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  1. Using data from two rounds of a cross-sectional, national-level survey of long-distance truck drivers, this paper examines the extent and trend of sexual risk behavior, prevalence of STI/HIV, and the linkage b...

    Authors: Arvind Pandey, Ram Manohar Mishra, Damodar Sahu, Sudhir Kumar Benara, Uttpal Sengupta, Ramesh S Paranjape, Abhishek Gautam, Satya Ranjan Lenka and Rajatshurva Adhikary
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 6):S15
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 6

  2. In the context of AVAHAN, the India AIDS Initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, general population surveys (GPS) were carried out between 2006 and 2008 in Belgaum (northern), Bellary (mid-state) and M...

    Authors: Pradeep Banandur, Subramanian Potty Rajaram, Sangameshwar B Mahagaonkar, Janet Bradley, Banadakoppa M Ramesh, Reynold G Washington, James F Blanchard, Stephen Moses, Catherine M Lowndes and Michel Alary
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 6):S13
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  3. As communities face serious pressures on traditional values, such as those posed by HIV infection, cultural inertia may result, whereby existing trends towards more liberalized views of sexuality are stalled. ...

    Authors: Janet Bradley, S Rajaram, Stephen Moses, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Anil M Lobo, BM Ramesh, Reynold Washington and Michel Alary
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 6):S12
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  4. Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative, implemented a large HIV prevention programme across six high HIV prevalence states amongst high risk groups consisting of female sex workers, high risk men who have sex with ...

    Authors: Anup Gurung, Prakash Narayanan, Parimi Prabhakar, Anjana Das, Virupax Ranebennur, Saroj Tucker, Laxmi Narayana, Radha R, K Prakash, J Touthang, Collins Z Sono, Teodora Wi, Guy Morineau and Graham Neilsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 6):S10
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  5. The Avahan Initiative, a large-scale HIV preventive intervention targeted to high-risk populations including female sex workers (FSWs), was initiated in 2003 in six high-prevalence states in India, including Karn...

    Authors: Kathleen N Deering, Marie-Claude Boily, Catherine M Lowndes, Jean Shoveller, Mark W Tyndall, Peter Vickerman, Jan Bradley, Kaveri Gurav, Michael Pickles, Stephen Moses, Banadakoppa M Ramesh, Reynold Washington, S Rajaram and Michel Alary
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 6):S8
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  6. Recent studies of male migrants in India indicate that those who are infected with HIV are spreading the epidemic from high risk populations in high prevalence areas to populations in low prevalence areas. In ...

    Authors: Niranjan Saggurti, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Suvakanta N Swain and Anrudh K Jain
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 6):S6
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  7. Studies have demonstrated the significance of commercial sex work in the ongoing transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in India. Clients of female sex workers (FSWs) are thought ...

    Authors: Souradet Y Shaw, Kathleen N Deering, Sushena Reza-Paul, Shajy Isac, Banadakoppa M Ramesh, Reynold Washington, Stephen Moses and James F Blanchard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 6):S4
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  8. Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative has been a partner supporting targeted interventions of high risk populations under India’s National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) since 2004 in the state of Maharashtra. T...

    Authors: Mandar M Mainkar, Dilip B Pardeshi, Jayesh Dale, Sucheta Deshpande, Shirin Khazi, Abhishek Gautam, Prabuddhagopal Goswami, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, Shreena Ramanathan, Bitra George and Ramesh S Paranjape
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 6):S2
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  9. Avahan, the India AIDS initiative began HIV prevention interventions in 2003 in Andhra Pradesh (AP) among high-risk groups including female sex workers (FSWs), to help contain the HIV epidemic. This manuscript...

    Authors: Hari Kumar Rachakulla, Venkaiah Kodavalla, Hemalatha Rajkumar, SPV Prasad, Srinivasan Kallam, Prabuddhagopal Goswami, Jayesh Dale, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, Ramesh Paranjape and GNV Brahmam
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 6):S1
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 6

  10. A thorough understanding of the contexts of sexual behaviour of the people who are vulnerable to HIV infection is an important component in the battle against AIDS epidemic. We conducted a qualitative study to...

    Authors: Joseph R Mwanga, Gerry Mshana, Godfrey Kaatano and John Changalucha
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:957
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  11. There is controversy as to whether peripheral employment is related to poor health status or not. This study aims at examining whether 1) the accumulation of time in peripheral labour market positions is assoc...

    Authors: Anna-Karin Waenerlund, Per E Gustafsson, Pekka Virtanen and Anne Hammarström
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:956
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  12. Previous studies suggested a high prevalence of STDs including HIV among female sex workers and men who have sex with men in China, but little was known about the prevalence in male patients attending public S...

    Authors: Qian-Qiu Wang, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Yue-Ping Yin, Guo-Jun Liang, Ning Jiang, Ting Dai, Xi-Ping Huan, Bing Yang, Qiao Liu, Yu-Jiao Zhou and Bao-Xi Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:955
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  13. Exercise referral schemes (ERS) aim to identify inactive adults in the primary care setting. The primary care professional refers the patient to a third party service, with this service taking responsibility f...

    Authors: Nana K Anokye, Paul Trueman, Colin Green, Toby G Pavey, Melvyn Hillsdon and Rod S Taylor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:954
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  14. Diabetes is associated with an increased risk of functional decline in older adults. Few studies have investigated the contribution of functional decline to excess mortality risk in older people with diabetes....

    Authors: Chia-Lin Li, Hsing-Yi Chang and Yea-Ing L Shyu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:953
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  15. Women with history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes within 5 years after delivery. Evidence that lactation duration influences incident type 2 diabetes af...

    Authors: Erica P Gunderson, Susana L Matias, Shanta R Hurston, Kathryn G Dewey, Assiamira Ferrara, Charles P Quesenberry Jr, Joan C Lo, Barbara Sternfeld and Joseph V Selby
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:952
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  16. Overweight and obesity are highly prevalent among American Indian children, especially those living on reservations. There is little scientific evidence about the effects of summer vacation on obesity developm...

    Authors: Jianduan Zhang, John H Himes, Peter J Hannan, Chrisa Arcan, Mary Smyth, Bonnie Holy Rock and Mary Story
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:951
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  17. High consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to unhealthy weight gain and nutrition related chronic disease. Intake of SSB among children remains high in spite of public health efforts ...

    Authors: Katherine Hafekost, Francis Mitrou, David Lawrence and Stephen R Zubrick
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:950
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  18. Family social support, as a form of social capital, contributes to social health disparities at different age of life. In a life-course epidemiological perspective, the aims of our study were to examine the as...

    Authors: Christelle Roustit, Eric Campoy, Emilie Renahy, Gary King, Isabelle Parizot and Pierre Chauvin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:949
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  19. Chronic disease knowledge is an important prerequisite for an individual to implement behavioural changes towards the prevention and control of chronic diseases (CDs). Limited information is available about th...

    Authors: Miaomiao Tian, Yingchun Chen, Rui Zhao, Li Chen, Xi Chen, Da Feng and Zhanchun Feng
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:948
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  20. Existing studies are divided as to whether social inequalities in health widen or converge as people age. In part this is due to reliance on cross-sectional data, but also among longitudinal studies to differe...

    Authors: Michaela Benzeval, Michael J Green and Alastair H Leyland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:947
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  21. It has been well established that breastfeeding is beneficial for child health, however there has been debate regarding the effect of lactation on maternal health in the presence of HIV infection and the need ...

    Authors: Gurpreet Kindra, Anna Coutsoudis and Francesca Esposito
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:946
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  22. Employees and self-employed persons have, among others, different personal characteristics and different working conditions, which may influence the prognosis of sick leave and the duration of a disability cla...

    Authors: JM Richter, BM Blatter, J Heinrich, EMM de Vroome and JR Anema
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:945
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  23. Epidemiological evidence suggests that decrease in sedentary behaviour is beneficial for health. This family based randomized controlled trial examines whether face-to-face delivered counselling is effective i...

    Authors: Taija Finni, Arja Sääkslahti, Arto Laukkanen, Arto Pesola and Sarianna Sipilä
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:944
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  24. Maintaining high levels of childhood vaccinations is important for public health. Success requires better understanding of parents' perceptions of diseases and consequent decisions about vaccinations, however ...

    Authors: Lyndal Bond and Terry Nolan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:943
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  25. Rapid weight gain during the first three years of life predicts child and adult obesity, and also later cardiovascular and other morbidities. Cross-sectional studies suggest that infant diet, activity and slee...

    Authors: Barry J Taylor, Anne-Louise M Heath, Barbara C Galland, Andrew R Gray, Julie A Lawrence, Rachel M Sayers, Kelly Dale, Kirsten J Coppell and Rachael W Taylor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:942
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  26. On June 22, 2009, the US FDA was granted the authority to regulate tobacco products through the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA). The intent is to improve public health through regula...

    Authors: Brian V Fix, Richard J O'Connor, Geoffrey T Fong, Ron Borland, K M Cummings and Andrew Hyland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:941
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  27. In the U.S. diabetes prevalence estimates for adults ≥ 65 years exceed 20%. Rural communities have higher proportions of older individuals and health disparities associated with rural residency place rural com...

    Authors: M Nawal Lutfiyya, Joel E McCullough, Lori Mitchell, L Scott Dean and Martin S Lipsky
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:940
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  28. This observational study assessed the relation between mass media campaigns and service volume for a statewide tobacco cessation quitline and stand-alone web-based cessation program.

    Authors: Barbara A Schillo, Andrea Mowery, Lija O Greenseid, Michael G Luxenberg, Andrew Zieffler, Matthew Christenson and Raymond G Boyle
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:939
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  29. Early childhood is critical to the development of lifelong food habits. Given the high proportion of children with inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption, identification of modifiable factors associated wi...

    Authors: Rebecca Wyse, Elizabeth Campbell, Nicole Nathan and Luke Wolfenden
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:938
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  30. Adolescents are a risk group for acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In the Netherlands, senior vocational school students are particular at risk. However, STI test rates among adolescents are lo...

    Authors: Mireille Wolfers, Gerjo Kok, Caspar Looman, Onno de Zwart and Johan Mackenbach
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:937
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  31. There are good opportunities in Sweden for health promotion targeting expectant parents and parents of young children, as almost all are reached by antenatal and child health care. In 2005, a multisectoral chi...

    Authors: Kristina Edvardsson, Anneli Ivarsson, Eva Eurenius, Rickard Garvare, Monica E Nyström, Rhonda Small and Ingrid Mogren
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:936
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  32. Although implementers' experiences of exercise referral schemes (ERS) may provide valuable insights into how their reach and effectiveness might be improved, most qualitative research has included only views o...

    Authors: Graham F Moore, Laurence Moore and Simon Murphy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:935
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  34. 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
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  35. 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
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  36. 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
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  38. 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
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  39. 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
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  40. 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
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  41. While much is known about the benefits of physical activity (PA) and the consequence of sedentary behaviors relative to body mass index (BMI), little is known about the homogeneity of these effects across indi...

    Authors: Justin B Dickerson, Matthew Lee Smith, Mark E Benden and Marcia G Ory
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:926
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  42. 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
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  43. Plenty of information related to alcoholism can be found in the literature, however, the studies have mostly dealt with the predominance of male alcoholism and data related to addiction in women are desperatel...

    Authors: Lubomir Straka, Pavol Zubor, Frantisek Novomesky, Frantisek Stuller, Jozef Krajcovic, Karol Kajo and Jan Danko
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:924
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  44. 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
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  45. 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
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  46. 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
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  48. 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
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  49. 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
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  50. 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
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