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  1. Physical activity is critical to improving health and well-being in children. Quantitative studies have found a decline in activity in the transition from primary to secondary education. Exergames (active vide...

    Authors: Duika Burges Watson, Jean Adams, Liane B. Azevedo and Catherine Haighton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:609
  2. In the context of an operational research project in Tete, Mozambique, use of, and barriers to, HIV and sexual and reproductive health (HIV/SRH) commodities and services for female sex workers (FSWs) were asse...

    Authors: Yves Lafort, Faustino Lessitala, Balthazar Candrinho, Letitia Greener, Ross Greener, Mags Beksinska, Jenni A. Smit, Matthew Chersich and Wim Delva
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:608
  3. Early childcare and education (ECE) is a prime setting for obesity prevention and the establishment of healthy behaviors. The objective of this quasi-experimental study was to examine the efficacy of the Activ...

    Authors: Tara L. LaRowe, Emily J. Tomayko, Amy M. Meinen, Jill Hoiting, Courtney Saxler and Bridget Cullen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:607
  4. Considering the high percentage of couples in which one or both members are HIV negative, the frequency of transmission among non-regular partners and the probabilities of non-disclosure, attention should be p...

    Authors: Silvia Carlos, Francis Nzakimuena, Gabriel Reina, Cristina Lopez-del Burgo, Eduardo Burgueño, Adolphe Ndarabu, Alfonso Osorio and Jokin de Irala
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:606
  5. Recent national surveys in Brazil have demonstrated a decrease in the consumption of traditional food and a parallel increase in the consumption of ultra-processed food, which has contributed to a rise in obes...

    Authors: Sarah Warkentin, Laís Amaral Mais, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre, Susan Carnell and José Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo Taddei
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:603
  6. The United States spends more than most other countries per capita on maternal and child health (MCH), and yet lags behind other countries in MCH outcomes. Local health departments (LHDs) are responsible for a...

    Authors: Tamar Klaiman, Athena Pantazis, Anjali Chainani and Betty Bekemeier
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:602
  7. There is a need for accurate and precise food price elasticities (PE, change in consumer demand in response to change in price) to better inform policy on health-related food taxes and subsidies.

    Authors: Wilma E. Waterlander, Tony Blakely, Nhung Nghiem, Christine L. Cleghorn, Helen Eyles, Murat Genc, Nick Wilson, Yannan Jiang, Boyd Swinburn, Liana Jacobi, Jo Michie and Cliona Ni Mhurchu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:601
  8. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been increasing among Australian Indigenous young people for over two decades. Little is known about the association between alcohol and other drug use and sexual ri...

    Authors: Handan Wand, James Ward, Joanne Bryant, Dea Delaney-Thiele, Heather Worth, Marian Pitts and John M. Kaldor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:600
  9. There is consistent evidence that individuals in higher socioeconomic status groups are more likely to report exceeding recommended drinking limits, but those in lower socioeconomic status groups experience mo...

    Authors: Dan Lewer, Petra Meier, Emma Beard, Sadie Boniface and Eileen Kaner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:599
  10. Lifestyle interventions targeting physical activity, sedentary time and dietary behaviours have the potential to initiate and support behavioural change and result in public health gain. Although men have ofte...

    Authors: Femke van Nassau, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Frank Abrahamsen, Eivind Andersen, Annie S. Anderson, Judith E. Bosmans, Christopher Bunn, Matthew Chalmers, Ciaran Clissmann, Jason M. R. Gill, Cindy M. Gray, Kate Hunt, Judith G.M. Jelsma, Jennifer G. La Guardia, Pierre N. Lemyre, David W. Loudon…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:598
  11. Work-related chronic stress is a common problem among workers. The core complaint is that the employee feels exhausted, which has an effect on the well-being and functioning of the employee, and an impact on t...

    Authors: Antonius M. C. Schoutens, Monique H. W. Frings-Dresen and Judith K. Sluiter
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:597
  12. While the association between inadequate health literacy and adverse health outcomes has been well documented, less is known about the impact of health literacy on health perceptions, such as perceptions of co...

    Authors: Dena M. Fernandez, Janet L. Larson and Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:596
  13. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are common among humans in Aboriginal communities in Canada, for unknown reasons.

    Authors: Peter Daley, Janak Bajgai, Carla Penney, Karen Williams, Hugh Whitney, George R. Golding and Scott Weese
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:595
  14. Ghana’s low investment in household sanitation is evident from the low rates of improved sanitation. This study analysed how land ownership, tenancy security and livelihood patterns are related to sanitation i...

    Authors: Y. Awunyo-Akaba, J. Awunyo-Akaba, M. Gyapong, K. Senah, F. Konradsen and T. Rheinländer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:594
  15. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) drugs which is resistant to the major first-line anti-TB drugs, Isoniazid and Rifampicin, has become a major global challenge in tuberculosis (TB) control programme. H...

    Authors: Shallo Daba Hamusse, Dejene Teshome, Mohammed Suaudi Hussen, Meaza Demissie and Bernt Lindtjørn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:593
  16. This paper describes the community engagement process undertaken to ascertain the focus, development and implementation of an intervention to improve iodised salt consumption in rural communities in North West...

    Authors: Monique Lhussier, Nicola Lowe, Elizabeth Westaway, Fiona Dykes, Mick McKeown, Akhtar Munir, Saba Tahir and Mukhtiar Zaman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:591
  17. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), malaria and tuberculosis dominate the disease pattern in Myanmar. Due to urbanization, westernized lifestyle and economic development, it is likely that NCDs such as cerebrova...

    Authors: Marius B. Bjertness, Aung Soe Htet, Haakon E. Meyer, Maung Maung Than Htike, Ko Ko Zaw, Win Myint Oo, Tint Swe Latt, Lhamo Y. Sherpa and Espen Bjertness
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:590
  18. Feeling angry about their health status may influence disease progression in individuals, creating a greater burden on the health care system. Identifying associations between different variables and feeling a...

    Authors: Tiffany K. Gill, K. Price, E. Dal Grande, A. Daly and A. W. Taylor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:588
  19. Wastewater use in urban agriculture is common as a result of rapid urbanisation, and increasing competition for good quality water. In order to minimize risks to farmers and consumers of wastewater irrigated p...

    Authors: Prince Antwi-Agyei, Adam Biran, Anne Peasey, Jane Bruce and Jeroen Ensink
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:587
  20. Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is associated with morbidity and mortality. The retail food environment influences food and beverage purchasing and consumption. This study assesses the impact of a communi...

    Authors: Leia M. Minaker, Dana Lee Olstad, Graham MacKenzie, Nghia Nguyen, Sunday Azagba, Brian E. Cook and Catherine L. Mah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:586
  21. Maternal smoking during pregnancy negatively impacts fetal growth, but the effect is not homogenous across the population. We sought to determine how the relationship between cigarette use and fetal growth is ...

    Authors: Anders C. Erickson, Aleck Ostry, Hing Man Chan and Laura Arbour
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:585
  22. In an effort to reduce the disease burden in rural Rwanda, decrease poverty associated with expenditures for fuel, and minimize the environmental impact on forests and greenhouse gases from inefficient combust...

    Authors: Christina K. Barstow, Corey L. Nagel, Thomas F. Clasen and Evan A. Thomas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:584
  23. Families with children under age six participating in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF) must participate in work-related activities for 20 h per week. However, due to financial hardshi...

    Authors: Jing Sun, Falguni Patel, Rachel Kirzner, Nijah Newton-Famous, Constance Owens, Seth L. Welles and Mariana Chilton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:583
  24. Dengue is an arthropod-borne viral disease responsible for approximately 400 million infections annually; the only available method of prevention is vector control. It has been previously demonstrated that ins...

    Authors: Valerie A. Paz-Soldan, Karin M. Bauer, Audrey Lenhart, Jhonny J. Cordova Lopez, John P. Elder, Thomas W. Scott, Philip J. McCall, Tadeusz J. Kochel and Amy C. Morrison
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:582
  25. Few studies have reported on the outcomes of outpatient alcohol treatment or the factors associated with effective treatment. We investigated treatment outcome, treatment retention, and their predictors in cli...

    Authors: Severin Haug and Michael P. Schaub
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:581
  26. In China, most of migrant workers work in the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and are a vulnerable group for occupational health. Migrant workers are at increased risk of occupational health risks du...

    Authors: Wen Chen, Tongyang Li, Guanyang Zou, Xudong Li, Leiyu Shi, Shanshan Feng, Jingrong Shi, Fangjing Zhou, Siqi Han and Li Ling
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:580
  27. Early withdrawal or exclusion from the labor market leads to significant personal and societal costs. In Norway, the increasing numbers of young adults receiving disability pension is a growing problem. While ...

    Authors: Vigdis Sveinsdottir, Torill Helene Tveito, Gary R. Bond, Astrid Louise Grasdal, Stein Atle Lie and Silje Endresen Reme
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:579
  28. Prolonged sitting is ubiquitous in modern society and linked to several diseases. Height-adjustable desks are being used to decrease worksite based sitting time (ST). Single-desk sit-to-stand workplaces exhibi...

    Authors: Bernhard Schwartz, Jay M. Kapellusch, Andreas Schrempf, Kathrin Probst, Michael Haller and Arnold Baca
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:578
  29. Food, nutrition and health policy makers are poised with two pertinent issues more than any other: obesity and climate change. Consumer research has focused primarily on specific areas of sustainable food, suc...

    Authors: Zuzanna Pieniak, Sylwia Żakowska-Biemans, Eliza Kostyra and Monique Raats
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:577
  30. Physical and mental health is important for coping with the high requirements of medical studies that are associated with a higher risk for severe stress, insomnia, smoking, harmful alcohol consumption and eas...

    Authors: Henna Riemenschneider, Péter Balázs, Erika Balogh, Axel Bartels, Antje Bergmann, Károly Cseh, Nora Faubl, Zsuzsanna Füzesi, Ferenc Horváth, István Kiss, Jörg Schelling, András Terebessy and Karen Voigt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:576
  31. Pesticide exposure is an important public health concern in Ethiopia, but there is limited information on pesticide intoxications. Residents may have an increased risk of pesticide exposure through proximity o...

    Authors: Amare W. Nigatu, Magne Bråtveit and Bente E. Moen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:575
  32. There is a marked growth in the number of homebound older adults, due mainly to increased life expectancy. Although this group has special characteristics and needs, it has not been properly studied. This stud...

    Authors: Laureano Negrón-Blanco, Jesús de Pedro-Cuesta, Javier Almazán, Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez, Esther Franco and Javier Damián
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:574
  33. Systemic arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus, and their related morbidity and mortality, are currently the most common public health problems and also a higher burden of disease in Brazil. They represe...

    Authors: Julio Baldisserotto, Luciane Kopittke, Fulvio Borges Nedel, Silvia Pasa Takeda, Claunara Schilling Mendonça, Sérgio Antonio Sirena, Margarita Silva Diercks, Lena Azeredo de Lima and Belinda Nicolau
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:573
  34. The reasons of deaths in developing countries are shifting from communicable diseases towards non-communicable diseases (NCDs). At the same time the number of health care interventions using mobile phones (mHe...

    Authors: Victor Stephani, Daniel Opoku and Wilm Quentin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:572
  35. Many studies have examined the socioeconomic variations in smoking and quitting rates across the European region; however, data from Central and East European countries, where the tobacco burden is especially ...

    Authors: Narine K. Movsisyan, Ondrej Sochor, Eva Kralikova, Renata Cifkova, Hana Ross and Francisco Lopez-Jimenez
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:571
  36. The present study investigated associations between individual- and school-level predictors and young people’s self-reported physical activity (total activity and moderate-to-vigorous activity) and sedentary b...

    Authors: Kelly Morgan, Britt Hallingberg, Hannah Littlecott, Simon Murphy, Adam Fletcher, Chris Roberts and Graham Moore
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:569
  37. The role of fathers in the development of obesity in their offspring remains poorly understood. We evaluated associations of missing paternal demographic information on birth certificates with perinatal risk f...

    Authors: Erika R. Cheng, Summer Sherburne Hawkins, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Matthew W. Gillman and Elsie M. Taveras
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:453
  38. No known studies have tested the effectiveness of child abuse prevention programmes for adolescents in low- or middle-income countries. ‘Parenting for Lifelong Health’ (

    Authors: Lucie Cluver, Franziska Meinck, Alexa Yakubovich, Jenny Doubt, Alice Redfern, Catherine Ward, Nasteha Salah, Sachin De Stone, Tshiamo Petersen, Phelisa Mpimpilashe, Rocio Herrero Romero, Lulu Ncobo, Jamie Lachman, Sibongile Tsoanyane, Yulia Shenderovich, Heidi Loening…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:567
  39. Many health departments collaborate with community organizations on community health improvement processes. While a number of resources exist to plan and implement a community health improvement plan (CHIP), l...

    Authors: J. Mac McCullough, Eileen Eisen-Cohen and S. Bianca Salas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:566
  40. Excessive sun exposure and sunburn increase individuals’ risk of skin cancer. It is especially important to prevent sunburn in childhood due to the higher relative risk of skin cancer across the life span comp...

    Authors: Simone Pettigrew, Michelle Jongenelis, Mark Strickland, Carolyn Minto, Terry Slevin, Geoffrey Jalleh and Chad Lin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:565
  41. On 4th February 2015, a group of Senior High School students from Fanteakwa district presented to the emergency unit of the district hospital with complaints of abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. All the ...

    Authors: Donne K. Ameme, Holy Alomatu, Albert Antobre-Boateng, Adam Zakaria, Lilian Addai, Klutse Fianko, Bai Janneh, Edwin A. Afari, Kofi M. Nyarko, Samuel O. Sackey and Fred Wurapa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:564
  42. The purpose of this study is to propose the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operators procedure (LASSO) as an alternative to conventional variable selection models, as it allows for easy interpretation ...

    Authors: Susanne Mueller-Using, Torsten Feldt, Fred Stephen Sarfo and Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:563
  43. A cross sectional study was conducted among 350 sexually active, mainly unemployed men between the ages of 18 and 35 in KwaZulu-Natal. This study examined the psychosocial determinants of the intention to be s...

    Authors: Thabang Manyaapelo, Robert A. C. Ruiter, Anam Nyembezi, Bart van den Borne, Sibusiso Sifunda and Priscilla Reddy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:562
  44. Reductions in underage drinking will only come about from changes in the social and cultural environment. Despite decades of messages discouraging parental supply, parents perceive social norms supportive of a...

    Authors: Sandra C. Jones, Kelly Andrews and Nina Berry
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:561
  45. To explore the time trends (2005–2015) of pedometer-determined weekday and weekend physical activity (PA) and obesity prevalence in 4–7-year-old Czech preschool children and changes in proportion of kindergart...

    Authors: Erik Sigmund, Dagmar Sigmundová, Petr Badura, Lucie Trhlíková and Andrea Madarasová Gecková
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:560
  46. Although water-related fatality rates have changed over time, the epidemiology of drowning in Canada has not recently been examined. In spite of the evidence supporting varying drowning death rates by age, inf...

    Authors: Tessa Clemens, Hala Tamim, Michael Rotondi and Alison K. Macpherson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:559
  47. In spite of the availability and accessibility of HIV testing opportunities and efforts, people are being late to test in the course of HIV infection. Late diagnosis leads to late anti-retroviral therapy initi...

    Authors: Admassu Assen, Fantahun Molla, Abrham Wondimu, Solomon Abrha, Wondim Melkam, Ebisa Tadesse, Zewdu Yilma, Tadele Eticha, Hagos Abrha and Birhanu Demeke Workneh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:558

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