Correction: Tuberculosis in older adults: case studies from four countries with rapidly ageing populations in the western pacific region
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Source: BMC Public Health - June 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Kalpeshsinh Rahevar, Fukushi Morishita, Alicia Ang, Takashi Yoshiyama, Akihiro Ohkado, Lisa Kawatsu, Norio Yamada, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Youngeun Choi, Zi Chen, Siyan Yi, Manami Yanagawa, Kyung Hyun Oh, Kerri Viney, Ben Marais & hellip; Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Inequalities in the receipt of healthcare practitioner counseling for adults after COVID-19 in southern Brazil
Health counseling is a prevention and health promotion action, especially in the context of a pandemic, for both preventing disease and maintaining health. Inequalities may affect receipt of health counseling.... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Juliana Quadros Santos Rocha, Rinelly Pazinato Dutra, Yohana Pereira Vieira, Suele Manjourany Silva Duro and Mirelle de Oliveira Saes Tags: Research Source Type: research
Sociodemographic inequalities in mortality from drowning in the Baltic countries and Finland in 2000 –2015: a register-based study
Drowning is an important public health problem. Some evidence suggests that the risk of drowning is not distributed evenly across the general population. However, there has been comparatively little research o... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Stickley, Aleksei Baburin, Domantas Jasilionis, Juris Krumins, Pekka Martikainen, Naoki Kondo, Jae Il Shin, Yosuke Inoue and Mall Leinsalu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Pneumococcal vaccination coverage and adherence to recommended dosing schedules in adults: a repeated cross-sectional study of the INTEGO morbidity registry
Since 2014, Belgium ’s Superior Health Council has recommended pneumococcal vaccination for adults aged 19–85 years at increased risk for pneumococcal diseases with a specific vaccine administration sequence an... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Arne Janssens, Bert Vaes, Chlo é Abels, Jonas Crèvecoeur, Pavlos Mamouris, Barbara Merckx, Pieter Libin, Gijs Van Pottelbergh and Thomas Neyens Tags: Research Source Type: research
Remote learning and mental health during the societal lockdown: a study of primary school students and parents in times of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenges to families around the world. The prolonged school closures in Hong Kong have forced young students to stay at home and adapt to remote learning for over a year, pu... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Frank Tian-Fang Ye, Xiaozi Gao, Kuen-Fung Sin and Lan Yang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Process evaluation of a kindergarten-based intervention for obesity prevention in early childhood: the Toybox study Malaysia
Toybox is a kindergarten-based intervention program that targets sedentary behavior, snacking and drinking habits, as well as promoting physical activity in an effort to improve healthy energy balance-related ... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: W. L. Cheah, B. K. Poh, A. T. Ruzita, J. A. C. Lee, D. Koh, S. Reeves, C. Essau, C. Summerbell, Y Noor Hafizah, G. N. J. Anchang and E. L. Gibson Tags: Research Source Type: research
Threshold conditions for curbing COVID-19 with a dynamic zero-case policy derived from 101 outbreaks in China
By 31 May 2022, original/Alpha, Delta and Omicron strains induced 101 outbreaks of COVID-19 in mainland China. Most outbreaks were cleared by combining non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) with vaccines, bu... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sanyi Tang, Xia Wang, Biao Tang, Sha He, Dingding Yan, Chenxi Huang, Yiming Shao, Yanni Xiao and Robert A. Cheke Tags: Research Source Type: research
Impact of work and coping factors on mental health: Australian truck drivers ’ perspective
Truck driving is one of the most common male occupations worldwide. Drivers endure long working hours, isolation, separation from family, compromised sleep, and face rigid regulatory requirements. Studies have... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Pritchard, Caryn van Vreden, Ting Xia, Sharon Newnam, Alex Collie, Dan I. Lubman, Abilio de Almeida Neto and Ross Iles Tags: Research Source Type: research
Determinants of the utilization of youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services in public secondary schools of Kogi State, Nigeria: an explorative study
This study explored the factors associated with the utilization of Youth-Friendly Sexual Reproductive Health (YFSRH) services among school-going Nigerian adolescents. (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Agatha Alami Adione, Nnaemeka Chukwudum Abamara and Bives Mutume Nzanzu Vivalya Tags: Research Source Type: research
Resilience in adolescence during the COVID-19 crisis in Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a social crisis that will have long-term health consequences for much of the global population, especially for adolescents. Adolescents are triply affected as they: 1) are exp... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: J. Chin, J. Di Maio, T. Weeraratne, K. M. Kennedy, L. K. Oliver, M. Bouchard, D. Malhotra, J. Habashy, J. Ding, S. Bhopa, S. Strommer, P. Hardy-Johnson, M. Barker, D. M. Sloboda and L. McKerracher Tags: Research Source Type: research
Profile and quality of life of the adult population in good health according to the level of vitality: European NHWS cross sectional analysis
The World Health Organization ’s definition of health highlights the importance of mental and physical wellbeing and not only disease state. However, lack of awareness on the burden of impaired vitality and its... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anne-Laure Tardy, Sophie Marguet, Halley Costantino, Andrew Stewart, deMauri Mackie, Gr èce Saba and Caroline Amand Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Adolescent binge drinking in the West of Ireland: associated risk and protective factors
Alcohol is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Adolescence is when alcohol use typically begins. Harmful patterns of alcohol consumption, such as binge drinking, may emerge during adolescence... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ciara Kelly, Emmet Major, Mich éal Durcan, Diarmuid O’Donovan and Áine McNamara Tags: Research Source Type: research
Barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 testing among staff and parents from San Diego schools
COVID-19 testing is an important risk mitigation strategy for COVID-19 prevention in school settings, where the virus continues to pose a public health challenge for in-person learning. Socially vulnerable sch... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Megan Nguyen, Marlene Flores, Anh Van Vo, Vinton Omaleki, Samantha Streuli and Rebecca Fielding-Miller Tags: Research Source Type: research
The impact of pandemic mental cognition on cultural values: an empirical study based on social media
COVID-19 has triggered a global public health crisis, and had an impact on economies, societies, and politics around the world. Based on the pathogen prevalence hypothesis suggested that residents of areas wit... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Liuling Mo, Yun Liu, Ang Li, Tianli Liu and Tingshao Zhu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Caretakers ’ stated willingness to pay for children’s spectacles in cross river state, Nigeria and its implication for a cross-subsidisation scheme: a cross-sectional study
Understanding caretakers ’ willingness to pay (WTP) for their children’s spectacles is essential to improving the sustainability of refractive error services and spectacle provision. Therefore, we investigated ... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - June 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anne Effiom Ebri, Ciaran O ’Neill, Kenneth Azubuike, Nathan Congdon, Christine Graham, Lynne Lohfeld and Ving Fai Chan Tags: Research Source Type: research
