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  1. In children, being sufficiently physically active, having low levels of screen-time and having a healthy diet are largely influenced by parenting practices. Children of parents applying positive parenting prac...

    Authors: Sara De Lepeleere, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Greet Cardon and Maïté Verloigne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:366
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  2. There has been rapid increase in time spent using Internet as a platform for entertainment, socialising and information sourcing. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between duration of time spent us...

    Authors: Erin Hoare, Karen Milton, Charlie Foster and Steven Allender
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:365
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  3. Increased awareness amongst large population groups is a major determinant for the prevention of diabetes and its complications as well as related metabolic disorders. Knowledge and attitude are the principal ...

    Authors: Kaniz Fatema, Sharmin Hossain, Khurshid Natasha, Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Jesmin Akter, Tahmina Khan and Liaquat Ali
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:364
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  4. Since March 2014, the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa disrupted health care systems - especially in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – with a consequential stress on the area’s routine immuni...

    Authors: Xiaojin Sun, T. T. Samba, Jianyi Yao, Wenwu Yin, Lin Xiao, Fuqiang Liu, Xiaoqiang Liu, Jikun Zhou, Zengqiang Kou, Hongwei Fan, Hao Zhang, Aqnes Williams, Paul M. Lansana and Zundong Yin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:363
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  5. The Pacific TROPIC (Translational Research for Obesity Prevention in Communities) project aimed to design, implement and evaluate a knowledge-broking approach to evidence-informed policy making to address obes...

    Authors: Peter Kremer, Helen Mavoa, Gade Waqa, Marjory Moodie, Marita McCabe and Boyd Swinburn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:362
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  6. Children and young people constitute a core target group for health literacy research and practice: during childhood and youth, fundamental cognitive, physical and emotional development processes take place an...

    Authors: Janine Bröder, Orkan Okan, Ullrich Bauer, Dirk Bruland, Sandra Schlupp, Torsten M. Bollweg, Luis Saboga-Nunes, Emma Bond, Kristine Sørensen, Eva-Maria Bitzer, Susanne Jordan, Olga Domanska, Christiane Firnges, Graça S. Carvalho, Uwe H. Bittlingmayer, Diane Levin-Zamir…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:361
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:419

  7. Helicobacter pylori infection affects more than half of the world’s population. It is generally acquired during childhood with no symptoms but has long- term clinical sequelae. This study estimated the prevale...

    Authors: Yaw Asante Awuku, David Larbi Simpong, Ishmael Kunateh Alhassan, Derek Anamaale Tuoyire, Taiba Afaa and Patrick Adu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:360
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  8. Although low birth weight (LBW) is common in South Asian region there are not many studies being done to evaluate LBW and adulthood hypertension association in this region, including in Sri Lanka. Although thi...

    Authors: Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Nuwani Dilina, Usha Perera, Francisco Flores and S. Samita
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:358
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  9. Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABIs) are increasingly being delivered in community-based youth work settings. However, little attention has been paid to how they are being implemented in such settings, or to the...

    Authors: Martine Stead, Tessa Parkes, Avril Nicoll, Sarah Wilson, Cheryl Burgess, Douglas Eadie, Niamh Fitzgerald, Jennifer McKell, Garth Reid, Ruth Jepson, John McAteer and Linda Bauld
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:357
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  10. Understanding which factors influence participation in physical activity is important to improve the public health. The aim of the present review of reviews was to summarize and present updated evidence on per...

    Authors: Jaesung Choi, Miyoung Lee, Jong-koo Lee, Daehee Kang and Ji-Yeob Choi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:356
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  11. Behavioral intervention is a key approach to HIV prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM). Widespread use of mobile phones provide us with novel opportunities to decrease HIV infection and transmission...

    Authors: Jin Yan, Aidi Zhang, Liang Zhou, Zhulin Huang, Pan Zhang and Guoli Yang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:355
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  12. Cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and arsenic (As) are common environmental contaminants that have been associated with lower birthweight. Although some essential metals may mitigate exposure, data are inconsistent. Thi...

    Authors: Yiwen Luo, Lauren E. McCullough, Jung-Ying Tzeng, Thomas Darrah, Avner Vengosh, Rachel L. Maguire, Arnab Maity, Carmen Samuel-Hodge, Susan K. Murphy, Michelle A. Mendez and Cathrine Hoyo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:354
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  13. Very few studies have explored the effects of age, time period, and cohort in association with biological, behavioral, economic, and environmental factors predictors on physical activity (PA) and sedentary beh...

    Authors: Xinping Wei, Yu Zang, Xiaodong Jia, Xiangui He, Shurong Zou, Hui Wang, Meihua Shen and Jiajie Zang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:353
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  14. Few studies have evaluated the effect of adherence to a lifestyle intervention on adolescent health outcomes. The objective of this study was to determine whether adolescent and parental adherence to component...

    Authors: Andrew W. Tu, Allison W. Watts, Jean-Pierre Chanoine, Constadina Panagiotopoulos, Josie Geller, Rollin Brant, Susan I. Barr and Louise Mâsse
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:352
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  15. Migrants resident in Italy exceeded 5 million in 2015, representing 8.2% of the resident population. The study of the mechanisms that explain the differential health of migrant workers (as a whole and for spec...

    Authors: Massimiliano Giraudo, Antonella Bena and Giuseppe Costa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:351
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  16. Childhood obesity is increasing all over the world. Food insecurity is mentioned as a possible risk factor; however, previous studies have led to inconsistent results in different societies while data are lack...

    Authors: Fateme Jafari, Simin Ehsani, Azadeh Nadjarzadeh, Ahmad Esmaillzadeh, Mahmood Noori-Shadkam and Amin Salehi-Abargouei
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:350
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  17. This systematic review aimed to identify facilitators, barriers and strategies for engaging ‘hard to reach’ older people in research on health promotion; the oldest old (≥80 years), older people from black and...

    Authors: Ann E. M. Liljas, Kate Walters, Ana Jovicic, Steve Iliffe, Jill Manthorpe, Claire Goodman and Kalpa Kharicha
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:349
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  18. Strengthening Community Health Worker systems has been recognized to improve access to chronic disease prevention and management efforts in low-resource communities. The Community Outreach and Patient Empowerm...

    Authors: Caroline King, Alex Goldman, Vikas Gampa, Casey Smith, Olivia Muskett, Christian Brown, Jamy Malone, Hannah Sehn, Cameron Curley, Mae-Gilene Begay, Adrianne Katrina Nelson and Sonya Sunhi Shin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:348
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  19. To determine the patterns of alcohol use among households in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) and to estimate the association between alcohol use and negative psychological, social, or physical events experienced by ...

    Authors: R.G. Maharaj, M.S. Motilal, T. Babwah, P. Nunes, R. Brathwaite, G. Legall, S.D. Reid, M.E. Canavan and E.H. Bradley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:347
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  20. Lower levels of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness are key risk factors of chronic adult diseases. Physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness are predicted by birth weight, but the underlying...

    Authors: Marjaana Tikanmäki, Tuija Tammelin, Marja Vääräsmäki, Marika Sipola-Leppänen, Satu Miettola, Anneli Pouta, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin and Eero Kajantie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:346
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  21. The aim of this study was to examine the pattern of social inequality in self-rated health among the employed using the Wright’s social class location indicator, and to assess the roles of material, behavioral...

    Authors: Kyoung Ae Kong, Young-Ho Khang, Hong-Jun Cho, Sung-Mi Jang and Kyunghee Jung-Choi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:345
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  23. The media serves as an important link between medical research, as reported in scholarly sources, and the public and has the potential to act as a powerful tool to improve public health. However, concerns abou...

    Authors: Dena Zeraatkar, Michael Obeda, Jeffrey S. Ginsberg and Jack Hirsh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:343
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  24. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world which has created a public health crisis. Correctional facilities have become a front line for mental health care. Public health research in th...

    Authors: Tala Al-Rousan, Linda Rubenstein, Bruce Sieleni, Harbans Deol and Robert B. Wallace
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:342
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  26. Socioeconomic status (SES) and lifestyle-related factors are determinants of subjective health. However, changes in SES are inevitable in times of natural disaster, while lifestyle-related factors remain modif...

    Authors: Masato Nagai, Tetsuya Ohira, Wen Zhang, Hironori Nakano, Masaharu Maeda, Seiji Yasumura and Masafumi Abe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:340
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  27. In 2012, international statistics showed El Salvador’s suicide rate as 40th in the world and the highest in Latin America. Over the last 15 years, national statistics show the suicide death rate declining as o...

    Authors: Carlos Carcach
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:339
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  28. The World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) is held every three years to foster communication and collaboration on global tobacco control. Very little is known about the nature of interactions between WC...

    Authors: Scott J. Leischow, Janet Okamoto, Scott McIntosh, Deborah J. Ossip and Harry A. Lando
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:338
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  29. Few nationally representative surveys regarding body composition and metabolic syndrome (MetS) have been done in a large-scale representative Chinese population to explore the prediction of body composition in...

    Authors: Tao Xu, Junting Liu, Junxiu Liu, Guangjin Zhu and Shaomei Han
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:337
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  30. Preventing intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a global public health challenge. Studies suggest urban informal settlements have particularly high levels of IPV and HIV-prevalence and these settlements are...

    Authors: Andrew Gibbs, Laura Washington, Samantha Willan, Nolwazi Ntini, Thobani Khumalo, Nompumelelo Mbatha, Yandisa Sikweyiya, Nwabisa Shai, Esnat Chirwa, Michael Strauss, Giulia Ferrari and Rachel Jewkes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:336
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  31. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is the most common type of violence targeting women. IPV includes acts of physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviors and these forms of ...

    Authors: Solveig Lövestad, Jesper Löve, Marjan Vaez and Gunilla Krantz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:335
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  32. In the European Union and European Economic Area only 38% of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients notified in 2011 completed treatment successfully at 24 months’ evaluation. Socio-economic factors and pat...

    Authors: Gerard de Vries, Svetla Tsolova, Laura F. Anderson, Agnes C. Gebhard, Einar Heldal, Vahur Hollo, Laura Sánchez-Cambronero Cejudo, Daniela Schmid, Bert Schreuder, Tonka Varleva and Marieke J. van der Werf
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:334
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  33. Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis. In India alone, multi-drug resistant organisms are responsible for over 58,000 infant deaths each year. A major driver of drug resistance is antibiotic m...

    Authors: Anna K. Barker, Kelli Brown, Muneeb Ahsan, Sharmila Sengupta and Nasia Safdar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:333
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  34. There is a paucity of research on correlates of child maltreatment in limited-resource countries with a relatively high tolerance of harsh discipline. This Vietnamese study aimed to investigate associations be...

    Authors: Nhu K. Tran, Sheila R. Van Berkel, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn and Lenneke R.A. Alink
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:332
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  35. Varenicline is an efficacious medicine for smoking cessation (SC) but little is known about the characteristics of varenicline users. This study examined the characteristics of first-time (naïve) varenicline u...

    Authors: Hanna E. Tervonen, Juha H. O. Turunen, Christine L. Baker, Juha Laine and Kari Linden
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:331
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  36. Family involvement is an essential component of effective physical activity (PA) interventions in children. However, little is known about the PA levels and characteristics of PA among families. This study use...

    Authors: Robert J. Noonan, Stuart J. Fairclough, Zoe R. Knowles and Lynne M. Boddy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:330
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  37. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a multidimensional public-private partnership intervention, focussing on improving the quality and efficiency of sickness benefit case management, reduced the s...

    Authors: Malene Rode Larsen, Birgit Aust and Jan Høgelund
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:329
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  38. In the winter and spring of 2011 a large outbreak of cryptosporidiosis occurred in Skellefteå municipality, Sweden. This study summarizes the outbreak investigation in terms of outbreak size, duration, clinica...

    Authors: Pär Bjelkmar, Anette Hansen, Caroline Schönning, Jakob Bergström, Margareta Löfdahl, Marianne Lebbad, Anders Wallensten, Görel Allestam, Stephan Stenmark and Johan Lindh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:328
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  39. There is broad agreement that cancer screening invitees should know the risks and benefits of testing before deciding whether to participate. In organised screening programmes, a primary method of relaying thi...

    Authors: Alex Ghanouni, Cristina Renzi and Jo Waller
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:327
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  41. Over recent decades, the Region of the Americas has made significant progress towards hepatitis B elimination. We summarize the countries/territories’ efforts in introducing and implementing hepatitis B (HB) v...

    Authors: Alba Maria Ropero Álvarez, Silvia Pérez-Vilar, Carmelita Pacis-Tirso, Marcela Contreras, Nathalie El Omeiri, Cuauhtémoc Ruiz-Matus and Martha Velandia-González
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:325
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  42. Lung cancer aetiology and clinical aspects have been mainly studied in men, although specific risk factors probably exist in women. Here we present the rationale, design and organization of the WELCA study (Wo...

    Authors: Isabelle Stücker, Diane Martin, Monica Neri, Pierre Laurent-Puig, Hélène Blons, Martine Antoine, Anne Guiochon-Mantel, Sylvie Brailly-Tabard, Marianne Canonico, Marie Wislez and Jean Trédaniel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:324
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  43. Smoking cessation following hospitalization for Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) significantly reduces subsequent mortality. Depressed mood is a major barrier to cessation post-ACS. Although existing counseling t...

    Authors: Andrew M. Busch, Erin M. Tooley, Shira Dunsiger, Elizabeth A. Chattillion, John Fani Srour, Sherry L. Pagoto, Christopher W. Kahler and Belinda Borrelli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:323
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  44. Unsafe sexual practices continue to put adolescents at risk for a number of negative health outcomes in Tanzania. While there are some effective theory-based intervention packages with positive impact on impor...

    Authors: Elia John Mmbaga, Lusajo Kajula, Leif Edvard Aarø, Mrema Kilonzo, Annegreet Gera Wubs, Sander Matthijs Eggers, Hein de Vries and Sylvia Kaaya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:322
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  45. As a major risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease (CVD), hypertension affects 33% of U.S. adults. Relative to other US races and ethnicities, Native Hawaiians have a high prevalence of hype...

    Authors: Joseph Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula, Mele A. Look, Thomas A. Wills, Māpuana de Silva, Tricia Mabellos, Todd B. Seto, Hyeong Jun Ahn, Ka‘imi A. Sinclair and Dedra Buchwald
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:321
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  46. In urban settings of Africa with rapidly increasing population, traffic-related air pollution is a major contributor to outdoor air pollution (OAP). Although OAP has been identified as a leading cause of globa...

    Authors: Herve Lawin, Lucie Ayi Fanou, Vikkey Hinson, Jacqueline Wanjiku, N. Kingsley Ukwaja, Stephen B Gordon, Benjamin Fayomi, John R Balmes, Parfait Houngbegnon, Euripide Avokpaho and Ambaliou Sanni
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:320
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  47. Regular physical activity (PA) promotes and excessive sedentary behavior (SB) deteriorates health. Yet the Finnish working-aged population spends most of the day sitting. A 1-year Moving To Business (MTB) -int...

    Authors: Minna Aittasalo, Matleena Livson, Sirpa Lusa, Ahti Romo, Henri Vähä-Ypyä, Kari Tokola, Harri Sievänen, Ari Mänttäri and Tommi Vasankari
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:319
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  48. It is vital to reduce the proportion of sedentary behavior in children. Understanding the duration and behavioral context is needed. The present study examined school-grade and sex differences in domain-specif...

    Authors: Kaori Ishii, Ai Shibata, Minoru Adachi, Yoshiyuki Mano and Koichiro Oka
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:318
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  50. Despite the importance of immigrant population in Portugal few studies have analyzed the patterns of overweight/obesity in this subpopulation. The aims of this study are: (i) describe and compare the prevalenc...

    Authors: Liliane Peralta da Costa, Sónia Ferreira Dias and Maria do Rosário Oliveira Martins
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:316
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