Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Current Issue

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.

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Trend of accesses to the ED of Teaching Hospital of Tuscany for bronchiolitis 2018-2023: new emergency

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Non Comunicable Diseases

Demsa SImbolon, Lia Lorena, Okdi Natan

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Interaction of protein intake and number of family members as a risk factor for chronic energy deficiency in women of childbearing age

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Kaleab Tesfaye Tegegne, Eleni Tesfaye Tegegne, Mekibib Kassa Tessema, Tadele Kassahun Wudu, Moges Tadesse Abebe5, Asmamaw Workineh Zegeye

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Spatial distribution and determinant factors of anemia among women age 15-49 years in Burkina Faso; using mixed-effects ordinal logistic regression model

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Omid Ghorbani, Daryoosh Mahdibarzi, Paria Yousefi-Tooddeshki

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Comparison of the Short-Term Effect of Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid and Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized clinical trial

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Maryam Yaghoobi, Atieh Khaleghi, Seyyed Mohammad Tabatabaei, Zeinab Sadat Hosseini, Moslem Taheri Soodejani, Ehsan Mosa Farkhani

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Machine learning techniques to identify risk factors of breast cancer among women in Mashhad, Iran

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Harry Gyimah Gyamfi

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Impact of gender and education on cervical cancer knowledge amongst students: Implications for health policies and public health strategies in Wiesbaden, German

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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

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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

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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

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Influenza pandemic preparedness plan in Liguria, Italy: a valuable tool for Public Health.

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Marco Scattaglia

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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

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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

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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

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Surveillance of surgical site infections in orthopedic prosthetic surgery: a tool for identifying risk factors and improving clinical practice

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