BMC Public Health

Identifying mechanisms for facilitating knowledge to action strategies targeting the built environment

Ghazal S. Fazli, Maria I. Creatore, Flora I. Matheson, Sara Guilcher, Vered Kaufman-Shriqui, Heather Manson, Ashley Johns, Gillian L. Booth

Longitudinal associations between built environment characteristics and changes in active commuting

Lin Yang, Simon Griffin, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nick Wareham, Jenna Panter

Effects on alcohol use of a Swedish school-based prevention program for early adolescents: a longitudinal study

Linda Beckman, Mikael Svensson, Susanna Geidne, Charli Eriksson

Social network correlates of HIV risk-related behaviors among male migrants in China

Wenqing Wang, Kathryn E. Muessig

Factors associated with male involvement in reproductive care in Bangladesh

Ghose Bishwajit, Shangfeng Tang, Sanni Yaya, Seydou Ide, Hang Fu, Manli Wang, Zhifei He, Feng Da, Zhanchun Feng

A cross-sectional analysis of green space prevalence and mental wellbeing in England

Victoria Houlden, Scott Weich, Stephen Jarvis

Effects of a mutual recovery intervention on mental health in depressed elderly community-dwelling adults: a pilot study

Chao Wang, Yujie Hua, Hua Fu, Longfeng Cheng, Wen Qian, Junyang Liu, Paul Crawford, Junming Dai

Can psychosocial and socio-demographic questions help identify sexual risk among heterosexually-active women of reproductive age? Evidence from Britain’s third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3)

Natalie Edelman, Jackie A. Cassell, Richard de Visser, Philip Prah, Catherine H. Mercer

A cluster-randomised controlled trial to promote physical activity in adolescents: the Raising Awareness of Physical Activity (RAW-PA) Study

Nicola D. Ridgers, Anna Timperio, Helen Brown, Kylie Ball, Susie Macfarlane, Samuel K. Lai, Kara Richards, Winsfred Ngan, Jo Salmon

Addressing health inequities in Ontario, Canada: what solutions do the public support?

Maritt Kirst, Ketan Shankardass, Sonica Singhal, Aisha Lofters, Carles Muntaner, Carlos Quiñonez

Childhood temperament predictors of adolescent physical activity

James A Janssen, Jacek Kolacz, Lilly Shanahan, Meghan J. Gangel, Susan D. Calkins, Susan P. Keane, Laurie Wideman

Body weight status of school adolescents in Terengganu, Malaysia: a population baseline study

Aryati Ahmad, Nurzaime Zulaily, Nor Saidah Abdul Manan, Mohd Razif Shahril, Sharifah Wajihah Wafa Syed Saadun Tarek Wafa, Rahmah Mohd Amin, Engku Fadzli Hasan Syed Abdullah, Amran Ahmed

A PROgramme of Lifestyle Intervention in Families for Cardiovascular risk reduction (PROLIFIC Study): design and rationale of a family based randomized controlled trial in individuals with family history of premature coronary heart disease

Panniyammakal Jeemon, S. Harikrishnan, G. Sanjay, Sivasankaran Sivasubramonian, T. R. Lekha, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Nikhil Tandon, Dorairaj Prabhakaran

An evaluation of outdoor school environments to promote physical activity in Delhi, India

Samiksha Tarun, Monika Arora, Tina Rawal, Sara E. Benjamin Neelon

Disposal of children’s stools and its association with childhood diarrhea in India

Rahul Bawankule, Abhishek Singh, Kaushalendra Kumar, Sarang Pedgaonkar

Active travel to non-school destinations but not to school is associated with higher physical activity levels in an ethnically diverse sample of inner-city schoolchildren

Lee Smith, Daniel Aggio, Mark Hamer

Working conditions and public health risks in slaughterhouses in western Kenya

Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook, William Anson de Glanville, Lian Francesca Thomas, Samuel Kariuki, Barend Mark de Clare Bronsvoort, Eric Maurice Fèvre

Short sickness absence and subsequent sickness absence due to mental disorders - a follow-up study among municipal employees

Hilla Sumanen, Olli Pietiläinen, Eero Lahelma, Ossi Rahkonen

Perceived barriers to achieving a healthy weight: a qualitative study using focus groups at public and private schools in Guatemala City

Luisa Madrigal, Inez Adams, Violeta Chacon, Joaquin Barnoya

Negotiating multisectoral evidence: a qualitative study of knowledge exchange at the intersection of transport and public health

Cornelia Guell, Roger Mackett, David Ogilvie

The Norwegian Healthy Life Study: protocol for a pragmatic RCT with longitudinal follow-up on physical activity and diet for adults

Eirik Abildsnes, Eivind Meland, Thomas Mildestvedt, Tonje H. Stea, Sveinung Berntsen, Gro Beate Samdal

Marijuana use and sex with multiple partners among lesbian, gay and bisexual youth: results from a national sample

Xiaoyun Zhang, Li-Tzy Wu

Effects of a school-based intervention on active commuting to school and health-related fitness

Emilio Villa-González, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Jason A. Mendoza, Palma Chillón

An objective and cross-sectional examination of sun-safe behaviours in New South Wales primary schools

Dean A. Dudley, Wayne G. Cotton, Matthew J. Winslade, Bradley J. Wright, Kirsten S. Jackson, Alexandra M. Brown, Vanessa Rock

Collaboration between employers and occupational health service providers: a systematic review of key characteristics

Jaana I. Halonen, Salla Atkins, Hanna Hakulinen, Sanna Pesonen, Jukka Uitti

A mixed methods study to assess the effectiveness of food-based interventions to prevent stunting among children under-five years in Districts Thatta and Sujawal, Sindh Province, Pakistan: study protocol

Sumra Kureishy, Gul Nawaz Khan, Shabina Arrif, Khizar Ashraf, Angela Cespedes, Muhammad Atif Habib, Imtiaz Hussain, Asmat Ullah, Ali Turab, Imran Ahmed, Shehla Zaidi, Sajid Bashir Soofi

A large and persistent outbreak of typhoid fever caused by consuming contaminated water and street-vended beverages: Kampala, Uganda, January – June 2015

Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Lilian Bulage, Fred Nsubuga, Gerald Pande, David Were Oguttu, Richardson Mafigiri, Christine Kihembo, Benon Kwesiga, Ben Masiira, Allen Eva Okullo, Henry Kajumbula, Joseph Matovu, Issa Makumbi, Milton Wetaka, Sam Kasozi, Simon Kyazze, Melissa Dahlke, Peter Hughes, Juliet Nsimire Sendagala, Monica Musenero, Immaculate Nabukenya, Vincent R. Hill, Eric Mintz, Janell Routh, Gerardo Gómez, Amelia Bicknese, Bao-Ping Zhu

Misperception of weight status in the pacific: preliminary findings in rural and urban 11- to 16-year-olds of New Caledonia

Stéphane Frayon, Sophie Cherrier, Yolande Cavaloc, Guillaume Wattelez, Amandine Touitou, Paul Zongo, Kalina Yacef, Corinne Caillaud, Yannick Lerrant, Olivier Galy

Estimating direct effects of parental occupation on Spaniards’ health by birth cohort

Jaime Pinilla, Beatriz G. Lopez-Valcarcel, Rosa M. Urbanos-Garrido

Lifestyle factors associated with obesity in a cohort of males in the central province of Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional descriptive study

N. W. I. A. Jayawardana, W. A. T. A. Jayalath, W. M. T. Madhujith, U. Ralapanawa, R. S. Jayasekera, S. A. S. B. Alagiyawanna, A. M. K. R. Bandara, N. S. Kalupahana

Study protocol for “MOVEdiabetes”: a trial to promote physical activity for adults with type 2 diabetes in primary health care in Oman

Thamra S. Alghafri, Saud M. Alharthi, Yahya M. Al-Farsi, Angela M. Craigie, Maureen Mcleod, Annie S. Anderson

What do we know about the effects of exposure to ‘Low alcohol’ and equivalent product labelling on the amounts of alcohol, food and tobacco people select and consume? A systematic review

Ian Shemilt, Vivien Hendry, Theresa M. Marteau

Development of the health literacy on social determinants of health questionnaire in Japanese adults

Masayoshi Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Nakayama

Study Protocol: The Norfolk Diabetes Prevention Study [NDPS]: a 46 month multi - centre, randomised, controlled parallel group trial of a lifestyle intervention [with or without additional support from lay lifestyle mentors with Type 2 diabetes] to prevent transition to Type 2 diabetes in high risk groups with non - diabetic hyperglycaemia, or impaired fasting glucose

Melanie Pascale, Nikki Murray, Max Bachmann, Garry Barton, Allan Clark, Amanda Howe, Colin Greaves, Mike Sampson

Computerized alcohol screening identified more at-risk drinkers in a level 2 than a level 1 trauma center

Ghasem Imani, Cristobal Barrios, Craig L. Anderson, Maryam Hosseini Farahabadi, Faried Banimahd, Bharath Chakravarthy, Wirachin Hoonpongsimanont, Christopher E. McCoy, Georginne Mercado, Babak Farivar, Jacqueline K. Pham, Shahram Lotfipour

The relationship between hours of sleep, screen time and frequency of food and drink consumption in Spain in the 2011 and 2013 ALADINO: a cross-sectional study

Napoleón Pérez-Farinós, Carmen Villar-Villalba, Ana María López Sobaler, María Ángeles Dal Re Saavedra, Aránzazu Aparicio, Sara Santos Sanz, Teresa Robledo de Dios, José Javier Castrodeza-Sanz, Rosa María Ortega Anta

Demographic profile and pattern of fatal injuries in Nairobi, Kenya, January–June 2014

Gladwell Koku Gathecha, Wilfred Mwai Githinji, Alfred Karagu Maina

Will they lead by example? Assessment of vaccination rates and attitudes to human papilloma virus in millennial medical students

Nelia M. Afonso, Maurice J. Kavanagh, Stephanie M. Swanberg, Jeanne M. Schulte, Tracy Wunderlich, Victoria C. Lucia

Cardiovascular disease risk factors in a Nigerian population with impaired fasting blood glucose level and diabetes mellitus

Victor M. Oguoma, Ezekiel U. Nwose, Ifeoma I. Ulasi, Adeseye A. Akintunde, Ekene E. Chukwukelu, Phillip T. Bwititi, Ross S. Richards, Timothy C. Skinner

Sun protection to improve vaccine effectiveness in children in a high ambient ultraviolet radiation and rural environment: an intervention study

Caradee Y. Wright, Patricia N. Albers, Angela Mathee, Zamantimande Kunene, Catherine D’Este, Ashwin Swaminathan, Robyn M. Lucas

Risk factors for mortality in TB patients: a 10-year electronic record review in a South African province

J Christo Heunis, N Gladys Kigozi, Perpetual Chikobvu, Sonja Botha, HCJ Dingie van Rensburg

Body image satisfaction and weight concerns among a Mediterranean adult population

Maria del Mar Bibiloni, Josep Ll Coll, Jordi Pich, Antoni Pons, Josep A. Tur

Food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices of institutional food-handlers in Ghana

Fortune Akabanda, Eli Hope Hlortsi, James Owusu-Kwarteng

Evaluating the effectiveness of an empowerment program for self-care in type 2 diabetes: a cluster randomized trial

Daniel Nogueira Cortez, Maísa Mara Lopes Macedo, Débora Aparecida Silva Souza, Jéssica Caroline dos Santos, Gesana Sousa Afonso, Ilka Afonso Reis, Heloísa de Carvalho Torres

Indoor and outdoor PM10 levels at schools located near mine dumps in Gauteng and North West Provinces, South Africa

Vusumuzi Nkosi, Janine Wichmann, Kuku Voyi

Metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms among rural Northeast general population in China

Shasha Yu, Hongmei Yang, Xiaofan Guo, Liqiang Zheng, Yingxian Sun

Poor dietary diversity, wealth status and use of un-iodized salt are associated with goiter among school children: a cross-sectional study in Ethiopia

Zegeye Abebe, Ejigu Gebeye, Amare Tariku

Disposal practices of unused and expired pharmaceuticals among general public in Kabul

Mohammad Bashaar, Vijay Thawani, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Fahad Saleem

A comparative assessment of major international disasters: the need for exposure assessment, systematic emergency preparedness, and lifetime health care

Roberto G. Lucchini, Dana Hashim, Sushma Acquilla, Angela Basanets, Pier Alberto Bertazzi, Andrey Bushmanov, Michael Crane, Denise J. Harrison, William Holden, Philip J. Landrigan, Benjamin J. Luft, Paolo Mocarelli, Nailya Mazitova, James Melius, Jacqueline M. Moline, Koji Mori, David Prezant, Joan Reibman, Dori B. Reissman, Alexander Stazharau, Ken Takahashi, Iris G. Udasin, Andrew C. Todd

How did the public respond to the 2015 expert consensus public health guidance statement on workplace sedentary behaviour? A qualitative analysis

Benjamin Gardner, Lee Smith, Louise Mansfield

Effectiveness of the YourCall™ text message intervention to reduce harmful drinking in patients discharged from trauma wards: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Shanthi Ameratunga, Bridget Kool, Sarah Sharpe, Papaarangi Reid, Arier Lee, Ian Civil, Gordon Smith, Vanessa Thornton, Matthew Walker, Robyn Whittaker

A cost-analysis of complex workplace nutrition education and environmental dietary modification interventions

Sarah Fitzgerald, Ann Kirby, Aileen Murphy, Fiona Geaney, Ivan J. Perry

Methods and design of a 10-week multi-component family meals intervention: a two group quasi-experimental effectiveness trial

Catherine Rogers, Sarah E. Anderson, Jamie S. Dollahite, Tisa F. Hill, Chris Holloman, Carla K. Miller, Keeley J. Pratt, Carolyn Gunther

Factors affecting evidence-use in food policy-making processes in health and agriculture in Fiji

Gade Waqa, Colin Bell, Wendy Snowdon, Marj Moodie

Short- and long-term effectiveness of a three-month individualized need-supportive physical activity counseling intervention at the workplace

Anass Arrogi, Astrid Schotte, An Bogaerts, Filip Boen, Jan Seghers

Factors associated with infant mortality in Nepal: a comparative analysis of Nepal demographic and health surveys (NDHS) 2006 and 2011

Reeta Lamichhane, Yun Zhao, Susan Paudel, Emmanuel O. Adewuyi

Lifestyle behaviours associated with 5-year weight gain in a prospective cohort of Australian adults aged 26-36 years at baseline

Kylie J. Smith, Seana L. Gall, Sarah A. McNaughton, Verity J. Cleland, Petr Otahal, Terence Dwyer, Alison J. Venn

Alcohol management plans in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australian communities in Queensland: community residents have experienced favourable impacts but also suffered unfavourable ones

Alan R. Clough, Stephen A. Margolis, Adrian Miller, Anthony Shakeshaft, Christopher M. Doran, Robyn McDermott, Robert Sanson-Fisher, Valmae Ypinazar, David Martin, Jan A. Robertson, Michelle S. Fitts, Katrina Bird, Bronwyn Honorato, Simon Towle, Caryn West

Psychological, social, and mechanical work exposures and disability retirement: a prospective registry study

Jan S. Emberland, Morten Birkeland Nielsen, Stein Knardahl

Nutritional status among primary school children in rural Sri Lanka; a public health challenge for a country with high child health standards

N. P. G. C. R. Naotunna, M. Dayarathna, H. Maheshi, G. S. Amarasinghe, V. S. Kithmini, M. Rathnayaka, L. Premachandra, N. Premarathna, P. C. Rajasinghe, G. Wijewardana, T. C. Agampodi, S. B. Agampodi

Multiple lifestyle behaviours and mortality, findings from a large population-based Norwegian cohort study - The HUNT Study

Steinar Krokstad, Ding Ding, Anne C. Grunseit, Erik R. Sund, Turid Lingaas Holmen, Vegar Rangul, Adrian Bauman

Physical activity levels and associated socio-demographic factors in Bangladeshi adults: a cross-sectional study

Mohammad Moniruzzaman, M. S. A. Mansur Ahmed, Mohammad Mostafa Zaman

Local mandate improves equity of paid sick leave coverage: Seattle’s experience

Jennifer L. Romich

The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a farm worker community in the Boland district, South Africa

Maritza J. Kruger, Theo A. Nell

Cause of neonatal deaths in Northern Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study

Hayelom Gebrekirstos Mengesha, Berhe W. Sahle

Using nudging and social marketing techniques to create healthy worksite cafeterias in the Netherlands: intervention development and study design

Elizabeth Velema, Ellis L. Vyth, Ingrid H. M. Steenhuis

Prevalence and factors associated with hypertension in Burkina Faso: a countrywide cross-sectional study

Joseph Kouesyandé Soubeiga, Tieba Millogo, Brice W. Bicaba, Boukare Doulougou, Séni Kouanda

A possible dose–response association between distance to farmers’ markets and roadside produce stands, frequency of shopping, fruit and vegetable consumption, and body mass index among customers in the Southern United States

Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Jedediah Hinkley, Qiang Wu, Jared T. McGuirt, Mary Jane Lyonnais, Ann P. Rafferty, Olivia R. Whitt, Nancy Winterbauer, Lisa Phillips

Spatiotemporal epidemic characteristics and risk factor analysis of malaria in Yunnan Province, China

Dongyang Yang, Chengdong Xu, Jinfeng Wang, Yong Zhao

Cumulative exposure to shift work and sickness absence: associations in a five-year historic cohort

Alwin van Drongelen, Cécile R.L. Boot, Hynek Hlobil, Allard J. van der Beek, Tjabe Smid

Determinants of quality of shared sanitation facilities in informal settlements: case study of Kisumu, Kenya

Sheillah Simiyu, Mark Swilling, Sandy Cairncross, Richard Rheingans

The role of birthplace and educational attainment on induced abortion inequalities

Yolanda González-Rábago, Elena Rodriguez-Alvarez, Luisa N. Borrell, Unai Martín

The social determinants of tuberculosis treatment adherence in a remote region of Papua New Guinea

Tanya Diefenbach-Elstob, David Plummer, Robert Dowi, Sinba Wamagi, Bisato Gula, Keyanato Siwaeya, Daniel Pelowa, Peter Siba, Jeffrey Warner

The prevalence trend of metabolic syndrome and its components and risk factors in Korean adults: results from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008–2013

Binh Thang Tran, Bo Yoon Jeong, Jin-Kyoung Oh

Socioeconomic inequality of overweight and obesity of the elderly in Iran: Bushehr Elderly Health (BEH) Program

Alireza Raeisi, Mohammadbagher Mehboudi, Hossein Darabi, Iraj Nabipour, Bagher Larijani, Neda Mehrdad, Ramin Heshmat, Gita Shafiee, Farshad Sharifi, Afshin Ostovar

Stochastic agent-based modeling of tuberculosis in Canadian Indigenous communities

Ashleigh R. Tuite, Victor Gallant, Elaine Randell, Annie-Claude Bourgeois, Amy L. Greer

A randomized-controlled trial focusing on socio-economic status for promoting vegetable intake among adults using a web-based nutrition intervention programme: study protocol

Saki Nakamura, Takayo Inayama, Takashi Arao

Evaluating a multicomponent social behaviour change communication strategy to reduce intimate partner violence among married couples: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial in Nepal

Cari Jo Clark, Rachael A. Spencer, Binita Shrestha, Gemma Ferguson, J. Michael Oakes, Jhumka Gupta

An audit of the quality of online immunisation information available to Australian parents

K. E. Wiley, M. Steffens, N. Berry, J. Leask

Evaluation of the Good Start Program: a healthy eating and physical activity intervention for Maori and Pacific Islander children living in Queensland, Australia

Seema Mihrshahi, Lisa Vaughan, Nicola Fa’avale, Shreenika De Silva Weliange, Inez Manu-Sione, Lisa Schubert

Innovation contests to promote sexual health in china: a qualitative evaluation

Wei Zhang, David Schaffer, Lai Sze Tso, Songyuan Tang, Weiming Tang, Shujie Huang, Bin Yang, Joseph D. Tucker

A 3-Arm randomised controlled trial of Communicating Healthy Beginnings Advice by Telephone (CHAT) to mothers with infants to prevent childhood obesity

Li Ming Wen, Chris Rissel, Louise A. Baur, Alison J. Hayes, Huilan Xu, Anna Whelan, Myna Hua, Miranda Shaw, Philayrath Phongsavan

Reducing sedentary time in adults at risk of type 2 diabetes: process evaluation of the STAND (Sedentary Time ANd Diabetes) RCT

Stuart J. H. Biddle, Charlotte L. Edwardson, Trish Gorely, Emma G. Wilmot, Thomas Yates, Myra A. Nimmo, Kamlesh Khunti, Melanie J. Davies

The unhealthy food environment does not modify the association between obesity and participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Los Angeles County

M. Pia Chaparro, Gail G. Harrison, May C. Wang, Edmund Y. W. Seto, Anne R. Pebley

Association between midlife health behaviours and transitions out of employment from midlife to early old age: Whitehall II cohort study

Gareth Hagger-Johnson, Ewan Carr, Emily Murray, Stephen Stansfeld, Nicola Shelton, Mai Stafford, Jenny Head

Associations between access to alcohol outlets and alcohol intake and depressive symptoms in women from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Australia

Karen E. Lamb, Lukar E. Thornton, Megan Teychenne, Catherine Milte, Ester Cerin, Kylie Ball

Community-based health care is an essential component of a resilient health system: evidence from Ebola outbreak in Liberia

Kendra Siekmans, Salim Sohani, Tamba Boima, Florence Koffa, Luay Basil, Saïd Laaziz

Lessons learned from the London Exercise and Pregnant (LEAP) Smokers randomised controlled trial process evaluation: implications for the design of physical activity for smoking cessation interventions during pregnancy

Nikoletta Giatras, Elisabeth Wanninkhof, Miranda Leontowitsch, Beth Lewis, Adrian Taylor, Sue Cooper, Michael Ussher

Assessment of the ecological bias of seven aggregate social deprivation indices

Josephine Bryere, Carole Pornet, Nane Copin, Ludivine Launay, Gaëlle Gusto, Pascale Grosclaude, Cyrille Delpierre, Thierry Lang, Olivier Lantieri, Olivier Dejardin, Guy Launoy

Tobacco smoking policies in Australian alcohol and other drug treatment services, agreement between staff awareness and the written policy document

Eliza Skelton, Billie Bonevski, Flora Tzelepis, Anthony Shakeshaft, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Adrian Dunlop, Sam McCrabb, Kerrin Palazzi

Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages: impact on overweight and obesity in Germany

Falk Schwendicke, Michael Stolpe

Developing a practice guideline for the occupational health services by using a community of practice approach: a process evaluation of the development process

Lydia Kwak, Charlotte Wåhlin, Kjerstin Stigmar, Irene Jensen

Exposure to hepatitis C virus in homeless men in Central Brazil: a cross-sectional study

Priscilla Martins Ferreira, Rafael Alves Guimarães, Christiane Moreira Souza, Lara Cristina da Cunha Guimarães, Cleiciane Vieira de Lima Barros, Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetano, Giovanni Rezza, Lila Spadoni, Sandra Maria Brunini

Psychosocial work factors and social inequalities in psychological distress: a population-based study

Caroline S. Duchaine, Ruth Ndjaboué, Manon Levesque, Michel Vézina, Xavier Trudel, Mahée Gilbert-Ouimet, Clermont E. Dionne, Benoît Mâsse, Neil Pearce, Chantal Brisson

The effects of breakfast on short-term cognitive function among Chinese white-collar workers: protocol for a three-phase crossover study

Zhenchuang Tang, Na Zhang, Ailing Liu, Dechun Luan, Yong Zhao, Chao Song, Guansheng Ma

A description of interventions promoting healthier ready-to-eat meals (to eat in, to take away, or to be delivered) sold by specific food outlets in England: a systematic mapping and evidence synthesis

Frances C. Hillier-Brown, Carolyn D. Summerbell, Helen J. Moore, Wendy L. Wrieden, Jean Adams, Charles Abraham, Ashley Adamson, Vera Araújo-Soares, Martin White, Amelia A. Lake

Sedentary behavior among Spanish children and adolescents: findings from the ANIBES study

Juan Mielgo-Ayuso, Raquel Aparicio-Ugarriza, Adrian Castillo, Emma Ruiz, Jose M. Avila, Javier Aranceta-Bartrina, Angel Gil, Rosa M. Ortega, Lluis Serra-Majem, Gregorio Varela-Moreiras, Marcela González-Gross

Effects of community health volunteers on infectious diseases of children under five in Volta Region, Ghana: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Yeonji Ma, Heunghee Kim, Yinseo Cho, Jaeeun Lee, Joseph Kwami Degley, Abdul-Ghaffa Adam, Gyuhong Lee, Hoonsang Lee, Seungman Cha

Impact of proximity of thermoelectric power plants on bronchial obstructive crisis rates

Tamara Ugarte-Avilés, Carlos Manterola, Ricardo Cartes-Velásquez, Tamara Otzen

One size doesn’t fit all: cross-sectional associations between neighborhood walkability, crime and physical activity depends on age and sex of residents

Andrea S. Richardson, Wendy M. Troxel, Madhumita B. Ghosh-Dastidar, Robin Beckman, Gerald P. Hunter, Amy S. DeSantis, Natalie Colabianchi, Tamara Dubowitz

Secondhand smoke exposure at home among middle and high school students in the United States – does the type of tobacco product matter?

Florian Fischer, Alexander Kraemer

Prevalence and determinants of acute diarrhea among children younger than five years old in Jabithennan District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014

Zelalem Alamrew Anteneh, Kassawmar Andargie, Molalign Tarekegn

A two-site, two-arm, 34-week, double-blind, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial of reduced nicotine cigarettes in smokers with mood and/or anxiety disorders: trial design and protocol

Sophia I. Allen, Jonathan Foulds, Gladys N. Pachas, Susan Veldheer, Corinne Cather, Nour Azzouz, Shari Hrabovsky, Ahmad Hameed, Jessica Yingst, Erin Hammett, Jennifer Modesto, Nicolle M. Krebs, Junjia Zhu, Jason Liao, Joshua E. Muscat, John Richie, A. Eden Evins

Prevalence and trends of metabolic syndrome among adults in the asia-pacific region: a systematic review

P. Ranasinghe, Y. Mathangasinghe, R. Jayawardena, A. P. Hills, A. Misra

Clustering of risk-related modifiable behaviours and their association with overweight and obesity among a large sample of youth in the COMPASS study

Rachel E. Laxer, Ross C. Brownson, Joel A. Dubin, Martin Cooke, Ashok Chaurasia, Scott T. Leatherdale

An appraisal of the neglected tropical diseases control program in Cameroon: the case of the national program against onchocerciasis

Tsi Njim, Leopold Ndemnge Aminde

Motivators of couple HIV counseling and testing (CHCT) uptake in a rural setting in Uganda

Victoria Nannozi, Eric Wobudeya, Nicholas Matsiko, Jacqueline Gahagan

OPREVENT2: Design of a multi-institutional intervention for obesity control and prevention for American Indian adults

Joel Gittelsohn, Brittany Jock, Leslie Redmond, Sheila Fleischhacker, Thomas Eckmann, Sara N. Bleich, Hong Loh, Elizabeth Ogburn, Preety Gadhoke, Jacqueline Swartz, Marla Pardilla, Benjamin Caballero

The impact of a vaccine scare on parental views, trust and information needs: a qualitative study in Sydney, Australia

Catherine King, Julie Leask

Noise exposure in occupational setting associated with elevated blood pressure in China

Shuchang Chen, Yaqin Ni, Lei Zhang, Liya Kong, Luying Lu, Zhangping Yang, Luoxian Yang, Xuhui Zhang, Yimin Zhu

Objectively measured sedentary behaviour and moderate and vigorous physical activity in different school subjects: a cross-sectional study

Kerli Mooses, Katrin Mägi, Eva-Maria Riso, Maarja Kalma, Priit Kaasik, Merike Kull

The impact of out-of-pocket payments for dental care on household finances in low and middle income countries

Eduardo Bernabé, Mohd Masood, Marko Vujicic

Children with access to improved sanitation but not improved water are at lower risk of stunting compared to children without access: a cohort study in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam

Kirk A. Dearden, Whitney Schott, Benjamin T. Crookston, Debbie L. Humphries, Mary E. Penny, Jere R. Behrman, Santiago Cueto, Le Thuc Duc, Javier Escobal, Lia Fernald, Shaik Galab, Priscila Hermida, Andreas Georgiadis, Elizabeth Lundeen, Subha Mani, Aryeh Stein, Tassew Woldehanna

Family meals with young children: an online study of family mealtime characteristics, among Australian families with children aged six months to six years

Eloise-kate V. Litterbach, Karen J. Campbell, Alison C. Spence

Improving heart health among Black/African American women using civic engagement: a pilot study

Alison G. M. Brown, Linda B. Hudson, Kenneth Chui, Nesly Metayer, Namibia Lebron-Torres, Rebecca A. Seguin, Sara C. Folta

Monitoring travellers from Ebola-affected countries in New South Wales, Australia: what is the impact on travellers?

Jocelyn Chan, Mahomed Patel, Sean Tobin, Vicky Sheppeard

Physical and mental health functioning after all-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence: a register-linkage follow-up study among ageing employees

Minna Mänty, Tea Lallukka, Jouni Lahti, Olli Pietiläinen, Mikko Laaksonen, Eero Lahelma, Ossi Rahkonen

Older people’s adherence to community-based group exercise programmes: a multiple-case study

Clare Killingback, Fotini Tsofliou, Carol Clark

Associations of multicultural status with depressive mood and suicidality among Korean adolescents: the roles of parental country of birth and socioeconomic position

Jinwook Bahk, Agnus M. Kim, Young-Ho Khang

The role of social capital in explaining mental health inequalities between immigrants and Swedish-born: a population-based cross-sectional study

Charisse M. Johnson, Mikael Rostila, Anna C. Svensson, Karin Engström

VIA/VILI is more suitable for cervical cancer prevention in Chinese poverty-stricken region: a health economic evaluation

Yu Xie, Xiaodong Tan, Haiyan Shao, Qing Liu, Jiyu Tou, Yuling Zhang, Qiong Luo, Qunying Xiang

Changes in leisure-time physical activity among Brazilian pregnant women: comparison between two birth cohort studies (2004 – 2015)

Carolina de Vargas Nunes Coll, Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, Pedro Curi Hallal, Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam da Silva, Diego Garcia Bassani, Alicia Matijasevich, Aluísio Barros, Iná S. Santos, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi

Development of a theory and evidence-based program to promote community treatment of fevers in children under five in a rural district in Southern Ghana: An intervention mapping approach

Mercy Abbey, L. Kay Bartholomew, Margaret A. Chinbuah, Margaret Gyapong, John O. Gyapong, Bart van den Borne

Risky HIV sexual behavior and utilization of voluntary counseling and HIV testing and associated factors among undergraduate students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Desalegn Woldeyohannes, Yehenew Asmamaw, Solomon Sisay, Werissaw Hailesselassie, Kidist Birmeta, Zinaye Tekeste

Attitudes towards gambling, gambling participation, and gambling-related harm: cross-sectional Finnish population studies in 2011 and 2015

Anne H. Salonen, Hannu Alho, Sari Castrén

Alcohol consumers’ attention to warning labels and brand information on alcohol packaging: Findings from cross-sectional and experimental studies

Inge Kersbergen, Matt Field

Beliefs and perception of ill-health causation: a socio-cultural qualitative study in rural North-Eastern Ethiopia

Mesfin H. Kahissay, Teferi G. Fenta, Heather Boon

Snacks, beverages, and physical activity during volunteer-led out-of-school-time programs: a cross-sectional analysis

Christina D. Economos, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Alyssa H. Koomas, Grace Chan, Sara C. Folta, Julianne Heck, Molly Newman, Jennifer M. Sacheck

Prevalence and geographic variation of abdominal obesity in 7- and 9-year-old children in Greece; World Health Organization Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative 2010

Maria Hassapidou, Themistoklis Tzotzas, Evangelia Makri, Ioannis Pagkalos, Ioannis Kaklamanos, Efthymios Kapantais, Annet Abrahamian, Antonis Polymeris, Konstantinos Tziomalos

Performance of a subsidised mammographic screening programme in Malaysia, a middle-income Asian country

Marianne Lee, Shivaani Mariapun, Nadia Rajaram, Soo-Hwang Teo, Cheng-Har Yip

Health-endangering everyday settings and practices in a rural segregated Roma settlement in Slovakia: A descriptive summary from an exploratory longitudinal case study

Andrej Belak, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Jitse P. van Dijk, Sijmen A. Reijneveld

The English national cohort study of flooding and health: cross-sectional analysis of mental health outcomes at year one

Thomas David Waite, Katerina Chaintarli, Charles R. Beck, Angie Bone, Richard Amlôt, Sari Kovats, Mark Reacher, Ben Armstrong, Giovanni Leonardi, G. James Rubin, Isabel Oliver

Demography, maternal health and the epidemiology of malaria and other major infectious diseases in the rural department Tsamba-Magotsi, Ngounie Province, in central African Gabon

R. Zoleko Manego, G. Mombo-Ngoma, M. Witte, J. Held, M. Gmeiner, T. Gebru, B. Tazemda, J. Mischlinger, M. Groger, B. Lell, A. A. Adegnika, S. T. Agnandji, P. G. Kremsner, B. Mordmüller, M. Ramharter, P. B. Matsiegui

Improving case detection of tuberculosis among children in Bangladesh: lessons learned through an implementation research

Ziaul Islam, Kazi Istiaque Sanin, Tahmeed Ahmed

‘Foreigners’, ‘ethnic minorities’, and ‘non-Western allochtoons’: an analysis of the development of ‘ethnicity’ in health policy in the Netherlands from 1970 to 2015

Alana Helberg-Proctor, Agnes Meershoek, Anja Krumeich, Klasien Horstman

White rice intake and incidence of type-2 diabetes: analysis of two prospective cohort studies from Iran

Asieh Golozar, Davood Khalili, Arash Etemadi, Hossein Poustchi, Akbar Fazeltabar, Firoozeh Hosseini, Farin Kamangar, Masoud Khoshnia, Farhad Islami, Farzad Hadaegh, Paul Brennan, Paolo Boffetta, Christian C. Abnet, Sanford M. Dawsey, Fereidoun Azizi, Reza Malekzadeh, Goodarz Danaei

Delaying first birth: an analysis of household survey data from rural Southern Tanzania

Yovitha Sedekia, Rose Nathan, Kathryn Church, Silas Temu, Claudia Hanson, Joanna Schellenberg, Tanya Marchant

Stages of syphilis in South China – a multilevel analysis of early diagnosis

Ngai Sze Wong, Shujie Huang, Heping Zheng, Lei Chen, Peizhen Zhao, Joseph D. Tucker, Li Gang Yang, Beng Tin Goh, Bin Yang

Challenges and opportunities in establishing a collaborative multisite observational study of chronic diseases and lifestyle factors among adults in Puerto Rico

Josiemer Mattei, José F. Rodríguez-Orengo, Martha Tamez, Francheska Corujo, Aida Claudio, Héctor Villanueva, Hannia Campos, Walter C. Willett, Katherine L. Tucker, Carlos F. Ríos-Bedoya

Developing mobile phone text messages for tobacco risk communication among college students: a mixed methods study

Alexander V. Prokhorov, Tamara C. Machado, Karen S. Calabro, Elizabeth A. Vanderwater, Damon J. Vidrine, Keryn P. Pasch, Salma K. Marani, Meredith Buchberg, Aditya Wagh, Sophia C. Russell, Katarzyna W. Czerniak, Gabrielle C. Botello, Mackenzie H. Dobbins, Georges E. Khalil, Cheryl L. Perry

A study on the influence of internet addiction and online interpersonal influences on health-related quality of life in young Vietnamese

Bach Xuan Tran, Le Thi Huong, Nguyen Duc Hinh, Long Hoang Nguyen, Bao Nguyen Le, Vuong Minh Nong, Vu Thi Minh Thuc, Tran Dinh Tho, Carl Latkin, Melvyn WB Zhang, Roger CM Ho

HIV testing and prevention among foreign-born Men Who have Sex with Men: an online survey from Sweden

Susanne Strömdahl, Fredrik Liljeros, Anna Ekéus Thorson, Kristina Ingemarsdotter Persson, Birger C. Forsberg

The short-term health and psychosocial impacts of domestic energy efficiency investments in low-income areas: a controlled before and after study

Charlotte N. B. Grey, Shiyu Jiang, Christina Nascimento, Sarah E. Rodgers, Rhodri Johnson, Ronan A. Lyons, Wouter Poortinga

The effect of an organizational level participatory intervention in secondary vocational education on work-related health outcomes: results of a controlled trial

Roosmarijn M. C. Schelvis, Noortje M. Wiezer, Allard J. van der Beek, Jos W. R. Twisk, Ernst T. Bohlmeijer, Karen M. Oude Hengel

Examination of youth sexual and reproductive health transitions in Nigeria and Kenya using longitudinal data

Ilene S. Speizer, David Guilkey, Lisa M. Calhoun, Meghan Corroon, Rick O’Hara

Designing an optimal HIV programme for South Africa: Does the optimal package change when diminishing returns are considered?

Calvin Chiu, Leigh F. Johnson, Lise Jamieson, Bruce A. Larson, Gesine Meyer-Rath

What explains the socioeconomic status gap in activity? Educational differences in determinants of physical activity and screentime

Nelli Hankonen, Matti T. J. Heino, Emilia Kujala, Sini-Tuuli Hynynen, Pilvikki Absetz, Vera Araújo-Soares, Katja Borodulin, Ari Haukkala

Recruitment strategies in a prospective longitudinal family study on parents with obesity and their toddlers

Sarah Bergmann, Anja Keitel-Korndörfer, Katharina Herfurth-Majstorovic, Verena Wendt, Annette M. Klein, Kai von Klitzing, Matthias Grube

Rubella in Sub-Saharan Africa and sensorineural hearing loss: a case control study

Cristina Caroça, Vera Vicente, Paula Campelo, Maria Chasqueira, Helena Caria, Susana Silva, Paulo Paixão, João Paço

Diet, life-style and cardiovascular morbidity in the rural, free living population of Elafonisos island

Chris J. Kapelios, Ioannis Kyriazis, Ioannis Ioannidis, Charilaos Dimosthenopoulos, Erifili Hatziagelaki, Stavros Liatis, Emmanouil Mpelliotis, Ioannis Papadopoulos, Filitsa Spanoudi, Konstantinos Sgouros, Dimitris Logothetis, Eirini Papaneofytou, Gerasimos Markatos, Stamatia Moschakou, Dimitrios Mpramos, Ekaterini Konstantatou, Georgios Antonakoudis, Matina Nezi, Matina Kleftaki, George Markozannes

Cross-section analysis of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and higher brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity within Kailuan study

Yao Zheng, Lirong Liang, Tianbang Qin, Guang Yang, Shasha An, Yang Wang, Zhifang Li, Zhongda Shao, Xiuping Zhu, Taicheng Yao, Shouling Wu, Jun Cai

Local descriptive body weight and dietary norms, food availability, and 10-year change in glycosylated haemoglobin in an Australian population-based biomedical cohort

Suzanne J. Carroll, Catherine Paquet, Natasha J. Howard, Neil T. Coffee, Robert J. Adams, Anne W. Taylor, Theo Niyonsenga, Mark Daniel

Higher mortality risk among injured individuals in a population-based matched cohort study

Rebecca J. Mitchell, Cate M. Cameron, Rod McClure

Trends in obesity, overweight, and malnutrition among children and adolescents in Shenyang, China in 2010 and 2014: a multiple cross-sectional study

Lingling Zhai, Youdan Dong, Yinglong Bai, Wei Wei, Lihong Jia

Health economic evaluation of Human Papillomavirus vaccines in women from Venezuela by a lifetime Markov cohort model

Ariel Esteban Bardach, Osvaldo Ulises Garay, María Calderón, Andrés Pichón-Riviére, Federico Augustovski, Sebastián García Martí, Paula Cortiñas, Marino Gonzalez, Laura T. Naranjo, Jorge Alberto Gomez, Joaquín Enzo Caporale

Mental health of African asylum-seekers and refugees in Hong Kong: using the social determinants of health framework

William Chi Wai Wong, Sealing Cheung, Heidi Yin Hai Miu, Julie Chen, Kelley Ann Loper, Eleanor Holroyd

Job demands and decision control predicted return to work: the rapid-RTW cohort study

Lise Aasen Haveraaen, Lisebet Skeie Skarpaas, Randi Wågø Aas

Qualitative process evaluation of an Australian alcohol media literacy study: recommendations for designing culturally responsive school-based programs

Chloe S. Gordon, Lisa K. Kervin, Sandra C. Jones, Steven J. Howard

Absence of multiplicative interactions between occupational lung carcinogens and tobacco smoking: a systematic review involving asbestos, crystalline silica and diesel engine exhaust emissions

Mohamad El Zoghbi, Pascale Salameh, Isabelle Stücker, Patrick Brochard, Fleur Delva, Aude Lacourt

Questionnaire development and validity to measure sexual intention among youth in Malaysia

Noor Azimah Muhammad, Khadijah Shamsuddin, Rahmah Mohd Amin, Khairani Omar, Ramayah Thurasamy

Pragmatic trial of an intervention to increase human papillomavirus vaccination in safety-net clinics

Maureen Sanderson, Juan R. Canedo, Dineo Khabele, Mary K. Fadden, Cynthia Harris, Katina Beard, Marilyn Burress, Helen Pinkerton, Cynthia Jackson, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Margaret K. Hargreaves, Pamela C. Hull

Why do parents enrol in a childhood obesity management program?: a qualitative study with parents of overweight and obese children

Kamila Davidson, Helen Vidgen

Trends and causes of maternal mortality in Ethiopia during 1990–2013: findings from the Global Burden of Diseases study 2013

Gizachew Assefa Tessema, Caroline O. Laurence, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Awoke Misganaw, Sintayehu A. Woldie, Abiye Hiruye, Azmeraw T. Amare, Yihunie Lakew, Berihun M. Zeleke, Amare Deribew

Understanding the role of intersectoral convergence in the delivery of essential maternal and child nutrition interventions in Odisha, India: a qualitative study

Sunny S. Kim, Rasmi Avula, Rajani Ved, Neha Kohli, Kavita Singh, Mara van den Bold, Suneetha Kadiyala, Purnima Menon

A participatory supportive return to work program for workers without an employment contract, sick-listed due to a common mental disorder: an economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial

Lieke Lammerts, Johanna M. van Dongen, Frederieke G. Schaafsma, Willem van Mechelen, Johannes R. Anema

Declining rates of health problems associated with crack smoking during the expansion of crack pipe distribution in Vancouver, Canada

Amy Prangnell, Huiru Dong, Patricia Daly, M. J. Milloy, Thomas Kerr, Kanna Hayashi

Ethnic minority women prefer strong recommendations to be screened for cancer

Laura A. V. Marlow, Susanne F. Meisel, Jane Wardle

Smoking and heavy drinking patterns in rural, urban and rural-to-urban migrants: the PERU MIGRANT Study

Alvaro Taype-Rondan, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, Germán F. Alvarado, Robert H. Gilman, Liam Smeeth, J. Jaime Miranda

Smoking habits in French farmers: a cross-sectional study

Pauline Roux, Alicia Guillien, Thibaud Soumagne, Ophélie Ritter, Jean-Jacques Laplante, Cécile Travers, Jean-Charles Dalphin, Gérard Peiffer, Lucie Laurent, Bruno Degano

Active surveillance study of adverse events following immunisation of children in the Czech Republic

Jana Danova, Aneta Kocourkova, Alexander M. Celko

Sexual health status of women who have regular sexual relations with men who have sex with men in mainland China

Xiufang Li, Beichuan Zhang, Juan Wang, Yang Li, Xianhong Li, Peiheng Yu, Minghua Liu, Xinqiao Liu

Depicted serving size: cereal packaging pictures exaggerate serving sizes and promote overserving

Aner Tal, Stina Niemann, Brian Wansink

Impact of weight maintenance and loss on diabetes risk and burden: a population-based study in 33,184 participants

Adina L. Feldman, Simon J. Griffin, Amy L. Ahern, Grainne H. Long, Lars Weinehall, Eva Fhärm, Margareta Norberg, Patrik Wennberg

HCV screening in a cohort of HIV infected and uninfected homeless and marginally housed women in San Francisco, California

Kimberly Page, Michelle Yu, Jennifer Cohen, Jennifer Evans, Martha Shumway, Elise D. Riley

Participatory science and innovation for improved sanitation and hygiene: process and outcome evaluation of project SHINE, a school-based intervention in Rural Tanzania

Erin Hetherington, Matthijs Eggers, Joyce Wamoyi, Jennifer Hatfield, Mange Manyama, Susan Kutz, Sheri Bastien

HealtheSteps™ Study Protocol: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial promoting active living and healthy lifestyles in at-risk Canadian adults delivered in primary care and community-based clinics

Dawn P. Gill, Wendy Blunt, Cassandra Bartol, Roseanne W. Pulford, Ashleigh De Cruz, P. Karen Simmavong, Adam Gavarkovs, Ian Newhouse, Erin Pearson, Bayley Ostenfeldt, Barbi Law, Kristina Karvinen, Pertice Moffit, Gareth Jones, Cori Watson, Guangyong Zou, Robert J. Petrella

Geo-demographics of gunshot wound injuries in Miami-Dade county, 2002–2012

Laura Zebib, Justin Stoler, Tanya L. Zakrison

Association of socioeconomic, school-related and family factors and physical activity and sedentary behaviour among adolescents: multilevel analysis of the PRALIMAP trial inclusion data

Johanne Langlois, Abdou Y Omorou, Anne Vuillemin, Serge Briançon, Edith Lecomte, N. Agrinier, N. Angel, R. Ancellin, E. Aptel, F. Bailly, L. Barthelemy, D. Bezaz, E. Bonsergent, J. F. Collin, R. De Lavenne, E. Dietz, P. Enrietto, E. Favre, M. Gentieu, E. Gouault, M. Helfenstein, S. Hercberg, F. Kurtz, P. Laure, K. Legrand, J. Lighezzolo, P. Marx, A. Osbery, M. O. Piquee, P. Renaudin, G. Robert, A. Schichtel, S. Tessier, E. Villemin, M. Wuillaume

The contribution from psychological, social, and organizational work factors to risk of disability retirement: a systematic review with meta-analyses

Stein Knardahl, Håkon A. Johannessen, Tom Sterud, Mikko Härmä, Reiner Rugulies, Jorma Seitsamo, Vilhelm Borg

Building social capital to promote adolescent wellbeing: a qualitative study with teens in a Latino agricultural community

Marissa Raymond-Flesch, Colette Auerswald, Linda McGlone, Megan Comfort, Alexandra Minnis

The management of the faeces passed by under five children: an exploratory, cross-sectional research in an urban community in Southwest Nigeria

Olufemi Oludare Aluko, Olusegun Temitope Afolabi, Emmanuel Abiodun Olaoye, Adeyinka Daniel Adebayo, Seun Oladele Oyetola, Oluwaseun Olamide Abegunde

Mortality from tetanus between 1990 and 2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015

Hmwe H. Kyu, John Everett Mumford, Jeffrey D. Stanaway, Ryan M. Barber, Jamie R. Hancock, Theo Vos, Christopher J. L. Murray, Mohsen Naghavi

Price elasticity of the demand for soft drinks, other sugar-sweetened beverages and energy dense food in Chile

Carlos M. Guerrero-López, Mishel Unar-Munguía, M. Arantxa Colchero

Erratum to: Perceived effective and feasible strategies to promote healthy eating in young children: focus groups with parents, family child care providers and daycare assistants

Laura Vandeweghe, Ellen Moens, Caroline Braet, Wendy Van Lippevelde, Leentje Vervoort, Sandra Verbeken

Results and lessons learned from a prevention of weight gain program for low-income overweight and obese young mothers: Mothers In Motion

Mei-Wei Chang, Roger Brown, Susan Nitzke

Assessing the link between witnessing inter-parental violence and the perpetration of intimate partner violence in Bangladesh

Md. Jahirul Islam, Mosiur Rahman, Lisa Broidy, Syed Emdadul Haque, Yu Mon Saw, Nguyen Huu Chau Duc, Md. Nurruzzaman Haque, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Md. Golam Mostofa

Effectiveness of differing levels of support for family meals on obesity prevention among head start preschoolers: the simply dinner study

Holly E. Brophy-Herb, Mildred Horodynski, Dawn Contreras, Jean Kerver, Niko Kaciroti, Mara Stein, Hannah Jong Lee, Brittany Motz, Sheilah Hebert, Erika Prine, Candace Gardiner, Laurie A. Van Egeren, Julie C. Lumeng

Which young people in England are most at risk of an alcohol-related revolving-door readmission career?

Andrew R. Hoy

Effect modification of social-context changes on mental disability in China from 1987 to 2006: a multi-level study of 1.9 million people

Zhenjie Wang, Lihua Pang, Ning Li, Chao Guo, Gong Chen, Xiaoying Zheng

Demographic correlates of screen time and objectively measured sedentary time and physical activity among toddlers: a cross-sectional study

Valerie Carson, Nicholas Kuzik

Determinants of repeated abortion among women of reproductive age attending health facilities in Northern Ethiopia: a case–control study

Mussie Alemayehu, Henock Yebyo, Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Alemayehu Bayray, Misganaw Fantahun, Gelila Kidane Goba

In the interest of food safety: a qualitative study investigating communication and trust between food regulators and food industry in the UK, Australia and New Zealand

Samantha B Meyer, Annabelle M Wilson, Michael Calnan, Julie Henderson, John Coveney, Dean McCullum, Alex R Pearce, Paul Ward, Trevor Webb

Prevalence of intimate partner violence and abuse and associated factors among women enrolled into a cluster randomised trial in northwestern Tanzania

Saidi Kapiga, Sheila Harvey, Abdul Khalie Muhammad, Heidi Stöckl, Gerry Mshana, Ramadhan Hashim, Christian Hansen, Shelley Lees, Charlotte Watts

Medical follow-up of workers exposed to lung carcinogens: French evidence-based and pragmatic recommendations

Fleur Delva, Jacques Margery, François Laurent, Karine Petitprez, Jean-Claude Pairon, Michel André, Dominique Bessette, Patrick Brochard, Jean-François Certin, Christos Chouaid, Bénédicte Clin-Godard, Pierre Goutet, Philippe Grenier, Gladys Ibanez, Yuriko Iwatsubo, Claudie Lebaupain, Chloë Leroy, Bernard Milleron, Christophe Paris, Isabelle Stücker, Gilbert Thouveny, Dominique Tirmarche, Martine Vandame, Odile Vandenberghe

The Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease Health in Older Women (OPACH) Study

Andrea Z. LaCroix, Eileen Rillamas-Sun, David Buchner, Kelly R. Evenson, Chongzhi Di, I-Min Lee, Steve Marshall, Michael J. LaMonte, Julie Hunt, Lesley Fels Tinker, Marcia Stefanick, Cora E. Lewis, John Bellettiere, Amy H. Herring

Regional variation in suicide rates in Sri Lanka between 1955 and 2011: a spatial and temporal analysis

Duleeka W. Knipe, Prianka Padmanathan, Lal Muthuwatta, Chris Metcalfe, David Gunnell

Cost-effectiveness of strategies to increase screening coverage for cervical cancer in Spain: the CRIVERVA study

Marta Trapero-Bertran, Amelia Acera Pérez, Silvia de Sanjosé, Josep Maria Manresa Domínguez, Diego Rodríguez Capriles, Ana Rodriguez Martinez, Josep Maria Bonet Simó, Norman Sanchez Sanchez, Pablo Hidalgo Valls, Mireia Díaz Sanchis

Children’s sugar-sweetened beverages consumption: associations with family and home-related factors, differences within ethnic groups explored

V. M. van de Gaar, A. van Grieken, W. Jansen, H. Raat

Workplace violence towards nurses in Hong Kong: prevalence and correlates

Teris Cheung, Paul S. F. Yip

Taking multi-morbidity into account when attributing DALYs to risk factors: comparing dynamic modeling with the GBD2010 calculation method

Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Wilma J. Nusselder, Marjanne H.D. Plasmans, Henk H. Hilderink, Bianca E.P. Snijders, René Poos, Coen H. van Gool

Sustained diabetes risk reduction after real life and primary health care setting implementation of the diabetes in Europe prevention using lifestyle, physical activity and nutritional intervention (DE-PLAN) project

Aleksandra Gilis-Januszewska, Jaana Lindström, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Beata Piwońska-Solska, Roman Topór-Mądry, Zbigniew Szybiński, Markku Peltonen, Peter E. H. Schwarz, Adam Windak, Alicja Hubalewska-Dydejczyk

Evaluation of the ability of standardized supports to improve public health response to syndromic surveillance for respiratory diseases in Canada

Laura A. Rivera, Ye Li, Rachel D. Savage, Natasha S. Crowcroft, Shelly Bolotin, Laura C. Rosella, Wendy Lou, Jessica Hopkins, Ian Gemmill, Ian Johnson

Factors affecting the implementation of childhood vaccination communication strategies in Nigeria: a qualitative study

Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo-Ita, Claire Glenton, Atle Fretheim, Glory Eteng, Heather Ames, Artur Muloliwa, Jessica Kaufman, Sophie Hill, Julie Cliff, Yuri Cartier, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Simon Lewin

Prevalence and distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in India

Nasir Salam, Saud Azam

Community unit performance: factors associated with childhood diarrhea and appropriate treatment in Nyanza Province, Kenya

Yoshito Kawakatsu, Junichi Tanaka, Kazuya Ogawa, Kenneth Ogendo, Sumihisa Honda

Health literacy in a community with low levels of education: findings from Chakaria, a rural area of Bangladesh

Susmita Das, Mohammad Nahid Mia, Syed Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi, Shahidul Hoque, Abbas Bhuiya

Perceived quality of life among Visceral Leishmaniasis and HIV coinfected migrant male-workers in Northwest Ethiopia: a qualitative study

Mekuriaw Alemayehu, Mamo Wubshet, Nebiyu Mesfin, Abebaw Gebayehu

Factors associated with child hunger among food insecure households in Bangladesh

Md Ahshanul Haque, Fahmida Dil Farzana, Sabiha Sultana, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan, Ahmed Shafiqur Rahman, Jillian L. Waid, Nuzhat Choudhury, Tahmeed Ahmed

Cardiometabolic risk in a population of older adults with multiple co-morbidities in rural south africa: the HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: longitudinal studies of INDEPTH communities) study

Thomas A. Gaziano, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, F. Xavier Gomez-Olive, Alisha Wade, Nigel J. Crowther, Sartaj Alam, Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Chodziwadziwa W Kabudula, Ryan Wagner, Julia Rohr, Livia Montana, Kathleen Kahn, Till W. Bärnighausen, Lisa F. Berkman, Stephen Tollman

Vertical HIV transmission in perinatally-exposed infants in South-Rift region of Kenya: a retrospective cross sectional study

Everline Ashiono, Dunstan Achwoka, Jamlick Mutugi, Joel Rakwar, Andrew Wafula, Otto Nzapfurundi Chabikuli

Time to ‘re-think’ physical activity promotion for young people? Results from a repeated cross-sectional study

Paul Best, Mark A. Tully, Rekesh Corepal, Frank Kee, Ruth F. Hunter

Formulation of evidence-based messages to promote the use of physical activity to prevent and manage Alzheimer’s disease

Kathleen A. Martin Ginis, Jennifer Heisz, John C. Spence, Ilana B. Clark, Jordan Antflick, Chris I. Ardern, Christa Costas-Bradstreet, Mary Duggan, Audrey L. Hicks, Amy E. Latimer-Cheung, Laura Middleton, Kirk Nylen, Donald H. Paterson, Chelsea Pelletier, Michael A. Rotondi

A mixed methods feasibility study of nicotine-assisted smoking reduction programmes delivered by community pharmacists – The RedPharm study

Amanda Farley, Sarah Tearne, Taina Taskila, Rachel H. Williams, Susan MacAskill, Jean-Francois Etter, Paul Aveyard

Commissioning for health improvement following the 2012 health and social care reforms in England: what has changed?

E. W. Gadsby, S. Peckham, A. Coleman, D. Bramwell, N. Perkins, L. M. Jenkins

Health risk assessment of China’s main air pollutants

Jian Sun, Tiancai Zhou

Association between perceived built environmental attributes and physical activity among adults in South Africa

Pasmore Malambo, Andre P. Kengne, Estelle V. Lambert, Anniza De Villers, Thandi Puoane

Predictors of dieting and non-dieting approaches among adults living in Australia

Stuart Leske, Esben Strodl, Xiang-Yu Hou

Effectiveness of a pharmacist-delivered smoking cessation program in the State of Qatar: a randomized controlled trial

Maguy Saffouh El Hajj, Nadir Kheir, Ahmad Mohd Al Mulla, Rula Shami, Nadia Fanous, Ziyad R. Mahfoud

Exploring stakeholders’ perceptions of a task-shifting strategy for hypertension control in Ghana: a qualitative study

Juliet Iwelunmor, Joyce Gyamfi, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Sarah Blackstone, Nana Kofi Quakyi, Michael Ntim, Ferdinand Zizi, Kwasi Yeboah-Awudzi, Alexis Nang-Belfubah, Gbenga Ogedegbe

Descriptive study of enteric zoonoses in Ontario, Canada, from 2010 – 2012

Yvonne Whitfield, Karen Johnson, Leigh Hobbs, Dean Middleton, Badal Dhar, Linda Vrbova

Screening, prevalence, and risk factors for cervical lesions among HIV positive and HIV negative women in Swaziland

Pauline E. Jolly, Simangele Mthethwa-Hleta, Luz A. Padilla, Jessica Pettis, ShaCoria Winston, Tomi F. Akinyemiju, Hannah J. Turner, Amarachi Ejiawoko, Raina Brooks, Lena Preko, Peter O. Preko

Prevalence of syphilis among female sex workers and their clients in Togo in 2011

Wemboo Afiwa Halatoko, Dadja Essoya Landoh, Bayaki Saka, Koffi Akolly, Yao Layibo, Issifou Yaya, Dodji Gbetoglo, Abiba Kere Banla, Palokinam Pitché

A longitudinal study on determinants of HPV vaccination uptake in parents/guardians from different ethnic backgrounds in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Catharina J. Alberts, Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff, Yvonne Hazeveld, Hester E. de Melker, Marcel F. van der Wal, Astrid Nielen, Fatima El Fakiri, Maria Prins, Theo G. W. M. Paulussen

Financial barriers and coping strategies: a qualitative study of accessing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and tuberculosis care in Yunnan, China

C. Hutchison, M. S. Khan, J. Yoong, X. Lin, R. J. Coker

Examination of motor skill competency in students: evidence-based physical education curriculum

Weiyun Chen, Austin Hammond-Bennett, Andrew Hypnar

The association between consecutive days’ heat wave and cardiovascular disease mortality in Beijing, China

Qian Yin, Jinfeng Wang

Contextual variations in costs for a community health strategy implemented in rural, peri-urban and nomadic sites in Kenya

Charles Ouma Wafula, Nancy Edwards, Dan C. O. Kaseje

User-experiences with a web-based self-help intervention for partners of cancer patients based on acceptance and commitment therapy and self-compassion: a qualitative study

Nadine Köhle, Constance H. C. Drossaert, Jasmijn Jaran, Karlein M. G. Schreurs, Irma M. Verdonck-de Leeuw, Ernst T. Bohlmeijer

‘Hu Hong’ (bad thing): parental perceptions of teenagers’ sexuality in urban Vietnam

Lan Anh Thi Do, Pimpawun Boonmongkon, Seung Chun Paek, Thomas E. Guadamuz

Policy perspectives on post pandemic influenza vaccination in Ghana and Malawi

Evanson Z. Sambala, Lenore Manderson

Association between body mass index and diabetes mellitus in tuberculosis patients in China: a community based cross-sectional study

Jing Cai, Aiguo Ma, Qiuzhen Wang, Xiuxia Han, Shanliang Zhao, Yu Wang, Evert G. Schouten, Frans J. Kok

Factor structure and internal reliability of an exercise health belief model scale in a Mexican population

Oscar Armando Esparza-Del Villar, Priscila Montañez-Alvarado, Marisela Gutiérrez-Vega, Irene Concepción Carrillo-Saucedo, Gloria Margarita Gurrola-Peña, Norma Alicia Ruvalcaba-Romero, María Dolores García-Sánchez, Sergio Gabriel Ochoa-Alcaraz

Systematic development and implementation of interventions to OPtimise Health Literacy and Access (Ophelia)

Alison Beauchamp, Roy W. Batterham, Sarity Dodson, Brad Astbury, Gerald R. Elsworth, Crystal McPhee, Jeanine Jacobson, Rachelle Buchbinder, Richard H. Osborne

Erratum to: Disposal practices of unused and expired pharmaceuticals among general public in Kabul

Mohammad Bashaar, Vijay Thawani, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Fahad Saleem

Examining the quality of childhood tuberculosis diagnosis in Cambodia: a cross-sectional study

Julia B. Frieze, Rajendra-Prasad Yadav, Khann Sokhan, Song Ngak, Team Bak Khim

Lifestyles and socio-cultural factors among children aged 6–8 years from five Italian towns: the MAPEC_LIFE study cohort

Francesco Bagordo, Antonella De Donno, Tiziana Grassi, Marcello Guido, Gabriele Devoti, Elisabetta Ceretti, Claudia Zani, Donatella Feretti, Milena Villarini, Massimo Moretti, Tania Salvatori, Annalaura Carducci, Marco Verani, Beatrice Casini, Sara Bonetta, Elisabetta Carraro, Tiziana Schilirò, Silvia Bonizzoni, Alberto Bonetti, Umberto Gelatti, Francesca Serio, Mattia De Giorgi, Adele Idolo, Tiziano Verri, Loredana Covolo, Francesco Donato, Andrea Festa, Rosa Maria Limina, Ilaria Zerbini, Cristina Fatigoni, Sara Levorato, Silvano Monarca, Samuele Vannini, Gabriele Donzelli, Beatrice Bruni, Giacomo Palomba, Silvia Bonetta, Marta Gea, Giorgio Gilli, Cristina Pignata, Valeria Romanazzi, Camilla Furia, Roberta Codenotti, Paolo Colombi, Stefano Crottini, Laura Gaffurini, Licia Zagni

Psychosocial determinants of HIV testing across stages of change in Spanish population: a cross-sectional national survey

Maria Jose Fuster-RuizdeApodaca, Ana Laguia, Fernando Molero, Javier Toledo, Arantxa Arrillaga, Angeles Jaen

Age, period and cohort effects on suicide mortality in Russia, 1956−2005

Tanya Jukkala, Andrew Stickley, Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen, Aleksei Baburin, Pär Sparén

Incomplete childhood immunization in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis of individual and contextual factors

Sulaimon T. Adedokun, Olalekan A. Uthman, Victor T. Adekanmbi, Charles S. Wiysonge

The impact of integrated prevention and treatment on child malnutrition and health: the PROMIS project, a randomized control trial in Burkina Faso and Mali

Lieven Huybregts, Elodie Becquey, Amanda Zongrone, Agnes Le Port, Regina Khassanova, Lazare Coulibaly, Jef L. Leroy, Rahul Rawat, Marie T. Ruel

A household survey of medicine storage practices in Gondar town, northwestern Ethiopia

Fitsum Sebsibe Teni, Abdrrahman Shemsu Surur, Assefa Belay, Dawit Wondimsigegn, Dessalegn Asmelashe Gelayee, Zewdneh Shewamene, Befikadu Legesse, Eshetie Melese Birru

An analysis of the effects of a campaign supporting use of a health symbol on food sales and shopping behaviour of consumers

Trine Mørk, Klaus G. Grunert, Morten Fenger, Hans Jørn Juhl, George Tsalis

Social support and intimate partner violence during pregnancy among women attending antenatal care in Moshi Municipality, Northern Tanzania

Geofrey Nimrod Sigalla, Vibeke Rasch, Tine Gammeltoft, Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch, Jane Rogathi, Rachel Manongi, Declare Mushi

Fun, influence and competence—a mixed methods study of prerequisites for high school students’ participation in physical education

Eirik Abildsnes, Gudrun Rohde, Sveinung Berntsen, Tonje H. Stea

Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE): results from two feasibility pilot studies

Rebecca E. Lee, Nathan H. Parker, Erica G. Soltero, Tracey A. Ledoux, Scherezade K. Mama, Lorna McNeill

Erratum to: The management of the faeces passed by under five children: an exploratory, crosssectional research in an urban community in Southwest Nigeria

Olufemi Oludare Aluko, Olusegun Temitope Afolabi, Emmanuel Abiodun Olaoye, Adeyinka Daniel Adebayo, Seun Oladele Oyetola, Oluwaseun Olamide Abegunde

Effects of integrated chronic care models on hypertension outcomes and spending: a multi-town clustered randomized trial in China

Yuting Zhang, Wenxi Tang, Yan Zhang, Lulu Liu, Liang Zhang

Building the evidence base for stigma and discrimination-reduction programming in Thailand: development of tools to measure healthcare stigma and discrimination

Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai, Melissa Stockton, Nareerut Pudpong, Suwat Chariyalertsak, Phusit Prakongsai, Chonlisa Chariyalertsak, Piyathida Smutraprapoot, Laura Nyblade

Pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a multi-component intervention to reduce substance use and risk-taking behaviour in adolescents involved in the criminal justice system: A trial protocol (RISKIT-CJS)

Simon Coulton, Kelly Stockdale, Catherine Marchand, Nadine Hendrie, Jenny Billings, Sadie Boniface, Steve Butler, Paolo Deluca, Colin Drummond, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Tracy Pellatt-Higgins, Alex Stevens, Alex Sutherland, Ed Wilson

Notifiable condition reporting practices: implications for public health agency participation in a health information exchange

Debra Revere, Rebecca H. Hills, Brian E. Dixon, P. Joseph Gibson, Shaun J. Grannis

A feasibility study with process evaluation of a preschool intervention to improve child and family lifestyle behaviours

Lorraine McSweeney, Vera Araújo-Soares, Tim Rapley, Ashley Adamson

Babies Living Safe & Smokefree: randomized controlled trial of a multilevel multimodal behavioral intervention to reduce low-income children’s tobacco smoke exposure

Bradley N. Collins, Stephen J. Lepore

The association between symptoms of mental disorders and health risk behaviours in Vietnamese HIV positive outpatients: a cross-sectional study

Truc T. Thai, Mairwen K. Jones, Lynne M. Harris, Robert C. Heard

HIV prevalence and uptake of HIV/AIDS services among youths (15–24 Years) in fishing and neighboring communities of Kasensero, Rakai District, South Western Uganda

Richardson Mafigiri, Joseph K. B. Matovu, Fredrick Edward Makumbi, Anthony Ndyanabo, Doreen Nabukalu, Moses Sakor, Godfrey Kigozi, Fred Nalugoda, Rhoda K. Wanyenze

School-based vaccination programmes: a systematic review of the evidence on organisation and delivery in high income countries

Sarah Perman, Simon Turner, Angus I. G. Ramsay, Abigail Baim-Lance, Martin Utley, Naomi J. Fulop

Social Exclusion Index-for Health Surveys (SEI-HS): a prospective nationwide study to extend and validate a multidimensional social exclusion questionnaire

Addi P. L. van Bergen, Stella J. M. Hoff, Hanneke Schreurs, Annelies van Loon, Albert M. van Hemert

Needles, Jabs and Jags: a qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to child and adult immunisation uptake among Gypsies, Travellers and Roma

Cath Jackson, Helen Bedford, Francine M. Cheater, Louise Condon, Carol Emslie, Lana Ireland, Philippa Kemsley, Susan Kerr, Helen J. Lewis, Julie Mytton, Karen Overend, Sarah Redsell, Zoe Richardson, Christine Shepherd, Lesley Smith, Lisa Dyson

Women’s intention to screen and willingness to vaccinate their daughters against cervical cancer – a cross sectional study in eastern Uganda

Rawlance Ndejjo, Trasias Mukama, Geofrey Musinguzi, Abdullah Ali Halage, John C. Ssempebwa, David Musoke

Caesarean section and adiposity at 6, 18 and 30 years of age: results from three Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohorts

Aluisio J. D. Barros, Leonardo Pozza Santos, Fernando Wehrmeister, Janaina Vieira dos Santos Motta, Alicia Matijasevich, Ina S. Santos, Ana M. B. Menezes, Helen Gonçalves, Maria Cecília Formoso Assunção, Bernardo L. Horta, Fernando C. Barros

Metabolic risk management, physical exercise and lifestyle counselling in low-active adults: controlled randomized trial (BELLUGAT)

Assumpta Ensenyat, Gemma Espigares-Tribo, Leonardo Machado, Francisco José Verdejo, Rosa Rodriguez-Arregui, José Serrano, Marta Miret, Gisela Galindo, Alfonso Blanco, Josep-Ramon Marsal, Susana Sarriegui, Xenia Sinfreu-Bergues, Noemi Serra-Paya

Skipping breakfast is detrimental for primary school children: cross-sectional analysis of determinants for targeted prevention

Dorothea Kesztyüs, Meike Traub, Romy Lauer, Tibor Kesztyüs, Jürgen Michael Steinacker

A pilot and feasibility study to assess children’s consumption in quick-service restaurants using plate waste methodology

Juliana F. W. Cohen, Susan B. Roberts, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Madeleine M. G. Gamache, Vanessa M. Lynskey, Emilia Matthews, Megan P. Mueller, Shanti Sharma, Christina D. Economos

Monthly food insecurity assessment in rural mkushi district, Zambia: a longitudinal analysis

Muzi Na, Bess L. Caswell, Sameera A. Talegawkar, Amanda Palmer

Preventing diabetes in obese Latino youth with prediabetes: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Erica G. Soltero, Yolanda P. Konopken, Micah L. Olson, Colleen S. Keller, Felipe G. Castro, Allison N. Williams, Donald L. Patrick, Stephanie Ayers, Houchun H. Hu, Matthew Sandoval, Janiel Pimentel, William C. Knowler, Kevin D. Frick, Gabriel Q. Shaibi

The economic burden of adult asthma in Cyprus; a prevalence-based cost of illness study

Savvas Zannetos, Theodora Zachariadou, Andreas Zachariades, Andreas Georgiou, Michael A. Talias

Determination of the predictive factors of long-lasting insecticide-treated net ownership and utilisation in the Bamenda Health District of Cameroon

Eric B. Fokam, Germaine F. Kindzeka, Leonard Ngimuh, Kevin T. J. Dzi, Samuel Wanji

A systematic review including meta-analysis of work environment and burnout symptoms

Gunnar Aronsson, Töres Theorell, Tom Grape, Anne Hammarström, Christer Hogstedt, Ina Marteinsdottir, Ingmar Skoog, Lil Träskman-Bendz, Charlotte Hall

Mathematical analysis of a lymphatic filariasis model with quarantine and treatment

Peter M. Mwamtobe, Simphiwe M. Simelane, Shirley Abelman, Jean M. Tchuenche

Knowledge and attitudes about vitamin D, and behaviors related to vitamin D in adults with and without coronary heart disease in Saudi Arabia

Najlaa M. Aljefree, Patricia Lee, Faruk Ahmed

Perceptions of community-based field workers on the effect of a longitudinal biomedical research project on their sustainable livelihoods

Christabelle S. Moyo, Joseph Francis, Pascal O. Bessong

Erratum to: Depicted serving size: cereal packaging pictures exaggerate serving sizes and promote overserving

Aner Tal, Stina Niemann, Brian Wansink

The prevalence and factors associated for anti-tuberculosis treatment non-adherence among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in public health care facilities in South Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Tadele Teshome Woimo, Wondwossen Kassahun Yimer, Temesgen Bati, Hailay Abrha Gesesew

Views of Somali women and men on the use of faith-based messages promoting breast and cervical cancer screening for Somali women: a focus-group study

Rebekah Pratt, Sharif Mohamed, Wali Dirie, Nimo Ahmed, Michael VanKeulen, Huda Ahmed, Nancy Raymond, Kola Okuyemi

Estimates of hospitalization attributable to influenza and RSV in the US during 1997–2009, by age and risk status

Gonçalo Matias, Robert Taylor, François Haguinet, Cynthia Schuck-Paim, Roger Lustig, Vivek Shinde

Association between V̇O2max, handgrip strength, and musculoskeletal pain among construction and health care workers

Lene Lehmann Moberg, Lars-Kristian Lunde, Markus Koch, Anne Therese Tveter, Kaj Bo Veiersted

A tailored online safety and health intervention for women experiencing intimate partner violence: the iCAN Plan 4 Safety randomized controlled trial protocol

Marilyn Ford-Gilboe, Colleen Varcoe, Kelly Scott-Storey, Judith Wuest, James Case, Leanne M. Currie, Nancy Glass, Marilyn Hodgins, Harriet MacMillan, Nancy Perrin, C. Nadine Wathen

Temporal distribution of gastroenteritis viruses in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: seasonality of rotavirus

Nafissatou Ouedraogo, Stephanie Moustapha Tomba Ngangas, Isidore Juste Ouindguèta Bonkoungou, Aissatou Bénéwendé Tiendrebeogo, Kuan Abdoulaye Traore, Idrissa Sanou, Alfred Sababénédjo Traore, Nicolas Barro

Association of physical activity on body composition, cardiometabolic risk factors, and prevalence of cardiovascular disease in the Korean population (from the fifth Korea national health and nutrition examination survey, 2008–2011)

Gwang-Sil Kim, Eui Im, Ji-Hyuck Rhee

The impact of non-response bias due to sampling in public health studies: A comparison of voluntary versus mandatory recruitment in a Dutch national survey on adolescent health

Kei Long Cheung, Peter M. ten Klooster, Cees Smit, Hein de Vries, Marcel E. Pieterse

Exploring community participation in project design: application of the community conversation approach to improve maternal and newborn health in Zambia

Wilbroad Mutale, Chisala Masoso, Bisalom Mwanza, Cindy Chirwa, Lasidah Mwaba, Zumbe Siwale, Barbara Lamisa, Dennis Musatwe, Roma Chilengi

Leisure sedentary time is differentially associated with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia depending on occupation

Man Sup Lim, Bumjung Park, Il Gyu Kong, Songyong Sim, So Young Kim, Jin-Hwan Kim, Hyo Geun Choi

The singular epidemiology of HPV infection among French Guianese women with normal cytology

Antoine Adenis, Valentin Dufit, Maylis Douine, Fatiha Najioullah, Vincent Molinie, Dominique Catherine, Odile Kilié, Nadia Thomas, Jean Luc Deshayes, Paul Brousse, Hatem Ben Amor, Remy Pignoux, Gabriel Carles, Claire Grenier, Vincent Lacoste, Raymond Cesaire, Mathieu Nacher

Improving the provision of services to young people from refugee backgrounds with comorbid mental health and substance use problems: addressing the barriers

Miriam Posselt, Karalyn McDonald, Nicholas Procter, Charlotte de Crespigny, Cherrie Galletly

The educational gradient in cardiovascular risk factors: impact of shared family factors in 228,346 Norwegian siblings

Inger Ariansen, Laust Hvas Mortensen, Sidsel Graff-Iversen, Hein Stigum, Marte Karoline Råberg Kjøllesdal, Øyvind Næss

How does the media portray drinking water security in Indigenous communities in Canada? An analysis of Canadian newspaper coverage from 2000-2015

Steven Lam, Ashlee Cunsolo, Alexandra Sawatzky, James Ford, Sherilee L. Harper

Systematic review of cost-effectiveness analyses for combinations of prevention strategies against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection: a general trend

Frédéric Gervais, Kyle Dunton, Yiling Jiang, Nathalie Largeron

Erratum to: Highlighting consensus among medical scientists increases public support for vaccines: evidence from a randomized experiment

Sander L. van der Linden, Chris E. Clarke, Edward W. Maibach

Do the correlates of screen time and sedentary time differ in preschool children?

Katherine L Downing, Trina Hinkley, Jo Salmon, Jill A Hnatiuk, Kylie D Hesketh

Adaptive goal setting and financial incentives: a 2 × 2 factorial randomized controlled trial to increase adults’ physical activity

Marc A. Adams, Jane C. Hurley, Michael Todd, Nishat Bhuiyan, Catherine L. Jarrett, Wesley J. Tucker, Kevin E. Hollingshead, Siddhartha S. Angadi

Perceived stress among 20-21 year-olds and their future labour market participation – an eight-year follow-up study

Nanna Trolle, Thomas Lund, Trine Nohr Winding, Merete Labriola

Erratum to: A mixed methods feasibility study of nicotine-assisted smoking reduction programmes delivered by community pharmacists – The RedPharm study

Amanda Farley, Sarah Tearne, Taina Taskila, Rachel H. Williams, Susan MacAskill, Jean-Francois Etter, Paul Aveyard

Determinant factors of home delivery among women in Northern Ethiopia: a case control study

Resom Tsegay, Alemseged Aregay, Kalayu Kidanu, Mussie Alemayehu, Gebrezigabiher Yohannes

Improving immunization in Afghanistan: results from a cross-sectional community-based survey to assess routine immunization coverage

Raveesha R. Mugali, Farooq Mansoor, Sardar Parwiz, Fazil Ahmad, Najibullah Safi, Ariel Higgins-Steele, Sherin Varkey

Trial baseline characteristics of a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-located obesity prevention programme; the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) trial

Jenny Lloyd, Siobhan Creanor, Lisa Price, Charles Abraham, Sarah Dean, Colin Green, Melvyn Hillsdon, Virginia Pearson, Rod S. Taylor, Richard Tomlinson, Stuart Logan, Alison Hurst, Emma Ryan, Wendy Daurge, Katrina Wyatt

Impact of school policies on non-communicable disease risk factors – a systematic review

Ankur Singh, Shalini Bassi, Gaurang P. Nazar, Kiran Saluja, MinHae Park, Sanjay Kinra, Monika Arora

Smokers making a quit attempt using e-cigarettes with or without nicotine or prescription nicotine replacement therapy: Impact on cardiovascular function (ISME-NRT) - a study protocol

Markos Klonizakis, Helen Crank, Anil Gumber, Leonie S. Brose

Erratum to: Gender difference and effect of pharmacotherapy: findings from a smoking cessation service

N. J. Walker, H. C. van Woerden, V. Kiparoglou, Y. Yang, H. Robinson, E. Croghan

Ethical issues in public health surveillance: a systematic qualitative review

Corinna Klingler, Diego Steven Silva, Christopher Schuermann, Andreas Alois Reis, Abha Saxena, Daniel Strech

Cancer and the healthy immigrant effect: a statistical analysis of cancer diagnosis using a linked Census-cancer registry administrative database

James Ted McDonald, Michael Farnworth, Zikuan Liu

Tracing Africa’s progress towards implementing the Non-Communicable Diseases Global action plan 2013–2020: a synthesis of WHO country profile reports

Gertrude Nsorma Nyaaba, Karien Stronks, Ama de-Graft Aikins, Andre Pascal Kengne, Charles Agyemang

Prevalence, perception and factors associated with diabetes mellitus among the adult population in central Vietnam: a population-based, cross-sectional seroepidemiological survey

Masami Miyakawa, Takayuki Shimizu, Nguyen Van Dat, Phung Thanh, Pham Thi Phuong Thuy, Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh, Nguyen Huu Chau, Yumi Matsushita, Hiroshi Kajio, Vien Quang Mai, Masahiko Hachiya

Assessing junk food consumption among Australian children: trends and associated characteristics from a cross-sectional study

S Boylan, L. L. Hardy, B. A. Drayton, A. Grunseit, S. Mihrshahi

A higher effort-based paradigm in physical activity and exercise for public health: making the case for a greater emphasis on resistance training

James Steele, James Fisher, Martin Skivington, Chris Dunn, Josh Arnold, Garry Tew, Alan M. Batterham, David Nunan, Jamie M. O’Driscoll, Steven Mann, Chris Beedie, Simon Jobson, Dave Smith, Andrew Vigotsky, Stuart Phillips, Paul Estabrooks, Richard Winett

Cardiorespiratory fitness levels and associations with physical activity and body composition in young South African adults from Soweto

A. Prioreschi, S. Brage, K. Westgate, S. A. Norris, L. K. Micklesfield

‘Fit for school’ – a school-based water, sanitation and hygiene programme to improve child health: Results from a longitudinal study in Cambodia, Indonesia and Lao PDR

Denise Duijster, Bella Monse, Jed Dimaisip-Nabuab, Pantjawidi Djuharnoko, Roswitha Heinrich-Weltzien, Martin Hobdell, Katrin Kromeyer-Hauschild, Yung Kunthearith, Maria Carmela Mijares-Majini, Nicole Siegmund, Panith Soukhanouvong, Habib Benzian

Erratum to: Adaptive goal setting and financial incentives: a 2 × 2 factorial randomized controlled trial to increase adults’ physical activity

Marc A. Adams, Jane C. Hurley, Michael Todd, Nishat Bhuiyan, Catherine L. Jarrett, Wesley J. Tucker, Kevin E. Hollingshead, Siddhartha S. Angadi

Impact of bottle size on in-home consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages: a feasibility and acceptability study

Eleni Mantzari, Gareth J. Hollands, Rachel Pechey, Susan Jebb, Theresa M. Marteau

The EVIDENT diet quality index is associated with cardiovascular risk and arterial stiffness in adults

Carmela Rodríguez-Martin, Rosario Alonso-Domínguez, María C Patino-Alonso, Manuel A Gómez-Marcos, José A Maderuelo-Fernández, Carlos Martin-Cantera, Luis García-Ortiz, José I. Recio-Rodríguez, L. García Ortiz, M. A. Gómez Marcos, J. I. Recio Rodríguez, M. C. Castaño Sánchez, C. Rodríguez Martin, C. Agudo Conde, E. Rodríguez Sánchez, L. J. González Elena, C. Herrero Rodríguez, B. Sánchez Salgado, A. de Cabo Laso, J. A. Maderuelo Fernández, C. Martin Cantera, J. Canales Reina, E. Rodrigo de Pablo, M. L. Lasaosa Medina, M. J. Calvo Aponte, A. Rodríguez Franco, E. Briones Carrio, C. Martin Borras, A. Puig Ribera, R. Colominas Garrido, J. Anton Álvarez, Ma. T. Vidal Sarmiento, A. Viaplana Serra, S. Bermúdez Chillida, A. Tanasa, M. Romaguera Bosch, M. M. Domingo, A. Girona, N. Curos, F. J. Mezquiriz, L. Torrent, A. Cabrejas Sánchez, M. T. Pérez Rodríguez, M. L. García García, J. L. Bartolomé, F. Salcedo Aguilar, C. Fernández Alonso, A. Gómez Arranz, E. Ibáñez Jalón, A. de la Cal de la Fuente, N. Gutiérrez, L. Muñoz, M. Menéndez, I. Repiso, R. Sanz Cantalapiedra, L. M. Quintero González, S. de Francisco Velasco, M. A. Diez García, E. Sierra Quintana, M. Caceres, N. González Viejo, J. F. Magdalena Belio, L. Otegui Ilarduya, F. Ja. Rubio Galán, A. Melguizo Bejar, C. I. Sauras Yera, Ma. J. Gil Train, M. Iribarne Ferrer, M. A. Lafuente Ripolles, G. Grandes, A. Sánchez, N. Guenaga, V. Arce, M. S. Arietaleanizbeaskoa, E. Iturregui San Nicolás, R. A. Martín Santidrian, A. Zuazagoitia

Farm Fresh Foods for Healthy Kids (F3HK): An innovative community supported agriculture intervention to prevent childhood obesity in low-income families and strengthen local agricultural economies

Rebecca A. Seguin, Emily H. Morgan, Karla L. Hanson, Alice S. Ammerman, Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Jane Kolodinsky, Marilyn Sitaker, Florence A. Becot, Leah M. Connor, Jennifer A. Garner, Jared T. McGuirt

Joining the dots: the role of brokers in nutrition policy in Australia

Katherine Cullerton, Timothy Donnet, Amanda Lee, Danielle Gallegos

A comparison of antenatal classifications of ‘overweight’ and ‘obesity’ prevalence between white British, Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi pregnant women in England; analysis of retrospective data

Rebecca Garcia, Nasreen Ali, Andy Guppy, Malcolm Griffiths, Gurch Randhawa

Effectiveness of needle and syringe Programmes in people who inject drugs – An overview of systematic reviews

Ricardo M Fernandes, Maria Cary, Gonçalo Duarte, Gonçalo Jesus, Joana Alarcão, Carla Torre, Suzete Costa, João Costa, António Vaz Carneiro

Association of nutrition club membership with markers of health: a cross sectional study

Sai Krupa Das, Taylor A. Vail, Namibia Lebrón-Torres, Kara A. Livingston, Susan B. Roberts, Gail T. Rogers, Cheryl H. Gilhooly, Lorien E. Urban, Edward Saltzman, Nicola M. McKeown, Sara C. Folta

Development of a community-based network to promote smoking cessation among female smokers in Hong Kong

William H. C. Li, Sophia S. C. Chan, Zoe S. F. Wan, M. P. Wang, K. Y. Ho, T. H. LAM

Alcohol harm reduction advertisements: a content analysis of topic, objective, emotional tone, execution and target audience

Kimberley Dunstone, Emily Brennan, Michael D. Slater, Helen G. Dixon, Sarah J. Durkin, Simone Pettigrew, Melanie A. Wakefield

Fear of (re)injury and return to work following compensable injury: qualitative insights from key stakeholders in Victoria, Australia

Samantha Bunzli, Nabita Singh, Danielle Mazza, Alex Collie, Agnieszka Kosny, Rasa Ruseckaite, Bianca Brijnath

Erratum to: The Healthy Primary School of the Future: study protocol of a quasi-experimental study

M. Willeboordse, M. W. Jansen, S. N. van den Heijkant, A. Simons, B. Winkens, R. H. M. de Groot, N. Bartelink, S. P. Kremers, P. van Assema, H. H. Savelberg, E. de Neubourg, L. Borghans, T. Schils, K. M. Coppens, R. Dietvorst, R. ten Hoopen, F. Coomans, S. Klosse, M. H. J. Conjaerts, M. Oosterhoff, M. A. Joore, I. Ferreira, P. Muris, H. Bosma, H. L. Toppenberg, C. P. van Schayck

Noise sensitivity, rather than noise level, predicts the non-auditory effects of noise in community samples: a population-based survey

Jangho Park, Seockhoon Chung, Jiho Lee, Joo Hyun Sung, Seung Woo Cho, Chang Sun Sim

Association between length of residence and overweight among adult immigrants in Portugal: A nationwide cross-sectional study

Liliane Peralta da Costa, Sónia Ferreira Dias, Maria do Rosário Oliveira Martins

The association between self-rated health and different anthropometric and body composition measures in the Chinese population

Kun Tang, Yingxi Zhao, Chunyan Li

School grade and sex differences in domain-specific sedentary behaviors among Japanese elementary school children: a cross-sectional study

Kaori Ishii, Ai Shibata, Minoru Adachi, Yoshiyuki Mano, Koichiro Oka

Moving to business – changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior after multilevel intervention in small and medium-size workplaces

Minna Aittasalo, Matleena Livson, Sirpa Lusa, Ahti Romo, Henri Vähä-Ypyä, Kari Tokola, Harri Sievänen, Ari Mänttäri, Tommi Vasankari

Exhaled carbon monoxide: a non-invasive biomarker of short-term exposure to outdoor air pollution

Herve Lawin, Lucie Ayi Fanou, Vikkey Hinson, Jacqueline Wanjiku, N. Kingsley Ukwaja, Stephen B Gordon, Benjamin Fayomi, John R Balmes, Parfait Houngbegnon, Euripide Avokpaho, Ambaliou Sanni

Kā-HOLO Project: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a native cultural dance program for cardiovascular disease prevention in Native Hawaiians

Joseph Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula, Mele A. Look, Thomas A. Wills, Māpuana de Silva, Tricia Mabellos, Todd B. Seto, Hyeong Jun Ahn, Ka‘imi A. Sinclair, Dedra Buchwald

Effect of the PREPARE intervention on sexual initiation and condom use among adolescents aged 12–14: a cluster randomised controlled trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Elia John Mmbaga, Lusajo Kajula, Leif Edvard Aarø, Mrema Kilonzo, Annegreet Gera Wubs, Sander Matthijs Eggers, Hein de Vries, Sylvia Kaaya

Behavioral activation for smoking cessation and mood management following a cardiac event: results of a pilot randomized controlled trial

Andrew M. Busch, Erin M. Tooley, Shira Dunsiger, Elizabeth A. Chattillion, John Fani Srour, Sherry L. Pagoto, Christopher W. Kahler, Belinda Borrelli

Women Epidemiology Lung Cancer (WELCA) study: reproductive, hormonal, occupational risk factors and biobank

Isabelle Stücker, Diane Martin, Monica Neri, Pierre Laurent-Puig, Hélène Blons, Martine Antoine, Anne Guiochon-Mantel, Sylvie Brailly-Tabard, Marianne Canonico, Marie Wislez, Jean Trédaniel, I. Stücker, J. Trédaniel, M. Wislez, M. Antoine, A. Arame, J. Arrondeau, A. Badia, M. H. Baud, M. Benhadria, C. Bernard, H. Blons, C. Boffa, H. Boudabous, G. Bousquet, S. Brailly-Tabard, S. Brosseau, O. Bylicki, J. Cadranel, J. Camuset, M. Canonico, N. Carlier, S. Cénée, J. Chapron, T. Chinet, A. Chohra, K. Chouahnia, C. Chouaid, P. Combe, P. Crequit, H. De Jacquelot, C. Delmas, H. Doubre, L. Doucet, B. Duchemann, C. Dumenil, D. Dusser, C. Epaud, E. Fabre, V. Fallet, M. Febvre, S. Fraboulet, T. François, N. Frémont, S. Friard, C. Gazaniol, F. Giraud, P. Giraud, V. Giraud, E. Giroux-Leprieur, V. Gounant, A. Guiochon-Mantel, L. Hajouji Idrissi, I. Honoré, T. Issoufaly, L. Jabot, J. L. Jagot, A. Jouan, A. Jouinot, S. Jouveshomme, S. Labrune, M. Lafay, P. Laurent-Puig, A. Lavole, H. Le Floch, C. Le Maignan, F. Le Pimpec-Barthes, A. Legras, A. Lenfant, M. Licois, A. Lurie, J. Margery, D. Martin, M. A. Massiani, M. Matrat, A. C. Métivier, G. Meyer, C. M. Monnet, I. Monnet, C. Mulot, J. M. Naccache, C. Naltet, M. Neri, M. C. Pailler, J. Pastre, N. Pécuchet, C. Pedrero, G. Plu-Bureau, D. Pouessel, C. Pricopi, M. Prosper, E. Rivaud, F. Rivière, L. Rosencher, G. Rousseau-Bussac, N. Rozensztajn, A. M. Ruppert, M. Sahut d’Izarn, Y. Salles, S. Salmeron, M. Sanchez, C. Thibault, F. Vaylet, T. Vieira, F. Vinas, G. Zalcmann

Progress in vaccination towards hepatitis B control and elimination in the Region of the Americas

Alba Maria Ropero Álvarez, Silvia Pérez-Vilar, Carmelita Pacis-Tirso, Marcela Contreras, Nathalie El Omeiri, Cuauhtémoc Ruiz-Matus, Martha Velandia-González

Erratum to: Trends in HIV counseling and testing uptake among married individuals in Rakai, Uganda

Joseph K. B. Matovu, Julie Denison, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Joseph Ssekasanvu, Fredrick Makumbi, Emilio Ovuga, Nuala McGrath, David Serwadda

A cross-sectional survey assessing factors associated with reading cancer screening information: previous screening behaviour, demographics and decision-making style

Alex Ghanouni, Cristina Renzi, Jo Waller

Early outbreak detection by linking health advice line calls to water distribution areas retrospectively demonstrated in a large waterborne outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in Sweden

Pär Bjelkmar, Anette Hansen, Caroline Schönning, Jakob Bergström, Margareta Löfdahl, Marianne Lebbad, Anders Wallensten, Görel Allestam, Stephan Stenmark, Johan Lindh

Improving the effectiveness of sickness benefit case management through a public-private partnership? A difference-in-difference analysis in eighteen Danish municipalities

Malene Rode Larsen, Birgit Aust, Jan Høgelund

Context matters! sources of variability in weekend physical activity among families: a repeated measures study

Robert J. Noonan, Stuart J. Fairclough, Zoe R. Knowles, Lynne M. Boddy

Characteristics of first-time varenicline users – A cross-sectional study in Finnish quitters

Hanna E. Tervonen, Juha H. O. Turunen, Christine L. Baker, Juha Laine, Kari Linden

The association between child maltreatment and emotional, cognitive, and physical health functioning in Vietnam

Nhu K. Tran, Sheila R. Van Berkel, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Lenneke R.A. Alink

Social determinants of antibiotic misuse: a qualitative study of community members in Haryana, India

Anna K. Barker, Kelli Brown, Muneeb Ahsan, Sharmila Sengupta, Nasia Safdar

Health system factors influencing management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in four European Union countries - learning from country experiences

Gerard de Vries, Svetla Tsolova, Laura F. Anderson, Agnes C. Gebhard, Einar Heldal, Vahur Hollo, Laura Sánchez-Cambronero Cejudo, Daniela Schmid, Bert Schreuder, Tonka Varleva, Marieke J. van der Werf

Prevalence of intimate partner violence and its association with symptoms of depression; a cross-sectional study based on a female population sample in Sweden

Solveig Lövestad, Jesper Löve, Marjan Vaez, Gunilla Krantz

The Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV-risk behaviours in Durban, South Africa: study protocol for a cluster randomized control trial, and baseline characteristics

Andrew Gibbs, Laura Washington, Samantha Willan, Nolwazi Ntini, Thobani Khumalo, Nompumelelo Mbatha, Yandisa Sikweyiya, Nwabisa Shai, Esnat Chirwa, Michael Strauss, Giulia Ferrari, Rachel Jewkes

Relation between metabolic syndrome and body compositions among Chinese adolescents and adults from a large-scale population survey

Tao Xu, Junting Liu, Junxiu Liu, Guangjin Zhu, Shaomei Han

Network analysis of global tobacco control collaboration: data from the World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH)

Scott J. Leischow, Janet Okamoto, Scott McIntosh, Deborah J. Ossip, Harry A. Lando

A spatio-temporal analysis of suicide in El Salvador

Carlos Carcach

Lifestyle-related factors that explain disaster-induced changes in socioeconomic status and poor subjective health: a cross-sectional study from the Fukushima health management survey

Masato Nagai, Tetsuya Ohira, Wen Zhang, Hironori Nakano, Masaharu Maeda, Seiji Yasumura, Masafumi Abe

Gender differences in walking (for leisure, transport and in total) across adult life: a systematic review

Tessa M. Pollard, Janelle M. Wagnild

Inside the nation’s largest mental health institution: a prevalence study in a state prison system

Tala Al-Rousan, Linda Rubenstein, Bruce Sieleni, Harbans Deol, Robert B. Wallace

The development and validation of an instrument to measure the quality of health research reports in the lay media

Dena Zeraatkar, Michael Obeda, Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, Jack Hirsh

Child sex tourism – prevalence of and risk factors for its use in a German community sample

Thula Koops, Daniel Turner, Janina Neutze, Peer Briken

Neo-Marxian social class inequalities in self-rated health among the employed in South Korea: the role of material, behavioral, psychosocial, and workplace environmental factors

Kyoung Ae Kong, Young-Ho Khang, Hong-Jun Cho, Sung-Mi Jang, Kyunghee Jung-Choi

Prenatal determinants of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescence – Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 study

Marjaana Tikanmäki, Tuija Tammelin, Marja Vääräsmäki, Marika Sipola-Leppänen, Satu Miettola, Anneli Pouta, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Eero Kajantie

National Alcohol Survey of households in Trinidad and Tobago (NASHTT): Alcohol use in households

R.G. Maharaj, M.S. Motilal, T. Babwah, P. Nunes, R. Brathwaite, G. Legall, S.D. Reid, M.E. Canavan, E.H. Bradley

Strengthening the role of Community Health Representatives in the Navajo Nation

Caroline King, Alex Goldman, Vikas Gampa, Casey Smith, Olivia Muskett, Christian Brown, Jamy Malone, Hannah Sehn, Cameron Curley, Mae-Gilene Begay, Adrianne Katrina Nelson, Sonya Sunhi Shin

Strategies to improve engagement of ‘hard to reach’ older people in research on health promotion: a systematic review

Ann E. M. Liljas, Kate Walters, Ana Jovicic, Steve Iliffe, Jill Manthorpe, Claire Goodman, Kalpa Kharicha

Household food insecurity is associated with abdominal but not general obesity among Iranian children

Fateme Jafari, Simin Ehsani, Azadeh Nadjarzadeh, Ahmad Esmaillzadeh, Mahmood Noori-Shadkam, Amin Salehi-Abargouei

Migrant workers in Italy: an analysis of injury risk taking into account occupational characteristics and job tenure

Massimiliano Giraudo, Antonella Bena, Giuseppe Costa

Does parental and adolescent participation in an e-health lifestyle modification intervention improve weight outcomes?

Andrew W. Tu, Allison W. Watts, Jean-Pierre Chanoine, Constadina Panagiotopoulos, Josie Geller, Rollin Brant, Susan I. Barr, Louise Mâsse

Age, period and cohort effects and the predictors of physical activity and sedentary behaviour among Chinese children, from 2004 to 2011

Xinping Wei, Yu Zang, Xiaodong Jia, Xiangui He, Shurong Zou, Hui Wang, Meihua Shen, Jiajie Zang

Maternal blood cadmium, lead and arsenic levels, nutrient combinations, and offspring birthweight

Yiwen Luo, Lauren E. McCullough, Jung-Ying Tzeng, Thomas Darrah, Avner Vengosh, Rachel L. Maguire, Arnab Maity, Carmen Samuel-Hodge, Susan K. Murphy, Michelle A. Mendez, Cathrine Hoyo

Development and effectiveness of a mobile phone application conducting health behavioral intervention among men who have sex with men, a randomized controlled trial: study protocol

Jin Yan, Aidi Zhang, Liang Zhou, Zhulin Huang, Pan Zhang, Guoli Yang

Correlates associated with participation in physical activity among adults: a systematic review of reviews and update

Jaesung Choi, Miyoung Lee, Jong-koo Lee, Daehee Kang, Ji-Yeob Choi

Delivery of alcohol brief interventions in community-based youth work settings: exploring feasibility and acceptability in a qualitative study

Martine Stead, Tessa Parkes, Avril Nicoll, Sarah Wilson, Cheryl Burgess, Douglas Eadie, Niamh Fitzgerald, Jennifer McKell, Garth Reid, Ruth Jepson, John McAteer, Linda Bauld

Risk of low birth weight on adulthood hypertension - evidence from a tertiary care hospital in a South Asian country, Sri Lanka: a retrospective cohort study

Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Nuwani Dilina, Usha Perera, Francisco Flores, S. Samita

Obesity-related health impacts of fuel excise taxation- an evidence review and cost-effectiveness study

V. Brown, M. Moodie, L. Cobiac, A. M. Mantilla Herrera, R. Carter

Prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection among children living in a rural setting in Sub-Saharan Africa

Yaw Asante Awuku, David Larbi Simpong, Ishmael Kunateh Alhassan, Derek Anamaale Tuoyire, Taiba Afaa, Patrick Adu

Health literacy in childhood and youth: a systematic review of definitions and models

Janine Bröder, Orkan Okan, Ullrich Bauer, Dirk Bruland, Sandra Schlupp, Torsten M. Bollweg, Luis Saboga-Nunes, Emma Bond, Kristine Sørensen, Eva-Maria Bitzer, Susanne Jordan, Olga Domanska, Christiane Firnges, Graça S. Carvalho, Uwe H. Bittlingmayer, Diane Levin-Zamir, Jürgen Pelikan, Diana Sahrai, Albert Lenz, Patricia Wahl, Malcolm Thomas, Fabian Kessl, Paulo Pinheiro

Knowledge-exchange in the Pacific: outcomes of the TROPIC (translational research for obesity prevention in communities) project

Peter Kremer, Helen Mavoa, Gade Waqa, Marjory Moodie, Marita McCabe, Boyd Swinburn

Impact of the Ebola outbreak on routine immunization in western area, Sierra Leone - a field survey from an Ebola epidemic area

Xiaojin Sun, T. T. Samba, Jianyi Yao, Wenwu Yin, Lin Xiao, Fuqiang Liu, Xiaoqiang Liu, Jikun Zhou, Zengqiang Kou, Hongwei Fan, Hao Zhang, Aqnes Williams, Paul M. Lansana, Zundong Yin

Knowledge attitude and practice regarding diabetes mellitus among Nondiabetic and diabetic study participants in Bangladesh

Kaniz Fatema, Sharmin Hossain, Khurshid Natasha, Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Jesmin Akter, Tahmina Khan, Liaquat Ali

Depression, psychological distress and Internet use among community-based Australian adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Erin Hoare, Karen Milton, Charlie Foster, Steven Allender

The effect of an online video intervention ‘Movie Models’ on specific parenting practices and parental self-efficacy related to children’s physical activity, screen-time and healthy diet: a quasi experimental study

Sara De Lepeleere, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Greet Cardon, Maïté Verloigne

Erratum to: Do the correlates of screen time and sedentary time differ in preschool children?

Katherine L Downing, Trina Hinkley, Jo Salmon, Jill A Hnatiuk, Kylie D Hesketh

Evaluation of a community-based hypertension improvement program (ComHIP) in Ghana: data from a baseline survey

Peter Lamptey, Amos Laar, Alma J. Adler, Rebecca Dirks, Aya Caldwell, David Prieto-Merino, Ann Aerts, Neil Pearce, Pablo Perel

Findings from a prospective cohort study evaluating the effects of International Health Advisors’ work on recently settled migrants’ health

Susanne Sundell Lecerof, Martin Stafström, Maria Emmelin, Ragnar Westerling, Per-Olof Östergen

The health Oriented pedagogical project (HOPP) - a controlled longitudinal school-based physical activity intervention program

Per Morten Fredriksen, Ole Petter Hjelle, Asgeir Mamen, Trine J. Meza, Ane C. Westerberg

What could keep young people away from alcohol and cigarettes? Findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study

Noriko Cable, Maria Francisca Roman Mella, Yvonne Kelly

Promise and pitfalls in the application of big data to occupational and environmental health

David M. Stieb, Cécile R. Boot, Michelle C. Turner

Changing attitudes towards obesity – results from a survey experiment

C. Luck-Sikorski, S. G. Riedel-Heller, J. C. Phelan

Healthy families: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment intervention for caregivers to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among pediatric emergency patients

E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens, Robert T. Ammerman, Jane C. Khoury, Lara Stone, Gabe T. Meyers, John K. Witry, Ashley L. Merianos, Tierney F. Mancuso, Kristin M. W. Stackpole, Berkeley L. Bennett, Laura Akers, Judith S. Gordon

A community-based cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of different bundles of nutrition-specific interventions in improving mean length-for-age z score among children at 24 months of age in rural Bangladesh: study protocol

Sk Masum Billah, Tarana E. Ferdous, Mohd Anisul Karim, Michael J. Dibley, Shahreen Raihana, Md Moinuddin, Nuzhat Choudhury, Tahmeed Ahmed, D. M. Emdadul Hoque, Purnima Menon, Shams El Arifeen

“Getting out of downtown”: a longitudinal study of how street-entrenched youth attempt to exit an inner city drug scene

Rod Knight, Danya Fast, Kora DeBeck, Jean Shoveller, Will Small

Nutritional status and correlated socio-economic factors among preschool and school children in plantation communities, Sri Lanka

Lahiru Sandaruwan Galgamuwa, Devika Iddawela, Samath D. Dharmaratne, G.L.S. Galgamuwa

Study protocol of the German Study on Tobacco Use (DEBRA): a national household survey of smoking behaviour and cessation

Sabrina Kastaun, Jamie Brown, Leonie S. Brose, Elena Ratschen, Tobias Raupach, Dennis Nowak, Constanze Cholmakow-Bodechtel, Lion Shahab, Robert West, Daniel Kotz

Sex differences in the association of social network satisfaction and the risk for type 2 diabetes

K. Lukaschek, J. Baumert, J. Kruse, C. Meisinger, K.H. Ladwig

Measuring the effectiveness of in-hospital and on-base Prevent Alcohol and Risk-related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y.) programs on reducing alcohol related harms in naval trainees: P.A.R.T.Y. Defence study protocol

Jason Watterson, Belinda Gabbe, Paul Dietze, Jennifer Thompson, Michael Oborn, Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld

Occupational safety and health aspects of corporate social responsibility reporting in Japan from 2004 to 2012

Tomohisa Nagata, Akinori Nakata, Koji Mori, Takashi Maruyama, Futoshi Kawashita, Masako Nagata

What are the working mechanisms of a web-based workplace sitting intervention targeting psychosocial factors and action planning?

Katrien De Cocker, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Greet Cardon, Corneel Vandelanotte

Using the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) to optimize an HIV care continuum intervention for vulnerable populations: a study protocol

Marya Viorst Gwadz, Linda M. Collins, Charles M. Cleland, Noelle R. Leonard, Leo Wilton, Monica Gandhi, R. Scott Braithwaite, David C. Perlman, Alexandra Kutnick, Amanda S. Ritchie

Exploring ‘generative mechanisms’ of the antiretroviral adherence club intervention using the realist approach: a scoping review of research-based antiretroviral treatment adherence theories

Ferdinand C. Mukumbang, Sara Van Belle, Bruno Marchal, Brian van Wyk

Cluster randomized evaluation of Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme (AGEP): study protocol

Paul C. Hewett, Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Jere R. Behrman, Fiammetta Bozzani, Natalie A. Jackson-Hachonda

Community-based randomized controlled trial of diabetes prevention study for high-risk individuals of type 2 diabetes: lifestyle intervention using web-based system

Seon-Ah Cha, Sun-Young Lim, Kook-Rye Kim, Eun-Young Lee, Borami Kang, Yoon-Hee Choi, Kun-Ho Yoon, Yu-Bae Ahn, Jin-Hee Lee, Seung-Hyun Ko

Unintentional drowning: Role of medicinal drugs and alcohol

Tuulia Pajunen, Erkki Vuori, Frank F. Vincenzi, Pirjo Lillsunde, Gordon Smith, Philippe Lunetta

Anemia risk in relation to lead exposure in lead-related manufacturing

Nan-Hung Hsieh, Shun-Hui Chung, Szu-Chieh Chen, Wei-Yu Chen, Yi-Hsien Cheng, Yi-Jun Lin, Su-Han You, Chung-Min Liao

Provision versus promotion to develop a handwashing station: the effect on desired handwashing behavior

Debashish Biswas, Fosiul Alam Nizame, Tina Sanghvi, Sumitro Roy, Stephen P. Luby, Leanne E. Unicomb

Non-adherence to anti-retroviral therapy among HIV infected adults in Mon State of Myanmar

Win Lei Aye, Apa Puckpinyo, Karl Peltzer

Behavioral antecedents for handwashing in a low-income urban setting in Bangladesh: an exploratory study

Musarrat J. Rahman, Fosiul A. Nizame, Leanne Unicomb, Stephen P. Luby, Peter J. Winch

Restaurant-based intervention to facilitate healthy eating choices and the identification of allergenic foods at a family-oriented resort and a campground

Lucia Tarro, Magaly Aceves-Martins, Yolanda Tiñena, Joan Lluís Parisi, Xavier Blasi, Montse Giralt, Elisabet Llauradó, Rosa Solà

Using a mobile health application to reduce alcohol consumption: a mixed-methods evaluation of the drinkaware track & calculate units application

Sophie Attwood, Hannah Parke, John Larsen, Katie L. Morton

Effect of the US-Mexico border region in cardiovascular mortality: ecological time trend analysis of Mexican border and non-border municipalities from 1998 to 2012

Gabriel Anaya, Wael K Al-Delaimy

Study Protocol of MINI SALTEN: a technology-based multi-component intervention in the school environment targeting healthy habits of first grade children and their parents

Irina Kovalskys, Cecile Rausch Herscovici, Paula Indart Rougier, María José De Gregorio, Luciana Zonis, Liliana Orellana

Trends in alcohol-related admissions to hospital by age, sex and socioeconomic deprivation in England, 2002/03 to 2013/14

Mark A Green, Mark Strong, Lucy Conway, Ravi Maheswaran

The epidemiology of drowning in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Matthew D. Tyler, David B. Richards, Casper Reske-Nielsen, Omeed Saghafi, Erica A. Morse, Robert Carey, Gabrielle A. Jacquet

Social relationships, mental health and wellbeing in physical disability: a systematic review

Hannah Tough, Johannes Siegrist, Christine Fekete

Comparing national infectious disease surveillance systems: China and the Netherlands

Willemijn L. Vlieg, Ewout B. Fanoy, Liselotte van Asten, Xiaobo Liu, Jun Yang, Eva Pilot, Paul Bijkerk, Wim van der Hoek, Thomas Krafft, Marianne A. van der Sande, Qi-Yong Liu

Health beliefs, illness perceptions and determinants of breast screening uptake in Malta: a cross-sectional survey

Danika Marmarà, Vincent Marmarà, Gill Hubbard

Motivation and obstacles for weight management among young women – a qualitative study with a public health focus - the Tromsø study: Fit Futures

Anne-Sofie Sand, Nina Emaus, Olaug S. Lian

Unregulated serving sizes on the Canadian nutrition facts table – an invitation for manufacturer manipulations

Jessica Yin Man Chan, Mary J. Scourboutakos, Mary R. L’Abbé

Erratum to: Health literacy in childhood and youth: a systematic review of definitions and models

Janine Bröder, Orkan Okan, Ullrich Bauer, Dirk Bruland, Sandra Schlupp, Torsten M. Bollweg, Luis Saboga-Nunes, Emma Bond, Kristine Sørensen, Eva-Maria Bitzer, Susanne Jordan, Olga Domanska, Christiane Firnges, Graça S. Carvalho, Uwe H. Bittlingmayer, Diane Levin-Zamir, Jürgen Pelikan, Diana Sahrai, Albert Lenz, Patricia Wahl, Malcolm Thomas, Fabian Kessl, Paulo Pinheiro

Social disparities in the prevalence of multimorbidity – A register-based population study

Michaela L. Schiøtz, Anders Stockmarr, Dorte Høst, Charlotte Glümer, Anne Frølich

The comprehensive ‘Communicate to Vaccinate’ taxonomy of communication interventions for childhood vaccination in routine and campaign contexts

Jessica Kaufman, Heather Ames, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Yuri Cartier, Julie Cliff, Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo-Ita, Gabriel Rada, Sophie Hill

Progression of the epidemiological transition in a rural South African setting: findings from population surveillance in Agincourt, 1993–2013

Chodziwadziwa W. Kabudula, Brian Houle, Mark A. Collinson, Kathleen Kahn, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Samuel J. Clark, Stephen Tollman

The impact of income inequality and national wealth on child and adolescent mortality in low and middle-income countries

Joseph L. Ward, Russell M. Viner

Measured, opportunistic, unexpected and naïve quitting: a qualitative grounded theory study of the process of quitting from the ex-smokers’ perspective

Andrea L Smith, Stacy M Carter, Sally M Dunlop, Becky Freeman, Simon Chapman

Process evaluation of an interorganizational cooperation initiative in vocational rehabilitation: the Dirigo project

Christian Ståhl, Åsa Andersén, Ingrid Anderzén, Kjerstin Larsson

Do parents’ support behaviours predict whether or not their children get sufficient sleep? A cross-sectional study

Evelyn Pyper, Daniel Harrington, Heather Manson

Preventing sickness absenteeism among employees with common mental disorders or stress-related symptoms at work: Design of a cluster randomized controlled trial of a problem-solving based intervention versus care-as-usual conducted at the Occupational Health Services

G. Bergström, M. Lohela-Karlsson, L. Kwak, L. Bodin, I. Jensen, M. Torgén, L. Nybergh

Hand-held cell phone use while driving legislation and observed driver behavior among population sub-groups in the United States

Toni M. Rudisill, Motao Zhu

Cardiovascular risk status of Afro-origin populations across the spectrum of economic development: findings from the Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study

Lara R. Dugas, Terrence E. Forrester, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Pascal Bovet, Estelle V. Lambert, Ramon A. Durazo-Arvizu, Guichan Cao, Richard S. Cooper, Rasha Khatib, Laura Tonino, Walter Riesen, Wolfgang Korte, Stephanie Kliethermes, Amy Luke

Parental work absenteeism is associated with increased symptom complaints and school absence in adolescent children

Mari Hysing, Keith J. Petrie, Tormod Bøe, Børge Sivertsen

Dietary diversity scores: an indicator of micronutrient inadequacy instead of obesity for Chinese children

Wenzhi Zhao, Kai Yu, Shengjie Tan, Yingdong Zheng, Ai Zhao, Peiyu Wang, Yumei Zhang

Contextual and psychosocial factors predicting Ebola prevention behaviours using the RANAS approach to behaviour change in Guinea-Bissau

Anna E. Gamma, Jurgita Slekiene, Gregor von Medeazza, Fredrik Asplund, Placido Cardoso, Hans-Joachim Mosler

The association between time scarcity, sociodemographic correlates and consumption of ultra-processed foods among parents in Norway: a cross-sectional study

Ingrid Laukeland Djupegot, Camilla Bengtson Nenseth, Elling Bere, Helga Birgit Torgeirsdotter Bjørnarå, Sissel Heidi Helland, Nina Cecilie Øverby, Monica Klungland Torstveit, Tonje Holte Stea

Health care waste management in community-based care: experiences of community health workers in low resource communities in South Africa

Lydia Hangulu, Olagoke Akintola

One-fourth of the prisoners are underweight in Northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Semaw Ferede Abera, Kelemework Adane

Association between leisure time physical activity preference and behavior: evidence from the China Health & Nutrition Survey, 2004–2011

Junmin Zhou, Denise H Britigan, Shireen S. Rajaram, Hongmei Wang, Dejun Su

Predictors of adherence to micronutrient supplementation before and during pregnancy in Vietnam

Ines Gonzalez-Casanova, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Melissa Fox Young, Kimberly B. Harding, Greg Reinhart, Hieu Nguyen, Meredith Nechitillo, Truong V Truong, Hoa Pham, Son Nguyen, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Reynaldo Martorell, Usha Ramakrishnan

Processes and challenges of community mobilisation for latrine promotion under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan in rural Odisha, India

Parimita Routray, Belen Torondel, Marion W. Jenkins, Thomas Clasen, Wolf-Peter Schmidt

Low-smoke chulha in Indian slums: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Megha Thakur, Esther A. Boudewijns, Giridhara R. Babu, Bjorn Winkens, Luc P. de Witte, Jeroen Gruiskens, Preeti Sushama, Cristian T. Ghergu, Onno C. P. van Schayck

Impact of a workplace ‘sit less, move more’ program on efficiency-related outcomes of office employees

Anna Puig-Ribera, Judit Bort-Roig, Maria Giné-Garriga, Angel M. González-Suárez, Iván Martínez-Lemos, Jesús Fortuño, Joan C. Martori, Laura Muñoz-Ortiz, Raimon Milà, Nicholas D. Gilson, Jim McKenna

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Inequities in coverage of smokefree space policies within the United States

Christopher Lowrie, Amber L. Pearson, George Thomson

Socioeconomic status and dietary patterns in children from around the world: different associations by levels of country human development?

Taru Manyanga, Mark S. Tremblay, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Mikael Fogelholm, Gang Hu, Rebecca Kuriyan, Anura Kurpad, Estelle V. Lambert, Carol Maher, Jose Maia, Victor Matsudo, Timothy Olds, Vincent Onywera, Olga L. Sarmiento, Martyn Standage, Catrine Tudor-Locke, Pei Zhao, Vera Mikkila, Stephanie T. Broyles, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Timothy S. Church, Denise G. Lambert, Tiago Barreira, Stephanie Broyles, Ben Butitta, Catherine Champagne, Shannon Cocreham, Kara D. Denstel, Katy Drazba, Deirdre Harrington, William Johnson, Dione Milauskas, Emily Mire, Allison Tohme, Ruben Rodarte, Bobby Amoroso, John Luopa, Rebecca Neiberg, Scott Rushing, Timothy Olds, Carol Maher, Lucy Lewis, Katia Ferrar, Effie Georgiadis, Rebecca Stanley, Victor Keihan Rodrigues Matsudo, Sandra Matsudo, Timoteo Araujo, Luis Carlos de Oliveira, Luis Fabiano, Diogo Bezerra, Gerson Ferrari, Mark S. Tremblay, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Priscilla Bélanger, Mike Borghese, Charles Boyer, Allana LeBlanc, Claire Francis, Geneviève Leduc, Pei Zhao, Gang Hu, Chengming Diao, Wei Li, Weiqin Li, Enqing Liu, Gongshu Liu, Hongyan Liu, Jian Ma, Yijuan Qiao, Huiguang Tian, Yue Wang, Tao Zhang, Fuxia Zhang, Olga Sarmiento, Julio Acosta, Yalta Alvira, Maria Paula Diaz, Rocio Gamez, Maria Paula Garcia, Luis Guillermo Gómez, Lisseth Gonzalez, Silvia Gonzalez, Carlos Grijalba, Leidys Gutierrez, David Leal, Nicolas Lemus, Etelvina Mahecha, Maria Paula Mahecha, Rosalba Mahecha, Andrea Ramirez, Paola Rios, Andres Suarez, Camilo Triana, Mikael Fogelholm, Elli Hovi, Jemina Kivelä, Sari Räsänen, Sanna Roito, Taru Saloheimo, Leena Valta, Anura Kurpad, Rebecca Kuriyan, Deepa P. Lokesh, Michelle Stephanie D’Almeida, Mattilda R. Annie, Lygia Correa, Vijay Dakshina Murthy, Vincent Onywera, Lucy-Joy Wachira, Stella Muthuri, Jose Maia, Alessandra da Silva Borges, Sofia Oliveira Sá Cachada, Raquel Nichele de Chaves, Thayse Natacha Queiroz Ferreira Gomes, Sara Isabel Sampaio Pereira, Daniel Monteiro de Vilhena e Santos, Fernanda Karina dos Santos, Pedro Gil Rodrigues da Silva, Michele Caroline de Souza, Vicki Lambert, Matthew April, Monika Uys, Nirmala Naidoo, Nandi Synyanya, Madelaine Carstens, Martyn Standage, Sean Cumming, Clemens Drenowatz, Lydia Emm, Fiona Gillison, Julia Zakrzewski, Catrine Tudor-Locke, Ashley Braud, Sheletta Donatto, Corbin Lemon, Ana Jackson, Ashunti Pearson, Gina Pennington, Daniel Ragus, Ryan Roubion, John Schuna Jr, Derek Wiltz, Alan Batterham, Jacqueline Kerr, Michael Pratt, Angelo Pietrobelli

Rethinking physical activity communication: using focus groups to understand women’s goals, values, and beliefs to improve public health

Michelle Segar, Jennifer M. Taber, Heather Patrick, Chan L. Thai, April Oh

Avian influenza A/H7N9 risk perception, information trust and adoption of protective behaviours among poultry farmers in Jiangsu Province, China

Bin Cui, Qiuyan Liao, Wendy Wing Tak Lam, Zong Ping Liu, Richard Fielding

Solid medical waste: a cross sectional study of household disposal practices and reported harm in Southern Ghana

Emilia Asuquo Udofia, Gabriel Gulis, Julius Fobil

The effect of food insecurity on health status of adolescents in Ethiopia: longitudinal study

Mulusew G. Jebena, David Lindstrom, Carl Lachat, Tefera Belachew, Patrick Kolsteren

Evaluation of the implementation of a whole-workplace walking programme using the RE-AIM framework

Emma J. Adams, Anna E. Chalkley, Dale W. Esliger, Lauren B. Sherar

The impact of an m-Health financial incentives program on the physical activity and diet of Australian truck drivers

Nicholas D. Gilson, Toby G Pavey, Olivia RL Wright, Corneel Vandelanotte, Mitch J Duncan, Sjaan Gomersall, Stewart G. Trost, Wendy J. Brown

Exercise and eating habits among urban adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Kolkata, India

Soumitra Kumar, Saumitra Ray, Debabrata Roy, Kajal Ganguly, Sibananda Dutta, Tanmay Mahapatra, Sanchita Mahapatra, Kinnori Gupta, Kaushik Chakraborty, Mrinal Kanti Das, Santanu Guha, Pradip K. Deb, Amal K. Banerjee

Contextualizing willingness to participate: recommendations for engagement, recruitment & enrolment of Kenyan MSM in future HIV prevention trials

Monika Doshi, Lisa Avery, Ronnie P. Kaddu, Mary Gichuhi, Gloria Gakii, Elsabé du Plessis, Sumit Dutta, Shamshad Khan, Joshua Kimani, Robert R. Lorway

Use of malaria RDTs in various health contexts across sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Matthew R. Boyce, Wendy P. O’Meara

How parents perceive screen viewing in their 5–6 year old child within the context of their own screen viewing time: a mixed-methods study

Janice L. Thompson, Simon J. Sebire, Joanna M. Kesten, Jesmond Zahra, Mark Edwards, Emma Solomon-Moore, Russell Jago

Working in dissonance: experiences of work instability in workers with common mental disorders

Louise Danielsson, Monica Bertilsson, Kristina Holmgren, Gunnel Hensing

Height inequalities and their change trends in China during 1985–2010: results from 6 cross-sectional surveys on children and adolescents aged 7–18 years

Yong Xu, Lei Hang

Measuring health literacy among low literate people: an exploratory feasibility study with the HLS-EU questionnaire

Hannelore Storms, Neree Claes, Bert Aertgeerts, Stephan Van den Broucke

Noticing cigarette health warnings and support for new health warnings among non-smokers in China: findings from the International Tobacco Control project (ITC) China survey

Zejun Li, Tara Elton-Marshall, Geoffrey T. Fong, Anne Chiew Kin Quah, Guoze Feng, Yuan Jiang, Sara C. Hitchman

Correcting for day of the week and public holiday effects: improving a national daily syndromic surveillance service for detecting public health threats

Elizabeth Buckingham-Jeffery, Roger Morbey, Thomas House, Alex J. Elliot, Sally Harcourt, Gillian E. Smith

Do socio-cultural factors influence college students’ self-rated health status and health-promoting lifestyles? A cross-sectional multicenter study in Dalian, China

Sainyugu Lolokote, Tesfaldet Habtemariam Hidru, Xiaofeng Li

Water and beverage consumption patterns among 4 to 13-year-old children in the United Kingdom

Florent Vieux, Matthieu Maillot, Florence Constant, Adam Drewnowski

Validation of commercial business lists as a proxy for licensed alcohol outlets

Heather A. Carlos, Joy Gabrielli, James D. Sargent

Move the Neighbourhood: Study design of a community-based participatory public open space intervention in a Danish deprived neighbourhood to promote active living

Charlotte Skau Pawlowski, Laura Winge, Sidse Carroll, Tanja Schmidt, Anne Margrethe Wagner, Kamilla Pernille Johansen Nørtoft, Bettina Lamm, René Kural, Jasper Schipperijn, Jens Troelsen

Dual burden of malnutrition in US Affiliated Pacific jurisdictions in the Children’s Healthy Living Program

Rachel Novotny, Fenfang Li, Rachael Leon Guerrero, Patricia Coleman, Aifili J. Tufa, Andrea Bersamin, Jonathan Deenik, Lynne R Wilkens

A systematic review of factors that shape implementation of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis in sub-Saharan Africa

Adam Silumbwe, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Hikabasa Halwindi, Choolwe Jacobs, Jessy Zgambo, Rosalia Dambe, Mumbi Chola, Gershom Chongwe, Charles Michelo

Prevalence and determinants of childhood mortality in Nigeria

Sanni Yaya, Michael Ekholuenetale, Godson Tudeme, Shah Vaibhav, Ghose Bishwajit, Bernard Kadio

Uptake of HIV testing in Burkina Faso: an assessment of individual and community-level determinants

Fati Kirakoya-Samadoulougou, Kévin Jean, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux

“Ensure that you are well aware of the risks you are taking…”: actions and activities medical tourists’ informal caregivers can undertake to protect their health and safety

Valorie A. Crooks, Rebecca Whitmore, Jeremy Snyder, Leigh Turner

Fetal and infant exposure to severe Chinese famine increases the risk of adult dyslipidemia: Results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

Zhenghe Wang, Changwei Li, Zhongping Yang, Jun Ma, Zhiyong Zou

Economic stress and condescending treatment in childhood and adult self-rated health: results from a population study in Sweden

Fredrik Granström, Hans-Georg Eriksson, Anu Molarius

An audit of food and beverage advertising on the Sydney metropolitan train network: regulation and policy implications

Emma Sainsbury, Stephen Colagiuri, Roger Magnusson

Risk, reassurance and routine: a qualitative study of narrative understandings of the potential for HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men in England

T. Charles Witzel, Peter Weatherburn, Alison J. Rodger, Adam H. Bourne, Fiona M. Burns

The relationships between harsh physical punishment and child maltreatment in childhood and intimate partner violence in adulthood

Tracie O. Afifi, Natalie Mota, Jitender Sareen, Harriet L. MacMillan

Anxiety and depression symptoms and alcohol use among adolescents - a cross sectional study of Norwegian secondary school students

Espen Lund Johannessen, Helle Wessel Andersson, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Kristine Pape

A meta-regression analysis of 41 Australian problem gambling prevalence estimates and their relationship to total spending on electronic gaming machines

Francis Markham, Martin Young, Bruce Doran, Mark Sugden

The influence of dog ownership on objective measures of free-living physical activity and sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults: a longitudinal case-controlled study

Philippa Margaret Dall, Sarah Lesley Helen Ellis, Brian Martin Ellis, P Margaret Grant, Alison Colyer, Nancy Renee Gee, Malcolm Howard Granat, Daniel Simon Mills

Socioeconomic inequality in clusters of health-related behaviours in Europe: latent class analysis of a cross-sectional European survey

Shiho Kino, Eduardo Bernabé, Wael Sabbah

Caught between a rock and a hard place: mental health of migrant live-in caregivers in Canada

Mandana Vahabi, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong

Four-year trends in adiposity and its association with hypertension in serial groups of young adult university students in urban Cameroon: a time-series study

Simeon-Pierre Choukem, André-Pascal Kengne, Maxime-Leolein Nguefack, Yannick Mboue-Djieka, Daniel Nebongo, Jackson T Guimezap, Jean Claude Mbanya

Why Australia needs to define obesity as a chronic condition

C. A. Opie, H. M. Haines, K. E. Ervin, K. Glenister, D. Pierce

Erratum to: The GOOD life: Study protocol for a social norms intervention to reduce alcohol and other drug use among Danish adolescents

Christiane Stock, Lotte Vallentin-Holbech, Birthe Marie Rasmussen

Capturing how age-friendly communities foster positive health, social participation and health equity: a study protocol of key components and processes that promote population health in aging Canadians

Mélanie Levasseur, Marie-France Dubois, Mélissa Généreux, Verena Menec, Parminder Raina, Mathieu Roy, Catherine Gabaude, Yves Couturier, Catherine St-Pierre

Awareness, knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes towards genetic testing for cancer risk among ethnic minority groups: a systematic review

Katie E. J. Hann, Madeleine Freeman, Lindsay Fraser, Jo Waller, Saskia C. Sanderson, Belinda Rahman, Lucy Side, Sue Gessler, Anne Lanceley

Associations between measures of socio-economic status, beliefs about back pain, and exposure to a mass media campaign to improve back beliefs

Arnela Suman, Geoffrey P. Bostick, Frederieke G. Schaafsma, Johannes R. Anema, Douglas P. Gross

Cross-sectional assessment of infants’ exposure to toxic metals through breast milk in a prospective cohort study of mining communities in Ghana

David Kwaku Bansa, Adolf Kofi Awua, Rose Boatin, Theodosia Adom, Edward Christian Brown-Appiah, Kennedy Kwame Amewosina, Akusika Diaba, Dominic Datoghe, Wilhelmina Okwabi

Maternal-child co-participation in physical activity-related behaviours: prevalence and cross-sectional associations with mothers and children’s objectively assessed physical activity levels

Jill A. Hnatiuk, Ellen DeDecker, Kylie D. Hesketh, Greet Cardon

Decisional Balance Inventory (DBI) Adolescent Form for Smoking: Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version

Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Tahereh Pashaei, Koen Ponnet, Fatemeh Jafari, Rashin Alizadeh

Determinants of tuberculosis transmission and treatment abandonment in Fortaleza, Brazil

Guy Harling, Antonio S. Lima Neto, Geziel S. Sousa, Marcia M. T. Machado, Marcia C. Castro

Binge drinking and total alcohol consumption from 16 to 43 years of age are associated with elevated fasting plasma glucose in women: results from the northern Swedish cohort study

Karina Nygren, Anne Hammarström, Olov Rolandsson

The role of Indonesian patients’ health behaviors in delaying the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

R . Fles, A. C. R. K. Bos, Supriyati, D. Rachmawati, E. Waliyanti, I. B. Tan, S. M. Haryana, M. K. Schmidt, F. S. T. Dewi

Mortality by country of birth in the Nordic countries – a systematic review of the literature

Helena Honkaniemi, Jennie Bacchus-Hertzman, Johan Fritzell, Mikael Rostila

Development and evaluation of two web-based interventions for the promotion of physical activity in older adults: study protocol for a community-based controlled intervention trial

Saskia Muellmann, Inna Bragina, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage, Eric Rost, Sonia Lippke, Jochen Meyer, Jochen Schnauber, Merlin Wasmann, Merle Toborg, Frauke Koppelin, Tilman Brand, Hajo Zeeb, Claudia R. Pischke

Developing a comprehensive measure of mobility: mobility over varied environments scale (MOVES)

Jana A. Hirsch, Meghan Winters, Joanie Sims-Gould, Philippa J. Clarke, Nathalie Ste-Marie, Maureen Ashe, Heather A. McKay

Strengthening capacity to research the social determinants of health in low- and middle-income countries: lessons from the INTREC programme

Nicholas Henschke, Anna Mirny, Joke A Haafkens, Heribert Ramroth, Siwi Padmawati, Martin Bangha, Lisa Berkman, Laksono Trisnantoro, Yulia Blomstedt, Heiko Becher, Osman Sankoh, Peter Byass, John Kinsman

Advantages and limitations for users of double pit pour-flush latrines: a qualitative study in rural Bangladesh

Faruqe Hussain, Thomas Clasen, Shahinoor Akter, Victoria Bawel, Stephen P. Luby, Elli Leontsini, Leanne Unicomb, Milan Kanti Barua, Brittany Thomas, Peter J. Winch

Community-level characteristics and environmental factors of child respiratory illnesses in Southern Arizona

Nathan Lothrop, Khaleel Hussaini, Dean Billheimer, Paloma Beamer

Attitudes of consumers and live-poultry workers to central slaughtering in controlling H7N9: a cross-sectional study

Xiao Lin, Dingmei Zhang, Xinwei Wang, Yun Huang, Zhicheng Du, Yaming Zou, Jiahai Lu, Yuantao Hao

Comparing motivational, self-regulatory and habitual processes in a computer-tailored physical activity intervention in hospital employees - protocol for the PATHS randomised controlled trial

Dominika Kwasnicka, Corneel Vandelanotte, Amanda Rebar, Benjamin Gardner, Camille Short, Mitch Duncan, Dawn Crook, Martin S. Hagger

Vitamin D levels and deficiency with different occupations: a systematic review

Daniel Sowah, Xiangning Fan, Liz Dennett, Reidar Hagtvedt, Sebastian Straube

Rationale and protocol paper for the Healthy Active Peaceful Playgrounds for Youth (HAPPY) study

Wayne Cotton, Dean Dudley, Kirsten Jackson, Matthew Winslade, Janice Atkin

Characteristics of hardcore smokers in South Korea from 2007 to 2013

EunKyo Kang, Jung A. Lee, Hong-Jun Cho

Are children participating in a quasi-experimental education outside the classroom intervention more physically active?

Mikkel Bo Schneller, Scott Duncan, Jasper Schipperijn, Glen Nielsen, Erik Mygind, Peter Bentsen

Retirement and mental health: does social participation mitigate the association? A fixed-effects longitudinal analysis

Koichiro Shiba, Naoki Kondo, Katsunori Kondo, Ichiro Kawachi

Beneficiaries’ perceptions and reported use of unconditional cash transfers intended to prevent acute malnutrition in children in poor rural communities in Burkina Faso: qualitative results from the MAM’Out randomized controlled trial

Audrey Tonguet-Papucci, Freddy Houngbe, Palamanga Lompo, Wambi Maurice Evariste Yameogo, Jean-François Huneau, Myriam Ait Aissa, Patrick Kolsteren

Statutory retirement and changes in self-reported leisure-time physical activity: a follow-up study with three time-points

Ansku Holstila, Minna Mänty, Ossi Rahkonen, Eero Lahelma, Jouni Lahti

Is unemployment in young adulthood related to self-rated health later in life? Results from the Northern Swedish cohort

Fredrik Norström, Urban Janlert, Anne Hammarström

A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a geo-specific poster compared to a general poster for effecting change in perceived threat and intention to avoid drowning ‘hotspots’ among children of migrant workers: evidence from Ningbo, China

Yinchao Zhu, Xiaoqi Feng, Hui Li, Yaqin Huang, Jieping Chen, Guozhang Xu

Reasons for never and intermittent completion of colorectal cancer screening after receiving multiple rounds of mailed fecal tests

Beverly B. Green, June BlueSpruce, Leah Tuzzio, Sally W. Vernon, L. Aubree Shay, Sheryl L. Catz

Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to dietary salt among adults in the state of Victoria, Australia 2015

Carley A. Grimes, Sarah-Jane Kelley, Sonya Stanley, Bruce Bolam, Jacqui Webster, Durreajam Khokhar, Caryl A. Nowson

Clustering and correlates of screen-time and eating behaviours among young adolescents

Natalie Pearson, Paula Griffiths, Stuart JH Biddle, Julie P Johnston, Sonia McGeorge, Emma Haycraft

Psychometric properties of the mammography self-efficacy and fear of breast cancer scales in Iranian women

Mahdi Moshki, Shole Shahgheibi, Parvaneh Taymoori, Amjad Moradi, Deam Roshani, Cheryl L. Holt

Knowledge, attitude and practice related to diabetes mellitus among the general public in Galle district in Southern Sri Lanka: a pilot study

H. M. M Herath, N. P. Weerasinghe, H. Dias, T. P. Weerarathna

The ticking time bomb in lifestyle-related diseases among women in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries; review of systematic reviews

Mashael K. Alshaikh, Filippos T. Filippidis, Hussain A. Al-Omar, Salman Rawaf, Azeem Majeed, Abdul-Majeed Salmasi

Factors associated with the occurrence of injuries requiring hospital transfer among older and working-age pedestrians in Kurume, Japan

Takashi Nagata, Takeru Abe, Ayako Takamori, Yoshinari Kimura, Akihito Hagihara

Race and nativity are major determinants of tuberculosis in the U.S.: evidence of health disparities in tuberculosis incidence in Michigan, 2004–2012

Grace A. Noppert, Mark L. Wilson, Philippa Clarke, Wen Ye, Peter Davidson, Zhenhua Yang

Epidemiology of pertussis in Alberta, Canada 2004–2015

Xianfang C. Liu, Christopher A. Bell, Kimberley A. Simmonds, Lawrence W. Svenson, Sumana Fathima, Steven J. Drews, Donald P. Schopflocher, Margaret L. Russell

Factors influencing reproductive choices of HIV positive individuals attending primary health care facilities in a South African health district

Samuel Agbo, Laetitia C. Rispel

Challenges and opportunities of optimal breastfeeding in the context of HIV option B+ guidelines

Pamela Marinda, Nkandu Chibwe, Ernest Tambo, Sidney Lulanga, Christopher Khayeka—Wandabwa

Depression, suicidality, and alcohol use disorder among people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

Catherine O. Egbe, Patrick S. Dakum, Ernest Ekong, Brandon A. Kohrt, John G. Minto, Cynthia J. Ticao

Space-time patterns in maternal and mother mortality in a rural South African population with high HIV prevalence (2000–2014): results from a population-based cohort

B. Tlou, B. Sartorius, F. Tanser

Physical working conditions as covered in European monitoring questionnaires

Tore Tynes, Cecilie Aagestad, Sannie Vester Thorsen, Lars Louis Andersen, Merja Perkio-Makela, Francisco Javier Pinilla García, Luz Galiana Blanco, Greet Vermeylen, Agnes Parent-Thirion, Wendela Hooftman, Irene Houtman, Falk Liebers, Hermann Burr, Maren Formazin

Population awareness of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors in Buea, Cameroon

Leopold Ndemnge Aminde, Noah Takah, Calypse Ngwasiri, Jean Jacques Noubiap, Maxime Tindong, Anastase Dzudie, J. Lennert Veerman

Health care workers indicate ill preparedness for Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Ashanti Region of Ghana

Augustina Angelina Annan, Denis Dekugmen Yar, Michael Owusu, Eno Akua Biney, Paa Kobina Forson, Portia Boakye Okyere, Akosua Adumea Gyimah, Ellis Owusu-Dabo

Changing educational inequalities in sporting inactivity among adults in Germany: a trend study from 2003 to 2012

Jens Hoebel, Jonas D. Finger, Benjamin Kuntz, Lars E. Kroll, Kristin Manz, Cornelia Lange, Thomas Lampert

Prevalence, perceptions and predictors of alcohol consumption and abstinence among South Australian school students: a cross-sectional analysis

Jacqueline A. Bowden, Paul Delfabbro, Robin Room, Caroline L. Miller, Carlene Wilson

Optimising child outcomes from parenting interventions: fathers’ experiences, preferences and barriers to participation

Lucy A. Tully, Patrycja J. Piotrowska, Daniel A. J. Collins, Kathleen S. Mairet, Nicola Black, Eva R. Kimonis, David J. Hawes, Caroline Moul, Rhoshel K. Lenroot, Paul J. Frick, Vicki Anderson, Mark R. Dadds

Pathways linking car transport for young adults and the public health in Northern Ireland: a qualitative study to inform the evaluation of graduated driver licensing

Nicola Christie, Rebecca Steinbach, Judith Green, M. Patricia Mullan, Lindsay Prior

Effect of major school playground reconstruction on physical activity and sedentary behaviour: Camden active spaces

Mark Hamer, Daniel Aggio, Georgina Knock, Courtney Kipps, Aparna Shankar, Lee Smith

The health and healthcare impact of providing insurance coverage to uninsured children: A prospective observational study

Glenn Flores, Hua Lin, Candice Walker, Michael Lee, Janet M. Currie, Rick Allgeyer, Alberto Portillo, Monica Henry, Marco Fierro, Kenneth Massey

The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Portugal: the PORMETS study

Luís Raposo, Milton Severo, Henrique Barros, Ana Cristina Santos

Immunization, urbanization and slums – a systematic review of factors and interventions

Tim Crocker-Buque, Godwin Mindra, Richard Duncan, Sandra Mounier-Jack

Exploring the intergenerational persistence of health behaviour: an empirical study of smoking from China

Jay Pan, Wei Han

The role of autonomy and social support in the relation between psychosocial safety climate and stress in health care workers

Bo M. Havermans, Cécile R. L. Boot, Irene L. D. Houtman, Evelien P. M. Brouwers, Johannes R. Anema, Allard J. van der Beek

Parent engagement and attendance in PEACH™ QLD – an up-scaled parent-led childhood obesity program

Susan L. Williams, Wendy Van Lippevelde, Anthea Magarey, Carly J. Moores, Debbie Croyden, Emma Esdaile, Lynne Daniels

Parental supply of alcohol and adolescent drinking: a multilevel analysis of nationally representative data

Gary C. K. Chan, Janni Leung, Jason Connor, Wayne Hall, Adrian B. Kelly

Changes in perceived uselessness and risks for mortality: evidence from a National sample of older adults in China

Yuan Zhao, Matthew E. Dupre, Li Qiu, Danan Gu

Alcohol screening and brief interventions for adults and young people in health and community-based settings: a qualitative systematic literature review

Jane Derges, Judi Kidger, Fiona Fox, Rona Campbell, Eileen Kaner, Matthew Hickman

Recruitment of racial/ethnic minority older adults through community sites for focus group discussions

Mary E. Northridge, Michele Shedlin, Eric W. Schrimshaw, Ivette Estrada, Leydis De La Cruz, Rogelina Peralta, Stacia Birdsall, Sara S. Metcalf, Bibhas Chakraborty, Carol Kunzel

Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection and associated risk factors among village health volunteers in rural communities of southern Thailand

Chuchard Punsawad, Nonthapan Phasuk, Suchirat Bunratsami, Kanjana Thongtup, Niramon Siripakonuaong, Somchok Nongnaul

Burden and characteristics of HIV infection among female sex workers in Kampala, Uganda – a respondent-driven sampling survey

Wolfgang Hladik, Andrew L. Baughman, David Serwadda, Jordan W. Tappero, Rachel Kwezi, Namakula D. Nakato, Joseph Barker

Tobacco-free policies at worksites in Kansas

Elizabeth Ablah, Frank Dong, Kurt Konda

Household food insecurity is associated with a higher burden of obesity and risk of dietary inadequacies among mothers in Beirut, Lebanon

Lamis Jomaa, Farah Naja, Ruba Cheaib, Nahla Hwalla

Employment-related difficulties and distressed living condition in patients with hepatitis B virus: A qualitative and quantitative study

Taeko Oka, Hiroaki Enoki, Yukari Tokimoto, Teruaki Kawanishi, Meguru Minami, Takahiro Okuizumi, Kiyohiko Katahira

Neighborhood educational disparities in active commuting among women: the effect of distance between the place of residence and the place of work/study (an ACTI-Cités study)

Camille Perchoux, Julie-Anne Nazare, Tarik Benmarhnia, Paul Salze, Thierry Feuillet, Serge Hercberg, Franck Hess, Mehdi Menai, Christiane Weber, Hélène Charreire, Christophe Enaux, Jean-Michel Oppert, Chantal Simon

How to select a proper early warning threshold to detect infectious disease outbreaks based on the China infectious disease automated alert and response system (CIDARS)

Ruiping Wang, Yonggen Jiang, Engelgau Michael, Genming Zhao

Exploring shared risks through public-private partnerships in public health programs: a mixed method

Wadi B. Alonazi

Cost analysis of a school-based comprehensive malaria program in primary schools in Sikasso region, Mali

Roberta Maccario, Saba Rouhani, Tom Drake, Annie Nagy, Modibo Bamadio, Seybou Diarra, Souleymane Djanken, Natalie Roschnik, Siân E. Clarke, Moussa Sacko, Simon Brooker, Josselin Thuilliez

Protocol for the effect evaluation of independent medical evaluation after six months sick leave: a randomized controlled trial of independent medical evaluation versus treatment as usual in Norway

Elisabeth Husabo, Karin Monstad, Tor Helge Holmås, Irene Oyeflaten, Erik L. Werner, Silje Maeland

Conceptualizing physical activity parenting practices using expert informed concept mapping analysis

Louise C. Mâsse, Teresia M. O’Connor, Andrew W. Tu, Sheryl O. Hughes, Mark R. Beauchamp, Tom Baranowski

Lessons from implementing mass drug administration for soil transmitted helminths among pre-school aged children during school based deworming program at the Kenyan coast

Rosemary M. Musuva, Elizabeth Matey, Janet Masaku, Gladys Odhiambo, Faith Mwende, Isaac Thuita, Jimmy Kihara, Doris Njomo

Effectiveness of a physical activity program on cardiovascular disease risk in adult primary health-care users: the “Pas-a-Pas” community intervention trial

Victoria Arija, Felipe Villalobos, Roser Pedret, Angels Vinuesa, Mercé Timón, Teresa Basora, Dolors Aguas, Josep Basora, Eva Domínguez, Dolores Jovani, Gabriel Pascual, Lorenzo Peralta, Alicia Reche

Social determinants of depression and suicidal behaviour in the Caribbean: a systematic review

Catherine R Brown, Ian R Hambleton, Natasha Sobers-Grannum, Shawn M Hercules, Nigel Unwin, E Nigel Harris, Rainford Wilks, Marlene MacLeish, Louis Sullivan, Madhuvanti M Murphy, M Alvarado, N Bennett, A Bidulescu, CR Brown, T Ferguson, D Francis, IR Hambleton, EN Harris, C Hassell, AJM Hennis, SM Hercules, C Howitt, M Mac Leish, MM Murphy, TA Samuels, N Sobers-Grannum, L Sullivan, N Unwin, R Wilks, L Williams, N Younger-Coleman

Food insecurity and food consumption by season in households with children in an Arctic city: a cross-sectional study

Catherine Huet, James D. Ford, Victoria L. Edge, Jamal Shirley, Nia King, Lea Berrang-Ford, Shuaib Lwasa, Didacus Namanya, Cesar Carcamo, Alejandro Llanos, James D. Ford, Victoria L. Edge, Sherilee L. Harper, Sherilee L. Harper

Risk factors of suicide attempt among people with suicidal ideation in South Korea: a cross-sectional study

Soo Beom Choi, Wanhyung Lee, Jin-Ha Yoon, Jong-Uk Won, Deok Won Kim

Erratum to: Social relationships, mental health and wellbeing in physical disability: a systematic review

Hannah Tough, Johannes Siegrist, Christine Fekete

Erratum to: Noticing cigarette health warnings and support for new health warnings among non-smokers in China: findings from the International Tobacco Control project (ITC) China survey

Zejun Li, Tara Elton-Marshall, Geoffrey T. Fong, Anne Chiew Kin Quah, Guoze Feng, Yuan Jiang, Sara C. Hitchman

Bangladesh policy on prevention and control of non-communicable diseases: a policy analysis

Tuhin Biswas, Sonia Pervin, Md. Imtiaz Alam Tanim, Louis Niessen, Anwar Islam

Policy lessons from health taxes: a systematic review of empirical studies

Alexandra Wright, Katherine E. Smith, Mark Hellowell

Male suicide among construction workers in Australia: a qualitative analysis of the major stressors precipitating death

Allison Milner, Humaira Maheen, Dianne Currier, Anthony D LaMontagne

He’s just content to sit: a qualitative study of mothers’ perceptions of infant obesity and physical activity

Danae Dinkel, Kailey Snyder, Anastasia Kyvelidou, Victoria Molfese

Meeting the oral health needs of 12-year-olds in China: human resources for oral health

Xiangyu Sun, Eduardo Bernabé, Xuenan Liu, Shuguo Zheng, Jennifer E. Gallagher

Epidemiology of intestinal helminthiasis among school children with emphasis on Schistosoma mansoni infection in Wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia

Bereket Alemayehu, Zewdneh Tomass, Fiseha Wadilo, Dawit Leja, Song Liang, Berhanu Erko

Physical activity and associated factors from a cross-sectional survey among adults in northern Tanzania

Beatrice John, Jim Todd, Innocent Mboya, Mary Mosha, Mark Urassa, Tara Mtuy

A qualitative analysis of smokers’ perceptions about lung cancer screening

Lindsay Gressard, Amy S. DeGroff, Thomas B. Richards, Stephanie Melillo, Julia Kish-Doto, Christina L. Heminger, Elizabeth A. Rohan, Kristine Gabuten Allen

Malaria control by commodities without practical malariology

J. Kevin Baird

Impact of tobacco industry and other corporations in the defeat of the 1994 Clinton health care plan

Michael Givel

A comparison of nutritional intake and daily physical activity of girls aged 8-11 years old in Makkah, Saudi Arabia according to weight status

Rabab Al-Kutbe, Anne Payne, Anne de Looy, Gail A. Rees

Labour-market marginalisation after mental disorders among young natives and immigrants living in Sweden

Magnus Helgesson, Petter Tinghög, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Fredrik Saboonchi, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz

Effects of air pollution and seasons on health-related quality of life of Mongolian adults living in Ulaanbaatar: cross-sectional studies

Motoyuki Nakao, Keiko Yamauchi, Yoko Ishihara, Hisamitsu Omori, Dashtseren Ichinnorov, Bandi Solongo

BMI and recommended levels of physical activity in school children

Phillipp Schwarzfischer, Martina Weber, Dariusz Gruszfeld, Piotr Socha, Veronica Luque, Joaquin Escribano, Annick Xhonneux, Elvira Verduci, Benedetta Mariani, Berthold Koletzko, Veit Grote

Benefits and harms of prostate cancer screening – predictions of the ONCOTYROL prostate cancer outcome and policy model

Nikolai Mühlberger, Kristijan Boskovic, Murray D. Krahn, Karen E. Bremner, Willi Oberaigner, Helmut Klocker, Wolfgang Horninger, Gaby Sroczynski, Uwe Siebert

Consumer attitudes and misperceptions associated with trends in self-reported cereal foods consumption: cross-sectional study of Western Australian adults, 1995 to 2012

Christina Mary Pollard, Claire Elizabeth Pulker, Xingqiong Meng, Jane Anne Scott, Felicity Claire Denham, Vicky Anne Solah, Deborah Anne Kerr

Prevalence of high blood pressure subtypes and its associations with BMI in Chinese children: a national cross-sectional survey

Yide Yang, Bin Dong, Shuo Wang, Yanhui Dong, Zhiyong Zou, Lianguo Fu, Jun Ma

Implementation of a human papillomavirus vaccination demonstration project in Malawi: successes and challenges

Kelias Phiri Msyamboza, Beatrice Matanje Mwagomba, Moussa Valle, Hastings Chiumia, Twambilire Phiri

The centrality of social ties to climate migration and mental health

Jacqueline M. Torres, Joan A. Casey

Reduced egfr, elevated urine protein and low level of personal protective equipment compliance among artisanal small scale gold miners at Bibiani-Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Justice Afrifa, Samuel Essien-Baidoo, Richard K.D. Ephraim, Daniel Nkrumah, Daniel Osei Dankyira

Childhood pesticide poisoning in Zhejiang, China: a retrospective analysis from 2006 to 2015

Aziguli Yimaer, Guangdi Chen, Meibian Zhang, Lifang Zhou, Xinglin Fang, Wei Jiang

Risk of chronic liver disease in post-menopausal women due to body mass index, alcohol and their interaction: a prospective nested cohort study within the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS)

Paul M Trembling, Sophia Apostolidou, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Julie Parkes, Andy Ryan, Sudeep Tanwar, Matthew Burnell, Ian Jacobs, Usha Menon, William M. Rosenberg

Determinants of contraceptive use among postpartum women in a county hospital in rural KENYA

Rose Jalang’o, Faith Thuita, Sammy O. Barasa, Peter Njoroge

Motivations for participating in a non-interventional gender-based violence survey in a low-income setting in South Africa

Yandisa Sikweyiya, Mzikazi Nduna, Nwabisa Shai, Rachel Jewkes

The Start2Bike program is effective in increasing health-enhancing physical activity: a controlled study

Linda Ooms, Cindy Veenhof, Dinny H. de Bakker

Healthy dietary patterns decrease the risk of colorectal cancer in the Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia: a case-control study

Firas S. Azzeh, Eyad M. Alshammari, Awfa Y. Alazzeh, Abdelelah S. Jazar, Ibrahim R. Dabbour, Hani A. El-Taani, Ahmed A. Obeidat, Fayrooz A. Kattan, Sufyan H. Tashtoush

Medical Advice for Sick-reported Students (MASS) in intermediate vocational education schools: design of a controlled before-and-after study

Madelon K Van der Vlis, Marjolein Lugtenberg, Yvonne T.M. Vanneste, Wenda Berends, Wico Mulder, Rienke Bannink, Amy Van Grieken, Hein Raat, Marlou L.A. de Kroon

The Korean Study of Women’s Health-Related Issues (K-Stori): Rationale and Study Design

Ha Na Cho, Eunji Choi, Da Hea Seo, Mina Suh, Hoo-Yeon Lee, Boyoung Park, Sohee Park, Juhee Cho, Sue Kim, Yeong-Ran Park, Joong-Yeon Lim, Younjihin Ahn, Hyun-Young Park, Kui Son Choi, Yumie Rhee

Prevalence of high, medium and low-risk medical conditions for pneumococcal vaccination in Catalonian middle-aged and older adults: a population-based study

O. Ochoa-Gondar, I. Hospital, A. Vila-Corcoles, M. Aragon, M. Jariod, C. de Diego, E. Satue

Household food insecurity and dietary patterns in rural and urban American Indian families with young children

Emily J. Tomayko, Kathryn L. Mosso, Kate A. Cronin, Lakeesha Carmichael, KyungMann Kim, Tassy Parker, Amy L. Yaroch, Alexandra K. Adams

Establishing an ICD-10 code based SARI-surveillance in Germany – description of the system and first results from five recent influenza seasons

S. Buda, K. Tolksdorf, E. Schuler, R. Kuhlen, W. Haas

Descriptive analysis of preschool physical activity and sedentary behaviors – a cross sectional study of 3-year-olds nested in the SKOT cohort

Niels Christian Møller, Line B. Christensen, Christian Mølgaard, Katrine T. Ejlerskov, Karin A. Pfeiffer, Kim F. Michaelsen

The risk of HIV transmission at each step of the HIV care continuum among people who inject drugs: a modeling study

Daniel J. Escudero, Mark N. Lurie, Kenneth H. Mayer, Maximilian King, Sandro Galea, Samuel R. Friedman, Brandon D. L. Marshall

Correlates of domestic waste management and related health outcomes in Sunyani, Ghana: a protocol towards enhancing policy

Henry O. Addo, Elvis J. Dun-Dery, Eugenia Afoakwa, Addai Elizabeth, Amposah Ellen, Mwinfaug Rebecca

Built environment and physical activity: domain- and activity-specific associations among Brazilian adolescents

Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam da Silva, Adriano Akira Hino, Adalberto Lopes, Ulf Ekelund, Soren Brage, Helen Gonçalves, Ana B Menezes, Rodrigo Siqueira Reis, Pedro Curi Hallal

Spatial variation and hot-spots of district level diarrhea incidences in Ghana: 2010–2014

Frank Badu Osei, Alfred Stein

Prevalence and factors associated with urogenital schistosomiasis among primary school children in barrage, Magba sub-division of Cameroon

Anna Longdoh Njunda, Emmanuel Ngala Ndzi, Jules Clement Nguedia Assob, Henri-Lucien Fawmno Kamga, Emmanuel Tebit Kwenti

Pesticide poisoning in Chitwan, Nepal: a descriptive epidemiological study

Deepak Gyenwali, Abhinav Vaidya, Sundar Tiwari, Prakash Khatiwada, Daya Ram Lamsal, Shrikrishana Giri

Attaching metabolic expenditures to standard occupational classification systems: perspectives from time-use research

J. Deyaert, T. Harms, D. Weenas, J. Gershuny, I. Glorieux

Dietary diversity is related to socioeconomic status among adult Saharawi refugees living in Algeria

Marianne Sandsmark Morseth, Navnit Kaur Grewal, Ida Sophie Kaasa, Anne Hatloy, Ingrid Barikmo, Sigrun Henjum

Effectiveness of secondary and tertiary prevention for violence against women in low and low-middle income countries: a systematic review

Lucy Kirk, Samantha Terry, Kamalini Lokuge, Jessica L. Watterson

The relationship between socio-demographic factors, health status, treatment type, and employment outcome in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Japan

J Mahlich, K Matsuoka, Y Nakamura, R Sruamsiri

Gender differences in physical activity motivators and context preferences: a population-based study in people in their sixties

Jannique G. Z. van Uffelen, Asaduzzaman Khan, Nicola W. Burton

Tobacco use among Kyrgyzstan medical students: an 11-year follow-up cross-sectional study

Nurlan Brimkulov, Denis Vinnikov, Zhamilia Dzhilkiadarova, Aigerim Aralbaeva

Fertility intentions and contraceptive practices among clinic-users living with HIV in Kenya: a mixed methods study

Susannah H. Mayhew, Manuela Colombini, James Kelly Kimani, Keith Tomlin, Charlotte E. Warren, Richard Mutemwa

Age at first birth and risk of later-life cardiovascular disease: a systematic review of the literature, its limitation, and recommendations for future research

Nicole T. A. Rosendaal, Catherine M. Pirkle

Associations between the physical activity levels of fathers and their children at 20 months, 3.5 and five years of age

Adam D. Walsh, David Crawford, Adrian J. Cameron, Karen J. Campbell, Kylie D. Hesketh

Will the European Union reach the United Nations Millennium declaration target of a 50% reduction of tuberculosis mortality between 1990 and 2015?

Marieke J. van der Werf, Sandro Bonfigli, Frantiska Hruba

Determinants of complete immunization among senegalese children aged 12–23 months: evidence from the demographic and health survey

Mouhamed Abdou Salam Mbengue, Moussa Sarr, Adama Faye, Ousseynou Badiane, Fatou Bintou Niang Camara, Souleymane Mboup, Tandakha Ndiaye Dieye

Level of health literacy and factors associated with it among school teachers in an education zone in Colombo, Sri Lanka

H. M. B. H. Denuwara, Nalika Sepali Gunawardena

The REFANI-S study protocol: a non-randomised cluster controlled trial to assess the role of an unconditional cash transfer, a non-food item kit, and free piped water in reducing the risk of acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months living in camps for internally displaced persons in the Afgooye corridor, Somalia

Mohamed Jelle, Carlos S. Grijalva-Eternod, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Sarah King, Cassy L. Cox, Jolene Skordis-Worrall, Joanna Morrison, Timothy Colbourn, Edward Fottrell, Andrew J. Seal

Mining online e-liquid reviews for opinion polarities about e-liquid features

Zhipeng Chen, Daniel D. Zeng

Seasonal influenza vaccination coverage and its determinants among nursing homes personnel in western France

Christelle Elias, Anna Fournier, Anca Vasiliu, Nicolas Beix, Rémi Demillac, Hélène Tillaut, Yvonnick Guillois, Serge Eyebe, Bastien Mollo, Pascal Crépey

Patients pathways to tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in a fragmented health system: a qualitative study from a south Indian district

Vijayashree Yellappa, Pierre Lefèvre, Tullia Battaglioli, Narayanan Devadasan, Patrick Van der Stuyft

Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection and infrastructure for its diagnosis in Madagascar: implication for the WHO’s elimination strategy

Soa Fy Andriamandimby, Marie-Marie Olive, Yusuke Shimakawa, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Iony Manitra Razanajatovo, Tsarasoa Malala Andrianinarivomanana, Jean-Pierre Ravalohery, Seta Andriamamonjy, Christophe Rogier, Jean-Michel Héraud

Immediately modifiable risk factors attributable to colorectal cancer in Malaysia

Cho Naing, Pei Kuan Lai, Joon Wah Mak

Promoting active travel to school: a systematic review (2010–2016)

Bo Pang, Krzysztof Kubacki, Sharyn Rundle-Thiele

The protective effect of helmet use in motorcycle and bicycle accidents: a propensity score–matched study based on a trauma registry system

Spencer C. H. Kuo, Pao-Jen Kuo, Cheng-Shyuan Rau, Yi-Chun Chen, Hsiao-Yun Hsieh, Ching-Hua Hsieh

Cancer and heart attack survivors’ expectations of employment status: results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Saskia F. A. Duijts, Allard J. van der Beek, Eveline M. A. Bleiker, Lee Smith, Jane Wardle

Condom use peer norms and self-efficacy as mediators between community engagement and condom use among Chinese men who have sex with men

Haochu Li, Li Xue, Joseph D. Tucker, Chongyi Wei, Maya Durvasula, Wenqi Hu, Dianming Kang, Meizhen Liao, Weiming Tang, Wei Ma

Controversial Ebola vaccine trials in Ghana: a thematic analysis of critiques and rebuttals in digital news

Per Egil Kummervold, William S. Schulz, Elizabeth Smout, Luis Fernandez-Luque, Heidi J. Larson

Using lot quality assurance sampling to assess access to water, sanitation and hygiene services in a refugee camp setting in South Sudan: a feasibility study

Elizabeth Harding, Colin Beckworth, Jean-Francois Fesselet, Annick Lenglet, Richard Lako, Joseph J. Valadez

Hospital admissions due to alcohol related disorders among young adult refugees who arrived in Sweden as teenagers – a national cohort study

Hélio Manhica, Karl Gauffin, Ylva B. Almquist, Mikael Rostila, Lisa Berg, Ainhoa Rodríguez García de Cortázar, Anders Hjern

Perceptions, practices and health seeking behaviour constrain JE/AES interventions in high endemic district of North India

Sanjay Chaturvedi, Neha Sharma, Manish Kakkar

Adolescent alcohol use and parental and adolescent socioeconomic position in six European cities

Marina Bosque-Prous, Mirte A. G. Kuipers, Albert Espelt, Matthias Richter, Arja Rimpelä, Julian Perelman, Bruno Federico, M. Teresa Brugal, Vincent Lorant, Anton E. Kunst

High burden of hypertension across the age groups among residents of Gondar city in Ethiopia: a population based cross sectional study

Abayneh Girma Demisse, Ermias Shenkutie Greffie, Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Abera Balcha Bulti, Shitaye Alemu, Bewketu Abebe, Nebiyu Mesfin

Examining the relationship between the food environment and adult diabetes prevalence by county economic and racial composition: an ecological study

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, Lucia A. Leone

Network analysis of inter-organizational relationships and policy use among active living organizations in Alberta, Canada

Christina C. Loitz, Jodie A. Stearns, Shawn N. Fraser, Kate Storey, John C. Spence

Validity of the global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ) in Bangladesh

Shirin Jahan Mumu, Liaquat Ali, Anthony Barnett, Dafna Merom

Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of dyslipidemia in older persons in urban and rural population in the Astana region, Kazakhstan

Adil Supiyev, Talgat Nurgozhin, Zhaxybay Zhumadilov, Anne Peasey, Jaroslav A. Hubacek, Martin Bobak

Development of the Adolescent Preoccupation with Screens Scale

Simon C. Hunter, Stephen Houghton, Corinne Zadow, Michael Rosenberg, Lisa Wood, Trevor Shilton, David Lawrence

Validation of verbal autopsy: determination of cause of deaths in Malaysia 2013

Shubash Shander Ganapathy, Khoo Yi Yi, Mohd Azahadi Omar, Mohamad Fuad Mohamad Anuar, Chandrika Jeevananthan, Chalapati Rao

Fatigue in the general population- associations to age, sex, socioeconomic status, physical activity, sitting time and self-rated health: the northern Sweden MONICA study 2014

Isak Engberg, Johan Segerstedt, Göran Waller, Patrik Wennberg, Mats Eliasson

Evaluation of the implementation of an intervention to improve the street environment and promote walking for transport in deprived neighbourhoods

Emma J. Adams, Nick Cavill, Lauren B. Sherar

Local measles vaccination gaps in Germany and the role of vaccination providers

Linda Eichner, Stephanie Wjst, Stefan O. Brockmann, Kerstin Wolfers, Martin Eichner

Acute effects of reducing sitting time in adolescents: a randomized cross-over study

Anisse Penning, Anthony D. Okely, Stewart G. Trost, Jo Salmon, Dylan P. Cliff, Marijka Batterham, Steven Howard, Anne-Maree Parrish

Australian adolescents’ beliefs and help-seeking intentions towards peers experiencing symptoms of depression and alcohol misuse

D. I. Lubman, A. Cheetham, A. F. Jorm, B. J. Berridge, C. Wilson, F. Blee, L. Mckay-Brown, N. Allen, J. Proimos

Dietary pattern and other lifestyle factors as potential contributors to hypertension prevalence in Arusha City, Tanzania: a population-based descriptive study

L. K. Katalambula, D. N. Meyer, T. Ngoma, J. Buza, E. Mpolya, A. H. Mtumwa, P. Petrucka

Patterns of HIV testing practices among young gay and bisexual men living in Scotland: a qualitative study

Nicola Boydell, Katie Buston, Lisa Margaret McDaid

Variations in adolescents’ motivational characteristics across gender and physical activity patterns: A latent class analysis approach

Margaret Lawler, Caroline Heary, Elizabeth Nixon

Erratum to: systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of increased vegetable and fruit consumption on body weight and energy intake

O. T. Mytton, K. Nnoaham, H. Eyles, P. Scarborough, C. Ni Mhurchu

Health promotion via SMS improves hypertension knowledge for deaf South Africans

Hanne Jensen Haricharan, Marion Heap, Damian Hacking, Yan Kwan Lau

The relationship between obesity and body compositions with respect to the timing of puberty in Chongqing adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Fang He, Peiyu Guan, Qin Liu, Donna Crabtree, Linli Peng, Hong Wang

Perceptions of activity-supportive environment and motorcycle use among urban Taiwanese adults

Chien-Yu Lin, Yung Liao

Young women’s perceptions of transactional sex and sexual agency: a qualitative study in the context of rural South Africa

Meghna Ranganathan, Catherine MacPhail, Audrey Pettifor, Kathleen Kahn, Nomhle Khoza, Rhian Twine, Charlotte Watts, Lori Heise

Estimating the variation in need for community-based social care by body mass index in England and associated cost: population-based cross-sectional study

Vicky R. Copley, Nick Cavill, Jane Wolstenholme, Richard Fordham, Harry Rutter

Reducing waiting time and raising outpatient satisfaction in a Chinese public tertiary general hospital-an interrupted time series study

Jing Sun, Qian Lin, Pengyu Zhao, Qiongyao Zhang, Kai Xu, Huiying Chen, Cecile Jia Hu, Mark Stuntz, Hong Li, Yuanli Liu

A health dialogue intervention reduces cardiovascular risk factor levels: a population based randomised controlled trial in Swedish primary care setting with 1-year follow-up

Mats Hellstrand, Bo Simonsson, Sevek Engström, Kent W. Nilsson, Anu Molarius

Occupational class differences in diagnostic-specific sickness absence: a register-based study in the Finnish population, 2005–2014

Johanna Pekkala, Jenni Blomgren, Olli Pietiläinen, Eero Lahelma, Ossi Rahkonen

A process for developing multisectoral strategies for zoonoses: the case of leptospirosis in Fiji

Simon A. Reid, Anna Rodney, Mike Kama, Peter S. Hill

Why older workers work beyond the retirement age: a qualitative study

Ranu Sewdas, Astrid de Wind, Lennart G.L. van der Zwaan, Wieke E. van der Borg, Romy Steenbeek, Allard J. van der Beek, Cécile R.L. Boot

A randomised, controlled, two-Centre open-label study in healthy Japanese subjects to evaluate the effect on biomarkers of exposure of switching from a conventional cigarette to a tobacco heating product

Nathan Gale, Mike McEwan, Alison C. Eldridge, Neil Sherwood, Edward Bowen, Simon McDermott, Emma Holmes, Andrew Hedge, Stuart Hossack, Oscar M. Camacho, Graham Errington, John McAughey, James Murphy, Chuan Liu, Christopher J. Proctor, Ian M. Fearon

Missed opportunities in the evaluation of public health interventions: a case study of physical activity programmes

Sarah Hanson, Andy Jones

Workplace sexual harassment and depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis comparing harassment from clients or customers to harassment from other employees amongst 7603 Danish employees from 1041 organizations

Maria K. Friborg, Jørgen V. Hansen, Per T. Aldrich, Anna P. Folker, Susie Kjær, Maj Britt D. Nielsen, Reiner Rugulies, Ida E. H. Madsen

The effects of a rise in cigarette price on cigarette consumption, tobacco taxation revenues, and of smoking-related deaths in 28 EU countries-- applying threshold regression modelling

Chun-Yuan Yeh, Christian Schafferer, Jie-Min Lee, Li-Ming Ho, Chi-Jung Hsieh

‘My child did not like using sun protection’: practices and perceptions of child sun protection among rural black African mothers

Zamantimande Kunene, Patricia N. Albers, Robyn M. Lucas, Cathy Banwell, Angela Mathee, Caradee Y. Wright

Prevalence and change of central obesity among US Asian adults: NHANES 2011–2014

Xuefeng Liu, Yang Chen, Nicole L. Boucher, Amy E. Rothberg

Erratum to: Household preferences for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in four European high-income countries: Does health information matter? A mixed-methods study protocol

Alina Herrmann, Helen Fischer, Dorothee Amelung, Dorian Litvine, Carlo Aall, Camilla Andersson, Marta Baltruszewicz, Carine Barbier, Sébastien Bruyère, Françoise Bénévise, Ghislain Dubois, Valérie R. Louis, Maria Nilsson, Karen Richardsen Moberg, Bore Sköld, Rainer Sauerborn

Assessment of nutrition and physical activity environments in family child care homes: modification and psychometric testing of the Environment and Policy Assessment and Observation

Amber E. Vaughn, Stephanie Mazzucca, Regan Burney, Truls Østbye, Sara E. Benjamin Neelon, Alison Tovar, Dianne S. Ward

Process evaluation results of a cluster randomised controlled childhood obesity prevention trial: the WAVES study

T. L. Griffin, J. L. Clarke, E. R. Lancashire, M. J. Pallan, P. Adab, Peymane Adab, Tim Barrett, K. K. Cheng, Amanda Daley, Jonathan J. Deeks, Joan L. Duda, Emma Frew, Paramjit Gill, Karla Hemming, Miranda J. Pallan, Jayne Parry, Ulf Ekelund, Janet E. Cade, Raj Bhopal, Eleanor McGee, Sandra Passmore

Piloting a low-cost hardware intervention to reduce improper disposal of solid waste in communal toilets in low-income settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Farzana Yeasmin, Stephen P. Luby, Ronald E. Saxton, Fosiul A. Nizame, Mahbub-Ul Alam, Notan Chandra Dutta, Abdullah-Al Masud, Dalia Yeasmin, Anita Layden, Habibur Rahman, Rachel Abbott, Leanne Unicomb, Peter J. Winch

Childhood obesity and adult cardiovascular disease risk factors: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Amna Umer, George A. Kelley, Lesley E. Cottrell, Peter Giacobbi Jr, Kim E. Innes, Christa L. Lilly

“I would rather be told than not know” - A qualitative study exploring parental views on identifying the future risk of childhood overweight and obesity during infancy

Faye Bentley, Judy Anne Swift, Rachel Cook, Sarah A Redsell

Maternal cell phone use in early pregnancy and child’s language, communication and motor skills at 3 and 5 years: the Norwegian mother and child cohort study (MoBa)

Eleni Papadopoulou, Margaretha Haugen, Synnve Schjølberg, Per Magnus, Gunnar Brunborg, Martine Vrijheid, Jan Alexander

Electronic cigarette use behaviors and motivations among smokers and non-smokers

Thomas E. Sussan, Fatima G. Shahzad, Eefa Tabassum, Joanna E. Cohen, Robert A. Wise, Michael J. Blaha, Janet T. Holbrook, Shyam Biswal

Erratum to: Validation of verbal autopsy: determination of cause of deaths in Malaysia 2013

Shubash Shander Ganapathy, Khoo Yi Yi, Mohd Azahadi Omar, Mohamad Fuad Mohamad Anuar, Chandrika Jeevananthan, Chalapati Rao

The mediating role of the home environment in relation to parental educational level and preschool children’s screen time: a cross-sectional study

Suvi Määttä, Riikka Kaukonen, Henna Vepsäläinen, Elviira Lehto, Anna Ylönen, Carola Ray, Maijaliisa Erkkola, Eva Roos

Development of a framework for the co-production and prototyping of public health interventions

Jemma Hawkins, Kim Madden, Adam Fletcher, Luke Midgley, Aimee Grant, Gemma Cox, Laurence Moore, Rona Campbell, Simon Murphy, Chris Bonell, James White

Knowledge, attitude, and status of nitrite inhalant use among men who have sex with men in Tianjin, China

Zheng Zhang, Li Zhang, Feng Zhou, Zhen Li, Jie Yang

Cancer survival disparities worsening by socio-economic disadvantage over the last 3 decades in new South Wales, Australia

Hanna E. Tervonen, Sanchia Aranda, David Roder, Hui You, Richard Walton, Stephen Morrell, Deborah Baker, David C. Currow

An assessment of healthcare professionals’ knowledge about and attitude towards influenza vaccination in Freetown Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study

Peter Bai James, Inayat Ur Rehman, Abudulai Jawo Bah, Michael Lahai, Christine Princess Cole, Tahir Mehmood Khan

Male involvement in maternal healthcare through Community- based Health Planning and Services: the views of the men in rural Ghana

Bassoumah Bougangue, How Kee Ling

Methodological barriers to studying the association between the economic crisis and suicide in Spain

Javier Alvarez-Galvez, Jose A. Salinas-Perez, María Luisa Rodero-Cosano, Luis Salvador-Carulla

Evaluation of a peer education program on student leaders’ energy balance-related behaviors

B. C. Foley, V. A. Shrewsbury, L. L. Hardy, V. M. Flood, K. Byth, S. Shah

Promoting physical activity in worksite settings: results of a German pilot study of the online intervention Healingo fit

Kevin Dadaczynski, Stephan Schiemann, Olaf Backhaus

Perspectives of Aboriginal women on participation in mammographic screening: a step towards improving services

Leanne Pilkington, Margaret M. Haigh, Angela Durey, Judith M. Katzenellenbogen, Sandra C. Thompson

A mixed methods study on evaluating the performance of a multi-strategy national health program to reduce maternal and child health disparities in Haryana, India

Madhu Gupta, Hans Bosma, Federica Angeli, Manmeet Kaur, Venkatesan Chakrapani, Monica Rana, Onno C.P. van Schayck

The indirect and direct pathways between physical fitness and academic achievement on commencement in post-compulsory education in a historical cohort of Danish school youth

Mikkel Porsborg Andersen, Liis Starkopf, Maurizio Sessa, Rikke Nørmark Mortensen, Henrik Vardinghus-Nielsen, Henrik Bøggild, Theis Lange, Christian Torp-Pedersen

Associations between media use and health information-seeking behavior on vaccinations in South Korea

Jiyeon Kim, Minsoo Jung

Is economic environment associated with the physical activity levels and obesity in Chinese adults? A cross-sectional study of 30 regions in China

Mei Wang, Xu Wen, Yanfeng Zhang, Chongmin Jiang, Fubaihui Wang

Effects of physical activity calorie expenditure (PACE) labeling: study design and baseline sample characteristics

Anthony J. Viera, Laura Tuttle, Emily Olsson, Julie Gras-Najjar, Ziya Gizlice, Derek Hales, Laura Linnan, Feng-Chang Lin, Seth M. Noar, Alice Ammerman

Nationwide cross-sectional survey of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Sudan: study protocol

Seungman Cha, Sung-Tae Hong, Young-Ha Lee, Keon Hoon Lee, Dae Seong Cho, Jinmoo Lee, Jong-Yil Chai, Mousab Siddig Elhag, Soheir Gabralla Ahmad Khaled, Mustafa Khidir Mustafa Elnimeiri, Nahid Abdelgadeir Ali Siddig, Hana Abdelrazig, Sarah Awadelkareem, Azza Tag Eldin Elshafie, Hassan Ahmed Hassan Ahmed Ismail, Mutamad Amin

Neighborhood-resources for the development of a strong SOC and the importance of understanding why and how resources work: a grounded theory approach

Ruca Maass, Bengt Lindström, Monica Lillefjell

Modelling the effects of booster dose vaccination schedules and recommendations for public health immunization programs: the case of Haemophilus influenzae serotype b

Nadia A. Charania, Seyed M. Moghadas

A socio-ecological analysis of barriers to the adoption, sustainablity and consistent use of sanitation facilities in rural Ethiopia

Fikralem Alemu, Abera Kumie, Girmay Medhin, Teshome Gebre, Phoebe Godfrey

Body mass index and type 2 diabetes in Thai adults: defining risk thresholds and population impacts

Keren Papier, Catherine D’Este, Chris Bain, Cathy Banwell, Sam-ang Seubsman, Adrian Sleigh, Susan Jordan

Effectiveness of a 16-month multi-component and environmental school-based intervention for recovery of poor income overweight/obese children and adolescents: study protocol of the health multipliers program

Pollyanna Fernandes Patriota, Andrea Rocha Filgueiras, Viviane Belucci Pires de Almeida, Guilherme Aparecido Costa Alexmovitz, Carlos Eduardo da Silva, Vivian Fortuna Feres de Carvalho, Natália Carvalho, Maria Paula de Albuquerque, Semiramis Martins Alvares Domene, Wagner Luiz do Prado, Gustavo Enrique Salazar Torres, Ana Paula Reis de Oliveira, Ricardo Sesso, Ana Lydia Sawaya

Evaluating the impact of a walking program in a disadvantaged area: using the RE-AIM framework by mixed methods

Camila Tiome Baba, Isabela Martins Oliveira, Adriele Evelyn Ferreira Silva, Leonardo Moreira Vieira, Natalia Caroline Cerri, Alex Antonio Florindo, Grace Angélica de Oliveira Gomes

The associations between workplace bullying, salivary cortisol, and long-term sickness absence: a longitudinal study

Matias Brødsgaard Grynderup, Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen, Theis Lange, Paul Maurice Conway, Jens Peter Bonde, Anne Helene Garde, Maria Gullander, Linda Kaerlev, Roger Persson, Reiner Rugulies, Marianne Agergaard Vammen, Annie Høgh, Åse Marie Hansen

Physical fitness and anthropometric characteristics among adolescents living in urban or rural areas of Kosovo

Faton Tishukaj, Ismet Shalaj, Masar Gjaka, Besim Ademi, Rrustem Ahmetxhekaj, Norbert Bachl, Harald Tschan, Barbara Wessner

A prospective cohort study on ambient air pollution and respiratory morbidities including childhood asthma in adolescents from the western Cape Province: study protocol

Toyib Olaniyan, Mohamed Jeebhay, Martin Röösli, Rajen Naidoo, Roslynn Baatjies, Nino Künzil, Ming Tsai, Mark Davey, Kees de Hoogh, Dilys Berman, Bhawoodien Parker, Joy Leaner, Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie

Project LifeSkills - a randomized controlled efficacy trial of a culturally tailored, empowerment-based, and group-delivered HIV prevention intervention for young transgender women: study protocol

Lisa M. Kuhns, Matthew J. Mimiaga, Sari L. Reisner, Katie Biello, Robert Garofalo

The role of self-control and cognitive functioning in educational inequalities in adolescent smoking and binge drinking

Lisa E. M. Davies, Mirte A. G. Kuipers, Marianne Junger, Anton E. Kunst

Feasibility of a low-cost hearing screening in rural Indiana

Khalid M. Khan, Sylvanna L. Bielko, Priscilla A. Barnes, Sydney S. Evans, Anna L.K. Main

Big hearts, small hands: a focus group study exploring parental food portion behaviours

Kristina Curtis, Louise Atkins, Katherine Brown

Positive mental health literacy: development and validation of a measure among Norwegian adolescents

Hanne Nissen Bjørnsen, Mary˗Elizabeth Bradley Eilertsen, Regine Ringdal, Geir Arild Espnes, Unni Karin Moksnes

Systematic review: a review of adolescent behavior change interventions [BCI] and their effectiveness in HIV and AIDS prevention in sub-Saharan Africa

M. Mwale, A. S. Muula

Increasing educational attainment and mortality reduction: a systematic review and taxonomy

Elena Byhoff, Mary C. Hamati, Robyn Power, Sarah A. Burgard, Vineet Chopra

Lay health workers perceptions of an anemia control intervention in Karnataka, India: a qualitative study

Arun S. Shet, Abha Rao, Paul Jebaraj, Maya Mascarenhas, Merrick Zwarenstein, Maria Rosaria Galanti, Salla Atkins

Accessing physical activity among young adults attending a university: the role of sex, race/ethnicity, technology use, and sleep

Samuel D. Towne Jr, Marcia G. Ory, Matthew Lee Smith, S. Camille Peres, Adam W. Pickens, Ranjana K. Mehta, Mark Benden

Perceived neighborhood safety related to physical activity but not recreational screen-based sedentary behavior in adolescents

Clare M. Lenhart, Andrew Wiemken, Alexandra Hanlon, Mackenzie Perkett, Freda Patterson

Asthma hospitalisation trends from 2010 to 2015: variation among rural and metropolitan Australians

Daniel Terry, Shalley Robins, Samantha Gardiner, Ruby Wyett, Md Rafiqul Islam

Heterogeneity in coverage for measles and varicella vaccination in toddlers – analysis of factors influencing parental acceptance

Christine Hagemann, Andrea Streng, Alexander Kraemer, Johannes G. Liese

Patients’ perception regarding the influence of individual and social vulnerabilities on the adherence to tuberculosis treatment: a qualitative study

Rosiane Davina da Silva, Fernanda Darliane Tavares de Luna, Aguinaldo José de Araújo, Edwirde Luiz Silva Camêlo, Maria Rita Bertolozzi, Paula Hino, Sheylla Nadjane Batista Lacerda, Sayonara Maria Lia Fook, Tânia Maria Ribeiro Monteiro de Figueiredo

Erratum to: understanding how perceptions of tobacco constituents and the FDA relate to effective and credible tobacco risk messaging: a national phone survey of U.S. adults, 2014–2015

Marcella H. Boynton, Robert P. Agans, J. Michael Bowling, Noel T. Brewer, Erin L. Sutfin, Adam O. Goldstein, Seth M. Noar, Kurt M. Ribisl

Income related inequality and influencing factors: a study for the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure in rural China

Hai Gu, Yun Kou, Zhiwen Yan, Yilei Ding, Jusheng Shieh, Jun Sun, Nan Cui, Qianjing Wang, Hua You

Evaluation of caregiver-friendly workplace policy (CFWPs) interventions on the health of full-time caregiver employees (CEs): implementation and cost-benefit analysis

Allison M. Williams, Emile Tompa, Donna S. Lero, Janet Fast, Amin Yazdani, Isik U. Zeytinoglu

Early food for future health: a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of an eHealth intervention aiming to promote healthy food habits from early childhood

Christine Helle, Elisabet Rudjord Hillesund, Mona Linge Omholt, Nina Cecilie Øverby

Implementation considerations when expanding health worker roles to include safe abortion care: a five-country case study synthesis

Claire Glenton, Annik M. Sorhaindo, Bela Ganatra, Simon Lewin

Knowledge, attitude, and practices on intestinal schistosomiasis among primary schoolchildren in the Lake Victoria basin, Rorya District, north-western Tanzania

David Z. Munisi, Joram Buza, Emmanuel A. Mpolya, Teckla Angelo, Safari M. Kinung’hi

Medicine use practices in management of symptoms of acute upper respiratory tract infections in children (≤12 years) in Kampala city, Uganda

Moses Ocan, Mary Aono, Clare Bukirwa, Emmanuel Luyinda, Cathy Ochwo, Elastus Nsambu, Stella Namugonza, Joseph Makoba, Enock Kandaruku, Hannington Muyende, Aida Nakawunde

Physical activity and overweight/obesity among Malaysian adults: findings from the 2015 National Health and morbidity survey (NHMS)

Ying Ying Chan, Kuang Kuay Lim, Kuang Hock Lim, Chien Huey Teh, Chee Cheong Kee, Siew Man Cheong, Yi Yi Khoo, Azli Baharudin, Miaw Yn Ling, Mohd Azahadi Omar, Noor Ani Ahmad

Erratum to: BMC Public Health, Vol. 18

An intervention strategy for improving residential environment and positive mental health among public housing tenants: rationale, design and methods of Flash on my neighborhood!

Janie Houle, Simon Coulombe, Stephanie Radziszewski, Xavier Leloup, Thomas Saïas, Juan Torres, Paul Morin

The effect of a micronutrient powder home fortification program on anemia and cognitive outcomes among young children in rural China: a cluster randomized trial

Renfu Luo, Ai Yue, Huan Zhou, Yaojiang Shi, Linxiu Zhang, Reynaldo Martorell, Alexis Medina, Scott Rozelle, Sean Sylvia

Factors associated with secondhand smoke incursion into the homes of non-smoking residents in a multi-unit housing complex: a cross-sectional study in Seoul, Korea

Jeonghoon Kim, Kiyoung Lee, KyooSang Kim

Healthcare waste management practices and safety indicators in Nigeria

Abayomi Samuel Oyekale, Tolulope Olayemi Oyekale

Comparative analysis of package inserts of local and imported antihypertensive medications in Palestine

Sandra A. Qatmosh, Amer A. Koni, Baraa G. Qeeno, Dina A. Arandy, Maysa W. Abu-Hashia, Bahaa M. Al-hroub, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

Correction to: The indirect and direct pathways between physical fitness and academic achievement on commencement in post-compulsory education in a historical cohort of Danish school youth

Mikkel Porsborg Andersen, Liis Starkopf, Maurizio Sessa, Rikke Nørmark Mortensen, Henrik Vardinghus-Nielsen, Henrik Bøggild, Theis Lange, Christian Torp-Pedersen

Spatial-temporal detection of risk factors for bacillary dysentery in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, China

Chengdong Xu, Yuanyuan Li, Jinfeng Wang, Gexin Xiao

Obesity, change of body mass index and subsequent physical and mental health functioning: a 12-year follow-up study among ageing employees

Anna Svärd, Jouni Lahti, Eira Roos, Ossi Rahkonen, Eero Lahelma, Tea Lallukka, Minna Mänty

The extent and determinants of diabetes and cardiovascular disease comorbidity in South Africa – results from the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES-1)

Chipo Mutyambizi, Lumbwe Chola, Wim Groot, Milena Pavlova, Demetre Labadarios, Charles Hongoro

Challenges of implementing the integrated disease surveillance and response strategy in Zambia: a health worker perspective

Chomba Brian Mandyata, Linda Kampata Olowski, Wilbroad Mutale

Determinants of uptake of hepatitis B testing and healthcare access by migrant Chinese in the England: a qualitative study

Andrew Chee Keng Lee, Alicia Vedio, Eva Zhi Hong Liu, Jason Horsley, Amrita Jesurasa, Sarah Salway

A school-based physical activity promotion intervention in children: rationale and study protocol for the PREVIENE Project

Pablo Tercedor, Emilio Villa-González, Manuel Ávila-García, Carolina Díaz-Piedra, Alejandro Martínez-Baena, Alberto Soriano-Maldonado, Isaac José Pérez-López, Inmaculada García-Rodríguez, Sandra Mandic, Juan Palomares-Cuadros, Víctor Segura-Jiménez, Francisco Javier Huertas-Delgado

Project TEAMS (Talking about Eating, Activity, and Mutual Support): a randomized controlled trial of a theory-based weight loss program for couples

Amy A. Gorin, Theodore A. Powers, Katelyn Gettens, Talea Cornelius, Richard Koestner, Amy R. Mobley, Linda Pescatello, Tania Huedo Medina

Disparities in health system input between minority and non-minority counties and their effects on maternal mortality in Sichuan province of western China

Yan Ren, Ping Qian, Zhanqi Duan, Ziling Zhao, Jay Pan, Min Yang

Cross-sectional and prospective mediating effects of dietary intake on the relationship between sedentary behaviour and body mass index in adolescents

Elly A. Fletcher, Karen E. Lamb, Sarah A. McNaughton, Sarah P. Garnett, David W. Dunstan, Louise A. Baur, Jo Salmon

Assessment of the HBV vaccine response in a group of HIV-infected children in Morocco

Houda Haban, Soumia Benchekroun, Mina Sadeq, Abdelaziz Benjouad, Said Amzazi, Hicham Oumzil, Elmir Elharti

Estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Australia

Sarah Larney, Matthew Hickman, Rebecca Guy, Jason Grebely, Gregory J. Dore, Richard T. Gray, Carolyn A. Day, Jo Kimber, Louisa Degenhardt

Association of informal caregiving with body mass index and frequency of sporting activities: evidence of a population-based study in Germany

André Hajek, Jens-Oliver Bock, Hans-Helmut König

Cross-sectional associations between maternal parenting styles, physical activity and screen sedentary time in children

K. E. Van der Geest, S. Y. M. Mérelle, G. Rodenburg, D. Van de Mheen, C. M. Renders

Prevalence and determinants of disability among adults in Malaysia: results from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2015

Noor Ani Ahmad, Noraida Mohamad Kasim, Nur Azna Mahmud, Yusniza Mohd Yusof, Salimah Othman, Ying Ying Chan, Mohamad Aznuddin Abd Razak, Muslimah Yusof, Maisarah Omar, Fazly Azry Abdul Aziz, Rasidah Jamaluddin, Norazizah Ibrahim Wong, Tahir Aris

BETTER HEALTH: Durham -- protocol for a cluster randomized trial of BETTER in community and public health settings

Lawrence Paszat, Rinku Sutradhar, Mary Ann O’Brien, Aisha Lofters, Andrew Pinto, Peter Selby, Nancy Baxter, Peter D. Donnelly, Regina Elliott, Richard H. Glazier, Robert Kyle, Donna Manca, Mary-Anne Pietrusiak, Linda Rabeneck, Nicolette Sopcak, Jill Tinmouth, Becky Wall, Eva Grunfeld

Risk of psychological ill health and methods of organisational downsizing: a cross-sectional survey in four European countries

Elena Andreeva, M. Harvey Brenner, Töres Theorell, Marcel Goldberg

Spatial distribution of HIV, HCV, and co-infections among drug users in the southwestern border areas of China (2004–2014): a cohort study of a national methadone maintenance treatment program

Mingli Li, Rongjian Li, Zhiyong Shen, Chunying Li, Nengxiu Liang, Zhenren Peng, Wenbo Huang, Chongwei He, Feng Zhong, Xianyan Tang, Guanghua Lan

Contextual influences on physical activity and eating habits -options for action on the community level

Sven Schneider, Katharina Diehl, Tatiana Görig, Laura Schilling, Freia De Bock, Kristina Hoffmann, Maren Albrecht, Diana Sonntag, Joachim Fischer

Evaluation of a randomized controlled trial on the effect on return to work with coaching combined with light therapy and pulsed electromagnetic field therapy for workers with work-related chronic stress

Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Antonius M.C. Schoutens, Monique H.W. Frings-Dresen, Judith K. Sluiter

Prevalence of disability and associated factors in Dabat Health and Demographic Surveillance System site, northwest Ethiopia

Mulugeta Bayisa Chala, Solomon Mekonnen, Gashaw Andargie, Yigzaw Kebede, Mezgebu Yitayal, Kassahun Alemu, Tadesse Awoke, Mamo Wubeshet, Temesgen Azmeraw, Melkamu Birku, Amare Tariku, Abebaw Gebeyehu, Alemayehu Shimeka, Zemichael Gizaw

Diabetes prevention among American Indians: the role of self-efficacy, risk perception, numeracy and cultural identity

Vanessa W. Simonds, Adam Omidpanah, Dedra Buchwald

Expert opinions on good practice in evaluation of health promotion and primary prevention measures related to children and adolescents in Germany

Katharina Korber, Christian Becker

Assessment of fidelity in individual level behaviour change interventions promoting physical activity among adults: a systematic review

Jeffrey D. Lambert, Colin J. Greaves, Paul Farrand, Rosina Cross, Anne M. Haase, Adrian H. Taylor

Association between parent attitudes and receipt of human papillomavirus vaccine in adolescents

Jeffrey J. VanWormer, Casper G. Bendixsen, Elizabeth R. Vickers, Shannon Stokley, Michael M. McNeil, Julianne Gee, Edward A. Belongia, Huong Q. McLean

Four-level evaluation of health promotion intervention for preventing early childhood caries: a randomized controlled trial

Leila Basir, Bita Rasteh, Ali Montazeri, Marzieh Araban

Using contraceptives to delay first birth: a qualitative study of individual, community and health provider perceptions in southern Tanzania

Yovitha Sedekia, Caroline Jones, Rose Nathan, Joanna Schellenberg, Tanya Marchant

Using automated voice messages linked to telephone counselling to increase post-menstrual regulation contraceptive uptake and continuation in Bangladesh: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Kate Reiss, Kathryn Andersen, Sharmani Barnard, Thoai D. Ngo, Kamal Biswas, Christopher Smith, James Carpenter, Kathryn Church, Sadid Nuremowla, Erin Pearson

“But the moment they find out that you are MSM…”: a qualitative investigation of HIV prevention experiences among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ghana’s health care system

Sameer Kushwaha, Yasmin Lalani, Geoffrey Maina, Adedotun Ogunbajo, Leo Wilton, Thomas Agyarko-Poku, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Francis Boakye, Nanhua Zhang, LaRon E. Nelson

How participants report their health status: cognitive interviews of self-rated health across race/ethnicity, gender, age, and educational attainment

Dana Garbarski, Jennifer Dykema, Kenneth D. Croes, Dorothy F. Edwards

Socioeconomic inequalities in suicide mortality before and after the economic recession in Spain

Carme Borrell, Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, Mercè Gotsens, Montse Calvo, Maica Rodríguez-Sanz, Xavier Bartoll, Santiago Esnaola

A global survey on occupational health services in selected international commission on occupational health (ICOH) member countries

Jorma Rantanen, Suvi Lehtinen, Antonio Valenti, Sergio Iavicoli

Physical activity, obesity and mortality: does pattern of physical activity have stronger epidemiological associations?

Adrian E. Bauman, Anne C. Grunseit, Vegar Rangul, Berit L. Heitmann

Queensland Alcohol-related violence and Night Time Economy Monitoring project (QUANTEM): a study protocol

Peter G. Miller, Jason Ferris, Kerri Coomber, Renee Zahnow, Nicholas Carah, Heng Jiang, Kypros Kypri, Tanya Chikritzhs, Alan Clough, Michael Livingston, Dominique de Andrade, Robin Room, Sarah Callinan, Ashlee Curtis, Richelle Mayshak, Nicolas Droste, Belinda Lloyd, Sharon Matthews, Nicholas Taylor, Meredythe Crane, Michael Thorn, Jake Najman

Positive experiences of a vocational rehabilitation intervention for individuals on long-term sick leave, the Dirigo project: a qualitative study

Åsa Andersén, Christian Ståhl, Ingrid Anderzén, Per Kristiansson, Kjerstin Larsson

Soil transmitted Helminthiasis and associated risk factors among elementary school children in ambo town, western Ethiopia

Fikreslasie Samuel, Asalif Demsew, Yonas Alem, Yonas Hailesilassie

Contraceptive knowledge, perceptions, and concerns among men in Uganda

Nityanjali Thummalachetty, Sanyukta Mathur, Margo Mullinax, Kelsea DeCosta, Neema Nakyanjo, Tom Lutalo, Heena Brahmbhatt, John S. Santelli

Longitudinal assessment of daily activity patterns on weight change after involuntary job loss: the ADAPT study protocol

Patricia L. Haynes, Graciela E. Silva, George W. Howe, Cynthia A. Thomson, Emily A. Butler, Stuart F. Quan, Duane Sherrill, Molly Scanlon, Darlynn M. Rojo-Wissar, Devan N. Gengler, David A. Glickenstein

Knowledge, attitude and behaviour towards the use of insecticide treated mosquito nets among pregnant women and children in rural Southwestern Uganda

Ivan M. Taremwa, Scholastic Ashaba, Harriet O. Adrama, Carlrona Ayebazibwe, Daniel Omoding, Imelda Kemeza, Jane Yatuha, Thadeus Turuho, Noni E. MacDonald, Robert Hilliard

Tuberculosis knowledge, attitudes and practices of patients at primary health care facilities in a South African metropolitan: research towards improved health education

N. Gladys Kigozi, J. Christo Heunis, Michelle C. Engelbrecht, André P. Janse van Rensburg, H. C. J. Dingie van Rensburg

Potential return on investment of a family-centered early childhood intervention: a cost-effectiveness analysis

Negin Hajizadeh, Elizabeth R. Stevens, Melanie Applegate, Keng-Yen Huang, Dimitra Kamboukos, R. Scott Braithwaite, Laurie M. Brotman

The association between smoking and blood pressure in men: a cross-sectional study

Guoju Li, Hailing Wang, Ke Wang, Wenrui Wang, Fen Dong, Yonggang Qian, Haiying Gong, Chunxia Hui, Guodong Xu, Yanlong Li, Li Pan, Biao Zhang, Guangliang Shan

Psychosocial benefits of workplace physical exercise: cluster randomized controlled trial

Markus D. Jakobsen, Emil Sundstrup, Mikkel Brandt, Lars L. Andersen

Australian consumer perspectives, attitudes and behaviours on antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance: a qualitative study with implications for public health policy and practice

Elaine P. M. Lum, Katie Page, Lisa Nissen, Jenny Doust, Nicholas Graves

Is vegetarian diet associated with a lower risk of breast cancer in Taiwanese women?

Yao-Jen Chang, Yi-Cheng Hou, Li-Ju Chen, Jing-Hui Wu, Chao-Chuan Wu, Yun-Jau Chang, Kuo-Piao Chung

Epidemiological link of a major cholera outbreak in Greater Accra region of Ghana, 2014

Kennedy Ohene-Adjei, Ernest Kenu, Delia Akosua Bandoh, Prince Nii Ossah Addo, Charles Lwanga Noora, Priscillia Nortey, Edwin Andrew Afari

Social disparities in the prevalence of diabetes in Australia and in the development of end stage renal disease due to diabetes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia and Maori and Pacific Islanders in New Zealand

Kathleen Hill, Paul Ward, Blair S. Grace, Jonathan Gleadle

“Layers of translation” - evidence literacy in public health practice: a qualitative secondary analysis

Wanda Martin, Joan Wharf Higgins, Bernadette (Bernie) Pauly, Marjorie MacDonald

Tuberculosis among older adults in Zambia: burden and characteristics among a neglected group

Jenna Coffman, Pascalina Chanda-Kapata, Ben J. Marais, Nathan Kapata, Alimuddin Zumla, Joel Negin

Working people with type 1 diabetes in the Finnish population

Pirjo Hakkarainen, Reijo Sund, Martti Arffman, Sari Koski, Vilma Hänninen, Leena Moilanen, Kimmo Räsänen

The relative efficiency of Iranian’s rural traffic police: a three-stage DEA model

Habibollah Rahimi, Hamid Soori, Seyed Saeed Hashemi Nazari, Seyed Abbas Motevalian, Adel Azar, Eskandar Momeni, Mehdi Javartani

Determinants of self-rated health among shanghai elders: a cross-sectional study

Weizhen Dong, Jin Wan, Yanjun Xu, Chun Chen, Ge Bai, Lyuying Fang, Anjiang Sun, Yinghua Yang, Ying Wang

Designing equitable workplace dietary interventions: perceptions of intervention deliverers

Sarah A. Smith, Shelina Visram, Claire O’Malley, Carolyn Summerbell, Vera Araujo-Soares, Frances Hillier-Brown, Amelia A. Lake

A push for public health: the effect of e-bikes on physical activity levels

Hanne Beate Sundfør, Aslak Fyhri

The impact of multiple interventions to reduce household exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke among women: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Kalutara district, Sri Lanka

A. M. A. A. P. Alagiyawanna, N. Rajapaksa –Hewageegana, N. Gunawardena

Ideas, actors and institutions: lessons from South Australian Health in All Policies on what encourages other sectors’ involvement

Fran Baum, Toni Delany-Crowe, Colin MacDougall, Angela Lawless, Helen van Eyk, Carmel Williams

Situation and determinants of the infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicators in Madagascar: analysis of the 2009 Demographic and Health Survey

Hasina Rakotomanana, Gail E. Gates, Deana Hildebrand, Barbara J. Stoecker

Exploring the impact of the care sport connector in the Netherlands

Karlijn E. F. Leenaars, Eva Smit, Annemarie Wagemakers, Gerard R. M. Molleman, Maria A. Koelen

Developing dimensions for a multicomponent multidisciplinary approach to obesity management: a qualitative study

Anita J. Cochrane, Bob Dick, Neil A. King, Andrew P. Hills, David J. Kavanagh

Correction to: Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking habits are still increasing in Italy

Giuseppe Verlato, Simone Accordini, Giang Nguyen, Pierpaolo Marchetti, Lucia Cazzoletti, Marcello Ferrari, Leonardo Antonicelli, Francesco Attena, Valeria Bellisario, Roberto Bono, Lamberto Briziarelli, Lucio Casali, Angelo Guido Corsico, Alessandro Fois, Maria Grazia Panico, Pavilio Piccioni, Pietro Pirina, Simona Villani, Gabriele Nicolini, Roberto de Marco

Correction to: Obesity, change of body mass index and subsequent physical and mental health functioning: a 12-year follow-up study among ageing employees

Anna Svärd, Jouni Lahti, Eira Roos, Ossi Rahkonen, Eero Lahelma, Tea Lallukka, Minna Mänty

Prevalence of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in India: systematic review and meta-analysis

Vishal Goyal, Vijay Kadam, Prashant Narang, Vikram Singh

How effective are family-based and institutional nutrition interventions in improving children’s diet and health? A systematic review

Andrew P. Black, Katina D’Onise, Robyn McDermott, Hassan Vally, Kerin O’Dea

Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasites among food handlers of food and drinking establishments in Aksum Town, Northern Ethiopia

Dejen Gezehegn, Mebrahtu Abay, Desalegn Tetemke, Hiwet Zelalem, Hafte Teklay, Zeray Baraki, Girmay Medhin

The GREENH-City interventional research protocol on health in all policies

Marion Porcherie, Zoé Vaillant, Emmanuelle Faure, Stéphane Rican, Jean Simos, Nicola Luca Cantoreggi, Zoé Heritage, Anne Roue Le Gall, Linda Cambon, Thierno Amadou Diallo, Eva Vidales, Jeanine Pommier

Correction to: Oral health literacy and oral health outcomes in an adult population in Brazil

Marília Jesus Batista, Herenia Procopio Lawrence, Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa

Correction to: Evaluating the impact of a walking program in a disadvantaged area: using the RE-AIM framework by mixed methods

Camila Tiome Baba, Isabela Martins Oliveira, Adriele Evelyn Ferreira Silva, Leonardo Moreira Vieira, Natalia Caroline Cerri, Alex Antonio Florindo, Grace Angélica de Oliveira Gomes

Correction to: A large and persistent outbreak of typhoid fever caused by consuming contaminated water and street-vended beverages: Kampala, Uganda, January – June 2015

Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Lilian Bulage, Fred Nsubuga, Gerald Pande, David Were Oguttu, Richardson Mafigiri, Christine Kihembo, Benon Kwesiga, Ben Masiira, Allen Eva Okullo, Henry Kajumbula, Joseph KB Matovu, Issa Makumbi, Milton Wetaka, Sam Kasozi, Simon Kyazze, Melissa Dahlke, Peter Hughes, Juliet Nsimire Sendagala, Monica Musenero, Immaculate Nabukenya, Vincent R. Hill, Eric Mintz, Janell Routh, Gerardo Gómez, Amelia Bicknese, Bao-Ping Zhu

A qualitative exploration of work-related head injury: vulnerability at the intersection of workers’ decision making and organizational values

P. Kontos, A. Grigorovich, B. Nowrouzi, B. Sharma, J. Lewko, T. Mollayeva, A. Colantonio

Investigating local policy drivers for alcohol harm prevention: a comparative case study of two local authorities in England

John D. Mooney, John Holmes, Lucy Gavens, Frank de Vocht, Matt Hickman, Karen Lock, Alan Brennan

Prevalence of multimorbidity in Germany: impact of age and educational level in a cross-sectional study on 19,294 adults

Marie-Therese Puth, Klaus Weckbecker, Matthias Schmid, Eva Münster

Occupational blood exposures in health care workers: incidence, characteristics, and transmission of bloodborne pathogens in South Korea

Ju Hyun Lee, Junhyeon Cho, Yung Jung Kim, Sang Hyuk Im, Eun Sun Jang, Jin-Wook Kim, Hong Bin Kim, Sook-Hyang Jeong

Please sir, I want some more: an exploration of repeat foodbank use

Elisabeth Garratt

Health impacts of chemical irritants used for crowd control: a systematic review of the injuries and deaths caused by tear gas and pepper spray

Rohini J. Haar, Vincent Iacopino, Nikhil Ranadive, Sheri D. Weiser, Madhavi Dandu

From action planning and plan enactment to fruit consumption: moderated mediation effects

Stefanie Kasten, Liesbeth van Osch, Sander Matthijs Eggers, Hein de Vries

Effects of a multi-level intervention on the pattern of physical activity among in-school adolescents in Oyo state Nigeria: a cluster randomised trial

Mojisola Morenike Oluwasanu, Oladimeji Oladepo

Silence is deadly: a cluster-randomised controlled trial of a mental health help-seeking intervention for young men

Alison L. Calear, Michelle Banfield, Philip J. Batterham, Alyssa R. Morse, Owen Forbes, Bradley Carron-Arthur, Martin Fisk

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a school-based physical activity policy in Canada: application of the theoretical domains framework

Katie A. Weatherson, Rhyann McKay, Heather L. Gainforth, Mary E. Jung

A birth cohort study in the Middle East: the Qatari birth cohort study (QBiC) phase I

Eman Sadoun, Vasiliki Leventakou, Maribel Casas, Heba Fawzy Ahmed, Manolis Kogevinas, Eleni Fthenou

A multi-stakeholder evaluation of the Baltimore City virtual supermarket program

Pooja Lagisetty, Laura Flamm, Summer Rak, Jessica Landgraf, Michele Heisler, Jane Forman

Socioeconomic inequalities in health among Swedish adolescents - adding the subjective perspective

Mikael Ahlborg, Petra Svedberg, Maria Nyholm, Antony Morgan, Jens M. Nygren

Correction to: longitudinal associations between built environment characteristics and changes in active commuting

Lin Yang, Simon Griffin, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nick Wareham, Jenna Panter

Obesity and socioeconomic disadvantage in midlife female public sector employees: a cohort study

Aapo Hiilamo, Tea Lallukka, Minna Mänty, Anne Kouvonen

High variability of TB, HIV, hepatitis C treatment and opioid substitution therapy among prisoners in Germany

Jana Müller, Daniel Schmidt, Christian Kollan, Marc Lehmann, Viviane Bremer, Ruth Zimmermann

The relationship between multiple chronic diseases and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and elderly populations: results of a 2009 korean community health survey of 156,747 participants

JooYeon Seo, BoYoul Choi, Shinah Kim, HyeYoung Lee, DongHoon Oh

Schistosomiasis mansoni incidence data in Rwanda can improve prevalence assessments, by providing high-resolution hotspot and risk factors identification

E. Nyandwi, A. Veldkamp, S. Amer, C. Karema, I. Umulisa

Correction to: household preferences for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in four European high-income countries: does health information matter? A mixed-methods study protocol

Alina Herrmann, Helen Fischer, Dorothee Amelung, Dorian Litvine, Carlo Aall, Camilla Andersson, Marta Baltruszewicz, Carine Barbier, Sébastien Bruyère, Françoise Bénévise, Ghislain Dubois, Valérie R. Louis, Maria Nilsson, Karen Richardsen Moberg, Bore Sköld, Rainer Sauerborn

Changes in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension from 2004 to 2014 among 25-74-year-old citizens in the Yangon Region, Myanmar

Aung Soe Htet, Marius B. Bjertness, Win Myint Oo, Marte Karoline Kjøllesdal, Lhamo Y. Sherpa, Ko Ko Zaw, Ko Ko, Hein Stigum, Haakon E. Meyer, Espen Bjertness

A comparison of arsenic exposure in young children and home water arsenic in two rural West Texas communities

Michelle Del Rio, Juan Alvarez, Tania Mayorga, Salvador Dominguez, Christina Sobin

Waist-to-height ratio is a useful index for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children and adolescents: a secondary data analysis

Ming-Shyan Lin, Tsai-Hui Lin, Su-Er Guo, Ming-Horng Tsai, Ming-Shin Chiang, Tung-Jung Huang, Mei-Yen Chen

Prevalence and associated risk factors for Giardia and Cryptosporidium infections among children of northwest Mexico: a cross-sectional study

Luis Quihui-Cota, Gloria Guadalupe Morales-Figueroa, Aarón Javalera-Duarte, José Antonio Ponce-Martínez, Edith Valbuena-Gregorio, Marco Antonio López-Mata

The long-term financial consequences of breast cancer: a Danish registry-based cohort study

Laura Schärfe Jensen, Charlotte Overgaard, Henrik Bøggild, Jens Peter Garne, Thomas Lund, Kim Overvad, Kirsten Fonager

Effect of prohibiting the use of Paraquat on pesticide-associated mortality

Jinyong Kim, Sang Do Shin, Seungmin Jeong, Gil Joon Suh, Young Ho Kwak

“Active Team” a social and gamified app-based physical activity intervention: randomised controlled trial study protocol

Sarah Edney, Ronald Plotnikoff, Corneel Vandelanotte, Tim Olds, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Jillian Ryan, Carol Maher

Associations between the structural and functional aspects of social relations and poor mental health: a cross-sectional register study

Lise Røntved Hansen, Stinna Bibi Pedersen, Charlotte Overgaard, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Line Rosenkilde Ullits

Psychosocial predictors of breast self-examination behavior among female students: an application of the health belief model using logistic regression

Alireza Didarloo, Bahram Nabilou, Hamid Reza Khalkhali

A comparison of licensed and un-licensed artisanal and small-scale gold miners (ASGM) in terms of socio-demographics, work profiles, and injury rates

Benedict N. L. Calys-Tagoe, Edith Clarke, Thomas Robins, Niladri Basu

Social capital and health in China: exploring the mediating role of lifestyle

Xindong Xue, Mingmei Cheng

Correction to: The effectiveness of a life style modification and peer support home blood pressure monitoring in control of hypertension: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Tin Tin Su, Hazreen Abdul Majid, Azmi Mohamed Nahar, Nurul Ain Azizan, Farizah Mohd Hairi, Nithiah Thangiah, Maznah Dahlui, Awang Bulgiba, Liam J. Murray

Correction to: The GREENH-City interventional research protocol on health in all policies

Marion Porcherie, Zoé Vaillant, Emmanuelle Faure, Stéphane Rican, Jean Simos, Nicola Luca Cantoreggi, Zoé Heritage, Anne Roue Le Gall, Linda Cambon, Thierno Amadou Diallo, Eva Vidales, Jeanine Pommier

Correction to: Effects of a multi-level intervention on the pattern of physical activity among in-school adolescents in Oyo state Nigeria: a cluster randomised trial

Mojisola Morenike Oluwasanu, Oladimeji Oladepo

Ice-associated norovirus outbreak predominantly caused by GII.17 in Taiwan, 2015

Hao-Yuan Cheng, Min-Nan Hung, Wan-Chin Chen, Yi-Chun Lo, Ying-Shih Su, Hsin-Yi Wei, Meng-Yu Chen, Yen-Chang Tuan, Hui-Chen Lin, Hsu-Yang Lin, Tsung-Yen Liu, Yu-Ying Wang, Fang-Tzy Wu

The MATEX cohort – a Finnish population register birth cohort to study health effects of prenatal exposures

Isabell K. Rumrich, Kirsi Vähäkangas, Matti Viluksela, Mika Gissler, Heljä-Marja Surcel, Hanna de Ruyter, Jukka Jokinen, Otto Hänninen

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? Perspectives on HPV vaccination among girls, boys, and parents in the Netherlands: a Q-methodological study

Nathalie J. S. Patty, Hanna Maria van Dijk, Iris Wallenburg, Roland Bal, Theo J. M. Helmerhorst, Job van Exel, Jane Murray Cramm

Correction to: Ideas, actors and institutions: lessons from South Australian Health in All Policies on what encourages other sectors’ involvement

Fran Baum, Toni Delany-Crowe, Colin MacDougall, Angela Lawless, Helen van Eyk, Carmel Williams

Evaluation of a physical activity intervention for new parents: protocol paper for a randomized trial

Alison Quinlan, Ryan E. Rhodes, Mark R. Beauchamp, Danielle Symons Downs, Darren E. R. Warburton, Chris M. Blanchard

Dilemma between health and environmental motives when purchasing animal food products: sociodemographic and nutritional characteristics of consumers

Sandrine Péneau, Philippine Fassier, Benjamin Allès, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Serge Hercberg, Caroline Méjean

Less healthy breakfast cereals are promoted more frequently in large supermarket chains in Canada

Monique Potvin Kent, Erika Rudnicki, Crystal Usher

A comparative content analysis of media reporting of sports betting in Australia: lessons for public health media advocacy approaches

Jennifer L. David, Samantha L. Thomas, Melanie Randle, Steven J. Bowe, Mike Daube

Worklife expectancy in a cohort of Danish employees aged 55–65 years - comparing a multi-state Cox proportional hazard approach with conventional multi-state life tables

Jacob Pedersen, Jakob Bue Bjorner

Users’ experiences of wearable activity trackers: a cross-sectional study

Carol Maher, Jillian Ryan, Christina Ambrosi, Sarah Edney

Quantifying the need for enhanced case management for TB patients as part of TB cohort audit in the North West of England: a descriptive study

Angela Tucker, Jeniffer Mithoo, Paul Cleary, Mark Woodhead, Peter MacPherson, Tom Wingfield, Stefanie Davies, Carolyn Wake, Paddy McMaster, S. Bertel Squire

Impact of a decision aid about stratified ovarian cancer risk-management on women’s knowledge and intentions: a randomised online experimental survey study

Susanne F. Meisel, Maddie Freeman, Jo Waller, Lindsay Fraser, Sue Gessler, Ian Jacobs, Jatinderpal Kalsi, Ranjit Manchanda, Belinda Rahman, Lucy Side, Jane Wardle, Anne Lanceley, Saskia C. Sanderson

Exposure to a community-wide campaign is associated with physical activity and sedentary behavior among Hispanic adults on the Texas-Mexico border

Natalia I. Heredia, MinJae Lee, Belinda M. Reininger

Assessing the delivery of alcohol screening and brief intervention in sexual health clinics in the north east of England

C. Sullivan, N. Martin, C. White, D. Newbury-Birch

Risk management of emergency service vehicle crashes in the United States fire service: process, outputs, and recommendations

David P. Bui, Keshia Pollack Porter, Stephanie Griffin, Dustin D. French, Alesia M. Jung, Stephen Crothers, Jefferey L. Burgess

Prevalence of antibiotic prescription in pediatric outpatients in Italy: the role of local health districts and primary care physicians in determining variation. A multilevel design for healthcare decision support

Mirko Di Martino, Adele Lallo, Ursula Kirchmayer, Marina Davoli, Danilo Fusco

Observation and assessment of the nutritional quality of ‘out of school’ foods popular with secondary school pupils at lunchtime

Fiona Crawford, Dionne Mackison, John D. Mooney, Anne Ellaway

Rural households at risk of malaria did not own sufficient insecticide treated nets at Dabat HDSS site: evidence from a cross sectional re-census

Kindie Fentahun Muchie, Kassahun Alemu, Amare Tariku, Adino Tesfahun Tsegaye, Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Mezgebu Yitayal, Tadesse Awoke, Gashaw Andargie Biks

Effect of exclusive breastfeeding on selected adverse health and nutritional outcomes: a nationally representative study

Md. Nuruzzaman Khan, M. Mofizul Islam

Exploring consensus on how to measure smoking cessation. A Delphi study

Kei Long Cheung, Dennis de Ruijter, Mickaël Hiligsmann, Iman Elfeddali, Ciska Hoving, Silvia M. A. A. Evers, Hein de Vries

Translating a child care based intervention for online delivery: development and randomized pilot study of Go NAPSACC

Dianne S. Ward, Amber E. Vaughn, Stephanie Mazzucca, Regan Burney

How do public health professionals view and engage with research? A qualitative interview study and stakeholder workshop engaging public health professionals and researchers

Peter van der Graaf, Lynne F. Forrest, Jean Adams, Janet Shucksmith, Martin White

Trends in cardiovascular risk factors among U.S. men and women with and without diabetes, 1988–2014

Xingxing Sun, Tingting Du

Cultural factors associated with the intent to be screened for prostate cancer among adult men in a rural Kenyan community

Kinyao Mutua, Anne M. Pertet, Careena Otieno

“What do you know?”——knowledge among village doctors of lead poisoning in children in rural China

Ruixue Huang, Huacheng Ning, Carl R. Baum, Lei Chen, Allen Hsiao

Situational analysis of antibiotic use and resistance in Ghana: policy and regulation

Saviour Kwame Yevutsey, Kwame Ohene Buabeng, Moses Aikins, Berko Panyin Anto, Richard B. Biritwum, Niels Frimodt-Møller, Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt

Estimating disease burden of a potential A(H7N9) pandemic influenza outbreak in the United States

Walter Silva, Tapas K. Das, Ricardo Izurieta

Measures of excess body weight and anthropometry among adult Albertans: cross-sectional results from Alberta’s tomorrow project cohort

Darren R. Brenner, Abbey E. Poirier, Tiffany R. Haig, Alianu Akawung, Christine M. Friedenreich, Paula J. Robson

Social-cognitive determinants of the tick check: a cross-sectional study on self-protective behavior in combatting Lyme disease

Amy van der Heijden, Bob C. Mulder, P. Marijn Poortvliet, Arnold J. H. van Vliet

Couples HIV counselling and couple relationships in India, Georgia and the Dominican Republic

Thierry Tiendrebeogo, Melanie Plazy, Shrinivas Darak, Marija Miric, Eddy Perez-Then, Maia Butsashvili, Patrice Tchendjou, François Dabis, Joanna Orne-Gliemann

Assessing the impact of the Lebanese National Polio Immunization Campaign using a population-based computational model

Ali Alawieh, Zahraa Sabra, E. Farris Langley, Abdul Rahman Bizri, Randa Hamadeh, Fadi A. Zaraket

Distinct association between educational attainment and overweight/obesity in unmarried and married women: evidence from a population-based study in Japan

Keiko Murakami, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Hideki Hashimoto

Prices of over-the-counter drugs used by 15-year-old adolescents in Germany and their association with socioeconomic background

Salvatore Italia, Silke B. Wolfenstetter, Irene Brüske, Joachim Heinrich, Dietrich Berdel, Andrea von Berg, Irina Lehmann, Marie Standl, Christina M. Teuner

Does objectively measured physical activity modify the association between early weight gain and fat mass in young adulthood?

Elin Kolle, Bernardo L. Horta, Jonathan Wells, Soren Brage, Fernando C. Barros, Ulf Ekelund, Pedro C. Hallal

Development and psychometric properties of a questionnaire to measure drug users’ attitudes toward methadone maintenance treatment (DUAMMT) in Iran

Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Zohreh Arefi, Daem Roshani, Tahereh Pashaei, Koen Ponnet

A systematic review of data mining and machine learning for air pollution epidemiology

Colin Bellinger, Mohomed Shazan Mohomed Jabbar, Osmar Zaïane, Alvaro Osornio-Vargas

Prescribing patterns of rural family physicians: a study in Kermanshah Province, Iran

Fariba Ahmadi, Ehsan Zarei

Metabolic syndrome and its components among university students in Kenya

Samuel Mungai Mbugua, Samuel Thuo Kimani, Gilbert Munyoki

Consistent condom use and its correlates among female sex workers at hair salons: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang province, China

Qiaoqin Ma, Jianmin Jiang, Xiaohong Pan, Gaofen Cai, Hui Wang, Xin Zhou, Tingting Jiang, Lin Chen

Using a monitoring and evaluation framework to improve study efficiency and quality during a prospective cohort study in infants receiving rotavirus vaccination in El Alto, Bolivia: the Infant Nutrition, Inflammation, and Diarrheal Illness (NIDI) study

Anna M. Aceituno, Kaitlyn K. Stanhope, Paulina A. Rebolledo, Rachel M. Burke, Rita Revollo, Volga Iñiguez, Parminder S. Suchdev, Juan S. Leon

Interactional justice at work is related to sickness absence: a study using repeated measures in the Swedish working population

Constanze Leineweber, Claudia Bernhard-Oettel, Paraskevi Peristera, Constanze Eib, Anna Nyberg, Hugo Westerlund

Individual, social and environmental determinants of smokeless tobacco and betel quid use amongst adolescents of Karachi: a school-based cross-sectional survey

Azmina Hussain, Sidra Zaheer, Kashif Shafique

Theories, models and frameworks used in capacity building interventions relevant to public health: a systematic review

Kim Bergeron, Samiya Abdi, Kara DeCorby, Gloria Mensah, Benjamin Rempel, Heather Manson

Predictors of early adulthood hypertension during adolescence: a population-based cohort study

Saeed Kalantari, Davood Khalili, Samaneh Asgari, Noushin Fahimfar, Farzad Hadaegh, Maryam Tohidi, Fereidoun Azizi

Optimization of the Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) weight loss and healthy lifestyle program for male hockey fans

Wendy Blunt, Dawn P. Gill, Shannon L. Sibbald, Brendan Riggin, Roseanne W. Pulford, Ryan Scott, Karen Danylchuk, Cindy M. Gray, Sally Wyke, Christopher Bunn, Robert J. Petrella

HIV and hepatitis B and C co-infection among people who inject drugs in Zanzibar

Ahmed Khatib, Eva Matiko, Farhat Khalid, Susie Welty, Ameir Ali, Asha Othman, Shaaban Haji, Mohammed Dahoma, George Rutherford

CONSORT to community: translation of an RCT to a large-scale community intervention and learnings from evaluation of the upscaled program

Carly Jane Moores, Jacqueline Miller, Rebecca Anne Perry, Lily Lai Hang Chan, Lynne Allison Daniels, Helen Anna Vidgen, Anthea Margaret Magarey

Correction to: Decisional Balance Inventory (DBI) Adolescent Form for Smoking: Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version

Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Tahereh Pashaei, Koen Ponnet, Fatemeh Jafari, Rashin Alizadeh

What do US and Canadian parents do to encourage or discourage physical activity among their 5-12 Year old children?

Andrew W. Tu, Teresia M. O’Connor, Mark R. Beauchamp, Sheryl O. Hughes, Tom Baranowski, Louise C. Mâsse

Implementation of a workplace intervention using financial rewards to promote adherence to physical activity guidelines: a feasibility study

Elena Losina, Savannah R. Smith, Ilana M. Usiskin, Kristina M. Klara, Griffin L. Michl, Bhushan R. Deshpande, Heidi Y. Yang, Karen C. Smith, Jamie E. Collins, Jeffrey N. Katz

Correction to: Exposure to a community-wide campaign is associated with physical activity and sedentary behavior among Hispanic adults on the Texas-Mexico border

Natalia I. Heredia, MinJae Lee, Belinda M. Reininger

Correction to: Risk management of emergency service vehicle crashes in the United States fire service: process, outputs, and recommendations

David P. Bui, Keshia Pollack Porter, Stephanie Griffin, Dustin D. French, Alesia M. Jung, Stephen Crothers, Jefferey L. Burgess

Outcomes of Zika virus infection during pregnancy: contributions to the debate on the efficiency of cohort studies

Elisabeth Carmen Duarte, Leila Posenato Garcia, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo, Maria P. Velez

Life satisfaction and longitudinal changes in physical activity, diabetes and obesity among patients with cardiovascular diseases

Michèle Baumann, Anastase Tchicaya, Nathalie Lorentz, Etienne Le Bihan

Bidirectional associations between psychosocial well-being and adherence to healthy dietary guidelines in European children: prospective findings from the IDEFICS study

Louise Arvidsson, Gabriele Eiben, Monica Hunsberger, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Denes Molnar, Hannah Jilani, Barbara Thumann, Toomas Veidebaum, Paola Russo, Michael Tornatitis, Alba M. Santaliestra-Pasías, Valeria Pala, Lauren Lissner

Social and health outcomes following upgrades to a national housing standard: a multilevel analysis of a five-wave repeated cross-sectional survey

Wouter Poortinga, Nikki Jones, Simon Lannon, Huw Jenkins

Success and failure in narrowing the disability employment gap: comparing levels and trends across Europe 2002–2014

Ben Baumberg Geiger, Kjetil A. van der Wel, Anne Grete Tøge

Trajectories of body mass index among Canadian seniors and associated mortality risk

Meng Wang, Yanqing Yi, Barbara Roebothan, Jennifer Colbourne, Victor Maddalena, Guang Sun, Peizhong Peter Wang

Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant women in Sri Lanka: a cross sectional study

Devika Iddawela, Sanura Malinda Pallegoda Vithana, Chathura Ratnayake

Risk of disability pension in first and second generation immigrants: the role of age and region of birth in a prospective population-based study from Sweden

D. Di Thiene, M. Helgesson, K. Alexanderson, G. La Torre, J. Tiihonen, E. Mittendorfer-Rutz

Views of policy makers and health promotion professionals on factors facilitating implementation and maintenance of interventions and policies promoting physical activity and healthy eating: results of the DEDIPAC project

Saskia Muellmann, Berit Steenbock, Katrien De Cocker, Marieke De Craemer, Catherine Hayes, Miriam P. O’Shea, Karolina Horodyska, Justyna Bell, Aleksandra Luszczynska, Gun Roos, Lars Jørun Langøien, Gro Rugseth, Laura Terragni, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Johannes Brug, Claudia R. Pischke

Fast food consumption and its associations with obesity and hypertension among children: results from the baseline data of the Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-cities

Yaling Zhao, Liang Wang, Hong Xue, Huijun Wang, Youfa Wang

Rasch analysis of the participation scale (P-scale): usefulness of the P-scale to a rehabilitation services network

Mariana Angélica Peixoto Souza, Wendy Jane Coster, Marisa Cotta Mancini, Fabiana Caetano Martins Silva Dutra, Jessica Kramer, Rosana Ferreira Sampaio

Economic evaluations of ergonomic interventions preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review of organizational-level interventions

Hélène Sultan-Taïeb, Annick Parent-Lamarche, Aurélie Gaillard, Susan Stock, Nektaria Nicolakakis, Quan Nha Hong, Michel Vezina, Youssouph Coulibaly, Nicole Vézina, Diane Berthelette

Body mass index had different effects on premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer risks: a dose-response meta-analysis with 3,318,796 subjects from 31 cohort studies

Yanzi Chen, Li Liu, Quan Zhou, Mustapha Umar Imam, Jialin Cai, Yaxuan Wang, Minjie Qi, Panpan Sun, Zhiguang Ping, Xiaoli Fu

‘The End of Sitting’ in a public space: observations of spontaneous visitors

Lidewij R. Renaud, Maaike A. Huysmans, Erwin M. Speklé, Allard J. van der Beek, Hidde P. van der Ploeg

Willingness to pay for flexible working conditions of people with type 2 diabetes: discrete choice experiments

M. A. Nexo, B. Cleal, Lise Hagelund, I. Willaing, K. Olesen

Physical and psychosomatic health outcomes in people bereaved by suicide compared to people bereaved by other modes of death: a systematic review

Ailbhe Spillane, Celine Larkin, Paul Corcoran, Karen Matvienko-Sikar, Fiona Riordan, Ella Arensman

Lexical neutrality in environmental health research: Reflections on the term walkability

Samantha Hajna, Nancy A. Ross, Simon J. Griffin, Kaberi Dasgupta

Population cigarette consumption in Great Britain: novel insights using retail sales data

Mark Robinson, Garth Reid

Factors affecting the achievement of fertility intentions in urban Nigeria: analysis of longitudinal data

Stella Babalola, Olamide Oyenubi, Ilene S. Speizer, Lisa Cobb, Akinsewa Akiode, Mojisola Odeku

Do objective neighbourhood characteristics relate to residents’ preferences for certain sports locations? A cross-sectional study using a discrete choice modelling approach

Ineke Deelen, Marijke Jansen, Nico J. Dogterom, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis, Dick Ettema

Narratives of community engagement: a systematic review-derived conceptual framework for public health interventions

Ginny Brunton, James Thomas, Alison O’Mara-Eves, Farah Jamal, Sandy Oliver, Josephine Kavanagh

Competing with big business: a randomised experiment testing the effects of messages to promote alcohol and sugary drink control policy

Maree Scully, Emily Brennan, Sarah Durkin, Helen Dixon, Melanie Wakefield, Colleen L. Barry, Jeff Niederdeppe

Double Up Food Bucks program effects on SNAP recipients' fruit and vegetable purchases

Marie Steele-Adjognon, Dave Weatherspoon

Exploring knowledge and attitudes toward non-communicable diseases among village health teams in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Temitope Tabitha Ojo, Nicola L. Hawley, Mayur M. Desai, Ann R. Akiteng, David Guwatudde, Jeremy I. Schwartz

Effectiveness of two community-based strategies on disease knowledge and health behaviour regarding malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia in Ghana

Blanca Escribano-Ferrer, Margaret Gyapong, Jane Bruce, Solomon A. Narh Bana, Clement T. Narh, Naa-Korkor Allotey, Roland Glover, Charity Azantilow, Constance Bart-Plange, Isabella Sagoe-Moses, Jayne Webster

Development and validation of college students’ tuberculosis knowledge, attitudes and practices questionnaire (CS-TBKAPQ)

Hualin Jiang, Shaoru Zhang, Yi Ding, Yuelu Li, Tianhua Zhang, Weiping Liu, Yahui Fan, Yan Li, Rongqiang Zhang, Xuexue Ma

Prevalence and correlates of substance use among health care students in Nepal: a cross sectional study

Bimala Panthee, Suresh Panthee, Saroj Gyawali, Norito Kawakami

The impact of a community-led program promoting weight loss and healthy living in Aboriginal communities: the New South Wales Knockout Health Challenge

Erin Passmore, Brooke Shepherd, Andrew Milat, Louise Maher, Kiel Hennessey, Rachael Havrlant, Michelle Maxwell, Wendy Hodge, Fiona Christian, Justin Richards, Jo Mitchell

Factors impacting the illness trajectory of post-infectious fatigue syndrome: a qualitative study of adults’ experiences