Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Preoperative information burden among parents of children with congenital heart disease: a qualitative study of information access, understanding, and decision-makingYuan Hu · Jing Tian · Mei Teng · Yuan Li · Hong ZhengFrontiers in Public Healthdoi 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1965200
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Equity and spatial effects of hospital accessibility in Sichuan Province: evidence from GA2SFCA-based dataQianwen Song · Chengzhi Ge · Jing DengFrontiers in Public Healthdoi 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1950200
Systematic ReviewPublished 9 October 2026Systematic literature review and narrative synthesis of the effectiveness of health insurance in improving access to healthcare and providing financial protection in NigeriaRolle Remi Ahuru · Ngozi Alison OkenyaFrontiers in Health Servicesdoi 10.3389/frhs.2026.1946888
CommentaryPublished 8 October 2026Access before literacy: reframing conversational AI in health self-management for low-resource contextsAhmed Saad · Joshua S. YudkinInternational Journal of Public Healthdoi 10.3389/ijph.2026.1610302
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Receipt of needed care coordination and emergency department utilization among US children with chronic physical pain: a pooled analysis of the 2022–2024 National Survey of Children's HealthTongming Cheng · Ziming Cai · Xiaonan Zhou · Ciai Lai · Lizhen Huang · Wei HeFrontiers in Pain Researchdoi 10.3389/fpain.2026.1994046
Original ResearchPublished 6 October 2026Psychologists’ knowledge, attitudes, and training experiences regarding mental illness in individuals with intellectual disabilities in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional studyAbeer AL LihabiFrontiers in Psychiatrydoi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1764215
Study ProtocolPublished 2 October 2026Youth access and utilization of HIV services in Homa Bay, Kenya: protocol for a mixed-methods studyLawrence Ojala · Wilson Manyasa · Mabel Nangami · Nyawira Gitahi · Leslie A. EnaneFrontiers in Health Servicesdoi 10.3389/frhs.2026.1892411
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026Bridging gaps in perinatal mental health services for socioeconomically disadvantaged womenLem Ngongalah Udeozor · Catherine El-Zerbi · Josephine Wildman · Malcolm Moffat · Judith RankinFrontiers in Global Women's Healthdoi 10.3389/fgwh.2026.1850520
Original ArticlePublished 16 September 2026Burden of chronic kidney disease among children and adolescents in the South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions, 1990 to 2021Yang Yang · Yujie Xu · Xiaoran Xue · Mingyi Zhao · Qingnan HeInternational Journal of Public Healthdoi 10.3389/ijph.2026.1609313
Original ArticlePublished 14 September 2026Social disparities, navigational health literacy, and unmet needs in Germany: results of a population surveyTill Werner Ulrich · Jens Klein · Olaf von dem KnesebeckInternational Journal of Public Healthdoi 10.3389/ijph.2026.1609928
Original ResearchPublished 1 September 2026Beneath the itch: a qualitative exploration of burden of scabies among urban street connected children in EthiopiaDesta Ayode · Bewunetu Zewude · Gail Davey · Shahaduz Zaman · Getnet TadeleFrontiers in Tropical Diseasesdoi 10.3389/fitd.2026.1882876
Original ResearchPublished 1 September 2026Postpartum doula care and symptoms of depression and anxiety among BIPOC and Latina birthing parents: a longitudinal pilot intervention studyJessica Hanlin · Laurel M. Hicks · Gabriela Alvarado · Alison Batwin · Michele Holland · Elizabeth GreenwellFrontiers in Global Women's Healthdoi 10.3389/fgwh.2026.1869956
Original ResearchPublished 7 August 2026Wildfire contributions to prenatal PM 2.5 exposure in the contiguous United States, 2003–2019Menglu Liang · Amir Sapkota · Hao He · Samyam Aryal · Nicole E. Sieck · Michel BoudreauxFrontiers in Environmental Healthdoi 10.3389/fenvh.2026.1838836
Original ResearchPublished 23 July 2026Scabies prevalence and risk factors in internally displaced persons in Hargeisa, Somaliland: a cross-sectional surveyAyanle Suleiman Ahmed · Abdikarim Yusuf Musa · Jonah Kiruja · Ibrahim Farah HersiFrontiers in Tropical Diseasesdoi 10.3389/fitd.2026.1776765
ReviewPublished 29 June 2026Reimagining tuberculosis elimination in India: diagnostics, drug resistance, and digital health strategiesSneha Jha · Loka Bikash Chaliha · Kshipra Pandey · Ritu PatelFrontiers in Epidemiologydoi 10.3389/fepid.2026.1868261
Original ResearchPublished 14 April 2026Cardiovascular disease risk among female breast cancer survivors: findings from the National Health Interview Survey (2019–2022)Robina Josiah Willock · Samah R. Nabi · Daniel C. Parks · Brye A. Qaseem · Miriam A. MilesFrontiers in Cancer Control and Societydoi 10.3389/fcacs.2026.1628255
Brief Research ReportPublished 11 February 2026Head and neck cancer in mid-Missouri: demographics, social determinants, and care patternsCarson Gates · Elsie Barry · Laura Dooley · Stephanie KnollhoffFrontiers in Cancer Control and Societydoi 10.3389/fcacs.2026.1664435
Original ResearchPublished 12 January 2026Social determinants of health associated with the clinicopathological presentation of patients with prostate cancer in KenyaCharles Waihenya · S. M. Thumbi · Daniel Kinyuru Ojuka · Camille Ragin · Charnita Zeigler-JohnsonFrontiers in Cancer Control and Societydoi 10.3389/fcacs.2025.1649686
Behavioral EconomicsPublished 2 October 2025Does perceived provider network strength foster telehealth usage among insured populations?Florent NkouagaFrontiers in Behavioral Economicsdoi 10.3389/frbhe.2025.1617041
