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  1. There is increasing interest in brief and very brief behaviour change interventions for physical activity as they are potentially scalable to the population level. However, few very brief interventions (VBIs) ...

    Authors: Sally Pears, Katie Morton, Maaike Bijker, Stephen Sutton and Wendy Hardeman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:333

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2015 15:1140

  2. A low socioeconomic position (SEP) is consistently associated with ill health, sickness absence (SA) and permanent disability, but studies among young employees are lacking. We examined the interrelationships ...

    Authors: Hilla Sumanen, Olli Pietiläinen, Jouni Lahti, Eero Lahelma and Ossi Rahkonen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:332
  3. In many developing countries, intimate partner violence (IPV) training is not available for health providers. As a pioneer among developing countries, in 2009, the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health trained a group...

    Authors: Achini Chinthika Jayatilleke, Kayoko Yoshikawa, Junko Yasuoka, Krishna C Poudel, Nilani Fernando, Achala Upendra Jayatilleke and Masamine Jimba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:331
  4. Despite the high mortality and morbidity resulting from acute respiratory infections (ARI) globally, there are few data from low-income countries on costs of ARI to inform public health policy decisions We con...

    Authors: Samuel K Peasah, Debjani Ram Purakayastha, Parvaiz A Koul, Fatima S Dawood, Siddhartha Saha, Ritvik Amarchand, Shobha Broor, Vaibhab Rastogi, Romana Assad, Kaisar Ahmed Kaul, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Renu B Lal and Anand Krishnan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:330
  5. Sick leave rates due to mental and behavioural disorders have increased in Sweden during the last decades. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate changes in the level of burnout in a working subs...

    Authors: Sofia Norlund, Christina Reuterwall, Jonas Höög, Urban Janlert and Lisbeth Slunga Järvholm
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:329
  6. Noise is an important occupational hazard worldwide and hypertension a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, which is currently the greatest cause of disability retirement worldwide. The associati...

    Authors: Tatiana Cristina Fernandes de Souza, André Reynaldo Santos Périssé and Marisa Moura
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:328
  7. McDowell CHOICES (Coordinated Health Opportunities Involving Communities, Environments, and Schools) Project is a county wide endeavor aimed at increasing opportunities for physical activity (PA) in McDowell C...

    Authors: Alfgeir L Kristjansson, Eloise Elliott, Sean Bulger, Emily Jones, Andrea R Taliaferro and William Neal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:327
  8. Smoking cessation is emerging as an important component in current HIV care to reduce smoking-related adverse health outcomes. This study aimed to examine motivation to quit and its associated factors in a sam...

    Authors: Nhung Thi Phuong Nguyen, Bach Xuan Tran, Lu Y Hwang, Christine M Markham, Michael D Swartz, Jennifer I Vidrine, Huong Thu Thi Phan, Carl A Latkin and Damon J Vidrine
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:326
  9. Indigenous Australian adults with diabetes continue to have suboptimal clinical control and poorer outcomes compared with non-Indigenous people although there is a paucity of data documenting the detailed heal...

    Authors: David Ross Johnson, Robyn Anne McDermott, Peter Marshall Clifton, Katina D’Onise, Sean Matthew Taylor, Cilla Louise Preece and Barbara Anne Schmidt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:325
  10. To estimate the disability-adjusted life years (DALY) in a nationwide representative sample of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. The effects of drug-based therapy and risk factors for osteoporotic bone f...

    Authors: Josep Darbà, Lisette Kaskens, Nuria Pérez-Álvarez, Santiago Palacios, José Luis Neyro and Javier Rejas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:324
  11. This study described knowledge about HIV prevention and transmission among labor migrants in China and assessed the factors that associate with HIV knowledge.

    Authors: Bo Yang, Zheng Wu, Christoph M Schimmele and Shuzhuo Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:323
  12. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between mean body mass index (BMI) and prevalence of obesity in adult populations living in Brazilian State capitals.

    Authors: Jackeline Christiane Pinto Lobato, Pauline Lorena Kale, Luis Guillermo Coca Velarde, Moyses Szklo and Antonio José Leal Costa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:322
  13. An increase has been observed in differences in mortality between the richest and poorest areas of rich countries. This study assesses whether one of the proposed explanations, i.e., population change, might b...

    Authors: David Martínez, Carolina Giráldez-García, Estrella Miqueleiz, María E Calle, Juana M Santos and Enrique Regidor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:321
  14. The association between mental distress and divorce is well established in the literature. Explanations are commonly classified within two different frameworks; social selection (mentally distressed people are...

    Authors: Mariann Idstad, Fartein Ask Torvik, Ingrid Borren, Kamilla Rognmo, Espen Røysamb and Kristian Tambs
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:320
  15. Anemia is a major public health problem worldwide, with adverse consequences on child growth, development, and survival. This deficiency has affected approximately a quarter of the world population. This study...

    Authors: Rima Rafiq El Kishawi, Kah Leng Soo, Yehia Awad Abed and Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:319
  16. Few studies have investigated patterns of physical activity in a multi-ethnic Asian urban population. Even less is known about sedentary behaviors in these populations. The present study examined the prevalenc...

    Authors: Aye Mya Win, Lim Wei Yen, Kristin HX Tan, Raymond Boon Tar Lim, Kee Seng Chia and Falk Mueller-Riemenschneider
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:318
  17. The consumption and drinking frequency of alcoholic beverage are identified with various individual factors. The aim of this study was to identify background characteristics of women associated with the consum...

    Authors: Anthony Mwinilanaa Tampah-Naah and Samuel Twumasi Amoah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:317
  18. Program effectiveness is influenced by the degree and quality of implementation, thus requiring careful examination of delivery processes and how the program is or is not being implemented as intended. Impleme...

    Authors: Sunny S Kim, Disha Ali, Andrew Kennedy, Roman Tesfaye, Amare W Tadesse, Teweldebrhan H Abrha, Rahul Rawat and Purnima Menon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:316
  19. Overweight or obesity is detrimental during pregnancy. We studied time trends in the educational gradient of overweight and obesity among pregnant women. Differences in overweight and obesity by area of reside...

    Authors: Helena Bjermo, Simon Lind and Finn Rasmussen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:315

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2016 16:513

  20. Distinctions have been made between the two main forms of intimate partner violence: intimate terrorism (IT) and situational couple violence (SCV), depending on whether the violence is part of a general patter...

    Authors: Agnes Tiwari, Ko Ling Chan, Denise Shuk Ting Cheung, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, Elsie Chau Wai Yan and Debbie Hoi Ming Tang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:314
  21. The educational attainment of Koreans has greatly increased, which was expected to reduce the magnitude of the population attributable fraction (PAF) of mortality associated with low education levels. However,...

    Authors: Dohee Lim, Kyoung Ae Kong, Hye Ah Lee, Won Kyung Lee, Su Hyun Park, Sun Jung Baik, Hyesook Park and Kyunghee Jung-Choi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:313
  22. Southern European countries were traditionally characterized by a higher prevalence of smoking among high socioeconomic groups. Though, recent studies show a reversal of inequalities in Italy and Spain, for ex...

    Authors: Joana Alves, Anton E Kunst and Julian Perelman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:311
  23. Unhealthy lifestyle choices, such as smoking and sedentary behavior, are among the main modifiable risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases. The workplace is regarded as an important site of potentia...

    Authors: Rosane Härter Griep, Aline Araújo Nobre, Márcia Guimarães de Mello Alves, Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca, Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso, Luana Giatti, Enirtes Caetano Prates Melo, Susanna Toivanen and Dóra Chor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:309
  24. The role of sex, and its joint effect with age and diabetes mellitus, on mortality subsequent to surviving an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) beyond 30 days are unclear. The high prevalence of diabetes melli...

    Authors: Fei Gao, Carolyn Su Ping Lam, Ling Ling Sim, Tian Hai Koh, David Foo, Hean Yee Ong, Khim Leng Tong, Huay Cheem Tan, David Machin, Kok Seng Wong, Mark Yan Yee Chan and Terrance Siang Jin Chua
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:308
  25. Information regarding the health status of migrants compared to subjects who remain in the country of origin is scarce. We compared the levels and management of the main cardiovascular risk factors between Por...

    Authors: Luís Alves, Ana Azevedo, Henrique Barros, Peter Vollenweider, Gérard Waeber and Pedro Marques-Vidal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:307
  26. Excessive alcohol consumption on single occasions among undergraduate students is a major health issue as research has shown this pattern of drinking to be related to maladaptive health and psychosocial outcom...

    Authors: Martin S Hagger, Ging Ging Wong and Simon R Davey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:306
  27. Personal problems are known to influence mental health among workers. The current study investigated the most concerning present personal problems which have the greatest impact on psychological distress among...

    Authors: Koji Wada, Hisashi Eguchi, Daisuke Yoneoka, Jun Okahisa and Derek R Smith
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:305
  28. Public health concerns regarding e-cigarettes and debate on appropriate regulatory responses are focusing on the need to prevent child access to these devices. However, little is currently known about the char...

    Authors: Karen Hughes, Mark A Bellis, Katherine A Hardcastle, Philip McHale, Andrew Bennett, Robin Ireland and Kate Pike
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:244
  29. Smoking tobacco products is one of the largest preventable health risk factors for older people. Greek-Australians have the highest prevalence of cigarette use in Australia for older people, but there is a lac...

    Authors: Masoud Mohammadnezhad, George Tsourtos, Carlene Wilson, Julie Ratcliffe and Paul Ward
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:304
  30. There is a growing recognition that cancer not only affects the lives of the patients, but also the lives of their partners. Partners of cancer patients are highly involved in the illness trajectory by providi...

    Authors: Nadine Köhle, Constance HC Drossaert, Karlein MG Schreurs, Mariët Hagedoorn, Irma M Verdonck-de Leeuw and Ernst T Bohlmeijer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:303
  31. The low-income Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu is experiencing a double burden of diet-related disease whereby micronutrient deficiencies and underweight occur at the same time as obesity related non-communic...

    Authors: Holly A Jones and Karen E Charlton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:301
  32. India contributes 24% of the global annual child deaths due to acute respiratory infections (ARIs). According to WHO, nearly 50% of the deaths among children due to ARIs is because of indoor air pollution (IAP...

    Authors: Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek Singh, Kaushalendra Kumar and Ashish Singh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:300
  33. Nearly one-in-ten Sri Lankans are employed abroad as International migrant workers (IMW). Very little is known about the mental health of adult members in families left-behind. This study aimed to explore the ...

    Authors: Chesmal Siriwardhana, Kolitha Wickramage, Sisira Siribaddana, Puwalani Vidanapathirana, Buddhini Jayasekara, Sulochana Weerawarna, Gayani Pannala, Anushka Adikari, Kaushalya Jayaweera, Sharika Pieris and Athula Sumathipala
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:299
  34. Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have recently been experiencing increases in the prevalence of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and other non-communicable diseases in both urban and rural areas. Despit...

    Authors: Oladele Vincent Adeniyi, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza and Daniel Ter Goon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:298
  35. Food tax-subsidy policies are proposed to hold promise for helping to produce healthier patterns of food purchasing and consumption at population level. Evidence for their effects derives largely from simulati...

    Authors: Ian Shemilt, Theresa M Marteau, Richard D Smith and David Ogilvie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:297
  36. Web-based interventions for physical activity offer several advantages over face-to-face, print-and telephone-based interventions and are scalable and potentially cost-effective. Recent reviews of web-based in...

    Authors: Andrew JM Cooper, Katie Dearnley, Kate M Williams, Stephen J Sharp, Esther MF van Sluijs, Soren Brage, Stephen Sutton and Simon J Griffin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:296
  37. This study of adolescent Canadians examines two groups who are anomalous in their health experiences: (1) those with perceived low affluence yet who perceive themselves to have excellent general health status;...

    Authors: Colleen Davison, Valerie Michaelson and William Pickett
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:295
  38. Rubella is a disease of public health significance owing to its adverse effects during pregnancy and on pregnancy outcomes. Women who contract rubella virus during pregnancy may experience complications such a...

    Authors: Simbarashe Chimhuya, Portia Manangazira, Arnold Mukaratirwa, Pasipanodya Nziramasanga, Chipo Berejena, Annie Shonhai, Mary Kamupota, Regina Gerede, Mary Munyoro, Douglas Mangwanya, Christopher Tapfumaneyi, Charles Byabamazima, Eshetu Messeret Shibeshi and Kusum Jackison Nathoo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:294
  39. An emerging model for sexuality education is the rights-based approach, which unifies discussions of sexuality, gender norms, and sexual rights to promote the healthy sexual development of adolescents. A rigor...

    Authors: Norman A Constantine, Petra Jerman, Nancy F Berglas, Francisca Angulo-Olaiz, Chih-Ping Chou and Louise A Rohrbach
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:293
  40. Low caste adolescent girls living in rural northern Karnataka are at increased risk of school drop-out, child marriage, and entry into sex-work, which enhances their vulnerability to HIV, early pregnancy and a...

    Authors: Tara S Beattie, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Shajy Isac, Calum Davey, Prakash Javalkar, Sapna Nair, Raghavendra Thalinja, Gautam Sudhakar, Martine Collumbien, James F Blanchard, Charlotte Watts, Stephen Moses and Lori Heise
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:292
  41. Prisoners experience significantly worse health than the general population. This review examines the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of peer interventions in prison settings.

    Authors: Anne-Marie Bagnall, Jane South, Claire Hulme, James Woodall, Karen Vinall-Collier, Gary Raine, Karina Kinsella, Rachael Dixey, Linda Harris and Nat MJ Wright
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:290
  42. This study aimed to explore experiences of implementation of alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) in settings outside of primary healthcare in the Scottish national programme. The focus of the study was on strat...

    Authors: Niamh Fitzgerald, Lucy Platt, Susie Heywood and Jim McCambridge
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:289
  43. Prescription drug sales may vary considerably across regions and over time. This study aimed to assess whether there is an association between mean drug sales and prevalence of excessive use in a range of psyc...

    Authors: Ingeborg Rossow and Jørgen G Bramness
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:288
  44. Family influence plays an important role in a child’s physical activity (PA). This study aimed to describe the level of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behaviours among Ch...

    Authors: Xin Wang, Qing-Min Liu, Yan-Jun Ren, Jun Lv and Li-Ming Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:287
  45. China is home to the largest number of smokers in the world; more than half of the male population smoke. Given the high rates of Chinese immigration to Canada and the USA, researchers have explored the effect...

    Authors: Aimei Mao, Joan L Bottorff, John L Oliffe, Gayl Sarbit and Mary T Kelly
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:286
  46. A 2006 avian influenza (AI) outbreak resulted in mass removal of chickens in Lower Egypt, which decreased the household supply of poultry. Poultry, a key animal-source food, contains nutrients critical for chi...

    Authors: Justine A Kavle, Fatma El-Zanaty, Megan Landry and Rae Galloway
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:285
  47. Approximately 70% of Australian adults aged over 50 are overweight or obese, with the prevalence significantly higher in regional/remote areas compared to cities. This study aims to determine if a low-cost, ac...

    Authors: Krysten Blackford, Jonine Jancey, Andy H Lee, Anthony P James, Peter Howat, Andrew P Hills and Annie Anderson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:284

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