Parents Working Together: development and feasibility trial of a workplace-based program for parents that incorporates general parenting and health behaviour messages.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Canada, road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among children and youth ≤19. Across the country, there is variability in road traffic injury prevention policies and legislation. Our objective was to compare pediatric road traffic related injury hospitalization and death rates across Canadian...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Fridman L,Fraser-Thomas JL,Pike I,Macpherson AK

更新日期：2018-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hearing impairment negatively impacts students' development of academic, language and social skills. Even minimal unilateral hearing loss can hinder educational performance. We investigated the prevalence of ear diseases among secondary school students in the city of Xi'an, China in order to provide a founda...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chen Y,Li X,Xu Z,Li Z,Zhang P,He Y,Wang F,Qiu J

更新日期：2011-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falls are a significant source of morbidity in people aged 65 and over, affecting one in three people in this age group. The scientific evidence indicates that physical activity is the most effective method for preventing falls among seniors. Although public health professionals often use social marketing to...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Goethals L,Barth N,Hupin D,Mulvey MS,Roche F,Gallopel-Morvan K,Bongue B

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of self-reported low back pain among professional cooks was estimated to examine the effects of daily life conditions, job-related factors, and psychological factors on this disorder. METHODS:Data was collected using a mailed self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS:Of 7100 cooks, 5835 (82%)...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nagasu M,Sakai K,Ito A,Tomita S,Temmyo Y,Ueno M,Miyagi S

更新日期：2007-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that lactation has long-term effects on risk for cardiovascular disease in women, but the effects on cardiovascular mortality are less well known. METHOD:In a Norwegian population-based prospective cohort study, we studied the association of lifetime duration of lactation with cardiov...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Natland Fagerhaug T,Forsmo S,Jacobsen GW,Midthjell K,Andersen LF,Ivar Lund Nilsen T

更新日期：2013-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The triple epidemic of silicosis, tuberculosis and HIV infection among migrant miners from South Africa and neighbouring countries who have worked in the South African mining industry is currently the target of regional and international control efforts. These initiatives are hampered by a lack of informatio...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ehrlich R,Montgomery A,Akugizibwe P,Gonsalves G

更新日期：2017-08-03 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:Based on the need for better measurement of the retail food environment in rural settings and to examine how deprivation may be unique in rural settings, the aims of this study were: 1) to validate one commercially available data source with direct field observations of food retailers; and 2) to examine the ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gustafson AA,Lewis S,Wilson C,Jilcott-Pitts S

更新日期：2012-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Substance abuse among adolescents is a major public health and social problem. However, studies rarely investigate the relationships between substance abuse, educational achievement and sport factors. Substance abuse is an even more significant problem in societies that have experienced trauma, such as Bosni...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Sekulic D,Ostojic M,Ostojic Z,Hajdarevic B,Ostojic L

更新日期：2012-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi was based on a public health approach adapted to its resource-poor setting, with principles and practices borrowed from the successful tuberculosis control framework. From 2004 to 2015, the number of new patients started on ART increased from about 3000 to over 82...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Harries AD,Ford N,Jahn A,Schouten EJ,Libamba E,Chimbwandira F,Maher D

更新日期：2016-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptoms of depression and musculoskeletal pain have both been found to be associated with increased risk of long term sickness absence (LTSA). The comorbidity between depression and pain i.e. simultaneous presence of both symptoms, is well established in the literature. The aim for the current investigation...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Melkevik O,Clausen T,Pedersen J,Garde AH,Holtermann A,Rugulies R

更新日期：2018-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite their potential health and social benefits, adoption and use of improved cookstoves has been low throughout much of the world. Explanations for low adoption rates of these technologies include prices that are not affordable for the target populations, limited opportunities for households to learn abo...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Dickinson KL,Dalaba M,Brown ZS,Alirigia R,Coffey ER,Mesenbring E,Achazanaga M,Agao D,Ali M,Kanyomse E,Awaregya J,Adagenera CA,Aburiya JBA,Gubilla B,Oduro AR,Hannigan MP

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many factors have been associated with circulation of the dengue fever virus and vector, although the dynamics of transmission are not yet fully understood. The aim of this work is to estimate the spatial distribution of the risk of dengue fever in an area of continuous dengue occurrence. METHODS:This is a ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cordeiro R,Donalisio MR,Andrade VR,Mafra AC,Nucci LB,Brown JC,Stephan C

更新日期：2011-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Upper extremity injuries account for a large proportion of attendances to the Emergency Department. The aim of this study was to assess population-based trends in the incidence of upper extremity injuries in the Dutch population between 1986 and 2008, and to give a detailed overview of the associated health ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Polinder S,Iordens GI,Panneman MJ,Eygendaal D,Patka P,Den Hartog D,Van Lieshout EM

更新日期：2013-06-01 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:Along with physical benefits, community-based sport provides opportunities to enhance connectedness, an important protective factor of social and emotional health. However, young Australians participating in sport have been found to drink alcohol at higher levels than their non-sporting peers, and many clubs...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Burns S,Evans M,Jancey J,Portsmouth L,Maycock B

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maternal mortality remains a major challenge to health systems worldwide. Although most pregnancies and births are uneventful, approximately 15% of all pregnant women develop potentially life-threatening complications. Home delivery in this context can be acutely threatening, particularly in developing count...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tsegay R,Aregay A,Kidanu K,Alemayehu M,Yohannes G

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Developing national physical activity (PA) recommendations is an essential element of an effective national approach to promote PA. METHODS:Systematic overview and analysis of national PA recommendations across the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO European national information...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kahlmeier S,Wijnhoven TM,Alpiger P,Schweizer C,Breda J,Martin BW

更新日期：2015-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With several new vaccine recommendations specifically targeting adolescents, improving adolescent vaccination rates has become a major health priority. Vaccination attitudes are an important, modifiable target for new interventions. Prior research has examined primarily the attitudes and beliefs of adolescen...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gowda C,Schaffer SE,Dombkowski KJ,Dempsey AF

更新日期：2012-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States, and its precursor, pre-diabetes, is estimated to occur in one-third of American adults. Understanding the geographic disparities in the distribution of these conditions and identifying high-prevalence areas is critical to guiding contr...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lord J,Roberson S,Odoi A

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last decade, patient involvement in treatment-related decision-making has been widely advocated in Japan, where patient-physician encounters are still under the influence of the long-standing tradition of paternalism. Despite this profound change in clinical practice, studies investigating the actua...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Watanabe Y,Takahashi M,Kai I

更新日期：2008-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The future of notifiable condition reporting in the United States is undergoing a transformation with the increasing development of Health Information Exchanges which support electronic data-sharing and -transfer networks and the wider adoption of electronic laboratory reporting. Communicable disease report ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Revere D,Hills RH,Dixon BE,Gibson PJ,Grannis SJ

更新日期：2017-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This survey determined the practices about television (video inclusive), videogames, and computer use in children and adolescents in Italy. METHODS:A self-administered anonymous questionnaire covered socio-demographics; behaviour about television, videogames, computer, and sports; parental control over tele...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Patriarca A,Di Giuseppe G,Albano L,Marinelli P,Angelillo IF

更新日期：2009-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Novel coronavirus is a global pandemic and killed many individuals, including health care professionals. It caused stress on the health care system of all countries. Presently, studies are emerging regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in different aspects. However, a few have explored barriers that affecting the ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mersha A,Shibiru S,Girma M,Ayele G,Bante A,Kassa M,Abebe S,Shewangizaw M

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study explored community perceptions of cultural beliefs and practices that may increase sexual risk behaviour of adolescents, to understand more about meaning they hold within the culture and how they expose adolescent orphans and non-orphans to higher risks in a high HIV and teenage pregnancy prevalen...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Juma M,Askew I,Alaii J,Bartholomew LK,van den Borne B

更新日期：2014-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compared with whites, sleep disturbance and sleep deprivation appear more prevalent in African Americans (AA). Long-term sleep deprivation may increase the risk of obesity through multiple metabolic and endocrine alterations. Previous studies have reported contradictory results on the association between hab...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bidulescu A,Din-Dzietham R,Coverson DL,Chen Z,Meng YX,Buxbaum SG,Gibbons GH,Welch VL

更新日期：2010-09-28 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: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:Breast cancer incidence within an area is usually proportional to the area's income level. High-income areas have shown the highest incidence rates and since 2003, negative trends. As for mortality, rates are often higher in low-income regions. The purpose of this study was to analyze trends in incidence and...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lima CA,Rangel MR,Macedo-Lima M,da Silva AM

更新日期：2012-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipid-reduction pharmacotherapy is often employed to reduce morbidity and mortality risk for patients with dyslipidemia or established cardiovascular disease. Associations between socioeconomic factors and the prescribing and use of lipid-lowering agents have been reported in several developed countries. ME...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kitzmiller JP,Foraker RE,Rose KM

更新日期：2013-05-20 00:00:00