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Examining the experiences of vulnerably housed patients visiting Kingston, Ontario’s emergency departments: a qualitative analysis
IntroductionVulnerably housed individuals access emergency departments (EDs) more frequently than the general population. Despite Canada’s universal...
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Laryngeal cancer incidence trends in the United States over 2000–2020: a population-based analysis
IntroductionLaryngeal cancers account for one-third of all head and neck cancers. We aimed to report the incidence trends of laryngeal cancer over...
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Aotearoa New Zealand health leader’s opinions on the implementation of a facility-based rehabilitation initiative for older people as an alternative to inpatient rehabilitation in an acute hospital setting
ObjectivesThis study aims to explore the opinions of key health leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand (Waikato Region) regarding a proposed facility-based...
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Multigenerational inequalities of opportunity in health outcomes
This paper studies multigenerational health transmission mechanisms in Australian panel data. Using inequality-of-opportunity (IOP) models, we...
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Socioeconomic differences in limited lung function: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults in Germany
BackgroundLimited lung function represents a serious health impairment. However, studies investigating social inequalities in limited lung function...
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The determinants of mental health inequalities between Chinese migrants and non-migrants during the Shanghai 2022 lockdown: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition
BackgroundThe mental health inequality between migrants and non-migrants was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying key determinants of...
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Effectiveness of public health spending: Investigating the moderating role of governance using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM)
BackgroundThe link between public health spending (PHS) and population health outcomes (PHO) has been extensively studied. However, in sub-Saharan...
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Survival, mortality and epidemic risk status of COVID-19: a population-based Study in Golestan province, Iran
BackgroundAppreciating the various dimensions of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can improve health systems and prepare them to deal...
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Willingness to pay for chronic disease management services provided by primary care nurses
BackgroundDue to the rapid increase in chronic diseases in South Korea, the Korean government has expanded chronic disease management to primary...
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Economic burden of psoriasis in Southern Iran in 2022
IntroductionPsoriasis is a common, chronic, and non-contagious skin disease that has no known cause or treatment. Various medical costs for skin...
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Prevalence and risk of burnout among HIV service providers in South Africa and Zambia: findings from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial
BackgroundIn the high disease burden and resource-constrained contexts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), health workers experience a range of psychosocial...
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How to strengthen societal impact of research and innovation? Lessons learned from an explanatory research-on-research study on participatory knowledge infrastructures funded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development
BackgroundScientific research and innovation can generate societal impact via different pathways. Productive interactions, such as collaboration...
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Association between life’s essential 8 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease among US adults
BackgroundMetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease(MASLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease. Clinical evidences have...
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Determinants of mortality status and population attributable risk fractions of the North West Province, South African site of the international PURE study
BackgroundMortality data and comparative risk assessments from sub-Saharan Africa are limited. There is an urgent need for high quality population...
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A taxonomy of demand-driven questions for use by evidence producers, intermediaries and decision-makers: results from a cross-sectional survey
BackgroundGlobally, a growing number of calls to formalize and strengthen evidence-support systems have been released, all of which emphasize the...
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Cost-effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors as a first-line therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review
Since 2017, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been available for the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or unresectable HCC,...
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Applying the WHO-INTEGRATE evidence-to-decision framework in the development of WHO guidelines on parenting interventions: step-by-step process and lessons learnt
BackgroundDevelopment of guidelines for public health, health system, and health policy interventions demands complex systems thinking to understand...
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The serum level of vitamin D and prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among children with asthma in Asia and Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundSeveral studies on the serum level of vitamin D and the percentage of vitamin D deficiency in children with asthma have been conducted in...