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  1. Dietary intake patterns of children from the 2004 Pelotas birth cohort study have been described at 12, 24 and 48 months of age, but there is no information about dietary patterns of these children at 6 years....

    Authors: Leonardo Pozza Santos, Maria Cecília Formoso Assunção, Alicia Matijasevich, Iná S. Santos and Aluísio J. D. Barros
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1055
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. It remains unclear how life course socioeconomic position (SEP) variations impact later smoking status. We aimed to investigate the associations using a novel methodology – a structured regression framework an...

    Authors: Jing Tian, Seana Gall, Kira Patterson, Petr Otahal, Leigh Blizzard, George Patton, Terry Dwyer and Alison Venn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:169
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Interventions for curing most diseases and save lives of pregnant and delivering women exist, yet the power of health systems to deliver them to those in most need is not sufficient. The aims of this study wer...

    Authors: Sarah Fredsted Villadsen, Dereje Negussie, Abebe GebreMariam, Abebech Tilahun, Henrik Friis and Vibeke Rasch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:360
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Policy makers and health practitioners are in need of guidance to respond to the growing geographic mobility of Hispano-American migrants in Europe. Drawing from contributions from epidemiology, social science...

    Authors: Maria Roura, Andreu Domingo, Juan M Leyva-Moral and Robert Pool
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:472
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Illicit substance misuse is a growing public health problem, with misuse peaking among 18–25 year-olds, and attendance at third-level education identified as a risk factor. Illicit substance misuse has the pot...

    Authors: Samantha Dick, Eadaoin Whelan, Martin P. Davoren, Samantha Dockray, Ciara Heavin, Conor Linehan and Michael Byrne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1244
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Workplace presenteeism is common and leads to the spread of infectious diseases. Previous reviews have focused on presenteeism in relation to general physical or mental ill health. In this systematic review we...

    Authors: R. K. Webster, R. Liu, K. Karimullina, I. Hall, R. Amlôt and G. J. Rubin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:799
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. In the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA), migrants from high-endemic countries are disproportionately affected by HIV. Between 2007 and 2012, migrants represented 39 % of reported HIV cases. There...

    Authors: Jessika Deblonde, André Sasse, Julia Del Amo, Fiona Burns, Valerie Delpech, Susan Cowan, Michele Levoy, Lilana Keith, Anastasia Pharris, Andrew Amato-Gauci and Teymur Noori
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1228
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  9. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), a common type of occupational diseases, have become the main cause of absenteeism and early retirement in the occupational population, as well as a major risk factor for occup...

    Authors: Xue Li, Xu Yang, Xuemei Sun, Qiaoyun Xue, Xiaofan Ma and Jiwen Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1327
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. This paper examines the extent to which actors from sectors other than health engaged with the South Australian Health in All Policies (HiAP) initiative, determines why they were prepared to do so and explains...

    Authors: Fran Baum, Toni Delany-Crowe, Colin MacDougall, Angela Lawless, Helen van Eyk and Carmel Williams
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:811
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:873

  12. Cigarette smoking is one of the major preventable causes of death and diseases in Qatar. The study objective was to test the effect of a structured smoking cessation program delivered by trained pharmacists on...

    Authors: Maguy Saffouh El Hajj, Nadir Kheir, Ahmad Mohd Al Mulla, Rula Shami, Nadia Fanous and Ziyad R. Mahfoud
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:215
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. The Mediterranean Diet (MD) is recognized as heart-healthy, but the economic cost associated with this type of diet has scarcely been studied.

    Authors: Alessia Rubini, Cristina Vilaplana-Prieto, Marta Flor-Alemany, Lorena Yeguas-Rosa, Miriam Hernández-González, Francisco Javier Félix-García, Francisco Javier Félix-Redondo and Daniel Fernández-Bergés
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:58
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2022 22:149

  14. As the incidence of stroke has increased, its impact on society has increased accordingly, while it continues to have a major impact on the individual. New strategies to further improve the quality, efficiency...

    Authors: Ron WH Heijnen, Silvia MAA Evers, Trudy DEM van der Weijden, Martien Limburg and Jos MGA Schols
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:279
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  15. Diarrheal diseases are the second leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries and an important cause of malnutrition. An estimated 0.75 million children below 5 years of age die ...

    Authors: Jai K Das, Rohail Kumar, Rehana A Salam, Stephen Freedman and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S9
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  16. Health literacy (HL) has gained increasing attention in public health research. However, until now research was mainly focused on clinical settings rather than on the general population. Due its relation to so...

    Authors: Daniel Tiller, Beatrice Herzog, Alexander Kluttig and Johannes Haerting
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:883
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Adverse employment experiences, particularly exposure to unemployment and the threat of unemployment, have been strongly associated with several adverse mental and physical health outcomes including suicide. H...

    Authors: Ostry Aleck, Maggi Stefania, Tansey James, Dunn James, Hershler Ruth, Chen Lisa, Louie Amber and Hertzman Clyde
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2006 6:77
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Physical inactivity (PIA) is an important risk factor for many chronic conditions and therefore might increase healthcare utilization and costs. This study aimed to analyze the association of PIA using device ...

    Authors: Florian M. Karl, Maximilian Tremmel, Agnes Luzak, Holger Schulz, Annette Peters, Christa Meisinger, Rolf Holle and Michael Laxy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:966
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis are a major set-back to global tuberculosis control. There is currently no global evidence on the average delays thus, the most important contributor...

    Authors: Segun Bello, Rotimi Felix Afolabi, David Taiwo Ajayi, Tarang Sharma, Deborah Olamiposi Owoeye, Omobola Oduyoye and Joseph Jasanya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:820
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Physical activity is effective for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease, yet insufficient evidence is available to make comparisons regarding adherence to aerobic physical activity interventions amo...

    Authors: Tiffany Bullard, Mengmeng Ji, Ruopeng An, Linda Trinh, Michael Mackenzie and Sean P. Mullen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:636
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with several adverse health outcomes. However, few studies in sub-Saharan Africa have examined its deleterious consequences on mental health. Therefore...

    Authors: Godfred O. Boateng, David Teye Doku, Nancy Innocentia Ebu Enyan, Samuel Asiedu Owusu, Irene Korkoi Aboh, Ruby Victoria Kodom, Benard Ekumah, Reginald Quansah, Sheila A. Boamah, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Epaphrodite Nsabimana, Stefan Jansen and Frederick Ato Armah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:985
    Content type: Research Published on:

  23. Rational medicine use is essential to optimize quality of healthcare delivery and resource utilization. We aim to conduct a systematic review of changes in prescribing patterns in the WHO African region and co...

    Authors: Richard Ofori-Asenso, Petra Brhlikova and Allyson M. Pollock
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:724
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. 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
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Studies of the relationship between diverse populations, healthcare access and health outcomes have been dominated by approaches focusing on ethno-national groups or specific healthcare sectors. Healthcare bri...

    Authors: Jenny Phillimore, Tilman Brand, Hannah Bradby and Beatriz Padilla
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1325
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. In recognition of the risk factors common between oral diseases and various chronic conditions and the intersection between oral health and some sustainable development goals, the current cross-sectional study...

    Authors: Mona Ahmed Abdel Fattah, Muhammad Helmi Barghouth, Mariem Osama Wassel, Omar Hassan Deraz, Ahmed Essam Khalil, Hazem Magdy Sarsik, Ahmed Mohamed Ali Mohsen, Amr Shaaban Qenawy and Reham Khaled Abou El Fadl
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:2438
    Content type: Research Published on:

  28. Young people spend half of their days in school, but evidence concerning the influence of school environment on the physical activity (PA) of pupils is still inconsistent. A better understanding of potential c...

    Authors: Fabian Czerwinski, Emily Finne, Petra Kolip and Jens Bucksch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:393
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake resulted in extensive loss of life and physical and psychological injuries for survivors. This research examines the relationship between social support and health-related quality ...

    Authors: Xiong Ke, Chaojie Liu and Ningxiu Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:573
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Structural interventions are endorsed to enhance biomedical and behavioural HIV prevention programmes for adolescents. Aiming to inform future interventions, we evaluated longitudinal associations between six ...

    Authors: William E. Rudgard, Maria Granvik Saminathen, Mark Orkin, Boladé Hamed Banougnin, Yulia Shenderovich and Elona Toska
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1452
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Ovarian cancer (OC) is a major cause of cancer-related deaths among women. The aim of this study was to estimate and report data on the current burden of ovarian cancer worldwide over the past 30 years.

    Authors: Shiwen Zhang, Chen Cheng, Zejian Lin, Linzi Xiao, Xin Su, Lu Zheng, Yingjun Mu, Minqi Liao, Ruiqing Ouyang, Wanlin Li, Junrong Ma, Jun Cai, Lu Liu, Donghong Wang, Fangfang Zeng and Jun Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1455
    Content type: Research Published on:

  32. Obesity is partially a social phenomenon, with college students particularly vulnerable to changes in social networks and obesity-related behaviors. Currently, little is known about the structure of social net...

    Authors: Brook E. Harmon, Melinda Forthofer, Erin O. Bantum and Claudio R. Nigg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:473
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Rural Nigeria has one of the greatest burdens of low back pain but there are no effective evidence-based interventions to manage it in this population. This paper presents the application of the intervention m...

    Authors: Chinonso N. Igwesi-Chidobe, Sheila Kitchen, Isaac O. Sorinola and Emma L. Godfrey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:343
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Hypertension is a clinical condition highly prevalent in the elderly, imposing great risks to cardiovascular diseases and loss of quality of life. Current guidelines emphasize the importance of nonpharmacologi...

    Authors: Daniel Umpierre, Lucas Porto Santos, Cíntia Ehlers Botton, Eurico Nestor Wilhelm, Lucas Helal, Gustavo Zaccaria Schaun, Gustavo Dias Ferreira, Angélica Trevisan De Nardi, Lucinéia Orsolin Pfeifer, Anderson Donelli da Silveira, Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Graciele Ferreira Mendes, Hirofumi Tanaka, Leonardo Alves, Leony Galliano, Linda S. Pescatello…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:657
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  35. Non-pharmaceutical interventions have been implemented around the world to control Covid-19 transmission. Their general effect on reducing virus transmission is proven, but they can also be negative to mental ...

    Authors: Jonathan Stokes, Alex James Turner, Laura Anselmi, Marcello Morciano and Thomas Hone
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1113
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  36. With the challenges that dengue fever (DF) presents to healthcare systems and societies, public health officials must determine where best to allocate scarce resources and restricted budgets. Constrained optim...

    Authors: Gerhart Knerer, Christine S. M. Currie and Sally C. Brailsford
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:807
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. In this longitudinal study the complex interplay between both job strain and bullying in relation to sickness absence was investigated. Following the “work environment hypothesis”, which establishes several wo...

    Authors: Heidi Janssens, Lutgart Braeckman, Bart De Clercq, Annalisa Casini, Dirk De Bacquer, France Kittel and Els Clays
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:851
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. The risk of mortgage foreclosure disproportionately burdens Hispanic/Latino populations perpetuating racial disparities in health. In this study, we examined the relationship between area-level mortgage forecl...

    Authors: Earle C. Chambers, David B. Hanna, Simin Hua, Dustin T. Duncan, Marlene Camacho-Rivera, Shannon N. Zenk, Jessica L. McCurley, Krista Perreira, Marc D. Gellman and Linda C. Gallo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:77
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Psychological well-being influences health behaviours differently in adolescent boys and girls. We evaluated the role of psychological well-being in early adolescence in the onset and persistence of insufficie...

    Authors: Viviane S. Straatmann, Aldair J. Oliveira, Mikael Rostila and Claudia S. Lopes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:977
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Guangdong Province in the Pearl River Delta of Southeast China is among the areas in the country with the highest rates of avian flu cases. In order to control the outbreak of human-infected H7N9 cases, Guangd...

    Authors: Xiao Lin, Dingmei Zhang, Xinwei Wang, Yun Huang, Zhicheng Du, Yaming Zou, Jiahai Lu and Yuantao Hao
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:517
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Facility delivery remains an important public health issue in Nigeria. Studies have confirmed that antenatal care may improve the uptake of facility delivery. However, information is rarely available in Nigeri...

    Authors: Benjamin Bukky Ilesanmi, Bola Lukman Solanke, Tosin Olajide Oni, Rasheed Adebayo Yinusa, Omolayo Bukola Oluwatope and Olaoye James Oyeleye
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:820
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. Understanding the trends of tuberculosis (TB) burden and its risk factors at the provincial level in the context of global End TB targets is crucial to identify the progress and challenges in TB control. We ai...

    Authors: Yun Wang, Huijuan Chen, Xiaoqi Zeng, Long Liao, Xiaolong Lu and Aihua Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:526
    Content type: Research Published on:

  43. The global burden of hypertension is growing, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to investigate differences in the relationship between social capital and hypertension between r...

    Authors: Vincent Renta, Rebekah J. Walker, Sneha Nagavally, Aprill Z. Dawson, Jennifer A. Campbell and Leonard E. Egede
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1038
    Content type: Research Published on:

  44. Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) signals a recurring risk in Eurasia in recent years owing to its continued rise in case notifications and the extension of geographical distribution. This study was...

    Authors: Qing Duan, Yao Wang, Xiaolin Jiang, Shujun Ding, Yuwei Zhang, Mingxiao Yao, Bo Pang, Xueying Tian, Wei Ma, Zengqiang Kou and Hongling Wen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1032
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. Understanding health care experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic may provide insights into patient needs and inform policy. The objective of this study was to describe health care experiences by race and soc...

    Authors: Emily B. Levitan, Virginia J. Howard, Mary Cushman, Suzanne E. Judd, Stephanie E. Tison, Ya Yuan, Debora Kamin Mukaz, Henry E. Wang, Nathalie Pamir, Timothy B. Plante, Stephen P. Juraschek, Monika M. Safford and Parag Goyal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:2255
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. The sense of sight is one of the important human sensory abilities that is required for independent functioning and survival. The highest burden of sight-related problems is recorded in low-and middle-income c...

    Authors: Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Pascal Agbadi, Precious Adade Duodu, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw Dey, Henry Ofori Duah and Bright Opoku Ahinkorah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:2148
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. Dengue disease surveillance and vector surveillance are presumed to detect dengue outbreaks at an early stage and to save – through early response activities – resources, and reduce the social and economic imp...

    Authors: Hans-Christian Stahl, Vicki Marie Butenschoen, Hien Tinh Tran, Ernesto Gozzer, Ronald Skewes, Yodi Mahendradhata, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger, Axel Kroeger and Andrew Farlow
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:1048
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Periodontitis has become an increasingly important public health issue, coupled with a high economic burden for prevention and treatment. Exposure to essential trace heavy metals has been associated with vario...

    Authors: Shuduo Zhou, Wenjing Li, Jun Wan, Yixuan Fu, Hongye Lu, Na Li, Xu Zhang, Yan Si, Xing Wang, Xiping Feng, Baojun Tai, Deyu Hu, Huancai Lin, Bo Wang, Chunxiao Wang, Shuguo Zheng…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1706
    Content type: Research Published on:

  49. Leptospirosis, caused by the Leptospira bacteria, is an acute infectious disease that is mainly transmitted by exposure to contaminated soil or water, thereby presenting a wide range of subsequent clinical condit...

    Authors: Alessandra Jacomelli Teles, Bianca Conrad Bohm, Suellen Caroline M. Silva and Fábio Raphael P. Bruhn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1311
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Divorce is associated with mental health problems, and heavy drinking is related to higher risk of divorce. Less is known about the effects of divorce in couples where one or both drinks heavily. There are, ho...

    Authors: Kamilla Rognmo, Fartein A Torvik, Mariann Idstad and Kristian Tambs
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:852
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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