Postcode lotteries in public health--the NHS Health Checks Programme in North West London.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Late diagnosis of HIV infection remains a key challenge in Europe. It is acknowledged that general practitioners (GPs) may contribute greatly to early case finding, yet there is evidence that many diagnostic opportunities are being missed. To further promote HIV testing in primary care and to increase the ut...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Deblonde J,Van Beckhoven D,Loos J,Boffin N,Sasse A,Nöstlinger C,Supervie V,HERMETIC Study Group.

更新日期：2018-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) recently emerged as a major public health hazard in Egypt. However, dramatic healthcare budget constraints limit access to the costly treatment. We assessed risk perception and priority setting for intervention among HCV, unsafe water, and outdoor air pollution in Cairo city. METHODS...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Schwarzinger M,Mohamed MK,Gad RR,Dewedar S,Fontanet A,Carrat F,Luchini S

更新日期：2010-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Finland, asylum seekers from countries with high tuberculosis (TB) incidence (> 50/100,000 population/year) and those coming from a refugee camp or conflict area are eligible for TB screening. The aim of this study was to characterise the TB cases diagnosed during screening and estimate the yield of TB sc...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Räisänen PE,Soini H,Tiittala P,Snellman O,Ruutu P,Nuorti JP,Lyytikäinen O

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public health policies sometimes have unexpected effects. Understanding how policies and interventions lead to outcomes is essential if policymakers and researchers are to intervene effectively and reduce harmful and other unintended consequences (UCs) of their actions. Yet, evaluating complex mechanisms and...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Oliver K,Lorenc T,Tinkler J,Bonell C

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evidence for a "diabesity" epidemic is accumulating worldwide but population-based data are still scarce in the African region. We assessed the prevalence, awareness and control of diabetes (DM) in the Seychelles, a rapidly developing country in the African region. We also examined the relationship betwe...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Faeh D,William J,Tappy L,Ravussin E,Bovet P

更新日期：2007-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Olympic Games constitute a first-class opportunity to promote athleticism and health messages. Little is known, however on the impact of Olympic Games on the development of health-promotion programs for the general population. Our objective was to identify and describe the population-based health-promoti...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Soteriades ES,Hadjichristodoulou C,Kremastinou J,Chelvatzoglou FC,Minogiannis PS,Falagas ME

更新日期：2006-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Personal problems are known to influence mental health among workers. The current study investigated the most concerning present personal problems which have the greatest impact on psychological distress among working-age Japanese men, rather than issues relating to work tasks or duties. METHODS:We obtained...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Wada K,Eguchi H,Yoneoka D,Okahisa J,Smith DR

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To describe the identification, adaptation, and testing of an evidence-based pediatric weight management program for a health disparate community. METHODS:A community advisory board (CAB) of decision-makers and staff from local health care, public health, and recreation organizations engaged with academic p...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hill JL,Zoellner JM,You W,Brock DJ,Price B,Alexander RC,Frisard M,Brito F,Hou X,Estabrooks PA

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous analyses of the listings of trastuzumab on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and HPV vaccine on the National Immunisation Program (NIP) suggest a media influence on policy makers. We examined the timing and content of Australian newspaper reports of medicines in relation to Pharmac...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Robertson J,Walkom EJ,Bevan MD,Newby DA

更新日期：2013-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arts engagement within communities is ubiquitous across cultures globally and previous research has suggested its benefits for mental health and wellbeing. However, it remains unclear whether these benefits are driven by arts engagement itself or by important confounders such as socio-economic status (SES), ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Wang S,Mak HW,Fancourt D

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a huge interest by faith-based organizations (FBOs) in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere in HIV prevention interventions that build on the religious aspects of being. Successful partnerships between the public health services and FBOs will require a better understanding of the conceptual framing of H...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mpofu E,Nkomazana F,Muchado JA,Togarasei L,Bingenheimer JB

更新日期：2014-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence supports that television food advertisements influence children's food preferences and their consumption. However, few studies have examined the extent and nature of food marketing to children in low and middle income countries. This study aims to assess the nutritional quality of foods and beverage...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rincón-Gallardo Patiño S,Tolentino-Mayo L,Flores Monterrubio EA,Harris JL,Vandevijvere S,Rivera JA,Barquera S

更新日期：2016-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking often starts in early adolescence and addiction can occur rapidly. For effective smoking prevention there is a need to identify at risk groups of preadolescent children and whether gender-specific intervention components are necessary. This study aimed to examine associations between mother, father, ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： McGee CE,Trigwell J,Fairclough SJ,Murphy RC,Porcellato L,Ussher M,Foweather L

更新日期：2015-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of obesity and obesity-related conditions is not borne equally and disparities in prevalence are well documented for low-income, minority and rural adults in the United States. The current literature on rural versus urban disparities is largely derived from national surveillance data which may not...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hill JL,You W,Zoellner JM

更新日期：2014-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate whether religious service attendance and faith leaders' messages about HIV and same-sex relationships are associated with acceptance of HIV prevention strategies. METHODS:Multivariable Poisson regression assessed whether attending religious services, faith leaders' messages about HIV and same...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ransome Y,Bogart LM,Nunn AS,Mayer KH,Sadler KR,Ojikutu BO

更新日期：2018-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Factors which determine the development of atopy and the observed rural-urban gradient in its prevalence are not fully understood. High body mass index (BMI) has been associated with asthma and potentially atopy in industrialized countries. In developing countries, the transition from rural to urban areas ha...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Larbi IA,Klipstein-Grobusch K,Amoah AS,Obeng BB,Wilson MD,Yazdanbakhsh M,Boakye DA

更新日期：2011-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public Health policies related to social distancing efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic helped slow the infection rate. However, individual-level factors associated with social distancing are largely unknown. We sought to examine social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan, an infection "hots...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cassidy-Bushrow AE,Baseer M,Kippen K,Levin AM,Li J,Loveless I,Poisson LM,Schultz L,Wegienka G,Zhou Y,Johnson CC

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outbreak detection algorithms play an important role in effective automated surveillance. Although many algorithms have been designed to improve the performance of outbreak detection, few published studies have examined how epidemic features of infectious disease impact on the detection performance of algori...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kuang J,Yang WZ,Zhou DL,Li ZJ,Lan YJ

更新日期：2012-06-08 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:Grip strength in early adulthood and midlife is an important predictor of disability, morbidity and mortality in later life. Understanding social patterning in grip strength at different life stages could improve insight into inequalities in age-related decline and when in the life course interventions could...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Carney C,Benzeval M

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A gender gap exists in knowledge regarding persons living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana. Women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHIV) greatly outnumber males living with HIV/AIDS (MLHIV) in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa generally. This necessitates more gender-nuanced evidence-based information on HIV/AIDS to guide individual...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Owusu AY

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many unmarried young people in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) want to avoid pregnancy but do not use modern methods of contraception-as a result, half of teen births in these countries are unintended. Researchers have identified numerous barriers that prevent youth from using contraception. However,...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cohen N,Mendy FT,Wesson J,Protti A,Cissé C,Gueye EB,Trupe L,Floreak R,Guichon D,Lorenzana K,Buttenheim A

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Governments use law to constrain aspects of private activities for purposes of protecting health and social wellbeing. Policymakers have a range of perceptions and beliefs about what is public or private. An understanding of the possible drivers of policymaker decisions about where government can or should i...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rouch G,Thomson G,Wilson N,Hudson S,Edwards R,Gifford H,Lanumata T

更新日期：2010-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Men who have sex with men (MSM) have become a high-risk group of HIV infection in China. To date, little is known regarding the psychological characteristics in Chinese MSM, especially the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempts. METHODS:A questionnaire survey was conducted on 2,250 MSM recruited from ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chen H,Li Y,Wang L,Zhang B

更新日期：2015-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence from Western countries indicates that there are fundamental discrepancies between self-perceived illness of immigrants and the provision of health care, according to the Western bio-medical health service model. These need to be understood in the planning and implementation stages of public health c...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zini A,Vered Y,Sgan-Cohen HD

更新日期：2009-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The widening socioeconomic gap in smoking during pregnancy remains a challenge to the Swedish antenatal care services. However, the influence of cultural factors in explaining the socioeconomic differences in smoking during pregnancy is not clear among the immigrant women. The aim of this study was to invest...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Moussa KM,Ostergren PO,Eek F,Kunst AE

更新日期：2010-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies found regional differences in the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes between Northeast and South of Germany. The aim of this study was to investigate if regional variations are also present for macrovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes and in the general population. A fur...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ptushkina V,Jacobs E,Schipf S,Völzke H,Markus MRP,Nauck M,Meisinger C,Peters A,Maier W,Herder C,Roden M,Rathmann W

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on the association between body self-perception and eating patterns among adolescents are scarce. This study assessed the association between body image and eating patterns among normal-weight, overweight and obese adolescents. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey (n = 1231; 12-17 years old) was carried ou...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bibiloni Mdel M,Pich J,Pons A,Tur JA

更新日期：2013-12-01 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:Lower participation rates in mammography screening are common among migrant women compared to native-born women. Explanations of these lower rates have mainly been based on behavioural theories investigating how lack of knowledge, access to services and culture influence the screening behaviour. The aim of t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lue Kessing L,Norredam M,Kvernrod AB,Mygind A,Kristiansen M

更新日期：2013-05-03 00:00:00