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  1. To design a maternal handwashing intervention for the newborn period, this qualitative study explored drivers of handwashing among mothers and other caregivers of neonates and infants in two rural areas of Ban...

    Authors: Shahana Parveen, Sharifa Nasreen, Jelena V. Allen, Kelly B. Kamm, Shifat Khan, Shirina Akter, Tajnin Marin Lopa, K. Zaman, Shams El Arifeen, Stephen P. Luby and Pavani K. Ram
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:483
  2. Although the French population comprises large and diverse immigrant groups, there is little research on smoking disparities by geographical origin. The aim of this study is to investigate in this country smok...

    Authors: Myriam Khlat, Damien Bricard and Stéphane Legleye
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:479
  3. Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth is an important indicator of health status and quality of life of a country’s population. However, little is known about the determinants of HALE as yet globally or even...

    Authors: Md Shariful Islam, Md Nazrul Islam Mondal, Md Ismail Tareque, Md Aminur Rahman, Md Nazrul Hoque, Md Munsur Ahmed and Hafiz T. A. Khan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:476
  4. Public health emergencies have challenged the public health emergency management systems (PHEMSs) of many countries critically and frequently since this century. As the world’s most populated country and the s...

    Authors: Mei Sun, Ningze Xu, Chengyue Li, Dan Wu, Jiatong Zou, Ying Wang, Li Luo, Mingzhu Yu, Yu Zhang, Hua Wang, Peiwu Shi, Zheng Chen, Jian Wang, Yueliang Lu, Qi Li, Xinhua Wang…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:474
  5. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of pain and disability, which may be a source of productivity losses. The objectives of this study were to describe the impact of OA, namely through pain and physical dis...

    Authors: Pedro A. Laires, Helena Canhão, Ana M. Rodrigues, Mónica Eusébio, Miguel Gouveia and Jaime C. Branco
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:472
  6. Harmful gender norms are known structural barriers to many public health and development interventions involving adolescent girls. In India, restrictions on girls’ liberty to move freely in public spaces contr...

    Authors: Shweta Bankar, Martine Collumbien, Madhumita Das, Ravi K. Verma, Beniamino Cislaghi and Lori Heise
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:471
  7. Formal education can be a nutrition-sensitive intervention that supports the scale-up and impact of nutrition-specific actions. Maternal education has long been linked to child survival, growth, and developmen...

    Authors: Kassandra L. Harding, Victor M. Aguayo, William A. Masters and Patrick Webb
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:470
  8. Using self-determination theory, the objective of this study was to examine, over a one-month period, how physical activity (PA) motivation would influence accelerometer-derived PA behavior, and ultimately, ac...

    Authors: Alexandre Castonguay and Paule Miquelon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:469
  9. Pictorial tobacco health warning labels (HWLs) have been shown to be more effective than text-only HWLs in changing smoking attitudes and intentions. However, there is contradictory evidence regarding how the ...

    Authors: Olivia M. Maynard, Harry Gove, Andrew L. Skinner and Marcus R. Munafò
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:468
  10. The large number of children that grow up in poverty is concerning, especially given the negative developmental outcomes that can persist into adulthood. Poverty has been found as a risk factor to negatively a...

    Authors: Mariëlle E. Abrahamse, Caroline S. Jonkman and Janneke Harting
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:465
  11. Combination antiretroviral therapy (cARTs) regiments are known to prolong the recipients’ life even though they are risk factors for diabetes mellitus-related comorbidities (DRCs). We sought to: (i) examine cA...

    Authors: Jose Gaby Tshikuka, Goabaone Rankgoane-Pono, Mgaywa Gilbert Mjungu Damas Magafu, Tiny Masupe, Mooketsi Molefi, Maurice Nsikungu-Kalukul, John Thato Tlhakanelo, Shimeles Genna Hamda and Vincent Setlhare
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:464
  12. Three-quarters of homeless people smoke cigarettes. Competing priorities for shelter, food, and other subsistence needs may be one explanation for low smoking cessation rates in this population. We analyzed da...

    Authors: Travis P. Baggett, Awesta Yaqubi, Seth A. Berkowitz, Sara M. Kalkhoran, Claire McGlave, Yuchiao Chang, Eric G. Campbell and Nancy A. Rigotti
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:463
  13. Ethiopia is one of the countries with the highest TB burdens in the world. There are multitude of challenges related to the implementation of DOTS and adherence to treatment. This study aimed to assess patient...

    Authors: Zekariyas Sahile, Abenezer Yared and Mirgissa Kaba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:462
  14. Unhealthy environments and food advertisements are major determinants of childhood obesity. Recent regulation has banned unhealthy foods from schools in Mexico. However, currently there is no regulation limiti...

    Authors: Simón Barquera, Lucia Hernández-Barrera, Stephen J. Rothenberg and Enrique Cifuentes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:461
  15. Breast cancer (BC) incidence in Australian women aged 45 to 64 years (‘middle-aged’) has tripled in the past 50 years, along with increasing alcohol consumption and obesity in middle-age women. Alcohol and obe...

    Authors: E. R. Miller, C. Wilson, J. Chapman, I. Flight, A.-M. Nguyen, C. Fletcher and Ij Ramsey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:460
  16. Systematic reviews conclude that interventions to prevent overweight and obesity in children obtain stronger effects when parents are involved. Parenting practices and parent-child interactions shape children’...

    Authors: Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Emma Patterson, Gisela Nyberg and Åsa Norman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:459
  17. In Australia, 40% of people diagnosed with cancer will be of working age (25–64 years). A cancer diagnosis may lead to temporary or permanent changes in a person’s labour force participation, which has an econ...

    Authors: Nicole Bates, Emily Callander, Daniel Lindsay and Kerrianne Watt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:375
  18. To understand the potential influencing factors on the effectiveness of workplace health promotion interventions and examine whether workplace health culture and physical environment can mediate the relationsh...

    Authors: Yingnan Jia, Hua Fu, Junling Gao, Junming Dai and Pinpin Zheng
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:457
  19. Time spent outdoors is associated with higher physical activity levels among children, yet it may be threatened by parental safety concerns and the attraction of indoor sedentary pursuits. The purpose of this ...

    Authors: Hannah J. Wilkie, Martyn Standage, Fiona B. Gillison, Sean P. Cumming and Peter T. Katzmarzyk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:456
  20. We examined whether neighborhood-, friend-, and family- norms and social support for consumption and purchase of fruits and vegetables (F&V) were associated with F&V intake among low-income residents in subsid...

    Authors: Akilah Dulin, Patricia M. Risica, Jennifer Mello, Rashid Ahmed, Kate B. Carey, Michelle Cardel, Chanelle J. Howe, Sarah Nadimpalli and Kim M. Gans
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:455
  21. Guidelines on modifiable risk factors regarding cardiological patients are poorly implemented in clinical practice perhaps due to low health literacy. Several digital tools for improving lifestyle and behaviou...

    Authors: Aurel Zelko, Alena Bukova, Peter Kolarcik, Peter Bakalar, Ivan Majercak, Jana Potocnikova, Sijmen A. Reijneveld and Jitse P. van Dijk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:454
  22. Several large scale community-based cardiovascular disease prevention programs were initiated in the 80s, and one was the Västerbotten Intervention Programme, Sweden. As an initial step in 1985, a pilot study ...

    Authors: Lars Lindholm, Anna Stenling, Margareta Norberg, Hans Stenlund and Lars Weinehall
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:452
  23. Female sex workers (FSW) are a population that are at high risk for HIV infection, and their HIV/AIDS knowledge levels and sexual behaviors are of concern. This study describes changes in HIV prevalence and fa...

    Authors: Jingzhen Lai, Chunwei Qin, Eric J. Nehl, Junjun Jiang, Yunxuan Huang, Bingyu Liang, Yuexiang Xu, Jiegang Huang, Zhiliang Xu, Chuanyi Ning, Yanyan Liao, Ning Zang, Wudi Wei, Fengxiang Qin, Jun Yu, Li Ye…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:450
  24. Binge-drinking in adolescents is a highly prevalent healthcare problem that associates physical and mental health complications with community implications. This paper describes the design, implementation and ...

    Authors: Marta Lima-Serrano, José Manuel Martínez-Montilla, Joaquín S. Lima-Rodríguez, Liesbeth Mercken and Hein de Vries
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:449
  25. Overweight and obese adolescents are reported to be less physically active than their peers. Research-based knowledge about their views may contribute to a better understanding of key factors that may foster o...

    Authors: Turid Kristin Bigum Sundar, Knut Løndal, Per Lagerløv, Kari Glavin and Sølvi Helseth
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:448

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  26. The prevalence of breast cancer has been increasing in sub-Saharan Africa over the last few years. Patients often present with late stage disease, resulting in a high mortality rate. This study aims to estimat...

    Authors: Leonie Ströbele, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Timongo Francoise Danielle Traoré Millogo, Maurice Sarigda, Jürgen Wacker and Kirstin Grosse Frie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:447
  27. Despite the proliferation of studies examining youth sport participation, there are significant gaps in knowledge regarding the impact of youth sport participation on health and development. These gaps are not...

    Authors: John Cairney, Heather J. Clark, Matthew Y.W. Kwan, Mark Bruner and Katherine Tamminen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:446
  28. To investigative the association of triglycerides (TG) and total cholesterol (TC) concentrations with impaired fasting glucose/ impaired glucose tolerance (IFG/IGT) in Chinese adults.

    Authors: Jing Cui, Jianping Sun, Wei Wang, Nafeesa Yasmeen, Ma Ke, Hualei Xin, Qing Qiao, Aiguo Ma and Zulqarnain Baloch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:444
  29. In-depth qualitative research into perceived socioeconomic position-related stigmatisation among people living at the lower end of our socioeconomic hierarchy is necessary for getting more insight in the possi...

    Authors: Audrey M. W. Simons, Inge Houkes, Annemarie Koster, Daniëlle A. I. Groffen and Hans Bosma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:443
  30. Packaging and labelling tobacco products has emerged as an effective policy to reduce the global health burden of tobacco use. The main purpose of this study was to explore Austrian smokers’ and ex-smokers’ re...

    Authors: Hannes Mayerl, Erwin Stolz and Wolfgang Freidl
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:442
  31. Rates of melanoma have dramatically increased among adolescents and young adults in recent years, particularly among young women. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation from intentional tanning practices is likely ...

    Authors: Casey L. Daniel, Natalie R. Gassman, Alyssa M. Fernandez, Sejong Bae and Marcus C. B. Tan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:441
  32. The factors shaping the health of the current generation of adolescents are multi-dimensional and complex. The purpose of this study was to explore the determinants of self-rated health (SRH) of adolescents at...

    Authors: Bevan Adrian Craig, Darren Peter Morton, Peter John Morey, Lillian Marton Kent, Alva Barry Gane, Terry Leslie Butler, Paul Meredith Rankin and Kevin Ross Price
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:440
  33. Metabolic syndrome substantially increases risk of cardiovascular events. It is therefore imperative to develop or optimize ways to prevent or attenuate this condition. Exercise training has been long recogniz...

    Authors: Arnt Erik Tjønna, Joyce S. Ramos, Axel Pressler, Martin Halle, Klaus Jungbluth, Erika Ermacora, Øyvind Salvesen, Jhennyfer Rodrigues, Carlos Roberto Bueno Jr, Peter Scott Munk, Jeff Coombes and Ulrik Wisløff
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:437
  34. Singapore remains vulnerable to worldwide epidemics due to high air traffic with other countries This study aims to measure the public’s awareness of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Avian Influ...

    Authors: Yan’an Hou, Yi-roe Tan, Wei Yen Lim, Vernon Lee, Linda Wei Lin Tan, Mark I-Cheng Chen and Peiling Yap
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:436
  35. Poor communities in low and middle income countries are reported to experience a higher burden of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and nutrition-related NCDs. Interventions that build on lay perspectiv...

    Authors: Sandra Boatemaa, Delali Margaret Badasu and Ama de-Graft Aikins
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:434
  36. Regular participation in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is important to manage obesity. Physical education (PE) is considered to play an important role in promoting lifelong participation in phy...

    Authors: Masato Kawabata, Khai Leng Chua and Nikos L. D. Chatzisarantis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:433
  37. Photovoice is a visual research methodology with the intention to foster social change. Photovoice has been used to investigate change in empowerment in vulnerable communities, However, the individual experien...

    Authors: Kirsten Budig, Julia Diez, Paloma Conde, Marta Sastre, Mariano Hernán and Manuel Franco
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:432
  38. Poor balance is associated with an increased risk of falling, disability and death in older populations. To better inform policies and help reduce the human and economic cost of falls, this novel review explor...

    Authors: Ilona I. McMullan, Suzanne M. McDonough, Mark A. Tully, Margaret Cupples, Karen Casson and Brendan P. Bunting
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:431
  39. Despite investment in family planning programs and education, unmet need for family planning remains high among young women (aged 15–24) in low and middle-income countries, increasing the risk for unwanted pre...

    Authors: Massy Mutumba, Eliud Wekesa and Rob Stephenson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:430
  40. Current primary prevention guidelines for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prioritize risk identification, risk stratification using clinical and risk scores, and risk reduction with lifestyle interventions and ph...

    Authors: Sarah S. Singh, Courtney S. Pilkerton, Carl D. Shrader Jr and Stephanie J. Frisbee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:429
  41. Reliable and timely data on maternal and neonatal mortality is required to implement health interventions, monitor progress, and evaluate health programs at national and sub-national levels. In most South Asia...

    Authors: Jasim Anwar, Siranda Torvaldsen, Mohamud Sheikh and Richard Taylor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:428
  42. Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common nerve entrapment neuropathy in the working-age population. The reduction of CTS incidence in the workforce is a priority for policy makers due to the human, soci...

    Authors: Yves Roquelaure, Natacha Fouquet, Emilie Chazelle, Alexis Descatha, Bradley Evanoff, Julie Bodin and Audrey Petit
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:426
  43. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is resistant to the two main first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs: rifampicin and isoniazid. It is a major threat to public health worldwide. The objective of this study...

    Authors: Fanta Desissa, Tilaye Workineh and Takele Beyene
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:422
  44. Blood pressure is a primary cardiovascular disease risk factor. Population-wide governmental strategies aim to reduce lifestyle and dietary risk factors for hypertension, one of which is an unbalanced diet wit...

    Authors: Sigrid Beer-Borst, Xhyljeta Luta, Stefanie Hayoz, Kathrin Sommerhalder, Corinna Gréa Krause, Julia Eisenblätter, Sandra Jent, Stefan Siegenthaler, Rafael Aubert, Max Haldimann and Pasquale Strazzullo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:421

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