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  1. Worldwide people in disorder of sex development (DSD) faces multiple barriers while seeking their social rights, particularly healthcare services. We aimed to explore the healthcare opportunities available to ...

    Authors: Alam Khan, T. M. Fahad, Md Imran Nur Manik, Hazrat Ali, Md. Ashiquazzaman, Md Ibrahim Mollah, Tanjeena Zaman, Md Shariful Islam, Moizur Rahman, Aminur Rahman, Mostafizur Rahman, Tarannum Naz, Mahmud Arif Pavel and Md. Nuruzzaman Khan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1261
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Gender-based violence is a globally recognized social problem impacting women and girls worldwide. Intimate partner violence (IPV) represents the most common form of gender-based violence. Among the countries ...

    Authors: Casey D. Xavier Hall and Dabney P. Evans
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1260
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  3. Global health education has attracted significant attention in recent years from academic institutions in developed countries. In India however, a recent analysis found that delivery of global health education...

    Authors: Shailendra Sawleshwarkar, Sanjay Zodpey and Joel Negin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1259
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  4. The Household Health Survey (HHS) was developed to understand the socioeconomic determinants of mental and physical health, and health inequalities in health and social care. This paper aims to provide a detai...

    Authors: Clarissa Giebel, Jason C. McIntyre, Ana Alfirevic, Rhiannon Corcoran, Konstantinos Daras, Jennifer Downing, Mark Gabbay, Munir Pirmohamed, Jennie Popay, Paula Wheeler, Keith Holt, Timothy Wilson, Richard Bentall and Ben Barr
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1257
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  5. Leprosy, or Hansen’s disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiological characteristics of leprosy in Benin from 2006 to 2018.

    Authors: Ronald Sètondji Gnimavo, Parfait Djossou, Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Gimatal Esaï Anagonou, Yves Thierry Barogui, Akpéédjé Anita Carolle Wadagni, Jean-Gabin Houezo and Roch Christian Johnson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1254
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  6. Acceptance of vaccines is an important predictor of vaccine uptake. This has public health implications as those who are not vaccinated are at a higher risk of infection from vaccine preventable diseases. We a...

    Authors: Amalie Dyda, Catherine King, Aditi Dey, Julie Leask and Adam G. Dunn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1253
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  8. Utilization of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is crucial for better health outcomes among people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV). Nearly 30% of the 1.6 million PLHIV in Tanzania are not on t...

    Authors: Amon Exavery, John Charles, Asheri Barankena, Erica Kuhlik, Godfrey M. Mubyazi, Kassimu Tani, Amal Ally, Epifania Minja, Alison Koler, Levina Kikoyo and Elizabeth Jere
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1251
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  9. Major transition in tuberculosis (TB) epidemiology is taking place in many European countries including Finland. Monitoring treatment outcome of TB cases is important for identifying gaps in the national TB co...

    Authors: Virve Korhonen, Outi Lyytikäinen, Jukka Ollgren, Hanna Soini, Tuula Vasankari and Petri Ruutu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1250
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  10. With an HIV incidence of 1.00 skewed against women (1.51), adolescents in South Africa are at high HIV risk. This paper assesses young adults’ (18–24 years) knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding HIV pre...

    Authors: Simukai Shamu, Sikhulile Khupakonke, Thato Farirai, Jean Slabbert, Thato Chidarikire, Geoffrey Guloba and Nkhensani Nkhwashu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1249
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  11. Levels of physical activity change throughout the year. However, little is known to what extent activity levels can vary, based on accelerometer determined sedentary and physically-active time. The aim of this...

    Authors: Shiho Amagasa, Shigeru Inoue, Hiroshi Murayama, Takeo Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Noritoshi Fukushima, Masaki Machida, Sebastien Chastin, Neville Owen and Yugo Shobugawa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1248
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  12. Black men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by HIV compared to almost every other demographic group in the country and have worse outcomes along the care continuum. Diagnosis is a cri...

    Authors: Ofole Mgbako, Ellen Benoit, Nishanth S. Iyengar, Christopher Kuhner, Dustin Brinker and Dustin T. Duncan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1247
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  13. Obesity is considered a top public health concern, and its prevalence is growing every day. Thus, interventions to address this problem should be encouraged and further studied. In this regard, the aim of this...

    Authors: Fabricio de Souza, Felipe Nunes Lanzendorf, Márcia Mendonça Marcos de Souza, Fabiana Schuelter-Trevisol and Daisson José Trevisol
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1246
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  14. Despite concerted global efforts towards achieving infant-survival, infant mortality lingers as a problem in developing countries. Environmental and personal-level factors are assumed to account for this situa...

    Authors: Eniolufolake Elizabeth Sokefun and Nnodimele Onuigbo Atulomah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1245
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  15. Ovarian cancer is a silent and largely asymptomatic cancer, leading to late diagnosis and worse prognosis. The late-stage detection and low survival rates, makes the study of the space-time evolution of ovaria...

    Authors: Paula Camelia Trandafir, Aritz Adin and María Dolores Ugarte
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1244
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  16. To ensure accurate measurement of the health benefits of habitual physical activity in large sample epidemiological studies, physical activity questionnaires (PAQs) are the most feasible methods. Therefore, th...

    Authors: Pongrác Ács, József Betlehem, András Oláh, Józef Bergier, Csaba Melczer, Viktória Prémusz and Alexandra Makai
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20(Suppl 1):1198
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 1

  17. National economies are increasingly facing the challenge of having to finance the prevention and treatment of human diseases, and of having to compensate for the resulting loss of economic production. Physical...

    Authors: Pongrác Ács, Antal Kovács, Dávid Paár, Márk Hoffbauer, Péter Szabó, Tünde Szabó and Miklós Stocker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20(Suppl 1):1174
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 1

  18. It is well known that physical activity (PA) has health benefits. This study aimed to examine physical activity carried out by the senior (over 50) participants and its relation to their quality of life (QoL).

    Authors: Erzsébet Rétsági, Viktória Prémusz, Alexandra Makai, Csaba Melczer, József Betlehem, Kinga Lampek, Pongrác Ács and Márta Hock
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20(Suppl 1):1061
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 1

  19. Health literacy (HL) has a deep impact on people’s decisions about their health and health care system. Measurement and improvement of HL level is essential to develop an appropriate health care system. The ai...

    Authors: Henrietta Bánfai-Csonka, Bálint Bánfai, Sára Jeges, Brigitta Gyebnár and József Betlehem
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20(Suppl 1):1060
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 1

  20. Physically active lifestyle can prolong the years spent without chronic diseases and is strongly associated with good mental and physical health. The goal of the study was to examine the physical activity patt...

    Authors: Alexandra Makai, Kata Füge, Zita Breitenbach, József Betlehem, Pongrác Ács, Kinga Lampek and Mária Figler
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20(Suppl 1):1059
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 1

  21. For older adults perceived quality of life has been linked to the ability to accomplish everyday tasks, a functional capacity which is thought to be based upon physical fitness. Although there is a relationshi...

    Authors: Ferenc Ihász, Nikolett Schulteisz, Kevin J. Finn, Krisztina Szabó, Judit Gangl, Dóra Nagy, Pongrác Ács and András Oláh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20(Suppl 1):1057
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 1

  22. Physical activity (PA) is an important factor among the determinants of health due to it’s protective factor and preventive role. Self-reported measures such as questionnaires are most commonly used in public ...

    Authors: Pongrác Ács, József Betlehem, András Oláh, Barbara Bergier, Kata Morvay-Sey, Alexandra Makai and Viktória Prémusz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20(Suppl 1):1056
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 1

  23. In African countries, including Angola, antenatal care (ANC) coverage is suboptimal and maternal mortality is still high due to pregnancy and childbirth-related complications. There is evidence of disparities ...

    Authors: Gebretsadik Shibre, Betregiorgis Zegeye, Dina Idriss-Wheeler, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Olanrewaju Oladimeji and Sanni Yaya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1243
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  24. Resistance-training (RT) provides significant health benefits. However, roughly 3/4 of adults in the United States do not meet current Physical Activity Guidelines in this regard. There has been a call for res...

    Authors: Joshua C. Hollingsworth, Kaelin C. Young, Siraj F. Abdullah, Danielle D. Wadsworth, Ahmad Abukhader, Bari Elfenbein and Zachary Holley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1242
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  25. Providing universal access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in remote Nepal remains challenging. We investigated WASH conditions and their association with children’s nutritional status, intestinal...

    Authors: Akina Shrestha, Jeanne Six, Dikshya Dahal, Sara Marks and Regula Meierhofer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1241
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  26. Lifestyles habits such as eating unhealthy foodscommence at home and are associated with the development of obesity and comorbidities such as insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and chronic degenerative di...

    Authors: Iris Nallely López-Contreras, Jenny Vilchis-Gil, Miguel Klünder-Klünder, Salvador Villalpando-Carrión and Samuel Flores-Huerta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1240
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  27. Repeat Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infections are common. To better understand the characteristics of patients frequently infected with CT at our sexually transmitted infection (STI) care services, we assessed the...

    Authors: Juliën N. A. P. Wijers, Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe, Petra F. G. Wolffs and Geneviève A. F. S. van Liere
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1239
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  29. The Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM) is a collaborative upstream model that was designed to influence risk and protective factors related to substance use within the community, school, peer and family contexts...

    Authors: Tanya Halsall, Lisa Lachance and Alfgeir L. Kristjansson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1235
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  30. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) has been proved to be a safe and cost-effective standard of care for preterm babies. China hasn’t adopted the KMC practice widely until recently. We aim to assess barriers and facili...

    Authors: Jieya Yue, Jun Liu, Sarah Williams, Bo Zhang, Yingxi Zhao, Qiannan Zhang, Lin Zhang, Xin Liu, Stephen Wall, Greta Wetzel, Gengli Zhao and Jennifer Bouey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1234
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  31. Nearly 40 million American adults report past year food insecurity. This is concerning, as food insecurity is associated with chronic disease morbidity and premature mortality. Women disproportionately experie...

    Authors: Joanne G. Patterson, Jennifer Russomanno and Jennifer M. Jabson Tree
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1155
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  32. Control and elimination of onchocerciasis requires regular follow-up and evaluation of community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) program implementation. This research was aimed to assess the epidemio...

    Authors: Gebremedhin Gebrezgabiher, Zeleke Mekonnen, Delenasaw Yewhalaw and Asrat Hailu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1233
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  33. Diabetes is a huge growing problem, and causes high and escalating costs to society. Self- care practice for adults with diabetes is not well addressed in sub-Saharan Africa including Ethiopia. To prevent seri...

    Authors: Asmare Getie, Biftu Geda, Tadesse Alemayhu, Agenehu Bante, Zeleke Aschalew and Biresaw wassihun
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1232
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  34. The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the European Feel4Diabetes intervention, promoting a healthy lifestyle, on physical activity and its correlates among families at risk for type 2 diabetes me...

    Authors: Nele Huys, Vicky Van Stappen, Samyah Shadid, Marieke De Craemer, Odysseas Androutsos, Katja Wikström, Konstantinos Makrilakis, Luis A. Moreno, Violeta Iotova, Tsvetalina Tankova, Anna Nánási, Yannis Manios and Greet Cardon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1231
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  35. Epidemics or pandemics, such as the current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, pose unique challenges to healthcare professionals (HCPs). Caring for patients during an epidemic/pandemic may impact neg...

    Authors: Suzannah Stuijfzand, Camille Deforges, Vania Sandoz, Consuela-Thais Sajin, Cecile Jaques, Jolanda Elmers and Antje Horsch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1230
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  37. Vasectomy is one of the highly effective and non-reversible types of long-term family planning methods for men. Ethiopia has a limited number of studies on the use of vasectomy, and they are focused on men rat...

    Authors: Jemila Nesro, Endalew Gemechu Sendo, Nete Tofik Yesuf and Yitagesu Sintayehu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1228
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  38. Patients with coexisting type 2 diabetes and hypertension generally exhibit poor adherence to self-management, which adversely affects their disease control. Therefore, identification of the factors related to...

    Authors: Zhenzhen Xie, Kaifeng Liu, Calvin Or, Jiayin Chen, Mian Yan and Hailiang Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1227
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  40. Complex global initiatives, like the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), have prevented millions of paralyses and improved the health status of diverse populations. Despite the logistical challenges th...

    Authors: Michael A. Peters, Wakgari Deressa, Malabika Sarker, Neeraj Sharma, Eme Owoaje, Riris Andono Ahmad, Tawab Saljuqi, Eric Mafuta and Olakunle Alonge
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20(Suppl 2):1197
    Content type: Method Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 2

  42. Lessons from polio eradication efforts and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) are useful for improving health service delivery and outcomes globally. The Synthesis and Translation of Research and I...

    Authors: Olakunle Alonge, Abigail H. Neel, Anna Kalbarczyk, Michael A. Peters, Yodi Mahendradhata, Malabika Sarker, Eme Owoaje, Wakgari Deressa, Patrick Kayembe, Ahmad Shah Salehi and S. D. Gupta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20(Suppl 2):1176
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 2

  43. Thoughtful and equitable engagement with international partners is key to successful research. STRIPE, a consortium of 8 academic and research institutions across the globe whose objective is to map, synthesiz...

    Authors: Anna Kalbarczyk, Aditi Rao, Yodi Mahendradhata, Piyusha Majumdar, Ellie Decker, Humayra Binte Anwar, Oluwaseun O. Akinyemi, Ahmad Omid Rahimi, Patrick Kayembe and Olakunle O. Alonge
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20(Suppl 2):1058
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 2

  44. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Zahra Akbari-Chehrehbargh, Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian and Ali Montazeri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1225
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    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2020 20:805

  45. Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Adherence to TB therapy is an important factor in treatment outcomes, which is a critical indicator for evaluating TB t...

    Authors: Comfort Nanbam Sariem, Patricia Odumosu, Maxwell Patrick Dapar, Jonah Musa, Luka Ibrahim and John Aguiyi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1224
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  46. Despite the availability of effective vaccines, pertussis remains endemic with high fatality rates in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). This study aims to describe an outbreak of pertussis in a health di...

    Authors: Aychiluhim D. Mitiku, Mesele D. Argaw, Binyam F. Desta, Zergu T. Tsegaye, Afework A. Atsa, Bekele B. Tefera, Ephrem Teferi, Deirdre Rogers, Ismael A. Beshir, Asrat G. Alemu, Desta A. Ayesa, Derebe T. Abate, Agegnehu G. Sendeku and Rudzani Muloiwa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1223
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  47. In Ethiopia, there is a paucity of studies on inequality in caesarean section using methodologically rigorous and well-established approaches. In this study, we showed extent and the overtime dynamics of inequ...

    Authors: Gebretsadik Shibre, Dina Idriss-Wheeler, Ghose Bishwajit and Sanni Yaya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1222
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  49. While previous research has identified how criminalization of HIV non-disclosure can have deleterious effects on those living with HIV, the perspectives of people who use drugs – a population disproportionatel...

    Authors: Cara Ng, Koharu Loulou Chayama, Andrea Krüsi, Will Small and Rod Knight
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1220
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  50. Migrant workers are a susceptible population to the hepatitis b virus (HBV) and a vulnerable spot in China’s immunization procedures. There is no free HBV immunization program for migrant workers in China, so ...

    Authors: Cai Liu, Stephen Nicholas and Jian Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1219
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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