Social media use among the population after the COVID-19 pandemic by Magdalena Mazur, Klaudia Kister, Jakub Laskowski, Anna Szabrańska, Paulina Bronst, Julia Czechowska, Lidia Rosa, Monika Zach-Źródlak, Aleksandra Małolepsza, Natalia Rektor

“…The survey was conducted in the Swietokrzyskie and Mazowieckie provinces from April 2023 to June 2023. 330 results were collected. …”
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Access to Care for Mental Health Problems in Afghanistan: A National Challenge by Viviane Kovess-Masfety, Elie Karam, Katherine Keyes, Ajmal Sabawoon, Bashir Ahmad Sarwari

“…Methods  Trans-sectional probability survey in general population by multistage sampling in 16 provinces, nationally representative: N = 4445 (15 years or older), participation rate of 81%. …”
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Effects of Social Media Use for Health Information on COVID-19–Related Risk Perceptions and Mental Health During Pregnancy: Web-Based Survey by Qian Wang, Luyao Xie, Bo Song, Jiangli Di, Linhong Wang, Phoenix Kit-Han Mo

“…MethodsA total of 4580 pregnant women were recruited from various provinces of China. The participants completed a cross-sectional, web-based survey in March 2020. …”
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Using Delphi method to develop Chinese women’s cervical cancer screening intention scale based on planned behavior theory by Tingting Xin, Xian Ding, Han Gao, Chunting Li, Yuting Jiang, Xiao Chen

“…A survey of 16 experts from 6 different provinces, cities and regions in China was conducted, and the Delphi technique was used to collect and analyze expert opinions data. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a digital, app-based intervention for depression (VMood) in community-based settings in Vietnam: Protocol for a stepped-wedge... by Leena W Chau, Jill K Murphy, Vu Cong Nguyen, Hui Xie, Raymond W Lam, Harry Minas, Yufei Zheng, Emanuel Krebs, Kanna Hayashi, Son Dao, Xuan Nguyen, Viet Anh Duong, Eugene Fiume, John O'Neil

“…A stepped-wedge, randomized controlled trial will be conducted across eight provinces in Vietnam. Adults aged 18 years and over will be recruited through community-based primary care centres and screened for depression using the embedded Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (primary outcome measure). …”
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A Qualitative Assessment of Community Acceptability and Use of a Locally Developed Children’s Book to Increase Shared Reading and Parent-Child Interactions in Rural Zambia by Jeanette L. Kaiser, Thandiwe Ngoma, Peter C. Rockers, Günther Fink, Allison Juntunen, Davidson H. Hamer, Ben Chirwa, Nancy A. Scott

“…Objectives: We qualitatively assessed community acceptability and use of the book distributed to households with young children in two provinces of Zambia. Methods: We conducted 15 focus group discussions (FGDs) with women (n=117) who received the “Zambian folktales adapted stories for young children” book. …”
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Laying the Foundation for Policy: Measuring Local Prevalence for Autism Spectrum Disorder by Katelyn Lowe, Carolyn Dudley, Daniel J. Dutton, Jennifer D. Zwicker, Carly McMorris, J.C. Herbert Emery, David B. Nicholas, Margaret Clarke

“… Claims have been made that families with children living with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have been migrating to Alberta because of higher funding available for ASD supports compared to other provinces. The legitimacy of these claims, along with many others about the adequacy or inadequacy of funding for supporting persons living with ASD, has not been evaluated because we simply don’t know how many people in Alberta are living with ASD. …”
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Willingness-to-pay in physical activity: how much older adults value the community-wide initiatives programs? by Sittichat Somta, Marc Völker, Dyah Anantalia Widyastari, Sirinapa Mysook, Narakorn Wongsingha, Danusorn Potharin, Piyawat Katewongsa

“…This study investigated local residents’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) for community PA programs in Southern Thailand.MethodsThe contingent valuation method (CVM) using the payment card approach was employed to elicit the WTP of 472 residents aged 45 years and over in selected provinces in which community PA programs had been implemented. …”
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Psychosocial risk factors of tobacco use in Turkey: From a nationally representative data set from 2008 by İbrahim Yakın, Aslı Çarkoğlu

“…Methods A survey aimed to investigate subjective well-being, perception of health and religiosity was administered to 3002 people (mean age: 39.6 ± 14.87 years) from 26 provinces in Turkey. Half of the participants were female (50%), the majority of the sample had a middle-income (64%), and nearly all were Muslim (95.4%). …”
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Insight into Population Structure and Evolutionary Analysis of the Emerging Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus by Ali Çelik, Sevgi Coşkan, Ali Ferhan Morca, Adyatma Irawan Santosa, Davoud Koolivand

“…A total of 112 symptomatic tomatoes (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L.) and 83 symptomatic pepper (<i>Capsicum</i> spp.) samples were collected in Ankara, Eskişehir, Bartın, and Zonguldak provinces of Turkey during 2020–2021. Six tomatoes and one pepper sample (3.6%) tested positive for tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV, genus <i>Tobamovirus</i>) infection by DAS-ELISA and RT-PCR. …”
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Developing an Emergency Medicine assessment tool for medical interns within the South African context – A Modified Delphi Study by Laurryn Ah Yui, Luan Taljaard, Sian Geraty, Roshen Maharaj

“…Results: A total of 35 panellists consented to participate, representing 6 provinces. The majority were Emergency Medicine specialists. …”
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Elevated congenital heart disease birth prevalence rates found in Central Vietnam and dioxin TCDD residuals from the use of 2, 4, 5-T herbicides (Agent Orange) in the Da Nang regio... by Hoang Thi Nam Giang, Tran Thanh Hai, Hoang Nguyen, Thanh K. Vuong, Lois Wright Morton, Casey B. Culbertson

“…Congenital heart disease (CHD) birth prevalence rate in Da Nang City and two adjacent provinces in Central Vietnam reported by Giang et al. in 2019 was 20.09/1000 births, much higher than any CHD birth rates previously reported. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Survey of Iraqi Herbalist Practicing in the Middle Euphrates Area with a Recognition of their Knowledge, Practice and Attitude(Conference Paper )# by Suhad Humadi, Saif M. Hassan, Salam W. Ahjel

“…A total of 54 male herbalists from five Iraqi provinces joined this survey, the majority practicing in Kabala. …”
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Pivoting injury prevention efforts during a pandemic: results of an international survey by Tanya Charyk Stewart, Purnima Unni, Holly Renee Hanson, Jason Gilliland, Andrew Clark, Douglas D. Fraser

“…Results Sixty-two responses were received from pediatric (44%), adult (11%), and combined (31%) TC, from 22 American states, 5 Canadian provinces and Australia. The majority (91%) of programs targeted age groups from birth to 15 years old. …”
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Impact of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia on low birthweight and small‐for‐gestational‐age infants in China: A large prospective cohort study by Yingying Liu, Nan Li, Hang An, Zhiwen Li, Le Zhang, Hongtian Li, Yali Zhang, Rongwei Ye

“…We selected participants who were registered in two southern provinces, had exact information on gestational blood pressure and pregnancy outcomes, and were not affected by chronic hypertension. …”
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The data we have: Pregnancy and birth related data collection in Australia, Canada, Europe and the USA- A web-based survey of practice by Kathleen Lamont, NW Scott, S Bhattacharya

“…Conclusion This study demonstrates that it is possible to link pregnancies in the same woman to assess the risk of recurrent stillbirth using routinely collected perinatal data in all states/territories in Australia, 7/8 responding provinces/territories in Canada, 21/27 responding countries/regions in Europe, New Zealand and 26/28 responding states in the USA. …”
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Why is China’s wind power generation not living up to its potential? by Joern Huenteler, Tian Tang, Gabriel Chan, Laura Diaz Anadon

“…Yet, despite siting most wind farms in the wind-rich Northern and Western provinces, electricity generation from Chinese wind farms has not reached the performance benchmarks of the United States and many other advanced economies. …”
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Parish Priesthood of the Don Host Region: Features of the Formation of the Social Status and Its Change Between the Mid 17th and the Early 20th Century by Alla V. Shadrina

“…By the middle of the 17th century, being part of the Don Host, the local priests had acquired a status that made them really different from priests of other provinces of the Russian Empire, for they only reported to the army authorities and were considered to be part of the Cossack community, without having any signs of making an independent estate. …”
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Does Farmland Scale Management Promote Rural Collective Action? An Empirical Study of Canal Irrigation Systems in China by Liangzhen Zang, Yahua Wang, Yiqing Su

“…This paper adopts the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework in the context of a land system with Chinese characteristics, and uses sample data of 3663 rural households in 17 provinces to study the impact of farmland scale and various relevant systems on farming households’ participation in rural collective action. …”
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Prevalence of asthma and its symptoms in Sri Lankan adults by K. D. Gunasekera, W. A. D. L. Amarasiri, U. C. M. Undugodage, H. K. M. S. Silva, A. Sadikeen, W. Gunasinghe, A. Fernando, B. P. R. Perera, A. R. Wickremasinghe

“…Methods A cross-sectional study using a translated version of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey screening questionnaire on subjects $$\ge$$ ≥ 18 years from 7 provinces in Sri Lanka was conducted. The asthma was defined as “wheezing in the past 12 months (current wheeze)”, self-reported asthma attack in the past 12 months or on current asthma medication use. …”
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