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  1. Several studies have simultaneously examined physical activity (PA) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with metabolic syndrome (MS). However, the independent roles of both PA and CRF with MS are less firmly e...

    Authors: Ruby Yu, Forrest Yau, Suzanne C Ho and Jean Woo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:614
  2. Social capital is associated with health behaviours and health. Our objective was to explore how different dimensions of social capital and health-related behaviours are associated, and whether health behaviou...

    Authors: Tarja Nieminen, Ritva Prättälä, Tuija Martelin, Tommi Härkänen, Markku T Hyyppä, Erkki Alanen and Seppo Koskinen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:613
  3. Preventing diabetic foot problems (DFP) and their associated consequences is a critical in rural regions. The objective is to present an association of non-invasive DFP assessment tools and physiological indic...

    Authors: Chia-Hao Chang, Yun-Shing Peng, Chang-Cheng Chang and Mei-Yen Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:612
  4. Adolescent girls are at an age to be involved in the decision about HPV vaccination uptake and therefore need adequate information about the vaccination. This study assesses to what extent reading an official ...

    Authors: Robine Hofman, Puck AWH Schiffers, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Hein Raat, Inge MCM de Kok, Marjolein van Ballegooijen and Ida J Korfage
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:611
  5. Alcohol policy priorities in Australia have been set by the National Preventative Health Task Force, yet significant reform has not occurred. News media coverage of these priorities has not reported public hea...

    Authors: Andrea S Fogarty and Simon Chapman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:610
  6. Aboriginal people living in Canada have a high prevalence of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). To better understand the pre and postnatal influences on the development of adiposity an...

    Authors: Gita Wahi, Julie Wilson, Ruby Miller, Rebecca Anglin, Sarah McDonald, Katherine M Morrison, Koon K Teo and Sonia S Anand
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:608
  7. The increasing frequency and intensity of dengue outbreaks in endemic and non-endemic countries requires a rational, evidence based response. To this end, we aimed to collate the experiences of a number of aff...

    Authors: Shiraz Badurdeen, David Benitez Valladares, Jeremy Farrar, Ernesto Gozzer, Axel Kroeger, Novia Kuswara, Silvia Runge Ranzinger, Hien Tran Tinh, Priscila Leite, Yodi Mahendradhata, Ronald Skewes and Ayesha Verrall
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:607
  8. Population aging leads to increased burden of chronic diseases and demand in public health. This study aimed to assess whether the score of Primary Health Care (PHC) is associated with a) the model of care - F...

    Authors: Vivian C Honorato dos Santos de Carvalho, Sinara L Rossato, Flávio D Fuchs, Erno Harzheim and Sandra C Fuchs
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:605
  9. Self-harm is common in adolescents, but it is often unreported and undetected. Available screening tools typically ask directly about self-harm and suicidal ideation. Although in an ideal world, direct enquiry...

    Authors: Rhiannon Phillips, Melissa R Spears, Alan A Montgomery, Abigail Millings, Kapil Sayal and Paul Stallard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:604
  10. This study was designed to investigate the correlations of knee osteoarthritis (OA) with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and MetS parameters in Korean subjects.

    Authors: Chang Dong Han, Ik Hwan Yang, Woo Suk Lee, Yoo Jung Park and Kwan Kyu Park
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:603
  11. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing rapidly among Chinese adults, and limited data are available on T2DM management and the status of glycemic control in China. We assessed the effi...

    Authors: Li-Nong Ji, Ju-Ming Lu, Xiao-Hui Guo, Wen-Ying Yang, Jian-Ping Weng, Wei-Ping Jia, Da-Jin Zou, Zhi-Guang Zhou, De-Min Yu, Jie Liu, Zhong-Yan Shan, Yu-Zhi Yang, Ren-Ming Hu, Da-Long Zhu, Li-Yong Yang, Li Chen…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:602
  12. Without addressing the constraints specific to disadvantaged populations, national health policies such as universal health coverage risk increasing equity gaps. Health system constraints often have the greate...

    Authors: Eliana Jimenez Soto, Sophie La Vincente, Andrew Clark, Sonja Firth, Alison Morgan, Zoe Dettrick, Prarthna Dayal, Bernardino M Aldaba, Soewarta Kosen, Aleli D Kraft, Rajashree Panicker, Yogendra Prasai, Laksono Trisnantoro, Beena Varghese and Yulia Widiati
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:601
  13. In the Bagnardi et al. (2001) meta-analysis, it was found that alcohol consumption increases the risk of stomach cancer (OR = 1.32 for heavy drinkers). However, it is unknown if drinking cessation reverses thi...

    Authors: Johan Jarl, Gawain Heckley, Julie Brummer and Ulf-G Gerdtham
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:600
  14. Metabolic risk factors and abnormalities such as obesity and hypertension are rapidly rising among the Chinese population following China’s tremendous economic growth and widespread westernization of lifestyle...

    Authors: Guang-Rong Wang, Li Li, Yi-Hui Pan, Guo-Dong Tian, Wan-Long Lin, Zhe Li, Zheng-Yi Chen, You-Long Gong, George E Kikano, Kurt C Stange, Ke-Liang Ni and Nathan A Berger
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:599
  15. Delayed immunisation and vaccine preventable communicable disease remains a significant health issue in Aboriginal children. Strategies to increase immunisation coverage and timeliness can be resource intensiv...

    Authors: Penelope Abbott, Robert Menzies, Joyce Davison, Louise Moore and Han Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:598
  16. Deliberative engagement techniques and citizens’ juries are touted as means of incorporating the public into policy decision-making, managing community expectations and increasing commitment to public health p...

    Authors: Julie Henderson, Elizabeth House, John Coveney, Samantha Meyer, Rachel Ankeny, Paul Ward and Michael Calnan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:596
  17. Despite being curable, tuberculosis is still a stigmatized disease. Not only is TB patients’ suffering due to its clinical manifestations, but also because of society’s prejudice, embarrassing situations, and ...

    Authors: Ana Angélica Lima Dias, Daniela Maria Falcão de Oliveira, Egberto Ribeiro Turato and Rosely Moralez de Figueiredo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:595
  18. Data of the German population-based cohort SHIP (Study of Health in Pomerania) were analysed to examine treatment rates, antihypertensive substances prescribed, and the proportion of hypertensive study partici...

    Authors: Neeltje van den Berg, Claudia Meinke-Franze, Thomas Fiss, Sebastian E Baumeister and Wolfgang Hoffmann
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:594
  19. Women with young children (under 5 years) are a key population group for physical activity intervention. Previous evidence highlights the need for individually tailored programs with flexible delivery mechanis...

    Authors: Alison L Marshall, Yvette D Miller, Nicholas Graves, Adrian G Barnett and Brianna S Fjeldsoe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:593
  20. Achieving lifelong tobacco abstinence is an important public health goal. Most studies use 1-year follow-ups, but little is known about how good these are as proxies for long-term and life-long abstinence. Als...

    Authors: Eva Nohlert, John Öhrvik, Åke Tegelberg, Per Tillgren and Ásgeir R Helgason
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:592
  21. To achieve the goal of United Nations of elimination of new HIV infections, a program of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) was launched in Guangdong province. The objective of this study is to...

    Authors: Bing Li, Qingguo Zhao, Xiaozhuang Zhang, Li Wu, Tingting Chen, Zhijiang Liang, Longchang Xu and Shouyi Yu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:591
  22. Environmental exposure to cadmium causes renal dysfunction and bone damage. Cadmium contamination in food is regarded as the main environmental source of non-occupational exposure. The aim of this study was to...

    Authors: Ping He, Yinhao Lu, Yihuai Liang, Bo Chen, Min Wu, Shuguang Li, Gengsheng He and Taiyi Jin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:590
  23. Recent efforts to curtail the HIV epidemic in Africa have emphasised preventing sexual transmission to partners through antiretroviral therapy. A component of current strategies is disclosure to partners, thus...

    Authors: Anita Hardon, Gabriela B Gomez, Eva Vernooij, Alice Desclaux, Rhoda K Wanyenze, Odette Ky-Zerbo, Emmy Kageha, Ireen Namakhoma, John Kinsman, Clare Spronk, Edgar Meij, Melissa Neuman and Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:589
  24. It has been almost a decade since HIV was declared a national disaster in Kenya. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) provision has been a mainstay of HIV treatment efforts globally. In Kenya, the government started A...

    Authors: Samuel Oji Oti, Michael Mutua, George S Mgomella, Thaddaeus Egondi, Alex Ezeh and Catherine Kyobutungi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:588
  25. Originating from the interdisciplinary collaboration between public health and the transportation field a workplace intervention to promote commuter cycling, ‘Bike to Work: cyclists are rewarded’, was implemen...

    Authors: Veerle Dubuy, Katrien De Cocker, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Lea Maes, Jan Seghers, Johan Lefevre, Kristine De Martelaer and Greet Cardon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:587
  26. Proximity of food stores is associated with dietary intake and obesity; however, individuals frequently shop at stores that are not the most proximal. Little is known about other factors that influence food st...

    Authors: Rebecca A Krukowski, Carla Sparks, Marisha DiCarlo, Jean McSweeney and Delia Smith West
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:586
  27. The majority of social marketing programs are intended to reach the poor. It is therefore essential that social marketing organizations monitor the health equity of their programs and improve targeting when th...

    Authors: Nirali M Chakraborty, Rebecca Firestone and Nicole Bellows
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 2):S6

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 2

  28. Individual family planning service delivery organisations currently rely on service provision data and couple-years of protection as health impact measures. Due to the substitution effect and the continuation ...

    Authors: Michelle B Weinberger, Kenzo Fry, Tania Boler and Kristen Hopkins
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 2):S5

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 2

  29. Developing effective methods for measuring the health impact of social franchising programs is vital for demonstrating the value of this innovative service delivery model, particularly given its rapid expansio...

    Authors: Dominic Montagu, Lek Ngamkitpaiboon, Susan Duvall and Amy Ratcliffe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 2):S4

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 2

  30. Global health implementing organizations benefit most from health impact estimation models that isolate the individual effects of distributed products and services - a feature not typically found in interventi...

    Authors: Hongmei Yang, Susan Duvall, Amy Ratcliffe, David Jeffries and Warren Stevens
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 2):S3

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 2

  31. Implementing organizations are pressured to be accountable for performance. Many health impact metrics present limitations for priority setting; they do not permit comparisons across different interventions or...

    Authors: Kim Longfield, Brian Smith, Rob Gray, Lek Ngamkitpaiboon and Nadja Vielot
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 2):S2

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 2

  32. The Greek-Cypriot (G/C) and Turkish-Cypriot (T/C) communities have lived apart since 1974, with the former presumably adopting a more westernized way of life. We estimated the prevalence of asthma and allergie...

    Authors: Demetris Lamnisos, Maria Moustaki, Ourania Kolokotroni, Huseyin Koksoy, Muharrem Faiz, Kenan Arifoglu, Donald K Milton, Nicos Middleton and Panayiotis K Yiallouros
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:585
  33. HIV and risky alcohol use are intertwined public health issues in sub-Saharan Africa. Research supports the association between alcohol and unprotected sex, but there is limited data using event-level analysis...

    Authors: Susan M Kiene and SV Subramanian
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:583
  34. Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women worldwide, and in Nigeria it is the second most common female cancer. Cervical cancer is an AIDS-defining cancer; however, HIV only marginally increa...

    Authors: Uzoma Ononogbu, Maryam Almujtaba, Fatima Modibbo, Ishak Lawal, Richard Offiong, Olayinka Olaniyan, Patrick Dakum, Donna Spiegelman, William Blattner and Clement Adebamowo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:582
  35. The persistence of rural-urban disparities in child nutrition outcomes in developing countries alongside rapid urbanisation and increasing incidence of child malnutrition in urban areas raises an important hea...

    Authors: Chittur S Srinivasan, Giacomo Zanello and Bhavani Shankar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:581
  36. Socioeconomic status is known to influence the prevalence, severity and mortality of obstructive lung diseases, but it is uncertain whether it affects the use of diagnostic spirometry in patients initiating tr...

    Authors: Mette M Koefoed, Jens Søndergaard, René dePont Christensen and Dorte E Jarbøl
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:580
  37. Adolescents in Tanzania require health services that respond to their sexual and reproductive health – and other – needs and are delivered in a friendly and nonjudgemental manner. Systematizing and expanding t...

    Authors: Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Elizabeth Mapella, Theopista John, Susannah Gibbs, Christina Hanna, Nagbandja Kampatibe and Paul Bloem
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:579
  38. It has been suggested that frequent-, short-term sick leave is associated with work environment factors, whereas long-term sick leave is associated mainly with health factors. However, studies of the hypothesi...

    Authors: Christina Malmose Stapelfeldt, Claus Vinther Nielsen, Niels Trolle Andersen, Line Krane, Nils Fleten, Vilhelm Borg and Chris Jensen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:578
  39. Homeless persons experience a high burden of health problems; yet, they face significant barriers in accessing health care. Less is known about unmet needs for care among vulnerably housed persons who live in ...

    Authors: Niran Argintaru, Catharine Chambers, Evie Gogosis, Susan Farrell, Anita Palepu, Fran Klodawsky and Stephen W Hwang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:577
  40. Little is known about the knowledge, perceptions and prevention practices of the French general population with respect to Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. This article describes this population’s knowledge ...

    Authors: Cécile Brouard, Arnaud Gautier, Leïla Saboni, Christine Jestin, Caroline Semaille and Nathalie Beltzer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:576
  41. Monitoring the progress of the Integrated Disease Surveillance (IDS) strategy is an important component to ensure its sustainability in the state of Maharashtra in India. The purpose of the study was to docume...

    Authors: Revati K Phalkey, Sharvari Shukla, Savita Shardul, Nutan Ashtekar, Sapna Valsa, Pradip Awate and Michael Marx
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:575
  42. There are inconsistencies in the determinants of adherence to antiretrovirals (ARVs) across settings as well as a lack of studies that take into consideration factors beyond the individual level. This makes it...

    Authors: Homaira Hanif, Francisco I Bastos, Monica Malta, Neilane Bertoni, Pamela J Surkan, Peter J Winch and Deanna Kerrigan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:574
  43. Lebanon is faced with a particular challenge because of large socioeconomic inequality and accelerated demographic transition. Rural residents seem more vulnerable because of limited access to transport, healt...

    Authors: Christa Boulos, Pascale Salameh and Pascale Barberger-Gateau
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:573

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