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  1. To improve the translation of public health evidence into practice, there is a need to increase practitioner involvement in initiative development, to place greater emphasis on contextual knowledge, and to add...

    Authors: Kate Beckett, Trudy Goodenough, Toity Deave, Sally Jaeckle, Lisa McDaid, Penny Benford, Mike Hayes, Elizabeth Towner and Denise Kendrick
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1256
  2. Feasible, cost-effective instruments are required for the surveillance of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) and to assess the effects of interventions. However, the evi...

    Authors: Claire L Cleland, Ruth F Hunter, Frank Kee, Margaret E Cupples, James F Sallis and Mark A Tully
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1255
  3. To support equity focussed public health policy in low and middle income countries, more evidence and analysis of the social determinants of health inequalities is needed. This requires specific know how among...

    Authors: Joke Haafkens, Yulia Blomstedt, Malin Eriksson, Heiko Becher, Heribert Ramroth and John Kinsman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1254
  4. Although prison provides the opportunity for HIV diagnosis and access to in-prison care, following release, many HIV-infected inmates experience clinical setbacks, including nonadherence to antiretrovirals, el...

    Authors: Danielle F Haley, Carol E Golin, Claire E Farel, David A Wohl, Anna M Scheyett, Jenna J Garrett, David L Rosen and Sharon D Parker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1253
  5. There is extensive evidence from research undertaken on general population samples that people who have more extensive and closer social networks and people who report feeling connected to their local communit...

    Authors: Eric Emerson, Chris Hatton, Janet Robertson and Susannah Baines
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1252
  6. In most countries in the EU, national surveys are used to monitor working conditions and health. Since the development processes behind the various surveys are not necessarily theoretical, but certainly practi...

    Authors: Maren Formazin, Hermann Burr, Cecilie Aagestad, Tore Tynes, Sannie Vester Thorsen, Merja Perkio-Makela, Clara Isabel Díaz Aramburu, Francisco Javier Pinilla García, Luz Galiana Blanco, Greet Vermeylen, Agnes Parent-Thirion, Wendela Hooftman and Irene Houtman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1251
  7. Chronic disease among school-aged children is a public health concern, particularly for asthma and food allergy. In Chicago Public Schools (CPS), rates of asthma and food allergy among students are underreport...

    Authors: Victoria Rivkina, David E Tapke, Lilliana D Cardenas, Blair Harvey-Gintoft, Stephanie A Whyte and Ruchi S Gupta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1250
  8. Breaks in prolonged sitting may have beneficial cardiometabolic and musculoskeletal health outcomes. Desk-based work settings are an important environment to promote and support breaks in sitting time. However...

    Authors: Zeljko Pedisic, Jason A Bennie, Anna F Timperio, David A Crawford, David W Dunstan, Adrian E Bauman and Jo Salmon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1249
  9. In Germany, immunization against human papillomaviruses (HPV) is free of charge for all females aged 12 to 17 years. Since HPV infection rates rise soon after first intercourse, immunization against HPV should...

    Authors: Cornelius Remschmidt, Michaela Fesenfeld, Andreas M Kaufmann and Yvonne Deleré
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1248
  10. The incidence of disability pension (DP) is high in several European countries. However, knowledge on associations of cause-specific DP and premature death is limited. The aims were to: 1) investigate the asso...

    Authors: Charlotte Björkenstam, Kristina Alexanderson, Emma Björkenstam, Christina Lindholm and Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1247
  11. Although stigmatization has long been recognized as a major obstacle to HIV prevention. The lack of a valid and reliable measurement tool for stigmatization is a major gap in the research. This study aimed to:...

    Authors: Marianne Beaulieu, Alix Adrien, Louise Potvin and Clément Dassa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1246
  12. The Avahan intervention promotes consistent (100%) condom use amongst men who have sex with men in southern India. We assessed how condom use varies with intervention exposure for men who have sex with men in Ban...

    Authors: Kate M Mitchell, Anna M Foss, Banadakoppa M Ramesh, Reynold Washington, Shajy Isac, Holly J Prudden, Kathleen N Deering, James F Blanchard, Stephen Moses, Catherine M Lowndes, Marie-Claude Boily, Michel Alary and Peter Vickerman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1245
  13. Despite over a decade of research and programming, little evidence is available on effective strategies to reduce HIV risks among Central American men who have sex with men (MSM). The Pan-American Social Marke...

    Authors: Rebecca Firestone, Jorge Rivas, Susana Lungo, Alejandra Cabrera, Susan Ruether, Jennifer Wheeler and Lung Vu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1244
  14. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a chronic inborn error of amino acid metabolism that requires lifelong follow-up and intervention, which may represent strains on Quality of Life (QoL). This observational study evalua...

    Authors: Chiara Cazzorla, Luca Cegolon, Alessandro P Burlina, Andrea Celato, Pamela Massa, Laura Giordano, Giulia Polo, Aurora Daniele, Francesco Salvatore and Alberto B Burlina
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1243
  15. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) incidence has doubled since the 1980’s for children aged <5 years old, potentially relevant environmental factors having thus to be sought early in the patient’s life. The identification ...

    Authors: Sophie Le Fur, Pierre Bougnères and Alain-Jacques Valleron
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1241
  16. Follow-up of HIV-exposed children for the delivery of prevention of mother-to-child transmission services and for early diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection is critical to their survival. Despite efforts, ...

    Authors: Caroline De Schacht, Carlota Lucas, Catarina Mboa, Michelle Gill, Eugenia Macasse, Stélio A Dimande, Emily A Bobrow and Laura Guay
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1240
  17. Indians may be particularly vulnerable to cardiometabolic disease, potentially due to higher body fat for a given BMI, or a tendency towards depositing abdominal adiposity. The aim of the study is to assess wh...

    Authors: Hannah Kuper, Amy Taylor, Kankipati Vijay Radha Krishna, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Ruby Gupta, Bharati Kulkarni, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, George Davey Smith, Jonathan Wells, Shah Ebrahim and Sanjay Kinra
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1239
  18. The dual continuum model suggests that positive mental health not only implies the absence of mental illness, but also constitutes an entity of its own. Measures that encompass both positive and negative menta...

    Authors: Regina Winzer, Frank Lindblad, Kimmo Sorjonen and Lene Lindberg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1238
  19. There is cumulating evidence that health is compromised through adverse socioeconomic conditions negatively affecting how people think, feel, and behave. Low control beliefs might be a key mechanism. The rever...

    Authors: Hans Bosma, Marie-José Theunissen, Petra Verdonk and Frans Feron
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1237
  20. Exercise is an essential component of contemporary cardiac rehabilitation programs for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. Despite the benefits associated with regular exercise, adherence with ...

    Authors: Ralph Maddison, Jonathan C Rawstorn, Anna Rolleston, Robyn Whittaker, Ralph Stewart, Jocelyne Benatar, Ian Warren, Yannan Jiang and Nicholas Gant
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1236
  21. Food banks have emerged in response to growing food insecurity among low-income groups in many affluent nations, but their ability to manage this problem is questionable. In Canada, in the absence of public pr...

    Authors: Valerie Tarasuk, Naomi Dachner, Anne-Marie Hamelin, Aleck Ostry, Patricia Williams, Elietha Bosckei, Blake Poland and Kim Raine
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1234
  22. Hepatitis B is endemic in the Indigenous communities of the Northern Territory of Australia and significantly contributes to liver-related morbidity and mortality. It is recognised that low health literacy lev...

    Authors: Jane Davies, Sarah Bukulatjpi, Suresh Sharma, Joshua Davis and Vanessa Johnston
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1233
  23. Mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) is the major form of acquiring the disease among children. The loss to follow-up (LTF) of mothers and their children is a problem that affects the effectiveness of pr...

    Authors: Pedro Alves da Cruz Gouveia, Gerlane Alves Pontes da Silva and Maria de Fatima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1232
  24. Self-management support interventions can improve health outcomes, but their impact is limited by the numbers of people able or willing to access them. Men’s attendance at existing self-management support serv...

    Authors: Paul Galdas, Zoe Darwin, Lisa Kidd, Christian Blickem, Kerri McPherson, Kate Hunt, Peter Bower, Simon Gilbody and Gerry Richardson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1230
  25. Weight gain that commonly accompanies smoking cessation can undermine a person’s attempt to quit and increase the risk for metabolic disorders. Research indicates that obese smokers have more weight concerns a...

    Authors: Terry Bush, Clarissa Hsu, Michele D Levine, Brooke Magnusson and Lyndsay Miles
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1229
  26. Spain has passed two smoke-free laws in the last years. In 2005, the law banned smoking in indoor places, and in 2010 the ban was extended to outdoor areas of certain premises such as hospitals. This study ass...

    Authors: Cristina Martínez, Marcela Fu, Jose María Martínez-Sánchez, Laura Antón, Paz Fernández, Montse Ballbè, Ana Andrés, Anna Riccobene, Xisca Sureda, Albert Gallart and Esteve Fernández
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1228
  27. Since 2007, the Australian Know your numbers (KYN) program has been used in community settings to raise awareness about blood pressure and stroke. In 2011, the program was modified to include assessment for ty...

    Authors: Monique F Kilkenny, Roslyn Johnson, Nadine E Andrew, Tara Purvis, Alison Hicks, Stephen Colagiuri and Dominique A Cadilhac
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1227
  28. Up to half of all new HIV cases in Los Angeles may be caused by the 20-30% of men who have sex with men (MSM) with unrecognized HIV infection. Racial/ethnic minority MSM are at particularly high risk for being...

    Authors: Robert W Marlin, Sean D Young, Claire C Bristow, Greg Wilson, Jeffrey Rodriguez, Jose Ortiz, Rhea Mathew and Jeffrey D Klausner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1226
  29. Research indicates that one third of smokers have low motivation to stop smoking. The purpose of the study was to use Conversational Analysis to enhance understanding of the process in Motivational Interviewin...

    Authors: Núria Codern-Bové, Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera, Margarida Pla, Javier González-Bonilla, Silvia Granollers, José L Ballvé, Gemma Fanlo and Carmen Cabezas
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1225
  30. A barrier to monitoring the health of gender minority (transgender) populations is the lack of brief, validated tools with which to identify participants in surveillance systems.

    Authors: Sari L Reisner, Kerith J Conron, Laura Anatale Tardiff, Stephanie Jarvi, Allegra R Gordon and S Bryn Austin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1224
  31. Non-communicable diseases are an emerging concern in sub-Saharan Africa, and risks for these conditions are often based on exposures in early life, with premonitory signs developing during childhood. The preva...

    Authors: Farah Kidy, Diana Rutebarika, Swaib A Lule, Moses Kizza, Amos Odiit, Emily L Webb and Alison M Elliott
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1223
  32. In Chile, significant reductions in cervical cancer incidence and mortality have been observed due to implementation of a well-organized screening program. However, it has been suggested that the inclusion of ...

    Authors: Jorge Alberto Gomez, Alejandro Lepetic and Nadia Demarteau
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1222
  33. Regular HIV testing is vital for timely linkage to the HIV care continuum and ensuring the success of behavioral and biomedical interventions to prevent HIV acquisition. Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a k...

    Authors: Ju Nyeong Park, Erin Papworth, Serge Clotaire Billong, Jean Bosco Elat, Sethson Kassegne, Ashley Grosso, Laure Moukam, Isaac Macauley, Yves Roger Yomb, Valentin Mondoleba, Jules Eloundou, Matthew LeBreton, Sosthenes Charles Ketende and Stefan Baral
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1220
  34. Limited evidence exists about the role of education and own educational mobility on body weight trajectory. A better understanding of how education influences long term weight gain can help us to design more e...

    Authors: Natalie Holowko, Mark Jones, Leigh Tooth, Ilona Koupil and Gita Mishra
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1219
  35. Several genetic variations associated with nicotine dependence and lung cancer exist. Translating this knowledge into tobacco control policy relies on smokers’ perceptions of the implications of the research. ...

    Authors: Erika A Waters, Linda Ball, Kimberly Carter and Sarah Gehlert
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1218
  36. Currently the combined cognitive-behavioral and pharmacological treatment is the best option to quit smoking, although success rates remain moderate. This study aimed to identify predictors of continuous absti...

    Authors: Francisca López-Torrecillas, Maria Mar Rueda, Eva María López-Quirantes, Javier Machado Santiago and Reyes Rodríguez Tapioles
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1217
  37. Comparative data of parental separation and childhood overweight has not been available before across the Nordic countries. The aim of this study was to examine the within-country prevalence and association be...

    Authors: Lena Hohwü, Mika Gissler, Agneta Sjöberg, Anna M Biehl, Alfgeir L Kristjansson and Carsten Obel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1216
  38. Clustering of multiple health-compromising behaviours is associated with an increased risk of various chronic diseases. There are few studies on patterns of clustering of multiple health-compromising behaviour...

    Authors: Saeed G Alzahrani, Richard G Watt, Aubrey Sheiham, Maria Aresu and Georgios Tsakos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1215
  39. High quality child care is a population health investment that relies on the capacity of providers. The mental health and wellbeing of child care educators is fundamental to care quality and turnover, yet sect...

    Authors: Lara Corr, Elise Davis, Kay Cook, Elizabeth Waters and Anthony D LaMontagne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1214
  40. Young people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are profoundly affected by violence, high unemployment, and economic hardship. Experiences of community-level violence and personal trauma increase the l...

    Authors: Salwa G Massad, Rita Karam, Ryan Brown, Peter Glick, Mohammed Shaheen, Sebastian Linnemayr and Umaiyeh Khammash
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1213
  41. Health literacy (HL) is seen as an increasingly relevant issue for global public health and requires a reliable and comprehensive operationalization. By now, there is limited evidence on how the development of...

    Authors: Sibel Vildan Altin, Isabelle Finke, Sibylle Kautz-Freimuth and Stephanie Stock
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1207
  42. The importance of fitness level on the well-being of children and adolescent has long been recognised. The aim of this study was to investigate the fitness level of school-going Malaysian adolescent, and its a...

    Authors: Redzal Abu Hanifah, Hazreen Abdul Majid, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin, Nabilla Al-Sadat, Liam J Murray, Marie Cantwell, Tin Tin Su and Azmi Mohamed Nahar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14(Suppl 3):S5

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 3

  43. Death rates due to hypertension in low and middle income countries are higher compared to high income countries. The present study is designed to combine life style modification and home blood pressure monitor...

    Authors: Tin Tin Su, Hazreen Abdul Majid, Azmi Mohamed Nahar, Nurul Ain Azizan, Farizah Mohd Hairi, Nithiah Thangiah, Maznah Dahlui, Awang Bulgiba and Liam J Murray
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14(Suppl 3):S4

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 3

  44. The urban low income has often been assumed to have the greatest dental treatment needs compared to the general population. However, no studies have been carried out to verify these assumptions. This study was...

    Authors: Nasruddin Jaafar, Hina Hakim, Nor Azlida Mohd Nor, Asma Mohamed, Roslan Saub, Rashidah Esa, Jennifer Doss, Zamros Yuzadi Mohd Yusof, Norintan Ab-Murat, Noor Lide Abu Kassim and Hazreen Abdul Majid
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14(Suppl 3):S2

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 3

  45. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of pregnancy experience and its association with contraceptive knowledge among single adults in a low socio-economic suburban community in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

    Authors: Li Ping Wong, Narges Atefi, Hazreen Abd Majid and Tin Tin Su
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14(Suppl 3):S1

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 3

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