Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

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Vol. 66 No. 1 (2025)

Published May 21, 2025

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.

The JPMH is currently abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. The JPMH currently has no article-processing charges.

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COVID-19

Francesca Riccardi, Elena Sarcletti, Matteo Bassetti, Francesco Copello, Paola Del Sette, Antonio Di Biagio, Paolo Durando, Giancarlo Icardi, Gabriella Biffa

Vaccine hesitancy in healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic: Draw on experience.

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Health Promotion

Sara Maria Pani, Stefania Matta, Matteo Fraschini, Claudia Sardu, Alessandra Mereu, Paolo Contu

Network Analysis of the HLS 19-Q12 Health Literacy Questionnaire: Insights from an Italian Pilot Study: A Network Analysis of the Italian HLS19-Q12 Questionnaire

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Gerardo Altamura, Antonio Lorenzon, Paola Fioretti, Giuseppa Granvillano, Emanuele Guarise, Emanuele La Gatta, Elisa Lorenzini, Marco Uncini, Mario Cesare Nurchis

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Italian Hygiene and Preventive Medicine Medical Doctor Residents’ interest in a Preventive Medicine Physician: a national survey

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Deniz S. Yorulmaz

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Identification of Community Vaccine Hesitancy in a Provincial Center: A Descriptive-Cross-Sectional Study: Vaccine Hesitancy

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Rosagemma Ciliberti, Alessandro Bonsignore

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New integrations in patient care: the role of the pharmacist between couselling and medication adherence

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Mohammad Jobair Khan, Priya Kannan, Balasankar Ganesan, Sufia Khatun, Mohammed Usman Ali, S.M. Mahmudul Hasan, Stanley John Winser

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Population-based cross-sectional study of correlates of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour among Bangladeshi adults: Correlates of physical inactivity & sedentary behaviour

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Virginia Gatto, Alessandro Lamberti Castronuovo, Emanuele Longo, Sauro Forni, Giulia Russo

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A hard-to-heal wound: a case study on the collaboration between nonprofit and Public Health Sector in South Italy

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Fabiana Nuccetelli, Valeria Gabellone, Pietro Luigi Lopalco

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Virtual Reality as a Tool for Wellbeing in Public Healthcare: Analysis of a Clinical Case

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Infectious Diseases

Fabio Contarino, Francesca Bella, Erminio Di Pietro, Concetta Randazzo, Maria Lia Contrino

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The burden of Tuberculosis in a province of a low incidence country: epidemiological differences between Italy-born, regular foreigner and irregular foreigner TB cases.: Tuberculosis and migration in Siracusa LHA, Italy (2014-2023)

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Federico Viti, Alessandra Cartocci, Roberto Perinti, Giovanni Guarducci, Nicola Nante

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Analysis and Impact of Infection Prevention Procedures in Long-Term Care Facilities: The Infection Prevention Procedures in Long-Term Care Facilities

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Fabiana Nuccetelli, Valeria Gabellone, Sara Ciampini, Luigi Roberto Biasio, Pietro Luigi Lopalco

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Attitudes and knowledge of the adult population on arboviral diseases

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Nosocomial Infections

Mouna Baklouti, Mariem Ben Hmida, Houda Ben Ayed, Maissa Ben Jmaa, Maroua Trigui, Bouthaina Trabelsi, Ahmed Trigui, Ghada Nasri, Jamel Dammak, Mondher Kassis, Sourour Yaich

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Health-care associated infections in the two university hospitals of southern Tunisia: a point prevalence survey : Health-care associated infections in Southern Tunisia

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Nursing

Paolo Iovino, Ilaria Marcomini, Marco Di Nitto, Valeria Caponnetto, Yari Longobucco, Valentina Vanzi, Francesco Zaghini, Rosaria Alvaro, Alessandra Burgio, Stefano Domenico Cicala, Giancarlo Cicolini, Loreto Lancia, Paolo Landa, Duilio Fiorenzo Manara, Beatrice Mazzoleni, Laura Rasero, Gennaro Rocco, Maurizio Zega, Loredana Sasso, Annamaria Bagnasco

Validity and reliability of the Home Health Care Survey of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and System (HHCAHPS) tool: a multicentre cross-sectional study

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Occupational Medicine and Hygiene

Nurgul Zholdassova , Lyudmila Yermukhanova, Miras Umbetov, Samat Saparbayev, Gulnar Sadykova

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Assessment of hygienic knowledge and oral health practices among children under dynamic observation for periodontosis in Aktobe

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Health Care Management

Mohammad Ebrahim Eghbali Zarch

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Performance-based payment systems for general practitioners and specialists in selected countries: a comparative study

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Mohammad Ebrahim Eghbali Zarch

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Designing a performance-based payment model for physicians at outpatient clinics contracted with Iran health insurance: a case study from Iran

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History of Medicine and Ethics

Mariano Martini, Fabiola Zurlini, Donatella Panatto, Davide Orsini

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The summer colonies: ‘custodians’ of the health of the young. Prophylaxis of infectious diseases and educational purposes in the reports of the school medical inspector Benedetto Barni (1893-1970) in the 1950s: The summer colonies: climatic-prophylactic colonies for children.

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Elena Varotto, Mariano Martini Mariano, Mauro Vaccarezza, Valentina Vittori, Joanna Mietlińska-Sauter, Rossella Gelsi, Francesco Maria Galassi, Veronica Papa

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Historical and Social Considerations upon Tuberculosis

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