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Demographic predictors of trauma and depression in war-affected children from Poland and Ukraine: Implications for prevention of mental health problems 波兰和乌克兰受战争影响儿童的创伤和抑郁的人口预测因素：对预防心理健康问题的影响。

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Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103422

Maia Stanisławska-Kubiak , Dorota Wiśniewska-Szeplewicz , Mirosław Andrusiewicz , Halyna Katolyk , Monika Stanisławska , Roksana Malak , Bogusław Stelcer , Marta Czarnecka-Iwańczuk , Grażyna Teusz , Ewa Mojs

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Regional variation in maternal RSV vaccine access and attitudes across two California cohorts 加州两个队列中母亲呼吸道合胞病毒疫苗获取和态度的地区差异

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Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103408

Ashley A. Cirillo , Molly Zeme , Amayrani Morales , Neela Rahseparian , Cynthia Cortez , Stephanie L. Gaw , Christine A. Blauvelt

{"title":"Regional variation in maternal RSV vaccine access and attitudes across two California cohorts","authors":"Ashley A. Cirillo , Molly Zeme , Amayrani Morales , Neela Rahseparian , Cynthia Cortez , Stephanie L. Gaw , Christine A. Blauvelt","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103408","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103408","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To compare maternal RSV vaccination rates, attitudes, and vaccine information sources between an urban academic hospital in San Francisco and a regional hospital serving a predominantly rural population in Fresno, California.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Individuals eligible for RSV vaccination during pregnancy were recruited on postpartum units between 11/2024–3/2025 using convenience sampling. Participants completed a survey assessing vaccination status, attitudes, and information sources.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of 149 approached patients, 94 completed the survey (63.09% response rate; San Francisco, 62/114 [54.39%]; Fresno, 32/35 [91.43%]). San Francisco participants were older (mean [SD], 36.11 [4.06] vs. 29.19 [5.60] years; <em>p</em> < 0.01), more often privately insured (87.10% vs. 6.25%; <em>p</em> < 0.01), and less likely Hispanic-identifying (6.45% vs. 75.00%; p < 0.01). RSV vaccine uptake was higher in San Francisco than in Fresno (77.42% vs 31.25%; <em>p</em> < 0.01). San Francisco participants more often reported receiving vaccine information from healthcare providers (93.55% vs 62.50%; <em>p</em> < 0.01). Among unvaccinated participants, lack of awareness (36.36%) and not being offered the vaccine (27.27%) predominated in Fresno, whereas safety concerns (42.86%) predominated in San Francisco.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Marked regional differences in maternal RSV vaccination highlight the need for system-level strategies to ensure equitable vaccine access and education, alongside continued vaccine safety research to build patient confidence.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"63 ","pages":"Article 103408"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147310270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Adherence to breast and cervical cancer screening guidelines according to obesity status: a French cross-sectional multicenter survey 根据肥胖状况坚持乳腺癌和宫颈癌筛查指南：法国横断面多中心调查

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Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103405

Elise Foucault , Valérie Macioce , Marion Soler , Yves-Marie Pers , Jean-Baptiste Bonnet , Antoine Avignon , Nicolas Chevalier , Ariane Sultan

{"title":"Adherence to breast and cervical cancer screening guidelines according to obesity status: a French cross-sectional multicenter survey","authors":"Elise Foucault , Valérie Macioce , Marion Soler , Yves-Marie Pers , Jean-Baptiste Bonnet , Antoine Avignon , Nicolas Chevalier , Ariane Sultan","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103405","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103405","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To assess breast and cervical cancer screening rates among women according to body mass index (BMI).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This cross-sectional study used anonymous self-administered questionnaires given to women from three French university hospitals with normal weight (BMI 18.5–25 kg/m<sup>2</sup>), class I obesity (BMI 30–35 kg/m<sup>2</sup>), or class II obesity (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m<sup>2</sup>) in 2020–2021. Up-to-date screening was defined according to national guidelines: biennial clinical breast exams and mammograms for women aged 50–74, and triennial cervical samples for women aged 25–65, excluding those with prior cancer or related surgery. Screening rates and gynecological follow-up were compared across BMI groups.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Among 439 women (20% class I, 22% class II obesity), 178 and 370 were eligible for breast and cervical cancer screening, respectively. Women with class I and II obesity were less likely to be up-to-date for clinical breast exams (Odds Ratio [95% confidence interval] 2.35[1.06,5.20] and 2.68[1.12,6.42], respectively), mammography (4.43[1.49,13.18] and 4.08[1.22,13.62]), and cervical samples (2.23[1.09,4.54] and 2.85[1.42,5.72]). Class II obesity was associated with more frequent follow-up by general practitioners (<em>p</em> < 0.05).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion<strong>s</strong></h3><div>Women with obesity are less likely to receive recommended gynecological cancer screenings than normal-weight peers. These disparities call for more inclusive healthcare strategies.</div><div><strong>Trial registration</strong>: <span><span>NCT04357652</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"63 ","pages":"Article 103405"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146162091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Low medical trust predicts delays in seeking care among U.S. individuals who smoke: Findings from the 2022 HINTS 低医疗信任度预示着美国吸烟者寻求治疗的延迟：来自2022年提示的发现。

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Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103420

Whitney M. Brymwitt, Timothy J. Williamson

{"title":"Low medical trust predicts delays in seeking care among U.S. individuals who smoke: Findings from the 2022 HINTS","authors":"Whitney M. Brymwitt, Timothy J. Williamson","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103420","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103420","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>Individuals who smoke face increased risk for chronic disease but often delay seeking care, hindering prevention efforts. Low medical trust is a barrier associated with care delays in the general population; less is known about this relationship among people who smoke.</div><div>We examined whether low medical trust predicted delays in seeking care among U.S. individuals who smoke (<em>n</em> = 431, weighted <em>n</em> = 20.8 million), using the 2022 Health Information National Trends Survey.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted a pre-registered, multivariable logistic regression with medical trust predicting delayed care (within the prior 12 months) as the outcome. Covariates included race, sex, age, education, financial strain, chronic conditions, self-reported health, and insurance.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Lower trust was associated significantly with a higher likelihood of delaying needed medical care (OR = 0.54, 95% CI [0.31, 0.93]). Participants who were Black/African American (vs. non-Hispanic White), aged 65–74 (vs. 18–34), and those who reported better general health were significantly less likely to delay care (all <em>p</em> < .05).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Lower trust predicted delayed care-seeking among people who smoke. Future research should explore whether anticipated stigma explains this relationship. Findings highlight the need to bolster trust in healthcare (e.g., communication interventions) to facilitate engagement in preventive care (e.g., smoking cessation, lung cancer screening).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"63 ","pages":"Article 103420"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147309906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Prevalence of alcohol consumption and awareness of consumption guidelines: A population-based study in Geneva, Switzerland 酒精消费的流行程度和对消费指南的认识：瑞士日内瓦的一项基于人群的研究。

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Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103415

Roxane Dumont , Hélène Baysson , Shannon Mechoullam , Céline Mettraux , Silvia Stringhini , Idris Guessous , Mayssam Nehme

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Rising HIV infections and shifting transmission patterns in Bangladesh: Emerging risks among key populations 孟加拉国艾滋病毒感染率上升和传播模式转变：关键人群中新出现的风险。

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Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103423

Afrin Hawk , Mahmuda Akter , Uthman Okikiola Adebayo , Safayet Jamil

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Feasibility of an incentivised exercise program to improve the health of physically inactive Australian hospital employees – the Fitbites pilot study 一项激励运动计划的可行性，以改善缺乏体育锻炼的澳大利亚医院员工的健康状况——Fitbites试点研究

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Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103404

Christine M. Madronio , Andrea Tyler , Linda Stanbury , Gary K.K. Low , Deva R. Nirthanakumaran , Emmanuel Stamatakis , Kazuaki Negishi , Faraz Pathan

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Corrigendum to “Believability of messaging concerning a hypothetical product standard to lower a constituent in cigarettes or smokeless tobacco among U.S. Adults who use tobacco” [Prevent. Med. Rep. 37 (2024) 102544] “在使用烟草的美国成年人中，关于降低香烟或无烟烟草成分的假想产品标准的信息的可信度”[预防。众议员37 (2024)102544]

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Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103416

Samantha J. Venrick , Katherine A. Margolis , Jennifer K. Bernat , Elisabeth Donaldson , Jessica K. Pepper , Matthew E. Eggers , James M. Nonnemaker

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Mortality trends in the United States in recent years including provisional 2024 data 美国近年死亡率趋势，包括2024年的临时数据

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Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103373

Shehroze Tabassum , Faraz Azhar , Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas , Dmitry Abramov

{"title":"Mortality trends in the United States in recent years including provisional 2024 data","authors":"Shehroze Tabassum , Faraz Azhar , Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas , Dmitry Abramov","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103373","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103373","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in greater mortality in the United States. We sought to evaluate ongoing rates of all-cause and of top individual causes of mortality using provisional 2024 mortality data.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Data on all-cause and top individual causes of mortality in the United States between 2018 and provisional 2024 estimates, using Age-Adjusted and Crude Mortality rates (with 95 % Confidence Intervals), were obtained from the publicly available Center for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research data set.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>All-cause age-adjusted mortality rates 100,000 from 2018 and provisional 2024 data were 723.6 (722.8724.5), 715.3 (714.4716.1), 835.4 (834.5836.3), 879.7 (878.7880.6), 798.8 (797.9799.9), 750.5 (749.7751.4), and 742.6 (741.8743.5), with provisional 2024 rates remaining above pre-pandemic baseline. Mortality attributed to COVID-19 infection peaked in 2021 as the 3rd leading cause of death, dropping to the 4th, 11th, and 15th leading cause of death in 2022, 2023, and provisional 2024 data respectively.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>All-cause mortality rates in provisional 2024 data in the United States remain above pre-pandemic baseline. Mortality from COVID dropped from the 3rd leading cause of death in 2021 to the 15th leading cause of death in provisional 2024 data.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 103373"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146024581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluating the impact of the CHANGE initiative on cancer screening referral and uptake in underserved communities in Georgia 评估CHANGE倡议对格鲁吉亚服务不足社区癌症筛查转诊和吸收的影响

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Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103403

Meng-Han Tsai , Marlo M. Vernon , Alma Carrillo , Elinita Pollard , Martha S. Tingen

{"title":"Evaluating the impact of the CHANGE initiative on cancer screening referral and uptake in underserved communities in Georgia","authors":"Meng-Han Tsai , Marlo M. Vernon , Alma Carrillo , Elinita Pollard , Martha S. Tingen","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103403","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103403","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To examine whether participation in The Cancer Health Awareness through Screening and Education (CHANGE) initiative was associated with higher referral follow-up rates and increased screening uptake for breast cancer (BrCa), prostate cancer (PrCa), and colorectal cancer (CRC) in underserved communities in Georgia.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The CHANGE initiative, a community-based research program, was carried out in Richmond County, Georgia from June 2022 through April 2024, targeting underserved communities through Augusta Housing Authority. Eligible adults were referred to BrCa, PrCa, and CRC screenings. Key outcomes included referral status and screening completion at six months. Descriptive statistics were used.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of the 110 total CHANGE participants, those who attended at least 75% of sessions had significantly higher referral rates (91.7%, <em>p</em> = 0.01) than those with lower attendance. Among participants eligible for cancer screening—21 for breast, 14 for prostate, and 30 for colorectal—participants with higher attendance showed greater screening completion at six months: 84.6% for BrCa, and 100% for both PrCa and CRC.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Participation in the CHANGE initiative was associated with higher referral rates and increased follow-up screenings for BrCa, PrCa, and CRC, underscoring its potential to enhance cancer awareness and promote screening equity in underserved communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 103403"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146173868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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