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  1. Increases in alcohol related mortality and morbidity have been reported among older people in England over the last decade. There is, however, evidence that drinking is protective for some health conditions. T...

    Authors: Martin Frisher, Marina Mendonça, Nicola Shelton, Hynek Pikhart, Cesar de Oliveira and Clare Holdsworth
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:703
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Recent evidence suggests that the majority of HIV transmissions among men who have sex with men (MSM) occur between steady partners. We sought to determine factors associated with HIV transmission risks in ste...

    Authors: Sarah C. Kramer, Jochen Drewes, Martin Kruspe and Ulrich Marcus
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:702
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Control of modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors has substantially reduced CVD mortality, but risk factor levels in populations may change and need continuous monitoring. This study aims to prov...

    Authors: Julia Truthmann, Markus A. Busch, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Gert B. M. Mensink, Antje Gößwald, Matthias Endres and Hannelore Neuhauser
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:701
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  4. Preventing obesity is an international health priority and women living in rural communities are at an increased risk of weight gain. Lifestyle programs are needed as part of a comprehensive approach to preven...

    Authors: S L Kozica, C B Lombard, D Ilic, S Ng, C L Harrison and H J Teede
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:699
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  5. Informal employment is assumed to be an important but seldom studied social determinant of health, affecting a large number of workers around the world. Although informal employment arrangements constitute a p...

    Authors: María López-Ruiz, Lucía Artazcoz, José Miguel Martínez, Marianela Rojas and Fernando G. Benavides
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:698
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  6. The aims of this study were: a) to evaluate attitudes and practices of health care workers (HCWs) towards influenza vaccination and their opinion regarding a vaccination promotion toolkit; b) to estimate hospi...

    Authors: Vanessa Cozza, Valeria Alfonsi, Maria Cristina Rota, Valerio Paolini and Marta Luisa Ciofi degli Atti
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:697
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. There remains a concern that Indigenous Australians have been over-researched without corresponding improvements in their health; this trend is applicable to most Indigenous populations globally. This debate a...

    Authors: Roxanne Bainbridge, Komla Tsey, Janya McCalman, Irina Kinchin, Vicki Saunders, Felecia Watkin Lui, Yvonne Cadet-James, Adrian Miller and Kenny Lawson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:696
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  8. Women having multiple sex partners are reportedly at an increased risk of HPV infection. However, the prevalence and risk factors of HPV infection in female sex workers (FSWs) vary considerably across racial/e...

    Authors: Haiqing Jia, Xiaobin Wang, Zaiqiu Long and Liankun Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:695
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Participation in population-based preventive health check has declined over the past decades. More research is needed to determine factors enhancing participation. The objective of this study was to examine th...

    Authors: Anne Mette Bender, Ichiro Kawachi, Torben Jørgensen and Charlotta Pisinger
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:694
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  10. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends virtually eliminating trans fat from the global food supply. Although several high-income countries have successfully reduced trans fat levels in foods, low- and ...

    Authors: Shauna M Downs, Archna Singh, Vidhu Gupta, Karen Lock and Suparna Ghosh-Jerath
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:693
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  11. Multiple economic factors and social relationships determine dietary behaviours, but the inter-relations between determinants is unknown. Whether women and men differ in the vulnerability to, and impact of, co...

    Authors: Annalijn I. Conklin, Nita G. Forouhi, Paul Surtees, Nicholas J. Wareham and Pablo Monsivais
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:692
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  12. The LIFE-Adult-Study is a population-based cohort study, which has recently completed the baseline examination of 10,000 randomly selected participants from Leipzig, a major city with 550,000 inhabitants in th...

    Authors: Markus Loeffler, Christoph Engel, Peter Ahnert, Dorothee Alfermann, Katrin Arelin, Ronny Baber, Frank Beutner, Hans Binder, Elmar Brähler, Ralph Burkhardt, Uta Ceglarek, Cornelia Enzenbach, Michael Fuchs, Heide Glaesmer, Friederike Girlich, Andreas Hagendorff…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:691
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  13. In developed countries, children’s independent mobility levels are low. Built environmental factors and parental safety concerns are well-known to predict the level of independent mobility adults grant to chil...

    Authors: Stephanie Schoeppe, Mitch J. Duncan, Hannah M. Badland, Stephanie Alley, Susan Williams, Amanda L. Rebar and Corneel Vandelanotte
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:690
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  14. Smoking is a major preventable cause of morbidity and premature death worldwide. Both varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) help achieve smoking cessation. However, limited evidence exists regardi...

    Authors: Ping-Hsun Chang, Chien-Hsieh Chiang, Wei-Che Ho, Pei-Zu Wu, Jaw-Shiun Tsai and Fei-Ran Guo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:689
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  15. Mental health disorders impact approximately one in four US adults. While their causes are likely multifactorial, prior research has linked the risk of certain mental health disorders to prenatal and early chi...

    Authors: Kate Hoffman, Ann Aschengrau, Thomas F. Webster, Scott M. Bartell and Verónica M. Vieira
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:688
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. The effects of physical activity on prescription (PAP) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in overweight adults are unclear. We therefore aimed to explore the effects of the Swedish PAP model on HRQoL in...

    Authors: Sven JG Olsson, Mats Börjesson, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Erik Hemmingsson, Mai-Lis Hellénius and Lena V Kallings
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:687
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  17. Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are frequently asymptomatic and increase the likelihood of transmitting and acquiring HIV. In Brazil, the guidelines for STDs diagnosis and treatment are based on the syndro...

    Authors: Cynthia B. Cunha, Ruth K. Friedman, Raquel B. de Boni, Charlotte Gaydos, Maria R.C. Guimarães, Brenda H. Siqueira, Sandra W. Cardoso, Leonardo Chicayban, José R. Coutinho, Carolyn Yanavich, Valdilea G. Veloso and Beatriz Grinsztejn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:686
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Research has illustrated that the decision-making process regarding healthcare seeking for symptoms is complex and associated with a variety of factors, including gender differences. Enhanced understanding of ...

    Authors: Sandra Elnegaard, Rikke Sand Andersen, Anette Fischer Pedersen, Pia Veldt Larsen, Jens Søndergaard, Sanne Rasmussen, Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam, Rikke Pilsgaard Svendsen, Peter Vedsted and Dorte Ejg Jarbøl
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:685
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  19. Women have shown consistently higher levels of sickness absence from work in comparison to men, but explanations for this gender gap have not been completely understood. Life-course studies suggest that health...

    Authors: Petter Kristensen, Karina Corbett and Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:684
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Exposure to PCDD/PCDF (dioxin and furan) through consumption of fish and shellfish is closely related to the occurrence of skin diseases, such as chloracne and hyperpigmentation. This study aimed to determine ...

    Authors: Azrina Azlan, Nurul Nadiah Mohamad Nasir, Norashikin Shamsudin, Hejar Abdul Rahman, Hock Eng Khoo and Muhammad Rizal Razman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:683
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  21. Family planning contributes substantially in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Recently, male involvement has gained considerable attention in family planning programs but the implementation thereof ...

    Authors: Tizta Tilahun, Gily Coene, Marleen Temmerman and Olivier Degomme
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:682
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  22. Systematic screening for precancerous cervical lesions has resulted in decreased incidence and mortality of cervical cancer. However, even in systematic screening programs, many women are still tested opportun...

    Authors: Mette Tranberg, Mette Bach Larsen, Ellen M. Mikkelsen, Hans Svanholm and Berit Andersen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:681
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2015 15:893

  23. Double-burden of malnutrition (DBM) is an emerging public health concern among the Orang Asli (indigenous peoples) of Peninsular Malaysia. This study aimed to identify the presence of DBM at the community and hou...

    Authors: C. Y. Wong, M. S. Zalilah, E. Y. Chua, S. Norhasmah, Y. S. Chin and A. Siti Nur’Asyura
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:680
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  24. Breast cancer is one of the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Canada. Screening is the most promising approach in identification and treatment of the disease at early stage of its development. Resear...

    Authors: Mandana Vahabi, Aisha Lofters, Matthew Kumar and Richard H. Glazier
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:679
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  25. Recent advances in the measurement of health literacy allow description of a broad range of personal and social dimensions of the concept. Identifying differences in patterns of health literacy between populat...

    Authors: Alison Beauchamp, Rachelle Buchbinder, Sarity Dodson, Roy W. Batterham, Gerald R. Elsworth, Crystal McPhee, Louise Sparkes, Melanie Hawkins and Richard H. Osborne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:678
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  26. Depression increases the risk of disability pension and represents a health related strain that pushes people out of the labour market. Although early voluntary retirement is an important alternative to disabi...

    Authors: Mette Andersen Nexo, Vilhelm Borg, Camilla Sandal Sejbaek, Isabella Gomes Carneiro, Pernille U. Hjarsbech and Reiner Rugulies
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:677
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  27. In Britain, young people continue to bear the burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) so efforts are required, especially among men, to encourage STI testing. The SPORTSMART study trialled an interven...

    Authors: Catherine H. Mercer, Sebastian S. Fuller, John M. Saunders, Pamela Muniina, Andrew J. Copas, Graham J. Hart, Lorna J. Sutcliffe, Anne M. Johnson, Jackie A. Cassell and Claudia S. Estcourt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:676
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  28. To assess the association of socioeconomic position (SEP), measured by family financial situation and housing tenure in childhood and adulthood, with mental health conditions in adulthood.

    Authors: Eleonora Dal Grande, Catherine R. Chittleborough, Jing Wu, Zumin Shi, Robert D. Goldney and Anne W. Taylor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:675
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  29. Access to antenatal HIV testing during pregnancy and the level of uptake of services for Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) in Sudan are very low. This study aimed to obtain insights into the p...

    Authors: Ibrahim E. Elsheikh, Rik Crutzen and H.W. Van den Borne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:674
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  30. Since 2004, the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean has markedly increased. However, vaccine effectiveness (VE) is not routinely measured in the region. We assessed the fea...

    Authors: Nathalie El Omeiri, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Wilfrido Clará, Guiselle Guzmán-Saborío, Miguel Elas, Homer Mejía, Ida Berenice Molina, Yadira De Molto, Sara Mirza, Marc-Alain Widdowson and Alba María Ropero-Álvarez
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:673
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  31. Despite advanced smoking prevention and cessation policies in many countries, the prevalence of cigarette smoking among indigenous and some ethnic minorities continues to be high. This study examined the stage...

    Authors: Nihaya Daoud, Samah Hayek, Ahmad Sheikh Muhammad, Kathleen Abu-Saad, Amira Osman, James F. Thrasher and Ofra Kalter-Leibovici
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:672
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  32. Sleep and physical activity are two health behaviors associated with improved smoking cessation outcomes. Text message-based interventions have previously been used to promote physical activity and smoking ces...

    Authors: A. Jordan Filion, Gerarda Darlington, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Michele Ybarra and Jess Haines
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:671
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  34. Despite it is costly, slow and non-reproducible process, physician review (PR) is a commonly used method to interpret verbal autopsy data. However, there is a growing interest to adapt a new automated and inte...

    Authors: Berhe Weldearegawi, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Geert Jan Dinant and Mark Spigt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:669
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  35. Five years after coronary angiography, life satisfaction (LS) among patients may be related to incidents of cardiovascular diseases, risk factors and unhealthy behaviours and socioeconomic conditions, but thei...

    Authors: Michèle Baumann, Anastase Tchicaya, Kyle Vanderpool, Nathalie Lorentz and Etienne Le Bihan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:668
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  36. Analytic methodology for investigating physical activity patterns over time has been limited. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the group-based trajectory analysis process for identifying developmental ...

    Authors: Soyang Kwon, Jungwha Lee and Mercedes R. Carnethon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:667
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  37. Indigenous Australians are a socially disadvantaged group who experience significantly poorer health and a higher prevalence of modifiable health behaviours than other Australians. Little is known about the cl...

    Authors: Natasha E Noble, Christine L Paul, Nicole Turner, Stephen V Blunden, Christopher Oldmeadow and Heidi E Turon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:666
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  38. Violence against women is a global public health problem with negative effects on physical, mental, and reproductive health. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified intimate partner violence (IPV) a...

    Authors: Donna E. Stewart, Raquel Aviles, Alessandra Guedes, Ekaterina Riazantseva and Harriet MacMillan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:665
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  39. An EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization) intervention package was implemented from October 2011 to May 2014 among migrant children in Yiwu, east China. This study aimed to evaluate its impacts on vaccination ...

    Authors: Yu Hu, Shuying Luo, Xuewen Tang, Linqiao Lou, Yaping Chen, Jing Guo and Bing Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:664
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Young adulthood is a critical life period for health and health behaviours. Related measurements collected before and after birth, and during childhood and adolescence can provide a life-course analysis of imp...

    Authors: Leon M. Straker, Graham L. Hall, Jenny Mountain, Erin K. Howie, Elisha White, Nigel McArdle and Peter R. Eastwood
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:663
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  41. Inequalities in the distribution of the social determinants of health are now a widely recognised problem, seen as requiring immediate and significant action (CSDH. Closing the Gap in a Generation. Geneva: WHO...

    Authors: Gemma Carey and Brad Crammond
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:662
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  42. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an immense global problem with serious economic and social consequences. Modifiable risk factors for CVD have been identified internationally in adolescents where early interven...

    Authors: N A Odunaiya, K Grimmer and Q A Louw
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:661
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of gonorrhoea and factors associated with rectal gonorrhoea among men reporting sexual contact with men with gonorrhoea.

    Authors: Krishneel Dutt, Eric P.F. Chow, Sarah Huffam, Karen Klassen, Christopher K. Fairley, Catriona S Bradshaw, Ian Denham and Marcus Y. Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:658
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  44. There is controversy about chronic health consequences of tick-borne infections, especially Lyme borreliosis. This study aims to assess whether general function, physical fitness and subjective health complain...

    Authors: Reidar Hjetland, Harald Reiso, Camilla Ihlebæk, Roy M. Nilsen, Nils Grude and Elling Ulvestad
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:657
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  45. Itai-itai disease primarily results from cadmium (Cd) exposure and is known as one of the four major pollution diseases in Japan. Cd pollution is more serious in several areas of China than in Japan. However, ...

    Authors: Shen Ke, Xi-Yu Cheng, Jie-Ying Zhang, Wen-Jing Jia, Hao Li, Hui-Fang Luo, Peng-He Ge, Ze-Min Liu, Hong-Mei Wang, Jin-Sheng He and Zhi-Nan Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:656
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  46. Lifestyle habits of physicians are of paramount importance both because they influence the physician’s own health and because these habits have been shown to affect patients’ care. There is limited information...

    Authors: Saif M Borgan, Ghufran A Jassim, Zaid A Marhoon and Mahmoud H Ibrahim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:655
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  47. Mental health problems are rising, especially among younger people, indicating a need to identify determinants of the development of mental health over the life course. Parental involvement in their children’s...

    Authors: Hugo Westerlund, Kristiina Rajaleid, Pekka Virtanen, Per E. Gustafsson, Tapio Nummi and Anne Hammarström
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:653
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  48. Community-based obesity treatment programs have become an important response to address child obesity; however the majority of these programs are small, efficacy trials, few are translated into real-world situ...

    Authors: Louise L. Hardy, Seema Mihrshahi, Joanne Gale, Binh Nguyen, Louise A. Baur and Blythe J. O’Hara
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:652
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  49. Household air pollution (HAP) resulting from the use of solid fuels presents a major public health hazard. Improved stoves have been offered as a potential tool to reduce exposure to HAP and improve health out...

    Authors: Emma Thomas, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Shanthi Mendis, Nia Roberts and Charlie Foster
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:650
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  50. Many children are not physically active enough for a health benefit. One avenue of physical activity is modified sport programs, designed as an introduction to sport for young children. This longitudinal study...

    Authors: Rochelle M. Eime, Meghan M. Casey, Jack T. Harvey, Melanie J. Charity, Janet A. Young and Warren R. Payne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:649
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