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  1. Traditionally most health education materials are written in an expository non-narrative format. Scholars have argued that the effectiveness of materials may increase when these texts are replaced by narrative...

    Authors: Simon Zebregs, Bas van den Putte, Anneke de Graaf, Jeroen Lammers and Peter Neijens
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1085
  2. Occupational health services may have a strategic role in the prevention of sickness absence, as well as in rehabilitation and return to work after sick leave, because of their medical expertise in combination...

    Authors: Christian Ståhl, Carl Åborg, Allan Toomingas, Marianne Parmsund and Katarina Kjellberg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1083
  3. Long-term musculoskeletal pain and negative stress are health risks with adverse long-term health effects, and these health risks seem to increase among young people. The mechanisms behind this are unclear. Th...

    Authors: Berit Østerås, Hermundur Sigmundsson and Monika Haga
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1081
  4. Although much public scrutiny and academic attention has focused on the evaluations of system implementation since the beginning of New Rural Cooperative Medical System (NRCMS) in China, few studies have syste...

    Authors: Chengyue Li, Yilin Hou, Mei Sun, Jun Lu, Ying Wang, Xiaohong Li, Fengshui Chang and Mo Hao
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1079
  5. Adequate daily milk and dairy products intake seems to an important for adolescents’ health. This study aimed to identify the high-risk group adolescents who did not meet the recommended daily serving milk and...

    Authors: Behjat Shokrvash, Leili Salehi, Maral Hariri Akbari, Mehrangiz Ebrahimi Mamagani, Saharnaz Nedjat, Mohammad Asghari, Freshteh Majlessi and Ali Montazeri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1078
  6. Websites that address national public health issues provide an important mechanism to improve health education and services in resource limited countries. This article describes the development, promotion and ...

    Authors: Gudila Stephan, Mary Jo Hoyt, Deborah S. Storm, Sylvia Shirima, Charles Matiko and Emmanuel Matechi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1077
  7. The World Health Organization recommends initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour after childbirth. In developing countries alone, early initiation of breastfeeding could save as many as 1.45 million ...

    Authors: Tsedeke Wolde Hailemariam, Emiru Adeba and Alem Sufa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1076
  8. Supporting positive mental health development in adolescents is a major public health concern worldwide. Although several school-based programs aimed at preventing depression have been launched, it is crucial ...

    Authors: Pernilla Garmy, Agneta Berg and Eva K. Clausson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1074
  9. Immigrants to Norway from South Asia and Former Yugoslavia have high levels of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Yet, the incidence of CVD among immigrants in Norway has never been studied. Our aim wa...

    Authors: Kjersti S. Rabanal, Randi M. Selmer, Jannicke Igland, Grethe S. Tell and Haakon E. Meyer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1073
  10. Low levels of adiponectin, an adipocytokine with anti-diabetic, antiatherogenic and cardioprotective properties, is associated with increased risk of coronary disease in young men. Previous studies have demons...

    Authors: Sardar Ahmad, Mohsin Shah, Jawad Ahmed, Aslam Khan, Hamid Hussain, Mary McVey and Asif Ali
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1072
  11. Demographic trends in developed countries have prompted governmental policies aimed at extending working lives. However, working beyond the traditional retirement age may not be feasible for those with major h...

    Authors: Keith T. Palmer, Karen Walker-Bone, E. Clare Harris, Cathy Linaker, Stefania D’Angelo, Avan Aihie Sayer, Catharine R. Gale, Maria Evandrou, Tjeerd van Staa, Cyrus Cooper and David Coggon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1071
  12. Type 2 diabetes is one of the most prevalent non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh. However, the correlates of type 2 diabetes among adults in Bangladesh remain unknown. We aimed to investigate the correlate...

    Authors: Muhammad Abdul Baker Chowdhury, Md Jamal Uddin, Hafiz M. R. Khan and Md Rabiul Haque
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1070
  13. The World Health Organization recommends initiating breastfeeding within the first hour of birth. This study is aimed at assessing the effect of the mother’s education on early initiation of breastfeeding.

    Authors: Pawan Acharya and Vishnu Khanal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1069
  14. Consistent findings about the effectiveness of parent programs to prevent or reduce child maltreatment are lacking.

    Authors: Saskia Euser, Lenneke RA Alink, Marije Stoltenborgh, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1068
  15. Rapid urbanization of China has resulted in significant domestic migration. The purpose of the present study was to survey the sexual behavior of migrant workers in Shanghai and determine the risk factors for ...

    Authors: Wei Dai, Jian Gao, Jian Gong, Xiuping Xia, Hua Yang, Yao Shen, Jie Gu, Tianhao Wang, Yao Liu, Jing Zhou, Zhiping Shen, Zhushan Zhu and Zhigang Pan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1067
  16. Past studies have demonstrated that a large population of Cameroonians are afflicted with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and/or hepatitis B virus (HBV) demonstrating a need for better prevention programs. ...

    Authors: Lauren Shevell, Henry Dilonga Meriki, Fidelis Cho-Ngwa and Crystal Fuller
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1066
  17. Electronic waste workers are prone to various illnesses and injuries from numerous hazards thus the need for them to seek health care. The aim of this study was to describe health-seeking behavior, and social ...

    Authors: Emmanuel Asampong, Kwaku Dwuma-Badu, Judith Stephens, Roland Srigboh, Richard Neitzel, Niladri Basu and Julius N. Fobil
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1065
  18. South Asians (Asian Indians and Pakistanis) are the second fastest growing ethnic group in the United States (U.S.) and have an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). This pilot stud...

    Authors: Namratha R. Kandula, Swapna Dave, Peter John De Chavez, Himali Bharucha, Yasin Patel, Paola Seguil, Santosh Kumar, David W. Baker, Bonnie Spring and Juned Siddique
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1064
  19. Limited cutaneous synthesis due to low sun exposure and inadequate dietary intake makes vitamin D supplementation a necessity for many Canadian children. Identification of the factors associated with supplemen...

    Authors: Lalani L. Munasinghe, Noreen Willows, Yan Yuan and Paul J. Veugelers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1063
  20. Males employed in the construction industry have high rates of suicide. Although reasons underpinning this risk are multifaceted, poor help-seeking and stigma are represent major contributors. Males in the con...

    Authors: Allison Milner, Katrina Witt, Lewis Burnside, Caitlyn Wilson and Anthony D. LaMontagne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1062
  21. Hepatitis B is a significant health burden in Poland with nosocomial transmission being the main source of infection. Therefore, HBV vaccination is widely recommended for those not covered by the national immu...

    Authors: Maria Ganczak, Gabriela Dmytrzyk-Daniłów, Marcin Korzeń and Zbigniew Szych
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1060
  22. Cervical cancer is the third most commonly occurring cancer among women and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women worldwide, with more than 85 % of these cases occurring in developing coun...

    Authors: Karla M. Alfaro, Julia C. Gage, Alan J. Rosenbaum, Lauren R. Ditzian, Mauricio Maza, Isabel C. Scarinci, Esmeralda Miranda, Sofia Villalta, Juan C. Felix, Philip E. Castle and Miriam L. Cremer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1058
  23. Glasgow’s low life expectancy and high levels of deprivation are well documented. Studies comparing Glasgow to similarly deprived cities in England suggest an excess of deaths in Glasgow that cannot be account...

    Authors: R. Seaman, R. Mitchell, R. Dundas, AH Leyland and F. Popham
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1057
  24. Patient empowerment represents a potent tool for addressing racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in health care, particularly for chronic conditions such as HIV infection that require active patient en...

    Authors: Kevin Fiscella, Michele Boyd, Julian Brown, Jennifer Carroll, Andrea Cassells, Roberto Corales, Wendi Cross, Nayef El’Daher, Subrina Farah, Steven Fine, Richard Fowler, Ashley Hann, Amneris Luque, Jennifer Rodriquez, Mechelle Sanders and Jonathan Tobin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1056
  25. Forty percent of the world’s suicide deaths occur in low and middle income countries (LAMIC) in Asia. There is a recognition that social factors, such as socioeconomic position (SEP), play an important role in...

    Authors: Duleeka W. Knipe, Robert Carroll, Kyla H. Thomas, Anna Pease, David Gunnell and Chris Metcalfe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1055
  26. The relationship between tobacco smoking, including secondhand smoking, and depression has been assessed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between secondhand smoking among current, for...

    Authors: Sun Jae Jung, Aesun Shin and Daehee Kang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1053
  27. Millions of people in low and low middle income countries suffer from extreme hunger and malnutrition. Research on the effect of food insecurity on child nutrition is concentrated in high income settings and h...

    Authors: Maurice Mutisya, Ngianga-bakwin Kandala, Moses Waithanji Ngware and Caroline W. Kabiru
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1052
  28. Community health initiatives often do not provide enough supports for people with disabilities to fully participate in healthy, active living opportunities. The purpose of this study was to design an instrumen...

    Authors: Yochai Eisenberg, James H. Rimmer, Tapan Mehta and Michael H. Fox
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1050
  29. Older adults are the fastest growing segment of the United States population. There is an immediate need to identify novel, cost-effective community-based approaches that promote health and well-being for olde...

    Authors: Julene K. Johnson, Anna M. Nápoles, Anita L. Stewart, Wendy B. Max, Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, Rachel Freyre, Theresa A. Allison and Steven E. Gregorich
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1049
  30. Over six million induced abortions were reported in Africa in 2008 with over two million induced abortions occurring in Eastern Africa. Although a significant proportion of women in the region procure more tha...

    Authors: Beatrice W. Maina, Michael M. Mutua and Estelle M. Sidze
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1048
  31. Television food advertising (TVFA) is the most dominant medium in the obesogenic environment promoting unhealthy food choices in children.

    Authors: See Hoe Ng, Bridget Kelly, Chee Hee Se, Sharmela Sahathevan, Karuthan Chinna, Mohd Noor Ismail and Tilakavati Karupaiah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1047
  32. The aim of this study was to design the content and accompanying materials for a school-based program—Study without Drugs—for adolescents in junior secondary schools in Suriname based on the starting points an...

    Authors: Fariel Ishaak, Nanne Karel de Vries and Kees van der Wolf
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1046
  33. Few studies have examined depression as both a cause and effect of unemployment, but no prior work investigated these relationships in the context of organisational downsizing. We explored whether the exposure...

    Authors: Elena Andreeva, Linda L. Magnusson Hanson, Hugo Westerlund, Töres Theorell and M. Harvey Brenner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1045
  34. Cash-based transfer programmes are an emerging strategy in the prevention of wasting in children, especially targeted at vulnerable households during periods of food insecurity or during emergencies. However, ...

    Authors: Bridget Fenn, Ghulam Murtaza Sangrasi, Chloe Puett, Lani Trenouth and Silke Pietzsch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1044
  35. Problematic alcohol consumption is associated with a high disease burden for affected individuals and has a detrimental impact on companies and society due to direct and indirect health costs. This protocol de...

    Authors: Leif Boß, Dirk Lehr, Matthias Berking, Heleen Riper, Michael Patrick Schaub and David Daniel Ebert
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1043
  36. Long-term use of antiretroviral therapy, normal aging, and presence of certain risk factors are associated with metabolic disorders that predispose persons living with HIV to diabetes and cardiovascular diseas...

    Authors: José Côté, Sylvie Cossette, Pilar Ramirez-Garcia, Alexandra De Pokomandy, Catherine Worthington, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Patricia Auger, François Boudreau, Joyal Miranda, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc and Cécile Tremblay
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1042
  37. Barbers, while shaving, may be accidentally exposed to the blood and bodily fluids of their customers increasing their risk of contraction of HBV and HCV infections. Hence, this study aimed at examining the pr...

    Authors: Prince Adoba, Stephen Kyei Boadu, Hope Agbodzakey, Daniel Somuah, Richard Kobina Dadzie Ephraim and Enoch Anto Odame
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1041
  38. Tuberculosis is the commonest infection among HIV/AIDS patients. This co-infection constitutes a major death threat in the world. There is paucity of data about renal disease amongst patients on HAART and DOTS...

    Authors: Dickson Shey Nsagha, Benjamin Thumamo Pokam, Jules Clement Nguedia Assob, Anna Longdoh Njunda, Odette Dzemo Kibu, Elvis Asangbeng Tanue, Charlotte Wenze Ayima and Patrick Elroy Weledji
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1040
  39. Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is associated with significant adverse consequences, including increased risk of suicide, and is a growing public health concern. Consequently, facilitating help-seeking in yout...

    Authors: Penelope Hasking, Clare S. Rees, Graham Martin and Jessie Quigley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1039
  40. The relationship between physical activity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) protection is well documented. Numerous factors (e.g. patient motivation, lack of facilities, physician time constraints) can contrib...

    Authors: François Boudreau, Michel Jean Louis Walthouwer, Hein de Vries, Gilles R. Dagenais, Ginette Turbide, Anne-Sophie Bourlaud, Michel Moreau, José Côté and Paul Poirier
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1038
  41. Most pregnancies among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and do so within marriage. The mortality rates and pregnancy-related morbidities are ...

    Authors: Archana Sarkar, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Kushal Jain, Jagannath Behera, Surendra Kumar Mishra and Sunil Mehra
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1037
  42. Little is known about the pattern or risk factors for deaths from external causes in sub-Saharan Africa: there is a lack of reliable data, and public health priorities have been focussed on other causes. This ...

    Authors: Steady Chasimpha, Estelle McLean, Menard Chihana, Lackson Kachiwanda, Olivier Koole, Terence Tafatatha, Hazzie Mvula, Moffat Nyirenda, Amelia C. Crampin and Judith R. Glynn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1036
  43. Cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), and arsenic (As) exposure is ubiquitous and has been associated with higher risk of growth restriction and cardiometabolic and neurodevelopmental disorders. However, cost...

    Authors: Katherine E. King, Thomas H. Darrah, Eric Money, Ross Meentemeyer, Rachel L. Maguire, Monica D. Nye, Lloyd Michener, Amy P. Murtha, Randy Jirtle, Susan K. Murphy, Michelle A. Mendez, Wayne Robarge, Avner Vengosh and Cathrine Hoyo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1035
  44. Men in their roles as fathers, husbands, community and religious leaders may play a pivotal part in the continuation of female genital mutilation (FGM). However, the research on their views of FGM and their po...

    Authors: Nesrin Varol, Sabera Turkmani, Kirsten Black, John Hall and Angela Dawson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1034
  45. The implementation of programs complex in design, such as the intersectoral community approach Youth At a Healthy Weight (JOGG), often deviates from their application as intended. There is limited knowledge of...

    Authors: Rianne MJJ van der Kleij, Mathilde R Crone, Theo GWM Paulussen, Vivan M van de Gaar and Ria Reis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1032

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