Coping with work-related stressors: does education reduce work-related stress?
ConclusionThe general goal of providing healthy work environments can be reached by helping people to recognize and cope with work-related stressors, and by motivating organizations to prevent their members from harmful stressors. Future research should address the ambivalent role of education in moderating the effect of work-related stressors on stress. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
The influence of e-learning on the study life and psychology of medical freshmen
AbstractBackgroundFollowing the COVID-19 outbreak, people have been fighting the pandemic for 2 years. Throughout the course of civilization, human beings are never the party of compromise. After a period of exploration, people's lives began to undergo adaptive changes. At the same time, the exposed problems are also becoming increasingly serious. The new virus has forced people to adopt quarantine and control to avoid its spread in the population. As is known, medical studies are notoriously difficult and challenging; therefore, whether such a situation would have an impact on medical freshmen led to the study.MethodsBase...
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
The effect of insight level of adult patients with type 2 diabetes on health behaviors according to the health belief model
ConclusionThe increase in self-acceptance level of the patients is associated with health beliefs and positive health behaviors. The positive effect of the increase in experience was detected on the health belief. It is believed that adequate training provided by nurses to newly diagnosed patients could provide the same effect. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Reliability of the Colombian version of the Kidscreen-52 for a child and adolescent student population
ConclusionThe values for test –retest reproducibility were similar by sex, but the intraclass correlation coefficient was lower in the age 8 to 11 group compared to the age 12 to 18 group. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 15, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
HIV/AIDS risk behaviours among the married and cohabiting men and women in Botswana
ConclusionsIn conclusion, the results show that HIV risk behaviours are prevalent among the married and cohabiting population in Botswana. Therefore, policies and programmes relating to issues such as gender inequality and alcohol consumption should be target-specific to address the married and cohabiting individuals. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 15, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Nourishing the future: exploring the factors influencing minimum diet diversity and minimum acceptable diet among Indian children aged 6 –23 months
ConclusionIntegrating counselling on IYCF practices into antenatal and postnatal care services should be a priority. Additionally, efforts should be made to increase awareness about the significance of maintaining a diverse and nutritionally balanced diet for children. There should also be a focus on creating awareness about meal frequency for promoting optimal child growth. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Evaluating the impact of public health messages for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa: temporal versus geospatial trends (2021 –2022)
ConclusionInvestigating geospatial heterogeneity in correlates of vaccine acceptability may assist in modifying the current vaccine promotion strategies by targeting those who are vaccine hesitant due to unjustified/wrong rumors. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of community health workers regarding noncommunicable diseases in S ão Paulo, Brazil: a cross-sectional study
ConclusionSeveral knowledge and practice gaps across different NCDs have been identified, which can inform the optimization of CHWs ’ training and clinical activities in order to improve their effectiveness in preventing and managing NCDs in the Brazilian context. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Facilitators and barriers to the utilisation of sanitation-related decision-making support tools among environmental health practitioners in Uganda
ConclusionsThere is limited awareness of the sanitation-related decision-making support tools, which in combination with the limited funding and nature of activities implemented by the practitioner organisations, hinders their use. The current study, therefore, highlights the need for stakeholders to invest and undertake capacity building through workshops and other information-sharing platforms such as the internet, as a measure to increase awareness of decision-making tools. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
The relationship between air pollutants and preterm birth in a typical river valley city: A retrospective cohort study
ConclusionMiddle-pregnancy O3 is a major factor in increasing the occurrence of preterm labor, and there may be a synergistic effect between multiple pollutants. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Hepatitis C co-infection characteristics and correlates in newly reported HIV/AIDS patients in Southwest China, 2018 –2022
ConclusionConcentrate on the high-risk group based on the co-infection associated factors found in the study's findings. Take the necessary steps to enhance patient quality of life and survival, as well as the efficacy of preventive treatment and therapy. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Healthy lifestyle and longevity genetics associated with healthy life expectancy and years of life gained at age of 60 years: A prospective cohort study
ConclusionOur study indicates that engaging in healthier lifestyles (especially a non-smoking lifestyle) brought a much greater level of benefits than PRS. The combinations of higher HLS and PRS could expect longer life expectancy and years of life gained. We must maintain and improve healthy lifestyles to prolong our health. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
The importance of food in studying economic hardship and well-being: Does food insecurity mediate the associations between income and stress and well-being in a UK representative sample?
ConclusionOur results add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that tackling economic hardship and ensuring the satisfaction of material needs would support improved mental health outcomes. Further, given that evidence demonstrates important impacts of stress on other factors such as obesity and cognition, we argue that tackling poverty and ensuring food security would also have physical health benefits. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Secular trends in the global burden of gout: an age-period-cohort and joinpoint analysis
ConclusionsTherefore, more specific interventions are urgently warranted to reduce the incidence and prevalence of gout, especially among older adults in high SDI regions. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 9, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
COVID-19 vaccines in twitter ecosystem: Analyzing perceptions and attitudes by sentiment and text analysis method
ConclusionThe sentiment analysis of tweets regarding vaccines highlights the intricate relationship between the textual aspects and formal features of the tweets. Furthermore, it offers insights into the level of influence and dissemination exhibited by these tweets within the Twitter ecosystem. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - September 9, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
