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  1. Physical activity (PA) plays an important role in the combat against noncommunicable diseases including cardiovascular diseases. In order to develop appropriate PA intervention programs, there is a need to eva...

    Authors: Se-Sergio M Baldew, Ingrid SK Krishnadath, Christel CF Smits, Jerry R Toelsie, Luc Vanhees and Veronique Cornelissen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:485
  2. Drowning is the third leading cause of death for children aged 0–4 years in many Asian countries, and is a serious but neglected health problem in low and middle-income countries like Bangladesh. The aim of th...

    Authors: Mosharaf Hossain, Kulanthayan K. C. Mani, Sherina Mohd Sidik, Hayati KS and AKM Fazlur Rahman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:484

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2015 15:898

  3. Tobacco burdens in India and Pakistan require continued efforts to quantify tobacco use and its impacts. We examined the prevalence and sociodemographic and health-related correlates of tobacco use in Delhi, C...

    Authors: Carla J Berg, Vamadevan S. Ajay, Mohammed K. Ali, Dimple Kondal, Hassan M. Khan, Roopa Shivashankar, Rajendra Pradeepa, Deepa Mohan, Zafar Fatmi, Muhammad M. Kadir, Nikhil Tandon, Viswanathan Mohan, KM Venkat Narayan and Dorairaj Prabhakaran
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:483
  4. Over 50,000 individuals become infected with HIV annually in the U.S., and over a quarter of HIV infected individuals are heterosexuals. Undiagnosed HIV infection, as well as a lack of retention in care among ...

    Authors: Marya Gwadz, Charles M. Cleland, Holly Hagan, Samuel Jenness, Alexandra Kutnick, Noelle R. Leonard, Elizabeth Applegate, Amanda S. Ritchie, Angela Banfield, Mindy Belkin, Bridget Cross, Montserrat Del Olmo, Katharine Ha, Belkis Y. Martinez, Talaya McCright-Gill, Quentin L. Swain…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:481
  5. Results of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in Kerala, India found that 42 % of adults were exposed to second hand smoke (SHS) inside the home. Formative research carried out in rural Kerala suggests that expos...

    Authors: Mimi Nichter, Sreedevi Padmajam, Mark Nichter, P. Sairu, S. Aswathy, G.K. Mini, V.C. Bindu, A.S. Pradeepkumar and K.R. Thankappan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:480
  6. Currently, diabetes mellitus (DM) and systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) are among the top five global risks for mortality. Among the modifiable factors, careful dietary practice is one of the essential elem...

    Authors: Silvia GI Ozcariz, Carla de O Bernardo, Francieli Cembranel, Marco A Peres and David A González-Chica
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:479
  7. Scale up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led to substantial declines in HIV related morbidity and mortality. However, attrition from ART care remains a major public health concern and has been identified a...

    Authors: Amin S Hassan, Shalton M Mwaringa, Kennedy K Ndirangu, Eduard J Sanders, Tobias F Rinke de Wit and James A Berkley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:478
  8. Physical inactivity and falls in older people are important public health problems. Health conditions that could be ameliorated with physical activity are particularly common in older people. One in three peop...

    Authors: Anne Tiedemann, Serene Paul, Elisabeth Ramsay, Sandra D O’Rourke, Kathryn Chamberlain, Catherine Kirkham, Dafna Merom, Nicola Fairhall, Juliana S Oliveira, Leanne Hassett and Catherine Sherrington
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:477
  9. Zoonotic diseases are disproportionately affecting poor societies in low-income countries and pose a growing threat to public health and global food security. Rural Cambodian households may face an increased l...

    Authors: Kristina Osbjer, Sofia Boqvist, Seng Sokerya, Chheng Kannarath, Sorn San, Holl Davun and Ulf Magnusson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:476
  10. The present study aims to estimate childhood overweight and obesity prevalence and their association with individual and population-level correlates in Eastern and Western European countries.

    Authors: Beatriz Olaya, Maria Victoria Moneta, Ondine Pez, Adina Bitfoi, Mauro Giovanni Carta, Ceyda Eke, Dietmar Goelitz, Katherine M Keyes, Rowella Kuijpers, Sigita Lesinskiene, Zlatka Mihova, Roy Otten, Christophe Fermanian, Josep Maria Haro and Viviane Kovess
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:475
  11. Non-adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment threatens the success of treatment, increases the risk of TB spread, and leads to the development of drug resistance. The present study assessed non-adherence to an...

    Authors: Ying Tang, Meigui Zhao, Yunxia Wang, Yanhong Gong, Xiaoxv Yin, Angui Zhao, Juanjuan Zheng, Zhenyang Liu, Xiaofang Jian, Wenxin Wang, Chunmei Wu and Zuxun Lu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:474
  12. Despite evidence of the benefits of prevention activities, studies have reported only partial integration and great variability of screening in daily clinical practice. The study objectives were: 1) To describ...

    Authors: Magdalena Rosell-Murphy, Teresa Rodriguez-Blanco, Julio Morán, Mariona Pons-Vigués, Josep M Elorza-Ricart, Jordi Rodríguez, Clara Pareja, María Ángeles Nuin and Bonaventura Bolíbar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:473
  13. Policy makers and health practitioners are in need of guidance to respond to the growing geographic mobility of Hispano-American migrants in Europe. Drawing from contributions from epidemiology, social science...

    Authors: Maria Roura, Andreu Domingo, Juan M Leyva-Moral and Robert Pool
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:472
  14. It is generally assumed that supermarkets promote unhealthy foods more heavily than healthy foods. Promotional flyers could be an effective tool for encouraging healthier food choices; however, there is a lack...

    Authors: Eva AH Ravensbergen, Wilma E Waterlander, Willemieke Kroeze and Ingrid HM Steenhuis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:470
  15. The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) increased levels of financial strain, especially in those of low socioeconomic status (SES). Financial strain can affect smoking behaviour.

    Authors: Fiona E Benson, Mirte AG Kuipers, Vera Nierkens, Jan-Willem Bruggink, Karien Stronks and Anton E Kunst
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:469
  16. In Australia, a Goods and Services Tax (GST) introduced in 2000 led to a decline in the price of ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages relative to other alcohol products. The 2008 RTD (“alcopops”) tax increased RTD p...

    Authors: Marianne Gale, David J Muscatello, Michael Dinh, Joshua Byrnes, Anthony Shakeshaft, Andrew Hayen, Chandini Raina MacIntyre, Paul Haber, Michelle Cretikos and Patricia Morton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:468
  17. Adult body mass index (BMI) has been associated with urinary melatonin levels in humans; however, whether earlier-life body size is associated with melatonin, particularly among night shift workers, remains un...

    Authors: Cody A Ramin, Jennifer Massa, Lani R Wegrzyn, Susan B Brown, Jeffrey Pierre-Paul, Elizabeth E Devore, Susan E Hankinson and Eva S Schernhammer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:467
  18. Reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus, partly due to age-related immunosenescence and immunosuppressive conditions, results in herpes zoster (HZ) and its associated complications. The management of the...

    Authors: Hélène Bricout, Margaret Haugh, Olugbenga Olatunde and Ruth Gil Prieto
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:466
  19. Cardiovascular disease and cancer are leading causes of mortality for people with a history of alcohol or other substance use disorders. These chronic diseases share the same four primary behavioural risk fact...

    Authors: Peter J Kelly, Amanda L Baker, Frank P Deane, Robin Callister, Clare E Collins, Christopher Oldmeadow, John R Attia, Camilla J Townsend, Isabella Ingram, Gerard Byrne and Carol A Keane
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:465
  20. Few studies to date have explored the relationship between the built environment and physical activity specifically in rural settings. The Ontario Public Health Standards policies mandate that health units in ...

    Authors: Cara-Lee Coghill, Ruta K Valaitis and John D Eyles
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:464
  21. Hypertension (HT) amongst adolescents remains a vital issue of both a medical and social nature. There is a lack of data regarding the factors influencing the awareness of the disease among the youth. The aim ...

    Authors: Iga Grad, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas and Katarzyna Kiliś-Pstrusińska
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:463
  22. We describe trends in characteristics and outcomes among adults initiating HIV care and treatment in Ethiopia from 2006-2011.

    Authors: Zenebe Melaku, Matthew R Lamb, Chunhui Wang, Sileshi Lulseged, Tsigereda Gadisa, Solomon Ahmed, Zelalem Habtamu, Hailubeza Alemu, Tamrat Assefa and Elaine J Abrams
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:462
  23. There are concerns about potential increasing use of over-the-counter (OTC) analgesics. The aims of this study were to examine 1) the prevalence of self-reported use of OTC analgesics; 2) the prevalence of com...

    Authors: Ola Dale, Petter C Borchgrevink, Olav Magnus S Fredheim, Milada Mahic, Pål Romundstad and Svetlana Skurtveit
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:461
  24. The epidemiologies of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in specific populations in certain areas of China are poorly understood. A pilot survey of HCV/HBV infections was carried ou...

    Authors: Cheng-Jun Xu, Cui-Ping Zhang, Bi-Fen Luo, Li-Jun Liu, Yun-Zhong Wang, Xiao-Hong Wang, Qiu-Jie He, Shan-Shan Zhou, Wei-Shan Guo, Jiu-Heng Wang, Rui-Feng Yang, Hai-Ying Zhang, Hui-Ying Rao, Bo Feng and Lai Wei
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:460
  25. Brucellosis is considered as endemic zoonotic disease in the country of Georgia. However, the burden of the disease on a household level is not known. Therefore, this study sought to determine the benefits of ...

    Authors: Lia Sanodze, Christian T Bautista, Natalia Garuchava, Svetlana Chubinidze, Ekaterine Tsertsvadze, Mariam Broladze, Nazibrola Chitadze, Ketevan Sidamonidze, Shota Tsanava, Tamar Akhvlediani, Robert G Rivard, Rupal Mody, Matthew J Hepburn, Philip H Elzer, Mikeljon P Nikolich and Nino Trapaidze
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:459
  26. Home management of uncomplicated malaria (HMM) is now integrated into the community case management of childhood illness (CCM), an approach that requires parasitological diagnosis before treatment. The success...

    Authors: Soter Ameh, Paul Welaga, Caroline W Kabiru, Wilfred Ndifon, Bassey Ikpeme, Emmanuel Nsan and Angela Oyo-Ita
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:458
  27. Interventions to promote healthy eating make a potentially powerful contribution to the primary prevention of non communicable diseases. It is not known whether healthy eating interventions are equally effecti...

    Authors: Rory McGill, Elspeth Anwar, Lois Orton, Helen Bromley, Ffion Lloyd-Williams, Martin O’Flaherty, David Taylor-Robinson, Maria Guzman-Castillo, Duncan Gillespie, Patricia Moreira, Kirk Allen, Lirije Hyseni, Nicola Calder, Mark Petticrew, Martin White, Margaret Whitehead…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:457

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2015 15:894

  28. Tobacco cessation interventions by physicians hold promise in improving quit rates. The 5As intervention (‘Ask’, ‘Advise’, ‘Assess’, ‘Assist’ and ‘Arrange’) is an evidence-based approach for tobacco cessation. Ho...

    Authors: Rajmohan Panda, Divya Persai, Sudhir Venkatesan and Jasjit S Ahluwalia
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:456
  29. In Barbados sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV are not notifiable diseases and there is not a formal partner notification (PN) programme. Objectives were to understand likely attitudes, barri...

    Authors: O Peter Adams, Anne O Carter and Lynda Redwood-Campbell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:455
  30. Epidemiological data on hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among pregnant women in Cameroon are very scarce, especially in the rural milieu. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors...

    Authors: Jean Jacques N Noubiap, Jobert Richie N Nansseu, Shalom Tchokfe Ndoula, Jean Joel R Bigna, Ahmadou M Jingi and Joël Fokom-Domgue
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:454
  31. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is known to be associated with a number of conditions including cervical, vaginal, vulvar, penile, anal neoplasias and cancers, oropharynx cancers and genitals warts (GW). ...

    Authors: Didier Riethmuller, Anne-Carole Jacquard, Jean Lacau St Guily, François Aubin, Xavier Carcopino, Pierre Pradat, André Dahlab and Jean-Luc Prétet
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:453
  32. Voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) is a key strategy towards HIV prevention yet, the uptake of VCT services among young people remains low. This study determined the factors that influence the uptake o...

    Authors: Zawadi Sanga, Gibson Kapanda, Sia Msuya and Rose Mwangi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:452
  33. Investigating the current level and trends of access and identifying the underlying challenges to sanitation system development will be useful in determining directions developing countries are heading as they...

    Authors: Abebe Beyene, Tamene Hailu, Kebede Faris and Helmut Kloos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:451
  34. We explored exposure to and experiences of violence and their risk factors amongst ethnically diverse adolescents from lower socio economic groups in Johannesburg.

    Authors: Kennedy N Otwombe, Janan Dietrich, Kathleen J Sikkema, Jenny Coetzee, Kathryn L Hopkins, Fatima Laher and Glenda E Gray
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:450
  35. Regular and relevant evaluations of surveillance systems are essential to improve their performance and cost-effectiveness. With this in mind several organizations have developed evaluation approaches to facil...

    Authors: Clementine Calba, Flavie L Goutard, Linda Hoinville, Pascal Hendrikx, Ann Lindberg, Claude Saegerman and Marisa Peyre
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:448
  36. Measles cases continue to occur among susceptible individuals despite the elimination of endemic measles transmission in the United States. Clustering of disease susceptibility can threaten herd immunity and i...

    Authors: Fengchen Liu, Wayne T A Enanoria, Jennifer Zipprich, Seth Blumberg, Kathleen Harriman, Sarah F Ackley, William D Wheaton, Justine L Allpress and Travis C Porco
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:447
  37. Social exclusion is both cause and consequence of mental disorders. People with mental disorders (PWMD) are among the most socially excluded in all societies yet little is known about their experiences in Nort...

    Authors: Kaaren Mathias, Michelle Kermode, Miguel San Sebastian, Mirja Koschorke and Isabel Goicolea
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:446
  38. Physical and emotional abuse of children is a large scale problem in South Africa, with severe negative outcomes for survivors. Although chronic household illness has shown to be a predictor for physical and e...

    Authors: Franziska Meinck, Lucie D Cluver and Mark E Boyes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:444
  39. In Brazil, 72% of all deaths in 2007 were attributable to non-communicable diseases (NCD). We used a risk and related factor based index to prioritize NCD prevention programs in the combined 26 capital cities ...

    Authors: Eduardo J Simoes, Adam Bouras, Juan Jose Cortez-Escalante, Deborah C Malta, Denise Lopes Porto, Ali H Mokdad, Lenildo de Moura and Otaliba Libanio Morais Neto
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:443
  40. Both sleep duration and screen time have been suggested to affect children’s diet, although in different directions and presumably through different pathways. The present cross-sectional study aimed to simulta...

    Authors: Claudia Börnhorst, Trudy MA Wijnhoven, Marie Kunešová, Agneta Yngve, Ana I Rito, Lauren Lissner, Vesselka Duleva, Ausra Petrauskiene and João Breda
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:442
  41. Chronic malnutrition or stunting among children under 5 years old is affected by several household environmental factors, such as food insecurity, disease burden, and poverty. However, not all children experie...

    Authors: Chisa Shinsugi, Masaki Matsumura, Mohamed Karama, Junichi Tanaka, Mwatasa Changoma and Satoshi Kaneko
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:441
  42. Multiple micronutrient powder (MMNP) can be sprinkled onto any semisolid food and can be given to young children to address iron deficiency anemia. The female community health volunteers of BRAC (an NGO) known...

    Authors: Mirak Raj Angdembe, Nuzhat Choudhury, Mohammad Raisul Haque and Tahmeed Ahmed
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:440
  43. Diabetic patients’ lifestyle adaptations to improve glycaemic control are not always followed by improvements in self-rated general health (SRH). The perceived impact of diabetes on patients’ daily lives may i...

    Authors: Anni Brit Sternhagen Nielsen, Per Jensen, Dorte Gannik, Susanne Reventlow, Hanne Hollnagel and Niels de Fine Olivarius
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:439
  44. Physical inactivity in children is an important risk factor for the development of various morbidities and mortality in adulthood, physical activity already has preventive effects during childhood. The objecti...

    Authors: Nadja Idler, Christina M Teuner, Matthias Hunger, Rolf Holle, Sandra Ortlieb, Holger Schulz, Carl-Peter Bauer, Ute Hoffmann, Sibylle Koletzko, Irina Lehmann, Andrea von Berg, Dietrich Berdel, Barbara Hoffmann, Beate Schaaf, Joachim Heinrich and Silke B Wolfenstetter
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:437

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