Advertisement
Section edited by Ariadne Kapetanaki, Christopher Barton
This section aims to publish studies looking at the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on communities in low and middle-income countries.
Research article
Zoonotic diseases such as leptospirosis occur as a result of the often complex interactions that exist at the human-animal-environment interface. The most obvious consequence of this complexity is the need for...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:671
Published on: 22 August 2017
Research article
It is globally agreed that a well-designed health system deliver timely and convenient access to health services for all patients. Many interventions aiming to reduce waiting times have been implemented in Chi...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:668
Published on: 22 August 2017
Research article
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
Research article
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
Research article
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
Research article
India’s Revised National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme (RNTCP) offers free TB diagnosis and treatment. But more than 50% of TB patients seek care from private practitioners (PPs), where TB is managed sub...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:635
Published on: 4 August 2017
Research article
Many health care workers (HCWs) are at increased risk for tuberculosis (TB). The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends screening HCWs for TB in high burden settings but this is often not implemented in co...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:17
Published on: 14 July 2017
Research article
Person-centered care is a critical component of quality care, essential to enable treatment adherence, and maximize health outcomes. Improving the quality of health services is a key strategy to achieve the ne...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:20
Published on: 14 July 2017
Research article
Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), female health volunteers working at village level have become an integral component of National Health Mission (NHM) in India in the past two decades. Mitanin (meaning f...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:9
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research article
Violence against women (VAW) is a major problem worldwide, with one in three women experiencing violence in their lifetime. While interventions to prevent violence (primary prevention) are extremely important,...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:622
Published on: 4 July 2017
Research article
An appropriate level of human resources for oral health [HROH] is required to meet the oral health needs of population, and enable maximum improvement in health outcomes. The aim of this study was to estimate ...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:586
Published on: 20 June 2017
Research article
This paper is aimed at critically assessing the extent to which Non-Communicable Disease NCD-related policies introduced in Bangladesh align with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2013–2020 Action Plan for...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:582
Published on: 19 June 2017
Research article
The expansion of malaria prevention and control to school-aged children is receiving increasing attention, but there are still limited data on the costs of intervention. This paper analyses the costs of a comp...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:572
Published on: 12 June 2017
Research article
The natural assimilation of the process through which health partners sustain long-term relationships is a key issue in maintaining social well-being, reducing health risk factors, and sustaining public health...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:571
Published on: 12 June 2017
Research article
In 2014, over half (54%) of the world’s population lived in urban areas and this proportion will increase to 66% by 2050. This urbanizing trend has been accompanied by an increasing number of people living in ...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:556
Published on: 8 June 2017
Research article
In 2013, the World Health Organization released a new set of guidelines widely known as Option B+. Prior to that there were guidelines released in 2010. Option B+ recommends lifelong antiretroviral treatment f...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:541
Published on: 2 June 2017
Research article
There is global recognition of the reproductive health rights of people living with HIV (PLHIV). The aim of this research study was to explore the reproductive choices, and the factors influencing these choice...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:540
Published on: 2 June 2017
Research article
Guangdong Province in the Pearl River Delta of Southeast China is among the areas in the country with the highest rates of avian flu cases. In order to control the outbreak of human-infected H7N9 cases, Guangd...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:517
Published on: 26 May 2017
Research article
BMC Public Health 2017 17:514
Published on: 25 May 2017
Research article
Childhood mortality has remained a major challenge to public health amongst families in Nigeria and other developing countries. The menace of incessant childhood mortality has been a major concern and this cal...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:485
Published on: 22 May 2017
For more Public Health journals, visit our dedicated Public Health page. Here you can also find featured articles and blogs, as selected by our Editors, in addition to more information about current and upcoming series.
Advertisement
