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  1. Regular fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption has been associated with reduced chronic disease risk. Evidence from adults shows a social gradient in FV consumption. Evidence from pre-adolescent children varies ...

    Authors: Adrienne Attorp, Jenny E Scott, Ann C Yew, Ryan E Rhodes, Susan I Barr and Patti-Jean Naylor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:150
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  2. Good nutrition is important during pregnancy, breastfeeding and early life to optimise the health of women and children. It is difficult for low-income families to prioritise spending on healthy food. Healthy ...

    Authors: Alison McFadden, Josephine M Green, Victoria Williams, Jenny McLeish, Felicia McCormick, Julia Fox-Rushby and Mary J Renfrew
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:148
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  3. Multi-component interventions which combine educational and environmental strategies appear to be most effective in increasing fruit and vegetable (FV) intake in adolescents. However, multi-component intervent...

    Authors: Anne Kristine Aarestrup, Rikke Krølner, Thea Suldrup Jørgensen, Alexandra Evans, Pernille Due and Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:146
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  5. Overweight and obesity prevalence has risen dramatically in recent decades. While it is known that overweight and obesity is associated with a wide range of chronic diseases, the cumulative burden of chronic d...

    Authors: Karen Kearns, Anne Dee, Anthony P Fitzgerald, Edel Doherty and Ivan J Perry
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:143
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  6. Coronary heart disease and stroke are major contributors to preventable mortality. Evidence links work conditions to these diseases; however, occupational data are perceived to be difficult to collect for larg...

    Authors: Leslie A MacDonald, LeaVonne Pulley, Misty J Hein and Virginia J Howard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:142
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  7. There is extensive evidence that regular physical activity confers numerous health benefits. Despite this, high rates of physical inactivity prevail among older adults. This study aimed to ascertain if incenti...

    Authors: Muhammad Assad Farooqui, Yock-Theng Tan, Marcel Bilger and Eric A Finkelstein
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:141
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  8. Community-based obesity treatment programs for children that have a large program reach are a priority. To date, most programs have been small efficacy trials whose findings have yet to be up-scaled and transl...

    Authors: Debra Welsby, Binh Nguyen, Blythe J O’Hara, Christine Innes-Hughes, Adrian Bauman and Louise L Hardy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:140
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  11. It is estimated that hearing difficulties will be one of the top ten leading burdens of disease by 2030. Knowledge of mortality among individuals on sick leave or disability pension due to hearing diagnoses is...

    Authors: Emilie Friberg, Ulf Rosenhall and Kristina Alexanderson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:137
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  12. High levels of dietary sodium are associated with raised blood pressure and adverse cardiovascular health. To determine baseline salt intake, we investigated the average dietary salt intake from 24-hour urinar...

    Authors: Jianwei Xu, Maobo Wang, Yuanyin Chen, Baojie Zhen, Junrong Li, Wenbo Luan, Fujiang Ning, Haiyun Liu, Jixiang Ma and Guansheng Ma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:136
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  14. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes has increased dramatically in the last decade, and is continuing to rise. It is a chronic condition, often related to obesity, diet and sedentary lifestyles, and can lead to s...

    Authors: David M Clarke, Donita E Baird, Dinali N Perera, Virginia L Hagger and Helena J Teede
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:134
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  15. While immunization coverage rates for childhood routine vaccines in Hong Kong are almost 100%, the uptake rates of optional vaccines remain suboptimal. Understanding parental decision-making for children’s vac...

    Authors: Linda DL Wang, Wendy WT Lam, Joseph T Wu, Qiuyan Liao and Richard Fielding
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:133
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  16. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious epidemic in China. In the past five years, the number of TB infections in high school students is rising and thus high school students are becoming a high risk group of TB. ...

    Authors: Shaoru Zhang, Wei Ruan, Yingqun Li, Xiangni Wang and Xing Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:132
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  17. Evaluations are essential to judge the success of public health programmes. In Europe, the proportion of public health programmes that undergo evaluation remains unclear. The European Centre for Disease Preven...

    Authors: Jonathan R Latham, Anna-Pelagia Magiorakos, Dominique L Monnet, Sophie Alleaume, Olov Aspevall, Alexander Blacky, Michael Borg, Maria Ciurus, Ana Cristina Costa, Robert Cunney, Mojca Dolinšek, Uga Dumpis, Sabine Erne, Olafur Gudlaugsson, Dana Hedlova, Elisabeth Heisbourg…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:131
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  18. Goiter, an indicator of chronic iodine deficiency, is a major public health problem for populations living with iodine deficient environment, particularly for young children. It is a threat to the social and e...

    Authors: Molla Mesele, Getu Degu and Haimanot Gebrehiwot
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:130
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  19. Domestic violence is a public health problem with negative consequences. We aimed to determine the prevalence of violence between parents and by parents against children, types of intimate partner violence aga...

    Authors: Cornelia Rada
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:129
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  20. As reflected in elevated rates of sexually transmitted infections, there is a high prevalence of risky sexual behavior among Ugandan university students. It has been assumed that alcohol contributes to risky s...

    Authors: Vikas Choudhry, Anette Agardh, Martin Stafström and Per-Olof Östergren
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:128
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  21. Nowadays the European Union faces a debate on the ban of sale of flavoured cigarettes. There is growing evidence that certain subgroups of smokers are more vulnerable to the use of flavoured cigarettes. Howeve...

    Authors: Dorota Kaleta, Bukola Usidame, Anna Szosland-Fałtyn and Teresa Makowiec-Dąbrowska
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:127
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  22. The prevalence of cigarette smoking among adult gay males is higher than that of heterosexuals. There is a need for interventions adapted to gay culture. We conducted a pilot study using a modified version of ...

    Authors: Maria Dickson-Spillmann, Robin Sullivan, Benedikt Zahno and Michael P Schaub
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:126
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  23. Depressive and anxiety disorders are common among working adults and costly to employers and individuals. Mental health screening is often an important initial strategy, but the resultant data are often of unk...

    Authors: Lisa Jarman, Angela Martin, Alison Venn, Petr Otahal, Roscoe Taylor, Brook Teale and Kristy Sanderson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:125
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  24. The majority of fatalities on the European Union (EU) railways are suicides, representing about 60% of all railway fatalities. The aim of this study was to compare time patterns of suicidal behaviour on railwa...

    Authors: Karoline Lukaschek, Jens Baumert, Natalia Erazo and Karl-Heinz Ladwig
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:124
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  26. Despite known benefits of regular physical activity for health and well-being, many studies suggest that levels of physical activity in young people are low, and decline dramatically during adolescence. The pu...

    Authors: Sarahjane Belton, Wesley O’ Brien, Sarah Meegan, Catherine Woods and Johann Issartel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:122
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  28. Longitudinal studies have shown that objectively measured walking behaviour is subject to seasonal variation, with people walking more in summer compared to winter. Seasonality therefore may have the potential...

    Authors: Stefanie L Williams and David P French
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:120
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  31. Although detained youth evidence increased rates of mental illness, relatively few adolescents utilize mental health care upon release from detention. Thus, the goal of this study is to understand the process ...

    Authors: Matthew C Aalsma, James R Brown, Evan D Holloway and Mary A Ott
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:117
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  32. Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) commonly have cognitive deficits, even among toddlers. Much medical literature emphasizes disease-based factors to account for these deficits. However, the social enviro...

    Authors: Catherine Hoyt Drazen, Regina Abel, Terianne Lindsey and Allison A King
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:116
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  33. Health impairments can result in disability and changed work productivity imposing considerable costs for the employee, employer and society as a whole. A large number of instruments exist to measure health-re...

    Authors: Cindy YG Noben, Silvia MAA Evers, Frans J Nijhuis and Angelique E de Rijk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:115
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  34. In Vietnam, environmental pollution caused by small-scale domestic smelting of automobile batteries into lead ingot is a growing concern. The village of Nghia Lo is a smelting craft village located roughly 25 ...

    Authors: Alison P Sanders, Sloane K Miller, Viet Nguyen, Jonathan B Kotch and Rebecca C Fry
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:114
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  35. The chronic course of whiplash-associated disorder (WAD) has implications for both the individual and society. It has been shown that up to 50% of patients have not yet returned to work six months after a whip...

    Authors: Sarah Biering-Sørensen, Anne Møller, Christian DG Stoltenberg, Jonas W Holm and Peder G Skov
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:113
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  36. Behavioural lifestyle interventions can be effective at promoting initial weight loss and supporting physical activity and dietary behaviour change, however maintaining improvements in these outcomes is often ...

    Authors: Brianna Fjeldsoe, Philayrath Phongsavan, Adrian Bauman, Ana Goode, Genevieve Maher and Elizabeth Eakin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:112
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  37. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an autoimmune disease that typically follows a monophasic course and may affect any age group. The precise population-based incidence of ADEM is still unknown in ...

    Authors: Chang-hui Xiong, Yan Yan, Zhen Liao, Shi-hui Peng, Hai-rong Wen, Yan-xia Zhang, Shu-hua Chen, Jian Li, Hai-ying Chen, Xiao-wu Feng, Hui-qing Yao, Li Huang and Li Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:111
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  39. Some aspects of the neighborhood built environment may influence residents’ physical activity, which in turn, affects their health. This study aimed to develop an urban built environment evaluation tool and co...

    Authors: Meng Su, Yu-kun Du, Qing-min Liu, Yan-jun Ren, Ichiro Kawachi, Jun Lv and Li-ming Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:109
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  40. Further research is needed to improve the evidence regarding determinants of physical activity (PA) as a crucial step to plan higher effective intervention strategies. The goal of the present study is to ident...

    Authors: Alvaro Sanchez, Gonzalo Grandes, Ricardo Ortega Sánchez-Pinilla, Jesus Torcal and Imanol Montoya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:108
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  41. There is broad consensus that diets high in salt are bad for health and that reducing salt intake is a cost-effective strategy for preventing chronic diseases. The World Health Organization has been supporting...

    Authors: Jacqui Webster, Wendy Snowdon, Marj Moodie, Satu Viali, Jimaima Schultz, Colin Bell, Mary-Anne Land, Shauna Downs, Anthea Christoforou, Elizabeth Dunford, Federica Barzi, Mark Woodward and Bruce Neal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:107
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  42. The emergence of HIV as a chronic condition means that people living with HIV are required to take more responsibility for the self-management of their condition, including making physical, emotional and socia...

    Authors: Tanya Millard, Julian Elliott, Sean Slavin, Karalyn McDonald, Sally Rowell and Sonya Girdler
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:106
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  43. The chronic health effects from exposure to ambient air pollution are still unclear. This study primarily aims to examine the relationship between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and respiratory mo...

    Authors: Yang Gao, Emily YY Chan, Liping Li, Patrick WC Lau and Tze Wai Wong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:105
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  44. The ongoing rapid urbanization in China offers rural population opportunities not only for economic improvement but also for substantial health risks. Albeit some researches related to rural-urban difference o...

    Authors: Shaoyong Xu, Jie Ming, Chao Yang, Bin Gao, Yi Wan, Ying Xing, Lei Zhang and Qiuhe Ji
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:104
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  45. A limitation of traditional outcome studies from behavioral interventions is the lack of attention given to evaluating the influence of moderating variables. This study examined possible moderation effect of b...

    Authors: Pedro F Saint-Maurice, Gregory J Welk, Daniel W Russell and Jennifer Huberty
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:103
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  46. Projections of the national burden of cancer play a key role in planning cancer control programmes and investments. We present projections of cancer incidence rates and cases for the period up to 2015-2019 in ...

    Authors: Elisabetta Rapiti, Sandrine Guarnori, Bert Pastoors, Raymond Miralbell and Massimo Usel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:102
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  47. Noncommunicable diseases (NCD) are the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, even in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Recent trends in health promotion emphasize community-based inte...

    Authors: Paola Letona, Manuel Ramirez-Zea, Benjamin Caballero and Joel Gittelsohn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:101
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  48. Food-borne Salmonella infections are a worldwide concern. During a large-scale outbreak, it is important that the public follows preventive advice. To increase compliance, insight in how the public gathers its kn...

    Authors: Lex van Velsen, Desirée JMA Beaujean, Julia EWC van Gemert-Pijnen, Jim E van Steenbergen and Aura Timen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:100
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  49. Despite the encroaching of endemic malaria to highland-fringe areas above 2000 meters above sea level in Ethiopia, there is limited information on ownership and use of mosquito nets for malaria prevention. Thu...

    Authors: Adugna Woyessa, Wakgari Deressa, Ahmed Ali and Bernt Lindtjørn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:99
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  50. Weight misperception may have an impact on perceived risk and susceptibility for chronic diseases. Little has been reported on the long term effects of this misperception in chronic disease interventions, part...

    Authors: Andrea L Hernan, Vincent L Versace, Tiina Laatikainen, Erkki Vartiainen, Edward D Janus and James A Dunbar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:93
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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