Frontiers in Public Health | Children and Health

Original Research

Accepted on 14 Apr 2025

Prenatal Exposure to Barium and Arsenic and the Odds of Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring: A Nested Case-Control Study Within a Birth Cohort in Lanzhou, China

in Children and Health

Yun Dang
Jianhao Sun
Zhenzhen Wu
Baohong Mao
Qinglei Hang
Jie Huang
Xiaoli Zhao
夏季
Cheng Chen
Wenxiang Yao

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1597178

Original Research

Accepted on 14 Apr 2025

Sharp drop in under-five mortality and associated factors in Burkina Faso from 2010 to 2021: Is it a composition or performance effect?Sharp drop in under-five mortality between 2010 and 2021 in Burkina Faso: composition or performance effect

in Children and Health

Hervé Bassinga
Sibiri Clément Ouedraogo
Aristide Romaric Bado
Kadidia DIALLO KOUADIMA
Hermann Bazié
Yacouba Savadogo

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1549628

Original Research

Accepted on 14 Apr 2025

Determinants of Community Acquired Pneumonia among under-five Children in Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia

in Children and Health

Nigussie Adam Birhan
Alene Workineh
Zelalem Woldie
Embet Abich
Gedif Alemayehu
Atalay Nigussie
Yenew Alemu
Denekew Bitew Belay
Chalachew Messfin

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1511263

Original Research

Published on 14 Apr 2025

Incomplete basic vaccination and associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in resource-limited countries: a spatial and multilevel regression analysis of recent DHS data from 48 countries

in Children and Health

Mihret Getnet
Melak Jejaw
Tadele Biresaw Belachew
Banchlay Addis
Endalkachew Dellie
Tesfahun Zemene Tafere
Nigusu Worku
Demiss Mulatu Geberu
Lake Yazachew
Getachew Teshale

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1463303

138 views

Original Research

Accepted on 10 Apr 2025

Association of physical activity and sedentary time with scoliosis screening positive in Chinese primary and secondary school students: a cohort study in Shanghai

in Children and Health

Liting Chu
Dongling Yang
Fengyun Zhang
Wenjuan Qi
Yuting Huang
Yanting Yang
Shuangxiao Qu
Shenglei Huang
Keyang Zheng
Chunyan Luo

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1483007

Original Research

Accepted on 10 Apr 2025

Parental First Aid Literacy in Epistaxis: Do Parents Know What to Do?

in Children and Health

Alya AlZabin
Ebtesam Almajed
Reem Altamimi
Nuwayyir Abdullah Alqasimi
Yasser Albalawi
Nasser Alwehaibi

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1551197

Original Research

Accepted on 10 Apr 2025

Effects of body mass index and extracurricular sports activities on physical fitness in school-aged children

in Children and Health

Bartosz Aniśko
Kacper Bernatowicz
Małgorzata Wójcik

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1578304

Opinion

Published on 10 Apr 2025

Violence against children in sub-Saharan Africa: a call for action

in Children and Health

Enos Moyo
Perseverance Moyo
Hadrian Mangwana
Grant Murewanhema
Tafadzwa Dzinamarira

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1550114

416 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Apr 2025

Addressing scabies among street children in Ethiopia: an ethnographic study of acceptable interventions by prospective recipients and deliverers

in Children and Health

Bewunetu Zewude
Desta Ayode
Gail Davey
Shahaduz Zaman
Getnet Tadele

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1529012

358 views

Original Research

Accepted on 08 Apr 2025

Association between COVID-19 pandemic and school refusal among elementary school children in Japan: Difference-in-differences analysis

in Children and Health

Tomoko Mizuno
Nobutoshi Nawa
Aya Isumi
Satomi Doi
Tomohiro Morio
Takeo Fujiwara

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1466209

101 views

Original Research

Published on 08 Apr 2025

Determinants of engagement in muscle-strengthening activities among children and adolescents: insights from a large-scale school-based study

in Children and Health

Hongtao Sheng
Bin Ge
Yang Li
Zehan Xu
Xingyi Yang
Wenjun Wang
Jin Yan

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1526907

320 views

Original Research

Published on 08 Apr 2025

SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies for a safe (post-)pandemic implementation of school music trips and their impact on participants’ health

in Children and Health

Linus Fritz Felix Möckel
Samipa Pudasaini
Kira Louisa Boldt
Fabian Holert
Anna Slagman
Stefanie Theuring
Frank Mockenhaupt
Martin Möckel

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1422243

255 views

Systematic Review

Published on 08 Apr 2025

Vitamin A supplementation coverage and its associated factors among children 6–59 months of age in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

in Children and Health

Wubet Tazeb Wondie
Alemu Birara Zemariam
Gezahagn Demsu Gedefaw
Gebeyehu Lakew
Eyob Getachew
Berihun Agegn Mengistie
Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw
Alex Ayenew Chereka
Gemeda Wakgari Kitil
Amlaku Nigusie Yirsaw

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1496931

351 views

Original Research

Accepted on 07 Apr 2025

Staff motivation and schools' capacities to sustain an intervention to prevent bullying and promote wellbeing in English secondary schools: a qualitative study

in Children and Health

Lauren Herlitz
Chris Bonell

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1559954

Original Research

Accepted on 07 Apr 2025

Interaction between obesity and asthma in children and adolescents with hypertension based on NHANES 2007-2020

in Children and Health

Yizhe Ma
Luchun Wang
Mingyan Tao
ZHI-DAN BAO
Renqiang Yu
Guihua Liu
Jing Liu
Hu Li

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1526832

Original Research

Accepted on 04 Apr 2025

A multilevel analysis of factors associated with unimmunized children in Ethiopia

in Children and Health

Getnet Mamo
Mequannent Sharew Melaku
Setognal Birara Aychiluhm

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1433606

Prenatal Exposure to Barium and Arsenic and the Odds of Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring: A Nested Case-Control Study Within a Birth Cohort in Lanzhou, China

Sharp drop in under-five mortality and associated factors in Burkina Faso from 2010 to 2021: Is it a composition or performance effect?Sharp drop in under-five mortality between 2010 and 2021 in Burkina Faso: composition or performance effect

Determinants of Community Acquired Pneumonia among under-five Children in Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia

Incomplete basic vaccination and associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in resource-limited countries: a spatial and multilevel regression analysis of recent DHS data from 48 countries

Association of physical activity and sedentary time with scoliosis screening positive in Chinese primary and secondary school students: a cohort study in Shanghai

Parental First Aid Literacy in Epistaxis: Do Parents Know What to Do?

Effects of body mass index and extracurricular sports activities on physical fitness in school-aged children

Violence against children in sub-Saharan Africa: a call for action

Addressing scabies among street children in Ethiopia: an ethnographic study of acceptable interventions by prospective recipients and deliverers

Association between COVID-19 pandemic and school refusal among elementary school children in Japan: Difference-in-differences analysis

Determinants of engagement in muscle-strengthening activities among children and adolescents: insights from a large-scale school-based study

SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies for a safe (post-)pandemic implementation of school music trips and their impact on participants’ health

Vitamin A supplementation coverage and its associated factors among children 6–59 months of age in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Staff motivation and schools' capacities to sustain an intervention to prevent bullying and promote wellbeing in English secondary schools: a qualitative study

Interaction between obesity and asthma in children and adolescents with hypertension based on NHANES 2007-2020

A multilevel analysis of factors associated with unimmunized children in Ethiopia

Incomplete basic vaccination and associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in resource-limited countries: a spatial and multilevel regression analysis of recent DHS data from 48 countries

Vitamin A supplementation coverage and its associated factors among children 6–59 months of age in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis