World Refugee Day 2023

Stefano Orlando, Shela Hirani, Ahmed Hossain, Silvia Candela, Mimoza Lika Shahini

Frontiers Media SA

In 2001 the UN designated June 20 as World Refugee Day, in celebration of the strength and courage...

Health Public Health Disaster and Emergency Medicine

Keywords: Refugee health,­Forced displacement,­Migration,­health inequalities,­Healthcare access,­Mental Health,­WHO,­World Refugee Day 2023,­Public Health

Interventions to Prevent or Reduce Unhealthy Habits in Children and Adolescents during Restricted Conditions

Mojtaba Keikha, Mostafa Dianati, Motahar Heidari-Beni, Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimi

Frontiers Media SA

The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased worldwide in recent decades....

Health Public Health Children and Health

Keywords: community interventions,­school interventions,­Healthy habits,­physical activity,­decreasing obesity,­decreasing screen time

Promoting Healthy Aging Across the Lifespan

Elena Carrillo-Alvarez, Miriam Rodriguez-Monforte, Jordi Vilaró, Katherine Simone McGilton

Frontiers Media SA

Worldwide there is a generalized trend toward aged societies. Between 2015 and 2050, the proportion...

Health Public Health Life-Course Epidemiology and Social Inequalities in Health

Keywords: Healthy Ageing,­promotion,­Life-course approach,­Non-communicable diseases,­Lifespan

Addressing Contemporary Public Health Challenges in Ghana for Improved Outcomes: Getting to SDG 3

Delanyo Dovlo, Kwasi Torpey, Irene Agyepong, Evelyn Ansah, Eugene Nyarko

Frontiers Media SA

In 1978, Ghana was a participant in the Alma-Ata meeting on primary health care and was an early...

Health Public Health Public Health Policy

Keywords: Health Policy,­Adolescent Health,­Maternal health,­infectious diseases,­Non-communicable diseases,­sdgs,­Primary Health Care,­Healthcare reforms,­Healthcare Financing,­Universal Health Coverage

Health Promotion in Schools, Universities, Workplaces, and Communities

Graça S. Carvalho, Emily Darlington, Teresa Vilaça

Frontiers Media SA

Health education, well-being improvement, and advocacy are effective health promotion strategies...

Health Public Health Public Health Education and Promotion

Keywords: Health Promotion,­Schools,­Universities,­Workplaces,­communities,­Public Health

Exposure Science and Occupational Health: Insights from ISES 2022

Susana Viegas, Urs Schlüter, M. Elizabeth Marder, Marina Almeida Silva, Brian Curwin

Frontiers Media SA

Modern exposure science is rooted in the industrial hygiene and radiation health physics practices...

Health Public Health Occupational Health and Safety

Keywords: Occupational Exposure,­Workplace exposure,­Exposure science,­modelling,­biomonitoring,­Inhalation Exposure,­Dermal exposure,­Occupational Health and safety

E-Waste and Heavy Metals: Health Hazards and Environmental Impact

Baby Tabassum, Mohammad Imran Ansari, Sarfuddin Azmi, Mohd Kamil Hussain, Mirza Nuhanović

Frontiers Media SA

In recent decades, information technology and electronic devices have undergone significant...

Health Public Health Environmental Health and Exposome

Keywords: heavy metals,­E-waste,­Environmental impact,­Environmental Health,­Leachates,­sustainability

Education and Health as Social Determinants: The Econeurobiology of Brain Development

Raed Z. Mualem, Calixto Machado, Leon Morales-Quezada, Shir Shance

Frontiers Media SA

The econeurobiology of brain development describes the interaction of factors in a child's...

Health Public Health Children and Health

Keywords: brain plasticity,­cognition and learning,­econeurobiology,­Child's environment,­Public Health

Urgent Injury and Violence-Related Public Health Threats: The Role of Social Determinants in Cross-Cutting Injury and Violence across the Lifespan

Ursula Ann Kelly, Dabney Evans, Joseph Carpenter, Sangmi Kim, Jill Woodard

Frontiers Media SA

Injury and violence, including gun violence, drug overdose, suicide, intimate partner violence, and...

Health Public Health Injury Prevention and Control

Keywords: gun violence,­Drug Overdose,­Substance-Related Disorders,­Suicide,­intimate partner violence,­Domestic Violence,­sexual violence,­Rape,­ACES,­Child Abuse,­child maltreatment,­shared risk factors,­shared protective factors,­cross-cutting,­Cross-sectoral