Study protocol: A cluster randomised controlled trial of implementation intentions to reduce smoking initiation in adolescents.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is an important public health issue in China, but there are few studies examining hypertension in ethnic groups in Yunnan, China. This study, Yunnan Minority Eye Study (YMES), was initially designed to determine the prevalence and impact of eye diseases, including hypertension and diabetes melli...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chen L,Zong Y,Wei T,Sheng X,Shen W,Li J,Niu Z,Zhou H,Zhang Y,Yuan Y,Chen Q,Zhong H

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the significant investments to control malaria infection rates over the past years, infection rates remain significant in sub-Saharan Africa. This study investigates the association with use of large-scale malaria interventions such as: Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS), Insecticide Treated bed-Nets (IT...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Afoakwah C,Deng X,Onur I

更新日期：2018-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Volunteering has been advocated by the United Nations, and American and European governments as a way to engage people in their local communities and improve social capital, with the potential for public health benefits such as improving wellbeing and decreasing health inequalities. Furthermore, the US Corpo...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Jenkinson CE,Dickens AP,Jones K,Thompson-Coon J,Taylor RS,Rogers M,Bambra CL,Lang I,Richards SH

更新日期：2013-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patterns of physical activity (PA), domestic activity and sedentary behaviours are changing rapidly in Asia. Little is known about their relationship with obesity in this context. This study investigates in detail the relationship between obesity, physical activity, domestic activity and sedentary behaviours...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Banks E,Lim L,Seubsman SA,Bain C,Sleigh A

更新日期：2011-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rates of sepsis/septicemia hospitalization in the US have risen significantly during recent years. Antibiotic resistance and use may contribute to those rates through various mechanisms, including lack of clearance of resistant infections following antibiotic treatment, with some of those infections subseque...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Goldstein E,Olesen SW,Karaca Z,Steiner CA,Viboud C,Lipsitch M

更新日期：2019-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The high level of premature death due to non-communicable diseases has been associated with unhealthful lifestyles, including poor diet. The effectiveness of public health strategies designed to promote health via messages focusing on food and diets depends largely on the perception of the messages by the pu...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Buckton CH,Lean ME,Combet E

更新日期：2015-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health inequalities have been extensively documented, internationally and in New Zealand. The cost of reducing health inequities is often perceived as high; however, recent international studies suggest the cost of "doing nothing" is itself significant. This study aimed to develop a preliminary estimate of t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mills C,Reid P,Vaithianathan R

更新日期：2012-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data are lacking on type of e-liquid vaped among e-cigarette users. Further, few studies assess all sources of nicotine used by e-cigarette users to assess whether poly-nicotine use relates to nicotine dependence (ND). The objectives were to describe young adult e-cigarette users by: (i) type of e-liquid vap...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Dugas EN,Sylvestre MP,O'Loughlin J

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacteria affect oral health, but few studies have systematically examined the role of bacterial communities in oral diseases. We examined this relationship in a large population-based Chinese cancer screening cohort. METHODS:Human Oral Microbe Identification Microarrays were used to test for the presence of...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Yu G,Dye BA,Gail MH,Shi J,Klepac-Ceraj V,Paster BJ,Wang GQ,Wei WQ,Fan JH,Qiao YL,Dawsey SM,Freedman ND,Abnet CC

更新日期：2014-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although several studies have reported the direct cost of oral cancer (OC), little research has invested the factors that could influence the costs of OC patient. This study analyzes the epidemiological characteristics and the direct cost of OC. More specifically, the study examines the relationship between ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Han S,Chen Y,Ge X,Zhang M,Wang J,Zhao Q,He J,Wang Z

更新日期：2010-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:United Kingdom public health policy has recently re-emphasised the role of primary health care professionals in tackling increasing levels of physical inactivity within the general population. However, little is known about the impact that this has had in practice. This study explores Scottish primary care s...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Douglas F,Torrance N,van Teijlingen E,Meloni S,Kerr A

更新日期：2006-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respiratory infections are the leading cause of childhood deaths in Bangladesh. Promoting respiratory hygiene may reduce infection transmission. This formative research explored community perceptions about respiratory infections. METHODS:We conducted 34 in-depth interviews and 16 focus group discussions wit...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nizame FA,Nasreen S,Unicomb L,Southern D,Gurley ES,Arman S,Kadir MA,Azziz-Baumgartner E,Luby SP,Winch PJ

更新日期：2011-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sickness absence is very high in Sweden. The reasons for this phenomenon are not well known. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between degree of self-reported sickness absence and health. The hypothesis was that individuals with long-term sickness absence would report more symptoms and...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Eriksson HG,von Celsing AS,Wahlström R,Janson L,Zander V,Wallman T

更新日期：2008-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mefloquine is a clinically important antimalaria drug, which is often not well tolerated. We critically reviewed 516 published case reports of mefloquine adverse effects, to clarify the phenomenology of the harms associated with mefloquine, and to make recommendations for safer prescribing. PRESENTATION:We ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Croft AM,Herxheimer A

更新日期：2002-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Men living in low- and middle-income countries are unlikely to seek mental health care, where poor healthcare infrastructure, differences in illness conceptualization, and stigma can impact treatment seeking. Vulnerable groups, such as former political prisoners, are more likely than others to experience pot...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lakin DP,Win KS,Aung H,Soe KNC,Kyi B,Marcell AV,Tol WA,Bass JK

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have investigated how area-level deprivation influences the relationship between individual disadvantage and suicide mortality. The aim of this study was to examine individual measures of material and social disadvantage in relation to suicide mortality in Canada and to determine whether these re...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Burrows S,Auger N,Gamache P,St-Laurent D,Hamel D

更新日期：2011-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking rates remain unacceptably high among individuals who are socially disadvantaged. Social and community service organisations (SCSO) are increasingly interested in providing smoking cessation support to clients, however little is known about the best way to assist disadvantaged smokers to quit in this ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bryant J,Bonevski B,Paul C,O'Brien J,Oakes W

更新日期：2011-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The international community strongly advocates the implementation of multi-sectoral surveillance policies for an effective approach to antibiotic resistance, in line with the One Health concept. To comply with these international recommendations, the Vietnamese government has issued an inter-ministerial surv...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bordier M,Binot A,Pauchard Q,Nguyen DT,Trung TN,Fortané N,Goutard FL

更新日期：2018-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common type of major birth defects in Sichuan, the most populous province in China. The detailed etiology of CHD is unknown but some environmental factors are suspected as the cause of this disease. However, the geographical variations in CHD prevalence would be hig...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ma LG,Zhao J,Ren ZP,Wang YY,Peng ZQ,Wang JF,Ma X

更新日期：2014-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evidence linking stress to hypertension has been scarcely documented in population-based studies. METHODS:Participants were selected through a multi-stage probability sampling and interviewed at home, being submitted to measures of demographics, anthropometrics, blood pressure (BP), and risk factors for...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Sparrenberger F,Fuchs SC,Moreira LB,Fuchs FD

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endometrial cancer is the second most common cancer among female cancer survivors in the US and is increasing in incidence. Rural endometrial cancer patients experience lower survival rates but the reasons for the lower survival are not known. The aim of this study is to examine whether prognostic factors ar...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Blackburn BE,Soisson S,Rowe K,Snyder J,Fraser A,Deshmukh V,Newman M,Smith K,Herget K,Kirchhoff AC,Kepka D,Werner TL,Gaffney D,Mooney K,Hashibe M

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children frequently consume foods from restaurants; considering the quick-service sector alone, 1/3 of children eat food from these restaurants on a given day, and among these consumers, 1/3 of their daily calories come from fast food. Restaurant foods and beverages are second only to grocery store foods and...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Shonkoff ET,Anzman-Frasca S,Lynskey VM,Chan G,Glenn ME,Economos CD

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis (TB) surveillance systems have some pitfalls outside of a National Tuberculosis Program and lack of efficient surveillance hampers accurate epidemiological quantification of TB burden.In the present study we assessed the quality of surveillance at the University Hospital in Pisa (UHP), Italy, an...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Melosini L,Vetrano U,Dente FL,Cristofano M,Giraldi M,Gabbrielli L,Novelli F,Aquilini F,Rindi L,Menichetti F,Freer G,Paggiaro PL

更新日期：2012-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Longitudinal studies are of aetiological and public health relevance but can be undermined by attrition. The aim of this paper was to identify effective retention strategies to increase participation in population-based cohort studies. METHODS:Systematic review of the literature to identify prospective popu...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Booker CL,Harding S,Benzeval M

更新日期：2011-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of hypertension is rising worldwide with an estimated one billion people now affected globally and is of near epidemic proportions in many parts of South Asia. Recent turmoil has until recently precluded estimates in Afghanistan so we sought, therefore, to establish both prevalence predictors ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Saeed KM,Rasooly MH,Brown NJ

更新日期：2014-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A "diet high in sodium" is the second most important dietary risk factor for health loss identified in the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. We therefore aimed to model health gains and costs (savings) of salt reduction interventions related to salt substitution and maximum levels in bread, including by e...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nghiem N,Blakely T,Cobiac LJ,Cleghorn CL,Wilson N

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity and caries are common conditions in childhood and can have significant implications on children's wellbeing. Evidence into their association remains conflicting. Furthermore, studies examining the ssociation between obesity and caries commonly focus on individual-level determinants. The present study...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Paisi M,Kay E,Kaimi I,Witton R,Nelder R,Potterton R,Lapthorne D

更新日期：2018-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumonia is a leading cause of childhood hospitalisation and child mortality in Africa. This study explores local interpretations of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs), focusing on caretakers of children under five in the context of hospital care seeking. METHODS:The study took place in Manhiça, southern ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Straus L,Munguambe K,Bassat Q,Machevo S,Pell C,Roca A,Pool R

更新日期：2011-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are a major morbidity factor contributing largely to health care costs and individual quality of life. The aim of the study was to test whether obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) is one of the risk factors underlying frequent RTIs in the German adult population. METHODS:We recruite...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Maccioni L,Weber S,Elgizouli M,Stoehlker AS,Geist I,Peter HH,Vach W,Nieters A

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The concept of social capital has received increasing attention as a determinant of population survival, but its significance is uncertain. We examined the importance of social capital on survival in a population study while focusing on gender differences. METHODS:We used data from a Danish regional health ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ejlskov L,Mortensen RN,Overgaard C,Christensen LR,Vardinghus-Nielsen H,Kræmer SR,Wissenberg M,Hansen SM,Torp-Pedersen C,Hansen CD

更新日期：2014-10-02 00:00:00