Sexual and reproductive health information needs; an inquiry from the lens of in-school adolescents in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria
It is important to understand the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of adolescents from the adolescents themselves to address their needs properly. Hence, this paper provides new knowledge on the info... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ozioma Agu, Ifunanya Clara Agu, Godstime Eigbiremolen, Ifeyinwa Akamike, Chinyere Okeke, Chinyere Mbachu and Obinna Onwujekwe Tags: Research Source Type: research
Acceptability of self-collected vaginal samples for human papillomavirus testing for primary cervical cancer screening: comparison of face-to-face and online recruitment modes
This study aimed to assess the acceptability and attitudes of women towards human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling and compare the effectiveness of two delivery modes utilising face-to-face and online websit... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Siew-Fei Ngu, Lesley SK Lau, Ching Yin Chan, Hextan YS Ngan, Annie NY Cheung and Karen KL Chan Tags: Research Source Type: research
Prevalence and influencing factors of anemia among pregnant women across first, second and third trimesters of pregnancy in monitoring areas, from 2016 to 2020: a population-based multi-center cohort study
To assess the prevalence of anemia among pregnant women across their entire pregnancy and the factors affecting it in the monitoring areas. (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Yuting Qiao, Jiangli Di, Lina Yin, Aiqun Huang, Wei Zhao, Huanqing Hu and Sidi Chen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Clusters of lifestyle behavioral risk factors and their associations with depressive symptoms and stress: evidence from students at a university in Finland
No previous research of university students in Finland assessed lifestyle behavioral risk factors (BRFs), grouped students into clusters, appraised the relationships of the clusters with their mental well-bein... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Walid El Ansari, Rene Sebena, Kareem El-Ansari and Sakari Suominen Tags: Research Source Type: research
How cannabis gets you high and alters your perception
20 April is weed ' s unofficial holiday. In honour of the special day, we collected our answers to all your cannabis questions. This is the science of 420 (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Factors affecting safe pesticide-use behaviors among farm plant agriculturists in northeastern Thailand
Pesticide poisoning is a major public health problem in Thailand and is the result of intensive inappropriate and unsafe use of pesticides. This analytical cross-sectional study aimed to determine the factors ... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bunliang Suphim and Archin Songthap Tags: Research Source Type: research
Diet and lifestyle behaviours simultaneously act on frailty: it is time to move the threshold of frailty prevention and control forward
To analyse the association among the simultaneous effects of dietary intake, daily life behavioural factors, and frailty outcomes in older Chinese women, we predicted the probability of maintaining physical ro... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shan-lan Yang, Lei Wu, He-lang Huang, Lang-lang Zhang, Yi-xin Chen, Sheng Zhou, Xiu-xiu Chen, Jiao-feng Wang, Chao-bao Zhang and Zhi-jun Bao Tags: Research Source Type: research
“It’s about how you take in things with your brain” - young people’s perspectives on mental health and help seeking: an interview study
Poor mental health in young people has become a growing problem globally over the past decades. However, young people have also been shown to underutilize available healthcare resources. The World Health Organ... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mikael B. Anders én, Åsa Revenäs, Petra V. Lostelius, Erik M. G. Olsson, Annika Bring and Lena Ring Tags: Research Source Type: research
Racial and ethnic disparities in access to community-based perinatal mental health programs: results from a cross-sectional survey
Perinatal mental health is a major public health problem that disproportionately affects people from racial and ethnic minority groups. Community-based perinatal mental health programs, such as peer support gr... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Slawa Rokicki, Mitu Patel, Patricia D. Suplee and Robyn D ’Oria Tags: Research Source Type: research
Trends in parkinson ’s disease mortality in China from 2004 to 2021: a joinpoint analysis
This study aimed to analyze the trends of Parkinson ’s disease (PD) mortality rates among Chinese residents from 2004 to 2021, provide evidence for the formulation of PD prevention and control strategies to imp... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Suxian Wang, Shuai Jiang, Jian Wu, Yudong Miao, Yanran Duan, Zihan Mu, Jing Wang, Yanyu Tang, Mingzhu Su, Zixu Guo, Xueqing Yu and Yaojun Zhao Tags: Research Source Type: research
Cervical cancer screening among women with comorbidities: evidence from the 2022 Tanzania demographic and health survey
The aim of this study is to examine cervical cancer screening (CCS) uptake among women living with hypertension and HIV in Tanzania. (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joshua Okyere, Castro Ayebeng, Abigail Kabukie Dosoo and Kwamena Sekyi Dickson Tags: Research Source Type: research
Effectiveness of implementing evidence-based approaches to promote physical activity in a Midwestern micropolitan area using a quasi-experimental hybrid type I study design
Much evidence-based physical activity (PA) interventions have been tested and implemented in urban contexts. However, studies that adapt, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of these interventions in mic... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Barbara Baquero, Nicole Novak, Daniel K. Sewell, Christine M. Kava, Jason Daniel-Ulloa, Hanh Pham, Natoshia Askleson, Sato Ashida, Helena Laroche, Adriana Maldonado Gonzalez, Rebecca Bucklin, Heidi Haines and Edith A. Parker Tags: Research Source Type: research
Retraction Note: Children ’s physical activity level and sedentary behaviour in Norwegian early childhood education and care: effects of a staff-led cluster-randomised controlled trial
This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18629-0. (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Eivind Andersen, Steinar Øvreås, Kari Anne Jørgensen, Janne Borch-Jenssen and Thomas Moser Tags: Retraction Note Source Type: research
Association of dietary calcium intake at dinner versus breakfast with cardiovascular disease in U.S. adults: the national health and nutrition examination survey, 2003 –2018
Currently, it is still largely unknown whether the proportion of calcium intake at breakfast and dinner is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the general population. (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ting Zhang, Sijia Zhuang, Yue Yu, Zizhuo Fan and Xiyun Ren Tags: Research Source Type: research
‘We get to learn as we move’: effects and feasibility of lesson-integrated physical activity in a Swedish primary school
Physical activity (PA) promotes health in adults as well as children. At the same time, a large proportion of children do not meet the recommendations for PA, and more school-based efforts to increase PA are n... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert Larsson, Eva Ljung, Sara Josefsson and Thomas Ljung Tags: Research Source Type: research
