Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

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.

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)

March 2025

Cross‐country inequalities in disease burden and quality of care of stroke, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Discrepancies in neglected tropical diseases burden estimates in China: comparative study of real-world data and Global Burden of Disease 2021 data (2004-2020)

Effects of food and nutrition insecurity on global health

The EU global health strategy: from policy to implementation

Exploring barriers and facilitators to feeding children with minimal or no “Junk Food”: insights from Mexican women

Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research

Global burden of neonatal preterm birth: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019

Global dominance of non-institutional delivery and the risky impact on maternal mortality spike in 25 Sub-Saharan African Countries

Global, regional, and national burden of early-onset colorectal cancer and projection to 2050: an analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Health system reform in the context of COVID-19: a policy brief outlining lessons from Ireland’s journey towards the goal of universal healthcare

Manhattan’s street trees: an unfinished public health story

Pandemic monitoring with global aircraft-based wastewater surveillance networks

Parents', families', communities' and healthcare professionals' experiences of care following neonatal death in healthcare facilities in LMICs: a systematic review and meta-ethnography

Pasteurisation temperatures effectively inactivate influenza A viruses in milk

Pooled prevalence and multilevel determinants of stillbirths in sub-Saharan African countries: implications for achieving sustainable development goal

Respiratory benefits of multisetting air purification in children: a cluster randomized crossover trial

Sport-related concussion (NEJM review)

Sources

American Journal of Public Health (Jan); BJOG (Feb); BMJ, The (Feb); Conversation, The (Jan); European Journal of Neurology (Feb); Global Health Research and Policy (Feb); JAMA Pediatrics (Feb); Nature Communications (Jan); Nature Medicine (Feb); NEJM (Jan-Feb); Public Health (Jan); Public Health Nursing (Jan/Feb)

February 2025

An analysis of inequality in physical health status of women in India: 2015‒2021

Assessing health systems’ capacities to provide post-abortion care: insights from seven low- and middle-income countries

Behavioural interventions targeting the prevention and treatment of young children’s mental health problems in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

Cultural foundations of global health: a critical examination of universal child feeding recommendations

The effect of short-term exposure to air pollution on the admission of ischemic stroke and its interaction with meteorological factors

Effects of population aging on quality of life and disease burden: a population-based study

Even a small dose of physical activity can be good medicine

How is health considered in urban transport planning? A review of the literature

Improving complex health systems and lived environments for maternal and perinatal well-being in urban sub-Saharan Africa: the UrbanBirth Collective

Inclusion of cross-cultural care training in humanitarian aid: a scoping review

Intake of fruit, vegetables and pulses, and all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality: results from a population-based prospective study

It won’t end with COVID: countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29

Population attributable fractions for modifiable risk factors of neonatal, infant, and under-five mortality in 48 low- and middle-income countries

Preferences for breast cancer screening: results of a discrete choice experiment

Race and ethnicity dynamics in survival to 100 years in the United States

Scope of public health workforce: an exploratory analysis on World Health Organization policy and the literature

A taste of ambrosia: do Olympic medalists live longer than Olympic losers?

Vaccine pricing and production capacity in Africa: can Africa move beyond pooled procurement in the face of a future pandemic?

What is wellness? Investigating the importance of different domains of wellness among laypeople and experts: a survey study

Sources

Global Health Journal (Dec); Global Health Research and Policy (Jan); Journal of Global Health (Jan); Journal of Internal Medicine (Dec); Nature Medicine (Jan); PLOS Global Public Health (Jan); Public Health (Feb-/Mar-in progress); Scandinavian Journal of Public Health (Feb)

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