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

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds (CAHHM) is a pan-Canadian, prospective, multi-ethnic cohort study being conducted in Canada. The overarching objective of the CAHHM is to understand the association of socio-environmental and contextual factors (such as societal structure, activity, nutritio...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Anand SS,Tu JV,Awadalla P,Black S,Boileau C,Busseuil D,Desai D,Després JP,de Souza RJ,Dummer T,Jacquemont S,Knoppers B,Larose E,Lear SA,Marcotte F,Moody AR,Parker L,Poirier P,Robson PJ,Smith EE,Spinelli JJ,Tardi

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) is a serious threat to child health. Roughly 40% of children worldwide are exposed to tobacco smoke, and the very young are often "captive smokers" in homes in which others smoke.The goal of this research project is to develop and evaluate an intervention to reduce young child to...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rosen LJ,Guttman N,Hovell MF,Noach MB,Winickoff JP,Tchernokovski S,Rosenblum JK,Rubenstein U,Seidmann V,Vardavas CI,Klepeis NE,Zucker DM

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The inadequate management of solid waste impacts populations' health and quality of life, and disproportionately affects developing countries. This study aims to describe a protocol for epidemiological diagnosis, the purpose being to estimate the prevalence of chronic and communicable and non communicable di...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cruvinel VRN,Marques CP,Cardoso V,Novaes MRCG,Araújo WN,Angulo-Tuesta A,Escalda PMF,Galato D,Brito P,da Silva EN

更新日期：2019-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood obesity and physical inactivity are increasing dramatically worldwide. Children of low socioeconomic status and/or children of migrant background are especially at risk. In general, the overall effectiveness of school-based programs on health-related outcomes has been disappointing. A special gap e...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Niederer I,Kriemler S,Zahner L,Bürgi F,Ebenegger V,Hartmann T,Meyer U,Schindler C,Nydegger A,Marques-Vidal P,Puder JJ

更新日期：2009-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Undernutrition is a leading cause of child mortality in developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. We examine the household and community level socioeconomic and environmental factors associated with child nutritional status in Cameroon, and changes in the effects of these factors during the 199...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Pongou R,Ezzati M,Salomon JA

更新日期：2006-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes is the most prevalent disease resulted from metabolic disorders. This study aimed to investigate the effect of training based on health belief model (HBM) on oral hygiene-related behaviors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS:This study was conducted as an educational randomized contr...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Malekmahmoodi M,Shamsi M,Roozbahani N,Moradzadeh R

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent terrorist attacks and natural disasters have led to an increased awareness of the importance of emergency planning. However, the extent to which emergency planners can access or use evidence remains unclear. The aim of this study was to identify, analyse and assess the location, source and quality of ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Challen K,Lee AC,Booth A,Gardois P,Woods HB,Goodacre SW

更新日期：2012-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metabolic syndrome (MetS), a condition of metabolic disorders, is now causing large disease burden around the world. This study aimed to update the prevalence of MetS in Jiangsu Province of China and evaluate the predicting value of five anthropometric measures including waist circumference (WC), body mass i...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tian T,Zhang J,Zhu Q,Xie W,Wang Y,Dai Y

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Moti-4 intervention was developed to prevent addiction and other health problems among vulnerable adolescent cannabis users. The aims of Moti-4 are to reduce the use of cannabis among adolescents and to encourage their motivation to change their behavior. METHODS:Intervention Mapping, a systematic appro...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Dupont HB,Lemmens P,Adriana G,van de Mheen D,de Vries NK

更新日期：2015-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health risk behaviours known to result in poorer outcomes in adulthood are generally established in late childhood and adolescence. These 'risky' behaviours include smoking, alcohol and illicit drug use and sexual risk taking. While the role of social capital in the establishment of health risk behaviours in...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： McPherson KE,Kerr S,Morgan A,McGee E,Cheater FM,McLean J,Egan J

更新日期：2013-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Syndromic surveillance provides public health intelligence to aid in early warning and monitoring of public health impacts (e.g. seasonal influenza), or reassurance when an impact has not occurred. Using information collected during routine patient care, syndromic surveillance can be based on signs/symptoms/...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hughes HE,Edeghere O,O'Brien SJ,Vivancos R,Elliot AJ

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals' stress in responding to the current COVID-19 pandemic may be exacerbated by information uncertainty driven by inconsistent, unverified, and conflicting news from various sources. The current study aims to test if information uncertainty during the COVID-19 outbreak was related to acute stress di...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lin D,Friedman DB,Qiao S,Tam CC,Li X,Li X

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on outbreaks of infectious gastroenteritis in care homes have been collected using an internet-based surveillance system in North West England since 2012. We analysed the burden and characteristics of care home outbreaks to inform future public health decision-making. METHODS:We described characteristi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Inns T,Keenan A,Huyton R,Harris J,Iturriza-Gomara M,O'Brien SJ,Vivancos R

更新日期：2018-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since 1998, China has gradually moved toward voluntary uncompensated blood donation. In some cities, the shortage of platelets has been noticeably severe. Mutual assistance that collects blood from one's family and social networks is a potential solution. The measure, however, turned out problematic. There a...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Yu C,Lau JT,Zhong W,Huang X,Pan C,Chen Y,Lu H,Zhao F,Zeng S,Lai J,Tie C,Li X,Zhang J,Zhang C,Liu Y,Jiang Q

更新日期：2019-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Precarious work is an increasingly common characteristic of industrialized labor markets that can widen health inequities, especially among disadvantaged workforce segments. Study objectives are to compare precarious employment in workers with and without disabilities, and to examine the modifying effect of ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Jetha A,Martin Ginis KA,Ibrahim S,Gignac MAM

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have described heterogeneity in Schistosoma japonicum infection intensity, and none were done in Philippines. The purpose of this report is to describe the village-to-village variation in the prevalence of two levels of infection intensity across 50 villages of Samar Province, the Philippines. M...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tarafder MR,Balolong E Jr,Carabin H,Bélisle P,Tallo V,Joseph L,Alday P,Gonzales RO,Riley S,Olveda R,McGarvey ST

更新日期：2006-03-09 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:Follow-up of HIV-exposed children for the delivery of prevention of mother-to-child transmission services and for early diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection is critical to their survival. Despite efforts, uptake of postnatal care for these children remains low in many sub-Saharan African countries. METH...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： De Schacht C,Lucas C,Mboa C,Gill M,Macasse E,Dimande SA,Bobrow EA,Guay L

更新日期：2014-12-03 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:People with intellectual disabilities (ID) have low levels of physical activity (PA) together with accelerated aging profiles. Adherence to PA interventions for persons with ID is low based on barriers such as motivation. The IDEA study aims to determine the effect of two types of exercise programs, continuo...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Oviedo GR,Javierre C,Font-Farré M,Tamulevicius N,Carbó-Carreté M,Figueroa A,Pérez-Testor S,Cabedo-Sanromá J,Moss SJ,Massó-Ortigosa N,Guerra-Balic M

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community health service center (CHSC) in China is always regarded as a good facility of primary care, which plays an important role in chronic non-communicable disease management. This study aimed to investigate the blood pressure (BP) control rate in a real life CHSC-based management program and its determ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chen XJ,Gao XL,You GY,Jiang J,Sun XL,Li X,Chen YC,Liang YJ,Zhang Q,Zeng Z

更新日期：2014-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Domestic Violence Prevention Act came into effect in Japan in 2001, but covers only marriage partner violence and post-divorce partner violence, and does not recognize intimate partner violence (IPV). The present study was performed to determine the experience of harassment, both toward and from an intim...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ohnishi M,Nakao R,Shibayama S,Matsuyama Y,Oishi K,Miyahara H

更新日期：2011-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mini-grants have been used to stimulate multisector collaboration in support of public health initiatives by funding non-traditional partners, such as economic development organizations. Such mini-grants have the potential to increase access to healthy foods and places for physical activity through built env...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Abildso CG,Dyer A,Daily SM,Bias TK

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At-risk male youth in Cambodia who purchase sex are at greater risk for HIV compared to the general population. Factors associated with paying for sex among youth are poorly studied, both globally and in Cambodia. This study aimed to identify specific factors associated with transactional sex with women amon...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Dizechi S,Brody C,Tuot S,Chhea C,Saphonn V,Yung K,Kim S,Yi S

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implementation of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination raised concerns that vaccination could lead to riskier sexual behavior. This study explored how possible differences in sexual behavior and HPV knowledge developed over time between HPV-vaccinated and unvaccinated girls. METHODS:A random sample of 19,...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Donken R,Tami A,Knol MJ,Lubbers K,van der Sande MAB,Nijman HW,Daemen T,Weijmar Schultz WCM,de Melker HE

更新日期：2018-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attracted by the expected benefits such as reduced absenteeism and increased productivity, more and more firms decide to implement workplace health promotion programs (WHPPs). However, those programs can only be effective if employees actually participate. This study aims to (1) gain insight into the degree ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lier LM,Breuer C,Dallmeyer S

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Olympic Games constitute a first-class opportunity to promote athleticism and health messages. Little is known, however on the impact of Olympic Games on the development of health-promotion programs for the general population. Our objective was to identify and describe the population-based health-promoti...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Soteriades ES,Hadjichristodoulou C,Kremastinou J,Chelvatzoglou FC,Minogiannis PS,Falagas ME

更新日期：2006-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prisons offer the state the opportunity to gain access to a population that is at particularly high risk of ill-health. Despite the supportive legal and policy structures surrounding prison rehabilitation, the oppressive nature of the austerity policy in England threatens its advanced improvement. METHODS:U...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ismail N

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urban slums in developing countries that are not recognized by the government often lack legal access to municipal water supplies. This results in the creation of insecure "informal" water distribution systems (i.e., community-run or private systems outside of the government's purview) that may increase wate...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Subbaraman R,Shitole S,Shitole T,Sawant K,O'Brien J,Bloom DE,Patil-Deshmukh A

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, two billion workers are employed informally but there is limited research on the relationship between informal work and health. Existing studies have focused on informality as an employment condition, with little emphasis on the diversity of physical and social contexts in which informal work takes...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ko Ko T,Dickson-Gomez J,Yasmeen G,Han WW,Quinn K,Beyer K,Glasman L

更新日期：2020-04-19 00:00:00