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  1. Support to strengthen the early parent-infant relationship is recommended to ensure the infant’s future health and development. Little is known about the universal approaches taken by health visitor to support...

    Authors: Ingeborg Hedegaard Kristensen and Hanne Kronborg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:832
  2. Self-management is an essential component of prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes. Social and family support has been shown to influence self-management behaviors as well as glycemic control and complic...

    Authors: Saranya Ravi, Swetha Kumar and Vijayaprasad Gopichandran
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:826
  3. Participatory budgeting (PB), citizens deliberating among themselves and with officials to decide how to allocate funds for public goods, has been increasingly implemented across Europe and worldwide. While PB...

    Authors: Mhairi Campbell, Oliver Escobar, Candida Fenton and Peter Craig
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:822
  4. Knowledge of the reproducibility of domain-specific accelerometer-determined physical activity (PA) estimates are a prerequisite to conduct high-quality epidemiological studies. The aim of this study was to de...

    Authors: Eivind Aadland, Lars Bo Andersen, Ulf Ekelund, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen and Geir Kåre Resaland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:821
  5. Opportunistic diseases cause morbidity and mortality among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected persons. There is dearth of evidence on the magnitude and predictors of opportunistic diseases among PLHIV...

    Authors: Teklu Weldegebreal, Ismael Ahmed, Abiyou Muhiye, Shoandagne Belete, Alemayehu Bekele and Mirgissa Kaba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:820
  6. In 2015, YMCA afterschool programs (ASPs) across South Carolina, USA pledged to achieve the YMCA physical activity standard calling for all children to accumulate 30 min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activi...

    Authors: Michael W. Beets, R. Glenn Weaver, Keith Brazendale, Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, Ruth P. Saunders, Justin B. Moore, Collin Webster, Mahmud Khan and Aaron Beighle
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:819
  7. Physical activity has been shown to attenuate the age-associated decline in lung function; however, there is little research evaluating different movement behaviours as potential correlates of lung function. M...

    Authors: Shilpa Dogra, Joshua Good, Matthew P. Buman, Paul A. Gardiner, Michael K. Stickland and Jennifer L. Copeland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:818
  8. Food system function is vulnerable to disruption from a variety of sources. Disruption of the processes required for food provision may result in decreases in food security in affected communities. Currently, ...

    Authors: Gwen M. Chodur, Xilei Zhao, Erin Biehl, Judith Mitrani-Reiser and Roni Neff
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:817
  9. Iron-deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency globally. Due to the high iron requirements for pregnancy, it is highly prevalent and severe in pregnant women. There is strong evidence that maternal ...

    Authors: Tanvir M. Huda, Mohammad Masudur Rahman, Shahreen Raihana, Sajia Islam, Tazeen Tahsina, Ashraful Alam, Kingsley Agho, Sabrina Rasheed, Alison Hayes, Mohd Anisul Karim, Qazi Sadequr Rahman, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Md Moinuddin, Morseda Chowdhury, Lucky Ghose, Kaosar Afsana…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:816
  10. This project will use a multilevel longitudinal cohort study design to assess whether changes in Community Tobacco Environmental (CTE) factors, measured as community compliance with tobacco control policies an...

    Authors: Ritesh Mistry, Mangesh S. Pednekar, Prakash C. Gupta, Trivellore E. Raghunathan, Surekha Appikatla, Namrata Puntambekar, Keyuri Adhikari, Maqsood Siddiqi and William J. McCarthy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:815
  11. There are many studies examining the relationship between body image and weight status that compare Western and Asian countries. One limitation of these past studies was assuming that all Asian countries are a...

    Authors: Jin-Won Noh, Young Dae Kwon, Youngmi Yang, Jooyoung Cheon and Jinseok Kim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:814
  12. Depression is a prevalent, debilitating, and often recurrent mood disorder for which successful first-line treatments remains limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional associati...

    Authors: Cillian P. Mc Dowell, Angela Carlin, Laura Capranica, Christina Dillon, Janas M. Harrington, Jeroen Lakerveld, Anne Loyen, Fiona Chun Man Ling, Johannes Brug, Ciaran MacDonncha and Matthew P. Herring
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:779
  13. China has reduced incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases through its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Vaccines outside of the EPI are not provided for free by the government, however. This study expl...

    Authors: Xiaodong Sun, Zhuoying Huang, Abram L. Wagner, Lisa A. Prosser, Erzhan Xu, Jia Ren, Bei Wang, Wenlu Yan and Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:813
  14. In the Netherlands, people with a low socioeconomic status (SES) live approximately 6 years less and are less engaged in physical activity (PA) than high SES citizens. This contributes to the persistent health...

    Authors: Annemarie Wagemakers, Lisanne S. Mulderij, Kirsten T. Verkooijen, Stef Groenewoud and Maria A. Koelen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:812
  15. Due to the increasing number of vaccine-hesitant parents, new effective immunization promotion strategies need to be developed to improve the vaccine coverage (VC) of infants. This study aimed to assess the im...

    Authors: Arnaud Gagneur, Thomas Lemaître, Virginie Gosselin, Anne Farrands, Nathalie Carrier, Geneviève Petit, Louis Valiquette and Philippe De Wals
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:811
  16. Chronic pain is currently a significant health problem in the United States. A comprehensive strategy is needed to increase prevention of chronic pain and to improve care for chronic pain patients. However, de...

    Authors: Jennifer Malon, Parth Shah, Woon Yuen Koh, Gary Cattabriga, Edward Li and Ling Cao
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:810
  17. In China, about 53.4 million women (11%) have type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Women with prior 2 (GDM) are at a high risk for T2DM. Postpartum lifestyle interventions have been effective in reducing T2DM for this popu...

    Authors: Jia Guo, Yujia Tang, James Wiley, Robin Whittemore and Jyu-Lin Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:809
  18. There is a need for valid approaches to measure sexual interactions to assess the impact of behavioural interventions and to predict the impact of behaviour changes. Different methods of asking about sexual be...

    Authors: Nicola Desmond, Nico Nagelkerke, Wezzie Lora, Effie Chipeta, Mwiza Sambo, Moses Kumwenda, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Miriam Taegtemeyer, Janet Seeley, David G. Lalloo and Sally Theobald
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:807
  19. Body composition alterations, or lipodystrophy, can lead to serious health problems in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). The objectives of this study are to predict and validate sex-specific anthropometric ...

    Authors: André P. dos Santos, Anderson M. Navarro, Andiara Schwingel, Thiago C. Alves, Pedro P. Abdalla, Ana Claudia R. Venturini, Rodrigo C. de Santana and Dalmo R. L. Machado
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:806
  20. The use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a core strategy proposed by the World Health Organization in preventing mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. This systematic review aimed to examine the enable...

    Authors: Olumuyiwa Omonaiye, Snezana Kusljic, Pat Nicholson and Elizabeth Manias
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:805
  21. Older adults receive important health benefits from more robust social capital. Yet, the mechanisms behind these associations are not fully understood. Some evidence suggests that higher levels of social capit...

    Authors: Erin C. Ho, Louise Hawkley, William Dale, Linda Waite and Megan Huisingh-Scheetz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:804
  22. Emergency contraception (EC) is an effective postcoital contraceptive method for reducing the risk of unwanted pregnancy after unprotected intercourse. The estimated effectiveness of EC is between 70 and 89% i...

    Authors: M. L. Bauzà-Amengual, M. Esteva, M. Ingla-Pol, M. A. Font-Oliver and S. March
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:803
  23. This paper examines school and classroom effects on Daily Physical Activity (DPA) policy implementation in classrooms in Ontario, Canada. In 2005 the Ontario Ministry of Education mandated a policy requiring s...

    Authors: Kenneth R. Allison, Anne N. Philipneri, Karen Vu-Nguyen, Heather E. Manson, John J. M. Dwyer, Erin Hobin, Bessie Ng and Ye Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:802
  24. Neighborhood deprivation has been consistently linked to poor individual health outcomes; however, studies exploring the mechanisms involved in this association are scarce. The objective of this study was to i...

    Authors: M. Pia Chaparro, Michaela Benzeval, Elizabeth Richardson and Richard Mitchell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:801
  25. Appraisal delay is the time a patient takes to consider a symptom as not only noticeable, but a sign of illness. The study’s objective was to determine the association between appraisal delay in seeking tuberc...

    Authors: Kyle Fluegge, LaShaunda L. Malone, Mary Nsereko, Brenda Okware, Christian Wejse, Hussein Kisingo, Ezekiel Mupere, W. Henry Boom and Catherine M. Stein
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:798
  26. The mechanisms explaining the positive relationship between television (TV) viewing and body mass index (BMI) are unclear. ‘Mindless eating’ and ‘physical activity displacement’ theories have been suggested, b...

    Authors: Verity J. Cleland, Kira Patterson, Monique Breslin, Michael D. Schmidt, Terence Dwyer and Alison J. Venn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:797
  27. Cancer is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Prevention is recognised by many, including the World Health Organization, to offer the most cost-effective long-term strategy for the control of...

    Authors: Juliet A. Usher-Smith, Golnessa Masson, Katie Mills, Stephen J. Sharp, Stephen Sutton, William M. P. Klein and Simon J. Griffin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:796
  28. The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the “End TB Strategy”, which aims to reduce tuberculosis (TB) mortality by 95% by 2035, Brazil has made a commitment to this, however, one challenge is achieving th...

    Authors: Marcos Augusto Moraes Arcoverde, Thais Zamboni Berra, Luana Seles Alves, Danielle Talita dos Santos, Aylana de Sousa Belchior, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Ivaneliza Simionato de Assis, Josilene Dália Alves, Ana Angélica Rêgo de Queiroz, Mellina Yamamura, Pedro Fredemir Palha, Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto, Reinaldo Antonio Silva-Sobrinho, Oscar Kenji Nihei and Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:795
  29. The psychosocial environment of the workplace has received less attention in terms of occupational health. Trust, social network and social cohesion at the workplace (that is, factors related to social capital...

    Authors: Mojgan Firouzbakht, Aram Tirgar, Tuula Oksanen, Ichiro Kawachi, Karimollah Hajian-Tilaki, Maryam Nikpour, Susan Mouodi and Reza Sadeghian
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:794
  30. People living with HIV (PLWH) suffer from high rates of mental illness; but targeted effective interventions are limited, especially in developing countries. High penetration of smartphone usage and widespread...

    Authors: Yan Guo, Y. Alicia Hong, Jiaying Qiao, Zhimeng Xu, Hanxi Zhang, Chengbo Zeng, Weiping Cai, Linghua Li, Cong Liu, Yiran Li, Mengting Zhu, Nathan Asher Harris and Cui Yang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:793
  31. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) including maltreatment and exposure to household stressors can impact the health of children. Community factors that provide support, friendship and opportunities for devel...

    Authors: Mark A. Bellis, Karen Hughes, Kat Ford, Katie A. Hardcastle, Catherine A. Sharp, Sara Wood, Lucia Homolova and Alisha Davies
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:792
  32. Health and socioeconomic status (SES) are linked in studies worldwide. Measures of SES exist for many countries, however not for Saudi Arabia (SA). We describe two indices of area-based SES for SA.

    Authors: Reem S. AlOmar, Roger C. Parslow and Graham R. Law
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:791
  33. Influenza remains a significant burden on health systems. Effective responses rely on the timely understanding of the magnitude and the evolution of an outbreak. For monitoring purposes, data on severe cases o...

    Authors: Alice Corbella, Xu-Sheng Zhang, Paul J. Birrell, Nicki Boddington, Richard G. Pebody, Anne M. Presanis and Daniela De Angelis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:790
  34. Children’s physical activity levels are low and efforts to improve their physical activity levels have proven difficult. Freely chosen and unstructured physical activity (active play) has the potential to be p...

    Authors: Avril Johnstone, Adrienne R. Hughes, Anne Martin and John J. Reilly
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:789
  35. Childhood overweight and obesity is a significant public health issue. A key contributing factor is sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) consumption. Evidence suggests that secondary school students are frequent c...

    Authors: Nicole Kajons, Michael David, Justine Gowland-Ella, Peter Lewis and Samantha Batchelor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:788
  36. Influenza is a serious public health concern, resulting in morbidity, mortality and significant expense to healthcare systems worldwide. Annual vaccination is the most effective way to prevent influenza. The N...

    Authors: Jennifer E. Isenor, Beth A. O’Reilly and Susan K. Bowles
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:787
  37. Tackling the social determinants of Tuberculosis (TB) through social protection is a key element of the post-2015 End TB Strategy. However, evidence informing policies are still scarce. Mathematical modelling ...

    Authors: D. Boccia, W. Rudgard, S. Shrestha, K. Lönnroth, P. Eckhoff, J. Golub, M. Sanchez, E. Maciel, D. Rasella, P. Shete, D. Pedrazzoli, R. Houben, S. Chang and D. Dowdy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:786
  38. The prevalence of diabetes in China has rapidly increased in recent years. Family history and physical inactivity are known risk factors for developing diabetes. As automated telephone-based communication is r...

    Authors: Lancelot W. H. Mui, Robert H. Friedman, Joseph T. F. Lau, Ji Peng and Abu S. Abdullah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:785
  39. Communicating results to participants is a fundamental component of community-based participatory research (CBPR). However, in environmental exposure studies this is not always practiced, partly due to ethical...

    Authors: Luz Claudio, Jalisa Gilmore, Mohana Roy and Barbara Brenner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:784
  40. In low-income countries it is difficult to obtain complete data that show spatial heterogeneity in the risk of tuberculosis within-and-between smaller administrative units. This may contribute to the partial e...

    Authors: Sebsibe Tadesse, Fikre Enqueselassie and Seifu Hagos Gebreyesus
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:783
  41. People living on the banks of polluted rivers with yearly flooding lived in impoverished and physically unhealthy circumstances. However, they were reluctant to move or be relocated to other locations where be...

    Authors: Fredrick Dermawan Purba, Joke A. M. Hunfeld, Titi Sahidah Fitriana, Aulia Iskandarsyah, Sawitri S. Sadarjoen, Jan J. V. Busschbach and Jan Passchier
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:782
  42. Meningitis, a disease of the Central Nervous System is described as inflammation of the covering of the brain and spinal cord (meninges). It is characterised by fever, severe headache, nausea, vomiting, stiff ...

    Authors: Timothy Letsa, Charles Lwanga Noora, George Khumalo Kuma, Ernest Asiedu, Gideon Kye-Duodu, Edwin Afari, Osei Afreh Kuffour, Joseph Opare, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Donne Kofi Ameme, Emmanuel G. Bachan, Kofi Issah, Franklin Aseidu-Bekoe, Moses Aikins and Ernest Kenu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:781
  43. There has been an absolute and relative increase in the number of patients with cannabis-related disorders as the principal diagnosis in many countries in recent years. Cannabis is now the most frequently ment...

    Authors: Solveig Glestad Christiansen and Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:780
  44. Papua New Guinea (PNG) has some of the highest prevalence of urogenital sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Pacific Asia, but to date, anorectal STI prevalence data do not exist, and diagnosis of anorect...

    Authors: Stephen Bell, Johanna Wapling, Sophie Ase, Ruthy Boli-Neo, Andrew J. Vallely, John M. Kaldor, Claire E. Nightingale and Angela Kelly-Hanku
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:776
  45. Ethnic minority populations in the United States (US) are disproportionately affected by cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, including hypertension, overweight/obesity, and diabetes. The size and divers...

    Authors: Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Elizabeth Selvin, Jonathan Aboagye, Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, Ximin Li, Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, Rexford S. Ahima and Lisa A. Cooper
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:773
  46. Immigrants to the United States are usually healthier than their U.S.-born counterparts, yet the health of immigrants declines with duration of stay in the U.S. This pattern is often seen for numerous health p...

    Authors: Gilbert C. Gee, A. B. de Castro, Catherine M. Crespi, May C. Wang, Karen Llave, Eleanor Brindle, Nanette R. Lee, Maria Midea M. Kabamalan and Anna K. Hing
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:771
  47. A systematic attempt to summarize the literature that examines working conditions and occupational health among immigrant in Europe and Canada.

    Authors: T. Sterud, T. Tynes, I. Sivesind Mehlum, K. B. Veiersted, B. Bergbom, A. Airila, B. Johansson, M. Brendler-Lindqvist, K. Hviid and M. -A. Flyvholm
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:770

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