The Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV-risk behaviours in Durban, South Africa: study protocol for a cluster randomized control trial, and baseline characteristics.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In most endemic parts of the world, onchocerciasis (river blindness) control relies, or will soon rely, exclusively on mass treatment with the microfilaricide ivermectin. Worldwide eradication of the parasite by means of this drug is unlikely. Macrofilaricidal drugs are currently being developed for human us...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Alley WS,van Oortmarssen GJ,Boatin BA,Nagelkerke NJ,Plaisier AP,Remme JH,Lazdins J,Borsboom GJ,Habbema JD

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the reasons for the social gradient in sickness absence might provide an opportunity to reduce the general rates of sickness absence. The complete explanation for this social gradient still remains unclear and there is a need for studies using randomized working population samples. The main aim...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Löve J,Holmgren K,Torén K,Hensing G

更新日期：2012-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The associations of famine exposure with diabetes risk in adulthood are still unclear. This study aimed to explore the association between famine exposure in early life and risk of diabetes in adulthood. METHODS:A total of 4138 subjects were selected from the data of the China Health and Retirement Longitud...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Wang Z,Zou Z,Yang Z,Dong Y,Song J,Dong B,Ma J,Arnold L

更新日期：2018-10-26 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:Diabetes as being a chronic disease with a number of complications deteriorates the quality of life among the people with type 2 diabetes. Health related quality of life is widely used as an important health outcome measure worldwide. This study assessed the quality of life among the people living with type ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Thapa S,Pyakurel P,Baral DD,Jha N

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Music is ever present in our daily lives, establishing a link between humans and the arts through the senses and pleasure. Sound technicians are the link between musicians and audiences or consumers. Recently, general concern has arisen regarding occurrences of hearing loss induced by noise from excessively ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： El Dib RP,Silva EM,Morais JF,Trevisani VF

更新日期：2008-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Consumption of sugars-sweetened beverages (SSB) increases energy intake and the risk of obesity. Large packages increase consumption of food, implying that smaller bottle sizes may help curb SSB consumption, but there is a lack of relevant evidence relating to these products. This study explores the feasibil...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mantzari E,Hollands GJ,Pechey R,Jebb S,Marteau TM

更新日期：2017-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Young breast cancer patients have a lower rate of survival than old breast cancer patients due to being diagnosed at advanced stages. Breast self-examination makes women more "breast aware", which in turn may lead to an earlier diagnosis of breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate knowledg...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Karayurt O,Ozmen D,Cetinkaya AC

更新日期：2008-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent advances in the measurement of health literacy allow description of a broad range of personal and social dimensions of the concept. Identifying differences in patterns of health literacy between population sub-groups will increase understanding of how health literacy contributes to health inequities a...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Beauchamp A,Buchbinder R,Dodson S,Batterham RW,Elsworth GR,McPhee C,Sparkes L,Hawkins M,Osborne RH

更新日期：2015-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Canada, there are many formal public health programs under development that aim to prevent injuries in the early years (e.g. 0-6). There are paradoxically no population-based studies that have examined patterns of injury by developmental stage among these young children. This represents a gap in the Canad...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Flavin MP,Dostaler SM,Simpson K,Brison RJ,Pickett W

更新日期：2006-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although Primary Health Care (PHC) Teams are used to deal with prevention and treatment of sanitary problems in adults with chronic diseases, they usually have a lack of experience in development of psychotherapeutic interventions. However, these interventions are the ones that achieve better results to redu...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rodríguez-Sánchez E,Mora-Simón S,Porras-Santos N,Patino-Alonso MC,Recio-Rodríguez JI,Becerro-Muñoz C,Pérez-Arechaederra D,Gomez-Marcos MA,Garcia-Ortiz L

更新日期：2010-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:United Kingdom public health policy has recently re-emphasised the role of primary health care professionals in tackling increasing levels of physical inactivity within the general population. However, little is known about the impact that this has had in practice. This study explores Scottish primary care s...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Douglas F,Torrance N,van Teijlingen E,Meloni S,Kerr A

更新日期：2006-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of delivering an individual Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for smoking cessation among a Chinese population. METHODS:Participants were recruited from six primary health care centers. A total of 144 were eligible to take part in the study and ag...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mak YW,Leung DYP,Loke AY

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The family plays a vital role in shaping adolescent behaviours. The present study investigated the associations between family structure and substance use among Hong Kong Chinese adolescents. METHODS:A total of 32,961 Form 1 to 5 (grade 7-12 in the US) Hong Kong students participated in the Youth Smoking Su...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mak KK,Ho SY,Thomas GN,Schooling CM,McGhee SM,Lam TH

更新日期：2010-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep and physical activity are two health behaviors associated with improved smoking cessation outcomes. Text message-based interventions have previously been used to promote physical activity and smoking cessation; however, this type of intervention has not targeted sleep habits. This study examined the ef...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Filion AJ,Darlington G,Chaput JP,Ybarra M,Haines J

更新日期：2015-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer and cancer-killer in Hong Kong with an alarming increasing incidence in recent years. The latest World Cancer Research Fund report concluded that foods low in fibre, and high in red and processed meat cause colorectal cancer whereas physical activity protect...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ho JW,Lee AM,Macfarlane DJ,Fong DY,Leung S,Cerin E,Chan WY,Leung IP,Lam SH,Taylor AJ,Cheng KK

更新日期：2013-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have found higher employment rates and lower risk of relative poverty among people with chronic illness in the Nordic countries than in the rest of Europe. However, Nordic countries have not been immune to the general rise in poverty in many welfare states in recent decades. This study analy...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Falk J,Bruce D,Burström B,Thielen K,Whitehead M,Nylén L

更新日期：2013-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical inactivity is a growing public health concern. Use of mobile applications (apps) may be a powerful tool to encourage physical activity and a healthy lifestyle. For instance, apps may be used in the preparation of a running event. However, there is little evidence for the relationship between app use...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Dallinga JM,Mennes M,Alpay L,Bijwaard H,Baart de la Faille-Deutekom M

更新日期：2015-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cycling is an increasingly important mode of transport for environmental and health reasons. Cycling fatalities in London were previously investigated in 1994 using routinely collected data. Since then, there have been shifts in the modes of transport used, and in transport policies. We sought to replicate t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Morgan AS,Dale HB,Lee WE,Edwards PJ

更新日期：2010-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:China had 236 million internal migrants in 2012 and the majority of them migrated from rural to urban areas. The research based on medical and epidemical records found that the migrants had worse health than the urban residents, but the household and working place investigations reported better health status...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zhang L,Liu S,Zhang G,Wu S

更新日期：2015-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although several studies have reported the direct cost of oral cancer (OC), little research has invested the factors that could influence the costs of OC patient. This study analyzes the epidemiological characteristics and the direct cost of OC. More specifically, the study examines the relationship between ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Han S,Chen Y,Ge X,Zhang M,Wang J,Zhao Q,He J,Wang Z

更新日期：2010-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Statistical data on burden of kidney cancer and the relavant risk factors are valuable for policy-making. This study aims to estimate kidney cancer deaths and high body-mass index (BMI) attributable to the deaths by gender and age group in China adults, compared with U.S. METHODS:We extracted kidney cancer ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Liu X,Yu Y,Wang M,Wang F,Mubarik S,Wang Y,Meng R,Yu C

更新日期：2020-06-08 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: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:In the United States, disparities in health literacy parallel disparities in health outcomes. Our research contributes to how diverse indicators of social inequalities (i.e., objective social class, relational social class, and social resources) contribute to understanding disparities in health literacy. ME...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rikard RV,Thompson MS,McKinney J,Beauchamp A

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that occurs in the tropics and subtropics. The mainstay of control is preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel. In Africa, an estimated 230 million people require preventive chemotherapy. In western Côte d'Ivoire, infections with Schistosoma mansoni are widespread. To ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Assaré RK,Knopp S,N'Guessan NA,Yapi A,Tian-Bi YN,Yao PK,Coulibaly JT,Ouattara M,Meïté A,Fenwick A,N'Goran EK,Utzinger J

更新日期：2014-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Records kept as a result of the implementation of Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) and the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) constitute a public inventory of industries, created by the European Commission, which is a valuable resource for monitoring industrial pollut...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： López-Abente G,García-Pérez J,Fernández-Navarro P,Boldo E,Ramis R

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The research we present here forms part of a two-phase project - one quantitative and the other qualitative - assessing the use of primary health care services. This paper presents the qualitative phase of said research, which is aimed at ascertaining the needs, beliefs, barriers to access and health practic...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Saurina C,Vall-Llosera L,Saez M

更新日期：2010-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite sub-Saharan Africa [SSA] constituting just 12% of the world's population, the region has the highest burden of HIV with 70% of HIV infection in general and 80% of new infections among young people occuring in the region. Diverse intervention programmes have been implemented among young people but wit...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mwale M,Muula AS

更新日期：2017-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Achieving universal coverage as an objective needs to confront the reality of multiple mechanisms, with healthcare financing and provision occurring in both public and private settings. South Africa has both large and mature public and private health systems offering useful insights into how they can be effe...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： van den Heever AM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00