Preventive Medicine

Article	Citations
HPV vaccination introduction worldwide and WHO and UNICEF estimates of national HPV immunization coverage 2010–2019	386
Contributing factors to personal protective equipment shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic	328
Vaccination against COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of acceptability and its predictors	215
A longitudinal study of psychological distress in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	159
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown policy on homicide, suicide, and motor vehicle deaths in Peru	139
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	137
Potential health-related behaviors for pre-school and school-aged children during COVID-19 lockdown: A narrative review	136
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.	132
Worldwide use of HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening	120
COVID-19 impact on screening test volume through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer early detection program, January–June 2020, in the United States	104
Provider communication and HPV vaccine uptake: A meta-analysis and systematic review	103
Willingness, refusal and influential factors of parents to vaccinate their children against the COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis	102
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	91
A call to action: Improving urban green spaces to reduce health inequalities exacerbated by COVID-19	91
The role of trust in the likelihood of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine: Results from a national survey	90
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health care workers in Palestine: A call for action	88
Tobacco harm reduction: Past history, current controversies and a proposed approach for the future	87
Effects of fact-checking social media vaccine misinformation on attitudes toward vaccines	86
Cervical cancer screening in the United States: Challenges and potential solutions for underscreened groups	86
Suicidal behaviors and ideation during emerging viral disease outbreaks before the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic rapid review	85
Screen time and extracurricular activities as risk and protective factors for mental health in adolescence: A population-level study	78
The relationship between government trust and preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: Exploring the roles of knowledge and negative emotion	77
Addressing the critical need for long-term mental health data during the COVID-19 pandemic: Changes in mental health from April to September 2020	76
Impact of COVID-19 on cervical cancer screening: Challenges and opportunities to improving resilience and reduce disparities	74
The three-step theory of suicide: Description, evidence, and some useful points of clarification	71

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on breast cancer early detection and screening	68
The association between adherence to cancer screening programs and health literacy: A systematic review and meta-analysis	65
Personalized mobile technologies for lifestyle behavior change: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression	64
Systematic review of risk and protective factors for suicidal and self-harm behaviors among children and adolescents involved with cyberbullying	61
Contributing factors to suicide: Political, social, cultural and economic	61
Electronic health literacy and health-related outcomes among older adults: A systematic review	59
Do predictors of adherence to pandemic guidelines change over time? A panel study of 22,000 UK adults during the COVID-19 pandemic	56
The fourth wave of the US opioid epidemic and its implications for the rural US: A federal perspective	56
National implementation of HPV vaccination programs in low-resource countries: Lessons, challenges, and future prospects	55
Impact of the suspension and restart of the Dutch breast cancer screening program on breast cancer incidence and stage during the COVID-19 pandemic	52
The positive influence of sense of control on physical, behavioral, and psychosocial health in older adults: An outcome-wide approach	50
To curb research misreporting, replace significance and confidence by compatibility	49
Characteristics and impact of theory of planned behavior interventions on smoking behavior: A systematic review of the literature	47
U.S. healthcare spending attributable to cigarette smoking in 2014	45
Increasing knowledge on dementia risk reduction in the general population: Results of a public awareness campaign	45
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	43
An examination of preferred messengers on firearm safety for suicide prevention	43
Universal school-based mental health programmes in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis	40
Applying social norms interventions to increase adherence to COVID-19 prevention and control guidelines	38
Mental health symptoms and association with COVID-19 vaccination receipt and intention to vaccinate among adults, United States	38
Multifaceted strategies for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in Ontario, Canada	38
Growing racial/ethnic disparities in overdose mortality before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in California	37
Association of neighborhood parks with child health in the United States	36
Lifestyle interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in clinical populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis of different strategies and effects on cardiometabolic health	36
Achieving cervical cancer elimination among Indigenous women	36
The built and social neighborhood environment and child obesity: A systematic review of longitudinal studies	36
Associations between severe food insecurity and disordered eating behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from a 10-year longitudinal study	35
Active school transportation and the built environment across Canadian cities: Findings from the child active transportation safety and the environment (CHASE) study	35
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	35
Looking to the empirical literature on the potential for financial incentives to enhance adherence with COVID-19 vaccination	35
A systematic review of the bidirectional relationship between depressive symptoms and cardiovascular health	34
Changes in infectivity, severity and vaccine effectiveness against delta COVID-19 variant ten months into the vaccination program: The Israeli case	34
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.	34
Objectively measured physical activity and all cause mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis	33
The national FIT-based colorectal cancer screening program in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic	33
Early assessment of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer screening services: The International Cancer Screening Network COVID-19 survey	33
Stigma and cervical cancer prevention: A scoping review of the U.S. literature	33
E-cigarette use and adverse respiratory symptoms among adolescents and Young adults in the United States	32
Adolescent perceptions of E-cigarette use and vaping behavior before and after the EVALI outbreak	31
Vulnerable patients forgo health care during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic	30
Disparities in the distribution of COVID-19 testing sites in black and Latino areas in new York City	30
Making the news: Victim characteristics associated with media reporting on firearm injury	30
Americans' perceptions of disparities in COVID-19 mortality: Results from a nationally-representative survey	30
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	30
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine effectiveness against Sars-Cov-2 infection: Findings from a large observational study in Israel	29
Longitudinal association between social media use and psychological distress among adolescents	29
Achieving equity in cervical cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): Strengthening health systems using a systems thinking approach	29
Physical inactivity from youth to adulthood and adult cardiometabolic risk profile	29
Factors influencing social distancing to prevent the community spread of COVID-19 among Chinese adults	29
Temporal changes in allostatic load patterns by age, race/ethnicity, and gender among the US adult population; 1988–2018	29

The effects of motor skill and physical activity interventions on preschoolers' cognitive and academic skills: A systematic review	29
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	28
Who is likely to vacillate in their COVID-19 vaccination decision? Free-riding intention and post-positive reluctance	28
Smartphone-based financial incentives to promote smoking cessation during pregnancy: A pilot study	28
How we ask matters: The impact of question wording in single-item measurement of suicidal thoughts and behaviors	28
COVID-19 treatment resource disparities and social disadvantage in New York City	28
The emerging infrastructure of US firearms injury data	27
Evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer screening in a central Canadian province	27
Designing warnings for sugary drinks: A randomized experiment with Latino parents and non-Latino parents	27
A proposed new generation of evidence-based microsimulation models to inform global control of cervical cancer	26
Community health workers and non-clinical patient navigators: A critical COVID-19 pandemic workforce	26
Neighborhood active aging infrastructure and cognitive function: A mixed-methods study of older Americans	26
Gender differences in the relationships between different types of childhood trauma and resilience on depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents	26
Health, economic and social disparities among transgender women, transgender men and transgender nonbinary adults: Results from a population-based study	25
Wearable technology for early detection of COVID-19: A systematic scoping review	25
Cannabis vaping among adults in the United States: Prevalence, trends, and association with high-risk behaviors and adverse respiratory conditions	25
Cancer screening in the U.S. through the COVID-19 pandemic, recovery, and beyond	25
A narrative review of HPV vaccination interventions in rural U.S. communities	25
Issues surrounding incentives and penalties for COVID-19 vaccination: The Israeli experience	25
Accelerating action on cervical screening in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) post COVID-19 era	25
U.S. frontline workers and COVID-19 inequities	25
Health literacy supports active aging	24
The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and long COVID in U.S. adults during the BA.4/BA.5 surge, June–July 2022	24
Longer-term use of electronic cigarettes when provided as a stop smoking aid: Systematic review with meta-analyses	24
Adverse childhood experiences in a low-income black cohort: The importance of context	24
The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on socioeconomic differences in physical activity behavior: Evidence from the Lifelines COVID-19 cohort study	24
The rapid anti-suicidal ideation effect of ketamine: A systematic review	24
Cross-sectional association between physical activity level and subjective cognitive decline among US adults aged ≥45 years, 2015	24
Contextual factors associated with cancer screening uptake: A systematic review of observational studies	23
Effects of e-cigarette use on cigarette smoking among U.S. youth, 2004–2018	23
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	23
Missed routine pediatric care and vaccinations in US children during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic	23
Nudges used to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace: Results of a scoping review	23
Anticipated mental health consequences of COVID-19 in a nationally-representative sample: Context, coverage, and economic consequences	23
Leveraging vertical COVID-19 investments to improve monitoring of cancer screening programme – A case study from Bangladesh	23
Patterns of tobacco use and nicotine dependence among youth, United States, 2017–2018	22
Differential trends in US suicide rates, 1999–2020: Emerging racial and ethnic disparities	22
Patient barriers and facilitators of colonoscopy use: A rapid systematic review and thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature	22
Association between racial discrimination and delayed or forgone care amid the COVID-19 pandemic	22
Firearm ownership, attitudes, and safe storage practices among a nationally representative sample of older U.S. adults age 50 to 80	22
Identifying patterns of movement behaviours in relation to depressive symptoms during adolescence: A latent profile analysis approach	21
Identifying key barriers to effective breast cancer control in rural settings	21
Clinical follow-up practices after cervical cancer screening by co-testing: A population-based study of adherence to U.S. guideline recommendations	21
COVID-19 and cancer screening in Scotland: A national and coordinated approach to minimising harm	21
Impact and cost-effectiveness of strategies to accelerate cervical cancer elimination: A model-based analysis	21
The association between social needs and chronic conditions in a large, urban primary care population	21
Examining aspects of successful community-based programs promoting cancer screening uptake to reduce cancer health disparity: A systematic review	21
Historical redlining and the epidemiology of present-day firearm violence in the United States: A multi-city analysis	21
The early effects of cumulative and individual adverse childhood experiences on child diet: Examining the role of socioeconomic status	21
Implementing the national suicide prevention strategy: Time for action to flatten the curve	20
Mental health and economic stressors associated with high-risk drinking and increased alcohol consumption early in the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States	20
‘Snacktivity™’ to increase physical activity: Time to try something different?	20
Effects of park-based interventions on health-related outcomes: A systematic review	20
Associations between mentally-passive and mentally-active sedentary behaviours during adolescence and psychological distress during adulthood	20
A descriptive exploration of the geographic and sociodemographic concentration of firearm homicide in the United States, 2004–2018	20
School characteristics and children's mental health: A linked survey-administrative data study	20
Short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a population-based screening program for colorectal cancer in Catalonia (Spain)	19
Suicide in late life: A viewpoint	19
Tobacco product use and susceptibility to use among sexual minority and heterosexual adolescents	19
Intentions to participate in cervical and colorectal cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods study	19
Chronic high risk of intimate partner violence against women in disadvantaged neighborhoods: An eight-year space-time analysis	19
Support for evidence-informed opioid policies and interventions: The role of racial attitudes, political affiliation, and opioid stigma	19
Workers at long-term care facilities and their risk for severe COVID-19 illness	19
Nonfatal use of firearms in intimate partner violence: Results of a national survey	19
Association between sedentary time and cognitive function: A focus on different domains of sedentary behavior	19
Prioritizing breast imaging services during the COVID pandemic: A survey of breast imaging facilities within the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium	19
Bullying and suicide risk among sexual minority youth in the United States	19
The bidirectional association between sleep and physical activity: A 6.9 years longitudinal analysis of 38,601 UK Biobank participants	19
Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer: A systematic review of the impact of COVID-19 on patient care	19
Decreases in smoking and vaping during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders among a cohort of young adults in the United States	18
Which tobacco control policies do smokers support? Findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey	18
The role and utility of population-based cancer registries in cervical cancer surveillance and control	18
School-based interventions to improve sun-safe knowledge, attitudes and behaviors in childhood and adolescence: A systematic review	18
COVID-19 and family planning service delivery: Findings from a survey of U.S. physicians	18
Tobacco and cannabis poly-substance and poly-product use trajectories across adolescence and young adulthood	18
Interventions to promote physical and mental health of nurses in elderly care: A systematic review	18
Racial disparities in occupational risks and lung cancer incidence: Analysis of the National Lung Screening Trial	18
Identifying nonfatal firearm assault incidents through linking police data and clinical records: Cohort study in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007–2016	18
Longitudinal associations between U.S. youth exposure to E-cigarette marketing and E-cigarette use harm perception and behavior change	18
HPV prevention and control – The way forward	18

Family socioeconomic status and childhood adiposity in Europe - A scoping review	18
Smoking behavior in 18–20 year-olds after tobacco 21 policy implementation in California: A difference-in-differences analysis with other states	18
eHealth interventions for reducing cardiovascular disease risk in men: A systematic review and meta-analysis	18
Parents' perceptions on COVID-19 vaccination as the new routine for their children ≤ 11 years old	18
The role of provincial social policies and economic environments in shaping food insecurity among Canadian families with children	18
The role of neighborhood social capital on health and health inequality in rural and urban China	18
Recreational screen media use in Danish school-aged children and the role of parental education, family structures, and household screen media rules	18
Multimorbidity and obesity in older adults from six low- and middle-income countries	18
Assessment of muscle-strengthening exercise in public health surveillance for adults: A systematic review	18
Identifying message themes to prevent e-cigarette use among youth and young adults	17
Understanding socioeconomic differences in incident metabolic syndrome among adults: What is the mediating role of health behaviours?	17
Excess deaths in the United States during the first year of COVID-19	17
Women with obesity participate less in cervical cancer screening and are more likely to have unsatisfactory smears: Results from a nationwide Danish cohort study	17
Application of video image processing in sports action recognition based on particle swarm optimization algorithm	17
On prediction, refutation, and explanatory reach: A consideration of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicidal Behavior	17
Economics of sedentary behaviour: A systematic review of cost of illness, cost-effectiveness, and return on investment studies	17
Exploring associations between social determinants of health and mental health outcomes in families from socioeconomically and racially and ethnically diverse households	17
Use of heated tobacco products, moderate alcohol drinking, and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody titers after BNT162b2 vaccination among Japanese healthcare workers	17
Maternal substance use in pregnancy: Differential prediction by childhood adversity subtypes	17
Causal effects of cannabis legalization on parents, parenting, and children: A systematic review	17
Polysubstance use trends and variability among individuals with opioid use disorder in rural versus urban settings	17
An integrative systematic review of online resources and interventions for people bereaved by suicide	17
Cannabis use and driving under the influence: Behaviors and attitudes by state-level legal sale of recreational cannabis	17
Views on the need to implement restriction policies to be able to address COVID-19 in the United States	16
Screen-based behaviors in Australian adolescents: Longitudinal trends from a 4-year follow-up study	16
E-cigarette initiation predicts subsequent academic performance among youth: Results from the PATH Study	16
Public opinion on gun policy by race and gun ownership status	16
Intention to vaccinate children for COVID-19: A segmentation analysis among Medicaid parents in Florida	16
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	16
Monitoring HPV vaccine impact on cervical disease: Status and future directions for the era of cervical cancer elimination	16
Cognitions and behaviours of general practitioners in France regarding HPV vaccination: A theory-based systematic review	16
Rural-urban differences in stroke risk	16
The effectiveness of health education interventions on cervical cancer prevention in Africa: A systematic review	16
Maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their associations with intimate partner violence and child maltreatment: Results from a Brazilian birth cohort	16
Extreme risk protection orders in response to threats of multiple victim/mass shooting in six U.S. states: A descriptive study	16
Social participation and mild cognitive impairment in low- and middle-income countries	16
Promoting colorectal cancer screening: A scoping review of screening interventions and resources	16
Interventions using mHealth strategies to improve screening rates of cervical cancer: A scoping review	16
Ranking sociodemographic, health behavior, prevention, and environmental factors in predicting neighborhood cardiovascular health: A Bayesian machine learning approach	16
Stay-at-home orders and firearms in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic	16
Examining differences in prescription opioid use behaviors among U.S. adults with and without disabilities	16
Public guns, private violence: The association of city-level firearm availability and intimate partner homicide in the United States	16
Curiosity, use, and perceptions of “tobacco-free nicotine” E-cigarettes among U.S. young adults	16
Movement behaviors and mental health of caregivers of preschoolers in China during the COVID-19 pandemic	16
Modeling smoking-attributable mortality among adults with major depression in the United States	15
Precision health in behaviour change interventions: A scoping review	15
Association between race, shooting hot spots, and the surge in gun violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia, New York and Los Angeles	15
The changing epidemiology of interpersonal firearm violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia, PA	15
Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on preventive health services in Brazil	15
Heterogeneous effects of spatially proximate firearm homicide exposure on anxiety and depression symptoms among U.S. youth	15
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	15
COVID-19 vaccine behaviors and intentions among a national sample of United States adults ages 18–45	15
Using nudges to promote clinical decision making of healthcare professionals: A scoping review	15
Crisis response among essential workers and their children during the COVID-19 pandemic	15
Relationships among adverse childhood experience patterns, psychological resilience, self-esteem and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents: A serial multiple mediation model	15
Disentangling individual, school, and neighborhood effects on screen time among adolescents and young adults in the United States	15
Can positive psychological interventions improve health behaviors? A systematic review of the literature	14
Purpose in life and 8-year mortality by gender and race/ethnicity among older adults in the U.S	14
Perspectives on clinician-delivered firearm safety counseling during routine care: Results of a national survey	14
Computer-tailored intervention increases colorectal cancer screening among low-income African Americans in primary care: Results of a randomized trial	14
Concurrent E-cigarette and marijuana use and health-risk behaviors among U.S. high school students	14
Timing, duration, and differential susceptibility to early life adversities and cardiovascular disease risk across the lifespan: Implications for future research	14
Given a choice between self-sampling at home for HPV testing and standard of care screening at the clinic, what do African American women choose? Findings from a group randomized controlled trial	14
Physical inactivity amplifies the negative association between sleep quality and depressive symptoms	14
Disparities in maternal influenza immunization among women in rural and urban areas of the United States	14
Sitting at work & waist circumference—A cross-sectional study of Australian workers	14
Correlates of school gun carrying among black, hispanic, and white male adolescents: Evidence from a nationally representative sample of youth	14
From cervical cancer elimination to eradication of vaccine-type human papillomavirus: Feasibility, public health strategies and cost-effectiveness	14
Unhealthy environments are associated with adverse mental health and psychological distress: Cross-sectional evidence from nationally representative data in New Zealand	14
Driving under the influence of cannabis risk perceptions and behaviour: A population-based study in Ontario, Canada	14
Low rates of HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening: Challenges and opportunities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic	14
What challenges do UK adults face when adhering to COVID-19-related instructions? Cross-sectional survey in a representative sample	14
Neighborhood segregation, tree cover and firearm violence in 6 U.S. cities, 2015–2020	14
Elimination of cervical cancer in U.S. Hispanic populations: Puerto Rico as a case study	14
Commuting distance and behavior-related health: A longitudinal study	14
Increased nicotine vaping due to the COVID-19 pandemic among US young adults: Associations with nicotine dependence, vaping frequency, and reasons for use	14
The impact of acculturation to the US environment on the dietary share of ultra-processed foods among US adults	13
Gender disparities in difficulty accessing healthcare and cost-related medication non-adherence: The CDC behavioral risk factor surveillance system (BRFSS) survey	13
The past is not the future in tobacco control	13
Operational experiences from the general implementation of HPV self-sampling to Danish screening non-attenders	13
Diversity of social networks versus quality of social support: Which is more protective for health-related quality of life among older adults?	13
Disparities in infant mortality by payment source for delivery in the United States	13
Digital screen time and suicidality during high school: How important is cyberbullying? A mediation analysis using the youth risk behavioral surveillance survey, 2011–2019	13
Association between physical activity and subjective memory decline triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the PAMPA cohort	13
Removing conscientious objection: The impact of ‘No Jab No Pay’ and ‘No Jab No Play’ vaccine policies in Australia	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
Active transportation and social capital: The association between walking or biking for transportation and community participation	13
Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on colorectal cancer screening: Organized service screening perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region	13
Prospects for accelerated elimination of cervical cancer	13
Influence of package colour, branding and health warnings on appeal and perceived harm of cannabis products among respondents in Canada and the US	13
Can we predict or prevent suicide?: An update	13
Implementation research to accelerate scale-up of national screen and treat strategies towards the elimination of cervical cancer	13
The multivariate physical activity signature associated with metabolic health in children and youth: An International Children’s Accelerometry Database (ICAD) analysis	13
Community social networks, individual social participation and dietary behavior among older Japanese adults: Examining mediation using nonlinear structural equation models for three-wave longitudinal	13
Effect of Washington State and Colorado's cannabis legalization on death by suicides	13