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  1. HIV-related mHealth interventions have demonstrable efficacy in supporting treatment adherence, although the evidence base for promoting HIV testing is inconclusive. Progress is constrained by a limited unders...

    Authors: C. Evans, K. Turner, L. S. Suggs, A. Occa, A. Juma and H. Blake
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:656
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2016 16:948

  2. Thailand is 18th out of the 22 countries with the highest tuberculosis (TB) burden. It will be a challenge for Thailand to achieve the UN Millennium Development target for TB, as well as the new WHO targets fo...

    Authors: Jiraporn Choowong, Per Tillgren and Maja Söderbäck
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:653
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  3. Due to lack of culturally relevant assessment tools, little is known about children’s developmental profiles in low income settings such as Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to adapt and standardize th...

    Authors: Teklu Gemechu Abessa, Berhanu Nigussie Worku, Mekitie Wondafrash Kibebew, Jan Valy, Johan Lemmens, Herbert Thijs, Wondwosen Kasahun Yimer, Patrick Kolsteren and Marita Granitzer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:652
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  4. Poor diets are a leading cause of disease burden worldwide. In Australia, the Federal Government established the Food and Health Dialogue (the Dialogue) in 2009 to address this issue, primarily through food re...

    Authors: Alexandra Jones, Roger Magnusson, Boyd Swinburn, Jacqui Webster, Amanda Wood, Gary Sacks and Bruce Neal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:651
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  5. The Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds (CAHHM) is a pan-Canadian, prospective, multi-ethnic cohort study being conducted in Canada. The overarching objective of the CAHHM is to understand the assoc...

    Authors: Sonia S. Anand, Jack V. Tu, Philip Awadalla, Sandra Black, Catherine Boileau, David Busseuil, Dipika Desai, Jean-Pierre Després, Russell J. de Souza, Trevor Dummer, Sébastien Jacquemont, Bartha Knoppers, Eric Larose, Scott A. Lear, Francois Marcotte, Alan R. Moody…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:650
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  6. Multimorbidity is increasingly being recognized as a serious public health concern. Research into its determinants, prevalence, and management is needed and as the risk of experiencing multiple chronic conditi...

    Authors: Jessica Li, Mark Green, Ben Kearns, Eleanor Holding, Christine Smith, Annette Haywood, Cindy Cooper, Mark Strong and Clare Relton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:649
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  7. Children enrolled in Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) programs are at high risks of health problems. Although non-family child care providers play important roles on children’s health status as role mode...

    Authors: Won O. Song, SuJin Song, Violeta Nieves, Andie Gonzalez and Elahé T. Crockett
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:648
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  8. Young novice drivers have crash rates higher than any other age group. To address this problem, graduated driver licensing (GDL) laws have been implemented in the United States to require an extended learner p...

    Authors: Motao Zhu, Peter Cummings, Songzhu Zhao and Thomas Rice
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:647
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Estimated medical costs (“T”) and QALYs (“Q”) associated with smoking are frequently used in cost-utility analyses of tobacco control interventions. The goal of this study was to understand how researchers hav...

    Authors: Shari P. Feirman, Allison M. Glasser, Lyubov Teplitskaya, David R. Holtgrave, David B. Abrams, Raymond S. Niaura and Andrea C. Villanti
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:646
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  10. Health communications often present graphic, threat-based representations of the potential consequences of health-risk behaviours. These ‘threat appeals’ feature prominently in public health campaigns, but the...

    Authors: Rachel N. Carey and Kiran M. Sarma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:645
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  13. Different analytical techniques have been used to study the determinants of overweight. However, certain commonly used techniques may be limited by the continuous nature and skewed distribution of body mass in...

    Authors: Leidjaira Lopes Juvanhol, Raquel Martins Lana, Renata Cabrelli, Leonardo Soares Bastos, Aline Araújo Nobre, Lúcia Rotenberg and Rosane Härter Griep
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:642
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  14. Tuberculosis (TB) incidence data in vaccine target populations, particularly adolescents, are important for designing and powering vaccine clinical trials. Little is known about the incidence of tuberculosis a...

    Authors: Dharma Rao Uppada, Sumithra Selvam, Nelson Jesuraj, Esther L. Lau, T. Mark Doherty, Harleen M. S. Grewal, Mario Vaz and Bernt Lindtjørn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:641
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  15. Advocates for environmental justice, local, state, and national public health officials, exposure scientists, need broad-based health indices to identify vulnerable communities. Longitudinal studies show that ...

    Authors: Jane E. Gallagher, Adrien A. Wilkie, Alissa Cordner, Edward E. Hudgens, Andrew J. Ghio, Rebecca J. Birch and Timothy J. Wade
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:640
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Unhealthy lifestyles in early childhood are a major global health challenge. These lifestyles often persist from generation to generation and contribute to a vicious cycle of health-related and social problems...

    Authors: M. Willeboordse, M. W. Jansen, S. N. van den Heijkant, A. Simons, B. Winkens, R.H.M. de Groot, N. Bartelink, S. P. Kremers, P. van Assema, H. H. Savelberg, E. de Neubourg, L. Borghans, T. Schils, K. M. Coppens, R. Dietvorst, R. ten Hoopen…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:639
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:314

  17. Evidence linking caries in primary dentition and children’s anthropometric measures is contradictory. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of primary dental caries and its relationship with body mass index (BMI...

    Authors: Jing-jing Liang, Zhe-qing Zhang, Ya-jun Chen, Jin-cheng Mai, Jun Ma, Wen-han Yang and Jin Jing
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:638
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Diabetes mellitus (DM) appears to be a global epidemic and an increasingly major non-communicable disease threatening both affluent and non-affluent society. The study aimed to determine the knowledge of diabe...

    Authors: Yaa Obirikorang, Christian Obirikorang, Enoch Odame Anto, Emmanuel Acheampong, Emmanuella Nsenbah Batu, Agyemang Duah Stella, Omerige Constance and Peter Kojo Brenya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:637
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  19. Evidences show that the burden of overweight and obesity is increasing in developing countries, particularly among urban women. Despite this worrying trend and the recognition of the emerging problem of chroni...

    Authors: Solomon Abrha, Solomon Shiferaw and Kedir Y. Ahmed
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:636
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Sedentary behaviours (time spent sitting, with low energy expenditure) are associated with deleterious health outcomes, including all-cause mortality. Whether this association can be considered causal has yet ...

    Authors: Stuart J. H. Biddle, Jason A. Bennie, Adrian E. Bauman, Josephine Y. Chau, David Dunstan, Neville Owen, Emmanuel Stamatakis and Jannique G. Z. van Uffelen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:635
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  21. Living in a socially deprived neighborhood is associated with lifestyle risk factors, e.g., smoking, physical inactivity and unhealthy diet, as well as an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, i.e., corona...

    Authors: Susanna Calling, Xinjun Li, Naomi Kawakami, Tsuyoshi Hamano and Kristina Sundquist
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:634
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Despite considerable reductions in malaria achieved by scaling-up long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS), maintaining sustained community protection remains operationally cha...

    Authors: George Mtove, Joseph P. Mugasa, Louisa A. Messenger, Robert C. Malima, Peter Mangesho, Franklin Magogo, Mateusz Plucinski, Ramadhan Hashimu, Johnson Matowo, Donald Shepard, Bernard Batengana, Jackie Cook, Basiliana Emidi, Yara Halasa, Robert Kaaya, Aggrey Kihombo…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:633
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2016 16:1195

  23. Persistent high levels of under-nutrition in India despite economic growth continue to challenge political leadership and policy makers at the highest level. The present inductive enquiry was conducted to map ...

    Authors: S. Chaturvedi, S. Ramji, N. K. Arora, S. Rewal, R. Dasgupta and V. Deshmukh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:632
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. A large international literature has found a positive association between social capital and measures of physical and mental health. However, there is a paucity of research on the links between social capital ...

    Authors: Junran Cao and Anu Rammohan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:631
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  25. Annual trivalent influenza vaccines (TIV) containing three influenza strains (A/H1N1, A/H3N2, and one B) have been recommended for the prevention of influenza. However, worldwide co-circulation of two distinct...

    Authors: Aurélien Jamotte, Chui Fung Chong, Andrew Manton, Bérengère Macabeo and Mondher Toumi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:630
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  26. As average life span increases, elderly will account for an increasing proportion of the total population in most parts of the world. Thus, initiatives to retain older workers at the labor market are becoming ...

    Authors: Emil Sundstrup, Åse Marie Hansen, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Otto Melchior Poulsen, Thomas Clausen, Reiner Rugulies, Anne Møller and Lars Louis Andersen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:629
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  27. Several recent studies have described the presence of musculoskeletal complaints, presenting evidence that multisite musculoskeletal pain (MP) is more often present than single-site musculoskeletal pain. Howev...

    Authors: Rita de Cássia Pereira Fernandes, Silvana Maria da Silva Pataro, Roberta Brasileiro de Carvalho and Alex Burdorf
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:628
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2016 16:1131

  28. Health behaviour patterns in older groups, including tobacco and alcohol use, are key factors in chronic disease prevention. We explore ageing self-perceptions as motivating factors behind smoking and drinking...

    Authors: Amanda Villiers-Tuthill, Antoinette Copley, Hannah McGee and Karen Morgan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:627
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  29. Physical activity and health literacy are topics of utmost importance in the prevention of chronic diseases. The present article describes the study protocol for evaluating a cross-provider workplace-related i...

    Authors: Andrea Schaller, Lea Dejonghe, Adrienne Alayli-Goebbels, Bianca Biallas and Ingo Froboese
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:626
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  30. Maternal obesity is associated with risks to mother and infant, and has implications for healthcare costs. United Kingdom (UK) levels of maternal obesity are rising, with higher prevalence in North East (NE) E...

    Authors: Sarah Dinsdale, Kay Branch, Lindsay Cook and Janet Shucksmith
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:625
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  31. Comorbidity between problem gambling and depression or anxiety is common. Further, the treatment needs of people with co-occurring gambling and mental health symptoms may be different from those of problem gam...

    Authors: John A. Cunningham, David C. Hodgins, Kylie Bennett, Anthony Bennett, Marina Talevski, Corey S. Mackenzie and Christian S. Hendershot
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:624
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  32. Previous studies have stressed the importance of tobacco exposure for the mood disorders of depression and anxiety. Although a few studies have focused on perinatal women, none have specifically considered the...

    Authors: Shu-Chuan Weng, Jian-Pei Huang, Ya-Li Huang, Tony Szu-Hsien Lee and Yi-Hua Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:623
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  33. The sale of contraband tobacco allows for tobacco tax evasion, which can undermine the effectiveness of tobacco tax policies in reducing the number of smokers. Estimates of the proportion of contraband vary wi...

    Authors: Julie Stratton, Samantha Shiplo, Megan Ward, Alexey Babayan, Adam Stevens and Sarah Edwards
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:622
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  34. Three decades ago, casino gaming on sovereign American Indian lands was legalized with differential economic and social implications. While casinos have improved the incomes of tribal communities, there have b...

    Authors: Stephen R. Kodish, Joel Gittelsohn, Vanessa M. Oddo and Jessica C. Jones-Smith
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:621
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  35. The colonisation of Australia has been associated with traumatic consequences for Aboriginal health and wellbeing, including the breakdown of the traditional family unit and negative consequences for the mothe...

    Authors: Jane M. Ussher, Rosie Charter, Chloe Parton and Janette Perz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:620
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  36. The aim of this paper was to ascertain whether greater familiarity with a smartphone or tablet was associated with participants’ preferred mobile delivery modality for eHealth interventions.

    Authors: Daniel Granger, Corneel Vandelanotte, Mitch J. Duncan, Stephanie Alley, Stephanie Schoeppe, Camille Short and Amanda Rebar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:619
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  37. Increasing physical activity in the workplace can provide employee physical and mental health benefits, and employer economic benefits through reduced absenteeism and increased productivity. The workplace is a...

    Authors: Ruth F. Hunter, Sarah F. Brennan, Jianjun Tang, Oliver J. Smith, Jennifer Murray, Mark A. Tully, Chris Patterson, Alberto Longo, George Hutchinson, Lindsay Prior, David P. French, Jean Adams, Emma McIntosh and Frank Kee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:618
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  38. Streetcar or train tracks in urban areas are difficult for bicyclists to negotiate and are a cause of crashes and injuries. This study used mixed methods to identify measures to prevent such crashes, by examin...

    Authors: Kay Teschke, Jessica Dennis, Conor C. O. Reynolds, Meghan Winters and M. Anne Harris
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:617
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of the Give-it-a-Go programme, which offers free leisure centre memberships to physically inactive members of the public in a single London Borough receiving state benefits.

    Authors: Talitha I. Verhoef, Verena Trend, Barry Kelly, Nigel Robinson, Paul Fox and Stephen Morris
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:616
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  40. Prevalence of multiple health risk behaviors is growing, and obesity and smoking are costly. Weight gain associated with quitting smoking is common and can interfere with quit success. Efficacy of adding weigh...

    Authors: Terry Bush, Jennifer Lovejoy, Harold Javitz, Brooke Magnusson, Alula Jimenez Torres, Stacey Mahuna, Cody Benedict, Ken Wassum and Bonnie Spring
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:615
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  41. Worldwide, every year 289,000 women die related to pregnancy and its complications. Nearly, all of these deaths occur in developing countries and more than half of this deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Repo...

    Authors: Abdulbasit Musa, Nega Assefa, Fitsum Weldegebreal, Habtamu Mitiku and Zelalem Teklemariam
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:614
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Action to avert maternal and child mortality was propelled by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000. The Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region has shown promise in achieving the MDGs in many coun...

    Authors: Lauren Arnesen, Thomas O’Connell, Luisa Brumana and Pablo Durán
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:613
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  43. Alcohol consumption during attempts at smoking cessation can provoke relapse and so smokers are often advised to restrict their alcohol consumption during this time. This study assessed at a population-level w...

    Authors: Jamie Brown, Robert West, Emma Beard, Alan Brennan, Colin Drummond, Duncan Gillespie, Matthew Hickman, John Holmes, Eileen Kaner and Susan Michie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:535
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  45. Knowledge of hepatitis B and C has been reported to be low among respondents in different studies. We conducted a cross-sectional study among international students of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) to ascert...

    Authors: Abdulrahman Ahmad, Lye Munn Sann and Hejar Abdul Rahman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:611
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Hazardous drinking has been found to be higher among young university students compared to their non-university peers. Although young university students are exposed to new and exciting experiences, including ...

    Authors: Sharyn Burns, Jonine Jancey, Gemma Crawford, Jonathan Hallett, Linda Portsmouth and Janelle Longo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:610
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  47. Early childcare and education (ECE) is a prime setting for obesity prevention and the establishment of healthy behaviors. The objective of this quasi-experimental study was to examine the efficacy of the Activ...

    Authors: Tara L. LaRowe, Emily J. Tomayko, Amy M. Meinen, Jill Hoiting, Courtney Saxler and Bridget Cullen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:607
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  48. Considering the high percentage of couples in which one or both members are HIV negative, the frequency of transmission among non-regular partners and the probabilities of non-disclosure, attention should be p...

    Authors: Silvia Carlos, Francis Nzakimuena, Gabriel Reina, Cristina Lopez-del Burgo, Eduardo Burgueño, Adolphe Ndarabu, Alfonso Osorio and Jokin de Irala
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:606
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  49. Evidence on physical activity (PA) and transitions out of full-time employment in middle-to-older age is mainly cross-sectional and focused upon retirement. The purpose was to examine trajectories in PA before...

    Authors: Xiaoqi Feng, Karen Croteau, Gregory S. Kolt and Thomas Astell-Burt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:605
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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