Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

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Vol. 65 No. 2 (2024)
Published August 2, 2024

The Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene (JPMH) is an international, multidisciplinary, open-access, peer-reviewed journal published on a three-monthly basis and covers the fields of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health. The Journal has been publishing original articles, reviews, editorials, letters and proceedings of symposia and conferences since 1960. Systematic reviews of topics relevant to the journal’s aim are highly welcome. Scientific validity, methodological soundness, originality and advances in the field of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health are a key acceptance criterion. For further information, please check our Section Policies.

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Health Promotion

Nicola Vigiani, Cecilia Quercioli, Elisa Fanti, Eleonora Frilli, Gabriele Messina, Nicola Nante
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University students in Central Italy: do they follow a proper lifestyle?
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Alessandro Scacchi, Giuseppina Lo Moro, Gianmarco Giacomini, Federico Torchio, Carla Maria Zotti, Fabrizio Bert, Roberta Siliquini
E125
Trust levels toward health care and government: insights from TrustMe, an Italian cross-sectional study
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Nikos Dimitriadis, Thomas Tsiampalis, Giannis Arnaoutis, Konstantinos D. Tambalis, Evangelia Damigou, Christina Chrysohoou, Fotios Barkas, Costas Tsioufis, Christos Pitsavos, Evangelos Liberopoulos, Petros P. Sfikakis, Demosthenes B Panagiotakos
E134
Longitudinal Trends in Physical Activity Levels and Lifetime Cardiovascular Disease Risk: insights from the ATTICA cohort study (2002-2022)
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COVID-19

Fabio Contarino, Francesca Bella, Concetta Randazzo, Maria Lia Contrino, Erminio Di Pietro
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on infectious diseases reporting
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Allegra Ferrari, Giovanna Iudica, Martina Porretto, Carola Minet, Matilde Ogliastro, Davide Simonetta, Stefano Mosca, Giancarlo Icardi, Andrea Orsi
E154
The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on emergency health care demand: inverse relationship between covid-like illnesses and ed accesses.
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Infectious Diseases

Lucia Massolo, Matilde Ogliastro, Peter Matteo Postma, Oriana Ferrante, Rosa Amato, Elvira Massaro, Dorotea Bellina, Roberto Ziferro, Alberto Borneto, Alessandra Morando, Andrea Orsi
E166
Environmental Surveillance of Legionella spp. in an Italian University Hospital: results of 7 years of analysis
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Andrea Orsi, Marianna Scarpaleggia, Vincenzo Baldo, Fabio Barbone, Maria Chironna, Sandro Giuffrida, Emanuele Montomoli, Elena Pariani, Caterina Rizzo, Donatella Panatto, Giancarlo Icardi
E172
First real-world data on universal respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxis with Nirsevimab in infants
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Elena Capitani, Claudia Basagni, Emanuela Barbini, Carlotta Lorenzini, Maria Francesca De Marco, Ilaria Manini, Emanuele Montomoli, Nicola Nante
E188
Trend of accesses to the ED of Teaching Hospital of Tuscany for bronchiolitis 2018-2023: new emergency
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Health Care Management

Lucia Inglese, Ilaria Barberis, Mariia Korshunova, Rosa Amato, Francesca Zangrillo, Lucia Arata, Valentino Tisa, Riccardo Papalia, Maurizio Santo, Gabriella Tiberio, Alessandra Morando, Giovanni Orengo
E232
Monitoring emergency and urgent surgery: an improvement in a Healthcare Management Unit at a third-level hospital in Italy: Running title: Monitoring emergency and urgent surgery
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Filippo Ansaldi, Matteo Astengo, Alberto Battaglini, Federico Grammatico, Francesca Marchini, Silvia Allegretti, Andrea Fiorano, Irene Schenone, Daniela Amicizia
E236
A new organizational model of primary healthcare in Liguria, Italy. Insights and implications.
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Daniela Amicizia, Irene Schenone, Camilla Sticchi, Federico Grammatico, Matteo Astengo, Alberto Battaglini, Francesca Marchini, Silvano Ruffoni, Giovanni Battista Andreoli, Filippo Ansaldi
E245
Influenza pandemic preparedness plan in Liguria, Italy: a valuable tool for Public Health.
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Marco Scattaglia
E251
Rethinking patient flows in a changing healthcare system: a unified approach
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Gloria Spatari, Anna Maria Libera De Mite, Elisa Cantova, Silvia Reggiani, Michela Re, Michelangelo Mercogliano, Maria De Martini, Nadia Casanova, Alessandro Gallo, Marta Caltabellotta, Bruna Rebagliati
E256
Violence against healthcare workers during the phases of the COVID‑19 Pandemic: a descriptive observational study from 2018 to 2023 in the metropolitan city of Genoa (North-Western Italy)
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Nursing

zohreh Vafadar, Zeinab Abbasi, Mohsen Mollahadi, Feryal Khamseh
E265
A Motivational interview and teach back: effectiveness on the rate of hand hygiene compliance in ICU Nurses
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Nosocomial Infections

Martina Porretto, Flavio Parente, Andrea Parisini, Filippo Del Puente, Stefania Tigano, Mauro Nelli, Claudio Mazzola, Guido Damiani, Giulia Adriano, Marina Sartini, Emanuele Pontali, Maria Luisa Cristina, Silvia Boni
E273
Surveillance of surgical site infections in orthopedic prosthetic surgery: a tool for identifying risk factors and improving clinical practice
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e-Health

Elisa Furia, Carola Minet, Lucia Valchi, Marta Crocetti, Bianca Roncan, Elvira Massaro, Carlo Simone Trombetta, Donatella Panatto
E278
Development of a User-friendly Health Promotion Website to Spread Evidence-based Information in Italy: A new digital platform to enhance health literacy
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Francesco Andrea Causio, Luigi De Angelis, Giacomo Diedenhofen, Angelo Talio, Francesco Baglivo
E285
Perspectives on AI use in medicine: views of the Italian Society of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
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Environmental Hygiene

Paolo Donadoni, Rosagemma Ciliberti
E303
How the Anthropocene is changing bioethics
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