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  1. Swaziland has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in sub-Saharan Africa, 26 % of the adult population is infected with HIV. The prevalence is highest among pregnant women, at 41.1 %. According to Swaziland...

    Authors: Leila Katirayi, Caspian Chouraya, Kwashie Kudiabor, Mohammed Ali Mahdi, Mary Pat Kieffer, Karen Marie Moland and Thorkild Tylleskar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1119
  2. Several RCT studies have aimed to reduce either musculoskeletal disorders, sickness presenteeism, sickness absenteeism or a combination of these among females with high physical work demands. These studies hav...

    Authors: Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen, Thomas Viskum Gjelstrup Bredahl, Jenny Hadrévi, Gisela Sjøgaard and Karen Søgaard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1116
  3. The seroprevalence of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection ranges from 30 to 90 % in developed countries. Reliable estimates of HCMV seroprevalence are not available for Pakistan. This study determined the s...

    Authors: Saira Ibrahim, Anwar A. Siddiqui, Amna R. Siddiqui, Waquaruddin Ahmed, Paul A. H. Moss and El-Nasir M. A. Lalani
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1112
  4. HIV testing and serostatus awareness are essential to implement biomedical strategies (treatment as prevention; oral chemoprophylaxis), and for effective serostatus-based behaviours (HIV serosorting; strategic...

    Authors: Ulrich Marcus, Martyna Gassowski and Jochen Drewes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1111
  5. Little is known about the effectiveness of Housing First (HF) among ethnic minority groups, despite its growing popularity for homeless adults experiencing mental illness. This randomized controlled trial test...

    Authors: Vicky Stergiopoulos, Agnes Gozdzik, Vachan Misir, Anna Skosireva, Aseefa Sarang, Jo Connelly, Adam Whisler and Kwame McKenzie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1110
  6. Over recent decades, hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has emerged as a serious public health threat in the Asia-Pacific region because of its high rates of severe complications. Understanding the difference...

    Authors: Xiong Xiao, Qiaohong Liao, Michael G. Kenward, Yaming Zheng, Jiao Huang, Fei Yin, Hongjie Yu and Xiaosong Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1109
  7. In 2011, the UK physical activity guidelines were updated to include recommendations for muscle strengthening and balance & coordination (at least two sessions of relevant activities per week). However, monito...

    Authors: Tessa Strain, Claire Fitzsimons, Paul Kelly and Nanette Mutrie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1108
  8. Students’ health and school absenteeism affect educational level, with adverse effects on their future health. This interdependence is reflected in medical absenteeism. In the Netherlands, a public health inte...

    Authors: Yvonne T. M. Vanneste, Jolanda J. P. Mathijssen, Ien A. M. van de Goor, Carin M. C. Rots – de Vries and Frans J. M. Feron
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1107
  9. The purpose of the FABO-study is to evaluate the effect of family-based behavioral social facilitation treatment (FBSFT), designed to target children’s family and social support networks to enhance weight loss...

    Authors: Hanna F. Skjåkødegård, Yngvild S. Danielsen, Mette Morken, Sara-Rebekka F. Linde, Rachel P. Kolko, Katherine N. Balantekin, Denise E. Wilfley and Pétur B. Júlíusson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1106
  10. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are heavily marketed and widely perceived as helpful for quitting or reducing smoking intensity. We test whether ever-use of e-cigarettes among early adopters was associate...

    Authors: Yuyan Shi, John P. Pierce, Martha White, Maya Vijayaraghavan, Wilson Compton, Kevin Conway, Anne M. Hartman and Karen Messer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1105
  11. Providing large-scale descriptive data of objectively measured physical activity in youth is informative for practitioners, epidemiologists, and researchers. The purpose of this study was to present the pedome...

    Authors: Noritoshi Fukushima, Shigeru Inoue, Yuki Hikihara, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Hiroki Sato, Catrine Tudor-Locke and Shigeho Tanaka
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1104
  12. Varicella is a highly infectious disease with a significant public health and economic burden, which can be prevented with childhood routine varicella vaccination. Vaccination strategies differ by country. Som...

    Authors: Katsiaryna Holl, Christophe Sauboin, Emanuele Amodio, Paolo Bonanni and Giovanni Gabutti
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1103
  13. Obesity, eating disorders and unhealthy weight-loss practices have been associated with diminished growth in adolescents worldwide. Interventions that address relevant behavioural dimensions have been lacking ...

    Authors: Sharifah Intan Zainun Sharif Ishak, Yit Siew Chin, Mohd. Nasir Mohd. Taib and Zalilah Mohd. Shariff
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1101
  14. No previous study has explored the interactions between education and lifestyle in relation to obesity. This study hypothesized that education may be obesogenic through its interplay with lifestyle behaviors.

    Authors: Woojin Chung, Sunmi Lee, Seung-ji Lim and Jaeyeun Kim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1100
  15. Low socio-economic status (SES) has been found to be associated with a higher prevalence of depression. However, studies that have investigated this association have been limited in their national scope, have ...

    Authors: Aislinne Freeman, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Ai Koyanagi, Somnath Chatterji, Matilde Leonardi, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk, Seppo Koskinen, Christine Rummel-Kluge and Josep Maria Haro
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1098
  16. Possible serious bacterial infection (PBSI) is a major cause of neonatal mortality worldwide. We studied risk factors for PSBI in a large rural population in central India where facility deliveries have increa...

    Authors: Marie E. Wang, Archana B. Patel, Nellie I. Hansen, Lauren Arlington, Amber Prakash and Patricia L. Hibberd
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1097
  17. Effective approaches that engage men in weight loss and lifestyle change are important because of worldwide increases, including in Canada, in obesity and chronic diseases. Football Fans in Training (FFIT), de...

    Authors: Dawn P. Gill, Wendy Blunt, Ashleigh De Cruz, Brendan Riggin, Kate Hunt, Guangyong Zou, Shannon Sibbald, Karen Danylchuk, Merrick Zwarenstein, Cindy M. Gray, Sally Wyke, Christopher Bunn and Robert J. Petrella
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1096
  18. Participation in regular physical activity (PA) during the early years helps children achieve healthy body weight and can substantially improve motor development, bone health, psychosocial health and cognitive...

    Authors: Rebecca M. Stanley, Rachel A. Jones, Dylan P. Cliff, Stewart G. Trost, Donna Berthelsen, Jo Salmon, Marijka Batterham, Simon Eckermann, John J. Reilly, Ngiare Brown, Karen J. Mickle, Steven J. Howard, Trina Hinkley, Xanne Janssen, Paul Chandler, Penny Cross…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1095
  19. Malnutrition has long been associated with poverty, poor diet and inadequate access to health care, and it remains a key global health issue that both stems from and contributes to ill-health, with 50 % of chi...

    Authors: Omar Ali Juma, Zachary Obinna Enumah, Hannah Wheatley, Mohamed Yunus Rafiq, Seif Shekalaghe, Ali Ali, Shishira Mgonia and Salim Abdulla
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1094
  20. Although linkages have been found between agricultural interventions and nutritional health, and the development of clean fuels and improved solid fuel stoves in reducing household air pollution and adverse he...

    Authors: Santosh Gaihre, Janet Kyle, Sean Semple, Jo Smith, Madhu Subedi and Debbi Marais
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1093
  21. In light of the high prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity, there is a need of developing effective prevention programs to address the rising prevalence and the concomitant health consequences. The ma...

    Authors: Tonje Holte Stea, Tommy Haugen, Sveinung Berntsen, Vigdis Guttormsen, Nina Cecilie Øverby, Kristin Haraldstad, Eivind Meland and Eirik Abildsnes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1092
  22. In correctional settings tuberculosis is a public health concern. The incarcerated population is at greater risk for tuberculosis (TB) than the general population. The aim of this study was to determine the pr...

    Authors: Teklay Gebrecherkos, Baye Gelaw and Belay Tessema
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1091
  23. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become the main causes of morbidity and mortality even in rural areas of many developing countries, including Iran. In view of this increased risk, Fasa Cohort Study (FACS...

    Authors: Mojtaba Farjam, Hossein Bahrami, Ehsan Bahramali, Javad Jamshidi, Alireza Askari, Habibollah Zakeri, Reza Homayounfar, Hossein Poustchi and Reza Malekzadeh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1090
  24. Teachers are reported to be at increased risk of common mental health disorders compared to other occupations. Failure to support teachers adequately may lead to serious long-term mental disorders, poor perfor...

    Authors: Judi Kidger, Rhiannon Evans, Kate Tilling, William Hollingworth, Rona Campbell, Tamsin Ford, Simon Murphy, Ricardo Araya, Richard Morris, Bryar Kadir, Aida Moure Fernandez, Sarah Bell, Sarah Harding, Rowan Brockman, Jill Grey and David Gunnell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1089
  25. Post-abortion contraceptive use in India is low and the use of modern methods of contraception is rare, especially in rural areas. This study primarily compares contraceptive use among women whose abortion out...

    Authors: Mandira Paul, Sharad D. Iyengar, Birgitta Essén, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Kirti Iyengar, Johan Bring and Marie Klingberg-Allvin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1087
  26. The specific age to which an HIV infected child can be disclosed to is stipulated to begin between ages 4 and 6 years. It has also been documented that before disclosure of HIV positive status to the infected ...

    Authors: Adellah Sariah, Joan Rugemalila, Magreat Somba, Anna Minja, Margareth Makuchilo, Edith Tarimo, David Urassa and Helen Siril
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1083
  27. Malaysians have become increasingly obese over recent years. The transition from adolescence to early adulthood is recognized as critical for the development of eating and activity habits. However, little obes...

    Authors: Christopher Pell, Pascale Allotey, Natalie Evans, Anita Hardon, Johanna D. Imelda, Ireneous Soyiri and Daniel D. Reidpath
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1082
  28. Adiposity rebound is considered critical to the development of overweight and obesity. The purpose of this study was to investigate how growth has changed in comparison to the UK 1990 BMI growth reference curv...

    Authors: Lawrence Doi, Andrew James Williams and John Frank
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1081
  29. The Intensified Case Finding (ICF) tool was approved for TB screening in 2011; however there is still paucity of robust data comparing yields of the different ICF screening modalities. We compared yields of th...

    Authors: Michael Kakinda, Joseph K. B. Matovu and Ekwaro A. Obuku
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1080
  30. CVD risk factors (hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes) and MetS are closely related to obesity. The selection of an optimal cut-off for various obesity indices is particularly important to predict CVD risk...

    Authors: Jianxing Yu, Yuchun Tao, Yuhui Tao, Sen Yang, Yaqin Yu, Bo Li and Lina Jin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1079
  31. Physical activity (PA) is critical to preventing childhood obesity and contributes to children’s overall physical and cognitive health, yet fewer than half of all children achieve the recommended 60 min per da...

    Authors: Catherine M. Wright, Paula J. Duquesnay, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Virginia R. Chomitz, Kenneth Chui, Christina D. Economos, Elizabeth G. Langevin, Miriam E. Nelson and Jennifer M. Sacheck
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1078
  32. Breast and cervical cancer screening rates remain low among immigrant women and those of low socioeconomic status. The Cancer Awareness: Ready for Education and Screening (CARES) project ran a peer-led multi-l...

    Authors: Jennifer Hulme, Catherine Moravac, Farah Ahmad, Shelley Cleverly, Aisha Lofters, Ophira Ginsburg and Sheila Dunn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1077
  33. Early HIV diagnosis and access to treatment is one of the most effective ways to prevent its further spread and to protect the health of those living with the virus. However, delay in diagnosis is the major ri...

    Authors: Abebayehu Bitew Aniley, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Ejigu Gebeye Zeleke and Assefa Andargie Kassa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1076
  34. The majority of studies examining the role of neighborhoods and hypertension-related outcomes have been quantitative in nature and very few studies have examined specific disadvantaged populations, including l...

    Authors: Maliyhah Al-Bayan, Nadia Islam, Shawneaqua Edwards and Dustin T. Duncan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1075
  35. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is an emerging problem in Sri Lanka, particularly with the ageing population. A considerable number of patients are detected at a late stage with severe limb ischemia or chron...

    Authors: Janaka Weragoda, Manuj C. Weerasinghe, Rohini Seneviratne and S. M. Wijeyaratne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1073
  36. In resource-limited settings where laboratory capacity is limited and response strategy is non-specific, delayed or inappropriate intervention against outbreaks of Norovirus (NoV) are common. Here we report in...

    Authors: Tianmu Chen, Haogao Gu, Ross Ka-Kit Leung, Ruchun Liu, Qiuping Chen, Ying Wu and Yaman Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1072
  37. Rapid growth in the first six months of life is a well-established risk factor for childhood obesity, and child feeding practices (supplementation or substitution of breast milk with formula and early introduc...

    Authors: Kristy A. Bolton, Peter Kremer, Kylie D. Hesketh, Rachel Laws and Karen J. Campbell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1071
  38. Skog’s collectivity theory of alcohol consumption predicted that changes in alcohol consumption would synchronize across all types of drinkers in a population. The aim of this paper is examine this theory in t...

    Authors: Gary C.K. Chan, Janni K. Leung, Catherine Quinn, Jason P. Connor, Leanne Hides, Matthew J. Gullo, Rosa Alati, Megan Weier, Adrian B. Kelly and Wayne D. Hall
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1070
  39. School-based sexual health education has the potential to provide an inclusive and comprehensive approach to promoting sexual health among young people. We reviewed evaluations of school-based sexual health ed...

    Authors: A. Sadiq Sani, Charles Abraham, Sarah Denford and Susan Ball
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1069
  40. Almost half of young children do not achieve minimum recommendations of 60 daily minutes in physical activity. Physical activity is potentially an important determinant of the development of motor competence i...

    Authors: Lisa M. Barnett, Jo Salmon and Kylie D. Hesketh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1068

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