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  1. Adolescent sexual activity, especially among the urban poor, remains a challenge. Despite numerous interventions and programs to address the negative consequences arising from early and frequent sexual activit...

    Authors: Adriana A. E. Biney and F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:9
  2. The incidence of poor mental health (MH) is increasing in Denmark and worldwide, especially among 16–24 year olds. Low physical activity (PA) during adolescence seems to be a risk factor for poor MH in early a...

    Authors: Per Hoegh Poulsen, Karin Biering and Johan Hviid Andersen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:3
  3. Repetition and reinforcement have been shown to play a crucial role in the sustainability of the effect of Oral Health Education (OHE) programs. However, its relevance to school-based OHE imparted by different...

    Authors: Abdul Haleem, Muhammad Khalil Khan, Shamta Sufia, Saima Chaudhry, Muhammad Irfanullah Siddiqui and Ayyaz Ali Khan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:2
  4. Food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa and malnutrition constitute the main obstacles for successful treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH). The aim of this study was to assess the effect of consuming ...

    Authors: Adama Diouf, Abdou Badiane, Noël Magloire Manga, Nicole Idohou-Dossou, Papa Salif Sow and Salimata Wade
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1
  5. The consumption of beverages contributes to diet quality and overall nutrition. Studies on malted drinks, one of the widely consumed beverage choices among children in Asia, however, have received limited atte...

    Authors: Hamid Jan Jan Mohamed, S. L. Loy, Mohd Nasir Mohd Taib, Norimah A Karim, S. Y. Tan, M. Appukutty, Nurliyana Abdul Razak, F. Thielecke, S. Hopkins, M. K. Ong, C. Ning and E. S. Tee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1322

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2016 16:162

  6. Antibiotic resistance has been referred to as ‘the greatest malice of the 21st century’ and a global action plan was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2015. There is a wealth of independent studies regardin...

    Authors: Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Vishal Diwan, Ashish Pathak, Manju R. Purohit, Harshada Shah, Megha Sharma, Vijay K. Mahadik and Ashok J. Tamhankar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1321
  7. Alcohol misuse imposes substantial harm on Indigenous Australians whose health status is poorer than non-Indigenous Australians. Although Indigenous youth are over represented in Indigenous alcohol harms, few ...

    Authors: Thameemul Ansari Jainullabudeen, Ailsa Lively, Michele Singleton, Anthony Shakeshaft, Komla Tsey, Janya McCalman, Christopher Doran and Susan Jacups
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1319
  8. Excess salt intake is a global issue. Effective salt-reduction strategies are needed, however, as salt is a vehicle for iodine fortification, these strategies may also reduce iodine intake. This study examines...

    Authors: Emma McMahon, Jacqui Webster, Kerin O’Dea and Julie Brimblecombe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1318
  9. Social and physical environments are not only hypothesized to influence physical activity (PA), they are also interrelated and influence each other. However, few studies have examined the relationships of PA w...

    Authors: Junling Gao, Hua Fu, Jiang Li and Yingnan Jia
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1317
  10. The worldwide increase in the rates of childhood overweight and physical inactivity requires successful prevention and intervention programs for children. The aim of the Active Living project is to increase ph...

    Authors: Dave H. H. Van Kann, M. W. J. Jansen, S. I. de Vries, N. K. de Vries and S. P. J. Kremers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1315
  11. Limited research has been undertaken in Australia to assess the dental status of pre-school Aboriginal children. This cross-sectional study records the number of decayed, missing and filled teeth (dmft) and su...

    Authors: Leanne Smith, Anthony Blinkhorn, Rachael Moir, Ngiare Brown and Fiona Blinkhorn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1314
  12. Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a complex disorder which increases the risk of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus. As a result of modern lifestyles, the prevalence of MetS h...

    Authors: Hossein Khosravi-Boroujeni, Faruk Ahmed, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Hamidreza Roohafza, Mohammad Talaei, Minoo Dianatkhah, Ali Pourmogaddas and Nizal Sarrafzadegan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1313
  13. We investigated the association between income-education groups and incident coronary heart disease (CHD) in a national prospective cohort study.

    Authors: Marquita W. Lewis, Yulia Khodneva, Nicole Redmond, Raegan W. Durant, Suzanne E. Judd, Larrell L. Wilkinson, Virginia J. Howard and Monika M. Safford
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1312
  14. Immigrants and refugees are affected by diabetes-related health disparities, with higher rates of incident diabetes and sub-optimal diabetes outcomes. Digital storytelling interventions for chronic diseases, s...

    Authors: Jane W. Njeru, Christi A. Patten, Marcelo M. K. Hanza, Tabetha A. Brockman, Jennifer L. Ridgeway, Jennifer A. Weis, Matthew M. Clark, Miriam Goodson, Ahmed Osman, Graciela Porraz-Capetillo, Abdullah Hared, Allison Myers, Irene G. Sia and Mark L. Wieland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1311
  15. Cross-sectional investigation showed that Chinese children in Hong Kong were more physically active on weekends than weekdays, which is contrary to previous findings. However, little is known as to whether the...

    Authors: Stephen Heung-Sang Wong, Wendy Yajun Huang and Gang He
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1310
  16. Smoking and physical inactivity are major risk factors for heart disease. Linking strategies that promote improvements in fitness and assist quitting smoking has potential to address both these risk factors si...

    Authors: Toby G. Pavey, Coral E. Gartner, Jeff S. Coombes and Wendy J. Brown
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1309
  17. ‘One Health’ represents a call for health researchers and practitioners at the human, animal and environmental interfaces to work together to mitigate the risks of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases ...

    Authors: Chris Degeling, Jane Johnson, Ian Kerridge, Andrew Wilson, Michael Ward, Cameron Stewart and Gwendolyn Gilbert
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1307
  18. Recent research has illustrated the need for cross-sector partnerships to tackle multidimensional problems such as health inequalities and sport and physical activity promotion. Capacity building is based on p...

    Authors: Mathieu Marlier, Steffie Lucidarme, Greet Cardon, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Kathy Babiak and Annick Willem
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1306
  19. Penile cancer is a rare malignancy in Western countries, with an incidence rate of around 1 per 100,000. Due to its rarity, most treatment recommendations are based on small trials and case series reports. Fur...

    Authors: Sam T. Keeping, Michael J. Tempest, Stephanie J. Stephens, Stuart M. Carroll and Vijay K Sangar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1305
  20. Malaria remains one of the major public health concerns in Ethiopia. Use of long- lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) is the country’s key malaria prevention and control strategy. This study intended to determin...

    Authors: Zewdie Birhanu, Lakew Abebe, Morankar Sudhakar, Gunawardena Dissanayake, Yemane Yihdego, Guda Alemayehu and Delenasaw Yewhalaw
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1304
  21. Malnutrition remains one of the most significant child health problems in developing countries with an estimated 53 % of child deaths per year attributed to being underweight. The 2011 Uganda Demographic and H...

    Authors: Scholastic Ashaba, Godfrey Zari Rukundo, Florence Beinempaka, Moses Ntaro and John C. LeBlanc
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1303
  22. Anemia remains one of the serious nutrition-related diseases in China, but data on incidence of anemia were less available, especially in rural area which are experiencing rapid urbanization. Out study aimed t...

    Authors: Xuecai Wang, Zhaofan Wu, Yue Chen, Jianfu Zhu, Xiaolian Dong, Chaowei Fu and Qingwu Jiang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1302
  23. Peer influence, peer selection, and health risk awareness are factors in smoking among youth. Despite the numerous studies on the social context, social network, and how youth define themselves and their smoki...

    Authors: Roberta L. Woodgate and David S. Busolo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1301
  24. The assessment of physical activity for surveillance or population based studies is usually done with self-report questionnaires. However, bias in self-reported physical activity may be greater in lower educat...

    Authors: Annemarie N. E. Winckers, Joreintje D. Mackenbach, Sofie Compernolle, Mary Nicolaou, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Johannes Brug and Jeroen Lakerveld
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1299
  25. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2D) among overweight/obese children and adolescents using different diagnostic/screening methods in comparison.

    Authors: Elham Al Amiri, Mona Abdullatif, Abdishakur Abdulle, Nibal Al Bitar, Elham Zaki Afandi, Monira Parish and Gassan Darwiche
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1298
  26. Heavy alcohol consumption is an established risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) but few studies have investigated drinking and disease risk in middle income, non-western countries. We report on th...

    Authors: Mami Wakabayashi, Rebecca McKetin, Cathy Banwell, Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Matthew Kelly, Sam-ang Seubsman, Hiroyasu Iso and Adrian Sleigh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1297
  27. Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are one of the major public health problems, especially in the rural area of developing countries with low socio-economic status and poor sanitation. The study was aimed ...

    Authors: Saleha Sungkar, Anggi P. N. Pohan, Antari Ramadani, Nafisah Albar, Fitri Azizah, Antonius R. A. Nugraha and Aprilianto E. Wiria
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1296
  28. High quality physical education programs in high schools may facilitate adoption of sustainable healthy living among adolescents. Public health nurses often meet students who avoid taking part in physical educ...

    Authors: Eirik Abildsnes, Tonje H. Stea, Sveinung Berntsen, Christina S. Omfjord and Gudrun Rohde
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1295
  29. Prolonged sedentary time is linked with poor health, independent of physical activity levels. Workplace sitting significantly contributes to sedentary time, but there is limited research evaluating low-cost in...

    Authors: Kelly Mackenzie, Elizabeth Goyder and Francis Eves
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1294
  30. Workplace health promotion (WHP) has been proposed as a preventive intervention for job stress, possibly operating by promoting positive organizational culture or via programs promoting healthy lifestyles. The...

    Authors: Lisa Jarman, Angela Martin, Alison Venn, Petr Otahal and Kristy Sanderson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1293
  31. The National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme (NTP) of Bangladesh succeeded in achieving the dual targets of 70 % case detection and 85 % treatment completion as set by the World Health Organization. Howeve...

    Authors: Qazi Shafayetul Islam, Md Akramul Islam, Shayla Islam and Syed Masud Ahmed
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1291
  32. The division of paid and unpaid labor in families continues to be highly gendered with men doing more paid work and women doing more unpaid care work. This is especially true for life stages with young childre...

    Authors: Ariane G. Wepfer, Rebecca Brauchli, Gregor J. Jenny, Oliver Hämmig and Georg F. Bauer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1290
  33. The global burden of acute malnutrition among children remains high, and prevalence rates are highest in humanitarian contexts such as Niger. Unconditional cash transfers are increasingly used to prevent acute...

    Authors: Victoria L. Sibson, Carlos S. Grijalva-Eternod, Leila Bourahla, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Joanna Morrison, Chloe Puett, Lani Trenouth and Andrew Seal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1289
  34. Little is known about factors that influence participation in smoking cessation trials among Chinese populations. The aim of this study is to explore the characteristics of individuals who chose to participate...

    Authors: Yim Wah Mak, Paul H. Lee and Alice Yuen Loke
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1288
  35. To investigate the association between long working hours and self-rated health (SRH), examining the roles of potential confounding and mediating factors, such as job characteristics.

    Authors: Seong-Sik Cho, Myung Ki, Keun-Hoe Kim, Young-Su Ju, Domyung Paek and Wonyun Lee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1287
  36. Physical activity during childhood is associated with a multitude of physical, behavioural, and psychological health benefits. Identification of effective population level strategies for increasing children’s ...

    Authors: Jason A. Gilliland, Andrew F. Clark, Patricia Tucker, Harry Prapavessis, William Avison and Piotr Wilk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1286
  37. An in-depth epidemiological investigation on intestinal parasite infections in an impoverished area of Port Elizabeth, South Africa provides a unique opportunity for research on its impact on children’s physic...

    Authors: Peiling Yap, Ivan Müller, Cheryl Walter, Harald Seelig, Markus Gerber, Peter Steinmann, Bruce P. Damons, Danielle Smith, Stefanie Gall, Dominique Bänninger, Thomas Hager, Nan S. N. Htun, Liana Steenkamp, Annelie Gresse, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Jürg Utzinger…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1285
  38. Product placement influences consumer choices in retail stores. While sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) manufacturers expend considerable effort and resources to determine how product placement may increase SSB p...

    Authors: Michelle S. Wong, Claudia Nau, Anna Yevgenyevna Kharmats, Gabriela Milhassi Vedovato, Lawrence J. Cheskin, Joel Gittelsohn and Bruce Y. Lee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1284
  39. One in three women around the world are or have been subjected to violence. This includes in Australia, where violence against women is an urgent public health and human rights issue. Immigrant and refugee wom...

    Authors: Cathy Vaughan, Adele Murdolo, Linda Murray, Erin Davis, Jasmin Chen, Karen Block, Regina Quiazon and Deb Warr
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1283
  40. Social changes and economic development are associated with obesity epidemic. This study is to investigate the trends of socio-economic disparity in obesity from 2002 to 2010 in a Chinese population experienci...

    Authors: Xiang Qian Lao, WenJun Ma, Roger Yat-Nork Chung, YongHui Zhang, YanJun Xu, XiaoJun Xu, ShaoPing Nie, QiuMao Cai, Liang Xia, XueFen Su, Lei Jin, Tony Tam and Benny Chung-ying Zee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1282
  41. Cigarettes are marketed in a wide array of packaging and product configurations, and these may impact consumers’ perceptions of product health effects and attractiveness. Filtered cigarettes are typically perc...

    Authors: Richard J. O’Connor, Maansi Bansal-Travers, K. Michael Cummings, David Hammond, James F. Thrasher and Cindy Tworek
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1279
  42. Our objective was twofold: to estimate the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity in two birth cohorts (1999–2000 and 2007–2008) from Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; and to examine the association betwe...

    Authors: Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno, Montserrat Solera-Martínez, Iván Cavero-Redondo, Jorge Cañete García-Prieto, Natalia Arias-Palencia, Blanca Notario-Pacheco, Maria Martínez-Andrés, Jorge Mota and Mairena Sánchez-López
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1276

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