Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

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Vol. 66 No. 3 (2025)
Published October 16, 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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Health Promotion

Nadia Bouchhima, Mariam Ammar, Mohamed Kessentini, Khaled Zghal, Ahmed Hakim; Lobna Ben Mahmoud (Volume editor)
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Impact of an Educational Intervention Video in HPV Prevention among Tunisian Female Students: A before-and-after Study
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Mahsa Khodayarian, Nooshin Yoshany, Sara Jambarsang, Zahra Pourmovahed, Zohreh KarimianKakolaki
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Psychometric Evaluation of Iranian Version of Beliefs about Third-Hand Smoke Scale (BATHS-T) in Pregnant Women
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Elisa Gabrielli, Valeria Gabellone, Fabiana Nuccetelli, Pietro Luigi Lopalco
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What strategic actions may be implemented to reach high immunisation coverage for clinically vulnerable individuals? A process for achieving regional consensus using World Cafè methods
Marianella Chavez, Patricia Carreño, Fabiana Forti, Franco ROMANI
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Comparison of Photoprotection Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Medical and Non-Medical Students at a Peruvian University
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Health Technology Assessment

Masoud Behzadifar
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Mapping the social networks of key actors in the development of health technology assessment in Iran
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e-Health

Masoud Behzadifar
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Challenges of using artificial intelligence in Iran's health system: a qualitative study
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Infectious Diseases

Idris Sadiq
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Combating Infectious Diseases in Low-Resource Communities: Socioeconomic, Environmental, Climate Change and Gender-Based Strategies
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Elvira Massaro, Giovanni Gabutti
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Pneumococcal Vaccination of Adults in Italy: What Strategies?
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Kieu Dung Le, Minh Manh To, Van Nghiem Dang, Van Thuan Hoang
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High prevalence and associated factors of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children under 5 years with atypical pneumonia
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Michael Van Haute
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of the Philippine general public towards human mpox (hMPX): a cross-sectional study
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Nosocomial Infections

Giovanni Guarducci, Giuliana Fabbri, Marco Tiseo, Niccolò Bolognesi, Cinzia Ravaioli, Luca Lavazza, Paola Antonioli
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Monitoring Surgical Site Infections: Insights from an Italian Teaching Hospital
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Non Comunicable Diseases

Elahe Rafiei, Farzane Rouhani, Emad Bayat, Zohre Moeini , Navid Dehnavi
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Final Heights in Patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
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sahil solanki, Rujul Shukla, viral dave
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Assessment of “Quality of Life” of Parents and Siblings of Intellectually Disabled Children residing at one of Metropolitan cities at Western India: Quality of Life of Families of Intellectually Disabled Children: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Numaira Qasim, Ahmed Umer Sohaib, Ruksana Ashruf, Hebatallah Ahmed
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Attitude and Practices Towards Breast Cancer Among Undergraduate Female Pharmacy Students in Pakistan
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Akram Karimi-Shahanjarini, Seyed Abbas Hoseinalipour, Maryam Farhadian
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Why Do Middle-Aged Adults Use Or Avoid Health Services? A Study Of Social And Demographic Determinants
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Dina Abdo, Sanja Avramovic, Janusz Wojtusiak, Panagiota Kitsantas
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Social and Behavioral Determinants of Dental Care Utilization among Homeless Pregnant Women in the United States: Dental Care Utilization and Oral Health in Pregnant Women
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Health Care Management

Roberto Tedeschi
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Breaking the Stalemate: How Italy's Non-Medical Health Professions Are Trapped by Redundant Roles and Ineffective Degrees
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Roberto Gasparini
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Response to the letter “Breaking the Stalemate: How Italy's Non-Medical Health Professions Are Trapped by Redundant Roles and Ineffective Degrees”
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Alessandro Lamberti-Castronuovo, Dario Lupica Spagnolo, Eleonora Colpo, Marco Peretti, Alessandro Manno, Viorel Iesanu, Samuele Cirnigliaro, Dafina Shtefan, Gabriela Bianchi, Elisa De Checchi, Daniele Giacomini
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A Field Report from War-Torn Remote Villages in South-Eastern Ukraine: Enhancing Healthcare Access Through a Community-Oriented Primary Care Model
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Giovanna Liguori, Rachele Maria Russo, Viviana Balena, Maria Teresa Montagna, Antonio Di Lorenzo, Francesco Triggiano, Osvalda De Giglio, Pietro Pasquale, Michele Fernando Panunzio
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Achieving Health Equity in Decentralized Healthcare: An Innovative Approach to Preventive Care in Southern Italy
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History of Medicine and Ethics

Davide Orsini, Mariano Martini
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1985: Forty years ago, the world opened its eyes to AIDS. History of the early years of the HIV epidemic
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