Ausgabe 1/2011
Inhalt (963 Artikel)
Caregiver awareness of reproductive health issues for women with intellectual disabilities
Lan-Ping Lin, Pei-Ying Lin, Shang-Wei Hsu, Ching-Hui Loh, Jin-Ding Lin, Chia-Im Lai, Wu-Chien Chien, Fu-Gong Lin
Nationwide shifts in the double burden of overweight and underweight in Vietnamese adults in 2000 and 2005: two national nutrition surveys
Do TP Ha, Edith JM Feskens, Paul Deurenberg, Le B Mai, Nguyen C Khan, Frans J Kok
EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight Gain among Youth (ENERGY) project: Design and methodology of the ENERGY cross-sectional survey
Maartje M van Stralen, Saskia J te Velde, Amika S Singh, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Marloes K Martens, Maria van der Sluis, Yannis Manios, Evangelia Grammatikaki, Mai JM Chinapaw¹, Lea Maes, Elling Bere, Jorgen Jensen, Luis Moreno, Nataša Jan, Dénes Molnár, Helen Moore, Johannes Brug
Mobile phone use and stress, sleep disturbances, and symptoms of depression among young adults - a prospective cohort study
Sara Thomée, Annika Härenstam, Mats Hagberg
Proximity of food retailers to schools and rates of overweight ninth grade students: an ecological study in California
Philip H Howard, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Brian Fulfrost
Health impact of US military service in a large population-based military cohort: findings of the Millennium Cohort Study, 2001-2008
Tyler C Smith, Isabel G Jacobson, Tomoko I Hooper, Cynthia A LeardMann, Edward J Boyko, Besa Smith, Gary D Gackstetter, Timothy S Wells, Paul J Amoroso, Gregory C Gray, James R Riddle, Margaret AK Ryan
Tobacco use, exposure to secondhand smoke, and cessation counseling among medical students: cross-country data from the Global Health Professions Student Survey (GHPSS), 2005-2008
Charles W Warren, Dhirendra N Sinha, Juliette Lee, Veronica Lea, Nathan R Jones
RH knowledge and service utilization among unmarried rural-to-urban migrants in three major cities, China
Zhiyong Liu, Minmin Zhu, Hassan H Dib, Zi Li, Shuhua Shi, Zengzhen Wang
The use of cessation assistance among smokers from China: Findings from the ITC China Survey
Jilan Yang, David Hammond, Pete Driezen, Richard J O'Connor, Qiang Li, Hua-Hie Yong, Geoffrey T Fong, Yuan Jiang
Swine-Origin Influenza A Outbreak 2009 at Shinshu University, Japan
Mitsuo Uchida, Teruomi Tsukahara, Minoru Kaneko, Shinsuke Washizuka, Shigeyuki Kawa
Utility of electronic patient records in primary care for stroke secondary prevention trials
Alex Dregan, Michael A Toschke, Charles D Wolfe, Anthony Rudd, Mark Ashworth, Martin C Gulliford
Differential relationships of family drinking with alcohol expectancy among urban school children
Chuan-Yu Chen, Carla L Storr, Chieh-Yu Liu, Kuang-Hung Chen, Wei J Chen, Keh-Ming Lin
Need for continual education about disaster medicine for health professionals in China-a pilot study
Bo Huang, Jing Li, Yunkai Li, Weidong Zhang, Futang Pan, Shujun Miao
The Happy Life Club™ study protocol: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a type 2 diabetes health coach intervention
Colette Browning, Anna Chapman, Sean Cowlishaw, Zhixin Li, Shane A Thomas, Hui Yang, Tuohong Zhang
Measuring adherence to antiretroviral therapy in northern Tanzania: feasibility and acceptability of the Medication Event Monitoring System
Ramsey A Lyimo, Jossy van den Boogaard, Elizabeth Msoka, Harm J Hospers, Andre van der Ven, Declare Mushi, Marijn de Bruin
Evaluating clinic and community-based lifestyle interventions for obesity reduction in a low-income Latino neighborhood: Vivamos Activos Fair Oaks Program
Rebecca L Drieling, Jun Ma, Randall S Stafford
A review of public opinion towards alcohol controls in Australia
Claire Tobin, A Rob Moodie, Charles Livingstone
Patient preferences and treatment safety for uncomplicated vulvovaginal candidiasis in primary health care
Isabel Del-Cura González, Francisca García-de-Blas González, Teresa Sanz Cuesta, Jesús Martín Fernández, Justo M Del-Alamo Rodríguez, Rosa A Escriva Ferrairo, M del Canto De-Hoyos Alonso, Laura Balsalobre Arenas, Ricardo Rodríguez Barrientos, Elisa Ceresuela Wiesmann, Cristina De-Alba Romero, Yolanda Ginés Díaz, Ana Pastor Rodríguez-Moñino, Blanca Gutiérrez Teira, Marta Sánchez-Celaya del Pozo, Jesús Fernández Horcajuelo, María J Rojas Giraldo, Paulino Cubero González, Rocío A Vello Cuadrado, Beatriz López Uriarte, Jeannet Sánchez Yepes, Yolanda Hernando Sanz, M José Iglesias Piñeiro, Susana Tudanca Hernández, Fernando Gallardo Alonso, Ana I González González, Alicia Simón Fernández, Carmen Carballo, Ana Rey López, Fernanda Morales, Dolores Martínez López
Spatial distribution and characteristics of injecting drug users (IDU) in five Northeastern states of India
Gajendra Kumar Medhi, Jagadish Mahanta, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, Brogen S Akoijam, Buno Liegise, Kalpana Sarathy, Chelliah Joshua Thomas, Bhupen Sarmah
We should not be complacent about our population-based public health response to the first influenza pandemic of the 21stcentury
Heath A Kelly, Patricia C Priest, Geoffry N Mercer, Gary K Dowse
Prevalence and progression of visual impairment in patients newly diagnosed with clinical type 2 diabetes: a 6-year follow up study
Niels de Fine Olivarius, Volkert Siersma, Gitte Juul Almind, Niels Vesti Nielsen
Alcohol consumption and binge drinking in adolescents: comparison of different migration backgrounds and rural vs. urban residence - a representative study
Carolin Donath, Elmar Gräßel, Dirk Baier, Christian Pfeiffer, Deniz Karagülle, Stefan Bleich, Thomas Hillemacher
Adherence and virologic suppression during the first 24 weeks on antiretroviral therapy among women in Johannesburg, South Africa - a prospective cohort study
Ziad El-Khatib, Anna Mia Ekstrom, Ashraf Coovadia, Elaine J Abrams, Max Petzold, David Katzenstein, Lynn Morris, Louise Kuhn
Parenthood and factors that influence outdoor recreational physical activity from a gender perspective
Katarina Sjögren, Eva Ekvall Hansson, Louise Stjernberg
Cumulative smoking exposure, duration of smoking cessation, and peripheral arterial disease in middle-aged and older Korean men
Young-Hoon Lee, Min-Ho Shin, Sun-Seog Kweon, Jin-Su Choi, Jung-Ae Rhee, Hye-Ran Ahn, Woo-Jun Yun, So-Yeon Ryu, Bok-Hee Kim, Hae-Sung Nam, Seul-Ki Jeong, Kyeong-Soo Park
High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and its association with BMI-for-age among primary school children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Geok L Khor, Winnie SS Chee, Zalilah M Shariff, Bee K Poh, Mohan Arumugam, Jamalludin A Rahman, Hannah E Theobald
Risk factors for posttraumatic stress reactions among chinese students following exposure to a snowstorm disaster
Daxing Wu, Huifang Yin, Shujing Xu, Ying Zhao
The dimensional structure of the functional abilities in cases of long-term sickness absence
Jake PJ Broersen, Henny PG Mulders, Antonius JM Schellart, Allard J van der Beek
Evaluating the impact of decentralising tuberculosis microscopy services to rural township hospitals in gansu province, china
Xiaolin Wei, Guanyang Zou, Hui Zhang, Renzhong Li, John D Walley, Shiwen Jiang, Jia Yin, Shuigao Jin, You Li, Qiang Sun, James N Newell, Sian Griffiths, Lixia Wang
The impact of social status inconsistency on cardiovascular risk factors, myocardial infarction and stroke in the EPIC-Heidelberg cohort
Stefanie Braig, Richard Peter, Gabriele Nagel, Silke Hermann, Sabine Rohrmann, Jakob Linseisen
Parental control and monitoring of young people's sexual behaviour in rural North-Western Tanzania: Implications for sexual and reproductive health interventions
Joyce Wamoyi, Angela Fenwick, Mark Urassa, Basia Zaba, William Stones
Epidemiology of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in a chinese population: current situation and challenges ahead
Yan Shao, Dandan Yang, Weiguo Xu, Wei Lu, Honghuan Song, Yaoyao Dai, Hongbing Shen, Jianming Wang
To test or not to test: A cross-sectional survey of the psychosocial determinants of self-testing for cholesterol, glucose, and HIV
Janaica EJ Grispen, Gaby Ronda, Geert-Jan Dinant, Nanne K de Vries, Trudy van der Weijden
Introduction of organised mammography screening in tyrol: results of a one-year pilot phase
Willi Oberaigner, Wolfgang Buchberger, Thomas Frede, Martin Daniaux, Rudolf Knapp, Christian Marth, Uwe Siebert
Is income or employment a stronger predictor of smoking than education in economically less developed countries? A cross-sectional study in Hungary
Mall Leinsalu, Csilla Kaposvári, Anton E Kunst
Prevalence of sealants in relation to dental caries on the permanent molars of 12 and 15-year-old Greek adolescents. A national pathfinder survey
Constantine J Oulis, Elias D Berdouses, Eleni Mamai-Homata, Argyro Polychronopoulou
Which chronic diseases and disease combinations are specific to multimorbidity in the elderly? Results of a claims data based cross-sectional study in Germany
Hendrik van den Bussche, Daniela Koller, Tina Kolonko, Heike Hansen, Karl Wegscheider, Gerd Glaeske, Eike-Christin von Leitner, Ingmar Schäfer, Gerhard Schön
Religious subgroups influencing vaccination coverage in the Dutch Bible belt: an ecological study
Wilhelmina LM Ruijs, Jeannine LA Hautvast, Koos van der Velden, Sjoerd de Vos, Hans Knippenberg, Marlies EJL Hulscher
Social and cultural factors underlying generational differences in overweight: a cross-sectional study among ethnic minorities in the Netherlands
Karen Hosper, Mary Nicolaou, Irene van Valkengoed, Vera Nierkens, Karien Stronks
Testing a Dutch web-based tailored lifestyle programme among adults: a study protocol
Daniela N Schulz, Stef PJ Kremers, Liesbeth ADM van Osch, Francine Schneider, Mathieu JG van Adrichem, Hein de Vries
What factors are associated with recent intimate partner violence? findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence
Tanya Abramsky, Charlotte H Watts, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, Karen Devries, Ligia Kiss, Mary Ellsberg, Henrica AFM Jansen, Lori Heise
Interventions to enhance adherence to dietary advice for preventing and managing chronic diseases in adults: a study protocol
Sophie Desroches, Annie Lapointe, Stéphane Ratté, Karine Gravel, France Légaré, Jayne Thirsk
Prevalence and perceived health effect of alcohol use among male undergraduate students in Owerri, South-East Nigeria: a descriptive cross-sectional study
Ebirim IC Chikere, Morakinyo O Mayowa
Systematic review of reviews of intervention components associated with increased effectiveness in dietary and physical activity interventions
Colin J Greaves, Kate E Sheppard, Charles Abraham, Wendy Hardeman, Michael Roden, Philip H Evans, Peter Schwarz
Design and methods of a longitudinal study investigating the impact of antiretroviral treatment on the partnerships and sexual behaviour of HIV-infected individuals in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Nuala McGrath, Linda Richter, Marie-Louise Newell
Sun protection and sunbathing practices among at-risk family members of patients with melanoma
Sharon L Manne, Elliot J Coups, Paul B Jacobsen, Michael Ming, Carolyn J Heckman, Stuart Lessin
Evaluation of physical activity programmes for elderly people - a descriptive study using the EFQM' criteria
Ana I Marques, Maria J Rosa, Pedro Soares, Rute Santos, Jorge Mota, Joana Carvalho
Subjective social status predicts long-term smoking abstinence
Lorraine R Reitzel, Michael S Businelle, Darla E Kendzor, Yisheng Li, Yumei Cao, Yessenia Castro, Carlos A Mazas, Ludmila Cofta-Woerpel, Paul M Cinciripini, David W Wetter
Betel quid chewing as a source of manganese exposure: total daily intake of manganese in a Bangladeshi population
Shaban W Al-Rmalli, Richard O Jenkins, Parvez I Haris
Predictors of consistent condom use based on the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model among female sex workers in Jinan, China
Hua Zhang, Meizhen Liao, Xijuan Nie, Rongjian Pan, Chuangxin Wang, Shiman Ruan, Changqing Zhang, Xiaorun Tao, Dianmin Kang, Baofa Jiang
Maternal characteristics during pregnancy and risk factors for positive HIV RNA at delivery: a single-cohort observational study (Brescia, Northern Italy)
Ilaria Izzo, Maria A Forleo, Salvatore Casari, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Michele Magoni, Giampiero Carosi, Carlo Torti
Poor mental health and sexual risk behaviours in Uganda: A cross-sectional population-based study
Patric Lundberg, Godfrey Rukundo, Schola Ashaba, Anna Thorson, Peter Allebeck, Per-Olof Östergren, Elizabeth Cantor-Graae
Stress and prevalence of hearing problems in the Swedish working population
Dan Hasson, Töres Theorell, Martin Benka Wallén, Constanze Leineweber, Barbara Canlon
Public health campaigns and obesity - a critique
Helen L Walls, Anna Peeters, Joseph Proietto, John J McNeil
Impact of children's migration on health and health care-seeking behavior of elderly left behind
Ramesh Adhikari, Aree Jampaklay, Aphichat Chamratrithirong
Does present use of cardiovascular medication reflect elevated cardiovascular risk scores estimated ten years ago? A population based longitudinal observational study
Mette Brekke, Jørund Straand
Improving detection and notification of tuberculosis cases in students in Shaanxi province, China: an intervention study
Tianhua Zhang, Liujia Guo, Shaoru Zhang, Weiping Liu, Guanghua Chen, Ma Hui, Guangxue He, Marieke J van der Werf, Susan van den Hof
Mapping of health system functions to strengthen priority programs. The case of maternal health in Mexico
Miguel A González-Block, Mariel Rouvier, Victor Becerril, Paola Sesia
Postpartum behaviour as predictor of weight change from before pregnancy to one year postpartum
Ellen Althuizen, Mireille NM van Poppel, Jeanne H de Vries, Jacob C Seidell, Willem van Mechelen
When does poor subjective financial position hurt the elderly? Testing the interaction with educational attainment using a national representative longitudinal survey
Christy Pu, Nicole Huang, Gao-Jun Tang, Yiing-Jenq Chou
Feasibility and acceptability of a multiple risk factor intervention: The Step Up randomized pilot trial
Jennifer B McClure, Sheryl L Catz, Evette J Ludman, Julie Richards, Karin Riggs, Lou Grothaus
Development and evaluation of a patient centered cardiovascular health education program for insured patients in rural Nigeria (QUICK - II)
Aina Olufemi Odusola, Marleen Hendriks, Constance Schultsz, Karien Stronks, Joep Lange, Akin Osibogun, Tanimola Akande, Shade Alli, Peju Adenusi, Kayode Agbede, Joke Haafkens
Continuity of midwifery care and gestational weight gain in obese women: a randomised controlled trial
Cate Nagle, Helen Skouteris, Anne Hotchin, Lauren Bruce, Denise Patterson, Glyn Teale
Work-related psychosocial events as triggers of sick leave - results from a Swedish case-crossover study
Hanna Hultin, Johan Hallqvist, Kristina Alexanderson, Gun Johansson, Christina Lindholm, Ingvar Lundberg, Jette Möller
Evaluation of the impact of the voucher and accreditation approach on improving reproductive health behaviors and status in Kenya
Charlotte Warren, Timothy Abuya, Francis Obare, Joseph Sunday, Rebecca Njue, Ian Askew, Ben Bellows
Mothers' AdvocateS In the Community (MOSAIC)- non-professional mentor support to reduce intimate partner violence and depression in mothers: a cluster randomised trial in primary care
Angela J Taft, Rhonda Small, Kelsey L Hegarty, Lyndsey F Watson, Lisa Gold, Judith A Lumley
Feasibility of a lifestyle intervention in early pregnancy to prevent deterioration of glucose tolerance
Eeva AL Korpi-Hyövälti, David E Laaksonen, Ursula S Schwab, Tarja H Vanhapiha, Kristiina R Vihla, Seppo T Heinonen, Leo K Niskanen
Gender-related mental health differences between refugees and non-refugee immigrants - a cross-sectional register-based study
Anna-Clara Hollander, Daniel Bruce, Bo Burström, Solvig Ekblad
Study protocol of physical activity and sedentary behaviour measurement among schoolchildren by accelerometry - Cross-sectional survey as part of the ENERGY-project
Mine Yıldırım, Maïté Verloigne, Ilse de Bourdeaudhuij, Odysseas Androutsos, Yannis Manios, Regina Felső, Éva Kovács, Alain Doessegger, Bettina Bringolf-Isler, Saskia J te Velde, Johannes Brug, Mai JM Chinapaw
Cardiovascular disease prevention in rural Nigeria in the context of a community based health insurance scheme: QUality Improvement Cardiovascular care Kwara-I (QUICK-I)
Marleen Hendriks, Lizzy Brewster, Ferdinand Wit, Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa, Aina Olufemi Odusola, William Redekop, Navin Bindraban, Albert Vollaard, Shade Alli, Peju Adenusi, Kayode Agbede, Tanimola Akande, Joep Lange, Constance Schultsz
The views of young children in the UK about obesity, body size, shape and weight: a systematic review
Rebecca Rees, Kathryn Oliver, Jenny Woodman, James Thomas
Health care seeking among detained undocumented migrants: a cross-sectional study
Tina Dorn, Manon Ceelen, Ming-Jan Tang, Joyce L Browne, Koos JC de Keijzer, Marcel CA Buster, Kees Das
Health-promoting behaviors and social support of women of reproductive age, and strategies for advancing their health: Protocol for a mixed methods study
Azam Baheiraei, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Eesa Mohammadi, Saharnaz Nedjat, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh Charandabi, Fatemeh Rajabi, Reza Majdzadeh
Health care utilization in the elderly Mexican population: Expenditures and determinants
César González-González, Sergio Sánchez-García, Teresa Juárez-Cedillo, Oscar Rosas-Carrasco, Luis M Gutiérrez-Robledo, Carmen García-Peña
Public perceptions and attitudes toward thalassaemia: Influencing factors in a multi-racial population
Li Ping Wong, Elizabeth George, Jin-Ai Mary Anne Tan
A study protocol for the evaluation of occupational mutagenic/carcinogenic risks in subjects exposed to antineoplastic drugs: a multicentric project
Massimo Moretti, Roberta Bonfiglioli, Donatella Feretti, Sofia Pavanello, Francesca Mussi, Maria G Grollino, Milena Villarini, Anna Barbieri, Elisabetta Ceretti, Mariella Carrieri, Annamaria Buschini, Massimo Appolloni, Luca Dominici, Laura Sabatini, Umberto Gelatti, Giovanni B Bartolucci, Paola Poli, Laura Stronati, Giuseppe Mastrangelo, Silvano Monarca
Household food insecurity and childhood overweight in Jamaica and Québec: a gender-based analysis
Lise Dubois, Damion Francis, Daniel Burnier, Fabiola Tatone-Tokuda, Manon Girard, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Kristin Fox, Rainford Wilks
'Pedometers cost buttons': the feasibility of implementing a pedometer based walking programme within the community
Rebecca Shaw, Elisabeth Fenwick, Graham Baker, Chloe McAdam, Claire Fitzsimons, Nanette Mutrie
Protocol for the ADDITION-Plus study: a randomised controlled trial of an individually-tailored behaviour change intervention among people with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes under intensive UK general practice care
Simon J Griffin, Rebecca K Simmons, Kate M Williams, A Toby Prevost, Wendy Hardeman, Julie Grant, Fiona Whittle, Sue Boase, Imogen Hobbis, Soren Brage, Kate Westgate, Tom Fanshawe, Stephen Sutton, Nicholas J Wareham, Ann Louise Kinmonth
Communicating uncertainty - how Australian television reported H1N1 risk in 2009: a content analysis
Andrea S Fogarty, Kate Holland, Michelle Imison, R Warwick Blood, Simon Chapman, Simon Holding
Number and timing of antenatal HIV testing: Evidence from a community-based study in Northern Vietnam
Nguyễn TT Hạnh, Tine M Gammeltoft, Vibeke Rasch
Number of casual male sexual partners and associated factors among men who have sex with men: Results from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance system
Eli S Rosenberg, Patrick S Sullivan, Elizabeth A DiNenno, Laura F Salazar, Travis H Sanchez
Efficacy of screening for high blood pressure in dental health care
Sevek Engström, Christian Berne, Lars Gahnberg, Kurt Svärdsudd
Stressful life events, social health issues and low birthweight in an Australian population-based birth cohort: challenges and opportunities in antenatal care
Stephanie J Brown, Jane S Yelland, Georgina A Sutherland, Peter A Baghurst, Jeffrey S Robinson
Assessing the severity of conjunctivochalasis in a senile population: a community-based epidemiology study in Shanghai, China
Xingru Zhang, Qingsong Li, Haidong Zou, Jinjuan Peng, Caicai Shi, Huanming Zhou, Guili Zhang, Minhong Xiang, Yijie Li
Social factors associated to binge drinking: a cross-sectional survey among Brazilian students in private high schools
Zila M Sanchez, Silvia S Martins, Emerita S Opaleye, Yone G Moura, Danilo P Locatelli, Ana R Noto
Cost-effectiveness of different human papillomavirus vaccines in Singapore
Vernon J Lee, Sun Kuie Tay, Yee Leong Teoh, Mei Yin Tok
The effect of two different health messages on physical activity levels and health in sedentary overweight, middle-aged women
Sebely Pal, Cheryl Cheng, Suleen Ho
Sense of coherence as a predictor of onset of depression among Japanese workers: a cohort study
Toshimi Sairenchi, Yasuo Haruyama, Yumiko Ishikawa, Keiko Wada, Kazumoto Kimura, Takashi Muto
Influenza vaccine uptake among community-dwelling Italian elderly: results from a large cross-sectional study
Carlos Chiatti, Pamela Barbadoro, Giovanni Lamura, Lucia Pennacchietti, Francesco Di Stanislao, Marcello M D'Errico, Emilia Prospero
The effectiveness of peer health coaching in improving glycemic control among low-income patients with diabetes: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Amireh Ghorob, Maria Mercedes Vivas, Diana De Vore, Victoria Ngo, Thomas Bodenheimer, Ellen Chen, David H Thom
Trends in lung cancer mortality in South Africa: 1995-2006
Braimoh Bello, Olufolawajimi Fadahun, Danuta Kielkowski, Gill Nelson
Walking to work in Canada: health benefits, socio-economic characteristics and urban-regional variations
Peter Kitchen, Allison Williams, James Chowhan
Validation of self-reported anthropometrics in the Adventist Health Study 2
Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Joan Sabaté, Karen Jaceldo-Siegl, Gary E Fraser
Policy guidance on threats to legislative interventions in public health: a realist synthesis
Geoff Wong, Ray Pawson, Lesley Owen
Does dog-ownership influence seasonal patterns of neighbourhood-based walking among adults? A longitudinal study
Parabhdeep Lail, Gavin R McCormack, Melanie Rock
Children who were vaccinated, breast fed and from low parity mothers live longer: A community based case-control study in Jimma, Ethiopia
Belaineh Girma, Yemane Berhane
Weight Care Project: Health professionals' attitudes and ability to assess body weight status - Study protocol
Anne Moorhead, Vivien Coates, Diane Hazlett, Alison Gallagher, Kathy Murphy, Geraldine Nolan, John Dinsmore
Social capital and life satisfaction: a cross-sectional study on persons with musculoskeletal impairments in Hanoi, Vietnam
Kyo Takahashi, Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy, Krishna C Poudel, Kayako Sakisaka, Masamine Jimba, Junko Yasuoka
Cost-effectiveness of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for irritable bowel syndrome: results from a randomized controlled trial
Erik Andersson, Brjánn Ljótsson, Filip Smit, Björn Paxling, Erik Hedman, Nils Lindefors, Gerhard Andersson, Christian Rück
Self-rated health and factors influencing responses among young Egyptian type 1 diabetes patients
Heba Ismail
Determinants of timely initiation of breastfeeding among mothers in Goba Woreda, South East Ethiopia: A cross sectional study
Tesfaye Setegn, Mulusew Gerbaba, Tefera Belachew
An evaluation of the effectiveness of a community mentoring service for socially isolated older people: a controlled trial
Andy P Dickens, Suzanne H Richards, Annie Hawton, Rod S Taylor, Colin J Greaves, Colin Green, Rachel Edwards, John L Campbell
'We call it the shaking illness': perceptions and experiences of Parkinson's disease in rural northern Tanzania
Gerry Mshana, Catherine L Dotchin, Richard W Walker
Causal assessment of smoking and tooth loss: A systematic review of observational studies
Takashi Hanioka, Miki Ojima, Keiko Tanaka, Keitaro Matsuo, Fumihito Sato, Hideo Tanaka
PDA+: A Personal Digital Assistant for Obesity Treatment - An RCT testing the use of technology to enhance weight loss treatment for veterans
Jennifer M Duncan, E Amy Janke, Andrea T Kozak, Megan Roehrig, Stephanie W Russell, H Gene McFadden, Andrew Demott, Alex Pictor, Don Hedeker, Bonnie Spring
Self-rated health in rural Appalachia: health perceptions are incongruent with health status and health behaviors
Brian N Griffith, Gretchen D Lovett, Donald N Pyle, Wayne C Miller
Metabolic risk factors, physical activity and physical fitness in azorean adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Carla Moreira, Rute Santos, José Cazuza de Farias Júnior, Susana Vale, Paula C Santos, Luísa Soares-Miranda, Ana I Marques, Jorge Mota
Osteopontin, asbestos exposure and pleural plaques: a cross-sectional study
Giuseppe Mastrangelo, Gianluca Marangi, Maria N Ballarin, Silvia Michilin, Aline SC Fabricio, Flavio Valentini, John H Lange, Ugo Fedeli, Luca Cegolon, Massimo Gion
Study of recent and future trends in place of death in Belgium using death certificate data: a shift from hospitals to care homes
Dirk Houttekier, Joachim Cohen, Johan Surkyn, Luc Deliens
Urine-based testing for Chlamydia trachomatis among young adults in a population-based survey in Croatia: Feasibility and prevalence
Ivana Božičević, Ivana Grgić, Snježana Židovec-Lepej, Jurja-Ivana Čakalo, Sanja Belak-Kovačević, Aleksandar Štulhofer, Josip Begovac
Current drinking and health-risk behaviors among male high school students in central Thailand
Wisit Chaveepojnkamjorn, Natchaporn Pichainarong
Chronic occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium causes DNA damage in electroplating workers
Xu-Hui Zhang, Xuan Zhang, Xu-Chu Wang, Li-Fen Jin, Zhang-Ping Yang, Cai-Xia Jiang, Qing Chen, Xiao-Bin Ren, Jian-Zhong Cao, Qiang Wang, Yi-Min Zhu
The development of socio-economic health differences in childhood: results of the Dutch longitudinal PIAMA birth cohort
Annemarie Ruijsbroek, Alet H Wijga, Marjan Kerkhof, Gerard H Koppelman, Henriette A Smit, Mariël Droomers
Does improving maternal knowledge of vaccines impact infant immunization rates? A community-based randomized-controlled trial in Karachi, Pakistan
Aatekah Owais, Beenish Hanif, Amna R Siddiqui, Ajmal Agha, Anita KM Zaidi
The Alcohol Intervention Training Program (AITP): A response to alcohol misuse in the farming community
Susan A Brumby, Alison J Kennedy, David Mellor, Marita P McCabe, Lina A Ricciardelli, Alexandra Head, Catherine Mercer-Grant
Health-related quality of life of Palestinian preschoolers in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study
Salwa G Massad, F Javier Nieto, Mari Palta, Maureen Smith, Roseanne Clark, Abdel-Aziz Thabet
A cluster randomised school-based lifestyle intervention programme for the prevention of childhood obesity and related early cardiovascular disease (JuvenTUM 3)
Monika Siegrist, Henner Hanssen, Christoph Lammel, Bernhard Haller, Martin Halle
An Outbreak of Varicella among Schoolchildren in Taipei
Chao-Chih Lai, Szu-Ching Chen, Donald Dah-Shyong Jiang
Prevalence and factors associated with difficulty and intention to quit smoking in Switzerland
Pedro Marques-Vidal, João Melich-Cerveira, Fred Paccaud, Gérard Waeber, Peter Vollenweider, Jacques Cornuz
Assessing secondary attack rates among household contacts at the beginning of the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in Ontario, Canada, April-June 2009: A prospective, observational study
Rachel Savage, Michael Whelan, Ian Johnson, Elizabeth Rea, Marie LaFreniere, Laura C Rosella, Freda Lam, Tina Badiani, Anne-Luise Winter, Deborah J Carr, Crystal Frenette, Maureen Horn, Kathleen Dooling, Monali Varia, Anne-Marie Holt, Vidya Sunil, Catherine Grift, Eleanor Paget, Michael King, John Barbaro, Natasha S Crowcroft
Health systems performance in sub-Saharan Africa: governance, outcome and equity
Anna E Olafsdottir, Daniel D Reidpath, Subhash Pokhrel, Pascale Allotey
Targeting young drinkers online: the effectiveness of a web-based brief alcohol intervention in reducing heavy drinking among college students: study protocol of a two-arm parallel group randomized controlled trial
Carmen V Voogt, Evelien AP Poelen, Marloes Kleinjan, Lex ACJ Lemmers, Rutger CME Engels
Smokers' recall of Australian graphic cigarette packet warnings & awareness of associated health effects, 2005-2008
Caroline L Miller, Pascale G Quester, David J Hill, Janet E Hiller
TB infection prevention and control experiences of South African nurses - a phenomenological study
Dagmar Sissolak, Frederick Marais, Shaheen Mehtar
Peripheral and central arterial pressure and its relationship to vascular target organ damage in carotid artery, retina and arterial stiffness. Development and validation of a tool. The Vaso risk study
Luis Garcia-Ortiz, Emilio Ramos-Delgado, Jose I Recio-Rodriguez, Cristina Agudo-Conde, Carlos Martínez-Salgado, Maria C Patino-Alonso, Emiliano Rodriguez-Sanchez, Manuel A Gomez-Marcos
Who is to blame? Perspectives of caregivers on barriers to accessing healthcare for the under-fives in Butere District, Western Kenya
Antony S Opwora, Ahmed MR Laving, Lambert O Nyabola, Joyce M Olenja
GET WELL: an automated surveillance system for gaining new epidemiological knowledge
Anette Hulth, Gustaf Rydevik
Rapid assessment of Hib disease burden in Vietnam
Batmunkh Nyambat, Duc Anh Dang, Hien Anh Nguyen, Trinh Quynh Mai, Manju Rani, Mary PE Slack, Paul E Kilgore
The burden of physical activity on type 2 diabetes public healthcare expenditures among adults: a retrospective study
Jamile S Codogno, Rômulo A Fernandes, Flávia M Sarti, Ismael F Freitas Júnior, Henrique L Monteiro
Assessment of function and clinical utility of alcohol and other drug web sites: An observational, qualitative study
Frances J Kay-Lambkin, Angela White, Amanda L Baker, David J Kavanagh, Britt Klein, Judith Proudfoot, Judy Drennan, Jason Connor, Ross M Young
Process evaluation of a community-based adolescent obesity prevention project in Tonga
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Association of childhood and adult socioeconomic indicators with cardiovascular risk factors and its modification by age: the CARLA Study 2002-2006
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Factors associated with compliance among users of solar water disinfection in rural Bolivia
Andri Christen, Gonzalo Duran Pacheco, Jan Hattendorf, Benjamin F Arnold, Myriam Cevallos, Stefan Indergand, John M Colford, Daniel Mäusezahl
Effectiveness of PRECEDE model for health education on changes and level of control of HbA1c, blood pressure, lipids, and body mass index in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
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Relationship between body mass index and perceived insufficient sleep among U.S. adults: an analysis of 2008 BRFSS data
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The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking among the general and specific populations: a systematic review
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Using population attributable risk to choose HIV prevention strategies in men who have sex with men
Rebecca J Guy, Handan Wand, David P Wilson, Garrett Prestage, Fengyi Jin, David J Templeton, Basil Donovan, Andrew E Grulich, John M Kaldor
PLAYgrounds: Effect of a PE playground program in primary schools on PA levels during recess in 6 to 12 year old children. Design of a prospective controlled trial
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A comparison of patient recall of smoking cessation advice with advice recorded in electronic medical records
Lisa Szatkowski, Ann McNeill, Sarah Lewis, Tim Coleman
Can air pollution affect tear film stability? a cross-sectional study in the aftermath of an explosion accident
Bente E Moen, D Norbäck, G Wieslander, JV Bakke, N Magerøy, JT Granslo, Å Irgens, M Bråtveit, BE Hollund, T Aasen
Exercise and nutrition routine improving cancer health (ENRICH): The protocol for a randomized efficacy trial of a nutrition and physical activity program for adult cancer survivors and carers
Erica L James, Fiona Stacey, Kathy Chapman, David R Lubans, Gabrielle Asprey, Kendra Sundquist, Allison Boyes, Afaf Girgis
Development of burnout over time and the causal order of the three dimensions of burnout among male and female GPs. A three-wave panel study
Inge Houkes, Yvonne Winants, Mascha Twellaar, Petra Verdonk
From planning to practice: building the national network for the surveillance of severe maternal morbidity
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Needle and syringe programs in Yunnan, China yield health and financial return
Lei Zhang, Lorraine Yap, Zhuang Xun, Zunyou Wu, David P Wilson
A systematic review of the effect of retention methods in population-based cohort studies
Cara L Booker, Seeromanie Harding, Michaela Benzeval
Effects of a parental program for preventing underage drinking - The NGO program strong and clear
Camilla Pettersson, Metin Özdemir, Charli Eriksson
Setting up a surveillance system for sexually transmitted diseases in the general population with prospective data collection from private-practice and public-practice doctors in Hong Kong
Joseph TF Lau, Chunqing Lin, King Man Ho, Man Chun Lau, Hi Yi Tsui, Jing Gu, Kuen Kong Lo
Evaluation of the impact of the voucher and accreditation approach on improving reproductive behaviors and RH status: Bangladesh
Ubaidur Rob, Moshiur Rahman, Benjamin Bellows
Low back pain around retirement age and physical occupational exposure during working life
Sandrine Plouvier, Julie Gourmelen, Jean-François Chastang, Jean-Louis Lanoë, Annette Leclerc
Persistent work-life conflict and health satisfaction - A representative longitudinal study in Switzerland
Michaela K Knecht, Georg F Bauer, Felix Gutzwiller, Oliver Hämmig
What could infant and young child nutrition learn from sweatshops?
Peter A Singer, Sean Ansett, Isabella Sagoe-Moses
Properties of a short questionnaire for assessing Primary Care experiences for children in a population survey
Silvina Berra, Kátia B Rocha, Maica Rodríguez-Sanz, M Isabel Pasarín, Luis Rajmil, Carme Borrell, Barbara Starfield
Social participation reduces depressive symptoms among older adults: An 18-year longitudinal analysis in Taiwan
Chi Chiao, Li-Jen Weng, Amanda L Botticello
Institutional risk factors for norovirus outbreaks in Hong Kong elderly homes: a retrospective cohort study
Hualiang Lin, Sammy Ng, Shelley Chan, Wai Man Chan, Krystal CK Lee, Suzanne C Ho, Linwei Tian
Women in post-trafficking services in moldova: diagnostic interviews over two time periods to assess returning women's mental health
Nicolae V Ostrovschi, Martin J Prince, Cathy Zimmerman, Mihai A Hotineanu, Lilia T Gorceag, Viorel I Gorceag, Clare Flach, Melanie A Abas
Predictors of healthcare professionals' intention and behaviour to encourage physical activity in patients with cardiovascular risk factors
Barbara Sassen, Gerjo Kok, Luc Vanhees
Knowledge of young African American adults about heart disease: a cross-sectional survey
Donna M Winham, Kathleen M Jones
Parents' attitudes and behaviours towards recommended vaccinations in Sicily, Italy
Maria Anna Coniglio, Marco Platania, Donatella Privitera, Giuseppe Giammanco, Sarina Pignato
Development of strategies for effective communication of food risks and benefits across Europe: Design and conceptual framework of the FoodRisC project
Julie Barnett, Aine McConnon, Jean Kennedy, Monique Raats, Richard Shepherd, Wim Verbeke, Jon Fletcher, Margôt Kuttschreuter, Luisa Lima, Josephine Wills, Patrick Wall
"Hospital utilization by Mexican migrants returning to Mexico due to health needs"
Miguel A González-Block, Luz A de la Sierra-de la Vega
Non-specific psychological distress, smoking status and smoking cessation: United States National Health Interview Survey 2005
David Lawrence, Francis Mitrou, Stephen R Zubrick
Preventable maternal mortality: Geographic/rural-urban differences and associated factors from the population-based maternal mortality surveillance system in China
Juan Liang, Li Dai, Jun Zhu, Xiaohong Li, Weiyue Zeng, He Wang, Qi Li, Mingrong Li, Rong Zhou, Yanping Wang
Health problems among detainees in Switzerland: a study using the ICPC-2 classification
Hans Wolff, Paul Sebo, Dagmar M Haller, Ariel Eytan, Gérard Niveau, Dominique Bertrand, Laurent Gétaz, Bernard Cerutti
Effects of childhood socioeconomic position on subjective health and health behaviours in adulthood: how much is mediated by adult socioeconomic position?
Sarah K Mckenzie, Kristie N Carter, Tony Blakely, Vivienne Ivory
Parental willingness to pay for child safety seats in Mashad, Iran
Lida Jarahi, Mojgan Karbakhsh, Arash Rashidian
Testing the association between psychosocial job strain and adverse birth outcomes - design and methods
Ann D Larsen, Harald Hannerz, Carsten Obel, Ane M Thulstrup, Jens P Bonde, Karin S Hougaard
Malnutrition among children under the age of five in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): does geographic location matter?
Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Tumwaka P Madungu, Jacques BO Emina, Kikhela PD Nzita, Francesco P Cappuccio
Factors associated with non-attendance, opportunistic attendance and reminded attendance to cervical screening in an organized screening program: a cross-sectional study of 12,058 Norwegian women
Bo T Hansen, Silje S Hukkelberg, Tor Haldorsen, Tormod Eriksen, Gry B Skare, Mari Nygård
Combining best evidence: A novel method to calculate the alcohol-attributable fraction and its variance for injury mortality
Benjamin J Taylor, Kevin D Shield, Jürgen T Rehm
9/11-Related Experiences and Tasks of Landfill and Barge Workers: Qualitative Analysis from the World Trade Center Health Registry
Christine C Ekenga, Katherine E Scheu, James E Cone, Steven D Stellman, Mark R Farfel
Changing patterns of tobacco consumption in Mozambique: evidence from a migrant study
Nuno Lunet, Carla Araújo, Carla Silva-Matos, Albertino Damasceno, Lídia Gouveia, Ana Azevedo
Public Claims about Automatic External Defibrillators: An Online Consumer Opinions Study
Arthur G Money, Julie Barnett, Jasna Kuljis
Risk of metabolic syndrome among children living in metropolitan Kuala Lumpur: A case control study
Bee S Wee, Bee K Poh, Awang Bulgiba, Mohd N Ismail, Abdul T Ruzita, Andrew P Hills
Volume, patterns, and types of sedentary behavior and cardio-metabolic health in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Valerie Carson, Ian Janssen
Evaluation of a school-based HIV prevention intervention among Yemeni adolescents
Buthaina Al-Iryani, Huda Basaleem, Khaled Al-Sakkaf, Rik Crutzen, Gerjo Kok, Bart van den Borne
Ifugao males, learning and teaching for the improvement of maternal and child health status in the Philippines: an evaluation of a program
Noriko Kadomoto, Hajime Iwasa, Miyako Takahashi, Marcelyn M Dulnuan, Ichiro Kai
Aboriginal premature mortality within South Australia 1999-2006: a cross-sectional analysis of small area results
David Banham, Heather Jury, Tony Woollacott, Robyn McDermott, Fran Baum
A cross-sectional study of HIV and syphilis infections among male students who have sex with men (MSM) in northeast China: implications for implementing HIV screening and intervention programs
Jun-Jie Xu, Kathleen Heather Reilly, Chun-Ming Lu, Ning Ma, Min Zhang, Zhen-Xing Chu, Jun-Jie Wang, Ke Yun, Hong Shang
Breast cancer screening in the Czech Republic: time trends in performance indicators during the first seven years of the organised programme
Ondrej Majek, Jan Danes, Miroslava Skovajsova, Helena Bartonkova, Lucie Buresova, Daniel Klimes, Petr Brabec, Pavel Kozeny, Ladislav Dusek
The Mental Vitality @ Work study: design of a randomized controlled trial on the effect of a workers' health surveillance mental module for nurses and allied health professionals
Fania R Gärtner, Sarah M Ketelaar, Odile Smeets, Linda Bolier, Eva Fischer, Frank JH van Dijk, Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Judith K Sluiter
Mortality by causes in HIV-infected adults: comparison with the general population
Pablo Aldaz, Conchi Moreno-Iribas, Nerea Egüés, Fátima Irisarri, Yugo Floristan, Julio Sola-Boneta, Víctor Martínez-Artola, Mirian Sagredo, Jesús Castilla
Television viewing, food preferences, and food habits among children: A prospective epidemiological study
Helle Hare-Bruun, Birgit M Nielsen, Peter L Kristensen, Niels C Møller, Per Togo, Berit L Heitmann
The influence of socioeconomic environment on the effectiveness of alcohol prevention among European students: a cluster randomized controlled trial
Maria Paola Caria, Fabrizio Faggiano, Rino Bellocco, Maria Rosaria Galanti
Suicide epidemics: the impact of newly emerging methods on overall suicide rates - a time trends study
Kyla Thomas, Shu-Sen Chang, David Gunnell
The rise in narghile (shisha, hookah) waterpipe tobacco smoking: A qualitative study of perceptions of smokers and non smokers
Rima T Nakkash, Joanna Khalil, Rema A Afifi
Interplay between heritability of smoking and environmental conditions? A comparison of two birth cohorts
Jacqueline M Vink, Dorret I Boomsma
Attitudes of Malaysian general hospital staff towards patients with mental illness and diabetes
Harry Minas, Ruzanna Zamzam, Marhani Midin, Alex Cohen
Cancer mortality in a Chinese population surrounding a multi-metal sulphide mine in Guangdong province: an ecologic study
Mao Wang, Hong Song, Wei-Qing Chen, Ciyong Lu, Qianshen Hu, Zefang Ren, Yan Yang, Yanjun Xu, Aiming Zhong, Wenhua Ling
Implementing a hypertension management programme in a rural area: local approaches and experiences from Ba-Vi district, Vietnam
Quang Ngoc Nguyen, Son Thai Pham, Viet Lan Nguyen, Stig Wall, Lars Weinehall, Ruth Bonita, Peter Byass
Seroprevalence of measles and natural rubella antibodies among children in Bangui, Central African Republic
Alexandre Manirakiza, Jean Marie Kipela, Stephen Sosler, Régis M'Bary Daba, Ionela Gouandjika-Vasilache
Clustering patterns of physical activity, sedentary and dietary behavior among European adolescents: The HELENA study
Charlene Ottevaere, Inge Huybrechts, Jasmin Benser, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Magdalena Cuenca-Garcia, Jean Dallongeville, Maria Zaccaria, Frederic Gottrand, Mathilde Kersting, Juan P Rey-López, Yannis Manios, Dénes Molnár, Luis A Moreno, Emmanouel Smpokos, Kurt Widhalm, Stefaan De Henauw
Estimating background rates of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Ontario in order to respond to safety concerns during pandemic H1N1/09 immunization campaign
Shelley L Deeks, Gillian H Lim, Mary Anne Simpson, Laura Rosella, Christopher O Mackie, Camille Achonu, Natasha S Crowcroft
Syndromic surveillance for influenza in two hospital emergency departments. Relationships between ICD-10 codes and notified cases, before and during a pandemic
Karen Moore, James Black, Stacey Rowe, Lucinda Franklin
Knowledge, experience, and potential risks of dating violence among Japanese university students: a cross-sectional study
Mayumi Ohnishi, Rieko Nakao, Satomi Shibayama, Yumi Matsuyama, Kazuyo Oishi, Harumi Miyahara
Mechanistic Indicators of Childhood Asthma (MICA) Study: piloting an integrative design for evaluating environmental health
Jane Gallagher, Edward Hudgens, Ann Williams, Jefferson Inmon, Scott Rhoney, Gina Andrews, David Reif, Brooke Heidenfelder, Lucas Neas, Ronald Williams, Markey Johnson, Haluk Özkaynak, Stephen Edwards, Elaine Cohen Hubal
High rates of albuminuria but not of low eGFR in Urban Indigenous Australians: the DRUID Study
Louise J Maple-Brown, Joan Cunningham, Allison M Hodge, Tarun Weeramanthri, Terry Dunbar, Paul D Lawton, Paul Z Zimmet, Steve J Chadban, Kevan R Polkinghorne, Jonathan E Shaw, Kerin O'Dea
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, Depression, and Health Status 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-Corneille, Frederick L Brancati
Hong Kong Chinese school children with elevated urine melamine levels: A prospective follow up study
Alice PS Kong, Kai-Chow Choi, Chung Shun Ho, Michael HM Chan, Chun Kwok Wong, Eric KH Liu, Winnie CW Chu, Viola CY Chow, Joseph TF Lau, Juliana CN Chan
Polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and prevalence of eczema and rhinoconjunctivitis in Japanese children: The Ryukyus Child Health Study
Yoshihiro Miyake, Keiko Tanaka, Satoshi Sasaki, Masashi Arakawa
Delivery Practices and Associated Factors among Mothers Seeking Child Welfare Services in Selected Health Facilities in Nyandarua South District, Kenya
Carol Wanjira, Moses Mwangi, Evans Mathenge, Gabriel Mbugua, Zipporah Ng'ang'a
Acceptability of medical male circumcision in the traditionally circumcising communities in Northern Tanzania
Mwita Wambura, Joseph R Mwanga, Jacklin F Mosha, Gerry Mshana, Frank Mosha, John Changalucha
Developing a matrix to identify and prioritise research recommendations in HIV Prevention
Sydney Anstee, Alison Price, Amanda Young, Katharine Barnard, Bob Coates, Simon Fraser, Rebecca Moran
Association of daily tar and nicotine intake with incident myocardial infarction: Results from the population-based MONICA/KORA Augsburg Cohort Study 1984 - 2002
Qiu-Li Zhang, Jens Baumert, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, H-Erich Wichmann, Christa Meisinger, Angela Döring
Major inducing factors of hypertensive complications and the interventions required to reduce their prevalence: an epidemiological study of hypertension in a rural population in China
Min Zhang, Yong Meng, Yongli Yang, Yancai Liu, Caiqin Dong, Jianming Xiao, Ling Zhao, Fang Li
Involvement and structure: A qualitative study of organizational change and sickness absence among women in the public sector in Sweden
Maria Baltzer, Hugo Westerlund, Mona Backhans, Karin Melinder
The influence of both individual and area based socioeconomic status on temporal trends in Caesarean sections in Scotland 1980-2000
Lesley Fairley, Ruth Dundas, Alastair H Leyland
Married women's decision making power on modern contraceptive use in urban and rural southern Ethiopia
Binyam Bogale, Mekitie Wondafrash, Tizta Tilahun, Eshetu Girma
Peer victimization as reported by children, teachers, and parents in relation to children's health symptoms
Audhild Løhre, Stian Lydersen, Bård Paulsen, Magne Mæhle, Lars J Vatten
Reasons for compliance or noncompliance with advice to test for hepatitis C via an internet-mediated blood screening service: a qualitative study
Freke R Zuure, Titia Heijman, Anouk T Urbanus, Maria Prins, Gerjo Kok, Udi Davidovich
Treatment delay among tuberculosis patients in Tanzania: Data from the FIDELIS Initiative
Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Simon Madland, Martin Ullenes, Donald A Enarson, ID Rusen, Deudatus Kamara
Acculturation of Pacific mothers in New Zealand over time: findings from the Pacific Islands Families study
Philip J Schluter, El-Shadan Tautolo, Janis Paterson
HIV epidemic in Far-Western Nepal: effect of seasonal labor migration to India
Naveen K Vaidya, Jianhong Wu
Underestimation of weight and its associated factors among overweight and obese adults in Pakistan: a cross sectional study
Seema Bhanji, Ali Khan Khuwaja, Fawad Siddiqui, Iqbal Azam, Khawar Kazmi
How do psychosocial determinants in migrant women in the Netherlands differ from these among their counterparts in their country of origin? A cross-sectional study
Vera Nierkens, Maya V van der Ploeg, Marja Y van Eer, Karien Stronks
Are we there yet? Australian road safety targets and road traffic crash fatalities
Susan Gargett, Luke B Connelly, Son Nghiem
Experience of violence and adverse reproductive health outcomes, HIV risks among mobile female sex workers in India
Suvakanta N Swain, Niranjan Saggurti, Madhusudana Battala, Ravi K Verma, Anrudh K Jain
Family origin and mortality: prospective Finnish cohort study
Jan Saarela, Fjalar Finnäs
An industry perspective on Canadian patients' involvement in Medical Tourism: implications for public health
Rory Johnston, Valorie A Crooks, Krystyna Adams, Jeremy Snyder, Paul Kingsbury
Economic impacts of illness in older workers: quantifying the impact of illness on income, tax revenue and government spending
Deborah J Schofield, Rupendra N Shrestha, Richard Percival, Megan E Passey, Simon J Kelly, Emily J Callander
Substance use and dietary practices among students attending alternative high schools: results from a pilot study
Chrisa Arcan, Martha Y Kubik, Jayne A Fulkerson, Peter J Hannan, Mary Story
Study on Occupational Allergy Risks (SOLAR II) in Germany: Design and methods
Sabine Heinrich, Astrid Peters, Jessica Kellberger, Diana Ellenberg, Jon Genuneit, Dennis Nowak, Christian Vogelberg, Erika von Mutius, Gudrun Weinmayr, Katja Radon
Integrating an ecological approach into an Aboriginal community-based chronic disease prevention program: a longitudinal process evaluation
Margaret Cargo, Elisabeth Marks, Julie Brimblecombe, Maria Scarlett, Elaine Maypilama, Joanne Garnggulkpuy Dhurrkay, Mark Daniel
Prevalence and characteristics of Postpartum Depression symptomatology among Canadian women: a cross-sectional study
Andrea Lanes, Jennifer L Kuk, Hala Tamim
Perceptions about sexual abstinence and knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention among in-school adolescents in a western Nigerian city
Oladimeji Oladepo, Mojisola M Fayemi
Lifecourse socioeconomic circumstances and multimorbidity among older adults
Reginald D Tucker-Seeley, Yi Li, Glorian Sorensen, SV Subramanian
Quantification of the energy gap in young overweight children. The PIAMA birth cohort study
Saskia W van den Berg, Jolanda MA Boer, Salome Scholtens, Johan C de Jongste, Bert Brunekreef, Henriette A Smit, Alet H Wijga
Population-level effects of the national diabetes prevention programme (FIN-D2D) on the body weight, the waist circumference, and the prevalence of obesity
Titta M Salopuro, Timo Saaristo, Heikki Oksa, Hannu Puolijoki, Mauno Vanhala, Tapani Ebeling, Leo Niskanen, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Matti Uusitupa, Markku Peltonen
Relationships between stress, coping and depressive symptoms among overseas university preparatory Chinese students: a cross-sectional study
Pi-Chi Chou, Yu-Mei Y Chao, Hao-Jan Yang, Gwo-Liang Yeh, Tony Szu-Hsien Lee
Reducing psychological distress and obesity in Australian farmers by promoting physical activity
Susan Brumby, Ananda Chandrasekara, Scott McCoombe, Susan Torres, Peter Kremer, Paul Lewandowski
Prevalence of obesity and associated risk factors among adults in Kinondoni municipal district, Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Grace A Shayo, Ferdinand M Mugusi
Weight gain and incident obesity among male snus users
Jenny Hansson, Maria Rosaria Galanti, Cecilia Magnusson, Maria-Pia Hergens
Validating child vaccination status in a demographic surveillance system using data from a clinical cohort study: evidence from rural South Africa
James Ndirangu, Ruth Bland, Till Bärnighausen, Marie-Louise Newell
Asking the right questions: developing evidence-based strategies for treating HIV in women and children
Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Anchilla Banegura, Pedro Cahn, Celia DC Christie, Robert Dintruff, Manuel Distel, Catherine Hankins, Nicholas Hellmann, Elly Katabira, Sandra Lehrman, Julio Montaner, Scott Purdon, James F Rooney, Robin Wood, Shirin Heidari
Patterns and determinants of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in urban informal settlements, Nairobi Kenya
Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage, Nyovani J Madise, Jean-Christophe Fotso, Catherine Kyobutungi, Martin K Mutua, Tabither M Gitau, Nelly Yatich
Non-specific physical symptoms in relation to actual and perceived proximity to mobile phone base stations and powerlines
Christos Baliatsas, Irene van Kamp, Gert Kelfkens, Maarten Schipper, John Bolte, Joris Yzermans, Erik Lebret
Automated data extraction from general practice records in an Australian setting: Trends in influenza-like illness in sentinel general practices and emergency departments
Gösta TH Liljeqvist, Michael Staff, Michele Puech, Hans Blom, Siranda Torvaldsen
Healthcare workers' participation in a healthy-lifestyle-promotion project in western Sweden
Ingibjörg H Jonsdottir, Mats Börjesson, Gunnar Ahlborg Jr
Perinatal outcomes among immigrant mothers over two periods in a region of central Italy
Laura Cacciani, Simona Asole, Arianna Polo, Francesco Franco, Renato Lucchini, Mario De Curtis, Domenico Di Lallo, Gabriella Guasticchi
Would school closure for the 2009 H1N1 influenza epidemic have been worth the cost?: a computational simulation of Pennsylvania
Shawn T Brown, Julie HY Tai, Rachel R Bailey, Philip C Cooley, William D Wheaton, Margaret A Potter, Ronald E Voorhees, Megan LeJeune, John J Grefenstette, Donald S Burke, Sarah M McGlone, Bruce Y Lee
Hospitalizations for varicella in children and adolescents in a referral hospital in Hong Kong, 2004 to 2008: A time series study
Johnny YC Chan, Linwei Tian, YW Kwan, WM Chan, CW Leung
Impact of today's media on university student's body image in Pakistan: a conservative, developing country's perspective
Amad N Khan, Salema Khalid, Hussain I Khan, Mehnaz Jabeen
"Predictability of body mass index for diabetes: Affected by the presence of metabolic syndrome?"
Farzad Hadaegh, Mohammadreza Bozorgmanesh, Maryam Safarkhani, Davood Khalili, Fereidoun Azizi
Nicotine Dependence among Rural-Urban Migrants in China
Junqing Wu, Tingzhong Yang, Ian RH Rockett, Rui Xing, Sejla Karalic, Yuyan Li, Yufeng Zhang
High prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Iraqi and Swedish residents in a deprived Swedish neighbourhood - a population based study
Louise Bennet, Sven-Erik Johansson, Carl-David Agardh, Leif Groop, Jan Sundquist, Lennart Råstam, Kristina Sundquist
Weight changes and lifestyle behaviors in women after breast cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study
Yong Heng Yaw, Zalilah Mohd Shariff, Mirnalini Kandiah, Chan Yoke Mun, Rokiah Mohd Yusof, Zabedah Othman, Nurfaizah Saibul, Yong Heng Weay, Zailina Hashim
A cross-sectional survey of the prevalence of environmental tobacco smoke preventive care provision by child health services in Australia
Todd R Heard, Justine B Daly, Jennifer A Bowman, Megan AG Freund, John H Wiggers
Challenging the role of social norms regarding body weight as an explanation for weight, height, and BMI misreporting biases: Development and application of a new approach to examining misreporting and misclassification bias in surveys
Jonathan R Brestoff, Ivan J Perry, Jan Van den Broeck
A randomised controlled trial for overweight and obese parents to prevent childhood obesity - Early STOPP (STockholm Obesity Prevention Program)
Tanja Sobko, Viktoria Svensson, Anna Ek, Mirjam Ekstedt, Håkan Karlsson, Elin Johansson, Yingting Cao, Maria Hagströmer, Claude Marcus
Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Communications with Health Care Providers: A Literature Review
Debra Revere, Kailey Nelson, Hanne Thiede, Jeffrey Duchin, Andy Stergachis, Janet Baseman
Brucella spp. infection in large ruminants in an endemic area of Egypt: cross-sectional study investigating seroprevalence, risk factors and livestock owner's knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs)
Hannah R Holt, Mahmoud M Eltholth, Yamen M Hegazy, Wael F El-Tras, Ahmed A Tayel, Javier Guitian
Body weight, weight perceptions and food intake patterns. A cross-sectional study among male recruits in the Norwegian National Guard
Solveig Uglem, Tonje H Stea, Wenche Frølich, Margareta Wandel
Childhood meat eating and inflammatory markers: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study
CM Schooling, CQ Jiang, TH Lam, WS Zhang, KK Cheng, GM Leung
Asthma in an Urban Population in Portugal: A prevalence study
Jaime Correia de Sousa, Maria Espírito Santo, Tânia Colaço, Filipa Almada-Lobo, John Yaphe
Variations in food and drink advertising in UK monthly women's magazines according to season, magazine type and socio-economic profile of readers: a descriptive study of publications over 12 months
Jean Adams, Emma Simpson, Martin White
Epidemiology of tuberculosis in a low-incidence Italian region with high immigration rates: differences between not Italy-born and Italy-born TB cases
Anna Odone, Matteo Riccò, Matteo Morandi, Bianca M Borrini, Cesira Pasquarella, Carlo Signorelli
Health care seeking behavior for diarrhea in children under 5 in rural Niger: results of a cross-sectional survey
Anne-Laure Page, Sarah Hustache, Francisco J Luquero, Ali Djibo, Mahamane Laouali Manzo, Rebecca F Grais
Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use among patients with active tuberculosis attending primary care clinics in South Africa: a cluster randomized controlled trial protocol
Karl K Peltzer, Pamela P Naidoo, Gladys G Matseke, Khangelani K Zuma
Dietary differences between elderly Iranians living in Sweden and Iran a cross-sectional comparative study
Afsaneh Koochek, Parvin Mirmiran, Kristina Sundquist, Firoozeh Hosseini, Tohid Azizi, Ali S Moeini, Sven-Erik Johansson, Brita Karlström, Fereidoun Azizi, Jan Sundquist
FUMEPOC: Early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in smokers
Vicente Gil-Guillén, Domingo Orozco-Beltrán, Concepcion V Carratala Munuera, Carlos Plaza-Sirvent, Patricia Lorca-Amorrich, Adriana López-Pineda, María P Vela-Troncoso, Juan J Soler, Manuel Yarza-Cañellas, Antonio Fernández, Luis Rosado-Bretón, Carmen Olivares-Bautista, Alejandro Muñoz-Fernández
Characteristics of patients with venous thromboembolism and atrial fibrillation in Venezuela
Dimitri Bennett, Jorge Abate, Page E Abrahamson
Safety during the monitoring of diabetic patients: trial teaching course on health professionals and diabetics - SEGUDIAB study
Juan J Cabré, Marta Ripoll, Josep M Hernández, Josep Basora, Ferran Bejarano, Victoria Arija
View the label before you view the movie: A field experiment into the impact of Portion size and Guideline Daily Amounts labelling on soft drinks in cinemas
Willemijn M Vermeer, Ingrid HM Steenhuis, Franca H Leeuwis, Arjan ER Bos, Michiel de Boer, Jacob C Seidell
Protocol for a systematic review of the effects of schools and school-environment interventions on health: evidence mapping and syntheses
Chris Bonell, Angela Harden, Helene Wells, Farah Jamal, Adam Fletcher, Mark Petticrew, James Thomas, Margaret Whitehead, Rona Campbell, Simon Murphy, Laurence Moore
Is there an association between seeing incidents of alcohol or drug use in films and young Scottish adults' own alcohol or drug use? A cross sectional study
Kate Hunt, Helen Sweeting, James Sargent, Heather Lewars, Robert Young, Patrick West
Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria from pastoral ecosystems of Uganda: Public Health significance
Clovice Kankya, Adrian Muwonge, Berit Djønne, Musso Munyeme, John Opuda-Asibo, Eystein Skjerve, James Oloya, Vigdis Edvardsen, Tone B Johansen
Effect of an education program on improving knowledge of schizophrenia among parents of junior and senior high school students in Japan
Hatsumi Yoshii, Yuichiro Watanabe, Hideaki Kitamura, Jun Chen, Kouhei Akazawa
Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit: Is it an adequate public health response to addressing the issue of caregiver burden in end-of-life care?
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Back and neck pain are related to mental health problems in adolescence
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The World Starts With Me: A multilevel evaluation of a comprehensive sex education programme targeting adolescents in Uganda
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Congenital rubella syndrome and autism spectrum disorder prevented by rubella vaccination - United States, 2001-2010
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A hepatitis A, B, C and HIV prevalence and risk factor study in ever injecting and non-injecting drug users in Luxembourg associated with HAV and HBV immunisations
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How do patient characteristics influence informal payments for inpatient and outpatient health care in Albania: Results of logit and OLS models using Albanian LSMS 2005
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Assessing Physical Activity and its Relationship to Cardiovascular Risk Factors: NHANES 2003-2006
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Are workplace health promotion programs effective at improving presenteeism in workers? a systematic review and best evidence synthesis of the literature
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Integrating a family-focused approach into child obesity prevention: Rationale and design for the My Parenting SOS study randomized control trial
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Ear diseases among secondary school students in Xi'an, China: The role of portable audio device use, insomnia and academic stress
Yang Chen, Xu Li, Zhan Xu, Zonghua Li, Pengzhi Zhang, Ya He, Fangyuan Wang, Jianhua Qiu
Psychological and social consequences among mothers suffering from perinatal loss: perspective from a low income country
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Children's active play: self-reported motivators, barriers and facilitators
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Helping boys at-risk of criminal activity: qualitative results of a multi-component intervention
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Characteristics of tuberculosis patients at intake in Cambodia, two provinces in China, and Viet Nam
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The role of gender in a smoking cessation intervention: a cluster randomized clinical trial
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Using spatial analysis to demonstrate the heterogeneity of the cardiovascular drug-prescribing pattern in Taiwan
Ching-Lan Cheng, Yi-Chi Chen, Tzu-Ming Liu, Yea-Huei Kao Yang
Community Preferences for the Allocation & Donation of Organs - The PAraDOx Study
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Patient medical costs for tuberculosis treatment and impact on adherence in China: a systematic review
Qian Long, Helen Smith, Tuohong Zhang, Shenglan Tang, Paul Garner
Association between biomass fuel use and maternal report of child size at birth - an analysis of 2005-06 India Demographic Health Survey data
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Disability pension by occupational class - the impact of work-related factors: The Hordaland Health Study Cohort
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Ethnic variation in validity of the estimated obesity prevalence using self-reported weight and height measurements
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A step forward for understanding the morbidity burden in Guinea: a national descriptive study
Keita Mamady, Guoqing Hu
A prospective cohort study of dietary patterns of non-western migrants in the Netherlands in relation to risk factors for cardiovascular diseases: HELIUS-Dietary Patterns
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Happiness and health behaviours in Chilean college students: A cross-sectional survey
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Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Marion Kelly, Paul Garner
Impact of different pack sizes of paracetamol in the United Kingdom and Ireland on intentional overdoses: a comparative study
Keith Hawton, Helen Bergen, Sue Simkin, Ella Arensman, Paul Corcoran, Jayne Cooper, Keith Waters, David Gunnell, Navneet Kapur
Dynamics of HPV vaccination initiation in Flanders (Belgium) 2007-2009: a Cox regression model
Eva Lefevere, Niel Hens, Frank De Smet, Pierre Van Damme
Payment for performance (P4P): any future in Italy?
Silvana Castaldi, Annalisa Bodina, Luciana Bevilacqua, Elena Parravicini, Michaela Bertuzzi, Francesco Auxilia
Prevalence of self-reported finger deformations and occupational risk factors among professional cooks: a cross-sectional study
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Vaccination coverage and timeliness in three South African areas: a prospective study
Lars T Fadnes, Debra Jackson, Ingunn MS Engebretsen, Wanga Zembe, David Sanders, Halvor Sommerfelt, Thorkild Tylleskär
Uptake and outcomes of a prevention-of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program in Zomba district, Malawi
Monique van Lettow, Richard Bedell, Megan Landes, Lucy Gawa, Stephanie Gatto, Isabell Mayuni, Adrienne K Chan, Lyson Tenthani, Erik Schouten
Work-related pesticide poisoning among farmers in two villages of Southern China: a cross-sectional survey
Xujun Zhang, Weiyan Zhao, Ruiwei Jing, Krista Wheeler, Gary A Smith, Lorann Stallones, Huiyun Xiang
Spatial distribution of the risk of dengue fever in southeast Brazil, 2006-2007
Ricardo Cordeiro, Maria R Donalisio, Valmir R Andrade, Ana CN Mafra, Luciana B Nucci, John C Brown, Celso Stephan
Feasibility and safety of setting up a donor breastmilk bank in a neonatal prem unit in a resource limited setting: An observational, longitudinal cohort study
Irene Coutsoudis, Miriam Adhikari, Nadia Nair, Anna Coutsoudis
Military veteran mortality following a survived suicide attempt
Janet Weiner, Therese S Richmond, Joseph Conigliaro, Douglas J Wiebe
Obesity, smoking, alcohol consumption and years lived with disability: a Sullivan life table approach
Bart Klijs, Johan P Mackenbach, Anton E Kunst
Use of AUDIT, and measures of drinking frequency and patterns to detect associations between alcohol and sexual behaviour in male sex workers in Kenya
Stanley Luchters, Scott Geibel, Masila Syengo, Daniel Lango, Nzioki King'ola, Marleen Temmerman, Matthew F Chersich
Health differentials in the older population of England: An empirical comparison of the materialist, lifestyle and psychosocial hypotheses
George B Ploubidis, Bianca L DeStavola, Emily Grundy
A prospective cohort study of neighborhood stress and ischemic heart disease in Japan: a multilevel analysis using the JACC study data
Yoshihisa Fujino, Naohito Tanabe, Kaori Honjo, Sadao Suzuki, Kokoro Shirai, Hiroyasu Iso, Akiko Tamakoshi
Multi-center feasibility study evaluating recruitment, variability in risk factors and biomarkers for a diet and cancer cohort in India
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Health related quality of life among Iraqi immigrants settled in Malaysia
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Feasibility and acceptability of point of care HIV testing in community outreach and GUM drop-in services in the North West of England: A programmatic evaluation
Peter MacPherson, Anu Chawla, Kathy Jones, Emer Coffey, Vida Spaine, Ian Harrison, Pauline Jelliman, Penelope Phillips-Howard, Caryl Beynon, Miriam Taegtmeyer
Primary care utilisation patterns among an urban immigrant population in the Spanish National Health System
Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Luis A Gimeno-Feliu, Rosa Macipe-Costa, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, Daniel Bordonaba-Bosque, Alexandra Prados-Torres
Early risk factors for being a bully, victim, or bully/victim in late elementary and early secondary education. The longitudinal TRAILS study
Danielle EMC Jansen, René Veenstra, Johan Ormel, Frank C Verhulst, Sijmen A Reijneveld
Snowbirds and infection--new phenomena in pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations from winter migration of older adults: A spatiotemporal analysis
Kenneth KH Chui, Steven A Cohen, Elena N Naumova
Socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics of illegal motorcycle street racers in Malaysia
Li Ping Wong
Diet and serum lipids: changes over socio-economic transition period in Lithuanian rural population
Vitalija Ramazauskiene, Janina Petkeviciene, Jurate Klumbiene, Vilma Kriaucioniene, Edita Sakytė
Is proximity to a food retail store associated with diet and BMI in Glasgow, Scotland?
Laura Macdonald, Anne Ellaway, Kylie Ball, Sally Macintyre
Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of preferred intensity exercise in women living with depression
Patrick Callaghan, Elizabeth Khalil, Ioannis Morres, Tim Carter
Need for weight management in Switzerland: findings from National Blood Pressure Week 2009
Thomas Volken, René Schaffert, Peter Rüesch
Limited access to HIV prevention in French prisons (ANRS PRI2DE): implications for public health and drug policy
Laurent Michel, Marie Jauffret-Roustide, Jerôme Blanche, Olivier Maguet, Christine Calderon, Julien Cohen, Patrizia M Carrieri
Health-related productivity losses increase when the health condition is co-morbid with psychological distress: findings from a large cross-sectional sample of working Australians
Libby Holden, Paul A Scuffham, Michael F Hilton, Robert S Ware, Nerina Vecchio, Harvey A Whiteford
Dental and prosthodontic status of an over 40 year-old population in Shandong Province, China
Qian Zhang, Dick J Witter, Ewald M Bronkhorst, Nico HJ Creugers
Impact of changing the measles vaccine vial size on Niger's vaccine supply chain: a computational model
Tina-Marie Assi, Shawn T Brown, Ali Djibo, Bryan A Norman, Jayant Rajgopal, Joel S Welling, Sheng-I Chen, Rachel R Bailey, Souleymane Kone, Hailu Kenea, Diana L Connor, Angela R Wateska, Anirban Jana, Stephen R Wisniewski, Willem G Van Panhuis, Donald S Burke, Bruce Y Lee
Factors affecting the disclosure of diabetes by ethnic minority patients: a qualitative study among Surinamese in the Netherlands
Mirjam JE Kohinor, Karien Stronks, Joke A Haafkens
Cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in the Netherlands; the results of a consensus model
Mark H Rozenbaum, Marie-Josee J Mangen, Carlo Giaquinto, Jan C Wilschut, Eelko Hak, Maarten J Postma
Improving children's nutrition environments: A survey of adoption and implementation of nutrition guidelines in recreational facilities
Dana Lee Olstad, Shauna M Downs, Kim D Raine, Tanya R Berry, Linda J McCargar
Physician privacy concerns when disclosing patient data for public health purposes during a pandemic influenza outbreak
Khaled El Emam, Jay Mercer, Katherine Moreau, Inese Grava-Gubins, David Buckeridge, Elizabeth Jonker
Optimizing diffusion of an online computer tailored lifestyle program: a study protocol
Francine Schneider, Liesbeth ADM van Osch, Stef PJ Kremers, Daniela N Schulz, Mathieu JG van Adrichem, Hein de Vries
Non-leisure time physical activity is an independent predictor of longevity for a Taiwanese elderly population: an eight-year follow-up study
Yu-Pei Lin, Ying-Hsiang Huang, Feng-Hwa Lu, Jin-Shang Wu, Chih-Jen Chang, Yi-Ching Yang
Tracking progress towards equitable child survival in a Nicaraguan community: neonatal mortality challenges to meet the MDG 4
Wilton Pérez, Rodolfo Peña, Lars-Åke Persson, Carina Källestål
Measles transmission from an anthroposophic community to the general population, Germany 2008
Maria Wadl, Anette Siedler, Wolfgang Krämer, Maria E Haindl, Stephan Gebrande, Irene Krenn-Lanzl, Annette Mankertz, Wolfgang Hautmann
Using clinical trial data and linked administrative health data to reduce the risk of adverse events associated with the uptake of newly released drugs by older Australians: a model process
Margaret T Whitstock, Christopher M Pearce, Stephen C Ridout, Elizabeth J Eckermann
Risky sexual practices and related factors among ART attendees in Addis Ababa Public Hospitals, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
Yadeta Dessie, Mulusew Gerbaba, Abdo Bedru, Gail Davey
Intra-familial and ethnic effects on attitudinal and perceptual body image: a cohort of South African mother-daughter dyads
Zandile J Mchiza, Julia H Goedecke, Estelle V Lambert
Recommendations to improve physical activity among teenagers- A qualitative study with ethnic minority and European teenagers
Sinead Brophy, Annie Crowley, Rupal Mistry, Rebecca Hill, Sopna Choudhury, Non E Thomas, Frances Rapport
Researchers' experience with project management in health and medical research: Results from a post-project review
Janet M Payne, Kathryn E France, Nadine Henley, Heather A D'Antoine, Anne E Bartu, Elizabeth J Elliott, Carol Bower
Children's health and parental socioeconomic factors: a population-based survey in Finland
Sanna M Siponen, Riitta S Ahonen, Piia H Savolainen, Katri P Hämeen-Anttila
Assessing young unmarried men's access to reproductive health information and services in rural India
Arundhati Char, Minna Saavala, Teija Kulmala
Repeat workers' compensation claims: risk factors, costs and work disability
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Developing cessation interventions for the social and community service setting: A qualitative study of barriers to quitting among disadvantaged Australian smokers
Jamie Bryant, Billie Bonevski, Christine Paul, Jon O'Brien, Wendy Oakes
Care seeking and attitudes towards treatment compliance by newly enrolled tuberculosis patients in the district treatment programme in rural western Kenya: a qualitative study
John G Ayisi, Anna H van't Hoog, Janet A Agaya, Walter Mchembere, Peter O Nyamthimba, Odylia Muhenje, Barbara J Marston
Analysis of timeliness of infectious disease reporting in the Netherlands
Elisabeth Reijn, Corien M Swaan, Mirjam EE Kretzschmar, Jim E van Steenbergen
The German Young Olympic Athletes' Lifestyle and Health Management Study (GOAL Study): design of a mixed-method study
Ansgar Thiel, Katharina Diehl, Katrin E Giel, Alexia Schnell, Astrid M Schubring, Jochen Mayer, Stephan Zipfel, Sven Schneider
Perceptions of young Jordanian adults to proposed anti-tobacco pictorial warning labels
Feras I Hawari, Rasha K Bader, Hamza M Beano, Nour A Obeidat, Hiba S Ayub, Malek A Habashneh, Aisha S Shtaiwi, Rawan A Shihab, Hala N Madanat, Thomas E Novotny
The Correlates of Leisure Time Physical Activity among an Adults Population from Southern Taiwan
Yi-Ju Chen, Ying-Hsiang Huang, Feng-Hwa Lu, Jin-Shang Wu, Linda L Lin, Chih-Jen Chang, Yi-Ching Yang
What do we know about the non-work determinants of workers' mental health? A systematic review of longitudinal studies
Nancy Beauregard, Alain Marchand, Marie-Eve Blanc
External review and validation of the Swedish national inpatient register
Jonas F Ludvigsson, Eva Andersson, Anders Ekbom, Maria Feychting, Jeong-Lim Kim, Christina Reuterwall, Mona Heurgren, Petra Otterblad Olausson
Do improvements in outreach, clinical, and family and community-based services predict improvements in child survival? An analysis of serial cross-sectional national surveys
Nancy Binkin, Mickey Chopra, Aline Simen-Kapeu, Dirk Westhof
A qualitative study of older adults' responses to sitting-time questions: do we get the information we want?
Jannique GZ van Uffelen, Kristiann C Heesch, Robert L Hill, Wendy J Brown
A rapid assessment and response approach to review and enhance Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation for Tuberculosis control in Odisha state, India
Vishnu Vardhan Kamineni, Tahir Turk, Nevin Wilson, Srinath Satyanarayana, Lakbir Singh Chauhan
Healthcare workers' and parents' perceptions of measures for improving adherence to hand-hygiene
Marta L Ciofi degli Atti, Alberto E Tozzi, Gaetano Ciliento, Manuel Pomponi, Silvia Rinaldi, Massimiliano Raponi
Biological Monitoring of Blood Naphthalene Levels as a Marker of Occupational Exposure to PAHs among Auto-Mechanics and Spray Painters in Rawalpindi
Atif Kamal, Mazhar Qayyum, Iqbal U Cheema, Audil Rashid
Community-based intervention to promote breast cancer awareness and screening: The Korean experience
Keeho Park, Woi Hyun Hong, Su Yeon Kye, Euichul Jung, Myung-hyun Kim, Hyeong Geun Park
High body mass index is not associated with atopy in schoolchildren living in rural and urban areas of Ghana
Irene A Larbi, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Abena S Amoah, Benedicta B Obeng, Michael D Wilson, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Daniel A Boakye
The effects on population health status of using dedicated property taxes to fund local public health agencies
Peggy A Honoré, Peter J Fos, Xueyuan Wang, Ramal Moonesinghe
Prevalence of non-communicable diseases in Brazilian children: follow-up at school age of two Brazilian birth cohorts of the 1990's
Antônio A Silva, Marco A Barbieri, Viviane C Cardoso, Rosângela F Batista, Vanda M Simões, Elcio O Vianna, Manoel R Gutierrez, Maria L Figueiredo, Nathalia A Silva, Thaís S Pereira, Juliana D Rodriguez, Sônia R Loureiro, Valdinar S Ribeiro, Heloisa Bettiol
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): Validated for teenage school students in England and Scotland. A mixed methods assessment
Aileen Clarke, Tim Friede, Rebecca Putz, Jacquie Ashdown, Steven Martin, Amy Blake, Yaser Adi, Jane Parkinson, Pamela Flynn, Stephen Platt, Sarah Stewart-Brown
Epidemiology of traffic injuries and motor vehicles utilization in the Capital of Iran: A population based study
Soheil Saadat, Hamid Soori
Multiple sexual partners and condom use among 10 - 19 year-olds in four districts in Tanzania: What do we learn?
Amon Exavery, Angelina M Lutambi, Godfrey M Mubyazi, Khadija Kweka, Godfrey Mbaruku, Honorati Masanja
A cross-sectional survey of water and clean faces in trachoma endemic communities in Tanzania
Morgan Rog, Bonnielin Swenor, Luis C Cajas-Monson, Wilson Mchiwe, Steven Kiboko, Harran Mkocha, Sheila West
Classical risk factors of cardiovascular disease among Chinese male steel workers: a prospective cohort study for 20 years
Jingfeng Ji, Enchun Pan, Jianxin Li, Jichun Chen, Jie Cao, Dongling Sun, Xiangfeng Lu, Shufeng Chen, Dongfeng Gu, Xiufang Duan, Xigui Wu, Jianfeng Huang
Indoor solid fuel use and tuberculosis in China: a matched case-control study
Xiaohong Kan, Chen-Yuan Chiang, Donald A Enarson, Wenhua Chen, Jianan Yang, Genwang Chen
Agreement between pedometer and accelerometer in measuring physical activity in overweight and obese pregnant women
Tarja I Kinnunen, Peter WG Tennant, Catherine McParlin, Lucilla Poston, Stephen C Robson, Ruth Bell
Should chronic hepatitis B mothers breastfeed? a meta analysis
Yingjie Zheng, Yihan Lu, Qi Ye, Yugang Xia, Yueqin Zhou, Qingqing Yao, Shan Wei
Detection of mild cognitive impairment in people older than 65 years of age and its relationship to cardiovascular risk factors (DECRIVAM)
M Victoria Perea-Bartolome, Ricardo García-García, Valentina Ladera-Fernández, Sara Mora-Simón, María C Patino-Alonso, Tita J Almanza-Guerra, Cristina Agudo-Conde, M Paz Muriel-Diez, Emiliano Rodríguez-Sánchez
Policy environment and male circumcision for HIV prevention: Findings from a situation analysis study in Tanzania
Joseph R Mwanga, Mwita Wambura, Jacklin F Mosha, Gerry Mshana, Frank Mosha, John Changalucha
Why some do but most don't. Barriers and enablers to engaging low-income groups in physical activity programmes: a mixed methods study
Janet Withall, Russell Jago, Kenneth R Fox
Development, design, and conceptual issues of project zero exposure: A program to protect young children from tobacco smoke exposure
Laura J Rosen, Nurit Guttman, Melbourne F Hovell, Michal Ben Noach, Jonathan P Winickoff, Shosh Tchernokovski, Joseph K Rosenblum, Uri Rubenstein, Vered Seidmann, Constantine I Vardavas, Neil E Klepeis, David M Zucker
Drug utilization patterns and reported health status in ethnic German migrants (Aussiedler) in Germany: a cross-sectional study
Anna Volodina, Thilo Bertsche, Karel Kostev, Volker Winkler, Walter Emil Haefeli, Heiko Becher
Words matter: a qualitative investigation of which weight status terms are acceptable and motivate weight loss when used by health professionals
Cindy M Gray, Kate Hunt, Karen Lorimer, Annie S Anderson, Michaela Benzeval, Sally Wyke
Cost-effectiveness of intensive inpatient treatments for severely obese children and adolescents in the Netherlands; a randomized controlled trial (HELIOS)
Sabine Makkes, Jutka Halberstadt, Carry M Renders, Judith E Bosmans, Olga H van der Baan-Slootweg, Jacob C Seidell
A randomised controlled trial of extended brief intervention for alcohol dependent patients in an acute hospital setting (ADPAC)
Lynn Owens, Graham Butcher, Ian Gilmore, Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona, James Oyee, Liz Perkins, Tom Walley, Paula Williamson, Ken Wilson, Munir Pirmohamed
Race/Ethnicity and gender differences in health intentions and behaviors regarding exercise and diet for adults with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional analysis
James R Gavin III, Kathleen M Fox, Susan Grandy
Effect of health insurance on delivery care utilization and perceived delays and barriers among southern Thai women
Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Nurlisa Oumudee
12-month mortality and loss-to-program in antiretroviral-treated children: The IeDEA pediatric West African Database to evaluate AIDS (pWADA), 2000-2008
Didier K Ekouevi, Alain Azondekon, Fatoumata Dicko, Karen Malateste, Pety Touré, François T Eboua, Kouakou Kouadio, Lorna Renner, Kevin Peterson, François Dabis, Haby Signaté Sy, Valeriane Leroy
Rural-to-urban migration and its implication for new cooperative medical scheme coverage and utilization in China
Peiyuan Qiu, Yang Yang, Juying Zhang, Xiao Ma
Status and risk factors of unintentional injuries among Chinese undergraduates: a cross-sectional study
Hongying Shi, Xinjun Yang, Chenping Huang, Zumu Zhou, Qiang Zhou, Maoping Chu
Higher body mass index may induce asthma among adolescents with pre-asthmatic symptoms: a prospective cohort study
Wen-Chao Ho, Yu-Sheng Lin, James L Caffrey, Meng-Hung Lin, Hui-Tsung Hsu, Leann Myers, Pau-Chung Chen, Ruey-Shiung Lin
Sibling number and prevalence of allergic disorders in pregnant Japanese women: baseline data from the Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study
Yoshihiro Miyake, Keiko Tanaka, Masashi Arakawa
Motivational Interviewing as an intervention to increase adolescent self-efficacy and promote weight loss: Methodology and design
Beverly Walpole, Elizabeth Dettmer, Barbara Morrongiello, Brian McCrindle, Jill Hamilton
Randomised cluster trial to support informed parental decision-making for the MMR vaccine
Cath Jackson, Francine M Cheater, Wendy Harrison, Rose Peacock, Hilary Bekker, Robert West, Brenda Leese
Rural-urban differences of neonatal mortality in a poorly developed province of China
Bin Yi, Li Wu, Hong Liu, Weimin Fang, Yang Hu, Youjie Wang
Alcohol and fatal life trajectories in Russia: understanding narrative accounts of premature male death in the family
Lyudmila Saburova, Katherine Keenan, Natalia Bobrova, David A Leon, Diana Elbourne
Assessing the association between all-cause mortality and multiple aspects of individual social capital among the older Japanese
Jun Aida, Katsunori Kondo, Hiroshi Hirai, S V Subramanian, Chiyoe Murata, Naoki Kondo, Yukinobu Ichida, Kokoro Shirai, Ken Osaka
Co-morbidity and health care utilisation five years prior to diagnosis for depression. A register-based study in a Swedish population
David Andersson, Henrik Magnusson, John Carstensen, Lars Borgquist
Weight Watchers on prescription: An observational study of weight change among adults referred to Weight Watchers by the NHS
Amy L Ahern, Ashley D Olson, Louise M Aston, Susan A Jebb
'The smoking toolkit study': a national study of smoking and smoking cessation in England
Jennifer A Fidler, Lion Shahab, Oliver West, Martin J Jarvis, Andy McEwen, John A Stapleton, Eleni Vangeli, Robert West
Correlation between driving-related skill and alcohol use in young-adults from six European countries: the TEN-D by Night Project
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Experiences of outreach workers in promoting smoking cessation to Bangladeshi and Pakistani men: longitudinal qualitative evaluation
Rachna A Begh, Paul Aveyard, Penney Upton, Raj S Bhopal, Martin White, Amanda Amos, Robin J Prescott, Raman Bedi, Pelham M Barton, Monica Fletcher, Paramjit Gill, Qaim Zaidi, Aziz Sheikh
Applying the revised Chinese Job Content Questionnaire to assess psychosocial work conditions among Taiwan's hospital workers
Tsair-Wei Chien, Wen-Pin Lai, Hsien-Yi Wang, Sen-Yen Hsu, Roberto Vasquez Castillo, How-Ran Guo, Shih-Chung Chen, Shih-Bin Su
The societal benefits of reducing six behavioural risk factors: an economic modelling study from Australia
Dominique A Cadilhac, Anne Magnus, Lauren Sheppard, Toby B Cumming, Dora C Pearce, Rob Carter
International children's accelerometry database (ICAD): Design and methods
Lauren B Sherar, Pippa Griew, Dale W Esliger, Ashley R Cooper, Ulf Ekelund, Ken Judge, Chris Riddoch
Evaluation of an early detection tool for social-emotional and behavioral problems in toddlers: The Brief Infant Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment - A cluster randomized trial
Ingrid Kruizinga, Wilma Jansen, Alice S Carter, Hein Raat
Evaluation of Stepping Stones as a tool for changing knowledge, attitudes and behaviours associated with gender, relationships and HIV risk in Karnataka, India
Janet E Bradley, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Banadakoppa M Ramesh, Meghna Girish, Arup K Das
Ethnic differences in body fat distribution among Asian pre-pubertal children: A cross-sectional multicenter study
Ailing Liu, Nuala M Byrne, Masaharu Kagawa, Guansheng Ma, Kallaya Kijboonchoo, Lara Nasreddine, Bee Koon Poh, Mohammad Noor Ismail, Andrew P Hills
Contributions and challenges of cross-national comparative research in migration, ethnicity and health: insights from a preliminary study of maternal health in Germany, Canada and the UK
Sarah M Salway, Gina Higginbottom, Birgit Reime, Kuldip K Bharj, Punita Chowbey, Caroline Foster, Jule Friedrich, Kate Gerrish, Zubia Mumtaz, Beverley O'Brien
Expanded syringe exchange programs and reduced HIV infection among new injection drug users in Tallinn, Estonia
Anneli Uusküla, Don C Des Jarlais, Mart Kals, Kristi Rüütel, Katri Abel-Ollo, Ave Talu, Igor Sobolev
Agent-based simulation for weekend-extension strategies to mitigate influenza outbreaks
Liang Mao
Reproductive health and access to healthcare facilities: risk factors for depression and anxiety in women with an earthquake experience
Jasim Anwar, Elias Mpofu, Lynda R Matthews, Ahmed Farah Shadoul, Kaye E Brock
Screen-time Weight-loss Intervention Targeting Children at Home (SWITCH): A randomized controlled trial study protocol
Ralph Maddison, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Louise Foley, Leonard Epstein, Yannan Jiang, Midi Tsai, Ofa Dewes, Ihirangi Heke
A qualitative exploration of Malaysian cancer patients' perspectives on cancer and its treatment
Maryam Farooqui, Mohamed A Hassali, Aishah K Shatar, Asrul A Shafie, Tan B Seang, Muhammad A Farooqui
Suicide in the Philippines: time trend analysis (1974-2005) and literature review
Maria Theresa Redaniel, May Antonnette Lebanan-Dalida, David Gunnell
Trends in total and cause-specific mortality by marital status among elderly Norwegian men and women
Kjersti Norgård Berntsen
Non prescribed sale of antibiotics in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross Sectional Study
Aref A Bin Abdulhak, Mohamad A Al Tannir, Mohammed A Almansor, Mohammed S Almohaya, Atallah S Onazi, Mohammed A Marei, Oweida F Aldossary, Sadek A Obeidat, Mustafa A Obeidat, Muhammad S Riaz, Imad M Tleyjeh
Are risk estimates biased in follow-up studies of psychosocial factors with low base-line participation?
Linda Kaerlev, Henrik A Kolstad, Åse Marie Hansen, Jane Frølund Thomsen, Anette Kærgaard, Reiner Rugulies, Sigurd Mikkelsen, Johan Hviid Andersen, Ole Mors, Matias B Grynderup, Jens Peter Bonde
Use of vitamin supplements and risk of total cancer and cardiovascular disease among the Japanese general population: A population-based survey
Azusa Hara, Shizuka Sasazuki, Manami Inoue, Taichi Shimazu, Motoki Iwasaki, Norie Sawada, Taiki Yamaji, Junko Ishihara, Hiroyasu Iso, Shoichiro Tsugane
Effect of Qigong on quality of life: a cross-sectional population-based comparison study in Taiwan
Tsung-Jung Ho, David C Christiani, Tso-Chiang Ma, Tsong-Rong Jang, Chih-Hui Lieng, Yi-Chun Yeh, Shinn-Zong Lin, Jaung-Geng Lin, Jim-Shoung Lai, Tzuo-Yun Lan
Evaluation of the Rapid Scale-up of Collaborative TB/HIV Activities in TB Facilities in Rwanda, 2005-2009
Eric S Pevzner, Greet Vandebriel, David W Lowrance, Michel Gasana, Alyssa Finlay
Racism and health among urban Aboriginal young people
Naomi Priest, Yin Paradies, Paul Stewart, Joanne Luke
Vitamin A deficiency during pregnancy of HIV infected and non-infected women in tropical settings of Northwest Ethiopia
Andargachew Mulu, Afework Kassu, Kahsay Huruy, Birhanemeskel Tegene, Gashaw Yitayaw, Masayo Nakamori, Nguyen Van Nhien, Assegedech Bekele, Yared Wondimhun, Shigeru Yamamoto, Fusao Ota
Public health in community pharmacy: A systematic review of pharmacist and consumer views
Claire E Eades, Jill S Ferguson, Ronan E O'Carroll
Kids in the city study: research design and methodology
Melody Oliver, Karen Witten, Robin A Kearns, Suzanne Mavoa, Hannah M Badland, Penelope Carroll, Chelsea Drumheller, Nicola Tavae, Lanuola Asiasiga, Su Jelley, Hector Kaiwai, Simon Opit, En-Yi Judy Lin, Paul Sweetsur, Helen Moewaka Barnes, Nic Mason, Christina Ergler
Prevalence and risk factors of childhood allergic diseases in eight metropolitan cities in China: A multicenter study
Fei Li, Yingchun Zhou, Shenghui Li, Fan Jiang, Xingming Jin, Chonghuai Yan, Ying Tian, Yiwen Zhang, Shilu Tong, Xiaoming Shen
The Australian national binge drinking campaign: campaign recognition among young people at a music festival who report risky drinking
Caroline van Gemert, Paul Dietze, Judy Gold, Rachel Sacks-Davis, Mark Stoové, Hassan Vally, Margaret Hellard
Experience of sexual coercion and risky sexual behavior among Ugandan university students
Anette Agardh, Karen Odberg-Pettersson, Per-Olof Östergren
'Pregnancy comes accidentally - like it did with me':reproductive decisions among women on ART and their partners in rural Uganda
Rachel King, Kenneth Khana, Sylvia Nakayiwa, David Katuntu, Jaco Homsy, Pille Lindkvist, Eva Johansson, Rebecca Bunnell
Is a HIV vaccine a viable option and at what price? An economic evaluation of adding HIV vaccination into existing prevention programs in Thailand
Pattara Leelahavarong, Yot Teerawattananon, Pitsaphun Werayingyong, Chutima Akaleephan, Nakorn Premsri, Chawetsan Namwat, Wiwat Peerapatanapokin, Viroj Tangcharoensathien
Inherent illnesses and attacks: an ethnographic study of interpretations of childhood Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) in Manhiça, southern Mozambique
Lianne Straus, Khátia Munguambe, Quique Bassat, Sonia Machevo, Christopher Pell, Anna Roca, Robert Pool
Changes in smoking prevalence among U.S. adults by state and region: Estimates from the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 1992-2007
Ahmedin Jemal, Michael Thun, Xue Q Yu, Anne M Hartman, Vilma Cokkinides, Melissa M Center, Hana Ross, Elizabeth M Ward
Test performance of faecal occult blood testing for the detection of bowel cancer in people with chronic kidney disease (DETECT) protocol
Germaine Wong, Kirsten Howard, Jeremy R Chapman, Allison Tong, Michael J Bourke, Andrew Hayen, Petra Macaskill, Richard L Hope, Narelle Williams, Anh Kieu, Richard Allen, Steven Chadban, Carol Pollock, Angela Webster, Simon D Roger, Jonathan C Craig
Operational challenges in managing Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in child contacts: A high-burden setting perspective
Susan S van Wyk, Anthony J Reid, Anna M Mandalakas, Donald A Enarson, Nulda Beyers, Julie Morrison, Anneke C Hesseling
Adolescents' perceptions about smokers in Karnataka, India
Upendra M Bhojani, Maya A Elias, Devadasan N
Risk factors for the onset and persistence of neck pain in undergraduate students: 1-year prospective cohort study
Siriluck Kanchanomai, Prawit Janwantanakul, Praneet Pensri, Wiroj Jiamjarasrangsi
The Healthy Toddlers Trial Protocol: An Intervention to Reduce Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity in Economically and Educationally Disadvantaged Populations
Mildred A Horodynski, Susan Baker, Gayle Coleman, Garry Auld, Joel Lindau
Suicide death and hospital-treated suicidal behaviour in asylum seekers in the Netherlands: a national registry-based study
Simone Goosen, Anton E Kunst, Karien Stronks, Irene EA van Oostrum, Daan G Uitenbroek, Ad JFM Kerkhof
Alcohol use behaviors and risk of metabolic syndrome in South Korean middle-aged men
Jinhee Kim, Su-Kyung Chu, Kyungjoo Kim, Ju-Ryoung Moon
Self-reported health status and access to health services in a sample of prisoners in Italy
Carmelo GA Nobile, Domenico Flotta, Gaetano Nicotera, Claudia Pileggi, Italo F Angelillo
Psychosocial risk and protective factors of secondary school dropout in Luxembourg: the protocol of an exploratory case-control study
Pascale Esch, Valéry Bocquet, Charles Pull, Sophie Couffignal, Marc Graas, Marie-Lise Lair, Torsten Lehnert, Laurence Fond-Harmant, Marc Ansseau
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Murcia Region, a southern European Mediterranean area with low cardiovascular risk and high obesity
Diana Gavrila, Diego Salmerón, José-Manuel Egea-Caparrós, José M Huerta, Alfonso Pérez-Martínez, Carmen Navarro, María-José Tormo
Monitoring the level of government trust, risk perception and intention of the general public to adopt protective measures during the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in the Netherlands
Willemien van der Weerd, Daniëlle RM Timmermans, Desirée JMA Beaujean, Jurriaan Oudhoff, Jim E van Steenbergen
Prevalence of COPD and its association with socioeconomic status in China: Findings from China Chronic Disease Risk Factor Surveillance 2007
Peng Yin, Mei Zhang, Yichong Li, Yong Jiang, Wenhua Zhao
Evaluating Syndromic surveillance systems at institutions of higher education (IHEs): A retrospective analysis of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic at two universities
Ying Zhang, Larissa May, Michael A Stoto
Web-based interventions for weight loss and weight maintenance among rural midlife and older women: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Patricia A Hageman, Carol H Pullen, Melody Hertzog, Linda S Boeckner, Susan Noble Walker
Impact of targeted interventions on heterosexual transmission of HIV in India
Rajesh Kumar, Sanjay M Mehendale, Samiran Panda, S Venkatesh, PVM Lakshmi, Manmeet Kaur, Shankar Prinja, Tarundeep Singh, Navkiran K Virdi, Pankaj Bahuguna, Arun K Sharma, Samiksha Singh, Sheela V Godbole, Arun Risbud, Boymkesh Manna, V Thirumugal, Tarun Roy, Ruchi Sogarwal, Nilesh D Pawar
Influence of social and material individual and area deprivation on suicide mortality among 2.7 million Canadians: A prospective study
Stephanie Burrows, Nathalie Auger, Philippe Gamache, Danielle St-Laurent, Denis Hamel
Modifiable risk factors for overweight and obesity in children and adolescents from São Paulo, Brazil
Scott Duncan, Elizabeth K Duncan, Romulo A Fernandes, Camila Buonani, Karolynne D-N Bastos, Aline FM Segatto, Jamile S Codogno, Igor C Gomes, Ismael F Freitas Jr
Behavioural interventions for weight management in pregnancy: A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative data
Fiona Campbell, Maxine Johnson, Josie Messina, Louise Guillaume, Elizabeth Goyder
The potential role of mother-in-law in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a mixed methods study from the Kilimanjaro region, northern Tanzania
Eli Fjeld Falnes, Karen Marie Moland, Thorkild Tylleskär, Marina Manuela de Paoli, Sebalda Charles Leshabari, Ingunn MS Engebretsen
Physical activity patterns in older men and women in Germany: a cross-sectional study
Anna Moschny, Petra Platen, Renate Klaaßen-Mielke, Ulrike Trampisch, Timo Hinrichs
Quantification of the healthy worker effect: a nationwide cohort study among electricians in Denmark
Lau C Thygesen, Ulla A Hvidtfeldt, Sigurd Mikkelsen, Henrik Brønnum-Hansen
Effect of an office worksite-based yoga program on heart rate variability: A randomized controlled trial
Birinder S Cheema, Paul W Marshall, Dennis Chang, Ben Colagiuri, Bianca Machliss
Respiratory health effects and exposure to superabsorbent polymer and paper dust - an epidemiological study
Mathias Holm, Anna Dahlman-Höglund, Kjell Torén
Can self-reported disability assessment behaviour of insurance physicians be explained? Applying the ASE model
Antonius JM Schellart, Romy Steenbeek, Henny PG Mulders, Johannes R Anema, Herman Kroneman, Jan JM Besseling
Prospective association between self-reported life satisfaction and mortality: Results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg S3 survey cohort study
Maria E Lacruz, Rebecca T Emeny, Jens Baumert, Karl H Ladwig
A systematic examination of the use of Online social networking sites for sexual health promotion
Judy Gold, Alisa E Pedrana, Rachel Sacks-Davis, Margaret E Hellard, Shanton Chang, Steve Howard, Louise Keogh, Jane S Hocking, Mark A Stoove
Socioeconomic trajectory from birth to adolescence and lung function: prospective birth cohort study
Ana MB Menezes, Samuel C Dumith, Rogélio Perez-Padilla, Ricardo B Noal, Fernando C Wehrmeister, Jeovany Martínez-Mesa, Cora LP Araújo, Pedro C Hallal
Global challenges with scale-up of the integrated management of childhood illness strategy: results of a multi-country survey
Ameena E Goga, Lulu M Muhe
Lay perceptions of predictive testing for diabetes based on DNA test results versus family history assessment: a focus group study
Miranda Wijdenes-Pijl, Wybo J Dondorp, Danielle RM Timmermans, Martina C Cornel, Lidewij Henneman
Sickness absence in gender-equal companies A register study at organizational level
Ann Sörlin, Ann Öhman, Lars Lindholm
Diabetes in Sub Saharan Africa 1999-2011: Epidemiology and public health implications. a systematic review
Victoria Hall, Reimar W Thomsen, Ole Henriksen, Nicolai Lohse
Human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS and other important predictors of maternal mortality in Mulago Hospital Complex Kampala Uganda
Julius N Wandabwa, Pat Doyle, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Paul Kiondo, Betty Khainza, Emmanuel Othieno, Noreen Maconichie
A randomised controlled trial linking mental health inpatients to community smoking cessation supports: A study protocol
Emily AL Stockings, Jennifer A Bowman, John Wiggers, Amanda L Baker, Margarett Terry, Richard Clancy, Paula M Wye, Jenny Knight, Lyndell H Moore
Increase in EPI vaccines coverage after implementation of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infant with Sulfadoxine -pyrimethamine in the district of Kolokani, Mali: Results from a cluster randomized control trial
Alassane Dicko, Sidy O Toure, Mariam Traore, Issaka Sagara, Ousmane B Toure, Mahamadou S Sissoko, Alpha T Diallo, Christophe Rogier, Roger Salomon, Alexandra de Sousa, Ogobara K Doumbo
Attitudes and behaviour predict women's intention to drink alcohol during pregnancy: the challenge for health professionals
Elizabeth Peadon, Janet Payne, Nadine Henley, Heather D'Antoine, Anne Bartu, Colleen O'Leary, Carol Bower, Elizabeth J Elliott
Modification by antioxidant supplementation of changes in human lung function associated with air pollutant exposure: A systematic review
Amir Y Tashakkor, Katherine S Chow, Chris Carlsten
Splash!: a prospective birth cohort study of the impact of environmental, social and family-level influences on child oral health and obesity related risk factors and outcomes
Andrea M de Silva-Sanigorski, Elizabeth Waters, Hanny Calache, Michael Smith, Lisa Gold, Mark Gussy, Anthony Scott, Kathleen Lacy, Monica Virgo-Milton
Controlling behavior, power relations within intimate relationships and intimate partner physical and sexual violence against women in Nigeria
Diddy Antai
Preventing the next 'SARS' - European healthcare workers' attitudes towards monitoring their health for the surveillance of newly emerging infections: qualitative study
Adamma Aghaizu, Gillian Elam, Fortune Ncube, Gail Thomson, Emese Szilágyi, Tim Eckmanns, Garyphallia Poulakou, Mike Catchpole
Neighborhood fast food restaurants and fast food consumption: A national study
Andrea S Richardson, Janne Boone-Heinonen, Barry M Popkin, Penny Gordon-Larsen
Mental health impairment in underweight women: do body dissatisfaction and eating-disordered behavior play a role?
Jonathan Mond, Bryan Rodgers, Phillipa Hay, Cathy Owen
Implementing services for Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) of HIV: a comparative descriptive analysis of national programs in four countries
Anirban Chatterjee, Sangeeta Tripathi, Robert Gass, Ndapewa Hamunime, Sok Panha, Charles Kiyaga, Abdoulaye Wade, Matthew Barnhart, Chewe Luo, Rene Ekpini
Untreated severe dental decay: a neglected determinant of low Body Mass Index in 12-year-old Filipino children
Habib Benzian, Bella Monse, Roswitha Heinrich-Weltzien, Martin Hobdell, Jan Mulder, Wim van Palenstein Helderman
Illiteracy, low educational status, and cardiovascular mortality in India
Mangesh S Pednekar, Rajeev Gupta, Prakash C Gupta
Support for smoke-free policy, and awareness of tobacco health effects and use of smoking cessation therapy in a developing country
Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Sarah Lewis, Ann McNeill, Anna Gilmore, John Britton
Recurring alcohol-related care between 1998 and 2007 among people treated for an alcohol-related disorder in 1997: A register study in Stockholm County
Kozma Ahacic, Kerstin Damström-Thakker, Ingemar Kåreholt
Daring to dream: reactions to tobacco endgame ideas among policy-makers, media and public health practitioners
Richard Edwards, Marie Russell, George Thomson, Nick Wilson, Heather Gifford
Development of a practical tool to measure the impact of publications on the society based on focus group discussions with scientists
Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas E Dorner, Manfred Maier
The virtual supermarket: An innovative research tool to study consumer food purchasing behaviour
Wilma E Waterlander, Michael Scarpa, Daisy Lentz, Ingrid HM Steenhuis
Use and perceived helpfulness of smoking cessation methods: results from a population survey of recent quitters
Wai Tak Hung, Sally M Dunlop, Donna Perez, Trish Cotter
Operational research in Malawi: making a difference with cotrimoxazole preventive therapy in patients with tuberculosis and HIV
Anthony D Harries, Rony Zachariah, Rhehab Chimzizi, Felix Salaniponi, Francis Gausi, Henry Kanyerere, Erik J Schouten, Andreas Jahn, Simon D Makombe, Frank M Chimbwandira, James Mpunga
Explaining gender differences in non-fatal suicidal behaviour among adolescents: a population-based study
Michael Kaess, Peter Parzer, Johann Haffner, Rainer Steen, Jeanette Roos, Martin Klett, Romuald Brunner, Franz Resch
The association between failed quit attempts and increased levels of psychological distress in smokers in a large New Zealand cohort
Frederieke S van der Deen, Kristie N Carter, Nick Wilson, Sunny Collings
Are skin disorders related to work strain in hospital workers? A cross-sectional study
Nicola Magnavita, Marko Elovainio, Tarja Heponiemi, Anna M Magnavita, Antonio Bergamaschi
Anxiety and depression lowers blood pressure: 22-year follow-up of the population based HUNT study, Norway
Bjørn Hildrum, Ulla Romild, Jostein Holmen
The relationship between maternal education and mortality among women giving birth in health care institutions: Analysis of the cross sectional WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health
Saffron Karlsen, Lale Say, João-Paulo Souza, Carol J Hogue, Dinorah L Calles, A Metin Gülmezoglu, Rosalind Raine
Peer education: The effects on knowledge of pregnancy related malaria and preventive practices in women of reproductive age in Edo State, Nigeria
Petra F Mens, Pauline FD Scheelbeek, Hind Al Atabbi, Ehijie FO Enato
Waist circumference and risk of elevated blood pressure in children: a cross-sectional study
Cheuk-Sing Choy, Wan-Yu Chan, Ta-Liang Chen, Chun-Chuan Shih, Li-Chu Wu, Chien-Chang Liao
A formative evaluation of a family-based walking intervention-Furness Families Walk4Life
Karen Milton, Paul Kelly, Fiona Bull, Charlie Foster
Age-disparity, sexual connectedness and HIV infection in disadvantaged communities around Cape Town, South Africa: a study protocol
Wim Delva, Roxanne Beauclair, Alex Welte, Stijn Vansteelandt, Niel Hens, Marc Aerts, Elizabeth du Toit, Nulda Beyers, Marleen Temmerman
Lifestyle and self-rated health: a cross-sectional study of 3,601 citizens of Athens, Greece
Christina Darviri, Artemios K Artemiadis, Xanthi Tigani, Evangelos C Alexopoulos
The prevalence of exposure to domestic violence and the factors associated with co-occurrence of psychological and physical violence exposure: a sample from primary care patients
Polona Selic, Katja Pesjak, Janko Kersnik
A survey of schoolchildren's exposure to secondhand smoke in Malaysia
Emilia Zainal Abidin, Sean Semple, Affandi Omar, Hejar A Rahman, Stephen W Turner, Jon G Ayres
COPD uncovered: an international survey on the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] on a working age population
Monica J Fletcher, Jane Upton, Judith Taylor-Fishwick, Sonia A Buist, Christine Jenkins, John Hutton, Neil Barnes, Thys Van Der Molen, John W Walsh, Paul Jones, Samantha Walker
Access to healthcare and alternative health-seeking strategies among undocumented migrants in Denmark
Dan Biswas, Maria Kristiansen, Allan Krasnik, Marie Norredam
Comparative efficacy of two poeciliid fish in indoor cement tanks against chikungunya vector Aedes aegyptiin villages in Karnataka, India
Susanta K Ghosh, Preethi Chakaravarthy, Sandhya R Panch, Pushpalatha Krishnappa, Satyanarayan Tiwari, Vijay P Ojha, Manjushree R, Aditya P Dash
Religious Officials' knowledge, attitude, and behavior towards smoking and the new tobacco law in Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Mustafa Haki Sucakli, Ali Ozer, Mustafa Celik, Hasan Kahraman, Hasan Cetin Ekerbicer
The Working After Cancer Study (WACS): a population-based study of middle-aged workers diagnosed with colorectal cancer and their return to work experiences
Louisa G Gordon, Brigid M Lynch, Vanessa L Beesley, Nicholas Graves, Catherine McGrath, Peter O'Rourke, Penelope M Webb
Project FIT: Rationale, design and baseline characteristics of a school- and community-based intervention to address physical activity and healthy eating among low-income elementary school children
Joey C Eisenmann, Katherine Alaimo, Karin Pfeiffer, Hye-Jin Paek, Joseph J Carlson, Heather Hayes, Tracy Thompson, Deanne Kelleher, Hyun J Oh, Julie Orth, Sue Randall, Kellie Mayfield, Denise Holmes
Occupational therapy and return to work: a systematic literature review
Huguette AM Désiron, Angelique de Rijk, Elke Van Hoof, Peter Donceel
Limiting worker exposure to highly pathogenic avian influenza a (H5N1): a repeat survey at a rendering plant processing infected poultry carcasses in the UK
Nicol Coetzee, Obaghe Edeghere, Musarrat Afza, Harsh V Duggal
Psychosocial working conditions and the utilization of health care services
Sunday Azagba, Mesbah F Sharaf
Alcohol consumption in tertiary education students
Nicola J Reavley, Anthony F Jorm, Terence V McCann, Dan I Lubman
Cardiovascular disease by diabetes status in five ethnic minority groups compared to ethnic Norwegians
Anh T Tran, Jørund Straand, Lien M Diep, Haakon E Meyer, Kåre I Birkeland, Anne K Jenum
Protocol for an economic evaluation alongside the University Health Network Whiplash Intervention Trial: cost-effectiveness of education and activation, a rehabilitation program, and the legislated standard of care for acute whiplash injury in Ontario
Gabrielle van der Velde, Pierre Côté, Ahmed M Bayoumi, J David Cassidy, Eleanor Boyle, Heather M Shearer, Maja Stupar, Craig Jacobs, Carlo Ammendolia, Simon Carette, Maurits van Tulder
Risk factors and psychosocial characteristics of potential problematic and problematic internet use among adolescents: A cross-sectional study
Georgios Kormas, Elena Critselis, Mari Janikian, Dimitrios Kafetzis, Artemis Tsitsika
Mode shifting in school travel mode: examining the prevalence and correlates of active school transport in Ontario, Canada
Bonny Yee-Man Wong, Guy Faulkner, Ron Buliung, Hyacinth Irving
Behaviour patterns preceding a railway suicide: Explorative study of German Federal Police officers' experiences
Karoline Lukaschek, Jens Baumert, Karl-Heinz Ladwig
Rationale and design of the PREDICE project: cost-effectiveness of type 2 diabetes prevention among high-risk Spanish individuals following lifestyle intervention in real-life primary care setting
Bernardo Costa, Joan J Cabré, Ramon Sagarra, Oriol Solà-Morales, Francisco Barrio, Josep L Piñol, Xavier Cos, Bonaventura Bolíbar, Conxa Castell, Katarzyna Kissimova-Skarbek, Jaakko Tuomilehto
Association between physical activity and metabolic syndrome in middle-aged Japanese: a cross-sectional study
Junghoon Kim, Kai Tanabe, Noriko Yokoyama, Hirofumi Zempo, Shinya Kuno
Alcohol misuse, drinking contexts and intimate partner violence in St. Petersburg, Russia: results from a cross-sectional study
Weihai Zhan, Alla V Shaboltas, Roman V Skochilov, Andrei P Kozlov, Tatiana V Krasnoselskikh, Nadia Abdala
Changes in sexual desires and behaviours of people living with HIV after initiation of ART: Implications for HIV prevention and health promotion
Joyce Wamoyi, Martin Mbonye, Janet Seeley, Josephine Birungi, Shabbar Jaffar
Porn video shows, local brew, and transactional sex: HIV risk among youth in Kisumu, Kenya
Carolyne Njue, Helene ACM Voeten, Pieter Remes
Why have total cholesterol levels declined in most developed countries?
Simon Capewell, Earl S Ford
Low physical fitness is a strong predictor of health problems among young men: a follow-up study of 1411 male conscripts
Henri Taanila, Antti JM Hemminki, Jaana H Suni, Harri Pihlajamäki, Jari Parkkari
Population based estimates of non-fatal injuries in the capital of Iran
Soheil Saadat, Mostafa Mafi, Mahdi Sharif-Alhoseini
Assessing socioeconomic health care utilization inequity in Israel: impact of alternative approaches to morbidity adjustment
Efrat Shadmi, Ran D Balicer, Karen Kinder, Chad Abrams, Jonathan P Weiner
Overweight at age two years in a multi-ethnic cohort (ABCD study): the role of prenatal factors, birth outcomes and postnatal factors
Marieke LA de Hoog, Manon van Eijsden, Karien Stronks, Reinoud JBJ Gemke, Tanja GM Vrijkotte
Factors Influencing Receipt of Iron Supplementation by Young Children and their Mothers in Rural India: Local and National Cross-Sectional Studies
Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Beverley-Ann Biggs, NS Prashanth, H Sudarshan, Rob Moodie, Jim Black, Arun Shet
Effectiveness of the home-based alcohol prevention program "In control: No alcohol!": study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Suzanne HW Mares, Haske van der Vorst, Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Ingrid Schulten, Jacqueline EE Verdurmen, Roy Otten, Rutger CME Engels
Complex problems require complex solutions: the utility of social quality theory for addressing the Social Determinants of Health
Paul R Ward, Samantha B Meyer, Fiona Verity, Tiffany K Gill, Tini CN Luong
Spring cleaning as a safety risk: results of a population-based study in two consecutive years
Soheil Saadat, Mojgan Karbakhsh
Perceived social approval and condom use with casual partners among youth in urban Cameroon
Ronan Van Rossem, Dominique Meekers
Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension in primary health care: A comparative clinical trial of two education strategies in health and nutrition
Amanda G Ribeiro, Sônia MR Ribeiro, Cristina MGC Dias, Andréia Q Ribeiro, Fátima AF Castro, Maria M Suárez-Varela, Rosângela MM Cotta
Effectiveness of interventions to improve the health and housing status of homeless people: a rapid systematic review
Donna Fitzpatrick-Lewis, Rebecca Ganann, Shari Krishnaratne, Donna Ciliska, Fiona Kouyoumdjian, Stephen W Hwang
Evolution in intergenerational exchanges between elderly people and their grandchildren in Taiwan; data from a multiple round cross-sectional study from 1993 to 2007
Feng-jen Tsai, Sandrine Motamed, Nadia Elia, André C Rougemont
Homelessness among a cohort of women in street-based sex work: the need for safer environment interventions
Putu Duff, Kathleen Deering, Kate Gibson, Mark Tyndall, Kate Shannon
Neighborhood disparities in stroke and myocardial infarction mortality: a GIS and spatial scan statistics approach
Ashley Pedigo, Tim Aldrich, Agricola Odoi
Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review
Andy P Dickens, Suzanne H Richards, Colin J Greaves, John L Campbell
The protocol of a randomized controlled trial for playgroup mothers: Reminder on Food, Relaxation, Exercise, and Support for Health (REFRESH) Program
Sarojini MDR Monteiro, Jonine Jancey, Peter Howat, Sharyn Burns, Carlie Jones, Satvinder S Dhaliwal, Alexandra McManus, Andrew P Hills, Annie S Anderson
Rationale, design and methods for a randomised and controlled trial of the impact of virtual reality games on motor competence, physical activity, and mental health in children with developmental coordination disorder
Leon M Straker, Amity C Campbell, Lyn M Jensen, Deborah R Metcalf, Anne J Smith, Rebecca A Abbott, Clare M Pollock, Jan P Piek
Neighborhood built environment and physical activity of Japanese older adults: results from the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES)
Tomoya Hanibuchi, Ichiro Kawachi, Tomoki Nakaya, Hiroshi Hirai, Katsunori Kondo
Substance use and its predictors among undergraduate medical students of Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia
Wakgari Deressa, Aklilu Azazh
Evaluation of the impact of the voucher and accreditation approach on improving reproductive behaviors and status in Cambodia
Benjamin Bellows, Charlotte Warren, Saphonn Vonthanak, Chhea Chhorvann, Hean Sokhom, Chean Men, Ashish Bajracharya, Ubaidur Rob, Tung Rathavy
The effectiveness of Stepping stones Triple P: the design of a randomised controlled trial on a parenting programme regarding children with mild intellectual disability and psychosocial problems versus care as usual
Marijke Kleefman, Daniëlle EMC Jansen, Sijmen A Reijneveld
Estimating the lifetime economic burden of stroke according to the age of onset in South Korea: a cost of illness study
Hye-Young Kang, Seung-Ji Lim, Hae Sun Suh, Danny Liew
Barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence in rural Mozambique
Kate Groh, Carolyn M Audet, Alberto Baptista, Mohsin Sidat, Alfredo Vergara, Sten H Vermund, Troy D Moon
Factors associated with parental recognition of a child's overweight status - a cross sectional study
Marja L Vanhala, Sirkka M Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Kaisu M Kaikkonen, Jaana H Laitinen, Raija I Korpelainen
Patterns, trends and sex differences in HIV/AIDS reported mortality in Latin American countries: 1996-2007
Monica Alonso Gonzalez, Luise Martin, Sergio Munoz, Jerry O Jacobson
Rationale and methods of the multicenter randomised trial of a heart failure management programme among geriatric patients (HF-Geriatrics)
Carlos Rodríguez Pascual, Emilio Paredes Galán, Jose Luis Gonzalez Guerrero, Rocio Menendez Colino, Pedro Abizanda Soler, Mercedes Hornillos Calvo, Juan Jose Solano Jaurieta, Jorge Manzarbeitia Arambarri, Jose Manuel Ribera Casado, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo
Effectiveness of a family-centered method for the early identification of social-emotional and behavioral problems in children: a quasi experimental study
Margriet Hielkema, Andrea F de Winter, Gea de Meer, Sijmen A Reijneveld
South Yorkshire Cohort: a 'cohort trials facility' study of health and weight - Protocol for the recruitment phase
Clare Relton, Paul Bissell, Christine Smith, Joanna Blackburn, Cindy L Cooper, Jon Nicholl, Angela Tod, Rob Copeland, Amanda Loban, Tim Chater, Kate Thomas, Tracy Young, Carol Weir, Gill Harrison, Alison Millbourn, Rachel Manners
Concurrent sexual partnerships and associated factors: a cross-sectional population-based survey in a rural community in Africa with a generalised HIV epidemic
Dermot Maher, Laban Waswa, Alex Karabarinde, Kathy Baisley
The injury epidemiology of cyclists based on a road trauma registry
Emmanuelle Amoros, Mireille Chiron, Bertrand Thélot, Bernard Laumon
Study protocol: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a 12-week physical activity and nutritional education program for overweight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
Karla J Canuto, Robyn A McDermott, Margaret Cargo, Adrian J Esterman
Oral health and social and emotional well-being in a birth cohort of Aboriginal Australian young adults
Lisa M Jamieson, Yin C Paradies, Wendy Gunthorpe, Sheree J Cairney, Susan M Sayers
A school-based intervention to promote physical activity among adolescent girls: Rationale, design, and baseline data from the Girls in Sport group randomised controlled trial
Anthony D Okely, Wayne G Cotton, David R Lubans, Philip J Morgan, Lauren Puglisi, Judy Miller, Jan Wright, Marijka J Batterham, Louisa R Peralta, Janine Perry
The stigma of obesity in the general public and its implications for public health - a systematic review
Claudia Sikorski, Melanie Luppa, Marie Kaiser, Heide Glaesmer, Georg Schomerus, Hans-Helmut König, Steffi G Riedel-Heller
Socio-demographic, psychosocial and home-environmental attributes associated with adults' domestic screen time
Delfien Van Dyck, Greet Cardon, Benedicte Deforche, Neville Owen, Katrien De Cocker, Katrien Wijndaele, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Determinants of self-rated health in old age: A population-based, cross-sectional study using the International Classification of Functioning
Solveig A Arnadottir, Elin D Gunnarsdottir, Hans Stenlund, Lillemor Lundin-Olsson
Diet, physical exercise and cognitive behavioral training as a combined workplace based intervention to reduce body weight and increase physical capacity in health care workers - a randomized controlled trial
Jeanette R Christensen, Anne Faber, Dorte Ekner, Kristian Overgaard, Andreas Holtermann, Karen Søgaard
A longitudinal qualitative study examining the factors impacting on the ability of persons with T1DM to assimilate the Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) principles into daily living and how these factors change over time
Dympna Casey, Kathy Murphy, Julia Lawton, Florence Findlay White, Sean Dineen
Physicians are a key to encouraging cessation of smoking among people living with HIV/AIDS: a cross-sectional study in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Rachel M Amiya, Krishna C Poudel, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Jun Kobayashi, Basu D Pandey, Masamine Jimba
Stability and change in health behaviours as predictors for disability pension: a prospective cohort study of Swedish twins
Annina Ropponen, Jurgita Narusyte, Kristina Alexanderson, Pia Svedberg
Socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity independently predict health decline among older diabetics
Emily J Nicklett
With good intentions: complexity in unsolicited informal support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. A qualitative study
Nathaniel J Ward, Tanisha Jowsey, Penny J Haora, Clive Aspin, Laurann E Yen
Determinants for HIV testing and counselling in Nairobi urban informal settlements
Abdhalah K Ziraba, Nyovani J Madise, James K Kimani, Samuel Oti, George Mgomella, Mwau Matilu, Alex Ezeh
Correlates of sunscreen use among high school students: a cross-sectional survey
Carolyn J Heckman, Elliot J Coups
Risk factors for respiratory work disability in a cohort of pulp mill workers exposed to irritant gases
Nicola Murgia, Kjell Torén, Jeong-Lim Kim, Eva Andersson
Program for expectant and new mothers: a population-based study of participation
Marni D Brownell, Mariette Chartier, Wendy Au, Jennifer Schultz
A life course approach to injury prevention: a "lens and telescope" conceptual model
Jamie Hosking, Shanthi Ameratunga, Susan Morton, Danilo Blank
The impact and process of a community-led intervention on reducing environmental inequalities related to physical activity and healthy eating - a pilot study
Rachel C Davey, Gemma L Hurst, Graham R Smith, Sarah C Grogan, Judy Kurth
Emotional impact of screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ruth E Collins, Laureen M Lopez, Theresa M Marteau
Awareness of health risks related to body art practices among youth in Naples, Italy: a descriptive convenience sample study
Francesca Gallè, Caterina Mancusi, Valeria Di Onofrio, Aniello Visciano, Vincenza Alfano, Roberto Mastronuzzi, Marco Guida, Giorgio Liguori
Violence witnessing, perpetrating and victimization in medellin, Colombia: a random population survey
Luis F Duque, Nilton E Montoya, Alexandra Restrepo
Factors associated with initiation and completion of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine series in an ontario cohort of grade 8 girls
Leah M Smith, Paul Brassard, Jeffrey C Kwong, Shelley L Deeks, Anne K Ellis, Linda E Lévesque
Association between Body Mass Index and depression: the "fat and jolly" hypothesis for adolescents girls
Anne Revah-Levy, Mario Speranza, Caroline Barry, Christine Hassler, Isabelle Gasquet, Marie-Rose Moro, Bruno Falissard
The effect of perceived discrimination on the health of immigrant workers in Spain
Andrés A Agudelo-Suárez, Elena Ronda-Pérez, Diana Gil-González, Carmen Vives-Cases, Ana M García, Carlos Ruiz-Frutos, Emily Felt, Fernando G Benavides
Health risk factors and self-rated health among job-seekers
Jennis Freyer-Adam, Beate Gaertner, Stefanie Tobschall, Ulrich John
The Big Drink Debate: perceptions of the impact of price on alcohol consumption from a large scale cross-sectional convenience survey in north west England
Penny A Cook, Penelope A Phillips-Howard, Michela Morleo, Corinne Harkins, Linford Briant, Mark A Bellis
Do expert assessments converge? An exploratory case study of evaluating and managing a blood supply risk
John Eyles, Nancy Heddle, Kathryn Webert, Emmy Arnold, Bronwen McCurdy
Hands4U: A multifaceted strategy to implement guideline-based recommendations to prevent hand eczema in health care workers: design of a randomised controlled trial and (cost) effectiveness evaluation
Esther WC van der Meer, Cécile RL Boot, Frank HW Jungbauer, Jac JL van der Klink, Thomas Rustemeyer, Pieter Jan Coenraads, Joost W van der Gulden, Johannes R Anema
Physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and metabolic syndrome in adolescents: A cross-sectional study
Antonio Stabelini Neto, Jeffer E Sasaki, Luis PG Mascarenhas, Margaret CS Boguszewski, Rodrigo Bozza, Anderson Z Ulbrich, Sergio G da Silva, Wagner de Campos
Socio-demographic and AIDS-related factors associated with tuberculosis stigma in southern Thailand: a quantitative, cross-sectional study of stigma among patients with TB and healthy community members
Aaron M Kipp, Petchawan Pungrassami, Kittikorn Nilmanat, Sohini Sengupta, Charles Poole, Ronald P Strauss, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Annelies Van Rie
Frequency of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing in urban vs. rural areas of the United States: Results from a nationally-representative sample
Michael E Ohl, Eli Perencevich
Temporal trends (1977-2007) and ethnic inequity in child mortality in rural villages of southern Guinea Bissau
Ila Fazzio, Vera Mann, Peter Boone
An evaluation of factors associated with taking and responding positive to the tuberculin skin test in individuals with HIV/AIDS
Líbia CRV Moura, Ricardo AA Ximenes, Heloísa L Ramos, Demócrito B Miranda Filho, Carolina DP Freitas, Rosangela MS Silva, Isabella Coimbra, Joanna d'Arc L Batista, Ulisses R Montarroyos, Maria de Fátima P Militão Albuquerque
Can we use the pharmacy data to estimate the prevalence of chronic conditions? a comparison of multiple data sources
Francesco Chini, Patrizio Pezzotti, Letizia Orzella, Piero Borgia, Gabriella Guasticchi
Factors associated with default from treatment among tuberculosis patients in nairobi province, Kenya: A case control study
Bernard N Muture, Margaret N Keraka, Peter K Kimuu, Ephantus W Kabiru, Victor O Ombeka, Francis Oguya
Introduction of organised mammography screening in Tyrol: results following first year of complete rollout
Willi Oberaigner, Martin Daniaux, Sabine Geiger-Gritsch, Rudolf Knapp, Uwe Siebert, Wolfgang Buchberger
Analysis of injury death trends among women in Macheng City, China, 1984-2008
Yang Hu, Li Wu, Xiang Yu, Dekai Zhang, Xiaoxian Liu, Youjie Wang
Health care for immigrants in Europe: Is there still consensus among country experts about principles of good practice? A Delphi study
Walter Devillé, Tim Greacen, Marija Bogic, Marie Dauvrin, Sónia Dias, Andrea Gaddini, Natasja Koitzsch Jensen, Christina Karamanidou, Ulrike Kluge, Ritva Mertaniemi, Rosa Puigpinós i Riera, Attila Sárváry, Joaquim JF Soares, Mindaugas Stankunas, Christa Straßmayr, Marta Welbel, Stefan Priebe
Parental alcohol use and adolescent school adjustment in the general population: Results from the HUNT study
Fartein A Torvik, Kamilla Rognmo, Helga Ask, Espen Røysamb, Kristian Tambs
Sense of coherence predicts post-myocardial infarction trajectory of leisure time physical activity: a prospective cohort study
Vicki Myers, Yaacov Drory, Yariv Gerber
Trends in solids/liquids poisoning suicide rates in Taiwan: a test of the substitution hypothesis
Jin-Jia Lin, Tsung-Hsueh Lu
The effect of housing on the mental health of older people: the impact of lifetime housing history in Whitehall II
Philippa L Howden-Chapman, Tarani Chandola, Mai Stafford, Michael Marmot
Successful implementation of a wellness and tobacco cessation curriculum in psychosocial rehabilitation clubhouses
Joseph GL Lee, Leah M Ranney, Adam O Goldstein, Anna McCullough, Sterling M Fulton-Smith, Nicole O Collins
Trends in poisoning hospitalization and mortality in Taiwan, 1999-2008: a retrospective analysis
Wu-Chien Chien, Jin-Ding Lin, Ching-Huang Lai, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Yu-Chen Hung
Excess risk attributable to traditional cardiovascular risk factors in clinical practice settings across Europe - The EURIKA Study
Eliseo Guallar, José R Banegas, Elena Blasco-Colmenares, F Javier Jiménez, Jean Dallongeville, Julian P Halcox, Claudio Borghi, Elvira L Massó-González, Mónica Tafalla, Joep Perk, Guy De Backer, Philippe G Steg, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo
Community patterns of stigma towards persons living with HIV: A population-based latent class analysis from rural Vietnam
Anastasia Pharris, Nguyen Phuong Hoa, Carol Tishelman, Gaetano Marrone, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc, Ruairí Brugha, Anna Thorson
The sydney playground project: popping the bubblewrap - unleashing the power of play: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a primary school playground-based intervention aiming to increase children's physical activity and social skills
Anita C Bundy, Geraldine Naughton, Paul Tranter, Shirley Wyver, Louise Baur, Wendy Schiller, Adrian Bauman, Lina Engelen, Jo Ragen, Tim Luckett, Anita Niehues, Gabrielle Stewart, Glenda Jessup, Jennie Brentnall
The clustering of health behaviours in Ireland and their relationship with mental health, self-rated health and quality of life
Mary C Conry, Karen Morgan, Philip Curry, Hannah McGee, Janas Harrington, Mark Ward, Emer Shelley
Detection of events of public health importance under the international health regulations: a toolkit to improve reporting of unusual events by frontline healthcare workers
Emily MacDonald, Preben Aavitsland, Dounia Bitar, Katrine Borgen
Assessing the impact of a food supplement on the nutritional status and body composition of HIV-infected Zambian women on ARVs
Rodah M Zulu, Nuala M Byrne, Grace K Munthali, James Chipeta, Ray Handema, Mofu Musonda, Andrew P Hills
Supermarket Healthy Eating for Life (SHELf): protocol of a randomised controlled trial promoting healthy food and beverage consumption through price reduction and skill-building strategies
Kylie Ball, Sarah A McNaughton, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Nick Andrianopoulos, Victoria Inglis, Briohny McNeilly, Ha ND Le, Deborah Leslie, Christina Pollard, David Crawford
Reliability and validity of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire in a sample of European adolescents - the HELENA study
Tineke De Vriendt, Els Clays, Luis A Moreno, Patrick Bergman, Germán Vicente-Rodriguez, Eniko Nagy, Sabine Dietrich, Yannis Manios, Stefaan De Henauw
Reading and writing difficulties in adolescence and later risk of welfare dependence. A ten year follow-up, the HUNT Study, Norway
Kristine Pape, Johan H Bjørngaard, Steinar Westin, Turid L Holmen, Steinar Krokstad
Prevalence and risk factors of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in Nauru
Amina Khambalia, Philayrath Phongsavan, Ben J Smith, Kieren Keke, Li Dan, Andrew Fitzhardinge, Adrian E Bauman
More support for mothers: a qualitative study on factors affecting immunisation behaviour in Kampala, Uganda
Juliet N Babirye, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Juliet Kiguli, Henry Wamani, Fred Nuwaha, Ingunn MS Engebretsen
Why the increase in under five mortality in Uganda from 1995 to 2000? A retrospective analysis
Fred Nuwaha, Juliet Babirye, Natal Ayiga
Hyperhomocysteinemia is independently associated with albuminuria in the population-based CoLaus study
Franziska Marti, Peter Vollenweider, Pedro-Manuel Marques-Vidal, Vincent Mooser, Gérard Waeber, Fred Paccaud, Murielle Bochud
HIV/AIDS among youth in urban informal (slum) settlements in Kenya: What are the correlates of and motivations for HIV testing?
Caroline W Kabiru, Donatien Beguy, Joanna Crichton, Eliya M Zulu
Perspectives on child diarrhoea management and health service use among ethnic minority caregivers in Vietnam
Thilde Rheinländer, Helle Samuelsen, Anders Dalsgaard, Flemming Konradsen
Peer-based behavioral health program for drug users in China: a pilot study
Song-Ying Shen, Zhou-Bin Zhang, Joseph D Tucker, Helena Chang, Guan-Rong Zhang, Ai-Hua Lin
Pertussis resurgence in Toronto, Canada: a population-based study including test-incidence feedback modeling
David N Fisman, Patrick Tang, Tanya Hauck, Susan Richardson, Steven J Drews, Donald E Low, Frances Jamieson
Work related characteristics, work-home and home-work interference and burnout among primary healthcare physicians: A gender perspective in a Serbian context
Katarina Putnik, Inge Houkes
A registry-based follow-up study, comparing the incidence of cardiovascular disease in native Danes and immigrants born in Turkey, Pakistan and the former Yugoslavia: do social inequalities play a role?
Nana F Hempler, Finn B Larsen, Signe S Nielsen, Finn Diderichsen, Anne H Andreasen, Torben Jørgensen
Sustainability of programs to reach high risk and marginalized populations living with HIV in resource limited settings: implications for HIV treatment and prevention
Brian T Montague, Bea Vuylsteke, Anne Buvé
Student public commitment in a school-based diabetes prevention project: impact on physical health and health behavior
Lynn L DeBar, Margaret Schneider, Kimberly L Drews, Eileen G Ford, Diane D Stadler, Esther L Moe, Mamie White, Arthur E Hernandez, Sara Solomon, Ann Jessup, Elizabeth M Venditti
Mindful "Vitality in Practice": an intervention to improve the work engagement and energy balance among workers; the development and design of the randomised controlled trial
Jantien van Berkel, Karin I Proper, Cécile RL Boot, Paulien M Bongers, Allard J van der Beek
Smoking behaviour predicts tobacco control attitudes in a high smoking prevalence hospital: A cross-sectional study in a Portuguese teaching hospital prior to the national smoking ban
Sofia B Ravara, Jose M Calheiros, Pedro Aguiar, Luis Taborda Barata
Awareness and knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among school-going adolescents in Europe: a systematic review of published literature
Florence N Samkange-Zeeb, Lena Spallek, Hajo Zeeb
The effect of a periodontal intervention on cardiovascular risk markers in Indigenous Australians with periodontal disease: the PerioCardio study
Michael R Skilton, Louise J Maple-Brown, Kostas Kapellas, David S Celermajer, Mark Bartold, Alex Brown, Kerin O'Dea, Gary D Slade, Lisa M Jamieson
Who participates in internet-based worksite weight loss programs?
Wen You, Fabio A Almeida, Jamie M Zoellner, Jennie L Hill, Courtney A Pinard, Kacie C Allen, Russell E Glasgow, Laura A Linnan, Paul A Estabrooks
A prospective cohort study of long-term cognitive changes in older Medicare beneficiaries
Fredric D Wolinsky, Suzanne E Bentler, Jason Hockenberry, Michael P Jones, Paula A Weigel, Brian Kaskie, Robert B Wallace
Population level determinants of acute mountain sickness among young men: a retrospective study
Xiaoxiao Li, Fasheng Tao, Tao Pei, Haiyan You, Yan Liu, Yuqi Gao
Self-rated health does not predict 10-year weight change among middle-aged adults in a longitudinal population study
Margareta Norberg, Kristina Lindvall, Paul L Jenkins, Maria Emmelin, Göran Lönnberg, Anne N Nafziger
Long term virological, immunological and mortality outcomes in a cohort of HIV-infected female sex workers treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy in Africa
Charlotte Huet, Abdoulaye Ouedraogo, Issouf Konaté, Isidore Traore, François Rouet, Antoinette Kaboré, Anselme Sanon, Philippe Mayaud, Philippe Van de Perre, Nicolas Nagot
An evaluation of Birmingham Own Health®telephone care management service among patients with poorly controlled diabetes. a retrospective comparison with the General Practice Research Database
Rachel E Jordan, Robert J Lancashire, Peymané Adab
Determinants of insecticide treated nets use among youth corp members in Edo State, Nigeria
Olorunfemi E Amoran, Idowu O Senbanjo, Chuks E Asagwara
Income and education as predictors of return to working life among younger stroke patients
Sven Trygged, Kozma Ahacic, Ingemar Kåreholt
A trial of a job-specific workers' health surveillance program for construction workers: study protocol
Julitta S Boschman, Henk F van der Molen, Cor van Duivenbooden, Judith K Sluiter, Monique HW Frings-Dresen
Improving STD testing behavior among high-risk young adults by offering STD testing at a vocational school
Laura WL Spauwen, Christian JPA Hoebe, Elfi EHG Brouwers, Nicole HTM Dukers-Muijrers
DiAlert: a lifestyle education programme aimed at people with a positive family history of type 2 diabetes and overweight, study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
Wieke H Heideman, Vera Nierkens, Karien Stronks, Barend JC Middelkoop, Jos WR Twisk, Arnoud P Verhoeff, Maartje de Wit, Frank J Snoek
High acceptance of home-based HIV counseling and testing in an urban community setting in Uganda
Juliet N Sekandi, Hassard Sempeera, Justin List, Micheal Angel Mugerwa, Stephen Asiimwe, Xiaoping Yin, Christopher C Whalen
Secular trends: a ten-year comparison of the amount and type of physical activity and inactivity of random samples of adolescents in the Czech Republic
Dagmar Sigmundová, Walid El Ansari, Erik Sigmund, Karel Frömel
Prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of overweight and obesity among Pakistani primary school children
Muhammad Umair Mushtaq, Sibgha Gull, Hussain Muhammad Abdullah, Ubeera Shahid, Mushtaq Ahmad Shad, Javed Akram
A multilevel analysis on the relationship between neighbourhood poverty and public hospital utilization: is the high Indigenous morbidity avoidable?
Yuejen Zhao, Jiqiong You, Steven L Guthridge, Andy H Lee
Male gender preference, female gender disadvantage as risk factors for psychological morbidity in Pakistani women of childbearing age - a life course perspective
Farah Qadir, Murad M Khan, Girmay Medhin, Martin Prince
Using 'may contain' labelling to inform food choice: a qualitative study of nut allergic consumers
Julie Barnett, Kate Muncer, Jo Leftwich, Richard Shepherd, Monique M Raats, M Hazel Gowland, Kate Grimshaw, Jane S Lucas
Postcode Lotteries in Public Health - The NHS Health Checks Programme in North West London
Clare EM Graley, Katherine F May, David C McCoy
Factors associated with chemical burns in Zhejiang province, China: An epidemiological study
Yuan H Zhang, Chun M Han, Guo X Chen, Chun J Ye, Rui M Jiang, Li P Liu, Liang F Ni
The burden of diabetes mortality in Finland 1988-2007 - A brief report
Kristiina Manderbacka, Riina Peltonen, Seppo Koskinen, Pekka Martikainen
HIV Risk and Associations of HIV Infection among men who have sex with men in Peri-Urban Cape Town, South Africa
Stefan Baral, Earl Burrell, Andrew Scheibe, Ben Brown, Chris Beyrer, Linda-Gail Bekker
Body piercing and tattoos: a survey on young adults' knowledge of the risks and practices in body art
Alessia Quaranta, Christian Napoli, Fabrizio Fasano, Claudio Montagna, Giuseppina Caggiano, Maria Teresa Montagna
Promoting male involvement to improve PMTCT uptake and reduce antenatal HIV infection: a cluster randomized controlled trial protocol
Karl Peltzer, Deborah Jones, Stephen M Weiss, Elisa Shikwane
Water outage increases the risk of gastroenteritis and eyes and skin diseases
Ling-Ya Huang, Yu-Chun Wang, Chung-Ming Liu, Trong-Neng Wu, Chang-Hung Chou, Fung-Chang Sung, Chin-Ching Wu
Effectiveness of proactive telephone counselling for smoking cessation in parents: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Kathrin Schuck, Roy Otten, Marloes Kleinjan, Jonathan B Bricker, Rutger CME Engels
High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and its association with obesity and metabolic syndrome among Malay adults in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Foong-Ming Moy, Awang Bulgiba
Randomized controlled trial of mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy to Canadian smokers: study protocol
John A Cunningham, Scott T Leatherdale, Peter L Selby, Rachel F Tyndale, Laurie Zawertailo, Vladyslav Kushnir
Developing public health clinical decision support systems (CDSS) for the outpatient community in New York City: our experience
Sam Amirfar, John Taverna, Sheila Anane, Jesse Singer
Family psychosocial characteristics influencing criminal behaviour and mortality - possible mediating factors: a longitudinal study of male and female subjects in the Stockholm Birth Cohort
Britt af Klinteberg, Ylva Almquist, Ulla Beijer, Per-Anders Rydelius
Case-based reported mortality associated with laboratory-confirmed influenza A(H1N1) 2009 virus infection in the Netherlands: the 2009-2010 pandemic season versus the 2010-2011 influenza season
Rianne AB van Gageldonk-Lafeber, Rob M Riesmeijer, Ingrid HM Friesema, Adam Meijer, Leslie D Isken, Aura Timen, Marianne AB van der Sande
Can primary care data be used to monitor regional smoking prevalence? An analysis of The Health Improvement Network primary care data
Tessa E Langley, Lisa C Szatkowski, Stephen Wythe, Sarah A Lewis
Cardiovascular risk among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal smoking male prisoners: inequalities compared to the wider community
Robyn L Richmond, Kay A Wilhelm, Devon Indig, Tony G Butler, Vicki A Archer, Alex D Wodak
School environment factors were associated with BMI among adolescents in Xi'an City, China
Ming Li, Michael J Dibley, Hong Yan
The potential impact of immunization campaign budget re-allocation on global eradication of paediatric infectious diseases
Tiffany Fitzpatrick, Chris T Bauch
Metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity phenotypes in the general population: the FIN-D2D Survey
Pia Pajunen, Anna Kotronen, Eeva Korpi-Hyövälti, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Heikki Oksa, Leo Niskanen, Timo Saaristo, Juha T Saltevo, Jouko Sundvall, Mauno Vanhala, Matti Uusitupa, Markku Peltonen
Anthropometrically determined nutritional status of urban primary schoolchildren in Makurdi, Nigeria
Daniel T Goon, Abel L Toriola, Brandon S Shaw, Lateef O Amusa, Makama A Monyeki, Oluwadare Akinyemi, Olubola A Alabi
A comprehensive situation assessment of injection practices in primary health care hospitals in Bangladesh
AK Azad Chowdhury, Tapash Roy, ABM Faroque, Sitesh C Bachar, Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Nishat Nasrin, Nahid Akter, Hamidur Rahman Gazi, Abul Kalam Lutful Kabir, Masuma Parvin, Claire Anderson
Who pays and who benefits? How different models of shared responsibilities between formal and informal carers influence projections of costs of dementia management
Victor Vickland, Joel Werner, Thomas Morris, Geoff McDonnell, Brian Draper, Lee-Fay Low, Henry Brodaty
Erratum to: Emotional impact of screening: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Ruth E Collins, Laureen M Lopez, Theresa M Marteau
Alimentary fluoride intake in preschool children
Edgar Oganessian, Romana Ivancakova, Erika Lencova, Zdenek Broukal
A randomised controlled trial among cleaners-Effects on strength, balance and kinesiophobia
Marie Birk Jørgensen, John Ektor-Andersen, Gisela Sjøgaard, Andreas Holtermann, Karen Søgaard
SPACE for physical activity - a multicomponent intervention study: study design and baseline findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial
Mette Toftager, Lars B Christiansen, Peter L Kristensen, Jens Troelsen
Determinants of fertility in rural Ethiopia: the case of Butajira Demographic Surveillance System (DSS)
Wubegzier Mekonnen, Alemayehu Worku
A pilot study of Aboriginal health promotion from an ecological perspective
Rachel E Reilly, Marion Cincotta, Joyce Doyle, Bradley R Firebrace, Margaret Cargo, Gemma van den Tol, Denise Morgan-Bulled, Kevin G Rowley
A school-based resilience intervention to decrease tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use in high school students
Rebecca K Hodder, Justine Daly, Megan Freund, Jenny Bowman, Trevor Hazell, John Wiggers
Analysis of changes in the association of income and the utilization of curative health services in Mexico between 2000 and 2006
Laura G Danese-dlSantos, Sandra G Sosa-Rubí, Atanacio Valencia-Mendoza
Effect of an electronic nicotine delivery device (e-Cigarette) on smoking reduction and cessation: a prospective 6-month pilot study
Riccardo Polosa, Pasquale Caponnetto, Jaymin B Morjaria, Gabriella Papale, Davide Campagna, Cristina Russo
The ACCOMPLISH study. A cluster randomised trial on the cost-effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance and reduce healthcare associated infections
Vicki Erasmus, Anita Huis, Anke Oenema, Pepijn van Empelen, Matthijs C Boog, Elise HE van Beeck, Suzanne Polinder, Ewout W Steyerberg, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Margreet C Vos, Ed F van Beeck
Relationship of obesity to physical activity, domestic activities, and sedentary behaviours: cross-sectional findings from a national cohort of over 70,000 Thai adults
Emily Banks, Lynette Lim, Sam-Ang Seubsman, Chris Bain, Adrian Sleigh
Integration of priority population, health and nutrition interventions into health systems: systematic review
Rifat Atun, Thyra E de Jongh, Federica V Secci, Kelechi Ohiri, Olusoji Adeyi, Josip Car
High caseload of childhood tuberculosis in hospitals on Java Island, Indonesia: a cross sectional study
Trisasi Lestari, Ari Probandari, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Adi Utarini
An integrated structural intervention to reduce vulnerability to HIV and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Karnataka state, south India
Vandana Gurnani, Tara S Beattie, Parinita Bhattacharjee, HL Mohan, Srinath Maddur, Reynold Washington, Shajy Isac, BM Ramesh, Stephen Moses, James F Blanchard
Factor analysis of self-treatment in diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study
Negin Masoudi Alavi, Leila Alami, Sedigheh Taefi, Gholamali Shojae Gharabagh
Newspaper coverage of mental illness in the UK, 1992-2008
Robert Goulden, Elizabeth Corker, Sara Evans-Lacko, Diana Rose, Graham Thornicroft, Claire Henderson
Alert but less alarmed: a pooled analysis of terrorism threat perception in Australia
Garry Stevens, Kingsley Agho, Melanie Taylor, Alison L Jones, Jennifer Jacobs, Margo Barr, Beverley Raphael
Stressors and resources mediate the association of socioeconomic position with health behaviours
Bob C Mulder, Marijn de Bruin, Hanneke Schreurs, Erik JC van Ameijden, Cees MJ van Woerkum
Ten-year trends in overweight and obesity in the adult Portuguese population, 1995 to 2005
Pedro Marques-Vidal, Fred Paccaud, Paula Ravasco
Time trends in leisure time physical activity and physical fitness in elderly people: 20 year follow-up of the Spanish population national health survey (1987-2006)
Domingo Palacios-Ceña, Cristina Alonso-Blanco, Rodrigo Jiménez-Garcia, Valentin Hernández-Barrera, Pilar Carrasco-Garrido, Elena Pileño-Martinez, Cesar Fernández-de-las-Peñas
Knowledge, perceptions and myths regarding infertility among selected adult population in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study
Sumera Ali, Raafay Sophie, Ayesha M Imam, Faisal I Khan, Syed F Ali, Annum Shaikh, Syed Farid-ul-Hasnain
Sexual risk taking behaviour: prevalence and associated factors. A population-based study of 22 000 Danish men
Nina Buttmann, Ann Nielsen, Christian Munk, Kai L Liaw, Susanne K Kjaer
Economic hardships in adulthood and mental health in Sweden. the Swedish National Public Health Survey 2009
Johanna Ahnquist, Sarah P Wamala
Changes over time in the effect of marital status on cancer survival
Håkon Kravdal, Astri Syse
A retrospective follow up study on maternal age and infant mortality in two Sicilian districts
Walter Mazzucco, Rosanna Cusimano, Maurizio Macaluso, Claudio La Scola, Giovanna Fiumanò, Salvatore Scondotto, Achille Cernigliaro, Giovanni Corsello, Giuseppe La Torre, Francesco Vitale
Secular trends of macrosomia in southeast China, 1994-2005
Yanyu Lu, Jun Zhang, Xinrong Lu, Wei Xi, Zhu Li
Prioritising public health: a qualitative study of decision making to reduce health inequalities
Lois C Orton, Ffion Lloyd-Williams, David C Taylor-Robinson, May Moonan, Martin O'Flaherty, Simon Capewell
Childbearing during adolescence and offspring mortality: findings from three population-based cohorts in southern Brazil
María C Restrepo-Méndez, Aluísio JD Barros, Iná S Santos, Ana MB Menezes, Alicia Matijasevich, Fernando C Barros, Cesar G Victora
The burden of premature mortality in Spain using standard expected years of life lost: a population-based study
Ricard Gènova-Maleras, Ferrán Catalá-López, Nerea Fernández de Larrea-Baz, Elena Álvarez-Martín, Consuelo Morant-Ginestar
High prevalence of coexisting prehypertension and prediabetes among healthy adults in northern and northeastern China
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Heterosexual anal intercourse and HIV infection risks in the context of alcohol serving venues, Cape Town, South Africa
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Prevalence and type distribution of human papillomavirus infection in women from North Sardinia, Italy
Andrea Piana, Giovanni Sotgiu, Paolo Castiglia, Stefania Pischedda, Clementina Cocuzza, Giampiero Capobianco, Vincenzo Marras, Salvatore Dessole, Elena Muresu
Mental ill-health across the continuum of body mass index
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Measuring health-related quality of life in men with osteoporosis or osteoporotic fracture
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Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of stunting and thinness among Pakistani primary school children
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How does the general public view posthumous organ donation? A meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature
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The interrelation between premenstrual syndrome and major depression: Results from a population-based sample
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Drivers' and conductors' views on the causes and ways of preventing workplace violence in the road passenger transport sector in Maputo City, Mozambique
Maria T Couto, Per Tillgren, Maja Söderbäck
Diet and mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa: Stages in the nutrition transition
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Costs and longer-term savings of parenting programmes for the prevention of persistent conduct disorder: a modelling study
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A mid-term assessment of progress towards the immunization coverage goal of the Global Immunization Vision and Strategy (GIVS)
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Motivational foci and asthma medication tactics directed towards a functional day
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The incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus among 15-34 years aged Lithuanian population: 18-year incidence study based on prospective databases
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A survey of smoking prevalence and interest in quitting among social and community service organisation clients in Australia: a unique opportunity for reaching the disadvantaged
Jamie Bryant, Billie Bonevski, Christine Paul
Problem-solving therapy for depression and common mental disorders in Zimbabwe: piloting a task-shifting primary mental health care intervention in a population with a high prevalence of people living with HIV
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A cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce sedentary behavior and promote physical activity and health of 8-9 year olds: The Transform-Us! Study
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Burden of traumatic spine fractures in Tehran, Iran
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Mohammad R Rasouli, Alexander R Vaccaro, Soheil Saadat, Mohammad R Zarei, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
A qualitative exploration of the human resource policy implications of voluntary counselling and testing scale-up in Kenya: applying a model for policy analysis
Miriam Taegtmeyer, Tim Martineau, Jane H Namwebya, Annrita Ikahu, Carol W Ngare, James Sakwa, David G Lalloo, Sally Theobald
Loss of interest, depressed mood and impact on the quality of life: Cross-sectional survey
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a schools-based programme to promote exercise self-efficacy in children and young people with risk factors for obesity: Steps to active kids (STAK)
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The prevalence of hyperuricemia in China: a meta-analysis
Liu B, Wang T, Zhao HN, Yue WW, Yu HP, Liu CX, Yin J, Jia RY, Nie HW
Psychometric assessment of HIV/STI sexual risk scale among MSM: A Rasch model approach
Jian Li, Hongjie Liu, Hui Liu, Tiejian Feng, Yumao Cai
Working Inside for Smoking Elimination (Project W.I.S.E.) study design and rationale to prevent return to smoking after release from a smoke free prison
Jennifer G Clarke, Rosemarie A Martin, LAR Stein, Cheryl E Lopes, Jennifer Mello, Peter Friedmann, Beth Bock
Problematic Internet use in Chinese adolescents and its relation to psychosomatic symptoms and life satisfaction
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Metabolic syndrome is associated with change in subclinical arterial stiffness - A community-based Taichung Community Health Study
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Preventing alcohol misuse in young people aged 9-11 years through promoting family communication: an exploratory evaluation of the Kids, Adults Together (KAT) Programme
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of 'BeweegKuur', a combined lifestyle intervention in the Netherlands: Rationale, design and methods of a randomized controlled trial
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Differences in pandemic influenza vaccination policies for pregnant women in Europe
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Age adjustment in ecological studies: using a study on arsenic ingestion and bladder cancer as an example
How-Ran Guo
Study protocol of KLIMOP: a cohort study on the wellbeing of older cancer patients in Belgium and the Netherlands
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Using formative research to develop CHANGE!: a curriculum-based physical activity promoting intervention
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Good places for ageing in place: development of objective built environment measures for investigating links with older people's wellbeing
Elizabeth J Burton, Lynne Mitchell, Chris B Stride
Interventions to improve work outcomes in work-related PTSD: a systematic review
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Building the capacity of family day care educators to promote children's social and emotional wellbeing: an exploratory cluster randomised controlled trial
Elise Davis, Lara Williamson, Andrew Mackinnon, Kay Cook, Elizabeth Waters, Helen Herrman, Margaret Sims, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Linda Harrison, Bernard Marshall
Study protocol of a Dutch smoking cessation e-health program
Nicola E Stanczyk, Catherine Bolman, Jean WM Muris, Hein de Vries
Changes in the socio-demographic patterning of late adolescent health risk behaviours during the 1990s: analysis of two West of Scotland cohort studies
Helen Sweeting, Caroline Jackson, Sally Haw
Effects on musculoskeletal pain, work ability and sickness absence in a 1-year randomised controlled trial among cleaners
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Healthy babies through infant-centered feeding protocol: an intervention targeting early childhood obesity in vulnerable populations
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The case for conducting first-in-human (phase 0 and phase 1) clinical trials in low and middle income countries
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Relationship between commuting and health outcomes in a cross-sectional population survey in southern Sweden
Erik Hansson, Kristoffer Mattisson, Jonas Björk, Per-Olof Östergren, Kristina Jakobsson
Undernutrition among HIV-positive children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: antiretroviral therapy alone is not enough
Bruno F Sunguya, Krishna C Poudel, Keiko Otsuka, Junko Yasuoka, Linda B Mlunde, David P Urassa, Namala P Mkopi, Masamine Jimba
Identifying socio-demographic and socioeconomic determinants of health inequalities in a diverse London community: the South East London Community Health (SELCoH) study
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A community-based cluster randomised trial of safe storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: study protocol
Melissa Pearson, Flemming Konradsen, David Gunnell, Andrew H Dawson, Ravi Pieris, Manjula Weerasinghe, Duleeka W Knipe, Shaluka Jayamanne, Chris Metcalfe, Keith Hawton, A Rajitha Wickramasinghe, W Atapattu, Palitha Bandara, Dhammika de Silva, Asanga Ranasinghe, Fahim Mohamed, Nicholas A Buckley, Indika Gawarammana, Michael Eddleston
Missing and accounted for: gaps and areas of wealth in the public health review literature
Daiva Tirilis, Heather Husson, Kara DeCorby, Maureen Dobbins
Mass screening for celiac disease from the perspective of newly diagnosed adolescents and their parents: A mixed-method study
Anna Rosén, Maria Emmelin, Annelie Carlsson, Solveig Hammarroth, Eva Karlsson, Anneli Ivarsson
Tuberculosis and homelessness in Montreal: a retrospective cohort study
Jason Tan de Bibiana, Carmine Rossi, Paul Rivest, Alice Zwerling, Louise Thibert, Fiona McIntosh, Marcel A Behr, Dick Menzies, Kevin Schwartzman
Who wants a slimmer body? The relationship between body weight status, education level and body shape dissatisfaction among young adults in Hong Kong
Yee Tak Derek Cheung, Antoinette Marie Lee, Sai Yin Ho, Edmund Tsze Shing Li, Tai Hing Lam, Susan Yun Sun Fan, Paul Siu Fai Yip
The incidence of experimental smoking in school children: an 8-year follow-up of the child and adolescent behaviors in long-term evolution (CABLE) study
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Educational difference in the prevalence of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: a study in northern Iran
M Maddah, SH Sharami, M Karandish
Measuring capacity building in communities: a review of the literature
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Health problems and disability in long-term sickness absence: ICF coding of medical certificates
Roland Morgell, Lars G Backlund, Britt Arrelöv, Lars-Erik Strender, Gunnar H Nilsson
Measuring walking within and outside the neighborhood in Chinese elders: reliability and validity
Ester Cerin, Anthony Barnett, Cindy HP Sit, Man-chin Cheung, Lok-chun Janet Lee, Sai-yin Ho, Wai-man Chan
Individual and neighborhood-level socioeconomic characteristics in relation to smoking prevalence among black and white adults in the Southeastern United States: a cross-sectional study
Sarah S Cohen, Jennifer S Sonderman, Michael T Mumma, Lisa B Signorello, William J Blot
Addressing risk factors for child abuse among high risk pregnant women: design of a randomised controlled trial of the nurse family partnership in Dutch preventive health care
Jamila Mejdoubi, Silvia van den Heijkant, Elle Struijf, Frank van Leerdam, Remy HiraSing, Alfons Crijnen
Discrepancies between survey and administrative data on the use of mental health services in the general population: findings from a study conducted in Québec
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'Physical activity at home (PAAH)', evaluation of a group versus home based physical activity program in community dwelling middle aged adults: rationale and study design
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The foxconn suicides and their media prominence: is the werther effect applicable in china?
Qijin Cheng, Feng Chen, Paul SF Yip
Study protocol for a non-inferiority trial of cytisine versus nicotine replacement therapy in people motivated to stop smoking
Natalie Walker, Colin Howe, Chris Bullen, Hayden McRobbie, Marewa Glover, Varsha Parag, Jonathan Williman, Reon Veale, Vili Nosa, Joanne Barnes
Unexpected decline in tuberculosis cases coincident with economic recession - United States, 2009
Carla A Winston, Thomas R Navin, Jose E Becerra, Michael P Chen, Lori R Armstrong, Carla Jeffries, Rachel S Yelk Woodruff, Jessie Wing, Angela M Starks, Craig M Hales, J Steve Kammerer, William R Mac Kenzie, Kiren Mitruka, Mark C Miner, Sandy Price, Joseph Scavotto, Ann M Cronin, Phillip Griffin, Philip A LoBue, Kenneth G Castro
Tuberculosis in UK cities: workload and effectiveness of tuberculosis control programmes
Graham H Bothamley, Michelle E Kruijshaar, Heinke Kunst, Gerrit Woltmann, Mark Cotton, Dinesh Saralaya, Mark A Woodhead, John P Watson, Ann LN Chapman
Exposure to and opinions towards sex education among adolescent students in Mumbai: A cross-sectional survey
Tami Benzaken, Ashutosh H Palep, Paramjit S Gill
Biological monitoring of pesticide exposures in residents living near agricultural land
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Effectiveness of a structured motivational intervention including smoking cessation advice and spirometry information in the primary care setting: the ESPITAP study
Francisco Martin-Lujan, Josep Ll Piñol-Moreso, Nuria Martin-Vergara, Josep Basora-Gallisa, Irene Pascual-Palacios, Ramon Sagarra-Alamo, Estefania Aparicio Llopis, Maria T Basora-Gallisa, Roser Pedret-Llaberia
Prevalence of prenatal zinc deficiency and its association with socio-demographic, dietary and health care related factors in Rural Sidama, Southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
Samson Gebremedhin, Fikre Enquselassie, Melaku Umeta
Consumers' salient beliefs regarding dairy products in the functional food era: a qualitative study using concepts from the theory of planned behaviour
Deborah J Nolan-Clark, Elizabeth P Neale, Yasmine C Probst, Karen E Charlton, Linda C Tapsell
Reproductive morbidity among Iranian women; issues often inappropriately addressed in health seeking behaviors
Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani, Masoumeh Simbar, Mehrandokht Abedini
Improving health-related fitness in children: the fit-4-Fun randomized controlled trial study protocol
Narelle Eather, Philip J Morgan, David R Lubans
Effects of lifestyle intervention in persons at risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus - results from a randomised, controlled trial
Vegard Nilsen, Per S Bakke, Frode Gallefoss
Short and long term effects of a lifestyle intervention for construction workers at risk for cardiovascular disease: a randomized controlled trial
Iris F Groeneveld, Karin I Proper, Allard J van der Beek, Vincent H Hildebrandt, Willem van Mechelen
Alcohol and risk of admission to hospital for unintentional cutting or piercing injuries at home: a population-based case-crossover study
Simon Thornley, Bridget Kool, Elizabeth Robinson, Roger Marshall, Gordon S Smith, Shanthi Ameratunga
Regional variation and determinants of vitamin D status in sunshine-abundant Thailand
La-or Chailurkit, Wichai Aekplakorn, Boonsong Ongphiphadhanakul
Temporal changes in the prevalence of childhood asthma and allergies in urban and rural areas of Cyprus: results from two cross sectional studies
Ourania Kolokotroni, Nicos Middleton, Nicolas Nicolaou, Spyros Pipis, Kostas N Priftis, Donald K Milton, Panayiotis K Yiallouros
Skin surveillance intentions among family members of patients with melanoma
Elliot J Coups, Sharon L Manne, Paul B Jacobsen, Michael E Ming, Carolyn J Heckman, Stuart R Lessin
A qualitative exploration of smokers' views regarding aspects of a community-based mobile stop smoking service in the United Kingdom
Manpreet Bains, Andrea Venn, Rachael L Murray, Ann McNeill, Laura L Jones
Association between infection early in life and mental disorders among youth in the community: a cross-sectional study
Renee D Goodwin
Factors associated with job satisfaction among Chinese community health workers: a cross-sectional study
Cuixia Ge, Jialiang Fu, Ying Chang, Lie Wang
The influence of childhood IQ and education on social mobility in the Newcastle Thousand Families birth cohort
Lynne F Forrest, Susan Hodgson, Louise Parker, Mark S Pearce
Effects of maternal education on diet, anemia, and iron deficiency in Korean school-aged children
Hyeon-Jeong Choi, Hye-Ja Lee, Han Byul Jang, Ju Yeon Park, Jae-Heon Kang, Kyung-Hee Park, Jihyun Song
Perinatal and psychosocial circumstances associated with risk of attempted suicide, non-suicidal self-injury and psychiatric service use. A longitudinal study of young people
Robert Young, Vincent Riordan, Cameron Stark
The effect of walking on falls in older people: the 'Easy Steps to Health' randomized controlled trial study protocol
Alexander Voukelatos, Dafna Merom, Chris Rissel, Cathie Sherrington, Wendy Watson, Karen Waller
What do parents think about parental participation in school-based interventions on energy balance-related behaviours? a qualitative study in 4 countries
Wendy Van Lippevelde, Maïté Verloigne, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Mona Bjelland, Nanna Lien, Juan M Fernández-Alvira, Luis A Moreno, Eva Kovacs, Johannes Brug, Lea Maes
Intimate partner violence against women in western Ethiopia: prevalence, patterns, and associated factors
Sileshi G Abeya, Mesganaw F Afework, Alemayehu W Yalew
Drinking behaviours and blood alcohol concentration in four European drinking environments: a cross-sectional study
Karen Hughes, Zara Quigg, Mark A Bellis, Ninette van Hasselt, Amador Calafat, Matej Kosir, Montse Juan, Mariangels Duch, Lotte Voorham
Gender and socioeconomic disparities in BMI trajectories in the Seychelles: a cohort analysis based on serial population-based surveys
Isabelle A Rossi, Valentin Rousson, Bharathi Viswanathan, Pascal Bovet
The timing of death in patients with tuberculosis who die during anti-tuberculosis treatment in Andhra Pradesh, South India
Subbanna Jonnalagada, Anthony D Harries, Rony Zachariah, Srinath Satyanarayana, Shailaja Tetali, G Keshav Chander, Srinivas Rao, Ranganadha Rao, Sundaresh Peri, Raghupathy Anchala, Nanda K Kannuri
High prevalence of hyperglycaemia and the impact of high household income in transforming Rural China
Chaowei Fu, Yue Chen, Fadi Wang, Xuecai Wang, Jiangen Song, Qingwu Jiang
Health and functional status among older people with HIV/AIDS in Uganda
Francien Scholten, Joseph Mugisha, Janet Seeley, Eugene Kinyanda, Susan Nakubukwa, Paul Kowal, Nirmala Naidoo, Ties Boerma, Somnath Chatterji, Heiner Grosskurth
Increasing safer sexual behavior among Lao kathoy through an integrated social marketing approach
Kim Longfield, Xouchai Panyanouvong, Judy Chen, Megan B Kays
Effectiveness of an integrated approach to reduce perinatal mortality: recent experiences from Matlab, Bangladesh
Anisur Rahman, Allisyn Moran, Jesmin Pervin, Aminur Rahman, Monjur Rahman, Sharifa Yeasmin, Hosneara Begum, Harunor Rashid, Mohammad Yunus, Daniel Hruschka, Shams E Arifeen, Peter K Streatfield, Lynn Sibley, Abbas Bhuiya, Marge Koblinsky
What is the comparative health status and associated risk factors for the Métis? A population-based study in Manitoba, Canada
Patricia J Martens, Judith G Bartlett, Heather J Prior, Julianne Sanguins, Charles A Burchill, Elaine MJ Burland, Sheila Carter
Sexual Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors among unmarried migrant female workers in China: a comparative analysis
Jie Tang, Xiaohui Gao, Yizhen Yu, Niman Isse Ahmed, Huiping Zhu, Jiaji Wang, Yukai Du
Fatal alcohol intoxication in women: A forensic autopsy study from Slovakia
Lubomir Straka, Pavol Zubor, Frantisek Novomesky, Frantisek Stuller, Jozef Krajcovic, Karol Kajo, Jan Danko
The 'Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids' community effectiveness trial: study protocol of a community-based healthy lifestyle program for fathers and their children
Philip J Morgan, David R Lubans, Ronald C Plotnikoff, Robin Callister, Tracy Burrows, Richard Fletcher, Anthony D Okely, Myles D Young, Andrew Miller, Victoria Clay, Adam Lloyd, Clare E Collins
Socioeconomic status, urbanicity and risk behaviors in Mexican youth: an analysis of three cross-sectional surveys
Juan Pablo Gutiérrez, Erika E Atienzo
Design and study protocol of the maternal smoking cessation during pregnancy study, (M-SCOPE)
Andriani N Loukopoulou, Constantine I Vardavas, George Farmakides, Christos Rossolymos, Charalambos Chrelias, Manolis N Tzatzarakis, Aristidis Tsatsakis, Maria Lymberi, Gregory N Connolly, Panagiotis K Behrakis
Appreciation and implementation of the Krachtvoer healthy diet promotion programme for 12- to 14- year-old students of prevocational schools
Kathelijne MHH Bessems, Patricia van Assema, Marloes K Martens, Theo GWM Paulussen, Lieke GM Raaijmakers, Nanne K de Vries
Completeness and timeliness of tuberculosis notification in Taiwan
Hsiu-Yun Lo, Shiang-Lin Yang, Pesus Chou, Jen-Hsiang Chuang, Chen-Yuan Chiang
Evaluation of the seroprevalence of influenza A(H1N1) 2009 on a university campus: a cross-sectional study
Shira C Shafir, Kaitlin A O'Keefe, Kimberley I Shoaf
Smokers' reactions to FDA regulation of tobacco products: Findings from the 2009 ITC United States survey
Brian V Fix, Richard J O'Connor, Geoffrey T Fong, Ron Borland, K M Cummings, Andrew Hyland
Making sense of perceptions of risk of diseases and vaccinations: a qualitative study combining models of health beliefs, decision-making and risk perception
Lyndal Bond, Terry Nolan
Sugar sweetened beverage consumption by Australian children: Implications for public health strategy
Katherine Hafekost, Francis Mitrou, David Lawrence, Stephen R Zubrick
Summer effects on body mass index (BMI) gain and growth patterns of American Indian children from kindergarten to first grade: a prospective study
Jianduan Zhang, John H Himes, Peter J Hannan, Chrisa Arcan, Mary Smyth, Bonnie Holy Rock, Mary Story
Participant characteristics associated with greater reductions in waist circumference during a four-month, pedometer-based, workplace health program
Rosanne LA Freak-Poli, Rory Wolfe, Helen Walls, Kathryn Backholer, Anna Peeters
Using surveillance data to estimate pandemic vaccine effectiveness against laboratory confirmed influenza A(H1N1)2009 infection: two case-control studies, Spain, season 2009-2010
Camelia Savulescu, Silvia Jiménez-Jorge, Salvador de Mateo, Francisco Pozo, Inmaculada Casas, Pilar Pérez Breña, Antonia Galmés, Juana M Vanrell, Carolina Rodriguez, Tomas Vega, Ana Martinez, Nuria Torner, Julián M Ramos, Maria C Serrano, Jesús Castilla, Manuel García Cenoz, Jone M Altzibar, Jose M Arteagoitia, Carmen Quiñones, Milagros Perucha, Amparo Larrauri
Rationale and study design for a randomised controlled trial to reduce sedentary time in adults at risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: project stand (Sedentary Time ANd diabetes)
Emma G Wilmot, Melanie J Davies, Charlotte L Edwardson, Trish Gorely, Kamlesh Khunti, Myra Nimmo, Thomas Yates, Stuart JH Biddle
Adverse trends of cardiovascular risk factors among low risk populations (1983-1994) - a cohort study of workers and farmers in Guangzhou, China
Xiaoqing Liu, Jinzhuang Mai, Xuxu Rao, Qiling Zhuo, Chengye Guo, Xiangmin Gao, Yong Wu, Mulan Deng, Shuguang Lin
HIV/STD pattern and its associated risk factors among male STD clinic attendees in China: a foci for HIV intervention
Qian-Qiu Wang, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Yue-Ping Yin, Guo-Jun Liang, Ning Jiang, Ting Dai, Xi-Ping Huan, Bing Yang, Qiao Liu, Yu-Jiao Zhou, Bao-Xi Wang
The Strathclyde Evaluation of Children's Active Travel (SE-CAT): study rationale and methods
David McMinn, David A Rowe, Shemane Murtagh, Norah M Nelson
Very high vitamin D supplementation rates among infants aged 2 months in Vancouver and Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Barbara Crocker, Tim J Green, Susan I Barr, Bridgid Beckingham, Radhika Bhagat, Beata Dabrowska, Rachel Douthwaite, Carmen Evanson, Russell Friesen, Kathy Hydamaka, Wangyang Li, Kelly Simmons, Lillian Tse
The Pap smear screening as an occasion for smoking cessation and physical activity counselling: baseline characteristics of women involved in the SPRINT randomized controlled trial
Elisabetta Chellini, Giuseppe Gorini, Giulia Carreras, Livia Giordano, Emanuela Anghinoni, Anna Iossa, Cristina Bellati, Elisa Grechi, Alessandro Coppo, Fiorella Talassi, Maria Rosa Giovacchini
Evaluation of the national surveillance system for point-prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in hospitals and in long-term care facilities for elderly in Norway, 2002-2008
Agnes Hajdu, Hanne M Eriksen, Nina K Sorknes, Siri H Hauge, Hege L Loewer, Bjørn G Iversen, Preben Aavitsland
Facilitating adherence to physical activity: exercise professionals' experiences of the National Exercise Referral Scheme in Wales. a qualitative study
Graham F Moore, Laurence Moore, Simon Murphy
Do social inequalities in health widen or converge with age? Longitudinal evidence from three cohorts in the West of Scotland
Michaela Benzeval, Michael J Green, Alastair H Leyland
Low usage of government healthcare facilities for acute respiratory infections in guatemala: implications for influenza surveillance
Kim A Lindblade, April J Johnson, Wences Arvelo, Xingyou Zhang, Hannah T Jordan, Lissette Reyes, Alicia M Fry, Norma Padilla
Prevention of falls and fractures in old people by administration of calcium and vitamin d. randomized clinical trial
Jesús López-Torres Hidalgo
Primary vaccination with the 10-valent pneumococcal non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV) in infants in Mali and Nigeria: a randomized controlled trial
Alassane Dicko, Olumuyiwa O Odusanya, Abdoulbaki I Diallo, Gaoussou Santara, Amadou Barry, Amagana Dolo, Aminata Diallo, Yetunde A Kuyinu, Omolara A Kehinde, Nancy François, Dorota Borys, Juan P Yarzabal, Marta Moreira, Lode Schuerman
Who is using snus? - Time trends, socioeconomic and geographic characteristics of snus users in the ageing Swedish population
Margareta Norberg, Gunnar Malmberg, Nawi Ng, Göran Broström
Neighbourhood crime and smoking: the role of objective and perceived crime measures
Martine Shareck, Anne Ellaway
Effect of nutritional supplementation of breastfeeding HIV positive mothers on maternal and child health: findings from a randomized controlled clinical trial
Gurpreet Kindra, Anna Coutsoudis, Francesca Esposito
Chronic disease knowledge and its determinants among chronically ill adults in rural areas of Shanxi Province in China: a cross-sectional study
Miaomiao Tian, Yingchun Chen, Rui Zhao, Li Chen, Xi Chen, Da Feng, Zhanchun Feng
Family social environment in childhood and self-rated health in young adulthood
Christelle Roustit, Eric Campoy, Emilie Renahy, Gary King, Isabelle Parizot, Pierre Chauvin
The cost-effectiveness of exercise referral schemes
Nana K Anokye, Paul Trueman, Colin Green, Toby G Pavey, Melvyn Hillsdon, Rod S Taylor
Assessing the influence of the built environment on physical activity for utility and recreation in suburban metro Vancouver
Lisa Oliver, Nadine Schuurman, Alexander Hall, Michael Hayes
Validation of obesity based on self-reported data in Spanish women participants in breast cancer screening programmes
Beatriz Isidoro, Virginia Lope, Carmen Pedraz-Pingarrón, Francisca Collado-García, Carmen Santamariña, Pilar Moreo, Carmen Vidal, María Soledad Laso, Milagros García-Lopez, Marina Pollán
Why California retailers stop selling tobacco products, and what their customers and employees think about it when they do: case studies
Patricia A McDaniel, Ruth E Malone
Prevalence and factors associated with traditional herbal medicine use among patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy in Uganda
Betty Namuddu, Joan N Kalyango, Charles Karamagi, Peter Mudiope, Samwel Sumba, Henry Kalende, Eric Wobudeya, Brian K Kigozi, Paul Waako
Predictors of adherence to isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV positive adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mesele Mindachew, Amare Deribew, Fasil Tessema, Sibhatu Biadgilign
Mental health and behaviour of students of public health and their correlation with social support: a cross-sectional study
Éva Bíró, Róza Ádány, Karolina Kósa
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Chinese Yi nationality: a cross-sectional study
Yun Gao, Xing-Wu Ran, Xiao-Hua Xie, Hua-Lin Lu, Tao Chen, Yan Ren, Yang Long, Hao-Ming Tian
Investigation of occupational and environmental causes of respiratory cancers (ICARE): a multicenter, population-based case-control study in France
Danièle Luce, Isabelle Stücker
A family based tailored counselling to increase non-exercise physical activity in adults with a sedentary job and physical activity in their young children: design and methods of a year-long randomized controlled trial
Taija Finni, Arja Sääkslahti, Arto Laukkanen, Arto Pesola, Sarianna Sipilä
Do schools differ in suicide risk? the influence of school and neighbourhood on attempted suicide, suicidal ideation and self-harm among secondary school pupils
Robert Young, Helen Sweeting, Anne Ellaway
The influence of population characteristics on variation in general practice based morbidity estimations
C van den Dungen, N Hoeymans, HC Boshuizen, M van den Akker, MCJ Biermans, K van Boven, HJ Brouwer, RA Verheij, MWM de Waal, FG Schellevis, GP Westert
The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: a systematic review
Selena Gray, Laurence Carmichael, Hugh Barton, Julie Mytton, Helen Lease, Jennifer Joynt
Understanding community perceptions, social norms and current practice related to respiratory infection in Bangladesh during 2009: a qualitative formative study
Fosiul A Nizame, Sharifa Nasreen, Leanne Unicomb, Dorothy Southern, Emily S Gurley, Shaila Arman, Mohammad A Kadir, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Stephen P Luby, Peter J Winch
Adequacy of diabetes care for older U.S. rural adults: a cross-sectional population based study using 2009 BRFSS data
M Nawal Lutfiyya, Joel E McCullough, Lori Mitchell, L Scott Dean, Martin S Lipsky
The excess mortality risk of diabetes associated with functional decline in older adults: Results from a 7-year follow-up of a nationwide cohort in Taiwan
Chia-Lin Li, Hsing-Yi Chang, Yea-Ing L Shyu
Protocol for a national, mixed-methods knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on non-communicable diseases
Alessandro R Demaio, Otgontuya Dugee, Gombodorj Amgalan, Elena Maximenco, Adiya Munkhtaivan, Silke Graeser, Tine Kryger, Janchiv Oyunbileg, Pekka Jousilahti, Maximilian De Courten, Palam Enkhtuya
Inter-doctor variations in the assessment of functional incapacities by insurance physicians
Antonius JM Schellart, Henny Mulders, Romy Steenbeek, Johannes R Anema, Herman Kroneman, Jan Besseling
Maternal educational level, parental preventive behavior, risk behavior, social support and medical care consumption in 8-month-old children in Malmö, Sweden
Elisabeth Mangrio, Kristina Hansen, Martin Lindström, Marie Köhler, Maria Rosvall
An observational study of the discrediting of COX-2 NSAIDs in Australia: Vioxx or class effect?
Lynne Parkinson, Xenia Doljagore, Richard Gibson, Evan Doran, Lisa Notley, Jenny Stewart Williams, Paul Kowal, Julie E Byles
Prevalence and features of ICF-disability in Spain as captured by the 2008 National Disability Survey
Sarah Maierhofer, Javier Almazán-Isla, Enrique Alcalde-Cabero, Jesús de Pedro-Cuesta
The so-called "Spanish model" - Tobacco industry strategies and its impact in Europe and Latin America
Nick K Schneider, Ernesto M Sebrié, Esteve Fernández
Vaccination against 2009 pandemic H1N1 in a population dynamical model of Vancouver, Canada: timing is everything
Jessica M Conway, Ashleigh R Tuite, David N Fisman, Nathaniel Hupert, Rafael Meza, Bahman Davoudi, Krista English, P van den Driessche, Fred Brauer, Junling Ma, Lauren Ancel Meyers, Marek Smieja, Amy Greer, Danuta M Skowronski, David L Buckeridge, Jeffrey C Kwong, Jianhong Wu, Seyed M Moghadas, Daniel Coombs, Robert C Brunham, Babak Pourbohloul
Selected sociodemographic factors and related differences in patterns of alcohol use among university students in Slovakia
Rene Sebena, Olga Orosova, Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Jitse P van Dijk
Urban and rural variation in clustering of metabolic syndrome components in the Thai population: results from the fourth National Health Examination Survey 2009
Wichai Aekplakorn, Pattapong Kessomboon, Rassamee Sangthong, Suwat Chariyalertsak, Panwadee Putwatana, Rungkarn Inthawong, Wannee Nitiyanant, Surasak Taneepanichskul
The distribution of lung cancer across sectors of society in the United Kingdom: a study using national primary care data
Barbara Iyen-Omofoman, Richard B Hubbard, Chris JP Smith, Emily Sparks, Emma Bradley, Alison Bourke, Laila J Tata
Giving offspring a healthy start: parents' experiences of health promotion and lifestyle change during pregnancy and early parenthood
Kristina Edvardsson, Anneli Ivarsson, Eva Eurenius, Rickard Garvare, Monica E Nyström, Rhonda Small, Ingrid Mogren
Promoting STI testing among senior vocational students in Rotterdam, the Netherlands: effects of a cluster randomized study
Mireille Wolfers, Gerjo Kok, Caspar Looman, Onno de Zwart, Johan Mackenbach
Home-based exercise and support programme for people with dementia and their caregivers: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
Anna-Eva Prick, Jacomine de Lange, Erik Scherder, Anne Margriet Pot
The relevance of WHO injury surveillance guidelines for evaluation: learning from the aboriginal community-centered injury surveillance system (ACCISS) and two institution-based systems
Anna M Auer, Teresa M Dobmeier, Bo JA Haglund, Per Tillgren
Estimating the costs of induced abortion in Uganda: A model-based analysis
Joseph B Babigumira, Andy Stergachis, David L Veenstra, Jacqueline S Gardner, Joseph Ngonzi, Peter Mukasa-Kivunike, Louis P Garrison
The association of physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and body mass index classification in a cross-sectional analysis: are the effects homogenous?
Justin B Dickerson, Matthew Lee Smith, Mark E Benden, Marcia G Ory
Prevention of Overweight in Infancy (POI.nz) study: a randomised controlled trial of sleep, food and activity interventions for preventing overweight from birth
Barry J Taylor, Anne-Louise M Heath, Barbara C Galland, Andrew R Gray, Julie A Lawrence, Rachel M Sayers, Kelly Dale, Kirsten J Coppell, Rachael W Taylor
Prognostic factors for disability claim duration due to musculoskeletal symptoms among self-employed persons
JM Richter, BM Blatter, J Heinrich, EMM de Vroome, JR Anema
Assessment of alcohol problems using AUDIT in a prison setting: more than an 'aye or no' question
Susan MacAskill, Tessa Parkes, Oona Brooks, Lesley Graham, Andrew McAuley, Abraham Brown
The mPED randomized controlled clinical trial: applying mobile persuasive technologies to increase physical activity in sedentary women protocol
Yoshimi Fukuoka, Judith Komatsu, Larry Suarez, Eric Vittinghoff, William Haskell, Tina Noorishad, Kristin Pham
Study of Women, Infant feeding, and Type 2 diabetes mellitus after GDM pregnancy (SWIFT), a prospective cohort study: methodology and design
Erica P Gunderson, Susana L Matias, Shanta R Hurston, Kathryn G Dewey, Assiamira Ferrara, Charles P Quesenberry Jr, Joan C Lo, Barbara Sternfeld, Joseph V Selby
Validation of metabolic syndrome using medical records in the SUN cohort
Maria Teresa Barrio-Lopez, Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Juan Jose Beunza, Alejandro Fernandez-Montero, Martin Garcia-Lopez, Miguel Angel Martinez-Gonzalez
Distal and proximal family predictors of adolescents' smoking initiation and development: A longitudinal latent curve model analysis
Tore Tjora, Jørn Hetland, Leif Edvard Aarø, Simon Øverland
Protocol for the modeling the epidemiologic transition study: a longitudinal observational study of energy balance and change in body weight, diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk
Amy Luke, Pascal Bovet, Terrence E Forrester, Estelle V Lambert, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Dale A Schoeller, Lara R Dugas, Ramon A Durazo-Arvizu, David Shoham, Richard S Cooper, Soren Brage, Ulf Ekelund, Nelia P Steyn
Public health research outputs from efficacy to dissemination: a bibliometric analysis
Andrew J Milat, Adrian E Bauman, Sally Redman, Nada Curac
"Half plate of rice to a male casual sexual partner, full plate belongs to the husband":Findings from a qualitative study on sexual behaviour in relation to HIV and AIDS in northern Tanzania
Joseph R Mwanga, Gerry Mshana, Godfrey Kaatano, John Changalucha
Injury rates and injury risk factors among federal bureau of investigation new agent trainees
Joseph J Knapik, Tyson Grier, Anita Spiess, David I Swedler, Keith G Hauret, Bria Graham, James Yoder, Bruce H Jones
Dietary patterns and hypertension among Chinese adults: a nationally representative cross-sectional study
Dong Wang, Yuna He, Yanping Li, Dechun Luan, Xiaoguang Yang, Fengying Zhai, Guansheng Ma
The relation between media promotions and service volume for a statewide tobacco quitline and a web-based cessation program
Barbara A Schillo, Andrea Mowery, Lija O Greenseid, Michael G Luxenberg, Andrew Zieffler, Matthew Christenson, Raymond G Boyle
Associations between characteristics of the home food environment and fruit and vegetable intake in preschool children: A cross-sectional study
Rebecca Wyse, Elizabeth Campbell, Nicole Nathan, Luke Wolfenden
Impact of meteorological variation on hospital visits of patients with tree pollen allergy
Si-Heon Kim, Hae-Sim Park, Jae-Yeon Jang
Is the core-periphery labour market structure related to perceived health? findings of the Northern Swedish Cohort
Anna-Karin Waenerlund, Per E Gustafsson, Pekka Virtanen, Anne Hammarström
A comparison of the effectiveness of three parenting programmes in improving parenting skills, parent mental-well being and children's behaviour when implemented on a large scale in community settings in 18 English local authorities: the parenting early intervention pathfinder (PEIP)
Geoff Lindsay, Steve Strand, Hilton Davis
The impact of injuries study. multicentre study assessing physical, psychological, social and occupational functioning post injury - a protocol
Denise Kendrick, Claire O'Brien, Nicola Christie, Carol Coupland, Casey Quinn, Mark Avis, Marcus Barker, Jo Barnes, Frank Coffey, Stephen Joseph, Andrew Morris, Richard Morriss, Emma Rowley, Jude Sleney, Elizabeth Towner
The development of instruments to measure the work disability assessment behaviour of insurance physicians
Romy Steenbeek, Antonius JM Schellart, Henny Mulders, Johannes R Anema, Herman Kroneman, Jan Besseling
Perceived risk, anxiety, and behavioural responses of the general public during the early phase of the Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in the Netherlands: results of three consecutive online surveys
Marloes Bults, Desirée JMA Beaujean, Onno de Zwart, Gerjo Kok, Pepijn van Empelen, Jim E van Steenbergen, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Hélène ACM Voeten
The impact of disseminating the whole-community project '10,000 Steps': a RE-AIM analysis
Ragnar Van Acker, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Katrien De Cocker, Lisa M Klesges, Greet Cardon
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Luxembourg according to the Joint Interim Statement definition estimated from the ORISCAV-LUX study
Ala'a Alkerwi, Anne-Françoise Donneau, Nicolas Sauvageot, Marie-Lise Lair, André Scheen, Adelin Albert, Michèle Guillaume
Pesticide exposure and lymphohaematopoietic cancers: a case-control study in an agricultural region (Larissa, Thessaly, Greece)
Maria Kokouva, Nikolaos Bitsolas, Georgios M Hadjigeorgiou, George Rachiotis, Nikolaos Papadoulis, Christos Hadjichristodoulou
Childhood vaccination in informal urban settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: Who gets vaccinated?
Martin K Mutua, Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Remare R Ettarh
Using Routinely Collected Hospital Data for Child Maltreatment Surveillance: Issues, Methods and Patterns
Kirsten McKenzie, Debbie A Scott
Reliability of Routinely Collected Hospital Data for Child Maltreatment Surveillance
Kirsten McKenzie, Debbie A Scott, Garry S Waller, Margaret Campbell
Intervention mapping for the development of a strategy to implement the insurance medicine guidelines for depression
Feico Zwerver, Antonius JM Schellart, Johannes R Anema, Kathelijne C Rammeloo, Allard J van der Beek
Study protocol: a randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of a healthy lifestyle intervention for people with severe mental disorders
Amanda Baker, Frances J Kay-Lambkin, Robyn Richmond, Sacha Filia, David Castle, Jill Williams, Terry J Lewin
The Cool Little Kids randomised controlled trial: Population-level early prevention for anxiety disorders
Jordana K Bayer, Ronald M Rapee, Harriet Hiscock, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Susan Clifford, Melissa Wake
Health problems account for a small part of the association between socioeconomic status and disability pension award. Results from the Hordaland Health Study
Kristian Amundsen Østby, Ragnhild E Ørstavik, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Arnstein Mykletun
Parenting strategies for reducing adolescent alcohol use: a Delphi consensus study
Siobhan M Ryan, Anthony F Jorm, Claire M Kelly, Laura M Hart, Amy J Morgan, Dan I Lubman
Parental factors associated with walking to school and participation in organised activities at age 5: Analysis of the Millennium Cohort Study
Sinead Brophy, Roxanne Cooksey, Ronan A Lyons, Non E Thomas, Sarah E Rodgers, Michael B Gravenor
Determinants of adults' intention to vaccinate against pandemic swine flu
Lynn B Myers, Robin Goodwin
Buckle up safely: a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a pre-school based program to increase appropriate use of child restraints
Rebecca Q Ivers, Lisa Keay, Julie Brown, Lynne E Bilston, Kate Hunter, Judy M Simpson, Mark Stevenson
Accuracy of syndrome definitions based on diagnoses in physician claims
Geneviève Cadieux, David L Buckeridge, André Jacques, Michael Libman, Nandini Dendukuri, Robyn Tamblyn
Internet-based Self-Assessment after the Tsunami: lessons learned
Stefan Vetter, Astrid Rossegger, Thomas Elbert, Juliane Gerth, Frank Urbaniok, Arja Laubacher, Wulf Rossler, Jérôme Endrass
Does directly observed therapy (DOT) reduce drug resistant tuberculosis?
Patrick K Moonan, Teresa N Quitugua, Janice M Pogoda, Gary Woo, Gerry Drewyer, Behzad Sahbazian, Denise Dunbar, Kenneth C Jost Jr, Charles Wallace, Stephen E Weis
Pathways to HIV risk and vulnerability among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered methamphetamine users: a multi-cohort gender-based analysis
Brandon DL Marshall, Evan Wood, Jean A Shoveller, Thomas L Patterson, Julio SG Montaner, Thomas Kerr
Body image, body dissatisfaction and weight status in south asian children: a cross-sectional study
Miranda J Pallan, Lucinda C Hiam, Joan L Duda, Peymane Adab
Socio-demographic and health-related factors associated with cognitive impairment in the elderly in Taiwan
Ming-Shiang Wu, Tsuo-Hung Lan, Chun-Min Chen, Herng-Chia Chiu, Tzuo-Yun Lan
Dose-dependent positive association between cigarette smoking, abdominal obesity and body fat: cross-sectional data from a population-based survey
Carole Clair, Arnaud Chiolero, David Faeh, Jacques Cornuz, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Fred Paccaud, Vincent Mooser, Gérard Waeber, Peter Vollenweider
Tackling health literacy: adaptation of public hypertension educational materials for an Indo-Asian population in Canada
Charlotte A Jones, Shefina Mawani, Kathryn M King, Selina Omar Allu, Megan Smith, Sailesh Mohan, Norman RC Campbell
Costs and effects of a 'healthy living' approach to community development in two deprived communities: findings from a mixed methods study
Helen A Snooks, Bridie Angela Evans, David Cohen, Michael Nugent, Frances Rapport, Jon Skone, Angie Meredith, Tricia Davies, Diana O'Sullivan
Physical activity behaviours of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) women living in Australia: A qualitative study of socio-cultural influences
Cristina M Caperchione, Gregory S Kolt, Rebeka Tennent, W Kerry Mummery
Characteristics of control group participants who increased their physical activity in a cluster-randomized lifestyle intervention trial
Lauren A Waters, Marina M Reeves, Brianna S Fjeldsoe, Elizabeth G Eakin
Early childhood feeding practices and dental caries in preschool children: a multi-centre birth cohort study
Amit Arora, Jane A Scott, Sameer Bhole, Loc Do, Eli Schwarz, Anthony S Blinkhorn
Suffering in silence: consequences of sexual violence within marriage among young women in Nepal
Mahesh Puri, Jyotsna Tamang, Iqbal Shah
Influenza vaccination coverage against seasonal and pandemic influenza and their determinants in France: a cross-sectional survey
Sophie Vaux, Dieter Van Cauteren, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Yann Le Strat, Véronique Vaillant, Henriette de Valk, Daniel Lévy-Bruhl
Male commuters in north and south England: risk factors for the presence of faecal bacteria on hands
Laura Dodrill, Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Emma Cobb, Peter Donachie, Valerie Curtis, Mícheál de Barra
Do patients with recurrent episodes of campylobacteriosis differ from those with a single disease event?
Julie Arsenault, André Ravel, Pascal Michel, Olaf Berke, Pierre Gosselin
Predictors of chronic breathlessness: a large population study
Jacqueline A Bowden, Timothy HM To, Amy P Abernethy, David C Currow
An exploratory cluster randomised controlled trial of knowledge translation strategies to support evidence-informed decision-making in local governments (The KT4LG study)
Elizabeth Waters, Rebecca Armstrong, Boyd Swinburn, Laurence Moore, Maureen Dobbins, Laurie Anderson, Mark Petticrew, Rachel Clark, Rebecca Conning, Marj Moodie, Robert Carter
Can body mass index, waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and waist-height ratio predict the presence of multiple metabolic risk factors in Chinese subjects?
Yong Liu, Guanghui Tong, Weiwei Tong, Liping Lu, Xiaosong Qin
Concurrent multiple health risk behaviors among adolescents in Luangnamtha province, Lao PDR
Vanphanom Sychareun, Sarah Thomsen, Elisabeth Faxelid
Study protocol for a randomised trial of nicotine-free cigarettes as an adjunct to usual NRT-based cessation practice, in people who wish to stop smoking
Natalie K Walker, Colin Howe, Chris Bullen, Michele Grigg, Marewa Glover, Hayden McRobbie, Murray Laugesen, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Robyn Whittaker
Demographic, social cognitive and social ecological predictors of intention and participation in screening for colorectal cancer
Tess A Gregory, Carlene Wilson, Amy Duncan, Deborah Turnbull, Stephen R Cole, Graeme Young
The intersection between sex and drugs: a cross-sectional study among the spouses of injection drug users in Chennai, India
Sunil S Solomon, Aylur K Srikrishnan, David D Celentano, Sethulakshmi C Johnson, Canjeevaram K Vasudevan, Kailapuri G Murugavel, Santhanam Anand, M Suresh Kumar, Suniti Solomon, Shruti H Mehta
Prevention of type 2 diabetes in a primary healthcare setting: Three-year results of lifestyle intervention in Japanese subjects with impaired glucose tolerance
Naoki Sakane, Juichi Sato, Kazuyo Tsushita, Satoru Tsujii, Kazuhiko Kotani, Kokoro Tsuzaki, Makoto Tominaga, Shoji Kawazu, Yuzo Sato, Takeshi Usui, Isao Kamae, Toshihide Yoshida, Yutaka Kiyohara, Shigeaki Sato, Hideshi Kuzuya
Excess healthcare burden during 1918-1920 influenza pandemic in Taiwan: implications for post-pandemic preparedness
Ying-Hen Hsieh, Chi-Ho Chan
Early life socioeconomic adversity is associated in adult life with chronic inflammation, carotid atherosclerosis, poorer lung function and decreased cognitive performance: a cross-sectional, population-based study
Chris J Packard, Vladimir Bezlyak, Jennifer S McLean, G David Batty, Ian Ford, Harry Burns, Jonathan Cavanagh, Kevin A Deans, Marion Henderson, Agnes McGinty, Keith Millar, Naveed Sattar, Paul G Shiels, Yoga N Velupillai, Carol Tannahill
Assessing access barriers to tuberculosis care with the Tool to Estimate Patients' Costs: pilot results from two districts in Kenya
Verena Mauch, Naomi Woods, Beatrice Kirubi, Hillary Kipruto, Joseph Sitienei, Eveline Klinkenberg
Trial Protocol: Communicating DNA-based risk assessments for Crohn's disease: a randomised controlled trial assessing impact upon stopping smoking
Sophia CL Whitwell, Christopher G Mathew, Cathryn M Lewis, Alastair Forbes, Sally Watts, Jeremy Sanderson, Gareth J Hollands, A Toby Prevost, David Armstrong, Ann Louise Kinmonth, Stephen Sutton, Theresa M Marteau
Breast cancer care compared with clinical Guidelines: an observational study in France
Marie Lebeau, Simone Mathoulin-Pélissier, Carine Bellera, Christine Tunon-de-Lara, Alain Daban, Francis Lipinski, Dominique Jaubert, Pierre Ingrand, Virginie Migeot
Folic acid supplementation before and during pregnancy in the Newborn Epigenetics STudy (NEST)
Cathrine Hoyo, Amy P Murtha, Joellen M Schildkraut, Michele R Forman, Brian Calingaert, Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Joanne Kurtzberg, Randy L Jirtle, Susan K Murphy
Engaging diverse underserved communities to bridge the mammography divide
Kimberly K Engelman, Ana Paula Cupertino, Christine M Daley, Trish Long, Angelia Cully, Matthew S Mayo, Edward F Ellerbeck, Mugur V Geana, Allen Greiner
Dietary energy density and adiposity: Employing bias adjustments in a meta-analysis of prospective studies
Désirée C Wilks, Adrian P Mander, Susan A Jebb, Simon G Thompson, Stephen J Sharp, Rebecca M Turner, Anna Karin Lindroos
Comparative effectiveness of lifestyle interventions on cardiovascular risk factors among a Dutch overweight working population: A randomized controlled trial
Johanna C Dekkers, Marieke F van Wier, Geertje AM Ariëns, Ingrid JM Hendriksen, Nico P Pronk, Tjabe Smid, Willem van Mechelen
Evaluation of a pilot cooperative medical scheme in rural China: impact on gender patterns of health care utilization and prescription practices
Qicheng Jiang, Zhen Jiang, Ming Zhao, Jie Tao, Chunsun Ling, Nicola Cherry
Health education for microcredit clients in Peru: a randomized controlled trial
Rita Hamad, Lia CH Fernald, Dean S Karlan
Trends in all cause and viral liver disease-related hospitalizations in people with hepatitis B or C: a population-based linkage study
Heather F Gidding, Gregory J Dore, Janaki Amin, Matthew G Law
Burden of disease in Thailand: changes in health gap between 1999 and 2004
Kanitta Bundhamcharoen, Patarapan Odton, Sirinya Phulkerd, Viroj Tangcharoensathien
Are the health messages in schoolbooks based on scientific evidence? A descriptive study
Inés M Barrio-Cantalejo, Luisa M Ayudarte-Larios, Mariano Hernán-García, Pablo Simón-Lorda, José Francisco García-Gutiérrez, Jesús Martínez-Tapias
Cost-effectiveness of novel vaccines for tuberculosis control: a decision analysis study
Chia-Lin Tseng, Olivia Oxlade, Dick Menzies, Anne Aspler, Kevin Schwartzman
Mortality from suicide and other external cause injuries in China: a prospective cohort study
Casey M Rebholz, Dongfeng Gu, Wenjie Yang, Jing Chen, Xigui Wu, Jian-feng Huang, Ji-chun Chen, Chung-Shiuan Chen, Tanika N Kelly, Xiufang Duan, Lydia A Bazzano, Jiang He
Cost-utility analysis of a one-time supervisor telephone contact at 6-weeks post-partum to prevent extended sick leave following maternity leave in The Netherlands: results of an economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial
Kimi Uegaki, Suzanne GM Stomp-van den Berg, Martine C de Bruijne, Mireille NM van Poppel, Martijn W Heymans, Willem van Mechelen, Maurits W van Tulder
Impact on the Quality of Life of an Educational Program for the Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: a randomized controlled trial
Antonio C Santos, Markus Bredemeier, Karen F Rosa, Vinicius A Amantéa, Ricardo M Xavier
Drug suicide: a sex-equal cause of death in 16 European countries
Airi Värnik, Merike Sisask, Peeter Värnik, Jing Wu, Kairi Kõlves, Ella Arensman, Margareth Maxwell, Thomas Reisch, Ricardo Gusmão, Chantal van Audenhove, Gert Scheerder, Christina M van der Feltz-Cornelis, Claire Coffey, Maria Kopp, Andras Szekely, Saska Roskar, Ulrich Hegerl
From causes to solutions - insights from lay knowledge about health inequalities
Christine Putland, Fran E Baum, Anna M Ziersch
RCT of a client-centred, caseworker-delivered smoking cessation intervention for a socially disadvantaged population
Billie Bonevski, Christine Paul, Catherine D'Este, Robert Sanson-Fisher, Robert West, Afaf Girgis, Mohammad Siahpush, Robert Carter
Late-life coronary heart disease mortality of Finnish war veterans in the TAMRISK study, a 28-year follow-up
Tarja Kunnas, Tiina Solakivi, Jaana Renko, Anne Kalela, Seppo T Nikkari
Variability in school closure decisions in response to 2009 H1N1: a qualitative systems improvement analysis
Tamar Klaiman, John D Kraemer, Michael A Stoto
Plasma carotenoids are associated with socioeconomic status in an urban Indigenous population: an observational study
Allison Hodge, Joan Cunningham, Louise Maple-Brown, Terry Dunbar, Kerin O'Dea
Musculoskeletal comorbidities in cardiovascular disease, diabetes and respiratory disease: the impact on activity limitations; a representative population-based study
Morgan Slater, Anthony V Perruccio, Elizabeth M Badley
Chain of care for patients who have attempted suicide: a follow-up study from Bærum, Norway
Håkon A Johannessen, Gudrun Dieserud, Diego De Leo, Bjørgulf Claussen, Per-Henrik Zahl
Factors affecting commencement and cessation of betel quid chewing behaviour in Malaysian adults
Wan MN Ghani, Ishak A Razak, Yi-Hsin Yang, Norain A Talib, Noriaki Ikeda, Tony Axell, Prakash C Gupta, Yujiro Handa, Norlida Abdullah, Rosnah B Zain
Social and cultural dimensions of hygiene in Cambodian health care facilities
Pascale Hancart-Petitet, Céline Dumas, Anne-Laure Faurand-Tournaire, Alice Desclaux, Sirenda Vong
Evaluating a selective prevention programme for binge drinking among young adolescents: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Jeroen Lammers, Ferry Goossens, Suzanne Lokman, Karin Monshouwer, Lex Lemmers, Patricia Conrod, Reinout Wiers, Rutger Engels, Marloes Kleinjan
Missed opportunities in TB diagnosis: a TB Process-Based Performance Review tool to evaluate and improve clinical care
Nigel Field, Jill Murray, Michelle L Wong, Rob Dowdeswell, Ntomboxolo Dudumayo, Lesego Rametsi, Neil Martinson, Marc Lipman, Judith R Glynn, Pam Sonnenberg
A(H1N1) pandemic influenza and its prevention by vaccination: Paediatricians' opinions before and after the beginning of the vaccination campaign
Eve Dubé, Fannie Defay, Vladimir Gilca, Julie A Bettinger, Chantal Sauvageau, France Lavoie, François D Boucher, Shelly McNeil, Ian Gemmill, Nicole Boulianne
"Booster" interventions to sustain increases in physical activity in middle-aged adults in deprived urban neighbourhoods: internal pilot and feasibility study
Emma J Scott, Munyaradzi Dimairo, Daniel Hind, Elizabeth Goyder, Robert J Copeland, Jeff D Breckon, Helen Crank, Stephen J Walters, Amanda Loban, Cindy L Cooper
Testing the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention to reduce emotional distress in outpatients with diabetes (DiaMind): design of a randomized controlled trial
Jenny van Son, Ivan Nyklíček, Victor JM Pop, François Pouwer
The development of a network for community-based obesity prevention: the CO-OPS Collaboration
Steven Allender, Melanie Nichols, Chad Foulkes, Rebecca Reynolds, Elizabeth Waters, Lesley King, Tim Gill, Rebecca Armstrong, Boyd Swinburn
Reactions of Chinese adults to warning labels on cigarette packages: A survey in Jiangsu Province
Yu Qin, Ming Wu, Xiaoqun Pan, Quanyong Xiang, Jianping Huang, Zenghui Gu, Zumin Shi, Minghao Zhou
Association between Frequency Domain Heart Rate Variability and Unplanned Readmission to Hospital in Geriatric Patients
Jui-Kun Chiang, Chin-Hua Fu, Terry BJ Kuo, Malcolm Koo
The contribution of psychological distress to socio-economic differences in cause-specific mortality: a population-based follow-up of 28 years
Kirsi M Talala, Taina M Huurre, Tiina KM Laatikainen, Tuija P Martelin, Aini I Ostamo, Ritva S Prättälä
Associations of education with 30 year life course blood pressure trajectories: Framingham Offspring Study
Eric B Loucks, Michal Abrahamowicz, Yongling Xiao, John W Lynch
Risk factors for tuberculosis treatment failure, default, or relapse and outcomes of retreatment in Morocco
Kelly E Dooley, Ouafae Lahlou, Iraqi Ghali, Janine Knudsen, My Driss Elmessaoudi, Imad Cherkaoui, Rajae El Aouad
Multidisciplinary cancer care in Spain, or when the function creates the organ: qualitative interview study
Joan Prades, Josep M Borràs
The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a participative community singing programme as a health promotion initiative for older people: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Ann Skingley, Stephen M Clift, Simon P Coulton, John Rodriguez
Sickness absence in musculoskeletal disorders - patients' experiences of interactions with the Social Insurance Agency and health care. A qualitative study
Jenny Hubertsson, Ingemar F Petersson, Barbro Arvidsson, Carina A Thorstensson
Trends in self-reported prevalence and management of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes in Swiss adults, 1997-2007
Daniel Estoppey, Fred Paccaud, Peter Vollenweider, Pedro Marques-Vidal
Reusable design: A proposed approach to Public Health Informatics system design
Blaine Reeder, Rebecca A Hills, George Demiris, Debra Revere, Jamie Pina
Perceptions of anti-smoking messages amongst high school students in Pakistan
Syed MA Zaidi, Abdul L Bikak, Ayesha Shaheryar, Syed H Imam, Javaid A Khan
West End Walkers 65+: A randomised controlled trial of a primary care-based walking intervention for older adults: Study rationale and design
Freya MacMillan, Claire Fitzsimons, Karen Black, Malcolm H Granat, Margaret P Grant, Madeleine Grealy, Hazel Macdonald, Alex McConnachie, David A Rowe, Rebecca Shaw, Dawn A Skelton, Nanette Mutrie
The relationship of air pollution and surrogate markers of endothelial dysfunction in a population-based sample of children
Parinaz Poursafa, Roya Kelishadi, Ahmadreza Lahijanzadeh, Mohammadreza Modaresi, Shaghayegh Haghjouy Javanmard, Raheleh Assari, Mohammad Mehdi Amin, Faramarz Moattar, Abbasgholi Amini, Babak Sadeghian
Consumption of single cigarettes and quitting behavior: A longitudinal analysis of Mexican smokers
James F Thrasher, Victor Villalobos, Joaquin Barnoya, Raul Sansores, Richard O'Connor
Psychosocial impact of the summer 2007 floods in England
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