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  1. Increasing obesity in adults with mobility disability has become a considerable health problem, similar to the increasing trend of obesity in the general population. The aims of this study were to investigate ...

    Authors: Marianne Holmgren, Anna Lindgren, Jeroen de Munter, Finn Rasmussen and Gerd Ahlström
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:381
  2. Many countries are facing concentrated HIV epidemics among vulnerable populations, including men who have sex with men (MSM). Unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) is the main HIV transmission route among them an...

    Authors: Cynthia Braga Cunha, Raquel Brandini De Boni, Maria Regina Cotrim Guimarães, Carolyn Yanavich, Valdilea Gonçalves Veloso, Ronaldo Ismerio Moreira, Brenda Hoagland, Beatriz Grinsztejn and Ruth Khalili Friedman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:379
  3. Developing countries have limited air quality management systems due to inadequate legislation and lack of political will, among other challenges. Maintaining a balance between economic development and sustain...

    Authors: Eunice Omanga, Lisa Ulmer, Zekarias Berhane and Michael Gatari
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:377
  4. The likelihood of an adolescent taking up smoking may be influenced by his or her society, school and family. Thus, changes in the immediate environment may alter a young person’s perception of smoking.

    Authors: Alfonso Leiva, Andreu Estela, Maties Torrent, Amador Calafat, Miquel Bennasar and Aina Yáñez
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:373
  5. In contrast to obesity, information on the health risks of underweight is sparse. We examined the long-term association between underweight and mortality by considering factors possibly influencing this relati...

    Authors: Lucienne Roh, Julia Braun, Arnaud Chiolero, Matthias Bopp, Sabine Rohrmann and David Faeh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:371
  6. School travel mode and parenting practices have been associated with children’s physical activity (PA). The current study sought to examine whether PA parenting practices differ by school travel mode and wheth...

    Authors: Russell Jago, Lesley Wood, Simon J Sebire, Mark J Edwards, Ben Davies, Kathryn Banfield, Kenneth R Fox, Janice L Thompson, Ashley R Cooper and Alan A Montgomery
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:370
  7. Obesity is a major health concern for adolescents, with one in four being overweight or obese in Australia. The purpose of this study was to examine the moderation effect of parental encouragement of healthy b...

    Authors: Laura Nicholls, Andrew J Lewis, Solveig Petersen, Boyd Swinburn, Marj Moodie and Lynne Millar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:369
  8. Long-term sick leave has considerably negative impact on the individual and society. Hence, the need to identify effective occupational rehabilitation programs is pressing. In Norway, group based occupational ...

    Authors: Marius S Fimland, Ottar Vasseljen, Sigmund Gismervik, Marit By Rise, Vidar Halsteinli, Henrik B Jacobsen, Petter C Borchgrevink, Hanne Tenggren and Roar Johnsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:368
  9. Previous studies have described expenditures for antiretroviral (ARV) medicines in Brazil through 2005. While prior studies examined overall expenditures, they have not have analyzed drug procurement data in o...

    Authors: Jing Luo, Maria A Oliveira, Mariana BC Ramos, Aurélio Maia and Claudia GS Osorio-de-Castro
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:367
  10. For some adolescents feeling lonely can be a protracted and painful experience. It has been suggested that engaging in health risk behaviours such as substance use and sexual behaviour may be a way of coping w...

    Authors: Andrew Stickley, Ai Koyanagi, Roman Koposov, Mary Schwab-Stone and Vladislav Ruchkin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:366
  11. Poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy negatively affects the suppression of viral replication. It increases risks of drug resistance, treatment failure, Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)-related mo...

    Authors: Getachew Arage, Gizachew Assefa Tessema and Hiwot Kassa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:365
  12. To improve retention in antiretroviral therapy (ART), lessons learned from chronic disease care were applied to HIV care, providing more responsibilities to patients in the care of their chronic disease. In Te...

    Authors: Freya Rasschaert, Tom Decroo, Daniel Remartinez, Barbara Telfer, Faustino Lessitala, Marc Biot, Baltazar Candrinho and Wim Van Damme
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:364
  13. High attrition is a common problem for weight loss programs and directly affects program effectiveness. Since 2006, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has offered obesity treatment to its beneficiaries t...

    Authors: Bonnie Spring, Min-Woong Sohn, Sara M Locatelli, Sattar Hadi, Leila Kahwati and Frances M Weaver
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:363
  14. Nearly 50 million Americans provide informal care to an older relative or friend. Many are members of the “sandwich generation”, providing care for elderly parents and children simultaneously. Although evidenc...

    Authors: Elizabeth K Do, Steven A Cohen and Monique J Brown
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:362
  15. Existing instruments for measuring problematic computer and console gaming and internet use are often lengthy and often based on a pathological perspective. The objective was to develop and present a new and s...

    Authors: Bjørn E Holstein, Trine Pagh Pedersen, Pernille Bendtsen, Katrine Rich Madsen, Charlotte Riebeling Meilstrup, Line Nielsen and Mette Rasmussen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:361
  16. Countries must decide whether or not to replace primary cytology-based screening with primary human papillomavirus (HPV)-based screening. We aimed to assess how primary screening for an HPV infection, a sexual...

    Authors: Emily A Burger, Mari Nygård, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Tron Anders Moger and Ivar Sonbo Kristiansen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:360
  17. Low socioeconomic status (SES) in childhood is known to be a significant risk factor for mental disorders in Western societies. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a similar association exists...

    Authors: Manami Ochi, Takeo Fujiwara, Rie Mizuki and Norito Kawakami
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:359
  18. There have been large-scale outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Mainland China over the last decade. These events varied greatly across the country. It is necessary to identify the spatial risk...

    Authors: Yan-Chen Bo, Chao Song, Jin-Feng Wang and Xiao-Wen Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:358
  19. Excess dietary salt is a leading risk for health. Multiple health, government, industry and community organisations have identified the need to reduce consumption of dietary salt. This project seeks to impleme...

    Authors: Mary-Anne Land, Paul Jeffery, Jacqui Webster, Michelle Crino, John Chalmers, Mark Woodward, Caryl Nowson, Wayne Smith, Victoria Flood and Bruce Neal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:357
  20. Prostate cancer is the fifth most common cancer affecting men of all ages in China, but robust surveillance data on its occurrence and outcome is lacking. The specific objective of this retrospective study was...

    Authors: Yi Hu, Qi Zhao, Jianyu Rao, Haiju Deng, Hong Yuan and Biao Xu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:356
  21. Governments have been implementing policies aimed at halting the trend towards early retirement for Baby Boomers. Public policies can have a strong effect on when a person retires and this analysis contributes...

    Authors: Anne W Taylor, Rhiannon Pilkington, Helen Feist, Eleonora Dal Grande and Graeme Hugo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:355
  22. Chronic pain is a major public health problem. The impact of stages of chronic pain adjusted for disease load on societal burden has not been assessed in population surveys.

    Authors: Winfried Häuser, Frederik Wolfe, Peter Henningsen, Gabriele Schmutzer, Elmar Brähler and Andreas Hinz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:352
  23. Studies in youth highlight that moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and screen-time behaviours such as television viewing and PC use are associated with a range of health outcomes. However, little is...

    Authors: Jens Bucksch, Joanna Inchley, Zdenek Hamrik, Emily Finne and Petra Kolip
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:351
  24. It is well documented that childhood abuse, neglect and household dysfunction are disproportionately present in the backgrounds of homeless adults, and that these experiences adversely impact child development...

    Authors: Michelle L Patterson, Akm Moniruzzaman and Julian M Somers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:350
  25. The Well-Being of Adolescents in Vulnerable Environments (WAVE) study was conducted among adolescents aged 15-19 years in Baltimore, Ibadan, Johannesburg, New Delhi, and Shanghai to examine perceived factors r...

    Authors: Kristin Mmari, Hannah Lantos, Heena Brahmbhatt, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Chaohua Lou, Rajib Acharya and Adesola Sangowawa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:349
  26. Long-term studies of smokers who switch to lower nicotine yield cigarettes have been identified by the World Health Organization Study Group TobReg and the US Food and Drug Administration as one key area where...

    Authors: Anthony Cunningham, Johan Sommarström, Ajit S Sisodiya, Graham Errington and Krishna Prasad
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:348
  27. Indigenous Australians have poorer outcomes from cancer for a variety of reasons including poorer participation in screening programs, later diagnosis, higher rates of cancer with poor prognosis and poorer upt...

    Authors: Sandra C Thompson, Shaouli Shahid, Michelle DiGiacomo, Leanne Pilkington and Patricia M Davidson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:347
  28. The high-risk strategy has been proven effective in preventing cardiovascular disease; however, the population benefits from these interventions remain unknown. This study aims to assess, at the population lev...

    Authors: Lijing L Yan, Weigang Fang, Elizabeth Delong, Bruce Neal, Eric D Peterson, Yining Huang, Ningling Sun, Chen Yao, Xian Li, Stephen MacMahon and Yangfeng Wu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:345
  29. The burden of maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa is enormous. In Ghana the maternal mortality ratio was 350 per 100,000 live births in 2010. Skilled birth attendance has been shown to reduce maternal dea...

    Authors: Evelyn Sakeah, Henry V Doctor, Lois McCloskey, Judith Bernstein, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi and Samuel Mills
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:344
  30. Ugandans have endured the HIV epidemic for three decades. Now, with the availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and early diagnosis, those living with HIV can live longer and can enjoy the same life expec...

    Authors: Doris Mutabazi-Mwesigire, Janet Seeley, Faith Martin and Achilles Katamba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:343
  31. Although body fat percent (BF%) may be used for screening metabolic risk factors, its accuracy compared to BMI and waist circumference is unknown in a Mexican population. We compared the classification accurac...

    Authors: Nayeli Macias, Amado D Quezada, Mario Flores, Mauro E Valencia, Edgar Denova-Gutiérrez, Manuel Quiterio-Trenado, Katia Gallegos-Carrillo, Simon Barquera and Jorge Salmerón
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:341
  32. The metropolitan area of Bologna, a city in Northern Italy (Emilia Romagna region), is considered a low incidence setting for TB, but has a high rate of foreign immigration (13.5% official resident immigrants ...

    Authors: Giulia Lombardi, Paola Dal Monte, Agnese Denicolò, Marina Tadolini, Giulia Martelli, Maria Letizia Bacchi Reggiani, Pierluigi Viale and Maria Paola Landini
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:340
  33. Evidence from armed conflict settings points to high levels of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women. Current knowledge on how to prevent IPV is limited—especially within war-affected settings. To info...

    Authors: Mazeda Hossain, Cathy Zimmerman, Ligia Kiss, Tanya Abramsky, Drissa Kone, Monika Bakayoko-Topolska, Jeannie Annan, Heidi Lehmann and Charlotte Watts
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:339
  34. Nonrandom sampling of populations in developing nations has limitations and can inaccurately estimate health phenomena, especially among hard-to-reach populations such as rural residents. However, random sampl...

    Authors: Michelle C Kondo, Kent DW Bream, Frances K Barg and Charles C Branas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:338
  35. There is a high prevalence of smoking and high burden of tobacco-related diseases among low-income populations. Effective, evidenced-based smoking cessation treatments are available, but low-income smokers are...

    Authors: Steven S Fu, Michelle van Ryn, Diana J Burgess, David Nelson, Barbara Clothier, Janet L Thomas, John A Nyman and Anne M Joseph
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:337
  36. Abuse against the elderly is recognized as an important challenge to elderly health, but its determinants are not yet well understood. We present findings from a new dataset which covers a representative sampl...

    Authors: Vegard Skirbekk and KS James
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:336
  37. Childhood obesity is a growing concern in Sweden. Children with overweight and obesity run a high risk of becoming obese as adults, and are likely to develop comorbidities. Despite the immense demand, there is...

    Authors: Nora Döring, Lena M Hansson, Elina Scheers Andersson, Benjamin Bohman, Maria Westin, Margaretha Magnusson, Christel Larsson, Elinor Sundblom, Mikaela Willmer, Margareta Blennow, Berit L Heitmann, Lars Forsberg, Sanna Wallin, Per Tynelius, Ata Ghaderi and Finn Rasmussen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:335
  38. It is unknown whether childhood physical development in Asian populations differs from western populations, since no longitudinal analysis has been performed in Asian countries yet. Utilizing the 21st Century Lon...

    Authors: Yoko Franchetti and Hiroo Ide
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:334
  39. In the last decade, sedentary behavior has emerged as a new risk factor for health. The elderly spend most of their awake time in sedentary activities. Despite this high exposure, the impact of this sedentary ...

    Authors: Leandro Fornias Machado de Rezende, Juan Pablo Rey-López, Victor Keihan Rodrigues Matsudo and Olinda do Carmo Luiz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:333
  40. The commonly accepted gold standard diagnostic method for detecting malaria is a microscopic reading of Giemsa-stained blood films. However, symptomatic diagnosis remains the basis of therapeutic care for the ...

    Authors: Joseph K Choge, Ng’wena G Magak, Willis Akhwale, Julius Koech, Moses M Ngeiywa, Elijah Oyoo-Okoth, Fabian Esamai, Odipo Osano, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa and Eliningaya J Kweka
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:332
  41. Few researchers have the data required to adequately understand how the school environment impacts youth health behaviour development over time.

    Authors: Scott T Leatherdale, K Stephen Brown, Valerie Carson, Ruth A Childs, Joel A Dubin, Susan J Elliott, Guy Faulkner, David Hammond, Steve Manske, Catherine M Sabiston, Rachel E Laxer, Chad Bredin and Audra Thompson-Haile
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:331
  42. Risk taking behaviours in relation to HIV among the mobile population is a growing public health concern in many developing countries, including Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to describe risky sexual beh...

    Authors: Yihunie Lakew and Habtamu Tamene
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:330
  43. It has been reported that there is a difference in drug prescription between males and females. Even after adjustment for multi-morbidity, females tend to use more prescription drugs compared to males. In this...

    Authors: Jessica Skoog, Patrik Midlöv, Lars Borgquist, Jan Sundquist and Anders Halling
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:329
  44. Breast cancer presents specific challenges both physiologically and psychologically to women, and consequently affect the patients’ mental health. Psychosocial factors may play important roles in the symptoms ...

    Authors: Feng Wang, Jiajia Liu, Liyuan Liu, Fei Wang, Zhongbing Ma, Dezong Gao, Qiang Zhang and Zhigang Yu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:326

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