Young Adults’ Use of Mobile Food Delivery Apps and the Potential Impacts on Diet During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mixed Methods Study by Xiang Cong Tham, Clare Whitton, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Nicholas Alexander Petrunoff

“…This study highlights the need for public health policies that make healthy food options more affordable and accessible. …”
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The Association Between Air Pollutants and Daily Outpatient Visits for Allergic Rhinitis: A Time-Series Analysis Based on Distribution Lag Nonlinear Model in Chongqing, China by Yang D, Yan Y, Pu K

“…The cumulative effect of NO2 was lesser than PM2.5.Conclusion: Air pollutants were associated with the daily outpatient visits for AR, which may have considerable implications for developing tailored health policies and services to prevent AR in Chongqing and even all over the world.Keywords: allergic rhinitis, air pollution, time-series analysis, generalized additive model, distributed lag nonlinear model…”
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Haemochromatosis patients' research priorities: Towards an improved quality of life by Lídia Romero‐Cortadellas, Veronica Venturi, Juan Carlos Martín‐Sánchez, Ketil Toska, Dianne Prince, Barbara Butzeck, Graça Porto, Nils Thorm Milman, HI/EFAPH Survey Committee, Mayka Sánchez

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Approximating the influence of external factors on the technical efficiency score of hospital care: evidence from the federal states of Germany by Iveta Vrabková, Sabrina Lee

“…Abstract Background A good health care system and, especially, the provision of efficient hospital care are the goals of national and regional health policies. However, the scope of general hospital care in the 16 federal states in Germany varies considerably from region to region. …”
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Urban-Rural Differences in the Trends of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Among Adults Who Received Medical Treatment from Public Hospitals in Resource-Poor Community Tigray, Ethiopia by Gebremedhin G, Enqueselassie F, Deyessa N, Yifter H

“…These findings highlight health-care professionals and policymakers to design effective public health policies to treat each type of disease.Keywords: urban, rural, trend, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes…”
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Integrating research: the case of aging in a health research institute by Itziar Vergara, Ander Matheu, Julio Arrizabalaga

“…Health research needs to be considered when defining health policies, when building health systems and when setting health professionals’ daily agenda. …”
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From the most to the least flexible nutritional profile: Classification of foods marketed in Brazil according to the Brazilian and Mexican models by Luiza Andrade Tomaz, Crislei Gonçalves Pereira, Luiza Vargas Mascarenhas Braga, Sarah Morais Senna Prates, Alessandro Rangel Carolino Sales Silva, Ana Paula da Costa Soares, Natália Cristina de Faria, Lucilene Rezende Anastácio

“…The Nutrient Profile Model (NPM) that regulates FoPNL, and other health policies, must be carefully defined to ensure that foods are properly classified according to their healthiness.…”
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Phenotypic and molecular characterization of blaCTX-M-3 and blaCTX-M-55-producing monophasic Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in Greece by Efthymia Protonotariou, Georgios Meletis, Theofilos Papadopoulos, Georgia Kagkalou, Areti Tychala, Marie Anne Chattaway, Georgia Mandilara, Satheesh Nair, Lemonia Skoura

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Individual and community-level factors associated with iron-rich food consumption among children aged 6–23 months in Rwanda: A multilevel analysis of Rwanda Demographic and Health... by Habitu Birhan Eshetu, Mengistie Diress, Daniel Gashaneh Belay, Mohammed Abdu Seid, Dagmawi Chilot, Deresse Sinamaw, Wudneh Simegn, Abiyu Abadi Tareke, Abdulwase Mohammed Seid, Amare Agmas Andualem, Desalegn Anmut Bitew, Yibeltal Yismaw Gela, Anteneh Ayelign Kibret

“…The region-based intervention will improve the consumption of iron-rich food. In addition, health policies and programs should target educating mothers/caregivers, encouraging parents to live together, improving their wealth status, working on mass media access by the women, and encouraging mothers post-natal checkups to improve iron-rich food consumption.…”
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Health Survey of Elderly Residents in Rural Areas of Ashtian City: Markazi Province, 2015 by Hossein Hatami, Babak Eshrati, Effat Kalateh

“…Thus, special attention should be paid to the vulnerable groups in terms of the health policies dedicated for their welfare.…”
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An epidemiological investigation of iron deficiency in indian women diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy by Chérubin, S

“…The results have important implications for public health policies targeting ID in pregnant and postpartum women in India, and can also inform future research and clinical guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of PPCM in this population.…”

Healthcare utilisation in people with long COVID: an OpenSAFELY cohort study by Lin, L, Henderson, AD, Carlile, O, Dillingham, I, Butler-Cole, BFC, Marks, M, Briggs, A, Jit, M, Tomlinson, LA, Bates, C, Parry, J, Bacon, SCJ, Goldacre, B, Mehrkar, A, MacKenna, B, Eggo, RM, Herrett, E

“…Conclusions: Long COVID increases healthcare utilisation and costs. Public health policies should allocate more resources towards preventing, treating, and supporting individuals with long COVID.…”

Healthcare facilities as potential reservoirs of antimicrobial resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: an emerging concern to public health in Bangladesh by Mahmud, ZH, Uddin, SZ, Moniruzzaman, M, Ali, S, Hossain, M, Islam, MT, Costa, DTD, Islam, MR, Islam, MS, Hassan, MZ, Ong, L-A, Moore, CE, Charles, KJ, Mondal, D, Lopes, BS, Parveen, S

“…Our findings can help in improving patient care and infection control, and the development of public health policies related to hospital-acquired infections.…”

Implementing an open source electronic health record system in Kenyan health care facilities: Case study by Muinga, N, Magare, S, Monda, J, Kamau, O, Houston, S, Fraser, H, Powell, J, English, M, Paton, C

“…</p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>We conducted a landscape review of existing literature concerning eHealth policies and EHR development in Kenya. Following initial discussions with the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization, and implementing partners, we conducted a series of visits to implementing sites to conduct semistructured individual interviews and group discussions with stakeholders to produce a historical case study of the implementation.…”

Secondhand smoke exposure at home and respiratory symptoms among primary school children in Kota Bharu, Kelantan by Sharina D., Zulkrfli A., Naing, Nyi Nyi

“…In view of the significant health risks posed to children by secondhand smoke, public health policies are needed to protect this vulnerable population. …”
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Economic valuation of integrated pest management among rice farmers of Muda Agricultural Development Authority, Malaysia by Mohd Amir, Hairuddin

“…The results of this study can contribute to a better targeting of health policies and design of IPM programmes aiming to reduce negative effects of excessive pesticide use.…”
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Investing in Operational Research Capacity Building for Front-Line Health Workers Strengthens Countries’ Resilience to Tackling the COVID-19 Pandemic by Rony Zachariah, Selma Dar Berger, Pruthu Thekkur, Mohammed Khogali, Karapet Davtyan, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Francis Moses, Garry Aslanyan, Abraham Aseffa, Anthony D. Harries, John C. Reeder

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It’s Not Just About Baby Teeth: Preventing Early Childhood Caries by Jennifer D. Zwicker, Carolyn Dudley, J.C. Herbert Emery

“…To reduce the costs and developmental consequences associated with severe ECC and improve well-being, oral health policies focused on disease prevention and health promotion are still necessary. …”
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The Roles of General Health and COVID-19 Proximity in Contact Tracing App Usage: Cross-sectional Survey Study by Dirk Witteveen, Pablo de Pedraza

“…ConclusionsCurrent public health policies aim to promote the use of smartphone-based contact tracing apps during the off-peak periods of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Cor/raça no Estudo Pró-Saúde: resultados comparativos de dois métodos de autoclassificação no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Ethnicity/race in the Pró-Saúde Study: comparative results of t... by Marcos Chor Maio, Simone Monteiro, Dóra Chor, Eduardo Faerstein, Claudia S. Lopes

“…The use of ethnic/racial categories in health studies can both reveal information on health inequalities in Brazil and also contribute to the formulation of public health policies adequately informed by the specificities of Brazilian society.…”
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