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July 2024 - Volume 2 - 1

Original research

31 July 2024open access icon
Cost-effectiveness of screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip in Karachi, Pakistan using a universally applicable cost-effectiveness model
Manon Pigeolet, Hesham Gaafar, Dana Naamani, Mansoor Ali Khan, Blake Christian Alkire, Muhammad Amin Chinoy, Daniel Scott Corlew, Eduardo N Novais
31 July 2024open access icon
Prevalence and progression of chronic kidney disease among adults undergoing creatinine testing in South African public healthcare facilities: a study leveraging data from South Africa’s National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS)
Alana T Brennan, Emma M Kileel, Siyabonga Khoza, Nigel J Crowther, Jacob Bor, Matthew P Fox, Sydney Rosen, Patricia Hibberd, Frederick Raal, Kamy Chetty, Koleka Mlisana, Jaya A George
31 July 2024open access icon
Economic burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and post-tuberculosis sequelae in low- and middle-income countries: a database compiled from a systematic review and meta-analysis
Yuling Lin, Alexandra Walker, Marguerite Batta, Sierra Ottilie-Kovelman, Anna Duchenko, Curdin Brugger, Olivia Keiser, Robert S Wallis, Klaus Reither, Fabrizio Tediosi, Marina Antillon
31 July 2024open access icon
Assessing the long-term economic impact of wheezing episodes after severe RSV disease in children from Argentina: a cost of illness analysis
Julia Dvorkin, Clint Pecenka, Emiliano M Sosa, Andrea Sancilio, Karina Dueñas, Andrea Rodriguez, Carlos Rojas-Roque, Patricia B Carruitero, Ranju Baral, Elisabeth Vodicka, Fernando P Polack, Romina Libster, Mauricio T Caballero
29 July 2024open access icon
Application of an integrated behaviour-change model on grandparental adherence towards childhood domestic injury prevention in Hong Kong: a longitudinal study
Roni Man Ying Chiu, Catherine M Capio, Martin S Hagger, Patrick S H Yung, Patrick Ip, Agnes Y K Lai, Derwin King Chung Chan
29 July 2024open access icon
Prevalence and factors associated with depression and anxiety among patients recovered from COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital in Nepal
Prasanna Rai, Biraj Man Karmacharya, Kamal Gautam, Shalik Ram Dhital, Shrinkhala Shrestha, Bandana Paneru, Kalpana Chaudhary, Akina Shrestha
27 July 2024open access icon
Assessing the resilience of child immunisation programmes using geospatial modelling and interrupted time series analysis in Ethiopia and Kenya amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: tracking coverage and identifying key challenges
Chifuniro Somanje Mankhwala, Chimwemwe Chifungo, Themba Mzembe, Tabitha Ngwira, Maame B Peterson, McEwen Khundi, Nyovani Janet Madise, Michael Give Chipeta
24 July 2024open access icon
Assessment of vitamin D-related knowledge, attitudes and practices among Sultan Qaboos University students in Oman: a cross-sectional study
Rahma Said Al Hadhrami, Rehab Al Kaabi, Hajer Juma Al Shuaibi, Rawan Salim Al Abdulsalam
24 July 2024open access icon
Characterising the killing of girls and women in urban settings in Latin America, 2000–2019: an analysis of variability and time trends using mortality data from vital registration systems
Bricia Gonzalez Trejo, Yvonne L Michael, Ana V Diez Roux, Brisa N Sánchez, Nina Sun, Heidi Stöckl, Dèsirée Vidaña-Perez, Catalina Correa-Salazar, Ana Ortigoza, Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche, Vanessa DiCecco, Mónica Mazariegos, Usama Bilal
24 July 2024open access icon
Client perspectives on creating supportive sexual health environments for people with persistent anxiety: a qualitative study
Stéphanie Black, Sarah Watt, Mark Gilbert, Heather Nicole Pedersen, Aidan Ablona, Hsiu-Ju Chang, Travis Salway
20 July 2024open access icon
Suicide in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study
Anying Bai, Jinjian Li, Yuhang Pan, Yu Jiang
14 July 2024open access icon
Chasing cancer: does the social-to-medical spending ratio relate to cancer incidence and mortality in Canadian provinces? A retrospective cohort study
Cameron MacLellan, Paul Kershaw, Ronald D Kneebone, Lindsay McLaren, Tony Reiman, Robin Urquhart, Daniel J Dutton
14 July 2024open access icon
Factors associated with decreased anal sphincter tone and the accuracy of forced anal examinations to detect individuals having receptive anal intercourse: an observational study
Alan G Nyitray, B R Simon Rosser, Aniruddha Hazra, Jenna Nitkowski, Derek Smith, Bridgett Brzezinski, Timothy J Ridolfi, John A Schneider, Elizabeth Y Chiao, Sandrine Sanos, Ever Mkonyi, Lucy Mgopa, Michael W Ross
10 July 2024open access icon
Psychosocial health stigma related to COVID-19 disease among COVID-19 patients in Jordan: a comparative study
Lina Jalal Daoud, Mamdouh El-hneiti, Mahmoud Ogla Al-Hussami
10 July 2024open access icon
Community childhood obesity assessment in elementary school, anthropometric indices as screening tools: a community cross-sectional study in Indonesia
Iche Andriyani Liberty, Indri Seta Septadina, Muhammad Qurhanul Rizqie, Mariana Mariana, Pariyana Pariyana, Resy Amalia, Hamzah Hasyim
10 July 2024open access icon
Development and validation of a Non-INvaSive Pregnancy RIsk ScoRE (INSPIRE) for the screening of high-risk pregnant women for gestational diabetes mellitus in Pakistan
Sabahat Naz, Samreen Jamal, Ali Jaffar, Iqbal Azam, Subhash Chandir, Rahat Qureshi, Neelofur Babar, Aisha Syed Wali, Romaina Iqbal
8 July 2024open access icon
Effectiveness of direct patient outreach with a narrative naloxone and overdose prevention video to patients prescribed long-term opioid therapy in the USA: the Naloxone Navigator randomised clinical trial
Jason M Glanz, Shane R Mueller, Komal J Narwaney, Nicole M Wagner, Stanley Xu, Courtney R Kraus, Kris Wain, Sheila Botts, Ingrid A Binswanger
4 July 2024open access icon
Understanding HIV care providers’ support for tobacco cessation among people living with HIV in Western Kenya: a formative qualitative study
Zachary Arochi Kwena, Elizabeth A Bukusi, Linet Ongeri, Starley B Shade, Maya Vijayaraghavan, Francesca A Odhiambo, Cirilus O Ogala, Craig R Cohen, Peter Magati, Yvonne A Olando, Greshon Rota, Purba Chatterjee, Christine A Osula, Jerry J Nutor, Stella S Bialous
2 July 2024open access icon
Evaluating and mapping the evidence that screening for diabetic foot disease meets the criteria for population-wide screening: a scoping review
Jennifer A Pallin, Lauren Connell, Caroline McIntosh, Paul Kavanagh, Sean F Dinneen, Patricia M Kearney, Claire M Buckley
23 June 2024open access icon
Epidemiology and morbidity of spina bifida in Hispanic Americans: a systematic review
Sunny Abdelmageed, Megan Votoupal, Sandi K Lam, Roxanna M Garcia
17 June 2024open access icon
Real-world clinical validation of the Qatar pre-diabetes risk score: a cross-sectional study
Narjiss Sallahi, Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel, Halima None Bensmail, Mohamed Ahmed Syed, Abdelilah Arredouani
13 June 2024open access icon
Using systems mapping within the process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial of the ACE active ageing programme in England and Wales
Nick Cavill, Colin Greaves, Katie E Chatwin, Zsofia Szekeres, Amy Davies, Helen Hawley-Hague, Diane Crone, Janet Withall, Janice Thompson, Afroditi Stathi
10 June 2024open access icon
Development and validation of the Chinese Rural Middle-aged and Elderly Health Literacy Scale
Zhengyu Wu, Wenjuan Gong, Yoshida Koki, Fei Wang, Yi-Chen Chiang, Maoming Jiang, Jiannan Ma, Jie Huang, Rui Li, Zhengkui Liu, Dewen Wang
10 June 2024open access icon
Herpes zoster vaccine and the risk of stroke: a population-based cohort study using linked data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
Kathryn Richardson, Yoon Kong Loke, Helen I McDonald, Helen Mary Parretti, Fawziah Marra
8 June 2024open access icon
Evaluation of pre-exposure vaccine effectiveness against mpox during the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in the Madrid region (Spain): a test-negative design
José Francisco Barbas del Buey, Jesús Íñigo Martínez, Marcos Alonso García, Andrés Aragón Peña, Laura Montero Morales, Araceli Arce Arnáez
3 June 2024open access icon
Does electronic data collection perform better than paper-based data collection in health research fieldwork? A participatory action research in Zanzibar
Omar Juma Othman, Eden Mashayo, Jamison Jones, Kajal Shah, Christine Graham, Ai Chee Yong, Ronnie Graham, Fatma Omar, Ving Fai Chan
3 June 2024open access icon
Evaluating COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness during pre-Delta, Delta and Omicron dominant periods among pregnant people in the U.S.: Retrospective cohort analysis from a nationally sampled cohort in National COVID Collaborative Cohort (N3C)
Qiuyuan Qin, Kenneth Wilkins, Sara E Jones, Katie Rebecca Bradwell, Lauren Chan, Jing Sun, Jerrod Anzalone, Qulu Zheng, Michael Liebman, Federico Mariona, Emily A Groene Faherty, Anup P Challa, Elaine Hill, Rena C Patel, , Adam B Wilcox, Adam M Lee, Alexis Graves, Alfred Anzalone, Amin Manna, Amit Saha, Amy Olex, Andrea Zhou, Andrew E Williams, Andrew Southerland, Andrew T Girvin, Anita Walden, Anjali A Sharathkumar, Benjamin Amor, Benjamin Bates, Brian Hendricks, Brijesh Patel, Caleb Alexander, Caroline Signore, Carolyn Bramante, Cavin Ward-Caviness, Charisse Madlock-Brown, Christine Suver, Christopher Chute, Christopher Dillon, Chunlei Wu, Clare Schmitt, Cliff Takemoto, Dan Housman, Davera Gabriel, David A Eichmann, Diego Mazzotti, Eilis Boudreau Don Brown, Elizabeth Zampino, Emily Carlson Marti, Emily R Pfaff, Evan French, Farrukh M Koraishy, Fred Prior, George Sokos, Greg Martin, Harold Lehmann, Heidi Spratt, Hemalkumar Mehta, Hongfang Liu, Hythem Sidky, JW Awori Hayanga, Jami Pincavitch, Jaylyn Clark, Jeremy Richard Harper, Jessica Islam, Jin Ge, Joel Gagnier, Joel H Saltz, Joel Saltz, Johanna Loomba, John Buse, Jomol Mathew, Joni L Rutter, Julie A McMurry, Justin Guinney, Justin Starren, Karen Crowley, Kellie M Walters, Ken Wilkins, Kenneth R Gersing, Kenrick Dwain Cato, Kimberly Murray, Kristin Kostka, Lavance Northington, Lee Allan Pyles, Leonie Misquitta, Lesley Cottrell, Lili Portilla, Mariam Deacy, Mark M Bissell, Marshall Clark, Mary Emmett, Mary Morrison Saltz, Matvey B Palchuk, Melissa A Haendel, Meredith Adams, Meredith Temple-O'Connor, Michael G Kurilla, Michele Morris, Nabeel Qureshi, Nasia Safdar, Nicole Garbarini, Noha Sharafeldin, Ofer Sadan, Patricia A Francis, Penny Wung Burgoon, Peter Robinson, Philip RO Payne, Rafael Fuentes, Randeep Jawa, Rebecca Erwin-Cohen, Richard A Moffitt, Richard L Zhu, Rishi Kamaleswaran, Robert Hurley, Robert T Miller, Saiju Pyarajan, Sam G Michael, Samuel Bozzette, Sandeep Mallipattu, Satyanarayana Vedula, Scott Chapman, T Shawn, Soko Setoguchi O'Neil, Stephanie S Hong, Steve Johnson, Tellen D Bennett, Tiffany Callahan, Umit Topaloglu, Usman Sheikh, Valery Gordon, Vignesh Subbian, Warren A Kibbe, Wenndy Hernandez, Will Beasley, Will Cooper, William Hillegass, Xiaohan Tanner Zhang
2 June 2024open access icon
Impact of patient–family physician language concordance on healthcare utilisation and mortality: a retrospective cohort study of home care recipients in Ontario, Canada
Michael Reaume, Ricardo Batista, Ewa Sucha, Michael Pugliese, Rhiannon Roberts, Emily Rhodes, Emily Seale, Claire Kendall, Lise Bjerre, Louise Bouchard, Sharon Johnston, Manish Sood, Denis Prud'homme, Douglas Manuel, Peter Tanuseputro
30 May 2024open access icon
Knowledge and perceptions about clinical research and its ethical conduct among college students from non-science background: a representative nation-wide survey from India
Jeffrey Pradeep Raj, Suraj Kallarakal Tomy, Amrutha Jose, Aadrika Kashyap, Joseph Varghese Kureethara, Tomy K Kallarakal
30 May 2024open access icon
Diabetes control in public assistance recipients and free/low-cost medical care program beneficiaries in Japan: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Mitsuhiko Funakoshi, Daisuke Nishioka, Seiji Haruguchi, Sakae Yonemura, Takashi Takebe, Misato Nonaka, Sanae Iwashita
30 May 2024open access icon
Prevalence, risk factors and management of common mental health disorders in Cameroon: a systematic review
Che Henry Ngwa, Limkile Mpofu, Tchokokam Patricia, John Njuma Libwea, Rejoice Uche Obiora, Marion Keinamma, Danga Aloleko Ines, Ngo Valery Ngo, Egbe Henrieta Oneke, Crayton E Bessong, Ngozi Margaret Oguguah, Emmanuel Kah, Frankline Sevidzem Wirsiy, Eman Sobh
30 May 2024open access icon
Global research priorities for intrauterine suction and sponge tools for postpartum haemorrhage management in low-income and middle-income countries: a modified Delphi approach
Dilys Walker, Linda Shin, Nicole Santos, Elizabeth Butrick, Jill Durocher, Suellen Miller, Ribka Amsalu, Anthony Wanyoro
27 May 2024open access icon
Assessing anxiety symptoms and Traumatic Event Scale scores among medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia: a descriptive cohort study in Bogotá
Jhon Camacho-Cruz, Sara Marcela Torres Ayala, Susan Tatiana Cárdenas Rojas, Carolina Alexandra Zambrano Pérez, Pablo Vásquez-Hoyos, Juanita Yolanda Atuesta-Fajardo, Licet Villamizar-Gómez
27 May 2024open access icon
Health promoting palliative care interventions in African low-income countries: a scoping review
Ariane Plaisance, Carol-Anne Hyland-Carignan, Diane Tapp, Samiratou Ouedraogo, Idriss Ali Gali-Gali, Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay
27 May 2024open access icon
Healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis of point prevalence studies
Noleen Bennett, Stephanie K Tanamas, Rodney James, Courtney Ierano, Michael J Malloy, Eliza Watson, Janet K Sluggett, David Dunt, Karin Thursky, Leon J Worth
27 May 2024open access icon
Quality of life among residents of informal urban settlements during the COVID-19 pandemic in Salvador, Brazil
Hammed Mogaji, Nivison Nery, Hernan D Argibay, Jaqueline S Cruz, Ianei O Carneiro, Ricardo Lustosa, Albert I Ko, Federico Costa, Mike Begon, Hussein Khalil
27 May 2024open access icon
Childhood socioeconomic background and elevated mortality among the young adult second generation in Sweden: a population-based cohort study
Matthew Wallace, Eleonora Mussino, Siddartha Aradhya, Lisa Harber-Aschan, Ben Wilson
27 May 2024open access icon
What are the characteristics of disposable electronic cigarettes users in Switzerland? A quantitative study among 14–25 year olds
Lorraine Chok, Diana Fernandes-Palhares, Jérémy Cros, Luc Lebon, Karin Zürcher, Alexandre Dubuis, Cathy Berthouzoz, Yara Barrense-Dias
10 July 2024open access icon
Sleep duration, chronotype, health and lifestyle factors affect cognition: a UK Biobank cross-sectional study
Raha West, Ryan Tak Chun Wong, Ji-Eun Park, Si Woo Lee, Dinayinie Ekanayake Mudiyanselage, Zhigang Liu, Daqing Ma, Liz Stockman
25 May 2024open access icon
Spatiotemporal analysis of the association between residential eviction and fatal overdose in Rhode Island
Alexandra Skinner, Yu Li, Victoria Jent, William C Goedel, Benjamin D Hallowell, Bennett Allen, Kathryn M Leifheit, Abigail R Cartus, Alexandria Macmadu, Claire Pratty, Elizabeth A Samuels, Jennifer Ahern, Magdalena Cerdá, Brandon DL Marshall
20 May 2024open access icon
Cancer odds among Ohio firefighters: data from the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System (OCISS) 1996–2019
Susan Elizabeth Olivo-Marston, Shashank Singh, Robert Hood, Olorunfemi Adetona
20 May 2024open access icon
Exploring associations of financial well-being with health behaviours and physical and mental health: a cross-sectional study among US adults
Carla Mercado, Kai McKeever Bullard, Michele L F Bolduc, Desmond Banks, Courtni Andrews, Zoe R F Freggens, Rashid Njai
15 May 2024open access icon
Exposure to needlestick injury among healthcare support staff in Greater Accra, Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Philip Apraku Tawiah, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong, Paul Okyere, Mary Eyram Ashinyo
16 July 2024open access icon
Health benefits of pedestrian and cyclist commuting: evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study
Catherine Friel, David Walsh, Bruce Whyte, Chris Dibben, Zhiqiang Feng, Graham Baker, Paul Kelly, Evangelia Demou, Ruth Dundas, John Weller
6 May 2024open access icon
Development of indicators to measure health system capacity for quality abortion care in 10 countries: a rapid assessment of a measurement framework and indicators
Heidi Bart Johnston, Ulrika Rehnstrom Loi, Mohamed Ali, Katy Footman, Ghislaine Glitho Alinsato, Eman Aly, Asmani Chilanga, Shikha Bansal, Laurence Codjia, Fahdi Dkhimi, Sithembile Dlamini-Nqeketo, Hayfa Elamin, Dina Gbenou, Karima Gholbzouri, Lisa Hedman, Nilmini Hemachandra, Yelmali Hien, Md Khurshid Alam Hyder, Theopista John, Amrita Kansal, Priya Karna, Laurence Läser, Antonella Lavelanet, Belete Mihretu, Pamela Amaka Onyiah, Leopold Ouedraogo, Sikander Qais, Ellen Thom, Meera Upadhyay, Qudsia Uzma, Souleymane Zan, Bela Ganatra
2 May 2024open access icon
Acceptability of digital vending machines to improve access to sexual and reproductive health in Brighton, UK: a qualitative analysis
Syra Dhillon, Rhys D Wenlock, Gillian Louise Dean, John Mear, Richard Cooper, Jaime H Vera
2 May 2024open access icon
Compliance status of tobacco control laws in the university setting of Bangladesh: an analytical study followed a mixed-method approach
Nasrin Akter, Bilkis Banu, Sujana Haque Chowdhury, Tahsin Tasneem Tabassum, Sarder Mahmud Hossain
2 May 2024open access icon
Impact of scaling up of kangaroo mother care on neonatal mortality among babies born with birth weight <2000 g in a district in southern India: a prospective cohort analysis
Tinku Thomas, Arin Kar, Suman P N Rao, Swaroop Narayana, Maryann Washington, Shashidhar Rao, Krishnamurthy Jayanna, Prabhu Deva Gowda, Mohan Harnahalli Lakkappa, Prem Mony
2 May 2024open access icon
Prevalence of perinatal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Holly Jenkins, Zoe Daskalopoulou, Charles Opondo, Fiona Alderdice, Gracia Fellmeth
2 May 2024open access icon
Factors affecting implementation of interventions for oral health, substance use, smoking and diet for people with severe and multiple disadvantage: a community-based qualitative study in England
Neha Jain, Emma A Adams, Emma C Joyes, Gillian McLellan, Martin Burrows, Martha Paisi, Laura J McGowan, Lorenzo Iafrate, David Landes, Richard G Watt, Falko F Sniehotta, Eileen Kaner, Sheena E Ramsay
27 April 2024open access icon
Challenges and enablers for scaling up interventions targeting non-communicable diseases: a qualitative study applying the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to 19 research projects worldwide
Anusha Ramani-Chander, Amanda G Thrift, Josefien van Olmen, Edwin Wouters, Peter Delobelle, Rajesh Vedanthan, J Jaime Miranda, Stephen Sherwood, Helena Teede, Rohina Joshi, , Gina Agarwal, Laura Antonietti, Andrea Beratarrechea, Josephine Birungi, Meena Daivadanam, Jan-Walter De Neve, Maria Eugenia Esandi, Pascal Geldsetzer, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Feng J He, Mark D Huffman, Vilma Irazola, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Jaap Koot, Maria Lazo-Porras, Naomi Levitt, Yuan Li, Milena Soriano Marcolino, Monika Martens, Sayoki G Mfinanga, Violet Naanyu, Keiko Nakamura, Dike Ojji, Brian Oldenburg, Zulma Ortiz, Mayowa Owolabi, Ari Probandari, Lal B Rawal, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Abha Shrestha, Kamran Siddiqi, Sujarwoto Sujarwoto, Gindo Tampubolon, Gade Waqa, Puhong Zhang
25 April 2024open access icon
Development and validation of a risk assessment tool for uncontrolled type 2 diabetes among patients in South Karnataka, India
Deepak Anil, Sunil Kumar Doddaiah, Rajendra Prasad Shivaswamy, Arun Gopi, Sayana Basheer, Mysore Ramakrishnaiah Narayana Murthy
30 April 2024open access icon
Walking for transport and all-cause mortality: a prospective cohort study of Australian community-dwelling older adults
Shivangi Shah, Yang Chen, Alice Owen, Robyn L Woods, Joanne Ryan, Neville Owen, Rory Wolfe, David W Dunstan, Ben Beck, Carlene Britt, Danijela Gasevic
22 April 2024open access icon
Comparing acceptance of smoking cessation and smoke-free home intervention offers and associated factors among people with low income in the USA: baseline results of a randomised controlled trial
Amy McQueen, Jennifer Wolff, Lauren Grimes, Enguday Teshome, Rachel Garg, Tess Thompson, Kelly Carpenter, Michelle C Kegler, Matthew W Kreuter
22 April 2024open access icon
Persistent effects of legal status on healthcare access and outcomes: findings from a state-wide representative cross-sectional survey in California
May Sudhinaraset, Lei Chen, Nadereh Pourat, Michelle Kao Nakphong, Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young
19 April 2024open access icon
Rehabilitation needs screening to identify potential beneficiaries: a scoping review
Wouter De Groote, Melissa Corso, Kent Murnaghan, Antony Duttine, Carla Sabariego
18 April 2024open access icon
Associations between lifestyle factors and COVID-19 infection rates: a cross-sectional analysis in the USA
Razaz Shaheen, W Lawrence Beeson, Michael Paalani, Hildemar Dos Santos, Abdullah Alismail, Rhonda K Spencer-Hwang
18 April 2024open access icon
Economic evaluation of newborn deafness gene screening as a public health intervention in China: a modelling study
Jun-Tao Shu, Yuan-Yuan Gu, Pei-Yao Zhai, Cheng Wen, Min Qian, You-Jia Wu, Xun Zhuang, Qing-Wen Zhu, Lu-Ping Zhang, Shan Jiang, Xiao-Mo Wang, Yin-Hua Jiang, Li-Hui Huang, Gang Qin
18 April 2024open access icon
Area deprivation and premature cardiovascular mortality: a nationwide population-based study in South Korea
Eunji Kim, Hokyou Lee, Donald Lloyd-Jones, Young Gyu Ko, Byoung Gwon Kim, Hyeon Chang Kim
17 April 2024open access icon
Using verbal and social autopsy approaches to understand why neonates die in rural settings: a case study of a remote rural district in Uganda
Felix Kizito, Rornald Muhumuza Kananura, Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu, Joseph Akuze, Dinah Amongin, Peter Waiswa
16 April 2024open access icon
Cross-sectional study of personal protective equipment use, training and biosafety preparedness among healthcare workers during the first months of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Brazil
Kerstin Muner, Julia Kilgour, Tatiana Ometto, Ana Pérola Drulla Brandão, Andrea Pires dos Santos, Ana Marcia Sá Guimarães
16 April 2024open access icon
Infection prevention and control studies for care of patients with suspected or confirmed filovirus disease in healthcare settings, with focus on Ebola and Marburg: an integrative review
Raphael G Frankfurter, Victoria Willet, Eugene T Richardson, George W Rutherford, April Baller, J Daniel Kelly
16 April 2024open access icon
Qualitative study of factors affecting engagement with a hospital-based violence intervention programme in Indianapolis, Indiana
Damaris Ortiz, Lauren A Magee, Zachary W Adams, Brigid R Marriott, Reilin J Moore, Blakney Q Brooks, Malaz Boustani, Clark J Simons
16 April 2024open access icon
Understanding the factors that shape vaccination ecosystem resilience: a qualitative assessment of international expert experiences and perspectives
Suepattra May, Meaghan Roach, Melissa Maravic, Rachel Mitrovich, Rozanne Wilson, Nadya Prood, Amanda L Eiden
16 April 2024open access icon
Epidemiological and sociodemographic description of snakebite envenoming cases in Paraguay reported between 2015 and 2021
Sofia Ardiles-Ruesjas, Edgar Sanabria, Victor Hugo Segovia Portillo, Lorena Jara Oroa, Viviana de Egea, Guillermo Sequera, Julio Alonso-Padilla, Irene Losada, María Jesús Pinazo
16 April 2024open access icon
Prevalence and factors associated with uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis amongst women vulnerable to HIV who received HIV antibodies in Antibody Mediated Prevention HVTN703/HPTN081 trial in Harare, Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study
Bekezela Siziba, Nyaradzo Mavis Mgodi, Bernard Ngara, Tariro Dianah Chawana, Miria Chitukuta, Pamela Grace Mukwekwerere, Muchaneta Bhondai-Mhuri, Zvavahera Mike Chirenje, Felix Godwin Sivukile Mhlanga
16 April 2024open access icon
Contact patterns between index patients and their close contacts and assessing risk for COVID-19 transmission during different exposure time windows: a large retrospective observational study of 450 770 close contacts in Shanghai
Yaxu Zheng, Bo Zheng, Xiaohuan Gong, Hao Pan, Chenyan Jiang, Shenghua Mao, Sheng Lin, Bihong Jin, Dechuan Kong, Ye Yao, Genming Zhao, Huanyu Wu, Weibing Wang
7 April 2024open access icon
Social determinants of the healthcare needs of undocumented migrants living with non-communicable diseases: a scoping review
Janeth Tenorio-Mucha, Corinne Jeffries-Tolksdorf, Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Jan-Erik Refle, Yves Jackson
7 April 2024open access icon
Digital interventions for adolescents with type 1 diabetes to promote health literacy? A qualitative study on physicians’ perspective in Germany
Aurélia Naoko Naef, Nadine Fischbock, Hürrem Tezcan-Güntekin, Volker Eric Amelung
29 March 2024open access icon
Modelling the potential clinical and economic impact of universal antenatal hepatitis C (HCV) screening and providing treatment for pregnant women with HCV and their infants in Egypt: a cost-effectiveness study
Nadia Hachicha-Maalej, Clotilde Lepers, Intira Jeannie Collins, Aya Mostafa, Anthony E Ades, Ali Judd, Karen Scott, Diana M Gibb, Sarah Pett, Giuseppe Indolfi, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Manal H El Sayed, Sylvie Deuffic-Burban
29 March 2024open access icon
Antenatal care services in Benin and Tanzania 2021/2022: an equity analysis study
Walter Ochieng, Anna Munsey, Alen Kinyina, Melkior Assenga, Faustin Onikpo, Alexandre Binazon, Marie Adeyemi, Manzidatou Alao, Sijenunu Aron, Samwel Nhiga, Julie Niemczura, Julie Buekens, Chong Kitojo, Erik Reaves, Ahmed Saadani Husseini, Mary Drake, Katherine Wolf, Stephanie Suhowatsky, Aurore Hounto, Ruth Lemwayi, Julie Gutman
28 March 2024open access icon
Assessing awareness and utilisation of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among women who inject drugs in Lagos, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
Olanrewaju Onigbogi, Osadebamwen N Eghaghe, Modupe Onigbogi, Omobola Y Ojo, Oluwatoyin Funmilola Babalola
28 March 2024open access icon
Content analysis of food and beverage marketing in global esports: sponsorships of the premier events, leagues, teams and players
John William Long, Sara Jordan Maksi, Francisco Javier López Frías, Robin Ireland, Travis D Masterson
28 March 2024open access icon
Community credit scores and community socioeconomic deprivation in association with type 2 diabetes across an urban to rural spectrum in Pennsylvania: a case–control study
Melissa N Poulsen, Annemarie G Hirsch, Lorraine Dean, Jonathan Pollak, Joseph DeWalle, Katherine Moon, Meghann Reeder, Karen Bandeen-Roche, Brian S Schwartz
26 March 2024open access icon
Association of physical and sexual assault with mortality in two British birth cohorts
Vishal Bhavsar, Jayati Das-Munshi, James H MacCabe, Ioannis Bakolis, William Lee
25 March 2024open access icon
COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Skåne county, Sweden, in relation to individual-level and area-level sociodemographic factors: a register-based cross-sectional analysis
Adam Mitchell, Malin Inghammar, Louise Bennet, Per-Olof Östergren, Mahnaz Moghaddassi, Jonas Björk
26 March 2024open access icon
How do clinicians use post-COVID syndrome diagnosis? Analysis of clinical features in a Swedish COVID-19 cohort with 18 months’ follow-up: a national observational cohort and matched cohort study
Hanna M Ollila, Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Sebastian Kalucza, Johan Normark, Lill Trogstad, Per Minor Magnus, Naja Hulvej Rod, Andrea Ganna, Marie Eriksson, Anne-Marie Fors Connolly
25 March 2024open access icon
Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: a scoping review
Jaymie Tingkham Rogers, Joanna Black, Matire Harwood, Ben Wilkinson, Himal Kandel, Jacqueline Ramke
25 March 2024open access icon
Evaluating the implementation of the Primary Health Integrated Care Project for Chronic Conditions: a cohort study from Kenya
Richard Mugo, Triantafyllos Pliakas, Jemima Kamano, Leah Anku Sanga, Ellen Nolte, Antonio Gasparrini, Edwine Barasa, Anthony Etyang, Pablo Perel
22 April 2024open access icon
Trends in motives for trying to stop smoking: a population study in England, 2018–2023
Sarah E Jackson, Sharon Cox, Vera Buss, Jamie Brown, Valeris Crean
19 March 2024open access icon
End-of-life health literacy, knowledge and behaviours towards advance care planning among older adults: cross-sectional evidence from Switzerland
Clément Meier, Sarah Vilpert, Maud Wieczorek, Carmen Borrat-Besson, Ralf J Jox, Jürgen Maurer
19 March 2024open access icon
Descriptive epidemiology of muscle-strengthening activities in Japanese middle-aged and older adults: the Hisayama Study
Takanori Honda, Jun Hata, Mao Shibata, Satoko Sakata, Yoshihiko Furuta, Emi Oishi, Takanari Kitazono, Toshiharu Ninomiya
19 March 2024open access icon
Healthcare access, attitudes and behaviours among Navajo adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
Heidi E Brown, Rachelle L Begay, Priscilla R Sanderson, Carmenlita Chief, Breanna Lameman, Robin B Harris
19 March 2024open access icon
The process of developing a joint theory of change across three global entities: can this help to make their efforts to strengthen capacity for implementation research more effective?
Garry Aslanyan, Kabir Sheikh, Marta Feletto, Pascal Launois, Mahnaz Vahedi, Vanessa Brizuela, Anna Thorson, Sara Begg, Susie Crossman, Imelda Bates
14 March 2024open access icon
Socioeconomic disparity in stage at cancer diagnosis among patients with type 2 diabetes in Dutch primary care: a cross-sectional study
Jing de Haan-Du, Klaas H Groenier, Nanne Kleefstra, Bert van der Vegt, Sabine Siesling, Gijs W D Landman, Geertruida H de Bock
13 March 2024open access icon
Incidence and contributing factors of dementia among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada, from 2002 to 2016: a retrospective cohort study
Sara Shayegi-Nik, William G Honer, Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, Ni Gusti Ayu Nanditha, Thomas L Patterson, Silvia Guillemi, Hasan Nathani, Jason Trigg, Weijia Yin, Alejandra Fonseca, Bronhilda T Takeh, Rolando Barrios, Julio S G Montaner, Viviane D Lima
13 March 2024open access icon
Varying circumstances surrounding opioid toxicity deaths across ethno-racial groups in Ontario, Canada: a population-based descriptive cross-sectional study
Tonya J Campbell, Sophie A Kitchen, Mina Tadrous, Cynthia Damba, Colin H Johnson, Ashley Smoke, Frank Crichlow, Tara Gomes
13 March 2024open access icon
Sociodemographic disparities in awareness of chronic conditions: an observational study among older persons in rural north-east of South Africa
Daniel Ohene-Kwofie, Carlos Riumallo-Herl, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé
13 March 2024open access icon
Holistic health and social care outreach for people experiencing homelessness with recent non-fatal overdose in Glasgow, Scotland: the Pharmacist and third sector Homeless charity worker Outreach Engagement Non-medical Independent prescriber Rx (PHOENIx) pilot randomised controlled trial
Richard Lowrie, Andrew McPherson, Frances S Mair, Kate Stock, Donogh Maguire, Vibhu Paudyal, Clare Duncan, Rebecca Blair, Cian Lombard, Steven Ross, Fiona Hughes, Jane Moir, Ailsa Scott, Frank Reilly, Laura Sills, Jennifer Hislop, Stephen Wishart, David Brannan, James Roy Robertson, Rebekah Ramage, Alison Boyle, Nicola Greenlaw, Andrea E Williamson
13 March 2024open access icon
International REACH forgiveness intervention: a multisite randomised controlled trial
Man Yee Ho, Everett L Worthington, Richard G Cowden, Andrea Ortega Bechara, Zhuo Job Chen, Elly Yuliandari Gunatirin, Shaun Joynt, Viacheslav V Khalanskyi, Hennadii Korzhov, Ni Made Taganing Kurniati, Nicole Rodriguez, Anastasiya Anastasiya Salnykova, Liudmyla Shtanko, Sergiy Tymchenko, Vitaliy L Voytenko, Anita Zulkaida, Maya B Mathur, Tyler J VanderWeele
12 March 2024open access icon
Difficulties faced by physicians from four European countries in rebutting antivaccination arguments: a cross-sectional study
Dawn Holford, Philipp Schmid, Angelo Fasce, Amanda Garrison, Linda Karlsson, Frederike Taubert, Pierre Verger, Stephan Lewandowsky, Harriet Fisher, Cornelia Betsch, Fernanda Rodrigues, Anna Soveri
9 March 2024open access icon
Sleep patterns and long-term mortality among older Israeli adults: a population-based study
Saar Ashri, Gali Cohen, Tal Hasin, Lital Keinan-Boker, Yariv Gerber
9 March 2024open access icon
Feasibility of NepaDengue mobile application for dengue prevention and control: user and stakeholder perspectives in Nepal
Anita Mahotra, Yuvraj Pokhrel, Tulsi Ram Thapa, Eggi Arguni, Riris Ahmad Andono
9 March 2024open access icon
Health and economic cost estimates of short-term total and wildfire PM2.5 exposure on work loss: using the consecutive California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data 2015–2018
Ying-Ying Meng, Yu Yu, Diane Garcia-Gonzales, Mohammad Z Al-Hamdan, Miriam E Marlier, Joseph L Wilkins, Ninez Ponce, Michael Jerrett
9 March 2024open access icon
Impact of non-participation bias due to psychiatric illness on mortality and cardiovascular event estimates: a Danish longitudinal population study
Zerlina Rygner, Christina Ellervik, Mads Rasmussen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Henrik E Poulsen, Anders Jørgensen
7 March 2024open access icon
Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and return on investment of individual placement and support compared with traditional vocational rehabilitation for individuals with severe mental illness in the Netherlands: a nationwide implementation study
Miljana Vukadin, Wim Zwinkels, Frederieke Schaafsma, Marcel Spijkerman, Marloes de Graaf-Zijl, Philippe Delespaul, Jaap van Weeghel, Johanna Maria van Dongen, Johannes Anema
28 February 2024open access icon
Home delivery among women who receive antenatal care in Ethiopia, design-based logistic regression analysis
Yimer Seid Yimer, Tariku Tesfaye, Awgichew Kifle Zemelak, Solomon Emyu Ferede
22 February 2024open access icon
Qualitative focus group discussions exploring PrEP method and service delivery preferences among female sex workers and their managers in four Zambian provinces
Emily Evens, Tendai Munthali, Featherstone Mangunje, Mercy L Kotaka, Holly M Burke, Bupe Musonda, Musonda Musonda, Catherine S Todd
19 March 2024open access icon
Is joint hypermobility linked to self-reported non-recovery from COVID-19? Case–control evidence from the British COVID Symptom Study Biobank
Jessica A Eccles, Dorina Cadar, Lisa Quadt, Alan J Hakim, Nicholas Gall, , Vicky Bowyer, Nathan Cheetham, Claire J Steves, Hugo D Critchley, Kevin A Davies, Liz Stockman
20 February 2024open access icon
Predicting the effects of introducing an emergency transport system in low-income and middle-income countries: a spatial-epidemiological modelling study
Katie Scandrett, Richard Lilford, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Justine Davies, Stephen Tabiri, Samuel I Watson
12 February 2024open access icon
Mental health effects of working as a legal professional in the field of asylum law: a systematic review
Leah Holt, Jessie Mulcaire, Ciarán O'Driscoll, Sana Zard, Francesca Brady
12 February 2024open access icon
Estimating rare disease prevalence and costs in the USA: a cohort study approach using the Healthcare Cost Institute claims data
Christine M Cutillo, Ainslie Tisdale, Mahdi Baghbanzadeh, Keith A Crandall, Reva L Stidd, Manpreet S Khural, Laurie J Hartman, Jeff Greenberg, Kevin B Zhang, Ali Rahnavard
8 February 2024open access icon
Assessment of COVID-19 vaccine uptake and associated factors among healthcare workers in selected health facilities of the Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study conducted in 2021
Yosef Wassihun, Trhas Tadesse Berhe, Addisalem Melesse, Maereg Wolde, Rachana Sharma, Hnin Su Mon, Tesfaye Simireta, Hailemariam Addisu
7 February 2024open access icon
Coping strategies of fathers and siblings of children with cancer: a literature review
Teresa Rea, Vincenza Sansone, Andrea Zibaldo, Anna Bellingrath, Assunta Guillari
7 February 2024open access icon
Suicide mortality among individuals in federal prisons compared with the general population: a retrospective cohort study in the USA from 2009 to 2020
Katherine LeMasters, Shabbar Ranapurwala, Michael Forrest Behne, Emilie Duchesneau, Mike Dolan Fliss, Jennifer Lao, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein
7 February 2024open access icon
Exploring the gender difference in type 2 diabetes incidence in a Swiss cohort using latent class analysis: an intersectional approach
Jeanne Marie Barbier, Michael Amiguet, Julien Vaucher, Aurélie M Lasserre, Carole Clair, Joëlle Schwarz
7 February 2024open access icon
A scoping review on heat indices used to measure the effects of heat on maternal and perinatal health
Chloe Brimicombe, Francesca Conway, Anayda Portela, Darshnika Lakhoo, Nathalie Roos, Chuansi Gao, Ijeoma Solarin, Debra Jackson
5 February 2024open access icon
Multimodal strategies to hand hygiene in Ghanaian hospitals: a cross-sectional study in the Eastern Region of Ghana
Stephen Dajaan Dubik, Kingsly E Amegah, Ama Akyampomaa Owusu-Asare, Akosua Takyiwa Kwakye, Christiana Akufo, Joyce Amponsah, Hectoria Awekeya, Leslie Vander Puije, Jocelyn Asibey, Seth Twum, Francis Mensa Akwetey, Portia Sam, Winfred Ofosu, Angela Ackon, Sofonias Asrat, Hedidor George Kwesi, Sally-Ann Ohene, Mary Eyram Ashinyo
1 February 2024open access icon
Exploring rural households’ knowledge and perception of acute kidney injury in the southern region of The Gambia: a mixed-method community-based cross-sectional study design
Bakary Kinteh, Solomon P S Jatta, Sambou L S Kinteh, Mansour Badjie, Ebrima Touray, Sheikh Omar Sillah, Amadou Barrow
31 January 2024open access icon
Impact of a potential Chlamydia vaccine in the USA: mathematical modelling analyses
Monia Makhoul, Houssein H Ayoub, Susanne F Awad, Hiam Chemaitelly, Laith J Abu-Raddad
24 January 2024open access icon
Household air pollution exposure and risk of tuberculosis: a case–control study of women in Lilongwe, Malawi
Pamela Jagger, Ryan McCord, Anna Gallerani, Irving Hoffman, Charles Jumbe, Joseph Pedit, Sam Phiri, Robert Krysiak, Kenneth Maleta
18 January 2024open access icon
Antecedents and service contact in an observational study of 242 suicide deaths in middle-aged men in England, Scotland and Wales, 2017
Jane Graney, Saied Ibrahim, Su-Gwan Tham, Pauline Turnbull, Louis Appleby, Nav Kapur, Cathryn Rodway
18 January 2024open access icon
Do current maternal health staffing and bed occupancy benchmarks work in practice? Results from a simulation model
Rebecca F Baggaley, Giorgia Gon, Said Mohammed Ali, Salma Abdi Mahmoud, Farhat Jowhar, Carolin Vegvari
17 January 2024open access icon
Evaluating the impact of local alcohol licensing decisions on outcomes for the community: a systematic review
Lindsay Blank, Emma Hock, Mark Clowes, Marie Rogerson, Elizabeth Goyder
9 January 2024open access icon
Sleeplessness and incident diabetes above the Arctic circle: a secondary analysis of cohort data from the Tromsø Study
Nick Chindanai Uthaikhaifar, Olena Iakunchykova, Sarah Cook, Charlotte Warren-Gash
8 January 2024open access icon
National and provincial prevalence of self-reported diabetes: results from the cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey in Sri Lanka–2016
Harshana Munasinghe, Pansujee Dissanayaka, Mangalika Jayasundara, Manjula D Nugawela, Sobha Sivaprasad
6 January 2024open access icon
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with HIV in Lesotho: a qualitative study
Thomas Shepherd, Michelle E Robinson, Maema Ramaema, Moraoetsi Rakuoane, Ntoli Moletsane, Rafiloe Mpholo, Christian Mallen, Graham Leigh
16 January 2024open access icon
Risk of sound-induced hearing loss from exposure to video gaming or esports: a systematic scoping review
Lauren K Dillard, Peter Mulas, Carolina Der, Xinxing Fu, Shelly Chadha
3 January 2024open access icon
Unmet need for healthcare in the Russian Federation: subnational retrospective modelling analysis (2014–2018)
Zlatko Nikoloski, Aparnaa Somanathan, Vladimir M Shkolnikov, Igor Sheiman, Elias Mossialos

Protocol

31 July 2024open access icon
Implementing injury prevention training in youth handball (I-PROTECT) in Sweden: study protocol for a cluster randomised trial
Eva Ageberg, Alex Donaldson, Axel Ström, Karolina Lucander, Karin Moesch, Sofia Bunke, Jennie Linnéll, Robert Wedberg, Per Ekberg, Per Nilsen

Review

17 June 2024open access icon
Addressing challenges in vector control: a review of current strategies and the imperative for novel tools in India’s combat against vector-borne diseases
Gaurav Kumar, Rajendra Baharia, Kuldeep Singh, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Sam Joy, Amit Sharma, Manju Rahi
19 April 2024open access icon
Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic tools and strategies for the screening and diagnosis of tuberculosis disease and infection: a scoping review
Tom Ockhuisen, Alexandra de Nooy, Helen E Jenkins, Alvin Han, Colin A Russell, Shaukat Khan, Sarah Girdwood, Morten Ruhwald, Mikashmi Kohli, Brooke E Nichols
16 April 2024open access icon
Effects of tropical cyclone Freddy on the social determinants of health: the narrative review of the experience in Malawi
Fiona Braka, Ebenezer Obi Daniel, Joseph Okeibunor, Neema Kimambo Rusibamayila, Ishata Nannie Conteh, Otim Patrick Cossy Ramadan, Jayne Byakika-Tusiime, Chol Thabo Yur, Emmanuel Maurice Ochien, Mathew Kagoli, Annie Chauma-Mwale, Dick Chamla, Abdou Salam Gueye

Short report

25 March 2024open access icon
Exposure to famine during early life and the risk of MAFLD during adulthood: evidence from the China Multi-Ethnic Cohort (CMEC) study
Jianzhong Yin, Nichang Zhang, Yuemei Feng, Qiong Meng, Teng Zhang, Rudan Hong, Xuehui Zhang
8 January 2024open access icon
Characterising COVID-19 school and childcare outbreaks in Canada in 2021: a surveillance study
Kaitlin Patterson, Erin McGill, Demy Dam, Anna Bellos, Cameron Mark Coulby, Rachel McCormick