Health promotion initiatives at school related to overweight, insulin resistance, hypertension and dyslipidemia in adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Recife, Brazil.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk for occupational blood exposures (OBEs) and transmission of bloodborne pathogens. This study elucidated the incidence rate and epidemiological characteristics of OBEs among HCWs and investigated the pathogen transmission rate for hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lee JH,Cho J,Kim YJ,Im SH,Jang ES,Kim JW,Kim HB,Jeong SH

更新日期：2017-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intimate partner violence (IPV) can result in significant harm to women and families and is especially prevalent when women are pregnant or recent mothers. Maternal and child health nurses (MCHN) in Victoria, Australia are community-based nurse/midwives who see over 95% of all mothers with newborns. MCHN are...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Taft AJ,Small R,Humphreys C,Hegarty K,Walter R,Adams C,Agius P

更新日期：2012-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Macau has recently experienced expansive socioeconomic growth, leading to lifestyle changes that could have contributed to the development of certain diseases. Little information exists on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and associated risk factors. This information is important, since the manage...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Sobko T,Trindade D,Lao QX,Wong M,Io TK,Wa CK,Gu K

更新日期：2014-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased serum levels of homocysteine and uric acid have each been associated with cardiovascular risk. We analyzed whether homocysteine and uric acid were associated with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and albuminuria independently of each other. We also investigated the association of MTHFR polymorphism...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Marti F,Vollenweider P,Marques-Vidal PM,Mooser V,Waeber G,Paccaud F,Bochud M

更新日期：2011-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between urbanicity and adolescent health is a critical issue for which little empirical evidence has been reported. Although an association has been suggested, a dichotomous rural versus urban comparison may not succeed in identifying differences between adolescent contexts. This study aims ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gutiérrez JP,Atienzo EE

更新日期：2011-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardio-metabolic risk factors are becoming more prevalent in children and adolescents. A lack of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) is an established determinant of cardio-metabolic risk factors in children and adolescents. Less is known about the relationship between sedentary behavior ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Carson V,Janssen I

更新日期：2011-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The UK government claims that between 10 and 30% of pubs and bars will be exempt from proposed legislation to achieve smokefree enclosed public places across England. This arises from the contentious inclusion that pubs and bars that do not prepare and serve food and private members clubs, will be able to al...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tocque K,Edwards R,Fullard B

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of khat among youths can be harmful leading to decreased academic performance, increased risk of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases or other psychiatric symptoms. It is believed to be one of the factors associated with unprotected risky sexual behavior predisposing the youth for ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tilahun M,Ayele G

更新日期：2013-12-18 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:The aim was to identify predictors of change in objectively measured physical activity over 12 months in the ProActive cohort to improve understanding of factors influencing change in physical activity. METHODS:ProActive is a physical activity promotion trial that took place in Eastern England (1999-2004). ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Simmons RK,van Sluijs EM,Hardeman W,Sutton S,Griffin SJ,ProActive project team.

更新日期：2010-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is strong evidence for the beneficial effects of physical activity in diabetes. There has been little research demonstrating a dose-response relationship between physical activity and self-rated health in diabetics. The aim of this study was to explore the dose-response association between leisure time...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Li CL,Lai YC,Tseng CH,Lin JD,Chang HY

更新日期：2010-05-26 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:Few studies have explored risk factors for poor mental health in Ugandan primary schools. This study investigated whether individual- and contextual-level school-related factors including violence from school staff and other students, connectedness to school and peers, as well as school size and urban/rural ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Thumann BF,Nur U,Naker D,Devries KM

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unhealthy infant feeding practices, such as a combination of formula feeding and early introduction of solids may lead to rapid or excessive weight gain in early infancy. Adolescent mothers' feeding behaviors are most directly related to infant weight gain in the first year of life. Compared to adult mothers...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Horodynski MA,Silk K,Hsieh G,Hoffman A,Robson M

更新日期：2015-01-21 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:Studies in heterosexual HIV serodiscordant couples have provided critical evidence on the role of HIV treatments and undetectable viral load in reducing the risk of HIV transmission. There is very limited data on the risk of transmission from anal sex in homosexual male serodiscordant couples. METHODS/DESIG...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bavinton BR,Jin F,Prestage G,Zablotska I,Koelsch KK,Phanuphak N,Grinsztejn B,Cooper DA,Fairley C,Kelleher A,Triffitt K,Grulich AE,Opposites Attract Study Group.

更新日期：2014-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few population-based studies of Arab American health behaviors and outcomes exist outside of Michigan. We aimed to provide prevalence estimates of health behaviors and outcomes for Arab Americans and compare them to non-Hispanic Whites in California. METHODS:We used data from the 2003-2016 California Health...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Abuelezam NN,El-Sayed AM,Galea S

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unintended pregnancy has dire consequences on the health and socioeconomic wellbeing of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) (aged 15-24 years). While most studies tend to focus on lack of access to contraceptive information and services, and poverty as the main contributing factor to early-unintended pre...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ajayi AI,Ezegbe HC

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is widely recognized and accepted that job strain adversely impacts the workforce. Individual responses to stressful situations can vary greatly and it has been shown that certain people are more likely to experience high levels of stress in their job than others. Studies highlighted that there can be age...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Vanagas G,Bihari-Axelsson S

更新日期：2004-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 65% of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) population are economic migrants from the low- and middle-income countries of South Asia. Emerging evidence suggests that expatriate populations from low or middle-income countries that migrate to high-income countries acculturate their lifestyle with the o...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Shah SM,Loney T,Dhaheri SA,Vatanparast H,Elbarazi I,Agarwal M,Blair I,Ali R

更新日期：2015-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although medication adherence and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are two different outcome measures, it is believed that adherence to medication leads to an improvement in overall HRQoL. The study aimed to evaluate the association between medication adherence and HRQoL. METHODS:A questionnaire-based...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Saleem F,Hassali MA,Shafie AA,Awad GA,Atif M,ul Haq N,Aljadhey H,Farooqui M

更新日期：2012-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is an overwhelming global challenge with high morbidity and mortality rates. The prevalence of HTN is estimated to be 6% in Ethiopia and 30% in Addis Ababa. Poor adherence is associated with bad outcome of the disease and wastage of healthcare resources. In Ethiopia, particularly in the study ar...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ambaw AD,Alemie GA,W\/Yohannes SM,Mengesha ZB

更新日期：2012-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The facial region has been the most common site of injury following violent episodes. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of maxillofacial injuries associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) in women treated at a single facility in Malaysia. METHODS:A retrospective rev...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Saddki N,Suhaimi AA,Daud R

更新日期：2010-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a significant public health problem with negative health consequences for women and their pregnancies. While social support has a protective effect against IPV and reduces health consequences of violence, its association with experiencing IPV during pregnancy remain less ex...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Sigalla GN,Rasch V,Gammeltoft T,Meyrowitsch DW,Rogathi J,Manongi R,Mushi D

更新日期：2017-03-09 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:High infection rates of STIs are found among the different ethnic communities living in the Netherlands, especially among the Surinamese and Dutch-Antilleans. Only limited effective interventions that promote STI/HIV testing among these communities are available in the Netherlands. In the present study we id...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Westmaas AH,Kok G,Vriens P,Götz H,Richardus JH,Voeten H

更新日期：2012-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility of a large-scale epidemiologic investigation elucidating the quantitative association between occupational exposure to asbestos and ovarian cancer in former German asbestos workers. METHODS:Between December 2017 and May 2018, a random sample of one t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rajput Z,Hering KG,Kraus T,Tannapfel A,Sonnenschein G,Centmayer A,Radon K,Nowak D,Weinmann T

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The UK has one of the highest rates for deaths from fire and flames in children aged 0-14 years compared to other high income countries. Evidence shows that smoke alarms can reduce the risk of fire-related injury but little exists on their cost-effectiveness. We aimed to compare the cost effectiveness of dif...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Saramago P,Cooper NJ,Sutton AJ,Hayes M,Dunn K,Manca A,Kendrick D,Keeping Children Safe at Home study.

更新日期：2014-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years some studies have been published supporting the efficacy of light exposure, physical activity, sleep control and a Mediterranean diet pattern on the improvement or prevention of depression. However, to our knowledge, there have been no studies using all these measures together as an adjuvant ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Garcia-Toro M,Ibarra O,Gili M,Salva J,Monzón S,Vives M,Serrano MJ,Garcia-Campayo J,Roca M

更新日期：2010-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on the association between body self-perception and eating patterns among adolescents are scarce. This study assessed the association between body image and eating patterns among normal-weight, overweight and obese adolescents. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey (n = 1231; 12-17 years old) was carried ou...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bibiloni Mdel M,Pich J,Pons A,Tur JA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00