OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Health Education Research is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
‘It’s just one big vicious circle’: young people’s experiences of highly visual social media and their mental health	43
A short-duration telementoring pain management programme for Medicaid: impact on clinician outcomes	29
Influence of implementation strategies on implementation outcomes in a statewide dissemination of Faith, Activity, and Nutrition (FAN)	25
Impacts of an early childhood obesity prevention program in Mexico	23
Promoting condom negotiation self-efficacy among young women in China: the effects of traditional sexual values and descriptive norms	16
Examining the impact of a leisure time intervention on participation in organized out-of-school activities among adolescents: a quasi-experimental study in Franklin County, KY, USA	14
Exploring diabetes self-management practices among people with TB in Eswatini: a qualitative analysis	12
Framework for implementing asylum seekers and refugees’ health into the undergraduate medical curriculum in the United Kingdom	12
Planning, implementation, evaluation, and sustainment of digital health interventions for adolescent substance use prevention: a systematic review of influencing factors based on the RE-AIM framework	11
Characteristics of people with type 1 diabetes influence the educational process for starting insulin pump therapy: an observational study	11
Self-efficacy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: the effect of self-care education by two randomized methods—teach-back and a smartphone application	10
An enhanced educational intervention for improving confidence in the eye health benefits of appropriate care for age-related macular degeneration: a randomized controlled trial	10
Impact of participation as a peer change agent on peer change agents themselves: a quantitative study of a peer-led, social media-based PrEP promotion intervention	10
Theory-guided process evaluation of a multicomponent, technology-based ‘SMART Eating’ trial among Indian adults: an embedded mixed-methods study	10
Process evaluation of a participatory systems approach to promote health and well-being among students at vocational schools	10
Impact of educational intervention on mothers of infants with iron-deficiency anemia	10
Identifying adaptations for a mindfulness program for Spanish-speaking mothers of children with chronic conditions or disabilities	9
Life skill education at the time of COVID-19: perceptions and strategies of Italian expert school educators	9
Correction to: The impact of COVID-19 misinformation and trust in institutions on preventive behaviors	8
Implementation of a complex eHealth intervention by a public–private partnership in clinical practice: a qualitative multicentre analysis using CFIR	8
The effect of motivational interview-based breastfeeding education on breastfeeding motivation, success, self-efficacy perceptions, and exclusive breastfeeding duration after cesarean section: a rando	8
Effectiveness of multiple interventions based on the Positive Education about Aging and Contact Experiences model on the attitudes towards older adults among students	8
‘Those sessions open[ed] our eyes and our minds’: participant acceptability and satisfaction with a gender-focused HIV and substance use risk-reduction intervention on alcohol use, HIV treatment, and	7
Evaluating the persuasiveness of messages promoting mobile mammography among uninsured women	7
Effects of providing tailored information about e-cigarettes in a digital smoking cessation intervention: randomized controlled trial	7

Content analysis of school websites: policies and programs to support healthy eating and the environment	6
Facilitators of peer leader retention within a Type 2 diabetes intervention trial for US Latinos/Hispanics of Mexican origin	6
Examining the feasibility of a youth advocacy program promoting healthy snacking in New York City: a mixed-methods process evaluation	6
Impact of a dissemination strategy on family day care educators’ intentions to adopt outdoor free play guidelines introduced in response to COVID-19: a randomized controlled trial	6
Trends in the teaching of sexual and reproductive health topics and skills in required courses in secondary schools, in 38 US states between 2008 and 2018	6
Understanding parents’ digital use and preferences for an mHealth intervention in low-income, rural settings	6
Youth vaping beliefs and behaviors: evidence from New York	6
Exploring mechanisms and contexts in a Peer Education Project to improve mental health literacy in schools in England: a qualitative realist evaluation	5
The effectiveness of an online sexuality education module in promoting sexual knowledge and attitude change: a cluster randomized controlled trial	5
Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us	5
Network analysis of a community-wide teenage pregnancy prevention initiative	5
Mixed method evaluation of a clinic waiting room–based health education program in the Dominican Republic	5
Psychosocial physical activity outcomes of a father-focused health programme for Mexican-heritage families	5
The effect of health education on symptom severity in patients with fibromyalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Is lifestyle modification with individual face-to-face education and counseling more effective than usual care for controlling hypertension? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control	4
Factors associated with COVID-19 masking behavior: an application of the Health Belief Model	4
Narratives or not? Examining the roles of message format and individuals’ stages of change in the context of HPV vaccination promotion	4
How young migrants perceive school health education in Sweden	4
The effect of multiple ınterventions for women at risk for cervical cancer on their health responsibility, beliefs regarding cervical cancer and having screening: a randomized controlled trial	4
College students’ preferences for tobacco treatment: a discrete choice experiment	4
Facilitators and barriers to smoking cessation support among professionals in social and community service settings: a systematic review and thematic synthesis	4
The effect of structured psychoeducation for caregivers of ALS patients on perceived stress, psychological resilience and self-compassion	4
The effect of a distance-delivered mindfulness-based psychoeducation program on the psychological well-being, emotional intelligence and stress levels of nursing students in Turkey: a randomized contr	4
Understanding the features and effectiveness of randomized controlled trials in reducing COVID-19 misinformation: a systematic review	4
Barriers and facilitators to comprehensive, school-based physical activity promotion for adolescents prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study	4
Vaccine hesitancy among health-care professionals in the era of COVID-19	4
Associations between noticing public health education campaigns about cannabis and risk perceptions in the northern Canadian territories: a cross-sectional study	4
Effect of constructivist model-based adult education on gynaecologic cancer awareness, spiritual well-being, and health anxiety	3
Assessing health behavior change and comparing remote, hybrid and in-person implementation of a school-based health promotion and coaching program for adolescents from low-income communities	3
Student and caregiver acceptability of a school-based intervention to improve sugar-sweetened beverage behaviors: a mixed methods study	3
Correction approaches and hashtag framing in addressing Mpox misinformation on Instagram	3
Integrating behavioural theories to advance cervical cancer prevention: insights from Chinese young women	3
Understanding consumer and clinician perceptions of a potential Lyme disease vaccine	3
School-based learning about sugary drinks: possibilities and potential for curriculum approaches supporting health promotion in New Zealand	3
Challenges in implementing school-based drug prevention programs led by law enforcement officers	3
Preferences for couple-based smoking cessation interventions among couples who smoke: online discrete choice experiment	3
Heated tobacco product marketing: a mixed-methods study examining exposure and perceptions among US and Israeli adults	3
Correlates of motivation to quit waterpipe tobacco smoking among US young adults: implications for cessation interventions	3
Perceived COVID-19 vaccine attributes associated with early adoption among adults in rural Indiana	3
A mixed-method study of perceptions of cigarette pack inserts among adult smokers from New York and South Carolina exposed as part of a randomized controlled trial	3
Randomized experimental test of a reduced-exposure message for an e-cigarette: effects on risk perceptions	3
‘Getting control of Corona takes many angles’: COVID-19 vaccine knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among refugee/immigrant/migrant communities in four US cities	3
Does public health education improve migrant workers’ health status in China?—evidence from China Migrants Dynamic Survey	2
The impact of COVID-19 misinformation and trust in institutions on preventive behaviors	2
Advancing youth tobacco surveillance with novel methods	2
Pilot study of a heart-healthy food box intervention for Native Americans with uncontrolled hypertension: methods and results from the Chickasaw Healthy Eating Environments Research Study	2
Hypertension and mobile application for self-care, self-efficacy and related knowledge	2
Integrated collaborative care intervention for depression and obesity in primary care: translation from research to practice	2
College students’ perceptions of electronic cigarette risks and benefits: a concept mapping study	2
Controlled pilot test of a translated cardiac rehabilitation education curriculum in percutaneous coronary intervention patients in a middle-income country delivered using WeChat: acceptability, engag	2

Improving rural White men’s attitudes toward clinical trial messaging and participation: effects of framing, exemplars and trust	2
A cohort-based nutrition ECHO for community health workers	2
Improving communication between American Indian youth and caregivers to prevent teenage pregnancy	2
Barriers to school-based health programs implementation in basic schools in Ghana: education stakeholders’ perspective	2
A systematic review of the association of diet quality with the mental health of university students: implications in health education practice	2
Feasibility of multimedia animations as preoperative guides for urgent abdominal surgeries in a public hospital in Brazil	2
Adolescents’ perceptions of substance use messaging in the age of social media: resolving cognitive dissonance	2
Participant engagement in a moderated Facebook group to promote COVID-19 vaccination	2
Correction to: Examining the impact of a leisure time intervention on participation in organized out-of-school activities among adolescents: a quasi-experimental study in Franklin County, KY, USA	1
Enhancing the health knowledge and health literacy of recently resettled refugees through classroom-based instructional methods	1
HPV vaccine recommendation practices of current and future physicians in North Carolina: an exploratory study	1
Adapting a cooking, food budgeting and nutrition intervention for a rural community of American Indians with type 2 diabetes in the North-Central United States	1
Promoting a healthy lifestyle: exploring the role of social media and fitness applications in the context of social media addiction risk	1
A qualitative study on the influence of COVID-19 on smoking behaviors through changing social and physical contexts	1
Pilot evaluation of a virtual training program for child injury prevention	1
Recommendations for breast cancer education for African American women below screening age	1
Public awareness of war on diabetes campaign and its association with behavioural outcomes	1
Health-care providers’ perspectives on an HIV patient navigation training to improve uptake of PrEP among Black sexual minority men	1
Comparisons between young adult waterpipe smokers and nonsmokers’ reactions to pictorial health warning labels in Lebanon: a randomized crossover experimental study	1
‘You want to treat all patients the same. . . But it’s important to know where someone is coming from’: a qualitative study of U.S. healthcare providers’ perspectives on culturally relevant sexual and	1
Promoting children’s health and well-being through structured recreation during online recess	1
Trends in exposure to and perceptions of e-cigarette marketing among youth in England, Canada and the United States between 2017 and 2019	1
Health literacy education of children in Austrian elementary schools	1
Researchers or practitioners’ opinion of the possibilities for creating virtual safe social spaces for violence prevention interventions for young people	1
Social media-assisted interventions on human papillomavirus and vaccination-related knowledge, intention and behavior: a scoping review	1
The effect of face-to-face and online education provided to individuals with atrial fibrillation on medication adherence and satisfaction	1
Group well-child care as a facilitator of psychoeducation: pediatrics residents’ perspectives	1
The effect of lifestyle-based health promotion intervention on health behaviour, irrational heath beliefs, and eating behaviour of patients with type 2 diabetes	1
A randomized controlled trial of the impact of the Teen Council peer education program on youth development	1
Barriers to seeking tobacco cessation services: a qualitative assessment of university students’ needs in Qatar	1
Cultural adaptation in HPV vaccine intervention among racial and ethical minority population: a systematic literature review	1
Migration and health: the hidden global public health crisis	1
The outcome of diabetic retinopathy health education program in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a quasi-experimental study	1
Development of a cervical cancer prevention text-messaging program for women living with HIV	1
Perceptions of the health risks of cannabis: estimates from national surveys in Canada and the United States, 2018–2019	1
Randomized experimental test of a reduced-exposure message for an e-cigarette: comprehension and related misperceptions	1
Prior health promotion experience and intervention outcomes in a lay health advisor intervention	1
Predictors of social distancing compliance in an Australian sample	1
Cancer awareness among adolescents in second-level education: a mixed methods systematic review	1