Ausgabe 1/2013
Inhalt (1240 Artikel)
Randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention by primary care nurses to increase walking in patients aged 60–74 years: protocol of the PACE-Lift (Pedometer Accelerometer Consultation Evaluation - Lift) trial
Tess Harris, Sally Kerry, Christina Victor, Ulf Ekelund, Alison Woodcock, Steve Iliffe, Peter Whincup, Carole Beighton, Michael Ussher, Lee David, Debbie Brewin, Fredrika Adams, Annabelle Rogers, Derek Cook
Evidence for cervical cancer mortality with screening program in Taiwan, 1981–2010: age-period-cohort model
Shih-Yung Su, Jing-Yang Huang, Chien-Chang Ho, Yung-Po Liaw
Health-related quality of life, depression, and self-esteem in adolescents with leprosy-affected parents: results of a cross-sectional study in Nepal
Nobuko Yamaguchi, Krishna C Poudel, Masamine Jimba
Repository on maternal child health: Health portal to improve access to information on maternal child health in India
Rajesh Khanna, N Karikalan, Anil Kumar Mishra, Anchal Agarwal, Madhulekha Bhattacharya, Jayanta K Das
Internet-based interventions for disordered gamblers: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of online self-directed cognitive-behavioural motivational therapy
David C Hodgins, Gordon H Fick, Robert Murray, John A Cunningham
A commentary on studies presenting projections of the future prevalence of dementia
Sam Norton, Fiona E Matthews, Carol Brayne
Current experience with applying the GRADE approach to public health interventions: an empirical study
Eva A Rehfuess, Elie A Akl
Effectiveness of home visiting programs on child outcomes: a systematic review
Shelley Peacock, Stephanie Konrad, Erin Watson, Darren Nickel, Nazeem Muhajarine
Epidemiology of smoking among Malaysian adult males: prevalence and associated factors
Hock Kuang Lim, Sumarni Mohd Ghazali, Cheong Chee Kee, Kuay Kuang Lim, Ying Ying Chan, Huey Chien Teh, Ahmad Faudzi Mohd Yusoff, Gurpreet Kaur, Zarihah Mohd Zain, Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamad, Sallehuddin Salleh
Chronic disease prevalence from Italian administrative databases in the VALORE project: a validation through comparison of population estimates with general practice databases and national survey
Rosa Gini, Paolo Francesconi, Giampiero Mazzaglia, Iacopo Cricelli, Alessandro Pasqua, Pietro Gallina, Salvatore Brugaletta, Daniele Donato, Andrea Donatini, Alessandro Marini, Carlo Zocchetti, Claudio Cricelli, Gianfranco Damiani, Mariadonata Bellentani, Miriam CJM Sturkenboom, Martijn J Schuemie
Impact of plain packaging of tobacco products on smoking in adults and children: an elicitation of international experts’ estimates
Rachel Pechey, David Spiegelhalter, Theresa M Marteau
Adverse childhood experiences and frequent insufficient sleep in 5 U.S. States, 2009: a retrospective cohort study
Daniel P Chapman, Yong Liu, Letitia R Presley-Cantrell, Valerie J Edwards, Anne G Wheaton, Geraldine S Perry, Janet B Croft
Prevalence, risk factors and co-morbidities of diabetes among adults in rural Saskatchewan: the influence of farm residence and agriculture-related exposures
Roland Dyck, Chandima Karunanayake, Punam Pahwa, Louise Hagel, Josh Lawson, Donna Rennie, James Dosman
Midlife women, bone health, vegetables, herbs and fruit study. The Scarborough Fair study protocol
Caroline A Gunn, Janet L Weber, Marlena C Kruger
Wide Awake Parenting: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a parenting program for the management of post-partum fatigue
Melissa Dunning, Monique Seymour, Amanda Cooklin, Rebecca Giallo
Gamified physical activation of young men – a Multidisciplinary Population-Based Randomized Controlled Trial (MOPO study)
Riikka Ahola, Riitta Pyky, Timo Jämsä, Matti Mäntysaari, Heli Koskimäki, Tiina M Ikäheimo, Maija-Leena Huotari, Juha Röning, Hannu I Heikkinen, Raija Korpelainen
Motives for participating in a clinical research trial: a pilot study in Brazil
Solange A Nappo, Giovanna B Iafrate, Zila M Sanchez
Health impacts of the July 2010 heat wave in Québec, Canada
Ray Bustinza, Germain Lebel, Pierre Gosselin, Diane Bélanger, Fateh Chebana
Enhancing Buruli ulcer control in Ghana through social interventions: a case study from the Obom sub-district
Collins K Ahorlu, Eric Koka, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Isaac Lamptey, Edwin Ampadu
Prevalence of hypertension in overweight and obese children from a large school-based population in Shanghai, China
Xi Lu, Peng Shi, Chun-Yan Luo, Yue-Fang Zhou, Hui-Ting Yu, Chang-Yi Guo, Fan Wu
Local level epidemiological analysis of TB in people from a high incidence country of birth
Peter D Massey, David N Durrheim, Nicola Stephens, Amanda Christensen
Outdoor advertising, obesity, and soda consumption: a cross-sectional study
Lenard I Lesser, Frederick J Zimmerman, Deborah A Cohen
Age at menarche and its relationship to body mass index among adolescent girls in Kuwait
Nora Al-Awadhi, Nouf Al-Kandari, Teebah Al-Hasan, Daliah AlMurjan, Salhah Ali, Abdullah Al-Taiar
Management of acute diarrhea in adults in China: a cross-sectional survey
Feng-Qin Hou, Yan Wang, Jun LI, Gui-Qiang Wang, Ying Liu
Ascertainment of chronic diseases using population health data: a comparison of health administrative data and patient self-report
Elizabeth Muggah, Erin Graves, Carol Bennett, Douglas G Manuel
Understanding contextual barriers, supports, and opportunities for physical activity among Mexican-origin children in Texas border colonias: A descriptive study
M Renée Umstattd Meyer, Joseph R Sharkey, Megan S Patterson, Wesley R Dean
Efficacy of ‘Tailored Physical Activity’ or ‘Chronic Pain Self-Management Program’ on return to work for sick-listed citizens: design of a randomised controlled trial
Lotte Nygaard Andersen, Birgit Juul-Kristensen, Kirsten Kaya Roessler, Lene Gram Herborg, Thomas Lund Sørensen, Karen Søgaard
Joint predictability of health related quality of life and leisure time physical activity on mortality risk in people with diabetes
Chia-Lin Li, Hsing-Yi Chang, Chih-Cheng Hsu, Jui-fen Rachel Lu, Hsin-Ling Fang
Smoking cessation among diabetes patients: results of a pilot randomized controlled trial in Kerala, India
KR Thankappan, GK Mini, Meena Daivadanam, G Vijayakumar, PS Sarma, Mark Nichter
Changes in alcohol consumption after a natural disaster: a study of Norwegian survivors after the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami
Astri Nordløkken, Hilde Pape, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Trond Heir
Illness experience of adults with cervical spinal cord injury in Japan: a qualitative investigation
Ayako Ide-Okochi, Yoshihiko Yamazaki, Etsuko Tadaka, Kazumi Fujimura, Toshie Kusunaga
Factors associated with skipping breakfast among Inner Mongolia Medical students in China
Juan Sun, He Yi, Zhiyue Liu, Yan Wu, Jiang Bian, Yanyan Wu, Yuki Eshita, Gaimei Li, Qing Zhang, Ying Yang
Convenience stores are the key food environment influence on nutrients available from household food supplies in Texas Border Colonias
Joseph R Sharkey, Wesley R Dean, Courtney C Nalty, Jin Xu
Association between perceived insufficient sleep, frequent mental distress, obesity and chronic diseases among US adults, 2009 behavioral risk factor surveillance system
Yong Liu, Janet B Croft, Anne G Wheaton, Geraldine S Perry, Daniel P Chapman, Tara W Strine, Lela R McKnight-Eily, Letitia Presley-Cantrell
A qualitative exploration of Malaysian cancer patients’ perceptions of cancer screening
Maryam Farooqui, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Aishah Knight, Asrul Akmal Shafie, Muhammad Aslam Farooqui, Fahad Saleem, Noman-ul Haq, Hisham Aljadhey
BMI and psychological distress in 68, 000 Swedish adults: a weak association when controlling for an age-gender combination
Susanne Brandheim, Ulla Rantakeisu, Bengt Starrin
Organizational stressors associated with job stress and burnout in correctional officers: a systematic review
Caitlin Finney, Erene Stergiopoulos, Jennifer Hensel, Sarah Bonato, Carolyn S Dewa
Exploring the gap between hand washing knowledge and practices in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional comparative study
Sifat E Rabbi, Nepal C Dey
Harnessing the power of the grassroots to conduct public health research in sub-Saharan Africa: a case study from western Kenya in the adaptation of community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches
Allan Kamanda, Lonnie Embleton, David Ayuku, Lukoye Atwoli, Peter Gisore, Samuel Ayaya, Rachel Vreeman, Paula Braitstein
Assessment of the health care waste generation rates and its management system in hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2011
Mesfin Kote Debere, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye, Andamlak Gizaw Alamdo, Zemedu Mehamed Trifa
Further validation that claims data are a useful tool for epidemiologic research on hypertension
Baylah Tessier-Sherman, Deron Galusha, Oyebode A Taiwo, Linda Cantley, Martin D Slade, Sharon R Kirsche, Mark R Cullen
A cross-sectional study of the prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in rural Nepali women
Rumana J Khan, Christine P Stewart, Parul Christian, Kerry J Schulze, Lee Wu, Steven C LeClerq, Subarna K Khatry, Keith P West Jr
Determinants in adolescence for adult sickness absence in women and men: a 26-year follow-up of a prospective population based cohort (Northern Swedish cohort)
Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, Gunnel Hensing, Hugo Westerlund, Magnus Backheden, Anne Hammarström
Factors affecting unmet need for family planning in Eastern Sudan
Abdel Aziem A Ali, Amira Okud
Does the local food environment around schools affect diet? Longitudinal associations in adolescents attending secondary schools in East London
Dianna Smith, Steven Cummins, Charlotte Clark, Stephen Stansfeld
Willingness and acceptability of cervical cancer screening among HIV positive Nigerian women
Oliver C Ezechi, Chidinma V Gab-Okafor, Per Olof Ostergren, Karen Odberg Pettersson
High coverage needle/syringe programs for people who inject drugs in low and middle income countries: a systematic review
Don C Des Jarlais, Jonathan P Feelemyer, Shilpa N Modi, Abu Abdul-Quader, Holly Hagan
The impact of the Cyprus comprehensive smoking ban on air quality and economic business of hospitality venues
Costas A Christophi, Martha Paisi, Despina Pampaka, Martha Kehagias, Constantine Vardavas, Gregory N Connolly
Changes in screen time activity in Norwegian children from 2001 to 2008: two cross sectional studies
Nina C Øverby, Knut-Inge Klepp, Elling Bere
Disparities in attendance at diabetes self-management education programs after diagnosis in Ontario, Canada: a cohort study
Karen Cauch-Dudek, J Charles Victor, Marianne Sigmond, Baiju R Shah
Fertility and contraceptive decision-making and support for HIV infected individuals: client and provider experiences and perceptions at two HIV clinics in Uganda
Rhoda K Wanyenze, Glenn J Wagner, Nazarius M Tumwesigye, Maria Nannyonga, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Moses R Kamya
Beliefs and attitudes towards participating in genetic research – a population based cross-sectional study
Samantha M Kerath, Gila Klein, Marlena Kern, Iuliana Shapira, Jennifer Witthuhn, Nicole Norohna, Myriam Kline, Farisha Baksh, Peter Gregersen, Emanuela Taioli
Prevention of Alcohol-Related Crime and Trauma (PACT): brief interventions in routine care pathway – a study protocol
Rama Jayaraj, Megan Whitty, Mahiban Thomas, David Kavangh, Didier Palmer, Valerie Thomson, Carolyn Griffin, Luke Mayo, Peter D’Abbs, Tricia Nagel
Trends and risk factors of hyperglycemia and diabetes among Kuwaiti adults: National Nutrition Surveillance Data from 2002 to 2009
Faruk Ahmed, Carol Waslien, Mona A Al-Sumaie, Prasanna Prakash, Ahmad Allafi
A randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an individual, education-based safe transport program for drivers aged 75 years and older
Lisa Keay, Kristy Coxon, Julie Brown, Elizabeth Clarke, Soufiane Boufous, Anita Bundy, Serigne Lo, Rebecca Ivers
A theory-based online health behavior intervention for new university students: study protocol
Tracy Epton, Paul Norman, Paschal Sheeran, Peter R Harris, Thomas L Webb, Fabio Ciravegna, Alan Brennan, Petra Meier, Steven A Julious, Declan Naughton, Andrea Petroczi, Aba-Sah Dadzie, Jen Kruger
Adiponectin in eutrophic and obese children as a biomarker to predict metabolic syndrome and each of its components
Miguel Klünder-Klünder, Samuel Flores-Huerta, Rebeca García-Macedo, Jesús Peralta-Romero, Miguel Cruz
Determinants of HPV vaccination intentions among Dutch girls and their mothers: a cross-sectional study
Hilde M van Keulen, Wilma Otten, Robert AC Ruiter, Minne Fekkes, Jim van Steenbergen, Elise Dusseldorp, Theo WGM Paulussen
High risk prescribing in older adults: prevalence, clinical and economic implications and potential for intervention at the population level
Danijela Gnjidic, David G Le Couteur, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Andrew J McLachlan, Rosalie Viney, Sarah N Hilmer, Fiona M Blyth, Grace Joshy, Emily Banks
Social factors related to the clinical severity of influenza cases in Spain during the A (H1N1) 2009 virus pandemic
José María Mayoral, Jordi Alonso, Olatz Garín, Zaida Herrador, Jenaro Astray, Maretva Baricot, Jesús Castilla, Rafael Cantón, Ady Castro, Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez, Alicia Ferri, Pere Godoy, Fernando Gónzález-Candelas, Vicente Martín, Tomás Pumarola, José María Quintana, Núria Soldevila, Sonia Tamames, Ángela Domínguez
Auditory dysfunction associated with solvent exposure
Adrian Fuente, Bradley McPherson, Louise Hickson
Design and methods for evaluating an early childhood obesity prevention program in the childcare center setting
Ruby Natale, Stephanie Hapeman Scott, Sarah E Messiah, Maria Mesa Schrack, Susan B Uhlhorn, Alan Delamater
Traumatic experiences and mental health consequences among child survivors of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake: a community-based follow-up study
Zhaobao Jia, Lizheng Shi, Guangfeng Duan, Weizhi Liu, Xiao Pan, Yingyao Chen, Wenhua Tian
The interplay between structure and agency in shaping the mental health consequences of job loss
Julia Anaf, Frances Baum, Lareen Newman, Anna Ziersch, Gwyneth Jolley
Does neighbourhood social capital aid in levelling the social gradient in the health and well-being of children and adolescents? A literature review
Veerle Vyncke, Bart De Clercq, Veerle Stevens, Caroline Costongs, Giorgio Barbareschi, Stefán Hrafn Jónsson, Sara Darias Curvo, Vladimir Kebza, Candace Currie, Lea Maes
The impact of an employee wellness programme in clothing/textile manufacturing companies: a randomised controlled trial
Naila Edries, Jennifer Jelsma, Soraya Maart
The prevalences of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis infections among female sex workers in China
Xiang-Sheng Chen, Yue-Ping Yin, Guo-Jun Liang, Qian-Qiu Wang, Ning Jiang, Qiao Liu, Geng-Feng Fu, Bin Yang, Yu-Jiao Zhou, Mei-Qin Shi, Baoxi Wang
Food, fizzy, and football: promoting unhealthy food and beverages through sport - a New Zealand case study
Mary-Ann Carter, Louise Signal, Richard Edwards, Janet Hoek, Anthony Maher
Sustainable development and public health: rating European countries
Kristina Seke, Natasa Petrovic, Veljko Jeremic, Jovanka Vukmirovic, Biljana Kilibarda, Milan Martic
Effectiveness of the physical activity promotion programme on the quality of life and the cardiopulmonary function for inactive people: Randomized controlled trial
Rocío Martín-Valero, Antonio Ignacio Cuesta-Vargas, María Teresa Labajos-Manzanares
The performance of the K10, K6 and GHQ-12 to screen for present state DSM-IV disorders among disability claimants
Bert LR Cornelius, Johan W Groothoff, Jac JL van der Klink, Sandra Brouwer
Lifestyle change in Kerala, India: needs assessment and planning for a community-based diabetes prevention trial
Meena Daivadanam, Pilvikki Absetz, Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, K R Thankappan, Edwin B Fisher, Neena Elezebeth Philip, Elezebeth Mathews, Brian Oldenburg
First national survival data for colorectal cancer among Saudis between 1994 and 2004: what’s next?
Mahmoud S Al-Ahwal, Yasmin H Shafik, Hazem M Al-Ahwal
Fertility desire and intention of people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania: a call for restructuring care and treatment services
Elia J Mmbaga, Germana H Leyna, Mangi J Ezekiel, Deodatus C Kakoko
Burden of childhood diseases and malnutrition in a semi-urban slum in southern India
Rajiv Sarkar, Prabhu Sivarathinaswamy, Bhuvaneshwari Thangaraj, Kulandaipalayam Natarajan Chella Sindhu, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, Jayaprakash Muliyil, Vinohar Balraj, Elena N Naumova, Honorine Ward, Gagandeep Kang
Determinants of skilled attendance for delivery in Northwest Ethiopia: a community based nested case control study
Zelalem Birhanu Mengesha, Gashaw Andargie Biks, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Gizachew Assefa Tessema, Digsu Negesse Koye
Study protocol: fit for delivery - can a lifestyle intervention in pregnancy result in measurable health benefits for mothers and newborns? A randomized controlled trial
Linda Reme Sagedal, Nina C Øverby, Hilde Lohne-Seiler, Elling Bere, Monica K Torstveit, Tore Henriksen, Ingvild Vistad
Compliance and enforcement of a partial smoking ban in Lisbon taxis: an exploratory cross-sectional study
Sofia B Ravara, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Pedro Aguiar, Jose M Calheiros
Japan Diabetes Outcome Intervention Trial-1(J-DOIT1), a nationwide cluster randomized trial of type 2 diabetes prevention by telephone-delivered lifestyle support for high-risk subjects detected at health checkups: rationale, design, and recruitment
Naoki Sakane, Kazuhiko Kotani, Kaoru Takahashi, Yoshiko Sano, Kokoro Tsuzaki, Kentaro Okazaki, Juichi Sato, Sadao Suzuki, Satoshi Morita, Kazuo Izumi, Masayuki Kato, Naoki Ishizuka, Mitsuhiko Noda, Hideshi Kuzuya
Effectiveness of a minimal psychological intervention to reduce mild to moderate depression and chronic fatigue in a working population: the design of a randomized controlled trial
Ed Aelfers, Hans Bosma, Inge Houkes, Jacques ThM van Eijk
A cluster randomised trial of a school-based intervention to prevent decline in adolescent physical activity levels: study protocol for the ‘Physical Activity 4 Everyone’ trial
Rachel Sutherland, Elizabeth Campbell, David R Lubans, Philip J Morgan, Anthony D Okely, Nicole Nathan, Luke Wolfenden, Jannah Jones, Lynda Davies, Karen Gillham, John Wiggers
Community-level risk factors for notifiable gastrointestinal illness in the Northwest Territories, Canada, 1991-2008
Aliya Pardhan-Ali, Jeff Wilson, Victoria L Edge, Chris Furgal, Richard Reid-Smith, Maria Santos, Scott A McEwen
The impact of pre- and postnatal exposures on allergy related diseases in childhood: a controlled multicentre intervention study in primary health care
Christian Kvikne Dotterud, Ola Storrø, Melanie Rae Simpson, Roar Johnsen, Torbjørn Øien
Exploring the potential for using results-based financing to address non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries
Chelsey R Beane, Suzanne Havala Hobbs, Harsha Thirumurthy
Understanding critical health literacy: a concept analysis
Susie Sykes, Jane Wills, Gillian Rowlands, Keith Popple
Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among highland and lowland dwellers in Gamo area, South Ethiopia
Teklu Wegayehu, Tsegaye Tsalla, Belete Seifu, Takele Teklu
Effectiveness of alcohol brief intervention delivered by community pharmacists: study protocol of a two-arm randomised controlled trial
Ranjita Dhital, Ian Norman, Cate Whittlesea, Jim McCambridge
A case-control study of physical activity patterns and risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction
Jian Gong, Hannia Campos, Joseph Mark A Fiecas, Stephen T McGarvey, Robert Goldberg, Caroline Richardson, Ana Baylin
Health-related quality of life in adolescents with screening-detected celiac disease, before and one year after diagnosis and initiation of gluten-free diet, a prospective nested case-referent study
Katrina Nordyke, Fredrik Norström, Lars Lindholm, Hans Stenlund, Anna Rosén, Anneli Ivarsson
A survey of how patient-perceived empathy affects the relationship between health literacy and the understanding of information by orthopedic patients?
Cheng-I Chu, Chia-Chih Alex Tseng
Using intervention mapping to develop a work-related guidance tool for those affected by cancer
Fehmidah Munir, Katryna Kalawsky, Deborah J Wallis, Emma Donaldson-Feilder
A cross-sectional survey on knowledge and perceptions of health risks associated with arsenic and mercury contamination from artisanal gold mining in Tanzania
Elias Charles, Deborah SK Thomas, Deborah Dewey, Mark Davey, Sospatro E Ngallaba, Eveline Konje
Rationale and design of South Asian Birth Cohort (START): a Canada-India collaborative study
Sonia S Anand, Anil Vasudevan, Milan Gupta, Katherine Morrison, Anura Kurpad, Koon K Teo, Krishnamachari Srinivasan
Malaria burden and case management in the Republic of Congo: limited use and application of rapid diagnostic tests results
Francine Ntoumi, Jeannhey C Vouvoungui, Rod Ibara, Miguel Landry, Anissa Sidibé
Sexually transmitted infections based on the syndromic approach in Gondar town, northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective study
Beyene Moges, Gizachew Yismaw, Afework Kassu, Berihun Megabiaw, Shitaye Alemu, Bemnet Amare, Dagnachew Muluye
Trends in HIV infection surveillance data among men who have sex with men in Norway, 1995-2011
Irena Jakopanec, Andrej M Grjibovski, Øivind Nilsen, Hans Blystad, Preben Aavitsland
A systematic review of intervention effects on potential mediators of children’s physical activity
Helen Brown, Clare Hume, Natalie Pearson, Jo Salmon
Racial differences in cigarette brand recognition and impact on youth smoking
Amanda L Dauphinee, Juliana R Doxey, Nina C Schleicher, Stephen P Fortmann, Lisa Henriksen
High prevalence of overweight among adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Phuong Van Ngoc Nguyen, Tang Kim Hong, Truong Hoang, Dung The Nguyen, Annie R Robert
Patterns and determinants of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices of Emirati Mothers in the United Arab Emirates
Hadia Radwan
Gender difference in the characteristics of and high-risk behaviours among non-injecting heterosexual methamphetamine users in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
Dianchang Liu, Zhenhong Wang, Tongsheng Chu, Shumin Chen
Healthcare seeking for diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia among children in four poor rural districts in Sierra Leone in the context of free health care: results of a cross-sectional survey
Theresa Diaz, Asha S George, Sowmya R Rao, Peter S Bangura, John B Baimba, Shannon A McMahon, Augustin Kabano
Ethnic differences in alcohol and drug use and related sexual risks for HIV among vulnerable women in Cape Town, South Africa: implications for interventions
Bronwyn Myers, Tracy L Kline, Felicia A Browne, Tara Carney, Charles Parry, Kim Johnson, Wendee M Wechsberg
Change of urinary fluoride and bone metabolism indicators in the endemic fluorosis areas of southern china after supplying low fluoride public water
Shaoxian Chen, Boling Li, Shao Lin, Yixiang Huang, Xinhua Zhao, Min Zhang, Yuan Xia, Xiaoheng Fang, Junyi Wang, Syni-An Hwang, Shouyi Yu
Effectiveness of Australia’s Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service®: maintenance of self-reported anthropometric and behavioural changes after program completion
Blythe J O’Hara, Philayrath Phongsavan, Elizabeth G Eakin, Elizabeth Develin, Joanne Smith, Mark Greenaway, Adrian E Bauman
Gait speed correlates in a multiracial population of community-dwelling older adults living in Brazil: a cross-sectional population-based study
Cintia Regina Ruggero, Tereza Lofredo Bilton, Luiza Faria Teixeira, Juliane de Lemos Armada Ramos, Sandra Regina Alouche, Rosangela Correa Dias, Monica Rodrigues Perracini
HIV testing practices among black primary care physicians in the United States
Eric Y Wong, Wilbert C Jordan, David J Malebranche, Lori L DeLaitsch, Rebecca Abravanel, Alisha Bermudez, Bryan P Baugh
Community embedded reproductive health interventions for adolescents in Latin America: development and evaluation of a complex multi-centre intervention
Peter Decat, Erica Nelson, Sarah De Meyer, Lina Jaruseviciene, Miguel Orozco, Zoyla Segura, Anna Gorter, Bernardo Vega, Kathya Cordova, Lea Maes, Marleen Temmerman, Els Leye, Olivier Degomme
Psychosocial work environment factors and weight change: a prospective study among Danish health care workers
Helle Gram Quist, Ulla Christensen, Karl Bang Christensen, Birgit Aust, Vilhelm Borg, Jakob B Bjorner
Australian news media framing of medical tourism in low- and middle-income countries: a content review
Michelle Imison, Stephen Schweinsberg
Maternal HIV disclosure to HIV-uninfected children in rural South Africa: a pilot study of a family-based intervention
Tamsen J Rochat, Ntombizodumo Mkwanazi, Ruth Bland
Efficacy of a smoking cessation program in a population of adolescent smokers in vocational schools: a public health evaluative controlled study
Laetitia Minary, Linda Cambon, Hervé Martini, Nathalie Wirth, Dovi S Acouetey, Francine Thouvenot, Céline Maire, Yves Martinet, Abraham Bohadana, Denis Zmirou-Navier, François Alla
Perinatal mortality in non-western migrants in Norway as compared to their countries of birth and to Norwegian women
Zainab Naimy, Jostein Grytten, Lars Monkerud, Anne Eskild
Hypertension in Northern Angola: prevalence, associated factors, awareness, treatment and control
João E Pires, Yuri V Sebastião, António J Langa, Susana V Nery
Socioeconomic factors from midlife predict mobility limitation and depressed mood three decades later; Findings from the AGES-Reykjavik Study
Daniëlle AI Groffen, Annemarie Koster, Hans Bosma, Marjan van den Akker, Thor Aspelund, Kristín Siggeirsdóttir, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Jacques ThM van Eijk, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Pálmi V Jónsson, Lenore J Launer, Vilmundur Gudnason, Tamara B Harris
Positive psychology interventions: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies
Linda Bolier, Merel Haverman, Gerben J Westerhof, Heleen Riper, Filip Smit, Ernst Bohlmeijer
Knowledge of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and perception about provider initiated HIV testing and counselling among TB patients attending health facilities in Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia
Ayichew Seyoum, Mengistu Legesse
Perceived risks and benefits of cigarette smoking among Nepalese adolescents: a population-based cross-sectional study
Umesh Raj Aryal, Max Petzold, Alexandra Krettek
Increased cancer awareness among British adolescents after a school-based educational intervention: a controlled before-and-after study with 6-month follow-up
Richard G Kyle, Liz Forbat, Petra Rauchhaus, Gill Hubbard
Joint association of physical activity and body weight with subsequent physical and mental functioning: a follow-up study
Vivian Lindholm, Jouni Lahti, Ossi Rahkonen, Eero Lahelma, Tea Lallukka
Association of Mediterranean diet, dietary supplements and alcohol consumption with breast density among women in South Germany: a cross-sectional study
Olga Voevodina, Christian Billich, Birke Arand, Gabriele Nagel
Predictors of the number of under-five malnourished children in Bangladesh: application of the generalized poisson regression model
Mohammad Mafijul Islam, Morshed Alam, Md Tariquzaman, Mohammad Alamgir Kabir, Rokhsona Pervin, Munni Begum, Md Mobarak Hossain Khan
Determinants of vitamin a deficiency in children between 6 months and 2 years of age in Guinea-Bissau
Niels Danneskiold-Samsøe, Ane Bærent Fisker, Mathias Jul Jørgensen, Henrik Ravn, Andreas Andersen, Ibraima Djogo Balde, Christian Leo-Hansen, Amabelia Rodrigues, Peter Aaby, Christine Stabell Benn
A cross-sectional study of knowledge of sex partner serostatus among high-risk Peruvian men who have sex with men and transgender women: implications for HIV prevention
Sharita Nagaraj, Eddy R Segura, Jesus Peinado, Kelika A Konda, Patricia Segura, Martin Casapia, Abner Ortiz, Silvia M Montano, Jesse L Clark, Jorge Sanchez, Javier R Lama
Exploring the ideal combination of activity satisfaction and burden among health promotion volunteers: a cross-sectional study in Japan
Hiroshi Murayama, Atsuko Taguchi, Sachiyo Murashima
HIV antibody testing and its correlates among heterosexual attendees of sexually transmitted disease clinics in China
Qiaoqin Ma, Xiaohong Pan, Gaofeng Cai, Jiezhe Yan, Masako Ono-Kihara, Masahiro Kihara
Population based case–control study of serious non-fatal motorcycle crashes
Lesley Day, Michael G Lenné, Mark Symmons, Peter Hillard, Stuart Newstead, Trevor Allen, Rod McClure
Compliance with different physical activity recommendations and its association with socio-demographic characteristics using an objective measure
Tineke Scheers, Renaat Philippaerts, Johan Lefevre
Pre-pregnancy predictors of hypertension in pregnancy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in north Queensland, Australia; a prospective cohort study
Sandra K Campbell, John Lynch, Adrian Esterman, Robyn McDermott
A cross-sectional study to assess knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention measures in company workers in Ecuador
María C Cabezas, Marco Fornasini, Nadia Dardenne, Teresa Borja, Adelin Albert
Intention to voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) among health professionals in Jimma zone, Ethiopia: the theory of planned behavior (TPB) perspective
Fira Abamecha, Ameyu Godesso, Eshetu Girma
Developing social capital in implementing a complex intervention: a process evaluation of the early implementation of a suicide prevention intervention in four European countries
Fiona M Harris, Margaret Maxwell, Rory C O’Connor, James Coyne, Ella Arensman, András Székely, Ricardo Gusmão, Claire Coffey, Susana Costa, Zoltan Cserháti, Nicole Koburger, Chantal van Audenhove, David McDaid, Julia Maloney, Peeter Värnik, Ulrich Hegerl
High prevalence of obesity among women who enrolled in HIV prevention trials in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: healthy diet and life style messages should be integrated into HIV prevention programs
Handan Wand, Gita Ramjee
Geographic and urban–rural disparities in the total prevalence of neural tube defects and their subtypes during 2006–2008 in China: a study using the hospital-based birth defects surveillance system
Xiaohong Li, Jun Zhu, Yanping Wang, Dezhi Mu, Li Dai, Guangxuan Zhou, Qi Li, He Wang, Mingrong Li, Juan Liang
Prevalence and comorbidity of diabetes mellitus among non-institutionalized older adults in Germany - results of the national telephone health interview survey ‘German Health Update (GEDA)’ 2009
Yong Du, Christin Heidemann, Antje Gößwald, Patrick Schmich, Christa Scheidt-Nave
Predictors of perinatal mortality in rural population of Northwest Ethiopia: a prospective longitudinal study
Gashaw Andargie, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku, Yigzaw Kebede
The social ecology of water in a Mumbai slum: failures in water quality, quantity, and reliability
Ramnath Subbaraman, Shrutika Shitole, Tejal Shitole, Kiran Sawant, Jennifer O’Brien, David E Bloom, Anita Patil-Deshmukh
A motivational interviewing intervention to PREvent PAssive Smoke Exposure (PREPASE) in children with a high risk of asthma: design of a randomised controlled trial
Sasha G Hutchinson, Ilse Mesters, Gerard van Breukelen, Jean WM Muris, Frans JM Feron, S Katharine Hammond, Constant P van Schayck, Edward Dompeling
HIV risk perception and distribution of HIV risk among African, Caribbean and other Black people in a Canadian city: mixed methods results from the BLACCH study
Shamara Baidoobonso, Greta R Bauer, Kathy Nixon Speechley, Erica Lawson
Which outcome expectancies are important in determining young adults’ intentions to use condoms with casual sexual partners?: a cross-sectional study
Katie V Newby, Katherine E Brown, David P French, Louise M Wallace
Cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular risk management by practice nurses in primary care
Ans H Tiessen, Karin M Vermeulen, Jan Broer, Andries J Smit, Klaas van der Meer
Second-stage non-response in the Swiss health survey: determinants and bias in outcomes
Thomas Volken
Health literacy of Dutch adults: a cross sectional survey
Iris van der Heide, Jany Rademakers, Maarten Schipper, Mariël Droomers, Kristine Sørensen, Ellen Uiters
Prevalence of sexual, physical and emotional abuse in the Norwegian mother and child cohort study
Marie Flem Sørbø, Hilde Grimstad, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Berit Schei, Mirjam Lukasse
The personal and national costs of lost labour force participation due to arthritis: an economic study
Deborah J Schofield, Rupendra N Shrestha, Richard Percival, Megan E Passey, Emily J Callander, Simon J Kelly
Home-based chlamydia and gonorrhoea screening: a systematic review of strategies and outcomes
Muhammad S Jamil, Jane S Hocking, Heidi M Bauer, Hammad Ali, Handan Wand, Kirsty Smith, Jennifer Walker, Basil Donovan, John M Kaldor, Rebecca J Guy
Effectiveness of the trivalent influenza vaccine in Navarre, Spain, 2010–2011: a population-based test-negative case–control study
Iván Martínez-Baz, Víctor Martínez-Artola, Gabriel Reina, Marcela Guevara, Manuel García Cenoz, Julio Morán, Fátima Irisarri, Maite Arriazu, Esther Albeniz, Jesús Castilla
Recruitment and retention of participants in a pragmatic randomized intervention trial at three community health clinics: Results and lessons learned
Erica T Warner, Russell E Glasgow, Karen M Emmons, Gary G Bennett, Sandy Askew, Bernard Rosner, Graham A Colditz
Effectiveness of guideline-based care by occupational physicians on the return-to-work of workers with common mental disorders: design of a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Karlijn M van Beurden, Evelien P M Brouwers, Margot C W Joosen, Berend Terluin, Jac J L van der Klink, Jaap van Weeghel
A blind area of family planning services in China: unintended pregnancy among unmarried graduate students
Yuanzhong Zhou, Chengliang Xiong, Jinwen Xiong, Xuejun Shang, Guohui Liu, Meimei Zhang, Pin Yin
The association between accelerometer-measured patterns of sedentary time and health risk in children and youth: results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey
Rachel C Colley, Didier Garriguet, Ian Janssen, Suzy L Wong, Travis J Saunders, Valerie Carson, Mark S Tremblay
Sexual orientation and self-reported mood disorder diagnosis among Canadian adults
Basia Pakula, Jean A Shoveller
Improving occupational health care for construction workers: a process evaluation
Julitta S Boschman, Henk F van der Molen, Judith K Sluiter, Monique HW Frings-Dresen
External validation of two prediction models identifying employees at risk of high sickness absence: cohort study with 1-year follow-up
Corné AM Roelen, Ute Bültmann, Willem van Rhenen, Jac JL van der Klink, Jos WR Twisk, Martijn W Heymans
Parent smoker role conflict and planning to quit smoking: a cross-sectional study
Joan Friebely, Nancy A Rigotti, Yuchiao Chang, Nicole Hall, Victoria Weiley, Janelle Dempsey, Bethany Hipple, Emara Nabi-Burza, Sybil Murphy, Heide Woo, Jonathan P Winickoff
Hypertension and hypertension-related disease in Mongolia; findings of a national knowledge, attitudes and practices study
Alessandro R Demaio, Dugee Otgontuya, Maximilian de Courten, Ib C Bygbjerg, Palam Enkhtuya, Dan W Meyrowitsch, Janchiv Oyunbileg
Health coaching to promote healthier lifestyle among older people at moderate risk for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and depression: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in Sweden
Klas-Göran Sahlen, Helene Johansson, Lennarth Nyström, Lars Lindholm
Symptoms of common mental disorder and cognitive associations with seropositivity among a cohort of people coming for testing for HIV/AIDS in Goa, India: a cross-sectional survey
Rosie Mayston, Vikram Patel, Melanie Abas, Priya Korgaonkar, Ramesh Paranjape, Savio Rodrigues, Martin Prince
Breaking the habit: a qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to smoking cessation in people with enduring mental health problems
Susan Kerr, Charlotte Woods, Christina Knussen, Hazel Watson, Robert Hunter
Using relative survival measures for cross-sectional and longitudinal benchmarks of countries, states, and districts: the BenchRelSurv- and BenchRelSurvPlot-macros
Christian O Jacke, Iris Reinhard, Ute S Albert
Target prioritization and strategy selection for active case-finding of pulmonary tuberculosis: a tool to support country-level project planning
Nobuyuki Nishikiori, Catharina Van Weezenbeek
Are healthcare workers’ intentions to vaccinate related to their knowledge, beliefs and attitudes? a systematic review
Raúl Herzog, Mª José Álvarez-Pasquin, Camino Díaz, José Luis Del Barrio, José Manuel Estrada, Ángel Gil
Reproducibility of physical activity recall over fifteen years: longitudinal evidence from the CARDIA study
Ashley Wilder Smith, Kathleen A Cronin, Heather Bowles, Gordon Willis, David R Jacobs, Rachel Ballard-Barbash, Richard P Troiano
Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of electronic cigarettes versus nicotine patch for smoking cessation
Chris Bullen, Jonathan Williman, Colin Howe, Murray Laugesen, Hayden McRobbie, Varsha Parag, Natalie Walker
“Young people, adult worries”: RCT of an internet-based self-support method “Feel the ViBe” for children, adolescents and young adults exposed to family violence, a study protocol
Karin AWL van Rosmalen-Nooijens, Judith B Prins, Marianne Vergeer, Sylvie H Lo Fo Wong, Antoine LM Lagro-Janssen
Association between obesity and atopic disorders in Chinese adults: an individually matched case–control study
Xiao Luo, Jing Xiang, Xiaohui Dong, Fuwen Cai, Jianing Suo, Zhiqiang Wang, Meina Liu
Dietary patterns and risk of colorectal cancer in Tehran Province: a case–control study
Akram Safari, Zalilah Mohd Shariff, Mirnalini Kandiah, Bahram Rashidkhani, Foroozandeh Fereidooni
Study on public perceptions and protective behaviors regarding Lyme disease among the general public in the Netherlands: implications for prevention programs
Desirée Jacqueline Mathieu Angélique Beaujean, Marloes Bults, Jim Everardus van Steenbergen, Hélene Antoine Claire Marie Voeten
Evaluation of a community intervention program in Japan using Framingham risk score and estimated 10-year coronary heart disease risk as outcome variables: a non-randomized controlled trial
Bing Zhu, Yasuo Haruyama, Takashi Muto, Akiko Yamasaki, Fumiko Tarumi
Sitting time in Germany: an analysis of socio-demographic and environmental correlates
Birgit Wallmann-Sperlich, Jens Bucksch, Sylvia Hansen, Peter Schantz, Ingo Froboese
Correlates of prolonged television viewing time in older Japanese men and women
Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Shigeru Inoue, Takemi Sugiyama, Neville Owen, Koichiro Oka, Teruichi Shimomitsu
A cross sectional study: latrine coverage and associated factors among rural communities in the District of Bahir Dar Zuria, Ethiopia
Worku Awoke, Semahegn Muche
Impact of instrument error on the estimated prevalence of overweight and obesity in population-based surveys
Anna Biehl, Ragnhild Hovengen, Haakon E Meyer, Jøran Hjelmesæth, Jørgen Meisfjord, Else-Karin Grøholt, Mathieu Roelants, Bjørn Heine Strand
Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to alcohol in Mongolia: a national population-based survey
Alessandro R Demaio, Otgontuya Dugee, Maximillian de Courten, Ib C Bygbjerg, Palam Enkhtuya, Dan W Meyrowitsch
Economic analysis of pandemic influenza mitigation strategies for five pandemic severity categories
Joel K Kelso, Nilimesh Halder, Maarten J Postma, George J Milne
Interventions to reduce suicides at suicide hotspots: a systematic review
Georgina R Cox, Christabel Owens, Jo Robinson, Angela Nicholas, Anne Lockley, Michelle Williamson, Yee Tak Derek Cheung, Jane Pirkis
Work capacity and health-related quality of life among individuals with multiple sclerosis reduced by fatigue: a cross-sectional study
Gullvi Flensner, Anne-Marie Landtblom, Olle Söderhamn, Anna-Christina Ek
Exploring knowledge, attitudes and practices related to diabetes in Mongolia: a national population-based survey
Alessandro R Demaio, Dugee Otgontuya, Maximilian de Courten, Ib C Bygbjerg, Palam Enkhtuya, Janchiv Oyunbileg, Dan W Meyrowitsch
Oral rehydration salt use and its correlates in low-level care of diarrhea among children under 36 months old in rural Western China
Wenlong Gao, Hong Yan, Duolao Wang, Shaonong Dang
Relationship between children’s oral health-related behaviors and their caregiver’s sense of coherence
Rong Min Qiu, May CM Wong, Edward CM Lo, Huan Cai Lin
Epidemiological investigation of two parallel gastroenteritis outbreaks in school settings
Kassiani Mellou, Theologia Sideroglou, Maria Potamiti-Komi, Petros Kokkinos, Panos Ziros, Theano Georgakopoulou, Apostolos Vantarakis
Yellow fever vaccination coverage following massive emergency immunization campaigns in rural Uganda, May 2011: a community cluster survey
James Bagonza, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Malimbo Mugaga, Nathan Tumuhamye, Issa Makumbi
Persistent household food insecurity, HIV, and maternal stress in Peri-Urban Ghana
Jonathan Garcia, Amber Hromi-Fiedler, Robert E Mazur, Grace Marquis, Daniel Sellen, Anna Lartey, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
Cross-cultural adaptation of the short-form condom attitude scale: validity assessment in a sub-sample of rural-to-urban migrant workers in Bangladesh
Tapash Roy, Claire Anderson, Catrin Evans, Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman, Mosiur Rahman
Better learning in schools to improve attitudes toward abstinence and intentions for safer sex among adolescents in urban Nepal
Rachana Manandhar Shrestha, Keiko Otsuka, Krishna C Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Medin Lamichhane, Masamine Jimba
Individual- and provider-level factors associated with colorectal cancer screening in accordance with guideline recommendation: a community-level perspective across varying levels of risk
Ryan J Courtney, Christine L Paul, Robert W Sanson-Fisher, Finlay A Macrae, Mariko L Carey, John Attia, Mark McEvoy
Family burden, family health and personal mental health
Edel Ennis, Brendan P Bunting
Alcohol, betel-nut and cigarette consumption are negatively associated with health promoting behaviors in Taiwan: A cross-sectional study
Su-Er Guo, Tung-Jung Huang, Jui-Chu Huang, Ming-Shyan Lin, Rei-Mei Hong, Chia-Hao Chang, Mei-Yen Chen
Vitamin D deficiency among healthy adolescents in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Shamma J Muhairi, Aaesha E Mehairi, Aysha A Khouri, Muna M Naqbi, Fatima A Maskari, Juma Al Kaabi, Ayesha S Al Dhaheri, Nico Nagelkerke, Syed M Shah
How has the flu virus infected the Web? 2010 influenza and vaccine information available on the Internet
Loredana Covolo, Silvia Mascaretti, Anna Caruana, Grazia Orizio, Luigi Caimi, Umberto Gelatti
Trends in procedures for infertility and caesarean sections: was NICE disinvestment guidance implemented? NICE recommendation reminders
Charlotte A Chamberlain, Richard M Martin, John Busby, Rebecca Gilbert, David J Cahill, William Hollingworth
A randomized control trial: training program of university students as health promoters
Víctor Manuel Mendoza-Núñez, Cecilia Mecalco-Herrera, Cosme Ortega-Ávila, Laura Mecalco-Herrera, Juan Luis Soto-Espinosa, Mario Alfredo Rodríguez-León
Warm homes for older people: aims and methods of a randomised community-based trial for people with COPD
Helen Viggers, Philippa Howden-Chapman, Tristram Ingham, Ralph Chapman, Gina Pene, Cheryl Davies, Ann Currie, Nevil Pierse, Helen Wilson, Jane Zhang, Michael Baker, Julian Crane
Making the links: do we connect climate change with health? A qualitative case study from Canada
Francesca S Cardwell, Susan J Elliott
Factors influencing the decision to participate in medical premarital examinations in Hubei Province, Mid-China
Peigang Wang, Xiao Wang, Min Fang, Tyler J Vander Weele
A systematic review of qualitative findings on factors enabling and deterring uptake of HIV testing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Maurice Musheke, Harriet Ntalasha, Sara Gari, Oran Mckenzie, Virginia Bond, Adriane Martin-Hilber, Sonja Merten
An indigenous approach to explore health-related experiences among Māori parents: the Pukapuka Hauora asthma study
Bernadette Jones, Tristram R Ingham, Fiona Cram, Sarah Dean, Cheryl Davies
Effects of timing of initiation and planning on smoking cessation outcomes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Ron Borland, James Balmford, Elena Swift
Knowledge of, attitudes toward, and preventive practices relating to cholera and oral cholera vaccine among urban high-risk groups: findings of a cross-sectional study in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tasnuva Wahed, Sheikh Shah Tanvir Kaukab, Nirod Chandra Saha, Iqbal Ansary Khan, Farhana Khanam, Fahima Chowdhury, Amit Saha, Ashraful Islam Khan, Ashraf Uddin Siddik, Alejandro Cravioto, Firdausi Qadri, Jasim Uddin
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a cohort of Chinese schoolchildren: comparison of two definitions and assessment of adipokines as components by factor analysis
Qiaoxuan Wang, Jinhua Yin, Lu Xu, Hong Cheng, Xiaoyuan Zhao, Hongding Xiang, Hugh Simon Lam, Jie Mi, Ming Li
Health system delay in pulmonary tuberculosis treatment in a country with an intermediate burden of tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study
Anamarija Jurcev-Savicevic, Rosanda Mulic, Karlo Kozul, Bozica Ban, Jasna Valic, Ljiljana Bacun-Ivcek, Ivan Gudelj, Gordana Popijac-Cesar, Snjezana Marinovic-Dunatov, Aleksandar Simunovic
Multiple socioeconomic determinants of weight gain: the Helsinki Health Study
Tina Loman, Tea Lallukka, Mikko Laaksonen, Ossi Rahkonen, Eero Lahelma
Drowning deaths in Sweden with emphasis on the presence of alcohol and drugs – a retrospective study, 1992–2009
Kristin Ahlm, Britt-Inger Saveman, Ulf Björnstig
The influence of neighbourhood formality status and socio-economic position on self-rated health among adult men and women: a multilevel, cross sectional, population study from Aleppo, Syria
Balsam Ahmad, Vicky Ryan, Wasim Maziak, Tanja Pless-Mulloli, Martin White
Design of a randomized controlled trial for multiple cancer risk behaviors among Spanish-speaking Mexican-origin smokers
Yessenia Castro, Karen Basen-Engquist, Maria E Fernandez, Larkin L Strong, Elizabeth G Eakin, Ken Resnicow, Yisheng Li, David W Wetter
Brief oral health promotion intervention among parents of young children to reduce early childhood dental decay
Peter Arrow, Joseph Raheb, Margaret Miller
Heavy episodic drinking and soccer practice among high school students in Brazil: the contextual aspects of this relationship
André Bedendo, Emérita S Opaleye, André Luiz Monezi Andrade, Ana Regina Noto
The Fit for School health outcome study - a longitudinal survey to assess health impacts of an integrated school health programme in the Philippines
Bella Monse, Habib Benzian, Ella Naliponguit, Vincente Belizario, Alexander Schratz, Wim van Palenstein Helderman
Feasibility of community-based screening for cardiovascular disease risk in an ethnic community: the South Asian Cardiovascular Health Assessment and Management Program (SA-CHAMP)
Charlotte A Jones, Alykhan Nanji, Shefina Mawani, Shahnaz Davachi, Leanne Ross, Ardene Vollman, Sandeep Aggarwal, Kathryn King-Shier, Norman Campbell
Changes in metabolic profiles after the Great East Japan Earthquake: a retrospective observational study
Masaharu Tsubokura, Morihito Takita, Tomoko Matsumura, Kazuo Hara, Tetsuya Tanimoto, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Tamae Hamaki, Giichiro Oiso, Masahiro Kami, Tadaichi Okawada, Hidekiyo Tachiya
Correlates of tobacco quit attempts and cessation in the adult population of India: secondary analysis of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, 2009–10
Swati Srivastava, Sumit Malhotra, Anthony D Harries, Pranay Lal, Monika Arora
Gaps in detailed knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV) and the HPV vaccine among medical students in Scotland
Sarah M McCusker, Ishbel Macqueen, Graham Lough, Alasdair I MacDonald, Christine Campbell, Sheila V Graham
Culturally sensitive care for elderly immigrants through ethnic community health workers: design and development of a community based intervention programme in the Netherlands
Ilona Verhagen, Wynand JG Ros, Bas Steunenberg, Niek J de Wit
Tobacco control in the Russian Federation- a policy analysis
Karsten Lunze, Luigi Migliorini
Access to syringes for HIV prevention for injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia: syringe purchase test study
Ekaterina V Fedorova, Roman V Skochilov, Robert Heimer, Patricia Case, Leo Beletsky, Lauretta E Grau, Andrey P Kozlov, Alla V Shaboltas
HPV knowledge and impact of genital warts on self esteem and sexual life in Colombian patients
Marion Piñeros, Gustavo Hernández-Suárez, Liliana Orjuela, Juan Carlos Vargas, Gonzalo Pérez
Protocol of a randomized controlled trial of sun protection interventions for operating engineers
Sonia A Duffy, David L Ronis, Andrea H Waltje, Seung Hee Choi
Perceived physical activity barriers related to body weight status and sociodemographic factors among Malaysian men in Klang Valley
Suraya Ibrahim, Norimah A Karim, Ng Lai Oon, Wan Zurinah Wan Ngah
Late presenters among persons with a new HIV diagnosis in Italy, 2010–2011
Laura Camoni, Mariangela Raimondo, Vincenza Regine, Maria Cristina Salfa, Barbara Suligoi
A community pharmacy weight management programme: an evaluation of effectiveness
David Morrison, Philip McLoone, Naomi Brosnahan, Louise McCombie, Andrea Smith, Janie Gordon
Football Fans in Training: the development and optimization of an intervention delivered through professional sports clubs to help men lose weight, become more active and adopt healthier eating habits
Cindy M Gray, Kate Hunt, Nanette Mutrie, Annie S Anderson, Jim Leishman, Lindsay Dalgarno, Sally Wyke
Community mobilization, empowerment and HIV prevention among female sex workers in south India
Andrea K Blanchard, Haranahalli Lakkappa Mohan, Maryam Shahmanesh, Ravi Prakash, Shajy Isac, Banadakoppa Manjappa Ramesh, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Vandana Gurnani, Stephen Moses, James F Blanchard
Type 2 diabetes prevalence varies by socio-economic status within and between migrant groups: analysis and implications for Australia
Marian Abouzeid, Benjamin Philpot, Edward D Janus, Michael J Coates, James A Dunbar
The role of nicotine replacement therapy for temporary abstinence in the home to protect children from environmental tobacco smoke exposure: a qualitative study with disadvantaged smokers
Olesya Atkinson, Tim Coleman, Ann McNeill, Sarah Lewis, Laura L Jones
Scaling up prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programs in sub-Saharan African countries: a multilevel assessment of site-, program- and country-level determinants of performance
Etienne Audureau, James G Kahn, Marie-Hélène Besson, Joseph Saba, Joël Ladner
Poor mental health in Ghana: who is at risk?
Heather Sipsma, Angela Ofori-Atta, Maureen Canavan, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Christopher Udry, Elizabeth H Bradley
Pathways through which health influences early retirement: a qualitative study
Astrid de Wind, Goedele A Geuskens, Kerstin G Reeuwijk, Marjan J Westerman, Jan Fekke Ybema, Alex Burdorf, Paulien M Bongers, Allard J van der Beek
Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and risk factors among schoolchildren at the University of Gondar Community School, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Aschalew Gelaw, Belay Anagaw, Bethel Nigussie, Betrearon Silesh, Atnad Yirga, Meseret Alem, Mengistu Endris, Baye Gelaw
Work resumption at the price of distrust: a qualitative study on return to work legislation in the Netherlands
Nicole Hoefsmit, Angelique de Rijk, Inge Houkes
The double task of preventing malnutrition and overweight: a quasi-experimental community-based trial
José I Navarro, Dirce M Sigulem, Alexandre A Ferraro, Juan J Polanco, Aluísio JD Barros
Rates of immunization against pandemic and seasonal influenza in persons at high risk of severe influenza illness: a cross-sectional study among patients of the French Sentinelles general practitioners
Ludivine Privileggio, Alessandra Falchi, Marie-Lise Grisoni, Cécile Souty, Clément Turbelin, Laure Fonteneau, Thomas Hanslik, Solen Kernéis
Determinants of health literacy and health behavior regarding infectious respiratory diseases: a pathway model
Xinying Sun, Yuhui Shi, Qingqi Zeng, Yanling Wang, Weijing Du, Nanfang Wei, Ruiqian Xie, Chun Chang
Risk of cancer associated with cardiac catheterization procedures during childhood: a cohort study in France
Helene Baysson, Jean Luc Réhel, Younes Boudjemline, Jerôme Petit, Brigitte Girodon, Bernard Aubert, Dominique Laurier, Damien Bonnet, Marie-Odile Bernier
Prospects for progress on health inequalities in England in the post-primary care trust era: professional views on challenges, risks and opportunities
Daniel Turner, Sarah Salway, Ghazala Mir, George TH Ellison, John Skinner, Lynne Carter, Bushara Bostan
Current manufactured cigarette smoking and roll-your-own cigarette smoking in Thailand: findings from the 2009 Global Adult Tobacco Survey
Sarunya Benjakul, Lakkhana Termsirikulchai, Jason Hsia, Mondha Kengganpanich, Hataichanok Puckcharern, Chitrlada Touchchai, Areerat Lohtongmongkol, Linda Andes, Samira Asma
Spatial-temporal variations of Schistosoma japonicum distribution after an integrated national control strategy: a cohort in a marshland area of China
Yi-Biao Zhou, Song Liang, Geng-Xin Chen, Chris Rea, Shi-Min Han, Zong-Gui He, Yuan-Pei Li, Jian-Guo Wei, Gen-Ming Zhao, Qing-Wu Jiang
Sexual relationships among men who have sex with men in Hanoi, Vietnam: a qualitative interview study
Linus Bengtsson, Anna Thorson, Vu Pham Nguyen Thanh, Peter Allebeck, Rebecca Popenoe
Serum γ-glutamyltransferase and uric acid levels are associated with impaired fasting glucose in adults from Inner Mongolia, China
Jie Wu, Ling Qiu, Wen-hua Yan, Xin-qi Cheng, Wei Wu, Xiu-zhi Guo, Hai-tao Ding, Hui-juan Han, Shao-mei Han, Guang-jin Zhu
Gender differences in HIV disease progression and treatment outcomes among HIV patients one year after starting antiretroviral treatment (ART) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Fausta Mosha, Victor Muchunguzi, Mecey Matee, Raphael Z Sangeda, Jurgen Vercauteren, Peter Nsubuga, Eligius Lyamuya, Anne-Mieke Vandamme
Study protocol: A cluster randomised controlled trial of implementation intentions to reduce smoking initiation in adolescents
Mark Conner, Sarah Grogan, Rebecca Lawton, Christopher Armitage, Robert West, Kamran Siddiqi, Brenda Gannon, Carole Torgerson, Keira Flett, Ruth Simms-Ellis
EDCTP regional networks of excellence: initial merits for planned clinical trials in Africa
George M Miiro, Odile Ouwe Missi Oukem-Boyer, Ousmane Sarr, Maerangis Rahmani, Francine Ntoumi, Keertan Dheda, Alexander Pym, Souleymane Mboup, Pontiano Kaleebu
Does feeling respected influence return to work? Cross-sectional study on sick-listed patients’ experiences of encounters with social insurance office staff
Niels Lynöe, Maja Wessel, Daniel Olsson, Kristina Alexanderson, Gert Helgesson
Local public health response to vaccine-associated measles: case report
Monica Hau, Kevin L Schwartz, Crystal Frenette, Isabelle Mogck, Jonathan B Gubbay, Alberto Severini, Joanne Hiebert, Shelley L Deeks, Shaun K Morris
Is a perceived supportive physical environment important for self-reported leisure time physical activity among socioeconomically disadvantaged women with poor psychosocial characteristics? An observational study
Verity J Cleland, Kylie Ball, David Crawford
Cost effective interventions for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in low and middle income countries: a systematic review
Amir Shroufi, Rajiv Chowdhury, Raghupathy Anchala, Sarah Stevens, Patricia Blanco, Tha Han, Louis Niessen, Oscar H Franco
Higher n3-fatty acid status is associated with lower risk of iron depletion among food insecure Canadian Inuit women
Jennifer A Jamieson, Harriet V Kuhnlein, Hope A Weiler, Grace M Egeland
Substance use, risky sexual behaviors, and their associations in a Chinese sample of senior high school students
Shenghui Li, Hong Huang, Gang Xu, Yong Cai, Fengrong Huang, Xiuxia Ye
The First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition in Brazil: rationale, methodology, and overview of results
Carlos EA Coimbra, Ricardo Ventura Santos, James R Welch, Andrey Moreira Cardoso, Mirian Carvalho de Souza, Luiza Garnelo, Elias Rassi, Maj-Lis Follér, Bernardo L Horta
The interface between the national tuberculosis control programme and district hospitals in Cameroon: missed opportunities for strengthening the local health system –a multiple case study
Basile Keugoung, Jean Macq, Anne Buve, Jean Meli, Bart Criel
Mortality among British Columbians testing for hepatitis C antibody
Amanda Yu, John J Spinelli, Darrel A Cook, Jane A Buxton, Mel Krajden
Burden of disease due to dementia in the elderly population of Korea: present and future
Jae-Hyun Park, Jin-Hee Eum, Bolor Bold, Hae-Kwan Cheong
Gender differences in personality patterns and smoking status after a smoking cessation treatment
Bárbara Piñeiro, Ana López-Durán, Elena Fernández del Río, Úrsula Martínez, Elisardo Becoña
Community knowledge, attitude and practice about malaria in a low endemic setting of Shewa Robit Town, northeastern Ethiopia
Andargie Abate, Abraham Degarege, Berhanu Erko
Time trend analysis of the prevalence and incidence of diagnosed type 2 diabetes among adults in Taiwan from 2000 to 2007: a population-based study
Cheng-Chieh Lin, Chia-Ing Li, Chih-Yi Hsiao, Chiu-Shong Liu, Sing-Yu Yang, Cheng-Chun Lee, Tsai-Chung Li
Factors influencing mode of transport in older adolescents: a qualitative study
Dorien Simons, Peter Clarys, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Bas de Geus, Corneel Vandelanotte, Benedicte Deforche
Correlates of opium use: retrospective analysis of a survey of tribal communities in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Himanshu K Chaturvedi, Jagadish Mahanta, Ram C Bajpai, Arvind Pandey
Cumulative incidence of sickness absence and disease burden among the newly sick-listed, a cross-sectional population-based study
Brynja Ármannsdóttir, Ann-Charlotte Mårdby, Inger Haukenes, Gunnel Hensing
Similar decline in mortality rate of older persons with and without type 2 diabetes between 1993 and 2004 the Icelandic population-based Reykjavik and AGES-Reykjavik cohort studies
Elin Olafsdottir, Thor Aspelund, Gunnar Sigurdsson, Rafn Benediktsson, Bolli Thorsson, Tamara B Harris, Lenore J Launer, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Vilmundur Gudnason
Local perceptions of cholera and anticipated vaccine acceptance in Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo
Sonja Merten, Christian Schaetti, Cele Manianga, Bruno Lapika, Claire-Lise Chaignat, Raymond Hutubessy, Mitchell G Weiss
Determinants of poor adherence to secondary antibiotic prophylaxis for rheumatic fever recurrence on Lifou, New Caledonia: a retrospective cohort study
Brunelle Gasse, Noémie Baroux, Bernard Rouchon, Jean-Michel Meunier, Isabelle De Frémicourt, Eric D’Ortenzio
Prevalence and predictors of over-the-counter medication use among pregnant women: a cross-sectional study in the Netherlands
Gwenny MPJ Verstappen, Elise J Smolders, Janna M Munster, Jan G Aarnoudse, Eelko Hak
Beverage consumption and individual-level associations in South Korea
Euna Han, Tae Hyun Kim, Lisa M Powell
Is asthma a vanishing disease? A study to forecast the burden of asthma in 2022
Teresa To, Sanja Stanojevic, Rachel Feldman, Rahim Moineddin, Eshetu G Atenafu, Jun Guan, Andrea S Gershon
Evidence of emerging hookah use among university students: a cross-sectional comparison between hookah and cigarette use
Tracey E Barnett, Thalia Smith, Ying He, Eric K Soule, Barbara A Curbow, Scott L Tomar, Christopher McCarty
Physical activity and academic achievement across the curriculum (A + PAAC): rationale and design of a 3-year, cluster-randomized trial
Joseph E Donnelly, Jerry L Greene, Cheryl A Gibson, Debra K Sullivan, David M Hansen, Charles H Hillman, John Poggio, Matthew S Mayo, Bryan K Smith, Kate Lambourne, Stephen D Herrmann, Mark Scudder, Jessica L Betts, Jeffery J Honas, Richard A Washburn
Visual impairment and spectacle coverage rate in Baoshan district, China: population-based study
Mengjun Zhu, Xiaowei Tong, Rong Zhao, Xiangui He, Huijuan Zhao, Meiling Liu, Jianfeng Zhu
High dietary diversity is associated with obesity in Sri Lankan adults: an evaluation of three dietary scores
Ranil Jayawardena, Nuala M Byrne, Mario J Soares, Prasad Katulanda, Bijesh Yadav, Andrew P Hills
Chronic back problems and labor force participation in a national population survey: impact of comorbid arthritis
Lauren Churcher, Christina H Chan, Elizabeth M Badley
Increasing trends in central obesity among Chinese adults with normal body mass index, 1993–2009
Tingting Du, Xingxing Sun, Ping Yin, Rui Huo, Chaochao Ni, Xuefeng Yu
An observational study to assess changes in social inequality in smoking-attributable upper aero digestive tract cancer mortality among Canadian males between 1986 and 2001
Sonica Singhal, Carlos R Quiñonez, Prabhat Jha
Determination of the social related factors of suicide in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Milad Nazarzadeh, Zeinab Bidel, Erfan Ayubi, Khirollah Asadollahi, Kristin V Carson, Kourosh Sayehmiri
What stresses men? predictors of perceived stress in a population-based multi-ethnic cross sectional cohort
Timothy R Rebbeck, Anita L Weber, Elaine Spangler, Charnita M Zeigler-Johnson
Trends in hospital discharges, management and in-hospital mortality from acute myocardial infarction in Switzerland between 1998 and 2008
Charlène Insam, Fred Paccaud, Pedro Marques-Vidal
Canadian national surveys on pandemic influenza preparations: pre-pandemic and peri-pandemic findings
Paul Ritvo, Daniel F Perez, Kumanan Wilson, Jennifer L Gibson, Crissa L Guglietti, C Shawn Tracy, Cecile M Bensimon, Ross EG Upshur
Physical activity and beverage consumption in preschoolers: focus groups with parents and teachers
Marieke De Craemer, Ellen De Decker, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Benedicte Deforche, Carine Vereecken, Kristin Duvinage, Evangelia Grammatikaki, Violeta Iotova, Juan Miguel Fernández-Alvira, Kamila Zych, Yannis Manios, Greet Cardon
Strategies to sustain and scale up youth friendly health services in the Republic of Moldova
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Valentina Baltag, Luwam Ogbaselassie
Declining trends in early warning indicators for HIV drug resistance in Cameroon from 2008–2010: lessons and challenges for low-resource settings
Joseph Fokam, Serge C Billong, Bissek Anne C ZK, Etienne Kembou, Pascal Milenge, Ibile Abessouguie, Armand S Nkwescheu, Zephirin Tsomo, Avelin F Aghokeng, Grace D Ngute, Peter M Ndumbe, Vittorio Colizzi, Jean BN Elat
Distribution and determinants of functioning and disability in aged adults - results from the German KORA-Age study
Ralf Strobl, Martin Müller, Rebecca Emeny, Annette Peters, Eva Grill
Depression as a psychosocial consequence of occupational injury in the US working population: findings from the medical expenditure panel survey
Jaeyoung Kim
Blacks and whites in Cuba have equal prevalence of hypertension: confirmation from a new population survey
Pedro Ordúñez, Jay S Kaufman, Mikhail Benet, Alain Morejon, Luis C Silva, David A Shoham, Richard S Cooper
Neonatal mortality in Sudan: analysis of the Sudan household survey, 2010
Amal O Bashir, Ghada H Ibrahim, Igbal A Bashier, Ishag Adam
Association of vitamin D status with socio-demographic factors in Calgary, Alberta: an ecological study using Census Canada data
Christopher Naugler, Jianguo Zhang, Dan Henne, Paul Woods, Brenda R Hemmelgarn
The relationship between self-rated health and objective health status: a population-based study
Shunquan Wu, Rui Wang, Yanfang Zhao, Xiuqiang Ma, Meijing Wu, Xiaoyan Yan, Jia He
Changing mobility patterns and road mortality among pre-license teens in a late licensing country: an epidemiological study
Divera Twisk, Niels Bos, Jean T Shope, Gerjo Kok
[More] evidence to support oral health promotion services targeted to smokers calling tobacco quitlines in the United States
Jennifer B McClure, Karin Riggs, Jackie St John, Sheryl L Catz
Mental health status among Burmese adolescent students living in boarding houses in Thailand: a cross-sectional study
Takeshi Akiyama, Thar Win, Cynthia Maung, Paw Ray, Kayako Sakisaka, Aya Tanabe, Jun Kobayashi, Masamine Jimba
School food policy at Dutch primary schools: room for improvement? Cross-sectional findings from the INPACT study
Wilke JC van Ansem, Carola TM Schrijvers, Gerda Rodenburg, Albertine J Schuit, Dike van de Mheen
Understanding the school community’s response to school closures during the H1N1 2009 influenza pandemic
Annette Braunack-Mayer, Rebecca Tooher, Joanne E Collins, Jackie M Street, Helen Marshall
Impact of smoking and smoking cessation on overweight and obesity: Scotland-wide, cross-sectional study on 40,036 participants
Daniel F Mackay, Linsay Gray, Jill P Pell
A case-control study of medium-term exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide pollution and hospitalization for stroke
Julie YM Johnson, Brian H Rowe, Ryan W Allen, Paul A Peters, Paul J Villeneuve
Assessment of maternal anemia in rural Western China between 2001 and 2005: a two-level logistic regression approach
Leilei Pei, Lin Ren, Duolao Wang, Hong Yan
Determinants of better health: a cross-sectional assessment of positive deviants among women in West Bengal
Katelyn NG Long, Lisa H Gren, Chris A Rees, Joshua H West, Parley Cougar Hall, Bobbi Gray, Benjamin T Crookston
Preventive home visits and health – experiences among very old people
Lina Behm, Synneve Dahlin Ivanoff, Lena Zidén
Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B and C virus infections among the general population and blood donors in Morocco
Warda Baha, Abderrahim Foullous, Noureddine Dersi, Thierry Paluku They-they, Khadija El alaoui, Nadia Nourichafi, Bouchra Oukkache, Fatiha Lazar, Soumaya Benjelloun, My Mustapha Ennaji, Abdelouhad Elmalki, Hassan Mifdal, Abdelouaheb Bennani
Nondisclosure prosecutions and population health outcomes: examining HIV testing, HIV diagnoses, and the attitudes of men who have sex with men following nondisclosure prosecution media releases in Ottawa, Canada
Patrick O’Byrne, Jacqueline Willmore, Alyssa Bryan, Dara S Friedman, Andrew Hendriks, Cynthia Horvath, Dominique Massenat, Christiane Bouchard, Robert S Remis, Vera Etches
A survey to assist in targeting the adults who undertake risky behaviours, know their health behaviours are not optimal and who acknowledge being worried about their health
Anne W Taylor, Kay Price, Simon Fullerton
Educational differences in self-rated physical fitness among Finns
Kaisa R Pulkkinen, Tomi Mäkinen, Heli Valkeinen, Ritva Prättälä, Katja Borodulin
Weight patterns and perceptions among female university students of Karachi: a cross sectional study
Zubaida Sirang, Hassaan Hasan Bashir, Bilal Jalil, Sarah Haroon Khan, Samia Altaf Hussain, Aneeqa Baig, Maryam Taufeeq, Kashif Samad, Muhammad Masood Kadir
Assessment of voluntary counseling and testing service utilization and associated factors among Debre Markos University Students, North West Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey in 2011
Girmay Tsegay, Melkie Edris, Solomon Meseret
Morbid obesity in women on the rise: an observational, population-based study
Julie A Pasco, Sharon L Brennan, Mark A Kotowicz
Development of a scale to measure stigma related to podoconiosis in Southern Ethiopia
Hannah Franklin, Abebayehu Tora, Kebede Deribe, Ayalu A Reda, Gail Davey
Work ability assessment in a worker population: comparison and determinants of Work Ability Index and Work Ability score
Mehdi El Fassi, Valery Bocquet, Nicole Majery, Marie Lise Lair, Sophie Couffignal, Philippe Mairiaux
Factors associated with the rapid implementation process of the fixed-dose combination RHZE tuberculosis regimen in brazil: an ecological study
José Ueleres Braga, Deborah Araújo da Conceição, Anete Trajman
Interventions to reduce neonatal mortality from neonatal tetanus in low and middle income countries - a systematic review
Adeel Ahmed Khan, Aysha Zahidie, Fauziah Rabbani
Characteristics of non-fatal self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: a systematic review
Thilini Rajapakse, Kathleen Margaret Griffiths, Helen Christensen
Contraband tobacco on post-secondary campuses in Ontario, Canada: analysis of discarded cigarette butts
Meagan Barkans, Kelli-an Lawrance
Time series analysis comparing mandatory and voluntary notification of newly diagnosed HIV infections in a city with a concentrated epidemic
Juliana M Reyes-Urueña, Patricia García de Olalla, Santiago Perez-Hoyos, Joan A Caylà
Effects of secondhand smoke on the birth weight of term infants and the demographic profile of Saudi exposed women
Hayfaa A Wahabi, Rasmieh A Alzeidan, Amel A Fayed, Ahmed Mandil, Ghadeer Al-Shaikh, Samia A Esmaeil
Social acceptability and perceived impact of a community-led cash transfer programme in Zimbabwe
Morten Skovdal, Phyllis Mushati, Laura Robertson, Shungu Munyati, Lorraine Sherr, Constance Nyamukapa, Simon Gregson
Give It Up For Baby: outcomes and factors influencing uptake of a pilot smoking cessation incentive scheme for pregnant women
Andrew Radley, Paul Ballard, Douglas Eadie, Susan MacAskill, Louise Donnelly, David Tappin
Time perspective as a predictor of smoking status: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Surveys in Scotland, France, Germany, China, and Malaysia
Genevieve Sansone, Geoffrey T Fong, Peter A Hall, Romain Guignard, François Beck, Ute Mons, Martina Pötschke-Langer, Hua-Hie Yong, Mary E Thompson, Maizurah Omar, Yuan Jiang
Air pollution and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in South Korea: an ecological correlation study
Seung Seok Han, Sunhee Kim, Yunhee Choi, Suhnggwon Kim, Yon Su Kim
Chronic kidney disease in Nicaragua: a qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with physicians and pharmacists
Oriana Ramirez-Rubio, Daniel R Brooks, Juan Jose Amador, James S Kaufman, Daniel E Weiner, Madeleine Kangsen Scammell
Geographic patterns of hepatocellular carcinoma mortality with exposure to iron in groundwater in Taiwanese population: An ecological study
Horng-Jeng Shyu, Chia-Chi Lung, Chien-Chang Ho, Yi-Hua Iris Sun, Pei-Chieh Ko, Jing-Yang Huang, Chia-Chen Pan, Yi-Chen Chiang, Shih-Chang Chen, Yung-Po Liaw
Screening for latent tuberculosis in Norwegian health care workers: high frequency of discordant tuberculin skin test positive and interferon-gamma release assay negative results
Gerd Gran, Jörg Aßmus, Anne Ma Dyrhol-Riise
The role of community conversations in facilitating local HIV competence: case study from rural Zimbabwe
Catherine Campbell, Mercy Nhamo, Kerry Scott, Claudius Madanhire, Constance Nyamukapa, Morten Skovdal, Simon Gregson
Factors associated with HIV infection among men who have sex with men in Henan Province, China: a cross-sectional study
Jie Liu, Bo Qu, Ezeakile Moses C, Yang Zhang, Shijie Liang
Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve cancer prevention behaviors in adolescents and adults using a web-based intervention supplemented with SMS
Alberto Lana, Maria Olivo del Valle, Santiago López, Goretti Faya-Ornia, Maria Luisa López
Age-appropriate vaccination against measles and DPT-3 in India – closing the gaps
Niyi Awofeso, Anu Rammohan, Kazi Iqbal
A strengths based method for homeless youth: Effectiveness and fidelity of Houvast
Manon AM Krabbenborg, Sandra N Boersma, Judith RLM Wolf
Exploring variations in childhood stunting in Nigeria using league table, control chart and spatial analysis
Victor T Adekanmbi, Olalekan A Uthman, Oludare M Mudasiru
Smoking cessation and the risk of cardiovascular disease outcomes predicted from established risk scores: Results of the Cardiovascular Risk Assessment among Smokers in Primary Care in Europe (CV-ASPIRE) Study
Pablo Mallaina, Christos Lionis, Hugo Rol, Renzo Imperiali, Andrew Burgess, Mark Nixon, Franco Mondello Malvestiti
Watch Me Grow: A garden-based pilot intervention to increase vegetable and fruit intake in preschoolers
Rebecca J Namenek Brouwer, Sara E Benjamin Neelon
The impact of education programs on smoking prevention: a randomized controlled trial among 11 to 14 year olds in Aceh, Indonesia
Teuku Tahlil, Richard J Woodman, John Coveney, Paul R Ward
Time to care? Health of informal older carers and time spent on health related activities: an Australian survey
Tanisha Jowsey, Ian McRae, James Gillespie, Michelle Banfield, Laurann Yen
Diabetes duration and health-related quality of life in individuals with onset of diabetes in the age group 15—34 years – a Swedish population-based study using EQ-5D
Vibeke Sparring, Lennarth Nyström, Rolf Wahlström, Pia Maria Jonsson, Jan Östman, Kristina Burström
Coexisting social conditions and health problems among clients seeking treatment for illicit drug use in Finland: The HUUTI study
Ifeoma N Onyeka, Caryl M Beynon, Hanna Uosukainen, Maarit Jaana Korhonen, Jenni Ilomäki, J Simon Bell, Mika Paasolainen, Niko Tasa, Jari Tiihonen, Jussi Kauhanen
Assessing parents’ knowledge and attitudes towards seasonal influenza vaccination of children before and after a seasonal influenza vaccination effectiveness study in low-income urban and rural Kenya, 2010–2011
Prisca Adhiambo Oria, Geoffrey Arunga, Emmaculate Lebo, Joshua M Wong, Gideon Emukule, Philip Muthoka, Nancy Otieno, David Mutonga, Robert F Breiman, Mark A Katz
Using geographic methods to inform cancer screening interventions for South Asians in Ontario, Canada
Aisha K Lofters, Piotr Gozdyra, Rebecca Lobb
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV and its predictors among HIV-exposed infants at a PMTCT clinic in northwest Ethiopia
Digsu Negese Koye, Berihun Megabiaw Zeleke
Rome consensus conference - statement; human papilloma virus diseases in males
Andrea Lenzi, Vincenzo Mirone, Vincenzo Gentile, Riccardo Bartoletti, Vincenzo Ficarra, Carlo Foresta, Luciano Mariani, Sandra Mazzoli, Saverio G Parisi, Antonio Perino, Mauro Picardo, Carla Maria Zotti
Prevalence and factors associated with syphilis in parturient women in Northeast, Brazil
Maria Alix Leite Araújo, Silvio Carlos Rocha de Freitas, Heber José de Moura, Ana Paula Soares Gondim, Raimunda Magalhães da Silva
Sharing good NEWS across the world: developing comparable scores across 12 countries for the neighborhood environment walkability scale (NEWS)
Ester Cerin, Terry L Conway, Kelli L Cain, Jacqueline Kerr, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Neville Owen, Rodrigo S Reis, Olga L Sarmiento, Erica A Hinckson, Deborah Salvo, Lars B Christiansen, Duncan J MacFarlane, Rachel Davey, Josef Mitáš, Ines Aguinaga-Ontoso, James F Sallis
Health-related quality of life and long-term care needs among elderly individuals living alone: a cross-sectional study in rural areas of Shaanxi Province, China
Ning Liu, Lingxia Zeng, Zhe Li, Jue Wang
Study protocol for iQuit in Practice: a randomised controlled trial to assess the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of tailored web- and text-based facilitation of smoking cessation in primary care
Stephen Sutton, Susan Smith, James Jamison, Sue Boase, Dan Mason, A Toby Prevost, James Brimicombe, Melanie Sloan, Hazel Gilbert, Felix Naughton
INTEROCC case–control study: lack of association between glioma tumors and occupational exposure to selected combustion products, dusts and other chemical agents
Aude Lacourt, Elisabeth Cardis, Javier Pintos, Lesley Richardson, Laurel Kincl, Geza Benke, Sarah Fleming, Martine Hours, Daniel Krewski, Dave McLean, Marie-Elise Parent, Siegal Sadetzki, Klaus Schlaefer, Brigitte Schlehofer, Jerome Lavoue, Martie van Tongeren, Jack Siemiatycki
Physical activity and its correlates in children: a cross-sectional study (the GINIplus & LISAplus studies)
Sandra Ortlieb, Gabriel Schneider, Sibylle Koletzko, Dietrich Berdel, Andrea von Berg, Carl-Peter Bauer, Beate Schaaf, Olf Herbarth, Irina Lehmann, Barbara Hoffmann, Joachim Heinrich, Holger Schulz
Cost-effectiveness of Multisystemic Therapy for adolescents with antisocial behaviour: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Danielle EMC Jansen, Karin M Vermeulen, Annemieke H Schuurman-Luinge, Erik J Knorth, Erik Buskens, Sijmen A Reijneveld
Dental neglect as a marker of broader neglect: a qualitative investigation of public health nurses’ assessments of oral health in preschool children
Caroline Bradbury-Jones, Nicola Innes, Dafydd Evans, Fiona Ballantyne, Julie Taylor
A population-based survey of prevalence of diabetes and correlates in an urban slum community in Nairobi, Kenya
Richard Ayah, Mark D Joshi, Rosemary Wanjiru, Elijah K Njau, C Fredrick Otieno, Erastus K Njeru, Kenneth K Mutai
Population-based incidences of non-fatal injuries - results of the German-wide telephone survey 2004
Anke-Christine Sass, Andreas Stang
A cross-country comparison of tobacco consumption among youths from selected South-Asian countries
Mohammad Alamgir Kabir, Kim-Leng Goh, Mobarak Hossain Khan
Knowledge, attitude and practices related to visceral leishmaniasis among residents in Addis Zemen town, South Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia
Agersew Alemu, Abebe Alemu, Nuraini Esmael, Yared Dessie, Kedir Hamdu, Biniam Mathewos, Wubet Birhan
Health-related quality of life in migrant preschool children
Jardena Puder, Ana Margarida Pinto, Antoine Bonvin, Patrick Bodenman, Simone Munsch, Susi Kriemler, Pedro Marques-Vidal
The influence of self-reported leisure time physical activity and the body mass index on recovery from persistent back pain among men and women: a population-based cohort study
Tony Bohman, Lars Alfredsson, Johan Hallqvist, Eva Vingård, Eva Skillgate
An analysis of the economic impact of smoking cessation in Europe
David Cohen, M Fasihul Alam, Paul S Jarvis
The role of action planning and plan enactment for smoking cessation
Hein de Vries, Sander M Eggers, Catherine Bolman
Predictors of tuberculosis (TB) and antiretroviral (ARV) medication non-adherence in public primary care patients in South Africa: a cross sectional study
Pamela Naidoo, Karl Peltzer, Julia Louw, Gladys Matseke, Gugu Mchunu, Bomkazi Tutshana
Determinants of infant mortality in community of Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center, Southwest Ethiopia: a matched case control study
Lamessa Dube, Mohammed Taha, Henok Asefa
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal sexually transmitted infections and blood borne virus notification rates in Western Australia: using linked data to improve estimates
Rochelle E Watkins, Donna B Mak, Carolien M Giele, Sharon Clews
Health economics of rubella: a systematic review to assess the value of rubella vaccination
Joseph B Babigumira, Ian Morgan, Ann Levin
Exposure to public natural space as a protective factor for emotional well-being among young people in Canada
Quynh Huynh, Wendy Craig, Ian Janssen, William Pickett
Parental knowledge of alcohol consumption: a cross sectional survey of 11–17 year old schoolchildren and their parents
Michela Morleo, Penny A Cook, Gill Elliott, Penelope A Phillips-Howard
Neighbourhood safety and area deprivation modify the associations between parkland and psychological distress in Sydney, Australia
Shanley Chong, Elizabeth Lobb, Rabia Khan, Hisham Abu-Rayya, Roy Byun, Bin Jalaludin
Long distance travelling and financial burdens discourage tuberculosis DOTs treatment initiation and compliance in Ethiopia: a qualitative study
Takele Tadesse, Meaza Demissie, Yemane Berhane, Yigzaw Kebede, Markos Abebe
Can Brazil play a more important role in global tuberculosis drug production? An assessment of current capacity and challenges
Andre Gemal, Joel Keravec, Alexandre Menezes, Anete Trajman
Cell-type specificity of lung cancer associated with low-dose soil heavy metal contamination in Taiwan: An ecological study
Hsien-Hung Huang, Jing-Yang Huang, Chia-Chi Lung, Chih-Lung Wu, Chien-Chang Ho, Yi-Hua Sun, Pei-Chieh Ko, Shih-Yung Su, Shih-Chang Chen, Yung-Po Liaw
Thyroid disease awareness is associated with high rates of identifying subjects with previously undiagnosed thyroid dysfunction
Gay J Canaris, Thomas G Tape, Robert S Wigton
“Thinking on your feet”: A qualitative evaluation of sit-stand desks in an Australian workplace
Anne Carolyn Grunseit, Josephine Yuk-Yin Chau, Hidde Pieter van der Ploeg, Adrian Bauman
Prevalence and complications of diabetes mellitus in Northern Africa, a systematic review
Manouk Bos, Charles Agyemang
Unravelling the impact of ethnicity on health in Europe: the HELIUS study
Karien Stronks, Marieke B Snijder, Ron JG Peters, Maria Prins, Aart H Schene, Aeilko H Zwinderman
Completeness and accuracy of crash outcome data in a cohort of cyclists: a validation study
Sandar Tin Tin, Alistair Woodward, Shanthi Ameratunga
Hydration status of underground miners in a temperate Australian region
Benjamin G Polkinghorne, Vinodkumar Gopaldasani, Susan Furber, Brian Davies, Victoria M Flood
Alcohol use and HIV serostatus of partner predict high-risk sexual behavior among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in South Western Uganda
Francis Bajunirwe, David R Bangsberg, Ajay K Sethi
Contextualising migrants’ health behaviour - a qualitative study of transnational ties and their implications for participation in mammography screening
Linnea Lue Kessing, Marie Norredam, Ann-Britt Kvernrod, Anna Mygind, Maria Kristiansen
Dengue in peri-urban Pak-Ngum district, Vientiane capital of Laos: a community survey on knowledge, attitudes and practices
Mayfong Mayxay, Wanyuan Cui, Sounthone Thammavong, Khamphong Khensakhou, Viengnakhone Vongxay, Latdaphone Inthasoum, Vanphanom Sychareun, Gregory Armstrong
The associations of perceived neighborhood disorder and physical activity with obesity among African American adolescents
Akilah Dulin-Keita, Herpreet Kaur Thind, Olivia Affuso, Monica L Baskin
A cross-sectional assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice among Hepatitis-B patients in Quetta, Pakistan
Noman ul Haq, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Asrul Akmal Shafie, Fahad Saleem, Maryam Farooqui, Abdul Haseeb, Hisham Aljadhey
Cyclical iron supplementation to reduce anemia among Brazilian preschoolers: a randomized controlled trial
Geraldo GPL Coutinho, Patrícia M Cury, José A Cordeiro
Promoting occupational health interventions in early return to work by implementing financial subsidies: a Swedish case study
Christian Ståhl, Allan Toomingas, Carl Åborg, Kerstin Ekberg, Katarina Kjellberg
Implementation of a smoke-free policy in a high secure mental health inpatient facility: staff survey to describe experience and attitudes
Angela M Hehir, Devon Indig, Shani Prosser, Vicki A Archer
Preventing the preventable through effective surveillance: the case of diphtheria in a rural district of Maharashtra, India
Revati K Phalkey, Rajesh V Bhosale, Abhijeet P Joshi, Sushil S Wakchoure, Muralidhar P Tambe, Pradip Awate, Michael Marx
Alcohol use and spousal mental distress in a population sample: the nord-trøndelag health study
Kamilla Rognmo, Fartein Ask Torvik, Espen Røysamb, Kristian Tambs
Effectiveness of an intensive E-mail based intervention in smoking cessation (TABATIC study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Laura Díaz-Gete, Elisa Puigdomènech, Elena Mercedes Briones, Mireia Fàbregas-Escurriola, Soraya Fernandez, Jose Luis del Val, Jose Luis Ballvé, Marc Casajuana, Jessica Sánchez-Fondevila, Lourdes Clemente, Carmen Castaño, Carlos Martín-Cantera
School-based promotion of cessation support: reach of proactive mailings and acceptability of treatment in smoking parents recruited into cessation support through primary schools
Kathrin Schuck, Roy Otten, Marloes Kleinjan, Jonathan B Bricker, Rutger CME Engels
A family-centered lifestyle intervention to improve body composition and bone mass in overweight and obese children 6 through 8 years: a randomized controlled trial study protocol
Tamara R Cohen, Tom J Hazell, Catherine A Vanstone, Hugues Plourde, Celia J Rodd, Hope A Weiler
Diabetes in the workplace - diabetic’s perceptions and experiences of managing their disease at work: a qualitative study
Annmarie Ruston, Alison Smith, Bernard Fernando
BMI mediates the association between low educational level and higher blood pressure during pregnancy in Japan
Seung Chik Jwa, Takeo Fujiwara, Akira Hata, Naoko Arata, Haruhiko Sago, Yukihiro Ohya
Characteristics and related factors of nonfatal injuries among adolescents and college students in Shenzhen city of China
Li Zhou, Dingyan Chen, Guoying Dong
“We wouldn’t of made friends if we didn’t come to Football United”:the impacts of a football program on young people’s peer, prosocial and cross-cultural relationships
Sally Nathan, Lynn Kemp, Anne Bunde-Birouste, Julie MacKenzie, Clifton Evers, Tun Aung Shwe
Change in quality of life: a follow up study among patients with HIV infection with and without TB in Ethiopia
Amare Deribew, Kebede Deribe, Ayalu A Reda, Markos Tesfaye, Yohannes Hailmichael, Todd Maja, Robert Colebunders
Meta-analyses of fertility desires of people living with HIV
Yifru Berhan, Asres Berhan
Relationship between participation in leisure activities and constraints on Taiwanese breastfeeding mothers during leisure activities
Hsueh-wen Chow, Yin-Han Dong
Association between serum uric acid levels and cardiovascular risk among university workers from the State of Mexico: a nested case–control study
Patricia Cerecero, Bernardo Hernández-Prado, Edgar Denova, Roxana Valdés, Gilberto Vázquez, Eneida Camarillo, Gerardo Huitrón
Predicting water consumption habits for seven arsenic-safe water options in Bangladesh
Jennifer Inauen, Robert Tobias, Hans-Joachim Mosler
Antilock braking system effectiveness in prevention of road traffic crashes in Iran
Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh, Saeed Shoar, Soheil Saadat
The over time development of chronic illness self-management patterns: a longitudinal qualitative study
Åsa Audulv
The contribution of office work to sedentary behaviour associated risk
Sharon Parry, Leon Straker
No improvement in socioeconomic inequalities in birthweight and preterm birth over four decades: a population-based cohort study
Svetlana V Glinianaia, Rakesh Ghosh, Judith Rankin, Mark S Pearce, Louise Parker, Tanja Pless-Mulloli
Older HIV-infected individuals present late and have a higher mortality: Brighton, UK cohort study
Collins C Iwuji, Duncan Churchill, Yvonne Gilleece, Helen A Weiss, Martin Fisher
Services just for men? Insights from a national study of the well men services pilots
Flora CG Douglas, Joe Greener, Edwin van Teijlingen, Anne Ludbrook
The forgotten smoker: a qualitative study of attitudes towards smoking, quitting, and tobacco control policies among continuing smokers
Navneet Uppal, Lion Shahab, John Britton, Elena Ratschen
Prevalence of tuberculous lymphadenitis in Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Dagnachew Muluye, Belete Biadgo, Eden Woldegerima, Andebet Ambachew
Easier said than done: challenges of applying the Ecohealth approach to the study on heavy metals exposure among indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon
Cynthia Anticona, Anna-Britt Coe, Ingvar A Bergdahl, Miguel San Sebastian
A past Haff disease outbreak associated with eating freshwater pomfret in South China
Xi Huang, Yipeng Li, Qiong Huang, Junhua Liang, Chunsui Liang, Bifeng Chen, Lingling Lu, Xiaoling Deng, Zihui Chen, Yonghui Zhang, Yongning Wu, Bing Shao
Physical activity in older people: a systematic review
Fei Sun, Ian J Norman, Alison E While
Determinants of lifestyle behavior in type 2 diabetes: results of the 2011 cross-sectional survey on living with chronic diseases in Canada
Calypse B Agborsangaya, Marianne E Gee, Steven T Johnson, Peggy Dunbar, Marie-France Langlois, Lawrence A Leiter, Catherine Pelletier, Jeffrey A Johnson
Do residents’ perceptions of being well-placed and objective presence of local amenities match? A case study in West Central Scotland, UK
Laura Macdonald, Ade Kearns, Anne Ellaway
Is central obesity associated with poorer health and health-related quality of life in primary school children? Cross-sectional results from the Baden-Württemberg Study
Dorothea Kesztyüs, Tamara Wirt, Susanne Kobel, Anja Schreiber, Sarah Kettner, Jens Dreyhaupt, Reinhold Kilian, Jürgen M Steinacker
Giving voice to food insecurity in a remote indigenous community in subarctic Ontario, Canada: traditional ways, ways to cope, ways forward
Kelly Skinner, Rhona M Hanning, Ellen Desjardins, Leonard JS Tsuji
Reasons for poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy postnatally in HIV-1 infected women treated for their own health: experiences from the Mitra Plus study in Tanzania
Matilda Ngarina, Rebecca Popenoe, Charles Kilewo, Gunnel Biberfeld, Anna Mia Ekstrom
REGSTATTOOLS: freeware statistical tools for the analysis of disease population databases used in health and social studies
Laura Esteban, Ramon Clèries, Jordi Gálvez, Laura Pareja, Josep Maria Escribà, Xavier Sanz, Ángel Izquierdo, Jaume Galcerán, Josepa Ribes
Sexually transmitted infections among HIV-infected women in Thailand
Suvanna Asavapiriyanont, Rangsima Lolekha, Anuvat Roongpisuthipong, Amornpan Wiratchai, Surasak Kaoiean, Orapin Suksripanich, Amphan Chalermchockcharoenkit, Jaruensook Ausavapipit, Somporn Srifeungfung, Sarika Pattanasin, Kenneth A Katz
The impact of a brief lifestyle intervention delivered by generalist community nurses (CN SNAP trial)
Mark F Harris, Bibiana C Chan, Rachel A Laws, Anna M Williams, Gawaine Powell Davies, Upali W Jayasinghe, Mahnaz Fanaian, Neil Orr, Andrew Milat
A cluster-randomised, controlled trial to assess the impact of a workplace osteoporosis prevention intervention on the dietary and physical activity behaviours of working women: study protocol
Ai May Tan, Anthony D LaMontagne, Rani Sarmugam, Peter Howard
Methods for the evaluation of the Jamie Oliver Ministry of Food program,Australia
Anna Flego, Jessica Herbert, Lisa Gibbs, Boyd Swinburn, Catherine Keating, Elizabeth Waters, Marj Moodie
Mental illness in metropolitan, urban and rural Georgia populations
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Evidence-informed recommendations for constructing and disseminating messages supplementing the new Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines
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Parental bonding and personality characteristics of first episode intention to suicide or deliberate self-harm without a history of mental disorders
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A framework for stakeholder identification in concept mapping and health research: a novel process and its application to older adult mobility and the built environment
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WALK 2.0 - Using Web 2.0 applications to promote health-related physical activity: A randomised controlled trial protocol
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Factors associated with cervical cancer screening uptake among Inuit women in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
Helen Cerigo, Francois Coutlée, Eduardo L Franco, Paul Brassard
Quantitative analysis of organizational culture in occupational health research: a theory-based validation in 30 workplaces of the organizational culture profile instrument
Alain Marchand, Victor Y Haines III, Julie Dextras-Gauthier
Subhealth: definition, criteria for diagnosis and potential prevalence in the central region of China
Guolin Li, Fuxia Xie, Siyu Yan, Xiaofei Hu, Bo Jin, Jun Wang, Jinfeng Wu, Dazhong Yin, Qingji Xie
Acculturation and obesity among migrant populations in high income countries – a systematic review
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Proof firm downsizing and diagnosis-specific disability pensioning in Norway
Bjørgulf Claussen, Øyvind Næss, Leif Jostein Reime, Alastair H Leyland
A cross-sectional study of secondhand smoke exposure and respiratory symptoms in non-current smokers in the U.S. trucking industry: SHS exposure and respiratory symptoms
Francine Laden, Yueh-Hsiu Chiu, Eric Garshick, S Katharine Hammond, Jaime E Hart
Validation of an information–motivation–behavioral skills model of self-care among Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes
Junling Gao, Jingli Wang, Yaocheng Zhu, Jinming Yu
Association between socioeconomic status and obesity in a Chinese adult population
Yuanyuan Xiao, Naiqing Zhao, Hao Wang, Jie Zhang, Qingfang He, Danting Su, Ming Zhao, Lixin Wang, Xinwei Zhang, Weiwei Gong, Ruying Hu, Min Yu, Gangqiang Ding, Liming Cong, Zhen Ye
Burden of self-reported acute gastrointestinal illness in China: a population-based survey
Yan Chen, Wei-Xing Yan, Yi-Jing Zhou, Shi-Qi Zhen, Rong-Hua Zhang, Jiang Chen, Zhan-Hua Liu, Heng-Yi Cheng, Hong Liu, Sheng-Gang Duan, Zhen Lan, Ji-Chang Sun, Xing-Yong You, Jing-Guang Li, Yong-Ning Wu
Equivalency of risk for a modified health endpoint: a case from recreational water epidemiology studies
Larry J Wymer, Timothy J Wade, Alfred P Dufour
Relationship between area-level socioeconomic characteristics and outdoor NO2concentrations in rural and urban areas of northern Spain
Ana Fernández-Somoano, Gerard Hoek, Adonina Tardon
Effectiveness of exercise intervention and health promotion on cardiovascular risk factors in middle-aged men: a protocol of a randomized controlled trial
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Comparison of the information provided by electronic health records data and a population health survey to estimate prevalence of selected health conditions and multimorbidity
Concepción Violán, Quintí Foguet-Boreu, Eduardo Hermosilla-Pérez, Jose M Valderas, Bonaventura Bolíbar, Mireia Fàbregas-Escurriola, Pilar Brugulat-Guiteras, Miguel Ángel Muñoz-Pérez
Concomitant malaria among visceral leishmaniasis in-patients from Gedarif and Sennar States, Sudan: a retrospective case-control study
Erika van den Bogaart, Marieke MZ Berkhout, Ayman BYM Nour, Pètra F Mens, Al-Badawi A Talha, Emily R Adams, Hashim BM Ahmed, Samira H Abdelrahman, Koert Ritmeijer, Bakri YM Nour, Henk DFH Schallig
The effectiveness of text messages support for diabetes self-management: protocol of the TEXT4DSM study in the democratic Republic of Congo, Cambodia and the Philippines
Josefien van Olmen, Grace Marie Ku, Maurits van Pelt, Jean Clovis Kalobu, Heang Hen, Christian Darras, Kristien Van Acker, Balthazar Villaraza, Francois Schellevis, Guy Kegels
Adapting the SLIM diabetes prevention intervention to a Dutch real-life setting: joint decision making by science and practice
Sophia C Jansen, Annemien Haveman-Nies, Geerke Duijzer, Josien Ter Beek, Gerrit J Hiddink, Edith JM Feskens
Systematic review on measurement properties of questionnaires assessing the neighbourhood environment in the context of youth physical activity behaviour
Anne K Reimers, Filip Mess, Jens Bucksch, Darko Jekauc, Alexander Woll
Effects of lifestyle education program for type 2 diabetes patients in clinics: a cluster randomized controlled trial
Misa Adachi, Kazue Yamaoka, Mariko Watanabe, Masako Nishikawa, Itsuro Kobayashi, Eisuke Hida, Toshiro Tango
Disability associated with exposure to traumatic events: results from a cross-sectional community survey in South Sudan
Touraj Ayazi, Lars Lien, Arne Henning Eide, Rachel Jenkins, Rita Amok Albino, Edvard Hauff
Exploring the adequacy of smoking cessation support for pregnant and postpartum women
Tracey Borland, Alexey Babayan, Saeeda Irfan, Robert Schwartz
Predictors of hazardous drinking, tobacco smoking and physical inactivity in vocational school students
Severin Haug, Michael P Schaub, Corina Salis Gross, Ulrich John, Christian Meyer
Exposure to HIV prevention programmes associated with improved condom use and uptake of HIV testing by female sex workers in Nagaland, Northeast India
Gregory Armstrong, Gajendra K Medhi, Michelle Kermode, Jagadish Mahanta, Prabuddhagopal Goswami, RS Paranjape
Do socioeconomic inequalities in mortality vary between different Spanish cities? a pooled cross-sectional analysis
Miguel A Martinez-Beneito, Oscar Zurriaga, Paloma Botella-Rocamora, Marc Marí-Dell'Olmo, Andreu Nolasco, Joaquín Moncho, Antonio Daponte, M Felicitas Domínguez-Berjón, Ana Gandarillas, Carmen Martos, Imanol Montoya, Pablo Sánchez-Villegas, Margarita Taracido, Carme Borrell
Neonatal mortality in Ethiopia: trends and determinants
Yared Mekonnen, Biruk Tensou, Daniel S Telake, Tedbabe Degefie, Abeba Bekele
Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in resource-limited settings: assessment of 99 Viramune Donation Programmes in 34 countries, 2000–2011
Joël Ladner, Marie-Hélène Besson, Mariana Rodrigues, Kelley Sams, Etienne Audureau, Joseph Saba
The potential for multi-disciplinary primary health care services to take action on the social determinants of health: actions and constraints
Frances E Baum, David G Legge, Toby Freeman, Angela Lawless, Ronald Labonté, Gwyneth M Jolley
Smoking, mental illness and socioeconomic disadvantage: analysis of the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
David Lawrence, Jennifer Hafekost, Philip Hull, Francis Mitrou, Stephen R Zubrick
ShopSmart 4 Health – Protocol of a skills-based randomised controlled trial promoting fruit and vegetable consumption among socioeconomically disadvantaged women
Kylie Ball, Sarah A McNaughton, Ha Le, Nick Andrianopoulos, Victoria Inglis, Briohny McNeilly, Irene Lichomets, Alba Granados, David Crawford
“Girls on the Move” intervention protocol for increasing physical activity among low-active underserved urban girls: a group randomized trial
Lorraine B Robbins, Karin A Pfeiffer, Amber Vermeesch, Kenneth Resnicow, Zhiying You, Lawrence An, Stacey M Wesolek
Assessment of selection bias in a health survey of children and families – the IDEFICS Sweden-study
Susann Regber, Masuma Novak, Gabriele Eiben, Lauren Lissner, Sabrina Hense, Tatiana Zverkova Sandström, Wolfgang Ahrens, Staffan Mårild
Baseline predictors of treatment outcome in Internet-based alcohol interventions: a recursive partitioning analysis alongside a randomized trial
Matthijs Blankers, Maarten WJ Koeter, Gerard M Schippers
HIV/AIDS stigma and utilization of voluntary counselling and testing in Nigeria
Clifford Odimegwu, Sunday A Adedini, Dorothy N Ononokpono
Indigenous perspectives on active living in remote Australia: a qualitative exploration of the socio-cultural link between health, the environment and economics
Sharon L Thompson, Richard D Chenhall, Julie K Brimblecombe
Sociodemographic and health-related predictors of self-reported mammogram, faecal occult blood test and prostate specific antigen test use in a large Australian study
Marianne F Weber, Michelle Cunich, David P Smith, Glenn Salkeld, Freddy Sitas, Dianne O’Connell
Meal frequencies in early adolescence predict meal frequencies in late adolescence and early adulthood
Trine Pagh Pedersen, Bjørn E Holstein, Esben Meulengracht Flachs, Mette Rasmussen
Lipid-lowering pharmacotherapy and socioeconomic status: atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) surveillance study
Joseph P Kitzmiller, Randi E Foraker, Kathy M Rose
Predictors of suicidal behaviour in 36,304 individuals sickness absent due to stress-related mental disorders - a Swedish register linkage cohort study
Kazi Ishtiak-Ahmed, Aleksander Perski, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz
Study protocol: the effect of vitamin D supplements on cardiometabolic risk factors among urban premenopausal women in a tropical country - a randomized controlled trial
Mazliza Ramly, Foong Ming Moy, Rokiah Pendek, Suhaili Suboh, Alexander Tan Tong Boon
Evidence of improving antiretroviral therapy treatment delays: an analysis of eight years of programmatic outcomes in Blantyre, Malawi
Derek J Sloan, Joep J van Oosterhout, Ken Malisita, Eddie M Phiri, David G Lalloo, Bernadette O’Hare, Peter MacPherson
Nonprescribed use of tranquilizers or sedatives by adolescents: a Brazilian national survey
Emerita S Opaleye, Ana R Noto, Zila M Sanchez, Tatiana C Amato, Danilo P Locatelli, Michael Gossop, Cleusa P Ferri
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards post exposure prophylaxis for HIV among health care workers in Gondar, North West Ethiopia
Biniam Mathewos, Wubet Birhan, Sebesbe Kinfe, Meaza Boru, Gemechu Tiruneh, Zelalem Addis, Agersew Alemu
Parental divorce in late adolescence does not seem to increase mental health problems: a population study from Norway
Henok Zeratsion, Madeleine Dalsklev, Espen Bjertness, Lars Lien, Ole R Haavet, Jon A Halvorsen, Cecilie B Bjertness, Bjørgulf Claussen
Mortality following unemployment in Canada, 1991–2001
Cameron A Mustard, Amber Bielecky, Jacob Etches, Russell Wilkins, Michael Tjepkema, Benjamin C Amick, Peter M Smith, Kristan J Aronson
The Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE) Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT): methodological issues and participant characteristics
Vladimir Carli, Camilla Wasserman, Danuta Wasserman, Marco Sarchiapone, Alan Apter, Judit Balazs, Julio Bobes, Romuald Brunner, Paul Corcoran, Doina Cosman, Francis Guillemin, Christian Haring, Michael Kaess, Jean Pierre Kahn, Helen Keeley, Agnes Keresztény, Miriam Iosue, Ursa Mars, George Musa, Bogdan Nemes, Vita Postuvan, Stella Reiter-Theil, Pilar Saiz, Peeter Varnik, Airi Varnik, Christina W Hoven
Fear of crime and the environment: systematic review of UK qualitative evidence
Theo Lorenc, Mark Petticrew, Margaret Whitehead, David Neary, Stephen Clayton, Kath Wright, Hilary Thomson, Steven Cummins, Amanda Sowden, Adrian Renton
Walking and cycling to work despite reporting an unsupportive environment: insights from a mixed-method exploration of counterintuitive findings
Cornelia Guell, Jenna Panter, David Ogilvie
High intensity interval running enhances measures of physical fitness but not metabolic measures of cardiovascular disease risk in healthy adolescents
Duncan S Buchan, Stewart Ollis, John D Young, Stephen-Mark Cooper, Julian PH Shield, Julien S Baker
A qualitative study of health information technology in the Canadian public health system
Kate Zinszer, Robyn Tamblyn, David W Bates, David L Buckeridge
Social determinants of health and seasonal influenza vaccination in adults ≥65 years: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative data
Jason M Nagata, Isabel Hernández-Ramos, Anand Sivasankara Kurup, Daniel Albrecht, Claudia Vivas-Torrealba, Carlos Franco-Paredes
Forecast analysis of the incidence of tuberculosis in the province of Quebec
Alexander Klotz, Abdoulaye Harouna, Andrew F Smith
Predictors of HIV serostatus disclosure to partners among HIV-positive pregnant women in Morogoro, Tanzania
Elizabeth S Kiula, Damian J Damian, Sia E Msuya
A systematic review of suicide prevention interventions targeting indigenous peoples in Australia, United States, Canada and New Zealand
Anton C Clifford, Christopher M Doran, Komla Tsey
A home-based exercise intervention to increase physical activity among people living with HIV: study design of a randomized clinical trial
Jason R Jaggers, Wesley Dudgeon, Steven N Blair, Xuemei Sui, Stephanie Burgess, Sara Wilcox, Gregory A Hand
The role of religious leaders in promoting acceptance of vaccination within a minority group: a qualitative study
Wilhelmina LM Ruijs, Jeannine LA Hautvast, Said Kerrar, Koos van der Velden, Marlies EJL Hulscher
Marginalisation and cardiovascular disease among rural Sami in Northern Norway: a population-based cross-sectional study
Bent-Martin Eliassen, Marita Melhus, Ketil Lenert Hansen, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad
Changes in age distribution of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: an implication of China’s expanded program of immunization
Xiaozhou He, Shiwen Wang, Xiaoxia Huang, Xiaofang Wang
No effect of weight cycling on the post-career BMI of weight class elite athletes
Laurie-anne Marquet, Morgan Brown, Muriel Tafflet, Hala Nassif, Rémy Mouraby, Samir Bourhaleb, Jean-François Toussaint, François-Denis Desgorces
Pet husbandry and infection control practices related to zoonotic disease risks in Ontario, Canada
Jason W Stull, Andrew S Peregrine, Jan M Sargeant, J Scott Weese
What do patients think about HIV mass screening in France? A qualitative study
Marie Paule Fernandez-Gerlinger, Erik Bernard, Olivier Saint-Lary
Double burden: a cross-sectional survey assessing factors associated with underweight and overweight status in Danang, Vietnam
Kiet A Ly, Thanh GN Ton, Quang V Ngo, Tung T Vo, Annette L Fitzpatrick
Design and validation of a self-administered test to assess bullying (bull-M) in high school Mexicans: a pilot study
Arnulfo Ramos-Jimenez, Abraham Wall-Medrano, Oscar Esparza-Del Villar, Rosa P Hernández-Torres
Do sexual health campaigns work? An outcome evaluation of a media campaign to increase chlamydia testing among young people aged 15–24 in England
Maya Gobin, Neville Verlander, Carla Maurici, Angie Bone, Anthony Nardone
Nutritional status, biological maturation and cardiorespiratory fitness in Azorean youth aged 11–15 years
Manuel J Coelho-e-Silva, Enio R Vaz Ronque, Edilson S Cyrino, Rômulo A Fernandes, João Valente-dos-Santos, Aristides Machado-Rodrigues, Raul Martins, António J Figueiredo, Rute Santos, Robert M Malina
Health on the web: randomised trial of work-based online screening and brief intervention for hazardous and harmful drinking
Elizabeth Murray, Zarnie Khadjesari, Stuart Linke, Rachael Hunter, Nick Freemantle
Modifiable exposures to air pollutants related to asthma phenotypes in the first year of life in children of the EDEN mother-child cohort study
Cailiang Zhou, Nour Baïz, Tuohong Zhang, Soutrik Banerjee, Isabella Annesi-Maesano
Impact of micronutrient fortification of yoghurt on micronutrient status markers and growth – a randomized double blind controlled trial among school children in Bangladesh
Sunil Sazawal, AKM Ahsan Habib, Usha Dhingra, Arup Dutta, Pratibha Dhingra, Archana Sarkar, Saikat Deb, Jahangir Alam, Asmaul Husna, Robert E Black
The influence of early exposure to vitamin D for development of diseases later in life
Ramune Jacobsen, Bo Abrahamsen, Marta Bauerek, Claus Holst, Camilla B Jensen, Joachim Knop, Kyle Raymond, Lone B Rasmussen, Maria Stougaard, Thorkild IA Sørensen, Allan A Vaag, Berit L Heitmann
Enabling pathways to health equity: developing a framework for implementing social capital in practice
Christine Putland, Fran Baum, Anna Ziersch, Kathy Arthurson, Dorota Pomagalska
Institutional incentives for altruism: gifting blood in China
Chengpu Yu, Eleanor Holroyd, Yu Cheng, Joseph Tak Fai Lau
Urbanisation, urbanicity, and health: a systematic review of the reliability and validity of urbanicity scales
Sheila Cyril, John C Oldroyd, Andre Renzaho
The effects of smoke-free legislation on acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hualiang Lin, Hongchun Wang, Wei Wu, Lingling Lang, Qinzhou Wang, Linwei Tian
Gender differences in attitudes impeding colorectal cancer screening
Paul Ritvo, Ronald E Myers, Lawrence Paszat, Mardie Serenity, Daniel F Perez, Linda Rabeneck
Prevalence of chronic diseases by immigrant status and disparities in chronic disease management in immigrants: a population-based cohort study, Valore Project
Alessandra Buja, Rosa Gini, Modesta Visca, Gianfranco Damiani, Bruno Federico, Paolo Francesconi, Daniele Donato, Alessandro Marini, Andrea Donatini, Salvatore Brugaletta, Vincenzo Baldo, Mariadonata Bellentani
An analysis of problem gambling among the Finnish working-age population: a population survey
Sari Castrén, Syaron Basnet, Maiju Pankakoski, Jenni-Emilia Ronkainen, Satu Helakorpi, Antti Uutela, Hannu Alho, Tuuli Lahti
Modified social ecological model: a tool to guide the assessment of the risks and risk contexts of HIV epidemics
Stefan Baral, Carmen H Logie, Ashley Grosso, Andrea L Wirtz, Chris Beyrer
Burden experienced by community health volunteers in Taiwan: a survey
Yueh-Mei Gau, Petra Buettner, Kim Usher, Lee Stewart
Forecasting future prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Syria
Radwan Al Ali, Fawaz Mzayek, Samer Rastam, Fouad M Fouad, Martin O’Flaherty, Simon Capewell, Wasim Maziak
‘All those things together made me retire’: qualitative study on early retirement among Dutch employees
Kerstin G Reeuwijk, Astrid de Wind, Marjan J Westerman, Jan Fekke Ybema, Allard J van der Beek, Goedele A Geuskens
Effectiveness of a facebook-delivered physical activity intervention for post-partum women: a randomized controlled trial protocol
Jocelyn Kernot, Tim Olds, Lucy K Lewis, Carol Maher
Can temperature explain the latitudinal gradient of ulcerative colitis? Cohort of Norway
Geir Aamodt, May-Bente Bengtson, Morten H Vatn
Point-of-sale tobacco advertising in Beirut, Lebanon following a national advertising ban
Ramzi G Salloum, Rima T Nakkash, Allison E Myers, Kathryn A Wood, Kurt M Ribisl
Exploring changes in open defecation prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa based on national level indices
Deise I Galan, Seung-Sup Kim, Jay P Graham
Impact of a self-care education programme on patients with type 2 diabetes in primary care in the Basque Country
Estibaliz Gamboa Moreno, Álvaro Sánchez Perez, Kalliopi Vrotsou, Juan Carlos Arbonies Ortiz, Emma del Campo Pena, Lourdes Ochoa de Retana Garcia, María Ángeles Rua Portu, Koldo Piñera Elorriaga, Amaya Zenarutzabeitia Pikatza, Miren Nekane Urquiza Bengoa, Rosario Sanz Echave, Tomás Méndez Sampedro, Ana Oses Portu, Lourdes Gorostidi Fano, Miren Bakarne Aguirre Sorondo, Rafael Rotaeche Del Campo
The association between physical fitness and depressive symptoms among young adults: results of the Northern Finland 1966 birth cohort study
Kadri Suija, Markku Timonen, Maarit Suviola, Jari Jokelainen, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Tuija Tammelin
A qualitative study of the coverage of influenza vaccination on Dutch news sites and social media websites
Birthe A Lehmann, Robert AC Ruiter, Gerjo Kok
Women and HIV in a moderate prevalence setting: an integrative review
Michelle L Redman-MacLaren, Jane Mills, Rachael Tommbe, David J MacLaren, Richard Speare, William JH McBride
The influence of re-employment on quality of life and self-rated health, a longitudinal study among unemployed persons in the Netherlands
Bouwine E Carlier, Merel Schuring, Freek JB Lötters, Bernhard Bakker, Natacha Borgers, Alex Burdorf
Can negative life events and coping style help explain socioeconomic differences in perceived stress among adolescents? A cross-sectional study based on the West Jutland cohort study
David J Glasscock, Johan H Andersen, Merete Labriola, Kurt Rasmussen, Claus D Hansen
Rice-eating pattern and the risk of metabolic syndrome especially waist circumference in Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES)
Younjhin Ahn, Seon-Joo Park, Hye-kyoung Kwack, Mi Kyung Kim, Kwang-Pil Ko, Sung Soo Kim
An outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis associated with a secondary water supply system in a factory in south China
Yuan Li, Hongxiong Guo, Zhenghui Xu, Xiaotao Zhou, Hailong Zhang, Lijie Zhang, Jing Miao, Yi Pan
Associations between oral health-related impacts and rate of weight gain after extraction of pulpally involved teeth in underweight preschool Filipino children
Denise Duijster, Aubrey Sheiham, Martin H Hobdell, Gina Itchon, Bella Monse
Increasing young adults’ condom use intentions and behaviour through changing chlamydia risk and coping appraisals: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of efficacy
Katie V Newby, David P French, Katherine E Brown, Donna M Lecky
Assessment of total cardiovascular risk using WHO/ISH risk prediction charts in three low and middle income countries in Asia
Dugee Otgontuya, Sophal Oum, Brian S Buckley, Ruth Bonita
Patient and health system delay among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Beira city, Mozambique
Abuchahama Saifodine, Paula Samo Gudo, Mohsin Sidat, James Black
Family planning decisions, perceptions and gender dynamics among couples in Mwanza, Tanzania: a qualitative study
Idda Mosha, Ruerd Ruben, Deodatus Kakoko
Development and validation of a measure of health literacy in the UK: the newest vital sign
Gill Rowlands, Nina Khazaezadeh, Eugene Oteng-Ntim, Paul Seed, Suzanne Barr, Barry D Weiss
The epidemiology and surveillance response to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) among local health departments in the San Francisco Bay Area
Wayne TA Enanoria, Adam W Crawley, Winston Tseng, Jasmine Furnish, Jeannie Balido, Tomás J Aragón
Weight gain prevention in young adults: design of the study of novel approaches to weight gain prevention (SNAP) randomized controlled trial
Rena R Wing, Deborah Tate, Mark Espeland, Amy Gorin, Jessica Gokee LaRose, Erica Ferguson Robichaud, Karen Erickson, Letitia Perdue, Judy Bahnson, Cora E Lewis
Experience of Lyme disease and preferences for precautions: a cross-sectional survey of UK patients
Afrodita Marcu, Julie Barnett, David Uzzell, Konstantina Vasileiou, Susan O’Connell
Costs and outcome for serious hand and arm injuries during the first year after trauma – a prospective study
Hans-Eric Rosberg, Katarina Steen Carlsson, Ragnhild I Cederlund, Eva Ramel, Lars B Dahlin
Impact of a smoking ban in hospitality venues on second hand smoke exposure: a comparison of exposure assessment methods
Sarah Rajkumar, Cong Khanh Huynh, Georg F Bauer, Susanne Hoffmann, Martin Röösli
Modeling predictors of risky drug use behavior among male street laborers in urban Vietnam
Van Huy Nguyen, Michael P Dunne, Joseph Debattista
Using HPV vaccination for promotion of an adolescent package of care: opportunity and perspectives
Catherine MacPhail, Emilie Venables, Helen Rees, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe
Perceptions of caregivers about health and nutritional problems and feeding practices of infants: a qualitative study on exclusive breast-feeding in Kwale, Kenya
Akiko Matsuyama, Mohamed Karama, Junichi Tanaka, Satoshi Kaneko
High incidence of prostate cancer metastasis in Afro-Brazilian men with low educational levels: a retrospective observational study
Alexandre Barbosa Câmara de Souza, Hugo Gonçalo Guedes, Victor Carbone Bernardes Oliveira, Fábio Aires de Araújo, Carlos Cesar Oliveira Ramos, Karina Carla Paula Medeiros, Raimundo Fernandes Araújo Jr
Traffic medicine–related research: a scientometric analysis
Beatrix Groneberg-Kloft, Doris Klingelhoefer, Simona E Zitnik, Cristian Scutaru
Reducing health inequities: the contribution of core public health services in BC
Bernadette (Bernie) Pauly, Marjorie MacDonald, Trevor Hancock, Wanda Martin, Kathleen Perkin
Level of awareness of mammography among women attending outpatient clinics in a teaching hospital in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria
Millicent O Obajimi, Ikeoluwapo O Ajayi, Abideen O Oluwasola, Babatunde O Adedokun, Adenike T Adeniji-Sofoluwe, Olushola A Mosuro, Titilola S Akingbola, Oku S Bassey, Eric Umeh, Temitope O Soyemi, Folasade Adegoke, Idiat Ogungbade, Chinwe Ukaigwe, Olufunmilayo I Olopade
Multifactorial intervention for children with asthma and overweight (Mikado): study design of a randomised controlled trial
Maartje Willeboordse, Kim DG van de Kant, Maroeska N de Laat, Onno CP van Schayck, Sandra Mulkens, Edward Dompeling
Hospitalization rates and cost in severe or complicated obesity: an Italian cohort study
Enrica Migliore, Eva Pagano, Dario Mirabelli, Ileana Baldi, Dario Gregori, Carlo Zocchetti, Cristina Tuzzi, Franco Balzola, Maria Letizia Petroni, Franco Merletti
Explaining the social gradient in sickness absence: a study of a general working population in Sweden
Jesper Löve, Gunnel Hensing, Kristina Holmgren, Kjell Torén
Socioeconomic disparity in cervical cancer screening among Korean women: 1998–2010
Minjee Lee, Eun-Cheol Park, Hoo-Sun Chang, Jeoung A Kwon, Ki Bong Yoo, Tae Hyun Kim
The effectiveness of critical time intervention for abused women and homeless people leaving Dutch shelters: study protocol of two randomised controlled trials
Danielle AM Lako, Renée de Vet, Mariëlle D Beijersbergen, Daniel B Herman, Albert M van Hemert, Judith RLM Wolf
An exploratory study of associations of physical activity with mental health and work engagement
Jantien van Berkel, Karin I Proper, Annelies van Dam, Cécile RL Boot, Paulien M Bongers, Allard J van der Beek
Health-related quality of life in overweight German children and adolescents: do treatment-seeking youth have lower quality of life levels? Comparison of a clinical sample with the general population using a multilevel model approach
Emily Finne, Thomas Reinehr, Anke Schaefer, Katrin Winkel, Petra Kolip
How do adolescents talk about self-harm: a qualitative study of disclosure in an ethnically diverse urban population in England
Emily Klineberg, Moira J Kelly, Stephen A Stansfeld, Kamaldeep S Bhui
HIV mortality in urban slums of Nairobi, Kenya 2003–2010: a period effect analysis
Samuel Oji Oti, Michael Mutua, George S Mgomella, Thaddaeus Egondi, Alex Ezeh, Catherine Kyobutungi
Methods to increase participation in organised screening programs: a systematic review
Laura Camilloni, Eliana Ferroni, Beatriz Jimenez Cendales, Annamaria Pezzarossi, Giacomo Furnari, Piero Borgia, Gabriella Guasticchi, Paolo Giorgi Rossi
Event-level association between alcohol use and unprotected sex during last sex: evidence from population-based surveys in sub-Saharan Africa
Susan M Kiene, SV Subramanian
Parental physical activity, safety perceptions and children’s independent mobility
Maria Paula Santos, Andreia N Pizarro, Jorge Mota, Elisa A Marques
There’s more to food store choice than proximity: a questionnaire development study
Rebecca A Krukowski, Carla Sparks, Marisha DiCarlo, Jean McSweeney, Delia Smith West
Health coping strategies of the people vulnerable to climate change in a resource-poor rural setting in Bangladesh
Md Aminul Haque, Aji Budi, Ahmad Azam Malik, Shelby Suzanne Yamamoto, Valérie R Louis, Rainer Sauerborn
The protective effect of taking care of grandchildren on elders’ mental health? Associations between changing patterns of intergenerational exchanges and the reduction of elders’ loneliness and depression between 1993 and 2007 in Taiwan
Feng-Jen Tsai, Sandrine Motamed, André Rougemont
Standardizing and scaling up quality adolescent friendly health services in Tanzania
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Elizabeth Mapella, Theopista John, Susannah Gibbs, Christina Hanna, Nagbandja Kampatibe, Paul Bloem
Evaluation of a workplace intervention to promote commuter cycling: A RE-AIM analysis
Veerle Dubuy, Katrien De Cocker, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Lea Maes, Jan Seghers, Johan Lefevre, Kristine De Martelaer, Greet Cardon
Life experiences of patients who have completed tuberculosis treatment: a qualitative investigation in southeast Brazil
Ana Angélica Lima Dias, Daniela Maria Falcão de Oliveira, Egberto Ribeiro Turato, Rosely Moralez de Figueiredo
Body mass index and subjective well-being in young adults: a twin population study
Milla S Linna, Jaakko Kaprio, Anu Raevuori, Elina Sihvola, Anna Keski-Rahkonen, Aila Rissanen
Comparing short versions of the AUDIT in a community-based survey of young people
Anna L Bowring, Maelenn Gouillou, Margaret Hellard, Paul Dietze
Can social dancing prevent falls in older adults? a protocol of the Dance, Aging, Cognition, Economics (DAnCE) fall prevention randomised controlled trial
Dafna Merom, Robert Cumming, Erin Mathieu, Kaarin J Anstey, Chris Rissel, Judy M Simpson, Rachael L Morton, Ester Cerin, Catherine Sherrington, Stephen R Lord
Reasons for and factors associated with issuing sickness certificates for longer periods than necessary: results from a nationwide survey of physicians
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Internet safety education for youth: stakeholder perspectives
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Prevalence of health-risk behaviours among Canadian post-secondary students: descriptive results from the National College Health Assessment
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A randomised controlled trial testing a web-based, computer-tailored self-management intervention for people with or at risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a study protocol
Viola Voncken-Brewster, Huibert Tange, Hein de Vries, Zsolt Nagykaldi, Bjorn Winkens, Trudy van der Weijden
Monitoring the profile of cervical cancer in a developing city
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Cost of specialized addiction treatment of clients with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Canada
Svetlana Popova, Shannon Lange, Larry Burd, Karen Urbanoski, Jürgen Rehm
Correlation between metabolic syndrome and knee osteoarthritis: data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES)
Chang Dong Han, Ik Hwan Yang, Woo Suk Lee, Yoo Jung Park, Kwan Kyu Park
Understanding cervical cancer screening among lesbians: a national survey
J Kathleen Tracy, Nicholas H Schluterman, Deborah R Greenberg
A cross-sectional observational study of unmet health needs among homeless and vulnerably housed adults in three Canadian cities
Niran Argintaru, Catharine Chambers, Evie Gogosis, Susan Farrell, Anita Palepu, Fran Klodawsky, Stephen W Hwang
Assessment of the core and support functions of the Integrated Disease Surveillance system in Maharashtra, India
Revati K Phalkey, Sharvari Shukla, Savita Shardul, Nutan Ashtekar, Sapna Valsa, Pradip Awate, Michael Marx
Long-term follow-up of a high- and a low-intensity smoking cessation intervention in a dental setting– a randomized trial
Eva Nohlert, John Öhrvik, Åke Tegelberg, Per Tillgren, Ásgeir R Helgason
Prevalence and determinants of controlled hypertension in a German population cohort
Neeltje van den Berg, Claudia Meinke-Franze, Thomas Fiss, Sebastian E Baumeister, Wolfgang Hoffmann
‘Roll-your-own’ cigarette smoking in South Africa between 2007 and 2010
Olalekan A Ayo-Yusuf, Bukola G Olutola
A qualitative exploration of young adult smokers’ responses to novel tobacco warnings
Janet Hoek, Anna Hoek-Sims, Philip Gendall
Prevalence of obesity and associated cardiovascular risk: the DARIOS study
Francisco Javier Félix-Redondo, María Grau, José Miguel Baena-Díez, Irene R Dégano, Antonio Cabrera de León, Maria Jesús Guembe, María Teresa Alzamora, Tomás Vega-Alonso, Nicolás R Robles, Honorato Ortiz, Fernando Rigo, Eduardo Mayoral-Sanchez, Maria José Tormo, Antonio Segura-Fragoso, Daniel Fernández-Bergés
Advice about diet and smoking for people with or at risk of age-related macular degeneration: a cross-sectional survey of eye care professionals in the UK
John G Lawrenson, Jennifer R Evans
Time characteristics of the effect of alcohol cessation on the risk of stomach cancer – a meta-analysis
Johan Jarl, Gawain Heckley, Julie Brummer, Ulf-G Gerdtham
Depression- and anxiety-related sick leave and the risk of permanent disability and mortality in the working population in Germany: a cohort study
Felix Wedegaertner, Sonja Arnhold-Kerri, Nicola-Alexander Sittaro, Stefan Bleich, Siegfried Geyer, William E Lee
Prevalence of asthma and allergies in children from the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities in Cyprus: a bi-communal cross-sectional study
Demetris Lamnisos, Maria Moustaki, Ourania Kolokotroni, Huseyin Koksoy, Muharrem Faiz, Kenan Arifoglu, Donald K Milton, Nicos Middleton, Panayiotis K Yiallouros
Do support groups members disclose less to their partners? The dynamics of HIV disclosure in four African countries
Anita Hardon, Gabriela B Gomez, Eva Vernooij, Alice Desclaux, Rhoda K Wanyenze, Odette Ky-Zerbo, Emmy Kageha, Ireen Namakhoma, John Kinsman, Clare Spronk, Edgar Meij, Melissa Neuman, Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer
Sharing experiences: towards an evidence based model of dengue surveillance and outbreak response in Latin America and Asia
Shiraz Badurdeen, David Benitez Valladares, Jeremy Farrar, Ernesto Gozzer, Axel Kroeger, Novia Kuswara, Silvia Runge Ranzinger, Hien Tran Tinh, Priscila Leite, Yodi Mahendradhata, Ronald Skewes, Ayesha Verrall
Increasing girls’ knowledge about human papillomavirus vaccination with a pre-test and a national leaflet: a quasi-experimental study
Robine Hofman, Puck AWH Schiffers, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Hein Raat, Inge MCM de Kok, Marjolein van Ballegooijen, Ida J Korfage
Trends in HIV counseling and testing uptake among married individuals in Rakai, Uganda
Joseph KB Matovu, Julie Denison, Rhoda K Wanyenze, Joseph Ssekasanvu, Fredrick Makumbi, Emilio Ovuga, Nuala McGrath, David Serwadda
The utility of fat mass index vs. body mass index and percentage of body fat in the screening of metabolic syndrome
Pengju Liu, Fang Ma, Huiping Lou, Yanping Liu
Regional differences in diabetes prevalence and awareness between coastal and interior provinces in China: a population-based cross-sectional study
Shaoyong Xu, Jie Ming, Ying Xing, Bin Gao, Chunbao Yang, Qiuhe Ji, Gang Chen
Medicines and the media: news reports of medicines recommended for government reimbursement in Australia
Jane Robertson, Emily J Walkom, Marc D Bevan, David A Newby
Intimate partner violence is associated with HIV infection in women in Kenya: A cross-sectional analysis
Chyun-Fung Shi, Fiona G Kouyoumdjian, Jonathan Dushoff
Human H5N1 influenza infections in Cambodia 2005–2011: case series and cost-of-illness
Karen Humphries-Waa, Tom Drake, Anthony Huszar, Marco Liverani, Khieu Borin, Sok Touch, Teng Srey, Richard Coker
Detection of Escherichia coli, Salmonella species, and Vibrio cholerae in tap water and bottled drinking water in Isfahan, Iran
Hassan Momtaz, Farhad Safarpoor Dehkordi, Ebrahim Rahimi, Amin Asgarifar
Impact of exposure to conflict, tsunami and mental disorders on school absenteeism: findings from a national sample of Sri Lankan children aged 12–17 years
Chesmal Siriwardhana, Gayani Pannala, Sisira Siribaddana, Athula Sumathipala, Robert Stewart
Risk factors for intimate partner violence in women in the Rakai Community Cohort Study, Uganda, from 2000 to 2009
Fiona G Kouyoumdjian, Liviana M Calzavara, Susan J Bondy, Patricia O’Campo, David Serwadda, Fred Nalugoda, Joseph Kagaayi, Godfrey Kigozi, Maria Wawer, Ronald Gray
Challenges to evaluating complex interventions: a content analysis of published papers
Jessica Datta, Mark Petticrew
The AMEL study, a cross sectional population-based survey on aging and malnutrition in 1200 elderly Lebanese living in rural settings: protocol and sample characteristics
Christa Boulos, Pascale Salameh, Pascale Barberger-Gateau
Are environmental characteristics in the municipal eldercare, more closely associated with frequent short sick leave spells among employees than with total sick leave: a cross-sectional study
Christina Malmose Stapelfeldt, Claus Vinther Nielsen, Niels Trolle Andersen, Line Krane, Nils Fleten, Vilhelm Borg, Chris Jensen
Improving immunisation timeliness in Aboriginal children through personalised calendars
Penelope Abbott, Robert Menzies, Joyce Davison, Louise Moore, Han Wang
Investment case for improving maternal and child health: results from four countries
Eliana Jimenez Soto, Sophie La Vincente, Andrew Clark, Sonja Firth, Alison Morgan, Zoe Dettrick, Prarthna Dayal, Bernardino M Aldaba, Soewarta Kosen, Aleli D Kraft, Rajashree Panicker, Yogendra Prasai, Laksono Trisnantoro, Beena Varghese, Yulia Widiati
Assessment of primary health care received by the elderly and health related quality of life: a cross-sectional study
Vivian C Honorato dos Santos de Carvalho, Sinara L Rossato, Flávio D Fuchs, Erno Harzheim, Sandra C Fuchs
Screen more or screen more often? Using mathematical models to inform syphilis control strategies
Ashleigh R Tuite, David N Fisman, Sharmistha Mishra
Aboriginal birth cohort (ABC): a prospective cohort study of early life determinants of adiposity and associated risk factors among Aboriginal people in Canada
Gita Wahi, Julie Wilson, Ruby Miller, Rebecca Anglin, Sarah McDonald, Katherine M Morrison, Koon K Teo, Sonia S Anand
Effects of parenting practices on sexual risk-taking among young people in Cameroon
Estelle M Sidze, Barthelemy Kuate Defo
Self-perceived physical health predicts cardiovascular disease incidence and death among postmenopausal women
Nazmus Saquib, Robert Brunner, Jessica Kubo, Hilary Tindle, Candyce Kroenke, Manisha Desai, Martha L Daviglus, Norrina Allen, Lisa W Martin, Jennifer Robinson, Marcia L Stefanick
Development and validation of a food-based diet quality index for New Zealand adolescents
Jyh Eiin Wong, Winsome R Parnell, Anna S Howe, Katherine E Black, Paula ML Skidmore
Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity, and obesity with metabolic syndrome in Hong Kong Chinese midlife women
Ruby Yu, Forrest Yau, Suzanne C Ho, Jean Woo
Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) among People Living With HIV (PLHIV): a cross-sectional survey to measure in Lao PDR
Visanou Hansana, Pattara Sanchaisuriya, Jo Durham, Vanphanom Sychareun, Kongmany Chaleunvong, Suwanna Boonyaleepun, Frank Peter Schelp
Off-label medicine use in children and adolescents: results of a population-based study in Germany
Hildtraud Knopf, Ingrid-Katharina Wolf, Giselle Sarganas, Wanli Zhuang, Wolfgang Rascher, Antje Neubert
Disparities in reported psychosocial assessment across public and private maternity settings: a national survey of women in Australia
Nicole Reilly, Sheree Harris, Deborah Loxton, Catherine Chojenta, Peta Forder, Jeannette Milgrom, Marie-Paule Austin
Influenza vaccination coverage rates among adults before and after the 2009 influenza pandemic and the reasons for non-vaccination in Beijing, China: A cross-sectional study
Shuangsheng Wu, Peng Yang, Haiyue Li, Chunna Ma, Yi Zhang, Quanyi Wang
Meta-analysis of adverse health effects due to air pollution in Chinese populations
Hak-Kan Lai, Hilda Tsang, Chit-Ming Wong
Socioeconomic variations in access to smoking cessation interventions in UK primary care: insights using the Mosaic classification in a large dataset of primary care records
Laura Douglas, Lisa Szatkowski
The illusion of righteousness: corporate social responsibility practices of the alcohol industry
Sungwon Yoon, Tai-Hing Lam
Association of socioeconomic and behavioral factors with adult mortality: analysis of data from verbal autopsy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Awoke Misganaw, Damen Haile Mariam, Tekebash Araya
Social equity in Human Papillomavirus vaccination: a natural experiment in Calgary Canada
Richard Musto, Jodi E Siever, J Cyne Johnston, Judy Seidel, M Sarah Rose, Deborah A McNeil
Individual and contextual factors of influence on adherence to antiretrovirals among people attending public clinics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Homaira Hanif, Francisco I Bastos, Monica Malta, Neilane Bertoni, Pamela J Surkan, Peter J Winch, Deanna Kerrigan
A systematic review of HIV interventions for black men who have sex with men (MSM)
Cathy Maulsby, Greg Millett, Kali Lindsey, Robin Kelley, Kim Johnson, Daniel Montoya, David Holtgrave
Using web-based familial risk information for diabetes prevention: a randomized controlled trial
Miranda Wijdenes, Lidewij Henneman, Nadeem Qureshi, Piet J Kostense, Martina C Cornel, Danielle RM Timmermans
Evaluating an implementation strategy in cardiovascular prevention to improve prescribing of statins in Germany: an intention to treat analysis
Heidemarie Keller, Oliver Hirsch, Petra Kaufmann-Kolle, Tanja Krones, Annette Becker, Andreas C Sönnichsen, Erika Baum, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff
Sleep duration of underserved minority children in a cross-sectional study
William W Wong, Christina L Ortiz, Debra Lathan, Louis A Moore, Karen L Konzelmann, Anne L Adolph, E O’Brian Smith, Nancy F Butte
Subjective quality of life in war-affected populations
Aleksandra Matanov, Domenico Giacco, Marija Bogic, Dean Ajdukovic, Tanja Franciskovic, Gian Maria Galeazzi, Abdulah Kucukalic, Dusica Lecic-Tosevski, Nexhmedin Morina, Mihajlo Popovski, Matthias Schützwohl, Stefan Priebe
A cluster randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of a school-based behavioral intervention for health promotion among children aged 3 to 5
José L Peñalvo, Gloria Santos-Beneit, Mercedes Sotos-Prieto, Ramona Martínez, Carla Rodríguez, Manuel Franco, Pedro López-Romero, Stuart Pocock, Juliana Redondo, Valentín Fuster
Reforms: a quest for efficiency or an opportunity for vested interests’? a case study of pharmaceutical policy reforms in Tanzania
Amani Thomas Mori, Eliangiringa Amos Kaale, Peter Risha
Study protocol for “Moving Bright, Eating Smart”– A phase 2 clinical trial on the acceptability and feasibility of a diet and physical activity intervention to prevent recurrence in colorectal cancer survivors
Judy WC Ho, Antoinette M Lee, Duncan J Macfarlane, Daniel YT Fong, Sharron Leung, Ester Cerin, Wynnie YY Chan, Ivy PF Leung, Sharon HS Lam, Aliki J Taylor, Kar-keung Cheng
Development and implementation of the Baltimore healthy carry-outs feasibility trial: process evaluation results
Seung Hee Lee-Kwan, Sonja Goedkoop, Rachel Yong, Benjamin Batorsky, Vanessa Hoffman, Jayne Jeffries, Mohamed Hamouda, Joel Gittelsohn
Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a web-based and mobile stress-management intervention for employees: design of a randomized controlled trial
Elena Heber, David Daniel Ebert, Dirk Lehr, Stephanie Nobis, Matthias Berking, Heleen Riper
What should be done about policy on alcohol pricing and promotions? Australian experts’ views of policy priorities: a qualitative interview study
Andrea S Fogarty, Simon Chapman
A pilot study comparing two weight loss maintenance interventions among low-income, mid-life women
Carmen D Samuel-Hodge, Larry F Johnston, Ziya Gizlice, Beverly A Garcia, Sara C Lindsley, Alison D Gold, Danielle F Braxton, Thomas C Keyserling
Inequalities in self-rated health among 45+ year-olds in Almaty, Kazakhstan: a cross-sectional study
Akmaral K Abikulova, Kazbek A Tulebaev, Aikan A Akanov, Botagoz S Turdalieva, Sundetgali B Kalmahanov, Ainur B Kumar, Aigulsum K Izekenova, Bakhyt A Mussaeva, Andrej M Grjibovski
The overall health and risk factor profile of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants from the 45 and up study
Lina Gubhaju, Bridgette J McNamara, Emily Banks, Grace Joshy, Beverley Raphael, Anna Williamson, Sandra J Eades
Reasons for and against receiving influenza vaccination in a working age population in Japan: a national cross-sectional study
Tsubasa Iwasa, Koji Wada
The grounded psychometric development and initial validation of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)
Richard H Osborne, Roy W Batterham, Gerald R Elsworth, Melanie Hawkins, Rachelle Buchbinder
Voluntary HIV testing and risky sexual behaviours among health care workers: a survey in rural and urban Burkina Faso
Fati Kirakoya-Samadoulougou, Seydou Yaro, Alain Deccache, Paulin Fao, Marie-Christine Defer, Nicolas Meda, Annie Robert, Nicolas Nagot
Impact of risk factors, activities and psychological disorders on the health of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in China: a cross-sectional study
Lei Zhang, Peian Lou, Yanan Zhu, Peipei Chen, Pan Zhang, Jiaxi Yu, Ning Zhang, Na Chen, Hongmin Wu, Jing Zhao
Increases in alcohol consumption in women and elderly groups: evidence from an epidemiological study
Lot M Geels, Jacqueline M Vink, Jenny HDA van Beek, Meike Bartels, Gonneke Willemsen, Dorret I Boomsma
Human influenza A H5N1 in Indonesia: health care service-associated delays in treatment initiation
Wiku Adisasmito, Dewi Nur Aisyah, Tjandra Yoga Aditama, Rita Kusriastuti, Trihono, Agus Suwandono, Ondri Dwi Sampurno, Prasenohadi, Nurshanty A Sapada, MJN Mamahit, Anna Swenson, Nancy A Dreyer, Richard Coker
Establishing the optimal body mass index - body esteem relationship in young adolescents
Michael J Duncan, Yahya al-Nakeeb, Alan, M Nevill
Prevalence of hyperuricemia and its related risk factors in healthy adults from Northern and Northeastern Chinese provinces
Ling Qiu, Xin-qi Cheng, Jie Wu, Jun-ting Liu, Tao Xu, Hai-tao Ding, Yan-hong Liu, Zeng-mei Ge, Ya-jing Wang, Hui-juan Han, Jing Liu, Guang-jin Zhu
Towards a physically more active lifestyle based on one’s own values: study design of a randomized controlled trial for physically inactive adults
Anu Maarit Kangasniemi, Raimo Lappalainen, Anna Kankaanpää, Janne Kulmala, Harto Hakonen, Tuija Tammelin
Social capital, health behaviours and health: a population-based associational study
Tarja Nieminen, Ritva Prättälä, Tuija Martelin, Tommi Härkänen, Markku T Hyyppä, Erkki Alanen, Seppo Koskinen
Health promotion in individuals with mental disorders: a cluster preference randomized controlled trial
Nick Verhaeghe, Els Clays, Carine Vereecken, Jan De Maeseneer, Lea Maes, Cornelis Van Heeringen, Dirk De Bacquer, Lieven Annemans
Community experiences and perceptions of reproductive health vouchers in Kenya
Rebecca Njuki, Francis Obare, Charlotte Warren, Timothy Abuya, Jerry Okal, Wilson Mukuna, Lucy Kanya, Ian Askew, Piet Bracke, Ben Bellows
Association of objectively measured physical activity with body components in European adolescents
David Jiménez-Pavón, Amaya Fernández-Vázquez, Ute Alexy, Raquel Pedrero, Magdalena Cuenca-García, Angela Polito, Jérémy Vanhelst, Yannis Manios, Anthony Kafatos, Dénes Molnar, Michael Sjöström, Luis A Moreno
Can informal social distancing interventions minimize demand for antiviral treatment during a severe pandemic?
Amy L Greer
Web-based cognitive bias modification for problem drinkers: protocol of a randomised controlled trial with a 2x2x2 factorial design
Denise S van Deursen, Elske Salemink, Filip Smit, Jeannet Kramer, Reinout W Wiers
Plasmodium vivax associated severe malaria complications among children in some malaria endemic areas of Ethiopia
Tsige Ketema, Ketema Bacha
High prevalence of diagnosis of diabetes, depression, anxiety, hypertension, asthma and COPD in the total population of Stockholm, Sweden – a challenge for public health
Axel C Carlsson, Per Wändell, Urban Ösby, Ramin Zarrinkoub, Björn Wettermark, Gunnar Ljunggren
Changes in school environment, awareness and actions regarding overweight prevention among Dutch secondary schools between 2006–2007 and 2010–2011
Saskia W van den Berg, Jochen Mikolajczak, Wanda JE Bemelmans
Effect of changes in a food frequency questionnaire: comparing data from two national dietary survey instruments among 12-month-old infants
Anne Lene Kristiansen, Inger Therese Laugsand Lillegaard, Lene Frost Andersen
Testing the association between social capital and health over time: a family-based design
Giuseppe N Giordano, Juan Merlo, Henrik Ohlsson, Maria Rosvall, Martin Lindström
Effectiveness of a prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission program in Guangdong province from 2007 to 2010
Bing Li, Qingguo Zhao, Xiaozhuang Zhang, Li Wu, Tingting Chen, Zhijiang Liang, Longchang Xu, Shouyi Yu
Prevalence and gender patterns of mental health problems in German youth with experience of violence: the KiGGS study
Robert Schlack, Franz Petermann
Trends in sugar supply and consumption in Australia: is there an Australian Paradox?
Wavne Rikkers, David Lawrence, Katherine Hafekost, Francis Mitrou, Stephen R Zubrick
A cross sectional survey of attitudes, awareness and uptake of the parental pertussis booster vaccine as part of a cocooning strategy, Victoria, Australia
Ellen J Donnan, James E Fielding, Stacey L Rowe, Lucinda J Franklin, Hassan Vally
Gender differences in predictors of colorectal cancer screening uptake: a national cross sectional study based on the health belief model
Reuben K Wong, Mee Lian Wong, Yiong Huak Chan, Zhu Feng, Chun Tao Wai, Khay Guan Yeoh
Do computer use, TV viewing, and the presence of the media in the bedroom predict school-aged children’s sleep habits in a longitudinal study?
Teija Nuutinen, Carola Ray, Eva Roos
pH1N1 - a comparative analysis of public health responses in Ontario to the influenza outbreak, public health and primary care: lessons learned and policy suggestions
Paul Masotti, Michael E Green, Richard Birtwhistle, Ian Gemmill, Kieran Moore, Kathleen O’Connor, Adrienne Hansen-Taugher, Ralph Shaw
Vitamin D and subsequent all-age and premature mortality: a systematic review
Lynne Rush, Gerry McCartney, David Walsh, Daniel MacKay
Sex knowledge, attitudes, and high-risk sexual behaviors among unmarried youth in Hong Kong
Paul SF Yip, Huiping Zhang, Tai-Hing Lam, Kwok Fai Lam, Antoinette Marie Lee, John Chan, Susan Fan
Trust makers, breakers and brokers: building trust in the Australian food system
Annabelle Wilson, John Coveney, Julie Henderson, Samantha Meyer, Michael Calnan, Martin Caraher, Trevor Webb, Anthony Elliott, Paul Ward
Influence of socioeconomic and demographic status on spirometry testing in patients initiating medication targeting obstructive lung disease: a population-based cohort study
Mette M Koefoed, Jens Søndergaard, René dePont Christensen, Dorte E Jarbøl
Rural-urban disparities in child nutrition in Bangladesh and Nepal
Chittur S Srinivasan, Giacomo Zanello, Bhavani Shankar
Glycemic control among patients in China with type 2 diabetes mellitus receiving oral drugs or injectables
Li-Nong Ji, Ju-Ming Lu, Xiao-Hui Guo, Wen-Ying Yang, Jian-Ping Weng, Wei-Ping Jia, Da-Jin Zou, Zhi-Guang Zhou, De-Min Yu, Jie Liu, Zhong-Yan Shan, Yu-Zhi Yang, Ren-Ming Hu, Da-Long Zhu, Li-Yong Yang, Li Chen, Zhi-Gang Zhao, Qi-Fu Li, Hao-Ming Tian, Qiu-He Ji, Jing Liu, Jia-Pu Ge, Li-Xin Shi, Yan-Cheng Xu
Factors associated with age at first sexual initiation among youths in Gamo Gofa, South West Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Marelign Tilahun, Gistane Ayele
Schistosomiasis infection among primary school students in a war zone, Southern Kordofan State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study
Alaa H Abou-Zeid, Tigani A Abkar, Rashid O Mohamed
A qualitative study exploring factors associated with mothers’ decisions to formula-feed their infants in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Kimberly Bonia, Laurie Twells, Beth Halfyard, Valerie Ludlow, Leigh Anne Newhook, Janet Murphy-Goodridge
Serum calcium and risk of gastrointestinal cancer in the Swedish AMORIS study
Wahyu Wulaningsih, Karl Michaelsson, Hans Garmo, Niklas Hammar, Ingmar Jungner, Göran Walldius, Mats Lambe, Lars Holmberg, Mieke Van Hemelrijck
Socio-demographic and behavioural correlates of physical activity perception in individuals with recently diagnosed diabetes: results from a cross-sectional study
Gráinne H Long, Søren Brage, Nicholas J Wareham, Esther MF van Sluijs, Stephen Sutton, Simon J Griffin, Rebecca K Simmons
Familial correlation and aggregation of body mass index and blood pressure in Chinese Han population
Yang Hu, Liu He, Yangfeng Wu, Guansheng Ma, Liming Li, Yonghua Hu
Psychoactive substances use and associated factors among Axum university students, Axum Town, North Ethiopia
Measho Gebreslassie, Amsalu Feleke, Tesfahun Melese
HPV and cervical cancer related knowledge, awareness and testing behaviors in a community sample of female sex workers in China
Yan Hong, Chen Zhang, Xiaoming Li, Danhua Lin, Yingjie Liu
Developing population interventions with migrant women for maternal-child health: a focused ethnography
Anita J Gagnon, Franco Carnevale, Praem Mehta, Hélène Rousseau, Donna E Stewart
Could a brief assessment of negative emotions and self-esteem identify adolescents at current and future risk of self-harm in the community? A prospective cohort analysis
Rhiannon Phillips, Melissa R Spears, Alan A Montgomery, Abigail Millings, Kapil Sayal, Paul Stallard
A prospective cohort study of disability pension due to mental diagnoses: the importance of health factors and behaviors
Åsa Samuelsson, Annina Ropponen, Kristina Alexanderson, Pia Svedberg
Sickness absence due to otoaudiological diagnoses; a descriptive nationwide study
Emilie Friberg, Ulf Rosenhall, Kristina Alexanderson
Development and feasibility testing of a smart phone based attentive eating intervention
Eric Robinson, Suzanne Higgs, Amanda J Daley, Kate Jolly, Deborah Lycett, Amanda Lewis, Paul Aveyard
Oseltamivir use and outcomes during the 2009 influenza A H1N1 pandemic in Taiwan
Chia-Hung Liu, Jiun-Ling Wang, Chia-Ping Su, Jen-Hsiang Chuang, Chia-Hsuin Chang, Mei-Shu Lai
A cluster randomized controlled trial of the be the best you can be intervention: effects on the psychological and physical well-being of school children
Martyn Standage, Sean P Cumming, Fiona B Gillison
Evaluating the effectiveness of personal resilience and enrichment programme (PREP) for HIV prevention among female sex workers: a randomised controlled trial
Winnie Wing-Yan Yuen, William Chi-Wai Wong, Catherine So-Kum Tang, Eleanor Holroyd, Agnes Fung-Yee Tiwari, Daniel Yee-Tak Fong, Weng Yee Chin
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among urban community residents in China
Guang-Rong Wang, Li Li, Yi-Hui Pan, Guo-Dong Tian, Wan-Long Lin, Zhe Li, Zheng-Yi Chen, You-Long Gong, George E Kikano, Kurt C Stange, Ke-Liang Ni, Nathan A Berger
Promoting healthy weight in primary school children through physical activity and nutrition education: a pragmatic evaluation of the CHANGE! randomised intervention study
Stuart J Fairclough, Allan F Hackett, Ian G Davies, Rebecca Gobbi, Kelly A Mackintosh, Genevieve L Warburton, Gareth Stratton, Esther MF van Sluijs, Lynne M Boddy
Knowledge, attitude and practice towards medicines among school teachers in Lalitpur district, Nepal before and after an educational intervention
Nisha Jha, Omi Bajracharya, P Ravi Shankar
Determinants of government HIV/AIDS financing: a 10-year trend analysis from 125 low- and middle-income countries
Carlos Ávila, Dejan Loncar, Peter Amico, Paul De Lay
The effects and costs of the universal parent group program – all children in focus: a study protocol for a randomized wait-list controlled trial
Lene Lindberg, Malin Ulfsdotter, Camilla Jalling, Eva Skärstrand, Maria Lalouni, Kajsa Lönn Rhodin, Anna Månsdotter, Pia Enebrink
Advancing maternal survival in the global context: are our strategies working?
Omar A Khan, Richard Derman, Nancy L Sloan
Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use among patients with active tuberculosis attending primary public care clinics in South Africa: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial
Karl Peltzer, Pamela Naidoo, Julia Louw, Gladys Matseke, Khangelani Zuma, Gugu Mchunu, Bomkazi Tutshana, Musawenkosi Mabaso
How many Slovenian family practice attendees are victims of intimate partner violence? A re-evaluation cross-sectional study report
Polona Selic, Igor Svab, Nena Kopcavar Gucek
Development, scoring, and reliability of the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS)
Rachel A Millstein, Kelli L Cain, James F Sallis, Terry L Conway, Carrie Geremia, Lawrence D Frank, Jim Chapman, Delfien Van Dyck, Lindsay R Dipzinski, Jacqueline Kerr, Karen Glanz, Brian E Saelens
Cervical cancer risk factors among HIV-infected Nigerian women
Uzoma Ononogbu, Maryam Almujtaba, Fatima Modibbo, Ishak Lawal, Richard Offiong, Olayinka Olaniyan, Patrick Dakum, Donna Spiegelman, William Blattner, Clement Adebamowo
Evaluating the use of citizens’ juries in food policy: a case study of food regulation
Julie Henderson, Elizabeth House, John Coveney, Samantha Meyer, Rachel Ankeny, Paul Ward, Michael Calnan
Education-related differences in physical performance after age 60: a cross-sectional study assessing variation by age, gender and occupation
Anna-Karin Welmer, Ingemar Kåreholt, Elisabeth Rydwik, Sara Angleman, Hui-Xin Wang
What price quitting? The price of cigarettes at which smokers say they would seriously consider trying to quit
Michelle Scollo, Linda Hayes, Melanie Wakefield
Prevalence and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy in a high-risk Chinese population
Jiao Wang, Ru-Yi Zhang, Rong-Ping Chen, Jia Sun, Rui Yang, Xiao-Yun Ke, Hui Chen, De-Hong Cai
Monitoring activities of teenagers to comprehend their habits: study protocol for a mixed-methods cohort study
Mathieu Bélanger, Isabelle Caissie, Jacinthe Beauchamp, Jennifer O’Loughlin, Catherine Sabiston, Michelina Mancuso
Area-level socioeconomic characteristics and incidence of metabolic syndrome: a prospective cohort study
Anh D Ngo, Catherine Paquet, Natasha J Howard, Neil T Coffee, Robert Adams, Anne Taylor, Mark Daniel
Assessment of the relationship between bacteriological quality of dug-wells, hygiene behaviour and well characteristics in two cholera endemic localities in Douala, Cameroon
Jane-Francis Tatah Kihla Akoachere, Lundi-Anne Omam, Thomas Njinuwo Massalla
Social participation and mental health: moderating effects of gender, social role and rurality
Daisuke Takagi, Katsunori Kondo, Ichiro Kawachi
Weight misperception amongst youth of a developing country: Pakistan -a cross-sectional study
Muhammad Danish Saleem, Gulrayz Ahmed, Juwaria Mulla, Syed Sami Haider, Mustafa Abbas
Urban built environment configuration and psychological distress in older men: Results from the Caerphilly study
Chinmoy Sarkar, John Gallacher, Chris Webster
Association between legume intake and self-reported diabetes among adult men and women in India
Sutapa Agrawal, Shah Ebrahim
Effectiveness of Start to Run, a 6-week training program for novice runners, on increasing health-enhancing physical activity: a controlled study
Linda Ooms, Cindy Veenhof, Dinny H de Bakker
The association between self-reported lack of sleep, low vitality and impaired glucose tolerance: a Swedish cross-sectional study
Susanne Andersson, Inger Ekman, Febe Friberg, Erik Bøg-Hansen, Ulf Lindblad
The burden of pediatric diarrhea: a cross-sectional study of incurred costs and perceptions of cost among Bolivian families
Rachel M Burke, Paulina A Rebolledo, Sally R Embrey, Laura Danielle Wagner, Carter L Cowden, Fiona M Kelly, Emily R Smith, Volga Iñiguez, Juan S Leon
The relationship of living arrangements and depressive symptoms among older adults in sub-Saharan Africa
Brittany McKinnon, Sam Harper, Spencer Moore
Hopelessness as a basis for tuberculosis diagnostic delay in the Arkhangelsk region: a grounded theory study
Vladimir N Kuznetsov, Andrej M Grjibovski, Andrej O Mariandyshev, Eva Johansson, Donald A Enarson, Gunnar A Bjune
An integrated individual, community, and structural intervention to reduce HIV/STI risks among female sex workers in China
Dianmin Kang, Xiaorun Tao, Meizhen Liao, Jianzhuo Li, Na Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhu, Xiaoguang Sun, Bin Lin, Shengli Su, Lianzheng Hao, Yujiang Jia
What do adolescents want in order to become more active?
Kirsten Corder, Andrew J Atkin, Ulf Ekelund, Esther MF van Sluijs
Declining HIV-1 prevalence and incidence among Police Officers – a potential cohort for HIV vaccine trials, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Patricia J Munseri, Muhammad Bakari, Mohamed Janabi, Eric Aris, Said Aboud, Bo Hejdeman, Eric Sandstrom
Efficacy of a mobile application for smoking cessation in young people: study protocol for a clustered, randomized trial
Empar Valdivieso-López, Gemma Flores-Mateo, Juan-Domingo Molina-Gómez, Cristina Rey-Reñones, María-Luisa Barrera Uriarte, Jordi Duch, Araceli Valverde
Active pulmonary tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection among homeless people in Seoul, South Korea: a cross-sectional study
Chang-Hoon Lee, Yun-Jeong Jeong, Eun Young Heo, Jong Sun Park, Ji Sun Lee, Byoung Jun Lee, Young Sik Park, Eun Hee Song, Yun Jung Yang, Young Soo Cho, En-hi Cho, Kyoung-in Na, Eun-Jeong Oh, Jin-beom Lee, Soo-Yeon Oh, HeeJin Kim, Chang Min Park, Jae-Joon Yim
Exposure assessment of dietary cadmium: findings from shanghainese over 40 years, China
Ping He, Yinhao Lu, Yihuai Liang, Bo Chen, Min Wu, Shuguang Li, Gengsheng He, Taiyi Jin
Moving MobileMums forward: protocol for a larger randomized controlled trial of an improved physical activity program for women with young children
Alison L Marshall, Yvette D Miller, Nicholas Graves, Adrian G Barnett, Brianna S Fjeldsoe
Alcohol drinking among college students: college responsibility for personal troubles
Vincent Lorant, Pablo Nicaise, Victoria Eugenia Soto, William d’Hoore
Study protocol: longitudinal study of the transition of young people with complex health needs from child to adult health services
Allan F Colver, Hannah Merrick, Mark Deverill, Ann Le Couteur, Jeremy Parr, Mark S Pearce, Tim Rapley, Luke Vale, Rose Watson, Helen McConachie
Butterfly Girls; promoting healthy diet and physical activity to young African American girls online: rationale and design
Debbe Thompson, Rory Mahabir, Riddhi Bhatt, Cynthia Boutte, Dora Cantu, Isabel Vazquez, Chishinga Callender, Karen Cullen, Tom Baranowski, Yan Liu, Celeste Walker, Richard Buday
From childhood socio-economic position to adult educational level – do health behaviours in adolescence matter? A longitudinal study
Leena Kristiina Koivusilta, Patrick West, Saaristo Vesa Markus Antero, Tapio Nummi, Arja Hannele Rimpelä
Uptake of atrial fibrillation screening aiming at stroke prevention: geo-mapping of target population and non-participation
Johan Engdahl, Anders Holmén, Mårten Rosenqvist, Ulf Strömberg
Tailoring a response to youth binge drinking in an Aboriginal Australian community: a grounded theory study
Janya McCalman, Komla Tsey, Roxanne Bainbridge, Anthony Shakeshaft, Michele Singleton, Christopher Doran
“If It’s Not Working, Why Would They Be Testing It?”: mental models of HIV vaccine trials and preventive misconception among men who have sex with men in India
Venkatesan Chakrapani, Peter A Newman, Neeti Singhal, Ruban Nelson, Murali Shunmugam
“Moving forward: a cross sectional baseline study of staff and student attitudes towards a totally smoke free university campus”
Sharyn Burns, Jonine Jancey, Nicole Bowser, Jude Comfort, Gemma Crawford, Jonathan Hallett, Bree Shields, Linda Portsmouth
Knowledge, attitude and practice towards voluntary counseling and testing among university students in North West Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Zelalem Addis, Aregawi Yalew, Yitayal Shiferaw, Abebe Alemu, Wubet Birhan, Biniam Mathewose, Belayenesh Tachebele
Prevalence and association of perceived stress, substance use and behavioral addictions: a cross-sectional study among university students in France, 2009–2011
Marie Pierre Tavolacci, Joel Ladner, Sebastien Grigioni, Laure Richard, Herve Villet, Pierre Dechelotte
Reports of police beating and associated harms among people who inject drugs in Bangkok, Thailand: a serial cross-sectional study
Kanna Hayashi, Lianping Ti, Joanne Csete, Karyn Kaplan, Paisan Suwannawong, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr
Trends in incidence and costs of injuries to the shoulder, arm and wrist in The Netherlands between 1986 and 2008
Suzanne Polinder, Gijs IT Iordens, Martien JM Panneman, Denise Eygendaal, Peter Patka, Dennis Den Hartog, Esther MM Van Lieshout
A single-blinded, single-centre, controlled study in healthy adult smokers to identify the effects of a reduced toxicant prototype cigarette on biomarkers of exposure and of biological effect versus commercial cigarettes
Christopher J Shepperd, Nik Newland, Alison Eldridge, Don Graff, Ingo Meyer
Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in an urban population of primiparas in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study
Haya Hamade, Monique Chaaya, Matilda Saliba, Rawan Chaaban, Hibah Osman
Impact of duration of structured observations on measurement of handwashing behavior at critical times
Amal K Halder, John W Molyneaux, Stephen P Luby, Pavani K Ram
Acceptability of HIV self-testing: a systematic literature review
Janne Krause, Friederike Subklew-Sehume, Chris Kenyon, Robert Colebunders
Associations between the legal context of HIV, perceived social capital, and HIV antiretroviral adherence in North America
J Craig Phillips, Allison Webel, Carol Dawson Rose, Inge B Corless, Kathleen M Sullivan, Joachim Voss, Dean Wantland, Kathleen Nokes, John Brion, Wei-Ti Chen, Scholastika Iipinge, Lucille Sanzero Eller, Lynda Tyer-Viola, Marta Rivero-Méndez, Patrice K Nicholas, Mallory O Johnson, Mary Maryland, Jeanne Kemppainen, Carmen J Portillo, Puangtip Chaiphibalsarisdi, Kenn M Kirksey, Elizabeth Sefcik, Paula Reid, Yvette Cuca, Emily Huang, William L Holzemer
Exposure and impact of a mass media campaign targeting sexual health amongst Scottish men who have sex with men: an outcome evaluation
Paul Flowers, Lisa M McDaid, Christina Knussen
The second study of infectious intestinal disease (IID2): increased rates of recurrent diarrhoea in individuals aged 65 years and above
Clarence C Tam, Laura Viviani, Laura C Rodrigues, Sarah J O’Brien
A screening tool to prioritize public health risk associated with accidental or deliberate release of chemicals into the atmosphere
David H Blakey, Marc Lafontaine, Jocelyn Lavigne, Danny Sokolowski, Jean-Marc Philippe, Jean-Marc Sapori, Walter Biederbick, Regine Horre, Willi B Marzi, Hisayoshi Kondo, Yumiko Kuroki, Akira Namera, Tetsu Okumura, Miyako Yamamoto, Mikio Yashiki, Peter G Blain, David R Russell, Susan M Cibulsky, David A Jett
Chronic disease mortality in rural and urban residents in Hubei Province, China, 2008–2010
Liwei Cheng, Li Tan, Lan Zhang, Sheng Wei, Li Liu, Lu Long, Jie Zhang, Yaqiong Wu, Qingjun Zhang, Shaofa Nie
Risk factors associated with asbestos-related diseases: a community-based case–control study
Magdalena-Isabel Rosell-Murphy, Rafael Abós-Herràndiz, Josep Tarrés Olivella, Constança Alberti-Casas, Isabel García Allas, Xavier Martinez Artés, Ilona Krier Günther, Isidre Grimau Malet, Ramon Orriols Martínez, Jaume Canela-Soler
Study of Health and Activity in Preschool Environments (SHAPES): Study protocol for a randomized trial evaluating a multi-component physical activity intervention in preschool children
Karin A Pfeiffer, Ruth P Saunders, William H Brown, Marsha Dowda, Cheryl L Addy, Russell R Pate
An economic evaluation for prevention of diabetes mellitus in a developing country: a modelling study
Xiaoqian Liu, Changping Li, Hui Gong, Zhuang Cui, Linlin Fan, Wenhua Yu, Cui Zhang, Jun Ma
Cardio-metabolic risk factors and prehypertension in persons without diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease
Peggy PC Chiang, Ecosse L Lamoureux, Anoop Shankar, E Shyong Tai, Tien Y Wong, Charumathi Sabanayagam
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and socioeconomic level among public-sector workers in Angola
Daniel P Capingana, Pedro Magalhães, Amílcar BT Silva, Mauer AA Gonçalves, Marcelo P Baldo, Sérgio L Rodrigues, Cristóvão CF Simões, Albano VL Ferreira, José G Mill
‘It is like a tomato stall where someone can pick what he likes’: structure and practices of female sex work in Kampala, Uganda
Martin Mbonye, Sarah Nakamanya, Winifred Nalukenge, Rachel King, Judith Vandepitte, Janet Seeley
Development and evaluation of a structured programme for promoting physical activity among seniors with intellectual disabilities: a study protocol for a cluster randomized trial
Marieke van Schijndel-Speet, Heleen M Evenhuis, Pepijn van Empelen, Ruud van Wijck, Michael A Echteld
Listening to diverse community voices: the tensions of responding to community expectations in developing a male circumcision program for HIV prevention in Papua New Guinea
Anna Tynan, Peter S Hill, Angela Kelly, Martha Kupul, Herick Aeno, Richard Naketrumb, Peter Siba, John Kaldor, Andrew Vallely
Evidence of man-vector contact in torn long-lasting insecticide-treated nets
Virgile Gnanguenon, Roseric Azondekon, Frederic Oke-Agbo, Arthur Sovi, Razaki Ossè, Gil Padonou, Rock Aïkpon, Martin C Akogbeto
Illness, medical expenditure and household consumption: observations from Taiwan
Kuangnan Fang, Chi Ma, Yefei Jiang, Linglong Ye, Benchang Shia, Shuangge Ma
Implementation of the Participatory Approach to increase supervisors’ self-efficacy in supporting employees at risk for sick leave; design of a randomised controlled trial
Ruben A Kraaijeveld, Frederieke G Schaafsma, Cécile RL Boot, William S Shaw, Ute Bültmann, Johannes R Anema
Prevalence and socioeconomic and geographical inequalities of household food insecurity in the Paris region, France, 2010
Judith Martin-Fernandez, Francesca Grillo, Isabelle Parizot, France Caillavet, Pierre Chauvin
Development of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire for Brazilian patients with type 2 diabetes
Roberta Aguiar Sarmento, Bárbara Pelicioli Riboldi, Ticiana da Costa Rodrigues, Mirela Jobim de Azevedo, Jussara Carnevale de Almeida
Losing independence – the lived experience of being long-term sick-listed
Linda Lännerström, Thorne Wallman, Inger K Holmström
Looking twice at the gender equity index for public health impact
José Fernández-Sáez, Maria Teresa Ruiz-Cantero, Marta Guijarro-Garví, Mercedes Carrasco-Portiño, Victoria Roca-Pérez, Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Carlos Álvarez-Dardet
High burden of hepatitis B infection in Northern Uganda: results of a population-based survey
Emmanuel Ochola, Ponsiano Ocama, Christopher G Orach, Ziadah K Nankinga, Joan N Kalyango, Willi McFarland, Charles Karamagi
Implementation of an educational intervention to improve hand washing in primary schools: process evaluation within a randomised controlled trial
Catherine R Chittleborough, Alexandra L Nicholson, Elaine Young, Sarah Bell, Rona Campbell
More of the same or a change of scenery: an observational study of variety and frequency of physical activity in British children
Hannah L Brooke, Kirsten Corder, Simon J Griffin, Ulf Ekelund, Esther MF van Sluijs
Alcohol consumption and sport: a cross-sectional study of alcohol management practices associated with at-risk alcohol consumption at community football clubs
Melanie Kingsland, Luke Wolfenden, Bosco C Rowland, Karen E Gillham, Vanessa J Kennedy, Robyn L Ramsden, Richard W Colbran, Sarah Weir, John H Wiggers
Risks for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among Asian men who have sex with men in Vancouver, British Columbia: a cross-sectional survey
Thiha Maung Maung, Becky Chen, David M Moore, Keith Chan, Steve Kanters, Warren Michelow, Robert S Hogg, Nadine Nakamura, Wayne Robert, Reka Gustafson, Mark Gilbert
A cross-sectional examination of modifiable risk factors for chronic disease among a nationally representative sample of youth: are Canadian students graduating high school with a failing grade for health?
Scott T Leatherdale, Vicki Rynard
The effectiveness of a web-based brief alcohol intervention in reducing heavy drinking among adolescents aged 15–20 years with a low educational background: a two-arm parallel group cluster randomized controlled trial
Carmen V Voogt, Marloes Kleinjan, Evelien AP Poelen, Lex ACJ Lemmers, Rutger CME Engels
Status and determinants of health behavior knowledge among the elderly in China: a community-based cross-sectional study
Zhiqin Yin, Guiling Geng, Xuefen Lan, Liming Zhang, Surong Wang, Yuantong Zang, Meidi Peng
The annual costs of cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders attributable to job strain in France
Hélène Sultan-Taïeb, Jean-François Chastang, Malika Mansouri, Isabelle Niedhammer
Design of the Bottom-up Innovation project - a participatory, primary preventive, organizational level intervention on work-related stress and well-being for workers in Dutch vocational education
Roosmarijn MC Schelvis, Karen M Oude Hengel, Noortje M Wiezer, Birgitte M Blatter, Joost AGM van Genabeek, Ernst T Bohlmeijer, Allard J van der Beek
Towards the eradication of HPV infection through universal specific vaccination
Piergiorgio Crosignani, Antonella De Stefani, Gaetano Maria Fara, Andrea M Isidori, Andrea Lenzi, Carlo Antonio Liverani, Alberto Lombardi, Francesco Saverio Mennini, Giorgio Palu’, Sergio Pecorelli, Andrea P Peracino, Carlo Signorelli, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti
Participants’ perceptions of a knowledge-brokering strategy to facilitate evidence-informed policy-making in Fiji
Gade Waqa, Helen Mavoa, Wendy Snowdon, Marj Moodie, Rigieta Nadakuitavuki, Marita Mc Cabe, Boyd Swinburn
Public acceptability of government intervention to change health-related behaviours: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
Stephanie Diepeveen, Tom Ling, Marc Suhrcke, Martin Roland, Theresa M Marteau
Stores Healthy Options Project in Remote Indigenous Communities (SHOP@RIC): a protocol of a randomised trial promoting healthy food and beverage purchases through price discounts and in-store nutrition education
Julie Brimblecombe, Megan Ferguson, Selma C Liberato, Kylie Ball, Marjory L Moodie, Anne Magnus, Edward Miles, Amanda J Leach, Mark D Chatfield, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Kerin O’Dea, Ross S Bailie
Childhood adversity as a risk for cancer: findings from the 1958 British birth cohort study
Michelle Kelly-Irving, Benoit Lepage, Dominique Dedieu, Rebecca Lacey, Noriko Cable, Melanie Bartley, David Blane, Pascale Grosclaude, Thierry Lang, Cyrille Delpierre
The use of a proactive dissemination strategy to optimize reach of an internet-delivered computer tailored lifestyle intervention
Francine Schneider, Daniela N Schulz, Loes HL Pouwels, Hein de Vries, Liesbeth ADM van Osch
Alcohol consumption, smoking and overweight as a burden for health care services utilization: a cross-sectional study in Estonia
Kaire Vals, Raul-Allan Kiivet, Mall Leinsalu
Application of the COOP/WONCA charts to aged patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a comparison between Japanese and Chinese populations
Midori Yamaguchi, Motoyuki Nakao, Hideto Obata, Hideki Ikeda, Tetsuro Kanda, Qiao Wang, Yoriko Hara, Hisamitsu Omori, Yoko Ishihara
Longitudinal study of respiratory function and symptoms in a non-smoking group of long-term officially-acknowledged victims of pollution-related illness
Takako Tanaka, Masaharu Asai, Yorihide Yanagita, Tsuyoshi Nishinakagawa, Naomi Miyamoto, Kenji Kotaki, Yudai Yano, Ryo Kozu, Sumihisa Honda, Hideaki Senjyu
Community’s knowledge, attitudes and practices about tuberculosis in Itang Special District, Gambella Region, South Western Ethiopia
Jango Bati, Mengistu Legesse, Girmay Medhin
Prevalence and co-occurrence of parentally reported possible asthma and allergic manifestations in pre-school children
Kristina Bröms, Dan Norbäck, Margaretha Eriksson, Claes Sundelin, Kurt Svärdsudd
A process evaluation: Does recruitment for an exercise program through ethnically specific channels and key figures contribute to its reach and receptivity in ethnic minority mothers?
Marieke A Hartman, Vera Nierkens, Stephan W Cremer, Karien Stronks, Arnoud P Verhoeff
Development and evaluation of an intervention aiming to reduce fatigue in airline pilots: design of a randomised controlled trial
Alwin van Drongelen, Allard J van der Beek, Hynek Hlobil, Tjabe Smid, Cécile RL Boot
Effectiveness and reach of a directed-population approach to improving dental health and reducing inequalities: a cross sectional study
Lynn Brewster, Andrea Sherriff, Lorna Macpherson
Disparities in child mortality trends in two new states of India
Mark Minnery, Eliana Jimenez-Soto, Sonja Firth, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Andrew Hodge
Prevalence of alcohol use before and during pregnancy and predictors of drinking during pregnancy: a cross sectional study in Sweden
Janna Skagerström, Siw Alehagen, Elisabet Häggström-Nordin, Kristofer Årestedt, Per Nilsen
Canadian adolescent perceptions and knowledge about the social determinants of health: an observational study of Kingston, Ontario youth
Kelly E Kenney, Spencer Moore
Environmental barriers, person-environment fit and mortality among community-dwelling very old people
Merja Rantakokko, Timo Törmäkangas, Taina Rantanen, Maria Haak, Susanne Iwarsson
A qualitative study of perceived risk for HIV transmission among police officers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Edith AM Tarimo, Thecla W Kohi, Muhammad Bakari, Asli Kulane
Factors associated with burnout among Chinese hospital doctors: a cross-sectional study
Hui Wu, Li Liu, Yang Wang, Fei Gao, Xue Zhao, Lie Wang
Life-style characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors in regular downhill skiers: an observational study
Martin Burtscher, Thomas Bodner, Johannes Burtscher, Gerhard Ruedl, Martin Kopp, Gregor Broessner
Preferred HIV testing services and programme characteristics among clients of a rapid HIV testing programme
Juan Hoyos, María José Belza, Sonia Fernández-Balbuena, María Elena Rosales-Statkus, José Pulido, Luis de la Fuente
Work-related violence and inconsistent condom use with non-paying partners among female sex workers in Adama City, Ethiopia
Alyssa Mooney, Aklilu Kidanu, Heather M Bradley, Evelyn Kuor Kumoji, Caitlin E Kennedy, Deanna Kerrigan
Is volunteering a public health intervention? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the health and survival of volunteers
Caroline E Jenkinson, Andy P Dickens, Kerry Jones, Jo Thompson-Coon, Rod S Taylor, Morwenna Rogers, Clare L Bambra, Iain Lang, Suzanne H Richards
Overcoming barriers in evaluating outbreaks of diarrheal disease in resource poor settings: assessment of recurrent outbreaks in Chobe District, Botswana
KA Alexander, JK Blackburn
Changes and tracking of fruit, vegetables and sugar-sweetened beverages intake from 18 months to 7 years in the Norwegian mother and child cohort study
Mona Bjelland, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Margaretha Haugen, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Wenche Nystad, Lene Frost Andersen
Nutritional supplements for diabetes sold on the internet: business or health promotion?
Loredana Covolo, Michela Capelli, Elisabetta Ceretti, Donatella Feretti, Luigi Caimi, Umberto Gelatti
A qualitative study of the interactions among the psychosocial work environment and family, community and services for workers with low mental health
Catherine R Mackenzie, Dominic Keuskamp, Anna M Ziersch, Fran E Baum, Jennie Popay
Eat, drink and gamble: marketing messages about ‘risky’ products in an Australian major sporting series
Sophie Lindsay, Samantha Thomas, Sophie Lewis, Kate Westberg, Rob Moodie, Sandra Jones
Referring heroin users from compulsory detoxification centers to community methadone maintenance treatment: a comparison of three models
Liping Yan, Enwu Liu, Jennifer M McGoogan, Song Duan, Li-Tzy Wu, Scott Comulada, Zunyou Wu
Engineering online and in-person social networks to sustain physical activity: application of a conceptual model
Liza S Rovniak, James F Sallis, Jennifer L Kraschnewski, Christopher N Sciamanna, Elizabeth J Kiser, Chester A Ray, Vernon M Chinchilli, Ding Ding, Stephen A Matthews, Melissa Bopp, Daniel R George, Melbourne F Hovell
Neighborhood walkability and cardiometabolic risk factors in australian adults: an observational study
Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Gavin Pereira, Karen Villanueva, Hayley Christian, Matthew Knuiman, Billie Giles-Corti, Fiona C Bull
Metabolic abnormalities in adult HIV infected population on antiretroviral medication in Malaysia: a cross-sectional survey
Nazisa Hejazi, Roslee Rajikan, Christopher Lee Kwok Choong, Suzana Sahar
‘Get Your Life Back’: process and impact evaluation of an asthma social marketing campaign targeting older adults
Uwana Evers, Sandra C Jones, Don Iverson, Peter Caputi
Education is associated with lower levels of abdominal obesity in women with a non-agricultural occupation: an interaction study using China’s four provinces survey
Amina Aitsi-Selmi, Ruoling Chen, Martin J Shipley, Michael G Marmot
Physical activity and the rejuvenation of Connswater (PARC study): protocol for a natural experiment investigating the impact of urban regeneration on public health
Mark A Tully, Ruth F Hunter, Helen McAneney, Margaret E Cupples, Michael Donnelly, Geraint Ellis, George Hutchinson, Lindsay Prior, Michael Stevenson, Frank Kee
Determinants of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in patients who underwent first-line treatment in Addis Ababa: a case control study
Selamawit Hirpa, Girmay Medhin, Belaineh Girma, Muluken Melese, Alemayehu Mekonen, Pedro Suarez, Gobena Ameni
Peer clustering of exercise and eating behaviours among young adults in Sweden: a cross-sectional study of egocentric network data
Kieron J Barclay, Christofer Edling, Jens Rydgren
Medical and psychosocial implications of adolescent extreme obesity – acceptance and effects of structured care, short: Youth with Extreme Obesity Study (YES)
Martin Wabitsch, Anja Moss, Thomas Reinehr, Susanna Wiegand, Wieland Kiess, André Scherag, Reinhard Holl, Rolf Holle, Johannes Hebebrand
E-health: potential benefits and challenges in providing and accessing sexual health services
Victor Minichiello, Saifur Rahman, Tinashe Dune, John Scott, Gary Dowsett
Kids Safe and Smokefree (KiSS): a randomized controlled trial of a multilevel intervention to reduce secondhand tobacco smoke exposure in children
Stephen J Lepore, Jonathan P Winickoff, Beth Moughan, Tyra C Bryant-Stephens, Daniel R Taylor, David Fleece, Adam Davey, Uma S Nair, Melissa Godfrey, Bradley N Collins
Physical activity counseling in primary health care in Brazil: a national study on prevalence and associated factors
Alex Antonio Florindo, Gregore Iven Mielke, Grace Angélica de Oliveira Gomes, Luiz Roberto Ramos, Mário Maia Bracco, Diana C Parra, Eduardo J Simoes, Felipe Lobelo, Pedro Curi Hallal
Do preschools differ in promoting children’s physical activity? An instrument for the assessment of preschool physical activity programmes
Elena Sterdt, Natalie Pape, Silke Kramer, Michael Urban, Rolf Werning, Ulla Walter
Relationship between Body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage, estimated by bioelectrical impedance, in a group of Sri Lankan adults: a cross sectional study
Chathuranga Ranasinghe, Prasanna Gamage, Prasad Katulanda, Nalinda Andraweera, Sithira Thilakarathne, Praveen Tharanga
Health effects of air pollution on length of respiratory cancer survival
Xiaohui Xu, Sandie Ha, Haidong Kan, Hui Hu, Barbara A Curbow, Claudia TK Lissaker
Do accurate HIV and antiretroviral therapy knowledge, and previous testing experiences increase the uptake of HIV voluntary counselling and testing? Results from a cohort study in rural Tanzania
Annabelle South, Alison Wringe, Yusufu Kumogola, Raphael Isingo, Rose Manyalla, Caoimhe Cawley, Basia Zaba, Jim Todd, Mark Urassa
Stigma trajectories among people living with HIV (PLHIV) embarking on a life time journey with antiretroviral drugs in Jinja, Uganda
Martin Mbonye, Sarah Nakamanya, Josephine Birungi, Rachel King, Janet Seeley, Shabbar Jaffar
An examination of the benefits of health promotion programs for the national fire service
Walker SC Poston, Christopher K Haddock, Sara A Jahnke, Nattinee Jitnarin, R Sue Day
Female genital mutilation among Iraqi Kurdish women: a cross-sectional study from Erbil city
Berivan A Yasin, Namir G Al-Tawil, Nazar P Shabila, Tariq S Al-Hadithi
Self-reporting and measurement of body mass index in adolescents: refusals and validity, and the possible role of socioeconomic and health-related factors
Nearkasen Chau, Kénora Chau, Aurélie Mayet, Michèle Baumann, Stéphane Legleye, Bruno Falissard
Intimate partner violence against women during and after pregnancy: a cross-sectional study in Mumbai slums
Sushmita Das, Ujwala Bapat, Neena Shah More, Glyn Alcock, Wasundhara Joshi, Shanti Pantvaidya, David Osrin
The contribution of health policy and care to income differences in life expectancy – a register based cohort study
Kristiina Manderbacka, Riina Peltonen, Sonja Lumme, Ilmo Keskimäki, Lasse Tarkiainen, Pekka Martikainen
Qualitative evaluation of the Teenage Mothers Project in Uganda: a community-based empowerment intervention for unmarried teenage mothers
Joanne N Leerlooijer, Arjan ER Bos, Robert AC Ruiter, Miranda AJ van Reeuwijk, Liesbeth E Rijsdijk, Nathan Nshakira, Gerjo Kok
Factors affecting the infant antibody response to measles immunisation in Entebbe-Uganda
Dennison Kizito, Robert Tweyongyere, Alice Namatovu, Emily L Webb, Lawrence Muhangi, Swaib A Lule, Henry Bukenya, Stephen Cose, Alison M Elliott
Rank, job stress, psychological distress and physical activity among military personnel
Lilian Cristina X Martins, Claudia S Lopes
Disclosure experience to partner and its effect on intention to utilize prevention of mother to child transmission service among HIV positive pregnant women attending antenatal care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Endalew Gemechu Sendo, Amsale Cherie, Tadese Asfaw Erku
Seasonal variation in objectively measured physical activity, sedentary time, cardio-respiratory fitness and sleep duration among 8–11 year-old Danish children: a repeated-measures study
Mads F Hjorth, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Kim Michaelsen, Arne Astrup, Inge Tetens, Anders Sjödin
Parental food-related behaviors and family meal frequencies: associations in Norwegian dyads of parents and preadolescent children
Elisabeth L Melbye, Torvald Øgaard, Nina C Øverby, Håvard Hansen
Diverging trends in educational inequalities in cancer mortality between men and women in the 2000s in France
Gwenn Menvielle, Grégoire Rey, Eric Jougla, Danièle Luce
Life style and longevity among initially healthy middle-aged men: prospective cohort study
Trond Heir, Jan Erikssen, Leiv Sandvik
Assessment of sexual violence among street females in Bahir-Dar town, North West Ethiopia: a mixed method study
Alemayehu C Misganaw, Yalew A Worku
Consistent condom use with regular, paying, and casual male partners and associated factors among men who have sex with men in Tamil Nadu, India: findings from an assessment of a large-scale HIV prevention program
Shreena Ramanathan, Venkatesan Chakrapani, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, Prabuddhagopal Goswami, Diwakar Yadav, Thilakavathi Subramanian, Bitra George, Ramesh Paranjape
The possible impact of an alcohol welfare surcharge on consumption of alcoholic beverages in Taiwan
Chun-Yuan Yeh, Li-Ming Ho, Jie-Min Lee, Jhe-Yo Hwang
Factors associated with parental smoking in the presence of school-aged children: a cross-sectional study
Yuan-Mei Liao, Yu-Ting Chen, Liang-Chun Kuo, Ping-Ling Chen
How do public child healthcare professionals and primary school teachers identify and handle child abuse cases? A qualitative study
Manuela WA Schols, Corine de Ruiter, Ferko G Öry
Long-term health benefits of physical activity – a systematic review of longitudinal studies
Miriam Reiner, Christina Niermann, Darko Jekauc, Alexander Woll
The context and practice of handwashing among new mothers in Serang, Indonesia: a formative research study
Katie Greenland, Endang Iradati, Abigael Ati, Yanti Yulianti Maskoen, Robert Aunger
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are more burdened by co-morbidity and worry about serious diseases than healthy controls- eight years follow-up of IBS patients in primary care
Åshild Faresjö, Ewa Grodzinsky, Claes Hallert, Toomas Timpka
A survey of the reformulation of Australian child-oriented food products
Stephanie Savio, Kaye Mehta, Tuesday Udell, John Coveney
A survey study of the association between mobile phone use and daytime sleepiness in California high school students
Nila Nathan, Jamie Zeitzer
Food products qualifying for and carrying front-of-pack symbols: a cross-sectional study examining a manufacturer led and a non-profit organization led program
Teri E Emrich, Joanna E Cohen, Wendy Y Lou, Mary R L’Abbé
TB tracer teams in South Africa: knowledge, practices and challenges of tracing TB patients to improve adherence
Claire C Bristow, Laura Jean Podewils, Liza Ellen Bronner, Nonkqubela Bantubani, Martie van der Walt, Annatjie Peters, David Mametja
History of dating violence and the association with late adolescent health
Amy E Bonomi, Melissa L Anderson, Julianna Nemeth, Frederick P Rivara, Cynthia Buettner
Physical and mental health perspectives of first year undergraduate rural university students
Rafat Hussain, Michelle Guppy, Suzanne Robertson, Elizabeth Temple
Anticipated regret to increase uptake of colorectal cancer screening in Scotland (ARTICS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Ronan E O’Carroll, Robert JC Steele, Gillian Libby, Linda Brownlee, Julie A Chambers
A central storage facility to reduce pesticide suicides - a feasibility study from India
Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Lakshmanan Jeyaseelan, Shuba Kumar, Rani Mohanraj, Shanmugasundaram Devika, Sarojini Manikandan
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of female genital mutilation/cutting among health care professionals in The Gambia: a multiethnic study
Adriana Kaplan, Suiberto Hechavarría, Mariola Bernal, Isabelle Bonhoure
More mental health problems after divorce in couples with high pre-divorce alcohol consumption than in other divorced couples: results from the HUNT-study
Kamilla Rognmo, Fartein A Torvik, Mariann Idstad, Kristian Tambs
Can we trust measures of healthcare utilization from household surveys?
Evelyn Korkor Ansah, Timothy Powell-Jackson
Pulmonary function, chronic respiratory symptoms, and health-related quality of life among adults in the United States – National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2010
Anne G Wheaton, Earl S Ford, William W Thompson, Kurt J Greenlund, Letitia R Presley-Cantrell, Janet B Croft
The level of leisure time physical activity is associated with work ability-a cross sectional and prospective study of health care workers
Elin Arvidson, Mats Börjesson, Gunnar Ahlborg Jr, Agneta Lindegård, Ingibjörg H Jonsdottir
The odd man out in Sub-Saharan Africa: understanding the tobacco use prevalence in Madagascar
Hadii M Mamudu, Rijo M John, Sreenivas P Veeranki, Ahmed E Ogwell Ouma
Increasing condom use and declining STI prevalence in high-risk MSM and TGs: evaluation of a large-scale prevention program in Tamil Nadu, India
Thilakavathi Subramanian, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, Santhakumar Aridoss, Prabuddhagopal Goswami, Boopathi Kanguswami, Mathew Shajan, Rajat Adhikary, Girish Kumar Chethrapilly Purushothaman, Senthil Kumar Ramamoorthy, Eswaramurthy Chinnaswamy, Ilaya Bharathy Veeramani, Ramesh Shivram Paranjape
Elevated depressive symptoms in metabolic syndrome in a general population of Japanese men: a cross-sectional study
Atsuko Sekita, Hisatomi Arima, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Tomoyuki Ohara, Yasufumi Doi, Yoichiro Hirakawa, Masayo Fukuhara, Jun Hata, Koji Yonemoto, Yukiko Ga, Takanari Kitazono, Shigenobu Kanba, Yutaka Kiyohara
Quantifying the burden of disease due to premature mortality in Hong Kong using standard expected years of life lost
Dietrich Plass, Patsy Yuen Kwan Chau, Thuan Quoc Thach, Heiko J Jahn, Poh Chin Lai, Chit Ming Wong, Alexander Kraemer
Evaluation of underreporting of salmonellosis and shigellosis hospitalised cases in Greece, 2011: results of a capture-recapture study and a hospital registry review
Kassiani Mellou, Theologia Sideroglou, Athina Kallimani, Maria Potamiti-Komi, Danai Pervanidou, Eleni Lillakou, Theano Georgakopoulou, Georgia Mandilara, Maria Lambiri, Alkiviadis Vatopoulos, Christos Hadjichristodoulou
Useful screening tools for preventing foot problems of diabetics in rural areas: a cross-sectional study
Chia-Hao Chang, Yun-Shing Peng, Chang-Cheng Chang, Mei-Yen Chen
The NLstart2run study: health effects of a running promotion program in novice runners, design of a prospective cohort study
Bas Kluitenberg, Marienke van Middelkoop, Ron L Diercks, Fred Hartgens, Evert Verhagen, Dirk-Wouter Smits, Ida Buist, Henk van der Worp
The importance of illness duration, age at diagnosis and the year of diagnosis for labour participation chances of people with chronic illness: results of a nationwide panel-study in the Netherlands
Mieke Rijken, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Joop Schippers, Peter P Groenewegen
Mothers’ perspectives on the delivery of childhood injury messages: a qualitative study from the growing up in Wales, environments for healthy living study (EHL)
Ashrafunnesa Khanom, Rebecca A Hill, Sinead Brophy, Kelly Morgan, Frances Rapport, Ronan Lyons
Effectiveness of cough etiquette maneuvers in disrupting the chain of transmission of infectious respiratory diseases
Gustavo Zayas, Ming C Chiang, Eric Wong, Fred MacDonald, Carlos F Lange, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, Malcolm King
Association between tooth loss and orodigestive cancer mortality in an 80-year-old community-dwelling Japanese population: a 12-year prospective study
Toshihiro Ansai, Yutaka Takata, Akihiro Yoshida, Inho Soh, Shuji Awano, Tomoko Hamasaki, Akira Sogame, Naoko Shimada
A cross-sectional study of frequency and factors associated with dog walking in 9–10 year old children in Liverpool, UK
Carri Westgarth, Lynne M Boddy, Gareth Stratton, Alexander J German, Rosalind M Gaskell, Karen P Coyne, Peter Bundred, Sandra McCune, Susan Dawson
Age biases in a large HIV and sexual behaviour-related internet survey among MSM
Ulrich Marcus, Ford Hickson, Peter Weatherburn, Axel J Schmidt
Associations between psychological stress, eating, physical activity, sedentary behaviours and body weight among women: a longitudinal study
Jennifer Mouchacca, Gavin R Abbott, Kylie Ball
Prevalence of arterial hypertension among Brazilian adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis
Erika Silva Magliano, Luciane Gaspar Guedes, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho, Katia Vergetti Bloch
A systematic review of the effectiveness of mental health promotion interventions for young people in low and middle income countries
Margaret M Barry, Aleisha M Clarke, Rachel Jenkins, Vikram Patel
A sero-survey of toxoplasmosis in farm and non-farm children from Wisconsin, United States, 1997–1999
Claudia Muñoz-Zanzi, Jessica Williams-Nguyen, Edward A Belongia
Men having sex with men serosorting with casual partners: who, how much, and what risk factors in Switzerland, 2007-2009
Stéphanie Lociciro, André Jeannin, Françoise Dubois-Arber
Lead, mercury and cadmium in umbilical cord blood and its association with parental epidemiological variables and birth factors
Esther García-Esquinas, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Pablo Fernández-Navarro, Mario Antonio Fernández, Concha de Paz, Ana María Pérez-Meixeira, Elisa Gil, Andrés Iriso, Juan Carlos Sanz, Jenaro Astray, Margot Cisneros, Amparo de Santos, Ángel Asensio, José Miguel García-Sagredo, José Frutos García, Jesús Vioque, Gonzalo López-Abente, Marina Pollán, María José González, Mercedes Martínez, Nuria Aragonés
Adiposity among children in Norway by urbanity and maternal education: a nationally representative study
Anna Biehl, Ragnhild Hovengen, Else-Karin Grøholt, Jøran Hjelmesæth, Bjørn Heine Strand, Haakon E Meyer
Development of a comprehensive list of criteria for evaluating consumer education materials on colorectal cancer screening
Maren Dreier, Birgit Borutta, Gabriele Seidel, Inga Kreusel, Jürgen Töppich, Eva M Bitzer, Marie-Luise Dierks, Ulla Walter
Self-reported exposure to intimate partner violence among women and men in Sweden: results from a population-based survey
Lotta Nybergh, Charles Taft, Viveka Enander, Gunilla Krantz
Job tenure and work injuries: a multivariate analysis of the relation with previous experience and differences by age
Antonella Bena, Massimiliano Giraudo, Roberto Leombruni, Giuseppe Costa
Examining the cost effectiveness of interventions to promote the physical health of people with mental health problems: a systematic review
A-La Park, David McDaid, Prisca Weiser, Carolin Von Gottberg, Thomas Becker, Reinhold Kilian
Living in two homes-a Swedish national survey of wellbeing in 12 and 15 year olds with joint physical custody
Malin Bergström, Bitte Modin, Emma Fransson, Luis Rajmil, Marie Berlin, Per A Gustafsson, Anders Hjern
Condom use and sexuality communication with adults: a study among high school students in South Africa and Tanzania
Francis Sande Namisi, Leif Edvard Aarø, Sylvia Kaaya, Hans E Onya, Annegreet Wubs, Catherine Mathews
The relationship between socially-assigned ethnicity, health and experience of racial discrimination for Māori: analysis of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey
Ricci B Harris, Donna M Cormack, James Stanley
Comparison of five influenza surveillance systems during the 2009 pandemic and their association with media attention
Marit MA de Lange, Adam Meijer, Ingrid HM Friesema, Gé A Donker, Carl E Koppeschaar, Mariëtte Hooiveld, Nel Ruigrok, Wim van der Hoek
Longitudinal age-and cohort trends in body mass index in Sweden – a 24-year follow-up study
Ozge Karadag Caman, Susanna Calling, Patrik Midlöv, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist, Sven-Erik Johansson
Sustained impact of community-based physical activity interventions: key elements for success
Callista Haggis, Joanie Sims-Gould, Meghan Winters, Kaitlyn Gutteridge, Heather A McKay
House calls by community health workers and public health nurses to improve adherence to isoniazid monotherapy for latent tuberculosis infection: a retrospective study
Alicia H Chang, Andrea Polesky, Gulshan Bhatia
Influence of integrated services on postpartum family planning use: a cross-sectional survey from urban Senegal
Ilene S Speizer, Jean Christophe Fotso, Chinelo Okigbo, Cheikh Mbacké Faye, Cheikh Seck
Interventions for preventing diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome: systematic review
Diana E Thomas, Elizabeth J Elliott
Extended interactive voice response telephony (IVR) for relapse prevention after smoking cessation using varenicline and IVR: a pilot study
Bonnie McNaughton, Jiri Frohlich, Amy Graham, Quincy-Robyn Young
Effectiveness of community health workers delivering preventive interventions for maternal and child health in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Brynne Gilmore, Eilish McAuliffe
A qualitative case study of child protection issues in the Indian construction industry: investigating the security, health, and interrelated rights of migrant families
Theresa S Betancourt, Ashkon Shaahinfar, Sarah E Kellner, Nayana Dhavan, Timothy P Williams
Associations of sedentary behavior and physical activity with psychological distress: a cross-sectional study from Singapore
Robert A Sloan, Susumu S Sawada, Daniel Girdano, Yi Tong Liu, Stuart JH Biddle, Steven N Blair
Cardiovascular disease risk factors and socioeconomic variables in a nation undergoing epidemiologic transition
Rajah Rasiah, Khalid Yusoff, Amiri Mohammadreza, Rishya Manikam, Makmor Tumin, Sankara Kumar Chandrasekaran, Shabnam Khademi, Najmin Abu Bakar
Evaluating the efficacy of tuberculosis Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) activities in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study
Tahir Turk, Fiona J Newton, Joshua D Netwon, Farah Naureen, Jodah Bokhari
The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE): design and methods
Peter T Katzmarzyk, Tiago V Barreira, Stephanie T Broyles, Catherine M Champagne, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Mikael Fogelholm, Gang Hu, William D Johnson, Rebecca Kuriyan, Anura Kurpad, Estelle V Lambert, Carol Maher, José Maia, Victor Matsudo, Tim Olds, Vincent Onywera, Olga L Sarmiento, Martyn Standage, Mark S Tremblay, Catrine Tudor-Locke, Pei Zhao, Timothy S Church
Agreement and concordance between married couples regarding family planning utilization and fertility intention in Dukem, Ethiopia
Chala W Diro, Mesganaw F Afework
Exposure to the Chinese famine in early life and the risk of anaemia in adulthood
Zumin Shi, Cuilin Zhang, Minghao Zhou, Shiqi Zhen, Anne W Taylor
The burden of chronic diseases in a rural North Florida sample
Henrietta Logan, Yi Guo, Virginia J Dodd, Keith Muller, Joseph Riley III
The impact of the UK ‘Act FAST’ stroke awareness campaign: content analysis of patients, witness and primary care clinicians’ perceptions
Stephan U Dombrowski, Joan E Mackintosh, Falko F Sniehotta, Vera Araujo-Soares, Helen Rodgers, Richard G Thomson, Madeleine J Murtagh, Gary A Ford, Martin P Eccles, Martin White
Patterns in mortality among people with severe mental disorders across birth cohorts: a register-based study of Denmark and Finland in 1982–2006
Mika Gissler, Thomas Munk Laursen, Urban Ösby, Merete Nordentoft, Kristian Wahlbeck
TB treatment outcomes among TB-HIV co-infections in Karnataka, India: how do these compare with non-HIV tuberculosis outcomes in the province?
Suresh Shastri, Balaji Naik, Anita Shet, Bharat Rewari, Ayesha De Costa
How do motorcyclists manage mental tensions of risky riding?
Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, Fereshteh Zamani-Alavijeh, David Hindman, Esa Mohamadi, Mohsen Bazargan
A school intervention for mental health literacy in adolescents: effects of a non-randomized cluster controlled trial
Ingunn Skre, Oddgeir Friborg, Camilla Breivik, Lars Inge Johnsen, Yngvild Arnesen, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang
Decreasing trends in cardiovascular mortality in Turkey between 1988 and 2008
Gönül Dinç, Kaan Sözmen, Gül Gerçeklioğlu, Hale Arık, Julia Critchley, Belgin Ünal
Multi-criteria decision analysis as an innovative approach to managing zoonoses: results from a study on Lyme disease in Canada
Cécile Aenishaenslin, Valérie Hongoh, Hassane Djibrilla Cissé, Anne Gatewood Hoen, Karim Samoura, Pascal Michel, Jean-Philippe Waaub, Denise Bélanger
‘Girls need to strengthen each other as a group’: experiences from a gender-sensitive stress management intervention by youth-friendly Swedish health services – a qualitative study
Maria Strömbäck, Eva-Britt Malmgren-Olsson, Maria Wiklund
Association of blood pressure with development of metabolic syndrome components: a five-year Retrospective Cohort study in Beijing
Da Huo, Lixin Tao, Xia Li, Wei Wang, Zhaoping Wang, Dongning Chen, Huiping Zhu, Xinghua Yang, Yanxia Luo, Xiuhua Guo
Estimating the size of the MSM populations for 38 European countries by calculating the survey-surveillance discrepancies (SSD) between self-reported new HIV diagnoses from the European MSM internet survey (EMIS) and surveillance-reported HIV diagnoses among MSM in 2009
Ulrich Marcus, Ford Hickson, Peter Weatherburn, Axel J Schmidt
Foreskin cutting beliefs and practices and the acceptability of male circumcision for HIV prevention in Papua New Guinea
David MacLaren, Rachael Tommbe, Tracie Mafile’o, Clement Manineng, Federica Fregonese, Michelle Redman-MacLaren, Michael Wood, Kelwyn Browne, Reinhold Muller, John Kaldor, William John McBride
Incidence and economical effects of pneumonia in the older population living in French nursing homes: design and methods of the INCUR study
Laurent Demougeot, Yves Rolland, Stéphane Gérard, Delphine Pennetier, Marilyne Duboué, Bruno Vellas, Matteo Cesari
Predictors of loss to follow-up before HIV treatment initiation in Northwest Ethiopia: a case control study
Ismael Ahmed, Salem T Gugsa, Seblewengel Lemma, Meaza Demissie
Differentiated effects of social participation components on suicidal ideation across age groups in South Korea
Chaelin Karen Ra, Youngtae Cho
Quality of life impairment associated with body dissatisfaction in a general population sample of women
Jonathan Mond, Deborah Mitchison, Janet Latner, Phillipa Hay, Cathy Owen, Bryan Rodgers
A study to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility and impact of packaged interventions (“Diarrhea Pack”) for prevention and treatment of childhood diarrhea in rural Pakistan
Muhammad Atif Habib, Sajid Soofi, Kamran Sadiq, Tariq Samejo, Musawar Hussain, Mushtaq Mirani, Asmatullah Rehmatullah, Imran Ahmed, Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Trends in poverty risks among people with and without limiting-longstanding illness by employment status in Sweden, Denmark, and the United Kingdom during the current economic recession – a comparative study
Johanna Falk, Daniel Bruce, Bo Burström, Karsten Thielen, Margaret Whitehead, Lotta Nylén
Suicide and related health risk behaviours among school learners in South Africa: results from the 2002 and 2008 national youth risk behaviour surveys
Hilda N Shilubane, Robert AC Ruiter, Bart van den Borne, Ronel Sewpaul, Shamagonam James, Priscilla S Reddy
Interest in dietary pattern, social capital, and psychological distress: a cross-sectional study in a rural Japanese community
Kazuyo Motohashi, Yoshihiro Kaneko, Koji Fujita, Yutaka Motohashi, Akira Nakamura
The impact of Fogarty International Center research training programs on public health policy and program development in Kenya and Uganda
Sara Bennett, Ligia Paina, Freddie Ssengooba, Douglas Waswa, James M M’Imunya
Are rehabilitation services following stroke accessed equitably in Australia?: findings from the psychosocial outcomes in stroke (POISE) cohort study
Stephen Jan, Beverley M Essue, Nick Glozier, Richard Lindley, Qiang Li, Maree L Hackett
Immunization coverage and predictive factors for complete and age-appropriate vaccination among preschoolers in Athens, Greece: a cross- sectional study
Ioanna D Pavlopoulou, Koralia A Michail, Evangelia Samoli, George Tsiftis, Konstantinos Tsoumakas
Dietary diversity of formal and informal residents in Johannesburg, South Africa
Scott Drimie, Mieke Faber, Jo Vearey, Lorena Nunez
First result of differentiated communication—to smokers and non-smokers—in order to increase the voluntary participation rate in lung screening
Mariann Moizs, Gábor Bajzik, Zsuzsanna Lelovics, Marianna Rakvács, János Strausz, Imre Repa
Exploration of risk taking behaviors and perceived susceptibility of colorectal cancer among Malaysian adults: a community based cross-sectional study
Sami AR Al-Dubai, Kurubaran Ganasegeran, Aied M Alabsi, Shamsul A Shah, Farid MM Razali, John T Arokiasamy
Trends in birth weight and the prevalence of low birth weight and small-for-gestational-age in Surinamese South Asian babies since 1974: cross-sectional study of three birth cohorts
Jeroen A de Wilde, Stef van Buuren, Barend JC Middelkoop
High school dropout and long-term sickness and disability in young adulthood: a prospective propensity score stratified cohort study (the Young-HUNT study)
Karin A A De Ridder, Kristine Pape, Koenraad Cuypers, Roar Johnsen, Turid Lingaas Holmen, Steinar Westin, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard
Harmonizing WHO’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): importance and methods to link disease and functioning
Reuben Escorpizo, Nenad Kostanjsek, Cille Kennedy, Molly Meri Robinson Nicol, Gerold Stucki, Tevfik Bedirhan Üstün
The potential impact on obesity of a 10% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Ireland, an effect assessment modelling study
Adam DM Briggs, Oliver T Mytton, David Madden, Donal O’Shea, Mike Rayner, Peter Scarborough
Seasonal variation in the prevalence of acute undernutrition among children under five years of age in east rural Ethiopia: a longitudinal study
Gudina Egata, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku
A birth cohort study of viral infections in Vietnamese infants and children: study design, methods and characteristics of the cohort
Katherine L Anders, Nguyet Minh Nguyen, Nguyen Thi Van Thuy, Nguyen Trong Hieu, Hoa L Nguyen, Nguyen Thi Hong Tham, Phan Thi Thanh Ha, Le Bich Lien, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Cameron P Simmons
Body mass index and overweight in relation to residence distance and population density: experience from the Northern Finland birth cohort 1966
Simo Näyhä, Tiina Lankila, Arja Rautio, Markku Koiranen, Tuija H Tammelin, Anja Taanila, Jarmo Rusanen, Jaana Laitinen
Hepatitis B knowledge, perceptions and practices in the French general population: the room for improvement
Cécile Brouard, Arnaud Gautier, Leïla Saboni, Christine Jestin, Caroline Semaille, Nathalie Beltzer
What the newspapers say about medication adherence: a content analysis
Nicola A Goodfellow, Basima A Almomani, Ahmed F Hawwa, James C McElnay
Scale development on consumer behavior toward counterfeit drugs in a developing country: a quantitative study exploiting the tools of an evolving paradigm
Abubakr A Alfadl, Mohamed Izham b Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali
Violence against women in sex work and HIV risk implications differ qualitatively by perpetrator
Michele R Decker, Erin Pearson, Samantha L Illangasekare, Erin Clark, Susan G Sherman
Attitudes towards euthanasia in severely ill and dementia patients and cremation in Cyprus: a population-based survey
Anastasios Televantos, Michael A Talias, Marianna Charalambous, Elpidoforos S Soteriades
Changes in use of time, activity patterns, and health and wellbeing across retirement: design and methods of the life after work study
Carol A Maher, Nicola W Burton, Jannique GZ van Uffelen, Wendy J Brown, Judy A Sprod, Tim S Olds
Intimate partner violence and help-seeking – a cross-sectional study of women in Sweden
Mariana Dufort, Clara Hellner Gumpert, Marlene Stenbacka
Socioeconomic variation in the burden of chronic conditions and health care provision – analyzing administrative individual level data from the Basque Country, Spain
Juan F Orueta, Arturo García-Álvarez, Edurne Alonso-Morán, Laura Vallejo-Torres, Roberto Nuño-Solinis
Tuberculosis case finding based on symptom screening among immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Rome
Monica Sañé Schepisi, Gina Gualano, Claudia Fellus, Nazario Bevilacqua, Marco Vecchi, Pierluca Piselli, Giuliana Battagin, Giulia Silvestrini, Andrea Attanasio, Alberto Vela, Giorgia Rocca, Alessandro Rinaldi, Pietro Benedetti, Salvatore Geraci, Francesco Nicola Lauria, Enrico Girardi
Designing a handwashing station for infrastructure-restricted communities in Bangladesh using the integrated behavioural model for water, sanitation and hygiene interventions (IBM-WASH)
Kristyna RS Hulland, Elli Leontsini, Robert Dreibelbis, Leanne Unicomb, Aasma Afroz, Notan Chandra Dutta, Fosiul Alam Nizame, Stephen P Luby, Pavani K Ram, Peter J Winch
Study protocol - Indigenous Australian social networks and the impact on smoking policy and programs in Australia: protocol for a mixed-method prospective study
Raglan Maddox, Rachel Davey, Tom Cochrane, Ray Lovett, Anke van der Sterren
A randomized controlled trial to prevent childhood obesity through early childhood feeding and parenting guidance: rationale and design of study
Elizabeth Reifsnider, David P McCormick, Karen W Cullen, Laura Szalacha, Michael W Moramarco, Abigail Diaz, Lucy Reyna
Determinants of binge drinking in a permissive environment: focus group interviews with Dutch adolescents and parents
Astrid Jander, Liesbeth Mercken, Rik Crutzen, Hein de Vries
Age-period-cohort analysis for trends in body mass index in Ireland
Tao Jiang, Mark S Gilthorpe, Frances Shiely, Janas M Harrington, Ivan J Perry, Cecily C Kelleher, Yu-Kang Tu
Objectively determined physical activity levels of primary school children in south-west Germany
Sarah Kettner, Susanne Kobel, Nanette Fischbach, Clemens Drenowatz, Jens Dreyhaupt, Tamara Wirt, Benjamin Koch, Jürgen Michael Steinacker
Survey of Brucellainfection and malaria among Abattoir workers in Kampala and Mbarara Districts, Uganda
Immaculate Nabukenya, Deogratius Kaddu-Mulindwa, George William Nasinyama
Validity and timeliness of syndromic influenza surveillance during the autumn/winter wave of A (H1N1) influenza 2009: results of emergency medical dispatch, ambulance and emergency department data from three European regions
Nicole Rosenkötter, Alexandra Ziemann, Luis Garcia-Castrillo Riesgo, Jean Bernard Gillet, Gernot Vergeiner, Thomas Krafft, Helmut Brand
Effect of an educational intervention on HPV knowledge and vaccine attitudes among urban employed women and female undergraduate students in China: a cross-sectional study
Irene J Chang, Rong Huang, Wei He, Shao-Kai Zhang, Shao-Ming Wang, Fang-Hui Zhao, Jennifer S Smith, You-Lin Qiao
Prevalence of multimorbidity according to the deprivation level among the elderly in the Basque Country
Juan F Orueta, Roberto Nuño-Solinís, Arturo García-Alvarez, Edurne Alonso-Morán
Family planning counseling for women living with HIV: a systematic review of the evidence of effectiveness on contraceptive uptake and pregnancy incidence, 1990 to 2011
Kevin R O’Reilly, Caitlin E Kennedy, Virginia A Fonner, Michael D Sweat
Rationale, design and methods for a community-based study of clustering and cumulative effects of chronic disease processes and their effects on ageing: the Busselton healthy ageing study
Alan James, Michael Hunter, Leon Straker, John Beilby, Romola Bucks, Tim Davis, Robert H Eikelboom, David Hillman, Jennie Hui, Joe Hung, Matthew Knuiman, David A Mackey, Robert U Newton, Lyle J Palmer, AW Bill Musk
Undernutrition among HIV positive women in Humera hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2013: antiretroviral therapy alone is not enough, cross sectional study
Tsegazeab Hailu Hadgu, Walelegn Worku, Desalegn Tetemke, Hailemariam Berhe
Respiratory symptoms and lung function 8–10 months after community exposure to chlorine gas: a public health intervention and cross-sectional analysis
Kathleen A Clark, Debjani Chanda, Pallavi Balte, Wilfried J Karmaus, Bo Cai, John Vena, Andrew B Lawson, Lawrence C Mohr, James J Gibson, Erik R Svendsen
The Study of the Prevention of Anal Cancer (SPANC): design and methods of a three-year prospective cohort study
Dorothy A Machalek, Andrew E Grulich, Richard J Hillman, Fengyi Jin, David J Templeton, Sepehr N Tabrizi, Suzanne M Garland, Garrett Prestage, Kirsten McCaffery, Kirsten Howard, Winnie Tong, Christopher K Fairley, Jennifer Roberts, Annabelle Farnsworth, I Mary Poynten
A lesson in business: cost-effectiveness analysis of a novel financial incentive intervention for increasing physical activity in the workplace
Mary Anne T Dallat, Ruth F Hunter, Mark A Tully, Karen J Cairns, Frank Kee
The health, social and educational needs of children who have survived meningitis and septicaemia: the parents’ perspective
Laura J Clark, Linda Glennie, Suzanne Audrey, Matthew Hickman, Caroline L Trotter
A school-based program implemented by community providers previously trained for the prevention of eating and weight-related problems in secondary-school adolescents: the MABIC study protocol
David Sánchez-Carracedo, Gemma López-Guimerà, Jordi Fauquet, Juan Ramón Barrada, Montserrat Pàmias, Joaquim Puntí, Mireia Querol, Esther Trepat
Obesity prevalence and unfavorable health risk behaviors among German kindergarten teachers: cross-sectional results of the kindergarten teacher health study
Sascha W Hoffmann, Suzan Tug, Perikles Simon
Illness cognition as a predictor of exercise habits and participation in cardiac prevention and rehabilitation programs after acute coronary syndrome
Orna Reges, Noa Vilchinsky, Morton Leibowitz, Abdulrahem Khaskia, Morris Mosseri, Jeremy D Kark
Exclusive breastfeeding practices in relation to social and health determinants: a comparison of the 2006 and 2011 Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys
Vishnu Khanal, Kay Sauer, Yun Zhao
Assessment of population exposure to PM10 for respiratory disease in Lanzhou (China) and its health-related economic costs based on GIS
Zhaobin Sun, Xingqin An, Yan Tao, Qing Hou
Maternal awareness of young children’s physical activity: levels and cross-sectional correlates of overestimation
Kathryn R Hesketh, Alison M McMinn, Simon J Griffin, Nicholas C Harvey, Keith M Godfrey, Hazel M Inskip, Cyrus Cooper, Esther MF van Sluijs
FRED (A Framework for Reconstructing Epidemic Dynamics): an open-source software system for modeling infectious diseases and control strategies using census-based populations
John J Grefenstette, Shawn T Brown, Roni Rosenfeld, Jay DePasse, Nathan TB Stone, Phillip C Cooley, William D Wheaton, Alona Fyshe, David D Galloway, Anuroop Sriram, Hasan Guclu, Thomas Abraham, Donald S Burke
Job insecurity during recessions: effects on survivors’ work stress
Sepideh Modrek, Mark R Cullen
An analysis of socio-demographic patterns in child malnutrition trends using Ghana demographic and health survey data in the period 1993–2008
Dickson A Amugsi, Maurice B Mittelmark, Anna Lartey
Smoke-free or not: a pilot evaluation in selected Beijing Hospitals
Frances A Stillman, Michelle R Kaufman, Anjie Zhen, Jingyan Yang, Jiangbo Wang, Na Zhao
Trends in added sugar supply and consumption in Australia: there is an Australian Paradox
Alan W Barclay, Jennie C Brand-Miller
Assessing positive mental health in people with chronic physical health problems: correlations with socio-demographic variables and physical health status
Teresa Lluch-Canut, Montserrat Puig-Llobet, Aurelia Sánchez-Ortega, Juan Roldán-Merino, Carmen Ferré-Grau
Tobacco smoking, associated risk behaviours, and experience with quitting: a qualitative study with homeless smokers addicted to drugs and alcohol
Laura Garner, Elena Ratschen
Multicentric cohort study on the long-term efficacy and safety of electronic cigarettes: study design and methodology
Lamberto Manzoli, Carlo La Vecchia, Maria Elena Flacco, Lorenzo Capasso, Valentina Simonetti, Stefania Boccia, Angela Di Baldassarre, Paolo Villari, Andrea Mezzetti, Giancarlo Cicolini
Child-oriented marketing techniques in snack food packages in Guatemala
Violeta Chacon, Paola Letona, Joaquin Barnoya
Community social capital and suicide mortality in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional registry-based study
Anton E Kunst, Carolien van Hooijdonk, Mariël Droomers, Johan P Mackenbach
Social and spatial patterns of obesity diffusion over three decades in a Norwegian county population: the HUNT Study
Steinar Krokstad, Linda Ernstsen, Erik R Sund, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Arnulf Langhammer, Kristian Midthjell, Turid Lingaas Holmen, Jostein Holmen, Håvard Thoen, Steinar Westin
Frequency of child maltreatment in a representative sample of the German population
Benjamin Iffland, Elmar Brähler, Frank Neuner, Winfried Häuser, Heide Glaesmer
Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use among hospital outpatients in South Africa: results from a randomized controlled trial
Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer, Linda Skaal, Hendry Van der Heever
Associations between risk perception, spontaneous adaptation behavior to heat waves and heatstroke in Guangdong province, China
Tao Liu, Yan Jun Xu, Yong Hui Zhang, Qing Hua Yan, Xiu Ling Song, Hui Yan Xie, Yuan Luo, Shannon Rutherford, Cordia Chu, Hua Liang Lin, Wen Jun Ma
A population-based study of overweight and obesity in expectant parents: socio-demographic patterns and within-couple associations
Kristina Edvardsson, Marie Lindkvist, Eva Eurenius, Ingrid Mogren, Rhonda Small, Anneli Ivarsson
Lung cancer mortality and exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in British coke oven workers
Brian G Miller, Emma Doust, John W Cherrie, J Fintan Hurley
Prevalence and epidemiological correlates and treatment outcome of HCV infection in an Italian prison setting
Micaela Brandolini, Stefano Novati, Annalisa De Silvestri, Carmine Tinelli, Savino Francesco Antonio Patruno, Roberto Ranieri, Elena Seminari
Individual and environmental factors associated for overweight in urban population of Brazil
Larissa L Mendes, Helena Nogueira, Cristina Padez, Maria Ferrao, Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez
Early life predictors of preschool overweight and obesity: a case–control study in Sri Lanka
Kumari M Rathnayake, Aberna Satchithananthan, Senarath Mahamithawa, Ranil Jayawardena
The Children and Parents in Focusproject: a population-based cluster-randomised controlled trial to prevent behavioural and emotional problems in children
Raziye Salari, Helena Fabian, Ron Prinz, Steven Lucas, Inna Feldman, Amanda Fairchild, Anna Sarkadi
International mobility, sexual behaviour and HIV-related characteristics of men who have sex with men residing in Belgium
Wim Vanden Berghe, Christiana Nöstlinger, Harm Hospers, Marie Laga
Effect evaluation of a two-year complex intervention to reduce loneliness in non-institutionalised elderly Dutch people
Rianne Honigh-de Vlaming, Annemien Haveman-Nies, Judith Heinrich, Pieter van‵t Veer, Lisette CPGM de Groot
Children’s Healthy Living (CHL) Program for remote underserved minority populations in the Pacific region: rationale and design of a community randomized trial to prevent early childhood obesity
Lynne R Wilken, Rachel Novotny, Marie K Fialkowski, Carol J Boushey, Claudio Nigg, Yvette Paulino, Rachael Leon Guerrero, Andrea Bersamin, Don Vargo, Jang Kim, Jonathan Deenik
Alcohol assessment & feedback by e-mail for university student hazardous and harmful drinkers: study protocol for the AMADEUS-2 randomised controlled trial
Jim McCambridge, Marcus Bendtsen, Nadine Karlsson, Ian R White, Preben Bendtsen
Evaluation of the national roll-out of parenting programmes across England: the parenting early intervention programme (PEIP)
Geoff Lindsay, Steve Strand
Association between parity and dentition status among Japanese women: Japan public health center-based oral health study
Masayuki Ueno, Satoko Ohara, Manami Inoue, Shoichiro Tsugane, Yoko Kawaguchi
Measuring health literacy in populations: illuminating the design and development process of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q)
Kristine Sørensen, Stephan Van den Broucke, Jürgen M Pelikan, James Fullam, Gerardine Doyle, Zofia Slonska, Barbara Kondilis, Vivian Stoffels, Richard H Osborne, Helmut Brand
Community food program use in Inuvik, Northwest Territories
James D Ford, Marie-Pierre Lardeau, Hilary Blackett, Susan Chatwood, Denise Kurszewski
Using intervention mapping for the development of a targeted secure web-based outreach strategy named SafeFriend, for Chlamydia trachomatis testing in young people at risk
Kevin ATM Theunissen, Christian JPA Hoebe, Rik Crutzen, Chakib Kara-Zaïtri, Nanne K de Vries, Jan EAM van Bergen, Marianne AB van der Sande, Nicole HTM Dukers-Muijrers
Exploring the effects of task shifting for HIV through a systems thinking lens: the case of Burkina Faso
Fadima Yaya Bocoum, Seni Kouanda, Bocar Kouyaté, Sennen Hounton, Taghreed Adam
Increased risk and related factors of depression among patients with COPD: a population-based cohort study
Tzung-Yi Tsai, Hanoch Livneh, Ming-Chi Lu, Pang-Yau Tsai, Pei-Chun Chen, Fung-Chang Sung
Identification of barriers to the prevention and treatment of heat-related illness in Latino farmworkers using activity-oriented, participatory rural appraisal focus group methods
Michelle Lam, Jennifer Krenz, Pablo Palmández, Maria Negrete, Martha Perla, Helen Murphy-Robinson, June T Spector
Physical activity in adults with and without diabetes: from the ‘high-risk’ approach to the ‘population-based’ approach of prevention
Abla Mehio Sibai, Christy Costanian, Rania Tohme, Shafika Assaad, Nahla Hwalla
Chronic disease prevention policy in British Columbia and Ontario in light of public health renewal: a comparative policy analysis
Anita Kothari, Dana Gore, Marjorie MacDonald, Gayle Bursey, Diane Allan, Jennifer Scarr
Does doing housework keep you healthy? The contribution of domestic physical activity to meeting current recommendations for health
Marie H Murphy, Paul Donnelly, Gavin Breslin, Simon Shibli, Alan M Nevill
Association between health examination items and body mass index among school children in Hualien, Taiwan
Chia-Hsiang Chu, Jen-Hung Wang, Rong-Hwa Jan, Chih-Hao Huang, Ching-Feng Cheng
Association of food-hygiene practices and diarrhea prevalence among Indonesian young children from low socioeconomic urban areas
Rina Agustina, Tirta P Sari, Soemilah Satroamidjojo, Ingeborg MJ Bovee-Oudenhoven, Edith JM Feskens, Frans J Kok
Tobacco use in older adults in Ghana: sociodemographic characteristics, health risks and subjective wellbeing
Alfred E Yawson, Akosua Baddoo, Nana Ayegua Hagan-Seneadza, Benedict Calys-Tagoe, Sandra Hewlett, Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, George Mensah, Nadia Minicuci, Nirmala Naidoo, Somnath Chatterji, Paul Kowal, Richard Biritwum
A cross-sectional examination of school characteristics associated with overweight and obesity among grade 1 to 4 students
Scott T Leatherdale
Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in Croatia: a matched case–control study
Anamarija Jurcev-Savicevic, Rosanda Mulic, Bozica Ban, Karlo Kozul, Ljiljana Bacun-Ivcek, Jasna Valic, Gordana Popijac-Cesar, Snjezana Marinovic-Dunatov, Majda Gotovac, Aleksandar Simunovic
Quality of screening with conventional Pap smear in Austria – a longitudinal evaluation
Éva Rásky, Peter Regitnig, Michél Schenouda, Nathalie Burkert, Wolfgang Freidl
Association between body mass index and health-related quality of life, and the impact of self-reported long-term conditions – cross-sectional study from the south Yorkshire cohort dataset
Benjamin Kearns, Roberta Ara, Tracey Young, Clare Relton
A feasibility study of short message service text messaging as a surveillance tool for alcohol consumption and vehicle for interventions in university students
Simon C Moore, Katherine Crompton, Stephanie van Goozen, Marianne van den Bree, Julia Bunney, Emma Lydall
Public health economics: a systematic review of guidance for the economic evaluation of public health interventions and discussion of key methodological issues
Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Joanna Mary Charles, Huw Lloyd-Williams
Influence of smoking and diet on glycated haemoglobin and 'pre-diabetes’ categorisation: a cross-sectional analysis
Antonis Vlassopoulos, Michael EJ Lean, Emilie Combet
X ray screening at entry and systematic screening for the control of tuberculosis in a highly endemic prison
Alexandra Sanchez, Veronique Massari, Germano Gerhardt, Ana Beatriz Espinola, Mahinda Siriwardana, Luiz Antonio B Camacho, Bernard Larouzé
Association between erythrocyte parameters and metabolic syndrome in urban Han Chinese: a longitudinal cohort study
Shuo Wu, Haiyan Lin, Chengqi Zhang, Qian Zhang, Dongzhi Zhang, Yongyuan Zhang, Wenjia Meng, Zhenxin Zhu, Fang Tang, Fuzhong Xue, Yanxun Liu
Do outcomes differ between work and non-work-related injury in a universal injury compensation system? Findings from the New Zealand Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study
Rebbecca Lilley, Gabrielle Davie, John Langley, Shanthi Ameratunga, Sarah Derrett
Bristol girls dance project (BGDP): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of an after-school dance programme to increase physical activity among 11–12 year old girls
Russell Jago, Mark J Edwards, Simon J Sebire, Ashley R Cooper, Jane E Powell, Emma L Bird, Joanne Simon, Peter S Blair
Risk equations for the development of worsened glucose status and type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Swedish intervention program
Anne Neumann, Margareta Norberg, Olaf Schoffer, Fredrik Norström, Ingegerd Johansson, Stefanie J Klug, Lars Lindholm
Hygiene perception changes during the influenza A H1N1 pandemic in Germany: incorporating the results of two cross-sectional telephone surveys 2008–2009
Gerald Meilicke, Klaus Riedmann, Walter Biederbick, Ute Müller, Traugott Wierer, Cornelius Bartels
The effects of vitamin D2 or D3supplementation on glycaemic control and related metabolic parameters in people at risk of type 2 diabetes: protocol of a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial
Ravi K Menon, Anna P Rickard, Nasima Mannan, Peter M Timms, Stephen J Sharp, Adrian Martineau, Barbara J Boucher, Tahseen A Chowdhury, Christopher J Griffiths, Simon J Griffin, Graham A Hitman, Nita G Forouhi
Beyond Bushfires: Community, Resilience and Recovery - a longitudinal mixed method study of the medium to long term impacts of bushfires on mental health and social connectedness
Lisa Gibbs, Elizabeth Waters, Richard A Bryant, Philippa Pattison, Dean Lusher, Louise Harms, John Richardson, Colin MacDougall, Karen Block, Elyse Snowdon, Hugh Colin Gallagher, Vikki Sinnott, Greg Ireton, David Forbes
Outreach for chlamydia and gonorrhoea screening: a systematic review of strategies and outcomes
Belinda Hengel, Muhammad S Jamil, Jacqueline K Mein, Lisa Maher, John M Kaldor, Rebecca J Guy
Prevalence, genotype profile and risk factors for multiple human papillomavirus cervical infection in unimmunized female adolescents in Goiânia, Brazil: a community-based study
Rosane Ribeiro Figueiredo Alves, Marília Dalva Turchi, Lyana Elias Santos, Eleuse Machado de Britto Guimarães, Mônica Maria Danda Garcia, Mirian Socorro Cardoso Seixas, Luisa Lina Villa, Maria Cecília Costa, Marise Amaral Rebouças Moreira, Maria de Fátima da Costa Alves
Study protocol: evaluation of a parenting and stress management programme: a randomised controlled trial of Triple P Discussion Groups and Stress Control
Melanie L Palmer, Marion Henderson, Matthew R Sanders, Louise J Keown, Jim White
Systematic development of a text-driven and a video-driven web-based computer-tailored obesity prevention intervention
Michel Jean Louis Walthouwer, Anke Oenema, Katja Soetens, Lilian Lechner, Hein De Vries
The Integrated Behavioural Model for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: a systematic review of behavioural models and a framework for designing and evaluating behaviour change interventions in infrastructure-restricted settings
Robert Dreibelbis, Peter J Winch, Elli Leontsini, Kristyna RS Hulland, Pavani K Ram, Leanne Unicomb, Stephen P Luby
Efficacy of 'Tailored Physical Activity’ in reducing sickness absence among health care workers: design of a randomised controlled trial
Lotte Nygaard Andersen, Birgit Juul-Kristensen, Kirsten Kaya Roessler, Lene Gram Herborg, Thomas Lund Sørensen, Karen Søgaard
A public private partnership to fight against malaria along the Chad-Cameroon pipeline corridor: I. Baseline data on socio-anthropological aspects, knowledge, attitudes and practices of the population concerning malaria
Roger Moyou-Somo, Paul Essomba, Eva Songue, Natacha Nsiewe Tchoubou, Anita Ntambo, Huguette Ngo Hiol, Jacques Pokam Kemajou, Marie-José Essi, Pascal Millet
Heme iron intake and risk of new-onset diabetes in a Mediterranean population at high risk of cardiovascular disease: an observational cohort analysis
Jose Candido Fernandez-Cao, Victoria Arija, Nuria Aranda, Monica Bullo, Josep Basora, Miguel Angel Martínez-González, Javier Díez-Espino, Jordi Salas-Salvadó
An exploration of elevated HIV and STI risk among male sex workers from India
Prakash Narayanan, Anjana Das, Guy Morineau, Parimi Prabhakar, Gururaj Rao Deshpande, Raman Gangakhedkar, Arun Risbud
Walk well: a randomised controlled trial of a walking intervention for adults with intellectual disabilities: study protocol
Fiona Mitchell, Craig Melville, Kirsten Stalker, Lynsay Matthews, Alex McConnachie, Heather Murray, Andrew Walker, Nanette Mutrie
“You are wasting our drugs”: health service barriers to HIV treatment for sex workers in Zimbabwe
Sibongile Mtetwa, Joanna Busza, Samson Chidiya, Stanley Mungofa, Frances Cowan
Associations between employee and manager gender: impacts on gender-specific risk of acute occupational injury in metal manufacturing
Jessica T Kubo, Mark R Cullen, Manisha Desai, Sepideh Modrek
The independent effects of second hand smoke exposure and maternal body mass index on the anthropometric measurements of the newborn
Hayfaa A Wahabi, Ahmed A Mandil, Rasmieh A Alzeidan, Ahmed A Bahnassy, Amel A Fayed
What practices do parents perceive as effective or ineffective in promoting a healthy diet, physical activity, and less sitting in children: parent focus groups
Sara De Lepeleere, Ann DeSmet, Maïté Verloigne, Greet Cardon, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Socio-economic inequality and HIV in South Africa
Njeri Wabiri, Negussie Taffa
Reducing office workers’ sitting time: rationale and study design for the Stand Up Victoria cluster randomized trial
David W Dunstan, Glen Wiesner, Elizabeth G Eakin, Maike Neuhaus, Neville Owen, Anthony D LaMontagne, Marj Moodie, Elisabeth AH Winkler, Brianna S Fjeldsoe, Sheleigh Lawler, Genevieve N Healy
Intersectoral action for health equity: a rapid systematic review
Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh, Hannah Moffatt
Neighborhood socio-economic disadvantage and race/ethnicity as predictors of breast cancer stage at diagnosis
Yvonne N Flores, Pamela L Davidson, Terry T Nakazono, Daisy C Carreon, Cynthia M Mojica, Roshan Bastani
Does decreasing serum uric acid level prevent hypertension? – a nested RCT in cohort study: rationale, methods, and baseline characteristics of study cohort
Kun Song, Yuan Wang, Guolin Wang, Qing Zhang, Huanli Jiao, Guowei Huang, Wenli Lu
Active lifestyles related to excellent self-rated health and quality of life: cross sectional findings from 194,545 participants in The 45 and Up Study
Richard R Rosenkranz, Mitch J Duncan, Sara K Rosenkranz, Gregory S Kolt
Ten-year changes in the prevalence of overweight, obesity and central obesity among the Chinese adults in urban Shanghai, 1998–2007 — comparison of two cross-sectional surveys
Xuhong Hou, Yu Liu, Huijuan Lu, Xiaojing Ma, Cheng Hu, Yuqian Bao, Weiping Jia
Twentieth anniversary of the European Union health mandate: taking stock of perceived achievements, failures and missed opportunities – a qualitative study
Nicole Rosenkötter, Timo Clemens, Kristine Sørensen, Helmut Brand
Is educational attainment related to end-of-life decision-making? A large post-mortem survey in Belgium
Kenneth Chambaere, Judith AC Rietjens, Joachim Cohen, Koen Pardon, Reginald Deschepper, H Roeline W Pasman, Luc Deliens
A prospective population-based cohort study of lactation and cardiovascular disease mortality: the HUNT study
Tone Natland Fagerhaug, Siri Forsmo, Geir Wenberg Jacobsen, Kristian Midthjell, Lene Frost Andersen, Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen
Perception of masculinity amongst young Malaysian men: a qualitative study of university students
Zahra Fazli Khalaf, Wah Yun Low, Behzad Ghorbani, Effat Merghati Khoei
Designing a theory- and evidence-based tailored eHealth rehabilitation aftercare program in Germany and the Netherlands: study protocol
Dominique Reinwand, Tim Kuhlmann, Julian Wienert, Hein de Vries, Sonia Lippke
Dental caries in 14- and 15-year-olds in New South Wales, Australia
John Skinner, George Johnson, Claire Phelan, Anthony Blinkhorn
Water and beverage consumption among adults in the United States: cross-sectional study using data from NHANES 2005–2010
Adam Drewnowski, Colin D Rehm, Florence Constant
Evidence that a tax on sugar sweetened beverages reduces the obesity rate: a meta-analysis
Maria A Cabrera Escobar, J Lennert Veerman, Stephen M Tollman, Melanie Y Bertram, Karen J Hofman
Interpersonal discrimination and depressive symptomatology: examination of several personality-related characteristics as potential confounders in a racial/ethnic heterogeneous adult sample
Haslyn ER Hunte, Katherine King, Margaret Hicken, Hedwig Lee, Tené T Lewis
Effectiveness of a parental training programme in enhancing the parent–child relationship and reducing harsh parenting practices and parental stress in preparing children for their transition to primary school: a randomised controlled trial
Ho Cheung William Li, Sophia SC Chan, Yim Wah Mak, Tai Hing Lam
Impact of human papillomavirus-related genital diseases on quality of life and psychosocial wellbeing: results of an observational, health-related quality of life study in the UK
Géraldine Dominiak-Felden, Catherine Cohet, Samantha Atrux-Tallau, Hélène Gilet, Amanda Tristram, Alison Fiander
Multivariable analysis of the association between fathers’ and youths’ physical activity in the United States
Zeynep Isgor, Lisa M Powell, Youfa Wang
Comparison of the Use of H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccinations between veterans and non-veterans in the United States, 2010
Claudia Der-Martirosian, Kevin C Heslin, Michael N Mitchell, Karen Chu, Kim Tran, Aram Dobalian
The concerned significant others of people with gambling problems in a national representative sample in Sweden – a 1 year follow-up study
Jessika Svensson, Ulla Romild, Emma Shepherdson
Understanding consumer acceptance of intervention strategies for healthy food choices: a qualitative study
Colin Bos, Ivo A Van der Lans, Frank J Van Rijnsoever, Hans CM Van Trijp
Associations between heavy episodic drinking and alcohol related injuries: a case control study
Ingeborg Rossow, Stig Tore Bogstrand, Øivind Ekeberg, Per Trygve Normann
Work stress and depressive symptoms in older employees: impact of national labour and social policies
Thorsten Lunau, Morten Wahrendorf, Nico Dragano, Johannes Siegrist
Children’s sedentary behaviour: descriptive epidemiology and associations with objectively-measured sedentary time
Tessa Klitsie, Kirsten Corder, Tommy LS Visscher, Andrew J Atkin, Andrew P Jones, Esther MF van Sluijs
Occupation and educational inequalities in laryngeal cancer: the use of a job index
Irene Santi, Lars Eric Kroll, Andreas Dietz, Heiko Becher, Heribert Ramroth
Gonorrhoea diagnoses in a network of STI clinics in Spain during the period 2006–2010: differences by sex and transmission route
Asuncion Diaz, Cesar Garriga, Jose Antonio Varela, Elisa Fernández, Isabel Sanz, Josep Boronat, Fuensanta Gual, Concepcion Colomo, Josefina López de Munain, Valentin Esteban, Maria Luisa Junquera, Blanca Martínez, Isabel Pueyo, Justo Suárez, Maria Jesus Barberá, Maider Arando, Jose Manuel Ureña, Mercedes Diez
Biobanking across the phenome - at the center of chronic disease research
Medea Imboden, Nicole M Probst-Hensch
Children, parents and pets exercising together (CPET): exploratory randomised controlled trial
Ryan Morrison, John J Reilly, Victoria Penpraze, Carri Westgarth, Dianne S Ward, Nanette Mutrie, Pippa Hutchison, David Young, Lindsay McNicol, Michael Calvert, Philippa S Yam
Evaluating area-level spatial clustering of SalmonellaEnteritidis infections and their socioeconomic determinants in the greater Toronto area, Ontario, Canada (2007 – 2009): a retrospective population-based ecological study
Csaba Varga, David L Pearl, Scott A McEwen, Jan M Sargeant, Frank Pollari, Michele T Guerin
A qualitative evidence synthesis of employees’ views of workplace smoking reduction or cessation interventions
Christopher Carroll, Jo Rick, Joanna Leaviss, David Fishwick, Andrew Booth
Respiratory illness healthcare-seeking behavior assessment in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos)
Mayfong Mayxay, Visanou Hansana, Bouachanh Sengphilom, Latsamy Oulay, Vatsana Thammavongsa, Vatsana Somphet, Chansathit Taykeophithoune, Soudavanh Nathavong, Johnly Phanthady, Kongmany Chareunvong, Phetsavanh Chanthavilay, Vanphanom Sychareun
Admission to hospital for pneumonia and influenza attributable to 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 Influenza in First Nations communities in three provinces of Canada
Michael E Green, Sabrina T Wong, Josée G Lavoie, Jeff Kwong, Leonard MacWilliam, Sandra Peterson, Guoyuan Liu, Alan Katz
Neglected increases in rural road traffic mortality in China: findings based on health data from 2005 to 2010
Yuanxiu Huang, Danping Tian, Lin Gao, Li Li, Xin Deng, Keita Mamady, Guoqing Hu
Non-participation in chlamydia screening in the Netherlands: determinants associated with young people’s intention to participate in chlamydia screening
Gill A ten Hoor, Robert AC Ruiter, Jan EAM van Bergen, Christian JPA Hoebe, Katrijn Houben, Gerjo Kok
Empowerment, partner’s behaviours and intimate partner physical violence among married women in Uganda
Betty Kwagala, Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Patricia Ndugga, Allen Kabagenyi
Type A personality, hostility, time urgency and unintentional injuries among Chinese undergraduates: a matched case–control study
Hongying Shi, Xinjun Yang, Jingjing Wang, Haiyang Xi, Chenping Huang, Jincai He, Maoping Chu, Guihua Zhuang
Prevention of low back pain and its consequences among nurses’ aides in elderly care: a stepped-wedge multi-faceted cluster-randomized controlled trial
Charlotte Diana Nørregaard Rasmussen, Andreas Holtermann, Ole Steen Mortensen, Karen Søgaard, Marie Birk Jørgensen
A systematic review of heterosexual anal intercourse and its role in the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in Papua New Guinea
Angela Kelly-Hanku, Andrew Vallely, Wing Young Nicola Man, David Wilson, Greg Law, Richard Gray
Process evaluation of the Teamplay parenting intervention pilot: implications for recruitment, retention and course refinement
Russell Jago, Simon J Sebire, Georgina F Bentley, Katrina M Turner, Joanna K Goodred, Kenneth R Fox, Sarah Stewart-Brown, Patricia J Lucas
The effect of psychosocial stress on single mothers’ smoking
Stefanie Sperlich, Mercy Nyambura Maina, Dorothee Noeres
Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in Sudan: a case–control study comparing interferon-γ release assay and tuberculin skin test
Amani Osman Shakak, Eltahir Awad Gasim Khalil, Ahmed Mudawi Musa, Kawthar Abd Eljalil Mohamed Salih, Abd Elgadir Ali Bashir, Ala Hassan Ahmed, Fath Elrahman Mohamed Idris, Ahmed Mohamed Elhassan
The association between hyperuricemia and betel nut chewing in Taiwanese men: a cross-sectional study
Tsai-Sung Tai, Chih-Cheng Hsu, Hsiang-Chu Pai, Wen-Hsin Liu, Yueh-Han Hsu
Social media use by community-based organizations conducting health promotion: a content analysis
Shoba Ramanadhan, Samuel R Mendez, Megan Rao, Kasisomayajula Viswanath
Explaining the decline in coronary heart disease mortality in Turkey between 1995 and 2008
Belgin Unal, Kaan Sözmen, Hale Arık, Gül Gerçeklioğlu, Deniz Utku Altun, Hatice Şimşek, Sinem Doganay, Yücel Demiral, Özgür Aslan, Kathleen Bennett, Martin O´Flaherty, Simon Capewell, Julia Critchley
Facilitating HIV status disclosure for pregnant women and partners in rural Kenya: a qualitative study
Melonie M Walcott, Abigail M Hatcher, Zachary Kwena, Janet M Turan
Trends in influenza vaccination coverage in Portugal from 1998 to 2010: effect of major pandemic threats
Cátia Sousa Pinto, Baltazar Nunes, Maria João Branco, José Marinho Falcão
Exploring the use of mobile phone technology for the enhancement of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV program in Nyanza, Kenya: a qualitative study
Larissa Jennings, John Ong’ech, Rogers Simiyu, Martin Sirengo, Seble Kassaye
Experiences on recruitment and retention of volunteers in the first HIV vaccine trial in Dar es Salam, Tanzania - the phase I/II HIVIS 03 trial
Muhammad Bakari, Patricia Munseri, Joel Francis, Eric Aris, Candida Moshiro, David Siyame, Mohamed Janabi, Mary Ngatoluwa, Said Aboud, Eligius Lyamuya, Eric Sandström, Fred Mhalu
Did past economic prosperity affect the health related quality of life predictors? A longitudinal study on a representative sample of Slovenian family medicine patients
Anja Cerne, Igor Svab, Janko Kersnik, Polona Selic
What constitutes the best sex life for gay and bisexual men? Implications for HIV prevention
Adam Bourne, Gary Hammond, Ford Hickson, David Reid, Axel J Schmidt, Peter Weatherburn
The H1N1 pandemic: media frames, stigmatization and coping
Michael McCauley, Sara Minsky, Kasisomayajula Viswanath
Gender differences in exposure to SRH information and risky sexual debut among poor Myanmar youths
Phyu Phyu Thin Zaw, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Edward McNeil, Thien Thien Htay
The importance of parental beliefs and support for pedometer-measured physical activity on school days and weekend days among Canadian children
Kerry A Vander Ploeg, Stefan Kuhle, Katerina Maximova, Jonathan McGavock, Biao Wu, Paul J Veugelers
The relevance of socio-demographic and occupational variables for the assessment of work-related stress risk
Alessandro Marinaccio, Pierpaolo Ferrante, Marisa Corfiati, Cristina Di Tecco, Bruna M Rondinone, Michela Bonafede, Matteo Ronchetti, Benedetta Persechino, Sergio Iavicoli
Multimorbidity prevalence in the general population: the role of obesity in chronic disease clustering
Calypse B Agborsangaya, Emmanuel Ngwakongnwi, Markus Lahtinen, Tim Cooke, Jeffrey A Johnson
Design of a quasi-experiment on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of using the child-interview intervention during the investigation following a report of child abuse and/or neglect
Froukje Snoeren, Cees Hoefnagels, Francien Lamers-Winkelman, Paul Baeten, Silvia MAA Evers
A cluster randomised controlled trial of the Climate Schools: Ecstasy and Emerging Drugs Modulein Australian secondary schools: study protocol
Katrina E Champion, Maree Teesson, Nicola C Newton
Water source and diarrhoeal disease risk in children under 5 years old in Cambodia: a prospective diary based study
Paul R Hunter, Helen Risebro, Marie Yen, Hélène Lefebvre, Chay Lo, Philippe Hartemann, Christophe Longuet, François Jaquenoud
Community stigma endorsement and voluntary counseling and testing behavior and attitudes among female heads of household in Zambézia Province, Mozambique
Abraham Mukolo, Meridith Blevins, Bart Victor, Heather N Paulin, Lara ME Vaz, Mohsin Sidat, Alfredo E Vergara
Antibiotic use and resistance in emerging economies: a situation analysis for Viet Nam
Kinh Van Nguyen, Nga Thuy Thi Do, Arjun Chandna, Trung Vu Nguyen, Ca Van Pham, Phuong Mai Doan, An Quoc Nguyen, Chuc Kim Thi Nguyen, Mattias Larsson, Socorro Escalante, Babatunde Olowokure, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Hellen Gelband, Peter Horby, Ha Bich Thi Ngo, Mai Thanh Hoang, Jeremy Farrar, Tran Tinh Hien, Heiman FL Wertheim
Health promotion in the Danish maritime setting: challenges and possibilities for changing lifestyle behavior and health among seafarers
Lulu Hjarnoe, Anja Leppin
The social gradient in work and health: a cross-sectional study exploring the relationship between working conditions and health inequalities
Oliver Hämmig, Georg F Bauer
Occupational differences, cardiovascular risk factors and lifestyle habits in South Eastern rural Australia
Nathalie Davis-Lameloise, Benjamin Philpot, Edward D Janus, Vincent L Versace, Tiina Laatikainen, Erkki A Vartiainen, James A Dunbar
Predictors of antibiotics co-prescription with antimalarials for patients presenting with fever in rural Tanzania
Mustafa Njozi, Mbaraka Amuri, Majige Selemani, Irene Masanja, Brown Kigahe, Rashid Khatib, Dan Kajungu, Salim Abdula, Alexander N Dodoo
Nutritional status of children under 5 years of age in the Brazilian Western Amazon before and after the Interoceanic highway paving: a population-based study
Alanderson A Ramalho, Saulo AS Mantovani, Breno M Delfino, Thasciany M Pereira, Antonio C Martins, Humberto Oliart-Guzmán, Athos M Brãna, Fernando LCC Branco, Rhanderson G Campos, Andréia S Guimarães, Thiago S Araújo, Cristieli SM Oliveira, Cláudia T Codeço, Pascoal T Muniz, Mônica da Silva-Nunes
Body image and eating patterns among adolescents
Maria del Mar Bibiloni, Jordi Pich, Antoni Pons, Josep A Tur
Invasively-treated incidence of lower extremity peripheral arterial disease and associated factors in Taiwan: 2000–2011 nationwide hospitalized data analysis
Nien-Tzu Chang, Chien-Lung Chan, Yu-Tzuen Lu, Jin-Chyr Hsu, Yuan-Nian Hsu, Dachen Chu, Nan-Ping Yang
A cross-sectional study of low physical fitness, self-rated fitness and psychosocial factors in a sample of Finnish 18- to 64-year-old men
Karoliina S Kaasalainen, Kirsti Kasila, Jari Villberg, Jyrki Komulainen, Marita Poskiparta
The new nordic diet – consumer expenditures and economic incentives estimated from a controlled intervention
Jørgen Dejgård Jensen, Sanne Kellebjerg Poulsen
The association between indoor temperature and body mass index in children: the PIAMA birth cohort study
Floor R Scheffers, Marga BM Bekkers, Marjan Kerkhof, Ulrike Gehring, Gerard H Koppelman, Maarten Schipper, Annemien Haveman-Nies, Alet H Wijga
The prevalence and determinants of impaired fasting glucose in the population of Taiwan
Chen-Mei Chen, Mei Chang Yeh
Predictors of participation in preventive health examinations in Austria
Sophie Brunner-Ziegler, Anita Rieder, Katharina Viktoria Stein, Renate Koppensteiner, Kathryn Hoffmann, Thomas Ernst Dorner
Parental alcohol misuse and hazardous drinking among offspring in a general teenage population: gender-specific findings from the Young-HUNT 3 study
Siri H Haugland, Turid L Holmen, Edle Ravndal, Grete H Bratberg
A longitudinal study of quality of life of earthquake survivors in L’Aquila, Italy
Marco Valenti, Francesco Masedu, Monica Mazza, Sergio Tiberti, Chiara Di Giovanni, Anna Calvarese, Roberta Pirro, Vittorio Sconci
Reducing disease burden and health inequalities arising from chronic disease among indigenous children: an early childhood caries intervention in Aotearoa/New Zealand
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The association between stressful life events and depressive symptoms among Cypriot university students: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study
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School travel and children’s physical activity: a cross-sectional study examining the influence of distance
Guy Faulkner, Michelle Stone, Ron Buliung, Bonny Wong, Raktim Mitra
Burden of micronutrient deficiencies by socio-economic strata in children aged 6 months to 5 years in the Philippines
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Improving Adherence Physical Activity with a Smartphone Application Based on Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (APPCOID)
David Pérez-Cruzado, Antonio I Cuesta-Vargas
Smoking among older childbearing women - a marker of risky health behaviour a registry-based study in Finland
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The Colorado LEAP study: rationale and design of a study to assess the short term longitudinal effectiveness of a preschool nutrition and physical activity program
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Trends in adult current asthma prevalence and contributing risk factors in the United States by state: 2000–2009
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Group involvement and self-rated health among the Japanese elderly: an examination of bonding and bridging social capital
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Obese parents – obese children? Psychological-psychiatric risk factors of parental behavior and experience for the development of obesity in children aged 0–3: study protocol
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Association between neighborhood deprivation and fruits and vegetables consumption and leisure-time physical activity: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis
Luís Alves, Susana Silva, Milton Severo, Diogo Costa, Maria Fátima Pina, Henrique Barros, Ana Azevedo
Associations between occupational indicators and total, work-based and leisure-time sitting: a cross-sectional study
Corneel Vandelanotte, Mitch J Duncan, Camille Short, Matthew Rockloff, Kevin Ronan, Brenda Happell, Lee Di Milia
Prevalence and belief in the continuation of female genital cutting among high school girls: a cross - sectional study in Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia
Mulugeta Tamire, Mitike Molla
Cardiovascular disease in relation to diabetes status in immigrants from the Middle East compared to native Swedes: a cross-sectional study
Louise Bennet, Carl-David Agardh, Ulf Lindblad
Effects of requested, forced and denied shift schedule change on work ability and health of nurses in Europe -Results from the European NEXT-Study
Michael Galatsch, Jian Li, Hanne Derycke, Bernd Hans Müller, Hans Martin Hasselhorn
Reformulating partially hydrogenated vegetable oils to maximise health gains in India: is it feasible and will it meet consumer demand?
Shauna M Downs, Vidhu Gupta, Suparna Ghosh-Jerath, Karen Lock, Anne Marie Thow, Archna Singh
The impact of chronic disease self-management programs: healthcare savings through a community-based intervention
SangNam Ahn, Rashmita Basu, Matthew Lee Smith, Luohua Jiang, Kate Lorig, Nancy Whitelaw, Marcia G Ory
Contributions of major smoking-related diseases to reduction in life expectancy associated with smoking in Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study
Wei Han, Jingmei Jiang, Junyao Li, Xianjia Zeng, Xiaonong Zou, Yanping Wu, Yuanli Chen, Ping Zhao, Lei Hou, Haiyu Pang, Boqi Liu
Effectiveness and feasibility of lowering playground density during recess to promote physical activity and decrease sedentary time at primary school
Sara D’Haese, Delfien Van Dyck, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Greet Cardon
Delayed sleep phase syndrome in adolescents: prevalence and correlates in a large population based study
Børge Sivertsen, Ståle Pallesen, Kjell Morten Stormark, Tormod Bøe, Astri J Lundervold, Mari Hysing
Rates and risk factors for drug resistance tuberculosis in Northeastern China
Qiao Liu, Limei Zhu, Yan Shao, Honghuan Song, Guoli Li, Yang Zhou, Jinyan Shi, Chongqiao Zhong, Cheng Chen, Wei Lu
Spoiled breast milk and bad water; local understandings of diarrhea causes and prevention in rural Sierra Leone
Shannon A McMahon, Asha S George, Fatu Yumkella, Theresa Diaz
Screen-based media use clusters are related to other activity behaviours and health indicators in adolescents
Leon Straker, Anne Smith, Beth Hands, Tim Olds, Rebecca Abbott
Stigma towards a Neglected Tropical Disease: Felt and enacted Stigma Scores among Podoconiosis Patients in Northern Ethiopia
Kebede Deribe, Sara Tomczyk, Elizabeth Mousley, Abreham Tamiru, Gail Davey
Factors associated with HIV infection among children born to mothers on the prevention of mother to child transmission programme at Chitungwiza Hospital, Zimbabwe, 2008
Stella Ngwende, Notion T Gombe, Stanley Midzi, Mufuta Tshimanga, Gerald Shambira, Addmore Chadambuka
Why parents refuse childhood vaccination: a qualitative study using online focus groups
Irene A Harmsen, Liesbeth Mollema, Robert AC Ruiter, Theo GW Paulussen, Hester E de Melker, Gerjo Kok
Improving mental health of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes: protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained online adolescent and parenting support intervention
Naomi J Hackworth, Jan Matthews, Kylie Burke, Zvezdana Petrovic, Britt Klein, Elisabeth A Northam, Michael Kyrios, Lisa Chiechomski, Fergus J Cameron
The transtheoretical model (TTM) questionnaire for smoking cessation: psychometric properties of the Iranian version
Fatemeh Sarbandi, Shamsaddin Niknami, Alireza Hidarnia, Ebrahim Hajizadeh, Ali Montazeri
Heroin use impairs smoking cessation among Australian prisoners
Devon Indig, Alex D Wodak, Robyn L Richmond, Tony G Butler, Vicki A Archer, Kay A Wilhelm
Effect of breastfeeding promotion interventions on cost-effectiveness of rotavirus immunization in Indonesia
Auliya A Suwantika, Maarten J Postma
Thyroid volume, goiter prevalence, and selenium levels in an iodine-sufficient area: a cross-sectional study
Yang Liu, Hui Huang, Jing Zeng, Chengjun Sun
Factors associated with Khat use among youths visiting HIV testing and counseling centers in Gamo Gofa, Southern Ethiopia
Marelign Tilahun, Gistane Ayele
Depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among Vietnamese secondary school students and proposed solutions: a cross-sectional study
Dat Tan Nguyen, Christine Dedding, Tam Thi Pham, Pamela Wright, Joske Bunders
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Brazilian adults: a systematic review
Fernanda de Carvalho Vidigal, Josefina Bressan, Nancy Babio, Jordi Salas-Salvadó
Exploring facilitating factors and barriers to the nationwide dissemination of a Dutch school-based obesity prevention program “DOiT”: a study protocol
Femke van Nassau, Amika S Singh, Willem van Mechelen, Theo GWM Paulussen, Johannes Brug, Mai JM Chinapaw
The oral health of heroin drug users: case study in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zorica Terzic Supic, Ranko Petrovic, Milena Santric Milicevic, Goran Trajkovic, Zoran Bukumiric
Assessing community readiness for overweight and obesity prevention in pre-adolescent girls: a case study
Joanna May Kesten, Noel Cameron, Paula Louise Griffiths
Fruit and vegetable consumption in adolescence and health in early adulthood: a longitudinal analysis of the Statistics Canada’s National Population Health Survey
Yuriko Takaoka, Norito Kawakami
Clustering of risk factors for non-communicable disease and healthcare expenditure in employees with private health insurance presenting for health risk appraisal: a cross-sectional study
Tracy L Kolbe-Alexander, Jaco Conradie, Estelle V Lambert
Outdoor fitness equipment in parks: a qualitative study from older adults’ perceptions
Hsueh-wen Chow
Social and economic impact of diabetics in Bangladesh: protocol for a case–control study
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Andreas Lechner, Uta Ferrari, Guenter Froeschl, Louis W Niessen, Jochen Seissler, Dewan Shamsul Alam
A tool to analyze the transferability of health promotion interventions
Linda Cambon, Laetitia Minary, Valery Ridde, François Alla
The effectiveness of health impact assessment in influencing decision-making in Australia and New Zealand 2005–2009
Fiona Haigh, Fran Baum, Andrew L Dannenberg, Mark F Harris, Ben Harris-Roxas, Helen Keleher, Lynn Kemp, Richard Morgan, Harrison NG Chok, Jeff Spickett, Elizabeth Harris
Association between shift work and obesity among female nurses: Korean Nurses’ Survey
Min-Ju Kim, Kuk-Hui Son, Hyun-Young Park, Dong-Ju Choi, Chang-Hwan Yoon, Hea-Young Lee, Eun-Young Cho, Myeong-Chan Cho
Investigating public perceptions and knowledge translation priorities to improve water safety for residents with private water supplies: a cross-sectional study in Newfoundland and Labrador
Steven M Roche, Andria Jones-Bitton, Shannon E Majowicz, Katarina D M Pintar, David Allison
Group hypnosis vs. relaxation for smoking cessation in adults: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Maria Dickson-Spillmann, Severin Haug, Michael P Schaub
The cost-effectiveness and consumer acceptability of taxation strategies to reduce rates of overweight and obesity among children in Australia: study protocol
Tracy A Comans, Jennifer A Whitty, Andrew P Hills, Elizabeth Kendall, Erika Turkstra, Louisa G Gordon, Josh M Byrnes, Paul A Scuffham
The individual and societal burden of chronic pain in Europe: the case for strategic prioritisation and action to improve knowledge and availability of appropriate care
Harald Breivik, Elon Eisenberg, Tony O’Brien
‘Never testing for HIV’ among Men who have Sex with Men in Viet Nam: results from an internet-based cross-sectional survey
Macarena Cecilia García, Quyen Le Duong, Licelot Eralte Mercer, Samantha Beth Meyer, Paul Russell Ward
Causes of discomfort in the academic workplace and their associations with the different burnout types: a mixed-methodology study
Jesús Montero-Marín, Javier Prado-Abril, José Miguel Carrasco, Ángela Asensio-Martínez, Santiago Gascón, Javier García-Campayo
Exposure to tobacco smoke based on urinary cotinine levels among Israeli smoking and nonsmoking adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the first Israeli human biomonitoring study
Hagai Levine, Tamar Berman, Rebecca Goldsmith, Thomas Göen, Judith Spungen, Lena Novack, Yona Amitai, Tamy Shohat, Itamar Grotto
Prevalence and risk factors of helicobacter pylori in Turkey: a nationally-representative, cross-sectional, screening with the 13C-Urea breath test
Nilufer Ozaydin, Sinan A Turkyilmaz, Sanda Cali
Altering micro-environments to change population health behaviour: towards an evidence base for choice architecture interventions
Gareth J Hollands, Ian Shemilt, Theresa M Marteau, Susan A Jebb, Michael P Kelly, Ryota Nakamura, Marc Suhrcke, David Ogilvie
Nutritional intervention and physical training in malnourished frail community-dwelling elderly persons carried out by trained lay “buddies”: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Thomas E Dorner, Christian Lackinger, Sandra Haider, Eva Luger, Ali Kapan, Maria Luger, Karin E Schindler
Traumatic episodes experienced during the genocide period in Rwanda influence life circumstances in young men and women 17 years later
Lawrence Rugema, Ingrid Mogren, Joseph Ntaganira, Krantz Gunilla
How do couples influence each other’s physical activity behaviours in retirement? An exploratory qualitative study
Inka Barnett, Cornelia Guell, David Ogilvie
An innovative team-based stop smoking competition among Māori and Pacific Island smokers: rationale and method for the study and its evaluation
Marewa Glover, Amber Bosman, Annemarie Wagemakers, Anette Kira, Chris Paton, Nathan Cowie
Relations between the school physical environment and school social capital with student physical activity levels
Brenton Button, Stephen Trites, Ian Janssen
The Diabetes Care Project: an Australian multicentre, cluster randomised controlled trial [study protocol]
Matthew J Leach, Leonie Segal, Adrian Esterman, Caroline Armour, Robyn McDermott, Tim Fountaine
Knowledge, perceptions and expectations of capitation payment system in a health insurance setting: a repeated survey of clients and health providers in Kumasi, Ghana
Peter Agyei-Baffour, Regina Oppong, Daniel Boateng
Independent roles of country of birth and socioeconomic status in the occurrence of type 2 diabetes
Seyed Morteza Shamshirgaran, Louisa Jorm, Hilary Bambrick, Annemarie Hennessy
The impact of a cardiovascular health awareness program (CHAP) on reducing blood pressure: a prospective cohort study
Chenglin Ye, Gary Foster, Janusz Kaczorowski, Larry W Chambers, Ricardo Angeles, Francine Marzanek-Lefebvre, Stephanie Laryea, Lehana Thabane, Lisa Dolovich
Influence of stressors and possible pathways of onset of seventh graders’ suicidal ideation in urban and rural areas in Taiwan
Yi-Chen Chiang, Tony Szu-Hsien Lee, Lee-Lan Yen, Chi-Chen Wu, Dai-Chan Lin, Baai-Shyun Hurng, Hsing-Yi Chang
Knowledge about HIV prevention and transmission among recently diagnosed tuberculosis patients: a cross sectional study
Cesar Ugarte-Gil, Mario Ponce, Carlos Zamudio, Luz Canaza, Frine Samalvides, Carlos Seas
Uptake of liquid-based cytology as an adjunct to conventional cytology for cervical screening in NSW, Australia: a cross-sectional and population-based cohort analysis
Nayyereh Aminisani, Bruce K Armstrong, Karen Canfell
Neonatal health in Nepal: analysis of absolute and relative inequalities and impact of current efforts to reduce neonatal mortality
Deepak Paudel, Ishwar B Shrestha, Matthias Siebeck, Eva A Rehfuess
The association of marital relationship and perceived social support with mental health of women in Pakistan
Farah Qadir, Amna Khalid, Sabahat Haqqani, Zill-e-Huma, Girmay Medhin
A cross-sectional pilot study of the Scottish early development instrument: a tool for addressing inequality
Lisa Marks Woolfson, Rosemary Geddes, Stephanie McNicol, Josephine N Booth, John Frank
Drug-related problems in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with dyslipidemia
Hasniza Zaman Huri, Lee Chai Ling
Accuracy and consistency of weights provided by home bathroom scales
Meredith Yorkin, Kim Spaccarotella, Jennifer Martin-Biggers, Virginia Quick, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner
Associations between overweight, obesity, health measures and need for recovery in office employees: a cross-sectional analysis
Robine E van der Starre, Jennifer K Coffeng, Ingrid JM Hendriksen, Willem van Mechelen, Cécile RL Boot
Measles vaccination coverage estimates from surveys, clinic records, and immune markers in oral fluid and blood: a population-based cross-sectional study
Kyla T Hayford, Mohammed S Shomik, Hassan M Al-Emran, William J Moss, David Bishai, Orin S Levine
Appropriate health-seeking behavior and associated factors among people who had cough for at least two weeks in northwest Ethiopia: a population-based cross-sectional study
Meseret Senbeto, Sebsibe Tadesse, Takele Tadesse, Tesfahun Melesse
Host and environmental predictors of exhaled breath temperature in the elderly
Esmée Bijnens, Nicky Pieters, Harrie Dewitte, Bianca Cox, Bram G Janssen, Nelly Saenen, Evi Dons, Maurice P Zeegers, Luc Int Panis, Tim S Nawrot
Foods, nutrients or whole diets: effects of targeting fish and LCn3PUFA consumption in a 12mo weight loss trial
Linda C Tapsell, Marijka J Batterham, Karen E Charlton, Elizabeth P Neale, Yasmine C Probst, Jane E O’Shea, Rebecca L Thorne, Qingsheng Zhang, Jimmy Chun Yu Louie
Predictors of validity and reliability of a physical activity record in adolescents
Roosmarijn Verstraeten, Carl Lachat, Angélica Ochoa-Avilés, Maria Hagströmer, Lieven Huybregts, Susana Andrade, Silvana Donoso, John Van Camp, Lea Maes, Patrick Kolsteren
Clustering of health-related behaviors, health outcomes and demographics in Dutch adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Vincent Busch, Henk F Van Stel, Augustinus JP Schrijvers, Johannes RJ de Leeuw
Risk perceptions of STIs/HIV and sexual risk behaviours among sexually experienced adolescents in the Northern part of Lao PDR
Vanphanom Sychareun, Sarah Thomsen, Kongmany Chaleunvong, Elisabeth Faxelid
Breast cancer in lesbians and bisexual women: systematic review of incidence, prevalence and risk studies
Catherine Meads, David Moore
Assessment of knowledge on sexually transmitted infections and sexual risk behaviour in two rural districts of Bhutan
Kunzang Norbu, Sontosh Mukhia, Tshokey
A cross-sectional survey of experts’ opinions about the relative effectiveness of tobacco control strategies for the general population versus disadvantaged groups: what do we choose in the absence of evidence?
Christine L Paul, Heidi Turon, Billie Bonevski, Jamie Bryant, Patrick McElduff
Epidemiology and awareness of hypertension in a rural Ugandan community: a cross-sectional study
Prashant Kotwani, Dalsone Kwarisiima, Tamara D Clark, Jane Kabami, Elvin H Geng, Vivek Jain, Gabriel Chamie, Maya L Petersen, Harsha Thirumurthy, Moses R Kamya, Edwin D Charlebois, Diane V Havlir
Alcohol marketing and drunkenness among students in the Philippines: findings from the nationally representative Global School-based Student Health Survey
Monica H Swahn, Jane B Palmier, Agnes Benegas-Segarra, Fe A Sinson
Mapping and exploring health systems’ response to intimate partner violence in Spain
Isabel Goicolea, Erica Briones-Vozmediano, Ann Öhman, Kerstin Edin, Fauhn Minvielle, Carmen Vives-Cases
Attentional bias retraining in cigarette smokers attempting smoking cessation (ARTS): Study protocol for a double blind randomised controlled trial
Rachna Begh, Marcus R Munafò, Saul Shiffman, Stuart G Ferguson, Linda Nichols, Mohammed A Mohammed, Roger L Holder, Stephen Sutton, Paul Aveyard
What is actually measured in process evaluations for worksite health promotion programs: a systematic review
Debbie Wierenga, Luuk H Engbers, Pepijn Van Empelen, Saskia Duijts, Vincent H Hildebrandt, Willem Van Mechelen
Effectiveness of interventions to promote healthy diet in primary care: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Nawaraj Bhattarai, A Toby Prevost, Alison J Wright, Judith Charlton, Caroline Rudisill, Martin C Gulliford
Prevalence of smoking among secondary school male students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: a survey study
Hashim R Fida, Ismail Abdelmoneim
Evaluation of a family intervention programme for the treatment of overweight and obese children (Nereu Programme): a randomized clinical trial study protocol
Noemi Serra-Paya, Assumpta Ensenyat, Jordi Real, Iván Castro-Viñuales, Amalia Zapata, Gisela Galindo, Eduard Solé-Mir, Jordi Bosch-Muñoz, Jose Maria Mur, Concepció Teixidó
Young smokers and non-smokers perceptions of typical users of plain vs. branded cigarette packs: a between-subjects experimental survey
Ingeborg Lund, Janne Scheffels
Use of different subjective health indicators to assess health inequalities in an urban immigrant population in north-western Italy: a cross-sectional study
Alexander Domnich, Daniela Amicizia, Donatella Panatto, Alessio Signori, Valentina Perelli, Sergio Adamoli, Edoardo Berti Riboli, Roberto Gasparini
The 40-Something randomized controlled trial to prevent weight gain in mid-age women
Lauren T Williams, Jenna L Hollis, Clare E Collins, Philip J Morgan
Thailand’s HIV/AIDS program after weaning-off the global fund’s support
Walaiporn Patcharanarumol, Noppakun Thammatacharee, Suwat Kittidilokkul, Thitikorn Topothai, Chompoonut Thaichinda, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Nakorn Premsri, Viroj Tangcharoensathien
Ethnic and gender specific life expectancies of the Singapore population, 1965 to 2009 – converging, or diverging?
Raymond Boon Tar Lim, Huili Zheng, Qian Yang, Alex Richard Cook, Kee Seng Chia, Wei Yen Lim
Reviewing progress: 7 year trends in characteristics of adults and children enrolled at HIV care and treatment clinics in the United Republic of Tanzania
Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Bonita Kilama, Gretchen Antelman, Ahmed Khatib, Annette Almeida, William Reidy, Gongo Ramadhani, Matthew R Lamb, Redempta Mbatia, Elaine J Abrams
Participant experiences of an internet-based intervention and randomised control trial: interview study
Daniel Todkill, John Powell
The effect of physical activity on psychological distress, cortisol and obesity: results of the farming fit intervention program
Susan Brumby, Ananda Chandrasekara, Peter Kremer, Susan Torres, Scott McCoombe, Paul Lewandowski
Cross-sectional prevalence survey of intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization in Canadian military personnel
Mark A Zamorski, Miriam E Wiens-Kinkaid
Violence, mental health and violence risk factors among community women: an epidemiological study based on two national household surveys in the UK
Min Yang, Stephen CP Wong, Jeremy W Coid
Cost-effectiveness of a national exercise referral programme for primary care patients in Wales: results of a randomised controlled trial
Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Pat Linck, Natalia Hounsome, Larry Raisanen, Nefyn Williams, Laurence Moore, Simon Murphy
Children’s perceptions about falls and their prevention: a qualitative study from a rural setting in Bangladesh
Salim Mahmud Chowdhury, Leif Svanström, Lars-Gunnar Hörte, Rabiul Awal Chowdhury, Fazlur Rahman
Observer ratings of neighborhoods: comparison of two methods
Elena M Andresen, Theodore K Malmstrom, Mario Schootman, Fredric D Wolinsky, J Philip Miller, Douglas K Miller
Cost-effectiveness and cost utility analysis of three pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in children of Peru
Jorge Alberto Gomez, Juan Carlos Tirado, Aldo Amador Navarro Rojas, Maria Mercedes Castrejon Alba, Oleksandr Topachevskyi
Coverage and parental perceptions of influenza vaccination among parents of children aged 6 to 23 months in Hong Kong
Joseph TF Lau, Phoenix KH Mo, Yan Shan Cai, Hi Yi Tsui, Kai Chow Choi
Psychometric evaluation of the German version of the patient activation measure (PAM13)
Jördis M Zill, Sarah Dwinger, Levente Kriston, Anja Rohenkohl, Martin Härter, Jörg Dirmaier
Body mass index and health-related quality of life among young Swiss men
Michelle Dey, Gerhard Gmel, Meichun Mohler-Kuo
Identifying patients with chronic conditions using pharmacy data in Switzerland: an updated mapping approach to the classification of medications
Carola A Huber, Thomas D Szucs, Roland Rapold, Oliver Reich
Tobacco use patterns in tuberculosis patients with high rates of human immunodeficiency virus co-infection in South Africa
Goedele MC Louwagie, Olalekan A Ayo-Yusuf
High prevalence of type 2 diabetes among the urban middle class in Bangladesh
Nazmus Saquib, Masuma Akter Khanam, Juliann Saquib, Shuchi Anand, Glenn M Chertow, Michele Barry, Tahmeed Ahmed, Mark R Cullen
Niños Sanos, Familia Sana: Mexican immigrant study protocol for a multifaceted CBPR intervention to combat childhood obesity in two rural California towns
Adela de la Torre, Banafsheh Sadeghi, Richard D Green, Lucia L Kaiser, Yvette G Flores, Carlos F Jackson, Ulfat Shaikh, Linda Whent, Sara E Schaefer
Early results of an integrated maternal, newborn, and child health program, Northern Nigeria, 2009 to 2011
Sally E Findley, Omolara T Uwemedimo, Henry V Doctor, Cathy Green, Fatima Adamu, Godwin Y Afenyadu
Cluster randomised controlled trial of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program: study protocol for the Kerala diabetes prevention program
Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Emily D Williams, Naanki Pasricha, Pilvikki Absetz, Paula Lorgelly, Rory Wolfe, Elezebeth Mathews, Zahra Aziz, Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan, Paul Zimmet, Edwin Fisher, Robyn Tapp, Bruce Hollingsworth, Ajay Mahal, Jonathan Shaw, Damien Jolley, Meena Daivadanam, Brian Oldenburg
Asthma prevalence and risk factors among children and adolescents living around an industrial area: a cross-sectional study
Giancarlo Ripabelli, Manuela Tamburro, Michela Lucia Sammarco, Guglielmo de Laurentiis, Andrea Bianco
Socioeconomic status, financial hardship and measured obesity in older adults: a cross-sectional study of the EPIC-Norfolk cohort
Annalijn I Conklin, Nita G Forouhi, Marc Suhrcke, Paul Surtees, Nicholas J Wareham, Pablo Monsivais
A community intervention for behaviour modification: an experience to control cardiovascular diseases in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi, Hans Stenlund, V Utari Marlinawati, Ann Öhman, Lars Weinehall
LINDA – a solution-focused low-intensity intervention aimed at improving health behaviors of young females: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Päivi Valve, Susanna Lehtinen-Jacks, Tiina Eriksson, Matti Lehtinen, Pirjo Lindfors, Marja-Terttu Saha, Arja Rimpelä, Susanna Anglé
Impact of HbA1c criterion on the definition of glycemic component of the metabolic syndrome: the China health and nutrition survey 2009
Xingxing Sun, Tingting Du, Rui Huo, Xuefeng Yu, Lixian Xu
Perspectives of pupils, parents, and teachers on mental health problems among Vietnamese secondary school pupils
Dat Tan Nguyen, Christine Dedding, Tam Thi Pham, Joske Bunders
Predictors of mortality among HIV infected children on anti-retroviral therapy in Mekelle Hospital, Northern Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study
Aregay Gebremedhin, Solomon Gebremariam, Fisaha Haile, Berhe Weldearegawi, Carla Decotelli
Cost of dengue outbreaks: literature review and country case studies
Hans-Christian Stahl, Vicki Marie Butenschoen, Hien Tinh Tran, Ernesto Gozzer, Ronald Skewes, Yodi Mahendradhata, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger, Axel Kroeger, Andrew Farlow
A comparative analysis of early child health and development services and outcomes in countries with different redistributive policies
Meta van den Heuvel, Jessica Hopkins, Anne Biscaro, Cinntha Srikanthan, Andrea Feller, Sven Bremberg, Nienke Verkuijl, Boudien Flapper, Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones, Robin Williams
Timely initiation of complementary feeding and associated factors among children aged 6 to 12 months in Northern Ethiopia: an institution-based cross-sectional study
Ashenafi Shumey, Meaza Demissie, Yemane Berhane
A lifestyle intervention supported by mobile health technologies to improve the cardiometabolic risk profile of individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes: study rationale and protocol
Melanie I Stuckey, Sheree Shapiro, Dawn P Gill, Robert J Petrella
Contribution of community-based newborn health promotion to reducing inequities in healthy newborn care practices and knowledge: evidence of improvement from a three-district pilot program in Malawi
Jennifer A Callaghan-Koru, Bareng AS Nonyane, Tanya Guenther, Deborah Sitrin, Reuben Ligowe, Emmanuel Chimbalanga, Evelyn Zimba, Fannie Kachale, Rashed Shah, Abdullah H Baqui
Environmental mobility barriers and walking for errands among older people who live alone vs. with others
Li-Tang Tsai, Merja Rantakokko, Erja Portegijs, Anne Viljanen, Milla Saajanaho, Johanna Eronen, Taina Rantanen
Physical inactivity prevalence and trends among Mexican adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT) 2006 and 2012
Catalina Medina, Ian Janssen, Ismael Campos, Simón Barquera
Influence of neighbourhood purchasing power on breastfeeding at four months of age: a Swedish population-based cohort study
Gerd Almquist-Tangen, Ulf Strömberg, Anders Holmén, Bernt Alm, Josefine Roswall, Stefan Bergman, Jovanna Dahlgren
Perceived neighborhood problems: multilevel analysis to evaluate psychometric properties in a Southern adult Brazilian population
Doroteia Aparecida Höfelmann, Ana V Diez-Roux, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Marco Aurélio Peres
Exploring differences in Canadian adult men and women with Diabetes management: results from the Canadian Community Health Survey
Margaret De Melo, Eric de Sa, Enza Gucciardi
Type 2 diabetes patients’ preferences and willingness to pay for lifestyle programs: a discrete choice experiment
Jorien Veldwijk, Mattijs S Lambooij, Paul F van Gils, Jeroen N Struijs, Henriëtte A Smit, G Ardine de Wit
Fit in 50 years: participation in high school sports best predicts one’s physical activity after Age 70
Simone Dohle, Brian Wansink
Correlates of consistent condom use among men who have sex with men recruited through the Internet in Huzhou city: a cross-sectional survey
Meihua Jin, Zhongrong Yang, Zhengquan Dong, Jiankang Han
Nutritional knowledge as a determinant of vitamin and mineral supplementation during pregnancy
Alina D Popa, Otilia Niţă, Lidia I Graur (Arhire), Raluca M Popescu, Gina E Botnariu, Laura Mihalache, Mariana Graur
Awareness of diabetes mellitus among diabetic patients in the Gambia: a strong case for health education and promotion
Mafomekong Ayuk Foma, Yauba Saidu, Semeeh Akinwale Omoleke, James Jafali
Erratum to: Trends in sugar supply and consumption in Australia: is there an Australian Paradox?
Wavne Rikkers, David Lawrence, Katherine Hafekost, Francis Mitrou, Stephen R Zubrick
Determinants and protective behaviours regarding tick bites among school children in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study
Desiree JMA Beaujean, Fedor Gassner, Albert Wong, Jim E Steenbergen van, Rik Crutzen, Dirk Ruwaard
Unmarried male migrants and sexual risk behavior: a cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China
Ke-Wei Wang, Jun-Qing Wu, Hong-Xin Zhao, Yu-Yan Li, Rui Zhao, Ying Zhou, Hong Lei Ji
Women’s responses to changes in U.S. preventive task force’s mammography screening guidelines: results of focus groups with ethnically diverse women
Jennifer D Allen, Shirley Morrison Bluethmann, Margaret Sheets, Kelly Morrison Opdyke, Kathryn Gates-Ferris, Marc Hurlbert, Elizabeth Harden
Physical activity in daily life is associated with lower adiposity values than doing weekly sports in Lc65+ cohort at baseline
Nadia Danon-Hersch, Brigitte Santos-Eggimann
Is retirement good for your health? A systematic review of longitudinal studies
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The Program SI! intervention for enhancing a healthy lifestyle in preschoolers: first results from a cluster randomized trial
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The fractionalization of physical activity throughout the week is associated with the cardiometabolic health of children and youth
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Social support and smoking abstinence among incarcerated adults in the United States: a longitudinal study
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Problem drinking as a risk factor for tuberculosis: a propensity score matched analysis of a national survey
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HIV and hepatitis C virus test uptake at methadone clinics in Southern China: opportunities for expanding detection of bloodborne infections
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Non-high altitude methods for rapid screening of susceptibility to acute mountain sickness
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Early infant diagnosis of HIV in three regions in Tanzania; successes and challenges
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Exploration of pathways related to the decline in female circumcision in Egypt
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Prelacteal feeding practices in Vietnam: challenges and associated factors
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Effect of the Go4it multidisciplinary group treatment for obese adolescents on health related quality of life: a randomised controlled trial
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Identifying women at risk for delayed presentation of breast cancer: a cross-sectional study in Estonia
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Evaluation of drinking patterns and their impact on alcohol-related aggression: a national survey of adolescent behaviours
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The association between adverse life events and body weight change: results of a prospective cohort study
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Evaluating the transport, health and economic impacts of new urban cycling infrastructure in Sydney, Australia – protocol paper
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Minnesota smokers’ perceived helpfulness of 2009 federal tobacco tax increase in assisting smoking cessation: a prospective cohort study
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The association between family and community social capital and health risk behaviours in young people: an integrative review
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Primary prevention of overweight in preschool children, the BeeBOFT study (breastfeeding, breakfast daily, outside playing, few sweet drinks, less TV viewing): design of a cluster randomized controlled trial
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Remote population-based intervention for disruptive behavior at age four: study protocol for a randomized trial of Internet-assisted parent training (Strongest Families Finland-Canada)
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A 60-year review on the changing epidemiology of measles in capital Beijing, China, 1951-2011
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Perceptions of HIV infected patients on the use of cell phone as a tool to support their antiretroviral adherence; a cross-sectional study in a large referral hospital in Kenya
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Impact of training of teachers on their ability, skills, and confidence to teach HIV/AIDS in classroom: a qualitative assessment
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Lifetime and twelve-month prevalence of heavy-drinking in Singapore: Results from a representative cross-sectional study
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