Public Health
ILO Report | Working time and work-life balance around the world
2 Feb, 2023 | 15:09h | UTCWorking Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World – International Labour Organization
News Release: Flexible working hours can benefit work-life balance, businesses and productivity – International Labour Organization
Commentary on Twitter
📢 Just launched!
🆕 @ilo report finds that reduced working hours and more flexible working time arrangements can benefit economies, enterprises and workers, and lay the ground for a better work-life balance.https://t.co/OMRlFJZCZL
— International Labour Organization (@ilo) January 6, 2023
Cohort Study | Association of treatment-resistant depression with patient outcomes and health care resource utilization
2 Feb, 2023 | 14:47h | UTCNews Release: Patients with treatment resistant depression at higher risk of early death – Karolinska Institutet
Commentaries:
Treatment-Resistant Depression Common and Costly – HealthDay
The introduction of sugary drinks tax in the UK was followed by a drop in obesity cases among children
1 Feb, 2023 | 13:32h | UTCNews Releases:
UK soft drink taxes associated with decreased obesity in girls – PLOS
Commentaries:
UK sugar tax ‘prevents 5,000 cases of obesity in year 6 girls annually’ – The Guardian
Related:
WHO manual on sugar-sweetened beverage taxation policies to promote healthy diets.
M-A: Outcomes following taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages.
Public Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics
Cutting back on sugar-sweetened beverages: What works? – Cochrane Library
Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Lessons to date and the future of taxation – PLOS Medicine
Banning the promotion of soft drinks could be more effective than a sugar tax – The Conversation
Sugar tax: why health experts want it but politicians and industry are resisting – The Guardian
Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)
📢 19 months after the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy (sugar tax) was implemented, we found an 8% relative reduction in obesity levels in 10/11 year old girls. Greatest reductions were found in girls from schools in the most deprived areas https://t.co/pYDHZZJrur
— Dr Nina Rogers (@Nina_Tr_Rogers) January 26, 2023
SR | Interventions to improve health and the determinants of health among sex workers in high-income countries
1 Feb, 2023 | 13:25h | UTCEditorial: Sex workers health: time to act
Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)
New Paper! Our SR in @TheLancetPH summarises evidence for health & social interventions in sex worker populations in HICs https://t.co/TSe9qv4oKP Great team inc @DrLucypotter @MollyBradbury14 @GraceyOutreach @Kitdempsey @rob_aldridge @BintyRock @SerenaLuchenski🧵below…1/4 pic.twitter.com/P6Bx3rFfHw
— Luke Johnson (@luke_a_johnson) November 3, 2022
SR | Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses
31 Jan, 2023 | 14:11h | UTCPhysical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses – Cochrane Library
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Just out Cochrane review on Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses https://t.co/fI4Ac6VbAa
— Carl Heneghan (@carlheneghan) January 30, 2023
FDA panel eyes shift to annual COVID shots
30 Jan, 2023 | 01:03h | UTCFDA panel eyes shift to annual COVID shots – CIDRAP
See also:
FDA advisers recommend updating Covid vaccines – STAT
U.S. Proposes to Make COVID Shot Annual, Much Like Flu Shot – HealthDay
Overuse of medications in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review
27 Jan, 2023 | 12:31h | UTC
AHA Report | Heart disease and stroke statistics in the US—2023 update
27 Jan, 2023 | 12:27h | UTCNews Release: COVID toll realized: CVD deaths take big jump, especially among certain populations – American Heart Association
Commentaries:
AHA Presents Up-To-Date Statistics for Cardiovascular Disease – HealthDay
Sobering statistics from the AHA’s 2023 heart disease and stroke update – News Medical
Essential medicines for mental disorders: comparison of 121 national lists with WHO recommendations
26 Jan, 2023 | 12:55h | UTC
WHO | Five billion people unprotected from trans-fat leading to heart disease
24 Jan, 2023 | 14:44h | UTCNews Release: Five billion people unprotected from trans fat leading to heart disease – World Health Organization
Report: Countdown to 2023: WHO report on global trans-fat elimination 2022 – World Health Organization
Commentary: Five Billion People Exposed to Industrially Produced Trans Fats – Health Policy Watch
Related:
WHO: More than 3 billion people protected from harmful trans-fat in their food
Action Package: WHO Plan to Eliminate Trans-fatty Acids from Global Food Supply
WHO Draft Guideline: Saturated Fatty Acid and Trans-fatty Intake for Adults and Children
Banning trans fats in New York prevented thousands of heart attacks
RCT | Effect of a multicomponent intervention delivered on a web-based platform on hypertension control
24 Jan, 2023 | 14:12h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Cluster RCT: A multicomponent intervention aided by web-based platform improved blood pressure control vs. usual care in China. https://t.co/bsfK5TF1hs
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) December 7, 2022
Health and economic outcomes associated with musculoskeletal disorders attributable to high BMI in 192 countries
23 Jan, 2023 | 13:16h | UTC
Use of wastewater for Mpox outbreak surveillance in California
19 Jan, 2023 | 14:24h | UTCUse of Wastewater for Mpox Outbreak Surveillance in California – New England Journal of Medicine
Related:
Opinion: Wastewater analysis can be a powerful public health tool—if it’s done sensibly.
CDC unveils its latest weapon in Covid-19 detection: wastewater.
[Preprint] Wastewater genomic testing can effectively track COVID-19 variants of concern.
Human Waste Could Be The Next Big Weapon in Controlling COVID-19 – TIME
Next steps for wastewater testing to help end this pandemic — and prevent the next one – STAT
The myriad ways sewage surveillance is helping fight COVID around the world – Nature
It’s time to begin a national wastewater testing program for Covid-19 – STAT
Coronavirus: Testing sewage an ‘easy win’ – BBC
Commentary on Twitter
In this report, the use of wastewater to conduct surveillance for the presence and spread of mpox in California is described. https://t.co/PJm8fwekxr pic.twitter.com/klzC0mbC0w
— NEJM (@NEJM) January 18, 2023
CDC Study | Working in mining, food services, and construction linked to increased mortality from COPD
19 Jan, 2023 | 14:01h | UTCCommentary: ~10 Percent of Deaths Among Ever-Employed Linked to COPD in 2020 – HealthDay
Cancer statistics in the US, 2023
17 Jan, 2023 | 13:24h | UTCCancer statistics, 2023 – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
News Release: American Cancer Society’s annual report on cancer facts and trends released – News Medical / American Cancer Society
Commentaries:
Incidence Drops for Cervical Cancer But Rises for Prostate Cancer – American Cancer Society
A survey of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 23 countries in 2022
15 Jan, 2023 | 20:33h | UTCA survey of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 23 countries in 2022 – Nature Medicine
News Release: Global COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rising but hesitancy remains – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
The third annual iteration of a survey assessing vaccine confidence in 23 countries shows the overall willingness to accept a COVID-19 vaccine has increased, although results were heteregeous across countries, according to a @NatureMedicine paper. https://t.co/0EkMH7oRdn pic.twitter.com/bLc98F9AYt
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) January 13, 2023
RCT | Effect of prescriber notifications of patient’s fatal overdose on opioid prescribing at 4 to 12 months
10 Jan, 2023 | 14:50h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Letters notifying clinicians of a patient's fatal overdose reduced opioid prescribing up to one year after receiving the letter. https://t.co/cEU1inH9lE
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) January 6, 2023
WHO Interim Guidance | Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for mpox (monkeypox)
10 Jan, 2023 | 14:45h | UTC
WHO updates recommendations on HPV vaccination schedule
9 Jan, 2023 | 14:57h | UTCNews Release: WHO updates recommendations on HPV vaccination schedule – World Health Organization
Guideline: Human papillomavirus vaccines: WHO position paper, December 2022 – World Health Organization
Commentaries:
WHO supports 1-dose HPV vaccine strategy – CIDRAP
Commentary on Twitter
🆕 WHO has revised its recommendations on possible schedules for human papillomavirus (#HPV) vaccines & now recommends:
👉1 or 2-doses for girls & women aged 9-20
👉2 doses with a 6-month interval for women 21+https://t.co/m0KZyH6sPR pic.twitter.com/W4PeS4raV9— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) December 21, 2022
WHO manual on sugar-sweetened beverage taxation policies to promote healthy diets.
16 Dec, 2022 | 13:52h | UTCNews Release: WHO calls on countries to tax sugar-sweetened beverages to save lives – World Health Organization
Related:
M-A: Outcomes following taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages.
Public Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics
Cutting back on sugar-sweetened beverages: What works? – Cochrane Library
Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Lessons to date and the future of taxation – PLOS Medicine
Banning the promotion of soft drinks could be more effective than a sugar tax – The Conversation
Sugar tax: why health experts want it but politicians and industry are resisting – The Guardian
Commentary on Twitter
Sugar is addictive and keeps you hooked on unhealthy drinks like sodas & energy drinks.
Break the cycle today for a healthier life! https://t.co/M1GQE4136I pic.twitter.com/06aVCYmeK5— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) December 13, 2022
Associations between extreme temperatures and cardiovascular cause-specific mortality: results from 27 countries.
15 Dec, 2022 | 13:44h | UTCNews Release: About 1 in 100 heart disease deaths linked to extreme hot and cold weather days – University of Maryland School of Medicine
WHO Report signals increasing resistance to antibiotics in bacterial infections in humans.
12 Dec, 2022 | 12:52h | UTCCommentary: WHO report shows rising antibiotic resistance, need for better data – CIDRAP
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
New WHO report on #AntimicrobialResistance reveals very high levels of resistance in common bacteria frequently causing bloodstream infections in hospitals.
Infection prevention & control is critical to stop the spread and save lives.
More: https://t.co/8dGqw5KgZT pic.twitter.com/XGC2I7KbwB
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) December 9, 2022
Perspective | Building community power to dismantle policy-based structural inequity in population health.
9 Dec, 2022 | 13:33h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
This month’s @Health_Affairs includes a Policy Insight article by @dr_tonyiton, @dr_robertkross and myself on the theoretical and empirical research linking #communitypower to #healthequity, including an example from @CalEndowBHC #Parks4All https://t.co/V3vXb4voce
— Pritpal S Tamber (@pstamber) December 5, 2022
M-A | Face masks to prevent transmission of respiratory infections.
8 Dec, 2022 | 12:42h | UTC
Review | Health literacy development is central to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
6 Dec, 2022 | 13:54h | UTCRelated WHO Report: Health literacy development for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: Volume 1. Overview – World Health Organization