Study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma mortality associated with industrial pollution in Spain, using Poisson models.

abstract：BACKGROUND: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 key population for HIV prevention, treatment, and care efforts globally. This study measures the fact...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Park JN,Papworth E,Billong SC,Elat JB,Kassegne S,Grosso A,Moukam L,Macauley I,Yomb YR,Mondoleba V,Eloundou J,LeBreton M,Ketende SC,Baral S

更新日期：2014-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overweight and obesity is a major public health concern that includes associations with the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors during childhood and adolescence as well as premature mortality in adults. Despite the high prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity as well as adult CVD,...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Umer A,Kelley GA,Cottrell LE,Giacobbi P Jr,Innes KE,Lilly CL

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2010, Rwanda adopted ART for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV from pregnant women living with HIV during pregnancy and breasfeeding period. This study examines rates of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV at 6-10 weeks postpartum and risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of HIV (M...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mugwaneza P,Lyambabaje A,Umubyeyi A,Humuza J,Tsague L,Mwanyumba F,Mutabazi V,Nsanzimana S,Ribakare M,Irakoze A,Mutaganzwa E,Lombard C,Jackson D

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent evidence shows that men and women have inadequate fertility knowledge which may negatively affect their childbearing decisions in future. Given the fact that decision making for fertility needs accurate information, targeted educational interventions especially through media are needed to improve know...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gharacheh M,Khalajabadi Farahani F,Mirghafourvand M,Janani L,Ranjbar F

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In South Asia, up to 20% of people ingesting pesticides for self-poisoning purchase the pesticide from a shop with the sole intention of self-harm. Individuals who are intoxicated with alcohol and/or non-farmers represent 72% of such high-risk individuals. We aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability o...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Weerasinghe M,Konradsen F,Eddleston M,Pearson M,Jayamanne S,Gunnell D,Hawton K,Agampodi S

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of osteoporosis (OP) is rapidly increasing. Healthy behaviors are crucial for the management of OP. Application of the information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model has been verified in various chronic diseases, but this model has not been investigated for behavioral interventions among...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tsamlag L,Wang H,Shen Q,Shi Y,Zhang S,Chang R,Liu X,Shen T,Cai Y

更新日期：2020-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public health interventions can impact a broad number of outcomes, including both health and non-health outcomes (NHOs). However, although it is often acknowledged that it's important to take NHOs into account in economic evaluation studies, in practice these are often neglected. To address this issue, our s...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： van Mastrigt GA,Paulus AT,Aarts MJ,Evers SM,Alayli-Goebbels AF

更新日期：2015-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Educational attainment has been shown to influence access to and quality of health care. However, the influence of educational attainment on decision-making at the end of life with possible or certain life-shortening effect (ELDs ie intensified pain and symptom alleviation, non-treatment decisions, euthanasi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chambaere K,Rietjens JA,Cohen J,Pardon K,Deschepper R,Pasman HR,Deliens L

更新日期：2013-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study explores the relationship between children's sex composition and parents' mortality in a contemporary western society. It improves on earlier research by using a larger and more representative dataset - constructed from registers and encompassing the entire Norwegian population. METHODS:The analy...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Christiansen SG

更新日期：2014-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Germany, vaccination against hepatitis B is recommended for infants, children and adolescents since 1995 and for specific target groups since 1982. Little is known about knowledge about viral hepatitis and attitudes toward hepatitis B vaccination-factors likely to influence vaccine uptake. METHODS:In ord...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Schenkel K,Radun D,Bremer V,Bocter N,Hamouda O

更新日期：2008-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is current controversy about the efficacy of smoking cessation interventions that are based on information obtained by spirometry. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness in the primary care setting of structured motivational intervention to achieve smoking cessation, compared with...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Martin-Lujan F,Piñol-Moreso JL,Martin-Vergara N,Basora-Gallisa J,Pascual-Palacios I,Sagarra-Alamo R,Llopis EA,Basora-Gallisa MT,Pedret-Llaberia R,ESPITAP Study Group investigators.

更新日期：2011-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increase in suicide mortality is often observed in economic recessions. The objective of this study was to analyse trends in socioeconomic inequalities in suicide mortality before and during the economic recession in two geographical settings in Spain. METHODS:This study analyses inequalities in mortalit...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Borrell C,Marí-Dell'Olmo M,Gotsens M,Calvo M,Rodríguez-Sanz M,Bartoll X,Esnaola S

更新日期：2017-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to ascertain the prevalence of burnout in Kazakhstan firefighters with regard to position and to identify predictors of faster burnout in order to plan future preventive strategies. METHODS:Data on demographics, lifestyle, fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS)), SF-8 health-related...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Vinnikov D,Tulekov Z,Akylzhanov A,Romanova Z,Dushpanova A,Kalmatayeva Z

更新日期：2019-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding people's social lived experiences of chronic illness is fundamental to improving health service delivery and health outcomes, particularly in relation to self-management activity. In explorations of social lived experiences this paper uncovers the ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isla...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ward NJ,Jowsey T,Haora PJ,Aspin C,Yen LE

更新日期：2011-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, alcohol consumption contributes to 3.3 million deaths and 5.1% of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), and its use is linked with more than 200 disease and injury conditions. Our study assessed the frequency and patterns of Heavy Episodic Drinking (HED) in Kenya. HED is defined as consumption of...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kendagor A,Gathecha G,Ntakuka MW,Nyakundi P,Gathere S,Kiptui D,Abubakar H,Ombiro O,Juma P,Ngaruiya C

更新日期：2018-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing body of evidence suggest an association between physical activity levels and students psychological well-being. A number of research studies have evaluated playground interventions that aim to increase physical activity levels, decrease conflict and bullying, and improve students behaviour. The HAP...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cotton W,Dudley D,Jackson K,Winslade M,Atkin J

更新日期：2017-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The main objective of this study is to examine the epidemiology of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection amongst patients (473 men, 180 women) seen two hospitals in Taiwan. METHODS:Between July 2004 and June 2005, a total of 653 patients provided first-void urine samples for examination of CT using PCR assay...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chen KT,Chen SC,Chiang CC,Li LH,Tang LH

更新日期：2007-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Having been overwhelmed by the complexity of the response needed for the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic, public health professionals in the small island state of Barbados put various measures in place to improve its response in the event of a pandemic METHODS:Data for this study was colle...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Sobers-Grannum N,Springer K,Ferdinand E,St John J

更新日期：2010-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaccination and screening are forms of primary and secondary prevention methods. These methods are recommended for controlling the spread of a vast number of diseases and conditions. To determine the most effective preventive methods to be used by a society, multi-level models have shown to be more effective...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nyambe A,Van Hal G,Kampen JK

更新日期：2016-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is on the rise among young adults (aged 20-39 years). A challenge for health risk communication is that young adults may not be aware or lack acknowledgement of their personal risk of developing T2D. To date, no knowledge is available on potential relationships between personality trait...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Skøt L,Nielsen JB,Leppin A

更新日期：2018-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preventative medicine has become increasingly important in efforts to reduce the burden of chronic disease in industrialised countries. However, interventions that fail to recruit socio-economically representative samples may widen existing health inequalities. This paper explores the barriers and facilitato...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Harkins C,Shaw R,Gillies M,Sloan H,Macintyre K,Scoular A,Morrison C,Mackay F,Cunningham H,Docherty P,Macintyre P,Findlay IN

更新日期：2010-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since economic inequality is often accompanied by health inequalities, health care inequalities are increasingly becoming a hot issue on a global scale. As a developing country, China is still facing the same problems as other countries in the world. Especially in underdeveloped regions, owing to the relativ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Xian W,Xu X,Li J,Sun J,Fu H,Wu S,Liu H

更新日期：2019-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although data from longitudinal studies are sparse, effort-reward imbalance (ERI) seems to affect work ability. However, the potential pathway from restricted work ability to ERI must also be considered. Therefore, the aim of our study was to analyse cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between ERI ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bethge M,Radoschewski FM,Gutenbrunner C

更新日期：2012-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health is a result of influences operating at multiple levels. For example, inadequate housing, poor educational attainment, and reduced access to health care are clustered together, and are all associated with reduced health. Policies which try to change individual people's behaviour have limited effect whe...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hill RA,Brophy S,Brunt H,Storey M,Thomas NE,Thornton CA,Palmer S,Dunstan F,Paranjothy S,McClure R,Rodgers SE,Lyons RA

更新日期：2010-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of religious beliefs in the prevention of HIV and attitudes towards the infected has received considerable attention. However, little research has been conducted on Faith Leaders' (FLs) perceptions of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the developing world. This study investigated FLs' attitudes toward...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Roura M,Nsigaye R,Nhandi B,Wamoyi J,Busza J,Urassa M,Todd J,Zaba B

更新日期：2010-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The debate on socioeconomic inequalities in health dominates the research and policy agenda of many countries. The prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is on the rise in recent years in Botswana. As a prevention and policy effort, the study provided an empirical evidence on socioeconomic inequaliti...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Keetile M,Navaneetham K,Letamo G,Rakgoasi SD

更新日期：2019-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical inactivity is a growing public health concern. Use of mobile applications (apps) may be a powerful tool to encourage physical activity and a healthy lifestyle. For instance, apps may be used in the preparation of a running event. However, there is little evidence for the relationship between app use...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Dallinga JM,Mennes M,Alpay L,Bijwaard H,Baart de la Faille-Deutekom M

更新日期：2015-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Novel coronavirus is a global pandemic and killed many individuals, including health care professionals. It caused stress on the health care system of all countries. Presently, studies are emerging regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in different aspects. However, a few have explored barriers that affecting the ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mersha A,Shibiru S,Girma M,Ayele G,Bante A,Kassa M,Abebe S,Shewangizaw M

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the role of breastfeeding contraindications in breastfeeding practices. Our objectives were to 1) identify predictors of breastfeeding initiation and duration among a cohort of predominantly low-income, inner-city women, and 2) evaluate the contribution of breastfeeding contraindication...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： England L,Brenner R,Bhaskar B,Simons-Morton B,Das A,Revenis M,Mehta N,Clemens J

更新日期：2003-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Taxes on alcohol and tobacco have long been an important means of raising revenues for public spending in many countries but there is increasing interest in using taxes on these, and other unhealthy products, to achieve public health goals. We present a systematic review of the research on health taxes, and ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Wright A,Smith KE,Hellowell M

更新日期：2017-06-19 00:00:00