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  1. Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle and/or low back pain is a controversial syndrome because insight in etiology and prognosis is lacking. The controversy relates to factors eliciting pain and some prognostic fact...

    Authors: Caroline HG Bastiaenen, Rob A de Bie, Pieter MJC Wolters, Johan WS Vlaeyen, Janneke M Bastiaanssen, Aldegonda BA Klabbers, Annie Heuts, Piet A van den Brandt and Gerard GM Essed
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2004 4:67
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  2. Incarcerated populations experience an elevated prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD). Federal correctional institutions in Canada have increasingly treated OUD among correctional populations via opioid agon...

    Authors: Cayley Russell, Frishta Nafeh, Michelle Pang, Shanna Farrell MacDonald, Dena Derkzen, Jürgen Rehm and Benedikt Fischer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:436
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  3. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life for optimal growth, development and health. Breastfeeding should continue up to two years or more and ...

    Authors: Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage, Nyovani J Madise, Jean-Christophe Fotso, Catherine Kyobutungi, Martin K Mutua, Tabither M Gitau and Nelly Yatich
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:396
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. Tobacco use causes over eight million global deaths annually, with seven million directly attributed to tobacco use and 1.2 million to second hand smoke (SHS). Smoke-free environments are crucial to counter SH...

    Authors: Amrita Gupta, Anjali Bansal, Priyanka Dixit and K. Anil Kumar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1127
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  6. Understanding the role of smartphones to promote the health status of older adults is important in the digital society. Little is known about the effects of having smartphones on physical frailty despite its p...

    Authors: Jinseon Yi, Ju Young Yoon, Chang Won Won, Miji Kim and Kyoung Suk Lee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1064
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  7. Cancer is mainly a disease of older patients. In older cancer patients, additional endpoints such as quality of survival and daily functioning might be considered equally relevant as overall or disease free su...

    Authors: Laura Deckx, Doris van Abbema, Katherine Nelissen, Liesbeth Daniels, Piet Stinissen, Paul Bulens, Loes Linsen, Jean-Luc Rummens, Geert Robaeys, Eric T de Jonge, Bert Houben, Karin Pat, Daan Walgraeve, Luc Spaas, Jolanda Verheezen, Thessa Verniest…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:825
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  8. Diabetic patients show an increased prevalence of non-dipping arterial pressure pattern, target organ damage and elevated arterial stiffness. These alterations are associated with increased cardiovascular risk.

    Authors: Manuel A Gómez-Marcos, José I Recio-Rodríguez, Emiliano Rodríguez-Sánchez, Yolanda Castaño-Sánchez, Angela de Cabo-Laso, Benigna Sánchez-Salgado, Carmela Rodríguez-Martín, Carmen Castaño-Sánchez, Leticia Gómez-Sánchez and Luis García-Ortiz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:143
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  9. This study evaluates the impact of fertility during the childbearing period on the longevity of older rural Chinese women and verifies whether any trade-off exists between women’s longevity and their number of...

    Authors: Wan-li Zhou, Shuo Zhang, Hua-lei Yang, Ying-wen Gu, Yi-dan Yao, Yuan-yang Wu and Si-qing Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:682
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  10. Interventions directed at after school programs (ASPs) have the potential to support physical activity (PA) in young children. Research has indicated that interventions that emphasize competence building among...

    Authors: Kirsti Riiser, Kåre Rønn Richardsen, Anders L. H. Haugen, Siv Lund and Knut Løndal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:500
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  11. The role of limitations in activities in relation to unmet needs is not clarified. This study aimed to analyze the effects of osteoarthritis on unmet medical needs and the mediating effects of limitations in a...

    Authors: Hooin Jo, Eun-san Kim, Boyoung Jung, Soo-Hyun Sung and In-Hyuk Ha
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1026
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Work, rather than unemployment, is recognised as being good for health, but there may be an age when the benefits are outweighed by adverse impacts. As countries around the world increase their typical retirem...

    Authors: Susan Baxter, Lindsay Blank, Anna Cantrell and Elizabeth Goyder
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1356
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  13. Liver cancer is ranked fifth in incidence and second in mortality among cancers in Taiwan. Nevertheless, the Taiwan government does not screen for liver cancer in its free cancer screening and preventive healt...

    Authors: Tai-Yi Hsu, Jhu-Jing Ye, Sih-Yun Ye, Hsiao-Yuan Tseng, Wen-Yu Chou, Pei-Tseng Kung and Wen-Chen Tsai
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:283
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  14. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has created a number of obstacles to daily functioning, which have led to a need for major changes in lifestyles. The aim of the study was to assess whether and to what ex...

    Authors: Ewelina Czenczek- Lewandowska, Justyna Wyszyńska, Justyna Leszczak, Joanna Baran, Aneta Weres, Artur Mazur and Bogumił Lewandowski
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1038
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  15. The transtheoretical model (TTM) is a common framework for studies of smoking cessation. Using the TTM, several instruments were developed to measure to what extent interventions could make changes in people’s...

    Authors: Fatemeh Sarbandi, Shamsaddin Niknami, Alireza Hidarnia, Ebrahim Hajizadeh and Ali Montazeri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:1186
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  16. Medical work capacity evaluations play a key role in social security schemes because they usually form the basis for eligibility decisions regarding disability benefits. However, the evaluations are often poor...

    Authors: Urban Schwegler, Jessica Anner, Christine Boldt, Andrea Glässel, Veronika Lay, Wout Ernst Lodewijk De Boer, Gerold Stucki and Bruno Trezzini
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:1088
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Universal interventions to prevent postnatal mental disorders in women have had limited success, perhaps because they were insufficiently theorised, not gender-informed and overlooked relevant risk factors. Th...

    Authors: Jane RW Fisher, Karen H Wynter and Heather J Rowe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:432
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  18. Successful management of diabetes requires attention to the behavioural, psychological and social aspects of this progressive condition. The Diabetes MILES (Management and Impact for Long-term Empowerment and ...

    Authors: Jane Speight, Jessica L Browne, Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, Christel Hendrieckx and Frans Pouwer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:120
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  19. Kenya has a high burden of HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis. Screening is necessary for early diagnosis and treatment, which reduces morbidity and mortality across all three illnesses. We evaluated testi...

    Authors: Joshua Tunnage, Adam Yates, Chiaka Nwoga, Valentine Sing’oei, John Owuoth, Christina S. Polyak and Trevor A. Crowell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1143
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  20. Self-rated health (SRH) is an indicator that captures a person’s perception of their overall health status. The relationship between physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and SRH has been investigat...

    Authors: Tong Zhang, Guohua Lu and Xiu Yun Wu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1343
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Previous studies have shown that associations between obesity and other comorbidities favor worse outcomes in COVID-19. However, it is not clear how these factors interrelate and whether effects on men and wom...

    Authors: Erika Cardoso dos Reis, Elma Lúcia de Freitas Monteiro, Joilson Meneguci, Phillipe Rodrigues, Alexandre Palma, Jair Sindra Virtuoso Junior, Sonia Regina Lambert Passos and Maria Angelica Borges dos Santos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1655
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  22. Quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have created great psychological stress among vulnerable populations. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of anxiety and explore the association between physical ...

    Authors: Yanyun Li, Tianzhichao Hou, Minna Cheng, Ya Miao, Yeerzati Yeerjang, Chang-sheng Sheng, Kun Xue, Cui Wu, Sheng Zhang, Qinghua Yan, Jianfeng Pei, Qinping Yang, Jingyan Tian, Wanghong Xu and Yan Shi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:317
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  23. It is estimated that around 70% of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients (T2DM) have Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). Awareness and education are amongst the major shortcomings of the public health respo...

    Authors: Mireia Alemany-Pagès, Mariana Moura-Ramos, Sara Araújo, Maria Paula Macedo, Rogério T. Ribeiro, Dulce do Ó, João Ramalho-Santos and Anabela Marisa Azul
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1142
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  24. In developed countries, giardiasis is considered a travel related disease. However, routine surveillance data from Germany indicate that >50% of infections were acquired indigenously. We studied the epidemiolo...

    Authors: Werner Espelage, Matthias an der Heiden, Klaus Stark and Katharina Alpers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:41
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  25. Folate and iron deficiency during pregnancy are risk factors for anaemia, preterm delivery, and low birth weight, and may contribute to poor neonatal health and increased maternal mortality. The World Health O...

    Authors: Olukemi Ogundipe, Cathrine Hoyo, Truls Østbye, Olola Oneko, Rachael Manongi, Rolv Terje Lie and Anne Kjersti Daltveit
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:481
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Dietary recommendation help persons with diabetes adopt to healthy eating habits to achieve optimal glycemic control. Socioeconomic-status and neighborhood support system can influence adherence to dietary rec...

    Authors: Be-Ikuu Dominic Doglikuu, Abdulai Abubakari, Mehdi Yaseri, Elham Shakibazadeh, Abolghassem Djazayery and Khadijeh Mirzaei
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:911
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  28. In occupational health, the maintenance and promotion of workers’ health, especially lifestyle motivation-based interventions, have gained considerable attention and are actively implemented. Motivational theo...

    Authors: Kayoko Ishii, Hiroko Sumita, Hitomi Nagamine and Kumiko Morita
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:537
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  29. This study examines the association between socioeconomic status and changes in physical function in younger- (aged 55–70 years) and older-old (aged 70–85 years) adults and seeks to determine the relative cont...

    Authors: Annemarie Koster, Hans Bosma, Marjolein I Broese van Groenou, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Brenda WJH Penninx, Jacques ThM van Eijk and Dorly JH Deeg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2006 6:244
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  30. 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
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  31. In Scotland, older adults are a key target group for physical activity intervention due to the large proportion who are inactive. The health benefits of an active lifestyle are well established but more resear...

    Authors: Freya MacMillan, Claire Fitzsimons, Karen Black, Malcolm H Granat, Margaret P Grant, Madeleine Grealy, Hazel Macdonald, Alex McConnachie, David A Rowe, Rebecca Shaw, Dawn A Skelton and Nanette Mutrie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:120
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  32. The association between body fat percentage (BFP) and kidney stone disease (KSD) among bus drivers has not been explored in the existing literature. Thus, this study was conducted to explore the influence of B...

    Authors: Xujuan Zheng, Qianqian Chen, Yanxia Wu and Juan Xiong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:2174
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  33. Exhaled breath temperature has been suggested as a new method to detect and monitor pathological processes in the respiratory system. The putative mechanism of this approach is based upon changes in the blood ...

    Authors: Esmée Bijnens, Nicky Pieters, Harrie Dewitte, Bianca Cox, Bram G Janssen, Nelly Saenen, Evi Dons, Maurice P Zeegers, Luc Int Panis and Tim S Nawrot
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:1226
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (SNPTB) accounts for 30% of Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) cases reported annually in developing nations. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) may provide an alternative for the ...

    Authors: Luciene Cardoso Scherer, Rosa Dea Sperhacke, Carla Jarczewski, Patrícia I Cafrune, Simone Minghelli, Marta Osório Ribeiro, Fernanda CQ Mello, Antonio Ruffino-Netto, Maria LR Rossetti and Afrânio L Kritski
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2007 7:356
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  36. As countries in sub-Saharan Africa develop their economies, it is important to understand the health of employees and its impact on productivity and absenteeism. While previous studies have assessed the impact...

    Authors: Leonor Guariguata, Ingrid de Beer, Rina Hough, Els Bindels, Delia Weimers-Maasdorp, Frank G Feeley III and Tobias F Rinke de Wit
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:44
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Toxic metals including arsenic, cadmium, manganese, and lead are known human developmental toxicants that are able to cross the placental barrier from mother to fetus. In this population-based study, we assess...

    Authors: Alison P Sanders, Tania A Desrosiers, Joshua L Warren, Amy H Herring, Dianne Enright, Andrew F Olshan, Robert E Meyer and Rebecca C Fry
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:955
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  38. Although lifestyle interventions have shown to be effective in reducing the risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus, maintenance of achieved results is difficult, as participants often experience relapse after the i...

    Authors: Ellen BM Elsman, Joanne N Leerlooijer, Josien ter Beek, Geerke Duijzer, Sophia C Jansen, Gerrit J Hiddink, Edith JM Feskens and Annemien Haveman-Nies
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1108
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. The aim of this study was to investigate bidirectional associations between (prolonged) sitting time and sleep duration in 12- to 14-year-old adolescents using a between-subjects and within-subjects analyses a...

    Authors: Maïté Verloigne, Veerle Van Oeckel, Ruben Brondeel and Louise Poppe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1673
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  40. Housing instability is highly prevalent among intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors, and the coupling consequences of structural racism, sexism, classism, and the COVID-19 pandemic, may create more barrier...

    Authors: Tiara C. Willie, Sabriya L. Linton, Shannon Whittaker, Karlye A. Phillips, Deja Knight, Mya C. Gray, Gretta Gardner and Nicole M. Overstreet
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:501
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  41. Universal salt iodation will prevent iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). Globally, salt-iodation technologies mostly target large and medium-scale salt-producers. Since most producers in low-income countries ar...

    Authors: Vincent D Assey, Thorkild Tylleskär, Philip B Momburi, Michael Maganga, Nicholaus V Mlingi, Marie Reilly, Ted Greiner and Stefan Peterson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:187
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  42. The combination of adverse social indicators and a predominantly youthful population puts Nigeria, and indeed many countries of sub-Sahara Africa, at the risk of explosion in the number of youth coming in cont...

    Authors: Olayinka Atilola
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:554
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  43. The 2019 EAT-Lancet Commission report recommends healthy diets that can feed 10 billion people by 2050 from environmentally sustainable food systems. This study compares food consumption patterns in India, fro...

    Authors: Manika Sharma, Avinash Kishore, Devesh Roy and Kuhu Joshi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:812
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. It has long been evident that there is an association between alcohol use and risk of tuberculosis. It has not been established to what extent this association is confounded by social and other factors related...

    Authors: Knut Lönnroth, Brian G Williams, Stephanie Stadlin, Ernesto Jaramillo and Christopher Dye
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2008 8:289
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  45. The proportion of mothers who exclusively breastfeed their babies up to 6 months remains low. Determinants of breastfeeding practices have been largely documented in high-income countries. Little evidence exis...

    Authors: Haya Hamade, Monique Chaaya, Matilda Saliba, Rawan Chaaban and Hibah Osman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:702
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the major threats to public health, with a significant impact on workers, employers, and the general population. Musculoskeletal disorder related to work not o...

    Authors: Tesfaye Hambisa Mekonnen, Getachew Guteta Kekeba, Jember Azanaw and Gebisa Guyasa Kabito
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:718
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Ovarian cancer is the most lethal and endometrial cancer the most common gynaecological cancer in the UK, yet neither have a screening program in place to facilitate early disease detection. The aim is to eval...

    Authors: Jennifer F. Barcroft, Elad Yom-Tov, Vasileios Lampos, Laura Burney Ellis, David Guzman, Víctor Ponce-López, Tom Bourne, Ingemar J. Cox and Srdjan Saso
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:608
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2024 24:1369

  48. Despite strong evidence showing the lifelong benefits of breastfeeding for mothers and children, global breastfeeding practices remain poor. The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes is an ...

    Authors: Christiane Horwood, Silondile Luthuli, Catherine Pereira-Kotze, Lyn Haskins, Gillian Kingston, Sithembile Dlamini-Nqeketo, Gilbert Tshitaudzi and Tanya Doherty
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:393
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  49. Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is an important screening instrument that is used routinely with mothers during the postpartum period for early identification of postnatal depression. The purpose o...

    Authors: Victoria G Vivilaki, Vassilis Dafermos, Manolis Kogevinas, Panos Bitsios and Christos Lionis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:329
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  50. Pelvic floor dysfunction in women encompasses a wide range of clinical disorders: urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, fecal incontinence, and pelvic-perineal region pain syndrome. A literature review ...

    Authors: Rocío Adriana Peinado-Molina, Antonio Hernández-Martínez, Sergio Martínez-Vázquez, Julián Rodríguez-Almagro and Juan Miguel Martínez-Galiano
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:2005
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