The official journal of the Belgian Association of Public Health
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Health Technology Assessment (HTA) plays a crucial role in informing healthcare policy and decision-making, especially in low- and middle-income countries like Iran. Despite its potential, the development of H...
The number of reported maternal mental health (MH) difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic was higher than during the pre-pandemic period. Findings on the link between the COVID-19 pandemic and children’s de...
Air pollutants and meteorological conditions have shown significant adverse effects on human health; however, their impact on mental health remains inconclusive and underexplored. Thus, this study aimed to inv...
This paper reports the structure of grey space and the number of cases and deaths throughout the COVID-19 pandemic (from March 2020 to June 2023) in 66 city counties in Poland.
Despite its potential with regard to the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC), participation in the organized CRC screening programme of the Belgian region of Flanders is suboptimal. The r...
Knowledge translation (KT) interventions encompass a variety of activities, platforms, tools, approaches, and strategies designed to leverage research evidence to enhance health policy and practice. This study...
The association between possible sarcopenia, sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity on multimorbidity risk remains poorly investigating. We aimed to evaluate the associations between possible sarcopenia, sarcopenia...
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected vulnerable populations in terms of comorbidity and socioeconomic disadvantage, both between and within countries. This retrospective population-based cohort st...
Unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, including unhealthy alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, smoking, and nonadherence to dietary recommendations, are major contributors to non-communicable diseases and morta...
This study analyzed the status of research trends in pediatric diseases in North Korea, as reported in North Korean medical journals. Despite the censorship and control exerted by the North Korean government, ...
Assessing the burden of mental health disorders is critical for planning the best healthcare services and responding to community needs. This study aimed to assess the mental health burden in Abu Dhabi, United...
In Miami-Dade County Florida (Miami), the rate of newly diagnosed HIV per 100,000 population is four times the national rate with a large majority of transmission due to male-to-male sex. Latinx men are prescr...
Physical activity has been widely recognized for its important role in preventing cardiovascular and other chronic diseases. While population studies worldwide have established clear associations between physi...
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where preventive interventions like screening and vaccination face challenges due to limited resources. D...
In rural areas of China, the prevalence of obesity in children has grown continuously, becoming a major problem in the field of pediatrics. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between ...
The global aging population is rapidly increasing, which has led to a growing prevalence of obesity among the elderly. Body mass index (BMI) is a crucial measure of obesity and is linked to an increased risk o...
Studying the spatial pattern of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and its environmental impactors is crucial for both providing timely medical assistance and implementing preventative measures. Existing re...
Organ donation requests to families often occur during moments of profound grief and create an emotional burden that is compounded by the varying emotional responses to circumstances surrounding death. These r...
Gender norms shape rights, privileges, and societal roles, impacting health and well-being. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), while young people may reject harmful gender discrimination, they often ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected socially vulnerable communities. Some individuals experience persistent symptoms and conditions of COVID-19 illness known as long COVID. As little research...
The COVID-19 pandemic presented an unprecedented worldwide challenge to public health and the economy. However, the effect varied in different population groups and locations. This study examines how the preex...
Eastern Mediterranean countries, particularly Lebanon, have seen a significant rise in mental disorders, primarily driven by ongoing economic instability, political unrest, and regional conflicts. These condit...
The community health workers (CHWs)-led model is an important strategy for managing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in China. However, existing community-based dietary and health education interventions in dia...
The study aim was to investigate implementation of safety-related statutory information for herbal products under the pharmaceutical legislation between 1965 and 2021 in Finland. The study period covered Finla...
Emphasizing the historical exclusion of women from medical research, our letter sheds light on the double stigma of menstruation and premenstrual disorders faced by Middle Eastern women, and calls for collabor...
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common and debilitating disorder affecting mothers worldwide. This study aimed to identify risk factors and the frequency of PPD in Mashhad, Iran.
The CDC National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) lifestyle change program is a nationwide initiative to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in adults with prediabetes. The CDC recognition ...
Policies in the fields of health and long-term care are constantly under pressure to ensure the balance between economic stability and an adequate quality of life for all the citizens in need, while policy mak...
The increasing longevity of people with intellectual disability creates a need for a healthy-ageing perspective, translated into evidence-based interventions in this multi-morbidity group. Accordingly, the aim...
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is essential for promoting health worldwide. Despite governmental support, TCM faces critical challenges, including workforce shortages and high attrition rates, with many cl...
The article addresses two paradoxes related to the vaccination of women in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first paradox lies in the fact that, though women tend to be more concerned about health iss...
In many healthcare contexts globally, where the languages of care providers and service users do not match, miscommunication can lead to inaccurate diagnoses and subpar treatment outcomes. The development and ...
Given life satisfaction is a key component or indicator of Quality of Life (QoL), previous studies in Canada have made some attempt to analyze its main determinants at population level. However, our knowledge ...
Secondary use of health data is important for public and individual health due to its potential to drive research and healthcare improvement; however, there are challenges to be managed from a socio-ethical, l...
Folate is essential for DNA synthesis and cell division, particularly during pregnancy, where insufficient levels can lead to adverse outcomes like neural tube defects and preterm birth. Tobacco smoke exposure...
The COVID-19 pandemic not only disproportionately impacted the health of immigrants in the US, but led to financial disparities as well. However, few studies to date capture the experience of asylum-seeking an...
It is crucial to understand how individuals accumulate wealth over their lifespan and explain the relation with the changes in health by age cohort. This study examines wealth-to-health causality as an explana...
During the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an intensive debate on which strategies would be most effective to minimize the negative societal impact of the pandemic. This study aimed to provid...
Armed conflict severely impacts children's health, leading to malnutrition and increased child mortality. The republic of South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and suffered from seven-years civil ...
The Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) introduced a broad consent form (MII-BC) encompassing clinical, insurance, and biomaterial data, along with re-contacting options. In the emergency department (ED), out...
Medical fraud and abuse represent significant global challenges in healthcare systems, resulting in financial losses estimated at 3% to 15% of total healthcare expenditures annually. These practices compromise...
This study aimed to estimate temporal trends in the burden of vertebral fractures (VFs) caused by falls by gender and age in China and globally from 1990 to 2021.
The amount of physical activity, sleep, and sedentary behaviour affect several age-related diseases. However, no relevant study about their associations with cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases from Eu...
Individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM) have high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence. Currently, the incidence of DM is increasing in low and middle-income countries including Ethiopia where TB is also endemic, whic...
Information regarding children’s exposure to tobacco smoke, posing significant risks, is usually reliant on parental reports. We aimed to adopt the scale of parental perception of children’s tobacco smoke expo...
Dengue cases are on the rise in Thailand, coinciding with increases in flooding events. Studies pertaining to public knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of dengue prevention have frequently been used to ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed significant emotional and ethical burdens on healthcare workers (HCWs), leading to the emergence of moral injury (MI). Understanding the pooled mean and factors associated with...
When seeking advice on allergy prevention in early childhood (Early Childhood Allergy Prevention, ECAP), parents often turn to health and social care providers, such as paediatricians, midwives, and family cen...
Traditional healers play a significant role in Sub-Saharan Africa's healthcare system, but little is known about their role across the cancer care continuum in this context. Given the prevalence of patients co...
Globally, alarmingly high rates of maternal and infant mortality and morbidity persist. A constellation of health system and social factors contribute to this, including poor quality and barriers to accessing ...
The official journal of the Belgian Association of Public Health
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