Development and promotion of a national website to improve dissemination of information related to the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) in Tanzania.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunization is an effective public health intervention to reduce morbidity and mortality among children and it will become more effective if the child can receive the full course of recommended immunization doses. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of childhood immunization defaulte...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Krishna D,Mohd Zulkefli NA,Md Said S,Mahmud A

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respiratory infections are the leading cause of childhood deaths in Bangladesh. Promoting respiratory hygiene may reduce infection transmission. This formative research explored community perceptions about respiratory infections. METHODS:We conducted 34 in-depth interviews and 16 focus group discussions wit...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nizame FA,Nasreen S,Unicomb L,Southern D,Gurley ES,Arman S,Kadir MA,Azziz-Baumgartner E,Luby SP,Winch PJ

更新日期：2011-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes poses both clinical and public health challenges. Cost-effective approaches to prevent progression of the disease in primary care are needed. Evidence suggests that intensive multifactorial interventions including medication and behaviour change can significantly ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Griffin SJ,Simmons RK,Williams KM,Prevost AT,Hardeman W,Grant J,Whittle F,Boase S,Hobbis I,Brage S,Westgate K,Fanshawe T,Sutton S,Wareham NJ,Kinmonth AL,ADDITION-Plus study team.

更新日期：2011-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dental caries is a major public health problem in many countries. Since the last territority-wide dental survey of Hong Kong preschool children was conducted in 2001, a survey to update the information is necessary. This study aimed to describe the dental caries experience of preschool children in Hong Kong ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chu CH,Ho PL,Lo EC

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective means of public health interventions to prevent childhood deaths from infectious diseases. Although several fragmented studies have been conducted concerning full vaccination coverage among children aged 12-23 months in Ethiopia, the pooled estimate has not been ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ketema DB,Assemie MA,Alamneh AA,Alene M,Chane KY,Alamneh YM,Birhanu MY,Alebel A

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of comorbidity is high, with 80% of the elderly population having three or more chronic conditions. Comorbidity is associated with a decline in many health outcomes and increases in mortality and use of health care resources. The aim of this study was to identify, review and summarise studies ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Caughey GE,Vitry AI,Gilbert AL,Roughead EE

更新日期：2008-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Poland, like in other European countries and in accordance with the global trend, the number of computer users and people who have access to the Internet has increased considerably. The study investigates trends and patterns of Polish health-related Internet use over a period of seven years. The main obje...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bujnowska-Fedak MM

更新日期：2015-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As the world's largest developing country, China has entered into the epidemiological phase characterized by high life expectancy and high morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases. Cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and malignant tumors have become the leading causes of dea...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Jiang C,Ma J,Zhang X,Luo W

更新日期：2012-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing substantially worldwide, leading to serious economic effects, complications and deaths. This study evaluated the effectiveness of an empowerment program providing support for psychosocial, behavioral, and clinical aspects of diabetes to help Brazilian ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cortez DN,Macedo MM,Souza DA,Dos Santos JC,Afonso GS,Reis IA,Torres HC

更新日期：2017-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extraordinary infection control measures limited access to medical care in the Greater Toronto Area during the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak. The objective of this study was to determine if the period of these infection control measures was associated with changes in overall populati...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hwang SW,Cheung AM,Moineddin R,Bell CM

更新日期：2007-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Pakistan, 16% of the women aged 15-19 years are married. Many get married shortly after they attain menarche. This study explores the preparedness for and actual experiences of married life (inter-spousal relationship, sexual activity and pregnancy) among adolescent women. METHODS:Among married adolescen...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hamid S,Johansson E,Rubenson B

更新日期：2009-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Toxoplasmosis is among the most widespread and prevalent zoonosis in the world. People can become infected through ingestion of oocysts shed by felids or of tissue cysts contained in meat from infected animals. Acute infection can result in a wide spectrum of consequences, including flu-like illness and reti...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Muñoz-Zanzi C,Williams-Nguyen J,Belongia EA

更新日期：2013-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronicity and severity of early exposure to maternal common mental disorders (CMD) has been associated with poorer infant development in high-income countries. In low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs), perinatal CMD is inconsistently associated with infant development, but the impact of severity and per...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Servili C,Medhin G,Hanlon C,Tomlinson M,Worku B,Baheretibeb Y,Dewey M,Alem A,Prince M

更新日期：2010-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic pain is currently a significant health problem in the United States. A comprehensive strategy is needed to increase prevention of chronic pain and to improve care for chronic pain patients. However, development of a successful strategy relies, in part, on a better understanding of the demographics an...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Malon J,Shah P,Koh WY,Cattabriga G,Li E,Cao L

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research has shown large and increasing relative differences in mortality by marital status in several countries, but few studies have considered trends in cause-specific mortality by marital status among elderly people. METHODS:The author uses discrete-time hazard regression and register data cove...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Berntsen KN

更新日期：2011-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological research has long observed a varying prevalence of hypertension across socioeconomic strata. However, patterns of association and underlying causal mechanisms are poorly understood in sub-Saharan Africa. Using education and income as indicators, we investigated the extent to which socioeconom...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cois A,Ehrlich R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study was to estimate the benchmark doses (BMD) for renal effects for health risk assessment of residents living in Cd-polluted and non-polluted areas in a Thai population. METHODS:The study participants consisted of inhabitants aged 40 years or older who lived in a non-polluted area ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nishijo M,Suwazono Y,Ruangyuttikarn W,Nambunmee K,Swaddiwudhipong W,Nogawa K,Nakagawa H

更新日期：2014-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Middle East is estimated to have the largest increase in prevalence of diabetes by 2030; yet there is lack of published data on the incidence of Type 2 diabetes in this region. This study aimed to estimate Type 2 diabetes incidence and its associated risk factors in an Iranian urban population. METHODS:...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Harati H,Hadaegh F,Saadat N,Azizi F

更新日期：2009-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical activity interventions in schools environment seem to have shown some effectiveness in the control of the current obesity epidemic in children. However the complexity of behaviors and the diversity of influences related to this problem suggest that we urgently need new lines of insight about how to ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Martínez-Andrés M,García-López U,Gutiérrez-Zornoza M,Rodríguez-Martín B,Pardo-Guijarro MJ,Sánchez-López M,Cortés-Ramírez E,Martínez-Vizcaíno V

更新日期：2012-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last decade, the attention for health literacy has increased in the European Union. This is due to three main reasons. First, reviews have shown that inadequate health literacy is associated with worse health outcomes, higher health care use and expenditure. Second, in all European countries the popul...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Visscher BB,Steunenberg B,Heijmans M,Hofstede JM,Devillé W,van der Heide I,Rademakers J

更新日期：2018-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Common enteric pathogens that cause gastrointestinal illness are transmitted to humans through food, water or direct contact. This poses a significant concern to public health as enteric pathogens can cause disease in a large number of people, and cost a substantial amount to treat and prevent. In order to g...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Harding SA,Parmley EJ,Morrison KE

更新日期：2014-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To achieve the WHO End TB Strategy targets, it is necessary to detect and treat more people with active TB early. Scale-up of active case finding (ACF) may be one strategy to achieve that goal. Given human resource constraints in the health systems of most high TB burden countries, volunteer community health...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Vo LNQ,Forse RJ,Codlin AJ,Vu TN,Le GT,Do GC,Van Truong V,Dang HM,Nguyen LH,Nguyen HB,Nguyen NV,Levy J,Squire B,Lonnroth K,Caws M

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR) in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducts outreach for public preparedness for natural and manmade incidents. In 2011, OPHPR conducted a nationwide mobile public health (m-Health) campaign that pushed brief videos on preparing for...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bandera C

更新日期：2016-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:WHO estimates suggest that age-specific death rates from non-communicable diseases are higher in sub-Saharan Africa than in high-income countries. The objectives of this study were to examine, in Burkina Faso, the prevalence of non-communicable disease symptoms by age, gender, socioeconomic group and setting...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Miszkurka M,Haddad S,Langlois ÉV,Freeman EE,Kouanda S,Zunzunegui MV

更新日期：2012-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimates of the risk of developing Crohn's disease (CD) can be made using DNA testing for mutations in the NOD2 (CARD15) gene, family history, and smoking status. Smoking doubles the risk of CD, a risk that is reduced by stopping. CD therefore serves as a timely and novel paradigm within which to assess the...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Whitwell SC,Mathew CG,Lewis CM,Forbes A,Watts S,Sanderson J,Hollands GJ,Prevost AT,Armstrong D,Kinmonth AL,Sutton S,Marteau TM

更新日期：2011-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the Helsinki Declaration was introduced in 1964 as a code of practice for clinical research, it has generally been agreed that research governance is also needed in the field of public health and health promotion research. Recently, a range of factors led to the development of more stringent bureaucrat...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： van Teijlingen ER,Douglas F,Torrance N

更新日期：2008-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social understandings of sexually transmitted infections and associated symptoms and care-seeking behaviour continue to lag behind advancements in biomedical diagnostics and treatment, perpetuating the burden of disease. There is a lack of research linking perceptions, experiences and care-seeking for sexual...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mapp F,Hickson F,Mercer CH,Wellings K

更新日期：2016-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about how sitting time, alone or in combination with markers of physical activity (PA), influences mental well-being and work productivity. Given the need to develop workplace PA interventions that target employees' health related efficiency outcomes; this study examined the associations betw...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Puig-Ribera A,Martínez-Lemos I,Giné-Garriga M,González-Suárez ÁM,Bort-Roig J,Fortuño J,Muñoz-Ortiz L,McKenna J,Gilson ND

更新日期：2015-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been few studies on satisfaction with integrated basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents (URRBMI), and satisfaction with URRBMI is not very high because of the complexity of its policies and differences among the insured. The aim of the present study was to explore the factors that i...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Liu X,Yang F,Cheng W,Wu Y,Cheng J,Sun W,Yan X,Luo M,Mo X,Hu M,Lin Q,Shi J

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is some evidence of the benefits of breastfeeding to masticatory function, but no studies have evaluated the influence of breastfeeding duration on the quality of this function. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between duration of breastfeeding and quality of masticatory f...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Pires SC,Giugliani ER,Caramez da Silva F

更新日期：2012-10-31 00:00:00