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  1. Research into risk perception and behavioural responses in case of emerging infectious diseases is still relatively new. The aim of this study was to examine perceptions and behaviours of the general public du...

    Authors: Marloes Bults, Desirée JMA Beaujean, Onno de Zwart, Gerjo Kok, Pepijn van Empelen, Jim E van Steenbergen, Jan Hendrik Richardus and Hélène ACM Voeten
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Food insecurity (FI) has been shown to be associated with poor health both in developing and developed countries. Little is known about the relation between FI and neurological disorder. We assessed the relati...

    Authors: Abdulrahman M El-Sayed, Craig Hadley, Fasil Tessema, Ayelew Tegegn, John A Cowan Jr and Sandro Galea
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:802
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  5. Previous studies have suggested that children of mothers who experience depression during the perinatal period may have more infections, but such studies are few in number and none have been carried out in the...

    Authors: Lu Ban, Jack E Gibson, Joe West and Laila J Tata
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:799
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  6. Men who have sex with men (MSM) remain the group most at risk of acquiring HIV in the UK and new HIV prevention strategies are needed. In this paper, we examine what contact MSM currently have with HIV prevent...

    Authors: Lisa M McDaid and Graham J Hart
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:798
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  7. Governments use law to constrain aspects of private activities for purposes of protecting health and social wellbeing. Policymakers have a range of perceptions and beliefs about what is public or private. An u...

    Authors: Gareth Rouch, George Thomson, Nick Wilson, Sheena Hudson, Richard Edwards, Heather Gifford and Tolotea Lanumata
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:797
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. During the 2009 H1N1 immunization campaign, electronic and hybrid (comprising both electronic and paper components) systems were employed to collect client-level vaccination data in clinics across Canada. Beca...

    Authors: Julie Foisy, Susan Quach, Christine L Heidebrecht, Jennifer A Pereira, Sherman D Quan, Maryse Guay, Julie A Bettinger, Shelley L Deeks, Stephanie Brien and Jeffrey C Kwong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:796
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  10. Poor awareness and knowledge of Chlamydia trachomatis could be a barrier to uptake of screening. This study aimed to determine the level of awareness and knowledge of chlamydia among young people who were being a...

    Authors: Karen Lorimer and Graham J Hart
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:794
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  11. Syphilis cases have risen in many parts of China, with developed regions reporting the greatest share of cases. Since syphilis increases in these areas are likely driven by both increased screening and changes...

    Authors: Li-Gang Yang, Joseph D Tucker, Bin Yang, Song-Ying Shen, Xi-Feng Sun, Yong-Feng Chen and Xiang-Sheng Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:793
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  12. Advances in communication technologies have dramatically changed how individuals access information and communicate. Recent studies have found that mobile phone text messages (SMS) can be used successfully for...

    Authors: Judy Gold, Megan SC Lim, Margaret E Hellard, Jane S Hocking and Louise Keogh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:792
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Previous studies have shown that immigrant workers face relatively worse working and employment conditions, as well as lower rates of sickness absence than native-born workers. This study aims to assess rates ...

    Authors: Andrés A Agudelo-Suárez, Fernando G Benavides, Emily Felt, Elena Ronda-Pérez, Carmen Vives-Cases and Ana M García
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:791
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  14. Allergy is a serious and apparently increasing public health problem yet relatively little is known about the types of allergy seen in routine tertiary practice, including their spatial distribution, co-occurr...

    Authors: Ray B Jones, Paul Hewson and Edward R Kaminski
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:790
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  17. There is a growing consensus that linear approaches to improving the performance of health workers and health care organisations may only obtain short-term results. An alternative approach premised on the prin...

    Authors: Bruno Marchal, McDamien Dedzo and Guy Kegels
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:787
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  19. Evidence-based public health requires the existence of reliable information systems for priority setting and evaluation of interventions. Existing data systems in the United States are either too crude (e.g., ...

    Authors: F Javier Nieto, Paul E Peppard, Corinne D Engelman, Jane A McElroy, Loren W Galvao, Elliot M Friedman, Andrew J Bersch and Kristen C Malecki
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:785
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  20. Mass media interventions have been implemented to improve emergency response to stroke given the emergence of effective acute treatments, but their impact is unclear.

    Authors: Jan Lecouturier, Helen Rodgers, Madeleine J Murtagh, Martin White, Gary A Ford and Richard G Thomson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:784
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  21. It is important to obtain greater insight into health-related quality of life (HRQL) of injury patients in order to document people's pathways to recovery and to quantify the impact of injury on population hea...

    Authors: Suzanne Polinder, Juanita A Haagsma, Eefje Belt, Ronan A Lyons, Vicki Erasmus, Johan Lund and Ed F van Beeck
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:783
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  22. Vitamin D is a lipid-soluble hormone found in certain foods and synthesized from precursors in the skin when exposed to ultraviolet light. Vitamin D plays a critical role in bone metabolism and many cellular a...

    Authors: Zeliha Hekimsoy, Gönül Dinç, Sabriye Kafesçiler, Ece Onur, Yesim Güvenç, Tümer Pala, Feyzullah Güçlü and Bilgin Özmen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:782
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  23. Hazardous alcohol consumption is a leading modifiable cause of mortality and morbidity among young people. Screening and brief intervention (SBI) is a key strategy to reduce alcohol-related harm in the communi...

    Authors: Kypros Kypri, Jim McCambridge, John A Cunningham, Tina Vater, Steve Bowe, Brandon De Graaf, John B Saunders and Johanna Dean
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:781
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  24. China has experienced an increase in the prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity over the last decades. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome among Chines...

    Authors: WeiJia Liu, Rong Lin, AiLing Liu, Lin Du and Qing Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:780
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  25. The aim of this study was to explore withdrawal users' experiences of and attitudes to contraceptive methods in Tehran, Iran.

    Authors: Parvin Rahnama, Alireza Hidarnia, Farkhondeh Amin Shokravi, Anoushiravan Kazemnejad, Zeinab Ghazanfari and Ali Montazeri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:779
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  26. During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, concerns arose about the potential negative effects of mass public gatherings and travel on the course of the pandemic. Better understanding the potential effects of te...

    Authors: Pengyi Shi, Pinar Keskinocak, Julie L Swann and Bruce Y Lee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:778
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  27. High Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence and high risk behaviors have been well documented within United States (US) correctional systems. However, uncertainty remains regarding the extent to which p...

    Authors: Ethan Gough, Mirjam C Kempf, Laura Graham, Marvin Manzanero, Edward W Hook, Al Bartolucci and Eric Chamot
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:777
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  29. Little is known about the use of organic food during pregnancy. The aim of this study was to describe characteristics associated with the use of organic food among pregnant women participating in the Norwegian...

    Authors: Hanne Torjusen, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Margaretha Haugen, Geir Lieblein, Hein Stigum, Gun Roos, Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen and Helle Margrete Meltzer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:775
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  30. Methamphetamine use is associated with HIV acquisition and transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM). Contingency management (CM), providing positive reinforcement for drug abstinence and withholding ...

    Authors: Timothy W Menza, Damon R Jameson, James P Hughes, Grant N Colfax, Steven Shoptaw and Matthew R Golden
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:774
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  31. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) recently emerged as a major public health hazard in Egypt. However, dramatic healthcare budget constraints limit access to the costly treatment. We assessed risk perception and priority...

    Authors: Michaël Schwarzinger, Mostafa K Mohamed, Rita R Gad, Sahar Dewedar, Arnaud Fontanet, Fabrice Carrat and Stéphane Luchini
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:773
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  32. There is evidence that exposure to passive smoking in general, and in babies in particular, is an important cause of morbimortality. Passive smoking is related to an increased risk of pediatric diseases such a...

    Authors: Guadalupe Ortega, Cristina Castellà, Carlos Martín-Cantera, Jose L Ballvé, Estela Díaz, Marc Saez, Juan Lozano, Lourdes Rofes, Concepció Morera, Antònia Barceló, Carmen Cabezas, Jose A Pascual, Raúl Pérez-Ortuño, Esteve Saltó, Araceli Valverde and Mireia Jané
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:772
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  33. Whilst the prevalence and correlates of postpartum depression are well established, far less is known about postpartum anxiety. Studies have described the association between socio-demographic factors and post...

    Authors: Jane Yelland, Georgina Sutherland and Stephanie J Brown
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:771
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  35. A policy for couple HIV counseling and testing was introduced in 2006 in Uganda, urging pregnant women and their spouses to be HIV tested together during antenatal care (ANC). The policy aims to identify HIV-i...

    Authors: Elin C Larsson, Anna Thorson, Xavier Nsabagasani, Sarah Namusoko, Rebecca Popenoe and Anna Mia Ekström
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:769
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  36. Despite concerns that facilitating informed choice would decrease diabetes screening uptake, 'informed choice' invitations that increased knowledge did not affect attendance (the DICISION trial). We explored p...

    Authors: Eleanor Mann, Ian Kellar, Stephen Sutton, Ann Louise Kinmonth, Matthew Hankins, Simon Griffin and Theresa M Marteau
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:768
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  37. Studies of water-related gastrointestinal infections are usually directed at outbreaks. Few have examined endemic illness or compared rates across different water supply and sewage disposal systems. We conduct...

    Authors: Kay Teschke, Neil Bellack, Hui Shen, Jim Atwater, Rong Chu, Mieke Koehoorn, Ying C MacNab, Hans Schreier and Judith L Isaac-Renton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:767
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  38. Although studies have shown an association between anxiety and depression and obesity, psychological health among obese women during and after pregnancy has not been carefully studied. The aim of this study wa...

    Authors: Ing-Marie Claesson, Ann Josefsson and Gunilla Sydsjö
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:766
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  41. Self-reported disability pension (DP) and sickness absence are commonly used in epidemiological and other studies as a measure of exposure or even as an outcome. The aims were (1) to compare such self-reports ...

    Authors: Pia Svedberg, Annina Ropponen, Paul Lichtenstein and Kristina Alexanderson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:763
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  42. Efforts to reduce neonatal mortality are essential if the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 is to be met. The impact of spatial dimensions of neonatal survival has not been thoroughly investigated even thoug...

    Authors: Mats Målqvist, Nazmul Sohel, Tran T Do, Leif Eriksson and Lars-Åke Persson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:762
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  43. Many adults with intellectual disabilities have poor dietary habits, low physical activity and weight disturbances. This study protocol describes the design and evaluation of a health intervention aiming to im...

    Authors: Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Helena Bergström, Jan Hagberg, Ulla Wihlman and Maria Hagströmer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:761
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  44. Breastfeeding within the first hour of life is a potential mechanism for health promotion. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of breastfeeding initiation within the first hour of life in ...

    Authors: Tatiana O Vieira, Graciete O Vieira, Elsa Regina J Giugliani, Carlos MC Mendes, Camilla C Martins and Luciana R Silva
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:760
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  46. In Western countries, tobacco use is most prevalent among adolescents in lower socioeconomic groups. The association between socioeconomic status (SES) and tobacco use among adolescents in developing countries...

    Authors: David Doku, Leena Koivusilta, Susanna Raisamo and Arja Rimpelä
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:758
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  47. Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) are a major cause of hospitalisation in young children. Many factors can lead to increased risk of ALRI in children and predispose a child to hospitalisation, but popu...

    Authors: Hannah C Moore, Nicholas de Klerk, Peter Richmond and Deborah Lehmann
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:757
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  48. Zambia continues to grapple with a high tuberculosis (TB) burden despite a long running Directly Observed Treatment Short course programme. Understanding issues that affect patient adherence to treatment progr...

    Authors: Chanda Mulenga, David Mwakazanga, Kim Vereecken, Shepherd Khondowe, Nathan Kapata, Isdore Chola Shamputa, Herman Meulemans and Leen Rigouts
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:756
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  49. There are well-established socio-economic differences in the prevalence of smoking in the UK, but conventional socio-economic measures may not capture the range and degree of these associations. We have used a...

    Authors: Aarohi Sharma, Sarah Lewis and Lisa Szatkowski
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:755
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  50. Along with reduced levels of physical activity, older Australian's mean energy consumption has increased. Now over 60% of older Australians are considered overweight or obese. This study aims to confirm if a l...

    Authors: Linda Burke, Jonine Jancey, Peter Howat, Andy Lee, Deborah Kerr, Trevor Shilton, Andrew Hills and Annie Anderson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:751
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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