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  1. Low caste adolescent girls living in rural northern Karnataka are at increased risk of school drop-out, child marriage, and entry into sex-work, which enhances their vulnerability to HIV, early pregnancy and a...

    Authors: Tara S Beattie, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Shajy Isac, Calum Davey, Prakash Javalkar, Sapna Nair, Raghavendra Thalinja, Gautam Sudhakar, Martine Collumbien, James F Blanchard, Charlotte Watts, Stephen Moses and Lori Heise
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:292
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  2. Prevalence of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), defined as in vitro resistance to both rifampicin and isoniazid with or without resistance to other TB drugs, in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is reportedly ...

    Authors: Deus Lukoye, Willy Ssengooba, Kenneth Musisi, George W Kasule, Frank G J Cobelens, Moses Joloba and Gabriela B Gomez
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:291
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Prisoners experience significantly worse health than the general population. This review examines the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of peer interventions in prison settings.

    Authors: Anne-Marie Bagnall, Jane South, Claire Hulme, James Woodall, Karen Vinall-Collier, Gary Raine, Karina Kinsella, Rachael Dixey, Linda Harris and Nat MJ Wright
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:290
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  4. This study aimed to explore experiences of implementation of alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) in settings outside of primary healthcare in the Scottish national programme. The focus of the study was on strat...

    Authors: Niamh Fitzgerald, Lucy Platt, Susie Heywood and Jim McCambridge
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:289
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Prescription drug sales may vary considerably across regions and over time. This study aimed to assess whether there is an association between mean drug sales and prevalence of excessive use in a range of psyc...

    Authors: Ingeborg Rossow and Jørgen G Bramness
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:288
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Family influence plays an important role in a child’s physical activity (PA). This study aimed to describe the level of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behaviours among Ch...

    Authors: Xin Wang, Qing-Min Liu, Yan-Jun Ren, Jun Lv and Li-Ming Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:287
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  7. China is home to the largest number of smokers in the world; more than half of the male population smoke. Given the high rates of Chinese immigration to Canada and the USA, researchers have explored the effect...

    Authors: Aimei Mao, Joan L Bottorff, John L Oliffe, Gayl Sarbit and Mary T Kelly
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:286
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  8. A 2006 avian influenza (AI) outbreak resulted in mass removal of chickens in Lower Egypt, which decreased the household supply of poultry. Poultry, a key animal-source food, contains nutrients critical for chi...

    Authors: Justine A Kavle, Fatma El-Zanaty, Megan Landry and Rae Galloway
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:285
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Approximately 70% of Australian adults aged over 50 are overweight or obese, with the prevalence significantly higher in regional/remote areas compared to cities. This study aims to determine if a low-cost, ac...

    Authors: Krysten Blackford, Jonine Jancey, Andy H Lee, Anthony P James, Peter Howat, Andrew P Hills and Annie Anderson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:284
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  10. Low-income black residents of Baltimore City have disproportionately higher rates of obesity and chronic disease than other Maryland residents. Increasing the availability and affordability of healthy food are...

    Authors: Nadine Budd, Alison Cuccia, Jayne K Jeffries, Divya Prasad, Kevin D Frick, Lisa Powell, Fred A Katz and Joel Gittelsohn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:283
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  11. Researching male sex work offers insight into the sexual lives of men and women while developing a more realistic appreciation for the changing issues associated with male sex work. This type of research is im...

    Authors: Victor Minichiello, John Scott and Denton Callander
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:282
    Content type: Review Published on:

  12. Obesity is a growing health problem in India and worldwide, due to changes in lifestyle. This study aimed to explore the independent associations between dietary and physical activity exposure variables and to...

    Authors: Liza Bowen, Amy E Taylor, Ruth Sullivan, Shah Ebrahim, Sanjay Kinra, KV Radha Krishna, Bharati Kulkarni, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Ulf Ekelund, Jonathan CK Wells and Hannah Kuper
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:281
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Childhood unintentional injury represents an important global health problem. Most of these injuries occur at home, and many are preventable. The main aim of this study was to identify key facilitators and bar...

    Authors: Joanne Ablewhite, Isabel Peel, Lisa McDaid, Adrian Hawkins, Trudy Goodenough, Toity Deave, Jane Stewart and Denise Kendrick
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:280
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  14. The prevalence of obesity within countries varies by gender, age, lifestyle and socioeconomic factors. Identification of behavioural factors that are associated with obesity within the country’s context is cri...

    Authors: Marie Claire Chamieh, Helen J Moore, Carolyn Summerbell, Hani Tamim, Abla Mehio Sibai and Nahla Hwalla
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:279
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  15. Traditional linear regression analyses have detected increasing trends in the incidence of overweight/obesity among both genders in China. However, these previous regression analyses were limited in their abil...

    Authors: Yifei Ouyang, Huijun Wang, Chang Su, Zhihong Wang, Yiqi Song, Yingting Xiao, Wenwen Du and Bing Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:278
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  16. The public reporting of health outcomes has become one of the most popular topics and is accepted as a quality improvement method in the healthcare field. However, little research has been conducted on the tra...

    Authors: Xin Du, Dan Wang, Xuan Wang, Shiru Yang and Xinping Zhang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:277
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  17. This study attempts to examine the impact of socioeconomic and medical conditions in health and healthcare utilization among older adults in Ghana. Five separate models with varying input variables were estima...

    Authors: Bashiru II Saeed, Zhao Xicang, Alfred Edwin Yawson, Samuel Blay Nguah and Nicholas NN Nsowah-Nuamah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:276
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Research has demonstrated a bidirectional relationship between physical function and depression, but studies on their association in migrant populations are scarce. We examined the association between mental h...

    Authors: Shadia Rask, Anu E Castaneda, Päivikki Koponen, Päivi Sainio, Sari Stenholm, Jaana Suvisaari, Teppo Juntunen, Tapio Halla, Tommi Härkänen and Seppo Koskinen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:275
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  19. Need for recovery and work ability are strongly associated with high employee turnover, well-being and sickness absence. However, scientific knowledge on effective interventions to improve work ability and dec...

    Authors: Nidhi Gupta, Christian Dyrlund Wåhlin-Jacobsen, Louise Nøhr Henriksen, Johan Simonsen Abildgaard, Karina Nielsen and Andreas Holtermann
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:274
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  21. Although obesity among immigrants remains an important area of study given the increasing migrant population in Australia and other developed countries, research on factors amenable to intervention is sparse. ...

    Authors: Andre MN Renzaho, Jennifer A Halliday, David Mellor and Julie Green
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:272
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. The aim of this study was to assess the less studied interrelationships and pathways between parental BMI, socioeconomic factors, family structure and childhood overweight.

    Authors: Suvi Parikka, Päivi Mäki, Esko Levälahti, Susanna Lehtinen-Jacks, Tuija Martelin and Tiina Laatikainen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:271
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  23. Female sex workers (FSW) are a vulnerable population for sexual violence and poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Sexual violence against FSW has not been widely studied in The Gambia. This study will...

    Authors: Jennifer A Sherwood, Ashley Grosso, Michele R Decker, Sarah Peitzmeier, Erin Papworth, Daouda Diouf, Fatou Maria Drame, Nuha Ceesay and Stefan Baral
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:270
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. Globally, there is an increasing prevalence of high blood pressure (HBP) among adults and youth. However, the mechanisms of how the risk factors (physical inactivity and obesity) relate with blood pressure (BP...

    Authors: Ernest Afrifa–Anane, Charles Agyemang, Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, Gbenga Ogedegbe and Ama de-Graft Aikins
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:269
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. The risk of a child dying before reaching five years of age is highest in Sub-Saharan African countries. But Child mortality rates have shown substantial decline in Ethiopia. It is important to identify factor...

    Authors: Dawit G Ayele, Temesgen T Zewotir and Henry G Mwambi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:268
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Disability and chronic conditions both have an impact on health expenditures and although they are conceptually related, they present different dimensions of ill-health. Recent concepts of disability combine a...

    Authors: Johan Van der Heyden, Herman Van Oyen, Nicolas Berger, Dirk De Bacquer and Koen Van Herck
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:267
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  27. The relationship between social capital and self-rated health has been documented in many developed compared to developing countries. Because social capital and health play important roles in development, it m...

    Authors: Yan Kwan Lau and John E Ataguba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:266
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Whole school, ethos-changing interventions reduce risk behaviours in middle adolescence, more than curriculum-based approaches. Effects on older ages are not known. We set out to replicate one of these interve...

    Authors: Penelope Hawe, Lyndal Bond, Laura M Ghali, Rosemary Perry, Colleen M Davison, David M Casey, Helen Butler, Cynthia M Webster and Bert Scholz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:265
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  29. This paper is embedded in a randomised controlled trial (Alcohol and Employment) that investigated whether welfare-to-work schemes combined with alcohol treatment were more effective than welfare-to-work schem...

    Authors: Maja Bæksgaard Hansen, Stine Kloster, Ida Høgstedt Danquah, Anette Søgaard Nielsen, Ulrik Becker, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen and Janne Schurmann Tolstrup
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:264
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  31. The rationale for promotion of family planning (FP) to delay conception after a recent birth is a best practice that can lead to optimal maternal and child health outcomes. Uptake of postpartum family planning...

    Authors: Gideon Rutaremwa, Allen Kabagenyi, Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Tapiwa Jhamba, Edith Akiror and Hellen Laetitia Nviiri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:262
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  33. The high prevalence of physical inactivity has led to a search for novel and feasible interventions that will enhance physical activity, especially among the least physically active individuals. This randomize...

    Authors: Anu Maarit Kangasniemi, Raimo Lappalainen, Anna Kankaanpää, Asko Tolvanen and Tuija Tammelin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:260
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  34. In Nigeria, suboptimal breastfeeding practices are contributing to the burden of childhood diseases and mortality. This study identified the determinants of key suboptimal breastfeeding practices among childre...

    Authors: Felix A Ogbo, Kingsley E Agho and Andrew Page
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:259
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Smokeless tobacco use is becoming an increasingly important public health issue in the US and may influence cigarette smoking behavior. Systematic information on transitions between smokeless tobacco and cigar...

    Authors: Jamie Tam, Hannah R Day, Brian L Rostron and Benjamin J Apelberg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:258
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  38. Although type 1 diabetes (T1D) can affect patients of all ages, most epidemiological studies of T1D focus on disease forms with clinical diagnosis during childhood and adolescence. Clinically, adult T1D is dif...

    Authors: Paula A Diaz-Valencia, Pierre Bougnères and Alain-Jacques Valleron
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:255
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  39. The prevalence of adult obesity is higher in women than men in most countries. However, the pathways that link female sex with excess obesity are still not fully understood. We examine whether socioeconomic an...

    Authors: Fatima Garawi, George B Ploubidis, Karen Devries, Nasser Al-Hamdan and Ricardo Uauy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:254
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Evidence is mounting that area-level socioeconomic indicators are important tools for predicting health outcomes. However, few studies have examined these alongside individual-level education. This nested coho...

    Authors: Katharine Bailey, Andy Ryan, Sophia Apostolidou, Evangelia Fourkala, Matthew Burnell, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Jatinderpal Kalsi, Max Parmar, Ian Jacobs, Hynek Pikhart and Usha Menon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:253
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  41. This study aimed to determine the number of people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) between 2006 and 2013 in Germany by using the available numbers of antiretroviral drug prescriptions an...

    Authors: Daniel Schmidt, Christian Kollan, Matthias Stoll, Hans-Jürgen Stellbrink, Andreas Plettenberg, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Frank Bergmann, Johannes R Bogner, Jan van Lunzen, Jürgen Rockstroh, Stefan Esser, Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, Heinz-August Horst, Carlos Fritzsche, Andrea Kühne, Matthias an der Heiden…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:252
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Physical activity is a health-enhancing behavior, but few adolescents achieve the recommended levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Understanding how adolescents use different built environment spa...

    Authors: Nicolas M Oreskovic, James M Perrin, Alyssa I Robinson, Joseph J Locascio, Jeff Blossom, Minghua L Chen, Jonathan P Winickoff, Alison E Field, Chloe Green and Elizabeth Goodman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:251
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. The effect of prior dengue virus (DENV) exposure on subsequent heterologous infection can be beneficial or detrimental depending on many factors including timing of infection. We sought to evaluate this effect...

    Authors: Piraya Bhoomiboonchoo, Ananda Nisalak, Natkamol Chansatiporn, In-Kyu Yoon, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Mathuros Thipayamongkolgul, Timothy Endy, Alan L Rothman, Sharone Green, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Darunee Buddhari, Mammen P Mammen and Robert V Gibbons
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:250
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  44. Physical activity questionnaires (PAQ) have been extensively used to determine physical activity (PA) levels. Most PAQ are derived from an energy expenditure-based perspective and assess activities with a cert...

    Authors: Katharina G Eckert and Martin A Lange
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:249
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  45. There are limited data regarding the prevalence and risk factors relating to hypovitaminosis D in children of Thailand, a tropical country with abundant sunlight. The objective of this study was to assess the ...

    Authors: Kanit Reesukumal, Kotchamol Manonukul, Orathai Jirapongsananuruk, Wijittra Krobtrakulchai, Sithikan Hanyongyuth, Somruedee Chatsiricharoenkul and Busadee Pratumvinit
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:248
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. In recent years publications have called for increased use of administrative data for research; predicted that use would rise; and discussed possible ethical parameters for that use. This paper describes the n...

    Authors: Lucy F Telfar Barnard, Michael G Baker, Simon Hales and Philippa Howden-Chapman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:246
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Suicidal ideation and attempted suicide are a huge problem in South Africa, especially in the rural areas. Previous research has emphasized the importance of the ability of school professionals to identify you...

    Authors: Hilda N Shilubane, Arjan ER Bos, Robert AC Ruiter, Bart van den Borne and Priscilla S Reddy
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:245
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  49. It has been suggested that improving people’s ability to deal with their finances, their financial capability, will directly improve their wellbeing and indirectly their health. To this end, financial capabili...

    Authors: Peter Allmark and Katarzyna Machaczek
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:243
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  50. Tuberculosis (TB) active case finding is a part of TB control in areas of higher TB prevalence. Congested public transportation settings may be areas of increased TB transmission. We evaluated the uptake and d...

    Authors: Tonderai Mabuto, Ephraim Zwane, Violet Chihota, Gillian Gresak, Salome Charalambous, Gavin J Churchyard and Christopher J Hoffmann
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:242
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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