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  1. Environmental pollutants are known to be ubiquitous and may present toxic effects (endocrine-disruption properties, carcinogenicity …) and represent a real threat to human health. The aim of the present pilot ...

    Authors: Trésor Bayebila Menanzambi, Patrice Dufour, Catherine Pirard, Jean Nsangu, Jean-Pierre Mufusama, Jérémie Mbinze Kindenge, Roland Marini Djang’eing’a and Corinne Charlier
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:197
  2. In 2017, an estimated 5.3 million under-five children died annually in Sub-Saharan African countries, more than half of those deaths occurred in East Africa. Though East African countries share the huge burden...

    Authors: Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale and Zemenu Tadesse Tessema
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:196
  3. The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has presented itself as one of the most important health concerns of the 2020’s, and hit the geriatric populat...

    Authors: Maria E. Goossens, Kristof Y. Neven, Pieter Pannus, Cyril Barbezange, Isabelle Thomas, Steven Van Gucht, Katelijne Dierick, Marie-Noëlle Schmickler, Mathieu Verbrugghe, Nele Van Loon, Kevin K Ariën, Arnaud Marchant, Stanislas Goriely and Isabelle Desombere
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:195
  4. The present study aims to analyse if dysmenorrhea is associated with activity limitations and participation restrictions in experencied by adult women.

    Authors: Luana Brito dos Santos, Caroline Wanderley Souto Ferreira, Caroline Gomes Gonçalves, Mikaela Aparecida de Oliveira Xavier, Jardelina Hermecina Dantas, Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa, Saionara Maria Aires da Câmara and Diego Dantas
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:194
  5. This study investigated the prevalence of wheezing, asthma, and eczema among Australian children using longitudinal data from birth to 15 years of age. This study also examined the association between maternal...

    Authors: Kabir Ahmad, Enamul Kabir, Gail M. Ormsby and Rasheda Khanam
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:193
  6. The survival of pregnant women is one of great interest of the world and especially to a developing country like Ethiopia which had the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world due to low utilization of ...

    Authors: Kenaw Derebe Fentaw, Setegn Muche Fenta, Hailegebrael Birhan Biresaw and Solomon Sisay Mulugeta
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:192
  7. Access to healthcare and service utilization are both considered essential factors for improving the general health and wellbeing of older people, especially at the time of COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the st...

    Authors: Peivand Bastani, Mohammadtaghi Mohammadpour, Mahnaz Samadbeik, Misagh Bastani, Giampiero Rossi-Fedele and Madhan Balasubramanian
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:190
  8. Depression and anxiety disorder contribute to a significant part of the disease burden among men, yet many men refrain from seeking care or receive insufficient care when they do seek it. This is plausibly ass...

    Authors: Sara Olsson, Bo Burström, Gunnel Hensing and Jesper Löve
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:189
  9. With the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an existing national laboratory-based surveillance system was adapted to daily monitor the epidemiological situation of severe acute respiratory syndrome...

    Authors: Marjan Meurisse, Adrien Lajot, Yves Dupont, Marie Lesenfants, Sofieke Klamer, Javiera Rebolledo, Tinne Lernout, Mathias Leroy, Arnaud Capron, Johan Van Bussel, Sophie Quoilin, Emmanuel Andre, Kaat Kehoe, Luc Waumans, Jos Van Acker, Olivier Vandenberg…
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:188
  10. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a significant global public health issue that cause a high burden of disease, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Screening of key populations and early a...

    Authors: Maurine Murtagh, Karel Blondeel, Rosanna W. Peeling, James Kiarie and Igor Toskin
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:187
  11. SARS-CoV-2 strains evolve continuously and accumulate mutations in their genomes over the course of the pandemic. The severity of a SARS-CoV-2 infection could partly depend on these viral genetic characteristi...

    Authors: Nina Van Goethem, Ben Serrien, Mathil Vandromme, Chloé Wyndham-Thomas, Lucy Catteau, Ruben Brondeel, Sofieke Klamer, Marjan Meurisse, Lize Cuypers, Emmanuel André, Koen Blot and Herman Van Oyen
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:185
  12. Healthy movement behaviors in early childhood are believed to track to adulthood, potentially imparting protective benefits against non-communicable diseases. Highlighting the collaborative and complementary r...

    Authors: Catherine M. Capio, Catalina S. M. Ng, Kevin K. H. Chung, Rachel A. Jones and Cindy H. P. Sit
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:184
  13. Determining people’s healthy behaviors related to COVID-19 could be effective in providing preventive measures. The present study aims to investigate preventive behaviors associated with COVID-19 including wea...

    Authors: Fatemeh Bakhtari Aghdam, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Kavous Shahsavarinia, Fatemeh Jafari, Leila Jahangiry and Neda Gilani
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:183
  14. Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) of malaria in pregnancy is a full therapeutic course of antimalarial sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) medicine given to pregnant women in their second trimester at routine...

    Authors: Eugene Kofuor Maafo Darteh, Kwamena Sekyi Dickson, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Bernard Afriyie Owusu, Joshua Okyere, Tarif Salihu, Vincent Bio Bediako, Eugene Budu, Wonder Agbemavi, Jane Odurowaah Edjah and Abdul-Aziz Seidu
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:182
  15. Implementation of quality improvement (QI) practices varies considerably among public health units (PHUs) in Ontario. With the emphasis on continuous quality improvement (CQI) in the revised Ontario Public Hea...

    Authors: Madelyn P. Law, Alex Berry, Nicole Clarke, Graham Hay, Caitlin Muhl, Kelly Pilato, Danielle Hunter and Anna Larson
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:181
  16. Co-infection between hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis delta virus (HDV) causes the severest chronic hepatitis and is associated with a high risk of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The Global...

    Authors: Tomoyuki Hayashi, Yumie Takeshita, Yvan J.-F. Hutin, Hande Harmanci, Philippa Easterbrook, Sarah Hess, Judith van Holten, Ena Oghenekaro Oru, Shuichi Kaneko, Cihan Yurdaydin and Marc Bulterys
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:180
  17. Since 2013, China launched descending resources reform, which is a new attempt to correct unbalanced allocation of health resources through human capital spillovers and brand implantation from high-level hospi...

    Authors: Zesheng SUN, Shuhong WANG, Hongjun ZHAO, Xu ZHOU, Ludan ZHANG and Jiongping SHI
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:179
  18. This study examined how socio-demographic characteristics constructs derived from the health promotion model (HPM) influence the level of physical activity (PA) women in Bojnourd, North East of Iran.

    Authors: Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany, Mohammad Vahedian Shahroodi, Zahra Hosseini Khaboshan, Arezoo Orooji, Habibollah Esmaeily, Alireza Jafari and Mohammad Tajfard
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:178
  19. Ghana malaria control programme recommends the uptake of five doses of sulfadoxine pyrimethamine (SP) during pregnancy following the review of the World Health Organization recommendations in 2012. The uptake ...

    Authors: Francis Anto, Christabel Ayepah, Elizabeth Awini and Langbong Bimi
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:177
  20. Smokeless tobacco is a part of social and cultural life in Sudan. The affordability and availability of this kind of tobacco make it a fundamental issue in adolescents. The aim of this study is to investigate ...

    Authors: Mohammed Othman, Nik Daliana Nik Farid, Nasrin Aghamohammadi and Mahmoud Danaee
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:176
  21. Oral health is an important part of public health and crucial to health promotion and enhancing the quality of life. This research examined childhood oral self-care behavior and their related factors using ext...

    Authors: Iraj Zareban, Mahmood Karimy, Marzieh Araban and Daniel Delaney
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:175
  22. Reducing childhood stunting continues to be a priority in Indonesia. In 2015, the National Nutrition Communication Campaign (NNCC) implemented mass media and interpersonal communication (IPC) interventions to ...

    Authors: Leiema Hunt, Abigail Norton, Chantel Daines, Evie Friedbaum, Danica Topham, Ryan Moffat, Scott Torres, Mary Linehan, Hafiza Jusril, Cougar Hall, Benjamin Crookston and Josh West
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:174
  23. The current crisis in Syria has led to unprecedented displacement, with neighbouring Lebanon now hosting more than 1.5 million conflict-affected migrants from Syria. In many situations of displacement, adolesc...

    Authors: Colleen M. Davison, Hayley Watt, Saja Michael and Susan A. Bartels
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:173
  24. In collaboration with building developers, the Housing for Health team is contributing to the design of community-based congregate living facilities to support healthy living in older adults. There may also be...

    Authors: Jodie A. Stearns, Hui Ren, John C. Spence, Hayford Avedzi and Karen K. Lee
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:172
  25. Maternity continuum of care is the continuity of maternal healthcare services that a woman uses, which includes antenatal care (ANC 4+), skilled birth attendant (SBA), and postnatal care (PNC) within 48 h of d...

    Authors: Anguach Shitie and Zelalem Nigussie Azene
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:171
  26. Through the health extension package, Ethiopia had practiced infant and young child feeding. However, infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practice has been poor. Hence, in this study, the knowledge, attitude...

    Authors: Dawit Getachew Assefa, Tigist Tekle Woldesenbet, Wondowsen Molla, Eden Dagnachew Zeleke and Timsel Girma Simie
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:170
  27. Childhood undernourishment is a major public health problem globally, and being responsible for higher mortalities in children and enormous health costs in sub-Saharan Africa. However, scarcity of data on the ...

    Authors: Bekele Megersa, Abebe Haile and Uriel Kitron
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:169
  28. The use of machine learning techniques is increasing in healthcare which allows to estimate and predict health outcomes from large administrative data sets more efficiently. The main objective of this study wa...

    Authors: Romana Haneef, Sofiane Kab, Rok Hrzic, Sonsoles Fuentes, Sandrine Fosse-Edorh, Emmanuel Cosson and Anne Gallay
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:168
  29. The epidemiology of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the general population in east Africa is not well documented. In this meta-analysis, we examined 37 full published research articles to synthesise up-to-date data...

    Authors: Hussein Mukasa Kafeero, Dorothy Ndagire, Ponsiano Ocama, Ali Kudamba, Abdul Walusansa and Hakim Sendagire
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:167
  30. Coxsackie virus group A type 16 (CoxA16) is the main pathogen and usually an alternative to or joins in prevalence with enterovirus 71 (EV71) causing hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). The objective of this ...

    Authors: Peng Li, Yan Chen, An Tang, Fan Gao and Jian-Bo Yan
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:166
  31. In recent decades, the proportion of older adults in the population has continued to rise, and with it, the need for intervention programs to maintain cognitive functions into old age. Multiple lifestyle facto...

    Authors: Barbara Studer-Luethi, Maria Brasser, Simon Lusti and Rahel Schaerli
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:165
  32. Using publicly available data on the number of new hospitalisations we use a newly developed statistical model to produce a phase portrait to monitor the epidemic allowing for assessing whether or not interven...

    Authors: Christel Faes, Niel Hens and Marius Gilbert
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:164
  33. Since the Millennium Development Goal era, there have been several efforts to increase institutional births using demand side financing. Since 2005, Government of Nepal has implemented Maternity Incentive Sche...

    Authors: Ashish KC, Mats Målqvist, Amit Bhandari, Rejina Gurung, Omkar Basnet and Avinash K Sunny
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:163
  34. Justification of intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the critical factors that account for the high prevalence of IPV among women. In this study, we examined the association between exposure to interpare...

    Authors: Richard Gyan Aboagye, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare, Prince Peprah, Isaac Yeboah Addo and Bright Opoku Ahinkorah
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:162
  35. Postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptive is important to prevent unintended and closed spaced pregnancy following the first 12 months of childbirth. Few data were available on postpartum long-acting rev...

    Authors: Yibeltal Mesfin and Abraham Wallelign
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:161
  36. Despite an increasing use and positive effects of peer support interventions, little is known about how the outcomes are produced. Thus, it is essential not only to measure outcomes, but also to identify the m...

    Authors: Stine Dandanell Garn, Charlotte Glümer, Sarah Fredsted Villadsen, Gritt Marie Hviid Malling and Ulla Christensen
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:160
  37. We have shown that Ethiopian primary healthcare providers refer only half of the severely sick children who, according to guidelines, should get an urgent referral. Frequently parents of referred ill children ...

    Authors: Habtamu Beyene, Dejene Hailu, Henok Tadele, Lars Åke Persson and Della Berhanu
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:159
  38. Caesarean section is a life-saving comprehensive obstetric procedure of women and newborn performed during childbirth-related complications and should be universally accessible for all pregnant mothers globall...

    Authors: Ayenew Mose and Haimanot Abebe
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:158
  39. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become a priority public health issue. The aim of this study was to examine whether socio-economic inequalities exist in chronic disease management among Chinese adults, a...

    Authors: Jing Guo, Jiasen Li, Kehui Huang, Ning Huang and Xing Lin Feng
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:157
  40. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) remains a global public health problem. South Africa is estimated to have the highest recorded prevalence of FASD. However, no study has systematically evaluated the avai...

    Authors: Babatope O. Adebiyi and Ferdinand C. Mukumbang
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:156
  41. Interventions to reach women who do not participate regularly in screening may reduce the risk of cervical cancer. Self-collection of a vaginal specimen has been shown to increase participation. The relative c...

    Authors: Hélène De Pauw, Gilbert Donders, Steven Weyers, Philippe De Sutter, Jean Doyen, Wiebren A. A. Tjalma, Davy Vanden Broeck, Eliana Peeters, Severien Van Keer, Alex Vorsters and Marc Arbyn
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:155
  42. Many adulthood illnesses are rooted in childhood, especially in the “first thousand days of life”. Despite parents’ role in children’s development, no study has examined parental awareness concerning this peri...

    Authors: Fatemeh Bagheri, Nouzar Nakhaee, Yones Jahani and Reza Khajouei
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:154
  43. Information regarding the impact of substance use on the timing of entry into HIV care is lacking. Better understanding of this relationship can help guide approaches and policies to improve HIV testing and li...

    Authors: Canada Parrish, Bridget M. Whitney, Robin M. Nance, Nancy Puttkammer, Paul Fishman, Katerina Christopoulos, Julia Fleming, Sonya Heath, William Christopher Mathews, Geetanjali Chander, Richard D. Moore, Sonia Napravnik, Allison Webel, Joseph Delaney, Heidi M. Crane and Mari M. Kitahata
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:153
  44. Authors: Chilot Desta Agegnehu, Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale, Adugnaw Zeleke Alem, Yigizie Yeshaw, Sewnet Adem Kebede and Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:152

    The original article was published in Archives of Public Health 2021 79:143

  45. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a global public health agenda with high level of pandemicity. There is no effective treatment, but prevention strategies can alter the pandemic. However, the effectiveness of ...

    Authors: Tadele Girum, Kifle Lentiro, Mulugeta Geremew, Biru Migora, Sisay Shewamare and Mulugeta Shegaze Shimbre
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:150
  46. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Agenda calls for targeted attention to the needs and rights of the most vulnerable populations to ensure a life of dignity and human security for all. In this paper,...

    Authors: Alarcos Cieza, Kaloyan Kamenov, Ola Abu Al Ghaib, Alessandra Aresu, Somnath Chatterji, Facundo Chavez, Jarrod Clyne, Nathalie Drew, Michelle Funk, Andrea Guzman, Eleonora Guzzi, Chapal Khasnabis, Bente Mikkelsen, Ren Minghui, Gopal Mitra, Priyanka Narahari…
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2021 79:148

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