Preventive Medicine

Papers
(The TQCC of Preventive Medicine is 9. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Patterns of household gun ownership and firearm suicide among black men compared to white men244
Editorial note Acknowledging our Reviewers190
Firearm possession among emergency department youth and young adults: A latent class analysis136
The cumulative effect of multiple dimensions of lifestyle on risky drinking during the Covid-19 pandemic128
Birth defects among offspring of California firefighters, 2007–2019116
Clustering of behavioral economic biases in decision-making and risk for cigarette smoking and other substance use in women and men116
Publisher’s note109
Appraisal of Kenya's excisable goods management system using interrupted time series analysis: A case of cigarettes and cigars excise tax revenue103
Food insecurity and substance use among young adults in the United States101
Perceived neighborhood factors, health behaviors, and related outcomes in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos101
Issues surrounding incentives and penalties for COVID-19 vaccination: The Israeli experience88
Disease incidence and not case fatality drives the rural disadvantage in myocardial-infarction-related mortality in Germany81
Telework and 24-hour movement behaviours among adults living in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic80
Associations between state tobacco control measures and cigarette purchases by U.S. households, 2015–202179
Health behaviours associated with healthy body composition among Aboriginal adolescents in Australia in the ‘Next Generation: Youth Well-being study’68
Prioritizing cervical cancer screening services during the COVID-19 pandemic: Response of an academic medical center and a public safety net hospital in California66
A scoping review of whole-of-community interventions on six modifiable cancer prevention risk factors in youth: A systems typology64
Sex differences in tobacco use, attempts to quit smoking, and cessation among dual users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes: Longitudinal findings from the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health S63
Household food insecurity and in-utero and early life smoke exposure: Data from NHANES 2003–201660
Countering online marketing and user endorsements with enhanced cannabis warning labels: An online experiment among at-risk youth and young adults56
Longer-term use of electronic cigarettes when provided as a stop smoking aid: Systematic review with meta-analyses51
Societal values and mask usage for COVID-19 control in the US50
Effect of flavored E-cigarette bans in the United States: What does the evidence show?50
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the delivery of preventive healthcare? An interrupted time series analysis of adults in English primary care from 2018 to 202247
Response to commentary by Akhter et al. titled, “Beyond biomarkers: Underexplored considerations in SREC trials for people with HIV who smoke”47
Human papillomavirus vaccination uptake among 27-to-45-year-olds in the United States46
Physical activity trajectories, autonomic balance and cognitive function: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study45
OIP5-AS1 accelerates apoptosis of hippocampal neurons in cell models of epilepsy by modulating MiR-128-3p/BAX axis43
Associations between severe food insecurity and disordered eating behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from a 10-year longitudinal study43
Human papillomavirus-associated cancers, precancers, and genital warts in Denmark, 2000–2022 – Current burden of disease and population impact of multi-cohort HPV vaccination42
Firearm ownership, attitudes, and safe storage practices among a nationally representative sample of older U.S. adults age 50 to 8042
Less than ideal cardiovascular health among adults is associated with experiencing adverse childhood events: BRFSS 201940
Editorial Board38
The COVID-19 pandemic and depression among medical students: Barriers and solutions38
Sex-specific population attributable risk factors for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in the general population: Findings from the China PEACE million persons project38
Cumulative vulnerabilities as a potential moderator of response to reduced nicotine content cigarettes37
CNN sensor based motion capture system application in basketball training and injury prevention36
Sex differences in appeal, reward, and sensory experience of E-cigarette flavors among adults who smoke cigarettes36
Potential impact of time trend of whole grain intake on burden of major cancers in China36
Changes in the body mass index and blood pressure association across time: Evidence from multiple cross-sectional and cohort studies36
Public risk perception of air pollution in the general population of Italy and Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic: Environmental and socio-demographic drivers35
Factors associated with breast cancer screening services use among women in the United States: An application of the Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use35
Use patterns of flavored non-cigarette tobacco products among US adults, 2010–201935
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease measures in foreign-born Latino patients by country of birth compared with U.S.-born Latinos35
Global disease burden attributed to high sugar-sweetened beverages in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 201935
Group leisure activities are associated with a lower risk of dementia than individual leisure activities: A 6-year longitudinal study from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES)35
Urban design and cardio-metabolic risk factors34
Prospects for accelerated elimination of cervical cancer34
Heart disease: The forgotten pandemic34
Patterns of childhood adversity and health outcomes in early adolescence: Results from the Generation XXI cohort33
Assessing the effect of COVID-19 stay-at -home orders on firearm injury in Maryland33
A candidate biological network formed by genes from genomic and hypothesis-free scans of suicide33
Stage at diagnosis and cancer-specific survival for stomach, lung, colorectal, and bladder cancers among Armenians in California32
Equity enhancing policies that increase access and affordability of cervical cancer screening in the United States: A Preventive Medicine Golden Jubilee Commentary31
A statewide population-based approach to examining Long COVID symptom prevalence and predictors in Michigan31
Association of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at home and risk of mortality among US never smokers by race/ethnicity, education, and income31
Alcohol, Cannabis, and nicotine use during early pregnancy and infant hearing loss31
Examining rural disparities in cigarette smoking among U.S. women by chronological age: 2002–202231
Beyond the waves: Unraveling pandemic outcomes with genomic insights and immunity analysis – Evidence from 14 countries31
Racial, ethnic, and language differences in screening measures for statin therapy following a major guideline change31
Variation in the receipt of human papilloma virus co-testing for cervical screening: Individual, provider, facility and healthcare system characteristics31
Relationship between mandatory warning signs for cannabis use during pregnancy policies and birth outcomes in the Western United States31
The association between E-cigarette use and Kratom use among US adults30
Dentists' knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of antibiotic prescribing: A systematic review30
Examining US adolescent cigarette smoking prevalence by rurality and gender, 2002–201930
COVID-19 and the disruption of cancer screening programs: Key lessons for the recovery30
Long working hours and cardiovascular disease mortality: Prospective evidence from the United States29
Association between opioid overdose death rates and educational attainment – United States, 2010–201929
Sociodemographic predictors of missed and delayed health care among older Australians during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the 45 and up COVID Insights study.29
Factors predicting participation and potential yield of screening-detected disease among non-participants in a Swedish population-based atrial fibrillation screening study29
Social network characteristics and type 2 diabetes self-management among Black/African American men: A cross-sectional analysis of support quality and communication patterns29
Low rates of HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening: Challenges and opportunities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic29
The role of housing characteristics in racial and ethnic disparities in SARS-CoV-2 antibody seropositivity among New York City adults: A population representative study29
Associations of changes in physical activity and diet with incident obesity and changes in adiposity: Longitudinal findings from the UK Biobank29
What makes people quit tobacco and succeed at it? An exploratory analysis of smoked and smokeless tobacco from India29
Letter to the editor on the validity of the Mini Mental State Examination and future development of research28
Examining current physical activity interventions in Black school-age children and parents: A systematic review28
Association between long working hours and engagement in preventive healthcare services in Korean workers: Findings from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey28
Is the association between social jetlag and BMI mediated by lifestyle? A cross-sectional survey study in the Dutch general population27
Walking more, not faster, is associated with bone health in China of community-dwelling older women:A cross-sectional study27
Health outcomes in Bulgaria: Simulated effects of obesogenic environmental changes in adulthood versus childhood27
How combinations of state firearm laws link to low firearm suicide and homicide rates: A configurational analysis27
Athlete body fat rate monitoring and motion image simulation based on SDN data center network and sensors27
Commentary: Determinants of physical activity among African immigrants in the US and the consideration of the education-occupation mismatch27
Understanding the age-related epithelial shifts at the uterine cervix and the area of risk for squamous cell cervical cancer26
COVID-19 and family planning service delivery: Findings from a survey of U.S. physicians26
Changing eating to manage weight or shape: A cross-sectional and prospective study of the prevalence and correlates in a large Canadian adolescent cohort26
Self-rated mental health among sexual health service clients during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, British Columbia, Canada26
Predictors of stool deoxyribonucleic acid test use in the United States: Implications for outreach to under-resourced populations26
Corrigendum to “Secondhand smoke and the risk of incident cardiovascular disease among never-smoking women” [Preventive Medicine 162 (2022) 107145]26
Potential effects of nicotine content in cigarettes on use of other substances25
Socioecological factors associated with multiple nicotine product use among U.S. youth: Findings from the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study 2013–201825
Psychosocial impact of COVID-19 among adults in the southeastern United States25
State laws addressing teen dating violence in US high schools: A difference-in-differences study25
Dietary patterns, genetic risk, and incidence of obesity: Application of reduced rank regression in 11,735 adults from the UK Biobank study25
The association between Life's Essential 8 and all-cause, cancer and non-cancer mortality in US Cancer Survivors: A retrospective cohort study of NHANES25
The effect of gestational diabetes mellitus on postnatal mother-infant bonding: Findings from the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study25
Use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) among U.S. women of reproductive age: Prevalence, reported reasons for use, and toxin exposure25
Neighbourhood walkability and greenspace and their associations with health-related fitness in urban dwelling Canadian adults25
The role of pay-for-performance in reducing healthcare disparities: A narrative literature review24
Dollar stores as food retailers in the United States: A scoping review24
Association of lifestyle behaviors and oral health care needs: Mediating effects of inflammatory markers24
Where you live matters: Township neighborhood factors important to resilience among south African children from birth to 5 years of age24
Disparities in utilization of preventive health services among Asian young adults in the United States24
Exploring the associations between serious psychological distress and the quantity or frequency of tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use among pregnant women in the United States23
Post-diagnostic lifestyle and mortality of cancer survivors: Results from a prospective cohort study23
International trends in screen-based behaviours from 2012 to 201923
Real-time monitoring for sport and mental health prevention of college student based on wireless sensor network23
Prediction models for children/adolescents with obesity/overweight: A systematic review and meta-analysis23
How may we effectively motivate people to reduce the consumption of meat? Results of a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials23
Family structure and living arrangements as indicators of social isolation, and prostate cancer risk23
Hair follicle stem cell proliferation and differentiation are achieved by miR-1285-3P through targeted regulation of NOTCH pathway23
Neighborhood socioeconomic status and the effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening outreach with mailed fecal immunochemical tests within a safety net healthcare system in San Francisco, CA: A sub23
Nudges used to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace: Results of a scoping review23
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) – A challenging manifestation of atherosclerosis22
Changes in the food environment surrounding schools in four New Jersey school districts between school years 2012–13 and 2019–2022
Editorial Board22
A systematic review of effective strategies for chronic disease management in humanitarian settings; opportunities and challenges22
Women with obesity participate less in cervical cancer screening and are more likely to have unsatisfactory smears: Results from a nationwide Danish cohort study22
Birth weight, adult weight, and cardiovascular biomarkers: Evidence from the Cardiovascular Young Finns Study22
Cardiovascular risk and functional burden at midlife: Prospective associations of isotemporal reallocations of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time in the CARDIA study22
Barriers to accessing and using preventive mental health services for psychosocially strained children and families in Germany: Perspectives of professionals from different sectors22
Reprint of: Sex differences in appeal, reward, and sensory experience of E-cigarette flavors among adults who smoke cigarettes21
Editorial Board21
Association of children's electronic media use with physical activity, cognitive function, and stress21
Socioecological approach for identifying the determinants of objectively measured physical activity: A prospective study of the UK Biobank21
Health guidance intervention mitigates the escalation of predicted comprehensive cardiovascular disease risk: Interrupted time series design21
A multivariable model of barriers to COVID-19 vaccination: Using cross sectional data from a nationally distributed survey in the United States21
Classes of lifetime adversities among emerging adult women by race/ethnicity and their associations with weight status in the United States21
Editorial Board21
Evaluating the effectiveness of mailout smoking cessation support: A systematic review and meta-analysis21
Rural-urban differences in meeting of physical activity recommendations by sun exposure and protection behaviors in the United States21
A population-based survey of self-reported delays in breast, cervical, colorectal and lung cancer screening21
Effectiveness of filtering or decontaminating air to reduce or prevent respiratory infections: A systematic review20
Sedentary behavior and the combination of physical activity associated with dementia, functional disability, and mortality: A cohort study of 90,471 older adults in Japan20
Patterns and drivers of disparities in pediatric asthma outcomes among Medicaid-enrolled children living in subsidized housing in NYC20
Mental health and economic stressors associated with high-risk drinking and increased alcohol consumption early in the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States20
The Colorado National Collaborative: A public health approach to suicide prevention20
The Great East Japan Earthquake and suicide: The long-term consequences and underlying mechanisms20
Allostatic load and risk of invasive breast cancer among postmenopausal women in the U.S.20
Asynchronous online training increased knowledge, confidence, and intent to screen and treat substance use disorders among primary care clinicians practicing in Texas20
Ongoing incentives' 36-month effect on physical activity in a Japanese insurance-based health-promotion program20
Optimism and risk of mortality among African-Americans: The Jackson heart study20
Colorectal cancer screening in a safety-net health system: The intersectional impact of race, ethnicity, language, and mental health19
Reasons for contacting a crisis line and the initiation of emergency dispatches19
A produce prescription program for patients with low incomes in North Carolina resulted in increased produce purchases19
Age at menarche and metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: Evidence from a large population-based epidemiological study in Southwest China19
Editorial Board19
How long does it take to scale-up obesity prevention interventions?19
Pre-pandemic social isolation as a predictor of the adverse impact of the pandemic on self-rated health: A longitudinal COVID-19 study in Japan19
Financial incentives for physical activity in adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis update19
Recovery incentives program: California's contingency management benefit19
Increased nicotine vaping due to the COVID-19 pandemic among US young adults: Associations with nicotine dependence, vaping frequency, and reasons for use19
Application of mobile sensors based on deep neural networks in sports psychological detection and prevention18
Ultra-processed food consumption and exposure to acrylamide in a nationally representative sample of the US population aged 6 years and older18
A healthier retail food environment around the home is associated with longer duration of weight-loss maintenance among successful weight-loss maintainers18
Active transportation and social capital: The association between walking or biking for transportation and community participation18
US shelter in place policies and child abuse Google search volume during the COVID-19 pandemic18
Excess deaths in the United States during the first year of COVID-1918
Editorial Board18
Self-perception of health and physical activity among adults before and amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: United States, 2019–202017
Cumulative life-course victimization and inflammation in a U.S. national sample: Comparing intersections based on sexual orientation, gender, race/ethnicity, and education17
Assault-related injuries reported to police and treated by healthcare providers in the United States17
Physical activity among adolescents from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds: Findings from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children17
Evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer screening in a central Canadian province17
COVID-19 and cancer screening in Scotland: A national and coordinated approach to minimising harm17
Does artistic activity help kids avoid obesity? Emergent considerations in the ecology of childhood BMI17
Association of accelerometer-derived “weekend warrior” moderate to vigorous physical activity, chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury17
Development and validation of a lifestyle risk index to screen for metabolic syndrome and its components in two multi-ethnic cohorts17
Sleep duration, its change, and risk of dementia among Japanese: The Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study17
Clearing the air: Heightened perception of harm from secondhand cannabis smoke exposure is associated with no in-home cannabis smoking in a 21-country convenience sample17
HCV testing: Order and completion rates among baby boomers obtaining care from seven health systems in Florida, 2015–201716
Can internet use reduce the incidence of cognitive impairment? Analysis of the EpiFloripa Aging Cohort Study (2009–2019)16
Application of image super-resolution recognition and artificial intelligence system in repairing students' psychological education problems16
A qualitative framing analysis of how firearm manufacturers and related bodies communicate to the public on gun-related harms and solutions16
Associations of abuse and neglect with young adult health in a population-based longitudinal cohort: Findings from Project EAT16
Electronic cigarettes and pregnancy: A social media content analysis16
Elevated lipid accumulation product trajectory patterns are associated with increasing incident risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in China16
Predicting cognitive function among Chinese community-dwelling older adults: A supervised machine learning approach16
Childhood food insecurity, mental distress in young adulthood and the supplemental nutrition assistance program16
Latent transition of social participation and its effects on depression among older adults in China: A National Longitudinal Study16
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on breast cancer early detection and screening16
Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of HPV vaccination for adolescent girls in Japan: A comparison of 2-valent, 4-valent, and 9-valent HPV vaccines with consideration of cross-protection16
Low human papillomavirus vaccine uptake among women engaged in HIV care in Ontario, Canada16
Did mental and emotional health of SNAP families' children improve during the COVID-19 pandemic?16
Participation in community gathering places and loss of independence among older adults with and without mild disability in Habikino City, Japan: A four-year longitudinal study16
Associations of parental physical activity trajectories with offspring's physical activity patterns from childhood to middle adulthood: The Young Finns Study16
Genetic risk, adherence to healthy lifestyle behaviors, and risk of cholelithiasis: A population-based cohort study16
Modelling the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of population-based colorectal cancer screening15
Financial support in addressing barriers for low-income mammography screening15
The effectiveness of internet-based group behavioural interventions on lifestyle modifications: A systematic review15
Life's Essential 8 and risk of incident heart failure in community population without cardiovascular disease: Results of the sub-cohort of China PEACE Million Persons Project15
Beyond biomarkers: Underexplored considerations in standardized research electronic cigarette trials for people with HIV who smoke15
The association of adolescents' smoking with the physical activity levels of their friends15
Prolonged screening interval due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its association with tumor characteristics and treatment; a register-based study from BreastScreen Norway15
Editorial Board15
Notifying university students' emergency contacts in mental health emergencies: Multi-year analysis of student consent policy preferences15
Effectiveness of financial incentives and message framing to improve clinic visits of people with moderate-high cardiovascular risk in a vulnerable population in Argentina: A cluster randomized trial15
The longitudinal relationships between the built and natural environment, air pollution, noise and dementia: results from two UK-based cohort studies15
Patients with diabetes in regions with population decline and likelihood of receiving diabetes management education and screenings for related complications in Korea15
School-level self-reported versus objective measurements of body mass index in public high school students15
Editorial Board15
Participation in organized sport and disruptive behavior in childhood: A prospective, population-based study15
Impact of perceived neighborhood social cohesion on vaccination intentions in the post-pandemic era15
Modelling cost-effective strategies for minimising socioeconomic inequalities in colorectal cancer screening outcomes in England15
Data analysis of physical recovery and injury prevention in sports teaching based on wearable devices15
A longitudinal analysis of the effect of maternal region-of-birth on transitions in children's bodyweight status from early childhood to late adolescence in Australia: A population-based cohort study15
Influence of parental nativity and perceived neighborhood environment on physical activity and screen time of United States youth15
Rethinking “recidivism” in firearm injury research and prevention14
Application of a new nano-TiO2 composite antibacterial agent in nursing management of operating room: Based on real-time information push assistant system14
Challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic: Treating patients for substance use disorders during the perinatal period14
Higher frequency of fish intake and healthy lifestyle behaviors may be associated with a lower platelet count in Japan: Implication for the anti-atherosclerotic effect of fish intake14
Individual and dual trajectories of insomnia symptoms and body mass index before and after retirement and their associations with changes in subjective cognitive functioning14
Corrigendum to “Support staff distribution in K–12 US schools that experience shootings: A matched analysis” [Preventive Medicine, Volume 196, 2025 Jul;108296]14
Down but not defeated: Clinicians can harness the power of policy for LGBTQ+ rights14
Application of composite antibacterial nanoparticle non-woven fabric in sterilization of hospital infection14
Recovery of measles-containing and HPV vaccine ordering post-COVID-19 pandemic: Trends by public vs. private funding source, urbanicity, and state – United States, January 2018 – December 202214
Tobacco and cannabis use as moderators of the association between physical activity and alcohol use across the adult lifespan in the United States: NHANES, 2005–201614
Federal legal and regulatory aspects of contingency management incentives14
Decreases in smoking and vaping during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders among a cohort of young adults in the United States14
A comparison of high-grade cervical abnormality risks in women living with and without human immunodeficiency virus undergoing routine cervical-cancer screening14
Psychosocial aspects of coping that predict post-traumatic stress disorder for African American survivors of homicide victims14
Editorial Board14
Missed routine pediatric care and vaccinations in US children during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic14
STRIDES - STudying Risk to Improve DisparitiES in Cervical Cancer in Mississippi – Design and baseline results of a Statewide Cohort Study14
Effectiveness of alcohol warning labels for at-risk groups and the general public: A policy-informing randomized experiment in Chile14
Editorial Board14
Implementing the national suicide prevention strategy: Time for action to flatten the curve13
Global prevalence and content of information about alcohol use as a cancer risk factor on Twitter13
Political stringency, infection rates, and higher education students' adherence to government measures in the Nordic countries and the UK during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak13
Perceptions of the safety of vaccines and vaccine associated knowledge levels in Europe: A 2019 cross-sectional study in 28 countries13
Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial of very low nicotine cigarettes: Outcomes across social and demographic groups13
Contextual factors associated with cancer screening uptake: A systematic review of observational studies13
Tobacco quitlines: Opportunities for innovation to increase reach and effectiveness13
Effectiveness and feasibility of three types of parent reminders to increase adolescent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination13
Psychosocial factors at work from the job strain model and preventable mortality in France: The STRESSJEM prospective study13
Mediation analysis of the associations between neighbourhood walkability and greenness, accelerometer-measured physical activity, and health-related fitness in urban dwelling Canadians13
Challenges of addressing opioid use disorder in rural settings: A state perspective13
Association of occupational physical activity and disability pension in 756,159 Spanish workers: A prospective cohort study with 13 years follow-up13
Changes in infectivity, severity and vaccine effectiveness against delta COVID-19 variant ten months into the vaccination program: The Israeli case13
Corrigendum to “The impact of computer use on myopia development in childhood: The Generation R study” [Preventive Medicine, Volume 132, 2020, 105988]13
Effectiveness of suicide postvention service models and guidelines 2014–2024: A scoping review13
Limits of prenatal care coordination for improving birth outcomes among Medicaid participants13
The role of sleep duration in suicide risk among sexual and gender minority adolescents13
The 3-year effects of a personality-targeted prevention program on general and specific dimensions of psychopathology13
A narrative review of global and national physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines development processes - The GUidelines Standards (GUS) project13
Associations of physical frailty with incidence and mortality of overall and site-specific cancers: A prospective cohort study from UK biobank12
Dietary quality modifies the association between multimorbidity and change in mobility limitations among older Americans12
Prevalence of lifestyle-related behavioral information in claims data in the U.S.12
US state laws relevant to incentives for health behavior: A qualitative analysis12
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