Community knowledge of Australia’s national preventive health strategy focus areas: a nationally representative survey of 1509 adults by Amie Steel, Hope Foley, Jon Adams

“…Conclusions This research highlights the need for future research to investigate and understand some key issues challenging efforts to optimise effective preventive health initiatives with a view to informing better community health and wellbeing outcomes.…”
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Wearable Activity Tracking Device Use in an Adolescent Weight Management Clinic: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial by Kanika Bowen-Jallow, Omar Nunez-Lopez, Alex Wright, Erika Fuchs, Mollie Ahn, Elizabeth Lyons, Daniel Jupiter, Lindsey Berry, Oscar Suman, Ravi S. Radhakrishnan, Andrea M. Glaser, Deborah I. Thompson

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Antenatal care and breastfeeding practices in Sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of demographic and health surveys by Bolanle Olapeju, Michael Bride, Mariam Wamala, Deborah Atobrah, Elizabeth H. Lee, Zoé M. Hendrickson

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Perspectives of health workers on the facilitators and barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence following intensive adherence counseling in Northern Uganda by Humphrey Beja, Daisy Nakayiwa, Innocent Ocitti Owachgiu, Micheal Tonny Edek, Veronic Kobusinge, Oscar Akaki, Samson Udho

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Bibliometric Analysis and ChatGPT-Assisted Identification of Key Strategies for Improving Primary Maternity Care Based on a Decade of Collective Research by Maulana S, Iqhrammullah M, Pratama R, Tjandra S, Mulya IC, Haroen H

“…Sidik Maulana,1,* Muhammad Iqhrammullah,2,* Rovy Pratama,3 Sydney Tjandra,4 Intan Chaharunia Mulya,5 Hartiah Haroen6 1Postgraduate Program of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Indonesia; 2Postgraduate Program of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Aceh, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; 3Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia; 4Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia; 5Education Program in Reproduction & Development, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3168, Australia; 6Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Indonesia*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Sidik Maulana, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jl. …”
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Examining the associations between social support and postpartum depression symptoms among adolescent mothers in Nairobi, Kenya by Luwam T. Gebrekristos, Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Allison K. Groves, Caroline W. Kabiru

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The impact of major congenital anomalies on obstetric outcomes in the United Arab Emirates: the Mutaba’ah Study by Hiba Adam, Nadirah Ghenimi, Anne F Minsart, Hassib Narchi, Shamsa Al Awar, Omniyat M Al Hajeri, Iffat Elbarazi, Rami H. Al-Rifai, Luai A. Ahmed

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The effect of fecal bile acids on the incidence and risk-stratification of colorectal cancer: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Shaohui Yang, Yu Wang, Lijuan Sheng, Wei Cui, Chenyang Ma

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Evaluation of the impact of PEPFAR transition on retention in care in South Africa’s Western Cape Province by J Chiliza, R Laing, F G Feeley, A T Brennan

“…City of Cape Town combined with Western Cape Government health facilities showed a substantial decrease (–6.1%; 95% CI –10.6 - –1.7%), while community health clinic (v. central day clinics) declined (–6.4; 95% CI –10.6 - –2.1%) in RIC. …”
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Rethinking village malaria workers in Cambodia: Perspectives from the communities, programme managers, and international stakeholders. by Long Heng Orng, Monnaphat Jongdeepaisal, Panarasri Khonputsa, Lek Dysoley, Siv Sovannaroth, Thomas J Peto, James J Callery, Christopher Pell, Richard J Maude, Marco Liverani

“…There was emphasis on the needs for more sustainable financing mechanisms and integration with the existing community health infrastructure. The potential expansion of VMW services will benefit from the continued involvement of external donors and partners for technical and financial support. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare professionals in the management of patients with hypertension and concurrent bronchial asthma: a cross-sectional study in the Yello... by Yang Yang, Wenwen Xu, Fei Yu, Xiaohong Yan, Xingbin Ma, Jinxiang Gao

“…The reporting of this study followed the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology checklist.Setting From 30 March to 15 April 2024 at 66 various level hospitals and community health service centres.Participants Physicians and nurses specialising in clinical internal medicine, each with over 2 years of practice and who provided informed consent.Primary and secondary outcome measures The demographic characteristics of the healthcare professionals and their KAP towards the Management of Patients with Hypertension and Concurrent Bronchial Asthma were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. …”
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Impact evaluations of drug decriminalisation and legal regulation on drug use, health and social harms: a systematic review by Ayden I Scheim, Dan Werb, Nazlee Maghsoudi, Zack Marshall, Siobhan Churchill, Carolyn Ziegler

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Cost of primary care approaches for hypertension management and risk-based cardiovascular disease prevention in Bangladesh: a HEARTS costing tool application by Andrew E Moran, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Deliana Kostova, Muhammad Jami Husain, Mohammad Sabbir Haider, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Renesa Tarannum, Shamim Jubayer

“…A task-sharing model involving shifting of select tasks from doctors to nurses and local community health workers would be essential for the eventual scale-up of primary care services to prevent CVD in Bangladesh.…”
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Identifying Complex Scheduling Patterns Among Patients With Cancer With Transportation and Housing Needs: Feasibility Pilot Study by Allan Fong, Christian Boxley, Laura Schubel, Christopher Gallagher, Katarina AuBuchon, Hannah Arem

“…Identifying patients who might benefit from scheduling and social support from community health workers or patient navigators is largely determined on a case-by-case basis and is resource intensive. …”
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Predictors of plasma HDL-C concentrations in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study by James M. Shikany, John R. Bassler, Jared P. Reis, Pamela J. Schreiner, David T. Redden, John T. Wilkins, Cora E. Lewis

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The effect of a community-based health behaviour intervention on healthcare services use among people with type 2 diabetes in Nepal by Grish Paudel, Corneel Vandelanotte, M Mamun Huda, Padam Kanta Dahal, Lal Rawal

“…The participants in the intervention group received a community health worker and peer supporter-led health behavioural intervention for 6 months. …”
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Protecting the American dream for socially vulnerable families: An evaluation of state-level policies to improve housing security and protect mobile home communities by Morgan Clennin, Denise Hartsock, Olivia Goodman, Stacie Daugherty, Cheryl Kelly

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Effects of residential acaricide treatments on patterns of pathogen coinfection in blacklegged ticks by Richard S. Ostfeld, Sahar Adish, Stacy Mowry, William Bremer, Shannon Duerr, Andrew S. Evans, Ilya R. Fischhoff, Fiona Keating, Jennifer Pendleton, Ashley Pfister, Marissa Teator, Felicia Keesing, Ala Tabor

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Does attachment and prenatal depression affect maternal health-promoting lifestyle during pregnancy? A cross-sectional study by Rufidah Maulina, Su-Chen Kuo, Chieh-Yu Liu, Yu Ying Lu, Siti Khuzaiyah, Rafael A. Caparros-Gonzalez

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 224 pregnant women in their third trimester, attending an antenatal appointment at a community health center in Surakarta, Indonesia, from July to September 2019. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with modern contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in 20 African countries: a large population-based study by Robert Akparibo, Paschal Awingura Apanga, Maxwell Tii Kumbeni, Emmanuel Awine Ayamga, Mark B Ulanja

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