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  1. Neonatal mortality has remained persistently high worldwide. In Uganda, neonatal deaths account for 50% of all infant deaths. Low birth weight is associated with a higher risk of death during the neonatal peri...

    Authors: Elizabeth L Nabiwemba, Lynn Atuyambe, Bart Criel, Patrick Kolsteren and Christopher Garimoi Orach
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:546
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Low plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels are a strong, independent, but poorly understood risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although this atherogenic lipid abnormality has bee...

    Authors: Jasmine G Lyons, Kerin O’Dea and Karen Z Walker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:545
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  3. Rural residents face numerous barriers to healthcare access and studies suggest poorer health outcomes for rural patients. Therefore we undertook a systematic review to determine if cardiovascular medication u...

    Authors: Gaetanne K Murphy, Finlay A McAlister, Daniala L Weir, Lisa Tjosvold and Dean T Eurich
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:544
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  4. A previous review showed that high stress increases the risk of occupational injury by three- to five-fold. However, most of the prior studies have relied on short follow-ups. In this prospective cohort study ...

    Authors: Simo Salminen, Anne Kouvonen, Aki Koskinen, Matti Joensuu and Ari Väänänen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:543
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  5. Adolescent’psychosocial problems associate with unhealthy behaviors, but data on co-occurring patterns is sparse. We investigated 1) whether adolescents could be categorized into meaningful subgroups with resp...

    Authors: Eveliina Heikkala, Jouko Remes, Markus Paananen, Simo Taimela, Juha Auvinen and Jaro Karppinen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:542
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  6. Safety measures should be applied to reduce work-related fatal and non-fatal fall injuries. However, according to the labor inspectorate, more than 80% of Dutch construction sites violate safety regulations fo...

    Authors: Henk F van der Molen and Monique HW Frings-Dresen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:541
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  7. Sweden introduced a school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme in 2012, and school nurses are responsible for managing the vaccinations. The aim of the present study was to investigate the a...

    Authors: Maria Grandahl, Tanja Tydén, Andreas Rosenblad, Marie Oscarsson, Tryggve Nevéus and Christina Stenhammar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:540
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  8. In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in implementing road safety policy by different low income countries. However; the evidence is scarce on its success in the reduction of crashes, injuries...

    Authors: Teferi Abegaz, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku and Abebe Assrat
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:539
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  9. The number of people with disabilities in Brazil and worldwide has grown substantially in recent decades. Cross-cultural quality of life instruments can be helpful in the development of interventions designed ...

    Authors: Juliana Bredemeier, Gabriela Peretti Wagner, Marilyn Agranonik, Tatiana Spalding Perez and Marcelo P Fleck
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:538
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  10. A vaccine could substantially impact the HIV epidemic, but inadequate uptake is a serious concern. Unfortunately, people who use drugs, particularly those residing in rural communities, have been underrepresen...

    Authors: April M Young, Ralph J DiClemente, Daniel S Halgin, Claire E Sterk and Jennifer R Havens
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:537
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  11. There is growing evidence to suggest unemployment has a role in the development and incidence of cardiovascular disease. This study explores the contribution of breaks in employment to the development of hyper...

    Authors: Juliet Rumball-Smith, Arijit Nandi and Jay S Kaufman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:536
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  12. Schools present venues for physical activity promotion among youth, with physical education (PE) considered the primary vehicle responsible for increasing activity levels. Yet students are not very physically ...

    Authors: Amy S Ha, Chris Lonsdale, Johan Y Y Ng and David R Lubans
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:535
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  13. The teaching profession is characterized by high levels of stress and physical complaints, which might be improved through regular participation in physical activity (PA). However, the effect of PA on mental a...

    Authors: Inge Bogaert, Kristine De Martelaer, Benedicte Deforche, Peter Clarys and Evert Zinzen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:534
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  14. Health behaviors are a key determinant of health and well-being that are influenced by the nature of the social environment. This study examined associations between social relationships and health-related beh...

    Authors: Richard G Watt, Anja Heilmann, Wael Sabbah, Tim Newton, Tarani Chandola, Jun Aida, Aubrey Sheiham, Michael Marmot, Ichiro Kawachi and Georgios Tsakos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:533
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  15. Early age at infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) increases the risk of chronic HBV infection. In addition early age at infection may further increase the risk of persistent viral replication beyond its effe...

    Authors: Yusuke Shimakawa, Christian Bottomley, Ramou Njie and Maimuna Mendy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:532
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  16. Less sleep time and snoring have been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in Western populations; however, few studies have evaluated the different aspects of sleep duration and snoring frequency...

    Authors: Dongfang Xie, Wei Li, Yang Wang, Hongqiu Gu, Koon Teo, Lisheng Liu and Salim Yusuf
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:531
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  17. The burden of chronic conditions and multimorbidity is a growing health problem in developed countries. The study aimed to determine the estimated prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in urban areas of Ca...

    Authors: Concepción Violán, Quintí Foguet-Boreu, Albert Roso-Llorach, Teresa Rodriguez-Blanco, Mariona Pons-Vigués, Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera, Miguel Ángel Muñoz-Pérez and Jose M Valderas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:530
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  20. Prior studies focused on bioaccumulation of mercury (Hg) and on large, long-lived fish species as the major environmental source of Hg, but little is known about consumption of small-sized fish or about non-di...

    Authors: Seongbeom Cho, David R Jacobs Jr and Kyong Park
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:527
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  22. Stability in alcohol habits varies over time and in subgroups, but there are few longitudinal studies assessing stability in alcohol habits by socio-demographic subgroups and potential predictors of stability ...

    Authors: Lovisa Sydén, Peter Wennberg, Yvonne Forsell and Anders Romelsjö
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:525
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  23. The prevalence and health consequences of eating disorders and weight stigmatization have prompted increasing discussion of potential policy actions to address these public health issues. The present study aim...

    Authors: Rebecca M Puhl, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, S Bryn Austin, Joerg Luedicke and Kelly M King
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:524
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  24. Reduction in costs of hormonal contraceptives is often proposed to reduce rates of induced abortion among young women. This study investigates the relationship between rates of induced abortion and reimburseme...

    Authors: Adam Sydsjö, Gunilla Sydsjö, Marie Bladh and Ann Josefsson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:523
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  26. Nigeria continues to have one of the highest rates of neonatal deaths in Africa. This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with neonatal death in Nigeria using the 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Healt...

    Authors: Osita Kingsley Ezeh, Kingsley Emwinyore Agho, Michael John Dibley, John Hall and Andrew Nicholas Page
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:521
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  27. National estimates for the occurrence of diabetes are difficult to obtain, particularly time trends in incidence. The aim was to describe time trends in prevalent and incident use of blood glucose-lowering dru...

    Authors: Hanne Strøm, Randi Selmer, Kåre I Birkeland, Henrik Schirmer, Tore Julsrud Berg, Anne Karen Jenum, Kristian Midthjell, Christian Berg and Lars Christian Stene
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:520
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  28. The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of the SC-StepRx pedometer to assess moderate and vigorous physical activity during treadmill walking and running in a heterogeneous sample of children a...

    Authors: Travis John Saunders, Casey Ellen Gray, Michael Marc Borghese, Allison McFarlane, Afekwo Mbonu, Zachary Michael Ferraro and Mark Stephen Tremblay
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:519
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  29. Adolescent smoking is still highly prevalent in Denmark. One in four 13-year olds indicates that they have tried to smoke, and one in four 15-year olds answer that they smoke regularly. Smoking is more prevale...

    Authors: Anette Andersen, Lotus Sofie Bast, Lene Winther Ringgaard, Louise Wohllebe, Poul Dengsøe Jensen, Maria Svendsen, Peter Dalum and Pernille Due
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:518
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  31. Metabolic syndrome (MS) and hepatitis B (HBV) infection are two major public health problems in China. There are few studies about their association, and the results of these studies are contradictory. We cond...

    Authors: Yanbing Zhou, Yan Cui, Haiju Deng and Jinming Yu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:516
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  32. The percentage of older and chronically ill workers is increasing rapidly in the US and in many other countries, but few interventions are available to help employees overcome the workplace challenges of chron...

    Authors: William S Shaw, Elyssa Besen, Glenn Pransky, Cécile RL Boot, Michael K Nicholas, Robert K McLellan and Torill H Tveito
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:515
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  33. Studies implemented to evaluate the success of Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) distribution campaigns are often limited to ownership and utilization rates, neglecting other factors that directly affect t...

    Authors: Abiodun Obembe, Okorie Okogbue Anyaele and Adedayo Olatunbosun Oduola
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:514
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  34. Individual work performance is an important outcome measure in studies in the workplace. Nevertheless, its conceptualization and measurement has proven challenging. To overcome limitations of existing scales, ...

    Authors: Linda Koopmans, Jennifer K Coffeng, Claire M Bernaards, Cécile RL Boot, Vincent H Hildebrandt, Henrica CW de Vet and Allard J van der Beek
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:513
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  35. Disparity in maternal mortality exists between rural–urban migrant and urban resident women in China, but little research has provided evidence for related policy development. The objective of this study was t...

    Authors: Jingxu Zhang, Xiaozhuang Zhang, Liqian Qiu, Ronglian Zhang, David B Hipgrave, Yan Wang, Pei Zhang, Ruyan Pang and Sufang Guo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:512
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  36. Walking for transport is increasingly considered an important component for meeting physical activity guidelines. This is true for individuals of all ages, and particularly important for seniors, for whom othe...

    Authors: Md Moniruzzaman, Antonio Páez and Catherine Morency
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:511
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  37. By 2050, it has been estimated that approximately one-fifth of the population will be made up of older adults (aged ≥60 years). Old age often comes with cognitive decline and dementia. Physical activity may pr...

    Authors: Sarah J Blondell, Rachel Hammersley-Mather and J Lennert Veerman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:510
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  38. Governments require high-quality scientific evidence to prioritize resource allocation and the cost-of-illness (COI) methodology is one technique used to estimate the economic burden of a disease. However, var...

    Authors: Taylor McLinden, Jan M Sargeant, M Kate Thomas, Andrew Papadopoulos and Aamir Fazil
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:509
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  39. Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a high risk population for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Our study aims to find whether MSM who were recruited online had a higher prevalence of self-reporte...

    Authors: Zhongrong Yang, Sichao Zhang, Zhengquan Dong, Meihua Jin and Jiankang Han
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:508
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  42. Socioeconomic circumstances in childhood and early adulthood may influence the later onset of chronic disease, although such research is limited for type 2 diabetes and its risk factors at the different stages...

    Authors: Jitka Pikhartova, David Blane and Gopalakrishnan Netuveli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:505
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  43. Stunting, is a linear growth retardation, which results from inadequate intake of food over a long period of time that may be worsened by chronic illness. Over a long period of time, inadequate nutrition or it...

    Authors: Eugene Kofuor Maafo Darteh, Evelyn Acquah and Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:504
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  44. Community health service in China is designed to provide a convenient and affordable primary health service for the city residents, and to promote health equity. Based on data from a large national study of 35...

    Authors: Xiaoxin Dong, Ling Liu, Shiyi Cao, Huajie Yang, Fujian Song, Chen Yang, Yanhong Gong, Yunxia Wang, Xiaoxu Yin, Xing Xu, Jun Xie, Yi Sun and Zuxun Lu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:503
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  45. Increasing evidence on associations between mental health and chronic diseases like cardio-vascular disease and diabetes together with the fact that little is known about the prevalence of anxiety/depression a...

    Authors: Faiza Siddiqui, Ulf Lindblad and Louise Bennet
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:502
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  46. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most fatal types of malignancy, is increasing worldwide, and particularly in Egypt where there is a confluence of its contributing factors, including high prevalence ...

    Authors: Doa’a A Saleh, Sania Amr, Irene A Jillson, Judy Huei-yu Wang, Walaa A Khairy and Christopher A Loffredo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:501
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  48. Targeted interventions for the long-term sick-listed may prevent permanent exclusion from the labour force. We aimed to develop a prediction method for identifying high risk groups for continued or recurrent l...

    Authors: Jacob Pedersen, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Jakob Bue Bjorner and Karl Bang Christensen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:494
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  49. In Japan, although the incidence of overweight (BMI ≥ 25) is still low compared with that in Europe and the United States, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes has increased over the last 15 years,. In both Japan...

    Authors: Yuki Someya, Sachio Kawai, Yoshimitsu Kohmura, Kazuhiro Aoki and Hiroyuki Daida
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:493
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  50. Self-rated health is a robust predictor of several health outcomes, such as functional ability, health care utilization, morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study is to investigate and explore how hea...

    Authors: Erik Berglund, Per Lytsy and Ragnar Westerling
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:492
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