A sex-role-preference model for HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in China.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking epidemic in Brazilian women has later onset, smaller magnitude, and slower decreasing trend, compared to men. Among pregnant women, smoking has an additional deleterious effect. The purpose of this study was to analyze smoking prevalence during pregnancy and associated factors, and to describe the fr...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kale PL,Fonseca SC,da Silva KS,da Rocha PM,Silva RG,Pires AC,Cavalcanti Mde L,Costa AJ,de Torres TZ

更新日期：2015-04-19 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:Most smokers do not use smoking cessation (SC) services although it increases successful quits. Passive referral providing SC information to smokers is commonly used in SC studies. Little was known about active referral in the community setting. This study aims to motivate community smokers to quit by brief ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Suen YN,Wang MP,Li WH,Kwong AC,Lai VW,Chan SS,Lam TH

更新日期：2016-05-11 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Syndromic surveillance complements traditional public health surveillance by collecting and analysing health indicators in near real time. The rationale of syndromic surveillance is that it may detect health threats faster than traditional surveillance systems permitting more timely, and hence potentially mo...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Colón-González FJ,Lake IR,Morbey RA,Elliot AJ,Pebody R,Smith GE

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on trends in malaria prevalence is significant to assist efforts in the control and prevention of the disease. This retrospective study was, therefore, aimed to determine the prevalence of malaria in Woreta town, northwestern Ethiopia over 8 years. METHODS:A retrospective study was conducted in Woreta ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Alelign A,Tekeste Z,Petros B

更新日期：2018-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Mexican arm of the Camino Verde trial of community mobilisation for dengue prevention covered three coastal regions of Guerrero state: Acapulco, Costa Grande and Costa Chica. A baseline cross-sectional survey provided data for community mobilisation and for adapting the intervention design to concrete co...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nava-Aguilera E,Morales-Pérez A,Balanzar-Martínez A,Rodríguez-Ramírez O,Jiménez-Alejo A,Flores-Moreno M,Gasga-Salinas D,Legorreta-Soberanis J,Paredes-Solís S,Morales-Nava PA,de Lourdes Soto-Ríos M,Ledogar RJ,Coloma J,Harris E,

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is on the rise worldwide, not sparing developing countries. Both demographic and socio-economic factors play parts in obesity causation. Few surveys have been conducted in Tanzania to determine the magnitude of obesity and its association with these risk factors. This study aimed at determining the p...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Shayo GA,Mugusi FM

更新日期：2011-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several low and middle-income countries (LMIC) use Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and/or Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) to monitor the health of their population. The level and trends of under-five mortality rates could be different in the HDSS sites compared to the DHS reports. In t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Deribew A,Ojal J,Karia B,Bauni E,Oteinde M

更新日期：2016-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco use has serious public health implications for both smokers and non-smokers and significant economic implications on health care spending for governments. Tobacco-related deaths are preventable through well-formulated and implemented tobacco control policies. Using tobacco policy as a case study, we ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mohamed SF,Juma P,Asiki G,Kyobutungi C

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of short stature (SS) and underweight in Jordan on a national level is unknown. This study aimed to investigate, on a national level, the prevalence of short stature (SS), underweight, overweight, and obesity among school aged children in Jordan. METHODS:This cross-sectional study was conduct...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zayed AA,Beano AM,Haddadin FI,Radwan SS,Allauzy SA,Alkhayyat MM,Al-Dahabrah ZA,Al-Hasan YG,Yousef AF

更新日期：2016-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We estimated the associations between exposure to early life growth faltering at the population level and adult height and education outcomes in a sample of 21 low- and middle-income countries. METHODS:We conducted a synthetic panel analysis of 425 birth cohorts across 126 regions in 21 LMICs surveyed in th...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Karra M,Fink G

更新日期：2019-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have flagged racial and ethnic differences in health outcomes in western countries as an urgent global public health priority. Kuwait has a unique demographic profile with two-thirds of the population consisting of non-nationals, most of which are migrant workers. We a...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hamadah H,Alahmad B,Behbehani M,Al-Youha S,Almazeedi S,Al-Haddad M,Jamal MH,Al-Sabah S

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies in China have examined personal ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure using polysulfone dosimetry. METHODS:In this study, 93 mother and adolescent child pairs (N = 186) from two locations in China, one rural (higher latitude) and one urban (lower latitude), completed 3 days of personal UVR dosime...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kimlin MG,Fang L,Feng Y,Wang L,Hao L,Fan J,Wang N,Meng F,Yang R,Cong S,Liang X,Wang B,Linet M,Potischman N,Kitahara C,Chao A,Wang Y,Sun J,Brodie A

更新日期：2019-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer and cancer-killer in Hong Kong with an alarming increasing incidence in recent years. The latest World Cancer Research Fund report concluded that foods low in fibre, and high in red and processed meat cause colorectal cancer whereas physical activity protect...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ho JW,Lee AM,Macfarlane DJ,Fong DY,Leung S,Cerin E,Chan WY,Leung IP,Lam SH,Taylor AJ,Cheng KK

更新日期：2013-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefits of genomics and biotechnology are concentrated primarily in the industrialized world, while their potential to combat neglected diseases in the developing world has been largely untapped. Without building developing world biotechnology capacity to address local health needs, this disparity will ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Daar AS,Berndtson K,Persad DL,Singer PA

更新日期：2007-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Religion plays an important role in youth behaviours, making it a significant factor in the discourse on youth sexuality in sub-Saharan Africa. Several studies have found that religion and religiosity play an important role in the sexual behaviours of young people. However, little research in Nigeria has exa...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Somefun OD

更新日期：2019-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent surveillance data from Bangladesh indicate rising HIV infection among intravenous drug users (IDU) in the country. We suggest a likely association between HIV risk factors in this group and other groups, such as males who have sex with males (MSM). METHODS:Data on MSM in Bangladesh was collected and ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chan PA,Khan OA

更新日期：2007-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The future of notifiable condition reporting in the United States is undergoing a transformation with the increasing development of Health Information Exchanges which support electronic data-sharing and -transfer networks and the wider adoption of electronic laboratory reporting. Communicable disease report ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Revere D,Hills RH,Dixon BE,Gibson PJ,Grannis SJ

更新日期：2017-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low physical activity is known to be a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease. With high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in the Portuguese urban population, little is known about how sedentary this population is and what factors are associated to sedentary lifestyles. This study's objective w...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gal DL,Santos AC,Barros H

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overweight in children and adolescents has reached dimensions of a global epidemic during recent years. Simultaneously, information and communication technology use has rapidly increased. METHODS:A population-based sample of Finnish twins born in 1983-1987 (N = 4098) was assessed by self-report questionnair...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lajunen HR,Keski-Rahkonen A,Pulkkinen L,Rose RJ,Rissanen A,Kaprio J

更新日期：2007-02-26 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:Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have a higher risk of developing opportunistic infections due to either the disease itself or to treatment with immunosuppressants. This risk can be reduced through vaccination. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of compliance with the guideli...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： García-Serrano C,Mirada G,Marsal JR,Ortega M,Sol J,Solano R,Artigues EM,Estany P

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In low tuberculosis (TB) incidence countries TB affects mostly immigrants in the productive age group. Little empirical information is available about direct and indirect TB-related costs that patients face in these high-income countries. We assessed the direct and indirect costs of immigrants with TB in the...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kik SV,Olthof SP,de Vries JT,Menzies D,Kincler N,van Loenhout-Rooyakkers J,Burdo C,Verver S

更新日期：2009-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between socioeconomic position in middle age and risk of subsequent, short-term weight gain is unknown. We therefore assessed this association in a prospective population based cohort study in Norfolk, UK. METHODS:We analysed data on 14,619 middle-aged men and women (aged between 40-75 at ba...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Purslow LR,Young EH,Wareham NJ,Forouhi N,Brunner EJ,Luben RN,Welch AA,Khaw KT,Bingham SA,Sandhu MS

更新日期：2008-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health inequality has been recognized as a problem all over the world. In China, the poor usually have less access to healthcare than the better-off, despite having higher levels of need. Since the proportion of the Chinese population living in urban areas increased tremendously with the urbanization movemen...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Yang W,Kanavos P

更新日期：2012-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior to the 2009 H1N1 Influenza pandemic, public health authorities in Canada and elsewhere prepared for the future outbreak, partly guided by an ethical framework developed within the Canadian Program of Research on Ethics in a Pandemic (CanPREP). We developed a telephone-based survey based on that framewo...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ritvo P,Perez DF,Wilson K,Gibson JL,Guglietti CL,Tracy CS,Bensimon CM,Upshur RE,University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics - Pandemic Ethics Working Group.

更新日期：2013-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Swiss Health Survey (SHS) provides the only source of data for monitoring overweight and obesity in the general population in Switzerland. However, this survey reports body mass index (BMI) based on self-reported height and weight, and is therefore subject to measurement errors. Moreover, it is not possi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Volken T,Schaffert R,Rüesch P

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis with Type 2 Diabetes is an opportunity for individuals to change their physical activity and dietary behaviours. Diabetes treatment guidelines recommend theory-based, patient-centred care and advocate the provision of support for patient motivation but the motivational experiences of people newly d...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Sebire SJ,Toumpakari Z,Turner KM,Cooper AR,Page AS,Malpass A,Andrews RC

更新日期：2018-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Go-Golborne was a three-year pilot programme to test an innovative, community-based 'whole system' approach to preventing overweight in children in Golborne ward, London. Whilst there is a growing interest in local whole systems approaches to obesity, understandings of what they look like in practice are new...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gadsby EW,Hotham S,Eida T,Lawrence C,Merritt R

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00