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https://read.qxmd.com/read/37581100/self-reported-health-among-immigrants-in-luxembourg-insights-from-a-nationally-representative-sample
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Launick Saint-Fort, Erik J Rodriquez, Eliseo J Pérez-Stable, Joël Billieux
AIM: Although immigrants account for nearly half of Luxembourg's population, few studies have investigated differences in self-reported health by nationality in Luxembourg. Our study aimed to explore the association between nationality and self-reported health in Luxembourg. SUBJECT AND METHODS: Cross-sectional data from the 2015-2016 Panel Socio-Economique Liewen zu Lëtzebuerg (PSELL3) were used. Nationalities included Luxembourger, Portuguese, French, Italian, Belgian and German...
July 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37576468/the-relationship-between-life-satisfaction-personal-health-quality-of-life-and-medication-adherence-among-adolescents-living-with-hiv-in-southwestern-uganda
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William Byansi, Proscovia Nabunya, Joelynn Muwanga, Abel Mwebembezi, Christopher Damulira, Barbara Mukasa, Lily Zmachinski, Jennifer Nattabi, Rachel Brathwaite, Flavia Namuwonge, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Torsten B Neilands, Claude A Mellins, Fred M Ssewamala
PURPOSE: Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) are at high risk for adherence to antiretroviral (ART) treatment and poor health-seeking behaviors, both of which potentially compromise their quality of and satisfaction with life. This study, therefore, seeks to examine the relationship between physical health, pediatric quality of life, life satisfaction, and medication adherence among ALHIV in southwestern Uganda. METHODS: Baseline data from the Suubi+Adherence study, 2012-2018, that recruited 702 adolescents, aged 10-16 years, living with HIV in Uganda were analyzed...
July 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361310/levelling-up-for-health-in-towns-development-of-a-new-deprivation-index-the-stronger-towns-index-and-its-association-with-self-rated-health-and-migration-in-england-between-2001-and-2011
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Oliver Duke-Williams, Jemima Stockton, Nicola Shelton
AIM: To develop the 'Stronger Towns Index': a deprivation index that took into account characteristics of areas encompassing towns that may be eligible for redevelopment funding and explore how this index was associated with self-rated health and migration within England between 2001 and 2011. SUBJECT AND METHODS: All members of the ONS Longitudinal Study in England aged 16 and over in 2001 whose records included a self-rated health response and a valid local authority code...
June 8, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361294/social-networks-and-health-behaviors-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-qualitative-study-among-older-adults-in-the-netherlands
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Lisanne C J Steijvers, Floor Leeferink, Stephanie Brinkhues, Christian J P A Hoebe, Nicole H T M Dukers-Muijrers
AIM: Social networks, all social relationships that people have, may influence people's health behavior and well-being, which was evaluated in this qualitative study in older adults. Furthermore, we evaluated people's needs for strengthening social networks. SUBJECT AND METHODS: For this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted between May and July 2021 among 24 adults aged 60 years and older. RESULTS: Respondents provided information on social network structure (number and types of relations) and function (social support)...
June 8, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361280/racial-disparities-in-lifestyle-habits-and-dietary-patterns-in-university-students-during-the-covid-19-pandemic
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Ana Cláudia Morito Neves, Luiz Antônio Alves de Menezes Junior, Raquel Canuto, Thaís Calcagno Vidon Bruno, Mariana Carvalho de Menezes, Raquel de Deus Mendonça, Adriana Lúcia Meireles, Júlia Cristina Cardoso Carraro
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate lifestyle habits and dietary patterns among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with skin color. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 1315 undergraduate students from a public higher education institution. Sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle habits, and food consumption were collected. Factor analysis was used to identify dietary patterns and multivariate logistic regression was conducted to estimate the associations between race/skin color and outcomes...
June 8, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361262/quality-changes-in-workplace-health-promotion-over-time-an-extended-validation-of-quality-criteria-from-a-longitudinal-perspective
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gert Lang, Paulino Jiménez
AIM: The quality of workplace health promotion (WHP) is essential for the successful deployment of financial and human resources. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the measurement quality of a WHP instrument with 15 quality criteria over time. In addition, it examines whether the quality of WHP in the enterprises concerned changed over time and whether typical developments can be identified. Finally, the role of company parameters such as size and implementation phase are analysed in relation to how WHP develops over time...
June 6, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361318/-i-just-wanted-money-for-food-a-qualitative-study-of-the-experiences-of-australians-during-the-covid-19-pandemic
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Heidi Green, Catherine MacPhail, Ritin Fernandez
AIM: The social and economic impacts that have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic can disproportionally affect those already experiencing poverty or at risk of poverty. Therefore, this study sought to explore the relationship between well-being and social determinants of health among Australian adults during the pandemic. SUBJECT AND METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 20 participants, aged 21-65 years, from various socioeconomic areas. RESULTS: Three main themes emerged from the analysis of the data: food security; housing outcomes; and psychological and emotional impact...
June 5, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361284/effects-of-horticultural-therapy-on-health-in-the-elderly-a-review-and-meta-analysis
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REVIEW
Jiayue Yun, Wenfei Yao, Tian Meng, Zhiyue Mu
AIM: Given the current aging population, the demand on medical facilities, facilities for elderly care, and even their high prevalence, it is crucial to investigate the advantages of older people. The purpose of our study was to systematically review the existing literature on the health effects of horticultural therapy as a treatment option for the elderly. SUBJECT AND METHODS: Article searches were conducted through five databases: Web of science, Science Direct, PubMed, EBSCO, and Google Scholar, according to the standard method of systematic evaluation and meta-analysis...
June 5, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37621988/development-and-implementation-of-a-process-evaluation-for-intervention-quality-improvement-of-a-community-based-behavioral-hiv-intervention-trial-in-tanzania
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Peter Balvanz, Basant Singh, Gema Mwikoko, Thespina J Yamanis, Mrema N Kilonzo, Donaldson F Conserve, Marta I Mulawa, Deus Kajuna, Lusajo J Kajula, Suzanne Maman
AIM: Process evaluations for social and behavioral interventions are increasingly important as interventions become more complex and multi-faceted. Conducting process evaluations in low-resource international settings can be challenging. Process evaluations in low-resource international settings can help inform and improve quality of ongoing intervention implementation. We conducted a process evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy of a microfinance and health leadership program on sexually transmitted infections and intimate partner violence perpetration among young men in Tanzania...
June 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361316/caring-for-community-members-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-results-of-a-statewide-survey
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tess Jewell, Kate H Gillespie, Nicholas B Schmuhl, Sharon Gilbert, Bria Grant, Lakeeta Watts, Deborah B Ehrenthal
AIM: Community health workers (CHWs) and home visitors (HVs) are members of the public health workforce who are uniquely poised to support vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we assess the experiences of CHWs and HVs in Wisconsin during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic to learn about their experiences related to mitigation strategies and vaccination efforts. SUBJECT AND METHODS: Working closely with community partners, we recruited CHWs and HVs via email to complete an online survey between June 24 and August 10, 2021...
June 1, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361314/homelessness-and-health-related-outcomes-in-the-republic-of-ireland-a-systematic-review-meta-analysis-and-evidence-map
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REVIEW
Carolyn Ingram, Conor Buggy, Darin Elabbasy, Carla Perrotta
AIM: To map existing research on homelessness and health in the Republic of Ireland, and to synthesize the evidence on housing-related disparities in health. METHODS: Peer-reviewed articles and conference abstracts published in English between 2012-2022 were retrieved from 11 bibliographic databases if they contained empirical data on homelessness and health in Ireland, and - in a subsequent screening stage - at least one measure of health disparity between the homeless and general populations...
June 1, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361291/psychosocial-factors-associated-with-the-intention-to-get-a-covid-19-booster-vaccine-evidence-from-a-low-income-country
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Dayanne Orellana, Andrea Mercado, Eric Roth
AIM: To identify psychosocial predictors of the intention to get a booster COVID-19 vaccine in a low-income country, given that increasing booster vaccination rates against COVID-19 remains a global challenge, especially among low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). SUBJECT AND METHODS: We used an online survey to collect responses from a non-probabilistic sample of 720 Bolivians regarding vaccine uptake, motives, perceived confidence, information sources, attitudes favouring COVID-19 vaccines, biosafety behaviour, and sociodemographic characteristics...
May 29, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361298/a-step-by-step-researcher-s-guide-to-the-use-of-an-ai-based-transformer-in-epidemiology-an-exploratory-analysis-of-chatgpt-using-the-strobe-checklist-for-observational-studies
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Francesco Sanmarchi, Andrea Bucci, Andrea Giovanni Nuzzolese, Gherardo Carullo, Fabrizio Toscano, Nicola Nante, Davide Golinelli
OBJECTIVE: This study aims at investigating how AI-based transformers can support researchers in designing and conducting an epidemiological study. To accomplish this, we used ChatGPT to reformulate the STROBE recommendations into a list of questions to be answered by the transformer itself. We then qualitatively evaluated the coherence and relevance of the transformer's outputs. STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive study. METHODS: We first chose a study to be used as a basis for the simulation...
May 26, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361309/the-correlations-between-food-security-diet-quality-and-weight-change-among-working-women-of-reproductive-age-during-the-endemic-phase-of-covid-19
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Wiksa Virijo Vicheet, Seok Tyug Tan
AIM: This cross-sectional study aims to investigate the correlations between food security, diet quality and weight change among working women during the endemic phase of COVID-19 in the Klang Valley of Malaysia. METHODS: Working women aged 18-49 years were required to self-report their socio-demographics and pre-pandemic body weight (body weight during February 2020). Body height and current body weight were measured using a SECA stadiometer and TANITA weighing scale...
May 25, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361278/the-economics-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-economic-evaluation-of-government-mitigation-and-suppression-policies-health-system-innovations-and-models-of-care
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REVIEW
Kathryn Margaret Antioch
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the scope of health economics literature, which will increasingly examine value beyond health care interventions such as government policy and broad health system innovations. AIM: The study analyzes economic evaluations and methodologies evaluating government policies suppressing or mitigating transmission and reducing COVID-19, broad health system innovations, and models of care. This can facilitate future economic evaluations and assist government and public health policy decisions during pandemics...
May 24, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361312/stress-and-excessive-alcohol-consumption-among-insured-and-uninsured-adults-during-the-covid-19-pandemic
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Han-Yun Tseng, Sunghyun Chung, Lakshmi Ananda, Linda Kim, Molly Gutilla
AIM: This study examined the relationships between stress, excessive drinking, including binge and heavy drinking, and health insurance status among a regionally representative sample of adults living in Northern Larimer County, Colorado, during the COVID-19 pandemic. SUBJECT AND METHODS: Data from 551 adults aged 18 to 64 years (62.98% aged 45 to 65 years; 73.22% female; 92.98% non-Hispanic White) were used. The sample was weighted by age and binary sex. A series of logistic regressions were applied to examine bivariate associations among stress, drinking, and health insurance status, with and without accounting for the effects of sociodemographic and health-related covariates...
May 22, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361302/impact-on-online-research-on-celebrities-uncommon-diseases-the-curious-case-of-justin-bieber-and-ramsay-hunt-syndrome
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Omar Enzo Santangelo, Vincenza Gianfredi, Sandro Provenzano
AIM: We investigated how to use Internet user searches to gauge the impact of a celebrity illness on global public interest. METHODS: The study design is cross-sectional. Data on Internet searches were obtained from Google Trends (GT) for the period between 2017-2022 using the search words "Ramsay Hunt syndrome" (RHS), "Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 2," "Herpes zoster," and "Justin Bieber." The frequency of specific page views for "Ramsay Hunt syndrome," "Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 1," Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 2," Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 3," "Herpes zoster," and "Justin Bieber" were collected via a Wikipedia analysis tool that shows the number of times a specific page is viewed...
May 22, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361274/measuring-the-missing-knowledge-risk-perceptions-and-self-protection-practices-of-covid-19-among-the-asian-population-in-new-zealand-an-online-survey
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Liangni Sally Liu, Xiaoyun Jia, Andrew Zhu, Guanyu Jason Ran, David Johnston, Richard Siegert, Yuan Gong, Nigel French, Jun Lu
AIM: Asians are the second largest and fastest growing non-European population in New Zealand but are under-researched in terms of their COVID-19 pandemic response. The paper aims to illustrates Asians' risk perceptions and knowledge of COVID-19, and self-protection practices to avoid infection and prevent community transmission. SUBJECT AND METHODS: An online survey was used to collect data and received 402 valid responses. Data analyses included: 1) a descriptive analysis by using Chi -square tests and a Kruskal-Wallis rank sum tests to explore associations between responses and the four demographic variables (i...
May 18, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361306/examining-the-care-of-noncommunicable-diseases-at-the-first-level-of-providing-services-during-the-covid-19-pandemic
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Javad Barzegari, Pouran Raeissi, Nahid Reisi, Masoud Hashemi, Aidin AryanKhesal
AIM: Providing services for patients with noncommunicable diseases is one of the main responsibilities of health systems. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the care of these patients faced problems. This study investigates the ways of providing optimal care to patients during pandemics like COVID-19. SUBJECT AND METHODS: This study was conducted in 2021 in Tehran province using an analytical cross-sectional method. Six hundred participants were selected for the study...
May 17, 2023: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37361287/hospital-admission-and-mortality-rates-for-non-covid-diseases-among-residents-of-the-long-term-care-facilities-before-and-during-the-pandemic-a-cohort-study-in-two-italian-regions
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sara Mazzilli, Giuditta Scardina, Francesca Collini, Silvia Forni, Giulio Gianolio, Lucia Bisceglia, Pier Luigi Lopalco, Antonio Chieti, Graziano Onder, Nicola Vanacore, Guglielmo Bonaccorsi, Fabrizio Gemmi, Lara Tavoschi
AIM: Long-term-care facility residents are a vulnerable population who experienced reduced healthcare access during the pandemic. This study aimed to assess the indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of hospitalisation and mortality rates, among this population in two Italian Regions, Tuscany and Apulia, during 2020 in comparison with the pre-pandemic period. SUBJECT AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study on people residing in long-term-care facilities from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2020 (baseline period: 1 January 2018-8 March 2020; pandemic period: and 9 March-31 December 2020)...
May 16, 2023: Journal of Public Health
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