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Impact of COVID-19 health precautions on asymptomatic Streptococcus pyogenes carriage in palestinian children: a pre- and post-pandemic study

Ibrahim Amer Ghannam, Rana Mahmoud Maraqa, Duha Shokri Qawasmeh, Rania Khalil Alsous et al. • BMC Infectious Diseases (2024)

Abstract Background Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus, GAS) is a significant pathogen that causes diverse infections, ranging from pharyngitis to severe invasive diseases. Asymptomatic carriage in children is pivotal for transmi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-10023-w

Experiences of Caring for Adolescents Living with HIV (ALHIV): A Qualitative Interview with Caregivers

Kasande M, Natwijuka A, Katushabe E Snr, Otwine Tweheyo A Snr • HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care (2022)

Meble Kasande, Andrew Natwijuka, Eve Katushabe Snr, Anne Tweheyo Otwine Snr Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Bishop Stuart University, Mbarara, UgandaCorrespondence: Meble Kasande, Bishop Stuart University, Faculty of Nursing and Hea...

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Awareness of COVID 19 pandemic among dental practioners of Telangana state, India: A cross sectional survey

Alekhya Kanaparthi, Divya Dukkireddy, Hema Gopalaiah, Sathya Prakash Reddy Kesary et al. • Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research (2020)

Background: Coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) is a public health emergency of international concern. The dental professionals are considered to be at high risk, as most of the treatments may lead to the spread of infection due to direct proxi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2020.08.001

How nurses address psychosocial needs in patients with advanced heart or lung failure: a qualitative interview study

Janneke van Oirschot, Esmee D. Noijons, Hanneke Merten, Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen et al. • BMC Nursing (2026)

Abstract Background Patients with advanced heart failure or lung failure often experience significant changes in psychosocial needs, which may affect their quality of life, emotional wellbeing, and daily functioning. Although nurses are wel...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12912-026-04537-8

Social Marketing for Public Health

Diana Chapman Walsh, Rima E. Rudd, Barbara A. Moeykens, Thomas W. Moloney • Health Affairs (1993)

Prologue: At a time when the Clinton administration is promoting fundamental reform of the U.S. health care system, far less attention is being paid to perhaps the most important challenge any country faces when it seeks to improve the heal...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.12.2.104

Physical Education's Role in Public Health

James F. Sallis, Thomas L. McKenzie, Michael W. Beets, Aaron E. Beighle et al. • Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (2012)

The 1991 paper, "Physical education's role in public health" described the importance of physical education in addressing public health problems. On its 20th anniversary, this article reviews accomplishments in improving the health impact o...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2012.10599842 PMC: 6036633

Evidence-Based Public Health: A Fundamental Concept for Public Health Practice

Ross C. Brownson, Jonathan E. Fielding, Christopher Maylahn • Annual Review of Public Health (2009)

Despite the many accomplishments of public health, a greater attention to evidence-based approaches is warranted. This article reviews the concepts of evidence-based public health (EBPH), on which formal discourse originated about a decade ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.031308.100134

Risk Communication and Public Health

(2010)

Abstract Controversies about risks to public health regularly hit the news, whether about food safety, environmental issues, medical interventions, or ‘lifestyle’ risks such as drinking. To those trying to manage or regulate risks, public r...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562848.001.0001

Transportation and Public Health

Todd Alexander Litman • Annual Review of Public Health (2013)

This article investigates various ways that transportation policy and planning decisions affect public health and better ways to incorporate public health objectives into transport planning. Conventional planning tends to consider some publ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031912-114502

Understanding Nigeria’s antibiotic resistance crisis among neonates and its future implications

Victor Oluwatomiwa Ajekiigbe, Ikponmwosa Jude Ogieuhi, Temiloluwa Adebayo Odeniyi, Praise Oluwatobi Ogunleke et al. • Discover Public Health (2025)

Abstract A well-documented mounting public health crisis is the antibiotic crisis, which is most significantly felt in low-resource countries like Nigeria. This article sheds light on the rising level of antibiotic resistance in newborns in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12982-025-00422-y

Covid-19 Vaccine Acceptance Among Parents: Are They Willing to Vaccinate Their Children?

Ali GÜNGÖR, Aytaç GÖKTUĞ, Betül ÖZTÜRK, Muhammed Mustafa GÜNEYLİOĞLU et al. • Ahi Evran Medical Journal (2023)

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the willingness of parents to allow their children to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and the factors affecting the decision. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted as a prospective, cro...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.46332/aemj.1124018

Identification of wild-caught phlebotomine sand flies from Crete and Cyprus using DNA barcoding

Emmanouil Dokianakis, Nikolaos Tsirigotakis, Vasiliki Christodoulou, Nikos Poulakakis et al. • Parasites & Vectors (2018)

Abstract Background Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) are vectors of Leishmania spp., protozoan parasites responsible for a group of neglected diseases called leishmaniases. Two sand fly genera, Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia, co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13071-018-2676-0

A History of Public Health

George Rosen • MD Publications eBooks (1958)

Since publication in 1958, George Rosen's classic book has been regarded as the essential international history of public health. Describing the development of public health in classical Greece, imperial Rome, England, Europe, the United St...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/11322-000

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

• Journal of Environmental and Public Health (2009)

Journal of Environmental and Public Health publishes research covering all population-wide health issues. The journal serves the public health community: epidemiologists, clinicians, toxicologists, governmental agencies, policy makers, and ...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/jeph

Oxford Textbook of Public Health

Roger Detels, McEwen, James, Robert Beaglehole, and Tanaka, Heizo (2009)

Abstract The Oxford Textbook of Public Health is the ultimate resource on the subject of public health and epidemiology. With contributors drawn from across the world, offering perspectives from vastly different health systems, with ranging...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199218707.001.0001

Public Health Ethics: Mapping the Terrain

James F. Childress, Ruth Faden, Ruth D. Gaare, Lawrence O. Gostin et al. • The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics (2002)

Public health ethics, like the field of public health it addresses, traditionally has focused more on practice and particular cases than on theory, with the result that some concepts, methods, and boundaries remain largely undefined. This p...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2002.tb00384.x

Public health significance of neuroticism.

Benjamin B. Lahey • American Psychologist (2009)

The personality trait of neuroticism refers to relatively stable tendencies to respond with negative emotions to threat, frustration, or loss. Individuals in the population vary markedly on this trait, ranging from frequent and intense emot...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015309 PMC: 2792076

Electrorefining behavior of a multicomponent copper alloy derived from waste printed circuit boards

Florentina Niculescu, Ion Pencea, Mirela Stănescu, Gheorghe Iacob et al. • Chemical Engineering Journal Advances (2026)

Efficient recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is a major priority for the circular economy and sustainable resource management. This study proposes and investigates an integrated mechanical, pyrometallurgical, and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ceja.2026.101418