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Call for papers: Applications of big data in occupational and environmental health

BMC Public Health is delighted to announce the launch of a new thematic series focused on highlighting innovative applications of big data and data sharing in occupational and environmental health.

Deadline for submissions: 30 September, 2017

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Evaluation of caregiver-friendly workplace policy (CFWPs) interventions on the health of full-time caregiver employees (CEs): implementation and cost-benefit analysis

Allison M. Williams, Emile Tompa, Donna S. Lero, Janet Fast, Amin Yazdani and Isik U. Zeytinoglu

Published on: 20 September 2017
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Early food for future health: a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of an eHealth intervention aiming to promote healthy food habits from early childhood

Christine Helle, Elisabet Rudjord Hillesund, Mona Linge Omholt and Nina Cecilie Øverby

Published on: 20 September 2017
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Income related inequality and influencing factors: a study for the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure in rural China

Hai Gu, Yun Kou, Zhiwen Yan, Yilei Ding, Jusheng Shieh, Jun Sun, Nan Cui, Qianjing Wang and Hua You

Published on: 20 September 2017
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Heterogeneity in coverage for measles and varicella vaccination in toddlers – analysis of factors influencing parental acceptance

Christine Hagemann, Andrea Streng, Alexander Kraemer and Johannes G. Liese

Published on: 19 September 2017
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Patients’ perception regarding the influence of individual and social vulnerabilities on the adherence to tuberculosis treatment: a qualitative study

Rosiane Davina da Silva, Fernanda Darliane Tavares de Luna, Aguinaldo José de Araújo, Edwirde Luiz Silva Camêlo, Maria Rita Bertolozzi, Paula Hino, Sheylla Nadjane Batista Lacerda, Sayonara Maria Lia Fook and Tânia Maria Ribeiro Monteiro de Figueiredo

Published on: 19 September 2017

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Porn video shows, local brew, and transactional sex: HIV risk among youth in Kisumu, Kenya

Carolyne Njue, Helene ACM Voeten and Pieter Remes

Published on: 8 August 2011
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The weight of nations: an estimation of adult human biomass

Sarah Catherine Walpole, David Prieto-Merino, Phil Edwards, John Cleland, Gretchen Stevens and Ian Roberts

Published on: 18 June 2012
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Health literacy and public health: A systematic review and integration of definitions and models

Kristine Sørensen, Stephan Van den Broucke, James Fullam, Gerardine Doyle, Jürgen Pelikan, Zofia Slonska and Helmut Brand

Published on: 25 January 2012
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Malnutrition among children under the age of five in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): does geographic location matter?

Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Tumwaka P Madungu, Jacques BO Emina, Kikhela PD Nzita and Francesco P Cappuccio

Published on: 25 April 2011
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Effect of an electronic nicotine delivery device (e-Cigarette) on smoking reduction and cessation: a prospective 6-month pilot study

Riccardo Polosa, Pasquale Caponnetto, Jaymin B Morjaria, Gabriella Papale, Davide Campagna and Cristina Russo

Published on: 11 October 2011

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BMC Public Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special focus on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community.

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Natalie Pafitis, BioMed Central

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Christopher Barton, Monash University
David Rehkopf, Stanford University School of Medicine
Bianca Brijnath, Curtin University
Amanda Daley, University of Birmingham
Ariadne Kapetanaki, University of Hertfordshire
Youcheng Liu, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Isabelle Niedhammer, INSERM
Mahfuzar Rahman, BRAC
Giovanni Rezza, Istituto Superiore di Sanita
Richard Rosenkranz, Kansas State University
Dianne Stanton Ward, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michelle Turner, University of Ottawa; CREAL
Frances Kay-Lambkin, University of Newcastle
Carol Maher, University of South Australia
Marc Adams, Arizona State University
Janice Thompson, University of Birmingham
Christina Pollard, Curtin University
Timothy Mackey, University of California, San Diego
David Stieb, Population Studies Division, Health Canada

Dianne Stanton Ward, Section Editor

Dianne S. Ward, EdD, is an experienced researcher in the area of child health; specifically, obesity prevention. She has published more than 189 research articles, 10 book chapters, and a book about physical activity interventions for children and adolescents. She joined the editorial board of BMC Public Health in 2015.

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