The Impact of Obesity on the Host–Pathogen Interaction with Influenza Viruses – Novel Insights: Narrative Review by Miron VD, Drăgănescu AC, Pițigoi D, Aramă V, Streinu-Cercel A, Săndulescu O

“…Understanding the intricate interplay between obesity and viral pathogenesis is crucial for developing efficacious therapeutic approaches and public health policies, particularly in light of the escalating worldwide incidence of obesity.Keywords: influenza, obesity, severity, metabolic syndrome, inflammation…”
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A cross-sectional survey on the relationship between workplace psychological violence and empathy among Chinese nurses: the mediation role of resilience by Li Li, Xiaoli Liao, Juan Ni

“…Conclusion This study supported an inverse ralationship between psychological violence and empathy among Chinese nurses where resilience acted as a protective factor to mediated the negative impacts of psychological violences on empathy These results directed health policies and clinical interventions to equip nurses with resilience to copy with and recover from workplace psychological violence.…”
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Luck Egalitarianism, Individual Responsibility and Health by Perihan Elif Ekmekçi, Berna Arda

“…These arguments draw attention to possible ethical and practical consequences of implementation of health policies arising from Luck Egalitarian view for patients and for health care providers. …”
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What If…? Pandemic policy-decision-support to guide a cost-benefit-optimised, country-specific response. by Giorgio Mannarini, Francesco Posa, Thierry Bossy, Lucas Massemin, Javier Fernandez-Castanon, Tatjana Chavdarova, Pablo Cañas, Prakhar Gupta, Martin Jaggi, Mary-Anne Hartley

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>These results show that deep learning has the potential to guide evidence-based understanding and implementation of public health policies.…”
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Electric scooter-related orthopedic injuries: the experience of an Italian orthopedic center and literature review by Pietro Simone Randelli, Francesco Luceri, Valerio Monteleone

“…It is important to focus on injury risk mitigation through effective public health policies, thereby lowering costs to society.…”
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Time trends in the burden of stroke and subtypes attributable to PM2.5 in China from 1990 to 2019 by Huijing Chen, Zhihua Zhou, Zhenglong Li, Shanshan Liang, Jingjing Zhou, Guanyang Zou, Shangcheng Zhou

“…Chinese government should pay attention to the long-term impact of ambient air pollution on stroke and take effective public health policies and interventions.…”
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The perceptions on male circumcision as a preventive measure against HIV infection and considerations in scaling up of the services: a qualitative study among police officers in Da... by Tarimo Edith AM, Francis Joel M, Kakoko Deodatus, Munseri Patricia, Bakari Muhammad, Sandstrom Eric

“…The participants advocated for health policies that promote medical male circumcision at childhood, specifically along with the vaccination program.…”
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Enacting person-centred care: a multi-perspective study of practices in clinical encounters for people living with chronic kidney disease by Amie Cotta, Maria Kristiansen

“…Conclusions The context of clinical encounters influences the practices and experiences of person-centred care, where health policies and lack of embodiment are identified as barriers for providing and experiencing person-centred care.…”
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Secular trends and sociodemographic determinants of thinness, overweight and obesity among Chinese children and adolescents aged 7–18 years from 2010 to 2018 by Chengyue Li, Mingxuan Zhang, Alimujiang Yimiti Tarken, Yuping Cao, Qian Li, Hao Wang

“…Log-binomial regression analysis showed that among all subjects, time (years), 16–18 years were negatively associated with thinness, while 13–15 years, walking to school, large family size, and paternal age at childbirth older than 30 years old were positively associated with thinness; 10–12/13–15/16–18 years, boarding at school, medium and large family sizes, and mother's education at junior middle school/junior high school and above were negatively associated with overweight/obesity, while time (years), boys were positively associated with overweight/obesity in the multivariate model by adjusting for the statistically significant factors (all p &lt; 0.05).ConclusionChinese children and adolescents are facing a double burden of malnutrition. Future public health policies and interventions should prioritize high-risk groups specifically young age groups, boys, larger family sizes and so on.…”
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30-day in-hospital stroke case fatality and significant risk factors in sub-Saharan-Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Martin Ackah, Louise Ameyaw, Richard Appiah, David Owiredu, Hosea Boakye, Webster Donaldy, Comos Yarfi, Ulric S Abonie

“…Importantly, the identified risk factors are mostly modifiable and preventable, highlighting the need for context-driven health policies, clinical guidelines, and treatments targeting these factors.…”
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Correlations between oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) initiations and policies that enable the use of PrEP to address HIV globally by Janki Tailor, Jessica Rodrigues, John Meade, Kate Segal, Lilian Benjamin Mwakyosi

“…Stronger advocacy efforts towards approving public health policies, such as those outlined in our analysis, that enshrine and enable access to HIV prevention are necessary.…”
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Center-peripheral differences in life expectancy in Russia: a regional analysis by Alexey Shchur, Sergey Timonin

“…Despite the seemingly ‘objective’ nature of the mortality differences between the center and the periphery (the advantage of the former being due to the socio-demographic characteristics of its residents and the educational structure of the population, as well as to selective migration), the positive experience of other countries shows that effective public health policies can substantially reduce the degree of spatial inequality in mortality even if significant heterogeneity in the level of socio-economic development remains. …”
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Association of social capital with obesity among older adults in China: a cross-sectional analysis by Le Yang, Hongman Wang, Jingmin Cheng

“…Targeted obesity interventions for older adults are needed by developing public health policies for social capital optimization.…”
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An analysis of the knowledge of adults aged between 18 and 45 on HPV along with their attitudes and beliefs about HPV vaccine: the Cyprus case by Filiz Yarıcı, Betül Mammadov

“…Conclusions It has emerged that the participants do not have enough information about HPV, they do not know the ways and symptoms of protection from HPV, they do not have enough information about early diagnosis and screening, and they know very little about the HPV vaccine. Health policies should be developed to increase the awareness of individuals about HPV, to increase education and to provide free vaccines.…”
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Effectiveness comparison of inpatient vs. outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation: a systematic review by Virginie Molinier, François Alexandre, Nelly Heraud

“…The greater effectiveness of inPR for some outcomes will have to be confirmed in a well-designed RCT in order to orient public health policies in terms of the development of PR with the best evidence-based medicine approach. …”
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Impact of sociodemographic factors and screening, diagnosis, and treatment strategies on colorectal cancer mortality in Brazil: A 20-year ecological study by Ananda Quaresma Nascimento, Diego Bessa Dantas, Giovana Salomão Melo, Fabiana de Campos Gomes, João Simão de Melo Neto

“…Regional differences in sociodemographic factors and clinical procedures can serve as guidelines for adjusting public health policies.…”
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Impact of sociodemographic factors and screening, diagnosis, and treatment strategies on colorectal cancer mortality in Brazil: A 20-year ecological study. by Ananda Quaresma Nascimento, Diego Bessa Dantas, Giovana Salomão Melo, Fabiana de Campos Gomes, João Simão de Melo Neto

“…Regional differences in sociodemographic factors and clinical procedures can serve as guidelines for adjusting public health policies.…”
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A scoping review of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) people’s health in India by Venkatesan Chakrapani, Peter A. Newman, Murali Shunmugam, Shruta Rawat, Biji R. Mohan, Dicky Baruah, Suchon Tepjan

“…Increased Indian government funding for LGBTQI+ health research, including dedicated support and training for early career researchers, is crucial to building a comprehensive and sustainable evidence base to inform targeted health policies and programs moving forward.…”
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Evidence for decline in the incidence of cystic fibrosis: a 35-year observational study in Brittany, France by Scotet Virginie, Duguépéroux Ingrid, Saliou Philippe, Rault Gilles, Roussey Michel, Audrézet Marie-Pierre, Férec Claude

“…</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>This study provides an accurate picture of the evolution of the incidence of a genetic disease over a long period and highlights how it is influenced by the health policies implemented. We observed a 40% drop in incidence in our area which seems consecutive to the availability of prenatal diagnosis.…”
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Patient Safety in Primary Health Care by Mirna Macur, Suzana Šuklar

“…Background and Originality: Patient safety is a very important component of quality which is often emphasised by health care managers and policymakers; however, its integration in national health policies and organisational measures is not self-evident. …”
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