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BMC Public Health

Ausgabe 1/2011

Inhalt (963 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Caregiver awareness of reproductive health issues for women with intellectual disabilities

Lan-Ping Lin, Pei-Ying Lin, Shang-Wei Hsu, Ching-Hui Loh, Jin-Ding Lin, Chia-Im Lai, Wu-Chien Chien, Fu-Gong Lin

Open Access Research article

Nationwide shifts in the double burden of overweight and underweight in Vietnamese adults in 2000 and 2005: two national nutrition surveys

Do TP Ha, Edith JM Feskens, Paul Deurenberg, Le B Mai, Nguyen C Khan, Frans J Kok

Open Access Study protocol

EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight Gain among Youth (ENERGY) project: Design and methodology of the ENERGY cross-sectional survey

Maartje M van Stralen, Saskia J te Velde, Amika S Singh, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Marloes K Martens, Maria van der Sluis, Yannis Manios, Evangelia Grammatikaki, Mai JM Chinapaw¹, Lea Maes, Elling Bere, Jorgen Jensen, Luis Moreno, Nataša Jan, Dénes Molnár, Helen Moore, Johannes Brug

Open Access Research article

Proximity of food retailers to schools and rates of overweight ninth grade students: an ecological study in California

Philip H Howard, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Brian Fulfrost

Open Access Correspondence

Health impact of US military service in a large population-based military cohort: findings of the Millennium Cohort Study, 2001-2008

Tyler C Smith, Isabel G Jacobson, Tomoko I Hooper, Cynthia A LeardMann, Edward J Boyko, Besa Smith, Gary D Gackstetter, Timothy S Wells, Paul J Amoroso, Gregory C Gray, James R Riddle, Margaret AK Ryan

Open Access Research article

RH knowledge and service utilization among unmarried rural-to-urban migrants in three major cities, China

Zhiyong Liu, Minmin Zhu, Hassan H Dib, Zi Li, Shuhua Shi, Zengzhen Wang

Open Access Research article

The use of cessation assistance among smokers from China: Findings from the ITC China Survey

Jilan Yang, David Hammond, Pete Driezen, Richard J O'Connor, Qiang Li, Hua-Hie Yong, Geoffrey T Fong, Yuan Jiang

Open Access Research article

Swine-Origin Influenza A Outbreak 2009 at Shinshu University, Japan

Mitsuo Uchida, Teruomi Tsukahara, Minoru Kaneko, Shinsuke Washizuka, Shigeyuki Kawa

Open Access Research article

Utility of electronic patient records in primary care for stroke secondary prevention trials

Alex Dregan, Michael A Toschke, Charles D Wolfe, Anthony Rudd, Mark Ashworth, Martin C Gulliford

Open Access Research article

Differential relationships of family drinking with alcohol expectancy among urban school children

Chuan-Yu Chen, Carla L Storr, Chieh-Yu Liu, Kuang-Hung Chen, Wei J Chen, Keh-Ming Lin

Open Access Research article

Need for continual education about disaster medicine for health professionals in China-a pilot study

Bo Huang, Jing Li, Yunkai Li, Weidong Zhang, Futang Pan, Shujun Miao

Open Access Study protocol

The Happy Life Club™ study protocol: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a type 2 diabetes health coach intervention

Colette Browning, Anna Chapman, Sean Cowlishaw, Zhixin Li, Shane A Thomas, Hui Yang, Tuohong Zhang

Open Access Research article

Measuring adherence to antiretroviral therapy in northern Tanzania: feasibility and acceptability of the Medication Event Monitoring System

Ramsey A Lyimo, Jossy van den Boogaard, Elizabeth Msoka, Harm J Hospers, Andre van der Ven, Declare Mushi, Marijn de Bruin

Open Access Research article

A review of public opinion towards alcohol controls in Australia

Claire Tobin, A Rob Moodie, Charles Livingstone

Open Access Study protocol

Patient preferences and treatment safety for uncomplicated vulvovaginal candidiasis in primary health care

Isabel Del-Cura González, Francisca García-de-Blas González, Teresa Sanz Cuesta, Jesús Martín Fernández, Justo M Del-Alamo Rodríguez, Rosa A Escriva Ferrairo, M del Canto De-Hoyos Alonso, Laura Balsalobre Arenas, Ricardo Rodríguez Barrientos, Elisa Ceresuela Wiesmann, Cristina De-Alba Romero, Yolanda Ginés Díaz, Ana Pastor Rodríguez-Moñino, Blanca Gutiérrez Teira, Marta Sánchez-Celaya del Pozo, Jesús Fernández Horcajuelo, María J Rojas Giraldo, Paulino Cubero González, Rocío A Vello Cuadrado, Beatriz López Uriarte, Jeannet Sánchez Yepes, Yolanda Hernando Sanz, M José Iglesias Piñeiro, Susana Tudanca Hernández, Fernando Gallardo Alonso, Ana I González González, Alicia Simón Fernández, Carmen Carballo, Ana Rey López, Fernanda Morales, Dolores Martínez López

Open Access Research article

Spatial distribution and characteristics of injecting drug users (IDU) in five Northeastern states of India

Gajendra Kumar Medhi, Jagadish Mahanta, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, Brogen S Akoijam, Buno Liegise, Kalpana Sarathy, Chelliah Joshua Thomas, Bhupen Sarmah

Open Access Debate

We should not be complacent about our population-based public health response to the first influenza pandemic of the 21stcentury

Heath A Kelly, Patricia C Priest, Geoffry N Mercer, Gary K Dowse

Open Access Research article

Prevalence and progression of visual impairment in patients newly diagnosed with clinical type 2 diabetes: a 6-year follow up study

Niels de Fine Olivarius, Volkert Siersma, Gitte Juul Almind, Niels Vesti Nielsen

Open Access Research article

Alcohol consumption and binge drinking in adolescents: comparison of different migration backgrounds and rural vs. urban residence - a representative study

Carolin Donath, Elmar Gräßel, Dirk Baier, Christian Pfeiffer, Deniz Karagülle, Stefan Bleich, Thomas Hillemacher

Open Access Research article

Adherence and virologic suppression during the first 24 weeks on antiretroviral therapy among women in Johannesburg, South Africa - a prospective cohort study

Ziad El-Khatib, Anna Mia Ekstrom, Ashraf Coovadia, Elaine J Abrams, Max Petzold, David Katzenstein, Lynn Morris, Louise Kuhn

Open Access Research article

Parenthood and factors that influence outdoor recreational physical activity from a gender perspective

Katarina Sjögren, Eva Ekvall Hansson, Louise Stjernberg

Open Access Research article

Cumulative smoking exposure, duration of smoking cessation, and peripheral arterial disease in middle-aged and older Korean men

Young-Hoon Lee, Min-Ho Shin, Sun-Seog Kweon, Jin-Su Choi, Jung-Ae Rhee, Hye-Ran Ahn, Woo-Jun Yun, So-Yeon Ryu, Bok-Hee Kim, Hae-Sung Nam, Seul-Ki Jeong, Kyeong-Soo Park

Open Access Research article

High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and its association with BMI-for-age among primary school children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Geok L Khor, Winnie SS Chee, Zalilah M Shariff, Bee K Poh, Mohan Arumugam, Jamalludin A Rahman, Hannah E Theobald

Open Access Research article

Risk factors for posttraumatic stress reactions among chinese students following exposure to a snowstorm disaster

Daxing Wu, Huifang Yin, Shujing Xu, Ying Zhao

Open Access Research article

The dimensional structure of the functional abilities in cases of long-term sickness absence

Jake PJ Broersen, Henny PG Mulders, Antonius JM Schellart, Allard J van der Beek

Open Access Research article

Evaluating the impact of decentralising tuberculosis microscopy services to rural township hospitals in gansu province, china

Xiaolin Wei, Guanyang Zou, Hui Zhang, Renzhong Li, John D Walley, Shiwen Jiang, Jia Yin, Shuigao Jin, You Li, Qiang Sun, James N Newell, Sian Griffiths, Lixia Wang

Open Access Research article

The impact of social status inconsistency on cardiovascular risk factors, myocardial infarction and stroke in the EPIC-Heidelberg cohort

Stefanie Braig, Richard Peter, Gabriele Nagel, Silke Hermann, Sabine Rohrmann, Jakob Linseisen

Open Access Research article

Epidemiology of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in a chinese population: current situation and challenges ahead

Yan Shao, Dandan Yang, Weiguo Xu, Wei Lu, Honghuan Song, Yaoyao Dai, Hongbing Shen, Jianming Wang

Open Access Research article

To test or not to test: A cross-sectional survey of the psychosocial determinants of self-testing for cholesterol, glucose, and HIV

Janaica EJ Grispen, Gaby Ronda, Geert-Jan Dinant, Nanne K de Vries, Trudy van der Weijden

Open Access Research article

Introduction of organised mammography screening in tyrol: results of a one-year pilot phase

Willi Oberaigner, Wolfgang Buchberger, Thomas Frede, Martin Daniaux, Rudolf Knapp, Christian Marth, Uwe Siebert

Open Access Research article

Prevalence of sealants in relation to dental caries on the permanent molars of 12 and 15-year-old Greek adolescents. A national pathfinder survey

Constantine J Oulis, Elias D Berdouses, Eleni Mamai-Homata, Argyro Polychronopoulou

Open Access Research article

Which chronic diseases and disease combinations are specific to multimorbidity in the elderly? Results of a claims data based cross-sectional study in Germany

Hendrik van den Bussche, Daniela Koller, Tina Kolonko, Heike Hansen, Karl Wegscheider, Gerd Glaeske, Eike-Christin von Leitner, Ingmar Schäfer, Gerhard Schön

Open Access Research article

Religious subgroups influencing vaccination coverage in the Dutch Bible belt: an ecological study

Wilhelmina LM Ruijs, Jeannine LA Hautvast, Koos van der Velden, Sjoerd de Vos, Hans Knippenberg, Marlies EJL Hulscher

Open Access Research article

Social and cultural factors underlying generational differences in overweight: a cross-sectional study among ethnic minorities in the Netherlands

Karen Hosper, Mary Nicolaou, Irene van Valkengoed, Vera Nierkens, Karien Stronks

Open Access Study protocol

Testing a Dutch web-based tailored lifestyle programme among adults: a study protocol

Daniela N Schulz, Stef PJ Kremers, Liesbeth ADM van Osch, Francine Schneider, Mathieu JG van Adrichem, Hein de Vries

Open Access Research article

What factors are associated with recent intimate partner violence? findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence

Tanya Abramsky, Charlotte H Watts, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, Karen Devries, Ligia Kiss, Mary Ellsberg, Henrica AFM Jansen, Lori Heise

Open Access Study protocol

Interventions to enhance adherence to dietary advice for preventing and managing chronic diseases in adults: a study protocol

Sophie Desroches, Annie Lapointe, Stéphane Ratté, Karine Gravel, France Légaré, Jayne Thirsk

Open Access Research article

Systematic review of reviews of intervention components associated with increased effectiveness in dietary and physical activity interventions

Colin J Greaves, Kate E Sheppard, Charles Abraham, Wendy Hardeman, Michael Roden, Philip H Evans, Peter Schwarz

Open Access Research article

Sun protection and sunbathing practices among at-risk family members of patients with melanoma

Sharon L Manne, Elliot J Coups, Paul B Jacobsen, Michael Ming, Carolyn J Heckman, Stuart Lessin

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of physical activity programmes for elderly people - a descriptive study using the EFQM' criteria

Ana I Marques, Maria J Rosa, Pedro Soares, Rute Santos, Jorge Mota, Joana Carvalho

Open Access Research article

Subjective social status predicts long-term smoking abstinence

Lorraine R Reitzel, Michael S Businelle, Darla E Kendzor, Yisheng Li, Yumei Cao, Yessenia Castro, Carlos A Mazas, Ludmila Cofta-Woerpel, Paul M Cinciripini, David W Wetter

Open Access Research article

Betel quid chewing as a source of manganese exposure: total daily intake of manganese in a Bangladeshi population

Shaban W Al-Rmalli, Richard O Jenkins, Parvez I Haris

Open Access Research article

Predictors of consistent condom use based on the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model among female sex workers in Jinan, China

Hua Zhang, Meizhen Liao, Xijuan Nie, Rongjian Pan, Chuangxin Wang, Shiman Ruan, Changqing Zhang, Xiaorun Tao, Dianmin Kang, Baofa Jiang

Open Access Research article

Maternal characteristics during pregnancy and risk factors for positive HIV RNA at delivery: a single-cohort observational study (Brescia, Northern Italy)

Ilaria Izzo, Maria A Forleo, Salvatore Casari, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Michele Magoni, Giampiero Carosi, Carlo Torti

Open Access Research article

Poor mental health and sexual risk behaviours in Uganda: A cross-sectional population-based study

Patric Lundberg, Godfrey Rukundo, Schola Ashaba, Anna Thorson, Peter Allebeck, Per-Olof Östergren, Elizabeth Cantor-Graae

Open Access Research article

Stress and prevalence of hearing problems in the Swedish working population

Dan Hasson, Töres Theorell, Martin Benka Wallén, Constanze Leineweber, Barbara Canlon

Open Access Debate

Public health campaigns and obesity - a critique

Helen L Walls, Anna Peeters, Joseph Proietto, John J McNeil

Open Access Research article

Impact of children's migration on health and health care-seeking behavior of elderly left behind

Ramesh Adhikari, Aree Jampaklay, Aphichat Chamratrithirong

Open Access Research article

Improving detection and notification of tuberculosis cases in students in Shaanxi province, China: an intervention study

Tianhua Zhang, Liujia Guo, Shaoru Zhang, Weiping Liu, Guanghua Chen, Ma Hui, Guangxue He, Marieke J van der Werf, Susan van den Hof

Open Access Research article

Mapping of health system functions to strengthen priority programs. The case of maternal health in Mexico

Miguel A González-Block, Mariel Rouvier, Victor Becerril, Paola Sesia

Open Access Research article

Postpartum behaviour as predictor of weight change from before pregnancy to one year postpartum

Ellen Althuizen, Mireille NM van Poppel, Jeanne H de Vries, Jacob C Seidell, Willem van Mechelen

Open Access Research article

Feasibility and acceptability of a multiple risk factor intervention: The Step Up randomized pilot trial

Jennifer B McClure, Sheryl L Catz, Evette J Ludman, Julie Richards, Karin Riggs, Lou Grothaus

Open Access Study protocol

Development and evaluation of a patient centered cardiovascular health education program for insured patients in rural Nigeria (QUICK - II)

Aina Olufemi Odusola, Marleen Hendriks, Constance Schultsz, Karien Stronks, Joep Lange, Akin Osibogun, Tanimola Akande, Shade Alli, Peju Adenusi, Kayode Agbede, Joke Haafkens

Open Access Study protocol

Continuity of midwifery care and gestational weight gain in obese women: a randomised controlled trial

Cate Nagle, Helen Skouteris, Anne Hotchin, Lauren Bruce, Denise Patterson, Glyn Teale

Open Access Research article

Work-related psychosocial events as triggers of sick leave - results from a Swedish case-crossover study

Hanna Hultin, Johan Hallqvist, Kristina Alexanderson, Gun Johansson, Christina Lindholm, Ingvar Lundberg, Jette Möller

Open Access Study protocol

Evaluation of the impact of the voucher and accreditation approach on improving reproductive health behaviors and status in Kenya

Charlotte Warren, Timothy Abuya, Francis Obare, Joseph Sunday, Rebecca Njue, Ian Askew, Ben Bellows

Open Access Research article

Mothers' AdvocateS In the Community (MOSAIC)- non-professional mentor support to reduce intimate partner violence and depression in mothers: a cluster randomised trial in primary care

Angela J Taft, Rhonda Small, Kelsey L Hegarty, Lyndsey F Watson, Lisa Gold, Judith A Lumley

Open Access Research article

Feasibility of a lifestyle intervention in early pregnancy to prevent deterioration of glucose tolerance

Eeva AL Korpi-Hyövälti, David E Laaksonen, Ursula S Schwab, Tarja H Vanhapiha, Kristiina R Vihla, Seppo T Heinonen, Leo K Niskanen

Open Access Research article

Gender-related mental health differences between refugees and non-refugee immigrants - a cross-sectional register-based study

Anna-Clara Hollander, Daniel Bruce, Bo Burström, Solvig Ekblad

Open Access Study protocol

Study protocol of physical activity and sedentary behaviour measurement among schoolchildren by accelerometry - Cross-sectional survey as part of the ENERGY-project

Mine Yıldırım, Maïté Verloigne, Ilse de Bourdeaudhuij, Odysseas Androutsos, Yannis Manios, Regina Felső, Éva Kovács, Alain Doessegger, Bettina Bringolf-Isler, Saskia J te Velde, Johannes Brug, Mai JM Chinapaw

Open Access Study protocol

Cardiovascular disease prevention in rural Nigeria in the context of a community based health insurance scheme: QUality Improvement Cardiovascular care Kwara-I (QUICK-I)

Marleen Hendriks, Lizzy Brewster, Ferdinand Wit, Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa, Aina Olufemi Odusola, William Redekop, Navin Bindraban, Albert Vollaard, Shade Alli, Peju Adenusi, Kayode Agbede, Tanimola Akande, Joep Lange, Constance Schultsz

Open Access Research article

The views of young children in the UK about obesity, body size, shape and weight: a systematic review

Rebecca Rees, Kathryn Oliver, Jenny Woodman, James Thomas

Open Access Research article

Health care seeking among detained undocumented migrants: a cross-sectional study

Tina Dorn, Manon Ceelen, Ming-Jan Tang, Joyce L Browne, Koos JC de Keijzer, Marcel CA Buster, Kees Das

Open Access Study protocol

Health-promoting behaviors and social support of women of reproductive age, and strategies for advancing their health: Protocol for a mixed methods study

Azam Baheiraei, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Eesa Mohammadi, Saharnaz Nedjat, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh Charandabi, Fatemeh Rajabi, Reza Majdzadeh

Open Access Research article

Health care utilization in the elderly Mexican population: Expenditures and determinants

César González-González, Sergio Sánchez-García, Teresa Juárez-Cedillo, Oscar Rosas-Carrasco, Luis M Gutiérrez-Robledo, Carmen García-Peña

Open Access Research article

Public perceptions and attitudes toward thalassaemia: Influencing factors in a multi-racial population

Li Ping Wong, Elizabeth George, Jin-Ai Mary Anne Tan

Open Access Study protocol

A study protocol for the evaluation of occupational mutagenic/carcinogenic risks in subjects exposed to antineoplastic drugs: a multicentric project

Massimo Moretti, Roberta Bonfiglioli, Donatella Feretti, Sofia Pavanello, Francesca Mussi, Maria G Grollino, Milena Villarini, Anna Barbieri, Elisabetta Ceretti, Mariella Carrieri, Annamaria Buschini, Massimo Appolloni, Luca Dominici, Laura Sabatini, Umberto Gelatti, Giovanni B Bartolucci, Paola Poli, Laura Stronati, Giuseppe Mastrangelo, Silvano Monarca

Open Access Research article

Household food insecurity and childhood overweight in Jamaica and Québec: a gender-based analysis

Lise Dubois, Damion Francis, Daniel Burnier, Fabiola Tatone-Tokuda, Manon Girard, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Kristin Fox, Rainford Wilks

Open Access Research article

'Pedometers cost buttons': the feasibility of implementing a pedometer based walking programme within the community

Rebecca Shaw, Elisabeth Fenwick, Graham Baker, Chloe McAdam, Claire Fitzsimons, Nanette Mutrie

Open Access Study protocol

Protocol for the ADDITION-Plus study: a randomised controlled trial of an individually-tailored behaviour change intervention among people with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes under intensive UK general practice care

Simon J Griffin, Rebecca K Simmons, Kate M Williams, A Toby Prevost, Wendy Hardeman, Julie Grant, Fiona Whittle, Sue Boase, Imogen Hobbis, Soren Brage, Kate Westgate, Tom Fanshawe, Stephen Sutton, Nicholas J Wareham, Ann Louise Kinmonth

Open Access Correspondence

Communicating uncertainty - how Australian television reported H1N1 risk in 2009: a content analysis

Andrea S Fogarty, Kate Holland, Michelle Imison, R Warwick Blood, Simon Chapman, Simon Holding

Open Access Research article

Number and timing of antenatal HIV testing: Evidence from a community-based study in Northern Vietnam

Nguyễn TT Hạnh, Tine M Gammeltoft, Vibeke Rasch

Open Access Research article

Number of casual male sexual partners and associated factors among men who have sex with men: Results from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance system

Eli S Rosenberg, Patrick S Sullivan, Elizabeth A DiNenno, Laura F Salazar, Travis H Sanchez

Open Access Research article

Efficacy of screening for high blood pressure in dental health care

Sevek Engström, Christian Berne, Lars Gahnberg, Kurt Svärdsudd

Open Access Research article

Stressful life events, social health issues and low birthweight in an Australian population-based birth cohort: challenges and opportunities in antenatal care

Stephanie J Brown, Jane S Yelland, Georgina A Sutherland, Peter A Baghurst, Jeffrey S Robinson

Open Access Research article

Assessing the severity of conjunctivochalasis in a senile population: a community-based epidemiology study in Shanghai, China

Xingru Zhang, Qingsong Li, Haidong Zou, Jinjuan Peng, Caicai Shi, Huanming Zhou, Guili Zhang, Minhong Xiang, Yijie Li

Open Access Research article

Social factors associated to binge drinking: a cross-sectional survey among Brazilian students in private high schools

Zila M Sanchez, Silvia S Martins, Emerita S Opaleye, Yone G Moura, Danilo P Locatelli, Ana R Noto

Open Access Research article

Cost-effectiveness of different human papillomavirus vaccines in Singapore

Vernon J Lee, Sun Kuie Tay, Yee Leong Teoh, Mei Yin Tok

Open Access Research article

Sense of coherence as a predictor of onset of depression among Japanese workers: a cohort study

Toshimi Sairenchi, Yasuo Haruyama, Yumiko Ishikawa, Keiko Wada, Kazumoto Kimura, Takashi Muto

Open Access Research article

Influenza vaccine uptake among community-dwelling Italian elderly: results from a large cross-sectional study

Carlos Chiatti, Pamela Barbadoro, Giovanni Lamura, Lucia Pennacchietti, Francesco Di Stanislao, Marcello M D'Errico, Emilia Prospero

Open Access Study protocol

The effectiveness of peer health coaching in improving glycemic control among low-income patients with diabetes: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Amireh Ghorob, Maria Mercedes Vivas, Diana De Vore, Victoria Ngo, Thomas Bodenheimer, Ellen Chen, David H Thom

Open Access Research article

Trends in lung cancer mortality in South Africa: 1995-2006

Braimoh Bello, Olufolawajimi Fadahun, Danuta Kielkowski, Gill Nelson

Open Access Research article

Walking to work in Canada: health benefits, socio-economic characteristics and urban-regional variations

Peter Kitchen, Allison Williams, James Chowhan

Open Access Research article

Validation of self-reported anthropometrics in the Adventist Health Study 2

Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Joan Sabaté, Karen Jaceldo-Siegl, Gary E Fraser

Open Access Research article

Policy guidance on threats to legislative interventions in public health: a realist synthesis

Geoff Wong, Ray Pawson, Lesley Owen

Open Access Research article

Does dog-ownership influence seasonal patterns of neighbourhood-based walking among adults? A longitudinal study

Parabhdeep Lail, Gavin R McCormack, Melanie Rock

Open Access Study protocol

Weight Care Project: Health professionals' attitudes and ability to assess body weight status - Study protocol

Anne Moorhead, Vivien Coates, Diane Hazlett, Alison Gallagher, Kathy Murphy, Geraldine Nolan, John Dinsmore

Open Access Research article

Social capital and life satisfaction: a cross-sectional study on persons with musculoskeletal impairments in Hanoi, Vietnam

Kyo Takahashi, Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy, Krishna C Poudel, Kayako Sakisaka, Masamine Jimba, Junko Yasuoka

Open Access Research article

Cost-effectiveness of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for irritable bowel syndrome: results from a randomized controlled trial

Erik Andersson, Brjánn Ljótsson, Filip Smit, Björn Paxling, Erik Hedman, Nils Lindefors, Gerhard Andersson, Christian Rück

Open Access Research article

An evaluation of the effectiveness of a community mentoring service for socially isolated older people: a controlled trial

Andy P Dickens, Suzanne H Richards, Annie Hawton, Rod S Taylor, Colin J Greaves, Colin Green, Rachel Edwards, John L Campbell

Open Access Research article

'We call it the shaking illness': perceptions and experiences of Parkinson's disease in rural northern Tanzania

Gerry Mshana, Catherine L Dotchin, Richard W Walker

Open Access Research article

Causal assessment of smoking and tooth loss: A systematic review of observational studies

Takashi Hanioka, Miki Ojima, Keiko Tanaka, Keitaro Matsuo, Fumihito Sato, Hideo Tanaka

Open Access Study protocol

PDA+: A Personal Digital Assistant for Obesity Treatment - An RCT testing the use of technology to enhance weight loss treatment for veterans

Jennifer M Duncan, E Amy Janke, Andrea T Kozak, Megan Roehrig, Stephanie W Russell, H Gene McFadden, Andrew Demott, Alex Pictor, Don Hedeker, Bonnie Spring

Open Access Research article

Self-rated health in rural Appalachia: health perceptions are incongruent with health status and health behaviors

Brian N Griffith, Gretchen D Lovett, Donald N Pyle, Wayne C Miller

Open Access Research article

Metabolic risk factors, physical activity and physical fitness in azorean adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Carla Moreira, Rute Santos, José Cazuza de Farias Júnior, Susana Vale, Paula C Santos, Luísa Soares-Miranda, Ana I Marques, Jorge Mota

Open Access Research article

Osteopontin, asbestos exposure and pleural plaques: a cross-sectional study

Giuseppe Mastrangelo, Gianluca Marangi, Maria N Ballarin, Silvia Michilin, Aline SC Fabricio, Flavio Valentini, John H Lange, Ugo Fedeli, Luca Cegolon, Massimo Gion

Open Access Research article

Study of recent and future trends in place of death in Belgium using death certificate data: a shift from hospitals to care homes

Dirk Houttekier, Joachim Cohen, Johan Surkyn, Luc Deliens

Open Access Research article

Urine-based testing for Chlamydia trachomatis among young adults in a population-based survey in Croatia: Feasibility and prevalence

Ivana Božičević, Ivana Grgić, Snježana Židovec-Lepej, Jurja-Ivana Čakalo, Sanja Belak-Kovačević, Aleksandar Štulhofer, Josip Begovac

Open Access Research article

Current drinking and health-risk behaviors among male high school students in central Thailand

Wisit Chaveepojnkamjorn, Natchaporn Pichainarong

Open Access Research article

Chronic occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium causes DNA damage in electroplating workers

Xu-Hui Zhang, Xuan Zhang, Xu-Chu Wang, Li-Fen Jin, Zhang-Ping Yang, Cai-Xia Jiang, Qing Chen, Xiao-Bin Ren, Jian-Zhong Cao, Qiang Wang, Yi-Min Zhu

Open Access Research article

The development of socio-economic health differences in childhood: results of the Dutch longitudinal PIAMA birth cohort

Annemarie Ruijsbroek, Alet H Wijga, Marjan Kerkhof, Gerard H Koppelman, Henriette A Smit, Mariël Droomers

Open Access Research article

Does improving maternal knowledge of vaccines impact infant immunization rates? A community-based randomized-controlled trial in Karachi, Pakistan

Aatekah Owais, Beenish Hanif, Amna R Siddiqui, Ajmal Agha, Anita KM Zaidi

Open Access Study protocol

The Alcohol Intervention Training Program (AITP): A response to alcohol misuse in the farming community

Susan A Brumby, Alison J Kennedy, David Mellor, Marita P McCabe, Lina A Ricciardelli, Alexandra Head, Catherine Mercer-Grant

Open Access Research article

Health-related quality of life of Palestinian preschoolers in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study

Salwa G Massad, F Javier Nieto, Mari Palta, Maureen Smith, Roseanne Clark, Abdel-Aziz Thabet

Open Access Study protocol

A cluster randomised school-based lifestyle intervention programme for the prevention of childhood obesity and related early cardiovascular disease (JuvenTUM 3)

Monika Siegrist, Henner Hanssen, Christoph Lammel, Bernhard Haller, Martin Halle

Open Access Research article

An Outbreak of Varicella among Schoolchildren in Taipei

Chao-Chih Lai, Szu-Ching Chen, Donald Dah-Shyong Jiang

Open Access Research article

Prevalence and factors associated with difficulty and intention to quit smoking in Switzerland

Pedro Marques-Vidal, João Melich-Cerveira, Fred Paccaud, Gérard Waeber, Peter Vollenweider, Jacques Cornuz

Open Access Research article

Assessing secondary attack rates among household contacts at the beginning of the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in Ontario, Canada, April-June 2009: A prospective, observational study

Rachel Savage, Michael Whelan, Ian Johnson, Elizabeth Rea, Marie LaFreniere, Laura C Rosella, Freda Lam, Tina Badiani, Anne-Luise Winter, Deborah J Carr, Crystal Frenette, Maureen Horn, Kathleen Dooling, Monali Varia, Anne-Marie Holt, Vidya Sunil, Catherine Grift, Eleanor Paget, Michael King, John Barbaro, Natasha S Crowcroft

Open Access Research article

Health systems performance in sub-Saharan Africa: governance, outcome and equity

Anna E Olafsdottir, Daniel D Reidpath, Subhash Pokhrel, Pascale Allotey

Open Access Research article

Smokers' recall of Australian graphic cigarette packet warnings & awareness of associated health effects, 2005-2008

Caroline L Miller, Pascale G Quester, David J Hill, Janet E Hiller

Open Access Research article

TB infection prevention and control experiences of South African nurses - a phenomenological study

Dagmar Sissolak, Frederick Marais, Shaheen Mehtar

Open Access Study protocol

Peripheral and central arterial pressure and its relationship to vascular target organ damage in carotid artery, retina and arterial stiffness. Development and validation of a tool. The Vaso risk study

Luis Garcia-Ortiz, Emilio Ramos-Delgado, Jose I Recio-Rodriguez, Cristina Agudo-Conde, Carlos Martínez-Salgado, Maria C Patino-Alonso, Emiliano Rodriguez-Sanchez, Manuel A Gomez-Marcos

Open Access Research article

Who is to blame? Perspectives of caregivers on barriers to accessing healthcare for the under-fives in Butere District, Western Kenya

Antony S Opwora, Ahmed MR Laving, Lambert O Nyabola, Joyce M Olenja

Open Access Correspondence

GET WELL: an automated surveillance system for gaining new epidemiological knowledge

Anette Hulth, Gustaf Rydevik

Open Access Research article

Rapid assessment of Hib disease burden in Vietnam

Batmunkh Nyambat, Duc Anh Dang, Hien Anh Nguyen, Trinh Quynh Mai, Manju Rani, Mary PE Slack, Paul E Kilgore

Open Access Research article

The burden of physical activity on type 2 diabetes public healthcare expenditures among adults: a retrospective study

Jamile S Codogno, Rômulo A Fernandes, Flávia M Sarti, Ismael F Freitas Júnior, Henrique L Monteiro

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