03.09.2026journal-article
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
Rashid Ali, Muhammad Asrar, Salma Sultana, Amna Sajjad
Background: Urine-based rapid diagnostic tests offer a non-invasive alternative for malaria diagnosis; however, their use has not been evaluated in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Aim: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of a urine-based rapid diagnostic test for detecting Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infections in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Methods: From January 2023 to December 2024, we collected and analysed laboratory samples from 360 febrile patients aged ≥5 years, with clinical symptoms suggestive of malaria, at …
03.09.2026journal-article
BMC Health Services Research
Wahiba Abu-Ras, Leena Babiker Idris, Mai Al-Quraini, Shahira Amin
Abstract Background Telemental health care (TMHC) may offer convenient and private pathways to mental health support, but its feasibility and acceptability depend on the cultural, structural, and operational context in which it is delivered. This qualitative study examined how members of the general population and mental health professionals perceived the barriers and opportunities associated with TMHC in Qatar. Methods This qualitative study employed semi-structured interviews with 62 participants, comprising memb …
03.09.2026journal-article
BMC Oral Health
Yomna Sayed Khallaf, Olfat Elsayed Hassanein, Aya Mohamed Adly, Dina Kamal
Abstract Background Pit and fissure sealants are widely used for caries prevention; however, their long-term success depends largely on retention. Giomer-based sealants containing surface pre-reacted glass ionomer fillers offer bioactive properties, yet concerns remain regarding their bonding durability when applied with mild self-etch primers. This randomized clinical trial evaluated the effect of bioactive glass air-abrasion pretreatment on the retention and caries preventive efficacy of a giomer-based sealant in …
03.09.2026journal-article
Frontiers in Public Health
Karolina Zhukoff
Chile’s 2021 constitutional amendment on neurorights, the first such provision anywhere in the world, is widely characterized in the literature as a rushed, conceptually underdeveloped instance of liberal rights extension. This article proposes an alternative framing. Examined through the intersecting lenses of non-traditional security (NTS) theory, international law, and the political history of post-colonial statehood and technological dependency, this article challenges this view and proposes that the 2021 const …
03.09.2026journal-article
International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology
Swastik Choubay, Ram Chandra Chaurasia
Groundwater resources in coal mining regions are increasingly threatened by intensive mining activities that alter natural hydrogeochemical conditions and facilitate the mobilization of heavy metals into aquifer systems. This study evaluates the groundwater quality and associated human health risks in the Sohagpur Coalfield, Shahdol District, Madhya Pradesh, India, a major coal-producing region of the Son Valley Basin. The assessment integrates hydrogeological perspectives with physicochemical and heavy metal analy …
03.09.2026journal-article
Socio-Ecological Practice Research
Jasmine Therese Arcilla, Jacob Bull, Sarah Dickin
Abstract Addressing zoonotic diseases often calls for collaborative efforts across health and agriculture sectors to find ways to control or eliminate these pathogens. However, existing techno-scientific and biomedical interventions frequently fall short given the siloed nature of their knowledge and implementation, compounded by the overall lack of consideration for socio-ecological factors and interactions that contribute to disease transmission. Moreover, even when established socio-ecological models are applied …
03.09.2026journal-article
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Lyric N. Russo, Chiara Sabina, Kerry A. Lee, Jennifer L. Mezzapelle, Denise A. Hines, Emily M. Douglas
Abstract Aim This study examined service providers’ perspectives on how race, ethnicity, and immigration status shape help-seeking experiences and institutional responses for Black, Latino, and immigrant male victims of female-perpetrated intimate partner violence (IPV). Method Semi-structured Zoom interviews were conducted with 10 service providers, primarily from the United States (with one provider each from Canada and Ireland), who work with male victims of female-perpetrated IPV. Participants included 5 attorn …
03.09.2026journal-article
Archives of Current Research International
Swati Sucharita, Tapaswini Binakar, Subhashree Jagdev
India is ageing rapidly, and the older population is becoming progressively more female. Women aged 60 years and above outnumber men, survive longer at every advanced age, and are far more likely to be widowed, materially dependent and socially isolated. Their health, nonetheless, is usually examined either as an undifferentiated component of geriatric epidemiology or as a residual category within women’s health research that remains organised around the reproductive years. This critical narrative review evaluates …
03.09.2026journal-article
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Fatao Lin, Yushu Ma, Xiaojuan Li, Wenbo Yan, Hui Fu, Tiewei Li, Zhipeng Jin
Background Neonatal sepsis remains a leading cause of mortality and long-term disability worldwide. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevention measures effectively curbed viral transmission. However, evidence of their long-term impact on the pathogen spectrum and antimicrobial resistance in neonatal sepsis is limited. Methods In this single-center retrospective observational study at Henan Children’s Hospital, 894 neonates with culture-confirmed sepsis (2015–2024) were enrolled. Using pandemic policy time p …
03.09.2026journal-article
Frontiers in Medicine
Meng Jia, Shuang Wang, Chenxi Yu, Ping Li
Objective This study aimed to analyze the current status and differences in mental health levels between patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and knee osteoarthritis (OA) to provide a reference for clinical nursing interventions. Methods Using convenience sampling, patients with knee osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis who were hospitalized at a tertiary first-class hospital in Shandong Province from May to August 2025 were selected for a cross-sectional survey, and the differences in mental health levels be …
03.09.2026journal-article
Animals
Xiaoyao Duan, Minglu Guo, Zhiyong Rao, Wei Zhang, Zhixiang Wang, Yongpeng Guo
This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of substituting soybean meal with single-cell protein derived from Ralstonia eutropha H16 (SCP-H16) in broiler diets, with a specific emphasis on its impact on growth performance, meat quality, biochemical parameters, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal health. A total of 540 one-day-old Arbor Acres (AA) male broiler chicks were randomly allocated to five treatment groups, each comprising six replicates of 18 chicks. The control group (CON) was provided with a corn-soybe …
03.09.2026journal-article
Frontiers in Pediatrics
Paweł Treichel, Sylwia Kołtan, Jan Styczyński
Background PFAPA (periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, cervical adenitis) is the most common periodic fever syndrome in childhood, yet remains a diagnosis of exclusion. No recent synthesis has quantitatively evaluated its circulating biomarkers. We aimed to assess the behavior of inflammatory biomarkers during febrile flares vs. asymptomatic intervals and evaluate their ability to distinguish PFAPA from acute infections and other auto inflammatory diseases. Methods Following PRISMA 2020, PubMed and Sco …
03.09.2026journal-article
Sports
Aura D. Montenegro-Bonilla, Boryi A. Becerra-Patiño, Jorge Olivares-Arancibia, Julio Plaza-Díaz, Daniel Rojas-Valverde, Rodrigo Yañez-Sepúlveda, José Francisco López-Gil
Background: Mental health has become a fundamental component of the sports world. Although previous studies have addressed psychological aspects of women’s soccer, no comprehensive review has mapped both mental health symptoms and adaptive psychological resources and psychophysiological markers in professional, semi-professional, and competitive adolescent women’s soccer. Objective: This scoping review aimed to map recent evidence from 2020 to 2025 on mental health in professional and semi-professional women’s socc …
03.09.2026journal-article
Frontiers in Public Health
Xuelan Ye, Chao Huang, Jiaxin Zhou, Zhibing Qiu, Jieying Wu, Hongmei Wu, Linfeng Mo
Long-term night shift work has become one of the major risk factors for the cardiometabolic health of healthcare workers. Traditional perspectives have largely attributed this to sleep deprivation. However, recent studies have revealed that circadian misalignment itself constitutes an independent pathogenic factor. This article provides a systematic review of the epidemiological evidence, pathophysiological mechanisms, and precision intervention strategies in this field. Existing studies indicate a clear dose-respo …
03.09.2026journal-article
Frontiers in Public Health
Yuwen Sun
Urban soundscape assessments focus on the listener—the person who hears an environment—while largely overlooking the person who must produce sound within it. However, speaking or singing in noisy settings imposes substantial physiological demands due to Lombard effect, which causes vocal intensity to increase as ambient noise raises. In this study, we present a computational framework that integrates the Lombard effect, subglottal pressure estimation, and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) to translate urban noise levels …
03.09.2026journal-article
Journal of Medicine and Health Research
Adeoye Oyewole, Adedotun Oyewole, Samson Ojedokun, Chukwunonso Ndulue
Background: The transition into medical school represents a major developmental, academic, and psychosocial challenge for young adults. These challenges may be particularly significant among freshers. The study aimed to determine the prevalence and predictors of psychiatric morbidity among freshers in the medical school of a public university in Nigeria. Methods: A convergent mixed-methods design was used for the study. The quantitative component involved a cross-sectional survey of first-year medical students usin …
03.09.2026journal-article
LABOR LAW IN RUSSIA AND ABROAD
Mikhail A. Afanasyev
The article presents a comparative legal analysis of the provisions of ILO Convention No. 187 "Concerning the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health" (2006) and the norms of Russian legislation regulating occupational safety. The author examines the basic principles and requirements of the Convention and identifies existing problems and gaps in the legal framework that impede the full implementation of international standards. The focus is on the systemic approach to occupational safety management …
03.09.2026journal-article
Health Education
Hanna Putkonen, Jari Kylmä, Tiina Rissanen, Marjorita Sormunen
Purpose A systematic approach to conducting process evaluations is essential for understanding the implementation of health interventions and their mechanisms of impact. This study aims to describe the process evaluation of a school-based, social-marketing-principles-utilising sexual health intervention targeting adolescents aged 13–14 in Finland. The content and delivery methods of the intervention, along with adolescents' engagement, learning, and functionality, were evaluated. Design/methodology/approach The Med …
03.09.2026journal-article
Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Elisa M. Carter, Ryan D. Simmons, Megan L. Henderson, Julia A. Bennett
Social isolation and loneliness have emerged as critical public health concerns affecting older adults worldwide. Despite being distinct concepts—social isolation referring to the objective lack of social connections and loneliness representing the subjective distress of feeling alone—both conditions are associated with profound adverse effects on physical and mental health. This narrative review synthesizes current research on the conceptual definitions, measurement tools, health impacts, intervention strategies, …
03.09.2026journal-article
Frontiers in Pediatrics
Yusuke Tokuda, Kentaro Ide, Hajime Okuwaki, Hidehito Ota, Shotaro Matsumoto
Background Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are widely used in pediatric intensive care units, but bedside insertion without fluoroscopy often results in catheter tip malposition into the internal jugular vein (IJV). We implemented a three-component prevention bundle consisting of head rotation toward the insertion side, arm abduction, and neck ultrasonography confirmation of the guidewire, and evaluated its effect on IJV catheter malposition. Methods This before–after study was performed on patients …
03.09.2026journal-article
Frontiers in Public Health
Huanqin Lv
Purpose University students often experience academic pressure, interpersonal challenges, and uncertainty about future development, making psychological distress an important concern for health promotion in higher education. Visual art experience may provide opportunities for emotional expression, aesthetic immersion, self-reflection, and meaning-making. However, its association with psychological distress and the possible statistical indirect roles of presence of meaning and search for meaning remain insufficientl …
03.09.2026journal-article
Frontiers in Pediatrics
Xia Sun, Hua Liu
Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for maternal group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonization depends on the assumption that a woman identified as colonized receives an antibiotic active against her own isolate, an assumption that routine susceptibility reporting may overestimate when inducible clindamycin resistance is present. This study characterized the capsular serotypes, sequence types, macrolide-lincosamide resistance phenotypes and the intrapartum antibiotic actually administered for maternal colonizing GBS isol …
03.09.2026journal-article
Frontiers in Public Health
Xiaochu Yang, Xiang Fu, Zexin Wu, Linying Xiao, Ming Luo
Background Digital health resources provide new opportunities for health information seeking, decision-making, and self-management. Yet residents differ in how they understand, evaluate, and use online health information. This study focuses on perceived digital health information support, namely the perceived usefulness of internet-based information for medical understanding and health-related decision support. Evidence remains limited on how this perceived support relates to self-rated health through physical acti …
03.09.2026journal-article
Frontiers in Physiology
Tamer Civil, Beyza Yılmaz, Eray Koroglu, Onder Aydemir
Introduction This study aims to investigate the effects of a holistic training model, in which calisthenic exercises are synchronized with volleyball-specific techniques, on the athletic performance outcomes of adolescent athletes. Methods Eighteen volunteer female volleyball players (aged 12) from a sports club’s youth academy participated in the study. Participants were divided into an experimental group (n=9), in which calisthenic exercises were integrated into the main training process, and a control group (n=9 …
