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ASPHER statement on racism and health: racism and discrimination obstruct public health ’s pursuit of health equity
(Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - July 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Evaluating the success of Slovenia ’s policy on the health of children and adolescents: results of an audit
ConclusionsAuditing should become an essential component of measuring the success of public health policies. Attention should also be paid to the following issues affecting youth health: sleeping and eating habits, economic migration, poverty, etc. (Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - July 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Prevalence and associated factors of Internet addiction among undergraduate students at Al-Beheira Governorate, Egypt
ConclusionsAccording to the results of this the study around 50% of undergraduate students are at risk for developing addiction to the Internet. Internet addiction was found to be associated with lifestyle and behavior factors. (Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - July 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Linkages between occupation and elevated blood pressure among men in India: a cross-sectional study
ConclusionsThe study found linkages between the occupation of men and elevated blood pressure levels in India. Urgent attention is needed to the vulnerable occupational groups like professional-technical-managerial, clerical, and sales with a  special focus to the unemployed cohort of the country. (Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - July 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Regional differences in healthcare costs at the end of life: an observational study using Swiss insurance claims data
ConclusionsBoth supply factors and health-service provision at the EOL vary between Swiss language regions and explain a substantial proportion of cost differences. (Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - July 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Poverty over the early life course and young adult cardio-metabolic risk
ConclusionsFamily poverty in the early life course independently predicts increased levels of cardio-metabolic risk of females. The primary finding, however, is that concurrent poverty is independently and strongly associated with increased cardio-metabolic risk levels in young adulthood. (Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - July 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Depressive symptoms among adolescents in Georgia: the role of ethnicity, low self-control, parents, and peers
ConclusionsFindings support the salience of the tested depressive symptom correlates among Georgian adolescents, consistent with previous evidence from other countries. Adolescent ethnic minority status did not increase risk of depressive symptoms. Self-control emerged as the strongest correlate. (Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - July 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Exploring the effect of socioeconomic development on child growth in posttransitional Croatia: a cross-sectional study
ConclusionsThis finding is important for creators of policies worldwide as socioeconomic inequalities in children ’s height may exist in other countries that, like Croatia, have recently gone through the transition process. (Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - July 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Neighborhood effects on internalizing and externalizing problems, and academic competence: a comparison of Roma and non-Roma adolescents
ConclusionsRoma youth reported lower grades and academic aspirations, but no mean level differences were found in internalizing or externalizing problems by ethnicity. On the other hand, neighborhood variables were important for both groups of youth, and with the exception of measures of academic competence, ethnicity did not explain unique variance. Thus, developmental processes, the links between neighborhood variables and measures of adjustment, were highly similar in Roma and non-Roma youth. (Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - July 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Social inequalities and collateral damages of the COVID-19 pandemic: when basic needs challenge mental health care
(Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - July 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Changes in diet quality over 10  years of nutrition transition in Colombia: analysis of the 2005 and 2015 nationally representative cross-sectional surveys
ConclusionsBetween 2005 and 2015, there was a worsening in the diet quality of Colombian children and adults. Less affluent individuals had a greater worsening of diet quality compared to groups from higher socioeconomic levels. (Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - July 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Clusters of non-dietary obesogenic behaviors among adolescents in Brazil: a latent profile analysis
ConclusionsIn one of the poorest regions of Brazil, different groups of social/environmental factors and behavior patterns emerged associated with OWOB. (Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - July 5, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Excessive body weight of children and adolescents in the spotlight of their parents ’ overweight and obesity, physical activity, and screen time
ConclusionsThe cumulative effect of parental participation in organized leisure-time PA with their own family-related PA can be a natural means of preventing the development of overweight/obesity in their offspring. (Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - June 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Living with COVID-19-triggered pseudoscience and conspiracies
ConclusionThis piece of work, however, argues that although pseudoscience and conspiracy theories are real threats to conventional science, effort needs to be made to develop a sort of database to archive and curate them for downstream use. (Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - June 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Climate and clean air responses to COVID-19: a comment
(Source: International Journal of Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Public Health - June 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research