PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWSPub Date : 2026-04-22eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609282
Gina Marie Gerlach, Sarah Maria Esther Jerjen, Armin Gemperli
{"title":"Integrating Emergency Medical Services Into Health Systems for Continuous and Resilient Care.","authors":"Gina Marie Gerlach, Sarah Maria Esther Jerjen, Armin Gemperli","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2026.1609282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2026.1609282","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are central to acute care, disaster response, and public health. Yet prehospital data in many systems remain disconnected from hospital and follow-up outcomes. This paper examines how fragmented, unidirectional data flows limit quality assurance, system learning, and crisis preparedness, using Switzerland as an illustrative case.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyze data flows across the rescue chain based on regulatory context, current handover practices, and international reference models. The analysis is supported by existing registry initiatives and a conceptual systems framework.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Across EMS systems, information is generated in silos and transferred through brief handovers without systematic outcome feedback. Evaluation is therefore reduced to operational metrics such as response times, obscuring the clinical impact of prehospital care. In Switzerland, decentralized governance and the absence of national standards reinforce these dynamics. Existing registries demonstrate that outcome tracking is feasible using minimal standardized datasets.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Bidirectional EMS data exchange is essential to transform linear rescue chains into learning health systems. A national EMS minimum dataset with mandatory reporting and outcome feedback would enable transparency, quality improvement, and resilient emergency care.</p>","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":"47 ","pages":"1609282"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13143843/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147843810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWSPub Date : 2026-04-17eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609645
Geneviève Chene, Marie Preau, Paulette Lenert, Yves Martin-Prevel, Roch Giorgi
{"title":"Governing Evidence in Contentious Times: A GUARD Framework for Public Health Leadership.","authors":"Geneviève Chene, Marie Preau, Paulette Lenert, Yves Martin-Prevel, Roch Giorgi","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2026.1609645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2026.1609645","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Public health leadership faces widening inequities, uneven life expectancy trends, and growing information disorder. Experience from COVID-19 showed that shortcomings often stem less from lack of evidence than from weaknesses in how evidence inform decisions. This commentary reframes the challenge as one of evidence governance: ensuring that knowledge is interpreted, debated, and translated into fair, accountable action. We introduce GUARD, a practice-oriented framework for governing evidence: Govern in public, User power-sharing, Architect and audit integrity, Resist manipulation of meaning, and Demonstrate legitimacy. Rather than proposing new principles, GUARD operationalizes existing ones into implementable governance routines, offering public health leaders a practical pathway to strengthen legitimacy, reduce inequities, and sustain trustworthiness under uncertainty.</p>","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":"47 ","pages":"1609645"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13132791/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147821713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWSPub Date : 2026-04-14eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609756
Virak Sorn
{"title":"Improving the Quality of Life of Parkinson's Disease Patients in Cambodia: A Perspective on Addressing the Gaps.","authors":"Virak Sorn","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2026.1609756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2026.1609756","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":"47 ","pages":"1609756"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13121084/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147783929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWSPub Date : 2026-04-09eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609375
Flavia Pennisi, Carlo Lunetti, Chiara Barbati, Luca Viviani, Anna Carole D'Amelio, Anabela da Conceição Pereira, Tiago Correia, Anna Odone, Carlo Signorelli
{"title":"Interventions Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in the WHO European Region and in North America (United States and Canada): A Systematic Review.","authors":"Flavia Pennisi, Carlo Lunetti, Chiara Barbati, Luca Viviani, Anna Carole D'Amelio, Anabela da Conceição Pereira, Tiago Correia, Anna Odone, Carlo Signorelli","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2026.1609375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2026.1609375","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Vaccine hesitancy threatens optimal immunization coverage. This review systematically identified and evaluated interventions addressing vaccine hesitancy in the WHO European Region and in North America (United States and Canada).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic search was conducted across PubMed, Scopus, PsycInfo, Cochrane Library, and Embase from inception to 17 January 2024. Eligible studies evaluated interventions targeting vaccine hesitancy. Data extraction and risk-of-bias assessment followed the methodological guidance of the Cochrane Handbook, and reporting adhered to PRISMA 2020 guidelines. The review protocol was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42024565588). Interventions were categorized as educational, communicational, policy-based, organizational, or digital.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 59 studies met the inclusion criteria. Effective approaches included multicomponent strategies, community engagement, reminder and recall systems, educational campaigns, and legislative measures. Digital interventions yielded promising but heterogeneous results. The effectiveness of interventions was often enhanced when tailored to specific population needs and local contexts.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Multifaceted interventions adapted to the sociocultural context appear most effective in reducing vaccine hesitancy in Europe and North America. Further high-quality studies are needed to refine implementation strategies and evaluate long-term impacts.</p><p><strong>Systematic review registration: </strong>https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42024565588, identifier CRD42024565588.</p>","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":"47 ","pages":"1609375"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13112373/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147783901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Future Guardians of Health: Involving The Young Generation in the One-Health Program in India.","authors":"Kajal Srivastava, Shweta Chauhan, Sahjid Mukhida, Shaili Vyas","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2026.1609453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2026.1609453","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":"47 ","pages":"1609453"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13079203/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147783886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWSPub Date : 2026-03-25eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609220
Anastasiia Boichuk, Anna Fehlbaum, Kateryna Tymruk-Skoropad, Anna Duchenko, Kaspar Wyss, Helen Prytherch
{"title":"Strengthening the Rehabilitation System in Ukraine.","authors":"Anastasiia Boichuk, Anna Fehlbaum, Kateryna Tymruk-Skoropad, Anna Duchenko, Kaspar Wyss, Helen Prytherch","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2026.1609220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2026.1609220","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The full-scale invasion of Ukraine has increased demand for rehabilitation services, exacerbating preexisting deficiencies in the rehabilitation system.</p><p><strong>Analysis: </strong>This policy brief examines Ukrainian legislation, scientific and grey literature, and findings from stakeholder consultations to reveal persistent marginalization of persons with disabilities (PwD) and limited inclusion in education, employment, and public life. The rehabilitation system and its governance remain fragmented and overly institutional, resulting in poor continuity of care, weak interdisciplinary collaboration, and limited community integration. Resource provision is strained by the war and rising demand for assistive devices. Yet, the influx of humanitarian and development actors presents an opportunity to rebuild and modernize systems and narratives.</p><p><strong>Policy options: </strong>We propose (i) establishing an integrated governance and coordination mechanism for rehabilitation services (ii) launching scalable patient pathway models linking hospitals, community-based rehabilitation, and accompanying service providers, and (iii) developing a case management system for smooth assistive device provision.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Improving Ukraine's rehabilitation ecosystem can advance destigmatization, social reintegration, and a rights-based disability framework, offering lessons for other conflict-affected contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":"47 ","pages":"1609220"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13056866/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147646688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWSPub Date : 2026-03-24eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609176
Sorina Corman
{"title":"Urban Healthy Ageing in Romania: Policy Options for Age-Friendly Cities and Long-Term Care Reform.","authors":"Sorina Corman","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2026.1609176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2026.1609176","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Romania's rapid population ageing now unfolds primarily in cities, where health, social care, housing and mobility intersect. Within metropolitan areas, older residents face unequal access to community long-term care (LTC), digital services and health-promoting public space.</p><p><strong>Analysis: </strong>Framed by European Commission and WHO agendas, this brief examines Romania's national strategies on health, ageing and LTC through an urban lens. It identifies a persistent rhetoric-implementation gap: municipal services remain underfunded and fragmented, and prevention or person-centred models are only weakly embedded in urban planning and budgeting.</p><p><strong>Policy options: </strong>Five priorities could align ageing policy with urban health: intersectoral city governance with transparent equity dashboards; legal and financial recognition of informal caregivers; expansion of community hubs integrating primary care, social work and rehabilitation; digital inclusion programmes for older adults; and health-promoting urban design that improves walkability, thermal comfort and access to green/cool spaces.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Converging city governance, LTC reform and urban design can translate policy aspirations into measurable gains in equity, autonomy and healthy life expectancy among older urban residents.</p>","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":"47 ","pages":"1609176"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13053486/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147639745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWSPub Date : 2026-03-20eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609713
Jody Heymann, Aleta Sprague, Abena D Oduro, Laurel Grzesik-Mourad
{"title":"Correction: Advancing Climate Mitigation, Adaptation, and Equity Simultaneously: The Transformative Potential of Investments in Gender Equality.","authors":"Jody Heymann, Aleta Sprague, Abena D Oduro, Laurel Grzesik-Mourad","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2026.1609713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2026.1609713","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1607423.].</p>","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":"47 ","pages":"1609713"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13047384/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147623937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWSPub Date : 2026-03-18eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609119
Jun Yin, Antoine Flahault
{"title":"From Biobank to \"Bio-Think-Tank\": Functional Evolution of UK Biobank in Public Health Policy Making.","authors":"Jun Yin, Antoine Flahault","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2026.1609119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2026.1609119","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aims to explore the evolving role of the UK Biobank in public health policymaking, particularly its shift from a traditional biobank to a proactive \"bio-think tank\" and highlight the drivers and necessary elements of this evolution, with a focus on improving its functional impact on policymaking.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Searches were performed in PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar databases (end of search: August 20, 2025). We followed guidelines for the PRISMA. We identified 683 potentially relevant titles in our search and selected 51 studies in our review, reflecting \"bio-think-tank\" issues between January 2004 and August 2025.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Using a functionalist framework, the study identifies key factors driving the UK Biobank's evolution: limited real-time decision support, rising stakeholder expectations, and the UK's desire to lead in biobank science. It defines the \"bio-think tank\" concept and contrasts it with traditional biobanks.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The UK Biobank's evolution should focus on improving data quality, public trust, accessibility for policymakers, and cross-sector collaboration to strengthen its role as a national research hub and global model for integrating biobank resources with health governance.</p>","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":"47 ","pages":"1609119"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13038615/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147610202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction: Unveiling the Hidden Challenges: A Systematic Review of Self-Identified Support Needs of Caregivers for Older Adults in Canada.","authors":"Sheila A Boamah, Hoda Herati, Farzana Akter, Farinaz Havaei, Marie-Lee Yous, Sharon Kaasalainen","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2026.1609718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2026.1609718","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609117.].</p>","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":"47 ","pages":"1609718"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13036420/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147594906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}