Population-based incidence of Type 2 diabetes and its associated risk factors: results from a six-year cohort study in Iran.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Young adults face radical life changes regarding residence, marriage, family and work that may negatively impact their health behaviours. Therefore, we investigated the associations of the number of daily hassles and life events and their subjective appraisal with physical activity and screen time in young a...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Uijtdewilligen L,Singh AS,Chinapaw MJ,Koppes LL,van Mechelen W,Twisk JW

更新日期：2014-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The available literature suggests that there are significant differences in maternal mortality according to maternal origin in high income countries. The objective of this study was to quantify the risk of maternal death by maternal origin and region of Spain where the birth occurred and to identify the most...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Blagoeva Atanasova V,Arevalo-Serrano J,Antolin Alvarado E,García-Tizón Larroca S

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most estimates of HIV prevalence have been based on sentinel surveillance of pregnant women which may either under-estimate or over-estimate the actual prevalence in adult female population. One situation which can lead to either an underestimate or an overestimate of the actual HIV prevalence is where there...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kongnyuy EJ,Wiysonge CS

更新日期：2008-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Table Talk tool is an observational assessment of early care and education teacher (ECET) mealtime practices. The Table Talk Revised (TT-R) tool incorporates new constructs that emerged from qualitative research and teases apart existing categories to improve nuance of data capture. The objective of this ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Swindle T,Phelps J,McBride NM,Selig JP,Rutledge JM,Manyam S

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity remains a major public health problem, associated with a cluster of metabolic abnormalities. However, individuals exist who are very obese but have normal metabolic parameters. The aim of this study was to determine to what extent differences in metabolic health in very obese women are explained by d...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hayes L,Pearce MS,Firbank MJ,Walker M,Taylor R,Unwin NC

更新日期：2010-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The TB operational guideline (the deskguide) is a detailed action guide for county TB doctors aiming to improve the quality of DOTS, while the China national TB policy guide is a guide to TB control that is comprehensive but lacks operational usability for frontline TB doctors. This study reports the process...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Wei X,Walley JD,Liang X,Liu F,Zhang X,Li R

更新日期：2008-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) is applied internationally as a tool to assess the level of physical activity. The GPAQ was designed as an interview, including the use of show cards, which visualise activities of moderate and intensive physical activity and support the distinction between t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rudolf K,Lammer F,Stassen G,Froböse I,Schaller A

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the present study the effect of a workplace-oriented intervention for persons on long-term sick leave for clinical burnout, aimed at facilitating return to work (RTW) by job-person match through patient-supervisor communication, was evaluated. We hypothesised that the intervention group would show a more ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Karlson B,Jönsson P,Pålsson B,Abjörnsson G,Malmberg B,Larsson B,Osterberg K

更新日期：2010-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the number of studies examining the relationships between sedentary behaviors (SB) and anxiety is growing, an overarching evidence, taking into account children, adolescents, and adults as well as different types of SB and different categories of anxiety outcomes, is still missing. Thus, this system...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Stanczykiewicz B,Banik A,Knoll N,Keller J,Hohl DH,Rosińczuk J,Luszczynska A

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-immolation, as a method of suicide, is one of the most violent and extreme ways which is usually attempted by the ignition of inflammable materials, with more than 70% fatality rate. In the literature, Iran has been reported to have a high rate of self-immolation; therefore, this study aimed to evaluate...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mohammadi AA,Karoobi M,Erfani A,Shahriarirad R,Ranjbar K,Zardosht M,Modarresi MS,Afrasiabi Z

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Organizational changes in modern corporate life have become increasingly common and there are indications that they often fail to achieve their ends. An earlier study of 24,036 employees showed that those who had repeatedly been exposed to large increases in staffing during 1991-1996 had an excess risk of bo...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Baltzer M,Westerlund H,Backhans M,Melinder K

更新日期：2011-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological studies suggest that only some distressed individuals seek help from primary care and that pathways to mental health care appear to be ethnically patterned. However few research studies examine how people with common mental disorder manage their mental distress, which help-seeking strategies ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rüdell K,Bhui K,Priebe S

更新日期：2008-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Co-morbid major depressive disorder (MDD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is associated with poor clinical and psychological outcomes. However, the full extent of the burden of, and interaction between, this co-morbidity on important vocational outcomes remains less clear, particularly at the population lev...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： O'Neil A,Williams ED,Stevenson CE,Oldenburg B,Sanderson K

更新日期：2012-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ATLAS programme aims to promote and implement HIV self-testing (HIVST) in three West African countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal. During 2019-2021, in close collaboration with the national AIDS implementing partners and communities, ATLAS plans to distribute 500,000 HIVST kits through eight deliv...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rouveau N,Ky-Zerbo O,Boye S,Fotso AS,d'Elbée M,Maheu-Giroux M,Silhol R,Kouassi AK,Vautier A,Doumenc-Aïdara C,Breton G,Keita A,Ehui E,Ndour CT,Boilly MC,Terris-Prestholt F,Pourette D,Desclaux A,Larmarange J,ATLAS Tea

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kondo Rural Health Centre recorded 27 malaria patients between the 27th of January 2019 and the 2nd of February 2019 against an epidemic threshold of 19 with the malaria outbreak being confirmed on the 5th of February 2019. Indoor residual spraying as part of integrated vector management control activities h...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Masango TT,Nyadzayo TK,Gombe NT,Juru TP,Shambira G,Chiwanda S,Tshimanga MT

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As with many Indigenous peoples, smoking rates among Aboriginal Australians are considerably higher than those of the non-Indigenous population. Approximately 50% of Indigenous women smoke during pregnancy, a time when women are more motivated to quit. Antenatal care providers are potentially important chang...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Passey ME,D'Este CA,Sanson-Fisher RW

更新日期：2012-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is known that occupational injury rates are higher for immigrant than for native workers, however the effects of the economic cycles on these differences has not been assessed to date. The aim of the paper is to test if the crisis has the same mechanism of selection in the two groups by comparing injury r...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Giraudo M,Bena A,Mosca M,Farina E,Leombruni R,Costa G

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enterococci are the most important multidrug resistant organisms associated with immunocompromised patients. Data are lacking about the epidemiology of vancomycin resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Ethiopia. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of VRE, their susceptibility patterns to different antibiotics ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Abebe W,Endris M,Tiruneh M,Moges F

更新日期：2014-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ethiopia is a developing sub-Saharan African country with increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including oral conditions. Oral health and dental care have been given little consideration, and there is limited information relating to population oral health and use of dental services in t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bogale B,Engida F,Hanlon C,Prince MJ,Gallagher JE

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical activity is effective for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease, yet insufficient evidence is available to make comparisons regarding adherence to aerobic physical activity interventions among chronic disease populations, or across different settings. The purpose of this review is to inves...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bullard T,Ji M,An R,Trinh L,Mackenzie M,Mullen SP

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study assessed clustering of three health-compromising behaviours and explored the association of neighbourhood and individual social capital with simultaneous health-compromising behaviours and patterns of those behaviours in women in the first trimester of pregnancy (baseline) and during the second an...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tofani AA,Lamarca Gde A,Sheiham A,Vettore MV

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) is a communicable disease of increasing global importance with 1.75 million new infections and 400,000 related deaths annually. Until recently, treatment options have had low uptake and most infected people remain untreated. New Direct Acting Antiviral medications can clear ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Edmunds BL,Miller ER,Tsourtos G

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe wasting affects 16 million under 5's and carries an immediate risk of death. Prevalence remains unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa and early infancy is a high-risk period. We aimed to explore risk factors for severe wasting in rural Gambian infants. METHODS:We undertook a case-control study from...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nabwera HM,Moore SE,Mwangome MK,Molyneux SC,Darboe MK,Camara-Trawally N,Sonko B,Darboe A,Singhateh S,Fulford AJ,Prentice AM

更新日期：2018-01-06 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:Poor mental health predicts sexual risk behaviours in high-income countries, but little is known about this association in low-income settings in sub-Saharan Africa where HIV is prevalent. This study investigated whether depression, psychological distress and alcohol use are associated with sexual risk behav...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lundberg P,Rukundo G,Ashaba S,Thorson A,Allebeck P,Ostergren PO,Cantor-Graae E

更新日期：2011-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Scandinavia, the distribution of ticks is expanding and tick-borne diseases constitute growing health risks. While the probability of getting a tick-borne disease after a tick bite is low, the health impacts can be large. This, as well as other characteristics of these diseases make tick-related risks dif...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Slunge D,Jore S,Krogfelt KA,Jepsen MT,Boman A

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current literature suggests that forming implementation intentions (simple 'if-then' plans) about how to refuse the offer of a cigarette may be an effective intervention to reduce smoking initiation in adolescents. This study is a pragmatic trial to test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of such a...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Conner M,Grogan S,Lawton R,Armitage C,West R,Siddiqi K,Gannon B,Torgerson C,Flett K,Simms-Ellis R

更新日期：2013-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The hand hygiene (HH) behaviour of the general public and its effect on illnesses are issues of growing importance. Gender is associated with HH behaviour. HH efficiency is a combination of washing efficiency and hand drying, but information about the knowledge level and HH behaviour of the general public is...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Suen LKP,So ZYY,Yeung SKW,Lo KYK,Lam SC

更新日期：2019-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both smoking and obesity are separately associated with sickness absence. Unhealthy lifestyle habits and health conditions may occur concurrently yet studies focusing on their joint association are few. This study examined the joint associations of smoking and obesity with sickness absence (SA). METHODS:A m...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Roos E,Lallukka T,Lahelma E,Rahkonen O

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two trials were conducted to compare emergency department patient comprehension of rapid HIV pre-test information using different methods to deliver this information. METHODS:Patients were enrolled for these two trials at a US emergency department between February 2005 and January 2006. In Trial One, patien...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Merchant RC,Gee EM,Clark MA,Mayer KH,Seage GR 3rd,Degruttola VG

更新日期：2007-09-12 00:00:00