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  1. Arterial hypertension (aHT) is the leading cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor in sub-Saharan Africa; it remains, however, underdiagnosed, and undertreated. Community-based care services could potentially...

    Authors: Lucia González Fernández, Emmanuel Firima, Elena Robinson, Fabiola Ursprung, Jacqueline Huber, Alain Amstutz, Ravi Gupta, Felix Gerber, Joalane Mokhohlane, Thabo Lejone, Irene Ayakaka, Hongyi Xu and Niklaus Daniel Labhardt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1126
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2022 22:1640

  2. It is widely accepted that excessive drinking contributes to both health and social problems. There has been considerable interest in the potential of community pharmacies as a setting for health advice, and e...

    Authors: Sally Brown, Emily Henderson and Claire Sullivan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1139
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Intimate partner abuse (IPA) is a major public health problem with serious implications for the physical and psychosocial wellbeing of women, particularly women of child-bearing age. It is a common, hidden pro...

    Authors: Kelsey L Hegarty, Jane M Gunn, Lorna J O'Doherty, Angela Taft, Patty Chondros, Gene Feder, Jill Astbury and Stephanie Brown
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:2
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  4. Obesity, overweight and unemployment are interlinked, with debilitating effects on mortality, health, wellbeing and quality of life. Existing interventions to reduce overweight, obesity and unemployment have a...

    Authors: Sophia D. Amenyah, Jane Murphy and Lee-Ann Fenge
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:582
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  5. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends routine HIV testing in all healthcare settings, but it is unclear how consistently physicians adopt the recommendation. Making the most of each interac...

    Authors: Eric Y Wong, Wilbert C Jordan, David J Malebranche, Lori L DeLaitsch, Rebecca Abravanel, Alisha Bermudez and Bryan P Baugh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:96
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. As part of the 2014 European Antibiotic Awareness Day plans, a new campaign called Antibiotic Guardian (AG) was launched in the United Kingdom, including an online pledge system to increase commitment from hea...

    Authors: Katerina Chaintarli, Suzanne M. Ingle, Alex Bhattacharya, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Isabel Oliver and Maya Gobin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:393
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. A diet rich in fruit, vegetables and dietary fibre and low in fat is associated with reduced risk of chronic disease. This review aimed to estimate the effectiveness of interventions to promote healthy diet fo...

    Authors: Nawaraj Bhattarai, A Toby Prevost, Alison J Wright, Judith Charlton, Caroline Rudisill and Martin C Gulliford
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:1203
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. There is an increasing push in Western healthcare for people to ‘manage’ their health, a key aspect of what has been called the ‘new public health’. It has been argued that this ‘personal health management’ – ...

    Authors: Jennifer CD MacGregor and C Nadine Wathen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:726
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. The effect of alcohol portrayals and advertising on the drinking behaviour of young people is a matter of much debate. We evaluated the relationship between exposure to alcohol advertising, marketing and portr...

    Authors: Lesley A Smith and David R Foxcroft
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:51
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. Almost three decades after the discovery of HIV and AIDS in Ghana, the most obvious impact of the disease is the growing orphan crisis affecting most families and communities, especially in areas that the prev...

    Authors: Lily Yarney, Chuks Mba and Emmanuel Asampong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Role conflict can motivate behavior change. No prior studies have explored the association between parent/smoker role conflict and readiness to quit. The objective of the study is to assess the association of ...

    Authors: Joan Friebely, Nancy A Rigotti, Yuchiao Chang, Nicole Hall, Victoria Weiley, Janelle Dempsey, Bethany Hipple, Emara Nabi-Burza, Sybil Murphy, Heide Woo and Jonathan P Winickoff
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:164
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health issue that affects 1 in 3 women globally and a similarly large number of women in Nepal. Over the past decade, important policy and programmatic s...

    Authors: Cari Jo Clark, Rachael A. Spencer, Binita Shrestha, Gemma Ferguson, J. Michael Oakes and Jhumka Gupta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:75
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  15. Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN) is a complication that affects up to one third of people living with diabetes. There is limited data on the prevalence of PDN from countries in the Middle East and North Afric...

    Authors: Sabri Garoushi, Mark I. Johnson and Osama A. Tashani
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:78
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Large numbers of unmarried migrants are on the continuous move from rural-to-urban areas within China mainland, meanwhile their Reproductive Health (RH) is underserved when it is compared with the present urba...

    Authors: Zhiyong Liu, Minmin Zhu, Hassan H Dib, Zi Li, Shuhua Shi and Zengzhen Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:74
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Cervical cancer strikes hard in low-resource regions yet primary prevention is still rare. Pilot projects have however showed that Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs can attain high uptake. Nevert...

    Authors: Heleen Vermandere, Violet Naanyu, Olivier Degomme and Kristien Michielsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:875
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Physical activity has been suggested to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. However, evidence is limited regarding whether vigorous-intensity activity yields the same benefits in preventing type 2 diabetes com...

    Authors: Toru Honda, Keisuke Kuwahara, Tohru Nakagawa, Shuichiro Yamamoto, Takeshi Hayashi and Tetsuya Mizoue
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1004
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Switzerland’s student population is at a particularly high risk of developing mental health disorders, creating a major challenge for Switzerland’s higher education establishments. Research to date has primari...

    Authors: Myriam Guzman Villegas-Frei, Jonathan Jubin, Claudia Ortoleva Bucher and Annie Oulevey Bachmann
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:335
    Content type: Research Published on:

  20. A common risk behavior in adolescence is the early initiation of unprotected sex that exposes adolescents to an unplanned pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections. Schools are an ideal place to strengthen ...

    Authors: Dolores Ramírez-Villalobos, Eric Alejandro Monterubio-Flores, Tonatiuh Tomás Gonzalez-Vazquez, Juan Francisco Molina-Rodríguez, Ma. Guadalupe Ruelas-González and Jacqueline Elizabeth Alcalde-Rabanal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1439
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  21. Genital warts (GW) are the most common sexually transmitted infections. To date, few studies using a human papillomavirus (HPV)-specific questionnaire have focused on the impact of quality of life (QoL) among ...

    Authors: Shu-Zhen Qi, Shao-Ming Wang, Ju-Fang Shi, Qian-Qiu Wang, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Li-Jun Sun, An Liu, Nanci Zhang, Ning Jiang, Priya Siva, Xiu-Lian Xu and You-Lin Qiao
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:739
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. An increased interest is observed in broadening community pharmacists' role in public health. To date, little information has been gathered in Canada on community pharmacists' perceptions of their role in heal...

    Authors: Marie-Claude Laliberté, Sylvie Perreault, Nicole Damestoy and Lyne Lalonde
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:192
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Community engagement approaches that have impacted on health outcomes are often time intensive, small-scale and require high levels of financial and human resources. They can be difficult to sustain and scale-...

    Authors: Rebecca King, Joseph Hicks, Christian Rassi, Muhammad Shafique, Deepa Barua, Prashanta Bhowmik, Mahua Das, Helen Elsey, Kate Questa, Fariza Fieroze, Prudence Hamade, Sameena Huque, James Newell and Rumana Huque
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:950
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. HPV-related anal cancer occurs in excess rates among people living with HIV (PLWH) and has been increasing in incidence. The HPV vaccine is an effective and safe approach to prevent and reduce the risk of HPV-...

    Authors: Jessica Wells, James L. Klosky, Yuan Liu and Theresa Wicklin Gillespie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1696
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  26. Fall risk assessment in older people is of major importance for providing adequate preventive measures. Current predictive models are mainly focused on intrinsic risk factors and do not adjust for contextual e...

    Authors: Jorge Bravo, Hugo Rosado, Pablo Tomas-Carus, Cristina Carrasco, Nuno Batalha, Hugo Folgado and Catarina Pereira
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21(Suppl 2):808
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 21 Supplement 2

  27. "Smoke-Free" legislation prohibiting smoking in all enclosed public places was introduced in March 2006. This qualitative study presents insights from bar workers about their observations of the changing socia...

    Authors: Shona Hilton, Jane Cameron, Alice MacLean and Mark Petticrew
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2008 8:238
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Whether educational level influences the effects of health education is not clearly defined. This study examined whether the impact of a community-based dietary salt reduction program was affected by the level...

    Authors: Xin Wang, Xian Li, Ilonca Vaartjes, Bruce Neal, Michiel L. Bots, Arno W. Hoes and Yangfeng Wu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:759
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Older people living in socio-economic deprived urban areas especially suffer the effects of health inequalities but have been insufficiently targeted. Strategies promoted by local primary health care agents mi...

    Authors: Laura Coll-Planas, Sergi Blancafort, Xavier Rojano, Marta Roqué and Rosa Monteserín
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:345
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  30. Homelessness is a critical social issue, both a product of, and contributing to, poor mental and physical health. Over 150,000 young Canadians live on the streets. Homeless youth experience a high incidence of...

    Authors: Alexander Doroshenko, Jill Hatchette, Scott A Halperin, Noni E MacDonald and Janice E Graham
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:338
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Despite guidelines recommending opportunistic chlamydia screening of younger women, screening rates in some countries remain low. Our aim was to review the evidence for specific interventions aimed at increasi...

    Authors: Samitha Ginige, Christopher K Fairley, Jane S Hocking, Francis J Bowden and Marcus Y Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2007 7:95
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. The federal campaign Wir gegen Viren [Us against viruses] promoted hygiene in Germany during the influenza A H1N1 pandemic in 2009. The intervention aimed to encourage people to protect themselves against respira...

    Authors: Gerald Meilicke, Klaus Riedmann, Walter Biederbick, Ute Müller, Traugott Wierer and Cornelius Bartels
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:959
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. The high-risk strategy has been proven effective in preventing cardiovascular disease; however, the population benefits from these interventions remain unknown. This study aims to assess, at the population lev...

    Authors: Lijing L Yan, Weigang Fang, Elizabeth Delong, Bruce Neal, Eric D Peterson, Yining Huang, Ningling Sun, Chen Yao, Xian Li, Stephen MacMahon and Yangfeng Wu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:345
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  34. Although indicator condition (IC)-guided HIV testing (IC-HIVT) is effective at facilitating timely HIV diagnosis, research on IC categories and the related HIV risk in Taiwan is limited. To improve the adoptio...

    Authors: Chun-Yuan Lee, Yi-Pei Lin, Chun-Yu Lin, Po-Liang Lu and Fu-Wen Liang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:967
    Content type: Research Published on:

  35. We sought to explore the perceptions of the socio-cultural contexts and health concerns of consuming sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) among Indian adults working or studying at a post-secondary institution in K...

    Authors: Natalie Riediger, Anika Dhalla, Maureen Cooper, Andrea Bombak and Hemalatha Sreeramaiah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1016
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. Euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS) requests are common in countries where they are legal. Loneliness and social isolation are modifiable risk factors for mental illness and suicidal behaviour and are common...

    Authors: Emma Corcoran, Molly Bird, Rachel Batchelor, Nafiso Ahmed, Rebecca Nowland and Alexandra Pitman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1057
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. Farmworkers are at risk of heat-related illness (HRI). We sought to: 1) evaluate the effectiveness of farmworker Spanish/English participatory heat education and a supervisor decision-support mobile applicatio...

    Authors: Erica Chavez Santos, June T. Spector, Jared Egbert, Jennifer Krenz, Paul D. Sampson, Pablo Palmández, Elizabeth Torres, Maria Blancas, Jose Carmona, Jihoon Jung and John C. Flunker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1746
    Content type: Research Published on:

  39. Levels of obesity remain high in the UK. The Football Fans in Training (FFIT) randomised controlled trial (RCT) demonstrated that a 12-week, gender-sensitised weight management, physical activity and healthy e...

    Authors: Christopher Bunn, Craig Donnachie, Sally Wyke, Kate Hunt, Graham Brennan, Jemma Lennox, Alice Maclean and Cindy M. Gray
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1330
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. The continuous supply of affordable and quality HIV self-test (HIVST) is a key pillar toward achieving the global HIV 95–95-95 target in Nigeria. This was a descriptive qualitative study that explored private ...

    Authors: Dennis Aizobu, Omokhudu Idogho, Jennifer Anyanti, Godpower Omoregie, Boluwatife Adesina, Morgan Kabeer, Samuel Oyegunle, Serah Malaba, Akudo Ikpeazu and Yusuf H. Wada
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:550
    Content type: Research Published on:

  41. Most pregnancies among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and do so within marriage. The mortality rates and pregnancy-related morbidities are ...

    Authors: Archana Sarkar, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Kushal Jain, Jagannath Behera, Surendra Kumar Mishra and Sunil Mehra
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1037
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Increased detection of tuberculosis (TB) using intensified or active case finding (ICF) is one of the cornerstones of the Stop TB Strategy, and contrasts with passive case finding (PCF) which relies on self-re...

    Authors: Sabine Hermans, Esther Nasuuna, Frank van Leth, Elena Byhoff, Miriam Schwarz, Andy Hoepelman, Joep Lange and Yukari C Manabe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:674
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Adaptation is a key strategy to extend the reach of evidence-based interventions to prevent violence in new populations, but there is a dearth of practical case examples. The Good School Toolkit was developed ...

    Authors: Heidi Grundlingh, Nambusi Kyegombe, Sophie Namy, Janet Nakuti, Yvonne Laruni, Barbrah Nanyunja, Hassan Muluusi, Mastula Nakiboneka, Aggrey Mukuwa, Clare Tanton, Louise Knight, Dipak Naker and Karen Devries
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:417
    Content type: Research Published on:

  44. Financial incentives have been used for many years internationally to improve quality of care in general practice. The aim of this pilot study was to determine if offering general practitioners (GP) a small in...

    Authors: Jade E Bilardi, Christopher K Fairley, Meredith J Temple-Smith, Marie V Pirotta, Kathleen M McNamee, Siobhan Bourke, Lyle C Gurrin, Margaret Hellard, Lena A Sanci, Michelle J Wills, Jennifer Walker, Marcus Y Chen and Jane S Hocking
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:70
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Schistosomiasis remains a major public health problem in Kenya. Inadequate knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) on causative factors are some of the critical factors for...

    Authors: J Mwai, S Njenga and M Barasa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:819
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Retraction Note to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2021 21:326

  46. Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects almost one in three women worldwide. However, disclosing violence or seeking help is difficult for affected women. eHealth may represent an effective alternative to the ...

    Authors: N. E. van Gelder, K. A. W. L. van Rosmalen-Nooijens, S. A Ligthart, J. B. Prins, S. Oertelt-Prigione and A. L. M. Lagro-Janssen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:640
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  47. Cancer is the greatest disease burden in Korea. Cancer screening can reduce the burden of cancer but cancer screening rates among Koreans remain low. The purposes of this study were to a) understand Koreans’ b...

    Authors: Shin-Young Lee and Eunice E. Lee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:254
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. 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

  50. Modifying transport infrastructure to support active travel (walking and cycling) could help to increase population levels of physical activity. However, there is limited evidence for the effects of interventi...

    Authors: David Ogilvie, Simon Griffin, Andy Jones, Roger Mackett, Cornelia Guell, Jenna Panter, Natalia Jones, Simon Cohn, Lin Yang and Cheryl Chapman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:703
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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