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  1. The prevention of eating disorders and disordered eating are increasingly recognized as public health priorities. Challenges in this field included moving from efficacy to effectiveness and developing an integ...

    Authors: David Sánchez-Carracedo, Gemma López-Guimerà, Jordi Fauquet, Juan Ramón Barrada, Montserrat Pàmias, Joaquim Puntí, Mireia Querol and Esther Trepat
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:955
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  2. Survivors of bacterial meningitis and septicaemia can experience a range of after-effects. There is little published research on the needs and provision of aftercare for children surviving bacterial meningitis...

    Authors: Laura J Clark, Linda Glennie, Suzanne Audrey, Matthew Hickman and Caroline L Trotter
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:954
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  3. Recently both the UK and US governments have advocated the use of financial incentives to encourage healthier lifestyle choices but evidence for the cost-effectiveness of such interventions is lacking. Our aim...

    Authors: Mary Anne T Dallat, Ruth F Hunter, Mark A Tully, Karen J Cairns and Frank Kee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:953
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  4. Retirement is a major life transition during which people restructure everyday activities; however little is known about this. The primary aim of the Life After Work study is to comprehensively measure changes...

    Authors: Carol A Maher, Nicola W Burton, Jannique GZ van Uffelen, Wendy J Brown, Judy A Sprod and Tim S Olds
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:952
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  5. The prevalence of tobacco smoking among homeless people can reach more than 90%, with related morbidity and mortality being high. However, research in this area is scarce. This study aims to explore smoking an...

    Authors: Laura Garner and Elena Ratschen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:951
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  6. Although there have been a wide range of epidemiological studies examining the impact of patterns of alcohol consumption among adolescents, there remains considerable variability in both defining these pattern...

    Authors: Valeria Siciliano, Lorena Mezzasalma, Valentina Lorenzoni, Stefania Pieroni and Sabrina Molinaro
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:950
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  7. Alcohol is responsible for a large and growing proportion of the global burden of disease, as well as being the cause of social problems. Brief interventions are one component of comprehensive policy measures ...

    Authors: Jim McCambridge, Marcus Bendtsen, Nadine Karlsson, Ian R White and Preben Bendtsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:949
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  8. Several measurement tools have been developed to measure health literacy. The tools vary in their approach and design, but few have focused on comprehensive health literacy in populations. This paper describes...

    Authors: Kristine Sørensen, Stephan Van den Broucke, Jürgen M Pelikan, James Fullam, Gerardine Doyle, Zofia Slonska, Barbara Kondilis, Vivian Stoffels, Richard H Osborne and Helmut Brand
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:948
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  9. Survival from breast cancer remains lower in Estonia than in most other European countries. More advanced stage and larger tumors that have impact on survival may be a result of delay in seeking help for breas...

    Authors: Kaire Innos, Peeter Padrik, Vahur Valvere, Evelyn Eelma, Riina Kütner, Jaak Lehtsaar and Mare Tekkel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:947
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  10. The incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated anal cancer is increasing in men who have sex with men (MSM). Screening for the presumed cancer precursor, high-grade anal squamous intraepithelial lesion...

    Authors: Dorothy A Machalek, Andrew E Grulich, Richard J Hillman, Fengyi Jin, David J Templeton, Sepehr N Tabrizi, Suzanne M Garland, Garrett Prestage, Kirsten McCaffery, Kirsten Howard, Winnie Tong, Christopher K Fairley, Jennifer Roberts, Annabelle Farnsworth and I Mary Poynten
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:946
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  11. We implemented a community based interventional health screening for individuals located within one mile of a 54 metric tons release of liquid chlorine following a 16 tanker car train derailment on 6 January, ...

    Authors: Kathleen A Clark, Debjani Chanda, Pallavi Balte, Wilfried J Karmaus, Bo Cai, John Vena, Andrew B Lawson, Lawrence C Mohr, James J Gibson and Erik R Svendsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:945
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  12. Although surveillance data are limited in the US Affiliated Pacific, Alaska, and Hawaii, existing data suggest that the prevalence of childhood obesity is similar to or in excess of other minority groups in th...

    Authors: Lynne R Wilken, Rachel Novotny, Marie K Fialkowski, Carol J Boushey, Claudio Nigg, Yvette Paulino, Rachael Leon Guerrero, Andrea Bersamin, Don Vargo, Jang Kim and Jonathan Deenik
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:944
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  13. In Ethiopia, undernutrition among women on antiretroviral therapy has been a major challenge to achieve the full impact of intervention. Twenty seven percent and 17% of reproductive age Ethiopian women are chr...

    Authors: Tsegazeab Hailu Hadgu, Walelegn Worku, Desalegn Tetemke and Hailemariam Berhe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:943
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  14. Child maltreatment is recognized as a widespread problem with huge implications for mental health and quality of life. Studies have repeatedly shown that victims of child maltreatment report significantly more...

    Authors: Froukje Snoeren, Cees Hoefnagels, Silvia MAA Evers and Francien Lamers-Winkelman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:942
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  15. High school dropout and long-term sickness absence/disability pension in young adulthood are strongly associated. We investigated whether common risk factors in adolescence may confound this association.

    Authors: Karin A A De Ridder, Kristine Pape, Koenraad Cuypers, Roar Johnsen, Turid Lingaas Holmen, Steinar Westin and Johan Håkon Bjørngaard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:941
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  16. Mathematical and computational models provide valuable tools that help public health planners to evaluate competing health interventions, especially for novel circumstances that cannot be examined through obse...

    Authors: John J Grefenstette, Shawn T Brown, Roni Rosenfeld, Jay DePasse, Nathan TB Stone, Phillip C Cooley, William D Wheaton, Alona Fyshe, David D Galloway, Anuroop Sriram, Hasan Guclu, Thomas Abraham and Donald S Burke
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:940
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  17. We developed a Dutch outpatient multidisciplinary group treatment (Go4it) for obese adolescents, including cognitive behavioural therapy and education on healthy dietary and physical activity behaviour. This s...

    Authors: Geesje H Hofsteenge, Peter JM Weijs, Henriette A Delemarre-van de Waal, Maartje de Wit and Mai JM Chinapaw
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:939
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  18. The effect of urban sprawl on body weight in Finland is not well known. To provide more information, we examined whether body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of overweight are associated with an individual...

    Authors: Simo Näyhä, Tiina Lankila, Arja Rautio, Markku Koiranen, Tuija H Tammelin, Anja Taanila, Jarmo Rusanen and Jaana Laitinen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:938
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  19. In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, more than one-third of admissions to the two paediatric hospitals are attributable to four infectious syndromes: dengue, diarrhoeal disease, acute respiratory infection, and hand,...

    Authors: Katherine L Anders, Nguyet Minh Nguyen, Nguyen Thi Van Thuy, Nguyen Trong Hieu, Hoa L Nguyen, Nguyen Thi Hong Tham, Phan Thi Thanh Ha, Le Bich Lien, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau and Cameron P Simmons
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:937
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  20. The global trend of increased life expectancy and increased prevalence of chronic and degenerative diseases will impact on health systems. To identify effective intervention and prevention strategies, greater ...

    Authors: Alan James, Michael Hunter, Leon Straker, John Beilby, Romola Bucks, Tim Davis, Robert H Eikelboom, David Hillman, Jennie Hui, Joe Hung, Matthew Knuiman, David A Mackey, Robert U Newton, Lyle J Palmer and AW Bill Musk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:936
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  21. Family planning is an important public health intervention with numerous potential health benefits for all women. One of those key benefits is the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, through the...

    Authors: Kevin R O’Reilly, Caitlin E Kennedy, Virginia A Fonner and Michael D Sweat
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:935
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  22. Public health strategies that focus on legislative and policy change involving chronic disease risk factors such as unhealthy diet and physical inactivity have the potential to prevent chronic diseases and imp...

    Authors: Anita Kothari, Dana Gore, Marjorie MacDonald, Gayle Bursey, Diane Allan and Jennifer Scarr
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:934
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  23. Among life-style factors affecting mental health, dietary habits are becoming a public health concern in their relation to psychological distress and social capital. We examined associations between interest i...

    Authors: Kazuyo Motohashi, Yoshihiro Kaneko, Koji Fujita, Yutaka Motohashi and Akira Nakamura
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:933
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  24. Despite the importance of early initiation of and exclusive breastfeeding, prelacteal feeds continue to pose a barrier to optimal breastfeeding practices in several countries, including Vietnam. This study exa...

    Authors: Phuong H Nguyen, Sarah C Keithly, Nam T Nguyen, Tuan T Nguyen, Lan M Tran and Nemat Hajeebhoy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:932
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  25. South Asian babies born in developed countries are generally lighter than babies from other ethnic groups born in the same country. While the mean birth weight of Caucasian babies in the Netherlands has increa...

    Authors: Jeroen A de Wilde, Stef van Buuren and Barend JC Middelkoop
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:931
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  26. Perceived susceptibility to an illness has been shown to affect Health-risk behavior. The objective of the present study was to determine the risk taking behaviors and the demographic predictors of perceived s...

    Authors: Sami AR Al-Dubai, Kurubaran Ganasegeran, Aied M Alabsi, Shamsul A Shah, Farid MM Razali and John T Arokiasamy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:930
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  28. A holistic perspective on health implies giving careful consideration to the relationship between physical and mental health. In this regard the present study sought to determine the level of Positive Mental H...

    Authors: Teresa Lluch-Canut, Montserrat Puig-Llobet, Aurelia Sánchez-Ortega, Juan Roldán-Merino and Carmen Ferré-Grau
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:928
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  29. The aim of the study was to investigate obesity status and associated health risk behaviors in a sample of German kindergarten teachers. At present, such data are not available, despite the fact that kindergar...

    Authors: Sascha W Hoffmann, Suzan Tug and Perikles Simon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:927
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  30. Attempted and completed suicide constitute a major public health problem among young people world-wide, including South Africa (SA). Suicide attempt and completed suicide increase during the adolescent period....

    Authors: Hilda N Shilubane, Robert AC Ruiter, Bart van den Borne, Ronel Sewpaul, Shamagonam James and Priscilla S Reddy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:926
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  31. Previous studies have found higher employment rates and lower risk of relative poverty among people with chronic illness in the Nordic countries than in the rest of Europe. However, Nordic countries have not b...

    Authors: Johanna Falk, Daniel Bruce, Bo Burström, Karsten Thielen, Margaret Whitehead and Lotta Nylén
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:925
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  32. Factors associated with parental awareness of children’s physical activity (PA) levels have not been explored in preschool-aged children. This paper investigates maternal awareness of preschool-aged children’s...

    Authors: Kathryn R Hesketh, Alison M McMinn, Simon J Griffin, Nicholas C Harvey, Keith M Godfrey, Hazel M Inskip, Cyrus Cooper and Esther MF van Sluijs
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:924
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  33. Overweight and obesity in pregnancy increase the risk of several adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, both mothers’ and fathers’ health play an important role for long-term health outcomes in offspring. While ...

    Authors: Kristina Edvardsson, Marie Lindkvist, Eva Eurenius, Ingrid Mogren, Rhonda Small and Anneli Ivarsson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:923
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  34. Diarrhea remains one of the leading public health issues in developing countries and is a major contributor in morbidity and mortality in children under five years of age. Interventions such as ORS, Zinc, wate...

    Authors: Muhammad Atif Habib, Sajid Soofi, Kamran Sadiq, Tariq Samejo, Musawar Hussain, Mushtaq Mirani, Asmatullah Rehmatullah, Imran Ahmed and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:922
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  36. In order to elucidate the individual and community health burden of body dissatisfaction (BD), we examined impairment in quality of life associated with BD in a large, general population sample of women.

    Authors: Jonathan Mond, Deborah Mitchison, Janet Latner, Phillipa Hay, Cathy Owen and Bryan Rodgers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:920
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  37. Comparison of rates of newly diagnosed HIV infections among MSM across countries is challenging for a variety of reasons, including the unknown size of MSM populations. In this paper we propose a method of tri...

    Authors: Ulrich Marcus, Ford Hickson, Peter Weatherburn and Axel J Schmidt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:919
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  38. Multimorbidity is clearly a major challenge for healthcare systems. However, currently, its magnitude and impact on healthcare expenditures is still not well known. The objective of this paper is to present an...

    Authors: Juan F Orueta, Roberto Nuño-Solinís, Arturo García-Alvarez and Edurne Alonso-Morán
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:918
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  39. Health care workers have high physical work demands, involving patient handling and manual work tasks. A strategy for prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders can enhance the physical capacity of t...

    Authors: Lotte Nygaard Andersen, Birgit Juul-Kristensen, Kirsten Kaya Roessler, Lene Gram Herborg, Thomas Lund Sørensen and Karen Søgaard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:917
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  40. Due to the potential of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for decreasing cervical cancer rates in Mainland China, where some of the highest incidences in the world have been reported, our study aimed to asse...

    Authors: Irene J Chang, Rong Huang, Wei He, Shao-Kai Zhang, Shao-Ming Wang, Fang-Hui Zhao, Jennifer S Smith and You-Lin Qiao
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:916
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  41. The English mass media campaign ‘Act FAST’ aimed to raise stroke awareness and the need to call emergency services at the onset of suspected stroke. We examined the perceived impact and views of the campaign i...

    Authors: Stephan U Dombrowski, Joan E Mackintosh, Falko F Sniehotta, Vera Araujo-Soares, Helen Rodgers, Richard G Thomson, Madeleine J Murtagh, Gary A Ford, Martin P Eccles and Martin White
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:915
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  42. Lung cancer is the most common fatal malignacy and also the primary cause of cancer mortality. Participation in lung screening is an important step in diagnosing patient in early stage and it can promise bette...

    Authors: Mariann Moizs, Gábor Bajzik, Zsuzsanna Lelovics, Marianna Rakvács, János Strausz and Imre Repa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:914
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  43. In many parts of the world, including in China, extreme heat events or heat waves are likely to increase in intensity, frequency, and duration in light of climate change in the next decades. Risk perception an...

    Authors: Tao Liu, Yan Jun Xu, Yong Hui Zhang, Qing Hua Yan, Xiu Ling Song, Hui Yan Xie, Yuan Luo, Shannon Rutherford, Cordia Chu, Hua Liang Lin and Wen Jun Ma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:913
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  44. Raised blood pressure (BP) is associated with the incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS). It is unknown if subjects with different BP levels may develop certain components of MetS over time. We investigated th...

    Authors: Da Huo, Lixin Tao, Xia Li, Wei Wang, Zhaoping Wang, Dongning Chen, Huiping Zhu, Xinghua Yang, Yanxia Luo and Xiuhua Guo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:912
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  46. By the end of 2009 an estimated 2.5 million children worldwide were living with HIV-1, mostly as a consequence of vertical transmission, and more than 90% of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2008 ...

    Authors: Mercy G Chiduo, Bruno P Mmbando, Zahra P Theilgaard, Ib C Bygbjerg, Jan Gerstoft, Martha Lemnge and Terese L Katzenstein
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:910
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  47. This study investigates the coverage of adherence to medicine by the UK and US newsprint media. Adherence to medicine is recognised as an important issue facing healthcare professionals and the newsprint media...

    Authors: Nicola A Goodfellow, Basima A Almomani, Ahmed F Hawwa and James C McElnay
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:909
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  48. In Greece, several new childhood vaccines were introduced recently but were reimbursed gradually and at different time points. The aim of this study was to assess immunization coverage and identify factors inf...

    Authors: Ioanna D Pavlopoulou, Koralia A Michail, Evangelia Samoli, George Tsiftis and Konstantinos Tsoumakas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:908
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  50. Traditionally, women have been the main respondents for most of knowledge, attitude and practice survey related to family planning and fertility intention. However it is not well known how responses of women a...

    Authors: Chala W Diro and Mesganaw F Afework
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:903
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