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  1. Increasing alcohol consumption and related harms have been reported among the elderly population of Europe. Consequently, it is important to monitor patterns of alcohol use, and to use a valid and reliable too...

    Authors: Håkan Källmén, Peter Wennberg, Mats Ramstedt and Mats Hallgren
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:672
  2. Sexual activity accompanied by substance use can impair youth decision-making and enhance risk-taking behaviors. Less is known, however, about the sexual values, perceptions and subsequent sexual practices of ...

    Authors: Lilian A Ghandour, Farah Mouhanna, Rola Yasmine and Faysal El Kak
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:671
  3. Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women worldwide, with high incidence in lowest income countries. Vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) may help to reduce the incidence of cervical ...

    Authors: Joël Ladner, Marie-Hélène Besson, Mariana Rodrigues, Etienne Audureau and Joseph Saba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:670
  4. The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in Colombia has made great advances since its inception in 1979; however, by 2010 vaccination coverage rates had been declining. In 2010, the EPI commissioned a nationwi...

    Authors: Diego Alejandro García L, Martha Velandia-González, Silas Pierson Trumbo, M Cristina Pedreira, Pamela Bravo-Alcántara and M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:669
  5. Consistent use of condoms is the most effective method of preventing STIs including HIV. However, recent evidence suggests that limited knowledge about HIV prevention benefits from male circumcision leads to i...

    Authors: Anam Nyembezi, Robert AC Ruiter, Bart van den Borne, Sibusiso Sifunda, Itumeleng Funani and Priscilla Reddy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:668
  6. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) constituted the principal public health response to the previous influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic and are one key area of ongoing preparation for future pandemics. Thail...

    Authors: Jason Hickey, Anita J Gagnon and Nigoon Jitthai
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:665
  7. There is some evidence that physical activity (PA), sedentary time and screen time (ST) are associated with childhood obesity, but research is inconclusive and studies are mainly based on self-reported data. T...

    Authors: Andrew Decelis, Russell Jago and Kenneth R Fox
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:664
  8. Globally 7.6 million children died in 2010 before reaching their fifth birthday and 40% of these deaths occur in the neonatal period. Pakistan has the third highest rate of neonatal mortality globally. To impl...

    Authors: Yasir Bin Nisar and Michael J Dibley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:663
  9. There has been a recent increase in weight management services available in pharmacies across Australia and England. The aim of this study was to determine the following between women in Victoria and Nottingha...

    Authors: Souhiela Fakih, Jennifer L Marriott, Helen Boardman, Claire Anderson and Safeera Y Hussainy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:662
  10. China has an enormous and growing middle-aged population. Little is known about health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for this group, especially in rural areas. We examined HRQOL and its individual and househ...

    Authors: Jianfang Zhou, Xiaomei Ru and Norman Hearst
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:660
  11. Premarital medical examination (PME) compliance rate has dropped drastically since it became voluntary in China in 2003. This study aimed to establish a prediction model to be a theoretic framework for analyzi...

    Authors: Yaming Gu, Lu Li, Chi Zhou, Tingzhong Yang and Hengjin Dong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:659
  12. Dengue is a major contributor to morbidity in children aged twelve and below throughout Cambodia; the 2012 epidemic season was the most severe in the country since 2007, with more than 42,000 reported (suspect...

    Authors: Andrew A Lover, Philippe Buchy, Anne Rachline, Duch Moniboth, Rekol Huy, Chour Y Meng, Yee Sin Leo, Kdan Yuvatha, Ung Sophal, Ngan Chantha, Bunthin Y, Veasna Duong, Sophie Goyet, Jeremy L Brett, Arnaud Tarantola and Philippe Cavailler
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:658
  13. Inconsistent trends in HPV prevalence by age have been described in Africa. We examined the age prevalence pattern and distribution of 37 HPV-DNA types among urban Nigerian women.

    Authors: Sally N Akarolo-Anthony, Ayo O Famooto, Eileen O Dareng, Olayinka B Olaniyan, Richard Offiong, Cosette M Wheeler and Clement A Adebamowo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:656
  14. A number of studies have suggested that there is a need to increase the physical activity levels of children. Parents are important influences on children’s behaviour. There is a lack of information about whet...

    Authors: Russell Jago, Simon J Sebire, Lesley Wood, Laura Pool, Jesmond Zahra, Janice L Thompson and Deborah A Lawlor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:655
  15. The aim of the present study was to identify the main dietary patterns among young adults and to investigate the association of socioeconomic and demographic factors, and social mobility with dietary patterns.

    Authors: Soraia Pinheiro Machado Arruda, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Gilberto Kac, Marcelo Zubaran Goldani, Heloisa Bettiol and Marco Antônio Barbieri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:654
  16. Health promotion at the work site in terms of physical activity has proven positive effects but optimization of relevant exercise training protocols and implementation for high adherence are still scanty.

    Authors: Gisela Sjøgaard, Just Bendix Justesen, Mike Murray, Tina Dalager and Karen Søgaard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:652
  17. In childhood, inadequate fluid intakes can lead on the short term, to reduced physical and cognitive performances. However, few data are available on the fluid intake among schoolchildren in Belgium. The main ...

    Authors: Christelle Senterre, Michèle Dramaix and Isabelle Thiébaut
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:651
  18. Medicines are kept in households Worldwide for first aid, treatment of chronic or acute disease conditions. This promotes inappropriate use of medicines and hence the associated risks. The study explored the f...

    Authors: Moses Ocan, Godfrey S Bbosa, Paul Waako, Jasper Ogwal-Okeng and Celestino Obua
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:650
  19. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a school-community program on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL; the primary outcome), physical activity (PA), and potential mediators of PA among adolescent girls...

    Authors: Meghan M Casey, Jack T Harvey, Amanda Telford, Rochelle M Eime, Amanda Mooney and Warren R Payne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:649
  20. Patient engagement (PE) is increasingly regarded as a key factor in the improvement of health behaviors and outcomes in the management of chronic disease, such as type 2 diabetes. This article explores (1) the...

    Authors: Guendalina Graffigna, Serena Barello, Chiara Libreri and Claudio A Bosio
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:648
  21. There has been a recent proliferation in the development of smartphone applications (apps) aimed at modifying various health behaviours. While interventions that incorporate behaviour change techniques (BCTs) ...

    Authors: Artur Direito, Leila Pfaeffli Dale, Emma Shields, Rosie Dobson, Robyn Whittaker and Ralph Maddison
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:646
  22. People who inject drugs (PWID) are at highest risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, yet many remain unaware of their infection status. New anti-HCV rapid testing has high potential to impact this.

    Authors: Benjamin Hayes, Alya Briceno, Alice Asher, Michelle Yu, Jennifer L Evans, Judith A Hahn and Kimberly Page
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:645
  23. Although all-cause mortality in Sri Lanka decreased significantly from 1950 to 1970, subsequent declines have been more modest with divergent trends by age and sex. This study investigates these trends through...

    Authors: Chiranthika Vithana, Christine Linhart, Richard Taylor, Stephen Morrell and Syed Azim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:644
  24. Cognitive impairment, including dementia, is a major health concern with the increasing aging population. Preventive measures to delay cognitive decline are of utmost importance. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is th...

    Authors: May A Beydoun, Hind A Beydoun, Alyssa A Gamaldo, Alison Teel, Alan B Zonderman and Youfa Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:643
  25. Worldwide, acute gastroenteritis causes substantial morbidity and mortality in children less than five years of age. In Bolivia, which has one of the lower GDPs in South America, 16% of child deaths can be att...

    Authors: Rachel M Burke, Emily R Smith, Rebecca Moritz Dahl, Paulina A Rebolledo, Maria del Carmen Calderón, Beatriz Cañipa, Edgar Chavez, Rolando Pinto, Luis Tamayo, Carlos Terán, Ángel Veizaga, Remy Zumaran, Volga Iñiguez and Juan S Leon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:642
  26. With the incidence of malaria in Sri Lanka declining, intensive parasitological surveillance has been identified as a key strategy to achieve elimination by end 2014. Tropical and Environmental Diseases and He...

    Authors: Deepika Fernando, Nipun Lakshitha de Silva, Isabella Ackers, Rabindra Abeyasinghe, Pandu Wijeyaratne and Senaka Rajapakse
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:641
  27. In order to develop health promotion initiatives it is important to identify at what age gender and socioeconomic inequalities in health-related behaviours emerge. The aim of this longitudinal study was to ana...

    Authors: Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Nelleke Heinemans, Zangin Zeebari and Emma Patterson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:640
  28. Many children, in particular girls, do not reach the recommended amount of daily physical activity. School recess provides an opportunity for both boys and girls to be physically active, but barriers to recess...

    Authors: Charlotte Skau Pawlowski, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Jasper Schipperijn and Jens Troelsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:639
  29. Home hazards are associated with toddlers receiving unintentional home injuries (UHI). These result in not only physical and psychological difficulties for children, but also economic losses and additional str...

    Authors: Xianyun Qiu, Chintana Wacharasin, Wannee Deoisres, Jifang Yu and Qiong Zheng
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:638
  30. Leisure-time physical activity is essential for healthy and physically active life; however, this domain of physical activity is less common in developing countries. Information on leisure time physical activi...

    Authors: Susan Paudel, Narayan Subedi, Ramjee Bhandari, Ramesh Bastola, Rakshya Niroula and Amod Kumar Poudyal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:637
  31. Several studies on the sexual risk behaviors in sub-Saharan Africa have reported that the initiation of antiretroviral therapy leads to safer sexual behaviors. There is however a persistence of risky sexual be...

    Authors: Issifou Yaya, Bayaki Saka, Dadja Essoya Landoh, P'Niwè Massoubayo Patchali, Makawa-Sy Makawa, Sékandé Senanou, Daoudou Idrissou, Bassan Lamboni and Palokinam Pitche
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:636
  32. It has been suggested that children with same-sex attracted parents score well in psychosocial aspects of their health, however questions remain about the impact of stigma on these children. Research to date h...

    Authors: Simon R Crouch, Elizabeth Waters, Ruth McNair, Jennifer Power and Elise Davis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:635
  33. The deadline for achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 is approaching, but inequalities between disadvantaged and other populations is a significant barrier for progress towards achieving these goals....

    Authors: Beibei Yuan, Mats Målqvist, Nadja Trygg, Xu Qian, Nawi Ng and Sarah Thomsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:634
  34. In this multi-country cluster-randomized behavioural intervention trial promoting exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in Africa, we compared growth of infants up to 6 months of age living in communities where peer c...

    Authors: Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, Debra Jackson, Lars Thore Fadnes, Victoria Nankabirwa, Abdoulaye Hama Diallo, Tanya Doherty, Carl Lombard, Sonja Swanvelder, Jolly Nankunda, Vundli Ramokolo, David Sanders, Henry Wamani, Nicolas Meda, James K Tumwine, Eva-Charlotte Ekström, Philippe Van de Perre…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:633
  35. In the greater framework of the essential functions of Public Health, our focus is on a systematic, objective, external evaluation of Latin American scientific output, to compare its publications in the area o...

    Authors: Grisel Zacca-González, Zaida Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Benjamín Vargas-Quesada and Félix de Moya-Anegón
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:632
  36. HIV is a major public health problem in the world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. It often leads to loss of productive labour and disruption of existing social support system which results in deterioration ...

    Authors: Telemu Kassile, Honest Anicetus, Raphael Kukula and Bruno P Mmbando
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:630
  37. This study, the first of its kind carried out at sub-national level in Ethiopia, was conducted in order to understand the dynamics of HIV transmission at regional and district level in Tigrai, Ethiopia; and to...

    Authors: GebreAb Barnabas, Elisabetta Pegurri, Hiwot Haile Selassie, Warren Naamara and Samuel Zemariam
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:628
  38. Health services can only be responsive if they are designed to service the needs of the population at hand. In many low and middle income countries, the rate of urbanisation can leave the profile of the rural ...

    Authors: Nowrozy Kamar Jahan, Pascale Allotey, Dharma Arunachalam, Shajahan Yasin, Ireneous N Soyiri, Tamzyn M Davey and Daniel D Reidpath
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14(Suppl 2):S8

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 2

  39. Malaysia faces burgeoning obesity and diabetes epidemics with a 250% and 88% increase respectively between 1996 and 2006. Identifying the health challenges of young adults in Malaysia, who constitute 27.5 % of...

    Authors: SA Norris, H Anuar, P Matzen, JCH Cheah, BB Jensen and M Hanson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14(Suppl 2):S6

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 2

  40. The prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and NCD risk factors in Malaysia have risen substantially in the last two decades. The Malaysian Ministry of Health responded by implementing, “The National S...

    Authors: Feisul Idzwan Mustapha, Zainal Ariffin Omar, Omar Mihat, Kamaliah Md Noh, Noraryana Hassan, Rotina Abu Bakar, Azizah Abd Manan, Fatanah Ismail, Norli Abdul Jabbar, Yusmah Muhamad, Latifah A Rahman, Fatimah A Majid, Siti Nurbaya Shahrir, Eliana Ahmad, Tamzyn Davey and Pascale Allotey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14(Suppl 2):S4

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 2

  41. The rising burden of chronic non-communicable diseases in low and middle income countries has major implications on the ability of these countries to achieve universal health coverage. In this paper we discuss...

    Authors: Ama de-Graft Aikins, Mawuli Kushitor, Kwadwo Koram, Stella Gyamfi and Gbenga Ogedegbe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14(Suppl 2):S3

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 2

  42. Paralleled with the rapid socio-economic development and demographic transition, an epidemic of non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) has emerged in China over the past three decades, resulting in increased...

    Authors: Nanzi Xiao, Qian Long, Xiaojun Tang and Shenglan Tang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14(Suppl 2):S2

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 2

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