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  1. The objective of this systematic review was to examine for the first time the associations between sleep duration and a broad range of health indicators in children aged 0 to 4 years.

    Authors: Jean-Philippe Chaput, Casey E. Gray, Veronica J. Poitras, Valerie Carson, Reut Gruber, Catherine S. Birken, Joanna E. MacLean, Salomé Aubert, Margaret Sampson and Mark S. Tremblay
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 5):855
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 5

  2. The contemporary Scottish diet is unhealthy and a risk factor for poor health outcomes including obesity. Over a third of Scottish children are at risk of being overweight or obese, and there have been calls t...

    Authors: Fiona Crawford, Dionne Mackison, John D. Mooney and Anne Ellaway
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:887
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. According to scientific literature, antibacterials are prescribed for common pediatric conditions that do not benefit from antibiotic therapy. The link between antibiotic use and bacterial resistance is well k...

    Authors: Mirko Di Martino, Adele Lallo, Ursula Kirchmayer, Marina Davoli and Danilo Fusco
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:886
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  4. Emergency service vehicle crashes (ESVCs) are a leading cause of death in the United States fire service. Risk management (RM) is a proactive process for identifying occupational risks and reducing hazards and...

    Authors: David P. Bui, Keshia Pollack Porter, Stephanie Griffin, Dustin D. French, Alesia M. Jung, Stephen Crothers and Jefferey L. Burgess
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:885
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:923

  5. Risky drinking is associated with risky sexual experiences, however the relationship between alcohol and sex is complex. The aim of the study was to assess the feasibility of delivering alcohol screening and b...

    Authors: C. Sullivan, N. Martin, C. White and D. Newbury-Birch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:884
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Despite evidence for the use of community-wide campaigns to promote physical activity, few evaluations of community–wide campaigns in Hispanic communities exist. This study assessed the associations of exposur...

    Authors: Natalia I. Heredia, MinJae Lee and Belinda M. Reininger
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:883
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:922

  7. Risk stratification using genetic and other types of personal information could improve current best available approaches to ovarian cancer risk reduction, improving identification of women at increased risk o...

    Authors: Susanne F. Meisel, Maddie Freeman, Jo Waller, Lindsay Fraser, Sue Gessler, Ian Jacobs, Jatinderpal Kalsi, Ranjit Manchanda, Belinda Rahman, Lucy Side, Jane Wardle, Anne Lanceley and Saskia C. Sanderson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:882
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Patients with TB have diverse and often challenging clinical and social needs that may hamper successful treatment outcomes. Understanding the need for additional support during treatment (enhanced case manage...

    Authors: Angela Tucker, Jeniffer Mithoo, Paul Cleary, Mark Woodhead, Peter MacPherson, Tom Wingfield, Stefanie Davies, Carolyn Wake, Paddy McMaster and S. Bertel Squire
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:881
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Work life expectancy (WLE) expresses the expected time a person will remain in the labor market until he or she retires. This paper compares a life table approach to estimating WLE to an approach based on mult...

    Authors: Jacob Pedersen and Jakob Bue Bjorner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:879
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  11. Harmful gambling is a significant public health issue. There has been widespread discussion in the Australian media about the extent and impact of sports betting on the Australian community, particularly relat...

    Authors: Jennifer L. David, Samantha L. Thomas, Melanie Randle, Steven J. Bowe and Mike Daube
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:878
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  12. The majority of food expenditures are made in supermarkets and this environment influences our purchasing and food intake. Breakfast cereals are frequently marketed as healthy food choices. The objective of th...

    Authors: Monique Potvin Kent, Erika Rudnicki and Crystal Usher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:877
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  13. Dietary guidelines in France give quantitative recommendations for intake of meat, fish and dairy products whereas consumers are increasingly concerned by the environmental impacts associated with the producti...

    Authors: Sandrine Péneau, Philippine Fassier, Benjamin Allès, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Serge Hercberg and Caroline Méjean
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:876
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Identifying critical life transitions in people’s physical activity behaviors may illuminate the most opportune intervention apertures for chronic disease prevention. A substantive evidence base now indicates ...

    Authors: Alison Quinlan, Ryan E. Rhodes, Mark R. Beauchamp, Danielle Symons Downs, Darren E. R. Warburton and Chris M. Blanchard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:875
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  15. After publication of the article [1], it has been brought to our attention that Table 1 has been formatted poorly in the original version so that the columns are not aligned with their corresponding informatio...

    Authors: Fran Baum, Toni Delany-Crowe, Colin MacDougall, Angela Lawless, Helen van Eyk and Carmel Williams
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:873
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:811

  16. Despite the introduction of Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in national immunization programs (NIPs), vaccination rates in most countries remain relatively low. An understanding of the reasons underlyin...

    Authors: Nathalie J. S. Patty, Hanna Maria van Dijk, Iris Wallenburg, Roland Bal, Theo J. M. Helmerhorst, Job van Exel and Jane Murray Cramm
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:872
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. The prevalence of chronic diseases, such as immune, neurobehavioral, and metabolic disorders has increased in recent decades. According to the concept of Developmental Origin of Health and Disease (DOHaD), dev...

    Authors: Isabell K. Rumrich, Kirsi Vähäkangas, Matti Viluksela, Mika Gissler, Heljä-Marja Surcel, Hanna de Ruyter, Jukka Jokinen and Otto Hänninen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:871
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  18. On 5 March 2015, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control was notified of more than 200 students with gastroenteritis at a senior high school during excursion to Kenting. We conducted an outbreak investigation to id...

    Authors: Hao-Yuan Cheng, Min-Nan Hung, Wan-Chin Chen, Yi-Chun Lo, Ying-Shih Su, Hsin-Yi Wei, Meng-Yu Chen, Yen-Chang Tuan, Hui-Chen Lin, Hsu-Yang Lin, Tsung-Yen Liu, Yu-Ying Wang and Fang-Tzy Wu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:870
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Soil-transmitted helminth infections are widespread. Many studies have been published on the topic of deworming. The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) is a software package that uses a deterministic mathematical model to e...

    Authors: Winter Maxwell Thayer, Adrienne Clermont and Neff Walker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):830
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  20. Increased contraceptive use has been associated with a decrease in high parity births, births that occur close together in time, and births to very young or to older women. These types of births are also assoc...

    Authors: Jamie Perin, Agbessi Amouzou and Neff Walker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):786
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  21. Modeling tools have potential to aid decision making for program planning and evaluation at all levels, but are still largely the domain of technical experts, consultants, and global-level staff. One model tha...

    Authors: Timothy Roberton, Kate Litvin, Andrew Self and Angela R. Stegmuller
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):785
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  22. The worldwide burden of stillbirths is large, with an estimated 2.6 million babies stillborn in 2015 including 1.3 million dying during labour. The Every Newborn Action Plan set a stillbirth target of ≤12 per ...

    Authors: Hannah Blencowe, Victoria B. Chou, Joy E. Lawn and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):784
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  23. Measles vaccination effectiveness studies showed dramatic decreases in all-cause mortality in excess of what would be expected from the prevention of measles disease alone. This invited speculation that measle...

    Authors: Bianca D. Jackson and Robert E. Black
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):783
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  24. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will require careful allocation of resources in order to achieve the highest impact. The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) has been used widely to calculate the impact of mate...

    Authors: Lori A. Bollinger, Rachel Sanders, William Winfrey and Adebiyi Adesina
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):782
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  25. In malaria-endemic countries, malaria prevention and treatment are critical for child health. In the context of intervention scale-up and rapid changes in endemicity, projections of intervention impact and opt...

    Authors: Eline Korenromp, Matthew Hamilton, Rachel Sanders, Guy Mahiané, Olivier J. T. Briët, Thomas Smith, William Winfrey, Neff Walker and John Stover
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):781
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  26. Calls have been made for improved measurement of coverage for maternal, newborn and child health interventions. Recently, methods linking household and health facility surveys have been used to improve estimat...

    Authors: Mufaro Kanyangarara and Victoria B. Chou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):780
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  27. In 2010, the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID) committed through its 'Framework for results for reproductive, maternal and newborn health (RMNH)' to save 50,000 maternal lives and 2...

    Authors: Ingrid K. Friberg, Angela Baschieri and Jo Abbotts
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):779
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  28. The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) is a widely used resource for evidence-based decision-making regarding health program scale-up in low- and middle-income countries. LiST estimates the impact of specified changes in...

    Authors: Simon Cousens, Jamie Perin, Parul Christian, Lee Shu-Fune Wu, Sajid Soofi, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Claudio Lanata, Richard L. Guerrant, Aldo A. M. Lima, Kåre Mølbak, Palle Valentiner-Branth, William Checkley, Robert H. Gilman, R. Bradley Sack, Robert E. Black, Jean Humphrey…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):778
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  29. Mali is one of four countries implementing a National Evaluation Platform (NEP) to build local capacity to answer evaluation questions for maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition (MNCH&N). In 2014-15, NE...

    Authors: Youssouf Keita, Hamadoun Sangho, Timothy Roberton, Emilia Vignola, Mariam Traoré and Melinda Munos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):777
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  30. In the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) era, there is growing recognition of the responsibilities of non-health sectors in improving the health of children. Interventions to improve access to clean water, ...

    Authors: Nazia Darvesh, Jai K. Das, Tyler Vaivada, Michelle F. Gaffey, Kumanan Rasanathan and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):776
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  31. The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) estimates the effects of maternal and child health interventions on mortality rates and the number of deaths. The family planning module in Spectrum interacts with LiST by providing...

    Authors: John Stover and William Winfrey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):775
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  33. The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) is a computer-based model that estimates the impact of scaling up key interventions to improve maternal, newborn and child health. Initially developed to inform the Lancet Child Surviv...

    Authors: Angela R. Stegmuller, Andrew Self, Kate Litvin and Timothy Roberton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):773
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  34. The Missed Opportunity tool was developed as an application in the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) to allow users to quickly compare the relative impact of interventions. Global Financing Facility (GFF) investment cas...

    Authors: Yvonne Tam and Luwei Pearson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):735
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  35. Inequality in healthcare across population groups in low-income countries is a growing topic of interest in global health. The Lives Saved Tool (LiST), which uses health intervention coverage to model maternal...

    Authors: Adrienne Clermont
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 4):734
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  36. After publication of the article [1], it has been brought to our attention that there is an error in figure 1. The number of excluded secondary schools should read “50” and not “72”. The rest of the data in th...

    Authors: Mojisola Morenike Oluwasanu and Oladimeji Oladepo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:866
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:833

  37. After publication of the article [1], it has been brought to our attention that in the original publication the third author’s name was spelt incorrectly. The correct spelling is “Emmanuelle Faure”. This was prev...

    Authors: Marion Porcherie, Zoé Vaillant, Emmanuelle Faure, Stéphane Rican, Jean Simos, Nicola Luca Cantoreggi, Zoé Heritage, Anne Roue Le Gall, Linda Cambon, Thierno Amadou Diallo, Eva Vidales and Jeanine Pommier
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:865
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:820

  38. After publication of the article [1], it has been brought to our attention that the methodology outlined in the original article was not able to be fully carried out. The article planned a two armed randomized co...

    Authors: Tin Tin Su, Hazreen Abdul Majid, Azmi Mohamed Nahar, Nurul Ain Azizan, Farizah Mohd Hairi, Nithiah Thangiah, Maznah Dahlui, Awang Bulgiba and Liam J. Murray
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:864
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2014 14:S4

  40. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) represents one of the most hazardous work environments. While formalization of this sector has been suggested (e.g., Minamata Convention) as a means to improve work...

    Authors: Benedict N. L. Calys-Tagoe, Edith Clarke, Thomas Robins and Niladri Basu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:862
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Breast cancer is a life-threatening condition affecting women around the world. The early detection of breast lumps using a breast self-examination (BSE) is important for the prevention and control of this dis...

    Authors: Alireza Didarloo, Bahram Nabilou and Hamid Reza Khalkhali
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:861
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Social relations influence mental health through different pathways. To capture the complexity of social relations, it is beneficial to consider both the structural (e.g., reachability of social network and so...

    Authors: Lise Røntved Hansen, Stinna Bibi Pedersen, Charlotte Overgaard, Christian Torp-Pedersen and Line Rosenkilde Ullits
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:860
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Physical inactivity is a leading preventable cause of chronic disease and premature death globally, yet over half of the adult Australian population is inactive. To address this, web-based physical activity in...

    Authors: Sarah Edney, Ronald Plotnikoff, Corneel Vandelanotte, Tim Olds, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Jillian Ryan and Carol Maher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:859
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  45. A breast cancer diagnosis affects an individual’s affiliation to labour market, but the long-term consequences of breast cancer on income in a Danish setting have not been examined. The present study investiga...

    Authors: Laura Schärfe Jensen, Charlotte Overgaard, Henrik Bøggild, Jens Peter Garne, Thomas Lund, Kim Overvad and Kirsten Fonager
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:853
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. G. intestinalis and Cryptosporidium spp. are responsible for gastrointestinal infections worldwide. Contaminated food, feces, drinking water and predictors such as poverty, cultural an...

    Authors: Luis Quihui-Cota, Gloria Guadalupe Morales-Figueroa, Aarón Javalera-Duarte, José Antonio Ponce-Martínez, Edith Valbuena-Gregorio and Marco Antonio López-Mata
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:852
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a global problem and pediatric obesity has risen dramatically. Early NAFLD might progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) or liver cirrhosis and significantly...

    Authors: Ming-Shyan Lin, Tsai-Hui Lin, Su-Er Guo, Ming-Horng Tsai, Ming-Shin Chiang, Tung-Jung Huang and Mei-Yen Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:851
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  48. In a previously conducted Health Impact Assessment of a well-water dependent southwest community, arsenic (As) levels greater than the EPA Maximum Contaminant Level (10 μg/L) were identified in home water samp...

    Authors: Michelle Del Rio, Juan Alvarez, Tania Mayorga, Salvador Dominguez and Christina Sobin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:850
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Hypertension is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, and little is known about trends in prevalence, awareness, treatment and the control of hypertension in Myanmar. This study aims at evaluati...

    Authors: Aung Soe Htet, Marius B. Bjertness, Win Myint Oo, Marte Karoline Kjøllesdal, Lhamo Y. Sherpa, Ko Ko Zaw, Ko Ko, Hein Stigum, Haakon E. Meyer and Espen Bjertness
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:847
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Authors: Alina Herrmann, Helen Fischer, Dorothee Amelung, Dorian Litvine, Carlo Aall, Camilla Andersson, Marta Baltruszewicz, Carine Barbier, Sébastien Bruyère, Françoise Bénévise, Ghislain Dubois, Valérie R. Louis, Maria Nilsson, Karen Richardsen Moberg, Bore Sköld and Rainer Sauerborn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:846
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2017 18:71

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