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  1. Almost half of adult men in Viet Nam are current smokers, a smoking prevalence that is the second highest among South East Asian countries (SEAC). Although Viet Nam has a strong public health delivery system, ...

    Authors: Donna Shelley, Tuo-Yen Tseng, Hieu Pham, Linh Nguyen, Sarah Keithly, Frances Stillman and Nam Nguyen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:68
  2. Oral health is an integral component of general health and well-being. While edentulism has been examined in relation to socioeconomic status, rural residency, chronic disease and mental health, no study that ...

    Authors: Daniel M Saman, Andrine Lemieux, Oscar Arevalo and May Nawal Lutfiyya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:65
  3. To develop evidence-based interventions promoting healthy active lifestyles among young children and their parents, a greater understanding is needed of the correlates of physical activity and screen time in t...

    Authors: Valerie Carson, Andrei Rosu and Ian Janssen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:61
  4. Initiatives such as the Country Countdown to 2015 Conference on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have provided countries with high maternal and child deaths like Zambia a platform to assess progress, discus...

    Authors: Victor M Mukonka, Sarai Malumo, Penelope Kalesha, Mary Nambao, Rodgers Mwale, Kasonde Mwinga, Mary Katepa-Bwalya, Olusegan Babaniyi, Elizabeth Mason, Caroline Phiri and Pauline K Wamulume
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:60
  5. This study evaluates the effects of an intervention performed by youth health care professionals on child health behaviors. The intervention consisted of offering healthy lifestyle counseling to parents of ove...

    Authors: Amy van Grieken, Carry M Renders, Lydian Veldhuis, Caspar WN Looman, Remy A Hirasing and Hein Raat
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:59
  6. Flying foxes (megachiroptera) and insectivorous microbats (microchiroptera) are the known reservoirs for a range of recently emerged, highly pathogenic viruses. In Australia there is public health concern rela...

    Authors: Beverley J Paterson, Michelle T Butler, Keith Eastwood, Patrick M Cashman, Alison Jones and David N Durrheim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:58
  7. The prevalence of obesity in men in the UK is amongst the highest in Europe but men are less likely than women to use existing weight loss programmes. Developing weight management programmes which are appealin...

    Authors: Kate Hunt, Cindy M Gray, Alice Maclean, Susan Smillie, Christopher Bunn and Sally Wyke
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:50
  8. In France, 2–15% of the population is affected annually by influenza, which causes significant socioeconomic disruption. Nevertheless, despite its importance for policy makers, few published studies have evalu...

    Authors: Maria Laura Silva, Lionel Perrier, Hans-Martin Späth, Isidore Grog, Anne Mosnier, Nathalie Havet and Jean Marie Cohen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:56
  9. The number of Master of Public Health (MPH) programmes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is increasing, but questions have been raised regarding the relevance of their outcomes and impacts on context...

    Authors: Prisca AC Zwanikken, Lucy Alexander, Nguyen Thanh Huong, Xu Qian, Laura Magana Valladares, Nazar A Mohamed, Xiao Hua Ying, Maria Cecilia Gonzalez-Robledo, Le Cu Linh, Marwa SE Abuzaid Wadidi, Hanan Tahir, Sunisha Neupane and Albert Scherpbier
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:55
  10. Young people in sub-Saharan Africa are affected by the HIV pandemic to a greater extent than young people elsewhere and effective HIV-preventive intervention programmes are urgently needed. The present article...

    Authors: Leif Edvard Aarø, Catherine Mathews, Sylvia Kaaya, Anne Ruhweza Katahoire, Hans Onya, Charles Abraham, Knut-Inge Klepp, Annegreet Wubs, Sander Matthijs Eggers and Hein de Vries
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:54
  11. College or university is a critical period regarding unhealthy changes in eating behaviours in students. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore which factors influence Belgian (European) universit...

    Authors: Tom Deliens, Peter Clarys, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij and Benedicte Deforche
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:53
  12. Activities to decrease the burden of tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV) include intensified TB case-finding (ICF), Isoniaizid (INH) preventive therapy (IPT) and infection control in health-...

    Authors: Amenu Wesen Denegetu and Bethabile Lovely Dolamo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:52
  13. Prevention of alcohol, drug and tobacco misuse by young people is a key public health priority. There is a need to develop the evidence base through rigorous evaluations of innovative approaches to substance m...

    Authors: Jeremy Segrott, David Gillespie, Jo Holliday, Ioan Humphreys, Simon Murphy, Ceri Phillips, Hayley Reed, Heather Rothwell, David Foxcroft, Kerenza Hood, Zoe Roberts, Jonathan Scourfield, Claire Thomas and Laurence Moore
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:49
  14. Pre-diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are associated with an unhealthy lifestyle and pose extremely high costs to the healthcare system. In this study, we aim to explore whether individual...

    Authors: Wu Yi Liu, Da Jiang Lu, Xia Ming Du, Jian Qin Sun, Jun Ge, Ren Wei Wang, Ru Wang, Jun Zou, Chang Xu, Jie Ren, Xin Fei Wen, Yang Liu, Shu Mei Cheng, Xiao Tan, Satu Pekkala, Eveliina Munukka…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:48
  15. Despite decades of nutrition education, the prevalence of unhealthy dietary patterns is still high and inequalities in intake between high and low socioeconomic groups still exist. Therefore, it is important t...

    Authors: Linda Springvloet, Lilian Lechner and Anke Oenema
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:47
  16. People with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in low-income countries face many problems during treatment, and cure rates are low. The purpose of the study was (a) to identify and document the problem...

    Authors: Sushil C Baral, Yeshoda Aryal, Rekha Bhattrai, Rebecca King and James N Newell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:46
  17. Fruit and vegetable intake has been found to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer and diabetes mellitus. It is possible that antioxidants play a large part in this protective effe...

    Authors: Samera Azeem Qureshi, Annette Christin Lund, Marit Bragelien Veierød, Monica Hauger Carlsen, Rune Blomhoff, Lene Frost Andersen and Giske Ursin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:45
  18. Influenza vaccination eligibility and uptake among homeless adults has not been previously assessed in the UK. This cross-sectional survey aimed to measure the proportion of homeless people visited by an NHS o...

    Authors: Alistair Story, Robert W Aldridge, Tat Gray, Stan Burridge and Andrew C Hayward
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:44
  19. Client reminders are known to increase cancer screening attendance rates. However, there are significant costs associated with them, and their effect by population size is unknown.

    Authors: Shigekazu Komoto, Yuji Nishiwaki, Tomonori Okamura, Hideo Tanaka and Toru Takebayashi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:43
  20. Influenza viruses cause significant morbidity and mortality in Africa, particularly among high-risk groups, but influenza vaccines and antiviral drugs may not be commonly available and used. The main aim of th...

    Authors: Jazmin Duque, Meredith L McMorrow and Adam L Cohen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:41
  21. Physical inactivity is increasing among children and adolescents and may be contributing to the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity. This study examines physical activity and sedentary behavior pat...

    Authors: Lisa K Micklesfield, Titilola M Pedro, Kathleen Kahn, John Kinsman, John M Pettifor, Stephen Tollman and Shane A Norris
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:40
  22. Community participation is mandatory in the prevention of Dengue outbreaks. Taking public views into account is crucial to guide more effective planning and quicker community participation in preventing campai...

    Authors: Teresa Nazareth, Rosa Teodósio, Graça Porto, Luzia Gonçalves, Gonçalo Seixas, Ana Clara Silva and Carla Alexandra Sousa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:39
  23. Overweight and obesity among young, adult women are increasing problems in Sweden as in many other countries. The postpartum period may be a good opportunity to improve eating habits and lose weight in a susta...

    Authors: Lars A Hagberg, Hilde K Brekke, Fredrik Bertz and Anna Winkvist
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:38
  24. Breastfeeding has countless benefits to mothers, children and community at large, especially in developing countries. Studies from Lebanon report disappointingly low breastfeeding exclusivity and continuation ...

    Authors: Mona Nabulsi, Haya Hamadeh, Hani Tamim, Tamar Kabakian, Lama Charafeddine, Nadine Yehya, Durriyah Sinno and Saadieh Sidani
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:36
  25. Obesity is a complex multifactorial disease, which also has an impact on quality of life. The aim of this paper is to identify the correlates of perceived health related quality of life in obese, overweight an...

    Authors: Cinzia Giuli, Roberta Papa, Roberta Bevilacqua, Elisa Felici, Cristina Gagliardi, Fiorella Marcellini, Marco Boscaro, Marco De Robertis, Eugenio Mocchegiani, Emanuela Faloia and Giacomo Tirabassi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:35
  26. The Great East Japan Earthquake of magnitude 9.0 that struck on 11 March 2011 resulted in more than 18000 deaths or cases of missing persons. The large-scale tsunami that followed the earthquake devastated man...

    Authors: Taro Kamigaki, Jin Seino, Kentaro Tohma, Nao Nukiwa-Soma, Kanako Otani and Hitoshi Oshitani
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:34
  27. Uptake of HIV testing by men remains low in high prevalence settings in many parts of Africa. By focusing on masculinity, this study explores the social context and relations that shape men’s access to HIV tes...

    Authors: Godfrey E Siu, Daniel Wight and Janet A Seeley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:33
  28. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (Indigenous Australians) smoke at much higher rates than non-Indigenous people and smoking is an important contributor to increased disease, hospital ad...

    Authors: Julia V Marley, David Atkinson, Tracey Kitaura, Carmel Nelson, Dennis Gray, Sue Metcalf and Graeme P Maguire
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:32
  29. More than 75% of the total of Ethiopia is malarious. Therefore, malaria is a leading public health problem in Ethiopia. This study aims to identify socio-economic, geographic and demographic factors contributi...

    Authors: Dawit G Ayele, Temesgen T Zewotir and Henry G Mwambi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:31
  30. Public awareness-raising campaigns targeting alcohol use during pregnancy are an important part of preventing prenatal alcohol exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Despite this, there is little eviden...

    Authors: Kathryn E France, Robert J Donovan, Carol Bower, Elizabeth J Elliott, Janet M Payne, Heather D’Antoine and Anne E Bartu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:30
  31. In Sweden mental ill-health has increased among the young, especially among young women. Our aim was to investigate the association between experience of physical violence during the past year and self rated p...

    Authors: Maria Fridh, Martin Lindström and Maria Rosvall
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:29
  32. Interventions to support people with hypertension in attending clinics and taking their medication have potential to improve outcomes, but delivery on a wide scale and at low cost is challenging. Some trials e...

    Authors: Kirsty Bobrow, Thomas Brennan, David Springer, Naomi S Levitt, Brian Rayner, Mosedi Namane, Ly-Mee Yu, Lionel Tarassenko and Andrew Farmer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:28
  33. We examined the association of alcohol use disorders (AUD) with adherence to and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes of antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV/AIDS patients.

    Authors: Bach Xuan Tran, Long Thanh Nguyen, Cuong Duy Do, Quyen Le Nguyen and Rachel Marie Maher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:27
  34. Although multifaceted community-based programmes have been widely developed, there remains a paucity of evaluation of the effectiveness of multifaceted injury prevention programmes implemented in different set...

    Authors: Zhi-Juan Cao, Yue Chen and Shu-Mei Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:26
  35. There is global concern over significant threats from a wide variety of environmental hazards to which children face. Large-scale and long-term birth cohort studies are needed for better environmental manageme...

    Authors: Toshihiro Kawamoto, Hiroshi Nitta, Katsuyuki Murata, Eisaku Toda, Naoya Tsukamoto, Manabu Hasegawa, Zentaro Yamagata, Fujio Kayama, Reiko Kishi, Yukihiro Ohya, Hirohisa Saito, Haruhiko Sago, Makiko Okuyama, Tsutomu Ogata, Susumu Yokoya, Yuji Koresawa…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:25
  36. Hypertension is a global public health challenge. National prevalence estimates can conceal important differences in prevalence in subnational areas. This paper aims to develop a consistent set of national and...

    Authors: Steve Barron, Kevin Balanda, John Hughes and Lorraine Fahy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:24
  37. The prevalence of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) is still unknown in Nepal. The Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal has not yet formulated policy regarding NCDs in the absence of evidence ...

    Authors: Gajananda Prakash Bhandari, Mirak Raj Angdembe, Meghnath Dhimal, Sushma Neupane and Choplal Bhusal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:23
  38. Prisons continue to fuel tuberculosis (TB) epidemics particularly in settings where access to TB screening and prevention services is limited. Malaysia is a middle-income country with a relatively high incarce...

    Authors: Haider Abdulrazzaq Abed Al-Darraji, Adeeba Kamarulzaman and Frederick L Altice
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:22
  39. Alcohol-related violence in and in the vicinity of licensed premises continues to place a considerable burden on the United Kingdom’s (UK) health services. Robust interventions targeted at licensed premises ar...

    Authors: Simon C Moore, Claire O’Brien, Mohammed Fasihul Alam, David Cohen, Kerenza Hood, Chao Huang, Laurence Moore, Simon Murphy, Rebecca Playle, Vaseekaran Sivarajasingam, Irena Spasic, Anne Williams and Jonathan Shepherd
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:21
  40. Some health behaviours are liable to affect the incidence of allergies and/or common infections in young people; however, the extent and ways in which these might occur are mostly unknown. This study examines ...

    Authors: Esther Nova, David Martínez-Gómez, Sonia Gómez-Martínez, Ana M Veses, Maria E Calle, Oscar L Veiga and Ascensión Marcos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:19
  41. Financial stress may have adverse health effects. The main aim of this study was to investigate whether having a cash margin and living alone or cohabiting is associated with incident cardiovascular disease (C...

    Authors: Axel C Carlsson, Bengt Starrin, Bruna Gigante, Karin Leander, Mai-Lis Hellenius and Ulf de Faire
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:17
  42. School drop-out is a problem all over the world with adverse life-course consequences. The aim of this paper is to study how internalising and externalising problems in the 10th grade are associated with non-comp...

    Authors: Ã…se Sagatun, Sonja Heyerdahl, Tore Wentzel-Larsen and Lars Lien
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:16
  43. In 2002/03 the Queensland Government responded to high rates of alcohol-related harm in discrete Indigenous communities by implementing alcohol management plans (AMPs), designed to include supply and harm redu...

    Authors: Alan R Clough, Michelle S Fitts, Jan A Robertson, Anthony Shakeshaft, Adrian Miller, Christopher M Doran, Reinhold Muller, Valmae Ypinazar, David Martin, Robyn McDermott, Rob Sanson-Fisher, Simon Towle, Stephen A Margolis and Caryn West
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:15

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