Table of contents

Original research

• Sick individuals, sick populations revisited: a test of the Rose hypothesis for type 2 diabetes disparities (26 December, 2023)

  Sonali Gupta, I King Jordan, Leonardo Mariño-Ramírez
• Amphetamine-type stimulant (ATS) use and association with concurrent use of benzodiazepines, barbiturates and THC in the West Bank among male Palestinians: a cross-sectional study (23 December, 2023)

  Basma Damiri, Adnan Mousa, Maroun Amin Helou
• Menopausal status, age at menopause and risk of all-cause mortality among Chinese women: findings from a 10-year prospective study (23 December, 2023)

  Sha Huang, Ruofan Gongye, Siyu Zou, Jia Yi Hee, Kun Tang
• Delivering maternal and child health interventions through the private sector in LMIC: a scoping review of strategies and effective approaches (23 December, 2023)

  Phyllis Awor, Alison Annet Kinengyere
• Prevalence of adequately iodised salt and associated factors among households in Gambela district, Southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study (21 December, 2023)

  Getamesay Aynalem Tesfaye, Ebissa Negera Gemechu, Fentaneh Teshome Chanie, Abdella Yasin Umer
• Interplay of sociodemographic factors and antenatal care attendance with free maternal care policy: a case study of Ghana (21 December, 2023)

  Caleb Boadi, Emmanuel Osei Bonsu, Sylvester Reuben Okeke, Elijah Frimpong Boadu, Isaac Yeboah Addo
• Using machine learning to identify COVID-19 vaccine-hesitancy predictors in the USA (17 December, 2023)

  Enrique M Saldarriaga
• Assessing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on maternal healthcare usage: evidence from routine health data in Kenya and Ethiopia (17 December, 2023)

  Michael Give Chipeta, Maame Brayie Peterson, Ruth Vellemu, Sahra Mohamed, Themba Mzembe, Chimwemwe Chifungo, Nyovani Janet Madise
• Chronic kidney disease and its predictors among highly active antiretroviral therapy naïve and experienced HIV-infected individuals at the selected hospitals, Southwest Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study (14 December, 2023)

  Alemayehu Sayih Belay, Gizachew Ayele Manaye, Kindie Mitiku Kebede, Dejene Derseh Abateneh, Shibihon Debebe
• Documenting capacity and existing gaps in reporting adverse events following immunisation in Northern Ghana: a quantitative cross-sectional survey of healthcare workers (14 December, 2023)

  Nana Akosua Ansah, Daniel Weibel, Samuel Tomilola Oladokun, Enyonam Duah, Patrick Ansah, Abraham Oduro, Miriam Sturkenboom
• ‘When there is love between a father and mother, the child will also be loved’: a qualitative exploration of the links between couples’ relationships, parenting and early childhood development in Mwanza, Tanzania

  (14 December, 2023)

  Juliet K McCann, Alya Alsager, Alina Bhojani, Damas Joachim, Julieth Joseph, Mary Kabati, Joshua Jeong
• Outsciencing the scientists: a cross-sectional mixed-methods investigation of public trust in scientists in seven European countries (12 December, 2023)

  Leonardo W Heyerdahl, Yanina Borzykh, Benedetta Lana, Anna-Maria Volkmann, Lars Crusefalk, Elien Colman, Nastassia Tvardik, Sibyl Anthierens, Muriel Vray, Tamara Giles-Vernick
• Regional and racial disparities in major amputation rates among medicare beneficiaries with diabetes: a retrospective study in the southeastern USA (12 December, 2023)

  Jennifer Mason Lobo, Hyojung Kang, Meghan B Brennan, Soyoun Kim, Timothy L McMurry, Rajesh Balkrishnan, Roger Anderson, Anthony McCall, Min-Woong Sohn
• ‘I wouldn’t trust it …’ Digital transformation of young people’s sexual health services: a systems-informed qualitative enquiry

  (11 December, 2023)

  Clare Bennett, Daniel Kelly, Catherine Dunn, Massirfufulay Kpehe Musa, Honor Young, Zoë Couzens, John McSorley, Emma Jones
• Assessing health impact of COVID-19 and associated household socioeconomic factors in Papua New Guinea: evidence from the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System (9 December, 2023)

  Bang Nguyen Pham, Tess Aga, Rebecca Emori, Doris Manong, Seri Maraga, Billiam Degemba, Vicky Gabe, Noel Berry, Michael Kobol, Lydia Kue, Nanim Ainui, Ronny Jorry, Vinson D Silas, Nora Abori, Gasowo S Jaukae, Guise Gende, Toan H Ha, Anthony D Okely, William Pomat
• Social services utilisation and referrals after seeking help from health services for self-harm: a systematic review and narrative synthesis (7 December, 2023)

  Sarah Steeg, Faraz Mughal, Nav Kapur, Shamini Gnani, Catherine Robinson
• Health insurance coverage and access to maternal healthcare services by women of reproductive age in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study (7 December, 2023)

  Oluwaseun Taiwo Esan, Adeleye Abiodun Adeomi, Olusegun Temitope Afolabi
• Health and participation in the Lolland-Falster Health Study: a cohort study (7 December, 2023)

  Therese Lucia Friis Holmager, George Maria Napolitano, Neda Esmai­lzadeh Bruun-Rasmu­ssen, Randi Jepsen, Søren Lophaven, Elsebeth Lynge
• Promotive and preventive interventions for adolescent mental health in Sub-Saharan Africa: a combined scoping and systematic review (5 December, 2023)

  Maaike Seekles, Fantacy Twagira, Ali Alam, Angela Obasi
• Temporal and spatial distribution of musculoskeletal disorders from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis of the global burden of disease (2 December, 2023)

  Hanifa Bouziri, Yves Roquelaure, Alexis Descatha, William Dab, Kevin Jean
• How can early COVID-19 vaccine campaigns in the US-affiliated Pacific Islands inform future vaccine efforts: a cross-sectional analysis (2 December, 2023)

  Stephanie Kern-Allely, Haley Cash McGinley, Ashley Tippins, Carter Apaisam, Merlyn Basilius, Michele Leon Guerrero, Yolanda Masunu, Heather Pangelinan, Daisy Pedro, Richard Brostrom, Peter Judicpa, W Thane Hancock
• Prepandemic inequalities in the burden of disease in Scotland due to multiple deprivation: a retrospective study (2 December, 2023)

  Ian Grant, Neil Chalmers, Eilidh Fletcher, Fatim Lakha, Gerry McCartney, Diane Stockton, Grant M A Wyper
• What factors are associated with paediatric admissions and their outcomes in a rural hospital in northern Sierra Leone? Insights from a pilot observational study (1 December, 2023)

  Muhammed Olanrewaju Afolabi, Philip Ayieko, Yusupha Njie, Dickens Kowuor, Hammed Hassan Adetola, Bomposseh Kamara, Abdulai Berber Jalloh, Francis Sesay, Ernest Swaray, Lazarus Odeny, Richmonda M Pearce, Mohamed H Samai, Gibrilla Fadlu Deen, Songor Koedoyoma, Isaac G Sesay, David Ishola, Bailah Leigh, Deborah Watson-Jones, Brian Greenwood
• HIV, hypertension and diabetes care and all-cause mortality in rural South Africa in the HIV antiretroviral therapy era: a longitudinal cohort study (1 December, 2023)

  Glory Chidumwa, Lusanda Mazibuko, Stephen Olivier, Kashfia Rahman, Dickman Gareta, Taing N Aung, Jacob Busang, Kobus Herbst, Emily Wong, Kathy Baisley, Mark Siedner
• Association of living condition using urbanisation level and neighbourhood deprivation with loneliness and social isolation during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of the nationwide data in Japan (28 November, 2023)

  Natsu Sasaki, Takahiro Tabuchi, Ryo Okubo, Daisuke Nishi
• Relationship of cardiorenal risk factors with albuminuria based on age, smoking, glycaemic status and BMI: a retrospective cohort study of the UK Biobank data (24 November, 2023)

  Debasish Kar, Aya El-Wazir, Mintu Nath, Penny Breeze, Karim Jetha, Mark Strong, Jim Chilcott, Melanie Jane Davies, Andrew Lee, Simon de Lusignan, Kamlesh Khunti, Amanda Adler, Elizabeth Goyder
• Impact of social networks and norms on e-cigarette use among adolescents in Southern California: a prospective cohort study (24 November, 2023)

  Sarah Elizabeth Piombo, Jessica Barrington-Trimis, Thomas W Valente
• Tuberculous meningitis patient pathways and delays to diagnosis in Indonesia: a retrospective cohort study (24 November, 2023)

  Gerine Nijman, Darma Imran, Sofiati Dian, Ahmad Rizal Ganiem, Riwanti Estiasari, Kartika Maharani, Raesa Yolanda, Mimin Supriatin, Bachti Alisjahbana, Bony Wiem Lestari, Raph L Hamers, Philip C Hill, Reinout van Crevel
• Burden, determinants and treatment status of metabolic syndrome among older adults in India: a nationally representative, community-based cross-sectional survey (20 November, 2023)

  Saurav Basu, Arun James Thirunavukarasu, Vansh Maheshwari, Mrunali Zode, Refaat Hassan
• Use of a media campaign to improve access to contraception in Nigeria amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey (20 November, 2023)

  Oluwatosin Adeoye, Roselyn Odeh, Anthony Nwala, Fidelis Edet, Mopelola Raji, Hasiya Ahmadu, Raymond Songo, Fausiat Balogun, Omokhudu Idogho, Jennifer Anyanti
• Effects of zero-dose vaccination status in early childhood and level of community socioeconomic development on learning attainment in preadolescence in India: a population-based cohort study (20 November, 2023)

  Mira Johri, Edmond SW Ng, Alyssa Sharkey, Delphine Bosson-Rieutort, Georges K Kone, S V Subramanian
• Role of alcohol in urgent ambulance contacts in 15-24-year-olds in Copenhagen: a descriptive population-based study (15 November, 2023)

  Laura Staxen Bruun, Helle Collatz Christensen, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Fredrik Folke, Sofie Kruckow, Veronica Pisinger, Karen Smith, Ulrik Becker, Janne Tolstrup
• Capability and feasibility of the Global Alignment of Immunisation Safety Assessment in pregnancy criteria for the assessment of pregnancy and birth outcomes in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a prospective cohort study (14 November, 2023)

  Patrick J Arena, Adva Gadoth, Dalau Mukadi Nkamba, Camille Dzogang, Nicole Hoff, Angelica L Barrall, David Kampilu, Michael Beia, Hui-Lee Wong, Steven Anderson, Didine Kaba, Anne W Rimoin
• Intervention targeting and retention, engagement and abstinence outcomes among Latino and White users of Smokefree.gov text messaging programmes: a cross-sectional study (8 November, 2023)

  Sherine El-Toukhy, Kristyn Kamke
• Characteristics associated with high hospital spending over 1 year among patients hospitalised for COVID-19 in the USA: a cohort study (7 November, 2023)

  Sameer Nair-Desai, Laura C Chambers, Mark J Soto, Caroline Behr, Leah Lovgren, Tamsin Zandstra, Scott A Rivkees, Ning Rosenthal, Francesca L Beaudoin, Thomas C Tsai
• How do sex-specific BMI trajectories shape diabetes risk? A longitudinal analysis of Indonesian adults (6 November, 2023)

  Lilipramawanty Kewok Liwin, Collin F Payne
• Employment and higher education in young adults with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional analysis of the SPARCLE study (2 November, 2023)

  Nicolas Vidart d'Egurbide Bagazgoïtia, Celia Perret, Kate Himmelmann, Ute Thyen, Virginie Ehlinger, Carine Duffaut, Catherine Arnaud, Mariane Sentenac
• Turning point in COVID-19 severity and fatality during the pandemic: a national cohort study in Qatar (29 October, 2023)

  Hiam Chemaitelly, Houssein H Ayoub, Jeremy Samuel Faust, Peter Coyle, Patrick Tang, Mohammad R Hasan, Hadi M Yassine, Hebah A Al-Khatib, Asmaa A Al Thani, Zaina Al-Kanaani, Einas Al-Kuwari, Andrew Jeremijenko, Anvar Hassan Kaleeckal, Ali Latif, Riyazuddin Mohammad Shaik, Hanan F Abdul-Rahim, Gheyath K Nasrallah, Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari, Adeel Ajwad Butt, Hamad Al-Romaihi, Mohamed H Al-Thani, Abdullatif Al-Khal, Roberto Bertollini, Laith J Abu-Raddad
• Modelling a two-stage adult population screen for autosomal dominant familial hypercholesterolaemia: cross-sectional analysis within the UK Biobank (29 October, 2023)

  Jasmine Gratton, Steve E Humphries, Amand Floriaan Schmidt, Riyaz S Patel, Reecha Sofat, Chris Finan, Joan K Morris, Aroon D Hingorani, Marta Futema
• Social media as a public health tool during the UK mpox outbreak: a qualitative study of stakeholders’ experiences (24 October, 2023)

  Jaime Garcia-Iglesias, Tom May, Martyn Pickersgill, Jeremy Williams, Maurice Nagington, Sophie Buijsen, Ciara McHugh, Jeremy Horwood
• Infection with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy and risk of stillbirth: a Scandinavian registry study (31 October, 2023)

  Maria Christine Magnus, Anne Kristina Örtqvist, Stine Kjaer Urhoj, Anna Aabakke, Laust Hvas Mortensen, Håkon Gjessing, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Olof Stephansson, Siri Eldevik Håberg
• Effect of physical activity counselling on the number of contacts in primary healthcare, specialised healthcare and the related healthcare costs among patients with type 2 diabetes: a register-based evaluation study (24 October, 2023)

  Tuula Martiskainen, Marja-Leena Lamidi, Miika Linna, Mika Venojärvi, Heikki Tikkanen, Tiina Laatikainen
• Cost of acute respiratory illness episode and its determinants among community-dwelling older adults: a four-site cohort study from India (18 October, 2023)

  Anand Krishnan, Kusum Shekhawat, Ismael R Ortega-Sanchez, Suman Kanungo, Prabu Rajkumar, Sumit Dutt Bhardwaj, Rakesh Kumar, Aslesh Ottapura Prabhakaran, Giridara Gopal, Alok Kumar Chakrabarti, Girish Kumar Chethrapilly Purushothaman, Varsha Potdar, Byomkesh Manna, Radhika Gharpure, Ritvik Amarchand, Avinash Choudekar, Kathryn E Lafond, Lalit Dar, Uttaran Bhattacharjee, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Siddhartha Saha
• Representation of ethnic and racial minority groups in European vaccine trials: a quantitative analysis of clinical trials registries (18 October, 2023)

  Natasha F Puttick, Samantha Vanderslott, Rachel Tanner
• Comparing migration experiences of Venezuelan women and girls: a mixed-method, cross-sectional analysis of refugees/migrants in Ecuador, Peru and Brazil (18 October, 2023)

  Susan A Bartels, Luissa Vahedi, Sofia Friesen, Monica Noriega, Belen Rodriquez, Maria Marisol Garcia, Julianna M Deutscher, M Sofia Luna-Siachoque, Sydney Johnson, Maegan Mcconnell, Bradley P Stoner, Eva Purkey
• Acceptability and feasibility of the BEMPU TempWatch for hypothermia monitoring in neonatal care in Ghana: a qualitative study of clinicians’ perspectives (18 October, 2023)

  Justice E K Sheehama, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw Dey, Abigail Esinam Adade, Prince Gyebi Owusu, Irfanul Basher, Robin B Dail, Emma Sacks, Mufaro Kanyangarara, Kwame Sarfo Sakyi
• Workplace violence in the COVID-19 era: a qualitative analysis of harassment and threats against public health professionals in Canada (12 October, 2023)

  Cheryl Regehr, Kaitlyn Regehr, Vivek Goel, Christa Sato, Kelly Lyons, Frank Rudzicz
• Identifying the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of return-of-service bursary schemes for health workforce capacity: a qualitative study of Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini (12 October, 2023)

  Sikhumbuzo A Mabunda, Andrea Durbach, Wezile W Chitha, Oduetse Moaletsane, Blake Angell, Rohina Joshi
• Myocardial infarction and physical function: the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke prospective cohort study (12 October, 2023)

  Emily B Levitan, Parag Goyal, Joanna Bryan Ringel, Orysya Soroka, Madeline R Sterling, Raegan W Durant, Todd M Brown, C Barrett Bowling, Monika M Safford
• Burden and causes of pregnancy-related mortality in The Gambia: evidence from census and health and demographic surveillance data (12 October, 2023)

  Momodou Jasseh, Nyakassi Sanyang, Mustapha Bittaye, Nuredin I Mohammed, Ursula Maria Gazeley, Martin Antonio, Georges Reniers
• Examining associations between remote work and anxiety and depression: a longitudinal survey study in Israel (21 September, 2023)

  Mika Ruchama Moran, Oren Heller, Yung Chun, Yaniv Shlomo, Michal Grinstein-Weiss
• Socioeconomic inequalities in physical activity among older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (20 September, 2023)

  Olivia S Malkowski, Nick P Townsend, Mark J Kelson, Charlie E M Foster, Max J Western
• Socio-economic factors associated with open defecation among agricultural households: a cross-sectional study in Haiti (19 September, 2023)

  Bénédique Paul
• Socioecological risk factors associated with Malaria in Pregnancy in an endemic state of India: a retrospective study (19 September, 2023)

  Poonam Saroha, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Chander Prakash Yadav, Jasmita Gill, Prakash Sahoo, Himmat Singh, Vani H C, Sanghamitra Pati, Manju Rahi, Amit Sharma
• Characterising patterns in routinely reported longitudinal HIV data in South Africa using a Bayesian multiplicative interaction model (19 September, 2023)

  Bareng A S Nonyane, Laura Steiner, Kate Shearer, Leisha Genade, Neil Martinson, Christopher J Hoffmann, Jonathan E Golub, Limakatso Lebina
• Assessing disparity in the distribution of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in Australia: a retrospective cross-sectional study using Gini coefficients (30 August, 2023)

  Phyu Mon Latt, Nyi Nyi Soe, Xianglong Xu, Rashidur Rahman, Eric P F Chow, Jason J Ong, Christopher Fairley, Lei Zhang
• Association between residential greenness and severe psychological distress and the moderating role of ‘stay-at-home’ status: a population-based cross-sectional study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan (30 August, 2023)

  Hisaaki Nishimura, Nobutoshi Nawa, Yui Yamaoka, Yuna Koyama, Jin Kuramochi, Takeo Fujiwara
• Securitising public health emergencies: a qualitative examination of the origins of military intervention in Sierra Leone’s Ebola Epidemic (4 August, 2023)

  Samuel T Boland, Susannah Mayhew, Dina Balabanova
• Ongoing symptoms and functional impairment 12 weeks after testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 or influenza in Australia: an observational cohort study (7 August, 2023)

  Matthew Brown, John Gerrard, Lynne McKinlay, John Marquess, Teneika Sparrow, Ross Andrews
• Comprehensive diagnostic testing identifies diverse aetiologies of acute febrile illness among hospitalised children and adults in Sri Lanka: a prospective cohort study (31 July, 2023)

  Champica K Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Vasantha Devasiri, Wasantha Kodikara Arachichi, Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, Tianchen Sheng, Bradly P Nicholson, Truls Ostbye, Megan Reller, Christopher W Woods, L Gayani Tillekeratne
• Population mortality impacts of the rising cost of living in Scotland: scenario modelling study (25 September, 2023)

  Elizabeth Richardson, Gerry McCartney, Martin Taulbut, Margaret Douglas, Neil Craig
• Is a sedentary lifestyle a leading causal factor of obesity and distress in type 2 diabetes? A cross-sectional study in low-socioeconomic areas of Karachi, Pakistan (31 July, 2023)

  Sana Sharif, Hina Sharif, Junaid Rehman, Zoya Fatima
• Comparing postacute care healthcare charges after hospitalisation due to influenza or COVID-19 infection in an all-payer administrative dataset in the USA: a retrospective cohort study (31 July, 2023)

  Joseph Bailey, Shaina J Alexandria, Blair Hu, Lisa F Wolfe, Leah J Welty, Jacqueline M Kruser, Ravi Kalhan
• Examining barriers and facilitators of HPV vaccination in Nigeria, in the context of an innovative delivery model: a mixed-methods study (20 July, 2023)

  Odunayo Talabi, Hannah Gilbert, Mary C Smith Fawzi, Rose Anorlu, Thomas Randall
• Multiagency approaches to preventing sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI): a review and analysis of UK policies (26 July, 2023)

  Helen L Ball, Alice-Amber Keegan, Daniel R Whitehouse, Louise S Cooper, Sophie R Lovell-Kennedy, Laura M Murray, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Nicola J Cleghorn, Amanda Healy
• Disability-adjusted life years due to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka: a retrospective cross-sectional study (10 July, 2023)

  Ananda Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Akila Dinethra Kumari Ariyasena, Thushani Umesha Munasinghe, Ruwanthi Perera