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  1. There is a significant body of evidence that highlights the importance of addressing the social determinants of child and youth health. In order to tackle health inequities Australian governments are being cal...

    Authors: Clare Phillips, Matt Fisher, Fran Baum, Colin MacDougall, Lareen Newman and Dennis McDermott
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:512
  2. Recent emphasis has been placed on elucidating the biologic mechanism linking socioeconomic status (SES) to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Positive associations of inflammatory biomarkers provide evidence sugge...

    Authors: Sharon K. Davis, Ruihua Xu, Pia Riestra, Samson Y. Gebreab, Rumana J. Khan, Amadou Gaye, DeMarc Hickson, Mario Sims and Aurelian Bidulescu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:511
  3. In the UK, people of South Asian origin with asthma experience excess morbidity, with hospitalisation rates three times those of the majority White population and evidence suggests that South Asian children wi...

    Authors: Nicky Hudson, Lorraine Culley, Mark Johnson, Melanie McFeeters, Noelle Robertson, Emma Angell and Monica Lakhanpaul
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:510
  4. Increasing evidence suggests that postnatal paternal depression is associated with adverse emotional, behavioural and cognitive outcomes in children. Despite this, few studies have determined the prevalence of...

    Authors: Selina Nath, Lamprini Psychogiou, Willem Kuyken, Tamsin Ford, Elizabeth Ryan and Ginny Russell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:509
  5. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Australia. There is potential that health promotion about the risks and warning signs of lung cancer could be used to reduce delays in symptom presentation w...

    Authors: Melanie Crane, Nicola Scott, Blythe J. O’Hara, Sanchia Aranda, Mayanne Lafontaine, Ingrid Stacey, Megan Varlow and David Currow
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:508
  6. Though research has documented experiences of stigma and its effects on the lives of women living with HIV/AIDS, there is limited research on heterosexual positive HIV men experience of stigma in Nigeria. This...

    Authors: Titilayo Ainegbesua Okoror, Catherine Olufunke Falade, Ebunlomo Mary Walker, Adetayo Olorunlana and Agaptus Anaele
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:507
  7. Undernutrition remains the major public health concern in Ethiopia and continues as the underlying cause of child mortality. However, there is a scarcity of information on the magnitude and determinant factors...

    Authors: Wagaye Fentahun, Mamo Wubshet and Amare Tariku
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:506
  8. Promotion of healthy lifestyles in children focuses predominantly on proper nutrition and physical activity, elements now widely recognised as essential for a healthy life. Systematic reviews have shown that n...

    Authors: Tanja Sobko, Michael Tse and Matthew Kaplan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:505
  9. Despite attempts to improve diet at population level, people living in material and social deprivation continue to consume unhealthy diets. Executive function - the ability to regulate behaviour and resist imp...

    Authors: Jennifer A. Hunter, Gareth J. Hollands, Dominique-Laurent Couturier and Theresa M. Marteau
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:504
  10. Food insecurity remains highly prevalent in developing countries and over the past two decades it has increasingly been recognized as a serious public health problem, including in Ethiopia. An emerging body of...

    Authors: Achenef Motbainor, Alemayehu Worku and Abera Kumie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:503
  11. Both depression and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) are two major public health issues. The aim of this study was to examine associations between depressive symptoms, the use of antidepressant medications, and t...

    Authors: Georgina E. Crichton, Merrill F. Elias and Michael A. Robbins
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:502
  12. People of South Asian-origin are responsible for more than three-quarters of all the smokeless tobacco (SLT) consumption worldwide; yet there is little evidence on the effect of SLT cessation interventions in ...

    Authors: Kamran Siddiqi, Omara Dogar, Rukhsana Rashid, Cath Jackson, Ian Kellar, Nancy O’Neill, Maryam Hassan, Furqan Ahmed, Muhammad Irfan, Heather Thomson and Javaid Khan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:501
  13. The aim of the current study was to examine the associations between Body Mass Index (BMI) and socio-demographic factors and to examine the relationship between BMI, smoking status and ethnicity.

    Authors: Peizhi Wang, Edimansyah Abdin, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Siow Ann Chong, Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar and Mythily Subramaniam
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:500
  14. There is a societal need that workers prolong their working lives. By adopting a life course perspective, this study aimed to investigate the influence of work motives and motivation, health, job characteristi...

    Authors: Astrid de Wind, Suzan van der Pas, Birgitte M. Blatter and Allard J. van der Beek
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:499
  15. To estimate the prevalence of non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors at a provincial level in Vietnam, and to assess whether the summary estimates allow reliable inferences to be drawn regarding regional ...

    Authors: Tan Van Bui, Christopher Leigh Blizzard, Khue Ngoc Luong, Ngoc Le Van Truong, Bao Quoc Tran, Petr Otahal, Seana Gall, Mark R. Nelson, Thuy Bich Au, Son Thai Ha, Hai Ngoc Phung, Mai Hoang Tran, Michele Callisaya and Velandai Srikanth
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:498
  16. Bisexual populations have higher prevalence of depression, anxiety, suicidality and substance use than heterosexuals, and often than gay men or lesbians. The co-occurrence of multiple outcomes has rarely been ...

    Authors: Greta R. Bauer, Corey Flanders, Melissa A. MacLeod and Lori E. Ross
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:497
  17. Overweight youngsters are better in absolute strength exercises than their normal-weight counterparts; a physiological phenomenon with promising psychological impact. In this paper we describe the study protoc...

    Authors: G. A. Ten Hoor, G. Kok, G. M. Rutten, R. A. C. Ruiter, S. P. J. Kremers, A. M. J. W. Schols and G. Plasqui
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:496
  18. Lyme disease (LD) has become the most common vector borne illness in the Northern hemisphere. Prevention relies predominantly on fostering protective behaviors (e.g., avoiding tick areas, using protective clot...

    Authors: Desirée Jacqueline Mathieu Angélique Beaujean, Rik Crutzen, Fedor Gassner, Caroline Ameling, Albert Wong, James Everard van Steenbergen and Dirk Ruwaard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:495
  19. Ample studies have observed an adverse association between individual socioeconomic position (SEP) and lung cancer mortality. Moreover, the presence of a partner has shown to be a crucial determinant of health...

    Authors: Katrien Vanthomme, Hadewijch Vandenheede, Paulien Hagedoorn and Sylvie Gadeyne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:493
  20. This study investigated whether the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and diabetes differed by residential areas. In addition, the rate of good hypertension or diabetes control was ...

    Authors: Young-Jee Jeon, Chung Reen Kim, Joo-Sung Park, Kyung-Hyun Choi, Myoung Joo Kang, Seung Guk Park and Young-Jin Park
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:492
  21. U.S. health departments have not historically used HIV surveillance data for disease control interventions with individuals, but advances in HIV treatment and surveillance are changing public health practice. ...

    Authors: Julia C. Dombrowski, James W. Carey, Nicole Pitts, Jason Craw, Arin Freeman, Matthew R. Golden and Jeanne Bertolli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:491
  22. The provision of affordable and reliable daycare services is a potentially important policy lever for empowering Indian women. Access to daycare might reduce barriers to labor force entry and generate economic...

    Authors: Arijit Nandi, Shannon Maloney, Parul Agarwal, Anoushaka Chandrashekar and Sam Harper
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:490
  23. Cycle accidents are a common cause of physical injury in children and adolescents. Education is one strategy to reduce cycle-related injuries. In the UK, some children undertake National Cycle Proficiency Sche...

    Authors: Alison Teyhan, Rosie Cornish, Andy Boyd, Mary Sissons Joshi and John Macleod
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:469
  24. Restricting marketing of alcoholic products is purported to be a cost-effective intervention to reduce alcohol consumption. The strength of evidence supporting this claim is contested. This systematic review a...

    Authors: Kaidy Stautz, Kyle G. Brown, Sarah E. King, Ian Shemilt and Theresa M. Marteau
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:465
  25. Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV first evolved in Western settings, with one aim being to promote behaviours which lower the risk of onward transmission or acquisition of HIV. However, although ...

    Authors: Caoimhe Cawley, Alison Wringe, Joyce Wamoyi, Shelley Lees and Mark Urassa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:489
  26. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is highly prevalent and has detrimental effects on the physical and mental health of women across the world. Despite emerging evidence on the impacts of cash transfers on intima...

    Authors: Ana Maria Buller, Melissa Hidrobo, Amber Peterman and Lori Heise
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:488
  27. What we eat simultaneously impacts our exposure to pathogens, allergens, and contaminants, our nutritional status and body composition, our risks for and the progression of chronic diseases, and other outcomes...

    Authors: Shannon E. Majowicz, Samantha B. Meyer, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick, Julianne L. Graham, Arshi Shaikh, Susan J. Elliott, Leia M. Minaker, Steffanie Scott and Brian Laird
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:487
  28. Nutrition transition in developing countries were induced by rapid changes in food patterns and nutrient intake when populations adopt modern lifestyles during economic and social development, urbanization and...

    Authors: Trias Mahmudiono, Triska Susila Nindya, Dini Ririn Andrias, Hario Megatsari and Richard R. Rosenkranz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:486
  29. Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) have an increased risk of a wide range of health problems and illnesses. Smoke-free legislation aims to improve indoor air quality and in this way protect the...

    Authors: Benjamin Kuntz and Thomas Lampert
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:485
  30. There is growing evidence indicating that the built environment is a determinant of physical activity. However, despite the well-established health benefits of physical activity this is rarely considered in ur...

    Authors: Belen Zapata-Diomedi and J. Lennert Veerman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:484
  31. Being overweight is an increasing problem among young people, among whom disordered eating behavior is linked with weight problems as well as unhealthy weight control. The aim of the present study was to inves...

    Authors: Marjukka Nurkkala, Anna-Maria Keränen, Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen, Tiina M. Ikäheimo, Riikka Ahola, Riitta Pyky, Matti Mäntysaari and Raija Korpelainen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:483
  32. Socioeconomic inequalities in childhood obesity prevalence differ according to a country’s stage of nutrition transition. The aim of this study was to determine which socioeconomic factors influence inequaliti...

    Authors: Weijia Liu, Wei Liu, Rong Lin, Bai Li, Miranda Pallan, K. K. Cheng and Peymane Adab
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:482
  33. Influenza is rarely confirmed with laboratory testing and accurate assessment of the overall burden of influenza is difficult. We used statistical modelling methods to generate updated, granular estimates of t...

    Authors: Gonçalo Matias, Robert J. Taylor, François Haguinet, Cynthia Schuck-Paim, Roger L. Lustig and Douglas M. Fleming
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:481
  34. Informal caregiving is becoming more relevant with current trends such as population ageing. However, little is known about nonconsent and nonresponse bias in caregiving research. We investigated nonconsent an...

    Authors: Marloes Oldenkamp, Rafael P. M. Wittek, Mariët Hagedoorn, Ronald P. Stolk and Nynke Smidt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:480
  35. An important public health goal is to decrease the prevalence of key behavioural risk factors, such as tobacco use and obesity. Survey information is often available at the regional level, but heterogeneity wi...

    Authors: L. Seliske, T. A. Norwood, J. R. McLaughlin, S. Wang, C. Palleschi and E. Holowaty
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:478
  36. Although female sex workers (FSWs) are a well-known high-risk group for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infections, few tailored intervention programmes for HPV have been established worldwide. The lack of reliable...

    Authors: Alex Vorsters, Tine Cornelissen, Elke Leuridan, Johannes Bogers, Davy Vanden Broeck, Ina Benoy, Herman Goossens, Niel Hens and Pierre Van Damme
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:477
  37. Despite the multitude of public health and community harms associated with crack cocaine use, little is known about factors associated with smoking crack in public and related risks such as rushed public crack...

    Authors: Pauline Voon, Lianping Ti, Huiru Dong, M-J Milloy, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr and Kanna Hayashi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:476
  38. Wine glass size can influence both perceptions of portion size and the amount poured, but its impact upon purchasing and consumption is unknown. This study aimed to examine the impact of wine glass size on win...

    Authors: Rachel Pechey, Dominique-Laurent Couturier, Gareth J. Hollands, Eleni Mantzari, Marcus R. Munafò and Theresa M. Marteau
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:390
  39. The Programme for the Awareness and Elimination of Diarrhoea (PAED) was a pilot comprehensive diarrhoea prevention and control programme aimed to reduce post-neonatal, all-cause under-five mortality by 15 % in...

    Authors: Samuel Bosomprah, Lauren B. Beach, Laura K. Beres, Jonathan Newman, Kabwe Kapasa, Cheryl Rudd, Lungowe Njobvu, Brad Guffey, Sydney Hubbard, Karen Foo, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Jeffrey Stringer and Roma Chilengi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:475
  40. Obesity is partially a social phenomenon, with college students particularly vulnerable to changes in social networks and obesity-related behaviors. Currently, little is known about the structure of social net...

    Authors: Brook E. Harmon, Melinda Forthofer, Erin O. Bantum and Claudio R. Nigg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:473
  41. A study in frog and chicken embryos, and reports of a high incidence of birth defects in regions of intensive GM-soy planting have raised concerns on the teratogenic potential of glyphosate-based herbicides. T...

    Authors: Jessica S. A. de Araujo, Isabella F. Delgado and Francisco J. R. Paumgartten
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:472
  42. Alcohol intoxication and overserving of alcohol at sporting events are of great concern, given the relationships between alcohol consumption, public disturbances, and violence. During recent years this matter ...

    Authors: Natalie Durbeej, Tobias H. Elgán, Camilla Jalling and Johanna Gripenberg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:471
  43. Diabetes is a growing health concern in developing countries, with Cameroon population having an estimated 6% affected. Of note, hospital attendees appear to be increasing all over the country, with fluctuatin...

    Authors: Eric Lontchi-Yimagou, Maurice Tsalefac, Leonelle Monique Teuwa Tapinmene, Jean Jacques N. Noubiap, Eric Vounsia Balti, Jean-Louis Nguewa, Mesmin Dehayem and Eugene Sobngwi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:470
  44. Data on psychoactive substance (PAS) consumption among adolescents in the North Center of Morocco are not at all available. Therefore, the current study aimed at investigating the prevalence and the determinan...

    Authors: B. Zarrouq, B. Bendaou, A. El Asri, S. Achour, I. Rammouz, R. Aalouane, B. Lyoussi, S. Khelafa, A. Bout, N. Berhili, H. Hlal, A. Najdi, C. Nejjari and K. El Rhazi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:468
  45. Every year in Europe 60,000 women develop cervical cancer and 30,000 die from the disease. HPV vaccines are currently believed to constitute an important element of cervical cancer control strategy. Currently ...

    Authors: Christina Karamanidou and Kostas Dimopoulos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:467
  46. Over half of the world’s children suffer from poor nutrition, and as a consequence they experience delays in physical and mental health, and cognitive development. There is little data evaluating the effects o...

    Authors: Lia C. H. Fernald, Emanuela Galasso, Jumana Qamruddin, Christian Ranaivoson, Lisy Ratsifandrihamanana, Christine P. Stewart and Ann M. Weber
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:466

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