Ausgabe 1/2012
Inhalt (1129 Artikel)
Oral and anal sex practices among high school youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Amsale Cherie, Yemane Berhane
Active living neighborhoods: is neighborhood walkability a key element for Belgian adolescents?
Femke De Meester, Delfien Van Dyck, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Benedicte Deforche, James F Sallis, Greet Cardon
Understanding patient acceptance and refusal of HIV testing in the emergency department
Katerina A Christopoulos, Sheri D Weiser, Kimberly A Koester, Janet J Myers, Douglas AE White, Beth Kaplan, Stephen F Morin
Progress towards implementation of ACT malaria case-management in public health facilities in the Republic of Sudan: a cluster-sample survey
Tarig M Abdelgader, Abdalla M Ibrahim, Khalid A Elmardi, Sophie Githinji, Dejan Zurovac, Robert W Snow, Abdisalan M Noor
A national cohort study of parental socioeconomic status and non-fatal suicidal behaviour-the mediating role of school performance
Beata Jablonska, Frank Lindblad, Viveca Östberg, Lene Lindberg, Finn Rasmussen, Anders Hjern
Nutritional status of Palestinian preschoolers in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study
Salwa G Massad, FJ Nieto, Mari Palta, Maureen Smith, Roseanne Clark, Abdel-Aziz Thabet
Are marginalized women being left behind? A population-based study of institutional deliveries in Karnataka, India
Paul C Adamson, Karl Krupp, Bhavana Niranjankumar, Alexandra H Freeman, Mudassir Khan, Purnima Madhivanan
Diabetes, HIV and other health determinants associated with absenteeism among formal sector workers in Namibia
Leonor Guariguata, Ingrid de Beer, Rina Hough, Els Bindels, Delia Weimers-Maasdorp, Frank G Feeley III, Tobias F Rinke de Wit
Socioeconomic factors associated with drug consumption in prison population in Mexico
Armando Nevárez-Sida, Patricia Constantino-Casas, Angélica Castro-Ríos
Design of a trial-based economic evaluation on the cost-effectiveness of employability interventions among work disabled employees or employees at risk of work disability: The CASE-study
Cindy YG Noben, Frans JN Nijhuis, Angelique E de Rijk, Silvia MAA Evers
Do positive or negative experiences of social support relate to current and future health? Results from the Doetinchem Cohort Study
Simone Croezen, H Susan J Picavet, Annemien Haveman-Nies, WM Monique Verschuren, Lisette CPGM de Groot, Pieter van't Veer
A cross-sectional survey of prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among prisoners in New South Wales, Australia
Sarah Larney, Libby Topp, Devon Indig, Colmán O'Driscoll, David Greenberg
A randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a universal school-based depression prevention program 'Op Volle Kracht' in the Netherlands
Yuli R Tak, Rinka MP Van Zundert, Rowella CWM Kuijpers, Boukje S Van Vlokhoven, Hettie FW Rensink, Rutger CME Engels
Heavy burden of non-communicable diseases at early age and gender disparities in an adult population of Burkina Faso: world health survey
Malgorzata Miszkurka, Slim Haddad, Étienne V Langlois, Ellen E Freeman, Seni Kouanda, Maria Victoria Zunzunegui
Hearing effects from intermittent and continuous noise exposure in a study of Korean factory workers and firefighters
In-Sung Chung, Isabella M Chu, Mark R Cullen
VIP in construction: systematic development and evaluation of a multifaceted health programme aiming to improve physical activity levels and dietary patterns among construction workers
Laura Viester, Evert ALM Verhagen, Karin I Proper, Johanna M van Dongen, Paulien M Bongers, Allard J van der Beek
Does the distribution of health care benefits in Kenya meet the principles of universal coverage?
Jane Chuma, Thomas Maina, John Ataguba
Efficacy of a text messaging (SMS) based smoking cessation intervention for adolescents and young adults: Study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial
Severin Haug, Christian Meyer, Andrea Dymalski, Sonia Lippke, Ulrich John
Promoting fit bodies, healthy eating and physical activity among Indigenous Australian men: a study protocol
Lina A Ricciardelli, David Mellor, Marita P McCabe, Alexander J Mussap, David J Hallford, Matthew Tyler
Interaction between alcohol drinking and obesity in relation to colorectal cancer risk: a case-control study in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Jinhui Zhao, Yun Zhu, Peizhong Peter Wang, Roy West, Sharon Buehler, Zhuoyu Sun, Josh Squires, Barbara Roebothan, John R McLaughlin, Peter T Campbell, Patrick S Parfrey
Assessing trends and predictors of tuberculosis in Taiwan
Chung-Min Liao, Nan-Hung Hsieh, Tang-Luen Huang, Yi-Hsien Cheng, Yi-Jun Lin, Chia-Pin Chio, Szu-Chieh Chen, Min-Pei Ling
Community-based educational intervention to limit the dissemination of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusin Northern Saskatchewan, Canada
George R Golding, Brian Quinn, Kirsten Bergstrom, Donna Stockdale, Shirley Woods, Mandiangu Nsungu, Barb Brooke, Paul N Levett, Greg Horsman, Ryan McDonald, Brian Szklarczuk, Steve Silcox, Shirley Paton, Mary Carson, Michael R Mulvey, James Irvine
SRH and HrQOL: does social position impact differently on their link with health status?
Cyrille Delpierre, Michelle Kelly-Irving, Mette Munch-Petersen, Valérie Lauwers-Cances, Geetanjali D Datta, Benoît Lepage, Thierry Lang
Type D personality is associated with impaired psychological status and unhealthy lifestyle in Icelandic cardiac patients: A cross-sectional study
Erla Svansdottir, Krista C van den Broek, Hrobjartur D Karlsson, Thorarinn Gudnason, Johan Denollet
Psychological characteristics in high-risk MSM in China
Guanzhi Chen, Yang Li, Beichuan Zhang, Zengzhao Yu, Xiufang Li, Lixin Wang, Ziming Yu
Epidemiology of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli in Australia, 2000-2010
Hassan Vally, Gillian Hall, Amalie Dyda, Jane Raupach, Katrina Knope, Barry Combs, Patricia Desmarchelier
Preventive behavior for toxoplasmosis in pregnant adolescents in the state of Ceara, Brazil
Fabianne Ferreira Costa, Ana Paula Soares Gondim, Mary Braga de Lima, Jose Ueleres Braga, Luiza Jane Eyre de Souza Vieira, Maria Alix Leite Araújo
Causes of neonatal and maternal deaths in Dhaka slums: Implications for service delivery
Fatema Khatun, Sabrina Rasheed, Allisyn C Moran, Ashraful M Alam, Mohammad Sohel Shomik, Munira Sultana, Nuzhat Choudhury, Mohammad Iqbal, Abbas Bhuiya
Undergraduate student drinking and related harms at an Australian university: web-based survey of a large random sample
Jonathan Hallett, Peter M Howat, Bruce R Maycock, Alexandra McManus, Kypros Kypri, Satvinder S Dhaliwal
Trend in eating habits among Lithuanian school-aged children in context of social inequality: three cross-sectional surveys 2002, 2006 and 2010
Apolinaras Zaborskis, Reda Lagunaite, Ryan Busha, Jolita Lubiene
Combined television viewing and computer use and mortality from all-causes and diseases of the circulatory system among adults in the United States
Earl S Ford
Health literacy and public health: A systematic review and integration of definitions and models
Kristine Sørensen, Stephan Van den Broucke, James Fullam, Gerardine Doyle, Jürgen Pelikan, Zofia Slonska, Helmut Brand
Targeting condom distribution at high risk places increases condom utilization-evidence from an intervention study in Livingstone, Zambia
Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy, Cosmas Zyaambo, Charles Michelo, Knut Fylkesnes
Applying the effort-reward imbalance model to household and family work: a population-based study of German mothers
Stefanie Sperlich, Richard Peter, Siegfried Geyer
Awareness and acceptability of human papillomavirus vaccine: an application of the instrumental variables bivariate probit model
Young Kyung Do, Ker Yi Wong
Prevalence of cardiovascular disease and risk factors in a rural district of Beijing, China: a population-based survey of 58,308 residents
Liu He, Xun Tang, Yan Song, Na Li, Jingrong Li, Zongxin Zhang, Jianjiang Liu, Liping Yu, Haitao Xu, Jianguo Zhang, Yonghua Hu
Changing insurance company claims handling processes improves some outcomes for people injured in road traffic crashes
Frederieke Schaafsma, Annelies De Wolf, Areen Kayaian, Ian D Cameron
Exploring the relationships between housing, neighbourhoods and mental wellbeing for residents of deprived areas
Lyndal Bond, Ade Kearns, Phil Mason, Carol Tannahill, Matt Egan, Elise Whitely
Comprehensive assessment of metabolic syndrome among rural Bangladeshi women
Subrina Jesmin, Md Reazul Islam, A M Shahidul Islam, Md Sohag Mia, Sayeeda Nusrat Sultana, Sohel Zaedi, Naoto Yamaguchi, Yoshio Iwashima, Michiaki Hiroe, Tetsu Watanabe
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk factors in adults in southern China
Xiang Qian Lao, Yong Hui Zhang, Martin Chi Sang Wong, Yan Jun Xu, Hao Feng Xu, Shao Ping Nie, Wen Jun Ma, G Neil Thomas, Ignatius Tak Sun Yu
The predictive validity of three self-report screening instruments for identifying frail older people in the community
Ramon Daniels, Erik van Rossum, Anna Beurskens, Wim van den Heuvel, Luc de Witte
Evaluation of interventions on road traffic injuries in Peru: a qualitative approach
Luis Huicho, Taghreed Adam, Edmundo Rosales, Ada Paca-Palao, Luis López, Diego Luna, J Jaime Miranda
Study design of 'FRIENDS for Life': process and effect evaluation of an indicated school-based prevention programme for childhood anxiety and depression
Mia P Kösters, Mai JM Chinapaw, Marieke Zwaanswijk, Marcel F van der Wal, Elisabeth MWJ Utens, Hans M Koot
Exploring factors relevant in the assessment of the return-to-work process of employees on long-term sickness absence due to a depressive disorder: a focus group study
Anna Muijzer, Sandra Brouwer, Jan H Geertzen, Johan W Groothoff
Does place of residence affect risk of suicide? a spatial epidemiologic investigation in Kentucky from 1999 to 2008
Daniel M Saman, Sabrina Walsh, Anna Borówko, Agricola Odoi
Assessing knowledge, attitude, and practice of emergency contraception: a cross- sectional study among Ethiopian undergraduate female students
Fatuma A Ahmed, Kontie M Moussa, Karen O Petterson, Benedict O Asamoah
Intimate partner physical violence among women in Shimelba refugee camp, northern Ethiopia
Girmatsion Feseha, Abebe G/mariam, Mulusew Gerbaba
Cell type specificity of female lung cancer associated with sulfur dioxide from air pollutants in Taiwan: An ecological study
Ching-Yu Tseng, Yi-Chia Huang, Shih-Yung Su, Jing-Yang Huang, Cheng-Hsiu Lai, Chia-Chi Lung, Chien-Chang Ho, Yung-Po Liaw
Unevenly distributed: a systematic review of the health literature about socioeconomic inequalities in adult obesity in the United Kingdom
Abdulrahman M El-Sayed, Peter Scarborough, Sandro Galea
A review of population-based prevalence studies of physical activity in adults in the Asia-Pacific region
Rona Macniven, Adrian Bauman, Marian Abouzeid
Health inequalities in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study of the role of Type D (distressed) personality
Marja JH van Bon-Martens, Johan Denollet, Lambertus ALM Kiemeney, Mariël Droomers, Monique JA de Beer, Ien AM van de Goor, Hans AM van Oers
The GLAMA (Girls! Lead! Achieve! Mentor! Activate!) physical activity and peer leadership intervention pilot project: A process evaluation using the RE-AIM framework
Kate A Jenkinson, Geraldine Naughton, Amanda C Benson
Actual and undiagnosed HIV prevalence in a community sample of men who have sex with men in Auckland, New Zealand
Peter JW Saxton, Nigel P Dickson, Richard Griffiths, Anthony J Hughes, John Rowden
The impact of diabetes prevention on labour force participation and income of older Australians: an economic study
Megan E Passey, Rupendra N Shrestha, Melanie Y Bertram, Deborah J Schofield, Theo Vos, Emily J Callander, Richard Percival, Simon J Kelly
Women's views on consent, counseling and confidentiality in PMTCT: a mixed-methods study in four African countries
Anita Hardon, Eva Vernooij, Grace Bongololo-Mbera, Peter Cherutich, Alice Desclaux, David Kyaddondo, Odette Ky-Zerbo, Melissa Neuman, Rhoda Wanyenze, Carla Obermeyer
Design of a Web-based individual coping and alcohol-intervention program (web-ICAIP) for children of parents with alcohol problems: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Tobias H Elgán, Helena Hansson, Ulla Zetterlind, Nicklas Kartengren, Håkan Leifman
The buffering effect of relationship satisfaction on emotional distress in couples
Gun-Mette B Røsand, Kari Slinning, Malin Eberhard-Gran, Espen Røysamb, Kristian Tambs
Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a specialized health coaching intervention to prevent excessive gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention in women: the HIPP study
Helen Skouteris, Marita McCabe, Jeannette Milgrom, Bridie Kent, Lauren J Bruce, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Sharon J Herring, Malcolm Barnett, Denise Patterson, Glyn Teale, Janette Gale
Assessing survival in widowers, and controls -A nationwide, six- to nine-year follow-up
Bragi Skulason, Lilja Sigrun Jonsdottir, Valgerdur Sigurdardottir, Asgeir R Helgason
The association between workplace smoking bans and self-perceived, work-related stress among smoking workers
Sunday Azagba, Mesbah F Sharaf
Developing community-based preventive interventions in Hong Kong: a description of the first phase of the family project
Sunita M Stewart, Cecilia S Fabrizio, Malia R Hirschmann, Tai Hing Lam
Screening and brief intervention for alcohol problems in Dr George Mukhari Hospital out-patients in Gauteng, South Africa: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial protocol
Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer, Linda Skaal, Hendry van der Heever, Guido Van Hal
Lessons for public health campaigns from analysing commercial food marketing success factors: a case study
Jessica Aschemann-Witzel, Federico JA Perez-Cueto, Barbara Niedzwiedzka, Wim Verbeke, Tino Bech-Larsen
Prevalence of diabetes among Han, Manchu and Korean ethnicities in the Mudanjiang area of China: a cross-sectional survey
Yan Feng, Yumei Yang, Xuesong Ma, Kaiting Chen, Nannan Wu, Dongmei Wang, Pengjie Li, Minnan Wang, Qiang Li, Jinchao Zhang
Binge eating, purging and non-purging compensatory behaviours decrease from adolescence to adulthood: A population-based, longitudinal study
Dawit Shawel Abebe, Lars Lien, Leila Torgersen, Tilmann von Soest
Participation in and attitude towards the national immunization program in the Netherlands: data from population-based questionnaires
Liesbeth Mollema, Nancy Wijers, Susan JM Hahné, Fiona RM van der Klis, Hendriek C Boshuizen, Hester E de Melker
Predictors for patient knowledge and reported behaviour regarding driving under the influence of medicines: a multi-country survey
Susana P Monteiro, Liset van Dijk, Alain G Verstraete, F Javier Álvarez, Michael Heissing, Johan J de Gier
Association of smoking, physical activity, and dietary habits with socioeconomic variables: a cross-sectional study in adults on both sides of the Hungarian-Romanian border
Erika Nédó, Edit Paulik
A single-blind randomised controlled trial of the effects of a web-based decision aid on self-testing for cholesterol and diabetes. study protocol
Martine HP Ickenroth, Janaica EJ Grispen, Nanne K de Vries, Geert-Jan Dinant, Glyn Elwyn, Gaby Ronda, Trudy van der Weijden
"Now we are in a different time; various bad diseases have come." understanding men's acceptability of male circumcision for HIV prevention in a moderate prevalence setting
Angela Kelly, Martha Kupul, Lisa Fitzgerald, Herick Aeno, James Neo, Richard Naketrumb, Peter Siba, John M Kaldor, Andrew Vallely
Impact of metabolic comorbidity on the association between body mass index and health-related quality of life: a Scotland-wide cross-sectional study of 5,608 participants
Zia Ul-Haq, Daniel F Mackay, Elisabeth Fenwick, Jill P Pell
A systematic review of economic evaluations of interventions to tackle cardiovascular disease in low- and middle-income countries
Marc Suhrcke, Till A Boluarte, Louis Niessen
Demographic, knowledge, attitudinal, and accessibility factors associated with uptake of cervical cancer screening among women in a rural district of Tanzania: Three public policy implications
Frida S Lyimo, Tanya N Beran
Effect of running therapy on depression (EFFORT-D). Design of a randomised controlled trial in adult patients [ISRCTN 1894]
Frank R Kruisdijk, Ingrid JM Hendriksen, Erwin CPM Tak, Aartjan TF Beekman, Marijke Hopman-Rock
Stability and change in screen-based sedentary behaviours and associated factors among Norwegian children in the transition between childhood and adolescence
Mekdes K Gebremariam, Torunn H Totland, Lene F Andersen, Ingunn H Bergh, Mona Bjelland, May Grydeland, Yngvar Ommundsen, Nanna Lien
Determinants of circumcision and willingness to be circumcised by Rwandan men, 2010
Rwego A Gasasira, Malabika Sarker, Landry Tsague, Sabin Nsanzimana, Aimée Gwiza, Jennifer Mbabazi, Corine Karema, Anita Asiimwe, Placidie Mugwaneza
Drug education in victorian schools (DEVS): the study protocol for a harm reduction focused school drug education trial
Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Robyn Ramsden, Michelle Pose
An empirical approach to selecting community-based alcohol interventions: combining research evidence, rural community views and professional opinion
Anthony Shakeshaft, Dennis Petrie, Christopher Doran, Courtney Breen, Robert Sanson-Fisher
Life satisfaction and mortality in elderly people: The Kangwha Cohort Study
Heejin Kimm, Jae Woong Sull, Bayasgalan Gombojav, Sang-Wook Yi, Heechoul Ohrr
Influence of the quality implementation of a physical education curriculum on the physical development and physical fitness of children
Gregor Starc, Janko Strel
Design of a multicentered randomized controlled trial on the clinical and cost effectiveness of schema therapy for personality disorders
Lotte LM Bamelis, Silvia MAA Evers, Arnoud Arntz
Why choice of metric matters in public health analyses: a case study of the attribution of credit for the decline in coronary heart disease mortality in the US and other populations
Hebe N Gouda, Julia Critchley, John Powles, Simon Capewell
Mortality and potential years of life lost attributable to alcohol consumption in Canada in 2005
Kevin D Shield, Benjamin Taylor, Tara Kehoe, Jayadeep Patra, Jürgen Rehm
The effects of social connections on self-rated physical and mental health among internal migrant and local adolescents in Shanghai, China
Zheng-hong Mao, Xu-dong Zhao
Age- and gender-specific population attributable risks of metabolic disorders on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in Taiwan
Wuan-Szu Wang, Mark L Wahlqvist, Chih-Cheng Hsu, Hsing-Yi Chang, Wan-Chi Chang, Chu-Chih Chen
Non-hispanic whites have higher risk for pulmonary impairment from pulmonary tuberculosis
Jotam G Pasipanodya, Edgar Vecino, Thaddeus L Miller, Guadalupe Munguia, Gerry Drewyer, Michel Fernandez, Philip Slocum, Stephen E Weis
The economic impact of stroke in The Netherlands: the €-restore4stroke study
Mitchel van Eeden, Caroline M van Heugten, Silvia MAA Evers
Research, evidence and policymaking: the perspectives of policy actors on improving uptake of evidence in health policy development and implementation in Uganda
Juliet Nabyonga Orem, David Kaawa Mafigiri, Bruno Marchal, Freddie Ssengooba, Jean Macq, Bart Criel
Sanitation behavior among schoolchildren in a multi-ethnic area of Northern rural Vietnam
Le thi Thanh Xuan, Luu Ngoc Hoat, Thilde Rheinländer, Anders Dalsgaard, Flemming Konradsen
The development of health literacy in patients with a long-term health condition: the health literacy pathway model
Michelle Edwards, Fiona Wood, Myfanwy Davies, Adrian Edwards
The DRUID study: racism and self-assessed health status in an indigenous population
Yin C Paradies, Joan Cunningham
Building capacity for evidence informed decision making in public health: a case study of organizational change
Leslea Peirson, Donna Ciliska, Maureen Dobbins, David Mowat
Treatment outcomes of adult patients with recurrent tuberculosis in relation to HIV status in Zimbabwe: a retrospective record review
Kudakwashe C Takarinda, Anthony D Harries, Satyanarayana Srinath, Tsitsi Mutasa-Apollo, Charles Sandy, Owen Mugurungi
Unemployment and disability pension-an 18-year follow-up study of a 40-year-old population in a Norwegian county
Morten Støver, Kristine Pape, Roar Johnsen, Nils Fleten, Erik R Sund, Bjørgulf Claussen, Johan H Bjørngaard
Patient- and provider-level risk factors associated with default from tuberculosis treatment, South Africa, 2002: a case-control study
Alyssa Finlay, Joey Lancaster, Timothy H Holtz, Karin Weyer, Abe Miranda, Martie van der Walt
Study protocol: a randomized controlled trial of a computer-based depression and substance abuse intervention for people attending residential substance abuse treatment
Peter J Kelly, Frances J Kay-Lambkin, Amanda L Baker, Frank P Deane, Adam C Brooks, Alexandra Mitchell, Sarah Marshall, Meredith Whittington, Genevieve A Dingle
The impact of population-based disease management services for selected chronic conditions: the Costs to Australian Private Insurance - Coaching Health (CAPICHe) study protocol
Joshua M Byrnes, Stan Goldstein, Benjamin Venator, Christine Pollicino, Shu-Kay Ng, David Veroff, Christine Bennett, Paul A Scuffham
Gender differences in the association between self-rated health and hypertension in a Korean adult population
Hee-Young Shin, Min-Ho Shin, Jung-Ae Rhee
Tribal casinos in California: the last vestige of indoor smoking
David S Timberlake, Jun Wu, Wael K Al-Delaimy
Alcohol and marijuana use while driving--an unexpected crash risk in Pakistani commercial drivers: a cross-sectional survey
Mohammed Umer Mir, Imran Khan, Bilal Ahmed, Junaid Abdul Razzak
Cost-effectiveness of a vocational enablement protocol for employees with hearing impairment; design of a randomized controlled trial
Arjenne HM Gussenhoven, Johannes R Anema, S Theo Goverts, Judith E Bosmans, Joost M Festen, Sophia E Kramer
Internal construct validity of the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire (SMBQ)
Åsa Lundgren-Nilsson, Ingibjörg H Jonsdottir, Julie Pallant, Gunnar Ahlborg Jr
Identifying factors relevant in the assessment of return-to-work efforts in employees on long-term sickness absence due to chronic low back pain: a focus group study
Anna Muijzer, Jan H Geertzen, Wout E de Boer, Johan W Groothoff, Sandra Brouwer
A local outbreak of dengue caused by an imported case in Dongguan China
Hong-Juan Peng, Hui-Bing Lai, Qiao-Li Zhang, Ba-Yi Xu, Hao Zhang, Wen-Hua Liu, Wei Zhao, Yuan-Ping Zhou, Xin-Guang Zhong, Shu Jiang, Jin-Hua Duan, Gui-Yun Yan, Jian-Feng He, Xiao-Guang Chen
Does social capital travel? Influences on the life satisfaction of young people living in England and Spain
Antony R Morgan, Francisco Rivera, Carmen Moreno, Bo JA Haglund
The effect of participatory community communication on HIV preventive behaviors among ethnic minority youth in central Vietnam
Huy V Nguyen, Giang M Le, Son M Nguyen, Mai N Tran, Nguyet M Ha
Lifestyle physical activity among urban Palestinians and Israelis: a cross-sectional comparison in the Palestinian-Israeli Jerusalem risk factor study
Dafna Merom, Ronit Sinnreich, Vartohi Aboudi, Jeremy D Kark, Hisham Nassar
The relationship between breastfeeding and weight status in a national sample of Australian children and adolescents
Jane A Scott, Su Y Ng, Lynne Cobiac
The identification of job opportunities for severely disabled sick-listed employees
Jake PJ Broersen, Henny PG Mulders, Antonius JM Schellart, Allard J van der Beek
Community based needs assessment in an urban area; A participatory action research project
Saeid Sadeghieh Ahari, Shahram Habibzadeh, Moharram Yousefi, Firouz Amani, Reza Abdi
Can work ability explain the social gradient in sickness absence: a study of a general population in Sweden
Jesper Löve, Kristina Holmgren, Kjell Torén, Gunnel Hensing
Knowledge, attitudes and other factors associated with assessment of tobacco smoking among pregnant Aboriginal women by health care providers: a cross-sectional survey
Megan E Passey, Catherine A D'Este, Robert W Sanson-Fisher
Perspectives of patients with type 1 or insulin-treated type 2 diabetes on self-monitoring of blood glucose: a qualitative study
Johanna Hortensius, Marijke C Kars, Willem S Wierenga, Nanne Kleefstra, Henk JG Bilo, Jaap J van der Bijl
Exploring bikeability in a metropolitan setting: stimulating and hindering factors in commuting route environments
Lina Wahlgren, Peter Schantz
Population-based tobacco treatment: study design of a randomized controlled trial
Steven S Fu, Michelle van Ryn, Scott E Sherman, Diana J Burgess, Siamak Noorbaloochi, Barbara Clothier, Anne M Joseph
Diabetes MILES-Australia (management and impact for long-term empowerment and success): methods and sample characteristics of a national survey of the psychological aspects of living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in Australian adults
Jane Speight, Jessica L Browne, Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, Christel Hendrieckx, Frans Pouwer
Pulmonary function, respiratory symptoms, and dust exposures among workers engaged in early manufacturing processes of tea: a cohort study
Tzong-Shiun Shieh, Jui-Jung Chung, Chung-Jing Wang, Perng-Jy Tsai, Yau-Chang Kuo, How-Ran Guo
High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among children aged 1 month to 16 years in Hangzhou, China
Zhiwei Zhu, Jianying Zhan, Jie Shao, Weijun Chen, Liqin Chen, Wenhao Li, Chai Ji, Zhengyan Zhao
Sustainability of the whole-community project '10,000 Steps': a longitudinal study
Ragnar Van Acker, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Katrien De Cocker, Lisa M Klesges, Annick Willem, Greet Cardon
Community health workers improve contact tracing among immigrants with tuberculosis in Barcelona
Jesús Edison Ospina, Àngels Orcau, Juan-Pablo Millet, Francesca Sánchez, Martí Casals, Joan A Caylà
Low back pain in 17 year olds has substantial impact and represents an important public health disorder: a cross-sectional study
Peter B O'Sullivan, Darren J Beales, Anne J Smith, Leon M Straker
Socioeconomic disparities in the uptake of breast and cervical cancer screening in Italy: a cross sectional study
Gianfranco Damiani, Bruno Federico, Danila Basso, Alessandra Ronconi, Caterina Bianca Neve Aurora Bianchi, Gian Marco Anzellotti, Gabriella Nasi, Franco Sassi, Walter Ricciardi
Mortality on extreme heat days using official thresholds in Spain: a multi-city time series analysis
Aurelio Tobias, Ben Armstrong, Ines Zuza, Antonio Gasparrini, Cristina Linares, Julio Diaz
Effectiveness of a diet and physical activity promotion strategy on the prevention of obesity in Mexican school children
Teresa Shamah Levy, Carmen Morales Ruán, Claudia Amaya Castellanos, Araceli Salazar Coronel, Alejandra Jiménez Aguilar, Ignacio Méndez Gómez Humarán
Woman-centered research on access to safe abortion services and implications for behavioral change communication interventions: a cross-sectional study of women in Bihar and Jharkhand, India
Sushanta K Banerjee, Kathryn L Andersen, Rebecca M Buchanan, Janardan Warvadekar
Living with diabetes: rationale, study design and baseline characteristics for an Australian prospective cohort study
Maria Donald, Jo Dower, Robert Ware, Bryan Mukandi, Sanjoti Parekh, Christopher Bain
Diabetes susceptibility in ethnic minority groups from Turkey, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Pakistan compared with Norwegians - the association with adiposity is strongest for ethnic minority women
Anne Karen Jenum, Lien My Diep, Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen, Ingar Morten K Holme, Bernadette Nirmar Kumar, Kåre Inge Birkeland
The growth in newspaper coverage of tobacco control in China, 2000-2010
Junling Gao, Simon Chapman, Shaojing Sun, Hua Fu, Pinpin Zheng
A prospective study of complications from comprehensive abortion care services in Nepal
Kathryn Andersen, Bela Ganatra, Sarah Stucke, Indira Basnett, Yagya B Karki, Kusum Thapa
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among children from six cities of China
Haiquan Xu, Yanping Li, Ailing Liu, Qian Zhang, Xiaoqi Hu, Hongyun Fang, Tingyu Li, Hongwei Guo, Ying Li, Guifa Xu, Jun Ma, Lin Du, Guansheng Ma
Household secondhand smoke exposure of elementary schoolchildren in Southern Taiwan and factors associated with their confidence in avoiding exposure: a cross-sectional study
Hsiao-Ling Huang, Yea-Yin Yen, Pi-Li Lin, Chin-Hsuan Chiu, Chih-Cheng Hsu, Ted Chen, Chih-Yang Hu, Ya-Ying Lin, Chien-Hung Lee, Fu-Li Chen
Ethnic discrimination prevalence and associations with health outcomes: data from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of secondary school students in New Zealand
Sue Crengle, Elizabeth Robinson, Shanthi Ameratunga, Terryann Clark, Deborah Raphael
Estimating the number of colorectal cancer patients treated with anti-tumour therapy in 2015: the analysis of the Czech National Cancer Registry
Tomáš Pavlík, Ondřej Májek, Jan Mužík, Jana Koptíková, Lubomír Slavíček, Jindřich Fínek, David Feltl, Rostislav Vyzula, Ladislav Dušek
An exploratory cluster randomised trial of a university halls of residence based social norms intervention in Wales, UK
Simon Murphy, Graham Moore, Annie Williams, Laurence Moore
Study protocol for Women of Color and Asthma Control:A randomized controlled trial of an asthma-management intervention for African American women
Mary R Janevic, Georgiana M Sanders, Lara J Thomas, Darla M Williams, Belinda Nelson, Emma Gilchrist, Timothy RB Johnson, Noreen M Clark
Barriers to women's participation in inter-conceptional care: a cross-sectional analysis
Vijaya K Hogan, M Ahinee Amamoo, Althea D Anderson, David Webb, Leny Mathews, Diane Rowley, Jennifer F Culhane
Reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV: findings from an early infant diagnosis program in south-south region of Nigeria
Chukwuemeka Anoje, Bolatito Aiyenigba, Chiho Suzuki, Titilope Badru, Kesiena Akpoigbe, Michael Odo, Solomon Odafe, Oluwasanmi Adedokun, Kwasi Torpey, Otto N Chabikuli
Infant mortality in Brazil, 1980-2000: A spatial panel data analysis
Ana Maria Barufi, Eduardo Haddad, Antonio Paez
Risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases among ethnic Germans from the former Soviet Union: results of a nested case-control study
Ema Kuhrs, Volker Winkler, Heiko Becher
Public health management of antiviral drugs during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic: a survey of local health departments in California
Jennifer C Hunter, Daniela C Rodríguez, Tomás J Aragón
An exploratory qualitative assessment of factors influencing childhood vaccine providers' intention to recommend immunization in the Netherlands
Liesbeth Mollema, Jojet M Staal, Jim E van Steenbergen, Theo GWM Paulussen, Hester E de Melker
Increasing organ donation via anticipated regret (INORDAR): protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Ronan E O'Carroll, Eamonn Ferguson, Peter C Hayes, Lee Shepherd
Supporting the massive scale-up of antiretroviral therapy: the evolution of PEPFAR-supported treatment facilities in South Africa, 2005-2009
Elysia Larson, Heidi O'Bra, JW Brown, Thobile Mbengashe, Jeffrey D Klausner
Towns with extremely low mortality due to ischemic heart disease in Spain
María José Medrano, Raquel Boix, Alba Palmera, Rebeca Ramis, Iñaki Galán, Gonzalo López-Abente
Age at menarche and current substance use among Canadian adolescent girls: results of a cross-sectional study
Ban Al-Sahab, Chris I Ardern, Mazen J Hamadeh, Hala Tamim
Time trends in social differences in nutrition habits of a Lithuanian population: 1994-2010
Vilma Kriaucioniene, Jurate Klumbiene, Janina Petkeviciene, Edita Sakyte
Diarrhea incidence in low- and middle-income countries in 1990 and 2010: a systematic review
Christa L Fischer Walker, Jamie Perin, Martin J Aryee, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, Robert E Black
The effectiveness of a preferred intensity exercise programme on the mental health outcomes of young people with depression: a sequential mixed methods evaluation
Tim Carter, Patrick Callaghan, Elizabeth Khalil, Ioannis Morres
Community responses to communication campaigns for influenza A (H1N1): a focus group study
Lesley Gray, Carol MacDonald, Brenda Mackie, Douglas Paton, David Johnston, Michael G Baker
Cardiovascular inflammation in healthy women: multilevel associations with state-level prosperity, productivity and income inequality
Cheryl R Clark, Paul M Ridker, Mark J Ommerborn, Carrie E Huisingh, Brent Coull, Julie E Buring, Lisa F Berkman
Targeting children of substance-using parents with the community-based group intervention TRAMPOLINE: A randomised controlled trial - design, evaluation, recruitment issues
Sonja Bröning, Annika Wiedow, Lutz Wartberg, Sylvia Ruths, Andrea Haevelmann, Sally-Sophie Kindermann, Diana Moesgen, Ines Schaunig-Busch, Michael Klein, Rainer Thomasius
Sports activity and the use of cigarettes and snus among young males in Finland in 1999-2010
Ville M Mattila, Susanna Raisamo, Harri Pihlajamäki, Matti Mäntysaari, Arja Rimpelä
Feeding styles of caregivers of children 6-23 months of age in Derashe special district, Southern Ethiopia
Mekitie Wondafrash, Tseganeh Amsalu, Mirkuzie Woldie
Infant feeding practice and associated factors of HIV positive mothers attending prevention of mother to child transmission and antiretroviral therapy clinics in Gondar Town health institutions, Northwest Ethiopia
Dagnachew Muluye, Desalegn Woldeyohannes, Mucheye Gizachew, Moges Tiruneh
Mortality among adults: gender and socioeconomic differences in a Brazilian city
Ana Paula Belon, Marilisa BA Barros, Letícia Marín-León
Comparison of alternative versions of the job demand-control scales in 17 European cohort studies: the IPD-Work consortium
Eleonor I Fransson, Solja T Nyberg, Katriina Heikkilä, Lars Alfredsson, De Dirk Bacquer, G David Batty, Sébastien Bonenfant, Annalisa Casini, Els Clays, Marcel Goldberg, France Kittel, Markku Koskenvuo, Anders Knutsson, Constanze Leineweber, Linda L Magnusson Hanson, Maria Nordin, Archana Singh-Manoux, Sakari Suominen, Jussi Vahtera, Peter Westerholm, Hugo Westerlund, Marie Zins, Töres Theorell, Mika Kivimäki
Alcohol and premature death in Estonian men: a study of forensic autopsies using novel biomarkers and proxy informants
Inge Ringmets, Jana Tuusov, Katrin Lang, Marika Väli, Kersti Pärna, Mailis Tõnisson, Anders Helander, Martin McKee, David A Leon
Prevalence of low back pain and associated occupational factors among Chinese coal miners
Guangxing Xu, Dong Pang, Fengying Liu, Desheng Pei, Sheng Wang, Liping Li
Design and baseline characteristics of the 10 Small Steps Study: a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to promote healthy behaviour using a lifestyle score and personalised feedback
Sanjoti Parekh, Corneel Vandelanotte, David King, Frances M Boyle
Predicting nicotine dependence profiles among adolescent smokers: the roles of personal and social-environmental factors in a longitudinal framework
Marloes Kleinjan, Frank Vitaro, Brigitte Wanner, Johannes Brug, Regina JJM Van den Eijnden, Rutger CME Engels
Factors impacting knowledge and use of long acting and permanent contraceptive methods by postpartum HIV positive and negative women in Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional study
Sarah Credé, Theresa Hoke, Deborah Constant, Mackenzie S Green, Jennifer Moodley, Jane Harries
Alcohol drinking patterns among high school students in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Ayalu A Reda, Asmamaw Moges, Berhanu Y Wondmagegn, Sibhatu Biadgilign
Pattern and levels of spending allocated to HIV prevention programs in low- and middle-income countries
Peter Amico, Benjamin Gobet, Carlos Avila-Figueroa, Christian Aran, Paul De Lay
Sexual risk behaviors among youth heads of household in Gikongoro, south province of Rwanda
Joseph Ntaganira, Laura J Hass, Sheila Hosner, Lisanne Brown, Nancy B Mock
Cervical cancer screening by visual inspection in Côte d'Ivoire, operational and clinical aspects according to HIV status
Apollinaire Horo, Antoine Jaquet, Didier K Ekouevi, Badian Toure, Patrick A Coffie, Benjamin Effi, Eugene Messou, Albert Minga, Raoul Moh, Mamourou Kone, François Dabis, Annie J Sasco
Mortality and causes of death among violent offenders and victims-a Swedish population based longitudinal study
Marlene Stenbacka, Tomas Moberg, Anders Romelsjö, Jussi Jokinen
A European study investigating patterns of transition from home care towards institutional dementia care: the protocol of a RightTimePlaceCare study
Hilde Verbeek, Gabriele Meyer, Helena Leino-Kilpi, Adelaida Zabalegui, Ingalill Rahm Hallberg, Kai Saks, Maria Eugenia Soto, David Challis, Dirk Sauerland, Jan PH Hamers
A multilevel examination of gender differences in the association between features of the school environment and physical activity among a sample of grades 9 to 12 students in Ontario, Canada
Erin P Hobin, Scott T Leatherdale, Steve Manske, Joel A Dubin, Susan Elliott, Paul Veugelers
Political and social determinants of life expectancy in less developed countries: a longitudinal study
Ro-Ting Lin, Ya-Mei Chen, Lung-Chang Chien, Chang-Chuan Chan
Blood pressure and associated factors in a North African adolescent population. a national cross-sectional study in Tunisia
Hajer Aounallah-Skhiri, Jalila El Ati, Pierre Traissac, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Sabrina Eymard-Duvernay, Francis Delpeuch, Noureddine Achour, Bernard Maire
Clinical effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination against acute myocardial infarction and stroke in people over 60 years: the CAPAMIS study, one-year follow-up
Angel Vila-Corcoles, Olga Ochoa-Gondar, Teresa Rodriguez-Blanco, Antonia Gutierrez-Perez, Angel Vila-Rovira, Frederic Gomez, Xavier Raga, Cinta de Diego, Eva Satue, Elisabet Salsench
Individual and social determinants of multiple chronic disease behavioral risk factors among youth
Arsham Alamian, Gilles Paradis
Support for children identified with acute flaccid paralysis under the global polio eradication programme in Uttar Pradesh, India: a qualitative study
Rie R Yotsu, Katharine Abba, Helen Smith, Abhijit Das
Priority setting of ICU resources in an influenza pandemic: a qualitative study of the Canadian public's perspectives
Diego S Silva, Jennifer L Gibson, Ann Robertson, Cécile M Bensimon, Sachin Sahni, Laena Maunula, Maxwell J Smith
Adoption and use of social media among public health departments
Rosemary Thackeray, Brad L Neiger, Amanda K Smith, Sarah B Van Wagenen
Coordination and resource-related difficulties encountered by Quebec's public health specialists and infectious diseases/medical microbiologists in the management of A (H1N1) - a mixed-method, exploratory survey
Charles Nhan, Réjean Laprise, Monique Douville-Fradet, Mary Ellen Macdonald, Caroline Quach
Linking public health agencies and hospitals for improved emergency preparedness: North Carolina's public health epidemiologist program
Milissa Markiewicz, Christine A Bevc, Jennifer Hegle, Jennifer A Horney, Megan Davies, Pia DM MacDonald
HIV testing and willingness to get HIV testing at a peer-run drop-in centre for people who inject drugs in Bangkok, Thailand
Lianping Ti, Kanna Hayashi, Karyn Kaplan, Paisan Suwannawong, Eric Fu, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr
Alcohol and cannabis use among adolescents in Flemish secondary school in Brussels: effects of type of education
Hans Berten, Dries Cardoen, Ruben Brondeel, Nicole Vettenburg
Socio-demographic factors and psychological distress in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian adults aged 18-64 years: analysis of national survey data
Joan Cunningham, Yin C Paradies
Heavy smoking during pregnancy as a marker for other risk factors of adverse birth outcomes: a population-based study in British Columbia, Canada
Anders C Erickson, Laura T Arbour
Determinants of insecticide-treated net ownership and utilization among pregnant women in Nigeria
Augustine Ankomah, Samson B Adebayo, Ekundayo D Arogundade, Jennifer Anyanti, Ernest Nwokolo, Olaronke Ladipo, Martin M Meremikwu
Lifetime history of indoor tanning in young people: a retrospective assessment of initiation, persistence, and correlates
Karen Lostritto, Leah M Ferrucci, Brenda Cartmel, David J Leffell, Annette M Molinaro, Allen E Bale, Susan T Mayne
Diagnostic work-up and loss of tuberculosis suspects in Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Riris Andono Ahmad, Francine Matthys, Bintari Dwihardiani, Ning Rintiswati, Sake J de Vlas, Yodi Mahendradhata, Patrick van der Stuyft
The gap in injury mortality rates between urban and rural residents of Hubei province, China
Qing Liu, Lan Zhang, Junlin Li, Dan Zuo, Deguang Kong, Xingfu Shen, Yi Guo, Qingjun Zhang
The DISC (Diabetes in Social Context) Study-evaluation of a culturally sensitive social network intervention for diabetic patients in lower socioeconomic groups: a study protocol
Charlotte Vissenberg, Vera Nierkens, Paul JM Uitewaal, Diana Geraci, Barend JC Middelkoop, Giel Nijpels, Karien Stronks
Living alone and antidepressant medication use: a prospective study in a working-age population
Laura Pulkki-Råback, Mika Kivimäki, Kirsi Ahola, Kaisla Joutsenniemi, Marko Elovainio, Helena Rossi, Sampsa Puttonen, Seppo Koskinen, Erkki Isometsä, Jouko Lönnqvist, Marianna Virtanen
UK ethnicity data collection for healthcare statistics: the South Asian perspective
Gulnaz Iqbal, Mark RD Johnson, Ala Szczepura, Sue Wilson, Anil Gumber, Janet A Dunn
Inequities in maternal and child health outcomes and interventions in Ghana
Eyob Zere, Joses M Kirigia, Sambe Duale, James Akazili
Group hypnotherapy versus group relaxation for smoking cessation: an RCT study protocol
Maria Dickson-Spillmann, Thomas Kraemer, Kristina Rust, Michael Schaub
Physical environmental factors related to walking and cycling in older adults: the Belgian aging studies
Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Peter Clarys, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Veerle Van Holle, Dominique Verté, Nico De Witte, Liesbeth De Donder, Tine Buffel, Sarah Dury, Benedicte Deforche
Ideal and actual involvement of community pharmacists in health promotion and prevention: a cross-sectional study in Quebec, Canada
Marie-Claude Laliberté, Sylvie Perreault, Nicole Damestoy, Lyne Lalonde
Evaluation of a Dutch school-based depression prevention program for youths in highrisk neighborhoods: study protocol of a two-armed randomized controlled trial
Karlijn CM Kindt, Rinka van Zundert, Rutger CME Engels
Eating disorder features in indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian Peoples
Phillipa J Hay, Chris Carriage
Interaction between physical activity and sleep duration in relation to insulin resistance among non-diabetic Chinese adults
Hui Zuo, Zumin Shi, Baojun Yuan, Yue Dai, Gang Hu, Gaolin Wu, Akhtar Hussain
Persistent socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular risk factors in England over 1994-2008: A time-trend analysis of repeated cross-sectional data
Shaun Scholes, Madhavi Bajekal, Hande Love, Nathaniel Hawkins, Rosalind Raine, Martin O'Flaherty, Simon Capewell
Gender differences in alcohol-related non-consensual sex; cross-sectional analysis of a student population
Clare Gunby, Anna Carline, Mark A Bellis, Caryl Beynon
The impact of a bariatric rehabilitation service on weight loss and psychological adjustment - study protocol
Amelia Hollywood, Jane Ogden, Christopher Pring
Health-related behavior as a mechanism behind the relationship between neighborhood social capital and individual health - a multilevel analysis
Sigrid M Mohnen, Beate Völker, Henk Flap, Peter P Groenewegen
Variation between seated and standing/walking postures among male and female call centre operators
Allan Toomingas, Mikael Forsman, Svend Erik Mathiassen, Marina Heiden, Tohr Nilsson
Promoting menstrual health among persian adolescent girls from low socioeconomic backgrounds: a quasi-experimental study
Moloud Fakhri, Zeinab Hamzehgardeshi, Nayereh Azam Hajikhani Golchin, Abdulhay Komili
Co-morbid depression is associated with poor work outcomes in persons with cardiovascular disease (CVD): A large, nationally representative survey in the Australian population
Adrienne O'Neil, Emily D Williams, Christopher E Stevenson, Brian Oldenburg, Kristy Sanderson
The effect of modifiable risk factors on geographic mortality differentials: a modelling study
Christopher E Stevenson, Haider Mannan, Anna Peeters, Helen Walls, Dianna J Magliano, Jonathan E Shaw, John J McNeil
Does physical activity counselling enhance the effects of a pedometer-based intervention over the long-term: 12-month findings from the Walking for Wellbeing in the west study
Claire F Fitzsimons, Graham Baker, Stuart R Gray, Myra A Nimmo, Nanette Mutrie
Factors affecting commencement and cessation of smoking behaviour in Malaysian adults
Wan Maria Nabillah Ghani, Ishak Abdul Razak, Yi Hsin Yang, Norain Abu Talib, Noriaki Ikeda, Tony Axell, Prakash C Gupta, Yujiro Handa, Norlida Abdullah, Rosnah Binti Zain
The protocol for the Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) study, a randomised controlled trial of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in a remote Aboriginal Australian health care setting
Julia V Marley, David Atkinson, Carmel Nelson, Tracey Kitaura, Dennis Gray, Sue Metcalf, Richard Murray, Graeme P Maguire
Hierarchical cluster analysis of labour market regulations and population health: a taxonomy of low- and middle-income countries
Carles Muntaner, Haejoo Chung, Joan Benach, Edwin Ng
Assessment of utilization of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling as an intervention for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV and associated factors among pregnant women in Gondar town, North West Ethiopia
Marelign Tilahun Malaju, Getu Degu Alene
A systematic review to identify areas of enhancements of pandemic simulation models for operational use at provincial and local levels
Diana M Prieto, Tapas K Das, Alex A Savachkin, Andres Uribe, Ricardo Izurieta, Sharad Malavade
Duration and compliance with antidepressant treatment in immigrant and native-born populations in Spain: a four year follow-up descriptive study
Inés Cruz, Catalina Serna, Montserrat Rué, Jordi Real, Jorge Soler-Gonzalez, Leonardo Galván
Should young people be paid for getting tested? A national comparative study to evaluate patient financial incentives for chlamydia screening
Dominik Zenner, Darko Molinar, Tom Nichols, Johanna Riha, Mary Macintosh, Anthony Nardone
Illness meanings and experiences for pre-ulcer and ulcer conditions of Buruli ulcer in the Ga-West and Ga-South Municipalities of Ghana
Mercy M Ackumey, Margaret Gyapong, Matilda Pappoe, Cynthia Kwakye-Maclean, Mitchell G Weiss
Evaluation of a health promotion program in children: Study protocol and design of the cluster-randomized Baden-Württemberg primary school study [DRKS-ID: DRKS00000494]
Jens Dreyhaupt, Benjamin Koch, Tamara Wirt, Anja Schreiber, Susanne Brandstetter, Dorothea Kesztyüs, Olivia Wartha, Susanne Kobel, Sarah Kettner, Dmytro Prokopchuk, Verena Hundsdörfer, Melina Klepsch, Martina Wiedom, Sabrina Sufeida, Nanette Fischbach, Rainer Muche, Tina Seufert, Jürgen Michael Steinacker
The impact of pesticide suicide on the geographic distribution of suicide in Taiwan: a spatial analysis
Shu-Sen Chang, Tsung-Hsueh Lu, Jonathan AC Sterne, Michael Eddleston, Jin-Jia Lin, David Gunnell
Concern over radiation exposure and psychological distress among rescue workers following the Great East Japan Earthquake Concern over radiation exposure and distress
Yutaka Matsuoka, Daisuke Nishi, Naoki Nakaya, Toshimasa Sone, Hiroko Noguchi, Kei Hamazaki, Tomohito Hamazaki, Yuichi Koido
Rationale, design, methodology and sample characteristics for the family partners for health study: a cluster randomized controlled study
Diane C Berry, Robert McMurray, Todd A Schwartz, Anne Skelly, Maria Sanchez, Madeline Neal, Gail Hall
A prospective cohort study to evaluate peridomestic infection as a determinant of dengue transmission: Protocol
Ruth Aralí Martínez-Vega, Rogelio Danis-Lozano, Jorge Velasco-Hernández, Fredi Alexander Díaz-Quijano, Mariana González-Fernández, René Santos, Susana Román, Jorge Argáez-Sosa, Miguel Nakamura, José Ramos-Castañeda
Migrant health in French Guiana: Are undocumented immigrants more vulnerable?
Anne Jolivet, Emmanuelle Cadot, Sophie Florence, Sophie Lesieur, Jacques Lebas, Pierre Chauvin
Measuring women's perceived ability to overcome barriers to healthcare seeking in Burkina Faso
Béatrice Nikiema, Slim Haddad, Louise Potvin
Keeping participants on board: increasing uptake by automated respondent reminders in an Internet-based Chlamydia Screening in the Netherlands
Nynke FB Dokkum, Rik H Koekenbier, Ingrid VF van den Broek, Jan EAM van Bergen, Elfi EHG Brouwers, Johannes SA Fennema, Hannelore M Götz, Christian JPA Hoebe, Lydia L Pars, Sander M van Ravesteijn, Eline LM Op de Coul
A cross-sectional description of social capital in an international sample of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH)
Allison Webel, J Craig Phillips, Carol Dawson Rose, William L Holzemer, Wei-Ti Chen, Lynda Tyer-Viola, Marta Rivero-Méndez, Patrice Nicholas, Kathleen Nokes, Jeanne Kemppainen, Elizabeth Sefcik, John Brion, Lucille Eller, Scholastika Iipinge, Kenn Kirksey, Dean Wantland, Puangtip Chaiphibalsarisdi, Mallory O Johnson, Carmen Portillo, Inge B Corless, Joachim Voss, Robert A Salata
Multimorbidity prevalence and patterns across socioeconomic determinants: a cross-sectional survey
Calypse B Agborsangaya, Darren Lau, Markus Lahtinen, Tim Cooke, Jeffrey A Johnson
Smoking and health-related quality of life in English general population: implications for economic evaluations
Matthias Vogl, Christina M Wenig, Reiner Leidl, Subhash Pokhrel
Global asthma prevalence in adults: findings from the cross-sectional world health survey
Teresa To, Sanja Stanojevic, Ginette Moores, Andrea S Gershon, Eric D Bateman, Alvaro A Cruz, Louis-Philippe Boulet
Performance indicators for public mental healthcare: a systematic international inventory
Steve Lauriks, Marcel CA Buster, Matty AS de Wit, Onyebuchi A Arah, Niek S Klazinga
Association between binge drinking, type of friends and gender: A cross-sectional study among Brazilian adolescents
Patrícia M Zarzar, Kelly O Jorge, Tuula Oksanen, Miriam P Vale, Efigênia F Ferreira, Ichiro Kawachi
Hepatitis B virus infections and risk factors among the general population in Anhui Province, China: an epidemiological study
Xiaoqing Li, Yingjun Zheng, Adrian Liau, Biao Cai, Dongqing Ye, Feng Huang, Xiaorong Sheng, Fuyang Ge, Liu Xuan, Shun Li, Jing Li
Association of self-reported physical activity patterns and socio-demographic factors among normal-weight and overweight Japanese men
Yung Liao, Kazuhiro Harada, Ai Shibata, Kaori Ishii, Koichiro Oka, Yoshio Nakamura, Shigeru Inoue, Teruichi Shimomitsu
Perceived crime and traffic safety is related to physical activity among adults in Nigeria
Adewale L Oyeyemi, Babatunde O Adegoke, James F Sallis, Adetoyeje Y Oyeyemi, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Osteoporosis-related fracture case definitions for population-based administrative data
Lisa M Lix, Mahmoud Azimaee, Beliz Acan Osman, Patricia Caetano, Suzanne Morin, Colleen Metge, David Goltzman, Nancy Kreiger, Jerilynn Prior, William D Leslie
Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in smoking prevalence, consumption, initiation, and cessation between 2001 and 2008 in the Netherlands. Findings from a national population survey
Gera E Nagelhout, Dianne de Korte-de Boer, Anton E Kunst, Regina M van der Meer, Hein de Vries, Boukje M van Gelder, Marc C Willemsen
The epidemiology of travel-related Salmonella Enteritidis in Ontario, Canada, 2010–2011
Mary-Kathryn Tighe, Rachel Savage, Linda Vrbova, Miriam Toolan, Yvonne Whitfield, Csaba Varga, Brenda Lee, Vanessa Allen, Anne Maki, Ryan Walton, Caitlin Johnson, Badal Dhar, Rafiq Ahmed, Natasha S Crowcroft, Dean Middleton
Harm reduction services as a point-of-entry to and source of end-of-life care and support for homeless and marginally housed persons who use alcohol and/or illicit drugs: a qualitative analysis
Ryan McNeil, Manal Guirguis-Younger, Laura B Dilley, Tim D Aubry, Jeffrey Turnbull, Stephen W Hwang
Protocol of a randomized controlled trial of the Tobacco Tactics website for operating engineers
Sonia A Duffy, David L Ronis, Caroline Richardson, Andrea H Waltje, Lee A Ewing, Devon Noonan, Oisaeng Hong, John D Meeker
Examining equity in access to long-lasting insecticide nets and artemisinin-based combination therapy in Anambra state, Nigeria
Chinyere O Mbachu, Obinna E Onwujekwe, Benjamin SC Uzochukwu, Eloka Uchegbu, Joseph Oranuba, Amobi L Ilika
Body mass index and height over three generations: evidence from the Lifeways cross-generational cohort study
Celine M Murrin, Gabrielle E Kelly, Richard E Tremblay, Cecily C Kelleher
Study protocol for the recruitment of female sex workers and their non-commercial partners into couple-based HIV research
Jennifer L Syvertsen, Angela M Robertson, Daniela Abramovitz, M Gudelia Rangel, Gustavo Martinez, Thomas L Patterson, Monica D Ulibarri, Alicia Vera, Nabila El-Bassel, Steffanie A Strathdee
Impact of genital warts on health related quality of life in men and women in mainland China: a multicenter hospital-based cross-sectional study
Ju-Fang Shi, Dian-Ju Kang, Shu-Zhen Qi, Hai-Yan Wu, Yan-Chun Liu, Li-Jun Sun, Li Li, Ying Yang, Qing Li, Xiang-Xian Feng, Li-Qin Zhang, Jie Li, Xiao-Li Li, Yun Yang, Mayinuer Niyazi, Ai-Di Xu, Jia-Hua Liu, Qing Xiao, Lian-Kun Li, Xin-Zheng Wang, You-Lin Qiao
North Korean refugee health in South Korea (NORNS) study: study design and methods
Yo Han Lee, Won Jin Lee, Yun Jeong Kim, Myong Jin Cho, Joo Hyung Kim, Yun Jeong Lee, Hee Young Kim, Dong Seop Choi, Sin Gon Kim, Courtland Robinson
Protocol for the "four steps to control your fatigue (4-STEPS)" randomised controlled trial: a self-regulation based physical activity intervention for patients with unexplained chronic fatigue
Marta Marques, Véronique De Gucht, Stan Maes, Isabel Leal
The effectiveness of a health promotion with group intervention by clinical trial. Study protocol
Maria-Antonia Campo Osaba, José-Luis Del Val, Carolina Lapena, Vicencia Laguna, Araceli García, Olga Lozano, Ziortza Martín, Rómulo Rodriguez, Enriqueta Borrás, Francesc Orfila, María Teresa Tierno
HIV prevalence among high school learners - opportunities for schools-based HIV testing programmes and sexual reproductive health services
Ayesha BM Kharsany, Mukelisiwe Mlotshwa, Janet A Frohlich, Nonhlanhla Yende Zuma, Natasha Samsunder, Salim S Abdool Karim, Quarraisha Abdool Karim
Determinants of emergency response willingness in the local public health workforce by jurisdictional and scenario patterns: a cross-sectional survey
Daniel J Barnett, Carol B Thompson, Nicole A Errett, Natalie L Semon, Marilyn K Anderson, Justin L Ferrell, Jennifer M Freiheit, Robert Hudson, Michelle M Koch, Mary McKee, Alvaro Mejia-Echeverry, James Spitzer, Ran D Balicer, Jonathan M Links
Mental health in the slums of Dhaka - a geoepidemiological study
Oliver Gruebner, M Mobarak H Khan, Sven Lautenbach, Daniel Müller, Alexander Krämer, Tobia Lakes, Patrick Hostert
Effectiveness of a web-based health risk assessment with individually-tailored feedback on lifestyle behaviour: study protocol
Eva K Laan, Roderik A Kraaijenhagen, Niels Peek, Wim B Busschers, Marije Deutekom, Patrick M Bossuyt, Karien Stronks, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot
Lessons from a one-year hospital-based surveillance of acute respiratory infections in Berlin- comparing case definitions to monitor influenza
Matthias Nachtnebel, Benedikt Greutelaers, Gerhard Falkenhorst, Pernille Jorgensen, Manuel Dehnert, Brunhilde Schweiger, Christian Träder, Silke Buda, Tim Eckmanns, Ole Wichmann, Wiebke Hellenbrand
Medical advice and diabetes self-management reported by Mexican-American, Black- and White-non-Hispanic adults across the United States
Joan A Vaccaro, Daniel J Feaster, Sandra L Lobar, Marianna K Baum, Marcia Magnus, Fatma G Huffman
Is concern about young people's anti-social behaviour associated with poor health? cross-sectional evidence from residents of deprived urban neighbourhoods
Matt Egan, Lyndal Bond, Ade Kearns, Carol Tannahill
Socioeconomic inequalities in health: individual or area level; does it matter?
B Galobardes
Socioeconomic inequality in domains of health: results from the World Health Surveys
Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Jennifer Anne Stewart Williams, Lynn Itani, Somnath Chatterji
Diabetes mellitus type 2 in urban Ghana: characteristics and associated factors
Ina Danquah, George Bedu-Addo, Karl-Johann Terpe, Frank Micah, Yaw A Amoako, Yaw A Awuku, Ekkehart Dietz, Markus van der Giet, Joachim Spranger, Frank P Mockenhaupt
Regional differences in self-reported screening, prevalence and management of cardiovascular risk factors in Switzerland
Pedro Marques-Vidal, Fred Paccaud
Systematic review of diarrhea duration and severity in children and adults in low- and middle-income countries
Laura M Lamberti, Christa L Fischer Walker, Robert E Black
Impact of drug price adjustments on utilization of and expenditures on angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in Taiwan
Shiou-Huei Huang, Chien-Ning Hsu, Shu-Hui Yu, Thau-Ming Cham
A cross-sectional study of US rural adults’ consumption of fruits and vegetables: do they consume at least five servings daily?
M Nawal Lutfiyya, Linda F Chang, Martin S Lipsky
Knowledge of heart attack and stroke symptomology: a cross-sectional comparison of rural and non-rural US adults
Michael T Swanoski, May Nawal Lutfiyya, Maria L Amaro, Michael F Akers, Krista L Huot
A randomised trial of nicotine assisted reduction to stop in pharmacies - the redpharm study
Taina Taskila, Susan MacAskill, Tim Coleman, Jean-Francois Etter, Mahendra Patel, Sarah Clarke, Rachel Bridson, Paul Aveyard
Association between psychological distress and a sense of contribution to society in the workplace
Kenichi Ozaki, Yutaka Motohashi, Yoshihiro Kaneko, Koji Fujita
A literature review of the disruptive effects of user fee exemption policies on health systems
Valéry Ridde, Emilie Robert, Bruno Meessen
Perceived challenges to public health in Central and Eastern Europe: a qualitative analysis
Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn, Christine Holmberg, Klara G Dokova, Neda Milevska-Kostova, Gratiana Chicin, Timo Ulrichs, Bernd Rechel, Stefan N Willich, John Powles, Peter Tinnemann
Chinese newspaper coverage of genetically modified organisms
Li Du, Christen Rachul
Chewing areca nut increases the risk of coronary artery disease in taiwanese men: a case-control study
Wei-Chung Tsai, Ming-Tsang Wu, Guei-Jane Wang, Kun-Tai Lee, Chien-Hung Lee, Ye-Hsu Lu, Hsueh-Wei Yen, Chih-Sheng Chu, Yi-Ting Chen, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Ho-Ming Su, Po-Chao Hsu, Kai-Hung Cheng, Tsai-Hui Duh, Ying-Chin Ko, Sheng-Hsiung Sheu, Wen-Ter Lai
The effects of an intervention program for promoting interorganizational network building between multidisciplinary agencies and community-based organizations: a cluster trial in Japan
Hiroshi Murayama, Takuhiro Yamaguchi, Satoko Nagata, Sachiyo Murashima
Family structure and breakfast consumption of 11-15 year old boys and girls in Scotland, 1994-2010: a repeated cross-sectional study
Kate A Levin, Joanna Kirby, Candace Currie
Latin American immigrants have limited access to health insurance in Japan: a cross sectional study
S Pilar Suguimoto, Masako Ono-Kihara, Mitchell D Feldman, Masahiro Kihara
Life-course origins of social inequalities in adult immune cell markers of inflammation in a developing southern Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study
Douglas A West, Gabriel M Leung, Chao Q Jiang, Timothy M Elwell-Sutton, Wei S Zhang, Tai H Lam, Kar K Cheng, C Mary Schooling
Investigating maternal risk factors as potential targets of intervention to reduce socioeconomic inequality in small for gestational age: a population-based study
Irene Hayward, Lorraine Halinka Malcoe, Lesley A Cleathero, Patricia A Janssen, Bruce P Lanphear, Michael V Hayes, Andre Mattman, Robert Pampalon, Scott A Venners
The Boost study: design of a school- and community-based randomised trial to promote fruit and vegetable consumption among teenagers
Rikke Krølner, Thea Suldrup Jørgensen, Anne Kristine Aarestrup, Anne Hjøllund Christiansen, Anne Maj Christensen, Pernille Due
Determinants of linear growth from infancy to school-aged years: a population-based follow-up study in urban Amazonian children
Barbara H Lourenço, Eduardo Villamor, Rosângela A Augusto, Marly A Cardoso
A web-based computer-tailored smoking prevention programme for primary school children: intervention design and study protocol
Henricus-Paul Cremers, Liesbeth Mercken, Anke Oenema, Hein de Vries
The health outcomes and physical activity in preschoolers (HOPP) study: rationale and design
Brian W Timmons, Nicole A Proudfoot, Maureen J MacDonald, Steven R Bray, John Cairney
A school-based comprehensive lifestyle intervention among chinese kids against obesity (CLICK-Obesity): rationale, design and methodology of a randomized controlled trial in Nanjing city, China
Fei Xu, Robert S Ware, Lap Ah Tse, Zhiyong Wang, Xin Hong, Aiju Song, Jiequan Li, Youfa Wang
Patient, physician, encounter, and billing characteristics predict the accuracy of syndromic surveillance case definitions
Geneviève Cadieux, David L Buckeridge, André Jacques, Michael Libman, Nandini Dendukuri, Robyn Tamblyn
Estimating the probabilities of making a smoking quit attempt in Italy: stall in smoking cessation levels, 1986-2009
Giulia Carreras, Silvano Gallus, Laura Iannucci, Giuseppe Gorini
Predictors of binge drinking in adolescents: ultimate and distal factors - a representative study
Carolin Donath, Elmar Gräßel, Dirk Baier, Christian Pfeiffer, Stefan Bleich, Thomas Hillemacher
Anxiety and depression amongst patients enrolled in a public sector antiretroviral treatment programme in South Africa: a cross-sectional study
Michele Pappin, Edwin Wouters, Frederik LR Booysen
Weight gain prevention among black women in the rural community health center setting: The Shape Program
Perry Foley, Erica Levine, Sandy Askew, Elaine Puleo, Jessica Whiteley, Bryan Batch, Daniel Heil, Daniel Dix, Veronica Lett, Michele Lanpher, Jade Miller, Karen Emmons, Gary Bennett
Effectiveness of the Strengthening Families Programme 10–14 in Poland for the prevention of alcohol and drug misuse: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, David R Foxcroft
Children, parents, and pets exercising together (CPET) randomised controlled trial: study rationale, design, and methods
Philippa S Yam, Ryan Morrison, Viki Penpraze, Carri Westgarth, Dianne S Ward, Nanette Mutrie, Pippa Hutchison, David Young, John J Reilly
Partners of people on ART - a New Evaluation of the Risks (The PARTNER study): design and methods
Alison Rodger, Tina Bruun, Matthew Weait, Pietro Vernazza, Simon Collins, Vicente Estrada, Jan Van Lunzen, Giulio Maria Corbelli, Fiona Lampe, Andrew Phillips, Jens Lundgren
Asthma prevalence among 16- to 18-year-old adolescents in Saudi Arabia using the ISAAC questionnaire
Mohammed O Al Ghobain, Mohamad S Al-Hajjaj, Mohamad S Al Moamary
The availability of snack food displays that may trigger impulse purchases in Melbourne supermarkets
Lukar E Thornton, Adrian J Cameron, Sarah A McNaughton, Anthony Worsley, David A Crawford
Clinical trial on the efficacy of exhaled carbon monoxide measurement in smoking cessation in primary health care
Joana Ripoll, Helena Girauta, Maria Ramos, David Medina-Bombardó, Agnès Pastor, Cristina Alvarez-Ossorio, Lucía Gorreto, Maria Esteva, Elena García, Ana Uréndez, Ana Buades, Elena Torres
Testing the effectiveness of a self-efficacy based exercise intervention for inactive people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: design of a controlled clinical trial
Marion MP van der Heijden, François Pouwer, Arnold C Romeijnders, Victor JM Pop
A preliminary assessment of low level arsenic exposure and diabetes mellitus in Cyprus
Konstantinos C Makris, Costas A Christophi, Martha Paisi, Adrienne S Ettinger
Challenges to immunization: the experiences of homeless youth
Alexander Doroshenko, Jill Hatchette, Scott A Halperin, Noni E MacDonald, Janice E Graham
Mesothelioma incidence surveillance systems and claims for workers’ compensation. Epidemiological evidence and prospects for an integrated framework
Alessandro Marinaccio, Alberto Scarselli, Enzo Merler, Sergio Iavicoli
Designing a physical activity parenting course: Parental views on recruitment, content and delivery
Russell Jago, Joanna K Steeds, Georgina F Bentley, Simon J Sebire, Patricia J Lucas, Kenneth R Fox, Sarah Stewart-Brown, Katrina M Turner
Tobacco promotion 'below-the-line': Exposure among adolescents and young adults in NSW, Australia
Donna A Perez, Anne C Grunseit, Chris Rissel, James Kite, Trish Cotter, Sally Dunlop, Adrian Bauman
The effect of an unstructured, moderate to vigorous, before-school physical activity program in elementary school children on academics, behavior, and health
Connie L Tompkins, Jacob Hopkins, Lauren Goddard, David W Brock
The impact of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) on the recording of smoking targets in primary care medical records: cross-sectional analyses from The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database
Jaspal S Taggar, Tim Coleman, Sarah Lewis, Lisa Szatkowski
Why is high-risk drinking more prevalent among men than women? evidence from South Korea
Woojin Chung, Seungji Lim, Sunmi Lee
Adherence to antihypertensive treatment and associated factors among patients on follow up at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Abere Dessie Ambaw, Getahun Asres Alemie, Solomon Meseret W/Yohannes, Zelalem Birhanu Mengesha
Employment status and health: understanding the health of the economically inactive population in Scotland
Judith Brown, Evangelia Demou, Madeleine Ann Tristram, Harper Gilmour, Kaveh A Sanati, Ewan B Macdonald
Paternal education status significantly influences infants’ measles vaccination uptake, independent of maternal education status
Anu Rammohan, Niyi Awofeso, Renae C Fernandez
Eye movement responses to health messages on cigarette packages
Loes TE Kessels, Robert AC Ruiter
Prevalence of sexual activity and associated factors in hypertensive males and females in China: A cross-sectional study
Xiaojun Chen, Qingying Zhang, Xuerui Tan
Increasing blood pressure and its associated factors in Canadian children and adolescents from the Canadian Health Measures Survey
Yipu Shi, Margaret de Groh, Howard Morrison
Long-term health-enhancing physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis - the PARA 2010 study
Birgitta Nordgren, Cecilia Fridén, Ingrid Demmelmaier, Gunnar Bergström, Christina H Opava
Relative risk of renal disease among people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Fakhrul M Islam, Jianyun Wu, James Jansson, David P Wilson
Pre-marital sexual debut and its associated factors among in-school adolescents in eastern Ethiopia
Lemessa Oljira, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku
Blood pressure and particulate air pollution in schoolchildren of Lahore, Pakistan
Muhammad Sughis, Tim S Nawrot, Syed Ihsan-ul-Haque, Asad Amjad, Benoit Nemery
Oral versus intramuscular administration of vitamin B12 for the treatment of patients with vitamin B12 deficiency: a pragmatic, randomised, multicentre, non-inferiority clinical trial undertaken in the primary healthcare setting (Project OB12)
Teresa Sanz-Cuesta, Paloma González-Escobar, Rosario Riesgo-Fuertes, Sofía Garrido-Elustondo, Isabel del Cura-González, Jesús Martín-Fernández, Esperanza Escortell-Mayor, Francisco Rodríguez-Salvanés, Marta García-Solano, Rocío González-González, María Ángeles Martín-de la Sierra-San Agustín, Carmen Olmedo-Lucerón, María Luisa Sevillano Palmero, Carmen Mateo-Ruiz, Beatriz Medina-Bustillo, Antonio Valdivia-Pérez, Francisca García-de Blas-González, José Enrique Mariño-Suárez, Ricardo Rodríguez-Barrientos, Gloria Ariza-Cardiel, Luisa María Cabello-Ballesteros, Elena Polentinos-Castro, Milagros Rico-Blázquez, Ma Teresa Rodríguez-Monje, Sonia Soto-Díaz, Susana Martín-Iglesias, Ramón Rodríguez-González, Irene Bretón-Lesmes, María Vicente-Herrero, Jesús Sánchez-Díaz, Tomás Gómez-Gascón, Mercedes Drake-Canela, Ángel Asúnsolo-del Barco
Are acceptance rates of a national preventive home visit programme for older people socially imbalanced?: a cross sectional study in Denmark
Yukari Yamada, Anette Ekmann, Charlotte Juul Nilsson, Mikkel Vass, Kirsten Avlund
The cost of child health inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand: a preliminary scoping study
Clair Mills, Papaarangi Reid, Rhema Vaithianathan
A conative educational model for an intervention program in obese youth
Jérémy Vanhelst, Laurent Béghin, Paul Stephen Fardy, Gilles Bui-Xuan, Jacques Mikulovic
Increased seroprevalence of IgG-class antibodies against cytomegalovirus, parvovirus B19, and varicella-zoster virus in women working in child day care
Gini G C van Rijckevorsel, Lian P M J Bovée, Marjolein Damen, Gerard J B Sonder, Maarten F Schim van der Loeff, Anneke van den Hoek
Factors associated with differences in perceived health among German long-term unemployed
Heribert Limm, Mechthild Heinmüller, Katrin Liel, Karin Seeger, Harald Gündel, Ahmet Kimil, Peter Angerer
Childhood obesity prevention in rural settings: background, rationale, and study design of ‘4-Health,’ a parent-only intervention
Wesley C Lynch, Jill Martz, Galen Eldridge, Sandra J Bailey, Carrie Benke, Lynn Paul
A qualitative study of leadership characteristics among women who catalyze positive community change
Sara C Folta, Rebecca A Seguin, Jennifer Ackerman, Miriam E Nelson
Cleavages and co-operation in the UK alcohol industry: A qualitative study
Chris Holden, Benjamin Hawkins, Jim McCambridge
Transferability of interventions in health education: a review
Linda Cambon, Laetitia Minary, Valery Ridde, François Alla
A new approach for psychological consultation: the psychologist at the chemist's
Enrico Molinari, Francesco Pagnini, Gianluca Castelnuovo, Edoardo Lozza, Claudio Albino Bosio
Understanding attitudes toward adolescent vaccination and the decision-making dynamic among adolescents, parents and providers
Charitha Gowda, Sarah E Schaffer, Kevin J Dombkowski, Amanda F Dempsey
Problem drinking and physical intimate partner violence against women: evidence from a national survey in Uganda
Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo, Thomas Kennedy Greenfield, Rhoda K Wanyenze
Substance abuse prevalence and its relation to scholastic achievement and sport factors: an analysis among adolescents of the Herzegovina–Neretva Canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Damir Sekulic, Marko Ostojic, Zdenko Ostojic, Braco Hajdarevic, Ljerka Ostojic
The relationship between workers’ self-reported changes in health and their attitudes towards a workplace intervention: lessons from smoke-free legislation across the UK hospitality industry
Laura MacCalman, Sean Semple, Karen S Galea, Martie Van Tongeren, Scott Dempsey, Shona Hilton, Ivan Gee, Jon G Ayres
Triage of frail elderly with reduced exercise tolerance in primary care (TREE). a clustered randomized diagnostic study
Yvonne van Mourik, Karel GM Moons, Loes CM Bertens, Johannes B Reitsma, Arno W Hoes, Frans H Rutten
Women show a closer association between educational level and hypertension or diabetes mellitus than males: a secondary analysis from the Austrian HIS
Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Thomas Dorner, Ann Jensby, Anita Rieder
Prevalence, risk factors and awareness of albuminuria on a Canadian First Nation: A community-based screening study
James Michael Zacharias, T Kue Young, Natalie D Riediger, Joanne Roulette, Sharon G Bruce
Use of glucometer and fasting blood glucose as screening tools for diabetes mellitus type 2 and glycated haemoglobin as clinical reference in rural community primary care settings of a middle income country
Benja Muktabhant, Pattara Sanchaisuriya, Pongdech Sarakarn, Worawitaya Tawityanon, Mantana Trakulwong, Songsri Worawat, Frank P Schelp
Lifestyle Triple P: a parenting intervention for childhood obesity
Sanne MPL Gerards, Pieter C Dagnelie, Maria WJ Jansen, Lidy OHM van der Goot, Nanne K de Vries, Matthew R Sanders, Stef PJ Kremers
The mediating effect of social relationships on the association between socioeconomic status and subjective health – results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall cohort study
Nico Vonneilich, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Raimund Erbel, Jens Klein, Nico Dragano, Johannes Siegrist, Olaf von dem Knesebeck
Public health concern behind the exposure to persistent organic pollutants and the risk of metabolic diseases
Jérôme Ruzzin
The relationship between body composition and physical fitness in 14 year old adolescents residing within the Tlokwe local municipality, South Africa: The PAHL study
Makama Andries Monyeki, Rik Neetens, Sarah J Moss, Jos Twisk
The Do-Well study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial, economic and qualitative process evaluations of domiciliary welfare rights advice for socio-economically disadvantaged older people recruited via primary health care
Catherine Haighton, Suzanne Moffatt, Denise Howel, Elaine McColl, Eugene Milne, Mark Deverill, Greg Rubin, Terry Aspray, Martin White
Diet, occupational exposure and early asthma incidence among bakers, pastry makers and hairdressers
Thomas Rémen, Dovi-Stéphanie Acouetey, Christophe Paris, Denis Zmirou-Navier
Analysis of medical expenditure and socio-economic status in patients with ocular chemical burns in East China: a retrospective study
Qihua Le, Yan Chen, Xin Wang, Jiaxu Hong, Xinghuai Sun, Jianjiang Xu
Health promotion intervention in mental health care: design and baseline findings of a cluster preference randomized controlled trial
Nick Verhaeghe, Jan De Maeseneer, Lea Maes, Cornelis Van Heeringen, Veerle Bogaert, Els Clays, Dirk De Bacquer, Lieven Annemans
Combined influence of media use on subjective health in elementary school children in Japan: a population-based study
Harunobu Nakamura, Kumiko Ohara, Katsuyasu Kouda, Yuki Fujita, Tomoki Mase, Chiemi Miyawaki, Yoshimitsu Okita, Tetsuya Ishikawa
The weight of nations: an estimation of adult human biomass
Sarah Catherine Walpole, David Prieto-Merino, Phil Edwards, John Cleland, Gretchen Stevens, Ian Roberts
Mass social contact interventions and their effect on mental health related stigma and intended discrimination
Sara Evans-Lacko, Jillian London, Sarah Japhet, Nicolas Rüsch, Clare Flach, Elizabeth Corker, Claire Henderson, Graham Thornicroft
Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE)
David Fone, Frank Dunstan, James White, Chris Webster, Sarah Rodgers, Shin Lee, Narushige Shiode, Scott Orford, Alison Weightman, Iain Brennan, Vas Sivarajasingam, Jennifer Morgan, Richard Fry, Ronan Lyons
The mediating role of psychological capital on the association between occupational stress and depressive symptoms among Chinese physicians: a cross-sectional study
Li Liu, Ying Chang, Jialiang Fu, Jiana Wang, Lie Wang
Making the economic case for prevention – a view from Wales
Janine Hale, Ceri J Phillips, Tony Jewell
A comparison of cancer burden and research spending reveals discrepancies in the distribution of research funding
Ashley JR Carter, Cecine N Nguyen
‘Decision support system (DSS) for prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among hypertensive (HTN) patients in Andhra Pradesh, India’ – a cluster randomised community intervention trial
Raghupathy Anchala, Hira Pant, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Oscar H Franco
Good practice in mental health care for socially marginalised groups in Europe: a qualitative study of expert views in 14 countries
Stefan Priebe, Aleksandra Matanov, Ruth Schor, Christa Straßmayr, Henrique Barros, Margaret M Barry, José Manuel Díaz-Olalla, Edina Gabor, Tim Greacen, Petra Holcnerová, Ulrike Kluge, Vincent Lorant, Jacek Moskalewicz, Aart H Schene, Gloria Macassa, Andrea Gaddini
Factors associated with history of drug use among female sex workers (FSW) in a high HIV prevalence state of India
Gajendra Kumar Medhi, Jagadish Mahanta, Michelle Kermode, Ramesh S Paranjape, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, Sanjib Kumar Phukan, P Ngully
Comparatively low attendance during Human Papillomavirus catch-up vaccination among teenage girls in the Netherlands: Insights from a behavioral survey among parents
Giedre Gefenaite, Marieke Smit, Hans W Nijman, Adriana Tami, Ingrid H Drijfhout, Astrid Pascal, Maarten J Postma, Bert A Wolters, Johannes J M van Delden, Jan C Wilschut, Eelko Hak
An integrated health sector response to violence against women in Malaysia: lessons for supporting scale up
Manuela Colombini, Susannah H Mayhew, Siti Hawa Ali, Rashidah Shuib, Charlotte Watts
Psychosocial factors associated with becoming a young father in Finland: a nationwide longitudinal study
Venla Lehti, Andre Sourander, Lauri Sillanmäki, Hans Helenius, Tuula Tamminen, Kirsti Kumpulainen, Fredrik Almqvist
Association between physical activity and academic performance in Korean adolescent students
Wi-Young So
Reducing disease burden and health inequalities arising from chronic disease among Indigenous children: an early childhood caries intervention
Jessica Merrick, Alwin Chong, Eleanor Parker, Kaye Roberts-Thomson, Gary Misan, John Spencer, John Broughton, Herenia Lawrence, Lisa Jamieson
Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality from conditions amenable to medical interventions: do they reflect inequalities in access or quality of health care?
Iris Plug, Rasmus Hoffmann, Barbara Artnik, Matthias Bopp, Carme Borrell, Giuseppe Costa, Patrick Deboosere, Santi Esnaola, Ramune Kalediene, Mall Leinsalu, Olle Lundberg, Pekka Martikainen, Enrique Regidor, Jitka Rychtarikova, Björn Heine Strand, Bogdan Wojtyniak, Johan P Mackenbach
Youth in the Netherlands Study (JOiN): study design
Anja C Huizink, Kirstin Greaves-Lord, Brittany E Evans, Anja S Euser, Jan van der Ende, Frank C Verhulst, Ingmar HA Franken
Exploring the effectiveness of the output-based aid voucher program to increase uptake of gender-based violence recovery services in Kenya: A qualitative evaluation
Rebecca Njuki, Jerry Okal, Charlotte E Warren, Francis Obare, Timothy Abuya, Lucy Kanya, Chi-Chi Undie, Ben Bellows, Ian Askew
Attitudes towards mental illness in Malawi: a cross-sectional survey
Jim Crabb, Robert C Stewart, Demoubly Kokota, Neil Masson, Sylvester Chabunya, Rajeev Krishnadas
Health and aging in elderly farmers: the AMI cohort
Karine Pérès, Fanny Matharan, Michèle Allard, Hélène Amieva, Isabelle Baldi, Pascale Barberger-Gateau, Valérie Bergua, Isabelle Bourdel-Marchasson, Cécile Delcourt, Alexandra Foubert-Samier, Annie Fourrier-Réglat, Maryse Gaimard, Sonia Laberon, Cécilia Maubaret, Virginie Postal, Chantal Chantal, Muriel Rainfray, Nicole Rascle, Jean-François Dartigues
Individual-based primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in Cambodia and Mongolia: early identification and management of hypertension and diabetes mellitus
Dugee Otgontuya, Sophal Oum, Enkhtuya Palam, Manju Rani, Brian S Buckley
Treatment outcome of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia
Gebretsadik Berhe, Fikre Enquselassie, Abraham Aseffa
Mortality and cause-of-death reporting and analysis systems in seven pacific island countries
Karen L Carter, Chalapati Rao, Alan D Lopez, Richard Taylor
Estimating the prevalence of illicit opioid use in New York City using multiple data sources
Jennifer McNeely, Marc N Gourevitch, Denise Paone, Sharmila Shah, Shana Wright, Daliah Heller
The association between neighborhood greenness and cardiovascular disease: an observational study
Gavin Pereira, Sarah Foster, Karen Martin, Hayley Christian, Bryan J Boruff, Matthew Knuiman, Billie Giles-Corti
Eating the elephant whole or in slices: views of participants in a smoking cessation intervention trial on multiple behaviour changes as sequential or concurrent tasks
Preethi Koshy, Mhairi Mackenzie, Wilma Leslie, Mike Lean, Catherine Hankey
The perceptions on male circumcision as a preventive measure against HIV infection and considerations in scaling up of the services: a qualitative study among police officers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Edith AM Tarimo, Joel M Francis, Deodatus Kakoko, Patricia Munseri, Muhammad Bakari, Eric Sandstrom
Tracing sexual contacts of HIV-infected individuals in a rural prefecture, Eastern China
Haijiang Lin, Na He, Yingying Ding, Danhong Qiu, Weiming Zhu, Xing Liu, Tiejun Zhang, Roger Detels
The costs of overweight and obesity-related diseases in the Brazilian public health system: cross-sectional study
Luciana Bahia, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho, Laura Augusta Barufaldi, Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu, Thainá Alves Malhão, Camila Pepe Ribeiro de Souza, Denizar Vianna Araujo
An oral health literacy intervention for Indigenous adults in a rural setting in Australia
Eleanor J Parker, Gary Misan, Alwin Chong, Helen Mills, Kaye Roberts-Thomson, Alice M Horowitz, Lisa M Jamieson
Comparing risk factors of HIV among hijra sex workers in Larkana and other cities of Pakistan: an analytical cross sectional study
Arshad Altaf, Aysha Zahidie, Ajmal Agha
A longitudinal cohort based association study between uric acid level and metabolic syndrome in Chinese Han urban male population
Qian Zhang, Chengqi Zhang, Xinhong Song, Haiyan Lin, Dongzhi Zhang, Wenjia Meng, Yongyuan Zhang, Zhenxin Zhu, Fang Tang, Longjian Liu, Xiaowei Yang, Fuzhong Xue
Adaptation to climate change in the Ontario public health sector
Jaclyn A Paterson, James D Ford, Lea Berrang Ford, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Peter Berry, Jim Henderson, Jody Heymann
Tuberculosis lymphadenitis in Southwest Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study
Gemeda Abebe, Amare Deribew, Ludwig Apers, Alemseged Abdissa, Fetene Deribie, Kifle Woldemichael, Jaffer Shiffa, Markos Tesfaye, Chali Jira, Mesele Bezabih, Abraham Aseffa, Alemayehu Bekele, Robert Colebunders
Design and baseline characteristics of the Short bouTs of Exercise for Preschoolers (STEP) study
Sofiya Alhassan, Ogechi Nwaokelemeh, Albert Mendoza, Sanyog Shitole, Melicia C Whitt-Glover, Antronette K Yancey
Assessment of eight HPV vaccination programs implemented in lowest income countries
Joël Ladner, Marie-Hélène Besson, Rachel Hampshire, Lisa Tapert, Mike Chirenje, Joseph Saba
Long-term health consequences of violence exposure in adolescence: a 26–year prospective study
Niclas Olofsson, Kent Lindqvist, Benjamin A Shaw, Ingela Danielsson
Local decision makers’ awareness of the social determinants of health in Turkey: a cross-sectional study
Evci (Kiraz) Emine Didem, Ergin Filiz, Okur Orhan, Saruhan Gulnur, Beser Erdal
The FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany 2011 – A practical example for tailoring an event-specific enhanced infectious disease surveillance system
Anja Takla, Edward Velasco, Justus Benzler
Long working hours and metabolic syndrome among Japanese men: a cross-sectional study
Tomoko Kobayashi, Etsuji Suzuki, Soshi Takao, Hiroyuki Doi
Country ownership and capacity building: the next buzzwords in health systems strengthening or a truly new approach to development?
Jessica Goldberg, Malcolm Bryant
Advances in childhood immunisation in South Africa: where to now? Programme managers’ views and evidence from systematic reviews
Charles Shey Wiysonge, Nthombenhle J Ngcobo, Prakash M Jeena, Shabir A Madhi, Barry D Schoub, Anthony Hawkridge, Muki S Shey, Gregory D Hussey
Cardiovascular disease and air pollution in Scotland: no association or insufficient data and study design?
Lorna J Willocks, Abita Bhaskar, Colin N Ramsay, Duncan Lee, David H Brewster, Colin M Fischbacher, James Chalmers, George Morris, E Marian Scott
A pragmatic assessment of the relative efficiency of outreach chlamydia screening events conducted in non-clinical settings
Francis J Bowden, Marian J Currie, Muareen Todkill, Mathias Schmidt, Sue Webeck, Rendry Del Rosario, Tim Bavinton, Alexandra Tyson
Study protocol: can a school gardening intervention improve children’s diets?
Meaghan S Christian, Charlotte EL Evans, Mark Conner, Joan K Ransley, Janet E Cade
The changes in female physical and childbearing characteristics in china and potential association with risk of breast cancer
Qiang Zhang, Li-yuan Liu, Fei Wang, Kun Mu, Zhi-gang Yu
Disability among elderly rural villagers: report of a survey from Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Bangladesh
Nicola Cherry, Morshed Chowdhury, Rezaul Haque, Corbett McDonald, Zafrullah Chowdhury
An investigation of factors associated with the health and well-being of HIV-infected or HIV-affected older people in rural South Africa
Makandwe Nyirenda, Somnath Chatterji, Jane Falkingham, Portia Mutevedzi, Victoria Hosegood, Maria Evandrou, Paul Kowal, Marie-Louise Newell
High heterogeneity of HIV-related sexual risk among transgender people in Ontario, Canada: a province-wide respondent-driven sampling survey
Greta R Bauer, Robb Travers, Kyle Scanlon, Todd A Coleman
Use of service data to inform pediatric HIV-free survival following prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs in rural Malawi
Justin Mandala, Tiwonge Moyo, Kwasi Torpey, Mark Weaver, Chiho Suzuki, Rebecca Dirks, Chika Hayashi
Patterns of condom use and associated factors among adult HIV positive clients in North Western Ethiopia: a comparative cross sectional study
Estifanos Yalew, Desalegn T Zegeye, Solomon Meseret
Lifestyle and health-related quality of life: A cross-sectional study among civil servants in China
Jun Xu, Jincai Qiu, Jie Chen, Liai Zou, Liyi Feng, Yan Lu, Qian Wei, Jinhua Zhang
One Health and EcoHealth in Ontario: a qualitative study exploring how holistic and integrative approaches are shaping public health practice in Ontario
Zee Leung, Dean Middleton, Karen Morrison
Predictors of condom use and refusal among the population of Free State province in South Africa
Thoovakkunon Moorkoth Chandran, Dirk Berkvens, Perpetual Chikobvu, Christiana Nöstlinger, Robert Colebunders, Brian Gerard Williams, Niko Speybroeck
Associations between obesity (BMI and waist circumference) and socio-demographic factors, physical activity, dietary habits, life events, resilience, mood, perceived stress and hopelessness in healthy older Europeans
Barbara Stewart-Knox, Maresa E Duffy, Brendan Bunting, Heather Parr, Maria Daniel Vas de Almeida, Mike Gibney
Survival probability and predictors for woman experience childhood death in Nigeria: “analysis of north–south differentials”
Ayo S Adebowale, Bidemi O Yusuf, Adeniyi F Fagbamigbe
Correlates of unprotected anal sex among men who have sex with men in Tijuana, Mexico
Sergio Barrón-Limón, Shirley J Semple, Steffanie A Strathdee, Remedios Lozada, Adriana Vargas-Ojeda, Thomas L Patterson
Evaluation of work disability and the international classification of functioning, disability and health: what to expect and what not
Jessica Anner, Urban Schwegler, Regina Kunz, Bruno Trezzini, Wout de Boer
Rational case management of malaria with a rapid diagnostic test, Paracheck Pf®, in antenatal health care in Bangui, Central African Republic
Alexandre Manirakiza, Eugène Serdouma, Luc Salva Heredeïbona, Djibrine Djalle, Nestor Madji, Methode Moyen, Georges Soula, Alain Le Faou, Jean Delmont
Variations in risk and protective factors for life satisfaction and mental wellbeing with deprivation: a cross-sectional study
Mark A Bellis, Helen Lowey, Karen Hughes, Lynn Deacon, Jude Stansfield, Clare Perkins
Programme level implementation of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) use: outcomes and cost of training health workers at lower level health care facilities in Uganda
Daniel J Kyabayinze, Caroline Asiimwe, Damalie Nakanjako, Jane Nabakooza, Moses Bajabaite, Clare Strachan, James K Tibenderana, Jean Pierre Van Geetruyden
Transactional relationships and sex with a woman in prostitution: prevalence and patterns in a representative sample of South African men
Rachel Jewkes, Robert Morrell, Yandisa Sikweyiya, Kristin Dunkle, Loveday Penn-Kekana
Lifestyle factors associated with overweight and obesity among Saudi adolescents
Hazzaa M Al-Hazzaa, Nada A Abahussain, Hana I Al-Sobayel, Dina M Qahwaji, Abdulrahman O Musaiger
Integrated mosquito larval source management reduces larval numbers in two highland villages in western Kenya
Susan S Imbahale, Andrew Githeko, Wolfgang R Mukabana, Willem Takken
Working on wellness (WOW): A worksite health promotion intervention programme
Tracy L Kolbe-Alexander, Karin I Proper, Estelle V Lambert, Marieke F van Wier, Julian D Pillay, Craig Nossel, Leegale Adonis, Willem Van Mechelen
Gambling, housing conditions, community contexts and child health in remote indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, Australia
Matthew Stevens, Ross Bailie
Weight- perception in male career firefighters and its association with cardiovascular risk factors
Dorothee M Baur, Costas A Christophi, Antonios J Tsismenakis, Sara A Jahnke, Stefanos N Kales
Health promotion services for patients having non-comminicable diseases: Feedback from patients and health care providers in Cape Town, South Africa
Whadi-ah Parker, Nelia P Steyn, Naomi S Levitt, Carl J Lombard
Prisoners and cigarettes or ‘imprisoned in cigarettes’? What helps prisoners quit smoking?
Elias Makris, Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis, Chrysi Hatzoglou
The lack of paid sick leave as a barrier to cancer screening and medical care-seeking: results from the National Health Interview Survey
Lucy A Peipins, Ashwini Soman, Zahava Berkowitz, Mary C White
Quantity of documentation of maltreatment risk factors in injury-related paediatric hospitalisations
Kirsten McKenzie, Debbie A Scott
Study protocol of a parent-focused child feeding and dietary intake intervention: the feeding healthy food to kids randomised controlled trial
Kerith Duncanson, Tracy Burrows, Clare Collins
Trends in absolute and relative educational inequalities in four modifiable ischaemic heart disease risk factors: repeated cross-sectional surveys from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) 1984–2008
Linda Ernstsen, Bjørn Heine Strand, Sara Marie Nilsen, Geir Arild Espnes, Steinar Krokstad
A community-based participatory approach and engagement process creates culturally appropriate and community informed pandemic plans after the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic: remote and isolated First Nations communities of sub-arctic Ontario, Canada
Nadia A Charania, Leonard JS Tsuji
“Sometimes they used to whisper in our ears”: health care workers’ perceptions of the effects of abortion legalization in Nepal
Mahesh Puri, Prabhat Lamichhane, Tabetha Harken, Maya Blum, Cynthia C Harper, Philip D Darney, Jillian T Henderson
School day segmented physical activity patterns of high and low active children
Stuart J Fairclough, Aaron Beighle, Heather Erwin, Nicola D Ridgers
How orthodox protestant parents decide on the vaccination of their children: a qualitative study
Wilhelmina L M Ruijs, Jeannine L A Hautvast, Giovanna van IJzendoorn, Wilke J C van Ansem, Koos van der Velden, Marlies EJL Hulscher
Freestanding midwifery units versus obstetric units: does the effect of place of birth differ with level of social disadvantage?
Charlotte Overgaard, Morten Fenger-Grøn, Jane Sandall
Early childhood caries trends and surveillance shortcomings in the Czech Republic
Erika Lenčová, Hynek Pikhart, Zdeněk Broukal
Temporal trends and gender differentials in causes of childhood deaths at Ballabgarh, India - Need for revisiting child survival strategies
Anand Krishnan, Nawi Ng, Suresh K Kapoor, Chandrakant S Pandav, Peter Byass
Roll-your-own tobacco use among Canadian youth: is it a bigger problem than we think?
Scott T Leatherdale, Robin Burkhalter
Beliefs about optimal age and screening frequency predict breast screening adherence in a prospective study of female relatives from the Ontario Site of the Breast Cancer Family Registry
Paul Ritvo, Sarah A Edwards, Gord Glendon, Lucia Mirea, Julia A Knight, Irene L Andrulis, Anna M Chiarelli
Understanding drug-related mortality in released prisoners: a review of national coronial records
Jessica Y Andrews, Stuart A Kinner
Vulnerability, beliefs, treatments and economic burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural areas in China: a cross-sectional study
Peian Lou, Yanan Zhu, Peipei Chen, Pan Zhang, Jiaxi Yu, Ning Zhang, Na Chen, Lei Zhang, Hongmin Wu, Jing Zhao
Pathways to catastrophic health expenditure for acute coronary syndrome in Kerala: ‘Good health at low cost’?
Meena Daivadanam
Predictors of knowledge of H1N1 infection and transmission in the U.S. population
Elena Savoia, Marcia A Testa, Kasisomayajula Viswanath
Development and validation of sunlight exposure measurement questionnaire (SEM-Q) for use in adult population residing in Pakistan
Quratulain Humayun, Romaina Iqbal, Iqbal Azam, Aysha Habib Khan, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Naila Baig-Ansari
Utilization of bar and izakaya-pub establishments among middle-aged and elderly Japanese men to mitigate stress
Mayumi Ohnishi, Rieko Nakao, Ryokko Kawasaki, Akiko Nitta, Yukari Hamada, Hideyuki Nakane
Acceptance patterns and decision-making for human papillomavirus vaccination among parents in Vietnam: an in-depth qualitative study post-vaccination
Jane K Cover, Nguyen Quy Nghi, D Scott LaMontagne, Dang Thi Thanh Huyen, Nguyen Tran Hien, Le Thi Nga
Results from a community-based program evaluating the effect of changing smoking status on asthma symptom control
Teresa To, Corinne Daly, Rachel Feldman, Susan McLimont
Working conditions as risk factors for disability retirement: a longitudinal register linkage study
Eero Lahelma, Mikko Laaksonen, Tea Lallukka, Pekka Martikainen, Olli Pietiläinen, Peppiina Saastamoinen, Raija Gould, Ossi Rahkonen
Adherence to a Mediterranean diet in Morocco and its correlates: cross-sectional analysis of a sample of the adult Moroccan population
Karima El Rhazi, Chakib Nejjari, Dora Romaguera, Catherine Feart, Majdouline Obtel, Ahmed Zidouh, Rachid Bekkali, Pascale Barberger Gateau
Intervene before leaving: clustered lot quality assurance sampling to monitor vaccination coverage at health district level before the end of a yellow fever and measles vaccination campaign in Sierra Leone in 2009
Lorenzo Pezzoli, Ishata Conteh, Wogba Kamara, Marta Gacic-Dobo, Olivier Ronveaux, William A Perea, Rosamund F Lewis
Integrative study of pandemic A/H1N1 influenza infections: design and methods of the CoPanFlu-France cohort
Nathanael Lapidus, Xavier de Lamballerie, Nicolas Salez, Michel Setbon, Pascal Ferrari, Rosemary M Delabre, Marie-Lise Gougeon, Frédéric Vely, Marianne Leruez-Ville, Laurent Andreoletti, Simon Cauchemez, Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Eric Vivier, Laurent Abel, Michaël Schwarzinger, Michèle Legeas, Pierre Le Cann, Antoine Flahault, Fabrice Carrat
Predictors of latent tuberculosis treatment initiation and completion at a U.S. public health clinic: a prospective cohort study
Neela D Goswami, Lara Beth Gadkowski, Carla Piedrahita, Deborah Bissette, Marshall Alex Ahearn, Michela LM Blain, Truls Østbye, Jussi Saukkonen, Jason E Stout
Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults
Deborah A Kerr, Christina M Pollard, Peter Howat, Edward J Delp, Mark Pickering, Katherine R Kerr, Satvinder S Dhaliwal, Iain S Pratt, Janine Wright, Carol J Boushey
Factors associated with prenatal folic acid and iron supplementation among 21,889 pregnant women in Northern Tanzania: A cross-sectional hospital-based study
Olukemi Ogundipe, Cathrine Hoyo, Truls Østbye, Olola Oneko, Rachael Manongi, Rolv Terje Lie, Anne Kjersti Daltveit
Efficiency of the Austrian disease management program for diabetes mellitus type 2: a historic cohort study based on health insurance provider’s routine data
Herwig Ostermann, Victoria Hoess, Michael Mueller
Reaching out, inviting back: using Interactive voice response (IVR) technology to recycle relapsed smokers back to Quitline treatment – a randomized controlled trial
Beatriz H Carlini, Anna M McDaniel, Michael T Weaver, Ross M Kauffman, Barbara Cerutti, Renée M Stratton, Susan M Zbikowski
Low level of alcohol drinking among two generations of non-Western immigrants in Oslo: a multi-ethnic comparison
Ellen J Amundsen
Where is the evidence for emergency planning: a scoping review
Kirsty Challen, Andrew CK Lee, Andrew Booth, Paolo Gardois, Helen Buckley Woods, Steve W Goodacre
Exposures to war-related traumatic events and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among displaced Darfuri female university students: an exploratory study
Alia Badri, Rik Crutzen, H W Van den Borne
A qualitative study on caretakers' perceived need of bed-nets after reduced malaria transmission in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Netta Beer, Abdullah S Ali, Helena Eskilsson, Andreas Jansson, Faiza M Abdul-Kadir, Guida Rotllant-Estelrich, Ali K Abass, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Anders Björkman, Karin Källander
Sub-optimal breastfeeding of infants during the first six months and associated factors in rural communities of Jimma Arjo Woreda, Southwest Ethiopia
Dessalegn Tamiru, Tefera Belachew, Eskindir Loha, Shikur Mohammed
Rationale, design and methods for a staggered-entry, waitlist controlled clinical trial of the impact of a community-based, family-centred, multidisciplinary program focussed on activity, food and attitude habits (Curtin University’s Activity, Food and Attitudes Program—CAFAP) among overweight adolescents
Leon M Straker, Kyla L Smith, Ashley A Fenner, Deborah A Kerr, Alexandra McManus, Melissa C Davis, Angela M Fielding, Tim S Olds, Martin S Hagger, Anne J Smith, Rebecca A Abbott
The association between travel time to health facilities and childhood vaccine coverage in rural Ethiopia. A community based cross sectional study
Yemisrach B Okwaraji, Kim Mulholland, JoannaRMArmstrong Schellenberg, Gashaw Andarge, Mengesha Admassu, Karen M Edmond
Evidence to support a food-based dietary guideline on sugar consumption in South Africa
Nelia P Steyn, Norman J Temple
Tobacco use and nicotine dependency in a cross-sectional representative sample of 18,018 individuals in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Sathya Prakash Manimunda, Vivek Benegal, Attayuru Purushottaman Sugunan, Panniyammakal Jeemon, Nagalla Balakrishna, Kandavelu Thennarusu, Dhanasekara Pandian, Kasturi S Pesala
Physical and psychosocial work environment factors and their association with health outcomes in Danish ambulance personnel – a cross-sectional study
Claus D Hansen, Kurt Rasmussen, Morten Kyed, Kent Jacob Nielsen, Johan Hviid Andersen
Associations between factors within the home setting and screen time among children aged 0–5 years: a cross-sectional study
Valerie Carson, Ian Janssen
The negative impact of living environment on intelligence quotient of primary school children in Baghdad City, Iraq: a cross-sectional study
Hasanain Faisal Ghazi, Zaleha Md Isa, Syed Aljunid, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Azmi Mohd Tamil, Mohammed A Abdalqader
Predictors of chronic food insecurity among adolescents in Southwest Ethiopia: a longitudinal study
Tefera Belachew, David Lindstrom, Abebe Gebremariam, Challi Jira, Megan Klein Hattori, Carl Lachat, Lieven Huybregts, Patrick Kolsteren
Parent attitudes, family dynamics and adolescent drinking: qualitative study of the Australian parenting guidelines for adolescent alcohol use
Conor Gilligan, Kypros Kypri
A cross-sectional study of pre-travel health-seeking practices among travelers departing Sydney and Bangkok airports
Anita E Heywood, Rochelle E Watkins, Sopon Iamsirithaworn, Kessarawan Nilvarangkul, C Raina MacIntyre
Experimenting with cigarettes and physical activity among Mexican origin youth: a cross sectional analysis of the interdependent associations among sensation seeking, acculturation, and gender
Anna V Wilkinson, Nnenna L Okeke, Andrew E Springer, Melissa H Stigler, Kelley P Gabriel, Melissa L Bondy, Alexander V Prokhorov, Margaret R Spitz
Green qualities in the neighbourhood and mental health – results from a longitudinal cohort study in Southern Sweden
Matilda Annerstedt, Per-Olof Östergren, Jonas Björk, Patrik Grahn, Erik Skärbäck, Peter Währborg
“Health divide” between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Kerala, India: Population based study
Slim Haddad, Katia Sarla Mohindra, Kendra Siekmans, Geneviève Màk, Delampady Narayana
Development of an AFASS assessment and screening tool towards the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa - A Delphi survey
Stella M Adegbehingbe, Virginia Paul-Ebhohimhen, Debbie Marais
Indoor air pollution on nurseries and primary schools: impact on childhood asthma – study protocol
Sofia I V Sousa, Catarina Ferraz, Maria C M Alvim-Ferraz, Luisa G Vaz, Agostinho J Marques, Fernando G Martins
Healthy eating and active living for diabetes in primary care networks (HEALD-PCN): rationale, design, and evaluation of a pragmatic controlled trial for adults with type 2 diabetes
Steven T Johnson, Clark Mundt, Allison Soprovich, Lisa Wozniak, Ronald C Plotnikoff, Jeffrey A Johnson
Incidence and direct hospitalisation costs of hip fractures in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, in 2010
Marija Tamulaitiene, Vidmantas Alekna
Temporal patterns of charcoal burning suicides among the working age population in Hong Kong SAR: the influence of economic activity status and sex
Chi-kin Law, Candi MC Leung
The epidemiology of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in community-living seniors: protocol of the MemoVie cohort study, Luxembourg
Magali Perquin, Anne-Marie Schuller, Michel Vaillant, Nico Diederich, Alexandre Bisdorff, Jean-Claude Leners, Marylène D’Incau, Jean-Luc Ludewig, Danielle Hoffmann, Dirk Ulbricht, Stephanie Thoma, René Dondelinger, Paul Heuschling, Sophie Couffignal, Jean-François Dartigues, Marie-Lise Lair
Survived but feeling vulnerable and insecure: a qualitative study of the mental preparation for RTW after breast cancer treatment
Corine Tiedtke, Angelique de Rijk, Peter Donceel, Marie-Rose Christiaens, Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé
Sexually transmitted infections associated syndromes assisted in the primary health care in Northeast, Brazil
Elani Graça Ferreira Cavalcante, Maria Alix Leite Araújo, Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão, Heber José de Moura, Ana Paula Soares Gondim, Raimunda Magalhães da Silva
Is waist circumference a better predictor of blood pressure, insulin resistance and blood lipids than body mass index in young Chilean adults?
Macarena Lara, Patricia Bustos, Hugo Amigo, Claudio Silva, Roberto J Rona
Arsenic exposure through drinking water increases the risk of liver and cardiovascular diseases in the population of West Bengal, India
Nandana Das, Somnath Paul, Debmita Chatterjee, Nilanjana Banerjee, Niladri S Majumder, Nilendu Sarma, Tanmoy J Sau, Santanu Basu, Saptarshi Banerjee, Papiya Majumder, Apurba K Bandyopadhyay, J Christopher States, Ashok K Giri
The use of complementary and alternative medicine by people with cardiovascular disease: a systematic review
Suzanne J Grant, Yu Sun Bin, Hosen Kiat, Dennis Hsu-Tung Chang
Household related predictors of burn injuries in an Iranian population: a case–control study
Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Shahnam Arshi, Mehrnaz Mashoufi, Reza Deljavan-anvari, Mohammad Meshkini, Reza Mohammadi
Diagnostic and treatment delay among Tuberculosis patients in Afar Region, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
Mulugeta Belay, Gunnar Bjune, Gobena Ameni, Fekadu Abebe
Burden of disease resulting from chronic mountain sickness among young Chinese male immigrants in Tibet
Tao Pei, Xiaoxiao Li, Fasheng Tao, Haotong Xu, Haiyan You, Linlin Zhou, Yan Liu, Yuqi Gao
Promoting walking among office employees ― evaluation of a randomized controlled intervention with pedometers and e-mail messages
Minna Aittasalo, Marjo Rinne, Matti Pasanen, Katriina Kukkonen-Harjula, Tommi Vasankari
In search for an explanation to the upsurge in infant mortality in Kenya during the 1988–2003 period
Sam W Wafula, Lawrence DE Ikamari, Boniface O K’Oyugi
Association between stigma, depression and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in South India – a community based cross sectional study
Bimal Charles, Lakshmanan Jeyaseelan, Arvind Kumar Pandian, Asirvatham Edwin Sam, Mani Thenmozhi, Visalakshi Jayaseelan
Why physicians and nurses ask (or don’t) about partner violence: a qualitative analysis
Charlene E Beynon, Iris A Gutmanis, Leslie M Tutty, C Nadine Wathen, Harriet L MacMillan
Effects of micronutrient fortified milk and cereal food for infants and children: a systematic review
Klaus Eichler, Simon Wieser, Isabelle Rüthemann, Urs Brügger
Knowledge exchange in the Pacific: The TROPIC (Translational Research into Obesity Prevention Policies for Communities) project
Helen Mavoa, Gade Waqa, Marj Moodie, Peter Kremer, Marita McCabe, Wendy Snowdon, Boyd Swinburn
Licit prescription drug use in a Swedish population according to age, gender and socioeconomic status after adjusting for level of multi-morbidity
Kristine Thorell, Jessica Skoog, Andrzej Zielinski, Lars Borgquist, Anders Halling
Getting back to work after injury: the UK Burden of Injury multicentre longitudinal study
Denise Kendrick, Yana Vinogradova, Carol Coupland, Nicola Christie, Ronan A Lyons, Elizabeth L Towner
Air sampling procedures to evaluate microbial contamination: a comparison between active and passive methods in operating theatres
Christian Napoli, Vincenzo Marcotrigiano, Maria Teresa Montagna
Is the high-risk strategy to prevent cardiovascular disease equitable? A pharmacoepidemiological cohort study
Helle Wallach-Kildemoes, Finn Diderichsen, Allan Krasnik, Theis Lange, Morten Andersen
Is there really a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Has the Occupational Specific Dispensation, as a mechanism to attract and retain health workers in South Africa, leveled the playing field?
Gavin George, Bruce Rhodes
Self-medication in university students from the city of Rio Grande, Brazil
Marília Garcez Corrêa da Silva, Maria Cristina Flores Soares, Ana Luiza Muccillo-Baisch
Examining the knowledge, attitudes and practices of domestic and international university students towards seasonal and pandemic influenza
Holly Seale, Jackie PI Mak, Husna Razee, C Raina MacIntyre
Systematic review of public health research on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in India with focus on provision and utilization of cascade of PMTCT services
Shrinivas Darak, Mayuri Panditrao, Ritu Parchure, Vinay Kulkarni, Sanjeevani Kulkarni, Fanny Janssen
Prevalence and trends of the diabetes epidemic in South Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ranil Jayawardena, Priyanga Ranasinghe, Nuala M Byrne, Mario J Soares, Prasad Katulanda, Andrew P Hills
Does the effect of gender modify the relationship between deprivation and mortality?
Natalia Salcedo, Marc Saez, Basili Bragulat, Carme Saurina
Effect of scheduled monitoring of liver function during anti-Tuberculosis treatment in a retrospective cohort in China
Shanshan Wu, Yinyin Xia, Xiaozhen Lv, Yuan Zhang, Shaowen Tang, Zhirong Yang, Dehua Tu, Peiyuan Deng, Shiming Cheng, Xiaomeng Wang, Yanli Yuan, Feiying Liu, Daiyu Hu, Siyan Zhan
Trend analysis of hospital admissions attributable to tobacco smoking, Northern Territory Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations, 1998 to 2009
Sabine LM Pircher, Shu Qin Li, Steven L Guthridge
Net financial benefits of averting HIV infections among people who inject drugs in Urumqi, Xinjiang, Peoples Republic of China (2005–2010)
Mingjian J Ni, Li Ping Fu, Xue Ling Chen, Xiao Yuan Hu, Kim Wheeler
Chlamydia screening in England: a qualitative study of the narrative behind the policy
Jessica Sheringham, Paula Baraitser, Ian Simms, Graham Hart, Rosalind Raine
Preventing mental health problems in children: the Families in Mind population-based cluster randomised controlled trial
Harriet Hiscock, Jordana K Bayer, Kate Lycett, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Daniel Shaw, Lisa Gold, Bibi Gerner, Amy Loughman, Melissa Wake
Changing epidemiologic patterns of deliberate self poisoning in a rural district of Sri Lanka
Lalith Senarathna, Shaluka F Jayamanna, Patrick J Kelly, Nick A Buckley, Michael J Dibley, Andrew H Dawson
Dilemmas in providing resilience-enhancing social services to long-term social assistance clients. A qualitative study of Swedish social workers
Anneli Marttila, Eva Johansson, Margaret Whitehead, Bo Burström
Language barrier and its relationship to diabetes and diabetic retinopathy
Yingfeng Zheng, Ecosse L Lamoureux, Pei-Chia Peggy Chiang, Ainur Rahman Anuar, Jie Ding, Jie Jin Wang, Paul Mitchell, E-Shyong Tai, Tien Y Wong
Infectious disease risk in asbestos abatement workers
John H Lange, Giuseppe Mastrangelo, Luca Cegolon
Quality of health news disseminated in the print media in developing countries: a case study in Iran
Mahnaz Ashoorkhani, Jaleh Gholami, Katayoun Maleki, Sima Nedjat, Jalaledin Mortazavi, Reza Majdzadeh
Randomised controlled trial of an automated, interactive telephone intervention (TLC Diabetes) to improve type 2 diabetes management: baseline findings and six-month outcomes
Emily D Williams, Dominique Bird, Andrew W Forbes, Anthony Russell, Susan Ash, Robert Friedman, Paul A Scuffham, Brian Oldenburg
Mortality after admission for acute myocardial infarction in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in New South Wales, Australia: a multilevel data linkage study
Deborah A Randall, Louisa R Jorm, Sanja Lujic, Aiden J O’Loughlin, Timothy R Churches, Mary M Haines, Sandra J Eades, Alastair H Leyland
Colorectal cancer screening knowledge, attitudes and behavioural intention among Indigenous Western Australians
Aliki Christou, Sandra C Thompson
External validity in healthy public policy: application of the RE-AIM tool to the field of housing improvement
Hilary J Thomson, Sian Thomas
Elevation and cholera: an epidemiological spatial analysis of the cholera epidemic in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2008-2009
Miguel A Luque Fernandez, Michael Schomaker, Peter R Mason, Jean F Fesselet, Yves Baudot, Andrew Boulle, Peter Maes
Paternal and maternal alcohol abuse and offspring mental distress in the general population: the Nord-Trøndelag health study
Kamilla Rognmo, Fartein Ask Torvik, Helga Ask, Espen Røysamb, Kristian Tambs
Predictors of overweight and obesity in adult women in Nairobi Province, Kenya
Regina W Mbochi, Elizabeth Kuria, Judith Kimiywe, Sophie Ochola, Nelia P Steyn
Association between occupational exposure and the clinical characteristics of COPD
Denis Caillaud, Franck Lemoigne, Philippe Carré, Roger Escamilla, Pascal Chanez, Pierre-Régis Burgel, Isabelle Court-Fortune, Gilles Jebrak, Christophe Pinet, Thierry Perez, Graziella Brinchault, Jean-Louis Paillasseur, Nicolas Roche
Is the process of delivery of an individually tailored lifestyle intervention associated with improvements in LDL cholesterol and multiple lifestyle behaviours in people with Familial Hypercholesterolemia?
Karen Broekhuizen, Judith Jelsma GM, Mireille van PoppelNM, Lando Koppes LJ, Johannes Brug, Willem van Mechelen
Are the stages of change relevant for the development and implementation of a web-based tailored alcohol intervention? A cross-sectional study
Daniela N Schulz, Stef PJ Kremers, Hein de Vries
Correlates of the incidence of disability and mortality among older adult Brazilians with and without diabetes mellitus and stroke
Flávia Cristina Drumond Andrade, Pilar Egüez Guevara, Maria Lúcia Lebrão, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte
Five-year monitoring of a gay-friendly voluntary counselling and testing facility in Switzerland: who got tested and why?
Cédric Gumy, André Jeannin, Hugues Balthasar, Thérèse Huissoud, Vincent Jobin, Michael Häusermann, Hubert Crevoisier, Philippe Sudre, Françoise Dubois-Arber
Cardiovascular diseases and Type 2 Diabetes in Bangladesh: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies between 1995 and 2010
Nazmus Saquib, Juliann Saquib, Tahmeed Ahmed, Masuma Akter Khanam, Mark R Cullen
The health and cost implications of high body mass index in Australian defence force personnel
Jonathan Peake, Susan Gargett, Michael Waller, Ruth McLaughlin, Tegan Cosgrove, Gary Wittert, Peter Nasveld, Peter Warfe
Risk indicators of coronal and root caries in Greek middle aged adults and senior citizens
Eleni Mamai-Homata, Vassiliki Topitsoglou, Constantine Oulis, Vasileios Margaritis, Argy Polychronopoulou
Associations between fruit and vegetable intake, leisure-time physical activity, sitting time and self-rated health among older adults: cross-sectional data from the WELL study
Marita Södergren, Sarah A McNaughton, Jo Salmon, Kylie Ball, David A Crawford
Increased risk of cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A retrospective cohort study in China
Pian-Hong Zhang, Zhong-Wen Chen, Duo Lv, Yu-Yang Xu, Wei-Ling Gu, Xu-Hui Zhang, Yuan-Luo Le, Hong-hong Zhu, Yi-Min Zhu
A summary index of infant and child feeding practices is associated with child growth in urban Shanghai
Jing-Qiu Ma, Li-Li Zhou, Yan-Qi Hu, Jin-Rong Liu, Shan-Shan Liu, Jie Zhang, Xiao-Yang Sheng
The development of the Be Active & Relax “Vitality in Practice” (VIP) project and design of an RCT to reduce the need for recovery in office employees
Jennifer K Coffeng, Ingrid JM Hendriksen, Saskia F Duijts, Karin I Proper, Willem van Mechelen, Cécile R L Boot
Social, psychological, and environmental-structural factors determine consistent condom use among rural-to-urban migrant female sex workers in Shanghai China
Xiuxia Ye, Meili Shang, Tian Shen, Bei Pei, Xueqin Jiang, Yong Cai
Perinatal and early life factors associated with symptoms of depression in Brazilian children
Thaís S Pereira, Antônio A Silva, Maria T Alves, Vanda M Simões, Rosângela F Batista, Juliana D Rodriguez, Felipe P Figueiredo, Fernando Lamy-Filho, Marco A Barbieri, Heloisa Bettiol
Weight loss among female health care workers- a 1-year workplace based randomized controlled trial in the FINALE-health study
Jeanette R Christensen, Kristian Overgaard, Isabella G Carneiro, Andreas Holtermann, Karen Søgaard
ACHESS – The Australian study of child health in same-sex families: background research, design and methodology
Simon Robert Crouch, Elizabeth Waters, Ruth McNair, Jennifer Power, Elise Davis
The effect of 12 weeks of aerobic, resistance or combination exercise training on cardiovascular risk factors in the overweight and obese in a randomized trial
Suleen S Ho, Satvinder S Dhaliwal, Andrew P Hills, Sebely Pal
Reliance on social security benefits by Swedish patients with ill-health attributed to dental fillings: a register-based cohort study
Aron Naimi-Akbar, Pia Svedberg, Kristina Alexanderson, Jan Ekstrand, Gunilla Sandborgh-Englund
Explaining the increase in coronary heart disease mortality in Syria between 1996 and 2006
Samer Rastam, Radwan AL Ali, Wasim Maziak, Fawaz Mzayek, Fouad M Fouad, Martin O'Flaherty, Simon Capewell
Client characteristics and acceptability of a home-based HIV counselling and testing intervention in rural South Africa
Reshma Naik, Hanani Tabana, Tanya Doherty, Wanga Zembe, Debra Jackson
The effect a of community-based social marketing campaign on recruitment and retention of low-income groups into physical activity programmes - a controlled before-and-after study
Janet Withall, Russell Jago, Kenneth R Fox
Parity, age at first birth, and risk of death from brain cancer: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan
Hui-Fen Chiu, Chih-Cheng Chen, Shang-Shyue Tsai, Shu-Chen Ho, Chun-Yuh Yang
A qualitative study of governance of evolving response to non-communicable diseases in low-and middle- income countries: current status, risks and options
Manju Rani, Sharmin Nusrat, Laura H Hawken
The spatial epidemiology of tuberculosis in Linyi City, China, 2005–2010
Tao Wang, Fuzhong Xue, Yongjin Chen, Yunbo Ma, Yanxun Liu
Children with paralytic poliomyelitis: a cross-sectional study of knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of parents in Zamfara state, Nigeria
Omoyemi O Ogwumike, Bashir Kaka, Ade F Adeniyi
“Childhood overweight and obesity: maternal perceptions of the time for engaging in child weight management”
Petra Warschburger, Katja Kröller
Does treatment adherence correlates with health related quality of life? findings from a cross sectional study
Fahad Saleem, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Asrul Akmal Shafie, George A Awad, Muhammad Atif, Noman ul Haq, Hisham Aljadhey, Maryam Farooqui
A systematic review of interventions to increase breast and cervical cancer screening uptake among Asian women
Mingshan Lu, Sabina Moritz, Diane Lorenzetti, Lindsay Sykes, Sharon Straus, Hude Quan
Motivational Interviewing for encouraging quit attempts among unmotivated smokers: study protocol of a randomized, controlled, efficacy trial
Delwyn Catley, Kari Jo Harris, Kathy Goggin, Kimber Richter, Karen Williams, Christi Patten, Ken Resnicow, Edward Ellerbeck, Andrea Bradley-Ewing, Domonique Malomo, Robin Liston
The importance of childhood and adulthood aspects of gendered life for adult mental ill-health symptoms – a 27-year follow-up of the Northern Swedish Cohort
Anna Månsdotter, Mikael Nordenmark, Anne Hammarström
Spatial-temporal analysis of malaria and the effect of environmental factors on its incidence in Yongcheng, China, 2006–2010
Yan Zhang, Qi-Yong Liu, Rong-Sheng Luan, Xiao-Bo Liu, Guang-Chao Zhou, Jing-Yi Jiang, Hong-Sheng Li, Zhi-Fang Li
Nutritional status and risk factors of overweight and obesity for children aged 9–15 years in Chengdu, Southwest China
Ping Li, Fan Yang, Fei Xiong, Tingzhu Huo, Yu Tong, Sufei Yang, Meng Mao
An evaluation of two large scale demand side financing programs for maternal health in India: the MATIND study protocol
Kristi Sidney, Ayesha de Costa, Vishal Diwan, Dileep V Mavalankar, Helen Smith
Determinants of antiretroviral therapy adherence in northern Tanzania: a comprehensive picture from the patient perspective
Ramsey A Lyimo, Marijn de Bruin, Jossy van den Boogaard, Harm J Hospers, André van der Ven, Declare Mushi
Supporting teachers and children in schools: the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the incredible years teacher classroom management programme in primary school children: a cluster randomised controlled trial, with parallel economic and process evaluations
Tamsin Ford, Vanessa Edwards, Siobhan Sharkey, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Sarah Byford, Brahm Norwich, Stuart Logan
A nationwide, population-based, long-term follow-up study of repeated self-harm in Taiwan
Chi-Hsiang Chung, Ching-Huang Lai, Chi-Ming Chu, Lu Pai, Senyeong Kao, Wu-Chien Chien
Epidemic features affecting the performance of outbreak detection algorithms
Jie Kuang, Wei Zhong Yang, Ding Lun Zhou, Zhong Jie Li, Ya Jia Lan
Age-based disparities in end-of-life decisions in Belgium: a population-based death certificate survey
Kenneth Chambaere, Judith A C Rietjens, Tinne Smets, Johan Bilsen, Reginald Deschepper, H Roeline W Pasman, Luc Deliens
The characteristics and experience of community food program users in arctic Canada: a case study from Iqaluit, Nunavut
James Ford, Marie-Pierre Lardeau, Will Vanderbilt
Early detection of tuberculosis through community-based active case finding in Cambodia
Mao Tan Eang, Peou Satha, Rajendra Prasad Yadav, Fukushi Morishita, Nobuyuki Nishikiori, Pieter van-Maaren, Catharina Lambregts-van Weezenbeek
Ethnic disparities in the clustering of risk factors for cardiovascular disease among the Kazakh, Uygur, Mongolian and Han populations of Xinjiang: a cross-sectional study
Nanfang Li, Hongmei Wang, Zhitao Yan, Xiaoguang Yao, Jing Hong, Ling Zhou
Household knowledge, attitudes and practices related to pet contact and associated zoonoses in Ontario, Canada
Jason W Stull, Andrew S Peregrine, Jan M Sargeant, J Scott Weese
Solar ultraviolet-B radiation and vitamin D: a cross-sectional population-based study using data from the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey
Jamie A Greenfield, Philip S Park, Ellie Farahani, Suneil Malik, Reinhold Vieth, Norman A McFarlane, Theodore G Shepherd, Julia A Knight
HIV and infant feeding in Malawi: public health simplicity in complex social and cultural contexts
Jacqueline R Chinkonde, Marit Helene Hem, Johanne Sundby
Validity and reliability of a self-report instrument to assess social support and physical environmental correlates of physical activity in adolescents
Anne K Reimers, Darko Jekauc, Filip Mess, Nadine Mewes, Alexander Woll
Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of the compliance with the physical activity guidelines in children and adolescents in Germany
Darko Jekauc, Anne K Reimers, Matthias O Wagner, Alexander Woll
The injury mortality burden in Guinea
Keita Mamady, Hongyan Yao, Xujun Zhang, Huiyun Xiang, Hongzhuan Tan, Guoqing Hu
Alcohol, psychoactive substances and non-fatal road traffic accidents - a case-control study
Stig Tore Bogstrand, Hallvard Gjerde, Per Trygve Normann, Ingeborg Rossow, Øivind Ekeberg
The high burden of infant deaths in rural Burkina Faso: a prospective community-based cohort study
Abdoulaye Hama Diallo, Nicolas Meda, Halvor Sommerfelt, Germain S Traore, Simon Cousens, Thorkild Tylleskar
Towards condom skills: a cross-sectional study of the association between condom proficiency, condom problems and STI risk amongst MSM
Lisa Goodall, Daniel Clutterbuck, Paul Flowers
Migration experiences, employment status and psychological distress among Somali immigrants: a mixed-method international study
Nasir Warfa, Sarah Curtis, Charles Watters, Ken Carswell, David Ingleby, Kamaldeep Bhui
Prevalence and determinants of chronic kidney disease in community-dwelling elderly by various estimating equations
Dietrich Rothenbacher, Jochen Klenk, Michael Denkinger, Mahir Karakas, Thorsten Nikolaus, Richard Peter, Wolfgang Koenig
Children eat their school lunch too quickly: an exploratory study of the effect on food intake
Modjtaba Zandian, Ioannis Ioakimidis, Jakob Bergström, Ulf Brodin, Cecilia Bergh, Michael Leon, Julian Shield, Per Södersten
A strategy to increase adoption of locally-produced, ceramic cookstoves in rural Kenyan households
Benjamin J Silk, Ibrahim Sadumah, Minal K Patel, Vincent Were, Bobbie Person, Julie Harris, Ronald Otieno, Benjamin Nygren, Jennifer Loo, Alie Eleveld, Robert E Quick, Adam L Cohen
Quantitative Light Fluorescence (QLF) and Polarized White Light (PWL) assessments of dental fluorosis in an epidemiological setting
Iain A Pretty, Michael McGrady, Christian Zakian, Roger P Ellwood, Andrew Taylor, Mohammed Owaise Sharif, Timothy Iafolla, E Angeles Martinez-Mier, Patcharawan Srisilapanan, Narumanas Korwanich, Michaela Goodwin, Bruce A Dye
Adopting and implementing nutrition guidelines in recreational facilities: Public and private sector roles. A multiple case study
Dana Lee Olstad, Kim D Raine, Linda J McCargar
Using GRADE methodology for the development of public health guidelines for the prevention and treatment of HIV and other STIs among men who have sex with men and transgender people
Elie A Akl, Caitlin Kennedy, Kelika Konda, Carlos F Caceres, Tara Horvath, George Ayala, Andrew Doupe, Antonio Gerbase, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Eddy R Segura, Holger J Schünemann, Ying-Ru Lo
Changes in body weight and food choice in those attempting smoking cessation: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Wilma S Leslie, Preethi R Koshy, Mhairi Mackenzie, Heather M Murray, Susan Boyle, Michael EJ Lean, Andrew Walker, Catherine R Hankey
Lessons drawn from research utilization in the maternal iodine supplementation policy development in Thailand
Utsana Tonmukayakul, Román Pérez Velasco, Sripen Tantivess, Yot Teerawattananon
Risk factors, healthcare-seeking and sexual behaviour among patients with genital ulcers in Zambia
Mpundu Makasa, Knut Fylkesnes, Ingvild F Sandøy
A multi-component stair climbing promotional campaign targeting calorific expenditure for worksites; a quasi-experimental study testing effects on behaviour, attitude and intention
Frank F Eves, Oliver J Webb, Carl Griffin, Jackie Chambers
Ethnic differences in perceptions of body satisfaction and body appearance among U.S. Schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study
Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Ronald J Iannotti, Tilda Farhat, Vijaya Thomas
Rationale and study protocol for the supporting children’s outcomes using rewards, exercise and skills (SCORES) group randomized controlled trial: A physical activity and fundamental movement skills intervention for primary schools in low-income communities
David R Lubans, Philip J Morgan, Kristen Weaver, Robin Callister, Deborah L Dewar, Sarah A Costigan, Tara L Finn, Jordan Smith, Lee Upton, Ronald C Plotnikoff
Effect of communicating genetic and phenotypic risk for type 2 diabetes in combination with lifestyle advice on objectively measured physical activity: protocol of a randomised controlled trial
Job G Godino, Esther MF van Sluijs, Theresa M Marteau, Stephen Sutton, Stephen J Sharp, Simon J Griffin
The potential effect of temporary immunity as a result of bias associated with healthy users and social determinants on observations of influenza vaccine effectiveness; could unmeasured confounding explain observed links between seasonal influenza vaccine and pandemic H1N1 infection?
Natasha S Crowcroft, Laura C Rosella
A Kenyan newspaper analysis of the limitations of voluntary medical male circumcision and the importance of sustained condom use
Charlene N Muzyka, Laura H Thompson, Andrea E Bombak, S Michelle Driedger, Robert Lorway
Association between gap in spousal education and domestic violence in India and Bangladesh
Daniel Rapp, Beate Zoch, M Mobarak H Khan, Thorsten Pollmann, Alexander Krämer
Evaluation of underreporting tuberculosis in Central Italy by means of record linkage
Lorenza Melosini, Umberto Vetrano, Federico L Dente, Michele Cristofano, Mauro Giraldi, Luciano Gabbrielli, Federica Novelli, Ferruccio Aquilini, Laura Rindi, Francesco Menichetti, Giulia Freer, Pierluigi L Paggiaro
Socioeconomic inequality in the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: Results from the World Health Survey
Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Nicole Bergen, Shanthi Mendis, Sam Harper, Emese Verdes, Anton Kunst, Somnath Chatterji
Burden of road traffic injuries and related risk factors in low and middle-income Pacific Island countries and territories: a systematic review of the scientific literature (TRIP 5)
Josephine Herman, Shanthi Ameratunga, Rod Jackson
Recruitment into diabetes prevention programs: what is the impact of errors in self-reported measures of obesity?
Andrea Hernan, Benjamin Philpot, Edward D Janus, James A Dunbar
Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in anthropometric status in a population undergoing the nutritional transition: data from 1982, 1993 and 2004 pelotas birth cohort studies
Alicia Matijasevich, Iná S Santos, Ana M B Menezes, Aluísio J D Barros, Denise P Gigante, Bernardo L Horta, Fernando C Barros, Cesar G Victora
A pre-and-post study of an urban renewal program in a socially disadvantaged neighbourhood in Sydney, Australia
Bin Jalaludin, Michelle Maxwell, Basema Saddik, Elizabeth Lobb, Roy Byun, Rodrigo Gutierrez, John Paszek
Serological cross-sectional studies on salmonella incidence in eight European countries: no correlation with incidence of reported cases
Gerhard Falkenhorst, Jacob Simonsen, Tina H Ceper, Wilfrid van Pelt, Henriette de Valk, Malgorzata Sadkowska-Todys, Lavinia Zota, Markku Kuusi, Cecilia Jernberg, Maria Cristina Rota, Yvonne THP van Duynhoven, Peter FM Teunis, Karen A Krogfelt, Kåre Mølbak
Factors associated with suicidal behaviors in mainland China: a meta-analysis
Ying Li, Yafei Li, Jia Cao
Exploring the relationship between premarital sex and cigarette/alcohol use among college students in Taiwan: a cohort study
Chi Chiao, Chin-Chun Yi, Kate Ksobiech
A Policy Analysis of the implementation of a Reproductive Health Vouchers Program in Kenya
Timothy Abuya, Rebecca Njuki, Charlotte E Warren, Jerry Okal, Francis Obare, Lucy Kanya, Ian Askew, Ben Bellows
Adverse pregnancy outcomes in rural Maharashtra, India (2008–09): a retrospective cohort study
Prakash Prabhakarrao Doke, Madhusudan Vamanrao Karantaki, Shailesh Rajaram Deshpande
Medication coaching program for patients with minor stroke or TIA: A pilot study
Elizabeth G Sides, Louise O Zimmer, Leslie Wilson, Wenqin Pan, DaiWai M Olson, Eric D Peterson, Cheryl Bushnell
Walks4work: Rationale and study design to investigate walking at lunchtime in the workplace setting
Daniel K Brown, Jo L Barton, Jules Pretty, Valerie F Gladwell
Public perception of drinking water safety in South Africa 2002–2009: a repeated cross-sectional study
Jim A Wright, Hong Yang, Ulrike Rivett, Stephen W Gundry
International collaborative project to compare and track the nutritional composition of fast foods
Sociodemographic and socioeconomic differences in sleep duration and insomnia-related symptoms in Finnish adults
Tea Lallukka, Laura Sares-Jäske, Erkki Kronholm, Katri Sääksjärvi, Annamari Lundqvist, Timo Partonen, Ossi Rahkonen, Paul Knekt
Acceptability of condom promotion and distribution among 10–19 year-old adolescents in Mpwapwa and Mbeya rural districts, Tanzania
Amon Exavery, Godfrey M Mubyazi, Jovitha Rugemalila, Adiel K Mushi, Julius J Massaga, Hamisi M Malebo, Filemon Tenu, Joyce K Ikingura, Sia Malekia, Emmanuel A Makundi, Acleus SM Ruta, John W Ogondiek, Victor Wiketye, Mwelecele N Malecela
The experiences of women of reproductive age regarding health-promoting behaviours: A qualitative study
Azam Baheiraei, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Eesa Mohammadi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh Charandabi
Measuring patient activation in the Netherlands: translation and validation of the American short form Patient Activation Measure (PAM13)
Jany Rademakers, Jessica Nijman, Lucas van der Hoek, Monique Heijmans, Mieke Rijken
Cancer awareness among adolescents in Britain: a cross-sectional study
Richard G Kyle, Liz Forbat, Gill Hubbard
The effects of house moves during early childhood on child mental health at age 9 years
Alice R Rumbold, Lynne C Giles, Melissa J Whitrow, Emily J Steele, Christopher E Davies, Michael J Davies, Vivienne M Moore
Medical device assessment: scientific evidence examined by the French national agency for health – a descriptive study
Laure Huot, Evelyne Decullier, Karen Maes-Beny, Francois R Chapuis
Individual and district-level predictors of alcohol use: cross sectional findings from a rural mental health survey in Australia
Kerry J Inder, Tonelle E Handley, Michael Fitzgerald, Terry J Lewin, Clare Coleman, David Perkins, Brian J Kelly
Understanding how adherence goals promote adherence behaviours: a repeated measure observational study with HIV seropositive patients
Gareth Jones, Kim Hawkins, Rebecca Mullin, Tamás Nepusz, Declan P Naughton, Paschal Sheeran, Andrea Petróczi
Colorectal cancer mortality and industrial pollution in Spain
Gonzalo López-Abente, Javier García-Pérez, Pablo Fernández-Navarro, Elena Boldo, Rebeca Ramis
The Healthy Start project: a randomized, controlled intervention to prevent overweight among normal weight, preschool children at high risk of future overweight
Nanna Julie Olsen, Tine Buch-Andersen, Mina Nicole Händel, Louise Mai Østergaard, Jeanett Pedersen, Charlotte Seeger, Maria Stougaard, Maria Trærup, Kate Livemore, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Claus Holst, Berit Lilienthal Heitmann
Socioeconomic inequalities in lipid and glucose metabolism in early childhood in a population-based cohort: the ABCD-Study
Gerrit van den Berg, Manon van Eijsden, Tanja G M Vrijkotte, Reinoud J B J Gemke
The impact of African ethnicity and migration on pregnancy in women living with HIV in the UK: design and methods
Shema Tariq, Alex Pillen, Pat A Tookey, Alison E Brown, Jonathan Elford
Mental health, duration of unemployment, and coping strategy: a cross-sectional study of unemployed migrant workers in eastern china during the economic crisis
Li Chen, Wenhu Li, Jincai He, Lanhua Wu, Zheng Yan, Wenjie Tang
Applying what works: a systematic search of the transfer and implementation of promising Indigenous Australian health services and programs
Janya McCalman, Komla Tsey, Anton Clifford, Wendy Earles, Anthony Shakeshaft, Roxanne Bainbridge
Availability of exercise facilities and physical activity in 2,037 adults: cross-sectional results from the Swedish neighborhood and physical activity (SNAP) study
Ulf Eriksson, Daniel Arvidsson, Kristina Sundquist
Non-seatbelt use and associated factors among Thai drivers during Songkran festival
Penprapa Siviroj, Karl Peltzer, Supa Pengpid, Sompong Morarit
Food patterns and dietary quality associated with organic food consumption during pregnancy; data from a large cohort of pregnant women in Norway
Hanne Torjusen, Geir Lieblein, Tormod Næs, Margaretha Haugen, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Anne Lise Brantsæter
Interventions to delay institutionalization of frail older persons: design of a longitudinal study in the home care setting
Johanna De Almeida Mello, Therese Van Durme, Jean Macq, Anja Declercq
Obesity and elevated blood pressure among adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
Abiola A Oduwole, Taiwo A Ladapo, Iretiola B Fajolu, Ekanem N Ekure, Olufunmilayo F Adeniyi
Neighbourhood socioeconomic inequalities in incidence of acute myocardial infarction: a cohort study quantifying age- and gender-specific differences in relative and absolute terms
Carla Koopman, Aloysia AM van Oeffelen, Michiel L Bots, Peter M Engelfriet, WM Monique Verschuren, Lenie van Rossem, Ineke van Dis, Simon Capewell, Ilonca Vaartjes
The design of a real-time formative evaluation of the implementation process of lifestyle interventions at two worksites using a 7-step strategy (BRAVO@Work)
Debbie Wierenga, Luuk H Engbers, Pepijn van Empelen, Vincent H Hildebrandt, Willem van Mechelen
Revisiting current “barefoot doctors” in border areas of China: system of services, financial issue and clinical practice prior to introducing integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI)
Xiuyun Li, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Xiaoling Xia, Pasuree Sangsupawanich, Wenjing Zheng, Keling Ma
Impact of community tracer teams on treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in South Africa
Liza E Bronner, Laura J Podewils, Annatjie Peters, Pushpakanthi Somnath, Lorna Nshuti, Martie van der Walt, Lerole David Mametja
Effects of psychosocial stimulation on improving home environment and child-rearing practices: results from a community-based trial among severely malnourished children in Bangladesh
Baitun Nahar, Md Iqbal Hossain, Jena D Hamadani, Tahmeed Ahmed, Sally Grantham-McGregor, Lars-Ake Persson
Sexual behaviour and risk factors for the acquisition of human papillomavirus infections in young people in Italy: suggestions for future vaccination policies
Donatella Panatto, Daniela Amicizia, Cecilia Trucchi, Francesca Casabona, Piero Luigi Lai, Paolo Bonanni, Sara Boccalini, Angela Bechini, Emilia Tiscione, Carla Maria Zotti, Rosa Cristina Coppola, Giuseppina Masia, Angelo Meloni, Paolo Castiglia, Andrea Piana, Roberto Gasparini
Physical activity and health related quality of life
Nana Kwame Anokye, Paul Trueman, Colin Green, Toby G Pavey, Rod S Taylor
Life course socio-economic position and quality of life in adulthood: a systematic review of life course models
Claire L Niedzwiedz, Srinivasa V Katikireddi, Jill P Pell, Richard Mitchell
Waist circumference a good indicator of future risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Reijo Siren, Johan G Eriksson, Hannu Vanhanen
The Cedar Project: high incidence of HCV infections in a longitudinal study of young Aboriginal people who use drugs in two Canadian cities
Patricia M Spittal, Margo E Pearce, Negar Chavoshi, Wayne M Christian, Akm Moniruzzaman, Mary Teegee, Martin T Schechter
Relationship between blood lipid profiles and pancreatic islet β cell function in Chinese men and women with normal glucose tolerance: a cross-sectional study
Tianpeng Zheng, Yun Gao, Haoming Tian
“Don’t wait for them to come to you, you go to them”. A qualitative study of recruitment approaches in community based walking programmes in the UK
Anne Matthews, Graham Brennan, Paul Kelly, Chloe McAdam, Nanette Mutrie, Charles Foster
Dating violence victimization across the teen years: Abuse frequency, number of abusive partners, and age at first occurrence
Amy E Bonomi, Melissa L Anderson, Julianna Nemeth, Suzanne Bartle-Haring, Cynthia Buettner, Deborah Schipper
Physical activity attitudes, intentions and behaviour among 18–25 year olds: A mixed method study
Amudha S Poobalan, Lorna S Aucott, Amanda Clarke, W Cairns S Smith
Cardiorespiratory fitness, cardiovascular workload and risk factors among cleaners; a cluster randomized worksite intervention
Mette Korshøj, Peter Krustrup, Marie Birk Jørgensen, Eva Prescott, Åse Marie Hansen, Jesper Kristiansen, Jørgen Henrik Skotte, Ole Steen Mortensen, Karen Søgaard, Andreas Holtermann
Emotional abuse towards children by schoolteachers in Aden Governorate, Yemen: A cross-sectional study
Amal S S Ba- Saddik, Abdullah S Hattab
A home-visiting intervention targeting determinants of infant mental health: the study protocol for the CAPEDP randomized controlled trial in France
Florence Tubach, Tim Greacen, Thomas Saïas, Romain Dugravier, Nicole Guedeney, Philippe Ravaud, Susana Tereno, Richard Tremblay, Bruno Falissard, Antoine Guedeney
A simple measure with complex determinants: investigation of the correlates of self-rated health in older men and women from three continents
Davina J French, Colette Browning, Hal Kendig, Mary A Luszcz, Yasuhiko Saito, Kerry Sargent-Cox, Kaarin J Anstey
Effectiveness of a multi-strategy intervention in increasing the implementation of vegetable and fruit breaks by Australian primary schools: a non-randomized controlled trial
Nicole Nathan, Luke Wolfenden, Andrew C Bell, Rebecca Wyse, Philip J Morgan, Michelle Butler, Rachel Sutherland, Andrew J Milat, Debra Hector, John Wiggers
Supporting self-management after attending a structured education programme: a qualitative longitudinal investigation of type 1 diabetes patients’ experiences and views
David Rankin, Debbie D Cooke, Jackie Elliott, Simon R Heller, Julia Lawton
Mujer Mas Segura(Safer Women): a combination prevention intervention to reduce sexual and injection risks among female sex workers who inject drugs
Alicia Vera, Daniela Abramovitz, Remedios Lozada, Gustavo Martinez, M Gudelia Rangel, Hugo Staines, Thomas L Patterson, Steffanie A Strathdee
Periodic cohort health examinations in the TAMRISK study show untoward increases in body mass index and blood pressure during 15 years of follow-up
Tarja Kunnas, Kirsi Määttä, Pirjo Palmroos, Seppo T Nikkari
“ASUKI Step” pedometer intervention in university staff: rationale and design
Barbara E Ainsworth, Cheryl Der Ananian, Ali Soroush, Jenelle Walker, Pamela Swan, Eric Poortvliet, Agneta Yngve
The role of tobacco promoting and restraining factors in smoking intentions among Ghanaian youth
David Doku, Susanna Raisamo, Nora Wiium
Relative deprivation and mortality – a longitudinal study in a Swedish population of 4,7 million, 1990–2006
Monica Åberg Yngwe, Naoki Kondo, Sara Hägg, Ichiro Kawachi
Association of sleep duration and insulin resistance in Taiwanese vegetarians
Jiunn-Kae Chang, Malcolm Koo, Vivia Yu-Ying Kao, Jui-Kun Chiang
Study protocol for the 10 Top Tips (10TT) Trial: Randomised controlled trial of habit-based advice for weight control in general practice
Rebecca J Beeken, Helen Croker, Stephen Morris, Baptiste Leurent, Rumana Omar, Irwin Nazareth, Jane Wardle
Belief system, meaningfulness, and psychopathology associated with suicidality among Chinese college students: a cross-sectional survey
Jiubo Zhao, Xueling Yang, Rong Xiao, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Diane Aguilera, Jingbo Zhao
Impact of behavioural risk factors on death within 10 years for women and men in their 70s: absolute risk charts
Annette Dobson, Deirdre McLaughlin, Osvaldo Almeida, Wendy Brown, Julie Byles, Leon Flicker, Janni Leung, Derrick Lopez, Kieran McCaul, Graeme J Hankey
The effect of tuberculosis and antiretroviral treatment on CD4+ cell count response in HIV-positive tuberculosis patients in Mozambique
Miranda Brouwer, Paula Samu Gudo, Chalice Mage Simbe, Paula Perdigão, Frank van Leth
Implementation and effect of intensified case finding on diagnosis of tuberculosis in a large urban HIV clinic in Uganda: a retrospective cohort study.
Sabine Hermans, Esther Nasuuna, Frank van Leth, Elena Byhoff, Miriam Schwarz, Andy Hoepelman, Joep Lange, Yukari C Manabe
Association between self-rated health and mortality: 10 years follow-up to the Pró-Saúdecohort study
Joanna Miguez Nery Guimarães, Dóra Chor, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Marilia Sá Carvalho, Claudia Medina Coeli, Claudia S Lopes, Eduardo Faerstein
Medical expenditures associated with nonfatal occupational injuries among immigrant and U.S.-born workers
Huiyun Xiang, Junxin Shi, Bo Lu, Krista Wheeler, Weiyan Zhao, J R Wilkins III, Gary A Smith
Priorities for research in child maltreatment, intimate partner violence and resilience to violence exposures: results of an international Delphi consensus development process
C Nadine Wathen, Jennifer CD MacGregor, Joanne Hammerton, Jeffrey H Coben, Helen Herrman, Donna E Stewart, Harriet L MacMillan
Validation of food store environment secondary data source and the role of neighborhood deprivation in Appalachia, Kentucky
Alison A Gustafson, Sarah Lewis, Corey Wilson, Stephanie Jilcott-Pitts
What are patient factors associated with the quality of diabetes care?: results from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Ki Dong Ko, Bo Hyun Kim, Sang Min Park, Soo In Oh, Chun Sik Um, Dong Wook Shin, Hae Won Lee
Parasite-based malaria diagnosis: Are Health Systems in Uganda equipped enough to implement the policy?
Daniel J Kyabayinze, Jane Achan, Damalie Nakanjako, Betty Mpeka, Henry Mawejje, Rukaaka Mugizi, Joan N Kalyango, Umberto D’Alessandro, Ambrose Talisuna, Van geertruyden Jean-Pierre
The experience of puberty in Iranian adolescent girls: a qualitative content analysis
Nayereh Azam Hagikhani Golchin, Zeinab Hamzehgardeshi, Moloud Fakhri, Leila Hamzehgardeshi
CARRS Surveillance study: design and methods to assess burdens from multiple perspectives
Manisha Nair, Mohammed K Ali, Vamadevan S Ajay, Roopa Shivashankar, Viswanathan Mohan, Rajendra Pradeepa, Mohan Deepa, Hassan M Khan, Muhammad M Kadir, Zafar A Fatmi, K Srinath Reddy, Nikhil Tandon, KM Venkat Narayan, Dorairaj Prabhakaran
Potential risk of HIV transmission in barbering practice in Ethiopia: from public health and microbiological perspectives
Fantahun Biadgelegn, Yeshambel Belyhun, Belay Anagaw, Desalegn Woldeyohannes, Feleke Moges, Asegedech Bekele, Andargachew Mulu
Predictive value of readiness, importance, and confidence in ability to change drinking and smoking
Nicolas Bertholet, Jacques Gaume, Mohamed Faouzi, Gerhard Gmel, Jean-Bernard Daeppen
Italy SimSmoke: the effect of tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking attributable deaths in Italy
David Levy, Silvano Gallus, Kenneth Blackman, Giulia Carreras, Carlo La Vecchia, Giuseppe Gorini
The comparative effectiveness of statin therapy in selected chronic diseases compared with the remaining population
Xia Sheng, Michael J Murphy, Thomas M MacDonald, Li Wei
Multimorbidity and comorbidity in the Dutch population – data from general practices
Sandra H van Oostrom, H Susan J Picavet, Boukje M van Gelder, Lidwien C Lemmens, Nancy Hoeymans, Christel E van Dijk, Robert A Verheij, François G Schellevis, Caroline A Baan
The alcohol industry lobby and Hong Kong’s zero wine and beer tax policy
Sungwon Yoon, Tai-Hing Lam
A qualitative examination of health and health care utilization after the September 11th terror attacks among World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees
Alice E Welch, Kimberly Caramanica, Indira Debchoudhury, Allison Pulizzi, Mark R Farfel, Steven D Stellman, James E Cone
Unmet need for induction of labor in Africa: secondary analysis from the 2004 - 2005 WHO Global Maternal and Perinatal Health Survey (A cross-sectional survey)
Fawole Bukola, Nafiou Idi, Machoki M’Mimunya, Wolomby-Molondo Jean-Jose, Mugerwa Kidza, Neves Isilda, Amokrane Faouzi, Shah Archana, Souza Joao Paulo, Mathai Matthews, Gulmezoglu Metin
What do we know about who does and does not attend general health checks? Findings from a narrative scoping review
Ruth Dryden, Brian Williams, Colin McCowan, Markus Themessl-Huber
The effects of extraction of pulpally involved primary teeth on weight, height and BMI in underweight Filipino children. A cluster randomized clinical trial
Bella Monse, Denise Duijster, Aubrey Sheiham, Carlos S Grijalva-Eternod, Wim van Palenstein Helderman, Martin H Hobdell
German health interview and examination survey for adults (DEGS) - design, objectives and implementation of the first data collection wave
Christa Scheidt-Nave, Panagiotis Kamtsiuris, Antje Gößwald, Heike Hölling, Michael Lange, Markus A Busch, Stefan Dahm, Rüdiger Dölle, Ute Ellert, Judith Fuchs, Ulfert Hapke, Christin Heidemann, Hildtraud Knopf, Detlef Laussmann, Gert BM Mensink, Hannelore Neuhauser, Almut Richter, Anke-Christine Sass, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Heribert Stolzenberg, Michael Thamm, Bärbel-Maria Kurth
Menthol cigarette pricing at military and community retail outlets in the United States
Walker SC Poston, Sara A Jahnke, Christopher K Haddock, Melissa L Hyder, Jennifer E Taylor, Harry A Lando, Christopher M Kaipust
Short and long-term effectiveness of couple counselling: a study protocol
Margot J Schofield, Nicholas Mumford, Dubravko Jurkovic, Ivancica Jurkovic, Andrew Bickerdike
Cost-effectiveness of early initiation of first-line combination antiretroviral therapy in Uganda
Joseph Sempa, Mark Ssennono, Andreas Kuznik, Mohammed Lamorde, Stefanie Sowinski, Aggrey Semeere, Sabine Hermans, Barbara Castelnuovo, Yukari C Manabe
The Pap smear screening as an occasion for smoking cessation and physical activity counselling: effectiveness of the SPRINT randomized controlled trial
Giuseppe Gorini, Giulia Carreras, Livia Giordano, Emanuela Anghinoni, Anna Iossa, Alessandro Coppo, Fiorella Talassi, Maurizio Galavotti, Elisabetta Chellini
Adolescents and alcohol: an explorative audience segmentation analysis
Jolanda Mathijssen, Meriam Janssen, Marja van Bon-Martens, Ien van de Goor
Nighttime assaults: using a national emergency department monitoring system to predict occurrence, target prevention and plan services
Mark A Bellis, Nicola Leckenby, Karen Hughes, Chris Luke, Sacha Wyke, Zara Quigg
Multiple transitions in sick leave, disability benefits, and return to work. - A 4-year follow-up of patients participating in a work-related rehabilitation program
Irene Øyeflaten, Stein Atle Lie, Camilla M Ihlebæk, Hege R Eriksen
Nutritional status and dietary intake of urban residents in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia
Bemnet Amare, Beyene Moges, Feleke Moges, Bereket Fantahun, Mengesha Admassu, Andargachew Mulu, Afework Kassu
Childhood and family influences on body mass index in early adulthood: findings from the Ontario Child Health Study
Andrea Gonzalez, Michael H Boyle, Katholiki Georgiades, Laura Duncan, Leslie R Atkinson, Harriet L MacMillan
The effect of exercise on prescription on physical activity and wellbeing in a multi-ethnic female population: A controlled trial
Maaike GJ Gademan, Marije Deutekom, Karen Hosper, Karien Stronks
Exploring laypeople’s epistemic beliefs about medicine – a factor-analytic survey study
Dorothe Kienhues, Rainer Bromme
Economic stress in childhood and adulthood, and self-rated health: a population based study concerning risk accumulation, critical period and social mobility
Martin Lindström, Kristina Hansen, Maria Rosvall
Using mass-media communications to increase population usage of Australia’s Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service®
Blythe J O’Hara, Adrian E Bauman, Philayrath Phongsavan
Personal and trip characteristics associated with safety equipment use by injured adult bicyclists: a cross-sectional study
Kay Teschke, Jeff R Brubacher, Steven M Friedman, Peter A Cripton, M Anne Harris, Conor CO Reynolds, Hui Shen, Melody Monro, Garth Hunte, Mary Chipman, Michael D Cusimano, Nancy Smith Lea, Shelina Babul, Meghan Winters
Oral health status and behaviours of preschool children in Hong Kong
Chun-Hung Chu, Ping-Lit Ho, Edward CM Lo
Association of acculturation and country of origin with self-reported hypertension and diabetes in a heterogeneous Hispanic population
Fátima Rodriguez, LeRoi S Hicks, Lenny López
School environment as predictor of teacher sick leave: data-linked prospective cohort study
Jenni Ervasti, Mika Kivimäki, Ichiro Kawachi, SV Subramanian, Jaana Pentti, Tuula Oksanen, Riikka Puusniekka, Tiina Pohjonen, Jussi Vahtera, Marianna Virtanen
Oral health conditions and frailty in Mexican community-dwelling elderly: a cross sectional analysis
Roberto Carlos Castrejón-Pérez, S Aída Borges-Yáñez, Luis M Gutiérrez-Robledo, J Alberto Ávila-Funes
Remission of screen-detected metabolic syndrome and its determinants: an observational study
Corine den Engelsen, Kees J Gorter, Philippe L Salomé, Maureen van den Donk, Guy E Rutten
A survey of visually induced symptoms and associated factors in spectators of three dimensional stereoscopic movies
Angelo G Solimini, Alice Mannocci, Domitilla Di Thiene, Giuseppe La Torre
Assessing health and economic outcomes of interventions to reduce pregnancy-related mortality in Nigeria
Daniel O Erim, Stephen C Resch, Sue J Goldie
The need to promote behaviour change at the cultural level: one factor explaining the limited impact of the MEMA kwa Vijana adolescent sexual health intervention in rural Tanzania. A process evaluation
Daniel Wight, Mary Plummer, David Ross
Sustainable prevention of obesity through integrated strategies: The SPOTLIGHT project’s conceptual framework and design
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A descriptive study of TB cases finding practices in the three largest public general hospitals in Vietnam
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Attending work or not when sick – what makes the decision? A qualitative study among car mechanics
Tone Morken, Inger Haukenes, Liv Heide Magnussen
The association of leisure-time physical activity and active commuting with measures of socioeconomic position in a multiethnic population living in the Netherlands: results from the cross-sectional SUNSET study
Jeroen SL de Munter, Charles Agyemang, Lizzy M Brewster, Karien Stronks, Irene GM van Valkengoed
Leisure time activities in adolescence in the presence of susceptibility genes for obesity: risk or resilience against overweight in adulthood? The HUNT study
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Meeting the needs of women who use drugs and alcohol in North-east India – a challenge for HIV prevention services
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Adherence to the oral contraceptive pill: a cross-sectional survey of modifiable behavioural determinants
Gerard J Molloy, Heather Graham, Hannah McGuinness
Influence of asthma definition on the asthma-obesity relationship
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The factor structure of the Turkish version of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) in patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Patrick Brzoska, Yüce Yilmaz-Aslan, Eda Sultanoglu, Bülent Sultanoglu, Oliver Razum
Non-participation in population-based disease prevention programs in general practice
Berber Koopmans, Mark MJ Nielen, François G Schellevis, Joke C Korevaar
Community Pharmacists role in obesity treatment in Kuwait: a cross-sectional study
Abdelmoneim Awad, Mohammad Waheedi
Reintegration of child soldiers in Burundi: a tracer study
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Psychosocial workload and stress in the workers’ representative
Martin Rabe, Salvatore Giacomuzzi, Matthias Nübling
Effects of a combined lifestyle score on 10-year mortality in Korean men and women: a prospective cohort study
Ji Eun Yun, Soyoung Won, Heejin Kimm, Sun Ha Jee
Individual-level space-time analyses of emergency department data using generalized additive modeling
Verónica M Vieira, Janice M Weinberg, Thomas F Webster
A cross sectional assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards Hepatitis B among healthy population of Quetta, Pakistan
Noman ul Haq, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Asrul A Shafie, Fahad Saleem, Maryam Farooqui, Hisham Aljadhey
Identifying obesity indicators which best correlate with type 2 diabetes in a Chinese population
Zhong Xin, Chang Liu, Wen-Yan Niu, Jian-Ping Feng, Lei Zhao, Ya-Hong Ma, Lin Hua, Jin-Kui Yang
Relationship between mobility, violence and HIV/STI among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India
Sowmya Ramesh, Deepika Ganju, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Ram Manohar Mishra, Niranjan Saggurti
A trans-disciplinary approach to the evaluation of social determinants of health in a hispanic population
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Barriers, facilitators and preferences for the physical activity of school children. Rationale and methods of a mixed study
María Martínez-Andrés, Úrsula García-López, Myriam Gutiérrez-Zornoza, Beatriz Rodríguez-Martín, María Jesús Pardo-Guijarro, Mairena Sánchez-López, Eugenio Cortés-Ramírez, Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno
The implementation of a community-based aerobic walking program for mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis (OA): a knowledge translation (KT) randomized controlled trial (RCT): Part I: The Uptake of the Ottawa Panel clinical practice guidelines (CPGs)
Lucie Brosseau, George A Wells, Glen P Kenny, Robert Reid, Andreas Maetzel, Peter Tugwell, Maria Huijbregts, Carolyn McCullough, Gino De Angelis, Lily Chen
Simulating school closure policies for cost effective pandemic decision making
Ozgur M Araz, Paul Damien, David A Paltiel, Sean Burke, Bryce van de Geijn, Alison Galvani, Lauren Ancel Meyers
Implementing new health interventions in developing countries: why do we lose a decade or more?
Alan Brooks, Thomas A Smith, Don de Savigny, Christian Lengeler
Validation of the Vivago Wrist-Worn accelerometer in the assessment of physical activity
Jérémy Vanhelst, Rémy Hurdiel, Jacques Mikulovic, Gilles Bui-Xuân, Paul Fardy, Denis Theunynck, Laurent Béghin
Association of smoking status, cumulative smoking, duration of smoking cessation, age of starting smoking, and depression in Korean adults
Woo-Jun Yun, Min-Ho Shin, Sun-Seog Kweon, So-Yeon Ryu, Jung-Ae Rhee
Cost-effectiveness of a tailored intervention designed to increase breast cancer screening among a non-adherent population: a randomized controlled trial
Yoshiki Ishikawa, Kei Hirai, Hiroshi Saito, Jun Fukuyoshi, Akio Yonekura, Kazuhiro Harada, Aiko Seki, Daisuke Shibuya, Yosikazu Nakamura
The Devon Active Villages Evaluation (DAVE) trial: Study protocol of a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of a community-level physical activity intervention in rural southwest England
Emma Solomon, Tim Rees, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Melvyn Hillsdon
Advocates, interest groups and Australian news coverage of alcohol advertising restrictions: content and framing analysis
Andrea S Fogarty, Simon Chapman
Case-finding of dementia in general practice and effects of subsequent collaborative care; design of a cluster RCT
Pim van den Dungen, Eric P Moll van Charante, Harm W J van Marwijk, Henriëtte E van der Horst, Peter M van de Ven, Hein P J van Hout
Perceived discrimination and depression among low-income Latina male-to-female transgender women
Mohsen Bazargan, Frank Galvan
Screening for type 2 diabetes in a high-risk population: study design and feasibility of a population-based randomized controlled trial
Bart Klijs, Suzie J Otto, Robert J Heine, Yolanda van der Graaf, Jan J Lous, Harry J de Koning
Caregiving associated with selected cancer risk behaviors and screening utilization among women: cross-sectional results of the 2009 BRFSS
Katherine W Reeves, Kathryn Bacon, Lisa Fredman
Sickness certification as a complex professional and collaborative activity - a qualitative study
Anna Kiessling, Britt Arrelöv
Impact of treating dental caries on schoolchildren’s anthropometric, dental, satisfaction and appetite outcomes: a randomized controlled trial
Heba A Alkarimi, Richard G Watt, Hynek Pikhart, Amal H Jawadi, Aubrey Sheiham, Georgios Tsakos
Sexual life and fertility desire in long-term HIV serodiscordant couples in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a grounded theory study
Tewodros G Hailemariam, Getnet M Kassie, Mitike M Sisay
ORCHIDS: an Observational Randomized Controlled Trial on Childhood Differential Susceptibility
Rabia R Chhangur, Joyce Weeland, Geertjan Overbeek, WalterCHJ Matthys, Bram Orobio de Castro
Treatment actions and treatment failure: case studies in the response to severe childhood febrile illness in Mali
Amy A Ellis, Sidy Traore, Seydou Doumbia, Sarah L Dalglish, Peter J Winch
Contextual determinants of health behaviours in an aboriginal community in Canada: pilot project
Pamela Joseph, A Darlene Davis, Ruby Miller, Karen Hill, Honey McCarthy, Ananya Banerjee, Clara Chow, Andrew Mente, Sonia S Anand
Methods for evaluating the impact of vertical programs on health systems: protocol for a study on the impact of the global polio eradication initiative on strengthening routine immunization and primary health care
Svea Closser, Anat Rosenthal, Thomas Parris, Kenneth Maes, Judith Justice, Kelly Cox, Matthew A Luck, R Matthew Landis, John Grove, Pauley Tedoff, Linda Venczel, Peter Nsubuga, Jennifer Kuzara, Vanessa Neergheen
Acculturation and self-rated health among Arctic indigenous peoples: a population-based cross-sectional study
Bent-Martin Eliassen, Tonje Braaten, Marita Melhus, Ketil Lenert Hansen, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad
Criminally violent victimisation in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: the relationship to symptoms and substance abuse
Mairead C Dolan, David Castle, Kate McGregor
A prospective cohort study of health behavior profiles after age 50 and mortality risk
Benjamin A Shaw, Neda Agahi
Insomnia and urban neighbourhood contexts – are associations modified by individual social characteristics and change of residence? Results from a population-based study using residential histories
Natalie Riedel, Kateryna Fuks, Barbara Hoffmann, Simone Weyers, Johannes Siegrist, Raimund Erbel, Anja Viehmann, Andreas Stang, Joachim Scheiner, Nico Dragano
Health policymakers’ knowledge and opinions of physicians smoking and tobacco policy control in Lao PDR
Vanphanom Sychareun, Alongkone Phengsavanh, Visanou Hansana, Sysavanh Phommachanh, Mayfong Mayxay, Tanja Tomson
Correlates of delayed sexual intercourse and condom use among adolescents in Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Liesbeth E Rijsdijk, Arjan ER Bos, Rico Lie, Robert AC Ruiter, Joanne N Leerlooijer, Gerjo Kok
Perceived unfairness and socioeconomic inequalities in functional decline: the Dutch SMILE prospective cohort study
Hans Bosma, Anouk Gerritsma, Gonnie Klabbers, Marjan van den Akker
Testing the activitystat hypothesis: a randomised controlled trial protocol
Sjaan Gomersall, Carol Maher, Kevin Norton, Jim Dollman, Grant Tomkinson, Adrian Esterman, Coralie English, Nicole Lewis, Tim Olds
Modeling the impact of the difference in cross-protection data between a human papillomavirus (HPV)-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine and a human papillomavirus (HPV)-6/11/16/18 vaccine in Canada
Michele Kohli, Donna Lawrence, Jennifer Haig, Andrea Anonychuk, Nadia Demarteau
Neonatal sepsis at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; aetiology, antimicrobial sensitivity pattern and clinical outcome
Tumaini V Mhada, Francis Fredrick, Mecky I Matee, Augustine Massawe
Attrition and generalizability in longitudinal studies: findings from a 15-year population-based study and a Monte Carlo simulation study
Kristin Gustavson, Tilmann von Soest, Evalill Karevold, Espen Røysamb
Breastfeeding practices in urban and rural Vietnam
Huong Nguyen Thu, Bo Eriksson, Toan Tran Khanh, Max Petzold, Göran Bondjers, Chuc Nguyen Thi Kim, Liem Nguyen Thanh, Henry Ascher
A descriptive study of reportable gastrointestinal illnesses in Ontario, Canada, from 2007 to 2009
Linda Vrbova, Karen Johnson, Yvonne Whitfield, Dean Middleton
“HealthKick”: Formative assessment of the health environment in low-resource primary schools in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
Anniza de Villiers, Nelia P Steyn, Catherine E Draper, Jean M Fourie, Gerhard Barkhuizen, Carl J Lombard, Lucinda Dalais, Zulfa Abrahams, Estelle V Lambert
Can the impact of gender equality on health be measured? a cross-sectional study comparing measures based on register data with individual survey-based data
Ann Sörlin, Ann Öhman, Nawi Ng, Lars Lindholm
Gender differences in disordered eating and weight dissatisfaction in Swiss adults: Which factors matter?
Christine Forrester-Knauss, Elisabeth Zemp Stutz
Sickness certificates in Sweden: did the new guidelines improve their quality?
Emma Nilsing, Elsy Söderberg, Birgitta Öberg
Problems with sex among gay and bisexual men with diagnosed HIV in the United Kingdom
Adam Bourne, Ford Hickson, Peter Keogh, David Reid, Peter Weatherburn
Youth’s narratives about family members smoking: parenting the parent- it’s not fair!
Roberta L Woodgate, Christine M Kreklewetz
Incidence and survival in non-hereditary amyloidosis in Sweden
Kari Hemminki, Xinjun Li, Asta Försti, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist
Masculinities and condom use patterns among young rural South Africa men: a cross-sectional baseline survey
N Jama Shai, R Jewkes, M Nduna, K Dunkle
Idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF): A systematic review of identifying criteria
Christos Baliatsas, Irene Van Kamp, Erik Lebret, G James Rubin
Effectiveness of a peer-led HIV prevention intervention in secondary schools in Rwanda: results from a non-randomized controlled trial
Kristien Michielsen, Roxanne Beauclair, Wim Delva, Kristien Roelens, Ronan Van Rossem, Marleen Temmerman
Feasibility and effectiveness of a targeted diabetes prevention program for 18 to 60-year-old South Asian migrants: design and methods of the DH!AAN study
Everlina MA Vlaar, Irene GM van Valkengoed, Vera Nierkens, Mary Nicolaou, Barend JC Middelkoop, Karien Stronks
The effect of the UP4FUN pilot intervention on objectively measured sedentary time and physical activity in 10–12 year old children in Belgium: the ENERGY-project
Maïte Verloigne, Elling Bere, Wendy Van Lippevelde, Lea Maes, Nanna Lien, Froydis N Vik, Johannes Brug, Greet Cardon, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Physicians’ knowledge of and adherence to improving oral health
Sepideh Rabiei, Simin Z Mohebbi, Kristiina Patja, Jorma I Virtanen
Time trends in breast cancer incidence and mortality in a mid-sized northeastern Brazilian city
Carlos Anselmo Lima, Margareth Rose Uchoa Rangel, Matheus Macedo-Lima, Angela Maria da Silva
Factors related to discontinued clinic attendance by patients with podoconiosis in southern Ethiopia: a qualitative study
Abebayehu Tora, Gail Davey, Getnet Tadele
Improved awareness and appropriate use of non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) for HIV prevention following a multi-modal communication strategy
Byron Minas, Sue Laing, Helen Jordan, Donna B Mak
Nutrition education intervention for dependent patients: protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Victoria Arija, Núria Martín, Teresa Canela, Carme Anguera, Ana I Castelao, Montserrat García-Barco, Antoni García-Campo, Ana I González-Bravo, Carme Lucena, Teresa Martínez, Silvia Fernández-Barrés, Roser Pedret, Waleska Badia, Josep Basora
The ongoing impacts of hepatitis c - a systematic narrative review of the literature
Emma R Miller, Stephen McNally, Jack Wallace, Marisa Schlichthorst
Integrating a framework for conducting public health systems research into statewide operations-based exercises to improve emergency preparedness
Jennifer C Hunter, Jane E Yang, Michael Petrie, Tomás J Aragón
The importance of work conditions and health for voluntary job mobility: a two-year follow-up
Cathrine Reineholm, Maria Gustavsson, Mats Liljegren, Kerstin Ekberg
Community-based interventions for enhancing access to or consumption of fruit and vegetables among five to 18-year olds: a scoping review
Rebecca Ganann, Donna Fitzpatrick-Lewis, Donna Ciliska, Leslea Peirson
Exploring pregnancy termination experiences and needs among Malaysian women: A qualitative study
Wen Ting Tong, Wah Yun Low, Yut Lin Wong, Sim Poey Choong, Ravindran Jegasothy
Qualitative exploration of public and smoker understanding of, and reactions to, an endgame solution to the tobacco epidemic
Richard Edwards, Jo Peace, Marie Russell, Heather Gifford, George Thomson, Nick Wilson
Weight status at age 18 influences marriage prospects. A population-based study of Swedish men
Malin Kark, Nina Karnehed
Effort-reward imbalance and work ability: cross-sectional and longitudinal findings from the Second German Sociomedical Panel of Employees
Matthias Bethge, Friedrich Michael Radoschewski, Christoph Gutenbrunner
Mixed methods evaluation of targeted case finding for cardiovascular disease prevention using a stepped wedged cluster RCT
Tom Marshall, Michael Caley, Karla Hemming, Paramjit Gill, Nicola Gale, Kate Jolly
Effects of manganese on routine semen quality parameters: results from a population-based study in China
Yuyan Li, Junqing Wu, Weijin Zhou, Ersheng Gao
A national study of socioeconomic status and tuberculosis rates by country of birth, United States, 1996–2005
Nicole A Olson, Amy L Davidow, Carla A Winston, Michael P Chen, Julie A Gazmararian, Dolores J Katz
The factors associated with the burnout syndrome and fatigue in Cypriot nurses: a census report
Vasilios Raftopoulos, Andreas Charalambous, Michael Talias
Perceived need to increase physical activity levels among adults at high risk of type 2 diabetes. A cross-sectional analysis within a community-based diabetes prevention project FIN-D2D
Kati Vähäsarja, Sanna Salmela, Jari Villberg, Pauli Rintala, Mauno Vanhala, Timo Saaristo, Markku Peltonen, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Eeva Korpi-Hyövälti, Urho M Kujala, Leena Moilanen, Leo Niskanen, Heikki Oksa, Marita Poskiparta
Relationships between depressive symptoms and self-reported unintentional injuries: the cross-sectional population–based FIN-D2D survey
Katariina Korniloff, Arja Häkkinen, Hannu J Koponen, Hannu Kautiainen, Salme Järvenpää, Markku Peltonen, Pekka Mäntyselkä, Olli Kampman, Heikki Oksa, Mauno Vanhala
Stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV by healthcare providers, Southwest Ethiopia
Garumma T Feyissa, Lakew Abebe, Eshetu Girma, Mirkuzie Woldie
Effect of survey instrument on participation in a follow-up study: a randomization study of a mailed questionnaire versus a computer-assisted telephone interview
Carissa M Rocheleau, Paul A Romitti, Stacey Hockett Sherlock, Wayne T Sanderson, Erin M Bell, Charlotte Druschel
The gender gap in mobility: A global cross-sectional study
Samia Djemâa Mechakra-Tahiri, Ellen E Freeman, Slim Haddad, Elodie Samson, Maria Victoria Zunzunegui
The effectiveness of physical activity monitoring and distance counseling in an occupational setting – Results from a randomized controlled trial (CoAct)
Karita Reijonsaari, Aki Vehtari, Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski, Willem van Mechelen, Timo Aro, Simo Taimela
Reasons for not using ecstasy: a qualitative study of non-users, ex-light users and ex-moderate users
Maria Angé licade Castro Comis, Ana Regina Noto
Socio-demographic determinants and prevalence of Tuberculosis knowledge in three slum populations of Uganda
Ekwaro A Obuku, Clea Meynell, Jemimah Kiboss-Kyeyune, Simon Blankley, Christine Atuhairwe, Evelyn Nabankema, Morris Lab, Nikki Jeffrey, David Ndungutse
Distributions and trends in sexual behaviors and HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in China
Lei Zhang, Eric P F Chow, David P Wilson
Does school-based physical activity decrease overweight and obesity in children aged 6–9 years? A two-year non-randomized longitudinal intervention study in the Czech Republic
Erik Sigmund, Walid El Ansari, Dagmar Sigmundová
Female sex work and international sport events - no major changes in demand or supply of paid sex during the 2010 Soccer World Cup: a cross-sectional study
Marlise Richter, Stanley Luchters, Dudu Ndlovu, Marleen Temmerman, Matthew Francis Chersich
Relationship between the physical environment and different domains of physical activity in European adults: a systematic review
Veerle Van Holle, Benedicte Deforche, Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Liesbet Goubert, Lea Maes, Nico Van de Weghe, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
The prevalence of physical, sexual and mental abuse among adolescents and the association with BMI status
Jorien Veldwijk, Karin I Proper, Henriëtte B Hoeven-Mulder, Wanda JE Bemelmans
Effects of being uninsured or underinsured and living in extremely poor neighborhoods on colon cancer care and survival in California: historical cohort analysis, 1996—2011
Kevin M Gorey, Isaac N Luginaah, Eric J Holowaty, Guangyong Zou, Caroline Hamm, Emma Bartfay, Sindu M Kanjeekal, Madhan K Balagurusamy, Sundus Haji-Jama, Frances C Wright
Socioeconomic inequalities in risk factors for non communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: results from the World Health Survey
Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Nicole Bergen, Anton Kunst, Sam Harper, Regina Guthold, Dag Rekve, Edouard Tursan d'Espaignet, Nirmala Naidoo, Somnath Chatterji
Respiratory symptoms and illnesses among brick kiln workers: a cross sectional study from rural districts of Pakistan
Shiraz Shaikh, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Vikash Khetpal, Abid Ali Jamali, Abdul Manan Arain, Akram Yousuf
Fluid intake patterns: an epidemiological study among children and adolescents in Brazil
Rubens Feferbaum, Luiz Carlos de Abreu, Claudio Leone
Effectiveness of a website and mobile phone based physical activity and nutrition intervention for middle-aged males: Trial protocol and baseline findings of the ManUp Study
Mitch J Duncan, Corneel Vandelanotte, Richard R Rosenkranz, Cristina M Caperchione, Hang Ding, Marcus Ellison, Emma S George, Cindy Hooker, Mohan Karunanithi, Gregory S Kolt, Anthony Maeder, Manny Noakes, Rhys Tague, Pennie Taylor, Pierre Viljoen, W Kerry Mummery
Risks, benefits and survival strategies-views from female sex workers in Savannakhet, Laos
Ketkesone Phrasisombath, Elisabeth Faxelid, Vanphanom Sychareun, Sarah Thomsen
VCT clinic HIV burden and its link with HIV care clinic at the University of Gondar hospital
Getahun Asres Alemie, Shitaye Alemu Balcha
Who stays, who drops out? Biosocial predictors of longer-term adherence in participants attending an exercise referral scheme in the UK
Patrick Tobi, Emee Vida Estacio, Ge Yu, Adrian Renton, Nena Foster
Factors associated with complete immunization coverage in children aged 12–23 months in Ambo Woreda, Central Ethiopia
Belachew Etana, Wakgari Deressa
Socio-economic differences in self-reported insomnia and stress in Finland from 1979 to 2002: a population-based repeated cross-sectional survey
Kirsi M Talala, Tuija P Martelin, Ari H Haukkala, Tommi T Härkänen, Ritva S Prättälä
Genetic variability in IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 and body size in early life
Elizabeth M Poole, Shelley S Tworoger, Susan E Hankinson, Heather J Baer
Validation of sick leave measures: self-reported sick leave and sickness benefit data from a Danish national register compared to multiple workplace-registered sick leave spells in a Danish municipality
Christina Malmose Stapelfeldt, Chris Jensen, Niels Trolle Andersen, Nils Fleten, Claus Vinther Nielsen
Changes in work situation and work ability in young female and male workers. A prospective cohort study
Maria Boström, Judith K Sluiter, Mats Hagberg
Women’s higher likelihood of disability pension: the role of health, family and work. A 5–7 years follow-up of the Hordaland Health Study
Inger Haukenes, Sturla Gjesdal, Guri Rortveit, Trond Riise, John Gunnar Mæland
Health and demographic surveillance systems: a step towards full civil registration and vital statistics system in sub-Sahara Africa?
Yazoume Ye, Marilyn Wamukoya, Alex Ezeh, Jacques B O Emina, Osman Sankoh
Socioeconomic disparities in the mental health of Indigenous children in Western Australia
Carrington CJ Shepherd, Jianghong Li, Francis Mitrou, Stephen R Zubrick
Number of siblings, birth order, and childhood overweight: a population-based cross-sectional study in Japan
Hirotaka Ochiai, Takako Shirasawa, Tadahiro Ohtsu, Rimei Nishimura, Aya Morimoto, Ritsuko Obuchi, Hiromi Hoshino, Naoko Tajima, Akatsuki Kokaze
Determinants of pregnant women's compliance with alcohol guidelines: a prospective cohort study
Amy E Anderson, Alexis J Hure, Jennifer R Powers, Frances J Kay-Lambkin, Deborah J Loxton
Ten-year trends in HIV prevalence among visitors to public health centers under the National HIV Surveillance System in Korea, 2000 to 2009
Mee-Kyung Kee, Jin-Hee Lee, Jiyoung Whang, Sung Soon Kim
Erratum to: Systematic review of diarrhea duration and severity in children and adults in low- and middle-income countries
Laura M Lamberti, Christa L Fischer Walker, Robert E Black
Compliance with children’s television food advertising regulations in Australia
Michele Roberts, Simone Pettigrew, Kathy Chapman, Caroline Miller, Pascale Quester
Short-term sick leave and future risk of sickness absence and unemployment - the impact of health status
Hanna Hultin, Christina Lindholm, Mauricio Malfert, Jette Möller
Ethnic differences and parental beliefs are important for overweight prevention and management in children: a cross-sectional study in the Netherlands
Paul L Kocken, Yvonne Schönbeck, Lidewij Henneman, A Cecile JW Janssens, Symone B Detmar
Development of a resource modelling tool to support decision makers in pandemic influenza preparedness: The AsiaFluCap Simulator
Mart Lambertus Stein, James W Rudge, Richard Coker, Charlie van der Weijden, Ralf Krumkamp, Piya Hanvoravongchai, Irwin Chavez, Weerasak Putthasri, Bounlay Phommasack, Wiku Adisasmito, Sok Touch, Le Minh Sat, Yu-Chen Hsu, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Aura Timen
Burden of influenza, healthcare seeking behaviour and hygiene measures during the A(H1N1)2009 pandemic in France: a population based study
Dieter Van Cauteren, Sophie Vaux, Henriette de Valk, Yann Le Strat, Véronique Vaillant, Daniel Lévy-Bruhl
Increasing the use of preventative health services to promote healthy eating, physical activity and weight management: the acceptability and potential effectiveness of a proactive telemarketing approach
Luke Wolfenden, John Wiggers, Christine Paul, Megan Freund, Christophe Lecathelinais, Paula Wye, Karen Gillham
Epidemiology of general obesity, abdominal obesity and related risk factors in urban adults from 33 communities of northeast china: the CHPSNE study
Hao Wang, Jing Wang, Miao-Miao Liu, Da Wang, Yu-Qin Liu, Yang Zhao, Mei-Meng Huang, Yang Liu, Jing Sun, Guang-Hui Dong
Sedentary behaviours and its association with bone mass in adolescents: the HELENA cross-sectional study
Luis Gracia-Marco, Juan P Rey-López, Alba M Santaliestra-Pasías, David Jiménez-Pavón, Ligia E Díaz, Luis A Moreno, German Vicente-Rodríguez
School difficulties in immigrant adolescent students and roles of socioeconomic factors, unhealthy behaviours, and physical and mental health
Kénora Chau, Michèle Baumann, Bernard Kabuth, Nearkasen Chau
“Psychosomatic consultation in the workplace” – a new model of care at the interface of company-supported mental health care and consultation-liaison psychosomatics: design of a mixed methods implementation study
Eva Rothermund, Reinhold Kilian, Michael Hoelzer, Dorothea Mayer, Daniel Mauss, Marc Krueger, Monika A Rieger, Harald Guendel
Survey of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and intestinal parasites among food handlers working at Gondar University, Northwest Ethiopia
Mulat Dagnew, Moges Tiruneh, Feleke Moges, Zinaye Tekeste
Patterns and socioeconomic influences of tobacco exposure in tobacco cultivating rural areas of Yunnan Province, China
Le Cai, Xinan Wu, Abhinav Goyal, Yuntao Han, Wenlong Cui, Xia Xiao, Jianhui He, Keying Zhao, Ying Song, Feng Jiao
The evidence-policy divide: a ‘critical computational linguistics’ approach to the language of 18 health agency CEOs from 9 countries
Erica Bell, Bastian M Seidel
Influence of the duration of breastfeeding on quality of muscle function during mastication in preschoolers: a cohort study
Simone Capsi Pires, Elsa Regina Justo Giugliani, Fernanda Caramez da Silva
Snus user identity and addiction. A Swedish focus group study on adolescents
Ingrid Edvardsson, Margareta Troein, Göran Ejlertsson, Lena Lendahls
A successful model of road traffic injury surveillance in a developing country: process and lessons learnt
Junaid Abdul Razzak, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Amber Mehmood, Syed Ameer Hussain, Mir Shabbar Ali, Rashid Jooma
Comparing the impact of socio-demographic factors associated with traffic injury among older road users and the general population in Japan
Takashi Nagata, Ayako Takamori, Hans-Yngve Berg, Marie Hasselberg
Substance use and risky sexual behaviours among sexually experienced Ghanaian youth
David Doku
The impact of immigration and vaccination in reducing the incidence of hepatitis B in Catalonia (Spain)
Manuel Oviedo, M Pilar Muñoz, Gloria Carmona, Eva Borrás, Joan Batalla, Nuria Soldevila, Angela Domínguez
Pulmonary tuberculosis diagnostic delays in Chad: a multicenter, hospital-based survey in Ndjamena and Moundou
Ndeindo Ndeikoundam Ngangro, Doudeadoum Ngarhounoum, Mosurel N Ngangro, Ngakoutou Rangar, Mahinda G Siriwardana, Virginie Halley des Fontaines, Pierre Chauvin
Self-reported leisure time physical activity: a useful assessment tool in everyday health care
Lars Rödjer, Ingibjörg H Jonsdottir, Annika Rosengren, Lena Björck, Gunnar Grimby, Dag S Thelle, Georgios Lappas, Mats Börjesson
Can linked emergency department data help assess the out-of-hospital burden of acute lower respiratory infections? A population-based cohort study
Hannah C Moore, Nicholas de Klerk, Peter Jacoby, Peter Richmond, Deborah Lehmann
Activities and sources of income after a period of long-term sick leave - a population-based prospective cohort study
Anders Wikman, Michael Wiberg, Staffan Marklund, Kristina Alexanderson
Patients’ perceptions of podoconiosis causes, prevention and consequences in East and West Gojam, Northern Ethiopia
Yordanos B Molla, Sara Tomczyk, Tsige Amberbir, Abreham Tamiru, Gail Davey
Clinical, epidemiological, and spatial characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus diarrhea and cholera in the urban slums of Kolkata, India
Suman Kanungo, Dipika Sur, Mohammad Ali, Young Ae You, Debottam Pal, Byomkesh Manna, Swapan K Niyogi, Banwarilal Sarkar, Sujit K Bhattacharya, John D Clemens, G Balakrish Nair
Concern about passive smoking and tobacco control policies in European countries: An ecological study
Marc C Willemsen, Maja Kiselinova, Gera E Nagelhout, Luk Joossens, Ronald A Knibbe
Contribution of education level and dairy fat sources to serum cholesterol in Russian and Finnish Karelia: results from four cross-sectional risk factor surveys in 1992–2007
Laura Paalanen, Ritva Prättälä, Tiina Laatikainen
Identification of the factors associated with outcomes in a Condition Management Programme
Evangelia Demou, Iain Gibson, Ewan B Macdonald
Health- related quality of life in diabetic people with different vascular risk
Juan Oliva, Antonio Fernández-Bolaños, Álvaro Hidalgo
Getting better at chronic care in remote communities: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled of community based management
Barbara Schmidt, Mark Wenitong, Adrian Esterman, Wendy Hoy, Leonie Segal, Sean Taylor, Cilla Preece, Alex Sticpewich, Robyn McDermott
Road traffic related mortality in Vietnam: Evidence for policy from a national sample mortality surveillance system
Anh D Ngo, Chalapati Rao, Nguyen Phuong Hoa, Damian G Hoy, Khieu Thi Quynh Trang, Peter S Hill
Legionella on board trains: effectiveness of environmental surveillance and decontamination
Gianluigi Quaranta, Sara Vincenti, Anna Maria Ferriero, Federica Boninti, Romina Sezzatini, Cinzia Turnaturi, Maria Daniela Gliubizzi, Elio Munafò, Gianluca Ceccarelli, Carmelo Causarano, Massimo Accorsi, Pasquale Del Nord, Walter Ricciardi, Patrizia Laurenti
A phase II clinical trial of a dental health education program delivered by aboriginal health workers to prevent early childhood caries
Fiona Blinkhorn, Ngiare Brown, Ruth Freeman, Gerry Humphris, Andrew Martin, Anthony Blinkhorn
When female circumcision comes to the West: Attitudes toward the practice among Somali Immigrants in Oslo
Abdi A Gele, Elise B Johansen, Johanne Sundby
Towards fair health policies for migrants and ethnic minorities: the case-study of ETHEALTH in Belgium
Marie Dauvrin, Ilse Derluyn, Isabelle Coune, Hans Verrept, Vincent Lorant
A cross-sectional analysis of how young adults perceive tobacco brands: implications for FCTC signatories
Philip Gendall, Janet Hoek, Richard Edwards, Judith McCool
Cluster randomized controlled trial of a peer support program for people with diabetes: study protocol for the Australasian peers for progress study
Michaela A Riddell, Carla Renwick, Rory Wolfe, Stephen Colgan, James Dunbar, Virginia Hagger, Pilvikki Absetz, Brian Oldenburg
A public health approach to eating disorders prevention: It’s time for public health professionals to take a seat at the table
S Bryn Austin
Patterns of mortality in public and private hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Awoke Misganaw, Damen Haile Mariam, Tekebash Araya, Kidane Ayele
Alcohol beverage control, privatization and the geographic distribution of alcohol outlets
Tony H Grubesic, Alan T Murray, William Alex Pridemore, Loni Philip Tabb, Yin Liu, Ran Wei
Development and psychometric properties of a new social support scale for self-care in middle-aged patients with type II diabetes (S4-MAD)
Shohreh Naderimagham, Shamsaddin Niknami, Farid Abolhassani, Ebrahim Hajizadeh, Ali Montazeri
Neck/shoulder pain and low back pain among school teachers in China, prevalence and risk factors
Pengying Yue, Fengying Liu, Liping Li
Using educational outreach and a financial incentive to increase general practices’ contribution to chlamydia screening in South-East London 2003–2011
Sebastian Kalwij, Sarah French, Rumbi Mugezi, Paula Baraitser
Web-based screening and brief intervention for poly-drug use among teenagers: study protocol of a multicentre two-arm randomized controlled trial
Nicolas Arnaud, Sonja Bröning, Magdalena Drechsel, Rainer Thomasius, Christiane Baldus
Characterizing sexual histories of women before formal sex-work in south India from a cross-sectional survey: implications for HIV/STI prevention
Sharmistha Mishra, Satyanarayana Ramanaik, James F Blanchard, Shiva Halli, Stephen Moses, T Raghavendra, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Rob Lorway, Marissa Becker
A cluster-randomized controlled trial of strategies to increase adolescents’ physical activity and motivation during physical education lessons: the Motivating Active Learning in Physical Education (MALP) trial
Richard R Rosenkranz, David R Lubans, Louisa R Peralta, Andrew Bennie, Taren Sanders, Chris Lonsdale
The impact of having natural teeth on the QoL of frail dentulous older people. A qualitative study
Dominique Niesten, Krista van Mourik, Wil van der Sanden
The feasibility of rapid baseline objective physical activity measurement in a natural experimental study of a commuting population
Lin Yang, Simon Griffin, Cheryl Chapman, David Ogilvie
Excessive daytime sleepiness assessed by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and its association with health related quality of life: a population-based study in China
Shunquan Wu, Rui Wang, Xiuqiang Ma, Yanfang Zhao, Xiaoyan Yan, Jia He
The prevalence of childhood asthma in China: a systematic review
Yangzong Yangzong, Zumin Shi, Per Nafstad, Lise Lund Håheim, Ouzhu Luobu, Espen Bjertness
The ‘other’ in patterns of drinking: A qualitative study of attitudes towards alcohol use among professional, managerial and clerical workers
Jonathan Ling, Karen E Smith, Graeme B Wilson, Lyn Brierley-Jones, Ann Crosland, Eileen FS Kaner, Catherine A Haighton
Assessment of dental caries predictors in 6-year-old school children - results from 5-year retrospective cohort study
Mohd Masood, Norashikin Yusof, Mohamed Ibrahim Abu Hassan, Nasruddin Jaafar
Effect of gender on the association between weight status and health-related quality of life in adolescents
Emilie Bonsergent, Joseph Benie-Bi, Cédric Baumann, Nelly Agrinier, Sabrina Tessier, Nathalie Thilly, Serge Briançon
Comorbidity of overweight and obesity in a nationally representative sample of German adults aged 18-79 years
Anja Schienkiewitz, Gert B M Mensink, Christa Scheidt-Nave
Temporal changes in geographical disparities in alcohol-attributed disease mortality before and after implementation of the alcohol tax policy in Taiwan
Chih-Ming Lin, Tzai-Hung Wen
NHS health checks through general practice: randomised trial of population cardiovascular risk reduction
Thomas Cochrane, Rachel Davey, Zafar Iqbal, Christopher Gidlow, Jagdish Kumar, Ruth Chambers, Yvonne Mawby
A cluster-randomised clinical trial comparing two cardiovascular health education strategies in a child population: the Savinghearts project
Luis María Sánchez-Gómez, María Jesús Fernández-Luque, Lourdes Ruiz-Díaz, Rosa Sánchez-Alcalde, Belén Sierra-García, Soledad Mayayo-Vicente, Marta Ruiz-López, Pilar Loeches-Belinchón, Javier López-Gónzález, Amelia González-Gamarra, Angela Gallego-Arenas, Ana Cubillo-Serna, Gema Gil-Juberias, Pilar Pérez-Cayuela, Celina Arana Cañedo-Arguelles, Julia Natividad García-Pascual, Esther Ruiz-Chércoles, Carmen Suarez-Fernández, Iluminada Garcia-Polo, Daniel Abad-Perez, Juan M Ballesteros-Arribas, Maravillas Izquierdo-Martínez, Elena Salvador-Alcaide, Ana B Arribas-Vela, Juan M Alonso-Pérez, Lorena Veja-Piris, Francisco Rodríguez-Salvanés, Blanca Novella-Arribas
Early life opportunities for prevention of diabetes in low and middle income countries
Mark A Hanson, Peter D Gluckman, Ronald CW Ma, Priya Matzen, Regien G Biesma
Evaluating the performance of interpreting Verbal Autopsy 3.2 model for establishing pulmonary tuberculosis as a cause of death in Ethiopia: a population-based cross-sectional study
Sebsibe Tadesse, Takele Tadesse
A smartphone-supported weight loss program: design of the ENGAGED randomized controlled trial
Christine A Pellegrini, Jennifer M Duncan, Arlen C Moller, Joanna Buscemi, Alyson Sularz, Andrew DeMott, Alex Pictor, Sherry Pagoto, Juned Siddique, Bonnie Spring
Seroprevalence of measles, mumps, rubella, varicella–zoster and hepatitis A–C in Emirati medical students
Mohamud Sheek-Hussein, Rayhan Hashmey, Ahmed R Alsuwaidi, Fatima Al Maskari, Leena Amiri, Abdul-Kader Souid
Decline in male circumcision in South Korea
DaiSik Kim, Sung-Ae Koo, Myung-Geol Pang
Trends in overweight and obesity in Lebanon: evidence from two national cross-sectional surveys (1997 and 2009)
Lara Nasreddine, Farah Naja, Marie Claire Chamieh, Nada Adra, Abla-Mehio Sibai, Nahla Hwalla
Sitting time and health outcomes among Mexican origin adults: obesity as a mediator
Hendrik D de Heer, Anna V Wilkinson, Larkin L Strong, Melissa L Bondy, Laura M Koehly
Understanding burnout according to individual differences: ongoing explanatory power evaluation of two models for measuring burnout types
Jesús Montero-Marín, Ricardo Araya, Barbara Olivan Blazquez, Petros Skapinakis, Vicente Martinez Vizcaino, Javier García-Campayo
The Diabetes Pearl: Diabetes biobanking in The Netherlands
Esther van’t Riet, Miranda T Schram, Evertine J Abbink, Wanda M Admiraal, Marja W Dijk-Schaap, Frits Holleman, Giel Nijpels, Behiye Özcan, Hanno Pijl, Nicolaas C Schaper, Eric JG Sijbrands, Bianca Silvius, Cees J Tack, Harold W de Valk, Bruce HR Wolffenbuttel, Coen DA Stehouwer, Jacqueline M Dekker
Identification of gram-negative bacteria from critical control points of raw and pasteurized cow milk consumed at Gondar town and its suburbs, Ethiopia
Legesse Garedew, Ayalew Berhanu, Desalegne Mengesha, Getachew Tsegay
The structure of psychological life satisfaction: insights from farmers and a general community sample in Australia
Léan V OBrien, Helen L Berry, Anthony Hogan
Addressing the policy cacophony does not require more evidence: an argument for reframing obesity as caloric overconsumption
Jacob J Shelley
Mental health care for irregular migrants in Europe: Barriers and how they are overcome
Christa Straßmayr, Aleksandra Matanov, Stefan Priebe, Henrique Barros, Reamonn Canavan, José Manuel Díaz-Olalla, Edina Gabor, Andrea Gaddini, Tim Greacen, Petra Holcnerová, Ulrike Kluge, Marta Welbel, Pablo Nicaise, Aart H Schene, Joaquim JF Soares, Heinz Katschnig
Methadone induction in primary care (ANRS-Methaville): a phase III randomized intervention trial
Perrine Roux, Laurent Michel, Julien Cohen, Marion Mora, Alain Morel, Jean-Francois Aubertin, Jean-Claude Desenclos, Bruno Spire, Patrizia M Carrieri
Erratum to: prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of overweight and obesity among Pakistani primary school children
Muhammad Umair Mushtaq, Sibgha Gull, Hussain Muhammad Abdullah, Ubeera Shahid, Mushtaq Ahmad Shad, Javed Akram
Knowledge, attitudes and practices among people with chronic hepatitis B attending a hepatology clinic in Malaysia: A cross sectional study
Rosmawati Mohamed, Chirk Jenn Ng, Wen Ting Tong, Suraya Zainol Abidin, Li Ping Wong, Wah Yun Low
Explaining the disability paradox: a cross-sectional analysis of the Swiss general population
Bernd Fellinghauer, Jan D Reinhardt, Gerold Stucki, Jerome Bickenbach
Who tended to continue smoking after cancer diagnosis: the national health and nutrition examination survey 1999–2008
Tung-Sung Tseng, Hui-Yi Lin, Sarah Moody-Thomas, Michelle Martin, Ted Chen
Childhood school segregation and later life sense of control and physical performance in the African American Health cohort
Fredric D Wolinsky, Elena M Andresen, Theodore K Malmstrom, J Philip Miller, Mario Schootman, Douglas K Miller
Trends in aortic aneurysm- and dissection-related mortality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, 1985–2009: multiple-cause-of-death analysis
Augusto Hasiak Santo, Pedro Puech-Leão, Mariana Krutman
Intimate partner violence and use of reproductive health services among married women: evidence from a national Bangladeshi sample
Mosiur Rahman, Keiko Nakamura, Kaoruko Seino, Masashi Kizuki
Socioeconomic status and metabolic syndrome in the general population of China: a cross-sectional study
Yiqiang Zhan, Jinming Yu, Ruoqing Chen, Junling Gao, Rongjing Ding, Yuanyuan Fu, Lijun Zhang, Dayi Hu
Twenty-five year trends in body mass index by education and income in Finland
Ritva Prättälä, Risto Sippola, Marjaana Lahti-Koski, Mikko T Laaksonen, Tomi Mäkinen, Eva Roos
Barriers to pandemic influenza vaccination and uptake of seasonal influenza vaccine in the post-pandemic season in Germany
Merle M Böhmer, Dietmar Walter, Gerhard Falkenhorst, Stephan Müters, Gérard Krause, Ole Wichmann
Evaluation of adult dTPaP vaccination coverage in France: experience in Lyon city, 2010–2011
Dominique Baratin, Corinne Del Signore, Jacques Thierry, Evelyne Caulin, Philippe Vanhems
A longitudinal assessment of alcohol intake and incident depression: the SUN project
Alfredo Gea, Miguel A Martinez-Gonzalez, Estefania Toledo, Almudena Sanchez-Villegas, Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Jorge M Nuñez-Cordoba, Carmen Sayon-Orea, Juan J Beunza
Modelling strategic interventions in a population with a total fertility rate of 8.3: a cross-sectional study of Idjwi Island, DRC
Dana R Thomson, Michael B Hadley, P Gregg Greenough, Marcia C Castro
Prevalence and correlates of sexual behaviors among university students: a study in Hefei, China
Xinli Chi, Lu Yu, Sam Winter
Prevalence of HIV among MSM in Europe: comparison of self-reported diagnoses from a large scale internet survey and existing national estimates
Ulrich Marcus, Ford Hickson, Peter Weatherburn, Axel J Schmidt
Low long-lasting insecticide nets (LLINs) use among household members for protection against mosquito bite in kersa, Eastern Ethiopia
Tesfaye Gobena, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku
Cost-effectiveness of adding vaccination with the AS04-adjuvanted human papillomavirus 16/18 vaccine to cervical cancer screening in Hungary
Zoltán Vokó, László Nagyjánosi, Zoltán Kaló
Overweight according to geographical origin and time spent in France: a cross sectional study in the Paris metropolitan area
Judith Martin-Fernandez, Francesca Grillo, Christine Tichit, Isabelle Parizot, Pierre Chauvin
Study protocol for the Integra Initiative to assess the benefits and costs of integrating sexual and reproductive health and HIV services in Kenya and Swaziland
Charlotte E Warren, Susannah H Mayhew, Anna Vassall, James Kelly Kimani, Kathryn Church, Carol Dayo Obure, Natalie Friend du-Preez, Timothy Abuya, Richard Mutemwa, Manuela Colombini, Isolde Birdthistle, Ian Askew, Charlotte Watts
EPIPOI: A user-friendly analytical tool for the extraction and visualization of temporal parameters from epidemiological time series
Wladimir J Alonso, Benjamin JJ McCormick
Human papilloma virus vaccination programs reduce health inequity in most scenarios: a simulation study
Natasha S Crowcroft, Jemila S Hamid, Shelley L Deeks, John Frank
Pharmaco-economic impact of demographic change on pharmaceutical expenses in Germany and France
Wolfgang Boecking, Anna Klamar, Florian Kitzmann, Wilhelm Kirch
The implementation of a community-based aerobic walking program for mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis: A knowledge translation randomized controlled trial: Part II: Clinical outcomes
Lucie Brosseau, George A Wells, Glen P Kenny, Robert Reid, Andreas Maetzel, Peter Tugwell, Maria Huijbregts, Carolyn McCullough, Gino De Angelis, Lily Chen
Racial and geographic variation in coronary heart disease mortality trends
Richard F Gillum, Alem Mehari, Bryan Curry, Thomas O Obisesan
Risk factors for Mycoplasma genitalium infection among female sex workers: a cross-sectional study in two cities in southwest China
Zhi Xiang, Yue-Ping Yin, Mei-Qin Shi, Ning Jiang, Yan Han, Hong-Chun Wang, Bing-Jie Zheng, Guo-Jun Liang, Xiang-Sheng Chen
Unintentional injury mortality in India, 2005: Nationally representative mortality survey of 1.1 million homes
Jagnoor Jagnoor, Wilson Suraweera, Lisa Keay, Rebecca Q Ivers, JS Thakur, Prabhat Jha
An intervention program with the aim to improve and maintain work productivity for workers with rheumatoid arthritis: design of a randomized controlled trial and cost-effectiveness study
Myrthe van Vilsteren, Cécile RL Boot, Romy Steenbeek, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Alexandre E Voskuyl, Johannes R Anema
Socioeconomic conditions of elderly people in Kosovo: a cross-sectional study
Naim Jerliu, Ervin Toçi, Genc Burazeri, Naser Ramadani, Helmut Brand
Differing trends in the association between obesity and self-reported health in Portugal and Switzerland. Data from national health surveys 1992–2007
Pedro Marques-Vidal, Paula Ravasco, Fred Paccaud
The effectiveness of knowledge translation strategies used in public health: a systematic review
Rebecca LaRocca, Jennifer Yost, Maureen Dobbins, Donna Ciliska, Michelle Butt
Beliefs and practices during pregnancy and childbirth in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nuzhat Choudhury, Allisyn C Moran, M Ashraful Alam, Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Sabina F Rashid, Peter Kim Streatfield
Does anonymity increase the reporting of mental health symptoms?
Nicola T Fear, Rachel Seddon, Norman Jones, Neil Greenberg, Simon Wessely
Work and health among immigrants and native Swedes 1990–2008: a register-based study on hospitalization for common potentially work-related disorders, disability pension and mortality
Bo Johansson, Magnus Helgesson, Ingvar Lundberg, Tobias Nordquist, Ola Leijon, Per Lindberg, Eva Vingård
People living with HIV /AIDS (PLWHA) and HIV/AIDS associated oral lesions; a study in Malaysia
Saad A Khan, Jayanthy Moorthy, Hanan Omar, Syed Shahzad Hasan
Systematic review of studies evaluating the broader economic impact of vaccination in low and middle income countries
Rohan Deogaonkar, Raymond Hutubessy, Inge van der Putten, Silvia Evers, Mark Jit
Do health workers’ preferences influence their practices? Assessment of providers’ attitude and personal use of new treatment recommendations for management of uncomplicated malaria, Tanzania
Irene M Masanja, Angelina M Lutambi, Rashid A Khatib
Correlates of STI symptoms among female sex workers with truck driver clients in two Mexican border towns
Nadine E Chen, Steffanie A Strathdee, Felipe J Uribe-Salas, Thomas L Patterson, Maria Gudelia Rangel, Perth Rosen, Kimberly C Brouwer
Evaluation of computer-tailored health education (‘E-health4Uth’) combined with personal counselling (‘E-health4Uth + counselling’) on adolescents’ behaviours and mental health status: design of a three-armed cluster randomised controlled trial
Rienke Bannink, Evelien Joosten - van Zwanenburg, Petra van de Looij - Jansen, Els van As, Hein Raat
Exploring mediators of accelerometer assessed physical activity in young adolescents in the HEalth In Adolescents study – a group randomized controlled trial
Ingunn H Bergh, Maartje M van Stralen, May Grydeland, Mona Bjelland, Nanna Lien, Lene F Andersen, Sigmund A Anderssen, Yngvar Ommundsen
How can insulin initiation delivery in a dual-sector health system be optimised? A qualitative study on healthcare professionals’ views
Ping Yein Lee, Yew Kong Lee, Chirk Jenn Ng
Body weight dissatisfaction by socioeconomic status among obese, preobese and normal weight women and men: results of the cross-sectional KORA Augsburg S4 population survey
Thomas von Lengerke, Andreas Mielck
Scoping the impact of the national child measurement programme feedback on the child obesity pathway: study protocol
Catherine Falconer, MinHae Park, Áine Skow, James Black, Ulla Sovio, Sonia Saxena, Anthony Kessel, Helen Croker, Steve Morris, Russell Viner, Sanjay Kinra
Understanding the drive to escort: a cross-sectional analysis examining parental attitudes towards children’s school travel and independent mobility
George Mammen, Guy Faulkner, Ron Buliung, Jennifer Lay
Seasonal influenza immunization in early infancy?
Maurizio Bonati, Antonio Clavenna
Self-reported hearing difficulties, main income sources, and socio-economic status; a cross-sectional population-based study in Sweden
Pernilla Videhult Pierre, Anders Fridberger, Anders Wikman, Kristina Alexanderson
A feasibility trial to examine the social norms approach for the prevention and reduction of licit and illicit drug use in European University and college students
Claudia R Pischke, Hajo Zeeb, Guido van Hal, Bart Vriesacker, John McAlaney, Bridgette M Bewick, Yildiz Akvardar, Francisco Guillén-Grima, Olga Orosova, Ferdinand Salonna, Ondrej Kalina, Christiane Stock, Stefanie M Helmer, Rafael T Mikolajczyk
Rationale, design, methodology and sample characteristics for the Vietnam pre-conceptual micronutrient supplementation trial (PRECONCEPT): a randomized controlled study
Phuong H Nguyen, Alyssa E Lowe, Reynaldo Martorell, Hieu Nguyen, Hoa Pham, Son Nguyen, Kimberly B Harding, Lynnette M Neufeld, Gregory A Reinhart, Usha Ramakrishnan
Development of a Community Commitment Scale with Cross-sectional Survey Validation for Preventing Social Isolation in Older Japanese People
Ayumi Kono, Etsuko Tadaka, Yukiko Kanaya, Yuka Dai, Waka Itoi, Yuki Imamatsu
Prevalence and profiles of unmet healthcare need in Thailand
Noppakun Thammatacharee, Kanjana Tisayaticom, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Supon Limwattananon, Weerasak Putthasri, Rajana Netsaengtip, Viroj Tangcharoensathien
Study and implementation of urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba islands) using an integrated multidisciplinary approach
Stefanie Knopp, Khalfan A Mohammed, Said M Ali, I Simba Khamis, Shaali M Ame, Marco Albonico, Anouk Gouvras, Alan Fenwick, Lorenzo Savioli, Daniel G Colley, Jürg Utzinger, Bobbie Person, David Rollinson
Dengue vector management using insecticide treated materials and targeted interventions on productive breeding-sites in Guatemala
Nidia Rizzo, Rodrigo Gramajo, Maria Cabrera Escobar, Byron Arana, Axel Kroeger, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Max Petzold
Men’s and women’s exposure and perpetration of partner violence: an epidemiological study from Sweden
Solveig Lövestad, Gunilla Krantz
Troop education and avian influenza surveillance in military barracks in Ghana, 2011
John Kofi Odoom, Samuel Bel-Nono, David Rodgers, Prince G Agbenohevi, Courage K Dafeamekpor, Roland M L Sowa, Fenteng Danso, Reuben Tettey, Richard Suu-Ire, Joseph H K Bonney, Ivy A Asante, James Aboagye, Christopher Zaab-Yen Abana, Joseph Asamoah Frimpong, Karl C Kronmann, Buhari A Oyofo, William K Ampofo
Dynamic modelling of costs and health consequences of school closure during an influenza pandemic
Yiting Xue, Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio
Sun protection and exposure behaviors among Hispanic adults in the United States: differences according to acculturation and among Hispanic subgroups
Elliot J Coups, Jerod L Stapleton, Shawna V Hudson, Amanda Medina-Forrester, Ana Natale-Pereira, James S Goydos
Frequent alcohol drinking is associated with lower prevalence of self-reported common cold: a retrospective study
Eriko Ouchi, Kaijun Niu, Yoritoshi Kobayashi, Lei Guan, Haruki Momma, Hui Guo, Masahiko Chujo, Atsushi Otomo, Yufei Cui, Ryoichi Nagatomi
Measuring financial protection for health in families with chronic conditions in Rural China
Chunhong Jiang, Jingdong Ma, Xiang Zhang, Wujin Luo
Out-of-pocket healthcare payments on chronic conditions impoverish urban poor in Bangalore, India
Upendra Bhojani, BS Thriveni, Roopa Devadasan, CM Munegowda, Narayanan Devadasan, Patrick Kolsteren, Bart Criel
Geographical access to care at birth in Ghana: a barrier to safe motherhood
Peter W Gething, Fiifi Amoako Johnson, Faustina Frempong-Ainguah, Philomena Nyarko, Angela Baschieri, Patrick Aboagye, Jane Falkingham, Zoe Matthews, Peter M Atkinson
Subjective health complaints in older adolescents are related to perceived stress, anxiety and gender – a cross-sectional school study in Northern Sweden
Maria Wiklund, Eva-Britt Malmgren-Olsson, Ann Öhman, Erik Bergström, Anncristine Fjellman-Wiklund
Widening social inequality in life expectancy in Denmark. A register-based study on social composition and mortality trends for the Danish population
Henrik Brønnum-Hansen, Mikkel Baadsgaard
Education-based health inequalities in 18,000 Norwegian couples: the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT)
Sara Marie Nilsen, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Linda Ernstsen, Steinar Krokstad, Steinar Westin
Active case detection in national visceral leishmaniasis elimination programs in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal: feasibility, performance and costs
M Mamun Huda, Siddhivinayak Hirve, Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Paritosh Malaviya, Megha Raj Banjara, Pradeep Das, Sangeeta Kansal, Chitra Kumar Gurung, Eva Naznin, Suman Rijal, Byron Arana, Axel Kroeger, Dinesh Mondal
Sustained employability of workers in a production environment: design of a stepped wedge trial to evaluate effectiveness and cost-benefit of the POSE program
Berry J van Holland, Michiel R de Boer, Sandra Brouwer, Remko Soer, Michiel F Reneman
Current iodine nutrition status and progress toward elimination of iodine deficiency disorders in Jazan, Saudi Arabia
Rashad Mohammed Ali Alsanosy, Abdelrahim Mutwakel Gaffar, Husam Eldin Elsawi Khalafalla, Mohamed Salih Mahfouz, Abdel Naser Shaaban Zaid, Ibrahim Ahmed Bani
Guidance for contact tracing of cases of Lassa fever, Ebola or Marburg haemorrhagic fever on an airplane: results of a European expert consultation
Andreas Gilsdorf, Dilys Morgan, Katrin Leitmeyer
Home visitation program effectiveness and the influence of community behavioral norms: a propensity score matched analysis of prenatal smoking cessation
Meredith Matone, Amanda LR O'Reilly, Xianqun Luan, Russell Localio, David M Rubin
A dedicated surveillance network for congenital toxoplasmosis in Greece, 2006-2009: assessment of the results
Maria Aptouramani, Maria Theodoridou, George Syrogiannopoulos, Andreas Mentis, Vasiliki Papaevangelou, Katerina Gaitana, Alexandros Daponte, Christos Hadjichristodoulou
The LIFE child study: a life course approach to disease and health
Mirja Quante, Mara Hesse, Mirko Döhnert, Michael Fuchs, Christian Hirsch, Elena Sergeyev, Nora Casprzig, Mandy Geserick, Stephanie Naumann, Christiane Koch, Matthew A Sabin, Andreas Hiemisch, Antje Körner, Wieland Kiess
Smoking behavior, attitudes, and cessation counseling among healthcare professionals in Armenia
Narine K Movsisyan, Petrosyan Varduhi, Harutyunyan Arusyak, Petrosyan Diana, Muradyan Armen, Stillman A Frances
Condom availability in high risk places and condom use: a study at district level in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia
Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy, Astrid Blystad, Elizabeth H Shayo, Emmanuel Makundi, Charles Michelo, Joseph Zulu, Jens Byskov
French women’s knowledge of and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention and the acceptability of HPV vaccination among those with 14 – 18 year old daughters: a quantitative-qualitative study
Julie Haesebaert, Delphine Lutringer-Magnin, Julie Kalecinski, Giovanna Barone, Anne-Carole Jacquard, Véronique Régnier, Yann Leocmach, Philippe Vanhems, Franck Chauvin, Christine Lasset
Family affluence and cultural capital as indicators of social inequalities in adolescent’s eating behaviours: a population-based survey
Anne-Siri Fismen, Oddrun Samdal, Torbjørn Torsheim
Methods for environmental change; an exploratory study
Gerjo Kok, Nell H Gottlieb, Robert Panne, Chris Smerecnik
Enhancing self-regulation as a strategy for obesity prevention in Head Start preschoolers: the growing healthy study
Alison L Miller, Mildred A Horodynski, Holly E Brophy Herb, Karen E Peterson, Dawn Contreras, Niko Kaciroti, Julie Staples-Watson, Julie C Lumeng
Effectiveness of using group visit model to support diabetes patient self-management in rural communities of Shanghai: a randomized controlled trial
Shengsheng Liu, Anhua Bi, Dongbo Fu, Hua Fu, Wei Luo, Xiaoying Ma, Liyan Zhuang
Time spent on health related activities associated with chronic illness: a scoping literature review
Tanisha Jowsey, Laurann Yen, Paul Mathews W
A call for parental monitoring to improve condom use among secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Linda B Mlunde, Krishna C Poudel, Bruno F Sunguya, Jessie K K Mbwambo, Junko Yasuoka, Keiko Otsuka, Omary Ubuguyu, Masamine Jimba
Second hand smoke exposure and the risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children: systematic review and meta-analysis
Rachael L Murray, John Britton, Jo Leonardi-Bee
Prevalences and associated risk factors of HCV/HIV co-infection and HCV mono-infection among injecting drug users in a methadone maintenance treatment program in Taipei, Taiwan
Yung-Feng Yen, Muh-Yong Yen, Lien-Wen Su, Lan-Huei Li, Peing Chuang, Xiao-Ru Jiang, Chung-Yeh Deng
A Dutch panel study on the relation between structure of everyday life, daily hassles, and alcohol consumption
Rik Crutzen, Ronald A Knibbe
Comparing HIV prevalence estimates from prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme and the antenatal HIV surveillance in Addis Ababa
Alemnesh H Mirkuzie, Mitike Molla Sisay, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Karen Marie Moland, Odd Mørkve
School closure as an influenza mitigation strategy: how variations in legal authority and plan criteria can alter the impact
Margaret A Potter, Shawn T Brown, Phillip C Cooley, Patricia M Sweeney, Tina B Hershey, Sherrianne M Gleason, Bruce Y Lee, Christopher R Keane, John Grefenstette, Donald S Burke
Incidence and correlates of receiving cigarettes as gifts and selecting preferred brand because it was gifted: Findings from the ITC China Survey
Li-Ling Huang, James F Thrasher, Yuan Jiang, Qiang Li, Geoffrey T Fong, Anne CK Quah
Burden of paediatric influenza in Western Europe: a systematic review
Evgeniya N Antonova, Catherine E Rycroft, Christopher S Ambrose, Terho Heikkinen, Nicola Principi
Effectiveness of an intervention at construction worksites on work engagement, social support, physical workload, and need for recovery: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial
Karen M Oude Hengel, Birgitte M Blatter, Catelijne I Joling, Allard J van der Beek, Paulien M Bongers
The prevention access and risk taking in young people (PARTY) project protocol: A cluster randomised controlled trial of health risk screening and motivational interviewing for young people presenting to general practice
Lena Sanci, Brenda Grabsch, Patty Chondros, Alan Shiell, Jane Pirkis, Susan Sawyer, Kelsey Hegarty, Elizabeth Patterson, Helen Cahill, Elizabeth Ozer, Janelle Seymour, George Patton
Causes and determinants of inequity in maternal and child health in Vietnam
Mats Målqvist, Dinh Thi Phuong Hoa, Sarah Thomsen
Legacy for Children TM : a pair of randomized controlled trials of a public health model to improve developmental outcomes among children in poverty
Ruth Perou, Marc N Elliott, Susanna N Visser, Angelika H Claussen, Keith G Scott, Leila H Beckwith, Judy Howard, Lynne F Katz, D Camille Smith
Steps that count!: The development of a pedometer-based health promotion intervention in an employed, health insured South African population
Julian D Pillay, Tracy L Kolbe-Alexander, Karin I Proper, Willem van Mechelen, Estelle V Lambert
The parent–child relationship and adolescent alcohol use: a systematic review of longitudinal studies
Leenke Visser, Andrea F de Winter, Sijmen A Reijneveld
Social support and age influence distress outcomes differentially across urban, regional and remote Australia: an exploratory study
Joanne Allen, Kerry J Inder, Terry J Lewin, John Attia, Brian J Kelly
Minimizing risks and monitoring safety of an antenatal care intervention to mitigate domestic violence among young Indian women: The Dil Mil trial
Suneeta Krishnan, Kalyani Subbiah, Prabha Chandra, Krishnamachari Srinivasan
Individual and environmental factors underlying life space of older people – study protocol and design of a cohort study on life-space mobility in old age (LISPE)
Taina Rantanen, Erja Portegijs, Anne Viljanen, Johanna Eronen, Milla Saajanaho, Li-Tang Tsai, Markku Kauppinen, Eeva-Maija Palonen, Sarianna Sipilä, Susanne Iwarsson, Merja Rantakokko
Low nutrient intake among adult women and patients with severe tuberculosis disease in Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Ezekiel Mupere, Isabel M Parraga, Daniel J Tisch, Harriet K Mayanja, Christopher C Whalen
Wearing face masks in public during the influenza season may reflect other positive hygiene practices in Japan
Koji Wada, Kuniko Oka-Ezoe, Derek R Smith
Alcohol consumption and risky sexual behaviour in the fishing communities: evidence from two fish landing sites on Lake Victoria in Uganda
Nazarius M Tumwesigye, Lynn Atuyambe, Rhoda K Wanyenze, Simon PS Kibira, Qing Li, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Glenn Wagner
Improving sexual health for HIV patients by providing a combination of integrated public health and hospital care services; a one-group pre- and post test intervention comparison
Nicole HTM Dukers-Muijrers, Carlijn Somers, Christian JPA Hoebe, Selwyn H Lowe, Anne-Marie EJWM Niekamp, Astrid Oude Lashof, Cathrien AMVH Bruggeman, Hubertus JM Vrijhoef
The patient’s anxiety before seeing a doctor and her/his hospital choice behavior in China
Liyang Tang
An exploratory randomised controlled trial of a premises-level intervention to reduce alcohol-related harm including violence in the United Kingdom
Simon C Moore, Simon Murphy, Susan N Moore, Iain Brennan, Ellie Byrne, Jonathan Shepherd, Laurence Moore
What are the living conditions and health status of those who don’t report their migration status? a population-based study in Chile
Baltica Cabieses, Kate E Pickett, Helena Tunstall
Local social environmental factors are associated with household food insecurity in a longitudinal study of children
Megan Ann Carter, Lise Dubois, Mark S Tremblay, Monica Taljaard
The impact of demographic change on the estimated future burden of infectious diseases: examples from hepatitis B and seasonal influenza in the Netherlands
Scott A McDonald, Alies van Lier, Dietrich Plass, Mirjam EE Kretzschmar
Multidisciplinary approach to management of maternal asthma (MAMMA [copyright]): the PROTOCOL for a randomized controlled trial
Angelina Lim, Kay Stewart, Michael J Abramson, Susan P Walker, Johnson George
Correlates of weight status among Norwegian 11-year-olds: The HEIA study
May Grydeland, Ingunn H Bergh, Mona Bjelland, Nanna Lien, Lene F Andersen, Yngvar Ommundsen, Knut-Inge Klepp, Sigmund A Anderssen
Cluster-randomised trial to evaluate the ‘Change for Life’ mass media/ social marketing campaign in the UK
Helen Croker, Rebecca Lucas, Jane Wardle
Factors affecting voluntary HIV counselling and testing among men in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey
Tesfaye H Leta, Ingvild F Sandøy, Knut Fylkesnes
Change of water consumption and its potential influential factors in Shanghai: A cross-sectional study
Hanyi Chen, Yaying Zhang, Linlin Ma, Fangmin Liu, Weiwei Zheng, Qinfeng Shen, Hongmei Zhang, Xiao Wei, Dajun Tian, Gengsheng He, Weidong Qu
The relationship between changes in health behaviour and initiation of lipid-lowering and antihypertensive medications in individuals at high risk of ischaemic heart disease
Nana Folmann Hempler, Allan Krasnik, Charlotta Pisinger, Torben Jørgensen
Forty years of increasing suicide mortality in Poland: Undercounting amidst a hanging epidemic?
Peter Höfer, Ian R H Rockett, Peeter Värnik, Elmar Etzersdorfer, Nestor D Kapusta
Ending homelessness among people with mental illness: the At Home/Chez Soi randomized trial of a Housing First intervention in Toronto
Stephen W Hwang, Vicky Stergiopoulos, Patricia O’Campo, Agnes Gozdzik
A one-year observational study of all hospitalized and fatal acute poisonings in Oslo: Epidemiology, intention and follow-up
Cathrine Lund, Brita Teige, Per Drottning, Birgitte Stiksrud, Tor Olav Rui, Marianne Lyngra, Øivind Ekeberg, Dag Jacobsen, Knut Erik Hovda
Evaluating risk factors for endemic human Salmonella Enteritidis infections with different phage types in Ontario, Canada using multinomial logistic regression and a case-case study approach
Csaba Varga, Dean Middleton, Ryan Walton, Rachel Savage, Mary-Kathryn Tighe, Vanessa Allen, Rafiq Ahmed, Laura Rosella
The impact of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 compared with seasonal influenza on intensive care admissions in New South Wales, Australia, 2007 to 2010: a time series analysis
Andrea Schaffer, David Muscatello, Michelle Cretikos, Robin Gilmour, Sean Tobin, James Ward
Awareness of the 2009 US Preventive Services Task Force recommended changes in mammography screening guidelines, accuracy of awareness, sources of knowledge about recommendations, and attitudes about updated screening guidelines in women ages 40–49 and 50+
Marc T Kiviniemi, Jennifer L Hay
Resilience among asylum seekers living with HIV
Lois Orton, Jane Griffiths, Maia Green, Heather Waterman
The use of syndromic surveillance for decision-making during the H1N1 pandemic: A qualitative study
Anna Chu, Rachel Savage, Don Willison, Natasha S Crowcroft, Laura C Rosella, Doug Sider, Jason Garay, Ian Gemmill, Anne-Luise Winter, Richard F Davies, Ian Johnson
Barbers' knowledge and practice about occupational biological hazards was low in Gondar town, North West Ethiopia
Teresa Kisi Beyen, Ketema Tafess Tulu, Abdella Amano Abdo, Abera Shibru Tulu
Public health interventions in midwifery: a systematic review of systematic reviews
Jenny McNeill, Fiona Lynn, Fiona Alderdice
Trends in the prevalence of smoking in Portugal: a systematic review
Helena Carreira, Marta Pereira, Ana Azevedo, Nuno Lunet
Barriers faced by Ugandan university students in seeking medical care and sexual health counselling: a cross-sectional study
Andualem Tadesse Boltena, Farhad Ali Khan, Benedict O Asamoah, Anette Agardh
Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular mortality and the role of childhood socioeconomic conditions and adulthood risk factors: a prospective cohort study with 17-years of follow up
Carlijn BM Kamphuis, Gavin Turrell, Katrina Giskes, Johan P Mackenbach, Frank J van Lenthe
Prevalence and predictors of giving birth in health facilities in Bugesera District, Rwanda
Shahrzad Joharifard, Stephen Rulisa, Francine Niyonkuru, Andrew Weinhold, Felix Sayinzoga, Jeffrey Wilkinson, Jan Ostermann, Nathan M Thielman
Occupational health risks of pathologists - results from a nationwide online questionnaire in Switzerland
Florian Rudolf Fritzsche, Constanze Ramach, Davide Soldini, Rosmarie Caduff, Marianne Tinguely, Estelle Cassoly, Holger Moch, Antony Stewart
Childhood immunization rates in rural Intibucá, Honduras: an analysis of a local database tool and community health center records for assessing and improving vaccine coverage
Yuan He, Alan Zarychta, Joseph B Ranz, Mary Carroll, Lori M Singleton, Paria M Wilson, Elizabeth P Schlaudecker
Traumatic brain injury among people who are homeless: a systematic review
Jane Topolovec-Vranic, Naomi Ennis, Angela Colantonio, Michael D Cusimano, Stephen W Hwang, Pia Kontos, Donna Ouchterlony, Vicky Stergiopoulos
Temporal trends in and relationships between screen time, physical activity, overweight and obesity
Mitch J Duncan, Corneel Vandelanotte, Cristina Caperchione, Christine Hanley, W Kerry Mummery
Barriers to healthy nutrition: perceptions and experiences of Iranian women
Maryam Farahmand, Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani, Parisa Amiri, Fereidoun Azizi
A profile of Injury in Fiji: findings from a population-based injury surveillance system (TRIP-10)
Iris Wainiqolo, Berlin Kafoa, Bridget Kool, Josephine Herman, Eddie McCaig, Shanthi Ameratunga
Regional inequality and vaccine uptake: a multilevel analysis of the 2007 Welfare Monitoring Survey in Malawi
Dawit Shawel Abebe, Vibeke Oestreich Nielsen, Jon Erik Finnvold
Which aspects of health differ between working and nonworking women with fibromyalgia? A cross-sectional study of work status and health
Annie Palstam, Jan L Bjersing, Kaisa Mannerkorpi
Determinants for return to work among sickness certified patients in general practice
Anna-Sophia von Celsing, Kurt Svärdsudd, Hans-G Eriksson, Karin Björkegren, Margaretha Eriksson, Thorne Wallman
A qualitative study of the determinants of dieting and non-dieting approaches in overweight/obese Australian adults
Stuart Leske, Esben Strodl, Xiang-Yu Hou
Willingness to use a rapid diagnostic test for malaria in a rural area of central Côte d’Ivoire
Colombe Coffie Comoé, Allassane F Ouattara, Giovanna Raso, Marcel Tanner, Jürg Utzinger, Benjamin G Koudou
Indigenous populations health protection: A Canadian perspective
Katya L Richardson, Michelle S Driedger, Nick J Pizzi, Jianhong Wu, Seyed M Moghadas
Active trachoma and associated risk factors among children in Baso Liben District of East Gojjam, Ethiopia
Kassahun Ketema, Moges Tiruneh, Desalegn Woldeyohannes, Dagnachew Muluye
Evaluation of the tuberculosis programme in Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, the People’s Republic of China: a retrospective case study
Yu Rong Yang, Donald P McManus, Darren J Gray, Xiao Ling Wang, Shu Kun Yang, Allen G Ross, Gail M Williams, Magda K Ellis
Physical and mental health among caregivers: findings from a cross-sectional study of Open University students in Thailand
Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, David Harley, Sam-ang Seubsman, Adrian C Sleigh
Addressing inequity to achieve the maternal and child health millennium development goals: looking beyond averages
George M Ruhago, Frida N Ngalesoni, Ole F Norheim
The association between social deprivation and the prevalence and severity of dental caries and fluorosis in populations with and without water fluoridation
Michael G McGrady, Roger P Ellwood, Anne Maguire, Michaela Goodwin, Nicola Boothman, Iain A Pretty
Risk of death in crashes on Ontario’s highways
Damian Rzeznikiewiz, Hala Tamim, Alison K Macpherson
A family-based intervention targeting parents of preschool children with overweight and obesity: conceptual framework and study design of LOOPS- Lund overweight and obesity preschool study
Jenny Önnerfält, Lena-Karin Erlandsson, Kristina Orban, Malin Broberg, Christina Helgason, Kristina Thorngren-Jerneck
Starting to smoke: a qualitative study of the experiences of Australian indigenous youth
Vanessa Johnston, Darren W Westphal, Cyan Earnshaw, David P Thomas
Frequent food insecurity among injection drug users: correlates and concerns
Carol Strike, Katherine Rudzinski, Jessica Patterson, Margaret Millson
Occupational heavy lifting and risk of ischemic heart disease and all-cause mortality
Christina B Petersen, Louise Eriksen, Janne S Tolstrup, Karen Søgaard, Morten Grønbæk, Andreas Holtermann
Incidence and cost of anal, penile, vaginal and vulvar cancer in Denmark
Jens Olsen, Tine Rikke Jørgensen, Kristian Kofoed, Helle Kiellberg Larsen
Symptom load and functional status: results from the Ullensaker population study
Dag Bruusgaard, Hedda Tschudi-Madsen, Camilla Ihlebæk, Yusman Kamaleri, Bård Natvig
Reliability of the MacArthur scale of subjective social status - Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)
Luana Giatti, Lidyane do Valle Camelo, Jôsi Fernandes de Castro Rodrigues, Sandhi Maria Barreto
Contributing factors to influenza vaccine uptake in general hospitals: an explorative management questionnaire study from the Netherlands
Josien Riphagen-Dalhuisen, Joep CF Kuiphuis, Arjen R Procé, Willem Luytjes, Maarten J Postma, Eelko Hak
A cross-sectional study of the relationship between job demand-control, effort-reward imbalance and cardiovascular heart disease risk factors
Mia Söderberg, Annika Rosengren, Jenny Hillström, Lauren Lissner, Kjell Torén
A retrospective cohort study of U.S. service members returning from Afghanistan and Iraq: is physical health worsening over time?
Michael J Falvo, Jorge M Serrador, Lisa M McAndrew, Helena K Chandler, Shou-En Lu, Karen S Quigley
Bringing scientific rigor to community-developed programs in Hong Kong
Cecilia S Fabrizio, Malia R Hirschmann, Tai Hing Lam, Teresa Cheung, Irene Pang, Sophia Chan, Sunita M Stewart
Health systems frameworks in their political context: framing divergent agendas
Josefien van Olmen, Bruno Marchal, Wim Van Damme, Guy Kegels, Peter S Hill
Association of violence against women with religion and culture in Erbil Iraq: a cross-sectional study
Namir Ghanim Al-Tawil
Analyses of body composition charts among younger and older Chinese children and adolescents aged 5 to 18 years
Kai-Yu Xiong, Hui He, Yi-Ming Zhang, Guo-Xin Ni
Prevalence and correlates of hyperglycemia in a rural population, Vietnam: implications from a cross–sectional study
Tran Quang Binh, Pham Tran Phuong, Bui Thi Nhung, Dang Dinh Thoang, Pham Van Thang, Tran Khanh Long, Duong Van Thanh
The efficacy and safety of a nicotine conjugate vaccine (NicVAX®) or placebo co-administered with varenicline (Champix®) for smoking cessation: study protocol of a phase IIb, double blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial
Philippe HJ Hoogsteder, Daniel Kotz, Paul I van Spiegel, Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Ruth Brauer, Paul D Kessler, Matthew W Kalnik, Raafat EF Fahim, Onno CP van Schayck
Understanding non-return after a temporary deferral from giving blood: a qualitative study
Tessa L Hillgrove, Kathleen V Doherty, Vivienne M Moore
Environmental correlates of crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever incidence in Bulgaria
Fenicia M Vescio, Luca Busani, Lapo Mughini-Gras, Cristina Khoury, Luca Avellis, Evgenia Taseva, Giovanni Rezza, Iva Christova
Stigmatization of obese individuals by human resource professionals: an experimental study
Katrin E Giel, Stephan Zipfel, Manuela Alizadeh, Norbert Schäffeler, Carmen Zahn, Daniel Wessel, Friedrich W Hesse, Syra Thiel, Ansgar Thiel
Family income trajectory during childhood is associated with adiposity in adolescence: a latent class growth analysis
Darla E Kendzor, Margaret O Caughy, Margaret Tresch Owen
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Chinese subjects gradually increased with impaired glucose homeostasis: a multicenter, clinical based, cross-sectional study
Yufei Xiang, Gan Huang, Weidong Zhou, Zhihong Che, Pengcheng Zhou, Zhiguang Zhou
Acceptability of early infant male circumcision among chinese parents: strategy implications of HIV prevention for china
Lianjun Pan, Aixia Zhang, Rong Shen, Zhong Wang
Predicting the outcome of a cognitive-behavioral group training for patients with unexplained physical symptoms: a one-year follow-up study
Lyonne NL Zonneveld, Yanda R van Rood, Cornelis G Kooiman, Reinier Timman, Adriaan van ’t Spijker, Jan JV Busschbach
Relationship between prehypertension and chronic kidney disease in middle-aged people in Korea: the Korean genome and epidemiology study
Min-Ju Kim, Nam-Kyoo Lim, Hyun-Young Park
How countries cope with competing demands and expectations: perspectives of different stakeholders on priority setting and resource allocation for health in the era of HIV and AIDS
Françoise Jenniskens, Georges Tiendrebeogo, Anne Coolen, Lucie Blok, Seni Kouanda, Fuseini Sataru, Andriamampianina Ralisimalala, Victor Mwapasa, Mbela Kiyombo, David Plummer
Using formative research to develop the healthy eating component of the CHANGE! school-based curriculum intervention
Lynne M Boddy, Zoe R Knowles, Ian G Davies, Genevieve L Warburton, Kelly A Mackintosh, Laura Houghton, Stuart J Fairclough
Consumption patterns of sweet drinks in a population of Australian children and adolescents (2003–2008)
Britt W Jensen, Melanie Nichols, Steven Allender, Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski, Lynne Millar, Peter Kremer, Kathleen Lacy, Boyd Swinburn
Hospital factors and patient characteristics in the treatment of colorectal cancer: a population based study
Carlotta Sacerdote, Ileana Baldi, Oscar Bertetto, Daniela DiCuonzo, Enzo Farina, Eva Pagano, Rosalba Rosato, Carlo Senore, Franco Merletti, Giovannino Ciccone
Several steps/day indicators predict changes in anthropometric outcomes: HUB City Steps
Jessica L Thomson, Alicia S Landry, Jamie M Zoellner, Catrine Tudor-Locke, Michael Webster, Carol Connell, Kathy Yadrick
Occupational and leisure time physical activity in contrasting relation to ambulatory blood pressure
Els Clays, Dirk De Bacquer, Koen Van Herck, Guy De Backer, France Kittel, Andreas Holtermann
Assessment of water, sanitation, and hygiene practice and associated factors among people living with HIV/AIDS home based care services in Gondar city, Ethiopia
Walelegn W Yallew, Mamo W Terefe, Thomas E Herchline, Hardeep R Sharma, Bikes D Bitew, Manay W Kifle, Desalegn M Tetemke, Mekuriaw A Tefera, Mesafint M Adane
Differences between 9–11 year old British Pakistani and White British girls in physical activity and behavior during school recess
Tessa M Pollard, Yvonne C Hornby-Turner, Adarshini Ghurbhurrun, Nicola D Ridgers
Determinants of acceptance of cervical cancer screening in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Crispin Kahesa, Susanne Kjaer, Julius Mwaiselage, Twalib Ngoma, Britt Tersbol, Myassa Dartell, Vibeke Rasch
Higher levels of psychological distress are associated with a higher risk of incident diabetes during 18 year follow-up: results from the British household panel survey
Paula MC Mommersteeg, Raphael Herr, Wobbe P Zijlstra, Sven Schneider, François Pouwer
Trajectories of maternal symptoms of depression and anxiety over 13 years: the influence of stress, social support, and maternal temperament
Anni Skipstein, Harald Janson, Anne Kjeldsen, Wendy Nilsen, Kristin S Mathiesen
Health diplomacy and the adaptation of global health interventions to local needs in sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand: Evaluating findings from Project Accept (HPTN 043)
Sebastian Kevany, Gertrude Khumalo-Sakutukwa, Oliver Murima, Alfred Chingono, Precious Modiba, Glenda Gray, Heidi Van Rooyen, Khalifa Mrumbi, Jessie Mbwambo, Surinda Kawichai, Suwat Chariyalertsak, Chonlisa Chariyalertsak, Elizabeth Paradza, Marta Mulawa, Kathryn Curran, Katherine Fritz, Stephen F Morin
Prevalence of diabetes and predictions of its risks using anthropometric measures in southwest rural areas of China
Xiaolong Zhao, Xiaoming Zhu, Hengsheng Zhang, Weiwei Zhao, Jinhui Li, Yonghui Shu, Songwu Li, Minghui Yang, Linghu Cai, Jiping Zhou, Yiming Li
Factors influencing participant enrolment in a diabetes prevention program in general practice: lessons from the Sydney diabetes prevention program
Rachel A Laws, Philip Vita, Kamalesh Venugopal, Chris Rissel, Daniel Davies, Stephen Colagiuri
Association of breakfast intake with obesity, dietary and physical activity behavior among urban school-aged adolescents in Delhi, India: results of a cross-sectional study
Monika Arora, Gaurang P Nazar, Vinay K Gupta, Cheryl L Perry, K Srinath Reddy, Melissa H Stigler
Ability of a biomarker-based score to predict death from circulatory disease and cancer in NHANES III
Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Monika Eichholzer, David Faeh, Sabine Rohrmann
Trends in educational inequalities in old age mortality in Norway 1961−2009: a prospective register based population study
Joakim Oliu Moe, Ólöf Anna Steingrímsdóttir, Bjørn Heine Strand, Else-Karin Grøholt, Øyvind Næss
The early identification of risk factors on the pathway to school dropout in the SIODO study: a sequential mixed-methods study
Marie-José Theunissen, Ilse Griensven van, Petra Verdonk, Frans Feron, Hans Bosma
Risk factors for VIA positivity and determinants of screening attendances in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Crispin Kahesa, Susanne Kruger Kjaer, Twalib Ngoma, Julius Mwaiselage, Myassa Dartell, Thomas Iftner, Vibeke Rasch
Hypertriglyceridemic-waist phenotype predicts diabetes: a cohort study in Chinese urban adults
Meilin Zhang, Yuxia Gao, Hong Chang, Xuan Wang, Dongmei Liu, Zongjian Zhu, Guowei Huang
Ethnic differences in the association between cardiovascular risk factors and psychological distress in a population study in the Netherlands
Agnes C Schrier, Joanne K Ujcic-Voortman, Matty AS de Wit, Arnoud P Verhoeff, Ralph Kupka, Jack Dekker, Aartjan TF Beekman
Healthy migrants but unhealthy offspring? A retrospective cohort study among Italians in Switzerland
Silvan Tarnutzer, Matthias Bopp
Relationships among sense of coherence, resources, and mental health in urban and rural residents in Japan
Yoko Sumikawa Tsuno, Yoshihiko Yamazaki
Contraception matters: indicators of poor usage of contraception in sexually active women attending family planning clinics in Victoria, Australia
Jason Ong, Meredith Temple-Smith, William CW Wong, Kathleen McNamee, Christopher Fairley
Knowledge and self-care practices regarding diabetes among newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study
Farzana Saleh, Shirin J Mumu, Ferdous Ara, Housne A Begum, Liaquat Ali
Developing European guidelines for training care professionals in mental health promotion
Tim Greacen, Emmanuelle Jouet, Peter Ryan, Zoltan Cserhati, Vera Grebenc, Chris Griffiths, Bettina Hansen, Eithne Leahy, Ksenija Maravic da Silva, Amra Šabić, Angela De Marco, Paz Flores
Perceived coping & concern predict terrorism preparedness in Australia
Garry Stevens, Kingsley Agho, Melanie Taylor, Alison L Jones, Margo Barr, Beverley Raphael
A cluster-analytic approach towards multidimensional health-related behaviors in adolescents: the MoMo-Study
Sarah Spengler, Filip Mess, Nadine Mewes, Gert BM Mensink, Alexander Woll
Internet testing for Chlamydia trachomatisin England, 2006 to 2010
Sarah C Woodhall, Bersabeh Sile, Alireza Talebi, Anthony Nardone, Paula Baraitser
The development and validation of an urbanicity scale in a multi-country study
Nicole L Novak, Steven Allender, Peter Scarborough, Douglas West
A spatial model to predict the incidence of neural tube defects
Lianfa Li, Jinfeng Wang, Jun Wu
Anemia, malnutrition and their correlations with socio-demographic characteristics and feeding practices among infants aged 0–18 months in rural areas of Shaanxi province in northwestern China: a cross-sectional study
Wenfang Yang, Xu Li, Ying Li, Shuiping Zhang, Liming Liu, Xiang Wang, Weimin Li
Environments For Healthy Living (EFHL) Griffith birth cohort study: characteristics of sample and profile of antenatal exposures
Cate M Cameron, Paul A Scuffham, Rania Shibl, ShuKay Ng, Rani Scott, Anneliese Spinks, Gabor Mihala, Andrew Wilson, Elizabeth Kendall, Neil Sipe, Roderick J McClure
Effects of self-rated health on sick leave, disability pension, hospital admissions and mortality. A population-based longitudinal study of nearly 15,000 observations among Swedish women and men
Christina Halford, Thorne Wallman, Lennart Welin, Annika Rosengren, Annika Bardel, Saga Johansson, Henry Eriksson, Ed Palmer, Lars Wilhelmsen, Kurt Svärdsudd
Improving the cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular disease prevention in Australia: a modelling study
Linda J Cobiac, Anne Magnus, Jan J Barendregt, Rob Carter, Theo Vos
Psychometric testing of the short version of the world health organization quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Taiwan
Wei-Sheng Chung, Yu-Ling Lan, Ming-Chin Yang
Associations between reporting of cancer alarm symptoms and socioeconomic and demographic determinants: a population-based, cross-sectional study
Rikke Pilsgaard Svendsen, Maja Skov Paulsen, Pia Veldt Larsen, Bjarne Lühr Hansen, Henrik Støvring, Dorte Ejg Jarbøl, Jens Søndergaard
Ask: a health advocacy program for adolescents with an intellectual disability: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Nicholas Lennox, Robert Ware, Suzanne Carrington, Michael O’Callaghan, Gail Williams, Lyn McPherson, Chris Bain
Hearing difficulties, ear-related diagnoses and sickness absence or disability pension - a systematic literature review
Emilie Friberg, Klas Gustafsson, Kristina Alexanderson
Small proportions of actively-smoking patrons and high PM2.5 levels in southern California tribal casinos: support for smoking bans or designated smoking areas
Neil E Klepeis, Jason Omoto, Seow Ling Ong, Harmeena Sahota Omoto, Narinder Dhaliwal
Health-related and social factors predicting non-reemployment amongst newly unemployed
Mikael Skärlund, Annika Åhs, Ragnar Westerling
Diabetes MILES – The Netherlands: rationale, design and sample characteristics of a national survey examining the psychosocial aspects of living with diabetes in Dutch adults
Giesje Nefs, Mariska Bot, Jessica L Browne, Jane Speight, François Pouwer
Is gender policy related to the gender gap in external cause and circulatory disease mortality? A mixed effects model of 22 OECD countries 1973–2008
Mona Backhans, Bo Burström, Antonio Ponce de Leon, Staffan Marklund
Predictors of Oral Rehydration Therapy use among under-five children with diarrhea in Eastern Ethiopia: a community based case control study
Bezatu Mengistie, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku
Aspects of functioning and environmental factors in medical work capacity evaluations of persons with chronic widespread pain and low back pain can be represented by a combination of applicable ICF Core Sets
Urban Schwegler, Jessica Anner, Christine Boldt, Andrea Glässel, Veronika Lay, Wout Ernst Lodewijk De Boer, Gerold Stucki, Bruno Trezzini
Food subsidy programs and the health and nutritional status of disadvantaged families in high income countries: a systematic review
Andrew P Black, Julie Brimblecombe, Helen Eyles, Peter Morris, Hassan Vally, Kerin O′Dea
Changing patterns of cardiovascular diseases and cancer mortality in Portugal, 1980–2010
Marta Pereira, Bárbara Peleteiro, Simon Capewell, Kathleen Bennett, Ana Azevedo, Nuno Lunet
Leading during change: the effects of leader behavior on sickness absence in a Norwegian health trust
Vilde Hoff Bernstrøm, Lars Erik Kjekshus
Physical activity patterns and socioeconomic position: the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998 (GNHIES98)
Jonas D Finger, Thorkild Tylleskär, Thomas Lampert, Gert BM Mensink
Controlling epidemic spread by social distancing: Do it well or not at all
Savi Maharaj, Adam Kleczkowski
A cluster randomised trial of a school-based resilience intervention to decrease tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use in secondary school students: study protocol
Rebecca K Hodder, Megan Freund, Jenny Bowman, Luke Wolfenden, Elizabeth Campbell, Paula Wye, Trevor Hazell, Karen Gillham, John Wiggers
Regulation of antibiotic sales in Mexico: an analysis of printed media coverage and stakeholder participation
Anahí Dreser, Edna Vázquez-Vélez, Sandra Treviño, Veronika J Wirtz
Association between sedentary behaviour and socioeconomic factors, diet and lifestyle among the Balearic Islands adolescents
Maria del Mar Bibiloni, Jordi Pich, Alfredo Córdova, Antoni Pons, Josep A Tur
The less healthy urban population: income-related health inequality in China
Wei Yang, Panos Kanavos
Predictors of long-term smoking cessation: results from the global adult tobacco survey in Poland (2009–2010)
Dorota Kaleta, Przemysław Korytkowski, Teresa Makowiec-Dąbrowska, Bukola Usidame, Leokadia Bąk-Romaniszyn, Adam Fronczak
Personal characteristics related to the risk of adolescent internet addiction: a survey in Shanghai, China
Jian Xu, Li-xiao Shen, Chong-huai Yan, Howard Hu, Fang Yang, Lu Wang, Sudha Rani Kotha, Li-na Zhang, Xiang-peng Liao, Jun Zhang, Feng-xiu Ouyang, Jin-song Zhang, Xiao-ming Shen
Enhanced maternal and child health nurse care for women experiencing intimate partner/family violence: protocol for MOVE, a cluster randomised trial of screening and referral in primary health care
Angela J Taft, Rhonda Small, Cathy Humphreys, Kelsey Hegarty, Ruby Walter, Catina Adams, Paul Agius
Acculturation, immigration status and cardiovascular risk factors among Portuguese immigrants to Luxembourg: findings from ORISCAV-LUX study
Ala’a Alkerwi, Nicolas Sauvageot, Sybil Pagny, Jean Beissel, Charles Delagardelle, Marie-Lise Lair
Improving child health promotion practices in multiple sectors – outcomes of the Swedish Salut Programme
Kristina Edvardsson, Anneli Ivarsson, Rickard Garvare, Eva Eurenius, Marie Lindkvist, Ingrid Mogren, Rhonda Small, Monica E Nyström
Reduced cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Canada: national data from 1932 to 2006
James A Dickinson, Agata Stankiewicz, Cathy Popadiuk, Lisa Pogany, Jay Onysko, Anthony B Miller
Community influences on adolescents’ use of home-brewed alcohol in rural South Africa
Hans Onya, Abebe Tessera, Bronwyn Myers, Alan Flisher
Young people’s perspectives on the adoption of preventive measures for HIV/AIDS, malaria and family planning in South-West Uganda: focus group study
Jonathan Graffy, Clare Goodhart, Karen Sennett, Gloria Kamusiime, Herbert Tukamushaba
Pilot evaluation of the text4baby mobile health program
William Douglas Evans, Jasmine L Wallace, Jeremy Snider
Participation of HIV prevention programs among men who have sex with men in two cities of China—a mixed method study
Wei Ma, H Fisher Raymond, Erin C Wilson, Willi McFarland, Hongyan Lu, Xianbin Ding, Rongrong Lu, Xiaoyan Ma, Dongyan Xia, Jing Xu, Xiong He, Liangui Feng, Song Fan, Xuefeng Li, Jiangping Sun, Yujiang Jia, Yiming Shao, Yuhua Ruan, Yan Xiao
Tuberculosis and poverty: the contribution of patient costs in sub-Saharan Africa – a systematic review
Devra M Barter, Stephen O Agboola, Megan B Murray, Till Bärnighausen
An analysis of potential barriers and enablers to regulating the television marketing of unhealthy foods to children at the state government level in Australia
Alexandra Chung, Jane Shill, Boyd Swinburn, Helen Mavoa, Mark Lawrence, Bebe Loff, Bradley Crammond, Gary Sacks, Steven Allender, Anna Peeters
Quality of life predicts survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Tsai-Chung Li, Chia-Ing Li, Chun-Hua Tseng, Kuan-Shin Lin, Sing-Yu Yang, Chih-Yi Chen, Te-Chun Hsia, Yih-Dar Lee, Cheng-Chieh Lin
Design of a trial to evaluate the impact of clinical pharmacists and community health promoters working with African-Americans and Latinos with Diabetes
Ben S Gerber, Lauren Rapacki, Amparo Castillo, Jessica Tilton, Daniel R Touchette, Dan Mihailescu, Michael L Berbaum, Lisa K Sharp
State and socio-demographic group variation in out-of-pocket expenditure, borrowings and Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) programme use for birth deliveries in India
Hanimi Reddy Modugu, Manish Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Christopher Millett
Atopic dermatitis and indoor use of energy sources in cooking and heating appliances
Ana M Vicedo-Cabrera, Luís García-Marcos, Agustín Llopis-González, Ángel López-Silvarrey-Varela, Izaskun Miner-Canflanca, José Batlles-Garrido, Alfredo Blanco-Quiros, Rosa María Busquets-Monge, Carlos Díaz-Vazquez, Carlos González-Díaz, Antonio Martínez-Gimeno, Francisco Guillén-Grima, Alberto Arnedo-Pena, María Morales-Suárez-Varela
Prevalence of bullying and victimization among children in early elementary school: Do family and school neighbourhood socioeconomic status matter?
Pauline W Jansen, Marina Verlinden, Anke Dommisse-van Berkel, Cathelijne Mieloo, Jan van der Ende, René Veenstra, Frank C Verhulst, Wilma Jansen, Henning Tiemeier
Improving adherence to ante-retroviral treatment for people with harmful alcohol use in Kariobangi, Kenya through participatory research and action
Caleb J Othieno, Obondo A, Mathai M
The potential impact of plain packaging of cigarette products among Brazilian young women: an experimental study
Christine M White, David Hammond, James F Thrasher, Geoffrey T Fong
Inequalities in mortality among refugees and immigrants compared to native Danes – a historical prospective cohort study
Marie Norredam, Maja Olsbjerg, Jorgen H Petersen, Knud Juel, Allan Krasnik
Pre-pregnancy care for women with pre-gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hayfaa A Wahabi, Rasmieh A Alzeidan, Samia A Esmaeil
Emergency management in health: key issues and challenges in the UK
Andrew CK Lee, Wendy Phillips, Kirsty Challen, Steve Goodacre
Reactions to threatening health messages
Gill A ten Hoor, Gjalt-Jorn Y Peters, Janice Kalagi, Lianne de Groot, Karlijne Grootjans, Alexander Huschens, Constanze Köhninger, Lizan Kölgen, Isabelle Pelssers, Toby Schütt, Sophia Thomas, Robert AC Ruiter, Gerjo Kok
Healthy snacks at the checkout counter: A lab and field study on the impact of shelf arrangement and assortment structure on consumer choices
Ellen van Kleef, Kai Otten, Hans CM van Trijp
Irrational use of antimalarial drugs in rural areas of eastern Pakistan: a random field study
Shafaat Yar Khan, Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Arshad, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar, Khawaja Raees Ahmad, Najma Arshad
Implementation salvage experiences from the Melbourne diabetes prevention study
James Dunbar, Andrea Hernan, Edward Janus, Nathalie Davis-Lameloise, Dino Asproloupos, Sharleen O’Reilly, Amy Timoshanko, Elizabeth Stewart, Catherine M Bennett, Greg Johnson, Rob Carter
The utilization of antenatal care among rural-to-urban migrant women in Shanghai:a hospital-based cross-sectional study
Qi Zhao, Zhihuan Jennifer Huang, Sijia Yang, Jie Pan, Brian Smith, Biao Xu
Differences in problem behaviour among ethnic minority and majority preschoolers in the Netherlands and the role of family functioning and parenting factors as mediators: the Generation R Study
Ilse JE Flink, Pauline W Jansen, Tinneke MJ Beirens, Henning Tiemeier, Marinus H van IJzendoorn, Vincent WV Jaddoe, Albert Hofman, Hein Raat
Nutrition and physical activity programs for obesity treatment (PRONAF study): methodological approach of the project
Augusto G Zapico, Pedro J Benito, Marcela González-Gross, Ana B Peinado, Esther Morencos, Blanca Romero, Miguel A Rojo-Tirado, Rocio Cupeiro, Barbara Szendrei, Javier Butragueño, Maite Bermejo, María Alvarez-Sánchez, Miguel García-Fuentes, Carmen Gómez-Candela, Laura M Bermejo, Ceila Fernandez-Fernandez, Francisco J Calderón
A minimum price per unit of alcohol: A focus group study to investigate public opinion concerning UK government proposals to introduce new price controls to curb alcohol consumption
Adam J Lonsdale, Sarah J Hardcastle, Martin S Hagger
Protocol for ADDITION-PRO: a longitudinal cohort study of the cardiovascular experience of individuals at high risk for diabetes recruited from Danish primary care
Nanna B Johansen, Anne-Louise S Hansen, Troels M Jensen, Annelotte Philipsen, Signe S Rasmussen, Marit E Jørgensen, Rebecca K Simmons, Torsten Lauritzen, Annelli Sandbæk, Daniel R Witte
A randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy of an interactive mobile messaging intervention for underserved smokers: Project ACTION
Damon J Vidrine, Faith E Fletcher, Heather E Danysh, Salma Marani, Jennifer Irvin Vidrine, Scott B Cantor, Alexander V Prokhorov
“…Keep mobile, I think that’s half the battle.” A qualitative study of prevention of knee pain in symptomless older adults
Fizzah Ali, Clare Jinks, Bie Nio Ong
Suicide prevention for youth - a mental health awareness program: lessons learned from the Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE) intervention study
Camilla Wasserman, Christina W Hoven, Danuta Wasserman, Vladimir Carli, Marco Sarchiapone, Susana Al-Halabí, Alan Apter, Judit Balazs, Julio Bobes, Doina Cosman, Luca Farkas, Dana Feldman, Gloria Fischer, Nadja Graber, Christian Haring, Dana Cristina Herta, Miriam Iosue, Jean-Pierre Kahn, Helen Keeley, Katja Klug, Jacklyn McCarthy, Alexandra Tubiana-Potiez, Airi Varnik, Peeter Varnik, Janina Žiberna, Vita Poštuvan
Health insurance and healthcare utilisation for Shenzhen residents: a tale of registrants and migrants?
Kelvin KF Lam, Janice M Johnston
Work stress, life stress, and smoking among rural–urban migrant workers in China
Xiaobo Cui, Ian RH Rockett, Tingzhong Yang, Ruoxiang Cao
Characteristics and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients who “transfer-in” to health facilities in Harare City, Zimbabwe: a descriptive cross-sectional study
Kudakwashe C Takarinda, Anthony D Harries, Tsitsi Mutasa-Apollo, Charles Sandy, Owen Mugurungi
The effect of physician’s recommendation on seasonal influenza immunization in children with chronic diseases
Elisabetta Pandolfi, Maria Giulia Marino, Emanuela Carloni, Mariateresa Romano, Francesco Gesualdo, Piero Borgia, Roberto Carloni, Alfredo Guarino, Antonietta Giannattasio, Alberto E Tozzi
Cyberbullying among Finnish adolescents – a population-based study
Pirjo L Lindfors, Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino, Arja H Rimpelä
Info-gap management of public health Policy for TB with HIV-prevalence and epidemiological uncertainty
Yakov Ben-Haim, Clifford C Dacso, Nicola M Zetola
Role of condom negotiation on condom use among women of reproductive age in three districts in Tanzania
Amon Exavery, Almamy M Kanté, Elizabeth Jackson, John Noronha, Gloria Sikustahili, Kassimu Tani, Hildegalda P Mushi, Colin Baynes, Kate Ramsey, Ahmed Hingora, James F Phillips
Work-family conflict and burnout among Chinese female nurses: the mediating effect of psychological capital
Yang Wang, Ying Chang, Jialiang Fu, Lie Wang
Factors associated with dental and medical care attendance in UK resident Yemeni khat chewers: a cross sectional study
Saba Kassim, Ray Croucher
Analyzing the spatio-temporal relationship between dengue vector larval density and land-use using factor analysis and spatial ring mapping
Muhammad Shahzad Sarfraz, Nitin K Tripathi, Taravudh Tipdecho, Thawisak Thongbu, Pornsuk Kerdthong, Marc Souris
“Maybe his blood is still strong”: a qualitative study among HIV-sero-discordant couples on ART in rural Uganda
Rachel King, Nafuna Wamai, Kenneth Khana, Eva Johansson, Pille Lindkvist, Rebecca Bunnell
Determinants of intention to get tested for STI/HIV among the Surinamese and Antilleans in the Netherlands: results of an online survey
Alvin H Westmaas, Gerjo Kok, Pjer Vriens, Hannelore Götz, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Hélène Voeten
The Prevention Of WEight Regain in diabetes type 2 (POWER) study: the effectiveness of adding a combined psychological intervention to a very low calorie diet, design and pilot data of a randomized controlled trial
Kirsten AC Berk, Hanneke Buijks, Behiye Ozcan, Adriaan van’t Spijker, Jan JV Busschbach, Eric JG Sijbrands
Possible relation between maternal consumption of added sugar and sugar-sweetened beverages and birth weight – time trends in a population
Jacob Holter Grundt, Jakob Nakling, Geir Egil Eide, Trond Markestad
Home-based HIV counseling and testing: Client experiences and perceptions in Eastern Uganda
David Kyaddondo, Rhoda K Wanyenze, John Kinsman, Anita Hardon
Pragmatic randomised trial of a 12-week exercise and nutrition program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: clinical results immediate post and 3 months follow-up
Karla Canuto, Margaret Cargo, Ming Li, Katina D’Onise, Adrian Esterman, Robyn McDermott
Erratum to: A participatory parent-focused intervention promoting physical activity in preschools: Design of a cluster-randomized trial
Freia De Bock, Joachim E Fischer, Kristina Hoffmann, Herbert Renz-Polster
Predictors of malaria-association with rubber plantations in Thailand
Pratana Satitvipawee, Warunnee Wongkhang, Sarika Pattanasin, Penprapai Hoithong, Adisak Bhumiratana
Socio-demographic factors influencing knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding malaria in Bangladesh
Kabirul Bashar, H M Al-Amin, Md Selim Reza, Muzahidul Islam, Asaduzzaman, Touhid Uddin Ahmed
An RCT protocol of varying financial incentive amounts for smoking cessation among pregnant women
Marita Lynagh, Billie Bonevski, Rob Sanson-Fisher, Ian Symonds, Anthony Scott, Alix Hall, Christopher Oldmeadow
Use of and factors associated with self-treatment in China
Li Yuefeng, Rao Keqin, Ren Xiaowei