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  1. The built environment plays a critical role in promoting physical activity and health. The association between parks, as a key attribute of the built environment, and physical activity, however, remains inconc...

    Authors: Terry T. K. Huang, Katarzyna E. Wyka, Emily B. Ferris, Jennifer Gardner, Kelly R. Evenson, Devanshi Tripathi, Gabriel Martinez Soto, Matthew S. Cato, Jon Moon, Julia Wagner, Joan M. Dorn, Diane J. Catellier and Lorna E. Thorpe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1160
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  3. Representative data indicate that adolescents with an immigration background show less harmful patterns of consumption, for example, they practice binge drinking less often. It remains to be shown whether this...

    Authors: Carolin Donath, Dirk Baier, Elmar Graessel and Thomas Hillemacher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1157
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  4. The internet is frequently used to share experiences of health and illness, but this phenomenon has not been harnessed as an intervention to achieve health behaviour change. The aim of this study was to determ...

    Authors: John Powell, Nikki Newhouse, Angela Martin, Sena Jawad, Ly-Mee Yu, Mina Davoudianfar, Louise Locock and Sue Ziebland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1156
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Correct knowledge about Tuberculosis (TB) is essential for appropriate healthcare seeking behaviour and to accessing diagnosis and treatment services timely. There are several factors influencing knowledge abo...

    Authors: Badri Thapa, Banuru Muralidhara Prasad, Sarabjit S. Chadha and Jamie Tonsing
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1155
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  6. Parenting programs integrating general parenting and health behaviour messaging may be an effective childhood obesity prevention strategy. The current study explored workplaces as an alternate setting to deliv...

    Authors: L. Wilson, Donna Lero, Allan Smofsky, Deborah Gross and Jess Haines
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1154
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. The built environment (BE) is said to influence local obesity rates. Few studies have explored causal pathways between home-neighborhood BE variables and health outcomes such as obesity. Such pathways are like...

    Authors: Adam Drewnowski, Anju Aggarwal, Wesley Tang, Philip M. Hurvitz, Jason Scully, Orion Stewart and Anne Vernez Moudon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1153
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Men who have sex with men (MSM) have become one of high-risk population for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, due to their multiple sex partners and unprotected anal intercourse. Promoting HIV test...

    Authors: Runhua Li, Xiaohong Pan, Qiaoqin Ma, Hui Wang, Lin He, Tingting Jiang, Dayong Wang, Yan Zhang, Xingliang Zhang and Shichang Xia
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1152
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  9. Health literacy is of increasing importance in public health research. It is a necessary pre-condition for the involvement in decisions about health and health care and related to health outcomes. Knowledge ab...

    Authors: Eva-Maria Berens, Dominique Vogt, Melanie Messer, Klaus Hurrelmann and Doris Schaeffer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1151
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  10. Reducing sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake is an important dietary target among underserved children at high risk for obesity and associated morbidities. Community-based approaches to reduce SSB intake are...

    Authors: Monica L. Wang, Stephenie C. Lemon, Kristian Clausen, Julie Whyte and Milagros C. Rosal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1150
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  11. The aim of the RCT study was to investigate if the effect of a multidisciplinary intervention on return to work (RTW) and health care utilization differed by participants’ self-reported health status at baseli...

    Authors: Anne-Mette H. Momsen, Christina Malmose Stapelfeldt, Claus Vinther Nielsen, Maj Britt D. Nielsen, Birgit Aust, Reiner Rugulies and Chris Jensen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1149
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  12. Physical activity is recommended for people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and can improve walking capacity and quality of life; and reduce pain, requirement for surgery and cardiovascular events. Thi...

    Authors: Nicola W. Burton, Zanfina Ademi, Stuart Best, Maria A. Fiatarone Singh, Jason S. Jenkins, Kenny D. Lawson, Anthony S. Leicht, Yorgi Mavros, Yian Noble, Paul Norman, Richard Norman, Belinda J. Parmenter, Jenna Pinchbeck, Christopher M. Reid, Sophie E. Rowbotham, Lisan Yip…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1148
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  13. Foodborne diseases are an important public health issue, and young adults are an important demographic to target with food safety education. Our objective was to assess the food safety knowledge of undergradua...

    Authors: Sarah M. Courtney, Shannon E. Majowicz and Joel A. Dubin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1147
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  14. The increase in life expectancy of HIV-infected patients has driven increased costs due to life-long HIV treatment and concurrent age-related comorbidities. This population-based study aimed to investigate the...

    Authors: Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Michele Magoni, Elena Raffetti, Francesco Donato, Carmelo Scarcella, Giuseppe Paraninfo and Francesco Castelli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1146
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  15. A large proportion of European children, adults and older adults do not engage in sufficient physical activity (PA). Understanding individual and contextual factors associated with PA behaviours is essential f...

    Authors: Giancarlo Condello, Fiona Chun Man Ling, Antonino Bianco, Sebastien Chastin, Greet Cardon, Donatella Ciarapica, Daniele Conte, Cristina Cortis, Marieke De Craemer, Andrea Di Blasio, Masar Gjaka, Sylvia Hansen, Michelle Holdsworth, Licia Iacoviello, Pascal Izzicupo, Lina Jaeschke…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1145
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  16. Mothers living with small children in Fukushima prefecture may experience radiation anxiety and related symptoms after the Fukushima Dai’ich Nuclear Power Plant Accident. A behavioral activation (BA) program w...

    Authors: Kotaro Imamura, Yuki Sekiya, Yumi Asai, Maki Umeda, Naoko Horikoshi, Seiji Yasumura, Hirooki Yabe, Tsuyoshi Akiyama and Norito Kawakami
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1144
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  17. Body dissatisfaction is associated with a range of adverse outcomes, including impaired psychological health, low physical activity and disordered eating. This longitudinal study used the Factors Influencing T...

    Authors: M. Craike, J. A. Young, C. M. Symons, M. D. Pain, J. T. Harvey, R. M. Eime and W. R. Payne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1143
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  18. Mental symptoms are prevalent among populations, but their associations with premature mortality are inadequately understood. We examined whether mental symptoms contribute to cause-specific mortality among mi...

    Authors: Eero Lahelma, Olli Pietiläinen, Ossi Rahkonen, Jouni Lahti and Tea Lallukka
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1142
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  19. Screening and brief interventions (SBI) for alcohol related problems have been shown to be effective in health settings such as general practice or emergency departments. Recent data from the United Kingdom an...

    Authors: H. Laetitia Hattingh, Jonathan Hallett and Robert J. Tait
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1141
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  20. This paper discusses the establishment of a clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine candidate in Kambia District, Northern Sierra Leone during the epidemic, and analyses the role of social science research in ensur...

    Authors: Luisa Enria, Shelley Lees, Elizabeth Smout, Thomas Mooney, Angus F. Tengbeh, Bailah Leigh, Brian Greenwood, Deborah Watson-Jones and Heidi Larson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1140
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Globally, one in ten individuals practice open defecation. Despite media speculation that it increases women’s risk of sexual violence, little empirical evidence supports the claims. We investigate the relatio...

    Authors: Apoorva Jadhav, Abigail Weitzman and Emily Smith-Greenaway
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1139
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. The residents’ knowledge, attitudes and practices related to ambient air pollution and health will help to improve the understanding of environmental protection and make environmental health policies more targ...

    Authors: Xujun Qian, Guozhang Xu, Li Li, Yueping Shen, Tianfeng He, Yajun Liang, Zuyao Yang, Wan Wei Zhou and Jiaying Xu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1138
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  23. Crystalline silica is considered as one of the most common and serious occupational hazards to workers’ health. Although its association with lung cancer has been studied for many decades, the conclusion remai...

    Authors: Satiavani Poinen-Rughooputh, Mahesh Shumsher Rughooputh, Yanjun Guo, Yi Rong and Weihong Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1137
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  24. Women are disproportionally affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The determinants of gender inequality in HIV/AIDS may vary acro...

    Authors: Drissa Sia, Yentéma Onadja, Mohammad Hajizadeh, S. Jody Heymann, Timothy F. Brewer and Arijit Nandi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1136
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  25. The DisMod II model is designed to estimate epidemiological parameters on diseases where measured data are incomplete and has been used to provide estimates of disease incidence for the Global Burden of Diseas...

    Authors: Peter Scarborough, Kate Smolina, Anja Mizdrak, Linda Cobiac and Adam Briggs
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1135
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  26. Existing studies report a positive association between inadequate health literacy and immigrant’s adverse health outcomes. Despite substantial research on this topic among immigrants, little is known about the...

    Authors: Abdi A. Gele, Kjell Sverre Pettersen, Liv Elin Torheim and Bernadette Kumar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1134
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Comprehensive School Health (CSH) is an internationally recognized framework that holistically addresses school health by transforming the school culture. It has been shown to be effective in enhancing health ...

    Authors: Kate E. Storey, Genevieve Montemurro, Jenn Flynn, Marg Schwartz, Erin Wright, Jill Osler, Paul J. Veugelers and Erica Roberts
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1133
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  28. Hepatitis C affects over 185 million people around the world. This silent disease is responsible for up to 700,000 deaths per year. Despite the scientific revolution in diagnosis and treatment, hepatitis C con...

    Authors: Fabio Mesquita, Melina Erica Santos, Adele Benzaken, Renato Girade Corrêa, Elisa Cattapan, Leandro Soares Sereno and Marcelo Contardo Moscoso Naveira
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1132
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  30. The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men) used a complex sampling scheme to identify potential participants for the baseline survey. This raises important questions about when and how to ad...

    Authors: Matthew J. Spittal, John B. Carlin, Dianne Currier, Marnie Downes, Dallas R. English, Ian Gordon, Jane Pirkis and Lyle Gurrin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16(Suppl 3):1062
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 3

  31. Diabetes is a global public health issue. It is associated with significant disability, morbidity and mortality risks and substantial healthcare costs. Of great concern is the fact that its prevalence is risin...

    Authors: Rachel L. Koelmeyer, Shyamali C. Dharmage and Dallas R. English
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16(Suppl 3):1061
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 3

  32. Employment status and working conditions are strong determinants of male health, and are therefore an important focus in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men). In this paper, we describ...

    Authors: Anthony D. LaMontagne, Allison Milner, Lauren Krnjacki, Marisa Schlichthorst, Anne Kavanagh, Kathryn Page and Jane Pirkis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16(Suppl 3):1049
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 3

  33. We are very pleased to introduce Ten to Men, the Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health. Ten to Men is, to our knowledge, the largest national all-male cohort study in the world. It involves 15,988 males...

    Authors: Jane Pirkis, John Macdonald and Dallas R. English
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16(Suppl 3):1044
    Content type: Introduction Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 3

  34. Sexual difficulties (SD) are common among men of all ages and can have considerable impact on quality of life and indications for future health. SD are associated with mental and physical wellbeing and with re...

    Authors: Marisa Schlichthorst, Lena A. Sanci and Jane S. Hocking
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16(Suppl 3):1043
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 3

  35. Internationally, men with disabilities have higher rates of social and economic disadvantage and poorer health and wellbeing than men without disabilities. No single study has provided comprehensive, populatio...

    Authors: Anne M. Kavanagh, Zoe Aitken, Eric Emerson, Sash Sahabandu, Allison Milner, Rebecca Bentley, Anthony D. LaMontagne, Jane Pirkis and David Studdert
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16(Suppl 3):1042
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 3

  36. Suicide is a leading cause of death in Australian males aged 18 to 55. Non-fatal suicidal behaviours and thoughts are indicators of increased risk for future suicide. Suicidal behaviour is complex and multi-de...

    Authors: Dianne Currier, Matthew J. Spittal, George Patton and Jane Pirkis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16(Suppl 3):1031
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 3

  37. The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men) was established in 2011 to build the evidence base on male health to inform policy and program development.

    Authors: Dianne Currier, Jane Pirkis, John Carlin, Louisa Degenhardt, Shyamali C. Dharmage, Billie Giles-Corti, Ian Gordon, Lyle Gurrin, Jane Hocking, Anne Kavanagh, Louise A. Keogh, Rachel Koelmeyer, Anthony D. LaMontagne, Marisa Schlichthorst, George Patton, Lena Sanci…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16(Suppl 3):1030
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 3

  38. Obstructive sleep apnoea is a common disorder with under-rated clinical impact, which is increasingly being recognised as having a major bearing on global disease burden. Men are especially vulnerable and beco...

    Authors: Chamara Visanka Senaratna, Dallas R. English, Dianne Currier, Jennifer L. Perret, Adrian Lowe, Caroline Lodge, Melissa Russell, Sashane Sahabandu, Melanie C. Matheson, Garun S. Hamilton and Shyamali C. Dharmage
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16(Suppl 3):1029
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 3

  39. Men use health services less often than women and frequently delay seeking help even if experiencing serious health problems. This may put men at higher risk for developing serious health problems which, in pa...

    Authors: Marisa Schlichthorst, Lena A. Sanci, Jane Pirkis, Matthew J. Spittal and Jane S. Hocking
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16(Suppl 3):1028
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 3

  40. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem in Zambia, despite considerable efforts to control and prevent it. With this study, we aim to understand how perceptions and cultural, social, economic, and org...

    Authors: Anne Lia Cremers, René Gerrets, Nathan Kapata, Austin Kabika, Emma Birnie, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch and Martin P. Grobusch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1130
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Though parents’ physical activity (PA) is thought to be a predictor of children’s PA, findings have been mixed. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between pedometer-measured steps/day of...

    Authors: Jodie A. Stearns, Ryan Rhodes, Geoff D. C. Ball, Normand Boule, Paul J. Veugelers, Nicoleta Cutumisu and John C. Spence
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1129
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. To date, many epidemiologic studies examining associations between obesity and dietary and sedentary/physical activity behaviors have focused on assessing Body Mass Index (BMI) at one point in time. Recent dev...

    Authors: Maaike Koning, Trynke Hoekstra, Elske de Jong, Tommy L. S. Visscher, Jacob C. Seidell and Carry M. Renders
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1128
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. The benefits of physical activity for the mental health and well-being of children and young people are well-established. Increased physical activity during school hours is associated with better physical, psy...

    Authors: Søren Smedegaard, Lars Breum Christiansen, Pernille Lund-Cramer, Thomas Bredahl and Thomas Skovgaard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1127
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  44. Overweight and obesity are on the rise in developing countries including sub-Saharan Africa. We undertook a four-country survey to show the collective burden of these health conditions as they occur currently ...

    Authors: IkeOluwapo O. Ajayi, Clement Adebamowo, Hans-Olov Adami, Shona Dalal, Megan B. Diamond, Francis Bajunirwe, David Guwatudde, Marina Njelekela, Joan Nankya-Mutyoba, Faraja S. Chiwanga, Jimmy Volmink, Robert Kalyesubula, Carien Laurence, Todd G. Reid, Douglas Dockery, David Hemenway…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1126
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  45. The start of retirement is an important stage in an (older) adult’s life and can affect physical activity (PA) and/or sedentary behaviors, making it an ideal period to implement health interventions. To identi...

    Authors: Delfien Van Dyck, Greet Cardon and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1125
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Since stakeholders’ active engagement is essential for public health strategies to be effective, this review is focused on intervention designs and outcomes of school- and community-based noncommunicable disea...

    Authors: Didier Jourdan, Julie Hellesøe Christensen, Emily Darlington, Ane Høstgaard Bonde, Paul Bloch, Bjarne Bruun Jensen and Peter Bentsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1123
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  47. The number of obese children in the US remains high, which is problematic due to the mental, physical, and academic effects of obesity on child health. Data indicate that school-age children, particularly unde...

    Authors: Laura C. Hopkins, Mary Fristad, Jacqueline D. Goodway, Ihuoma Eneli, Chris Holloman, Julie A. Kennel, Bernadette Melnyk and Carolyn Gunther
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1122
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  48. Evidence shows that prolonged sitting is associated with an increased risk of mortality, independent of physical activity (PA). The aim of the study was to identify correlates of sedentary time (ST) in differe...

    Authors: Claire M. Bernaards, Vincent H. Hildebrandt and Ingrid J. M. Hendriksen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1121
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. An effective and efficient notifiable diseases surveillance system (NDSS) is essential for a rapid response to disease outbreaks, and the identification of priority diseases that may cause national, regional o...

    Authors: F. G. Benson, A. Musekiwa, L. Blumberg and L. C. Rispel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1120
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Several low and middle-income countries (LMIC) use Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and/or Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) to monitor the health of their population. The level and trends ...

    Authors: Amare Deribew, John Ojal, Boniface Karia, Evasius Bauni and Mark Oteinde
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1118
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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