A qualitative study exploring factors associated with mothers' decisions to formula-feed their infants in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of alcohol consumption among males living in urban settlements in South Africa is high. This paper aims to measure socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol use among men residing in informal settlements and also to examine the factors associated with inequality in alcohol use among men living in ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lawana N,Booysen F

更新日期：2018-08-09 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:The relationship between urbanicity and adolescent health is a critical issue for which little empirical evidence has been reported. Although an association has been suggested, a dichotomous rural versus urban comparison may not succeed in identifying differences between adolescent contexts. This study aims ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gutiérrez JP,Atienzo EE

更新日期：2011-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current smoking prevalence in Thailand decreased from 1991 to 2004 and since that time the prevalence has remained flat. It has been suggested that one of the reasons that the prevalence of current smoking in Thailand has stopped decreasing is due to the use of RYO cigarettes. The aim of this study was to ex...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Benjakul S,Termsirikulchai L,Hsia J,Kengganpanich M,Puckcharern H,Touchchai C,Lohtongmongkol A,Andes L,Asma S

更新日期：2013-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A vaccine could substantially impact the HIV epidemic, but inadequate uptake is a serious concern. Unfortunately, people who use drugs, particularly those residing in rural communities, have been underrepresented in previous research on HIV vaccine acceptability. This study examined HIV vaccine acceptability...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Young AM,DiClemente RJ,Halgin DS,Sterk CE,Havens JR

更新日期：2014-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preventive counselling is an effective approach to reducing the prevalence of non-communicable diseases. Studies have shown that there is a positive association between healthy behaviors of Colombian medical students and favorable attitudes towards preventive counselling. However, there is limited research t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Yu Y,Yang Y,Li Z,Zhou B,Zhao Y,Yuan S,Zhang R,Sebranek M,Veerman L,Li M,Gong E,Chen S,Ma W,Huang L,Cho K,Leeder S,Yan L

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about patterns in the transition from healthy weight to overweight or obesity during the elementary school years. This study examined whether there were distinct body mass index (BMI) trajectory groups among elementary school children, and predictors of trajectory group membership. METHODS:T...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chen TA,Baranowski T,Moreno JP,O'Connor TM,Hughes SO,Baranowski J,Woehler D,Kimbro RT,Johnston CA

更新日期：2016-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assuming a higher risk of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection in the population of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in October of 1998 the TB Control Program of Clementino Fraga Filho Hospital (CFFH) routinely started to recommend a two-step tuberculin skin test (TST) in contacts of pulmonary TB cases in order to dist...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Salles CG,Ruffino-Netto A,Lapa-e-Silva JR,Kritski AL,Cailleaux-Cesar M,Queiroz-Mello FC,Conde MB

更新日期：2007-03-19 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:To date, there is scant literature that examines the recess context concurrent with, but separate from, levels of physical activity. The primary purpose of the current study was to examine how recess quality impacted physical activity levels, and how this was moderated by gender. A secondary purpose was to e...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Massey WV,Stellino MB,Geldhof J

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postcode lotteries in health refer to differences in health care between different geographic areas. These have been previously associated with clinical services. However there has been little documentation of postcode lotteries relating to preventative health care services. This paper describes a postcode l...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Graley CE,May KF,McCoy DC

更新日期：2011-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study explored community perceptions of cultural beliefs and practices that may increase sexual risk behaviour of adolescents, to understand more about meaning they hold within the culture and how they expose adolescent orphans and non-orphans to higher risks in a high HIV and teenage pregnancy prevalen...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Juma M,Askew I,Alaii J,Bartholomew LK,van den Borne B

更新日期：2014-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) have been linked to proximity to industrial areas, but evidence regarding the health risk posed by residence near pollutant industries is very limited. The European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) is a public register that furnishes valuable information on industries that re...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ramis R,Vidal E,García-Pérez J,Lope V,Aragonés N,Pérez-Gómez B,Pollán M,López-Abente G

更新日期：2009-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to explore the implementation of school based diet and physical activity interventions with respect to the barriers and facilitators to adoption, implementation and sustainability; supportive actions required for implementation and recommendations to overcome identified barriers. Two...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hayes CB,O'Shea MP,Foley-Nolan C,McCarthy M,Harrington JM

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of the organized sports sector as a setting for health-promotion is a relatively new strategy. In the past few years, different countries have been investing resources in the organized sports sector for promoting health-enhancing physical activity. In the Netherlands, National Sports Federations were...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ooms L,Veenhof C,de Bakker DH

更新日期：2013-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although various studies have found a positive association between neighborhood social capital and individual health, the mechanism explaining this direct effect is still unclear. Neighborhood social capital is the access to resources that are generated by relationships between people in a friendly, well-con...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mohnen SM,Völker B,Flap H,Groenewegen PP

更新日期：2012-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Internationally, men with disabilities have higher rates of social and economic disadvantage and poorer health and wellbeing than men without disabilities. No single study has provided comprehensive, population-level information about the magnitude of such differences among adult men using a well-validated i...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kavanagh AM,Aitken Z,Emerson E,Sahabandu S,Milner A,Bentley R,LaMontagne AD,Pirkis J,Studdert D

更新日期：2016-10-31 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:Metabolic syndrome refers to a cluster of interrelated disorders which occur together causing an increase in the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The university population is an understudied group despite the increase in the frequency of related disorders and metabolic risk factors e.g...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mbugua SM,Kimani ST,Munyoki G

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Achieving the blood pressure treatment target in individuals with hypertension is a serious global health challenge. Furthermore, the actual burden of uncontrolled hypertension is poorly understood, especially in the developing countries. Therefore, this study comprehensively examined the prevalence and fact...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Masilela C,Pearce B,Ongole JJ,Adeniyi OV,Benjeddou M

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a sharp increase in the incidence of breast cancer in China in recent years. A number of female physical characteristics, such as age at menarche, menopause, first birth and the duration of breastfeeding, have been linked to breast cancer, yet data on these factors in Chinese women is largely ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zhang Q,Liu LY,Wang F,Mu K,Yu ZG

更新日期：2012-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important outcome helping to understand the impact of antiretroviral therapy (ART). We examined and compared the HRQoL in relation to ART status among HIV-infected patients in a public sector service in Cape Town, South Africa. In addition, we aimed to examine the...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nglazi MD,West SJ,Dave JA,Levitt NS,Lambert EV

更新日期：2014-07-03 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:Men are at greater risk than women of dying by suicide. One in eight will experience depression--a leading contributor to suicide--in their lifetime and men often delay seeking treatment. Previous research has focused on men's use of unhelpful coping strategies, with little emphasis on men's productive respo...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Proudfoot J,Fogarty AS,McTigue I,Nathan S,Whittle EL,Christensen H,Player MJ,Hadzi-Pavlovic D,Wilhelm K

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past decade, about one-third of all births nationwide in Taiwan were delivered by cesarean section (CS). Previous studies in the US and Europe have documented the need for risk adjustment for fairer comparisons among providers. In this study, we set out to determine the impact that adjustment for pa...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tang CH,Wang HI,Hsu CS,Su HW,Chen MJ,Lin HC

更新日期：2006-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many factors have been associated with circulation of the dengue fever virus and vector, although the dynamics of transmission are not yet fully understood. The aim of this work is to estimate the spatial distribution of the risk of dengue fever in an area of continuous dengue occurrence. METHODS:This is a ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cordeiro R,Donalisio MR,Andrade VR,Mafra AC,Nucci LB,Brown JC,Stephan C

更新日期：2011-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the role of breastfeeding contraindications in breastfeeding practices. Our objectives were to 1) identify predictors of breastfeeding initiation and duration among a cohort of predominantly low-income, inner-city women, and 2) evaluate the contribution of breastfeeding contraindication...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： England L,Brenner R,Bhaskar B,Simons-Morton B,Das A,Revenis M,Mehta N,Clemens J

更新日期：2003-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diarrhea is a leading cause of mortality in children under 5 years along with its long-term impact on growth and cognitive development. Despite advances in the understanding of diarrheal disorders and management strategies, globally nearly 750,000 children die annually as a consequence of diarrhea. METHODS:...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Das JK,Tripathi A,Ali A,Hassan A,Dojosoeandy C,Bhutta ZA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical Aid beneficiaries in Korea are more likely to have poor health status and to receive insufficient healthcare services, but their life expectancy has not been compared with that of National Health Insurance beneficiaries. METHODS:We used the National Health Information Database in Korea to obtain agg...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bahk J,Kang HY,Khang YH

更新日期：2019-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The important increase in immigration during recent years has changed the epidemiology and control strategies for tuberculosis (TB) in many places. This study evaluates the effectiveness of intervention with community health workers (CHW) to improve contact tracing among immigrants. METHODS:The study includ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ospina JE,Orcau A,Millet JP,Sánchez F,Casals M,Caylà JA

更新日期：2012-03-06 00:00:00