Public Health

Article	Citations
Vaccine hesitancy in the era of COVID-19	707
Poverty, inequality and COVID-19: the forgotten vulnerable	553
Who is lonely in lockdown? Cross-cohort analyses of predictors of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	425
Socio-economic status and COVID-19–related cases and fatalities	285
How to improve adherence with quarantine: rapid review of the evidence	245
Factors associated with adherence to self-isolation and lockdown measures in the UK: a cross-sectional survey	158
Rapid point-of-care testing for SARS-CoV-2 in a community screening setting shows low sensitivity	152
Non-COVID-19 visits to emergency departments during the pandemic: the impact of fear	147
The Dahlgren-Whitehead model of health determinants: 30 years on and still chasing rainbows	140
Negative impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on mental health service access and follow-up adherence for immigrants and individuals in socio-economic difficulties	108
Attitudes and opinions on quarantine and support for a contact-tracing application in France during the COVID-19 outbreak	92
Psychological impact of infectious disease outbreaks on pregnant women: rapid evidence review	89
Human mobility and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a negative binomial regression analysis	84
Workplace violence in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis	82
Assessing changes in US public trust in science amid the COVID-19 pandemic	81
ANTi-Vax: a novel Twitter dataset for COVID-19 vaccine misinformation detection	80
Readability of online patient education material for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a cross-sectional health literacy study	72
Sharp increase in depression and anxiety among Brazilian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the PAMPA cohort	70
The enigma of health literacy and COVID-19 pandemic	70
Correlates of children's physical activity during the COVID-19 confinement in Portugal	69
Health risk perceptions in the era of the new coronavirus: are the Italian people ready for a novel virus? A cross-sectional study on perceived personal and comparative susceptibility for infectious d	68
The real-life impact of vaccination on COVID-19 mortality in Europe and Israel	67
Public perceptions, anxiety and the perceived efficacy of health-protective behaviours to mitigate the spread of the SARS-Cov-2/ COVID-19 pandemic	67
The changing epidemiology of gambling disorder and gambling-related harm: public health implications	64
Social distancing as a public good under the COVID-19 pandemic	61

Moving on from responsible gambling: a new discourse is needed to prevent and minimise harm from gambling	58
Not all worries were created equal: the case of COVID-19 anxiety	57
Technostress: how does it affect the productivity and life of an individual? Results of an observational study	56
Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination intentions and attitudes in France	55
Sociodemographic predictors of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: a nationwide US-based survey study	54
On the normalisation of online sports gambling among young adult men in the UK: a public health perspective	53
Socio-economic inequalities and COVID-19 incidence and mortality in Brazilian children: a nationwide register-based study	52
COVID-19: Immense necessity and challenges in meeting the needs of minorities, especially asylum seekers and undocumented migrants	51
COVID-19 stay-at-home order in Tyrol, Austria: sports and exercise behaviour in change?	50
Indoor air quality and COVID-19	49
Political partisanship and mobility restriction during the COVID-19 pandemic	49
Test, test, test for COVID-19 antibodies: the importance of sensitivity, specificity and predictive powers	48
An analysis of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and fear mongering on Twitter	48
Cervical cancer screening uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis	48
Sociodemographic factors associated with COVID-19 in-hospital mortality in Brazil	47
Examining the effect of social distancing on the compound growth rate of COVID-19 at the county level (United States) using statistical analyses and a random forest machine learning model	46
COVID-19 and healthcare systems: What should we do next?	46
Effect of front-of-package nutrition labeling on food purchases: a systematic review	45
Coronavirus disease 2019 mortality: a multivariate ecological analysis in relation to ethnicity, population density, obesity, deprivation and pollution	45
Association between overcrowded households, multigenerational households, and COVID-19: a cohort study	43
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the general population about Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a systematic review and meta-analysis with policy recommendations	42
Children's mortality from COVID-19 compared with all-deaths and other relevant causes of death: epidemiological information for decision-making by parents, teachers, clinicians and policymakers	41
Can the summer temperatures reduce COVID-19 cases?	41
Modelling the evolution trajectory of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: experience and suggestions	41
COVID-19 preventive behaviours among people with anxiety and depressive symptoms: findings from Japan	41
Has there been an increased interest in smoking cessation during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic? A Google Trends study	41
A meta-analysis of COVID-19 vaccine attitudes and demographic characteristics in the United States	40
Hospital admission rates, length of stay, and in-hospital mortality for common acute care conditions in COVID-19 vs. pre-COVID-19 era	40
What can internet users' behaviours reveal about the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic? A systematic review	40
COVID-19 in Bangladesh: public awareness and insufficient health facilities remain key challenges	39
Factors influencing health behaviours during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in China: an extended information-motivation-behaviour skills model	38
Half of children entitled to free school meals did not have access to the scheme during COVID-19 lockdown in the UK	37
Palliative care education and its effectiveness: a systematic review	37
The relationship between fever rate and telework implementation as a social distancing measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan	37
Modeling the effect of area deprivation on COVID-19 incidences: a study of Chennai megacity, India	37
Timeliness and completeness of laboratory-based surveillance of COVID-19 cases in England	37
Factors affecting patient adherence to publicly funded colorectal cancer screening programmes: a systematic review	36
The relationship between depressive symptoms and activity of daily living disability among the elderly: results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)	36
Estimating influences of unemployment and underemployment on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: who suffers the most?	35
Survival in adult inpatients with COVID-19	35
Hospital attendance and admission trends for cardiac diseases during the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown in Greece	33
Gambling harm is everybody's business: A public health approach and call to action	33
Is the COVID-19 vaccine effective on the US financial market?	33
Preliminary indications of the burden of COVID-19 among people who inject drugs in England and Northern Ireland and the impact on access to health and harm reduction services	32
Does smoking have an impact on the immunological response to COVID-19 vaccines? Evidence from the VASCO study and need for further studies	31
COVID19: The need for public health in a time of emergency	31
Online ‘anti-vax’ campaigns and COVID-19: censorship is not the solution	31
The risk of COVID-19 transmission in favelas and slums in Brazil	31
Predictors of severe symptomatic laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 reinfection	31
Asymptomatic infection and transmission of COVID-19 among clusters: systematic review and meta-analysis	31

TB infection and BCG vaccination: are we protected from COVID-19?	31
Obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic: both cause of high risk and potential effect of lockdown? A population-based electronic health record study	30
Effectiveness of contact tracing and quarantine on reducing COVID-19 transmission: a retrospective cohort study	30
Resistance to COVID-19 vaccination has increased in Ireland and the United Kingdom during the pandemic	29
COVID-19 media fatigue: predictors of decreasing interest and avoidance of COVID-19–related news	29
Association between indoor air pollution, tobacco smoke and tuberculosis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Relationship between parent–child attachment and depression among migrant children and left-behind children in China	28
Social and psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with Parkinson's disease: a scoping review	28
Adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines and academic performance in adolescents	28
Structural racism, socio-economic marginalization, and infant mortality	27
Forgotten key players in public health: news media as agents of information and persuasion during the COVID-19 pandemic	27
Devolution of healthcare system in Kenya: progress and challenges	27
COVID-19 vaccine rollout: will it affect the rates of vaccine hesitancy in Africa?	27
Predictors of laboratory-positive COVID-19 in children and teenagers	27
Problem gambling and suicidality in England: secondary analysis of a representative cross-sectional survey	27
Mitigation policies, community mobility, and COVID-19 case counts in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore	26
The health, well-being and future opportunities of young carers: a population approach	26
Maternal mental health in India during COVID-19	26
Changes in the prevalence of chronic disability in China: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study	26
Return to work after COVID-19 infection – A Danish nationwide registry study	26
COVID-19 vaccination acceptability in the UK at the start of the vaccination programme: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey (CoVAccS – wave 2)	26
Sampling strategy, characteristics and representativeness of the InGef research database	26
Depressive costs: medical expenditures on depression and depressive symptoms among rural elderly in China	25
Socio-economic inequalities in lung cancer incidence in Canada, 1992–2010: results from the Canadian Cancer Registry	25
Gout in China, 1990–2017: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017	25
Doubled mortality rate during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: quantifying what is not captured by surveillance	25
COVID-19 fatality in Mexico's indigenous populations	24
Gambling and online trading: emerging risks of real-time stock and cryptocurrency trading platforms	24
Use of wearable technology to enhance response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic	24
Public sentiment on the global outbreak of monkeypox: an unsupervised machine learning analysis of 352,182 twitter posts	24
Gambling and gambling-related harm: recent World Health Organization initiatives	23
Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among contacts of individuals with COVID-19 in Hangzhou, China	23
Overview of rapid mitigating strategies in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic	23
Essential public healthcare services utilization and excess non-COVID-19 mortality in Greece	23
Impact of nutritional status and anemia on COVID-19: Is it a public health concern? Evidence from National Family Health Survey-4 (2015–2016), India	23
The efficacy of microlearning in improving self-care capability: a systematic review of the literature	23
Public health and political science: challenges and opportunities for a productive partnership	23
Young people, mental health and COVID-19 infection: the canaries we put in the coal mine	23
Relationship between smoking and the incidence of sarcopenia: The SarcoPhAge cohort	23
Examining the frequency and nature of gambling marketing in televised broadcasts of professional sporting events in the United Kingdom	22
Systematic analysis for the relationship between obesity and tuberculosis	22
Knowledge and awareness of COVID-19 among Indonesian migrant workers in the Greater China Region	22
Trends in maternal age and the relationship between advanced age and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a population-based register study in Wuhan, China, 2010–2017	22
Factors associated with postponed health checkups during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany	22
Screen time and sleep disorder in preschool children: identifying the safe threshold in a digital world	22
Health-care coverage and access to health care in the context of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in rural Mexico: a systematic literature review	21
Early assessment of the impact of mitigation measures on the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy	21
Variation in COVID-19 outbreaks at the US state and county levels	20
The growth of sports betting in Malawi: corporate strategies, public space and public health	20
Condition-specific mortality risk can explain differences in COVID-19 case fatality ratios around the globe	20
Early mandated social distancing is a strong predictor of reduction in peak daily new COVID-19 cases	20
Household food insecurity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile	20
Understanding and addressing vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19: development of a digital intervention	19
COVID-19 contact tracing apps: the ‘elderly paradox’	19
A three-generation family cluster with COVID-19 infection: should quarantine be prolonged?	19
The challenge of COVID-19 for adult men and women in the United States: disparities of psychological distress by gender and age	19
Perceived changes in lifestyle behaviours and in mental health and wellbeing of elementary school children during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Canada	19
Digital marketing of products with poor nutritional quality: a major threat for children and adolescents	19
Policy determinants of COVID-19 pandemic–induced fatality rates across nations	19
Determinants of survival after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Mexican outpatients and hospitalised patients	19
Relative deprivation, social exclusion, and quality of life among Chinese internal migrants	19
Child and adolescent COVID-19 vaccination status and reasons for non-vaccination by parental vaccination status	19
Global Matrix 3.0 physical activity report card for children and youth: a comparison across Europe	18
Particulate matter and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: systematic review and meta-analysis	18
Responding to the new International Classification of Diseases-11 prolonged grief disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic: a new bereavement network and three-tiered model of care	18
Effect of ambient air pollution exposure on renal dysfunction among hospitalized patients in Shanghai, China	18
Factors associated with reported likelihood to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in a nationally representative US survey	18
Changes in health among Syrian refugees along their migration trajectories from Lebanon to Norway: a prospective cohort study	18
Impact of recurrent outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in Africa: a meta-analysis of case fatality rates	18
Does arts and cultural engagement vary geographically? Evidence from the UK household longitudinal study	18
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	18
Behavioural determinants of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among healthcare workers: a rapid review	18
The impact of the World Health Organization Health Promoting Schools framework approach on diet and physical activity behaviours of adolescents in secondary schools: a systematic review	18
Ringing bells: Morganella morganii fights for recognition	18
Food insecurity associated with higher COVID-19 infection in households with older adults	17
COVID-19 survey burden for health care workers: literature review and audit	17
Maternal opioid use disorder at delivery hospitalization in a rural state: Maine, 2009–2018	17
Job strain and mortality ratio: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies	17
Pandemics and social stigma: Who's next? Italy's experience with COVID-19	17
Racial disparities in COVID-19 hospitalizations do not lead to disparities in outcomes	17

The prevalence of mental distress and association with social changes among postgraduate students in China: a cross-temporal meta-analysis	17
Academic burnout among medical students: respective importance of risk and protective factors	17
Smoking and incidence of insomnia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies	17
Investigation of the prevalence of non-COVID-19 infectious diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Home-made masks with filtration efficiency for nano-aerosols for community mitigation of COVID-19 pandemic	17
Machine learning for predicting chronic diseases: a systematic review	17
Non–COVID-19 excess deaths by age and gender in the United States during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Economic relationships and health inequalities: improving public health recommendations	17
COVID-19, health rights of prison staff, and the bridge between prison and public health in Africa	17
Where England's pandemic response to COVID-19 went wrong	17
Psychological distress, low-income, and socio-economic vulnerability in the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Is job strain a risk factor for musculoskeletal pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 21 longitudinal studies	17
Substance misuse during COVID-19: protecting people who use drugs	17
Public attitudes and influencing factors toward COVID-19 vaccination for adolescents/children: a scoping review	17
Longitudinal effects of COVID-19-related loneliness on symptoms of mental distress among older adults in Austria	16
Developing a conceptual framework for flexible surge capacity based on complexity and collaborative theoretical frameworks	16
COVID-19 in South Africa: lockdown strategy and its effects on public health and other contagious diseases	16
Vaccine hesitancy in American healthcare workers during the COVID-19 vaccine roll out: an integrative review	16
Factors hindering hypertension control: perspectives of front-line health professionals in rural Ghana	16
Successful interruption of seasonal influenza transmission under the COVID-19 rapid response in Zhejiang Province, China	16
Recommendations on screen time, sleep and physical activity: associations with academic achievement in Swiss adolescents	16
Trajectories of depression, anxiety and stress among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Southern Switzerland: the Corona Immunitas Ticino cohort study	16
Gathering evidence on the decreased emergency room visits during the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic	16
Health system responsiveness in Hong Kong: a comparison between South Asian and Chinese patients’ experiences	16
Delays in polio vaccination programs due to COVID-19 in Pakistan: a major threat to Pakistan's long war against polio virus	15
Visibility of age restriction warnings, harm reduction messages and terms and conditions: a content analysis of paid-for gambling advertising in the United Kingdom	15
The tsunami of misinformation on COVID-19 challenged the health information literacy of the general public and the readability of educational material: a commentary	15
Potential threats of COVID-19 on quarantined families	15
Biomass fuel use and acute respiratory infection among children younger than 5 years in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Temporal trends in voluntary behavioural changes during the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan	15
Disinfection tunnels: potentially counterproductive in the context of a prolonged pandemic of COVID-19	15
Clinical characteristics, attendance outcomes and deaths of homeless persons in the emergency department: implications for primary health care and community prevention programmes	15
Is home isolation appropriate for preventing the spread of COVID-19	15
Routine testing of close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases – National COVID-19 Contact Management Programme, Ireland, May to August 2020	15
Late diagnosis of chronic liver disease in a community cohort (UK biobank): determinants and impact on subsequent survival	15
Curating wellness during a pandemic in Singapore: COVID-19, museums, and digital imagination	15
First COVID-19 case in the Rohingya camp in Bangladesh: needs proper attention	15
Enhanced surveillance of COVID-19 in Scotland: population-based seroprevalence surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 during the first wave of the epidemic	15
What types of injuries did seriously injured pedestrians and cyclists receive in a Swedish urban region in the time period 2003–2017 when Vision Zero was implemented?	15
What can be done to encourage women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds to attend breast screening? A qualitative synthesis of barriers and facilitators	15
Online singing groups for people with dementia: scoping review	15
Stakeholder interests in gambling revenue: an obstacle to public health interventions?	15
Effectiveness of contact tracing to reduce fatality from COVID-19: preliminary evidence from Colombia	15
Determinants of energy drink consumption in adolescents: identification of sex-specific patterns	15
Community-based cardiovascular disease prevention programmes and cardiovascular risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Effects of Zentangle art workplace health promotion activities on rural healthcare workers	14
Association between job strain and sick leave: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies	14
Important factors affecting COVID-19 transmission and fatality in metropolises	14
Human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic: the issue of female genital mutilations	14
Ethical guidance for health research in prisons in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review	14
Factors associated with youth gambling: longitudinal study among high school students	14
Linking national public services data to estimate the prevalence of intellectual disabilities in The Netherlands: results from an explorative population-based study	14
Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
The causal effects of education on health over the life course: evidence from Canada	14
Price and income elasticities of demand for cigarette consumption: what is the association of price and economic activity with cigarette consumption in Spain from 1957 to 2016?	13
Developmental trajectories of adolescent overweight/obesity in China: socio-economic status correlates and health consequences	13
Association of vitamin D, retinol and zinc deficiencies with stunting in toddlers: findings from a national study in Iran	13
Factors influencing the COVID-19 daily deaths' peak across European countries	13
Adverse childhood experiences and co-occurring psychological distress and substance abuse among juvenile offenders: the role of protective factors	13
Prevalence of smoking among adolescents in China: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Workplace violence against healthcare workers: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses	13
What is the evidence that advertising policies could have an impact on gambling-related harms? A systematic umbrella review of the literature	13
Determinants of health-related quality of life among homeless individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic	13
Incidence and determinants of catastrophic health expenditures and impoverishment in Pakistan	13
Frozen food: is it safe to eat during COVID-19 pandemic?	13
COVID-19 vaccine dilemmas	13
Wastewater as a red flag in COVID-19 spread	13
The public health community's use of social media for policy advocacy: a scoping review and suggestions to advance the field	13
Building health-promoting sports clubs: a participative concept mapping approach	13
Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in Chinese children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Identification of potential lockdown areas during COVID-19 transmission in Punjab, Pakistan	13
The impact of problem gambling: are there enough services available for families with children?	12
Even Mists Have Silver Linings: Promoting LGBTQ+ Acceptance and Solidarity through Community-Based Theatre in India	12
Vulnerable migrants’ access to healthcare in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK	12
Non-communicable diseases in Lebanon: results from World Health Organization STEPS survey 2017	12
Role of social responsibility in prevention of the COVID-19 outbreak from systems thinking perspective	12
The prevalence of non-communicable diseases among Syrian refugees in Syria's neighbouring host countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Comparative efficacy of respiratory personal protective equipment against viral respiratory infectious diseases in healthcare workers: a network meta-analysis	12
COVID-19 incidence in border regions: spatiotemporal patterns and border control measures	12
COVID-19 and the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller population	12
Mental health in Kashmir: conflict to COVID-19	12
Urban-rural disparity of preventive healthcare utilisation among children under the universal health insurance coverage in Taiwan: a national birth cohort analysis	12
Trends and instigators among young adolescent suicide in the United States	12
Global burden of gastric cancer in adolescents and young adults: estimates from GLOBOCAN 2020	12
Insomnia and multiple health outcomes: umbrella review of meta-analyses of prospective cohort studies	12
Inequalities in child health care in Pakistan: measurement and decomposition analysis of maternal educational impact	12
Excess deaths from COVID-19 in Japan and 47 prefectures from January through June 2021	12
Joint trajectories of disability and related factors among older adults in China	12
Legalisation of e-scooters in the UK: the injury rate and pattern is similar to those of bicycles in an inner city metropolitan area	12
Prevalence and factors associated with sexual violence among women aged 15–49 years in rural Uganda: evidence from the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016	12
Home participation, support and barriers among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	12
Exploring the effect of Colorado's recreational marijuana policy on opioid overdose rates	12
Does vitamin D deficiency increase the risk of obesity in adults and the elderly? A systematic review of prospective cohort studies	12
Effects of social participation and physical activity on all-cause mortality among older adults in Norfolk, England: an investigation of the EPIC-Norfolk study	12
An approximation-based approach for periodic estimation of effective reproduction number: a tool for decision-making in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak	12