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Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1851
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A path to relief from the intertwined effects of school bullying and loneliness: the power of social connectedness and parental support
School bullying is a widespread phenomenon affecting a considerable proportion of adolescents worldwide, yet the relationship between school bullying and loneliness has received little attention. The aim of th...
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Population-based differences in cancer incidence between immigrants and non-immigrants in Canada between 1992 and 2015
With increasing immigration in Canada and strained cancer treatment infrastructure, there’s a pressing need for long-term data on immigrant health and cancer incidence. This information is crucial for planning...
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Mental health status among university students during the transition period from high school to university in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study
The transition from high school to university is a critical life stage associated with heightened vulnerability to mental health challenges. Despite global recognition, there is limited research on the psychos...
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Associations of occupation categories with cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality: an analysis of NHANES 2005-2014
Evidence on the effects of occupation categories on cardiovascular disease (CVD) progression and longevity has mostly come from cross-sectional studies, which limits our understanding of the pathogenesis of CV...
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Assessing the knowledge of key one health elements among African higher education students: African multi- center cross-sectional study
The One Health (OH) approach addresses the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health, playing a critical role in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR), zoonotic diseases, and climate chan...
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Effectiveness of different exercise interventions on depressive symptoms among college students: a network meta-analysis
Depression affects approximately 25% of college students globally. Physical exercise shows promise as a low-cost, high-adherence intervention for depression, but research comparing different exercise types is ...
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Analysis of physicians’ statements on electronic cigarettes in YouTube videos in Türkiye: a thematic content analysis
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have become increasingly popular among both adults and young people seeking to quit smoking and have sparked significant debates regarding their health effects. The current...
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Investigating the youth physical activity promotion model among Chinese middle school students
This study aims to investigate the applicability of the Youth Physical Activity Promotion (YPAP) model among Chinese middle school students, focusing on the roles of reinforcing, enabling, and predisposing fac...
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Association of individual and community-level socioeconomic status and education with medication use: a multilevel analysis in the PERSIAN cohort
Socioeconomic status (SES) and education influence medication use, but their effects at both individual and community levels remain poorly understood. This study investigates the association between medication...
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“It’s beyond enough”: teachers’ experiences and perspectives of rehabilitation inclusion for working with deaf and hard of hearing children in rural areas of China
Evidence suggests that individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) are a heterogeneous population and may present with their unique needs that set them apart from general disability group. Current studi...
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Psychometric validation of the Farsi Bergen social media addiction scale (BSMAS) among Iranian adults
This study investigated the psychometric characteristics of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) in a sample of Iranian adults aged between 19 and 73 years. In a cross-sectional study carried out be...
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Exploring barriers and facilitators to physical activity participation and food security among the Rohingya community living in Australia: a socio-ecological perspective
Many Rohingya people from Myanmar have sought refuge and resettled in Australia due to persecution and genocide. Like many people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds who resettle in Australia, the Rohin...
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Spatial and temporal patterns of self-harm indicators and their association with the socio-demographic index (SDI) in Iran: analysis of incidence, death, DALY, YLDs, and YLLs from 1990 to 2021 – results from the global burden of disease study 2021
Understanding the incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), years lived with disability (YLDs), and years of life lost (YLLs) due to self-harm and analyzing their trends over time is the fi...
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Mediation factors of the association between coronary heart disease and physical activity among rural residents: a cross-sectional study
There is evidence that physical and chemical factors and risky lifestyle behaviours are significantly correlated with elevated susceptibility to coronary heart disease (CHD). Nevertheless, the mediation factor...
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“Thrown in the deep end”: a qualitative study of barriers secondary school staff encounter when addressing self-harm
Self-harm is highly prevalent among young people yet remains misunderstood and stigmatised in schools and among pupils. Schools are positioned to first detect self-harm but are ill-equipped to respond or suppo...
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Correction: Prevention and control practices of hand, foot, and mouth disease and related factors among teachers and child caregivers in childcare centres in Phitsanulok Province: a cross-sectional study
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Saudi fathers’ perceptions of obesity, feeding practices, and promoting healthy eating in children: a cross-sectional study
Family involvement is crucial in mitigating childhood obesity. Nonetheless, research on fathers’ perceptions regarding childhood weight issues remains limited, particularly within non-Western cultures.
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Efficacy of using a digital health intervention model using community health workers for primary health services in Bangladesh: a repeated cross-sectional observational study
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a digital health intervention model by observing people’s health conditions in a rural area of Bangladesh. Through a repeated cross-sectional design, health out...
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The hidden burden: self-reported irritability in adolescent girls signals higher psychiatric risk
Most research on pediatric irritability focuses on children and/or relies on parent reports. We examined how self-reported irritability in adolescents influences the prevalence, sex distribution and correlates...
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Co-designing interventions with multiple stakeholders to address barriers and promote equitable access to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in Black women in England
Black women are among the populations most underserved by HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in England, despite higher risk of HIV acquisition. Previous research mostly focused on men who have sex with men (...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1831 -
Health literacy disparities in South Korea: insights from a latent profile analysis
Health literacy has been empirically linked to overall health outcomes. Existing interventions generally employ a variable-centred approach, often neglecting the cumulative impact of various factors and the wa...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1830 -
Disease burden of aortic aneurysm from 1990 to 2021 with a forecast to 2045: insights from the global burden of disease 2021
Aortic aneurysm is one of the causes of cardiovascular disease-related death, posing a significant challenge to global healthcare. Understanding the burden of aortic aneurysm is crucial for formulating effecti...
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Evaluating the potential of waist-to-BMI ratio, a body shape index, and other anthropometric parameters in predicting cardiovascular disease mortality: evidence from NHANES III
Anthropometric measures can be obtained easily and quickly and have the potential for prognostic stratification in the context of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study evaluates the prognostic value of the ...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1828 -
Factors for adherence to a physical activity promotion program in the workplace: a systematic review
The health benefits of physical activity (PA) are now widely accepted and proven. Promoting PA in the workplace is therefore of major public health interest, but is limited by employees' adherence.
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Does the trans-provincial immediate reimbursement reduce health gap between urban and rural floating population? Evidence from China
One of the critical components of public health policy globally is to enhance population health and mitigate health disparities. In 2017, China launched the reform of immediate reimbursement for trans-provinci...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1826 -
Age of onset, sociodemographic, and clinical predictors of depression: a population-based study in Rural Southern Iran
Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide and a growing public health concern. In Iran, the prevalence of depression has shown an increasing trend, with rural populations facing unique challenges...
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Determinants of marital decision despite sickle cell status awareness: a mixed method study
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a significant public health concern in Nigeria. Despite widespread awareness campaigns advocating for premarital phenotype testing, many couples still make marital decisions that i...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1824 -
Alcohol education in Ugandan primary schools: teaching approaches and learners’ perspectives
Alcohol use is a major health concern in Uganda, affecting children and adolescents directly through their own consumption or indirectly through other’s drinking. Schools have an opportunity to improve knowled...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1823 -
Trends and inequalities of minimum dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months in Sierra Leone, 2013–2019
Ensuring a healthy and diverse diet for young children is crucial for their proper growth and development. This study examined the trends and inequalities in minimum dietary diversity in Sierra Leone between 2...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1822 -
Association between knowledge of cervical cancer prevention and screening behaviors among women aged 20 to 49 years: a cross-sectional study in six provinces, China
Cervical cancer is regarded as the fourth most common cancer in terms of both incidence and mortality among women worldwide. Cervical cancer screening is a crucial method to achieve early diagnosis and treatme...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1821 -
Long working hours at midlife and arterial stiffness at older age in a 24-year prospective cohort
This study aims to examine whether long working hours, repeatedly assessed at midlife, is associated with higher arterial stiffness at older age in a 24-year prospective study of white-collar workers in Quebec...
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Test of the relationship between adolescents’ 24-h activity behavior and anxiety symptoms using compositional data analysis
Physical activity plays a crucial role in promoting health, notably in mitigating anxiety symptoms. However, limited research has explored how different intensities of physical activity uniquely influence anxi...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1819 -
Are the healers healthy? Exploring non-communicable diseases among healthcare workers in Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular diseases, are a major cause of global mortality. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations, healthcare workers face increased risks of obesity,...
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So long a toilet! Deviations from a conventional design, level of latrine construction and use by rural households in Nyanga district, Zimbabwe
Building toilets and getting people to use them is critical for public health. When prescribed with a sanitation option, households may go with it, choose alternatives, construct its non-conventional designs o...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1817 -
Trends of cholera epidemics and associated mortality factors in Cameroon: 2018–2023: a cross-sectional study
Cameroon has faced frequent and severe cholera outbreaks since 1971, with case-fatality rates (CFRs) ranging from 12% in 1991, to 5.3% in 2014, all higher than the less than 1% cholera CFR target set by WHO. H...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1816 -
Prevalence and risk factors of diarrhea among under-five children in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
In developing countries, safe piped drinking water is generally unavailable, and bottled water is unaffordable for most people. In these countries, diarrhea accounts for the largest cause of disease and nearly...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1815 -
Stakeholder mapping for a complex and diverse population: methodology for identifying leaders across sub-Saharan Africa
Stakeholder-related methodologies for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have primarily focused on stakeholder engagement or identification of specific, well-defined populations. Current stakeholder mapp...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1814 -
The impact of physical and mind exercise on functional disability in activities of daily living among the oldest old
In an aging society, it is essential for older adults to maintain their ability for independent daily living. This study investigates the effects of physical and mind exercise on functional impairment in activ...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1813 -
Association between physical activity trajectories and successful aging in middle-aged and elderly Chinese individuals: a longitudinal study
Physical activity (PA) varies among middle-aged and older individuals, and insufficient or excessive in activity are associated with an individual’s health status. However, the associations between the traject...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1812 -
Association of menarche, menopause, and reproductive history with cognitive performance in older US women: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2011–2014
With the increasing global aging population, cognitive impairment, particularly Alzheimer’s disease (AD), has become an escalating public health and economic concern. Recent research has increasingly focused o...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1811 -
The growing effect of job demands on teacher mental health: results from a longitudinal national household panel survey
Teacher mental health is an important predictor of student outcomes and teacher workforce retention, and has been declining for some years, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The various causes of this tren...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1810 -
Social isolation in relation to the incidence and dynamic progression of frailty in the oldest old: a trajectory analysis of a nationwide cohort
There is still a lack of evidence examining the association of behavioral and social factors with frailty transitions and mortality. We investigated whether social isolation is associated with different progre...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1809 -
Rising trend in traffic accident mortality in Iran after a decade of decline (2006–2022): time to raise the alarm
This study examines epidemiology and trend of mortality rates due to traffic accidents in Iran from 2006 to 2022.
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1808 -
Using administrative register data for adjusting non-response bias in the finnish gambling harms survey
Low response rates are an increasing problem in population-based gambling surveys. Selective non-response may cause biased findings. Supporting information from administrative registers, whenever available for...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1807 -
Development, implementation and evaluation of a smartphone application aimed to reduce sedentary time and increase physical activity among Indian sedentary office workers – findings from SMART-STEP trial
Excessive sedentary time (ST) is linked to an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases. Although various behavioral interventions have emerged to reduce ST, the potential of smartphone (SmPh)-based intervent...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1806 -
Comparison of physical activity and sedentary behavior between telework and office work in a working population during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
The surge in telework due to technological advances and confinement during the coronavirus disease pandemic of 2019 (COVID-19) has drawn attention to its effects on physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavio...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1805 -
What motivates participants: a qualitative analysis of gamification and financial incentives to increase physical activity
Physical activity reduces the risk of major cardiovascular events, but many people who are most at-risk do not get enough exercise. In the BE ACTIVE randomized controlled trial, - a study in which text message...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1804 -
Association between partner violence, and the appearance of symptoms of sexually transmitted infections, and reproductive tract infections among Afghan refugee women in Iran: a cross-sectional study
Partner violence suffered by refugee women is a topic of debate. Symptoms of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and reproductive tract infections (RTIs) may be a consequence of this violence. This study ai...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1803 -
Maternal adverse childhood experiences were associated with early screen exposure and prolonged daily screen time in preschool children
Maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been linked to negative outcomes in their children. However, limited research has explored their impacts on screen use habits in preschool children. This stud...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1802
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