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  1. Age grouping by the imposition of a cut-off date, common in sports and education, promotes a relative age difference that is associated with developmental advantages for children who are born on the “early sid...

    Authors: Caroline Dutil, Mark S. Tremblay, Patricia E. Longmuir, Joel D. Barnes, Kevin Belanger and Jean-Philippe Chaput
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 2):1040
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 18 Supplement 2

  2. Physical literacy is the foundation of a physically active lifestyle. Sedentary behaviour displays deleterious associations with important health indicators in children. However, the association between sedent...

    Authors: Travis J. Saunders, Dany J. MacDonald, Jennifer L. Copeland, Patricia E. Longmuir, Joel D. Barnes, Kevin Belanger, Brenda Bruner, Melanie J. Gregg, Nathan Hall, Angela M. Kolen, Barbi Law, Luc J. Martin, Dwayne Sheehan, Michelle R. Stone, Sarah J. Woodruff and Mark S. Tremblay
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 2):1037
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 18 Supplement 2

  3. The current physical literacy level of Canadian children is unknown. The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Learn to Play – Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (CAPL) project, which is anchored in the Canadian co...

    Authors: Mark S. Tremblay, Patricia E. Longmuir, Joel D. Barnes, Kevin Belanger, Kristal D. Anderson, Brenda Bruner, Jennifer L. Copeland, Christine Delisle Nyström, Melanie J. Gregg, Nathan Hall, Angela M. Kolen, Kirstin N. Lane, Barbi Law, Dany J. MacDonald, Luc J. Martin, Travis J. Saunders…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 2):1036
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 18 Supplement 2

  4. Community Case Management of malaria (CCMm) using Community Health Workers (CHWs) is an approach to improve access to timely and effective malaria case management in malaria endemic countries. So far the progr...

    Authors: Michelle D. S. Boakye, Collins J. Owek, Elizabeth Oluoch, Juddy Wachira and Yaw A. Afrane
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1150
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  5. In developed countries, adolescent and young adult diets have been found to be nutritionally poor. The aim of this study was to examine whether a choice architecture intervention, re-arrangement of produce wit...

    Authors: Rosemary Walmsley, David Jenkinson, Ian Saunders, Tony Howard and Oyinlola Oyebode
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1149
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  7. In the original publication of this article [1] there is an error in the citations of Tables 2 and 3. In this correction article the incorrect and correct citations are shown for clarity:

    Authors: Nia Coupe, Sarah Cotterill and Sarah Peters
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1147
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2018 18:967

  8. HIV self-testing (HIVST) has demonstrated potential to expand HIV testing among key populations, including men who have sex with men (MSM) in China who have low testing rates. However, due to the autonomous na...

    Authors: Yue Zhao, Xiaofang Zhu, Ashley E. Pérez, Wenhan Zhang, Anxia Shi, Zhihua Zhang, Pan Gao, Jun Wang, Cui Yang, Nickolas Zaller, Yehuan Sun, Don Operario and Hongbo Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1146
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  9. Physical inactivity is associated with several chronic diseases that are costly to society, employers, and individuals. Workplaces are a common location for physical activity (PA) initiatives because of the am...

    Authors: Maryanne M Bailey, Rachel K Coller and Keshia M Pollack Porter
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1145
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  10. While critically important, child sexual violence (CSV) research poses numerous ethical and safety challenges. Recently, the studies dedicated to understanding and addressing CSV in India have been on the rise...

    Authors: Radhika Dayal, Ameeta S. Kalokhe, Vikas Choudhry, Divya Pillai, Klaus Beier and Vikram Patel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1144
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  11. Water insecurity is linked to depression in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), though it remains unclear how geospatial clustering of water insecurity in rural regions is associated with risk for depres...

    Authors: Christine E Cooper-Vince, Hawk Arachy, Bernard Kakuhikire, Dagmar Vořechovská, Rumbidzai C Mushavi, Charles Baguma, Amy Q McDonough, David R Bangsberg and Alexander C Tsai
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1143
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  12. Implementation profoundly influences how well new audiences engage with sport-based physical activity programmes. Recognising that effective implementation relies on concurrently generating supportive contexts...

    Authors: Stephen Zwolinsky, Nicola Kime, Andy Pringle, Paul Widdop and Jim McKenna
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1142
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  13. Social capital has been found to be positively associated with various health and well-being outcomes amongst children. Less is known about how social capital may be generated and specifically in relation to chil...

    Authors: Nanna W. Stjernqvist, Marianne Sabinsky, Antony Morgan, Ellen Trolle, Camilla Thyregod, Helle T. Maindal, Ane H. Bonde and Inge Tetens
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1141
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  14. Further research gaps exist in relation to the promotion of breastfeeding. Robust scientific evidence obtained by a meta-analysis would provide objectively summarized data while enabling the assessment of cons...

    Authors: Pasyodun Koralage Buddhika Mahesh, Moraendage Wasantha Gunathunga, Suriyakumara Mahendra Arnold, Chintha Jayasinghe, Sisira Pathirana, Mohamed Fahmy Makarim, Pradeep Malaka Manawadu and Sameera Jayan Senanayake
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1140
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  15. Infectious disease screening of migrants at increased risk is a feature of national infection prevention and control measures. Asylum seekers in Finland are offered screening of tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis B,...

    Authors: Paula Tiittala, Karolina Tuomisto, Taneli Puumalainen, Outi Lyytikäinen, Jukka Ollgren, Olli Snellman and Otto Helve
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1139
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  16. Over the past decade, lung cancers have exhibited a disproportionately high mortality and increasing mortality trend in Thailand, especially in the northern region, and prevention strategies have consequently ...

    Authors: Apinut Rankantha, Imjai Chitapanarux, Donsuk Pongnikorn, Sukon Prasitwattanaseree, Walaithip Bunyatisai, Patumrat Sripan and Patrinee Traisathit
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1138
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  17. In South Africa, young women are at disproportionate risk of HIV infection with about 2363 new infections per week in 2015. Proper condom use is one of the most effective HIV/AIDS prevention strategies among s...

    Authors: Thobani Ntshiqa, Alfred Musekiwa, Mandla Mlotshwa, Kerry Mangold, Carl Reddy and Seymour Williams
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1137
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. The international community strongly advocates the implementation of multi-sectoral surveillance policies for an effective approach to antibiotic resistance, in line with the One Health concept. To comply with...

    Authors: Marion Bordier, Aurelie Binot, Quentin Pauchard, Dien Thi Nguyen, Thanh Ngo Trung, Nicolas Fortané and Flavie Luce Goutard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1136
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. The ability to ‘age in place’ is dependent on a range of inter-personal, social and built environment attributes, with the latter being a key area for potential intervention. There is an emerging body of evide...

    Authors: Geraint Ellis, Ruth F. Hunter, Adriano Akira F. Hino, Claire L. Cleland, Sara Ferguson, Brendan Murtagh, Ciro Romelio Rodriguez Anez, Sara Melo, Mark Tully, Frank Kee, Urmi Sengupta and Rodrigo Reis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1135
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  20. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used despite their risk of gastrointestinal bleeding or cardiovascular events. We report the profile of people taking NSAIDs in Spain, and we include d...

    Authors: Inés Gómez-Acebo, Trinidad Dierssen-Sotos, María de Pedro, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Gemma Castaño-Vinyals, Tania Fernández-Villa, Camilo Palazuelos-Calderón, Pilar Amiano, Jaione Etxeberria, Yolanda Benavente, Guillermo Fernández-Tardón, Inmaculada Salcedo-Bellido, Rocío Capelo, Rosana Peiró, Rafael Marcos-Gragera, José M. Huerta…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1134
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  21. Recently, the number of patients diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has increased in Korea. Risk factors of GERD include age, sex, medication use, lack of physical exercise, increased psycho...

    Authors: Oksoo Kim, Hee Jung Jang, Sue Kim, Hea-Young Lee, Eunyoung Cho, Jung Eun Lee, Heeja Jung and Jiyoung Kim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1133
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  22. Physical activity among children and adolescents (collectively, youth) is important to ensure adult health. Population density is a factor that affects physical activity via various environmental factors. Howe...

    Authors: Hiroki Sato, Shigeru Inoue, Noritoshi Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Tomoko Takamiya, Catrine Tudor-Locke, Yuki Hikihara and Shigeho Tanaka
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1132
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  23. Although research has explored influenza vaccination uptake among medical and college students, there is a dearth of research in understanding influenza vaccination uptake and attitudes toward the vaccine amon...

    Authors: Christopher J. Rogers, Kaitlin O. Bahr and Stephanie M. Benjamin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1131
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Current research into alcohol consumption focuses predominantly on problematic drinkers and populations considered likely to engage in risky behaviours. Middle-aged drinkers are an under-researched group, desp...

    Authors: Emma Muhlack, Drew Carter, Annette Braunack-Mayer, Nicholas Morfidis and Jaklin Eliott
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1016
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. In the late 20th century, US localities began increasing the minimum age of legal access (MLA) for tobacco from 18 to 21 years by enacting “Tobacco 21” ordinances. Although these policies have a strong evidenc...

    Authors: Jocelyn Huey and Dorie E. Apollonio
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1129
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  27. Recent evidence suggests that HIV prevalence is generally higher among older than younger persons. However, few studies have explored issues regarding HIV testing and awareness of HIV status among older person...

    Authors: Anne M. Nabukenya and Joseph K. B. Matovu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1128
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Patients being treated for recurrent or multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) require long courses of injectable anti-tuberculous agents. In order to maintain strong TB control programmes, it is vital that the...

    Authors: D. B. Cohen, M. Phiri, H. Banda, S. B. Squire, I. Namakhoma and N. Desmond
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1127
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  29. Legal restrictions on alcohol availability have been used to address violence and injury in the world’s remote Indigenous communities. In Australia, alcohol management plans (AMPs) were implemented by the Quee...

    Authors: Alan R. Clough, Michelle S. Fitts, Reinhold Muller, Valmae Ypinazar and Stephen Margolis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1126
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  30. Pictorial cigarette pack warnings discourage smoking, but most evidence comes from studies of adults. Our qualitative study explored adolescents’ reactions to pictorial warnings on their parents’ cigarette packs.

    Authors: Kaitlyn E. Brodar, M. Justin Byron, Kathryn Peebles, Marissa G. Hall, Jessica K. Pepper and Noel T. Brewer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1125
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  31. It has been recognized that alternate day calorie restriction (ADCR) or exercise has positive effects on cardio-metabolic risk factors. It is unclear whether the combined effect of ADCR and exercise (aerobic +...

    Authors: Minsuk Oh, Sue Kim, Ki-Yong An, Jihee Min, Hyuk In Yang, Junga Lee, Mi Kyung Lee, Dong-Il Kim, Hye-Sun Lee, Ji-Won Lee and Justin Y. Jeon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1124
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  32. There are conflicting researches on the relationship between muscular strength and depression, the most common mental illness. There is no study of relationship between muscular strength and depression using n...

    Authors: Mee-Ri Lee, Sung Min Jung, Hyuk Bang, Hwa Sung Kim and Yong Bae Kim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1123
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  33. To analyse trends over the period 1991–2013 in systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and the prevalence of hypertension in adults aged 25–64 years in Samoa; and to assess the contributi...

    Authors: Christine Linhart, Take Naseri, Sophia Lin, Richard Taylor, Stephen Morrell, Stephen T. McGarvey, Dianna J. Magliano and Paul Zimmet
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1122
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  34. Data on the pathogens responsible for nosocomial bloodstream infection (BSI) and their antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Hubei province are limited. This study was conducted to determine the major pathogens ca...

    Authors: Lei Tian, Ziyong Sun and Zhen Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1121
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  35. Office-based workers typically spend 70–85% of working hours, and a large proportion of leisure time, sitting. High levels of sitting have been linked to poor health. There is a need for fully powered randomis...

    Authors: Charlotte L. Edwardson, Stuart J. H. Biddle, Alexandra Clarke-Cornwell, Stacy Clemes, Melanie J. Davies, David W. Dunstan, Helen Eborall, Malcolm H. Granat, Laura J. Gray, Genevieve N. Healy, Gerry Richardson, Thomas Yates and Fehmidah Munir
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1120
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  36. There is a need to identify strategies that enhance the implementation of evidence-based school wellness intervention programs in real-world settings. The present study evaluates the feasibility of empowering ...

    Authors: Senlin Chen, David A. Dzewaltowski, Richard R. Rosenkranz, Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, Spyridoula Vazou, Douglas A. Gentile, Joey A. Lee, Kyle J. Braun, Maren M. Wolff and Gregory J. Welk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1119
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  37. Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are among the most common type of infections worldwide and are widely distributed in tropical areas. In rural areas of southern Thailand where most land is used for a...

    Authors: Chuchard Punsawad, Nonthapan Phasuk, Suchirat Bunratsami, Kanjana Thongtup, Parnpen Viriyavejakul, Sarawoot Palipoch, Phanit Koomhin and Somchok Nongnaul
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1118
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Provision of evidence-based smoking cessation treatment may contribute to health disparities if barriers to treatment are greater for more disadvantaged groups. We describe and evaluate the public health impac...

    Authors: Peter Selby, Sabrina Voci, Laurie Zawertailo, Dolly Baliunas, Rosa Dragonetti and Sarwar Hussain
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1117
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. The previously-named Mexico City Policy (MCP) — which prohibited non U.S.-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from receiving U.S. family planning (FP) funding if they advocated, provided, counseled, or...

    Authors: Jennifer Sherwood, Alana Sharp, Brian Honermann, Caitlin Horrigan, Meghna Chatterjee, Austin Jones, Chloe Cooney and Greg Millett
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1116
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Multidrug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) represents TB which is simultaneous resistant to at least rifampicin (R) and isoniazid (H). Identifying inadequate therapy as the main cause of this form of the dise...

    Authors: Maja Stosic, Dejana Vukovic, Dragan Babic, Gordana Antonijevic, Kristie L. Foley, Isidora Vujcic and Sandra Sipetic Grujicic
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1114
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  42. Quality of life (QOL) is an important component in assessing people’s health. Environmental quality can influence people’s QOL in the physical health, psychological, social relationships and environment domain...

    Authors: Fiona Y. Wong, Lin Yang, John W. M. Yuen, Katherine K. P. Chang and Frances K. Y. Wong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1113
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. After publication of the article [1], it was noticed that the title has erroneously included ‘authors’ in the end.

    Authors: Pamela A. Juma, Shukri F. Mohamed, Beatrice L. Matanje Mwagomba, Catherine Ndinda, Clarisse Mapa-tassou, Mojisola Oluwasanu, Oladimeji Oladepo, Opeyemi Abiona, Misheck J. Nkhata, Jennifer P. Wisdom and Jean-Claude Mbanya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1112
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2018 18:961

  44. Pneumonia is responsible for high morbidity and mortality amongst children under five year of age. India accounts for one-third of the total WHO South East Asia burden of under-five mortality. There is a pauci...

    Authors: Jayashree Gothankar, Prakash Doke, Girish Dhumale, Prasad Pore, Sanjay Lalwani, Sanjay Quraishi, Sujata Murarkar, Reshma Patil, Vivek Waghachavare, Randhir Dhobale, Kirti Rasote, Sonali Palkar and Nandini Malshe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1111
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  45. The World Health Organization recommends HIV self-testing (HIVST) as an additional approach to HIV testing services. We aimed to assess to what extent HIVST was conducted correctly by Chinese men who have sex ...

    Authors: Chongyi Wei, Li Yan, Jianjun Li, Xiaoyou Su, Sheri Lippman and Hongjing Yan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1108
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  46. Low-income children and parents are at increased risk for developing overweight and obesity. Therefore, the purpose of this exploratory study was to compare whether African American and white children and pare...

    Authors: Diane C. Berry, Robert G. McMurray, Todd A. Schwartz and Reuben Adatorwovor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1107
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  47. Different dietary patterns and the risks of hypertension in various diet exposures among multi-ethnic population in southwest China remain extremely scarce. The aim of this study is to identify dietary pattern...

    Authors: Yuan Ruan, Yongshou Huang, Qiang Zhang, Shu Qin, Xiaoxia Du and Yongxin Sun
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1106
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  50. Life-skills trainings conducted within the school curriculum are effective in preventing the onset and escalation of substance use among adolescents. However, their dissemination is impeded due to their large ...

    Authors: Severin Haug, Raquel Paz Castro, Andreas Wenger and Michael P. Schaub
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1102
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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