{"title":"An Improved Peer-Review System to Compensate for Scientific Misconduct in Health-Sensitive Topics.","authors":"Alessandro Rovetta, Rossana Garavaglia, Alessandro Vitale, Ettore Meccia, Behailu Terefe Tesfaye, Paolo Mezzana, Vincenzo Accurso","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2023.1605601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2023.1605601","url":null,"abstract":"In December 2021, one of the authors of the present paper (AR) took part in the peer review of the paper “Safety and immunogenicity of an inactivated virus particle vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, BIV1CovIran: findings from double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, phase I and II clinical trials among healthy adults” for the BMJ Open [1, 2]. The manuscript described clinical phases I and II of the COVID-19 vaccine BIV1-CovIran by Shifa Pharmed Industrial Group. The article was accepted for publication in March 2021 after three review rounds, with a total of six reviewers involved. On May 2022, AR received an email from Yeganeh Torbati, a Washington Post reporter who was investigating the development of BIV1-CovIran. Torbati asked AR for a general opinion about the data presented in the above article. AR replied that no serious anomalies were highlighted, although he specified that the peer review process was too superficial to guarantee complete integrity. Subsequently, through an article published in the Washington Post in August 2022, Torbati disclosed serious misconduct dynamics [3]. In support of her claims, an official correction was published in the BMJ Open in November 2022, in which the authors were forced to admit various conflicts of interest and the occurrence of vaccine-related adverse effects [1]. The relevant fact is that not even six peer reviewers and one editor have discovered such a hidden scenario. This is not intended to blame the journal or the reviewers but only to denounce that the world of scientific publication is currently subject to easy ethical violations. Although financial relationships can markedly bias biomedical research, marginal importance is given to this aspect [4, 5]. In this regard, this letter proposes a set of practices to counteract some major integrity problems.","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10272364/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9715805","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}
Islam Salikhanov, Stephen R Connor, Gulnara Kunirova, Fatima Khashagulgova, Gulzhaina Nazarova, Byron Lawrence Crape, Maria C Katapodi
{"title":"Challenges for Developing Palliative Care Services in Resource- Limited Settings of Kazakhstan.","authors":"Islam Salikhanov, Stephen R Connor, Gulnara Kunirova, Fatima Khashagulgova, Gulzhaina Nazarova, Byron Lawrence Crape, Maria C Katapodi","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2023.1605672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2023.1605672","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Approximately 40 million people in need of palliative care worldwide, while 80% of them live in low- and middle-income countries. Kazakhstan, a low-to middle-income country with a reforming healthcare system, is committed to improving quality and accessibility of care for its 100,000 terminal patients in need of palliative care. <b>Policy Options and Recommendations:</b> To join the group of countries where palliative care is available, accessible, and affordable, Kazakhstan must integrate palliative services into the mainstream healthcare system at all levels, from primary healthcare to hospices, and from major cities to remote villages. Based on the evidence thoroughly collected directly from the Ministry of Health, authors propose a feasible set of recommendations regarding palliative policy, pain relief, infrastructure, workforce, and education, which could be implemented in LMICs beyond Kazakhstan. <b>Conclusion:</b> This study presents an analysis of challenges, recent developments, and needs of palliative care in Kazakhstan, including funding, policy, workforce, education, and infrastructure, providing an evidence base and recommendations for future development of palliative care in Kazakhstan and in other LMICs.</p>","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10476099/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10171778","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 : 2022-12-13eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1604500
Amanda De Conceição Leão Mendes, Ana Mayara Gomes De Souza, Aryelly Dayane Da Silva Nunes, Javier Jerez-Roig, Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa
{"title":"Frequency of Vitamin a Deficiency in Children Hospitalized for Pneumonia: An Integrative Review.","authors":"Amanda De Conceição Leão Mendes, Ana Mayara Gomes De Souza, Aryelly Dayane Da Silva Nunes, Javier Jerez-Roig, Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2022.1604500","DOIUrl":"10.3389/phrs.2022.1604500","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> To identify the frequency of vitamin A deficiency in children aged 6 months to 5 years hospitalized for pneumonia. <b>Methods:</b> An integrative literature review was carried out, where searches were made by two independent researchers, with no language limits or publication time in the databases PubMed, LILACS, Web of Science, Scopus and CINAHL, and in the gray literature-OpenGrey, Proquest and Google Scholar. In the eligibility phase, the screened studies were read in full and those that did not answer the research question were excluded. Methodological quality was assessed using the Downs & Black (1998) checklist. <b>Results:</b> 1642 articles were identified, after all stages of screening and selection, 10 studies were included, of which 5 were longitudinal, 4 were intervention and 1 transversal. All studies identified subclinical vitamin A deficiency in children hospitalized with pneumonia; the highest frequency of subclinical vitamin A deficiency was 93.2%. All studies evaluated showed frequencies of subclinical vitamin A deficiency >20%. <b>Conclusion:</b> There is a high frequency of subclinical vitamin A deficiency in children with pneumonia; these data need to be further explored in terms of their associations. For this reason, new studies that evaluate this topic are of fundamental importance.</p>","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9799238/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10466613","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":"Psychosocial Attributes of Housing and Their Relationship With Health Among Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Populations in High-Income Countries: Systematic Review","authors":"Tessa Brake, V. Dudek, O. Sauzet, O. Razum","doi":"10.1101/2022.12.04.22283020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.04.22283020","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: Housing as a social determinant of health should provide not only shelter, but also a feeling of home. We explored psychosocial pathways creating a sense of home and influencing the relationship between housing and health among asylum seekers and refugees (ASR) in high-income countries. Methods: We performed a systematic review. To be included, studies had to be peer-reviewed, published between 1995 and 2022, and focus on housing and health of ASR in high-income countries. We conducted a narrative synthesis. Results: 32 studies met the inclusion criteria. The psychosocial attributes influencing health most often identified were control, followed by expressing status, satisfaction, and demand. Most attributes overlap with material/physical attributes and have an impact on ASR’s mental health. They are closely interconnected with each other. Conclusion: Psychosocial attributes of housing play an essential role in the health of ASR; they are closely associated with material/physical attributes. Therefore, future research on housing and health of ASR should routinely study psychosocial attributes, but always in association with physical ones. The connections between these attributes are complex and need to be further explored. Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier CRD42021239495.","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2022-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41685118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWSPub Date : 2022-11-17eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1605407
Nino Künzli, Anke Berger, Katarzyna Czabanowska, Raquel Lucas, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Sarah Mantwill, Olaf von dem Knesebeck
{"title":"«I Do Not Have Time»-Is This the End of Peer Review in Public Health Sciences?","authors":"Nino Künzli, Anke Berger, Katarzyna Czabanowska, Raquel Lucas, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Sarah Mantwill, Olaf von dem Knesebeck","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2022.1605407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2022.1605407","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2022-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9716458/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35345265","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 : 2022-10-31eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1604825
Papia Raj, Nilanjana Gupta
{"title":"A Review of the National Family Health Survey Data in Addressing India's Maternal Health Situation.","authors":"Papia Raj, Nilanjana Gupta","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2022.1604825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2022.1604825","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> This study aims to understand the trend of research conducted on issues of maternal health in India considering data provided in five rounds of National Family Health Survey (NFHS). <b>Methods:</b> Systematic review of literature has been conducted using multi-stage search and review process adapted from Page et al.'s (2021) PRISMA. Initially 14,570 studies were identified and only 134 articles meeting selection criterion were considered in this study. <b>Results:</b> Approximately 32% studies have focused on regional and state variation of maternal health status; while 27% dealt with utilization of maternal healthcare services; and 19% the socio-economic determinants of maternal health. While few studies have discussed the place of delivery, antenatal care and post-natal care visits, only five studies focus on issues related to women's autonomy, including their health-seeking behaviour, knowledge, attitude and practices related to maternal health. <b>Conclusion:</b> Non-communicable diseases and its role in maternal health still remains an unexplored domain of research on maternal health in India. Moreover, there exists geographical skewness in the number of studies conducted, focusing especially on few provinces while none on few others.</p>","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9659585/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40469091","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 : 2022-10-27eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1605105
Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Vasco Dias, Sofia Ribeiro, José Pedro Silva, Henrique Barros
{"title":"Geoprivacy in Neighbourhoods and Health Research: A Mini-Review of the Challenges and Best Practices in Epidemiological Studies.","authors":"Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Vasco Dias, Sofia Ribeiro, José Pedro Silva, Henrique Barros","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2022.1605105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2022.1605105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neighbourhood and health research often relies on personal location data (e.g., home address, daily itineraries), despite the risks of geoprivacy breaches. Thus, geoprivacy is an important emerging topic, contemplated in international regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation. In this mini-review, we briefly assess the potential risks associated with the usage of personal location data and provide geoprivacy-preserving recommendations to be considered in epidemiological research. Risks include inference of personal information that the individual does not wish to disclose, reverse-identification and security breaches. Various measures should be implemented at different stages of a project (pre-data collection, data processing, data analysis/publication and data sharing) such as informed consent, pseudo-anonymization and geographical methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9648061/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40469089","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 : 2022-10-03eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1605395
Rok Hrzic, Nadav Davidovitch, Henrique Barros, Henrique Lopes, Jose M Martin Moreno, Amanda J Mason-Jones, Alison McCallum, John Reid, Ralf Reintjes, Mohamud Sheek-Hussein, Judit Simon, Brian Li Han Wong, Lore Leighton, Robert Otok, John Middleton
{"title":"ASPHER Statement: Facing the Fourth Winter of the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Rok Hrzic, Nadav Davidovitch, Henrique Barros, Henrique Lopes, Jose M Martin Moreno, Amanda J Mason-Jones, Alison McCallum, John Reid, Ralf Reintjes, Mohamud Sheek-Hussein, Judit Simon, Brian Li Han Wong, Lore Leighton, Robert Otok, John Middleton","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2022.1605395","DOIUrl":"10.3389/phrs.2022.1605395","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9578432/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40562914","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 : 2022-10-03eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1605394
John Middleton, Nadav Davidovitch, Henrique Barros, Henrique Lopes, Jose M Martin Moreno, Amanda J Mason-Jones, Alison McCallum, John Reid, Ralf Reintjes, Mohamud Sheek-Hussein, Judit Simon, Brian Li Han Wong, Lore Leighton, Robert Otok
{"title":"ASPHER Statement: Planning for Winter 2022-23.","authors":"John Middleton, Nadav Davidovitch, Henrique Barros, Henrique Lopes, Jose M Martin Moreno, Amanda J Mason-Jones, Alison McCallum, John Reid, Ralf Reintjes, Mohamud Sheek-Hussein, Judit Simon, Brian Li Han Wong, Lore Leighton, Robert Otok","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2022.1605394","DOIUrl":"10.3389/phrs.2022.1605394","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9578316/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40562913","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 : 2022-09-29eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1605297
Yudit Namer, Lisa Wandschneider, John Middleton, Nadav Davidovitch, Oliver Razum
{"title":"Corrigendum: How Can Schools of Public Health Actively Promote Peace?","authors":"Yudit Namer, Lisa Wandschneider, John Middleton, Nadav Davidovitch, Oliver Razum","doi":"10.3389/phrs.2022.1605297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2022.1605297","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2021.1604459.].</p>","PeriodicalId":35944,"journal":{"name":"PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2022-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9559562/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33514948","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}