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Signing Deaf South Africans have limited access to health information. As a result, their knowledge about health is limited. Cell phone usage in South Africa is high. This study aimed to assess whether a short...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:663
Published on: 18 August 2017
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Although research has shown that numerous perceived environmental factors are supportive of physical activity, little is known about their associations with sedentary transport in motorcycle-oriented countries...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:665
Published on: 18 August 2017
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It is well known that excess adiposity during childhood may influence pubertal development. However, the extent to which body compositions vary in throughout puberty in boys and girls is currently unknown. The...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:664
Published on: 18 August 2017
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Neglecting to take account of the underlying context or type of physical activity (PA) that underpins overall involvement has resulted in a limited understanding of adolescents’ PA participation. The purpose o...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:661
Published on: 17 August 2017
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Increasing overall rates, and frequency, of HIV testing in populations at risk is a key public health objective and a critical dimension of HIV prevention efforts. In the UK, men who have sex with men (MSM) re...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:660
Published on: 17 August 2017
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BMC Public Health 2017 17:662
Published on: 17 August 2017
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Many young people are reluctant to seek professional help for mental health problems, preferring to rely on their friends for support. It is therefore important to ensure that adolescents can identify signs of...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:658
Published on: 16 August 2017
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High blood pressure is increasing worldwide, disproportionately so in developing countries. Inadequate health care systems and adoption of unhealthy lifestyles have been linked to this emergent pattern. To bet...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:659
Published on: 16 August 2017
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Levels of sitting among adolescents are high, especially during the school day. The acute cognitive and health consequences associated with prolonged sitting are poorly understood in adolescents. This randomiz...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:657
Published on: 15 August 2017
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Levels of physical activity remain low, particularly in deprived areas. Improving the street environment to promote walking for transport using a community engagement approach is a potential strategy to increa...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:655
Published on: 14 August 2017
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Measles elimination in Europe is an urgent public health goal, yet despite the efforts of its member states, vaccination gaps and outbreaks occur. This study explores local vaccination heterogeneity in kinderg...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:656
Published on: 14 August 2017
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Fatigue is widespread in the population and a common complaint in primary care. Little is known about prevalence of fatigue in the population and its predictors.
BMC Public Health 2017 17:654
Published on: 14 August 2017
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Although public health concerns have been raised regarding the detrimental health effects of increasing rates of electronic screen use among adolescents, such effects have been small. Instruments currently ava...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:652
Published on: 11 August 2017
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Mortality statistics by age, sex and cause are the foundation of basic health data required for health status assessment, epidemiological research and formation of health policy. Close to half the deaths in Ma...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:653
Published on: 11 August 2017
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Despite high cardiovascular mortality in Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union, there is limited information about major risk factors, including blood lipids. We investigated the prevalence of imp...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:651
Published on: 11 August 2017
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Feasible and cost-effective as well as population specific instruments for monitoring physical activity (PA) levels are needed for the management and prevention of non-communicable diseases. The WHO-endorsed G...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:650
Published on: 10 August 2017
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Coordinated partnerships and collaborations can optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of service and program delivery in organizational networks. However, the extent to which organizations are working toge...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:649
Published on: 9 August 2017
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Inequitable access to healthy food may contribute to health disparities. This study examines the relationship between the prevalence of adult diabetes and food access in the U.S. by county economic/racial comp...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:648
Published on: 9 August 2017
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According to a report on the worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015, mean blood pressure is increasing in low and middle income countries while it is either decreasing or stabilizing in high inco...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:647
Published on: 9 August 2017
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Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) stay as poorly understood phenomena in India. Multiple linkages to determinants such as poverty, socio-economic status, gender, environment, and...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:645
Published on: 8 August 2017
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Many risk behaviours in adolescence are socially patterned. However, it is unclear to what extent socioeconomic position (SEP) influences adolescent drinking in various parts of Europe. We examined how alcohol...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:646
Published on: 8 August 2017
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Humanitarian agencies working in refugee camp settings require rapid assessment methods to measure the needs of the populations they serve. Due to the high level of dependency of refugees, agencies need to car...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:643
Published on: 8 August 2017
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Psychological distress and lack of family support may explain the mental health problems that are consistently found in young unaccompanied refugees in Western countries. Given the strong relationship between ...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:644
Published on: 8 August 2017
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Transportation by motorcycle and bicycle has become popular in Taiwan, this study was designed to investigate the protective effect of helmet use during motorcycle and bicycle accidents by using a propensity s...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:639
Published on: 7 August 2017
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Community engagement strategies are often integrated in public health interventions designed to promote condom use among men who have sex with men (MSM), a key population for HIV prevention. However, the ways ...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:641
Published on: 7 August 2017
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