Preventive Medicine

Papers
(The TQCC of Preventive Medicine is 8. 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
HPV vaccination introduction worldwide and WHO and UNICEF estimates of national HPV immunization coverage 2010–2019307
Contributing factors to personal protective equipment shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic289
Vaccination against COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of acceptability and its predictors188
Mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic among US adults without a pre-existing mental health condition: Findings from American trend panel survey169
A longitudinal study of psychological distress in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic138
Potential health-related behaviors for pre-school and school-aged children during COVID-19 lockdown: A narrative review122
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.118
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 survey114
Provider communication and HPV vaccine uptake: A meta-analysis and systematic review91
Factors associated with adolescent HPV vaccination in the U.S.: A systematic review of reviews and multilevel framework to inform intervention development90
COVID-19 impact on screening test volume through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer early detection program, January–June 2020, in the United States88
Sense of purpose in life and five health behaviors in older adults82
Current recommendations on the selection of measures for well-being79
A call to action: Improving urban green spaces to reduce health inequalities exacerbated by COVID-1978
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health care workers in Palestine: A call for action78
Suicidal behaviors and ideation during emerging viral disease outbreaks before the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic rapid review78
The impact of computer use on myopia development in childhood: The Generation R study75
Worldwide use of HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening74
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on mental disorders in young adulthood: Latent classes and community violence exposure71
Effects of fact-checking social media vaccine misinformation on attitudes toward vaccines70
The role of trust in the likelihood of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine: Results from a national survey70
Addressing the critical need for long-term mental health data during the COVID-19 pandemic: Changes in mental health from April to September 202069
Measuring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on organized cancer screening and diagnostic follow-up care in Ontario, Canada: A provincial, population-based study69
The relationship between government trust and preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: Exploring the roles of knowledge and negative emotion66
Screen time and extracurricular activities as risk and protective factors for mental health in adolescence: A population-level study61
Impact of COVID-19 on cervical cancer screening: Challenges and opportunities to improving resilience and reduce disparities61
Clustering of lifestyle risk factors for non-communicable diseases in 304,779 adolescents from 89 countries: A global perspective61
Tobacco harm reduction: Past history, current controversies and a proposed approach for the future60
Cervical cancer screening in the United States: Challenges and potential solutions for underscreened groups57
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on breast cancer early detection and screening55
Neighborhood characteristics associated with park use and park-based physical activity among children in low-income diverse neighborhoods in New York City52
Cost-effectiveness studies of HPV self-sampling: A systematic review50
The three-step theory of suicide: Description, evidence, and some useful points of clarification48
Personalized mobile technologies for lifestyle behavior change: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression45
Systematic review of risk and protective factors for suicidal and self-harm behaviors among children and adolescents involved with cyberbullying45
Impact of the suspension and restart of the Dutch breast cancer screening program on breast cancer incidence and stage during the COVID-19 pandemic45
The fourth wave of the US opioid epidemic and its implications for the rural US: A federal perspective44
Smoking and use of electronic cigarettes (vaping) in relation to preterm birth and small-for-gestational-age in a 2016 U.S. national sample43
The impact of front-of-package claims, fruit images, and health warnings on consumers' perceptions of sugar-sweetened fruit drinks: Three randomized experiments41
Widening disparities in cigarette smoking by race/ethnicity across education level in the United States41
National implementation of HPV vaccination programs in low-resource countries: Lessons, challenges, and future prospects41
E-cigarettes and youth: Patterns of use, potential harms, and recommendations40
Associations of sedentary behavior in leisure and occupational contexts with symptoms of depression and anxiety39
Prescription opioid misuse among adolescents and emerging adults in the United States: A scoping review37
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 proj37
Barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening among transgender men and non-binary people with a cervix: A systematic narrative review.35
Personalised eHealth interventions in adults with overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials35
Contributing factors to suicide: Political, social, cultural and economic35
The association between adherence to cancer screening programs and health literacy: A systematic review and meta-analysis35
Associations between the National Walkability Index and walking among US Adults — National Health Interview Survey, 201534
U.S. healthcare spending attributable to cigarette smoking in 201434
The positive influence of sense of control on physical, behavioral, and psychosocial health in older adults: An outcome-wide approach34
Looking to the empirical literature on the potential for financial incentives to enhance adherence with COVID-19 vaccination34
Growing racial/ethnic disparities in overdose mortality before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in California33
Universal school-based mental health programmes in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis33
Characteristics and impact of theory of planned behavior interventions on smoking behavior: A systematic review of the literature32
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 analysis32
An examination of preferred messengers on firearm safety for suicide prevention32
Universal masking during COVID-19 pandemic: Can textile engineering help public health? Narrative review of the evidence32
Changes in infectivity, severity and vaccine effectiveness against delta COVID-19 variant ten months into the vaccination program: The Israeli case32
Gender differences in prescription opioid use and misuse: Implications for men's health and the opioid epidemic32
Playground features and physical activity in U.S. neighborhood parks31
Effectiveness of universal multiple-risk lifestyle interventions in reducing depressive symptoms: Systematic review and meta-analysis30
Mental health symptoms and association with COVID-19 vaccination receipt and intention to vaccinate among adults, United States30
Applying social norms interventions to increase adherence to COVID-19 prevention and control guidelines30
Increasing knowledge on dementia risk reduction in the general population: Results of a public awareness campaign30
The national FIT-based colorectal cancer screening program in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic30
Prevalence, determinants, and impact of suboptimal adherence to HIV medication in 25 countries29
Associations between severe food insecurity and disordered eating behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from a 10-year longitudinal study28
Cannabis advertising, promotion and branding: Differences in consumer exposure between ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’ markets in Canada and the US28
Early assessment of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer screening services: The International Cancer Screening Network COVID-19 survey28
Disparities in the distribution of COVID-19 testing sites in black and Latino areas in new York City28
Electronic health literacy and health-related outcomes among older adults: A systematic review27
Introduction of HPV testing for cervical cancer screening in Central America: The Scale-Up project27
Behavioral economics informed message content in text message reminders to improve cervical screening participation: Two pragmatic randomized controlled trials27
Smartphone-based financial incentives to promote smoking cessation during pregnancy: A pilot study27
Physical activity trajectories from childhood to late adolescence and their implications for health in young adulthood27
Sexual orientation-related disparities in healthcare access in three cohorts of U.S. adults26
Designing warnings for sugary drinks: A randomized experiment with Latino parents and non-Latino parents26
Objectively measured physical activity and all cause mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis26
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 analysis26
Achieving cervical cancer elimination among Indigenous women26
Predictive value of traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease in older people: A systematic review26
Association of neighborhood parks with child health in the United States25
Lifestyle interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in clinical populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis of different strategies and effects on cardiometabolic health25
Americans' perceptions of disparities in COVID-19 mortality: Results from a nationally-representative survey25
Vulnerable patients forgo health care during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic25
Longitudinal association between social media use and psychological distress among adolescents25
Substitution of sugar-sweetened beverages for other beverages and the risk of developing coronary heart disease: Results from the Harvard Pooling Project of Diet and Coronary Disease25
Cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular fitness and mental health in older adolescents: A multi-level cross-sectional analysis25
Factors influencing social distancing to prevent the community spread of COVID-19 among Chinese adults25
Active school transportation and the built environment across Canadian cities: Findings from the child active transportation safety and the environment (CHASE) study25
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine effectiveness against Sars-Cov-2 infection: Findings from a large observational study in Israel24
Achieving equity in cervical cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): Strengthening health systems using a systems thinking approach24
COVID-19 treatment resource disparities and social disadvantage in New York City24
Prevalence, Trends, and Distribution of Nicotine and Marijuana use in E-cigarettes among US adults: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2016–201824
Effect of the SafeCare© intervention on parenting outcomes among parents in child welfare systems: A cluster randomized trial24
Issues surrounding incentives and penalties for COVID-19 vaccination: The Israeli experience24
Adolescent perceptions of E-cigarette use and vaping behavior before and after the EVALI outbreak24
Who is likely to vacillate in their COVID-19 vaccination decision? Free-riding intention and post-positive reluctance23
Socioeconomic position and quality of life among older people: The mediating role of social support23
Making the news: Victim characteristics associated with media reporting on firearm injury23
Evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer screening in a central Canadian province23
Keys to healthy family child care homes: Results from a cluster randomized trial23
‘Most at risk’ for COVID19? The imperative to expand the definition from biological to social factors for equity23
The built and social neighborhood environment and child obesity: A systematic review of longitudinal studies23
Prevalence of tobacco smoking and electronic cigarette use among adolescents in Italy: Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTS), 2010, 2014, 201822
Cancer screening in the U.S. through the COVID-19 pandemic, recovery, and beyond22
Physical inactivity from youth to adulthood and adult cardiometabolic risk profile22
Perceived safety of cannabis intoxication predicts frequency of driving while intoxicated22
Colorectal cancer screening among Hispanics in the United States: Disparities, modalities, predictors, and regional variation22
Community health workers and non-clinical patient navigators: A critical COVID-19 pandemic workforce22
Reactions to graphic and text health warnings for cigarettes, sugar-sweetened beverages, and alcohol: An online randomized experiment of US adults22
U.S. frontline workers and COVID-19 inequities22
Gender differences in the relationships between different types of childhood trauma and resilience on depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents22
School tobacco policies and adolescent smoking in six European cities in 2013 and 2016: A school-level longitudinal study21
Effects of e-cigarette use on cigarette smoking among U.S. youth, 2004–201821
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 elderly21
Stigma and cervical cancer prevention: A scoping review of the U.S. literature21
Temporal changes in allostatic load patterns by age, race/ethnicity, and gender among the US adult population; 1988–201821
Acute effects of short-term exposure to air pollution while being physically active, the potential for modification: A review of the literature21
To curb research misreporting, replace significance and confidence by compatibility21
Leveraging vertical COVID-19 investments to improve monitoring of cancer screening programme – A case study from Bangladesh21
Secondhand smoke exposure and higher blood pressure in children and adolescents participating in NHANES21
Anticipated mental health consequences of COVID-19 in a nationally-representative sample: Context, coverage, and economic consequences20
A proposed new generation of evidence-based microsimulation models to inform global control of cervical cancer20
Patterns of tobacco use and nicotine dependence among youth, United States, 2017–201820
Cost-utility of colorectal cancer screening at 40 years old for average-risk patients20
Multiple risk behaviour in adolescence is associated with substantial adverse health and social outcomes in early adulthood: Findings from a prospective birth cohort study20
Accelerating action on cervical screening in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) post COVID-19 era20
COVID-19 and cancer screening in Scotland: A national and coordinated approach to minimising harm19
The emerging infrastructure of US firearms injury data19
A narrative review of HPV vaccination interventions in rural U.S. communities19
Cannabis vaping among adults in the United States: Prevalence, trends, and association with high-risk behaviors and adverse respiratory conditions19
How we ask matters: The impact of question wording in single-item measurement of suicidal thoughts and behaviors19
A systematic review of the bidirectional relationship between depressive symptoms and cardiovascular health19
Positive emotions and favorable cardiovascular health: A 20-year longitudinal study18
Impact and cost-effectiveness of strategies to accelerate cervical cancer elimination: A model-based analysis18
Neighborhood active aging infrastructure and cognitive function: A mixed-methods study of older Americans18
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 States18
‘Home is where the health is’: Housing quality and adult health outcomes in the Survey of Income and Program Participation18
Patient barriers and facilitators of colonoscopy use: A rapid systematic review and thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature18
Examining aspects of successful community-based programs promoting cancer screening uptake to reduce cancer health disparity: A systematic review18
Mental health and economic stressors associated with high-risk drinking and increased alcohol consumption early in the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States18
The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and long COVID in U.S. adults during the BA.4/BA.5 surge, June–July 202217
The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on socioeconomic differences in physical activity behavior: Evidence from the Lifelines COVID-19 cohort study17
E-cigarette use and adverse respiratory symptoms among adolescents and Young adults in the United States17
Contextual factors associated with cancer screening uptake: A systematic review of observational studies17
Prioritizing breast imaging services during the COVID pandemic: A survey of breast imaging facilities within the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium17
Are one-year changes in adherence to the 24-hour movement guidelines associated with flourishing among Canadian youth?17
School characteristics and children's mental health: A linked survey-administrative data study17
Economic evaluations of public health interventions for physical activity and healthy diet: A systematic review17
The effects of motor skill and physical activity interventions on preschoolers' cognitive and academic skills: A systematic review17
The bidirectional association between sleep and physical activity: A 6.9 years longitudinal analysis of 38,601 UK Biobank participants17
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 cancer17
Stay-at-home orders and firearms in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic16
A longitudinal study on the relationship between screen time and adolescent alcohol use: The mediating role of social norms16
Identifying nonfatal firearm assault incidents through linking police data and clinical records: Cohort study in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007–201616
Effects of park-based interventions on health-related outcomes: A systematic review16
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 2017–2018.16
Bullying and suicide risk among sexual minority youth in the United States16
Tobacco product use and susceptibility to use among sexual minority and heterosexual adolescents16
Identifying key barriers to effective breast cancer control in rural settings16
The rapid anti-suicidal ideation effect of ketamine: A systematic review16
Missed routine pediatric care and vaccinations in US children during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic16
Fatal police shootings of civilians, by rurality16
Health literacy supports active aging16
Ranking sociodemographic, health behavior, prevention, and environmental factors in predicting neighborhood cardiovascular health: A Bayesian machine learning approach16
Workers at long-term care facilities and their risk for severe COVID-19 illness16
The early effects of cumulative and individual adverse childhood experiences on child diet: Examining the role of socioeconomic status16
‘Snacktivity™’ to increase physical activity: Time to try something different?16
Symptoms of depression and active smoking among survivors of stroke and myocardial infarction: An NHANES analysis16
The role and utility of population-based cancer registries in cervical cancer surveillance and control16
Identifying patterns of movement behaviours in relation to depressive symptoms during adolescence: A latent profile analysis approach16
COVID-19 and family planning service delivery: Findings from a survey of U.S. physicians16
Views on the need to implement restriction policies to be able to address COVID-19 in the United States16
Temporal trends and demographic risk factors for hospital admissions due to carbon monoxide poisoning in England15
Racial disparities in occupational risks and lung cancer incidence: Analysis of the National Lung Screening Trial15
Polysubstance use trends and variability among individuals with opioid use disorder in rural versus urban settings15
The association between social needs and chronic conditions in a large, urban primary care population15
Do youth who vape exhibit risky health lifestyles? Monitoring the future, 201715
Evaluation of a campaign to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in New Jersey15
Adverse childhood experiences in a low-income black cohort: The importance of context15
School-based interventions to improve sun-safe knowledge, attitudes and behaviors in childhood and adolescence: A systematic review15
Cancer symptom awareness in the US: Sociodemographic differences in a population-based survey of adults15
Associations between mentally-passive and mentally-active sedentary behaviours during adolescence and psychological distress during adulthood15
Maternal substance use in pregnancy: Differential prediction by childhood adversity subtypes15
A descriptive exploration of the geographic and sociodemographic concentration of firearm homicide in the United States, 2004–201815
An integrative systematic review of online resources and interventions for people bereaved by suicide15
Leveraging black-market street buprenorphine pricing to increase capacity to treat opioid addiction, 2010–201815
Health, economic and social disparities among transgender women, transgender men and transgender nonbinary adults: Results from a population-based study14
Women with obesity participate less in cervical cancer screening and are more likely to have unsatisfactory smears: Results from a nationwide Danish cohort study14
Disentangling individual, school, and neighborhood effects on screen time among adolescents and young adults in the United States14
Firearm ownership, attitudes, and safe storage practices among a nationally representative sample of older U.S. adults age 50 to 8014
Cross-sectional association between physical activity level and subjective cognitive decline among US adults aged ≥45 years, 201514
Recreational screen media use in Danish school-aged children and the role of parental education, family structures, and household screen media rules14
Use of heated tobacco products, moderate alcohol drinking, and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody titers after BNT162b2 vaccination among Japanese healthcare workers14
Cannabis use and driving under the influence: Behaviors and attitudes by state-level legal sale of recreational cannabis14
Which tobacco control policies do smokers support? Findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey14
HPV prevention and control – The way forward14
Multimorbidity and obesity in older adults from six low- and middle-income countries14
Tobacco and cannabis poly-substance and poly-product use trajectories across adolescence and young adulthood14
Nudges used to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace: Results of a scoping review13
Screen-based behaviors in Australian adolescents: Longitudinal trends from a 4-year follow-up study13
Clinical follow-up practices after cervical cancer screening by co-testing: A population-based study of adherence to U.S. guideline recommendations13
Implementing the national suicide prevention strategy: Time for action to flatten the curve13
Chronic high risk of intimate partner violence against women in disadvantaged neighborhoods: An eight-year space-time analysis13
Intention to vaccinate children for COVID-19: A segmentation analysis among Medicaid parents in Florida13
Crisis response among essential workers and their children during the COVID-19 pandemic13
Economics of sedentary behaviour: A systematic review of cost of illness, cost-effectiveness, and return on investment studies13
Differential trends in US suicide rates, 1999–2020: Emerging racial and ethnic disparities13
Longer-term use of electronic cigarettes when provided as a stop smoking aid: Systematic review with meta-analyses13
Decreases in smoking and vaping during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders among a cohort of young adults in the United States13
Public guns, private violence: The association of city-level firearm availability and intimate partner homicide in the United States13
Geographic and sociodemographic differences in cervical cancer screening modalities13
Modeling smoking-attributable mortality among adults with major depression in the United States13
Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on colorectal cancer screening: Organized service screening perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region13
What challenges do UK adults face when adhering to COVID-19-related instructions? Cross-sectional survey in a representative sample13
Association between neighborhood socioeconomic status, tobacco store density and smoking status in pregnant women in an urban area13
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-analyses13
Chronic condition patterns in the US population and their association with health related quality of life13
eHealth interventions for reducing cardiovascular disease risk in men: A systematic review and meta-analysis13
Women's considerations and experiences for breast cancer screening and surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: A focus group study13
The link between LGBTQ-supportive communities, progressive political climate, and suicidality among sexual minority adolescents in Canada13
Interventions using mHealth strategies to improve screening rates of cervical cancer: A scoping review12
Association between racial discrimination and delayed or forgone care amid the COVID-19 pandemic12
Harmful masculinities among younger men in three countries: Psychometric study of the Man Box Scale12
The impact of the Great Recession on California domestic violence events, and related hospitalizations and emergency service visits12
Short-term effects of the earned income tax credit on mental health and health behaviors12
Smoking behavior in 18–20 year-olds after tobacco 21 policy implementation in California: A difference-in-differences analysis with other states12
Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on preventive health services in Brazil12
Removing conscientious objection: The impact of ‘No Jab No Pay’ and ‘No Jab No Play’ vaccine policies in Australia12
The role of neighborhood social capital on health and health inequality in rural and urban China12
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 202012
Current and future vaccine clinical research with the licensed 2-, 4-, and 9-valent VLP HPV vaccines: What's ongoing, what's needed?12
Gunshot-victim cooperation with police investigations: Results from the Chicago Inmate Survey12
Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer: A systematic review of the impact of COVID-19 on patient care12
Societal values and mask usage for COVID-19 control in the US12
History of child maltreatment and excessive dietary and screen time behaviors in young adults: Results from a nationally representative study12
Monitoring HPV vaccine impact on cervical disease: Status and future directions for the era of cervical cancer elimination12
The role of provincial social policies and economic environments in shaping food insecurity among Canadian families with children12
Understanding socioeconomic differences in incident metabolic syndrome among adults: What is the mediating role of health behaviours?12
Cognitions and behaviours of general practitioners in France regarding HPV vaccination: A theory-based systematic review12
Exposure to tobacco content in episodic programs and tobacco and E-cigarette initiation12
Nonfatal use of firearms in intimate partner violence: Results of a national survey12
Interventions to promote physical and mental health of nurses in elderly care: A systematic review12
Sitting at work & waist circumference—A cross-sectional study of Australian workers12
Association between physical activity and subjective memory decline triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the PAMPA cohort12
Identifying message themes to prevent e-cigarette use among youth and young adults12
Unhealthy environments are associated with adverse mental health and psychological distress: Cross-sectional evidence from nationally representative data in New Zealand12
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