyung Jo, Youngtae Choe, Jung Heo and Wonho Yang

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1458

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  3. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is promoted as a decision-informing tool by public health and governmental agencies. HIA is beneficial when carried out as part of policy development but is also valuable as a me...

    Authors: Liz Green, Kathryn Ashton, Sumina Azam, Mariana Dyakova, Timo Clemens and Mark A. Bellis

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1456

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  4. Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) is associated with high mortality. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a significant risk factor for OPSCC. Utilities are fundamental values representing the s...

    Authors: Xiangqun Ju, Karen Canfell, Kirsten Howard, Gail Garvey, Joanne Hedges, Megan Smith and Lisa Jamieson

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1455

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  7. New York City (NYC) was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is home to underserved populations with higher prevalence of chronic conditions that put them in danger of more serious infection. Little is ...

    Authors: Wil Lieberman-Cribbin, Naomi Alpert, Raja Flores and Emanuela Taioli

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1452

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  8. Increasingly, strength-based approaches to health and wellbeing interventions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are being explored. This is a welcome counter to deficit-based initiatives w...

    Authors: Alison Brown, Fiona Mensah, Graham Gee, Yin Paradies, Samantha French, Lea Waters, Kerry Arabena, Gregory Armstrong, Jan Nicholson, Stephanie J. Brown, Kelsey Hegarty, Rebecca Ritte, Kristy Meiselbach and Margaret Kelaher

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1451

    Content type: Study protocol

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  9. Vaccination is the effective and long-term pharmacological solution to deal with COVID-19. Information technology (IT) and electronic immunization can be effective in accelerating and improving vaccine coverag...

    Authors: Elham Maserat, Leila Keikha, Somayeh Davoodi and Zeinab Mohammadzadeh

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1450

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  10. Evidence on child feeding practice is often based on the perspectives and experiences of parents and less that of health practitioners. In this study, we explored child feeding practice in Aboriginal communiti...

    Authors: Athira Rohit, Renae Kirkham, Leisa McCarthy, Valentina Puruntatameri, Louise Maple-Brown and Julie Brimblecombe

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1449

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  11. To investigate whether physical performance is independently of physical activity (PA) associated with positive and negative dimensions of mental well-being in middle-aged women.

    Authors: Dmitriy Bondarev, Sarianna Sipilä, Taija Finni, Urho M. Kujala, Pauliina Aukee, Vuokko Kovanen, Eija K. Laakkonen and Katja Kokko

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1448

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  13. Participation in sports and physical activity (PA) is a critical resource for children’s health and social development. This study analyzes how the parental socioeconomic status (SES) of children and adolescen...

    Authors: Lea Rittsteiger, Thomas Hinz, Doris Oriwol, Hagen Wäsche, Claudia Santos-Hövener and Alexander Woll

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1446

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  14. Type 2 diabetes mellitus poses a major health challenge worldwide and in low-income countries such as Bangladesh, however little is known about the care-seeking of people with diabetes. We sought to understand...

    Authors: Hannah Maria Jennings, Joanna Morrison, Kohenour Akter, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Carina King, Naveed Ahmed, Abdul Kuddus, Sanjit Kumar Shaha, Tasmin Nahar, Kishwar Azad and Edward Fottrell

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1445

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  15. With the rapid growth of the ageing population, the operating burden of China’s basic medical insurance fund is becoming increasingly heavy. To counter rapid population ageing and ameliorate a series of proble...

    Authors: Xinjie Zhang, Jingru Huang and Ying Luo

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1444

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  17. In rural Gambia, rates of malnutrition and infection are higher during the annual rainy/‘hungry’ season (June–October) in comparison to the dry/‘harvest’ season (November–May). The effects of this seasonal pat...

    Authors: Sandra G. Okala, Momodou K. Darboe, Fatou Sosseh, Bakary Sonko, Tisbeh Faye-Joof, Andrew M. Prentice and Sophie E. Moore

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1442

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  18. Poisoning is a major problem in India. However, there is little systematic information on the key poisons responsible for most deaths by geographical area and over time. We aimed to review the literature to id...

    Authors: Ayanthi Karunarathne, Ashish Bhalla, Aastha Sethi, Uditha Perera and Michael Eddleston

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1441

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  19. Self-reported health (SRH) and life satisfaction (LS) are patient-reported outcomes (PROs) that independently predict mortality and morbidity in older adults. Emergency department (ED) visits due to serious he...

    Authors: Anna Schneider, Dorothee Riedlinger, Mareen Pigorsch, Felix Holzinger, Johannes Deutschbein, Thomas Keil, Martin Möckel and Liane Schenk

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1440

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  20. A common risk behavior in adolescence is the early initiation of unprotected sex that exposes adolescents to an unplanned pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections. Schools are an ideal place to strengthen ...

    Authors: Dolores Ramírez-Villalobos, Eric Alejandro Monterubio-Flores, Tonatiuh Tomás Gonzalez-Vazquez, Juan Francisco Molina-Rodríguez, Ma. Guadalupe Ruelas-González and Jacqueline Elizabeth Alcalde-Rabanal

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1439

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  22. Ingestion and inhalation are common routes of exposure for lead in humans. Developing countries still have unacceptably high rates of lead toxicity, especially in children. Studies on probable risk factors of ...

    Authors: Hedieh Ahangar, Afsoon Karimdoost, Amir Salimi, Maryam Akhgari, Scott Phillips, Nasim Zamani, Nasibeh Hassanpour, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Gary R. Krieger and Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1437

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  23. With 8,82,000 deaths in the under-five period, India observed varied intra-state and inter-regional differences across infant and child mortality in 2018. However, scarce literature is present to capture this ...

    Authors: Ronak Paul, Rashmi Rashmi and Shobhit Srivastava

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1436

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  24. Newly reported hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in California increased 50% among people 15–29 years of age between 2014 and 2016. National estimates suggest this increase was due to the opioid epidemic and ...

    Authors: Alison R. Ohringer, David P. Serota, Rachel L. McLean, Lauren J. Stockman and James P. Watt

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1435

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  25. Racism and racial discrimination are fundamental causes and determinants of health and health inequalities globally, with children and adolescents particularly vulnerable. Racial discrimination is a common str...

    Authors: Naomi Priest, Oishee Alam, Mandy Truong, Rachel Sharples, Jacqueline Nelson, Kevin Dunn, Kate L. Francis, Yin Paradies and Anne Kavanagh

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1434

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  26. Employers express a need for support during sickness absence and return to work (RTW) of cancer survivors. Therefore, a web-based intervention (MiLES) targeted at employers with the objective of enhancing canc...

    Authors: M. A. Greidanus, A. E. de Rijk, A. G. E. M. de Boer, M. E. M. M. Bos, P. W. Plaisier, R. M. Smeenk, M. H. W. Frings-Dresen and S. J. Tamminga

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1433

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  27. Human hygiene behaviours influence the transmission of infectious diseases. Changing maladaptive hygiene habits has the potential to improve public health. Parents and teachers can play an important role in di...

    Authors: K. A. Schmidtke and K. G. Drinkwater

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1432

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  28. In South Africa, there are limited data on the burden of diarrhoea at a community level, specifically in older children and adults. This community survey estimated rates of and factors associated with diarrhoe...

    Authors: Siobhan L. Johnstone, Nicola A. Page, Juno Thomas, Shabir A. Madhi, Portia Mutevedzi, Nellie Myburgh, Carlos Herrera and Michelle J. Groome

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1431

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  29. Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a prospective, team based, structured process used to identify system failures of high risk processes before they occur. Medication dispensing is a risky process tha...

    Authors: J. A. L. Anjalee, V. Rutter and N. R. Samaranayake

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1430

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  30. Liquid discharges from hospitals (effluents) threaten the environment and are now a central concern of all stakeholders in the health system and those in the protection of the environment. The management of ef...

    Authors: Judicaël Todedji, Ghislain Sopoh, Cyriaque Degbey, Arouna Yessoufou, Fidèle Suanon and Daouda Mama

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1429

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  32. Over recent years there have been several major terror attacks in cities across Europe. These attacks result in deaths, physical injuries, and pose long-term threats to mental health and wellbeing of large pop...

    Authors: Sandra Jumbe, Adrienne Milner, Megan Clinch, Jonathan Kennedy, Richard J. Pinder, Carolyn A. Sharpe and Kevin Fenton

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1427

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  33. In the past decades, the diet in Greenland has been in transition resulting in a lower intake of traditional food and a higher intake of imported western food. This diet transition can affect public health neg...

    Authors: Maria Wielsøe, Dina Berthelsen, Gert Mulvad, Silvia Isidor, Manhai Long and Eva Cecilie Bonefeld-Jørgensen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1426

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  34. Half of global child deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding child mortality patterns and risk factors will help inform interventions to reduce this heavy toll. The Nanoro Health and Demographic Surv...

    Authors: Navideh Noori, Karim Derra, Innocent Valea, Assaf P. Oron, Aminata Welgo, Toussaint Rouamba, Palwende Romuald Boua, Athanase M. Somé, Eli Rouamba, Edward Wenger, Hermann Sorgho, Halidou Tinto and Andre Lin Ouédraogo

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1425

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  35. Emerging and reemerging pathogens are global challenges for public health and the pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019is a reemerging case of an infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-C...

    Authors: Amul Shrestha, Tek Bahadur Thapa, Mahendra Giri, Sanjiv Kumar, Sakil Dhobi, Haikali Thapa, Pawan Prakash Dhami, Arun Shahi, Ajita Ghimire and Ela Singh Rathaur

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1424

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  36. Traditional male circumcision (TMC) is primarily associated with a religious or cultural purpose and may lead to complications. To reduce risks of complication and long-term disabilities that may happen from c...

    Authors: Biruk Shalmeno Tusa, Adisu Birhanu Weldesenbet, Telahun Kasa Tefera and Sewnet Adem Kebede

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1423

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  37. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) caused 17.9 million deaths worldwide in 2016, being the world’s leading cause of death. Prevention of CVD in high-income countries is expensive and fails to reach the population a...

    Authors: Delphine Le Goff, Marie Barais, Gabriel Perraud, Jeremy Derriennic, Paul Aujoulat, Morgane Guillou-Landreat and Jean Yves Le Reste

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1422

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  38. Self testing for HIV is a targeted intervention with the potential to increase the access, uptake and frequency of HIV testing and more effectively reach the undiagnosed, especially in priority populations. Th...

    Authors: Richard A. Galli, Jason M. Lo Hog Tian, Michelle Sumner-Williams, Kristin McBain, Emal Stanizai, Wangari Tharao, Muna Aden, Heather Jamieson, Mark Da Silva, Anne-Fanny Vassal, Lorie Guilbault, Laurie Ireland, Kim Witges, Alexandra King, Kehinde Ametepee, Nathan J. Lachowsky…

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1421

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  39. Observational evidence suggests that cigarette pack size – the number of cigarettes in a single pack – is associated with consumption but experimental evidence of a causal relationship is lacking. The tobacco ...

    Authors: Ilse Lee, Anna K. M. Blackwell, Michelle Scollo, Katie De-loyde, Richard W. Morris, Mark A. Pilling, Gareth J. Hollands, Melanie Wakefield, Marcus R. Munafò and Theresa M. Marteau

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1420

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  40. Only one-quarter of smokers in Pakistan attempt to quit smoking, and less than 3% are successful. In the absence of any literature from the country, this study aimed to explore factors motivating and strategie...

    Authors: Russell Seth Martins, Muhammad Umer Junaid, Muhammad Sharjeel Khan, Namrah Aziz, Zoha Zahid Fazal, Mariam Umoodi, Fatima Shah and Javaid Ahmed Khan

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1419

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  41. In the continuation of the first wave of the Covid-19 outbreak in Denmark, unprecedented restrictions with great impact on the citizen’s everyday life were implemented. The objectives of this study were to inv...

    Authors: Marie Weinreich Petersen, Thomas Meinertz Dantoft, Jens Søndergaard Jensen, Heidi Frølund Pedersen, Lisbeth Frostholm, Michael Eriksen Benros, Tina Birgitte Wisbech Carstensen, Eva Ørnbøl and Per Fink

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1418

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  43. Office work generally consists of high amounts of sedentary behaviour (SB) which has been associated with negative health consequences. We developed the “WorktivIty” mobile app to help office workers reduce th...

    Authors: Aoife Stephenson, Matias Garcia-Constantino, Marie H. Murphy, Suzanne M. McDonough, Chris D. Nugent and Jacqueline L. Mair

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1416

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  44. Approximately 545,000 women and girls in the USA have undergone Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C) or have mothers from a country where FGM/C is practiced. Women and girls living with FGM/C in the USA ...

    Authors: Christina X. Marea, Nicole Warren, Nancy Glass, Crista Johnson-Agbakwu and Nancy Perrin

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1415

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  45. Sampling a small number of participants from an entire country is not straightforward. In this case, researchers reluctantly sample from a single setting or few settings, which limits the generalizability of f...

    Authors: Mahboubeh Parsaeian, Mahdi Mahdavi, Mojdeh Saadati, Parinaz Mehdipour, Ali Sheidaei, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Farshad Farzadfar and Saeid Shahraz

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1414

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  46. People living with HIV/AIDS not only require effective treatment for the alleviation of physical discomfort but also require social support to help them address difficulties in life and relieve their psycholog...

    Authors: Yi Li, Xiao-Wen Zhang, Bin Liao, Jun Liang, Wen-Jie He, Jun Liu, Yao Yang, Yun-Hai Zhang, Tao Ma and Jing-Ying Wang

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1413

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  47. The prevalence of multimorbidity varies widely due to the lack of consensus in defining multimorbidity. This study aimed to measure the prevalence of multimorbidity in a primary care setting using two definiti...

    Authors: Eng Sing Lee, Poay Sian Sabrina Lee, Ying Xie, Bridget L. Ryan, Martin Fortin and Moira Stewart

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1409

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  48. National surveys in Sweden demonstrate that the majority of young people do not engage in health promoting behaviours at levels recommended by the Public Health Agency of Sweden. The objective of this study is...

    Authors: Marcus Bendtsen, Anna Seiterö, Preben Bendtsen, Hanna Henriksson, Pontus Henriksson, Kristin Thomas, Marie Löf and Ulrika Müssener

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1406

    Content type: Study protocol

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  49. For the Syilx Okanagan Nation in Canada, salmon has vital nutritional, cultural, and spiritual significance. Yet, the Okanagan Sockeye salmon population came to near extinction, resulting in a drastic decline ...

    Authors: Rosanne Blanchet, Malek Batal, Louise Johnson-Down, Suzanne Johnson and Noreen Willows

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1405

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  50. BPaL, a 6 month oral regimen composed of bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid for treating extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a potential alternative for at least 20 months of individualized...

    Authors: S. E. J. van de Berg, P. T. Pelzer, A. J. van der Land, E. Abdrakhmanova, A. Muhammad Ozi, M. Arias, S. Cook-Scalise, G. Dravniece, A. Gebhard, S. Juneja, R. Handayani, D. Kappel, M. Kimerling, I. Koppelaar, S. Malhotra, B. Myrzaliev…

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1404

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