Public Health

Papers
(The TQCC of Public Health is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-02-01 to 2024-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Vaccine hesitancy in the era of COVID-19674
Poverty, inequality and COVID-19: the forgotten vulnerable537
Socio-economic status and COVID-19–related cases and fatalities275
Rapid point-of-care testing for SARS-CoV-2 in a community screening setting shows low sensitivity151
Non-COVID-19 visits to emergency departments during the pandemic: the impact of fear141
The Dahlgren-Whitehead model of health determinants: 30 years on and still chasing rainbows125
Wuhan novel coronavirus (COVID-19): why global control is challenging?105
Negative impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on mental health service access and follow-up adherence for immigrants and individuals in socio-economic difficulties103
Attitudes and opinions on quarantine and support for a contact-tracing application in France during the COVID-19 outbreak88
Indoor temperature and health: a global systematic review86
Human mobility and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a negative binomial regression analysis79
Assessing changes in US public trust in science amid the COVID-19 pandemic77
Workplace violence in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis75
ANTi-Vax: a novel Twitter dataset for COVID-19 vaccine misinformation detection74
Readability of online patient education material for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a cross-sectional health literacy study70
Sharp increase in depression and anxiety among Brazilian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the PAMPA cohort70
The enigma of health literacy and COVID-19 pandemic69
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 d66
Public perceptions, anxiety and the perceived efficacy of health-protective behaviours to mitigate the spread of the SARS-Cov-2/ COVID-19 pandemic66
A meta-synthesis study of the key elements involved in childhood vaccine hesitancy66
Social distancing as a public good under the COVID-19 pandemic60
Association of obesity with bone mineral density and osteoporosis in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis59
The changing epidemiology of gambling disorder and gambling-related harm: public health implications59
Not all worries were created equal: the case of COVID-19 anxiety56
Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination intentions and attitudes in France54
Moving on from responsible gambling: a new discourse is needed to prevent and minimise harm from gambling54
Technostress: how does it affect the productivity and life of an individual? Results of an observational study52
Sociodemographic predictors of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: a nationwide US-based survey study51
Socio-economic inequalities and COVID-19 incidence and mortality in Brazilian children: a nationwide register-based study51
COVID-19: Immense necessity and challenges in meeting the needs of minorities, especially asylum seekers and undocumented migrants51
COVID-19 stay-at-home order in Tyrol, Austria: sports and exercise behaviour in change?50
On the normalisation of online sports gambling among young adult men in the UK: a public health perspective50
Indoor air quality and COVID-1949
Test, test, test for COVID-19 antibodies: the importance of sensitivity, specificity and predictive powers48
Political partisanship and mobility restriction during the COVID-19 pandemic47
COVID-19 and healthcare systems: What should we do next?44
Coronavirus disease 2019 mortality: a multivariate ecological analysis in relation to ethnicity, population density, obesity, deprivation and pollution44
Sociodemographic factors associated with COVID-19 in-hospital mortality in Brazil43
Effect of front-of-package nutrition labeling on food purchases: a systematic review42
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 model42
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 policymakers41
Modelling the evolution trajectory of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: experience and suggestions41
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the general population about Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a systematic review and meta-analysis with policy recommendations41
Has there been an increased interest in smoking cessation during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic? A Google Trends study40
Can the summer temperatures reduce COVID-19 cases?40
COVID-19 in Bangladesh: public awareness and insufficient health facilities remain key challenges39
COVID-19 preventive behaviours among people with anxiety and depressive symptoms: findings from Japan39
What can internet users' behaviours reveal about the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic? A systematic review38
Factors influencing health behaviours during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in China: an extended information-motivation-behaviour skills model38
The relationship between fever rate and telework implementation as a social distancing measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan37
Timeliness and completeness of laboratory-based surveillance of COVID-19 cases in England36
Modeling the effect of area deprivation on COVID-19 incidences: a study of Chennai megacity, India35
A meta-analysis of COVID-19 vaccine attitudes and demographic characteristics in the United States34
Hospital attendance and admission trends for cardiac diseases during the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown in Greece33
Estimating influences of unemployment and underemployment on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: who suffers the most?33
Palliative care education and its effectiveness: a systematic review33
Factors affecting patient adherence to publicly funded colorectal cancer screening programmes: a systematic review32
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 services32
The relationship between depressive symptoms and activity of daily living disability among the elderly: results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)31
Online ‘anti-vax’ campaigns and COVID-19: censorship is not the solution31
Predictors of severe symptomatic laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 reinfection31
Is the COVID-19 vaccine effective on the US financial market?31
COVID19: The need for public health in a time of emergency31
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 study30
The impact of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and second-hand smoke on the onset of Parkinson disease: a review and meta-analysis30
The risk of COVID-19 transmission in favelas and slums in Brazil30
Does smoking have an impact on the immunological response to COVID-19 vaccines? Evidence from the VASCO study and need for further studies30
Effectiveness of contact tracing and quarantine on reducing COVID-19 transmission: a retrospective cohort study29
Resistance to COVID-19 vaccination has increased in Ireland and the United Kingdom during the pandemic29
Gambling harm is everybody's business: A public health approach and call to action29
Asymptomatic infection and transmission of COVID-19 among clusters: systematic review and meta-analysis28
COVID-19 media fatigue: predictors of decreasing interest and avoidance of COVID-19–related news28
Social and psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with Parkinson's disease: a scoping review27
Adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines and academic performance in adolescents26
Problem gambling and suicidality in England: secondary analysis of a representative cross-sectional survey26
Association between indoor air pollution, tobacco smoke and tuberculosis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis26
COVID-19 vaccine rollout: will it affect the rates of vaccine hesitancy in Africa?26
Sampling strategy, characteristics and representativeness of the InGef research database25
Predictors of laboratory-positive COVID-19 in children and teenagers25
Structural racism, socio-economic marginalization, and infant mortality25
Changes in the prevalence of chronic disability in China: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study25
The health, well-being and future opportunities of young carers: a population approach25
Return to work after COVID-19 infection – A Danish nationwide registry study25
Devolution of healthcare system in Kenya: progress and challenges25
Socio-economic inequalities in lung cancer incidence in Canada, 1992–2010: results from the Canadian Cancer Registry24
Forgotten key players in public health: news media as agents of information and persuasion during the COVID-19 pandemic24
Doubled mortality rate during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: quantifying what is not captured by surveillance24
Mid-upper arm circumference as a substitute of the body mass index for assessment of nutritional status among adult and adolescent females: learning from an impoverished Indian state24
Mitigation policies, community mobility, and COVID-19 case counts in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore24
Gout in China, 1990–2017: the Global Burden of Disease Study 201724
Use of wearable technology to enhance response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic24
Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among contacts of individuals with COVID-19 in Hangzhou, China23
Maternal mental health in India during COVID-1923
Relationship between parent–child attachment and depression among migrant children and left-behind children in China23
Depressive costs: medical expenditures on depression and depressive symptoms among rural elderly in China23
Public sentiment on the global outbreak of monkeypox: an unsupervised machine learning analysis of 352,182 twitter posts23
Impact of nutritional status and anemia on COVID-19: Is it a public health concern? Evidence from National Family Health Survey-4 (2015–2016), India23
Young people, mental health and COVID-19 infection: the canaries we put in the coal mine23
Public health and political science: challenges and opportunities for a productive partnership22
Relationship between smoking and the incidence of sarcopenia: The SarcoPhAge cohort22
The efficacy of microlearning in improving self-care capability: a systematic review of the literature22
Screen time and sleep disorder in preschool children: identifying the safe threshold in a digital world22
Knowledge and awareness of COVID-19 among Indonesian migrant workers in the Greater China Region21
Trends in maternal age and the relationship between advanced age and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a population-based register study in Wuhan, China, 2010–201721
Examining the frequency and nature of gambling marketing in televised broadcasts of professional sporting events in the United Kingdom21
Self-reported health versus biomarkers: does unemployment lead to worse health?21
Essential public healthcare services utilization and excess non-COVID-19 mortality in Greece21
Health and sustainable development: an analysis of 20 European voluntary national reviews21
Gambling and online trading: emerging risks of real-time stock and cryptocurrency trading platforms21
A longitudinal study of piece rate and health: evidence and implications for workers in the US gig economy20
The growth of sports betting in Malawi: corporate strategies, public space and public health20
Early mandated social distancing is a strong predictor of reduction in peak daily new COVID-19 cases20
Health-care coverage and access to health care in the context of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in rural Mexico: a systematic literature review20
Early assessment of the impact of mitigation measures on the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy20
Systematic analysis for the relationship between obesity and tuberculosis20
Overview of rapid mitigating strategies in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic20
Gambling and gambling-related harm: recent World Health Organization initiatives20
COVID-19 contact tracing apps: the ‘elderly paradox’19
Factors associated with Tdap vaccination receipt during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study19
Evaluating health benefits and cost-effectiveness of a mass-media campaign for improving participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in Australia19
Policy determinants of COVID-19 pandemic–induced fatality rates across nations19
Factors associated with postponed health checkups during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany19
Condition-specific mortality risk can explain differences in COVID-19 case fatality ratios around the globe19
Digital marketing of products with poor nutritional quality: a major threat for children and adolescents19
A three-generation family cluster with COVID-19 infection: should quarantine be prolonged?19
COVID-19 fatality in Mexico's indigenous populations19
Relative deprivation, social exclusion, and quality of life among Chinese internal migrants18
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 review18
Does arts and cultural engagement vary geographically? Evidence from the UK household longitudinal study18
Factors associated with reported likelihood to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in a nationally representative US survey18
Determinants of survival after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Mexican outpatients and hospitalised patients18
Ringing bells: Morganella morganii fights for recognition18
Behavioural determinants of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among healthcare workers: a rapid review18
Household food insecurity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile18
Substance misuse during COVID-19: protecting people who use drugs17
Particulate matter and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: systematic review and meta-analysis17
The challenge of COVID-19 for adult men and women in the United States: disparities of psychological distress by gender and age17
Racial disparities in COVID-19 hospitalizations do not lead to disparities in outcomes17
COVID-19, health rights of prison staff, and the bridge between prison and public health in Africa17
Job strain and mortality ratio: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies17
Non–COVID-19 excess deaths by age and gender in the United States during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic17
Where England's pandemic response to COVID-19 went wrong17
Perceived changes in lifestyle behaviours and in mental health and wellbeing of elementary school children during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Canada17
Health system responsiveness in Hong Kong: a comparison between South Asian and Chinese patients’ experiences16
Pandemics and social stigma: Who's next? Italy's experience with COVID-1916
Economic relationships and health inequalities: improving public health recommendations16
COVID-19 survey burden for health care workers: literature review and audit16
Effect of ambient air pollution exposure on renal dysfunction among hospitalized patients in Shanghai, China16
Is job strain a risk factor for musculoskeletal pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 21 longitudinal studies16
Machine learning for predicting chronic diseases: a systematic review16
Food insecurity associated with higher COVID-19 infection in households with older adults16
Maternal opioid use disorder at delivery hospitalization in a rural state: Maine, 2009–201816
COVID-19 in South Africa: lockdown strategy and its effects on public health and other contagious diseases16
Home-made masks with filtration efficiency for nano-aerosols for community mitigation of COVID-19 pandemic16
The prevalence of mental distress and association with social changes among postgraduate students in China: a cross-temporal meta-analysis16
Changes in health among Syrian refugees along their migration trajectories from Lebanon to Norway: a prospective cohort study16
Gathering evidence on the decreased emergency room visits during the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic16
Public attitudes and influencing factors toward COVID-19 vaccination for adolescents/children: a scoping review15
Effectiveness of contact tracing to reduce fatality from COVID-19: preliminary evidence from Colombia15
Disinfection tunnels: potentially counterproductive in the context of a prolonged pandemic of COVID-1915
First COVID-19 case in the Rohingya camp in Bangladesh: needs proper attention15
Enhanced surveillance of COVID-19 in Scotland: population-based seroprevalence surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 during the first wave of the epidemic15
Psychological distress, low-income, and socio-economic vulnerability in the COVID-19 pandemic15
Is home isolation appropriate for preventing the spread of COVID-1915
The tsunami of misinformation on COVID-19 challenged the health information literacy of the general public and the readability of educational material: a commentary15
Stakeholder interests in gambling revenue: an obstacle to public health interventions?15
Temporal trends in voluntary behavioural changes during the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan15
Global Matrix 3.0 physical activity report card for children and youth: a comparison across Europe15
Longitudinal effects of COVID-19-related loneliness on symptoms of mental distress among older adults in Austria15
Factors hindering hypertension control: perspectives of front-line health professionals in rural Ghana15
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
Successful interruption of seasonal influenza transmission under the COVID-19 rapid response in Zhejiang Province, China15
Routine testing of close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases – National COVID-19 Contact Management Programme, Ireland, May to August 202015
Late diagnosis of chronic liver disease in a community cohort (UK biobank): determinants and impact on subsequent survival15
Academic burnout among medical students: respective importance of risk and protective factors15
Curating wellness during a pandemic in Singapore: COVID-19, museums, and digital imagination15
Developing a conceptual framework for flexible surge capacity based on complexity and collaborative theoretical frameworks15
Investigation of the prevalence of non-COVID-19 infectious diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic15
Visibility of age restriction warnings, harm reduction messages and terms and conditions: a content analysis of paid-for gambling advertising in the United Kingdom15
Online singing groups for people with dementia: scoping review15
Potential threats of COVID-19 on quarantined families15
What can be done to encourage women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds to attend breast screening? A qualitative synthesis of barriers and facilitators14
Community-based cardiovascular disease prevention programmes and cardiovascular risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis14
Child and adolescent COVID-19 vaccination status and reasons for non-vaccination by parental vaccination status14
Delays in polio vaccination programs due to COVID-19 in Pakistan: a major threat to Pakistan's long war against polio virus14
Association between job strain and sick leave: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies14
Human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic: the issue of female genital mutilations14
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis14
Determinants of energy drink consumption in adolescents: identification of sex-specific patterns14
Ethical guidance for health research in prisons in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review14
Factors associated with youth gambling: longitudinal study among high school students14
Vaccine hesitancy in American healthcare workers during the COVID-19 vaccine roll out: an integrative review14
Trajectories of depression, anxiety and stress among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Southern Switzerland: the Corona Immunitas Ticino cohort study14
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 care14
Modern slavery and public health: a rapid evidence assessment and an emergent public health approach14
Frozen food: is it safe to eat during COVID-19 pandemic?13
The public health community's use of social media for policy advocacy: a scoping review and suggestions to advance the field13
The causal effects of education on health over the life course: evidence from Canada13
Identification of potential lockdown areas during COVID-19 transmission in Punjab, Pakistan13
Building health-promoting sports clubs: a participative concept mapping approach13
Association of vitamin D, retinol and zinc deficiencies with stunting in toddlers: findings from a national study in Iran13
Factors influencing the COVID-19 daily deaths' peak across European countries13
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?12
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Bangladesh: a systematic scoping review12
Comparative efficacy of respiratory personal protective equipment against viral respiratory infectious diseases in healthcare workers: a network meta-analysis12
Excess deaths from COVID-19 in Japan and 47 prefectures from January through June 202112
Adverse childhood experiences and co-occurring psychological distress and substance abuse among juvenile offenders: the role of protective factors12
Linking national public services data to estimate the prevalence of intellectual disabilities in The Netherlands: results from an explorative population-based study12
Community exchange and time currencies: a systematic and in-depth thematic review of impact on public health outcomes12
Wastewater as a red flag in COVID-19 spread12
Does vitamin D deficiency increase the risk of obesity in adults and the elderly? A systematic review of prospective cohort studies12
Inequalities in child health care in Pakistan: measurement and decomposition analysis of maternal educational impact12
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) outbreak12
COVID-19 and the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller population12
COVID-19 vaccine dilemmas12
Developmental trajectories of adolescent overweight/obesity in China: socio-economic status correlates and health consequences12
Home participation, support and barriers among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder before and during the COVID-19 pandemic12
Socioeconomic inequalities and the equity impact of population-level interventions for adolescent health: an overview of systematic reviews12
Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in Chinese children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis12
Important factors affecting COVID-19 transmission and fatality in metropolises12
Joint trajectories of disability and related factors among older adults in China12
Vulnerable migrants’ access to healthcare in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK12
Changes in fears and worries related to COVID-19 during the pandemic among current employees in Japan: a 5-month longitudinal study11
Urban-rural disparity of preventive healthcare utilisation among children under the universal health insurance coverage in Taiwan: a national birth cohort analysis11
Global burden of gastric cancer in adolescents and young adults: estimates from GLOBOCAN 202011
Role of social responsibility in prevention of the COVID-19 outbreak from systems thinking perspective11
Epidemiology and treatment outcome of MDR and pre-XDR TB in international migrants at two reference centers in the North of Italy: a cross-sectional study coordinated by Stop TB Italia Onlus11
COVID-19 incidence in border regions: spatiotemporal patterns and border control measures11
Prevalence of smoking among adolescents in China: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis11
What is the evidence that advertising policies could have an impact on gambling-related harms? A systematic umbrella review of the literature11
Clinical characteristics, attendance outcomes and deaths of homeless persons in the emergency department: implications for primary health care and community prevention programmes11
Influence of malaria endemicity and tuberculosis prevalence on COVID-19 mortality11
An exploration of the impact of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) restrictions on marginalised groups in the UK11
Intergenerational educational mobility and smoking: a study of 20 European countries using diagonal reference models11
Biomass fuel use and acute respiratory infection among children younger than 5 years in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis11
Mental health in Kashmir: conflict to COVID-1911
Effects of Zentangle art workplace health promotion activities on rural healthcare workers11
Exploring the effect of Colorado's recreational marijuana policy on opioid overdose rates11
Determinants of health-related quality of life among homeless individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic11
Effects of social participation and physical activity on all-cause mortality among older adults in Norfolk, England: an investigation of the EPIC-Norfolk study11
Arts on prescription: observed changes in anxiety, depression, and well-being across referral cycles11
How well do area-based deprivation indices identify income- and employment-deprived individuals across Great Britain today?10
Association of obesity measures and multimorbidity in Pakistan: findings from the IMPACT study10
Pandemics and epidemics: public health and gambling harms10
Role of non–face-to-face social contacts in moderating the association between living alone and mental health among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study10
COVID-19 deaths in children: comparison with all- and other causes and trends in incidence of mortality10
Discrimination and stigma among people with type 2 diabetes in the workplace: prejudice against illness or obesity?10
A systematic review of the factors - barriers and enablers - affecting the implementation of clinical commissioning policy to reduce health inequalities in the National Health Service (NHS), UK10
The SARS-CoV-2 crisis: A crisis of reductionism?10
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