Ausgabe 1/2015
Inhalt (1322 Artikel)
Qualitative study on the socio-cultural determinants of care of children orphaned by AIDS in the Ashanti and Eastern regions of Ghana
Lily Yarney, Chuks Mba, Emmanuel Asampong
A novel quantitative body shape score for detecting association between obesity and hypertension in China
Shukang Wang, Yanxun Liu, Fangyu Li, Hongying Jia, Longjian Liu, Fuzhong Xue
Determinants of underweight, stunting and wasting among schoolchildren
Mekides Wolde, Yifru Berhan, Alemzewed Chala
Weekday and weekend patterns of objectively measured sitting, standing, and stepping in a sample of office-based workers: the active buildings study
Lee Smith, Mark Hamer, Marcella Ucci, Alexi Marmot, Benjamin Gardner, Alexia Sawyer, Jane Wardle, Abigail Fisher
Factors associated with willingness to participate in clinical trials: a nationwide survey study
Sang Hui Chu, Eun Jung Kim, Seok Hee Jeong, Geu Lee Park
Workplace violence against homecare workers and its relationship with workers health outcomes: a cross-sectional study
Ginger C Hanson, Nancy A Perrin, Helen Moss, Naima Laharnar, Nancy Glass
A worksite intervention to reduce the cardiovascular risk: proposal of a study design easy to integrate within Italian organization of occupational health surveillance
Giuseppe Mastrangelo, Gianluca Marangi, Danilo Bontadi, Emanuela Fadda, Luca Cegolon, Melania Bortolotto, Ugo Fedeli, Luciano Marchiori
Tuberculosis risk factors among tuberculosis patients in Kampala, Uganda: implications for tuberculosis control
Bruce J Kirenga, Willy Ssengooba, Catherine Muwonge, Lydia Nakiyingi, Stephen Kyaligonza, Samuel Kasozi, Frank Mugabe, Martin Boeree, Moses Joloba, Alphonse Okwera
The association between social position and self-rated health in 10 deprived neighbourhoods
Carsten Kronborg Bak, Pernille Tanggaard Andersen, Unni Dokkedal
Prevalence of tuberculosis and treatment outcome among university students in Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective study
Beyene Moges, Bemnet Amare, Gizachew Yismaw, Meseret Workineh, Shitaye Alemu, Desalew Mekonnen, Ermias Diro, Belay Tesema, Afework Kassu
Stage of HIV presentation at initial clinic visit following a community-based HIV testing campaign in rural Kenya
John Haskew, Kenrick Turner, Gunnar Rø, Andrew Ho, Davies Kimanga, Shahnaaz Sharif
Prevalence and predictors of adolescents’ cigarette smoking in Madinah, Saudi Arabia: a school-based cross-sectional study
Abdulmohsen Al-Zalabani, Khaled Kasim
Serum lipids in Brazilian children and adolescents: determining their reference intervals
Natasha Slhessarenko, Cristina MA Jacob, Raymundo S Azevedo, Cor JF Fontes, Glaucia V Novak, Adagmar Andriolo
Good practice characteristics of diet and physical activity interventions and policies: an umbrella review
Karolina Horodyska, Aleksandra Luszczynska, Matthijs van den Berg, Marieke Hendriksen, Gun Roos, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Johannes Brug
Associations of psychological capital, demographic and occupational factors with cigarette smoking among Chinese underground coal miners
Li Liu, Xin Xu, Hui Wu, Yilong Yang, Lie Wang
Randomized controlled trial of a minimal versus extended Internet-based intervention for problem drinkers: study protocol
John A Cunningham, Christian S Hendershot, Jürgen Rehm
Tools for teen moms to reduce infant obesity: a randomized clinical trial
Mildred A Horodynski, Kami Silk, Gary Hsieh, Alice Hoffman, Mackenzie Robson
Atrial fibrillation and cycling: six year follow-up of the Taupo bicycle study
Alistair Woodward, Sandar Tin Tin, Rob N Doughty, Shanthi Ameratunga
Program synergies and social relations: implications of integrating HIV testing and counselling into maternal health care on care seeking
Selena J An, Asha S George, Amnesty LeFevre, Rose Mpembeni, Idda Mosha, Diwakar Mohan, Ann Yang, Joy Chebet, Chrisostom Lipingu, Japhet Killewo, Peter Winch, Abdullah H Baqui, Charles Kilewo
Socio-economic resources, young child feeding practices, consumption of highly processed snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages: a population-based survey in rural northwestern Nicaragua
Mariela Contreras, Elmer Zelaya Blandón, Lars-Åke Persson, Anders Hjern, Eva-Charlotte Ekström
Anticipating rotavirus vaccines – a pre-vaccine assessment of incidence and economic burden of rotavirus hospitalizations among children < 5 year of age in Libya, 2012-13
Salem Alkoshi, Eyal Leshem, Umesh D Parashar, Maznah Dahlui
Maternal socioeconomic status and the risk of asthma among offspring
Maijakaisa Harju, Leea Keski-Nisula, Leena Georgiadis, Kaisa Raatikainen, Sari Räisänen, Seppo Heinonen
The validity of self-reported cancer screening history and the role of social disadvantage in Ontario, Canada
Aisha Lofters, Mandana Vahabi, Richard H Glazier
Tuberculosis treatment delays and associated factors within the Zimbabwe national tuberculosis programme
Kudakwashe C Takarinda, Anthony D Harries, Barnet Nyathi, Mkhokheli Ngwenya, Tsitsi Mutasa-Apollo, Charles Sandy
Work engagement and its association with occupational sitting time: results from the Stormont study
Fehmidah Munir, Jonathan Houdmont, Stacy Clemes, Kelly Wilson, Robert Kerr, Ken Addley
Sociodemographic and health-(care-)related characteristics of online health information seekers: a cross-sectional German study
Laura Nölke, Monika Mensing, Alexander Krämer, Claudia Hornberg
Drug injecting and HIV risk among injecting drug users in Hai Phong, Vietnam: a qualitative analysis
Tanvir Ahmed, Thanh Nguyen Long, Phan Thi Huong, Donald Edwin Stewart
Community-based interventions in hypertensive patients: a comparison of three health education strategies
Chu-Hong Lu, Song-Tao Tang, Yi-Xiong Lei, Mian-Qiu Zhang, Wei-Quan Lin, Sen-Hua Ding, Pei-Xi Wang
Effects of bed nets and anti-malaria drugs use on childhood mortality in Kenya’s malaria endemic and epidemic areas
Boniface O K’Oyugi
Comparison of the epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed influenza A and influenza B cases in Manitoba, Canada
Aynslie M Hinds, Songul Bozat-Emre, Paul Van Caeseele, Salaheddin M Mahmud
Availability of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) among public and private health facilities in rural northwest Bangladesh
Shegufta S Sikder, Alain B Labrique, Hasmot Ali, Abu AM Hanif, Rolf DW Klemm, Sucheta Mehra, Keith P West Jr, Parul Christian
Study protocol for Young & Strong: a cluster randomized design to increase attention to unique issues faced by young women with newly diagnosed breast cancer
Mary L Greaney, Kim Sprunck-Harrild, Kathryn J Ruddy, Jennifer Ligibel, William T Barry, Emily Baker, Meghan Meyer, Karen M Emmons, Ann H Partridge
China’s three-year health reform program and equity in sanitation improvement: a panel analysis
Xiaolong Li, Yanqing Miao, Wenjing Chen
Household and area income levels are associated with smoking status in the Korean adult population
Woo-Jun Yun, Jung-Ae Rhee, Sun A Kim, Sun-Seog Kweon, Young-Hoon Lee, So-Yeon Ryu, Soon-Woo Park, Dong Hyun Kim, Min-Ho Shin
Unintended pregnancy among female sex workers in Mekelle city, northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Rishan Weldegebreal, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Mussie Alemayehu, Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwot
Prevalence of undernutrition and associated factors among children aged between six to fifty nine months in Bule Hora district, South Ethiopia
Mandefro Asfaw, Mekitie Wondaferash, Mohammed Taha, Lamessa Dube
Rationale and study protocol to evaluate the SunSmart policy intervention: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a primary school-based health promotion program
Dean A Dudley, Matthew J Winslade, Bradley J Wright, Wayne G Cotton, Jackie L McIver, Kirsten S Jackson
Comparison of fieldworker interview and a pictorial diary method for recording morbidity of infants in semi-urban slums
Rahul Jacob Thomas, Karthikeyan Ramanujam, Vasanthakumar Velusamy, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Deepthi Kattula, Jayaprakash Muliyil, Gagandeep Kang
Willingness to participate in prevention programs for cardiometabolic diseases
Jessica Petter, Margreet M Reitsma-van Rooijen, Joke C Korevaar, Markus MJ Nielen
Impact of close-proximity air pollution on lung function in schoolchildren in the French West Indies
Brice Amadeo, Céline Robert, Virginie Rondeau, Marie-Alice Mounouchy, Lucie Cordeau, Xavier Birembaux, Eddy Citadelle, Jacques Gotin, Monique Gouranton, Gérard Marcin, David Laurac, Chantal Raherison
Impact of mammographic screening on ethnic and socioeconomic inequities in breast cancer stage at diagnosis and survival in New Zealand: a cohort study
Sanjeewa Seneviratne, Ian Campbell, Nina Scott, Rachel Shirley, Ross Lawrenson
Cardio-metabolic health risks in indigenous populations of Southeast Asia and the influence of urbanization
Maude E Phipps, Kevin KL Chan, Rakesh Naidu, Nazaimoon W Mohamad, Boon-Peng Hoh, Kia-Fatt Quek, Badariah Ahmad, Siti MI Harnida, Anuar ZM Zain, Khalid A Kadir
Vitamin D levels and status amongst asthmatic and non-asthmatic adolescents in Cyprus: a comparative cross-sectional study
Ourania Kolokotroni, Anna Papadopoulou, Nicos Middleton, Christiana Kouta, Vasilios Raftopoulos, Polyxeni Nicolaidou, Panayiotis K Yiallouros
Assessment of training and technical assistance needs of Colorectal Cancer Control Program Grantees in the U.S.
Cam Escoffery, Peggy Hannon, Annette E Maxwell, Thuy Vu, Jennifer Leeman, Andrea Dwyer, Caitlin Mason, Shaina Sowles, Ketra Rice, Lindsay Gressard
The effect of breast cancer on personal income three years after diagnosis by cancer stage and education: a register-based cohort study among Danish females
Ingelise Andersen, Christophe Kolodziejczyk, Karsten Thielen, Eskil Heinesen, Finn Diderichsen
Postmenarche growth: cohort study among indigenous and non-indigenous Chilean adolescents
Hugo Amigo, Macarena Lara, Patricia Bustos, Sergio Muñoz
Knowledge and attitude of key community members towards tuberculosis: mixed method study from BRAC TB control areas in Bangladesh
Sukanta Paul, Rahima Akter, Afzal Aftab, Antora M Khan, Mrittika Barua, Shayla Islam, Akramul Islam, Ashaque Husain, Malabika Sarker
Don't worry, be happy: cross-sectional associations between physical activity and happiness in 15 European countries
Justin Richards, Xiaoxiao Jiang, Paul Kelly, Josephine Chau, Adrian Bauman, Ding Ding
Past oral contraceptive use and self-reported high blood pressure in postmenopausal women
Christine L Chiu, Joanne M Lind
Analysis of awareness of health knowledge among rural residents in Western China
Fang Yuan, Dongfu Qian, Chenglong Huang, Miaomiao Tian, Yuanxi Xiang, Zhifei He, Zhanchun Feng
A web-based intervention for abused women: the New Zealand isafe randomised controlled trial protocol
Jane Koziol-McLain, Alain C Vandal, Shyamala Nada-Raja, Denise Wilson, Nancy E Glass, Karen B Eden, Christine McLean, Terry Dobbs, James Case
Prediction of cardiovascular disease risk using waist circumference among Aboriginals in a remote Australian community
Odewumi Adegbija, Wendy Hoy, Zhiqiang Wang
Acceptability of financial incentives and penalties for encouraging uptake of healthy behaviours: focus groups
Emma L Giles, Falko F Sniehotta, Elaine McColl, Jean Adams
Risk factors of impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a cross sectional study
Clement Nyuyki Kufe, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Fezeu Leopold, Felix Assah, George Ngufor, George Mbeh, Vivian Nchanchou Mbanya, Jean Claude Mbanya
Sensitivity to change of the Beach Questionnaire to behaviour, attitudes and knowledge related to sun exposure: quasi-experimental before-after study
Teresa Fernández-Morano, Magdalena de Troya-Martín, Francisco Rivas-Ruiz, Nuria Blázquez-Sánchez, Agustín Buendía-Eisman
Opinions and beliefs held by Spanish teenagers regarding tobacco and alcohol consumption: a descriptive study
Roger Ruiz-Moral, Sara Palenzuela-Paniagua, Rosa Magallón-Botaya, Celia Jiménez-García, Jose Angel Fernández García, Luis Angel Pérula de Torres
Risk evaluations and condom use decisions of homeless youth: a multi-level qualitative investigation
David P Kennedy, Ryan A Brown, Penelope Morrison, Loryana Vie, Gery W Ryan, Joan S Tucker
Disclosure of HIV test results by women to their partners following antenatal HIV testing: a population-based cross-sectional survey among slum dwellers in Kampala Uganda
Anthony Batte, Anne Ruhweza Katahoire, Anne Chimoyi, Susan Ajambo, Brenda Tibingana, Cecily Banura
A routine biomarker-based risk prediction model for metabolic syndrome in urban Han Chinese population
Wenchao Zhang, Qicai Chen, Zhongshang Yuan, Jing Liu, Zhaohui Du, Fang Tang, Hongying Jia, Fuzhong Xue, Chengqi Zhang
Socio-demographic, clinical and health behavior correlates of sitting time in older adults
Joilson Meneguci, Jeffer Eidi Sasaki, Álvaro da Silva Santos, Lucia Marina Scatena, Renata Damião
Motives for adult participation in physical activity: type of activity, age, and gender
Keyvan Molanorouzi, Selina Khoo, Tony Morris
Why are we not screening for anal cancer routinely - HIV physicians’ perspectives on anal cancer and its screening in HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a qualitative study
Jason J Ong, Meredith Temple-Smith, Marcus Chen, Sandra Walker, Andrew Grulich, Jennifer Hoy, Christopher K Fairley
Sociodemographic factors associated with multiple cardiovascular risk factors among Malaysian adults
Sumarni Mohd Ghazali, Zamtira Seman, Kee Chee Cheong, Lim Kuang Hock, Mala Manickam, Lim Kuang Kuay, Ahmad Faudzi Yusoff, Feisul Idzwan Mustafa, Amal Nasir Mustafa
Four major dietary patterns identified for a target-population of adults residing in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Zhi Chen, Lin Liu, Barbara Roebothan, Ann Ryan, Jennifer Colbourne, Natasha Baker, Jing Yan, Peizhong Peter Wang
Australian children’s consumption of caffeinated, formulated beverages: a cross-sectional analysis
Kelsey Beckford, Carley A Grimes, Lynn J Riddell
A study of spatiotemporal delay in hand, foot and mouth disease in response to weather variations based on SVD: a case study in Shandong Province, China
Yilan Liao, Renbin Ouyang, Jinfeng Wang, Bing Xu
Self-reported sitting time and physical activity: interactive associations with mental well-being and productivity in office employees
Anna Puig-Ribera, Iván Martínez-Lemos, Maria Giné-Garriga, Ángel Manuel González-Suárez, Judit Bort-Roig, Jesús Fortuño, Laura Muñoz-Ortiz, Jim McKenna, Nicholas D Gilson
Socio-demographic and behavioural determinants of weight gain in the Swiss population
Filipa Guerra, Silvia Stringhini, Peter Vollenweider, Gérard Waeber, Pedro Marques-Vidal
Effects of mediterranean diet on lung function in smokers: a randomised, parallel and controlled protocol
Mar Sorlí-Aguilar, Francisco Martín-Luján, Antoni Santigosa-Ayala, Josep Lluís Piñol-Moreso, Gemma Flores-Mateo, Josep Basora-Gallisà, Victoria Arija-Val, Rosa Solà-Alberich
Evaluation of the integrated disease surveillance and response system for infectious diseases control in northern Ghana
Martin Nyaaba Adokiya, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Inuwa Yau Barau, Claudia Beiersmann, Olaf Mueller
Effectiveness of a problem-solving based intervention to prolong the working life of ageing workers
Wendy Koolhaas, Johan W Groothoff, Michiel R de Boer, Jac JL van der Klink, Sandra Brouwer
A cross sectional analysis of behaviors related to operating gas stoves and pneumonia in U.S. children under the age of 5
Eric S Coker, Ellen Smit, Anna K Harding, John Molitor, Molly L Kile
Familial aggregation of anxiety and depression in the community: the role of adolescents’ self-esteem and physical activity level (the HUNT Study)
Ingunn Ranøyen, Frode Stenseng, Christian A Klöckner, Jan Wallander, Thomas Jozefiak
Evaluating brief motivational and self-regulatory hand hygiene interventions: a cross-over longitudinal design
Pempa Lhakhang, Sonia Lippke, Nina Knoll, Ralf Schwarzer
Nicotine dependence in an isolated population of Kashubians from North Poland: a population survey
Alicja Sieminska, Ewa Jassem, Karolina Kita-Milczarska
No evidence of decline in malaria burden from 2006 to 2013 in a rural Province of Gabon: implications for public health policy
Vanessa Assele, Gildas Ella Ndoh, Dieudonné Nkoghe, Thierry Fandeur
Fogging the issue of HIV - Barriers for HIV testing in a migrated population from Ethiopia and Eritrea
Pille Lindkvist, Eva Johansson, Ingrid Hylander
The influence of partial public reimbursement on vaccination uptake in the older population: a cross-sectional study
Sheena M Mc Hugh, John Browne, Ciaran O’Neill, Patricia M Kearney
Using a community-based definition of poverty for targeting poor households for premium subsidies in the context of a community health insurance in Burkina Faso
Germain Savadogo, Aurelia Souarès, Ali Sié, Divya Parmar, Gilles Bibeau, Rainer Sauerborn
The use of social networking platforms for sexual health promotion: identifying key strategies for successful user engagement
Hilary J Veale, Rachel Sacks-Davis, Emma RN Weaver, Alisa E Pedrana, Mark A Stoové, Margaret E Hellard
Implementation of strategies to increase adolescents’ access to fruit and vegetables at school: process evaluation findings from the Boost study
Anne Kristine Aarestrup, Thea Suldrup Jørgensen, Sanne Ellegaard Jørgensen, Deanna M Hoelscher, Pernille Due, Rikke Krølner
Differences in diabetes prevalence and inequalities in disease management and glycaemic control by immigrant status: a population-based study (Italy)
Paola Ballotari, Stefania Caroli, Francesca Ferrari, Gabriele Romani, Greci Marina, Antonio Chiarenza, Valeria Manicardi, Paolo Giorgi Rossi
Common risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases among older adults in China, Ghana, Mexico, India, Russia and South Africa: the study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) wave 1
Fan Wu, Yanfei Guo, Somnath Chatterji, Yang Zheng, Nirmala Naidoo, Yong Jiang, Richard Biritwum, Alfred Yawson, Nadia Minicuci, Aaron Salinas-Rodriguez, Betty Manrique-Espinoza, Tamara Maximova, Karl Peltzer, Nancy Phaswanamafuya, James J Snodgrass, Elizabeth Thiele, Nawi Ng, Paul Kowal
Perceived benefits of smoke-free homes, the process of establishing them, and enforcement challenges in Shanghai, China: a qualitative study
Carla J Berg, Pinpin Zheng, Michelle C Kegler
Parental risk perceptions of child exposure to tobacco smoke
Laura Rosen, Inessa Kostjukovsky
Causes of suicidal behaviors in men who have sex with men in China: a national questionnaire survey
Hongquan Chen, Yang Li, Lixin Wang, Beichuan Zhang
The role of theory-driven graphic warning labels in motivation to quit: a qualitative study on perceptions from low-income, urban smokers
Erin L Mead, Joanna E Cohen, Caitlin E Kennedy, Joseph Gallo, Carl A Latkin
Health promotion in primary and secondary schools in Denmark: time trends and associations with schools’ and students’ characteristics
Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen, Rikke Krølner, Laust Hvas Mortensen, Marie Birk Jørgensen, Finn Diderichsen
The study of cardiovascular risk in adolescents – ERICA: rationale, design and sample characteristics of a national survey examining cardiovascular risk factor profile in Brazilian adolescents
Katia Vergetti Bloch, Moyses Szklo, Maria Cristina C Kuschnir, Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu, Laura Augusta Barufaldi, Carlos Henrique Klein, Maurício TL de Vasconcelos, Glória Valéria da Veiga, Valeska C Figueiredo, Adriano Dias, Ana Julia Pantoja Moraes, Ana Luiza Lima Souza, Ana Mayra Andrade de Oliveira, Beatriz D’Argord Schaan, Bruno Mendes Tavares, Cecília Lacroix de Oliveira, Cristiane de Freitas Cunha, Denise Tavares Giannini, Dilson Rodrigues Belfort, Dulce Lopes Barboza Ribas, Eduardo Lima Santos, Elisa Brosina de Leon, Elizabeth Fujimori, Elizabete Regina Araújo Oliveira, Erika da Silva Magliano, Francisco de Assis Guedes Vasconcelos, George Dantas Azevedo, Gisela Soares Brunken, Glauber Monteiro Dias, Heleno R Correa Filho, Maria Inês Monteiro, Isabel Cristina Britto Guimarães, José Rocha Faria Neto, Juliana Souza Oliveira, Kenia Mara B de Carvalho, Luis Gonzaga de Oliveira Gonçalves, Marize M Santos, Pascoal Torres Muniz, Paulo César B Veiga Jardim, Pedro Antônio Muniz Ferreira, Renan Magalhães Montenegro Jr, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Rodrigo Pinheiro Vianna, Sandra Mary Vasconcelos, Sandro Silva da Matta, Stella Maris Seixas Martins, Tamara Beres Lederer Goldberg, Thiago Luiz Nogueira da Silva
A web- and mobile phone-based intervention to prevent obesity in 4-year-olds (MINISTOP): a population-based randomized controlled trial
Christine Delisle, Sven Sandin, Elisabet Forsum, Hanna Henriksson, Ylva Trolle-Lagerros, Christel Larsson, Ralph Maddison, Francisco B Ortega, Jonatan R Ruiz, Kristin Silfvernagel, Toomas Timpka, Marie Löf
Temporal trends in female breast cancer mortality in Brazil and correlations with social inequalities: ecological time-series study
Carolina Maciel Reis Gonzaga, Ruffo Freitas-Junior, Maria-Paula Curado, Ana-Luiza Lima Sousa, José-Augusto Souza-Neto, Marta Rovery Souza
Association between gender inequality index and child mortality rates: a cross-national study of 138 countries
Ethel Mary Brinda, Anto P Rajkumar, Ulrika Enemark
Age at first intercourse and subsequent sexual partnering among adult women in the United States, a cross-sectional study
Brianna M Magnusson, Jennifer A Nield, Kate L Lapane
Active transportation and bullying in Canadian schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study
Ioana Cozma, Atif Kukaswadia, Ian Janssen, Wendy Craig, William Pickett
Assessing care providers’ perceptions and beliefs about physical activity in infants and toddlers: baseline findings from the Baby NAP SACC study
Kathryn R Hesketh, Esther MF van Sluijs, Rachel E Blaine, Elsie M Taveras, Matthew W Gillman, Sara E Benjamin Neelon
The burden of premature mortality in Poland analysed with the use of standard expected years of life lost
Irena Maniecka-Bryła, Marek Bryła, Paweł Bryła, Małgorzata Pikala
Evaluation of the impact of a mobile health system on adherence to antenatal and postnatal care and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programs in Kenya
Ivy Mushamiri, Chibulu Luo, Casey Iiams-Hauser, Yanis Ben Amor
Income inequality is associated with adolescent fertility in Brazil: a longitudinal multilevel analysis of 5,565 municipalities
Alexandre DP Chiavegatto Filho, Ichiro Kawachi
Forecasting Tunisian type 2 diabetes prevalence to 2027: validation of a simple model
Olfa Saidi, Martin O’Flaherty, Nadia Ben Mansour, Wafa Aissi, Olfa Lassoued, Simon Capewell, Julia A Critchley, Dhafer Malouche, Habiba Ben Romdhane
Meeting the International Health Regulations (2005) surveillance core capacity requirements at the subnational level in Europe: the added value of syndromic surveillance
Alexandra Ziemann, Nicole Rosenkötter, Luis Garcia-Castrillo Riesgo, Matthias Fischer, Alexander Krämer, Freddy K Lippert, Gernot Vergeiner, Helmut Brand, Thomas Krafft
The acceptance and commitment therapy for smoking cessation in the primary health care setting: a study protocol
Yim Wah Mak, Alice Yuen Loke
Age-related factors influencing the occurrence of undernutrition in northeastern Ethiopia
Abraham Degarege, Elifaged Hailemeskel, Berhanu Erko
Comparative effectiveness of post-discharge strategies for hospitalized smokers: study protocol for the Helping HAND 2 randomized controlled trial
Zachary Z Reid, Susan Regan, Jennifer HK Kelley, Joanna M Streck, Thomas Ylioja, Hilary A Tindle, Yuchiao Chang, Douglas E Levy, Elyse R Park, Daniel E Singer, Kelly M Carpenter, Michele Reyen, Nancy A Rigotti
Resveratrol food supplements: a survey on the role of individual consumer characteristics in predicting the attitudes and adoption intentions of US American and Danish respondents
Jessica Aschemann-Witzel, Klaus G Grunert
Workplace standing time and the incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal study in adults
Jean-Philippe Chaput, Travis J Saunders, Mark S Tremblay, Peter T Katzmarzyk, Angelo Tremblay, Claude Bouchard
Prevalence of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis among outpatients presenting with cough of any duration in Shashogo Woreda, Southern Ethiopia
Endale Eliso, Girmay Medhin, Mulugeta Belay
The aetiology of community associated pneumonia in children in Nanjing, China and aetiological patterns associated with age and season
Keping Chen, Runqing Jia, Li Li, Chuankun Yang, Yan Shi
What are parents doing to reduce adolescent alcohol misuse? Evaluating concordance with parenting guidelines for adolescent alcohol use
Marie B H Yap, Anthony F Jorm, Dan I Lubman
Comparing the effects of sun exposure and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D insufficiency, and immune and cardio-metabolic function: the Sun Exposure and Vitamin D Supplementation (SEDS) Study
Mica Hartley, Samuel Hoare, Fiona E Lithander, Rachel E Neale, Prue H Hart, Shelley Gorman, Peter Gies, Jill Sherriff, Ashwin Swaminathan, Lawrence J Beilin, Trevor A Mori, Laura King, Lucinda J Black, Kushani Marshall, Fan Xiang, Candy Wyatt, Kerryn King, Terry Slevin, Nirmala Pandeya, Robyn M Lucas
Assessing biomarkers and neuropsychological outcomes in rural populations exposed to organophosphate pesticides in Chile – study design and protocol
Muriel Ramírez-Santana, Liliana Zúñiga, Sebastián Corral, Rodrigo Sandoval, Paul TJ Scheepers, Koos Van der Velden, Nel Roeleveld, Floria Pancetti
Perceptions of the population regarding generic drugs in Brazil: a nationwide survey
Elene P Nardi, Marcos B Ferraz, Geraldo RC Pinheiro, Sérgio C Kowalski, Emilia I Sato
Barriers to modern contraceptive methods uptake among young women in Kenya: a qualitative study
Rhoune Ochako, Mwende Mbondo, Stephen Aloo, Susan Kaimenyi, Rachel Thompson, Marleen Temmerman, Megan Kays
Understanding influences on teachers’ uptake and use of behaviour management strategies within the STARS trial: process evaluation protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Lorraine Hansford, Siobhan Sharkey, Vanessa Edwards, Obioha Ukoumunne, Sarah Byford, Brahm Norwich, Stuart Logan, Tamsin Ford
Low prevalence of the transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance among newly diagnosed HIV-1 individuals in Jiangsu Province, China during 2009–2011
Hongxiong Guo, Xiaoqin Xu, Haiyang Hu, Ying Zhou, Haitao Yang, Tao Qiu, Gengfeng Fu, Xiping Huan
Validation of PIN 3 physical activity survey in low-income overweight and obese young mothers
Mei-Wei Chang, Derek Hales, Roger Brown, Dianne Ward, Ken Resnicow, Susan Nitzke
Sexual behavior and vulnerability to HIV infection among seasonal migrant laborers in Metema district, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Kassa Tiruneh, Belaynew Wasie, Hector Gonzalez
The association between obesity and back pain in nine countries: a cross-sectional study
Ai Koyanagi, Andrew Stickley, Noe Garin, Marta Miret, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Matilde Leonardi, Seppo Koskinen, Aleksander Galas, Josep Maria Haro
Food habits, physical activities and sedentary lifestyles of eutrophic and obese school children: a case–control study
Jenny Vilchis-Gil, Marcia Galván-Portillo, Miguel Klünder-Klünder, Miguel Cruz, Samuel Flores-Huerta
Adapting an effective lifestyle intervention towards individuals with low socioeconomic status of different ethnic origins: the design of the MetSLIM study
Dorit Teuscher, Andrea J Bukman, Agnes Meershoek, Reint Jan Renes, Edith JM Feskens, Marleen A van Baak
Research on Emissions, Air quality, Climate, and Cooking Technologies in Northern Ghana (REACCTING): study rationale and protocol
Katherine L Dickinson, Ernest Kanyomse, Ricardo Piedrahita, Evan Coffey, Isaac J Rivera, James Adoctor, Rex Alirigia, Didier Muvandimwe, MacKenzie Dove, Vanja Dukic, Mary H Hayden, David Diaz-Sanchez, Adoctor Victor Abisiba, Dominic Anaseba, Yolanda Hagar, Nicholas Masson, Andrew Monaghan, Atsu Titiati, Daniel F Steinhoff, Yueh-Ya Hsu, Rachael Kaspar, Bre’Anna Brooks, Abraham Hodgson, Michael Hannigan, Abraham Rexford Oduro, Christine Wiedinmyer
Community as a source of health in three racial/ethnic communities in Oregon: a qualitative study
Carolyn A Mendez-Luck, Jeffrey W Bethel, R Turner Goins, Marc B Schure, Elizabeth McDermott
Factors influencing H1N1 vaccine behavior among Manitoba Metis in Canada: a qualitative study
S Michelle Driedger, Ryan Maier, Chris Furgal, Cindy Jardine
The effectiveness of community engagement in public health interventions for disadvantaged groups: a meta-analysis
Alison O’Mara-Eves, Ginny Brunton, Sandy Oliver, Josephine Kavanagh, Farah Jamal, James Thomas
The World Health Organization’s Health Promoting Schools framework: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis
Rebecca Langford, Christopher Bonell, Hayley Jones, Theodora Pouliou, Simon Murphy, Elizabeth Waters, Kelli Komro, Lisa Gibbs, Daniel Magnus, Rona Campbell
Determinants of tobacco smoking among rural-to-urban migrant workers: a cross-sectional survey in Shanghai
Yao Liu, Huijiang Song, Tianying Wang, Tianhao Wang, Hua Yang, Jian Gong, Yao Shen, Wei Dai, Jing Zhou, Shanzhu Zhu, Zhigang Pan
HIV testing service awareness and service uptake among female heads of household in rural Mozambique: results from a province-wide survey
Heather N Paulin, Meridith Blevins, John R Koethe, Nicole Hinton, Lara ME Vaz, Alfredo E Vergara, Abraham Mukolo, Elisée Ndatimana, Troy D Moon, Sten H Vermund, C William Wester
National physical activity recommendations: systematic overview and analysis of the situation in European countries
Sonja Kahlmeier, Trudy M A Wijnhoven, Patrick Alpiger, Christian Schweizer, João Breda, Brian W Martin
Socioeconomic status and sick leave granted for mental and somatic disorders: a prospective study of young adult twins
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Cardiometabolic disease risk and HIV status in rural South Africa: establishing a baseline
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Evaluation of a pilot healthy eating intervention in restaurants and food stores of a rural community: a randomized community trial
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Effectiveness of short message services reminder on childhood immunization programme in Kadoma, Zimbabwe - a randomized controlled trial, 2013
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Sexual health risk reduction interventions for people with severe mental illness: a systematic review
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Health care providers’ perceptions of and attitudes towards induced abortions in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia: a systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative data
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Anthropometric indices as predictors of hypertension among men and women aged 40–69 years in the Korean population: the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study
Joung-Won Lee, Nam-Kyoo Lim, Tae-Hwa Baek, Sung-Hee Park, Hyun-Young Park
Modeling the impact of tuberculosis interventions on epidemiologic outcomes and health system costs
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Generation shifts in smoking over 20 years in two Dutch population-based cohorts aged 20–100 years
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Impact of a passive social marketing intervention in community pharmacies on oral contraceptive and condom sales: a quasi-experimental study
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Walking away from back pain: one step at a time – a community-based randomised controlled trial
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Obtaining information about cancer: prevalence and preferences among Japanese adults
Rina Miyawaki, Ai Shibata, Kaori Ishii, Koichiro Oka
Motor development following in utero exposure to organochlorines: a follow-up study of children aged 5–9 years in Greenland, Ukraine and Poland
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Impact evaluation of a community-based intervention to reduce risky sexual behaviour among female sex workers in Shanghai, China
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The effectiveness of a web-based Dutch parenting program to prevent overweight in children 9–13 years of age: study protocol for a two-armed cluster randomized controlled trial
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Individual socio-demographic factors and perceptions of the environment as determinants of inequalities in adolescent physical and psychological health: the Olympic Regeneration in East London (ORiEL) study
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Illness perceptions and explanatory models of viral hepatitis B & C among immigrants and refugees: a narrative systematic review
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The effect of a sit-stand workstation intervention on daily sitting, standing and physical activity: protocol for a 12 month workplace randomised control trial
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Compartmental analysis of metals in waterpipe smoking technique
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Study protocol: the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of an employer-led intervention to increase walking during the daily commute: the Travel to Work randomised controlled trial
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Religious involvement and tobacco use in mainland China: a preliminary study
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Increasing children’s physical activity through a teaching-assistant led extracurricular intervention: process evaluation of the action 3:30 randomised feasibility trial
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Demographic and socio-economic factors associated with multiple health risk behaviours among adolescents in Serbia: a cross sectional study
Katarina Boričić, Snežana Simić, Jelena Marinković Erić
Divorce and subsequent increase in uptake of antidepressant medication: a Finnish registry-based study on couple versus individual effects
Christiaan WS Monden, Niina Metsä-Simola, Saska Saarioja, Pekka Martikainen
Not living with both parents is associated with more health- and developmental problems in infants aged 7 to 11 months: a cross sectional study
Nadine Kacenelenbogen, Michèle Dramaix-Wilmet, Marco Schetgen, Michel Roland
Association of obesity with socioeconomic status among adults of ages 18 to 80 years in rural Northwest China
Leilei Pei, Yue Cheng, Yijun Kang, Shuyi Yuan, Hong Yan
Bayesian random effects modelling with application to childhood anaemia in Malawi
Alfred Ngwira, Lawrence N Kazembe
Using the RE-AIM framework to evaluate physical activity public health programs in México
Edtna Jauregui, Ann M Pacheco, Erica G Soltero, Teresia M O’Connor, Cynthia M Castro, Paul A Estabrooks, Lorna H McNeill, Rebecca E Lee
A cross-sectional survey on the health status and the health-related quality of life of the elderly after flood disaster in Bazhong city, Sichuan, China
Jun Wu, Jian Xiao, Tong Li, Xiaoshan Li, Huamin Sun, Eric PF Chow, Yihua Lu, Tian Tian, Xiaoyan Li, Qi Wang, Xun Zhuang, Lei Zhang
Prevalence of measured and reported multimorbidity in a representative sample of the Swiss population
Basile Pache, Peter Vollenweider, Gérard Waeber, Pedro Marques-Vidal
Cardiovascular risk factors and 30-year cardiovascular risk in homeless adults with mental illness
Agnes Gozdzik, Roxana Salehi, Patricia O’Campo, Vicky Stergiopoulos, Stephen W Hwang
Coping strategies of HIV-affected households in Ghana
Amos Laar, Abubakar Manu, Matilda Laar, Angela El-Adas, Richard Amenyah, Kyeremeh Atuahene, Dave Quarshie, Andrew Anthony Adjei, Isabella Quakyi
‘What a man can do, a woman can do better’: gendered alcohol consumption and (de)construction of social identity among young Nigerians
Emeka W Dumbili
Detection of influenza-like illness aberrations by directly monitoring Pearson residuals of fitted negative binomial regression models
Ta-Chien Chan, Yung-Chu Teng, Jing-Shiang Hwang
Coverage of skin cancer and recreational tanning in North American magazines before and after the landmark 2006 International Agency for Research on Cancer report
Jennifer E McWhirter, Laurie Hoffman-Goetz
Association between yogurt consumption and the risk of Metabolic Syndrome over 6 years in the SUN study
Carmen Sayón-Orea, Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Amelia Martí, Adriano M Pimenta, Nerea Martín-Calvo, Miguel A Martínez-González
Economic considerations and health in all policies initiatives: evidence from interviews with key informants in Sweden, Quebec and South Australia
Andrew D Pinto, Agnes Molnar, Ketan Shankardass, Patricia J O’Campo, Ahmed M Bayoumi
Monthly variations in self-report of time-specified and typical alcohol use: The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT3)
Ann Kristin Knudsen, Jens Christoffer Skogen
Association of car ownership and physical activity across the spectrum of human development: Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study (METS)
David A Shoham, Lara R Dugas, Pascal Bovet, Terrence E Forrester, Estelle V Lambert, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Dale A Schoeller, Soren Brage, Ulf Ekelund, Ramon A Durazo-Arvizu, Richard S Cooper, Amy Luke
The association between daily steps and health, and the mediating role of body composition: a pedometer-based, cross-sectional study in an employed South African population
Julian D Pillay, Hidde P van der Ploeg, Tracy L Kolbe-Alexander, Karin I Proper, Maartje van Stralen, Simone A Tomaz, Willem van Mechelen, Estelle V Lambert
Child survival and BCG vaccination: a community based prospective cohort study in Uganda
Victoria Nankabirwa, James K Tumwine, Proscovia M Mugaba, Thorkild Tylleskär, Halvor Sommerfelt
Rationale and methods of a randomised cross-over cluster trial to assess the effectiveness of MOVI-KIDS on preventing obesity in pre-schoolers
Vicente Martínez-Vizcaino, Jorge Mota, Montserrat Solera-Martínez, Blanca Notario-Pacheco, Natalia Arias-Palencia, Jorge Cañete García-Prieto, Alberto González-García, Celia Álvarez-Bueno, Mairena Sánchez-López
Female family caregivers face a higher risk of hypertension and lowered estimated glomerular filtration rates: a cross-sectional, comparative study
Yasuko Torimoto-Sasai, Ayumi Igarashi, Takashi Wada, Yasuko Ogata, Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani
Daily sleep duration and risk of metabolic syndrome among middle-aged and older Chinese adults: cross-sectional evidence from the Dongfeng–Tongji cohort study
Jing Wu, Guiqiang Xu, Lijun Shen, Yanmei Zhang, Lulu Song, Siyi Yang, Handong Yang, Yuan Liang, Tangchun Wu, Youjie Wang
Performance of a five category front-of-pack labelling system – the 5-colour nutrition label – to differentiate nutritional quality of breakfast cereals in France
Chantal Julia, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Pauline Ducrot, Sandrine Péneau, Mathilde Touvier, Caroline Méjean, Serge Hercberg
Internal construct validity of the stress-energy questionnaire in a working population, a cohort study
Emina Hadzibajramovic, Gunnar Ahlborg Jr, Anna Grimby-Ekman, Åsa Lundgren-Nilsson
The effect of tobacco control policy on smoking cessation in relation to gender, age and education in Lithuania, 1994–2010
Jurate Klumbiene, Edita Sakyte, Janina Petkeviciene, Ritva Prattala, Anton E Kunst
Spatial and temporal patterns of smoking prevalence in Ontario
Gang Meng, K Stephen Brown, Mary E Thompson
Smoking among Hong Kong Chinese women: behavior, attitudes and experience
Ho Cheung William Li, Sophia SC Chan, Tai Hing Lam
Risk factors of hepatitis C virus transmission and genotype distribution in former blood donors from Chinese rural area
Wenjiao Yin, Changhong Huang, Feng Qiu, Li Liu, Feng Wang, Jikun Zhou, Yong Zhang, Shengli Bi
Factors associated with preventive behaviors regarding Lyme disease in Canada and Switzerland: a comparative study
Cécile Aenishaenslin, Pascal Michel, André Ravel, Lise Gern, François Milord, Jean-Philippe Waaub, Denise Bélanger
Health status of primary school educators in low socio-economic areas in South Africa
Marjanne Senekal, Zibuyile Seme, Anniza de Villiers, Nelia P Steyn
Patient and community experiences of tuberculosis diagnosis and care within a community-based intervention in Ethiopia: a qualitative study
Olivia Tulloch, Sally Theobald, Fukushi Morishita, Daniel G Datiko, Girum Asnake, Tadesse Tesema, Habiba Jamal, Paulos Markos, Luis E Cuevas, Mohammed A Yassin
Prevalence of depressive symptoms and factors associated with it in type 2 diabetic patients: a cross-sectional study in China
Linchuang Wang, Rui Song, Zhigang Chen, Jun Wang, Feng Ling
Translating it into real life: a qualitative study of the cognitions, barriers and supports for key obesogenic behaviors of parents of preschoolers
Jennifer Martin-Biggers, Kim Spaccarotella, Nobuko Hongu, Gayle Alleman, John Worobey, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner
Public preferences for vaccination and antiviral medicines under different pandemic flu outbreak scenarios
Helena Rubinstein, Afrodita Marcu, Lucy Yardley, Susan Michie
Diarrhea and health inequity among Indigenous children in Brazil: results from the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition
Ana Lúcia Escobar, Carlos EA Coimbra Jr, James R Welch, Bernardo L Horta, Ricardo Ventura Santos, Andrey M Cardoso
Hepatitis B and C virus infections among patients with end stage renal disease in a low-resourced hemodialysis center in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
Cuong Minh Duong, Dariusz Piotr Olszyna, Mary-Louise McLaws
The humanistic, economic and societal burden of Herpes Zoster in Europe: a critical review
Adam Gater, Mathieu Uhart, Rachael McCool, Emmanuelle Préaud
Trends in the use of the Internet for health purposes in Poland
Maria Magdalena Bujnowska-Fedak
Antiretroviral treatment coverage in a rural district in Tanzania – a modeling study using empirical data
Francis Levira, Abela Mpobela Agnarson, Honorati Masanja, Basia Zaba, Anna Mia Ekström, Anna Thorson
Weight-loss intervention using implementation intentions and mental imagery: a randomised control trial study protocol
Anne Hattar, Martin S Hagger, Sebely Pal
Knowledge, attitudes, and preferences of healthy young adults regarding advance care planning: a focus group study of university students in Pittsburgh, USA
Dio Kavalieratos, Natalie C Ernecoff, Jessica Keim-Malpass, Howard B Degenholtz
Impact of a diabetes screening program on a rural Chinese population: a 3-year follow-up study
Yanlei Zhang, Feng Ning, Jianping Sun, Zengchang Pang, Xiaoyong Wang, Anil Kapur, Harri Sintonen, Qing Qiao
Evaluation and mechanism for outcomes exploration of providing public health care in contract service in Rural China: a multiple-case study with complex adaptive systems design
Huixuan Zhou, Shengfa Zhang, Weijun Zhang, Fugang Wang, You Zhong, Linni Gu, Zhiyong Qu, Donghua Tian
Occupational factors and subsequent major depressive and generalized anxiety disorders in the prospective French national SIP study
Isabelle Niedhammer, Lucile Malard, Jean-François Chastang
Determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in university students: a qualitative study using focus group discussions
Tom Deliens, Benedicte Deforche, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Peter Clarys
Predictors of abortions in Rural Ghana: a cross-sectional study
George Adjei, Yeetey Enuameh, Kwaku Poku Asante, Frank Baiden, Obed Ernest A Nettey, Sulemana Abubakari, Emmanuel Mahama, Stephaney Gyaase, Seth Owusu-Agyei
Prevalence and determinants of pre-hypertension and hypertension among the adults in rural Bangladesh: findings from a community-based study
Masuma Akter Khanam, Wietze Lindeboom, Abdur Razzaque, Louis Niessen, Abul Hasnat Milton
Association between acculturation, obesity and cardiovascular risk factors among male South Asian migrants in the United Arab Emirates – a cross-sectional study
Syed M Shah, Tom Loney, Salma Al Dhaheri, Hassan Vatanparast, Iffat Elbarazi, Mukesh Agarwal, Iain Blair, Raghib Ali
Socioeconomic status and environmental noise exposure in Montreal, Canada
Laura M Dale, Sophie Goudreau, Stephane Perron, Martina S Ragettli, Marianne Hatzopoulou, Audrey Smargiassi
Obesity and eating behaviors in school children and adolescents –data from a cross sectional study from Bucharest, Romania
Carmen Gabriela Barbu, Monica Delia Teleman, Alice Ioana Albu, Anca Elena Sirbu, Sorina Carmen Martin, Adrian Bancescu, Simona Vasilica Fica
The Hi Five study: design of a school-based randomized trial to reduce infections and improve hygiene and well-being among 6–15 year olds in Denmark
Anette Johansen, Anne Maj Denbæk, Camilla Thørring Bonnesen, Pernille Due
Elevated neck circumference and associated factors in adolescents
Roberta de Lucena Ferretti, Isa de Pádua Cintra, Maria Aparecida Zanetti Passos, Gerson Luis de Moraes Ferrari, Mauro Fisberg
Addressing social issues in a universal HIV test and treat intervention trial (ANRS 12249 TasP) in South Africa: methods for appraisal
Joanna Orne-Gliemann, Joseph Larmarange, Sylvie Boyer, Collins Iwuji, Nuala McGrath, Till Bärnighausen, Thembelile Zuma, Rosemary Dray-Spira, Bruno Spire, Tamsen Rochat, France Lert, John Imrie
A national school-based health lifestyles interventions among Chinese children and adolescents against obesity: rationale, design and methodology of a randomized controlled trial in China
Yajun Chen, Lu Ma, Yinghua Ma, Haijun Wang, Jiayou Luo, Xin Zhang, Chunyan Luo, Hong Wang, Haiping Zhao, Dehong Pan, Yanna Zhu, Li Cai, Zhiyong Zou, Wenhan Yang, Jun Ma, Jin Jing
Study CAMBIMED: Effects of changes in medication appearance on safety of antihypertensive and hypolipidemic treatments in chronic patients older than 65 years in primary health care
Jesús Mario Arancon-Monge, Alicia de-Castro-Cuenca, Ángel Serrano-Vázquez, Luz Campos-Díaz, Montserrat Díaz-Eraso, Isabel del Cura-González, Elena Polentinos-Castro, Ricardo Rodríguez-Barrientos
Elimination of ‘the Glasgow effect’ in levels of dental caries in Scotland’s five-year-old children: 10 cross-sectional surveys (1994–2012)
Yvonne I Blair, Alex D McMahon, Wendy Gnich, David I Conway, Lorna MD Macpherson
Social cognitive determinants of HIV voluntary counselling and testing uptake among married individuals in Dar es Salaam Tanzania: Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB)
Sally M Mtenga, Amon Exavery, Deodatus Kakoko, Eveline Geubbels
Partners’ controlling behaviors and intimate partner sexual violence among married women in Uganda
Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Betty Kwagala, Patricia Ndugga, Allen Kabagenyi
A critical review of population health literacy assessment
Diana Guzys, Amanda Kenny, Virginia Dickson-Swift, Guinever Threlkeld
The assessment of ongoing community-based interventions to prevent obesity: lessons learned
Jessica S Gubbels, Frida KS Mathisen, Oddrun Samdal, Tim Lobstein, Leonie FM Kohl, Ingrid Leversen, Jeroen Lakerveld, Stef PJ Kremers, Patricia van Assema
The HIV epidemic and sexual and reproductive health policy integration: views of South African policymakers
Diane Cooper, Joanne E Mantell, Jennifer Moodley, Sumaya Mall
Anthropometric measurements in childhood and prediction of cardiovascular risk factors in adulthood: Kaunas cardiovascular risk cohort study
Janina Petkeviciene, Jurate Klumbiene, Vilma Kriaucioniene, Asta Raskiliene, Edita Sakyte, Indre Ceponiene
High prevalence of overweight and obesity among a representative sample of Puerto Rican children
Augusto R Elías-Boneta, Milagros J Toro, Omar Garcia, Roxana Torres, Cristina Palacios
Reaching older people with PA delivered in football clubs: the reach, adoption and implementation characteristics of the Extra Time Programme
Daniel Parnell, Andy Pringle, Jim McKenna, Stephen Zwolinsky, Zoe Rutherford, Jackie Hargreaves, Lizzie Trotter, Michael Rigby, David Richardson
Cardiovascular health and the modifiable burden of incident myocardial infarction: the Tromsø Study
Tom Wilsgaard, Laura R Loehr, Ellisiv B Mathiesen, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Kaare H Bønaa, Inger Njølstad, Gerardo Heiss
Change in body weight and body image in young adults: a longitudinal study
Gicele Costa Mintem, Denise Petrucci Gigante, Bernardo Lessa Horta
Association between alcohol consumption and the risk of ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective observational studies
Huang Yan-Hong, Li Jing, Luan Hong, Huang Shan-Shan, Li Yan, Li Ju
“In a situation of rescuing life”: meanings given to diabetes symptoms and care-seeking practices among adults in Southeastern Tanzania: a qualitative inquiry
Emmy Metta, Ajay Bailey, Flora Kessy, Eveline Geubbels, Inge Hutter, Hinke Haisma
Influence of family and friend smoking on intentions to smoke and smoking-related attitudes and refusal self-efficacy among 9–10 year old children from deprived neighbourhoods: a cross-sectional study
Ciara E McGee, Joanne Trigwell, Stuart J Fairclough, Rebecca C Murphy, Lorna Porcellato, Michael Ussher, Lawrence Foweather
Improvement of HAART in Brazil, 1998–2008: a nationwide assessment of survival times after AIDS diagnosis among men who have sex with men
Monica Malta, Cosme M F P da Silva, Monica MF Magnanini, Andrea L Wirtz, André R S Perissé, Chris Beyrer, Steffanie A Strathdee, Francisco I Bastos
Number of visits to the emergency department and risk of suicide: a population- based case–control study
Runar Bragi Kvaran, Oddny Sigurborg Gunnarsdottir, Adalbjorg Kristbjornsdottir, Unnur A Valdimarsdottir, Vilhjalmur Rafnsson
Different factors associated with loss to follow-up of infants born to HIV-infected or uninfected mothers: observations from the ANRS 12140-PEDIACAM study in Cameroon
Larissa Kamgue Sidze, Albert Faye, Suzie Ndiang Tetang, Ida Penda, Georgette Guemkam, Francis Ndongo Ateba, Jean Audrey Ndongo, Félicité Nguefack, Gaëtan Texier, Patrice Tchendjou, Anfumbom Kfutwah, Josiane Warszawski, Mathurin Cyrille Tejiokem
Contribution of chronic diseases to the disability burden in a population 15 years and older, Belgium, 1997–2008
Renata TC Yokota, Nicolas Berger, Wilma J Nusselder, Jean-Marie Robine, Jean Tafforeau, Patrick Deboosere, Herman Van Oyen
Protocol for a national monthly survey of alcohol use in England with 6-month follow-up: ‘The Alcohol Toolkit Study’
Emma Beard, Jamie Brown, Robert West, Crispin Acton, Alan Brennan, Colin Drummond, Matthew Hickman, John Holmes, Eileen Kaner, Karen Lock, Matthew Walmsley, Susan Michie
USA’s expanded overseas tuberculosis screening program: a retrospective study in China
Shaojun Liang, Jianming Zhang, Longfei Hu, Jiandong Chen, Jian Wu, Yongxin Huang, Yan Zeng, Yufeng Zhu, Zhaohui Li, Ying Wen, Wuyi Liang, Jinxue Zhuo, Hongtao He
Household food insecurity, diet, and weight status in a disadvantaged district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
Thuy Ngoc Vuong, Danielle Gallegos, Rebecca Ramsey
Exploring comorbid use of marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol among 14 to 15-year-olds: findings from a national survey on adolescent substance use
Joanna White, Darren Walton, Natalie Walker
Parental recommendations for population level interventions to support infant and family dietary choices: a qualitative study from the Growing Up in Wales, Environments for Healthy Living (EHL) study
Ashrafunnesa Khanom, Rebecca A Hill, Kelly Morgan, Frances L Rapport, Ronan A Lyons, Sinead Brophy
Cancer incidence and mortality for all causes in HIV-infected patients over a quarter century: a multicentre cohort study
Elena Raffetti, Laura Albini, Daria Gotti, Daniela Segala, Franco Maggiolo, Elisa di Filippo, Annalisa Saracino, Nicoletta Ladisa, Giuseppe Lapadula, Chiara Fornabaio, Filippo Castelnuovo, Salvatore Casari, Massimiliano Fabbiani, Piera Pierotti, Francesco Donato, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan
The change in motivating factors influencing commencement, adherence and retention to a supervised resistance training programme in previously sedentary post-menopausal women: a prospective cohort study
Janet Erica Viljoen, Candice Jo-Anne Christie
The association between neighborhood economic hardship, the retail food environment, fast food intake, and obesity: findings from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin
Michael Laxy, Kristen C Malecki, Marjory L Givens, Matthew C Walsh, F Javier Nieto
Community led active schools programme (CLASP) exploring the implementation of health interventions in primary schools: headteachers’ perspectives
Danielle Christian, Charlotte Todd, Helen Davies, Jaynie Rance, Gareth Stratton, Frances Rapport, Sinead Brophy
Maternal smoking and the risk of still birth: systematic review and meta-analysis
Takawira C Marufu, Anand Ahankari, Tim Coleman, Sarah Lewis
Effects of first exposure to plain cigarette packaging on smoking behaviour and attitudes: a randomised controlled study
Olivia M Maynard, Ute Leonards, Angela S Attwood, Linda Bauld, Lee Hogarth, Marcus R Munafò
A scoping review and thematic analysis of social and behavioural research among HIV-serodiscordant couples in high-income settings
Joshua B Mendelsohn, Liviana Calzavara, Amrita Daftary, Sanjana Mitra, Joel Pidutti, Dan Allman, Adam Bourne, Mona Loutfy, Ted Myers
Tuberculosis active case finding: uptake and diagnostic yield among minibus drivers in urban South Africa
Tonderai Mabuto, Ephraim Zwane, Violet Chihota, Gillian Gresak, Salome Charalambous, Gavin J Churchyard, Christopher J Hoffmann
Associations between e-cigarette access and smoking and drinking behaviours in teenagers
Karen Hughes, Mark A Bellis, Katherine A Hardcastle, Philip McHale, Andrew Bennett, Robin Ireland, Kate Pike
High school suicide in South Africa: teachers’ knowledge, views and training needs
Hilda N Shilubane, Arjan ER Bos, Robert AC Ruiter, Bart van den Borne, Priscilla S Reddy
Novel use of three administrative datasets to establish a cohort for environmental health research
Lucy F Telfar Barnard, Michael G Baker, Simon Hales, Philippa Howden-Chapman
Metabolic syndrome in hypertensive adults from rural Northeast China: an update
Shasha Yu, Xiaofan Guo, Hongmei Yang, Liqiang Zheng, Yingxian Sun
Hypovitaminosis D in healthy children in Central Thailand: prevalence and risk factors
Kanit Reesukumal, Kotchamol Manonukul, Orathai Jirapongsananuruk, Wijittra Krobtrakulchai, Sithikan Hanyongyuth, Somruedee Chatsiricharoenkul, Busadee Pratumvinit
Comparison of physical activity questionnaires for the elderly with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) – an analysis of content
Katharina G Eckert, Martin A Lange
Sequential dengue virus infections detected in active and passive surveillance programs in Thailand, 1994–2010
Piraya Bhoomiboonchoo, Ananda Nisalak, Natkamol Chansatiporn, In-Kyu Yoon, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Mathuros Thipayamongkolgul, Timothy Endy, Alan L Rothman, Sharone Green, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Darunee Buddhari, Mammen P Mammen, Robert V Gibbons
Adolescents’ use of the built environment for physical activity
Nicolas M Oreskovic, James M Perrin, Alyssa I Robinson, Joseph J Locascio, Jeff Blossom, Minghua L Chen, Jonathan P Winickoff, Alison E Field, Chloe Green, Elizabeth Goodman
From pills to patients: an evaluation of data sources to determine the number of people living with HIV who are receiving antiretroviral therapy in Germany
Daniel Schmidt, Christian Kollan, Matthias Stoll, Hans-Jürgen Stellbrink, Andreas Plettenberg, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Frank Bergmann, Johannes R Bogner, Jan van Lunzen, Jürgen Rockstroh, Stefan Esser, Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, Heinz-August Horst, Carlos Fritzsche, Andrea Kühne, Matthias an der Heiden, Osamah Hamouda, Barbara Bartmeyer
Socioeconomic indicators of health inequalities and female mortality: a nested cohort study within the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS)
Katharine Bailey, Andy Ryan, Sophia Apostolidou, Evangelia Fourkala, Matthew Burnell, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Jatinderpal Kalsi, Max Parmar, Ian Jacobs, Hynek Pikhart, Usha Menon
Do routinely measured risk factors for obesity explain the sex gap in its prevalence? Observations from Saudi Arabia
Fatima Garawi, George B Ploubidis, Karen Devries, Nasser Al-Hamdan, Ricardo Uauy
Global epidemiology of type 1 diabetes in young adults and adults: a systematic review
Paula A Diaz-Valencia, Pierre Bougnères, Alain-Jacques Valleron
Erratum to: 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
Influences on influenza transmission within terminal based on hierarchical structure of personal contact network
Quan Shao, Meng Jia
A systematic review of transitions between cigarette and smokeless tobacco product use in the United States
Jamie Tam, Hannah R Day, Brian L Rostron, Benjamin J Apelberg
Determinants of suboptimal breastfeeding practices in Nigeria: evidence from the 2008 demographic and health survey
Felix A Ogbo, Kingsley E Agho, Andrew Page
Towards a physically more active lifestyle based on one’s own values: the results of a randomized controlled trial among physically inactive adults
Anu Maarit Kangasniemi, Raimo Lappalainen, Anna Kankaanpää, Asko Tolvanen, Tuija Tammelin
Hidden voices: prevalence and risk factors for violence against women with disabilities in Nepal
Mahesh Puri, Geetanjali Misra, Sarah Hawkes
Predictors of modern contraceptive use during the postpartum period among women in Uganda: a population-based cross sectional study
Gideon Rutaremwa, Allen Kabagenyi, Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Tapiwa Jhamba, Edith Akiror, Hellen Laetitia Nviiri
Increased risk of tuberculosis among foreign-born persons with diabetes in California, 2010–2012
Sarah Ellen Demlow, Peter Oh, Pennan M Barry
“A welfare recipient may be drinking, but as long as he does as told – he may drink himself to death”: a qualitative analysis of project implementation barriers among Danish job consultants
Maja Bæksgaard Hansen, Stine Kloster, Ida Høgstedt Danquah, Anette Søgaard Nielsen, Ulrik Becker, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup
Replication of a whole school ethos-changing intervention: different context, similar effects, additional insights
Penelope Hawe, Lyndal Bond, Laura M Ghali, Rosemary Perry, Colleen M Davison, David M Casey, Helen Butler, Cynthia M Webster, Bert Scholz
Investigating the relationship between self-rated health and social capital in South Africa: a multilevel panel data analysis
Yan Kwan Lau, John E Ataguba
Activity limitations predict health care expenditures in the general population in Belgium
Johan Van der Heyden, Herman Van Oyen, Nicolas Berger, Dirk De Bacquer, Koen Van Herck
Structured additive regression models with spatial correlation to estimate under-five mortality risk factors in Ethiopia
Dawit G Ayele, Temesgen T Zewotir, Henry G Mwambi
The association of physical activity, body mass index and the blood pressure levels among urban poor youth in Accra, Ghana
Ernest Afrifa–Anane, Charles Agyemang, Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Ama de-Graft Aikins
Sexual violence against female sex workers in The Gambia: a cross-sectional examination of the associations between victimization and reproductive, sexual and mental health
Jennifer A Sherwood, Ashley Grosso, Michele R Decker, Sarah Peitzmeier, Erin Papworth, Daouda Diouf, Fatou Maria Drame, Nuha Ceesay, Stefan Baral
Associations between parental BMI, socioeconomic factors, family structure and overweight in Finnish children: a path model approach
Suvi Parikka, Päivi Mäki, Esko Levälahti, Susanna Lehtinen-Jacks, Tuija Martelin, Tiina Laatikainen
The Healthy Migrant Families Initiative: development of a culturally competent obesity prevention intervention for African migrants
Andre MN Renzaho, Jennifer A Halliday, David Mellor, Julie Green
A cross-sectional analysis of the geographic distribution and causes of maternal mortality in South Africa: 2002–2006
Nolunkcwe J Bomela
A participatory physical and psychosocial intervention for balancing the demands and resources among industrial workers (PIPPI): study protocol of a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Nidhi Gupta, Christian Dyrlund Wåhlin-Jacobsen, Louise Nøhr Henriksen, Johan Simonsen Abildgaard, Karina Nielsen, Andreas Holtermann
The association between mental health symptoms and mobility limitation among Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants: a population based study
Shadia Rask, Anu E Castaneda, Päivikki Koponen, Päivi Sainio, Sari Stenholm, Jaana Suvisaari, Teppo Juntunen, Tapio Halla, Tommi Härkänen, Seppo Koskinen
Impact of socioeconomic status and medical conditions on health and healthcare utilization among aging Ghanaians
Bashiru II Saeed, Zhao Xicang, Alfred Edwin Yawson, Samuel Blay Nguah, Nicholas NN Nsowah-Nuamah
Exploring the transparency mechanism and evaluating the effect of public reporting on prescription: a protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Xin Du, Dan Wang, Xuan Wang, Shiru Yang, Xinping Zhang
Use of quantile regression to investigate changes in the body mass index distribution of Chinese adults aged 18–60 years: a longitudinal study
Yifei Ouyang, Huijun Wang, Chang Su, Zhihong Wang, Yiqi Song, Yingting Xiao, Wenwen Du, Bing Zhang
Diet, physical activity and socio-economic disparities of obesity in Lebanese adults: findings from a national study
Marie Claire Chamieh, Helen J Moore, Carolyn Summerbell, Hani Tamim, Abla Mehio Sibai, Nahla Hwalla
Parental perceptions of barriers and facilitators to preventing child unintentional injuries within the home: a qualitative study
Joanne Ablewhite, Isabel Peel, Lisa McDaid, Adrian Hawkins, Trudy Goodenough, Toity Deave, Jane Stewart, Denise Kendrick
Associations between diet, physical activity and body fat distribution: a cross sectional study in an Indian population
Liza Bowen, Amy E Taylor, Ruth Sullivan, Shah Ebrahim, Sanjay Kinra, KV Radha Krishna, Bharati Kulkarni, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Ulf Ekelund, Jonathan CK Wells, Hannah Kuper
A new public health context to understand male sex work
Victor Minichiello, John Scott, Denton Callander
B’More healthy: retail rewards - design of a multi-level communications and pricing intervention to improve the food environment in Baltimore City
Nadine Budd, Alison Cuccia, Jayne K Jeffries, Divya Prasad, Kevin D Frick, Lisa Powell, Fred A Katz, Joel Gittelsohn
A randomised controlled trial of a physical activity and nutrition program targeting middle-aged adults at risk of metabolic syndrome in a disadvantaged rural community
Krysten Blackford, Jonine Jancey, Andy H Lee, Anthony P James, Peter Howat, Andrew P Hills, Annie Anderson
The rise in stunting in relation to avian influenza and food consumption patterns in Lower Egypt in comparison to Upper Egypt: results from 2005 and 2008 Demographic and Health Surveys
Justine A Kavle, Fatma El-Zanaty, Megan Landry, Rae Galloway
A qualitative study of Chinese Canadian fathers’ smoking behaviors: intersecting cultures and masculinities
Aimei Mao, Joan L Bottorff, John L Oliffe, Gayl Sarbit, Mary T Kelly
Family influences on physical activity and sedentary behaviours in Chinese junior high school students: a cross-sectional study
Xin Wang, Qing-Min Liu, Yan-Jun Ren, Jun Lv, Li-Ming Li
The total sale of prescription drugs with an abuse potential predicts the number of excessive users: a national prescription database study
Ingeborg Rossow, Jørgen G Bramness
Large-scale implementation of alcohol brief interventions in new settings in Scotland: a qualitative interview study of a national programme
Niamh Fitzgerald, Lucy Platt, Susie Heywood, Jim McCambridge
A systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of peer education and peer support in prisons
Anne-Marie Bagnall, Jane South, Claire Hulme, James Woodall, Karen Vinall-Collier, Gary Raine, Karina Kinsella, Rachael Dixey, Linda Harris, Nat MJ Wright
Variation and risk factors of drug resistant tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Deus Lukoye, Willy Ssengooba, Kenneth Musisi, George W Kasule, Frank G J Cobelens, Moses Joloba, Gabriela B Gomez
Supporting adolescent girls to stay in school, reduce child marriage and reduce entry into sex work as HIV risk prevention in north Karnataka, India: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
Tara S Beattie, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Shajy Isac, Calum Davey, Prakash Javalkar, Sapna Nair, Raghavendra Thalinja, Gautam Sudhakar, Martine Collumbien, James F Blanchard, Charlotte Watts, Stephen Moses, Lori Heise
Short-term effects of a rights-based sexuality education curriculum for high-school students: a cluster-randomized trial
Norman A Constantine, Petra Jerman, Nancy F Berglas, Francisca Angulo-Olaiz, Chih-Ping Chou, Louise A Rohrbach
Trends of rubella incidence during a 5-year period of case based surveillance in Zimbabwe
Simbarashe Chimhuya, Portia Manangazira, Arnold Mukaratirwa, Pasipanodya Nziramasanga, Chipo Berejena, Annie Shonhai, Mary Kamupota, Regina Gerede, Mary Munyoro, Douglas Mangwanya, Christopher Tapfumaneyi, Charles Byabamazima, Eshetu Messeret Shibeshi, Kusum Jackison Nathoo
It still takes a village: an epidemiological study of the role of social supports in understanding unexpected health states in young people
Colleen Davison, Valerie Michaelson, William Pickett
Protocol for Get Moving: a randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of three minimal contact interventions to promote fitness and physical activity in working adults
Andrew JM Cooper, Katie Dearnley, Kate M Williams, Stephen J Sharp, Esther MF van Sluijs, Soren Brage, Stephen Sutton, Simon J Griffin
Use and cumulation of evidence from modelling studies to inform policy on food taxes and subsidies: biting off more than we can chew?
Ian Shemilt, Theresa M Marteau, Richard D Smith, David Ogilvie
Female sex, poverty and globalization as determinants of obesity among rural South African type 2 diabetics: a cross-sectional study
Oladele Vincent Adeniyi, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Daniel Ter Goon
Common mental disorders among adult members of ‘left-behind’ international migrant worker families in Sri Lanka
Chesmal Siriwardhana, Kolitha Wickramage, Sisira Siribaddana, Puwalani Vidanapathirana, Buddhini Jayasekara, Sulochana Weerawarna, Gayani Pannala, Anushka Adikari, Kaushalya Jayaweera, Sharika Pieris, Athula Sumathipala
Impact of indoor air pollution from the use of solid fuels on the incidence of life threatening respiratory illnesses in children in India
Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek Singh, Kaushalendra Kumar, Ashish Singh
A cross-sectional analysis of the cost and affordability of achieving recommended intakes of non-starchy fruits and vegetables in the capital of Vanuatu
Holly A Jones, Karen E Charlton
Patterns of accidental deaths in Kuwait: a retrospective descriptive study from 2003–2009
Nadia Al-Kandary, Salah Al-Waheeb
A web-based self-help intervention for partners of cancer patients based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: a protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Nadine Köhle, Constance HC Drossaert, Karlein MG Schreurs, Mariët Hagedoorn, Irma M Verdonck-de Leeuw, Ernst T Bohlmeijer
“I have never experienced any problem with my health. So far, it hasn’t been harmful”: older Greek-Australian smokers’ views on smoking: a qualitative study
Masoud Mohammadnezhad, George Tsourtos, Carlene Wilson, Julie Ratcliffe, Paul Ward
Associations between psychological distress and the most concerning present personal problems among working-age men in Japan
Koji Wada, Hisashi Eguchi, Daisuke Yoneoka, Jun Okahisa, Derek R Smith
A theory-based behavior-change intervention to reduce alcohol consumption in undergraduate students: Trial protocol
Martin S Hagger, Ging Ging Wong, Simon R Davey
Prevalence and management of cardiovascular risk factors in Portuguese living in Portugal and Portuguese who migrated to Switzerland
Luís Alves, Ana Azevedo, Henrique Barros, Peter Vollenweider, Gérard Waeber, Pedro Marques-Vidal
Impact of the joint association between sex, age and diabetes on long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Fei Gao, Carolyn Su Ping Lam, Ling Ling Sim, Tian Hai Koh, David Foo, Hean Yee Ong, Khim Leng Tong, Huay Cheem Tan, David Machin, Kok Seng Wong, Mark Yan Yee Chan, Terrance Siang Jin Chua
Job strain and unhealthy lifestyle: results from the baseline cohort study, Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)
Rosane Härter Griep, Aline Araújo Nobre, Márcia Guimarães de Mello Alves, Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca, Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso, Luana Giatti, Enirtes Caetano Prates Melo, Susanna Toivanen, Dóra Chor
Body mass index and depressive symptoms in middle aged and older adults
Jin-Won Noh, Young Dae Kwon, Jumin Park, Jinseok Kim
Evolution of socioeconomic inequalities in smoking: results from the Portuguese national health interview surveys
Joana Alves, Anton E Kunst, Julian Perelman
Healthy life expectancy and the correlates of self-rated health in Bangladesh in 1996 and 2002
Md Ismail Tareque, Yasuhiko Saito, Kazuo Kawahara
The population attributable fraction of low education for mortality in South Korea with improvement in educational attainment and no improvement in mortality inequalities
Dohee Lim, Kyoung Ae Kong, Hye Ah Lee, Won Kyung Lee, Su Hyun Park, Sun Jung Baik, Hyesook Park, Kyunghee Jung-Choi
The differential effects of intimate terrorism and situational couple violence on mental health outcomes among abused Chinese women: a mixed-method study
Agnes Tiwari, Ko Ling Chan, Denise Shuk Ting Cheung, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, Elsie Chau Wai Yan, Debbie Hoi Ming Tang
The educational gradient of obesity increases among Swedish pregnant women: a register-based study
Helena Bjermo, Simon Lind, Finn Rasmussen
Assessing implementation fidelity of a community-based infant and young child feeding intervention in Ethiopia identifies delivery challenges that limit reach to communities: a mixed-method process evaluation study
Sunny S Kim, Disha Ali, Andrew Kennedy, Roman Tesfaye, Amare W Tadesse, Teweldebrhan H Abrha, Rahul Rawat, Purnima Menon
Consumption and drinking frequency of alcoholic beverage among women in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Anthony Mwinilanaa Tampah-Naah, Samuel Twumasi Amoah
Patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior in a representative sample of a multi-ethnic South-East Asian population: a cross-sectional study
Aye Mya Win, Lim Wei Yen, Kristin HX Tan, Raymond Boon Tar Lim, Kee Seng Chia, Falk Mueller-Riemenschneider
Anemia among children aged 2–5 years in the Gaza Strip- Palestinian: a cross sectional study
Rima Rafiq El Kishawi, Kah Leng Soo, Yehia Awad Abed, Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda
Mental distress predicts divorce over 16 years: the HUNT study
Mariann Idstad, Fartein Ask Torvik, Ingrid Borren, Kamilla Rognmo, Espen Røysamb, Kristian Tambs
The role of population change in the increased economic differences in mortality: a study of premature death from all causes and major groups of causes of death in Spain, 1980–2010
David Martínez, Carolina Giráldez-García, Estrella Miqueleiz, María E Calle, Juana M Santos, Enrique Regidor
Correlation between mean body mass index in the population and prevalence of obesity in Brazilian capitals: empirical evidence for a population-based approach of obesity
Jackeline Christiane Pinto Lobato, Pauline Lorena Kale, Luis Guillermo Coca Velarde, Moyses Szklo, Antonio José Leal Costa
HIV knowledge among male labor migrants in China
Bo Yang, Zheng Wu, Christoph M Schimmele, Shuzhuo Li
Disability-adjusted-life-years losses in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: a burden of illness study
Josep Darbà, Lisette Kaskens, Nuria Pérez-Álvarez, Santiago Palacios, José Luis Neyro, Javier Rejas
Characteristics of Indigenous adults with poorly controlled diabetes in north Queensland: implications for services
David Ross Johnson, Robyn Anne McDermott, Peter Marshall Clifton, Katina D’Onise, Sean Matthew Taylor, Cilla Louise Preece, Barbara Anne Schmidt
Motivation to quit smoking among HIV-positive smokers in Vietnam
Nhung Thi Phuong Nguyen, Bach Xuan Tran, Lu Y Hwang, Christine M Markham, Michael D Swartz, Jennifer I Vidrine, Huong Thu Thi Phan, Carl A Latkin, Damon J Vidrine
Needs assessment of school and community physical activity opportunities in rural West Virginia: the McDowell CHOICES planning effort
Alfgeir L Kristjansson, Eloise Elliott, Sean Bulger, Emily Jones, Andrea R Taliaferro, William Neal
Noise exposure and hypertension: investigation of a silent relationship
Tatiana Cristina Fernandes de Souza, André Reynaldo Santos Périssé, Marisa Moura
Work situation and self-perceived economic situation as predictors of change in burnout – a prospective general population-based cohort study
Sofia Norlund, Christina Reuterwall, Jonas Höög, Urban Janlert, Lisbeth Slunga Järvholm
The cost of acute respiratory infections in Northern India: a multi-site study
Samuel K Peasah, Debjani Ram Purakayastha, Parvaiz A Koul, Fatima S Dawood, Siddhartha Saha, Ritvik Amarchand, Shobha Broor, Vaibhab Rastogi, Romana Assad, Kaisar Ahmed Kaul, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Renu B Lal, Anand Krishnan
Training Sri Lankan public health midwives on intimate partner violence: a pre- and post-intervention study
Achini Chinthika Jayatilleke, Kayoko Yoshikawa, Junko Yasuoka, Krishna C Poudel, Nilani Fernando, Achala Upendra Jayatilleke, Masamine Jimba
Interrelationships between education, occupational class and income as determinants of sickness absence among young employees in 2002–2007 and 2008–2013
Hilla Sumanen, Olli Pietiläinen, Jouni Lahti, Eero Lahelma, Ossi Rahkonen
Development and feasibility study of very brief interventions for physical activity in primary care
Sally Pears, Katie Morton, Maaike Bijker, Stephen Sutton, Wendy Hardeman
Impact of unstable housing on all-cause mortality among persons who inject drugs
Rebecca Zivanovic, MJ Milloy, Kanna Hayashi, Huiru Dong, Christy Sutherland, Thomas Kerr, Evan Wood
Maternal and child health interventions in Nigeria: a systematic review of published studies from 1990 to 2014
Musa Abubakar Kana, Henry Victor Doctor, Bárbara Peleteiro, Nuno Lunet, Henrique Barros
Proposing a framework for Health Impact Assessment in Iran
Ali Fakhri, Patrick Harris, Mohammadreza Maleki
Under consumers’ scrutiny - an investigation into consumers’ attitudes and concerns about nudging in the realm of health behavior
Astrid F Junghans, Tracy TL Cheung, Denise DT De Ridder
Preventing alcohol use with a universal school-based intervention: results from an effectiveness study
Henriette Kyrrestad Strøm, Frode Adolfsen, Bjørn Helge Handegård, Henrik Natvig, Martin Eisemann, Monica Martinussen, Roman Koposov
Medical and Welfare Officers beliefs about post-deployment screening for mental health disorders in the UK Armed Forces: a qualitative study
Samantha Bull, Gursimran Thandi, Mary Keeling, Melanie Chesnokov, Neil Greenberg, Norman Jones, Roberto Rona, Stephani L Hatch
Factors that challenge health for people involved in the compensation process following a motor vehicle crash: a longitudinal study
Nieke A Elbers, Arno J Akkermans, Keri Lockwood, Ashley Craig, Ian D Cameron
Web-based interventions to decrease alcohol use in adolescents: a Delphi study about increasing effectiveness and reducing drop-out
Astrid Jander, Rik Crutzen, Liesbeth Mercken, Hein De Vries
An application in identifying high-risk populations in alternative tobacco product use utilizing logistic regression and CART: a heuristic comparison
Yang Lei, Nikki Nollen, Jasjit S Ahluwahlia, Qing Yu, Matthew S Mayo
A place to call home: study protocol for a longitudinal, mixed methods evaluation of two housing first adaptations in Sydney, Australia
Elizabeth Whittaker, Wendy Swift, Paul Flatau, Timothy Dobbins, Olivia Schollar-Root, Lucinda Burns
Patterns and predictors of workplace health promotion: cross-sectional findings from a company survey in Germany
David Beck, Uwe Lenhardt, Britta Schmitt, Sabine Sommer
Association of knowledge, preventive counseling and personal health behaviors on physical activity and consumption of fruits or vegetables in community health workers
Alex A Florindo, Ross C Brownson, Gregore I Mielke, Grace AO Gomes, Diana C Parra, Fernando V Siqueira, Felipe Lobelo, Eduardo J Simoes, Luiz R Ramos, Mário M Bracco, Pedro C Hallal
Linked randomised controlled trials of face-to-face and electronic brief intervention methods to prevent alcohol related harm in young people aged 14–17 years presenting to Emergency Departments (SIPS junior)
Paolo Deluca, Simon Coulton, M Fasihul Alam, David Cohen, Kim Donoghue, Eilish Gilvarry, Eileen Kaner, Ian Maconochie, Paul McArdle, Ruth McGovern, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Robert Patton, Ceri Phillips, Thomas Phillips, Ian Russell, John Strang, Colin Drummond
The effect of isoniazid preventive therapy on incidence of tuberculosis among HIV-infected clients under pre-ART care, Jimma, Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study
Lelisa Fekadu Assebe, Hailemariam Lemma Reda, Alem Desta Wubeneh, Wondwossen Terefe Lerebo, Saba Maria Lambert
Process evaluation of a sport-for-health intervention to prevent smoking amongst primary school children: SmokeFree Sports
Joanne Trigwell, Ciara E McGee, Rebecca C Murphy, Lorna A Porcellato, Michael Ussher, Katy Garnham-Lee, Zoe R Knowles, Lawrence Foweather
Regional alcohol consumption and alcohol-related mortality in Great Britain: novel insights using retail sales data
Mark Robinson, Deborah Shipton, David Walsh, Bruce Whyte, Gerry McCartney
Screening for pulmonary tuberculosis in type 2 diabetes elderly: a cross-sectional study in a community hospital
Yung-Hsiang Lin, Chia-Pei Chen, Pao-Ying Chen, Jui-Chu Huang, Cheng Ho, Hsu-Huei Weng, Ying-Huang Tsai, Yun-Shing Peng
Virtually impossible: limiting Australian children and adolescents daily screen based media use
Stephen Houghton, Simon C Hunter, Michael Rosenberg, Lisa Wood, Corinne Zadow, Karen Martin, Trevor Shilton
“I don’t mind damaging my own body” A qualitative study of the factors that motivate smokers to quit
Jane Bethea, Barnaby Murtagh, Susan E Wallace
Malaria policies versus practices, a reality check from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Hypolite Muhindo Mavoko, Gillon Ilombe, Raquel Inocêncio da Luz, Albert Kutekemeni, Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden, Pascal Lutumba
Associations between parents’ subjective time pressure and mental health problems among children in the Nordic countries: a population based study
Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdottir, Ylva Bjereld, Gunnel Hensing, Max Petzold, Lene Povlsen
Seizing an opportunity: increasing use of cessation services following a tobacco tax increase
Paula A Keller, Lija O Greenseid, Matthew Christenson, Raymond G Boyle, Barbara A Schillo
Age and time effects on children’s lifestyle and overweight in Sweden
Lotta Moraeus, Lauren Lissner, Linda Olsson, Agneta Sjöberg
Stakeholders’ perception on including broader economic impact of vaccines in economic evaluations in low and middle income countries: a mixed methods study
Ingeborg M van der Putten, Silvia MAA Evers, Rohan Deogaonkar, Mark Jit, Raymond CW Hutubessy
Epidemiological characteristics and burden of childhood and adolescent injuries: a survey of elementary and secondary students in Xiamen, China
Ya Fang, Xiang Zhang, Wei Chen, Fang Lin, Manqiong Yuan, Zhi Geng, Hong Yu, Long Dai
Use of electronic cigarettes among Romanian university students: a cross-sectional study
Lucia Maria Lotrean
Understanding sharps injuries in home healthcare: The Safe Home Care qualitative methods study to identify pathways for injury prevention
Pia Markkanen, Catherine Galligan, Angela Laramie, June Fisher, Susan Sama, Margaret Quinn
Antenatal care strengthening for improved quality of care in Jimma, Ethiopia: an effectiveness study
Sarah Fredsted Villadsen, Dereje Negussie, Abebe GebreMariam, Abebech Tilahun, Henrik Friis, Vibeke Rasch
Effect of a program of short bouts of exercise on bone health in adolescents involved in different sports: the PRO-BONE study protocol
Dimitris Vlachopoulos, Alan R Barker, Craig A Williams, Karen M Knapp, Brad S Metcalf, Luis Gracia-Marco
Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus 1 infection in the last decade among entry travelers in Yunnan Province, China
Binghui Wang, Yaobo Liang, Yue Feng, Yaping Li, Yajuan Wang, A-Mei Zhang, Zulqarnain Baloch, Li Liu, Weihong Qin, Xueshan Xia
Design, randomization and methodology of the TriAtiva Program to reduce obesity in school children in Southern Brazil
Roberta R Friedrich, Lisandrea C Caetano, Mariana D Schiffner, Mário B Wagner, Ilaine Schuch
Prospective register-based study of the impact of immigration on educational inequalities in mortality in Norway
Jon Ivar Elstad, Einar Øverbye, Espen Dahl
Gender differences in predictors of self-rated health among older adults in Brazil and Chile
Ana Cristina Viana Campos, Cecilia Albala, Lydia Lera, Hugo Sánchez, Andréa Maria Duarte Vargas, Efigênia Ferreira e Ferreira
Virtual field trips as physically active lessons for children: a pilot study
Emma Norris, Nicola Shelton, Sandra Dunsmuir, Oliver Duke-Williams, Emmanuel Stamatakis
Description of the largest cluster of tuberculosis notified in Norway 1997–2011: is the Norwegian tuberculosis control programme serving its purpose for high risk groups?
Bernardo R Guzman Herrador, Karin Rønning, Katrine Borgen, Turid Mannsåker, Ulf R Dahle
Installation of a stationary high desk in the workplace: effect of a 6-week intervention on physical activity
Motohiko Miyachi, Satoshi Kurita, Julien Tripette, Ryo Takahara, Yoshiko Yagi, Haruka Murakami
The contribution of snacks to dietary intake and their association with eating location among Norwegian adults – results from a cross-sectional dietary survey
Jannicke B Myhre, Elin B Løken, Margareta Wandel, Lene F Andersen
Malaria care seeking behavior of individuals in Ghana under the NHIS: Are we back to the use of informal care?
Ama Pokuaa Fenny, Felix A Asante, Ulrika Enemark, Kristian S Hansen
Public health management of invasive meningococcal disease in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 2012: adherence to guidance and estimation of resources required as determined in a survey of local health authorities
Lukas Murajda, Elisabeth Aichinger, Guenter Pfaff, Wiebke Hellenbrand
Long-term efficacy of a Web-based computer-tailored nutrition education intervention for adults including cognitive and environmental feedback: a randomized controlled trial
Linda Springvloet, Lilian Lechner, Hein de Vries, Anke Oenema
‘I know it has worked for millions of years’: the role of the ‘natural’ in parental reasoning against child immunization in a qualitative study in Switzerland
Karin Gross, Karin Hartmann, Elisabeth Zemp, Sonja Merten
How can formative research inform the design of an iron-folic acid supplementation intervention starting in first trimester of pregnancy in Bangladesh?
Ashraful Alam, Sabrina Rasheed, Nazib UZ Khan, Tamanna Sharmin, Tanvir M Huda, Shams E Arifeen, Michael J Dibley
Undernutrition and associated risk factors among school age children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Dawit Degarege, Abraham Degarege, Abebe Animut
The changing trends of HIV-1 prevalence and incidence from sentinel surveillance of five sub-populations in Yunnan, China, 2001–2010
Li Yang, Min Chen, Yanling Ma, Hongbing Luo, Chaojun Yang, Yingzhen Su, Huichao Chen, Yuhua Shi, Jingyuan Mei, Manhong Jia, Lin Lu
The effectiveness of the “Brainwork Intervention” in reducing sick leave for unemployed workers with psychological problems: design of a controlled clinical trial
Selwin S Audhoe, Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Jan L Hoving, Judith K Sluiter, Monique HW Frings-Dresen
Rural definition of health: a systematic literature review
Charles Gessert, Stephen Waring, Lisa Bailey-Davis, Pat Conway, Melissa Roberts, Jeffrey VanWormer
Descriptive study of sedentary behaviours in 35,444 French working adults: cross-sectional findings from the ACTI-Cités study
Madina Saidj, Mehdi Menai, Hélène Charreire, Christiane Weber, Christophe Enaux, Mette Aadahl, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Serge Hercberg, Chantal Simon, Jean-Michel Oppert
Sick-listing adherence: a register study of 1.4 million episodes of sickness benefit 2010–2013 in Sweden
Ola Leijon, Malin Josephson, Niklas Österlund
Type, frequency and purpose of information used to inform public health policy and program decision-making
Pauline Zardo, Alex Collie
Health care access dimensions and cervical cancer screening in South Africa: analysis of the world health survey
Tomi F Akinyemiju, Jasmine A McDonald, Paula M Lantz
Prevalence, awareness, medication, control, and risk factors associated with hypertension in Yi ethnic group aged 50 years and over in rural China: the Yunnan minority eye study
Lixing Chen, Yuan Zong, Tao Wei, Xun Sheng, Wei Shen, Jun Li, Zhiqiang Niu, Hua Zhou, Yang Zhang, Yuansheng Yuan, Qin Chen, Hua Zhong
Participatory women’s groups and counselling through home visits to improve child growth in rural eastern India: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
Nirmala Nair, Prasanta Tripathy, Harshpal S Sachdev, Sanghita Bhattacharyya, Rajkumar Gope, Sumitra Gagrai, Shibanand Rath, Suchitra Rath, Rajesh Sinha, Swati Sarbani Roy, Suhas Shewale, Vijay Singh, Aradhana Srivastava, Hemanta Pradhan, Anthony Costello, Andrew Copas, Jolene Skordis-Worrall, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Naomi Saville, Audrey Prost
A multiple case history and systematic review of adoption, diffusion, implementation and impact of provincial daily physical activity policies in Canadian schools
Dana Lee Olstad, Elizabeth J Campbell, Kim D Raine, Candace IJ Nykiforuk
Content analysis of press coverage during the H1N1 influenza pandemic in Germany 2009–2010
Sabine Husemann, Florian Fischer
Predictors for neonatal death in the rural areas of Shaanxi Province of Northwestern China: a cross-sectional study
Chao Li, Hong Yan, Lingxia Zeng, Michael J Dibley, Duolao Wang
“Students want HIV testing in schools” a formative evaluation of the acceptability of HIV testing and counselling at schools in Gauteng and North West provinces in South Africa
Sphiwe Madiba, Mathilda Mokgatle
Genetic causal beliefs about morbidity: associations with health behaviors and health outcome beliefs about behavior changes between 1982–2002 in the Finnish population
Ari Haukkala, Hanna Konttinen, Nelli Hankonen, Markus Perola, Helena Kääriäinen, Veikko Salomaa
Systematic review of cigar smoking and all cause and smoking related mortality
Cindy M Chang, Catherine G Corey, Brian L Rostron, Benjamin J Apelberg
Tracking physical activity in different settings from late childhood to early adulthood in Germany: the MoMo longitudinal study
Annette Rauner, Darko Jekauc, Filip Mess, Steffen Schmidt, Alexander Woll
Awareness of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: can information on guidelines prevent overestimation?
Emily CL Knox, Ian M Taylor, Stuart JH Biddle, Lauren B Sherar
Individual and school level correlates of moderate to vigorous physical activity among school-children in Germany – a multi-level analysis
Fabian Czerwinski, Emily Finne, Petra Kolip, Jens Bucksch
Reducing diarrhoea deaths in South Africa: costs and effects of scaling up essential interventions to prevent and treat diarrhoea in under-five children
Lumbwe Chola, Julia Michalow, Aviva Tugendhaft, Karen Hofman
Vaccination Week in the Americas, 2011: an opportunity to assess the routine vaccination program in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Daniel Sánchez, Samir V Sodha, Hannah J Kurtis, Gladys Ghisays, Kathleen A Wannemuehler, M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Alba María Ropero-Álvarez
Depressive symptoms and clustering of risk behaviours among adolescents and young adults attending vocational education: a cross-sectional study
Rienke Bannink, Suzanne Broeren, Jurriën Heydelberg, Els van’t Klooster, Hein Raat
Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among a Nigerian adult population: relationship with income level and accessibility to CVD risks screening
Victor Maduabuchi Oguoma, Ezekiel Uba Nwose, Timothy Chas Skinner, Kester Awharentomah Digban, Innocent Chukwu Onyia, Ross Stuart Richards
Demographic factors associated with smoking cessation during pregnancy in New South Wales, Australia, 2000–2011
Erin Passmore, Rhydwyn McGuire, Patricia Correll, Jason Bentley
Protocol of a randomized controlled trial of hearing protection interventions for farm operators
Marjorie C McCullagh, David L Ronis
Information and communication technologies for approaching smokers: a descriptive study in primary healthcare
Elisa Puigdomènech, Jose-Manuel Trujillo-Gómez, Carlos Martín-Cantera, Laura Díaz-Gete, Mónica Manzano-Montero, Jessica Sánchez-Fondevila, Yolanda Gonzalez-Fernandez, Beatriz Garcia-Rueda, Elena-Mercedes Briones-Carrió, Mª-Lourdes Clemente-Jiménez, Carmen Castaño, Joan Birulés-Muntané
The prospective association between obesity and major depression in the general population: does single or recurrent episode matter?
Yeshambel T Nigatu, Ute Bültmann, Sijmen A Reijneveld
Linking social and built environmental factors to the health of public housing residents: a focus group study
Erin Hayward, Chidinma Ibe, Jeffery Hunter Young, Karthya Potti, Paul Jones III, Craig Evan Pollack, Kimberly A Gudzune
“Why should I take drugs for your infection?”: outcomes of formative research on the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Nigeria
John Idoko, Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Nancin Yusufu Dadem, Grace Oluwatosin Kolawole, James Anenih, Emmanuel Alhassan
The ring plus project: safety and acceptability of vaginal rings that protect women from unintended pregnancy
Céline Schurmans, Irith De Baetselier, Evelyne Kestelyn, Vicky Jespers, Thérèse Delvaux, Stephen K Agaba, Harry van Loen, Joris Menten, Janneke van de Wijgert, Tania Crucitti
Relationship between alcohol-attributable disease and socioeconomic status, and the role of alcohol consumption in this relationship: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Lisa Jones, Geoff Bates, Ellie McCoy, Mark A Bellis
Mental health impacts of racial discrimination in Australian culturally and linguistically diverse communities: a cross-sectional survey
Angeline S Ferdinand, Yin Paradies, Margaret Kelaher
Increased health and well-being in preschools (DAGIS): rationale and design for a randomized controlled trial
Suvi Määttä, Reetta Lehto, Mari Nislin, Carola Ray, Maijaliisa Erkkola, Nina Sajaniemi, Eva Roos
The MOVE study: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial assessing interventions to maximise attendance at physical activity facilities
Joshua D Newton, Ruth Klein, Adrian Bauman, Fiona J Newton, Ajay Mahal, Kara Gilbert, Leon Piterman, Michael T Ewing, Robert J Donovan, Ben J Smith
Moderate-to-vigorous physically active academic lessons and academic engagement in children with and without a social disadvantage: a within subject experimental design
Marijke J Mullender-Wijnsma, Esther Hartman, Johannes W de Greeff, Roel J Bosker, Simone Doolaard, Chris Visscher
Plain water consumption is associated with lower intake of caloric beverage: cross-sectional study in Mexican adults with low socioeconomic status
Daniel Illescas-Zarate, Juan Espinosa-Montero, Mario Flores, Simon Barquera
Smoking prevalence, reduction, and cessation during pregnancy and associated factors: a cross-sectional study in public maternities, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pauline Lorena Kale, Sandra Costa Fonseca, Kátia Silveira da Silva, Penha Maria Mendes da Rocha, Rosana Garcia Silva, Alinne Christina Alves Pires, Maria de Lourdes Tavares Cavalcanti, Antonio Jose Leal Costa, Tania Zdenka Guillén de Torres
Establishing a proactive safety and health risk management system in the fire service
Gerald S Poplin, Keshia M Pollack, Stephanie Griffin, Virginia Day-Nash, Wayne F Peate, Ed Nied, John Gulotta, Jefferey L Burgess
A cross-sectional study of low HIV testing frequency and high-risk behaviour among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Lima, Peru
Sky W Lee, Robert G Deiss, Eddy R Segura, Jesse L Clark, Jordan E Lake, Kelika A Konda, Thomas J Coates, Carlos F Caceres
The Family Startup Program: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a universal group-based parenting support program
Tea Trillingsgaard, Rikke Damkjær Maimburg, Marianne Simonsen
Investigating the effect of a 3-month workplace-based pedometer-driven walking programme on health-related quality of life in meat processing workers: a feasibility study within a randomized controlled trial
Suliman Mansi, Stephan Milosavljevic, Steve Tumilty, Paul Hendrick, Chris Higgs, David G Baxter
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors across six African Immigrant Groups in Minnesota
Barrett Sewali, Nonyelum Harcourt, Susan A Everson-Rose, Robert E Leduc, Sirad Osman, Michele L Allen, Kolawole S Okuyemi
Association of high-density lipoprotein with development of metabolic syndrome components: a five-year follow-up in adults
Xiangtong Liu, Lixin Tao, Kai Cao, Zhaoping Wang, Dongning Chen, Jin Guo, Huiping Zhu, Xinghua Yang, Youxin Wang, Jingjing Wang, Chao Wang, Long Liu, Xiuhua Guo
Living with mentally ill parents during adolescence: a risk factor for future welfare dependence? A longitudinal, population-based study
Lisbeth Homlong, Elin Olaug Rosvold, Åse Sagatun, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Ole Rikard Haavet
Can physical activity help to maintain cognitive functioning and psychosocial well-being among breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy? A randomised controlled trial: study protocol
Kajal Gokal, Fehmidah Munir, Deborah Wallis, Samreen Ahmed, Ion Boiangiu, Kiran Kancherla
The increasing burden and complexity of multimorbidity
Anna J Koné Pefoyo, Susan E Bronskill, Andrea Gruneir, Andrew Calzavara, Kednapa Thavorn, Yelena Petrosyan, Colleen J Maxwell, YuQing Bai, Walter P Wodchis
An exploration of inter-organisational partnership assessment tools in the context of Australian Aboriginal-mainstream partnerships: a scoping review of the literature
Christina Tsou, Emma Haynes, Wayne D Warner, Gordon Gray, Sandra C Thompson
A qualitative study of discourses on heterosexual anal sexual practice among key, and general populations in Tanzania: implications for HIV prevention
Joyce Wamoyi, Aika Mongi, Mtenga Sally, Deodatus Kakoko, Donat Shamba, Eveline Geubbels, Saidi Kapiga
The effect of a very brief smoking-reduction intervention in smokers who have no intention to quit: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Lei Wu, Yao He, Bin Jiang, Di Zhang, Hui Tian, Fang Zuo, Tai Hing Lam, Yee Tak Derek Cheung
Research on the health of people who experience detention or incarceration in Canada: a scoping review
Fiona G Kouyoumdjian, Andrée Schuler, Stephen W Hwang, Flora I Matheson
Food insecurity is a barrier to prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study
Sandra I McCoy, Raluca Buzdugan, Angela Mushavi, Agnes Mahomva, Frances M Cowan, Nancy S Padian
Building school-based cardiovascular health promotion capacity in youth: a mixed methods study
Roberta L Woodgate, Corey M Sigurdson
Effects of agricultural biodiversity and seasonal rain on dietary adequacy and household food security in rural areas of Kenya
Florence K M’Kaibi, Nelia P Steyn, Sophie Ochola, Lisanne Du Plessis
The perceptions and experiences of people injured in motor vehicle crashes in a compensation scheme setting: a qualitative study
Darnel Murgatroyd, Keri Lockwood, Belinda Garth, Ian D Cameron
Perceptions of risk from nanotechnologies and trust in stakeholders: a cross sectional study of public, academic, government and business attitudes
Adam Capon, James Gillespie, Margaret Rolfe, Wayne Smith
The feasibility of epidemiological research on prostate cancer in African men in Ibadan, Nigeria
Ilir Agalliu, Akin O Adebiyi, David W Lounsbury, Oluwafemi Popoola, Kola Jinadu, Olukemi Amodu, Suvam Paul, Adebola Adedimeji, Chioma Asuzu, Michael Asuzu, Olufemi J Ogunbiyi, Thomas Rohan, Olayiwola B Shittu
Mistrust surrounding vaccination recommendations by the Japanese government: results from a national survey of working-age individuals
Koji Wada, Derek R Smith
Factors associated with HIV counseling and testing behavior among undergraduates of universities and vocational technical training schools in Tbilisi, Georgia
Mamuka Djibuti, Tamar Zurashvili, Tamar Kasrashvili, Carla J Berg
Knowledge and attitude towards rape and child sexual abuse – a community-based cross-sectional study in Rural Tanzania
Muzdalifat Abeid, Projestine Muganyizi, Siriel Massawe, Rose Mpembeni, Elisabeth Darj, Pia Axemo
Young adult’s own and parental social characteristics predict injury morbidity: a register-based follow-up of 135 000 men and women
Hanna Remes, Pekka Martikainen
The feasibility of community mobilisation for child injury prevention in rural Nepal: a programme for female community health volunteers
Puspa Raj Pant, Bharat Budhathoki, Matthew Ellis, Dharma Manandhar, Toity Deave, Julie Mytton
Nutritional and lifestyle risk behaviors and their association with mental health and violence among Pakistani adolescents: results from the National Survey of 4583 individuals
Saadiyah Rao, Nadia Shah, Nida Jawed, Sumera Inam, Kashif Shafique
The evidence base of primary research in public health emergency preparedness: a scoping review and stakeholder consultation
Yasmin Khan, Ghazal Fazli, Bonnie Henry, Eileen de Villa, Charoula Tsamis, Moira Grant, Brian Schwartz
Assessment of physical activity in older Belgian adults: validity and reliability of an adapted interview version of the long International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-L)
Veerle Van Holle, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Benedicte Deforche, Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Delfien Van Dyck
Participation in sport and physical activity: associations with socio-economic status and geographical remoteness
Rochelle M Eime, Melanie J Charity, Jack T Harvey, Warren R Payne
Injection practice in Kaski district, Western Nepal: a community perspective
Sudesh Gyawali, Devendra Singh Rathore, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, Vikash Kumar KC, Manisha Maskey, Nisha Jha
Beyond resistance: social factors in the general public response to pandemic influenza
Mark D M Davis, Niamh Stephenson, Davina Lohm, Emily Waller, Paul Flowers
The association between physical activity and healthcare costs in children – results from the GINIplus and LISAplus cohort studies
Nadja Idler, Christina M Teuner, Matthias Hunger, Rolf Holle, Sandra Ortlieb, Holger Schulz, Carl-Peter Bauer, Ute Hoffmann, Sibylle Koletzko, Irina Lehmann, Andrea von Berg, Dietrich Berdel, Barbara Hoffmann, Beate Schaaf, Joachim Heinrich, Silke B Wolfenstetter
Cross-sectional associations between residential environmental exposures and cardiovascular diseases
Antony Chum, Patricia O’Campo
Change in self-rated general health is associated with perceived illness burden: a 1-year follow up of patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
Anni Brit Sternhagen Nielsen, Per Jensen, Dorte Gannik, Susanne Reventlow, Hanne Hollnagel, Niels de Fine Olivarius
Adherence to multiple micronutrient powder among young children in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study
Mirak Raj Angdembe, Nuzhat Choudhury, Mohammad Raisul Haque, Tahmeed Ahmed
Factors associated with stunting among children according to the level of food insecurity in the household: a cross-sectional study in a rural community of Southeastern Kenya
Chisa Shinsugi, Masaki Matsumura, Mohamed Karama, Junichi Tanaka, Mwatasa Changoma, Satoshi Kaneko
WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative: associations between sleep duration, screen time and food consumption frequencies
Claudia Börnhorst, Trudy MA Wijnhoven, Marie Kunešová, Agneta Yngve, Ana I Rito, Lauren Lissner, Vesselka Duleva, Ausra Petrauskiene, João Breda
A priority health index identifies the top six priority risk and related factors for non-communicable diseases in Brazilian cities
Eduardo J Simoes, Adam Bouras, Juan Jose Cortez-Escalante, Deborah C Malta, Denise Lopes Porto, Ali H Mokdad, Lenildo de Moura, Otaliba Libanio Morais Neto
Household illness, poverty and physical and emotional child abuse victimisation: findings from South Africa’s first prospective cohort study
Franziska Meinck, Lucie D Cluver, Mark E Boyes
Modelling the contribution of walking between home and school to daily physical activity in primary age children
Rebecca M Stanley, Carol Maher, James Dollman
Under the banyan tree - exclusion and inclusion of people with mental disorders in rural North India
Kaaren Mathias, Michelle Kermode, Miguel San Sebastian, Mirja Koschorke, Isabel Goicolea
The role of vaccination coverage, individual behaviors, and the public health response in the control of measles epidemics: an agent-based simulation for California
Fengchen Liu, Wayne T A Enanoria, Jennifer Zipprich, Seth Blumberg, Kathleen Harriman, Sarah F Ackley, William D Wheaton, Justine L Allpress, Travis C Porco
Surveillance systems evaluation: a systematic review of the existing approaches
Clementine Calba, Flavie L Goutard, Linda Hoinville, Pascal Hendrikx, Ann Lindberg, Claude Saegerman, Marisa Peyre
Health-related employer support, recurring pain, and direct insurance costs for a self-insured employer
Jessica AR Williams
Exposure to and experiences of violence among adolescents in lower socio-economic groups in Johannesburg, South Africa
Kennedy N Otwombe, Janan Dietrich, Kathleen J Sikkema, Jenny Coetzee, Kathryn L Hopkins, Fatima Laher, Glenda E Gray
Current state and trends of access to sanitation in Ethiopia and the need to revise indicators to monitor progress in the Post-2015 era
Abebe Beyene, Tamene Hailu, Kebede Faris, Helmut Kloos
Factors influencing the uptake of Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing among secondary school students in Arusha City, Tanzania: a cross sectional study
Zawadi Sanga, Gibson Kapanda, Sia Msuya, Rose Mwangi
Potential impact of a nonavalent HPV vaccine on the occurrence of HPV-related diseases in France
Didier Riethmuller, Anne-Carole Jacquard, Jean Lacau St Guily, François Aubin, Xavier Carcopino, Pierre Pradat, André Dahlab, Jean-Luc Prétet
Prevalence, infectivity and correlates of hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women in a rural district of the Far North Region of Cameroon
Jean Jacques N Noubiap, Jobert Richie N Nansseu, Shalom Tchokfe Ndoula, Jean Joel R Bigna, Ahmadou M Jingi, Joël Fokom-Domgue
Understanding attitudes, barriers and challenges in a small island nation to disease and partner notification for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections: a qualitative study
O Peter Adams, Anne O Carter, Lynda Redwood-Campbell
Physician and patient concordance of report of tobacco cessation intervention in primary care in India
Rajmohan Panda, Divya Persai, Sudhir Venkatesan, Jasjit S Ahluwalia
Are interventions to promote healthy eating equally effective for all? Systematic review of socioeconomic inequalities in impact
Rory McGill, Elspeth Anwar, Lois Orton, Helen Bromley, Ffion Lloyd-Williams, Martin O’Flaherty, David Taylor-Robinson, Maria Guzman-Castillo, Duncan Gillespie, Patricia Moreira, Kirk Allen, Lirije Hyseni, Nicola Calder, Mark Petticrew, Martin White, Margaret Whitehead, Simon Capewell
Factors associated with appropriate home management of uncomplicated malaria in children in Kassena-Nankana district of Ghana and implications for community case management of childhood illness: a cross-sectional study
Soter Ameh, Paul Welaga, Caroline W Kabiru, Wilfred Ndifon, Bassey Ikpeme, Emmanuel Nsan, Angela Oyo-Ita
Expansion of brucellosis detection in the country of Georgia by screening household members of cases and neighboring community members
Lia Sanodze, Christian T Bautista, Natalia Garuchava, Svetlana Chubinidze, Ekaterine Tsertsvadze, Mariam Broladze, Nazibrola Chitadze, Ketevan Sidamonidze, Shota Tsanava, Tamar Akhvlediani, Robert G Rivard, Rupal Mody, Matthew J Hepburn, Philip H Elzer, Mikeljon P Nikolich, Nino Trapaidze
Prevalence and characterization of hepatitis B and C virus infections in a needle-sharing population in Northern China
Cheng-Jun Xu, Cui-Ping Zhang, Bi-Fen Luo, Li-Jun Liu, Yun-Zhong Wang, Xiao-Hong Wang, Qiu-Jie He, Shan-Shan Zhou, Wei-Shan Guo, Jiu-Heng Wang, Rui-Feng Yang, Hai-Ying Zhang, Hui-Ying Rao, Bo Feng, Lai Wei
Prevalence of use of non-prescription analgesics in the Norwegian HUNT3 population: Impact of gender, age, exercise and prescription of opioids
Ola Dale, Petter C Borchgrevink, Olav Magnus S Fredheim, Milada Mahic, Pål Romundstad, Svetlana Skurtveit
Characteristics and outcomes of adult Ethiopian patients enrolled in HIV care and treatment: a multi-clinic observational study
Zenebe Melaku, Matthew R Lamb, Chunhui Wang, Sileshi Lulseged, Tsigereda Gadisa, Solomon Ahmed, Zelalem Habtamu, Hailubeza Alemu, Tamrat Assefa, Elaine J Abrams
Factors associated with knowledge of hypertension among adolescents: implications for preventive education programs in primary care
Iga Grad, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, Katarzyna Kiliś-Pstrusińska
Built environment interventions aimed at improving physical activity levels in rural Ontario health units: a descriptive qualitative study
Cara-Lee Coghill, Ruta K Valaitis, John D Eyles
Study protocol: a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial of a healthy lifestyle intervention for people attending residential substance abuse treatment
Peter J Kelly, Amanda L Baker, Frank P Deane, Robin Callister, Clare E Collins, Christopher Oldmeadow, John R Attia, Camilla J Townsend, Isabella Ingram, Gerard Byrne, Carol A Keane
Herpes zoster-associated mortality in Europe: a systematic review
Hélène Bricout, Margaret Haugh, Olugbenga Olatunde, Ruth Gil Prieto
The association of body size in early to mid-life with adult urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin levels among night shift health care workers
Cody A Ramin, Jennifer Massa, Lani R Wegrzyn, Susan B Brown, Jeffrey Pierre-Paul, Elizabeth E Devore, Susan E Hankinson, Eva S Schernhammer
Alcopops, taxation and harm: a segmented time series analysis of emergency department presentations
Marianne Gale, David J Muscatello, Michael Dinh, Joshua Byrnes, Anthony Shakeshaft, Andrew Hayen, Chandini Raina MacIntyre, Paul Haber, Michelle Cretikos, Patricia Morton
Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking in The Netherlands before and during the Global Financial Crisis: a repeated cross-sectional study
Fiona E Benson, Mirte AG Kuipers, Vera Nierkens, Jan-Willem Bruggink, Karien Stronks, Anton E Kunst
Healthy or Unhealthy on Sale? A cross-sectional study on the proportion of healthy and unhealthy foods promoted through flyer advertising by supermarkets in the Netherlands
Eva AH Ravensbergen, Wilma E Waterlander, Willemieke Kroeze, Ingrid HM Steenhuis
Effectiveness of peer support for improving glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Li Qi, Qin Liu, Xiaoling Qi, Na Wu, Wenge Tang, Hongyan Xiong
Hispano-Americans in Europe: what do we know about their health status and determinants? A scoping review
Maria Roura, Andreu Domingo, Juan M Leyva-Moral, Robert Pool
Variability in screening prevention activities in primary care in Spain: a multilevel analysis
Magdalena Rosell-Murphy, Teresa Rodriguez-Blanco, Julio Morán, Mariona Pons-Vigués, Josep M Elorza-Ricart, Jordi Rodríguez, Clara Pareja, María Ángeles Nuin, Bonaventura Bolíbar
Non-adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment among internal migrants with pulmonary tuberculosis in Shenzhen, China: a cross-sectional study
Ying Tang, Meigui Zhao, Yunxia Wang, Yanhong Gong, Xiaoxv Yin, Angui Zhao, Juanjuan Zheng, Zhenyang Liu, Xiaofang Jian, Wenxin Wang, Chunmei Wu, Zuxun Lu
Country-level and individual correlates of overweight and obesity among primary school children: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries
Beatriz Olaya, Maria Victoria Moneta, Ondine Pez, Adina Bitfoi, Mauro Giovanni Carta, Ceyda Eke, Dietmar Goelitz, Katherine M Keyes, Rowella Kuijpers, Sigita Lesinskiene, Zlatka Mihova, Roy Otten, Christophe Fermanian, Josep Maria Haro, Viviane Kovess
Household practices related to disease transmission between animals and humans in rural Cambodia
Kristina Osbjer, Sofia Boqvist, Seng Sokerya, Chheng Kannarath, Sorn San, Holl Davun, Ulf Magnusson
What is the effect of a combined physical activity and fall prevention intervention enhanced with health coaching and pedometers on older adults’ physical activity levels and mobility-related goals?: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Anne Tiedemann, Serene Paul, Elisabeth Ramsay, Sandra D O’Rourke, Kathryn Chamberlain, Catherine Kirkham, Dafna Merom, Nicola Fairhall, Juliana S Oliveira, Leanne Hassett, Catherine Sherrington
Incidence and predictors of attrition from antiretroviral care among adults in a rural HIV clinic in Coastal Kenya: a retrospective cohort study
Amin S Hassan, Shalton M Mwaringa, Kennedy K Ndirangu, Eduard J Sanders, Tobias F Rinke de Wit, James A Berkley
Dietary practices among individuals with diabetes and hypertension are similar to those of healthy people: a population-based study
Silvia GI Ozcariz, Carla de O Bernardo, Francieli Cembranel, Marco A Peres, David A González-Chica
Developing a smoke free homes initiative in Kerala, India
Mimi Nichter, Sreedevi Padmajam, Mark Nichter, P. Sairu, S. Aswathy, G.K. Mini, V.C. Bindu, A.S. Pradeepkumar, K.R. Thankappan
Strategies to uncover undiagnosed HIV infection among heterosexuals at high risk and link them to HIV care with high retention: a “seek, test, treat, and retain” study
Marya Gwadz, Charles M. Cleland, Holly Hagan, Samuel Jenness, Alexandra Kutnick, Noelle R. Leonard, Elizabeth Applegate, Amanda S. Ritchie, Angela Banfield, Mindy Belkin, Bridget Cross, Montserrat Del Olmo, Katharine Ha, Belkis Y. Martinez, Talaya McCright-Gill, Quentin L. Swain, David C. Perlman, Ann E. Kurth
Russia-specific relative risks and their effects on the estimated alcohol-attributable burden of disease
Kevin D. Shield, Jürgen Rehm
A cross-sectional study of the prevalence and correlates of tobacco Use in Chennai, Delhi, and Karachi: data from the CARRS study
Carla J Berg, Vamadevan S. Ajay, Mohammed K. Ali, Dimple Kondal, Hassan M. Khan, Roopa Shivashankar, Rajendra Pradeepa, Deepa Mohan, Zafar Fatmi, Muhammad M. Kadir, Nikhil Tandon, Viswanathan Mohan, KM Venkat Narayan, Dorairaj Prabhakaran
Randomized controlled trial on drowning prevention for parents with children aged below five years in Bangladesh: a study protocol
Mosharaf Hossain, Kulanthayan K. C. Mani, Sherina Mohd Sidik, Hayati KS, AKM Fazlur Rahman
Self-reported physical activity behavior of a multi-ethnic adult population within the urban and rural setting in Suriname
Se-Sergio M Baldew, Ingrid SK Krishnadath, Christel CF Smits, Jerry R Toelsie, Luc Vanhees, Veronique Cornelissen
Retirement due to disabilities in patients with type 1 diabetes a nationwide multicenter survey in Brazil
Marilia Brito Gomes, Carlos Antonio Negrato
Tobacco use and associated factors among adults in Ethiopia: further analysis of the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey
Yihunie Lakew, Demewoz Haile
A cluster-randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a childhood obesity prevention programme delivered through schools, targeting 6–7 year old children: the WAVES study protocol
Peymane Adab, Miranda J Pallan, Emma R Lancashire, Karla Hemming, Emma Frew, Tania Griffin, Timothy Barrett, Raj Bhopal, Janet E Cade, Amanda Daley, Jonathan Deeks, Joan Duda, Ulf Ekelund, Paramjit Gill, Eleanor McGee, Jayne Parry, Sandra Passmore, Kar Keung Cheng
Application of the varying coefficient model to the behaviour risk factor surveillance data in Italy: a study of changing smoking prevalence among sub-populations
Shireen Assaf, Stefano Campostrini
Socioeconomic inequality and mortality - a regional Danish cohort study
Line R Ullits, Linda Ejlskov, Rikke N Mortensen, Steen M Hansen, Stella R J Kræmer, Henrik Vardinghus-Nielsen, Kirsten Fonager, Henrik Bøggild, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Charlotte Overgaard
Diabetes, obesity, and recommended fruit and vegetable consumption in relation to food environment sub-types: a cross-sectional analysis of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States Census, and food establishment data
Cara L Frankenfeld, Timothy F Leslie, Matthew A Makara
Visual perceptions of male obesity: a cross-cultural study examining male and female lay perceptions of obesity in Caucasian males
Eric Robinson, Pleunie S. Hogenkamp
Motives of Dutch persons aged 50 years and older to accept vaccination: a qualitative study
Renske Eilers, Paul F. M. Krabbe, Hester E. de Melker
Urban health indicators and indices—current status
Richard Rothenberg, Christine Stauber, Scott Weaver, Dajun Dai, Amit Prasad, Megumi Kano
Longitudinal active living research to address physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour in children in transition from preadolescence to adolescence
Nazeem Muhajarine, Tarun R Katapally, Daniel Fuller, Kevin G Stanley, Daniel Rainham
Current tuberculin reactivity of schoolchildren in the Central African Republic
Fanny Minime-Lingoupou, Rock Ouambita-Mabo, Aristide-Désiré Komangoya-Nzozo, Dominique Senekian, Lucien Bate, François Yango, Bachir Nambea, Alexandre Manirakiza
Are associations between electronic media use and BMI different across levels of physical activity?
Ole Melkevik, Ellen Haug, Mette Rasmussen, Anne Siri Fismen, Bente Wold, Alberto Borraccino, Erik Sigmund, Robert Balazsi, Jens Bucksch, Jo Inchley, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Oddrun Samdal
Dietary behaviour and parental socioeconomic position among adolescents: the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents 2003–2006 (KiGGS)
Jonas D. Finger, Gianni Varnaccia, Thorkild Tylleskär, Thomas Lampert, Gert B. M. Mensink
Aspects of the Health Inspection Authority in the People’s Republic of China
Sha Ma, Gang Chen, B-K Tan
Developing the Moti-4 intervention, assessing its feasibility and pilot testing its effectiveness
Hans B. Dupont, Paul Lemmens, Gerald Adriana, Dike van de Mheen, Nanne K. de Vries
Prevalence of HIV and syphilis infections among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Tanzania, 2011
Joel Manyahi, Boniphace S. Jullu, Mathias I. Abuya, James Juma, Joel Ndayongeje, Bonita Kilama, Veryeh Sambu, Josef Nondi, Bernard Rabiel, Geoffrey Somi, Mecky I. Matee
How can we strengthen students’ social relations in order to reduce school dropout? An intervention development study within four Danish vocational schools
Liselotte Ingholt, Betina Bang Sørensen, Susan Andersen, Line Zinckernagel, Teresa Friis-Holmberg, Vibeke Asmussen Frank, Christiane Stock, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Morten Hulvej Rod
Importance of proximity to resources, social support, transportation and neighborhood security for mobility and social participation in older adults: results from a scoping study
Mélanie Levasseur, Mélissa Généreux, Jean-François Bruneau, Alain Vanasse, Éric Chabot, Claude Beaulac, Marie-Michèle Bédard
Objective measurement of sedentary behavior: impact of non-wear time rules on changes in sedentary time
Xanne Janssen, Laura Basterfield, Kathryn N. Parkinson, Mark S. Pearce, Jessica K. Reilly, Ashley J. Adamson, John J. Reilly
Comprehensive health literacy in Japan is lower than in Europe: a validated Japanese-language assessment of health literacy
Kazuhiro Nakayama, Wakako Osaka, Taisuke Togari, Hirono Ishikawa, Yuki Yonekura, Ai Sekido, Masayoshi Matsumoto
A randomized, home-based, childhood obesity intervention delivered by patient navigators
Lourdes Yun, Richard E. Boles, Matthew A. Haemer, Shanna Knierim, L. Miriam Dickinson, Heather Mancinas, Simon J. Hambidge, Arthur J. Davidson
Parental smoking and child poverty in the UK: an analysis of national survey data
Charmaine Belvin, John Britton, John Holmes, Tessa Langley
Which environmental factors are associated with lived health when controlling for biological health? - a multilevel analysis
Cristina Bostan, Cornelia Oberhauser, Gerold Stucki, Jerome Bickenbach, Alarcos Cieza
Using new technologies to promote weight management: a randomised controlled trial study protocol
Monica Jane, Jonathan Foster, Martin Hagger, Sebely Pal
Evaluation of the role of Care Sport Connectors in connecting primary care, sport, and physical activity, and residents’ participation in the Netherlands: study protocol for a longitudinal multiple case study design
E. Smit, K.E.F. Leenaars, M.A.E. Wagemakers, G.R.M. Molleman, M.A. Koelen, J. van der Velden
Effects of cash transfers on Children’s health and social protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: differences in outcomes based on orphan status and household assets
Thomas M. Crea, Andrew D. Reynolds, Aakanksha Sinha, Jeffrey W. Eaton, Laura A. Robertson, Phyllis Mushati, Lovemore Dumba, Gideon Mavise, J. C. Makoni, Christina M. Schumacher, Constance A. Nyamukapa, Simon Gregson
Students’ perspectives on promoting healthful food choices from campus vending machines: a qualitative interview study
Habiba I. Ali, Amjad H. Jarrar, Mostafa Abo-El-Enen, Mariam Al Shamsi, Huda Al Ashqar
The association between sedentary behaviour and risk of anxiety: a systematic review
Megan Teychenne, Sarah A Costigan, Kate Parker
Adequacy of prenatal care among women living with human immunodeficiency virus: a population-based study
Ryan Ng, Erin M Macdonald, Mona R Loutfy, Mark H Yudin, Janet Raboud, Khatundi-Irene Masinde, Ahmed M Bayoumi, Wangari E Tharao, Jason Brophy, Richard H Glazier, Tony Antoniou
Impact of tea drinking upon tuberculosis: a neglected issue
Mengshi Chen, Jing Deng, Wufei Li, Dan Lin, Congxu Su, Mian Wang, Xun Li, Benjamin Kwaku Abuaku, Hongzhuan Tan, Shi Wu Wen
Energy expenditure during common sitting and standing tasks: examining the 1.5 MET definition of sedentary behaviour
Maedeh Mansoubi, Natalie Pearson, Stacy A Clemes, Stuart JH Biddle, Danielle H Bodicoat, Keith Tolfrey, Charlotte L Edwardson, Thomas Yates
Tracking of maternal self-efficacy for limiting young children’s television viewing and associations with children’s television viewing time: a longitudinal analysis over 15-months
Jill A Hnatiuk, Jo Salmon, Karen J. Campbell, Nicola D. Ridgers, Kylie D. Hesketh
The relationship between the built environment and habitual levels of physical activity in South African older adults: a pilot study
Tracy L. Kolbe-Alexander, Kyla Pacheco, Simone A. Tomaz, David Karpul, Estelle V. Lambert
Online gambling’s moderators: how effective? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Julie Caillon, Marie Grall-Bronnec, Jean-Benoit Hardouin, Jean-Luc Venisse, Gaelle Challet-Bouju
Predictors of marked weight gain in a population of health care and industrial workers following smoking cessation
Andreas Scherr, Bruno Seifert, Martin Kuster, Anja Meyer, Karl-Olov Fagerstroem, Michael Tamm, Daiana Stolz
An interpretive study of food, snack and beverage advertisements in rural and urban El Salvador
Baharak Amanzadeh, Karen Sokal-Gutierrez, Judith C Barker
Cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted implementation strategy for the Dutch multidisciplinary guideline for nonspecific low back pain: design of a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial
Arnela Suman, Frederieke G. Schaafsma, Petra J.M. Elders, Maurits W. van Tulder, Johannes R. Anema
Activating schoolyards: study design of a quasi-experimental schoolyard intervention study
Henriette Bondo Andersen, Charlotte Skau Pawlowski, Hanne Bebendorf Scheller, Jens Troelsen, Mette Toftager, Jasper Schipperijn
Health impacts from living near a major industrial park in Oman
Adil Al-Wahaibi, Ariana Zeka
Intervenable factors associated with suicide risk in transgender persons: a respondent driven sampling study in Ontario, Canada
Greta R. Bauer, Ayden I. Scheim, Jake Pyne, Robb Travers, Rebecca Hammond
A cluster randomised controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the ‘Girls Active’ intervention: a study protocol
C L Edwardson, D M Harrington, T Yates, D H Bodicoat, K Khunti, T Gorely, L B Sherar, R T Edwards, C Wright, K Harrington, M J Davies
Patterns of Suicide in Kuwait: a retrospective descriptive study from 2003–2009
Salah Al-Waheeb, Nadia Al-Kandary
Very low neighbourhood income limits participation post stroke: preliminary evidence from a cohort study
Mary Egan, Lucy-Ann Kubina, Claire-Jehanne Dubouloz, Dorothy Kessler, Elizabeth Kristjansson, Michael Sawada
Post-infection symptoms following two large waterborne outbreaks of Cryptosporidium hominis in Northern Sweden, 2010–2011
Moa Rehn, Anders Wallensten, Micael Widerström, Mikael Lilja, Maria Grunewald, Stephan Stenmark, Malin Kark, Johan Lindh
Study protocol: the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a brief behavioural intervention to promote regular self-weighing to prevent weight regain after weight loss: randomised controlled trial (The LIMIT Study)
Claire D Madigan, Kate Jolly, Andrea Roalfe, Amanda L Lewis, Laura Webber, Paul Aveyard, Amanda J Daley
Effectiveness of a Smartphone application and wearable device for weight loss in overweight or obese primary care patients: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Esther Granado-Font, Gemma Flores-Mateo, Mar Sorlí-Aguilar, Xavier Montaña-Carreras, Carme Ferre-Grau, Maria-Luisa Barrera-Uriarte, Eulàlia Oriol-Colominas, Cristina Rey-Reñones, Iolanda Caules, Eva-María Satué-Gracia
Evaluation of work-based screening for early signs of alcohol-related liver disease in hazardous and harmful drinkers: the PrevAIL study
Penny A. Cook, Michela Morleo, David Billington, Kevin Sanderson-Shortt, Colin Jones, Mark Gabbay, Nick Sheron, Mark A. Bellis, Penelope A. Phillips-Howard, Ian T. Gilmore
Systematic review of models assessing the economic value of routine varicella and herpes zoster vaccination in high-income countries
Oliver Damm, Bernhard Ultsch, Johannes Horn, Rafael T. Mikolajczyk, Wolfgang Greiner, Ole Wichmann
Has the prevalence of stunting in South African children changed in 40 years? A systematic review
Rihlat Said-Mohamed, Lisa K Micklesfield, John M Pettifor, Shane A Norris
Variation in the effects of family background and birth region on adult obesity: results of a prospective cohort study of a Great Depression-era American cohort
Hui Zheng, Dmitry Tumin
The role of curriculum dose for the promotion of fruit and vegetable intake among adolescents: results from the Boost intervention
Thea Suldrup Jørgensen, Mette Rasmussen, Anne Kristine Aarestrup, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Sanne Ellegaard Jørgensen, Elizabeth Goodman, Trine Pagh Pedersen, Pernille Due, Rikke Krølner
Caste-based social inequalities and childhood anemia in India: results from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2005–2006
Priya Vart, Ajay Jaglan, Kashif Shafique
Perceived social support disparities among children affected by HIV/AIDS in Ghana: a cross-sectional survey
Paul Narh Doku, John Enoch Dotse, Kofi Akohene Mensah
Influenza-attributable deaths in south-eastern France (1999 to 2010): mortality predictions were undependable
Simon-Djamel Thiberville, Jean Gaudart, Didier Raoult, Remi N. Charrel
Predictors for uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) in Tanzania
Stephen M. Kibusi, Eunice Kimunai, Courtney S. Hines
Factors influencing the implementation of a school-based parental support programme to promote health-related behaviours—interviews with teachers and parents
Helena Bergström, Ulrika Haggård, Åsa Norman, Elinor Sundblom, Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Gisela Nyberg
Adults with mild to moderate depression exhibit more alcohol related problems compared to the general adult population: a cross sectional study
Julia Åhlin, Mats Hallgren, Agneta Öjehagen, Håkan Källmén, Yvonne Forsell
Effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical measures in preventing pediatric influenza: a case–control study
Núria Torner, Núria Soldevila, Juan Jose Garcia, Cristian Launes, Pere Godoy, Jesús Castilla, Angela Domínguez
Cultural activity participation and associations with self-perceived health, life-satisfaction and mental health: the Young HUNT Study, Norway
Elisabeth Hansen, Erik Sund, Margunn Skjei Knudtsen, Steinar Krokstad, Turid Lingaas Holmen
Reliable mortality statistics for Turkey: Are we there yet?
Raziye Özdemir, Chalapati Rao, Zeliha Öcek, Gönül Dinç Horasan
Factors associated with use and non-use of the Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) kit for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Response to a 2012 outreach screening program: a survey study
Nancy P. Gordon, Beverly B. Green
Challenges and opportunities associated with neglected tropical disease and water, sanitation and hygiene intersectoral integration programs
E. Anna Johnston, Jordan Teague, Jay P. Graham
A cross sectional study on the motivators for Asian women to attend opportunistic mammography screening in a private hospital in Malaysia: the MyMammo study
Norhashimah Hassan, Weang Kee Ho, Shivaani Mariapun, Soo Hwang Teo
A cluster randomised trial testing an intervention to improve parents’ recognition of their child’s weight status: study protocol
Kathryn N. Parkinson, Angela R. Jones, Martin J. Tovee, Louisa J. Ells, Mark S. Pearce, Vera Araujo-Soares, Ashley J. Adamson
Targeting multiple health risk behaviours among vocational education students using electronic feedback and online and telephone support: protocol for a cluster randomised trial
Flora Tzelepis, Christine L Paul, John Wiggers, Kypros Kypri, Billie Bonevski, Patrick McElduff, Mary Ann Hill, Philip J Morgan, Marita Lynagh, Clare E Collins, Elizabeth Campbell, Ryan J Courtney, Kathy Chapman, Luke Wolfenden, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Andrew Searles
Development of a Vitality Scan related to workers’ sustainable employability: a study assessing its internal consistency and construct validity
Livia AM Brouwers, Josephine A Engels, Yvonne F Heerkens, Allard J van der Beek
Contraceptive practices and induced abortions status among internal migrant women in Guangzhou, China: a cross-sectional study
Jiazhi Zeng, Guanyang Zou, Xiaoqin Song, Li Ling
Malaria, anaemia and nutritional status among schoolchildren in relation to ecosystems, livelihoods and health systems in Kilosa District in central Tanzania
Leonard E.G. Mboera, Veneranda M. Bwana, Susan F. Rumisha, Robert C. Malima, Malongo R.S. Mlozi, Benjamin K. Mayala, Grades Stanley, Tabitha Mlacha
Combined effect of body mass index and body size perception on metabolic syndrome in South Korea: results of the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (2010-2012)
Sook Hee Yoon, Kyu-Tae Han, Sun Jung Kim, Tae Yong Sohn, Byungyool Jeon, Woorim Kim, Eun-Cheol Park
Cost-effectiveness of an exercise intervention program in perimenopausal women: the Fitness League Against MENopause COst (FLAMENCO) randomized controlled trial
Ana Carbonell-Baeza, Alberto Soriano-Maldonado, Francisco Javier Gallo, María Puerto López del Amo, Pilar Ruiz-Cabello, Ana Andrade, Milkana Borges-Cosic, Antonio Rubén Peces-Rama, Zuzana Spacírová, Inmaculada C. Álvarez-Gallardo, Leticia García-Mochón, Víctor Segura-Jiménez, Fernando Estévez-López, Daniel Camiletti-Moirón, Jose Jesús Martín-Martín, Pilar Aranda, Manuel Delgado-Fernández, Virginia A. Aparicio
The complex relationship between human immunodeficiency virus infection and death in adults being treated for tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa
Muhammad Osman, James A. Seddon, Rory Dunbar, Heather R. Draper, Carl Lombard, Nulda Beyers
Perceptual influences on self-protective behavior for West Nile virus, A survey in Colorado, USA
Craig W. Trumbo, Raquel Harper
Cross-sectional community-based study of the socio-demographic factors associated with the prevalence of dengue in the eastern part of Sudan in 2011
Mohammed A. Soghaier, Sayed Himatt, Kamal ElDin Osman, Somia I. Okoued, Osama E. Seidahmed, Mark E. Beatty, Khalifa Elmusharaf, Jeahan Khogali, Nijood H. Shingrai, Mutasim M. Elmangory
Clinical and biochemical characterization of high risk and not high risk for cardiovascular disease adults in a population from peripheral region of Bangladesh
Kaniz Fatema, Nicholas Arnold Zwar, Zebunnesa Zeba, Abul Hasnat Milton, Bayzidur Rahman, Liaquat Ali
Use of mobile phone consultations during home visits by Community Health Workers for maternal and newborn care: community experiences from Masindi and Kiryandongo districts, Uganda
Richard Mangwi Ayiasi, Lynn Muhimbuura Atuyambe, Juliet Kiguli, Christopher Garimoi Orach, Patrick Kolsteren, Bart Criel
A systematic review of post-migration acquisition of HIV among migrants from countries with generalised HIV epidemics living in Europe: mplications for effectively managing HIV prevention programmes and policy
Ibidun Fakoya, Débora Álvarez-del Arco, Melvina Woode-Owusu, Susana Monge, Yaiza Rivero-Montesdeoca, Valerie Delpech, Brian Rice, Teymur Noori, Anastasia Pharris, Andrew J. Amato-Gauci, Julia del Amo, Fiona M. Burns
What are the main sources of smoking cessation support used by adolescent smokers in England? A cross-sectional study
Wasif Shaikh, Manjula D Nugawela, Lisa Szatkowski
Study protocol: evaluation of ‘JenMe’, a commercially-delivered weight management program for adolescents: a randomised controlled trial
Aimee L Dordevic, Maxine P Bonham, Robert S Ware, Leah Brennan, Helen Truby
Non-communicable diseases and preventive health behaviors: a comparison of Hispanics nationally and those living along the US-Mexico border
Belinda M. Reininger, Jing Wang, Susan P. Fisher-Hoch, Alycia Boutte, Kristina Vatcheva, Joseph B. McCormick
The association between the parental perception of the physical neighborhood environment and children’s location-specific physical activity
Sara D’Haese, Delfien Van Dyck, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Benedicte Deforche, Greet Cardon
Regional disparities in interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C in Japan: a nationwide retrospective cohort study
Naohiko Masaki, Yoko Yamagiwa, Takuro Shimbo, Kazumoto Murata, Masaaki Korenaga, Tatsuya Kanto, Masashi Mizokami
Using a qualitative approach for understanding hospital-affiliated integrated clinical and fitness facilities: characteristics and members’ experiences
Jingzhen Yang, Diana Kingsbury, Matthew Nichols, Kristin Grimm, Kele Ding, Jeffrey Hallam
Shaping the Social: design of a settings-based intervention study to improve well-being and reduce smoking and dropout in Danish vocational schools
Susan Andersen, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup, Morten Hulvej Rod, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Betina Bang Sørensen, Teresa Holmberg, Christoffer Johansen, Christiane Stock, Bjarne Laursen, Line Zinckernagel, Anne Louise Øllgaard, Liselotte Ingholt
Initiation to street life: a qualitative examination of the physical, social, and psychological practices in becoming an accepted member of the street youth community in Western Kenya
Juddy Wachira, Allan Kamanda, Lonnie Embleton, Violet Naanyu, Susanna Winston, David Ayuku, Paula Braitstein
Mortality in the German Pharmacoepidemiological Research Database (GePaRD) compared to national data in Germany: results from a validation study
Christoph Ohlmeier, Ingo Langner, Kathrin Hillebrand, Niklas Schmedt, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Oliver Riedel, Edeltraut Garbe
Burden and correlates of non-communicable-diseases among rural residents: a cross-sectional study in Hebei, China
Junjun Yang, Wenya Yu, Qiang Zhou, Tanmay Mahapatra, Yiqiu Li, Xiaoyan Zhang, Lei Chen, Sanchita Mahapatra, Yuying Yan, Weiming Tang
Prevalence and drug resistance profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending two public hospitals in East Gojjam zone, northwest Ethiopia
Kelemework Adane, Gobena Ameni, Shiferaw Bekele, Markos Abebe, Abraham Aseffa
Adverse events and adherence to HIV post-exposure prophylaxis: a cohort study at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana
Raymond A. Tetteh, Edmund T. Nartey, Margaret Lartey, Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse, Hubert G. M. Leufkens, Priscilla A. Nortey, Alexander N. O. Dodoo
The association between income inequality and all-cause mortality across urban communities in Korea
Jong Park, So-Yeon Ryu, Mi-ah Han, Seong-Woo Choi
Determinants of students' willingness to accept a measles–mumps–rubella booster vaccination during a mumps outbreak: a cross-sectional study
Hanna W. Donkers, Jeannine L. A. Hautvast, Reinier P. Akkermans, Corien M. Swaan, Wilhelmina L. M. Ruijs, Marlies E. J. L. Hulscher
The influence of family history of Hypertension on disease prevalence and associated metabolic risk factors among Sri Lankan adults
Priyanga Ranasinghe, Dilini N. Cooray, Ranil Jayawardena, Prasad Katulanda
Current knowledge, attitude and behaviour of hand and food hygiene in a developed residential community of Singapore: a cross-sectional survey
Junxiong Pang, Shao Wei Jonathan Lumen Chua, Liyang Hsu
Cost for physician-diagnosed influenza and influenza-like illnesses on primary care level in Germany – results of a database analysis from May 2010 to April 2012
Birgit Ehlken, Anastassia Anastassopoulou, Johannes Hain, Claudia Schröder, Klaus Wahle
‘Language is the source of misunderstandings’–impact of terminology on public perceptions of health promotion messages
Christina H. Buckton, Michael E. J. Lean, Emilie Combet
Lessons learned about primary weight maintenance and secondary weight maintenance: results from a qualitative study
Ann Reilly, Barbara Mawn, Davide Susta, Anthony Staines, Sarah Browne, Mary Rose Sweeney
The use of a dietary quality score as a predictor of childhood overweight and obesity
Catherine P. Perry, Eimear Keane, Richard Layte, Anthony P. Fitzgerald, Ivan J. Perry, Janas M. Harrington
Social Return on Investment (SROI) methodology to account for value for money of public health interventions: a systematic review
Aduragbemi Oluwabusayo Banke-Thomas, Barbara Madaj, Ameh Charles, Nynke van den Broek
Does parental monitoring moderate the relationship between bullying and adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior? A community-based self-report study of adolescents in Germany
Vanessa Jantzer, Johann Haffner, Peter Parzer, Franz Resch, Michael Kaess
The Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Program (ECHO): an ecologically-based intervention delivered by home visitors for newborns and their mothers
Michelle M. Cloutier, James Wiley, Zhu Wang, Autherene Grant, Amy A. Gorin
Using an electronic activity monitor system as an intervention modality: A systematic review
Zakkoyya H. Lewis, Elizabeth J. Lyons, Jessica M. Jarvis, Jacques Baillargeon
Does the type of abortion provider influence contraceptive uptake after abortion? An analysis of longitudinal data from 64 health facilities in Ghana
Lauren Maxwell, Gertrude Voetagbe, Mary Paul, Alice Mark
Implementation of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized design in routine public health practice: design and application for a tuberculosis (TB) household contact study in a high burden area of Lima, Peru
Lena Shah, Marlene Rojas, Oscar Mori, Carlos Zamudio, Jay S. Kaufman, Larissa Otero, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Carlos Seas, Timothy F. Brewer
Fluid curtailment during childhood diarrhea: a countdown analysis
Jamie Perin, Liliana Carvajal-Velez, Emily Carter, Jennifer Bryce, Holly Newby
The correlates of chronic disease-related health literacy and its components among men: a systematic review
Jeff Davey, Carol A. Holden, Ben J. Smith
Population awareness of risks related to medicinal product use in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study for public health improvement in low and middle income countries
Céline Caillet, Chanvilay Sichanh, Lamphone Syhakhang, Cyrille Delpierre, Chanthanom Manithip, Mayfong Mayxay, Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre, Paul N Newton, Anne Roussin
Diabetes, hypertension and mobility among Brazilian older adults: findings from the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey (1998, 2003 and 2008)
Clarissa de Matos Nascimento, Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini, Cesar Messias de Oliveira, Karla Cristina Giacomin, Sérgio Viana Peixoto
GrOup based physical Activity for oLder adults (GOAL) randomized controlled trial: study protocol
Mark R. Beauchamp, Samantha M. Harden, Svenja A. Wolf, Ryan E. Rhodes, Yan Liu, William L. Dunlop, Toni Schmader, Andrew W. Sheel, Bruno D. Zumbo, Paul A. Estabrooks
Distance to parks and non-residential destinations influences physical activity of older people, but crime doesn’t: a cross-sectional study in a southern European city
Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Andrea Pires, Marilia Sá Carvalho, Maria Fátima Pina
Life events and chronic physical conditions among left-behind farmers in rural China a cross-sectional study
Jing Chai, Penglai Chen, Rui Feng, Han Liang, Xingrong Shen, Guixian Tong, Jing Cheng, Kaichun Li, Shaoyu Xie, Yong Shi, Debin Wang
A community-based cross-sectional study of the epidemiology of onchocerciasis in unmapped villages for community directed treatment with ivermectin in Jimma Zone, southwestern Ethiopia
Daniel Dana, Serkadis Debalke, Zeleke Mekonnen, Wondwossen Kassahun, Sultan Suleman, Kefelegn Getahun, Delenasaw Yewhalaw
What parents know and want to learn about healthy eating and body image in preschool children: a triangulated qualitative study with parents and Early Childhood Professionals
Laura M. Hart, Stephanie R. Damiano, Chelsea Cornell, Susan J. Paxton
Suicide related ideation and behavior among Canadian gay and bisexual men: a syndemic analysis
Olivier Ferlatte, Joshun Dulai, Travis Salway Hottes, Terry Trussler, Rick Marchand
Assessing community readiness online: a concurrent validation study
Iordan Kostadinov, Mark Daniel, Linda Stanley, Margaret Cargo
Drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and associated factors among retreatment cases around Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia
Kedir Abdella, Ketema Abdissa, Wakjira Kebede, Gemeda Abebe
High prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni and other intestinal parasites among elementary school children in Southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Ayalew Jejaw, Endalew Zemene, Yayehirad Alemu, Zemenu Mengistie
Implementation of couples’ voluntary HIV counseling and testing services in Durban, South Africa
William Kilembe, Kristin M. Wall, Mammekwa Mokgoro, Annie Mwaanga, Elisabeth Dissen, Miriam Kamusoko, Hilda Phiri, Jean Sakulanda, Jonathan Davitte, Tarylee Reddy, Mark Brockman, Thumbi Ndung’u, Susan Allen
Pregnancy wastage among HIV infected women in a high HIV prevalence district of India
Shiva S. Halli, C.G. Hussain Khan, Iqbal Shah, Reynold Washington, Shajy Isac, Stephen Moses, James F. Blanchard
Social representations of male circumcision as prophylaxis against HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe
Antony Chikutsa, Pranitha Maharaj
Smoking cessation and smokefree environments for tuberculosis patients in Indonesia-a cohort study
Tara Singh Bam, Tjandra Yoga Aditama, Chen-Yuan Chiang, Rubaeah Rubaeah, Acep Suhaemi
Climate-sensitive health priorities in Nunatsiavut, Canada
Sherilee L. Harper, Victoria L. Edge, James Ford, Ashlee Cunsolo Willox, Michele Wood, Scott A. McEwen
Acceptability of a theory-based sedentary behaviour reduction intervention for older adults (‘On Your Feet to Earn Your Seat’)
Raluca Matei, Ingela Thuné-Boyle, Mark Hamer, Steve Iliffe, Kenneth R. Fox, Barbara J. Jefferis, Benjamin Gardner
A youth-led social marketing intervention to encourage healthy lifestyles, the EYTO (European Youth Tackling Obesity) project: a cluster randomised controlled0 trial in Catalonia, Spain
Elisabet Llauradó, Magaly Aceves-Martins, Lucia Tarro, Ignasi Papell-Garcia, Francesc Puiggròs, Lluís Arola, Jordi Prades-Tena, Marta Montagut, Carlota M Moragas-Fernández, Rosa Solà, Montse Giralt
Reaching the hard to reach: longitudinal investigation of adolescents’ attendance at an after-school sexual and reproductive health programme in Western Cape, South Africa
Catherine Mathews, Sander Matthijs Eggers, Petrus J. de Vries, Amanda J. Mason-Jones, Loraine Townsend, Leif Edvard Aarø, Hein De Vries
Diurnal patterns of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour in older men
Claudio Sartini, S. Goya Wannamethee, Steve Iliffe, Richard W. Morris, Sarah Ash, Lucy Lennon, Peter H. Whincup, Barbara J. Jefferis
How active are people in metropolitan parks? An observational study of park visitation in Australia
Jenny Veitch, Alison Carver, Gavin Abbott, Billie Giles-Corti, Anna Timperio, Jo Salmon
Tobacco consumption in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013: findings from a national survey
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Charbel El Bcheraoui, Marwa Tuffaha, Farah Daoud, Mohammad Al Saeedi, Mohammed Basulaiman, Ziad A. Memish, Mohammad A. AlMazroa, Abdullah A. Al Rabeeah, Ali H. Mokdad
What do Indian children drink when they do not receive water? Statistical analysis of water and alternative beverage consumption from the 2005–2006 Indian National Family Health Survey
Jasmine Fledderjohann, Pat Doyle, Oona Campbell, Shah Ebrahim, Sanjay Basu, David Stuckler
Effectiveness of a systematic approach to promote intersectoral collaboration in comprehensive school health promotion-a multiple-case study using quantitative and qualitative data
Katharina K. Pucher, Math J. J. M. Candel, Anja Krumeich, Nicole M. W. M. Boot, Nanne K. De Vries
Public health policy and walking in England—analysis of the 2008 ‘policy window’
Karen Milton, Jonathan Grix
Recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder after a flood in China: a 13-year follow-up and its prediction by degree of collective action
Shimin Hu, Hongzhuan Tan, Reuben Cofie, Jia Zhou, Tubao Yang, Xuemin Tang, Aizhong Liu
Relationship between single and multiple perpetrator rape perpetration in South Africa: A comparison of risk factors in a population-based sample
Jewkes R, Sikweyiya Y, Dunkle K, Morrell R
Factors associated with uptake of influenza vaccine in people aged 50 to 64 years in Hong Kong: a case–control study
May PS Yeung, Stephen Kam-Cheung Ng, Edmond Tak Fai Tong, Stephen Sek-Kam Chan, Richard Coker
Why are older adults and individuals with underlying chronic diseases in Germany not vaccinated against flu? A population-based study
Birte Bödeker, Cornelius Remschmidt, Patrick Schmich, Ole Wichmann
Health and educational success in adolescents: a longitudinal study
Idunn Brekke
Can opportunities be enhanced for vaccinating children in home visiting programs? A population-based cohort study
Michael R Isaac, Mariette Chartier, Marni Brownell, Dan Chateau, Nathan C Nickel, Patricia Martens, Alan Katz, Joykrishna Sarkar, Milton Hu, Elaine Burland, ChunYan Goh, Carole Taylor
Exploring bi-directional and SMS messaging for communications between Public Health Agencies and their stakeholders: a qualitative study
Debra Revere, Rebecca Calhoun, Janet Baseman, Mark Oberle
Meso level influences on long term condition self-management: stakeholder accounts of commonalities and differences across six European countries
Anne Rogers, Ivaylo Vassilev, Maria J. Jesús Pumar, Elka Todorova, Mari Carmen Portillo, Christina Foss, Jan Koetsenruijter, Nikoleta Ratsika, Manuel Serrano, Ingrid A. Ruud Knutsen, Michel Wensing, Poli Roukova, Evridiki Patelarou, Anne Kennedy, Christos Lionis
Cardiovascular mortality among a cohort of hypertensive and normotensives in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - 1991–2009
Thiago Luiz Nogueira da Silva, Carlos Henrique Klein, Armando da Rocha Nogueira, Lucia Helena Alvares Salis, Nelson Albuquerque de Souza e Silva, Katia Vergetti Bloch
Parental attitudes towards male human papillomavirus vaccination: a pan-European cross-sectional survey
Gitte Lee Mortensen, Marjorie Adam, Laïla Idtaleb
The health and economic benefits of reducing intimate partner violence: an Australian example
Dominique A. Cadilhac, Lauren Sheppard, Toby B. Cumming, Tharshanah Thayabaranathan, Dora C. Pearce, Rob Carter, Anne Magnus
Adolescent school absenteeism and service use in a population-based study
Kristin Gärtner Askeland, Siren Haugland, Kjell Morten Stormark, Tormod Bøe, Mari Hysing
Community-based navigators for tobacco cessation treatment: a proof-of-concept pilot study among low-income smokers
Arnold H. Levinson, Patricia Valverde, Kathleen Garrett, Michele Kimminau, Emily K. Burns, Karen Albright, Debra Flynn
Social inequality and age-specific gender differences in overweight and perception of overweight among Swedish children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study
JS van Vliet, PA Gustafsson, K Duchen, N Nelson
Fifty years of fat: news coverage of trends that predate obesity prevalence
Brennan Davis, Brian Wansink
Vaccine coverage and determinants of incomplete vaccination in children aged 12–23 months in Dschang, West Region, Cameroon: a cross-sectional survey during a polio outbreak
Gianluca Russo, Alessandro Miglietta, Patrizio Pezzotti, Rodrigue Mabvouna Biguioh, Georges Bouting Mayaka, Martin Sanou Sobze, Paola Stefanelli, Vincenzo Vullo, Giovanni Rezza
Mortality among drowning rescuers in China, 2013: a review of 225 rescue incidents from the press
Yinchao Zhu, Xia Jiang, Hui Li, Fudong Li, Jieping Chen
Increasing physical activity in office workers – the Inphact Treadmill study; a study protocol for a 13-month randomized controlled trial of treadmill workstations
Frida Bergman, Carl-Johan Boraxbekk, Patrik Wennberg, Ann Sörlin, Tommy Olsson
Spatiotemporal variation in diabetes mortality in China: multilevel evidence from 2006 and 2012
Maigeng Zhou, Thomas Astell-Burt, Peng Yin, Xiaoqi Feng, Andrew Page, Yunning Liu, Jiangmei Liu, Yichong Li, Shiwei Liu, Limin Wang, Lijun Wang, Linhong Wang
KIDS OUT! Protocol of a brief school-based intervention to promote physical activity and to reduce screen time in a sub-cohort of Finnish eighth graders
Anne-Mari Jussila, Tommi Vasankari, Olavi Paronen, Harri Sievänen, Kari Tokola, Henri Vähä-Ypyä, Anna Broberg, Minna Aittasalo
Smartphone apps to improve fitness and increase physical activity among young people: protocol of the Apps for IMproving FITness (AIMFIT) randomized controlled trial
Artur Direito, Yannan Jiang, Robyn Whittaker, Ralph Maddison
Intra-household evaluations of alcohol abuse in men with depression and suicide in women: A cross-sectional community-based study in Chennai, India
Adyya Gupta, Bavani Priya, Joseph Williams, Mona Sharma, Ruby Gupta, Dilip Kumar Jha, Shah Ebrahim, Preet K. Dhillon
Assessment of the Chinese Resident Health Literacy Scale in a population-based sample in South China
Minxue Shen, Ming Hu, Siyun Liu, Yan Chang, Zhenqiu Sun
The influence of aerobic fitness on obesity and its parent-offspring correlations in a cross-sectional study among German families
Ronja Foraita, Mirko Brandes, Frauke Günther, Karin Bammann, Iris Pigeot, Wolfgang Ahrens
Optimizing strategies for population-based chlamydia infection screening among young women: an age-structured system dynamics approach
Yu Teng, Nan Kong, Wanzhu Tu
The stigmatization dilemma in public health policy-the case of MRSA in Denmark
Thomas Ploug, Søren Holm, Mickey Gjerris
Vitamin D status among adults in Germany – results from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1)
Martina Rabenberg, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Markus A. Busch, Nina Rieckmann, Birte Hintzpeter, Gert B.M. Mensink
Employers’ views on the promotion of workplace health and wellbeing: a qualitative study
Melanie Pescud, Renee Teal, Trevor Shilton, Terry Slevin, Melissa Ledger, Pippa Waterworth, Michael Rosenberg
Understanding the complex interplay of barriers to physical activity amongst black and minority ethnic groups in the United Kingdom: a qualitative synthesis using meta-ethnography
Sejlo A. Koshoedo, Virginia A. Paul-Ebhohimhen, Ruth G. Jepson, Margaret C. Watson
Balancing expectations amidst limitations: the dynamics of food decision-making in rural Kerala
Meena Daivadanam, Rolf Wahlström, K.R. Thankappan, T.K. Sundari Ravindran
Parental weight changes as key predictors of child weight changes
Helen Andriani, Chu-Yung Liao, Hsien-Wen Kuo
Diarrhoea and smoking: an analysis of decades of observational data from Bangladesh
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A longitudinal study on determinants of the intention to start smoking among Non-smoking boys and girls of high and low socioeconomic status
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Participation in modified sports programs: a longitudinal study of children’s transition to club sport competition
Rochelle M. Eime, Meghan M. Casey, Jack T. Harvey, Melanie J. Charity, Janet A. Young, Warren R. Payne
Improved stove interventions to reduce household air pollution in low and middle income countries: a descriptive systematic review
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Chlamydia trachomatis testing among young people: what is the role of stigma?
Kevin A. T. M Theunissen, Arjan E. R. Bos, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe, Gerjo Kok, Stan Vluggen, Rik Crutzen, Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers
Translational research: are community-based child obesity treatment programs scalable?
Louise L. Hardy, Seema Mihrshahi, Joanne Gale, Binh Nguyen, Louise A. Baur, Blythe J. O’Hara
Parental academic involvement in adolescence as predictor of mental health trajectories over the life course: a prospective population-based cohort study
Hugo Westerlund, Kristiina Rajaleid, Pekka Virtanen, Per E. Gustafsson, Tapio Nummi, Anne Hammarström
Attitudes and avatars instrument: development and initial testing
Annmarie A. Lyles, Susan K. Riesch, Roger L. Brown
The lifestyle habits and wellbeing of physicians in Bahrain: a cross-sectional study
Saif M Borgan, Ghufran A Jassim, Zaid A Marhoon, Mahmoud H Ibrahim
Estimation of the benchmark dose of urinary cadmium as the reference level for renal dysfunction: a large sample study in five cadmium polluted areas in China
Shen Ke, Xi-Yu Cheng, Jie-Ying Zhang, Wen-Jing Jia, Hao Li, Hui-Fang Luo, Peng-He Ge, Ze-Min Liu, Hong-Mei Wang, Jin-Sheng He, Zhi-Nan Chen
Subjective health complaints are not associated with tick bites or antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in blood donors in western Norway: a cross-sectional study
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High prevalence of rectal gonorrhoea among men reporting contact with men with gonorrhoea: Implications for epidemiological treatment
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Clustering of non-communicable diseases risk factors in Bangladeshi adults: An analysis of STEPS survey 2013
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Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control in Mongolia: A Policy Analysis
Oyun Chimeddamba, Anna Peeters, Helen L. Walls, Catherine Joyce
High prevalence and clustering of modifiable CVD risk factors among rural adolescents in southwest Nigeria: implication for grass root prevention
N A Odunaiya, K Grimmer, Q A Louw
Systems change for the social determinants of health
Gemma Carey, Brad Crammond
Rationale, design and methods for the 22 year follow-up of the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study
Leon M. Straker, Graham L. Hall, Jenny Mountain, Erin K. Howie, Elisha White, Nigel McArdle, Peter R. Eastwood
Does introducing an immunization package of services for migrant children improve the coverage, service quality and understanding? An evidence from an intervention study among 1548 migrant children in eastern China
Yu Hu, Shuying Luo, Xuewen Tang, Linqiao Lou, Yaping Chen, Jing Guo, Bing Zhang
Latin American and Caribbean countries’ baseline clinical and policy guidelines for responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women
Donna E. Stewart, Raquel Aviles, Alessandra Guedes, Ekaterina Riazantseva, Harriet MacMillan
A cross-sectional survey and latent class analysis of the prevalence and clustering of health risk factors among people attending an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service
Natasha E Noble, Christine L Paul, Nicole Turner, Stephen V Blunden, Christopher Oldmeadow, Heidi E Turon
Developmental trajectories of physical activity and television viewing during adolescence among girls: National Growth and Health Cohort Study
Soyang Kwon, Jungwha Lee, Mercedes R. Carnethon
Life satisfaction, cardiovascular risk factors, unhealthy behaviours and socioeconomic inequality, 5 years after coronary angiography
Michèle Baumann, Anastase Tchicaya, Kyle Vanderpool, Nathalie Lorentz, Etienne Le Bihan
How much do the physician review and InterVA model agree in determining causes of death? a comparative analysis of deaths in rural Ethiopia
Berhe Weldearegawi, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Geert Jan Dinant, Mark Spigt
Double burden of malnutrition: increasing overweight and obesity and stall underweight trends among Ghanaian women
David Teye Doku, Subas Neupane
Examining the influence of a text message-based sleep and physical activity intervention among young adult smokers in the United States
A. Jordan Filion, Gerarda Darlington, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Michele Ybarra, Jess Haines
Stages of change of the readiness to quit smoking among a random sample of minority Arab -male smokers in Israel
Nihaya Daoud, Samah Hayek, Ahmad Sheikh Muhammad, Kathleen Abu-Saad, Amira Osman, James F. Thrasher, Ofra Kalter-Leibovici
Pilot to evaluate the feasibility of measuring seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness using surveillance platforms in Central-America, 2012
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Perceptions of Sudanese women of reproductive age toward HIV/AIDS and services for Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
Ibrahim E. Elsheikh, Rik Crutzen, H.W. Van den Borne
Effect of social mobility in family financial situation and housing tenure on mental health conditions among South Australian adults: results from a population health surveillance system, 2009 to 2011
Eleonora Dal Grande, Catherine R. Chittleborough, Jing Wu, Zumin Shi, Robert D. Goldney, Anne W. Taylor
Examining the potential public health benefit of offering STI testing to men in amateur football clubs: evidence from cross-sectional surveys
Catherine H. Mercer, Sebastian S. Fuller, John M. Saunders, Pamela Muniina, Andrew J. Copas, Graham J. Hart, Lorna J. Sutcliffe, Anne M. Johnson, Jackie A. Cassell, Claudia S. Estcourt
Depressive symptoms and early retirement intentions among Danish eldercare workers: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses
Mette Andersen Nexo, Vilhelm Borg, Camilla Sandal Sejbaek, Isabella Gomes Carneiro, Pernille U. Hjarsbech, Reiner Rugulies
Distribution of health literacy strengths and weaknesses across socio-demographic groups: a cross-sectional survey using the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)
Alison Beauchamp, Rachelle Buchbinder, Sarity Dodson, Roy W. Batterham, Gerald R. Elsworth, Crystal McPhee, Louise Sparkes, Melanie Hawkins, Richard H. Osborne
Breast cancer screening disparities among urban immigrants: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada
Mandana Vahabi, Aisha Lofters, Matthew Kumar, Richard H. Glazier
Double-burden of malnutrition among the indigenous peoples (Orang Asli) of Peninsular Malaysia
C. Y. Wong, M. S. Zalilah, E. Y. Chua, S. Norhasmah, Y. S. Chin, A. Siti Nur’Asyura
Impact of opportunistic testing in a systematic cervical cancer screening program: a nationwide registry study
Mette Tranberg, Mette Bach Larsen, Ellen M. Mikkelsen, Hans Svanholm, Berit Andersen
Couple based family planning education: changes in male involvement and contraceptive use among married couples in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia
Tizta Tilahun, Gily Coene, Marleen Temmerman, Olivier Degomme
PCDD and PCDF exposures among fishing community through intake of fish and shellfish from the Straits of Malacca
Azrina Azlan, Nurul Nadiah Mohamad Nasir, Norashikin Shamsudin, Hejar Abdul Rahman, Hock Eng Khoo, Muhammad Rizal Razman
The gender gap in sickness absence from work and the influence of parental absence on offspring absence 15 years later: register-based cohort of Norwegians born in 1974–1976
Petter Kristensen, Karina Corbett, Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum
Self-reported symptoms and healthcare seeking in the general population -exploring “The Symptom Iceberg”
Sandra Elnegaard, Rikke Sand Andersen, Anette Fischer Pedersen, Pia Veldt Larsen, Jens Søndergaard, Sanne Rasmussen, Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam, Rikke Pilsgaard Svendsen, Peter Vedsted, Dorte Ejg Jarbøl
Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and syphilis among men who have sex with men in Brazil
Cynthia B. Cunha, Ruth K. Friedman, Raquel B. de Boni, Charlotte Gaydos, Maria R.C. Guimarães, Brenda H. Siqueira, Sandra W. Cardoso, Leonardo Chicayban, José R. Coutinho, Carolyn Yanavich, Valdilea G. Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn
Effects of the Swedish physical activity on prescription model on health-related quality of life in overweight older adults: a randomised controlled trial
Sven JG Olsson, Mats Börjesson, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Erik Hemmingsson, Mai-Lis Hellénius, Lena V Kallings
Associations between residence at birth and mental health disorders: a spatial analysis of retrospective cohort data
Kate Hoffman, Ann Aschengrau, Thomas F. Webster, Scott M. Bartell, Verónica M. Vieira
Combination therapy of varenicline with nicotine replacement therapy is better than varenicline alone: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Ping-Hsun Chang, Chien-Hsieh Chiang, Wei-Che Ho, Pei-Zu Wu, Jaw-Shiun Tsai, Fei-Ran Guo
Socio-demographic factors and neighbourhood social cohesion influence adults’ willingness to grant children greater independent mobility: A cross-sectional study
Stephanie Schoeppe, Mitch J. Duncan, Hannah M. Badland, Stephanie Alley, Susan Williams, Amanda L. Rebar, Corneel Vandelanotte
The LIFE-Adult-Study: objectives and design of a population-based cohort study with 10,000 deeply phenotyped adults in Germany
Markus Loeffler, Christoph Engel, Peter Ahnert, Dorothee Alfermann, Katrin Arelin, Ronny Baber, Frank Beutner, Hans Binder, Elmar Brähler, Ralph Burkhardt, Uta Ceglarek, Cornelia Enzenbach, Michael Fuchs, Heide Glaesmer, Friederike Girlich, Andreas Hagendorff, Madlen Häntzsch, Ulrich Hegerl, Sylvia Henger, Tilman Hensch, Andreas Hinz, Volker Holzendorf, Daniela Husser, Anette Kersting, Alexander Kiel, Toralf Kirsten, Jürgen Kratzsch, Knut Krohn, Tobias Luck, Susanne Melzer, Jeffrey Netto, Matthias Nüchter, Matthias Raschpichler, Franziska G. Rauscher, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Christian Sander, Markus Scholz, Peter Schönknecht, Matthias L. Schroeter, Jan-Christoph Simon, Ronald Speer, Julia Stäker, Robert Stein, Yve Stöbel-Richter, Michael Stumvoll, Attila Tarnok, Andrej Teren, Daniel Teupser, Francisca S. Then, Anke Tönjes, Regina Treudler, Arno Villringer, Alexander Weissgerber, Peter Wiedemann, Silke Zachariae, Kerstin Wirkner, Joachim Thiery
Gender and the double burden of economic and social disadvantages on healthy eating: cross-sectional study of older adults in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort
Annalijn I. Conklin, Nita G. Forouhi, Paul Surtees, Nicholas J. Wareham, Pablo Monsivais
The need for multisectoral food chain approaches to reduce trans fat consumption in India
Shauna M Downs, Archna Singh, Vidhu Gupta, Karen Lock, Suparna Ghosh-Jerath
Neighborhood social capital is associated with participation in health checks of a general population: a multilevel analysis of a population-based lifestyle intervention- the Inter99 study
Anne Mette Bender, Ichiro Kawachi, Torben Jørgensen, Charlotta Pisinger
Human papillomavirus infection and cervical dysplasia in female sex workers in Northeast China: an observational study
Haiqing Jia, Xiaobin Wang, Zaiqiu Long, Liankun Li
No one’s discussing the elephant in the room: contemplating questions of research impact and benefit in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian health research
Roxanne Bainbridge, Komla Tsey, Janya McCalman, Irina Kinchin, Vicki Saunders, Felecia Watkin Lui, Yvonne Cadet-James, Adrian Miller, Kenny Lawson
Promotion of influenza vaccination among health care workers: findings from a tertiary care children’s hospital in Italy
Vanessa Cozza, Valeria Alfonsi, Maria Cristina Rota, Valerio Paolini, Marta Luisa Ciofi degli Atti
Informal employment and health status in Central America
María López-Ruiz, Lucía Artazcoz, José Miguel Martínez, Marianela Rojas, Fernando G. Benavides
Acceptability of delivery modes for lifestyle advice in a large scale randomised controlled obesity prevention trial
S L Kozica, C B Lombard, D Ilic, S Ng, C L Harrison, H J Teede
Income adequacy and education associated with the prevalence of obesity in rural Saskatchewan, Canada
Yue Chen, Donna C. Rennie, Chandima P. Karunanayake, Bonnie Janzen, Louise Hagel, William Pickett, Roland Dyck, Joshua Lawson, James A. Dosman, Punam Pahwa
Modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in adults aged 40–79 years in Germany with and without prior coronary heart disease or stroke
Julia Truthmann, Markus A. Busch, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Gert B. M. Mensink, Antje Gößwald, Matthias Endres, Hannelore Neuhauser
Factors associated with sexual risk behaviors with non-steady partners and lack of recent HIV testing among German men who have sex with men in steady relationships: results from a cross-sectional internet survey
Sarah C. Kramer, Jochen Drewes, Martin Kruspe, Ulrich Marcus
Is alcohol consumption in older adults associated with poor self-rated health? Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Martin Frisher, Marina Mendonça, Nicola Shelton, Hynek Pikhart, Cesar de Oliveira, Clare Holdsworth
Seroprevalence report on tick-borne encephalitis virus and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus among Malaysian’s farm workers
Munirah Mohd Shukri, Kai Ling Kho, Masoumeh Ghane Kisomi, Rafidah Lani, Suria Marlina, Siti Fatimah Muhd Radzi, Sun Tee Tay, Li Ping Wong, Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud, Quaza Nizamuddin Hassan Nizam, Sazaly Abu Bakar, Keivan Zandi
Change in the association of body mass index and systolic blood pressure in Germany – national cross-sectional surveys 1998 and 2008–2011
Carolin Adler, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Claudia Diederichs, Hannelore K. Neuhauser
Factors that lead to the use of crack cocaine in combination with marijuana in Brazil: a qualitative study
Janaina R. Gonçalves, Solange A. Nappo
An evaluation of evidence-based paediatric injury prevention policies across Canada
Alison K. Macpherson, Mariana Brussoni, Pamela Fuselli, Tara Middaugh-Bonney, Shannon Piedt, Ian Pike
Ecological correlation between diabetes hospitalizations and fine particulate matter in Italian provinces
Angelo G. Solimini, Maddalena D’Addario, Paolo Villari
Active Smarter Kids (ASK): Rationale and design of a cluster-randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of daily physical activity on children’s academic performance and risk factors for non-communicable diseases
Geir K Resaland, Vegard Fusche Moe, Eivind Aadland, Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Øyvind Glosvik, John R Andersen, Olav M Kvalheim, Heather A McKay, Sigmund A Anderssen
Time to unsafe sexual practice among cross-border female sex workers in Metemma Yohannes, North West Ethiopia
Lemma Derseh Gezie, Belaynew Wassie Taye, Tadesse Awoke Ayele
Are area-based initiatives able to improve area safety in deprived areas? A quasi-experimental evaluation of the Dutch District Approach
Daniëlle Kramer, Birthe Jongeneel-Grimen, Karien Stronks, Mariël Droomers, Anton E. Kunst
Exposure to cooking fuels and birth weight in Lanzhou, China: a birth cohort study
Min Jiang, Jie Qiu, Min Zhou, Xiaochun He, Hongmei Cui, Catherine Lerro, Ling Lv, Xiaojuan Lin, Chong Zhang, Honghong Zhang, Ruifeng Xu, Daling Zhu, Yun Dang, Xudong Han, Hanru Zhang, Haiya Bai, Ya Chen, Zhongfeng Tang, Ru Lin, Tingting Yao, Jie Su, Xiaoying Xu, Xiaohui Liu, Wendi Wang, Yueyuan Wang, Bin Ma, Weitao Qiu, Cairong Zhu, Suping Wang, Huang Huang, Nan Zhao, Xiaosong Li, Qing Liu, Yawei Zhang
Protective practices against zoonotic infections among rural and slum communities from South Central Chile
Meghan R. Mason, Marcelo Gonzalez, James S. Hodges, Claudia Muñoz-Zanzi
Development of a Canadian socioeconomic status index for the study of health outcomes related to environmental pollution
Emily Chan, Jesus Serrano, Li Chen, David M. Stieb, Michael Jerrett, Alvaro Osornio-Vargas
Design and baseline characteristics of the PerfectFit study: a multicenter cluster-randomized trial of a lifestyle intervention in employees with increased cardiovascular risk
Tessa A. Kouwenhoven-Pasmooij, Bosiljka Djikanovic, Suzan J. W. Robroek, Pieter Helmhout, Alex Burdorf, M. G. Myriam Hunink
Assessment of knowledge regarding tuberculosis among non-medical university students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study
Masud Rana, Abu Sayem, Reazul Karim, Nurul Islam, Rafiqul Islam, Tunku Kamarul Zaman, Golam Hossain
The influence of dairy consumption, sedentary behaviour and physical activity on bone mass in Flemish children: a cross-sectional study
Isabelle Sioen, Nathalie Michels, Carolien Polfliet, Stephanie De Smet, Sara D’Haese, Inge Roggen, Jean Deschepper, Stefan Goemaere, Jara Valtueña, Stefaan De Henauw
Do body mass index trajectories affect the risk of type 2 diabetes? A case–control study
Yoshihiko Mano, Hiroshi Yokomichi, Kohta Suzuki, Atsunori Takahashi, Yoshioki Yoda, Masahiro Tsuji, Miri Sato, Ryoji Shinohara, Sonoko Mizorogi, Mie Mochizuki, Zentaro Yamagata
Internal migration and the health of the returned population: a nationally representative study of China
Luwen Zhang, Shuaishuai Liu, Guoying Zhang, Shaolong Wu
Municipal return to work management in cancer survivors undergoing cancer treatment: a protocol on a controlled intervention study
Christina M. Stapelfeldt, Merete Labriola, Anders Bonde Jensen, Niels Trolle Andersen, Anne-Mette H. Momsen, Claus Vinther Nielsen
Factors associated with DELAY in diagnosis among tuberculosis patients in Hohoe Municipality, Ghana
Eric Osei, Patricia Akweongo, Fred Binka
Bicycle-related hospitalizations at a Taiwanese level I Trauma Center
Hang-Tsung Liu, Cheng-Shyuan Rau, Chi-Cheng Liang, Shao-Chun Wu, Shiun-Yuan Hsu, Hsiao-Yun Hsieh, Ching-Hua Hsieh
Prevalence and pattern of alcohol consumption during pregnancy in the Netherlands
Caren I. Lanting, Paula van Dommelen, Karin M. van der Pal-de Bruin, Jack Bennebroek Gravenhorst, Jacobus P. van Wouwe
Cultural adaptation of a brief motivational intervention for heavy drinking among Hispanics in a medical setting
Craig A. Field, José Alonso Cabriales, Robert H. Woolard, Alan H. Tyroch, Raul Caetano, Yessenia Castro
A realist evaluation of community-based participatory research: partnership synergy, trust building and related ripple effects
Justin Jagosh, Paula L. Bush, Jon Salsberg, Ann C. Macaulay, Trish Greenhalgh, Geoff Wong, Margaret Cargo, Lawrence W. Green, Carol P. Herbert, Pierre Pluye
HIV, Hepatitis B and C among people who inject drugs: high prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis C RNA positive infections observed in Delhi, India
Lopamudra Ray Saraswati, Avina Sarna, Mary Philip Sebastian, Vartika Sharma, Ira Madan, Ibou Thior, Julie Pulerwitz, Waimar Tun
Recency and frequency of HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Germany and socio-demographic factors associated with testing behaviour
Ulrich Marcus, Martyna Gassowski, Martin Kruspe, Jochen Drewes
Factors influencing full immunization coverage among 12–23 months of age children in Ethiopia: evidence from the national demographic and health survey in 2011
Yihunie Lakew, Alemayhu Bekele, Sibhatu Biadgilign
Socioeconomic factors and other sources of variation in the prevalence of genital chlamydia infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Joanna Crichton, Matthew Hickman, Rona Campbell, Harriet Batista-Ferrer, John Macleod
A cost-utility analysis of cervical cancer screening and human papillomavirus vaccination in the Philippines
Anna Melissa Guerrero, Anne Julienne Genuino, Melanie Santillan, Naiyana Praditsitthikorn, Varit Chantarastapornchit, Yot Teerawattananon, Marissa Alejandria, Jean Anne Toral
Perception of drinking water safety and factors influencing acceptance and sustainability of a water quality intervention in rural southern India
Mark Rohit Francis, Guru Nagarajan, Rajiv Sarkar, Venkata Raghava Mohan, Gagandeep Kang, Vinohar Balraj
Do school crossing guards make crossing roads safer? A quasi-experimental study of pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions in Toronto, Canada
Linda Rothman, Daniel Perry, Ron Buliung, Colin Macarthur, Teresa To, Alison Macpherson, Kristian Larsen, Andrew Howard
Socio-economic determinants of disease progression among HIV infected adults in Kenya
Nyawira T. Gitahi–Kamau, James N. Kiarie, Kenneth K. Mutai, Beatrice W. Gatumia, P. M. Gatongi, A. Lakati
Demographic and clinical characteristics of deaths associated with influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 in Central America and Dominican Republic 2009–2010
Rafael Chacon, Sara Mirza, David Rodriguez, Antonio Paredes, Giselle Guzman, Lourdes Moreno, Cecilia J. Then, Jorge Jara, Natalia Blanco, Luis Bonilla, Wilfrido A. Clara, Percy Minaya, Rakhee Palekar, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner
The More and Less Study: a randomized controlled trial testing different approaches to treat obesity in preschoolers
Anna Ek, Kathryn Lewis Chamberlain, Jan Ejderhamn, Philip A. Fisher, Claude Marcus, Patricia Chamberlain, Paulina Nowicka
Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a web-based healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing domestic violence (I-DECIDE)
Kelsey Hegarty, Laura Tarzia, Elizabeth Murray, Jodie Valpied, Cathy Humphreys, Angela Taft, Lisa Gold, Nancy Glass
Is the association between physical activity and healthcare utilization affected by self-rated health and socio-economic factors?
Patricia Rocca, Anders Beckman, Eva Ekvall Hansson, Henrik Ohlsson
A systematic review including meta-analysis of work environment and depressive symptoms
Töres Theorell, Anne Hammarström, Gunnar Aronsson, Lil Träskman Bendz, Tom Grape, Christer Hogstedt, Ina Marteinsdottir, Ingmar Skoog, Charlotte Hall
Current status of Schistosoma mansoni and the factors associated with infection two years following mass drug administration programme among primary school children in Mwea irrigation scheme: A cross-sectional study
Janet Masaku, Nancy Madigu, Collins Okoyo, Sammy M. Njenga
Life Balance – a mindfulness-based mental health promotion program: conceptualization, implementation, compliance and user satisfaction in a field setting
Lisa Lyssenko, Gerhard Müller, Nikolaus Kleindienst, Christian Schmahl, Mathias Berger, Georg Eifert, Alexander Kölle, Siegmar Nesch, Jutta Ommer-Hohl, Michael Wenner, Martin Bohus
Responses and relationship dynamics of men and their spouses during active surveillance for prostate cancer: health literacy as an inquiry framework
Lars Kayser, Nete S. Hansen-Nord, Richard H. Osborne, Anne Tjønneland, Rikke D. Hansen
Household antimicrobial self-medication: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the burden, risk factors and outcomes in developing countries
Moses Ocan, Ekwaro A. Obuku, Freddie Bwanga, Dickens Akena, Sennono Richard, Jasper Ogwal-Okeng, Celestino Obua
Factors associated with recent HIV testing among high-risk men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study in Cambodia
Siyan Yi, Sovannary Tuot, Pheak Chhoun, Carinne Brody, Khuondyla Pal, Sopheap Oum
Overview of systematic reviews on the health-related effects of government tobacco control policies
Steven J. Hoffman, Charlie Tan
Incremental health expenditure and lost days of normal activity for individuals with mental disorders: results from the São Paulo Megacity Study
Alexandre Dias Porto Chiavegatto Filho, Yuan-Pang Wang, Antonio Carlos Coelho Campino, Ana Maria Malik, Maria Carmen Viana, Laura Helena Andrade
Association among house infestation index, dengue incidence, and sociodemographic indicators: surveillance using geographic information system
Waldemir Paixão Vargas, Hélia Kawa, Paulo Chagastelles Sabroza, Valdenir Bandeira Soares, Nildimar Alves Honório, Andréa Sobral de Almeida
Identifying binge drinkers based on parenting dimensions and alcohol-specific parenting practices: building classifiers on adolescent-parent paired data
Rik Crutzen, Philippe J. Giabbanelli, Astrid Jander, Liesbeth Mercken, Hein de Vries
Cholinesterase Research Outreach Project (CROP): measuring cholinesterase activity and pesticide use in an agricultural community
Jacqueline Cotton, Paul Lewandowski, Susan Brumby
Neglect of skin wounds and the risk of becoming a Staphylococcus aureus nasal carrier: a cohort study
Hagai Levine, Raid Kayouf, Vladislav Rozhavski, Tamar Sela, Inbal Rajuan-Galor, Anat Tzurel Ferber, Shiraz Yona, Olga Gorochovski, Tami Halperin, Michael Hartal
How to characterize the public health workforce based on essential public health operations? environmental public health workers in the Netherlands as an example
M. Jambroes, R. van Honschooten, J. Doosje, K. Stronks, M. L. Essink-Bot
Molecular typing and drug sensitivity testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated by a community-based survey in Ethiopia
Muluwork Getahun, Gobena Ameni, Abebaw Kebede, Zelalem Yaregal, Elena Hailu, Grimay Medihn, Daniel Demssie, Feven Girmachew, Yetnebersh Fiseha, Abyot Meaza, Nathneal Dirse, Mulualem Agonafir, Feleke Dana, Fasil Tsegaye, Zeleke Alebachew, Almaz Abebe, Amha Kebede, Eshetu Lemma
A cluster randomized-controlled trial of a community mobilization intervention to change gender norms and reduce HIV risk in rural South Africa: study design and intervention
Audrey Pettifor, Sheri A. Lippman, Amanda M Selin, Dean Peacock, Ann Gottert, Suzanne Maman, Dumisani Rebombo, Chirayath M. Suchindran, Rhian Twine, Kathryn Lancaster, Tamu Daniel, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Kathleen Kahn, Catherine MacPhail
Determinants of HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention needs among African migrants in Germany; a cross-sectional survey on knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and practices
Claudia Santos-Hövener, Ulrich Marcus, Carmen Koschollek, Hapsatou Oudini, Mara Wiebe, Omer Idrissa Ouedraogo, Adama Thorlie, Viviane Bremer, Osamah Hamouda, Marie-Luise Dierks, Matthias an der Heiden, Gérard Krause
Lifestyle, chronic diseases and self-rated health among Malaysian adults: results from the 2011 National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS)
Ying Ying Chan, Chien Huey Teh, Kuang Kuay Lim, Kuang Hock Lim, Pei Sien Yeo, Chee Cheong Kee, Mohd Azahadi Omar, Noor Ani Ahmad
The mental health, quality of life and life satisfaction of internally displaced persons living in Nakuru County, Kenya
Elijah Mironga Getanda, Chris Papadopoulos, Hala Evans
The trend of lead poisoning rate in Chinese population aged 0–18 years old: a meta-analysis
Min-ming Li, Jia Cao, Zhen-yan Gao, Xiao-ming Shen, Chong-huai Yan
Overweight status of the primary caregivers of orphan and vulnerable children in 3 Southern African countries: a cross sectional study
Mariano Kanamori, Olivia Carter-Pokras, Sangeetha Madhavan, Robert Feldman, Xin He, Sunmin Lee
Suburbanisation of oral cavity cancers: evidence from a geographically-explicit observational study of incidence trends in British Columbia, Canada, 1981–2010
Blake Byron Walker, Nadine Schuurman, Ajit Auluck, Scott A. Lear, Miriam Rosin
Tedium vitae, death wishes, suicidal ideation and attempts in Kenya-prevalence and risk factors
Rachel Jenkins, Caleb Othieno, Ray Omollo, Linnet Ongeri, Peter Sifuna, Michael Ongecha, James Kingora Mboroki, David Kiima, Bernhards Ogutu
A quantitative content analysis of UK newsprint coverage of proposed legislation to prohibit smoking in private vehicles carrying children
Chris Patterson, Sean Semple, Karen Wood, Sheila Duffy, Shona Hilton
“Tired of watching customers walk out the door because of the smoke”: a content analysis of media coverage of voluntarily smokefree restaurants and bars
Patricia A. McDaniel, Naphtali Offen, Valerie Yerger, Susan Forsyth, Ruth E. Malone
The MAM’Out project: a randomized controlled trial to assess multiannual and seasonal cash transfers for the prevention of acute malnutrition in children under 36 months in Burkina Faso
Audrey Tonguet-Papucci, Lieven Huybregts, Myriam Ait Aissa, Jean-François Huneau, Patrick Kolsteren
Effectiveness of psychoeducation in reducing sickness absence and improving mental health in individuals at risk of having a mental disorder: a randomised controlled trial
Pernille Pedersen, Hans Jørgen Søgaard, Merete Labriola, Ellen A. Nohr, Chris Jensen
Exposure to 3G mobile phone signals does not affect the biological features of brain tumor cells
Yu-xiao Liu, Guo-qing Li, Xiang-ping Fu, Jing-hui Xue, Shou-ping Ji, Zhi-wen Zhang, Yi Zhang, An-ming Li
Completeness and Reliability of the Republic of South Africa National Tuberculosis (TB) Surveillance System
Laura Jean Podewils, Nonkqubela Bantubani, Claire Bristow, Liza E Bronner, Annatjie Peters, Alexander Pym, Lerole David Mametja
Using prediction markets of market scoring rule to forecast infectious diseases: a case study in Taiwan
Chen-yuan Tung, Tzu-Chuan Chou, Jih-wen Lin
The Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy: methods for children in grades 4 to 6 (8 to 12 years)
Patricia E. Longmuir, Charles Boyer, Meghann Lloyd, Yan Yang, Elena Boiarskaia, Weimo Zhu, Mark S. Tremblay
Associations between neighbourhood walkability and daily steps in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Samantha Hajna, Nancy A. Ross, Anne-Sophie Brazeau, Patrick Bélisle, Lawrence Joseph, Kaberi Dasgupta
Bias in estimates of alcohol use among older people: selection effects due to design, health, and cohort replacement
Susanne Kelfve, Kozma Ahacic
Infant mortality and causes of infant deaths in rural Ethiopia: a population-based cohort of 3684 births
Berhe Weldearegawi, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Semaw Ferede Abera, Yemane Ashebir, Fisaha Haile, Afework Mulugeta, Frehiwot Eshetu, Mark Spigt
A qualitative study exploring perceived barriers to infant feeding and caregiving among adolescent girls and young women in rural Bangladesh
Kristy M. Hackett, Umme S. Mukta, Chowdhury S. B. Jalal, Daniel W. Sellen
The decline in mortality due to acute complications of diabetes mellitus in Brazil, 1991–2010
André Klafke, Bruce Bartholow Duncan, Antony Stevens, Roger dos Santos Rosa, Lenildo de Moura, Deborah Malta, Maria Inês Schmidt
Alcohol intake and associated risk of major cardiovascular outcomes in women compared with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies
Yan-Ling Zheng, Feng Lian, Qian Shi, Chi Zhang, Yi-Wei Chen, Yu-Hao Zhou, Jia He
Installation of speed humps and pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions in Toronto, Canada: a quasi-experimental study
Linda Rothman, Alison Macpherson, Ron Buliung, Colin Macarthur, Teresa To, Kristian Larsen, Andrew Howard
Individual and collective empowerment and associated factors among Brazilian adults: a cross-sectional study
Marcia Fatima Soares, Rachel Conceição Ferreira, Camila Alessandra Pazzini, Denise Vieira Travassos, Saul Martins Paiva, Efigênia Ferreira e Ferreira
Multimorbidity and the inequalities of global ageing: a cross-sectional study of 28 countries using the World Health Surveys
Sara Afshar, Paul J. Roderick, Paul Kowal, Borislav D. Dimitrov, Allan G. Hill
Heterosexual men who patronise entertainment establishments versus brothels in an Asian urban setting – which group practises riskier sexual behaviours?
Raymond Boon Tar Lim, Mee Lian Wong, Poh Huat Tan, Mandy Govender
Are daylight saving time transitions associated with changes in myocardial infarction incidence? Results from the German MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry
Inge Kirchberger, Kathrin Wolf, Margit Heier, Bernhard Kuch, Wolfgang von Scheidt, Annette Peters, Christa Meisinger
Reducing electronic media use in 2–3 year-old children: feasibility and efficacy of the Family@play pilot randomised controlled trial
Trina Hinkley, Dylan P. Cliff, Anthony D. Okely
Self-perceived stress is associated with adiposity and atherosclerosis. The GEA Study
Janinne Ortega-Montiel, Carlos Posadas-Romero, Wendy Ocampo-Arcos, Aida Medina-Urrutia, Guillermo Cardoso-Saldaña, Esteban Jorge-Galarza, Rosalinda Posadas-Sánchez
Decadal transition of adult mortality pattern at Ballabgarh HDSS: evidence from verbal autopsy data
Sanjay Kumar Rai, Arti Gupta, Rahul Srivastava, Mohan Bairwa, Puneet Misra, Shashi Kant, Chandrakant S. Pandav
Relationship of BMI to the incidence of hypertension: a 4 years’ cohort study among children in Guangzhou, 2007–2011
Jiao Wang, Yanna Zhu, Jin Jing, Yajun Chen, Jincheng Mai, Stephen H.S. Wong, John O’Reilly, Lu Ma
Impact of socioeconomic status and subjective social class on overall and health-related quality of life
Jae-Hyun Kim, Eun-Cheol Park
Manuscript title: Facilitators and barriers to cotrimoxazole prophylaxis among HIV exposed babies: a qualitative study from Harare, Zimbabwe
Euphemia L. Sibanda, Sarah Bernays, Ian V. D. Weller, James G. Hakim, Frances M. Cowan
A qualitative study assessing cardiovascular risk factors: the accumulative stressors influencing societal integration of teenage African immigrants
Cheryl Zlotnick, Hadass Goldblatt, Efrat Shadmi, Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, Omer Taychaw
The association between social capital and quality of life among type 2 diabetes patients in Anhui province, China: a cross-sectional study
Fuyong Hu, Li Niu, Ren Chen, Ying Ma, Xia Qin, Zhi Hu
Competition is not necessarily a barrier to community mobilisation among sex workers: an intervention planning assessment from Zimbabwe
Sibongile Mtetwa, Joanna Busza, Calum Davey, Ramona Wong-Gruenwald, Frances Cowan
Harmful practices in the management of childhood diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Emily Carter, Jennifer Bryce, Jamie Perin, Holly Newby
Multistage carcinogenesis and the incidence of thyroid cancer in the US by sex, race, stage and histology
Rafael Meza, Joanne T. Chang
Public response to the 2014 chemical spill in West Virginia: knowledge, opinions and behaviours
Elena Savoia, Michael A. Stoto, Rahul Gupta, Nasandra Wright, Kasisomayajula Viswanath
Temporal patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior in 10–14 year-old children on weekdays
Stijn De Baere, Johan Lefevre, Kristine De Martelaer, Renaat Philippaerts, Jan Seghers
Evaluation of psychometric properties and differential item functioning of 8-item Child Perceptions Questionnaires using item response theory
David TW Yau, May CM Wong, KF Lam, Colman McGrath
Correlates of sitting time in adults with type 2 diabetes
Anne-Sophie Brazeau, Samantha Hajna, Lawrence Joseph, Kaberi Dasgupta
A body shape index and body roundness index: two new body indices to identify diabetes mellitus among rural populations in northeast China
Ye Chang, Xiaofan Guo, Yintao Chen, Liang Guo, Zhao Li, Shasha Yu, Hongmei Yang, Yingxian Sun
Drowning in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adolescents in Queensland (Australia)
Belinda A. Wallis, Kerrianne Watt, Richard C. Franklin, Roy M. Kimble
Effect of an intervention to enhance guideline adherence of occupational physicians on return-to-work self-efficacy in workers sick-listed with common mental disorders
Karlijn M. van Beurden, Jac J. L. van der Klink, Evelien P. M. Brouwers, Margot C. W. Joosen, Jolanda J. P. Mathijssen, Berend Terluin, Jaap van Weeghel
Improving child survival through a district management strengthening and community empowerment intervention: early implementation experiences from Uganda
Anne Ruhweza Katahoire, Dorcus Kiwanuka Henriksson, Eric Ssegujja, Peter Waiswa, Florence Ayebare, Danstan Bagenda, Anthony K. Mbonye, Stefan Swartling Peterson
Improved coverage and timing of childhood vaccinations in two post-Soviet countries, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan
A. Schweitzer, G. Krause, F. Pessler, M. K. Akmatov
Health literacy in Beijing: an assessment of adults’ knowledge and skills regarding communicable diseases
Daitao Zhang, Shuangsheng Wu, Yi Zhang, Peng Yang, C. Raina MacIntyre, Holly Seale, Quanyi Wang
Reorienting risk to resilience: street-involved youth perspectives on preventing the transition to injection drug use
Kira Tozer, Despina Tzemis, Ashraf Amlani, Larissa Coser, Darlene Taylor, Natasha Van Borek, Elizabeth Saewyc, Jane A. Buxton
Assessment of water, sanitation, and hygiene practices and associated factors in a Buruli ulcer endemic district in Benin (West Africa)
Roch Christian Johnson, Gratien Boni, Yves Barogui, Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Macaire Houndonougbo, Esai Anagonou, Didier Agossadou, Gabriel Diez, Michel Boko
Diagnostic accuracy of different body weight and height-based definitions of childhood obesity in identifying overfat among Chinese children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Lin Wang, Stanley Sai-chuen Hui
Substance use and related problems among U.S. women who identify as mostly heterosexual
Tonda L. Hughes, Sharon C. Wilsnack, Arlinda F. Kristjanson
Finding the keys to successful adult-targeted advertisements on obesity prevention: an experimental audience testing study
Helen Dixon, Maree Scully, Sarah Durkin, Emily Brennan, Trish Cotter, Sarah Maloney, Blythe J. O’Hara, Melanie Wakefield
Do unfavourable working conditions explain mental health inequalities between ethnic groups?: cross-sectional data of the HELIUS study
Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Aart H. Schene, Karien Stronks, Marieke B. Snijder, Monique H. W. Frings-Dresen, Judith K Sluiter
The contribution of sport participation to overall health enhancing physical activity levels in Australia: a population-based study
RM Eime, JT Harvey, MJ Charity, MM Casey, JGZ van Uffelen, WR Payne
Impact of migration origin on individual protection strategies against sexual transmission of HIV in Paris metropolitan area, SIRS cohort study, France
Thomas Kesteman, Annabelle Lapostolle, Dominique Costagliola, Véronique Massari, Pierre Chauvin
Parents' perception of stroller use in young children: a qualitative study
Catherine S. Birken, Bradley Lichtblau, Talia Lenton-Brym, Patricia Tucker, Jonathon L Maguire, Patricia C. Parkin, Sanjay Mahant
Risk factors for homicide victimization in post-genocide Rwanda: a population -based case- control study
Wilson Rubanzana, Joseph Ntaganira, Michael D. Freeman, Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier
Designing and implementing a socioeconomic intervention to enhance TB control: operational evidence from the CRESIPT project in Peru
Tom Wingfield, Delia Boccia, Marco A. Tovar, Doug Huff, Rosario Montoya, James J. Lewis, Robert H. Gilman, Carlton A. Evans
Country characteristics and acute diarrhea in children from developing nations: a multilevel study
Ángela María Pinzón-Rondón, Carol Zárate-Ardila, Alfonso Hoyos-Martínez, Ángela María Ruiz-Sternberg, Alberto Vélez-van-Meerbeke
Acceptance of sexual minorities, discrimination, social capital and health and well-being: a cross-European study among members of same-sex and opposite-sex couples
Arjan van der Star, Richard Bränström
Understanding the socio-economic and sexual behavioural correlates of male circumcision across eleven voluntary medical male circumcision priority countries in southeastern Africa
Fiona K. Lau, Sylvia Jayakumar, Sema K. Sgaier
Exploring the influence of context in a community-based facilitation intervention focusing on neonatal health and survival in Vietnam: a qualitative study
Duc M. Duong, Anna Bergström, Lars Wallin, Ha TT Bui, Leif Eriksson, Ann Catrine Eldh
Development of a text message intervention aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm in patients admitted to hospital as a result of injury
Sarah Sharpe, Matthew Shepherd, Bridget Kool, Robyn Whittaker, Vili Nosa, Enid Dorey, Susanna Galea, Papaarangi Reid, Shanthi Ameratunga
Do consumers ‘Get the facts’? A survey of alcohol warning label recognition in Australia
Kerri Coomber, Florentine Martino, I. Robert Barbour, Richelle Mayshak, Peter G. Miller
Associations between parental chronic pain and self-esteem, social competence, and family cohesion in adolescent girls and boys – family linkage data from the HUNT study
Jannike Kaasbøll, Ingunn Ranøyen, Wendy Nilsen, Stian Lydersen, Marit S. Indredavik
Implementation of the HealthKick intervention in primary schools in low-income settings in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: a process evaluation
Anniza de Villiers, Nelia P. Steyn, Catherine E. Draper, Jillian Hill, Lucinda Dalais, Jean Fourie, Carl Lombard, Gerhard Barkhuizen, Estelle V. Lambert
Associations between intimate partner violence, childcare practices and infant health: findings from Demographic and Health Surveys in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru
Helga Bjørnøy Urke, Maurice B. Mittelmark
Self-efficacy regarding physical activity is superior to self-assessed activity level, in long-term prediction of cardiovascular events in middle-aged men
Göran Bergström, Mats Börjesson, Caroline Schmidt
Does a reduction in alcohol use by Dutch high school students relate to higher use of tobacco and cannabis?
Claudia E. Verhagen, Daan G. Uitenbroek, Emilie J. Schreuders, Sabah El Messaoudi, Marlou L. A. de Kroon
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of food safety education interventions for consumers in developed countries
Ian Young, Lisa Waddell, Shannon Harding, Judy Greig, Mariola Mascarenhas, Bhairavi Sivaramalingam, Mai T. Pham, Andrew Papadopoulos
Quantifying disparities in cancer incidence and mortality of Australian residents of New South Wales (NSW) by place of birth: an ecological study
Eleonora Feletto, Freddy Sitas
An evaluation of psychological distress and social support of survivors and contacts of Ebola virus disease infection and their relatives in Lagos, Nigeria: a cross sectional study − 2014
Abdulaziz Mohammed, Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, Saheed Gidado, Gabriele Poggensee, Patrick Nguku, Adebola Olayinka, Chima Ohuabunwo, Ndadilnasiya Waziri, Faisal Shuaib, Joseph Adeyemi, Ogbonna Uzoma, Abubakar Ahmed, Funmi Doherty, Sarah Beysolow Nyanti, Charles Kyalo Nzuki, Abdulsalami Nasidi, Akin Oyemakinde, Olukayode Oguntimehin, Ismail Adeshina Abdus-salam, Reginald O. Obiako
Use of the life table to compare mortality in ethnic groups in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Daan G. Uitenbroek
Treatment outcomes and their determinants in HIV patients on Anti-retroviral Treatment Program in selected health facilities of Kembata and Hadiya zones, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, Ethiopia
Wondimu Ayele, Afework Mulugeta, Alem Desta, Felicia A. Rabito
Partner HIV serostatus disclosure and determinants of serodiscordance among prevention of mother to child transmission clients in Nigeria
Amobi Andrew Onovo, Iboro Ekpo Nta, Aaron Anyebe Onah, Chukwuemeka Arinze Okolo, Ahmad Aliyu, Patrick Dakum, Akinyemi Olumuyiwa Atobatele, Pamela Gado
Disparities in cardiovascular disease among Caribbean populations: a systematic literature review
Damian K. Francis, Nadia R. Bennett, Trevor S. Ferguson, Anselm JM Hennis, Rainford J. Wilks, E. Nigel Harris, Marlene MY MacLeish, Louis W. Sullivan
A cross-sectional study on peripheral arterial disease in a district of Sri Lanka: prevalence and associated factors
Janaka Weragoda, Rohini Seneviratne, Manuj C. Weerasinghe, Mandika Wijeyaratne, Anil Samaranayaka
Determinants of hypertension in a young adult Ugandan population in epidemiological transition—the MEPI-CVD survey
James Kayima, Joaniter Nankabirwa, Isaac Sinabulya, Jane Nakibuuka, Xiaofeng Zhu, Mahboob Rahman, Christopher T. Longenecker, Achilles Katamba, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Moses R. Kamya
The RESPECT study: RESearch on the PrEvalence and the diagnosis of COPD and its Tobacco-related etiology: a study protocol
Elena Andreeva, Marina Pokhaznikova, Anatoly Lebedev, Irina Moiseeva, Anton Kozlov, Olga Kuznetsova, Jean-Marie Degryse
Efficient national surveillance for health-care-associated infections
B. A. D. van Bunnik, M. Ciccolini, C. L. Gibbons, G. Edwards, R. Fitzgerald, P. R. McAdam, M. J. Ward, I. F. Laurenson, M. E. J. Woolhouse
App use, physical activity and healthy lifestyle: a cross sectional study
Joan Martine Dallinga, Matthijs Mennes, Laurence Alpay, Harmen Bijwaard, Marije Baart de la Faille-Deutekom
Typology of person-environment fit constellations: a platform addressing accessibility problems in the built environment for people with functional limitations
Björn Slaug, Oliver Schilling, Susanne Iwarsson, Gunilla Carlsson
Evaluation of the effectiveness of care groups in expanding population coverage of Key child survival interventions and reducing under-5 mortality: a comparative analysis using the lives saved tool (LiST)
Christine Marie George, Emilia Vignola, Jim Ricca, Tom Davis, Jamie Perin, Yvonne Tam, Henry Perry
Addressing issues of vaccination literacy and psychological empowerment in the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination decision-making: a qualitative study
Marta Fadda, Miriam K. Depping, Peter J. Schulz
The prevalence of excessive weight in Balearic Islands’ young and middle-aged women and its association with social and socioeconomic factors: a ten-year trend (2000–2010)
Josep Ll. Coll, Maria del Mar Bibiloni, Rogelio Salas, Antoni Pons, Josep A. Tur
The care.data consensus? A qualitative analysis of opinions expressed on Twitter
Rebecca Hays, Gavin Daker-White
Leisure time computer use and overweight development in young adults – a prospective study
Sara Thomée, Lauren Lissner, Mats Hagberg, Anna Grimby-Ekman
Tuberculosis retreatment ‘others’ in comparison with classical retreatment cases; a retrospective cohort review
Mary G. Nabukenya-Mudiope, Herman Joseph Kawuma, Miranda Brouwer, Peter Mudiope, Anna Vassall
Changes in dietary intake during puberty and their determinants: results from the GINIplus birth cohort study
Carla Harris, Claudia Flexeder, Elisabeth Thiering, Anette Buyken, Dietrich Berdel, Sibylle Koletzko, Carl-Peter Bauer, Irene Brüske, Berthold Koletzko, Marie Standl
Bayesian spatial analysis of childhood diseases in Zimbabwe
Rodney Godfrey Tsiko
Cannabis use and other predictors of the onset of daily cigarette use in young men: what matters most? Results from a longitudinal study
Julia Becker, Michael P. Schaub, Gerhard Gmel, Severin Haug
Medically unexplained symptoms and the risk of loss of labor market participation - a prospective study in the Danish population
Katja Loengaard, Jakob Bue Bjorner, Per Klausen Fink, Hermann Burr, Reiner Rugulies
Availability and acceptability of HIV counselling and testing services. A qualitative study comparing clients’ experiences of accessing HIV testing at public sector primary health care facilities or non-governmental mobile services in Cape Town, South Africa
Sue-Ann Meehan, Natalie Leon, Pren Naidoo, Karen Jennings, Ronelle Burger, Nulda Beyers
Factors associated with nutritional status of infants and young children in Somali Region, Ethiopia: a cross- sectional study
Yirgu Fekadu, Addisalem Mesfin, Demewoz Haile, Barbara J. Stoecker
Preparedness of Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland for an Influenza Pandemic, an Infection Control Perspective
Mary Reidy, Fiona Ryan, Dervla Hogan, Sean Lacey, Claire Buckley
Stigma, HIV and health: a qualitative synthesis
Lori A. Chambers, Sergio Rueda, D. Nico Baker, Michael G. Wilson, Rachel Deutsch, Elmira Raeifar, Sean B. Rourke, The Stigma Review Team
The barriers and facilitators to smoking cessation experienced by women’s partners during pregnancy and the post-partum period: a systematic review of qualitative research
Kate Flemming, Hilary Graham, Dorothy McCaughan, Kathryn Angus, Linda Bauld
Erratum to: The study of cardiovascular risk in adolescents – ERICA: rationale, design and sample characteristics of a national survey examining cardiovascular risk factor profile in Brazilian adolescents
Katia Vergetti Bloch, Moyses Szklo, Maria Cristina C. Kuschnir, Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu, Laura Augusta Barufaldi, Carlos Henrique Klein, Maurício T L de Vasconcelos, Glória Valéria da Veiga, Valeska C Figueiredo, Adriano Dias, Ana Julia Pantoja Moraes, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Ana Luiza Vilela Borges, Ana Mayra Andrade de Oliveira, Beatriz D’Agord Schaan, Bruno Mendes Tavares, Cecília Lacroix de Oliveira, Cristiane de Freitas Cunha, Denise Tavares Giannini, Dilson Rodrigues Belfort, Dulce Lopes Barboza Ribas, Eduardo Lima Santos, Elisa Brosina de Leon, Elizabeth Fujimori, Elizabete Regina Araújo Oliveira, Erika da Silva Magliano, Francisco de Assis Guedes Vasconcelos, George Dantas Azevedo, Gisela Soares Brunken, Glauber Monteiro Dias, Heleno R. Correa Filho, Maria Inês Monteiro, Isabel Cristina Britto Guimarães, José Rocha Faria Neto, Juliana Souza Oliveira, Kenia Mara B. de Carvalho, Luis Gonzaga de Oliveira Gonçalves, Marize M Santos, Pascoal Torres Muniz, Paulo César B. Veiga Jardim, Pedro Antônio Muniz Ferreira, Renan Magalhães Montenegro, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Rodrigo Pinheiro Vianna, Sandra Mary Vasconcelos, Sandro Silva da Matta, Stella Maris Seixas Martins, Tamara Beres Lederer Goldberg, Thiago Luiz Nogueira da Silva
Erratum to: A novel antigen capture ELISA for the specific detection of IgG antibodies to elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
Petra B. van den Doel, Víctor Rodríguez Prieto, Sarah E. van Rossum-Fikkert, Willem Schaftenaar, Erin Latimer, Lauren Howard, Sarah Chapman, Nic Masters, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, Paul D. Ling, Akbar Dastjerdi, Byron Martina
Gender differences in the association between socioeconomic status and hypertension incidence: the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES)
Tae-Hwa Baek, Hae-Young Lee, Nam-Kyoo Lim, Hyun-Young Park
Changing organizational culture: using the CEO cancer gold standard policy initiatives to promote health and wellness at a school of public health
Samuel D. Towne Jr, Kelsey E. Anderson, Matthew Lee Smith, Deborah Vollmer Dahlke, Debra Kellstedt, Ninfa Pena Purcell, Marcia G. Ory
Response and participation of underserved populations after a three-step invitation strategy for a cardiometabolic health check
Iris Groenenberg, Mathilde R. Crone, Sandra van Dijk, Jamila Ben Meftah, Barend J. C. Middelkoop, Willem J. J. Assendelft, Anne M. Stiggelbout
Prevalence, incidence and concomitant co-morbidities of type 2 diabetes mellitus in South Western Germany - a retrospective cohort and case control study in claims data of a large statutory health insurance
Michael W. J. Boehme, Gisela Buechele, Julia Frankenhauser-Mannuss, Jana Mueller, Dietlinde Lump, Bernhard O. Boehm, Dietrich Rothenbacher
A cross-sectional study to evaluate factors related to condom use with commercial sexual partners in workers from Ecuadorian companies
María C. Cabezas, Marco Fornasini, Nadia Dardenne, David Barmettler, Teresa Borja, Adelin Albert
A systematic review: effectiveness of mass media campaigns for reducing alcohol-impaired driving and alcohol-related crashes
Rajendra-Prasad Yadav, Miwako Kobayashi
Meta-analysis of studies on chemical, physical and biological agents in the control of Aedes aegypti
Estelita Pereira Lima, Marília Oliveira Fonseca Goulart, Modesto Leite Rolim Neto
Contexts of cigarette and e-cigarette use among dual users: a qualitative study
Pallav Pokhrel, Thaddeus A. Herzog, Nicholas Muranaka, Sakshi Regmi, Pebbles Fagan
Prevalence of obesity in a rural Asian Indian (Bangladeshi) population and its determinants
Tasnima Siddiquee, Bishwajit Bhowmik, Nayla Cristina Da Vale Moreira, Anindita Mujumder, Hajera Mahtab, A. K. Azad Khan, Akhtar Hussain
Determining how best to support overweight adults to adhere to lifestyle change: protocol for the SWIFT study
Rachael W. Taylor, Melyssa Roy, Michelle R. Jospe, Hamish R. Osborne, Kim J Meredith-Jones, Sheila M. Williams, Rachel C. Brown
Identifying barriers in the malaria control policymaking process in East Africa: insights from stakeholders and a structured literature review
Christopher Paul, Randall Kramer, Adriane Lesser, Clifford Mutero, Marie Lynn Miranda, Katherine Dickinson
Validation of the food access survey tool to assess household food insecurity in rural Bangladesh
Muzi Na, Alden L. Gross, Keith P. West Jr
Understanding how environmental enhancement and conservation activities may benefit health and wellbeing: a systematic review
Rebecca Lovell, Kerryn Husk, Chris Cooper, Will Stahl-Timmins, Ruth Garside
Health and health behaviours before and during the Great Recession, overall and by socioeconomic status, using data from four repeated cross-sectional health surveys in Spain (2001–2012)
Xavier Bartoll, Veronica Toffolutti, Davide Malmusi, Laia Palència, Carme Borrell, Marc Suhrcke
Total Exposure Study Analysis consortium: a cross-sectional study of tobacco exposures
Andrew W. Bergen, Ruth Krasnow, Harold S. Javitz, Gary E. Swan, Ming D. Li, James W. Baurley, Xiangning Chen, Lenn Murrelle, Barbara Zedler
Prevalence and correlates of disability in Bogra district of Bangladesh using the rapid assessment of disability survey
Manjula Marella, Nafisa L. Huq, Alexandra Devine, Sally M. Baker, Md A. Quaiyum, Jill E. Keeffe
Information and Risk Modification Trial (INFORM): design of a randomised controlled trial of communicating different types of information about coronary heart disease risk, alongside lifestyle advice, to achieve change in health-related behaviour
Barbora Silarova, Joanne Lucas, Adam S. Butterworth, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Christine Girling, Kathryn Lawrence, Stuart Mackintosh, Carmel Moore, Rupert A. Payne, Stephen J. Sharp, Guy Shefer, Zoe Tolkien, Juliet Usher-Smith, Matthew Walker, John Danesh, Simon Griffin
The effectiveness of tobacco control television advertisements in increasing the prevalence of smoke-free homes
S. Lewis, M. Sims, S. Richardson, T. Langley, L. Szatkowski, A. McNeill, A. B. Gilmore
Strategies to increase demand for maternal health services in resource-limited settings: challenges to be addressed
Khalifa Elmusharaf, Elaine Byrne, Diarmuid O’Donovan
A safety app to respond to dating violence for college women and their friends: the MyPlan study randomized controlled trial protocol
Nancy Glass, Amber Clough, James Case, Ginger Hanson, Jamie Barnes-Hoyt, Amy Waterbury, Jeanne Alhusen, Miriam Ehrensaft, Karen Trister Grace, Nancy Perrin
Disease profiles of detainees in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland: gender and age differences in substance abuse, mental health and chronic health conditions
Karine Moschetti, Pierre Stadelmann, Tenzin Wangmo, Alberto Holly, Patrick Bodenmann, Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen, Bernice S. Elger, Bruno Gravier
Early motherhood: a qualitative study exploring the experiences of African Australian teenage mothers in greater Melbourne, Australia
Mimmie Claudine Ngum Chi Watts, Pranee Liamputtong, Celia Mcmichael
Women's position and attitudes towards female genital mutilation in Egypt: A secondary analysis of the Egypt demographic and health surveys, 1995-2014
Ronan Van Rossem, Dominique Meekers, Anastasia J. Gage
Implementation of an HPV vaccination program in Eldoret, Kenya: results from a qualitative assessment by key stakeholders
Heleen Vermandere, Violet Naanyu, Olivier Degomme, Kristien Michielsen
Older adults’ outdoor walking and the built environment: does income matter?
M. Winters, R. Barnes, Scott Venners, N. Ste-Marie, H. McKay, J. Sims-Gould, MC Ashe
Level of mortality risk for babies born preterm or with a small weight for gestation in a tertiary hospital of Nepal
Ashish KC, Johan Wrammert, Viktoria Nelin, Uwe Ewald, Robert Clark, Mats Målqvist
Heat protection behaviour in the UK: results of an online survey after the 2013 heatwave
Swarna Khare, Shakoor Hajat, Sari Kovats, Carmen E. Lefevre, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Suraje Dessai, Angie Bone
Impact of male partner’s awareness and support for contraceptives on female intent to use contraceptives in southeast Nigeria
Echezona E. Ezeanolue, Juliet Iwelunmor, Ibitola Asaolu, Michael C. Obiefune, Chinenye O. Ezeanolue, Alice Osuji, Amaka G. Ogidi, Aaron T. Hunt, Dina Patel, Wei Yang, John E. Ehiri
Socio-cultural and behavioural factors constraining latrine adoption in rural coastal Odisha: an exploratory qualitative study
Parimita Routray, Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Sophie Boisson, Thomas Clasen, Marion W. Jenkins
“Cultural brokerage” and beyond: piloting the role of an urban Aboriginal Mental Health Liaison Officer
Brian McKenna, Sabin Fernbacher, Trentham Furness, Michelle Hannon
Weight outcomes audit in 1.3 million adults during their first 3 months’ attendance in a commercial weight management programme
R. James Stubbs, Liam Morris, Carolyn Pallister, Graham Horgan, Jacquie H. Lavin
Health literacy in an urban elderly East-German population – results from the population-based CARLA study
Daniel Tiller, Beatrice Herzog, Alexander Kluttig, Johannes Haerting
Retailer opinions about and compliance with family smoking prevention and tobacco control act point of sale provisions: a survey of tobacco retailers
Shyanika W. Rose, Sherry L. Emery, Susan Ennett, Heathe Luz McNaughton Reyes, John C. Scott, Kurt M. Ribisl
A cross-sectional study of the feasibility of pharmacy-delivered harm reduction services among people who inject drugs in Xichang, China
Yi Yang, Carl A. Latkin, Rongsheng Luan, Cui Yang
Mobility dynamics of migrant workers and their socio-behavioral parameters related to malaria in Tier II, Artemisinin Resistance Containment Zone, Myanmar
Thaung Hlaing, Khin Thet Wai, Tin Oo, Nyan Sint, Tun Min, Shwe Myar, Khin Nan Lon, Myo Myint Naing, Tet Toe Tun, Nay Lin Yin Maung, Gawrie N. L. Galappaththy, Krongthong Thimarsan, Tin Tin Wai, Lwin Ni Ni Thaung
Studying the consumption and health outcomes of fiscal interventions (taxes and subsidies) on food and beverages in countries of different income classifications; a systematic review
AMAAP Alagiyawanna, Nick Townsend, Oli Mytton, Pete Scarborough, Nia Roberts, Mike Rayner
Australian health care providers’ views on opt-out HIV testing
Stacy Leidel, Ruth McConigley, Duncan Boldy, Sally Wilson, Sonya Girdler
Familial determinants of current smoking among adolescents of Lithuania: a cross-sectional survey 2014
Apolinaras Zaborskis, Dainora Sirvyte
The different effects of neighbourhood and individual social capital on health-compromising behaviours in women during pregnancy: a multi-level analysis
Andrea Almeida Tofani, Gabriela de Almeida Lamarca, Aubrey Sheiham, Mario Vianna Vettore
Erratum To: Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among a Nigerian adult population: relationship with income level and accessibility to CVD risks screening
Victor Maduabuchi Oguoma, Ezekiel Uba Nwose, Timothy Chas Skinner, Kester Awharentomah Digban, Innocent Chukwu Onyia, Ross Stuart Richards
Erratum to: Clustering of non-communicable diseases risk factors in Bangladeshi adults: an analysis of STEPS survey 2013
M. Mostafa Zaman, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Nazmul Karim, Moniruz Zaman, Mukhlesur Rahman, Abdul Waheed Akanda, Thushara Fernando
Erratum to: Impact of opportunistic testing in a systematic cervical cancer screening program: a nationwide registry study
Mette Tranberg, Mette Bach Larsen, Ellen M. Mikkelsen, Hans Svanholm, Berit Andersen
Erratum to: Are interventions to promote healthy eating equally effective for all? Systematic review of socioeconomic inequalities in impact
Rory McGill, Elspeth Anwar, Lois Orton, Helen Bromley, Ffion Lloyd-Williams, Martin O’Flaherty, David Taylor-Robinson, Maria Guzman-Castillo, Duncan Gillespie, Patricia Moreira, Kirk Allen, Lirije Hyseni, Nicola Calder, Mark Petticrew, Martin White, Margaret Whitehead, Simon Capewell
A comparison of indices of glucose metabolism in five black populations: data from modeling the epidemiologic transition study (METS)
Yacoba Atiase, Kathryn Farni, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Amy Luke, Pascal Bovet, Terrence G. Forrester, Vicki Lambert, Naomi S. Levitt, Stephanie Kliethermes, Guichan Cao, Ramon A. Durazo-Arvizu, Richard S. Cooper, Lara R. Dugas
HPV.edu study protocol: a cluster randomised controlled evaluation of education, decisional support and logistical strategies in school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of adolescents
S. Rachel Skinner, Cristyn Davies, Spring Cooper, Tanya Stoney, Helen Marshall, Jane Jones, Joanne Collins, Heidi Hutton, Adriana Parrella, Gregory Zimet, David G. Regan, Patti Whyte, Julia M. L. Brotherton, Peter Richmond, Kirsten McCaffrey, Suzanne M. Garland, Julie Leask, Melissa Kang, Annette Braunack-Mayer, John Kaldor, Kevin McGeechan
The Tobacco Status Project (TSP): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a Facebook smoking cessation intervention for young adults
Danielle E. Ramo, Johannes Thrul, Kevin L. Delucchi, Pamela M. Ling, Sharon M. Hall, Judith J. Prochaska
Erratum: Randomized controlled trial on drowning prevention for parents with children aged below five years in Bangladesh: a study protocol
Mosharaf Hossain, Kulanthayan K. C. Mani, Sherina Mohd Sidik, K. S. Hayati, AKM Fazlur Rahman
Excessive sitting at work and at home: Correlates of occupational sitting and TV viewing time in working adults
Nyssa T. Hadgraft, Brigid M. Lynch, Bronwyn K. Clark, Genevieve N. Healy, Neville Owen, David W. Dunstan
Human brucellosis: sero-prevalence and associated risk factors in agro-pastoral communities of Kiboga District, Central Uganda
Gabriel Tumwine, Enock Matovu, John David Kabasa, David Okello Owiny, Samuel Majalija
Development and validation of a questionnaire to evaluate lifestyle-related behaviors in elementary school children
G. Santos-Beneit, M. Sotos-Prieto, P. Bodega, C. Rodríguez, X. Orrit, N. Pérez-Escoda, R. Bisquerra, V. Fuster, JL Peñalvo
Early life urban exposure as a risk factor for developing obesity and impaired fasting glucose in later adulthood: results from two cohorts in Thailand
Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Anawat Wisetborisut, Kittipan Rerkasem, Sam-ang Seubsman, Adrian Sleigh, Pat Doyle, Dorothea Nitsch
The association of health literacy with adherence in older adults, and its role in interventions: a systematic meta-review
Bas Geboers, Julii S. Brainard, Yoon K. Loke, Carel J. M. Jansen, Charlotte Salter, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Andrea F. de Winter
Design, implementation and evaluation of a training programme for school teachers in the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests as part of a basic first aid kit in southern Malawi
Stefan Witek-McManus, Don P. Mathanga, Allison Verney, Austin Mtali, Doreen Ali, John Sande, Reuben Mwenda, Saidi Ndau, Charles Mazinga, Emmanuel Phondiwa, Tiyese Chimuna, David Melody, Natalie Roschnik, Simon J. Brooker, Katherine E. Halliday
Secular trends in consultations for asthma in early childhood, the 16 administrative regions of Morocco, 2004–2012
Mina Sadeq, Redouane Abouqal, Abdelilah ElMarnissi
A reliability assessment of a direct-observation park evaluation tool: the Parks, activity and recreation among kids (PARK) tool
Madeleine E. Bird, Geetanjali D. Datta, Andraea van Hulst, Yan Kestens, Tracie A. Barnett
Socioeconomic gradients in the effects of universal school-based health behaviour interventions: a systematic review of intervention studies
Graham F. Moore, Hannah J. Littlecott, Ruth Turley, Elizabeth Waters, Simon Murphy
Identification of cultural determinants of antibiotic use cited in primary care in Europe: a mixed research synthesis study of integrated design “Culture is all around us”
Pia Touboul-Lundgren, Siri Jensen, Johann Drai, Morten Lindbæk
Family planning use and fertility desires among women living with HIV in Kenya
James Kimani, Charlotte Warren, Timothy Abuya, Richard Mutemwa, Susannah Mayhew, Ian Askew
Inverting the pyramid! Extent and quality of food advertised on Austrian television
Benjamin Missbach, Adelheid Weber, Elke M. Huber, Jürgen S. König
Causes of adult female deaths in Bangladesh: findings from two National Surveys
Quamrun Nahar, Shams El Arifeen, Kanta Jamil, Peter Kim Streatfield
Individual and family environmental correlates of television and computer time in 10- to 12-year-old European children: the ENERGY-project
Maïté Verloigne, Wendy Van Lippevelde, Elling Bere, Yannis Manios, Éva Kovács, Monika Grillenberger, Lea Maes, Johannes Brug, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Metabolic syndrome and prostate cancer risk in a population-based case–control study in Montreal, Canada
Audrey Blanc-Lapierre, Andrea Spence, Pierre I. Karakiewicz, Armen Aprikian, Fred Saad, Marie-Élise Parent
Socioeconomic inequalities in non-communicable diseases and their risk factors: an overview of systematic reviews
Isolde Sommer, Ursula Griebler, Peter Mahlknecht, Kylie Thaler, Kathryn Bouskill, Gerald Gartlehner, Shanti Mendis
A prospective pilot cohort analysis of crash characteristics and pattern of injuries in riders and pillion passengers involved in motorcycle crashes in an urban area in Cameroon: lessons for prevention
Alain Chichom-Mefire, Julius Atashili, Jean G. Tsiagadigui, Clovis Fon-Awah, Marcelin Ngowe-Ngowe
Socioeconomic position and work, travel, and recreation-related physical activity in Japanese adults: a cross-sectional study
Munehiro Matsushita, Kazuhiro Harada, Takashi Arao
Are physical activity studies in Hispanics meeting reporting guidelines for continuous monitoring technology? A systematic review
Charles S. Layne, Nathan H. Parker, Erica G. Soltero, José Rosales Chavez, Daniel P. O’Connor, Martina R. Gallagher, Rebecca E. Lee
The relationship between mild alcohol consumption and mortality in Koreans: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ji-Eun Park, Tae-young Choi, Yeonhee Ryu, Sung-Il Cho
Absence of asymptomatic malaria in a cohort of 133 individuals in a malaria endemic area of Assam, India
Sunil Dhiman, Diganta Goswami, Bipul Rabha, Kavita Yadav, Pronobesh Chattopadhyay, Vijay Veer
National cohort study of absolute risk and age-specific incidence of multiple adverse outcomes between adolescence and early middle age
Pearl L.H. Mok, Sussie Antonsen, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, Louis Appleby, Jenny Shaw, Roger T. Webb
A population-based study on health-related quality of life among urban community residents in Shenyang, Northeast of China
Tian Song, Yan-wei Ding, Yan Sun, Yi-Ni He, Dian-jun Qi, Ying Wu, Bin Wu, Lang Lang, Kai Yu, Xin Zhao, Liang-liang Zhu, Shuang Wang, Xiao-Song Yu
Beyond bridging the know-do gap: a qualitative study of systemic interaction to foster knowledge exchange in the public health sector in The Netherlands
Francine van den Driessen Mareeuw, Lenneke Vaandrager, Laurens Klerkx, Jenneken Naaldenberg, Maria Koelen
Experiencing ‘pathologized presence and normalized absence’; understanding health related experiences and access to health care among Iraqi and Somali asylum seekers, refugees and persons without legal status
Mei Lan Fang, Judith Sixsmith, Rebecca Lawthom, Ilana Mountian, Afifa Shahrin
Exploratory spatial analysis of Lyme disease in Texas –what can we learn from the reported cases?
Barbara Szonyi, Indumathi Srinath, Maria Esteve-Gassent, Blanca Lupiani, Renata Ivanek
Development and implementation of the first national data quality standards for population-based birth defects surveillance programs in the United States
Marlene Anderka, Cara T. Mai, Paul A. Romitti, Glenn Copeland, Jennifer Isenburg, Marcia L. Feldkamp, Sergey Krikov, Russel Rickard, Richard S. Olney, Mark A. Canfield, Carol Stanton, Bridget Mosley, Russell S. Kirby
Subjective health of undocumented migrants in Germany – a mixed methods approach
Anna Kuehne, Susann Huschke, Monika Bullinger
Family-related risk factors of obesity among preschool children: results from a series of national epidemiological surveys in China
Xin-Nan Zong, Hui Li, Ya-Qin Zhang
Use of parenteral caffeinum natrio-benzoicum: an underestimated risk factor for HCV transmission in China
Hongqin Xu, Ge Yu, Haibo Sun, Juan Lv, Moli Wang, Fei Kong, Mingyuan Zhang, Xiumei Chi, Xiaomei Wang, Ruihong Wu, Xiuzhu Gao, Jin Zhong, Bing Sun, Jing Jiang, Yu Pan, Junqi Niu
Effect of motivational group interviewing-based safety education on Workers’ safety behaviors in glass manufacturing
Ali Navidian, Zahra Rostami, Nasrin Rozbehani
Human infection and environmental contamination with Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus in Zhejiang Province, China: risk trend across the three waves of infection
Fan He, En-Fu Chen, Fu-Dong Li, Xin-Yi Wang, Xiao-Xiao Wang, Jun-Fen Lin
Comparison of IgG against plastic resin in workers with and without chemical dermatitis
Toshihiro Kawamoto, Mayumi Tsuji, Toyohi Isse
Quality of governance, public spending on health and health status in Sub Saharan Africa: a panel data regression analysis
Innocent Makuta, Bernadette O’Hare
Prevalence of hypertension and its treatment among adults presenting to primary health clinics in rural Zambia: analysis of an observational database
Lily D. Yan, Benjamin H. Chi, Ntazana Sindano, Samuel Bosomprah, Jeffrey SA Stringer, Roma Chilengi
LucKi Birth Cohort Study: rationale and design
Dianne de Korte-de Boer, Monique Mommers, Huub MH Creemers, Edward Dompeling, Frans JM Feron, Cindy ML Gielkens-Sijstermans, Mariëlle Jaminon, Suhreta Mujakovic, Onno CP van Schayck, Carel Thijs, Maria Jansen
A home-school-doctor model to break the barriers for uptake of human papillomavirus vaccine
Albert Lee, Martin CS Wong, Tracy TN Chan, Paul KS Chan
Chronic exposure to particulate matter and risk of cardiovascular mortality: cohort study from Taiwan
Eva Tseng, Wen-Chao Ho, Meng-Hung Lin, Tsun-Jen Cheng, Pau-Chung Chen, Hsien-Ho Lin
Seat belt and mobile phone use among vehicle drivers in the city of Doha, Qatar: an observational study
Ziyad R. Mahfoud, Sohaila Cheema, Hekmat Alrouh, Mohammed Hamad Al-Thani, Al Anoud Mohammed Al-Thani, Ravinder Mamtani
Adapting existing diabetes risk scores for an Asian population: a risk score for detecting undiagnosed diabetes in the Mongolian population
Otgontuya Dugee, Oyunbileg Janchiv, Pekka Jousilahti, Ariuntuya Sakhiya, Enkhtuya Palam, J. Pekka Nuorti, Markku Peltonen
Factors influencing first-time mothers’ introduction of complementary foods: a qualitative exploration
Anne Walsh, Lauren Kearney, Nicole Dennis
A dengue outbreak on a floating village at Cat Ba Island in Vietnam
Thanh Le Viet, Marc Choisy, Juliet E. Bryant, Duoc Vu Trong, Thai Pham Quang, Peter Horby, Hien Nguyen Tran, Huong Tran Thi Kieu, Trung Nguyen Vu, Kinh Nguyen Van, Mai Le Quynh, Heiman FL Wertheim
Lung cancer risk among workers in the construction industry: results from two case–control studies in Montreal
Aude Lacourt, Javier Pintos, Jérôme Lavoué, Lesley Richardson, Jack Siemiatycki
School-based intervention on healthy behaviour among Ecuadorian adolescents: effect of a cluster-randomized controlled trial on screen-time
Susana Andrade, Maïté Verloigne, Greet Cardon, Patrick Kolsteren, Angelica Ochoa-Avilés, Roosmarijn Verstraeten, Silvana Donoso, Carl Lachat
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Hong Kong population towards human A/H7N9 influenza pandemic preparedness, China, 2014
Emily YY Chan, Calvin KY Cheng, Greta Tam, Zhe Huang, Poyi Lee
Uncovering risky behaviors of expatriate teenagers in the United Arab Emirates: A survey of tobacco use, nutrition and physical activity habits
Leena W. Asfour, Zachary D. Stanley, Michael Weitzman, Scott E. Sherman
From disease to desire, pleasure to the pill: A qualitative study of adolescent learning about sexual health and sexuality in Chile
Anna K-J Macintyre, Adela Rosa Montero Vega, Mette Sagbakken
Lessons learned from the AFLY5 RCT process evaluation: implications for the design of physical activity and nutrition interventions in schools
R. Jago, E. Rawlins, R. R. Kipping, S. Wells, C. Chittleborough, T. J. Peters, J. Mytton, D. A. Lawlor, R. Campbell
Is population structure sufficient to generate area-level inequalities in influenza rates? An examination using agent-based models
Supriya Kumar, Kaitlin Piper, David D. Galloway, James L. Hadler, John J. Grefenstette
Did HealthKick, a randomised controlled trial primary school nutrition intervention improve dietary quality of children in low-income settings in South Africa?
Nelia P. Steyn, Anniza de Villiers, Nomonde Gwebushe, Catherine E. Draper, Jillian Hill, Marina de Waal, Lucinda Dalais, Zulfa Abrahams, Carl Lombard, Estelle V. Lambert
Subjective health complaints in adolescent victims of cyber harassment: moderation through support from parents/friends - a Swedish population-based study
Maria Fridh, Martin Lindström, Maria Rosvall
Within- and between-day associations between children’s sitting and physical activity time
Nicola D. Ridgers, Anna Timperio, Ester Cerin, Jo Salmon
Childhood Illness Prevalence and Health Seeking Behavior Patterns in Rural Tanzania
Almamy M. Kanté, Hialy R. Gutierrez, Anna M. Larsen, Elizabeth F. Jackson, Stéphane Helleringer, Amon Exavery, Kassimu Tani, James F. Phillips
Estimating the economic costs of skin cancer in New South Wales, Australia
Christopher M. Doran, Rod Ling, Joshua Byrnes, Melanie Crane, Andrew Searles, Donna Perez, Anthony Shakeshaft
Validation and psychometric analysis of the Internet Addiction Test in Spanish among college students
Tania Fernández-Villa, Antonio J. Molina, Miguel García-Martín, Javier Llorca, Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez, Vicente Martín
A qualitative study on the views of experts regarding the incorporation of non-health outcomes into the economic evaluations of public health interventions
Ghislaine APG van Mastrigt, Aggie TG Paulus, Marie-Jeanne Aarts, Silvia MAA Evers, Adrienne FG Alayli-Goebbels
Beyond crystal balls: crosscutting solutions in global health to prepare for an unpredictable future
Wladimir Jimenez Alonso, Benjamin Joseph James McCormick, Mark A. Miller, Cynthia Schuck-Paim, Ghassem R. Asrar
Neighbourhood built environment associations with body size in adults: mediating effects of activity and sedentariness in a cross-sectional study of New Zealand adults
Melody Oliver, Karen Witten, Tony Blakely, Karl Parker, Hannah Badland, Grant Schofield, Vivienne Ivory, Jamie Pearce, Suzanne Mavoa, Erica Hinckson, Paul Sweetsur, Robin Kearns
Long term trends in control of hypertension in the Northern Sweden MONICA study 1986–2009
Ellinor Törmä, Bo Carlberg, Marie Eriksson, Jan-Håkan Jansson, Mats Eliasson
Understanding for whom, under what conditions, and how group-based physical activity interventions are successful: a realist review
Samantha M. Harden, Desmond McEwan, Benjamin D. Sylvester, Megan Kaulius, Geralyn Ruissen, Shauna M. Burke, Paul A. Estabrooks, Mark R. Beauchamp
Theory-driven, web-based, computer-tailored advice to reduce and interrupt sitting at work: development, feasibility and acceptability testing among employees
Katrien De Cocker, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Greet Cardon, Corneel Vandelanotte
Frequency of HIV-testing and factors associated with multiple lifetime HIV-testing among a rural population of Zambian men
B. Hensen, JJ Lewis, A. Schaap, M. Tembo, M. Vera-Hernández, W. Mutale, HA Weiss, J. Hargreaves, JSA Stringer, H. Ayles
Prevalence and influence factors of suicidal ideation among females and males in Northwestern urban China: a population-based epidemiological study
Huiwen Xu, Weijun Zhang, Xiaohua Wang, Jiaqi Yuan, Xinfeng Tang, Yi Yin, Shengfa Zhang, Huixuan Zhou, Zhiyong Qu, Donghua Tian
The need to modify physical activity messages to better speak to older African American women: a pilot study
Emerson Sebastião, Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, Andiara Schwingel
A checklist to improve reporting of group-based behaviour-change interventions
Aleksandra J. Borek, Charles Abraham, Jane R. Smith, Colin J. Greaves, Mark Tarrant
Promoting action control and coping planning to improve hand hygiene
Benjamín Reyes Fernández, Sonia Lippke, Nina Knoll, Emanuel Blanca Moya, Ralf Schwarzer
Comorbid chronic diseases and their associations with quality of life among gynecological cancer survivors
Ji-Wei Wang, Li Sun, Jiang Li, Xiao-Huan Cong, Xue-Fen Chen, Zheng Tang, Dong-Hui Yu, Tian-Rui Zhang, Zheng-Nian Luo, Zheng-Ping Yuan, Jin-Ming Yu
Does the timing of parental migration matter for child growth? A life course study on left-behind children in rural China
Nan Zhang, Laia Bécares, Tarani Chandola
Epidemiology of tuberculosis in children in Kampala district, Uganda, 2009–2010; a retrospective cross-sectional study
Eric Wobudeya, Deus Lukoye, Irene R. Lubega, Frank Mugabe, Moorine Sekadde, Philippa Musoke
Texting at the light and other forms of device distraction behind the wheel
James J. Bernstein, Joseph Bernstein
An objective assessment of toddlers’ physical activity and sedentary levels: a cross-sectional study
Leigh M. Vanderloo, Patricia Tucker
Rates of motorcycle helmet use and reasons for non-use among adults and children in Luang Prabang, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Michelle C. Fong, Jeffrey R. Measelle, Jessica L. Dwyer, Yvonne K. Taylor, Arian Mobasser, Theresa M. Strong, Susanne Werner, Siamphone Ouansavanh, Amphone Mounmingkham, Mai Kasuavang, Dalika Sittiphone, Khamhak Phoumesy, Keo Sysaythong, Khauphan Khantysavath, Somchit Bounnaphone, Amphone Vilaysom, Sengchanh Touvachao, Siviengxam Mounmeuangxam, Somchittana Souralay, Baoher Lianosay, Thongher Lia, Jonathan M. Spector
Maternal and paternal support for physical activity and healthy eating in preschool children: a cross-sectional study
Stephanie Schoeppe, Stewart G. Trost
Individual and community level determinants of childhood full immunization in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis
Samir A. Abadura, Wondwosen T. Lerebo, Usha Kulkarni, Zeleke A. Mekonnen
Spontaneous social distancing in response to a simulated epidemic: a virtual experiment
Adam Kleczkowski, Savi Maharaj, Susan Rasmussen, Lynn Williams, Nicole Cairns
How can collaboration be strengthened between public health and primary care? A Dutch multiple case study in seven neighbourhoods
Ilse Storm, Anke van Gestel, Ien van de Goor, Hans van Oers
Evaluation of mass drug administration in the program to control imported lymphatic filariasis in Thailand
Tanaporn Toothong, Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul, Nawarat Suwannapong, Saravudh Suvannadabba
Differences between work and leisure in temporal patterns of objectively measured physical activity among blue-collar workers
David M. Hallman, Svend Erik Mathiassen, Nidhi Gupta, Mette Korshøj, Andreas Holtermann
Mortality changes after grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria: an econometric analysis from 1995 to 2010
Isabel Yan, Eline Korenromp, Eran Bendavid
Concurrent and predictive validity of physical activity measurement items commonly used in clinical settings– data from SCAPIS pilot study
Örjan Ekblom, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Kate A Bolam, Björn Ekblom, Caroline Schmidt, Stefan Söderberg, Göran Bergström, Mats Börjesson
Lifetime co-occurrence of violence victimisation and symptoms of psychological ill health: a cross-sectional study of Swedish male and female clinical and population samples
Johanna Simmons, Barbro Wijma, Katarina Swahnberg
Challenges in detection and treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients in Vietnam
Thuy Thi Thanh Hoang, Nhung Viet Nguyen, Sy Ngoc Dinh, Hoa Binh Nguyen, Frank Cobelens, Guy Thwaites, Huong Thien Nguyen, Anh Thu Nguyen, Pamela Wright, Heiman F. L. Wertheim
Associations between the prevalence of influenza vaccination and patient’s knowledge about antibiotics
Kathryn Hoffmann, Evelien ME van Bijnen, Aaron George, Ruth Kutalek, Elena Jirovsky, Silvia Wojczewski, Manfred Maier
Smoking behaviors before and after implementation of a smoke-free legislation in Guangzhou, China
Xiaohua Ye, Sidong Chen, Zhenjiang Yao, Yanhui Gao, Ya Xu, Shudong Zhou, Zhengwei Zhu, Liang Wang, Yi Yang
Approaches used by parents to keep their children safe at home: a qualitative study to explore the perspectives of parents with children aged under five years
Joanne Ablewhite, Lisa McDaid, Adrian Hawkins, Isabel Peel, Trudy Goodenough, Toity Deave, Jane Stewart, Michael Watson, Denise Kendrick
W-DARE: a three-year program of participatory action research to improve the sexual and reproductive health of women with disabilities in the Philippines
Cathy Vaughan, Jerome Zayas, Alexandra Devine, Liz Gill-Atkinson, Manjula Marella, Joy Garcia, Krissy Bisda, Joy Salgado, Carolyn Sobritchea, Tanya Edmonds, Sally Baker, Ma. Jesusa Marco
Is an insecure job better for health than having no job at all? A systematic review of studies investigating the health-related risks of both job insecurity and unemployment
Tae Jun Kim, Olaf von dem Knesebeck
An evaluation study of a gender-specific smoking cessation program to help Hong Kong Chinese women quit smoking
Ho Cheung William Li, Sophia Siu Chee Chan, Zoe Siu Fung Wan, Man Ping Wang, Tai Hing Lam
Regional inequalities in self-rated health and disability in younger and older generations in Turkey: the contribution of wealth and education
Isil Ergin, Anton E. Kunst
A cross-sectional study of the magnitude, barriers, and outcomes of HIV status disclosure among women participating in a perinatal HIV transmission study, “the Nevirapine Repeat Pregnancy study”
Flavia M Kiweewa, Paul M Bakaki, Michelle S McConnell, Maria Musisi, Constance Namirembe, Frances Nakayiwa, Fiona Kusasira, Dorothy Nakintu, Michael C Mubiru, Philippa Musoke, Mary Glenn Fowler
A systematic review of community-to-facility neonatal referral completion rates in Africa and Asia
Naoko Kozuki, Tanya Guenther, Lara Vaz, Allisyn Moran, Sajid B. Soofi, Christine Nalwadda Kayemba, Stefan S. Peterson, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Sudhir Khanal, James M. Tielsch, Tanya Doherty, Duduzile Nsibande, Joy E. Lawn, Stephen Wall
No effect of unemployment on intimate partner-related femicide during the financial crisis: a longitudinal ecological study in Spain
J. Torrubiano-Domínguez, C. Vives-Cases, M. San-Sebastián, B. Sanz-Barbero, I. Goicolea, C. Álvarez-Dardet
Nicotine delivery, tolerability and reduction of smoking urge in smokers following short-term use of one brand of electronic cigarettes
Carl D. D’Ruiz, Donald W. Graff, X. Sherwin Yan
Body image and weight control in South Africans 15 years or older: SANHANES-1
Zandile J. Mchiza, Whadi-ah Parker, Mokhantso Makoae, Ronel Sewpaul, Takura Kupamupindi, Demetre Labadarios
Prevalence and association of asthma and allergic sensitization with dietary factors in schoolchildren: data from the french six cities study
Danielle Saadeh, Pascale Salameh, Denis Caillaud, Denis Charpin, Frédéric De Blay, Christine Kopferschmitt, François Lavaud, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Isabelle Baldi, Chantal Raherison
Aerobic and strength exercises for youngsters aged 12 to 15: what do parents think?
Gill A. ten Hoor, Ester F. C. Sleddens, Stef P. J. Kremers, Annemie M. W. J. Schols, Gerjo Kok, Guy Plasqui
Linking individual medicare health claims data with work-life claims and other administrative data
Elizabeth Mokyr Horner, Mark R. Cullen
The role of social networks in the development of overweight and obesity among adults: a scoping review
Katie Powell, John Wilcox, Angie Clonan, Paul Bissell, Louise Preston, Marian Peacock, Michelle Holdsworth
Increased colorectal cancer incidence in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Roya Dolatkhah, Mohammad Hossein Somi, Iraj Asvadi Kermani, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Mohamad Asghari Jafarabadi, Faris Farassati, Saeed Dastgiri
Understanding low colorectal cancer screening uptake in South Asian faith communities in England – a qualitative study
Cecily K. Palmer, Mary C. Thomas, Lesley M. McGregor, Christian von Wagner, Rosalind Raine
Economic costs of outbreaks of acute viral gastroenteritis due to norovirus in Catalonia (Spain), 2010–2011
Encarna Navas, Nuria Torner, Sonia Broner, Pere Godoy, Ana Martínez, Rosa Bartolomé, Angela Domínguez
Do everyday problems of people with chronic illness interfere with their disease management?
Lieke van Houtum, Mieke Rijken, Peter Groenewegen
Prevalence of overweight/obesity in relation to dietary habits and lifestyle among 7–17 years old children and adolescents in Lithuania
Natalija Smetanina, Edita Albaviciute, Veslava Babinska, Lina Karinauskiene, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland, Ausra Petrauskiene, Rasa Verkauskiene
Associations between parental rules, style of communication and children’s screen time
Mona Bjelland, Bart Soenens, Elling Bere, Éva Kovács, Nanna Lien, Lea Maes, Yannis Manios, George Moschonis, Saskia J te Velde
Understanding the determinants of under-five child mortality in Uganda including the estimation of unobserved household and community effects using both frequentist and Bayesian survival analysis approaches
Justine B. Nasejje, Henry G. Mwambi, Thomas N. O. Achia
Leisure-time, occupational, and commuting physical activity and risk of type 2 diabetes in Japanese workers: a cohort study
Toru Honda, Keisuke Kuwahara, Tohru Nakagawa, Shuichiro Yamamoto, Takeshi Hayashi, Tetsuya Mizoue
Parental views of children’s physical activity: a qualitative study with parents from multi-ethnic backgrounds living in England
Joanne Trigwell, Rebecca Catherine Murphy, Nigel Timothy Cable, Gareth Stratton, Paula Mary Watson
Joint association of physical activity and overweight with subsequent psychotropic medication: a register-linked follow-up study among employees
Tiina Loponen, Tea Lallukka, Ansku Holstila, Jouni Lahti
Dietary diversity, meal frequency and associated factors among infant and young children in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross- sectional study
Melkamu Beyene, Abebaw Gebeyehu Worku, Molla Mesele Wassie
Outcomes of prevention of mother to child transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus-1 in rural Kenya—a cohort study
Eunice Wambui Nduati, Amin Shaban Hassan, Miguel Garcia Knight, Daniel Muli Muema, Margaret Nassim Jahangir, Shalton Lwambi Mwaringa, Timothy Juma Etyang, Sarah Rowland-Jones, Britta Christina Urban, James Alexander Berkley
What makes health impact assessments successful? Factors contributing to effectiveness in Australia and New Zealand
Fiona Haigh, Elizabeth Harris, Ben Harris-Roxas, Fran Baum, Andrew L. Dannenberg, Mark F. Harris, Helen Keleher, Lynn Kemp, Richard Morgan, Harrison NG Chok, Jeff Spickett
Crime and subjective well-being in the countries of the former Soviet Union
Andrew Stickley, Ai Koyanagi, Bayard Roberts, Yevgeniy Goryakin, Martin McKee
Family planning to promote physical activity: a randomized controlled trial protocol
Alison Quinlan, Ryan E. Rhodes, Chris M. Blanchard, Patti-Jean Naylor, Darren E.R. Warburton
Food environment and fruit and vegetable intake in a urban population: A multilevel analysis
Milene Cristine Pessoa, Larissa Loures Mendes, Crizian Saar Gomes, Paula Andréa Martins, Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez
Abdominal fat depots associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome risk factors in black African young adults
Emanuella De Lucia Rolfe, Ken K. Ong, Alison Sleigh, David B. Dunger, Shane A. Norris
A cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between tobacco and alcohol outlet density and neighbourhood deprivation
Niamh K Shortt, Catherine Tisch, Jamie Pearce, Richard Mitchell, Elizabeth A Richardson, Sarah Hill, Jeff Collin
Epidemiology of infections by HIV, Syphilis, Gonorrhea and Lymphogranuloma Venereum in Barcelona City: a population-based incidence study
Marc Martí-Pastor, Patricia García de Olalla, Maria-Jesús Barberá, Christian Manzardo, Inma Ocaña, Hernando Knobel, Mercè Gurguí, Victoria Humet, Martí Vall, Esteban Ribera, Judit Villar, Gemma Martín, Maria A. Sambeat, Andres Marco, Alvaro Vives, Mercè Alsina, Josep M. Miró, Joan A. Caylà
Rationale and methods for a randomized controlled trial of a movement-to-music video program for decreasing sedentary time among mother-child pairs
Pipsa P. A. Tuominen, Pauliina Husu, Jani Raitanen, Riitta M. Luoto
A telephone survey of factors affecting willingness to participate in health research surveys
DC Glass, HL Kelsall, C. Slegers, AB Forbes, B. Loff, D. Zion, L. Fritschi
Temporal evolution of brain cancer incidence in the municipalities of Navarre and the Basque Country, Spain
María Dolores Ugarte, Aritz Adin, Tomás Goicoa, Itziar Casado, Eva Ardanaz, Nerea Larrañaga
Opportunities for involving men and families in chronic disease management: a qualitative study from Chiapas, Mexico
Meredith P. Fort, Maricruz Castro, Liz Peña, Sergio Hernán López Hernández, Gabriel Arreola Camacho, Manuel Ramírez-Zea, Homero Martínez
TaylorActive – Examining the effectiveness of web-based personally-tailored videos to increase physical activity: a randomised controlled trial protocol
C. Vandelanotte, C. Short, R. C. Plotnikoff, C. Hooker, D. Canoy, A. Rebar, S. Alley, S. Schoeppe, W. K. Mummery, M. J. Duncan
Social inequalities in a population based colorectal cancer screening programme in the Basque Country
Jose Luis Hurtado, Amaia Bacigalupe, Montse Calvo, Santi Esnaola, Nere Mendizabal, Isabel Portillo, Isabel Idigoras, Eduardo Millán, Eunate Arana-Arri
Children’s implicit recall of junk food, alcohol and gambling sponsorship in Australian sport
Amy Bestman, Samantha L. Thomas, Melanie Randle, Stuart D. M. Thomas
Ever dispense of prescribed allergy medication in children growing up close to traffic: a registry-based birth cohort
Anna Lindgren, Emilie Stroh, Kristina Jakobsson
Quantifying the contribution of changes in healthcare expenditures and smoking to the reversal of the trend in life expectancy in the Netherlands
Frederik Peters, Wilma J. Nusselder, Nadine Reibling, Christian Wegner-Siegmundt, Johan P. Mackenbach
The iTreAD project: a study protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial of online treatment and social networking for binge drinking and depression in young people
F. J. Kay-Lambkin, A. L. Baker, J. Geddes, S. A. Hunt, K. L. Woodcock, M. Teesson, C. Oldmeadow, T. J. Lewin, B. M. Bewick, K. Brady, B. Spring, M. Deady, E. Barrett, L. Thornton
Protocol for a randomised pragmatic policy trial of nicotine products for quitting or long-term substitution in smokers
Doug Fraser, Ron Borland, Coral Gartner
Comparison of characteristics and mortality in multidrug resistant (MDR) and non-MDR tuberculosis patients in China
Yanni Sun, David Harley, Hassan Vally, Adrian Sleigh
“When am I going to stop taking the drug?” Enablers, barriers and processes of disclosure of HIV status by caregivers to adolescents in a rural district in Zambia
Mable Mweemba, Maurice M. Musheke, Charles Michelo, Hikabasa Halwiindi, Oliver Mweemba, Joseph M. Zulu
Association between sleep duration and obesity is age- and gender-dependent in Chinese urban children aged 6–18 years: a cross-sectional study
Muqing Cao, Yanna Zhu, Baoting He, Wenhan Yang, Yajun Chen, Jun Ma, Jin Jing
Viral transmission risk factors in an Egyptian population with high hepatitis C prevalence
Mary Kate Mohlman, Doa’a A. Saleh, Sameera Ezzat, Mohamed Abdel-Hamid, Brent Korba, Kirti Shetty, Sania Amr, Christopher A. Loffredo
Comparing a 7-day diary vs. 24 h-recall for estimating fluid consumption in overweight and obese Mexican women
Sonia Hernández-Cordero, Nancy López-Olmedo, Sonia Rodríguez-Ramírez, Simón Barquera-Cervera, Juan Rivera-Dommarco, Barry Popkin
A stitch in time saves nine? A repeated cross-sectional case study on the implementation of the intersectoral community approach Youth At a Healthy Weight
Rianne MJJ van der Kleij, Mathilde R Crone, Theo GWM Paulussen, Vivan M van de Gaar, Ria Reis
Understanding the socio-structural context of high HIV transmission in kasensero fishing community, South Western Uganda
Muhamadi Lubega, Neema Nakyaanjo, Sumaya Nansubuga, Edgar Hiire, Godfrey Kigozi, Gertrude Nakigozi, Tom Lutalo, Fred Nalugoda, David Serwadda, Ronald Gray, Maria Wawer, Caitlin Kennedy, Steven James Reynolds
The role of men in abandonment of female genital mutilation: a systematic review
Nesrin Varol, Sabera Turkmani, Kirsten Black, John Hall, Angela Dawson
Geographic clustering of elevated blood heavy metal levels in pregnant women
Katherine E. King, Thomas H. Darrah, Eric Money, Ross Meentemeyer, Rachel L. Maguire, Monica D. Nye, Lloyd Michener, Amy P. Murtha, Randy Jirtle, Susan K. Murphy, Michelle A. Mendez, Wayne Robarge, Avner Vengosh, Cathrine Hoyo
Patterns and risk factors for deaths from external causes in rural Malawi over 10 years: a prospective population-based study
Steady Chasimpha, Estelle McLean, Menard Chihana, Lackson Kachiwanda, Olivier Koole, Terence Tafatatha, Hazzie Mvula, Moffat Nyirenda, Amelia C. Crampin, Judith R. Glynn
Community based reproductive health interventions for young married couples in resource-constrained settings: a systematic review
Archana Sarkar, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Kushal Jain, Jagannath Behera, Surendra Kumar Mishra, Sunil Mehra
Rationale, design and baseline characteristics of a randomized controlled trial of a web-based computer-tailored physical activity intervention for adults from Quebec City
François Boudreau, Michel Jean Louis Walthouwer, Hein de Vries, Gilles R. Dagenais, Ginette Turbide, Anne-Sophie Bourlaud, Michel Moreau, José Côté, Paul Poirier
What happens when you tell someone you self-injure? The effects of disclosing NSSI to adults and peers
Penelope Hasking, Clare S. Rees, Graham Martin, Jessie Quigley
HAART, DOTS and renal disease of patients co-infected with HIV/AIDS and TB in the South West Region of Cameroon
Dickson Shey Nsagha, Benjamin Thumamo Pokam, Jules Clement Nguedia Assob, Anna Longdoh Njunda, Odette Dzemo Kibu, Elvis Asangbeng Tanue, Charlotte Wenze Ayima, Patrick Elroy Weledji
High prevalence of hepatitis B and poor knowledge on hepatitis B and C viral infections among barbers: a cross-sectional study of the Obuasi municipality, Ghana
Prince Adoba, Stephen Kyei Boadu, Hope Agbodzakey, Daniel Somuah, Richard Kobina Dadzie Ephraim, Enoch Anto Odame
Evaluation of a Web-based tailored intervention (TAVIE en santé) to support people living with HIV in the adoption of health promoting behaviours: an online randomized controlled trial protocol
José Côté, Sylvie Cossette, Pilar Ramirez-Garcia, Alexandra De Pokomandy, Catherine Worthington, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Patricia Auger, François Boudreau, Joyal Miranda, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Cécile Tremblay
Evaluating the (cost-)effectiveness of guided and unguided Internet-based self-help for problematic alcohol use in employees - a three arm randomized controlled trial
Leif Boß, Dirk Lehr, Matthias Berking, Heleen Riper, Michael Patrick Schaub, David Daniel Ebert
The REFANI Pakistan study—a cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cash-based transfer programmes on child nutrition status: study protocol
Bridget Fenn, Ghulam Murtaza Sangrasi, Chloe Puett, Lani Trenouth, Silke Pietzsch
Depressive symptoms as a cause and effect of job loss in men and women: evidence in the context of organisational downsizing from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health
Elena Andreeva, Linda L. Magnusson Hanson, Hugo Westerlund, Töres Theorell, M. Harvey Brenner
Design of study without drugs—a Surinamese school-based drug-prevention program for adolescents
Fariel Ishaak, Nanne Karel de Vries, Kees van der Wolf
Reading the mind of children in response to food advertising: a cross-sectional study of Malaysian schoolchildren’s attitudes towards food and beverages advertising on television
See Hoe Ng, Bridget Kelly, Chee Hee Se, Sharmela Sahathevan, Karuthan Chinna, Mohd Noor Ismail, Tilakavati Karupaiah
Factors associated with repeat induced abortion in Kenya
Beatrice W. Maina, Michael M. Mutua, Estelle M. Sidze
Study protocol for a cluster randomized trial of the Community of Voices choir intervention to promote the health and well-being of diverse older adults
Julene K. Johnson, Anna M. Nápoles, Anita L. Stewart, Wendy B. Max, Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, Rachel Freyre, Theresa A. Allison, Steven E. Gregorich
Development of a community health inclusion index: an evaluation tool for improving inclusion of people with disabilities in community health initiatives
Yochai Eisenberg, James H. Rimmer, Tapan Mehta, Michael H. Fox
Male circumcision and HIV infection among sexually active men in Malawi
Namuunda Mutombo, Beatrice Maina, Monica Jamali
Household food (in)security and nutritional status of urban poor children aged 6 to 23 months in Kenya
Maurice Mutisya, Ngianga-bakwin Kandala, Moses Waithanji Ngware, Caroline W. Kabiru
Active smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke and their relationship to depressive symptoms in the Korea national health and nutrition examination survey (KNHANES)
Sun Jae Jung, Aesun Shin, Daehee Kang
Socioeconomic differences in school dropout among young adults: the role of social relations
Trine Nøhr Winding, Johan Hviid Andersen
Association of socio-economic position and suicide/attempted suicide in low and middle income countries in South and South-East Asia – a systematic review
Duleeka W. Knipe, Robert Carroll, Kyla H. Thomas, Anna Pease, David Gunnell, Chris Metcalfe
Activation of persons living with HIV for treatment, the great study
Kevin Fiscella, Michele Boyd, Julian Brown, Jennifer Carroll, Andrea Cassells, Roberto Corales, Wendi Cross, Nayef El’Daher, Subrina Farah, Steven Fine, Richard Fowler, Ashley Hann, Amneris Luque, Jennifer Rodriquez, Mechelle Sanders, Jonathan Tobin
How much of the difference in life expectancy between Scottish cities does deprivation explain?
R. Seaman, R. Mitchell, R. Dundas, AH Leyland, F. Popham
Factors affecting attendance to cervical cancer screening among women in the Paracentral Region of El Salvador: a nested study within the CAPE HPV screening program
Karla M. Alfaro, Julia C. Gage, Alan J. Rosenbaum, Lauren R. Ditzian, Mauricio Maza, Isabel C. Scarinci, Esmeralda Miranda, Sofia Villalta, Juan C. Felix, Philip E. Castle, Miriam L. Cremer
Multiple imputation for non-response when estimating HIV prevalence using survey data
Amos Chinomona, Henry Mwambi
A cross-sectional serosurvey on hepatitis B vaccination uptake among adult patients from GP practices in a region of South-West Poland
Maria Ganczak, Gabriela Dmytrzyk-Daniłów, Marcin Korzeń, Zbigniew Szych
Protocol of a test of hearing health education programs for farm and rural youth
Marjorie C. McCullagh, Tanima Banerjee, James Yang
Contact & connect—an intervention to reduce depression stigma and symptoms in construction workers: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Allison Milner, Katrina Witt, Lewis Burnside, Caitlyn Wilson, Anthony D. LaMontagne
The prevalence and determinants of use of vitamin D supplements among children in Alberta, Canada: a cross-sectional study
Lalani L. Munasinghe, Noreen Willows, Yan Yuan, Paul J. Veugelers
Translating a heart disease lifestyle intervention into the community: the South Asian Heart Lifestyle Intervention (SAHELI) study; a randomized control trial
Namratha R. Kandula, Swapna Dave, Peter John De Chavez, Himali Bharucha, Yasin Patel, Paola Seguil, Santosh Kumar, David W. Baker, Bonnie Spring, Juned Siddique
Health seeking behaviours among electronic waste workers in Ghana
Emmanuel Asampong, Kwaku Dwuma-Badu, Judith Stephens, Roland Srigboh, Richard Neitzel, Niladri Basu, Julius N. Fobil
Epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus-1 and hepatitis B virus co-infection and risk factors for acquiring these infections in the Fako division of Southwest Cameroon
Lauren Shevell, Henry Dilonga Meriki, Fidelis Cho-Ngwa, Crystal Fuller
Sexual behavior of migrant workers in Shanghai, China
Wei Dai, Jian Gao, Jian Gong, Xiuping Xia, Hua Yang, Yao Shen, Jie Gu, Tianhao Wang, Yao Liu, Jing Zhou, Zhiping Shen, Zhushan Zhu, Zhigang Pan
A gloomy picture: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials reveals disappointing effectiveness of programs aiming at preventing child maltreatment
Saskia Euser, Lenneke RA Alink, Marije Stoltenborgh, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
The effect of mother’s educational status on early initiation of breastfeeding: further analysis of three consecutive Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys
Pawan Acharya, Vishnu Khanal
Type 2 diabetes and its correlates among adults in Bangladesh: a population based study
Muhammad Abdul Baker Chowdhury, Md Jamal Uddin, Hafiz M. R. Khan, Md Rabiul Haque
Health and Employment after Fifty (HEAF): a new prospective cohort study
Keith T. Palmer, Karen Walker-Bone, E. Clare Harris, Cathy Linaker, Stefania D’Angelo, Avan Aihie Sayer, Catharine R. Gale, Maria Evandrou, Tjeerd van Staa, Cyrus Cooper, David Coggon
Association of hypoadiponectemia with smokeless/dipping tobacco use in young men
Sardar Ahmad, Mohsin Shah, Jawad Ahmed, Aslam Khan, Hamid Hussain, Mary McVey, Asif Ali
Ethnic inequalities in acute myocardial infarction and stroke rates in Norway 1994–2009: a nationwide cohort study (CVDNOR)
Kjersti S. Rabanal, Randi M. Selmer, Jannicke Igland, Grethe S. Tell, Haakon E. Meyer
A qualitative study exploring adolescents’ experiences with a school-based mental health program
Pernilla Garmy, Agneta Berg, Eva K. Clausson
Prevalence of obesity in panama: some risk factors and associated diseases
Anselmo Mc Donald, Ryan A. Bradshaw, Flavia Fontes, Enrique A. Mendoza, Jorge A. Motta, Alberto Cumbrera, Clara Cruz
Predictors of early breastfeeding initiation among mothers of children under 24 months of age in rural part of West Ethiopia
Tsedeke Wolde Hailemariam, Emiru Adeba, Alem Sufa
Development and promotion of a national website to improve dissemination of information related to the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) in Tanzania
Gudila Stephan, Mary Jo Hoyt, Deborah S. Storm, Sylvia Shirima, Charles Matiko, Emmanuel Matechi
Social support and dairy products intake among adolescents: a study from Iran
Behjat Shokrvash, Leili Salehi, Maral Hariri Akbari, Mehrangiz Ebrahimi Mamagani, Saharnaz Nedjat, Mohammad Asghari, Freshteh Majlessi, Ali Montazeri
An evaluation of China’s new rural cooperative medical system: achievements and inadequacies from policy goals
Chengyue Li, Yilin Hou, Mei Sun, Jun Lu, Ying Wang, Xiaohong Li, Fengshui Chang, Mo Hao
Validity of a two-item physical activity questionnaire for assessing attainment of physical activity guidelines in youth
Michelle Hardie Murphy, David A. Rowe, Sarahjane Belton, Catherine B. Woods
Perceived stress and musculoskeletal pain are prevalent and significantly associated in adolescents: an epidemiological cross-sectional study
Berit Østerås, Hermundur Sigmundsson, Monika Haga
Causal inference in multi-state models–sickness absence and work for 1145 participants after work rehabilitation
Jon Michael Gran, Stein Atle Lie, Irene Øyeflaten, Ørnulf Borgan, Odd O. Aalen
The influence of social capital on employers’ use of occupational health services: a qualitative study
Christian Ståhl, Carl Åborg, Allan Toomingas, Marianne Parmsund, Katarina Kjellberg
Nonstandard working schedules and health: the systematic search for a comprehensive model
Suzanne L. Merkus, Kari Anne Holte, Maaike A. Huysmans, Willem van Mechelen, Allard J. van der Beek
The effects of narrative versus non-narrative information in school health education about alcohol drinking for low educated adolescents
Simon Zebregs, Bas van den Putte, Anneke de Graaf, Jeroen Lammers, Peter Neijens
Understanding the complex determinants of height and adiposity in disadvantaged daycare preschoolers in Salvador, NE Brazil through structural equation modelling
Rebecca L. Lander, Sheila M. Williams, Hugo Costa-Ribeiro, Angela P. Mattos, Danile L. Barreto, Lisa A. Houghton, Karl B. Bailey, Alastair G. Lander, Rosalind S. Gibson
Associations between active travel and adiposity in rural India and Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study
Ailsa J. McKay, Anthony A. Laverty, Krithiga Shridhar, Dewan Alam, Amit Dias, Joseph Williams, Christopher Millett, Shah Ebrahim, Preet K. Dhillon
Six-months follow-up of a cluster randomized trial of school-based smoking prevention education programs in Aceh, Indonesia
Teuku Tahlil, Richard J. Woodman, John Coveney, Paul R. Ward
Social activity, cognitive decline and dementia risk: a 20-year prospective cohort study
Riccardo E. Marioni, Cecile Proust-Lima, Helene Amieva, Carol Brayne, Fiona E. Matthews, Jean-Francois Dartigues, Helene Jacqmin-Gadda
When children play, they feel better: organized activity participation and health in adolescents
Petr Badura, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Dagmar Sigmundova, Jitse P. van Dijk, Sijmen A. Reijneveld
Erratum to: The association of health literacy with adherence in older adults, and its role in interventions: a systematic meta-review
Bas Geboers, Julii S. Brainard, Yoon K. Loke, Carel J. M. Jansen, Charlotte Salter, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Andrea F. de Winter
Clinico-epidemiological analysis of Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) cases in India over last two decades: a hospital based retrospective study
V. Ramesh, Himanshu Kaushal, Ashwani Kumar Mishra, Ruchi Singh, Poonam Salotra
Insufficient access to harm reduction measures in prisons in 5 countries (PRIDE Europe): a shared European public health concern
Laurent Michel, Caroline Lions, Sara Van Malderen, Julie Schiltz, Wouter Vanderplasschen, Karina Holm, Torsten Kolind, Felice Nava, Nadja Weltzien, Andrea Moser, Marie Jauffret-Roustide, Olivier Maguet, Patrizia M Carrieri, Cinzia Brentari, Heino Stöver
Perceptions and acceptability of pictorial health warning labels vs text only - a cross-sectional study in Lao PDR
Vanphanom Sychareun, Visanou Hansana, Alongkone Phengsavanh, Kongmany Chaleunvong, Tanja Tomson
The Cedar Project: resilience in the face of HIV vulnerability within a cohort study involving young Indigenous people who use drugs in three Canadian cities
Margo E. Pearce, Kate A. Jongbloed, Chris G. Richardson, Earl W. Henderson, Sherri D. Pooyak, Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, Wunuxtsin M. Christian, Martin T. Schechter, Patricia M. Spittal
Comparison of tobacco and alcohol use in films produced in Europe, Latin America, and the United States
Inti Barrientos-Gutierrez, Christy Kollath-Cattano, Raul Mejía, Edna Arillo-Santillán, Reiner Hanewinkel, Matthis Morgenstern, James D. Sargent, James F. Thrasher
Prevalence and care-seeking for chronic diseases among Syrian refugees in Jordan
Shannon Doocy, Emily Lyles, Timothy Roberton, Laila Akhu-Zaheya, Arwa Oweis, Gilbert Burnham
Tobacco use and household expenditures on food, education, and healthcare in low- and middle-income countries: a multilevel analysis
Young Kyung Do, Mary Ann Bautista
Nutritional status of children in a malaria meso endemic area: cross sectional study on prevalence, intensity, predictors, influence on malaria parasitaemia and anaemia severity
Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele, Orelien S. Mtopi Bopda, Helen Kuokuo Kimbi, Teh Rene Ning, Theresa Nkuo-Akenji
Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards polio immunization among residents of two highly affected regions of Pakistan
Muhammad Umair Khan, Akram Ahmad, Talieha Aqeel, Saad Salman, Qamer Ibrahim, Jawaria Idrees, Muhammad Ubaid Khan
Updated prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in 11- to 17-year-old adolescents in Germany. Results from the telephone-based KiGGS Wave 1 after correction for bias in self-reports
Anna-Kristin Brettschneidera, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Ronny Kuhnert, Steffen Schmidt, Susanna Wiegand, Ute Ellert, Bärbel-Maria Kurth
Mixed method evaluation of a community-based physical activity program using the RE-AIM framework: Practical application in a real-world setting
Harriet Koorts, Fiona Gillison
Counting the cost of child mortality in the World Health Organization African region
Joses M. Kirigia, Rosenabi Deborah Karimi Muthuri, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem, Doris Gatwiri Kirigia
Awareness and low uptake of post exposure prophylaxis for HIV among clinical medical students in a high endemicity setting
Leopold Ndemnge Aminde, Noah F. Takah, Jean Jacques N. Noubiap, Maxime Tindong, Calypse Ngwasiri, Ahmadou M. Jingi, Andre Pascal Kengne, Anastase Dzudie
The current status of malaria epidemiology in Bolifamba, atypical Cameroonian rainforest zone: an assessment of intervention strategies and seasonal variations
Raymond Babila Nyasa, Denis Zofou, Helen Kuokuo Kimbi, Karin Mbei Kum, Roland C. Ngu, Vincent P. K. Titanji
Challenges of the epidemiological and economic burdens associated with hypertension in middle income countries: evidence from Mexico
Armando Arredondo, Silvia Magali Cuadra, Maria Beatriz Duarte
Being lonely or using substances with friends? A cross-sectional study of Hungarian adolescents’ health risk behaviours
Szabolcs Varga, Bettina F. Piko
The importance of the belief that “light” cigarettes are smoother in misperceptions of the harmfulness of “light” cigarettes in the Republic of Korea: a nationally representative cohort study
Annika C. Green, Geoffrey T. Fong, Ron Borland, Anne C. K. Quah, Hong Gwan Seo, Yeol Kim, Tara Elton-Marshall
The objective measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in 2–3 year olds and their parents: a cross-sectional feasibility study in the bi-ethnic Born in Bradford cohort
Silvia Costa, Sally E. Barber, Noël Cameron, Stacy A. Clemes
Extracurricular activity participation moderates impact of family and school factors on adolescents’ disruptive behavioural problems
Corine M.E.F. Driessens
The natural history of cardiovascular risk factors in health professionals: 20-year follow-up
Thiago Veiga Jardim, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Thais Inacio Rolim Povoa, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso, Brunela Chinem, Luciana Jardim, Rafaela Bernardes, Antonio Coca, Paulo Cesar Brandão Veiga Jardim
Associations between night work and BMI, alcohol, smoking, caffeine and exercise - a cross-sectional study
Hogne Vikanes Buchvold, Ståle Pallesen, Nicolas M. F. Øyane, Bjørn Bjorvatn
Burden of waterpipe smoking and chewing tobacco use among women of reproductive age group using data from the 2012–13 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey
Muhammad Tahir Khan, Shahkamal Hashmi, Sidra Zaheer, Syeda Kanwal Aslam, Naveed Ali Khan, Hina Aziz, Nabil Rashid, Kashif Shafique
Comparing databases: determinants of sexually transmitted infections, HIV diagnoses, and lack of HIV testing among men who have sex with men
Chantal den Daas, Maaike Goenee, Bouko H. W. Bakker, Hanneke de Graaf, Eline L. M. Op de Coul
Low back pain and physical activity – A 6.5 year follow-up among young adults in their transition from school to working life
Lars-Kristian Lunde, Markus Koch, Therese N. Hanvold, Morten Wærsted, Kaj B. Veiersted
Decomposing contribution of age and non-age factors to rapid growth of lung cancer in Xuanwei over past 30 years
Yang Chen, Yize Xiao, Yongfang Yang, Jing Duan, Wen Xu
Efficacy of an exercise intervention for employees with work-related fatigue: study protocol of a two-arm randomized controlled trial
Juriena D. de Vries, Madelon L. M. van Hooff, Sabine A. E. Geurts, Michiel A. J. Kompier
Visual impairment, coping strategies and impact on daily life: a qualitative study among working-age UK ex-service personnel
Sharon A. M. Stevelink, Estelle M. Malcolm, Nicola T. Fear
Quality of life in persons living with HIV in Burkina Faso: a follow-up over 12 months
Fidèle Bakiono, Patrice Wendpouiré Laurent Guiguimdé, Mahamoudou Sanou, Laurent Ouédraogo, Annie Robert
Evaluation of the Families SHARE workbook: an educational tool outlining disease risk and healthy guidelines to reduce risk of heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer and colorectal cancer
Laura M. Koehly, Bronwyn A. Morris, Kaley Skapinsky, Andrea Goergen, Amanda Ludden
Non-fatal self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: associated triggers and motivations
Thilini Rajapakse, Kathleen Margaret Griffiths, Helen Christensen, Sue Cotton
Exclusive breast feeding in early infancy reduces the risk of inpatient admission for diarrhea and suspected pneumonia in rural Vietnam: a prospective cohort study
Sarah Hanieh, Tran T. Ha, Julie A. Simpson, Tran T. Thuy, Nguyen C. Khuong, Dang D. Thoang, Thach D. Tran, Tran Tuan, Jane Fisher, Beverley-Ann Biggs
Development of waist circumference percentiles for Japanese children and an examination of their screening utility for childhood metabolic syndrome: a population-based cross-sectional study
Rie Matsushita, Tsuyoshi Isojima, Ryuzo Takaya, Eiichiro Satake, Rie Yamaguchi, Kazuteru Kitsuda, Eiko Nagata, Shinichiro Sano, Toshiki Nakanishi, Yuichi Nakagawa, Takehiko Ohzeki, Tsutomu Ogata, Yasuko Fujisawa
Cross sectional study of factors associated to self-reported blood-borne infections among drug users
Juliana Reyes-Urueña, M. Teresa Brugal, Xavier Majo, Antonia Domingo-Salvany, Joan A. Caylà
Effectiveness of the population health and environment approach in improving family planning outcomes in the Gurage, Zone South Ethiopia
Makeda Sinaga, Ahmed Mohammed, Negash Teklu, Kristen Stelljes, Tefera Belachew
The association between medical students’ lifestyles and their attitudes towards preventive counseling in different countries
Yan Yu, Yuxuan Yang, Zhifang Li, Bo Zhou, Yi Zhao, Shen Yuan, Ruijuan Zhang, Matthew Sebranek, Lennert Veerman, Mu Li, Enying Gong, Shu Chen, Wenjie Ma, Liping Huang, KaWing Cho, Stephen Leeder, Lijing Yan
The Sydney playground project- levelling the playing field: a cluster trial of a primary school-based intervention aiming to promote manageable risk-taking in children with disability
Anita C. Bundy, Shirley Wyver, Kassia S. Beetham, Jo Ragen, Geraldine Naughton, Paul Tranter, Richard Norman, Michelle Villeneuve, Grace Spencer, Anne Honey, Judith Simpson, Louise Baur, Julia Sterman
Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches (PASTA): protocol for a multi-centre, longitudinal study
Evi Dons, Thomas Götschi, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Audrey de Nazelle, Esther Anaya, Ione Avila-Palencia, Christian Brand, Tom Cole-Hunter, Mailin Gaupp-Berghausen, Sonja Kahlmeier, Michelle Laeremans, Natalie Mueller, Juan Pablo Orjuela, Elisabeth Raser, David Rojas-Rueda, Arnout Standaert, Erik Stigell, Tina Uhlmann, Regine Gerike, Luc Int Panis
A cost-effectiveness analysis of three components of a syndromic surveillance system for the early warning of epidemics in rural China
Yan Ding, Rainer Sauerborn, Biao Xu, Nie Shaofa, Weirong Yan, Vinod K. Diwan, Hengjin Dong
Assessing the risk factors of cholera epidemic in the Buea Health District of Cameroon
Dickson Shey Nsagha, Julius Atashili, Peter Nde Fon, Elvis Asangbeng Tanue, Charlotte Wenze Ayima, Odette Dzemo Kibu
Obese persons’ physical activity experiences and motivations across weight changes: a qualitative exploratory study
Andrea E. Bombak
Investigating the temporal relationship between individual-level social capital and health in fragile families
Kim Nichols Dauner, Neil A. Wilmot, Jennifer F. Schultz
Survey on examining prevalence of paternal anxiety and its risk factors in perinatal period in Hong Kong: a longitudinal study
Y.W. Koh, A.M. Lee, C.Y. Chan, D.Y. T. Fong, C.P. Lee, K.Y. Leung, C.S. K. Tang
Evaluating an online training module on protecting children from secondhand smoke exposure: impact on knowledge, confidence and self-reported practice of health and social care professionals
Laura L. Jones, Andy McEwen
Hybrid STTR intervention for heterosexuals using anonymous HIV testing and confidential linkage to care: a single arm exploratory trial using respondent-driven sampling
Marya Gwadz, Charles M. Cleland, Noelle R. Leonard, Alexandra Kutnick, Amanda S. Ritchie, Angela Banfield, Holly Hagan, David C. Perlman, Talaya McCright-Gill, Dawa Sherpa, Belkis Y. Martinez
KContact, an enhanced intervention for contact between children in out-of-home care and their parents: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
Stephanie Taplin, Tracey Bullen, Morag McArthur, Cathy Humphreys, Margaret Kertesz, Timothy Dobbins
Positive strategies men regularly use to prevent and manage depression: a national survey of Australian men
Judy Proudfoot, Andrea S. Fogarty, Isabel McTigue, Sally Nathan, Erin L. Whittle, Helen Christensen, Michael J. Player, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Kay Wilhelm
Perceptions and plans for prevention of Ebola: results from a national survey
Bridget Kelly, Linda Squiers, Carla Bann, Alexander Stine, Heather Hansen, Molly Lynch
Does the social context of early alcohol use affect risky drinking in adolescents? Prospective cohort study
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A survey on HIV-related health-seeking behaviors among transgender individuals in Jakarta, based on the theory of planned behavior
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Erratum to: Development and feasibility study of very brief interventions for physical activity in primary care
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Association between smoking intensity and duration and tooth loss among Finnish middle-aged adults: The Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Project
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The epidemiology of fatal cyclist crashes over a 14-year period in Alberta, Canada
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Age at smoking initiation and self-rated health among second grade high school boys and girls in Scania, Sweden, a cross-sectional study
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Evaluation of different radon guideline values based on characterization of ecological risk and visualization of lung cancer mortality trends in British Columbia, Canada
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Evaluation of sit-stand workstations in an office setting: a randomised controlled trial
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The association between alcohol use and depressive symptoms across socioeconomic status among 40- and 45-year-old Norwegian adults
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Eradicating female genital mutilation and cutting in Tanzania: an observational study
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Validation of a measure of health-related production loss: construct validity and responsiveness - a cohort study
Malin Lohela Karlsson, Hillevi Busch, Emmanuel Aboagye, Irene Jensen
Strengthening HIV surveillance in the antiretroviral therapy era: rationale and design of a longitudinal study to monitor HIV prevalence and incidence in the uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Does deterioration in mental health after smoking cessation predict relapse to smoking?
Gemma Taylor, Ann McNeill, Paul Aveyard
Do open youth unemployment and youth programs leave the same mental health scars? - Evidence from a Swedish 27-year cohort study
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Prevalence of dyslipidemia and associated factors among the hypertensive population from rural Northeast China
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Prevalence and determinants of stunting in under-five children in central Tanzania: remaining threats to achieving Millennium Development Goal 4
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A systematic review of studies evaluating Australian indigenous community development projects: the extent of community participation, their methodological quality and their outcomes
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Surveillance of antenatal influenza vaccination: validity of current systems and recommendations for improvement
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Awareness of risk factors for cancer: a comparative study of Sweden and Denmark
Magdalena Lagerlund, Line Hvidberg, Senada Hajdarevic, Anette Fischer Pedersen, Sara Runesdotter, Peter Vedsted, Carol Tishelman
How well do WHO complementary feeding indicators relate to nutritional status of children aged 6–23 months in rural Northern Ghana?
Mahama Saaka, Anthony Wemakor, Abdul-Razak Abizari, Paul Aryee
Socioeconomic variations in nicotine dependence in rural southwest China
Le Cai, Wenlong Cui, Dingyun You, Jianhui He, Keying Zhao
Urban-rural disparities in child nutrition-related health outcomes in China: The role of hukou policy
Hong Liu, John A. Rizzo, Hai Fang
Knowledge and perceptions about diet and physical activity among Sri Lankan adults with diabetes mellitus: a qualitative study
P. Ranasinghe, A. S. A. D. Pigera, M. H. Ishara, L. M. D. T. Jayasekara, R. Jayawardena, P. Katulanda
Heterosexual transmission of HIV in the Dominican Republic: gendered indicators are associated with disparities in condom use
Michelle M. Jimenez, Flavia C. D. Andrade, Marcela Raffaelli, Juliet Iwelunmor
Health literacy and refugees’ experiences of the health examination for asylum seekers – a Swedish cross-sectional study
Josefin Wångdahl, Per Lytsy, Lena Mårtensson, Ragnar Westerling
Using the health belief model to predict breast self examination among Saudi women
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Profiles of sedentary and non-sedentary young men – a population-based MOPO study
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Systematic review of structural interventions for intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries: organizing evidence for prevention
Christine Bourey, Whitney Williams, Erin Elizabeth Bernstein, Rob Stephenson
Population-based survey of overweight and obesity and the associated factors in peri-urban and rural Eastern Uganda
Barbara Eva Kirunda, Lars Thore Fadnes, Henry Wamani, Jan Van den Broeck, Thorkild Tylleskär
The relevance of the side-view in body image scales for public health: an example from two African populations
Emmanuel Cohen, Amadou Ndao, Gilles Boëtsch, Lamine Gueye, Patrick Pasquet, Michelle Holdsworth, Alexandre Courtiol
Social support and HIV/STDs infections among a probability-based sample of rural married migrant women in Shandong Province, China
Wenkang Ma, Dianmin Kang, Yapei Song, Chongyi Wei, Gifty Marley, Wei Ma
Predictors of couple HIV counseling and testing among adult residents of Bukomero sub-county, Kiboga district, rural Uganda
Richard Muhindo, Annet Nakalega, Joyce Nankumbi
Multimorbidity in older adults: magnitude and challenges for the Brazilian health system
Bruno Pereira Nunes, Elaine Thumé, Luiz Augusto Facchini
Exploring participant appreciation of group-based principles for action in community-based physical activity programs for socially vulnerable groups in the Netherlands
Marion Herens, Annemarie Wagemakers, Lenneke Vaandrager, Maria Koelen
Physical exercise at the workplace prevents deterioration of work ability among healthcare workers: cluster randomized controlled trial
Markus D. Jakobsen, Emil Sundstrup, Mikkel Brandt, Kenneth Jay, Per Aagaard, Lars L. Andersen
Men report good mental health 20 to 23 years after in vitro fertilisation treatment
Gunilla Sydsjö, Josefin Vikström, Marie Bladh, Barbara Jablonowska, Agneta Skoog Svanberg
Long-term effects of lifetime trauma exposure in a rural community sample
Tonelle E. Handley, Brian J. Kelly, Terry J. Lewin, Clare Coleman, Helen J. Stain, Natasha Weaver, Kerry J. Inder
Potentially preventable premature deaths in women and men from the two leading causes of death in Austria, mortality statistics of the nine federal states 2010–2012
Éva Rásky, Erwin Stolz, Nathalie Tatjana Burkert, Franziska Großschädl
Engaging families in physical activity research: a family-based focus group study
Helen Elizabeth Brown, Annie Schiff, Esther M. F. van Sluijs
Awareness of female malignancies among women and their partners in Southern Sri Lanka and implications for screening: a cross sectional study
Chamindri Witharana, Prabhavi Wijesiriwardhana, Kalani Jayasekara, Priyanka Kumari, Chaturaka Rodrigo
What influences availability of medicines for the community management of childhood illnesses in central Uganda? Implications for scaling up the integrated community case management programme
James Bagonza, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Tim Eckmanns, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho
The role of income and occupation in the association of education with healthy aging: results from a population-based, prospective cohort study
Christine M. White, Philip D. St. John, Madelon R. Cheverie, Maryam Iraniparast, Suzanne L. Tyas
HIV and alcohol knowledge, self-perceived risk for HIV, and risky sexual behavior among young HIV-negative men identified as harmful or hazardous drinkers in Katutura, Namibia
Amee Schwitters, Jennifer Sabatier, Puja Seth, Mary Glenshaw, Dietrich Remmert, Sonal Pathak, Naomi Bock
Provider costs for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and related conditions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
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Monitoring patients on chronic treatment with antidepressants between 2003 and 2011: analysis of factors associated with compliance
M. Catalina Serna, Jordi Real, Inés Cruz, Leonardo Galván, Elisabet Martin
Differential increase in prevalence estimates of inadequate sleep among black and white Americans
Girardin Jean-Louis, Michael A. Grandner, Shawn D. Youngstedt, Natasha J. Williams, Ferdinand Zizi, Daniel F. Sarpong, Gbenga G. Ogedegbe
Why few older adults participate in complex motor skills: a qualitative study of older adults’ perceptions of difficulty and challenge
Katarina P. Kraft, Kylie A. Steel, Freya Macmillan, Rebecca Olson, Dafna Merom
Mortality trends among migrant groups living in Amsterdam
Daan G Uitenbroek
Evaluating a handwashing with soap program in Australian remote Aboriginal communities: a pre and post intervention study design
Elizabeth McDonald, Teresa Cunningham, Nicola Slavin
Patterns of nicotine dependence in four Eastern European countries
Dorota Kaleta, Kinga Polańska, Przemysław Korytkowski, Bukola Usidame, Leokadia Bąk-Romaniszyn
Small-area spatio-temporal analyses of participation rates in the mammography screening program in the city of Dortmund (NW Germany)
Dorothea Lemke, Shoma Berkemeyer, Volkmar Mattauch, Oliver Heidinger, Edzer Pebesma, Hans-Werner Hense
Can housing improvements cure or prevent the onset of health conditions over time in deprived areas?
Angela Curl, Ade Kearns
Adolescent body weight and health-related quality of life rated by adolescents and parents: the issue of measurement bias
Pranav K. Gandhi, Dennis A. Revicki, I-Chan Huang
The voice of non-pregnant women on alcohol consumption during pregnancy: a focus group study among women in Sweden
Janna Skagerström, Elisabet Häggström-Nordin, Siw Alehagen
Socioeconomic predictors and consequences of depression among primary care attenders with non-communicable diseases in the Western Cape, South Africa: cohort study within a randomised trial
Naomi Folb, Crick Lund, Lara R. Fairall, Venessa Timmerman, Naomi S. Levitt, Krisela Steyn, Max O. Bachmann
Osteoarthritis prevalence and modifiable factors: a population study
Ronald Plotnikoff, Nandini Karunamuni, Ellina Lytvyak, Christopher Penfold, Donald Schopflocher, Ikuyo Imayama, Steven T. Johnson, Kim Raine
Understanding the impact of colorectal cancer education: a randomized trial of health fairs
Katherine J. Briant, Lei Wang, Sarah Holte, Adriana Ramos, Nathan Marchello, Beti Thompson
Validity of the Stages of Change in Steps instrument (SoC-Step) for achieving the physical activity goal of 10,000 steps per day
Richard R. Rosenkranz, Mitch J. Duncan, Cristina M. Caperchione, Gregory S. Kolt, Corneel Vandelanotte, Anthony J. Maeder, Trevor N. Savage, W. Kerry Mummery
Charting the evolution of approaches employed by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) to address inequities in access to immunization: a systematic qualitative review of GAVI policies, strategies and resource allocation mechanisms through an equity lens (1999–2014)
Gian Gandhi
Effectiveness and implementation of interventions to increase commuter cycling to school: a quasi-experimental study
Lars Østergaard, Jan Toftegaard Støckel, Lars Bo Andersen
The association between mental health, chronic disease and sleep duration in Koreans: a cross-sectional study
Min-Su Lee, Joon-Shik Shin, Jinho Lee, Yoon Jae Lee, Me-riong Kim, Ki Byung Park, Dongjin Shin, Jae-Heung Cho, In-Hyuk Ha
A cost-benefit analysis of a proposed overseas refugee latent tuberculosis infection screening and treatment program
La’Marcus T. Wingate, Margaret S. Coleman, Christopher de la Motte Hurst, Marie Semple, Weigong Zhou, Martin S. Cetron, John A. Painter
Meta-analysis of the association between second-hand smoke exposure and ischaemic heart diseases, COPD and stroke
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Inequities in energy-balance related behaviours and family environmental determinants in European children: baseline results of the prospective EPHE evaluation study
Krystallia Mantziki, Achilleas Vassilopoulos, Gabriella Radulian, Jean-Michel Borys, Hugues Du Plessis, Maria João Gregório, Pedro Graça, Stefaan De Henauw, Svetoslav Handjiev, Tommy LS Visscher, Jacob C Seidell
Geographic variation in the intended choice of adjuvant treatments for women diagnosed with screen-detected breast cancer in Queensland
Jeff Ching-Fu Hsieh, Susanna M. Cramb, James M. McGree, Nathan A. M. Dunn, Peter D. Baade, Kerrie L. Mengersen
Association of physical activity with blood pressure and blood glucose among Malaysian adults: a population-based study
Chien Huey Teh, Ying Ying Chan, Kuang Hock Lim, Chee Cheong Kee, Kuang Kuay Lim, Pei Sien Yeo, Omar Azahadi, Yusoff Fadhli, Aris Tahir, Han Lim Lee, Wasi Ahmad Nazni
Evaluation of a comprehensive intervention with a behavioural modification strategy for childhood obesity prevention: a nonrandomized cluster controlled trial
Jing-jing Wang, Wing-chung Patrick Lau, Hai-jun Wang, Jun Ma
Highlighting consensus among medical scientists increases public support for vaccines: evidence from a randomized experiment
Sander L. van der Linden, Chris E. Clarke, Edward W. Maibach
The Qatar Biobank: background and methods
Hanan Al Kuwari, Asma Al Thani, Ajayeb Al Marri, Abdulla Al Kaabi, Hadi Abderrahim, Nahla Afifi, Fatima Qafoud, Queenie Chan, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Paul Downey, Heather Ward, Neil Murphy, Elio Riboli, Paul Elliott
Examining mortality among formerly homeless adults enrolled in Housing First: An observational study
Benjamin F. Henwood, Thomas Byrne, Brynn Scriber
Establishing a birth cohort to investigate the course and aetiology of asthma and allergies across three generations – rationale, design, and methods of the ACROSSOLAR study
Tobias Weinmann, Jessica Gerlich, Sabine Heinrich, Dennis Nowak, Jennifer Gerdes, Jenny Schlichtiger, Erika von Mutius, Bianca Schaub, Christian Vogelberg, Diana Roller, Katja Radon
The burden of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: a four-country cross sectional study
David Guwatudde, Joan Nankya-Mutyoba, Robert Kalyesubula, Carien Laurence, Clement Adebamowo, IkeOluwapo Ajayi, Francis Bajunirwe, Marina Njelekela, Faraja S. Chiwanga, Todd Reid, Jimmy Volmink, Hans-Olov Adami, Michelle D. Holmes, Shona Dalal
Rationale and methods of a cluster-randomized controlled trial to promote active and healthy lifestyles among Brazilian students: the “Fortaleça sua Saúde” program
Valter Cordeiro Barbosa Filho, Adair da Silva Lopes, Antônio Barroso Lima, Evanice Avelino de Souza, Fabiane do Amaral Gubert, Kelly Samara Silva, Neiva Francenely Cunha Vieira, Nicolino Trompieri Filho, Thábyta Silva de Araújo, Pedro Felipe Carvalhedo de Bruin, Jorge Mota
Burden attributable to Cardiometabolic Diseases in Zimbabwe: a retrospective cross-sectional study of national mortality data
Mutsa P. Mutowo, Alice J. Owen, Baki Billah, Paula K. Lorgelly, Kudzai E. Gumbie, John C. Mangwiro, Andre M. N. Renzaho
Comparison of perceptions of obesity among adults with central obesity with and without additional cardiometabolic risk factors and among those who were formally obese, 3 years after screening for central obesity
Corine den Engelsen, Rimke C. Vos, Mieke Rijken, Guy E. H. M. Rutten
Strengths and limitations of a tool for monitoring and evaluating First Peoples’ health promotion from an ecological perspective
Kevin Rowley, Joyce Doyle, Leah Johnston, Rachel Reilly, Leisa McCarthy, Mayatili Marika, Therese Riley, Petah Atkinson, Bradley Firebrace, Julie Calleja, Margaret Cargo
Tobacco prevention policies in west-African countries and their effects on smoking prevalence
Volker Winkler, Yong Lan, Heiko Becher
Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and health disparities: 8-year longitudinal findings from a large cohort of Thai adults
Thanh Tam Tran, Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Dujrudee Chinwong, Sam-ang Seubsman, Adrian Sleigh
Characterizing the context of sedentary lifestyles in a representative sample of adults: a cross-sectional study from the physical activity measurement study project
Youngwon Kim, Gregory J. Welk
Providing NHS staff with height-adjustable workstations and behaviour change strategies to reduce workplace sitting time: protocol for the Stand More AT (SMArT) Work cluster randomised controlled trial
S. E. O’Connell, B. R. Jackson, C. L. Edwardson, T. Yates, S. J. H. Biddle, M. J. Davies, D. Dunstan, D. Esliger, L. Gray, P. Miller, F. Munir
Relationship between risk factors for infertility in women and lead, cadmium, and arsenic blood levels: a cross-sectional study from Taiwan
Hsiao-Ling Lei, Hsiao-Jui Wei, Hsin-Yi Ho, Kai-Wei Liao, Ling-Chu Chien
'Live more': Study protocol for a community-based lifestyle education program addressing non-communicable diseases in low-literacy areas of the South Pacific
L. M. Kent, P. Reierson, D. P. Morton
Do discrimination, residential school attendance and cultural disruption add to individual-level diabetes risk among Aboriginal people in Canada?
Roland F. Dyck, Chandima Karunanayake, Bonnie Janzen, Josh Lawson, Vivian R. Ramsden, Donna C. Rennie, P. Jenny Gardipy, Laura McCallum, Sylvia Abonyi, James A. Dosman, Jo-Ann Episkenew, Punam Pahwa
Human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis and hepatitis C virus prevalence trends among cross-border migrant Vietnamese female sex workers in Guangxi, China
Chen Zhang, Xiaoming Li, Yu Liu, Shan Qiao, Yuejiao Zhou, Zhenzhu Tang, Zhiyong Shen
Parent and child perceptions of school-based obesity prevention in England: a qualitative study
Joanne L. Clarke, Tania L. Griffin, Emma R. Lancashire, Peymane Adab, Jayne M. Parry, Miranda J. Pallan
Translating group programmes into online formats: establishing the acceptability of a parents’ sex and relationships communication serious game
Julie E. Bayley, Katherine E. Brown
A systematic review of the clinical and social epidemiological research among sex workers in Uganda
Katherine A. Muldoon
Application of the Intervention Mapping protocol to develop Keys, a family child care home intervention to prevent early childhood obesity
Courtney M. Mann, Dianne S. Ward, Amber Vaughn, Sara E. Benjamin Neelon, Lenita J. Long Vidal, Sakinah Omar, Rebecca J. Namenek Brouwer, Truls Østbye
Restricted access to antiretroviral treatment for undocumented migrants: a bottle neck to control the HIV epidemic in the EU/EEA
Jessika Deblonde, André Sasse, Julia Del Amo, Fiona Burns, Valerie Delpech, Susan Cowan, Michele Levoy, Lilana Keith, Anastasia Pharris, Andrew Amato-Gauci, Teymur Noori
Vaccination decision-making of immigrant parents in the Netherlands; a focus group study
Irene A. Harmsen, Helien Bos, Robert A. C. Ruiter, Theo G. W. Paulussen, Gerjo Kok, Hester E. de Melker, Liesbeth Mollema
Perceptions of environmental health risks among residents in the “Toxic Doughnut”: opportunities for risk screening and community mobilization
Brandi M. White, Eric S. Hall
Health and ageing in Nairobi’s informal settlements-evidence from the International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH): a cross sectional study
Boniface Wilunda, Nawi Ng, Jennifer Stewart Williams
Healthy people with nature in mind
Matilda Annerstedt van den Bosch, Michael H. Depledge
The use of reimbursement data for timely monitoring of vaccination coverage: the example of human papillomavirus vaccine following public concerns about vaccine safety
Laure Fonteneau, Marine Ragot, Isabelle Parent du Châtelet, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Daniel Lévy-Bruhl
Association between sedentary and physical activity patterns and risk factors of metabolic syndrome in Saudi men: A cross-sectional study
Shaea Alkahtani, Ahmed Elkilany, Mohammed Alhariri
Mental health symptoms identify workers at risk of long-term sickness absence due to mental disorders: prospective cohort study with 2-year follow-up
Marieke F. A. van Hoffen, Catelijne I Joling, Martijn W. Heymans, Jos W. R. Twisk, Corné A. M. Roelen
“It’s not just about walking.....it’s the practice nurse that makes it work”: a qualitative exploration of the views of practice nurses delivering complex physical activity interventions in primary care
Carole Beighton, Christina Victor, Rebecca Normansell, Derek Cook, Sally Kerry, Steve Iliffe, Michael Ussher, Peter Whincup, Julia Fox-Rushby, Alison Woodcock, Tess Harris
Individual factors and perceived community characteristics in relation to mental health and mental well-being
Helen McAneney, Mark A. Tully, Ruth F. Hunter, Anne Kouvonen, Philip Veal, Michael Stevenson, Frank Kee
Smoking and body weight: evidence from China health and nutrition survey
Qing Wang
How do national cultures influence lay people’s preferences toward doctors’ style of communication? A comparison of 35 focus groups from an European cross national research
Michela Rimondini, Maria Angela Mazzi, Myriam Deveugele, Jozien M. Bensing
Multivariable flexible modelling for estimating complete, smoothed life tables for sub-national populations
Bernard Rachet, Camille Maringe, Laura M. Woods, Libby Ellis, Devon Spika, Claudia Allemani
Work environments and HIV prevention: a qualitative review and meta-synthesis of sex worker narratives
Shira M. Goldenberg, Putu Duff, Andrea Krusi
The impact of physical activity on cumulative cardiovascular disease risk factors among Malaysian adults
Rajah Rasiah, Govindamal Thangiah, Khalid Yusoff, Rishya Manikam, Sankara Kumar Chandrasekaran, Rujhan Mustafa, Najmin Binti Abu Bakar
Challenges to the surveillance of non-communicable diseases – a review of selected approaches
Mareike Kroll, Revati K Phalkey, Frauke Kraas
Time trends and sex differences in associations between socioeconomic status indicators and overweight-obesity in Mexico (2006–2012)
Amado D. Quezada, Ana L. Lozada-Tequeanes
Open and Calm – A randomized controlled trial evaluating a public stress reduction program in Denmark
Christian G. Jensen, Jon Lansner, Anders Petersen, Signe A. Vangkilde, Signe P. Ringkøbing, Vibe G. Frokjaer, Dea Adamsen, Gitte M. Knudsen, John W. Denninger, Steen G. Hasselbalch
Risky sexual networks and concentrated HIV epidemics among men who have sex with men in Wenzhou, China: a respondent-driven sampling study
Qiaoqin Ma, Shidian Zeng, Shichang Xia, Xiaohong Pan, Dayong Wang, Haishen Zhu, Hui Wang, Tingting Jiang, Lin He, Dongshe Zhao, Zhihang Peng
Spatial-temporal epidemiology of human Salmonella Enteritidis infections with major phage types (PTs 1, 4, 5b, 8, 13, and 13a) in Ontario, Canada, 2008–2009
Csaba Varga, David L. Pearl, Scott A. McEwen, Jan M. Sargeant, Frank Pollari, Michele T. Guerin
Epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among Egyptian children: a community-based cross-sectional survey
Eman Fawzy Halawa, Abeer Barakat, Hoda Ibrahim Ibrahim Rizk, Eman Mohamed Ibraheim Moawad
Is secondhand smoke associated with stress in smokers and non-smokers?
Seung Ju Kim, Kyu-Tae Han, Seo Yoon Lee, Sung-Youn Chun, Eun-Cheol Park
Implementation conditions for diet and physical activity interventions and policies: an umbrella review
Karolina Horodyska, Aleksandra Luszczynska, Catherine B. Hayes, Miriam P. O’Shea, Lars J. Langøien, Gun Roos, Matthijs van den Berg, Marieke Hendriksen, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Johannes Brug
Risk factors of hypertension among adults aged 35–64 years living in an urban slum Nairobi, Kenya
Beatrice Olack, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Liam Smeeth, Joel M. Montgomery, Noah Kiwanuka, Robert F. Breiman
Associations between toddlers’ and parents’ BMI, in relation to family socio-demography: a cross-sectional study
Marie Lindkvist, Anneli Ivarsson, Sven Arne Silfverdal, Eva Eurenius
The EPIC Kids Study: a randomized family-focused YMCA-based intervention to prevent type 2 diabetes in at-risk youth
Melanie D. Hingle, Tami Turner, Randa Kutob, Nirav Merchant, Denise J. Roe, Craig Stump, Scott B. Going
Gender and grade differences in objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns among Japanese children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Kaori Ishii, Ai Shibata, Minoru Adachi, Keiko Nonoue, Koichiro Oka
Non-fatal overdoses and related risk factors among people who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia and Kohtla-Järve, Estonia
Anneli Uusküla, Mait Raag, Sigrid Vorobjov, Kristi Rüütel, Alexandra Lyubimova, Olga S. Levina, Robert Heimer
Design and respondent selection of a population-based study on associations between breast cancer screening, lifestyle and quality of life
Tytti Sarkeala, Sirpa Heinävaara, Jonna Fredman, Satu Männistö, Riitta Luoto, Maija Jäntti, Nea Malila
Implementation of a national school-based Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine campaign in Fiji: knowledge, vaccine acceptability and information needs of parents
S. F. La Vincente, D. Mielnik, K. Jenkins, F. Bingwor, L. Volavola, H. Marshall, P. Druavesi, F. M. Russell, K. Lokuge, E. K. Mulholland
Trends in silicosis prevalence and the healthy worker effect among gold miners in South Africa: a prevalence study with follow up of employment status
David Knight, Rodney Ehrlich, Katherine Fielding, Hannah Jeffery, Alison Grant, Gavin Churchyard
Application of objective physical activity measurement in an antenatal physical activity consultation intervention: a randomised controlled trial
Sinead Currie, Marlene Sinclair, Dianne S. Liddle, Alan Nevill, Marie H. Murphy
Progress and challenges in implementing HIV care and treatment policies in Latin America following the treatment 2.0 initiative
Freddy Perez, Bertha Gomez, Giovanni Ravasi, Massimo Ghidinelli
Traditional grain alcohol (bai jiu, 白酒) production and use in rural central China: implications for public health
Ling Qian, Ian M. Newman, Wen Xiong, Yanyu Feng
Female unmarried adolescents’ knowledge on selected reproductive health issues in two low performing areas of Bangladesh: an evaluation study
Humayun Kabir, Nirod Chandra Saha, Rukhsana Gazi
Psychosocial job conditions, fear avoidance beliefs and expected return to work following acute coronary syndrome: a cross-sectional study of fear-avoidance as a potential mediator
Mia Söderberg, Annika Rosengren, Sara Gustavsson, Linus Schiöler, Annika Härenstam, Kjell Torén
Mapping how information about childhood vaccination is communicated in two regions of Cameroon: What is done and where are the gaps?
Heather Ames, Diangha Mabel Njang, Claire Glenton, Atle Fretheim, Jessica Kaufman, Sophie Hill, Afiong Oku, Julie Cliff, Yuri Cartier, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Artur Muloliwa, Angela Oyo-Ita, Simon Lewin
Health resorts as gateways for regional, standardised, sports club based exercise programmes to increase the weekly time of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity: study protocol
Christian Lackinger, Albert Strehn, Thomas Ernst Dorner, Josef Niebauer, Sylvia Titze
The Coordination and Activity Tracking in CHildren (CATCH) study: rationale and design
John Cairney, Cheryl Missiuna, Brian W. Timmons, Christine Rodriguez, Scott Veldhuizen, Sara King-Dowling, Sarah Wellman, Tuyen Le
Predictors of nutritional recovery time and survival status among children with severe acute malnutrition who have been managed in therapeutic feeding centers, Southern Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study
Delelegn Yilma Gebremichael
Examination of the mechanism of action of two pre-quit pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation
Stuart G. Ferguson, Julia A. E. Walters, Wenying Lu, Gudrun P. Wells, Natalie Schüz
Why are primary school children overweight and obese? A cross sectional study undertaken in Kinondoni district, Dar-es-salaam
Sijenunu A. Mwaikambo, Germana H. Leyna, Japhet Killewo, Azma Simba, Thandi Puoane
Current influences and approaches to promote future physical activity in 11–13 year olds: a focus group study
Angela Carlin, Marie H. Murphy, Alison M. Gallagher
Modelling the consequences of a reduction in alcohol consumption among patients with alcohol dependence based on real-life observational data
Nora Rahhali, Aurélie Millier, Benjamin Briquet, Philippe Laramée, Samuel Aballéa, Mondher Toumi, Clément François, Jürgen Rehm, Jean-Bernard Daeppen
Prevalence of high-risky behaviors in transmission of HIV among high school and college student MSM in China: a meta-analysis
Zhongrong Yang, Zhaohui Huang, Zhengquan Dong, Sichao Zhang, Jiankang Han, Meihua Jin
A qualitative assessment of the perceived risks of electronic cigarette and hookah use in pregnancy
Maike K. Kahr, Shannon Padgett, Cindy D. Shope, Emily N. Griffin, Susan S. Xie, Pablo J. Gonzalez, Judy Levison, Joan Mastrobattista, Adi R. Abramovici, Thomas F. Northrup, Angela L. Stotts, Kjersti M. Aagaard, Melissa A. Suter
Youth injury prevention in Canada: use of the Delphi method to develop recommendations
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ASPIRE: A multi-site community-based participatory research project to increase understanding of the dynamics of violence against immigrant and refugee women in Australia
Cathy Vaughan, Adele Murdolo, Linda Murray, Erin Davis, Jasmin Chen, Karen Block, Regina Quiazon, Deb Warr
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Disease, activity and schoolchildren’s health (DASH) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa: a study protocol
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The ACT-i-Pass study protocol: How does free access to recreation opportunities impact children’s physical activity levels?
Jason A. Gilliland, Andrew F. Clark, Patricia Tucker, Harry Prapavessis, William Avison, Piotr Wilk
Working hours and self-rated health over 7 years: gender differences in a Korean longitudinal study
Seong-Sik Cho, Myung Ki, Keun-Hoe Kim, Young-Su Ju, Domyung Paek, Wonyun Lee
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Yim Wah Mak, Paul H. Lee, Alice Yuen Loke
The REFANI-N study protocol: a cluster-randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of early initiation and longer duration of emergency/seasonal unconditional cash transfers for the prevention of acute malnutrition among children, 6–59 months, in Tahoua, Niger
Victoria L. Sibson, Carlos S. Grijalva-Eternod, Leila Bourahla, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Joanna Morrison, Chloe Puett, Lani Trenouth, Andrew Seal
The experience of work-life balance across family-life stages in Switzerland: a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study
Ariane G. Wepfer, Rebecca Brauchli, Gregor J. Jenny, Oliver Hämmig, Georg F. Bauer
Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?
Qazi Shafayetul Islam, Md Akramul Islam, Shayla Islam, Syed Masud Ahmed
Weight perception and its association with socio-demographic and health-related factors among Korean adolescents
Anna Shin, Chung Mo Nam
Does workplace health promotion contribute to job stress reduction? Three-year findings from Partnering Healthy@Work
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Acceptability and feasibility of a low-cost, theory-based and co-produced intervention to reduce workplace sitting time in desk-based university employees
Kelly Mackenzie, Elizabeth Goyder, Francis Eves
Physical education Teachers’ and public health Nurses’ perception of Norwegian high school Students’ participation in physical education – a focus group study
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Heavy burden of intestinal parasite infections in Kalena Rongo village, a rural area in South West Sumba, eastern part of Indonesia: a cross sectional study
Saleha Sungkar, Anggi P. N. Pohan, Antari Ramadani, Nafisah Albar, Fitri Azizah, Antonius R. A. Nugraha, Aprilianto E. Wiria
Alcohol consumption patterns in Thailand and their relationship with non-communicable disease
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The prevalence, risk factors, and screening measure for prediabetes and diabetes among Emirati overweight/obese children and adolescents
Elham Al Amiri, Mona Abdullatif, Abdishakur Abdulle, Nibal Al Bitar, Elham Zaki Afandi, Monira Parish, Gassan Darwiche
Educational differences in the validity of self-reported physical activity
Annemarie N. E. Winckers, Joreintje D. Mackenbach, Sofie Compernolle, Mary Nicolaou, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Johannes Brug, Jeroen Lakerveld
Diabetes care among urban women in Soweto, South Africa: a qualitative study
Emily Mendenhall, Shane A. Norris
A qualitative study on Canadian youth’s perspectives of peers who smoke: an opportunity for health promotion
Roberta L. Woodgate, David S. Busolo
Increased prevalence and incidence of anemia among adults in transforming rural China: two cross-sectional surveys
Xuecai Wang, Zhaofan Wu, Yue Chen, Jianfu Zhu, Xiaolian Dong, Chaowei Fu, Qingwu Jiang
Maternal depression and malnutrition in children in southwest Uganda: a case control study
Scholastic Ashaba, Godfrey Zari Rukundo, Florence Beinempaka, Moses Ntaro, John C. LeBlanc
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Zewdie Birhanu, Lakew Abebe, Morankar Sudhakar, Gunawardena Dissanayake, Yemane Yihdego, Guda Alemayehu, Delenasaw Yewhalaw
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Sam T. Keeping, Michael J. Tempest, Stephanie J. Stephens, Stuart M. Carroll, Vijay K Sangar
Capacity building through cross-sector partnerships: a multiple case study of a sport program in disadvantaged communities in Belgium
Mathieu Marlier, Steffie Lucidarme, Greet Cardon, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Kathy Babiak, Annick Willem
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Chris Degeling, Jane Johnson, Ian Kerridge, Andrew Wilson, Michael Ward, Cameron Stewart, Gwendolyn Gilbert
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Stephen Heung-Sang Wong, Wendy Yajun Huang, Gang He
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Birte Bödeker, Cornelia Betsch, Ole Wichmann
Stories for change: development of a diabetes digital storytelling intervention for refugees and immigrants to minnesota using qualitative methods
Jane W. Njeru, Christi A. Patten, Marcelo M. K. Hanza, Tabetha A. Brockman, Jennifer L. Ridgeway, Jennifer A. Weis, Matthew M. Clark, Miriam Goodson, Ahmed Osman, Graciela Porraz-Capetillo, Abdullah Hared, Allison Myers, Irene G. Sia, Mark L. Wieland
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Active Living: development and quasi-experimental evaluation of a school-centered physical activity intervention for primary school children
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Anjali Pandey, K. K. Singh
An assessment of dental caries among young Aboriginal children in New South Wales, Australia: a cross-sectional study
Leanne Smith, Anthony Blinkhorn, Rachael Moir, Ngiare Brown, Fiona Blinkhorn
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Junling Gao, Hua Fu, Jiang Li, Yingnan Jia
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Emma McMahon, Jacqui Webster, Kerin O’Dea, Julie Brimblecombe
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Protocol: a ‘One health’ two year follow-up, mixed methods study on antibiotic resistance, focusing children under 5 and their environment in rural India
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