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  1. This follow-up study investigated the year-round effects of a four-week randomized controlled trial using different types of feedback on employees’ physical activity, including a need-supportive coach interven...

    Authors: Karen Van Hoye, Anne I. Wijtzes, Johan Lefevre, Stijn De Baere and Filip Boen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:492
  2. Puerto Rico is experiencing an economic and healthcare crisis, yet there are scarce recent and comprehensive reports on the population’s health profile. We aimed to describe prevalent risk factors and health c...

    Authors: Josiemer Mattei, Martha Tamez, Carlos F. Ríos-Bedoya, Rui S. Xiao, Katherine L. Tucker and José F. Rodríguez-Orengo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:491
  3. A longstanding challenge of community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been to anchor evaluation and practice in a relevant theoretical framework of community change, which articulates specific and conc...

    Authors: Marie-Claude Tremblay, Debbie H. Martin, Alex M. McComber, Amelia McGregor and Ann C. Macaulay
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:487
  4. While previous studies have shown that regular physical activity can delay the onset of certain chronic diseases; less is known about the changes in physical activity practices following chronic disease diagno...

    Authors: Peiling Zhou, Anne K. Hughes, Sue C. Grady and Li Fang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:486

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2022 22:408

  5. Homelessness increases the risk of tuberculosis (TB) disease and latent TB infection (LTBI), but persons experiencing homelessness often lack access to testing and treatment. We assessed the yield of TB testin...

    Authors: Andrea Parriott, Mohsen Malekinejad, Amanda P. Miller, Suzanne M. Marks, Hacsi Horvath and James G. Kahn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:485
  6. The use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) is crucial to the prevention, control, and elimination of malaria. Using household surveys conducted in 2014–2015 by the Health Communication Capacity Collaborati...

    Authors: J. Douglas Storey, Stella O. Babalola, Emily E. Ricotta, Kathleen A. Fox, Michael Toso, Nan Lewicky and Hannah Koenker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:484
  7. To design a maternal handwashing intervention for the newborn period, this qualitative study explored drivers of handwashing among mothers and other caregivers of neonates and infants in two rural areas of Ban...

    Authors: Shahana Parveen, Sharifa Nasreen, Jelena V. Allen, Kelly B. Kamm, Shifat Khan, Shirina Akter, Tajnin Marin Lopa, K. Zaman, Shams El Arifeen, Stephen P. Luby and Pavani K. Ram
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:483
  8. Despite the progress in reducing malaria infections and related deaths, the disease remains a major global public health problem. The problem is among the top five leading causes of outpatient visits in Dembia...

    Authors: Fisseha Agegnehu, Alemayehu Shimeka, Firnus Berihun and Melkamu Tamir
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:480
  9. Although the French population comprises large and diverse immigrant groups, there is little research on smoking disparities by geographical origin. The aim of this study is to investigate in this country smok...

    Authors: Myriam Khlat, Damien Bricard and Stéphane Legleye
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:479
  10. Kato-Katz technique has been the mainstay test in Schistosoma mansoni diagnosis in endemic areas. However, recent studies have documented its poor sensitivity in evaluating Schistosoma mansoni infection especiall...

    Authors: Collins Okoyo, Elses Simiyu, Sammy M. Njenga and Charles Mwandawiro
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:478
  11. Past attempted suicide is a strong predictor of future suicide risk, but the risk varies among suicide attempters. Hence, it is important to clarify distinguishing features of lifetime attempters with a high l...

    Authors: Subin Park, Yeeun Lee, Tak Youn, Byung Soo Kim, Jong Ik Park, Haesoo Kim, Hyo Chu Lee and Jin Pyo Hong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:477
  12. Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth is an important indicator of health status and quality of life of a country’s population. However, little is known about the determinants of HALE as yet globally or even...

    Authors: Md Shariful Islam, Md Nazrul Islam Mondal, Md Ismail Tareque, Md Aminur Rahman, Md Nazrul Hoque, Md Munsur Ahmed and Hafiz T. A. Khan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:476
  13. Public health emergencies have challenged the public health emergency management systems (PHEMSs) of many countries critically and frequently since this century. As the world’s most populated country and the s...

    Authors: Mei Sun, Ningze Xu, Chengyue Li, Dan Wu, Jiatong Zou, Ying Wang, Li Luo, Mingzhu Yu, Yu Zhang, Hua Wang, Peiwu Shi, Zheng Chen, Jian Wang, Yueliang Lu, Qi Li, Xinhua Wang…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:474
  14. Little is known about the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) patients. To estimate the prevalence of LTBI and identify its associated risk factors among...

    Authors: Yan Jin, Huanqiang Wang, Jianfang Zhang, Chunguang Ding, Ke Wen, Jingguang Fan and Tao Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:473
  15. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of pain and disability, which may be a source of productivity losses. The objectives of this study were to describe the impact of OA, namely through pain and physical dis...

    Authors: Pedro A. Laires, Helena Canhão, Ana M. Rodrigues, Mónica Eusébio, Miguel Gouveia and Jaime C. Branco
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:472
  16. Harmful gender norms are known structural barriers to many public health and development interventions involving adolescent girls. In India, restrictions on girls’ liberty to move freely in public spaces contr...

    Authors: Shweta Bankar, Martine Collumbien, Madhumita Das, Ravi K. Verma, Beniamino Cislaghi and Lori Heise
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:471
  17. Formal education can be a nutrition-sensitive intervention that supports the scale-up and impact of nutrition-specific actions. Maternal education has long been linked to child survival, growth, and developmen...

    Authors: Kassandra L. Harding, Victor M. Aguayo, William A. Masters and Patrick Webb
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:470
  18. Using self-determination theory, the objective of this study was to examine, over a one-month period, how physical activity (PA) motivation would influence accelerometer-derived PA behavior, and ultimately, ac...

    Authors: Alexandre Castonguay and Paule Miquelon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:469
  19. Pictorial tobacco health warning labels (HWLs) have been shown to be more effective than text-only HWLs in changing smoking attitudes and intentions. However, there is contradictory evidence regarding how the ...

    Authors: Olivia M. Maynard, Harry Gove, Andrew L. Skinner and Marcus R. Munafò
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:468
  20. The large number of children that grow up in poverty is concerning, especially given the negative developmental outcomes that can persist into adulthood. Poverty has been found as a risk factor to negatively a...

    Authors: Mariëlle E. Abrahamse, Caroline S. Jonkman and Janneke Harting
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:465
  21. Combination antiretroviral therapy (cARTs) regiments are known to prolong the recipients’ life even though they are risk factors for diabetes mellitus-related comorbidities (DRCs). We sought to: (i) examine cA...

    Authors: Jose Gaby Tshikuka, Goabaone Rankgoane-Pono, Mgaywa Gilbert Mjungu Damas Magafu, Tiny Masupe, Mooketsi Molefi, Maurice Nsikungu-Kalukul, John Thato Tlhakanelo, Shimeles Genna Hamda and Vincent Setlhare
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:464
  22. Three-quarters of homeless people smoke cigarettes. Competing priorities for shelter, food, and other subsistence needs may be one explanation for low smoking cessation rates in this population. We analyzed da...

    Authors: Travis P. Baggett, Awesta Yaqubi, Seth A. Berkowitz, Sara M. Kalkhoran, Claire McGlave, Yuchiao Chang, Eric G. Campbell and Nancy A. Rigotti
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:463
  23. Ethiopia is one of the countries with the highest TB burdens in the world. There are multitude of challenges related to the implementation of DOTS and adherence to treatment. This study aimed to assess patient...

    Authors: Zekariyas Sahile, Abenezer Yared and Mirgissa Kaba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:462
  24. Unhealthy environments and food advertisements are major determinants of childhood obesity. Recent regulation has banned unhealthy foods from schools in Mexico. However, currently there is no regulation limiti...

    Authors: Simón Barquera, Lucia Hernández-Barrera, Stephen J. Rothenberg and Enrique Cifuentes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:461
  25. Breast cancer (BC) incidence in Australian women aged 45 to 64 years (‘middle-aged’) has tripled in the past 50 years, along with increasing alcohol consumption and obesity in middle-age women. Alcohol and obe...

    Authors: E. R. Miller, C. Wilson, J. Chapman, I. Flight, A.-M. Nguyen, C. Fletcher and Ij Ramsey
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:460
  26. Systematic reviews conclude that interventions to prevent overweight and obesity in children obtain stronger effects when parents are involved. Parenting practices and parent-child interactions shape children’...

    Authors: Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Emma Patterson, Gisela Nyberg and Åsa Norman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:459
  27. In Australia, 40% of people diagnosed with cancer will be of working age (25–64 years). A cancer diagnosis may lead to temporary or permanent changes in a person’s labour force participation, which has an econ...

    Authors: Nicole Bates, Emily Callander, Daniel Lindsay and Kerrianne Watt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:375
  28. To understand the potential influencing factors on the effectiveness of workplace health promotion interventions and examine whether workplace health culture and physical environment can mediate the relationsh...

    Authors: Yingnan Jia, Hua Fu, Junling Gao, Junming Dai and Pinpin Zheng
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:457
  29. Time spent outdoors is associated with higher physical activity levels among children, yet it may be threatened by parental safety concerns and the attraction of indoor sedentary pursuits. The purpose of this ...

    Authors: Hannah J. Wilkie, Martyn Standage, Fiona B. Gillison, Sean P. Cumming and Peter T. Katzmarzyk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:456
  30. We examined whether neighborhood-, friend-, and family- norms and social support for consumption and purchase of fruits and vegetables (F&V) were associated with F&V intake among low-income residents in subsid...

    Authors: Akilah Dulin, Patricia M. Risica, Jennifer Mello, Rashid Ahmed, Kate B. Carey, Michelle Cardel, Chanelle J. Howe, Sarah Nadimpalli and Kim M. Gans
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:455
  31. Guidelines on modifiable risk factors regarding cardiological patients are poorly implemented in clinical practice perhaps due to low health literacy. Several digital tools for improving lifestyle and behaviou...

    Authors: Aurel Zelko, Alena Bukova, Peter Kolarcik, Peter Bakalar, Ivan Majercak, Jana Potocnikova, Sijmen A. Reijneveld and Jitse P. van Dijk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:454
  32. Several large scale community-based cardiovascular disease prevention programs were initiated in the 80s, and one was the Västerbotten Intervention Programme, Sweden. As an initial step in 1985, a pilot study ...

    Authors: Lars Lindholm, Anna Stenling, Margareta Norberg, Hans Stenlund and Lars Weinehall
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:452
  33. Female sex workers (FSW) are a population that are at high risk for HIV infection, and their HIV/AIDS knowledge levels and sexual behaviors are of concern. This study describes changes in HIV prevalence and fa...

    Authors: Jingzhen Lai, Chunwei Qin, Eric J. Nehl, Junjun Jiang, Yunxuan Huang, Bingyu Liang, Yuexiang Xu, Jiegang Huang, Zhiliang Xu, Chuanyi Ning, Yanyan Liao, Ning Zang, Wudi Wei, Fengxiang Qin, Jun Yu, Li Ye…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:450
  34. Binge-drinking in adolescents is a highly prevalent healthcare problem that associates physical and mental health complications with community implications. This paper describes the design, implementation and ...

    Authors: Marta Lima-Serrano, José Manuel Martínez-Montilla, Joaquín S. Lima-Rodríguez, Liesbeth Mercken and Hein de Vries
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:449
  35. Overweight and obese adolescents are reported to be less physically active than their peers. Research-based knowledge about their views may contribute to a better understanding of key factors that may foster o...

    Authors: Turid Kristin Bigum Sundar, Knut Løndal, Per Lagerløv, Kari Glavin and Sølvi Helseth
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:448

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2018 18:622

  36. The prevalence of breast cancer has been increasing in sub-Saharan Africa over the last few years. Patients often present with late stage disease, resulting in a high mortality rate. This study aims to estimat...

    Authors: Leonie Ströbele, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Timongo Francoise Danielle Traoré Millogo, Maurice Sarigda, Jürgen Wacker and Kirstin Grosse Frie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:447
  37. Despite the proliferation of studies examining youth sport participation, there are significant gaps in knowledge regarding the impact of youth sport participation on health and development. These gaps are not...

    Authors: John Cairney, Heather J. Clark, Matthew Y.W. Kwan, Mark Bruner and Katherine Tamminen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:446
  38. To investigative the association of triglycerides (TG) and total cholesterol (TC) concentrations with impaired fasting glucose/ impaired glucose tolerance (IFG/IGT) in Chinese adults.

    Authors: Jing Cui, Jianping Sun, Wei Wang, Nafeesa Yasmeen, Ma Ke, Hualei Xin, Qing Qiao, Aiguo Ma and Zulqarnain Baloch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:444
  39. In-depth qualitative research into perceived socioeconomic position-related stigmatisation among people living at the lower end of our socioeconomic hierarchy is necessary for getting more insight in the possi...

    Authors: Audrey M. W. Simons, Inge Houkes, Annemarie Koster, Daniëlle A. I. Groffen and Hans Bosma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:443
  40. Packaging and labelling tobacco products has emerged as an effective policy to reduce the global health burden of tobacco use. The main purpose of this study was to explore Austrian smokers’ and ex-smokers’ re...

    Authors: Hannes Mayerl, Erwin Stolz and Wolfgang Freidl
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:442
  41. Rates of melanoma have dramatically increased among adolescents and young adults in recent years, particularly among young women. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation from intentional tanning practices is likely ...

    Authors: Casey L. Daniel, Natalie R. Gassman, Alyssa M. Fernandez, Sejong Bae and Marcus C. B. Tan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:441
  42. The factors shaping the health of the current generation of adolescents are multi-dimensional and complex. The purpose of this study was to explore the determinants of self-rated health (SRH) of adolescents at...

    Authors: Bevan Adrian Craig, Darren Peter Morton, Peter John Morey, Lillian Marton Kent, Alva Barry Gane, Terry Leslie Butler, Paul Meredith Rankin and Kevin Ross Price
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:440
  43. Regular participation in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is important to manage obesity. Physical education (PE) is considered to play an important role in promoting lifelong participation in phy...

    Authors: Masato Kawabata, Khai Leng Chua and Nikos L. D. Chatzisarantis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:433

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