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  1. Despite the significant health benefits of regular physical activity, approximately half of American adults, particularly women and minorities, do not meet the current physical activity recommendations. Mobile...

    Authors: Yoshimi Fukuoka, Judith Komatsu, Larry Suarez, Eric Vittinghoff, William Haskell, Tina Noorishad and Kristin Pham
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:933
  2. Much remains unknown about the effect of timing and prioritization of vaccination against pandemic (pH1N1) 2009 virus on health outcomes. We adapted a city-level contact network model to study different campai...

    Authors: Jessica M Conway, Ashleigh R Tuite, David N Fisman, Nathaniel Hupert, Rafael Meza, Bahman Davoudi, Krista English, P van den Driessche, Fred Brauer, Junling Ma, Lauren Ancel Meyers, Marek Smieja, Amy Greer, Danuta M Skowronski, David L Buckeridge, Jeffrey C Kwong…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:932
  3. The levels and trends of cardiovascular risk factors vary greatly throughout China. We examine 10-year trends of cardiovascular risk factors (1983-1994) and the factors related to these trends among low-risk c...

    Authors: Xiaoqing Liu, Jinzhuang Mai, Xuxu Rao, Qiling Zhuo, Chengye Guo, Xiangmin Gao, Yong Wu, Mulan Deng and Shuguang Lin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:931
  4. The prevalence of smoking in Sweden has decreased in recent decades, and is now among the lowest in the world. During the same period, the use of Swedish moist oral snuff, a smokeless tobacco called snus, has ...

    Authors: Margareta Norberg, Gunnar Malmberg, Nawi Ng and Göran Broström
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:929
  5. Occupational causes of respiratory cancers need to be further investigated: the role of occupational exposures in the aetiology of head and neck cancers remains largely unknown, and there are still substantial...

    Authors: Danièle Luce and Isabelle Stücker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:928
  6. The prevalence of obesity has increased in societies of all socio-cultural backgrounds. To date, guidelines set forward to prevent obesity have universally emphasized optimal levels of physical activity. Howev...

    Authors: Amy Luke, Pascal Bovet, Terrence E Forrester, Estelle V Lambert, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Dale A Schoeller, Lara R Dugas, Ramon A Durazo-Arvizu, David Shoham, Richard S Cooper, Soren Brage, Ulf Ekelund and Nelia P Steyn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:927
  7. Several healthful dietary patterns appear to be effective at lowering blood pressure and preventing hypertension. However, the relationship between dietary patterns and hypertension among a representative Chin...

    Authors: Dong Wang, Yuna He, Yanping Li, Dechun Luan, Xiaoguang Yang, Fengying Zhai and Guansheng Ma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:925
  8. Since 2002, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health has invited all hospitals and long-term care facilities for elderly (LTCFs) to participate in two annual point-prevalence surveys covering the most frequent...

    Authors: Agnes Hajdu, Hanne M Eriksen, Nina K Sorknes, Siri H Hauge, Hege L Loewer, Bjørn G Iversen and Preben Aavitsland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:923
  9. Human infection with influenza A(H1N1) 2009 was first identified in the United States on 15 April 2009 and on 11 June 2009, WHO declared that the rapidly spreading swine-origin influenza virus constituted a gl...

    Authors: Shira C Shafir, Kaitlin A O'Keefe and Kimberley I Shoaf
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:922
  10. India has 2.0 million estimated tuberculosis (TB) cases per annum with an estimated 280,000 TB-related deaths per year. Understanding when in the course of TB treatment patients die is important for determinin...

    Authors: Subbanna Jonnalagada, Anthony D Harries, Rony Zachariah, Srinath Satyanarayana, Shailaja Tetali, G Keshav Chander, Srinivas Rao, Ranganadha Rao, Sundaresh Peri, Raghupathy Anchala and Nanda K Kannuri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:921
  11. Overweight and obesity are considered a serious health problem. There are little data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among the Yi ethnic group in China. This study aimed to investigate the epidemi...

    Authors: Yun Gao, Xing-Wu Ran, Xiao-Hua Xie, Hua-Lin Lu, Tao Chen, Yan Ren, Yang Long and Hao-Ming Tian
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:919
  12. Reducing harm in drinking environments is a growing priority for European alcohol policy yet few studies have explored nightlife drinking behaviours. This study examines alcohol consumption and blood alcohol c...

    Authors: Karen Hughes, Zara Quigg, Mark A Bellis, Ninette van Hasselt, Amador Calafat, Matej Kosir, Montse Juan, Mariangels Duch and Lotte Voorham
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:918
  13. In recent years, many studies have focused on adolescent's sex-related issues in China. However, there have been few studies of unmarried migrant females' sexual knowledge, attitudes and behaviors, which is im...

    Authors: Jie Tang, Xiaohui Gao, Yizhen Yu, Niman Isse Ahmed, Huiping Zhu, Jiaji Wang and Yukai Du
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:917
  14. Isoniazide preventive therapy (IPT) is given to individuals with latent infection of tuberculosis (TB) to prevent the progression to active disease. One of the primary reasons for failure of IPT is poor adhere...

    Authors: Mesele Mindachew, Amare Deribew, Fasil Tessema and Sibhatu Biadgilign
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:916
  15. Tuberculosis (TB) is a notifiable disease by the Communicable Disease Control Law in Taiwan. Several measures have been undertaken to improve reporting of TB but the completeness and timeliness of TB notificat...

    Authors: Hsiu-Yun Lo, Shiang-Lin Yang, Pesus Chou, Jen-Hsiang Chuang and Chen-Yuan Chiang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:915
  16. Improving perinatal health is the key to achieving the Millennium Development Goal for child survival. Recently, several reviews suggest that scaling up available effective perinatal interventions in an integr...

    Authors: Anisur Rahman, Allisyn Moran, Jesmin Pervin, Aminur Rahman, Monjur Rahman, Sharifa Yeasmin, Hosneara Begum, Harunor Rashid, Mohammad Yunus, Daniel Hruschka, Shams E Arifeen, Peter K Streatfield, Lynn Sibley, Abbas Bhuiya and Marge Koblinsky
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:914
  17. Intimate partner violence against women is the psychological, physical, and sexual abuse directed to spouses. Globally it is the most pervasive yet underestimated human rights violation. This study was aimed a...

    Authors: Sileshi G Abeya, Mesganaw F Afework and Alemayehu W Yalew
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:913
  18. The relationship between body mass index (BMI) and socioeconomic status (SES) tends to change over time and across populations. In this study, we examined, separately in men and women, whether the association ...

    Authors: Isabelle A Rossi, Valentin Rousson, Bharathi Viswanathan and Pascal Bovet
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:912
  19. Studies on adolescent smoking indicate that the smoking behaviours of their parents, siblings and friends are significant micro-level predictors. Parents' socioeconomic status (SES) is an important macro-level...

    Authors: Tore Tjora, Jørn Hetland, Leif Edvard Aarø and Simon Øverland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:911
  20. Krachtvoer is a school-based healthy diet programme, developed in 2001 and revised in 2007 to meet the needs of particular segments of the target population as well as a wider target group. The main aims of th...

    Authors: Kathelijne MHH Bessems, Patricia van Assema, Marloes K Martens, Theo GWM Paulussen, Lieke GM Raaijmakers and Nanne K de Vries
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:909
  21. The rising prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a major public health problem. There is an urgent need for effective lifestyle interventions to prevent the development of T2DM. Sedentary behaviour ...

    Authors: Emma G Wilmot, Melanie J Davies, Charlotte L Edwardson, Trish Gorely, Kamlesh Khunti, Myra Nimmo, Thomas Yates and Stuart JH Biddle
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:908
  22. To demonstrate the tobacco industry rationale behind the "Spanish model" on non-smokers' protection in hospitality venues and the impact it had on some European and Latin American countries between 2006 and 2011.

    Authors: Nick K Schneider, Ernesto M Sebrié and Esteve Fernández
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:907
  23. Gender-specific smoking cessation strategies have rarely been developed. Evidence of effectiveness of physical activity (PA) promotion and intervention in adjunct to smoking cessation programs is not strong. S...

    Authors: Elisabetta Chellini, Giuseppe Gorini, Giulia Carreras, Livia Giordano, Emanuela Anghinoni, Anna Iossa, Cristina Bellati, Elisa Grechi, Alessandro Coppo, Fiorella Talassi and Maria Rosa Giovacchini
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:906
  24. Vitamin D deficiency during infancy may lead to rickets and possibly other poor health outcomes. The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months. Breast milk is the best...

    Authors: Barbara Crocker, Tim J Green, Susan I Barr, Bridgid Beckingham, Radhika Bhagat, Beata Dabrowska, Rachel Douthwaite, Carmen Evanson, Russell Friesen, Kathy Hydamaka, Wangyang Li, Kelly Simmons and Lillian Tse
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:905
  25. The demand for induced abortions in Uganda is high despite legal and moral proscriptions. Abortion seekers usually go to illegal, hidden clinics where procedures are performed in unhygienic environments by und...

    Authors: Joseph B Babigumira, Andy Stergachis, David L Veenstra, Jacqueline S Gardner, Joseph Ngonzi, Peter Mukasa-Kivunike and Louis P Garrison
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:904
  26. Maternal smoking is the most significant cause of preventable complications during pregnancy, with smoking cessation during pregnancy shown to increase birth weight and reduce preterm birth among pregnant wome...

    Authors: Andriani N Loukopoulou, Constantine I Vardavas, George Farmakides, Christos Rossolymos, Charalambos Chrelias, Manolis N Tzatzarakis, Aristidis Tsatsakis, Maria Lymberi, Gregory N Connolly and Panagiotis K Behrakis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:903
  27. Respiratory infections are the leading cause of childhood deaths in Bangladesh. Promoting respiratory hygiene may reduce infection transmission. This formative research explored community perceptions about res...

    Authors: Fosiul A Nizame, Sharifa Nasreen, Leanne Unicomb, Dorothy Southern, Emily S Gurley, Shaila Arman, Mohammad A Kadir, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Stephen P Luby and Peter J Winch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:901
  28. The relationship between urbanicity and adolescent health is a critical issue for which little empirical evidence has been reported. Although an association has been suggested, a dichotomous rural versus urban...

    Authors: Juan Pablo Gutiérrez and Erika E Atienzo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:900
  29. Physicians of the Spanish Influenza Sentinel Surveillance System report and systematically swab patients attended to their practices for influenza-like illness (ILI). Within the surveillance system, some Spani...

    Authors: Camelia Savulescu, Silvia Jiménez-Jorge, Salvador de Mateo, Francisco Pozo, Inmaculada Casas, Pilar Pérez Breña, Antonia Galmés, Juana M Vanrell, Carolina Rodriguez, Tomas Vega, Ana Martinez, Nuria Torner, Julián M Ramos, Maria C Serrano, Jesús Castilla, Manuel García Cenoz…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:899
  30. Several studies witnessed that prenatal zinc deficiency (ZD) predisposes to diverse pregnancy complications. However, scientific evidences on the determinants of prenatal ZD are scanty and inconclusive. The pu...

    Authors: Samson Gebremedhin, Fikre Enquselassie and Melaku Umeta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:898
  31. Since 1986, the study of disability in Spain has been mainly addressed by National Disability Surveys (NDSs). While international attempts to frame NDS designs within the International Classification of Functi...

    Authors: Sarah Maierhofer, Javier Almazán-Isla, Enrique Alcalde-Cabero and Jesús de Pedro-Cuesta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:897
  32. Tuberculosis (TB) has increased within the UK and, in response, targets for TB control have been set and interventions recommended. The question was whether these had been implemented and, if so, had they been...

    Authors: Graham H Bothamley, Michelle E Kruijshaar, Heinke Kunst, Gerrit Woltmann, Mark Cotton, Dinesh Saralaya, Mark A Woodhead, John P Watson and Ann LN Chapman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:896
  33. It has been suggested that social, educational, cultural and physical factors in childhood and early adulthood may influence the chances and direction of social mobility, the movement of an individual between ...

    Authors: Lynne F Forrest, Susan Hodgson, Louise Parker and Mark S Pearce
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:895
  34. Dementia affects the mood of people with dementia but also of their caregivers. In the coming years, the number of people with dementia will increase worldwide and most of them will continue to live in the com...

    Authors: Anna-Eva Prick, Jacomine de Lange, Erik Scherder and Anne Margriet Pot
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:894
  35. Lifestyle change is probably the most important single action to prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a low-intensity individual lifestyle intervention by a ...

    Authors: Vegard Nilsen, Per S Bakke and Frode Gallefoss
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:893
  36. Research on new models of care in health service provision is complex, as is the introduction and embedding of such models, and positive research findings are only one factor in whether a new model of care wil...

    Authors: Della A Forster, Michelle Newton, Helen L McLachlan and Karen Willis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 5):S8

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 5

  37. Public health research is an endeavour that often involves multiple relationships, far-reaching collaborations, divergent expectations and various outcomes. Using the Tall Girls Study as a case study, this pap...

    Authors: Fiona J Bruinsma, Jo-Anne Rayner, Alison J Venn, Priscilla Pyett and George Werther
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 5):S7

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 5

  38. The complexities inherent in understanding the social determinants of health are often not well-served by quantitative approaches. My aim is to show that well-designed and well-conducted ethnographic studies h...

    Authors: Mridula Bandyopadhyay
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 5):S6

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 5

  39. The perceived risk/benefit balance of prescribed and over-the-counter (OTC) medicine, as well as complementary therapies, will significantly impact on an individual’s decision-making to use medicine. For women...

    Authors: Karalyn McDonald, Lisa H Amir and Mary-Ann Davey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 5):S5

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 5

  40. Social support interventions have a somewhat chequered history. Despite evidence that social connection is associated with good health, efforts to implement interventions designed to increase social support ha...

    Authors: Rhonda Small, Angela J Taft and Stephanie J Brown
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 5):S4

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 5

  41. Intervention studies for depression and intimate partner violence (IPV) commonly incorporate screening to identify eligible participants. The challenge is that current ethical evaluation is largely informed by...

    Authors: Victoria J Palmer, Jane S Yelland and Angela J Taft
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 5):S3

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 5

  42. Research has a 'bad name' in Aboriginal communities. Too often, researchers have come, gathered information and taken it away from Aboriginal people, with no benefit for the communities taking part in the rese...

    Authors: Tanya Koolmatrie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 5):S2

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 5

  43. The social environment in which children grow up is closely associated with their health. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between maternal educational level, parental preventive behav...

    Authors: Elisabeth Mangrio, Kristina Hansen, Martin Lindström, Marie Köhler and Maria Rosvall
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:891
  44. Sentinel surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections in hospitals and influenza-like illness in ambulatory clinics is recommended to assist in global pandemic influenza preparedness. Healthcare utiliz...

    Authors: Kim A Lindblade, April J Johnson, Wences Arvelo, Xingyou Zhang, Hannah T Jordan, Lissette Reyes, Alicia M Fry and Norma Padilla
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:885
  45. It is well recognised that the adoption and longer term adherence to physical activity by adults to reduce the risk of chronic disease is a challenge. Interventions, such as group and home based physical activ...

    Authors: Nicole Freene, Gordon Waddington, Wendy Chesworth, Rachel Davey and John Goss
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:883

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