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  1. Early identification of persons at risk of sickness absence due to work-related stress is a crucial problem for society in general, and primary health care in particular. Tho date, no established method to do ...

    Authors: Kristina Holmgren, Christine Sandheimer, Ann-Charlotte Mårdby, Maria E. H. Larsson, Ute Bültmann, Dominique Hange and Gunnel Hensing
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1193
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    The Research article to this article has been published in BMC Family Practice 2020 21:187

  2. Youth trauma exposure is associated with syndemic HIV risk. We measured lifetime prevalence, type, and correlates of trauma experience by gender among adolescents living in the HIV hyper-endemic setting of Sow...

    Authors: Kalysha Closson, Janan Janine Dietrich, Busi Nkala, Addy Musuku, Zishan Cui, Jason Chia, Glenda Gray, Nathan J. Lachowsky, Robert S. Hogg, Cari L. Miller and Angela Kaida
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1191
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Data on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among indigenous populations are needed for interventions to improve health care. We conducted a survey in 2013 among rural indigenous Mbororo, Fulbe and other ethnic g...

    Authors: Nyuyki Clement Kufe, George Ngufor, George Mbeh and Jean Claude Mbanya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1188
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  4. Smoking cessation can significantly reduce the risk of developing smoking-related diseases. Several face-to-face and web-based treatments have shown to be effective. Blending of web-based and face-to-face trea...

    Authors: Lutz Siemer, Marcel E. Pieterse, Marjolein G. J. Brusse-Keizer, Marloes G. Postel, Somaya Ben Allouch and Robbert Sanderman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1187
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  5. Physical activity and sedentary behavior are common factors influencing cardiovascular health. However, how school and leisure-time activity/sedentary behavior are associated with physical fitness and blood li...

    Authors: Wei Zheng, Yun Chen, Ai Zhao, Yong Xue, Yingdong Zheng, Zhishen Mu, Peiyu Wang and Yumei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1186
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  6. One third of the world population is estimated to be infected with intestinal parasites. The most affected people are children and the poor people living in tropics and subtropics. Polyparasitism (the concurre...

    Authors: Zeleke Mekonnen, Sultan Suleman, Abdissa Biruksew, Tamirat Tefera and Legese Chelkeba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1185
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  7. The widespread use of in-store marketing strategies to induce unhealthy impulsive purchases has implications for shopping experience, food choice and possibly adverse health outcomes. The aim of this study was...

    Authors: Lise L. Winkler, Ulla Christensen, Charlotte Glümer, Paul Bloch, Bent E. Mikkelsen, Brian Wansink and Ulla Toft
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1184
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  8. With a maternal mortality ratio of 789 per 100,000 live births, and a contraceptive prevalence rate of 4.7%, South Sudan has one of the worst reproductive health situations in the world. Understanding the soci...

    Authors: Sumit Kane, Maryse Kok, Matilda Rial, Anthony Matere, Marjolein Dieleman and Jacqueline EW Broerse
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1183
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  9. Parents play an important role in providing their children with social support for healthy eating and physical activity. However, different types of social support (e.g., instrumental, emotional, modeling, rul...

    Authors: Natalia I. Heredia, Nalini Ranjit, Judith L. Warren and Alexandra E. Evans
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1182
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  10. Emerging approaches to building more efficient and effective behavioral interventions are becoming more widely available. The current paper provides an empirical example of the use of the engineering-inspired ...

    Authors: Kari C. Kugler, Katherine N. Balantekin, Leann L. Birch and Jennifer S. Savage
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1181
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  11. Perception of undesirable features may inhibit built environment use for physical activity among underserved families with children at risk for obesity.

    Authors: William J. Heerman, Stephanie J. Mitchell, Jessica Thompson, Nina C. Martin, Evan C. Sommer, Margaret van Bakergem, Julie Lounds Taylor, Maciej S. Buchowski and Shari L. Barkin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1180
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  12. Smoking is still the leading cause of preventable ill health and death. There is a limited amount of evidence for effective smoking cessation interventions among young people. To address this, a text messaging...

    Authors: Ulrika Müssener, Marcus Bendtsen, Jim McCambridge and Preben Bendtsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1179
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  13. Pertussis is a re-emerging disease worldwide despite its high vaccination coverage. European and Latin-American countries have used different surveillance and vaccination policies against pertussis. We compare...

    Authors: Rubén Solano, Josefa Masa-Calles, Zacarías Garib, Patricia Grullón, Sandy L. Santiago, Altagracia Brache, Ángela Domínguez and Joan A. Caylà
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1178
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  14. Adolescence is a transition stage between childhood and adulthood and is an important phase for the acquisition of future lifestyles, including the practice of physical activity (PA). The prevalence of sedenta...

    Authors: Flávia Miquetichuc Nogueira Nascente, Thiago Veiga Jardim, Maria do Rosário Gondim Peixoto, Carolina de Souza Carneiro, Karla Lorena Mendonça, Thaís Inácio Rolim Póvoa, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso and Paulo César Brandão Veiga Jardim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1177
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  15. To reach global and national goals for maternal and child mortality, countries must identify vulnerable populations, which includes sex workers and their children. The objective of this study was to identify a...

    Authors: Brian Willis, Saki Onda and Hanni Marie Stoklosa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1176
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  16. In Germany, local public health departments (LPHD) are required to offer low-threshold access to confidential counselling and testing for sexually transmitted infections (STI) for sex workers. We collected dat...

    Authors: Viviane Bremer, Karin Haar, Martyna Gassowski, Osamah Hamouda and Stine Nielsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1175
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Diabetes is one of the leading non-communicable diseases in Africa, contributing to the increasing disease burden among the old adults. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and determina...

    Authors: Samwel Maina Gatimu, Benson Williesham Milimo and Miguel San Sebastian
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1174
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  18. In most countries the coverage of seasonal influenza vaccination in pregnant women is low. We investigated the acceptance, reasons for rejection and professional involvement related to vaccine information in p...

    Authors: R. Vila-Candel, P. Navarro-Illana, E. Navarro-Illana, E. Castro-Sánchez, Kiri Duke, F. J. Soriano-Vidal, J. Tuells and J. Díez-Domingo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1173
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. The act of detecting bodily changes is a pre-requisite for subsequent responses to symptoms, such as seeking medical help. This is the first study to explore associations between self-reported body vigilance a...

    Authors: Kelly Winstanley, Cristina Renzi, Claire Friedemann Smith, Jane Wardle and Katriina L. Whitaker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1172
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Three cross sectional studies suggest that neighbourhood greenspace may protect against incident diabetes. This study uses data from a longitudinal study with a large sample size to investigate the association...

    Authors: Alice M. Dalton, Andrew P. Jones, Stephen J. Sharp, Andrew J. M. Cooper, Simon Griffin and Nicholas J. Wareham
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1171
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  21. There is growing recognition that youth sexual health entails a broad range of physical, emotional and psychosocial responses to sexual interactions, yet little is known about sexual dysfunctions and well bein...

    Authors: Caroline Moreau, Anna E Kågesten and Robert Wm Blum
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1170
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. While a vast amount of studies confirm the social reproduction of class and status from one generation to the next, less is known about the role of health in the child generation for these processes. Research ...

    Authors: Evelina Landstedt, Anna Brydsten, Anne Hammarström, Pekka Virtanen and Ylva B. Almquist
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1169
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  23. Rubella is a common mild rash illness caused by rubella virus. The majority of infections occur in children and young adults. The infection is the cause of a serious birth defect known as Congenital Rubella Sy...

    Authors: Mekonen Getahun, Berhane Beyene, Kathleen Gallagher, Ayesheshem Ademe, Birke Teshome, Mesfin Tefera, Anjelo Asha, Aklog Afework, Esete Assefa, Yoseph HaileMariam, Yonas HaileGiorgis, Hiwot Ketema, Dejenie Shiferaw, Ayenachew Bekele, Daddi Jima and Amha Kebede
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1168
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. Malaysia is experiencing a nutrition transition with burgeoning obesity, particularly in women, and a growing prevalence of non-communicable disease. These health burdens have severe implications not only for ...

    Authors: Shane A. Norris, Julius Cheah Chee Ho, Aswir Abd Rashed, Vibeke Vinding, Jutta K. H. Skau, Regien Biesma, Jens Aagaard-Hansen, Mark Hanson and Priya Matzen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1167
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Vaccination and screening are forms of primary and secondary prevention methods. These methods are recommended for controlling the spread of a vast number of diseases and conditions. To determine the most effe...

    Authors: Anayawa Nyambe, Guido Van Hal and Jarl K. Kampen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1166
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) remains at quite notable levels. Research on the risk factors and the treatment of CHD has focused on physiological factors, but there is an increasing amount of evi...

    Authors: Mikko Pänkäläinen, Tuomas Kerola, Olli Kampman, Markku Kauppi and Jukka Hintikka
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1124
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. There are still uncertainties regarding the respective prevalence, diagnosis and management of occupational asthma (OA) and work-exacerbated asthma (WEA). There is as yet no standardized methodology to differe...

    Authors: Hermine Mével, Valérie Demange, Emmanuelle Penven, Christian Trontin, Pascal Wild and Christophe Paris
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1164
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  29. Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick-borne disease both in the United States and Europe. Children, in particular, are at high risk of contracting LB. Since child-specific educational t...

    Authors: D. J. M. A. Beaujean, F. Gassner, A Wong, J. E. Steenbergen, R. Crutzen and D. Ruwaard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1163
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  30. Several studies have shown that prison is characterized by a higher prevalence of chronic diseases than unconfined settings. The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics and health of inmates, foc...

    Authors: Fabio Voller, Caterina Silvestri, Gianrocco Martino, Eleonora Fanti, Giorgio Bazzerla, Fabio Ferrari, Marco Grignani, Sandro Libianchi, Antonio Maria Pagano, Franco Scarpa, Cristina Stasi and Teresa Di Fiandra
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1162
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  31. Little research has been conducted on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic and the sexual intercourse habits of men who have sex with men (MSM) in crowded places, both locally and abroad. This study...

    Authors: Lin Qu, Wenrui Wang, Yongming Gao, Jingyuan Yang, Jijiang Dai, Dawei Wang and Bo Tao
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1161
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  32. The built environment plays a critical role in promoting physical activity and health. The association between parks, as a key attribute of the built environment, and physical activity, however, remains inconc...

    Authors: Terry T. K. Huang, Katarzyna E. Wyka, Emily B. Ferris, Jennifer Gardner, Kelly R. Evenson, Devanshi Tripathi, Gabriel Martinez Soto, Matthew S. Cato, Jon Moon, Julia Wagner, Joan M. Dorn, Diane J. Catellier and Lorna E. Thorpe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1160
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  34. Mobile apps for health exist in large numbers today, but oftentimes, consumers do not continue to use them after a brief period of initial usage, are averse toward using them at all, or are unaware that such a...

    Authors: Wei Peng, Shaheen Kanthawala, Shupei Yuan and Syed Ali Hussain
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1158
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Representative data indicate that adolescents with an immigration background show less harmful patterns of consumption, for example, they practice binge drinking less often. It remains to be shown whether this...

    Authors: Carolin Donath, Dirk Baier, Elmar Graessel and Thomas Hillemacher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1157
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  36. The internet is frequently used to share experiences of health and illness, but this phenomenon has not been harnessed as an intervention to achieve health behaviour change. The aim of this study was to determ...

    Authors: John Powell, Nikki Newhouse, Angela Martin, Sena Jawad, Ly-Mee Yu, Mina Davoudianfar, Louise Locock and Sue Ziebland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1156
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Correct knowledge about Tuberculosis (TB) is essential for appropriate healthcare seeking behaviour and to accessing diagnosis and treatment services timely. There are several factors influencing knowledge abo...

    Authors: Badri Thapa, Banuru Muralidhara Prasad, Sarabjit S. Chadha and Jamie Tonsing
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1155
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  38. Parenting programs integrating general parenting and health behaviour messaging may be an effective childhood obesity prevention strategy. The current study explored workplaces as an alternate setting to deliv...

    Authors: L. Wilson, Donna Lero, Allan Smofsky, Deborah Gross and Jess Haines
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1154
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  39. The built environment (BE) is said to influence local obesity rates. Few studies have explored causal pathways between home-neighborhood BE variables and health outcomes such as obesity. Such pathways are like...

    Authors: Adam Drewnowski, Anju Aggarwal, Wesley Tang, Philip M. Hurvitz, Jason Scully, Orion Stewart and Anne Vernez Moudon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1153
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Men who have sex with men (MSM) have become one of high-risk population for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, due to their multiple sex partners and unprotected anal intercourse. Promoting HIV test...

    Authors: Runhua Li, Xiaohong Pan, Qiaoqin Ma, Hui Wang, Lin He, Tingting Jiang, Dayong Wang, Yan Zhang, Xingliang Zhang and Shichang Xia
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1152
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Health literacy is of increasing importance in public health research. It is a necessary pre-condition for the involvement in decisions about health and health care and related to health outcomes. Knowledge ab...

    Authors: Eva-Maria Berens, Dominique Vogt, Melanie Messer, Klaus Hurrelmann and Doris Schaeffer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1151
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Reducing sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake is an important dietary target among underserved children at high risk for obesity and associated morbidities. Community-based approaches to reduce SSB intake are...

    Authors: Monica L. Wang, Stephenie C. Lemon, Kristian Clausen, Julie Whyte and Milagros C. Rosal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1150
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  43. The aim of the RCT study was to investigate if the effect of a multidisciplinary intervention on return to work (RTW) and health care utilization differed by participants’ self-reported health status at baseli...

    Authors: Anne-Mette H. Momsen, Christina Malmose Stapelfeldt, Claus Vinther Nielsen, Maj Britt D. Nielsen, Birgit Aust, Reiner Rugulies and Chris Jensen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1149
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Physical activity is recommended for people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and can improve walking capacity and quality of life; and reduce pain, requirement for surgery and cardiovascular events. Thi...

    Authors: Nicola W. Burton, Zanfina Ademi, Stuart Best, Maria A. Fiatarone Singh, Jason S. Jenkins, Kenny D. Lawson, Anthony S. Leicht, Yorgi Mavros, Yian Noble, Paul Norman, Richard Norman, Belinda J. Parmenter, Jenna Pinchbeck, Christopher M. Reid, Sophie E. Rowbotham, Lisan Yip…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1148
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  45. Foodborne diseases are an important public health issue, and young adults are an important demographic to target with food safety education. Our objective was to assess the food safety knowledge of undergradua...

    Authors: Sarah M. Courtney, Shannon E. Majowicz and Joel A. Dubin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1147
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. The increase in life expectancy of HIV-infected patients has driven increased costs due to life-long HIV treatment and concurrent age-related comorbidities. This population-based study aimed to investigate the...

    Authors: Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Michele Magoni, Elena Raffetti, Francesco Donato, Carmelo Scarcella, Giuseppe Paraninfo and Francesco Castelli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1146
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  47. A large proportion of European children, adults and older adults do not engage in sufficient physical activity (PA). Understanding individual and contextual factors associated with PA behaviours is essential f...

    Authors: Giancarlo Condello, Fiona Chun Man Ling, Antonino Bianco, Sebastien Chastin, Greet Cardon, Donatella Ciarapica, Daniele Conte, Cristina Cortis, Marieke De Craemer, Andrea Di Blasio, Masar Gjaka, Sylvia Hansen, Michelle Holdsworth, Licia Iacoviello, Pascal Izzicupo, Lina Jaeschke…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1145
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  48. Mothers living with small children in Fukushima prefecture may experience radiation anxiety and related symptoms after the Fukushima Dai’ich Nuclear Power Plant Accident. A behavioral activation (BA) program w...

    Authors: Kotaro Imamura, Yuki Sekiya, Yumi Asai, Maki Umeda, Naoko Horikoshi, Seiji Yasumura, Hirooki Yabe, Tsuyoshi Akiyama and Norito Kawakami
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1144
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  49. This paper discusses the establishment of a clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine candidate in Kambia District, Northern Sierra Leone during the epidemic, and analyses the role of social science research in ensur...

    Authors: Luisa Enria, Shelley Lees, Elizabeth Smout, Thomas Mooney, Angus F. Tengbeh, Bailah Leigh, Brian Greenwood, Deborah Watson-Jones and Heidi Larson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1140
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  50. Globally, one in ten individuals practice open defecation. Despite media speculation that it increases women’s risk of sexual violence, little empirical evidence supports the claims. We investigate the relatio...

    Authors: Apoorva Jadhav, Abigail Weitzman and Emily Smith-Greenaway
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1139
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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