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Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Subject guide for all QUB Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences students and staff. Features guides to planning and running database searches, finding grey literature, and using EndNote for reference management.

QUB Global and Public Health current awareness bulletin

This bulletin, for QUB Global and Public Health students and staff, contains links to some of the latest papers on global/public health topics. These might help to trigger research ideas in students who are unsure of topics to pursue for essays, dissertations etc.

To receive new issues of this bulletin via email, please contact Richard Fallis, Subject Librarian for Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences.

June 2025

Adverse childhood experiences and suicidality in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AI and omics technologies in biobanking: applications and challenges for public health

Confronting global inequities in palliative care

Considerations for improving the relevance, use, and robustness of projections of the health risks of climate change

Design, coverage and utilisation of maternity conditional cash programmes in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases (new Cochrane intervention review)

The effect of air pollution exposure on menstrual cycle health using self-reported data from a mobile health app: a prospective, observational study

Growing health concern regarding gambling addiction in the age of sportsbooks

The impact of adverse childhood experiences on health outcomes of indigenous populations over the life course: a systematic review

Impact of climate change on arsenic concentrations in paddy rice and the associated dietary health risks in Asia: an experimental and modelling study

Long COVID clinical evaluation, research and impact on society: a global expert consensus

Making health insurance responsive to citizens: learning from six low-income and middle-income countries

A methodological review of patient healthcare-seeking journeys from symptom onset to receipt of care

Mosquito and global dengue cases in a warming world

Prevalence of sexual violence against children and age at first exposure: a global analysis by location, age, and sex (1990–2023)

Promoting health through climate change mitigation in Europe

Protecting Africa's children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes

Reflections on 50 years of immunisation programmes in the WHO African region: an impetus to build on the progress and address the unfinished immunisation business

Responsible artificial intelligence in public health: a Delphi study on risk communication, community engagement and infodemic management

Trends in population exposure to compound extreme-risk temperature and air pollution across 35 European countries: a modelling study

Trends in socioeconomic inequality in mortality during childhood between 1993 and 2021 in India

Using a systems thinking approach to map the global rise of ultra-processed foods in population diets

Utilizing Google Trends data to enhance forecasts and monitor long COVID prevalence

Virtual cycling in urban green and blue vs gray spaces: the efficacy of mental health and physical activity

WASH and learn: a scoping review of health, education and gender equity outcomes of school-based water, sanitation and hygiene in low-income and middle-income countries

Sources

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials (Apr); BMJ Global Health (May); Cochrane Library (May); JAMA Internal Medicine (Apr); Lancet, The (May); Lancet Planetary Health, The (May); Communications Medicine (May); Obesity Reviews (Apr); Public Health (Jun)

May 2025

Antibiotic prescribing patterns in the community and primary care settings through a gender lens

Association between wealth and mortality in the United States and Europe

Association of fully branded, standardized packaging and limited flavor and brand descriptors of e-liquids with interest in trying products among youths in Great Britain

Associations between main ambient air pollutants and ischaemic heart disease risk in the UK biobank

Associations of smoke-free policies in multi-unit housing with smoking behavior and second-hand smoke exposure: a systematic review

Blood under pressure: how climate change threatens blood safety and supply chains

Differential impacts of cigarette tax increases on health equity in the United States

Effect of video-assisted educational intervention on improving knowledge, attitude and practice among mothers of children below five years on malnutrition: a systematic review

Gardening initiatives as an approach to cancer prevention for children and youth

Global, regional, and national burden of household air pollution, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Household income trajectory effect on oral health-related quality of life during the transition from childhood to adolescence

How to read a paper involving artificial intelligence (AI)

The impact of free subway passes on the social relationships and mental health of urban older people: A segmented regression analysis

A nationwide study of risk factors for long COVID and its economic and mental health consequences in the United States

Playing for understanding: the impact of interactive gaming on young adults’ sexual health education

Preterm birth and public health challenges: Incidence and risk factors

The prevalence and characterisation of energy drink consumption in North America: a systematic review

A review of local global health education in post-graduate medical education

Review of mammography screening guidelines of the 5 largest global economies

Trends and patterns of dual use of combustible tobacco and e-cigarettes among adults in England: A population study, 2016–2024

Sources

Addiction (Apr); BMJ Medicine (Apr); Clinical Imaging (Apr); Journal of Dentistry (Mar); Lancet, The (Apr); Lancet Planetary Health, The (Apr); Medical Teacher (issue 5); Nature Communications Medicine (Apr); NEJM (Apr); Public Health (May)

April 2025

The association between health literacy and unmet medical needs by gender

Association between road traffic noise exposure and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Extreme heat exposure in the first 1000 days: implications for childhood stunting in Bangladesh

Food insecurity is associated with current asthma, wheeze, and lung function in children and adults

From social media to artificial intelligence: improving research on digital harms in youth

The global burden and trends of asthma from 1990 to 2021, and its changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study

Global cancer burden attributable to excess body weight, 1990 to 2021, decomposed by population size, aging, and epidemiological change

Global prevalence of sexual violence against children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes and its risk factors in women of child-bearing age, from 1990 to 2021

Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Identifying and mitigating the public health consequences of meta-ignorance about "Long COVID" risks

‘Omg, did PubMed go dark?’ Blackout stokes fears about database’s future

Pathways of how health literacy and social support are associated with health outcomes in 17 European countries: results of mediation analyses

Prevalence and predisposing factors of digital game addiction and cyberbullying in adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Projections for prevalence of Parkinson’s disease and its driving factors in 195 countries and territories to 2050: modelling study of Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Protective effect of optimal vegetable intake on blood pressure levels in children

Trends in smoking prevalence and socio-economic inequalities across regions in England: a population study, 2006 to 2024

Sources

Addiction (Mar); BMJ, The (Mar); Clinical Respiratory Journal, The (Feb); JAMA Pediatrics (Mar); Lancet, The (Mar); Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (Mar); Nature (Mar); Obesity (Mar); Public Health (Apr)

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