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  1. Despite the health benefits of regular physical activity, most children are insufficiently active. Schools are ideally placed to promote physical activity; however, many do not provide children with sufficient...

    Authors: Chris Lonsdale, Taren Sanders, Kristen E. Cohen, Philip Parker, Michael Noetel, Tim Hartwig, Diego Vasconcellos, Morwenna Kirwan, Philip Morgan, Jo Salmon, Marj Moodie, Heather McKay, Andrew Bennie, Ron Plotnikoff, Renata L. Cinelli, David Greene…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:873
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2016 16:1026

  2. Childhood obesity, one of the greatest challenges to public health, disproportionately affects low-income urban minority populations. Fruits and vegetables (FV) are nutrient dense foods that may be inversely a...

    Authors: Angela Cristina Bizzotto Trude, Anna Yevgenyevna Kharmats, Kristen Marie Hurley, Elizabeth Anderson Steeves, Sameera A. Talegawkar and Joel Gittelsohn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:872
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  3. The HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Peru (12.4 %) is 30 times higher than in the general adult population (0.4 %). It is critical for community-based organizations to understand how to ...

    Authors: R. Colby Passaro, Connie A. Haley, Hugo Sanchez, Sten H. Vermund and Aaron M. Kipp
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:871
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  7. Despite smoking cessation efforts, cigarette smoking remains a serious general and oral health problem. We aimed to investigate the putative benefits of smoking cessation on dentition and to analyse whether th...

    Authors: Toni Similä, Juha Auvinen, Markku Timonen and Jorma I. Virtanen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:867
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  8. To recover from work stress, a worksite health program aimed at improving physical activity and relaxation may be valuable. However, not every program is effective for all participants, as would be expected wi...

    Authors: Margriet A. G. Formanoy, Elise Dusseldorp, Jennifer K. Coffeng, Iven Van Mechelen, Cecile R. L. Boot, Ingrid J. M. Hendriksen and Erwin C. P. M. Tak
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:866
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  9. Between 1997 and 2010, the English government pursued an ambitious programme to reduce health inequalities, the explicit and sustained commitment of which was historically and internationally unique. Previous ...

    Authors: Yannan Hu, Frank J. van Lenthe, Ken Judge, Eero Lahelma, Giuseppe Costa, Rianne de Gelder and Johan P. Mackenbach
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:865
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  10. The 2013 Global Burden of Disease Study demonstrated the increasing burden of diabetes and the challenge it poses to the health systems of all countries. The chronic and complex nature of diabetes requires act...

    Authors: M. A. Riddell, J. A. Dunbar, P. Absetz, R. Wolfe, H. Li, M. Brand, Z. Aziz and B. Oldenburg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:864
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  11. Refuse collectors are at a high risk for fatal and non-fatal occupational accidents. This is more intensified in developing countries, like Ethiopia, due to physically demanding nature of the job. However, inf...

    Authors: Debassu Eskezia, Zewdie Aderaw, Kedir Y. Ahmed and Fentaw Tadese
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:862
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  12. PE lessons are the formal opportunity in schools for promotion of physical activity and fitness. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a pilot PE intervention on physical activity, fitness, and psy...

    Authors: Stuart J. Fairclough, Bronagh McGrane, George Sanders, Sarah Taylor, Michael Owen and Whitney Curry
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:861
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  13. Many OECD countries have replied to economic recessions with an adaption in public spending on social benefits for families and young people in need. So far, no study has examined the impact of public social s...

    Authors: Katharina Rathmann, Timo-Kolja Pförtner, Ana M. Osorio, Klaus Hurrelmann, Frank J. Elgar, Lucia Bosakova and Matthias Richter
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:860
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  14. Osteoporosis is a debilitating disease. Adequate calcium consumption and physical activity are the two major modifiable risk factors. This paper describes the major outcomes and efficacy of a workplace-based t...

    Authors: Ai May Tan, Anthony D. LaMontagne, Dallas R. English and Peter Howard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:859
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  15. The spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus among poultry and humans has raised global concerns and has motivated government and public health organizations to initiate interventions ...

    Authors: Nadia Ali Rimi, Rebeca Sultana, Kazi Ishtiak-Ahmed, Md Zahidur Rahman, Marufa Hasin, M. Saiful Islam, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Nazmun Nahar, Emily S. Gurley and Stephen P. Luby
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:858
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  16. Diabetes is a chronic medical condition and adherence to medication in diabetes is important. Improving medication adherence in adults with diabetes would help prevent the chronic complications associated with...

    Authors: Mohammed M. M. Al-Haj Mohd, Hai Phung, Jing Sun and Donald E. Morisky
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:857
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  18. In Canada, 31.5 % of children are overweight or obese, putting them at an increased risk of chronic co-morbidities and premature mortality. Physical activity, healthy eating, and screen time are important beha...

    Authors: Evelyn Pyper, Daniel Harrington and Heather Manson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:568
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  19. Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among underground miners exposed to silica remains a global problem. Although well described in gold and coal mining, risk in other mining entities are not as well documented. This...

    Authors: Kingsley Ngosa and Rajen N. Naidoo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:855
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  20. To achieve a sustainable working life it is important to know more about what could encourage employers to increase the use of preventive and health promotive interventions. The objective of the study is to ex...

    Authors: Camilla Martinsson, Malin Lohela-Karlsson, Lydia Kwak, Gunnar Bergström and Therese Hellman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:854
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  21. Brucellosis is a debilitating zoonotic disease affecting humans and animals. A comprehensive, evidence-based assessment of literature and officially available data on animal and human brucellosis for Kenya are...

    Authors: J. Njeru, G. Wareth, F. Melzer, K. Henning, M. W. Pletz, R. Heller and H. Neubauer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:853
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  23. In this longitudinal study the complex interplay between both job strain and bullying in relation to sickness absence was investigated. Following the “work environment hypothesis”, which establishes several wo...

    Authors: Heidi Janssens, Lutgart Braeckman, Bart De Clercq, Annalisa Casini, Dirk De Bacquer, France Kittel and Els Clays
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:851
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  24. The objetive in this study is to determine the relationship between dietary patterns, BMI, type 2 diabetes mellitus family history (T2DMFH) and some lifestyle variables such as smoking and skipping breakfast i...

    Authors: Laura Elisa Gutiérrez-Pliego, Eneida del Socorro Camarillo-Romero, Laura Patricia Montenegro-Morales and José de Jesus Garduño-García
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:850
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  25. Due to recent emergence, dengue is becoming one of the major public health problems in Nepal. The numbers of reported dengue cases in general and the area with reported dengue cases are both continuously incre...

    Authors: Bipin Kumar Acharya, ChunXiang Cao, Tobia Lakes, Wei Chen and Shahid Naeem
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:849
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  26. The World Health Organization recommends community case management of malaria and pneumonia for reduction of under-five mortality in developing countries. Caregivers’ perception and understanding of the illnes...

    Authors: Mercy Abbey, Margaret A. Chinbuah, Margaret Gyapong, L. Kay Bartholomew and Bart van den Borne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:848
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  27. Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) regarding HIV/AIDS is one of the corner stones in the fight against the disease. Youths are most vulnerable to infection because they engage in risky practices due to ...

    Authors: Colins Kingoum Nubed and Jane-Francis Tatah Kihla Akoachere
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:847
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  28. The Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network (GIHSN) has established a prospective, active surveillance, hospital-based epidemiological study to collect epidemiological and virological data for the North...

    Authors: Joan Puig-Barberà, Elena Burtseva, Hongjie Yu, Benjamin J. Cowling, Selim Badur, Jan Kyncl and Anna Sominina
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16(Suppl 1):757
    Content type: Meeting report Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 1

  29. Rational medicine use is essential to optimize quality of healthcare delivery and resource utilization. We aim to conduct a systematic review of changes in prescribing patterns in the WHO African region and co...

    Authors: Richard Ofori-Asenso, Petra Brhlikova and Allyson M. Pollock
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:724
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  30. Rising rates of childhood obesity have become a pressing issue in public health, threatening both the mental and physical well-being of children. Attempts to address this problem are multifaceted, and in Engla...

    Authors: Lawrence A. Nnyanzi, Carolyn D. Summerbell, Louisa Ells and Janet Shucksmith
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:846
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  32. Subjective health complaints, such as musculoskeletal and mental health complaints, have a high prevalence in the general population, and account for a large proportion of sick leave in Norway. It may be diffi...

    Authors: Tone Langjordet Johnsen, Aage Indahl, Valborg Baste, Hege Randi Eriksen and Torill Helene Tveito
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:844
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  33. Suicide is among the top causes of adolescent mortality worldwide. While correlates of suicidal behavior are better understood and delineated in upper-income countries, epidemiologic knowledge of suicidal beha...

    Authors: Masood A. Shaikh, Jennifer Lloyd, Emmanuel Acquah, Karen L. Celedonia and Michael L. Wilson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:843
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  34. Employment and unemployment are key determinants of health inequalities and should be a priority when discussing policies to reduce such inequalities. Our aim is to investigate how flexicurity policies across ...

    Authors: Mona C Backhans, Sarah Mosedale, Daniel Bruce, Margaret Whitehead and Bo Burström
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:842
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  35. In the UK just over a fifth of all children start school overweight or obese and overweight 2–5 year olds are at least 4 times more likely to become overweight adults. This can lead to serious future health pr...

    Authors: Lorraine A. McSweeney, Tim Rapley, Carolyn D. Summerbell, Catherine A. Haighton and Ashley J. Adamson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:841
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  36. Isoniazid preventive therapy is a key public health intervention for the prevention of tuberculosis disease among people living with HIV. Despite the confirmed efficacy of isoniazid preventive therapy and glob...

    Authors: Gebrehiwot Teklay, Tsigemariam Teklu, Befikadu Legesse, Kiros Tedla and Eveline Klinkenberg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:840
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  37. The workplace has been identified as an ideal setting for health interventions. However, few UK-based workplace intervention studies have been published. Fewer still focus on the practicalities and implication...

    Authors: Amelia A. Lake, Sarah A. Smith, Charlotte E. Bryant, Sevil Alinia, Kirsten Brandt, Chris J. Seal and Inge Tetens
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:839
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  38. When contracted in pregnancy, rubella may cause serious chronic infection of the fetus and development of Congenital Rubella Syndrome. Despite widespread application of rubella vaccination, periodical outbreak...

    Authors: Iris Pejcic, Milica Rankovic Janevski, Aleksandra Knezevic, Djordje Jevtovic and Maja Stanojevic
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:838
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  39. Obesity in young children remains a public health concern, and maternal weight is one of the strongest predictors of obesity in early childhood. However, parental adherence in interventions for young children ...

    Authors: Brooke T. Nezami, Leslie A. Lytle and Deborah F. Tate
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:837
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  40. With the advent of workplace health and wellbeing programs designed to address prolonged occupational sitting, tools to measure behaviour change within this environment should derive from empirical evidence. I...

    Authors: Scott J. Pedersen, Cecilia M. Kitic, Marie-Louise Bird, Casey P. Mainsbridge and P. Dean Cooley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:836
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  41. Favourable trends in risk factor levels in the general population may partly explain the decline in coronary heart disease (CHD) morbidity and mortality. Our aim was to present long-term national trends in est...

    Authors: C. Koopman, I. Vaartjes, A. Blokstra, W. M. M. Verschuren, M. Visser, D. J. H. Deeg, M. L. Bots and I. van Dis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:835
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  42. Social mobilisation during new vaccine introductions encourages acceptance, uptake and adherence to multi-dose schedules. Effective communication is considered especially important for human papillomavirus (HP...

    Authors: Severin Kabakama, Katherine E. Gallagher, Natasha Howard, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Helen E. D. Burchett, Ulla K. Griffiths, Marta Feletto, D. Scott LaMontagne and Deborah Watson-Jones
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:834
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  43. Considering the extreme shortage of smoking cessation services in China, and the acceptability, feasibility and efficacy of mobile phone-based text message interventions for quitting smoking in other countries...

    Authors: Yanhui Liao, Qiuxia Wu, Jinsong Tang, Fengyu Zhang, Xuyi Wang, Chang Qi, Haoyu He, Jiang Long, Brian C Kelly and Joanna Cohen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:833
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  44. HPV test self-collection has been shown to reduce barriers to cervical screening and increase uptake. However, little is known about women’s preferences when given the choice between self-collected and clinici...

    Authors: Silvina Arrossi, Silvina Ramos, Cecilia Straw, Laura Thouyaret and Liliana Orellana
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:832
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  45. Health literacy is a term employed to assess the ability of people to meet the increasing demands related to health in a rapidly evolving society. Low health literacy can affect the social determinants of heal...

    Authors: Satish Chandrasekhar Nair, Karthyayani Priya Satish, Jayadevan Sreedharan and Halah Ibrahim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:831
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  46. Diarrhea remains a high burden disease, responsible for nine percent of deaths in children under five globally. We analyzed diarrhea management practices in young children and their association with the source...

    Authors: Liliana Carvajal-Vélez, Agbessi Amouzou, Jamie Perin, Abdoulaye Maïga, Hayalnesh Tarekegn, Akanni Akinyemi, Solomon Shiferaw, Mark Young, Jennifer Bryce and Holly Newby
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:830
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  47. Children’s engagement in active free play has declined across recent generations. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of intergenerational changes in active free play among families...

    Authors: Nicholas L. Holt, Kacey C. Neely, John C. Spence, Valerie Carson, Shannon R. Pynn, Kassi A. Boyd, Meghan Ingstrup and Zac Robinson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:829
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  48. Malaria case management remains a vital component of malaria control strategies. Despite the introduction of national malaria treatment guidelines and scale-up of malaria control interventions in Nigeria, anec...

    Authors: Oluyomi F. Bamiselu, IkeOluwapo Ajayi, Olufunmilayo Fawole, David Dairo, Olufemi Ajumobi, Abisola Oladimeji and Yoon Steven
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:828
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  49. The Bolsa Família Program was created in Brazil in 2003, by the joint of different social programs aimed at poor or very poor families with focus on income transfer to promote immediate poverty relief, conditiona...

    Authors: Ana Paula Bortoletto Martins and Carlos Augusto Monteiro
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:827
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