Unravelling the impact of ethnicity on health in Europe: the HELIUS study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the associations between education and leisure-time, occupational, sedentary and total physical-activity levels based on data from the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998 (GNHIES98). The roles of income level, occupational status and other mediating variables for thes...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Finger JD,Tylleskär T,Lampert T,Mensink GB

更新日期：2012-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In young Chinese men of the highland immigrant population, chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a major public health problem. The aim of this study was to measure the disease burden of CMS in this population. METHODS:We used disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) to estimate the disease burden of CMS. Disabi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Pei T,Li X,Tao F,Xu H,You H,Zhou L,Liu Y,Gao Y

更新日期：2012-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim was to study whether number of visits to emergency department (ED) is associated with suicide, taking into consideration known risk factors. METHODS:This is a population-based case-control study nested in a cohort. Computerized database on attendees to ED (during 2002-2008) was record linked to nati...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kvaran RB,Gunnarsdottir OS,Kristbjornsdottir A,Valdimarsdottir UA,Rafnsson V

更新日期：2015-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community mobilization (CM) interventions show promise in changing gender norms and preventing HIV, but few have been based on a defined mobilization model or rigorously evaluated. The purpose of this paper is to describe the intervention design and implementation and present baseline findings of a Cluster R...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Pettifor A,Lippman SA,Selin AM,Peacock D,Gottert A,Maman S,Rebombo D,Suchindran CM,Twine R,Lancaster K,Daniel T,Gómez-Olivé FX,Kahn K,MacPhail C

更新日期：2015-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Injury is an emerging public health problem with social development and modernization in developing countries. To describe the prevalence and burden of injury and provide elaborate information for policy development, we conducted a community-based household survey in the Shandong Province of China. METHODS:...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ma J,Guo X,Xu A,Zhang J,Jia C

更新日期：2008-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although body fat percent (BF%) may be used for screening metabolic risk factors, its accuracy compared to BMI and waist circumference is unknown in a Mexican population. We compared the classification accuracy of BF%, BMI and WC for the detection of metabolic risk factors in a sample of Mexican adults; opti...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Macias N,Quezada AD,Flores M,Valencia ME,Denova-Gutiérrez E,Quiterio-Trenado M,Gallegos-Carrillo K,Barquera S,Salmerón J

更新日期：2014-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the context of an ageing population and an increase in the appearance of chronic diseases, the commitment of caregivers makes it possible for people confronted with disease to remain at home. Over time, they need support to overcome their difficulties. They also show a need for recognition for their parti...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Leocadie MC,Lefebvre H,Rothan-Tondeur M

更新日期：2019-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Detained asylum seekers are at increased risk of self-harm, and the type of detention in which they are held may further exacerbate this risk. In Australia, there are four types of closed (or held) immigration detention for people seeking asylum, with varying levels of security and supports: Immigration Dete...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hedrick K,Armstrong G,Coffey G,Borschmann R

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its establishment in February 2008, the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) has embarked on a number of initiatives and projects in collaboration with a variety of agencies in the Department of Defense (DoD), other organizations within the federal government, and non-governmental partners. In 2009, t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： DeFraites RF

更新日期：2011-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aristotle was a seek-test-treat intervention during an outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Athens, Greece that started in 2011. The aims of this analysis were: (1) to study changes of drug injection-related and sexual behaviors over the course of A...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Pavlopoulou ID,Dikalioti SK,Gountas I,Sypsa V,Malliori M,Pantavou K,Jarlais DD,Nikolopoulos GK,Hatzakis A

更新日期：2020-01-28 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: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:To examine the association between health literacy, level of disease knowledge, and adherence behavior among patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey study of 1059 Mandarin- and Taiwanese-speaking patients aged 20 years or older with type 2 diabetes was conducted. The demographic prof...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Yeh JZ,Wei CJ,Weng SF,Tsai CY,Shih JH,Shih CL,Chiu CH

更新日期：2018-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to evaluate the association between tobacco control policies and trends in smoking cessation according to gender, age and educational level in Lithuania in 1994-2010. METHODS:The data were obtained from nine cross-sectional postal surveys conducted biennially within the framework of Finbalt...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Klumbiene J,Sakyte E,Petkeviciene J,Prattala R,Kunst AE

更新日期：2015-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Access to washroom facilities and a place to dispose of menstrual waste are prerequisites for optimal menstrual hygiene management in schools. Like other low- and middle-income countries, Bangladeshi schools lack facilities for girls to change and dispose of their menstrual absorbents. We explored existing s...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Jahan F,Nuruzzaman M,Sultana F,Mahfuz MT,Rahman M,Akhand F,Luby SP,Unicomb L,Winch PJ

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The medical tourism industry, which assists patients with accessing non-emergency medical care abroad, has grown rapidly in recent years. A lack of reliable data about medical tourism makes it difficult to create policy, health system, and public health responses to address the associated risks and shortcomi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Johnston R,Crooks VA,Adams K,Snyder J,Kingsbury P

更新日期：2011-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data shows that people with disability are more disadvantaged in accessing health, education and employment opportunities compared to people without a disability. There is a lack of credible documented evidence on health care access and barriers to access from India. The South India Disability Evidence (SIDE...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gudlavalleti MV,John N,Allagh K,Sagar J,Kamalakannan S,Ramachandra SS,South India Disability Evidence Study Group.

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a significant resumption of smoking following smoking cessation using varenicline. Both smoking cessation medications and counseling have been shown to increase smoking quit rates at one year. Thus, the combination of varenicline and interactive voice response (IVR) telephony followed by extended IV...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： McNaughton B,Frohlich J,Graham A,Young QR

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between risky sexual behaviours and substance uses among Ghanaian youth were investigated. METHODS:An in-school cross-sectional representative survey was conducted among 12-18-year- old youth in Ghana in 2008 (N = 1195, response rate =90%). Logistic regression analyses were employed to inves...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Doku D

更新日期：2012-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-rated health is a measure expressing the general condition of health of individuals. Self-rated health studies are common in developed countries and in some developing regions. Despite increasing proportion of adult and older population in sub-Saharan Africa and poor population health indicators, there ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cau BM,Falcão J,Arnaldo C

更新日期：2016-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Energy drink (ED) consumption is increasing all over the world. We sought to describe the consumption of EDs among adolescents in Norway, and to explore the determinants of daily and high consumption. METHODS:Population-based cross-sectional data were collected from a sample of 31,091 secondary school stude...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Degirmenci N,Fossum IN,Strand TA,Vaktskjold A,Holten-Andersen MN

更新日期：2018-12-19 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:Epidemiological studies suggest that only some distressed individuals seek help from primary care and that pathways to mental health care appear to be ethnically patterned. However few research studies examine how people with common mental disorder manage their mental distress, which help-seeking strategies ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rüdell K,Bhui K,Priebe S

更新日期：2008-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spatial analytical techniques and models are often used in epidemiology to identify spatial anomalies (hotspots) in disease regions. These analytical approaches can be used to not only identify the location of such hotspots, but also their spatial patterns. METHODS:In this study, we utilize spatial autocorr...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tsai PJ,Lin ML,Chu CM,Perng CH

更新日期：2009-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are widespread in underdeveloped countries. In Ethiopia, the prevalence and distribution of helminth infection varies by different exposing risk factors. We therefore investigated the prevalence of and risk factors of STHs infection in school children living in Ambo town, we...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Samuel F,Demsew A,Alem Y,Hailesilassie Y

更新日期：2017-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sport participation has been associated with improved life prospects such as academic performance and employability prospects. As such, promoting sport participation might be a way to increase life prospects, especially for socially vulnerable youth because they are less physically active than their peers. H...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Super S,Hermens N,Verkooijen K,Koelen M

更新日期：2014-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Policy making in healthcare requires reliable and local data. Different sources of coverage data for health interventions can be utilized to populate the Lives Saved Tool (LiST), a commonly used policy-planning tool for women and children's health. We have evaluated four existing sources of antenatal care da...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Friberg IK,Venkateswaran M,Ghanem B,Frøen JF

更新日期：2019-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:WHO estimates suggest that age-specific death rates from non-communicable diseases are higher in sub-Saharan Africa than in high-income countries. The objectives of this study were to examine, in Burkina Faso, the prevalence of non-communicable disease symptoms by age, gender, socioeconomic group and setting...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Miszkurka M,Haddad S,Langlois ÉV,Freeman EE,Kouanda S,Zunzunegui MV

更新日期：2012-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcomas are rare tumors (1-2% of all cancers) of mesenchymal origin that may develop in soft tissues and viscera. Since the International Classification of Disease (ICD) attributes visceral sarcomas (VS) to the organ of origin, the incidence of sarcoma is grossly underestimated. The rarity of the disease an...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mastrangelo G,Fadda E,Cegolon L,Montesco MC,Ray-Coquard I,Buja A,Fedeli U,Frasson A,Spolaore P,Rossi CR

更新日期：2010-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aboriginal people living in Canada have a high prevalence of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). To better understand the pre and postnatal influences on the development of adiposity and related cardio-metabolic factors in adult Aboriginal people, we will recruit and follow prospectiv...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Wahi G,Wilson J,Miller R,Anglin R,McDonald S,Morrison KM,Teo KK,Anand SS,ABC investigators.

更新日期：2013-06-25 00:00:00