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  1. Little is known about the relationship between body composition and physical fitness in 14 year-old high school adolescents of South Africa. Baseline data from a longitudinal study on physical activity and hea...

    Authors: Makama Andries Monyeki, Rik Neetens, Sarah J Moss and Jos Twisk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:374
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  2. Insufficient PA has been shown to cluster with other CVD risk factors including insufficient fruit and vegetable intake, overweight, increased serum cholesterol concentrations and elevated blood pressure. This...

    Authors: Tracy L Kolbe-Alexander, Karin I Proper, Estelle V Lambert, Marieke F van Wier, Julian D Pillay, Craig Nossel, Leegale Adonis and Willem Van Mechelen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:372
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  3. South Asian migrants are at particularly high risk of type 2 diabetes. Previous studies have shown that intensive lifestyle interventions may prevent the onset of diabetes. Such interventions have not been cul...

    Authors: Everlina MA Vlaar, Irene GM van Valkengoed, Vera Nierkens, Mary Nicolaou, Barend JC Middelkoop and Karien Stronks
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:371
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  4. Cervix cancer, preventable, continues to be the third most common cancer in women worldwide, especially in lowest income countries. Prophylactic HPV vaccination should help to reduce the morbidity and mortalit...

    Authors: Joël Ladner, Marie-Hélène Besson, Rachel Hampshire, Lisa Tapert, Mike Chirenje and Joseph Saba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:370
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  5. TB is a major public health problem globally and Ethiopia is 8th among the 22 high burden countries. Early detection and effective treatment are pre-requisites for a successful TB control programme. In this regar...

    Authors: Mulugeta Belay, Gunnar Bjune, Gobena Ameni and Fekadu Abebe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:369
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  6. In order to achieve universal health coverage, the government of Anambra State, southeast Nigeria has distributed free Long-lasting Insecticide treated Nets (LLINs) to the general population and delivered free...

    Authors: Chinyere O Mbachu, Obinna E Onwujekwe, Benjamin SC Uzochukwu, Eloka Uchegbu, Joseph Oranuba and Amobi L Ilika
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:315
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  7. There has been a sharp increase in the incidence of breast cancer in China in recent years. A number of female physical characteristics, such as age at menarche, menopause, first birth and the duration of brea...

    Authors: Qiang Zhang, Li-yuan Liu, Fei Wang, Kun Mu and Zhi-gang Yu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:368
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  8. It is still not known whether overweight men have different patterns and socio-demographic correlates of self-reported physical activity (PA) compared with normal-weight men. Thus, this study examined the perc...

    Authors: Yung Liao, Kazuhiro Harada, Ai Shibata, Kaori Ishii, Koichiro Oka, Yoshio Nakamura, Shigeru Inoue and Teruichi Shimomitsu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:278
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  9. Irregular migrants (IMs) are exposed to a wide range of risk factors for developing mental health problems. However, little is known about whether and how they receive mental health care across European countr...

    Authors: Christa Straßmayr, Aleksandra Matanov, Stefan Priebe, Henrique Barros, Reamonn Canavan, José Manuel Díaz-Olalla, Edina Gabor, Andrea Gaddini, Tim Greacen, Petra Holcnerová, Ulrike Kluge, Marta Welbel, Pablo Nicaise, Aart H Schene, Joaquim JF Soares and Heinz Katschnig
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:367
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  10. To determine if a novel dual camera imaging system employing both polarized white light (PWL) and quantitative light induced fluorescence imaging (QLF) is appropriate for measuring enamel fluorosis in an epide...

    Authors: Iain A Pretty, Michael McGrady, Christian Zakian, Roger P Ellwood, Andrew Taylor, Mohammed Owaise Sharif, Timothy Iafolla, E Angeles Martinez-Mier, Patcharawan Srisilapanan, Narumanas Korwanich, Michaela Goodwin and Bruce A Dye
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:366
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  11. Tuberculosis (TB) in developed countries has historically been associated with poverty and low socioeconomic status (SES). In the past quarter century, TB in the United States has changed from primarily a dise...

    Authors: Nicole A Olson, Amy L Davidow, Carla A Winston, Michael P Chen, Julie A Gazmararian and Dolores J Katz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:365
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  12. Hypertension is an important factor contributing to sexual dysfunction. The number of people with hypertension is increasing in China, but research into sexual life, which has implications for quality of life,...

    Authors: Xiaojun Chen, Qingying Zhang and Xuerui Tan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:364
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  13. Studies have shown that sub-optimal breastfeeding is major contributor to infant and young child mortality in Ethiopia. To address this problem, infant and young child feeding guideline was developed in 2004 a...

    Authors: Dessalegn Tamiru, Tefera Belachew, Eskindir Loha and Shikur Mohammed
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:363
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  14. In western Kenya, malaria remains one of the major health problems and its control remains an important public health measure. Malaria control is by either use of drugs to treat patients infected with malaria ...

    Authors: Susan S Imbahale, Andrew Githeko, Wolfgang R Mukabana and Willem Takken
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:362
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  15. Increases in the number of salmonellosis cases due to Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) in 2010 and 2011 prompted a public health investigation in Ontario, Canada. In this report, we describe the current epidemiology o...

    Authors: Mary-Kathryn Tighe, Rachel Savage, Linda Vrbova, Miriam Toolan, Yvonne Whitfield, Csaba Varga, Brenda Lee, Vanessa Allen, Anne Maki, Ryan Walton, Caitlin Johnson, Badal Dhar, Rafiq Ahmed, Natasha S Crowcroft and Dean Middleton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:310
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  16. Widening of socioeconomic status (SES) inequalities in smoking prevalence has occurred in several Western countries from the mid 1970’s onwards. However, little is known about a widening of SES inequalities in...

    Authors: Gera E Nagelhout, Dianne de Korte-de Boer, Anton E Kunst, Regina M van der Meer, Hein de Vries, Boukje M van Gelder and Marc C Willemsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:303
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  17. Population-based administrative data have been used to study osteoporosis-related fracture risk factors and outcomes, but there has been limited research about the validity of these data for ascertaining fract...

    Authors: Lisa M Lix, Mahmoud Azimaee, Beliz Acan Osman, Patricia Caetano, Suzanne Morin, Colleen Metge, David Goltzman, Nancy Kreiger, Jerilynn Prior and William D Leslie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:301
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  18. The combined effect of diabetes and stroke on disability and mortality remains largely unexplored in Brazil and Latin America. Previous studies have been based primarily on data from developed countries. This ...

    Authors: Flávia Cristina Drumond Andrade, Pilar Egüez Guevara, Maria Lúcia Lebrão and Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:361
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  19. Computer-tailored programs are a promising tool to stimulate health behavior change, such as reducing alcohol intake. Yet more research is needed to assess whether groups differing in their motivational level ...

    Authors: Daniela N Schulz, Stef PJ Kremers and Hein de Vries
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:360
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  20. Recent research indicates that 35 percent of blue-collar workers in the US currently smoke while only 20 percent of white-collar workers smoke. Over the last year, we have been working with heavy equipment ope...

    Authors: Sonia A Duffy, David L Ronis, Caroline Richardson, Andrea H Waltje, Lee A Ewing, Devon Noonan, Oisaeng Hong and John D Meeker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:335
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  21. Homeless and marginally housed persons who use alcohol and/or illicit drugs often have end-of-life care needs that go unmet due to barriers that they face to accessing end-of-life care services. Many homeless ...

    Authors: Ryan McNeil, Manal Guirguis-Younger, Laura B Dilley, Tim D Aubry, Jeffrey Turnbull and Stephen W Hwang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:312
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  22. Neighborhood safety is inconsistently related to physical activity, but is seldom studied in developing countries. This study examined associations between perceived neighborhood safety and physical activity a...

    Authors: Adewale L Oyeyemi, Babatunde O Adegoke, James F Sallis, Adetoyeje Y Oyeyemi and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:294
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  23. Exposure to household air pollutants released during cooking has been linked to numerous adverse health outcomes among residents of rural areas in low-income countries. Improved cookstoves are one of few avail...

    Authors: Benjamin J Silk, Ibrahim Sadumah, Minal K Patel, Vincent Were, Bobbie Person, Julie Harris, Ronald Otieno, Benjamin Nygren, Jennifer Loo, Alie Eleveld, Robert E Quick and Adam L Cohen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:359
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  24. There is a growing recognition that many public health issues are complex and can be best understood by examining the relationship between human health and the health of the ecosystems in which people live. Tw...

    Authors: Zee Leung, Dean Middleton and Karen Morrison
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:358
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  25. Road Traffic Injuries (RTIs) are one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide with 90% of global mortality concentrated in the low and middle income countries. RTI surveillance is recommended to...

    Authors: Junaid Abdul Razzak, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Amber Mehmood, Syed Ameer Hussain, Mir Shabbar Ali and Rashid Jooma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:357
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  26. Many children do not engage in sufficient levels of physical activity (PA) and spend too much time screen-viewing (SV). High levels of SV (e.g. watching TV, playing video games and surfing the internet) and lo...

    Authors: Russell Jago, Joanna K Steeds, Georgina F Bentley, Simon J Sebire, Patricia J Lucas, Kenneth R Fox, Sarah Stewart-Brown and Katrina M Turner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:356
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  28. A better understanding of the relationships between obesity and lifestyle factors is necessary for effective prevention and management of obesity in youth. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluat...

    Authors: Hazzaa M Al-Hazzaa, Nada A Abahussain, Hana I Al-Sobayel, Dina M Qahwaji and Abdulrahman O Musaiger
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:354
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  30. While the majority of the health messages on cigarette packages contain threatening health information, previous studies indicate that risk information can trigger defensive reactions, especially when the info...

    Authors: Loes TE Kessels and Robert AC Ruiter
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:352
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  31. Speed of eating, an important aspect of eating behaviour, has recently been related to loss of control of food intake and obesity. Very little time is allocated for lunch at school and thus children may consum...

    Authors: Modjtaba Zandian, Ioannis Ioakimidis, Jakob Bergström, Ulf Brodin, Cecilia Bergh, Michael Leon, Julian Shield and Per Södersten
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:351
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  32. Adolescence is a critical developmental period regarding exposure to substances. Therefore, it is important to be able to identify those adolescents who are most vulnerable to substance abuse in the (near) fut...

    Authors: Anja C Huizink, Kirstin Greaves-Lord, Brittany E Evans, Anja S Euser, Jan van der Ende, Frank C Verhulst and Ingmar HA Franken
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:350
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  33. Thailand is considered to be a middle income country, and to control and prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the main concerns of the Thai Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). Screening for T2DM and...

    Authors: Benja Muktabhant, Pattara Sanchaisuriya, Pongdech Sarakarn, Worawitaya Tawityanon, Mantana Trakulwong, Songsri Worawat and Frank P Schelp
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:349
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  34. More insight in the association between reach, dose and fidelity of intervention components and effects is needed. In the current study, we aimed to evaluate reach, dose and fidelity of an individually tailore...

    Authors: Karen Broekhuizen, Judith Jelsma GM, Mireille van PoppelNM, Lando Koppes LJ, Johannes Brug and Willem van Mechelen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:348
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  35. Exercise referral schemes are one of the most popular forms of physical activity intervention in primary care in the UK and present an opportunity to better understand the factors related to exercise adherence...

    Authors: Patrick Tobi, Emee Vida Estacio, Ge Yu, Adrian Renton and Nena Foster
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:347
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  36. Previous studies have reported large socioeconomic inequalities in mortality from conditions amenable to medical intervention, but it is unclear whether these can be attributed to inequalities in access or qua...

    Authors: Iris Plug, Rasmus Hoffmann, Barbara Artnik, Matthias Bopp, Carme Borrell, Giuseppe Costa, Patrick Deboosere, Santi Esnaola, Ramune Kalediene, Mall Leinsalu, Olle Lundberg, Pekka Martikainen, Enrique Regidor, Jitka Rychtarikova, Björn Heine Strand, Bogdan Wojtyniak…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:346
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  37. Dietary habits in Morocco are changing and the causes are not well understood. This study aimed to analyse socio-demographic factors associated with adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MeDi) in a national ran...

    Authors: Karima El Rhazi, Chakib Nejjari, Dora Romaguera, Catherine Feart, Majdouline Obtel, Ahmed Zidouh, Rachid Bekkali and Pascale Barberger Gateau
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:345
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  38. Lack of physical activity (PA) is a known risk factor for many health conditions. The workplace is a setting often used to promote activity and health. We investigated the effectiveness of an intervention on P...

    Authors: Karita Reijonsaari, Aki Vehtari, Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski, Willem van Mechelen, Timo Aro and Simo Taimela
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:344
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  39. Ghana is a Buruli ulcer (BU) endemic country yet there is paucity of socio-cultural research on BU. Examining distinctive experiences and meanings for pre-ulcers and ulcers of BU may clarify the disease burden...

    Authors: Mercy M Ackumey, Margaret Gyapong, Matilda Pappoe, Cynthia Kwakye-Maclean and Mitchell G Weiss
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:264
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  40. Detection of maternal HIV infection early in pregnancy is critical for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS. Most efforts have focused on VCT as the primary means of encouraging people to bec...

    Authors: Marelign Tilahun Malaju and Getu Degu Alene
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:226
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  41. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a global public health problem. Few data exist in the elderly. The objective of the current study is to estimate the prevalence of CKD by means of various established an...

    Authors: Dietrich Rothenbacher, Jochen Klenk, Michael Denkinger, Mahir Karakas, Thorsten Nikolaus, Richard Peter and Wolfgang Koenig
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:343
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  42. Body weight dissatisfaction is an important factor in preventing weight gain and promoting weight loss or maintenance. This study focuses on differences in the rates of body weight dissatisfaction among obese,...

    Authors: Thomas von Lengerke and Andreas Mielck
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:342
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  43. Opportunistic screening for chlamydia in non-clinical settings is becoming more common, but little is known about which settings (or events) offer the best return on investment. We measured the relative effici...

    Authors: Francis J Bowden, Marian J Currie, Muareen Todkill, Mathias Schmidt, Sue Webeck, Rendry Del Rosario, Tim Bavinton and Alexandra Tyson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:341
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  44. To prevent burn injuries it is vital to have sound information on predictors of its occurrence in different settings. Ardabil Province is the coldest province of Iran with high burden of burn injuries. The aim...

    Authors: Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Shahnam Arshi, Mehrnaz Mashoufi, Reza Deljavan-anvari, Mohammad Meshkini and Reza Mohammadi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:340
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  45. Self-medication is the use of medication without prescription, orientation, or supervision of a physician or dentist. Self-medication might become a serious health problem. The purpose of this study was to ide...

    Authors: Marília Garcez Corrêa da Silva, Maria Cristina Flores Soares and Ana Luiza Muccillo-Baisch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:339
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  46. 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
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  47. Poor mental health is a major issue worldwide and causality is complex. For diseases with multifactorial background synergistic effects of person- and place- factors can potentially be preventive. Nature is su...

    Authors: Matilda Annerstedt, Per-Olof Östergren, Jonas Björk, Patrik Grahn, Erik Skärbäck and Peter Währborg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:337
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  48. Despite increased funding of measles vaccination programs by national governments and international aid agencies, structural factors encumber attainment of childhood measles immunisation to levels which may gu...

    Authors: Anu Rammohan, Niyi Awofeso and Renae C Fernandez
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:336
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  49. Sensation seeking tendencies tend to manifest during adolescence and are associated with both health-compromising behaviors and health-enhancing behaviors. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relation...

    Authors: Anna V Wilkinson, Nnenna L Okeke, Andrew E Springer, Melissa H Stigler, Kelley P Gabriel, Melissa L Bondy, Alexander V Prokhorov and Margaret R Spitz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:332
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  50. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been increasingly acknowledged as a valid and appropriate indicator of public health and chronic morbidity. However, limited research was conducted among Chinese civi...

    Authors: Jun Xu, Jincai Qiu, Jie Chen, Liai Zou, Liyi Feng, Yan Lu, Qian Wei and Jinhua Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:330
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