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  1. We designed a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial in order to evaluate provider-initiated evaluation of household contacts (HCs) of smear positive tuberculosis (TB) cases within a routi...

    Authors: Lena Shah, Marlene Rojas, Oscar Mori, Carlos Zamudio, Jay S. Kaufman, Larissa Otero, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Carlos Seas and Timothy F. Brewer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:587
  2. Understanding what factors influence the receipt of postabortion contraception can help improve comprehensive abortion care services. The abortion visit is an ideal time to reach women at the highest risk of u...

    Authors: Lauren Maxwell, Gertrude Voetagbe, Mary Paul and Alice Mark
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:586
  3. Obesity is a growing global health concern that may lead to cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes, and cancer. Several systematic reviews have shown that technology is successful in combating obesity throug...

    Authors: Zakkoyya H. Lewis, Elizabeth J. Lyons, Jessica M. Jarvis and Jacques Baillargeon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:585
  4. Obesity is a major problem in the United States, particularly among socio-economically disadvantaged Latino and Black children. Effective interventions that can be disseminated to large numbers of at-risk chil...

    Authors: Michelle M. Cloutier, James Wiley, Zhu Wang, Autherene Grant and Amy A. Gorin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:584
  5. Being a victim of bullying in school is clearly linked to various social, emotional, and behavioral problems including self-harm behavior. However, it is not known whether even occasional victimization has sim...

    Authors: Vanessa Jantzer, Johann Haffner, Peter Parzer, Franz Resch and Michael Kaess
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:583
  6. Increased scarcity of public resources has led to a concomitant drive to account for value-for-money of interventions. Traditionally, cost-effectiveness, cost-utility and cost-benefit analyses have been used t...

    Authors: Aduragbemi Oluwabusayo Banke-Thomas, Barbara Madaj, Ameh Charles and Nynke van den Broek
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:582
  7. The use of dietary quality scores/indices to describe diet quality in children has increased in the past decade. However, to date, few studies have focused on the use of these scores on disease outcomes such a...

    Authors: Catherine P. Perry, Eimear Keane, Richard Layte, Anthony P. Fitzgerald, Ivan J. Perry and Janas M. Harrington
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:581
  8. Obesity is now a worldwide problem and Ireland is no exception with approximately two thirds of the adult population now overweight or obese. A recent report has found that 53 % of Irish adults aged 50 years a...

    Authors: Ann Reilly, Barbara Mawn, Davide Susta, Anthony Staines, Sarah Browne and Mary Rose Sweeney
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:580
  9. The high level of premature death due to non-communicable diseases has been associated with unhealthful lifestyles, including poor diet. The effectiveness of public health strategies designed to promote health...

    Authors: Christina H. Buckton, Michael E. J. Lean and Emilie Combet
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:579
  10. Seasonal influenza is one of the most significant infectious diseases in Germany; epidemic outbreaks occur every winter and cause substantial morbidity and mortality. However, published data from Germany on th...

    Authors: Birgit Ehlken, Anastassia Anastassopoulou, Johannes Hain, Claudia Schröder and Klaus Wahle
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:578
  11. Diarrhoea incidence has been increasing progressively over the past years in developed countries, including Singapore, despite the accessibility and availability to clean water, well-established sanitation inf...

    Authors: Junxiong Pang, Shao Wei Jonathan Lumen Chua and Liyang Hsu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:577
  12. Hypertension is a major contributor to the global non-communicable disease burden. Family history is an important non-modifiable risk factor for hypertension. The present study aims to describe the influence o...

    Authors: Priyanga Ranasinghe, Dilini N. Cooray, Ranil Jayawardena and Prasad Katulanda
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:576
  13. Despite high vaccination coverage, a mumps outbreak that affected mainly vaccinated university students and their contacts took place in the Netherlands in the period 2009–2012. We presented university student...

    Authors: Hanna W. Donkers, Jeannine L. A. Hautvast, Reinier P. Akkermans, Corien M. Swaan, Wilhelmina L. M. Ruijs and Marlies E. J. L. Hulscher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:575
  14. There is strong evidence that post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with antiretroviral drugs in the timely management of occupational exposures sustained by healthcare workers decreases the risk of HIV infection an...

    Authors: Raymond A. Tetteh, Edmund T. Nartey, Margaret Lartey, Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse, Hubert G. M. Leufkens, Priscilla A. Nortey and Alexander N. O. Dodoo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:573
  15. The spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) strains has become a challenge to the global TB control and prevention program. In Ethiopia, particularly in rural areas, information on drug-resistant T...

    Authors: Kelemework Adane, Gobena Ameni, Shiferaw Bekele, Markos Abebe and Abraham Aseffa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:572
  16. Burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing rapidly in most of the developing countries including China, even in rural areas. Dearth of representative data called for an investigation to estimate ...

    Authors: Junjun Yang, Wenya Yu, Qiang Zhou, Tanmay Mahapatra, Yiqiu Li, Xiaoyan Zhang, Lei Chen, Sanchita Mahapatra, Yuying Yan and Weiming Tang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:571
  17. Electronic healthcare databases are of increasing importance in health research and mortality is one of the most relevant outcomes. However, data in these databases need to be validated, since they are often g...

    Authors: Christoph Ohlmeier, Ingo Langner, Kathrin Hillebrand, Niklas Schmedt, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Oliver Riedel and Edeltraut Garbe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:570
  18. The objective of this study was to describe the physical, social, and psychological initiation practices of street connected children and youths, in Eldoret, western Kenya.

    Authors: Juddy Wachira, Allan Kamanda, Lonnie Embleton, Violet Naanyu, Susanna Winston, David Ayuku and Paula Braitstein
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:569
  19. The social environment at schools is an important setting to promote educational attainment, and health and well-being of young people. However, within upper secondary education there is a need for evidence-ba...

    Authors: Susan Andersen, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup, Morten Hulvej Rod, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Betina Bang Sørensen, Teresa Holmberg, Christoffer Johansen, Christiane Stock, Bjarne Laursen, Line Zinckernagel, Anne Louise Øllgaard and Liselotte Ingholt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:568
  20. With health care shifting away from the traditional sick care model, many hospitals are integrating fitness facilities and programs into their clinical services in order to support health promotion and disease...

    Authors: Jingzhen Yang, Diana Kingsbury, Matthew Nichols, Kristin Grimm, Kele Ding and Jeffrey Hallam
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:567
  21. Many patients with chronic hepatitis C have been treated with interferon (IFN) therapy in Japan, especially after the introduction of subsidies for medical expenses in 2008. However, its performance and outcom...

    Authors: Naohiko Masaki, Yoko Yamagiwa, Takuro Shimbo, Kazumoto Murata, Masaaki Korenaga, Tatsuya Kanto and Masashi Mizokami
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:566
  22. The relationship between children’s physical neighborhood environment and their physical activity, has been largely investigated. However in recent reviews, only a few significant and consistent direct associa...

    Authors: Sara D’Haese, Delfien Van Dyck, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Benedicte Deforche and Greet Cardon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:565
  23. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are rising among US Hispanics, but few studies have examined the preventive health behaviors for these NCDs among Hispanics. This study compared the preventive health behaviors...

    Authors: Belinda M. Reininger, Jing Wang, Susan P. Fisher-Hoch, Alycia Boutte, Kristina Vatcheva and Joseph B. McCormick
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:564
  24. Early lifestyle intervention with overweight and obese adolescents could help to avoid serious health events in early adulthood, ultimately alleviating some of the strain on the public health system due to obe...

    Authors: Aimee L Dordevic, Maxine P Bonham, Robert S Ware, Leah Brennan and Helen Truby
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:563
  25. Migrant populations from countries with generalised HIV epidemics make up a significant proportion of all HIV/AIDS cases in many European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries, with heterosexual ...

    Authors: Ibidun Fakoya, Débora Álvarez-del Arco, Melvina Woode-Owusu, Susana Monge, Yaiza Rivero-Montesdeoca, Valerie Delpech, Brian Rice, Teymur Noori, Anastasia Pharris, Andrew J. Amato-Gauci, Julia del Amo and Fiona M. Burns
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:561
  26. Home visits by Community Health Workers [In Uganda Community Health Workers are given the collective term of Village Health Teams (VHTs). Hereafter referred to as VHTs] is recommended to improve maternal and n...

    Authors: Richard Mangwi Ayiasi, Lynn Muhimbuura Atuyambe, Juliet Kiguli, Christopher Garimoi Orach, Patrick Kolsteren and Bart Criel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:560
  27. A group of 63708 Bangladeshi adults from a rural area were screened in 2011–12 for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk using a questionnaire based tool developed as part of the ‘WHO CVD-RISK Management Package ...

    Authors: Kaniz Fatema, Nicholas Arnold Zwar, Zebunnesa Zeba, Abul Hasnat Milton, Bayzidur Rahman and Liaquat Ali
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:559
  28. Dengue is caused by an arthropod-borne flavivirus. Infection can be either primary or secondary based on serology, with each stage of the disease characterized by specific serological conversion and antibody f...

    Authors: Mohammed A. Soghaier, Sayed Himatt, Kamal ElDin Osman, Somia I. Okoued, Osama E. Seidahmed, Mark E. Beatty, Khalifa Elmusharaf, Jeahan Khogali, Nijood H. Shingrai and Mutasim M. Elmangory
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:558
  29. Despite recognised treatment strategies, mortality associated with tuberculosis (TB) remains significant. Risk factors for death during TB treatment have been described but the complex relationship between TB ...

    Authors: Muhammad Osman, James A. Seddon, Rory Dunbar, Heather R. Draper, Carl Lombard and Nulda Beyers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:556
  30. The high prevalence of women that do not reach the recommended level of physical activity is worrisome. A sedentary lifestyle has negative consequences on health status and increases health care costs. The mai...

    Authors: Ana Carbonell-Baeza, Alberto Soriano-Maldonado, Francisco Javier Gallo, María Puerto López del Amo, Pilar Ruiz-Cabello, Ana Andrade, Milkana Borges-Cosic, Antonio Rubén Peces-Rama, Zuzana Spacírová, Inmaculada C. Álvarez-Gallardo, Leticia García-Mochón, Víctor Segura-Jiménez, Fernando Estévez-López, Daniel Camiletti-Moirón, Jose Jesús Martín-Martín, Pilar Aranda…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:555
  31. Body mass index (BMI) has been used as an indirect predictor for the risk of metabolic syndrome. However, there are challenges in evaluating the risk of metabolic syndrome using BMI in certain parts of the wor...

    Authors: Sook Hee Yoon, Kyu-Tae Han, Sun Jung Kim, Tae Yong Sohn, Byungyool Jeon, Woorim Kim and Eun-Cheol Park
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:554
  32. Malaria prevalence and transmission intensity in Tanzania is heterogeneous with spatial and temporal variations between geographical areas and ecological systems. The objective of this study was to determine t...

    Authors: Leonard E.G. Mboera, Veneranda M. Bwana, Susan F. Rumisha, Robert C. Malima, Malongo R.S. Mlozi, Benjamin K. Mayala, Grades Stanley and Tabitha Mlacha
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:553
  33. China is facing the unprecedented challenges of internal migration. Migrants tend to have poorer utilization of health and family planning services as compared to the local residents. Migrant women are at grea...

    Authors: Jiazhi Zeng, Guanyang Zou, Xiaoqin Song and Li Ling
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:552
  34. Most validated sustainable employability questionnaires are extensive and difficult to obtain. Our objective was to develop a usable and valid tool, a Vitality Scan, to determine possible signs of stagnation i...

    Authors: Livia AM Brouwers, Josephine A Engels, Yvonne F Heerkens and Allard J van der Beek
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:551
  35. Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges are the primary provider of vocational education in Australia. Most TAFE students are young adults, a period when health risk behaviours become established. Furt...

    Authors: Flora Tzelepis, Christine L Paul, John Wiggers, Kypros Kypri, Billie Bonevski, Patrick McElduff, Mary Ann Hill, Philip J Morgan, Marita Lynagh, Clare E Collins, Elizabeth Campbell, Ryan J Courtney, Kathy Chapman, Luke Wolfenden, Ashleigh Guillaumier and Andrew Searles
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:550
  36. Parents typically do not recognise their child’s weight status accurately according to clinical criteria, and thus may not take appropriate action if their child is overweight. We developed a novel visual inte...

    Authors: Kathryn N. Parkinson, Angela R. Jones, Martin J. Tovee, Louisa J. Ells, Mark S. Pearce, Vera Araujo-Soares and Ashley J. Adamson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:549
  37. To date, because of limited budgets and lower incidence of breast cancer, the majority of Asian countries do not have population-based screening programmes, but instead offer opportunistic screening. However, ...

    Authors: Norhashimah Hassan, Weang Kee Ho, Shivaani Mariapun and Soo Hwang Teo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:548
  38. Recent research has suggested that water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions, in addition to mass drug administration (MDA), are necessary for controlling and eliminating many neglected tropical dise...

    Authors: E. Anna Johnston, Jordan Teague and Jay P. Graham
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:547
  39. The one-sample fecal immunochemical test (FIT) is gaining popularity for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening of average-risk people. However, uptake and annual use remain suboptimal.

    Authors: Nancy P. Gordon and Beverly B. Green
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:546
  40. The Turkish government has implemented several reforms to improve the Turkish Statistical Institute Death Reporting System (TURKSTAT-DRS) since 2009. However, there has been no assessment to evaluate the impac...

    Authors: Raziye Özdemir, Chalapati Rao, Zeliha Öcek and Gönül Dinç Horasan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:545
  41. Leisure time activities and culture participation may have health effects and be important in pulic health promotion. More knowledge on how cultural activity participation may influence self-perceived health, ...

    Authors: Elisabeth Hansen, Erik Sund, Margunn Skjei Knudtsen, Steinar Krokstad and Turid Lingaas Holmen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:544
  42. Hygiene behavior plays a relevant role in infectious disease transmission. The aim of this study was to evaluate non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) in preventing pediatric influenza infections.

    Authors: Núria Torner, Núria Soldevila, Juan Jose Garcia, Cristian Launes, Pere Godoy, Jesús Castilla and Angela Domínguez
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:543
  43. Alcohol use has been shown to interfere with treatment for depression, but consumption habits are not routinely screened in primary care. To date, few studies have compared the alcohol consumption habits of pa...

    Authors: Julia Åhlin, Mats Hallgren, Agneta Öjehagen, Håkan Källmén and Yvonne Forsell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:542
  44. The ‘Healthy School Start’ programme was developed to promote healthy dietary habits and physical activity, targeting parents of 6-year-old children in pre-school class. Knowledge of barriers and facilitators ...

    Authors: Helena Bergström, Ulrika Haggård, Åsa Norman, Elinor Sundblom, Liselotte Schäfer Elinder and Gisela Nyberg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:541
  45. Tanzania adopted Intermittent-preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) policy in 2000; the guidelines at the time of the study recommended the timing of the first dose of intermittent preventive tre...

    Authors: Stephen M. Kibusi, Eunice Kimunai and Courtney S. Hines
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:540
  46. Following the 2009 influenza pandemic, several studies showed that the mortality pattern associated with the A(H1N1)2009 virus primarily affected children and young adults. In this study, we aimed to estimate ...

    Authors: Simon-Djamel Thiberville, Jean Gaudart, Didier Raoult and Remi N. Charrel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:539

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