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  1. We are very pleased to introduce Ten to Men, the Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health. Ten to Men is, to our knowledge, the largest national all-male cohort study in the world. It involves 15,988 males...

    Authors: Jane Pirkis, John Macdonald and Dallas R. English
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16(Suppl 3):1044
    Content type: Introduction Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 3

  2. There is a need to identify rational criteria and set priorities for vaccines. In Thailand, many licensed vaccines are being considering for introduction into the Expanded Program on Immunization; thus, the go...

    Authors: Siriporn Pooripussarakul, Arthorn Riewpaiboon, David Bishai, Charung Muangchana and Sripen Tantivess
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:684
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Cystic echinococcosis (CE), a neglected zoonosis caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus, remains a public health issue in many developing countries that practice extensive sheep breedi...

    Authors: Séverine Thys, Hamid Sahibi, Sarah Gabriël, Tarik Rahali, Pierre Lefèvre, Abdelkbir Rhalem, Tanguy Marcotty, Marleen Boelaert and Pierre Dorny
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:118
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. The low-income Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu is experiencing a double burden of diet-related disease whereby micronutrient deficiencies and underweight occur at the same time as obesity related non-communic...

    Authors: Holly A Jones and Karen E Charlton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:301
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Individual behavior change is a critical ingredient in efforts to improve global health. Central to the focus on behavior has been a growing understanding of how the human brain makes decisions, from motivatio...

    Authors: Alison M. Buttenheim, Michael Z. Levy, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, Molly McGuire, Amparo M. Toledo Vizcarra, Lina M. Mollesaca Riveros, Julio Meza, Katty Borrini-Mayori, Cesar Naquira, Jere Behrman and Valerie A. Paz-Soldan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1272
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  6. The prevalence (≈ 30%) of anaemia among women of reproductive age in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a significant concern. Additionally, less than half of households in the region have access to basic sanitation ...

    Authors: Benamba Chanimbe, Abdul-Nasir Issah, Abraham Bangamsi Mahama, Daudi Yeboah, Mary Rachael Kpordoxah, Nura Shehu, Ngozi Mabel Chukwu and Michael Boah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1999
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. Physical attributes of the places in which people live, as well as their perceptions of them, may be important health determinants. The perception of place in which people dwell may impact on individual health...

    Authors: Doroteia Aparecida Höfelmann, Ana V Diez-Roux, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes and Marco Aurélio Peres
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:1085
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges are the primary provider of vocational education in Australia. Most TAFE students are young adults, a period when health risk behaviours become established. Furt...

    Authors: Flora Tzelepis, Christine L Paul, John Wiggers, Kypros Kypri, Billie Bonevski, Patrick McElduff, Mary Ann Hill, Philip J Morgan, Marita Lynagh, Clare E Collins, Elizabeth Campbell, Ryan J Courtney, Kathy Chapman, Luke Wolfenden, Ashleigh Guillaumier and Andrew Searles
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:550
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  9. Poor acoustic conditions at home can have negative health impact. The aim was to investigate home environment factors and medical symptoms associated with noise disturbance.

    Authors: Juan Wang and Dan Norbäck
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1989
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2022 22:1132

  10. Out of pocket payment for healthcare remains a barrier to accessing health care services in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Women’s decision-making autonomy may be a strategy for healthcare access and utilization in...

    Authors: Betregiorgis Zegeye, Dina Idriss-Wheeler, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Nicholas Kofi Adjei and Sanni Yaya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:610
    Content type: Research Published on:

  11. Exercise interventions are typically delivered to people with cancer and survivors via supervised clinical rehabilitation. However, motivating and maintaining activity changes outside of the clinic setting rem...

    Authors: Sjaan R. Gomersall, Tina L. Skinner, Elisabeth Winkler, Genevieve N. Healy, Elizabeth Eakin and Brianna Fjeldsoe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19(Suppl 2):542
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 2

  12. As Scotland strives to become a country where children flourish in their early years, it is faced with the challenge of socio-economic health inequalities, which are at risk of widening amidst austerity polici...

    Authors: Alice Harpur, Jon Minton, Julie Ramsay, Gerry McCartney, Lynda Fenton, Harry Campbell and Rachael Wood
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:995
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. It has been hypothesised that an ‘activitystat’ may biologically regulate energy expenditure or physical activity levels, thereby limiting the effectiveness of physical activity interventions. Using a randomis...

    Authors: S. R. Gomersall, C. Maher, C. English, A. V. Rowlands, J. Dollman, K. Norton and T. Olds
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:900
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Reducing sedentary behaviour may have important health implications. This study evaluated the potential enablers and barriers for outcomes of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) designed to evaluate a pragmati...

    Authors: Stuart J. H. Biddle, Charlotte L. Edwardson, Trish Gorely, Emma G. Wilmot, Thomas Yates, Myra A. Nimmo, Kamlesh Khunti and Melanie J. Davies
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:80
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. ‘Culturally And Linguistically Diverse (CALD)’ populations have diverse languages, ethnic backgrounds, societal structures and religions. CALD populations have not experienced the same oral health benefits as ...

    Authors: Lisa Jamieson, Gloria Mejia, Dandara G Haag, Gustavo H Soares, Liana Luzzi and Xiangqun Ju
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1014
    Content type: Research Published on:

  17. Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. The increased incidence of skin cancer, combined with limited health care resources and tight budgetary conditions, has increased the importance of u...

    Authors: Christopher M. Doran, Rod Ling, Joshua Byrnes, Melanie Crane, Andrew Searles, Donna Perez and Anthony Shakeshaft
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:952
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Restaurants, particularly independently-owned ones that serve immigrant communities, are important community institutions in the promotion of dietary health. Yet, these restaurants remain under-researched, pre...

    Authors: Melissa Fuster, Rosa Abreu-Runkle, Margaret A. Handley, Donald Rose, Michelle A. Rodriguez, Emily G. Dimond, Brian Elbel and Terry T. K. Huang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:843
    Content type: Research Published on:

  19. To investigate the association between critical and communicative oral health literacy (OHL) and oral health outcomes (status, oral health-related quality of life and practices) in adults.

    Authors: Marília Jesus Batista, Herenia Procopio Lawrence and Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 18:60
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:821

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:736

  20. This study aimed to explore the association between ideal cardiovascular health metrics (ICVHM) and arthritis (AR), as well as the interactions of various indicators in ICVHM on AR in US adults.

    Authors: Yuxiang Wang, Mengzi Sun, Nan Yao, Shifang Qu, Ruirui Guo, Xuhan Wang, Jing Li, Zechun Xie, Yan Liu, Zibo Wu, Fengdan Wang and Bo Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:114
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. Contraceptive discontinuations for reasons other than the desire for pregnancy are a public health concern because of their negative effect on reproductive health outcomes. In Ethiopia, the contraceptive disco...

    Authors: Kibrom Taame Weldemariam, Kebede Embaye Gezae and Haftom Temesgen Abebe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1745
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Behavioral risk factors such as tobacco use, unhealthy diet, insufficient physical activity and the harmful use of alcohol are known and modifiable contributors to a number of NCDs and health mediators. The pu...

    Authors: Fan Wu, Yanfei Guo, Somnath Chatterji, Yang Zheng, Nirmala Naidoo, Yong Jiang, Richard Biritwum, Alfred Yawson, Nadia Minicuci, Aaron Salinas-Rodriguez, Betty Manrique-Espinoza, Tamara Maximova, Karl Peltzer, Nancy Phaswanamafuya, James J Snodgrass, Elizabeth Thiele…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:88
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. There is scare information about HIV co-infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Mozambique. This information is critical to ensure the tre...

    Authors: Cynthia Semá Baltazar, Makini Boothe, Timothy Kellogg, Paulino Ricardo, Isabel Sathane, Erika Fazito, Henry F. Raymond, Marleen Temmerman and Stanley Luchters
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:851
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. SF-36 has been both translated into different languages and adapted to different cultures to obtain comparable data on health status internationally. However there have been only a limited number of studies fo...

    Authors: Yucel Demiral, Gul Ergor, Belgin Unal, Semih Semin, Yildiz Akvardar, Berna Kıvırcık and Köksal Alptekin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2006 6:247
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. There remains limited evidence on how armed conflict affects overall physical and mental well-being rather than specific physical or mental health conditions. The aim of this study was to investigate the influ...

    Authors: Bayard Roberts, Eliaba Yona Damundu, Olivia Lomoro and Egbert Sondorp
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:518
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Alcohol expectancies are beliefs regarding positive (e.g., tension reduction) or negative (e.g., loss of motor coordination) effects of alcohol. Based on Social Learning Theory, social media can influence alco...

    Authors: Jason M. Nagata, Natalia Smith, Gabriel Zamora, Omar M. Sajjad, Kyle T. Ganson, Alexander Testa and Dylan B. Jackson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:430
    Content type: Research Published on:

  27. The long-term growth and sustained high prevalence of obesity in the US is likely to increase the burden of Type 2 diabetes. Hispanic individuals are particularly burdened by a larger share of diabetes than no...

    Authors: Matthew Lee Smith, Lixian Zhong, Shinduk Lee, Samuel D. Towne Jr and Marcia G. Ory
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1646
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Social capital is associated with health behaviours and health. Our objective was to explore how different dimensions of social capital and health-related behaviours are associated, and whether health behaviou...

    Authors: Tarja Nieminen, Ritva Prättälä, Tuija Martelin, Tommi Härkänen, Markku T Hyyppä, Erkki Alanen and Seppo Koskinen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:613
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Graphic health warning labels (GHWLs) on tobacco products are more effective than text warnings for communicating the risk of smoking. The implementation of GHWLs can prevent adolescents from initiating smokin...

    Authors: Ji-eun Hwang and Sung-il Cho
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:748
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to physical distancing measures to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Evidence on contact dynamics in different socioeconomic groups is still sparse. This study aimed to investigat...

    Authors: Julia Waldhauer, Florian Beese, Benjamin Wachtler, Sebastian Haller, Carmen Koschollek, Timo-Kolja Pförtner and Jens Hoebel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:2419
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. Independent medical evaluations are used to evaluate degree and reason for work disability, uncertainty around the functional status, and/or the employee’s rehabilitation potential in several jurisdictions, bu...

    Authors: Silje Mæland, Tor Helge Holmås, Irene Øyeflaten, Elisabeth Husabø, Erik L. Werner and Karin Monstad
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:400
    Content type: Research Published on:

  32. In developed countries, gastrointestinal illness (GI) is typically mild and self-limiting, however, it has considerable economic impact due to high morbidity.

    Authors: M Kate Thomas, Shannon E Majowicz, Laura MacDougall, Paul N Sockett, Suzie J Kovacs, Murray Fyfe, Victoria L Edge, Kathryn Doré, James A Flint, Spencer Henson and Andria Q Jones
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2006 6:307
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Debuting sexual intercourse marks exposure to pregnancy or fatherhood and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), sexual debut varies according to cultural, religiou...

    Authors: Van Kính Nguyen and Jeffrey W. Eaton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1120
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Existing estimates of the impact of the COVID-19 burden on mental wellbeing come from countries with high mortality rates. This study therefore aimed to investigate the impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown (M...

    Authors: Lars H. Andersen, Peter Fallesen and Tim A. Bruckner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:984
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2021 21:1155

  35. This study analyzes the correlation between oxidative balance score (OBS), cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs), and mortality in individuals with CMRFs.

    Authors: Qiancheng Lai, Liu Ye, Jun Luo, Cheng Zhang, Qingchen Wu and Yue Shao
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1452
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. Some aspects of HIV-related stigma have been shown to be a barrier to HIV services uptake and adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART). Distinguishing which domains of stigma impact HIV services uptake can ...

    Authors: Abraham Mukolo, Meridith Blevins, Bart Victor, Heather N Paulin, Lara ME Vaz, Mohsin Sidat and Alfredo E Vergara
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:1155
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Previous studies have shown that unemployment has negative impacts on various aspects of health. However, little is known about the effect of unemployment on health-related quality of life. Our aim was to exam...

    Authors: Fredrik Norström, Anna-Karin Waenerlund, Lars Lindholm, Rebecka Nygren, Klas-Göran Sahlén and Anna Brydsten
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:457
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. We investigated whether lack of perceived neighborhood safety due to crime, or living in high crime neighborhoods was associated with incident mobility disability in elderly populations. We hypothesized that l...

    Authors: Cheryl R Clark, Ichiro Kawachi, Louise Ryan, Karen Ertel, Martha E Fay and Lisa F Berkman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:162
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. In order to close existing information gaps on diabetes-related health perceptions, diabetes knowledge, and information-seeking behaviors among adults in Germany, a representative population-based survey targe...

    Authors: Lena M. Stühmann, Rebecca Paprott, Christin Heidemann, Thomas Ziese, Sylvia Hansen, Daniela Zahn, Christa Scheidt-Nave and Paul Gellert
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:192
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. High levels of perceived stress have a negative bearing on health and well-being, and stress is a major public health issue. According to the Stress Process Model, stressors are socially patterned and combine ...

    Authors: Jes Bak Sørensen, Mathias Lasgaard, Morten Vejs Willert and Finn Breinholt Larsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:543
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Wartime stress has been associated with increased late-life mortality of all causes of death. We evaluated whether wounded Finnish World War II veterans who were alive at the age of 55 have increased long-term...

    Authors: Tarja Kunnas, Tiina Solakivi, Jaana Renko, Anne Kalela and Seppo T Nikkari
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:71
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. The majority of chronic disease is caused by risk factors which are mostly preventable. Effective interventions to reduce these risks are known and proven to be applicable to a variety of settings. Chronic dis...

    Authors: Diana Divajeva, Tim Marsh, Susanne Logstrup, Marleen Kestens, Pepijn Vemer, Vilma Kriaucioniene, Sophie Peresson, Sophie O’Kelly, Ana Rito and Laura Webber
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:456
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  44. Although good progress has been achieved in expanding immunization of children in China, disparities exist across different provinces. Information gaps both from the service supply and demand sides hinder time...

    Authors: Li Chen, Wei Wang, Xiaozhen Du, Xiuqin Rao, Michelle Helena van Velthoven, Ruikan Yang, Lin Zhang, Jeanne Catherine Koepsell, Ye Li, Qiong Wu and Yanfeng Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:262
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  45. The credible data about the burden of early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) in China when compared to other countries in the group of twenty (G20) remained unavailable. We aimed to assess the burden and trends...

    Authors: Quanhui Li, Miao Yu, Haiguang Lv, Le Zhang, Yang Deng and Hualong Yu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1463
    Content type: Research Published on:

  46. Interventions to support people with hypertension in attending clinics and taking their medication have potential to improve outcomes, but delivery on a wide scale and at low cost is challenging. Some trials e...

    Authors: Kirsty Bobrow, Thomas Brennan, David Springer, Naomi S Levitt, Brian Rayner, Mosedi Namane, Ly-Mee Yu, Lionel Tarassenko and Andrew Farmer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:28
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  47. In this study, by analyzing the correlation between various components of health-related physical fitness (HPF) and liver function indicators, the indicators of physical fitness that were highly correlated wit...

    Authors: Bo Ye, Jing Zhang, Zeyu Tan, Jiangang Chen, Xinliang Pan, Yuan Zhou, Wanwan Wang, Longlong Liu, Wenfei Zhu, Yuliang Sun, Ke Ning, Qian Xie and Ronghua Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1797
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. Throughout the economic and political reforms in post-communist countries, significant changes have also occurred in public morality. One of the tasks of the Lithuanian health policy is to create mechanisms fo...

    Authors: Irayda Jakušovaitė, Žilvinas Darulis and Romualdas Žekas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2005 5:117
    Content type: Debate Published on:
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