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  1. Women have shown consistently higher levels of sickness absence from work in comparison to men, but explanations for this gender gap have not been completely understood. Life-course studies suggest that health...

    Authors: Petter Kristensen, Karina Corbett and Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:684
  2. Exposure to PCDD/PCDF (dioxin and furan) through consumption of fish and shellfish is closely related to the occurrence of skin diseases, such as chloracne and hyperpigmentation. This study aimed to determine ...

    Authors: Azrina Azlan, Nurul Nadiah Mohamad Nasir, Norashikin Shamsudin, Hejar Abdul Rahman, Hock Eng Khoo and Muhammad Rizal Razman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:683
  3. Family planning contributes substantially in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Recently, male involvement has gained considerable attention in family planning programs but the implementation thereof ...

    Authors: Tizta Tilahun, Gily Coene, Marleen Temmerman and Olivier Degomme
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:682
  4. Double-burden of malnutrition (DBM) is an emerging public health concern among the Orang Asli (indigenous peoples) of Peninsular Malaysia. This study aimed to identify the presence of DBM at the community and hou...

    Authors: C. Y. Wong, M. S. Zalilah, E. Y. Chua, S. Norhasmah, Y. S. Chin and A. Siti Nur’Asyura
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:680
  5. Recent advances in the measurement of health literacy allow description of a broad range of personal and social dimensions of the concept. Identifying differences in patterns of health literacy between populat...

    Authors: Alison Beauchamp, Rachelle Buchbinder, Sarity Dodson, Roy W. Batterham, Gerald R. Elsworth, Crystal McPhee, Louise Sparkes, Melanie Hawkins and Richard H. Osborne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:678
  6. Depression increases the risk of disability pension and represents a health related strain that pushes people out of the labour market. Although early voluntary retirement is an important alternative to disabi...

    Authors: Mette Andersen Nexo, Vilhelm Borg, Camilla Sandal Sejbaek, Isabella Gomes Carneiro, Pernille U. Hjarsbech and Reiner Rugulies
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:677
  7. In Britain, young people continue to bear the burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) so efforts are required, especially among men, to encourage STI testing. The SPORTSMART study trialled an interven...

    Authors: Catherine H. Mercer, Sebastian S. Fuller, John M. Saunders, Pamela Muniina, Andrew J. Copas, Graham J. Hart, Lorna J. Sutcliffe, Anne M. Johnson, Jackie A. Cassell and Claudia S. Estcourt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:676
  8. To assess the association of socioeconomic position (SEP), measured by family financial situation and housing tenure in childhood and adulthood, with mental health conditions in adulthood.

    Authors: Eleonora Dal Grande, Catherine R. Chittleborough, Jing Wu, Zumin Shi, Robert D. Goldney and Anne W. Taylor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:675
  9. Access to antenatal HIV testing during pregnancy and the level of uptake of services for Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) in Sudan are very low. This study aimed to obtain insights into the p...

    Authors: Ibrahim E. Elsheikh, Rik Crutzen and H.W. Van den Borne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:674
  10. Since 2004, the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean has markedly increased. However, vaccine effectiveness (VE) is not routinely measured in the region. We assessed the fea...

    Authors: Nathalie El Omeiri, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Wilfrido Clará, Guiselle Guzmán-Saborío, Miguel Elas, Homer Mejía, Ida Berenice Molina, Yadira De Molto, Sara Mirza, Marc-Alain Widdowson and Alba María Ropero-Álvarez
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:673
  11. Despite advanced smoking prevention and cessation policies in many countries, the prevalence of cigarette smoking among indigenous and some ethnic minorities continues to be high. This study examined the stage...

    Authors: Nihaya Daoud, Samah Hayek, Ahmad Sheikh Muhammad, Kathleen Abu-Saad, Amira Osman, James F. Thrasher and Ofra Kalter-Leibovici
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:672
  12. Sleep and physical activity are two health behaviors associated with improved smoking cessation outcomes. Text message-based interventions have previously been used to promote physical activity and smoking ces...

    Authors: A. Jordan Filion, Gerarda Darlington, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Michele Ybarra and Jess Haines
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:671
  13. Despite it is costly, slow and non-reproducible process, physician review (PR) is a commonly used method to interpret verbal autopsy data. However, there is a growing interest to adapt a new automated and inte...

    Authors: Berhe Weldearegawi, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Geert Jan Dinant and Mark Spigt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:669
  14. Five years after coronary angiography, life satisfaction (LS) among patients may be related to incidents of cardiovascular diseases, risk factors and unhealthy behaviours and socioeconomic conditions, but thei...

    Authors: Michèle Baumann, Anastase Tchicaya, Kyle Vanderpool, Nathalie Lorentz and Etienne Le Bihan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:668
  15. Analytic methodology for investigating physical activity patterns over time has been limited. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the group-based trajectory analysis process for identifying developmental ...

    Authors: Soyang Kwon, Jungwha Lee and Mercedes R. Carnethon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:667
  16. Indigenous Australians are a socially disadvantaged group who experience significantly poorer health and a higher prevalence of modifiable health behaviours than other Australians. Little is known about the cl...

    Authors: Natasha E Noble, Christine L Paul, Nicole Turner, Stephen V Blunden, Christopher Oldmeadow and Heidi E Turon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:666
  17. Violence against women is a global public health problem with negative effects on physical, mental, and reproductive health. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified intimate partner violence (IPV) a...

    Authors: Donna E. Stewart, Raquel Aviles, Alessandra Guedes, Ekaterina Riazantseva and Harriet MacMillan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:665
  18. An EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization) intervention package was implemented from October 2011 to May 2014 among migrant children in Yiwu, east China. This study aimed to evaluate its impacts on vaccination ...

    Authors: Yu Hu, Shuying Luo, Xuewen Tang, Linqiao Lou, Yaping Chen, Jing Guo and Bing Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:664
  19. Young adulthood is a critical life period for health and health behaviours. Related measurements collected before and after birth, and during childhood and adolescence can provide a life-course analysis of imp...

    Authors: Leon M. Straker, Graham L. Hall, Jenny Mountain, Erin K. Howie, Elisha White, Nigel McArdle and Peter R. Eastwood
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:663
  20. Inequalities in the distribution of the social determinants of health are now a widely recognised problem, seen as requiring immediate and significant action (CSDH. Closing the Gap in a Generation. Geneva: WHO...

    Authors: Gemma Carey and Brad Crammond
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:662
  21. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an immense global problem with serious economic and social consequences. Modifiable risk factors for CVD have been identified internationally in adolescents where early interven...

    Authors: N A Odunaiya, K Grimmer and Q A Louw
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:661
  22. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have already become major killers in Bangladesh. Once NCDs are developed, they become chronic health and economic problems. Their primary prevention is linked to their common r...

    Authors: M. Mostafa Zaman, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Md. Nazmul Karim, MoniruzZaman, Md. Mukhlesur Rahman, Abdul Waheed Akanda and Thushara Fernando
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:659

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  23. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of gonorrhoea and factors associated with rectal gonorrhoea among men reporting sexual contact with men with gonorrhoea.

    Authors: Krishneel Dutt, Eric P.F. Chow, Sarah Huffam, Karen Klassen, Christopher K. Fairley, Catriona S Bradshaw, Ian Denham and Marcus Y. Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:658
  24. There is controversy about chronic health consequences of tick-borne infections, especially Lyme borreliosis. This study aims to assess whether general function, physical fitness and subjective health complain...

    Authors: Reidar Hjetland, Harald Reiso, Camilla Ihlebæk, Roy M. Nilsen, Nils Grude and Elling Ulvestad
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:657
  25. Itai-itai disease primarily results from cadmium (Cd) exposure and is known as one of the four major pollution diseases in Japan. Cd pollution is more serious in several areas of China than in Japan. However, ...

    Authors: Shen Ke, Xi-Yu Cheng, Jie-Ying Zhang, Wen-Jing Jia, Hao Li, Hui-Fang Luo, Peng-He Ge, Ze-Min Liu, Hong-Mei Wang, Jin-Sheng He and Zhi-Nan Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:656
  26. Lifestyle habits of physicians are of paramount importance both because they influence the physician’s own health and because these habits have been shown to affect patients’ care. There is limited information...

    Authors: Saif M Borgan, Ghufran A Jassim, Zaid A Marhoon and Mahmoud H Ibrahim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:655
  27. The purpose of the study was to develop and test the initial psychometric properties of the ATTitudes and Avatars INstrument (ATTAIN). The integrated behavior model guided instrument development to measure the...

    Authors: Annmarie A. Lyles, Susan K. Riesch and Roger L. Brown
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:654
  28. Mental health problems are rising, especially among younger people, indicating a need to identify determinants of the development of mental health over the life course. Parental involvement in their children’s...

    Authors: Hugo Westerlund, Kristiina Rajaleid, Pekka Virtanen, Per E. Gustafsson, Tapio Nummi and Anne Hammarström
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:653
  29. Community-based obesity treatment programs have become an important response to address child obesity; however the majority of these programs are small, efficacy trials, few are translated into real-world situ...

    Authors: Louise L. Hardy, Seema Mihrshahi, Joanne Gale, Binh Nguyen, Louise A. Baur and Blythe J. O’Hara
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:652
  30. To reach young people for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) testing, new web-based strategies are used to offer testing via young people’s sexual and social networks. The success of such peer-driven strategies depends o...

    Authors: Kevin A. T. M Theunissen, Arjan E. R. Bos, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe, Gerjo Kok, Stan Vluggen, Rik Crutzen and Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:651
  31. Household air pollution (HAP) resulting from the use of solid fuels presents a major public health hazard. Improved stoves have been offered as a potential tool to reduce exposure to HAP and improve health out...

    Authors: Emma Thomas, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Shanthi Mendis, Nia Roberts and Charlie Foster
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:650
  32. Many children are not physically active enough for a health benefit. One avenue of physical activity is modified sport programs, designed as an introduction to sport for young children. This longitudinal study...

    Authors: Rochelle M. Eime, Meghan M. Casey, Jack T. Harvey, Melanie J. Charity, Janet A. Young and Warren R. Payne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:649
  33. This study identifies differences in socio-cognitive factors as they relate to the intention to smoke among boys and girls living in high socioeconomic status (HSES) and low socioeconomic status (LSES) neighbo...

    Authors: Henricus-Paul Cremers, Liesbeth Mercken, Hein de Vries and Anke Oenema
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:648
  34. Physical activity prevents or delays progression of impaired glucose tolerance in high-risk individuals. Physical activity promotion should serve as a basis in diabetes care. It is necessary to develop and eva...

    Authors: Jenny Rossen, Agneta Yngve, Maria Hagströmer, Kerstin Brismar, Barbara E. Ainsworth, Christina Iskull, Peter Möller and Unn-Britt Johansson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:647
  35. Although cigarette smoking affects all biological systems of the human body including the gastrointestinal tract, there is a lack of evidence regarding its effect on the severity of diarrhoeal disease and whet...

    Authors: Sumon Kumar Das, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, A.M. Shamsir Ahmed, Mohammad Abdul Malek, Shahnawaz Ahmed, K.M. Shahunja, Farzana Ferdous, Fahmida Dil Farzana, Jui Das, Aminur Rahman, Abdullah Al Mamun and Abu Syed Golam Faruque
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:646
  36. Parents are the key agents of behavioural changes in their children. This fact is as an important aspect of obesity treatment and prevention. The present study aims to evaluate the influence of parents who hav...

    Authors: Helen Andriani, Chu-Yung Liao and Hsien-Wen Kuo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:645
  37. Food decision-making is a complex process and varies according to the setting, based on cultural and contextual factors. The study aimed to understand the process of food decision-making in households in rural...

    Authors: Meena Daivadanam, Rolf Wahlström, K.R. Thankappan and T.K. Sundari Ravindran
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:644
  38. To conduct a meta-ethnographic analysis of qualitative studies to identify barriers to Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) individuals engaging in physical activity in the UK context.

    Authors: Sejlo A. Koshoedo, Virginia A. Paul-Ebhohimhen, Ruth G. Jepson and Margaret C. Watson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:643
  39. The evidence surrounding the value of workplace health promotion in positively influencing employees’ health and wellbeing via changes to their health behaviours is growing. The aim of the study was to explore...

    Authors: Melanie Pescud, Renee Teal, Trevor Shilton, Terry Slevin, Melissa Ledger, Pippa Waterworth and Michael Rosenberg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:642
  40. In 1998, more than half of the adult population in Germany had serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin-D [25(OH)D] levels below the common threshold of 50 nmol/l. Since then, there has been a lot of attention for vitamin D i...

    Authors: Martina Rabenberg, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Markus A. Busch, Nina Rieckmann, Birte Hintzpeter and Gert B.M. Mensink
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:641
  41. Chlamydia infection (CT) is one of the most commonly reported sexually transmitted diseases. It is often referred to as a “silent” disease with the majority of infected people having no symptoms. Without early...

    Authors: Yu Teng, Nan Kong and Wanzhu Tu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:639
  42. Overweight/obesity is an important public health burden worldwide, increasing the risk for the development of cardiovascular diseases or the metabolic syndrome. This risk may be reduced by a good aerobic fitne...

    Authors: Ronja Foraita, Mirko Brandes, Frauke Günther, Karin Bammann, Iris Pigeot and Wolfgang Ahrens
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:638
  43. A national health literacy scale was developed in China in 2012, though no studies have validated it. In this investigation, we assessed the reliability, construct validity, and measurement invariance of that ...

    Authors: Minxue Shen, Ming Hu, Siyun Liu, Yan Chang and Zhenqiu Sun
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:637
  44. Harmful effects of alcohol abuse are well documented for drinkers, and adverse effects are also reported for the physical and emotional well-being of family members, with evidence often originating from either...

    Authors: Adyya Gupta, Bavani Priya, Joseph Williams, Mona Sharma, Ruby Gupta, Dilip Kumar Jha, Shah Ebrahim and Preet K. Dhillon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:636
  45. Physical activity is a modifiable behavior related to many preventable non-communicable diseases. There is an age-related decline in physical activity levels in young people, which tracks into adulthood. Commo...

    Authors: Artur Direito, Yannan Jiang, Robyn Whittaker and Ralph Maddison
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:635
  46. Despite previous studies reporting spatial in equality in diabetes prevalence across China, potential geographic variations in diabetes mortality have not been explored.

    Authors: Maigeng Zhou, Thomas Astell-Burt, Peng Yin, Xiaoqi Feng, Andrew Page, Yunning Liu, Jiangmei Liu, Yichong Li, Shiwei Liu, Limin Wang, Lijun Wang and Linhong Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:633
  47. Drowning is common worldwide. Rescue efforts attempted by untrained bystanders often lead to the death of the primary drowning victim (PDV), the rescuer or both. Our study aimed to inform prevention by identif...

    Authors: Yinchao Zhu, Xia Jiang, Hui Li, Fudong Li and Jieping Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:631

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