Health literacy and public health: a systematic review and integration of definitions and models.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In persons 15 years and above in South Africa the prevalence of pre-diabetes and diabetes has been estimated at 9.1% and 9.6%, respectively, and the prevalence of systolic prehypertension and hypertension, 38.2% and 24.6%, respectively. Elevated blood glucose and elevated blood pressure are prototype of prev...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Pengpid S,Peltzer K,Skaal L

更新日期：2014-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of computers has increased among adolescents, as have musculoskeletal symptoms. There is evidence that these symptoms can be reduced through an ergonomics approach and through education. The purpose of this study was to examine where adolescents had received ergonomic instructions related to computer...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hakala PT,Saarni LA,Ketola RL,Rahkola ET,Salminen JJ,Rimpelä AH

更新日期：2010-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Australia, sport is saturated by the promotion of junk food, alcohol and gambling products. This is particularly evident on player jerseys. The effect of this advertising on children, who are exposed to these messages while watching sport, has not been thoroughly investigated. The aim of this research stu...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bestman A,Thomas SL,Randle M,Thomas SD

更新日期：2015-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on Basic Health Research (RISKESDAS) conducted by Ministry of Health, Indonesia, prediabetes prevalence tends to increase from 2007 until 2018. The numbers are relatively higher in rural than those in urban area despite of small discrepancies between the two (~ 2-4%). The purpose of this study was to i...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Dany F,Dewi RM,Tjandrarini DH,Pradono J,Delima D,Sariadji K,Handayani S,Kusumawardani N

更新日期：2020-10-06 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:The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) is a measure that assesses patient knowledge, skill, and confidence for self-management. This study validates the Danish translation of the 13-item Patient Activation Measure (PAM13) in a Danish population with dysglycaemia. METHODS:358 people with screen-detected dysgly...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Maindal HT,Sokolowski I,Vedsted P

更新日期：2009-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental health problems have become more common among young people over the last twenty years, especially in certain countries. The reasons for this have remained unclear. The hypothesis tested in this study is that national trends in young people's mental health are associated with national trends in young p...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lager AC,Bremberg SG

更新日期：2009-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research has shown large and increasing relative differences in mortality by marital status in several countries, but few studies have considered trends in cause-specific mortality by marital status among elderly people. METHODS:The author uses discrete-time hazard regression and register data cove...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Berntsen KN

更新日期：2011-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcopenia and obesity have been independently associated with physical function decline, however little information is currently available on the relationship between sarcopenic obesity and physical performance, mainly in middle aged women. The present study aims to estimate the prevalence of sarcopenic obe...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Moreira MA,Zunzunegui MV,Vafaei A,da Câmara SM,Oliveira TS,Maciel ÁC

更新日期：2016-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Three billion people use solid cooking fuels, and 4 million people die from household air pollution annually. Shifting households to clean fuels, like liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), may protect health only if stoves are consistently used. Few studies have used an implementation science framework to systemati...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Thompson LM,Diaz-Artiga A,Weinstein JR,Handley MA

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoporosis is a debilitating disease. Adequate calcium consumption and physical activity are the two major modifiable risk factors. This paper describes the major outcomes and efficacy of a workplace-based targeted behaviour change intervention to improve the dietary and physical activity behaviours of wor...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tan AM,LaMontagne AD,English DR,Howard P

更新日期：2016-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social norms and self-efficacy play important roles in promoting consistent condom use among men who have sex with men (MSM). Few studies have investigated the association between social norms, self-efficacy and consistent condom use with different kinds of male partners among MSM. We conducted an online sur...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Wang C,Tucker JD,Liu C,Zheng H,Tang W,Ling L

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Bangladesh, 24 % of the total populations are adolescents. Twelve months intervention was implemented under Demand-Based Reproductive Health Commodity Project (DBRHCP) in two low performing areas: rural Sub-district Nabiganj (population 323,357) and an urban slum in Dhaka city (population 141,912). We eva...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kabir H,Saha NC,Gazi R

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with type 2 diabetes can have an important role in discussing health risk within families. This study aimed to establish the acceptability to first degree relatives towards their relative with type 2 diabetes intervening as health promoters in their own families, using the Health Belief Model as a t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Whitford DL,McGee H,O'Sullivan B

更新日期：2009-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is growing evidence of the increased cancer risk associated with alcohol consumption, but this is not well understood by the general public. This study investigated the acceptability among drinkers of cancer warning statements for alcoholic beverages. METHODS:Six focus groups were conducted with Austr...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Pettigrew S,Jongenelis M,Chikritzhs T,Slevin T,Pratt IS,Glance D,Liang W

更新日期：2014-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The decreasing suicide rate in China has been regarded as a major contributor to the decline of global suicide rate in the past decade. However, previous estimations on China's suicide rates might not be accurate, since often they were based on the data from the Ministry of Health's Vital Registration ("MOH-...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Sha F,Chang Q,Law YW,Hong Q,Yip PSF

更新日期：2018-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Technological advances have caused poor mobility and lower physical activity among humankind. This study was conducted to assess the impact of a digital media-based (multi-media, internet, and mobile phone) health intervention on promotion of women's physical activity. METHODS:In this quasi-experimental stu...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Peyman N,Rezai-Rad M,Tehrani H,Gholian-Aval M,Vahedian-Shahroodi M,Heidarian Miri H

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing pressure to develop services to enhance the health of the workforce on the periphery of the labour market. Health promotion among unemployed people may improve their health but also to increase their employability. We tested whether re-employment can be enhanced with a health care interve...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Romppainen K,Saloniemi A,Kinnunen U,Liukkonen V,Virtanen P

更新日期：2014-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Service Availability and Readiness Assessment surveys generate data on the readiness of health facility services. We constructed a readiness index related to malaria services and determined the association between health facility malaria readiness and malaria mortality in children under the age of 5 year...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Millogo O,Doamba JEO,Sié A,Utzinger J,Vounatsou P

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The Washington Group on Disability Statistics is a voluntary working group made up of representatives of over 100 National Statistical Offices and international, non-governmental and disability organizations that was organized under the aegis of the United Nations Statistical Division. The purpose of the Washington Gr...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Madans JH,Loeb ME,Altman BM

更新日期：2011-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory is one of the core capacities that countries must develop for the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR[2005]) since laboratory services play a major role in all the key processes of detection, assessment, response, notification, and monitoring of events. While developed countries easi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Masanza MM,Nqobile N,Mukanga D,Gitta SN

更新日期：2010-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are one of the major public health problems, especially in the rural area of developing countries with low socio-economic status and poor sanitation. The study was aimed to determine the prevalence of IPIs among the inhabitants of a rural area in South West Sumba, easte...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Sungkar S,Pohan AP,Ramadani A,Albar N,Azizah F,Nugraha AR,Wiria AE

更新日期：2015-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hand hygiene is a simple and low-cost measure to reduce healthcare associated infection yet it has always been a concern in low as well as high resource settings across the globe. Poor hand hygiene during intra-partum and newborn care may result in sepsis, which is a major cause of death among newborns and p...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tyagi M,Hanson C,Schellenberg J,Chamarty S,Singh S

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Living in a world greatly controlled by mass media makes it impossible to escape its pervading influence. As media in Pakistan has been free in the true sense of the word for only a few years, its impact on individuals is yet to be assessed. Our study aims to be the first to look at the effect media has on t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Khan AN,Khalid S,Khan HI,Jabeen M

更新日期：2011-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:China had 236 million internal migrants in 2012 and the majority of them migrated from rural to urban areas. The research based on medical and epidemical records found that the migrants had worse health than the urban residents, but the household and working place investigations reported better health status...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zhang L,Liu S,Zhang G,Wu S

更新日期：2015-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In developed countries, smoking spreads through society like an epidemic in which adults from higher socioeconomic groups are the first to adopt and earlier to quit smoking, and in which exists a lag in adoption of smoking between men and women. The objective of this study was to describe trends in daily and...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Pärna K,Pürjer ML,Ringmets I,Tekkel M

更新日期：2014-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes prevalence is increasing globally, and Sub-Saharan Africa is no exception. With diverse health challenges, health authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa and international donors need robust data on the epidemiology and impact of diabetes in order to plan and prioritise their health programmes. This paper...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hall V,Thomsen RW,Henriksen O,Lohse N

更新日期：2011-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing evidence linking environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure at homes to the development of asthma among adolescents. Few studies have addressed this issue in the Middle Eastern countries including Kuwait. Therefore, this cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence of ETS exposure at hom...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Booalayan H,Abdualrasool M,Al-Shanfari S,Boujarwa A,Al-Mukaimi A,Alkandery O,Akhtar S

更新日期：2020-08-08 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:Little is known about the combined effect of physical activity (PA), recreational screen time (ST), and sleep in preventing childhood obesity. Hence, this study aimed to analyze the associations between meeting the PA, ST, and sleep recommendations within the 24-hour movement guidelines and adiposity indicat...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Jakubec L,Gába A,Dygrýn J,Rubín L,Šimůnek A,Sigmund E

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00