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Psychomotor intervention mediated by creative dance is emerging as an enjoyable practice that stimulates balance, coordination, and rhythm, benefiting physical function, cognition, and overall health in older ...
Youth with epilepsy suffer from stigma, which is closely associated with increased levels of psychological distress, particularly anxiety and depression. Studies have found that the stigma associated with epil...
Chronic non-communicable diseases are the world’s leading cause of death and disability. The emerging field of lifestyle medicine requires equipping healthcare professionals with instruments, knowledge, skills...
The Korean National Health Examination Baseline (KNHEB) cohort was established in 2019 by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and the National Health Insurance Service to address research gaps and ...
Effective self-management behaviors offer a promising pathway to address the health challenges faced by patients with chronic diseases. As a key factor influencing self-management behaviors, multidimensional h...
Vaccination has been shown to be one of the most cost-effective health interventions worldwide, successfully preventing a number of serious childhood diseases. A retrospective analysis of vaccine coverage amon...
Globally, common gynecological disorders such as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, uterine fibroids (non-malignant gynecological diseases), as well as cervical cancer, uterine cancer, and ovaria...
With the progress of economic and social development, the demand for healthcare has increased, making the rational allocation of health resources and the efficient utilization of services crucial for public he...
Human health and homelessness are incompatible with one another. People experiencing homelessness (PEH) experience extreme health and social inequities, including a significantly higher mortality rate and lowe...
This study aims to assess the current status of sanitation facilities across primary healthcare institutions in China, offering valuable insights for improving sanitary facilities in middle-income settings.
Previous studies have revealed associations between lifestyle factors and well-being. However, few studies have examined these relationships within a network framework that accounts for their interconnections....
Previous studies have explored the mental health of HIV-positive people. However, research specifically focusing on HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) is relatively limited. From the configuration pe...
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices are vital for health, especially among school students who can propagate messages. Comparing WASH knowledge, attitudes and practices between government and non-g...
Data for the study cohort were sourced from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999–2018). Study participants were classified as obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²) or nonobese (BMI < 30 kg/m²) then furt...
Are physical activity-oriented interventions for improving mental health conditions cost-effective? This study systematically identified and summarized published evidence on the cost-effectiveness of physical ...
This study evaluates the long-term trends in Multiple Myeloma (MM) incidence, mortality, and Age-Period-Cohort (APC) effects in the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).
Aquatic foods are micronutrient-rich and utilised by coastal communities across the globe. However, the contribution of aquatic foods sourced from mangroves to nutrient intake is relatively unknown, despite th...
Despite the existence of comprehensive well-being frameworks, there are notable gaps in measuring and understanding well-being in adolescents. the study examines the psychometric properties of the Sterling Chi...
Microplastic (MP) contamination has emerged as a critical global concern. The most effective approach to mitigating this issue involves substantially minimizing the release of plastic waste into the environmen...
The Portfolio Diet is a plant-based dietary pattern of cholesterol-lowering foods that has demonstrated clinically meaningful reductions in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and other cardiovascular ...
This study investigates the association between adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines, which include physical activity (PA), screen time (ST), and sleep duration (SD), and health-related quality of life (H...
The opioid crisis remains one of the most daunting and complex public health problems in the United States. This study investigates the national epidemic by analyzing vulnerability profiles of three key factor...
People with long COVID report prolonged, multisystem involvement and significant disability. This study aimed to determine long COVID prevalence and factors associated with it among US adults using nationally ...
Cobalt exposure is recognized as a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the impact of cobalt exposure on mortality, particularly concerning CVD-related deaths, in the U.S. remains u...
Although the effects of climate change on human health are widely recognized, its potential role in male infertility prevalence has not been thoroughly examined. This study seeks to explore the association bet...
Depressive disorders are a contemporary global public health problem and amongst the leading causes of disability worldwide. Ready-to-eat foods require minimal preparation time and are designed to maximize con...
Trauma experienced by one generation has potential to impact those that follow. Refugee youth in particular are vulnerable to trauma and its intergenerational effects. By examining trauma subtypes, the impact ...
Health Literacy (HL) is an effective determinant of health and health behaviors. The HL for School-Aged Children (HLSAC) scale has five components, and a 10-item was developed by Paakkari, 2016 in the Finnish ...
Timely diagnostic follow-up subsequent to abnormal results is crucial for the efficacy of breast cancer screening programs. We aimed to identify the frequency and women-level factors of loss or delay in the fo...
Despite the growing adoption of the Family Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) approach to empower caregivers in detecting child malnutrition, limited evidence exists on whether caregivers act on identified cas...
The health effects of anti-inflammatory diets have been less studied in the Chinese elderly. We aimed to investigate the association of an anti-inflammatory diet on cognitive function, physical function, depre...
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted healthcare services. Understanding similar epidemic-related disruptions on a broader scope in our local setting is critical for the effective planning of essential services. The...
The World Health Organization has highlighted the risk of Disease X, urging pandemic preparedness. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could be the first Disease X; therefore, understanding the epidemiological...
Literature has established that offering protection for workers’ health and safety is one method of preserving an organization’s human resources and increase worker productivity. The purpose of this study was ...
Community capacity-building is the cornerstone of many public health initiatives, with increasing attention paid to community engagement, collective impact, and trauma-informed practices designed to support re...
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) represent divergent outcomes following trauma exposure in high-risk professions. This investigation examined the complex interplay between PT...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major global health burden, particularly affecting adolescents due to preventable risk factors. However, adolescents are frequently overlooked in NCD prevention efforts t...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) poses a significant health and economic burden worldwide, with China bearing a considerable portion of this burden. Chinese treatment coverage remains low, and the full economic implica...
Menstrual hygiene practices among visually impaired young girls are a significant public health concern in Rwanda. Limited knowledge about menstruation leads to inadequate hygiene practices, increasing the ris...
Spinal Curvature Abnormality (SCA) is a general term for abnormal curvature of the spine that can have long-term negative consequences in adolescents. Research into its aetiology is important for identifying h...
The bidirectional relationship between muscle mass and chronic lung diseases (CLD) in middle-aged and older adults remains inadequately explored. This study aims to investigate the bidirectional association be...
The growing prevalence of overweight and obesity (OB) poses a considerable economic burden worldwide. However, nationally representative, detailed analyses estimating the total burden of OB are few. We charact...
Modern contraceptive prevents unwanted pregnancy and play a paramount role in birth spacing and improving health care costs for the individual, family, community, and the country at large. However, there is li...
Ensuring timely and effective access to mental health (MH) services is crucial in Mozambique, where the suicide rate is 13.7/100.000, twice that of sub-Saharan Africa. This is particularly significant for a MH...
The persistent issue of incomplete death registration in India, with a significant number of deaths going unrecorded, underscores the critical need for a granular understanding of spatial variations. Given the...
This qualitative study explored factors associated with childcare affecting antibiotic use in a lower socioeconomic, culturally diverse community. Little is known about the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours ...
Nepal faces a rising burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), yet Gurkha veterans—a population with distinct sociocultural backgrounds, occupational exposures, and post-service lifestyle transitions;remain l...
Eating disorders significantly impact physical health and have negative psychosocial consequences. The global burden of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa among young females is estimated to account for 1.9 ...
Hypertension is a significant public health challenge in high-altitude areas of Tibet, China. This study aimed to investigate the current epidemiologic status of hypertension in Tibet and to provide insights f...
This study aimed to identify distinct population classes with different risk profiles using Latent Class Analysis (LCA) in Iran, as well as, to evaluate the association between various classes of risky behavio...
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