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  1. It has been hypothesised that health conscious individuals tend to take better care of themselves by greater adherence to preventive medications. We examined, whether long-term changes in dietary habits and ph...

    Authors: Nana Folmann Hempler, Allan Krasnik, Charlotta Pisinger and Torben Jørgensen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:626
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  2. Weight management constitutes a substantial problem particularly among groups of low socio-economic status. Interventions at work places may be a solution, but high quality worksite interventions documenting p...

    Authors: Jeanette R Christensen, Kristian Overgaard, Isabella G Carneiro, Andreas Holtermann and Karen Søgaard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:625
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  3. Research on the relationship between Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and physical activity (PA), to date, have rarely investigated how this relationship differ across objective and subjective measures o...

    Authors: Nana Kwame Anokye, Paul Trueman, Colin Green, Toby G Pavey and Rod S Taylor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:624
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  4. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection. The main risk factors correlated with HPV infection are: early sexual debut, the number of partners, frequency and type of sexual c...

    Authors: Donatella Panatto, Daniela Amicizia, Cecilia Trucchi, Francesca Casabona, Piero Luigi Lai, Paolo Bonanni, Sara Boccalini, Angela Bechini, Emilia Tiscione, Carla Maria Zotti, Rosa Cristina Coppola, Giuseppina Masia, Angelo Meloni, Paolo Castiglia, Andrea Piana and Roberto Gasparini
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:623
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  5. Parenting programmes are effective in enhancing parenting practices and child development. This study evaluated the effects of a intervention with psychosocial stimulation (PS) on the quality of the home envir...

    Authors: Baitun Nahar, Md Iqbal Hossain, Jena D Hamadani, Tahmeed Ahmed, Sally Grantham-McGregor and Lars-Ake Persson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:622
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  6. Tuberculosis (TB) indicators in South Africa currently remain well below global targets. In 2008, the National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) implemented a community mobilization program in all nine provinces to t...

    Authors: Liza E Bronner, Laura J Podewils, Annatjie Peters, Pushpakanthi Somnath, Lorna Nshuti, Martie van der Walt and Lerole David Mametja
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:621
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  7. Under-5-years child mortality remains high in rural China. Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) was introduced to China in 1998, but only a few rural areas have been included. This study aimed at ...

    Authors: Xiuyun Li, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Xiaoling Xia, Pasuree Sangsupawanich, Wenjing Zheng and Keling Ma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:620
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  8. Worksite health promotion programs (WHPPs) offer an attractive opportunity to improve the lifestyle of employees. Nevertheless, broad scale and successful implementation of WHPPs in daily practice often fails....

    Authors: Debbie Wierenga, Luuk H Engbers, Pepijn van Empelen, Vincent H Hildebrandt and Willem van Mechelen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:619
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  9. Legionella pneumophila is increasingly recognised as a significant cause of sporadic and epidemic community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia. Many studies describe the frequency and severity of Legionella spp. ...

    Authors: Gianluigi Quaranta, Sara Vincenti, Anna Maria Ferriero, Federica Boninti, Romina Sezzatini, Cinzia Turnaturi, Maria Daniela Gliubizzi, Elio Munafò, Gianluca Ceccarelli, Carmelo Causarano, Massimo Accorsi, Pasquale Del Nord, Walter Ricciardi and Patrizia Laurenti
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:618
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  10. Socioeconomic status has a profound effect on the risk of having a first acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Information on socioeconomic inequalities in AMI incidence across age- gender-groups is lacking. Our ...

    Authors: Carla Koopman, Aloysia AM van Oeffelen, Michiel L Bots, Peter M Engelfriet, WM Monique Verschuren, Lenie van Rossem, Ineke van Dis, Simon Capewell and Ilonca Vaartjes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:617
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  11. Childhood obesity and associated hypertension are major public health concerns globally. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of obesity and the associated risk of high blood pressure among Nigerian ad...

    Authors: Abiola A Oduwole, Taiwo A Ladapo, Iretiola B Fajolu, Ekanem N Ekure and Olufunmilayo F Adeniyi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:616
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  12. Older people usually prefer staying at home rather than going into residential care. The Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance wishes to invest in home care by financing innovative pro...

    Authors: Johanna De Almeida Mello, Therese Van Durme, Jean Macq and Anja Declercq
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:615
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  13. The Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major cause of liver disease and liver cancer worldwide according to the World Health Organization. Following acute HBV infection, 1-5% of infected healthy adults and...

    Authors: Manuel Oviedo, M Pilar Muñoz, Gloria Carmona, Eva Borrás, Joan Batalla, Nuria Soldevila and Angela Domínguez
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:614
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  14. South Africa is experiencing a critical shortage of human resources for health (HRH) at a time when the population and the burden of ill-health, primarily due to HIV, AIDS and TB, are on the increase. This sho...

    Authors: Gavin George and Bruce Rhodes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:613
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  15. Little is known about the consumption of organic food during pregnancy. The aim of this study was to describe dietary characteristics associated with frequent consumption of organic food among pregnant women p...

    Authors: Hanne Torjusen, Geir Lieblein, Tormod Næs, Margaretha Haugen, Helle Margrete Meltzer and Anne Lise Brantsæter
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:612
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  16. Childhood socioeconomic disadvantage has been linked with obesity in cross-sectional research, although less is known about how changes in socioeconomic status influence the development of obesity. Researchers...

    Authors: Darla E Kendzor, Margaret O Caughy and Margaret Tresch Owen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:611
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  17. Statins are increasingly prescribed to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) in asymptomatic individuals. Yet, it is unknown whether those at higher CVD risk – i.e. individuals in lower socio-economic position ...

    Authors: Helle Wallach-Kildemoes, Finn Diderichsen, Allan Krasnik, Theis Lange and Morten Andersen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:610
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  18. In the primary care setting, dementia is often diagnosed relatively late in the disease process. Case finding and proactive collaborative care may have beneficial effects on both patient and informal caregiver...

    Authors: Pim van den Dungen, Eric P Moll van Charante, Harm W J van Marwijk, Henriëtte E van der Horst, Peter M van de Ven and Hein P J van Hout
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:609
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  20. Exercise facilities may have the potential to promote physical activity among residents, and to support an active lifestyle throughout the year. We investigated the association between objectively assessed ava...

    Authors: Ulf Eriksson, Daniel Arvidsson and Kristina Sundquist
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:607
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  21. The elimination of malaria in Zanzibar is highly dependent on sustained effective coverage of bed-nets to avoid malaria resurgence. The Health Belief Model (HBM) framework was used to explore the perceptions o...

    Authors: Netta Beer, Abdullah S Ali, Helena Eskilsson, Andreas Jansson, Faiza M Abdul-Kadir, Guida Rotllant-Estelrich, Ali K Abass, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Anders Björkman and Karin Källander
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:606
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  22. Few studies have been conducted on the association between perinatal and early life factors with childhood depression and results are conflicting. Our aim was to estimate the prevalence and perinatal and early...

    Authors: Thaís S Pereira, Antônio A Silva, Maria T Alves, Vanda M Simões, Rosângela F Batista, Juliana D Rodriguez, Felipe P Figueiredo, Fernando Lamy-Filho, Marco A Barbieri and Heloisa Bettiol
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:605
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  23. Evidence on the differential impacts of the global food crisis as it translates into chronic food insecurity locally is essential to design food security interventions targeting the most vulnerable population ...

    Authors: Tefera Belachew, David Lindstrom, Abebe Gebremariam, Challi Jira, Megan Klein Hattori, Carl Lachat, Lieven Huybregts and Patrick Kolsteren
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:604
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  24. With the deaths of hundreds of thousands and the displacement of up to three million Darfuris, the increasingly complex and on-going war in Darfur has warranted the need to investigate war-related severity and...

    Authors: Alia Badri, Rik Crutzen and H W Van den Borne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:603
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  25. Effective self-management of diabetes is essential for the reduction of diabetes-related complications, as global rates of diabetes escalate.

    Authors: Emily D Williams, Dominique Bird, Andrew W Forbes, Anthony Russell, Susan Ash, Robert Friedman, Paul A Scuffham and Brian Oldenburg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:602
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  26. Hepatitis B (HBV) is the leading cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. This study assessed the knowledge, attitudes and practices of people with chronic HBV and the associated factors.

    Authors: Rosmawati Mohamed, Chirk Jenn Ng, Wen Ting Tong, Suraya Zainol Abidin, Li Ping Wong and Wah Yun Low
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:601
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  27. The transfer and implementation of acceptable and effective health services, programs and innovations across settings provides an important and potentially cost-effective strategy for reducing Indigenous Austr...

    Authors: Janya McCalman, Komla Tsey, Anton Clifford, Wendy Earles, Anthony Shakeshaft and Roxanne Bainbridge
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:600
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  28. To determine potential social, psychological, and environmental-structural factors that may result in motivating female sex workers (FSWs), who are rural-to-urban migrants, and their paying partners in Shangha...

    Authors: Xiuxia Ye, Meili Shang, Tian Shen, Bei Pei, Xueqin Jiang and Yong Cai
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:599
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  29. Several studies have demonstrated that women have greater mobility disability than men. The goals of this research were: 1) to assess the gender gap in mobility difficulty in 70 countries; 2) to determine whet...

    Authors: Samia Djemâa Mechakra-Tahiri, Ellen E Freeman, Slim Haddad, Elodie Samson and Maria Victoria Zunzunegui
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:598
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  30. 20 million migrant workers in China lost their jobs during the economic crisis of 2008. Both urban migration and unemployment have long been documented to be associated with vulnerability to mental problems. T...

    Authors: Li Chen, Wenhu Li, Jincai He, Lanhua Wu, Zheng Yan and Wenjie Tang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:597
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  31. The number of reported pregnancies in women with diagnosed HIV in the UK increased from 80 in 1990 to over 1400 in 2010; the majority were among women born in sub-Saharan Africa. There is a paucity of research...

    Authors: Shema Tariq, Alex Pillen, Pat A Tookey, Alison E Brown and Jonathan Elford
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:596
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  32. The lack of information on the care for sexually transmitted infections (STI) associated syndromes may contribute for its non-inclusion as prevention and control strategy for STI in Brazil. This study aims to ...

    Authors: Elani Graça Ferreira Cavalcante, Maria Alix Leite Araújo, Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão, Heber José de Moura, Ana Paula Soares Gondim and Raimunda Magalhães da Silva
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:595
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  33. Since air can play a central role as a reservoir for microorganisms, in controlled environments such as operating theatres regular microbial monitoring is useful to measure air quality and identify critical si...

    Authors: Christian Napoli, Vincenzo Marcotrigiano and Maria Teresa Montagna
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:594
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  34. Acute poisoning is a major public health issue in many parts of the world. The epidemiology and the mortality rate is higher in low and middle income countries, including Sri Lanka. The aim of this study was t...

    Authors: Lalith Senarathna, Shaluka F Jayamanna, Patrick J Kelly, Nick A Buckley, Michael J Dibley and Andrew H Dawson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:593
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  35. There is strong evidence to suggest that multiple work-related health problems are preceded by a higher need for recovery. Physical activity and relaxation are helpful in decreasing the need for recovery. This...

    Authors: Jennifer K Coffeng, Ingrid JM Hendriksen, Saskia F Duijts, Karin I Proper, Willem van Mechelen and Cécile R L Boot
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:592
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  36. Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular disease are pervasive, yet much remains to be understood about how they originate. The objective of this study was to explore the relations of socioeconomic status ...

    Authors: Gerrit van den Berg, Manon van Eijsden, Tanja G M Vrijkotte and Reinoud J B J Gemke
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:591
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  37. Research shows that obesity prevention has to start early. Targeting interventions towards subgroups of individuals who are predisposed, but yet normal weight, may prove more effective in preventing overweight...

    Authors: Nanna Julie Olsen, Tine Buch-Andersen, Mina Nicole Händel, Louise Mai Østergaard, Jeanett Pedersen, Charlotte Seeger, Maria Stougaard, Maria Trærup, Kate Livemore, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Claus Holst and Berit Lilienthal Heitmann
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:590
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  38. Records kept as a result of the implementation of Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) and the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) constitute a public inventory of industrie...

    Authors: Gonzalo López-Abente, Javier García-Pérez, Pablo Fernández-Navarro, Elena Boldo and Rebeca Ramis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:589
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  39. The escalating prevalence of obesity might prompt obese subjects to consider themselves as normal, as this condition is gradually becoming as frequent as normal weight. In this study, we aimed to assess the tr...

    Authors: Pedro Marques-Vidal, Paula Ravasco and Fred Paccaud
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:588
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  40. The extent to which patients follow treatments as prescribed is pivotal to treatment success. An exceptionally high level (> 95%) of HIV medication adherence is required to suppress viral replication and prote...

    Authors: Gareth Jones, Kim Hawkins, Rebecca Mullin, Tamás Nepusz, Declan P Naughton, Paschal Sheeran and Andrea Petróczi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:587
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  41. Excessive alcohol use is a significant problem in rural and remote Australia. The factors contributing to patterns of alcohol use have not been adequately explained, yet the geographic variation in rates sugge...

    Authors: Kerry J Inder, Tonelle E Handley, Michael Fitzgerald, Terry J Lewin, Clare Coleman, David Perkins and Brian J Kelly
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:586
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  42. Scientific evidence supports decision-making on the use of implantable medical devices (IMDs) in clinical practice, but IMDs are thought to be far less investigated than drugs. In the USA, studies have shown t...

    Authors: Laure Huot, Evelyne Decullier, Karen Maes-Beny and Francois R Chapuis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:585
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  43. Injuries to working age adults are common and place a considerable burden on health services accounting for more than 10% of GP sick notes and 14% of those claiming benefits because they are unable to work in ...

    Authors: Denise Kendrick, Yana Vinogradova, Carol Coupland, Nicola Christie, Ronan A Lyons and Elizabeth L Towner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:584
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  44. Residential mobility is common in families with young children; however, its impact on the social development of children is unclear. We examined associations between the number, timing and type of house moves...

    Authors: Alice R Rumbold, Lynne C Giles, Melissa J Whitrow, Emily J Steele, Christopher E Davies, Michael J Davies and Vivienne M Moore
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:583
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  45. Most preschool centers provide two 30-min sessions of gross-motor/outdoor playtime per preschool day. Within this time frame, children accumulate most of their activity within the first 10 min. This paper desc...

    Authors: Sofiya Alhassan, Ogechi Nwaokelemeh, Albert Mendoza, Sanyog Shitole, Melicia C Whitt-Glover and Antronette K Yancey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:582
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  46. Although physical inactivity has been linked with numerous chronic health conditions and overall mortality, the majority of English adults report doing insufficient physical activity. To increase population ph...

    Authors: Emma Solomon, Tim Rees, Obioha C Ukoumunne and Melvyn Hillsdon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:581
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  48. The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) is one of the most powerful and cost-effective public health programmes to improve child survival. We assessed challenges and enablers for the programme in South Af...

    Authors: Charles Shey Wiysonge, Nthombenhle J Ngcobo, Prakash M Jeena, Shabir A Madhi, Barry D Schoub, Anthony Hawkridge, Muki S Shey and Gregory D Hussey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:578
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  49. Mass gatherings require a decision from public health authorities on how to monitor infectious diseases during the event. The appropriate level of enhanced surveillance depends on parameters like the scale of ...

    Authors: Anja Takla, Edward Velasco and Justus Benzler
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:576
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  50. There is a great variability in licit prescription drug use in the population and among patients. Factors other than purely medical ones have proven to be of importance for the prescribing of licit drugs. For ...

    Authors: Kristine Thorell, Jessica Skoog, Andrzej Zielinski, Lars Borgquist and Anders Halling
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:575
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