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  1. The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) has increased the number of antigens and injections administered at one visit. There are concerns that more injections at a single immunisation visit could decrease...

    Authors: Hanani Tabana, Lilian D. Dudley, Stephen Knight, Neil Cameron, Hassan Mahomed, Charlyn Goliath, Rudolf Eggers and Charles S. Wiysonge
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:749
  2. While there is a growing interest in the field of research translation, there are few published examples of public health interventions that have been effectively scaled up and implemented in the community. Th...

    Authors: R. Laws, K. D. Hesketh, K. Ball, C. Cooper, K. Vrljic and K. J. Campbell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:748
  3. School-based structured opportunities for physical activity can provide health-related benefits to children and youth, and contribute to international guidelines recommending 60 min of moderate-to-vigorous phy...

    Authors: Kenneth R. Allison, Karen Vu-Nguyen, Bessie Ng, Nour Schoueri-Mychasiw, John J. M. Dwyer, Heather Manson, Erin Hobin, Steve Manske and Jennifer Robertson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:746
  4. Few studies explored the effects of nutritional changes on body mass index (BMI), weight (Wt), waist circumference (WC) and hypertension, especially for the older Chinese population.

    Authors: Xiaoyue Xu, Julie Byles, Zumin Shi, Patrick McElduff and John Hall
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:743
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly being challenged in providing care and treatment for chronic diseases, both communicable and non-communicable. In order to address the challenges of linkage to and retention ...

    Authors: Beth Rachlis, Violet Naanyu, Juddy Wachira, Becky Genberg, Beatrice Koech, Regina Kamene, Jackie Akinyi and Paula Braitstein
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:741
  6. The community’s awareness of Tuberculosis (TB) and delays in health care seeking remain important issues in Indonesia despite the extensive efforts of community-based TB programs delivered by a non-government ...

    Authors: Christa Dewi, Lesley Barclay, Megan Passey and Shawn Wilson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:740
  7. Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second principal cause of cancer deaths in women worldwide as well as in Malaysia. Breast self-examination (BSE) has a role in raising breast cancer awareness am...

    Authors: Mehrnoosh Akhtari-Zavare, Muhamad Hanafiah Juni, Salmiah Md Said, Irmi Zarina Ismail, Latiffah A. Latiff and Sima Ataollahi Eshkoor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:738
  8. To unravel the effect of school-based nutrition education, insight into the implementation process is needed. In this study, process indicators of Taste Lessons (a nutrition education programme for Dutch eleme...

    Authors: Marieke C. E. Battjes-Fries, Ellen J. I. van Dongen, Reint Jan Renes, Hante J. Meester, Pieter van’t Veer and Annemien Haveman-Nies
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:737
  9. Activity behaviours (physical activity, sedentary time and screen time) have been linked to health outcomes in childhood. Furthermore, socioeconomic disparities have been observed in both children’s activity b...

    Authors: Dot Dumuid, Timothy S. Olds, Lucy K. Lewis and Carol Maher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:736
  10. A conflict of interest (CoI) can occur between public duty and private interest, in which a public official’s private-capacity interest could improperly influence the performance of their official duties and r...

    Authors: Alex Newton, Ffion Lloyd-Williams, Helen Bromley and Simon Capewell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:735
  11. Influencing the life-style risk-factors alcohol, body mass index (BMI), and smoking is an European Union (EU) wide objective of public health policy. The population-level health effects of these risk-factors d...

    Authors: Stefan K. Lhachimi, Wilma J. Nusselder, Henriette A. Smit, Paolo Baili, Kathleen Bennett, Esteve Fernández, Margarete C. Kulik, Tim Lobstein, Joceline Pomerleau, Hendriek C. Boshuizen and Johan P. Mackenbach
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:734
  12. Evidence supports that television food advertisements influence children’s food preferences and their consumption. However, few studies have examined the extent and nature of food marketing to children in low ...

    Authors: Sofía Rincón-Gallardo Patiño, Lizbeth Tolentino-Mayo, Eric Alejandro Flores Monterrubio, Jennifer L Harris, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Juan A Rivera and Simón Barquera
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:733
  13. Because residents of the southeastern United States experience disproportionally high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD), it is important to develop effective lifestyle interventions for this population.

    Authors: Thomas C. Keyserling, Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge, Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Beverly A. Garcia, Larry F. Johnston, Ziya Gizlice, Cassandra L. Miller, Danielle F. Braxton, Kelly R. Evenson, Janice C. Smith, Gwen B. Davis, Emmanuelle L. Quenum, Nadya T. Majette Elliott, Myron D. Gross, Katrina E. Donahue, Jacqueline R. Halladay…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:732
  14. Diarrhea among children under 5 years of age has long been a major public health concern. Previous studies have suggested an association between rainfall and diarrhea. Here, we examined the association between...

    Authors: Assumpta Mukabutera, Dana Thomson, Megan Murray, Paulin Basinga, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye, Sidney Atwood, Kevin P. Savage, Aimable Ngirimana and Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:731
  15. The approach to surveillance of Lyme borreliosis varies between countries, depending on the purpose of the surveillance system and the notification criteria used, which prevents direct comparison of national d...

    Authors: Emily MacDonald, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, Richard A White, Kirstin Konsmo, Heidi Lange, Audun Aase, Karin Nygård, Pawel Stefanoff, Ingeborg Aaberge and Line Vold
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:729
  16. Children and youth are often considered the most active segment of the population, however, research indicates that physical activity (PA) tends to peak during the adolescent years, declining thereafter with a...

    Authors: Matthew Y. W. Kwan, Chloe Bedard, Sara King-Dowling, Sarah Wellman and John Cairney
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:728
  17. This study assessed the impact of kilojoule (kJ) labelling alone or accompanied by a social marketing campaign on food sales and selection of less energy-dense meals by young adults from a university food outlet.

    Authors: Rajshri Roy, Jack Beattie-Bowers, Siew Min Ang, Stephen Colagiuri and Margaret Allman-Farinelli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:727
  18. During a fatal Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak in Bangladesh, residents rejected biomedical explanations of NiV transmission and treatment and lost trust in the public healthcare system. Field anthropologists devel...

    Authors: Shahana Parveen, M. Saiful Islam, Momtaz Begum, Mahbub-Ul Alam, Hossain M. S. Sazzad, Rebeca Sultana, Mahmudur Rahman, Emily S. Gurley, M. Jahangir Hossain and Stephen P. Luby
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:726
  19. As the snacking pattern of European adolescents is of great concern, effective interventions are necessary. Till now health promotion efforts in children and adolescents have had only limited success in changi...

    Authors: W. Van Lippevelde, J. Vangeel, N. De Cock, C. Lachat, L. Goossens, K. Beullens, L. Vervoort, C. Braet, L. Maes, S. Eggermont, B. Deforche and J. Van Camp
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:725
  20. To examine changes in men‘s and women’s drinking in Norway over a 20-year period, in order to learn whether such changes have led to gender convergence in alcohol drinking.

    Authors: Grete Helen Bratberg, Sharon C Wilsnack, Richard Wilsnack, Siri Håvås Haugland, Steinar Krokstad, Erik Reidar Sund and Johan Haakon Bjørngaard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:723
  21. Air pollution can cause respiratory symptoms or exacerbate pre-existing respiratory diseases, especially in children. This study looked at the short-term association of air pollution concentrations with Emerge...

    Authors: Roberto Bono, Valeria Romanazzi, Valeria Bellisario, Roberta Tassinari, Giulia Trucco, Antonio Urbino, Claudio Cassardo, Consolata Siniscalco, Pierpaolo Marchetti and Alessandro Marcon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:722
  22. Polio is eliminated in the United States, with the last indigenous transmission occurring in 1979. However, global eradication of polio has not yet been completed, so importation of poliovirus into the U.S. is...

    Authors: Gregory S. Wallace, Aaron T. Curns, William C. Weldon and M. Steven Oberste
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:721
  23. Education is associated with health related lifestyle choices including leisure-time physical inactivity. However, the longitudinal associations between education and inactivity merit further studies. We inves...

    Authors: Maarit Piirtola, Jaakko Kaprio, Urho M. Kujala, Kauko Heikkilä, Markku Koskenvuo, Pia Svedberg, Karri Silventoinen and Annina Ropponen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:720
  24. The Dande Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) located in Bengo Province, Angola, covers nearly 65,500 residents living in approximately 19,800 households. This study aims to describe the main cau...

    Authors: Edite Vila Nova Rosário, Diogo Costa, Luís Timóteo, Ana Ambrósio Rodrigues, Jorge Varanda, Susana Vaz Nery and Miguel Brito
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:719
  25. This study aimed to assess the trends in the prevalence and levels of risk factors and mortality from main non-communicable diseases in the Lithuanian population aged 45–64 years during 1985 to 2013.

    Authors: Abdonas Tamosiunas, Jurate Klumbiene, Janina Petkeviciene, Ricardas Radisauskas, Olga Vikhireva, Dalia Luksiene and Dalia Virviciute
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:717
  26. Current evidence-based smoking cessation treatments in the UK are only offered to smokers ready to quit within 30 days. This study reports the experiences of smokers who are not ready to quit and explores the ...

    Authors: YK Bartlett, N. Gartland, A. Wearden, CJ Armitage and B. Borrelli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:716
  27. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has serious negative health effects to millions of women around the globe. While disclosing IPV could open doors for support and eventually prevent partner abuse, the factors as...

    Authors: Victor Katiti, Geofrey Nimrod Sigalla, Jane Rogathi, Rachel Manongi and Declare Mushi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:715
  28. Integrated Infectious Diseases Capacity Building Evaluation (IDCAP) teams designed and implemented two health worker in-service training approaches: 1) an off-site classroom-based integrated management of infe...

    Authors: Martin Kayitale Mbonye, Sarah M. Burnett, Sarah Naikoba, Allan Ronald, Robert Colebunders, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden and Marcia R. Weaver
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:714
  29. Malawi adopted the PMTCT strategy ‘Option B+’ in 2011, providing life-long ART for all HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women. We explored differences in characteristics and outcomes of women initiating...

    Authors: M. Landes, S. Sodhi, A. Matengeni, C. Meaney, M. van Lettow, A. K. Chan and J. J. van Oosterhout
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:713
  30. Early interventions are recognised as key to improving life chances for children and reducing inequalities in health and well-being, however there is a paucity of high quality research into the effectiveness o...

    Authors: Josie Dickerson, Philippa K. Bird, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Kate E. Pickett, Dagmar Waiblinger, Eleonora Uphoff, Dan Mason, Maria Bryant, Tracey Bywater, Claudine Bowyer-Crane, Pinki Sahota, Neil Small, Michaela Howell, Gill Thornton, Melanie Astin, Debbie A. Lawlor…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:711
  31. This study examined the associations of objectively measured neighbourhood built environment characteristics with objectively measured physical activity (PA) in older people with and without lower limb osteoar...

    Authors: Erik J. Timmermans, Laura A. Schaap, Marjolein Visser, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Alfred J. Wagtendonk, Suzan van der Pas and Dorly J. H. Deeg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:710
  32. Two models were developed to increase high school students’ participation in physical education (PE): “motion enjoyment” and “sport enjoyment”. The first model focuses on increasing knowledge about the health ...

    Authors: Julie Sigvartsen, Leiv Einar Gabrielsen, Eirik Abildsnes, Tonje H. Stea, Christina Sandvand Omfjord and Gudrun Rohde
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:709
  33. Women in several countries will soon be covered by two preventive programmes targeting cervical cancer: HPV vaccination and cervical screening. The HPV vaccines are expected to prevent approximately 70 % of ce...

    Authors: Mie Sara Hestbech, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Jakob Kragstrup, Volkert Siersma and John Brodersen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:708
  34. Although childhood obesity prevalence is stabilised in developed countries including Australia, it is continuing to rise among migrants and socially disadvantaged groups in these countries. African migrants an...

    Authors: S. Cyril, J. Halliday, J. Green and A.M.N. Renzaho
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:707
  35. Cameroon is one of the countries in Africa with the highest burden of Hepatitis B infection. Health care workers are known to be at risk of occupational exposure to blood and other infectious bodily fluids. Th...

    Authors: Henri Olivier Pambou Tatsilong, Jean Jacques N. Noubiap, Jobert Richie N. Nansseu, Leopold N. Aminde, Jean Joel R. Bigna, Valentine Ngum Ndze and Roger Somo Moyou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:706
  36. Systematic reviews and a network meta-analysis show home safety education with or without the provision of safety equipment is effective in promoting poison prevention behaviours in households with children. T...

    Authors: Felix Achana, Alex J. Sutton, Denise Kendrick, Mike Hayes, David R. Jones, Stephanie J. Hubbard and Nicola J. Cooper
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:705
  37. It is currently unknown if school-based social norms interventions are effective in preventing harmful alcohol consumption and other drug use among adolescents in Denmark. This paper describes the social norms...

    Authors: Christiane Stock, Lotte Vallentin-Holbech and Birthe Marie Rasmussen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:704

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:501

  38. The use of e-cigarettes has been growing and has become a significant public health concern. Prevention of the youth access to, initiation and continuous use of e-cigarettes with special attention to vulnerabl...

    Authors: Dorota Kaleta, Piotr Wojtysiak and Kinga Polańska
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:703
  39. Mental disorders strongly influence work capability in young adults, but it is not clear which disorders that are most strongly associated with sick leave, and which diagnoses that are stated on the sick leave...

    Authors: Fartein Ask Torvik, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Line C. Gjerde, Gun Peggy Knudsen, Eivind Ystrom, Kristian Tambs, Espen Røysamb, Kristian Østby and Ragnhild Ørstavik
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:702
  40. The significant role of retail poultry meat as an important exposure pathway for the acquisition and transmission of extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) into the human population wa...

    Authors: A. B. Aliyu, A. A. Saleha, A. Jalila and Z. Zunita
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:699
  41. Despite the protective effect of male circumcision (MC) against HIV in men, the acceptance of voluntary MC in priority countries for MC scale–up such as Uganda remains limited. This study examined the role of ...

    Authors: Komi Mati, Korede K. Adegoke and Hamisu M. Salihu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:696
  42. We report the prevalence of recommended physical activity levels (RPALs) and examine the correlates of achieving RPALs in rural South Asian children and analyse its association with anthropometric outcomes.

    Authors: Krithiga Shridhar, Christopher Millett, Anthony A. Laverty, Dewan Alam, Amit Dias, Joseph Williams and Preet K. Dhillon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:690
  43. Tuberculosis (TB) is a global concern for both developing and developed countries. Currently it becomes more complex due to increasing levels of drug resistance and HIV co-infection. Delayed diagnosis and high...

    Authors: Yohannes Zenebe, Yesuf Adem, Daniel Mekonnen, Awoke Derbie, Fetlework Bereded, Minichil Bantie, Begna Tulu, Derese Hailu and Fantahun Biadglegne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:688
  44. There is a need to identify rational criteria and set priorities for vaccines. In Thailand, many licensed vaccines are being considering for introduction into the Expanded Program on Immunization; thus, the go...

    Authors: Siriporn Pooripussarakul, Arthorn Riewpaiboon, David Bishai, Charung Muangchana and Sripen Tantivess
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:684
  45. This paper presents drinking patterns in a prospective study of a population-based cohort of 1570 pregnant women using a combination of dose and timing to give best estimates of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE)...

    Authors: Evelyne Muggli, Colleen O’Leary, Susan Donath, Francesca Orsini, Della Forster, Peter J. Anderson, Sharon Lewis, Catherine Nagle, Jeffrey M. Craig, Elizabeth Elliott and Jane Halliday
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:683

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