Chronic pain in primary care. German figures from 1991 and 2006.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Societal expenditures on work-disability benefits is high in most Western countries. As a precursor of long-term work restrictions, long-term sickness absence (LTSA) is under continuous attention of policy makers. Different healthcare professionals can play a role in identification of persons at risk of LTSA...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： van der Burg LRA,van Kuijk SMJ,Ter Wee MM,Heymans MW,de Rijk AE,Geuskens GA,Ottenheijm RPG,Dinant GJ,Boonen A

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria transmission in Ethiopia is unstable and seasonal, with the majority of the country's population living in malaria-prone areas. Results from DHS 2005 indicate that the coverage of key malaria interventions was low. The government of Ethiopia has set the national goal of full population coverage with ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Shargie EB,Gebre T,Ngondi J,Graves PM,Mosher AW,Emerson PM,Ejigsemahu Y,Endeshaw T,Olana D,WeldeMeskel A,Teferra A,Tadesse Z,Tilahun A,Yohannes G,Richards FO Jr

更新日期：2008-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implementing rigorous epidemiologic studies in low-resource settings involves challenges in participant recruitment and follow-up (e.g., mobile populations, distrust), biological sample collection (e.g., cold-chain, laboratory equipment scarcity) and data collection (e.g., literacy, staff training, and infra...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Aceituno AM,Stanhope KK,Rebolledo PA,Burke RM,Revollo R,Iñiguez V,Suchdev PS,Leon JS

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ageing workforce has an impact on public health. The aim of this study was to evaluate work-related disorders, work tasks and measures associated with the possibility of working beyond 65 years of age or not. METHOD:The data comprised two sample surveys based on the Swedish population: the Survey of Nat...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nilsson K

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The population prevalence of many diseases is known. However, little is known of the population prevalence of motor impairments. METHODS:The aim of this study was to determine the point prevalence of specific motor impairments (weakness, fatigue, contracture, impaired balance and impaired coordination) in t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Herbert RD,Taylor JL,Lord SR,Gandevia SC

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Burns are a serious public health problem worldwide accounting for an estimated 265,000 deaths annually from fires alone. The vast majority (96%) of deaths from fire-related burns occur in low- and middle-income countries and burns are one of the leading causes of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) in th...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Forbinake NA,Ohandza CS,Fai KN,Agbor VN,Asonglefac BK,Aroke D,Beyiha G

更新日期：2020-08-20 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:Haze leads to many direct serious public health impacts. Understanding haze related knowledge can not only help adolescents organize health protection awareness to prevent the harmful effects that haze has on the body, but also promote their normal growth and development. METHODS:By considering, as the theo...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Dou H,Zhao Y,Chen Y,Zhao Q,Xiao B,Wang Y,Zhang Y,Chen Z,Guo J,Tao L

更新日期：2018-06-14 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:Existing studies are divided as to whether social inequalities in health widen or converge as people age. In part this is due to reliance on cross-sectional data, but also among longitudinal studies to differences in the measurement of both socioeconomic status (SES) and health and in the treatment of surviv...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Benzeval M,Green MJ,Leyland AH

更新日期：2011-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent epidemiological studies have found that the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) has significantly increased among children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between short sleep duration and prehypertension and hypertension in Lithuanian children and adolescents ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kuciene R,Dulskiene V

更新日期：2014-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social understandings of sexually transmitted infections and associated symptoms and care-seeking behaviour continue to lag behind advancements in biomedical diagnostics and treatment, perpetuating the burden of disease. There is a lack of research linking perceptions, experiences and care-seeking for sexual...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mapp F,Hickson F,Mercer CH,Wellings K

更新日期：2016-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally syphilis is an important yet preventable cause of stillbirth, neonatal mortality and morbidity. OBJECTIVES:This review sought to estimate the effect of detection and treatment of active syphilis in pregnancy with at least 2.4 MU benzathine penicillin (or equivalent) on syphilis-related stillbirths ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Blencowe H,Cousens S,Kamb M,Berman S,Lawn JE

更新日期：2011-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of Polish smokers declare their will to quit smoking and many of them attempt to quit. Although morbidity and mortality from tobacco-related diseases are among the highest in the world, there is a lack of comprehensive cessation support for smokers. We aimed to investigate how Poles, including t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Sieminska A,Buczkowski K,Jassem E,Lewandowska K,Ucinska R,Chelminska M

更新日期：2008-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enabling women living with HIV to effectively plan whether and when to become pregnant is an essential right; effective prevention of unintended pregnancies is also critical to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality as well as vertical transmission of HIV. The objective of this study is to examine the use o...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kimani J,Warren C,Abuya T,Mutemwa R,Integra Initiative.,Mayhew S,Askew I

更新日期：2015-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol use is an important risk factor for morbidity, mortality and social harm among adolescents. There is paucity of data on alcohol use among high school students in Ethiopia. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with alcohol use among high school students in Ethiopia METH...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Reda AA,Moges A,Wondmagegn BY,Biadgilign S

更新日期：2012-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cooking over open fires using solid fuels is both common practice throughout much of the world and widely recognized to contribute to human health, environmental, and social problems. The public health burden of household air pollution includes an estimated four million premature deaths each year. To be effe...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Dickinson KL,Kanyomse E,Piedrahita R,Coffey E,Rivera IJ,Adoctor J,Alirigia R,Muvandimwe D,Dove M,Dukic V,Hayden MH,Diaz-Sanchez D,Abisiba AV,Anaseba D,Hagar Y,Masson N,Monaghan A,Titiati A,Steinhoff DF,Hsu YY,Kasp

更新日期：2015-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sickness absence is a problem in many Western countries. Physicians have an essential role in sickness certification of patients, which is often recommended in health care but may have side effects. Despite the potentially harming impact of sickness absence, physicians have very limited training in insurance...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Löfgren A,Hagberg J,Alexanderson K

更新日期：2010-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a need for valid approaches to measure sexual interactions to assess the impact of behavioural interventions and to predict the impact of behaviour changes. Different methods of asking about sexual behaviour often yield conflicting answers and men often report higher levels of heterosexual activity ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Desmond N,Nagelkerke N,Lora W,Chipeta E,Sambo M,Kumwenda M,Corbett EL,Taegtemeyer M,Seeley J,Lalloo DG,Theobald S

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Developing effective prevention and intervention programs for the formative preschool years is seen as an essential step in combating the obesity epidemic across the lifespan. The overall goal of the current project is to measure the effectiveness of a healthy eating and childhood obesity prevention interven...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Skouteris H,McCabe M,Swinburn B,Hill B

更新日期：2010-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:News media are key sources of information regarding tobacco issues, and help set the tobacco control policy agenda. We examined US news coverage of voluntarily smokefree restaurants and bars in locales without mandatory policies to understand how such initiatives are perceived. METHODS:We searched three onl...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： McDaniel PA,Offen N,Yerger V,Forsyth S,Malone RE

更新日期：2015-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) are the mainstay of global and national TB control efforts. However, the gap between expected and reported cases persists for various reasons attributable to the TB services and care-seeking sides of the TB care cascade. Understanding individual and collecti...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bashorun AO,Linda C,Omoleke S,Kendall L,Donkor SD,Kinteh MA,Danso B,Leigh L,Kandeh S,D'Alessandro U,Adetifa IMO

更新日期：2020-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In response to the high burden of disease among sex workers and their position as a population heavily affected by the HIV epidemic, there has been a growing body of literature investigating the prevalence and risk factors associated with HIV risk among sex workers. To contextualize and summarize the existin...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Muldoon KA

更新日期：2015-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although medication adherence and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are two different outcome measures, it is believed that adherence to medication leads to an improvement in overall HRQoL. The study aimed to evaluate the association between medication adherence and HRQoL. METHODS:A questionnaire-based...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Saleem F,Hassali MA,Shafie AA,Awad GA,Atif M,ul Haq N,Aljadhey H,Farooqui M

更新日期：2012-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking is a leading cause of numerous human disorders including lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The development of modified risk tobacco products (MRTPs) has been suggested as a possible way to reduce the risks of tobacco smoking by reducing ex...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gale N,McEwan M,Eldridge AC,Sherwood N,Bowen E,McDermott S,Holmes E,Hedge A,Hossack S,Camacho OM,Errington G,McAughey J,Murphy J,Liu C,Proctor CJ,Fearon IM

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Venues form part of the sampling frame for time-location sampling, an approach often used for HIV surveillance. While sampling location is often regarded as a nuisance factor, venues may play a central role in structuring risk networks. We investigated individual reports of risk behaviors and infections amon...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Drumright LN,Weir SS,Frost SDW

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-risk HPV DNA testing has been proposed as a primary tool for cervical cancer screening (HPV-CCS) as an alternative to the Papanicolaou cytology- method. This study describes factors associated with women's intentions to attend cervical cancer screening if high-risk HPV DNA testing (HPV-CCS) was implemen...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ogilvie GS,Smith LW,van Niekerk D,Khurshed F,Pedersen HN,Taylor D,Thomson K,Greene SB,Babich SM,Franco EL,Coldman AJ

更新日期：2016-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the recent increase in HIV infections among adolescents, little is known about their HIV knowledge and perceptions. This study, therefore, sought to examine the factors associated with comprehensive HIV knowledge, stigma, and HIV risk perceptions among young adolescents aged 10-14 years in Akwa Ibom ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Badru T,Mwaisaka J,Khamofu H,Agbakwuru C,Adedokun O,Pandey SR,Essiet P,James E,Chen-Carrington A,Mastro TD,Aliyu SH,Torpey K

更新日期：2020-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although many countries experience an increase in mortality during winter, the magnitude of this increase varies considerably, suggesting that some winter excess may be avoidable. Conflicting evidence has been presented on the role of gender, region and deprivation. Little has been published on the magnitude...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Davie GS,Baker MG,Hales S,Carlin JB

更新日期：2007-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As more people reach older age, there is a growing interest in improving old person's health, activity, independence and social participation, thereby adding quality to the extended years. Preventive home visits (PHV) programs for old people have received much attention in recent decades. A large body of res...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Behm L,Ivanoff SD,Zidén L

更新日期：2013-04-23 00:00:00