Niños Sanos, Familia Sana: Mexican immigrant study protocol for a multifaceted CBPR intervention to combat childhood obesity in two rural California towns.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol misuse has been linked to intimate partner violence (IPV). However, this association is not usually examined in Russia. Moreover, more investigation is required as to whether specific drinking contexts are also associated with IPV. The objectives of this study are: to investigate whether alcohol misu...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zhan W,Shaboltas AV,Skochilov RV,Kozlov AP,Krasnoselskikh TV,Abdala N

更新日期：2011-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research has reported that sexual harassment can lead to reduced mental health. Few studies have focused on sexual harassment conducted by clients or customers, which might occur in person-related occupations such as eldercare work, social work or customer service work. This study examined the cross...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Friborg MK,Hansen JV,Aldrich PT,Folker AP,Kjær S,Nielsen MBD,Rugulies R,Madsen IEH

更新日期：2017-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the last decades, global migration has increased and many immigrant groups have a higher prevalence than the native born population of several cardiovascular disease risk factors, including poor dietary habits. However, it is uncertain if dietary habits in immigrant populations reflect dietary habits ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Koochek A,Mirmiran P,Sundquist K,Hosseini F,Azizi T,Moeini AS,Johansson SE,Karlström B,Azizi F,Sundquist J

更新日期：2011-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population ageing presents considerable challenges for the attainment of universal health coverage (UHC), especially in countries where such coverage is still in its infancy. Ghana presents an important case study on the effectiveness of policies aimed at achieving UHC in the context of population ageing in ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Van der Wielen N,Channon AA,Falkingham J

更新日期：2018-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China has increased yearly. This study aimed to explore the association between the characteristics of social communication and condomless anal intercourse (CAI) among MSM and the implications for prevention and control of HIV among MSM in China usi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Yang J,Xu H,Li S,Cheng W,Gu Y,Xu P,Yu Q,Lv F

更新日期：2019-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) are the mainstay of global and national TB control efforts. However, the gap between expected and reported cases persists for various reasons attributable to the TB services and care-seeking sides of the TB care cascade. Understanding individual and collecti...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bashorun AO,Linda C,Omoleke S,Kendall L,Donkor SD,Kinteh MA,Danso B,Leigh L,Kandeh S,D'Alessandro U,Adetifa IMO

更新日期：2020-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lack of physical activity is an important risk factor for overweight, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions. In the Netherlands, ethnic minority groups are generally less physically active and rate their own health poorer compared to ethnic Dutch. This applies in particular to women. ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hosper K,Deutekom M,Stronks K

更新日期：2008-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most pregnancies among adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24 years occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and do so within marriage. The mortality rates and pregnancy-related morbidities are significantly higher among the women of younger age group in many South Asian and Sub-Saharan Africa...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Sarkar A,Chandra-Mouli V,Jain K,Behera J,Mishra SK,Mehra S

更新日期：2015-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a hidden public health disease that affects up to 20% of the general population. Although co-morbidity can affect diagnose setting and treatment of the disease, there are few studies concerning diagnosed and registered co-morbidity for IBS patients in primary care. The aim o...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Faresjö Å,Grodzinsky E,Hallert C,Timpka T

更新日期：2013-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examines the nature of disparities in cardiovascular risk by exploring chronic stressors and other cardiovascular risk factors on youth of African descent who are integrating into an industrialized society. METHODS:Qualitative data on cardiovascular risk and acclimation to the dominant society we...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zlotnick C,Goldblatt H,Shadmi E,Birenbaum-Carmeli D,Taychaw O

更新日期：2015-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Brazil coronary heart disease (CHD) constitutes the most important cause of death in both sexes in all the regions of the country and interestingly, the difference between the sexes in the CHD mortality rates is one of the smallest in the world because of high rates among women. Since a question has been ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Castanho VS,Oliveira LS,Pinheiro HP,Oliveira HC,de Faria EC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Female sex workers (FSWs) are at increased risk of HIV and STIs compared to women in the general population, and frequently experience violence in their working and domestic lives from a variety of perpetrators, which can enhance this risk. While progress has been made in addressing violence by police and cl...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Beattie TS,Isac S,Bhattacharjee P,Javalkar P,Davey C,Raghavendra T,Nair S,Ramanaik S,Kavitha DL,Blanchard JF,Watts C,Collumbien M,Moses S,Heise L

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public Health policies related to social distancing efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic helped slow the infection rate. However, individual-level factors associated with social distancing are largely unknown. We sought to examine social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan, an infection "hots...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cassidy-Bushrow AE,Baseer M,Kippen K,Levin AM,Li J,Loveless I,Poisson LM,Schultz L,Wegienka G,Zhou Y,Johnson CC

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the many antihypertensive medications available, two-thirds of patients with hypertension do not achieve blood pressure control. This is thought to be due to a combination of poor patient education, poor medication adherence, and "clinical inertia." The present trial evaluates an intervention consist...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bennett H,Laird K,Margolius D,Ngo V,Thom DH,Bodenheimer T

更新日期：2009-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With increases in inactive lifestyles and mounting pressure for academic excellence in Chinese younger populations, lack of physical activity and increased prevalence of obesity have become a major public health concern in China. The purpose of this study is to provide updated estimates on the prevalence of ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zhu Z,Tang Y,Zhuang J,Liu Y,Wu X,Cai Y,Wang L,Cao ZB,Chen P

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is well established that smoking rates in people with common mental disorders such as anxiety or depressive disorders are much higher than in people without mental disorders. It is less clear whether people with these mental disorders want to quit smoking, attempt to quit smoking or successfully quit smok...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lawrence D,Mitrou F,Zubrick SR

更新日期：2011-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been shown that gender equity has a positive impact on the everyday activities of people (decision making, income allocation, application and observance of norms/rules) which affect their health. Gender equity is also a crucial determinant of health inequalities at national level; thus, monitoring is ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Fernández-Sáez J,Ruiz-Cantero MT,Guijarro-Garví M,Carrasco-Portiño M,Roca-Pérez V,Chilet-Rosell E,Álvarez-Dardet C

更新日期：2013-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis B and C (HBV, HCV) infections are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Many countries with traditionally low prevalence (such as UK) are now planning interventions (screening, vaccination, and treatment) of high-risk immigrants from countries with high prevalence. This review aimed to synt...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Owiti JA,Greenhalgh T,Sweeney L,Foster GR,Bhui KS

更新日期：2015-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Consistent findings about the effectiveness of parent programs to prevent or reduce child maltreatment are lacking. METHODS:In the present meta-analysis we synthesized findings from 27 independent samples from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the effectiveness of 20 different intervention programs aim...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Euser S,Alink LR,Stoltenborgh M,Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ,van IJzendoorn MH

更新日期：2015-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High rates of mental health disorders have been reported in veterans returning from deployment to Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom: OEF) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom: OIF); however, less is known about physical health functioning and its temporal course post-deployment. Therefore, our goal is to ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Falvo MJ,Serrador JM,McAndrew LM,Chandler HK,Lu SE,Quigley KS

更新日期：2012-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growing scientific evidence points to the pervasiveness of inequities in health and health care and the persistence of the inverse care law, that is the availability of good quality healthcare seems to be inversely related to the need for it in developing countries. Achievement of the Millennium Development ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zere E,Moeti M,Kirigia J,Mwase T,Kataika E

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increased incidence of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), are serious public health issues, and several studies link sleeping disorders with increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance (IR). This study explore how self-reported lack of sleep and low vita...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Andersson S,Ekman I,Friberg F,Bøg-Hansen E,Lindblad U

更新日期：2013-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A significant reduction in road traffic accidents has been observed since prevention measures were introduced by the French public authorities in 2002. The goals of this study are to describe the burden of road traffic accidents in a French Departement, and to identify changes if any between the periods 1997...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lapostolle A,Gadegbeku B,Ndiaye A,Amoros E,Chiron M,Spira A,Laumon B

更新日期：2009-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continued management of sanitation and hygiene services, post-intervention, is a global challenge, particularly in the school-setting. This situation threatens anticipated impacts of school sanitation and hygiene investments. To improve programming and policies, and increase the effectiveness of limited deve...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chatterley C,Javernick-Will A,Linden KG,Alam K,Bottinelli L,Venkatesh M

更新日期：2014-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mission of Mercy (MOM) emergency dental clinics are a resource for populations lacking access to dental care. We designed a MOM event incorporating health equity components with established community partners who shared a common vision of addressing the oral health, physical health, and social service needs ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Jackson DN,Passmore S,Fryer CS,Chen J,Kleinman DV,Horowitz AM,Butler J 3rd,Garza MA,Quinn SC,Thomas SB

更新日期：2018-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a current paucity of data on the health behaviour of non-selected populations in Central Europe. Data on health behaviour were collected as part of the EMIL study which investigated the prevalence of infection with Echinococcus multilocularis and other medical conditions in an urban German populatio...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Haenle MM,Brockmann SO,Kron M,Bertling U,Mason RA,Steinbach G,Boehm BO,Koenig W,Kern P,Piechotowski I,Kratzer W,EMIL-Study group.

更新日期：2006-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin D levels may differ between migrant and non-migrant populations, especially among non-western immigrants living in a country with limited sun exposure such as Germany. This study examined serum vitamin D concentration and associated factors among Berliners with and without Turkish background. METHOD...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Krist L,Keller T,Becher H,Jöckel KH,Schlaud M,Willich SN,Keil T

更新日期：2019-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of childhood asthma and allergies in Cyprus was significantly higher in urban compared to rural areas back in the year 2000, against a background of an overall low prevalence (e.g. current wheeze 6.9%) by comparison to northern European countries. In this study we aimed to assess temporal chan...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kolokotroni O,Middleton N,Nicolaou N,Pipis S,Priftis KN,Milton DK,Yiallouros PK

更新日期：2011-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking often starts in early adolescence and addiction can occur rapidly. For effective smoking prevention there is a need to identify at risk groups of preadolescent children and whether gender-specific intervention components are necessary. This study aimed to examine associations between mother, father, ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： McGee CE,Trigwell J,Fairclough SJ,Murphy RC,Porcellato L,Ussher M,Foweather L

更新日期：2015-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to examine the associations between time spent in prolonged and non-prolonged sedentary bouts and the development of metabolic syndrome. METHODS:We used data from a prospective study of Japanese workers. Baseline examination was conducted between 2010 and 2011. A total of 430 office workers...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Honda T,Chen S,Yonemoto K,Kishimoto H,Chen T,Narazaki K,Haeuchi Y,Kumagai S

更新日期：2016-08-26 00:00:00