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Navigating public health research in UK secondary schools: key challenges and opportunities identified by researchers

Laila Khawaja, Sarah Muir, Sarah Jenner, Sarah Shaw et al. • BMC Research Notes (2026)

Abstract Objective Conducting health research with adolescents involves navigating complex challenges at both organisational and individual levels. As part of evaluating the EACH-B (Engaging Adolescents with Changing Behaviour) intervention...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13104-026-07642-8

Feasibility and priority strategies for diabetes prevention and control in Chinese demonstration areas

Jing Li, Jing Yang, Jiayu Feng, Xiaohui Xu et al. • Global Health Action (2025)

Background Diabetes is a leading global public health challenge with 537 million cases worldwide in 2021 and significant economic and societal burdens. Despite global initiatives, feasibility constraints limit widespread implementation of d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2025.2543605

Ethics and Public Policy

Jonathan Wolff • Routledge eBooks (2019)

Ethics and Public Policy: A Philosophical Inquiry, second edition subjects important and controversial areas of public policy to philosophical scrutiny. Jonathan Wolff, a renowned philosopher and veteran of many public committees, introduce...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351128667

Handbook of Public Policy Analysis

• Public administration and public policy (2006)

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES The Policy Sciences at the Cross-Roads Promoting the Policy Orientation: Lasswell in Context Public Policy, Social Science and the State: An Historical Perspective POLICY PROCESSES Theories of the Policy Cycle Agenda...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420017007

A Web-Based Tool for Quantification of Potential Gains in Life Expectancy by Preventing Cause-Specific Mortality

Aruna Chandran, Churong Xu, Jonathan Gross, Kathryn M. Leifheit et al. • Frontiers in Public Health (2021)

Introduction: Local health departments are currently limited in their ability to use life expectancy (LE) as a benchmark for improving community health. In collaboration with the Baltimore City Health Department, our aim was to develop a we...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.663825

Global disparities in access to hepatitis C medicines before and during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: an ARIMA-based interrupted time series analysis

Nick Bansback, Mina Tadrous, Marie Paul Nisingizwe, Michael R Law et al. • BMJ Public Health (2025)

Background The introduction of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has allowed countries to reduce the health and economic burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, access to DAAs remains expensive and limited in many countries globally due t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001340

How can we promote gender and sex equality in orthopaedics and traumatology surgery? Research avenues perspectives

Agathe Yvinou, Romain Alain • Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research (2025)

Abstract Gender and sex disparities persist in orthopaedic and traumatology surgery, making it one of the least diverse medical specialties worldwide. Despite growing women representation in medical education, women continue to be significa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13018-025-06170-8

Transportation Patterns of Adults With Travel-Limiting Disabilities in Rural and Urban America

Andrew Myers, Catherine Ipsen, Krys Standley • Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences (2022)

IntroductionLack of transportation is a significant barrier to community participation for many disabled adults. Living in a rural area introduces additional transportation barriers, such as having to travel long distances to access service...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2022.877555

Lessons Learned from Developing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to Support Citizen Scientists in Africa

Fiona Preston-Whyte, Toshka Barnardo, Danica Marlin, Tanna Hewett et al. • Southern African Journal of Environmental Education (2025)

Data gaps limit solutions and policy development for environmental issues. Citizen science offers a possible solution to reduce data gaps at a limited cost while enhancing environmental education (EE). While highly effective in the latter, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4314/sajee.v41SI1.04

Institutional and Social Issues Surrounding Genetic Counselors in Japan: Current Challenges and Implications for the Global Community

Yayoi Aizawa, Atsushi Watanabe, Atsushi Watanabe, Kazuto Kato • Frontiers in Genetics (2021)

In recent years, genetic counseling has started playing a major role in the field of genomic medicine. There are currently about 7,000 genetic counselors in more than 28 countries, with 267 certified genetic counselors in Japan alone (about...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.646177

Commercial interests in health policy dialogues: a qualitative content analysis of NEDLAC’s engagement with South Africa’s Health Promotion Levy

Darshen Naidoo, Nosiphiwo Nzimande, Susan Goldstein, Sameera Mahomedy • Globalization and Health (2026)

Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are rising rapidly in South Africa, prompting the introduction of the Health Promotion Levy (HPL) in 2018 to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. However, the levy remains...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12992-026-01234-8

Tourism and Public Policy

John Michael Jenkins, C. Michael Hall, Muchazondida Mkono • Wiley eBooks (2014)

This chapter summarizes important aspects of tourism public policy research. It focuses on research approaches and methodologies, and considers the limitations of policy analysis. Debates and discussions concerning shifts in focus, for exam...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118474648.ch43

Public Policy and Program Evaluation

Evert Vedung • Routledge eBooks (2017)

Evaluation is a controversial and little-understood strategy of public governance, control, and decision making. As early as classical antiquity, scholars were summoned to court to counsel kings. Public policy and program evaluation is a re...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315127767

Public Finance and Public Policy

Arye L. Hillman • Cambridge University Press eBooks (2009)

The second edition of Public Finance and Public Policy retains the first edition's themes of investigation of responsibilities and limitations of government. The present edition has been rewritten and restructured. Public choice and politic...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316479780

The relationship between severity of hemorrhoid symptoms and quality of life in Postpartum Women with Grade I and II Internal Hemorrhoid

Jamileh Malekuti, Khadijeh Samadi, Mojgan Mirghafurvand, Fatemeh Abbasalizadeh et al. • Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān (2019)

Introduction: The hemorrhoid is referred to dilated parts of the anal canal veins, which help to control fecal excretion and is one of the most common digestive diseases. Since postpartum problems such as hemorrhoid have significant effect ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22038/ijogi.2019.12851

Editorial

Bulent Cavas • Science Education International (2026)

Dear Readers, The September 2026 issue of Science Education International presents 11 original research articles authored by scholars from 11 countries, including Germany, Slovenia and Italy, Finland and South Africa, Brazil, Chile and Arge...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.33828/sei.v37.i4.e

How the social media impact women’s psychological well-being in the patriarchal structure? The moderating effect of social capital

Liu He, Amira Firdaus, Jiankun Gong, Nasrullah Dharejo et al. • BMC Public Health (2024)

Abstract Background Despite technological, political and economic progress, Pakistan is still a traditionally patriarchal society, and cultural norms curb women’s freedom of socialization, which contributes to poor mental health. The digita...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18013-y

A Systematic Review of Deep Learning Approaches for Information Disorder Detection on Social Media: The Context of Misinformation, Disinformation, and Mal-information

Andualem Woldegiorgis, Mohammed Abebe, Durga Prasad Sharma, Worku Jimma • International Journal of Emerging Research in Engineering, Science, and Management (2026)

Social media platforms have become powerful tools for communication, information exchange, networking, and community building. However, their widespread use has facilitated the proliferation of misinformation, disinformation, and mal-inform...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.58482/ijeresm.v5i2.3

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