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  1. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted virus that can lead to severe diseases in both women and men. Today, HPV vaccination is offered to females only across Europe. We aimed to examine pa...

    Authors: Gitte Lee Mortensen, Marjorie Adam and Laïla Idtaleb
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:624
  2. Home visiting programs focused on improving early childhood environments are commonplace in North America. A goal of many of these programs is to improve the overall health of children, including promotion of ...

    Authors: Michael R Isaac, Mariette Chartier, Marni Brownell, Dan Chateau, Nathan C Nickel, Patricia Martens, Alan Katz, Joykrishna Sarkar, Milton Hu, Elaine Burland, ChunYan Goh and Carole Taylor
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:620
  3. Older adults and individuals with underlying chronic diseases are at increased risk of developing influenza-related complications and are target groups for seasonal influenza vaccination in many countries. In ...

    Authors: Birte Bödeker, Cornelius Remschmidt, Patrick Schmich and Ole Wichmann
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:618
  4. In Hong Kong, people aged 50–64 years were added as a recommended priority group (recommended group) for influenza vaccination by the Department of Health (DH) starting from 2011/12 onwards. The coverage rate ...

    Authors: May PS Yeung, Stephen Kam-Cheung Ng, Edmond Tak Fai Tong, Stephen Sek-Kam Chan and Richard Coker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:617
  5. Studies of rape of women seldom distinguish between men’s participation in acts of single and multiple perpetrator rape. Multiple perpetrator rape (MPR) occurs globally with serious consequences for women. In ...

    Authors: Jewkes R, Sikweyiya Y, Dunkle K and Morrell R
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:616
  6. Victims exposed to serious traumatic experiences may develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suffer this mental health problem for a long time. Different types of trauma displayed a chronicity rate o...

    Authors: Shimin Hu, Hongzhuan Tan, Reuben Cofie, Jia Zhou, Tubao Yang, Xuemin Tang and Aizhong Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:615
  7. We report on the longitudinal quantitative and qualitative data resulting from a two-year trajectory (2008–2011) based on the DIagnosis of Sustainable Collaboration (DISC) model. This trajectory aimed to support ...

    Authors: Katharina K. Pucher, Math J. J. M. Candel, Anja Krumeich, Nicole M. W. M. Boot and Nanne K. De Vries
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:613
  8. Over 1.2 billion people lack access to clean water. However, little is known about what children drink when there is no clean water. We investigated the prevalence of receiving no water and what Indian childre...

    Authors: Jasmine Fledderjohann, Pat Doyle, Oona Campbell, Shah Ebrahim, Sanjay Basu and David Stuckler
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:612
  9. Tobacco consumption is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality. The Saudi Ministry of Health started a national tobacco control program in 2002 with increased and intensified efforts after joining the ...

    Authors: Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Charbel El Bcheraoui, Marwa Tuffaha, Farah Daoud, Mohammad Al Saeedi, Mohammed Basulaiman, Ziad A. Memish, Mohammad A. AlMazroa, Abdullah A. Al Rabeeah and Ali H. Mokdad
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:611
  10. Parks are generally an under-utilized resource in the community with great potential to enhance levels of physical activity. If parks are to attract more visitors across a broad cross-section of the population...

    Authors: Jenny Veitch, Alison Carver, Gavin Abbott, Billie Giles-Corti, Anna Timperio and Jo Salmon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:610
  11. Physical activity (PA) levels among older adults are generally low and sedentary behaviour (SB) very common; increasing PA and reducing SB levels could have appreciable health benefits. Quantifying PA and SB p...

    Authors: Claudio Sartini, S. Goya Wannamethee, Steve Iliffe, Richard W. Morris, Sarah Ash, Lucy Lennon, Peter H. Whincup and Barbara J. Jefferis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:609
  12. Adolescents need access to effective sexual and reproductive health (SRH) interventions, but face barriers accessing them through traditional health systems. School-based approaches might provide accessible, c...

    Authors: Catherine Mathews, Sander Matthijs Eggers, Petrus J. de Vries, Amanda J. Mason-Jones, Loraine Townsend, Leif Edvard Aarø and Hein De Vries
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:608
  13. The encouragement of healthy lifestyles for obesity prevention in young people is a public health priority. The European Youth Tackling Obesity (EYTO) project is a multicentric intervention project with partic...

    Authors: Elisabet Llauradó, Magaly Aceves-Martins, Lucia Tarro, Ignasi Papell-Garcia, Francesc Puiggròs, Lluís Arola, Jordi Prades-Tena, Marta Montagut, Carlota M Moragas-Fernández, Rosa Solà and Montse Giralt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:607
  14. Adults aged 60 years and over spend most time sedentary and are the least physically active of all age groups. This early-phase study explored acceptability of a theory-based intervention to reduce sitting tim...

    Authors: Raluca Matei, Ingela Thuné-Boyle, Mark Hamer, Steve Iliffe, Kenneth R. Fox, Barbara J. Jefferis and Benjamin Gardner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:606
  15. This exploratory study used participatory methods to identify, characterize, and rank climate-sensitive health priorities in Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Canada.

    Authors: Sherilee L. Harper, Victoria L. Edge, James Ford, Ashlee Cunsolo Willox, Michele Wood and Scott A. McEwen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:605
  16. Research indicates that smoking substantially increases the risk of tuberculosis (TB), delay in diagnosis, failure of TB treatment and death from TB. Quitting smoking is one of the best ways to prevent unwante...

    Authors: Tara Singh Bam, Tjandra Yoga Aditama, Chen-Yuan Chiang, Rubaeah Rubaeah and Acep Suhaemi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:604
  17. Bagalkot district in Karnataka state is one of the highest HIV prevalence districts in India. A large proportion of the girls also marry at early age in the district and negative pregnancy outcomes among the H...

    Authors: Shiva S. Halli, C.G. Hussain Khan, Iqbal Shah, Reynold Washington, Shajy Isac, Stephen Moses and James F. Blanchard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:602
  18. Couples’ voluntary HIV counseling and testing (CVCT) is an evidence-based intervention that significantly reduces HIV incidence in couples. Despite the high prevalence of HIV and HIV couple serodiscordance in ...

    Authors: William Kilembe, Kristin M. Wall, Mammekwa Mokgoro, Annie Mwaanga, Elisabeth Dissen, Miriam Kamusoko, Hilda Phiri, Jean Sakulanda, Jonathan Davitte, Tarylee Reddy, Mark Brockman, Thumbi Ndung’u and Susan Allen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:601
  19. Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) pose significant public health challenges in school children in developing countries. The aim of this study is to determine prevalence of intestinal parasites among eleme...

    Authors: Ayalew Jejaw, Endalew Zemene, Yayehirad Alemu and Zemenu Mengistie
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:600
  20. Information on the pattern of drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) among re-treatment cases is crucial to develop appropriate control strategies. Therefore, we conducted this study to assess the drug resistance pa...

    Authors: Kedir Abdella, Ketema Abdissa, Wakjira Kebede and Gemeda Abebe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:599
  21. Community readiness for facilitation and uptake of interventions can impact the success of community-based prevention efforts. As currently practiced, measuring community readiness can be a resource intensive ...

    Authors: Iordan Kostadinov, Mark Daniel, Linda Stanley and Margaret Cargo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:598
  22. While several studies have demonstrated that gay and bisexual men are at increased risk of suicide less attention has been given to the processes that generate the inherent inequity with the mainstream populat...

    Authors: Olivier Ferlatte, Joshun Dulai, Travis Salway Hottes, Terry Trussler and Rick Marchand
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:597
  23. Interventions for parents to encourage healthy eating in children often do not address parental feeding practices and body image development.

    Authors: Laura M. Hart, Stephanie R. Damiano, Chelsea Cornell and Susan J. Paxton
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:596
  24. Human onchocerciasis is a neglected tropical parasitic disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus (O. volvulus) that may result in devastating skin and eye morbidity. Even though the disease is targeted for eliminatio...

    Authors: Daniel Dana, Serkadis Debalke, Zeleke Mekonnen, Wondwossen Kassahun, Sultan Suleman, Kefelegn Getahun and Delenasaw Yewhalaw
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:595
  25. This study investigates the relationships between life events and chronic physical conditions among left behind farmers, a newly emerged weak group in vast rural China.

    Authors: Jing Chai, Penglai Chen, Rui Feng, Han Liang, Xingrong Shen, Guixian Tong, Jing Cheng, Kaichun Li, Shaoyu Xie, Yong Shi and Debin Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:594
  26. Physical activity (PA) has numerous health benefits, but older adults live mostly sedentary lifestyles. The physical and social neighborhood environment may encourage/dissuade PA. In particular, neighborhood c...

    Authors: Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Andrea Pires, Marilia Sá Carvalho and Maria Fátima Pina
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:593
  27. Physical activity has health benefits across the lifespan, yet only 13 % of Canadian older adults are sufficiently active. Results from a number of observational studies indicate that adults display positive p...

    Authors: Mark R. Beauchamp, Samantha M. Harden, Svenja A. Wolf, Ryan E. Rhodes, Yan Liu, William L. Dunlop, Toni Schmader, Andrew W. Sheel, Bruno D. Zumbo and Paul A. Estabrooks
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:592
  28. The rapid population ageing has been accompanied by a growing number of older adults experiencing chronic conditions, especially diabetes and hypertension, which are conditions associated to the decline in phy...

    Authors: Clarissa de Matos Nascimento, Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini, Cesar Messias de Oliveira, Karla Cristina Giacomin and Sérgio Viana Peixoto
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:591
  29. While essential medicines have been made more available in all but the most remote areas in low and middle income countries (L/MICs) over the past years, inappropriate and incorrect use of good quality medicin...

    Authors: Céline Caillet, Chanvilay Sichanh, Lamphone Syhakhang, Cyrille Delpierre, Chanthanom Manithip, Mayfong Mayxay, Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre, Paul N Newton and Anne Roussin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:590
  30. The foundation of recommended diarrhea management in young children is increased fluids and continued feeding. This increase in fluids is necessary to replace those lost during diarrhea and ultimately prevent ...

    Authors: Jamie Perin, Liliana Carvajal-Velez, Emily Carter, Jennifer Bryce and Holly Newby
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:588
  31. We designed a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial in order to evaluate provider-initiated evaluation of household contacts (HCs) of smear positive tuberculosis (TB) cases within a routi...

    Authors: Lena Shah, Marlene Rojas, Oscar Mori, Carlos Zamudio, Jay S. Kaufman, Larissa Otero, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Carlos Seas and Timothy F. Brewer
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:587
  32. Understanding what factors influence the receipt of postabortion contraception can help improve comprehensive abortion care services. The abortion visit is an ideal time to reach women at the highest risk of u...

    Authors: Lauren Maxwell, Gertrude Voetagbe, Mary Paul and Alice Mark
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:586
  33. Obesity is a growing global health concern that may lead to cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes, and cancer. Several systematic reviews have shown that technology is successful in combating obesity throug...

    Authors: Zakkoyya H. Lewis, Elizabeth J. Lyons, Jessica M. Jarvis and Jacques Baillargeon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:585
  34. Obesity is a major problem in the United States, particularly among socio-economically disadvantaged Latino and Black children. Effective interventions that can be disseminated to large numbers of at-risk chil...

    Authors: Michelle M. Cloutier, James Wiley, Zhu Wang, Autherene Grant and Amy A. Gorin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:584
  35. Being a victim of bullying in school is clearly linked to various social, emotional, and behavioral problems including self-harm behavior. However, it is not known whether even occasional victimization has sim...

    Authors: Vanessa Jantzer, Johann Haffner, Peter Parzer, Franz Resch and Michael Kaess
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:583
  36. Increased scarcity of public resources has led to a concomitant drive to account for value-for-money of interventions. Traditionally, cost-effectiveness, cost-utility and cost-benefit analyses have been used t...

    Authors: Aduragbemi Oluwabusayo Banke-Thomas, Barbara Madaj, Ameh Charles and Nynke van den Broek
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:582
  37. The use of dietary quality scores/indices to describe diet quality in children has increased in the past decade. However, to date, few studies have focused on the use of these scores on disease outcomes such a...

    Authors: Catherine P. Perry, Eimear Keane, Richard Layte, Anthony P. Fitzgerald, Ivan J. Perry and Janas M. Harrington
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:581
  38. Obesity is now a worldwide problem and Ireland is no exception with approximately two thirds of the adult population now overweight or obese. A recent report has found that 53 % of Irish adults aged 50 years a...

    Authors: Ann Reilly, Barbara Mawn, Davide Susta, Anthony Staines, Sarah Browne and Mary Rose Sweeney
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:580
  39. The high level of premature death due to non-communicable diseases has been associated with unhealthful lifestyles, including poor diet. The effectiveness of public health strategies designed to promote health...

    Authors: Christina H. Buckton, Michael E. J. Lean and Emilie Combet
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:579
  40. Seasonal influenza is one of the most significant infectious diseases in Germany; epidemic outbreaks occur every winter and cause substantial morbidity and mortality. However, published data from Germany on th...

    Authors: Birgit Ehlken, Anastassia Anastassopoulou, Johannes Hain, Claudia Schröder and Klaus Wahle
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:578
  41. Diarrhoea incidence has been increasing progressively over the past years in developed countries, including Singapore, despite the accessibility and availability to clean water, well-established sanitation inf...

    Authors: Junxiong Pang, Shao Wei Jonathan Lumen Chua and Liyang Hsu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:577
  42. Hypertension is a major contributor to the global non-communicable disease burden. Family history is an important non-modifiable risk factor for hypertension. The present study aims to describe the influence o...

    Authors: Priyanga Ranasinghe, Dilini N. Cooray, Ranil Jayawardena and Prasad Katulanda
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:576
  43. There is strong evidence that post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with antiretroviral drugs in the timely management of occupational exposures sustained by healthcare workers decreases the risk of HIV infection an...

    Authors: Raymond A. Tetteh, Edmund T. Nartey, Margaret Lartey, Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse, Hubert G. M. Leufkens, Priscilla A. Nortey and Alexander N. O. Dodoo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:573
  44. The spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) strains has become a challenge to the global TB control and prevention program. In Ethiopia, particularly in rural areas, information on drug-resistant T...

    Authors: Kelemework Adane, Gobena Ameni, Shiferaw Bekele, Markos Abebe and Abraham Aseffa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:572
  45. Electronic healthcare databases are of increasing importance in health research and mortality is one of the most relevant outcomes. However, data in these databases need to be validated, since they are often g...

    Authors: Christoph Ohlmeier, Ingo Langner, Kathrin Hillebrand, Niklas Schmedt, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Oliver Riedel and Edeltraut Garbe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:570

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