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  1. Chile has suffered a fast increase in childhood obesity in the last 10 years. As a result, several school programmes have been implemented, however the effectiveness of these needs to be evaluated to identify ...

    Authors: Nelly Bustos, Sonia Olivares, Bárbara Leyton, Marcelo Cano and Cecilia Albala
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1217
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  2. Accelerated population ageing brings about unprecedented challenges to the health system in China. This study aimed to measure the prevalence and the income-related inequality of depressive symptoms, and also ...

    Authors: Yongjian Xu, Jinjuan Yang, Jianmin Gao, Zhongliang Zhou, Tao Zhang, Jianping Ren, Yanli Li, Yuyan Qian, Sha Lai and Gang Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1214
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Actual caries figures emphasize the need to identify the risk indicators involved in the disease’s development. The hypothesis that certain risk indicators might affect the dynamic evolution of the caries proc...

    Authors: Maria Grazia Cagetti, Giovanna Congiu, Fabio Cocco, Gianfranco Meloni, Silvana Sale and Guglielmo Campus
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1213
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  4. The importance of process evaluations in examining how and why interventions are (un) successful is increasingly recognized. Process evaluations mainly studied the implementation process and the quality of the...

    Authors: Roosmarijn M. C. Schelvis, Noortje M. Wiezer, Birgitte M. Blatter, Joost A. G. M. van Genabeek, Karen M. Oude Hengel, Ernst T. Bohlmeijer and Allard J. van der Beek
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1212
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  5. Until now, most research in the prevalence of compulsive buying (CB) has been developed from samples in western developed countries, this study aimed to estimate the prevalence and co-morbidities of CB, proble...

    Authors: Zhaocai Jiang and Mingyan Shi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1211
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Public knowledge of the association between alcohol and cancer is reported to be low. We aimed to provide up-to-date evidence for England regarding awareness of the link between alcohol and different cancers a...

    Authors: Penny Buykx, Jessica Li, Lucy Gavens, Lucie Hooper, Melanie Lovatt, Elena Gomes de Matos, Petra Meier and John Holmes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1194
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  7. We examined whether the implementation of a participatory organizational-level intervention aiming to improve the working environment with a focus on the core task at work, increased job satisfaction and reduc...

    Authors: Elisabeth Framke, Ole Henning Sørensen, Jacob Pedersen and Reiner Rugulies
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1210
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  8. Determining risky behaviours of adolescents provides valuable information for designing appropriate intervention programmes for advancing adolescent’s health. However, these behaviours are not fully addressed ...

    Authors: Youness El Achhab, Abdelghaffar El Ammari, Hicham El Kazdouh, Adil Najdi, Mohamed Berraho, Nabil Tachfouti, Driss Lamri, Samira El Fakir and Chakib Nejjari
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1209
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  9. Population-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is widely recommended, and members of the eligible screening population seem to be positive about it. However, it is not well known how people outside the eli...

    Authors: Linda N. Douma, Ellen Uiters and Danielle R. M. Timmermans
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1208
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  10. Cohabitation, referring to a co-residential romantic relationship between two intimate partners without a marriage license, has become widely accepted in contemporary societies. It has been found that cohabita...

    Authors: Janet Yuen-Ha Wong, Anna Wai-Man Choi, Daniel Yee-Tak Fong, Edmond Pui Hang Choi, John Kit-Shing Wong, Fung Ling So, Chu-Leung Lau and Chak-Wah Kam
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1207
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  11. Most Brazilian schools do not have a continuous program for drug use prevention and do not conduct culturally adapted activities for that purpose. This study evaluated the impact of the Unplugged program on drug ...

    Authors: Zila M. Sanchez, Adriana Sanudo, Solange Andreoni, Daniela Schneider, Ana Paula D. Pereira and Fabrizio Faggiano
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1206
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  12. Racial discrimination is a pervasive social problem in several advanced countries such as the U.S., U.K., and Australia. Public health research also indicates a range of associations between exposure to racial...

    Authors: Amanuel Elias and Yin Paradies
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1205
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  13. Australian farming communities have up to twice the suicide rate of the general population. Men, particularly, demonstrate debilitating self- and perceived-stigma associated with an experience of suicide. The ...

    Authors: Alison J. Kennedy, Vincent Lawrence Versace and Susan A. Brumby
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1204
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  14. While the risk of severe complications of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and its determinants have been explored in previous studies, a systematic analysis of published articles with different designs...

    Authors: Ryota Matsuyama, Hiroshi Nishiura, Satoshi Kutsuna, Kayoko Hayakawa and Norio Ohmagari
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1203
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  16. Obesity has been identified as a worldwide epidemic. In China, the highest prevalence of obesity is observed in adults aged ≥45 years old. This study aimed to describe the association between BMI and depressiv...

    Authors: Lin Zhang, Kun Liu, Hong Li, Dan Li, Zhuo Chen, Li-li Zhang and Lei-lei Guo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1201
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Spiritual health, along with physical, emotional, and social aspects, is one of four domains of health. Assessment in this field of research is challenging methodologically. No contemporary population-based st...

    Authors: Valerie Michaelson, John Freeman, Nathan King, Hannah Ascough, Colleen Davison, Tracy Trothen, Sian Phillips and William Pickett
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1200
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  18. When developing an effective early preventive strategy for employees and students with CANS (Complaints of Arm, Neck or Shoulder, not caused by acute trauma or systemic disease), insight in help seeking behavi...

    Authors: Vivian E. J. Bruls, Nicole W. H. Jansen, Rob A. de Bie, Caroline H. G. Bastiaenen and IJmert Kant
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1199
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  19. Among older people in developed countries, social isolation leading to solitary death has become a public health issue of vital importance. Such isolation could be prevented by monitoring at-risk individuals a...

    Authors: Etsuko Tadaka, Ayumi Kono, Eriko Ito, Yukiko Kanaya, Yuka Dai, Yuki Imamatsu and Waka Itoi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1198
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  20. In countries where the majority of undernourished people are smallholder farmers, there has been interest in agricultural interventions to improve nutritional outcomes. Addressing gender inequality, however, i...

    Authors: Rachel Bezner Kerr, Emmanuel Chilanga, Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Isaac Luginaah and Esther Lupafya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1197
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  22. Authors: George Mtove, Joseph P. Mugasa, Louisa A. Messenger, Robert C. Malima, Peter Mangesho, Franklin Magogo, Mateusz Plucinski, Ramadhan Hashimu, Johnson Matowo, Donald Shepard, Bernard Batengana, Jackie Cook, Basiliana Emidi, Yara Halasa, Robert Kaaya, Aggrey Kihombo…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1195
    Content type: Erratum Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2016 16:633

  23. Early identification of persons at risk of sickness absence due to work-related stress is a crucial problem for society in general, and primary health care in particular. Tho date, no established method to do ...

    Authors: Kristina Holmgren, Christine Sandheimer, Ann-Charlotte Mårdby, Maria E. H. Larsson, Ute Bültmann, Dominique Hange and Gunnel Hensing
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1193
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

    The Research article to this article has been published in BMC Family Practice 2020 21:187

  24. It is imperative to track dietary quality and progress in nutritional outcomes in a population to develop timely interventions. Dietary diversity is a commonly used proxy to assess dietary quality in low-incom...

    Authors: Abdulhalik Workicho, Tefera Belachew, Garumma Tolu Feyissa, Beyene Wondafrash, Carl Lachat, Roosmarijn Verstraeten and Patrick Kolsteren
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1192
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  25. Youth trauma exposure is associated with syndemic HIV risk. We measured lifetime prevalence, type, and correlates of trauma experience by gender among adolescents living in the HIV hyper-endemic setting of Sow...

    Authors: Kalysha Closson, Janan Janine Dietrich, Busi Nkala, Addy Musuku, Zishan Cui, Jason Chia, Glenda Gray, Nathan J. Lachowsky, Robert S. Hogg, Cari L. Miller and Angela Kaida
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1191
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  26. Presenteeism is a growing problem in developed countries mostly due to an aging workforce. The economic costs related to presenteeism exceed those of absenteeism and employer health costs. Employers are implem...

    Authors: Carlo Ammendolia, Pierre Côté, Carol Cancelliere, J. David Cassidy, Jan Hartvigsen, Eleanor Boyle, Sophie Soklaridis, Paula Stern and Benjamin Amick III
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1190
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  27. Social capital is often believed to be one of the key prerequisites for successful implementation of community-based health programs. In less-developed countries, local leaders are positioned as major players ...

    Authors: Jinho Kim, Ji-Hye Kim, Vanphanom Sychareun and Minah Kang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1189
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  28. Data on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among indigenous populations are needed for interventions to improve health care. We conducted a survey in 2013 among rural indigenous Mbororo, Fulbe and other ethnic g...

    Authors: Nyuyki Clement Kufe, George Ngufor, George Mbeh and Jean Claude Mbanya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1188
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Smoking cessation can significantly reduce the risk of developing smoking-related diseases. Several face-to-face and web-based treatments have shown to be effective. Blending of web-based and face-to-face trea...

    Authors: Lutz Siemer, Marcel E. Pieterse, Marjolein G. J. Brusse-Keizer, Marloes G. Postel, Somaya Ben Allouch and Robbert Sanderman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1187
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  30. Physical activity and sedentary behavior are common factors influencing cardiovascular health. However, how school and leisure-time activity/sedentary behavior are associated with physical fitness and blood li...

    Authors: Wei Zheng, Yun Chen, Ai Zhao, Yong Xue, Yingdong Zheng, Zhishen Mu, Peiyu Wang and Yumei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1186
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  31. One third of the world population is estimated to be infected with intestinal parasites. The most affected people are children and the poor people living in tropics and subtropics. Polyparasitism (the concurre...

    Authors: Zeleke Mekonnen, Sultan Suleman, Abdissa Biruksew, Tamirat Tefera and Legese Chelkeba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1185
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  32. The widespread use of in-store marketing strategies to induce unhealthy impulsive purchases has implications for shopping experience, food choice and possibly adverse health outcomes. The aim of this study was...

    Authors: Lise L. Winkler, Ulla Christensen, Charlotte Glümer, Paul Bloch, Bent E. Mikkelsen, Brian Wansink and Ulla Toft
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1184
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  33. With a maternal mortality ratio of 789 per 100,000 live births, and a contraceptive prevalence rate of 4.7%, South Sudan has one of the worst reproductive health situations in the world. Understanding the soci...

    Authors: Sumit Kane, Maryse Kok, Matilda Rial, Anthony Matere, Marjolein Dieleman and Jacqueline EW Broerse
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1183
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  34. Parents play an important role in providing their children with social support for healthy eating and physical activity. However, different types of social support (e.g., instrumental, emotional, modeling, rul...

    Authors: Natalia I. Heredia, Nalini Ranjit, Judith L. Warren and Alexandra E. Evans
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1182
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  35. Emerging approaches to building more efficient and effective behavioral interventions are becoming more widely available. The current paper provides an empirical example of the use of the engineering-inspired ...

    Authors: Kari C. Kugler, Katherine N. Balantekin, Leann L. Birch and Jennifer S. Savage
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1181
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  36. Perception of undesirable features may inhibit built environment use for physical activity among underserved families with children at risk for obesity.

    Authors: William J. Heerman, Stephanie J. Mitchell, Jessica Thompson, Nina C. Martin, Evan C. Sommer, Margaret van Bakergem, Julie Lounds Taylor, Maciej S. Buchowski and Shari L. Barkin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1180
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  37. Smoking is still the leading cause of preventable ill health and death. There is a limited amount of evidence for effective smoking cessation interventions among young people. To address this, a text messaging...

    Authors: Ulrika Müssener, Marcus Bendtsen, Jim McCambridge and Preben Bendtsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1179
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Pertussis is a re-emerging disease worldwide despite its high vaccination coverage. European and Latin-American countries have used different surveillance and vaccination policies against pertussis. We compare...

    Authors: Rubén Solano, Josefa Masa-Calles, Zacarías Garib, Patricia Grullón, Sandy L. Santiago, Altagracia Brache, Ángela Domínguez and Joan A. Caylà
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1178
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  39. Adolescence is a transition stage between childhood and adulthood and is an important phase for the acquisition of future lifestyles, including the practice of physical activity (PA). The prevalence of sedenta...

    Authors: Flávia Miquetichuc Nogueira Nascente, Thiago Veiga Jardim, Maria do Rosário Gondim Peixoto, Carolina de Souza Carneiro, Karla Lorena Mendonça, Thaís Inácio Rolim Póvoa, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso and Paulo César Brandão Veiga Jardim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1177
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  40. To reach global and national goals for maternal and child mortality, countries must identify vulnerable populations, which includes sex workers and their children. The objective of this study was to identify a...

    Authors: Brian Willis, Saki Onda and Hanni Marie Stoklosa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1176
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. In Germany, local public health departments (LPHD) are required to offer low-threshold access to confidential counselling and testing for sexually transmitted infections (STI) for sex workers. We collected dat...

    Authors: Viviane Bremer, Karin Haar, Martyna Gassowski, Osamah Hamouda and Stine Nielsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1175
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Diabetes is one of the leading non-communicable diseases in Africa, contributing to the increasing disease burden among the old adults. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and determina...

    Authors: Samwel Maina Gatimu, Benson Williesham Milimo and Miguel San Sebastian
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1174
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  43. In most countries the coverage of seasonal influenza vaccination in pregnant women is low. We investigated the acceptance, reasons for rejection and professional involvement related to vaccine information in p...

    Authors: R. Vila-Candel, P. Navarro-Illana, E. Navarro-Illana, E. Castro-Sánchez, Kiri Duke, F. J. Soriano-Vidal, J. Tuells and J. Díez-Domingo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1173
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. The act of detecting bodily changes is a pre-requisite for subsequent responses to symptoms, such as seeking medical help. This is the first study to explore associations between self-reported body vigilance a...

    Authors: Kelly Winstanley, Cristina Renzi, Claire Friedemann Smith, Jane Wardle and Katriina L. Whitaker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1172
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  45. Three cross sectional studies suggest that neighbourhood greenspace may protect against incident diabetes. This study uses data from a longitudinal study with a large sample size to investigate the association...

    Authors: Alice M. Dalton, Andrew P. Jones, Stephen J. Sharp, Andrew J. M. Cooper, Simon Griffin and Nicholas J. Wareham
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1171
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  46. There is growing recognition that youth sexual health entails a broad range of physical, emotional and psychosocial responses to sexual interactions, yet little is known about sexual dysfunctions and well bein...

    Authors: Caroline Moreau, Anna E Kågesten and Robert Wm Blum
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1170
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. While a vast amount of studies confirm the social reproduction of class and status from one generation to the next, less is known about the role of health in the child generation for these processes. Research ...

    Authors: Evelina Landstedt, Anna Brydsten, Anne Hammarström, Pekka Virtanen and Ylva B. Almquist
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1169
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Rubella is a common mild rash illness caused by rubella virus. The majority of infections occur in children and young adults. The infection is the cause of a serious birth defect known as Congenital Rubella Sy...

    Authors: Mekonen Getahun, Berhane Beyene, Kathleen Gallagher, Ayesheshem Ademe, Birke Teshome, Mesfin Tefera, Anjelo Asha, Aklog Afework, Esete Assefa, Yoseph HaileMariam, Yonas HaileGiorgis, Hiwot Ketema, Dejenie Shiferaw, Ayenachew Bekele, Daddi Jima and Amha Kebede
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1168
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  49. Malaysia is experiencing a nutrition transition with burgeoning obesity, particularly in women, and a growing prevalence of non-communicable disease. These health burdens have severe implications not only for ...

    Authors: Shane A. Norris, Julius Cheah Chee Ho, Aswir Abd Rashed, Vibeke Vinding, Jutta K. H. Skau, Regien Biesma, Jens Aagaard-Hansen, Mark Hanson and Priya Matzen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1167
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  50. Mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) remains at quite notable levels. Research on the risk factors and the treatment of CHD has focused on physiological factors, but there is an increasing amount of evi...

    Authors: Mikko Pänkäläinen, Tuomas Kerola, Olli Kampman, Markku Kauppi and Jukka Hintikka
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1124
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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