Introduction Congenital malformations (CMs) are the leading cause of infant mortality. Still, the aetiology remains unknown in 70% of cases. The most accepted hypothesis is that hereditary and ...

Objectives Same-sex marriage legalisation improves mental health among sexual and gender minority (SGM) people. In Japan, where same-sex marriage is not legalised, some municipalities have introduced ...

Objectives To examine trends in the frequency and costs of emergency hospital admissions in acute wards for mental health conditions among children and young people in England between 2012 and 2022 ...

Background Hearing loss (HL) imposes a substantial burden on families and society and is the largest modifiable risk factor ...

Objectives Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide. Experimental studies support the hypothesis that oxytocin administration during labour, a common ...

Background Research has yielded contradictory results regarding differences in physical fitness and cardiometabolic risk ...

Objectives To explore priorities, barriers to and experiences of palliative and end-of-life care from the perspectives of people living with HIV. Design Cross-sectional online survey conducted in the ...

Introduction Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are a vulnerable population disproportionately affected by mental health disorders due to the combined burden of chronic ...

Introduction Research and mental health services agree that more youth co-production in service design and delivery is needed, but there is little consensus on how to do it well. This study is trying ...

Background Joint analyses across multiple health datasets can increase statistical power and improve the generalisability of ...

Objective This study was designed to investigate the mistreatment of women during childbirth and its determining factors in a selected maternity hospital in Mazandaran/Iran. Design This ...

Introduction For priority populations, such as Indigenous children, school-based screening programmes can increase equitable access to care. However, current traditional economic measures evaluating ...