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  1. Poor governance and accountability compromise young democracies’ efforts to provide public services critical for human development, including water, sanitation, health, and education. Evidence shows that accou...

    Authors: Ana L De La O and Fernando Martel García
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:912
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  2. Visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) to identify and treat pre-cancerous lesions is effective for cervical cancer prevention. Screening programs also facilitate screening and diagnosis of invasive cancers ...

    Authors: Andrew C Gard, Amr S Soliman, Twalib Ngoma, Julius Mwaiselage, Crispin Kahesa, Robert M Chamberlain and Siobán D Harlow
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:910
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Rotavirus vaccine is recommended for all infants in Canada. To evaluate the logistics of implementing a universal rotavirus vaccination program, we compared the effectiveness of program implementation in juris...

    Authors: Mitchell Zelman, Carolyn Sanford, Anne Neatby, Beth A Halperin, Donna MacDougall, Corinne Rowswell, Joanne M Langley and Scott A Halperin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:908
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  4. Hypertension, stroke and coronary heart disease (CHD) are common diseases that impose a heavy burden on patients and their families, particularly on those living in poor areas. This study examined catastrophic...

    Authors: Qi Wang, Huan Liu, Zu X Lu, Qing Luo and Jun A Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:907
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  5. Many children do not eat enough whole grains, which may have negative health consequences. Intervention research is increasingly focusing on nudging as a way to influence food choices by affecting unconscious ...

    Authors: Ellen van Kleef, Milou Vrijhof, Ilse A Polet, Monique H Vingerhoeds and René A de Wijk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:906
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  6. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of thalassemia and to analyze the need for public health services for migrant populations in different cities in Guangdong Province, China.

    Authors: Bing Li, Xiao-zhuang Zhang, Ai-hua Yin, Qing-guo Zhao, Li Wu, Yuan-zhu Ma, Ming-yong Luo and Shou-yi Yu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:905
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. HIV and Non communicable diseases (NCDs) are major problem of public health importance in developing countries. This study was conducted to explore and establish information on the magnitude, distribution of N...

    Authors: Gibson B Kagaruki, Mary T Mayige, Ester S Ngadaya, Godfather D Kimaro, Akili K Kalinga, Andrew M Kilale, Amos M Kahwa, Godlisten S Materu and Sayoki G Mfinanga
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:904
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. The prevalence of hypertension in China has risen dramatically in recent decades, but it is not well understood if hypertension is adequately controlled in the elderly population in Southern China. A provincia...

    Authors: Li Yang, Xiaoling Xu, Jing Yan, Wei Yu, Xinhua Tang, Haibin Wu and Christy L Parkin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:903
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. To determine whether exposure to a peer-led intervention focused on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, physical activity, and multi-vitamin intake can lead to increased intentions to be screened for CRC once a...

    Authors: Mary L Greaney, Elaine Puleo, Kim Sprunck-Harrild, Sapna Syngal, Elizabeth Gonzalez Suarez and Karen M Emmons
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:901
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. The Rapid Assessment of Disability (RAD) questionnaire measures the magnitude and impact of disability and aims to inform the design of disability inclusive development programs. This paper reports the psychom...

    Authors: Manjula Marella, Lucy Busija, Fakir M Amirul Islam, Alexandra Devine, Kathy Fotis, Sally M Baker, Beth Sprunt, Tanya J Edmonds, Nafisa Lira Huq, Anaseini Cama and Jill E Keeffe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:900
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Most sedentary behavior measures focus on occupational or leisure-time sitting. Our aim was to develop a comprehensive measure of adult sedentary behavior and establish its measurement properties.

    Authors: Brigid M Lynch, Christine M Friedenreich, Farah Khandwala, Andrew Liu, Joshua Nicholas and Ilona Csizmadi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:899
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Evidence suggests an inverse relationship between excess weight and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and adolescents, however little is known about whether this association is moderated by va...

    Authors: Kristy Bolton, Peter Kremer, Naomi Rossthorn, Marj Moodie, Lisa Gibbs, Elizabeth Waters, Boyd Swinburn and Andrea de Silva
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:898
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Young adults are at risk for HIV/STIs because they generally have an active sex life with multiple sexual partners; moreover, they use condoms to a lesser extent. Travelling increases sexually risky behaviour,...

    Authors: Anna Qvarnström and Marie G Oscarsson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:897
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Afghanistan is the 15th least developed country in the world, with poor sanitation and high rates of infectious diseases and malnutrition. However, little is known about the health of young Afghan refugees resett...

    Authors: Mehdi Sanati Pour, Surabhi Kumble, Sarah Hanieh and Beverley-Ann Biggs
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:896
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is increasing in low-to-middle income countries (LMIC). Although strong evidence for inverse associations between socioeconomic position and health outcomes in high-i...

    Authors: Gwendolyn M Hosey, Marcus Samo, Edward W Gregg, Diane Padden and Sandra Garmon Bibb
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:895
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  17. TV and other screen use are common among elementary school aged children with both potential benefits and harms. It is not clear why some parents restrict their children’s screen use and others do not. Parent’...

    Authors: Teresia M O’Connor, Tzu-An Chen, Betty del Rio Rodriguez and Sheryl O Hughes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:894
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  18. Countries of sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly confronted with hypertension and urbanization is considered to favor its emergence. This study aims to assess the difference in the prevalence of hypertension b...

    Authors: Boukaré Doulougou, Séni Kouanda, Clémentine Rossier, Abdramane Soura and Maria Victoria Zunzunegui
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:893
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  19. Political violence and war are push factors for migration and social determinants of health among migrants. Somali migration to Sweden has increased threefold since 2004, and now comprises refugees with more t...

    Authors: Ulrika Byrskog, Pia Olsson, Birgitta Essén and Marie Klingberg Allvin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:892
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  20. Tuberculosis (TB) is an occupational hazard for health care workers (HCWs) who are at greater risk of developing TB than the general population. The objective of this study was to compare the difference in TB ...

    Authors: Carrie Tudor, Martie Van der Walt, Bruce Margot, Susan E Dorman, William K Pan, Gayane Yenokyan and Jason E Farley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:891
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Sedentary behaviour (SB) has been implicated as a potential risk factor for chronic disease. Since children spend most of their awake time in schools, this study aimed to identify individual- and school-level ...

    Authors: Thayse Natacha Gomes, Fernanda Karina dos Santos, Daniel Santos, Sara Pereira, Raquel Chaves, Peter Todd Katzmarzyk and José Maia
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:890
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. We report levels and determinants of attrition in Rwanda, one of the few African countries with universal ART access.

    Authors: Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Aleksandra Jakubowski, Veronicah Mugisha, Paulin Basinga, Anita Asiimwe, Denis Nash and Batya Elul
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:889
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  23. Measles is a highly infectious disease, and timely administration of two doses of vaccine can ensure adequate protection against measles for all ages in a population. This study aims to estimate the proportion...

    Authors: Abram L Wagner, Ying Zhang, JoLynn P Montgomery, Yaxing Ding, Bradley F Carlson and Matthew L Boulton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:888
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. The burden caused by the coexistence of obesity and underweight in Low and Middle Income Countries is a challenge to public health. While prevalence of underweight among youth has been well documented in these...

    Authors: Taru Manyanga, Hesham El-Sayed, David Teye Doku and Jason R Randall
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:887
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2019 19:125

  25. Increased vegetable and fruit consumption is encouraged to promote health, including the maintenance of a healthy body weight. Population health strategies (e.g. 5-A-Day or similar campaigns and subsidies on v...

    Authors: Oliver T Mytton, Kelechi Nnoaham, Helen Eyles, Peter Scarborough and Cliona Ni Mhurchu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:886
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:662

  27. Data on the relationship between plasma levels of cholesterol and triglycerides and social class have been inconsistent. Most previous studies have used one classification of social class.

    Authors: Shamarina Shohaimi, Matthijs S Boekholdt, Robert Luben, Nick J Wareham and Kay-Tee Khaw
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:782
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  28. The amount and distribution of rainfall and temperature influences household food availability, thus increasing the risk of child under nutrition. However, few studies examined the local spatial variability an...

    Authors: Seifu Hagos, Torleif Lunde, Damen H Mariam, Tassew Woldehanna and Bernt Lindtjørn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:884
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  29. Malaria is a public health problem especially in vulnerable groups such as pregnant women and children under five years in Cameroon including the Buea Health District (BHD). Misconceptions concerning it exist....

    Authors: Helen K Kimbi, Sarah B Nkesa, Judith L Ndamukong-Nyanga, Irene UN Sumbele, Julius Atashili and Mary BS Atanga
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:883
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  30. This difference in how populations living in low-, middle or upper-income countries accumulate daily PA, i.e. patterns and intensity, is an important part in addressing the global PA movement. We sought to cha...

    Authors: Lara R Dugas, Pascal Bovet, Terrence E Forrester, Estelle V Lambert, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Ramon A Durazo-Arvizu, David Shoham, Jacolene Kroff, Guichan Cao, Richard S Cooper, Soren Brage, Ulf Ekelund and Amy Luke
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:882
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  32. In the health and care sector, sickness absence and sickness presenteeism are frequent phenomena and constitute a field in need of exploration. Attitudes towards sickness absence involve also attitudes towards...

    Authors: Line Krane, Eva Ladekjær Larsen, Claus Vinther Nielsen, Christina Malmose Stapelfeldt, Roar Johnsen and Mette Bech Risør
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:880
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  33. Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking habits have stabilized in many Western countries. This study aimed at evaluating whether socioeconomic disparities in smoking habits are still enlarging in Italy and at co...

    Authors: Giuseppe Verlato, Simone Accordini, Giang Nguyen, Pierpaolo Marchetti, Lucia Cazzoletti, Marcello Ferrari, Leonardo Antonicelli, Francesco Attena, Valeria Bellisario, Roberto Bono, Lamberto Briziarelli, Lucio Casali, Angelo Guido Corsico, Alessandro Fois, MariaGrazia Panico, Pavilio Piccioni…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:879
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. People spend a considerable amount of time at work over the course of their lives, which makes the workplace important to health and aging. However, little is known about the potential long-term effects of wor...

    Authors: Charlotta Nilsen, Ross Andel, Stefan Fors, Bettina Meinow, Alexander Darin Mattsson and Ingemar Kåreholt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:878
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  35. The last study reported the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) in rural Northeast China was conducted approximately ten years ago. We aimed to update the data on the prevalence and epidemiological feature...

    Authors: Shasha Yu, Xiaofan Guo, Hongmei Yang, Liqiang Zheng and Yingxian Sun
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:877
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  36. During the Microbicides Development Program (MDP) 301, a clinical trial of a candidate microbicide amongst women in Johannesburg, South Africa, we used community radio to promote awareness of the trial, to inf...

    Authors: Bonnie-Jeanne Medeossi, Jonathan Stadler and Sinead Delany-Moretlwe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:876
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  37. The efficacy of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in suppressing viral replication and delaying the progress of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is related to optimal adherence. Adherence is a challeng...

    Authors: Berihun Assefa Dachew, Tadis Brhane Tesfahunegn and Anteneh Messele Birhanu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:875
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  38. Although there is evident association between alcohol-related hospitalization and alcohol use, the relationship has not been well examined. This study analyzed the extent of alcohol abstinence, non-hazardous u...

    Authors: Kozma Ahacic, Robert F Kennison and Ingemar Kåreholt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:874
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. There is much evidence that parents have an influence on the alcohol use of their children. However, in general the relationship is rather weak. A reason for this small association may be due to the fact that ...

    Authors: Jolanda JP Mathijssen, Meriam M Janssen, Marja JH van Bon-Martens, Hans AM van Oers, Elly de Boer and Henk FL Garretsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:872
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  41. The hazardous health effects of smoking are established, but there remains a need to evaluate existing smoking prevention strategies and to increase their effectiveness in adolescents. Strategies focusing on p...

    Authors: Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Lilian Krist, Christin Bürger, Nanette Ströbele-Benschop, Stephanie Roll, Nina Rieckmann, Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn and Stefan N Willich
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:871
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  42. Both out-of-pocket costs and financial rewards can be used to influence health related behavior. However, it is unclear which of these two has a larger effect on health related behavior. The aim of this study ...

    Authors: Johanna O P Wanders, Jorien Veldwijk, G Ardine de Wit, Huberta E Hart, Paul F van Gils and Mattijs S Lambooij
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:870
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Nigeria is one of the countries where significant progress has not been recorded in contraceptive uptake despite decades of family planning programs while there are indications that slum dwellers may differ si...

    Authors: Joshua Oyeniyi Aransiola, Akanni Ibukun Akinyemi and Adesegun Olayiwola Fatusi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:869
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  44. High levels of physical inactivity are linked to several chronic diseases including coronary heart disease, type-2 diabetes, obesity, some cancers and poor mental health. Encouraging people to be more active h...

    Authors: Sunita Procter, Nanette Mutrie, Adrian Davis and Suzanne Audrey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:868
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Antibiotic resistance, a major public health problem, has been linked to antibiotic consumption. In Greece both consumption and resistance rates are among the highest in Europe. A multifaceted campaign targeti...

    Authors: Diamantis Plachouras, Anastasia Antoniadou, Efthymia Giannitsioti, Lambrini Galani, Ioannis Katsarolis, Dimitra Kavatha, George Koukos, Periklis Panagopoulos, Antonios Papadopoulos, Garyphalia Poulakou, Vissaria Sakka, Maria Souli, Styliani Sybardi, Sotirios Tsiodras, Kyriaki Kanellakopoulou and Helen Giamarellou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:866
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Immunization coverage in Ethiopia is less than the herd immunity level desired to prevent the spread of eight target diseases targeted by the World Health Organization’s Expanded Program of Immunization. In pa...

    Authors: Abdi Nur Mohamud, Amsalu Feleke, Walelegn Worku, Manay Kifle and Hardeep Rai Sharma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:865
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Dengue fever is the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral disease worldwide. Dengue transmission is critically dependent on climatic factors and there is much concern as to whether climate change would spread th...

    Authors: Maha Bouzid, Felipe J Colón-González, Tobias Lung, Iain R Lake and Paul R Hunter
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:781
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment (CM) are major social and public health problems. Knowledge translation (KT) of best available research evidence has been suggested as a strategy to impro...

    Authors: Jennifer CD MacGregor, Nadine Wathen, Anita Kothari, Prabhpreet K Hundal and Anthony Naimi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:862
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. In this study, we used data from Australia’s Northern Territory to assess differences in self-reported smoking prevalence between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. We also used urinary cotinine da...

    Authors: Mark S Pearce, Kay D Mann, Gurmeet Singh, Belinda Davison and Susan M Sayers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:861
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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