Effect of social mobility in family financial situation and housing tenure on mental health conditions among South Australian adults: results from a population health surveillance system, 2009 to 2011.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is abundant evidence to recommend a physically active lifestyle, adult physical activity (PA) levels have declined over the past two decades. In order to understand why this happens, numerous studies have been conducted to uncover the reasons for people's participation in PA. Often, the measur...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Molanorouzi K,Khoo S,Morris T

更新日期：2014-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We studied whether health resources, measured as sense of coherence (SOC), are associated with participation in a follow-up survey among permanent and non-permanent employees who responded at baseline. METHODS:Of a cohort of 5,981 permanent employees, those who after four years were still in the service of ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Liukkonen V,Virtanen P,Kivimäki M,Pentti J,Vahtera J

更新日期：2008-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many countries are facing the burden of accelerated population aging and a lack of institutional support to meet the needs of older individuals. In developing countries, adult children are primarily responsible for the care of their elderly parents. However, out-migration of adult children is common in these...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Adhikari R,Jampaklay A,Chamratrithirong A

更新日期：2011-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sickness absence is a problem in many Western countries. Physicians have an essential role in sickness certification of patients, which is often recommended in health care but may have side effects. Despite the potentially harming impact of sickness absence, physicians have very limited training in insurance...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Löfgren A,Hagberg J,Alexanderson K

更新日期：2010-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical liability concerns centered around maternity care have widespread public health implications, as restrictions in physician scope of practice may threaten quality of and access to care in the current climate. The purpose of this study was to examine national trends in prenatal care settings based on m...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Coco AS,Cohen D,Horst MA,Gambler AS

更新日期：2009-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite increased prevention efforts, HIV remains the leading cause of death among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa. Although research indicates important determinants of HIV acquisition at the individual and interpersonal levels, structural-level stigma and discrimination continue to be crit...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Wechsberg WM,Browne FA,Ndirangu J,Bonner CP,Minnis AM,Nyblade L,Speizer IS,Howard BN,Myers B,Ahmed K

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this observational study, we aimed to see whether transition in Saudi students entering university life could be a breeding stage for cardiometabolic risk factor emergence and clustering. METHODS:A total of 1878 apparently healthy Saudi students of the Preparatory Year, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Al-Daghri NM,Al-Othman A,Al-Attas OS,Alkharfy KM,Alokail MS,Albanyan A,Sabico S,Chrousos GP

更新日期：2014-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcopenia and obesity have been independently associated with physical function decline, however little information is currently available on the relationship between sarcopenic obesity and physical performance, mainly in middle aged women. The present study aims to estimate the prevalence of sarcopenic obe...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Moreira MA,Zunzunegui MV,Vafaei A,da Câmara SM,Oliveira TS,Maciel ÁC

更新日期：2016-01-16 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:Type 2 diabetes is a major public health problem in Australia with prevalence increasing in parallel with increasing obesity. Prevention is an essential component of strategies to reduce the diabetes burden. There is strong and consistent evidence from randomised controlled trials that type 2 diabetes can be...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Colagiuri S,Vita P,Cardona-Morrell M,Singh MF,Farrell L,Milat A,Haas M,Bauman A

更新日期：2010-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interventions for curing most diseases and save lives of pregnant and delivering women exist, yet the power of health systems to deliver them to those in most need is not sufficient. The aims of this study were to design a participatory antenatal care (ANC) strengthening intervention and assess the implement...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Villadsen SF,Negussie D,GebreMariam A,Tilahun A,Friis H,Rasch V

更新日期：2015-04-11 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: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:Understanding people's social lived experiences of chronic illness is fundamental to improving health service delivery and health outcomes, particularly in relation to self-management activity. In explorations of social lived experiences this paper uncovers the ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isla...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ward NJ,Jowsey T,Haora PJ,Aspin C,Yen LE

更新日期：2011-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term multicentre studies are subject to numerous factors that may affect the integrity of their conclusions. Quality control and standardization of data collection are crucial to minimise the biases induced by these factors. Nevertheless, tools implemented to manage biases are rarely described in public...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ruiz F,Goldberg M,Lemonnier S,Ozguler A,Boos E,Brigand A,Giraud V,Perez T,Roche N,Zins M

更新日期：2016-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The assumption behind the presented work is that the information people search for on the internet reflects the disease status in society. By having access to this source of information, epidemiologists can get a valuable complement to the traditional surveillance and potentially get new and timely epidemiol...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hulth A,Rydevik G

更新日期：2011-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Response time to cardiovascular emergency medical requests is an important indicator in reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) -related mortality. This study aimed to visualize the spatial-time distribution of response time, scene time, and call-to-hospital time of these emergency requests. We also identified...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Azimi A,Bagheri N,Mostafavi SM,Furst MA,Hashtarkhani S,Amin FH,Eslami S,Kiani F,VafaeiNezhad R,Akbari T,Golabpour A,Kiani B

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In May 2010, Switzerland introduced a heterogeneous smoking ban in the hospitality sector. While the law leaves room for exceptions in some cantons, it is comprehensive in others. This longitudinal study uses different measurement methods to examine airborne nicotine levels in hospitality venues and the leve...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rajkumar S,Huynh CK,Bauer GF,Hoffmann S,Röösli M

更新日期：2013-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mastitis constitutes an important risk factor in HIV vertical transmission. Very little, however, is known on how women in sub-Saharan Africa conceptualise health problems related to breastfeeding, such as mastitis, and how they act when sick. We aimed at filling this gap in knowledge, by documenting the ind...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： De Allegri M,Sarker M,Hofmann J,Sanon M,Böhler T

更新日期：2007-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper presents the development of a study design built on the principles of theory-driven evaluation. The theory-driven evaluation approach was used to evaluate an adolescent sexual and reproductive health intervention in Mali, Burkina Faso and Cameroon to improve continuity of care through the creation...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Van Belle SB,Marchal B,Dubourg D,Kegels G

更新日期：2010-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As India already missed maternal and child health related millennium development goals, the maternal and child health outcomes are a matter of concern to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). This study is focused to assess the gap in coverage and inequality of various reproductive, maternal, neonata...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Panda BK,Kumar G,Awasthi A

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between socioeconomic position in middle age and risk of subsequent, short-term weight gain is unknown. We therefore assessed this association in a prospective population based cohort study in Norfolk, UK. METHODS:We analysed data on 14,619 middle-aged men and women (aged between 40-75 at ba...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Purslow LR,Young EH,Wareham NJ,Forouhi N,Brunner EJ,Luben RN,Welch AA,Khaw KT,Bingham SA,Sandhu MS

更新日期：2008-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior studies on the association between prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and child motor development have found contradicting results. Using data collected in the INUENDO cohort in Kharkiv (Ukraine), Warsaw (Poland) and Greenland (N = 1,103) be...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Høyer BB,Ramlau-Hansen CH,Pedersen HS,Góralczyk K,Chumak L,Jönsson BA,Bonde JP,Toft G

更新日期：2015-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Co-morbid major depressive disorder (MDD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is associated with poor clinical and psychological outcomes. However, the full extent of the burden of, and interaction between, this co-morbidity on important vocational outcomes remains less clear, particularly at the population lev...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： O'Neil A,Williams ED,Stevenson CE,Oldenburg B,Sanderson K

更新日期：2012-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poor childhood nutrition is a more pervasive and insidious risk factor for lifestyle-related chronic disease than childhood obesity. Parents find it difficult to address the reported barriers to optimal child feeding, and to improve child dietary patterns. To impact at the population level, nutrition interve...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Duncanson K,Burrows T,Collins C

更新日期：2012-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Between 8 May 2018 and 27 May 2019, cumulatively there were 1286 deaths from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The objective of this study was to estimate the monetary value of human lives lost through EVD in DRC. METHODS:Human capital approach was applied to monetarily va...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kirigia JM,Muthuri RNDK,Muthuri NG

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children and adolescents are important target groups for prevention of overweight and obesity as overweight is often developed early in life and tracks into adulthood. Research into behaviors related to overweight (energy balance-related behaviors) and the personal and environmental determinants of these beh...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： van der Horst K,Oenema A,van de Looij-Jansen P,Brug J

更新日期：2008-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children's activity level, including physical activity (PA) and screen sedentary time (SST), is influenced by environmental factors in which parents play a critical role. Different types of parenting styles may influence children's activity level. Inconsistent results were found on the association between pa...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Van der Geest KE,Mérelle SYM,Rodenburg G,Van de Mheen D,Renders CM

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to model the predictors of HIV prevalence in Malawi through a complex sample logistic regression and spatial mapping approach using the national Demographic and Health Survey datasets. METHODS:We conducted a secondary data analysis using the 2015-2016 Malawi Demographic and H...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nutor JJ,Duah HO,Agbadi P,Duodu PA,Gondwe KW

更新日期：2020-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown that there may be gender disparities in the prevalence of hypertension; however, these studies do not address the spatial information contained in the sample which may limit the analytical results. Our study extends the existing Shared Component Model (SCM) and compares its utilit...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Xu L,Lai D,Fang Y

更新日期：2016-05-26 00:00:00