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  1. In endemic countries such as Bangladesh, consequences of cholera place an enormous financial and social burden on patients and their families. Cholera vaccines not only provide health benefits to susceptible p...

    Authors: Tasnuva Wahed, Sheikh Shah Tanvir Kaukab, Nirod Chandra Saha, Iqbal Ansary Khan, Farhana Khanam, Fahima Chowdhury, Amit Saha, Ashraful Islam Khan, Ashraf Uddin Siddik, Alejandro Cravioto, Firdausi Qadri and Jasim Uddin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:242
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  2. The reliable and valid measurement of attitudes towards condom use are essential to assist efforts to design population specific interventions aimed at promoting positive attitude towards, and increased use of...

    Authors: Tapash Roy, Claire Anderson, Catrin Evans, Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman and Mosiur Rahman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:240
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  3. Smoking, poor diet, and physical inactivity account for as much as 60% of cancer risk. Latinos experience profound disparities in health behaviors, as well as the cancers associated with them. Currently, there...

    Authors: Yessenia Castro, Karen Basen-Engquist, Maria E Fernandez, Larkin L Strong, Elizabeth G Eakin, Ken Resnicow, Yisheng Li and David W Wetter
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:237
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  4. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are now the leading causes of mortality in Mongolia, and diabetes, in particular, is a growing public health threat. Mongolia is a nation undergoing rapid and widespread epidem...

    Authors: Alessandro R Demaio, Dugee Otgontuya, Maximilian de Courten, Ib C Bygbjerg, Palam Enkhtuya, Janchiv Oyunbileg and Dan W Meyrowitsch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:236
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  5. Recent theoretical and empirical work has led to debate over the benefit of delaying the implementation of a decision to quit smoking in order to plan the attempt. These two need not be linked, planning can oc...

    Authors: Ron Borland, James Balmford and Elena Swift
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:235
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  6. While community mobilization has been widely endorsed as an important component of HIV prevention among vulnerable populations such as female sex workers (FSWs), there is uncertainty as to the mechanism throug...

    Authors: Andrea K Blanchard, Haranahalli Lakkappa Mohan, Maryam Shahmanesh, Ravi Prakash, Shajy Isac, Banadakoppa Manjappa Ramesh, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Vandana Gurnani, Stephen Moses and James F Blanchard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:234
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  7. There is substantial evidence from high income countries that neighbourhoods have an influence on health independent of individual characteristics. However, neighbourhood characteristics are rarely taken into ...

    Authors: Balsam Ahmad, Vicky Ryan, Wasim Maziak, Tanja Pless-Mulloli and Martin White
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:233
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  8. The prevalence of obesity in men is rising, but they are less likely than women to engage in existing weight management programmes. The potential of professional sports club settings to engage men in health pr...

    Authors: Cindy M Gray, Kate Hunt, Nanette Mutrie, Annie S Anderson, Jim Leishman, Lindsay Dalgarno and Sally Wyke
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:232
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  9. Body mass index (BMI) is associated with subjective well-being. Higher BMI is believed to be related with lower well-being. However, the association may not be linear. Therefore, we investigated whether a nonl...

    Authors: Milla S Linna, Jaakko Kaprio, Anu Raevuori, Elina Sihvola, Anna Keski-Rahkonen and Aila Rissanen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:231
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  10. Body weight and its perception play an important role in the physical and mental well-being of a person. Weight perception is found to be a better predictor of weight management behaviour as compared to actual...

    Authors: Zubaida Sirang, Hassaan Hasan Bashir, Bilal Jalil, Sarah Haroon Khan, Samia Altaf Hussain, Aneeqa Baig, Maryam Taufeeq, Kashif Samad and Muhammad Masood Kadir
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:230
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  11. The importance of consumer trust in the food supply has previously been identified, and dimensions of consumer trust in food—who they trust and the type of trust that they exhibit—has been explored. However, t...

    Authors: Annabelle Wilson, John Coveney, Julie Henderson, Samantha Meyer, Michael Calnan, Martin Caraher, Trevor Webb, Anthony Elliott and Paul Ward
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:229
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  12. The prevalence of asthma for Indigenous New Zealand Māori is amongst the highest in the world. Recent evidence shows ethnic differences in asthma symptom prevalence in New Zealand have widened, with asthma sym...

    Authors: Bernadette Jones, Tristram R Ingham, Fiona Cram, Sarah Dean and Cheryl Davies
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:228
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  13. In Western countries, health and social welfare facilities are not easily accessible for elderly immigrants and their needs are suboptimally addressed. A transition is needed towards culturally sensitive servi...

    Authors: Ilona Verhagen, Wynand JG Ros, Bas Steunenberg and Niek J de Wit
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:227
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  14. Violence in families affects children. Exposure to violence is seen as child abuse. Figures show that about one third of children exposed to violence become victim or perpetrator in their adult life: known as ...

    Authors: Karin AWL van Rosmalen-Nooijens, Judith B Prins, Marianne Vergeer, Sylvie H Lo Fo Wong and Antoine LM Lagro-Janssen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:226
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  15. Lyme disease (LD) is the most common tick-borne disease in the United States and in Europe. The aim of this study was to examine knowledge, perceived risk, feelings of anxiety, and behavioral responses of the ...

    Authors: Desirée Jacqueline Mathieu Angélique Beaujean, Marloes Bults, Jim Everardus van Steenbergen and Hélene Antoine Claire Marie Voeten
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:225
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  16. Among individuals diagnosed with the chronic neurologic disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), a majority suffers from fatigue, which strongly influences their every-day-life. The aim of this study was to investiga...

    Authors: Gullvi Flensner, Anne-Marie Landtblom, Olle Söderhamn and Anna-Christina Ek
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:224
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  17. Colorectal cancer is the third and fourth leading cause of cancer incidence and mortality among men and women, respectively in Iran. However, the role of dietary factors that could contribute to this high canc...

    Authors: Akram Safari, Zalilah Mohd Shariff, Mirnalini Kandiah, Bahram Rashidkhani and Foroozandeh Fereidooni
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:222
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  18. Smoking in people with mental health problems (MHPs) is an important public health concern as rates are two to three times higher than in the general population. While a strong evidence base exists to encourag...

    Authors: Susan Kerr, Charlotte Woods, Christina Knussen, Hazel Watson and Robert Hunter
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:221
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  19. Despite Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) being the epicenter of the HIV epidemic, uptake of HIV testing is not optimal. While qualitative studies have been undertaken to investigate factors influencing uptake of HIV t...

    Authors: Maurice Musheke, Harriet Ntalasha, Sara Gari, Oran Mckenzie, Virginia Bond, Adriane Martin-Hilber and Sonja Merten
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:220
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  20. Community-based programs are being widely adopted in the struggle to prevent cardiovascular diseases. No study has been conducted in Japan to evaluate the effects of a community-based health promotion program ...

    Authors: Bing Zhu, Yasuo Haruyama, Takashi Muto, Akiko Yamasaki and Fumiko Tarumi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:219
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  22. To investigate the attitudes of premarital couples towards the premarital screening program after the abolition of compulsory screening in China and to study the factors influencing participation.

    Authors: Peigang Wang, Xiao Wang, Min Fang and Tyler J Vander Weele
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:217
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  23. Drowning deaths constitute a significant proportion of unnatural deaths globally. In Sweden and other high-income countries, drowning deaths have decreased. This study investigates the epidemiology and current...

    Authors: Kristin Ahlm, Britt-Inger Saveman and Ulf Björnstig
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:216
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  24. The mental health of caregivers has been shown to be important for improving HIV prevention and treatment. Household food insecurity affects hundreds of millions of individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region ...

    Authors: Jonathan Garcia, Amber Hromi-Fiedler, Robert E Mazur, Grace Marquis, Daniel Sellen, Anna Lartey and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:215
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  25. ‘Suicide hotspots’ include tall structures (for example, bridges and cliffs), railway tracks, and isolated locations (for example, rural car parks) which offer direct means for suicide or seclusion that preven...

    Authors: Georgina R Cox, Christabel Owens, Jo Robinson, Angela Nicholas, Anne Lockley, Michelle Williamson, Yee Tak Derek Cheung and Jane Pirkis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:214
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  26. In addition to insufficient moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), prolonged sitting time is also a health risk for older adults. An understanding of population subgroups who have prolonged television ...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Shigeru Inoue, Takemi Sugiyama, Neville Owen, Koichiro Oka and Teruichi Shimomitsu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:213
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  27. The Maternal-Child Pastoral is a volunteer-based community organization of the Dominican Republic that works with families to improve child survival and development. A program that promotes key practices of ma...

    Authors: José I Navarro, Dirce M Sigulem, Alexandre A Ferraro, Juan J Polanco and Aluísio JD Barros
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:212
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  28. The threat of emergence of a human-to-human transmissible strain of highly pathogenic influenza A(H5N1) is very real, and is reinforced by recent results showing that genetically modified A(H5N1) may be readil...

    Authors: Joel K Kelso, Nilimesh Halder, Maarten J Postma and George J Milne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:211
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  29. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems [ENDS]) are electrically powered devices generally similar in appearance to a cigarette that deliver a propylene glycol and/or glycer...

    Authors: Chris Bullen, Jonathan Williman, Colin Howe, Murray Laugesen, Hayden McRobbie, Varsha Parag and Natalie Walker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:210
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  32. In most Western countries, alcohol consumption continues to increase, specifically among women and older adults. Insight into these trends may aid intervention strategies. Here we present data on alcohol consu...

    Authors: Lot M Geels, Jacqueline M Vink, Jenny HDA van Beek, Meike Bartels, Gonneke Willemsen and Dorret I Boomsma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:207
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  33. Congenital syphilis is a major public health concern, even after the implementation of intervention protocols in several countries. This study aimed to analyze the prevalence and socio-demographic, behavioral ...

    Authors: Maria Alix Leite Araújo, Silvio Carlos Rocha de Freitas, Heber José de Moura, Ana Paula Soares Gondim and Raimunda Magalhães da Silva
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:206
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  34. Health promotion volunteers (HPVs) who are expected to function as leaders in promoting community health in Japan feel both satisfaction and burden associated with their community engagement activities. The pu...

    Authors: Hiroshi Murayama, Atsuko Taguchi and Sachiyo Murashima
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:205
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  35. The majority of research on HIV/AIDS and mental health has been carried out among clinical populations: the time of onset of comorbid depression and the mechanisms for this are therefore unclear. Although ther...

    Authors: Rosie Mayston, Vikram Patel, Melanie Abas, Priya Korgaonkar, Ramesh Paranjape, Savio Rodrigues and Martin Prince
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:204
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  36. Effects of dietary factors, such as adherence to Mediterranean diet, multivitamin-multimineral supplements use and alcohol consumption on mammographic breast density, an important biomarker of breast cancer ri...

    Authors: Olga Voevodina, Christian Billich, Birke Arand and Gabriele Nagel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:203
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  37. Following an outbreak of yellow fever in northern Uganda in December 2010, Ministry of Health conducted a massive emergency vaccination campaign in January 2011. The reported vaccination coverage in Pader Dist...

    Authors: James Bagonza, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Malimbo Mugaga, Nathan Tumuhamye and Issa Makumbi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:202
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  38. The repertoire of statistical methods dealing with the descriptive analysis of the burden of a disease has been expanded and implemented in statistical software packages during the last years. The purpose of t...

    Authors: Laura Esteban, Ramon Clèries, Jordi Gálvez, Laura Pareja, Josep Maria Escribà, Xavier Sanz, Ángel Izquierdo, Jaume Galcerán and Josepa Ribes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:201
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  39. Self-reported screen time is associated with elevated health risk in children and youth; however, research examining the relationship between accelerometer-measured sedentary time and health risk has reported ...

    Authors: Rachel C Colley, Didier Garriguet, Ian Janssen, Suzy L Wong, Travis J Saunders, Valerie Carson and Mark S Tremblay
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:200
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  40. The challenge of an aging population in the society makes it important to find strategies to promote health for all. The aim of this study is to evaluate if repeated health coaching in terms of motivational in...

    Authors: Klas-Göran Sahlen, Helene Johansson, Lennarth Nyström and Lars Lindholm
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:199
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  41. Status of premarital sex, unintended pregnancy and associated factors among Chinese graduate students remain unclear. And unmarried graduate students’ needs of family planning services seem to be ignored. In t...

    Authors: Yuanzhong Zhou, Chengliang Xiong, Jinwen Xiong, Xuejun Shang, Guohui Liu, Meimei Zhang and Pin Yin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:198
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  42. Physical inactivity and overweight are major threats to public health. However, it is not well understood to what extent physical activity might counteract the harmful effects of overweight on functioning. Thu...

    Authors: Vivian Lindholm, Jouni Lahti, Ossi Rahkonen, Eero Lahelma and Tea Lallukka
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:197
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  43. Sedentary behaviour in general and sitting time in particular is an emerging global health concern. The aim of this study was to provide data on the prevalence of sitting time in German adults and to examine s...

    Authors: Birgit Wallmann-Sperlich, Jens Bucksch, Sylvia Hansen, Peter Schantz and Ingo Froboese
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:196
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  45. Mongolia has a high and increasing burden of hypertension and related disease, with cardiovascular diseases among the leading causes of death. Yet little is known about the knowledge, attitudes and practices o...

    Authors: Alessandro R Demaio, Dugee Otgontuya, Maximilian de Courten, Ib C Bygbjerg, Palam Enkhtuya, Dan W Meyrowitsch and Janchiv Oyunbileg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:194
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Sickness absence due to common mental disorders (such as depression, anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder) is a problem in many Western countries. Long-term sickness absence leads to substantial societal and ...

    Authors: Karlijn M van Beurden, Evelien P M Brouwers, Margot C W Joosen, Berend Terluin, Jac J L van der Klink and Jaap van Weeghel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:193
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  47. Obesity and hypertension and their associated health complications disproportionately affect communities of color and people of lower socioeconomic status. Recruitment and retention of these populations in res...

    Authors: Erica T Warner, Russell E Glasgow, Karen M Emmons, Gary G Bennett, Sandy Askew, Bernard Rosner and Graham A Colditz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:192
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  48. Some studies have evaluated vaccine effectiveness in preventing outpatient influenza while others have analysed its effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the t...

    Authors: Iván Martínez-Baz, Víctor Martínez-Artola, Gabriel Reina, Marcela Guevara, Manuel García Cenoz, Julio Morán, Fátima Irisarri, Maite Arriazu, Esther Albeniz and Jesús Castilla
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:191
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  49. There is a lack of evidence around the effectiveness of school-based interventions designed to raise adolescents’ cancer awareness. To address this deficit this study assessed the impact of an intervention del...

    Authors: Richard G Kyle, Liz Forbat, Petra Rauchhaus and Gill Hubbard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:190
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  50. In many countries, low Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) screening rates among young people in primary-care have encouraged screening programs outside of clinics. Nucleic acid amplificatio...

    Authors: Muhammad S Jamil, Jane S Hocking, Heidi M Bauer, Hammad Ali, Handan Wand, Kirsty Smith, Jennifer Walker, Basil Donovan, John M Kaldor and Rebecca J Guy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:189
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