Cost-effectiveness of interventions for increasing the possession of functioning smoke alarms in households with pre-school children: a modelling study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood obesity is influenced by myriad individual, societal and environmental factors that are not typically reflected in current interventions. Socio-ecological conditions evolve and require ongoing monitoring in terms of assessing their influence on child health. The aim of this study was to identify an...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： O'Donnell S,Doyle G,O'Malley G,Browne S,O'Connor J,Mars M,Kechadi MM

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking prevalence varies over time and place due to various social, environmental and policy influences. However, its spatio-temporal patterns at small-area level are poorly understood. This paper attempts to describe spatio-temporal patterns of adult (age > 18) and youth (age 12-18) smoking prevalence at t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Meng G,Brown KS,Thompson ME

更新日期：2015-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is a major contributor to worldwide cardiovascular mortality, however, only one-third of patients with hypertension have their blood pressure treated to guideline recommended levels. To improve hypertension control, there may need to be a fundamental shift in care delivery, one that is population-based an...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ho PM,Rumsfeld JS

更新日期：2006-10-19 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:Despite evidence for the effectiveness of interventions to modify lifestyle behaviours in the primary health care (PHC) setting, assessment and intervention for these behaviours remains low in routine practice. Little is known about the relative importance of various determinants of practice.This study aimed...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Laws RA,Jayasinghe UW,Harris MF,Williams AM,Powell Davies G,Kemp LA,Community Health SNAP Project Team.

更新日期：2009-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parental support is an important element in overweight prevention programs for children. The purpose of this study was to examine everyday life situations in which mothers encounter difficulties encouraging healthy energy balance-related behavior in their school-age children. METHODS:We formed four focus gr...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ruiter ELM,Fransen GAJ,Molleman GRM,Hoeijmakers MJHM,van der Velden K,Engels RCME

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent research has used cardiovascular risk scores intended to estimate "total cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk" in individuals to assess the distribution of risk within populations. The research suggested that the adoption of the total risk approach, in comparison to treatment decisions being based on the...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Otgontuya D,Oum S,Buckley BS,Bonita R

更新日期：2013-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-management support interventions can improve health outcomes, but their impact is limited by the numbers of people able or willing to access them. Men's attendance at existing self-management support services appears suboptimal despite their increased risk of developing many of the most serious long ter...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Galdas P,Darwin Z,Kidd L,Blickem C,McPherson K,Hunt K,Bower P,Gilbody S,Richardson G

更新日期：2014-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Participation in sport and physical activity is reported to decline during adolescence, particularly for females. However we do not have a clear understanding of changes in the context (i.e., modes and settings) of participation throughout adolescence. This study investigated longitudinal changes in physical...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Eime RM,Harvey JT,Sawyer NA,Craike MJ,Symons CM,Payne WR

更新日期：2016-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evidence that inspires and fosters communication skills, teaching programmes and clinical recommendations are often based on national studies which assume, implicitly, that patients' preferences towards doctors' communication style are not significantly affected by their cultural background. The cross-cu...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rimondini M,Mazzi MA,Deveugele M,Bensing JM

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinically diagnosed amoebic liver abscess (ALA) caused by Entamoeba histolytica has been an important public health problem in Jaffna district, northern Sri Lanka for last three decades. In order to draw up a control strategy for elimination of this condition, knowledge of its epidemiology and factors assoc...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kannathasan S,Murugananthan A,Kumanan T,de Silva NR,Rajeshkannan N,Haque R,Iddawela D

更新日期：2018-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies throughout North America and Europe have documented adverse perinatal outcomes for racial/ethnic minorities. Nonetheless, the contrast in newborn characteristics between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Latin America has been poorly characterized. This is due to many challenges, including...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Amigo H,Bustos P,Kaufman JS

更新日期：2010-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sexual offences are a global public health concern. Recent changes in the law in England and Wales have dramatically altered the legal landscape of sexual offences, but sexual assaults where the victim is voluntarily intoxicated by alcohol continue to have low conviction rates. Worldwide, students are high c...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gunby C,Carline A,Bellis MA,Beynon C

更新日期：2012-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While there has been progress in controlling the HIV epidemic, HIV still remains a disease of global concern. Some of the progress has been attributed to increased public awareness and uptake of public health interventions, as well as increased access to anti- retroviral treatment and the prevention of verti...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kapiriri L,Lee NM,Wallace LJ,Kwesiga B

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Africans immigrants in the United States are the least-studied immigrant group, despite the research and policy efforts to address health disparities within immigrant communities. Although their healthcare experiences and needs are unique, they are often included in the "black" category, along with other phe...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Omenka OI,Watson DP,Hendrie HC

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Mexico, as in other developing countries, micronutrient deficiencies are common in infants between 6 and 24 months of age and are an important public health problem. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of anemia and of iron, folic acid, and zinc deficiencies in Mexican children und...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Duque X,Flores-Hernández S,Flores-Huerta S,Méndez-Ramírez I,Muñoz S,Turnbull B,Martínez-Andrade G,Ramos RI,González-Unzaga M,Mendoza ME,Martínez H

更新日期：2007-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol is a well-known risk factor in unintentional drownings. Whereas psychotropic drugs, like alcohol, may cause psychomotor impairment and affect cognition, no detailed studies have focused on their association with drowning. Finland provides extensive post-mortem toxicological data for studies on drowni...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Pajunen T,Vuori E,Vincenzi FF,Lillsunde P,Smith G,Lunetta P

更新日期：2017-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), a parasitic nematode infection, poses a huge economic burden to affected countries. LF endemicity is localized and its prevalence is spatially heterogeneous. In Ghana, there exists differences in LF prevalence and multiplicity of symptoms in the country's northern and southern part...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kwarteng EVS,Andam-Akorful SA,Kwarteng A,Asare DB,Quaye-Ballard JA,Osei FB,Duker AA

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Different water choices affect access to drinking water with different quality. Previous studies suggested social-economic status may affect the choice of domestic drinking water. The aim of this study is to investigate whether recent social economic changes in China affect residents' drinking water choices....

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chen H,Zhang Y,Ma L,Liu F,Zheng W,Shen Q,Zhang H,Wei X,Tian D,He G,Qu W

更新日期：2012-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mixed evidence exists with respect to the association between household food insecurity (HFIS) and obesity in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs), particularly among women. This study aimed to measure socioeconomic correlates of HFIS and explores its association with dietary intake and odds of obesity amo...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Jomaa L,Naja F,Cheaib R,Hwalla N

更新日期：2017-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to describe actual measured weight and perceived weight and to explore associations with depressive, anxiety symptoms in school adolescents in China. METHODS:A sample of 1144 Chinese adolescents was randomly selected from four schools in Wuhan, China, including 665 boys and 479...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tang J,Yu Y,Du Y,Ma Y,Zhu H,Liu Z

更新日期：2010-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Violence against women by intimate partners is still a public health problem. The study aims at finding out the prevalence of violence among women residing in Erbil city (Muslim culture) and in Ankawa sub-district (Christian culture), finding out the role of religion and culture on the prevalence, and findin...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Al-Tawil NG

更新日期：2012-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methamphetamine use not only impacts health and the economy but also causes social impairment, particularly among the poorly educated and underprivileged young populations among the hill tribes in northern Thailand. Youths are the most vulnerable population for methamphetamine use due to various factors, inc...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chomchoei C,Apidechkul T,Wongnuch P,Tamornpark R,Upala P,Nongkhai MPN

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inequality in life expectancy (ILE) is defined as inequality in the distribution of expected span of life-based on data from survival tables estimated using the Atkinson inequality index. ILE can be influenced by socio-ecological indicators including the Gini coefficient, secondary education, output per work...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kim JI,Kim G

更新日期：2018-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper presents drinking patterns in a prospective study of a population-based cohort of 1570 pregnant women using a combination of dose and timing to give best estimates of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). Novel assessments include women's special occasion drinking and alcohol use prior to pregnancy rec...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Muggli E,O'Leary C,Donath S,Orsini F,Forster D,Anderson PJ,Lewis S,Nagle C,Craig JM,Elliott E,Halliday J

更新日期：2016-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a significant increase in survival for HIV-infected children who have early access to diagnosis and treatment. The goal of this multi-country review was to examine when and where HIV-exposed infants and children are being diagnosed, and whether the EID service is being maximally utilized to improve ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chatterjee A,Tripathi S,Gass R,Hamunime N,Panha S,Kiyaga C,Wade A,Barnhart M,Luo C,Ekpini R

更新日期：2011-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care providers (HCPs) play an important role in public health emergency preparedness and response (PHEPR) so need to be aware of public health threats and emergencies. To inform HCPs, public health issues PHEPR messages that provide guidelines and updates, and facilitate surveillance so HCPs will reco...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Revere D,Nelson K,Thiede H,Duchin J,Stergachis A,Baseman J

更新日期：2011-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two devastating sequential hurricanes impacted Puerto Rico during September of 2017. The hurricanes were traumatic and created social and ecological upheaval throughout Puerto Rico, and subsequently in communities of Central Florida where affected Puerto Ricans migrated. The 2017 hurricane season exposed and...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Vega Ocasio D,Pérez Ramos JG,Dye TDV

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although childhood vaccination programs have been very successful, vaccination coverage in minority groups may be considerably lower than in the general population. In order to increase vaccination coverage in such minority groups involvement of faith-based organizations and religious leaders has been advoca...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ruijs WL,Hautvast JL,Kerrar S,van der Velden K,Hulscher ME

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Doctor-certified sick leave differs substantially across sectors, and among health and social workers, in particular, there is an increased risk. Previous studies have shown that work environmental factors contribute to sick leave. Hence, the identification of specific organizational and psychosocial risk fa...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Aagestad C,Tyssen R,Johannessen HA,Gravseth HM,Tynes T,Sterud T

更新日期：2014-09-29 00:00:00