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As more countries worldwide develop national viral hepatitis strategies, it is important to ask whether context-specific factors affect their decision-making. This study aimed to determine whether country-leve...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:16
Published on: 26 July 2017
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During the past two decades, several scientific publications from different countries have shown how oral health in the population varies with social determinants. The aim of the present study was to explore t...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:63
Published on: 26 July 2017
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Evidence has shown that children 0-4 year-old attending childcare are prone to acquire infections compared to children cared for at home, with fever being the most common symptom. Illness absenteeism due to fe...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:61
Published on: 26 July 2017
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Trachoma, caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. We conducted the first population-based trachoma prevalence survey in the Casamance region ...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:62
Published on: 26 July 2017
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To investigate the association between critical and communicative oral health literacy (OHL) and oral health outcomes (status, oral health-related quality of life and practices) in adults.
BMC Public Health 2017 18:60
Published on: 26 July 2017
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Behaviors established during the adolescence have life-long consequences to the onset of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in later life. Therefore, it is essential to understand adolescents’ knowledge and prac...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:64
Published on: 26 July 2017
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Smoking surveys among physicians have proved useful in highlighting the importance of physicians as healthy life style exemplars and role models in tobacco control and smoking cessation. The aim of this study ...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:55
Published on: 25 July 2017
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Caregiving burden and depression in family caregivers have been investigated, but little is known about how they affect paid caregivers. The aim of this study was to investigate caregiving burden and depressio...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:53
Published on: 25 July 2017
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In the past 20 years, the trends of ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality in China have been described in divergent claims. This research analyzes mortality trends for IHD by using the data from 102 continuou...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:52
Published on: 25 July 2017
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Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) adopted 2013 World Health Organization (WHO) prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) guidelines recommending initiation of HIV-positive pregn...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:57
Published on: 25 July 2017
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Hypertension is a global health issue and is currently increasing at rapid pace in South Asian countries including Bangladesh. Although, some studies on hypertension have been conducted in Bangladesh, there is...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:58
Published on: 25 July 2017
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People who inject drugs (PWID) are at continued risk for HIV in the U.S., and experience disparities across the HIV care continuum compared to other high-risk groups. Estimates of the risk of HIV transmission ...
BMC Public Health 2017 17:614
Published on: 25 July 2017
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Evaluation of the implementation process of trials is important, because the way a study is implemented modifies its outcomes. Furthermore, lessons learned during implementation can inform other researchers on...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:54
Published on: 25 July 2017
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Children frequently consume foods from restaurants; considering the quick-service sector alone, 1/3 of children eat food from these restaurants on a given day, and among these consumers, 1/3 of their daily cal...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:56
Published on: 25 July 2017
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Sporting or physical recreation event participation can affect different domains of mental and social well-being if sufficiently frequent, yet previous research has focused mainly on the physical health benefi...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:59
Published on: 25 July 2017
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Possessing a strong cultural identity has been shown to protect against mental health symptoms and buffer distress prompted by discrimination. However, no research to date has explored the protective influence...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:50
Published on: 24 July 2017
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Food insecurity is a very common problem in developing countries particularly among the poorer households. Very few studies have tested the association between adult smoking and food insecurity.
BMC Public Health 2017 18:48
Published on: 24 July 2017
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Studies have indicated that people with disabilities die earlier and may experience a poorer health than the general population. This study investigated 31 factors related to health and well-being, health beha...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:46
Published on: 24 July 2017
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Alcohol is a Class-1 carcinogen but public awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer is low. The news media is a popular, readily-accessible source of health information and plays a key role in shaping ...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:47
Published on: 24 July 2017
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Maternal stature and body mass indices (BMI) of non-pregnant women (NPW) of child bearing age are relevant to maternal and offspring health. The objective was to compare anthropometric indices of NPW in four r...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:45
Published on: 24 July 2017
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The International Physical Actvity Questionnaire (IPAQ) is a validated tool for physical activity assessment used in many countries however no Arabic version of the long-form of this questionnaire exists to th...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:49
Published on: 24 July 2017
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Evidence on diseases caused by or associated with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) has been based on two meta-analyses including rather dated studies. The objective of this contribution was to estimate the risks o...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:43
Published on: 21 July 2017
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Despite emerging research about the role of the family and home environment on early childhood obesity, little is known on how weight-related behaviors, parent practices and the home environment influence over...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:44
Published on: 21 July 2017
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HIV risk perceptions are a key determinant of HIV testing. The success of efforts to achieve an AIDS-free generation – including reaching the UNAIDS 90–90-90 target – thus depends critically on the content of ...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:42
Published on: 21 July 2017
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In South Africa malaria is endemic in Mpumalanga, Limpopo and the north–eastern areas of KwaZulu-Natal provinces. South Africa has set targets to eliminate malaria by 2018 and research into complementary vecto...
BMC Public Health 2017 18:41
Published on: 20 July 2017
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