Mei Li, Yue Luo, Jian Lan Ren, Yu Zheng, Roger Watson, Yanhua Chen
{"title":"Corrigendum: Multilevel Factors Influencing the Requirement for Geriatric Nursing by Older Adults Living With HIV: A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Mei Li, Yue Luo, Jian Lan Ren, Yu Zheng, Roger Watson, Yanhua Chen","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1608051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2024.1608051","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1606820.].</p>","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"69 ","pages":"1608051"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11602286/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142750875","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}
Melodie Yunju Song, Denessia Blake-Hepburn, Monali Varia, Elizabeth Estey Noad, Nazia Peer, Barry Pakes, Shaza A Fadel, Sara Allin, Anushka Ataullahjan, Erica Di Ruggiero
{"title":"Perceived Effectiveness of Public Health Unit Partnerships With Faith-Based and Other Community-Based Organizations to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination Among Ethnoracial Communities.","authors":"Melodie Yunju Song, Denessia Blake-Hepburn, Monali Varia, Elizabeth Estey Noad, Nazia Peer, Barry Pakes, Shaza A Fadel, Sara Allin, Anushka Ataullahjan, Erica Di Ruggiero","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1607200","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1607200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The objective of this study was to explore how Ontario Public Health Units (PHUs) partnered with faith-based organizations (FBOs) and other community-based organizations (CBOs) to promote COVID-19 vaccination among ethnoracial groups made structurally vulnerable during the pandemic, and to understand how PHUs perceive the effectiveness of these partnerships with these organizations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between June to December 2022, we distributed a cross-sectional survey to 34 PHUs in Ontario to explore how PHUs were engaging and partnering with FBOs and CBOs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Responses were received from 28 of 34 (82.5%) public health units. Across Ontario, 23 (82.1%) respondent PHUs worked with FBOs during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout with activities ranging from informing FBOs of vaccine availability, to using places of worship as sites for vaccine administration and co-creating educational materials on immunization that were faith- and culturally sensitive.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>FBOs can be a valuable community partner as PHUs work to increase the reach and uptake of public health interventions. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the impact of FBO engagement on vaccine confidence and uptake among ethnoracial communities is needed to inform future community engaged vaccine programming in Ontario.</p>","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"69 ","pages":"1607200"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11626644/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142800717","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}
Saima Bashir, Shabana Kishwar, Muhammad Nasir, Shehzad Ali
{"title":"Socioeconomic Inequalities in Out-of-Pocket and Catastrophic Health Expenditures in Pakistan.","authors":"Saima Bashir, Shabana Kishwar, Muhammad Nasir, Shehzad Ali","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1607313","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1607313","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>In Pakistan, healthcare utilization is linked to out-of-pocket payments (OOP) which disproportionately affect low-income households. We investigated socioeconomic inequality in OOP and catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs), and the contribution of sociodemographic factors to these inequalities.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Socioeconomic inequalities were quantified using the concentration index (CI), and the slope (SII) and relative (RII) indices of inequality using data from three rounds of Household Integrated Economic Survey (2007-08, 2011-12, and 2018-19). Decomposition analyses were conducted using the Wagstaff and Erreygers approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>OOP payments increased from PKR 127 (2007-08) to PKR 250 (2018-19). CHEs in the most deprived quintile (Q1) changed from 8.3% (2007-08) to 13.7% (2018-19), and for the least deprived quintile (Q5) from 5.1% (2007-08) to 8.4% (2018-19). The OOP CI increased from 0.028 to 0.051, while the SII and RII increased from 0.89 to 1.32 and 1.18 to 1.36, respectively. Decomposition analysis showed that household size, composition, employment, and the province of residence explained much of the socioeconomic inequality in CHEs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Poor households experience high CHE, disproportionately impacting larger families with children and elderly members. Policymakers should implement targeted financial protection strategies to safeguard vulnerable households from the impoverishing effects of healthcare expenses.</p>","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"69 ","pages":"1607313"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11589653/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142728535","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}
Sofia Guerra-Paiva, Irene Carrillo, José Mira, Joana Fernandes, Reinhard Strametz, Eva Gil-Hernández, Paulo Sousa
{"title":"Corrigendum: Developing Core Indicators for Evaluating Second Victim Programs: An International Consensus Approach.","authors":"Sofia Guerra-Paiva, Irene Carrillo, José Mira, Joana Fernandes, Reinhard Strametz, Eva Gil-Hernández, Paulo Sousa","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1608061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2024.1608061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1607428.].</p>","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"69 ","pages":"1608061"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11580740/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142686786","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":"Relationship Between the Online Health Information Search and Vaccination Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Yunpeng Xu, Chen Pan, Peiyu Kong, Lina Shangguan","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1606850","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1606850","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>During the COVID-19 pandemic, online health information search has been shown to influence the public's health beliefs, risk attitudes, and vaccination behavior. This study constructs a conditional process model to explore how online health information search impacts public vaccination behavior, considering critical factors like healthcare system satisfaction, vaccine risk perception, and the perceived usefulness of information.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from the 2021 Chinese General Social Survey (N = 2,547) were analysed. The study utilized logistic regression, path analysis, and the Bootstrap method to test the conditional process model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Increased online health information search promotes vaccination behavior, while increased vaccine risk perception hinders vaccination behavior. Higher satisfaction with the healthcare system encourages vaccination behavior, but online health information search reduces healthcare system satisfaction. Satisfaction with the healthcare system and vaccine risk perception play a chain mediating role between online health information search and vaccination behavior. Additionally, the perceived usefulness of information has a negative moderating effect on online health information search and healthcare system satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The research findings provide new insights for health information dissemination and vaccination interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"69 ","pages":"1606850"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11579705/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142686857","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}
Dominika Granda, Olga Surała, Jadwiga Malczewska-Lenczowska, Beata Szczepańska, Anna Pastuszak, Radosław Sarnecki
{"title":"Energy Drink Consumption Among Physically Active Polish Adolescents: Gender and Age-Specific Public Health Issue.","authors":"Dominika Granda, Olga Surała, Jadwiga Malczewska-Lenczowska, Beata Szczepańska, Anna Pastuszak, Radosław Sarnecki","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1606906","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1606906","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To analyse the consumption of energy drinks (EDs) and the motives for their consumption among physically active adolescents in Poland.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A nationwide survey study was conducted in 1,530 adolescents (10-14 years old) participating in extracurricular, organised sports activities. A computer-assisted web interview method was applied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nearly half (46.4%) of the respondents were ED consumers (significantly more boys than girls: 53.0% vs. 47.0%, p = 0.010). The percentage of ED consumers increased with age, from 27.2% in 10-year-olds to 65.4% in the group of 14-year-olds (p < 0.001). The motives and circumstances of ED consumption varied depending on gender: girls were more likely than boys to drink EDs to improve concentration during studying (17.1% vs. 8.8%, p < 0.001) and to stay awake (22.8% vs. 13.8%, p = 0.002), whereas boys more often than girls reported drinking EDs during physical activity (10.9% vs. 6.0%, p = 0.020).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is necessary to implement gender-diversified educational campaigns on negative health effects of EDs, targeting children, parents and teachers, as consumption of EDs has been identified as a significant public health problem in Poland.</p>","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"69 ","pages":"1606906"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11580739/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142686788","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":"Psychological Safety and Work Design as Mediators of Supervisors' Dark Triad Traits Impact on Nurses' Task Performance.","authors":"Andrés Raineri, Macarena Cartes","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1607340","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1607340","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study investigates how nurse supervisors' Dark Triad personality traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy) influence nurses' task performance, mediated by perceptions of enriched work design (autonomy, task variety, social support, safe work conditions, feedback quality) and psychological safety.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A multisource approach was used to collect data from 256 manager-nurse dyads across various healthcare settings. Nurses completed surveys assessing their work design and psychological safety. Managers completed a self-assessment of Dark Triad traits and rated their nurse subordinates' task performance. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used for analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Supervisors' Dark Triad traits core component impacted nurses' task performance indirectly, mediated by psychological safety and nurses' perceptions of their enriched work design. Psychopathic traits revealed a significant direct negative effect on nurses' performance, while other Dark Triad traits did not show direct effects.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study sheds light on key factors influencing nurses' performance, offering insights for healthcare organizations aiming to optimize work environments and improve team effectiveness.</p>","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"69 ","pages":"1607340"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11563756/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620300","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":"The Urgency of Climate-Resilient Health Systems in Pakistan: Lessons From the 2022 Floods.","authors":"Tayyab Mansoor Akthar, Michael J A Reid","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1607981","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1607981","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"69 ","pages":"1607981"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11563755/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620305","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}
Laura Rojas-Rozo, Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre, Diane Dumaresq, Thérèse Trépanier, Paul Lea, Karen Myers Barnett, Denis O'Connor, Rosette Fernandez Loughlin, Kori Miskucza, Mary Beth Wighton, Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Andrea Gruneir, Jean-Baptiste Beuscart, Susan E Bronskill, Nadia Sourial, Eric E Smith, Jennifer Bethell, Isabelle Vedel
{"title":"Unlocking Engagement: Enhancing Participation in Research With Vulnerable Populations.","authors":"Laura Rojas-Rozo, Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre, Diane Dumaresq, Thérèse Trépanier, Paul Lea, Karen Myers Barnett, Denis O'Connor, Rosette Fernandez Loughlin, Kori Miskucza, Mary Beth Wighton, Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Andrea Gruneir, Jean-Baptiste Beuscart, Susan E Bronskill, Nadia Sourial, Eric E Smith, Jennifer Bethell, Isabelle Vedel","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1606705","DOIUrl":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1606705","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"69 ","pages":"1606705"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11576723/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142681765","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}
Samuel Lewis, Louisa Ewald, Herbert C Duber, Ali H Mokdad, Emmanuela Gakidou
{"title":"Determinants of Unmet Healthcare Needs During the Final Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights From a 21-Country Online Survey.","authors":"Samuel Lewis, Louisa Ewald, Herbert C Duber, Ali H Mokdad, Emmanuela Gakidou","doi":"10.3389/ijph.2024.1607639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2024.1607639","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>During the COVID-19 pandemic, essential health services experienced significant disruptions, impacting preventive and chronic care across the world.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Utilizing the Pandemic Recovery Survey (PRS), conducted online with Facebook's Active User Base across 21 countries between March and May 2023, this cross-sectional study identifies the magnitude of and key factors associated with unmet preventive and chronic care needs during the late stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Approximately 28.2% of respondents reported unmet preventive care needs, and 42.1% experienced unmet chronic care needs, with key determinants including food insecurity (aOR 1.94, 95% CI 1.81-2.07 for preventive services; aOR 1.85, 95% CI 1.68-2.03 for existing conditions) and distrust in health professionals (aOR 1.09, 95% CI 1.03-1.15 for preventive services; aOR 1.53, 95% CI 1.41-1.66 for existing conditions).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings underscore a widespread unmet need for health services, highlighting the impact of social determinants and trust in health professionals on service disruption. The results suggest that pandemic recovery efforts should focus on the most affected groups to bridge health disparities and ensure an equitable recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":14322,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Public Health","volume":"69 ","pages":"1607639"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11550971/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620281","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}