Abdillah Abdillah, Ida Widianingsih, Rd Ahmad Buchari, Heru Nurasa
{"title":"Policymaking and the role of government in promoting public health during Covid-19 in Indonesia?","authors":"Abdillah Abdillah, Ida Widianingsih, Rd Ahmad Buchari, Heru Nurasa","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae184","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae184","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The global COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted inadequate physical activity, which has an impact on public health. Government policies are critical in supporting public health and encouraging physical activity during COVID-19. In addition, collaboration between public and health authorities, influencers, and governments is essential in implementing public education campaigns to promote physical activity and healthy behaviors. In Indonesia, strategies to encourage physical activity among children can include home-based physical activity programs, online physical education classes, and outdoor activities that adhere to social distancing guidelines.</p>","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e206-e207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141904026","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}
{"title":"Vitamin B12 intake during pregnancy linked to child speech development and intelligence quotient.","authors":"Eliska Hrezova, Gabriela Ksinan Jiskrova, Tomas Prusa, Lenka Andryskova, Hynek Pikhart","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae307","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae307","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nutrient deficiencies during pregnancy may affect offspring development. We aim to examine the association between prenatal vitamin B12 intake and children's cognitive development.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 5151 mother-child pairs from the Czech part of ELSPAC study were included in the analysis. Dietary information was obtained during pregnancy using food frequency questionnaire. Parents reported on their child's speech and language development at 18 months, 3, 5 and 7 years. Intelligence quotient (IQ) was measured at 8 years in subcohort of 854 children.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Children of mothers with higher vitamin B12 intake demonstrated higher scores in language (B = 0.20, 95% CI 0.06, 0.34) and talking and understanding (B = 2.39, 95% CI 0.97, 3.80) in a fully adjusted model at 18 months. Additionally, they were more likely to get maximum points in the intelligibility test at age 3 (OR = 1.05, 95% CI 1.01, 1.09) in unadjusted model, however, not in fully adjusted model. We found a positive effect of higher vitamin B12 intake on verbal IQ (B = 1.08, 95% CI 0.09, 2.08).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We identified consistent associations between prenatal vitamin B12 intake and children's cognitive development. The results suggest that inadequate vitamin B12 during pregnancy may negatively affect children's cognitive development, particularly in speech and language.</p>","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"34-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11879010/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142824615","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}
Saeed Akhtar, Ahmad Al-Shammari, Mohammad Al-Huraiti, Fouzan Al-Anjery
{"title":"Age-period-cohort modeling of oesophageal carcinoma risk in a middle eastern country: 1980-2019.","authors":"Saeed Akhtar, Ahmad Al-Shammari, Mohammad Al-Huraiti, Fouzan Al-Anjery","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae311","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae311","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Understanding of the factors influencing oesophageal cancer trends is crucial. Therefore, this cross-sectional cohort study sought to disentangle the age, period and cohort effects on the trends of oesophageal cancer in Kuwait.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The data on incident oesophageal carcinoma cases diagnosed between January 1, 1980, through December 31, 2019, and reference population were obtained. Age-period-cohort (APC) analysis was conducted using a loglinear Poisson regression model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 496 oesophageal carcinoma cases in 12.8 million person-years (i.e. squamous-cell carcinoma, 269, 54.23%), adenocarcinoma,147, 29.64% and unspecified cases, 80,16.13%) were diagnosed. The overall age-standardized incidence rate (per 105 person-years) of oesophageal carcinoma during the study period was 10.51 (95% CI: 6.62-14.41). The APC analysis results showed that the age and birth cohort effects were the significant determinants of declining, and subsequently steadying the oesophageal carcinoma incidence rates.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A substantial decline in oesophageal carcinoma incidence rates was recorded, which significantly varied in all three temporal dimensions. The observed birth cohort patterns suggest changing lifestyle and dietary patterns seem to be responsible for decreasing oesophageal carcinoma risk in Kuwait. Future studies may look for the component causes maintaining the endemicity of oesophageal carcinoma risk in this and similar countries in the region.</p>","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e59-e66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142824108","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}
{"title":"The importance of early education in smoking prevention among adolescents: a school-based approach.","authors":"Yansen Alberth Reba, Yovian Yustiko Prasetya, Yulius Mataputun, M Zaenul Muttaqin","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae122","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae122","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e150-e151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141536202","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}
{"title":"Local wisdom in psychosocial handling of women earthquake survivors in Indonesia.","authors":"Romika Rahayu, Miˈrajul Rifqi, Rizky Andana Pohan","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae146","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae146","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article highlights local Indonesian wisdom in the psychosocial treatment of female earthquake survivors, including interaction with nature, God and fellow humans, which helps reduce the psychological impact through activities such as reading the Koran, praying and cooking together in the refugee camp's public kitchen.</p>","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e166-e167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141794399","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}
{"title":"The semicolon tattoo: a symbol of hope or a simplistic trend?","authors":"Jose Eric M Lacsa","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae189","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae189","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e212"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141908738","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}
{"title":"The influence of disparities in education on quality of life: a review of Indonesia's SDGs.","authors":"I Gede Budi Mahendra","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae177","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae177","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e201-e202"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141899260","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}
{"title":"Navigating the path of AI integration in public health: challenges and opportunities.","authors":"Jose Eric M Lacsa, Rosetti C Arroyo","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae117","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae117","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e146-e147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141441275","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}
{"title":"Beyond brain drain: addressing systemic deficiencies to strengthen TB control in the Philippines.","authors":"Jose Eric M Lacsa","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae156","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae156","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e177-e178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141794393","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}