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  1. In the context of rising food prices, there is a need for evidence on the most effective approaches for promoting healthy eating. Individually-targeted behavioural interventions for increasing food-related ski...

    Authors: Kylie Ball, Sarah A McNaughton, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Nick Andrianopoulos, Victoria Inglis, Briohny McNeilly, Ha ND Le, Deborah Leslie, Christina Pollard and David Crawford
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:715
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  2. Zambia is a sub-Saharan country with one of the highest prevalence rates of HIV, currently estimated at 14%. Poor nutritional status due to both protein-energy and micronutrient malnutrition has worsened this ...

    Authors: Rodah M Zulu, Nuala M Byrne, Grace K Munthali, James Chipeta, Ray Handema, Mofu Musonda and Andrew P Hills
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:714
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  3. The International Health Regulations (IHR (2005)) require countries to notify WHO of any event which may constitute a public health emergency of international concern. This notification relies on reports of ev...

    Authors: Emily MacDonald, Preben Aavitsland, Dounia Bitar and Katrine Borgen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:713
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. As concern about youth obesity continues to mount, there is increasing consideration of widespread policy changes to support improved nutritional and enhanced physical activity offerings in schools. A critical...

    Authors: Lynn L DeBar, Margaret Schneider, Kimberly L Drews, Eileen G Ford, Diane D Stadler, Esther L Moe, Mamie White, Arthur E Hernandez, Sara Solomon, Ann Jessup and Elizabeth M Venditti
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:711
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Promoting cognitive health and preventing its decline are longstanding public health goals, but long-term changes in cognitive function are not well-documented. Therefore, we first examined long-term changes i...

    Authors: Fredric D Wolinsky, Suzanne E Bentler, Jason Hockenberry, Michael P Jones, Paula A Weigel, Brian Kaskie and Robert B Wallace
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:710
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. The reach and representativeness are seldom examined in worksite weight loss studies. This paper describes and illustrates a method for directly assessing the reach and representativeness of a internet-based w...

    Authors: Wen You, Fabio A Almeida, Jamie M Zoellner, Jennie L Hill, Courtney A Pinard, Kacie C Allen, Russell E Glasgow, Laura A Linnan and Paul A Estabrooks
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:709
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Physical activity confers a survival advantage after myocardial infarction (MI), yet the majority of post-MI patients are not regularly active. Since sense of coherence (SOC) has been associated with health ou...

    Authors: Vicki Myers, Yaacov Drory and Yariv Gerber
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:708
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Telephone-based care management programmes have been shown to improve health outcomes in some chronic diseases. Birmingham Own Health® is a telephone-based care service (nurse-delivered motivational coaching and ...

    Authors: Rachel E Jordan, Robert J Lancashire and Peymané Adab
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:707
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. This study investigates the relationship between parental drinking and school adjustment in a total population sample of adolescents, with independent reports from mothers, fathers, and adolescents. As a group...

    Authors: Fartein A Torvik, Kamilla Rognmo, Helga Ask, Espen Røysamb and Kristian Tambs
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:706
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. The negative effects of stigma on persons living with HIV (PLHIV) have been documented in many settings and it is thought that stigma against PLHIV leads to more difficulties for those who need to access HIV t...

    Authors: Anastasia Pharris, Nguyen Phuong Hoa, Carol Tishelman, Gaetano Marrone, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc, Ruairí Brugha and Anna Thorson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:705
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Physicians involved in primary prevention are key players in CVD risk control strategies, but the expected reduction in CVD risk that would be obtained if all patients attending primary care had their risk fac...

    Authors: Eliseo Guallar, José R Banegas, Elena Blasco-Colmenares, F Javier Jiménez, Jean Dallongeville, Julian P Halcox, Claudio Borghi, Elvira L Massó-González, Mónica Tafalla, Joep Perk, Guy De Backer, Philippe G Steg and Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:704
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Subjects with non-fatal poisoning may be left with permanent, disabling sequelae, and the resultant long-term use of medical services smay be a burden on the public health care system. The objective of this st...

    Authors: Wu-Chien Chien, Jin-Ding Lin, Ching-Huang Lai, Chi-Hsiang Chung and Yu-Chen Hung
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:703
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  14. Tobacco remains a seemingly intractable problem for individuals living with severe and persistent mental illness. This study evaluated the implementation, technical assistance, and perceived impact of a model ...

    Authors: Joseph GL Lee, Leah M Ranney, Adam O Goldstein, Anna McCullough, Sterling M Fulton-Smith and Nicole O Collins
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:702
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  15. The experiences of the past 10 years have shown that it is feasible to treat HIV infected patients with ART even in severely resource constrained settings. Achieving the levels of antiretroviral coverage neces...

    Authors: Brian T Montague, Bea Vuylsteke and Anne Buvé
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:701
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  16. Concerns have been raised that marginalised populations may not achieve adequate compliance to antiretroviral therapy. Our objective was to describe the long-term virological, immunological and mortality outco...

    Authors: Charlotte Huet, Abdoulaye Ouedraogo, Issouf Konaté, Isidore Traore, François Rouet, Antoinette Kaboré, Anselme Sanon, Philippe Mayaud, Philippe Van de Perre and Nicolas Nagot
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:700
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  17. European Member States are facing a challenge to provide accessible and effective health care services for immigrants. It remains unclear how best to achieve this and what characterises good practice in increa...

    Authors: Walter Devillé, Tim Greacen, Marija Bogic, Marie Dauvrin, Sónia Dias, Andrea Gaddini, Natasja Koitzsch Jensen, Christina Karamanidou, Ulrike Kluge, Ritva Mertaniemi, Rosa Puigpinós i Riera, Attila Sárváry, Joaquim JF Soares, Mindaugas Stankunas, Christa Straßmayr, Marta Welbel…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:699
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. There is growing recognition that a sedentary lifestyle is being driven, at least in part, by environmental factors that affect individuals' physical activity choices and health behaviours. In other words, the...

    Authors: Rachel C Davey, Gemma L Hurst, Graham R Smith, Sarah C Grogan and Judy Kurth
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:697
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  20. Successful treatment of tuberculosis (TB) involves taking anti-tuberculosis drugs for at least six months. Poor adherence to treatment means patients remain infectious for longer, are more likely to relapse or...

    Authors: Bernard N Muture, Margaret N Keraka, Peter K Kimuu, Ephantus W Kabiru, Victor O Ombeka and Francis Oguya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:696
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Pertussis continues to challenge medical professionals; recently described increases in incidence may be due to age-cohort effects, vaccine effectiveness, or changes in testing patterns. Toronto, Canada has re...

    Authors: David N Fisman, Patrick Tang, Tanya Hauck, Susan Richardson, Steven J Drews, Donald E Low and Frances Jamieson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:694
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Many injection drug users (IDUs) in China have high risk sexual behaviors that contribute to the spread of HIV infection. Although many IDUs in China move through drug rehabilitation centers, this opportunity ...

    Authors: Song-Ying Shen, Zhou-Bin Zhang, Joseph D Tucker, Helena Chang, Guan-Rong Zhang and Ai-Hua Lin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:693
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. Health behaviours do not occur in isolation. Rather they cluster together. It is important to examine patterns of health behaviours to inform a more holistic approach to health in both health promotion and ill...

    Authors: Mary C Conry, Karen Morgan, Philip Curry, Hannah McGee, Janas Harrington, Mark Ward and Emer Shelley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:692
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. In Vietnam, primary government health services are now accessible for the whole population including ethnic minority groups (EMGs) living in rural and mountainous areas. However, little is known about EMGs' ow...

    Authors: Thilde Rheinländer, Helle Samuelsen, Anders Dalsgaard and Flemming Konradsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:690
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. The association between chronic respiratory diseases and work disability has been demonstrated a number of times over the past 20 years, but still little is known about work disability in occupational cohorts ...

    Authors: Nicola Murgia, Kjell Torén, Jeong-Lim Kim and Eva Andersson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:689
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  28. The estimate of the prevalence of the most common chronic conditions (CCs) is calculated using direct methods such as prevalence surveys but also indirect methods using health administrative databases.

    Authors: Francesco Chini, Patrizio Pezzotti, Letizia Orzella, Piero Borgia and Gabriella Guasticchi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:688
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  29. The tuberculin skin test (TST) is still the standard test for detecting latent infection by M tuberculosis (LTBI). Given that the Brazilian Health Ministry recommends that the treatment of latent tuberculosis (LT...

    Authors: Líbia CRV Moura, Ricardo AA Ximenes, Heloísa L Ramos, Demócrito B Miranda Filho, Carolina DP Freitas, Rosangela MS Silva, Isabella Coimbra, Joanna d'Arc L Batista, Ulisses R Montarroyos and Maria de Fátima P Militão Albuquerque
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:687
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  30. Understanding people's social lived experiences of chronic illness is fundamental to improving health service delivery and health outcomes, particularly in relation to self-management activity. In explorations...

    Authors: Nathaniel J Ward, Tanisha Jowsey, Penny J Haora, Clive Aspin and Laurann E Yen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:686
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Although HIV counseling and testing (HCT) is widely considered an integral component of HIV prevention and treatment strategies, few studies have examined HCT behavior among youth in sub-Saharan Africa-a group...

    Authors: Caroline W Kabiru, Donatien Beguy, Joanna Crichton and Eliya M Zulu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:685
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Studies in the United States show that rural persons with HIV are more likely than their urban counterparts to be diagnosed at a late stage of infection, suggesting missed opportunities for HIV testing in rura...

    Authors: Michael E Ohl and Eli Perencevich
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:681
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. In the Westernised world, numerous children are overweight and have problems with bullying and mental health. One of the underlying causes for all three is postulated to be a decrease in outdoor free play. The...

    Authors: Anita C Bundy, Geraldine Naughton, Paul Tranter, Shirley Wyver, Louise Baur, Wendy Schiller, Adrian Bauman, Lina Engelen, Jo Ragen, Tim Luckett, Anita Niehues, Gabrielle Stewart, Glenda Jessup and Jennie Brentnall
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:680
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  38. Stability or changes of health behaviours have not been studied in association with incidence of disability pension (DP). The aims were to (1) investigate if stability or changes in health behaviours predict D...

    Authors: Annina Ropponen, Jurgita Narusyte, Kristina Alexanderson and Pia Svedberg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:678
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. HIV care providers may be optimally positioned to promote smoking behaviour change in their patients, among whom smoking is both highly prevalent and uniquely harmful. Yet research on this front is scant, part...

    Authors: Rachel M Amiya, Krishna C Poudel, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Jun Kobayashi, Basu D Pandey and Masamine Jimba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:677
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  40. Children with an intellectual disability are at increased risk of psychosocial problems. This leads to serious restrictions in the daily functioning of the children and to parental stress. Stepping Stones Trip...

    Authors: Marijke Kleefman, Daniëlle EMC Jansen and Sijmen A Reijneveld
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:676
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  41. Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most important infectious diseases worldwide. A comprehensive approach towards disease control that addresses social factors including stigma is now advocated. Patients wit...

    Authors: Aaron M Kipp, Petchawan Pungrassami, Kittikorn Nilmanat, Sohini Sengupta, Charles Poole, Ronald P Strauss, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong and Annelies Van Rie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:675
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. In adults, there is a substantial body of evidence that physical inactivity or low cardiorespiratory fitness levels are strongly associated with the development of metabolic syndrome. Although this association...

    Authors: Antonio Stabelini Neto, Jeffer E Sasaki, Luis PG Mascarenhas, Margaret CS Boguszewski, Rodrigo Bozza, Anderson Z Ulbrich, Sergio G da Silva and Wagner de Campos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:674
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  43. In Tyrol, Austria, the existing system of spontaneous mammography screening was switched in 2007 to an organised program by smoothly changing the established framework. This process followed most EU recommenda...

    Authors: Willi Oberaigner, Martin Daniaux, Sabine Geiger-Gritsch, Rudolf Knapp, Uwe Siebert and Wolfgang Buchberger
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:673
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  44. The literature reveals that structured education programmes, such as DAFNE, result in many positive outcomes for people with Type 1 diabetes including a decrease in HbA1c levels and reductions in hypoglycaemia. W...

    Authors: Dympna Casey, Kathy Murphy, Julia Lawton, Florence Findlay White and Sean Dineen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:672
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  45. Health care workers comprise a high-risk workgroup with respect to deterioration and early retirement. There is high prevalence of obesity and many of the workers are overweight. Together, these factors play a...

    Authors: Jeanette R Christensen, Anne Faber, Dorte Ekner, Kristian Overgaard, Andreas Holtermann and Karen Søgaard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:671
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  46. Self-rated health (SRH) is a widely used indicator of general health and multiple studies have supported the predictive validity of SRH in older populations concerning future health, functional decline, disabi...

    Authors: Solveig A Arnadottir, Elin D Gunnarsdottir, Hans Stenlund and Lillemor Lundin-Olsson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:670
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Workers in wet work occupations have a risk for developing hand eczema. Prevention strategies exist, but compliance to the proposed recommendations is poor. Therefore, a multifaceted implementation strategy (M...

    Authors: Esther WC van der Meer, Cécile RL Boot, Frank HW Jungbauer, Jac JL van der Klink, Thomas Rustemeyer, Pieter Jan Coenraads, Joost W van der Gulden and Johannes R Anema
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:669
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  48. Sedentary behaviors (involving prolonged sitting time) are associated with deleterious health consequences, independent of (lack of) physical activity. To inform interventions, correlates of prevalent sedentar...

    Authors: Delfien Van Dyck, Greet Cardon, Benedicte Deforche, Neville Owen, Katrien De Cocker, Katrien Wijndaele and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:668
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Cost of delivering reproductive health services to low income populations will always require total or partial subsidization by government and/or development partners. Broadly termed "demand-side financing" or...

    Authors: Benjamin Bellows, Charlotte Warren, Saphonn Vonthanak, Chhea Chhorvann, Hean Sokhom, Chean Men, Ashish Bajracharya, Ubaidur Rob and Tung Rathavy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:667
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  50. Very few studies have evaluated the association between a child's lifestyle factors and their parent's ability to recognise the overweight status of their offspring. The aim of this study was to analyze the fa...

    Authors: Marja L Vanhala, Sirkka M Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Kaisu M Kaikkonen, Jaana H Laitinen and Raija I Korpelainen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:665
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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