Ausgabe 1/2018
Inhalt (1361 Artikel)
Waterpipe and cigarette tobacco smoking among Palestinian university students: a cross-sectional study
Marina Tucktuck, Rula Ghandour, Niveen M. E. Abu-Rmeileh
A population-based national estimate of the prevalence and risk factors associated with hypertension in Rwanda: implications for prevention and control
Marie-Rosette Nahimana, Alypio Nyandwi, Marie Aimee Muhimpundu, Olushayo Olu, Jeanine Umutesi Condo, Andre Rusanganwa, Jean Baptiste Koama, Candide Tran Ngoc, Jean Bosco Gasherebuka, Martin O. Ota, Joseph C. Okeibunor
An account of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria: implications and lessons learnt
Akaninyene Otu, Soter Ameh, Egbe Osifo-Dawodu, Enoma Alade, Susan Ekuri, Jide Idris
Impact of large-scale distribution and subsequent use of free nicotine patches on primary care physician interaction
Vladyslav Kushnir, Beth A. Sproule, John A. Cunningham
The Antibiotic Guardian campaign: a qualitative evaluation of an online pledge-based system focused on making better use of antibiotics
Joanna May Kesten, Alex Bhattacharya, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Maya Gobin, Suzanne Audrey
Design and methods for a cluster-controlled trial conducted at sixty-eight daycare facilities evaluating the impact of “JolinchenKids – Fit and Healthy in Daycare”, a program for health promotion in 3- to 6-year-old children
Berit Steenbock, Hajo Zeeb, Stefan Rach, Hermann Pohlabeln, Claudia R. Pischke
Active children through individual vouchers – evaluation (ACTIVE): protocol for a mixed method randomised control trial to increase physical activity levels in teenagers
Michaela James, Danielle Christian, Samantha Scott, Charlotte Todd, Gareth Stratton, Sarah McCoubrey, Julian Halcox, Suzanne Audrey, Elizabeth Ellins, Sinead Brophy
Volunteering and health benefits in general adults: cumulative effects and forms
Jerf W. K. Yeung, Zhuoni Zhang, Tae Yeun Kim
Involvement of Mitanins (female health volunteers) in active malaria surveillance, determinants and challenges in tribal populated malaria endemic villages of Chhattisgarh, India
Mehul Kumar Chourasia, Kamaraju Raghavendra, Rajendra Mohan Bhatt, Dipak Kumar Swain, G. D. P. Dutta, Immo Kleinschmidt
Cash transfers for HIV prevention: what do young women spend it on? Mixed methods findings from HPTN 068
Catherine MacPhail, Nomhle Khoza, Amanda Selin, Aimée Julien, Rhian Twine, Ryan G. Wagner, Xavier Goméz-Olivé, Kathy Kahn, Jing Wang, Audrey Pettifor
Increasing students’ physical activity during school physical education: rationale and protocol for the SELF-FIT cluster randomized controlled trial
Amy S. Ha, Chris Lonsdale, David R. Lubans, Johan Y. Y. Ng
Local professionals’ perceptions of health assets in a low-SES Dutch neighbourhood: a qualitative study
Lea Den Broeder, Ellen Uiters, Aafke Hofland, Annemarie Wagemakers, Albertine Jantine Schuit
Erratum to: gender-specific linkages of parents’ childhood physical abuse and neglect with children’s problem behaviour: evidence from Japan
Takashi Oshio, Maki Umeda
Erratum to: determinants of vitamin D status in young adults: influence of lifestyle, sociodemographic and anthropometric factors
Rune Tønnesen, Peter Hambak Hovind, Lars Thorbjørn Jensen, Peter Schwarz
Metabolic syndrome and its components in Polish women of childbearing age: a nationwide study
Dorota Szostak-Węgierek, Anna Waśkiewicz, Walerian Piotrowski, Urszula Stepaniak, Andrzej Pająk, Magdalena Kwaśniewska, Paweł Nadrowski, Arkadiusz Niklas, Aleksandra Puch-Walczak, Wojciech Drygas
Associations between national viral hepatitis policies/programmes and country-level socioeconomic factors: a sub-analysis of data from the 2013 WHO viral hepatitis policy report
Jeffrey V Lazarus, Ida Sperle, Kelly Safreed-Harmon, Charles Gore, Beatriz Cebolla, Alexander Spina
Feasibility of district wide screening of health care workers for tuberculosis in Zambia
Suzanne Verver, Nathan Kapata, Mathildah Kakungu Simpungwe, Seraphine Kaminsa, Mavis Mwale, Chitambeya Mukwangole, Bernard Sichinga, Sevim Ahmedov, Max Meis
Who wants to be involved in health care decisions? Comparing preferences for individual and collective involvement in England and Sweden
Mio Fredriksson, Max Eriksson, Jonathan Tritter
Area-based socioeconomic factors and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among teen boys in the United States
Kevin A. Henry, Allison L. Swiecki-Sikora, Antoinette M. Stroup, Echo L. Warner, Deanna Kepka
Putting women at the center: a review of Indian policy to address person-centered care in maternal and newborn health, family planning and abortion
Aradhana Srivastava, Devaki Singh, Dominic Montagu, Sanghita Bhattacharyya
Effects of selected socio-demographic characteristics on nutrition knowledge and eating behavior of elementary students in two provinces in China
Ling Qian, Fan Zhang, Ian M. Newman, Duane F. Shell, Weijing Du
Rehabilitation access and effectiveness for persons with back pain: the protocol of a cohort study (REHAB-BP, DRKS00011554)
Matthias Bethge, Kerstin Mattukat, David Fauser, Wilfried Mau
Illegal gold miners in French Guiana: a neglected population with poor health
Maylis Douine, Emilie Mosnier, Quentin Le Hingrat, Charlotte Charpentier, Florine Corlin, Louise Hureau, Antoine Adenis, Yassamine Lazrek, Florence Niemetsky, Anne-Laure Aucouturier, Magalie Demar, Lise Musset, Mathieu Nacher
Impact of injury-related mortality on life expectancy in Zhejiang, China based on death and population surveillance data
Fang-Rong Fei, Jie-Ming Zhong, Min Yu, Wei-Wei Gong, Meng Wang, Jin Pan, Hai-bin Wu, Ru-Ying Hu
Prevalence and associated risk factors of malaria among adults in East Shewa Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Frew Tadesse, Andrew W. Fogarty, Wakgari Deressa
Stress Prevention@Work: a study protocol for the evaluation of a multifaceted integral stress prevention strategy to prevent employee stress in a healthcare organization: a cluster controlled trial
Rianne J. A. Hoek, Bo M. Havermans, Irene L. D. Houtman, Evelien P. M. Brouwers, Yvonne F. Heerkens, Moniek C. Zijlstra-Vlasveld, Johannes R. Anema, Allard J. van der Beek, Cécile R. L. Boot
Predictors of return to work among patients in treatment for common mental disorders: a pre-post study
Mattias Victor, Bjørn Lau, Torleif Ruud
Long-term effectiveness of mailed nicotine replacement therapy: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial 5-year follow-up
Vladyslav Kushnir, Peter Selby, Laurie Zawertailo, Rachel F. Tyndale, Scott T. Leatherdale, John A. Cunningham
Implementation-effectiveness trial of an ecological intervention for physical activity in ethnically diverse low income senior centers
Porchia Rich, Gregory A. Aarons, Michelle Takemoto, Veronica Cardenas, Katie Crist, Khalisa Bolling, Brittany Lewars, Cynthia Castro Sweet, Loki Natarajan, Yuyan Shi, Kelsie M. Full, Eileen Johnson, Dori E. Rosenberg, Melicia Whitt-Glover, Bess Marcus, Jacqueline Kerr
A prolonged, community-wide cholera outbreak associated with drinking water contaminated by sewage in Kasese District, western Uganda
Benon Kwesiga, Gerald Pande, Alex Riolexus Ario, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Joseph K. B. Matovu, Bao-Ping Zhu
Caretaker-adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health: a cross-sectional study in Unguja-Tanzania Zanzibar
Saada A. Seif, Thecla W. kohi, Candida S. Moshiro
Using the Uganda National Panel Survey to analyze the effect of staple food consumption on undernourishment in Ugandan children
Michelle M. Amaral, William E. Herrin, Grace Bulenzi Gulere
The traditional lunch pattern is inversely correlated with body mass index in a population-based study in Brazil
Roberta de Oliveira Santos, Diva Aliete dos Santos Vieira, Andreia Alexandra Machado Miranda, Regina Mara Fisberg, Dirce Maria Marchioni, Valéria Troncoso Baltar
Smoking-related general and cause-specific mortality in Estonia
Gea Kõks, Krista Fischer, Sulev Kõks
Cost-Effectiveness of isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV-infected patients clinicaly screened for latent tuberculosis infection in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A prospective Cohort study
Grace A. Shayo, Dereck Chitama, Candida Moshiro, Said Aboud, Muhammad Bakari, Ferdinand Mugusi
Association between full service and fast food restaurant density, dietary intake and overweight/obesity among adults in Delhi, India
Opal Patel, Safraj Shahulhameed, Roopa Shivashankar, Mohammad Tayyab, Atiqur Rahman, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Nikhil Tandon, Lindsay M. Jaacks
The 2016 HIGh Heels: Health effects And psychosexual BenefITS (HIGH HABITS) study: systematic review of reviews and additional primary studies
Max Barnish, Heather May Morgan, Jean Barnish
Parents’ and caregivers’ experiences and behaviours when eating out with children with a food hypersensitivity
Fiona M. Begen, Julie Barnett, Miriam Barber, Ros Payne, M. Hazel Gowland, Jane S. Lucas
Exploring status and determinants of prenatal and postnatal visits in western China: in the background of the new health system reform
Xiaojing Fan, Zhongliang Zhou, Shaonong Dang, Yongjian Xu, Jianmin Gao, Zhiying Zhou, Min Su, Dan Wang, Gang Chen
Community-based initiatives improving critical health literacy: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence
Liesbeth de Wit, Christine Fenenga, Cinzia Giammarchi, Lucia di Furia, Inge Hutter, Andrea de Winter, Louise Meijering
Knowledge, attitudes and practices on malaria transmission in Mamfene, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa 2015
Pinky N. Manana, Lazarus Kuonza, Alfred Musekiwa, Hluphi D. Mpangane, Lizette L. Koekemoer
Accuracy and determinants of perceived HIV risk among young women in South Africa
Brendan Maughan-Brown, Atheendar S. Venkataramani
Alcohol use disorders and associated chronic disease – a national retrospective cohort study from France
Michaël Schwarzinger, Sophie Pascale Thiébaut, Sylvain Baillot, Vincent Mallet, Jürgen Rehm
Associations between childhood overweight, obesity, abdominal obesity and obesogenic behaviors and practices in Australian homes
Seema Mihrshahi, Bradley A. Drayton, Adrian E. Bauman, Louise L. Hardy
Anthropometric indices for non-pregnant women of childbearing age differ widely among four low-middle income populations
K Michael Hambidge, Nancy F Krebs, Ana Garcés, Jamie E Westcott, Lester Figueroa, Shivaprasad S Goudar, Sangappa Dhaded, Omrana Pasha, Sumera Aziz Ali, Antoinette Tshefu, Adrien Lokangaka, Vanessa R Thorsten, Abhik Das, Kristen Stolka, Elizabeth M McClure, Rebecca L Lander, Carl L Bose, Richard J Derman, Robert L Goldenberg, Melissa Bauserman
Health profile for Danish adults with activity limitation: a cross-sectional study
Nina Føns Johnsen, Michael Davidsen, Susan Ishøy Michelsen, Knud Juel
An examination of Australian newspaper coverage of the link between alcohol and cancer 2005 to 2013
Jaklin Eliott, Andrew John Forster, Joshua McDonough, Kathryn Bowd, Shona Crabb
Association of adult tobacco use with household food access insecurity: results from Nepal demographic and health survey, 2011
Chandrashekhar T. Sreeramareddy, N. Ramakrishnareddy
Validity and reliability of an adapted arabic version of the long international physical activity questionnaire
Khalil Helou, Nour El Helou, Maya Mahfouz, Yara Mahfouz, Pascale Salameh, Mireille Harmouche-Karaki
The impact of indigenous cultural identity and cultural engagement on violent offending
Stephane M. Shepherd, Rosa Hazel Delgado, Juanita Sherwood, Yin Paradies
Exploring the determinants of health and wellbeing in communities living in proximity to coal seam gas developments in regional Queensland
Fiona Mactaggart, Liane McDermott, Anna Tynan, Christian A. Gericke
Mortality trends for ischemic heart disease in China: an analysis of 102 continuous disease surveillance points from 1991 to 2009
Xia Wan, Hongyan Ren, Enbo Ma, Gonghuan Yang
Caregiving burden and depression in paid caregivers of hospitalized patients: a pilot study in China
Yao-Dan Liang, Ya-Li Wang, Zhi Li, Li He, Ying Xu, Qing Zhang, Gui-Ying You, Xu-Hua Mi
A lifestyle intervention study targeting individuals with low socioeconomic status of different ethnic origins: important aspects for successful implementation
Dorit Teuscher, Andrea J. Bukman, Marleen A. van Baak, Edith J. M. Feskens, Reint Jan Renes, Agnes Meershoek
Trends in smoking behaviour among Estonian physicians in 1982–2014
Kersti Pärna, Mariliis Põld, Inge Ringmets
Child and parent perspectives on healthier side dishes and beverages in restaurant kids’ meals: results from a national survey in the United States
Eleanor T. Shonkoff, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Vanessa M. Lynskey, Grace Chan, Meaghan E. Glenn, Christina D. Economos
Acceptability of lifelong treatment among HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women (Option B+) in selected health facilities in Zimbabwe: a qualitative study
Addmore Chadambuka, Leila Katirayi, Auxilia Muchedzi, Esther Tumbare, Reuben Musarandega, Agnes I. Mahomva, Godfrey Woelk
Hypertension prevalence and influence of basal metabolic rate on blood pressure among adult students in Bangladesh
Nurshad Ali, Shakil Mahmood, M. Manirujjaman, Rasheda Perveen, Abdullah Al Nahid, Shamim Ahmed, Farida Adib Khanum, Mustafizur Rahman
Running on a high: parkrun and personal well-being
Anne Grunseit, Justin Richards, Dafna Merom
Oral health literacy and oral health outcomes in an adult population in Brazil
Marília Jesus Batista, Herenia Procopio Lawrence, Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa
Optimising decision making on illness absenteeism due to fever and common infections within childcare centres: development of a multicomponent intervention and study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial
K. K. B. Peetoom, R. Crutzen, J. M. H. A. Bohnen, R. Verhoeven, H. J. M. G. Nelissen-Vrancken, B. Winkens, G. J. Dinant, J. W. L. Cals
Population-based prevalence survey of follicular trachoma and trachomatous trichiasis in the Casamance region of Senegal
Emma M. Harding-Esch, Julbert Kadimpeul, Boubacar Sarr, Awa Sane, Souleymane Badji, Mass Laye, Ansumana Sillah, Sarah E. Burr, David MacLeod, Anna R. Last, Martin J. Holland, David C. Mabey, Robin L. Bailey
Self-reported oral and general health in relation to socioeconomic position
Magnus Hakeberg, Ulla Wide Boman
Knowledge of non-communicable diseases and practices related to healthy lifestyles among adolescents, in state schools of a selected educational division in Sri Lanka
A. U. Gamage, P. L. Jayawardana
The process by which perceived autonomy support predicts motivation, intention, and behavior for seasonal influenza prevention in Hong Kong older adults
Pak-Kwong Chung, Chun-Qing Zhang, Jing-Dong Liu, Derwin King-Chung Chan, Gangyan Si, Martin S. Hagger
A reversed gender pattern? A meta-analysis of gender differences in the prevalence of non-suicidal self-injurious behaviour among Chinese adolescents
Xueyan Yang, Marcus W. Feldman
Erratum to: cluster randomized evaluation of adolescent girls empowerment Programme (AGEP): study protocol
Paul C. Hewett, Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Jere R. Behrman, Fiammetta Bozzani, Natalie A. Jackson-Hachonda
Pathways for scaling up public health interventions
Devon Indig, Karen Lee, Anne Grunseit, Andrew Milat, Adrian Bauman
Objectively measured physical activity patterns, sedentary time and parent-reported screen-time across the day in four-year-old Swedish children
Daniel Berglind, Per Tynelius
Housing conditions of urban households with Aboriginal children in NSW Australia: tenure type matters
Melanie J Andersen, Anna B Williamson, Peter Fernando, Darryl Wright, Sally Redman
Household preferences for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in four European high-income countries: Does health information matter? A mixed-methods study protocol
Alina Herrmann, Helen Fischer, Dorothee Amelung, Dorian Litvine, Carlo Aall, Camilla Andersson, Marta Baltruszewicz, Carine Barbier, Sébastien Bruyère, Françoise Bénévise, Ghislain Dubois, Valérie R. Louis, Maria Nilsson, Karen Richardsen Moberg, Bore Sköld, Rainer Sauerborn
Liquor licences issued to Australian schools
Bernadette M. Ward, Rebecca Kippen, Geoffrey Munro, Penny Buykx, Nyanda McBride, John Wiggers, Madeline Clark
The shrinking health advantage: unintentional injuries among children and youth from immigrant families
Natasha Ruth Saunders, Alison Macpherson, Jun Guan, Lisa Sheng, Astrid Guttmann
Determinants of childhood stunting in the Democratic Republic of Congo: further analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2013–14
Hallgeir Kismul, Pawan Acharya, Mala Ali Mapatano, Anne Hatløy
A brief, trauma-informed intervention increases safety behavior and reduces HIV risk for drug-involved women who trade sex
Michele R. Decker, Catherine Tomko, Erin Wingo, Anne Sawyer, Sarah Peitzmeier, Nancy Glass, Susan G. Sherman
‘The university should promote health, but not enforce it’: opinions and attitudes about the regulation of sugar-sweetened beverages in a university setting
Elly Howse, Becky Freeman, Jason H. Y. Wu, Kieron Rooney
Yarning about fall prevention: community consultation to discuss falls and appropriate approaches to fall prevention with older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Caroline Lukaszyk, Julieann Coombes, Norma Jean Turner, Elizabeth Hillmann, Lisa Keay, Anne Tiedemann, Cathie Sherrington, Rebecca Ivers
Evaluation of the colorectal cancer screening Programme in the Basque Country (Spain) and its effectiveness based on the Miscan-colon model
I. Idigoras, A. Arrospide, I. Portillo, E. Arana-Arri, L. Martínez-Indart, J. Mar, H. J. de Koning, R. Lastra, M. Soto-Gordoa, M. van der Meulen, I. Lansdorp-Vogelaar
Determinants of contraceptive use and future contraceptive intentions of women attending child welfare clinics in urban Ghana
Caroline Wuni, Cornelius A. Turpin, Edward T. Dassah
A tailored within-community specimen collection strategy increased uptake of cervical cancer screening in a cross-sectional study in Ghana
Adolf K. Awua, Edwin K. Wiredu, Edwin A. Afari, Ahmad S. Tijani, Gabriel Djanmah, Richard M. K. Adanu
Patterns of participation over four rounds of annual fecal immunochemical test-based screening for colorectal cancer: what predicts rescreening?
Joanne M. Osborne, Carlene Wilson, Amy Duncan, Stephen R. Cole, Ingrid Flight, Deborah Turnbull, Donna L. Hughes, Graeme P. Young
Does depression moderate handwashing in children?
Jurgita Slekiene, Hans-Joachim Mosler
Exploring coronial determination of intent for poisoning-related deaths in Australia, 2001–2013
Kate Churruca, Rebecca Mitchell
Informing tobacco control policy in Jordan: assessing the effectiveness of pictorial warning labels on cigarette packs
Rasha K. Bader, Rawan A. Shihab, Dalia H. Al-Rimawi, Feras I. Hawari
Correlates of physical activity and sitting time in adults with type 2 diabetes attending primary health care in Oman
Thamra S. Alghafri, Saud M. Alharthi, Yahya Al-farsi, Elaine Bannerman, Angela M. Craigie, Annie S. Anderson
Associations of cause-specific mortality with area level deprivation and travel time to health care in France from 1990 to 2007, a multilevel analysis
Walid Ghosn, Gwenn Menvielle, Stéphane Rican, Grégoire Rey
National policies for the promotion of physical activity and healthy nutrition in the workplace context: a behaviour change wheel guided content analysis of policy papers in Finland
Tuija Seppälä, Nelli Hankonen, Eveliina Korkiakangas, Johanna Ruusuvuori, Jaana Laitinen
Socio-cognitive correlates of intention to use Toombak: a cross-sectional study among students (13–16 years) in Khartoum State, Sudan
Hatim Mohammed Almahdi, Rouf Wahab Ali, Elwalid Fadul Nasir, Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm
Geographic Variations and Time Trends in Cancer Treatments in Taiwan
Jason C. Hsu, Sheng-Mao Chang, Christine Y. Lu
Early rigorous control interventions can largely reduce dengue outbreak magnitude: experience from Chaozhou, China
Tao Liu, Guanghu Zhu, Jianfeng He, Tie Song, Meng Zhang, Hualiang Lin, Jianpeng Xiao, Weilin Zeng, Xing Li, Zhihao Li, Runsheng Xie, Haojie Zhong, Xiaocheng Wu, Wenbiao Hu, Yonghui Zhang, Wenjun Ma
Successive monitoring surveys of selected banned and restricted pesticide residues in vegetables from the northwest region of China from 2011 to 2013
Yan Yu, Senke Hu, Yuxuan Yang, Xiaodan Zhao, Jianjun Xue, Jinghua Zhang, Song Gao, Aimin Yang
Cluster randomised trial of a school-community child health promotion and obesity prevention intervention: findings from the evaluation of fun ‘n healthy in Moreland!
Elizabeth Waters, Lisa Gibbs, Maryanne Tadic, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, Anthea Magarey, Anthony D. Okely, Andrea de Silva, Christine Armit, Julie Green, Thea O’Connor, Britt Johnson, Boyd Swinburn, Lauren Carpenter, Graham Moore, Hannah Littlecott, Lisa Gold
Public health implications of changing patterns of recruitment into the South African mining industry, 1973–2012: a database analysis
Rodney Ehrlich, Alex Montgomery, Paula Akugizibwe, Gregg Gonsalves
The incidence of acute myeloid leukemia in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: a retrospective cohort study
Andrea Christine Shysh, Leonard Tu Nguyen, Maggie Guo, Marcus Vaska, Christopher Naugler, Fariborz Rashid-Kolvear
Epidemiology of Humanpapilloma virus infection among women in Fujian, China
Conglian Wu, Xianjin Zhu, Yanli Kang, Yinping Cao, Pingxia Lu, Wenjuan Zhou, Hong Zhou, Yang Zhang, Yanfang Song
Metabolic syndrome and parental history of cardiovascular disease in young adults in urban Ghana
Kwame Yeboah, Kennedy Konlan Dodam, Patrick Kormla Affrim, Linda Adu-Gyamfi, Anormah Rashid Bado, Richard N. A. Owusu Mensah, Afua Bontu Adjei, Ben Gyan
Determinants of weight outcomes in type 2 diabetes prevention intervention in primary health care setting (the DE-PLAN project)
Aleksandra Gilis-Januszewska, Beata Piwońska-Solska, Jaana Lindström, Ewa Wójtowicz, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Peter E. H. Schwarz, Katarzyna Kissimova-Skarbek, Zbigniew Szybiński, Adam Windak, Alicja Hubalewska-Dydejczyk
A survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices on Zika virus in New York City
Gregory Samuel, Rianna DiBartolo-Cordovano, Insiya Taj, Audrey Merriam, Jean M. Lopez, Caroline Torres, Rafael A. Lantigua, Steven Morse, Bernard P. Chang, Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, Kiran T. Thakur
The potential of task shifting selected maternal interventions to auxiliary midwives in Myanmar: a mixed-method study
Kyu Kyu Than, Khaing Nwe Tin, Thazin La, Kyaw Soe Thant, Theingi Myint, James G. Beeson, Stanley Luchters, Alison Morgan
Effectiveness of employer financial incentives in reducing time to report worker injury: an interrupted time series study of two Australian workers’ compensation jurisdictions
Tyler J. Lane, Shannon Gray, Behrooz Hassani-Mahmooei, Alex Collie
The UAE healthy future study: a pilot for a prospective cohort study of 20,000 United Arab Emirates nationals
Abdishakur Abdulle, Abdullah Alnaeemi, Abdullah Aljunaibi, Abdulrahman Al Ali, Khaled Al Saedi, Eiman Al Zaabi, Naima Oumeziane, Marina Al Bastaki, Mohammed Al-Houqani, Fatma Al Maskari, Ayesha Al Dhaheri, Syed M. Shah, Tom Loney, Mohamed El-Sadig, Abderrahim Oulhaj, Leila Abdel Wareth, Wael Al Mahmeed, Habiba Alsafar, Benjamin Hirsch, Fatme Al Anouti, Jamila Yaaqoub, Claire K. Inman, Aisha Al Hamiz, Ayesha Al Hosani, Muna Haji, Teeb Alsharid, Thekra Al Zaabi, Fatima Al Maisary, Divya Galani, Tim Sprosen, Omar El Shahawy, Jiyoung Ahn, Tomas Kirchhoff, Ravichandran Ramasamy, Ann Marie Schmidt, Richard Hayes, Scott Sherman, Raghib Ali
Youth with chronic health problems: how do they fare in main-stream mentoring programs?
Ellen L. Lipman, David DeWit, David L. DuBois, Simon Larose, Gizem Erdem
LiST modelling with monitoring data to estimate impact on child mortality of an ORS and zinc programme with public sector providers in Bihar, India
Jayachandran A. Ayyanat, Catherine Harbour, Sanjeev Kumar, Manjula Singh
Follow-up of a healthy lifestyle education program (the EdAl study): four years after cessation of randomized controlled trial intervention
Elisabet Llauradó, Lucia Tarro, David Moriña, Magaly Aceves-Martins, Montse Giralt, Rosa Solà
Association between lifestyle factors and suboptimal health status among Chinese college freshmen: a cross-sectional study
Chenjin Ma, Wangli Xu, Long Zhou, Shuangge Ma, Yu Wang
Anthrax outbreaks in the humans - livestock and wildlife interface areas of Northern Tanzania: a retrospective record review 2006–2016
Elibariki Reuben Mwakapeje, Sol Høgset, Robert Fyumagwa, Hezron Emmanuel Nonga, Robinson Hammerthon Mdegela, Eystein Skjerve
Relationship between systolic blood pressure and all-cause mortality: a prospective study in a cohort of Chinese adults
Chunsheng Li, Youren Chen, Qiongbing Zheng, Weiqiang Wu, Zhichao Chen, Lu Song, Shasha An, Zhifang Li, Shuohua Chen, S. L. Wu
Heat and emergency room admissions in the Netherlands
Joris Adriaan Frank van Loenhout, Tefera Darge Delbiso, Anna Kiriliouk, Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Llanes, Johan Segers, Debarati Guha-Sapir
The influence of maternal psychosocial circumstances and physical environment on the risk of severe wasting in rural Gambian infants: a mixed methods approach
Helen M. Nabwera, Sophie E. Moore, Martha K. Mwangome, Sassy C. Molyneux, Momodou K. Darboe, Nyima Camara-Trawally, Bakary Sonko, Alhagie Darboe, Seedy Singhateh, Anthony J. Fulford, Andrew M. Prentice
Investigating the associations between productive housework activities, sleep hours and self-reported health among elderly men and women in western industrialised countries
Nicholas Kofi Adjei, Tilman Brand
A decade of road traffic fatalities among the elderly in north-West Iran
Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Bahram Samadirad, Farnaz Moslemi
Common risk indicators for oral diseases and obesity in 12-year-olds: a South Pacific cross sectional study
Stéphanie Tubert-Jeannin, Hélène Pichot, Bernard Rouchon, Bruno Pereira, Martine Hennequin
Youth paying for sex: what are the associated factors? Findings from a cross-sectional study in Cambodia
Soaman Dizechi, Carinne Brody, Sovannary Tuot, Chhorvann Chhea, Vonthanak Saphonn, Kunthearith Yung, Sanh Kim, Siyan Yi
The Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium – a protocol for building a national environmental exposure data platform for integrated analyses of urban form and health
Jeffrey R. Brook, Eleanor M. Setton, Evan Seed, Mahdi Shooshtari, Dany Doiron, Philip Awadalla, Michael Brauer, Howard Hu, Kim McGrail, Dave Stieb, Padmaja Subarrao, Paul Demers, Doug Manuel, John McLaughlin, Chris Carlsten, Meghan Azad, Stephanie Atkinson, Rick Burnett, Wendy Lou, Daniel Rainham, Greg Evans, Ray Copes, Olimpia Pantelimon, Audrey Smargiassi, Hugh Davies, Paul Villeneuve, Matilda van den Bosch, Diane Chaumont, Johannes Feddema, Tim Takaro, Amir Hakami, Markey Johnson, Marianne Hatzopoulou, Ahsan Habib, Daniel Fuller, Michael Widener
Ethnicity and socioeconomic status are related to dietary patterns at age 5 in the Amsterdam born children and their development (ABCD) cohort
Viyan Rashid, Marielle F. Engberink, Manon van Eijsden, Mary Nicolaou, Louise H. Dekker, Arnoud P. Verhoeff, Peter J. M. Weijs
Socioeconomic determinants of accessibility to birth registration in Lao PDR
Marika Nomura, Phonepadith Xangsayarath, Kenzo Takahashi, Yusuke Kamiya, Latsamy Siengsounthone, Hina Ogino, Jun Kobayashi
The coaching on lifestyle (CooL) intervention for obesity, a study protocol for an action-oriented mixed-methods study
Celeste E. van Rinsum, Sanne M. P. L. Gerards, Geert M. Rutten, Ien A. M. van de Goor, Stef P. J. Kremers
Epidemiology and factors associated with amoebic liver abscess in northern Sri Lanka
Selvam Kannathasan, Arumugam Murugananthan, Thirunavukarasu Kumanan, Nilanthi Renuka de Silva, Nadarajah Rajeshkannan, Rashidul Haque, Devika Iddawela
App-technology to increase physical activity among patients with diabetes type 2 - the DiaCert-study, a randomized controlled trial
Stephanie E. Bonn, Christina Alexandrou, Kristin Hjörleifsdottir Steiner, Klara Wiklander, Claes-Göran Östenson, Marie Löf, Ylva Trolle Lagerros
Cash transfer interventions for sexual health: meanings and experiences of adolescent males and females in inner-city Johannesburg
Nomhle Khoza, Jonathan Stadler, Catherine MacPhail, Admire Chikandiwa, Heena Brahmbhatt, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe
Exploring the small-scale spatial distribution of hypertension and its association to area deprivation based on health insurance claims in Northeastern Germany
B. Kauhl, W. Maier, J. Schweikart, A. Keste, M. Moskwyn
Trends and correlates of overweight/obesity in Czech adolescents in relation to family socioeconomic status over a 12-year study period (2002–2014)
Erik Sigmund, Petr Badura, Dagmar Sigmundová, Jaroslava Voráčová, Jiří Zacpal, Michal Kalman, Jan Pavelka, Jana Vokacová, Vladimír Jr Hobza, Zdenek Hamrik
Effects of a culturally specific tobacco cessation intervention among African American Quitline enrollees: a randomized controlled trial
Monica Webb Hooper, Kelly Carpenter, Michael Payne, Ken Resnicow
Long lasting insecticidal net use and its associated factors in Limmu Seka District, South West Ethiopia
Mitiku Teshome Hambisa, Tessema Debela, Yadeta Dessie, Tesfaye Gobena
Brucellosis remains a neglected disease in the developing world: a call for interdisciplinary action
K. A. Franc, R. C. Krecek, B. N. Häsler, A. M. Arenas-Gamboa
A cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the daily mile on childhood obesity and wellbeing; the Birmingham daily mile protocol
Katie Breheny, Peymane Adab, Sandra Passmore, James Martin, Emma Lancashire, Karla Hemming, Emma Frew
Prevalence and associated factors of wheezing illnesses of children aged three to five years living in under-served settlements of the Colombo Municipal Council in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study
Ruwanika Seneviratne, Nalika S. Gunawardena
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding cervical cancer and screening among women visiting primary health care Centres in Bahrain
Ghufran Jassim, Alaaeddin Obeid, Huda A. Al Nasheet
Female genital mutilation/cutting in Italy: an enhanced estimation for first generation migrant women based on 2016 survey data
Livia Elisa Ortensi, Patrizia Farina, Els Leye
Microcephaly epidemic related to the Zika virus and living conditions in Recife, Northeast Brazil
Wayner Vieira de Souza, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Enrique Vazquez, Luciana Caroline Albuquerque Bezerra, Antonio da Cruz Gouveia Mendes, Tereza Maciel Lyra, Thalia Velho Barreto de Araujo, André Luiz Sá de Oliveira, Maria Cynthia Braga, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Amanda Priscila de Santana Cabral Silva, Laura Rodrigues, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli
Socio-demographic and lifestyle determinants of dietary patterns in French-speaking Switzerland, 2009–2012
Pedro Marques-Vidal, Gérard Waeber, Peter Vollenweider, Idris Guessous
Environmental exposures and fetal growth: the Haifa pregnancy cohort study
Rachel Golan, Itai Kloog, Ronit Almog, Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Maya Negev, Maya Jolles, Varda Shalev, Vered H. Eisenberg, Gideon Koren, Wiessam Abu Ahmad, Hagai Levine
Long term unemployment, income, poverty, and social public expenditure, and their relationship with self-perceived health in Spain (2007–2011)
M. Puerto López del Amo González, Vivian Benítez, José J. Martín-Martín
Digital Media-based Health Intervention on the promotion of Women’s physical activity: a quasi-experimental study
Nooshin Peyman, Majid Rezai-Rad, Hadi Tehrani, Mahdi Gholian-Aval, Mohammad Vahedian-Shahroodi, Hamid Heidarian Miri
The surprising implications of familial association in disease risk
Morten Valberg, Mats Julius Stensrud, Odd O. Aalen
Consumption of sweetened-beverages and poverty in Colombia: when access is not an advantage
Oscar F. Herran, Gonzalo A. Patiño, Edna M. Gamboa
Adoption and diffusion of zoning bylaws banning fast food drive-through services across Canadian municipalities
Candace I. J. Nykiforuk, Elizabeth J. Campbell, Soultana Macridis, Daniel McKennitt, Kayla Atkey, Kim D. Raine
A structural equation model of perceived and internalized stigma, depression, and suicidal status among people living with HIV/AIDS
Chengbo Zeng, Linghua Li, Yan Alicia Hong, Hanxi Zhang, Andrew Walker Babbitt, Cong Liu, Lixia Li, Jiaying Qiao, Yan Guo, Weiping Cai
Factors associated with HIV positive sero-status among exposed infants attending care at health facilities: a cross sectional study in rural Uganda
Methuselah Muhindo Kahungu, Julius Kiwanuka, Frank Kaharuza, Rhoda K. Wanyenze
Preventing suicidal behaviours with a multilevel intervention: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Sunny Collings, Gabrielle Jenkin, James Stanley, Sarah McKenzie, Simon Hatcher
Alcohol marketing on YouTube: exploratory analysis of content adaptation to enhance user engagement in different national contexts
Himanshu Gupta, Tina Lam, Simone Pettigrew, Robert J. Tait
Cardiometabolic disorder reduces survival prospects more than suboptimal body mass index irrespective of age or gender: a longitudinal study of 377,929 adults in Taiwan
Chih-Cheng Hsu, Mark L. Wahlqvist, I-Chien Wu, Yu-Hung Chang, I-Shou Chang, Yi-Fen Tsai, Ting-Ting Liu, Chwen Keng Tsao, Chao A. Hsiung
Association between the level of education and knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding dengue in the Caribbean region of Colombia
Fredi Alexander Diaz-Quijano, Ruth Aralí Martínez-Vega, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Ronald Alexander Rojas-Calero, María Lucrecia Luna-González, Ronald Giovanny Díaz-Quijano
Evaluation of two health education interventions to improve the varicella vaccination: a randomized controlled trial from a province in the east China
Yu Hu, Qian Li, Yaping Chen
The Colombo Twin and Singleton Follow-up Study: a population based twin study of psychiatric disorders and metabolic syndrome in Sri Lanka
Kaushalya Jayaweera, Lisa Aschan, Gayani Pannala, Anushka Adikari, Nicholas Glozier, Khalida Ismail, Carmine M. Pariante, Fruhling Rijsdijk, Sisira Siribaddana, Helena M. S. Zavos, Patricia A. Zunszain, Athula Sumathipala, Matthew Hotopf
Health worker knowledge of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response standard case definitions: a cross-sectional survey at rural health facilities in Kenya
Mitsuru Toda, Dejan Zurovac, Ian Njeru, David Kareko, Matilu Mwau, Kouichi Morita
Marketing messages accompanying online selling of low/er and regular strength wine and beer products in the UK: a content analysis
Milica Vasiljevic, Lucia Coulter, Mark Petticrew, Theresa M. Marteau
Stage of cancer diagnoses among migrants from the former Soviet Union in comparison to the German population – are diagnoses among migrants delayed?
An Bin Cho, Philipp Jaehn, Bernd Holleczek, Heiko Becher, Volker Winkler
Retrospectively assessed psychosocial working conditions as predictors of prospectively assessed sickness absence and disability pension among older workers
Emil Sundstrup, Åse Marie Hansen, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Otto Melchior Poulsen, Thomas Clausen, Reiner Rugulies, Anne Møller, Lars L. Andersen
The impact of age on the implementation of evidence-based medications in patients with coronary artery disease and its prognostic significance: a retrospective cohort study
Tian-li Xia, Fang-yang Huang, Yi-ming Li, Hua Chai, Bao-tao Huang, Yuan-Wei-Xiang Ou, Qiao Li, Xiao-bo Pu, Zhi-liang Zuo, Yong Peng, Mao Chen, De-jia Huang
The slowing pace of life expectancy gains since 1950
Carolina Cardona, David Bishai
Alcohol use and sickness absence due to all causes and mental- or musculoskeletal disorders: a nationally representative study
Leena Kaila-Kangas, Aki Koskinen, Päivi Leino-Arjas, Marianna Virtanen, Tommi Härkänen, Tea Lallukka
From the day they are born: a qualitative study exploring violence against children with disabilities in West Africa
Janet Njelesani, Goli Hashemi, Cathy Cameron, Deb Cameron, Danielle Richard, Penny Parnes
Impact of tobacco control policies on adolescent smokeless tobacco and cigar use: a difference-in-differences approach
Summer Sherburne Hawkins, Nicoline Bach, Christopher F. Baum
A qualitative study of tobacco interventions for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults: overarching themes and key learnings
N. Bruce Baskerville, Katy Wong, Alanna Shuh, Aneta Abramowicz, Darly Dash, Aamer Esmail, Ryan Kennedy
The role of hypoglycemia in the burden of living with diabetes among adults with diabetes and family members: results from the DAWN2 study in The Netherlands
Giesje Nefs, François Pouwer
Characteristics of individuals receiving disability benefits in the Netherlands and predictors of leaving the disability benefit scheme: a retrospective cohort study with five-year follow-up
Ilse Louwerse, Maaike A. Huysmans, H. Jolanda van Rijssen, Allard J. van der Beek, Johannes R. Anema
MINDMAP: establishing an integrated database infrastructure for research in ageing, mental well-being, and the urban environment
Mariëlle A. Beenackers, Dany Doiron, Isabel Fortier, J. Mark Noordzij, Erica Reinhard, Emilie Courtin, Martin Bobak, Basile Chaix, Giuseppe Costa, Ulrike Dapp, Ana V. Diez Roux, Martijn Huisman, Emily M. Grundy, Steinar Krokstad, Pekka Martikainen, Parminder Raina, Mauricio Avendano, Frank J. van Lenthe
Associations of land, cattle and food security with infant feeding practices among a rural population living in Manyara, Tanzania
Bailey Hanselman, Ramya Ambikapathi, Estomih Mduma, Erling Svensen, Laura E. Caulfield, Crystal L. Patil
Social determinants of male health: a case study of Leeds, UK
Alan White, Amanda Seims, Ian Cameron, Tim Taylor
Risk factors for first-time acute myocardial infarction patients in Trinidad
M. Bahall, T. Seemungal, G. Legall
Theorizing the complexity of HIV disclosure in vulnerable populations: a grounded theory study
Subash Thapa, Karin Hannes, Anne Buve, Shivani Bhattarai, Catharina Mathei
Implementation of health promotion programmes in schools: an approach to understand the influence of contextual factors on the process?
Emily Joan Darlington, Nolwenn Violon, Didier Jourdan
An individually randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of the Women for Women International Programme in reducing intimate partner violence and strengthening livelihoods amongst women in Afghanistan: trial design, methods and baseline findings
Andrew Gibbs, Julienne Corboz, Mohammed Shafiq, Frozan Marofi, Anna Mecagni, Carron Mann, Fazal Karim, Esnat Chirwa, Charlotte Maxwell-Jones, Rachel Jewkes
Dairy product consumption and risk of hip fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Shanshan Bian, Jingmin Hu, Kai Zhang, Yunguo Wang, Miaohui Yu, Jie Ma
Generic health literacy measurement instruments for children and adolescents: a systematic review of the literature
Orkan Okan, Ester Lopes, Torsten Michael Bollweg, Janine Bröder, Melanie Messer, Dirk Bruland, Emma Bond, Graça S. Carvalho, Kristine Sørensen, Luis Saboga-Nunes, Diane Levin-Zamir, Diana Sahrai, Uwe H. Bittlingmayer, Jürgen M. Pelikan, Malcolm Thomas, Ullrich Bauer, Paulo Pinheiro
Family caregiver mistreatment of the elderly: prevalence of risk and associated factors
Francesc Orfila, Montserrat Coma-Solé, Marta Cabanas, Francisco Cegri-Lombardo, Anna Moleras-Serra, Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera
Low use of artemisinin-based combination therapy for febrile children under five and barriers to correct fever management in Benin: a decade after WHO recommendation
B. G. Damien, B. Aguemon, D. Abdoulaye Alfa, D. Bocossa, A. Ogouyemi-Hounto, F. Remoue, J.-Y. Le Hesran
Indian adolescents’ perceptions of the home food environment
Neha Rathi, Lynn Riddell, Anthony Worsley
Interpreting population reach of a large, successful physical activity trial delivered through primary care
Sally M. Kerry, Katy E. Morgan, Elizabeth Limb, Derek G. Cook, Cheryl Furness, Iain Carey, Steve DeWilde, Christina R. Victor, Steve Iliffe, Peter Whincup, Michael Ussher, Ulf Ekelund, Julia Fox-Rushby, Judith Ibison, Tess Harris
Exploring the care provided to mothers and children by community health workers in South Africa: missed opportunities to provide comprehensive care
A. Wilford, S. Phakathi, L. Haskins, N. A. Jama, N. Mntambo, C. Horwood
Healthy offshore workforce? A qualitative study on offshore wind employees’ occupational strain, health, and coping
Janika Mette, Marcial Velasco Garrido, Volker Harth, Alexandra M. Preisser, Stefanie Mache
Access to public drinking water fountains in Berkeley, California: a geospatial analysis
Dylan C. Avery, Charlotte D. Smith
The identification of risk factors associated with patient and healthcare system delays in the treatment of tuberculosis in Tabriz, Iran
Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, Hassan Yekrang Sis, Vinaya Kelkar, Scott H. Harrison, Gregory D. Goins, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Jian Han
Correction to: electronic cigarette use behaviors and motivations among smokers and non-smokers
Thomas E. Sussan, Fatima G. Shahzad, Eefa Tabassum, Joanna E. Cohen, Robert A. Wise, Michael J. Blaha, Janet T. Holbrook, Shyam Biswal
Study protocol: a randomised controlled trial of supervised resistance training versus aerobic training in Sri Lankan adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: SL-DART study
C. Ranasinghe, A. P. Hills, G. R. Constantine, G. Finlayson, P. Katulanda, N. A. King
Patterns and predictors of adherence to colorectal cancer screening recommendations in Alberta’s Tomorrow Project participants stratified by risk
Nathan M. Solbak, Jian-Yi Xu, Jennifer E. Vena, Ala Al Rajabi, Sanaz Vaseghi, Heather K. Whelan, S Elizabeth McGregor
Breast cancer risk in a screening cohort of Asian and white British/Irish women from Manchester UK
D. Gareth Evans, Adam R. Brentnall, Michelle Harvie, Susan Astley, Elaine F. Harkness, Paula Stavrinos, Louise S. Donnelly, Sarah Sampson, Faiza Idries, Donna Watterson, Jack Cuzick, Mary Wilson, Anil Jain, Fiona Harrison, Anthony J. Maxwell, Anthony Howell
The impact of a private sector living wage intervention on consumption and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a middle income country
David H. Rehkopf, Katharine Burmaster, John C. Landefeld, Sarah Adler-Milstein, Emily P. Flynn, Maria Cecilia Acevedo, Jessica C. Jones-Smith, Nancy Adler, Lia C. H. Fernald
HIV/AIDS workplace policy addressing epidemic drivers through workplace programs
Bridget Chatora, Harrington Chibanda, Linda Kampata, Mutale Wilbroad
Reporting of pain by people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): comparative results from the HUNT3 population-based survey
Randi Andenæs, Astrid Momyr, Idunn Brekke
Lifetime utilization of mammography among Maltese women: a cross-sectional survey
Danika Marmarà, Vincent Marmarà, Gill Hubbard
Determinants of HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years in South Africa: a 2012 population-based national household survey
Musawenkosi Mabaso, Zinhle Sokhela, Neo Mohlabane, Buyisile Chibi, Khangelani Zuma, Leickness Simbayi
The challenges of interventions to promote healthier food in independent takeaways in England: qualitative study of intervention deliverers’ views
Louis Goffe, Linda Penn, Jean Adams, Vera Araujo-Soares, Carolyn D. Summerbell, Charles Abraham, Martin White, Ashley Adamson, Amelia A. Lake
Comprehensive economic evaluation of thermotherapy for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Colombia
Jaiberth Antonio Cardona-Arias, Liliana López-Carvajal, Mery Patricia Tamayo-Plata, Iván Darío Vélez
Interrupting seasonal transmission of Schistosoma haematobium and control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in northern and central Côte d’Ivoire: a SCORE study protocol
Yves-Nathan T. Tian-Bi, Mamadou Ouattara, Stefanie Knopp, Jean T. Coulibaly, Eveline Hürlimann, Bonnie Webster, Fiona Allan, David Rollinson, Aboulaye Meïté, Nana R. Diakité, Cyrille K. Konan, Eliézer K. N’Goran, Jürg Utzinger
Measurement of sexual health outcomes among people who inject drugs: pilot study in Catalonia, Spain and Barnaul, Russia
Cinta Folch, Lev Zohrabyan, Natalia Vagaitseva, Jordi Casabona, Igor Toskin
“I beg you…breastfeed the baby, things changed”: infant feeding experiences among Ugandan mothers living with HIV in the context of evolving guidelines to prevent postnatal transmission
Emma Dunkley, Scholastic Ashaba, Bridget Burns, Kasey O’Neil, Naomi Sanyu, Cecilia Akatukwasa, Jasmine Kastner, Nicole S. Berry, Christina Psaros, Lynn T. Matthews, Angela Kaida
Tools for a systematic appraisal of integrated community-based approaches to prevent childhood obesity
K. Mantziki, C. M. Renders, M. J. Westerman, J. Mayer, J. M. Borys, J. C. Seidell
Improving public health evaluation: a qualitative investigation of practitioners' needs
Sarah Denford, Rajalakshmi Lakshman, Margaret Callaghan, Charles Abraham
Detecting frail, older adults and identifying their strengths: results of a mixed-methods study
Sarah Dury, Eva Dierckx, Anne van der Vorst, Michaël Van der Elst, Bram Fret, Daan Duppen, Lieve Hoeyberghs, Ellen De Roeck, Deborah Lambotte, An-Sofie Smetcoren, Jos Schols, Gertrudis Kempen, G.A. Rixt Zijlstra, Jan De Lepeleire, Birgitte Schoenmakers, Dominique Verté, Nico De Witte, Tinie Kardol, Peter Paul De Deyn, Sebastiaan Engelborghs, Liesbeth De Donder
Identifying factors influencing contraceptive use in Bangladesh: evidence from BDHS 2014 data
MB Hossain, MHR Khan, F Ababneh, JEH Shaw
Socio-demographic and sexual practices associated with HIV infection in Kenyan injection and non-injection drug users
Valentine Budambula, Charles Matoka, James Ouma, Aabid A. Ahmed, Michael F. Otieno, Tom Were
Cigarette smoking and smoking-attributable diseases among Estonian physicians: a cross-sectional study
Mait Raag, Kersti Pärna
Health-related physical fitness and physical activity in elementary school students
Weiyun Chen, Austin Hammond-Bennett, Andrew Hypnar, Steve Mason
Under-vaccinated groups in Europe and their beliefs, attitudes and reasons for non-vaccination; two systematic reviews
N. Fournet, L. Mollema, W. L. Ruijs, I. A. Harmsen, F. Keck, J. Y. Durand, M. P. Cunha, M. Wamsiedel, R. Reis, J. French, E. G. Smit, A. Kitching, J. E. van Steenbergen
Risk factors of stunting among children living in an urban slum of Bangladesh: findings of a prospective cohort study
M. Munirul Islam, Kazi Istiaque Sanin, Mustafa Mahfuz, A. M. Shamsir Ahmed, Dinesh Mondal, Rashidul Haque, Tahmeed Ahmed
Determinants of excellent/good self-rated health among HIV positive individuals in South Africa: evidence from a 2012 nationally representative household survey
M. L. H. Mabaso, N. P. Zungu, T. Rehle, S. Moyo, S. Jooste, K. Zuma
Smoking behavior of males attending the quit tobacco clinics in Bahrain and their knowledge on tobacco smoking health hazards
Randah R. Hamadeh, Jamil Ahmed, Maha Al Kawari, Sharifa Bucheeri
Association of low blood pressure with suicidal ideation: a cross-sectional study of 10,708 adults with normal or low blood pressure in Korea
Kyung-in Joung, Sung-il Cho
Assessing the feasibility of integration of self-care for filarial lymphoedema into existing community leprosy self-help groups in Nepal
Joseph Pryce, Hayley E. Mableson, Ramesh Choudhary, Basu Dev Pandey, Dambar Aley, Hannah Betts, Charles D. Mackenzie, Louise A. Kelly-Hope, Hugh Cross
Factors influencing the use of contraceptives through the lens of teenage women: a qualitative study in Iran
Afrouz Mardi, Abbas Ebadi, Shirin Shahbazi, Sara Esmaelzade saeieh, Zahra Behboodi Moghadam
Evaluating the impact of DREAMS on HIV incidence among young women who sell sex: protocol for a non-randomised study in Zimbabwe
Bernadette Hensen, James R. Hargreaves, Tarisai Chiyaka, Sungai Chabata, Phillis Mushati, Sian Floyd, Isolde Birdthistle, Joanna Busza, Frances Cowan
“I’ve made this my lifestyle now”: a prospective qualitative study of motivation for lifestyle change among people with newly diagnosed type two diabetes mellitus
Simon J. Sebire, Zoi Toumpakari, Katrina M. Turner, Ashley R. Cooper, Angie S. Page, Alice Malpass, Robert C. Andrews
Adherence to home fortification with micronutrient powders in Kenyan pre-school children: self-reporting and sachet counts compared to an electronic monitoring device
Emily M. Teshome, Veronica S. Oriaro, Pauline E. A. Andango, Andrew M. Prentice, Hans Verhoef
Effectiveness of active school transport interventions: a systematic review and update
Richard Larouche, George Mammen, David A. Rowe, Guy Faulkner
Parents’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding sun protection in children: a qualitative study
Zoe Littlewood, Sheila Greenfield
Interventions to reduce post-acute consequences of diarrheal disease in children: a systematic review
Patricia B. Pavlinac, Rebecca L. Brander, Hannah E. Atlas, Grace C. John-Stewart, Donna M. Denno, Judd L. Walson
Gender-specific differences in high-risk sexual behaviors among methamphetamine users in Myanmar-China border city, Muse, Myanmar: who is at risk?
Yu Mon Saw, Thu Nandar Saw, Nyein Chan, Su Myat Cho, Masamine Jimba
Expanded HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation in communities in New South Wales, Australia (EPIC-NSW): design of an open label, single arm implementation trial
Iryna B. Zablotska, Christine Selvey, Rebecca Guy, Karen Price, Jo Holden, Heather-Marie Schmidt, Anna McNulty, David Smith, Fengyi Jin, Janaki Amin, David A. Cooper, Andrew E. Grulich, Andrew E. Grulich, David A. Cooper, Iryna B. Zablotska, Rebecca Guy, Janaki Amin, Fengyi Jin, Christine Selvey, Jo Holden, Heather-Marie Schmidt, Bill Whittaker, Karen Price, Nic Parkhill, Kerry Chant, Craig Cooper, Levinia Crooks, Debbie Allen, David Baker, Mark Bloch, Rohan Bopage, Katherine Brown, Andrew Carr, Christopher Carmody, Kym Collins, Robert Finlayson, Rosalind Foster, Eva Jackson, David Lewis, Josephine Lusk, Anna McNulty, Catherine O’Connor, Nathan Ryder, David Smith, Emanuel Vlahakis, Phillip Read, Barbara Yeung, Gesalit Levitt, Erin Ogilvie, Stefanie Vaccher, Muhammad Hammoud, Lucy Watchirs-Smith, Nasir Wabe
Education and indoor smoking among parents who smoke: the mediating role of perceived social norms of smoking
Junko Saito, Akira Shibanuma, Junko Yasuoka, Naoki Kondo, Daisuke Takagi, Masamine Jimba
Spousal age difference and associated predictors of intimate partner violence in Nigeria
Ayo Stephen Adebowale
A qualitative analysis exploring preferred methods of peer support to encourage adherence to a Mediterranean diet in a Northern European population at high risk of cardiovascular disease
Christina M. Erwin, Claire T. McEvoy, Sarah E. Moore, Lindsay Prior, Julia Lawton, Frank Kee, Margaret E. Cupples, Ian S. Young, Katherine Appleton, Michelle C. McKinley, Jayne V. Woodside
Equity and efficiency of medical service systems at the provincial level of China’s mainland: a comparative study from 2009 to 2014
Jingmei Ding, Xuejun Hu, Xianzhi Zhang, Lei Shang, Min Yu, Huoliang Chen
Is there a causal effect of parity on body composition: a birth cohort study
Bárbara Reis-Santos, Fernando C. Barros, Bernardo L. Horta
Trial protocol: a parallel group, individually randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of a mobile phone application to improve sexual health among youth in Stockholm County
Anna Nielsen, Ayesha De Costa, Aspasia Bågenholm, Kristina Gemzell Danielsson, Gaetano Marrone, Jens Boman, Mariano Salazar, Vinod Diwan
Correction to: Tracking physical activity in different settings from late childhood to early adulthood in Germany: the MoMo longitudinal study
Annette Rauner, Darko Jekauc, Filip Mess, Steffen Schmidt, Alexander Woll
Personal social networks and organizational affiliation of South Asians in the United States
Namratha R. Kandula, Andrew J. Cooper, John A. Schneider, Kayo Fujimoto, Alka M. Kanaya, Linda Van Horn, Lawrence deKoning, Juned Siddique
Design of a study evaluating the effects, health economics, and stakeholder perspectives of a multi-component occupational rehabilitation program with an added workplace intervention - a study protocol
Marit B. Rise, Martin Skagseth, Nina E. Klevanger, Lene Aasdahl, Petter Borchgrevink, Chris Jensen, Hanne Tenggren, Vidar Halsteinli, Trym N. Jacobsen, Svein B. Løland, Roar Johnsen, Marius S. Fimland
Identifying the social and environmental determinants of plague endemicity in Peru: insights from a case study in Ascope, La Libertad
Ana Rivière-Cinnamond, Alain Santandreu, Anita Luján, Frederic Mertens, John Omar Espinoza, Yesenia Carpio, Johnny Bravo, Jean-Marc Gabastou
Disparities in severe shigellosis among adults — Foodborne diseases active surveillance network, 2002–2014
Lindsey S. McCrickard, Stacy M. Crim, Sunkyung Kim, Anna Bowen
Nutritional quality of new food products released into the Australian retail food market in 2015 – is the food industry part of the solution?
Sheree A. Spiteri, Dana Lee Olstad, Julie L. Woods
Health promotion initiatives at school related to overweight, insulin resistance, hypertension and dyslipidemia in adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Recife, Brazil
Myrtis Katille de Assunção Bezerra, Eduardo Freese de Carvalho, Juliana Souza Oliveira, Eduarda Ângela Pessoa Cesse, Pedro Israel Cabral de Lira, Jonathan Galvão Tenório Cavalcante, Vanessa Sá Leal
Bi-directional association between sleep and outdoor active play among 10–13 year olds
Yingyi Lin, Michael M. Borghese, Ian Janssen
The role of venues in structuring HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and risk networks among men who have sex with men
Lydia N. Drumright, Sharon S. Weir, Simon D. W. Frost
Physical activity patterns across time-segmented youth sport flag football practice
Chelsey R. Schlechter, Justin M. Guagliano, Richard R. Rosenkranz, George A. Milliken, David A. Dzewaltowski
Trained lay health workers reduce common mental disorder symptoms of adults with suicidal ideation in Zimbabwe: a cohort study
Epiphany Munetsi, Victoria Simms, Lloyd Dzapasi, Georgina Chapoterera, Nyaradzo Goba, Tichaona Gumunyu, Helen A. Weiss, Ruth Verhey, Melanie Abas, Ricardo Araya, Dixon Chibanda
Evaluation of a population-level strategy to promote tobacco treatment use among insured smokers: a pragmatic, randomized trial
Jennifer B. McClure, Melissa L. Anderson
The role of psychological factors in predicting latrine ownership and consistent latrine use in rural Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Fikralem Alemu, Abera Kumie, Girmay Medhin, Janvier Gasana
Combined diet and physical activity is better than diet or physical activity alone at improving health outcomes for patients in New Zealand’s primary care intervention
Catherine Anne Elliot, Michael John Hamlin
Attitude and subjective wellbeing of non-compliant mothers to childhood oral polio vaccine supplemental immunization in Northern Nigeria
Gregory C. Umeh, Terna Ignatius Nomhwange, Anthony F. Shamang, Furera Zakari, Audu I. Musa, Paul M. Dogo, Victor Gugong, Neyu Iliyasu
Effects of smoke-free air law on acute myocardial infarction hospitalization in Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana
Anne M. Weaver, Yi Wang, Katelin Rupp, Dennis P. Watson
Neighborhood-based PA and its environmental correlates: a GIS- and GPS based cross-sectional study in the Netherlands
Marijke Jansen, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis, Frank H. Pierik, Dick F. Ettema, Martin J. Dijst
Problem drinking among Flemish students: beverage type, early drinking onset and negative personal & social consequences
Sara De Bruyn, Edwin Wouters, Koen Ponnet, Joris Van Damme, Lea Maes, Guido Van Hal
Strengthening health data on a rare and heterogeneous disease: sarcoma incidence and histological subtypes in Germany
Meike Ressing, Eva Wardelmann, Peter Hohenberger, Jens Jakob, Bernd Kasper, Katharina Emrich, Andrea Eberle, Maria Blettner, Sylke Ruth Zeissig
Ecological study of road traffic injuries in the eastern Mediterranean region: country economic level, road user category and gender perspectives
Mathilde Sengoelge, Lucie Laflamme, Ziad El-Khatib
Prevalence, risk awareness and health beliefs of behavioural risk factors for cardiovascular disease among university students in nine ASEAN countries
Karl Peltzer, Supa Pengpid
Community perspectives on persistent transmission of lymphatic filariasis in three hotspot districts in Ghana after 15 rounds of mass drug administration: a qualitative assessment
Collins S. K. Ahorlu, Eric Koka, Susan Adu-Amankwah, Joseph Otchere, Dziedzom Komi de Souza
Suicide rates in China, 2004–2014: comparing data from two sample-based mortality surveillance systems
Feng Sha, Qingsong Chang, Yik Wa Law, Qi Hong, Paul S. F. Yip
What does an enabling environment for infant and young child nutrition look like at implementation level? Perspectives from a multi-stakeholder process in the Breede Valley Sub-District, Western Cape, South Africa
L. M. Du Plessis, M. H. McLachlan, S. E. Drimie
What matters most: protocol for a randomized controlled trial of breast cancer surgery encounter decision aids across socioeconomic strata
Marie-Anne Durand, Renata West Yen, A. James O’Malley, Mary C. Politi, Shubhada Dhage, Kari Rosenkranz, Katie Weichman, Julie Margenthaler, Anna N. A. Tosteson, Eloise Crayton, Sherrill Jackson, Ann Bradley, Robert J. Volk, Karen Sepucha, Elissa Ozanne, Sanja Percac-Lima, Julia Song, Jocelyn Acosta, Nageen Mir, Glyn Elwyn
Novel patterns of physical activity in a large sample of preschool-aged children
Rachel M. Ruiz, Evan C. Sommer, Dustin Tracy, Jorge A. Banda, Christina D. Economos, Megan M. JaKa, Kelly R. Evenson, Maciej S. Buchowski, Shari L. Barkin
Effects on inequality in life expectancy from a social ecology perspective
Jong In Kim, Gukbin Kim
Acceptability of financial incentives for maintenance of weight loss in mid-older adults: a mixed methods study
Bronwyn McGill, Blythe J. O’Hara, Anne C. Grunseit, Adrian Bauman, Dale Osborne, Luke Lawler, Philayrath Phongsavan
Use of ‘eradication’ in HIV cure-related research: a public health debate
Karine Dubé, Stuart Luter, Breanne Lesnar, Luke Newton, Jerome Galea, Brandon Brown, Sara Gianella
Exposure to cooking oil fumes and chronic bronchitis in nonsmoking women aged 40 years and over: a health-care based study
Huang-Chi Chen, Chia-Fang Wu, Inn-Wen Chong, Ming-Tsang Wu
Population attributable risk of key modifiable risk factors associated with non-exclusive breastfeeding in Nigeria
Felix Akpojene Ogbo, Andrew Page, John Idoko, Kingsley E. Agho
The factors affecting household transmission dynamics and community compliance with Ebola control measures: a mixed-methods study in a rural village in Sierra Leone
Grazia Caleo, Jennifer Duncombe, Freya Jephcott, Kamalini Lokuge, Clair Mills, Evita Looijen, Fivi Theoharaki, Ronald Kremer, Karline Kleijer, James Squire, Manjo Lamin, Beverley Stringer, Helen A. Weiss, Daniel Culli, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Jane Greig
Male partner involvement in increasing the uptake of infant antiretroviral prophylaxis/treatment in sub Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Noah F. Takah, Jeannine A. Atem, Leopold N. Aminde, Moffat Malisheni, Grant Murewenhema
Associations between perceived stress, socioeconomic status, and health-risk behaviour in deprived neighbourhoods in Denmark: a cross-sectional study
Maria Holst Algren, Ola Ekholm, Line Nielsen, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Carsten Kronborg Bak, Pernille Tanggaard Andersen
Exposure to revised drinking guidelines and ‘COM-B’ determinants of behaviour change: descriptive analysis of a monthly cross-sectional survey in England
Abigail K. Stevely, Penny Buykx, Jamie Brown, Emma Beard, Susan Michie, Petra S. Meier, John Holmes
Income inequality in uptake of voluntary versus organised breast cancer screening: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey
Patricia Carney, Ciaran O’Neill
Designing a behavioral intervention using the COM-B model and the theoretical domains framework to promote gas stove use in rural Guatemala: a formative research study
Lisa M. Thompson, Anaité Diaz-Artiga, John R. Weinstein, Margaret A. Handley
Cancer screening in Koreans: a focus group approach
Shin-Young Lee, Eunice E. Lee
School and class-level variations and patterns of physical activity: a multilevel analysis of Danish high school students
Carina Bjørnskov Steenholt, Veronica Sofie Clara Pisinger, Ida Høgstedt Danquah, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup
Understanding the rapid increase in life expectancy in shanghai, China: a population-based retrospective analysis
Hanyi Chen, Lipeng Hao, Chen Yang, Bei Yan, Qiao Sun, Lianghong Sun, Hua Chen, Yichen Chen
Perceived health and work-environment related problems and associated subjective production loss in an academic population
Malin Lohela-Karlsson, Lotta Nybergh, Irene Jensen
Volunteers in Ethiopia’s women’s development army are more deprived and distressed than their neighbors: cross-sectional survey data from rural Ethiopia
Kenneth Maes, Svea Closser, Yihenew Tesfaye, Yasmine Gilbert, Roza Abesha
A randomised control crossover trial of a theory based intervention to improve sun-safe and healthy behaviours in construction workers: study protocol
Amanda Nioi, Charlotte Wendelboe-Nelson, Sue Cowan, Hilary Cowie, Shahzad Rashid, Peter Ritchie, Mark Cherrie, Terry C. Lansdown, John W. Cherrie
EXPOsOMICS: final policy workshop and stakeholder consultation
Michelle C. Turner, Paolo Vineis, Eduardo Seleiro, Michaela Dijmarescu, David Balshaw, Roberto Bertollini, Marc Chadeau-Hyam, Timothy Gant, John Gulliver, Ayoung Jeong, Soterios Kyrtopoulos, Marco Martuzzi, Gary W. Miller, Timothy Nawrot, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, David H. Phillips, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Jonathan Samet, Roel Vermeulen, Jelle Vlaanderen, Martine Vrijheid, Christopher Wild, Manolis Kogevinas
Points-based physical activity: a novel approach to facilitate changes in body composition in inactive women with overweight and obesity
Adrian Holliday, Alice Burgin, Elyzabeth Vargas Fernandez, Sally A. M. Fenton, Frank Thielecke, Andrew K. Blannin
Peer support to improve diabetes care: an implementation evaluation of the Australasian Peers for Progress Diabetes Program
Zahra Aziz, Michaela A. Riddell, Pilvikki Absetz, Margaret Brand, Brian Oldenburg, Brian Oldenburg, James A. Dunbar, Michaela A. Riddell, Prasuna Reddy, Virginia Hagger, Greg Johnson, Maximilian de Courten, Rory Wolfe, Rob Carter, Pilvikki Absetz, Anuar Zaini
Prevalence and correlates of positive mental health in Chinese adolescents
Cheng Guo, Göran Tomson, Christina Keller, Fredrik Söderqvist
Reducing GHG emissions while improving diet quality: exploring the potential of reduced meat, cheese and alcoholic and soft drinks consumption at specific moments during the day
Mirjam E. van de Kamp, S. Marije Seves, Elisabeth H. M. Temme
Predictors of working beyond retirement in older workers with and without a chronic disease - results from data linkage of Dutch questionnaire and registry data
Astrid de Wind, Micky Scharn, Goedele A. Geuskens, Allard J. van der Beek, Cécile R. L. Boot
Latent tuberculosis infection and associated risk indicators in pastoral communities in southern Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study
Takele Teklu, Mengistu Legesse, Girmay Medhin, Aboma Zewude, Mahlet Chanyalew, Martha Zewdie, Biniam Wondale, Milkessa Haile-Mariam, Rembert Pieper, Gobena Ameni
Obesity and caries in four-to-six year old English children: a cross-sectional study
Martha Paisi, Elizabeth Kay, Irene Kaimi, Robert Witton, Robert Nelder, Ruth Potterton, Debra Lapthorne
Associations of total and type-specific physical activity with mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population-based cohort study
Sonia Wing Mei Cheng, Zoe McKeough, Jennifer Alison, Sarah Dennis, Mark Hamer, Emmanuel Stamatakis
Role of health determinants in a measles outbreak in Ecuador: a case-control study with aggregated data
María F. Rivadeneira, Sérgio L. Bassanesi, Sandra C. Fuchs
Healthy Parent Carers programme: development and feasibility of a novel group-based health-promotion intervention
Aleksandra J. Borek, Bel McDonald, Mary Fredlund, Gretchen Bjornstad, Stuart Logan, Christopher Morris
Obesity and risk of respiratory tract infections: results of an infection-diary based cohort study
Livia Maccioni, Susanne Weber, Magdeldin Elgizouli, Anne-Sophie Stoehlker, Ilona Geist, Hans-Hartmut Peter, Werner Vach, Alexandra Nieters
Vendor-based restrictions on pesticide sales to prevent pesticide self-poisoning - a pilot study
Manjula Weerasinghe, Flemming Konradsen, Michael Eddleston, Melissa Pearson, Shaluka Jayamanne, David Gunnell, Keith Hawton, Suneth Agampodi
Effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status on knowledge of physical activity and fitness, attitude toward physical education, and physical activity
Senlin Chen, Xiangli Gu
A spatiotemporal mixed model to assess the influence of environmental and socioeconomic factors on the incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease
Lianfa Li, Wenyang Qiu, Chengdong Xu, Jinfeng Wang
The impact of alcohol among injury patients in Moshi, Tanzania: a nested case-crossover study
Catherine A. Staton, Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Nicole Toomey, Jihad Abdelgadir, Patricia Chou, Michael Haglund, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Mark Mvungi, Monica Swahn
Ethnic differences in infectious burden and the association with metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional analysis
Lara Hartog, Martijn S. van Rooijen, Joanne Ujčič-Voortman, Maria Prins, Irene G. M. van Valkengoed
Rural-urban and racial-ethnic differences in awareness of direct-to-consumer genetic testing
Ramzi G. Salloum, Thomas J. George, Natalie Silver, Merry-Jennifer Markham, Jaclyn M. Hall, Yi Guo, Jiang Bian, Elizabeth A. Shenkman
Widening disparities in health between educational levels and their determinants in later life: evidence from a nine-year cohort study
Takashi Oshio
The effect of knowledge on uptake of breast cancer prevention modalities among women in Kyadondo County, Uganda
Christine Atuhairwe, Dinah Amongin, Elly Agaba, Steven Mugarura, Ivan M. Taremwa
Cardio-metabolic and socio-environmental correlates of waist-to-height ratio in German primary schoolchildren: a cross-sectional exploration
Eva Vorwieger, Anne Kelso, Jürgen Michael Steinacker, Dorothea Kesztyüs
Is waist-to-height ratio the best predictive indicator of hypertension incidence? A cohort study
Ana Carolina Rezende, Ludimila Garcia Souza, Thiago Veiga Jardim, Naiana Borges Perillo, Ymara Cássia Luciana Araújo, Samanta Garcia de Souza, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Humberto Graner Moreira, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso de Souza, Maria do Rosário Gondim Peixoto, Paulo César Brandão Veiga Jardim
Anti-tobacco control industry strategies in Turkey
Seda Keklik, Derya Gultekin-Karakas
Risk factors for malnutrition among preschool children in rural Karnataka: a case-control study
Ansuya, Baby S. Nayak, B. Unnikrishnan, Anice George, Shashidhara Y. N., Suneel C. Mundkur, Vasudev Guddattu
The use of advanced medical technologies at home: a systematic review of the literature
Ingrid ten Haken, Somaya Ben Allouch, Wim H. van Harten
Child marriage and associated outcomes in northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Richard de Groot, Maxwell Yiryele Kuunyem, Tia Palermo, Richard de Groot, Tia Palermo, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Clement Adamba, Joseph K. Darko, Robert Darko Osei, Francis Dompae, Nana Yaw, Clare Barrington, Sara Abdoulayi, Gustavo Angeles, Averi Chakrabarti, Frank Otchere, Akalpa J. Akaligaung, Raymond Aborigo, Rachel Kidman, Annalisa Caparello
Association between education and blood lipid levels as income increases over a decade: a cohort study
Macarena Lara, Hugo Amigo
Prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal conditions and associated factors in Brazilian adults – National Health Survey
Mariana Alonso Monteiro Bezerra, Natália Hellwig, Geraldo da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro, Claudia Souza Lopes
Determinants of immunization status among 12- to 23-month-old children in Indonesia (2008–2013): a multilevel analysis
Holipah, Asri Maharani, Yoshiki Kuroda
Competing priorities that rival health in adults on probation in Rhode Island: substance use recovery, employment, housing, and food intake
Kimberly R. Dong, Aviva Must, Alice M. Tang, Curt G. Beckwith, Thomas J. Stopka
‘This is the beginning of the new me’: process evaluation of a group fitness intervention to promote wellbeing in formerly homeless individuals
Ernesta Sofija, Melanie Plugge, Nicola Wiseman, Neil Harris
Men’s reactions to receiving objective feedback on their weight, BMI and other health risk indicators
Craig Donnachie, Sally Wyke, Kate Hunt
High HIV risk and syndemic burden regardless of referral source among MSM screening for a PrEP demonstration project in Toronto, Canada
James Wilton, Syed W. Noor, Alexandre Schnubb, James Lawless, Trevor A. Hart, Troy Grennan, Shawn Fowler, John Maxwell, Darrell H. S. Tan
Mapping the global health employment market: an analysis of global health jobs
Jessica M. Keralis, Brianne L. Riggin-Pathak, Theresa Majeski, Bogdan A. Pathak, Janine Foggia, Kathleen M. Cullinen, Abbhirami Rajagopal, Heidi S. West
Smoking, leisure-time exercise and frequency of self-reported common cold among the general population in northeastern China: a cross-sectional study
Ge Zhou, Hongjian Liu, Minfu He, Mengjia Yue, Ping Gong, Fangyuan Wu, Xuanxuan Li, Yingxin Pang, Xiaodi Yang, Juan Ma, Meitian Liu, Jinghua Li, Xiumin Zhang
Influence of premium vs masked cigarette brand names on the experienced taste of a cigarette after tobacco plain packaging in Australia: an experimental study
Gemma Skaczkowski, Sarah Durkin, Yoshihisa Kashima, Melanie Wakefield
Evaluation of the effectiveness of a WHO-5A model based comprehensive tobacco control program among migrant workers in Guangdong, China: a pilot study
Wenxin Chai, Guanyang Zou, Jingrong Shi, Wen Chen, Xiao Gong, Xiaolin Wei, Li Ling
Correction: expanded HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation in communities in new South Wales, Australia (EPIC-NSW): design of an open label, single arm implementation trial
Iryna B. Zablotska, Christine Selvey, Rebecca Guy, Karen Price, Jo Holden, Heather-Marie Schmidt, Anna McNulty, David Smith, Fengyi Jin, Janaki Amin, David A. Cooper, Andrew E. Grulich
The value of facial attractiveness for encouraging fruit and vegetable consumption: analyses from a randomized controlled trial
Katherine M. Appleton, Alanna J. McGrath, Michelle C. McKinley, Claire R. Draffin, Lesley L. Hamill, Ian S. Young, Jayne V. Woodside
The effectiveness of a stage-based lifestyle modification intervention for obese children
Nor Baizura Md. Yusop, Zalilah Mohd Shariff, Ting Tzer Hwu, Ruzita Abd. Talib, Nicola Spurrier
Fiscal rules, powerful levers for controlling the health budget? Evidence from 32 OECD countries
Herman Christiaan Schakel, Erilia Hao Wu, Patrick Jeurissen
Dietary patterns are influenced by socio-demographic conditions of women in childbearing age: a cohort study of pregnant women
Juliana Araujo Teixeira, Teresa Gontijo Castro, Cameron C. Grant, Clare R. Wall, Ana Lúcia da Silva Castro, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco, Sandra Elisabete Vieira, Silvia Regina Dias Medici Saldiva, Dirce Maria Marchioni
Interventions to reduce the negative effects of alcohol consumption in older adults: a systematic review
Roxanne Armstrong-Moore, Catherine Haighton, Nicola Davinson, Jonathan Ling
Progress towards the UNAIDS 90–90-90 goals by age and gender in a rural area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a household-based community cross-sectional survey
Helena Huerga, Gilles Van Cutsem, Jihane Ben Farhat, Adrian Puren, Malika Bouhenia, Lubbe Wiesner, Linda Dlamini, David Maman, Tom Ellman, Jean-François Etard
Generational differences in patterns of physical activities over time in the Canadian population: an age-period-cohort analysis
Mayilee Canizares, Elizabeth M. Badley
Human-animal interaction as a social determinant of health: descriptive findings from the health and retirement study
Megan K. Mueller, Nancy R. Gee, Regina M. Bures
Sex tourism among Chinese men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional observational study
Jessica Mao, Weiming Tang, Chuncheng Liu, Ngai Sze Wong, Songyuan Tang, Chongyi Wei, Joseph D. Tucker
Kangaroo mother care: using formative research to design an acceptable community intervention
Sarmila Mazumder, Ravi Prakash Upadhyay, Zelee Hill, Sunita Taneja, Brinda Dube, Jasmine Kaur, Medha Shekhar, Runa Ghosh, Shruti Bisht, Jose Carlos Martines, Rajiv Bahl, Halvor Sommerfelt, Nita Bhandari
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Bangladesh: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the studies
Mohammad Ziaul Islam Chowdhury, Ataul Mustufa Anik, Zaki Farhana, Piali Dey Bristi, B. M. Abu Al Mamun, Mohammad Jasim Uddin, Jain Fatema, Tanjila Akter, Tania Akhter Tani, Meshbahur Rahman, Tanvir C. Turin
Identification of priority health conditions for field-based screening in urban slums in Bangalore, India
Sarah Abdi, Avanti Wadugodapitiya, Sandra Bedaf, Carolin Elizabeth George, Gift Norman, Mark Hawley, Luc de Witte
Social capital and frequent attenders in general practice: a register-based cohort study
Alexander A. Pasgaard, Maiken H. Mæhlisen, Charlotte Overgaard, Linda Ejlskov, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Henrik Bøggild
Adiposity and the isotemporal substitution of physical activity, sedentary time and sleep among school-aged children: a compositional data analysis approach
Dorothea Dumuid, Tyman E. Stanford, Željko Pedišić, Carol Maher, Lucy K. Lewis, Josep-Antoni Martín-Fernández, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Mikael Fogelholm, Martyn Standage, Mark S. Tremblay, Timothy Olds
Prevalence of excessive body fat among adolescents of a south Brazilian metropolitan region and State capital, associated risk factors, and consequences
Leandra Ulbricht, Mariane Ferreira de Campos, Eduardo Esmanhoto, Wagner Luis Ripka
Educational status and beliefs regarding non-communicable diseases among children in Ghana
Delali M. Badasu, Aaron A. Abuosi, Francis A. Adzei, John K. Anarfi, Alfred E. Yawson, Deborah A. Atobrah
Risk assessment of occupational exposure to heavy metal mixtures: a study protocol
Fatma Omrane, Imed Gargouri, Moncef Khadhraoui, Boubaker Elleuch, Denis Zmirou-Navier
Assessing short evolution brucellosis in a highly brucella endemic cattle keeping population of Western Uganda: a complementary use of Rose Bengal test and IgM rapid diagnostic test
Arnold Ezama, Jean-Paul Gonzalez, Samuel Majalija, Francis Bajunirwe
Community-based maternal, newborn, and child health surveillance: perceptions and attitudes of local stakeholders towards using mobile phone by village health volunteers in the Kenge Health Zone, Democratic Republic of Congo
Mulamba Diese, Albert Kalonji, Bibiche Izale, Susie Villeneuve, Ngoma Miezi Kintaudi, Guy Clarysse, Ngashi Ngongo, Abel Mukengeshayi Ntambue
Disparities in tobacco use by adolescents in southeast, Nigeria using Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) approach
Ijeoma U. Itanyi, Chika N. Onwasigwe, Scott McIntosh, Tamara Bruno, Deborah Ossip, Emmanuel A. Nwobi, Chima A. Onoka, Echezona E. Ezeanolue
Assessment of the alcohol consumption among outdoor bar drinkers in Nigeria by qualitative methods
Victor O. Lasebikan, Olatunde Ayinde, Mayokun Odunleye
Stand More AT Work (SMArT Work): using the behaviour change wheel to develop an intervention to reduce sitting time in the workplace
Fehmidah Munir, Stuart J. H. Biddle, Melanie J. Davies, David Dunstan, David Esliger, Laura J. Gray, Ben R. Jackson, Sophie E. O’Connell, Tom Yates, Charlotte L. Edwardson
Lipid profile and dyslipidemia among school-age children in urban Ghana
Anna Lartey, Grace S. Marquis, Richmond Aryeetey, Helena Nti
Gender differences in the associations between age trends of social media interaction and well-being among 10-15 year olds in the UK
Cara L. Booker, Yvonne J. Kelly, Amanda Sacker
Physically active academic lessons: acceptance, barriers and facilitators for implementation
Sindre M. Dyrstad, Silje E. Kvalø, Marianne Alstveit, Ingrid Skage
A comparison of 10 accelerometer non-wear time criteria and logbooks in children
Eivind Aadland, Lars Bo Andersen, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen, Geir Kåre Resaland
Community perception regarding childhood vaccinations and its implications for effectiveness: a qualitative study in rural Burkina Faso
M. Kagoné, M. Yé, E. Nébié, A. Sié, O. Müller, C. Beiersmann
Physical activity, obesity and sedentary behaviour and the risks of colon and rectal cancers in the 45 and up study
Carlos Nunez, Visalini Nair-Shalliker, Sam Egger, Freddy Sitas, Adrian Bauman
Ethical underpinnings for the development of health literacy in schools: ethical premises (‘why’), orientations (‘what’) and tone (‘how’)
Leena Paakkari, Shanti George
A cross-sectional analysis of the associations between leisure-time sedentary behaviors and clustered cardiometabolic risk
Antje Ullrich, Lisa Voigt, Sophie Baumann, Franziska Weymar, Ulrich John, Marcus Dörr, Sabina Ulbricht
Association of depression and anxiety with cardiovascular co-morbidity in a primary care population in Latvia: a cross-sectional study
R. Ivanovs, A. Kivite, D. Ziedonis, I. Mintale, J. Vrublevska, E. Rancans
Options for sustaining solar-powered mosquito trapping systems on Rusinga Island, Western Kenya: a social dilemma analysis
Prisca A. Oria, Michiel Wijnands, Jane Alaii, Cees Leeuwis
The English National Cohort Study of Flooding and Health: the change in the prevalence of psychological morbidity at year two
Daiga Jermacane, Thomas David Waite, Charles R. Beck, Angie Bone, Richard Amlôt, Mark Reacher, Sari Kovats, Ben Armstrong, Giovanni Leonardi, G. James Rubin, Isabel Oliver
Development and validation of a new knowledge, attitude, belief and practice questionnaire on leptospirosis in Malaysia
Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Wan Nor Arifin, Shafei Mohd-Nazri, Surianti Sukeri, Idris Zawaha, Rahman Abu Bakar, Rukman Awang Hamat, Osman Malina, Tengku Zetty Maztura Tengku Jamaludin, Arumugam Pathman, Ab Rahman Mas-Harithulfadhli-Agus, Idris Norazlin, Binti Samsudin Suhailah, Siti Nor Sakinah Saudi, Nurul Munirah Abdullah, Noramira Nozmi, Abdul Wahab Zainuddin, Daud Aziah
A latent growth curve model to estimate electronic screen use patterns amongst adolescents aged 10 to 17 years
Michael Rosenberg, Stephen Houghton, Simon C. Hunter, Corinne Zadow, Trevor Shilton, Lisa Wood, David Lawrence
Above chaos, quest, and restitution: narrative experiences of African immigrant youth’s settlement in Canada
Roberta Lynn Woodgate, David Shiyokha Busolo
Drug use prevention: factors associated with program implementation in Brazilian urban schools
Ana Paula Dias Pereira, Zila M. Sanchez
Loss-to-follow-up and delay to treatment initiation in Pakistan’s national tuberculosis control programme
Syed Mustafa Ali, Farah Naureen, Arif Noor, Irum Fatima, Kerri Viney, Muhammad Ishaq, Naveed Anjum, Aamna Rashid, Ghulam Rasool Haider, Muhammad Aamir Khan, Javariya Aamir
Infection prevention behaviour and infectious disease modelling: a review of the literature and recommendations for the future
Dale Weston, Katharina Hauck, Richard Amlôt
School sociodemographic characteristics and obesity in schoolchildren: does the obesity definition matter?
Silvia Bel-Serrat, Mirjam M. Heinen, John Mehegan, Sarah O’Brien, Nazih Eldin, Celine M. Murrin, Cecily C. Kelleher
The role of community health workers and local leaders in reducing attrition among participant in the AIDS indicator survey and HIV incidence in a national cohort study in Rwanda
Mwumvaneza Mutagoma, Dieudonné Sebuhoro, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Edward J. Mills, Jamie I. Forrest, Eric Remera, Augustin Murindabigwi, Mouhamed Semakula, Sabin Nsanzimana
Testosterone and androstanediol glucuronide among men in NHANES III
Chuan Wei Duan, Lin Xu
COMPLETE – a school-based intervention project to increase completion of upper secondary school in Norway: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
T. Larsen, H. B. Urke, I. Holsen, C. H. Anvik, T. Olsen, R. H. Waldahl, K. M. Antonsen, R. Johnson, M. Tobro, B. Brastad, T. B. Hansen
Association between objectively measured physical activity and body mass index with low back pain: a large-scale cross-sectional study of Japanese men
Yuko Hashimoto, Ko Matsudaira, Susumu S. Sawada, Yuko Gando, Ryoko Kawakami, Robert A. Sloan, Chihiro Kinugawa, Takashi Okamoto, Koji Tsukamoto, Motohiko Miyachi, Hisashi Naito
The fundamental association between mental health and life satisfaction: results from successive waves of a Canadian national survey
Patrick Lombardo, Wayne Jones, Liangliang Wang, Xin Shen, Elliot M. Goldner
Neighborhood social capital and sleep duration: a population based cross-sectional study in a rural Japanese town
Thida Win, Toru Yamazaki, Koji Kanda, Kazuo Tajima, Shigeru Sokejima
Role of working conditions in the explanation of occupational inequalities in work injury: findings from the national French SUMER survey
Isabelle Niedhammer, Thomas Lesuffleur, Géraldine Labarthe, Jean-François Chastang
Promoting self-management, health literacy and social capital to reduce health inequalities in older adults living in urban disadvantaged areas: protocol of the randomised controlled trial AEQUALIS
Laura Coll-Planas, Sergi Blancafort, Xavier Rojano, Marta Roqué, Rosa Monteserín
Estimating the health consequences of flight attendant work: comparing flight attendant health to the general population in a cross-sectional study
Eileen McNeely, Irina Mordukhovich, Samuel Tideman, Sara Gale, Brent Coull
A narrative account of implementation lessons learnt from the dissemination of an up-scaled state-wide child obesity management program in Australia: PEACH™ (Parenting, Eating and Activity for Child Health) Queensland
Debbie L. Croyden, Helen A. Vidgen, Emma Esdaile, Emely Hernandez, Anthea Magarey, Carly J. Moores, Lynne Daniels
Secondhand smoke exposure and risk of incident peripheral arterial disease and mortality: a Scotland-wide retrospective cohort study of 4045 non-smokers with cotinine measurement
Liya Lu, Daniel F. Mackay, Jill P. Pell
The effect of contextual factors on unintentional injury hospitalization: from the Korea National Hospital Discharge Survey
Hye Ah Lee, Hyejin Han, Seonhwa Lee, Bomi Park, Bo Hyun Park, Won Kyung Lee, Ju Ok Park, Sungok Hong, Young Taek Kim, Hyesook Park
Diabetes and abnormal glucose regulation in the adult population of Burkina Faso: prevalence and predictors
Tieba Millogo, Brice W. Bicaba, Joseph Kouesyandé Soubeiga, Estelle Dabiré, Isaie Médah, Séni Kouanda
Can knowledge exchange support the implementation of a health-promoting schools approach? Perceived outcomes of knowledge exchange in the COMPASS study
Kristin M. Brown, Susan J. Elliott, Jennifer Robertson-Wilson, Michelle M. Vine, Scott T. Leatherdale
Chronic diseases multi-morbidity among adult patients at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital
Endrias Markos Woldesemayat, Andargachew Kassa, Taye Gari, Mesay Hailu Dangisso
Geographic differences in overweight and obesity prevalence in Peruvian children, 2010–2015
J. Smith Torres-Roman, Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, Jose L. Avilez, Luis M. Helguero-Santin, German Malaga
The association between insured male expatriates’ knowledge of health insurance benefits and lack of access to health care in Saudi Arabia
Abdulwahab A. Alkhamis
A national survey on violence and discrimination among people with disabilities
Jesper Dammeyer, Madeleine Chapman
Dengue epidemic typology and risk factors for extensive epidemic in Amazonas state, Brazil, 2010–2011
Daniel Barros de Castro, Vanderson Souza Sampaio, Bernardino Cláudio de Albuquerque, Rosemary Costa Pinto, Megumi Sadahiro, Ricardo Augusto dos Passos, Cristiano Fernandes da Costa, José Ueleres Braga
Drug-related deaths in Scotland 1979–2013: evidence of a vulnerable cohort of young men living in deprived areas
Jane Parkinson, Jon Minton, James Lewsey, Janet Bouttell, Gerry McCartney
Psychosocial burden of localised cutaneous Leishmaniasis: a scoping review
Issam Bennis, Vincent De Brouwere, Zakaria Belrhiti, Hamid Sahibi, Marleen Boelaert
Dietary diversity and nutritional adequacy among married Filipino immigrant women: The Filipino Women’s Diet and Health Study (FiLWHEL)
Grace P. Abris, Na-Hui Kim, Sherlyn Mae P. Provido, Sangmo Hong, Sung Hoon Yu, Chang Beom Lee, Jung Eun Lee
ANDALE Pittsburgh: results of a promotora-led, home-based intervention to promote a healthy weight in Latino preschool children
Sharon E. Taverno Ross, Bethany Barone Gibbs, Patricia I. Documet, Russell R. Pate
Prevalence of periodontal disease among mine workers of Zonguldak, Kozlu District, Turkey: a cross-sectional study
Murat İnanç Cengiz, Büşra Zengin, Murat İçen, Firüzan Köktürk
Sexual intercourse, age of initiation and contraception among adolescents in Ireland: findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Ireland study
Honor Young, Lorraine Burke, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn
Skipping breakfast, overconsumption of soft drinks and screen media: longitudinal analysis of the combined influence on weight development in primary schoolchildren
Meike Traub, Romy Lauer, Tibor Kesztyüs, Olivia Wartha, Jürgen Michael Steinacker, Dorothea Kesztyüs, Ileana Briegel, Jens Dreyhaupt, Eva-Maria Friedemann, Anne Kelso, Lina Hermeling, Eleana Georgiou, Ekaterine Goosmann, Christine Lämmle, Rainer Muche, Olga Pollatos, Luise Steeb, Belinda Hoffmann, Susanne Kobel, Tamara Wirt
The prevalence of alcohol dependence and its association with hypertension: a population-based cross-sectional study4 in Xuzhou city, China
Ailing Ji, Peian Lou, Zongmei Dong, Chunrong Xu, Pan Zhang, Guiqiu Chang, Ting Li
More to gain: dietary energy density is related to smoking status in US adults
R. Ross MacLean, Alexandra Cowan, Jacqueline A. Vernarelli
Perceived access and barriers to care among illicit drug users and hazardous drinkers: findings from the Seek, Test, Treat, and Retain data harmonization initiative (STTR)
Mika Matsuzaki, Quan M. Vu, Marya Gwadz, Joseph A. C. Delaney, Irene Kuo, Maria Esther Perez Trejo, William E. Cunningham, Chinazo O. Cunningham, Katerina Christopoulos
Re-look at socioeconomic inequalities in stroke prevalence among urban Chinese: is the inflexion approaching?
Shenghua Li, Fei Xu, Jing He, Zhiyong Wang, Lap Ah. Tse, Yaqing Xiong, Daowen Chen
Antenatal care satisfaction in a developing country: a cross-sectional study from Nigeria
Dumbiri J. Onyeajam, Sudha Xirasagar, Mahmud M. Khan, James W. Hardin, Oluwole Odutolu
Epidemiology and long-term disease burden of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in Taiwan: a population-based, propensity score-matched cohort study
Wan-Hsuan Lu, Chih-Wan Lin, Chen-Yu Wang, Liang-Kung Chen, Fei-Yuan Hsiao
Participants’ accrual and delivery of HIV prevention interventions among men who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Daniel Nyato, Evodius Kuringe, Mary Drake, Caterina Casalini, Soori Nnko, Amani Shao, Albert Komba, Stefan D. Baral, Mwita Wambura, John Changalucha
Public knowledge of chronic kidney disease evaluated using a validated questionnaire: a cross-sectional study
Pankti A. Gheewala, Gregory M. Peterson, Syed Tabish R. Zaidi, Matthew D. Jose, Ronald L. Castelino
Teenage recommendations to improve physical activity for their age group: a qualitative study
Michaela James, Charlotte Todd, Samantha Scott, Gareth Stratton, Sarah McCoubrey, Danielle Christian, Julian Halcox, Suzanne Audrey, Elizabeth Ellins, Samantha Anderson, Isabel Copp, Sinead Brophy
A systematic review of hepatitis B screening economic evaluations in low- and middle-income countries
Cameron M. Wright, Lydia Boudarène, Ninh Thi Ha, Olivia Wu, Neil Hawkins
Challenges and successes in the implementation of option B+ to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in southern Swaziland
David Etoori, Bernhard Kerschberger, Nelly Staderini, Mpumelelo Ndlangamandla, Bonisile Nhlabatsi, Kiran Jobanputra, Simangele Mthethwa-Hleza, Lucy Anne Parker, Sifiso Sibanda, Edwin Mabhena, Munyaradzi Pasipamire, Serge Mathurin Kabore, Barbara Rusch, Christine Jamet, Iza Ciglenecki, Roger Teck
Labour force participation and the cost of lost productivity due to cancer in Australia
Nicole Bates, Emily Callander, Daniel Lindsay, Kerrianne Watt
Mental ill health and factors associated with men’s use of intimate partner violence in Zimbabwe
Mercilene Machisa, Simukai Shamu
Why are some groups physically active and others not? A contrast group analysis in leisure settings
Ansgar Thiel, Hendrik K. Thedinga, Harald Barkhoff, Katrin Giel, Olesia Schweizer, Syra Thiel, Stephan Zipfel
Economic analysis of three interventions of different intensity in improving school implementation of a government healthy canteen policy in Australia: costs, incremental and relative cost effectiveness
Kathryn L. Reilly, Penny Reeves, Simon Deeming, Sze Lin Yoong, Luke Wolfenden, Nicole Nathan, John Wiggers
Patterns in quality of life according to employment among the older adults: the Korean longitudinal study of aging (2008–2014)
Deulle Min, Eunhee Cho
Prediction of safe driving Behaviours based on health belief model: the case of taxi drivers in Bandar Abbas, Iran
Asghar Razmara, Teamur Aghamolaei, Abdoulhossain Madani, Zahra Hosseini, Shahram Zare
The role of indigenous health workers in promoting oral health during pregnancy: a scoping review
Ariana C. Villarosa, Amy R. Villarosa, Yenna Salamonson, Lucie M. Ramjan, Mariana S. Sousa, Ravi Srinivas, Nathan Jones, Ajesh George
Assessing the acceptability of incentivising HPV vaccination consent form return as a means of increasing uptake
Lauren Rockliffe, Amanda J. Chorley, Emily McBride, Jo Waller, Alice S. Forster
How institutional forces, ideas and actors shaped population health planning in Australian regional primary health care organisations
Sara Javanparast, Toby Freeman, Fran Baum, Ronald Labonté, Anna Ziersch, Tamara Mackean, Richard Reed, David Sanders
Optima Nutrition: an allocative efficiency tool to reduce childhood stunting by better targeting of nutrition-related interventions
Ruth Pearson, Madhura Killedar, Janka Petravic, Jakub J. Kakietek, Nick Scott, Kelsey L. Grantham, Robyn M. Stuart, David J. Kedziora, Cliff C. Kerr, Jolene Skordis-Worrall, Meera Shekar, David P. Wilson
Social patterning in grip strength and in its association with age; a cross sectional analysis using the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS)
Caroline Carney, Michaela Benzeval
Bedtime routines child wellbeing & development
George Kitsaras, Michaela Goodwin, Julia Allan, Michael P. Kelly, Iain A. Pretty
How does Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) affect latrine ownership? A quantitative case study from Mozambique
Miriam Harter, Sebastian Mosch, Hans-Joachim Mosler
Predicting risk of avian influenza a(H5N1) in Egypt: the creation of a community level metric
Ellen C. L. Geerlings, Claire Heffernan
Reproductive health in the recent disasters of Iran: a management perspective
Sanaz Sohrabizadeh, Katayoun Jahangiri, Reza Khani Jazani
Ahead of the game protocol: a multi-component, community sport-based program targeting prevention, promotion and early intervention for mental health among adolescent males
Stewart A. Vella, Christian Swann, Marijka Batterham, Katherine M. Boydell, Simon Eckermann, Andrea Fogarty, Diarmuid Hurley, Sarah K. Liddle, Chris Lonsdale, Andrew Miller, Michael Noetel, Anthony D. Okely, Taren Sanders, Joanne Telenta, Frank P. Deane
Beliefs and attitudes about addressing alcohol consumption in health care: a population survey in England
Amy O’Donnell, Latifa Abidi, Jamie Brown, Nadine Karlsson, Per Nilsen, Kerstin Roback, Janna Skagerström, Kristin Thomas
A scoping study of interventions to increase the uptake of physical activity (PA) amongst individuals with mild-to-moderate depression (MMD)
Katarzyna Karolina Machaczek, Peter Allmark, Elizabeth Goyder, Gordon Grant, Tom Ricketts, Nick Pollard, Andrew Booth, Deborah Harrop, Stephanie de-la Haye, Karen Collins, Geoff Green
Contextualising health screening risk assessments in police custody suites – qualitative evaluation from the HELP-PC study in London, UK
Iain McKinnon, Tracy Finch
Development of the great recess framework – observational tool to measure contextual and behavioral components of elementary school recess
William V. Massey, Megan B. Stellino, Sean P. Mullen, Jennette Claassen, Megan Wilkison
Affect, risk perception, and the use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes: a population study of U.S. adults
Lucy Popova, Daniel Owusu, Scott R. Weaver, Catherine B. Kemp, C. K. Mertz, Terry F. Pechacek, Paul Slovic
Development of a measurement approach to assess time children participate in organized sport, active travel, outdoor active play, and curriculum-based physical activity
Michael M. Borghese, Ian Janssen
Complementary surveillance strategies are needed to better characterise the epidemiology, care pathways and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis in children
Karen du Preez, H. Simon Schaaf, Rory Dunbar, Elisabetta Walters, Alvera Swartz, Regan Solomons, Anneke C. Hesseling
Effect of peer support interventions on cardiovascular disease risk factors in adults with diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sonal J. Patil, Todd Ruppar, Richelle J. Koopman, Erik J. Lindbloom, Susan G. Elliott, David R. Mehr, Vicki S. Conn
A qualitative study of community perception and acceptance of biological larviciding for malaria mosquito control in rural Burkina Faso
Peter Dambach, Margarida Mendes Jorge, Issouf Traoré, Revati Phalkey, Hélène Sawadogo, Pascal Zabré, Moubassira Kagoné, Ali Sié, Rainer Sauerborn, Norbert Becker, Claudia Beiersmann
Prevalence of alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorders among outdoor drinkers in public open places in Nigeria
Victor O. Lasebikan, Olatunde Ayinde, Mayokun Odunleye, Babajide Adeyefa, Samson Adepoju, Shina Fakunle
The association between employment status and health among British adults with and without intellectual impairments: cross-sectional analyses of a cohort study
Eric Emerson, Chris Hatton, Susannah Baines, Janet Robertson
The application of system dynamics modelling to environmental health decision-making and policy - a scoping review
Danielle J. Currie, Carl Smith, Paul Jagals
Partner age differences and associated sexual risk behaviours among adolescent girls and young women in a cash transfer programme for schooling in Malawi
Roxanne Beauclair, Jonathan Dushoff, Wim Delva
Does leaving an abusive partner lead to a decline in victimization?
Zohre Ahmadabadi, Jackob M. Najman, Gail M. Williams, Alexandra M. Clavarino, Peter d’Abbs, Nargess Saiepour
Limitations of the S-TOFHLA in measuring poor numeracy: a cross-sectional study
Ashley J. Housten, Lisa M. Lowenstein, Diana S. Hoover, Viola B. Leal, Geetanjali R. Kamath, Robert J. Volk
School practices to promote social distancing in K-12 schools: review of influenza pandemic policies and practices
Lori Uscher-Pines, Heather L. Schwartz, Faruque Ahmed, Yenlik Zheteyeva, Erika Meza, Garrett Baker, Amra Uzicanin
An empirical exploration of female child marriage determinants in Indonesia
Lauren Rumble, Amber Peterman, Nadira Irdiana, Margaret Triyana, Emilie Minnick
Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiometabolic control in patients with type 2 diabetes
Berta Ibáñez, Arkaitz Galbete, María José Goñi, Luis Forga, Laura Arnedo, Felipe Aizpuru, Julián Librero, Oscar Lecea, Koldo Cambra
Association between skirt size and chronic liver disease in post-menopausal women: a prospective cohort study within the United Kingdom Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS)
P. M. Trembling, S. Apostolidou, A. Gentry-Maharaj, J. Parkes, A. Ryan, S. Tanwar, M. Burnell, U. Menon, W. M. Rosenberg
Varicella in Poland: economic burden in children 1–12 years of age in Poland, 2010–2015
Jacek Wysocki, Ilona Malecka, Joanna Stryczynska-Kazubska, Emmanouil Rampakakis, Barbara Kuter, Lara J. Wolfson
Trends in unprotected intercourse among heterosexual men before and after brothel ban in Siem Reap, Cambodia: a serial cross-sectional study (2003–2012)
Mee Lian Wong, Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Bee Choo Tai, Alwyn Mao Tong Ng, Raymond Boon Tar Lim, Dede Kam Tyng Tham, Nashwinder Kaur, Rayner Kay Jin Tan, Sarath Kros, Savun Touch, Maryan Chhit, Ian Lubek
Calibration of the global physical activity questionnaire to Accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary behavior
Kristen M. Metcalf, Barbara I. Baquero, Mayra L. Coronado Garcia, Shelby L. Francis, Kathleen F. Janz, Helena H. Laroche, Daniel K. Sewell
Gender differences in occupational exposure to carcinogens among Italian workers
Alberto Scarselli, Marisa Corfiati, Davide Di Marzio, Alessandro Marinaccio, Sergio Iavicoli
Food safety labelling of chicken to prevent campylobacteriosis: consumer expectations and current practices
Philip D. Allan, Chloe Palmer, Fiona Chan, Rebecca Lyons, Olivia Nicholson, Mitchell Rose, Simon Hales, Michael G. Baker
Use of intervention mapping to adapt a health behavior change intervention for endometrial cancer survivors: the shape-up following cancer treatment program
Dimitrios A. Koutoukidis, Sonia Lopes, Lou Atkins, Helen Croker, M. Tish Knobf, Anne Lanceley, Rebecca J. Beeken
Supporting change in chronic disease risk behaviours for people with a mental illness: a qualitative study of the experiences of family carers
Jacqueline M. Bailey, Vibeke Hansen, Paula M. Wye, John H. Wiggers, Kate M. Bartlem, Jennifer A. Bowman
TB epidemiology: where are the young women? Know your tuberculosis epidemic, know your response
Rubeshan Perumal, Kogieleum Naidoo, Nesri Padayatchi
Information-based cues at point of choice to change selection and consumption of food, alcohol and tobacco products: a systematic review
Patrice Carter, Giacomo Bignardi, Gareth J. Hollands, Theresa M. Marteau
Complementary feeding practices and associated factors in Damot Weydie District, Welayta zone, South Ethiopia
Bereket Epheson, Zewdie Birhanu, Dessalegn Tamiru, Garumma Tolu Feyissa
Programming and supervision of resistance training leads to positive effects on strength and body composition: results from two randomised trials of community fitness programmes
Steven Mann, Alfonso Jimenez, James Steele, Sarah Domone, Matthew Wade, Chris Beedie
Study design and baseline characteristics of a combined educational and environmental intervention trial to lower sodium intake in Swiss employees
Sigrid Beer-Borst, Xhyljeta Luta, Stefanie Hayoz, Kathrin Sommerhalder, Corinna Gréa Krause, Julia Eisenblätter, Sandra Jent, Stefan Siegenthaler, Rafael Aubert, Max Haldimann, Pasquale Strazzullo
Risk factors for the occurrence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among patients undergoing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in East Shoa, Ethiopia
Fanta Desissa, Tilaye Workineh, Takele Beyene
Appropriateness of bone density measurement in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study
Stefan Zechmann, Nathalie Scherz, Oliver Reich, Beat Brüngger, Oliver Senn, Thomas Rosemann, Stefan Neuner-Jehle
Social value of a nutritional counselling and support program for breastfeeding in urban poor settings, Nairobi
Sophie Goudet, Paula L. Griffiths, Caroline W. Wainaina, Teresia N. Macharia, Frederick M. Wekesah, Milka Wanjohi, Peter Muriuki, Elizabeth Kimani-Murage
Employment stability and mental health in Spain: towards understanding the influence of gender and partner/marital status
Imma Cortès-Franch, Vicenta Escribà-Agüir, Joan Benach, Lucía Artazcoz
Theoretical impact of simulated workplace-based primary prevention of carpal tunnel syndrome in a French region
Yves Roquelaure, Natacha Fouquet, Emilie Chazelle, Alexis Descatha, Bradley Evanoff, Julie Bodin, Audrey Petit
New indexes of body fat distribution and sex-specific risk of total and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study
Susanne Rost, Dennis Freuer, Annette Peters, Barbara Thorand, Rolf Holle, Jakob Linseisen, Christa Meisinger
Under-estimation of maternal and perinatal mortality revealed by an enhanced surveillance system: enumerating all births and deaths in Pakistan
Jasim Anwar, Siranda Torvaldsen, Mohamud Sheikh, Richard Taylor
Subclinical atherosclerosis, cardiovascular health, and disease risk: is there a case for the Cardiovascular Health Index in the primary prevention population?
Sarah S. Singh, Courtney S. Pilkerton, Carl D. Shrader Jr, Stephanie J. Frisbee
Community influences on modern contraceptive use among young women in low and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional multi-country analysis
Massy Mutumba, Eliud Wekesa, Rob Stephenson
The association between balance and free-living physical activity in an older community-dwelling adult population: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ilona I. McMullan, Suzanne M. McDonough, Mark A. Tully, Margaret Cupples, Karen Casson, Brendan P. Bunting
Photovoice and empowerment: evaluating the transformative potential of a participatory action research project
Kirsten Budig, Julia Diez, Paloma Conde, Marta Sastre, Mariano Hernán, Manuel Franco
A school-based intervention program in promoting leisure-time physical activity: trial protocol
Masato Kawabata, Khai Leng Chua, Nikos L. D. Chatzisarantis
Food beliefs and practices in urban poor communities in Accra: implications for health interventions
Sandra Boatemaa, Delali Margaret Badasu, Ama de-Graft Aikins
Delayed age at transfer of adoptees to adoptive parents is associated with increased mortality irrespective of social class of the adoptive parents: a cohort study
Liselotte Petersen, Per Kragh Andersen, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Erik Lykke Mortensen
Adequacy of public health communications on H7N9 and MERS in Singapore: insights from a community based cross-sectional study
Yan’an Hou, Yi-roe Tan, Wei Yen Lim, Vernon Lee, Linda Wei Lin Tan, Mark I-Cheng Chen, Peiling Yap
EX-MET study: exercise in prevention on of metabolic syndrome – a randomized multicenter trial: rational and design
Arnt Erik Tjønna, Joyce S. Ramos, Axel Pressler, Martin Halle, Klaus Jungbluth, Erika Ermacora, Øyvind Salvesen, Jhennyfer Rodrigues, Carlos Roberto Bueno Jr, Peter Scott Munk, Jeff Coombes, Ulrik Wisløff
Risk factors for neonatal early-onset group B streptococcus-related diseases after the implementation of a universal screening program in Taiwan
Li-Chen Hung, Pei-Tseng Kung, Tsan-Hung Chiu, Hsun-Pi Su, Ming Ho, Hui-Fen Kao, Li-Ting Chiu, Kuang-Hua Huang, Wen-Chen Tsai
Trends and correlates of unhealthy dieting behaviours among adolescents in the United States, 1999–2013
Sarah N. M. Chin, Anthony A. Laverty, Filippos T. Filippidis
The association between self-rated health and social environments, health behaviors and health outcomes: a structural equation analysis
Bevan Adrian Craig, Darren Peter Morton, Peter John Morey, Lillian Marton Kent, Alva Barry Gane, Terry Leslie Butler, Paul Meredith Rankin, Kevin Ross Price
Intentional tanning behaviors among undergraduates on the United States’ Gulf Coast
Casey L. Daniel, Natalie R. Gassman, Alyssa M. Fernandez, Sejong Bae, Marcus C. B. Tan
Responses to textual and pictorial cigarette pack health warnings: findings from an exploratory cross-sectional survey study in Austria
Hannes Mayerl, Erwin Stolz, Wolfgang Freidl
The silent burden of stigmatisation: a qualitative study among Dutch people with a low socioeconomic position
Audrey M. W. Simons, Inge Houkes, Annemarie Koster, Daniëlle A. I. Groffen, Hans Bosma
Triglycerides and total cholesterol concentrations in association with IFG/IGT in Chinese adults in Qingdao, China
Jing Cui, Jianping Sun, Wei Wang, Nafeesa Yasmeen, Ma Ke, Hualei Xin, Qing Qiao, Aiguo Ma, Zulqarnain Baloch
Respiratory syncytial virus tracking using internet search engine data
Eyal Oren, Justin Frere, Eran Yom-Tov, Elad Yom-Tov
Measuring sport experiences in children and youth to better understand the impact of sport on health and positive youth development: designing a brief measure for population health surveys
John Cairney, Heather J. Clark, Matthew Y.W. Kwan, Mark Bruner, Katherine Tamminen
Prevalence of breast-related symptoms, health care seeking behaviour and diagnostic needs among women in Burkina Faso
Leonie Ströbele, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Timongo Francoise Danielle Traoré Millogo, Maurice Sarigda, Jürgen Wacker, Kirstin Grosse Frie
Overweight adolescents’ views on physical activity – experiences of participants in an internet-based intervention: a qualitative study
Turid Kristin Bigum Sundar, Knut Løndal, Per Lagerløv, Kari Glavin, Sølvi Helseth
Design, implementation and evaluation of a web-based computer-tailored intervention to prevent binge drinking in adolescents: study protocol
Marta Lima-Serrano, José Manuel Martínez-Montilla, Joaquín S. Lima-Rodríguez, Liesbeth Mercken, Hein de Vries
HIV prevalence among female sex workers in Guigang City, Guangxi, China: an 8-year consecutive cross-sectional study
Jingzhen Lai, Chunwei Qin, Eric J. Nehl, Junjun Jiang, Yunxuan Huang, Bingyu Liang, Yuexiang Xu, Jiegang Huang, Zhiliang Xu, Chuanyi Ning, Yanyan Liao, Ning Zang, Wudi Wei, Fengxiang Qin, Jun Yu, Li Ye, Xionglin Qin, Hao Liang
Optimal dietary patterns designed from local foods to achieve maternal nutritional goals
Jofrey Raymond, Neema Kassim, Jerman W. Rose, Morris Agaba
A cost-effectiveness analysis of a community based CVD program in Sweden based on a retrospective register cohort
Lars Lindholm, Anna Stenling, Margareta Norberg, Hans Stenlund, Lars Weinehall
Metabolic syndrome and body shape predict differences in health parameters in farm working women
Ilze Mentoor, Maritza Kruger, Theo Nell
A randomized controlled trial to evaluate utilization of physical activity recommendations among patients of cardiovascular healthcare centres in Eastern Slovakia: study design and rationale of the AWATAR study
Aurel Zelko, Alena Bukova, Peter Kolarcik, Peter Bakalar, Ivan Majercak, Jana Potocnikova, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Jitse P. van Dijk
Examining neighborhood and interpersonal norms and social support on fruit and vegetable intake in low-income communities
Akilah Dulin, Patricia M. Risica, Jennifer Mello, Rashid Ahmed, Kate B. Carey, Michelle Cardel, Chanelle J. Howe, Sarah Nadimpalli, Kim M. Gans
The home electronic media environment and parental safety concerns: relationships with outdoor time after school and over the weekend among 9–11 year old children
Hannah J. Wilkie, Martyn Standage, Fiona B. Gillison, Sean P. Cumming, Peter T. Katzmarzyk
The roles of health culture and physical environment in workplace health promotion: a two-year prospective intervention study in China
Yingnan Jia, Hua Fu, Junling Gao, Junming Dai, Pinpin Zheng
Examining the spatiotemporal evolution of vaccine refusal: nonmedical exemptions from vaccination in California, 2000–2013
Paul L. Delamater, Timothy F. Leslie, Y. Tony Yang
A Healthy School Start Plus for prevention of childhood overweight and obesity in disadvantaged areas through parental support in the school setting - study protocol for a parallel group cluster randomised trial
Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Emma Patterson, Gisela Nyberg, Åsa Norman
Connecting the dots between breast cancer, obesity and alcohol consumption in middle-aged women: ecological and case control studies
E. R. Miller, C. Wilson, J. Chapman, I. Flight, A.-M. Nguyen, C. Fletcher, Ij Ramsey
The obesogenic environment around elementary schools: food and beverage marketing to children in two Mexican cities
Simón Barquera, Lucia Hernández-Barrera, Stephen J. Rothenberg, Enrique Cifuentes
Patients’ experiences and perceptions on associates of TB treatment adherence: a qualitative study on DOTS service in public health centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Zekariyas Sahile, Abenezer Yared, Mirgissa Kaba
Subsistence difficulties are associated with more barriers to quitting and worse abstinence outcomes among homeless smokers: evidence from two studies in Boston, Massachusetts
Travis P. Baggett, Awesta Yaqubi, Seth A. Berkowitz, Sara M. Kalkhoran, Claire McGlave, Yuchiao Chang, Eric G. Campbell, Nancy A. Rigotti
Relationship between combination antiretroviral therapy regimens and diabetes mellitus-related comorbidities among HIV patients in Gaborone Botswana
Jose Gaby Tshikuka, Goabaone Rankgoane-Pono, Mgaywa Gilbert Mjungu Damas Magafu, Tiny Masupe, Mooketsi Molefi, Maurice Nsikungu-Kalukul, John Thato Tlhakanelo, Shimeles Genna Hamda, Vincent Setlhare
A school-based interdisciplinary approach to promote health and academic achievement among children in a deprived neighborhood: study protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation
Mariëlle E. Abrahamse, Caroline S. Jonkman, Janneke Harting
Experiences of young smokers in quitting smoking in twin cities of Pakistan: a phenomenological study
Kanwal Shaheen, Oyinlola Oyebode, Haleema Masud
Correlates of screen time among 8–19-year-old students in China
Sunyue Ye, Lijian Chen, Qineng Wang, Qinggong Li
Severity and susceptibility: measuring the perceived effectiveness and believability of tobacco health warnings
Olivia M. Maynard, Harry Gove, Andrew L. Skinner, Marcus R. Munafò
Motivational profiles, accelerometer-derived physical activity, and acute diabetes-related symptoms in adults with type 2 diabetes
Alexandre Castonguay, Paule Miquelon
Education and micronutrient deficiencies: an ecological study exploring interactions between women’s schooling and children’s micronutrient status
Kassandra L. Harding, Victor M. Aguayo, William A. Masters, Patrick Webb
Contesting restrictive mobility norms among female mentors implementing a sport based programme for young girls in a Mumbai slum
Shweta Bankar, Martine Collumbien, Madhumita Das, Ravi K. Verma, Beniamino Cislaghi, Lori Heise
The impact of osteoarthritis on early exit from work: results from a population-based study
Pedro A. Laires, Helena Canhão, Ana M. Rodrigues, Mónica Eusébio, Miguel Gouveia, Jaime C. Branco
Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among coal workers’ pneumoconiosis patients in China: a cross-sectional study
Yan Jin, Huanqiang Wang, Jianfang Zhang, Chunguang Ding, Ke Wen, Jingguang Fan, Tao Li
The public health emergency management system in China: trends from 2002 to 2012
Mei Sun, Ningze Xu, Chengyue Li, Dan Wu, Jiatong Zou, Ying Wang, Li Luo, Mingzhu Yu, Yu Zhang, Hua Wang, Peiwu Shi, Zheng Chen, Jian Wang, Yueliang Lu, Qi Li, Xinhua Wang, Zhenqiang Bi, Ming Fan, Liping Fu, Jingjin Yu, Mo Hao
Physical activity and sedentary behavior legislation in Canadian childcare facilities: an update
Leigh M. Vanderloo, Patricia Tucker
Correlates of healthy life expectancy in low- and lower-middle-income countries
Md Shariful Islam, Md Nazrul Islam Mondal, Md Ismail Tareque, Md Aminur Rahman, Md Nazrul Hoque, Md Munsur Ahmed, Hafiz T. A. Khan
Association between level of suicide risk, characteristics of suicide attempts, and mental disorders among suicide attempters
Subin Park, Yeeun Lee, Tak Youn, Byung Soo Kim, Jong Ik Park, Haesoo Kim, Hyo Chu Lee, Jin Pyo Hong
Comparing the performance of circulating cathodic antigen and Kato-Katz techniques in evaluating Schistosoma mansoni infection in areas with low prevalence in selected counties of Kenya: a cross-sectional study
Collins Okoyo, Elses Simiyu, Sammy M. Njenga, Charles Mwandawiro
Smoking among immigrant groups in metropolitan France: prevalence levels, male-to-female ratios and educational gradients
Myriam Khlat, Damien Bricard, Stéphane Legleye
Determinants of malaria infection in Dembia district, Northwest Ethiopia: a case-control study
Fisseha Agegnehu, Alemayehu Shimeka, Firnus Berihun, Melkamu Tamir
Sound pressure levels generated at risk volume steps of portable listening devices: types of smartphone and genres of music
Gibbeum Kim, Woojae Han
Is adolescent body mass index and waist circumference associated with the food environments surrounding schools and homes? A longitudinal analysis
Mark A. Green, Duncan Radley, Nik Lomax, Michelle A. Morris, Claire Griffiths
Barriers to and motivators of handwashing behavior among mothers of neonates in rural Bangladesh
Shahana Parveen, Sharifa Nasreen, Jelena V. Allen, Kelly B. Kamm, Shifat Khan, Shirina Akter, Tajnin Marin Lopa, K. Zaman, Shams El Arifeen, Stephen P. Luby, Pavani K. Ram
Associations between ideational variables and bed net use in Madagascar, Mali, and Nigeria
J. Douglas Storey, Stella O. Babalola, Emily E. Ricotta, Kathleen A. Fox, Michael Toso, Nan Lewicky, Hannah Koenker
Care Cascade for targeted tuberculosis testing and linkage to Care in Homeless Populations in the United States: a meta-analysis
Andrea Parriott, Mohsen Malekinejad, Amanda P. Miller, Suzanne M. Marks, Hacsi Horvath, James G. Kahn
Physical activity and chronic diseases among older people in a mid-size city in China: a longitudinal investigation of bipolar effects
Peiling Zhou, Anne K. Hughes, Sue C. Grady, Li Fang
Understanding community-based participatory research through a social movement framework: a case study of the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project
Marie-Claude Tremblay, Debbie H. Martin, Alex M. McComber, Amelia McGregor, Ann C. Macaulay
How timely closure can reduce outbreak duration: gastroenteritis in care homes in North West England, 2012–2016
Thomas Inns, Alex Keenan, Rita Huyton, John Harris, Miren Iturriza-Gomara, Sarah J. O’Brien, Roberto Vivancos
The challenge of maintaining microscopist capacity at basic levels for malaria elimination in Jiangsu Province, China
Guisheng Ding, Guoding Zhu, Caiqun Cao, Ping Miao, Yuanyuan Cao, Weiming Wang, Yaping Gu, Sui Xu, Shengqiang Wang, Huayun Zhou, Jun Cao
Mass media and risk factors for cancer: the under-representation of age
Sara Macdonald, Yvonne Cunningham, Chris Patterson, Katie Robb, Una Macleod, Thomas Anker, Shona Hilton
Health conditions and lifestyle risk factors of adults living in Puerto Rico: a cross-sectional study
Josiemer Mattei, Martha Tamez, Carlos F. Ríos-Bedoya, Rui S. Xiao, Katherine L. Tucker, José F. Rodríguez-Orengo
Year-round effects of a four-week randomized controlled trial using different types of feedback on employees’ physical activity
Karen Van Hoye, Anne I. Wijtzes, Johan Lefevre, Stijn De Baere, Filip Boen
Understanding the risk and protective factors associated with obesity amongst Libyan adults - a qualitative study
H. Lemamsha, C. Papadopoulos, G. Randhawa
Preventing tobacco in vocational high schools: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of P2P, a peer to peer and theory planned behavior-based program
Florence Cousson-Gélie, Olivier Lareyre, Maryline Margueritte, Julie Paillart, Marie-Eve Huteau, Kela Djoufelkit, Bruno Pereira, Anne Stoebner
Smokers’ unprompted comments on cigarette additives during conversations about the genetic basis for nicotine addiction: a focus group study
Sydney E. Philpott, Sarah Gehlert, Erika A. Waters
Physical activity, sedentary time and sleep duration: associations with body composition in 10–12-year-old Estonian schoolchildren
Eva-Maria Riso, Merike Kull, Kerli Mooses, Jaak Jürimäe
Improving social accountability processes in the health sector in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Georges Danhoundo, Khalidha Nasiri, Mary E. Wiktorowicz
Scale-out of a community-based behavioral intervention for childhood obesity: pilot implementation evaluation
William J. Heerman, David Schludnt, Dawn Harris, Leah Teeters, Rachel Apple, Shari L. Barkin
Acceptability of HIV self-sampling kits (TINY vial) among people of black African ethnicity in the UK: a qualitative study
C. Dodds, E. Mugweni, G. Phillips, C. Park, I. Young, F. Fakoya, S. Wayal, L. McDaid, M. Sachikonye, J. Chwaula, P. Flowers, F. Burns
Family lifestyle dynamics and childhood obesity: evidence from the millennium cohort study
Laura A. Gray, Monica Hernandez Alava, Michael P. Kelly, Michael J. Campbell
Effectiveness of government strategies for financial protection against costs of hospitalization Care in India
Alok Ranjan, Priyanka Dixit, Indranil Mukhopadhyay, Sundararaman Thiagarajan
Spatiotemporal evolution of Chinese ageing from 1992 to 2015 based on an improved Bayesian space-time model
Xiulan Han, Junming Li, Nannan Wang
Adherence to the Qatar dietary guidelines: a cross-sectional study of the gaps, determinants and association with cardiometabolic risk amongst adults
Mohammed Al Thani, Al Anoud Al Thani, Walaa Al-Chetachi, Badria Al Malki, Shamseldin A. H. Khalifa, Ahmad Haj Bakri, Nahla Hwalla, Farah Naja, Lara Nasreddine
Youth’s social network structures and peer influences: study protocol MyMovez project – Phase I
Kirsten E. Bevelander, Crystal R. Smit, Thabo J. van Woudenberg, Laura Buijs, William J. Burk, Moniek Buijzen
Breaking bad habits by improving executive function in individuals with obesity
Vanessa Allom, Barbara Mullan, Evelyn Smith, Phillipa Hay, Jayanthi Raman
“People look and ask lots of questions”: caregivers’ perceptions of healthcare provision and support for children born with cleft lip and palate
Phumzile Hlongwa, Laetitia C. Rispel
Predictors of elevated capillary blood glucose in overweight railway French employees: a cross-sectional analysis
Emminarie Luisiana Lucas Garcia, David Debensason, Loïc Capron, Antoine Flahault, Jeanine Pommier
An observational study of immigrant mortality differences in Norway by reason for migration, length of stay and characteristics of sending countries
Astri Syse, Minja T. Dzamarija, Bernadette N. Kumar, Esperanza Diaz
Awareness, understanding and use of sodium information labelled on pre-packaged food in Beijing:a cross-sectional study
Yao He, Liping Huang, Sijin Yan, Yuan Li, Lixin Lu, Hongbo Wang, Wenyi Niu, Puhong Zhang
The association between dietary isoflavones intake and gastric cancer risk: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
Jie You, Yafei Sun, Yacong Bo, Yiwei Zhu, Dandan Duan, Han Cui, Quanjun Lu
Determinants of illness-specific social support and its relation to distress in long-term melanoma survivors
Sabine Fischbeck, Veronika Weyer-Elberich, Sylke R. Zeissig, Barbara H. Imruck, Maria Blettner, Harald Binder, Manfred E. Beutel
The HERrespect intervention to address violence against female garment workers in Bangladesh: study protocol for a quasi-experimental trial
Mahfuz Al Mamun, Kausar Parvin, Marat Yu, Jessica Wan, Samantha Willan, Andrew Gibbs, Rachel Jewkes, Ruchira Tabassum Naved
Public support for government regulatory interventions for overweight and obesity in Australia
Emma Sainsbury, Chelsea Hendy, Roger Magnusson, Stephen Colagiuri
Cross-sectional associations between weight-related health behaviors and weight misperception among U.S. adolescents with overweight/obesity
Samantha L. Hahn, Kelley A. Borton, Kendrin R. Sonneville
Long-term effects of comprehensive school health on health-related knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, health behaviours and weight status of adolescents
Nicole Naadu Ofosu, John Paul Ekwaru, Kerry Ann Bastian, Sarah A. Loehr, Kate Storey, John C. Spence, Paul J. Veugelers
A cross sectional survey assessing knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding brucellosis among Arab Israelis
Orna Baron-Epel, Shiran Bord, Michal Cohen-Dar, Samira Obeid
Health care-seeking patterns for female genital mutilation/cutting among young Somalis in Norway
Vivian N. Mbanya, Abdi A. Gele, Esperanza Diaz, Bernadette Kumar
Effectiveness of workplace social distancing measures in reducing influenza transmission: a systematic review
Faruque Ahmed, Nicole Zviedrite, Amra Uzicanin
Bacteria and poisonous plants were the primary causative hazards of foodborne disease outbreak: a seven-year survey from Guangxi, South China
Yongqiang Li, Yaling Huang, Jijun Yang, Zhanhua Liu, Yanning Li, Xueting Yao, Bo Wei, Zhenzhu Tang, Shidong Chen, Decheng Liu, Zhen Hu, Junjun Liu, Zenghui Meng, Shaofa Nie, Xiaobo Yang
Parents’ perspectives of change in child physical activity & screen-viewing between Y1 (5-6) & Y4 (8-9) of primary school: implications for behaviour change
Russell Jago, Emma Solomon-Moore, Zoi Toumpakari, Deborah A. Lawlor, Janice L. Thompson, Simon J. Sebire
Protocol for the CHORD project (community health outreach to reduce diabetes): a cluster-randomized community health worker trial to prevent diabetes
Nadia Islam, Thomas Gepts, Isaac Lief, Radhika Gore, Natalie Levy, Michael Tanner, Yixin Fang, Scott E. Sherman, Mark D. Schwartz
Communities in charge of alcohol (CICA): a protocol for a stepped-wedge randomised control trial of an alcohol health champions programme
Penny A. Cook, Suzy C. Hargreaves, Elizabeth J. Burns, Frank de Vocht, Steve Parrott, Margaret Coffey, Suzanne Audrey, Cathy Ure, Paul Duffy, David Ottiwell, Kiran Kenth, Susan Hare, Kate Ardern
Active commuting to and from university, obesity and metabolic syndrome among Colombian university students
Antonio García-Hermoso, Andrea P. Quintero, Enrique Hernández, Jorge Enrique Correa-Bautista, Mikel Izquierdo, Alejandra Tordecilla-Sanders, Daniel Prieto-Benavides, Carolina Sandoval-Cuellar, Katherine González-Ruíz, Emilio Villa-González, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez
Different adiposity indices and their association with blood pressure and hypertension in middle-aged urban black South African men and women: findings from the AWI-GEN South African Soweto Site
Pedro T. Pisa, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Juliana Kagura, Michele Ramsay, Nigel J. Crowther, Shane A. Norris
Knowledge and practice of patients with diabetes mellitus in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study
Lamis R. Karaoui, Mary E. Deeb, Layal Nasser, Souheil Hallit
Risk factors of renal dysfunction and their interaction in level-low lead exposure paint workers
Xiaojuan Wang, Huiling Liang, Yan Wang, Chang Cai, Jimeng Li, Xun Li, Mian Wang, Mengshi Chen, Xin Xu, Hongzhuan Tan
Development and validation of PozQoL: a scale to assess quality of life of PLHIV
Graham Brown, Gosia Mikołajczak, Anthony Lyons, Jennifer Power, Fraser Drummond, Aaron Cogle, Brent Allan, Craig Cooper, Simon O’Connor
Health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds exposure near Daegu dyeing industrial complex in South Korea
Jianfei Shuai, Sunshin Kim, Hyeonsu Ryu, Jinhyeon Park, Chae Kwan Lee, Geun-Bae Kim, Venecio U. Ultra Jr, Wonho Yang
Neck circumference may be a valuable tool for screening individuals with obesity: findings from a young Chinese population and a meta-analysis
Xiaoting Pei, Li Liu, Mustapha Umar Imam, Ming Lu, Yanzi Chen, Panpan Sun, Yaxin Guo, Yiping Xu, Zhiguang Ping, Xiaoli Fu
Variability and reliability study of overall physical activity and activity intensity levels using 24 h-accelerometry-assessed data
Lina Jaeschke, Astrid Steinbrecher, Stephanie Jeran, Stefan Konigorski, Tobias Pischon
Popularity and impact of using smart devices in medicine: experiences in Saudi Arabia
Sameer Al-Ghamdi
A stepped-wedge implementation and evaluation of the healthy active peaceful playgrounds for youth (HAPPY) intervention
Dean Dudley, Wayne Cotton, Louisa Peralta, Matthew Winslade
Public health journals’ requirements for authors to disclose funding and conflicts of interest: a cross-sectional study
Karim N. Daou, Maram B. Hakoum, Assem M. Khamis, Lama Bou-Karroum, Ahmed Ali, Joseph R. Habib, Aline T. Semaan, Gordon Guyatt, Elie A. Akl
Impact evaluation of a community engagement intervention in improving childhood immunization coverage: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Assam, India
Santanu Pramanik, Arpita Ghosh, Rituu B. Nanda, Marlou de Rouw, Philip Forth, Sandra Albert
Altruism, Scepticism, and collective decision-making in foreign-born U.S. residents in a tuberculosis vaccine trial
Sienna R. Craig, Timothy Lahey, Apoorva Dixit, C. Fordham von Reyn
Malaria infection among children under-five: the use of large-scale interventions in Ghana
Clifford Afoakwah, Xin Deng, Ilke Onur
Gender difference in health related quality of life and associated factors among people living with HIV/AIDS attending anti-retroviral therapy at public health facilities, western Ethiopia: comparative cross sectional study
Delelegn Yilma Gebremichael, Kokeb Tesfamariam Hadush, Ermiyas Mulu Kebede, Robel Tezera Zegeye
Assessing air quality index awareness and use in Mexico City
Timothy C. Borbet, Laura A. Gladson, Kevin R. Cromar
Stepping volume and intensity patterns in a multi-ethnic urban Asian population
Jennifer Sumner, Léonie Uijtdewilligen, Anne HY Chu, Sheryl HX Ng, Tiago V. Barreira, Robert Alan Sloan, Rob M. Van Dam, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider
Daily step count and all-cause mortality in a sample of Japanese elderly people: a cohort study
Naofumi Yamamoto, Hideo Miyazaki, Mieko Shimada, Naoki Nakagawa, Susumu S. Sawada, Mamoru Nishimuta, Yasuo Kimura, Ryoko Kawakami, Hiroshi Nagayama, Hidenori Asai, I-Min Lee, Steven N. Blair, Yutaka Yoshitake
Vape shops: who uses them and what do they do?
Julie Pattinson, Sarah Lewis, Manpreet Bains, John Britton, Tessa Langley
A randomized controlled trial testing a social network intervention to promote physical activity among adolescents
Thabo J. van Woudenberg, Kirsten E. Bevelander, William J. Burk, Crystal R. Smit, Laura Buijs, Moniek Buijzen
Using open source accelerometer analysis to assess physical activity and sedentary behaviour in overweight and obese adults
Paul Innerd, Rory Harrison, Morc Coulson
A methodological framework for the evaluation of syndromic surveillance systems: a case study of England
Felipe J. Colón-González, Iain R. Lake, Roger A. Morbey, Alex J. Elliot, Richard Pebody, Gillian E. Smith
Longitudinal association between change in the neighbourhood built environment and the wellbeing of local residents in deprived areas: an observational study
Louise Foley, Emma Coombes, Dan Hayman, David Humphreys, Andrew Jones, Richard Mitchell, David Ogilvie
Factors associated with unmet need for contraception in Mexico: evidence from the National Survey of Demographic Dynamics 2014
Fatima Juarez, Cecilia Gayet, Gabriela Mejia-Pailles
Impact of infection prevention and control training on health facilities during the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Guinea
Mory Keïta, Ansoumane Yassima Camara, Falaye Traoré, Mohamed ElMady Camara, André Kpanamou, Sékou Camara, Aminata Tolno, Bienvenu Houndjo, Fatimatou Diallo, Fatoumata Conté, Lorenzo Subissi
Epidemiological study of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders in Lithuania
Sigita Lesinskiene, Sigita Girdzijauskiene, Grazina Gintiliene, Dovile Butkiene, Dainius Puras, Robert Goodman, Einar Heiervang
Substance use and suicidal ideation and behaviour in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Elsie Breet, Daniel Goldstone, Jason Bantjes
Collection of social determinants of health in the community clinic setting: a cross-sectional study
Sheila V. Kusnoor, Taneya Y. Koonce, Suzanne T. Hurley, Kalonji M. McClellan, Mallory N. Blasingame, Elizabeth T. Frakes, Li-Ching Huang, Marcia I. Epelbaum, Nunzia B. Giuse
High prevalence of hepatitis B infections in Burkina Faso (1996–2017): a systematic review with meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
Moussa Lingani, Tomoyuki Akita, Serge Ouoba, Armel Moumini Sanou, Aya Sugiyama, Zekiba Tarnagda, Masayuki Ohisa, Halidou Tinto, Shunji Mishiro, Junko Tanaka
Burden of disease attributable to suboptimal diet, metabolic risks and low physical activity in Ethiopia and comparison with Eastern sub-Saharan African countries, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
Yohannes Adama Melaku, Molla Mesele Wassie, Tiffany K. Gill, Shao Jia Zhou, Gizachew Assefa Tessema, Azmeraw T. Amare, Yihunie Lakew, Abiy Hiruye, Tesfaye Hailu Bekele, Amare Worku, Oumer Seid, Kedir Endris, Ferew Lemma, Fisaha Haile Tesfay, Biruck Desalegn Yirsaw, Kebede Deribe, Robert Adams, Zumin Shi, Awoke Misganaw, Amare Deribew
Carlsberg alibi marketing in the UEFA euro 2016 football finals: implications of Probably inappropriate alcohol advertising
Rachael Murray, Magdalena Opazo Breton, John Britton, Jo Cranwell, Bruce Grant-Braham
Performance of centralized versus decentralized tuberculosis treatment services in Southern Brazil, 2006–2015
Mara Cristina Scheffer, Rodrigo IVAN Prim, Leticia Muraro Wildner, Taiane Freitas Medeiros, Rosemeri Maurici, Emil Kupek, Maria Luiza Bazzo
Correction to: Optima nutrition: an allocative efficiency tool to reduce childhood stunting by better targeting of nutrition-related interventions
Ruth Pearson, Madhura Killedar, Janka Petravic, Jakub J. Kakietek, Nick Scott, Kelsey L. Grantham, Robyn M. Stuart, David J. Kedziora, Cliff C. Kerr, Jolene Skordis-Worrall, Meera Shekar, David P. Wilson
The impact of completing upper secondary education - a multi-state model for work, education and health in young men
Rune Hoff, Karina Corbett, Ingrid S. Mehlum, Ferdinand A. Mohn, Petter Kristensen, Therese N. Hanvold, Jon M. Gran
Indicators for evaluating European population health: a Delphi selection process
Ângela Freitas, Paula Santana, Mónica D. Oliveira, Ricardo Almendra, João C. Bana e Costa, Carlos A. Bana e Costa
Disparities in risky sexual behavior among khat chewer and non- chewer college students in Southern Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study
Eyasu Ware, Gurmesa Tura, Tsedach Alemu, Eshetu Andarge
Trial protocol: a clustered, randomised, longitudinal, type 2 translational trial of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm among adolescents in Australia
B. Rowland, C. Abraham, R. Carter, J. Abimanyi-Ochom, A. B. Kelly, P. Kremer, J. W. Williams, R. Smith, J. K. Hall, D. Wagner, H. Renner, T. Hosseini, A. Osborn, M. Mohebbi, J. W. Toumbourou
Retrospective analysis of risk factors of slide positivity among febrile patients in the Salween river valley of Shan Special Region II, northern Myanmar
Hui Liu, Jian-Wei Xu, Qi-Zhang Xu, Yi-Rou Zeng
Knowledge, perception and practices towards sickle cell disease: a community survey among adults in Lubaga division, Kampala Uganda
Sharifu K. Tusuubira, Ritah Nakayinga, Bashir Mwambi, John Odda, Sylvia Kiconco, Alimah Komuhangi
Prevalence of excess body weight and underweight among 26 Chinese ethnic minority children and adolescents in 2014: a cross-sectional observational study
Yanhui Dong, Zhiyong Zou, Zhaogeng Yang, Zhenghe Wang, Yide Yang, Jun Ma, Bin Dong, Yinghua Ma, Luke Arnold
Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of screen time and physical activity with school performance at different types of secondary school
Tanja Poulain, Thomas Peschel, Mandy Vogel, Anne Jurkutat, Wieland Kiess
Textual health warning labels on snus (Swedish moist snuff): do they affect risk perception?
Connie Villemo Nilsen, Oddgeir Friborg, Karl Halvor Teigen, Frode Svartdal
Active aging – resilience and external support as modifiers of the disablement outcome: AGNES cohort study protocol
Taina Rantanen, Milla Saajanaho, Laura Karavirta, Sini Siltanen, Merja Rantakokko, Anne Viljanen, Timo Rantalainen, Katja Pynnönen, Anu Karvonen, Inna Lisko, Lotta Palmberg, Johanna Eronen, Eeva-Maija Palonen, Timo Hinrichs, Markku Kauppinen, Katja Kokko, Erja Portegijs
Vaccination hesitancy in the antenatal period: a cross-sectional survey
Paul Corben, Julie Leask
The value of program science to optimize knowledge brokering on infectious diseases for public health
Marissa Becker, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Yoav Keynan
Sociodemographic and physical predictors of non-participation in community based physical checkup among older neighbors: a case-control study from the Kyoto-Kameoka longitudinal study, Japan
Miwa Yamaguchi, Tsukasa Yoshida, Yosuke Yamada, Yuya Watanabe, Hinako Nanri, Keiichi Yokoyama, Heiwa Date, Motoko Miyake, Aya Itoi, Emi Yamagata, Taeko Masumoto, Yasuko Okayama, Yasuko Yoshinaka, Misaka Kimura
Flu vaccination among patients with diabetes: motives, perceptions, trust, and risk culture - a qualitative survey
Pierre Verger, Aurélie Bocquier, Chantal Vergélys, Jeremy Ward, Patrick Peretti-Watel
Protocol: a multi-level intervention program to reduce stress in 9-1-1 telecommunicators
Hendrika Meischke, Michelle Lilly, Randal Beaton, Rebecca Calhoun, Ann Tu, Scott Stangenes, Ian Painter, Debra Revere, Janet Baseman
Prevalence and stabilizing trends in overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in China, 2011-2015
Jiguo Zhang, Huijun Wang, Zhihong Wang, Wenwen Du, Chang Su, Ji Zhang, Hongru Jiang, Xiaofang Jia, Feifei Huang, Yifei Ouyang, Yun Wang, Bing Zhang
Protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating the impact of a preschool-based capacity building intervention on intimate partner violence and substance misuse in Sri Lanka
Kamalini Lokuge, Polly Wallace, Kalini Subasinghe, Katherine Thurber, Tissa De Silva, Naomi Clarke, Dulshika Waas, Nisansala Liyanage, Udena Attygalle, Bradley Carron-Arthur, Kalyana Rodrigo, Emily Banks, Cate D’Este, Thilini Rajapakse
The Association among Emotions and Food Choices in First-Year College Students Using mobile-Ecological Momentary Assessments
Jessica Ashurst, Irene van Woerden, Genevieve Dunton, Michael Todd, Punam Ohri-Vachaspati, Pamela Swan, Meg Bruening
MERS transmission and risk factors: a systematic review
Ji-Eun Park, Soyoung Jung, Aeran Kim, Ji-Eun Park
Health behaviour changes in partners of women with recent gestational diabetes: a phase IIa trial
Anne-Sophie Brazeau, Sara J. Meltzer, Romina Pace, Natasha Garfield, Ariane Godbout, Leslie Meissner, Elham Rahme, Deborah Da Costa, Kaberi Dasgupta
Development of an intervention delivered by mobile phone aimed at decreasing unintended pregnancy among young people in three lower middle income countries
Ona L McCarthy, Ola Wazwaz, Veronica Osorio Calderon, Iman Jado, Salokhiddin Saibov, Amina Stavridis, Jhonny López Gallardo, Ravshan Tokhirov, Samia Adada, Silvia Huaynoca, Shelly Makleff, Marieka Vandewiele, Sarah Standaert, Caroline Free
Oral health knowledge, attitudes and care practices of people with diabetes: a systematic review
Prakash Poudel, Rhonda Griffiths, Vincent W. Wong, Amit Arora, Jeff R. Flack, Chee L. Khoo, Ajesh George
Long working hours and sickness absence—a fixed effects design
Vilde Hoff Bernstrøm
A comparative study to identify factors of caregiver burden between baby boomers and post baby boomers: a secondary analysis of a US online caregiver survey
Heejung Kim, Sangeun Lee, Jooyoung Cheon, Soyun Hong, Mido Chang
Compliance with Iron and folic acid supplementation (IFAS) and associated factors among pregnant women: results from a cross-sectional study in Kiambu County, Kenya
Mary Wanjira Kamau, Waithira Mirie, Samuel Kimani
Examining school-based hygiene facilities: a quantitative assessment in a Ghanaian municipality
Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong, Muriel J. Harris, Samuel Newton, Gabriel Gulis
“Euphoria” or “Only Teardrops”? Eurovision Song Contest performance, life satisfaction and suicide
Filippos T. Filippidis, Anthony A. Laverty
SMS reminders to improve adherence and cure of tuberculosis patients in Cameroon (TB-SMS Cameroon): a randomised controlled trial
Georges Bediang, Beat Stoll, Nadia Elia, Jean-Louis Abena, Antoine Geissbuhler
Increase in premature mortality due to non-communicable diseases in Sri Lanka during the first decade of the twenty-first century
Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Palitha Karunapema, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Mahendra Arnold
Uptake of health checks by residents from the Danish social housing sector – a register-based cross-sectional study of patient characteristics in the ‘Your Life – Your Health’ program
Lars Bruun Larsen, Annelli Sandbaek, Janus Laust Thomsen, Anne-Louise Bjerregaard
A formative study to understand perspectives of families eligible for a pediatric obesity program: a qualitative study
Rachel G. Tabak, Nishita Dsouza, Cynthia D. Schwarz, Karyn Quinn, Patricia Kristen, Debra Haire-Joshu
Prevalence and predictors of under-nutrition among school children in a rural South-eastern Nigerian community: a cross sectional study
Rufina N. B. Ayogu, Ifeoma C. Afiaenyi, Edith U. Madukwe, Elizabeth A. Udenta
Patients’ understanding of telemedicine terms required for informed consent when translated into Kiswahili
Rachael Odhiambo, Maurice Mars
AIDS incidence trends at presentation and during follow-up among HIV-at-risk populations: a 15-year nationwide cohort study in Taiwan
Chun-Yuan Lee, I-An Jen, Yu-Ching Lan, Yung-Feng Yen, Pei-Hung Chuang, Marcelo Chen, Yun Lee, Yi-Ming A. Chen
Cluster randomised controlled trial of ‘whole school’ child maltreatment prevention programme in primary schools in Northern Ireland: study protocol for Keeping Safe
Aisling McElearney, Aoibheann Brennan-Wilson, Christina Murphy, Phyllis Stephenson, Brendan Bunting
Cigarette, waterpipe and e-cigarette use among an international sample of medical students. Cross-sectional multicenter study in Germany and Hungary
Erika Balogh, Nóra Faubl, Henna Riemenschneider, Péter Balázs, Antje Bergmann, Károly Cseh, Ferenc Horváth, Jörg Schelling, András Terebessy, Zoltán Wagner, Karen Voigt, Zsuzsanna Füzesi, István Kiss
A community-based cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT) to evaluate the impact and operational assessment of “safe motherhood and newborn health promotion package”: study protocol
Dewan Md. Emdadul Hoque, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir Chowdhury, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Sk. Masum Billah, Sanwarul Bari, Tazeen Tahsina, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Sajia Islam, Tajul Islam, Rintaro Mori, Shams El Arifeen
Factors associated with recent intimate partner violence experience amongst currently married women in Afghanistan and health impacts of IPV: a cross sectional study
Andrew Gibbs, Julienne Corboz, Rachel Jewkes
Estimating the incidence of enteric fever in children in India: a multi-site, active fever surveillance of pediatric cohorts
Jacob John, Ashish Bavdekar, Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola, Shanta Dutta, Gagandeep Kang, Jacob John, S. Arun Karthikeyan, VenkataRaghava Mohan, Veeraraghavan Balaji, Manikandan Srinivasan, Sindu Kulandaipandian Natarajan, Ira Praharaj, Winsley Rose, Ashish Bavdekar, Ankita Shrivastava, Sonali Sanghavi, Sanjay Juvekar, Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola, Bireshwar Sinha, Deepak More, Alok Arya, Nidhi Goyal, Chandra Mohan Kumar, Aparna Chakravarty, Shanta Dutta, Suman Kanungo, Byomkesh Manna, Pranab Chatterjee, Gagandeep Kang
Intimate partner violence, forced first sex and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a sample of Zimbabwean women accessing maternal and child health care
Simukai Shamu, Stephen Munjanja, Christina Zarowsky, Patience Shamu, Marleen Temmerman, Naeemah Abrahams
The effectiveness and safety of combining varenicline with nicotine e-cigarettes for smoking cessation in people with mental illnesses and addictions: study protocol for a randomised-controlled trial
Chris Bullen, Marjolein Verbiest, Susanna Galea-Singer, Tomasz Kurdziel, George Laking, David Newcombe, Varsha Parag, Natalie Walker
Impact of new technologies on stress, attrition and well-being in emergency call centers: the NextGeneration 9–1-1 study protocol
Janet Baseman, Debra Revere, Ian Painter, Scott Stangenes, Michelle Lilly, Randal Beaton, Rebecca Calhoun, Hendrika Meischke
Effectiveness of three interventions for secondary prevention of low back pain in the occupational health setting - a randomised controlled trial with a natural course control
J. Rantonen, J. Karppinen, A. Vehtari, S. Luoto, E. Viikari-Juntura, M. Hupli, A. Malmivaara, S. Taimela
Economic evaluation of a dietary intervention for adults with major depression (the “SMILES” trial)
Mary Lou Chatterton, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Adrienne O’Neil, Catherine Itsiopoulos, Rachelle Opie, David Castle, Sarah Dash, Laima Brazionis, Michael Berk, Felice Jacka
Effectiveness of Baby Friendly Community Initiative (BFCI) on complementary feeding in Koibatek, Kenya: a randomized control study
Mildred Maingi, Judith Kimiywe, Sharon Iron-Segev
Validation of the NPAQ-short – a brief questionnaire to monitor physical activity and compliance with the WHO recommendations
Ida Høgstedt Danquah, Christina Bjørk Petersen, Sofie Smedegaard Skov, Janne S. Tolstrup
International trade and investment law: a new framework for public health and the common good
Louise Delany, Louise Signal, George Thomson
High intensity intermittent games-based activity and adolescents’ cognition: moderating effect of physical fitness
Simon B. Cooper, Karah J. Dring, John G. Morris, Caroline Sunderland, Stephan Bandelow, Mary E. Nevill
Use of traditional and modern contraceptives among childbearing women: findings from a mixed methods study in two southwestern Nigerian states
Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Oladele Vincent Adeniyi, Wilson Akpan
Long-term follow-up on biological risk factors, adiposity, and cardiorespiratory fitness development in a physical education intervention: a natural experiment (CHAMPS-study DK)
Jakob Tarp, Eva Jespersen, Niels Christian Møller, Heidi Klakk, Barbara Wessner, Niels Wedderkopp, Anna Bugge
Increasing advance personal planning: the need for action at the community level
Amy Waller, Rob Sanson-Fisher, Nola Ries, Jamie Bryant
Socioeconomic inequality of unintended pregnancy in the Iranian population: a decomposition approach
Reza Omani-Samani, Mostafa Amini Rarani, Mahdi Sepidarkish, Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae, Saman Maroufizadeh, Amir Almasi-Hashiani
Implementation of the Good School Toolkit in Uganda: a quantitative process evaluation of a successful violence prevention program
Louise Knight, Elizabeth Allen, Angel Mirembe, Janet Nakuti, Sophie Namy, Jennifer C. Child, Joanna Sturgess, Nambusi Kyegombe, Eddy J. Walakira, Diana Elbourne, Dipak Naker, Karen M. Devries
“We don’t want our clothes to smell smoke”: changing malaria control practices and opportunities for integrated community-based management in Baringo, Kenya
Jacinter A. Amadi, Daniel O. Olago, George O. Ong’amo, Silas O. Oriaso, Isaac K. Nyamongo, Benson B. A. Estambale
Enhanced surveillance for tuberculosis among foreign-born persons, Finland, 2014–2016
Pirre E. Räisänen, Hanna Soini, Pirjo Turtiainen, Tuula Vasankari, Petri Ruutu, J. Pekka Nuorti, Outi Lyytikäinen
Substantial variation across geographic regions in the obesity prevalence among 6–8 years old Hungarian children (COSI Hungary 2016)
Gergő Erdei, Márta Bakacs, Éva Illés, Barbara Nagy, Csilla Kaposvári, Erzsébet Mák, Eszter Sarkadi Nagy, Zoltán Cserháti, Viktória Anna Kovács
Prevalence and correlates of HIV testing among adolescents 10–19 years in a post-conflict pastoralist community of Karamoja region, Uganda
Rogers N. Ssebunya, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Leticia Namale, Heather Lukolyo, Grace P. Kisitu, Patricia Nahirya-Ntege, Adeodata Kekitiinwa
High prevalence of cesarean section births in private sector health facilities- analysis of district level household survey-4 (DLHS-4) of India
Priyanka Singh, Gulfam Hashmi, Prafulla Kumar Swain
Prevalence of general and abdominal obesity in Portugal: comprehensive results from the National Food, nutrition and physical activity survey 2015–2016
Andreia Oliveira, Joana Araújo, Milton Severo, Daniela Correia, Elisabete Ramos, Duarte Torres, Carla Lopes, Carla Lopes, Andreia Oliveira, Milton Severo, Duarte Torres, Sara Rodrigues, Elisabete Ramos, Sofia Vilela, Sofia Guiomar, Luísa Oliveira, Violeta Alarcão, Paulo Nicola, Jorge Mota, Pedro Teixeira, Simão Soares, Lene Frost Andersen
Gender-dependent association between sleep duration and overweight incidence in CHINESE school children: a national follow-up study
Muqing Cao, Yanna Zhu, Xiuhong Li, Yajun Chen, Jun Ma, Jin Jing
Examining diffusion to understand the how of SASA!, a violence against women and HIV prevention intervention in Uganda
Elizabeth Starmann, Lori Heise, Nambusi Kyegombe, Karen Devries, Tanya Abramsky, Lori Michau, Tina Musuya, Charlotte Watts, Martine Collumbien
Prevalence and risk factors of elevated alanine aminotransferase among Korean adolescents: 2001-2014
Ju Whi Kim, Kyung Jae Lee, Hye Ran Yang, Ju Young Chang, Jin Soo Moon, Young-Ho Khang, Jae Sung Ko
Knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices toward children oral health among mother’s attending maternal and child’s units, Salé, Morocco
Sanaa Chala, Soumia Houzmali, Redouane Abouqal, Faïza Abdallaoui
Factors associated with dengue prevention behaviour in Lowokwaru, Malang, Indonesia: a cross-sectional study
Alidha Nur Rakhmani, Yanin Limpanont, Jaranit Kaewkungwal, Kamolnetr Okanurak
Determinants of Schistosoma mansoni in Sanja health center, north West Ethiopia
Asrat Atsedeweyn Andargie, Agmas Sisay Abera
Assessment of the knowledge and attitude of infants’ mothers from Bushehr (Iran) on food security using anthropometric indicators in 2016: a cross-sectional study
Sedigheh Yeganeh, Niloofar Motamed, Saeid NajafpourBoushehri, Maryam Ravanipour
Correction to: Overweight adolescents’ views on physical activity – experiences of participants in an internet-based intervention: a qualitative study
Turid Kristin Bigum Sundar, Knut Løndal, Per Lagerløv, Kari Glavin, Sølvi Helseth
Drug prescribing during pregnancy in a central region of Italy, 2008-2012
Martina Ventura, Alice Maraschini, Paola D’Aloja, Ursula Kirchmayer, Ilaria Lega, Marina Davoli, Serena Donati
5-a-day fruit and vegetable food product labels: reduced fruit and vegetable consumption following an exaggerated compared to a modest label
K. M. Appleton, H. J. Pidgeon
Association between induced abortion and suicidal ideation among unmarried female migrant workers in three metropolitan cities in China: a cross-sectional study
Mengyun Luo, Xueqin Jiang, Ying Wang, Zezhou Wang, Qiuming Shen, Rui Li, Yong Cai
Determinants of child anthropometric indicators in Ethiopia
Davod Ahmadi, Ekta Amarnani, Akankasha Sen, Narges Ebadi, Patrick Cortbaoui, Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez
Challenges and motivators to physical activity faced by retired men when ageing: a qualitative study
Ebba Langum Bredland, Sylvia Söderström, Kjersti Vik
Changes in risk perceptions during the 2014 Ebola virus disease epidemic: results of two consecutive surveys among the general population in Lower Saxony, Germany
Julie Obenauer, Nicole Rübsamen, Ekaterine Garsevanidze, André Karch, Rafael T. Mikolajczyk
Meteorological factors affecting dengue incidence in Davao, Philippines
Jesavel A. Iguchi, Xerxes T. Seposo, Yasushi Honda
Are we doing enough to prevent poor-quality antimalarial medicines in the developing world?
Erin J. Walker, Gregory M. Peterson, James Grech, Evie Paragalli, Jackson Thomas
Understanding conversations about alcohol between parents and their 15–17 year olds: a qualitative study
Alexandra Sawyer, Lester Coleman, Richard Cooke, Lisa Hodgson, Nigel Sherriff
Lifestyle choices and mental health: a longitudinal survey with German and Chinese students
Julia Velten, Angela Bieda, Saskia Scholten, André Wannemüller, Jürgen Margraf
Peer mentor versus teacher delivery of a physical activity program on the effects of BMI and daily activity: protocol of a school-based group randomized controlled trial in Appalachia
Laureen H. Smith, Rick L. Petosa, Abigail Shoben
Food availability and food access in rural agricultural communities: use of mixed methods
Linda K. Ko, Cassandra Enzler, Cynthia K. Perry, Edgar Rodriguez, Norma Mariscal, Sandra Linde, Catherine Duggan
A pedometer-based walking intervention with and without email counseling in general practice: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Tomas Vetrovsky, Jozef Cupka, Martin Dudek, Blanka Kuthanova, Klaudia Vetrovska, Vaclav Capek, Vaclav Bunc
Factors associated with social participation amongst elders in rural Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional mixed methods analysis
Celeste Marsh, Paul A. Agius, Gamini Jayakody, Roshan Shajehan, Chandima Abeywickrema, Kelly Durrant, Stanley Luchters, Wendy Holmes
Suicide prevention gatekeeper training in the Netherlands improves gatekeepers’ knowledge of suicide prevention and their confidence to discuss suicidality, an observational study
Sanne Terpstra, Aartjan Beekman, Jens Abbing, Sabine Jaken, Martin Steendam, Renske Gilissen
Use of a counsellor supported disclosure model to improve the uptake of couple HIV testing and counselling in Kenya: a quasi-experimental study
Margaret Kababu, Eric Sakwa, Robinson Karuga, Annrita Ikahu, Inviolata Njeri, Jordan Kyongo, Catherine Khamali, Wanjiru Mukoma
Physical inactivity, gender and culture in Arab countries: a systematic assessment of the literature
Eman Sharara, Chaza Akik, Hala Ghattas, Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer
Predictors of weight stigma experienced by middle-older aged, general-practice patients with obesity in disadvantaged areas of Australia: a cross-sectional study
Catherine Spooner, Upali W. Jayasinghe, Nighat Faruqi, Nigel Stocks, Mark F. Harris
Diabetes management training for female community health volunteers in Western Nepal: an implementation experience
Bishal Gyawali, Shiva Raj Mishra, Dinesh Neupane, Abhinav Vaidya, Annelli Sandbæk, Per Kallestrup
Work stress prevention needs of employees and supervisors
Bo M. Havermans, Evelien P. M. Brouwers, Rianne J. A. Hoek, Johannes R. Anema, Allard J. van der Beek, Cécile R. L. Boot
Pathways to prevention: protocol for the CAP (Climate and Preventure) study to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of school-based universal, selective and combined alcohol misuse prevention into early adulthood
Nicola C. Newton, Lexine Stapinski, Tim Slade, Katrina E. Champion, Emma L. Barrett, Catherine Chapman, Anna Smout, Siobhan Lawler, Marius Mather, Natalie Castellanos-Ryan, Patricia J. Conrod, Maree Teesson
Unmet basic needs negatively affect health-related quality of life in people aging with HIV: results from the Positive Spaces, Healthy Places study
Phan Sok, Sandra Gardner, Tsegaye Bekele, Jason Globerman, Mary V. Seeman, Saara Greene, Michael Sobota, Jay J. Koornstra, LaVerne Monette, Keith Hambly, Stephen W. Hwang, James Watson, Glen Walker, Sean B. Rourke
Seroprevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections (HBV, HCV, syphilis and HIV) among prospective blood donors in a tertiary health care facility in Calabar, Nigeria; an eleven years evaluation
Henshaw Uchechi Okoroiwu, Ifeyinwa Maryann Okafor, Enosakhare Aiyudubie Asemota, Dorathy Chioma Okpokam
Depression screening and education: an examination of mental health literacy and stigma in a sample of Hispanic women
Veronica Lopez, Katherine Sanchez, Michael O. Killian, Brittany H. Eghaneyan
Managing acute ischaemic stroke in a small island developing state: meeting the guidelines in Barbados
Asanchia S. Harewood-Marshall, Leslie S. Craig, Tanya P. Martelly, David O. C. Corbin, Lauren Maul, Damani McIntosh-Clarke, Tracey Blackman, Kenneth S. George, Anselm J. M. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, Angela M. C. Rose
The impact of economic and social factors on the prevalence of hepatitis B in Turkey
Selma Tosun, Olgu Aygün, Hülya Özkan Özdemir, Elif Korkmaz, Durmuş Özdemir
Electronic Health Record (EHR)-Based Community Health Measures: An Exploratory Assessment of Perceived Usefulness by Local Health Departments
Karen F. Comer, P. Joseph Gibson, Jian Zou, Marc Rosenman, Brian E. Dixon
Maternal anemia is a potential risk factor for anemia in children aged 6–59 months in Southern Africa: a multilevel analysis
Peter A. M. Ntenda, Owen Nkoka, Paul Bass, Thomas Senghore
The prevalence of substance use among Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants in Finland: a population-based study
Essi Salama, Solja Niemelä, Jaana Suvisaari, Tiina Laatikainen, Päivikki Koponen, Anu E. Castaneda
Are we really “eating well with Canada’s food guide”?
Joyce J. Slater, Adriana N. Mudryj
Prevalence and associated factors for stunting among 6–12 years old school age children from rural community of Humbo district, Southern Ethiopia
Tesfahun Yonas Bogale, Elazar Tadesse Bala, Minyahil Tadesse, Benedict Oppong Asamoah
The long-term economic impacts of arthritis through lost productive life years: results from an Australian microsimulation model
Deborah Schofield, Michelle Cunich, Rupendra N. Shrestha, Robert Tanton, Lennert Veerman, Simon Kelly, Megan E. Passey
The prevalence of smoking, second-hand smoke exposure, and knowledge of the health hazards of smoking among internal migrants in 12 provinces in China: a cross-sectional analysis
Yunting Zheng, Ying Ji, Hongbo Dong, Chun Chang
An assessment of public health surveillance of Zika virus infection and potentially associated outcomes in Latin America
Leonelo E. Bautista, Víctor M. Herrera
Universal health coverage in the context of population ageing: What determines health insurance enrolment in rural Ghana?
Nele Van der Wielen, Andrew Amos Channon, Jane Falkingham
A 12-month follow-up of a mobile-based (mHealth) obesity prevention intervention in pre-school children: the MINISTOP randomized controlled trial
Christine Delisle Nyström, Sven Sandin, Pontus Henriksson, Hanna Henriksson, Ralph Maddison, Marie Löf
Increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in Yi farmers and migrants from 2007 to 2015 in China: the Yi migrant study
Ye Wang, Li Pan, Shaoping Wan, Huowuli Yi, Fang Yang, Huijing He, Zheng Li, Jia Zhang, Xiaoyang Wang, Zhengping Yong, Guangliang Shan
The protocol of a population-based prospective cohort study in southwest of Iran to analyze common non-communicable diseases: Shahrekord cohort study
Arsalan Khaledifar, Morteza Hashemzadeh, Kamal Solati, Hosseion Poustchi, Valentina Bollati, Ali Ahmadi, Soleiman Kheiri, Keihan Ghatreh samani, Mehdi Banitalebi, Morteza Sedehi, Reza Malekzadeh
Effectiveness of control measures to prevent occupational tuberculosis infection in health care workers: a systematic review
Bey-Marrié Schmidt, Mark E. Engel, Leila Abdullahi, Rodney Ehrlich
Predictors of latent tuberculosis infection treatment completion in the US private sector: an analysis of administrative claims data
Erica L. Stockbridge, Thaddeus L. Miller, Erin K. Carlson, Christine Ho
When helping helps: exploring health benefits of cancer survivors participating in for-cause physical activity events
M. Renée Umstattd Meyer, Andrew R. Meyer, Cindy Wu, John Bernhart
Exploring psychosocial predictors of STI testing in University students
H. A. Martin-Smith, E. A. Okpo, E. R. Bull
Public rental housing and its association with mortality – a retrospective, cohort study
Jun Jie Benjamin Seng, Yu Heng Kwan, Hendra Goh, Julian Thumboo, Lian Leng Low
Promoting sunscreen use and skin self-examination to improve early detection and prevent skin cancer: quasi-experimental trial of an adolescent psycho-educational intervention
Gill Hubbard, Richard G. Kyle, Richard D. Neal, Vincent Marmara, Ziyan Wang, Stephan U. Dombrowski
Sexual activity and sexual health among young adults with and without mild/moderate intellectual disability
Susannah Baines, Eric Emerson, Janet Robertson, Chris Hatton
Access to HIV care and treatment for migrants between Lesotho and South Africa: a mixed methods study
Iyiola Faturiyele, Dimitris Karletsos, Keletso Ntene-Sealiete, Alfred Musekiwa, Mantiti Khabo, Marethabile Mariti, Phetole Mahasha, Thembisile Xulu, Pedro T. Pisa
Study protocol: intervention in maternal perception of preschoolers’ weight among Mexican and Mexican-American mothers
Yolanda Flores-Peña, Meizi He, Erica T. Sosa, Hermelinda Avila-Alpirez, Perla M. Trejo-Ortiz
Longitudinal study of health, disease and access to care in rural Victoria: the Crossroads-II study: methods
Kristen M. Glenister, Lisa Bourke, Leslie Bolitho, Sian Wright, Stuart Roberts, William Kemp, Leigh Rhode, Ravi Bhat, Sönke Tremper, Dianna J. Magliano, Mike Morgan, Rodrigo Mariño, William Adam, David Simmons
Prevalence and correlates of non-disclosure of maternal HIV status to male partners: a national survey in Kenya
John Kinuthia, Benson Singa, Christine J. McGrath, Beryne Odeny, Agnes Langat, Abraham Katana, Lucy Ng’ang’a, Jillian Pintye, Grace John-Stewart
Factors related to work ability and well-being among women on sick leave due to long-term pain in the neck/shoulders and/or back: a cross-sectional study
Mamunur Rashid, Marja-Leena Kristofferzon, Marina Heiden, Annika Nilsson
Associations between birth registration and early child growth and development: evidence from 31 low- and middle-income countries
Joshua Jeong, Amiya Bhatia, Günther Fink
Association between body mass index and health outcomes among adolescents: the mediating role of traditional and cyber bullying victimization
Byung Lee, Seokjin Jeong, Myunghoon Roh
Factors associated with the maintenance of breastfeeding for 6, 12, and 24 months in adolescent mothers
Mariana Muelbert, Elsa R. J. Giugliani
Health-related parental indicators and their association with healthy weight and overweight/obese children’s physical activity
E. Sigmund, D. Sigmundová, P. Badura, A. Madarasová Gecková
Prevalence and clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in rural Nepalese population aged 40–80 years
Mahesh Kumar Khanal, M. S. A. Mansur Ahmed, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Palash Chandra Banik, Raja Ram Dhungana, Pratiksha Bhandari, Surya Devkota, Arun Shayami
Simultaneous vs. sequential treatment for smoking and weight management in tobacco quitlines: 6 and 12 month outcomes from a randomized trial
Terry Bush, Jennifer Lovejoy, Harold Javitz, Alula Jimenez Torres, Ken Wassum, Marcia M. Tan, Bonnie Spring
Public health education at China’s higher education institutions: a time-series analysis from 1998 to 2012
Jianlin Hou, Zhifeng Wang, Xiaoyun Liu, Youhui Luo, Sabhyta Sabharwal, Nan Wang, Qingyue Meng
Reducing pediatric caries and obesity risk in South Asian immigrants: randomized controlled trial of common health/risk factor approach
Alison Karasz, Karen Bonuck
Development and testing of a novel survey to assess Stakeholder-driven Community Diffusion of childhood obesity prevention efforts
Ariella R. Korn, Erin Hennessy, Ross A. Hammond, Steven Allender, Matthew W. Gillman, Matt Kasman, Jaimie McGlashan, Lynne Millar, Brynle Owen, Mark C. Pachucki, Boyd Swinburn, Alison Tovar, Christina D. Economos
Non-completion of secondary education and early disability in Norway: geographic patterns, individual and community risks
Arnhild Myhr, Tommy Haugan, Monica Lillefjell, Thomas Halvorsen
Impact of the use and efficacy of long lasting insecticidal net on malaria infection during the first trimester of pregnancy - a pre-conceptional cohort study in southern Benin
Cornélia Hounkonnou, Armel Djènontin, Seun Egbinola, Parfait Houngbegnon, Aziz Bouraima, Christophe Soares, Nadine Fievet, Manfred Accrombessi, Emmanuel Yovo, Valérie Briand, Gilles Cottrell
Effectiveness of capacity building interventions relevant to public health practice: a systematic review
Kara DeCorby-Watson, Gloria Mensah, Kim Bergeron, Samiya Abdi, Benjamin Rempel, Heather Manson
Characteristics of insufficiently active participants that benefit from health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) promotion programs implemented in the sports club setting
Linda Ooms, Chantal Leemrijse, Dorine Collard, Nicolette Schipper-van Veldhoven, Cindy Veenhof
“Five hundred years of medicine gone to waste”? Negotiating the implementation of an intercultural health policy in the Ecuadorian Andes
Ana Llamas, Susannah Mayhew
Assessing the reliability of FTIR spectroscopy measurements and validity of bioelectrical impedance analysis as a surrogate measure of body composition among children and adolescents aged 8–19 years attending schools in Kampala, Uganda
Catherine T. Ndagire, John H. Muyonga, Dan Isabirye, Benard Odur, Serge M. A. Somda, Richard Bukenya, Juan E. Andrade, Dorothy Nakimbugwe
Awareness of alcohol as a risk factor for cancer is associated with public support for alcohol policies
Sarah Bates, John Holmes, Lucy Gavens, Elena Gomes de Matos, Jessica Li, Bernadette Ward, Lucie Hooper, Simon Dixon, Penny Buykx
Enhancing LPG adoption in Ghana (ELAG): a factorial cluster-randomized controlled trial to Enhance LPG Adoption & Sustained use
Daniel Carrión, Rebecca Dwommoh, Theresa Tawiah, Oscar Agyei, Francis Agbokey, Miecks Twumasi, Mohammed Mujtaba, Darby Jack, Kwaku Poku Asante
HealthLit4Kids study protocol; crossing boundaries for positive health literacy outcomes
Rose Nash, Shandell Elmer, Katy Thomas, Richard Osborne, Kate MacIntyre, Becky Shelley, Linda Murray, Siobhan Harpur, Diane Webb
Optimal cut-points of different anthropometric indices and their joint effect in prediction of type 2 diabetes: results of a cohort study
Neda Zafari, Mojtaba Lotfaliany, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Davood Khalili, Fereidoun Azizi, Farzad Hadaegh
Demographic characteristics and type/frequency of physical activity participation in a large sample of 21,603 Australian people
Rochelle M. Eime, Jack T. Harvey, Melanie J. Charity, Rayoni Nelson
Suubi4Her: a study protocol to examine the impact and cost associated with a combination intervention to prevent HIV risk behavior and improve mental health functioning among adolescent girls in Uganda
Fred M. Ssewamala, Laura Gauer Bermudez, Torsten B. Neilands, Claude A. Mellins, Mary M. McKay, Irv Garfinkel, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Gertrude Nakigozi, Miriam Mukasa, Lindsay Stark, Christopher Damulira, Jennifer Nattabi, Apollo Kivumbi
Prevalence and factors associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension among the hill tribe elderly populations in northern Thailand
Tawatchai Apidechkul
Feasibility and acceptability of a cancer symptom awareness intervention for adults living in socioeconomically deprived communities
Pamela Smith, Stephanie Smits, Sioned Owen, Fiona Wood, Grace McCutchan, Ben Carter, Adrian Edwards, Michael Robling, Julia Townson, Kate Brain
The US SimSmoke tobacco control policy model of smokeless tobacco and cigarette use
David T. Levy, Zhe Yuan, Yameng Li
Gambling expenditure by game type among weekly gamblers in Finland
Anne H. Salonen, Jukka Kontto, Riku Perhoniemi, Hannu Alho, Sari Castrén
Tailoring motivational health messages for smoking cessation using an mHealth recommender system integrated with an electronic health record: a study protocol
Santiago Hors-Fraile, Francine Schneider, Luis Fernandez-Luque, Francisco Luna-Perejon, Anton Civit, Dimitris Spachos, Panagiotis Bamidis, Hein de Vries
Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and living with a chronic condition: participatory study
José Adailton da Silva, Elizabethe Cristina Fagundes de Souza, Ana Gretel Echazú Böschemeier, Camyla Cristina Maia da Costa, Héllydade Souza Bezerra, Eva Emanuela Lopes Cavalcante Feitosa
Learning in the zone: toward workforce development of evidence-based public policy communication
Beth E. Meyerson, Laura T. Haderxhanaj, Karen Comer, Gregory D. Zimet
Experiences of frontline nursing staff on workplace safety and occupational health hazards in two psychiatric hospitals in Ghana
Robert Kaba Alhassan, Kwabena Adu Poku
Sports participation and psychosocial health: a longitudinal observational study in children
Janet Moeijes, Jooske T. van Busschbach, Ruud J. Bosscher, Jos W. R. Twisk
Pathways of care for HIV infected children in Beira, Mozambique: pre-post intervention study to assess impact of task shifting
Claudia Marotta, Carlo Giaquinto, Francesco Di Gennaro, Kajal D. Chhaganlal, Annalisa Saracino, Jorge Moiane, Guido Maringhini, Damiano Pizzol, Giovanni Putoto, Laura Monno, Alessandra Casuccio, Francesco Vitale, Walter Mazzucco
Relationships between parent feeding behaviors and parent and child characteristics in Brazilian preschoolers: a cross-sectional study
Sarah Warkentin, Laís Amaral Mais, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre, Susan Carnell, José Augusto de Aguiar CarrazedoTaddei
Cross-sectional and prospective associations between sleep, screen time, active school travel, sports/exercise participation and physical activity in children and adolescents
Knut Eirik Dalene, Sigmund A. Anderssen, Lars Bo Andersen, Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Ulf Ekelund, Bjørge H. Hansen, Elin Kolle
Acceptability of a sitting reduction intervention for older adults with obesity
Theresa E. Matson, Anne D. Renz, Michelle L. Takemoto, Jennifer B. McClure, Dori E. Rosenberg
Prediction of the development of metabolic syndrome by the Markov model based on a longitudinal study in Dalian City
Xiao Tang, Qigui Liu
Risk factors for familial clustering of hepatitis C virus infection in a Chinese Han population: a cross-sectional study
Bi-fen Luo, Hui-ying Rao, Ying-hui Gao, Lai Wei
Washing with hope: evidence of improved handwashing among children in South Africa from a pilot study of a novel soap technology
Justine Burns, Brendan Maughan-Brown, Âurea Mouzinho
Global prevalence and distribution of coinfection of malaria, dengue and chikungunya: a systematic review
Nasir Salam, Shoeb Mustafa, Abdul Hafiz, Anis Ahmad Chaudhary, Farah Deeba, Shama Parveen
Knowledge and awareness of the general public and perception of pharmacists about antibiotic resistance
Thuy Mason, Claire Trochez, Remmya Thomas, Maria Babar, Iman Hesso, Reem Kayyali
Enabling participation for disabled young people: study protocol
Penelope Carroll, Karen Witten, Octavia Calder-Dawe, Melody Smith, Robin Kearns, Lanuola Asiasiga, Judy Lin, Nicola Kayes, Suzanne Mavoa
Shisha use among students in a private university in Kigali city, Rwanda: prevalence and associated factors
Omoboriowo Joad Omotehinwa, Ogendi Japheths, Iyamuremye Jean Damascene, Michael Habtu
Community perceptions of the implementation and impact of an intervention to improve the neighbourhood physical environment to promote walking for transport: a qualitative study
Emma J. Adams, Lauren B. Sherar
Outdoor air pollution, green space, and cancer incidence in Saxony: a semi-individual cohort study
Thomas Datzmann, Iana Markevych, Freya Trautmann, Joachim Heinrich, Jochen Schmitt, Falko Tesch
Randomised-controlled trial of a web-based dietary intervention for patients with type 2 diabetes: changes in health cognitions and glycemic control
Amutha Ramadas, Carina Ka Yee Chan, Brian Oldenburg, Zanariah Hussein, Kia Fatt Quek
Assessment of blood levels of heavy metals including lead and manganese in healthy children living in the Katanga settlement of Kampala, Uganda
Sarah E. Cusick, Ericka G. Jaramillo, Emily C. Moody, Andrew S. Ssemata, Doreen Bitwayi, Troy C. Lund, Ezekiel Mupere
Girls’ transition from participation in a modified sport program to club sport competition - a study of longitudinal patterns and correlates
Rochelle Eime, Jack Harvey, Melanie Charity
Arthritis diagnosis and symptoms are positively associated with specific physical job exposures in lower- and middle-income countries: cross-sectional results from the World Health Organization’s Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)
Sharon L. Brennan-Olsen, Svetlana Solovieva, Eira Viikari-Juntura, Ilana N. Ackerman, Steven J. Bowe, Paul Kowal, Nirmala Naidoo, Somnath Chatterji, Anita E. Wluka, Michelle T. Leech, Richard S. Page, Kerrie M. Sanders, Fernando Gomez, Gustavo Duque, Darci Green, Mohammadreza Mohebbi
Association between sleep duration and metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study
Claire E. Kim, Sangah Shin, Hwi-Won Lee, Jiyeon Lim, Jong-koo Lee, Aesun Shin, Daehee Kang
Mortality and morbidity in populations in the vicinity of coal mining: a systematic review
Javier Cortes-Ramirez, Suchithra Naish, Peter D Sly, Paul Jagals
Cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure trend analyses from 2002 to 2016: after the implementation of a salt reduction strategy
D. Abreu, P. Sousa, C. Matias-Dias, F. J. Pinto
Systems, supplies, and staff: a mixed-methods study of health care workers’ experiences and health facility preparedness during a large national cholera outbreak, Kenya 2015
Kathryn G. Curran, Emma Wells, Samuel J. Crowe, Rupa Narra, Jared Oremo, Waqo Boru, Jane Githuku, Mark Obonyo, Kevin M. De Cock, Joel M. Montgomery, Lyndah Makayotto, Daniel Langat, Sara A. Lowther, Ciara O’Reilly, Zeinab Gura, Jackson Kioko
Chronic sleep deprivation and gender-specific risk of depression in adolescents: a prospective population-based study
Annalijn I. Conklin, Christopher A. Yao, Christopher G. Richardson
Location influences snacking behavior of US infants, toddlers and preschool children
Emma F. Jacquier, Denise M. Deming, Alison L. Eldridge
The association between exposure to social media alcohol marketing and youth alcohol use behaviors in India and Australia
Himanshu Gupta, Tina Lam, Simone Pettigrew, Robert J. Tait
Representations of electronic cigarettes in Chinese media
Shaojing Sun, Giuseppe A. Veltri, Fan Wang
Perceived stress as a risk factor of unemployment: a register-based cohort study
Maiken Holm Mæhlisen, Alexander Arndt Pasgaard, Rikke Nørmark Mortensen, Henrik Vardinghus-Nielsen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Henrik Bøggild
How public health nurses’ deal with sexting among young people: a qualitative inquiry using the critical incident technique
Maria Clark, Alison Lewis, Sally Bradshaw, Caroline Bradbury-Jones
Knowledge and determinants regarding tuberculosis among medical students in Hunan, China: a cross-sectional study
Yangjiang Ou, Zhenzhou Luo, Jinsong Mou, Hui Ming, Xiang Wang, Shipeng Yan, Aichun Tan
The association between psychosocial factors and change in lifestyle behaviour following lifestyle advice and information about cardiovascular disease risk
Rebecca A Dennison, Adina L Feldman, Juliet A Usher-Smith, Simon J Griffin
Effectiveness of a community based intervention to delay early marriage, early pregnancy and improve school retention among adolescents in India
Devika Mehra, Archana Sarkar, Priyanka Sreenath, Jagannath Behera, Sunil Mehra
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour research in Thailand: a systematic scoping review
Nucharapon Liangruenrom, Kanyapat Suttikasem, Melinda Craike, Jason A. Bennie, Stuart J. H. Biddle, Zeljko Pedisic
Development and testing of the reliability and validity of the adolescent haze related knowledge awareness assessment scale (AHRKAAS)
Hongzhe Dou, Yuejia Zhao, Yanhong Chen, Qingchun Zhao, Bo Xiao, Yan Wang, Yonghe Zhang, Zhiguo Chen, Jie Guo, Lingwei Tao
The associations between employees’ risky drinking and sociodemographics, and implications for intervention needs
Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Randi Wågø Aas
Inequities in coverage of smokefree outdoor space policies within the United States: school grounds and playgrounds
Christopher Lowrie, Amber L. Pearson, George Thomson
Unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverage advertising on children’s, youth and family free-to-air and digital television programmes in Thailand
Nongnuch Jaichuen, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Bridget Kelly, Vuthiphan Vongmongkol, Sirinya Phulkerd, Viroj Tangcharoensathien
HIV-related stigma and discrimination amongst healthcare providers in Guangzhou, China
Xiaomei Dong, Jianwei Yang, Lin Peng, Minhui Pang, Jiayi Zhang, Zhan Zhang, Jiaming Rao, Haiqing Wang, Xiongfei Chen
Social risk factors for speech, scholastic and coordination disorders: a nationwide register-based study
Bianca Arrhenius, David Gyllenberg, Roshan Chudal, Venla Lehti, Minna Sucksdorff, Ona Sourander, Juha-Pekka Virtanen, Jutta Torsti, Andre Sourander
Support for a point-of-sale cigarette display ban among smokers: findings from the international tobacco control (ITC) Netherlands survey
Dirk-Jan A. van Mourik, Math J. J. M. Candel, Gera E. Nagelhout, Marc C. Willemsen, Geoffrey T. Fong, Karin Hummel, Bas van den Putte, Hein de Vries
Sub-national variation in measles vaccine coverage and outbreak risk: a case study from a 2010 outbreak in Malawi
Avery Kundrick, Zhuojie Huang, Spencer Carran, Matthew Kagoli, Rebecca Freeman Grais, Northan Hurtado, Matthew Ferrari
Cardiovascular disease lifestyle risk factors in people with psychosis: a cross-sectional study
Doreen Mucheru, Mary-Claire Hanlon, Linda E. Campbell, Mark McEvoy, Lesley MacDonald-Wicks
The relationship between socioeconomic status and risky drinking in Denmark: a cross-sectional general population study
Abdu Kedir Seid, Kim Bloomfield, Morten Hesse
Association between multiple comorbidities and self-rated health status in middle-aged and elderly Chinese: the China Kadoorie Biobank study
Xingyue Song, Jing Wu, Canqing Yu, Wenhong Dong, Jun Lv, Yu Guo, Zheng Bian, Ling Yang, Yiping Chen, Zhengming Chen, An Pan, Liming Li, Junshi Chen, Zhengming Chen, Rory Collins, Liming Li, Richard Peto, Daniel Avery, Ruth Boxall, Derrick Bennett, Yumei Chang, Yiping Chen, Zhengming Chen, Robert Clarke, Huaidong Du, Simon Gilbert, Alex Hacker, Mike Hill, Michael Holmes, Andri Iona, Christiana Kartsonaki, Rene Kerosi, Ling Kong, Om Kurmi, Garry Lancaster, Sarah Lewington, Kuang Lin, John McDonnell, Iona Millwood, Qunhua Nie, Jayakrishnan Radhakrishnan, Sajjad Rafiq, Paul Ryder, Sam Sansome, Dan Schmidt, Paul Sherliker, Rajani Sohoni, Becky Stevens, Iain Turnbull, Robin Walters, Jenny Wang, Lin Wang, Neil Wright, Ling Yang, Xiaoming Yang, Zheng Bian, Yu Guo, Xiao Han, Can Hou, Jun Lv, Pei Pei, Yunlong Tan, Canqing Yu, Zengchang Pang, Ruqin Gao, Shanpeng Li, Shaojie Wang, Yongmei Liu, Ranran Du, Yajing Zang, Liang Cheng, Xiaocao Tian, Hua Zhang, Yaoming Zhai, Feng Ning, Xiaohui Sun, Feifei Li, Silu Lv, Junzheng Wang, Wei Hou, Mingyuan Zeng, Ge Jiang, Xue Zhou, Liqiu Yang, Hui He, Bo Yu, Yanjie Li, Qinai Xu, Quan Kang, Ziyan Guo, Dan Wang, Ximin Hu, Hongmei Wang, Jinyan Chen, Yan Fu, Zhenwang Fu, Xiaohuan Wang, Min Weng, Zhendong Guo, Shukuan Wu, Yilei Li, Huimei Li, Zhifang Fu, Ming Wu, Yonglin Zhou, Jinyi Zhou, Ran Tao, Jie Yang, Jian Su, Fang Liu, Jun Zhang, Yihe Hu, Yan Lu, Liangcai Ma, Aiyu Tang, Shuo Zhang, Jianrong Jin, Jingchao Liu, Zhenzhu Tang, Naying Chen, Ying Huang, Mingqiang Li, Jinhuai Meng, Rong Pan, Qilian Jiang, Jian Lan, Yun Liu, Liuping Wei, Liyuan Zhou, Ningyu Chen, Ping Wang, Fanwen Meng, Yulu Qin, Sisi Wang, Xianping Wu, Ningmei Zhang, Xiaofang Chen, Weiwei Zhou, Guojin Luo, Jianguo Li, Xiaofang Chen, Xunfu Zhong, Jiaqiu Liu, Qiang Sun, Pengfei Ge, Xiaolan Ren, Caixia Dong, Hui Zhang, Enke Mao, Xiaoping Wang, Tao Wang, Xi Zhang, Ding Zhang, Gang Zhou, Shixian Feng, Liang Chang, Lei Fan, Yulian Gao, Tianyou He, Huarong Sun, Pan He, Chen Hu, Xukui Zhang, Huifang Wu, Pan He, Min Yu, Ruying Hu, Hao Wang, Yijian Qian, Chunmei Wang, Kaixu Xie, Lingli Chen, Yidan Zhang, Dongxia Pan, Qijun Gu, Yuelong Huang, Biyun Chen, Li Yin, Huilin Liu, Zhongxi Fu, Qiaohua Xu, Xin Xu, Hao Zhang, Huajun Long, Xianzhi Li, Libo Zhang, Zhe Qiu
Epidemiological trends and risk factors associated with dengue disease in Pakistan (1980–2014): a systematic literature search and analysis
Jehangir Khan, Inamullah Khan, Abdul Ghaffar, Bushra Khalid
Determinants of human papillomavirus vaccine attitudes: an interview of Wisconsin parents
Kathrine L. Barnes, Jeffrey J. VanWormer, Shannon Stokley, Elizabeth R. Vickers, Huong Q. McLean, Edward A. Belongia, Casper G. Bendixsen
Assessing the level of knowledge and available sources of information about hepatitis C infection among HCV-infected Egyptians
Noha Yahia Sultan, Ahmed YacoobMayet, Sinaa Abdulmohsen Alaqeel, Hussain Abdulrahman Al-Omar
HIV rapid testing in community and outreach sites: results of a nationwide demonstration project in Italy
Paola Scognamiglio, Giacomina Chiaradia, Marta Giovanetti, Emidio Albertini, Antonella Camposeragna, Massimo Farinella, Daniela Lorenzetti, Massimo Oldrini, Laura Rancilio, Anna Caraglia, Francesco Paolo Maraglino, Giuseppe Ippolito, Enrico Girardi
Impact of public smoking bans on children’s exposure to tobacco smoke at home: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sarah Nanninga, Stefan K. Lhachimi, Gabriele Bolte
Sexual health in the French military: a multidimensional and gendered perspective
Sandrine Duron, Aline Bohet, Henri Panjo, Nathalie Bajos, René Migliani, Catherine Marimoutou, Yann Le Strat, Jean Baptiste Meynard, Caroline Moreau
History of co-occurring disorders and current mental health status among homeless veterans
Kele Ding, Matthew Slate, Jingzhen Yang
Progression of diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and chronic kidney disease in a three chronic conditions multistate model
Chathura Siriwardhana, Eunjung Lim, James Davis, John J. Chen
Clustering and correlates of screen-time and eating behaviours among young children
Natalie Pearson, Stuart J. H. Biddle, Paula Griffiths, Julie P. Johnston, Emma Haycraft
The impact of job insecurity on long-term self-rated health – results from the prospective population-based MONICA/KORA study
Amira Barrech, Jens Baumert, Harald Gündel, Karl-Heinz Ladwig
Global research output in the health of international Arab migrants (1988–2017)
Waleed M. Sweileh
Motivational interviewing in long-term sickness absence: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial followed by qualitative and economic studies
Lene Aasdahl, Vegard Stolsmo Foldal, Martin Inge Standal, Roger Hagen, Roar Johnsen, Marit Solbjør, Marius Steiro Fimland, Heidi Fossen, Chris Jensen, Gunnhild Bagøien, Vidar Halsteinli, Egil Andreas Fors
Improved rates of exclusive breastfeeding at 14 weeks of age in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: what are the challenges now?
C. Horwood, L. Haskins, IM Engebretsen, S. Phakathi, C. Connolly, A. Coutsoudis, L. Spies
Age, sex, and the changing disability burden of compensated work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Canada and Australia
Robert A. Macpherson, Tyler J. Lane, Alex Collie, Christopher B. McLeod
The relationship between depression, daytime napping, daytime dysfunction, and snoring in 0.5 million Chinese populations: exploring the effects of socio-economic status and age
Yuning Liu, Tingting Peng, Siqiao Zhang, Kun Tang
Exploring patterns of response across the lifespan: the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) study
Emma Green, Holly Bennett, Carol Brayne, Lorraine K. Tyler, Carol Brayne, Edward T. Bullmore, Andrew C. Calder, Rhodri Cusack, Tim Dalgleish, John Duncan, Richard N. Henson, Fiona E. Matthews, William D. Marslen-Wilson, James B. Rowe, Meredith A. Shafto, Karen Campbell, Teresa Cheung, Simon Davis, Linda Geerligs, Rogier Kievit, Anna McCarrey, Abdur Mustafa, Darren Price, David Samu, Jason R. Taylor, Matthias Treder, Kamen Tsvetanov, Janna van Belle, Nitin Williams, Lauren Bates, Tina Emery, Sharon Erzinçlioglu, Andrew Gadie, Sofia Gerbase, Stanimira Georgieva, Claire Hanley, Beth Parkin, David Troy, Tibor Auer, Marta Correia, Lu Gao, Emma Green, Rafael Henriques, Jodie Allen, Gillian Amery, Liana Amunts, Anne Barcroft, Amanda Castle, Cheryl Dias, Jonathan Dowrick, Melissa Fair, Hayley Fisher, Anna Goulding, Adarsh Grewal, Geoff Hale, Andrew Hilton, Frances Johnson, Patricia Johnston, Thea Kavanagh-Williamson, Magdalena Kwasniewska, Alison McMinn, Kim Norman, Jessica Penrose, Fiona Roby, Diane Rowland, John Sargeant, Maggie Squire, Beth Stevens, Aldabra Stoddart, Cheryl Stone, Tracy Thompson, Ozlem Yazlik, Dan Barnes, Marie Dixon, Jaya Hillman, Joanne Mitchell, Laura Villis, Fiona E. Matthews
Exercise and cancer mortality in Korean men and women: a prospective cohort study
Yongho Jee, Youngwon Kim, Sun Ha Jee, Mikyung Ryu
Exercise and physical activity in asylum seekers in Northern England; using the theoretical domains framework to identify barriers and facilitators
Melanie Haith-Cooper, Catherine Waskett, Jane Montague, Maria Horne
Ethnic heterogeneity in the determinants of HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination among Nigeria women
Clifford O. Odimegwu, Olatunji Alabi, Nicole De Wet, Joshua O. Akinyemi
Receptiveness and preferences of health-related smartphone applications among Vietnamese youth and young adults
Toan Thanh Thi Do, Mai Dinh Le, Thanh Van Nguyen, Bach Xuan Tran, Huong Thi Le, Hinh Duc Nguyen, Long Hoang Nguyen, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Tho Dinh Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Roger C. M. Ho, Melvyn W. B. Zhang
Health facility delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: successes, challenges, and implications for the 2030 development agenda
Henry V. Doctor, Sangwani Nkhana-Salimu, Maryam Abdulsalam-Anibilowo
Effectiveness of the blended-care lifestyle intervention ‘PerfectFit’: a cluster randomised trial in employees at risk for cardiovascular diseases
Tessa A. Kouwenhoven-Pasmooij, Suzan J. W. Robroek, Roderik A. Kraaijenhagen, Pieter H. Helmhout, Daan Nieboer, Alex Burdorf, M. G. Myriam Hunink
Waist-to-height ratio index for predicting incidences of hypertension: the ARIRANG study
Jung Ran Choi, Sang Baek Koh, Eunhee Choi
Subjective and objective assessment of sedentary behavior among college employees
Samuel Headley, Jasmin Hutchinson, Sarah Wooley, Kristen Dempsey, Kelvin Phan, Gregory Spicer, Xanne Janssen, Jerold Laguilles, Tracey Matthews
Missed treatment opportunities and barriers to comprehensive treatment for sexual violence survivors in Kenya: a mixed methods study
Anne Gatuguta, Katherine G. Merrill, Manuela Colombini, Seyi Soremekun, Janet Seeley, Isaac Mwanzo, Karen Devries
A systematic review of working conditions and occupational health among immigrants in Europe and Canada
T. Sterud, T. Tynes, I. Sivesind Mehlum, K. B. Veiersted, B. Bergbom, A. Airila, B. Johansson, M. Brendler-Lindqvist, K. Hviid, M. -A. Flyvholm
Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES): study design and rationale
Gilbert C. Gee, A. B. de Castro, Catherine M. Crespi, May C. Wang, Karen Llave, Eleanor Brindle, Nanette R. Lee, Maria Midea M. Kabamalan, Anna K. Hing
A content analysis of depression-related discourses on Sina Weibo: attribution, efficacy, and information sources
Jiabao Pan, Bingjie Liu, Gary L. Kreps
Hypertension, overweight/obesity, and diabetes among immigrants in the United States: an analysis of the 2010–2016 National Health Interview Survey
Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Elizabeth Selvin, Jonathan Aboagye, Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, Ximin Li, Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, Rexford S. Ahima, Lisa A. Cooper
A contextually relevant approach to assessing health risk behavior in a rural sub-Saharan Africa setting: the Kilifi health risk behavior questionnaire
Derrick Ssewanyana, Anneloes van Baar, Charles R. Newton, Amina Abubakar
Changes in health in Belgium, 1990–2016: a benchmarking analysis based on the global burden of disease 2016 study
C. Maertens de Noordhout, H. Van Oyen, N. Speybroeck, B. Devleesschauwer
Acceptability of testing for anorectal sexually transmitted infections and self-collected anal swabs in female sex workers, men who have sex with men and transgender women in Papua New Guinea
Stephen Bell, Johanna Wapling, Sophie Ase, Ruthy Boli-Neo, Andrew J. Vallely, John M. Kaldor, Claire E. Nightingale, Angela Kelly-Hanku
Bibliometric analysis of global migration health research in peer-reviewed literature (2000–2016)
Waleed M. Sweileh, Kolitha Wickramage, Kevin Pottie, Charles Hui, Bayard Roberts, Ansam F. Sawalha, Saed H. Zyoud
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated risk factors among older adults in six low-and middle-income countries: results from SAGE Wave 1
Ye Ruan, Yanfei Guo, Yang Zheng, Zhezhou Huang, Shuangyuan Sun, Paul Kowal, Yan Shi, Fan Wu
Associations of self-reported physical activity and depression in 10,000 Irish adults across harmonised datasets: a DEDIPAC-study
Cillian P. Mc Dowell, Angela Carlin, Laura Capranica, Christina Dillon, Janas M. Harrington, Jeroen Lakerveld, Anne Loyen, Fiona Chun Man Ling, Johannes Brug, Ciaran MacDonncha, Matthew P. Herring
Who seeks treatment for cannabis use? Registered characteristics and physical, psychological and psychosocial problem indicators among cannabis patients and matched controls
Solveig Glestad Christiansen, Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen
Pneumococcal meningitis outbreak and associated factors in six districts of Brong Ahafo region, Ghana, 2016
Timothy Letsa, Charles Lwanga Noora, George Khumalo Kuma, Ernest Asiedu, Gideon Kye-Duodu, Edwin Afari, Osei Afreh Kuffour, Joseph Opare, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Donne Kofi Ameme, Emmanuel G. Bachan, Kofi Issah, Franklin Aseidu-Bekoe, Moses Aikins, Ernest Kenu
Living in uncertainty due to floods and pollution: the health status and quality of life of people living on an unhealthy riverbank
Fredrick Dermawan Purba, Joke A. M. Hunfeld, Titi Sahidah Fitriana, Aulia Iskandarsyah, Sawitri S. Sadarjoen, Jan J. V. Busschbach, Jan Passchier
Estimating the spatial risk of tuberculosis distribution in Gurage zone, southern Ethiopia: a geostatistical kriging approach
Sebsibe Tadesse, Fikre Enqueselassie, Seifu Hagos Gebreyesus
Communicating environmental exposure results and health information in a community-based participatory research study
Luz Claudio, Jalisa Gilmore, Mohana Roy, Barbara Brenner
A RCT to evaluate a totally automated, culturally-adapted telephone counselor for increasing physical activity among physically inactive individuals in China
Lancelot W. H. Mui, Robert H. Friedman, Joseph T. F. Lau, Ji Peng, Abu S. Abdullah
Modelling the impact of social protection on tuberculosis: the S-PROTECT project
D. Boccia, W. Rudgard, S. Shrestha, K. Lönnroth, P. Eckhoff, J. Golub, M. Sanchez, E. Maciel, D. Rasella, P. Shete, D. Pedrazzoli, R. Houben, S. Chang, D. Dowdy
Evaluation of the impact of immunization policies, including the addition of pharmacists as immunizers, on influenza vaccination coverage in Nova Scotia, Canada: 2006 to 2016
Jennifer E. Isenor, Beth A. O’Reilly, Susan K. Bowles
Thirsty? Choose Water! Behavioural interventions and water stations in secondary schools a two-by-two factorial randomised controlled trial
Nicole Kajons, Michael David, Justine Gowland-Ella, Peter Lewis, Samantha Batchelor
Utilising active play interventions to promote physical activity and improve fundamental movement skills in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Avril Johnstone, Adrienne R. Hughes, Anne Martin, John J. Reilly
Exploiting routinely collected severe case data to monitor and predict influenza outbreaks
Alice Corbella, Xu-Sheng Zhang, Paul J. Birrell, Nicki Boddington, Richard G. Pebody, Anne M. Presanis, Daniela De Angelis
Development of two socioeconomic indices for Saudi Arabia
Reem S. AlOmar, Roger C. Parslow, Graham R. Law
Adverse childhood experiences and sources of childhood resilience: a retrospective study of their combined relationships with child health and educational attendance
Mark A. Bellis, Karen Hughes, Kat Ford, Katie A. Hardcastle, Catherine A. Sharp, Sara Wood, Lucia Homolova, Alisha Davies
Run4Love, a mHealth (WeChat-based) intervention to improve mental health of people living with HIV: a randomized controlled trial protocol
Yan Guo, Y. Alicia Hong, Jiaying Qiao, Zhimeng Xu, Hanxi Zhang, Chengbo Zeng, Weiping Cai, Linghua Li, Cong Liu, Yiran Li, Mengting Zhu, Nathan Asher Harris, Cui Yang
Workplace social capital and mental health: a cross-sectional study among Iranian workers
Mojgan Firouzbakht, Aram Tirgar, Tuula Oksanen, Ichiro Kawachi, Karimollah Hajian-Tilaki, Maryam Nikpour, Susan Mouodi, Reza Sadeghian
How do social-economic differences in urban areas affect tuberculosis mortality in a city in the tri-border region of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina
Marcos Augusto Moraes Arcoverde, Thais Zamboni Berra, Luana Seles Alves, Danielle Talita dos Santos, Aylana de Sousa Belchior, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Ivaneliza Simionato de Assis, Josilene Dália Alves, Ana Angélica Rêgo de Queiroz, Mellina Yamamura, Pedro Fredemir Palha, Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto, Reinaldo Antonio Silva-Sobrinho, Oscar Kenji Nihei, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio
A randomised controlled trial of the effect of providing online risk information and lifestyle advice for the most common preventable cancers: study protocol
Juliet A. Usher-Smith, Golnessa Masson, Katie Mills, Stephen J. Sharp, Stephen Sutton, William M. P. Klein, Simon J. Griffin
Longitudinal associations between TV viewing and BMI not explained by the ‘mindless eating’ or ‘physical activity displacement’ hypotheses among adults
Verity J. Cleland, Kira Patterson, Monique Breslin, Michael D. Schmidt, Terence Dwyer, Alison J. Venn
Impact of geographic distance on appraisal delay for active TB treatment seeking in Uganda: a network analysis of the Kawempe Community Health Cohort Study
Kyle Fluegge, LaShaunda L. Malone, Mary Nsereko, Brenda Okware, Christian Wejse, Hussein Kisingo, Ezekiel Mupere, W. Henry Boom, Catherine M. Stein
Retraction Note: Inequities in coverage of smokefree space policies within the United States
Christopher Lowrie, Amber L. Pearson, George Thomson
Cross-national aspects of cyberbullying victimization among 14–17-year-old adolescents across seven European countries
Kalliope Athanasiou, Eirini Melegkovits, Elisabeth K. Andrie, Charalampos Magoulas, Chara K. Tzavara, Clive Richardson, Donald Greydanus, Maria Tsolia, Artemis K. Tsitsika
Neighborhood deprivation and biomarkers of health in Britain: the mediating role of the physical environment
M. Pia Chaparro, Michaela Benzeval, Elizabeth Richardson, Richard Mitchell
School and classroom effects on Daily Physical Activity (DPA) policy implementation fidelity in Ontario classrooms: a multi-level analysis
Kenneth R. Allison, Anne N. Philipneri, Karen Vu-Nguyen, Heather E. Manson, John J. M. Dwyer, Erin Hobin, Bessie Ng, Ye Li
Discourses on the postcoital pill in young women
M. L. Bauzà-Amengual, M. Esteva, M. Ingla-Pol, M. A. Font-Oliver, S. March
Social capital predicts accelerometry-measured physical activity among older adults in the U.S.: a cross-sectional study in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
Erin C. Ho, Louise Hawkley, William Dale, Linda Waite, Megan Huisingh-Scheetz
Medication adherence in pregnant women with human immunodeficiency virus receiving antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Olumuyiwa Omonaiye, Snezana Kusljic, Pat Nicholson, Elizabeth Manias
Lipodystrophy diagnosis in people living with HIV/AIDS: prediction and validation of sex-specific anthropometric models
André P. dos Santos, Anderson M. Navarro, Andiara Schwingel, Thiago C. Alves, Pedro P. Abdalla, Ana Claudia R. Venturini, Rodrigo C. de Santana, Dalmo R. L. Machado
Measuring sexual behaviour in Malawi: a triangulation of three data collection instruments
Nicola Desmond, Nico Nagelkerke, Wezzie Lora, Effie Chipeta, Mwiza Sambo, Moses Kumwenda, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Miriam Taegtemeyer, Janet Seeley, David G. Lalloo, Sally Theobald
Can internal tobacco industry documents be useful for studying the UK alcohol industry?
Benjamin Hawkins, Jim McCambridge
Effectiveness of a diabetes prevention program for rural women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus: study protocol of a multi-site randomized clinical trial
Jia Guo, Yujia Tang, James Wiley, Robin Whittemore, Jyu-Lin Chen
Characterizing the demographics of chronic pain patients in the state of Maine using the Maine all payer claims database
Jennifer Malon, Parth Shah, Woon Yuen Koh, Gary Cattabriga, Edward Li, Ling Cao
A postpartum vaccination promotion intervention using motivational interviewing techniques improves short-term vaccine coverage: PromoVac study
Arnaud Gagneur, Thomas Lemaître, Virginie Gosselin, Anne Farrands, Nathalie Carrier, Geneviève Petit, Louis Valiquette, Philippe De Wals
Care–physical activity initiatives in the neighbourhood: study protocol for mixed-methods research on participation, effective elements, impact, and funding methods
Annemarie Wagemakers, Lisanne S. Mulderij, Kirsten T. Verkooijen, Stef Groenewoud, Maria A. Koelen
The role of severity perceptions and beliefs in natural infections in Shanghai parents’ vaccine decision-making: a qualitative study
Xiaodong Sun, Zhuoying Huang, Abram L. Wagner, Lisa A. Prosser, Erzhan Xu, Jia Ren, Bei Wang, Wenlu Yan, Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher
Relationship between body image and weight status in east Asian countries: comparison between South Korea and Taiwan
Jin-Won Noh, Young Dae Kwon, Youngmi Yang, Jooyoung Cheon, Jinseok Kim
Longitudinal study of adolescent tobacco use and tobacco control policies in India
Ritesh Mistry, Mangesh S. Pednekar, Prakash C. Gupta, Trivellore E. Raghunathan, Surekha Appikatla, Namrata Puntambekar, Keyuri Adhikari, Maqsood Siddiqi, William J. McCarthy
A community-based cluster randomised controlled trial in rural Bangladesh to evaluate the impact of the use of iron-folic acid supplements early in pregnancy on the risk of neonatal mortality: the Shonjibon trial
Tanvir M. Huda, Mohammad Masudur Rahman, Shahreen Raihana, Sajia Islam, Tazeen Tahsina, Ashraful Alam, Kingsley Agho, Sabrina Rasheed, Alison Hayes, Mohd Anisul Karim, Qazi Sadequr Rahman, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Md Moinuddin, Morseda Chowdhury, Lucky Ghose, Kaosar Afsana, Camille Raynes-Greenow, Shams El Arifeen, Michael J. Dibley
Assessing food system vulnerabilities: a fault tree modeling approach
Gwen M. Chodur, Xilei Zhao, Erin Biehl, Judith Mitrani-Reiser, Roni Neff
Movement behaviours are associated with lung function in middle-aged and older adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian longitudinal study on aging
Shilpa Dogra, Joshua Good, Matthew P. Buman, Paul A. Gardiner, Michael K. Stickland, Jennifer L. Copeland
Statewide dissemination and implementation of physical activity standards in afterschool programs: two-year results
Michael W. Beets, R. Glenn Weaver, Keith Brazendale, Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, Ruth P. Saunders, Justin B. Moore, Collin Webster, Mahmud Khan, Aaron Beighle
Magnitude of opportunistic diseases and their predictors among adult people living with HIV enrolled in care: national level cross sectional study, Ethiopia
Teklu Weldegebreal, Ismael Ahmed, Abiyou Muhiye, Shoandagne Belete, Alemayehu Bekele, Mirgissa Kaba
Reproducibility of domain-specific physical activity over two seasons in children
Eivind Aadland, Lars Bo Andersen, Ulf Ekelund, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen, Geir Kåre Resaland
The impact of participatory budgeting on health and wellbeing: a scoping review of evaluations
Mhairi Campbell, Oliver Escobar, Candida Fenton, Peter Craig
The TALENT II study: a randomized controlled trial assessing the impact of an individual health management (IHM) on stress reduction
Dieter Melchart, Erich Wühr, Kristina Wifling, Beatrice E. Bachmeier
The association between age and accelerometry-derived types of habitual daily activity: an observational study over the adult life span in the Netherlands
Kimberley S. van Schooten, Jaap H. van Dieen, Mirjam Pijnappels, Andrea B. Maier, Alex J. van ‘t Hul, Martijn Niessen, Rob C. van Lummel
Medication adherence to antiretroviral therapy among newly treated people living with HIV
Yang Yu, Dan Luo, Xi Chen, Zhulin Huang, Min Wang, Shuiyuan Xiao
Do supportive family behaviors promote diabetes self-management in resource limited urban settings? A cross sectional study
Saranya Ravi, Swetha Kumar, Vijayaprasad Gopichandran
A randomised controlled trial of a program based on the theory of planned behavior to promote fruit and vegetable intake among schoolchildren: PROFRUVE study protocol
M. Arrizabalaga-López, D. Rada-Fernández de Jáuregui, M. P. Portillo, O. Martínez, I. Etaio, J. R. Mauleón, E. Echevarría, F. Gómez, V. M. Rodríguez
Does work-personal life interference predict turnover among male and female managers, and do depressive symptoms mediate the association? A longitudinal study based on a Swedish cohort
Anna Nyberg, Paraskevi Peristera, Claudia Bernhard-Oettel, Constanze Leineweber
“Taking away the chaos”: a health needs assessment for people who inject drugs in public places in Glasgow, Scotland
Emily J. Tweed, Mark Rodgers, Saket Priyadarshi, Emilia Crighton
Comparing different intensities of active referral to smoking cessation services in promoting smoking cessation among community smokers: a study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial
Xue Weng, Man Ping Wang, Yi Nam Suen, William Ho Cheung Li, Yongda Wu, Derek Yee Tak Cheung, Antonio Cho Shing Kwong, Vienna Wai Yin Lai, Sophia Siu Chee Chan, Tai Hing Lam
Potential gains in life expectancy by reducing inequality of lifespans in Denmark: an international comparison and cause-of-death analysis
José Manuel Aburto, Maarten Wensink, Alyson van Raalte, Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen
What are the effects of supporting early parenting by enhancing parents’ understanding of the infant? Study protocol for a cluster-randomized community-based trial of the Newborn Behavioral Observation (NBO) method
Ingeborg Hedegaard Kristensen, Hanne Kronborg
The development, implementation and evaluation of interventions to reduce workplace sitting: a qualitative systematic review and evidence-based operational framework
Kelly Mackenzie, Elizabeth Such, Paul Norman, Elizabeth Goyder
Participant, peer and PEEP: considerations and strategies for involving people who have used illicit substances as assistants and advisors in research
Alissa M. Greer, Ashraf Amlani, Bernadette Pauly, Charlene Burmeister, Jane A. Buxton
Stress begets stress: the association of adverse childhood experiences with psychological distress in the presence of adult life stress
Mercy Manyema, Shane A. Norris, Linda M. Richter
A haven of green space: learning from a pilot pre-post evaluation of a school-based social and therapeutic horticulture intervention with children
Anna Chiumento, Ipshita Mukherjee, Jaya Chandna, Carl Dutton, Atif Rahman, Katie Bristow
Changes in (risk) behavior and HPV knowledge among Dutch girls eligible for HPV vaccination: an observational cohort study
Robine Donken, Adriana Tami, Mirjam J. Knol, Karin Lubbers, Marianne A. B. van der Sande, Hans W. Nijman, Toos Daemen, Willibrord C. M. Weijmar Schultz, Hester E. de Melker
Involving the employer to enhance return to work among patients with stress-related mental disorders – study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial in Swedish primary health care
Lisa Björk, Kristina Glise, Anders Pousette, Monica Bertilsson, Kristina Holmgren
Determinants of utilisation rates of preventive health services: evidence from Chile
Elena S. Rotarou, Dikaios Sakellariou
Integrating use of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen rapid diagnostic tests by community health workers during mass drug administration campaigns to improve uptake of praziquantel treatment among the adult population at Kome Island, North-Western Tanzania: a cluster randomized community trial
Humphrey D. Mazigo, John H. Amuasi, Isaac Osei, Safari M. Kinung’hi
Efficacy of indoor air purification in treating Artemisia (mugwort) pollen allergic rhinitis: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Qiao-yan Chen, Li Li, Li Zhang, Jin-han Mo, Zi-feng Yang, Xiao-lin Wei, Yun-ying Li, Ji-yan Xia, Xiao-bing Bai, Pei-fang Xie
Study protocol of the quasi-experimental evaluation of “KEIGAAF”: a context-based physical activity and nutrition intervention for primary school children
S. R. B. Verjans-Janssen, Dave H. H. Van Kann, Sanne M. P. L. Gerards, Steven B. Vos, Maria W. J. Jansen, Stef P. J. Kremers
Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke and respiratory symptoms in non-smoking adults: cross-sectional data from the general population of Telemark, Norway
A. K. M. Fell, M. V. Svendsen, J.-L. Kim, R. Abrahamsen, P. K. Henneberger, K. Torén, P. D. Blanc, J. Kongerud
Multimorbidity and mortality thereof, among non-western refugees and family reunification immigrants in Denmark – a register based cohort study
Nasim Taleshan, Jorgen Holm Petersen, Michaela Louise Schioetz, Helle Gybel Juul-Larsen, Marie Norredam
Implications of standardization of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D data for the evaluation of vitamin D status in Germany, including a temporal analysis
Martina Rabenberg, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Markus A. Busch, Michael Thamm, Nina Rieckmann, Ramón A. Durazo-Arvizu, Kirsten G. Dowling, Zuzana Škrabáková, Kevin D. Cashman, Christopher T. Sempos, Gert B. M. Mensink
Online assessment of suicide stigma, literacy and effect in Australia’s rural farming community
Alison J. Kennedy, Susan A. Brumby, Vincent Lawrence Versace, Tristan Brumby-Rendell
The relationship between objectively-measured attributes of the built environment and selected cardiovascular risk factors in a South African urban setting
Pasmore Malambo, Anniza De Villiers, Estelle V. Lambert, Thandi Puoane, Andre P. Kengne
Cost-effectiveness of Family Group Conferencing in child welfare: a controlled study
Sharon Dijkstra, Hanneke E. Creemers, Francisca J. A. van Steensel, Maja Deković, Geert Jan J. M. Stams, Jessica J. Asscher
Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial to study the effectiveness of an obesity and diabetes intervention (PASOS) in an immigrant farmworker population
Melissa R. Borelli, Heather E. Riden, Heejung Bang, Marc B. Schenker
Controlled before-after intervention study of suburb-wide street changes to increase walking and cycling: Te Ara Mua-Future Streets study design
A. K. Macmillan, H. Mackie, J. E. Hosking, K. Witten, M. Smith, A. Field, A. Woodward, R. Hoskins, J. Stewart, B. van der Werf, P. Baas
Proactive expert system intervention to prevent or quit at-risk alcohol use (PRINT): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Sophie Baumann, Andreas Staudt, Jennis Freyer-Adam, Ulrich John
Childhood diabetes: a myth or reality?- perception of the public from a low-income country: a cross-sectional study
Ugo Nnenna Chikani, Adaobi Ijeoma Bisi-Onyemaechi, Tagbo Oguonu, Shalewa Modupe Ugege, Chinwe Ogugua
Self-reported health behaviors, including sleep, correlate with doctor-informed medical conditions: data from the 2011 Health Related Behaviors Survey of U.S. Active Duty Military Personnel
Adela Hruby, Harris R. Lieberman, Tracey J. Smith
Perceived barriers and facilitators of initiation of behavioral weight loss interventions among adults with obesity: a qualitative study
Megan A. McVay, William S. Yancy Jr, Gary G. Bennett, Seung-Hye Jung, Corrine I. Voils
Association between self-reported eating speed and metabolic syndrome in a Beijing adult population: a cross-sectional study
Lixin Tao, Kun Yang, Fangfang Huang, Xiangtong Liu, Xia Li, Yanxia Luo, Lijuan Wu, Xiuhua Guo
Beyond the parish pump: what next for public health?
Alex Hall, Jonathan Hammond, Donna Bramwell, Anna Coleman, Lynsey Warwick-Giles, Kath Checkland
A prospective cohort study of school-going children investigating reproductive and neurobehavioral health effects due to environmental pesticide exposure in the Western Cape, South Africa: study protocol
Shala Chetty-Mhlanga, Wisdom Basera, Samuel Fuhrimann, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Steven Delport, Mufaro Mugari, Jennifer Van Wyk, Martin Röösli, Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie
Validating Fitbit Zip for monitoring physical activity of children in school: a cross-sectional study
Kerli Mooses, Marek Oja, Sulev Reisberg, Jaak Vilo, Merike Kull
The Young Women’s Health CoOp in Cape Town, South Africa: Study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial for adolescent women at risk for HIV
Wendee M. Wechsberg, Felicia A. Browne, Tara Carney, Bronwyn Myers, Alexandra Minnis, Robert MacDonald, Jacqueline W. Ndirangu, Leslie B. Turner, Brittni N. Howard, Nathaniel Rodman
Scale up of a multi-strategic intervention to increase implementation of a school healthy canteen policy: findings of an intervention trial
Kathryn L. Reilly, Nicole Nathan, John Wiggers, Sze Lin Yoong, Luke Wolfenden
Rationale, design, and characteristics of the multimedia family planning campaign for a small, happy, and prosperous family in Ethiopia (SHaPE)
Hye-Jin Paek, Ho Kim, Youngtae Cho, Wonsik Hong, Woorim Ko, Haejin Choi, Youngok Youn, Yunhee Choi, Gizachew Balew, Youngah Doh
Precarious transition: a mortality study of South African ex-miners
Kim Bloch, Leigh F. Johnson, Mlindeli Nkosi, Rodney Ehrlich
Know where to go: evidence from a controlled trial of a healthcare system information intervention among immigrants
Signe Smith Jervelund, Thomas Maltesen, Camilla Lawaetz Wimmelmann, Jørgen Holm Petersen, Allan Krasnik
Vaccine wastage in The Gambia: a prospective observational study
Effua Usuf, Grant Mackenzie, Lamin Ceesay, Dawda Sowe, Beate Kampmann, Anna Roca
Effectiveness of an app-based intervention for unintentional injury among caregivers of preschoolers: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
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Correction to: Acceptability of HIV self-sampling kits (TINY vial) among people of black African ethnicity in the UK: a qualitative study
C. Dodds, E. Mugweni, G. Phillips, C. Park, I. Young, I. Fakoya, S. Wayal, L. McDaid, M. Sachikonye, J. Chwaula, P. Flowers, F. Burns
Positive STEPS – a randomized controlled efficacy trial of an adaptive intervention for strengthening adherence to antiretroviral HIV treatment among youth: study protocol
Matthew J. Mimiaga, Lisa M. Kuhns, Katie B. Biello, Jennifer Olson, Sam Hoehnle, Christopher M. Santostefano, Jaclyn M. W. Hughto, Hadeis Safi, Peter Salhaney, Diane Chen, Robert Garofalo
Effectiveness of an “Exclusive Intervention Strategy” to increase medical male circumcision uptake among men aged 25–49 years in South Africa
Jonathan M. Grund, Candice M. Chetty-Makkan, Sibuse Ginindza, Reuben Munyai, Helen Kisbey-Green, Mpho Maraisane, Salome Charalambous
The effects of public health policies on health inequalities in high-income countries: an umbrella review
Katie Thomson, Frances Hillier-Brown, Adam Todd, Courtney McNamara, Tim Huijts, Clare Bambra
Impact of social determinants on antiretroviral therapy access and outcomes entering the era of universal treatment for people living with HIV in Italy
Annalisa Saracino, Mauro Zaccarelli, Patrizia Lorenzini, Alessandra Bandera, Giulia Marchetti, Francesco Castelli, Andrea Gori, Enrico Girardi, Cristina Mussini, Paolo Bonfanti, Adriana Ammassari, Antonella d’Arminio Monforte, M. Moroni, M. Andreoni, G. Angarano, A. Antinori, A. d’Arminio Monforte, F. Castelli, R. Cauda, G. Di Perri, M. Galli, R. Iardino, G. Ippolito, A. Lazzarin, C. F. Perno, F. von Schloesser, P. Viale, A. d’Arminio Monforte, A. Antinori, A. Castagna, F. Ceccherini-Silberstein, A. Cozzi-Lepri, E. Girardi, S. Lo Caputo, C. Mussini, M. Puoti, M. Andreoni, A. Ammassari, A. Antinori, C. Balotta, P. Bonfanti, S. Bonora, M. Borderi, M. R. Capobianchi, A. Castagna, F. Ceccherini-Silberstein, A. Cingolani, P. Cinque, A. Cozzi-Lepri, A. d’Arminio Monforte, A. De Luca, A. Di Biagio, E. Girardi, N. Gianotti, A. Gori, G. Guaraldi, G. Lapadula, M. Lichtner, S. Lo Caputo, G. Madeddu, F. Maggiolo, G. Marchetti, S. Marcotullio, L. Monno, C. Mussini, M. Puoti, E. Quiros Roldan, S. Rusconi, A. Saracino, A. Cozzi-Lepri, P. Cicconi, I. Fanti, L. Galli, P. Lorenzini, M. Shanyinda, A. Tavelli, A. Giacometti, A. Costantini, S. Mazzoccato, G. Angarano, L. Monno, C. Santoro, F. Maggiolo, C. Suardi, P. Viale, E. Vanino, G. Verucchi, F. Castelli, E. Quiros Roldan, C. Minardi, T. Quirino, C. Abeli, P. E. Manconi, P. Piano, J. Vecchiet, K. Falasca, L. Sighinolfi, D. Segala, F. Mazzotta, S. Lo Caputo, G. Cassola, C. Viscoli, A. Alessandrini, R. Piscopo, G. Mazzarello, C. Mastroianni, V. Belvisi, P. Bonfanti, I. Caramma, A. Chiodera, A. P. Castelli, M. Galli, A. Lazzarin, G. Rizzardini, M. Puoti, A. d’Arminio Monforte, A. L. Ridolfo, R. Piolini, A. Castagna, S. Salpietro, L. Carenzi, M. C. Moioli, C. Tincati, G. Marchetti, C. Mussini, C. Puzzolante, A. Gori, G. Lapadula, N. Abrescia, A. Chirianni, G. Borgia, M. G. Guida, M. Gargiulo, I. Gentile, R. Orlando, F. Baldelli, D. Francisci, G. Parruti, T. Ursini, G. Magnani, M. A. Ursitti, R. Cauda, M. Andreoni, A. Antinori, V. Vullo, A. Cingolani, A. d’Avino, L. Gallo, E. Nicastri, R. Acinapura, M. Capozzi, R. Libertone, G. Tebano, M. Zaccarelli, F. Viviani, L. Sasset, M. S. Mura, G. Madeddu, A. De Luca, B. Rossetti, P. Caramello, G. Di Perri, G. C. Orofino, S. Bonora, M. Sciandra, M. Bassetti, A. Londero, G. Pellizzer, V. Manfrin
Effectiveness of peer support to increase uptake of retinal examination for diabetic retinopathy: study protocol for the DURE pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial in Kirinyaga, Kenya
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Impact of passenger engagement through road safety bus stickers in public service vehicles on road traffic crashes in Zambia: a randomized controlled trial
Sydney Chauwa Phiri, Marta R. Prescott, Margaret L. Prust, Elizabeth A. McCarthy, Chuncky C. Kanchele, Prudence Haimbe, Hilda Shakwelele, Sandra Mudhune
Does body mass index early in pregnancy influence the risk of maternal anaemia? An observational study in Indonesian and Ghanaian women
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Complex multiple risk intervention to promote healthy behaviours in people between 45 to 75 years attended in primary health care (EIRA study): study protocol for a hybrid trial
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Trends of socioeconomic inequality in using maternal health care services in Lao People’s Democratic Republic from year 2000 to 2012
Ngan Do, Huong Thi Giang Tran, Alay Phonvisay, Juhwan Oh
Health literacy in a population-based sample of Australian women: a cross-sectional profile of the Geelong Osteoporosis Study
Sarah M. Hosking, Sharon L. Brennan-Olsen, Alison Beauchamp, Rachelle Buchbinder, Lana J. Williams, Julie A. Pasco
Effect, process, and economic evaluation of a combined resistance exercise and diet intervention (ProMuscle in Practice) for community-dwelling older adults: design and methods of a randomised controlled trial
Ellen J. I. van Dongen, Annemien Haveman-Nies, Nick L. W. Wezenbeek, Berber G. Dorhout, Esmée L. Doets, Lisette C. P. G. M. de Groot
Mission of Mercy emergency dental clinics: an opportunity to promote general and oral health
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The design and implementation of the re-vitalised integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) in Uganda, 2013–2016
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The Smart City Active Mobile Phone Intervention (SCAMPI) study to promote physical activity through active transportation in healthy adults: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Anna Ek, Christina Alexandrou, Christine Delisle Nyström, Artur Direito, Ulf Eriksson, Ulf Hammar, Pontus Henriksson, Ralph Maddison, Ylva Trolle Lagerros, Marie Löf
Mediating role of emotional labor in the association between emotional intelligence and fatigue among Chinese doctors: a cross-sectional study
Li Liu, Peiyao Xu, Kexin Zhou, Jiayu Xue, Hui Wu
Financial transfers from adult children and depressive symptoms among mid-aged and elderly residents in China - evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study
Yue Wu, Wanyue Dong, Yongjian Xu, Xiaojing Fan, Min Su, Jianmin Gao, Zhongliang Zhou, Louis Niessen, Yiyang Wang, Xiao Wang
Changing the housing environment to reduce obesity in public housing residents: a cluster randomized trial
Deborah J. Bowen, Lisa M. Quintiliani, Sarah Gees Bhosrekar, Rachel Goodman, Eugenia Smith
Primary caregivers, healthcare workers, teachers and community leaders’ perceptions and experiences of their involvement, practice and challenges of disclosure of HIV status to children living with HIV in Malawi: a qualitative study
Fatch W. Kalembo, Garth E. Kendall, Mohammed Ali, Angela F. Chimwaza, Mary M. Tallon
Increasing influenza and pneumococcal vaccine uptake in the elderly: study protocol for the multi-methods prospective intervention study Vaccination60+
Cornelia Betsch, Constanze Rossmann, Mathias W. Pletz, Horst C. Vollmar, Antje Freytag, Ole Wichmann, Regina Hanke, Wolfgang Hanke, Dorothee Heinemeier, Philipp Schmid, Sarah Eitze, Winja Weber, Anne Reinhardt, Nora K. Küpke, Christina Forstner, Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek, Anna Mikolajetz, Josephine Römhild, Julia Neufeind, Thorsten Rieck, Kasia Suchecka, Konrad Reinhart
High-resolution epidemic simulation using within-host infection and contact data
Van Kinh Nguyen, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Esteban Abelardo Hernandez-Vargas
Prevalence and correlates of gender inequitable norms among young, church-going women and men in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Hendrew Lusey, Miguel San Sebastian, Monica Christianson, Kerstin E. Edin
Determinants of perinatal mortality among cohorts of pregnant women in three districts of North Showa zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: Community based nested case control study
Elias Merdassa Roro, Mitike Molla Sisay, Lynn M. Sibley
Increasing return-to-work among people on sick leave due to common mental disorders: design of a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a problem-solving intervention versus care-as-usual conducted in the Swedish primary health care system (PROSA)
Elisabeth Björk Brämberg, Kristina Holmgren, Ute Bültmann, Hanna Gyllensten, Jan Hagberg, Lars Sandman, Gunnar Bergström
A randomized clinical efficacy trial of a psychosocial intervention to strengthen self-acceptance and reduce HIV risk for MSM in India: study protocol
Matthew J. Mimiaga, Beena Thomas, Kenneth H. Mayer, Kristen S. Regenauer, Alpana Dange, C. Andres Bedoya, Shruta Rawat, Vinoth Balu, Conall O’Cleirigh, Katie B. Biello, Vivek Anand, Soumya Swaminathan, Steven A. Safren
The BeHealthyR Study: a randomized trial of a multicomponent intervention to reduce stress, smoking and improve financial health of low-income residents in Rotterdam
Sara S. Shagiwal, Astrid Schop-Etman, Iris Bergwerff, Wil Vrencken, Semiha Denktaş
Impact of the Safe Childbirth Checklist on health worker childbirth practices in Luapula province of Zambia: a pre-post study
Sandra Mudhune, Sydney Chauwa Phiri, Marta R. Prescott, Elizabeth A. McCarthy, Aaron Banda, Prudence Haimbe, Francis Dien Mwansa, Angel Mwiche, Francis Bwalya, Micheck Kabamba, Hilda Shakwelele, Margaret L. Prust
The influence of education on the access to childhood immunization: the case of Spain
T. Mora, M. Trapero-Bertran
Evaluating the impact of screening plus eave tubes on malaria transmission compared to current best practice in central Côte d’Ivoire: a two armed cluster randomized controlled trial
Eleanore D. Sternberg, Jackie Cook, Ludovic P. Ahoua Alou, Carine J. Aoura, Serge Brice Assi, Dimi Théodore Doudou, A. Alphonsine Koffi, Raphael N’Guessan, Welbeck A. Oumbouke, Rachel A. Smith, Eve Worrall, Immo Kleinschmidt, Matthew B. Thomas
Non-response bias in estimates of prevalence of club-based sport participation from an Australian national physical activity, recreation and sport survey
J. T. Harvey, M. J. Charity, N. A. Sawyer, R. M. Eime
Body and mind: retention in antiretroviral treatment care is improved by mental health training of care providers in Ethiopia
Tezera Moshago Berheto, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Mbazi Senkoro, Hannock Tweya, Tekalign Deressa, Yimam Getaneh, Gulilat Gezahegn
Using a cascade approach to assess condom uptake in female sex workers in India: a review of the Avahan data
Renay Weiner, Micah Fineberg, Bridget Dube, Prabuddhagopal Goswami, Shajan Mathew, Gina Dallabetta, Saul Johnson
Safety monitoring of ROTAVAC vaccine and etiological investigation of intussusception in India: study protocol
Samarasimha Reddy, Nayana P. Nair, Sidhartha Giri, Venkata Raghava Mohan, Jacqueline E. Tate, Umesh D. Parashar, Mohan D. Gupte, Rashmi Arora, Gagandeep Kang, Sowmiya V. Senthamizh, G. S. Rama Prasad, Suhasini Mekala, Bhaskar Reddy, Goru Krishna Babu, Padmalatha Pamu, Rajendra Prasad Gorthi, Vittal Mohan, Manohar B, Subal Pradhan, Hiranya Mohanty, Mrutunjay Dash, J. Bikrant Kumar Prusty, Nirmal Kumar Mohakud, Subrat Mohanty, Rajib Ray, Prasantajyoti Mohanty, Geetha Gathwala, K. N. Rattan, Suraj Chawla, M. S. Yamini, Madhu Gupta, Surjit Singh, R. K. Gupta, Arun Gupta, Suresh Goyal, Deendayal Sharma, Pramod Sharma, Sunil Kothari, Gopinath, Balasubramaniyam S, Jai Durai Raj, Girish Kumar CP, Sridevi A. Naraayan, Muthu Kumar J, Kulandaivel S, Vaijayanthi G, Hemanth Kumar B, Raghul Maniam, Rajamani Gurusamy, Kumaravel S, Ashwitha Shenoy, Brijesh Lahoti, Sharad Thora, Pawan Ghanghoriya, Vikesh Agarawal, Koshy George, Sam Joel, Jayanta Goswami, Ashish Wakhlu, Vineeta Gupta, S. P. Sharma, Mahima Mithal
Improving cardiometabolic health through nudging dietary behaviours and physical activity in low SES adults: design of the Supreme Nudge project
Jeroen Lakerveld, Joreintje D. Mackenbach, Femke de Boer, Boris Brandhorst, Jacqueline E. W. Broerse, Gert-Jan de Bruijn, Gerda Feunekes, Marleen Gillebaart, Marjolein Harbers, Jody Hoenink, Michel Klein, Frederike Mensink, Cédric Middel, Denise T. D. de Ridder, Femke Rutters, Ivonne Sluijs, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Tjerk Jan Schuitmaker, Saskia J. te Velde, Elizabeth Velema, Wilma Waterlander, Johannes Brug, Joline W. J. Beulens
Social determinants of prostate cancer in the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Catherine R. Brown, Ian Hambleton, Shawn M. Hercules, Nigel Unwin, Madhuvanti M. Murphy, E. Nigel Harris, Rainford Wilks, Marlene MacLeish, Louis Sullivan, Natasha Sobers-Grannum, Miriam Alvarado, Nadia Bennett, Aurelian Bidulescu, Catherine R. Brown, Trevor Ferguson, Damian Francis, Ian R. Hambleton, Eon Nigel Harris, Christopher Hassell, Anselm J. M. Hennis, Shawn M. Hercules, Christina Howitt, Marlene MacLeish, Madhuvanti M. Murphy, Thelma Alafia Samuels, Natasha Sobers-Grannum, Louis Sullivan, Nigel Unwin, Rainford Wilks, Lynda Williams, Novie Younger-Coleman
Household latrine utilization and its association with educational status of household heads in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Cheru Tesema Leshargie, Animut Alebel, Ayenew Negesse, Getachew Mengistu, Amsalu Taye Wondemagegn, Henok Mulugeta, Bekele Tesfaye, Nakachew Mekonnen Alamirew, Fasil Wagnew, Yihalem Abebe Belay, Aster Ferede, Mezinew Sintayehu, Getnet Dessie, Dube Jara Boneya, Molla Yigzaw Birhanu, Getiye Dejenu Kibret
An exploratory case study of environmental factors related to military alcohol misuse
Susan I. Woodruff, Suzanne L. Hurtado, Cynthia M. Simon-Arndt, Jessica Lawrenz
Physical activity, energy expenditure and sedentary parameters in overfeeding studies - a systematic review
Valerie Giroux, Soraya Saidj, Chantal Simon, Martine Laville, Berenice Segrestin, Marie-Eve Mathieu
‘Boost Camp’, a universal school-based transdiagnostic prevention program targeting adolescent emotion regulation; evaluating the effectiveness by a clustered RCT: a protocol paper
Brenda Volkaert, Laura Wante, Leentje Vervoort, Caroline Braet
Gender aspects on HIV prevention efforts and participation in HIV vaccine trials among Police officers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Edith A. M. Tarimo, Deodatus C. V. Kakoko, Thecla W. Kohi, Muhammad Bakari, Eric Sandstrom, David Siyame, Fred Mhalu, Asli Kulane
The declining antibody level of measles virus in China population, 2009–2015
Ying Hu, Peishan Lu, Xiuying Deng, Hongxiong Guo, Minghao Zhou
Reproductive health knowledge among college students in Kenya
Samuel Mungai Mbugua, Jane Muthoni Karonjo
Major depressive disorder prevalence and risk factors among Syrian asylum seekers in Greece
Danielle N. Poole, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Shirley Liao, Nathaniel A. Raymond, Till Bärnighausen
Obesity and the onset of depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults in China: evidence from the CHARLS
Huiqiang Luo, Jijie Li, Qi Zhang, Peiya Cao, Xiaohui Ren, Aiping Fang, Haiying Liao, Lijuan Liu
Rango Cards, a digital game designed to promote a healthy diet: a randomized study protocol
Carolina Martins dos Santos Chagas, Tiago Barros Pontes e Silva, Luiggi Monteiro Reffatti, Raquel Braz Assunção Botelho, Natacha Toral
A cluster randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of an individual planning intervention with collaborative planning in adolescent friendship dyads to enhance physical activity (TWOgether)
Theda Radtke, Aleksandra Luszczynska, Konstantin Schenkel, Stuart Biddle, Urte Scholz
Evaluating the impact of the DREAMS partnership to reduce HIV incidence among adolescent girls and young women in four settings: a study protocol
Isolde Birdthistle, Susan B. Schaffnit, Daniel Kwaro, Maryam Shahmanesh, Abdhalah Ziraba, Caroline W. Kabiru, Penelope Phillips-Howard, Natsayi Chimbindi, Kenneth Ondeng’e, Annabelle Gourlay, Frances M. Cowan, James R. Hargreaves, Bernadette Hensen, Tarisai Chiyaka, Judith R. Glynn, Sian Floyd
Patterns and correlates of physical activity in adult Norwegians: a forecasted evolution up to 2025 based on machine learning approach
Alessio Rossi, Giovanna Calogiuri
A randomized controlled efficacy trial of behavioral activation for concurrent stimulant use and sexual risk for HIV acquisition among MSM: project IMPACT study protocol
Matthew J. Mimiaga, David W. Pantalone, Katie B. Biello, Tiffany Rose Glynn, Christopher M. Santostefano, Jennifer Olson, Dana J. Pardee, Jaclyn M. W. Hughto, Josibel Garcia Valles, Adam W. Carrico, Kenneth H. Mayer, Steven A. Safren
Longitudinal association between psychological demands and burnout for employees experiencing a high versus a low degree of job resources
Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl, Christian Ståhl, Peter Smith
Correlates of physical activity and sedentary time in young adults: the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study
Erin K. Howie, Joanne A. McVeigh, Elisabeth A. H. Winkler, Genevieve N. Healy, Romola S. Bucks, Peter R. Eastwood, Leon M. Straker
Association between education and television viewing among older working and retired people: a comparative study of Finland and Japan
Taishi Tsuji, Airi Amemiya, Kokoro Shirai, Sari Stenholm, Jaana Pentti, Tuula Oksanen, Jussi Vahtera, Katsunori Kondo
Association between internal migration and epidemic dynamics: an analysis of cause-specific mortality in Kenya and South Africa using health and demographic surveillance data
Carren Ginsburg, Philippe Bocquier, Donatien Béguy, Sulaimon Afolabi, Kathleen Kahn, David Obor, Frank Tanser, Andrew Tomita, Marylene Wamukoya, Mark A. Collinson
Stigma and intersectionality: a systematic review of systematic reviews across HIV/AIDS, mental illness, and physical disability
Fatimah Jackson-Best, Nancy Edwards
Higher vegetable intake and vegetable variety is associated with a better self-reported health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in a cross-sectional survey of rural northern Ghanaian women in fertile age
Fusta Azupogo, Judith A. Seidu, Yakubu Balma Issaka
Prevalence of dengue fever virus antibodies and associated risk factors among residents of El-Gadarif state, Sudan
Mawahib H. Eldigail, Gamal K. Adam, Rabie A. Babiker, Fatima Khalid, Ibrahim A. Adam, Osama H. Omer, Mohamed E. Ahmed, Sara L. Brair, Eltahir M. Haroun, Hassan AbuAisha, Abdelrahim E. Karrar, Hamid S. Abdalla, Imadeldin E. Aradaib
Profile of chronic kidney disease modifiable risk factors in a rural community of south east Nigeria
Adaobi I. Bisi-Onyemaechi, Henrietta U. Okafor, Maduka D. Ughasoro
Evaluating the impact of improvements in urban green space on older adults’ physical activity and wellbeing: protocol for a natural experimental study
Jack S. Benton, Jamie Anderson, Sarah Cotterill, Matthew Dennis, Sarah J. Lindley, David P. French
Chronic bronchitis and airflow obstruction is associated with household cooking fuel use among never-smoking women: a community-based cross-sectional study in Odisha, India
Asmi Panigrahi, Bijaya K. Padhi
Study on PM2.5 pollution and the mortality due to lung cancer in China based on geographic weighted regression model
Qilong Cao, Guoqiang Rui, Ying Liang
Implementation of 100% smoke-free law in Uganda: a qualitative study exploring civil society’s perspective
Lindsay Robertson, Kellen Namusisi Nyamurungi, Shannon Gravely, Jean Christophe Rusatira, Adeniyi Oginni, Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Achiri Elvis Ndikum, Eduardo Bianco, Salim Yusuf, Mark D. Huffman
Knowledge and perception on type2 diabetes and hypertension among HIV clients utilizing care and treatment services: a cross sectional study from Mbeya and Dar es Salaam regions in Tanzania
Gibson B. Kagaruki, Mary T. Mayige, Esther S. Ngadaya, Andrew M. Kilale, Amos Kahwa, Amani F. Shao, Godfather D. Kimaro, Chacha M. Manga, Doris Mbata, Godlisten S. Materu, Ray M. Masumo, Sayoki G. Mfinanga
Occupational exposure to endocrine disrupting substances and the risk of breast Cancer: the Singapore Chinese health study
Teofilia Acheampong, Jian-Min Yuan, Woon Puay Koh, Aizhen Jin, Andrew Odegaard
Built and natural environment planning principles for promoting health: an umbrella review
E. L. Bird, J. O. Ige, P. Pilkington, A. Pinto, C. Petrokofsky, J. Burgess-Allen
Factors associated with treatment delay among newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients in Dessie city and surroundings, Northern Central Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Abdurahaman Seid, Yeshi Metaferia
Social media for health promotion and weight management: a critical debate
Monica Jane, Martin Hagger, Jonathan Foster, Suleen Ho, Sebely Pal
Residential moves, neighbourhood walkability, and physical activity: a longitudinal pilot study in Ontario Canada
Patricia A. Collins, Justin Tait, Allan Fein, James R. Dunn
Linking quantitative demands to offshore wind workers’ stress: do personal and job resources matter? A structural equation modelling approach
Janika Mette, Marcial Velasco Garrido, Alexandra M. Preisser, Volker Harth, Stefanie Mache
Experiences of HIV-positive postpartum women and health workers involved with community-based antiretroviral therapy adherence clubs in Cape Town, South Africa
Zara Trafford, Yolanda Gomba, Christopher J. Colvin, Victoria O. Iyun, Tamsin K. Phillips, Kirsty Brittain, Landon Myer, Elaine J. Abrams, Allison Zerbe
Construction of China cardiovascular health index
Yingying Jiang, Fan Mao, Yichong Li, Jing Liu, Yan Zhang, Yong Jiang, Dong Zhao, Weiwei Chen, Stephen Nicholas, Yong Huo, Junbo Ge, Linhong Wang, Maigeng Zhou
Physical activity, cognition and academic performance: an analysis of mediating and confounding relationships in primary school children
Adrian McPherson, Lisa Mackay, Jule Kunkel, Scott Duncan
Heart Matters: a study protocol for a community based randomized trial aimed at reducing cardiovascular risk in a rural, African American community
Giselle Corbie-Smith, Crystal Wiley-Cene, Kiana Bess, Tiffany Young, Gaurav Dave, Katrina Ellis, Stephanie M. Hoover, Feng-Chang Lin, Mysha Wynn, Shirley McFarlin, Jamie Ede
“EspaiJove.net”- a school-based intervention programme to promote mental health and eradicate stigma in the adolescent population: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
Rocío Casañas, Victoria-Mailen Arfuch, Pere Castellví, Juan-José Gil, Maria Torres, Angela Pujol, Gemma Castells, Mercè Teixidó, Maria Teresa San-Emeterio, Hernán María Sampietro, Aleix Caussa, Jordi Alonso, Lluís Lalucat-Jo
Current high prevalences of Strongyloides stercoralis and Opisthorchis viverrini infections in rural communities in northeast Thailand and associated risk factors
Pokkamol Laoraksawong, Oranuch Sanpool, Rutchanee Rodpai, Tongjit Thanchomnang, Wanida Kanarkard, Wanchai Maleewong, Ratthaphol Kraiklang, Pewpan M. Intapan
Determinants of cigarette smoking and smoking intensity among adult males in Ghana
Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Gloria Afful-Mensah, Samuel Ampaw
Rationale, design and conduct of a school-based anti–smoking intervention: the “PEPITES” cluster randomized trial
Stéphanie Vieira, Fabrice Chéruel, Hélène Sancho-Garnier
Associations of gender and serum total cholesterol with CD4+ T cell count and HIV RNA load in antiretroviral-naïve individuals in Addis Ababa
Melaku Adal, Rawleigh Howe, Desta Kassa, Abraham Aseffa, Beyene Petros
Follow-up of the manganese-exposed workers healthy cohort (MEWHC) and biobank management from 2011 to 2017 in China
Yanting Zhou, Xiaoting Ge, Yuefei Shen, Lian Qin, Yaoqiu Zhong, Chao Jiang, Cheng Su, Jinyu Huang, Suzhen Lin, Defu Li, Hong Cheng, Fu Wei, Songfeng Ou, Yunfeng Zou, Xiaobo Yang
Online platform for healthy weight loss in adults with overweight and obesity - the “POEmaS” project: a randomized controlled trial
Alline Maria Beleigoli, Andre Queiroz de Andrade, Maria de Fátima Haueisen Diniz, Roberta Sonia Alvares, Antonio Luiz Ribeiro
Estimating dengue incidence and hospitalization in Malaysia, 2001 to 2013
Yuan Liang Woon, Chee Peng Hor, Keng Yee Lee, Siti Fatimah Zahra Mohd Anuar, Rose Nani Mudin, Mohd Khadzir Sheikh Ahmad, Suhaya Komari, Faridah Amin, Rahman Jamal, Wei Seng Chen, Pik Pin Goh, Lena Yeap, Zhuo Ren Lim, Teck Onn Lim
Field efficacy of a new deltamethrin long lasting insecticidal net (LifeNet©) against wild pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles gambiae in Benin
Armel Djènontin, Nicolas Moiroux, Aziz Bouraïma, Barnabas Zogo, Ibrahim Sidick, Vincent Corbel, Cédric Pennetier
Objectively evaluated physical activity and sedentary time in primary school children by gender, grade and types of physical education lessons
Chiaki Tanaka, Maki Tanaka, Shigeho Tanaka
The effects of exercise referral schemes in the United Kingdom in those with cardiovascular, mental health, and musculoskeletal disorders: a preliminary systematic review
Nikita Rowley, Steve Mann, James Steele, Elizabeth Horton, Alfonso Jimenez
A hybrid design testing a 3-step implementation model for community scale-up of an HIV prevention intervention in rural Malawi: study protocol
Diana L. N. Jere, Chimwemwe K. Banda, Lily C. Kumbani, Li Liu, Linda L. McCreary, Chang Gi Park, Crystal L. Patil, Kathleen F. Norr
Are schoolchildren less infected if they have good knowledge about parasitic worms? A case study from rural Côte d’Ivoire
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Incomplete immunization among children aged 12–23 months in Togo: a multilevel analysis of individual and contextual factors
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The NutriAct Family Study: a web-based prospective study on the epidemiological, psychological and sociological basis of food choice
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Let’s walk! Age reattribution and physical activity among older Hispanic/Latino adults: results from the ¡Caminemos! Randomized trial
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Confluence of suicide and drug overdose epidemics in young Australian males: common causality?
Richard Taylor, Andrew Page, Alex Wodak, Michael Dudley, Sonali Munot, Stephen Morrell
Direct healthcare costs associated with device assessed and self-reported physical activity: results from a cross-sectional population-based study
Florian M. Karl, Maximilian Tremmel, Agnes Luzak, Holger Schulz, Annette Peters, Christa Meisinger, Rolf Holle, Michael Laxy
Tailoring lifestyle interventions to low socio-economic populations: a qualitative study
Nia Coupe, Sarah Cotterill, Sarah Peters
Promoting physical activity through primary health care: the case of Catalonia
Angelina Gonzalez-Viana, Mariona Violan Fors, Conxa Castell Abat, Maica Rubinat Masot, Laura Oliveras, Juanjo Garcia-Gil, Antoni Plasencia, Carmen Cabezas Peña, Carles Miñarro, Divina Farreny, Daniel Lara, Alba Pardo, Albert Navarrete, Alfons Sancho, Carles Mundet, Anna Cristina Osanz, Maria Dolors Coll, Josep Maria Oliva, Francesc Casadesús, Teresa Hernandez, Belén Escalada Quirós, Estrella Lalueza, Paulina Viñas, Griselda Esquerra, Maria Ferré, Maria dels Angels Rallo, Antonia Castillo, Francesc Güell, Remei Juncadella, Maria Salut Martinez, Tania Rodriguez, Xavier Sintes, Mireia Rodriguez, Blanca Muntané
Where backyard poultry raisers seek care for sick poultry: implications for avian influenza prevention in Bangladesh
Nadia Ali Rimi, Rebeca Sultana, Kazi Ishtiak-Ahmed, Najmul Haider, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Nazmun Nahar, Stephen P. Luby
Self-rated health and its association with perceived environmental hazards, the social environment, and cultural stressors in an environmental justice population
Judy Y. Ou, Junenette L. Peters, Jonathan I. Levy, Roseann Bongiovanni, Alina Rossini, Madeleine K. Scammell
Improving the healthcare response to domestic violence and abuse in primary care: protocol for a mixed method evaluation of the implementation of a complex intervention
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Who perceives a higher personal risk of developing type 2 diabetes? A cross-sectional study on associations between personality traits, health-related behaviours and perceptions of susceptibility among university students in Denmark
Lotte Skøt, Jesper Bo Nielsen, Anja Leppin
Ideas for addressing electronic harassment among adolescents attending a video blogging convention
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Adolescent perceptions of dissuasive sticks: a web survey among 16–20 year olds in Norway
Ingeborg Lund, Janne Scheffels
The economic burden of cardiovascular disease and hypertension in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Adrian Gheorghe, Ulla Griffiths, Adrianna Murphy, Helena Legido-Quigley, Peter Lamptey, Pablo Perel
Associations between psychosocial work environments and social capital: a multilevel analysis study in a Chinese context
Junling Gao, Jing Wang, Denglai Yu, Junming Dai, Yongkai Zhu, Hua Fu
The effect of a community based health promotion intervention to change gender norms among women in a rural community in Sri Lanka
T. Herath, D. Guruge, M. Fernando, S. Jayarathna, L. Senarathna
Gut microbiota, short chain fatty acids, and obesity across the epidemiologic transition: the METS-Microbiome study protocol
Lara R. Dugas, Louise Lie, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Kweku Bedu-Addo, Pascal Bovet, Estelle V. Lambert, Terrence E. Forrester, Amy Luke, Jack A. Gilbert, Brian T. Layden
Recommendations for the screening of paediatric latent tuberculosis infection in indigenous communities: a systematic review of screening strategies among high-risk groups in low-incidence countries
Lena Faust, Anne McCarthy, Yoko Schreiber
Exploring motivation to notify and barriers to partner notification of sexually transmitted infections in South Africa: a qualitative study
Julia M. Wood, Jane Harries, Moira Kalichman, Seth Kalichman, Koena Nkoko, Catherine Mathews
mHealth versus face-to-face: study protocol for a randomized trial to test a gender-focused intervention for young African American women at risk for HIV in North Carolina
Felicia A. Browne, Wendee M. Wechsberg, Paul N. Kizakevich, William A. Zule, Courtney P. Bonner, Ashton N. Madison, Brittni N. Howard, Leslie B. Turner
Comorbid symptoms of depression and musculoskeletal pain and risk of long term sickness absence
Ole Melkevik, Thomas Clausen, Jacob Pedersen, Anne Helene Garde, Andreas Holtermann, Reiner Rugulies
Morbidity profile and sociodemographic characteristics of unaccompanied refugee minors seen by paediatric practices between October 2014 and February 2016 in Bavaria, Germany
Teresa Kloning, Thomas Nowotny, Martin Alberer, Michael Hoelscher, Axel Hoffmann, Guenter Froeschl
Is early measles vaccination associated with stronger survival benefits than later measles vaccination?
Jesper Sloth Hansen, Sanne Marie Thysen, Amabelia Rodrigues, Cesario Martins, Ane Bærent Fisker
Association between acute methanol poisoning and subsequent mortality: a nationwide study in Taiwan
Jui-Yuan Chung, Chung-Han Ho, Yi-Chen Chen, Jiann-Hwa Chen, Hung-Jung Lin, Jhi-Joung Wang, Chien-Chin Hsu, Chien-Cheng Huang
Associations of physical activity and fruit and vegetable intake with well-being and depressive symptoms among obese schoolchildren in Wuhan, China: a cross-sectional study
Hong-jie Yu, Fang Li, Yong-feng Hu, Chang-feng Li, Xu-hao Yang, Shuai Yuan, Yao Huang, Bo-wen Tang, Jie Gong, Qi-qiang He
Migration and health: a global public health research priority
Kolitha Wickramage, Jo Vearey, Anthony B. Zwi, Courtland Robinson, Michael Knipper
Production diversification, dietary diversity and consumption seasonality: panel data evidence from Nigeria
Habtamu Yesigat Ayenew, Sibhatu Biadgilign, Lena Schickramm, Getachew Abate-Kassa, Johannes Sauer
Current epidemiology of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 1 diabetes: a national multicenter study in Brazil
Laura Gomes Nunes Melo, Paulo Henrique Morales, Karla Rezende Guerra Drummond, Deborah Conte Santos, Marcela Haas Pizarro, Bianca Senger Vasconcelos Barros, Tessa Cerqueria Lemos Mattos, André Araújo Pinheiro, Felipe Mallmann, Franz Schubert Lopes Leal, Fernando Korn Malerbi, Marilia Brito Gomes
Prevalence of malaria in Woreta town, Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia over eight years
Amir Alelign, Zinaye Tekeste, Beyene Petros
It’s not all about price: factors associated with roll-your-own tobacco use among young people - a qualitative study
Elizabeth Breslin, Joan Hanafin, Luke Clancy
Investigating best practices of district-wide physical activity programmatic efforts in US schools– a mixed-methods approach
Christina D. Economos, Megan P. Mueller, Nicole Schultz, Julie Gervis, Gabrielle F. Miller, Russell R. Pate
Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol use by men living in South African urban informal settlements
Nozuko Lawana, Frederik Booysen
The role of environmental health in the Basotho male initiation schools: neglected or restricted?
Phoka C. Rathebe
Low potassium and high sodium intakes: a double health threat to Cape Verdeans
Daniela Alves, Zélia Santos, Miguel Amado, Isabel Craveiro, António Pedro Delgado, Artur Correia, Luzia Gonçalves
Epidemiology and surveillance of human animal-bite injuries and rabies post-exposure prophylaxis, in selected counties in Kenya, 2011–2016
Jeremiah Ngurimu Ngugi, Alfred Kilango Maza, Owiti Jack Omolo, Mark Obonyo
Promoting prompt help-seeking for symptoms – assessing the impact of a gynaecological cancer leaflet on presentations to primary care: a record-based randomised control trial
Jackie Campbell, Kirty Vaghela, Stephen Rogers, Michelle Pyer, Alice Simon, Jo Waller
Sodium and potassium excretion in an adult Caribbean population of African descent with a high burden of cardiovascular disease
Rachel M. Harris, Angela M. C. Rose, Ian R. Hambleton, Christina Howitt, Nita G. Forouhi, Anselm J. M. Hennis, T. Alafia Samuels, Nigel Unwin
The quality of life of Croatian women after mastectomy: a cross-sectional single-center study
Stana Pačarić, Jozo Kristek, Jure Mirat, Goran Kondža, Tajana Turk, Nikolina Farčić, Želimir Orkić, Ana Nemčić
Social relationships in adolescence and heavy episodic drinking from youth to midlife in Finland and Sweden — examining the role of individual, contextual and temporal factors
Noora Berg, Olli Kiviruusu, Christopher G. Bean, Taina Huurre, Tomi Lintonen, Anne Hammarström
Quit outcomes among clients ineligible for cessation medication through the state quitline: a retrospective, observational study
Adrienne B. Lent, Patrick A. O’Connor, Ryan C. Reikowsky, Uma S. Nair, Melanie L. Bell
“I aspire to look and feel healthy like the posts convey”: engagement with fitness inspiration on social media and perceptions of its influence on health and wellbeing
Michelle Raggatt, Cassandra J. C. Wright, Elise Carrotte, Rebecca Jenkinson, Kate Mulgrew, Ivanka Prichard, Megan S. C. Lim
Correction to: Identifying common barriers and facilitators to linkage and retention in chronic disease care in western Kenya
Beth Rachlis, Violet Naanyu, Juddy Wachira, Becky Genberg, Beatrice Koech, Regina Kamene, Jackie Akinyi, Paula Braitstein
Correction to: Complex multiple risk intervention to promote healthy behaviours in people between 45 to 75 years attended in primary health care (EIRA study): study protocol for a hybrid trial
Edurne Zabaleta-del-Olmo, Haizea Pombo, Mariona Pons-Vigués, Marc Casajuana-Closas, Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera, Tomás López-Jiménez, Carmen Cabezas-Peña, Carme Martín-Borràs, Antoni Serrano-Blanco, Maria Rubio-Valera, Joan Llobera, Alfonso Leiva, Caterina Vicens, Clara Vidal, Manuel Campiñez, Remedios Martín-Álvarez, José-Ángel Maderuelo, José-Ignacio Recio, Luis García-Ortiz, Emma Motrico, Juan-Ángel Bellón, Patricia Moreno-Peral, Carlos Martín-Cantera, Ana Clavería, Susana Aldecoa-Landesa, Rosa Magallón-Botaya, Bonaventura Bolíbar
How adverse childhood experiences relate to single and multiple health risk behaviours in German public university students: a cross-sectional analysis
Jascha Wiehn, Claudia Hornberg, Florian Fischer
Pain and self-rated health among middle-aged and older Canadians: an analysis of the Canadian community health survey―healthy aging
Batholomew Chireh, Carl D’Arcy
Population-level factors associated with maternal mortality in the United States, 1997–2012
Daniel B. Nelson, Michelle H. Moniz, Matthew M. Davis
Epidemiology of birth defects based on surveillance data from 2011–2015 in Guangxi, China: comparison across five major ethnic groups
Jichang Chen, Xuemei Huang, Bo Wang, Yu Zhang, Chokechai Rongkavilit, Dingyuan Zeng, Yongjiang Jiang, Ba Wei, Chawla Sanjay, Eric McGrath
Vaginal washing and lubrication among female sex workers in the Mexico-US border region: implications for the development of vaginal PrEP for HIV prevention
Heather A. Pines, Shirley J. Semple, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Craig W. Hendrix, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Pamina M. Gorbach, Carlos Magis-Rodríguez, Gustavo Martinez, Thomas L. Patterson
Time trends and future prediction of coal worker’s pneumoconiosis in opencast coal mine in China based on the APC model
Yuting Li, Wei Xian, Haodi Xu, Jinbin Sun, Bing Han, Hongbo Liu
Sero-prevalence of yellow fever and related Flavi viruses in Ethiopia: a public health perspective
Mesfin Mengesha Tsegaye, Berhane Beyene, Workenesh Ayele, Almaz Abebe, Israel Tareke, Amadou Sall, Sergio Yactayo, Messeret E. Shibeshi, Erin Staples, Desalegn Belay, Abrham Lilay, Abebe Alemu, Emana Alemu, Adugna Kume, Alemnesh H/Mariam, Olivier Ronveaux, Mesfin Tefera, Woubayehu Kassa, Abyot Bekele Weyessa, Daddi Jima, Amha Kebede, Adamu Tayachew
Examining the relationship between sports participation and youth developmental outcomes for socially vulnerable youth
Sabina Super, Niels Hermens, Kirsten Verkooijen, Maria Koelen
“Everything else comes first”: a mixed-methods analysis of barriers to health behaviors among military spouses
Emily L. Mailey, Carrie Mershon, Jillian Joyce, Brandon C. Irwin
Biopsychosocial predictors and trajectories of work participation after transdiagnostic occupational rehabilitation of participants with mental and somatic disorders: a cohort study
Karen Walseth Hara, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Henrik Børsting Jacobsen, Petter C. Borchgrevink, Roar Johnsen, Tore C. Stiles, Søren Brage, Astrid Woodhouse
Safer tattooing interventions in prisons: a systematic review and call to action
Nguyen Toan Tran, Célestine Dubost, Stéphanie Baggio, Laurent Gétaz, Hans Wolff
Constructions of alcohol consumption by non-problematised middle-aged drinkers: a qualitative systematic review
Emma Muhlack, Drew Carter, Annette Braunack-Mayer, Nicholas Morfidis, Jaklin Eliott
Predictors of postpartum contraceptive use in rural Tigray region, northern Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis
Teklehaymanot Huluf Abraha, Berhe Beyene Gebrezgiabher, Berihu Gidey Aregawi, Desta Siyoum Belay, Lidiya Tsegay Tikue, Getachew Mebrahtu Welay
Development and convergent validity of new self-administered questionnaires of active transportation in three African countries: Kenya, Mozambique and Nigeria
Vincent O. Onywera, Richard Larouche, Adewale L. Oyeyemi, Antonio Prista, Kingsley K. Akinroye, Sylvester Heyker, George E. Owino, Mark S. Tremblay
Supermarket retailers’ perspectives on healthy food retail strategies: in-depth interviews
Olivia Martinez, Noemi Rodriguez, Allison Mercurio, Marie Bragg, Brian Elbel
Social network and HIV risk behaviors in female sex workers: a systematic review
Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari, Seyed Ali Hosseini, Homeira Sajjadi, Yahya Salimi, Carl Latkin, Tom A. B. Snijders
Does mandatory reporting legislation increase contact with child protection? – a legal doctrinal review and an analytical examination
Lil Tonmyr, Ben Mathews, Margot E. Shields, Wendy E. Hovdestad, Tracie O. Afifi
Time-use and environmental determinants of dropout from organized youth football and tennis
Ineke Deelen, Dick Ettema, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis
A program evaluation of an in-school daily physical activity initiative for children and youth
Emily Bremer, Jeffrey D. Graham, Scott Veldhuizen, John Cairney
Objectively measured physical activity in population-representative parent-child pairs: parental modelling matters and is context-specific
Bettina Bringolf-Isler, Christian Schindler, Bengt Kayser, L. Suzanne Suggs, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Nadja Mahler, Urs Mäder, Thomas Wyss, Nadine Stoffel, Kathrin Favero, Andrea Poffet, Jvo Schneider, Lisa Guggenbühl, Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer, Cornelis de Hoogh, Simone Isler
Examining the relationships between walkability and physical activity among older persons: what about stairs?
Nancy Edwards, Joshun Dulai
‘You don’t throw these things out:’ an exploration of medicines retention and disposal practices in Australian homes
Fiona Kelly, Sara McMillan, Jean Spinks, Emilie Bettington, Amanda J. Wheeler
Spatial heterogeneity and correlates of child malnutrition in districts of India
Junaid Khan, Sanjay K Mohanty
Effectiveness and safety of electronic cigarettes among sole and dual user vapers in Kuantan and Pekan, Malaysia: a six-month observational study
Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed, Azizur Rahman, Shazia Jamshed, Syed Mahmood
Parental socioeconomic position and midlife allostatic load: a study of potential mediators
Dinne S. Christensen, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Ellen Garde, Åse M. Hansen, Jolene M. Pedersen, Erik L. Mortensen
Factors associated with regular counselling attendance of HIV outpatients of a national referral hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia: a cross sectional study
M. Pane, E. I. Sianturi, Yin Mei Fiona Kong, Philip Bautista, Herlina, K. Taxis
Parental perceptions of children’s exposure to tobacco smoke: development and validation of a new measure
Vicki Myers, Shoshana Shiloh, Laura Rosen
Factors in the HIV risk environment associated with bacterial vaginosis among HIV-negative female sex workers who inject drugs in the Mexico-United States border region
Jennifer P. Jain, Claire C. Bristow, Heather A. Pines, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Gudelia Rangel, Hugo Staines, Thomas L. Patterson, Steffanie A. Strathdee
Parental physical activity is associated with objectively measured physical activity in young children in a sex-specific manner: the GECKO Drenthe cohort
Silvia I. Brouwer, Leanne K. Küpers, Lotte Kors, Anna Sijtsma, Pieter J. J. Sauer, Carry M. Renders, Eva Corpeleijn
Low HIV viral suppression rates following the intensive adherence counseling (IAC) program for children and adolescents with viral failure in public health facilities in Uganda
Esther Nasuuna, Joanita Kigozi, Lillian Babirye, Alex Muganzi, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Damalie Nakanjako
A systematic review of human pathogens carried by the housefly (Musca domestica L.)
Faham Khamesipour, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Behnam Honarvar, Tebit Emmanuel Kwenti
The prevalence of and factors associated with willingness to utilize HTC service among college students in China
Guochen Fu, Yulin Shi, Yongfu Yan, Yajie Li, Jing Han, Guosheng Li, Ruyi Lin, Yuning Wang, Zihan Fu, Qingxin Gong, Yuhang Gan, Jiaxing Wei, Junfang Wang
Association between successful smoking cessation and changes in marital and job status and health behaviours: evidence from a 10-wave nationwide survey in Japan
Takashi Oshio
Cash transfers to enhance TB control: lessons from the HIV response
William E. Rudgard, Daniel J. Carter, James Scuffell, Lucie D. Cluver, Nicole Fraser-Hurt, Delia Boccia
Understanding child and parent perceptions of barriers influencing children’s active school travel
Katherine Wilson, Andrew F. Clark, Jason A. Gilliland
Experiences with multiple job holding: a qualitative study among Dutch older workers
S. Bouwhuis, A. De Wind, A. De Kruif, G. A. Geuskens, A. J. Van der Beek, P. M. Bongers, C. R. L. Boot
Voices for food: methodologies for implementing a multi-state community-based intervention in rural, high poverty communities
Suzanne Stluka, Lindsay Moore, Heather A. Eicher-Miller, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Becky Henne, Donna Mehrle, Daniel Remley, Lacey McCormack
Contrasting patterns of overweight and thinness among preschool children of different ethnic groups in Norway, and relations with maternal and early life factors
Ingun Toftemo, Anne Karen Jenum, Per Lagerløv, Pétur B. Júlίusson, Ragnhild Sørum Falk, Line Sletner
Epidemiology of Listeria monocytogenes prevalence in foods, animals and human origin from Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Reza Ranjbar, Mehrdad Halaji
Examining characteristics of recorded and unrecorded alcohol consumers in Kenya
Rahma S. Mkuu, Adam E. Barry, Francisco A. Montiel Ishino, Ann O. Amuta
Depressive symptoms and associated factors among left-behind children in China: a cross-sectional study
Meijuan Tan, Mengshi Chen, Jing Li, Xinyun He, Zhiyong Jiang, Hongzhuan Tan, Xin Huang
Examining relationships between age at diagnosis and health-related quality of life outcomes in prostate cancer survivors
Christine J. Kurian, Amy E. Leader, Melissa S. Y. Thong, Scott W. Keith, Charnita M. Zeigler-Johnson
Investigation into the metric properties of the workplace social capital questionnaire and its association with self-rated health and psychological distress amongst Greek-Cypriot registered nurses: cross-sectional descriptive study
Nicos Middleton, Panayiota Andreou, Maria Karanikola, Christiana Kouta, Ourania Kolokotroni, Evridiki Papastavrou
Disease-specific health literacy, disease knowledge, and adherence behavior among patients with type 2 diabetes in Taiwan
Jue-Zong Yeh, Chung-jen Wei, Shuen-fu Weng, Cheng-yu Tsai, Jia-hui Shih, Chung-liang Shih, Chiung-hsuan Chiu
Evaluation of the statutory surveillance system for invasive MRSA infections in Germany, 2016–2017
Viktoria Schönfeld, M. Diercke, A. Gilsdorf, T. Eckmanns, J. Walter
Understanding how outcomes are measured in workplace physical activity interventions: a scoping review
Stacey Johnson, Jean-Philippe Regnaux, Adrien Marck, Geoffroy Berthelot, Joana Ungureanu, Jean-François Toussaint
Fruits and vegetables at home (FLAM): a randomized controlled trial of the impact of fruits and vegetables vouchers in children from low-income families in an urban district of France
Camille Buscail, Aurore Margat, Stéphanie Petit, Judith Gendreau, Paul Daval, Pierre Lombrail, Serge Hercberg, Paule Latino-Martel, Aurélie Maurice, Chantal Julia
Self-perceived ability to cope with stress and depressive mood without smoking predicts successful smoking cessation 12 months later in a quitline setting: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial
Eva Nohlert, John Öhrvik, Ásgeir R. Helgason
Pathogen seasonality and links with weather in England and Wales: a big data time series analysis
Mark P. C. Cherrie, Gordon Nichols, Gianni Lo Iacono, Christophe Sarran, Shakoor Hajat, Lora E. Fleming
Memphis FitKids: implementing a mobile-friendly web-based application to enhance parents’ participation in improving child health
Gerhild Ullmann, Satish K. Kedia, Ramin Homayouni, Cem Akkus, Michael Schmidt, Lisa M. Klesges, Kenneth D. Ward
Outcomes of community-based differentiated models of multi-month dispensing of antiretroviral medication among stable HIV-infected patients in Lesotho: a cluster randomised non-inferiority trial protocol
I. O. Faturiyele, T. Appolinare, N. Ngorima-Mabhena, G. Fatti, I. Tshabalala, V. J. Tukei, P. T. Pisa
Study protocol of an effect and process evaluation of the Stamina model; a Structured and Time-effective Approach through Methods for an Inclusive and Active working life
Magnus Svartengren, Therese Hellman
Prevalence and risk factors for intestinal parasitic infections in pregnant women residing in three districts of Bogotá, Colombia
Angela Fernanda Espinosa Aranzales, Katja Radon, Guenter Froeschl, Ángela María Pinzón Rondón, Maria Delius
A survey of knowledge and attitudes relating to cervical and breast cancer among women in Ethiopia
Bekele Chaka, Abdul-Rauf Sayed, Bridgette Goeieman, Sarah Rayne
National trends and characteristics of inpatient detoxification for drug use disorders in the United States
He Zhu, Li-Tzy Wu
Early postnatal home visits: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to achieving high coverage
Yared Amare, Pauline Scheelbeek, Joanna Schellenberg, Della Berhanu, Zelee Hill
WELCOME: improving WEight controL and CO-Morbidities in children with obesity via Executive function training: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Tiffany Naets, Leentje Vervoort, Marijke Ysebaert, Annelies Van Eyck, Stijn Verhulst, Luc Bruyndonckx, Benedicte De Winter, Kim Van Hoorenbeeck, Ann Tanghe, Caroline Braet
Self-diagnosed depression in the Norwegian general population – associations with neuroticism, extraversion, optimism, and general self-efficacy
Tore Bonsaksen, Tine K. Grimholt, Laila Skogstad, Anners Lerdal, Øivind Ekeberg, Trond Heir, Inger Schou-Bredal
Correction to: Production diversification, dietary diversity and consumption seasonality: panel data evidence from Nigeria
Habtamu Yesigat Ayenew, Sibhatu Biadgilign, Lena Schickramm, Getachew Abate-Kassa, Johannes Sauer
Health behaviours of Australian men and the likelihood of attending a dedicated men’s health service
Andrew D. Vincent, Phoebe G. Drioli-Phillips, Jana Le, Lynette Cusack, Timothy J. Schultz, Margaret A. McGee, Deborah A. Turnbull, Gary A. Wittert
Incidence and clinical outcomes of diabetes mellitus in HIV-infected adults in Thailand: a retrospective cohort study
Ninutcha Paengsai, Gonzague Jourdain, Romanee Chaiwarith, Apichat Tantraworasin, Chureeratana Bowonwatanuwong, Sorakij Bhakeecheep, Tim Roy Cressey, Jean Yves Mary, Nicolas Salvadori, Natapong Kosachunhanun
The importance of friends and family to recreational gambling, at-risk gambling, and problem gambling
Alissa Mazar, Robert J. Williams, Edward J. Stanek III, Martha Zorn, Rachel A. Volberg
A retrospective analysis of policy development on compliance with World Health Organization’s physical activity recommendations between 2002 and 2005 in European Union adults: closing the gap between research and policy
X. Mayo, F. del Villar, E. Iglesias-Soler, G. Liguori, S. Mann, A. Jimenez
Cost-effectiveness of a blended physiotherapy intervention compared to usual physiotherapy in patients with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis: a cluster randomized controlled trial
Corelien J. J. Kloek, Johanna M. van Dongen, Dinny H. de Bakker, Daniël Bossen, Joost Dekker, Cindy Veenhof
Domains and determinants of retirement timing: A systematic review of longitudinal studies
Micky Scharn, Ranu Sewdas, Cécile R. L. Boot, Martijn Huisman, Maarten Lindeboom, Allard J. van der Beek
Character strengths as protective factors against depression and suicidality among male and female employees
Hye Ri Kim, Sun Mi Kim, Ji Sun Hong, Doug Hyun Han, Seo-Koo Yoo, Kyung Joon Min, Young Sik Lee
Characterizing the spatial mismatch between intimate partner violence related healthcare services and arrests in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Jessica Williams, Nick Petersen, Justin Stoler
Suicide portrayal in the Canadian media: examining newspaper coverage of the popular Netflix series ‘13 Reasons Why’
Victoria Carmichael, Rob Whitley
Supporting parenting to address social inequalities in health: a synthesis of systematic reviews
Annabelle Pierron, Laurence Fond-Harmant, Anne Laurent, François Alla
Epidemiological study of hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections in Northeastern China and the beneficial effect of the vaccination strategy for hepatitis B: a cross-sectional study
Shishen Wang, Yuhui Tao, Yuchun Tao, Jing Jiang, Li Yan, Chong Wang, Yaxuan Ding, Jianxing Yu, Dinghui Zhao, Xiumei Chi, Xiaomei Wang, Ruihong Wu, Xiuzhu Gao, Ying Shi, Yazhe Guan, Yingchun Li, Yanli Xing, Haiyan Sun, Changhua Ta, Chao Wang, Junqi Niu, Jing Meng, Hongqin Xu
Are perceptions of community safety associated with respiratory illness among a low-income, minority adult population?
Kristen N. Arthur, Rhonda Spencer-Hwang, Synnøve F. Knutsen, David Shavlik, Samuel Soret, Susanne Montgomery
Investigating the growing trend of non-drinking among young people; analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys in England 2005–2015
Linda Ng Fat, Nicola Shelton, Noriko Cable
Casual alcohol consumption is associated with less subclinical cardiovascular organ damage in Koreans: a cross-sectional study
Jeonggeun Moon, In Cheol Hwang, Kyoung Kon Kim, Woong Chol Kang, Ji-Young Cha, Young-Ah Moon
Response bias to a randomised controlled trial of a lifestyle intervention in people at high risk of cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional analysis
Adam Bayley, Daniel Stahl, Mark Ashworth, Derek G. Cook, Peter H. Whincup, Janet Treasure, Anne Greenough, Katie Ridge, Kirsty Winkley, Khalida Ismail
Health promoting lifestyle of university students in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional assessment
Khalid M. Almutairi, Wadi B. Alonazi, Jason M. Vinluan, Turky H. Almigbal, Mohammed Ali Batais, Abdulaziz A Alodhayani, Norah Alsadhan, Regie B. Tumala, Mahaman Moussa, Ahmad E. Aboshaiqah, Razan Ibrahim Alhoqail
A qualitative assessment of the smoking policies and cessation activities at smaller workplaces
Christine M. Kava, Edith A. Parker, Barbara Baquero, Susan J. Curry, Paul A. Gilbert, Michael Sauder, Daniel K. Sewell
Care avoidance among homeless people and access to care: an interview study among spiritual caregivers, street pastors, homeless outreach workers and formerly homeless people
Hanna T. Klop, Kirsten Evenblij, Jaap R. G. Gootjes, Anke J. E. de Veer, Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen
A systematic review of compliance with indoor tanning legislation
Jessica Reimann, Jennifer E. McWhirter, Andrew Papadopoulos, Cate Dewey
Psychometrics of the self-efficacy for physical activity scale among a Latina women sample
Andrea S. Mendoza-Vasconez, Becky Marquez, Tanya J. Benitez, Bess H. Marcus
Is being a “small fish in a big pond” bad for students´ psychosomatic health? A multilevel study on the role of class-level school performance
Katharina Rathmann, Ludwig Bilz, Klaus Hurrelmann, Wieland Kiess, Matthias Richter
Fidelity of HIV programme implementation by community health workers in rural Mopani district, South Africa: a community survey
Nireshni Naidoo, Jean P. Railton, Sellina N. Khosa, Nthabiseng Matlakala, Gert Marincowitz, James A. McIntyre, Helen E. Struthers, Jude Igumbor, Remco P. H. Peters
Timely initiation of postpartum contraceptive utilization and associated factors among women of child bearing age in Aroressa District, Southern Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study
Aregahegn Dona, Muluemebet Abera, Tsedach Alemu, Dawit Hawaria
Playground activities and gender variation in objectively measured physical activity intensity in Australian primary school children: a repeated measures study
Dean A. Dudley, Wayne G. Cotton, Louisa R. Peralta, Matthew Winslade
Efficacy of a mobile phone-based life-skills training program for substance use prevention among adolescents: study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Severin Haug, Raquel Paz Castro, Andreas Wenger, Michael P. Schaub
Prevalence of poppers use and its sexual risks among men who have sex with men in southwestern China: a cross-sectional study
Huailiang Chen, Yang Yang, Yuling Huang, Yingxue Dai, Jianxin Zhang
Does household help prevent loneliness among the elderly? An evaluation of a policy reform in the Netherlands
Jelena Arsenijevic, Wim Groot
What’s the difference? A gender perspective on understanding educational inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality
Karen van Hedel, Frank J. van Lenthe, Joost Oude Groeniger, Johan P. Mackenbach
Association between dietary patterns and hypertension among Han and multi-ethnic population in southwest China
Yuan Ruan, Yongshou Huang, Qiang Zhang, Shu Qin, Xiaoxia Du, Yongxin Sun
Benefits for African American and white low-income 7–10-year-old children and their parents taught together in a community-based weight management program in the rural southeastern United States
Diane C. Berry, Robert G. McMurray, Todd A. Schwartz, Reuben Adatorwovor
Which user errors matter during HIV self-testing? A qualitative participant observation study of men who have sex with men (MSM) in China
Chongyi Wei, Li Yan, Jianjun Li, Xiaoyou Su, Sheri Lippman, Hongjing Yan
Development of the ‘Canteen Scan’: an online tool to monitor implementation of healthy canteen guidelines
I. J. Evenhuis, N. L. W. J. Wezenbeek, E. L. Vyth, L. Veldhuis, M. P. Poelman, D. Wolvers, J. C. Seidell, C. M. Renders
Retrospective analysis of risk factors and gaps in prevention strategies for mother-to-child HIV transmission in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Kathryn Lynn Lovero, Thais Raquelly Dourado de Oliveira, Estela Magalhães Cosme, Natália Beatriz Cabrera, Mariana Fernandes Guimarães, Juliana Gregório de Avelar, Giovanna Rodrigues Teixeira de Oliveira, Camila de Morais Salviato, Guillermo Douglass-Jaimes, Maria Leticia Santos Cruz, Esaú Custódio João, Ana Cláudia Mamede Wiering de Barros, Marcos Vinicius da Silva Pone, Ivete Martins Gomes, Lee Woodland Riley, Claudete Aparecida Araújo Cardoso
Reported incidence and risk factors of childhood pneumonia in India: a community-based cross-sectional study
Jayashree Gothankar, Prakash Doke, Girish Dhumale, Prasad Pore, Sanjay Lalwani, Sanjay Quraishi, Sujata Murarkar, Reshma Patil, Vivek Waghachavare, Randhir Dhobale, Kirti Rasote, Sonali Palkar, Nandini Malshe
Correction to: Non-communicable disease prevention policy process in five African countries
Pamela A. Juma, Shukri F. Mohamed, Beatrice L. Matanje Mwagomba, Catherine Ndinda, Clarisse Mapa-tassou, Mojisola Oluwasanu, Oladimeji Oladepo, Opeyemi Abiona, Misheck J. Nkhata, Jennifer P. Wisdom, Jean-Claude Mbanya
Assessing quality of life using WHOQOL-BREF: a cross-sectional study on the association between quality of life and neighborhood environmental satisfaction, and the mediating effect of health-related behaviors
Fiona Y. Wong, Lin Yang, John W. M. Yuen, Katherine K. P. Chang, Frances K. Y. Wong
Risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among tuberculosis patients in Serbia: a case-control study
Maja Stosic, Dejana Vukovic, Dragan Babic, Gordana Antonijevic, Kristie L. Foley, Isidora Vujcic, Sandra Sipetic Grujicic
Fidelity assessment of the suicide reporting guidelines in Korean newspapers
JongSerl Chun, Jinyung Kim, Serim Lee
Mapping the impact of the expanded Mexico City Policy for HIV/ family planning service integration in PEPFAR-supported countries: a risk index
Jennifer Sherwood, Alana Sharp, Brian Honermann, Caitlin Horrigan, Meghna Chatterjee, Austin Jones, Chloe Cooney, Greg Millett
Public health impact of a novel smoking cessation outreach program in Ontario, Canada
Peter Selby, Sabrina Voci, Laurie Zawertailo, Dolly Baliunas, Rosa Dragonetti, Sarwar Hussain
Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated risk factors for hookworm infections among primary schoolchildren in rural areas of Nakhon Si Thammarat, southern Thailand
Chuchard Punsawad, Nonthapan Phasuk, Suchirat Bunratsami, Kanjana Thongtup, Parnpen Viriyavejakul, Sarawoot Palipoch, Phanit Koomhin, Somchok Nongnaul
Feasibility study of the SWITCH implementation process for enhancing school wellness
Senlin Chen, David A. Dzewaltowski, Richard R. Rosenkranz, Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, Spyridoula Vazou, Douglas A. Gentile, Joey A. Lee, Kyle J. Braun, Maren M. Wolff, Gregory J. Welk
A three arm cluster randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the SMART Work & Life intervention for reducing daily sitting time in office workers: study protocol
Charlotte L. Edwardson, Stuart J. H. Biddle, Alexandra Clarke-Cornwell, Stacy Clemes, Melanie J. Davies, David W. Dunstan, Helen Eborall, Malcolm H. Granat, Laura J. Gray, Genevieve N. Healy, Gerry Richardson, Thomas Yates, Fehmidah Munir
Antimicrobial resistance of pathogens causing nosocomial bloodstream infection in Hubei Province, China, from 2014 to 2016: a multicenter retrospective study
Lei Tian, Ziyong Sun, Zhen Zhang
Continued increases in blood pressure over two decades in Samoa (1991–2013); around one-third of the increase explained by rising obesity levels
Christine Linhart, Take Naseri, Sophia Lin, Richard Taylor, Stephen Morrell, Stephen T. McGarvey, Dianna J. Magliano, Paul Zimmet
The association between muscular strength and depression in Korean adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES VI) 2014
Mee-Ri Lee, Sung Min Jung, Hyuk Bang, Hwa Sung Kim, Yong Bae Kim
Effects of alternate day calorie restriction and exercise on cardio-metabolic risk factors in overweight and obese adults: an exploratory randomized controlled study
Minsuk Oh, Sue Kim, Ki-Yong An, Jihee Min, Hyuk In Yang, Junga Lee, Mi Kyung Lee, Dong-Il Kim, Hye-Sun Lee, Ji-Won Lee, Justin Y. Jeon
“That’s probably what my mama’s lungs look like”: how adolescent children react to pictorial warnings on their parents’ cigarette packs
Kaitlyn E. Brodar, M. Justin Byron, Kathryn Peebles, Marissa G. Hall, Jessica K. Pepper, Noel T. Brewer
A longitudinal observation study assessing changes in indicators of serious injury and violence with alcohol controls in four remote indigenous Australian communities in far north Queensland (2000–2015)
Alan R. Clough, Michelle S. Fitts, Reinhold Muller, Valmae Ypinazar, Stephen Margolis
A qualitative evaluation of hospital versus community-based management of patients on injectable treatments for tuberculosis
D. B. Cohen, M. Phiri, H. Banda, S. B. Squire, I. Namakhoma, N. Desmond
Correlates of HIV status awareness among older adults in Uganda: results from a nationally representative survey
Anne M. Nabukenya, Joseph K. B. Matovu
A content analysis of popular media reporting regarding increases in minimum ages of legal access for tobacco
Jocelyn Huey, Dorie E. Apollonio
Indirect costs and public finance consequences of heart failure in Poland, 2012–2015
Błażej Łyszczarz
Attitudes and barriers associated with seasonal influenza vaccination uptake among public health students; a cross-sectional study
Christopher J. Rogers, Kaitlin O. Bahr, Stephanie M. Benjamin
Lower youth steps/day values observed at both high and low population density areas: a cross-sectional study in metropolitan Tokyo
Hiroki Sato, Shigeru Inoue, Noritoshi Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Tomoko Takamiya, Catrine Tudor-Locke, Yuki Hikihara, Shigeho Tanaka
Gastroesophageal reflux disease and its related factors among women of reproductive age: Korea Nurses’ Health Study
Oksoo Kim, Hee Jung Jang, Sue Kim, Hea-Young Lee, Eunyoung Cho, Jung Eun Lee, Heeja Jung, Jiyoung Kim
Epidemiology of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs consumption in Spain. The MCC-Spain study
Inés Gómez-Acebo, Trinidad Dierssen-Sotos, María de Pedro, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Gemma Castaño-Vinyals, Tania Fernández-Villa, Camilo Palazuelos-Calderón, Pilar Amiano, Jaione Etxeberria, Yolanda Benavente, Guillermo Fernández-Tardón, Inmaculada Salcedo-Bellido, Rocío Capelo, Rosana Peiró, Rafael Marcos-Gragera, José M. Huerta, Adonina Tardón, Aurelio Barricarte, Jone-Miren Altzibar, Jessica Alonso-Molero, Verónica Dávila-Batista, Nuria Aragonés, Marina Pollán, Manolis Kogevinas, Javier Llorca
Study protocol: healthy urban living and ageing in place (HULAP): an international, mixed methods study examining the associations between physical activity, built and social environments for older adults the UK and Brazil
Geraint Ellis, Ruth F. Hunter, Adriano Akira F. Hino, Claire L. Cleland, Sara Ferguson, Brendan Murtagh, Ciro Romelio Rodriguez Anez, Sara Melo, Mark Tully, Frank Kee, Urmi Sengupta, Rodrigo Reis
Antibiotic resistance in Vietnam: moving towards a One Health surveillance system
Marion Bordier, Aurelie Binot, Quentin Pauchard, Dien Thi Nguyen, Thanh Ngo Trung, Nicolas Fortané, Flavie Luce Goutard
Predictors of male condom use among sexually active heterosexual young women in South Africa, 2012
Thobani Ntshiqa, Alfred Musekiwa, Mandla Mlotshwa, Kerry Mangold, Carl Reddy, Seymour Williams
Risk patterns of lung cancer mortality in northern Thailand
Apinut Rankantha, Imjai Chitapanarux, Donsuk Pongnikorn, Sukon Prasitwattanaseree, Walaithip Bunyatisai, Patumrat Sripan, Patrinee Traisathit
Public health response to large influx of asylum seekers: implementation and timing of infectious disease screening
Paula Tiittala, Karolina Tuomisto, Taneli Puumalainen, Outi Lyytikäinen, Jukka Ollgren, Olli Snellman, Otto Helve
Effectiveness of targeting fathers for breastfeeding promotion: systematic review and meta-analysis
Pasyodun Koralage Buddhika Mahesh, Moraendage Wasantha Gunathunga, Suriyakumara Mahendra Arnold, Chintha Jayasinghe, Sisira Pathirana, Mohamed Fahmy Makarim, Pradeep Malaka Manawadu, Sameera Jayan Senanayake
Building school-based social capital through ‘We Act - Together for Health’ – a quasi-experimental study
Nanna W. Stjernqvist, Marianne Sabinsky, Antony Morgan, Ellen Trolle, Camilla Thyregod, Helle T. Maindal, Ane H. Bonde, Inge Tetens
Designing programmes of physical activity through sport: learning from a widening participation intervention, ‘City of Football’
Stephen Zwolinsky, Nicola Kime, Andy Pringle, Paul Widdop, Jim McKenna
Water insecurity and gendered risk for depression in rural Uganda: a hotspot analysis
Christine E Cooper-Vince, Hawk Arachy, Bernard Kakuhikire, Dagmar Vořechovská, Rumbidzai C Mushavi, Charles Baguma, Amy Q McDonough, David R Bangsberg, Alexander C Tsai
Ethical and definitional considerations in research on child sexual violence in India
Radhika Dayal, Ameeta S. Kalokhe, Vikas Choudhry, Divya Pillai, Klaus Beier, Vikram Patel
A qualitative study of facilitators and barriers to implementing worksite policies that support physical activity
Maryanne M Bailey, Rachel K Coller, Keshia M Pollack Porter
MHealth approach to promote Oral HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men in China: a qualitative description
Yue Zhao, Xiaofang Zhu, Ashley E. Pérez, Wenhan Zhang, Anxia Shi, Zhihua Zhang, Pan Gao, Jun Wang, Cui Yang, Nickolas Zaller, Yehuan Sun, Don Operario, Hongbo Zhang
Correction to: Tailoring lifestyle interventions to low socio-economic populations: a qualitative study
Nia Coupe, Sarah Cotterill, Sarah Peters
Self-management of diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Victor Stephani, Daniel Opoku, David Beran
Choice architecture modifies fruit and vegetable purchasing in a university campus grocery store: time series modelling of a natural experiment
Rosemary Walmsley, David Jenkinson, Ian Saunders, Tony Howard, Oyinlola Oyebode
Challenges of achieving sustainable community health services for community case management of malaria
Michelle D. S. Boakye, Collins J. Owek, Elizabeth Oluoch, Juddy Wachira, Yaw A. Afrane
Nationwide surveillance algorithms for tuberculosis among immigrant workers from highly endemic countries following pre-entry screening in Taiwan
Mei-Mei Kuan
Availability of adequately iodized salt at household level in Dessie and Combolcha Towns, South Wollo, Ethiopia
Tefera Chane Mekonnen, Sisay Eshete, Yitbarek Wasihun, Mastewal Arefaynie, Nigus Cherie
Public awareness and individual responsibility needed for judicious use of antibiotics: a qualitative study of public beliefs and perceptions
Mirko Ancillotti, Stefan Eriksson, Jorien Veldwijk, Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist, Dan I. Andersson, Tove Godskesen
Cafeteria assessment for elementary schools (CAFES): development, reliability testing, and predictive validity analysis
Kimberly A. Rollings, Nancy M. Wells
Alcohol audio-visual content in formula 1 television broadcasting
Alexander B Barker, John Britton, Bruce Grant-Braham, Rachael L Murray
Factors associated with late presentation of cervical cancer cases at a district hospital: a retrospective study
Priscilla Dunyo, Kofi Effah, Emilia Asuquo Udofia
Relation between health literacy, self-care and adherence to treatment with oral anticoagulants in adults: a narrative systematic review
Ana Cristina Cabellos-García, Antonio Martínez-Sabater, Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Mari Kangasniemi, Raul Juárez-Vela, Vicente Gea-Caballero
“How am I going to live?”: exploring barriers to ART adherence among adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Uganda
Sarah MacCarthy, Uzaib Saya, Clare Samba, Josephine Birungi, Stephen Okoboi, Sebastian Linnemayr
Identifying the prevalence and predictors of suicidal behaviours for indigenous males in custody
Stephane M Shepherd, Benjamin Spivak, Kerry Arabena, Yin Paradies
Integrated motivational interviewing and cognitive behaviour therapy for lifestyle mediators of overweight and obesity in community-dwelling adults: a systematic review and meta-analyses
Stephen Barrett, Stephen Begg, Paul O’Halloran, Michael Kingsley
Barriers to bowel scope (flexible sigmoidoscopy) screening: a comparison of non-responders, active decliners and non-attenders
Christian von Wagner, Bernardette Bonello, Sandro Stoffel, Hanna Skrobanski, Madeleine Freeman, Robert S Kerrison, Lesley M McGregor
An exploratory analysis of the interactions between social norms and the built environment on cycling for recreation and transport
Matthew Bourke, Toni A Hilland, Melinda Craike
Study of the reasons for the consumption of each type of vegetable within a population of school-aged children
Laura Raggio, Adriana Gámbaro
Establishing the international prevalence of self-reported child maltreatment: a systematic review by maltreatment type and gender
Gwenllian Moody, Rebecca Cannings-John, Kerenza Hood, Alison Kemp, Michael Robling
Perceived effectiveness of pictorial health warnings on changes in smoking behaviour in Asia: a literature review
Suci Puspita Ratih, Dewi Susanna
Integrated motivational interviewing and cognitive behaviour therapy can increase physical activity and improve health of adult ambulatory care patients in a regional hospital: the Healthy4U randomised controlled trial
Stephen Barrett, Stephen Begg, Paul O’Halloran, Michael Kingsley
Factors associated with social casino gaming among adolescents across game types
Livia Veselka, Rochelle Wijesingha, Scott T Leatherdale, Nigel E Turner, Tara Elton-Marshall
Differentials in prevalence and correlates of metabolic risk factors of non-communicable diseases among women in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from 33 countries
Sanni Yaya, Michael Ekholuenetale, Ghose Bishwajit
Study design and characteristics of the Luxembourg European Health Examination Survey (EHES-LUX)
Valéry Bocquet, Jessica Barré, Sophie Couffignal, Marylène d’Incau, Charles Delagardelle, Georges Michel, Marc Schlesser, Saverio Stranges, Andrea Kuemmerle, Maria Ruiz-Castell
Gendered impact of solid fuel use on acute respiratory infections in children in China
Chen Chen, Sepideh Modrek
Maternal mortality in Spain and its association with country of origin: cross-sectional study during the period 1999–2015
V Blagoeva Atanasova, J Arevalo-Serrano, E Antolin Alvarado, Santiago García-Tizón Larroca
Factors associated with pneumococcal vaccination in elderly people: a cross-sectional study among elderly club members in Miyakonojo City, Japan
Akihiro Sakamoto, Charnchudhi Chanyasanha, Dusit Sujirarat, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Masamitsu Nakazato
Out of school female adolescent employment status and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) risk in Uganda: is it a plausible relationship?
Cyprian Misinde, Elizabeth Nansubuga, Olivia Nankinga
Association between body mass index and health-related quality of life among Chinese elderly—evidence from a community-based study
Hua You, Xiao-lu Li, Kang-zhen Jing, Zhi-guang Li, Hong-mei Cao, Jin Wang, Lan Bai, Jing-hong Gu, Xiaoman Fan, Hai Gu
Condom use social norms and self-efficacy with different kinds of male partners among Chinese men who have sex with men: results from an online survey
Cheng Wang, Joseph D. Tucker, Chuncheng Liu, Heping Zheng, Weiming Tang, Li Ling
Young adults at risk of early work disability: who are they?
Vigdis Sveinsdottir, Hege Randi Eriksen, Valborg Baste, Jørn Hetland, Silje Endresen Reme
“Antibiotics kill things very quickly” - consumers’ perspectives on non-prescribed antibiotic use in Saudi Arabia
Faten Alhomoud, Zainab Aljamea, Lama Basalelah
The use of geosocial networking smartphone applications and the risk of sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Haidong Wang, Lu Zhang, Ying Zhou, Keke Wang, Xiaoya Zhang, Jianhui Wu, Guoli Wang
Body image as risk factor for emotional and behavioral problems among Chinese adolescents
Lingling Ren, Yuanyuan Xu, Xin Guo, Jing Zhang, Hong Wang, Xiaomin Lou, Jianping Liang, Fangbiao Tao
Examining subgroup effects by socioeconomic status of public health interventions targeting multiple risk behaviour in adolescence
Laura Tinner, Deborah Caldwell, Matthew Hickman, Georgina J MacArthur, Denise Gottfredson, Alberto Lana Perez, D Paul Moberg, David Wolfe, Rona Campbell
Effects of nutrition motivational intervention in patients affected by type 2 diabetes mellitus: a longitudinal study in Naples, South Italy
Valeria Di Onofrio, Francesca Gallé, Mirella Di Dio, Patrizia Belfiore, Giorgio Liguori
Citizen approval of nudging interventions promoting healthy eating: the role of intrusiveness and trustworthiness
C. Evers, D. R. Marchiori, A. F. Junghans, J. Cremers, D. T. D. De Ridder
The association between quality of life(QOL) and health literacy among junior middle school students: a cross-sectional study
Min Ran, Linli Peng, Qin Liu, Michelle Pender, Fang He, Hong Wang
Impact of the health education and preventive equipment package (HEPEP) on prevention of Strongyloides stercoralis infection among rural communities in Northeast Thailand: a cluster randomized controlled trial
Pokkamol Laoraksawong, Oranuch Sanpool, Rutchanee Rodpai, Tongjit Thanchomnang, Wanida Kanarkard, Wanchai Maleewong, Ratthaphol Kraiklang, Pewpan M Intapan
Short-term changes in nightlife attendance and patron intoxication following alcohol restrictions in Queensland, Australia
Kerri Coomber, Renee Zahnow, Jason Ferris, Nicolas Droste, Richelle Mayshak, Ashlee Curtis, Kypros Kypri, Dominique de Andrade, Kristy Grant, Tanya Chikritzhs, Robin Room, Heng Jiang, Nicholas Taylor, Jake Najman, Peter Miller
The association of the Bolsa Familia Program with children’s oral health in Brazil
Paola Calvasina, Patricia O’Campo, Mateus Mota Pontes, Jamille Barreto Oliveira, Anya P G F Vieira-Meyer
Raising cigarette excise tax to reduce consumption in low-and middle-income countries of the Asia-Pacific region:a simulation of the anticipated health and taxation revenues impacts
Li-Ming Ho, Christian Schafferer, Jie-Min Lee, Chun-Yuan Yeh, Chi-Jung Hsieh
Higher low back and neck pain in final year Swiss health professions’ students: worrying susceptibilities identified in a multi-centre comparison to the national population
Rebecca J. Crawford, Thomas Volken, René Schaffert, Thomas Bucher
A retrospective qualitative evaluation of barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a school-based running programme
Anna E. Chalkley, Ash C. Routen, Jo P. Harris, Lorraine A. Cale, Trish Gorely, Lauren B. Sherar
Injuries among young workers in career-technical-vocational education and associations with per pupil spending
Derek G. Shendell, Saisattha Noomnual, Jesse Plascak, Alexsandra A. Apostolico
HIV testing within general practices in Europe: a mixed-methods systematic review
Jessika Deblonde, Dominique Van Beckhoven, Jasna Loos, Nicole Boffin, André Sasse, Christiana Nöstlinger, Virginie Supervie, Hanne Apers, Jessika Deblonde, Anda Ķīvīte, Jasna Loos, Lise Marty, Christiana Nöstlinger, Daniela Rojas Castro, Virginie Supervie, Dominique Van Beckhoven
Combined effects of reproductive and hormone factors and obesity on the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis and knee pain among middle-aged or older Chinese women: a cross-sectional study
Min Zhou, Jianghao Chen, Dongming Wang, Chunmei Zhu, Youjie Wang, Weihong Chen
Impact of body mass index on long-term blood pressure variability: a cross-sectional study in a cohort of Chinese adults
Haojia Chen, Ruiying Zhang, Qiongbing Zheng, Xiuzhu Yan, Shouling Wu, Youren Chen
Development of a peer support intervention to encourage dietary behaviour change towards a Mediterranean diet in adults at high cardiovascular risk
Claire T. McEvoy, Sarah E. Moore, Katherine M. Appleton, Margaret E. Cupples, Christina Erwin, Frank Kee, Lindsay Prior, Ian S. Young, Michelle C. McKinley, Jayne V. Woodside
Non-fatal suicidal behaviour, depression and poverty among young men living in low-resource communities in South Africa
J. Bantjes, M. Tomlinson, R. E. Weiss, P. K. Yen, D. Goldstone, J. Stewart, T. Qondela, S. Rabie, M.-J. Rotheram-Borus
A qualitative investigation of the role of sport coaches in designing and delivering a complex community sport intervention for increasing physical activity and improving health
Louise Mansfield, Tess Kay, Nana Anokye, Julia Fox-Rushby
Cluster-randomised trial on participatory community-based outdoor physical activity promotion programs in adults aged 65–75 years in Germany: protocol of the OUTDOOR ACTIVE intervention trial
Karin Bammann, Carina Drell, Lena Lotte Lübs, Imke Stalling
Understanding the utilization of primary health care services by Indigenous men: a systematic review
Kootsy Canuto, Alex Brown, Gary Wittert, Stephen Harfield
Validation of the Schieman and Young measurement scales for work contact, work-family conflict, working conditions, psychological distress and sleep problems in construction industry professionals
Paul Bowen, Rajen Govender, Peter Edwards
Assessment of a Brazilian public policy intervention to address schistosomiasis in Pernambuco state: the SANAR program, 2011–2014
Luiz Augusto Facchini, Bruno Pereira Nunes, Eronildo Felisberto, José Alexandre Menezes da Silva, Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Junior, Elaine Tomasi
Emerging adults not in education, employment or training (NEET): socio-demographic characteristics, mental health and reasons for being NEET
Raúl A. Gutiérrez-García, Corina Benjet, Guilherme Borges, Enrique Méndez Ríos, María Elena Medina-Mora
The National Alcohol Survey of Households in Trinidad and Tobago (NASHTT): willingness to support changes in policy, laws and regulations
Rohan G. Maharaj, Terence Babwah, M. Shastri Motilal, Paula Nunes, Rachel Brathwaite, George Legall, Sandra D. Reid
Evaluation of MyTeen – a SMS-based mobile intervention for parents of adolescents: a randomised controlled trial protocol
Joanna Ting Wai Chu, Robyn Whittaker, Yannan Jiang, Angela Wadham, Karolina Stasiak, Matthew Shepherd, Chris Bullen
Factors associated with testing for HIV in people aged ≥50 years: a qualitative study
Elaney Youssef, Juliet Wright, Valerie Delpech, Kevin Davies, Alison Brown, Vanessa Cooper, Memory Sachikonye, Richard de Visser
The association between fetal-stage exposure to the China famine and risk of diabetes mellitus in adulthood: results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study
Zhenghe Wang, Zhiyong Zou, Zhongping Yang, Yanhui Dong, Jieyun Song, Bin Dong, Jun Ma, Luke Arnold
Malaria knowledge, preventive actions, and treatment-seeking behavior among ethnic minorities in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia: a community-based cross-sectional survey
Junko Yasuoka, Kimiyo Kikuchi, Keiko Nanishi, Po Ly, Boukheng Thavrin, Tsutomu Omatsu, Tetsuya Mizutani
Maternal grand multiparity and intention to use modern contraceptives in Nigeria
Bola Lukman Solanke, Olufunmilola Olufunmilayo Banjo, Bosede Odunola Oyinloye, Soladoye Sunday Asa
Work-related musculoskeletal problems related to laboratory training in university medical science students: a cross sectional survey
Stefania Penkala, Hannan El-Debal, Kristy Coxon
Prices, peers, and perceptions (P3): study protocol for improved biomass cookstove project in northern Ghana
Katherine L. Dickinson, Maxwell Dalaba, Zachary S. Brown, Rex Alirigia, Evan R. Coffey, Elise Mesenbring, Manies Achazanaga, Desmond Agao, Moro Ali, Ernest Kanyomse, Julius Awaregya, Clifford Amoah Adagenera, John Bosco A. Aburiya, Bernard Gubilla, Abraham Rexford Oduro, Michael P. Hannigan
Household chaos and screen media use among preschool-aged children: a cross-sectional study
Jennifer A. Emond, Lucy K. Tantum, Diane Gilbert-Diamond, Sunny Jung Kim, Reina K. Lansigan, Sara Benjamin Neelon
Early maternal perceived stress and children’s BMI: longitudinal impact and influencing factors
Beate Leppert, Kristin M. Junge, Stefan Röder, Michael Borte, Gabriele I. Stangl, Rosalind J. Wright, Anja Hilbert, Irina Lehmann, Saskia Trump
Why are the public so positive about colorectal cancer screening?
Linda N. Douma, Ellen Uiters, Danielle R. M. Timmermans
Determinants of participation in voluntary work: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies
Jacobien Niebuur, Lidy van Lente, Aart C. Liefbroer, Nardi Steverink, Nynke Smidt
Protocol for the IDEAL-2 longitudinal study: following the experiences of people with dementia and their primary carers to understand what contributes to living well with dementia and enhances active life
Barbora Silarova, Sharon M. Nelis, Rosalie M. Ashworth, Clive Ballard, Marta Bieńkiewicz, Catherine Henderson, Alexandra Hillman, John V. Hindle, Julian C. Hughes, Ruth A. Lamont, Rachael Litherland, Ian R. Jones, Roy W. Jones, Martin Knapp, Piers Kotting, Anthony Martyr, Fiona E. Matthews, Robin G. Morris, Catherine Quinn, Jemma Regan, Jennifer M. Rusted, Eleanor Ann van den Heuvel, Christina R. Victor, Yu-Tzu Wu, Linda Clare
A randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of smoking-related response inhibition training in smokers: a study protocol
Petra K. Staiger, Melissa J. Hayden, Karen Guo, Laura K. Hughes, Jason Bos, Natalia S. Lawrence
A systematic review of prevention interventions to reduce prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in indigenous communities
Martyn Symons, Rebecca Anne Pedruzzi, Kaashifah Bruce, Elizabeth Milne
Trajectories of work disability and unemployment among young adults with common mental disorders
Magnus Helgesson, Petter Tinghög, Mo Wang, Syed Rahman, Fredrik Saboonchi, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz
A qualitative insight into informal childcare and childhood obesity in children aged 0–5 years in the UK
Eleanor Diana Lidgate, Bai Li, Antje Lindenmeyer
Promoting influenza prevention for elderly people in Hong Kong using health action process approach: study protocol
Chun-Qing Zhang, Ru Zhang, Pak-Kwong Chung, Yanping Duan, Joseph Tak fai Lau, Derwin King Chung Chan, Martin S. Hagger
Stated and revealed preferences for HIV testing: can oral self-testing help to increase uptake amongst truck drivers in Kenya?
Michael Strauss, Gavin George, Joanne E. Mantell, Matthew L. Romo, Eva Mwai, Eston N. Nyaga, Jacob O. Odhiambo, Kaymarlin Govender, Elizabeth A. Kelvin
White blood cell count and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the Guangzhou biobank cohort study
Tao Wang, Chao Qiang Jiang, Lin Xu, Wei Sen Zhang, Feng Zhu, Ya Li Jin, G. Neil Thomas, Kar Keung Cheng, Tai Hing Lam
Measures that increase social equality are effective in improving life satisfaction in times of economic crisis
Jocelyne Clench-Aas, Arne Holte
The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community-based lay distribution of HIV self-tests in increasing uptake of HIV testing among adults in rural Malawi and rural and peri-urban Zambia: protocol for STAR (self-testing for Africa) cluster randomized evaluations
Melissa Neuman, Pitchaya Indravudh, Richard Chilongosi, Marc d’Elbée, Nicola Desmond, Katherine Fielding, Bernadette Hensen, Cheryl Johnson, Phillip Mkandawire, Alwyn Mwinga, Mutinta Nalubamba, Gertrude Ncube, Lot Nyirenda, Rose Nyrienda, Eveline Otte im Kampe, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Helen A. Weiss, Karin Hatzold, Helen Ayles, Elizabeth L. Corbett
A health communication intervention to integrate partner testing with antiretroviral therapy service among men who have sex with men in China: an observational cohort study
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Organized screening programmes for breast and cervical cancer in 17 EU countries: trajectories of attendance rates
Maria Michela Gianino, Jacopo Lenzi, Marco Bonaudo, Maria Pia Fantini, Roberta Siliquini, Walter Ricciardi, Gianfranco Damiani
Effect of timing of mother’s death on child survival in a rural HIV hyper-endemic South African population
Boikhutso Tlou, Benn Sartorius, Frank Tanser
Exploring service providers’ perspectives on the prevention and management of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in South Africa: a qualitative study
Babatope O. Adebiyi, Ferdinand C. Mukumbang, Lizahn G. Cloete, Anna-Marie Beytell
Pilot field testing of the chronic pain classification for ICD-11: the results of ecological coding
Antonia Barke, Beatrice Korwisi, Hans-Raimund Casser, Egil A. Fors, Christian Geber, Stephan A. Schug, Audun Stubhaug, Takahiro Ushida, Thomas Wetterling, Winfried Rief, Rolf-Detlef Treede
Prevalence and correlates of exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) among 14 to 15 year old schoolchildren in a medical officer of health area in Sri Lanka
A. M. A. A. P. Alagiyawanna, Esther Queenie Veerasingam, Nick Townsend
Socioeconomic, demographic and lifestyle-related factors associated with unhealthy diet: a cross-sectional study of university students
Roberto Martinez-Lacoba, Isabel Pardo-Garcia, Elisa Amo-Saus, Francisco Escribano-Sotos
Trends in the ease of cigarette purchase among Korean adolescents: evidence from the Korea youth risk behavior web-based survey 2005–2016
Seo Young Kang, Jung Ah. Lee, Hong-Jun Cho
Correction to: Factors associated with late presentation of cervical cancer cases at a district hospital: a retrospective study
Priscilla Dunyo, Kofi Effah, Emilia Asuquo Udofia
Sex and sexual orientation in relation to tobacco use among young adult college students in the US: a cross-sectional study
Jingjing Li, Regine Haardörfer, Milkie Vu, Michael Windle, Carla J. Berg
Protocol for evaluating the impact of a national school policy on physical activity levels in Danish children and adolescents: the PHASAR study - a natural experiment
Natascha Holbæk Pedersen, Sofie Koch, Kristian Traberg Larsen, Peter Lund Kristensen, Jens Troelsen, Niels Christian Møller, Jan Christian Brønd, Jacob von Bornemann Hjelmborg, Søren Brage, Anders Grøntved
Unhealthy dietary patterns among healthcare professionals and students in Mexico
Alejandra Betancourt-Nuñez, Fabiola Márquez-Sandoval, Laura I. González-Zapata, Nancy Babio, Barbara Vizmanos
Impaired growth in rural Gambian infants exposed to aflatoxin: a prospective cohort study
Sinead Watson, Sophie E. Moore, Momodou K. Darboe, Gaoyun Chen, Yu-Kang Tu, Yi-Ting Huang, Kamilla G. Eriksen, Robin M. Bernstein, Andrew M. Prentice, Christopher P. Wild, Ya Xu, Michael N. Routledge, Yun Yun Gong
Impact of maternal ART on mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV at six weeks postpartum in Rwanda
Placidie Mugwaneza, Alexandre Lyambabaje, Aline Umubyeyi, James Humuza, Landry Tsague, Fabian Mwanyumba, Vincent Mutabazi, Sabin Nsanzimana, Muhayimpundu Ribakare, Ange Irakoze, Emmanuel Mutaganzwa, Carl Lombard, Debra Jackson
Diabetes and TelecommunicationS (DATES) study to support self-management for people with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial
Ebaa Al-Ozairi, Katie Ridge, Etab Taghadom, Nicole de Zoysa, Clare Tucker, Kurtis Stewart, Daniel Stahl, Khalida Ismail
Design and implementation of RESCUR in Sweden for promoting resilience in children: a study protocol
Charli Eriksson, Birgitta Kimber, Therése Skoog
Cardiovascular risk factors with an emphasis on hypertension in the Mura Indians from Amazonia
Zilmar Augusto de Souza Filho, Alaidistânia Aparecida Ferreira, Juliano dos Santos, Karina Cardoso Meira, Angela Maria Geraldo Pierin
Cost-effectiveness of a complex intervention to reduce children’s exposure to second-hand smoke in the home
Charlotte Renwick, Qi Wu, Magdalena Opazo Breton, Rebecca Thorley, John Britton, Sarah Lewis, Elena Ratschen, Steve Parrott
Letter to editor: careful literature search and exact data extraction are milestones of a meta-analysis: the case of dairy consumption and hip fracture
Hanieh Malmir, Ahmad Esmaillzadeh
The effect of HIV educational interventions on HIV-related knowledge, condom use, and HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Lena Faust, Sanni Yaya
Changes in the nutritional quality of products sold in university vending machines since implementation of the health star rating in 2014; an environmental audit
Yumeng Shi, Amanda Lee Grech, Margaret Allman-Farinelli
Shift work and cognitive impairment in later life – results of a cross-sectional pilot study testing the feasibility of a large-scale epidemiologic investigation
Tobias Weinmann, Céline Vetter, Susanne Karch, Dennis Nowak, Katja Radon
A qualitative study of the drivers of socioeconomic inequalities in men’s eating behaviours
Lena D. Stephens, David Crawford, Lukar Thornton, Dana Lee Olstad, Philip J. Morgan, Frank J. van Lenthe, Kylie Ball
The usefulness of small-area-based socioeconomic characteristics in assessing the treatment outcomes of type 2 diabetes patients: a register-based mixed-effect study
Maija Toivakka, Aki Pihlapuro, Markku Tykkyläinen, Lauri Mehtätalo, Tiina Laatikainen
The effects of the European e-cigarette health warnings and comparative health messages on non-smokers’ and smokers’ risk perceptions and behavioural intentions
Catherine Kimber, Daniel Frings, Sharon Cox, Ian Albery, Lynne Dawkins
Anal human papillomavirus infection in HIV-positive men and women at two opportunistic infections clinics in Harare, Zimbabwe
Simbarashe Chinyowa, Joel M. Palefsky, Zvavahera M. Chirenje, Rudo Makunike-Mutasa, Marshall Munjoma, Godfrey I. Muguti
Socioeconomic and demographic predictors of resident knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding arthropod-borne viruses in Panama
A. Whiteman, A. Mejia, I. Hernandez, J. R. Loaiza
Association of diet in nurseries and physical activity with zBMI in 2–4-year olds in England: a cross-sectional study
Vanessa Er, Kaiseree Ioni Dias, Angeliki Papadaki, James White, Sian Wells, Dianne Stanton Ward, Chris Metcalfe, Russell Jago, Ruth Kipping
Comparing the eating out experiences of consumers seeking to avoid different food allergens
Julie Barnett, Fiona M. Begen, M. Hazel Gowland, Jane S. Lucas
Cardiovascular disease risk and comparison of different strategies for blood pressure management in rural India
Devarsetty Praveen, David Peiris, Stephen MacMahon, Kishor Mogulluru, Arvind Raghu, Anthony Rodgers, Shailaja Chilappagari, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Gari D. Clifford, Pallab K. Maulik, Emily Atkins, Rohina Joshi, Stephane Heritier, Stephen Jan, Anushka Patel
Development of a scalable weight loss intervention for low-income workers through adaptation of interactive obesity treatment approach (iOTA)
Rachel G. Tabak, Jaime R. Strickland, Richard I. Stein, Hank Dart, Graham A. Colditz, Bridget Kirk, Ann Marie Dale, Bradley A. Evanoff
Cancer incidence in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran in 2015–2016: results of a population-based cancer registry
Mohammad Hossein Somi, Roya Dolatkhah, Sepideh Sepahi, Mina Belalzadeh, Jabraeil Sharbafi, Leila Abdollahi, Azin Nahvijou, Saeed Nemati, Reza Malekzadeh, Kazem Zendehdel
Prevalence and risk factors of anemia among children aged 6–23 months in Huaihua, Hunan Province
Zhi Huang, Fu-xiang Jiang, Jian Li, Dan Jiang, Ti-gang Xiao, Ju-hua Zeng
Treating loss-to-follow-up as a missing data problem: a case study using a longitudinal cohort of HIV-infected patients in Haiti
Deanna P. Jannat-Khah, Michelle Unterbrink, Margaret McNairy, Samuel Pierre, Dan W. Fitzgerald, Jean Pape, Arthur Evans
Can HIV service data be used for surveillance purposes?: a case study in Guangzhou, China
Weibin Cheng, Huifang Xu, Fei Zhong, Stephen Pan, Joseph D. Tucker, Sharon Weir, Jinkou Zhao, Weiming Tang
Non-medical prescription stimulant use to improve academic performance among Australian university students: prevalence and correlates of use
Jayne Lucke, Charmaine Jensen, Matthew Dunn, Gary Chan, Cynthia Forlini, Sharlene Kaye, Bradley Partridge, Michael Farrell, Eric Racine, Wayne Hall
Mothers’ and father’s perceptions of the risks and benefits of screen time and physical activity during early childhood: a qualitative study
Trina Hinkley, Jennifer R. McCann
Clusters of alcohol and drug use and other health-risk behaviors among Thai secondary school students: a latent class analysis
Sawitri Assanangkornchai, Jing Li, Edward McNeil, Darika Saingam
Does coffee drinking have beneficial effects on bone health of Taiwanese adults? A longitudinal study
Huan-Cheng Chang, Chuan-Fa Hsieh, Yi-Chin Lin, Disline Manli Tantoh, Pei-Chieh Ko, Ya-Yu Kung, Mei-Chi Wang, Shu-Yi Hsu, Yi-Ching Liaw, Yung-Po Liaw
“His mind will work better with both of us”: a qualitative study on fathers’ roles and coparenting of young children in rural Pakistan
Joshua Jeong, Saima Siyal, Günther Fink, Dana Charles McCoy, Aisha K. Yousafzai
Information bias of social gradients in sickness absence: a comparison of self-report data in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) and data in national registries
Petter Kristensen, Karina Corbett, Ferdinand A. Mohn, Therese N. Hanvold, Ingrid S. Mehlum
Determinants of motivation to quit in smokers screened for the early detection of lung cancer: a qualitative study
Ben Young, Kavita Vedhara, Denise Kendrick, Roberta Littleford, John F. R. Robertson, Frank M. Sullivan, Stuart Schembri, Roshan das Nair
Stigma reduction in relation to HIV test uptake in low- and middle-income countries: a realist review
Subash Thapa, Karin Hannes, Margaret Cargo, Anne Buve, Sanne Peters, Stephanie Dauphin, Catharina Mathei
Knowledge on voluntary medical male circumcision in a low uptake setting in northern Uganda
Barbara Marjorie Nanteza, David Serwadda, Edward Nelson Kankaka, Grace Bua Mongo, Ronald Gray, Frederick Edward Makumbi
Preventing neonatal sepsis in rural Uganda: a cross-over study comparing the tolerance and acceptability of three alcohol-based hand rub formulations
J. Ditai, M. Mudoola, M. Gladstone, J. Abeso, J. Dusabe-Richards, M. Adengo, P. Olupot-Olupot, E. D. Carrol, J. Storr, A. Medina-Lara, B. Faragher, A. D. Weeks
Validation of the Farsi version of the medical outcomes study-social support survey for mammography
Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Mitra Bahrami, John S. Luque, Tahereh Pashaei, Parvaneh Taymoori, Deam Roshani
A workplace intervention to reduce alcohol and drug consumption: a nonrandomized single-group study
Montse Gómez-Recasens, Silvana Alfaro-Barrio, Lucia Tarro, Elisabet Llauradó, Rosa Solà
Impact of financial burden, resulting from prescription co-payments, on antihypertensive medication adherence in an older publically insured population
Paul Dillon, Susan M. Smith, Paul Gallagher, Gráinne Cousins
Clustering of diet, physical activity and sedentary behavior among Brazilian adolescents in the national school - based health survey (PeNSE 2015)
Thiago Sousa Matias, Kelly Samara Silva, Jaqueline Aragoni da Silva, Gabrielli Thais de Mello, Jo Salmon
Metabolic syndrome among adolescents in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is attributable to the high prevalence of low HDL levels: a cross-sectional study
Dalia Haroun, Rola Mechli, Razan Sahuri, Safa AlKhatib, Omar Obeid, Carla El Mallah, Lesley Wood, Khulood AlSuwaidi
Dieting is associated with reduced bone mineral accrual in a longitudinal cohort of girls
Emily E. Hohman, Katherine N. Balantekin, Leann L. Birch, Jennifer S. Savage
Efficacy of hearing conservation education programs for youth and young adults: a systematic review
Khalid M. Khan, Sylvanna L. Bielko, Marjorie C. McCullagh
Co-existence of physical activity and sedentary behavior among children and adolescents in Shanghai, China: do gender and age matter?
Si-Tong Chen, Yang Liu, Jin-Tao Hong, Yan Tang, Zhen-Bo Cao, Jie Zhuang, Zheng Zhu, Pei-Jie Chen
Prevalence, patterns, and predictors of diarrhea: a spatial-temporal comprehensive evaluation in India
Nilima, Asha Kamath, Karthik Shetty, B. Unnikrishnan, Siddharth Kaushik, Shesh N. Rai
Implementation of a co-designed physical activity program for older adults: positive impact when delivered at scale
Heather McKay, Lindsay Nettlefold, Adrian Bauman, Christa Hoy, Samantha M. Gray, Erica Lau, Joanie Sims-Gould
The correlation between family food handling behaviors and foodborne acute gastroenteritis: a community-oriented, population-based survey in Anhui, China
Yujuan Chen, Yufeng Wen, Jiangen Song, Baifeng Chen, Shushu Ding, Lei Ding, Jiajia Dai
Comparing occasional and persistent frequent attenders in occupational health primary care – a longitudinal study
Tiia Reho, Salla Atkins, Nina Talola, Markku Sumanen, Mervi Viljamaa, Jukka Uitti
Estimating the incidence of tuberculosis cases reported at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: a time series model approach
George Aryee, Ernest Kwarteng, Raymond Essuman, Adwoa Nkansa Agyei, Samuel Kudzawu, Robert Djagbletey, Ebenezer Owusu Darkwa, Audrey Forson
Bathing adaptations in the homes of older adults (BATH-OUT): results of a feasibility randomised controlled trial (RCT)
Phillip J. Whitehead, Miriam R. Golding-Day, Stuart Belshaw, Tony Dawson, Marilyn James, Marion F. Walker
Knowledge and use of family planning among men in rural Uganda
Anne Dougherty, Alex Kayongo, Samantha Deans, John Mundaka, Faith Nassali, James Sewanyana, Eric Migadde, Ronald Kiyemba, Estherloy Katali, Sarah Jane Holcombe, Sarah H. Heil, Robert Kalyesubula
Is children’s weight a public health or a private family issue? A qualitative analysis of online discussion about National Child Measurement Programme feedback in England
B. E. Kovacs, F. B. Gillison, J. C. Barnett
Availability of healthier vs. less healthy food and food choice: an online experiment
Rachel Pechey, Theresa M. Marteau
Progress in the performance of HIV early infant diagnosis services in Zambia using routinely collected data from 2006 to 2016
Jasleen Singh, Suzanne Filteau, Jim Todd, Sehlulekile Gumede-Moyo
Measles vaccination coverage, determinants of delayed vaccination and reasons for non-vaccination among children aged 24–35 months in Zhejiang province, China
Yu Hu, Ying Wang, Yaping Chen, Hui Liang, Zhiping Chen
Hand hygiene in hospitals: an observational study in hospitals from two southern states of India
Mukta Tyagi, Claudia Hanson, Joanna Schellenberg, Swecha Chamarty, Samiksha Singh
The short-term effects of a mass reach physical activity campaign: an evaluation using hierarchy of effects model and intention profiles
T. R. Berry, R. E. Rhodes, E. M. Ori, K. McFadden, G. Faulkner, A. E. Latimer-Cheung, N. O’Reilly, J. C. Spence, M. S. Tremblay, L. M. Vanderloo
Assessing the social climate of physical (in)activity in Canada
Lira Yun, Leigh Vanderloo, Tanya R. Berry, Amy E. Latimer-Cheung, Norman O’Reilly, Ryan E. Rhodes, John C. Spence, Mark S. Tremblay, Guy Faulkner
Tracking progress in suicide prevention in Indigenous communities: a challenge for public health surveillance in Canada
Nathaniel J. Pollock, Gwen K. Healey, Michael Jong, James E. Valcour, Shree Mulay
Opening windows and closing gaps: a case analysis of Canada’s 2009 tobacco additives ban and its policy lessons
Raphael Lencucha, Arne Ruckert, Ronald Labonte, Jeffrey Drope
Disease awareness campaigns in printed and online media in Latvia: cross-sectional study on consistency with WHO ethical criteria for medicinal drug promotion and European standards
Teresa Leonardo Alves, Elita Poplavska, Signe Mezinska, Ieva Salmane-Kulikovska, Liga Andersone, Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse, Barbara Mintzes
Sources of nutrition information and level of nutrition knowledge among young adults in the Accra metropolis
Esi Yaabah Quaidoo, Agartha Ohemeng, Margaret Amankwah-Poku
Trends in concussions at Ontario schools prior to and subsequent to the introduction of a concussion policy - an analysis of the Canadian hospitals injury reporting and prevention program from 2009 to 2016
Roman Matveev, Lauren Sergio, Jessica Fraser-Thomas, Alison K. Macpherson
Associations of body mass index and diabetes with hip fracture risk: a nationwide cohort study
Hsiu-Ling Huang, Cheng-Chin Pan, Yu-Fen Hsiao, Ming-Chih Chen, Chuan-Yu Kung, Pei-Tseng Kung, Wen-Chen Tsai
Who is in the near market for bicycle sharing? Identifying current, potential, and unlikely users of a public bicycle share program in Vancouver, Canada
Kate Hosford, Scott A. Lear, Daniel Fuller, Kay Teschke, Suzanne Therrien, Meghan Winters
Prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension and its associated cardioembolic risk factors; a population based cross-sectional study in Alkharj, Saudi Arabia
Abdurrahman Aldiab, Mamdouh M. Shubair, Jamaan M. Al-Zahrani, Khaled K. Aldossari, Sameer Al-Ghamdi, Mowafa Househ, Hira Abdul Razzak, Ashraf El-Metwally, Hoda Jradi
Factor structure and internal reliability of cultural belief scales about colorectal cancer screening among Koreans in the Republic of Korea
Shin-Young Lee
Saving lives through certifying deaths: assessing the impact of two interventions to improve cause of death data in Perú
Janet Miki, Rasika Rampatige, Nicola Richards, Tim Adair, Juan Cortez-Escalante, Javier Vargas-Herrera
Can professional football clubs deliver a weight management programme for women: a feasibility study
Christopher Bunn, Craig Donnachie, Sally Wyke, Kate Hunt, Graham Brennan, Jemma Lennox, Alice Maclean, Cindy M. Gray
Regional differences of macrovascular disease in Northeast and South Germany: the population-based SHIP-TREND and KORA-F4 studies
Violetta Ptushkina, Esther Jacobs, Sabine Schipf, Henry Völzke, Marcello Ricardo Paulista Markus, Matthias Nauck, Christa Meisinger, Annette Peters, Werner Maier, Christian Herder, Michael Roden, Wolfgang Rathmann
Excess body weight in the city of São Paulo: panorama from 2003 to 2015, associated factors and projection for the next years
Jaqueline Lopes Pereira, Diva Aliete dos Santos Vieira, Maria Cecília Goi Porto Alves, Chester Luís Galvão César, Moisés Goldbaum, Regina Mara Fisberg
Knowledge, perception and attitude about Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) among medical and pharmacy students of Pakistan
Ali Ahmed, Maria Tanveer, Muhammad Saqlain, Gul Majid Khan
Normal weight obesity and physical fitness in Chinese university students: an overlooked association
Meizhen Zhang, Moritz Schumann, Tao Huang, Timo Törmäkangas, Sulin Cheng
Association of self-reported sedentary time with insulin resistance among Korean adults without diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study
Kyeong Seok Kim, Seong Jun Kim, Seonggwan Kim, Dong-Woo Choi, Yeong Jun Ju, Eun-Cheol Park
Socioeconomic variation in injury hospitalisations in Australian children ≤ 16 years: a 10-year population-based cohort study
Rebecca Seah, Reidar P. Lystad, Kate Curtis, Rebecca Mitchell
Comparison of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among healthy, obese and chronically ill Iranian children
Sara Jalali-Farahani, Fahimeh Alsadat Shojaei, Parnian Parvin, Parisa Amiri
The cholera outbreak in Yemen: lessons learned and way forward
Frederik Federspiel, Mohammad Ali
Temporal trends in spatial inequalities of maternal and newborn health services among four east African countries, 1999–2015
Corrine W. Ruktanonchai, Kristine Nilsen, Victor A. Alegana, Claudio Bosco, Rogers Ayiko, Andrew C. Seven Kajeguka, Zöe Matthews, Andrew J. Tatem
Attendance barriers experienced by female health care workers voluntarily participating in a multi-component health promotion programme at the workplace
Pia Maria Ilvig, Thomas Viskum Gjelstrup Bredahl, Just Bendix Justesen, Dorrie Jones, Jonna Benner Lundgaard, Karen Søgaard, Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen
Sexual violence among adolescent girls and young women in Malawi: a cluster-randomized controlled implementation trial of empowerment self-defense training
Michele R. Decker, Shannon N. Wood, Esther Ndinda, Gayane Yenokyan, Jacob Sinclair, Nankali Maksud, Brendan Ross, Benjamin Omondi, Martin Ndirangu
Pedestrian smartphone overuse and inattentional blindness: an observational study in Taipei, Taiwan
Ping-Ling Chen, Chih-Wei Pai
Do sex differences in reported weight loss intentions and behaviours persist across demographic characteristics and weight status in youth? A systematic review
Stephanie A. Houle-Johnson, Lisa Kakinami
Public health emergency preparedness: a framework to promote resilience
Yasmin Khan, Tracey O’Sullivan, Adalsteinn Brown, Shannon Tracey, Jennifer Gibson, Mélissa Généreux, Bonnie Henry, Brian Schwartz
Vitamin D status in Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
John Mechenro, Giriprasad Venugopal, M. Buvnesh Kumar, D. Balakrishnan, Balakrishnan S. Ramakrishna
Public knowledge of dehydration and fluid intake practices: variation by participants’ characteristics
Naila A. Shaheen, Abdulrahman A. Alqahtani, Hussam Assiri, Reem Alkhodair, Mohamed A. Hussein
Discrimination and avoidance due to disability in Australia: evidence from a National Cross Sectional Survey
Jeromey B. Temple, Margaret Kelaher, Ruth Williams
Childhood road traffic injuries in Canada – a provincial comparison of transport injury rates over time
Liraz Fridman, Jessica L. Fraser-Thomas, Ian Pike, Alison K. Macpherson
Paediatric poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: an epidemiological study
Godakanda Arachchige Maneesha Prasadi, Fahim Mohamed, Lalith Senarathna, Rose Cairns, Pahala Hangidi Gedara Janaka Pushpakumara, Andrew Hamilton Dawson
Correction to: “His mind will work better with both of us”: a qualitative study on fathers’ roles and coparenting of young children in rural Pakistan
Joshua Jeong, Saima Siyal, Günther Fink, Dana Charles McCoy, Aisha K. Yousafzai
Vaccination in England: a review of why business as usual is not enough to maintain coverage
Tim Crocker-Buque, Sandra Mounier-Jack
Simple and rationale-providing SMS reminders to promote accelerometer use: a within-trial randomised trial comparing persuasive messages
Matti T. J. Heino, Keegan Knittle, Ari Haukkala, Tommi Vasankari, Nelli Hankonen
Determinants of an integrated public health approach: the implementation process of Greenland’s second public health program
Christine Ingemann, Barbara J. Regeer, Christina V. L. Larsen
Barrier or stressor? The role of discrimination experiences in health service use
Billy Gazard, Zoe Chui, Lisa Harber-Aschan, Shirlee MacCrimmon, Ioannis Bakolis, Katharine Rimes, Matthew Hotopf, Stephani L. Hatch
Evaluation of “international transfer-out” among foreign-born pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Japan – what are the implications for a cross-border patient referral system?
Lisa Kawatsu, Akihiro Ohkado, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Kiyohiko Izumi
Lung cancer screening: assessment of health literacy and readability of online educational resources
Kevin Haas, Christie Brillante, Lisa Sharp, Ahmed K. Elzokaky, Mary Pasquinelli, Lawrence Feldman, Kevin L. Kovitz, Min Joo
Social determinants, health status and 10-year mortality among 10,906 older adults from the English longitudinal study of aging: the ATHLOS project
Natasa Kollia, Francisco Félix Caballero, Albert Sánchez-Niubó, Stefanos Tyrovolas, José Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Josep Maria Haro, Somnath Chatterji, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos
Religion and Health: exploration of attitudes and health perceptions of faith healing users in urban Ghana
Prince Peprah, Razak M. Gyasi, Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei, Williams Agyemang-Duah, Emmanuel Mawuli Abalo, Josephine Nii Amon Kotei
Study protocol of a 4- parallel arm, superiority, community based cluster randomized controlled trial comparing paper and e-platform based interventions to improve accuracy of recall of last menstrual period (LMP) dates in rural Bangladesh
Shumona Sharmin Salam, Nazia Binte Ali, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Tazeen Tahsina, Md. Irteja Islam, Afrin Iqbal, Dewan Md. Emdadul Hoque, Samir Kumar Saha, Shams El Arifeen
Decline in HPV-vaccination uptake in Denmark – the association between HPV-related media coverage and HPV-vaccination
Camilla Hiul Suppli, Niels Dalum Hansen, Mette Rasmussen, Palle Valentiner-Branth, Tyra Grove Krause, Kåre Mølbak
Perceptions of plain packaging and health warning labels for cannabis among young adults: findings from an experimental study
Seema Mutti-Packer, Brianne Collyer, David C. Hodgins
Barriers and facilitators to implementing workplace health and wellbeing services in the NHS from the perspective of senior leaders and wellbeing practitioners: a qualitative study
Helen Quirk, Helen Crank, Anouska Carter, Hanna Leahy, Robert J. Copeland
Prevalence of and factors associated with diarrhoeal diseases among children under five in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study 2016
Fazly Azry Abdul Aziz, Noor Ani Ahmad, Mohamad Aznuddin Abdul Razak, Maisarah Omar, Noraida Mohamad Kasim, Muslimah Yusof, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Rasidah Jamaludin, Chan Ying Ying
Impact of vaccine delays at the 2, 4, 6 and 12 month visits on incomplete vaccination status by 24 months of age in Quebec, Canada
Marilou Kiely, Nicole Boulianne, Denis Talbot, Manale Ouakki, Maryse Guay, Monique Landry, Chantal Sauvageau, Gaston De Serres
The impact of a social norms approach on reducing levels of misperceptions around smokefree hospital entrances amongst patients, staff, and visitors of a NHS hospital: a repeated cross-sectional survey study
Scott Crosby, Diane Bell, Gerard Savva, Becky Edlin, Bridgette M. Bewick
Association of night eating habits with metabolic syndrome and its components: a longitudinal study
Junko Yoshida, Eri Eguchi, Kenjiro Nagaoka, Tatsuo Ito, Keiki Ogino
Social factors and Australian farmer suicide: a qualitative study
Meg Perceval, Victoria Ross, Kairi Kõlves, Prasuna Reddy, Diego De Leo
The association between physical activity and symptoms of depression in different contexts – a cross-sectional study of Norwegian adolescents
Annette Løvheim Kleppang, Ingeborg Hartz, Miranda Thurston, Curt Hagquist
Undocumented adult migrants in Sweden: mental health and associated factors
Lena M.C. Andersson, Anders Hjern, Henry Ascher
Evaluation of a local government “shelter and van” intervention to improve safety and reduce alcohol-related harm
Bernadette M. Ward, Belinda O’Sullivan, Penny Buykx
Participation in group-based physical activity programmes for adults in Germany and associated factors: data from a nationwide cohort study
Susanne Jordan, Susanne Krug, Elena von der Lippe
The association between active tobacco use during pregnancy and growth outcomes of children under five years of age: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Diana Quelhas, Chytanya Kompala, Brittney Wittenbrink, Zhen Han, Megan Parker, Myra Shapiro, Shauna Downs, Klaus Kraemer, Jessica Fanzo, Saul Morris, Katharine Kreis
Household food insecurity and coping strategies among pensioners in Jimma Town, South West Ethiopia
Misgana Asesefa Kisi, Dessalegn Tamiru, Melese Sinaga Teshome, Meseret Tamiru, Garumma Tolu Feyissa
Current and ceased users of sit stand workstations: a qualitative evaluation of ergonomics, safety and health factors within a workplace setting
Brendan Henderson, Rwth Stuckey, Tessa Keegel
Factors associated with under-five mortality in Bhutan: an analysis of the Bhutan National Health Survey 2012
Tashi Dendup, Yun Zhao, Deki Dema
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of neuromuscular exercise and back care counseling in female healthcare workers with recurrent non-specific low back pain: a blinded four-arm randomized controlled trial
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Sexual risk among Colombian adolescents: knowledge, attitudes, normative beliefs, perceived control, intention, and sexual behavior
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The contribution of Ghanaian patients to the reporting of adverse drug reactions: a quantitative and qualitative study
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Processes, practices and influence: a mixed methods study of public health contributions to alcohol licensing in local government
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Estimating the public health impact of disbanding a government alcohol monopoly: application of new methods to the case of Sweden
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Acceptability of screening for mental health difficulties in primary schools: a survey of UK parents
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Relationship of being threatened or injured with a weapon in school with suicidal ideation and attempt among school students: a school-based study in Zhejiang Province, China
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Variation in somatic symptoms by patient health questionnaire-9 depression scores in a representative Japanese sample
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Economic evaluation of telephone-based weight loss support for patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial
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Exploring the relationships between sexual violence, mental health and perpetrator identity: a cross-sectional Australian primary care study
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Compliance with nutrition standards in Mexican schools and their effectiveness: a repeated cross-sectional study
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Impact of an organization-wide knowledge translation strategy to support evidence-informed public health decision making
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