Issue 1/2010
Content (802 Articles)
Status of implementation of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Ghana: a qualitative study
Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Ann McNeill, Sarah Lewis, Anna Gilmore, John Britton
Women's evaluation of abuse and violence care in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial (weave)
Kelsey L Hegarty, Jane M Gunn, Lorna J O'Doherty, Angela Taft, Patty Chondros, Gene Feder, Jill Astbury, Stephanie Brown
A randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness evaluation of "booster" interventions to sustain increases in physical activity in middle-aged adults in deprived urban neighbourhoods
Daniel Hind, Emma J Scott, Robert Copeland, Jeff D Breckon, Helen Crank, Stephen J Walters, John E Brazier, Jon Nicholl, Cindy Cooper, Elizabeth Goyder
Understanding how education/support groups help lone mothers
Ellen L Lipman, Meghan Kenny, Susan Jack, Ruth Cameron, Margaret Secord, Carolyn Byrne
Long-term follow-up of beryllium sensitized workers from a single employer
Mona Duggal, David C Deubner, Anne M Curtis, Mark R Cullen
Health-related quality of life among individuals with long-standing spinal cord injury: a comparative study of veterans and non-veterans
Soheil Saadat, Masoud Javadi, Baharak Sabet Divshali, Amir Hussein Tavakoli, Seyed Mohammad Ghodsi, Ali Montazeri, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
Do consumers' preferences for improved provision of malaria treatment services differ by their socio-economic status and geographic location? A study in southeast Nigeria
Nkoli P Uguru, Obinna E Onwujekwe, Nnenna G Tasie, Benjamin S Uzochukwu, Uche E Ezeoke
The influence of a high intensity physical activity intervention on a selection of health related outcomes: an ecological approach
Duncan S Buchan, Stewart Ollis, Non E Thomas, Julien S Baker
Differences in socioeconomic and gender inequalities in tobacco smoking in Denmark and Sweden; a cross sectional comparison of the equity effect of different public health policies
Frida Eek, Per-Olof Östergren, Finn Diderichsen, Niels K Rasmussen, Ingelise Andersen, Kontie Moussa, Mathias Grahn
Physical activity recommendations for health: what should Europe do?
Pekka Oja, Fiona C Bull, Mikael Fogelholm, Brian W Martin
Computer-associated health complaints and sources of ergonomic instructions in computer-related issues among Finnish adolescents: A cross-sectional study
Paula T Hakala, Lea A Saarni, Ritva L Ketola, Erja T Rahkola, Jouko J Salminen, Arja H Rimpelä
Diabetes mellitus and hypertension have comparable adverse effects on health-related quality of life
Tamara Poljičanin, Dea Ajduković, Mario Šekerija, Mirjana Pibernik-Okanović, Željko Metelko, Gorka Vuletić Mavrinac
Understanding the facilitators and barriers of antiretroviral adherence in Peru: A qualitative study
Walter H Curioso, Deanna Kepka, Robinson Cabello, Patricia Segura, Ann E Kurth
Road traffic crash circumstances and consequences among young unlicensed drivers: A Swedish cohort study on socioeconomic disparities
Christina L Hanna, Marie Hasselberg, Lucie Laflamme, Jette Möller
Blood glucose testing and primary prevention of diabetes mellitus type 2 - evaluation of the effect of evidence based patient information
Jutta Genz, Burkhard Haastert, Gabriele Meyer, Anke Steckelberg, Hardy Müller, Frank Verheyen, Dennis Cole, Wolfgang Rathmann, Bettina Nowotny, Michael Roden, Guido Giani, Andreas Mielck, Christian Ohmann, Andrea Icks
Current use of smokeless tobacco among adolescents in the Republic of Congo
Emmanuel Rudatsikira, Adamson S Muula, Seter Siziya
Analysis of the UK recommendations on obesity based on a proposed implementation framework
Amudha S Poobalan, Lorna S Aucott, Sheraz Ahmed, W Cairns S Smith
Household costs of illness during different phases of tuberculosis treatment in Central Asia: a patient survey in Tajikistan
Raffael Ayé, Kaspar Wyss, Hanifa Abdualimova, Sadullo Saidaliev
Partner notification for sexually transmitted infections in developing countries: a systematic review
Nazmul Alam, Eric Chamot, Sten H Vermund, Kim Streatfield, Sibylle Kristensen
Adverse childhood experiences are associated with the risk of lung cancer: a prospective cohort study
David W Brown, Robert F Anda, Vincent J Felitti, Valerie J Edwards, Ann Marie Malarcher, Janet B Croft, Wayne H Giles
Prevalence and risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth infection in mothers and their infants in Butajira, Ethiopia: a population based study
Yeshambel Belyhun, Girmay Medhin, Alemayehu Amberbir, Berhanu Erko, Charlotte Hanlon, Atalay Alem, Andrea Venn, John Britton, Gail Davey
Sense of coherence and intentions to retire early among Finnish women and men
Salla-Maarit Volanen, Sakari Suominen, Eero Lahelma, Karoliina Koskenvuo, Markku Koskenvuo, Karri Silventoinen
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in Northwest Russia: the Arkhangelsk study
Oleg Sidorenkov, Odd Nilssen, Tormod Brenn, Sergey Martiushov, Vadim L Arkhipovsky, Andrej M Grjibovski
Decreasing sperm quality: a global problem?
Hiltrud Merzenich, Hajo Zeeb, Maria Blettner
Rationale and design of the CAPAMIS study: Effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination against community-acquired pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction and stroke
Angel Vila-Corcoles, Inmaculada Hospital-Guardiola, Olga Ochoa-Gondar, Cinta de Diego, Elisabet Salsench, Xavier Raga, Cruz M Fuentes-Bellido
Spatio-temporal trends of mortality in small areas of Southern Spain
Ricardo Ocaña-Riola, José María Mayoral-Cortés
Prevalence and predictors of undernutrition among infants aged six and twelve months in Butajira, Ethiopia: The P-MaMiE Birth Cohort
Girmay Medhin, Charlotte Hanlon, Michael Dewey, Atalay Alem, Fikru Tesfaye, Bogale Worku, Mark Tomlinson, Martin Prince
Referrals for positive tuberculin tests in new health care workers and students: a retrospective cohort study
Yining Xu, Kevin Schwartzman
Running away experience and psychoactive substance use among adolescents in Taiwan: multi-city street outreach survey
Shi-Heng Wang, Wen-Chun Chen, Chih-Yin Lew-Ting, Chuan-Yu Chen, Wei J Chen
AIDS knowledge and sexual activity among Flemish secondary school students: a multilevel analysis of the effects of type of education
Ronan Van Rossem, Hans Berten, Charlotte Van Tuyckom
Sentinel surveillance system for early outbreak detection in Madagascar
Laurence Randrianasolo, Yolande Raoelina, Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, Lisette Ravolomanana, Soa Andriamandimby, Jean-Michel Heraud, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Robinson Ramanjato, Armand Eugène Randrianarivo-Solofoniaina, Vincent Richard
A survey in rural China of parent-absence through migrant working: the impact on their children's self-concept and loneliness
Li-Juan Liu, Xun Sun, Chun-Li Zhang, Yue Wang, Qiang Guo
Rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of an exercise program to improve the quality of life of patients with heart failure in primary care: The EFICAR study protocol
Ana Zuazagoitia, Gonzalo Grandes, Jesús Torcal, Iñaki Lekuona, Pilar Echevarria, Manuel A Gómez, Mar Domingo, Maria M de la Torre, Jose I Ramírez, Imanol Montoya, Juana Oyanguren, Ricardo Ortega-Sánchez Pinilla
Is there a demand for physical activity interventions provided by the health care sector? Findings from a population survey
Matti E Leijon, Diana Stark-Ekman, Per Nilsen, Kerstin Ekberg, Lars Walter, Agneta Ståhle, Preben Bendtsen
A tuberculin skin test survey among Ghanaian school children
Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Susan van den Hof, Gloria Ivy Mensah, Adukwei Hesse, Christian Bonsu, Kwadwo Ansah Koram, Felix Kwami Afutu, Frank Adae Bonsu
The effect of gold kiwifruit consumed with an iron fortified breakfast cereal meal on iron status in women with low iron stores: A 16 week randomised controlled intervention study
Kathryn Beck, Cathryn Conlon, Rozanne Kruger, Jane Coad, Welma Stonehouse
Patterns of smoking and its association with psychosocial work conditions among blue-collar and service employees of hospitality venues in Shenyang, PR China
Xun Li, Huiying Liang, Xuelian Li, Peng Guan, Zhihua Yin, Baosen Zhou
The Peripheral Arterial disease study (PERART/ARTPER): prevalence and risk factors in the general population
María Teresa Alzamora, Rosa Forés, José Miguel Baena-Díez, Guillem Pera, Pere Toran, Marta Sorribes, Marisa Vicheto, María Dolores Reina, Amparo Sancho, Carlos Albaladejo, Judith Llussà
The use of conspicuity aids by cyclists and risk of crashes involving other road users: a protocol for a population based case-control study
Philip D Miller, Denise Kendrick, Carol Coupland, Frank Coffey
Relationship between perceived body weight and body mass index based on self- reported height and weight among university students: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries
Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Annette E Maxwell, Walid El Ansari, Christiane Stock, Janina Petkeviciene, Francisco Guillen-Grima
Characteristics and risk factors for symptomatic Giardia lamblia infections in Germany
Werner Espelage, Matthias an der Heiden, Klaus Stark, Katharina Alpers
Differences in school environment, school policy and actions regarding overweight prevention between Dutch schools. A nationwide survey
Salome Scholtens, Lideke Middelbeek, Suzanne I Rutz, Goof Buijs, Wanda JE Bemelmans
Evaluation of health promotion in schools: a realistic evaluation approach using mixed methods
Jeanine Pommier, Marie-Renée Guével, Didier Jourdan
Second-hand smoke and chronic bronchitis in Taiwanese women: a health-care based study
Chia-Fang Wu, Nan-Hsiung Feng, Inn-Wen Chong, Kuen-Yuh Wu, Chien-Hung Lee, Jhi-Jhu Hwang, Chia-Tsuan Huang, Chung-Ying Lee, Shao-Ting Chou, David C Christiani, Ming-Tsang Wu
Burden of injury in childhood and adolescence in 8 European countries
Suzanne Polinder, Juanita A Haagsma, Hidde Toet, Marco JP Brugmans, Ed F van Beeck
Comparison of hip fracture incidence and trends between Germany and Austria 1995-2004: An epidemiological study
Eva Mann, Gabriele Meyer, Burkhart Haastert, Andrea Icks
Awareness of school students on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their sexual behavior: a cross-sectional study conducted in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Mudassir Anwar, Syed Azhar S Sulaiman, Keivan Ahmadi, Tahir M Khan
The association between farming activities, precipitation, and the risk of acute gastrointestinal illness in rural municipalities of Quebec, Canada: a cross-sectional study
Yossi Febriani, Patrick Levallois, Suzanne Gingras, Pierre Gosselin, Shannon E Majowicz, Manon D Fleury
A participatory parent-focused intervention promoting physical activity in preschools: design of a cluster-randomized trial
Freia De Bock, Joachim E Fischer, Kristina Hoffmann, Herbert Renz-Polster
Is there a role for workplaces in reducing employees' driving to work? Findings from a cross-sectional survey from inner-west Sydney, Australia
Li Ming Wen, James Kite, Chris Rissel
Weight maintenance as a tight rope walk - a Grounded Theory study
Kristina Lindvall, Christel Larsson, Lars Weinehall, Maria Emmelin
Assessing local determinants of neural tube defects in the Heshun Region, Shanxi Province, China
Jin-Feng Wang, Xin Liu, George Christakos, Yi-Lan Liao, Xue Gu, Xiao-Ying Zheng
Acculturation and self-reported health among Hispanics using a socio-behavioral model: the North Texas Healthy Heart Study
Katandria L Johnson, Joan F Carroll, Kimberly G Fulda, Kathryn Cardarelli, Roberto Cardarelli
Primary care Identification and Referral to Improve Safety of women experiencing domestic violence (IRIS): protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial
Alison Gregory, Jean Ramsay, Roxane Agnew-Davies, Kathleen Baird, Angela Devine, Danielle Dunne, Sandra Eldridge, Annie Howell, Medina Johnson, Clare Rutterford, Debbie Sharp, Gene Feder
Intergenerational educational mobility is associated with cardiovascular disease risk behaviours in a cohort of young Australian adults: The Childhood Determinants of Adult Health (CDAH) Study
Seana L Gall, Joan Abbott-Chapman, George C Patton, Terence Dwyer, Alison Venn
The impact of parental migration on health status and health behaviours among left behind adolescent school children in China
Yang Gao, Li Ping Li, Jean Hee Kim, Nathan Congdon, Joseph Lau, Sian Griffiths
Emotional, behavioural problems and cigarette smoking in adolescence: findings of a Greek cross-sectional study
George Giannakopoulos, Chara Tzavara, Christine Dimitrakaki, Gerasimos Kolaitis, Vasiliki Rotsika, Yannis Tountas
Cluster randomized trial in smoking cessation with intensive advice in diabetic patients in primary care. ITADI Study
Lydia Roig, Santiago Perez, Gemma Prieto, Carlos Martin, Mamta Advani, Angelina Armengol, Pilar Roura, Josep Maria Manresa, Elena Briones
Construct validation of a non-exercise measure of cardiorespiratory fitness in older adults
Emily L Mailey, Siobhan M White, Thomas R Wójcicki, Amanda N Szabo, Arthur F Kramer, Edward McAuley
Are we doing enough? Evaluation of the Polio Eradication Initiative in a district of Pakistan's Punjab province: a LQAS study
Muhammad Umair Mushtaq, Muhammad Ashraf Majrooh, Mohsin Zia Sana Ullah, Javed Akram, Arif Mahmood Siddiqui, Mushtaq Ahmad Shad, Muhammad Waqas, Hussain Muhammad Abdullah, Waqar Ahmad, Ubeera Shahid, Usman Khurshid
What physicians want to learn about sickness certification: analyses of questionnaire data from 4019 physicians
Anna Löfgren, Jan Hagberg, Kristina Alexanderson
Effects of worksite health promotion interventions on employee diets: a systematic review
Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Louise M Aston, Susan A Jebb
Antecedents of teenage pregnancy from a 14-year follow-up study using data linkage
Jennifer Gaudie, Francis Mitrou, David Lawrence, Fiona J Stanley, Sven R Silburn, Stephen R Zubrick
Clinical validity of a population database definition of remission in patients with major depression
Antoni Sicras-Mainar, Milagrosa Blanca-Tamayo, Laura Gutiérrez-Nicuesa, Jordi Salvatella-Pasant, Ruth Navarro-Artieda
Scaling up community-based obesity prevention in Australia: Background and evaluation design of the Health Promoting Communities: Being Active Eating Well initiative
Andrea M de Silva-Sanigorski, Kristy Bolton, Michelle Haby, Peter Kremer, Lisa Gibbs, Elizabeth Waters, Boyd Swinburn
Perceived connections between information and communication technology use and mental symptoms among young adults - a qualitative study
Sara Thomée, Lotta Dellve, Annika Härenstam, Mats Hagberg
Incidence of oral cancer in relation to nickel and arsenic concentrations in farm soils of patients' residential areas in Taiwan
Che-Chun Su, Yo-Yu Lin, Tsun-Kuo Chang, Chi-Ting Chiang, Jian-An Chung, Yun-Ying Hsu, Ie-Bin Lian
Drivers and barriers to acceptance of human-papillomavirus vaccination among young women: a qualitative and quantitative study
Gitte Lee Mortensen
A tailored lifestyle intervention to reduce the cardiovascular disease risk of individuals with Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH): design of the PRO-FIT randomised controlled trial
Karen Broekhuizen, Mireille NM van Poppel, Lando LJ Koppes, Johannes Brug, Willem van Mechelen
Incentive payments to general practitioners aimed at increasing opportunistic testing of young women for chlamydia: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial
Jade E Bilardi, Christopher K Fairley, Meredith J Temple-Smith, Marie V Pirotta, Kathleen M McNamee, Siobhan Bourke, Lyle C Gurrin, Margaret Hellard, Lena A Sanci, Michelle J Wills, Jennifer Walker, Marcus Y Chen, Jane S Hocking
Completeness of hepatitis, brucellosis, syphilis, measles and HIV/AIDS surveillance in Izmir, Turkey
Raika Durusoy, Ali O Karababa
TB treatment initiation and adherence in a South African community influenced more by perceptions than by knowledge of tuberculosis
Jane M Cramm, Harry JM Finkenflügel, Valerie Møller, Anna P Nieboer
Body piercing and tattoo: awareness of health related risks among 4,277 Italian secondary school adolescents
Luca Cegolon, Enrico Miatto, Melania Bortolotto, Mirca Benetton, Francesco Mazzoleni, Giuseppe Mastrangelo
Determinants of smoking initiation among women in five European countries: a cross-sectional survey
Debora L Oh, Julia E Heck, Carolyn Dresler, Shane Allwright, Margaretha Haglund, Sara S Del Mazo, Eva Kralikova, Isabelle Stucker, Elizabeth Tamang, Ellen R Gritz, Mia Hashibe
Factors associated with dental visit and barriers to utilisation of oral health care services in a sample of antenatal mothers in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
Norkhafizah Saddki, Azizah Yusoff, Yew L Hwang
Children's tooth decay in a public health program to encourage low-income pregnant women to utilize dental care
Peter Milgrom, Marilynn Sutherland, R Mike Shirtcliff, Sharity Ludwig, Darlene Smolen
The evaluation of a Taiwanese training program in smoking cessation and the trainees' adherence to a practice guideline
Fei-Ran Guo, Ling-Yu Hung, Chih-Jen Chang, Kai-Kuen Leung, Ching-Yu Chen
The role of social support and social networks in smoking behavior among middle and older aged people in rural areas of South Korea: A cross-sectional study
E Hwa Yun, Yoon Hwa Kang, Min Kyung Lim, Jin-Kyoung Oh, Jung Min Son
The population approach to falls injury prevention in older people: findings of a two community trial
Rod J McClure, Karen Hughes, Cizao Ren, Kirsten McKenzie, Uta Dietrich, Paul Vardon, Elizabeth Davis, Beth Newman
Study Protocol - Accurate assessment of kidney function in Indigenous Australians: aims and methods of the eGFR Study
Louise J Maple-Brown, Paul D Lawton, Jaquelyne T Hughes, Suresh K Sharma, Graham RD Jones, Andrew G Ellis, Wendy Hoy, Alan Cass, Richard J MacIsaac, Ashim K Sinha, Mark AB Thomas, Leonard S Piers, Leigh C Ward, Katrina Drabsch, Sianna Panagiotopoulos, Robyn McDermott, Kevin Warr, Sajiv Cherian, Alex Brown, George Jerums, Kerin O'Dea
A group-randomized controlled trial for health promotion in Girl Scouts: Healthier Troops in a SNAP (Scouting Nutrition & Activity Program)
Richard R Rosenkranz, Timothy K Behrens, David A Dzewaltowski
Waist circumference cut-off values for the prediction of cardiovascular risk factors clustering in Chinese school-aged children: a cross-sectional study
Ailing Liu, Andrew P Hills, Xiaoqi Hu, Yanping Li, Lin Du, Ying Xu, Nuala M Byrne, Guansheng Ma
Epidemiology of burn injuries in the East Mediterranean Region: a systematic review
Nasih Othman, Denise Kendrick
Surveillance of febrile patients in a district and evaluation of their spatiotemporal associations: a pilot study
Kin-wing Choi, Ngai-sze Wong, Lap-yip Lee, Shui-shan Lee
Could giardiasis be a risk factor for low zinc status in schoolchildren from northwestern Mexico? A cross-sectional study with longitudinal follow-up
Luis Quihui, Gloria G Morales, Rosa O Méndez, Johanna G Leyva, Julián Esparza, Mauro E Valencia
Breast cancer incidence and mortality in Tyrol/Austria after fifteen years of opportunistic mammography screening
Willi Oberaigner, Wolfgang Buchberger, Thomas Frede, Rudolf Knapp, Christian Marth, Uwe Siebert
Changes of overweight and obesity in the adult Swiss population according to educational level, from 1992 to 2007
Pedro Marques-Vidal, Pascal Bovet, Fred Paccaud, Arnaud Chiolero
Health-related physical fitness and weight status in Hong Kong adolescents
Kwok-Kei Mak, Sai-Yin Ho, Wing-Sze Lo, G Neil Thomas, Alison M McManus, Jeffrey R Day, Tai-Hing Lam
Effectiveness of intensive group and individual interventions for smoking cessation in primary health care settings: a randomized trial
Maria Ramos, Joana Ripoll, Teresa Estrades, Isabel Socias, Antonia Fe, Rosa Duro, Maria José González, Margarita Servera
How does community context influence coalitions in the formation stage? a multiple case study based on the Community Coalition Action Theory
Michelle C Kegler, Jessica Rigler, Sally Honeycutt
The prevalence of hypertension, obesity and dyslipidemia in individuals of over 30 years of age belonging to minorities from the pasture area of Xinjiang
Xiao-Guang Yao, Florian Frommlet, Ling Zhou, Feiya Zu, Hong-Mei Wang, Zhi-Tao Yan, Wen-Li Luo, Jing Hong, Xin-Ling Wang, Nan-Fang Li
Prevention among immigrants: the example of Germany
Jacob Spallek, Hajo Zeeb, Oliver Razum
Factors influencing implementation of the Ministry of Health-led private medicine retailer programmes on malaria in Kenya
Yvonne Rowa, Timothy O Abuya, Wilfred K Mutemi, Sam Ochola, Sassy Molyneux, Vicki Marsh
Drug problems among homeless individuals in Toronto, Canada: prevalence, drugs of choice, and relation to health status
Michelle N Grinman, Shirley Chiu, Donald A Redelmeier, Wendy Levinson, Alex Kiss, George Tolomiczenko, Laura Cowan, Stephen W Hwang
Facilitating access to pre-processed research evidence in public health
Paula Robeson, Maureen Dobbins, Kara DeCorby, Daiva Tirilis
Determinants of male reproductive health disorders: the Men in Australia Telephone Survey (MATeS)
Carol A Holden, Robert I McLachlan, Marian Pitts, Robert Cumming, Gary Wittert, Johnathon P Ehsani, David M de Kretser, David J Handelsman
The VicGeneration study - a birth cohort to examine the environmental, behavioural and biological predictors of early childhood caries: background, aims and methods
Andrea M de Silva-Sanigorski, Hanny Calache, Mark Gussy, Stuart Dashper, Jane Gibson, Elizabeth Waters
Hepatitis B and liver cancer knowledge and practices among healthcare and public health professionals in China: a cross-sectional study
Jonathan Chao, Ellen T Chang, Samuel KS So
Socioeconomic deprivation, urban-rural location and alcohol-related mortality in England and Wales
Sally Erskine, Ravi Maheswaran, Tim Pearson, Dermot Gleeson
The French Observational Cohort of Usual Smokers (FOCUS) cohort: French smokers perceptions and attitudes towards smoking cessation
Henri-Jean Aubin, Gérard Peiffer, Anne Stoebner-Delbarre, Eric Vicaut, Yasmine Jeanpetit, Anne Solesse, Geneviève Bonnelye, Daniel Thomas
The Edinburgh Addiction Cohort: recruitment and follow-up of a primary care based sample of injection drug users and non drug-injecting controls
John Macleod, Lorraine Copeland, Matthew Hickman, James McKenzie, Jo Kimber, Daniela De Angelis, James R Robertson
HIV prevention for South African youth: which interventions work? A systematic review of current evidence
Abigail Harrison, Marie-Louise Newell, John Imrie, Graeme Hoddinott
Diet and lifestyle interventions in postpartum women in China: study design and rationale of a multicenter randomized controlled trial
Wei Bao, Aiguo Ma, Limei Mao, Jianqiang Lai, Mei Xiao, Guoqiang Sun, Yingying Ouyang, Shuang Wu, Wei Yang, Nanping Wang, Yanting Zhao, Juan Fu, Liegang Liu
Social network types and functional dependency in older adults in Mexico
Svetlana Vladislavovna Doubova (Dubova), Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas, Patricia Espinosa-Alarcón, Sergio Flores-Hernández
Hepatotoxicity and effectiveness of a Nevirapine-based antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients with or without viral hepatitis B or C infection in Cameroon
Jules B Tchatchueng Mbougua, Christian Laurent, Charles Kouanfack, Anke Bourgeois, Laura Ciaffi, Alexandra Calmy, Henri Gwet, Sinata Koulla-Shiro, Jacques Ducos, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngolé, Nicolas Molinari, Eric Delaporte
Demographic and behavioral characteristics of non-sex worker females attending sexually transmitted disease clinics in Japan: a nationwide case-control study
Masako Ono-Kihara, Tatsuya Sato, Hideko Kato, Sonia P Suguimoto-Watanabe, Saman Zamani, Masahiro Kihara
The Boston Puerto Rican Health Study, a longitudinal cohort study on health disparities in Puerto Rican adults: challenges and opportunities
Katherine L Tucker, Josiemer Mattei, Sabrina E Noel, Bridgette M Collado, Jackie Mendez, Jason Nelson, John Griffith, Jose M Ordovas, Luis M Falcon
Absolute risk representation in cardiovascular disease prevention: comprehension and preferences of health care consumers and general practitioners involved in a focus group study
Sophie Hill, Janet Spink, Dominique Cadilhac, Adrian Edwards, Caroline Kaufman, Sophie Rogers, Rebecca Ryan, Andrew Tonkin
The height-, weight-, and BMI-for-age of Polish school-aged children and adolescents relative to international and local growth references
Zbigniew Kulaga, Mieczysław Litwin, Marcin Tkaczyk, Agnieszka Różdżyńska, Katarzyna Barwicka, Aneta Grajda, Anna Świąder, Beata Gurzkowska, Ewelina Napieralska, Huiqi Pan
Effect of an individually tailored one-year energy balance programme on body weight, body composition and lifestyle in recent retirees: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Andrea Werkman, Paul JM Hulshof, Annette Stafleu, Stef PJ Kremers, Frans J Kok, Evert G Schouten, Albertine J Schuit
Antiretroviral treatment adherence among HIV patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Karl Peltzer, Natalie Friend-du Preez, Shandir Ramlagan, Jane Anderson
Factors associated with low cure rate of tuberculosis in remote poor areas of Shaanxi Province, China: a case control study
Xianqin Ai, Ke Men, Liujia Guo, Tianhua Zhang, Yan Zhao, Xiaolu Sun, Hongwei Zhang, Guangxue He, Marieke J van der Werf, Susan van den Hof
The quality of life of patients with genital warts: a qualitative study
Gitte Lee Mortensen, Helle K Larsen
The study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a family-centred tobacco control program about environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) to reduce respiratory illness in Indigenous infants
Vanessa Johnston, Natalie Walker, David P Thomas, Marewa Glover, Anne B Chang, Chris Bullen, Peter Morris, Ngiare Brown, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Ron Borland, Catherine Segan, Adrian Trenholme, Toni Mason, Debra Fenton, Kane Ellis
Understanding resilience in same-sex parented families: the work, love, play study
Jennifer J Power, Amaryll Perlesz, Margot J Schofield, Marian K Pitts, Rhonda Brown, Ruth McNair, Anna Barrett, Andrew Bickerdike
Migration and child immunization in Nigeria: individual- and community-level contexts
Diddy Antai
The construct validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Spreitzer's psychological empowerment scale
Sarp Uner, Sevgi Turan
Socioeconomic determinants of psychotropic drug utilisation among elderly: a national population-based cross-sectional study
Eva Lesén, Karolina Andersson, Max Petzold, Anders Carlsten
Levelling off of prevalence of obesity in the adult population of Sweden between 2000/01 and 2004/05
Jan Sundquist, Sven-Erik Johansson, Kristina Sundquist
Worksite interventions for preventing physical deterioration among employees in job-groups with high physical work demands: Background, design and conceptual model of FINALE
Andreas Holtermann, Marie B Jørgensen, Bibi Gram, Jeanette R Christensen, Anne Faber, Kristian Overgaard, John Ektor-Andersen, Ole S Mortensen, Gisela Sjøgaard, Karen Søgaard
The publics' understanding of daily caloric recommendations and their perceptions of calorie posting in chain restaurants
Sara N Bleich, Keshia M Pollack
Hygiene inspections on passenger ships in Europe - an overview
Varvara A Mouchtouri, Sandra Westacott, Gordon Nichols, Tobias Riemer, Mel Skipp, Christopher LR Bartlett, Jenny Kremastinou, Christos Hadjichristodoulou
A novel school-based intervention to improve nutrition knowledge in children: cluster randomised controlled trial
Rajalakshmi R Lakshman, Stephen J Sharp, Ken K Ong, Nita G Forouhi
Assessing the congruence between perceived connectivity and network centrality measures specific to pandemic influenza preparedness in Alberta
Justin N Hall, Spencer Moore, Alan Shiell
Canadian survey on pandemic flu preparations
Paul Ritvo, Kumanan Wilson, JL Gibson, C Guglietti, CS Tracy, JX Nie, AR Jadad, REG Upshur
'I guess my own fancy screwed me over': transitions in drug use and the context of choice among young people entrenched in an open drug scene
Danya Fast, Will Small, Andrea Krüsi, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr
National survey of the association of depressive symptoms with the number of off duty and on-call, and sleep hours among physicians working in Japanese hospitals: a cross sectional study
Koji Wada, Toru Yoshikawa, Takahisa Goto, Aizan Hirai, Eisuke Matsushima, Yoshifumi Nakashima, Rie Akaho, Michiko Kido, Takashi Hosaka
Determinants of public trust in complementary and alternative medicine
Evelien van der Schee, Peter P Groenewegen
Assessing the accessibility of HIV care packages among tuberculosis patients in the Northwest Region, Cameroon
Nwarbébé Barnabas Njozing, San Sebastian Miguel, Pius Muffih Tih, Anna-Karin Hurtig
University life and pandemic influenza: Attitudes and intended behaviour of staff and students towards pandemic (H1N1) 2009
Debbie Van, Mary-Louise McLaws, Jacinta Crimmins, C Raina MacIntyre, Holly Seale
Effectiveness of a parenting programme in a public health setting: a randomised controlled trial of the positive parenting programme (Triple P) level 3 versus care as usual provided by the preventive child healthcare (PCH)
Willem Spijkers, Daniëlle EMC Jansen, Gea de Meer, Sijmen A Reijneveld
Prevention of recurrent sickness absence among employees with common mental disorders: design of a cluster-randomised controlled trial with cost-benefit and effectiveness evaluation
Iris Arends, Jac JL van der Klink, Ute Bültmann
Effect of medication review and cognitive behaviour treatment by community pharmacists of patients discharged from the hospital on drug related problems and compliance: design of a randomized controlled trial
Abeer Ahmad, Jacqueline Hugtenburg, Laura MC Welschen, Jacqueline M Dekker, Giel Nijpels
Hormone Replacement Therapy advertising: sense and nonsense on the web pages of the best-selling pharmaceuticals in Spain
Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Marta Martín-Llaguno, María Teresa Ruiz-Cantero, Pablo Alonso-Coello
Socio-economic differences in life expectancy among persons with diabetes mellitus or myocardial infarction: results from the German MONICA/KORA study
Laura Perna, Uta Thien-Seitz, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Christa Meisinger, Andreas Mielck
Risk levels for suffering a traffic injury in primary health care. The LESIONAT* project
Carlos Martín-Cantera, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Lydia Roig, Susana Valiente, Katherine Perez, Luis Garcia-Ortiz, Jordi Bel, Fernando Marques, Xavier Mundet, Xavier Bonafont, Marti Birules, Núria Soldevila, Elena Briones
Towards achieving Abuja targets: identifying and addressing barriers to access and use of insecticides treated nets among the poorest populations in Kenya
Jane Chuma, Vincent Okungu, Janet Ntwiga, Catherine Molyneux
Self-reported anticipated compliance with physician advice to stay home during pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Results from the 2009 Queensland Social Survey
Lawrence H Brown, Peter Aitken, Peter A Leggat, Richard Speare
The characteristics of impaired fasting glucose associated with obesity and dyslipidaemia in a Chinese population
Yun Qian, Yudi Lin, Tiemei Zhang, Jianling Bai, Feng Chen, Yi Zhang, Senlin Luo, Hongbing Shen
Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome among rural original adults in NingXia, China
Zhao Yi, Jin Jing, Liu Xiu-ying, Xu Hongxia, Yang Jianjun, Zhang Yuhong
Association between physical activity and metabolic syndrome: a cross sectional survey in adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Trang HHD Nguyen, Hong K Tang, Patrick Kelly, Hidde P van der Ploeg, Michael J Dibley
Geographic access to care is not a determinant of child mortality in a rural Kenyan setting with high health facility density
Jennifer C Moïsi, Hellen Gatakaa, Abdisalan M Noor, Thomas N Williams, Evasius Bauni, Benjamin Tsofa, Orin S Levine, J Anthony G Scott
Central blood pressure and pulse wave velocity: relationship to target organ damage and cardiovascular morbidity-mortality in diabetic patients or metabolic syndrome. An observational prospective study. LOD-DIABETES study protocol
Manuel A Gómez-Marcos, José I Recio-Rodríguez, Emiliano Rodríguez-Sánchez, Yolanda Castaño-Sánchez, Angela de Cabo-Laso, Benigna Sánchez-Salgado, Carmela Rodríguez-Martín, Carmen Castaño-Sánchez, Leticia Gómez-Sánchez, Luis García-Ortiz
Randomised controlled trial of the effects of physical activity feedback on awareness and behaviourin UK adults: the FAB study protocol [ISRCTN92551397]
Clare Watkinson, Esther MF van Sluijs, Stephen Sutton, Theresa Marteau, Simon J Griffin
Effect on longitudinal growth and anemia of zinc or multiple micronutrients added to vitamin A: a randomized controlled trial in children aged 6-24 months
Meera K Chhagan, Jan Van den Broeck, Kany-Kany A Luabeya, Nontobeko Mpontshane, Andrew Tomkins, Michael L Bennish
Breast and cervical cancer screening among women in metropolitan areas of the United States by county-level commuting time to work and use of public transportation, 2004 and 2006
Steven S Coughlin, Jessica King
Exploring cross-sectional associations between common childhood illness, housing and social conditions in remote Australian Aboriginal communities
Ross Bailie, Matthew Stevens, Elizabeth McDonald, David Brewster, Steve Guthridge
"Well, it's nobody's responsibility but my own." A qualitative study to explore views about the determinants of health and prevention of knee pain in older adults
Clare Jinks, Bie Nio Ong, Tracey O'Neill
Paniya Voices: A Participatory Poverty and Health Assessment among a marginalized South Indian tribal population
KS Mohindra, D Narayana, CK Harikrishnadas, SS Anushreedha, Slim Haddad
Protocol of the baseline assessment for the Environments for Healthy Living (EHL) Wales cohort study
Rebecca A Hill, Sinead Brophy, Huw Brunt, Mel Storey, Non E Thomas, Catherine A Thornton, Stephen Palmer, Frank Dunstan, Shantini Paranjothy, Roderick McClure, Sarah E Rodgers, Ronan A Lyons
An evaluation of gender equity in different models of primary care practices in Ontario
Simone Dahrouge, William Hogg, Meltem Tuna, Grant Russell, Rose Anne Devlin, Peter Tugwell, Elisabeth Kristjansson
Cross-national differences in clinically significant cannabis problems: epidemiologic evidence from 'cannabis-only' smokers in the United States, Mexico, and Colombia
Fabian Fiestas, Mirjana Radovanovic, Silvia S Martins, Maria E Medina-Mora, Jose Posada-Villa, James C Anthony
Development and validation of a population-based prediction scale for osteoporotic fracture in the region of Valencia, Spain: the ESOSVAL-R study
José Sanfélix-Genovés, Salvador Peiró, Gabriel Sanfélix-Gimeno, Vicente Giner, Vicente Gil, Manuel Pascual, Carlos Fluixá, Antonio Fuertes, Isabel Hurtado, Inmaculada Ferreros
Factors associated with educational aspirations among adolescents: cues to counteract socioeconomic differences?
Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Peter Tavel, Jitse P van Dijk, Thomas Abel, Sijmen A Reijneveld
Use of a liquid nicotine delivery product to promote smoking cessation
Nicholas Geimer, Carl E Olson, Deborah Baumgarten, James L Kepner, Martin C Mahoney
An analysis of risk factors of non-fatal drowning among children in rural areas of Guangdong Province, China: a case-control study
Wen Jun Ma, Shao Ping Nie, Hao Feng Xu, Yan Jun Xu, Xiu Ling Song, Qiao Zhi Guo, Yu Run Zhang
Estimating attendance for breast cancer screening in ethnic groups in London
Christine Renshaw, Ruth H Jack, Steve Dixon, Henrik Møller, Elizabeth A Davies
The prevalence of stunting, overweight and obesity, and metabolic disease risk in rural South African children
Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage, Kathleen Kahn, John M Pettifor, Stephen M Tollman, David B Dunger, Xavier F Gómez-Olivé, Shane A Norris
Influenza vaccination coverage of healthcare workers and residents and their determinants in nursing homes for elderly people in France: a cross-sectional survey
Sophie Vaux, Delphine Noël, Laure Fonteneau, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Daniel Lévy-Bruhl
An intervention to stop smoking among patients suspected of TB - evaluation of an integrated approach
Kamran Siddiqi, Amir Khan, Maqsood Ahmad, Shafiq-ur-Rehman
Sex, age, deprivation and patterns in life expectancy in Quebec, Canada: a population-based study
Nathalie Auger, Carolyne Alix, Geng Zang, Mark Daniel
The Heavy Vehicle Study: a case-control study investigating risk factors for crash in long distance heavy vehicle drivers in Australia
Mark Stevenson, Lisa N Sharwood, Keith Wong, Jane Elkington, Lynn Meuleners, Rebecca Q Ivers, Ron R Grunstein, Ann Williamson, Narelle Haworth, Robyn Norton
Post epidemic giardiasis and gastrointestinal symptoms among preschool children in Bergen, Norway. A cross-sectional study
Kristin M Mellingen, Anita Midtun, Kurt Hanevik, Geir E Eide, Øystein Søbstad, Nina Langeland
Security lies in obedience - Voices of young women of a slum in Pakistan
Saima Hamid, Eva Johansson, Birgitta Rubenson
Do 'good values' lead to 'good' health-behaviours? Longitudinal associations between young people's values and later substance-use
Robert Young, Patrick West
Design of the Advance Directives Cohort: a study of end-of-life decision-making focusing on Advance Directives
Matthijs PS van Wijmen, Mette L Rurup, H Roeline W Pasman, Pam J Kaspers, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen
Analysis of the effectiveness of interventions used during the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic
Nilimesh Halder, Joel K Kelso, George J Milne
Peer substance use overestimation among French university students: a cross-sectional survey
Lionel Riou Franca, Bertrand Dautzenberg, Bruno Falissard, Michel Reynaud
Evidence for perinatal and child health care guidelines in crisis settings: can Cochrane help?
Tari J Turner, Hayley Barnes, Jane Reid, Marie Garrubba
Incidence of self-reported brain injury and the relationship with substance abuse: findings from a longitudinal community survey
Robert J Tait, Kaarin J Anstey, Peter Butterworth
Are the elderly more vulnerable to psychological impact of natural disaster? A population-based survey of adult survivors of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake
Zhaobao Jia, Wenhua Tian, Weizhi Liu, Yang Cao, Jin Yan, Zhisheng Shun
Cost implications of delays to tuberculosis diagnosis among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia
Mengiste M Mesfin, James N Newell, Richard J Madeley, Tolib N Mirzoev, Israel G Tareke, Yohannes T Kifle, Amanuel Gessessew, John D Walley
Behavioural intentions in response to an influenza pandemic
Gerjo Kok, Ruud Jonkers, Roger Gelissen, Ree Meertens, Herman Schaalma, Onno de Zwart
Factors associated with early menarche: results from the French Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study
Adrien Gaudineau, Virginie Ehlinger, Christophe Vayssiere, Beatrice Jouret, Catherine Arnaud, Emmanuelle Godeau
The psychometric properties of three self-report screening instruments for identifying frail older people in the community
Silke F Metzelthin, Ramon Daniëls, Erik van Rossum, Luc de Witte, Wim JA van den Heuvel, Gertrudis IJM Kempen
Low HIV testing rates among tuberculosis patients in Kampala, Uganda
Ibrahim Sendagire, Imke Schreuder, Mesach Mubiru, Maarten Schim van der Loeff, Frank Cobelens, Joseph Konde-Lule
Factors associated with sex in the context of methamphetamine use in different sexual venues among HIV-positive men who have sex with men
Shirley J Semple, Steffanie A Strathdee, Jim Zians, Thomas L Patterson
A prospective, longitudinal study of growth, nutrition and sedentary behaviour in young children with cerebral palsy
Kristie L Bell, Roslyn N Boyd, Sean M Tweedy, Kelly A Weir, Richard D Stevenson, Peter SW Davies
Estimation of HIV-1 incidence among five focal populations in Dehong, Yunnan: a hard hit area along a major drug trafficking route
Song Duan, Sheng Shen, Marc Bulterys, Yujiang Jia, Yuecheng Yang, Lifeng Xiang, Fei Tian, Lin Lu, Yao Xiao, Minjie Wang, Manhong Jia, Huazhou Jiang, Sten H Vermund, Yan Jiang
Does the number of free nicotine patches given to smokers calling a quitline influence quit rates: results from a quasi-experimental study
K Michael Cummings, Brian V Fix, Paula Celestino, Andrew Hyland, Martin Mahoney, Deborah J Ossip, Ursula Bauer
Health services utilisation disparities between English speaking and non-English speaking background Australian infants
Lixin Ou, Jack Chen, Ken Hillman
Gauging knowledge of developmental milestones among Albertan adults: a cross-sectional survey
Shivani Rikhy, Suzanne Tough, Barry Trute, Karen Benzies, Heather Kehler, David W Johnston
Comorbidities of obesity in school children: a cross-sectional study in the PIAMA birth cohort
Alet H Wijga, Salome Scholtens, Wanda JE Bemelmans, Johan C de Jongste, Marjan Kerkhof, Maarten Schipper, Elisabeth A Sanders, Jorrit Gerritsen, Bert Brunekreef, Henriette A Smit
Same-visit HIV testing in Trinidad and Tobago
Violet Duke, Sheila Samiel, David Musa, Cameile Ali, Catherine Chang-Kit, Cynthia Warner
Physician reports of medication use with explicit intention of hastening the end of life in the absence of explicit patient request in general practice in Belgium
Koen Meeussen, Lieve Van den Block, Nathalie Bossuyt, Michael Echteld, Johan Bilsen, Luc Deliens
Knowledge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoral communities in the middle and Lower Awash Valley of Afar region, Ethiopia
Mengistu Legesse, Gobena Ameni, Gezahegne Mamo, Girmay Medhin, Dawit Shawel, Gunnar Bjune, Fekadu Abebe
A European project on incidence, treatment, and outcome of sarcoma
Giuseppe Mastrangelo, Emanuela Fadda, Luca Cegolon, Maria C Montesco, Isabel Ray-Coquard, Alessandra Buja, Ugo Fedeli, Alvise Frasson, Paolo Spolaore, Carlo R Rossi
Blood pressure, body mass index and risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese men and women
Hongwei Wang, Jie Cao, Jianxin Li, Jichun Chen, Xigui Wu, Xiufang Duan, Jianfeng Huang, Dongfeng Gu
Validity of self-reported weight, height and resultant body mass index in Chinese adolescents and factors associated with errors in self-reports
Xiaoyan Zhou, Michael J Dibley, Yue Cheng, Xue Ouyang, Hong Yan
Perception of epidemic's related anxiety in the General French Population: a cross-sectional study in the Rhône-Alpes region
Mitra Saadatian-Elahi, Françoise Facy, Corinne Del Signore, Philippe Vanhems
Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE): a randomized controlled trial
Danuta Wasserman, Vladimir Carli, Camilla Wasserman, Alan Apter, Judit Balazs, Julia Bobes, Renata Bracale, Romuald Brunner, Cendrine Bursztein-Lipsicas, Paul Corcoran, Doina Cosman, Tony Durkee, Dana Feldman, Julia Gadoros, Francis Guillemin, Christian Haring, Jean-Pierre Kahn, Michael Kaess, Helen Keeley, Dragan Marusic, Bogdan Nemes, Vita Postuvan, Stella Reiter-Theil, Franz Resch, Pilar Sáiz, Marco Sarchiapone, Merike Sisask, Airi Varnik, Christina W Hoven
Female Genital Mutilation: perceptions of healthcare professionals and the perspective of the migrant families
Adriana Kaplan-Marcusán, Natividad Fernández del Rio, Juana Moreno-Navarro, Ma José Castany-Fàbregas, Marta Ruiz Nogueras, Laura Muñoz-Ortiz, Eliana Monguí-Avila, Pere Torán-Monserrat
Parent and child physical activity and sedentary time: Do active parents foster active children?
Russell Jago, Kenneth R Fox, Angie S Page, Rowan Brockman, Janice L Thompson
Socioeconomic disparities in behavioral risk factors and health outcomes by gender in the Republic of Korea
Hak-Ju Kim, Jennifer Prah Ruger
Epidemiology and cost analysis for patients with oral cancer in a university hospital in China
Sheng Han, Yan Chen, Xu Ge, Ming Zhang, Jinwei Wang, Qingbo Zhao, Jianjun He, Zhenghong Wang
Couple-oriented prenatal HIV counseling for HIV primary prevention: an acceptability study
Joanna Orne-Gliemann, Patrice T Tchendjou, Marija Miric, Mukta Gadgil, Maia Butsashvili, Fred Eboko, Eddy Perez-Then, Shrinivas Darak, Sanjeevani Kulkarni, George Kamkamidze, Eric Balestre, Annabel Desgrées du Loû, Francois Dabis
Exercise and global well-being in community-dwelling adults with fibromyalgia: a systematic review with meta-analysis
George A Kelley, Kristi S Kelley, Jennifer M Hootman, Dina L Jones
The impact of the social environment on children's mental health in a prosperous city: an analysis with data from the city of Munich
Laura Perna, Gabriele Bolte, Heidi Mayrhofer, Gabriele Spies, Andreas Mielck
Assessing the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of adaptive e-Learning to improve dietary behaviour: protocol for a systematic review
Phil Edwards, Lambert Felix, Jody Harris, Elaine Ferguson, Caroline Free, Jane Landon, Karen Lock, Susan Michie, Alec Miners, Elizabeth Murray
An exploration of knowledge, attitudes and advice given by health professionals to parents in Ireland about the introduction of solid foods. A pilot study
Claire Allcutt, Mary-Rose Sweeney
Repeal of the Pennsylvania motorcycle helmet law: reflections on the ethical and political dynamics of public health reform
Robert A Cherry
Prospective study of asbestos-related diseases incidence cases in primary health care in an area of Barcelona province
Magdalena Rosell-Murphy, Rafael Abós-Herràndiz, Josep Tarrés, Xavier Martínez-Artés, Isabel García-Allas, Ilona Krier, Gloria Cantarell, Miguel Gallego, Ramon Orriols, Constança Albertí
TECNOB: study design of a randomized controlled trial of a multidisciplinary telecare intervention for obese patients with type-2 diabetes
Gianluca Castelnuovo, Gian Mauro Manzoni, Paola Cuzziol, Gian Luca Cesa, Cristina Tuzzi, Valentina Villa, Antonio Liuzzi, Maria Letizia Petroni, Enrico Molinari
A European study on alcohol and drug use among young drivers: the TEND by Night study design and methodology
Roberta Siliquini, Simone Chiadò Piat, Francisco Alonso, Axel Druart, Marcin Kedzia, Antonio Mollica, Valeria Siliquini, Daniel Vankov, Anita Villerusa, Lamberto Manzoli
Early incidence of occupational asthma among young bakers, pastry-makers and hairdressers: design of a retrospective cohort study
Thomas Rémen, Vincent Coevoet, Dovi-Stéphanie Acouetey, Jean-Louis Guéant, Rosa-Maria Guéant-Rodriguez, Christophe Paris, Denis Zmirou-Navier
Prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder among adults in flood district
Peng Huang, Hongzhuan Tan, Aizhong Liu, Shuidong Feng, Mengshi Chen
Understanding young adult physical activity, alcohol and tobacco use in community colleges and 4-year post-secondary institutions: A cross-sectional analysis of epidemiological surveillance data
Nicole A VanKim, Melissa Nelson Laska, Edward Ehlinger, Katherine Lust, Mary Story
Male circumcision for HIV prevention - a cross-sectional study on awareness among young people and adults in rural Uganda
Andrea Wilcken, Flavia Miiro-Nakayima, Ramadhan NB Hizaamu, Thomas Keil, Dorothy Balaba-Byansi
Understanding long-term sick leave in female white-collar workers with burnout and stress-related diagnoses: a qualitative study
Hélène Sandmark, Monica Renstig
The social context of smoking: A qualitative study comparing smokers of high versus low socioeconomic position
Christine L Paul, Samantha Ross, Jamie Bryant, Wesley Hill, Billie Bonevski, Nichola Keevy
Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of nutritional intervention in elderly after hip fracture: design of a randomized controlled trial
Caroline E Wyers, José JL Breedveld-Peters, Petronella LM Reijven, Svenjhalmar van Helden, Nick A Guldemond, Johan L Severens, Aart D Verburg, Berry Meesters, Lodewijk W van Rhijn, Pieter C Dagnelie
A three-year cohort study of the relationships between coping, job stress and burnout after a counselling intervention for help-seeking physicians
Karin E Isaksson Ro, Reidar Tyssen, Asle Hoffart, Harold Sexton, Olaf G Aasland, Tore Gude
Influence of socio-economic status on habitual physical activity and sedentary behavior in 8- to 11-year old children
Clemens Drenowatz, Joey C Eisenmann, Karin A Pfeiffer, Greg Welk, Kate Heelan, Douglas Gentile, David Walsh
Childhood and adult tuberculosis in a rural hospital in Southeast Ethiopia: a ten-year retrospective study
Jose Manuel Ramos, Francisco Reyes, Abraham Tesfamariam
A cluster randomised trial of a telephone-based intervention for parents to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in their 3- to 5-year-old children: study protocol
Rebecca J Wyse, Luke Wolfenden, Elizabeth Campbell, Leah Brennan, Karen J Campbell, Amanda Fletcher, Jenny Bowman, Todd R Heard, John Wiggers
The association between problematic cellular phone use and risky behaviors and low self-esteem among Taiwanese adolescents
Yuan-Sheng Yang, Ju-Yu Yen, Chih-Hung Ko, Chung-Ping Cheng, Cheng-Fang Yen
Non-adherence to the single dose nevirapine regimen for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Bindura town, Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional analytic study
Lazarus R Kuonza, Clemence D Tshuma, Gerald N Shambira, Mufuta Tshimanga
Impact on diarrhoeal illness of a community educational intervention to improve drinking water quality in rural communities in Puerto Rico
Paul R Hunter, Graciela I Ramírez Toro, Harvey A Minnigh
Healthy eating and obesity prevention for preschoolers: a randomised controlled trial
Helen Skouteris, Marita McCabe, Boyd Swinburn, Briony Hill
HIV/AIDS knowledge in detention in Hunan province, China
Weidong Zhang, Xinya Wang, Xi Chen, Fan Lv
Developing targets for public health initiatives to improve palliative care
Nils Schneider, Sara L Lueckmann, Franziska Kuehne, Katharina Klindtworth, Mareike Behmann
Sex disparities in attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa: a socio-ecological analysis
Olalekan A Uthman, Stephen Lawoko, Tahereh Moradi
Divorce, divorce rates, and professional care seeking for mental health problems in Europe: a cross-sectional population-based study
Piet F Bracke, Elien Colman, Sara AA Symoens, Lore Van Praag
HCV co-infection in HIV positive population in British Columbia, Canada
Jane A Buxton, Amanda Yu, Paul H Kim, John J Spinelli, Margot Kuo, Maria Alvarez, Mark Gilbert, Mel Krajden
Who will increase their physical activity? Predictors of change in objectively measured physical activity over 12 months in the ProActive cohort
Rebecca K Simmons, Esther MF van Sluijs, Wendy Hardeman, Stephen Sutton, Simon J Griffin
Cultural adaptation of the Condom Use Self Efficacy Scale (CUSES) in Ghana
Kwaku O Asante, Paul N Doku
Recent trends in hormone therapy utilization and breast cancer incidence rates in the high incidence population of Marin County, California
Rochelle R Ereman, Lee Ann Prebil, Mary Mockus, Kathy Koblick, Fern Orenstein, Christopher Benz, Christina A Clarke
The nutrition-based comprehensive intervention study on childhood obesity in China (NISCOC): a randomised cluster controlled trial
Yanping Li, Xiaoqi Hu, Qian Zhang, Ailing Liu, Hongyun Fang, Linan Hao, Yifan Duan, Haiquan Xu, Xianwen Shang, Jun Ma, Guifa Xu, Lin Du, Ying Li, Hongwei Guo, Tingyu Li, Guansheng Ma
Incidence and mortality of hip fracture among the elderly population in South Korea: a population-based study using the National Health Insurance claims data
Hye-Young Kang, Kyu-hyeon Yang, Yoon Nam Kim, Seong-hwan Moon, Won-Jung Choi, Dae Ryong Kang, Seong Eun Park
Comparison of risk behaviors and socio-cultural profile of men who have sex with men survey respondents recruited via venues and the internet
Hi Yi Tsui, Joseph TF Lau
Physical exercise, fitness and dietary pattern and their relationship with circadian blood pressure pattern, augmentation index and endothelial dysfunction biological markers: EVIDENT study protocol
Luis García-Ortiz, José I Recio-Rodríguez, Carlos Martín-Cantera, Alfredo Cabrejas-Sánchez, Amparo Gómez-Arranz, Natividad González-Viejo, Eguskiñe Iturregui-San Nicolás, Maria C Patino-Alonso, Manuel A Gómez-Marcos
Sugar-sweetened carbonated beverage consumption correlates with BMI, waist circumference, and poor dietary choices in school children
Kate S Collison, Marya Z Zaidi, Shazia N Subhani, Khalid Al-Rubeaan, Mohammed Shoukri, Futwan A Al-Mohanna
Marital status and occupation in relation to short-term case fatality after a first coronary event - a population based cohort
Sofia Gerward, Patrik Tydén, Gunnar Engström, Bo Hedblad
Differences between willingness to pay and willingness to accept for visits by a family physician: A contingent valuation study
Jesús Martín-Fernández, Ma Isabel del Cura-González, Tomás Gómez-Gascón, Juan Oliva-Moreno, Julia Domínguez-Bidagor, Milagros Beamud-Lagos, Francisco Javier Pérez-Rivas
Non-alcoholic and alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - two Diseases of Affluence associated with the Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes: the FIN-D2D Survey
Anna Kotronen, Hannele Yki-Järvinen, Satu Männistö, Liisa Saarikoski, Eeva Korpi-Hyövälti, Heikki Oksa, Juha Saltevo, Timo Saaristo, Jouko Sundvall, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Markku Peltonen
"Cough officer screening" improves detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in hospital in-patients
Ching-Hsiung Lin, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Chun-Eng Liu, Mei-Li Huang, Shu-Chen Chang, Jen-Ho Wen, Woei-Horng Chai
Tobacco use patterns in traditional and shared parenting families: a gender perspective
Joan L Bottorff, Mary T Kelly, John L Oliffe, Joy L Johnson, Lorraine Greaves, Anna Chan
The association between green space and cause-specific mortality in urban New Zealand: an ecological analysis of green space utility
Elizabeth Richardson, Jamie Pearce, Richard Mitchell, Peter Day, Simon Kingham
The role of weight status, gender and self-esteem in following a diet among middle-school children in Sicily (Italy)
Margherita Ferrante, Maria Fiore, Gina E Sciacca, Luca Leon, Salvatore Sciacca, Marine Castaing, Gianbattista Modonutti
The Nutrinet-Santé Study: a web-based prospective study on the relationship between nutrition and health and determinants of dietary patterns and nutritional status
Serge Hercberg, Katia Castetbon, Sébastien Czernichow, Aurélie Malon, Caroline Mejean, Emmanuelle Kesse, Mathilde Touvier, Pilar Galan
Improving polio vaccination during supplementary campaigns at areas of mass transit in India
Naman K Shah, Ashok Talyan, Vibhour Jain, Sunil D Khaparde, Sunil Bahl, Yvan Hutin, Jay Wenger
Does the pharmacy expenditure of patients always correspond with their morbidity burden? Exploring new approaches in the interpretation of pharmacy expenditure
Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, Anselmo López-Cabañas, José Tomás Alcalá-Nalvaiz, José María Abad-Díez, Daniel Bordonaba-Bosque, Alexandra Prados-Torres
Shamba Maisha: A pilot study assessing impacts of a micro-irrigation intervention on the health and economic wellbeing of HIV patients
Jay A Pandit, Nicole Sirotin, Robin Tittle, Elijah Onjolo, Elizabeth A Bukusi, Craig R Cohen
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Pudong New Area of Shanghai using three proposed definitions among Chinese adults
Wang-hong Xu, Xiao-nan Ruan, Xiao-jin Fu, Qiu-li Zhu, Hong Zhang, Yun Bai, Hong-yan Wu, Yi Zhou, Hua Qiu, Qiao Sun, Qing-wu Jiang, Li-ming Yang, Jian-jun Gu, Gen-ming Zhao
My partner wants a child: A cross-sectional study of the determinants of the desire for children among mutually disclosed sero-discordant couples receiving care in Uganda
Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya, Anna Mia Ekstrom, Frank Kaharuza, Florence Mirembe, Stella Neema, Asli Kulane
Using family history information to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent diseases; a discussion of the evidence
Liesbeth Claassen, Lidewij Henneman, A Cecile JW Janssens, Miranda Wijdenes-Pijl, Nadeem Qureshi, Fiona M Walter, Paula W Yoon, Danielle RM Timmermans
Excluding pregnancy among women initiating antiretroviral therapy: efficacy of a family planning job aid
Kwasi Torpey, Lona Mwenda, Mushota Kabaso, Thierry Malebe, Patrick Makelele, Francis Mwema, Henry Phiri, Jonathan Mukundu, Mark A Weaver, John Stanback
Knowledge and risk behaviors related to HIV/AIDS, and their association with information resource among men who have sex with men in Heilongjiang province, China
Shengyuan Liu, Kaili Wang, Songpo Yao, Xiaotong Guo, Yancheng Liu, Binyou Wang
Cardio-metabolic risk in 5-year-old children prenatally exposed to maternal psychosocial stress: the ABCD study
Aimée E van Dijk, Manon van Eijsden, Karien Stronks, Reinoud JBJ Gemke, Tanja GM Vrijkotte
Self-perceived stress reactivity is an indicator of psychosocial impairment at the workplace
Heribert Limm, Peter Angerer, Mechthild Heinmueller, Birgitt Marten-Mittag, Urs M Nater, Harald Guendel
Health and economic impact of rotavirus vaccination in GAVI-eligible countries
Sun-Young Kim, Steve Sweet, David Slichter, Sue J Goldie
Challenges in evaluating Welfare to Work policy interventions: would an RCT design have been the answer to all our problems?
Kathryn Skivington, Gerry McCartney, Hilary Thomson, Lyndal Bond
Comparison of the consumption of antidepressants in the immigrant and native populations in a Spanish health region: an observational study
Inés Cruz, Catalina Serna, Jordi Real, Montse Rué, Jorge Soler, Leonardo Galván
Attributable mortality to radon exposure in Galicia, Spain. Is it necessary to act in the face of this health problem?
Mónica Pérez-Ríos, Juan M Barros-Dios, Agustín Montes-Martínez, Alberto Ruano-Ravina
Validity of instruments to assess students' travel and pedestrian safety
Jason A Mendoza, Kathy Watson, Tom Baranowski, Theresa A Nicklas, Doris K Uscanga, Marcus J Hanfling
Alcohol consumption and the risk of morbidity and mortality for different stroke types - a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jayadeep Patra, Benjamin Taylor, Hyacinth Irving, Michael Roerecke, Dolly Baliunas, Satya Mohapatra, Jürgen Rehm
Pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis and its contribution to TB burden
Jotam G Pasipanodya, Scott JN McNabb, Peter Hilsenrath, Sejong Bae, Kristine Lykens, Edgar Vecino, Guadalupe Munguia, Thaddeus L Miller, Gerry Drewyer, Stephen E Weis
Socioeconomic inequalities in cause specific mortality among older people in France
Gwenn Menvielle, Annette Leclerc, Jean-François Chastang, Danièle Luce
Alcohol consumption in Estonia and Finland: Finbalt survey 1994-2006
Kersti Pärna, Kaja Rahu, Satu Helakorpi, Mare Tekkel
The influence of parental smoking and family type on saliva cotinine in UK ethnic minority children: a cross sectional study
Melissa J Whitrow, Seeromanie Harding, Maria J Maynard
What 'outliers' tell us about missed opportunities for tuberculosis control: a cross-sectional study of patients in Mumbai, India
Anagha Pradhan, Karina Kielmann, Himanshu Gupte, Arun Bamne, John DH Porter, Sheela Rangan
Small area contextual effects on self-reported health: Evidence from Riverside, Calgary
Jenny Godley, Valerie A Haines, Penelope Hawe, Alan Shiell
Increasing uptake of colorectal cancer screening in Korea: a population-based study
Kui Son Choi, Jae Kwan Jun, Hoo-Yeon Lee, Myung-Il Hahm, Jae Hwan Oh, Eun-Cheol Park
Ethnicity and attitudes to deceased kidney donation: a survey in Barbados and comparison with Black Caribbean people in the United Kingdom
Myfanwy Morgan, O Peter Adams, Paul T Seed, Roger Jones
Design of the Anti-tuberculosis Drugs induced Adverse Reactions in China National Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Scheme Study (ADACS)
Yin Yin Xia, Dai Yu Hu, Fei Ying Liu, Xiao Meng Wang, Yan Li Yuan, De Hua Tu, Yi Xin Chen, Lin Zhou, Li Zhen Zhu, Wei Wei Gao, Hong Yuan Wang, Da Fang Chen, Li Yang, Ping Ping He, Xiao Ting Li, Ying Jian He, Feng Sun, Si Yan Zhan
Maxillofacial injuries associated with intimate partner violence in women
Norkhafizah Saddki, Adlin A Suhaimi, Razak Daud
Mother's occupation and sex ratio at birth
Kathreen E Ruckstuhl, Grant P Colijn, Volodymyr Amiot, Erin Vinish
Estimated birth weight and adult cardiovascular risk factors in a developing southern Chinese population: a cross sectional study
CM Schooling, CQ Jiang, TH Lam, BJ Cowling, SL Au Yeung, WS Zhang, KK Cheng, GM Leung
Motivational interviewing for screening and feedback and encouraging lifestyle changes to reduce relative weight in 4-8 year old children: design of the MInT study
Rachael W Taylor, Deirdre Brown, Anna M Dawson, Jill Haszard, Adell Cox, Elaine A Rose, Barry J Taylor, Kim Meredith-Jones, Lee Treacy, Jim Ross, Sheila M William
Rural to urban migration and changes in cardiovascular risk factors in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study
Nigel Unwin, Peter James, Dorothy McLarty, Harun Machybia, Peter Nkulila, Bushiri Tamin, Mkay Nguluma, Richard McNally
Male fetal loss in the U.S. following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
Tim A Bruckner, Ralph Catalano, Jennifer Ahern
Excessive TV viewing and cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescents. The AVENA cross-sectional study
David Martinez-Gomez, J Pablo Rey-López, Palma Chillón, Sonia Gómez-Martínez, Germán Vicente-Rodríguez, Miguel Martín-Matillas, Miguel Garcia-Fuentes, Manuel Delgado, Luis A Moreno, Oscar L Veiga, Joey C Eisenmann, Ascension Marcos
To bite or not to bite! A questionnaire-based survey assessing why some people are bitten more than others by midges
James G Logan, James I Cook, Nina M Stanczyk, Emma NI Weeks, Sue J Welham, A Jennifer Mordue(Luntz)
Evidence-based development of school-based and family-involved prevention of overweight across Europe: The ENERGY-project's design and conceptual framework
Johannes Brug, Saskia J te Velde, Mai JM Chinapaw, Elling Bere, Ilse de Bourdeaudhuij, Helen Moore, Lea Maes, Jorgen Jensen, Yannis Manios, Nanna Lien, Knut Inge Klepp, Tim Lobstein, Marloes Martens, Jo Salmon, Amika S Singh
A population study on the association between leisure time physical activity and self-rated health among diabetics in Taiwan
Chia-Lin Li, Yi-Chang Lai, Chin-Hsiao Tseng, Jen-Der Lin, Hsing-Yi Chang
Estimating the risk of rabies transmission to humans in the U.S.: a delphi analysis
Sagar A Vaidya, Susan E Manning, Praveen Dhankhar, Martin I Meltzer, Charles Rupprecht, Harry F Hull, Daniel B Fishbein
The cost effectiveness of an early transition from hospital to nursing home for stroke patients: design of a comparative study
Ron WH Heijnen, Silvia MAA Evers, Trudy DEM van der Weijden, Martien Limburg, Jos MGA Schols
Study protocol: Determinants of participation and quality of life of adolescents with cerebral palsy: a longitudinal study (SPARCLE2)
Allan F Colver, Heather O Dickinson
Maternal and neonatal risk factors for childhood type 1 diabetes: a matched case-control study
Lynn Robertson, Kirsten Harrild
Perceived discrimination and health-related quality of life among Arabs and Jews in Israel: A population-based survey
Orna Baron Epel, Giora Kaplan, Mika Moran
Neighborhood conditions, diabetes, and risk of lower-body functional limitations among middle-aged African Americans: A cohort study
Mario Schootman, Elena M Andresen, Fredric D Wolinsky, J Philip Miller, Yan Yan, Douglas K Miller
The design of a community lifestyle programme to improve the physical and psychological well-being of pregnant women with a BMI of 30 kg/m2or more
Debbie M Smith, Melissa Whitworth, Colin Sibley, Wendy Taylor, Jane Gething, Catherine Chmiel, Tina Lavender
Self-reported racial discrimination, response to unfair treatment, and coronary calcification in asymptomatic adults - the North Texas Healthy Heart study
Roberto Cardarelli, Kathryn M Cardarelli, Kimberly G Fulda, Anna Espinoza, Clifton Cage, Jamboor Vishwanatha, Richard Young, Darryl N Steele, Joan Carroll
Correlates of video games playing among adolescents in an Islamic country
Hamid Allahverdipour, Mohsen Bazargan, Abdollah Farhadinasab, Babak Moeini
The Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH): study protocol
Evaluation of the childhood obesity prevention program Kids - 'Go for your life'
Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski, Lauren Prosser, Lauren Carpenter, Suzy Honisett, Lisa Gibbs, Marj Moodie, Lauren Sheppard, Boyd Swinburn, Elizabeth Waters
Why Iranian married women use withdrawal instead of oral contraceptives? A qualitative study from Iran
Parvin Rahnama, Alireza Hidarnia, Farkhondeh Amin Shokravi, Anoushiravan Kazemnejad, Deborah Oakley, Ali Montazeri
Incarceration as a key variable in racial disparities of asthma prevalence
Emily A Wang, Jeremy Green
Effect of Improved access to Antiretroviral Therapy on clinical characteristics of patients enrolled in the HIV care and treatment clinic, at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Sabina F Mugusi, Julius C Mwita, Joel M Francis, Said Aboud, Muhammad Bakari, Eric A Aris, Andrew B Swai, Ferdinand M Mugusi, Kisali Pallangyo, Eric Sandstrom
Balancing collective responsibility, individual opportunities and risks: a qualitative study on how police officers reason around volunteering in an HIV vaccine trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Edith AM Tarimo, Anna Thorson, Thecla W Kohi, Joachim Mwami, Muhammad Bakari, Eric Sandström, Asli Kulane
Design of the DIRECT-project: interventions to increase job resources and recovery opportunities to improve job-related health, well-being, and performance outcomes in nursing homes
Ellen Spoor, Jan de Jonge, Jan PH Hamers
Quality of claims, references and the presentation of risk results in medical journal advertising: a comparative study in Australia, Malaysia and the United States
Noordin Othman, Agnes I Vitry, Elizabeth E Roughead
Rapid Health and Needs assessments after disasters: a systematic review
Helena A Korteweg, Irene van Bokhoven, CJ Yzermans, Linda Grievink
Determinants of health disparities between Italian regions
Luisa Franzini, Margherita Giannoni
A telephone survey of parental attitudes and behaviours regarding teenage drinking
Bobby P Smyth, Catherine D Darker, Erica Donnelly-Swift, Joe M Barry, Shane PA Allwright
Subclinical hyperthyroidism and dementia: the Sao Paulo Ageing & Health Study (SPAH)
Isabela M Benseñor, Paulo A Lotufo, Paulo R Menezes, Márcia Scazufca
Reframing climate change as a public health issue: an exploratory study of public reactions
Edward W Maibach, Matthew Nisbet, Paula Baldwin, Karen Akerlof, Guoqing Diao
Air pollution and health in Sri Lanka: a review of epidemiologic studies
Yatagama Lokuge S Nandasena, Ananda R Wickremasinghe, Nalini Sathiakumar
Return to work after a workplace-oriented intervention for patients on sick-leave for burnout - a prospective controlled study
Björn Karlson, Peter Jönsson, Birgitta Pålsson, Gunnel Åbjörnsson, Birgitta Malmberg, Britt Larsson, Kai Österberg
A newer and broader definition of burnout: Validation of the "Burnout Clinical Subtype Questionnaire (BCSQ-36)"
Jesús Montero-Marín, Javier García-Campayo
Association between Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Risk in Chinese Youth Independent of Age and Pubertal Stage
Alice PS Kong, Kai-Chow Choi, Albert MC Li, Stanley SC Hui, Michael HM Chan, YK Wing, Ronald CW Ma, Christopher WK Lam, Joseph TF Lau, Wing Yee So, Gary TC Ko, Juliana CN Chan
Low level exposure to cadmium increases the risk of chronic kidney disease: analysis of the NHANES 1999-2006
Pietro Manuel Ferraro, Stefano Costanzi, Alessandro Naticchia, Antonio Sturniolo, Giovanni Gambaro
The impact of self-reported exposure to whole-body-vibrations on the risk of disability pension among men: a 15 year prospective study
Finn Tüchsen, Helene Feveile, Karl B Christensen, Niklas Krause
Population Attributable Fraction of Smoking and Metabolic Syndrome on Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Japan: a 15-Year Follow Up of NIPPON DATA90
Naoyuki Takashima, Katsuyuki Miura, Atsushi Hozawa, Aya Kadota, Tomonori Okamura, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Takehito Hayakawa, Nagako Okuda, Akira Fujiyoshi, Shin-ya Nagasawa, Takashi Kadowaki, Yoshitaka Murakami, Yoshikuni Kita, Akira Okayama, Hirotsugu Ueshima
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in relation to socioeconomic status among Jamaican young adults: a cross-sectional study
Trevor S Ferguson, Marshall K Tulloch-Reid, Novie OM Younger, Jennifer M Knight-Madden, Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Deanna Ashley, Jan Van den Broeck, Rainford J Wilks
Automatic evaluation of body-related words among young women: an experimental study
Kaaren J Watts, Jacquelyn Cranney
"I don't eat a hamburger and large chips every day!" A qualitative study of the impact of public health messages about obesity on obese adults
Sophie Lewis, Samantha L Thomas, Jim Hyde, David Castle, R Warwick Blood, Paul A Komesaroff
Mapping service activity: the example of childhood obesity schemes in England
Catherine Aicken, Helen Roberts, Lisa Arai
Erratum to: Adverse childhood experiences are associated with the risk of lung cancer: a prospective cohort study
David W Brown, Robert F Anda, Vincent J Felitti, Valerie J Edwards, Ann Marie Malarcher, Janet B Croft, Wayne H Giles
Neighborhood and weight-related health behaviors in the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) Study
Tiffany L Gary-Webb, Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, Luu Pham, Jacqueline Wesche-Thobaben, Jennifer Patricio, F Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Arleen F Brown, LaShanda Jones, Frederick L Brancati
Evaluation of a community-based participatory physical activity promotion project: effect on cardiovascular disease risk profiles of school employees
Noha H Farag, William E Moore, David M Thompson, Cee E Kobza, Kathryn Abbott, June E Eichner
Associations between body mass index, weight control concerns and behaviors, and eating disorder symptoms among non-clinical Chinese adolescents
Yiou Fan, Yanping Li, Ailing Liu, Xiaoqi Hu, Guansheng Ma, Guifa Xu
Racial/ethnic and sexual behavior disparities in rates of sexually transmitted infections, San Francisco, 1999-2008
Hyman M Scott, Kyle T Bernstein, Henry F Raymond, Robert Kohn, Jeffrey D Klausner
The impact of food assistance on weight gain and disease progression among HIV-infected individuals accessing AIDS care and treatment services in Uganda
Rahul Rawat, Suneetha Kadiyala, Paul E McNamara
HIV prevalence among female sex workers, drug users and men who have sex with men in Brazil: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Monica Malta, Monica MF Magnanini, Maeve B Mello, Ana Roberta P Pascom, Yohana Linhares, Francisco I Bastos
Insulin resistance and its association with the components of the metabolic syndrome among obese children and adolescents
Carlos Juárez-López, Miguel Klünder-Klünder, Patricia Medina-Bravo, Adrián Madrigal-Azcárate, Eliezer Mass-Díaz, Samuel Flores-Huerta
Knowledge and reported practices of men and women on maternal and child health in rural Guinea Bissau: a cross sectional survey
Rebecca King, Vera Mann, Peter D Boone
Cigarette smokers' intention to quit smoking in Dire Dawa town Ethiopia: an assessment using the Transtheoretical Model
Eshetu Girma, Tsion Assefa, Amare Deribew
Shared Principles of Ethics for Infant and Young Child Nutrition in the Developing World
Jerome Amir Singh, Abdallah S Daar, Peter A Singer
Pandemic influenza preparedness and health systems challenges in Asia: results from rapid analyses in 6 Asian countries
Piya Hanvoravongchai, Wiku Adisasmito, Pham Ngoc Chau, Alexandra Conseil, Joia de Sa, Ralf Krumkamp, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Bounlay Phommasack, Weerasak Putthasri, Chin-Shui Shih, Sok Touch, Richard Coker
The economic costs of alcohol consumption in Thailand, 2006
Montarat Thavorncharoensap, Yot Teerawattananon, Jomkwan Yothasamut, Chanida Lertpitakpong, Khannika Thitiboonsuwan, Prapag Neramitpitagkul, Usa Chaikledkaew
Screen-based activities and physical complaints among adolescents from the Nordic countries
Torbjørn Torsheim, Lilly Eriksson, Christina W Schnohr, Fredrik Hansen, Thoroddur Bjarnason, Raili Välimaa
Maternal age, education level and migration: Socioeconomic determinants for smoking during pregnancy in a field study from Turkey
Isil Ergin, Hur Hassoy, Feride A Tanik, Gokce Aslan
Burnout, working conditions and gender - results from the northern Sweden MONICA Study
Sofia Norlund, Christina Reuterwall, Jonas Höög, Bernt Lindahl, Urban Janlert, Lisbeth Slunga Birgander
Determinants of hospitalization for a cutaneous injection-related infection among injection drug users: a cohort study
Elisa Lloyd-Smith, Evan Wood, Ruth Zhang, Mark W Tyndall, Sam Sheps, Julio SG Montaner, Thomas Kerr
The Sydney Diabetes Prevention Program: A community-based translational study
Stephen Colagiuri, Philip Vita, Magnolia Cardona-Morrell, Maria Fiatarone Singh, Louise Farrell, Andrew Milat, Marion Haas, Adrian Bauman
The prevalence of nutritional anemia in pregnancy in an east Anatolian province, Turkey
Leyla Karaoglu, Erkan Pehlivan, Mucahit Egri, Cihan Deprem, Gulsen Gunes, Metin F Genc, Ismail Temel
Is the Scottish population living dangerously? Prevalence of multiple risk factors: the Scottish Health Survey 2003
Richard Lawder, Oliver Harding, Diane Stockton, Colin Fischbacher, David H Brewster, Jim Chalmers, Alan Finlayson, David I Conway
Hip fracture risk in relation to vitamin D supplementation and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and observational studies
Jeffrey K C Lai, Robyn M Lucas, Mark S Clements, Andrew W Roddam, Emily Banks
A surveillance sector review applied to infectious diseases at a country level
Michael G Baker, Sally Easther, Nick Wilson
Compliance with herpes zoster vaccination in young and adult individuals in two regions of Italy
Antonino Parlato, Vincenzo Romano Spica, Massimo Ciccozzi, Francesca Farchi, Francesca Gallè, Valeria Di Onofrio, Elisabetta Franco, Giorgio Liguori
Gender-related power differences, beliefs and reactions towards people living with HIV/AIDS: an urban study in Nigeria
Ngozi C Mbonu, Bart Van den Borne, Nanne K De Vries
Household smoking and dental caries in schoolchildren: the Ryukyus Child Health Study
Keiko Tanaka, Yoshihiro Miyake, Masashi Arakawa, Satoshi Sasaki, Yukihiro Ohya
A worksite prevention program for construction workers: design of a randomized controlled trial
Karen M Oude Hengel, Catelijne I Joling, Karin I Proper, Birgitte M Blatter, Paulien M Bongers
Epidemiology of reported Yersinia enterocolitica infections in Germany, 2001-2008
Bettina M Rosner, Klaus Stark, Dirk Werber
Population based absolute and relative survival to 1 year of people with diabetes following a myocardial infarction: A cohort study using hospital admissions data
Sinead Brophy, Roxanne Cooksey, Michael B Gravenor, Clive Weston, Steven M Macey, Gareth John, Rhys Williams, Ronan A Lyons
Evaluation of a brief anti-stigma campaign in Cambridge: do short-term campaigns work?
Sara Evans-Lacko, Jillian London, Kirsty Little, Claire Henderson, Graham Thornicroft
Should public health interventions aimed at reducing childhood overweight and obesity be gender-focused?
Aline Simen-Kapeu, Paul J Veugelers
Lower age at menarche affects survival in older Australian women: results from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Lynne C Giles, Gary FV Glonek, Vivienne M Moore, Michael J Davies, Mary A Luszcz
Consumer perceptions of beef healthiness: results from a qualitative study in four European countries
Lynn Van Wezemael, Wim Verbeke, Marcia D de Barcellos, Joachim Scholderer, Federico Perez-Cueto
Change in depressive symptoms over higher education and professional establishment - a longitudinal investigation in a national cohort of Swedish nursing students
Anna Christensson, Bo Runeson, Paul W Dickman, Marjan Vaez
The prevalence and social patterning of chronic diseases among older people in a population undergoing health transition. A 10/66 Group cross-sectional population-based survey in the Dominican Republic
Daisy Acosta, Ruth Rottbeck, Juana G Rodríguez, Loida M González, Mary R Almánzar, Susana N Minaya, Maria del C Ortiz, Cleusa P Ferri, Martin J Prince
A qualitative exploration of the perceptions and information needs of public health inspectors responsible for food safety
Mai T Pham, Andria Q Jones, Jan M Sargeant, Barbara J Marshall, Catherine E Dewey
Is body size at birth related to circadian salivary cortisol levels in adulthood? Results from a longitudinal cohort study
Per E Gustafsson, Urban Janlert, Töres Theorell, Anne Hammarström
Home-based voluntary HIV counselling and testing found highly acceptable and to reduce inequalities
Wilbroad Mutale, Charles Michelo, Marte Jürgensen, Knut Fylkesnes
A pilot study combining individual-based smoking cessation counseling, pharmacotherapy, and dental hygiene intervention
Semira Gonseth, Marcelo Abarca, Carlos Madrid, Jacques Cornuz
Screening migrants for tuberculosis - a missed opportunity for improving knowledge and attitudes in high-risk groups: A cross-sectional study of Swedish-language students in Umeå, Sweden
Faustine KK Nkulu, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Clas Ahlm, Ingela Krantz
The quality of preventive health care delivered to adults: results from a cross-sectional study in Southern Italy
Benedetto Manuti, Paolo Rizza, Aida Bianco, Carmelo GA Nobile, Maria Pavia
Is web interviewing a good alternative to telephone interviewing? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey
Gera E Nagelhout, Marc C Willemsen, Mary E Thompson, Geoffrey T Fong, Bas van den Putte, Hein de Vries
A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the Welsh National Exercise Referral Scheme: protocol for trial and integrated economic and process evaluation
Simon Murphy, Larry Raisanen, Graham Moore, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Pat Linck, Nefyn Williams, Nafees Ud Din, Janine Hale, Chris Roberts, Elaine McNaish, Laurence Moore
Using intervention mapping (IM) to develop a self-management programme for employees with a chronic disease in the Netherlands
Sarah I Detaille, Joost WJ van der Gulden, Josephine A Engels, Yvonne F Heerkens, Frank JH van Dijk
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection: Views and perceptions about swallowing nevirapine in rural Lilongwe, Malawi
Deirdre A O'Gorman, Lot J Nyirenda, Sally J Theobald
Estimating the magnitude and direction of bias in tuberculosis drug resistance surveys conducted only in the public sector: a simulation study
Ted Cohen, Bethany L Hedt, Marcello Pagano
Uptake and effectiveness of the Children's Fitness Tax Credit in Canada: the rich get richer
John C Spence, Nicholas L Holt, Julia K Dutove, Valerie Carson
Private patient perceptions about a public programme; what do private Indian tuberculosis patients really feel about directly observed treatment?
Lancelot M Pinto, Zarir F Udwadia
Use of evidence-based pharmacotherapy after myocardial infarction in Estonia
Toomas Marandi, Aleksei Baburin, Tiia Ainla
Recent trends in exposure to secondhand smoke in the United States population
Chieh-I Chen, Tanya Burton, Christine L Baker, Vera Mastey, David Mannino
Varicella susceptibility and transmission dynamics in Slovenia
Maja Sočan, Nataša Berginc, Jaro Lajovic
Associations between partial sickness benefit and disability pensions: initial findings of a Finnish nationwide register study
Johanna Kausto, Lauri Virta, Ritva Luukkonen, Eira Viikari-Juntura
Missed opportunities for earlier HIV testing and diagnosis at the health facilities of Dessie town, North East Ethiopia
Netsanet W Fetene, Amsalu D Feleke
BDNF Val66Met polymorphism, energy intake and BMI: a follow-up study in schoolchildren at risk of eating disorders
Victoria Arija, Marta Ferrer-Barcala, Nuria Aranda, Josepa Canals
Measuring the impact and costs of a universal group based parenting programme: protocol and implementation of a trial
Douglas E Simkiss, Helen A Snooks, Nigel Stallard, Shan Davies, Marie A Thomas, Becky Anthony, Sarah Winstanley, Lynsey Wilson, Sarah Stewart-Brown
Physical activity and optimal self-rated health of adults with and without diabetes
James Tsai, Earl S Ford, Chaoyang Li, Guixiang Zhao, Lina S Balluz
Predictors of mortality among elderly people living in a south Indian urban community; a 10/66 Dementia Research Group prospective population-based cohort study
AT Jotheeswaran, Joseph D Williams, Martin J Prince
Association between neighborhood socioeconomic status and screen time among pre-school children: a cross-sectional study
Valerie Carson, John C Spence, Nicoleta Cutumisu, Lindsey Cargill
Coverage of Jade Goody's cervical cancer in UK newspapers: a missed opportunity for health promotion?
Shona Hilton, Kate Hunt
Cumulative exposure to air pollution and long term outcomes after first acute myocardial infarction: A population-based cohort study. Objectives and methodology
Yariv Gerber, Vicki Myers, David M Broday, Silvia Koton, David M Steinberg, Yaacov Drory
Changing clinical needs of people living with AIDS and receiving home based care in Malawi - the Bangwe Home Based Care Project 2003-2008 - a descriptive study
Cameron Bowie, Norton Gondwe, Claire Bowie
Representations of cycling in metropolitan newspapers - changes over time and differences between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia
Chris Rissel, Catriona Bonfiglioli, Adrian Emilsen, Ben J Smith
Total smoking bans in psychiatric inpatient services: a survey of perceived benefits, barriers and support among staff
Paula Wye, Jenny Bowman, John Wiggers, Amanda Baker, Jenny Knight, Vaughan Carr, Margarett Terry, Richard Clancy
Australia's National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: does it work for Indigenous Australians?
Aliki Christou, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Sandra C Thompson
Are time-trends of smoking among pregnant immigrant women in Sweden determined by cultural or socioeconomic factors?
Kontie M Moussa, P-O Ostergren, Frida Eek, Anton E Kunst
Clinical consequences of road traffic injuries among the elderly in Japan
Takashi Nagata, Hajime Uno, Melissa J Perry
Home-based chlamydia testing of young people attending a music festival - who will pee and post?
Rachel Sacks-Davis, Judy Gold, Campbell K Aitken, Margaret E Hellard
A study of HIV/AIDS related knowledge, attitude and behaviors among female sex workers in Shanghai China
Yong Cai, Rong Shi, Tian Shen, Bei Pei, Xueqin Jiang, Xiuxia Ye, Gang Xu, Shenghui Li, Hong Huang, Meili Shang
Knowledge of human papillomavirus infection and its prevention among adolescents and parents in the greater Milan area, Northern Italy
Claudio Pelucchi, Susanna Esposito, Carlotta Galeone, Margherita Semino, Caterina Sabatini, Irene Picciolli, Silvia Consolo, Gregorio Milani, Nicola Principi
A qualitative analysis of immigrant population health practices in the Girona Healthcare Region
C Saurina, L Vall-llosera, M Saez
Impact of the Family Health Program on the quality of vital information and reduction of child unattended deaths in Brazil: an ecological longitudinal study
Davide Rasella, Rosana Aquino, Mauricio L Barreto
Gender-related factors influencing tuberculosis control in shantytowns: a qualitative study
Dami A Onifade, Angela M Bayer, Rosario Montoya, Marie Haro, Jessica Alva, Jessica Franco, Rosario Sosa, Betty Valiente, Enit Valera, Carolyn M Ford, Colleen D Acosta, Carlton A Evans
Rationale and methods of the European Study on Cardiovascular Risk Prevention and Management in Daily Practice (EURIKA)
Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, Eliseo Guallar, Claudio Borghi, Jean Dallongeville, Guy De Backer, Julian P Halcox, Ramón Hernández-Vecino, Francisco Javier Jiménez, Elvira L Massó-González, Joep Perk, Philippe Gabriel Steg, José R Banegas
Use of psychotropic drugs before pregnancy and the risk for induced abortion: population-based register-data from Finland 1996-2006
Mika Gissler, Miia Artama, Annukka Ritvanen, Kristian Wahlbeck
'Relief of oppression': An organizing principle for researchers' obligations to participants in observational studies in the developing world
James V Lavery, Sunita VS Bandewar, Joshua Kimani, Ross EG Upshur, Frances A Plummer, Peter A Singer
Mortality in Western Australian seniors with chronic respiratory diseases: a cohort study
Kristjana Einarsdóttir, David B Preen, Frank M Sanfilippo, Raylene Reeve, Jon D Emery, C D'Arcy J Holman
Relationship between tooth loss and mortality in 80-year-old Japanese community-dwelling subjects
Toshihiro Ansai, Yutaka Takata, Inho Soh, Shuji Awano, Akihiro Yoshida, Kazuo Sonoki, Tomoko Hamasaki, Takehiro Torisu, Akira Sogame, Naoko Shimada, Tadamichi Takehara
Who is accessing public-sector anti-retroviral treatment in the Free State, South Africa? An exploratory study of the first three years of programme implementation
Edwin Wouters, Christo Heunis, Koen Ponnet, Francis Van Loon, Frederik le Roux Booysen, Dingie van Rensburg, Herman Meulemans
Psychological risk factors of micro- and macrovascular outcomes in primary care patients with type 2 diabetes: rationale and design of the DiaDDZoB Study
Giesje Nefs, François Pouwer, Johan Denollet, Victor JM Pop
Sexual and reproductive health issues facing Southeast Asian beer promoters: a qualitative pilot study
Gail C Webber, Denise L Spitzer
Regular Khat (Catha edulis) chewing is associated with elevated diastolic blood pressure among adults in Butajira, Ethiopia: A comparative study
Workineh Getahun, Teferi Gedif, Fikru Tesfaye
Overcoming barriers to engaging socio-economically disadvantaged populations in CHD primary prevention: a qualitative study
Christopher Harkins, Rebecca Shaw, Michelle Gillies, Heather Sloan, Kate MacIntyre, Anne Scoular, Caroline Morrison, Fiona MacKay, Heather Cunningham, Paul Docherty, Paul MacIntyre, Iain N Findlay
Absence of disparities in anthropometric measures among Chilean indigenous and non-indigenous newborns
Hugo Amigo, Patricia Bustos, Jay S Kaufman
Self-rated health of population in southern China: association with socio-demographic characteristics measured with multiple-item self-rated health measurement scale
Jun Xu, Jinhua Zhang, Liyi Feng, Jincai Qiu
Knowledge, attitudes and practices about malaria among communities: Comparing epidemic and non-epidemic prone communities of Muleba district, North-western Tanzania
Safari M Kinung'hi, Fabian Mashauri, Joseph R Mwanga, Soori E Nnko, Godfrey M Kaatano, Robert Malima, Coleman Kishamawe, Stephen Magesa, Leonard EG Mboera
Psychotropic drugs and the risk of fractures in old age: a prospective population-based study
Janne Nurminen, Juha Puustinen, Maarit Piirtola, Tero Vahlberg, Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä
Comparison of primary care experiences among adults in general outpatient clinics and private general practice clinics in Hong Kong
Samuel YS Wong, Kenny Kung, Sian M Griffiths, Tanya Carthy, Martin CS Wong, Su V Lo, Vincent CH Chung, William B Goggins, Barbara Starfield
HealthKick: a nutrition and physical activity intervention for primary schools in low-income settings
Catherine E Draper, Anniza de Villiers, Estelle V Lambert, Jean Fourie, Jillian Hill, Lucinda Dalais, Zulfa Abrahams, Nelia P Steyn
Treatment outcome of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in Finland: a cohort study
Tuula Vasankari, Pekka Holmström, Jukka Ollgren, Kari Liippo, Petri Ruutu
Prejudice and misconceptions about tuberculosis and HIV in rural and urban communities in Ethiopia: a challenge for the TB/HIV control program
Amare Deribew, Gemeda Abebe, Ludwig Apers, Chali Jira, Markos Tesfaye, Jafar Shifa, Alemseged Abdisa, Kifle Woldemichael, Fetene Deribie, Mesele Bezabih, Abraham Aseffa, Robert Colebunders
Reviewing the evidence on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention strategies in Thailand
Juntana Pattanaphesaj, Yot Teerawattananon
A cross-sectional survey to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding seasonal influenza vaccination among European travellers to resource-limited destinations
Alena Pfeil, Margot Mütsch, Christoph Hatz, Thomas D Szucs
The impact of regional and neighbourhood deprivation on physical health in Germany: a multilevel study
Sven Voigtländer, Ursula Berger, Oliver Razum
Effectiveness of hygienic-dietary recommendations as enhancers of antidepressant treatment in patients with Depression: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Mauro Garcia-Toro, Olga Ibarra, Margalida Gili, Joan Salva, Saray Monzón, Margalida Vives, Maria J Serrano, Javier Garcia-Campayo, Miquel Roca
The Primary Care Practitioner and the diagnosis of occupational diseases
Luca Cegolon, John H Lange, Giuseppe Mastrangelo
Pre-hospital care time intervals among victims of road traffic injuries in Iran. A cross-sectional study
Maryam Bigdeli, Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh, Reza Mohammadi
Tanzanian farmers' knowledge and attitudes to GM biotechnology and the potential use of GM crops to provide improved levels of food security. A Qualitative Study
Christopher P Lewis, James N Newell, Caroline M Herron, Haidari Nawabu
Social-cognitive correlates of risky adolescent cycling behavior
Hans Feenstra, Robert AC Ruiter, Gerjo Kok
Community perceptions of malaria and malaria treatment behaviour in a rural district of Ghana: implications for artemisinin combination therapy
Kwaku P Asante, Livesy Abokyi, Charles Zandoh, Ruth Owusu, Elizabeth Awini, Abubakari Sulemana, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Robert Adda, Owusu Boahen, Sylvester Segbaya, Emmanuel Mahama, Constance Bart-Plange, Daniel Chandramohan, Seth Owusu-Agyei
Prevention through Activity in Kindergarten Trial (PAKT): A cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the effects of an activity intervention in preschool children
Kristina Roth, Sonja Mauer, Matthias Obinger, Katharina C Ruf, Christine Graf, Susi Kriemler, Dorothea Lenz, Walter Lehmacher, Helge Hebestreit
Increasing late diagnosis in HIV infection in South Korea: 2000-2007
Jin-Hee Lee, Gab Jung Kim, Byeong-Sun Choi, Kee-Jong Hong, Mi-Kyung Heo, Sung Soon Kim, Mee-Kyung Kee
The correlates of HIV testing and impacts on sexual behavior: evidence from a life history study of young people in Kisumu, Kenya
Caroline W Kabiru, Nancy Luke, Chimaraoke O Izugbara, Eliya M Zulu
Knowledge and attitudes of university students toward pandemic influenza: a cross-sectional study from Turkey
Hulya Akan, Yesim Gurol, Guldal Izbirak, Sukran Ozdatlı, Gulden Yilmaz, Ayca Vitrinel, Osman Hayran
Antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in waters associated with a hospital in Ujjain, India
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Nadia Valin, Gilles Hejblum, Isabelle Borget, Henri-Pierre Mallet, Fadi Antoun, Didier Che, Christos Chouaid
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Annicka M Reuss, Marcel Feig, Lutz Kappelmayer, Anette Siedler, Tim Eckmanns, Gabriele Poggensee
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Jade E Bilardi, Deborah L De Guingand, Meredith J Temple-Smith, Suzanne Garland, Christopher K Fairley, Sonia Grover, Euan Wallace, Jane S Hocking, Sepehr Tabrizi, Marie Pirotta, Marcus Y Chen
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Sarah E Wilson, Laura C Rosella, Lorraine L Lipscombe, Douglas G Manuel
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Andre B Araujo, Gretchen R Chiu, Varant Kupelian, Susan A Hall, Rachel E Williams, Richard V Clark, John B McKinlay
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Hashima E Nasreen, Zarina Nahar Kabir, Yvonne Forsell, Maigun Edhborg
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Farhad Hosseinpanah, Sima Hashemi pour, Motahare Heibatollahi, Nilufar Moghbel, Saeed Asefzade, Fereidoun Azizi
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Camilla Schmidt Morgen, Laust Hvas Mortensen, Mette Rasmussen, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Thorkild IA Sørensen, Pernille Due
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Christine L Heidebrecht, Julie Foisy, Jennifer A Pereira, Sherman D Quan, Donald J Willison, Shelley L Deeks, Michael Finkelstein, Natasha S Crowcroft, David L Buckeridge, Maryse Guay, Christopher A Sikora, Jeffrey C Kwong
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Teresa Tamayo, Christian Herder, Wolfgang Rathmann
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Marina Taloyan, Alexandre Wajngot, Sven-Erik Johansson, Jonas Tovi, Jan Sundquist
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'Rumours' and clinical trials: a retrospective examination of a paediatric malnutrition study in Zambia, southern Africa
Patricia Kingori, Maureen Muchimba, Bornwell Sikateyo, Beatrice Amadi, Paul Kelly
Availability and utilization of malaria prevention strategies in pregnancy in eastern India
Blair J Wylie, Ahmar H Hashmi, Neeru Singh, Mrigendra P Singh, Jordan Tuchman, Mobassir Hussain, Lora Sabin, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Camellia Banerjee, Mohamad I Brooks, Meghna Desai, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, William B MacLeod, Aditya P Dash, Davidson H Hamer
Effectiveness of adjuvant occupational therapy in employees with depression: design of a randomized controlled trial
Hiske L Hees, Maarten WJ Koeter, Gabe de Vries, Wendy Ooteman, Aart H Schene
Effectiveness of an intervention in groups of family caregivers of dependent patients for their application in primary health centers. Study protocol
Emiliano Rodríguez-Sánchez, Sara Mora-Simón, Nieves Porras-Santos, Maria C Patino-Alonso, José I Recio-Rodríguez, Concepción Becerro-Muñoz, Diana Pérez-Arechaederra, Manuel A Gomez-Marcos, Luis Garcia-Ortiz
Temporal trends in misclassification patterns of measured and self-report based body mass index categories - findings from three population surveys in Ireland
Frances Shiely, Ivan J Perry, Jennifer Lutomski, Janas Harrington, C Cecily Kelleher, Hannah McGee, Kevin Hayes
Surfing the web during pandemic flu: availability of World Health Organization recommendations on prevention
Francesco Gesualdo, Mariateresa Romano, Elisabetta Pandolfi, Caterina Rizzo, Lucilla Ravà, Daniela Lucente, Alberto E Tozzi
Establishing a follow-up of the Swiss MONICA participants (1984-1993): record linkage with census and mortality data
Matthias Bopp, Julia Braun, David Faeh, Felix Gutzwiller
Does Chinese culture influence psychosocial factors for heroin use among young adolescents in China? A cross-sectional study
Hongjie Liu, Jian Li, Zhouping Lu, Wei Liu, Zhiyong Zhang
A prospective study of dietary selenium intake and risk of type 2 diabetes
Saverio Stranges, Sabina Sieri, Marco Vinceti, Sara Grioni, Eliseo Guallar, Martin Laclaustra, Paola Muti, Franco Berrino, Vittorio Krogh
Time-to-pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes in a South African population
Braimoh Bello, Danuta Kielkowski, Dick Heederik, Kerry Wilson
The evaluation of "Safe Motherhood" program on maternal care utilization in rural western China: a difference in difference approach
Xiaoning Liu, Hong Yan, Duolao Wang
Educational inequalities in mortality and associated risk factors: German- versus French-speaking Switzerland
David Faeh, Matthias Bopp
Completeness and timeliness of Salmonella notifications in Ireland in 2008: a cross sectional study
Nathalie Nicolay, Patricia Garvey, Niall Delappe, Martin Cormican, Paul McKeown
Urbanization, ethnicity and cardiovascular risk in a population in transition in Nakuru, Kenya: a population-based survey
Wanjiku Mathenge, Allen Foster, Hannah Kuper
Traditional birth attendants lack basic information on HIV and safe delivery practices in rural Mysore, India
Purnima Madhivanan, Bhavana N Kumar, Paul Adamson, Karl Krupp
Erratum to: Awareness of school students on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their sexual behaviour: a cross-sectional study conducted in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Mudassir Anwar, Syed Azhar S Sulaiman, Keivan Ahmadi, Tahir M Khan
Inadequacy of nutrients intake among pregnant women in the Deep South of Thailand
Phnom Sukchan, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Praneed Songwathana, Vosasit Sornsrivichai, Metta Kuning
Social support and Quality of Life: a cross-sectional study on survivors eight months after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
Xiong Ke, Chaojie Liu, Ningxiu Li
Social status and cardiovascular disease: a Mediterranean case. Results from the Italian Progetto CUORE cohort study
Carla Fornari, Chiara Donfrancesco, Michele A Riva, Luigi Palmieri, Salvatore Panico, Diego Vanuzzo, Marco M Ferrario, Lorenza Pilotto, Simona Giampaoli, Giancarlo Cesana
Researching Effective Strategies to Improve Insulin Sensitivity in Children and Teenagers - RESIST. A randomised control trial investigating the effects of two different diets on insulin sensitivity in young people with insulin resistance and/or pre-diabetes.
Sarah P Garnett, Louise A Baur, Manny Noakes, Katharine Steinbeck, Helen J Woodhead, Susie Burrell, Kerryn Chisholm, Carolyn R Broderick, Robert Parker, Sukanya De, Shubha Shrinivasan, Lori Hopley, Gilly Hendrie, Geoffrey R Ambler, Michael R Kohn, Chris T Cowell
Opposite poles: A comparison between two Spanish regions in health-related quality of life, with implications for health policy
Juan Oliva-Moreno, Néboa Zozaya, Beatriz G López-Valcárcel
Sexual knowledge, attitudes and activity of men conscripted into the military
Jiankang Chao, Yenchin Lin, Michia Ma, Yanchiou Ku, Chinghong Tsai, Mingder Shi
"Step by Step". A feasibility study of a lunchtime walking intervention designed to increase walking, improve mental well-being and work performance in sedentary employees: Rationale and study design
Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Elizabeth A Loughren, Joan L Duda, Kenneth R Fox, Florence-Emilie Kinnafick
The relationship of high sensitivity C-reactive protein to percent body fat mass, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist circumference in a Taiwanese population
Cheng-Chieh Lin, Sharon LR Kardia, Chia-Ing Li, Chiu-Shong Liu, Ming-May Lai, Wen-Yuan Lin, Pei-Chia Chang, Yih-Dar Lee, Ching-Chu Chen, Chih-Hsueh Lin, Chuan-Wei Yang, Chih-Yi Hsiao, Walter Chen, Tsai-Chung Li
Social determinants of rest deprivation amongst Ghanaian women: national and urban-rural comparisons with data from a cross-sectional nationally representative survey
Maurice B Mittelmark, Torill Bull
Interaction of sleep quality and psychosocial stress on obesity in African Americans: the Cardiovascular Health Epidemiology Study (CHES)
Aurelian Bidulescu, Rebecca Din-Dzietham, Dorothy L Coverson, Zhimin Chen, Yuan-Xiang Meng, Sarah G Buxbaum, Gary H Gibbons, Verna L Welch
Metabolic syndrome in Russian adults: associated factors and mortality from cardiovascular diseases and all causes
Oleg Sidorenkov, Odd Nilssen, Andrej M Grjibovski
Perceptions of primary healthcare professionals towards their role in type 2 diabetes mellitus patient education in Brazil
Heloisa C Torres, Brani Rozemberg, Marta A Amaral, Regina CA Bodstein
Multi-centred mixed-methods PEPFAR HIV care & support public health evaluation: study protocol
Richard Harding, Victoria Simms, Suzanne Penfold, Paul McCrone, Scott Moreland, Julia Downing, Richard A Powell, Faith Mwangi-Powell, Eve Namisango, Peter Fayers, Siân Curtis, Irene J Higginson
Population uptake of antiretroviral treatment through primary care in rural South Africa
Graham S Cooke, Frank C Tanser, Till W Bärnighausen, Marie-Louise Newell
Make Better Choices (MBC): Study design of a randomized controlled trial testing optimal technology-supported change in multiple diet and physical activity risk behaviors
Bonnie Spring, Kristin Schneider, HG McFadden, Jocelyn Vaughn, Andrea T Kozak, Malaina Smith, Arlen C Moller, Leonard Epstein, Stephanie W Russell, Andrew DeMott, Donald Hedeker
Social cohesion through football: a quasi-experimental mixed methods design to evaluate a complex health promotion program
Sally Nathan, Anne Bunde-Birouste, Clifton Evers, Lynn Kemp, Julie MacKenzie, Robert Henley
Exploring recruitment, willingness to participate, and retention of low-SES women in stress and depression prevention
Judith EB van der Waerden, Cees Hoefnagels, Maria WJ Jansen, Clemens MH Hosman
Trajectories of maternal symptoms of anxiety and depression. A 13-year longitudinal study of a population-based sample
Anni Skipstein, Harald Janson, Mike Stoolmiller, Kristin S Mathiesen
Impact of maternal metabolic abnormalities in pregnancy on human milk and subsequent infant metabolic development: methodology and design
Sylvia H Ley, Deborah L O'Connor, Ravi Retnakaran, Jill K Hamilton, Mathew Sermer, Bernard Zinman, Anthony J Hanley
An increase in the burden of neonatal admissions to a rural district hospital in Kenya over 19 years
Michael K Mwaniki, Hellen W Gatakaa, Florence N Mturi, Charles R Chesaro, Jane M Chuma, Norbert M Peshu, Linda Mason, Piet Kager, Kevin Marsh, Mike English, James A Berkley, Charles R Newton
Cardiovascular risk profile: Cross-sectional analysis of motivational determinants, physical fitness and physical activity
Barbara Sassen, Gerjo Kok, Herman Schaalma, Henri Kiers, Luc Vanhees
Parental influences on child physical activity and screen viewing time: a population based study
Ben J Smith, Anne Grunseit, Louise L Hardy, Lesley King, Luke Wolfenden, Andrew Milat
Association between actual weight status, perceived weight and depressive, anxious symptoms in Chinese adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Jie Tang, Yizhen Yu, Yukai Du, Ying Ma, Huiping Zhu, Zhuoya Liu
Is there an association between mild cognitive impairment and dietary pattern in chinese elderly? Results from a cross-sectional population study
Ziqi Wang, Birong Dong, Guo Zeng, Jun Li, Wenlei Wang, Binyou Wang, Qiyuan Yuan
Healthcare workers as parents: attitudes toward vaccinating their children against pandemic influenza A/H1N1
Sebahat D Torun, Fuat Torun, Binali Catak
Trends in dermatomyositis- and polymyositis-related mortality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, 1985-2007: multiple cause-of-death analysis
Augusto H Santo, José Maria P Souza, Celso E Pinheiro, Deborah CC Souza, Emilia I Sato
Exposure-in-vivo containing interventions to improve work functioning of workers with anxiety disorder: a systematic review
Erik Noordik, Jac JL van der Klink, Elmer F Klingen, Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Frank JH van Dijk
Randomised controlled trial of an automated, interactive telephone intervention to improve type 2 diabetes self-management (Telephone-Linked Care Diabetes Project): study protocol
Dominique Bird, Brian Oldenburg, Mandy Cassimatis, Anthony Russell, Susan Ash, Mary D Courtney, Paul A Scuffham, Ian Stewart, Richard Wootton, Robert H Friedman
Trust and ambivalence in midwives' views towards women developing pelvic pain during pregnancy: a qualitative study
Ingrid Mogren, Anna Winkvist, Lars Dahlgren
What happens to ART-eligible patients who do not start ART? Dropout between screening and ART initiation: a cohort study in Karonga, Malawi
Nuala McGrath, Judith R Glynn, Jacqueline Saul, Katharina Kranzer, Andreas Jahn, Frank Mwaungulu, Msenga HC Ngwira, Hazzie Mvula, Fipson Munthali, Venance Mwinuka, Lorren Mwaungulu, Paul EM Fine, Amelia C Crampin
Response rates and selection problems, with emphasis on mental health variables and DNA sampling, in large population-based, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of adolescents in Norway
Espen Bjertness, Åse Sagatun, Kristian Green, Lars Lien, Anne Johanne Søgaard, Randi Selmer
Absence of influenza vaccination among high-risk older adults in Taiwan
Ying-Chun Li
Obesity and mortality among older Thais: a four year follow up study
Patama Vapattanawong, Wichai Aekplakorn, Uthaithip Rakchanyaban, Pramote Prasartkul, Yawarat Porapakkham
Characteristics of adolescents who expressed indifference or no interest towards body art
Luca Cegolon, Carla Xodo, Giuseppe Mastrangelo
Second-hand smoke exposure and the factors associated with avoidance behavior among the mothers of pre-school children: a school-based cross-sectional study
Pi-Li Lin, Hsiao-Ling Huang, Kuei-Yun Lu, Ted Chen, Wei-Ting Lin, Chien-Hung Lee, Hsiang-Ming Hsu
The reduction of intoxication and disorder in premises licensed to serve alcohol: An exploratory randomised controlled trial
Simon C Moore, Iain R Brennan, Simon Murphy, Ellie Byrne, Susan N Moore, Jonathan P Shepherd, Laurence Moore
Maternal health care professionals' perspectives on the provision and use of antenatal and delivery care: a qualitative descriptive study in rural Vietnam
Sophie Graner, Ingrid Mogren, Le Q Duong, Gunilla Krantz, Marie Klingberg-Allvin
Short sleep duration and obesity among Australian children
Zumin Shi, Anne W Taylor, Tiffany K Gill, Jane Tuckerman, Robert Adams, James Martin
Self-medication with antibiotics for the treatment of menstrual symptoms in southwest Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
Amy R Sapkota, Morenike E Coker, Rachel E Rosenberg Goldstein, Nancy L Atkinson, Shauna J Sweet, Priscilla O Sopeju, Modupe T Ojo, Elizabeth Otivhia, Olayemi O Ayepola, Olufunmiso O Olajuyigbe, Laura Shireman, Paul S Pottinger, Kayode K Ojo
What do first-time mothers worry about? A study of usage patterns and content of calls made to a postpartum support telephone hotline
Hibah Osman, Monique Chaaya, Lama El Zein, Georges Naassan, Livia Wick
Increasing reports of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 1995-2006
Jonathan E Moore, Michelle E Kruijshaar, L Peter Ormerod, Francis Drobniewski, Ibrahim Abubakar
A study protocol to evaluate the relationship between outdoor air pollution and pregnancy outcomes
Manuel C Ribeiro, Maria J Pereira, Amílcar Soares, Cristina Branquinho, Sofia Augusto, Esteve Llop, Susana Fonseca, Joaquim G Nave, António B Tavares, Carlos M Dias, Ana Silva, Ismael Selemane, Joaquin de Toro, Mário J Santos, Fernanda Santos
Health literacy, health status, and healthcare utilization of Taiwanese adults: results from a national survey
Shoou-Yih D Lee, Tzu-I Tsai, Yi-Wen Tsai, Ken N Kuo
Gender differences in the association between pre-adolescent smoking initiation and emotional or behavioural problems
Gea de Meer, Matty R Crone, Sijmen A Reijneveld
"...they should be offering it": a qualitative study to investigate young peoples' attitudes towards chlamydia screening in GP surgeries
Angela H Hogan, Rebecca S Howell-Jones, Elizabeth Pottinger, Louise M Wallace, Cliodna AM McNulty
A longitudinal study of tobacco use among American Indian and Alaska Native tribal college students
Babalola Faseru, Christine M Daley, Byron Gajewski, Christina M Pacheco, Won S Choi
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of early assisted discharge for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease exacerbations: the design of a randomised controlled trial
Cecile MA Utens, Lucas MA Goossens, Frank WJM Smeenk, Onno CP van Schayck, Walter van Litsenburg, Annet Janssen, Monique van Vliet, Wiel Seezink, Dirk RAJ Demunck, Brigitte van de Pas, Peter J de Bruijn, Anouschka van der Pouw, Jeroen MAM Retera, Petra de Laat-Bierings, Loes van Eijsden, Maria Braken, Riet Eijsermans, Maureen PMH Rutten-van Mölken
Socio-demographic, lifestyle and health characteristics among snus users and dual tobacco users in Stockholm County, Sweden
Karin Engström, Cecilia Magnusson, Maria Rosaria Galanti
Study protocol: a randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of exercise training on peripheral blood gene expression in patients with stable angina
Liam Bourke, Garry A Tew, Marta Milo, David C Crossman, John M Saxton, Timothy JA Chico
The limitations of employment as a tool for social inclusion
Liana S Leach, Peter Butterworth, Lyndall Strazdins, Bryan Rodgers, Dorothy H Broom, Sarah C Olesen
Coping strategies for financial burdens in families with childhood pneumonia in Bangladesh
Nadia I Alamgir, Aliya Naheed, Stephen P Luby
Study protocol to a nationwide prospective cohort study on return to gainful occupation after stroke in Denmark 1996 - 2006
Harald Hannerz, Betina Holbæk Pedersen, Otto M Poulsen, Frank Humle, Lars L Andersen
Measuring newborn foot length to identify small babies in need of extra care: a cross sectional hospital based study with community follow-up in Tanzania
Tanya Marchant, Jennie Jaribu, Suzanne Penfold, Marcel Tanner, Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg
Within-trial economic evaluation of diabetes-specific cognitive behaviour therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes and subthreshold depression
Nadja Chernyak, Bernd Kulzer, Norbert Hermanns, Andreas Schmitt, Annika Gahr, Thomas Haak, Johannes Kruse, Christian Ohmann, Marsel Scheer, Guido Giani, Andrea Icks
A prospective study of weight development and behavior problems in toddlers: the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
Susan Garthus-Niegel, Knut A Hagtvet, Margarete E Vollrath
Estimation of the burden of cardiovascular disease attributable to modifiable risk factors and cost-effectiveness analysis of preventative interventions to reduce this burden in Argentina
Adolfo Rubinstein, Lisandro Colantonio, Ariel Bardach, Joaquín Caporale, Sebastián García Martí, Karin Kopitowski, Andrea Alcaraz, Luz Gibbons, Federico Augustovski, Andrés Pichón-Rivière
Neighbourhood characteristics, social capital and self-rated health - A population-based survey in Sweden
Margareta Lindén-Boström, Carina Persson, Charli Eriksson
Antibiotic use, resistance development and environmental factors: a qualitative study among healthcare professionals in Orissa, India
Krushna Chandra Sahoo, A J Tamhankar, Eva Johansson, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
The origins of a research community in the Majengo observational cohort study, Nairobi, Kenya
Sunita VS Bandewar, Joshua Kimani, James V Lavery
Low coverage but few inclusion errors in Burkina Faso: a community-based targeting approach to exempt the indigent from user fees
Valéry Ridde, Slim Haddad, Béatrice Nikiema, Moctar Ouedraogo, Yamba Kafando, Abel Bicaba
Neighborhood socioeconomic status, Medicaid coverage and medical management of myocardial infarction: Atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) community surveillance
Randi E Foraker, Kathryn M Rose, Eric A Whitsel, Chirayath M Suchindran, Joy L Wood, Wayne D Rosamond
Incidence of primary hepatitis C infection and risk factors for transmission in an Australian prisoner cohort
Suzy Teutsch, Fabio Luciani, Nicolas Scheuer, Luke McCredie, Parastu Hosseiny, William Rawlinson, John Kaldor, Gregory J Dore, Kate Dolan, Rosemary Ffrench, Andrew Lloyd, Paul Haber, Michael Levy
Social influences on mental health help-seeking after interpersonal traumatization: a qualitative analysis
Viola Schreiber, Andreas Maercker, Babette Renneberg
Young adolescents' independent mobility, related factors and association with transport to school. A cross-sectional study
Klara Johansson, Marie Hasselberg, Lucie Laflamme
Hospitalisation for rotavirus gastroenteritis in the paediatric population in the Veneto Region, Italy
Mario Saia, Aurore Giliberti, Giampietro Callegaro, Tatjana Baldovin, Marta Cecilia Busana, Francesco Pietrobon, Chiara Bertoncello, Vincenzo Baldo
Age- and gender-specific risk of death after first hospitalization for heart failure
I Vaartjes, AW Hoes, JB Reitsma, A de Bruin, DE Grobbee, A Mosterd, ML Bots
An overview of ethical frameworks in public health: can they be supportive in the evaluation of programs to prevent overweight?
Marieke ten Have, Inez D de Beaufort, Johan P Mackenbach, Agnes van der Heide
Association of waterpipe smoking and road traffic crashes
Soheil Saadat, Mojgan Karbakhsh
Cardiovascular risk estimated after 13 years of follow-up in a low-incidence Mediterranean region with high-prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors
José M Huerta, María-José Tormo, Diana Gavrila, Carmen Navarro
Communication, perception and behaviour during a natural disaster involving a 'Do Not Drink' and a subsequent 'Boil Water' notice: a postal questionnaire study
Gabriella Rundblad, Olivia Knapton, Paul R Hunter
Physician's manual reporting underestimates mortality: evidence from a population-based HIV/AIDS treatment program
Christopher G Au-Yeung, Aranka Anema, Keith Chan, Benita Yip, Julio SG Montaner, Robert S Hogg
Socioeconomic status and duration and pattern of sickness absence. A 1-year follow-up study of 2331 hospital employees
Trine R Kristensen, Signe M Jensen, Svend Kreiner, Sigurd Mikkelsen
Patterns of physical activity in different domains and implications for intervention in a multi-ethnic Asian population: a cross-sectional study
Ei Ei Khaing Nang, Eric YH Khoo, Agus Salim, E Shyong Tai, Jeannette Lee, Rob M Van Dam
Young and vulnerable: Spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for infant mortality in rural South Africa (Agincourt), 1992-2007
Benn KD Sartorius, Kathleen Kahn, Penelope Vounatsou, Mark A Collinson, Stephen M Tollman
Examining the types and payments of the disabilities of the insurants in the national farmers' health insurance program in Taiwan
Jiun-Hao Wang, Hung-Hao Chang
CT scan screening is associated with increased distress among subjects of the APExS
Christophe Paris, Marion Maurel, Amandine Luc, Audrey Stoufflet, Jean-Claude Pairon, Marc Letourneux
Emotional support predicts more sickness absence and poorer self assessed work ability: a two-year prospective cohort study
Nadine Karlsson, Elisabeth Skargren, Margareta Kristenson
Systematic development of a self-regulation weight-management intervention for overweight adults
Lenneke van Genugten, Pepijn van Empelen, Ilse Flink, Anke Oenema
Internet-based surveillance of Influenza-like-illness in the UK during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
Natasha L Tilston, Ken TD Eames, Daniela Paolotti, Toby Ealden, W John Edmunds
Barriers and facilitators of adherence to TB treatment in patients on concomitant TB and HIV treatment: a qualitative study
Mekdes K Gebremariam, Gunnar A Bjune, Jan C Frich
The Nutrition and Enjoyable Activity for Teen Girls (NEAT girls) randomized controlled trial for adolescent girls from disadvantaged secondary schools: rationale, study protocol, and baseline results
David R Lubans, Philip J Morgan, Deborah Dewar, Clare E Collins, Ronald C Plotnikoff, Anthony D Okely, Marijka J Batterham, Tara Finn, Robin Callister
Reduction of diabetes risk in routine clinical practice: are physical activity and nutrition interventions feasible and are the outcomes from reference trials replicable? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Magnolia Cardona-Morrell, Lucie Rychetnik, Stephen L Morrell, Paola T Espinel, Adrian Bauman
Comparison of cardiovascular risk factors between sri lankans living in kandy and oslo
Sampath UB Tennakoon, Bernadette N Kumar, Danasela B Nugegoda, Haakon E Meyer
Injuries to pedal cyclists on New Zealand roads, 1988-2007
Sandar Tin Tin, Alistair Woodward, Shanthi Ameratunga
Pattern of fractures across pediatric age groups: analysis of individual and lifestyle factors
Giuliana Valerio, Francesca Gallè, Caterina Mancusi, Valeria Di Onofrio, Marianna Colapietro, Pasquale Guida, Giorgio Liguori
Infection status and risk factors of HIV, HBV, HCV, and syphilis among drug users in Guangdong, China - a cross-sectional study
Jie Wu, Jinying Huang, Duorong Xu, Ciyong Lu, Xueqing Deng, Xiaolan Zhou
Effect of a multidisciplinary stress treatment programme on the return to work rate for persons with work-related stress. A non-randomized controlled study from a stress clinic
Bo Netterstrøm, Per Bech
Reproductive health care for asylum-seeking women - a challenge for health professionals
Elisabeth Kurth, Fabienne N Jaeger, Elisabeth Zemp, Sibil Tschudin, Alexander Bischoff
Legionella spp. and legionellosis in southeastern Italy: disease epidemiology and environmental surveillance in community and health care facilities
Christian Napoli, Fabrizio Fasano, Roberta Iatta, Giovanna Barbuti, Teresa Cuna, Maria Teresa Montagna
Facing the threat of influenza pandemic - roles of and implications to general practitioners
Albert Lee, Antonio AT Chuh
Obesity prevention and personal responsibility: the case of front-of-pack food labelling in Australia
Roger S Magnusson
Using formative research to develop MNCH programme in urban slums in Bangladesh: experiences from MANOSHI, BRAC
Syed Masud Ahmed, Awlad Hossain, Marufa Aziz Khan, Malay Kanti Mridha, Ashraful Alam, Nuzhat Choudhury, Tamanna Sharmin, Kaosar Afsana, Abbas Bhuiya
Ecological analysis of health care utilisation for China's rural population: association with a rural county's socioeconomic characteristics
Kam Ling Chau
Factors associated with commencing smoking in 12-year-old students in Catalonia (Spain): a cross-sectional population-based study
Empar Valdivieso, Cristina Rey, Marisa Barrera, Victoria Arija, Josep Basora, Josep Ramon Marsal
Stereotyping of medical disability claimants' communication behaviour by physicians: towards more focused education for social insurance physicians
HJ van Rijssen, AJM Schellart, M Berkhof, JR Anema, AJ van der Beek
Testing for sexually transmitted infections in general practice: cross-sectional study
Katharine E Sadler, Nicola Low, Catherine H Mercer, Lorna J Sutcliffe, M Amir Islam, Shuja Shafi, Gary M Brook, Helen Maguire, Patrick J Horner, Jackie A Cassell
The incidence of HIV among women recruited during late pregnancy and followed up for six years after childbirth in Zimbabwe
Marshall W Munjoma, Felix G Mhlanga, Munyaradzi P Mapingure, Edith N Kurewa, Grace V Mashavave, Mike Z Chirenje, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Babill Stray-Pedersen
Evaluation of a commercial web-based weight loss and weight loss maintenance program in overweight and obese adults: a randomized controlled trial
Clare E Collins, Philip J Morgan, Pennie Jones, Kate Fletcher, Julia Martin, Elroy J Aguiar, Ashlee Lucas, Melinda Neve, Patrick McElduff, Robin Callister
The role of entry screening in case finding of tuberculosis among asylum seekers in Norway
Ingunn Harstad, Geir W Jacobsen, Einar Heldal, Brita A Winje, Saeed Vahedi, Anne-Sofie Helvik, Sigurd L Steinshamn, Helge Garåsen
Surviving crack: a qualitative study of the strategies and tactics developed by Brazilian users to deal with the risks associated with the drug
Luciana A Ribeiro, Zila M Sanchez, Solange A Nappo
Factors associated with motivation and hesitation to work among health professionals during a public crisis: a cross sectional study of hospital workers in Japan during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009
Hissei Imai, Kunitaka Matsuishi, Atsushi Ito, Kentaro Mouri, Noboru Kitamura, Keiko Akimoto, Koichi Mino, Ayako Kawazoe, Masanori Isobe, Shizuo Takamiya, Tatsuo Mita
A precautionary public health protection strategy for the possible risk of childhood leukaemia from exposure to power frequency magnetic fields
Myron Maslanyj, Tracy Lightfoot, Joachim Schüz, Zenon Sienkiewicz, Alastair McKinlay
Cultural tailoring for the promotion of Hepatitis B screening in Turkish Dutch: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Ytje JJ van der Veen, Onno de Zwart, Johan Mackenbach, Jan Hendrik Richardus
Health related quality of life of Canary Island citizens
Juan Oliva-Moreno, Julio Lopez-Bastida, Melany Worbes-Cerezo, Pedro Serrano-Aguilar
Comparing sexual risks and patterns of alcohol and drug use between injection drug users (IDUs) and non-IDUs who report sexual partnerships with IDUs in St. Petersburg, Russia
Nadia Abdala, Edward White, Olga V Toussova, Tatiana V Krasnoselskikh, Sergei Verevochkin, Andrei P Kozlov, Robert Heimer
Inequitable walking conditions among older people: examining the interrelationship of neighbourhood socio-economic status and urban form using a comparative case study
Theresa L Grant, Nancy Edwards, Heidi Sveistrup, Caroline Andrew, Mary Egan
The modified NCEP ATP III criteria maybe better than the IDF criteria in diagnosing Metabolic Syndrome among Malays in Kuala Lumpur
Foong Ming Moy, Awang Bulgiba
Assessment of the direct medical costs of diabetes mellitus and its complications in the United Arab Emirates
Fatma Al-Maskari, Mohammed El-Sadig, Nicholas Nagelkerke
Trial Protocol: Using genotype to tailor prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy: a randomised controlled trial assessing impact of communication upon adherence
Theresa M Marteau, Marcus R Munafò, Paul Aveyard, Chloe Hill, Sophia Whitwell, Thomas A Willis, Rachel A Crockett, Gareth J Hollands, Elaine C Johnstone, Alison J Wright, A Toby Prevost, David Armstrong, Stephen Sutton, Ann Louise Kinmonth
Perceptions of personal health risks by medical and non-medical workers in a university medical center: a survey study
Tita Alissa Listyowardojo, Raoul E Nap, Addie Johnson
Estimating alcohol-related premature mortality in san francisco: use of population-attributable fractions from the global burden of disease study
Brian S Katcher, Randy B Reiter, Tomás J Aragón
Prevalence and clustering of metabolic risk factors for type 2 diabetes among Chinese adults in Shanghai, China
He Xu, Yiqing Song, Nai-Chieh You, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Sander Greenland, Earl S Ford, Lin He, Simin Liu
Associations between VO2maxand vitality in older workers: a cross-sectional study
Jorien E Strijk, Karin I Proper, Linda Klaver, Allard J van der Beek, Willem van Mechelen
Prospective study of avian influenza transmission to humans in egypt
Ghazi Kayali, Richard J Webby, Xiaoping Xiong, Lobna S Sherif, Esmat A El-Ghafar, Mohamed A Ali
Adverse psychosocial working conditions and minor psychiatric disorders among bank workers
Luiz S Silva, Sandhi M Barreto
Victimization of patients with severe psychiatric disorders: prevalence, risk factors, protective factors and consequences for mental health. A longitudinal study
Jack JM Dekker, Jan Theunissen, Rien Van, Jaap Peen, Pim Duurkoop, Martijn Kikkert
"I am pregnant and my husband has diabetes. Is there a risk for my child?" A qualitative study of questions asked by email about the role of genetic susceptibility to diabetes
Suzanne CM van Esch, Martina C Cornel, Frank J Snoek
Sex partnerships, health, and social risks of young men leaving jail: analyzing data from a randomized controlled trial
Megha Ramaswamy, Nicholas Freudenberg
Health-related factors correlate with behavior trends in physical activity level in old age: longitudinal results from a population in São Paulo, Brazil
Marcela T Ferreira, Sandra MM Matsudo, Manoel CSA Ribeiro, Luiz R Ramos
Drinking in transition: trends in alcohol consumption in Russia 1994-2004
Francesca JA Perlman
Partnership work between Public Health and Health Psychology: introduction to a novel training programme
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Maternal common mental disorders and infant development in Ethiopia: the P-MaMiE Birth Cohort
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A retrospective population-based cohort study identifying target areas for prevention of acute lower respiratory infections in children
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Investigating the health implications of social policy initiatives at the local level: study design and methods
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Smoking Cessation Quitlines in Europe: Matching Services to Callers' Characteristics
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The impact of mass gatherings and holiday traveling on the course of an influenza pandemic: a computational model
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Web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention for Māori and non-Māori: the New Zealand e-SBINZ trials
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Systematic review of mass media interventions designed to improve public recognition of stroke symptoms, emergency response and early treatment
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Improving the uptake of preconception care and periconceptional folate supplementation: what do women think?
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Turning around an ailing district hospital: a realist evaluation of strategic changes at Ho Municipal Hospital (Ghana)
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The combined effect of smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol on cause-specific mortality: a 30 year cohort study
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Referrals to a regional allergy clinic - an eleven year audit
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Sickness presenteeism in Spanish-born and immigrant workers in Spain
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What's in a message? Delivering sexual health promotion to young people in Australia via text messaging
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Primary syphilis cases in Guangdong Province 1995-2008: Opportunities for linking syphilis control and regional development
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Knowledge of Chlamydia trachomatis among men and women approached to participate in community-based screening, Scotland, UK
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Characteristics of martial art injuries in a defined Canadian population: a descriptive epidemiological study
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Public, private and personal: Qualitative research on policymakers' opinions on smokefree interventions to protect children in 'private' spaces
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Contact with HIV prevention services highest in gay and bisexual men at greatest risk: cross-sectional survey in Scotland
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Association between perinatal depression in mothers and the risk of childhood infections in offspring: a population-based cohort study
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Group interventions to improve health outcomes: a framework for their design and delivery
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