"I've made this my lifestyle now": a prospective qualitative study of motivation for lifestyle change among people with newly diagnosed type two diabetes mellitus.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Kenyan Ministry of Health and partners implemented a community-based integrated prevention campaign (IPC) in Western Kenya in 2008. The aim of this study was to determine whether the IPC, compared to Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) services, was able to identify HIV positive individuals earlier i...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Haskew J,Turner K,Rø G,Ho A,Kimanga D,Sharif S

更新日期：2015-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the limited evidence of the cost-effectiveness of Community Health Workers (CHW) delivering treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM), there is a need to better understand the costs incurred by both implementing institutions and beneficiary households. This study assessed the costs and cost-effect...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rogers E,Guerrero S,Kumar D,Soofi S,Fazal S,Martínez K,Morán JLA,Puett C

更新日期：2019-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately one billion children experience violence every year. Violence against children is an urgent global public health concern and violation of children's rights. It is also a risk factor for serious negative health and social outcomes and is therefore addressed within the Sustainable Development Goa...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kyegombe N,Banks LM,Kelly S,Kuper H,Devries KM

更新日期：2019-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:currently road accidents are mostly monitored through mortality and injury rates. This paper reports the methodology and the results of a project set forth by the European Union (EU) and coordinated by the WHO aimed at identifying and evaluating a core set of indicators to monitor the causal chain of road ac...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Farchi S,Molino N,Giorgi Rossi P,Borgia P,Krzyzanowski M,Dalbokova D,Kim R,European Road Accident Indicator Working Group.

更新日期：2006-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efforts to explain children's nutrition behavior or weight often involve investigating the parent-child relationship, typically studying the associations between food parenting practices (FPPs) and child outcomes. However, these behaviors are embedded in a broader system: general parenting (GP, the general e...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gerards SM,Niermann C,Gevers DW,Eussen N,Kremers SP

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fruit and vegetable intake has been found to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer and diabetes mellitus. It is possible that antioxidants play a large part in this protective effect. However, which foods account for the variation in antioxidant intake in a population is not very...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Qureshi SA,Lund AC,Veierød MB,Carlsen MH,Blomhoff R,Andersen LF,Ursin G

更新日期：2014-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of obesity and obesity-related conditions is not borne equally and disparities in prevalence are well documented for low-income, minority and rural adults in the United States. The current literature on rural versus urban disparities is largely derived from national surveillance data which may not...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hill JL,You W,Zoellner JM

更新日期：2014-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of companies publish corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting in booklets and other publicly available formats. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the nine-year (2004-2012) trend of occupational safety and health (OSH) activities as described in CSR reporting (by industry sector and comp...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nagata T,Nakata A,Mori K,Maruyama T,Kawashita F,Nagata M

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical and biological risk factors for vitamin D inadequacy are known; however, cultural- and population-specific behaviours and attitudes that influence these risk factors, particularly among Asian people, are less well documented. To understand more about prevailing attitudes and behaviour toward sunligh...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kung AW,Lee KK

更新日期：2006-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Timely tuberculosis treatment initiation and compliance are the two key factors for a successful tuberculosis control program. However, studies to understand patents' perspective on tuberculosis treatment initiation and compliance have been limited in Ethiopia. The aim of this study is to attempt to do that ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tadesse T,Demissie M,Berhane Y,Kebede Y,Abebe M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly all California casinos currently allow smoking, which leads to potentially high patron exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke pollutants. Some argue that smoking restrictions or bans would result in a business drop, assuming > 50% of patrons smoke. Evidence in Nevada and responses from the 2008 Californ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Klepeis NE,Omoto J,Ong SL,Omoto HS,Dhaliwal N

更新日期：2012-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fort Bragg, a large Army installation with reported high Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) infection rates, is characterized by a highly mobile population and a surrounding Ct-endemic community. We assessed the rates of Ct incidence and recurrence among the installation's active component Army personnel and determi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hakre S,Oyler RJ,Ferrell KA,Li F,Michael NL,Scott PT,Petruccelli BP

更新日期：2014-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the many antihypertensive medications available, two-thirds of patients with hypertension do not achieve blood pressure control. This is thought to be due to a combination of poor patient education, poor medication adherence, and "clinical inertia." The present trial evaluates an intervention consist...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bennett H,Laird K,Margolius D,Ngo V,Thom DH,Bodenheimer T

更新日期：2009-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contrary to intuition, use of lower strength nicotine e-liquids might not offer reduced health risk if compensatory puffing behaviour occurs. Compensatory puffing (e.g. more frequent, longer puffs) or user behaviour (increasing the wattage) can lead to higher temperatures at which glycerine and propylene gly...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cox S,Kośmider L,McRobbie H,Goniewicz M,Kimber C,Doig M,Dawkins L

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have a higher risk of developing opportunistic infections due to either the disease itself or to treatment with immunosuppressants. This risk can be reduced through vaccination. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of compliance with the guideli...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： García-Serrano C,Mirada G,Marsal JR,Ortega M,Sol J,Solano R,Artigues EM,Estany P

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumonia is a leading cause of childhood hospitalisation and child mortality in Africa. This study explores local interpretations of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs), focusing on caretakers of children under five in the context of hospital care seeking. METHODS:The study took place in Manhiça, southern ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Straus L,Munguambe K,Bassat Q,Machevo S,Pell C,Roca A,Pool R

更新日期：2011-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social inequalities in labor force participation are well established, but the causes of these inequalities are not fully understood. The present study aims to investigate the association between educational qualification and labor market marginalization (LMM) among mature-aged working men and to examine to ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Thern E,Landberg J,Hemmingsson T

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence-informed decision making is accepted in Canada and worldwide as necessary for the provision of effective health services. This process involves: 1) clearly articulating a practice-based issue; 2) searching for and accessing relevant evidence; 3) appraising methodological rigor and choosing the most ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Robeson P,Dobbins M,DeCorby K,Tirilis D

更新日期：2010-02-24 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:In China, thousands of children die from unintentional injury each year: the incidence rate of injury is from 19.4 to 64.3% which is the leading cause of mortality for children. An important factor to injury may be inadequate supervision. Thus, a linguistic and culturally appropriated, validated instrument t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Yang J,Lee SY,Zhou Y,Cui Y,Han Y,Song H,Zhang H

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological studies over the last decade have supplied growing evidence of an association between urbanization and the prevalence of psychiatric disorders. Our aim was to examine the link between levels of urbanization and 12-month prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders in a nationwide German populati...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Dekker J,Peen J,Koelen J,Smit F,Schoevers R

更新日期：2008-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We assessed the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a middle-income country in rapid epidemiological transition and estimated direct costs for treating all individuals at increased cardiovascular risk, i.e. following the so-called "high risk strategy". METHODS:Survey of risk facto...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bovet P,Shamlaye C,Gabriel A,Riesen W,Paccaud F

更新日期：2006-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Getting it Right study determined the validity, sensitivity, specificity and acceptability of the culturally adapted 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (aPHQ-9) as a screening tool for depression in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter referred to as Indigenous) people. In this process evalu...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Farnbach S,Gee G,Eades AM,Evans JR,Fernando J,Hammond B,Simms M,DeMasi K,Glozier N,Brown A,Hackett ML,Getting it Right Investigators.

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper is embedded in a randomised controlled trial (Alcohol and Employment) that investigated whether welfare-to-work schemes combined with alcohol treatment were more effective than welfare-to-work schemes alone for helping unemployed welfare recipients with alcohol problems get back to employment and ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hansen MB,Kloster S,Danquah IH,Nielsen AS,Becker U,Tjørnhøj-Thomsen T,Tolstrup JS

更新日期：2015-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco smoking is one of the most serious modern civilization threats. According to WHO identifying patterns of tobacco use is essential for implementing effective preventive policies. The aim of the paper was to assess changes in smoking patterns among the PURE study population over 6 years. METHODS:The s...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Połtyn-Zaradna K,Zatońska K,Basiak A,Sozańska B,Gaweł-Dąbrowska D,Wołyniec M,Szuba A,Zatoński W

更新日期：2019-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 2013-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa began in Guinea's Forest region, a region now considered to be at high risk for future epidemics of viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF). Good knowledge, attitudes and practices towards VHF amongst healthcare workers in such regions are a central pillar of infection pre...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Raab M,Pfadenhauer LM,Millimouno TJ,Hoelscher M,Froeschl G

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People living in poverty (PLP) are highly vulnerable to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of HBV infection in PLP in the metropolitan region of Goiânia, Goiás State, in the Central-West Region of Brazil. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted from Aug...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Guimarães LCDC,Brunini S,Guimarães RA,Galdino-Júnior H,Minamisava R,da Cunha VE,Santos JRS,Silveira-Lacerda EP,Souza CM,de Oliveira VLB,Albernaz GC,de Menezes TG,Rezza G

更新日期：2019-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether the association of alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease is the product of confounding and the degree to which this concern applies to other behaviors are unclear. METHODS:Using the 2003 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a population-based telephone survey of adults in the US, we ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mukamal KJ,Ding EL,Djoussé L

更新日期：2006-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The synanthropic house fly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae), is a mechanical vector of pathogens (bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites), some of which cause serious diseases in humans and domestic animals. In the present study, a systematic review was done on the types and prevalence of human pathogen...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Khamesipour F,Lankarani KB,Honarvar B,Kwenti TE

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there are several studies to investigate the smoking behaviors among rural-to-urban Chinese migrants, no study has focused individually on this population in Shanghai. This study was performed to estimate the prevalence and identify the determinants of tobacco smoking among rural-to-urban migrants i...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Liu Y,Song H,Wang T,Wang T,Yang H,Gong J,Shen Y,Dai W,Zhou J,Zhu S,Pan Z

更新日期：2015-02-12 00:00:00