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  1. The health condition of workers is known to impact on productivity outcomes. The relationship between health and productivity is of increasing interest amid the need to increase productivity to meet global fin...

    Authors: Libby Holden, Paul A Scuffham, Michael F Hilton, Robert S Ware, Nerina Vecchio and Harvey A Whiteford
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:417
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. During the last decades, global migration has increased and many immigrant groups have a higher prevalence than the native born population of several cardiovascular disease risk factors, including poor dietary...

    Authors: Afsaneh Koochek, Parvin Mirmiran, Kristina Sundquist, Firoozeh Hosseini, Tohid Azizi, Ali S Moeini, Sven-Erik Johansson, Brita Karlström, Fereidoun Azizi and Jan Sundquist
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:411
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  3. Timely reporting of infectious disease cases to public health authorities is essential to effective public health response. To evaluate the timeliness of reporting to the Dutch Municipal Health Services (MHS),...

    Authors: Elisabeth Reijn, Corien M Swaan, Mirjam EE Kretzschmar and Jim E van Steenbergen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:409
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  4. We examined ethnic differences between levels of body mass index (BMI) based on self-reported and measured body height and weight and the validity of self-reports used to estimate the prevalence of obesity (BM...

    Authors: Henriëtte Dijkshoorn, Joanne K Ujcic-Voortman, Lucie Viet, Arnoud P Verhoeff and Daan G Uitenbroek
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:408
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  6. The social gradient in disability pension is well recognized, however mechanisms accounting for the gradient are largely unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the association between occupational class...

    Authors: Inger Haukenes, Arnstein Mykletun, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Hans-Tore Hansen and John Gunnar Mæland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:406
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. India's population exhibits diverse dietary habits and chronic disease patterns. Nutritional epidemiologic studies in India are primarily of cross-sectional or case-control design and subject to biases, includ...

    Authors: Rashmi Sinha, Carrie R Daniel, Niveditha Devasenapathy, Hemali Shetty, Susan Yurgalevitch, Leah M Ferrucci, Preethi S George, Kerry Grace Morrissey, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Barry I Graubard, Kavita Kapur, K Srinath Reddy, Mary J McAdams, Tanuja Rastogi, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Prakash C Gupta…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:405
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  8. Timely vaccination is important to induce adequate protective immunity. We measured vaccination timeliness and vaccination coverage in three geographical areas in South Africa.

    Authors: Lars T Fadnes, Debra Jackson, Ingunn MS Engebretsen, Wanga Zembe, David Sanders, Halvor Sommerfelt and Thorkild Tylleskär
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:404
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  9. Observational epidemiological studies and a systematic review have consistently shown an association between maternal exposure to biomass smoke and reduced birth weight. Our aim was to further test this hypoth...

    Authors: Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy, Rahul R Shidhaye and Nalini Sathiakumar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:403
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  10. Diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome or ME/CFS is largely based on clinical history, and exclusion of identifiable causes of chronic fatigue. Characterization of cases and the impact...

    Authors: Luis C Nacul, Eliana M Lacerda, Peter Campion, Derek Pheby, Maria de L Drachler, José C Leite, Fiona Poland, Amanda Howe, Shagufta Fayyaz and Mariam Molokhia
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:402
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  11. The continual monitoring of population health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with validated instruments helps public health agencies assess, protect, and promote population health. This study aimed to determi...

    Authors: Cédric Baumann, Marie-Line Erpelding, Christine Perret-Guillaume, Arnaud Gautier, Stéphanie Régat, Jean-François Collin, Francis Guillemin and Serge Briançon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:401
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  12. Overpopulation, poor hygiene and disease prevention conditions in prisons are major structural determinants of increased infectious risk within prison settings but evidence-based national and WHO guidelines pr...

    Authors: Laurent Michel, Marie Jauffret-Roustide, Jerôme Blanche, Olivier Maguet, Christine Calderon, Julien Cohen and Patrizia M Carrieri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:400
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  13. Diabetes and related complications are common among ethnic minority groups. Community-based social support interventions are considered promising for improving diabetes self-management. To access such interven...

    Authors: Mirjam JE Kohinor, Karien Stronks and Joke A Haafkens
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:399
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  14. A body of research has shown that neighborhood environment may have an effect on a variety of health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease. One explanation for the mechanism of the effect of neighborhood ...

    Authors: Yoshihisa Fujino, Naohito Tanabe, Kaori Honjo, Sadao Suzuki, Kokoro Shirai, Hiroyasu Iso and Akiko Tamakoshi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:398
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  15. Migration of non-Western women into Western countries often results in an increase in smoking prevalence among migrant women. To gain more insight into how to prevent this increase, we compared psychosocial de...

    Authors: Vera Nierkens, Maya V van der Ploeg, Marja Y van Eer and Karien Stronks
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:397
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  16. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life for optimal growth, development and health. Breastfeeding should continue up to two years or more and ...

    Authors: Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage, Nyovani J Madise, Jean-Christophe Fotso, Catherine Kyobutungi, Martin K Mutua, Tabither M Gitau and Nelly Yatich
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:396
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  17. Presenteeism is highly prevalent and costly to employers. It is defined as being present at work, but limited in some aspect of job performance by a health problem.

    Authors: Carol Cancelliere, J David Cassidy, Carlo Ammendolia and Pierre Côté
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:395
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  18. In 2008 the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that South Africa had the highest tuberculosis (TB) incidence in the world. This high incidence rate is linked to a number of factors, including HIV co-infe...

    Authors: Karl K Peltzer, Pamela P Naidoo, Gladys G Matseke and Khangelani K Zuma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:394
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  19. Charging for tuberculosis (TB) treatment could reduce completion rates, particularly in the poor. We identified and synthesised studies that measure costs of TB treatment, estimates of adherence and the potent...

    Authors: Qian Long, Helen Smith, Tuohong Zhang, Shenglan Tang and Paul Garner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:393
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  20. Previous studies have pointed out that the school lunch workers in Japan are suffering from work-related disorders including finger deformations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of ...

    Authors: Miwako Nagasu, Kazuhiro Sakai, Kazutaka Kogi, Akiyoshi Ito, Edith JM Feskens, Shigeru Tomita, Yoshiomi Temmyo, Mitsuo Ueno and Shigeji Miyagi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:392
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  21. In Puerto Rico, relative to the United States, a disparity exists in detecting oral precancers and early cancers. To identify factors leading to the deficit in early detection, we obtained the perspectives of ...

    Authors: Douglas E Morse, Carmen M Vélez Vega, Walter J Psoter, Himilce Vélez, Carmen J Buxó, Linda S Baek, Augusto Elias and Melba Sánchez Ayendez
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:391
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  22. In developed countries with old age structures most deaths occur at older ages and older people account for the majority of those in poor health, which suggests a particular need to investigate health inequali...

    Authors: George B Ploubidis, Bianca L DeStavola and Emily Grundy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:390
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  23. Diarrhea remains the second leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. Health care seeking behavior for diarrhea varies by context and has important implications for develop...

    Authors: Anne-Laure Page, Sarah Hustache, Francisco J Luquero, Ali Djibo, Mahamane Laouali Manzo and Rebecca F Grais
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:389
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  24. In July 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued formal revisions of its guidelines on the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV. The new guidelines greatly expand eligibility for treatme...

    Authors: Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Anchilla Banegura, Pedro Cahn, Celia DC Christie, Robert Dintruff, Manuel Distel, Catherine Hankins, Nicholas Hellmann, Elly Katabira, Sandra Lehrman, Julio Montaner, Scott Purdon, James F Rooney, Robin Wood and Shirin Heidari
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:388
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  25. Levels of physical activity (PA) in the general population are difficult to characterize. Historically measurement has been based on self-report, which can be subject to bias. PA monitor use has created opport...

    Authors: Amy Luke, Lara R Dugas, Ramon A Durazo-Arvizu, Guichan Cao and Richard S Cooper
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:387
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  26. Transplantation is the treatment of choice for people with severe organ failure. However, demand substantially exceeds supply of suitable organs; consequently many people wait months, or years to receive an or...

    Authors: Kirsten Howard, Stephen Jan, John Rose, Steven Chadban, Richard DM Allen, Michelle Irving, Allison Tong, Germaine Wong, Jonathan C Craig and Alan Cass
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:386
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  27. Death rates are notably higher in eastern Finland than in western Finland, and life expectancy of Finnish speakers shorter than that of Swedish speakers. The mortality differences correspond to recent genetic ...

    Authors: Jan Saarela and Fjalar Finnäs
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:385
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  28. Previous research has linked alcohol use with an increased number of sexual partners, inconsistent condom use and a raised incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, alcohol measures have be...

    Authors: Stanley Luchters, Scott Geibel, Masila Syengo, Daniel Lango, Nzioki King'ola, Marleen Temmerman and Matthew F Chersich
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:384
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  29. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and body mass index (BMI, kg.m-2) are established independent risk factors in the development of diabetes; we prospectively examined their relative contributions and joint relationship w...

    Authors: Farzad Hadaegh, Mohammadreza Bozorgmanesh, Maryam Safarkhani, Davood Khalili and Fereidoun Azizi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:383
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  30. There is a high prevalence of mental health problems amongst adolescents. In addition there is a high prevalence of spinal pain in this population. Evidence suggests that these conditions are related. This stu...

    Authors: Clare S Rees, Anne J Smith, Peter B O'Sullivan, Garth E Kendall and Leon M Straker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:382
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  31. HIV prevention continues to be problematic in the UK, as it does globally. The UK Department of Health has a strategic direction with greater focus on prevention as part of its World Class Commissioning Progra...

    Authors: Sydney Anstee, Alison Price, Amanda Young, Katharine Barnard, Bob Coates, Simon Fraser and Rebecca Moran
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:381
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) combined with spatial analytical methods could be helpful in examining patterns of drug use. Little attention has been paid to geographic variation of cardiovascular prescr...

    Authors: Ching-Lan Cheng, Yi-Chi Chen, Tzu-Ming Liu and Yea-Huei Kao Yang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:380
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Living in a world greatly controlled by mass media makes it impossible to escape its pervading influence. As media in Pakistan has been free in the true sense of the word for only a few years, its impact on in...

    Authors: Amad N Khan, Salema Khalid, Hussain I Khan and Mehnaz Jabeen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:379
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  35. Pay for Performance (P4P) programs, based on provision of financial incentives for service quality, have been widely adopted to enhance quality of care and to promote a more efficient use of health care resour...

    Authors: Silvana Castaldi, Annalisa Bodina, Luciana Bevilacqua, Elena Parravicini, Michaela Bertuzzi and Francesco Auxilia
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:377
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  36. Emilia Romagna, a northern Italian region, has a population of 4.27 million, of which 9.7% are immigrants. The objective of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) during the period...

    Authors: Anna Odone, Matteo Riccò, Matteo Morandi, Bianca M Borrini, Cesira Pasquarella and Carlo Signorelli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:376
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  37. Informal payments for health care are common in most former communist countries. This paper explores the demand side of these payments in Albania. By using data from the Living Standard Measurement Survey 2005...

    Authors: Sonila Tomini and Hans Maarse
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:375
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  38. Suicide is a global public health problem. Recently in the U.S., much attention has been given to preventing suicide and other premature mortality in veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. A strong pred...

    Authors: Janet Weiner, Therese S Richmond, Joseph Conigliaro and Douglas J Wiebe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:374
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Data from traditionally circumcising communities show that non-circumcised males and those circumcised in the medical settings are stigmatised. This is because traditional circumcision embodies local notions o...

    Authors: Mwita Wambura, Joseph R Mwanga, Jacklin F Mosha, Gerry Mshana, Frank Mosha and John Changalucha
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:373
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  40. Childhood vaccination coverage can be estimated from a range of sources. This study aims to validate vaccination data from a longitudinal population-based demographic surveillance system (DSS) against data fro...

    Authors: James Ndirangu, Ruth Bland, Till Bärnighausen and Marie-Louise Newell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:372
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  41. Snus is a moist smokeless tobacco product which has recently reached beyond its original market of Scandinavia. Snus is now being increasingly used in both the United States and South Africa. The effect of snu...

    Authors: Jenny Hansson, Maria Rosaria Galanti, Cecilia Magnusson and Maria-Pia Hergens
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:371
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. The 'Physical Activity Care Pathway' (a Pilot for the 'Let's Get Moving' policy) is a systematic approach to integrating physical activity promotion into the primary care setting. It combines several methods r...

    Authors: Christian EH Boehler, Karen E Milton, Fiona C Bull and Julia A Fox-Rushby
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:370
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. The prevalence of smoking in Spain is high in both men and women. The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of gender in the effectiveness of a specific smoking cessation intervention conducted in Spain.

    Authors: Diana Puente, Carmen Cabezas, Teresa Rodriguez-Blanco, Carmen Fernández-Alonso, Tránsito Cebrian, Miguel Torrecilla, Lourdes Clemente and Carlos Martín
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:369
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  44. Overweight and obesity are recognised nationally and internationally as key public health challenges. Food and drink advertising is one of the array of factors that influence both diet and physical activity ch...

    Authors: Jean Adams, Emma Simpson and Martin White
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:368
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  45. The tuberculosis register is a critical data source for the information system of national tuberculosis control programs. From the information in the tuberculosis case register, it is possible to extend the st...

    Authors: Nguyen B Hoa, Chen Wei, Chay Sokun, Jens M Lauritsen and Hans L Rieder
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:367
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Varicella accounts for significant morbidities and remains a public health issue worldwide. Climatic factors have been shown to associate with the incidence and transmission of various infectious diseases. We ...

    Authors: Johnny YC Chan, Linwei Tian, YW Kwan, WM Chan and CW Leung
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:366
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. This qualitative study examines parent and child experiences of participation in a multi-component community-based program aimed at reducing offending behaviour, and increasing social competence in boys 6 to 1...

    Authors: Ellen L Lipman, Meghan Kenny, Erin Brennan, Susanne O'Grady and Leena Augimeri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:364
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  49. Weight loss is known to decrease the health risks associated with being overweight and obese. Awareness of overweight status is an important determinant of weight loss attempts and may have more of an impact o...

    Authors: Seema Bhanji, Ali Khan Khuwaja, Fawad Siddiqui, Iqbal Azam and Khawar Kazmi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:363
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  50. Studies have confirmed that the rate of mental illness is no higher in rural Australians than that of urban Australians. However, the rate of poor mental health outcomes, and in particular suicide, is signific...

    Authors: Susan Brumby, Ananda Chandrasekara, Scott McCoombe, Susan Torres, Peter Kremer and Paul Lewandowski
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:362
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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