Niñoval F Pacaol, James Ian M Marbibi, Ren Lester M Pantin, Jave Frances Q Llanas, Paz Veronica E Almenario, Joanna Antonnette L Relevo, Hanna Denise C Palomar, Cueshe Alyannah E Adona, Patrick Julius N Abarca, Aeon Christinanne P Caceres, Carl Jester Virgil D Homeres, Kira S Ronda, Gwyneth M Taño, Beah A Tagnipes
{"title":"Genetically engineering endangered animal species: a one health emergency application.","authors":"Niñoval F Pacaol, James Ian M Marbibi, Ren Lester M Pantin, Jave Frances Q Llanas, Paz Veronica E Almenario, Joanna Antonnette L Relevo, Hanna Denise C Palomar, Cueshe Alyannah E Adona, Patrick Julius N Abarca, Aeon Christinanne P Caceres, Carl Jester Virgil D Homeres, Kira S Ronda, Gwyneth M Taño, Beah A Tagnipes","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae135","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae135","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e158-e159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141794396","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":"Protecting mothers, empowering babies: escape and improvement strategies for pregnant women facing domestic violence.","authors":"Sudirham, Tika Bela Sari","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae141","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae141","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e164-e165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141794401","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":"A synergistic approach of telehealth and community programs for perinatal mental healthcare.","authors":"Sudirham, Tika Bela Sari","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae158","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae158","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e181-e182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141861952","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}
Daniela Fonseca de Freitas, Kamaldeep Bhui, Christophe Clesse, Uzma Zahid, Roisin Mooney, Easter Joury, Richard D Hayes, Mizanur Khondoker
{"title":"A syndemic approach to the study of Covid-19-related death: a cohort study using UK Biobank data.","authors":"Daniela Fonseca de Freitas, Kamaldeep Bhui, Christophe Clesse, Uzma Zahid, Roisin Mooney, Easter Joury, Richard D Hayes, Mizanur Khondoker","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae310","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae310","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Covid-19 pandemic showed higher infection, severity and death rates among those living in poorer socioeconomic conditions. We use syndemic theory to guide the analyses to investigate the impact of social adversity and multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) on Covid-19 mortality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study sample comprised 154 725 UK Biobank participants. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate pathways between traumatic events, economic deprivation, unhealthy behaviors, MLTC, for Covid-19 mortality. Cox regression analysis was used to investigate MLTC and Covid-19 mortality. We also tested effect modification by traumatic events, economic deprivation and unhealthy behaviors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Covid-19 mortality (n = 186) was directly explained by overall level of MLTC. Economic deprivation and unhealthy behaviors contributed to Covid-19 death indirectly via their negative impact on MLTC. The risk for Covid-19 mortality grew exponentially for every quintile of predicted scores of MLTC. The presence of traumatic events, economic deprivation or unhealthy behaviors did not modify the impact of MLTC on Covid-19 mortality.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results suggest a serially causal pathway between economic deprivation and unhealthy behaviors leading to MLTC, which increased the risk of Covid-19 mortality. Policies to tackle the social determinants of health and to mitigate the negative impact of multimorbidity are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e77-e85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11879006/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142831544","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":"Assessment of the link between life purpose and health.","authors":"Richard Sias, Harry J Turtle","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae301","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae301","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study examined the temporal relations between a decline in health and changes in life purpose to better understand the causal direction between life purpose and morbidity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Over a 16-year period, 7598 individuals completed up to four quadrennial surveys, which included information on 14 health metrics (lung function, grip strength, walking speed, balance and diagnoses of hypertension, diabetes, cancer, lung disease, heart condition, stroke, psychiatric problem, arthritis, dementia and Alzheimer's) and life purpose. Ordinary and logistic regressions were used to examine the temporal relations between changes in purpose and changes in health over both the same 4-year period and over the subsequent 8 years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A decline in health was associated with a 5% standard deviation decline (95% confidence interval -0.08, -0.02) in purpose over the same 4-year period. In contrast, there was no evidence that a decline in purpose was associated with a subsequent decline in health.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results fail to support the hypothesis that life purpose causes subsequent morbidity but support the hypothesis that a decline in health causes a decline in purpose. There is little evidence that life-purpose intervention policies will meaningfully impact subsequent morbidity.</p>","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"74-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142735304","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":"Gearing up for the era of digital wellness: challenges and opportunities.","authors":"Danilo V Jr Rogayan, Lea F Dollete","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae108","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae108","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e140-e141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141422315","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":"Sources of bias in studies reporting birth prevalence of congenital anomalies: a scoping review and reporting checklist.","authors":"Sumedha Dharmarajan, Prajkta Bhide, Anita Kar","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae299","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae299","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Data on the birth prevalence of congenital anomalies in low- and middle-income countries report wide variations in prevalence estimates. We conducted a scoping review to identify the sources of bias in studies reporting birth prevalence of congenital anomalies in World Health Organization South-East Asia region (SEAR) countries.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PubMed and Google Scholar databases were screened for relevant literature. Data on study characteristics and sources of bias was extracted. A narrative synthesis of the data is reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews checklist. A checklist for reporting studies on birth prevalence of congenital anomalies (CD-Checklist) was developed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The literature search retrieved 47 articles. Birth prevalence varied from 0.21% to 9.68%. Sampling bias was evident as studies were single hospital studies, lacked relevant description of sample, did not justify sample size or describe the process of sampling. Information bias was identified as studies did not mention classification system used, and failed to clearly distinguish between number of malformations and babies with malformations. Observer and reporting bias were noted.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Several sources of bias introduce variations in birth prevalence reports of congenital anomalies in SEAR countries. A checklist (CD-Checklist) has been suggested which can guide investigators to minimize the risk of bias in studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e38-e55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142718063","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 impact of food insecurity on mental health: a critical review.","authors":"Rikas Saputra, Yenni Lidyawati, Kadek Suhardita, Ledya Oktavia Liza, Erfan Ramadhani, Dominikus David Biondi Situmorang","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae121","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae121","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e148-e149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141452524","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":"Leveraging public health expertise: can professionals drive transformative change to address inequality?","authors":"Jose Eric M Lacsa","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae180","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae180","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e203-e204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891433","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":"Reevaluating the impact of increased fruit and vegetable consumption on adolescent health: a critical perspective.","authors":"Jose Eric M Lacsa","doi":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae174","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pubmed/fdae174","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health (Oxford, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e197-e198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891435","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}