Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2023
Association of emergency allotment discontinuation with household food insufficiency in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants: A quasi-experimental study.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was modified to mitigate food insecurity faced by low-income families during the pandemic. These changes included enhancement of SNAP benefits via 2020 emergency allotments (EA). Despite the high food price inflation in 2022, 17 states ceased providing EA benefits by end of 2022. The objective of this research is to examine the impact of EA discontinuation on food insufficiency. ⋯ Findings imply that EA discontinuation, amidst the corresponding surge in inflation, could have contributed to increased rates of household food insufficiency.
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2023
Associations of physical frailty with incidence and mortality of overall and site-specific cancers: A prospective cohort study from UK biobank.
Evidence regarding the role of physical frailty in cancer-related outcomes is limited. We aimed to examine the association of frailty with cancer incidence and mortality risk. ⋯ Frailty phenotypes contributed significantly to a higher risk of overall and some site-specific cancers incidence and mortality in a stepwise manner or within individual categories. Future studies are warranted to emphasize the identification, management and prevention of frailty in the whole population and complements of lifestyle-targeted interventions such as quitting smoking.
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2023
Trends and prediction in the incidence rate of hepatitis C in Shandong Province in China from 2004 to 2030.
Hepatitis C threatens human health and brings a heavy economic burden. Shandong Province is the second most populous province in China and has uneven regional economic development. Therefore, we analyzed the incidence rate trend and regional differences of hepatitis C in Shandong Province from 2004 to 2021. ⋯ The hepatitis C incidence rate in Shandong Province showed an increasing trend from 2004 to 2019 and a decreasing trend in 2020 and 2021. Significant regional variations in incidence rate existed. An upward trend in incidence rate is predicted from 2022 to 2030. It is necessary to strengthen the prevention and control of hepatitis C to achieve the goal of eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030.
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2023
Associations of screen use with physical activity and social capital amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A network analysis of youths in China.
Inconsistent correlations of screen use with physical activity (PA) and social capital (SC) in youths have been observed in existing cross-sectional studies. This study aimed to elucidate associations among variables in screen use, PA, and SC domains during COVID-19, to improve the prediction and prevention of suboptimal health status in youths. An online survey based on the nationwide COVID-19 Impact on Lifestyle Change Survey (COINLICS) was conducted in China, and 10,082 youths reported their screen use, PA, and SC in the months immediately before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown. ⋯ More PC/TV use before lockdown predicted less household-related PA during lockdown (β = -0.142); more phone use during lockdown was a predictor for higher levels of household-related PA (β = 0.106), active transport (β = 0.096), and individual SC (β = 0.072) after lockdown. Phone use was negatively associated with PA through PC/TV use in the more phone use subgroup. Relationships among screen use, PA, and SC dynamically changed during COVID-19, and phone use that was identified as a bridge and a predictor may be the potential action point for health intervention in youths during lockdown.
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2023
Social inequalities in trajectories of contacts with the healthcare system in adolescence and young adulthood.
Understanding of healthcare utilization of different populations is useful for prevention and prioritization of healthcare resources. This study aims to identify populations following different trajectories of contacts with the healthcare system and to describe social inequalities between the groups. ⋯ The observed trajectories of health service use and the social inequalities between trajectory groups highlight that prevention and treatment targeting the entire population will benefit from a complementary focus on social inequalities in health.