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public and global health

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Public and global health examines how we protect communities from disease, manage outbreaks, and improve well-being across the world. This vital field connects diverse research on everything from infectious disease control and vaccination strategies to the social factors that shape our collective health. Because these studies often impact policy and daily life, understanding them quickly is more important than ever.

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Below are the latest papers in public and global health, freshly summarized from the most recent medRxiv releases.

Effectiveness of health mediation to promote organized cancer screening among underserved and under-screened populations in Marseille, France: findings from a repeated cross-sectional survey

A repeated cross-sectional survey in Marseille demonstrates that a multicomponent health mediation program significantly increased breast and colorectal cancer screening uptake and awareness among exposed individuals in disadvantaged neighborhoods, although it did not produce a significant effect at the overall population level.

Legendre, E., Dutrey-Kaiser, A., Attalah, Y., Boyer, G., Nauleau, S., Gaudart, J., Kelly, D., Caserio-Schönemann, C., Malfait, P., Chaud, P., Ramalli, L., Gastaldi, C., Franke, F., Rebaudet, S.2026-03-06📄 public and global health

Pilot Study to Determine the Efficacy, Feasibility, and Impact of Storage Conditions on At-Home Blood Collection Kits for Proteomic Studies

This pilot study demonstrates that at-home capillary blood collection using the Tasso+ device yields serum proteome results comparable to standard venous draws when processed immediately, provided that pre-processing delays are kept under 48 hours and samples are maintained at refrigeration temperatures to minimize protein level changes.

Scranton, C., Sun, X., Rodriguez, D., Pogreba-Brown, K., Austhof, E., McFadden, C. M., Obergh, V., Cooper, K. K.2026-03-04📄 public and global health

Securitized Health and Zero Dose Children: Structural and Service Contact Determinants of Non-Vaccination in Nigeria

This study of Nigeria's 2023 Demographic and Health Survey data reveals that zero-dose children status is primarily driven by deep structural exclusion and fragmented early health system contact—specifically the lack of antenatal care visits, maternal education, and facility-based delivery—rather than isolated individual preferences, with regional disparities largely mediated through these systemic pathways.

Mohammed, I. A.2026-03-04📄 public and global health

A predictive model for differentiating hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and scrub typhus in southwestern China

This study developed and validated a predictive nomogram model based on five independent factors—male sex, positive proteinuria, elevated creatinine, decreased heart rate, and conjunctival congestion—to effectively differentiate hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome from scrub typhus in southwestern China.

Huang, L., Zheng, Y., Gu, S., Li, Z., Li, F., Gu, W., Hu, L.2026-03-04📄 public and global health

Potential Antenatal Care-Mediated Benefits of Delivering Maternal Immunization in Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Modeling Analysis

This modeling analysis demonstrates that integrating maternal immunization into antenatal care services in five low- and middle-income countries could significantly improve maternal and child health outcomes, particularly among the poorest populations, by enhancing engagement with essential health services such as facility delivery, postnatal care, and childhood vaccinations.

Jiao, B., Iversen, I., Sato, R., Getnet, F., Zelalem, M., Tefera, Y. L., Owusu, R., Gatua, J. G., Pecenka, C., Khan, S., Baral, R., Kruk, M. E., Arsenault, C., Verguet, S.2026-03-04📄 public and global health

Clinical outcomes and mortality risk among inborn and referred newborns admitted to hospitals in Kenya

This study of over 130,000 newborns in Kenya reveals that referred infants face nearly three times higher mortality odds than inborn infants, a disparity driven by greater clinical vulnerability and systemic challenges in the referral process that underscores the urgent need for strengthened pre-referral stabilization and transport systems.

Baariu, J., Murless-Collins, S., Okello, G., Mochache, D., Okech, F., Malla, L., Cross, J. H., Gathara, D., Lawn, J. E., Ohuma, E. O., Macharia, W. M., Penzias, R. E.2026-03-04📄 public and global health

Enhanced Insights into Alcohol Use Disorder from Lifestyle, Background, and Family History in a Large-Scale Machine Learning Study

This study leverages an expanded All of Us Research Program dataset and machine learning to confirm that annual income, family history, and various lifestyle factors are robust, multi-level determinants of Alcohol Use Disorder, with Random Forest models achieving 81% accuracy in predicting AUD status.

Wang, C., Luo, Y., Huang, G., Zhou, W.2026-03-03📄 public and global health