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  1. Malaria in northeast India affects children and adults annually. The number of malaria cases reported has declined over the past few years. Nevertheless, it is not clear whether there is an actual decline in p...

    Authors: Sunil Dhiman, Diganta Goswami, Bipul Rabha, Kavita Yadav, Pronobesh Chattopadhyay and Vijay Veer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:919
  2. Continuous monitoring technologies such as accelerometers and pedometers are the gold standard for physical activity (PA) measurement. However, inconsistencies in use, analysis, and reporting limit the underst...

    Authors: Charles S. Layne, Nathan H. Parker, Erica G. Soltero, José Rosales Chavez, Daniel P. O’Connor, Martina R. Gallagher and Rebecca E. Lee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:917
  3. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the largest cause of premature death worldwide. Socioeconomic inequalities contribute to a disparity in the burden of NCDs among disadvantaged and advantaged populations in...

    Authors: Isolde Sommer, Ursula Griebler, Peter Mahlknecht, Kylie Thaler, Kathryn Bouskill, Gerald Gartlehner and Shanti Mendis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:914
  4. The role of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in prostate cancer risk is still debated. We investigated it in a large population-based case–control study.

    Authors: Audrey Blanc-Lapierre, Andrea Spence, Pierre I. Karakiewicz, Armen Aprikian, Fred Saad and Marie-Élise Parent
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:913
  5. The aim was to investigate which individual and family environmental factors are related to television and computer time separately in 10- to-12-year-old children within and across five European countries (Bel...

    Authors: Maïté Verloigne, Wendy Van Lippevelde, Elling Bere, Yannis Manios, Éva Kovács, Monika Grillenberger, Lea Maes, Johannes Brug and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:912
  6. Research showed that food marketing for children frequently contradicts national dietary guidelines. Children, unlike adults, are not able to understand the persuasiveness of the advertisements with its short-...

    Authors: Benjamin Missbach, Adelheid Weber, Elke M. Huber and Jürgen S. König
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:910
  7. Enabling women living with HIV to effectively plan whether and when to become pregnant is an essential right; effective prevention of unintended pregnancies is also critical to reduce maternal morbidity and mo...

    Authors: James Kimani, Charlotte Warren, Timothy Abuya, Richard Mutemwa, Susannah Mayhew and Ian Askew
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:909
  8. Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, particularly for respiratory tract infections (RTI) in ambulatory care, has become a worldwide public health threat due to resulting antibiotic resistance. In spite of var...

    Authors: Pia Touboul-Lundgren, Siri Jensen, Johann Drai and Morten Lindbæk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:908
  9. Socioeconomic inequalities in health behaviour emerge in early life before tracking into adulthood. Many interventions to improve childhood health behaviours are delivered via schools, often targeting poorer a...

    Authors: Graham F. Moore, Hannah J. Littlecott, Ruth Turley, Elizabeth Waters and Simon Murphy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:907
  10. Parks are increasingly being viewed as a resource that may influence youth obesity and physical activity (PA). Assessing park quality can be challenging as few tools assess park characteristics geared towards ...

    Authors: Madeleine E. Bird, Geetanjali D. Datta, Andraea van Hulst, Yan Kestens and Tracie A. Barnett
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:906
  11. Little is known about asthma trend in Morocco, particularly in early childhood. Furthermore, when dealing with asthma related environmental risk factors in Morocco, decision-making focus is in one region R9, w...

    Authors: Mina Sadeq, Redouane Abouqal and Abdelilah ElMarnissi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:905
  12. With increasing levels of enrolment, primary schools present a pragmatic opportunity to improve the access of school children to timely diagnosis and treatment of malaria, increasingly recognised as a major he...

    Authors: Stefan Witek-McManus, Don P. Mathanga, Allison Verney, Austin Mtali, Doreen Ali, John Sande, Reuben Mwenda, Saidi Ndau, Charles Mazinga, Emmanuel Phondiwa, Tiyese Chimuna, David Melody, Natalie Roschnik, Simon J. Brooker and Katherine E. Halliday
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:904
  13. Low health literacy is a common problem among older adults. It is often suggested to be associated with poor adherence. This suggested association implies a need for effective adherence interventions in low he...

    Authors: Bas Geboers, Julii S. Brainard, Yoon K. Loke, Carel J. M. Jansen, Charlotte Salter, Sijmen A. Reijneveld and Andrea F. de Winter
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:903

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2015 15:1091

  14. Obesity and obesity related conditions, driven by processes such as urbanization and globalization, are contributing to pronounced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in developing countries. There is limit...

    Authors: Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Anawat Wisetborisut, Kittipan Rerkasem, Sam-ang Seubsman, Adrian Sleigh, Pat Doyle and Dorothea Nitsch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:902
  15. The SI! Program promotes cardiovascular health through a multilevel school-based intervention on four lifestyle-related components: diet, physical activity, understanding the body and heart, and management of ...

    Authors: G. Santos-Beneit, M. Sotos-Prieto, P. Bodega, C. Rodríguez, X. Orrit, N. Pérez-Escoda, R. Bisquerra, V. Fuster and JL Peñalvo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:901
  16. Brucellosis remains a neglected zoonotic disease among agro-pastoral communities where unprocessed milk and milk products are consumed. A cross-sectional study was carried out in Kiboga district to determine t...

    Authors: Gabriel Tumwine, Enock Matovu, John David Kabasa, David Okello Owiny and Samuel Majalija
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:900
  17. Recent evidence links sedentary behaviour (or too much sitting) with poorer health outcomes; many adults accumulate the majority of their daily sitting time through occupational sitting and TV viewing. To furt...

    Authors: Nyssa T. Hadgraft, Brigid M. Lynch, Bronwyn K. Clark, Genevieve N. Healy, Neville Owen and David W. Dunstan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:899
  18. Tobacco use remains the leading cause of premature morbidity and mortality in the United States. Young adults are less successful at quitting, use cessation treatment less often than smokers of other ages, and...

    Authors: Danielle E. Ramo, Johannes Thrul, Kevin L. Delucchi, Pamela M. Ling, Sharon M. Hall and Judith J. Prochaska
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:897
  19. The National Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Program in Australia commenced in 2007 for females and in 2013 for males, using the quadrivalent HPV vaccine (HPV 6,11,16,18). Thus far, we have demonstrated...

    Authors: S. Rachel Skinner, Cristyn Davies, Spring Cooper, Tanya Stoney, Helen Marshall, Jane Jones, Joanne Collins, Heidi Hutton, Adriana Parrella, Gregory Zimet, David G. Regan, Patti Whyte, Julia M. L. Brotherton, Peter Richmond, Kirsten McCaffrey, Suzanne M. Garland…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:896
  20. Globally, Africans and African Americans experience a disproportionate burden of type 2 diabetes, compared to other race and ethnic groups. The aim of the study was to examine the association of plasma glucose...

    Authors: Yacoba Atiase, Kathryn Farni, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Amy Luke, Pascal Bovet, Terrence G. Forrester, Vicki Lambert, Naomi S. Levitt, Stephanie Kliethermes, Guichan Cao, Ramon A. Durazo-Arvizu, Richard S. Cooper and Lara R. Dugas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:895
  21. Authors: Rory McGill, Elspeth Anwar, Lois Orton, Helen Bromley, Ffion Lloyd-Williams, Martin O’Flaherty, David Taylor-Robinson, Maria Guzman-Castillo, Duncan Gillespie, Patricia Moreira, Kirk Allen, Lirije Hyseni, Nicola Calder, Mark Petticrew, Martin White, Margaret Whitehead…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:894

    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2015 15:457

  22. Authors: Victor Maduabuchi Oguoma, Ezekiel Uba Nwose, Timothy Chas Skinner, Kester Awharentomah Digban, Innocent Chukwu Onyia and Ross Stuart Richards
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:891

    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2015 15:397

  23. This study assessed clustering of three health-compromising behaviours and explored the association of neighbourhood and individual social capital with simultaneous health-compromising behaviours and patterns ...

    Authors: Andrea Almeida Tofani, Gabriela de Almeida Lamarca, Aubrey Sheiham and Mario Vianna Vettore
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:890
  24. Opt-out HIV testing is a novel concept in Australia. In the opt-out approach, health care providers (HCPs) routinely test patients for HIV unless they explicitly decline or defer. Opt-out HIV testing is only p...

    Authors: Stacy Leidel, Ruth McConigley, Duncan Boldy, Sally Wilson and Sonya Girdler
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:888
  25. Governments use fiscal interventions (FIs) on food and beverages to encourage healthy food behaviour and positive health outcomes. The objective of this review was to study the behavioural and health outcomes ...

    Authors: AMAAP Alagiyawanna, Nick Townsend, Oli Mytton, Pete Scarborough, Nia Roberts and Mike Rayner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:887
  26. Areas with dynamic population movements are likely to be associated with higher levels of drug-resistant malaria. Myanmar Artemisinin Resistance Containment (MARC) Project has been launching since 2012. One of...

    Authors: Thaung Hlaing, Khin Thet Wai, Tin Oo, Nyan Sint, Tun Min, Shwe Myar, Khin Nan Lon, Myo Myint Naing, Tet Toe Tun, Nay Lin Yin Maung, Gawrie N. L. Galappaththy, Krongthong Thimarsan, Tin Tin Wai and Lwin Ni Ni Thaung
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:886
  27. HIV prevalence is high in Liangshan, China (1.1 %). In 2012, people who inject drugs (PWID) in Xichang, the capital city, contributed to 60.0 % of the HIV infections. The goal of the current study was to exami...

    Authors: Yi Yang, Carl A. Latkin, Rongsheng Luan and Cui Yang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:885
  28. The objectives of this study were to document retailer opinions about tobacco control policy at the point of sale (POS) and link these opinions with store level compliance with sales and marketing provisions o...

    Authors: Shyanika W. Rose, Sherry L. Emery, Susan Ennett, Heathe Luz McNaughton Reyes, John C. Scott and Kurt M. Ribisl
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:884
  29. Health literacy (HL) has gained increasing attention in public health research. However, until now research was mainly focused on clinical settings rather than on the general population. Due its relation to so...

    Authors: Daniel Tiller, Beatrice Herzog, Alexander Kluttig and Johannes Haerting
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:883
  30. Over sixty percent of adults in the UK are now overweight/obese. Weight management on a national scale requires behavioural and lifestyle solutions that are accessible to large numbers of people. Evidence sugg...

    Authors: R. James Stubbs, Liam Morris, Carolyn Pallister, Graham Horgan and Jacquie H. Lavin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:882
  31. Suboptimal use of mental health services persists for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples1. Coupled with poorer life expectancy than other Australians, barriers to care have included poorly established ...

    Authors: Brian McKenna, Sabin Fernbacher, Trentham Furness and Michelle Hannon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:881
  32. Open defecation is widely practiced in India. To improve sanitation and promote better health, the Government of India (GOI) has instituted large scale sanitation programmes supporting construction of public a...

    Authors: Parimita Routray, Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Sophie Boisson, Thomas Clasen and Marion W. Jenkins
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:880
  33. Despite the growing body of evidence on use of modern contraceptives among women in sub-Saharan African countries, little is known about the broader context in which female decision-making concerning contracep...

    Authors: Echezona E. Ezeanolue, Juliet Iwelunmor, Ibitola Asaolu, Michael C. Obiefune, Chinenye O. Ezeanolue, Alice Osuji, Amaka G. Ogidi, Aaron T. Hunt, Dina Patel, Wei Yang and John E. Ehiri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:879
  34. The Heatwave Plan for England provides guidance for personal and home protection measures during heatwaves. Although studies in the USA, Australia and Europe have surveyed heat-related behaviours during heatwa...

    Authors: Swarna Khare, Shakoor Hajat, Sari Kovats, Carmen E. Lefevre, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Suraje Dessai and Angie Bone
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:878
  35. Globally, 15 million babies were born prematurely in 2012, with 37.6 % of them in South Asia. About 32.4 million infants were born small for gestational age (SGA) in 2010, with more than half of these births o...

    Authors: Ashish KC, Johan Wrammert, Viktoria Nelin, Uwe Ewald, Robert Clark and Mats Målqvist
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:877
  36. Our aim was to examine the association between Street Smart Walk Score® and self-reported outdoor walking among older Canadians, and to determine whether socioeconomic status modifies this association.

    Authors: M. Winters, R. Barnes, Scott Venners, N. Ste-Marie, H. McKay, J. Sims-Gould and MC Ashe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:876
  37. Cervical cancer strikes hard in low-resource regions yet primary prevention is still rare. Pilot projects have however showed that Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs can attain high uptake. Nevert...

    Authors: Heleen Vermandere, Violet Naanyu, Olivier Degomme and Kristien Michielsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:875
  38. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is still widespread in Egyptian society. It is strongly entrenched in local tradition and culture and has a strong link to the position of women. To eradicate the practice a maj...

    Authors: Ronan Van Rossem, Dominique Meekers and Anastasia J. Gage
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:874
  39. Motherhood is a significant and important aspect of life for many women around the globe. For women in communities where motherhood is highly desired, motherhood is considered crucial to the woman’s identity. ...

    Authors: Mimmie Claudine Ngum Chi Watts, Pranee Liamputtong and Celia Mcmichael
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:873
  40. Literature on the disease profile of prisoners that differentiates by age and gender remains sparse. This study aimed to describe the health of correctional inmates in terms of substance abuse problems and men...

    Authors: Karine Moschetti, Pierre Stadelmann, Tenzin Wangmo, Alberto Holly, Patrick Bodenmann, Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen, Bernice S. Elger and Bruno Gravier
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:872
  41. Research demonstrates high rates of physical and sexual victimization of women by intimate partners on college campuses (Black et al. 2001). College women in abusive relationships must weigh complex factors (h...

    Authors: Nancy Glass, Amber Clough, James Case, Ginger Hanson, Jamie Barnes-Hoyt, Amy Waterbury, Jeanne Alhusen, Miriam Ehrensaft, Karen Trister Grace and Nancy Perrin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:871
  42. Universal health access will not be achieved unless women are cared for in their own communities and are empowered to take decisions about their own health in a supportive environment. This will only be achiev...

    Authors: Khalifa Elmusharaf, Elaine Byrne and Diarmuid O’Donovan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:870
  43. There is considerable evidence that tobacco control mass media campaigns can change smoking behaviour. In the UK, campaigns over the last decade have contributed to declines in smoking prevalence and been asso...

    Authors: S. Lewis, M. Sims, S. Richardson, T. Langley, L. Szatkowski, A. McNeill and A. B. Gilmore
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:869
  44. The objective of this study was to estimate changes over time in health status and selected health behaviours during the Great Recession, in the period 2011/12, in Spain, both overall, and according to socioec...

    Authors: Xavier Bartoll, Veronica Toffolutti, Davide Malmusi, Laia Palència, Carme Borrell and Marc Suhrcke
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:865
  45. Action taken to enhance or conserve outdoor environments may benefit health and wellbeing through the process of participation but also through improving the environment. There is interest, amongst both health...

    Authors: Rebecca Lovell, Kerryn Husk, Chris Cooper, Will Stahl-Timmins and Ruth Garside
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:864

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