Inequalities in Diabetes Mortality Between Microregions in Hungary.

Regional differences in diabetes mortality are high in Hungary. In our cross-sectional study, we aim to reveal the drivers of the inequalities in diabetes mortality across the 197 microregions of Hungary. To account for the influence of changes in healthcare and social conditions, we compared two periods (2009-12 and 2013-16).

Impact of the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic on the Hungarian university students' social and health behaviour.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic brought quick, severe and unexpected changes to our everyday life and also changed the traditional education pattern of Semmelweis University in the middle of academic year 2019-2020. We explored adaptive changes in Hungarian students' behaviour and their time-budget in order to determine whether quarantine and/or fear of infection were responsible for these changes.

Methods: A self-administered online questionnaire was distributed to all students in the Hungarian language program ( = 7436) of Semmelweis University.

Patients' satisfaction with sexual and reproductive health services delivered in HIV clinics across European regions.

Background: Throughout Europe, differences in satisfaction with HIV-care of people living with HIV (PLHIV) persist, despite a tendency towards harmonisation of policy and management.

Methods: A European sample of 1,549 PLHIV responded to an anonymous questionnaire assessing demographic background, general health, mental health, sexual health, and HIV-service provision. We compared the results across 3 regions: Western, Southern and Central/Eastern Europe.

Differences in perceptions on sexual and reproductive health between service providers and people living with HIV: a qualitative elicitation study.

The sexual and reproductive health (SRH)-related needs of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) have not been sufficiently recognised in research and clinical care. Fifteen study sites in 13 European countries participated in this qualitative study to assess differences in perceptions between service providers (SP) and PLHA on SRH-related problems and needs of PLHA. Factors influencing SRH were determined to collect evidence on how to improve service provision.

[Model program for screening oral cancers in the Roma population].

Oral cancer has been identified as a significant public health threat. It is reported that about 3,800 new cases of oral cancer are diagnosed in Hungary each year with approximately 1,700 associated deaths. Oral cancer is the 6th most common cancer in men.

HIV risk behaviour among gay and bisexual men in Budapest, Hungary.

HIV is a growing public health threat in Central and Eastern Europe. In Hungary and a number of other countries, men who have sex with men (MSM) account for a high proportion of HIV infections. However, there has been very little systematic study of the sexual risk practices and characteristics of MSM in this region.