Health promotion programs related to the Athens 2004 Olympic and Para Olympic games.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In developed countries, regular breakfast consumption is inversely associated with excess weight and directly associated with better dietary and improved physical activity behaviors. Our objective was to describe the frequency of breakfast consumption among school-going adolescents in Delhi and evaluate its ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Arora M,Nazar GP,Gupta VK,Perry CL,Reddy KS,Stigler MH

更新日期：2012-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While the majority of research in Bangladesh has focused on intimate partner violence (IPV) against women, less is known about the correlates of physical violence against unmarried female adolescents, particularly community-level characteristics that may increase their risk of experiencing violence. METHODS...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： VanderEnde K,Amin S,Naved RT

更新日期：2014-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women whose pregnancy was complicated by gestational diabetes have a 7-fold higher risk of developing diabetes, primarily type 2. Early detection can prevent or delay the onset of late complications, for which follow-up screening is important. This study investigated the extent of participation in follow-up ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Olesen CR,Nielsen JH,Mortensen RN,Bøggild H,Torp-Pedersen C,Overgaard C

更新日期：2014-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Refugees are particularly vulnerable to poor mental health outcomes due to exposure to pre migration trauma and post migration stressors. Research has demonstrated evidence to suggest that the professional help-seeking among refugee groups is low or problematic. This study seeks to examine help-seeking for e...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Slewa-Younan S,Rioseco P,Guajardo MGU,Mond J

更新日期：2019-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Under-five malnutrition is a major public health issue contributing to mortality and morbidity, especially in developing countries like Ghana where the rates remain unacceptably high. Identification of critical risk factors of under-five malnutrition using appropriate and advanced statistical methods can hel...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Aheto JMK

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Let's Get Moving (LGM) is a systematic approach to integrating physical activity promotion into the primary care setting. LGM combines a number of recommended strategies to support behavior change including brief interventions, goal-setting, written resources, and follow-up support. This study involved a pro...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bull FC,Milton KE

更新日期：2010-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falls in older people continue to be a major public health issue in industrialized countries. Extensive research into falls prevention has identified exercise as a proven fall prevention strategy. However, despite over a decade of promoting physical activity, hospitalisation rates due to falls injuries in ol...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Voukelatos A,Merom D,Rissel C,Sherrington C,Watson W,Waller K

更新日期：2011-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since 1998, China has gradually moved toward voluntary uncompensated blood donation. In some cities, the shortage of platelets has been noticeably severe. Mutual assistance that collects blood from one's family and social networks is a potential solution. The measure, however, turned out problematic. There a...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Yu C,Lau JT,Zhong W,Huang X,Pan C,Chen Y,Lu H,Zhao F,Zeng S,Lai J,Tie C,Li X,Zhang J,Zhang C,Liu Y,Jiang Q

更新日期：2019-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postcode lotteries in health refer to differences in health care between different geographic areas. These have been previously associated with clinical services. However there has been little documentation of postcode lotteries relating to preventative health care services. This paper describes a postcode l...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Graley CE,May KF,McCoy DC

更新日期：2011-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sentinel surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections in hospitals and influenza-like illness in ambulatory clinics is recommended to assist in global pandemic influenza preparedness. Healthcare utilization patterns will affect the generalizability of data from sentinel sites and the potential to use...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lindblade KA,Johnson AJ,Arvelo W,Zhang X,Jordan HT,Reyes L,Fry AM,Padilla N

更新日期：2011-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of global disease burden. Although stroke was thought to be more prevalent than coronary heart disease (CHD) in Chinese, the epidemic pattern might have been changed in some rural areas nowadays. This study was to estimate up-to-date prevalence of CVD and its...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： He L,Tang X,Song Y,Li N,Li J,Zhang Z,Liu J,Yu L,Xu H,Zhang J,Hu Y

更新日期：2012-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low individual-level socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with higher prevalence of cigarette smoking. Recent work has examined whether neighborhood-level SES may affect smoking behavior independently from individual-level measures. However, few comparisons of neighborhood-level effects on smoking by rac...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cohen SS,Sonderman JS,Mumma MT,Signorello LB,Blot WJ

更新日期：2011-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between urbanicity and adolescent health is a critical issue for which little empirical evidence has been reported. Although an association has been suggested, a dichotomous rural versus urban comparison may not succeed in identifying differences between adolescent contexts. This study aims ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gutiérrez JP,Atienzo EE

更新日期：2011-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have suggested that food preference is a good indicator of actual food intake and that sedentary activity preference is a significant predictor of lower physical activity level. But no studies have examined the direct relationship between leisure time physical activity (LTPA) preferences and...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zhou J,Britigan DH,Rajaram SS,Wang H,Su D

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Men of low socioeconomic position (SEP) are less likely than those of higher SEP to consume fruits and vegetables, and more likely to eat processed discretionary foods. Education level is a widely used marker of SEP. Few studies have explored determinants of socioeconomic inequalities in men's eating behavio...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Stephens LD,Crawford D,Thornton L,Olstad DL,Morgan PJ,van Lenthe FJ,Ball K

更新日期：2018-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Telephone hotlines designed to address common concerns in the early postpartum could be a useful resource for parents. Our aim was to test the feasibility of using a telephone as an intervention in a randomized controlled trial. We also aimed to test to use of algorithms to address parental concerns through ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Osman H,Chaaya M,El Zein L,Naassan G,Wick L

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of different models have been used in order to explain the links between unemployment and ill-health. The objective of this study was to test different proposed models in an empirical setting. METHODS:A cohort of school-leavers consisting of more than 1000 persons was followed for 14 years up to th...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Janlert U,Hammarström A

更新日期：2009-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its establishment in February 2008, the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) has embarked on a number of initiatives and projects in collaboration with a variety of agencies in the Department of Defense (DoD), other organizations within the federal government, and non-governmental partners. In 2009, t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： DeFraites RF

更新日期：2011-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:'Pop-up' warning messages have potential as a Responsible Gambling tool, but many warning messages in the literature are generic. The present study simulated digital roulette to compare the effectiveness of expenditure-specific, generic and control messages, during online roulette. METHODS:Forty-five casual...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： McGivern P,Hussain Z,Lipka S,Stupple E

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early breastfeeding is defined as the initiation of breastfeeding within twenty four hours of birth. While the benefits of breastfeeding have been known for decades, only recently has the role of time to initiation of breastfeeding in neonatal mortality and morbidity been assessed. OBJECTIVE:To review the e...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Debes AK,Kohli A,Walker N,Edmond K,Mullany LC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sick leave rates due to mental and behavioural disorders have increased in Sweden during the last decades. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate changes in the level of burnout in a working subset of the general population and to identify how such changes relate to changes in work situation an...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Norlund S,Reuterwall C,Höög J,Janlert U,Slunga Järvholm L

更新日期：2015-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with a condition subject to stigmatisation, such as chronic hepatitis B, face the dilemma of whether or not to disclose their status. In Ghana, 12.3% of the adult population has the hepatitis B virus (HBV). One key strategy for breaking the cycle of hepatitis B transmission is the disclosure of hepati...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Adjei CA,Stutterheim SE,Naab F,Ruiter RAC

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High out-of-pocket-expenditure (OOPE) deters families from seeking skilled/institutional care. 'Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), a conditional cash transfer programme launched in 2005 to mitigate OOPE and to promote institutional deliveries among the poor, is part of Government of India's efforts to achieve Mil...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Modugu HR,Kumar M,Kumar A,Millett C

更新日期：2012-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Empirical evidence investigating heterogeneous impact of retirement on mental health depending on social backgrounds is lacking, especially among older adults. METHODS:We examined the impact of changes in working status on changes in mental health using Japanese community-dwelling adults aged ≥65 years part...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Shiba K,Kondo N,Kondo K,Kawachi I

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The astonishing economic achievements of China in the past few decades have remarkably increased not only the quantity and quality of medical services but also the inequalities in health resources allocation across regions and inefficiency of the medical service delivery. METHODS:A descriptive analysis was ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ding J,Hu X,Zhang X,Shang L,Yu M,Chen H

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increase in adiposity problems among United States adolescents has been accompanied by persistently high prevalence of unhealthy dieting behaviours (UDBs) such as fasting, taking diet pills/powders/liquids, and vomiting/taking laxatives. This study aimed to examine the associations of self-perceptions of...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chin SNM,Laverty AA,Filippidis FT

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bullying and victimization are widespread phenomena in childhood and can have a serious impact on well-being. Children from families with a low socioeconomic background have an increased risk of this behaviour, but it is unknown whether socioeconomic status (SES) of school neighbourhoods is also related to b...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Jansen PW,Verlinden M,Dommisse-van Berkel A,Mieloo C,van der Ende J,Veenstra R,Verhulst FC,Jansen W,Tiemeier H

更新日期：2012-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important outcome helping to understand the impact of antiretroviral therapy (ART). We examined and compared the HRQoL in relation to ART status among HIV-infected patients in a public sector service in Cape Town, South Africa. In addition, we aimed to examine the...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nglazi MD,West SJ,Dave JA,Levitt NS,Lambert EV

更新日期：2014-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Global obesity prevalence is increasing and population health programs are required to support changes to modifiable lifestyle risk factors. Such interventions benefit from mass-communications to promote their use. The Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service ® (GHS) utilised mass-reach media advertising...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： O'Hara BJ,Bauman AE,Phongsavan P

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in South African children, accounting for approximately 20% of under-five deaths. Though progress has been made in scaling up multiple interventions to reduce diarrhoea in the last decade, challenges still remain. In this paper, we model the c...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chola L,Michalow J,Tugendhaft A,Hofman K

更新日期：2015-04-17 00:00:00