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  1. Content type: Research article

    Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) have been linked to poor health and well-being outcomes, including poor mental health such as psychological distress. Both ACEs and psychological distress pose a significan...

    Authors: Mercy Manyema, Shane A. Norris and Linda M. Richter

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:835

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  2. Content type: Research article

    Implementation of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination raised concerns that vaccination could lead to riskier sexual behavior. This study explored how possible differences in sexual behavior and HPV knowledg...

    Authors: Robine Donken, Adriana Tami, Mirjam J. Knol, Karin Lubbers, Marianne A. B. van der Sande, Hans W. Nijman, Toos Daemen, Willibrord C. M. Weijmar Schultz and Hester E. de Melker

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:837

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  3. Content type: Research article

    Research suggests outdoor activity in green spaces is important for children’s mental, emotional and social wellbeing. A recognised green space intervention is “Social and Therapeutic Horticulture” (STH). We d...

    Authors: Anna Chiumento, Ipshita Mukherjee, Jaya Chandna, Carl Dutton, Atif Rahman and Katie Bristow

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:836

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  4. Content type: Research article

    Self-management is an essential component of prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes. Social and family support has been shown to influence self-management behaviors as well as glycemic control and complic...

    Authors: Saranya Ravi, Swetha Kumar and Vijayaprasad Gopichandran

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:826

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  5. Content type: Study protocol

    Support to strengthen the early parent-infant relationship is recommended to ensure the infant’s future health and development. Little is known about the universal approaches taken by health visitor to support...

    Authors: Ingeborg Hedegaard Kristensen and Hanne Kronborg

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:832

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  6. Content type: Research article

    Prolonged sitting is associated with increased risks of cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, some cancers, musculoskeletal disorders and premature mortality. Workplaces contribute to a large proportion of ...

    Authors: Kelly Mackenzie, Elizabeth Such, Paul Norman and Elizabeth Goyder

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:833

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  7. Content type: Research article

    Free antiretroviral therapy has been implemented in China since 2004, but adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV is suboptimal. The effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy is subject ...

    Authors: Yang Yu, Dan Luo, Xi Chen, Zhulin Huang, Min Wang and Shuiyuan Xiao

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:825

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  8. Content type: Study protocol

    Unfavorable lifestyle factors influence the risk of stress disorders. For risk reduction, lifestyle modifications, such as regular physical activity, balanced nutrition and competence in stress management, are...

    Authors: Dieter Melchart, Erich Wühr, Kristina Wifling and Beatrice E. Bachmeier

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:823

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  9. Content type: Research article

    Public injecting of recreational drugs has been documented in a number of cities worldwide and was a key risk factor in a HIV outbreak in Glasgow, Scotland during 2015. We investigated the characteristics and ...

    Authors: Emily J. Tweed, Mark Rodgers, Saket Priyadarshi and Emilia Crighton

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:829

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  10. Content type: Research article

    In the present study we used a longitudinal design to examine if work-personal life interference predicted managerial turnover, if depressive symptoms mediated the association, and if the relationships differe...

    Authors: Anna Nyberg, Paraskevi Peristera, Claudia Bernhard-Oettel and Constanze Leineweber

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:828

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  11. Content type: Research article

    Reducing lifespan inequality is increasingly recognized as a health policy objective. Whereas lifespan inequality declined with rising longevity in most developed countries, Danish life expectancy stagnated be...

    Authors: José Manuel Aburto, Maarten Wensink, Alyson van Raalte and Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:831

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  12. Content type: Study protocol

    The PROFRUVE study is a controlled intervention based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), which follows those behavioral theories that have proved to be the most effective at changing infant fruit and veg...

    Authors: M. Arrizabalaga-López, D. Rada-Fernández de Jáuregui, M. P. Portillo, O. Martínez, I. Etaio, J. R. Mauleón, E. Echevarría, F. Gómez and V. M. Rodríguez

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:827

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  13. Content type: Research article

    Advances in sensor technology allow for objective and high-resolution monitoring of physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Novel epidemiological data is required to provide feedback on an individual’s habi...

    Authors: Kimberley S. van Schooten, Jaap H. van Dieen, Mirjam Pijnappels, Andrea B. Maier, Alex J. van ‘t Hul, Martijn Niessen and Rob C. van Lummel

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:824

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  14. Content type: Study protocol

    Actively referring smokers to smoking cessation (SC) services could increase quitting and is scalable for the population. The objective of this study is to compare 2 different intensities of SC active referral...

    Authors: Xue Weng, Man Ping Wang, Yi Nam Suen, William Ho Cheung Li, Yongda Wu, Derek Yee Tak Cheung, Antonio Cho Shing Kwong, Vienna Wai Yin Lai, Sophia Siu Chee Chan and Tai Hing Lam

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:830

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  15. Content type: Research article

    There are many studies examining the relationship between body image and weight status that compare Western and Asian countries. One limitation of these past studies was assuming that all Asian countries are a...

    Authors: Jin-Won Noh, Young Dae Kwon, Youngmi Yang, Jooyoung Cheon and Jinseok Kim

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:814

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  16. Content type: Study protocol

    Iron-deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency globally. Due to the high iron requirements for pregnancy, it is highly prevalent and severe in pregnant women. There is strong evidence that maternal ...

    Authors: Tanvir M. Huda, Mohammad Masudur Rahman, Shahreen Raihana, Sajia Islam, Tazeen Tahsina, Ashraful Alam, Kingsley Agho, Sabrina Rasheed, Alison Hayes, Mohd Anisul Karim, Qazi Sadequr Rahman, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Md Moinuddin, Morseda Chowdhury, Lucky Ghose, Kaosar Afsana…

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:816

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  17. Content type: Research article

    Participatory budgeting (PB), citizens deliberating among themselves and with officials to decide how to allocate funds for public goods, has been increasingly implemented across Europe and worldwide. While PB...

    Authors: Mhairi Campbell, Oliver Escobar, Candida Fenton and Peter Craig

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:822

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  18. Content type: Research article

    In 2015, YMCA afterschool programs (ASPs) across South Carolina, USA pledged to achieve the YMCA physical activity standard calling for all children to accumulate 30 min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activi...

    Authors: Michael W. Beets, R. Glenn Weaver, Keith Brazendale, Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, Ruth P. Saunders, Justin B. Moore, Collin Webster, Mahmud Khan and Aaron Beighle

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:819

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  19. Content type: Research article

    Opportunistic diseases cause morbidity and mortality among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected persons. There is dearth of evidence on the magnitude and predictors of opportunistic diseases among PLHIV...

    Authors: Teklu Weldegebreal, Ismael Ahmed, Abiyou Muhiye, Shoandagne Belete, Alemayehu Bekele and Mirgissa Kaba

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:820

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  20. Content type: Study protocol

    This project will use a multilevel longitudinal cohort study design to assess whether changes in Community Tobacco Environmental (CTE) factors, measured as community compliance with tobacco control policies an...

    Authors: Ritesh Mistry, Mangesh S. Pednekar, Prakash C. Gupta, Trivellore E. Raghunathan, Surekha Appikatla, Namrata Puntambekar, Keyuri Adhikari, Maqsood Siddiqi and William J. McCarthy

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:815

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  21. Content type: Technical advance

    Food system function is vulnerable to disruption from a variety of sources. Disruption of the processes required for food provision may result in decreases in food security in affected communities. Currently, ...

    Authors: Gwen M. Chodur, Xilei Zhao, Erin Biehl, Judith Mitrani-Reiser and Roni Neff

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:817

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  22. Content type: Research article

    Knowledge of the reproducibility of domain-specific accelerometer-determined physical activity (PA) estimates are a prerequisite to conduct high-quality epidemiological studies. The aim of this study was to de...

    Authors: Eivind Aadland, Lars Bo Andersen, Ulf Ekelund, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen and Geir Kåre Resaland

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:821

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  23. Content type: Research article

    Physical activity has been shown to attenuate the age-associated decline in lung function; however, there is little research evaluating different movement behaviours as potential correlates of lung function. M...

    Authors: Shilpa Dogra, Joshua Good, Matthew P. Buman, Paul A. Gardiner, Michael K. Stickland and Jennifer L. Copeland

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:818

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  24. Content type: Research article

    Depression is a prevalent, debilitating, and often recurrent mood disorder for which successful first-line treatments remains limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional associati...

    Authors: Cillian P. Mc Dowell, Angela Carlin, Laura Capranica, Christina Dillon, Janas M. Harrington, Jeroen Lakerveld, Anne Loyen, Fiona Chun Man Ling, Johannes Brug, Ciaran MacDonncha and Matthew P. Herring

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:779

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  25. Content type: Research article

    Due to the increasing number of vaccine-hesitant parents, new effective immunization promotion strategies need to be developed to improve the vaccine coverage (VC) of infants. This study aimed to assess the im...

    Authors: Arnaud Gagneur, Thomas Lemaître, Virginie Gosselin, Anne Farrands, Nathalie Carrier, Geneviève Petit, Louis Valiquette and Philippe De Wals

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:811

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