Preventive Medicine

Article	Citations
HPV vaccination introduction worldwide and WHO and UNICEF estimates of national HPV immunization coverage 2010–2019	324
Contributing factors to personal protective equipment shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic	301
Vaccination against COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of acceptability and its predictors	198
Mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic among US adults without a pre-existing mental health condition: Findings from American trend panel survey	173
A longitudinal study of psychological distress in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	145
Potential health-related behaviors for pre-school and school-aged children during COVID-19 lockdown: A narrative review	127
Increased alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic: The effect of mental health and age in a cross-sectional sample of social media users in the U.S.	123
A portrait of the early and differential mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: Findings from the first wave of a nationally representative cross-sectional survey	122
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown policy on homicide, suicide, and motor vehicle deaths in Peru	120
Provider communication and HPV vaccine uptake: A meta-analysis and systematic review	95
COVID-19 impact on screening test volume through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer early detection program, January–June 2020, in the United States	90
Sense of purpose in life and five health behaviors in older adults	87
Worldwide use of HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening	86
Current recommendations on the selection of measures for well-being	84
A call to action: Improving urban green spaces to reduce health inequalities exacerbated by COVID-19	82
Willingness, refusal and influential factors of parents to vaccinate their children against the COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis	81
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health care workers in Palestine: A call for action	79
Suicidal behaviors and ideation during emerging viral disease outbreaks before the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic rapid review	79
The role of trust in the likelihood of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine: Results from a national survey	77
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on mental disorders in young adulthood: Latent classes and community violence exposure	75
Effects of fact-checking social media vaccine misinformation on attitudes toward vaccines	74
Measuring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on organized cancer screening and diagnostic follow-up care in Ontario, Canada: A provincial, population-based study	73
Addressing the critical need for long-term mental health data during the COVID-19 pandemic: Changes in mental health from April to September 2020	73
Tobacco harm reduction: Past history, current controversies and a proposed approach for the future	67
The relationship between government trust and preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: Exploring the roles of knowledge and negative emotion	67

Cervical cancer screening in the United States: Challenges and potential solutions for underscreened groups	64
Impact of COVID-19 on cervical cancer screening: Challenges and opportunities to improving resilience and reduce disparities	64
Screen time and extracurricular activities as risk and protective factors for mental health in adolescence: A population-level study	63
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on breast cancer early detection and screening	60
Personalized mobile technologies for lifestyle behavior change: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression	51
The three-step theory of suicide: Description, evidence, and some useful points of clarification	51
Systematic review of risk and protective factors for suicidal and self-harm behaviors among children and adolescents involved with cyberbullying	51
Do predictors of adherence to pandemic guidelines change over time? A panel study of 22,000 UK adults during the COVID-19 pandemic	51
Impact of the suspension and restart of the Dutch breast cancer screening program on breast cancer incidence and stage during the COVID-19 pandemic	48
The fourth wave of the US opioid epidemic and its implications for the rural US: A federal perspective	46
Smoking and use of electronic cigarettes (vaping) in relation to preterm birth and small-for-gestational-age in a 2016 U.S. national sample	46
The association between adherence to cancer screening programs and health literacy: A systematic review and meta-analysis	44
Widening disparities in cigarette smoking by race/ethnicity across education level in the United States	44
National implementation of HPV vaccination programs in low-resource countries: Lessons, challenges, and future prospects	44
E-cigarettes and youth: Patterns of use, potential harms, and recommendations	43
Associations of sedentary behavior in leisure and occupational contexts with symptoms of depression and anxiety	41
Characteristics and impact of theory of planned behavior interventions on smoking behavior: A systematic review of the literature	40
Contributing factors to suicide: Political, social, cultural and economic	40
Understanding COVID-19 impact on cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer screening among federally qualified healthcare centers participating in “Back on track with screening” quality improvement proj	40
The positive influence of sense of control on physical, behavioral, and psychosocial health in older adults: An outcome-wide approach	39
Associations between the National Walkability Index and walking among US Adults — National Health Interview Survey, 2015	38
Barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening among transgender men and non-binary people with a cervix: A systematic narrative review.	37
An examination of preferred messengers on firearm safety for suicide prevention	36
U.S. healthcare spending attributable to cigarette smoking in 2014	35
Looking to the empirical literature on the potential for financial incentives to enhance adherence with COVID-19 vaccination	35
Universal school-based mental health programmes in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis	35
Universal masking during COVID-19 pandemic: Can textile engineering help public health? Narrative review of the evidence	34
Electronic health literacy and health-related outcomes among older adults: A systematic review	33
Changes in infectivity, severity and vaccine effectiveness against delta COVID-19 variant ten months into the vaccination program: The Israeli case	33
Multifaceted strategies for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in Ontario, Canada	33
Increasing knowledge on dementia risk reduction in the general population: Results of a public awareness campaign	33
Growing racial/ethnic disparities in overdose mortality before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in California	33
Impact of disruptions and recovery for established cervical screening programs across a range of high-income country program designs, using COVID-19 as an example: A modelled analysis	32
Applying social norms interventions to increase adherence to COVID-19 prevention and control guidelines	32
Associations between severe food insecurity and disordered eating behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from a 10-year longitudinal study	32
Effectiveness of universal multiple-risk lifestyle interventions in reducing depressive symptoms: Systematic review and meta-analysis	31
Mental health symptoms and association with COVID-19 vaccination receipt and intention to vaccinate among adults, United States	31
The national FIT-based colorectal cancer screening program in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic	30
Early assessment of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer screening services: The International Cancer Screening Network COVID-19 survey	30
Objectively measured physical activity and all cause mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Physical activity trajectories from childhood to late adolescence and their implications for health in young adulthood	29
Prevalence, determinants, and impact of suboptimal adherence to HIV medication in 25 countries	29
Disparities in the distribution of COVID-19 testing sites in black and Latino areas in new York City	29
Association of neighborhood parks with child health in the United States	29
Cannabis advertising, promotion and branding: Differences in consumer exposure between ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’ markets in Canada and the US	29
Behavioral economics informed message content in text message reminders to improve cervical screening participation: Two pragmatic randomized controlled trials	28
Achieving cervical cancer elimination among Indigenous women	28
Introduction of HPV testing for cervical cancer screening in Central America: The Scale-Up project	28
Smartphone-based financial incentives to promote smoking cessation during pregnancy: A pilot study	28
Longitudinal association between social media use and psychological distress among adolescents	27

To curb research misreporting, replace significance and confidence by compatibility	27
The trajectory of racial/ethnic disparities in the use of cancer screening before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A large U.S. academic center analysis	27
Factors influencing social distancing to prevent the community spread of COVID-19 among Chinese adults	27
Active school transportation and the built environment across Canadian cities: Findings from the child active transportation safety and the environment (CHASE) study	27
Lifestyle interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in clinical populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis of different strategies and effects on cardiometabolic health	27
Vulnerable patients forgo health care during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic	27
Designing warnings for sugary drinks: A randomized experiment with Latino parents and non-Latino parents	26
Making the news: Victim characteristics associated with media reporting on firearm injury	26
Americans' perceptions of disparities in COVID-19 mortality: Results from a nationally-representative survey	25
Gender differences in the relationships between different types of childhood trauma and resilience on depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents	25
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine effectiveness against Sars-Cov-2 infection: Findings from a large observational study in Israel	25
Prevalence, Trends, and Distribution of Nicotine and Marijuana use in E-cigarettes among US adults: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2016–2018	25
Adolescent perceptions of E-cigarette use and vaping behavior before and after the EVALI outbreak	25
The built and social neighborhood environment and child obesity: A systematic review of longitudinal studies	25
Evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer screening in a central Canadian province	25
Socioeconomic position and quality of life among older people: The mediating role of social support	24
COVID-19 treatment resource disparities and social disadvantage in New York City	24
Issues surrounding incentives and penalties for COVID-19 vaccination: The Israeli experience	24
School tobacco policies and adolescent smoking in six European cities in 2013 and 2016: A school-level longitudinal study	24
Achieving equity in cervical cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): Strengthening health systems using a systems thinking approach	24
Physical inactivity from youth to adulthood and adult cardiometabolic risk profile	24
‘Most at risk’ for COVID19? The imperative to expand the definition from biological to social factors for equity	24
Effect of the SafeCare© intervention on parenting outcomes among parents in child welfare systems: A cluster randomized trial	24
Community health workers and non-clinical patient navigators: A critical COVID-19 pandemic workforce	24
Who is likely to vacillate in their COVID-19 vaccination decision? Free-riding intention and post-positive reluctance	23
Stigma and cervical cancer prevention: A scoping review of the U.S. literature	23
Accelerating action on cervical screening in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) post COVID-19 era	23
Colorectal cancer screening among Hispanics in the United States: Disparities, modalities, predictors, and regional variation	23
The longitudinal associations of physical activity, time spent outdoors in nature and symptoms of depression and anxiety during COVID-19 quarantine and social distancing in the United States	23
Reactions to graphic and text health warnings for cigarettes, sugar-sweetened beverages, and alcohol: An online randomized experiment of US adults	23
Multiple risk behaviour in adolescence is associated with substantial adverse health and social outcomes in early adulthood: Findings from a prospective birth cohort study	23
Cancer screening in the U.S. through the COVID-19 pandemic, recovery, and beyond	22
U.S. frontline workers and COVID-19 inequities	22
A systematic review of the bidirectional relationship between depressive symptoms and cardiovascular health	22
Effects of e-cigarette use on cigarette smoking among U.S. youth, 2004–2018	22
Vaccination against seasonal influenza and socio-economic and environmental factors as determinants of the geographic variation of COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Italian elderly	22
The emerging infrastructure of US firearms injury data	22
Physical activity and diet quality in relation to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A cross-sectional study in a representative sample of U.S. adults using NHANES 2017–2018.	22
A narrative review of HPV vaccination interventions in rural U.S. communities	22
How we ask matters: The impact of question wording in single-item measurement of suicidal thoughts and behaviors	21
Leveraging vertical COVID-19 investments to improve monitoring of cancer screening programme – A case study from Bangladesh	21
Cannabis vaping among adults in the United States: Prevalence, trends, and association with high-risk behaviors and adverse respiratory conditions	21
The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on socioeconomic differences in physical activity behavior: Evidence from the Lifelines COVID-19 cohort study	21
Patterns of tobacco use and nicotine dependence among youth, United States, 2017–2018	21
Acute effects of short-term exposure to air pollution while being physically active, the potential for modification: A review of the literature	21
Positive emotions and favorable cardiovascular health: A 20-year longitudinal study	21
Temporal changes in allostatic load patterns by age, race/ethnicity, and gender among the US adult population; 1988–2018	21
Neighborhood active aging infrastructure and cognitive function: A mixed-methods study of older Americans	21
Secondhand smoke exposure and higher blood pressure in children and adolescents participating in NHANES	21
COVID-19 and cancer screening in Scotland: A national and coordinated approach to minimising harm	20
Anticipated mental health consequences of COVID-19 in a nationally-representative sample: Context, coverage, and economic consequences	20
A proposed new generation of evidence-based microsimulation models to inform global control of cervical cancer	20
Impact of school-based educational interventions in middle adolescent populations (15-17yrs) on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination uptake and perceptions/knowledge of HPV and its associated cancer	20
Cost-utility of colorectal cancer screening at 40 years old for average-risk patients	20
Examining aspects of successful community-based programs promoting cancer screening uptake to reduce cancer health disparity: A systematic review	19
The bidirectional association between sleep and physical activity: A 6.9 years longitudinal analysis of 38,601 UK Biobank participants	19
Prioritizing breast imaging services during the COVID pandemic: A survey of breast imaging facilities within the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium	19
E-cigarette use and adverse respiratory symptoms among adolescents and Young adults in the United States	19
Missed routine pediatric care and vaccinations in US children during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic	19
The effects of motor skill and physical activity interventions on preschoolers' cognitive and academic skills: A systematic review	19
Contextual factors associated with cancer screening uptake: A systematic review of observational studies	18
Impact and cost-effectiveness of strategies to accelerate cervical cancer elimination: A model-based analysis	18
Identifying key barriers to effective breast cancer control in rural settings	18
Patient barriers and facilitators of colonoscopy use: A rapid systematic review and thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature	18
Identifying nonfatal firearm assault incidents through linking police data and clinical records: Cohort study in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007–2016	18
Mental health and economic stressors associated with high-risk drinking and increased alcohol consumption early in the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States	18
Are one-year changes in adherence to the 24-hour movement guidelines associated with flourishing among Canadian youth?	18
The rapid anti-suicidal ideation effect of ketamine: A systematic review	18
The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and long COVID in U.S. adults during the BA.4/BA.5 surge, June–July 2022	18
Identifying patterns of movement behaviours in relation to depressive symptoms during adolescence: A latent profile analysis approach	18
The early effects of cumulative and individual adverse childhood experiences on child diet: Examining the role of socioeconomic status	18
Adverse childhood experiences in a low-income black cohort: The importance of context	17
Economic evaluations of public health interventions for physical activity and healthy diet: A systematic review	17
A descriptive exploration of the geographic and sociodemographic concentration of firearm homicide in the United States, 2004–2018	17
Intentions to participate in cervical and colorectal cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods study	17
Symptoms of depression and active smoking among survivors of stroke and myocardial infarction: An NHANES analysis	17
Fatal police shootings of civilians, by rurality	17
Tobacco product use and susceptibility to use among sexual minority and heterosexual adolescents	17
School characteristics and children's mental health: A linked survey-administrative data study	17
Effects of park-based interventions on health-related outcomes: A systematic review	17

Bullying and suicide risk among sexual minority youth in the United States	17
Workers at long-term care facilities and their risk for severe COVID-19 illness	17
Firearm ownership, attitudes, and safe storage practices among a nationally representative sample of older U.S. adults age 50 to 80	17
Associations between mentally-passive and mentally-active sedentary behaviours during adolescence and psychological distress during adulthood	16
Racial disparities in occupational risks and lung cancer incidence: Analysis of the National Lung Screening Trial	16
The role of provincial social policies and economic environments in shaping food insecurity among Canadian families with children	16
COVID-19 and family planning service delivery: Findings from a survey of U.S. physicians	16
Views on the need to implement restriction policies to be able to address COVID-19 in the United States	16
Stay-at-home orders and firearms in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic	16
Longer-term use of electronic cigarettes when provided as a stop smoking aid: Systematic review with meta-analyses	16
Implementing the national suicide prevention strategy: Time for action to flatten the curve	16
Health literacy supports active aging	16
Ranking sociodemographic, health behavior, prevention, and environmental factors in predicting neighborhood cardiovascular health: A Bayesian machine learning approach	16
An integrative systematic review of online resources and interventions for people bereaved by suicide	16
Clinical follow-up practices after cervical cancer screening by co-testing: A population-based study of adherence to U.S. guideline recommendations	16
‘Snacktivity™’ to increase physical activity: Time to try something different?	16
Cross-sectional association between physical activity level and subjective cognitive decline among US adults aged ≥45 years, 2015	16
Chronic high risk of intimate partner violence against women in disadvantaged neighborhoods: An eight-year space-time analysis	16
The role and utility of population-based cancer registries in cervical cancer surveillance and control	16
School-based interventions to improve sun-safe knowledge, attitudes and behaviors in childhood and adolescence: A systematic review	16
The association between social needs and chronic conditions in a large, urban primary care population	16
Multimorbidity and obesity in older adults from six low- and middle-income countries	16
Tobacco and cannabis poly-substance and poly-product use trajectories across adolescence and young adulthood	15
Evaluation of a campaign to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in New Jersey	15
Maternal substance use in pregnancy: Differential prediction by childhood adversity subtypes	15
Polysubstance use trends and variability among individuals with opioid use disorder in rural versus urban settings	15
Recreational screen media use in Danish school-aged children and the role of parental education, family structures, and household screen media rules	15
Leveraging black-market street buprenorphine pricing to increase capacity to treat opioid addiction, 2010–2018	15
Do youth who vape exhibit risky health lifestyles? Monitoring the future, 2017	15
Temporal trends and demographic risk factors for hospital admissions due to carbon monoxide poisoning in England	15
Which tobacco control policies do smokers support? Findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey	15
Health, economic and social disparities among transgender women, transgender men and transgender nonbinary adults: Results from a population-based study	15
Association between racial discrimination and delayed or forgone care amid the COVID-19 pandemic	15
Nudges used to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace: Results of a scoping review	15
Nonfatal use of firearms in intimate partner violence: Results of a national survey	15
Disentangling individual, school, and neighborhood effects on screen time among adolescents and young adults in the United States	15
Decreases in smoking and vaping during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders among a cohort of young adults in the United States	15
Intention to vaccinate children for COVID-19: A segmentation analysis among Medicaid parents in Florida	15
Geographic and sociodemographic differences in cervical cancer screening modalities	15
Use of heated tobacco products, moderate alcohol drinking, and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody titers after BNT162b2 vaccination among Japanese healthcare workers	15
Differential trends in US suicide rates, 1999–2020: Emerging racial and ethnic disparities	15
Cannabis use and driving under the influence: Behaviors and attitudes by state-level legal sale of recreational cannabis	15
Short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a population-based screening program for colorectal cancer in Catalonia (Spain)	14
HPV prevention and control – The way forward	14
Smoking behavior in 18–20 year-olds after tobacco 21 policy implementation in California: A difference-in-differences analysis with other states	14
eHealth interventions for reducing cardiovascular disease risk in men: A systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Economics of sedentary behaviour: A systematic review of cost of illness, cost-effectiveness, and return on investment studies	14
Women with obesity participate less in cervical cancer screening and are more likely to have unsatisfactory smears: Results from a nationwide Danish cohort study	14
Association between neighborhood socioeconomic status, tobacco store density and smoking status in pregnant women in an urban area	14
Wearable technology for early detection of COVID-19: A systematic scoping review	14
The link between LGBTQ-supportive communities, progressive political climate, and suicidality among sexual minority adolescents in Canada	14
What challenges do UK adults face when adhering to COVID-19-related instructions? Cross-sectional survey in a representative sample	14
Screen-based behaviors in Australian adolescents: Longitudinal trends from a 4-year follow-up study	13
Sitting at work & waist circumference—A cross-sectional study of Australian workers	13
Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on preventive health services in Brazil	13
Parents' perceptions on COVID-19 vaccination as the new routine for their children ≤ 11 years old	13
Women's considerations and experiences for breast cancer screening and surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: A focus group study	13
Timing, duration, and differential susceptibility to early life adversities and cardiovascular disease risk across the lifespan: Implications for future research	13
A spatial analysis of the effect of neighborhood contexts on cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in U.S. Counties through October 20 2020	13
Relationships among adverse childhood experience patterns, psychological resilience, self-esteem and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents: A serial multiple mediation model	13
Family socioeconomic status and childhood adiposity in Europe - A scoping review	13
Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer: A systematic review of the impact of COVID-19 on patient care	13
Elimination of cervical cancer in U.S. Hispanic populations: Puerto Rico as a case study	13
Public guns, private violence: The association of city-level firearm availability and intimate partner homicide in the United States	13
Effects of a lifestyle intervention on cardiovascular risk among high-risk individuals for diabetes in a low- and middle-income setting: Secondary analysis of the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program	13
Crisis response among essential workers and their children during the COVID-19 pandemic	13
Interventions using mHealth strategies to improve screening rates of cervical cancer: A scoping review	13
Exposure to tobacco content in episodic programs and tobacco and E-cigarette initiation	13
Exploring associations between social determinants of health and mental health outcomes in families from socioeconomically and racially and ethnically diverse households	13
Rural-urban differences in stroke risk	13
Examining differences in prescription opioid use behaviors among U.S. adults with and without disabilities	13
Burden of disease from second-hand tobacco smoke exposure at home among adults from European Union countries in 2017: an analysis using a review of recent meta-analyses	13
Chronic condition patterns in the US population and their association with health related quality of life	13
Modeling smoking-attributable mortality among adults with major depression in the United States	13
Identifying message themes to prevent e-cigarette use among youth and young adults	13
Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on colorectal cancer screening: Organized service screening perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region	13
Cognitions and behaviours of general practitioners in France regarding HPV vaccination: A theory-based systematic review	13
The impact of the Great Recession on California domestic violence events, and related hospitalizations and emergency service visits	13
Assessment of muscle-strengthening exercise in public health surveillance for adults: A systematic review	12
The changing epidemiology of interpersonal firearm violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia, PA	12
History of child maltreatment and excessive dietary and screen time behaviors in young adults: Results from a nationally representative study	12
Interventions to promote physical and mental health of nurses in elderly care: A systematic review	12
Gunshot-victim cooperation with police investigations: Results from the Chicago Inmate Survey	12
Adherence to aerobic and muscle-strengthening exercise guidelines and associations with psychological distress: A cross-sectional study of 14,050 English adults	12
Effect of Washington State and Colorado's cannabis legalization on death by suicides	12
Association between sedentary time and cognitive function: A focus on different domains of sedentary behavior	12
Short-term effects of the earned income tax credit on mental health and health behaviors	12
Differences in perceived neighborhood environmental supports and barriers for walking between US adults with and without a disability	12
Current and future vaccine clinical research with the licensed 2-, 4-, and 9-valent VLP HPV vaccines: What's ongoing, what's needed?	12
Occupation, employment status, and “despair”-associated mortality risk among working-aged U.S. adults, 1997–2015	12
Computer-tailored intervention increases colorectal cancer screening among low-income African Americans in primary care: Results of a randomized trial	12
The Healthy Aging Index analyzed over 15 years in the general population: The Doetinchem Cohort Study	12
Societal values and mask usage for COVID-19 control in the US	12
Harmful masculinities among younger men in three countries: Psychometric study of the Man Box Scale	12
E-cigarette initiation predicts subsequent academic performance among youth: Results from the PATH Study	12