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  1. South Asian Canadians experience disproportionately high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The goal of this qualitative study was to determine the feasibility of implementing a sustainable, culturally ada...

    Authors: Charlotte A Jones, Alykhan Nanji, Shefina Mawani, Shahnaz Davachi, Leanne Ross, Ardene Vollman, Sandeep Aggarwal, Kathryn King-Shier and Norman Campbell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:160
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  2. In South Africa, poverty and the dual epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis underscore the need for prevention efforts for obesity. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of obesity in a cohort of So...

    Authors: Handan Wand and Gita Ramjee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:159
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  3. Variation in the implementation of complex multilevel interventions can impact on their delivery and outcomes. Few suicide prevention interventions, especially multilevel interventions, have included evaluatio...

    Authors: Fiona M Harris, Margaret Maxwell, Rory C O’Connor, James Coyne, Ella Arensman, András Székely, Ricardo Gusmão, Claire Coffey, Susana Costa, Zoltan Cserháti, Nicole Koburger, Chantal van Audenhove, David McDaid, Julia Maloney, Peeter Värnik and Ulrich Hegerl
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:158
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  4. To plan for a community case management (CCM) program after the implementation of the Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI), we assessed health care seeking for children with diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia in 4...

    Authors: Theresa Diaz, Asha S George, Sowmya R Rao, Peter S Bangura, John B Baimba, Shannon A McMahon and Augustin Kabano
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:157
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  5. Few studies have evaluated health impacts, especially biomarker changes, following implementation of a new environmental policy. This study examined changes in water fluoride, urinary fluoride (UF), and bone m...

    Authors: Shaoxian Chen, Boling Li, Shao Lin, Yixiang Huang, Xinhua Zhao, Min Zhang, Yuan Xia, Xiaoheng Fang, Junyi Wang, Syni-An Hwang and Shouyi Yu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:156
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  6. There is a lack of research examining patient-perceived empathy and its effect on low-literacy patients’ understanding of health information. This study investigated the moderating effect of patient-perceived ...

    Authors: Cheng-I Chu and Chia-Chih Alex Tseng
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:155
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  7. The Summit of Independent European Vaccination Experts (SIEVE) recommended in 2007 that efforts be made to improve healthcare workers’ knowledge and beliefs about vaccines, and their attitudes towards them, to...

    Authors: Raúl Herzog, Mª José Álvarez-Pasquin, Camino Díaz, José Luis Del Barrio, José Manuel Estrada and Ángel Gil
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:154
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  8. Return to work (RTW) after sick leave is considered necessary to support the employees’ health. Cooperation between employees and employers may encourage employees’ RTW, but is hampered by bottlenecks that we ...

    Authors: Nicole Hoefsmit, Angelique de Rijk and Inge Houkes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:153
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  10. Epidemiological information on the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in different regions is a prerequisite to develop appropriate control strategies. Therefore, this present study was conducted to...

    Authors: Teklu Wegayehu, Tsegaye Tsalla, Belete Seifu and Takele Teklu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:151
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  11. Interest in and debates around health literacy have grown over the last two decades and key to the discussions has been the distinction made between basic functional health literacy, communicative/interactive ...

    Authors: Susie Sykes, Jane Wills, Gillian Rowlands and Keith Popple
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:150
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  12. To evaluate the public health efficacy of a community-based smoking cessation program (TABADO) among vocational school trainees (15 to 20 years old).

    Authors: Laetitia Minary, Linda Cambon, Hervé Martini, Nathalie Wirth, Dovi S Acouetey, Francine Thouvenot, Céline Maire, Yves Martinet, Abraham Bohadana, Denis Zmirou-Navier and François Alla
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:149
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  13. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is largely preventable and prevention expenditures are relatively low. The randomised controlled SPRING-trial (SPRING-RCT) shows that cardiovascular risk management by practice nur...

    Authors: Ans H Tiessen, Karin M Vermeulen, Jan Broer, Andries J Smit and Klaas van der Meer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:148
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  14. As access to treatment increases, large numbers of HIV-positive parents are raising HIV-negative children. Maternal HIV disclosure has been shown to have benefits for mothers and children, however, disclosure ...

    Authors: Tamsen J Rochat, Ntombizodumo Mkwanazi and Ruth Bland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:147
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  15. The basis for this study is the fact that instrument error increases the variance of the distribution of body mass index (BMI). Combined with a defined cut-off value this may impact upon the estimated proporti...

    Authors: Anna Biehl, Ragnhild Hovengen, Haakon E Meyer, Jøran Hjelmesæth, Jørgen Meisfjord, Else-Karin Grøholt, Mathieu Roelants and Bjørn Heine Strand
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:146
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  16. Anxiety and depression are the most common psychiatric disorders and are the cause of a large and increasing amount of sick-leave in most developed countries. They are also implicated as an increasing mortalit...

    Authors: Felix Wedegaertner, Sonja Arnhold-Kerri, Nicola-Alexander Sittaro, Stefan Bleich, Siegfried Geyer and William E Lee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:145
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  17. Recent reports on the growing HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the EU/EEA area were accompanied by an increase of reported HIV among MSM in Oslo, Norway in 2003. Our study with data from 1...

    Authors: Irena Jakopanec, Andrej M Grjibovski, Øivind Nilsen, Hans Blystad and Preben Aavitsland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:144
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  18. Sexually transmitted infections are among the most common causes of illnesses in the world and have far reaching health, social and economic consequences. They are important because of their magnitude, potenti...

    Authors: Beyene Moges, Gizachew Yismaw, Afework Kassu, Berihun Megabiaw, Shitaye Alemu, Bemnet Amare and Dagnachew Muluye
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:143
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  19. Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic disorder in genetically predisposed individuals in which a small intestinal immune-mediated enteropathy is precipitated by dietary gluten. It can be difficult to diagnose becau...

    Authors: Katrina Nordyke, Fredrik Norström, Lars Lindholm, Hans Stenlund, Anna Rosén and Anneli Ivarsson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:142
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  20. Two previous surveys conducted in Ho Chi Minh City revealed an increasing prevalence of overweight and obese adolescents, from 5.9% in 2002 to 11.7% in 2004. From 2004 to 2010, the government set up and implem...

    Authors: Phuong Van Ngoc Nguyen, Tang Kim Hong, Truong Hoang, Dung The Nguyen and Annie R Robert
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:141
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  21. Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing (VCT) forms one of the cornerstones of HIV prevention strategies. It is imperative to understand HIV testing correlates and their theoretical underpinnings in order to prom...

    Authors: Fira Abamecha, Ameyu Godesso and Eshetu Girma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:140
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  22. HIV/AIDS was first reported in Ecuador in 1984 and its prevalence has been increasing ever since. In 2009, the National AIDS Program reported 21,810 HIV/AIDS cases and confirmed that the worker population was ...

    Authors: María C Cabezas, Marco Fornasini, Nadia Dardenne, Teresa Borja and Adelin Albert
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:139
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  23. Compared to other Australian women, Indigenous women are frequently at greater risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. We examined pre-pregnancy factors that may predict hypertension in pregnancy in a co...

    Authors: Sandra K Campbell, John Lynch, Adrian Esterman and Robyn McDermott
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:138
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  24. Today industrialized countries face a burgeoning aged population. Thus, there is increasing attention on the functioning and disabilities of aged adults as potential determinants of autonomy and independent li...

    Authors: Ralf Strobl, Martin Müller, Rebecca Emeny, Annette Peters and Eva Grill
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:137
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  25. In the past decades, several public health guidelines concerning physical activity have been published. This study evaluated compliance with various physical activity guidelines and examined the associations b...

    Authors: Tineke Scheers, Renaat Philippaerts and Johan Lefevre
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:136
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  26. There have been few investigations evaluating the burden of malaria disease at district level in the Republic of Congo since the introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs). The main objecti...

    Authors: Francine Ntoumi, Jeannhey C Vouvoungui, Rod Ibara, Miguel Landry and Anissa Sidibé
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:135
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  27. Research evaluating enforcement and compliance with smoking partial bans is rather scarce, especially in countries with relative weak tobacco control policies, such as Portugal. There is also scarce evidence o...

    Authors: Sofia B Ravara, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Pedro Aguiar and Jose M Calheiros
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:134
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  28. The prevalence of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection amongst young adults represents an important public health problem in the UK. Individuals’ attitude towards the use of condoms has been i...

    Authors: Katie V Newby, Katherine E Brown, David P French and Louise M Wallace
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:133
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  29. The global obesity epidemic has led to increased attention on pregnancy, a period when women are at risk of gaining excessive weight. Excessive gestational weight gain is associated with numerous complications...

    Authors: Linda Reme Sagedal, Nina C Øverby, Hilde Lohne-Seiler, Elling Bere, Monica K Torstveit, Tore Henriksen and Ingvild Vistad
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:132
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  30. Incidence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and prevalence of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the Pacific region, including New Caledonia, are amongst the highest in the world. The main priority of long-term man...

    Authors: Brunelle Gasse, Noémie Baroux, Bernard Rouchon, Jean-Michel Meunier, Isabelle De Frémicourt and Eric D’Ortenzio
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:131
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  31. The fifth Millennium Development Goal calls for a reduction of maternal mortality ratio by 75% between 1990 and 2015. A key indicator to measure this goal is the proportion of births attended by skilled health...

    Authors: Zelalem Birhanu Mengesha, Gashaw Andargie Biks, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Gizachew Assefa Tessema and Digsu Negesse Koye
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:130
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  32. In a working population, common mental complaints like depressed mood and chronic fatigue are highly prevalent and often result in further deterioration of mental health and consequently absence from work. In ...

    Authors: Ed Aelfers, Hans Bosma, Inge Houkes and Jacques ThM van Eijk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:129
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  33. Screening for mental disorders among disability claimants is important, since mental disorders seem to be seriously under-recognized in this population. However, performance of potentially suitable scales is u...

    Authors: Bert LR Cornelius, Johan W Groothoff, Jac JL van der Klink and Sandra Brouwer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:128
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  34. The purpose is to assess cardiopulmonary function outcomes and quality of life values in inactive people that participated in the Physical Activity Promotion Programme (PAPP) against the control group that did...

    Authors: Rocío Martín-Valero, Antonio Ignacio Cuesta-Vargas and María Teresa Labajos-Manzanares
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:127
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  35. High participation rates in sport and increasing recognition of how diet benefits athletic performance suggest sports settings may be ideal locations for promoting healthy eating. While research has demonstrat...

    Authors: Mary-Ann Carter, Louise Signal, Richard Edwards, Janet Hoek and Anthony Maher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:126
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  36. Although cardiovascular disease has decreased, there is still potential for prevention as obesity and diabetes increase. Exercise has a positive effect on many cardiovascular risk factors, and it can significa...

    Authors: Svetlana From, Helena Liira, Jenni Leppävuori, Taina Remes-Lyly, Heikki Tikkanen and Kaisu Pitkälä
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:125
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  37. Tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) co-infection is one of the major health problems in Ethiopia. The national TB and HIV control guideline in Ethiopia recommends provider initiated HIV te...

    Authors: Ayichew Seyoum and Mengistu Legesse
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:124
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  38. Environmental factors such as tobacco exposure, indoor climate and diet are known to be involved in the development of allergy related diseases. The aim was to determine the impact of altered exposure to these...

    Authors: Christian Kvikne Dotterud, Ola Storrø, Melanie Rae Simpson, Roar Johnsen and Torbjørn Øien
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:123
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  39. The interactive effects of different types of physical activity on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk have not been fully considered in previous studies. We aimed to identify physical activity patterns that tak...

    Authors: Jian Gong, Hannia Campos, Joseph Mark A Fiecas, Stephen T McGarvey, Robert Goldberg, Caroline Richardson and Ana Baylin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:122
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  40. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have become a major public health problem among female sex workers (FSWs) in China. There have been many studies on prevalences of HIV and syphilis but the data about Neisse...

    Authors: Xiang-Sheng Chen, Yue-Ping Yin, Guo-Jun Liang, Qian-Qiu Wang, Ning Jiang, Qiao Liu, Geng-Feng Fu, Bin Yang, Yu-Jiao Zhou, Mei-Qin Shi and Baoxi Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:121
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  41. Research indicates that those who are worried about their health are more likely to change their in-appropriate behavioural-related risk factors. A national survey was undertaken to determine adults who correc...

    Authors: Anne W Taylor, Kay Price and Simon Fullerton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:120
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  42. The use of positive psychological interventions may be considered as a complementary strategy in mental health promotion and treatment. The present article constitutes a meta-analytical study of the effectiven...

    Authors: Linda Bolier, Merel Haverman, Gerben J Westerhof, Heleen Riper, Filip Smit and Ernst Bohlmeijer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:119
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  43. During the 2009 influenza pandemic, a change in the type of patients most often affected by influenza was observed. The objective of this study was to assess the role of individual and social determinants in h...

    Authors: José María Mayoral, Jordi Alonso, Olatz Garín, Zaida Herrador, Jenaro Astray, Maretva Baricot, Jesús Castilla, Rafael Cantón, Ady Castro, Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez, Alicia Ferri, Pere Godoy, Fernando Gónzález-Candelas, Vicente Martín, Tomás Pumarola, José María Quintana…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:118
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  44. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a very resistant, ubiquitous virus that can survive in the environment without a host. The decision to analyse HPV-related diseases in males was due to the broad dissemination of ...

    Authors: Andrea Lenzi, Vincenzo Mirone, Vincenzo Gentile, Riccardo Bartoletti, Vincenzo Ficarra, Carlo Foresta, Luciano Mariani, Sandra Mazzoli, Saverio G Parisi, Antonio Perino, Mauro Picardo and Carla Maria Zotti
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:117
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  45. Health literacy (HL) is an important public health issue. Current measures have drawbacks in length and/or acceptability. The US-developed Newest Vital Sign (NVS) health literacy instrument measures both readi...

    Authors: Gill Rowlands, Nina Khazaezadeh, Eugene Oteng-Ntim, Paul Seed, Suzanne Barr and Barry D Weiss
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:116
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  46. High risk prescribing can compromise independent wellbeing and quality of life in older adults. The aims of this project are to determine the prevalence, risk factors, clinical consequences, and costs of high ...

    Authors: Danijela Gnjidic, David G Le Couteur, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Andrew J McLachlan, Rosalie Viney, Sarah N Hilmer, Fiona M Blyth, Grace Joshy and Emily Banks
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:115
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  47. Biobanks have the potential to offer a venue for chronic disease biomarker discovery, which would allow for disease early detection and for identification of carriers of a certain predictor biomarker. To asses...

    Authors: Samantha M Kerath, Gila Klein, Marlena Kern, Iuliana Shapira, Jennifer Witthuhn, Nicole Norohna, Myriam Kline, Farisha Baksh, Peter Gregersen and Emanuela Taioli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:114
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  48. Perceived stress (PS) is a risk factor for a variety of diseases. However, relatively little is known about age- or ethnicity-specific differences in the effect of potential predictors of PS in men.

    Authors: Timothy R Rebbeck, Anita L Weber, Elaine Spangler and Charnita M Zeigler-Johnson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:113
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  49. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) clinical guidelines and subsequent NICE issued ‘recommendation reminders’ advocate discontinuing two fertility procedures and caesarean sections in ...

    Authors: Charlotte A Chamberlain, Richard M Martin, John Busby, Rebecca Gilbert, David J Cahill and William Hollingworth
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:112
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  50. Job loss is a discrete life event, with multiple adverse consequences for physical and mental health and implications for agency. Our research explores the consequences of job loss for retrenched workers’ ment...

    Authors: Julia Anaf, Frances Baum, Lareen Newman, Anna Ziersch and Gwyneth Jolley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:110
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