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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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

  6. 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
  7. Physical inactivity, overweight, and work-related stress are major concerns today. Psychological stress causes physiological responses such as reduced heart rate variability (HRV), owing to attenuated parasymp...

    Authors: Tiina Föhr, Julia Pietilä, Elina Helander, Tero Myllymäki, Harri Lindholm, Heikki Rusko and Urho M. Kujala
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:701
  8. Although previous research suggests a relationship between chronic low back pain (cLBP) and adiposity, this relationship is poorly understood. No research has explored the relationship between abdominal-specif...

    Authors: Cristy Brooks, Jason C. Siegler and Paul W. M. Marshall
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:700
  9. 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
  10. Similar to other countries, trends of decreasing levels of physical activity (PA) and an increasing prevalence of unhealthy dietary patterns are observed among girls in Poland. Better understanding of potentia...

    Authors: Lidia Wadolowska, Joanna Kowalkowska, Marta Lonnie, Jolanta Czarnocinska, Marzena Jezewska-Zychowicz and Ewa Babicz-Zielinska
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:698
  11. Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are the eighth-leading cause of death worldwide, with low- and middle-income countries sharing a disproportionate number of fatalities. African countries, like Rwanda, carry a high...

    Authors: Anjni Patel, Elizabeth Krebs, Luciano Andrade, Stephen Rulisa, João Ricardo N. Vissoci and Catherine A. Staton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:697
  12. 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
  13. Measuring and monitoring the true prevalence of risk factors for chronic conditions is essential for evidence-based policy and health service planning. Understanding the prevalence of risk factors for cardiova...

    Authors: Karen Louise Peterson, Jane Philippa Jacobs, Steven Allender, Laura Veronica Alston and Melanie Nichols
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:695
  14. Antenatal care in Sweden involves a visit in pregnancy week 6–7 for counseling about lifestyle issues, including alcohol. The aim of this study was to investigate alcohol consumption among partners of pregnant...

    Authors: Hjördis Högberg, Janna Skagerström, Fredrik Spak, Per Nilsen and Margareta Larsson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:694
  15. Nutrition plays an important role in child survival and development. Treatment action in the management of child health and nutrition is influenced by perceptions of illness, and gender plays an important role...

    Authors: Kelly W. Muraya, Caroline Jones, James A. Berkley and Sassy Molyneux
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:693
  16. Night–shift work may cause severe disturbances in the worker’s circadian rhythm, which has been associated with the onset of health problems and diseases. As a substantial part of the workforce is exposed to n...

    Authors: Bette Loef, Debbie van Baarle, Allard J. van der Beek, Linda W. van Kerkhof, Daniëlla van de Langenberg and Karin I. Proper
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:692
  17. In November 2012, the 62nd session of the Regional Committee for Africa adopted a comprehensive 10-year regional strategy for health disaster risk management (DRM). This was intended to operationalize the Worl...

    Authors: Olushayo Olu, Abdulmumini Usman, Lucien Manga, Stella Anyangwe, Kalula Kalambay, Ngoy Nsenga, Solomon Woldetsadik, Craig Hampton, Francois Nguessan and Angela Benson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:691
  18. 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
  19. Physical inactivity is one of the biggest health problems nowadays. Recent research shows that socio-cultural barriers to physical activity are mostly related to modern lifestyles. However, there is a lack of ...

    Authors: Ansgar Thiel, Hendrik K. Thedinga, Samantha L. Thomas, Harald Barkhoff, Katrin E. Giel, Olesia Schweizer, Syra Thiel and Stephan Zipfel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:689
  20. 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
  21. The globalisation of the economy and the labour markets has resulted in a growing proportion of individuals who find themselves in a precarious labour market situation, especially among the young. This pertain...

    Authors: Catarina Canivet, Theo Bodin, Maria Emmelin, Susanna Toivanen, Mahnaz Moghaddassi and Per-Olof Östergren
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:687
  22. Providing sexual health services in primary care is an essential step towards universal provision. However they are not offered consistently. We conducted a national pilot of an educational intervention to imp...

    Authors: Katy Town, Cliodna A. M. McNulty, Ellie J. Ricketts, Thomas Hartney, Anthony Nardone, Kate A. Folkard, Andre Charlett and J. Kevin Dunbar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:686
  23. The increasing mortality rates from alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) are a public health concern. To address this, alcohol care teams (ACT) case-find and lead management of alcohol issues for these patient...

    Authors: Claire Currie, Alisha Davies, Cono Ariti and Martin Bardsley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:685
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. Youth’s physical activity (PA) may change across developmental periods. Although previous studies have observed a decline in levels of PA during adolescence, few studies have explored trends in PA during the t...

    Authors: Kaigang Li, Danping Liu, Denise Haynie, Benjamin Gee, Ashok Chaurasia, Dong-Chul Seo, Ronald J. Iannotti and Bruce G Simons-Morton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:682
  27. The aim was to develop and validate a food-based diet quality index for measuring adherence to the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR) in a pregnant population with high risk of gestational diabetes (GDM).

    Authors: Jelena Meinilä, Anita Valkama, Saila B. Koivusalo, Beata Stach-Lempinen, Jaana Lindström, Hannu Kautiainen, Johan G. Eriksson and Maijaliisa Erkkola
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:680
  28. Programmes based on the World Health Organization’s Health Promoting Schools framework (HPS) have been implemented in several countries but for evidence-based policy-making more research is required to determi...

    Authors: Ludwig Grillich, Christina Kien, Yanagida Takuya, Michael Weber and Gerald Gartlehner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:679
  29. The current understanding of the relationship between unwanted sexual attention at work and long-term sickness absence (LTSA) is limited for three reasons: 1) the under-researched role of unwanted sexual atten...

    Authors: Annie Hogh, Paul Maurice Conway, Thomas Clausen, Ida Elisabeth Huitfeldt Madsen and Hermann Burr
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:678
  30. Professional truck drivers, as other shift workers, have been identified as a high-risk group for various health conditions including cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, sleep apnoea and stress. Mobile ...

    Authors: Rama Greenfield, Ellen Busink, Cybele P. Wong, Eva Riboli-Sasco, Geva Greenfield, Azeem Majeed, Josip Car and Petra A. Wark
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:677
  31. While surveys in high-income countries show that women generally have poorer self-reported health than men, much less is known about gender differences in other regions of the world. Such data can be used to e...

    Authors: Ties Boerma, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Emese Verdes and Somnath Chatterji
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:675
  32. The electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) market has grown rapidly in recent years. However, causes of e-cigarette related symptoms among users and their impact on health remain uncertain. This research aims to m...

    Authors: Qiudan Li, Yongcheng Zhan, Lei Wang, Scott J. Leischow and Daniel Dajun Zeng
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:674
  33. Contingency management (CM) is an evidence-based intervention providing tangible rewards as positive reinforcement for abstinence from stimulants such as methamphetamine. Integrative approaches targeting affec...

    Authors: Adam W. Carrico, Jennifer Jain, Michael V. Discepola, David Olem, Rick Andrews, William J. Woods, Torsten B. Neilands, Steven Shoptaw, Walter Gómez, Samantha E. Dilworth and Judith T. Moskowitz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:673
  34. Previous research using routine data identified rapid mass privatisation as an important driver of mortality crisis following the collapse of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe. However, existing studies ...

    Authors: Darja Irdam, Lawrence King, Alexi Gugushvili, Aytalina Azarova, Mihaly Fazekas, Gabor Scheiring, Denes Stefler, Katarzyna Doniec, Pia Horvat, Irina Kolesnikova, Vladimir Popov, Ivan Szelenyi, Michael Marmot, Michael Murphy, Martin McKee and Martin Bobak
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:672
  35. After-school programs represent a promising opportunity to assist adolescent girls’ in attaining adequate physical activity. Although evaluating the process of intervention implementation is important for dete...

    Authors: Lorraine B. Robbins, Jiying Ling, Ebru Kilicarslan Toruner, Kelly A. Bourne and Karin A. Pfeiffer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:671
  36. Many adults are insufficiently physically active, have prolonged sedentary behaviour and report poor sleep. These behaviours can be improved by interventions that include education, goal setting, self-monitori...

    Authors: Mitch J. Duncan, Corneel Vandelanotte, Stewart G. Trost, Amanda L. Rebar, Naomi Rogers, Nicola W. Burton, Beatrice Murawski, Anna Rayward, Sasha Fenton and Wendy J. Brown
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:670
  37. Stunting in early life has considerable human and economic costs. The purpose of the study was to identify factors associated with stunting among children aged 0-23 months in Indonesia to inform the design of ...

    Authors: Harriet Torlesse, Aidan Anthony Cronin, Susy Katikana Sebayang and Robin Nandy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:669
  38. Government social assistance payments seek to alleviate poverty and address survival needs, but their monthly disbursement may cue increases in illicit drug use. This cue may be magnified when assistance is di...

    Authors: Lindsey Richardson, Allison Laing, M-J Milloy, Russ Maynard, Bohdan Nosyk, Brandon Marshall, Eric Grafstein, Patricia Daly, Evan Wood, Julio Montaner and Thomas Kerr
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:668
  39. Physical activity (PA) is a key factor for facing the increasing prevalence of obesity and overweight, and should be part of every public health programs. In this context, a community-based public health progr...

    Authors: Camille Buscail, Mehdi Menai, Benoît Salanave, Paul Daval, Marjorie Painsecq, Pierre Lombrail, Serge Hercberg and Chantal Julia
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:667
  40. Elevated blood pressure in childhood is a risk factor for adult hypertension which is a global health problem. Excess adiposity in childhood creates a predisposition to develop adult hypertension. Our aim was ...

    Authors: Richard J. Munthali, Juliana Kagura, Zané Lombard and Shane A. Norris
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:665
  41. Multiple studies show that obesity and depression tend to cluster in women. An “appearance concern” pathway has been proposed as one basic explanation of why higher weights might lead to depression. The transi...

    Authors: Seung-Yong Han, Alexandra A. Brewis and Amber Wutich
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:664
  42. In Spain, several ecological studies have analyzed trends in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality from all causes in urban areas over time. However, the results of these studies are quite heterogeneous find...

    Authors: Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, Mercè Gotsens, Laia Palència, Maica Rodríguez-Sanz, Miguel A. Martinez-Beneito, Mónica Ballesta, Montse Calvo, Lluís Cirera, Antonio Daponte, Felicitas Domínguez-Berjón, Ana Gandarillas, Natividad Izco Goñi, Carmen Martos, Conchi Moreno-Iribas, Andreu Nolasco, Diego Salmerón…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:663
  43. Few studies have explored risk factors for poor mental health in Ugandan primary schools. This study investigated whether individual- and contextual-level school-related factors including violence from school ...

    Authors: Barbara F. Thumann, Ula Nur, Dipak Naker and Karen M. Devries
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:662
  44. Female sex workers (FSWs) are at increased risk of HIV and STIs compared to women in the general population, and frequently experience violence in their working and domestic lives from a variety of perpetrator...

    Authors: Tara S. Beattie, Shajy Isac, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Prakash Javalkar, Calum Davey, T. Raghavendra, Sapna Nair, Satyanarayana Ramanaik, D. L. Kavitha, James F. Blanchard, Charlotte Watts, Martine Collumbien, Stephen Moses and Lori Heise
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:660
  45. The NHS Cancer Screening Programmes in England now operate a policy of ‘informed choice’ about participation in cancer screening. Engagement with written information about screening is important to facilitate ...

    Authors: Lindsay C. Kobayashi, Jo Waller, Christian von Wagner and Jane Wardle
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:659
  46. Involvement in a compensation process following a motor vehicle collision is consistently associated with worse health status but the reasons underlying this are unclear. Some compensation systems are hypothes...

    Authors: Nieke A. Elbers, Alex Collie, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Katherine Lippel, Keri Lockwood and Ian D. Cameron
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:658
  47. Risk behaviours, such as smoking and physical inactivity account for up to two-thirds of all cardiovascular deaths, and are associated with substantial increased mortality in many conditions including cancer a...

    Authors: Nick Meader, Kristelle King, Thirimon Moe-Byrne, Kath Wright, Hilary Graham, Mark Petticrew, Chris Power, Martin White and Amanda J. Sowden
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:657

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