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  1. The burden of chronic disease continues to rise as populations age. There is relatively little published on the socioeconomic distribution of this burden in older people. This study quantifies absolute and rel...

    Authors: Rosemary J Korda, Ellie Paige, Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Isabel Latz and Sharon Friel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:741
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Recently both the UK and US governments have advocated the use of financial incentives to encourage healthier lifestyle choices but evidence for the cost-effectiveness of such interventions is lacking. Our aim...

    Authors: Mary Anne T Dallat, Ruth F Hunter, Mark A Tully, Karen J Cairns and Frank Kee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:953
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. Insomnia disorder is a highly prevalent, significant public health concern associated with substantial and growing health burden. There are limited real-world data assessing the burden of insomnia disorder on ...

    Authors: Michael Grandner, Antonio Olivieri, Ajay Ahuja, Alexander Büsser, Moritz Freidank and William V. McCall
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1481
    Content type: Research Published on:

  5. Guangdong province is dominated by three cultural regions: Canton, Hakka and Hoklo. However, little is known about the disease burden within these regions, particularly because different population,environment...

    Authors: Xue-yan Zheng, Xiao-jun Xu, Yi-yang Liu, Yan-jun Xu, Si-xing Pan, Xin-ying Zeng, Qian Yi, Ni Xiao and Li-feng Lin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:858
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Tuberculosis (TB) in young and HIV-infected children is frequently diagnosed at hospital level. In settings where general hospitals do not function as TB reporting units, the burden and severity of childhood T...

    Authors: Karen du Preez, H. Simon Schaaf, Rory Dunbar, Elisabetta Walters, Alvera Swartz, Regan Solomons and Anneke C. Hesseling
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:397
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. The high prevalence of women that do not reach the recommended level of physical activity is worrisome. A sedentary lifestyle has negative consequences on health status and increases health care costs. The mai...

    Authors: Ana Carbonell-Baeza, Alberto Soriano-Maldonado, Francisco Javier Gallo, María Puerto López del Amo, Pilar Ruiz-Cabello, Ana Andrade, Milkana Borges-Cosic, Antonio Rubén Peces-Rama, Zuzana Spacírová, Inmaculada C. Álvarez-Gallardo, Leticia García-Mochón, Víctor Segura-Jiménez, Fernando Estévez-López, Daniel Camiletti-Moirón, Jose Jesús Martín-Martín, Pilar Aranda…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:555
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  9. A “diet high in sodium” is the second most important dietary risk factor for health loss identified in the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. We therefore aimed to model health gains and costs (savings) of s...

    Authors: Nhung Nghiem, Tony Blakely, Linda J. Cobiac, Christine L. Cleghorn and Nick Wilson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:423
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Environmental stress represents an important burden on health and leads to a considerable number of diseases, hospitalisations, and excess mortality. Our study encompasses a representative sample size drawn fr...

    Authors: Bram Vandeninden, Eva M. De Clercq, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Martina Otavova, Catherine Bouland and Christel Faes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:536
    Content type: Research Published on:

  11. Adherence to a traditional Mediterranean diet has been associated with lower mortality and cardiovascular disease risk. The relative importance of diet compared to other lifestyle factors and effects of dietar...

    Authors: Elizabeth J. Williamson, Julia Polak, Julie A. Simpson, Graham G. Giles, Dallas R. English, Allison Hodge, Lyle Gurrin and Andrew B. Forbes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1733
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Low back pain (LBP) and neck pain (NP) are of considerable socioeconomic burden. Considering the escalating demand on health services that LBP and NP have globally, they represent an arguably unsustainable dra...

    Authors: Rebecca J. Crawford, Thomas Volken, René Schaffert and Thomas Bucher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1188
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is prevalent and is associated with a broad range of adverse consequences. In military organizations, IPV may have special implications, such as the potential of service-related...

    Authors: Mark A Zamorski and Miriam E Wiens-Kinkaid
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:1019
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Egypt has agreed and ratified international regulations that strict child labor. However, the country still struggles with high prevalence of child labor and the associated negative social and health effects. ...

    Authors: Ahmed Mahmoud Fouad, Shaimaa A. A. M. Amer, Yasser Omar Abdellatif and Sally Fawzy Elotla
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1303
    Content type: Research Published on:

  15. Little is known about differences in professional care seeking based on marital status. The few existing studies show more professional care seeking among the divorced or separated compared to the married or c...

    Authors: Piet F Bracke, Elien Colman, Sara AA Symoens and Lore Van Praag
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:224
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Our aim was to examine the association between Street Smart Walk Score® and self-reported outdoor walking among older Canadians, and to determine whether socioeconomic status modifies this association.

    Authors: M. Winters, R. Barnes, Scott Venners, N. Ste-Marie, H. McKay, J. Sims-Gould and MC Ashe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:876
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. High rates of smoking and lower rates of smoking cessation are known to be associated with common mental disorders such as anxiety and depression, and with individual and community measures of socioeconomic st...

    Authors: David Lawrence, Jennifer Hafekost, Philip Hull, Francis Mitrou and Stephen R Zubrick
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:462
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. There are disparities in influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates among elderly minority groups and little guidance as to which intervention or combination of interventions to eliminate these disparities i...

    Authors: Constantinos I Michaelidis, Richard K Zimmerman, Mary Patricia Nowalk and Kenneth J Smith
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:718
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Food insecurity (FI) is the lack of physical, social, and economic access to sufficient food for dietary needs and food preferences. We examined the association between FI and women’s uptake of services to pre...

    Authors: Sandra I McCoy, Raluca Buzdugan, Angela Mushavi, Agnes Mahomva, Frances M Cowan and Nancy S Padian
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:420
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. In Africa, herbal medicines are often used as primary treatment for Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) related problems. Concurrent use of traditional herbal medicines (THM) with antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) is...

    Authors: Betty Namuddu, Joan N Kalyango, Charles Karamagi, Peter Mudiope, Samwel Sumba, Henry Kalende, Eric Wobudeya, Brian K Kigozi and Paul Waako
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:855
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Sitting time and sedentary behaviors have been associated with adverse health outcomes including obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) within non- Hispanic White populations. Similar associations ...

    Authors: Hendrik D de Heer, Anna V Wilkinson, Larkin L Strong, Melissa L Bondy and Laura M Koehly
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:896
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (Indigenous Australians) smoke at much higher rates than non-Indigenous people and smoking is an important contributor to increased disease, hospital ad...

    Authors: Julia V Marley, David Atkinson, Tracey Kitaura, Carmel Nelson, Dennis Gray, Sue Metcalf and Graeme P Maguire
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:32
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. Mobile produce markets are becoming an increasingly prevalent, accepted, and effective strategy for improving fruit and vegetable (F&V) access and consumption across underserved and lower-income communities. H...

    Authors: Christina M. Kasprzak, Anne E. Lally, Julia J. Schoonover, Deanna Gallicchio, Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, Leah N. Vermont, Alice S. Ammerman, Samina Raja, Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter, Jill N. Tirabassi and Lucia A. Leone
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:776
    Content type: Research Published on:

  25. The Japanese government has restricted people’s going-out behavior by declaring a non-punitive state of emergency several times under COVID-19. This study aims to analyze how multiple policy interventions that...

    Authors: Kenichi Kurita, Yuya Katafuchi and Shunsuke Managi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:98
    Content type: Research Published on:

  26. People from ethnically diverse backgrounds living with HIV are susceptible to adverse health and wellbeing outcomes, particularly as a consequence of HIV-related stigma and discrimination (HSD), though relativ...

    Authors: Anna Ziersch, Moira Walsh, Melanie Baak, Georgia Rowley, Enaam Oudih and Lillian Mwanri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:779
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Over the past few decades, economic, political, and social changes have directly and indirectly affected the health of the Mongolian population. To date, no comprehensive analysis has been conducted on the bur...

    Authors: Odgerel Chimed-Ochir, Vanya Delgermaa, Ken Takahashi, Oyuntsetseg Purev, Amarzaya Sarankhuu, Yoshihisa Fujino, Narantuya Bayarmagnai, Otgontuya Dugee, Ryenchindorj Erkhembayar, Battur Lkhagvaa, Chimedsuren Ochir, Tumenjavkhlan Sosorburam and Mohsen Naghavi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:5
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  28. To assess the level of knowledge and trust in the policy decisions taken regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic among Epirus Health Study (EHS) participants.

    Authors: Afroditi Kanellopoulou, Fotios Koskeridis, Georgios Markozannes, Emmanouil Bouras, Chrysa Soutziou, Konstantinos Chaliasos, Michail T. Doumas, Dimitrios E. Sigounas, Vasilios T. Tzovaras, Agapios Panos, Yiolanda Stergiou, Kassiani Mellou, Dimitrios Papamichail, Eleni Aretouli, Dimitrios Chatzidimitriou, Fani Chatzopoulou…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1125
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health concern in South Africa, where prior to COVID-19 it was associated with more deaths than any other infectious disease. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted gains made in the glob...

    Authors: Ann Scheunemann, Aneesa Moolla, Constance Mongwenyana, Neliswe Mkize, Mohammed Rassool, Vuyokazi Jezile and Denise Evans
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1729
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  30. Pregnancy can affect the amount of physical activity that women engage in, so ensuring adequate physical activity in pregnant women can be a challenge. Therefore, there is a need to explore and identify barrie...

    Authors: Leila Amiri-Farahani, Katayon Ahmadi, Syedeh Batool Hasanpoor-Azghady and Sally Pezaro
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1483
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Colorectal cancer is a significant public health concern globally, with high incidence and mortality rates. Despite the implementation of CRC screening guidelines, the uptake of screening among adults in the U...

    Authors: Latifa Nabeel Alsaad and Jayadevan Sreedharan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:2015
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  32. The Community Wise (CW) intervention applies a community-based approach to improve the physical fitness, self-management ability, loneliness, social cohesion, and well-being of older adults living in neighbour...

    Authors: Feline Platzer, Nardi Steverink, Marieke Haan, Jiska Vorstman, Mathieu de Greef and Martine Goedendorp
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1251
    Content type: Research Published on:

  34. Delay in tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis may worsen the disease and increase TB transmission. Therefore, timely diagnosis and treatment is critical in TB control. We aimed to assess the treatment delay of pulmonar...

    Authors: Esther Buregyeya, Bart Criel, Fred Nuwaha and Robert Colebunders
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:586
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) experience a disproportionate burden of type 2 diabetes and related complications. Although diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) interventions h...

    Authors: Kaʻimi A. Sinclair, Anna Zamora-Kapoor, Claire Townsend-Ing, Pearl A. McElfish and Joseph Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1579
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. The World Health Organization’s definition of health highlights the importance of mental and physical wellbeing and not only disease state. However, lack of awareness on the burden of impaired vitality and its...

    Authors: Anne-Laure Tardy, Sophie Marguet, Halley Costantino, Andrew Stewart, deMauri Mackie, Grèce Saba and Caroline Amand
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1061
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. The stigma related to drug use has several impacts, including effects on users’ physical and mental health. Methamphetamine is a major drug that is used among hill tribes living in the border areas of Thailand...

    Authors: Anusorn Udplong, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Peeradone Srichan, Thanatchaporn Mulikaburt, Pilasinee Wongnuch, Siwarak Kitchanapaibul, Panupong Upala, Chalitar Chomchoei, Fartima Yeemard, Ratipark Tamornpark and Onnalin Singkhorn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:642
    Content type: Research Published on:

  38. Governments worldwide recommended unprecedented measures to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As pressure mounted...

    Authors: Mark É. Czeisler, Mark E. Howard, Rebecca Robbins, Laura K. Barger, Elise R. Facer-Childs, Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam and Charles A. Czeisler
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:503
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. High rate of teenage pregnancy in Nigeria is potentially an indication of poor access to and utilization of contraceptives among this age group. This paper presents findings from in-depth exploration of percei...

    Authors: Uchenna Ezenwaka, Chinyere Mbachu, Nkoli Ezumah, Irene Eze, Chibuike Agu, Ifunanya Agu and Obinna Onwujekwe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1162
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Child marriage of girls is one example of human rights violations, and is increasingly recognized as a key obstacle to global public health. Given the importance of a comprehensive understanding of the motivat...

    Authors: Asma Pourtaheri, Mehrsadat Mahdizadeh, Hadi Tehrani, Jamshid Jamali and Nooshin Peyman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:428
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  41. There were few studies exploring the associations between depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the general population, especially in resource limited area. The ai...

    Authors: Wei Liao, Zhicheng Luo, Xiaokang Dong, Xueyan Wu, Yongxia Mei, Ningning Cui, Ning Kang, Yali Lan, Xiaotian Liu, Wenqian Huo, Fang Wang and Chongjian Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1911
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  42. A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the use patterns, health perceptions, and cardiopulmonary health effects of cigars.

    Authors: Comreen Vargees, Andrea M. Stroup, Taylor Niznik, Delaney Dunn, Riley Wyatt, Cosima Hoetger, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Amy M. Cohn, Caroline O. Cobb and Jessica L. Fetterman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:2357
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  43. Sugira Muryango is a father-engaged early child development and violence-prevention home-visiting programme delivered by trained lay workers. This cluster-randomised trial evaluates whether families living in ext...

    Authors: Theresa S. Betancourt, Sarah K. G. Jensen, Dale A. Barnhart, Robert T. Brennan, Shauna M. Murray, Aisha K. Yousafzai, Jordan Farrar, Kalisa Godfroid, Stephanie M. Bazubagira, Laura B. Rawlings, Briana Wilson, Vincent Sezibera and Alex Kamurase
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:621
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Whole-school interventions go beyond classroom health education to modify the school environment to promote health. A sub-set aim to promote student commitment to school to reduce substance use and violence (o...

    Authors: Ruth Ponsford, Jane Falconer, G. J. Melendez-Torres and Chris Bonell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:2148
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  46. The COVID-19 pandemic and the widespread adoption of virus control measures have inevitably disrupted efforts to address lifestyle risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCD). This study aimed to explore ...

    Authors: Ourania Kolokotroni, Maria C. Mosquera, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Alexandros Heraclides, Christiana Demetriou and Elena Philippou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:786
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  47. There are reports of poor working conditions for early and mid-career academics (EMCAs) in universities, however, empirical data using validated tools are scarce. We conducted an online, cross-sectional survey...

    Authors: Claudia H. Marck, Darshini Ayton, Trevor Steward, Hui-Fern Koay, Joshua F. Wiley, George Taiaroa, Courtney C. Walton, Isabelle Weld-Blundell, Matthew D. Greaves and Ankur Singh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1122
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  48. Pregnancy-induced hypertension is the new onset of high blood pressure after 20 weeks of gestation in women with previously normal blood pressure. To the best of our knowledge, no study has been conducted in o...

    Authors: Abiyot Wolie Asres, Serawit Samuel, Wakgari Binu Daga, Atsede Tena, Afework Alemu, Shimelash Bitew Workie, Mihiretu Alemayehu and Habtamu Messel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:843
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  50. Much research has shown that soy products inhibited various diseases. However, no published studies have examined the effects of consumption of soy and isoflavones on periodontal disease. The aim of this study...

    Authors: Keiko Tanaka, Satoshi Sasaki, Kentaro Murakami, Hitomi Okubo, Yoshiko Takahashi and Yoshihiro Miyake
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2008 8:39
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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