Search Results - "International journal of public health"

Gender differences in suicidal behavior in adolescents and young adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies by Miranda-Mendizabal, Andrea, Castellví, Pere, Parés-Badell, Oleguer, Alayo, Itxaso, Almenara, José, Alonso, Iciar, Blasco, Maria Jesús, Cebrià, Annabel, Gabilondo, Andrea, Gili, Margalida, Lagares, Carolina, Piqueras, José Antonio, Rodríguez-Jiménez, Tiscar, Rodríguez-Marín, Jesús, Roca, Miquel, Soto-Sanz, Victoria, Vilagut, Gemma, Alonso, Jordi

“…Objectives To assess the association between gender and suicide attempt/death and identify gender-specific risk/protective factors in adolescents/young adults…”
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Predictive symptoms and comorbidities for severe COVID-19 and intensive care unit admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jain, Vageesh, Yuan, Jin-Min

“…Objectives COVID-19 has a varied clinical presentation. Elderly patients with comorbidities are more vulnerable to severe disease. This study identifies…”
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Health effects of ultrafine particles: a systematic literature review update of epidemiological evidence by Ohlwein, Simone, Kappeler, Ron, Kutlar Joss, Meltem, Künzli, Nino, Hoffmann, Barbara

“…Objectives Due to their small size, ultrafine particles (UFP) are believed to exert higher toxicity than larger particles. As numerous studies on health…”
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The COVID-19 pandemic calls for spatial distancing and social closeness: not for social distancing by Abel, Thomas, McQueen, David

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Knowledge, attitudes, risk perceptions, and practices of adults toward COVID-19: a population and field-based study from Iran by Honarvar, Behnam, Lankarani, Kamran B., Kharmandar, Ali, Shaygani, Fatemeh, Zahedroozgar, Mohammadhassan, Rahmanian Haghighi, Mohammad Reza, Ghahramani, Sulmaz, Honarvar, Hossein, Daryabadi, Mohammad Mehdi, Salavati, Zahra, Hashemi, Seyed Mohammad, Joulaei, Hassan, Zare, Marziyeh

“…Objectives To determine peoples’ knowledge, attitudes, risk perceptions, and practices to provide policymakers pieces of field-based evidence and help them in…”
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The reliability of a two-item scale: Pearson, Cronbach, or Spearman-Brown? by Eisinga, Rob, Grotenhuis, Manfred te, Pelzer, Ben

“…To obtain reliable measures researchers prefer multiple-item questionnaires rather than single-item tests. Multiple-item questionnaires may be costly however…”
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WHO Air Quality Guidelines 2021-Aiming for Healthier Air for all: A Joint Statement by Medical, Public Health, Scientific Societies and Patient Representative Organisations by Hoffmann, Barbara, Boogaard, Hanna, de Nazelle, Audrey, Andersen, Zorana J, Abramson, Michael, Brauer, Michael, Brunekreef, Bert, Forastiere, Francesco, Huang, Wei, Kan, Haidong, Kaufman, Joel D, Katsouyanni, Klea, Krzyzanowski, Michal, Kuenzli, Nino, Laden, Francine, Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark, Mustapha, Adetoun, Powell, Pippa, Rice, Mary, Roca-Barceló, Aina, Roscoe, Charlotte J, Soares, Agnes, Straif, Kurt, Thurston, George

“…The most important message of the updated WHO AQG is that each reduction in the outdoor concentrations of key air pollutants brings health benefits to the…”
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Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy in the Context of COVID-19: The Role of Trust and Confidence in a Seventeen-Country Survey by Rozek, Laura S., Jones, Pauline, Menon, Anil, Hicken, Allen, Apsley, Samantha, King, Elizabeth J.

“…Objectives: An effective vaccine to SARS-CoV-2 cannot be successfully deployed if a significant number of people worldwide are unwilling to accept it. We…”
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The current prevalence of child sexual abuse worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Barth, J., Bermetz, L., Heim, E., Trelle, S., Tonia, T.

“…Objectives Systematic reviews on prevalence estimates of child sexual abuse (CSA) worldwide included studies with adult participants referring on a period of…”
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When a COVID-19 vaccine is ready, will we all be ready for it? by Fadda, Marta, Albanese, Emiliano, Suggs, L. Suzanne

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Sexual and physical abuse in childhood is associated with depression and anxiety over the life course: systematic review and meta-analysis by Lindert, Jutta, von Ehrenstein, Ondine S., Grashow, Rachel, Gal, Gilad, Braehler, Elmar, Weisskopf, Marc G.

“…Objectives To determine whether depression and anxiety in adulthood are associated with abuse exposure in childhood. Methods A search of PUBMED, EMBASE and…”
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Unexpected public health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey examining anti-Asian attitudes in the USA by Dhanani, Lindsay Y., Franz, Berkeley

“…Objectives This paper empirically examines whether and how COVID-19 may be activating bias and discrimination toward individuals of Asian descent. Methods In…”
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Bullying victimization: time trends and the overlap between traditional and cyberbullying across countries in Europe and North America by Cosma, Alina, Walsh, Sophie D., Chester, Kayleigh L., Callaghan, Mary, Molcho, Michal, Craig, Wendy, Pickett, William

“…Objectives This study explores recent cross-national trends over time (2002–2014) in the occurrence of victimization by bullying; then it documents the overlap…”
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The psychosocial impact of flu influenza pandemics on healthcare workers and lessons learnt for the COVID-19 emergency: a rapid review by Barello, Serena, Falcó-Pegueroles, Anna, Rosa, Debora, Tolotti, Angela, Graffigna, Guendalina, Bonetti, Loris

“…Objectives During a pandemic, healthcare workers (HCWs) are essential to the health system response. Based on our knowledge, little information is available…”
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Parental barriers to active transport to school: a systematic review by Aranda-Balboa, M. J., Huertas-Delgado, F. J., Herrador-Colmenero, M., Cardon, G., Chillón, P.

“…Objectives We aimed to systematically review parental barriers towards children and adolescents’ active transport to school (ATS) in the scientific literature…”
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Quantifying the health impacts of ambient air pollutants: recommendations of a WHO/Europe project by Héroux, Marie-Eve, Anderson, H. Ross, Atkinson, Richard, Brunekreef, Bert, Cohen, Aaron, Forastiere, Francesco, Hurley, Fintan, Katsouyanni, Klea, Krewski, Daniel, Krzyzanowski, Michal, Künzli, Nino, Mills, Inga, Querol, Xavier, Ostro, Bart, Walton, Heather

“…Objective Quantitative estimates of air pollution health impacts have become an increasingly critical input to policy decisions. The WHO project “Health risks…”
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Corona Immunitas: study protocol of a nationwide program of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and seroepidemiologic studies in Switzerland by West, Erin A., Anker, Daniela, Amati, Rebecca, Richard, Aude, Wisniak, Ania, Butty, Audrey, Albanese, Emiliano, Bochud, Murielle, Chiolero, Arnaud, Crivelli, Luca, Cullati, Stéphane, d’Acremont, Valérie, Epure, Adina Mihaela, Fehr, Jan, Flahault, Antoine, Fornerod, Luc, Frank, Irène, Frei, Anja, Michel, Gisela, Gonseth, Semira, Guessous, Idris, Imboden, Medea, Kahlert, Christian R., Kaufmann, Laurent, Kohler, Philipp, Mösli, Nicolai, Paris, Daniel, Probst-Hensch, Nicole, Rodondi, Nicolas, Stringhini, Silvia, Vermes, Thomas, Vollrath, Fabian, Puhan, Milo A.

“…Objectives Seroprevalence studies to assess the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the general population and subgroups are key for evaluating mitigation and…”
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COVID-19: How do you self-isolate in a refugee camp? by Raju, Emmanuel, Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja

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Where do people die? An international comparison of the percentage of deaths occurring in hospital and residential aged care settings in 45 populations, using published and available statistics by Broad, Joanna B., Gott, Merryn, Kim, Hongsoo, Boyd, Michal, Chen, He, Connolly, Martin J.

“…Objective Place of death, specifically the percentage who die in hospital or residential aged care, is largely unreported. This paper presents a cross-national…”
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Burden of Disease Methods: A Guide to Calculate COVID-19 Disability-Adjusted Life Years by Wyper, Grant M. A., Assunção, Ricardo M. A., Colzani, Edoardo, Grant, Ian, Haagsma, Juanita A., Lagerweij, Giske, Von der Lippe, Elena, McDonald, Scott A., Pires, Sara M., Porst, Michael, Speybroeck, Niko, Devleesschauwer, Brecht

“…Methodology The impact of COVID-19 on health occurs through two main pathways: directly, as an infectious disease; and indirectly, as a risk factor, for…”
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