BMC Public Health

Status of implementation of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Ghana: a qualitative study

Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Ann McNeill, Sarah Lewis, Anna Gilmore, John Britton

Women's evaluation of abuse and violence care in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial (weave)

Kelsey L Hegarty, Jane M Gunn, Lorna J O'Doherty, Angela Taft, Patty Chondros, Gene Feder, Jill Astbury, Stephanie Brown

A randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness evaluation of "booster" interventions to sustain increases in physical activity in middle-aged adults in deprived urban neighbourhoods

Daniel Hind, Emma J Scott, Robert Copeland, Jeff D Breckon, Helen Crank, Stephen J Walters, John E Brazier, Jon Nicholl, Cindy Cooper, Elizabeth Goyder

Understanding how education/support groups help lone mothers

Ellen L Lipman, Meghan Kenny, Susan Jack, Ruth Cameron, Margaret Secord, Carolyn Byrne

Long-term follow-up of beryllium sensitized workers from a single employer

Mona Duggal, David C Deubner, Anne M Curtis, Mark R Cullen

Health-related quality of life among individuals with long-standing spinal cord injury: a comparative study of veterans and non-veterans

Soheil Saadat, Masoud Javadi, Baharak Sabet Divshali, Amir Hussein Tavakoli, Seyed Mohammad Ghodsi, Ali Montazeri, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar

Do consumers' preferences for improved provision of malaria treatment services differ by their socio-economic status and geographic location? A study in southeast Nigeria

Nkoli P Uguru, Obinna E Onwujekwe, Nnenna G Tasie, Benjamin S Uzochukwu, Uche E Ezeoke

The influence of a high intensity physical activity intervention on a selection of health related outcomes: an ecological approach

Duncan S Buchan, Stewart Ollis, Non E Thomas, Julien S Baker

Differences in socioeconomic and gender inequalities in tobacco smoking in Denmark and Sweden; a cross sectional comparison of the equity effect of different public health policies

Frida Eek, Per-Olof Östergren, Finn Diderichsen, Niels K Rasmussen, Ingelise Andersen, Kontie Moussa, Mathias Grahn

Physical activity recommendations for health: what should Europe do?

Pekka Oja, Fiona C Bull, Mikael Fogelholm, Brian W Martin

Computer-associated health complaints and sources of ergonomic instructions in computer-related issues among Finnish adolescents: A cross-sectional study

Paula T Hakala, Lea A Saarni, Ritva L Ketola, Erja T Rahkola, Jouko J Salminen, Arja H Rimpelä

Diabetes mellitus and hypertension have comparable adverse effects on health-related quality of life

Tamara Poljičanin, Dea Ajduković, Mario Šekerija, Mirjana Pibernik-Okanović, Željko Metelko, Gorka Vuletić Mavrinac

Understanding the facilitators and barriers of antiretroviral adherence in Peru: A qualitative study

Walter H Curioso, Deanna Kepka, Robinson Cabello, Patricia Segura, Ann E Kurth

Road traffic crash circumstances and consequences among young unlicensed drivers: A Swedish cohort study on socioeconomic disparities

Christina L Hanna, Marie Hasselberg, Lucie Laflamme, Jette Möller

Blood glucose testing and primary prevention of diabetes mellitus type 2 - evaluation of the effect of evidence based patient information

Jutta Genz, Burkhard Haastert, Gabriele Meyer, Anke Steckelberg, Hardy Müller, Frank Verheyen, Dennis Cole, Wolfgang Rathmann, Bettina Nowotny, Michael Roden, Guido Giani, Andreas Mielck, Christian Ohmann, Andrea Icks

Current use of smokeless tobacco among adolescents in the Republic of Congo

Emmanuel Rudatsikira, Adamson S Muula, Seter Siziya

Analysis of the UK recommendations on obesity based on a proposed implementation framework

Amudha S Poobalan, Lorna S Aucott, Sheraz Ahmed, W Cairns S Smith

Household costs of illness during different phases of tuberculosis treatment in Central Asia: a patient survey in Tajikistan

Raffael Ayé, Kaspar Wyss, Hanifa Abdualimova, Sadullo Saidaliev

Partner notification for sexually transmitted infections in developing countries: a systematic review

Nazmul Alam, Eric Chamot, Sten H Vermund, Kim Streatfield, Sibylle Kristensen

Adverse childhood experiences are associated with the risk of lung cancer: a prospective cohort study

David W Brown, Robert F Anda, Vincent J Felitti, Valerie J Edwards, Ann Marie Malarcher, Janet B Croft, Wayne H Giles

Prevalence and risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth infection in mothers and their infants in Butajira, Ethiopia: a population based study

Yeshambel Belyhun, Girmay Medhin, Alemayehu Amberbir, Berhanu Erko, Charlotte Hanlon, Atalay Alem, Andrea Venn, John Britton, Gail Davey

Sense of coherence and intentions to retire early among Finnish women and men

Salla-Maarit Volanen, Sakari Suominen, Eero Lahelma, Karoliina Koskenvuo, Markku Koskenvuo, Karri Silventoinen

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in Northwest Russia: the Arkhangelsk study

Oleg Sidorenkov, Odd Nilssen, Tormod Brenn, Sergey Martiushov, Vadim L Arkhipovsky, Andrej M Grjibovski

Decreasing sperm quality: a global problem?

Hiltrud Merzenich, Hajo Zeeb, Maria Blettner

Rationale and design of the CAPAMIS study: Effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination against community-acquired pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction and stroke

Angel Vila-Corcoles, Inmaculada Hospital-Guardiola, Olga Ochoa-Gondar, Cinta de Diego, Elisabet Salsench, Xavier Raga, Cruz M Fuentes-Bellido

Spatio-temporal trends of mortality in small areas of Southern Spain

Ricardo Ocaña-Riola, José María Mayoral-Cortés

Prevalence and predictors of undernutrition among infants aged six and twelve months in Butajira, Ethiopia: The P-MaMiE Birth Cohort

Girmay Medhin, Charlotte Hanlon, Michael Dewey, Atalay Alem, Fikru Tesfaye, Bogale Worku, Mark Tomlinson, Martin Prince

Referrals for positive tuberculin tests in new health care workers and students: a retrospective cohort study

Yining Xu, Kevin Schwartzman

Running away experience and psychoactive substance use among adolescents in Taiwan: multi-city street outreach survey

Shi-Heng Wang, Wen-Chun Chen, Chih-Yin Lew-Ting, Chuan-Yu Chen, Wei J Chen

AIDS knowledge and sexual activity among Flemish secondary school students: a multilevel analysis of the effects of type of education

Ronan Van Rossem, Hans Berten, Charlotte Van Tuyckom

Sentinel surveillance system for early outbreak detection in Madagascar

Laurence Randrianasolo, Yolande Raoelina, Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, Lisette Ravolomanana, Soa Andriamandimby, Jean-Michel Heraud, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Robinson Ramanjato, Armand Eugène Randrianarivo-Solofoniaina, Vincent Richard

A survey in rural China of parent-absence through migrant working: the impact on their children's self-concept and loneliness

Li-Juan Liu, Xun Sun, Chun-Li Zhang, Yue Wang, Qiang Guo

Rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of an exercise program to improve the quality of life of patients with heart failure in primary care: The EFICAR study protocol

Ana Zuazagoitia, Gonzalo Grandes, Jesús Torcal, Iñaki Lekuona, Pilar Echevarria, Manuel A Gómez, Mar Domingo, Maria M de la Torre, Jose I Ramírez, Imanol Montoya, Juana Oyanguren, Ricardo Ortega-Sánchez Pinilla

Is there a demand for physical activity interventions provided by the health care sector? Findings from a population survey

Matti E Leijon, Diana Stark-Ekman, Per Nilsen, Kerstin Ekberg, Lars Walter, Agneta Ståhle, Preben Bendtsen

A tuberculin skin test survey among Ghanaian school children

Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Susan van den Hof, Gloria Ivy Mensah, Adukwei Hesse, Christian Bonsu, Kwadwo Ansah Koram, Felix Kwami Afutu, Frank Adae Bonsu

The effect of gold kiwifruit consumed with an iron fortified breakfast cereal meal on iron status in women with low iron stores: A 16 week randomised controlled intervention study

Kathryn Beck, Cathryn Conlon, Rozanne Kruger, Jane Coad, Welma Stonehouse

Patterns of smoking and its association with psychosocial work conditions among blue-collar and service employees of hospitality venues in Shenyang, PR China

Xun Li, Huiying Liang, Xuelian Li, Peng Guan, Zhihua Yin, Baosen Zhou

The Peripheral Arterial disease study (PERART/ARTPER): prevalence and risk factors in the general population

María Teresa Alzamora, Rosa Forés, José Miguel Baena-Díez, Guillem Pera, Pere Toran, Marta Sorribes, Marisa Vicheto, María Dolores Reina, Amparo Sancho, Carlos Albaladejo, Judith Llussà

The use of conspicuity aids by cyclists and risk of crashes involving other road users: a protocol for a population based case-control study

Philip D Miller, Denise Kendrick, Carol Coupland, Frank Coffey

Relationship between perceived body weight and body mass index based on self- reported height and weight among university students: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries

Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Annette E Maxwell, Walid El Ansari, Christiane Stock, Janina Petkeviciene, Francisco Guillen-Grima

Characteristics and risk factors for symptomatic Giardia lamblia infections in Germany

Werner Espelage, Matthias an der Heiden, Klaus Stark, Katharina Alpers

Differences in school environment, school policy and actions regarding overweight prevention between Dutch schools. A nationwide survey

Salome Scholtens, Lideke Middelbeek, Suzanne I Rutz, Goof Buijs, Wanda JE Bemelmans

Evaluation of health promotion in schools: a realistic evaluation approach using mixed methods

Jeanine Pommier, Marie-Renée Guével, Didier Jourdan

Second-hand smoke and chronic bronchitis in Taiwanese women: a health-care based study

Chia-Fang Wu, Nan-Hsiung Feng, Inn-Wen Chong, Kuen-Yuh Wu, Chien-Hung Lee, Jhi-Jhu Hwang, Chia-Tsuan Huang, Chung-Ying Lee, Shao-Ting Chou, David C Christiani, Ming-Tsang Wu

Burden of injury in childhood and adolescence in 8 European countries

Suzanne Polinder, Juanita A Haagsma, Hidde Toet, Marco JP Brugmans, Ed F van Beeck

Comparison of hip fracture incidence and trends between Germany and Austria 1995-2004: An epidemiological study

Eva Mann, Gabriele Meyer, Burkhart Haastert, Andrea Icks

Awareness of school students on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their sexual behavior: a cross-sectional study conducted in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Mudassir Anwar, Syed Azhar S Sulaiman, Keivan Ahmadi, Tahir M Khan

The association between farming activities, precipitation, and the risk of acute gastrointestinal illness in rural municipalities of Quebec, Canada: a cross-sectional study

Yossi Febriani, Patrick Levallois, Suzanne Gingras, Pierre Gosselin, Shannon E Majowicz, Manon D Fleury

A participatory parent-focused intervention promoting physical activity in preschools: design of a cluster-randomized trial

Freia De Bock, Joachim E Fischer, Kristina Hoffmann, Herbert Renz-Polster

Is there a role for workplaces in reducing employees' driving to work? Findings from a cross-sectional survey from inner-west Sydney, Australia

Li Ming Wen, James Kite, Chris Rissel

Weight maintenance as a tight rope walk - a Grounded Theory study

Kristina Lindvall, Christel Larsson, Lars Weinehall, Maria Emmelin

Assessing local determinants of neural tube defects in the Heshun Region, Shanxi Province, China

Jin-Feng Wang, Xin Liu, George Christakos, Yi-Lan Liao, Xue Gu, Xiao-Ying Zheng

Acculturation and self-reported health among Hispanics using a socio-behavioral model: the North Texas Healthy Heart Study

Katandria L Johnson, Joan F Carroll, Kimberly G Fulda, Kathryn Cardarelli, Roberto Cardarelli

Primary care Identification and Referral to Improve Safety of women experiencing domestic violence (IRIS): protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial

Alison Gregory, Jean Ramsay, Roxane Agnew-Davies, Kathleen Baird, Angela Devine, Danielle Dunne, Sandra Eldridge, Annie Howell, Medina Johnson, Clare Rutterford, Debbie Sharp, Gene Feder

Intergenerational educational mobility is associated with cardiovascular disease risk behaviours in a cohort of young Australian adults: The Childhood Determinants of Adult Health (CDAH) Study

Seana L Gall, Joan Abbott-Chapman, George C Patton, Terence Dwyer, Alison Venn

The impact of parental migration on health status and health behaviours among left behind adolescent school children in China

Yang Gao, Li Ping Li, Jean Hee Kim, Nathan Congdon, Joseph Lau, Sian Griffiths

Emotional, behavioural problems and cigarette smoking in adolescence: findings of a Greek cross-sectional study

George Giannakopoulos, Chara Tzavara, Christine Dimitrakaki, Gerasimos Kolaitis, Vasiliki Rotsika, Yannis Tountas

Cluster randomized trial in smoking cessation with intensive advice in diabetic patients in primary care. ITADI Study

Lydia Roig, Santiago Perez, Gemma Prieto, Carlos Martin, Mamta Advani, Angelina Armengol, Pilar Roura, Josep Maria Manresa, Elena Briones

Construct validation of a non-exercise measure of cardiorespiratory fitness in older adults

Emily L Mailey, Siobhan M White, Thomas R Wójcicki, Amanda N Szabo, Arthur F Kramer, Edward McAuley

Are we doing enough? Evaluation of the Polio Eradication Initiative in a district of Pakistan's Punjab province: a LQAS study

Muhammad Umair Mushtaq, Muhammad Ashraf Majrooh, Mohsin Zia Sana Ullah, Javed Akram, Arif Mahmood Siddiqui, Mushtaq Ahmad Shad, Muhammad Waqas, Hussain Muhammad Abdullah, Waqar Ahmad, Ubeera Shahid, Usman Khurshid

What physicians want to learn about sickness certification: analyses of questionnaire data from 4019 physicians

Anna Löfgren, Jan Hagberg, Kristina Alexanderson

Effects of worksite health promotion interventions on employee diets: a systematic review

Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Louise M Aston, Susan A Jebb

Antecedents of teenage pregnancy from a 14-year follow-up study using data linkage

Jennifer Gaudie, Francis Mitrou, David Lawrence, Fiona J Stanley, Sven R Silburn, Stephen R Zubrick

Clinical validity of a population database definition of remission in patients with major depression

Antoni Sicras-Mainar, Milagrosa Blanca-Tamayo, Laura Gutiérrez-Nicuesa, Jordi Salvatella-Pasant, Ruth Navarro-Artieda

Scaling up community-based obesity prevention in Australia: Background and evaluation design of the Health Promoting Communities: Being Active Eating Well initiative

Andrea M de Silva-Sanigorski, Kristy Bolton, Michelle Haby, Peter Kremer, Lisa Gibbs, Elizabeth Waters, Boyd Swinburn

Perceived connections between information and communication technology use and mental symptoms among young adults - a qualitative study

Sara Thomée, Lotta Dellve, Annika Härenstam, Mats Hagberg

Incidence of oral cancer in relation to nickel and arsenic concentrations in farm soils of patients' residential areas in Taiwan

Che-Chun Su, Yo-Yu Lin, Tsun-Kuo Chang, Chi-Ting Chiang, Jian-An Chung, Yun-Ying Hsu, Ie-Bin Lian

Drivers and barriers to acceptance of human-papillomavirus vaccination among young women: a qualitative and quantitative study

Gitte Lee Mortensen

A tailored lifestyle intervention to reduce the cardiovascular disease risk of individuals with Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH): design of the PRO-FIT randomised controlled trial

Karen Broekhuizen, Mireille NM van Poppel, Lando LJ Koppes, Johannes Brug, Willem van Mechelen

Incentive payments to general practitioners aimed at increasing opportunistic testing of young women for chlamydia: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial

Jade E Bilardi, Christopher K Fairley, Meredith J Temple-Smith, Marie V Pirotta, Kathleen M McNamee, Siobhan Bourke, Lyle C Gurrin, Margaret Hellard, Lena A Sanci, Michelle J Wills, Jennifer Walker, Marcus Y Chen, Jane S Hocking

Completeness of hepatitis, brucellosis, syphilis, measles and HIV/AIDS surveillance in Izmir, Turkey

Raika Durusoy, Ali O Karababa

TB treatment initiation and adherence in a South African community influenced more by perceptions than by knowledge of tuberculosis

Jane M Cramm, Harry JM Finkenflügel, Valerie Møller, Anna P Nieboer

Body piercing and tattoo: awareness of health related risks among 4,277 Italian secondary school adolescents

Luca Cegolon, Enrico Miatto, Melania Bortolotto, Mirca Benetton, Francesco Mazzoleni, Giuseppe Mastrangelo

Determinants of smoking initiation among women in five European countries: a cross-sectional survey

Debora L Oh, Julia E Heck, Carolyn Dresler, Shane Allwright, Margaretha Haglund, Sara S Del Mazo, Eva Kralikova, Isabelle Stucker, Elizabeth Tamang, Ellen R Gritz, Mia Hashibe

Factors associated with dental visit and barriers to utilisation of oral health care services in a sample of antenatal mothers in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

Norkhafizah Saddki, Azizah Yusoff, Yew L Hwang

Children's tooth decay in a public health program to encourage low-income pregnant women to utilize dental care

Peter Milgrom, Marilynn Sutherland, R Mike Shirtcliff, Sharity Ludwig, Darlene Smolen

The evaluation of a Taiwanese training program in smoking cessation and the trainees' adherence to a practice guideline

Fei-Ran Guo, Ling-Yu Hung, Chih-Jen Chang, Kai-Kuen Leung, Ching-Yu Chen

The role of social support and social networks in smoking behavior among middle and older aged people in rural areas of South Korea: A cross-sectional study

E Hwa Yun, Yoon Hwa Kang, Min Kyung Lim, Jin-Kyoung Oh, Jung Min Son

The population approach to falls injury prevention in older people: findings of a two community trial

Rod J McClure, Karen Hughes, Cizao Ren, Kirsten McKenzie, Uta Dietrich, Paul Vardon, Elizabeth Davis, Beth Newman

Study Protocol - Accurate assessment of kidney function in Indigenous Australians: aims and methods of the eGFR Study

Louise J Maple-Brown, Paul D Lawton, Jaquelyne T Hughes, Suresh K Sharma, Graham RD Jones, Andrew G Ellis, Wendy Hoy, Alan Cass, Richard J MacIsaac, Ashim K Sinha, Mark AB Thomas, Leonard S Piers, Leigh C Ward, Katrina Drabsch, Sianna Panagiotopoulos, Robyn McDermott, Kevin Warr, Sajiv Cherian, Alex Brown, George Jerums, Kerin O'Dea

A group-randomized controlled trial for health promotion in Girl Scouts: Healthier Troops in a SNAP (Scouting Nutrition & Activity Program)

Richard R Rosenkranz, Timothy K Behrens, David A Dzewaltowski

Waist circumference cut-off values for the prediction of cardiovascular risk factors clustering in Chinese school-aged children: a cross-sectional study

Ailing Liu, Andrew P Hills, Xiaoqi Hu, Yanping Li, Lin Du, Ying Xu, Nuala M Byrne, Guansheng Ma

Epidemiology of burn injuries in the East Mediterranean Region: a systematic review

Nasih Othman, Denise Kendrick

Surveillance of febrile patients in a district and evaluation of their spatiotemporal associations: a pilot study

Kin-wing Choi, Ngai-sze Wong, Lap-yip Lee, Shui-shan Lee

Could giardiasis be a risk factor for low zinc status in schoolchildren from northwestern Mexico? A cross-sectional study with longitudinal follow-up

Luis Quihui, Gloria G Morales, Rosa O Méndez, Johanna G Leyva, Julián Esparza, Mauro E Valencia

Breast cancer incidence and mortality in Tyrol/Austria after fifteen years of opportunistic mammography screening

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

Changes of overweight and obesity in the adult Swiss population according to educational level, from 1992 to 2007

Pedro Marques-Vidal, Pascal Bovet, Fred Paccaud, Arnaud Chiolero

Health-related physical fitness and weight status in Hong Kong adolescents

Kwok-Kei Mak, Sai-Yin Ho, Wing-Sze Lo, G Neil Thomas, Alison M McManus, Jeffrey R Day, Tai-Hing Lam

Effectiveness of intensive group and individual interventions for smoking cessation in primary health care settings: a randomized trial

Maria Ramos, Joana Ripoll, Teresa Estrades, Isabel Socias, Antonia Fe, Rosa Duro, Maria José González, Margarita Servera

How does community context influence coalitions in the formation stage? a multiple case study based on the Community Coalition Action Theory

Michelle C Kegler, Jessica Rigler, Sally Honeycutt

The prevalence of hypertension, obesity and dyslipidemia in individuals of over 30 years of age belonging to minorities from the pasture area of Xinjiang

Xiao-Guang Yao, Florian Frommlet, Ling Zhou, Feiya Zu, Hong-Mei Wang, Zhi-Tao Yan, Wen-Li Luo, Jing Hong, Xin-Ling Wang, Nan-Fang Li

Prevention among immigrants: the example of Germany

Jacob Spallek, Hajo Zeeb, Oliver Razum

Factors influencing implementation of the Ministry of Health-led private medicine retailer programmes on malaria in Kenya

Yvonne Rowa, Timothy O Abuya, Wilfred K Mutemi, Sam Ochola, Sassy Molyneux, Vicki Marsh

Drug problems among homeless individuals in Toronto, Canada: prevalence, drugs of choice, and relation to health status

Michelle N Grinman, Shirley Chiu, Donald A Redelmeier, Wendy Levinson, Alex Kiss, George Tolomiczenko, Laura Cowan, Stephen W Hwang

Facilitating access to pre-processed research evidence in public health

Paula Robeson, Maureen Dobbins, Kara DeCorby, Daiva Tirilis

Determinants of male reproductive health disorders: the Men in Australia Telephone Survey (MATeS)

Carol A Holden, Robert I McLachlan, Marian Pitts, Robert Cumming, Gary Wittert, Johnathon P Ehsani, David M de Kretser, David J Handelsman

The VicGeneration study - a birth cohort to examine the environmental, behavioural and biological predictors of early childhood caries: background, aims and methods

Andrea M de Silva-Sanigorski, Hanny Calache, Mark Gussy, Stuart Dashper, Jane Gibson, Elizabeth Waters

Hepatitis B and liver cancer knowledge and practices among healthcare and public health professionals in China: a cross-sectional study

Jonathan Chao, Ellen T Chang, Samuel KS So

Socioeconomic deprivation, urban-rural location and alcohol-related mortality in England and Wales

Sally Erskine, Ravi Maheswaran, Tim Pearson, Dermot Gleeson

The French Observational Cohort of Usual Smokers (FOCUS) cohort: French smokers perceptions and attitudes towards smoking cessation

Henri-Jean Aubin, Gérard Peiffer, Anne Stoebner-Delbarre, Eric Vicaut, Yasmine Jeanpetit, Anne Solesse, Geneviève Bonnelye, Daniel Thomas

The Edinburgh Addiction Cohort: recruitment and follow-up of a primary care based sample of injection drug users and non drug-injecting controls

John Macleod, Lorraine Copeland, Matthew Hickman, James McKenzie, Jo Kimber, Daniela De Angelis, James R Robertson

HIV prevention for South African youth: which interventions work? A systematic review of current evidence

Abigail Harrison, Marie-Louise Newell, John Imrie, Graeme Hoddinott

Diet and lifestyle interventions in postpartum women in China: study design and rationale of a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Wei Bao, Aiguo Ma, Limei Mao, Jianqiang Lai, Mei Xiao, Guoqiang Sun, Yingying Ouyang, Shuang Wu, Wei Yang, Nanping Wang, Yanting Zhao, Juan Fu, Liegang Liu

Social network types and functional dependency in older adults in Mexico

Svetlana Vladislavovna Doubova (Dubova), Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas, Patricia Espinosa-Alarcón, Sergio Flores-Hernández

Hepatotoxicity and effectiveness of a Nevirapine-based antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients with or without viral hepatitis B or C infection in Cameroon

Jules B Tchatchueng Mbougua, Christian Laurent, Charles Kouanfack, Anke Bourgeois, Laura Ciaffi, Alexandra Calmy, Henri Gwet, Sinata Koulla-Shiro, Jacques Ducos, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngolé, Nicolas Molinari, Eric Delaporte

Demographic and behavioral characteristics of non-sex worker females attending sexually transmitted disease clinics in Japan: a nationwide case-control study

Masako Ono-Kihara, Tatsuya Sato, Hideko Kato, Sonia P Suguimoto-Watanabe, Saman Zamani, Masahiro Kihara

The Boston Puerto Rican Health Study, a longitudinal cohort study on health disparities in Puerto Rican adults: challenges and opportunities

Katherine L Tucker, Josiemer Mattei, Sabrina E Noel, Bridgette M Collado, Jackie Mendez, Jason Nelson, John Griffith, Jose M Ordovas, Luis M Falcon

Absolute risk representation in cardiovascular disease prevention: comprehension and preferences of health care consumers and general practitioners involved in a focus group study

Sophie Hill, Janet Spink, Dominique Cadilhac, Adrian Edwards, Caroline Kaufman, Sophie Rogers, Rebecca Ryan, Andrew Tonkin

The height-, weight-, and BMI-for-age of Polish school-aged children and adolescents relative to international and local growth references

Zbigniew Kulaga, Mieczysław Litwin, Marcin Tkaczyk, Agnieszka Różdżyńska, Katarzyna Barwicka, Aneta Grajda, Anna Świąder, Beata Gurzkowska, Ewelina Napieralska, Huiqi Pan

Effect of an individually tailored one-year energy balance programme on body weight, body composition and lifestyle in recent retirees: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Andrea Werkman, Paul JM Hulshof, Annette Stafleu, Stef PJ Kremers, Frans J Kok, Evert G Schouten, Albertine J Schuit

Antiretroviral treatment adherence among HIV patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Karl Peltzer, Natalie Friend-du Preez, Shandir Ramlagan, Jane Anderson

Factors associated with low cure rate of tuberculosis in remote poor areas of Shaanxi Province, China: a case control study

Xianqin Ai, Ke Men, Liujia Guo, Tianhua Zhang, Yan Zhao, Xiaolu Sun, Hongwei Zhang, Guangxue He, Marieke J van der Werf, Susan van den Hof

The quality of life of patients with genital warts: a qualitative study

Gitte Lee Mortensen, Helle K Larsen

The study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a family-centred tobacco control program about environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) to reduce respiratory illness in Indigenous infants

Vanessa Johnston, Natalie Walker, David P Thomas, Marewa Glover, Anne B Chang, Chris Bullen, Peter Morris, Ngiare Brown, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Ron Borland, Catherine Segan, Adrian Trenholme, Toni Mason, Debra Fenton, Kane Ellis

Understanding resilience in same-sex parented families: the work, love, play study

Jennifer J Power, Amaryll Perlesz, Margot J Schofield, Marian K Pitts, Rhonda Brown, Ruth McNair, Anna Barrett, Andrew Bickerdike

Migration and child immunization in Nigeria: individual- and community-level contexts

Diddy Antai

The construct validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Spreitzer's psychological empowerment scale

Sarp Uner, Sevgi Turan

Socioeconomic determinants of psychotropic drug utilisation among elderly: a national population-based cross-sectional study

Eva Lesén, Karolina Andersson, Max Petzold, Anders Carlsten

Levelling off of prevalence of obesity in the adult population of Sweden between 2000/01 and 2004/05

Jan Sundquist, Sven-Erik Johansson, Kristina Sundquist

Worksite interventions for preventing physical deterioration among employees in job-groups with high physical work demands: Background, design and conceptual model of FINALE

Andreas Holtermann, Marie B Jørgensen, Bibi Gram, Jeanette R Christensen, Anne Faber, Kristian Overgaard, John Ektor-Andersen, Ole S Mortensen, Gisela Sjøgaard, Karen Søgaard

The publics' understanding of daily caloric recommendations and their perceptions of calorie posting in chain restaurants

Sara N Bleich, Keshia M Pollack

Hygiene inspections on passenger ships in Europe - an overview

Varvara A Mouchtouri, Sandra Westacott, Gordon Nichols, Tobias Riemer, Mel Skipp, Christopher LR Bartlett, Jenny Kremastinou, Christos Hadjichristodoulou

A novel school-based intervention to improve nutrition knowledge in children: cluster randomised controlled trial

Rajalakshmi R Lakshman, Stephen J Sharp, Ken K Ong, Nita G Forouhi

Assessing the congruence between perceived connectivity and network centrality measures specific to pandemic influenza preparedness in Alberta

Justin N Hall, Spencer Moore, Alan Shiell

Canadian survey on pandemic flu preparations

Paul Ritvo, Kumanan Wilson, JL Gibson, C Guglietti, CS Tracy, JX Nie, AR Jadad, REG Upshur

'I guess my own fancy screwed me over': transitions in drug use and the context of choice among young people entrenched in an open drug scene

Danya Fast, Will Small, Andrea Krüsi, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr

National survey of the association of depressive symptoms with the number of off duty and on-call, and sleep hours among physicians working in Japanese hospitals: a cross sectional study

Koji Wada, Toru Yoshikawa, Takahisa Goto, Aizan Hirai, Eisuke Matsushima, Yoshifumi Nakashima, Rie Akaho, Michiko Kido, Takashi Hosaka

Determinants of public trust in complementary and alternative medicine

Evelien van der Schee, Peter P Groenewegen

Assessing the accessibility of HIV care packages among tuberculosis patients in the Northwest Region, Cameroon

Nwarbébé Barnabas Njozing, San Sebastian Miguel, Pius Muffih Tih, Anna-Karin Hurtig

University life and pandemic influenza: Attitudes and intended behaviour of staff and students towards pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Debbie Van, Mary-Louise McLaws, Jacinta Crimmins, C Raina MacIntyre, Holly Seale

Effectiveness of a parenting programme in a public health setting: a randomised controlled trial of the positive parenting programme (Triple P) level 3 versus care as usual provided by the preventive child healthcare (PCH)

Willem Spijkers, Daniëlle EMC Jansen, Gea de Meer, Sijmen A Reijneveld

Prevention of recurrent sickness absence among employees with common mental disorders: design of a cluster-randomised controlled trial with cost-benefit and effectiveness evaluation

Iris Arends, Jac JL van der Klink, Ute Bültmann

Effect of medication review and cognitive behaviour treatment by community pharmacists of patients discharged from the hospital on drug related problems and compliance: design of a randomized controlled trial

Abeer Ahmad, Jacqueline Hugtenburg, Laura MC Welschen, Jacqueline M Dekker, Giel Nijpels

Hormone Replacement Therapy advertising: sense and nonsense on the web pages of the best-selling pharmaceuticals in Spain

Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Marta Martín-Llaguno, María Teresa Ruiz-Cantero, Pablo Alonso-Coello

Socio-economic differences in life expectancy among persons with diabetes mellitus or myocardial infarction: results from the German MONICA/KORA study

Laura Perna, Uta Thien-Seitz, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Christa Meisinger, Andreas Mielck

Risk levels for suffering a traffic injury in primary health care. The LESIONAT* project

Carlos Martín-Cantera, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Lydia Roig, Susana Valiente, Katherine Perez, Luis Garcia-Ortiz, Jordi Bel, Fernando Marques, Xavier Mundet, Xavier Bonafont, Marti Birules, Núria Soldevila, Elena Briones

Towards achieving Abuja targets: identifying and addressing barriers to access and use of insecticides treated nets among the poorest populations in Kenya

Jane Chuma, Vincent Okungu, Janet Ntwiga, Catherine Molyneux

Self-reported anticipated compliance with physician advice to stay home during pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Results from the 2009 Queensland Social Survey

Lawrence H Brown, Peter Aitken, Peter A Leggat, Richard Speare

The characteristics of impaired fasting glucose associated with obesity and dyslipidaemia in a Chinese population

Yun Qian, Yudi Lin, Tiemei Zhang, Jianling Bai, Feng Chen, Yi Zhang, Senlin Luo, Hongbing Shen

Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome among rural original adults in NingXia, China

Zhao Yi, Jin Jing, Liu Xiu-ying, Xu Hongxia, Yang Jianjun, Zhang Yuhong

Association between physical activity and metabolic syndrome: a cross sectional survey in adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Trang HHD Nguyen, Hong K Tang, Patrick Kelly, Hidde P van der Ploeg, Michael J Dibley

Geographic access to care is not a determinant of child mortality in a rural Kenyan setting with high health facility density

Jennifer C Moïsi, Hellen Gatakaa, Abdisalan M Noor, Thomas N Williams, Evasius Bauni, Benjamin Tsofa, Orin S Levine, J Anthony G Scott

Central blood pressure and pulse wave velocity: relationship to target organ damage and cardiovascular morbidity-mortality in diabetic patients or metabolic syndrome. An observational prospective study. LOD-DIABETES study protocol

Manuel A Gómez-Marcos, José I Recio-Rodríguez, Emiliano Rodríguez-Sánchez, Yolanda Castaño-Sánchez, Angela de Cabo-Laso, Benigna Sánchez-Salgado, Carmela Rodríguez-Martín, Carmen Castaño-Sánchez, Leticia Gómez-Sánchez, Luis García-Ortiz

Randomised controlled trial of the effects of physical activity feedback on awareness and behaviourin UK adults: the FAB study protocol [ISRCTN92551397]

Clare Watkinson, Esther MF van Sluijs, Stephen Sutton, Theresa Marteau, Simon J Griffin

Effect on longitudinal growth and anemia of zinc or multiple micronutrients added to vitamin A: a randomized controlled trial in children aged 6-24 months

Meera K Chhagan, Jan Van den Broeck, Kany-Kany A Luabeya, Nontobeko Mpontshane, Andrew Tomkins, Michael L Bennish

Breast and cervical cancer screening among women in metropolitan areas of the United States by county-level commuting time to work and use of public transportation, 2004 and 2006

Steven S Coughlin, Jessica King

Exploring cross-sectional associations between common childhood illness, housing and social conditions in remote Australian Aboriginal communities

Ross Bailie, Matthew Stevens, Elizabeth McDonald, David Brewster, Steve Guthridge

"Well, it's nobody's responsibility but my own." A qualitative study to explore views about the determinants of health and prevention of knee pain in older adults

Clare Jinks, Bie Nio Ong, Tracey O'Neill

Paniya Voices: A Participatory Poverty and Health Assessment among a marginalized South Indian tribal population

KS Mohindra, D Narayana, CK Harikrishnadas, SS Anushreedha, Slim Haddad

Protocol of the baseline assessment for the Environments for Healthy Living (EHL) Wales cohort study

Rebecca A Hill, Sinead Brophy, Huw Brunt, Mel Storey, Non E Thomas, Catherine A Thornton, Stephen Palmer, Frank Dunstan, Shantini Paranjothy, Roderick McClure, Sarah E Rodgers, Ronan A Lyons

An evaluation of gender equity in different models of primary care practices in Ontario

Simone Dahrouge, William Hogg, Meltem Tuna, Grant Russell, Rose Anne Devlin, Peter Tugwell, Elisabeth Kristjansson

Cross-national differences in clinically significant cannabis problems: epidemiologic evidence from 'cannabis-only' smokers in the United States, Mexico, and Colombia

Fabian Fiestas, Mirjana Radovanovic, Silvia S Martins, Maria E Medina-Mora, Jose Posada-Villa, James C Anthony

Development and validation of a population-based prediction scale for osteoporotic fracture in the region of Valencia, Spain: the ESOSVAL-R study

José Sanfélix-Genovés, Salvador Peiró, Gabriel Sanfélix-Gimeno, Vicente Giner, Vicente Gil, Manuel Pascual, Carlos Fluixá, Antonio Fuertes, Isabel Hurtado, Inmaculada Ferreros

Factors associated with educational aspirations among adolescents: cues to counteract socioeconomic differences?

Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Peter Tavel, Jitse P van Dijk, Thomas Abel, Sijmen A Reijneveld

Use of a liquid nicotine delivery product to promote smoking cessation

Nicholas Geimer, Carl E Olson, Deborah Baumgarten, James L Kepner, Martin C Mahoney

An analysis of risk factors of non-fatal drowning among children in rural areas of Guangdong Province, China: a case-control study

Wen Jun Ma, Shao Ping Nie, Hao Feng Xu, Yan Jun Xu, Xiu Ling Song, Qiao Zhi Guo, Yu Run Zhang

Estimating attendance for breast cancer screening in ethnic groups in London

Christine Renshaw, Ruth H Jack, Steve Dixon, Henrik Møller, Elizabeth A Davies

The prevalence of stunting, overweight and obesity, and metabolic disease risk in rural South African children

Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage, Kathleen Kahn, John M Pettifor, Stephen M Tollman, David B Dunger, Xavier F Gómez-Olivé, Shane A Norris

Influenza vaccination coverage of healthcare workers and residents and their determinants in nursing homes for elderly people in France: a cross-sectional survey

Sophie Vaux, Delphine Noël, Laure Fonteneau, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Daniel Lévy-Bruhl

An intervention to stop smoking among patients suspected of TB - evaluation of an integrated approach

Kamran Siddiqi, Amir Khan, Maqsood Ahmad, Shafiq-ur-Rehman

Sex, age, deprivation and patterns in life expectancy in Quebec, Canada: a population-based study

Nathalie Auger, Carolyne Alix, Geng Zang, Mark Daniel

The Heavy Vehicle Study: a case-control study investigating risk factors for crash in long distance heavy vehicle drivers in Australia

Mark Stevenson, Lisa N Sharwood, Keith Wong, Jane Elkington, Lynn Meuleners, Rebecca Q Ivers, Ron R Grunstein, Ann Williamson, Narelle Haworth, Robyn Norton

Post epidemic giardiasis and gastrointestinal symptoms among preschool children in Bergen, Norway. A cross-sectional study

Kristin M Mellingen, Anita Midtun, Kurt Hanevik, Geir E Eide, Øystein Søbstad, Nina Langeland

Security lies in obedience - Voices of young women of a slum in Pakistan

Saima Hamid, Eva Johansson, Birgitta Rubenson

Do 'good values' lead to 'good' health-behaviours? Longitudinal associations between young people's values and later substance-use

Robert Young, Patrick West

Design of the Advance Directives Cohort: a study of end-of-life decision-making focusing on Advance Directives

Matthijs PS van Wijmen, Mette L Rurup, H Roeline W Pasman, Pam J Kaspers, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen

Do financial incentives for delivering health promotion counselling work? Analysis of smoking cessation activities stimulated by the quality and outcomes framework

Tim Coleman

Analysis of the effectiveness of interventions used during the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic

Nilimesh Halder, Joel K Kelso, George J Milne

Peer substance use overestimation among French university students: a cross-sectional survey

Lionel Riou Franca, Bertrand Dautzenberg, Bruno Falissard, Michel Reynaud

Evidence for perinatal and child health care guidelines in crisis settings: can Cochrane help?

Tari J Turner, Hayley Barnes, Jane Reid, Marie Garrubba

Incidence of self-reported brain injury and the relationship with substance abuse: findings from a longitudinal community survey

Robert J Tait, Kaarin J Anstey, Peter Butterworth

Are the elderly more vulnerable to psychological impact of natural disaster? A population-based survey of adult survivors of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake

Zhaobao Jia, Wenhua Tian, Weizhi Liu, Yang Cao, Jin Yan, Zhisheng Shun

Cost implications of delays to tuberculosis diagnosis among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia

Mengiste M Mesfin, James N Newell, Richard J Madeley, Tolib N Mirzoev, Israel G Tareke, Yohannes T Kifle, Amanuel Gessessew, John D Walley

Behavioural intentions in response to an influenza pandemic

Gerjo Kok, Ruud Jonkers, Roger Gelissen, Ree Meertens, Herman Schaalma, Onno de Zwart

Factors associated with early menarche: results from the French Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study

Adrien Gaudineau, Virginie Ehlinger, Christophe Vayssiere, Beatrice Jouret, Catherine Arnaud, Emmanuelle Godeau

The psychometric properties of three self-report screening instruments for identifying frail older people in the community

Silke F Metzelthin, Ramon Daniëls, Erik van Rossum, Luc de Witte, Wim JA van den Heuvel, Gertrudis IJM Kempen

Low HIV testing rates among tuberculosis patients in Kampala, Uganda

Ibrahim Sendagire, Imke Schreuder, Mesach Mubiru, Maarten Schim van der Loeff, Frank Cobelens, Joseph Konde-Lule

Factors associated with sex in the context of methamphetamine use in different sexual venues among HIV-positive men who have sex with men

Shirley J Semple, Steffanie A Strathdee, Jim Zians, Thomas L Patterson

A prospective, longitudinal study of growth, nutrition and sedentary behaviour in young children with cerebral palsy

Kristie L Bell, Roslyn N Boyd, Sean M Tweedy, Kelly A Weir, Richard D Stevenson, Peter SW Davies

Estimation of HIV-1 incidence among five focal populations in Dehong, Yunnan: a hard hit area along a major drug trafficking route

Song Duan, Sheng Shen, Marc Bulterys, Yujiang Jia, Yuecheng Yang, Lifeng Xiang, Fei Tian, Lin Lu, Yao Xiao, Minjie Wang, Manhong Jia, Huazhou Jiang, Sten H Vermund, Yan Jiang

Does the number of free nicotine patches given to smokers calling a quitline influence quit rates: results from a quasi-experimental study

K Michael Cummings, Brian V Fix, Paula Celestino, Andrew Hyland, Martin Mahoney, Deborah J Ossip, Ursula Bauer

Health services utilisation disparities between English speaking and non-English speaking background Australian infants

Lixin Ou, Jack Chen, Ken Hillman

Gauging knowledge of developmental milestones among Albertan adults: a cross-sectional survey

Shivani Rikhy, Suzanne Tough, Barry Trute, Karen Benzies, Heather Kehler, David W Johnston

Comorbidities of obesity in school children: a cross-sectional study in the PIAMA birth cohort

Alet H Wijga, Salome Scholtens, Wanda JE Bemelmans, Johan C de Jongste, Marjan Kerkhof, Maarten Schipper, Elisabeth A Sanders, Jorrit Gerritsen, Bert Brunekreef, Henriette A Smit

Same-visit HIV testing in Trinidad and Tobago

Violet Duke, Sheila Samiel, David Musa, Cameile Ali, Catherine Chang-Kit, Cynthia Warner

Physician reports of medication use with explicit intention of hastening the end of life in the absence of explicit patient request in general practice in Belgium

Koen Meeussen, Lieve Van den Block, Nathalie Bossuyt, Michael Echteld, Johan Bilsen, Luc Deliens

Knowledge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoral communities in the middle and Lower Awash Valley of Afar region, Ethiopia

Mengistu Legesse, Gobena Ameni, Gezahegne Mamo, Girmay Medhin, Dawit Shawel, Gunnar Bjune, Fekadu Abebe

A European project on incidence, treatment, and outcome of sarcoma

Giuseppe Mastrangelo, Emanuela Fadda, Luca Cegolon, Maria C Montesco, Isabel Ray-Coquard, Alessandra Buja, Ugo Fedeli, Alvise Frasson, Paolo Spolaore, Carlo R Rossi

Blood pressure, body mass index and risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese men and women

Hongwei Wang, Jie Cao, Jianxin Li, Jichun Chen, Xigui Wu, Xiufang Duan, Jianfeng Huang, Dongfeng Gu

Validity of self-reported weight, height and resultant body mass index in Chinese adolescents and factors associated with errors in self-reports

Xiaoyan Zhou, Michael J Dibley, Yue Cheng, Xue Ouyang, Hong Yan

Perception of epidemic's related anxiety in the General French Population: a cross-sectional study in the Rhône-Alpes region

Mitra Saadatian-Elahi, Françoise Facy, Corinne Del Signore, Philippe Vanhems

Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE): a randomized controlled trial

Danuta Wasserman, Vladimir Carli, Camilla Wasserman, Alan Apter, Judit Balazs, Julia Bobes, Renata Bracale, Romuald Brunner, Cendrine Bursztein-Lipsicas, Paul Corcoran, Doina Cosman, Tony Durkee, Dana Feldman, Julia Gadoros, Francis Guillemin, Christian Haring, Jean-Pierre Kahn, Michael Kaess, Helen Keeley, Dragan Marusic, Bogdan Nemes, Vita Postuvan, Stella Reiter-Theil, Franz Resch, Pilar Sáiz, Marco Sarchiapone, Merike Sisask, Airi Varnik, Christina W Hoven

Female Genital Mutilation: perceptions of healthcare professionals and the perspective of the migrant families

Adriana Kaplan-Marcusán, Natividad Fernández del Rio, Juana Moreno-Navarro, Ma José Castany-Fàbregas, Marta Ruiz Nogueras, Laura Muñoz-Ortiz, Eliana Monguí-Avila, Pere Torán-Monserrat

Parent and child physical activity and sedentary time: Do active parents foster active children?

Russell Jago, Kenneth R Fox, Angie S Page, Rowan Brockman, Janice L Thompson

Socioeconomic disparities in behavioral risk factors and health outcomes by gender in the Republic of Korea

Hak-Ju Kim, Jennifer Prah Ruger

Epidemiology and cost analysis for patients with oral cancer in a university hospital in China

Sheng Han, Yan Chen, Xu Ge, Ming Zhang, Jinwei Wang, Qingbo Zhao, Jianjun He, Zhenghong Wang

Couple-oriented prenatal HIV counseling for HIV primary prevention: an acceptability study

Joanna Orne-Gliemann, Patrice T Tchendjou, Marija Miric, Mukta Gadgil, Maia Butsashvili, Fred Eboko, Eddy Perez-Then, Shrinivas Darak, Sanjeevani Kulkarni, George Kamkamidze, Eric Balestre, Annabel Desgrées du Loû, Francois Dabis

Exercise and global well-being in community-dwelling adults with fibromyalgia: a systematic review with meta-analysis

George A Kelley, Kristi S Kelley, Jennifer M Hootman, Dina L Jones

The impact of the social environment on children's mental health in a prosperous city: an analysis with data from the city of Munich

Laura Perna, Gabriele Bolte, Heidi Mayrhofer, Gabriele Spies, Andreas Mielck

Assessing the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of adaptive e-Learning to improve dietary behaviour: protocol for a systematic review

Phil Edwards, Lambert Felix, Jody Harris, Elaine Ferguson, Caroline Free, Jane Landon, Karen Lock, Susan Michie, Alec Miners, Elizabeth Murray

An exploration of knowledge, attitudes and advice given by health professionals to parents in Ireland about the introduction of solid foods. A pilot study

Claire Allcutt, Mary-Rose Sweeney

Repeal of the Pennsylvania motorcycle helmet law: reflections on the ethical and political dynamics of public health reform

Robert A Cherry

Prospective study of asbestos-related diseases incidence cases in primary health care in an area of Barcelona province

Magdalena Rosell-Murphy, Rafael Abós-Herràndiz, Josep Tarrés, Xavier Martínez-Artés, Isabel García-Allas, Ilona Krier, Gloria Cantarell, Miguel Gallego, Ramon Orriols, Constança Albertí

TECNOB: study design of a randomized controlled trial of a multidisciplinary telecare intervention for obese patients with type-2 diabetes

Gianluca Castelnuovo, Gian Mauro Manzoni, Paola Cuzziol, Gian Luca Cesa, Cristina Tuzzi, Valentina Villa, Antonio Liuzzi, Maria Letizia Petroni, Enrico Molinari

A European study on alcohol and drug use among young drivers: the TEND by Night study design and methodology

Roberta Siliquini, Simone Chiadò Piat, Francisco Alonso, Axel Druart, Marcin Kedzia, Antonio Mollica, Valeria Siliquini, Daniel Vankov, Anita Villerusa, Lamberto Manzoli

Early incidence of occupational asthma among young bakers, pastry-makers and hairdressers: design of a retrospective cohort study

Thomas Rémen, Vincent Coevoet, Dovi-Stéphanie Acouetey, Jean-Louis Guéant, Rosa-Maria Guéant-Rodriguez, Christophe Paris, Denis Zmirou-Navier

Prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder among adults in flood district

Peng Huang, Hongzhuan Tan, Aizhong Liu, Shuidong Feng, Mengshi Chen

Understanding young adult physical activity, alcohol and tobacco use in community colleges and 4-year post-secondary institutions: A cross-sectional analysis of epidemiological surveillance data

Nicole A VanKim, Melissa Nelson Laska, Edward Ehlinger, Katherine Lust, Mary Story

Male circumcision for HIV prevention - a cross-sectional study on awareness among young people and adults in rural Uganda

Andrea Wilcken, Flavia Miiro-Nakayima, Ramadhan NB Hizaamu, Thomas Keil, Dorothy Balaba-Byansi

Understanding long-term sick leave in female white-collar workers with burnout and stress-related diagnoses: a qualitative study

Hélène Sandmark, Monica Renstig

The social context of smoking: A qualitative study comparing smokers of high versus low socioeconomic position

Christine L Paul, Samantha Ross, Jamie Bryant, Wesley Hill, Billie Bonevski, Nichola Keevy

Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of nutritional intervention in elderly after hip fracture: design of a randomized controlled trial

Caroline E Wyers, José JL Breedveld-Peters, Petronella LM Reijven, Svenjhalmar van Helden, Nick A Guldemond, Johan L Severens, Aart D Verburg, Berry Meesters, Lodewijk W van Rhijn, Pieter C Dagnelie

A three-year cohort study of the relationships between coping, job stress and burnout after a counselling intervention for help-seeking physicians

Karin E Isaksson Ro, Reidar Tyssen, Asle Hoffart, Harold Sexton, Olaf G Aasland, Tore Gude

Influence of socio-economic status on habitual physical activity and sedentary behavior in 8- to 11-year old children

Clemens Drenowatz, Joey C Eisenmann, Karin A Pfeiffer, Greg Welk, Kate Heelan, Douglas Gentile, David Walsh

Childhood and adult tuberculosis in a rural hospital in Southeast Ethiopia: a ten-year retrospective study

Jose Manuel Ramos, Francisco Reyes, Abraham Tesfamariam

A cluster randomised trial of a telephone-based intervention for parents to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in their 3- to 5-year-old children: study protocol

Rebecca J Wyse, Luke Wolfenden, Elizabeth Campbell, Leah Brennan, Karen J Campbell, Amanda Fletcher, Jenny Bowman, Todd R Heard, John Wiggers

The association between problematic cellular phone use and risky behaviors and low self-esteem among Taiwanese adolescents

Yuan-Sheng Yang, Ju-Yu Yen, Chih-Hung Ko, Chung-Ping Cheng, Cheng-Fang Yen

Non-adherence to the single dose nevirapine regimen for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Bindura town, Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional analytic study

Lazarus R Kuonza, Clemence D Tshuma, Gerald N Shambira, Mufuta Tshimanga

Impact on diarrhoeal illness of a community educational intervention to improve drinking water quality in rural communities in Puerto Rico

Paul R Hunter, Graciela I Ramírez Toro, Harvey A Minnigh

Healthy eating and obesity prevention for preschoolers: a randomised controlled trial

Helen Skouteris, Marita McCabe, Boyd Swinburn, Briony Hill

HIV/AIDS knowledge in detention in Hunan province, China

Weidong Zhang, Xinya Wang, Xi Chen, Fan Lv

Developing targets for public health initiatives to improve palliative care

Nils Schneider, Sara L Lueckmann, Franziska Kuehne, Katharina Klindtworth, Mareike Behmann

Sex disparities in attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa: a socio-ecological analysis

Olalekan A Uthman, Stephen Lawoko, Tahereh Moradi

Divorce, divorce rates, and professional care seeking for mental health problems in Europe: a cross-sectional population-based study

Piet F Bracke, Elien Colman, Sara AA Symoens, Lore Van Praag

HCV co-infection in HIV positive population in British Columbia, Canada

Jane A Buxton, Amanda Yu, Paul H Kim, John J Spinelli, Margot Kuo, Maria Alvarez, Mark Gilbert, Mel Krajden

Who will increase their physical activity? Predictors of change in objectively measured physical activity over 12 months in the ProActive cohort

Rebecca K Simmons, Esther MF van Sluijs, Wendy Hardeman, Stephen Sutton, Simon J Griffin

Cultural adaptation of the Condom Use Self Efficacy Scale (CUSES) in Ghana

Kwaku O Asante, Paul N Doku

Recent trends in hormone therapy utilization and breast cancer incidence rates in the high incidence population of Marin County, California

Rochelle R Ereman, Lee Ann Prebil, Mary Mockus, Kathy Koblick, Fern Orenstein, Christopher Benz, Christina A Clarke

The nutrition-based comprehensive intervention study on childhood obesity in China (NISCOC): a randomised cluster controlled trial

Yanping Li, Xiaoqi Hu, Qian Zhang, Ailing Liu, Hongyun Fang, Linan Hao, Yifan Duan, Haiquan Xu, Xianwen Shang, Jun Ma, Guifa Xu, Lin Du, Ying Li, Hongwei Guo, Tingyu Li, Guansheng Ma

Incidence and mortality of hip fracture among the elderly population in South Korea: a population-based study using the National Health Insurance claims data

Hye-Young Kang, Kyu-hyeon Yang, Yoon Nam Kim, Seong-hwan Moon, Won-Jung Choi, Dae Ryong Kang, Seong Eun Park

Electronic cigarettes: a survey of users

Jean-François Etter

Comparison of risk behaviors and socio-cultural profile of men who have sex with men survey respondents recruited via venues and the internet

Hi Yi Tsui, Joseph TF Lau

Physical exercise, fitness and dietary pattern and their relationship with circadian blood pressure pattern, augmentation index and endothelial dysfunction biological markers: EVIDENT study protocol

Luis García-Ortiz, José I Recio-Rodríguez, Carlos Martín-Cantera, Alfredo Cabrejas-Sánchez, Amparo Gómez-Arranz, Natividad González-Viejo, Eguskiñe Iturregui-San Nicolás, Maria C Patino-Alonso, Manuel A Gómez-Marcos

Sugar-sweetened carbonated beverage consumption correlates with BMI, waist circumference, and poor dietary choices in school children

Kate S Collison, Marya Z Zaidi, Shazia N Subhani, Khalid Al-Rubeaan, Mohammed Shoukri, Futwan A Al-Mohanna

Marital status and occupation in relation to short-term case fatality after a first coronary event - a population based cohort

Sofia Gerward, Patrik Tydén, Gunnar Engström, Bo Hedblad

Differences between willingness to pay and willingness to accept for visits by a family physician: A contingent valuation study

Jesús Martín-Fernández, Ma Isabel del Cura-González, Tomás Gómez-Gascón, Juan Oliva-Moreno, Julia Domínguez-Bidagor, Milagros Beamud-Lagos, Francisco Javier Pérez-Rivas

Non-alcoholic and alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - two Diseases of Affluence associated with the Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes: the FIN-D2D Survey

Anna Kotronen, Hannele Yki-Järvinen, Satu Männistö, Liisa Saarikoski, Eeva Korpi-Hyövälti, Heikki Oksa, Juha Saltevo, Timo Saaristo, Jouko Sundvall, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Markku Peltonen

"Cough officer screening" improves detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in hospital in-patients

Ching-Hsiung Lin, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Chun-Eng Liu, Mei-Li Huang, Shu-Chen Chang, Jen-Ho Wen, Woei-Horng Chai

Tobacco use patterns in traditional and shared parenting families: a gender perspective

Joan L Bottorff, Mary T Kelly, John L Oliffe, Joy L Johnson, Lorraine Greaves, Anna Chan

The association between green space and cause-specific mortality in urban New Zealand: an ecological analysis of green space utility

Elizabeth Richardson, Jamie Pearce, Richard Mitchell, Peter Day, Simon Kingham

The role of weight status, gender and self-esteem in following a diet among middle-school children in Sicily (Italy)

Margherita Ferrante, Maria Fiore, Gina E Sciacca, Luca Leon, Salvatore Sciacca, Marine Castaing, Gianbattista Modonutti

The Nutrinet-Santé Study: a web-based prospective study on the relationship between nutrition and health and determinants of dietary patterns and nutritional status

Serge Hercberg, Katia Castetbon, Sébastien Czernichow, Aurélie Malon, Caroline Mejean, Emmanuelle Kesse, Mathilde Touvier, Pilar Galan

Improving polio vaccination during supplementary campaigns at areas of mass transit in India

Naman K Shah, Ashok Talyan, Vibhour Jain, Sunil D Khaparde, Sunil Bahl, Yvan Hutin, Jay Wenger

Does the pharmacy expenditure of patients always correspond with their morbidity burden? Exploring new approaches in the interpretation of pharmacy expenditure

Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, Anselmo López-Cabañas, José Tomás Alcalá-Nalvaiz, José María Abad-Díez, Daniel Bordonaba-Bosque, Alexandra Prados-Torres

Shamba Maisha: A pilot study assessing impacts of a micro-irrigation intervention on the health and economic wellbeing of HIV patients

Jay A Pandit, Nicole Sirotin, Robin Tittle, Elijah Onjolo, Elizabeth A Bukusi, Craig R Cohen

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Pudong New Area of Shanghai using three proposed definitions among Chinese adults

Wang-hong Xu, Xiao-nan Ruan, Xiao-jin Fu, Qiu-li Zhu, Hong Zhang, Yun Bai, Hong-yan Wu, Yi Zhou, Hua Qiu, Qiao Sun, Qing-wu Jiang, Li-ming Yang, Jian-jun Gu, Gen-ming Zhao

My partner wants a child: A cross-sectional study of the determinants of the desire for children among mutually disclosed sero-discordant couples receiving care in Uganda

Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya, Anna Mia Ekstrom, Frank Kaharuza, Florence Mirembe, Stella Neema, Asli Kulane

Using family history information to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent diseases; a discussion of the evidence

Liesbeth Claassen, Lidewij Henneman, A Cecile JW Janssens, Miranda Wijdenes-Pijl, Nadeem Qureshi, Fiona M Walter, Paula W Yoon, Danielle RM Timmermans

Excluding pregnancy among women initiating antiretroviral therapy: efficacy of a family planning job aid

Kwasi Torpey, Lona Mwenda, Mushota Kabaso, Thierry Malebe, Patrick Makelele, Francis Mwema, Henry Phiri, Jonathan Mukundu, Mark A Weaver, John Stanback

Knowledge and risk behaviors related to HIV/AIDS, and their association with information resource among men who have sex with men in Heilongjiang province, China

Shengyuan Liu, Kaili Wang, Songpo Yao, Xiaotong Guo, Yancheng Liu, Binyou Wang

Cardio-metabolic risk in 5-year-old children prenatally exposed to maternal psychosocial stress: the ABCD study

Aimée E van Dijk, Manon van Eijsden, Karien Stronks, Reinoud JBJ Gemke, Tanja GM Vrijkotte

Self-perceived stress reactivity is an indicator of psychosocial impairment at the workplace

Heribert Limm, Peter Angerer, Mechthild Heinmueller, Birgitt Marten-Mittag, Urs M Nater, Harald Guendel

Health and economic impact of rotavirus vaccination in GAVI-eligible countries

Sun-Young Kim, Steve Sweet, David Slichter, Sue J Goldie

Challenges in evaluating Welfare to Work policy interventions: would an RCT design have been the answer to all our problems?

Kathryn Skivington, Gerry McCartney, Hilary Thomson, Lyndal Bond

Comparison of the consumption of antidepressants in the immigrant and native populations in a Spanish health region: an observational study

Inés Cruz, Catalina Serna, Jordi Real, Montse Rué, Jorge Soler, Leonardo Galván

Attributable mortality to radon exposure in Galicia, Spain. Is it necessary to act in the face of this health problem?

Mónica Pérez-Ríos, Juan M Barros-Dios, Agustín Montes-Martínez, Alberto Ruano-Ravina

Validity of instruments to assess students' travel and pedestrian safety

Jason A Mendoza, Kathy Watson, Tom Baranowski, Theresa A Nicklas, Doris K Uscanga, Marcus J Hanfling

Alcohol consumption and the risk of morbidity and mortality for different stroke types - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jayadeep Patra, Benjamin Taylor, Hyacinth Irving, Michael Roerecke, Dolly Baliunas, Satya Mohapatra, Jürgen Rehm

Pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis and its contribution to TB burden

Jotam G Pasipanodya, Scott JN McNabb, Peter Hilsenrath, Sejong Bae, Kristine Lykens, Edgar Vecino, Guadalupe Munguia, Thaddeus L Miller, Gerry Drewyer, Stephen E Weis

Socioeconomic inequalities in cause specific mortality among older people in France

Gwenn Menvielle, Annette Leclerc, Jean-François Chastang, Danièle Luce

Alcohol consumption in Estonia and Finland: Finbalt survey 1994-2006

Kersti Pärna, Kaja Rahu, Satu Helakorpi, Mare Tekkel

The influence of parental smoking and family type on saliva cotinine in UK ethnic minority children: a cross sectional study

Melissa J Whitrow, Seeromanie Harding, Maria J Maynard

What 'outliers' tell us about missed opportunities for tuberculosis control: a cross-sectional study of patients in Mumbai, India

Anagha Pradhan, Karina Kielmann, Himanshu Gupte, Arun Bamne, John DH Porter, Sheela Rangan

Small area contextual effects on self-reported health: Evidence from Riverside, Calgary

Jenny Godley, Valerie A Haines, Penelope Hawe, Alan Shiell

Increasing uptake of colorectal cancer screening in Korea: a population-based study

Kui Son Choi, Jae Kwan Jun, Hoo-Yeon Lee, Myung-Il Hahm, Jae Hwan Oh, Eun-Cheol Park

Ethnicity and attitudes to deceased kidney donation: a survey in Barbados and comparison with Black Caribbean people in the United Kingdom

Myfanwy Morgan, O Peter Adams, Paul T Seed, Roger Jones

Design of the Anti-tuberculosis Drugs induced Adverse Reactions in China National Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Scheme Study (ADACS)

Yin Yin Xia, Dai Yu Hu, Fei Ying Liu, Xiao Meng Wang, Yan Li Yuan, De Hua Tu, Yi Xin Chen, Lin Zhou, Li Zhen Zhu, Wei Wei Gao, Hong Yuan Wang, Da Fang Chen, Li Yang, Ping Ping He, Xiao Ting Li, Ying Jian He, Feng Sun, Si Yan Zhan

Maxillofacial injuries associated with intimate partner violence in women

Norkhafizah Saddki, Adlin A Suhaimi, Razak Daud

Mother's occupation and sex ratio at birth

Kathreen E Ruckstuhl, Grant P Colijn, Volodymyr Amiot, Erin Vinish

Estimated birth weight and adult cardiovascular risk factors in a developing southern Chinese population: a cross sectional study

CM Schooling, CQ Jiang, TH Lam, BJ Cowling, SL Au Yeung, WS Zhang, KK Cheng, GM Leung

Motivational interviewing for screening and feedback and encouraging lifestyle changes to reduce relative weight in 4-8 year old children: design of the MInT study

Rachael W Taylor, Deirdre Brown, Anna M Dawson, Jill Haszard, Adell Cox, Elaine A Rose, Barry J Taylor, Kim Meredith-Jones, Lee Treacy, Jim Ross, Sheila M William

Rural to urban migration and changes in cardiovascular risk factors in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study

Nigel Unwin, Peter James, Dorothy McLarty, Harun Machybia, Peter Nkulila, Bushiri Tamin, Mkay Nguluma, Richard McNally

Male fetal loss in the U.S. following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

Tim A Bruckner, Ralph Catalano, Jennifer Ahern

Excessive TV viewing and cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescents. The AVENA cross-sectional study

David Martinez-Gomez, J Pablo Rey-López, Palma Chillón, Sonia Gómez-Martínez, Germán Vicente-Rodríguez, Miguel Martín-Matillas, Miguel Garcia-Fuentes, Manuel Delgado, Luis A Moreno, Oscar L Veiga, Joey C Eisenmann, Ascension Marcos

To bite or not to bite! A questionnaire-based survey assessing why some people are bitten more than others by midges

James G Logan, James I Cook, Nina M Stanczyk, Emma NI Weeks, Sue J Welham, A Jennifer Mordue(Luntz)

Evidence-based development of school-based and family-involved prevention of overweight across Europe: The ENERGY-project's design and conceptual framework

Johannes Brug, Saskia J te Velde, Mai JM Chinapaw, Elling Bere, Ilse de Bourdeaudhuij, Helen Moore, Lea Maes, Jorgen Jensen, Yannis Manios, Nanna Lien, Knut Inge Klepp, Tim Lobstein, Marloes Martens, Jo Salmon, Amika S Singh

A population study on the association between leisure time physical activity and self-rated health among diabetics in Taiwan

Chia-Lin Li, Yi-Chang Lai, Chin-Hsiao Tseng, Jen-Der Lin, Hsing-Yi Chang

Estimating the risk of rabies transmission to humans in the U.S.: a delphi analysis

Sagar A Vaidya, Susan E Manning, Praveen Dhankhar, Martin I Meltzer, Charles Rupprecht, Harry F Hull, Daniel B Fishbein

The cost effectiveness of an early transition from hospital to nursing home for stroke patients: design of a comparative study

Ron WH Heijnen, Silvia MAA Evers, Trudy DEM van der Weijden, Martien Limburg, Jos MGA Schols

Study protocol: Determinants of participation and quality of life of adolescents with cerebral palsy: a longitudinal study (SPARCLE2)

Allan F Colver, Heather O Dickinson

Maternal and neonatal risk factors for childhood type 1 diabetes: a matched case-control study

Lynn Robertson, Kirsten Harrild

Perceived discrimination and health-related quality of life among Arabs and Jews in Israel: A population-based survey

Orna Baron Epel, Giora Kaplan, Mika Moran

Neighborhood conditions, diabetes, and risk of lower-body functional limitations among middle-aged African Americans: A cohort study

Mario Schootman, Elena M Andresen, Fredric D Wolinsky, J Philip Miller, Yan Yan, Douglas K Miller

The design of a community lifestyle programme to improve the physical and psychological well-being of pregnant women with a BMI of 30 kg/m2or more

Debbie M Smith, Melissa Whitworth, Colin Sibley, Wendy Taylor, Jane Gething, Catherine Chmiel, Tina Lavender

Self-reported racial discrimination, response to unfair treatment, and coronary calcification in asymptomatic adults - the North Texas Healthy Heart study

Roberto Cardarelli, Kathryn M Cardarelli, Kimberly G Fulda, Anna Espinoza, Clifton Cage, Jamboor Vishwanatha, Richard Young, Darryl N Steele, Joan Carroll

Correlates of video games playing among adolescents in an Islamic country

Hamid Allahverdipour, Mohsen Bazargan, Abdollah Farhadinasab, Babak Moeini

The Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH): study protocol

Evaluation of the childhood obesity prevention program Kids - 'Go for your life'

Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski, Lauren Prosser, Lauren Carpenter, Suzy Honisett, Lisa Gibbs, Marj Moodie, Lauren Sheppard, Boyd Swinburn, Elizabeth Waters

Why Iranian married women use withdrawal instead of oral contraceptives? A qualitative study from Iran

Parvin Rahnama, Alireza Hidarnia, Farkhondeh Amin Shokravi, Anoushiravan Kazemnejad, Deborah Oakley, Ali Montazeri

Incarceration as a key variable in racial disparities of asthma prevalence

Emily A Wang, Jeremy Green

Effect of Improved access to Antiretroviral Therapy on clinical characteristics of patients enrolled in the HIV care and treatment clinic, at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Sabina F Mugusi, Julius C Mwita, Joel M Francis, Said Aboud, Muhammad Bakari, Eric A Aris, Andrew B Swai, Ferdinand M Mugusi, Kisali Pallangyo, Eric Sandstrom

Balancing collective responsibility, individual opportunities and risks: a qualitative study on how police officers reason around volunteering in an HIV vaccine trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Edith AM Tarimo, Anna Thorson, Thecla W Kohi, Joachim Mwami, Muhammad Bakari, Eric Sandström, Asli Kulane

Design of the DIRECT-project: interventions to increase job resources and recovery opportunities to improve job-related health, well-being, and performance outcomes in nursing homes

Ellen Spoor, Jan de Jonge, Jan PH Hamers

Quality of claims, references and the presentation of risk results in medical journal advertising: a comparative study in Australia, Malaysia and the United States

Noordin Othman, Agnes I Vitry, Elizabeth E Roughead

Rapid Health and Needs assessments after disasters: a systematic review

Helena A Korteweg, Irene van Bokhoven, CJ Yzermans, Linda Grievink

Determinants of health disparities between Italian regions

Luisa Franzini, Margherita Giannoni

A telephone survey of parental attitudes and behaviours regarding teenage drinking

Bobby P Smyth, Catherine D Darker, Erica Donnelly-Swift, Joe M Barry, Shane PA Allwright

Subclinical hyperthyroidism and dementia: the Sao Paulo Ageing & Health Study (SPAH)

Isabela M Benseñor, Paulo A Lotufo, Paulo R Menezes, Márcia Scazufca

Reframing climate change as a public health issue: an exploratory study of public reactions

Edward W Maibach, Matthew Nisbet, Paula Baldwin, Karen Akerlof, Guoqing Diao

Air pollution and health in Sri Lanka: a review of epidemiologic studies

Yatagama Lokuge S Nandasena, Ananda R Wickremasinghe, Nalini Sathiakumar

Return to work after a workplace-oriented intervention for patients on sick-leave for burnout - a prospective controlled study

Björn Karlson, Peter Jönsson, Birgitta Pålsson, Gunnel Åbjörnsson, Birgitta Malmberg, Britt Larsson, Kai Österberg

A newer and broader definition of burnout: Validation of the "Burnout Clinical Subtype Questionnaire (BCSQ-36)"

Jesús Montero-Marín, Javier García-Campayo

Association between Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Risk in Chinese Youth Independent of Age and Pubertal Stage

Alice PS Kong, Kai-Chow Choi, Albert MC Li, Stanley SC Hui, Michael HM Chan, YK Wing, Ronald CW Ma, Christopher WK Lam, Joseph TF Lau, Wing Yee So, Gary TC Ko, Juliana CN Chan

Low level exposure to cadmium increases the risk of chronic kidney disease: analysis of the NHANES 1999-2006

Pietro Manuel Ferraro, Stefano Costanzi, Alessandro Naticchia, Antonio Sturniolo, Giovanni Gambaro

The impact of self-reported exposure to whole-body-vibrations on the risk of disability pension among men: a 15 year prospective study

Finn Tüchsen, Helene Feveile, Karl B Christensen, Niklas Krause

Population Attributable Fraction of Smoking and Metabolic Syndrome on Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Japan: a 15-Year Follow Up of NIPPON DATA90

Naoyuki Takashima, Katsuyuki Miura, Atsushi Hozawa, Aya Kadota, Tomonori Okamura, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Takehito Hayakawa, Nagako Okuda, Akira Fujiyoshi, Shin-ya Nagasawa, Takashi Kadowaki, Yoshitaka Murakami, Yoshikuni Kita, Akira Okayama, Hirotsugu Ueshima

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in relation to socioeconomic status among Jamaican young adults: a cross-sectional study

Trevor S Ferguson, Marshall K Tulloch-Reid, Novie OM Younger, Jennifer M Knight-Madden, Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Deanna Ashley, Jan Van den Broeck, Rainford J Wilks

Automatic evaluation of body-related words among young women: an experimental study

Kaaren J Watts, Jacquelyn Cranney

"I don't eat a hamburger and large chips every day!" A qualitative study of the impact of public health messages about obesity on obese adults

Sophie Lewis, Samantha L Thomas, Jim Hyde, David Castle, R Warwick Blood, Paul A Komesaroff

Mapping service activity: the example of childhood obesity schemes in England

Catherine Aicken, Helen Roberts, Lisa Arai

Erratum to: Adverse childhood experiences are associated with the risk of lung cancer: a prospective cohort study

David W Brown, Robert F Anda, Vincent J Felitti, Valerie J Edwards, Ann Marie Malarcher, Janet B Croft, Wayne H Giles

Neighborhood and weight-related health behaviors in the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) Study

Tiffany L Gary-Webb, Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, Luu Pham, Jacqueline Wesche-Thobaben, Jennifer Patricio, F Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Arleen F Brown, LaShanda Jones, Frederick L Brancati

Evaluation of a community-based participatory physical activity promotion project: effect on cardiovascular disease risk profiles of school employees

Noha H Farag, William E Moore, David M Thompson, Cee E Kobza, Kathryn Abbott, June E Eichner

Associations between body mass index, weight control concerns and behaviors, and eating disorder symptoms among non-clinical Chinese adolescents

Yiou Fan, Yanping Li, Ailing Liu, Xiaoqi Hu, Guansheng Ma, Guifa Xu

Racial/ethnic and sexual behavior disparities in rates of sexually transmitted infections, San Francisco, 1999-2008

Hyman M Scott, Kyle T Bernstein, Henry F Raymond, Robert Kohn, Jeffrey D Klausner

The impact of food assistance on weight gain and disease progression among HIV-infected individuals accessing AIDS care and treatment services in Uganda

Rahul Rawat, Suneetha Kadiyala, Paul E McNamara

HIV prevalence among female sex workers, drug users and men who have sex with men in Brazil: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Monica Malta, Monica MF Magnanini, Maeve B Mello, Ana Roberta P Pascom, Yohana Linhares, Francisco I Bastos

Insulin resistance and its association with the components of the metabolic syndrome among obese children and adolescents

Carlos Juárez-López, Miguel Klünder-Klünder, Patricia Medina-Bravo, Adrián Madrigal-Azcárate, Eliezer Mass-Díaz, Samuel Flores-Huerta

Knowledge and reported practices of men and women on maternal and child health in rural Guinea Bissau: a cross sectional survey

Rebecca King, Vera Mann, Peter D Boone

Cigarette smokers' intention to quit smoking in Dire Dawa town Ethiopia: an assessment using the Transtheoretical Model

Eshetu Girma, Tsion Assefa, Amare Deribew

Shared Principles of Ethics for Infant and Young Child Nutrition in the Developing World

Jerome Amir Singh, Abdallah S Daar, Peter A Singer

Pandemic influenza preparedness and health systems challenges in Asia: results from rapid analyses in 6 Asian countries

Piya Hanvoravongchai, Wiku Adisasmito, Pham Ngoc Chau, Alexandra Conseil, Joia de Sa, Ralf Krumkamp, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Bounlay Phommasack, Weerasak Putthasri, Chin-Shui Shih, Sok Touch, Richard Coker

The economic costs of alcohol consumption in Thailand, 2006

Montarat Thavorncharoensap, Yot Teerawattananon, Jomkwan Yothasamut, Chanida Lertpitakpong, Khannika Thitiboonsuwan, Prapag Neramitpitagkul, Usa Chaikledkaew

Screen-based activities and physical complaints among adolescents from the Nordic countries

Torbjørn Torsheim, Lilly Eriksson, Christina W Schnohr, Fredrik Hansen, Thoroddur Bjarnason, Raili Välimaa

Maternal age, education level and migration: Socioeconomic determinants for smoking during pregnancy in a field study from Turkey

Isil Ergin, Hur Hassoy, Feride A Tanik, Gokce Aslan

Burnout, working conditions and gender - results from the northern Sweden MONICA Study

Sofia Norlund, Christina Reuterwall, Jonas Höög, Bernt Lindahl, Urban Janlert, Lisbeth Slunga Birgander

Determinants of hospitalization for a cutaneous injection-related infection among injection drug users: a cohort study

Elisa Lloyd-Smith, Evan Wood, Ruth Zhang, Mark W Tyndall, Sam Sheps, Julio SG Montaner, Thomas Kerr

The Sydney Diabetes Prevention Program: A community-based translational study

Stephen Colagiuri, Philip Vita, Magnolia Cardona-Morrell, Maria Fiatarone Singh, Louise Farrell, Andrew Milat, Marion Haas, Adrian Bauman

The prevalence of nutritional anemia in pregnancy in an east Anatolian province, Turkey

Leyla Karaoglu, Erkan Pehlivan, Mucahit Egri, Cihan Deprem, Gulsen Gunes, Metin F Genc, Ismail Temel

Is the Scottish population living dangerously? Prevalence of multiple risk factors: the Scottish Health Survey 2003

Richard Lawder, Oliver Harding, Diane Stockton, Colin Fischbacher, David H Brewster, Jim Chalmers, Alan Finlayson, David I Conway

Hip fracture risk in relation to vitamin D supplementation and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and observational studies

Jeffrey K C Lai, Robyn M Lucas, Mark S Clements, Andrew W Roddam, Emily Banks

A surveillance sector review applied to infectious diseases at a country level

Michael G Baker, Sally Easther, Nick Wilson

Compliance with herpes zoster vaccination in young and adult individuals in two regions of Italy

Antonino Parlato, Vincenzo Romano Spica, Massimo Ciccozzi, Francesca Farchi, Francesca Gallè, Valeria Di Onofrio, Elisabetta Franco, Giorgio Liguori

Gender-related power differences, beliefs and reactions towards people living with HIV/AIDS: an urban study in Nigeria

Ngozi C Mbonu, Bart Van den Borne, Nanne K De Vries

Household smoking and dental caries in schoolchildren: the Ryukyus Child Health Study

Keiko Tanaka, Yoshihiro Miyake, Masashi Arakawa, Satoshi Sasaki, Yukihiro Ohya

A worksite prevention program for construction workers: design of a randomized controlled trial

Karen M Oude Hengel, Catelijne I Joling, Karin I Proper, Birgitte M Blatter, Paulien M Bongers

Epidemiology of reported Yersinia enterocolitica infections in Germany, 2001-2008

Bettina M Rosner, Klaus Stark, Dirk Werber

Population based absolute and relative survival to 1 year of people with diabetes following a myocardial infarction: A cohort study using hospital admissions data

Sinead Brophy, Roxanne Cooksey, Michael B Gravenor, Clive Weston, Steven M Macey, Gareth John, Rhys Williams, Ronan A Lyons

Evaluation of a brief anti-stigma campaign in Cambridge: do short-term campaigns work?

Sara Evans-Lacko, Jillian London, Kirsty Little, Claire Henderson, Graham Thornicroft

Should public health interventions aimed at reducing childhood overweight and obesity be gender-focused?

Aline Simen-Kapeu, Paul J Veugelers

Lower age at menarche affects survival in older Australian women: results from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Lynne C Giles, Gary FV Glonek, Vivienne M Moore, Michael J Davies, Mary A Luszcz

Consumer perceptions of beef healthiness: results from a qualitative study in four European countries

Lynn Van Wezemael, Wim Verbeke, Marcia D de Barcellos, Joachim Scholderer, Federico Perez-Cueto

Change in depressive symptoms over higher education and professional establishment - a longitudinal investigation in a national cohort of Swedish nursing students

Anna Christensson, Bo Runeson, Paul W Dickman, Marjan Vaez

The prevalence and social patterning of chronic diseases among older people in a population undergoing health transition. A 10/66 Group cross-sectional population-based survey in the Dominican Republic

Daisy Acosta, Ruth Rottbeck, Juana G Rodríguez, Loida M González, Mary R Almánzar, Susana N Minaya, Maria del C Ortiz, Cleusa P Ferri, Martin J Prince

A qualitative exploration of the perceptions and information needs of public health inspectors responsible for food safety

Mai T Pham, Andria Q Jones, Jan M Sargeant, Barbara J Marshall, Catherine E Dewey

Is body size at birth related to circadian salivary cortisol levels in adulthood? Results from a longitudinal cohort study

Per E Gustafsson, Urban Janlert, Töres Theorell, Anne Hammarström

Home-based voluntary HIV counselling and testing found highly acceptable and to reduce inequalities

Wilbroad Mutale, Charles Michelo, Marte Jürgensen, Knut Fylkesnes

A pilot study combining individual-based smoking cessation counseling, pharmacotherapy, and dental hygiene intervention

Semira Gonseth, Marcelo Abarca, Carlos Madrid, Jacques Cornuz

Screening migrants for tuberculosis - a missed opportunity for improving knowledge and attitudes in high-risk groups: A cross-sectional study of Swedish-language students in Umeå, Sweden

Faustine KK Nkulu, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Clas Ahlm, Ingela Krantz

The quality of preventive health care delivered to adults: results from a cross-sectional study in Southern Italy

Benedetto Manuti, Paolo Rizza, Aida Bianco, Carmelo GA Nobile, Maria Pavia

Is web interviewing a good alternative to telephone interviewing? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey

Gera E Nagelhout, Marc C Willemsen, Mary E Thompson, Geoffrey T Fong, Bas van den Putte, Hein de Vries

A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the Welsh National Exercise Referral Scheme: protocol for trial and integrated economic and process evaluation

Simon Murphy, Larry Raisanen, Graham Moore, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Pat Linck, Nefyn Williams, Nafees Ud Din, Janine Hale, Chris Roberts, Elaine McNaish, Laurence Moore

Using intervention mapping (IM) to develop a self-management programme for employees with a chronic disease in the Netherlands

Sarah I Detaille, Joost WJ van der Gulden, Josephine A Engels, Yvonne F Heerkens, Frank JH van Dijk

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection: Views and perceptions about swallowing nevirapine in rural Lilongwe, Malawi

Deirdre A O'Gorman, Lot J Nyirenda, Sally J Theobald

Estimating the magnitude and direction of bias in tuberculosis drug resistance surveys conducted only in the public sector: a simulation study

Ted Cohen, Bethany L Hedt, Marcello Pagano

Uptake and effectiveness of the Children's Fitness Tax Credit in Canada: the rich get richer

John C Spence, Nicholas L Holt, Julia K Dutove, Valerie Carson

Private patient perceptions about a public programme; what do private Indian tuberculosis patients really feel about directly observed treatment?

Lancelot M Pinto, Zarir F Udwadia

Use of evidence-based pharmacotherapy after myocardial infarction in Estonia

Toomas Marandi, Aleksei Baburin, Tiia Ainla

Recent trends in exposure to secondhand smoke in the United States population

Chieh-I Chen, Tanya Burton, Christine L Baker, Vera Mastey, David Mannino

Varicella susceptibility and transmission dynamics in Slovenia

Maja Sočan, Nataša Berginc, Jaro Lajovic

Associations between partial sickness benefit and disability pensions: initial findings of a Finnish nationwide register study

Johanna Kausto, Lauri Virta, Ritva Luukkonen, Eira Viikari-Juntura

Missed opportunities for earlier HIV testing and diagnosis at the health facilities of Dessie town, North East Ethiopia

Netsanet W Fetene, Amsalu D Feleke

BDNF Val66Met polymorphism, energy intake and BMI: a follow-up study in schoolchildren at risk of eating disorders

Victoria Arija, Marta Ferrer-Barcala, Nuria Aranda, Josepa Canals

Measuring the impact and costs of a universal group based parenting programme: protocol and implementation of a trial

Douglas E Simkiss, Helen A Snooks, Nigel Stallard, Shan Davies, Marie A Thomas, Becky Anthony, Sarah Winstanley, Lynsey Wilson, Sarah Stewart-Brown

Physical activity and optimal self-rated health of adults with and without diabetes

James Tsai, Earl S Ford, Chaoyang Li, Guixiang Zhao, Lina S Balluz

Predictors of mortality among elderly people living in a south Indian urban community; a 10/66 Dementia Research Group prospective population-based cohort study

AT Jotheeswaran, Joseph D Williams, Martin J Prince

Association between neighborhood socioeconomic status and screen time among pre-school children: a cross-sectional study

Valerie Carson, John C Spence, Nicoleta Cutumisu, Lindsey Cargill

Coverage of Jade Goody's cervical cancer in UK newspapers: a missed opportunity for health promotion?

Shona Hilton, Kate Hunt

Cumulative exposure to air pollution and long term outcomes after first acute myocardial infarction: A population-based cohort study. Objectives and methodology

Yariv Gerber, Vicki Myers, David M Broday, Silvia Koton, David M Steinberg, Yaacov Drory

Changing clinical needs of people living with AIDS and receiving home based care in Malawi - the Bangwe Home Based Care Project 2003-2008 - a descriptive study

Cameron Bowie, Norton Gondwe, Claire Bowie

Representations of cycling in metropolitan newspapers - changes over time and differences between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia

Chris Rissel, Catriona Bonfiglioli, Adrian Emilsen, Ben J Smith

Total smoking bans in psychiatric inpatient services: a survey of perceived benefits, barriers and support among staff

Paula Wye, Jenny Bowman, John Wiggers, Amanda Baker, Jenny Knight, Vaughan Carr, Margarett Terry, Richard Clancy

Australia's National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: does it work for Indigenous Australians?

Aliki Christou, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Sandra C Thompson

Are time-trends of smoking among pregnant immigrant women in Sweden determined by cultural or socioeconomic factors?

Kontie M Moussa, P-O Ostergren, Frida Eek, Anton E Kunst

Clinical consequences of road traffic injuries among the elderly in Japan

Takashi Nagata, Hajime Uno, Melissa J Perry

Home-based chlamydia testing of young people attending a music festival - who will pee and post?

Rachel Sacks-Davis, Judy Gold, Campbell K Aitken, Margaret E Hellard

A study of HIV/AIDS related knowledge, attitude and behaviors among female sex workers in Shanghai China

Yong Cai, Rong Shi, Tian Shen, Bei Pei, Xueqin Jiang, Xiuxia Ye, Gang Xu, Shenghui Li, Hong Huang, Meili Shang

Knowledge of human papillomavirus infection and its prevention among adolescents and parents in the greater Milan area, Northern Italy

Claudio Pelucchi, Susanna Esposito, Carlotta Galeone, Margherita Semino, Caterina Sabatini, Irene Picciolli, Silvia Consolo, Gregorio Milani, Nicola Principi

A qualitative analysis of immigrant population health practices in the Girona Healthcare Region

C Saurina, L Vall-llosera, M Saez

Impact of the Family Health Program on the quality of vital information and reduction of child unattended deaths in Brazil: an ecological longitudinal study

Davide Rasella, Rosana Aquino, Mauricio L Barreto

Gender-related factors influencing tuberculosis control in shantytowns: a qualitative study

Dami A Onifade, Angela M Bayer, Rosario Montoya, Marie Haro, Jessica Alva, Jessica Franco, Rosario Sosa, Betty Valiente, Enit Valera, Carolyn M Ford, Colleen D Acosta, Carlton A Evans

Rationale and methods of the European Study on Cardiovascular Risk Prevention and Management in Daily Practice (EURIKA)

Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, Eliseo Guallar, Claudio Borghi, Jean Dallongeville, Guy De Backer, Julian P Halcox, Ramón Hernández-Vecino, Francisco Javier Jiménez, Elvira L Massó-González, Joep Perk, Philippe Gabriel Steg, José R Banegas

Use of psychotropic drugs before pregnancy and the risk for induced abortion: population-based register-data from Finland 1996-2006

Mika Gissler, Miia Artama, Annukka Ritvanen, Kristian Wahlbeck

'Relief of oppression': An organizing principle for researchers' obligations to participants in observational studies in the developing world

James V Lavery, Sunita VS Bandewar, Joshua Kimani, Ross EG Upshur, Frances A Plummer, Peter A Singer

Mortality in Western Australian seniors with chronic respiratory diseases: a cohort study

Kristjana Einarsdóttir, David B Preen, Frank M Sanfilippo, Raylene Reeve, Jon D Emery, C D'Arcy J Holman

Relationship between tooth loss and mortality in 80-year-old Japanese community-dwelling subjects

Toshihiro Ansai, Yutaka Takata, Inho Soh, Shuji Awano, Akihiro Yoshida, Kazuo Sonoki, Tomoko Hamasaki, Takehiro Torisu, Akira Sogame, Naoko Shimada, Tadamichi Takehara

Who is accessing public-sector anti-retroviral treatment in the Free State, South Africa? An exploratory study of the first three years of programme implementation

Edwin Wouters, Christo Heunis, Koen Ponnet, Francis Van Loon, Frederik le Roux Booysen, Dingie van Rensburg, Herman Meulemans

Psychological risk factors of micro- and macrovascular outcomes in primary care patients with type 2 diabetes: rationale and design of the DiaDDZoB Study

Giesje Nefs, François Pouwer, Johan Denollet, Victor JM Pop

Sexual and reproductive health issues facing Southeast Asian beer promoters: a qualitative pilot study

Gail C Webber, Denise L Spitzer

Regular Khat (Catha edulis) chewing is associated with elevated diastolic blood pressure among adults in Butajira, Ethiopia: A comparative study

Workineh Getahun, Teferi Gedif, Fikru Tesfaye

Overcoming barriers to engaging socio-economically disadvantaged populations in CHD primary prevention: a qualitative study

Christopher Harkins, Rebecca Shaw, Michelle Gillies, Heather Sloan, Kate MacIntyre, Anne Scoular, Caroline Morrison, Fiona MacKay, Heather Cunningham, Paul Docherty, Paul MacIntyre, Iain N Findlay

Absence of disparities in anthropometric measures among Chilean indigenous and non-indigenous newborns

Hugo Amigo, Patricia Bustos, Jay S Kaufman

Self-rated health of population in southern China: association with socio-demographic characteristics measured with multiple-item self-rated health measurement scale

Jun Xu, Jinhua Zhang, Liyi Feng, Jincai Qiu

Re-thinking global health sector efforts for HIV and tuberculosis epidemic control: promoting integration of programme activities within a strengthened health system

Dermot Maher

Knowledge, attitudes and practices about malaria among communities: Comparing epidemic and non-epidemic prone communities of Muleba district, North-western Tanzania

Safari M Kinung'hi, Fabian Mashauri, Joseph R Mwanga, Soori E Nnko, Godfrey M Kaatano, Robert Malima, Coleman Kishamawe, Stephen Magesa, Leonard EG Mboera

Psychotropic drugs and the risk of fractures in old age: a prospective population-based study

Janne Nurminen, Juha Puustinen, Maarit Piirtola, Tero Vahlberg, Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä

Comparison of primary care experiences among adults in general outpatient clinics and private general practice clinics in Hong Kong

Samuel YS Wong, Kenny Kung, Sian M Griffiths, Tanya Carthy, Martin CS Wong, Su V Lo, Vincent CH Chung, William B Goggins, Barbara Starfield

HealthKick: a nutrition and physical activity intervention for primary schools in low-income settings

Catherine E Draper, Anniza de Villiers, Estelle V Lambert, Jean Fourie, Jillian Hill, Lucinda Dalais, Zulfa Abrahams, Nelia P Steyn

Treatment outcome of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in Finland: a cohort study

Tuula Vasankari, Pekka Holmström, Jukka Ollgren, Kari Liippo, Petri Ruutu

Prejudice and misconceptions about tuberculosis and HIV in rural and urban communities in Ethiopia: a challenge for the TB/HIV control program

Amare Deribew, Gemeda Abebe, Ludwig Apers, Chali Jira, Markos Tesfaye, Jafar Shifa, Alemseged Abdisa, Kifle Woldemichael, Fetene Deribie, Mesele Bezabih, Abraham Aseffa, Robert Colebunders

Reviewing the evidence on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention strategies in Thailand

Juntana Pattanaphesaj, Yot Teerawattananon

A cross-sectional survey to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding seasonal influenza vaccination among European travellers to resource-limited destinations

Alena Pfeil, Margot Mütsch, Christoph Hatz, Thomas D Szucs

The impact of regional and neighbourhood deprivation on physical health in Germany: a multilevel study

Sven Voigtländer, Ursula Berger, Oliver Razum

Effectiveness of hygienic-dietary recommendations as enhancers of antidepressant treatment in patients with Depression: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Mauro Garcia-Toro, Olga Ibarra, Margalida Gili, Joan Salva, Saray Monzón, Margalida Vives, Maria J Serrano, Javier Garcia-Campayo, Miquel Roca

The Primary Care Practitioner and the diagnosis of occupational diseases

Luca Cegolon, John H Lange, Giuseppe Mastrangelo

Pre-hospital care time intervals among victims of road traffic injuries in Iran. A cross-sectional study

Maryam Bigdeli, Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh, Reza Mohammadi

Tanzanian farmers' knowledge and attitudes to GM biotechnology and the potential use of GM crops to provide improved levels of food security. A Qualitative Study

Christopher P Lewis, James N Newell, Caroline M Herron, Haidari Nawabu

Social-cognitive correlates of risky adolescent cycling behavior

Hans Feenstra, Robert AC Ruiter, Gerjo Kok

Community perceptions of malaria and malaria treatment behaviour in a rural district of Ghana: implications for artemisinin combination therapy

Kwaku P Asante, Livesy Abokyi, Charles Zandoh, Ruth Owusu, Elizabeth Awini, Abubakari Sulemana, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Robert Adda, Owusu Boahen, Sylvester Segbaya, Emmanuel Mahama, Constance Bart-Plange, Daniel Chandramohan, Seth Owusu-Agyei

Prevention through Activity in Kindergarten Trial (PAKT): A cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the effects of an activity intervention in preschool children

Kristina Roth, Sonja Mauer, Matthias Obinger, Katharina C Ruf, Christine Graf, Susi Kriemler, Dorothea Lenz, Walter Lehmacher, Helge Hebestreit

Increasing late diagnosis in HIV infection in South Korea: 2000-2007

Jin-Hee Lee, Gab Jung Kim, Byeong-Sun Choi, Kee-Jong Hong, Mi-Kyung Heo, Sung Soon Kim, Mee-Kyung Kee

The correlates of HIV testing and impacts on sexual behavior: evidence from a life history study of young people in Kisumu, Kenya

Caroline W Kabiru, Nancy Luke, Chimaraoke O Izugbara, Eliya M Zulu

Knowledge and attitudes of university students toward pandemic influenza: a cross-sectional study from Turkey

Hulya Akan, Yesim Gurol, Guldal Izbirak, Sukran Ozdatlı, Gulden Yilmaz, Ayca Vitrinel, Osman Hayran

Antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in waters associated with a hospital in Ujjain, India

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Christiana R Titaley, Michael J Dibley, Christine L Roberts

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Noran N Hairi, Awang Bulgiba, Robert G Cumming, Vasi Naganathan, Izzuna Mudla

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Nadia Valin, Gilles Hejblum, Isabelle Borget, Henri-Pierre Mallet, Fadi Antoun, Didier Che, Christos Chouaid

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Annicka M Reuss, Marcel Feig, Lutz Kappelmayer, Anette Siedler, Tim Eckmanns, Gabriele Poggensee

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Kwok-Kei Mak, Sai-Yin Ho, G Neil Thomas, C Mary Schooling, Sarah M McGhee, Tai-Hing Lam

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Jade E Bilardi, Deborah L De Guingand, Meredith J Temple-Smith, Suzanne Garland, Christopher K Fairley, Sonia Grover, Euan Wallace, Jane S Hocking, Sepehr Tabrizi, Marie Pirotta, Marcus Y Chen

The effectiveness and efficiency of diabetes screening in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study

Sarah E Wilson, Laura C Rosella, Lorraine L Lipscombe, Douglas G Manuel

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Andre B Araujo, Gretchen R Chiu, Varant Kupelian, Susan A Hall, Rachel E Williams, Richard V Clark, John B McKinlay

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Teresa Janevic, Oliver Petrovic, Ivana Bjelic, Amber Kubera

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Elizabeth Peadon, Jan Payne, Nadine Henley, Heather D'Antoine, Anne Bartu, Colleen O'Leary, Carol Bower, Elizabeth J Elliott

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Hashima E Nasreen, Zarina Nahar Kabir, Yvonne Forsell, Maigun Edhborg

Mental disorder and caregiver burden in spouses: the Nord-Trøndelag health study

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Stigmatizing attitudes and low levels of knowledge but high willingness to participate in HIV management: A community-based survey of pharmacies in Pune, India

Amita Gupta, Suvarna S Sane, Ajay Gurbani, Robert C Bollinger, Sanjay M Mehendale, Sheela V Godbole

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Camilla Schmidt Morgen, Laust Hvas Mortensen, Mette Rasmussen, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Thorkild IA Sørensen, Pernille Due

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Perceptions of immunization information systems for collecting pandemic H1N1 immunization data within Canada's public health community: A qualitative study

Christine L Heidebrecht, Julie Foisy, Jennifer A Pereira, Sherman D Quan, Donald J Willison, Shelley L Deeks, Michael Finkelstein, Natasha S Crowcroft, David L Buckeridge, Maryse Guay, Christopher A Sikora, Jeffrey C Kwong

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Marina Taloyan, Alexandre Wajngot, Sven-Erik Johansson, Jonas Tovi, Jan Sundquist

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Amal K Halder, Carole Tronchet, Shamima Akhter, Abbas Bhuiya, Richard Johnston, Stephen P Luby

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Early detection and counselling intervention of asthma symptoms in preschool children: study design of a cluster randomised controlled trial

Esther Hafkamp-de Groen, Ashna D Mohangoo, Johan C de Jongste, Johannes C van der Wouden, Henriëtte A Moll, Vincent WV Jaddoe, Albert Hofman, Harry J de Koning, Hein Raat

'Rumours' and clinical trials: a retrospective examination of a paediatric malnutrition study in Zambia, southern Africa

Patricia Kingori, Maureen Muchimba, Bornwell Sikateyo, Beatrice Amadi, Paul Kelly

Availability and utilization of malaria prevention strategies in pregnancy in eastern India

Blair J Wylie, Ahmar H Hashmi, Neeru Singh, Mrigendra P Singh, Jordan Tuchman, Mobassir Hussain, Lora Sabin, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Camellia Banerjee, Mohamad I Brooks, Meghna Desai, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, William B MacLeod, Aditya P Dash, Davidson H Hamer

Effectiveness of adjuvant occupational therapy in employees with depression: design of a randomized controlled trial

Hiske L Hees, Maarten WJ Koeter, Gabe de Vries, Wendy Ooteman, Aart H Schene

Effectiveness of an intervention in groups of family caregivers of dependent patients for their application in primary health centers. Study protocol

Emiliano Rodríguez-Sánchez, Sara Mora-Simón, Nieves Porras-Santos, Maria C Patino-Alonso, José I Recio-Rodríguez, Concepción Becerro-Muñoz, Diana Pérez-Arechaederra, Manuel A Gomez-Marcos, Luis Garcia-Ortiz

Temporal trends in misclassification patterns of measured and self-report based body mass index categories - findings from three population surveys in Ireland

Frances Shiely, Ivan J Perry, Jennifer Lutomski, Janas Harrington, C Cecily Kelleher, Hannah McGee, Kevin Hayes

Surfing the web during pandemic flu: availability of World Health Organization recommendations on prevention

Francesco Gesualdo, Mariateresa Romano, Elisabetta Pandolfi, Caterina Rizzo, Lucilla Ravà, Daniela Lucente, Alberto E Tozzi

Establishing a follow-up of the Swiss MONICA participants (1984-1993): record linkage with census and mortality data

Matthias Bopp, Julia Braun, David Faeh, Felix Gutzwiller

Does Chinese culture influence psychosocial factors for heroin use among young adolescents in China? A cross-sectional study

Hongjie Liu, Jian Li, Zhouping Lu, Wei Liu, Zhiyong Zhang

A prospective study of dietary selenium intake and risk of type 2 diabetes

Saverio Stranges, Sabina Sieri, Marco Vinceti, Sara Grioni, Eliseo Guallar, Martin Laclaustra, Paola Muti, Franco Berrino, Vittorio Krogh

Time-to-pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes in a South African population

Braimoh Bello, Danuta Kielkowski, Dick Heederik, Kerry Wilson

The evaluation of "Safe Motherhood" program on maternal care utilization in rural western China: a difference in difference approach

Xiaoning Liu, Hong Yan, Duolao Wang

Educational inequalities in mortality and associated risk factors: German- versus French-speaking Switzerland

David Faeh, Matthias Bopp

Completeness and timeliness of Salmonella notifications in Ireland in 2008: a cross sectional study

Nathalie Nicolay, Patricia Garvey, Niall Delappe, Martin Cormican, Paul McKeown

Urbanization, ethnicity and cardiovascular risk in a population in transition in Nakuru, Kenya: a population-based survey

Wanjiku Mathenge, Allen Foster, Hannah Kuper

Traditional birth attendants lack basic information on HIV and safe delivery practices in rural Mysore, India

Purnima Madhivanan, Bhavana N Kumar, Paul Adamson, Karl Krupp

Erratum to: Awareness of school students on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their sexual behaviour: a cross-sectional study conducted in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Mudassir Anwar, Syed Azhar S Sulaiman, Keivan Ahmadi, Tahir M Khan

Inadequacy of nutrients intake among pregnant women in the Deep South of Thailand

Phnom Sukchan, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Praneed Songwathana, Vosasit Sornsrivichai, Metta Kuning

Social support and Quality of Life: a cross-sectional study on survivors eight months after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Xiong Ke, Chaojie Liu, Ningxiu Li

Social status and cardiovascular disease: a Mediterranean case. Results from the Italian Progetto CUORE cohort study

Carla Fornari, Chiara Donfrancesco, Michele A Riva, Luigi Palmieri, Salvatore Panico, Diego Vanuzzo, Marco M Ferrario, Lorenza Pilotto, Simona Giampaoli, Giancarlo Cesana

Researching Effective Strategies to Improve Insulin Sensitivity in Children and Teenagers - RESIST. A randomised control trial investigating the effects of two different diets on insulin sensitivity in young people with insulin resistance and/or pre-diabetes.

Sarah P Garnett, Louise A Baur, Manny Noakes, Katharine Steinbeck, Helen J Woodhead, Susie Burrell, Kerryn Chisholm, Carolyn R Broderick, Robert Parker, Sukanya De, Shubha Shrinivasan, Lori Hopley, Gilly Hendrie, Geoffrey R Ambler, Michael R Kohn, Chris T Cowell

Opposite poles: A comparison between two Spanish regions in health-related quality of life, with implications for health policy

Juan Oliva-Moreno, Néboa Zozaya, Beatriz G López-Valcárcel

Sexual knowledge, attitudes and activity of men conscripted into the military

Jiankang Chao, Yenchin Lin, Michia Ma, Yanchiou Ku, Chinghong Tsai, Mingder Shi

"Step by Step". A feasibility study of a lunchtime walking intervention designed to increase walking, improve mental well-being and work performance in sedentary employees: Rationale and study design

Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Elizabeth A Loughren, Joan L Duda, Kenneth R Fox, Florence-Emilie Kinnafick

The relationship of high sensitivity C-reactive protein to percent body fat mass, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist circumference in a Taiwanese population

Cheng-Chieh Lin, Sharon LR Kardia, Chia-Ing Li, Chiu-Shong Liu, Ming-May Lai, Wen-Yuan Lin, Pei-Chia Chang, Yih-Dar Lee, Ching-Chu Chen, Chih-Hsueh Lin, Chuan-Wei Yang, Chih-Yi Hsiao, Walter Chen, Tsai-Chung Li

Social determinants of rest deprivation amongst Ghanaian women: national and urban-rural comparisons with data from a cross-sectional nationally representative survey

Maurice B Mittelmark, Torill Bull

Interaction of sleep quality and psychosocial stress on obesity in African Americans: the Cardiovascular Health Epidemiology Study (CHES)

Aurelian Bidulescu, Rebecca Din-Dzietham, Dorothy L Coverson, Zhimin Chen, Yuan-Xiang Meng, Sarah G Buxbaum, Gary H Gibbons, Verna L Welch

Metabolic syndrome in Russian adults: associated factors and mortality from cardiovascular diseases and all causes

Oleg Sidorenkov, Odd Nilssen, Andrej M Grjibovski

Perceptions of primary healthcare professionals towards their role in type 2 diabetes mellitus patient education in Brazil

Heloisa C Torres, Brani Rozemberg, Marta A Amaral, Regina CA Bodstein

Multi-centred mixed-methods PEPFAR HIV care & support public health evaluation: study protocol

Richard Harding, Victoria Simms, Suzanne Penfold, Paul McCrone, Scott Moreland, Julia Downing, Richard A Powell, Faith Mwangi-Powell, Eve Namisango, Peter Fayers, Siân Curtis, Irene J Higginson

Population uptake of antiretroviral treatment through primary care in rural South Africa

Graham S Cooke, Frank C Tanser, Till W Bärnighausen, Marie-Louise Newell

Make Better Choices (MBC): Study design of a randomized controlled trial testing optimal technology-supported change in multiple diet and physical activity risk behaviors

Bonnie Spring, Kristin Schneider, HG McFadden, Jocelyn Vaughn, Andrea T Kozak, Malaina Smith, Arlen C Moller, Leonard Epstein, Stephanie W Russell, Andrew DeMott, Donald Hedeker

Social cohesion through football: a quasi-experimental mixed methods design to evaluate a complex health promotion program

Sally Nathan, Anne Bunde-Birouste, Clifton Evers, Lynn Kemp, Julie MacKenzie, Robert Henley

Exploring recruitment, willingness to participate, and retention of low-SES women in stress and depression prevention

Judith EB van der Waerden, Cees Hoefnagels, Maria WJ Jansen, Clemens MH Hosman

Trajectories of maternal symptoms of anxiety and depression. A 13-year longitudinal study of a population-based sample

Anni Skipstein, Harald Janson, Mike Stoolmiller, Kristin S Mathiesen

Impact of maternal metabolic abnormalities in pregnancy on human milk and subsequent infant metabolic development: methodology and design

Sylvia H Ley, Deborah L O'Connor, Ravi Retnakaran, Jill K Hamilton, Mathew Sermer, Bernard Zinman, Anthony J Hanley

An increase in the burden of neonatal admissions to a rural district hospital in Kenya over 19 years

Michael K Mwaniki, Hellen W Gatakaa, Florence N Mturi, Charles R Chesaro, Jane M Chuma, Norbert M Peshu, Linda Mason, Piet Kager, Kevin Marsh, Mike English, James A Berkley, Charles R Newton

Cardiovascular risk profile: Cross-sectional analysis of motivational determinants, physical fitness and physical activity

Barbara Sassen, Gerjo Kok, Herman Schaalma, Henri Kiers, Luc Vanhees

Parental influences on child physical activity and screen viewing time: a population based study

Ben J Smith, Anne Grunseit, Louise L Hardy, Lesley King, Luke Wolfenden, Andrew Milat

Association between actual weight status, perceived weight and depressive, anxious symptoms in Chinese adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Jie Tang, Yizhen Yu, Yukai Du, Ying Ma, Huiping Zhu, Zhuoya Liu

Is there an association between mild cognitive impairment and dietary pattern in chinese elderly? Results from a cross-sectional population study

Ziqi Wang, Birong Dong, Guo Zeng, Jun Li, Wenlei Wang, Binyou Wang, Qiyuan Yuan

Healthcare workers as parents: attitudes toward vaccinating their children against pandemic influenza A/H1N1

Sebahat D Torun, Fuat Torun, Binali Catak

Trends in dermatomyositis- and polymyositis-related mortality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, 1985-2007: multiple cause-of-death analysis

Augusto H Santo, José Maria P Souza, Celso E Pinheiro, Deborah CC Souza, Emilia I Sato

Exposure-in-vivo containing interventions to improve work functioning of workers with anxiety disorder: a systematic review

Erik Noordik, Jac JL van der Klink, Elmer F Klingen, Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Frank JH van Dijk

Randomised controlled trial of an automated, interactive telephone intervention to improve type 2 diabetes self-management (Telephone-Linked Care Diabetes Project): study protocol

Dominique Bird, Brian Oldenburg, Mandy Cassimatis, Anthony Russell, Susan Ash, Mary D Courtney, Paul A Scuffham, Ian Stewart, Richard Wootton, Robert H Friedman

Trust and ambivalence in midwives' views towards women developing pelvic pain during pregnancy: a qualitative study

Ingrid Mogren, Anna Winkvist, Lars Dahlgren

What happens to ART-eligible patients who do not start ART? Dropout between screening and ART initiation: a cohort study in Karonga, Malawi

Nuala McGrath, Judith R Glynn, Jacqueline Saul, Katharina Kranzer, Andreas Jahn, Frank Mwaungulu, Msenga HC Ngwira, Hazzie Mvula, Fipson Munthali, Venance Mwinuka, Lorren Mwaungulu, Paul EM Fine, Amelia C Crampin

Response rates and selection problems, with emphasis on mental health variables and DNA sampling, in large population-based, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of adolescents in Norway

Espen Bjertness, Åse Sagatun, Kristian Green, Lars Lien, Anne Johanne Søgaard, Randi Selmer

Absence of influenza vaccination among high-risk older adults in Taiwan

Ying-Chun Li

Obesity and mortality among older Thais: a four year follow up study

Patama Vapattanawong, Wichai Aekplakorn, Uthaithip Rakchanyaban, Pramote Prasartkul, Yawarat Porapakkham

Characteristics of adolescents who expressed indifference or no interest towards body art

Luca Cegolon, Carla Xodo, Giuseppe Mastrangelo

Second-hand smoke exposure and the factors associated with avoidance behavior among the mothers of pre-school children: a school-based cross-sectional study

Pi-Li Lin, Hsiao-Ling Huang, Kuei-Yun Lu, Ted Chen, Wei-Ting Lin, Chien-Hung Lee, Hsiang-Ming Hsu

The reduction of intoxication and disorder in premises licensed to serve alcohol: An exploratory randomised controlled trial

Simon C Moore, Iain R Brennan, Simon Murphy, Ellie Byrne, Susan N Moore, Jonathan P Shepherd, Laurence Moore

Maternal health care professionals' perspectives on the provision and use of antenatal and delivery care: a qualitative descriptive study in rural Vietnam

Sophie Graner, Ingrid Mogren, Le Q Duong, Gunilla Krantz, Marie Klingberg-Allvin

Short sleep duration and obesity among Australian children

Zumin Shi, Anne W Taylor, Tiffany K Gill, Jane Tuckerman, Robert Adams, James Martin

Self-medication with antibiotics for the treatment of menstrual symptoms in southwest Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Amy R Sapkota, Morenike E Coker, Rachel E Rosenberg Goldstein, Nancy L Atkinson, Shauna J Sweet, Priscilla O Sopeju, Modupe T Ojo, Elizabeth Otivhia, Olayemi O Ayepola, Olufunmiso O Olajuyigbe, Laura Shireman, Paul S Pottinger, Kayode K Ojo

What do first-time mothers worry about? A study of usage patterns and content of calls made to a postpartum support telephone hotline

Hibah Osman, Monique Chaaya, Lama El Zein, Georges Naassan, Livia Wick

Increasing reports of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 1995-2006

Jonathan E Moore, Michelle E Kruijshaar, L Peter Ormerod, Francis Drobniewski, Ibrahim Abubakar

A study protocol to evaluate the relationship between outdoor air pollution and pregnancy outcomes

Manuel C Ribeiro, Maria J Pereira, Amílcar Soares, Cristina Branquinho, Sofia Augusto, Esteve Llop, Susana Fonseca, Joaquim G Nave, António B Tavares, Carlos M Dias, Ana Silva, Ismael Selemane, Joaquin de Toro, Mário J Santos, Fernanda Santos

Health literacy, health status, and healthcare utilization of Taiwanese adults: results from a national survey

Shoou-Yih D Lee, Tzu-I Tsai, Yi-Wen Tsai, Ken N Kuo

Gender differences in the association between pre-adolescent smoking initiation and emotional or behavioural problems

Gea de Meer, Matty R Crone, Sijmen A Reijneveld

"...they should be offering it": a qualitative study to investigate young peoples' attitudes towards chlamydia screening in GP surgeries

Angela H Hogan, Rebecca S Howell-Jones, Elizabeth Pottinger, Louise M Wallace, Cliodna AM McNulty

A longitudinal study of tobacco use among American Indian and Alaska Native tribal college students

Babalola Faseru, Christine M Daley, Byron Gajewski, Christina M Pacheco, Won S Choi

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of early assisted discharge for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease exacerbations: the design of a randomised controlled trial

Cecile MA Utens, Lucas MA Goossens, Frank WJM Smeenk, Onno CP van Schayck, Walter van Litsenburg, Annet Janssen, Monique van Vliet, Wiel Seezink, Dirk RAJ Demunck, Brigitte van de Pas, Peter J de Bruijn, Anouschka van der Pouw, Jeroen MAM Retera, Petra de Laat-Bierings, Loes van Eijsden, Maria Braken, Riet Eijsermans, Maureen PMH Rutten-van Mölken

Socio-demographic, lifestyle and health characteristics among snus users and dual tobacco users in Stockholm County, Sweden

Karin Engström, Cecilia Magnusson, Maria Rosaria Galanti

Study protocol: a randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of exercise training on peripheral blood gene expression in patients with stable angina

Liam Bourke, Garry A Tew, Marta Milo, David C Crossman, John M Saxton, Timothy JA Chico

The limitations of employment as a tool for social inclusion

Liana S Leach, Peter Butterworth, Lyndall Strazdins, Bryan Rodgers, Dorothy H Broom, Sarah C Olesen

Coping strategies for financial burdens in families with childhood pneumonia in Bangladesh

Nadia I Alamgir, Aliya Naheed, Stephen P Luby

Study protocol to a nationwide prospective cohort study on return to gainful occupation after stroke in Denmark 1996 - 2006

Harald Hannerz, Betina Holbæk Pedersen, Otto M Poulsen, Frank Humle, Lars L Andersen

Measuring newborn foot length to identify small babies in need of extra care: a cross sectional hospital based study with community follow-up in Tanzania

Tanya Marchant, Jennie Jaribu, Suzanne Penfold, Marcel Tanner, Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg

Within-trial economic evaluation of diabetes-specific cognitive behaviour therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes and subthreshold depression

Nadja Chernyak, Bernd Kulzer, Norbert Hermanns, Andreas Schmitt, Annika Gahr, Thomas Haak, Johannes Kruse, Christian Ohmann, Marsel Scheer, Guido Giani, Andrea Icks

A prospective study of weight development and behavior problems in toddlers: the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study

Susan Garthus-Niegel, Knut A Hagtvet, Margarete E Vollrath

Estimation of the burden of cardiovascular disease attributable to modifiable risk factors and cost-effectiveness analysis of preventative interventions to reduce this burden in Argentina

Adolfo Rubinstein, Lisandro Colantonio, Ariel Bardach, Joaquín Caporale, Sebastián García Martí, Karin Kopitowski, Andrea Alcaraz, Luz Gibbons, Federico Augustovski, Andrés Pichón-Rivière

Neighbourhood characteristics, social capital and self-rated health - A population-based survey in Sweden

Margareta Lindén-Boström, Carina Persson, Charli Eriksson

Antibiotic use, resistance development and environmental factors: a qualitative study among healthcare professionals in Orissa, India

Krushna Chandra Sahoo, A J Tamhankar, Eva Johansson, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg

The origins of a research community in the Majengo observational cohort study, Nairobi, Kenya

Sunita VS Bandewar, Joshua Kimani, James V Lavery

Low coverage but few inclusion errors in Burkina Faso: a community-based targeting approach to exempt the indigent from user fees

Valéry Ridde, Slim Haddad, Béatrice Nikiema, Moctar Ouedraogo, Yamba Kafando, Abel Bicaba

Neighborhood socioeconomic status, Medicaid coverage and medical management of myocardial infarction: Atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) community surveillance

Randi E Foraker, Kathryn M Rose, Eric A Whitsel, Chirayath M Suchindran, Joy L Wood, Wayne D Rosamond

Incidence of primary hepatitis C infection and risk factors for transmission in an Australian prisoner cohort

Suzy Teutsch, Fabio Luciani, Nicolas Scheuer, Luke McCredie, Parastu Hosseiny, William Rawlinson, John Kaldor, Gregory J Dore, Kate Dolan, Rosemary Ffrench, Andrew Lloyd, Paul Haber, Michael Levy

Social influences on mental health help-seeking after interpersonal traumatization: a qualitative analysis

Viola Schreiber, Andreas Maercker, Babette Renneberg

Young adolescents' independent mobility, related factors and association with transport to school. A cross-sectional study

Klara Johansson, Marie Hasselberg, Lucie Laflamme

Hospitalisation for rotavirus gastroenteritis in the paediatric population in the Veneto Region, Italy

Mario Saia, Aurore Giliberti, Giampietro Callegaro, Tatjana Baldovin, Marta Cecilia Busana, Francesco Pietrobon, Chiara Bertoncello, Vincenzo Baldo

Age- and gender-specific risk of death after first hospitalization for heart failure

I Vaartjes, AW Hoes, JB Reitsma, A de Bruin, DE Grobbee, A Mosterd, ML Bots

An overview of ethical frameworks in public health: can they be supportive in the evaluation of programs to prevent overweight?

Marieke ten Have, Inez D de Beaufort, Johan P Mackenbach, Agnes van der Heide

Association of waterpipe smoking and road traffic crashes

Soheil Saadat, Mojgan Karbakhsh

Cardiovascular risk estimated after 13 years of follow-up in a low-incidence Mediterranean region with high-prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors

José M Huerta, María-José Tormo, Diana Gavrila, Carmen Navarro

Communication, perception and behaviour during a natural disaster involving a 'Do Not Drink' and a subsequent 'Boil Water' notice: a postal questionnaire study

Gabriella Rundblad, Olivia Knapton, Paul R Hunter

Physician's manual reporting underestimates mortality: evidence from a population-based HIV/AIDS treatment program

Christopher G Au-Yeung, Aranka Anema, Keith Chan, Benita Yip, Julio SG Montaner, Robert S Hogg

Socioeconomic status and duration and pattern of sickness absence. A 1-year follow-up study of 2331 hospital employees

Trine R Kristensen, Signe M Jensen, Svend Kreiner, Sigurd Mikkelsen

Patterns of physical activity in different domains and implications for intervention in a multi-ethnic Asian population: a cross-sectional study

Ei Ei Khaing Nang, Eric YH Khoo, Agus Salim, E Shyong Tai, Jeannette Lee, Rob M Van Dam

Young and vulnerable: Spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for infant mortality in rural South Africa (Agincourt), 1992-2007

Benn KD Sartorius, Kathleen Kahn, Penelope Vounatsou, Mark A Collinson, Stephen M Tollman

Examining the types and payments of the disabilities of the insurants in the national farmers' health insurance program in Taiwan

Jiun-Hao Wang, Hung-Hao Chang

CT scan screening is associated with increased distress among subjects of the APExS

Christophe Paris, Marion Maurel, Amandine Luc, Audrey Stoufflet, Jean-Claude Pairon, Marc Letourneux

Emotional support predicts more sickness absence and poorer self assessed work ability: a two-year prospective cohort study

Nadine Karlsson, Elisabeth Skargren, Margareta Kristenson

Systematic development of a self-regulation weight-management intervention for overweight adults

Lenneke van Genugten, Pepijn van Empelen, Ilse Flink, Anke Oenema

Internet-based surveillance of Influenza-like-illness in the UK during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic

Natasha L Tilston, Ken TD Eames, Daniela Paolotti, Toby Ealden, W John Edmunds

Barriers and facilitators of adherence to TB treatment in patients on concomitant TB and HIV treatment: a qualitative study

Mekdes K Gebremariam, Gunnar A Bjune, Jan C Frich

The Nutrition and Enjoyable Activity for Teen Girls (NEAT girls) randomized controlled trial for adolescent girls from disadvantaged secondary schools: rationale, study protocol, and baseline results

David R Lubans, Philip J Morgan, Deborah Dewar, Clare E Collins, Ronald C Plotnikoff, Anthony D Okely, Marijka J Batterham, Tara Finn, Robin Callister

Reduction of diabetes risk in routine clinical practice: are physical activity and nutrition interventions feasible and are the outcomes from reference trials replicable? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Magnolia Cardona-Morrell, Lucie Rychetnik, Stephen L Morrell, Paola T Espinel, Adrian Bauman

Comparison of cardiovascular risk factors between sri lankans living in kandy and oslo

Sampath UB Tennakoon, Bernadette N Kumar, Danasela B Nugegoda, Haakon E Meyer

Injuries to pedal cyclists on New Zealand roads, 1988-2007

Sandar Tin Tin, Alistair Woodward, Shanthi Ameratunga

Pattern of fractures across pediatric age groups: analysis of individual and lifestyle factors

Giuliana Valerio, Francesca Gallè, Caterina Mancusi, Valeria Di Onofrio, Marianna Colapietro, Pasquale Guida, Giorgio Liguori

Infection status and risk factors of HIV, HBV, HCV, and syphilis among drug users in Guangdong, China - a cross-sectional study

Jie Wu, Jinying Huang, Duorong Xu, Ciyong Lu, Xueqing Deng, Xiaolan Zhou

Effect of a multidisciplinary stress treatment programme on the return to work rate for persons with work-related stress. A non-randomized controlled study from a stress clinic

Bo Netterstrøm, Per Bech

Reproductive health care for asylum-seeking women - a challenge for health professionals

Elisabeth Kurth, Fabienne N Jaeger, Elisabeth Zemp, Sibil Tschudin, Alexander Bischoff

Legionella spp. and legionellosis in southeastern Italy: disease epidemiology and environmental surveillance in community and health care facilities

Christian Napoli, Fabrizio Fasano, Roberta Iatta, Giovanna Barbuti, Teresa Cuna, Maria Teresa Montagna

Facing the threat of influenza pandemic - roles of and implications to general practitioners

Albert Lee, Antonio AT Chuh

Obesity prevention and personal responsibility: the case of front-of-pack food labelling in Australia

Roger S Magnusson

Using formative research to develop MNCH programme in urban slums in Bangladesh: experiences from MANOSHI, BRAC

Syed Masud Ahmed, Awlad Hossain, Marufa Aziz Khan, Malay Kanti Mridha, Ashraful Alam, Nuzhat Choudhury, Tamanna Sharmin, Kaosar Afsana, Abbas Bhuiya

Ecological analysis of health care utilisation for China's rural population: association with a rural county's socioeconomic characteristics

Kam Ling Chau

Factors associated with commencing smoking in 12-year-old students in Catalonia (Spain): a cross-sectional population-based study

Empar Valdivieso, Cristina Rey, Marisa Barrera, Victoria Arija, Josep Basora, Josep Ramon Marsal

Stereotyping of medical disability claimants' communication behaviour by physicians: towards more focused education for social insurance physicians

HJ van Rijssen, AJM Schellart, M Berkhof, JR Anema, AJ van der Beek

Testing for sexually transmitted infections in general practice: cross-sectional study

Katharine E Sadler, Nicola Low, Catherine H Mercer, Lorna J Sutcliffe, M Amir Islam, Shuja Shafi, Gary M Brook, Helen Maguire, Patrick J Horner, Jackie A Cassell

The incidence of HIV among women recruited during late pregnancy and followed up for six years after childbirth in Zimbabwe

Marshall W Munjoma, Felix G Mhlanga, Munyaradzi P Mapingure, Edith N Kurewa, Grace V Mashavave, Mike Z Chirenje, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Babill Stray-Pedersen

Evaluation of a commercial web-based weight loss and weight loss maintenance program in overweight and obese adults: a randomized controlled trial

Clare E Collins, Philip J Morgan, Pennie Jones, Kate Fletcher, Julia Martin, Elroy J Aguiar, Ashlee Lucas, Melinda Neve, Patrick McElduff, Robin Callister

The role of entry screening in case finding of tuberculosis among asylum seekers in Norway

Ingunn Harstad, Geir W Jacobsen, Einar Heldal, Brita A Winje, Saeed Vahedi, Anne-Sofie Helvik, Sigurd L Steinshamn, Helge Garåsen

Surviving crack: a qualitative study of the strategies and tactics developed by Brazilian users to deal with the risks associated with the drug

Luciana A Ribeiro, Zila M Sanchez, Solange A Nappo

Factors associated with motivation and hesitation to work among health professionals during a public crisis: a cross sectional study of hospital workers in Japan during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Hissei Imai, Kunitaka Matsuishi, Atsushi Ito, Kentaro Mouri, Noboru Kitamura, Keiko Akimoto, Koichi Mino, Ayako Kawazoe, Masanori Isobe, Shizuo Takamiya, Tatsuo Mita

A precautionary public health protection strategy for the possible risk of childhood leukaemia from exposure to power frequency magnetic fields

Myron Maslanyj, Tracy Lightfoot, Joachim Schüz, Zenon Sienkiewicz, Alastair McKinlay

Cultural tailoring for the promotion of Hepatitis B screening in Turkish Dutch: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Ytje JJ van der Veen, Onno de Zwart, Johan Mackenbach, Jan Hendrik Richardus

Health related quality of life of Canary Island citizens

Juan Oliva-Moreno, Julio Lopez-Bastida, Melany Worbes-Cerezo, Pedro Serrano-Aguilar

Comparing sexual risks and patterns of alcohol and drug use between injection drug users (IDUs) and non-IDUs who report sexual partnerships with IDUs in St. Petersburg, Russia

Nadia Abdala, Edward White, Olga V Toussova, Tatiana V Krasnoselskikh, Sergei Verevochkin, Andrei P Kozlov, Robert Heimer

Inequitable walking conditions among older people: examining the interrelationship of neighbourhood socio-economic status and urban form using a comparative case study

Theresa L Grant, Nancy Edwards, Heidi Sveistrup, Caroline Andrew, Mary Egan

The modified NCEP ATP III criteria maybe better than the IDF criteria in diagnosing Metabolic Syndrome among Malays in Kuala Lumpur

Foong Ming Moy, Awang Bulgiba

Assessment of the direct medical costs of diabetes mellitus and its complications in the United Arab Emirates

Fatma Al-Maskari, Mohammed El-Sadig, Nicholas Nagelkerke

Trial Protocol: Using genotype to tailor prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy: a randomised controlled trial assessing impact of communication upon adherence

Theresa M Marteau, Marcus R Munafò, Paul Aveyard, Chloe Hill, Sophia Whitwell, Thomas A Willis, Rachel A Crockett, Gareth J Hollands, Elaine C Johnstone, Alison J Wright, A Toby Prevost, David Armstrong, Stephen Sutton, Ann Louise Kinmonth

Perceptions of personal health risks by medical and non-medical workers in a university medical center: a survey study

Tita Alissa Listyowardojo, Raoul E Nap, Addie Johnson

Estimating alcohol-related premature mortality in san francisco: use of population-attributable fractions from the global burden of disease study

Brian S Katcher, Randy B Reiter, Tomás J Aragón

Prevalence and clustering of metabolic risk factors for type 2 diabetes among Chinese adults in Shanghai, China

He Xu, Yiqing Song, Nai-Chieh You, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Sander Greenland, Earl S Ford, Lin He, Simin Liu

Associations between VO2maxand vitality in older workers: a cross-sectional study

Jorien E Strijk, Karin I Proper, Linda Klaver, Allard J van der Beek, Willem van Mechelen

Prospective study of avian influenza transmission to humans in egypt

Ghazi Kayali, Richard J Webby, Xiaoping Xiong, Lobna S Sherif, Esmat A El-Ghafar, Mohamed A Ali

Adverse psychosocial working conditions and minor psychiatric disorders among bank workers

Luiz S Silva, Sandhi M Barreto

Victimization of patients with severe psychiatric disorders: prevalence, risk factors, protective factors and consequences for mental health. A longitudinal study

Jack JM Dekker, Jan Theunissen, Rien Van, Jaap Peen, Pim Duurkoop, Martijn Kikkert

"I am pregnant and my husband has diabetes. Is there a risk for my child?" A qualitative study of questions asked by email about the role of genetic susceptibility to diabetes

Suzanne CM van Esch, Martina C Cornel, Frank J Snoek

Sex partnerships, health, and social risks of young men leaving jail: analyzing data from a randomized controlled trial

Megha Ramaswamy, Nicholas Freudenberg

Health-related factors correlate with behavior trends in physical activity level in old age: longitudinal results from a population in São Paulo, Brazil

Marcela T Ferreira, Sandra MM Matsudo, Manoel CSA Ribeiro, Luiz R Ramos

Drinking in transition: trends in alcohol consumption in Russia 1994-2004

Francesca JA Perlman

Partnership work between Public Health and Health Psychology: introduction to a novel training programme

Alyssa S Gilinsky, Stephan U Dombrowski, Hannah Dale, Douglas Marks, Clare Robinson, Claire Eades, Despina Ouzounidou

Maternal common mental disorders and infant development in Ethiopia: the P-MaMiE Birth Cohort

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Social desirability and self-reported health risk behaviors in web-based research: three longitudinal studies

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Estimation of cancer incidence and mortality attributable to alcohol drinking in china

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A retrospective population-based cohort study identifying target areas for prevention of acute lower respiratory infections in children

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Investigating the health implications of social policy initiatives at the local level: study design and methods

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Promoting a healthy diet and physical activity in adults with intellectual disabilities living in community residences: Design and evaluation of a cluster-randomized intervention

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Distance decay in delivery care utilisation associated with neonatal mortality. A case referent study in northern Vietnam

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Early life factors and being overweight at 4 years of age among children in Malmö, Sweden

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Impact of informed-choice invitations on diabetes screening knowledge, attitude and intentions: an analogue study

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Mistrust in marriage-Reasons why men do not accept couple HIV testing during antenatal care- a qualitative study in eastern Uganda

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Smoking Cessation Quitlines in Europe: Matching Services to Callers' Characteristics

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Postpartum anxiety, depression and social health: findings from a population-based survey of Australian women

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Risk perception and priority setting for intervention among hepatitis C virus and environmental risks: a cross-sectional survey in the Cairo community

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Contingency management to reduce methamphetamine use and sexual risk among men who have sex with men: a randomized controlled trial

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Characteristics associated with organic food consumption during pregnancy; data from a large cohort of pregnant women in Norway

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"Immortal but frightened"-smoking adolescents' perceptions on smoking uptake and prevention

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HIV and Hepatitis B and C incidence rates in US correctional populations and high risk groups: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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The impact of mass gatherings and holiday traveling on the course of an influenza pandemic: a computational model

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Withdrawal users' experiences of and attitudes to contraceptive methods: a study from Eastern district of Tehran, Iran

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Prevalence and association between obesity and metabolic syndrome among Chinese elementary school children: a school-based survey

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Web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention for Māori and non-Māori: the New Zealand e-SBINZ trials

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A systematic review of studies measuring health-related quality of life of general injury populations

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Systematic review of mass media interventions designed to improve public recognition of stroke symptoms, emergency response and early treatment

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The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), a novel infrastructure for population health research: rationale and methods

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Improving the uptake of preconception care and periconceptional folate supplementation: what do women think?

Danielle Mazza, Anna Chapman

Turning around an ailing district hospital: a realist evaluation of strategic changes at Ho Municipal Hospital (Ghana)

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Early childhood caries in preschool children of Kosovo - a serious public health problem

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The combined effect of smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol on cause-specific mortality: a 30 year cohort study

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Referrals to a regional allergy clinic - an eleven year audit

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Sickness presenteeism in Spanish-born and immigrant workers in Spain

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What's in a message? Delivering sexual health promotion to young people in Australia via text messaging

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Primary syphilis cases in Guangdong Province 1995-2008: Opportunities for linking syphilis control and regional development

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Knowledge of Chlamydia trachomatis among men and women approached to participate in community-based screening, Scotland, UK

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Characteristics of martial art injuries in a defined Canadian population: a descriptive epidemiological study

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Perceptions of frontline staff regarding data collection methodologies used during the 2009 A H1N1 influenza immunization campaign in Canada

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Public, private and personal: Qualitative research on policymakers' opinions on smokefree interventions to protect children in 'private' spaces

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Contact with HIV prevention services highest in gay and bisexual men at greatest risk: cross-sectional survey in Scotland

Lisa M McDaid, Graham J Hart

Association between perinatal depression in mothers and the risk of childhood infections in offspring: a population-based cohort study

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Group interventions to improve health outcomes: a framework for their design and delivery

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Nutrient intakes of rural Tibetan mothers: a cross-sectional survey

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Household food insecurity and symptoms of neurologic disorder in Ethiopia: An observational analysis

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