{"title":"Developing a quality index and an evaluation indicator system for the National Food Safety Standard Framework in China.","authors":"Hao Ding, Di Wu, Hanyang Lyu, Xin Zhang, Yongxiang Fan, Jing Tian","doi":"10.1057/s41271-026-00620-1","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s41271-026-00620-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>International Organization for Standardization and Codex Alimentarius Commission emphasized the importance of evaluating and monitoring food safety. National food safety standard framework (NFSSF)-a generic term for all national food safety standards of China-is an important part of the country's food control system implemented over ten years. To evaluate NFSSF, the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment developed a quality index with an indicator scale. This study assessed this index with a three-layer evaluation indicator system (NFSSF<sub>eis</sub>) based on three dimensions, namely, scientific nature, relevance, and coordination, using 10 s-layer indicators weighed with the Delphi method. We conducted a pilot survey to test the scale built based on NFSSF<sub>eis</sub>. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that items in the scale have acceptable reliability and validity. With the development of the NFSSF<sub>eis</sub>, future research is needed to refine this instrument.</p>","PeriodicalId":50070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Health Policy","volume":" ","pages":"99-112"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13008756/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146020529","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}
Bhagyashree Radhakrishnan, Vasundhra Chatta, Anita Kar
{"title":"Birth defects services in low resource settings: implications from a community-based study in India.","authors":"Bhagyashree Radhakrishnan, Vasundhra Chatta, Anita Kar","doi":"10.1057/s41271-025-00617-2","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s41271-025-00617-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Birth defects, or congenital anomalies, are important causes of child mortality, morbidity and disability. Guidelines for public health activities to address birth defects is currently unavailable for low- and low-middle- income countries leading to a critical policy and service gap. We used the results of a study conducted in eight villages under a Primary Health Centre in Pune district of India to determine the needed public health interventions to address these disorders. The study identified 90 children with congenital anomalies per 10,000 children under five years [95% CI 62.2-126.8]. Congenital anomalies contributed to 13% of childhood disability. Out-of-pocket expenditure, lack of diagnosis and standard care, disability, and congenital anomaly associated maternal risk factors identified missed opportunities for public health interventions. The implications of the study are synthesized to offer a framework for essential public health interventions for a birth defects services in low- and low-middle- income countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":50070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Health Policy","volume":" ","pages":"74-86"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145758123","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}
{"title":"Urban planning and environmental health in India: a comprehensive literature mapping.","authors":"Pallavi Tiwari, Mayank Mathur","doi":"10.1057/s41271-025-00615-4","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s41271-025-00615-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Urbanization in India has intensified environmental health challenges, creating a critical need to integrate health considerations into city planning. We conducted a comprehensive literature mapping on the intersection of urban planning and environmental health in India. By employing bibliometric analysis on 511 articles from both global and Indian sources, we identified key thematic areas, gaps, and opportunities. We highlighted the importance of land-use distribution, air quality, and green spaces as significant factors influencing public health in Indian cities. Additionally, the study reveals a lack of comprehensive research addressing the multifaceted health risks posed by rapid urbanization and environmental degradation in India. Through thematic mapping, we identified underexplored areas in the literature, particularly the need for more integrative frameworks to address environmental health risks within urban planning in India. The findings are to provide insights for policymakers and urban planners to design and maintain resilient and health-promoting cities.</p>","PeriodicalId":50070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Health Policy","volume":" ","pages":"87-98"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147345739","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}
Ashitha Vijayan, Adisri Swain, Allen Prabhaker Ugargol
{"title":"Augmenting primary care through family medicine-orientation of community health officers in India.","authors":"Ashitha Vijayan, Adisri Swain, Allen Prabhaker Ugargol","doi":"10.1057/s41271-025-00616-3","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s41271-025-00616-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Well-trained health workers are vital to achieve global goals of universal access to healthcare services and provide primary care to remote communities. The primary care workforce includes non-physician health workers (NPHWs) who function to increase availability, trust, reach, and assurance to local communities. NPHWs such as mid-level health providers or community health officers have been inducted across high- and low-income countries to overcome the geographic disparity in physician availability and ensure quality of primary care. Training mid-level health providers and community health officers in principles of family medicine have the potential to empower workforce in effectively providing family based care. This integrative review collates recent evidence on the role of non-physician health workers in improving access to primary healthcare services and highlights the need, appropriateness, and relevance of family medicine-orientation to manage family oriented care and holistic management of healthcare needs of the community.</p>","PeriodicalId":50070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Health Policy","volume":" ","pages":"113-123"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145758148","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}
Alyssa Amendola, Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler, Melissa Bright
{"title":"The Dobbs decision, maternal homicide, and family violence: a call for interdisciplinary action.","authors":"Alyssa Amendola, Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler, Melissa Bright","doi":"10.1057/s41271-025-00608-3","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s41271-025-00608-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since the 2022 Dobbs decision, 15 states have criminalized abortion for the first time in 50 years. Experts fear that bans will exacerbate the maternal mortality crisis in the country, especially for women of color. One of the top causes of maternal death in the United States is homicide. The relationship between violence and pregnancy is bi-directional; intimate partner violence is associated with unwanted pregnancies and unwanted pregnancies are associated with more intimate partner violence. Researchers have documented stories from women who report seeking an abortion because their partner is abusive, and they do not want to be \"tethered\" to that partner. With decreased abortion access, more children will likely be born into violent homes, increasing childhood exposure to household and lifetime violence. Our work explores the impact of the Dobbs decision and emphasizes the need for multidisciplinary and trauma informed strategies for preventing unplanned pregnancies and safeguarding families in this new political environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":50070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Health Policy","volume":" ","pages":"133-141"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145439200","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}
{"title":"Why public health needs better metrics of success in the AI-transformed era.","authors":"Elena N Naumova","doi":"10.1057/s41271-026-00621-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41271-026-00621-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Health Policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146137873","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}
{"title":"Postpartum depression in Ecuadorian women: does the quality of health care during childbirth matter?","authors":"Verónica Guaya, Cristian Ortiz, Karen Pesse-Sorensen, Celsa Carrión-Berrú, Byron Serrano-Ortega","doi":"10.1057/s41271-025-00601-w","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s41271-025-00601-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Poor quality obstetric care can harm women's mental health, especially after childbirth. This study examines how the perceived quality of health services during childbirth is related to postpartum depression in Ecuador. Using data from 16,451 women in the 2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey, we applied probit and latent class probit models. We find that higher perceived quality of care during childbirth decreases the likelihood of postpartum depression, with stronger effects in intense and long-lasting cases. The results of the instrumental variables model show that, in the most representative class, comprising 68.15% of the sample, a one-point increase in perceived quality reduces the probability of postpartum depression by 9.1% (CI<sub>95%</sub> : -15.2%, -3.0%). This group includes mainly indigenous women, mothers of multiple children, and users of the public health system. These results underscore the urgency of integrating mental health support into maternal care and strengthening policies that improve women's experiences during childbirth in public health facilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":50070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Health Policy","volume":" ","pages":"830-846"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145031044","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}
{"title":"The replacement that's coming.","authors":"Eloy Del Río","doi":"10.1057/s41271-025-00595-5","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s41271-025-00595-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Health Policy","volume":" ","pages":"941-948"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144856837","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}
{"title":"Nutrition services in the primary healthcare system: a scoping review of global experiences.","authors":"Razieh Shenavar, Maryam Aghayan, Nasrin Omidvar, Amirhossein Takian","doi":"10.1057/s41271-025-00600-x","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s41271-025-00600-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Primary healthcare is one of the most important components of the health system worldwide, facilitating people's access to essential healthcare, especially vulnerable groups. Integrating nutrition services into a primary healthcare (PHC) network is critical for effective health promotion. We investigated nutrition services provided through PHC in high-income and low- and middle-income countries. In this scoping review, we examined 37 studies that involved nutrition care at PHC, indexed by PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Sid. Nutritional services provided at the PHC level mainly included nutritional assessment, nutrition counseling and education, child and maternal nutritional care, provided by healthcare workers, nurses, physicians, and dietitians. Nutrition services provided by health systems varied by the degree of diet- and nutrition-related problems, such as diabetes and obesity, as well as maternal and newborn health, and the level of income and development of the countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":50070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Health Policy","volume":" ","pages":"736-748"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145126458","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}
{"title":"Wildfire mental health support programs.","authors":"Jake Young","doi":"10.1057/s41271-025-00599-1","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s41271-025-00599-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Global climate change has increased the risk of wildfires, which pose serious short and long-term mental health problems. Emotional well-being and access to specialized health services are among the most challenging health concerns of those affected by wildfires. In this overview, I discuss the mental health burdens of wildfires and the need for programmatic solutions and resources for developing mental health support infrastructure, including access to care, Skills for Psychological Recovery training programs, and digital health tools. These specialized programs and tools have the potential to improve community resilience and reduce the negative impacts of wildfires on mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":50070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Health Policy","volume":" ","pages":"890-898"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145031039","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}