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  1. Combining short-acting nicotine replacement therapy with varenicline increases smoking cessation rates compared with varenicline alone, but not all people tolerate these medications or find them helpful. We ai...

    Authors: Natalie Walker, Amanda Calder, Joanne Barnes, George Laking, Varsha Parag and Chris Bullen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1760
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  2. In July 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued formal revisions of its guidelines on the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV. The new guidelines greatly expand eligibility for treatme...

    Authors: Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Anchilla Banegura, Pedro Cahn, Celia DC Christie, Robert Dintruff, Manuel Distel, Catherine Hankins, Nicholas Hellmann, Elly Katabira, Sandra Lehrman, Julio Montaner, Scott Purdon, James F Rooney, Robin Wood and Shirin Heidari
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:388
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  4. The SMS text Adherence suppoRt for people with type 2 diabetes (StAR2D) intervention is a pragmatic randomised controlled trial, testing the effectiveness of brief text messaging for improving clinical outcome...

    Authors: N. Leon, H. Namadingo, S. Cooper, K. Bobrow, C. Mwantisi, M. Nyasulu, N. Sicwebu, A. Crampin, N. Levitt and A. Farmer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1576
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Overall the physical health of Indigenous men is among the worst in Australia. Research has indicated that modifiable lifestyle factors, such as poor nutrition and physical inactivity, appear to contribute str...

    Authors: Lina A Ricciardelli, David Mellor, Marita P McCabe, Alexander J Mussap, David J Hallford and Matthew Tyler
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:28
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  6. The perception that eating disorders occur predominantly in young white upper-class women has been challenged. This study examined temporal differences to the demographic correlates of eating disorder behavior...

    Authors: Deborah Mitchison, Phillipa Hay, Shameran Slewa-Younan and Jonathan Mond
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:943
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Governments require high-quality scientific evidence to prioritize resource allocation and the cost-of-illness (COI) methodology is one technique used to estimate the economic burden of a disease. However, var...

    Authors: Taylor McLinden, Jan M Sargeant, M Kate Thomas, Andrew Papadopoulos and Aamir Fazil
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:509
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Nutritional status is essential for the maintenance of the immune system, with malnutrition suppressing immunity. The aims of the current study were to assess the immune status of a group of Jordanian adults a...

    Authors: Hala K. Nawaiseh, Dana N. Abdelrahim, Hayder Al-Domi, Mohammad S. AL-Assaf and Furat K. AL-Nawaiseh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:2251
    Content type: Research Published on:

  9. Obesity is a major global epidemic and a burden to society and health systems. It is well known risk factor for a number of chronic medical conditions with high morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to pro...

    Authors: Luciana Bahia, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho, Laura Augusta Barufaldi, Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu, Thainá Alves Malhão, Camila Pepe Ribeiro de Souza and Denizar Vianna Araujo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:440
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. Prompt diagnosis and treatment prevents a mild case of malaria from developing into severe disease and death. Unfortunately, parasitological testing of febrile children is greater in the public and formal priv...

    Authors: Olajoju Temidayo Soniran, Benjamin Abuaku, Abraham Anang, Patricia Opoku-Afriyie and Collins Ahorlu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1899
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. Globally, Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common genetic disease with high childhood mortality. Early identification of babies with SCD through newborn screening (NBS) and linking them to care are...

    Authors: Hilda J. Tutuba, Agnes Jonathan, William Lloyd, Upendo Masamu, Emanuela Marco, Julie Makani, Paschal Ruggajo, Benson R. Kidenya, Irene K. Minja and Emmanuel Balandya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:70
    Content type: Research Published on:

  13. Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in developed countries. Sedentary screen-based activities such as video gaming are thought to displace active behaviors and are independently associated with ...

    Authors: Ralph Maddison, Louise Foley, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Andrew Jull, Yannan Jiang, Harry Prapavessis, Anthony Rodgers, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Maea Hohepa and David Schaaf
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:146
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  14. The primary aim of this review study was to gather evidence on the effectiveness in terms of return to work (RTW) of occupational therapy interventions (OTIs) in rehabilitation patients with non-congenital dis...

    Authors: Huguette AM Désiron, Angelique de Rijk, Elke Van Hoof and Peter Donceel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:615
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. A significant proportion of the global burden of disability and premature mortality has caused by hypertension. It seems that the relationship between obesity and hypertension is not only associated with exces...

    Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Khaleghi, Ali Jamshidi, Sima Afrashteh, Hadi Emamat, Akram Farhadi, Iraj Nabipour, Zahrasadat Jalaliyan, Hasan Malekizadeh and Bagher Larijani
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:2001
    Content type: Research Published on:

  16. Changes in function of sensory organs with increasing age have significant impact on health and wellbeing of older persons. This paper describes cataract, a chronic eye condition, self-reported among older adu...

    Authors: Alfred E Yawson, Edith M Ackuaku-Dogbe, Nana A Hagan Seneadza, George Mensah, Nadia Minicuci, Nirmala Naidoo, Somnath Chatterji, Paul Kowal and Richard B Biritwum
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:949
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Regular engagement in physical activity has well-established physical and psychological health benefits. Despite this, over a quarter of the global adult population is insufficiently physically active. Physica...

    Authors: Amelia V. Romeo, Sarah M. Edney, Ronald C. Plotnikoff, Tim Olds, Corneel Vandelanotte, Jillian Ryan, Rachel Curtis and Carol A. Maher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:88
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Self-rated health status (SRHS) is a reliable and valid measure for assessing the subjective and objective health of individuals. Previous studies have either focused predominantly on the elderly or investigat...

    Authors: Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Patrick Brzoska, Claudia Maier, Veronika Ottova, Sabine Meier, Urszula Dudziak, Snezhana Ilieva and Walid El Ansari
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2008 8:215
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Sleep problems are frequent in older adults and are associated with chronic diseases. However, the association with multimorbidity patterns is still unknown. Considering the negative impacts that multimorbidit...

    Authors: Stefany Cristina Claudino Idalino, Jaquelini Betta Canever, Letícia Martins Cândido, Katia Jakovljevic Pudla Wagner, Bruno de Souza Moreira, Ana Lúcia Danielewicz and Núbia Carelli Pereira de Avelar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:978
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. Anemia among adolescents (ages 10–19 years) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries and carries long-term health and economic consequences. To address the issue, polic...

    Authors: Innocent Yusufu, Ilana R. Cliffer, Mashavu H. Yussuf, Cecilia Anthony, Frank Mapendo, Seif Abdulla, Mary Masanja, Amani Tinkasimile, Ali Salim Ali, Mary Mwanyika-Sando and Wafaie Fawzi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1814
    Content type: Research Published on:

  22. The incidence of stroke in China is increasing, along with a clear trend in the prevalence of risk factors. Alcohol consumption is also a risk factor for stroke. Many cohort studies have explored the relations...

    Authors: Xin Liu, Xianbin Ding, Fan Zhang, Liling Chen, Qinwen Luo, Meng Xiao, Xiang Liu, Yunyun Wu, Wenge Tang, Jingfu Qiu and Xiaojun Tang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1593
    Content type: Research Published on:

  23. The Health Enhancing Strength Training in Nonagenarians (STRONG) is a randomised control trial to assess the effectiveness of an aerobic and strength training program for improving muscle strength, functional ...

    Authors: José A Serra Rexach, Jonatan R Ruiz, Natalia Bustamante-Ara, Margarita Hierro Villarán, Pedro González Gil, Maria J Sanz Ibáñez, Nekane Blanco Sanz, Victor Ortega Santamaría, Natalia Gutiérrez Sanz, Ana B Marín Prada, Cristian Gallardo, Gabriel Rodríguez Romo and Alejandro Lucia
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:152
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  24. Australian Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders (Indigenous Australians) smoke at much higher rates than non-Indigenous people and smoking is an important contributor to increased disease, hospital a...

    Authors: Julia V Marley, David Atkinson, Carmel Nelson, Tracey Kitaura, Dennis Gray, Sue Metcalf, Richard Murray and Graeme P Maguire
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:232
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  25. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on the neurodevelopment of children. However, the precise effects of the virus and the social consequences of the pandemic on pedia...

    Authors: Kyung-Shin Lee, Youn Young Choi, You Sun Kim, Yeonjae Kim, Myoung-Hee Kim and Nami Lee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:989
    Content type: Research Published on:

  26. Social and emotional well-being is an important component of overall health. In the Indigenous Australian context, risk indicators of poor social and emotional well-being include social determinants such as po...

    Authors: Lisa M Jamieson, Yin C Paradies, Wendy Gunthorpe, Sheree J Cairney and Susan M Sayers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:656
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. 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:

  28. Contraceptive use is low in developing countries which are still largely driven by male dominated culture and patriarchal values. This study explored family planning (FP) decisions, perceptions and gender dyna...

    Authors: Idda Mosha, Ruerd Ruben and Deodatus Kakoko
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:523
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. National, regional and global trends in prevalence of infertility indicate its public health importance, however it effects various life dimensions of individuals and couples as well. Lifestyle habits may coun...

    Authors: Viktória Prémusz, Alexandra Makai, Beatrix Perjés, Orsolya Máté, Márta Hock, Pongrác Ács, Miklós Koppán, József Bódis, Ákos Várnagy and Kinga Lampek
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21(Suppl 1):1480
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 21 Supplement 1

  30. Immigrant children from low- and middle-income countries (e.g. India) have higher obesity rates than children from high-income countries (e.g. Australia). Infant feeding practices are a key modifiable risk fac...

    Authors: Chitra Tulpule, Miaobing Zheng, Karen J. Campbell and Kristy A. Bolton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:934
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. The first 3 years of life are a critical period for the development of socio-emotional skills, highlighting the importance of socio-emotional development in early childhood. This study aimed to evaluate the ef...

    Authors: Ana Duarte, Silvana Martins, Cláudia Augusto, Maria José Silva, Luís Lopes, Rute Santos and Rafaela Rosário
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:415
    Content type: Research Published on:

  32. Occupational health interventions for leaders are underrepresented in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). When creating and developing effective occupational health interventions, identification of the ...

    Authors: Indra Dannheim, Anette E. Buyken and Anja Kroke
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:700
    Content type: Research Published on:

  33. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most frequent functional gastrointestinal disorders, but the condition is still underdiagnosed. The high of rate of unidentified IBS by patients can be related to d...

    Authors: Gabriella Yazbeck, Diana Malaeb, Hamid Shaaban, Abir Sarray El Dine, Souheil Hallit and Rabih Hallit
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1589
    Content type: Research Published on:

  34. Obesity, diabetes, and hypertension, as three of the most prevalent chronic diseases, remain a daunting health challenge. However, to our knowledge, no study has made a thorough examination of the association ...

    Authors: Wangla Ciren, Qucuo Nima, Yajie Li, Ruifeng He, Deji Suolang, Zhuoga Ciren, Pingcuo Wangqing, Chaonan Fan, Dan Yang, Kunpeng Wu, Meijing Liu and Junmin Zhou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1810
    Content type: Research Published on:

  35. The Active Women over 50 trial tested a scalable program for increasing physical activity among women aged 50+. The program included information, activity tracker and email support. This study sought to describe ...

    Authors: Geraldine Wallbank, Abby Haynes, Anne Tiedemann, Catherine Sherrington and Anne C. Grunseit
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1855
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. The increasing aging population has been posing a significant challenge to disease burden in developing countries. In particular, the contribution of population aging to and long term changes of disease burden...

    Authors: Zheng Luo, Yuan He, Guifen Ma, Yang Deng, Yichen Chen, Yi Zhou, Xiaoyun Xu, Xiaopan Li and Yan Du
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1489
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Obesity and mental health issues are two of the most prevalent global public health issues for a significant portion of people. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between obesity ind...

    Authors: Aliyu Tijani Jibril, Bahareh Jabbarzadeh Ganjeh, Amin Mirrafiei, Mahsa Firouzi, Reyhane Norouziasl, Shadi Ghaemi, Negar Bafkar, Ahmad Jayedi, Kurosh Djafarian and Sakineh Shab-Bidar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1444
    Content type: Research Published on:

  38. People with diabetes find it difficult to sustain adequate self-management behaviour. Self-Management Support strategies, including the use of mobile technology, have shown potential benefit. This study evalua...

    Authors: Josefien van Olmen, Grace Marie Ku, Maurits van Pelt, Jean Clovis Kalobu, Heang Hen, Christian Darras, Kristien Van Acker, Balthazar Villaraza, Francois Schellevis and Guy Kegels
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:423
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  39. Pharmacy students represent the future of healthcare professionals and with daily use of the internet for different activities has made internet addiction (IA) of a growing concern. The main objectives of this...

    Authors: Moustafa Sayed, Christina Medhat Naiim, Marina Aboelsaad and Michael Kamal Ibrahim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1826
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. Illegal migration is an increasing problem worldwide and the so-called undocumented migrants encounter major problems in access to prevention and health care. The objective of the study was to compare the use ...

    Authors: Hans Wolff, Manuella Epiney, Ana P Lourenco, Michael C Costanza, Jacqueline Delieutraz-Marchand, Nicole Andreoli, Jean-Bernard Dubuisson, Jean-Michel Gaspoz and Olivier Irion
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2008 8:93
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. A major contributor of early exit from work is a decline in health with increasing age. As healthy lifestyle choices contribute to better health outcomes, an intervention aimed at an improved lifestyle is cons...

    Authors: Jorien E Strijk, Karin I Proper, Allard J van der Beek and Willem van Mechelen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:408
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  42. The Ministry of Health has reported that in Japan, the Shiga prefecture has the highest life expectancy. Subjective health perception is a predictive indicator of mortality. For this study, we examined the ass...

    Authors: Sae Tanaka, Sayu Muraki, Yuri Inoue, Katsuyuki Miura and Eri Imai
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1786
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. The uptake of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria in pregnancy using Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) remains unacceptably low, with more than two-thirds of pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa sti...

    Authors: Kadiatou Koita, Joel D. Bognini, Efundem Agboraw, Mahamadou Dembélé, Seydou Yabré, Biébo Bihoun, Oumou Coulibaly, Hamidou Niangaly, Jean-Batiste N’Takpé, Maia Lesosky, Dario Scaramuzzi, Eve Worrall, Jenny Hill, Valérie Briand, Halidou Tinto and Kassoum Kayentao
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:43
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  44. This study examines the potential long-term joint association between smoking and diet quality as modifiable risk factors concerning cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) incidence and all-cause mortality among curre...

    Authors: Mostafa Norouzzadeh, Farshad Teymoori, Hossein Farhadnejad, Nazanin Moslehi, Parvin Mirmiran, Seyedeh Tayebeh Rahideh and Fereidoun Azizi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1021
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. Prior studies on the impact of problem gambling in the family mainly include help-seeking populations with small numbers of participants. The objective of the present stratified probability sample study was to...

    Authors: Hanne Gro Wenzel, Anita Øren and Inger Johanne Bakken
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2008 8:412
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. A SARS-CoV-2 outbreak with an attack rate of 14.3% was reported at a plastics manufacturing plant in England.

    Authors: Alice Graham, Amber I. Raja, Karin van Veldhoven, Gillian Nicholls, Andrew Simpson, Barry Atkinson, Ian Nicholls, Hannah Higgins, Joan Cooke, Allan Bennett, Derek Morgan, Chris Keen, Tony Fletcher, Neil Pearce, Christina Atchison, Elizabeth B. Brickley…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1077
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. The efficacy of physical activity in improving cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profiles has been well established. However, the effectiveness of health promotion programs implemented at the community level r...

    Authors: Noha H Farag, William E Moore, David M Thompson, Cee E Kobza, Kathryn Abbott and June E Eichner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:313
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Improvement of health literacy constitutes a cornerstone to improving public health. However, the overall health literacy of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture (Liangshan Prefecture) in the southwest Sichuan P...

    Authors: Lin Hu, Wenhui Zhu, Jie Yu, Ying Chen, Jingmin Yan, Qiang Liao and Tao Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1543
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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