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A Comprehensive assessment of preconception health needs and interventions regarding women in childbearing age: a systematic review
ConclusionsThis review could assist healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, midwives) in guiding tailored counselling to women to provide the adequate level of preconception care and act as a reference to policymakers. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Drieda Za çe, Alessia Orfino, Anna Maria Viteritti, Valeria Versace, Maria Luisa Di Pietro, Walter Ricciardi Source Type: research

Usefulness of the SF-36 Health Survey questionnaire in screening for health-related quality of life among parents of children with cancer: Latent profile analysis
Conclusion: The cut-off points for the classes identified here can be useful in screening parents of children with cancer in clinical setting to provide clinical interventions to protect vulnerable parents from negative outcomes. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Leili Tapak, Nasrin Shirmohammadi, Amir Sadeghi, Akram Feizybarnaji, Fatemeh Cheraghi Source Type: research

Emerging multimorbidity patterns and its linkages with selected health outcomes among working-age group population
Conclusions. The study findings hint towards increasing burden of multimorbidity among the working age population, which depicts a shift in causation of diseases as a result of which preventive measures also need to be taken much prior.  (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sanghamitra Pati, Parul Puri, Priti Gupta, Meely Panda, Pranab Mahapatra Source Type: research

The role of statistical significance testing in public law and health risk assessment
Following a fundamental statement made in 2016 by the American Statistical Associations and broad and consistent changes in data analysis and interpretation methodology in public health and other sciences, statistical significance/null hypothesis testing is being increasingly criticized and abandoned in the reporting and interpretation of the results of biomedical research. This shift in favor of a more comprehensive and non-dichotomous approach in the assessment of causal relationships may have a major impact on human health risk assessment. It is interesting to see, however, that authoritative opinions by the Supreme Cou...
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Silvio Roberto Vinceti, Tommaso Filippini Source Type: research

Clinical characterization and whole genome sequence-based typing of two cases of endophthalmitis due to Listeria monocytogenes
Endophthalmitis due toListeria monocytogenes is an exceedingly rare cause of listeriosis. Here, we report two cases which occurred in patients with different medical history, a 46-years-old immunocompetent woman and an elderly man with several comorbidities. There was no history of trauma or surgery in either patient suggesting an endogenous origin. Despite antibiotic treatment, both patients showed poor visual acuity outcomes. Subtyping clinical isolates using whole genome sequencing could allow to identifiedListeria monocytogenes strains involved in rare clinical manifestation, such as in unusual anatomical sites, even i...
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maria Gori, Silvia Bianchi, Giulia Ciceri, Alessia Lai, Marco Tonelli, Nicola Clementi, Massimo Clementi, Nicasio Mancini, Clara Fappani, Gianguglielmo Zehender, Antonella Amendola, Mirella Pontello, Elisabetta Tanzi Source Type: research

Eleven-Year Surveillance of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections at an Academic Health Centre
Conclusion.MRSA infections still represent a significant burden on healthcare systems. Our data support the need for constant local and regional surveillance to devise relevant protocols to manage MRSA infections. Empirical therapy needs to consider the changing antimicrobial susceptibility trends among MRSA isolates. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Safiya Al-Musawi, Qassim Alkhaleefa , Samia Alnassri , Aisha M Alamri , Amani Alnimr Source Type: research

Association between ABO and RH blood groups and Hepatitis b virus infection among young Nigerian adults
Conclusion:  A combination of the presence of B antigen and absence of Rh D antigen increases the risk of acquiring HBV infection. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bankole Henry Oladeinde, Folaranmi Olaniyana, Abidemi Muhibi, Ferdinand Uwaifo, Richard Omoregie, Aminat Daud, Onosen Ozolua, Okike Omabe Source Type: research

Assessing influenza vaccination coverage and predictors in persons living with HIV/AIDS in Louisiana, June 2002-June 2013.
Conclusions:Although there was an increase in influenza vaccination within the PLWHA cohort over the course of the study, vaccination rates remained low overall. Special efforts must be made to increase vaccination uptake among PLWHA, with particular focus on those within the population who are likely to be at highest risk. The substantial variability at the facility-level indicates that there are unmeasured facility-level factors that contribute significantly to PLWHA vaccination.  (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Patrick Maloney, Ariane Rung, Edward Peters, Stephanie Broyles, John Couk, Susanne Straif-Bourgeois Source Type: research

Effect of epidemic management and control plan on COVID-19 mortality in Iran: an interrupted time series analysis
Conclusion: Iranian Covid-19 epidemic management and control plan was able to reduce the mortality related to COVID-19, effectively. Therefore, it is essential to continue these measures, in order to  prevent the increase in the number of deaths. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yousef Alimohamadi, Mojtaba Sepandi Source Type: research

RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine - The Next Step for a Developing Country
The paper puts spotlight on the new malarial vaccine RTS S/AS01 that can play a groundbreaking role in controlling malaria in the malarial endemic countries where a large portion of the native population suffers from this deadly infectious disease or its complications. Owing to a large number of morbidity and mortality cases as a consequence of malaria, we propose a trial run of RTS S/AS01 supervised by WHO in Pakistan, a developing country which still struggles to combat malaria to this date.  (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Asmat Zehra, Bushra Syed, Fareeha Masood Source Type: research

Vaccination in the 19th century in Italy and the role of Catholic Church in Public Health: A Historical Overview
Using the case of the vaccine against smallpox as an example, this article explores how the attitude and the politics of the Vatican State towards vaccinationchanged between the 18th and 19th century.Despite some notable exceptions, the Catholic Church became progressively involved in supporting vaccination in Italy,exerting its temporal and spiritual authority to develop healthcare policies and to convince a population that still considered the vaccine as potentially harmful. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mariano Martini, Francesco Brigo, Giovanni Rasori Source Type: research

Factors related to the voluntary interruption of pregnancy in Spain
Conclusions:According to the data from our study, knowing the factors related to the recurrence of voluntary interruptions of pregnancy allows us to draw up more effective and specific strategies for promoting safe and accessible sexual and reproductive health. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marta Cara Rodriguez, Sofia Garcia Senso, Maria Angeles Rodriguez Arenas Source Type: research

Risk of disordered eating in emerging adulthood: Media, body and weight-related correlates among Hungarian female university students
Conclusions: Our paper highlights the role of body dissatisfaction, sporting and slimming tendencies, sociocultural attitudes toward appearance, and family ’s eating pathology in helping understand female university students’ disordered eating. There is a limited role that social media plays in part, due to their possible age-related experiences and skills on how to cope with this pressure. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bettina Pik ó, Hedvig Kiss, Alexandra Gráczer, Kevin Fitzpatrick Source Type: research

Studying the factors associated with Premenstrual syndrome prevention among pre-university students in Tehran
Conclusion: Due to the low adoption of preventive behaviors among students with lower income families, students with less physical activity and students with mothers with lower levels of education, it is suggested that more attention be paid to the above students in designing educational programs to promote the prevention of premenstrual syndrome.Keywords: Premenstrual Syndrome, Preventive behavior, Female Students­­  (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mohamad Anbari, Mohiadin Amjadian, Roohola Amini, Javanmardi erfan, leila dehghankar, rahman panahi Source Type: research

Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic in an Iranian Sample: Health Beliefs and Respondent Characteristics Associated with Preventive Behaviors
Conclusion:  As there is accepted therapy for COVID-19, it is especially important to control COVID-19 through behavior change.  Results indicate that two behavioral constructs that have the most impact on prevention are perceived disease susceptibility and self-efficacy.  Therefore, public health initiatives are needed to enhance perceived susceptibility to the disease and improve self-efficacy to perform preventative behaviors in spite of perceived barriers. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mahmood karimy Source Type: research