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  1. Although regular participation in physical activity (PA) has health benefits across the life span, the proportion of people doing sufficient activity for these benefits decreases with age. The aim of this stud...

    Authors: Jannique G. Z. van Uffelen, Asaduzzaman Khan and Nicola W. Burton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:624
  2. Violence against women (VAW) is a major problem worldwide, with one in three women experiencing violence in their lifetime. While interventions to prevent violence (primary prevention) are extremely important,...

    Authors: Lucy Kirk, Samantha Terry, Kamalini Lokuge and Jessica L. Watterson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:622
  3. Developing an effective HIV vaccine is the overriding priority for HIV prevention research. Enrolling and maintaining cohorts of men into HIV vaccine efficacy trials is a necessary prerequisite for the develop...

    Authors: Lucy Chimoyi, Mphatso Kamndaya, Emilie Venables, Nina von Knorring, Jonathan Stadler, Catherine MacPhail, Matthew F. Chersich, Helen Rees and Sinead Delany-Moretlwe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 3):524

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 3

  4. Unmanaged urban growth in southern and eastern Africa has led to a growth of informal housing in cities, which are home to poor, marginalised populations, and associated with the highest HIV prevalence in urba...

    Authors: Fiona Scorgie, Jo Vearey, Monique Oliff, Jonathan Stadler, Emilie Venables, Matthew F. Chersich and Sinead Delany-Moretlwe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 3):482

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 3

  5. Antenatal care (ANC) clinics serve as key gateways to screening and treatment interventions that improve pregnancy outcomes, and are especially important for HIV-infected women. By disaggregating data on acces...

    Authors: Siphamandla Gumede, Vivian Black, Nicolette Naidoo and Matthew F. Chersich
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 3):443

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 3

  6. The sexual and reproductive health (SRH) status of female sex workers is influenced by a wide range of demographic, behavioural and structural factors. These factors vary considerably across and even within se...

    Authors: Mariette Slabbert, Francois Venter, Cynthia Gay, Corine Roelofsen, Samanta Lalla-Edward and Helen Rees
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 3):442

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 3

  7. For adolescents growing up in poor urban South African settings, violence is often a part of daily life and has lasting effects on physical and mental health outcomes in adulthood. We conducted a qualitative s...

    Authors: Fiona Scorgie, Deborah Baron, Jonathan Stadler, Emilie Venables, Heena Brahmbhatt, Kristin Mmari and Sinead Delany-Moretlwe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 3):441

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 3

  8. Persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection is associated with the development of anogenital cancers, particularly in men living with HIV (MLWH). We describe the prevalence of anogenital HPV i...

    Authors: Admire Chikandiwa, Lucy Chimoyi, Pedro T Pisa, Matthew F Chersich, Etienne E Muller, Pamela Michelow, Philippe Mayaud and Sinead Delany-Moretlwe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 3):425

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 3

  9. There is limited knowledge about dietary quality among the adult population in low- and middle income countries (LMICs). This study aims to describe dietary quality among the adult Saharawi refugee population ...

    Authors: Marianne Sandsmark Morseth, Navnit Kaur Grewal, Ida Sophie Kaasa, Anne Hatloy, Ingrid Barikmo and Sigrun Henjum
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:621
  10. Traditionally, time-use data have been used to inform a broad range of economic and sociological research topics. One of the new areas in time-use research is the study of physical activity (PA) and physical a...

    Authors: J. Deyaert, T. Harms, D. Weenas, J. Gershuny and I. Glorieux
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:620
  11. Globally, there is a growing concern over pesticides use, which has been linked to self-harm and suicide. However, there is paucity of research on the epidemiology of pesticides poisoning in Nepal. This study ...

    Authors: Deepak Gyenwali, Abhinav Vaidya, Sundar Tiwari, Prakash Khatiwada, Daya Ram Lamsal and Shrikrishana Giri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:619
  12. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and intensity as well as the factors associated with urogenital schistosomiasis (US) in Barrage, a rural community around the Mape΄ dam, in the West re...

    Authors: Anna Longdoh Njunda, Emmanuel Ngala Ndzi, Jules Clement Nguedia Assob, Henri-Lucien Fawmno Kamga and Emmanuel Tebit Kwenti
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:618
  13. Physical activity is likely to be determined as a complex interplay between personal, interpersonal, and environmental factors. Studying the built environment involves expanding the focus from the individual p...

    Authors: Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam da Silva, Adriano Akira Hino, Adalberto Lopes, Ulf Ekelund, Soren Brage, Helen Gonçalves, Ana B Menezes, Rodrigo Siqueira Reis and Pedro Curi Hallal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:616
  14. Domestic waste generation has contributed significantly to hampering national waste management efforts. It poses serious threat to national development and requires proper treatment and management within and o...

    Authors: Henry O. Addo, Elvis J. Dun-Dery, Eugenia Afoakwa, Addai Elizabeth, Amposah Ellen and Mwinfaug Rebecca
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:615
  15. Further collection of surveillance data is warranted, particularly in preschool populations, for optimizing future public health promotion strategies. This study aims to describe physical activity (PA) and sed...

    Authors: Niels Christian Møller, Line B. Christensen, Christian Mølgaard, Katrine T. Ejlerskov, Karin A. Pfeiffer and Kim F. Michaelsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:613
  16. Syndromic surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) is important to assess seriousness of disease as recommended by WHO for influenza. In 2015 the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) started to collab...

    Authors: S. Buda, K. Tolksdorf, E. Schuler, R. Kuhlen and W. Haas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:612
  17. High food insecurity has been demonstrated in rural American Indian households, but little is known about American Indian families in urban settings or the association of food insecurity with diet for these fa...

    Authors: Emily J. Tomayko, Kathryn L. Mosso, Kate A. Cronin, Lakeesha Carmichael, KyungMann Kim, Tassy Parker, Amy L. Yaroch and Alexandra K. Adams
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:611
  18. Updated population-based data on the frequency and distribution of risk factors for pneumococcal disease is scarce. This study investigated the prevalence of distinct comorbidities and underlying risk conditio...

    Authors: O. Ochoa-Gondar, I. Hospital, A. Vila-Corcoles, M. Aragon, M. Jariod, C. de Diego and E. Satue
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:610
  19. Measures to address gender-specific health issues are essential due to fundamental, biological differences between the sexes. Studies have increasingly stressed the importance of customizing approaches directe...

    Authors: Ha Na Cho, Eunji Choi, Da Hea Seo, Mina Suh, Hoo-Yeon Lee, Boyoung Park, Sohee Park, Juhee Cho, Sue Kim, Yeong-Ran Park, Joong-Yeon Lim, Younjihin Ahn, Hyun-Young Park, Kui Son Choi and Yumie Rhee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:609
  20. School absenteeism, including medical absenteeism, is associated with early school dropout and may result in physical, mental, social and work-related problems in later life. Especially at intermediate vocatio...

    Authors: Madelon K Van der Vlis, Marjolein Lugtenberg, Yvonne T.M. Vanneste, Wenda Berends, Wico Mulder, Rienke Bannink, Amy Van Grieken, Hein Raat and Marlou L.A. de Kroon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:608
  21. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the first most common cancer in males and the third most common cancer in females in Saudi Arabia. Dietary habits are strongly associated with the inhibition or proliferation of mali...

    Authors: Firas S. Azzeh, Eyad M. Alshammari, Awfa Y. Alazzeh, Abdelelah S. Jazar, Ibrahim R. Dabbour, Hani A. El-Taani, Ahmed A. Obeidat, Fayrooz A. Kattan and Sufyan H. Tashtoush
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:607
  22. Qualitative study of motivations to participate in research into violence and other sensitive issues can help interpretation of findings from community based quantitative surveys. It is equally important to co...

    Authors: Yandisa Sikweyiya, Mzikazi Nduna, Nwabisa Shai and Rachel Jewkes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:605
  23. There is a high unmet need for limiting and spacing child births during the postpartum period. Given the consequences of closely spaced births, and the benefits of longer pregnancy intervals, targeted activiti...

    Authors: Rose Jalang’o, Faith Thuita, Sammy O. Barasa and Peter Njoroge
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:604
  24. We investigated the risk of chronic liver disease (CLD) due to alcohol consumption and body mass index (BMI) and the effects of their interaction in a prospective cohort study of women recruited to the UKCTOCS...

    Authors: Paul M Trembling, Sophia Apostolidou, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Julie Parkes, Andy Ryan, Sudeep Tanwar, Matthew Burnell, Ian Jacobs, Usha Menon and William M. Rosenberg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:603
  25. Pesticide poisoning in children has been a serious public health issue around the world, especially in the developing countries where agriculture is still one of the largest economic sectors. The purpose of th...

    Authors: Aziguli Yimaer, Guangdi Chen, Meibian Zhang, Lifang Zhou, Xinglin Fang and Wei Jiang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:602
  26. Mercury is a toxic metal with its effects on human health ranging from acute to chronic in a very short time of exposure. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the main source of direct human exposur...

    Authors: Justice Afrifa, Samuel Essien-Baidoo, Richard K.D. Ephraim, Daniel Nkrumah and Daniel Osei Dankyira
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:601
  27. Cervical cancer is a major public health problem in Malawi. The age-standardized incidence and mortality rates are estimated to be 75.9 and 49.8 per 100,000 population, respectively. The availability of the hu...

    Authors: Kelias Phiri Msyamboza, Beatrice Matanje Mwagomba, Moussa Valle, Hastings Chiumia and Twambilire Phiri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:599
  28. Data on prevalence and characteristics of different high blood pressure subtypes are lacking among Chinese children. Regarding the mechanistic differences between isolated systolic high blood pressure and isol...

    Authors: Yide Yang, Bin Dong, Shuo Wang, Yanhui Dong, Zhiyong Zou, Lianguo Fu and Jun Ma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:598
  29. The reasons for low adherence to cereal dietary guidelines are not well understood but may be related to knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and perceived barriers. This study aims to assess trends in cereal foods c...

    Authors: Christina Mary Pollard, Claire Elizabeth Pulker, Xingqiong Meng, Jane Anne Scott, Felicity Claire Denham, Vicky Anne Solah and Deborah Anne Kerr
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:597
  30. A recent recalibration of the ONCOTYROL Prostate Cancer Outcome and Policy (PCOP) Model, assuming that latent prostate cancer (PCa) detectable at autopsy might be detectable by screening as well, resulted in c...

    Authors: Nikolai Mühlberger, Kristijan Boskovic, Murray D. Krahn, Karen E. Bremner, Willi Oberaigner, Helmut Klocker, Wolfgang Horninger, Gaby Sroczynski and Uwe Siebert
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:596
  31. Physical activity (PA) and its health benefits are a continuous point of discussion. Recommendations for children’s daily PA vary between guidelines. To better define the amount of PA necessary to prevent over...

    Authors: Phillipp Schwarzfischer, Martina Weber, Dariusz Gruszfeld, Piotr Socha, Veronica Luque, Joaquin Escribano, Annick Xhonneux, Elvira Verduci, Benedetta Mariani, Berthold Koletzko and Veit Grote
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:595
  32. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is known as severely air-polluted city in the world due to increased coal consumption in the cold season. The health effects of air pollution in Mongolia such as mortality, morbidity and...

    Authors: Motoyuki Nakao, Keiko Yamauchi, Yoko Ishihara, Hisamitsu Omori, Dashtseren Ichinnorov and Bandi Solongo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:594
  33. The aim was to investigate the associations between mental disorders and three different measures of labour-market marginalisation, and differences between native Swedes and immigrants.

    Authors: Magnus Helgesson, Petter Tinghög, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Fredrik Saboonchi and Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:593
  34. Obesity rates in Saudi Arabia are amongst the highest in the world. It is known that teenage girls are less active than teenage boys, but less is known about the diet and activity patterns in younger girls. Th...

    Authors: Rabab Al-Kutbe, Anne Payne, Anne de Looy and Gail A. Rees
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:592
  35. In 2013, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) began recommending lung cancer screening for high risk smokers aged 55–80 years using low-dose computed tomography (CT) scan. In light of these updated r...

    Authors: Lindsay Gressard, Amy S. DeGroff, Thomas B. Richards, Stephanie Melillo, Julia Kish-Doto, Christina L. Heminger, Elizabeth A. Rohan and Kristine Gabuten Allen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:589
  36. Insufficient physical activity (PA) is a major contributing factor in the growing problem of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in urban and rural Sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to determine PA and associa...

    Authors: Beatrice John, Jim Todd, Innocent Mboya, Mary Mosha, Mark Urassa and Tara Mtuy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:588
  37. Intestinal helminth infections are major parasitic diseases causing public health problems in Ethiopia. Although the epidemiology of these infections are well documented in Ethiopia, new transmission foci for ...

    Authors: Bereket Alemayehu, Zewdneh Tomass, Fiseha Wadilo, Dawit Leja, Song Liang and Berhanu Erko
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:587
  38. An appropriate level of human resources for oral health [HROH] is required to meet the oral health needs of population, and enable maximum improvement in health outcomes. The aim of this study was to estimate ...

    Authors: Xiangyu Sun, Eduardo Bernabé, Xuenan Liu, Shuguo Zheng and Jennifer E. Gallagher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:586
  39. Rates of obesity among children ages zero to five are rapidly increasing. Greater efforts are needed to promote healthy behaviors of young children. Mothers are especially important targets for promoting healt...

    Authors: Danae Dinkel, Kailey Snyder, Anastasia Kyvelidou and Victoria Molfese
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:585
  40. Suicide rates among those employed in male-dominated professions such as construction are elevated compared to other occupational groups. Thus far, past research has been mainly quantitative and has been unabl...

    Authors: Allison Milner, Humaira Maheen, Dianne Currier and Anthony D LaMontagne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:584
  41. This paper is aimed at critically assessing the extent to which Non-Communicable Disease NCD-related policies introduced in Bangladesh align with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2013–2020 Action Plan for...

    Authors: Tuhin Biswas, Sonia Pervin, Md. Imtiaz Alam Tanim, Louis Niessen and Anwar Islam
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:582
  42. High rates of food insecurity are documented among Inuit households in Canada; however, data on food insecurity prevalence and seasonality for Inuit households with children are lacking, especially in city cen...

    Authors: Catherine Huet, James D. Ford, Victoria L. Edge, Jamal Shirley, Nia King and Sherilee L. Harper
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:578

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