{"title":"Attachment in Old Age: A Fundamental Pillar for Public Health and Wellbeing.","authors":"Carol Rodway, Rosario Spencer","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1607770","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1607770","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"70 ","pages":"1607770"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12133602/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144225429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ángela Narbona-Gálvez, Juan Gómez-Salgado, Carlos Ruiz-Frutos, Diego Ayuso-Murillo, Guadalupe Fontán-Vinagre, Javier Fagundo-Rivera, Rocío Palomo-Gómez, Azahara Ruger-Navarrete, Regina Allande-Cussó
{"title":"Psychosocial Risks in Spanish Nursing: Relationship With Stability and Working Conditions.","authors":"Ángela Narbona-Gálvez, Juan Gómez-Salgado, Carlos Ruiz-Frutos, Diego Ayuso-Murillo, Guadalupe Fontán-Vinagre, Javier Fagundo-Rivera, Rocío Palomo-Gómez, Azahara Ruger-Navarrete, Regina Allande-Cussó","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608330","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608330","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Psychosocial risks significantly affect the physical and mental health of workers, especially in the healthcare sector. This study assesses psychosocial risks in a sample of Spanish nurses by applying the ISTAS_ENFERMERÍA questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 2,765 nurses working in Spain. Sociodemographic, occupational, and psychosocial variables were assessed using the ISTAS_ENFERMERÍA questionnaire. Data were collected through a digital form distributed through social networks and professional channels.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant differences were found in ISTAS_ENFERMERÍA scores according to socio-demographic and employment variables. Younger age and job instability were associated with higher levels of stress, while stable contracts were correlated with lower perceived risks.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study highlights the relationship between psychosocial risks and socio-demographic and occupational factors. Youth and job instability are linked to higher levels of stress, while job stability reduces these risks. Interventions to improve working conditions and support younger professionals are recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"70 ","pages":"1608330"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12130903/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144215785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond the Physical: The Mental Health Toll of Delayed Blood Work in Global Health Disparities.","authors":"Haewon Byeon","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608382","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608382","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"70 ","pages":"1608382"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12127181/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144208456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giovanni Spitale, Federico Germani, Nikola Biller-Andorno
{"title":"Introducing Preference Epidemiology: Improving Patient-Centered Approaches in Health Decision-Making.","authors":"Giovanni Spitale, Federico Germani, Nikola Biller-Andorno","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608617","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608617","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"70 ","pages":"1608617"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12119375/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144181066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hongbin Fan, Zhongliang Zhou, Guanping Liu, Chi Shen, Qi Zhang
{"title":"Politics in Public Health: Growing Partisan Divides in COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes and Uptake Post-2021 Presidential Inauguration.","authors":"Hongbin Fan, Zhongliang Zhou, Guanping Liu, Chi Shen, Qi Zhang","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608162","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608162","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate whether the 2021 U.S. presidential inauguration contributed to a widening of partisan divides in COVID-19 vaccine attitudes and uptake.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We leverage the presidential inauguration as a natural experiment and analyze data from the Household Pulse Survey and CDC vaccination records. Using a difference-in-differences framework with continuous treatment, we examine how the transition differentially affected state-level vaccine refusal rates and county-level vaccination rates, based on varying levels of partisanship as measured by the Trump-Biden vote gap.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Following Biden's inauguration, vaccine refusal declined more in pro-Biden states. Distrust in government and vaccines accounted for approximately 80% of the interstate variation. County-level analysis revealed that for every 1 percentage point increase in Trump's vote share over Biden's, counties experienced an additional 0.515%-2.674% decline in vaccination rates among adults aged 65+. These effects were more pronounced in politically loyal and high-turnout counties.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The presidential transition appears to have widened partisan divides regrading COVID-19 vaccines. These findings highlight the need for depoliticized health messaging and bipartisan strategies to mitigate the influence of partisanship on public health.</p>","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"70 ","pages":"1608162"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12116312/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144173107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mario Fordellone, Paola Schiattarella, Giovanni Nicolao, Simona Signoriello, Paolo Chiodini
{"title":"Decision Rules in Frequentist and Bayesian Hypothesis Testing: P-Value and Bayes Factor.","authors":"Mario Fordellone, Paola Schiattarella, Giovanni Nicolao, Simona Signoriello, Paolo Chiodini","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608258","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608258","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"70 ","pages":"1608258"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12123088/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144199058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nino Künzli, Christopher Woodrow, Luca Crivelli, Kasia Czabanowska, Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Sarah Mantwill, Sunghea Park, Milo Puhan, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, L Suzanne Suggs
{"title":"Conspiracies in Academia? Stand Up Against Defamations of Open Access Journals!","authors":"Nino Künzli, Christopher Woodrow, Luca Crivelli, Kasia Czabanowska, Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Sarah Mantwill, Sunghea Park, Milo Puhan, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, L Suzanne Suggs","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608614","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608614","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"70 ","pages":"1608614"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12106012/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144158865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Online Personas: Associations Between Focus on Self-Presentation and Social Comparison on Social Media and Mental Well-Being in Early Adolescence.","authors":"Rachana Aryal, Gunnhild Johnsen Hjetland, Ellen Haug, Oddrun Samdal, Jens Christoffer Skogen","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2025.1608425","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The development of identity and social interactions during adolescence is increasingly intertwined with social media use. This study examines the relationship between focus on self-presentation on social media and wellbeing among Norwegian adolescents aged 13-15.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from the 2022 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey, encompassing 1,982 participants. Wellbeing was assessed using the WHO-5 Wellbeing Index, while self-presentation focus was measured using the Self-Presentation and Upward Social Comparison Inclination Scale (SPAUSCIS). Statistical models for estimating unadjusted and adjusted associations were employed, as well as testing for age- and gender-moderation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Higher focus on self-presentation was associated with lower wellbeing (unadjusted: β -5.1, p < 0.001; fully adjusted: β -2.5, p < 0.001). The association was stronger for girls (unadjusted: β -4.6, p < 0.001) than boys (unadjusted: β -2.0, p < 0.001). Gender-moderation was significant (p = 0.012), but no age-moderation was observed (p = 0.057).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings indicate a negative association between focus on self-presentation and wellbeing, with a more pronounced effect observed in girls compared to boys. The study underscores the need for public health interventions targeting the reduction of self-presentation and social comparison behaviors on social media.</p>","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"70 ","pages":"1608425"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12074912/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Translational Research and Implementation of Solutions for Aging: A Call to Action.","authors":"Alan Hipólito Juárez Solano","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1607768","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1607768","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"70 ","pages":"1607768"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12069069/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144004437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Burnout Among Health Professionals Working in Intensive Care Units of Southern Ethiopia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Seyoum Hailu, Mesfin Gurmu, Gose Husen, Adamu Tesfaye, Birhanu Muleta, Henok Yeshitila, Belayneh Bekele","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2025.1608337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2025.1608337","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of burnout among health professionals working in intensive care units.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>After receiving ethical clearance from the institutional review board of Dilla University College of Health Sciences with protocol unique number <i>duirb/033/23-05</i>, a multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted. Binary and multivariate logistic regressions were used to assess the relationship between burnout syndrome as dependent and various personal job factors as independent factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall prevalence of BOS among HCPs working in the selected university hospitals of southern Ethiopia is 38.1%. Health professionals who worked at night duty were 4.15 times more likely to be in a state of burnout as compared to those who were on day duty shift [AOR = 4.15, 95%CI (1.27-13.58)].</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Burnout is a great public health concern. Age, marital status, workload, working the night shift, fear of patient death, less quipped setup, and absence of extra-time duty payment were among the predictive variables.</p>","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"70 ","pages":"1608337"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12066267/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144018427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}