Long distance travelling and financial burdens discourage tuberculosis DOTs treatment initiation and compliance in Ethiopia: a qualitative study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV/AIDS remains being a disease of great public health concern worldwide. In regions such as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where women are disproportionately infected with HIV, women are reportedly less likely capable of negotiating condom use. However, while knowledge of condom use for HIV prevention is extensi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Exavery A,Kanté AM,Jackson E,Noronha J,Sikustahili G,Tani K,Mushi HP,Baynes C,Ramsey K,Hingora A,Phillips JF

更新日期：2012-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among adults in the United States, asthma prevalence is disproportionately high among African American women; this group also experiences the highest levels of asthma-linked mortality and asthma-related health care utilization. Factors linked to biological sex (e.g., hormonal fluctuations), gender roles (e.g...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Janevic MR,Sanders GM,Thomas LJ,Williams DM,Nelson B,Gilchrist E,Johnson TR,Clark NM

更新日期：2012-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many countries worldwide have experienced reductions in provision of formal long-term care services amidst rising need for care. Provision of unpaid care, meanwhile, has grown. This includes care provided by young people. Care responsibilities can affect a young people's health, education and employment. We ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Brimblecombe N,Knapp M,King D,Stevens M,Cartagena Farias J

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper examines the potential for community conversations to strengthen positive responses to HIV in resource-poor environments. Community conversations are an intervention method through which local people work with a facilitator to collectively identify local strengths and challenges and brainstorm pot...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Campbell C,Nhamo M,Scott K,Madanhire C,Nyamukapa C,Skovdal M,Gregson S

更新日期：2013-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effects of dietary factors, such as adherence to Mediterranean diet, multivitamin-multimineral supplements use and alcohol consumption on mammographic breast density, an important biomarker of breast cancer risk, are not sufficiently consistent to elaborate preventive recommendations. This study aims to inve...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Voevodina O,Billich C,Arand B,Nagel G

更新日期：2013-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to explore associations of individual- and provincial-level socioeconomic status (SES) and the combined interaction among these SES with individual physical activity (PA). METHOD:This analyze used data of 3068 Vietnamese people aged 18-65 years from the national representative STEPS survey i...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Vu THL,Bui TTQ,Nguyen TKN,Hoang VM

更新日期：2020-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social inequalities in health exist globally and are a major public health concern. This study focus on a systematic investigation into the associations between health indicators, living conditions and parental educational level as indicator of the social status of 6-year-old children living in West and East...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： du Prel X,Krämer U,Behrendt H,Ring J,Oppermann H,Schikowski T,Ranft U

更新日期：2006-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:On 6 February 2015, Kampala city authorities alerted the Ugandan Ministry of Health of a "strange disease" that killed one person and sickened dozens. We conducted an epidemiologic investigation to identify the nature of the disease, mode of transmission, and risk factors to inform timely and effective contr...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kabwama SN,Bulage L,Nsubuga F,Pande G,Oguttu DW,Mafigiri R,Kihembo C,Kwesiga B,Masiira B,Okullo AE,Kajumbula H,Matovu JKB,Makumbi I,Wetaka M,Kasozi S,Kyazze S,Dahlke M,Hughes P,Sendagala JN,Musenero M,Nabukenya I

更新日期：2017-01-05 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:Infants in utero during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 may have been negatively affected by maternal stress. Studies to date have produced contradictory results. METHODS:Data for this retrospective cohort study were obtained from the Department of Defense Birth and Infant Health Registry and in...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Endara SM,Ryan MA,Sevick CJ,Conlin AM,Macera CA,Smith TC

更新日期：2009-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive alcohol consumption is a leading cause of death and morbidity worldwide and interventions to help people reduce their consumption are needed. Interventions delivered by smartphone apps have the potential to help harmful and hazardous drinkers reduce their consumption of alcohol. However, there has ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Garnett C,Crane D,Michie S,West R,Brown J

更新日期：2016-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intimate partner violence (IPV) can result in significant harm to women and families and is especially prevalent when women are pregnant or recent mothers. Maternal and child health nurses (MCHN) in Victoria, Australia are community-based nurse/midwives who see over 95% of all mothers with newborns. MCHN are...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Taft AJ,Small R,Humphreys C,Hegarty K,Walter R,Adams C,Agius P

更新日期：2012-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falls in older people continue to be a major public health issue in industrialized countries. Extensive research into falls prevention has identified exercise as a proven fall prevention strategy. However, despite over a decade of promoting physical activity, hospitalisation rates due to falls injuries in ol...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Voukelatos A,Merom D,Rissel C,Sherrington C,Watson W,Waller K

更新日期：2011-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence of diseases such as dyslipidemia, systemic arterial hypertension, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents has brought about a change in the epidemiologic profile of the pediatric population. As action to promote health in the school environment is a useful tool for...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： de Assunção Bezerra MK,Freese de Carvalho E,Souza Oliveira J,Pessoa Cesse EÂ,Cabral de Lira PI,Galvão Tenório Cavalcante J,Sá Leal V

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thailand has joined the World Health Organization effort to prepare against a threat of an influenza pandemic. Regular monitoring on preparedness of health facilities and assessment on perception of the front-line responsible health personnel has never been done. This study aimed to document the patterns of ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Prateepko T,Chongsuvivatwong V

更新日期：2009-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over 50,000 individuals become infected with HIV annually in the U.S., and over a quarter of HIV infected individuals are heterosexuals. Undiagnosed HIV infection, as well as a lack of retention in care among those diagnosed, are both primary factors contributing to ongoing HIV incidence. Further, there are ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gwadz M,Cleland CM,Hagan H,Jenness S,Kutnick A,Leonard NR,Applegate E,Ritchie AS,Banfield A,Belkin M,Cross B,Del Olmo M,Ha K,Martinez BY,McCright-Gill T,Swain QL,Perlman DC,Kurth AE,BCAP Collaborative Research Team.

更新日期：2015-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental health problems are a growing cause of sickness absence. There are programmes in many countries to facilitate return to work (RTW) after sickness absence. In Norway, there has been some controversy about patients on sick-leave being prioritized over other patient groups, such as those with more severe...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Victor M,Lau B,Ruud T

更新日期：2016-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective interventions to prevent overweight and obesity in children are urgently needed especially in inner-city neighbourhoods where prevalence of overweight and inactivity among primary school children is high. A school based intervention was developed aiming at the reduction of overweight and inactivity...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Jansen W,Raat H,Zwanenburg EJ,Reuvers I,van Walsem R,Brug J

更新日期：2008-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rising greenhouse gas emissions (GHGEs) have implications for health and up to 30 % of emissions globally are thought to arise from agriculture. Synergies exist between diets low in GHGEs and health however some foods have the opposite relationship, such as sugar production being a relatively low source of G...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Briggs ADM,Kehlbacher A,Tiffin R,Scarborough P

更新日期：2016-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Corruption in the health sector can hurt health outcomes. Improving good governance can in turn help prevent health-related corruption. We understand good governance as having the following characteristics: it is consensus-oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, equitable and inclusive, effective and...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kohler JC,Mackey TK,Ovtcharenko N

更新日期：2014-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of disease of hearing disorders among adults is high, but a significant part goes undetected. Screening programs in combination with the delivery of hearing aids can alleviate this situation, but the economic attractiveness of such programs is unknown. This study aims to evaluate the population-le...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rob B,Vinod J A,Monica P,Balraj A,Job A,Norman G,Joseph A

更新日期：2009-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effectiveness of paraprofessional home-visitations on improving the circumstances of disadvantaged families is unclear. The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the effectiveness of paraprofessional home-visiting programs on developmental and health outcomes of young children from disadvanta...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Peacock S,Konrad S,Watson E,Nickel D,Muhajarine N

更新日期：2013-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been used as an anthropometric measurement. Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) have been proposed as alternatives to BMI. Recently, two new anthropometric indices, the A Body Shape Index (ABSI) and Body Roundness Index (BRI) have been developed as pos...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chang Y,Guo X,Chen Y,Guo L,Li Z,Yu S,Yang H,Sun Y

更新日期：2015-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laboratory studies suggest that eating more 'attentively' (e.g. attending to food being eaten and recalling eating episodes) can reduce food intake among participants with both healthy weight and overweight. The aim of this trial was to assess whether a smartphone application that encourages a more attentive...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Whitelock V,Kersbergen I,Higgs S,Aveyard P,Halford JCG,Robinson E

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genital warts (GW) are the most common sexually transmitted infections. To date, few studies using a human papillomavirus (HPV)-specific questionnaire have focused on the impact of quality of life (QoL) among patients with GW in developing countries. The origins of GW related psychosocial burdens and variati...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Qi SZ,Wang SM,Shi JF,Wang QQ,Chen XS,Sun LJ,Liu A,Zhang N,Jiang N,Siva P,Xu XL,Qiao YL

更新日期：2014-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Universal childhood vaccination programmes form a core component of child health policies in most countries, including the UK. Achieving high coverage rates of vaccines is critical for establishing 'herd immunity' and preventing disease outbreaks. Evidence from the UK has identified several groups of childre...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Emerson E,Robertson J,Baines S,Hatton C

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antenatal care in Sweden involves a visit in pregnancy week 6-7 for counseling about lifestyle issues, including alcohol. The aim of this study was to investigate alcohol consumption among partners of pregnant women, their motives for changing drinking patterns when becoming a parent and their perceptions of...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Högberg H,Skagerström J,Spak F,Nilsen P,Larsson M

更新日期：2016-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital preparedness is critical for the early detection and management of public health emergency (PHE). Understanding the current status of PHE preparedness is the first step in planning to enhance hospitals' capacities for emergency response. The objective of this study is to understand the current statu...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Li X,Huang J,Zhang H

更新日期：2008-09-20 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：BACKGROUND:In India, indigenous populations, known as Adivasi or Scheduled Tribes (STs), are among the poorest and most marginalized groups. 'Deprived' ST groups tend to display high levels of resignation and to lack the capacity to aspire; consequently their health perceptions often do not adequately correspond to the...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mohindra K,Narayana D,Harikrishnadas C,Anushreedha S,Haddad S

更新日期：2010-03-22 00:00:00