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  1. Of 136 million babies born annually, around 10 million require assistance to breathe. Each year 814,000 neonatal deaths result from intrapartum-related events in term babies (previously “birth asphyxia”) and 1...

    Authors: Anne CC Lee, Simon Cousens, Stephen N Wall, Susan Niermeyer, Gary L Darmstadt, Waldemar A Carlo, William J Keenan, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Christopher Gill and Joy E Lawn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 3):S12
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 3

  2. Our objective was to estimate the effect of various childbirth care packages on neonatal mortality due to intrapartum-related events (“birth asphyxia”) in term babies for use in the Lives Saved Tool (LiST).

    Authors: Anne CC Lee, Simon Cousens, Gary L Darmstadt, Hannah Blencowe, Robert Pattinson, Neil F Moran, G Justus Hofmeyr, Rachel A Haws, Shereen Zulfiqar Bhutta and Joy E Lawn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 3):S10
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 3

  3. In this paper we review the evidence of the effect of health interventions on mortality reduction from hypertensive diseases in pregnancy (HDP). We chose HDP because they represent a major cause of death in lo...

    Authors: Carine Ronsmans and Oona Campbell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 3):S8
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 3

  4. Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia are relatively common complications of pregnancy, leading to considerable maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity. We sought to review the effect of aspirin, calcium supplementat...

    Authors: Mehnaz Jabeen, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Aamer Imdad and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 3):S6
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 3

  5. The reported cases with varicella have not decreased and outbreaks of varicella among vaccinated children continue to be reported 9 years after the public vaccination program in Taipei. We investigated an outb...

    Authors: Chao-Chih Lai, Szu-Ching Chen and Donald Dah-Shyong Jiang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:226
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. People with higher socio-economic status (SES) are generally in better health. Less is known about when these socio-economic health differences set in during childhood and how they develop over time. The goal ...

    Authors: Annemarie Ruijsbroek, Alet H Wijga, Marjan Kerkhof, Gerard H Koppelman, Henriette A Smit and Mariël Droomers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:225
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Occupational exposure to chromium compounds may result in adverse health effects. This study aims to investigate whether low-level hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) exposure can cause DNA damage in electroplating w...

    Authors: Xu-Hui Zhang, Xuan Zhang, Xu-Chu Wang, Li-Fen Jin, Zhang-Ping Yang, Cai-Xia Jiang, Qing Chen, Xiao-Bin Ren, Jian-Zhong Cao, Qiang Wang and Yi-Min Zhu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:224
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  8. Obese adults struggle to make the changes necessary to achieve even modest weight loss, though a decrease in weight by as little as 10% can have significant health benefits. Failure to meet weight loss goals m...

    Authors: Jennifer M Duncan, E Amy Janke, Andrea T Kozak, Megan Roehrig, Stephanie W Russell, H Gene McFadden, Andrew Demott, Alex Pictor, Don Hedeker and Bonnie Spring
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:223
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  11. Osteopontin (OPN) is a plasma protein/cytokine produced in excess in several malignancies. In a recent study OPN was reported as being related to the duration of asbestos exposure and presence of benign asbest...

    Authors: Giuseppe Mastrangelo, Gianluca Marangi, Maria N Ballarin, Silvia Michilin, Aline SC Fabricio, Flavio Valentini, John H Lange, Ugo Fedeli, Luca Cegolon and Massimo Gion
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:220
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Parkinson disease (PD) causes physical disability that negatively affects the quality of life of the sufferer's and their families. There are no Parkinson's disease (PD) social science studies published from A...

    Authors: Gerry Mshana, Catherine L Dotchin and Richard W Walker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:219
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Social isolation affects a significant proportion of older people and is associated with poor health outcomes. The current evidence base regarding the effectiveness of interventions targeting social isolation ...

    Authors: Andy P Dickens, Suzanne H Richards, Annie Hawton, Rod S Taylor, Colin J Greaves, Colin Green, Rachel Edwards and John L Campbell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:218
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Although breastfeeding is universal in Ethiopia, ranges of regional differences in timely initiation of breastfeeding have been documented. Initiation of breastfeeding is highly bound to cultural factors that ...

    Authors: Tesfaye Setegn, Mulusew Gerbaba and Tefera Belachew
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:217
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is highly prevalent and is associated with a substantial economic burden. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective in treating IBS. The aim of this study w...

    Authors: Erik Andersson, Brjánn Ljótsson, Filip Smit, Björn Paxling, Erik Hedman, Nils Lindefors, Gerhard Andersson and Christian Rück
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:215
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome has increased over the last few decades in adolescents and has become an important health challenge worldwide. This study analyzed the relationships between metabolic risk ...

    Authors: Carla Moreira, Rute Santos, José Cazuza de Farias Júnior, Susana Vale, Paula C Santos, Luísa Soares-Miranda, Ana I Marques and Jorge Mota
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:214
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  20. The increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes poses both clinical and public health challenges. Cost-effective approaches to prevent progression of the disease in primary care are needed. Evidence suggests that...

    Authors: Simon J Griffin, Rebecca K Simmons, Kate M Williams, A Toby Prevost, Wendy Hardeman, Julie Grant, Fiona Whittle, Sue Boase, Imogen Hobbis, Soren Brage, Kate Westgate, Tom Fanshawe, Stephen Sutton, Nicholas J Wareham and Ann Louise Kinmonth
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:211
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  21. Diarrhoea is the second leading cause of childhood mortality, with an estimated 1.3 million deaths per year. Promotion of Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) has been suggested as a strategy for reducing the glob...

    Authors: Andri Christen, Gonzalo Duran Pacheco, Jan Hattendorf, Benjamin F Arnold, Myriam Cevallos, Stefan Indergand, John M Colford and Daniel Mäusezahl
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:210
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Although self-management support improves diabetes outcomes, it is not consistently provided in health care settings strained for time and resources. One proposed solution to personnel and funding shortages is...

    Authors: Amireh Ghorob, Maria Mercedes Vivas, Diana De Vore, Victoria Ngo, Thomas Bodenheimer, Ellen Chen and David H Thom
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:208
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  24. Flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of serious complications like hospitalization and death among community-dwelling older people, therefore vaccination programmes targeting this population group re...

    Authors: Carlos Chiatti, Pamela Barbadoro, Giovanni Lamura, Lucia Pennacchietti, Francesco Di Stanislao, Marcello M D'Errico and Emilia Prospero
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:207
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Social capital has been recognized as a major social determinant of health, but less attention has been given to social capital of persons with musculoskeletal impairments. The present study aimed to explore t...

    Authors: Kyo Takahashi, Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy, Krishna C Poudel, Kayako Sakisaka, Masamine Jimba and Junko Yasuoka
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:206
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. The ability to predict future onset of depression is required for primary prevention of depression. Many cross-sectional studies have reported a correlation between sense of coherence (SOC) and the presence of...

    Authors: Toshimi Sairenchi, Yasuo Haruyama, Yumiko Ishikawa, Keiko Wada, Kazumoto Kimura and Takashi Muto
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:205
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Most public health guidelines recommend that adults need to participate in 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on most days of the week to maintain good health. Achieving the recommended 30 minu...

    Authors: Sebely Pal, Cheryl Cheng and Suleen Ho
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:204
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Health professionals working in primary care and public health have opportunities to address body weight status issues with their patients through face-to-face contact. The objectives of this all-Ireland proje...

    Authors: Anne Moorhead, Vivien Coates, Diane Hazlett, Alison Gallagher, Kathy Murphy, Geraldine Nolan and John Dinsmore
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:202
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  30. Binge drinking (BD) seems to be related to health and social complications among adolescents. Considering that knowledge about BD in developing countries is limited and that in Brazil high socioeconomic status...

    Authors: Zila M Sanchez, Silvia S Martins, Emerita S Opaleye, Yone G Moura, Danilo P Locatelli and Ana R Noto
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:201
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Recent studies have suggested that walking interventions may be effective (at least in the short term) at increasing physical activity amongst those people who are the most inactive. This is a leading objectiv...

    Authors: Rebecca Shaw, Elisabeth Fenwick, Graham Baker, Chloe McAdam, Claire Fitzsimons and Nanette Mutrie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:200
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  32. Childhood overweight is not restricted to developed countries: a number of lower- and middle-income countries are struggling with the double burden of underweight and overweight. Another public health problem ...

    Authors: Lise Dubois, Damion Francis, Daniel Burnier, Fabiola Tatone-Tokuda, Manon Girard, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Kristin Fox and Rainford Wilks
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:199
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  33. In a previous hospital-based study, conjunctivochalasis was diagnosed in 85.24% of 1416 patients aged 1 to 94 years and in 98.5% of patients aged 60 or older. This report is the first to present data from a la...

    Authors: Xingru Zhang, Qingsong Li, Haidong Zou, Jinjuan Peng, Caicai Shi, Huanming Zhou, Guili Zhang, Minhong Xiang and Yijie Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:198
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  34. Improving child survival through various health interventions has been one of the main preoccupations of public health programs in developing nations. However, efforts to understand the child death determinant...

    Authors: Belaineh Girma and Yemane Berhane
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:197
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Investment in strategies to promote 'a healthy start to life' has been identified as having the greatest potential to reduce health inequalities across the life course. The aim of this study was to examine soc...

    Authors: Stephanie J Brown, Jane S Yelland, Georgina A Sutherland, Peter A Baghurst and Jeffrey S Robinson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:196
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Some industrial hygiene studies have assessed occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs; other epidemiological investigations have detected various toxicological effects in exposure groups labeled with the...

    Authors: Massimo Moretti, Roberta Bonfiglioli, Donatella Feretti, Sofia Pavanello, Francesca Mussi, Maria G Grollino, Milena Villarini, Anna Barbieri, Elisabetta Ceretti, Mariella Carrieri, Annamaria Buschini, Massimo Appolloni, Luca Dominici, Laura Sabatini, Umberto Gelatti, Giovanni B Bartolucci…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:195
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  37. There is consensus on the importance of early detection and treatment of high blood pressure. Dental care is one of few medical services to which a considerable proportion of the general population comes for r...

    Authors: Sevek Engström, Christian Berne, Lars Gahnberg and Kurt Svärdsudd
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:194
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  38. Thalassaemia is a common public health problem in Malaysia and about 4.5 to 6% of the Malays and Chinese are carriers of this genetic disorder. The major forms of thalassaemia result in death in utero of affected...

    Authors: Li Ping Wong, Elizabeth George and Jin-Ai Mary Anne Tan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:193
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  39. Worldwide population aging has been considered one of the most important demographic phenomena, and is frequently referred as a determinant of health costs and expenditures. These costs are an effect either of...

    Authors: César González-González, Sergio Sánchez-García, Teresa Juárez-Cedillo, Oscar Rosas-Carrasco, Luis M Gutiérrez-Robledo and Carmen García-Peña
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:192
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Determining the health-promoting behaviors of women during the important period of reproduction provides valuable information for designing appropriate intervention programs for advancing women's health. There...

    Authors: Azam Baheiraei, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Eesa Mohammadi, Saharnaz Nedjat, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh Charandabi, Fatemeh Rajabi and Reza Majdzadeh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:191
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  41. As in many European countries, access to care is decreased for undocumented migrants in the Netherlands due to legislation. Studies on the health of undocumented migrants in Europe are scarce and focus on care...

    Authors: Tina Dorn, Manon Ceelen, Ming-Jan Tang, Joyce L Browne, Koos JC de Keijzer, Marcel CA Buster and Kees Das
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:190
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  42. In 2006, the majority of new HIV infections were in MSM. We sought to describe numbers of casual sex partners among US MSM.

    Authors: Eli S Rosenberg, Patrick S Sullivan, Elizabeth A DiNenno, Laura F Salazar and Travis H Sanchez
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:189
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  43. There are high levels of concern about childhood obesity, with obese children being at higher risk of poorer health both in the short and longer terms. Children's attitudes to, and beliefs about, their bodies ...

    Authors: Rebecca Rees, Kathryn Oliver, Jenny Woodman and James Thomas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:188
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Health services across Europe provide health care for migrant patients every day. However, little systematic research has explored the views and experiences of health care professionals in different European c...

    Authors: Stefan Priebe, Sima Sandhu, Sónia Dias, Andrea Gaddini, Tim Greacen, Elisabeth Ioannidis, Ulrike Kluge, Allan Krasnik, Majda Lamkaddem, Vincent Lorant, Rosa Puigpinósi Riera, Attila Sarvary, Joaquim JF Soares, Mindaugas Stankunas, Christa Straßmayr, Kristian Wahlbeck…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:187
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a leading contributor to the burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries. Guidelines for CVD prevention care in low resource settings have been developed but little ...

    Authors: Marleen Hendriks, Lizzy Brewster, Ferdinand Wit, Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa, Aina Olufemi Odusola, William Redekop, Navin Bindraban, Albert Vollaard, Shade Alli, Peju Adenusi, Kayode Agbede, Tanimola Akande, Joep Lange and Constance Schultsz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:186
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  46. Childhood obesity is multi-factorial and determined to a large extent by dietary habits, physical activity and sedentary behaviours. Previous research has shown that school-based programmes are effective but t...

    Authors: Gisela Nyberg, Elinor Sundblom, Åsa Norman and Liselotte Schäfer Elinder
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:185
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  47. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second highest cause of cancer death in the UK. Most cases occur in people over 50 years and CRC often co-exists with other lifestyle...

    Authors: Angela M Craigie, Stephen Caswell, Caron Paterson, Shaun Treweek, Jill JF Belch, Fergus Daly, Jackie Rodger, Joyce Thompson, Alison Kirk, Anne Ludbrook, Martine Stead, Jane Wardle, Robert JC Steele and Annie S Anderson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:184
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  48. HIV testing for pregnant women is an important component for the success of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT). A lack of antenatal HIV testing results in loss of benefits for HIV-infect...

    Authors: Nguyễn TT Hạnh, Tine M Gammeltoft and Vibeke Rasch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:183
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Physical activity and sedentary behaviour among children should be measured accurately in order to investigate their relationship with health. Accelerometry provides objective and accurate measurement of body ...

    Authors: Mine Yıldırım, Maïté Verloigne, Ilse de Bourdeaudhuij, Odysseas Androutsos, Yannis Manios, Regina Felső, Éva Kovács, Alain Doessegger, Bettina Bringolf-Isler, Saskia J te Velde, Johannes Brug and Mai JM Chinapaw
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:182
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  50. In conjunction with the growing prevalence of obesity and the older age of pregnant women gestational diabetes (GDM) is a major health problem.

    Authors: Eeva AL Korpi-Hyövälti, David E Laaksonen, Ursula S Schwab, Tarja H Vanhapiha, Kristiina R Vihla, Seppo T Heinonen and Leo K Niskanen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:179
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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