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  1. Physical and sexual violence heighten STI/HIV risk for women in sex work. Against this backdrop, we describe the nature of abuse against women in sex work, and its STI/HIV implications, across perpetrators.

    Authors: Michele R Decker, Erin Pearson, Samantha L Illangasekare, Erin Clark and Susan G Sherman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:876
  2. In Italy the proportion of cases of tuberculosis in persons originating from high-prevalence countries has been increasing in the last decade. We designed a study to assess adherence to and yield of a tubercul...

    Authors: Monica Sañé Schepisi, Gina Gualano, Claudia Fellus, Nazario Bevilacqua, Marco Vecchi, Pierluca Piselli, Giuliana Battagin, Giulia Silvestrini, Andrea Attanasio, Alberto Vela, Giorgia Rocca, Alessandro Rinaldi, Pietro Benedetti, Salvatore Geraci, Francesco Nicola Lauria and Enrico Girardi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:872
  3. Chronic diseases are posing an increasing challenge to society, with the associated burden falling disproportionally on more deprived individuals and geographical areas. Although the existence of a socioeconom...

    Authors: Juan F Orueta, Arturo García-Álvarez, Edurne Alonso-Morán, Laura Vallejo-Torres and Roberto Nuño-Solinis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:870
  4. One of the consequences of the increasing flexibility in contemporary labour markets is that individuals change jobs more frequently than in the past. Indeed, in many cases, through collecting a lot of contrac...

    Authors: Antonella Bena, Massimiliano Giraudo, Roberto Leombruni and Giuseppe Costa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:869
  5. The practice of joint physical custody, where children spend equal time in each parent’s home after they separate, is increasing in many countries. It is particularly common in Sweden, where this custody arran...

    Authors: Malin Bergström, Bitte Modin, Emma Fransson, Luis Rajmil, Marie Berlin, Per A Gustafsson and Anders Hjern
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:868
  6. In Ethiopia, there is a growing concern about the increasing rates of loss to follow-up (LTFU) in HIV programs among people waiting to start HIV treatment. Unlike other African countries, there is little infor...

    Authors: Ismael Ahmed, Salem T Gugsa, Seblewengel Lemma and Meaza Demissie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:867
  7. Road traffic injuries, especially those involving motorcycles, are a particular concern in Iran. We aimed to identify the specific cognitive dissonances and consonances associated with risky riding among Irani...

    Authors: Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, Fereshteh Zamani-Alavijeh, David Hindman, Esa Mohamadi and Mohsen Bazargan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:865
  8. Malnutrition is a deficiency state of both macro and micronutrients (under - nutrition) and their over consumption (over- nutrition) causing measurable adverse effects on human body structure and function, res...

    Authors: Gudina Egata, Yemane Berhane and Alemayehu Worku
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:864
  9. To complement available information on mortality in a population Standard Expected Years of Life Lost (SEYLL), an indicator of premature mortality, is increasingly used to calculate the mortality-associated di...

    Authors: Dietrich Plass, Patsy Yuen Kwan Chau, Thuan Quoc Thach, Heiko J Jahn, Poh Chin Lai, Chit Ming Wong and Alexander Kraemer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:863
  10. Uncertainty still surrounds the association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and depression. We aimed to evaluate the association between MetS and elevated depressive symptoms in a general Japanese population.

    Authors: Atsuko Sekita, Hisatomi Arima, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Tomoyuki Ohara, Yasufumi Doi, Yoichiro Hirakawa, Masayo Fukuhara, Jun Hata, Koji Yonemoto, Yukiko Ga, Takanari Kitazono, Shigenobu Kanba and Yutaka Kiyohara
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:862
  11. Among the most burdensome clinical conditions occurring in older persons, respiratory infections are particularly relevant. In fact, the onset of pneumonias is associated with a significant worsening of the in...

    Authors: Laurent Demougeot, Yves Rolland, Stéphane Gérard, Delphine Pennetier, Marilyne Duboué, Bruno Vellas and Matteo Cesari
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:861
  12. Some governments have recently shown a willingness to introduce taxes on unhealthy foods and drinks. In 2011, the Irish Minister for Health proposed a 10% tax on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) as a measure t...

    Authors: Adam DM Briggs, Oliver T Mytton, David Madden, Donal O’Shea, Mike Rayner and Peter Scarborough
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:860
  13. Many of India’s estimated 40 million migrant workers in the construction industry migrate with their children. Though India is undergoing rapid economic growth, numerous child protection issues remain. Migrant...

    Authors: Theresa S Betancourt, Ashkon Shaahinfar, Sarah E Kellner, Nayana Dhavan and Timothy P Williams
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:858
  14. This paper presents an evaluation of Avahan, a large scale HIV prevention program that was implemented using peer-mediated strategies, condom distribution and sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinical serv...

    Authors: Thilakavathi Subramanian, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, Santhakumar Aridoss, Prabuddhagopal Goswami, Boopathi Kanguswami, Mathew Shajan, Rajat Adhikary, Girish Kumar Chethrapilly Purushothaman, Senthil Kumar Ramamoorthy, Eswaramurthy Chinnaswamy, Ilaya Bharathy Veeramani and Ramesh Shivram Paranjape
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:857
  15. The tobacco industry has globalized and tobacco use continues to increase in low- and middle-income countries. Yet, the data and research to inform policy initiatives for addressing this phenomenon is sparse. ...

    Authors: Hadii M Mamudu, Rijo M John, Sreenivas P Veeranki and Ahmed E Ogwell Ouma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:856
  16. With increasing age, physical capacity decreases, while the need and time for recovery increases. At the same time, the demands of work usually do not change with age. In the near future, an aging and physical...

    Authors: Elin Arvidson, Mats Börjesson, Gunnar Ahlborg Jr, Agneta Lindegård and Ingibjörg H Jonsdottir
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:855
  17. We examined the association of impaired lung function and respiratory symptoms with measures of health status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among US adults.

    Authors: Anne G Wheaton, Earl S Ford, William W Thompson, Kurt J Greenlund, Letitia R Presley-Cantrell and Janet B Croft
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:854
  18. Divorce is associated with mental health problems, and heavy drinking is related to higher risk of divorce. Less is known about the effects of divorce in couples where one or both drinks heavily. There are, ho...

    Authors: Kamilla Rognmo, Fartein A Torvik, Mariann Idstad and Kristian Tambs
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:852
  19. Financial incentives are widely used strategies to alleviate poverty, foster development, and improve health. Cash transfer programs, microcredit, user fee removal policies and voucher schemes that provide dir...

    Authors: Diego G Bassani, Paul Arora, Kerri Wazny, Michelle F Gaffey, Lindsey Lenters and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S30

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  20. Diarrhea and pneumonia are the two leading causes of mortality in children under five. Improvements have occurred over the past two decades but the progress is slow to meet the MDG-4.

    Authors: Jai K Das, Zohra S Lassi, Rehana A Salam and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S29

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  21. Diarrhea is one of the major causes of death in children under five years of age, disproportionately affecting children in low- and middle-income countries. Treatment of diarrhea with oral rehydration solution...

    Authors: Lindsey M Lenters, Jai K Das and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S28

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  22. There is a pressing need to include cost data in the Lives Saved Tool (LiST). This paper proposes a method that combines data from both the WHO CHOosing Interventions that are Cost-Effective (CHOICE) database ...

    Authors: Adebiyi Adesina and Lori A Bollinger
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S27

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  23. Under-five mortality remains high in Burkina Faso with significant reductions required to meet Millennium Development Goal 4. The Acceleration for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health is being implemented to re...

    Authors: Andrew Marsh, Melinda Munos, Banza Baya, Djeneba Sanon, Kate Gilroy and Jennifer Bryce
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S26

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  24. Access to improved sanitation plays an important role in child health through its impact on diarrheal mortality and malnutrition. Inequities in sanitation coverage translate into health inequities across socio...

    Authors: Anjali Acharya, Li Liu, Qingfeng Li and Ingrid K Friberg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S25

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  25. Lives-saved estimates calculated by LiST include the implicit assumptions that there are no inequalities among different socioeconomic groups, and also that the likelihood of a mother or child receiving a give...

    Authors: Cesar G Victora, Aluisio J D Barros, Tanya Malpica-Llanos and Neff Walker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S24

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  26. Globally, moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affect approximately 52 million children under five. This systematic review evaluates the effectiveness of interventions for SAM ...

    Authors: Lindsey M Lenters, Kerri Wazny, Patrick Webb, Tahmeed Ahmed and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S23

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  27. More than 3.5 million women and children under five die each year in poor countries due to underlying undernutrition. Many of these are associated with concomitant micronutrient deficiencies. In the last decad...

    Authors: Rehana A Salam, Ceilidh MacPhail, Jai K Das and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S22

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  28. Two of the most prevalent causes of severe bacterial meningitis in children, Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) and Streptococcus pneumoniae, are preventable by existing vaccines increasingly available in develo...

    Authors: Stephanie Davis, Daniel Feikin and Hope L Johnson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S21

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  29. Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF) rates remain low in both low-income and high-income countries despite World Health Organization recommendations for EBF till 6 months. Breastfeeding has been shown to have a prote...

    Authors: Sarah Haroon, Jai K Das, Rehana A Salam, Aamer Imdad and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S20

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  30. Early breastfeeding is defined as the initiation of breastfeeding within twenty four hours of birth. While the benefits of breastfeeding have been known for decades, only recently has the role of time to initi...

    Authors: Amanda K Debes, Anjalee Kohli, Neff Walker, Karen Edmond and Luke C Mullany
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S19

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  31. Suboptimal breastfeeding practices among infants and young children <24 months of age are associated with elevated risk of pneumonia morbidity and mortality. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis ...

    Authors: Laura M Lamberti, Irena Zakarija-Grković, Christa L Fischer Walker, Evropi Theodoratou, Harish Nair, Harry Campbell and Robert E Black
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S18

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  32. Current WHO guidelines on the management and treatment of diarrhea in children strongly recommend continued feeding alongside the administration of oral rehydration solution and zinc therapy, but there remains...

    Authors: Michelle F Gaffey, Kerri Wazny, Diego G Bassani and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S17

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  33. Oral rehydration salts (ORS), zinc, and continued feeding are the recommended treatments for community-acquired acute diarrhea among young children. However, probiotics are becoming increasingly popular treatm...

    Authors: Jennifer A Applegate, Christa L Fischer Walker, Ramya Ambikapathi and Robert E Black
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S16

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  34. There is an increased risk of serious neonatal infection arising through exposure of the umbilical cord to invasive pathogen in home and facility births where hygienic practices are difficult to achieve. The W...

    Authors: Aamer Imdad, Luke C Mullany, Abdullah H Baqui, Shams El Arifeen, James M Tielsch, Subarna K Khatry, Rasheduzzaman Shah, Simon Cousens, Robert E Black and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S15

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  35. Influenza is an under-appreciated cause of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in children. It is estimated to cause approximately 20 million new episodes of ALRI in children annually, 97% of these occur...

    Authors: Harish Nair, Eva Shi May Lau, W Abdullah Brooks, Ang Choon Seong, Evropi Theodoratou, Lina Zgaga, Tanvir Huda, Suresh S Jadhav, Igor Rudan and Harry Campbell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S14

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  36. About one third of deaths in children less than 5 years of age are due to underlying undernutrition. According to an estimate, 19.4% of children <5 years of age in developing countries were underweight (weight...

    Authors: Zohra S Lassi, Jai K Das, Guleshehwar Zahid, Aamer Imdad and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S13

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  37. Approximately 287,000 women die of causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every year. While effective interventions exist to prevent maternal death, high quality impact evaluations for these interventions ...

    Authors: Suzanne Lee Pollard, Matthews Mathai and Neff Walker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S12

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  38. Diarrhea is a leading cause of mortality in children under 5 years along with its long-term impact on growth and cognitive development. Despite advances in the understanding of diarrheal disorders and manageme...

    Authors: Jai K Das, Anjali Tripathi, Anum Ali, Amman Hassan, Chesarahima Dojosoeandy and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S11

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  39. Diarrhea is a major contributor to the burden of morbidity and mortality in children; it accounts for a median of 11% of all deaths among children aged less than 5 years, amounting to approximately 0.8 million...

    Authors: Jai K Das, Anum Ali, Rehana A Salam and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S10

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  40. Diarrheal diseases are the second leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries and an important cause of malnutrition. An estimated 0.75 million children below 5 years of age die ...

    Authors: Jai K Das, Rohail Kumar, Rehana A Salam, Stephen Freedman and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S9

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  41. Exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from cooking with solid fuels affects 2.8 billion people in developing countries, including children and pregnant women. The aim of this review is to propose intervent...

    Authors: Nigel G Bruce, Mukesh K Dherani, Jai K Das, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Heather Adair-Rohani, Zulfiqar A Bhutta and Dan Pope
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S8

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  42. A number of data sets show that high parity births are associated with higher child mortality than low parity births. The reasons for this relationship are not clear. In this paper we investigate whether high ...

    Authors: Emily Sonneveldt, Willyanne DeCormier Plosky and John Stover
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S7

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 3

  43. This study used data from recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to examine the impact of short or long preceding birth intervals on neonatal and under-five mortality. In order to minimize the effect of s...

    Authors: Naoko Kozuki and Neff Walker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S6

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  44. This study used data from recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to examine the impact of high parity on under-five and neonatal mortality. The analyses used various techniques to attempt eliminating sele...

    Authors: Naoko Kozuki, Emily Sonneveldt and Neff Walker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S5

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  45. Several birth characteristics are associated with high mortality risk: very young or old mothers, short birth intervals and high birth order. One justification for family planning programs is the health benefi...

    Authors: John Stover and John Ross
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S4

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  46. Previous studies have reported on adverse neonatal outcomes associated with parity and maternal age. Many of these studies have relied on cross-sectional data, from which drawing causal inference is complex. W...

    Authors: Naoko Kozuki, Anne CC Lee, Mariangela F Silveira, Ayesha Sania, Joshua P Vogel, Linda Adair, Fernando Barros, Laura E Caulfield, Parul Christian, Wafaie Fawzi, Jean Humphrey, Lieven Huybregts, Aroonsri Mongkolchati, Robert Ntozini, David Osrin, Dominique Roberfroid…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S2

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  47. This paper provides an overview of the historical development and current status of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST). The paper provides a general explanation of the modeling approach used in the model with links t...

    Authors: Neff Walker, Yvonne Tam and Ingrid K Friberg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S1

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