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The influence of patient self-efficacy on value co-creation behavior and outcomes in chronic disease management: a cross-sectional study

Jiamin Tang, Jie Jia, Yuan Gao, Weixiao Yu et al. • BMC Public Health (2025)

Abstract Background In the medical field, value co-creation involves patients’ active involvement. By collaborating with service providers, patients can contribute to the creation of more targeted and effective value. Patients’ self-efficac...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-22917-8

Identifying cleaning products associated with short-term work-related respiratory symptoms: A workforce-based study in domestic cleaners

Katrien De Troeyer, Jeroen De Man, Eline Vandebroek, Jeroen A Vanoirbeek et al. • Environment International (2022)

Domestic cleaners have an increased risk of asthma-like and other respiratory symptoms and conditions. Uncertainty exists about which products are most hazardous. We aimed to investigate, among professional domestic cleaners, the associatio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107170

Trends in adult cardiovascular disease risk factors and their socio-economic patterning in the Scottish population 1995–2008: cross-sectional surveys

Simon Capewell, Alastair H Leyland, Linsay Gray, Carolyn Davies et al. • BMJ Open (2011)

Objectives To examine secular and socio-economic changes in cardiovascular disease risk factor prevalences in the Scottish population. This could contribute to a better understanding of why the decline in coronary heart disease mortality in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000176

Correlations between oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) initiations and policies that enable the use of PrEP to address HIV globally.

Janki Tailor, Jessica Rodrigues, John Meade, Kate Segal et al. • PLOS Global Public Health (2022)

Policies facilitating access to HIV prevention services, specifically for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), can foster enabling environments for service uptake. This analysis aims to establish whether policies enabling broad PrEP eligibility...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001202

Investigating the factors affecting the disclosure of intellectual capital in companies listed on the Tehran stock exchange

A. Gilani, M. Geraily Safari • Marketing i Menedžment Innovacij (2017)

The aim of the article. This research studies the effective factor of disclosing intellectual capital of firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange. The results of the analysis. Intellectual capital is one of the most valuable assets of the or...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21272/mmi.2017.1-25

Innovative Industrial Development of the Oil and Gas Region Based on Effective Budgetary Policy and Tax Administration Strategies

I. L. Beilin • Финансы: теория и практика (2026)

Highly profitable oil and gas companies are key taxpayers in the federal and regional budgets. The purpose of this study is to develop a flowchart of priority conditions and prospective results for the innovative development of oil and gas ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.26794/2587-5671-2026-30-1-6-20

Associations of Eating Identities With Self-Reported Dietary Behaviors and Body Mass Index

Patrycja Sleboda, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Wändi Bruine de Bruin et al. • Frontiers in Nutrition (2022)

Objective:To inform dietary interventions, it is important to understand antecedents of recommended (henceforth: healthy) dietary behaviors, beyond dietary beliefs and self-efficacy. We used the validated “Eating Identity Type Inventory” to...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.894557

The world is coming to an end! COVID-19, depression, and anxiety among adolescents in Malawi

Chilungamo Mmanga, Yamikani Ndasauka, Jimmy Kainja, Fiskani Kondowe et al. • Frontiers in Psychiatry (2023)

IntroductionThis paper assessed the effects of Covid-19 on adolescent mental health in Malawi. There is minimal research on adolescent mental health in Africa, Malawi in particular. The study shows a link between the pandemic and mental hea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1024793

The Effect of the Expressive Art therapy Package with a Unity-Oriented Approach on Subjective Well-being of Middle-Aged Women

Parisa Darouei, Afsaneh Nazeri, Ali Zadeh Mohammadi, Mahdi Motia • پژوهشنامه روانشناسی مثبت (2025)

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of expressive art therapy package (based on visualizing memories with a unity-oriented approach) on the subjective well-being of middle-aged women. It was a quantitative, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22108/ppls.2026.131333.2222

Emancipative Islamic theology and Hifz Al-Din: Muslim youth resistance against shamanism

Hasnah Nasution, Muhammad S.A. Nasution, Wulan Dayu, Hasan Matsum et al. • HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies (2023)

The resistance of Muslims to shamanism began when lies of the shamans were exposed on social media. Many shamans practise fraud under the guise of religion. Magical objects such as luminous daggers or stones that emit smoke, used by shamans...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4102/hts.v79i1.8338

Determinants and socioeconomic inequalities in vitamin A-rich food consumption among children aged 6–23 months in Somalia: a multilevel analysis of the 2020 Somalia Health and Demographic Survey (SHDS)

Asma Mahamoud Abdillahi, Abdirizak Hassan Abokor, Omer Adam Farih, Mustafe Abdillahi Ali et al. • Frontiers in Nutrition (2026)

IntroductionVitamin A deficiency (VAD) remains a public health concern, particularly among children in resource-limited settings. This study aimed to evaluate the consumption of vitamin A-rich foods and associated socioeconomic inequalities...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2026.1809278

What types of tobacco control public service advertisements work for Chinese adolescents? A mixed-methods study

Yu Chen<sup>*+</sup>, Haoyi Liu<sup>*+</sup>, Shiyu Liu<sup>*+</sup>, Yujiang Cai et al. • Tobacco Induced Diseases (2025)

Introduction Adolescent tobacco use has become a serious global public health problem, and effective tobacco control public service advertisements (PSAs) are crucial for reducing adolescent smoking rates. The study aims to employ a mixedmet...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.18332/tid/211650

Household food security, food hygiene practices and their interaction on self-reported health among pregnant women in the Bono region of Ghana: a population-based cluster survey

Dominic Doglikuu Be-Ikuu, Prudence Portia Mwini Nyaledzigbor, Alice Ayawine, Ebenezer Jones Amoah • BMC Public Health (2025)

Abstract Background Food security and food hygiene practices can negatively influence health. Poor food hygiene and food insecurity risk poor health. Studies have investigated the direct associations of food security and food hygiene practi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-25398-x

Spatio-temporal analysis of childhood vaccine uptake in Nigeria: a hierarchical Bayesian Zero-inflated Poisson approach

Temitayo Victor Lawal, Kehinde Adebola Atoloye, Ayo Stephen Adebowale, Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe • BMC Pediatrics (2023)

Abstract Background Globally, child mortality and morbidity remain a serious health challenge and infectious diseases are the leading causes. The use of count models together with spatial analysis of the number of doses of childhood vaccine...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12887-023-04300-x

Patient-Reported Continued Benefits in Patients Treated with Pexidartinib for Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor Based on a Real-World Study in the United States

Margaret Wooddell PhD, MBA, Dong Dai PhD, Feng Lin PhD, Irene Pan MS et al. • Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics (2024)

Category: Other Introduction/Purpose: Tenosynovial giant cell tumors (TGCT) are neoplastic, inflammatory lesions that arise within the synovium and can be locally aggressive. Patients with TGCT frequently experience pain and joint swelling,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/2473011424S00422

Prevalence and determinants of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Endalamaw Tesfa, Endalkachew Nibret, Solomon Tebeje Gizaw, Yohannes Zenebe et al. • PLoS ONE (2020)

Introduction Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy is the second commonest causes of maternal death globally. Different public health studies were conducted on hypertensive disorder of pregnancy which presented inconsistent result. Therefore, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ)

Enhancing clinician participation in quality improvement training: implementation and impact of an evidence-based initiative to maximise antenatal clinician participation in training regarding women’s alcohol consumption during pregnancy

J. Dray, M. Licata, E. Doherty, B. Tully et al. • BMC Health Services Research (2022)

Abstract Background There are significant challenges in ensuring sufficient clinician participation in quality improvement training. Clinician capability has been identified as a barrier to the delivery of evidence-based care. Clinician tra...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07717-9

Implementation of non-pharmacological recommendations and its associated factors among hypertensive patients on follow-up in hospitals of South Omo and Gofa zones, Southern Ethiopia: A facility based cross sectional study.

Tesfaye Kanko, Zelalem Kofole, Yohannes Simon, Lankamo Ena et al. • PLOS Global Public Health (2026)

Hypertension is a major public health issue and inadequately controlled in a large proportion of patients globally. It can be adequately managed both pharmacologically and non-pharmacologically. This study aimed to assess the implementation...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006604